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HISTORY  OF 


Orange  County 


CALIFORNIA 


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Biographical  Sketches 


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The  Leading  Men  and  Women  of  the  County  Who 

have  been  Identified  with  its  Growth  and 

Development  from  the  Early 

Days  to  the  Present 


HISTORY  BY 
SAMUEL  ARMOR 

ILLUSTRATED 
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HISTORIC  RECORD  COMPANY 

LOS  ANGELES,  CALIFORNIA 

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PREFACE 


It  was  with  great  reluctance  that  we  undertook  the  revision  of  the  History 
of  Orange  County,  which  we  helped  to  compile  ten  years  ago,  not  because  we 
believed  in  Oslerism  or  wished  to  enjoy  our  otium  cum  dignitate,  but  because  of 
the  magnitude  of  the  undertaking  and  of  our  lack  of  special  preparation,  not 
having  anticipated  a  recall  to  the  work  of  writing  history. 

However,  with  the  help  of  expert  writers  on  special  subjects,  and  from  the 
Federal  crop  estimator,  the  state  board  of  horticulture,  the  county  and  city  officers, 
the  secretaries  of  boards  of  trade,  chambers  of  commerce,  fruit  exchanges  and 
vegetable  unions,  patriotic  and  relief  associations,  the  newspapers — especially  the 
Santa  Ana  Register — and  all  other  available  sources  of  information,  we  have 
collected  a  large  array  of  authentic  facts  about  the  county,  its  peopje,  productions 
and  resources.  To  all  who  have  assisted  in  furnishing  the  data  for  this  work 
we  return  our  sincere  thanks. 

Since  a  county  history  can  have  but  a  limited  sale  and  the  initial  expense  of 
its  preparation  is  just  as  great  for  a  few  hundred  copies  as  for  many  thousand,  it 
stands  to  reason  that  the  price  per  copy  for  a  small  edition  must  be  greater  than 
that  for  a  large  one.  This  condition,  coupled  with  the  increased  size  of  the  book 
and  the  present  high  cost  of  labor  and  material,  is  a  sufficient  justification  for  the 
price  charged  for  the  second  volume  of  the  county  history.  To  avoid  loss  through 
unsold  copies,  this  book,  like  all  works  of  similar  character,  is  sold  by  subscription 
and  only  enough  copies  are  printed  to  supply  each  subscriber  with  the  number 
ordered  by  him.  As  a  further  consideration  for  the  purchase  price,  a  brief  biog- 
raphy of  each  subscriber,  who  thus  patriotically  supports  a  history  of  his  cotmty, 
is  published  without  extra,  charge.  These  biographical  sketches  are  prepared  by 
trained  canvassers  and  writers  of  long  experience  in  this  kind  of  work,  and  add 
much  value  to  the  history  in  giving  personal  incidents,  otherwise  unavailable,  and 
in  showing  to  future  generations  something  of  the  character  of  the  pioneers  who 
laid  the  foundations  upon  which  the  superstructure  of  this  county  was  built. 

As  citizens  of  this  favored  county,  we  should  forget  our  few  privations  and 
trifling  discomforts  and  remember  our  many  privileges  and  great  blessings.  For 
instance,  when  the  mercury  hovers  round  the  freezing  point,  we  should  not 
worry,  over  the  possibility  of  some  small  loss  from  light  frosts  that  occasionally 
nip  the  tenderest  plants;  but  we  should  extend  our  sympathy  to  less  favored 
sections  of  the  country,  where  the  thermometer  goes  as  many  degrees  below  zero 
as  it  stops  here  above  in  our  coldest  weather.  Again,  when  the  winter  rains  are 
slow  in  coming,  don't  let  us  fret  about  a  dry  year,  remembering  that,  in  the 
wettest  winter  within  the  last  half  century,  the  rains  commenced  January  28, 
1884,  and  that  since  then  a  good  rainy  reason  has  occasionally  begun  even  later 
in  the  year;  also  that  the  county  passed  through  three  dry  years  in  succession, 
from  1897  to  1900,  with  comparatively  little  loss,  and  it  is  better  equipped  now 
with  irrigating  ditches  and  pumping  plants  than  it  was  then.  Furthermore,  few 
of  the  present  residents  of  the  county  remember  the  apprehension  that  was  felt 
over  thie  growing  scarcity  of  fuel  twenty-five  or  more  years  ago,  when  most  of 
the  available  timber  was  stripped  from  the  nearby  mountains  and  coal  was  shipped 
in  from  Australia  and  New  Mexico.  However,  before  much  loss  was  suffered, 
oil  was  discovered  in  the  county  about  the  year  1896,  and  from  a  small  beginning 
the  production  of  oil,  gasoline  and  natural  gas  has  become  the  largest  asset  of 
the  county  and  exceeds  that  of  the  entire  state  of  Pennsylvania  at  the  present 


time.  Immediately  following  the  discovery  of  oil  in  the  county,  electricity  began 
to  be  applied  to  furnishing  light,  heat  and  power ;  and  now  practically  all  the  busi- 
ness houses  and  residences,  in  and  about  the  cities  and  towns  of  Orange  County, 
are  provided  with  electricity,  gas  and  oil  for  light,  heat  and  power;  with  sewers 
for  carrying  off  the  waste  matter  and  with  water  for  all  purposes. 

In  short,  the  more  familiar  do  we  become  with  the  vast  resources  and  diversi- 
fied products  of  this  county,  with  the  wise  enterprise  and  good  behavior  of  its 
citizens,  the  less  do  we  find  to  criticise  and  the  more  to  praise  and  rejoice  over. 
Let  us,  therefore,  one  and  all,  appropriate  and  apply  to  our  goodly  heritage  the 
advice  of  the  Psalmist  to  the  sons  of  Korah,  in  commending  "the  ornaments  and 
privileges  of  the  church,"  as  follows: 

"Walk  about  Zion,  and  go  round  about  her ;  tell  the  towers  thereof.  Mark 
ye  well  her  bulwarks,  consider  her  palaces ;  that  ye  may  tell  it  to  the  generation 
following." 

SAMUEL  ARMOR. 


CONTENTS 


CHAPTER  I 


Formation  of  Orange  County 33 

California  created  out  of  territory  ceded  to  United  States  by  Mexico. 
Admission  of  state  to  Union.  Formation  of  Counties.  Orange  County 
set  apart  from  Los  Angeles  County.  Location  of  county  seat.  Election 
of  officers.  Description  and  Boundaries  of  County.  Mountains  and 
hills  adapted  to  grazing  and  bee  culture.  Valleys  and  plains  represent 
many  soils.  Original  Spanish  grants  and  their  acreages.  Subdivision 
of  many  grants  into  small  tracts.  County  capable  of  supporting 
500,000  population.     Nine  incorporated  cities. 

CHAPTER  H 
Roster  of  County  and  District  Officers 36 

State  Senators  Thirty-ninth  District.  Assemblymen  Seventy-siicth  Dis- 
trict. Superior  Judges.  Sheriiif.  County  Clerk.  Recorder.  Auditor. 
Tax  Collector.  District  Attorney.  Treasurer.  Assessor.  School 
Superintendent.  Surveyor.  Coroner  and  Public  Administrator.  Boards 
of  Supervisors.  Justices  and  Constables  of  the  following  townships: 
Anaheim,  Brea,  Buena  Park,  FuUerton,  Huntington  Beach,  Laguna 
Beach,  La  Habra,  Los  Alamitos,  Newport  Beach,  Orange,  Placentia, 
San  Juan,  Santa  Ana,  Seal  Beach,  Stanton,  Tustin,  Westminster,  Yorba. 
Board  of  Education.  Horticultural  Commissioner.  Trustees  of  Law 
Library.  Board  of  Forestry.  County  Physician.  Veterinary  Surgeon 
and  Stock  Inspector.  Bee  Inspector.  Custodian  of  County  Park.  Care- 
taker of  Westminster  Public  Park.  Fire  and  Game  Warden.  County 
Statistician.  Highway  Commissioner.  Purchasing  Agent.  Lecturer 
and  Publicity  Agent.  Superintendent  of  County  Hospital  and  Farm. 
Superintendent  of  Detention  Home.  Probation  Officer.  Sealer  of 
Weights  and  Measures.  Aid  Commissioner  and  Expert  Accountant. 
Superintendent  of  Road  Maintenance.     Farm  Advisor. 

CHAPTER  HI 

Orange  County's  Water  Supply  and  Way  Utilized 48 

Direct  and  indirect  benefits  from  rainfall.  Average  annual  rainfall  at 
Orange.  Other  sources  of  water  supply.  Area  of  catchment  basin  of 
Santa  Ana  River.  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company.  Santa  Ana  Valley 
Irrigation  Company.  Santiago  Creek.  Serrano  Water  Company.  John 
T.  Carpenter  Water  Company.  Trabuco  Creek.  Coyote,  Laguna  and 
Aliso  Creeks.     Number  of  Pumping  Plants  and  Acres  Irrigated. 

CHAPTER  IV 

The  City  of  Anaheim 53 

Oldest  city  in  Orange  County.  Settled  by  Germans.  Organization  of 
Los  Angeles  Vineyard  Company.  Naming  of  town.  First  house  built 
in  18S7.  First  hotel  erected  in  1865.  Fire  visits  the  town.  Waning  of 
grape  industry  and  rise  of  walnut  and  orange  culture.  First  newspaper. 
Anaheim  Water  Company.  Bonds  voted  and  sold  for  erection  of  school- 
house.  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  builds  branch  to  Anaheim.  Indus- 
tries and  assessed  valuation  of  city.  Churches  of  Anaheim.  City 
officers." 


CONTENTS 

CHAPTER  V 
Thb  City  of  Brea .■ 57 

Situation  at  mouth  of  Brea  Canyon.  Oil  industry  is  principal  asset. 
Improvements  made.     Manufacturing  industries.     City  officers. 

CHAPTER  VI 

The  City  oe  Fuli^erton 57 

Location  and  populatioii.  Origin  of  town.  Advent  of  railroad.  Be- 
ginning of  orange  and  walnut  industry.  Name  of  town.  Growth  of 
town  conservative  from  beginning.  First  substantial  building  erected. 
Incorporated  as  city  in  1904.  Admirable  location  for  shipping  and 
manufacturing.  Proximity  to  oil  fields  advantageous.  Warehouse 
facilities.  Industries  other  than  fruit  raising.  Banks.  Newspapers. 
Churches.  Public  library.  Schools.  Fire  department.  Board  of  Trade. 
Fraternal  orders  and  clubs.     City  officers.     Recent  building  operations. 

CHAPTER  VII 
The  City  of  Huntington  Beach 60 

Original  name  of  settlement.  The  Huntington  Beach  Company.  Union 
Sunday  School  and  Church  organized.  First  church  built.  Others 
follow.  Bank  organized.  Various  business  enterprises.  Organized 
4S  city  in  1909.  Schools.  Library.  Beet  sugaj"  ajid  other  factories. 
Pavements,  sewers  and  gas  systems.  City  officers.  Chamber  of 
Commerce.     Fraternal  organizations.     Municipal  band. 

CHAPTER  VIII 
The  City  of  Newport  Beach 63 

Admirable  location  on  Newport  Bay.  Unexcelled  harbor  facilities. 
Bond  issue  voted  to  start  harbor  improvements.  Yachting  center  of 
Pacific  Coast.  Population  and  valuation.  City  officers.  Churches  and 
organizations. 

CHAPTER  IX 
The  City  of  Orange 64 

Location.  "Father"  of  the  town.  Acreage  of  original  townsite.  Orig- 
inally called  Richland.  First  house  in  town.  Courage  of  early  settlers. 
Their  struggle  with  pests.  Introduction  of  spraying  and  fumigating. 
Irrigation  difficulties.  Schools  established.  Churches  organized.  Musi- 
cal and  literary  societies.  "Pull-together"  spirit  of  citizens.  Incorpo- 
ration of  city.  Natural  advantages  of  soil  and  climate.  Excellent  rail- 
road facilities.  City  water  system.  Orange  a  business  center.  Sewer 
system.  Population.  Schools.  Churches.  Fraternal  organizations. 
Library.  City  officers.  Public  utilities.  Financial  resources  of  Orange 
district.     Progress  in  building.     City  always  free  from   saloons. 

CPIAPTER  X 
The  City  of  Santa  Ana 68 

Struggles  and  achievements  of  its  pioneers.  "Father"  of,  the  town. 
Other  settlers  attracted  to  location.  First  school  district  organized. 
Postoffice  secured.  First  hotel  erected.  First  brick  building.  Southern 
Pacific  completes  line  to  Santa  Ana.  Rivalry  between  Santa  Ana  and 
Anaheim.  First  bank  and  its  failure.  Confidence  restored.  Many  busi- 
ness blocks,  residences  and  churches  erected.  Heaviest  rainfall  in  city's 
history  and  damage  it  caused.  Agitation  for  incorporation  as  a  city. 
Period  of  the  "boom."  Fire  department  organized.  First  street  railway. 
Prosperity  visible  on  all  sides.  Santa  Fe  railroad  built  to  Santa  Ana. 
Rise  and  fall  of  Fairview  Development  Company.  Condition  of  Santa 
Ana  after  boom  was  over.  Newport  Wharf  and  Lumber  Company 
organized.  Organization  of  Board  of  Trade.  Creation  of  Orange 
County,  with  Santa  Ana  as  county  seat.  Municipal  water  plant.  Free 
mail  delivery?  Erection  of  court  house.  Abolition  of  saloons.  Erection 
of  city  hall.  Huntington  trolley  system  enters  Santa  Ana.  General 
growth  and  prosperity.  Banks  of  Santa  Ana.  Public  library.  City 
officers.  Commercial  progress.  Manufacturing  establishments.  Churches 
and  their  locations.  Fraternal  societies.  Patriotic  societies.  Miscel- 
laneous organizations.     The  press.     Future  of  city. 


CONTENTS 

CHAPTER  XI 

The  City  of  Seai,  Beach ,. .     81 

Location.  Promoted  as  beach  resort  under  name  of  Bay  City.  Incorpo- 
ration. Area  and  population.  Sewer  system  being  installed.  Bonds 
voted  for  municipal  water  plant.  City  officers.  Beach  is  exceptionally 
safe  jor  bathers.  Traffic  facilities.  Growth  retarded  by  lack  of  housing 
facilities. 

CHAPTER  xn 
The  City  oe  Stanton 82 

Located  in  agricultural  section  of  county.  Origin  of  name.  Incorpo- 
ration of  city.  Assessed  valuation  and  population.  Transportation 
facilities.    City  officers. 

CHAPTER  Xni 

Unincorporated  Towns 82 

Arch  Beach.  Benedict.  Berryfield.  Cypress.  Balboa.  Bolsa.  Brook- 
hurst.  Buena  Park.  Capistrano.  San  Juan  Capistrano  Mission.  Celery. 
Corona.  Del  Mar.  Delhi.  El  Modena.  El  Toro.  Fairview.  Garden 
Grove.  Greenville.  Harper,  Irvine.  Laguna  Beach.  La  Habra.  Los 
Alamitos.  Mateo.  McPherson.  Modjeska  Mineral  Springs.  Olinda. 
Olive.  Peralta.  Placentia.  Richfield.  San  Juan-by-the-Sea  or  Serra. 
San  Juan  Hot  Springs.  Smeltzer.  Sunset  Beach.  Talbert.  Tustin, 
Villa  Park.    Westminster.    Wintersburg.    Yorba.    Yorba  Linda. 

CHAPTER  XIV 
Orange  County's  Schools 88 

Elementary  schools.  High  schools.  Junior  colleges.  Number  of 
graduates.  Public  kindergartens.  Private  schools.  Evidence  of  effi- 
ciency.   Notables  among  the  graduates. 

CHAPTER  XV 

PuBuc  Buildings  and  Sites 95 

.First  jail.  Francisco  Torres  confined  there.  Site  for  county  buildings 
selected.  Difficulties  encountered  in  erecting  new  jail.  Bonds  voted  for 
building  court  house.  Campaign  of  villification  in  adopting  plans. 
County  detention  home.  County  hospital  and  farm.  Income  from 
county  farm.  Cottage,  artificial  lake  and  many  other  improvements 
for  county  park.  Contract  let  for  beautifying  county  park.  Alteration 
made  in  court  house.  Memorial  arch  at  county  park.  Garage  for 
county  hospital.     County  garage  at  Santa  Ana.     Sheriflf's  office. 

CHAPTER  XVI 
Pleasure  Drives  and  Resorts 98 

Part  of  San  Joaquin  ranch  given  by  James  Irvine  for  County  Park. 
Hewes  Park.  Sale  of  Hewes  ranch.  Santiago  Golf  Club.  Orange 
County  Country  Club.  Lemon  Heights.  San  Juan  Hot  Springs. 
Westminster  Park.'  Biixh  Park  at  Santa- Ana.  The  Plaza  at  Orange. 
Secure  options  for  park  at  Anaheim.  Fullerton's  plans  for  parks.  City 
Park  at  Newport  Beach.  Camping  ground  in  Trabuco  Canyon.  Mod- 
jeska's  Home  and  Inn.  Camptonville  in  Santiago  Canyon.  Many 
pleasure  resorts  along  beach. 

CHAPTER  XVII 
Orange  County's  Good  Roads 102 

Savage  Act.  Associated  Chambers  "of  Commerce  back  movement  for 
good  roads.  Members  of  highway  commission.  Bond  issue  for  paved 
highways  passed.  Tabulated  statement  of  paved  roads  in  county.  Work 
of  highway  commissioners  continued  by  board  of  supervisors.  Con- 
tracts for  paving  recently  awarded.  Bridges  for  state  highway.  U.  S. 
Forest  Service  to  aid  in  building  road  in  Trabuco  Canyon.  State  High- 
way along  coast.  Miles  of  paved  streets  in  cities.  Many  miles  of  oiled 
roads. 


CONTENTS 

CHAPTER  XVIII 
The  County's  Traffic  Facilities 106 

Branches  of  two  transcontinental  railroads,  electric  interurban  railway, 
the  Pacific  Ocean  and  thousands  of  motor  vehicles  furnish  unsurpassed 
facilities.  Southern  Pacific  the  first  railroad  to  enter  county.  Santa  Fe 
Railroad  builds  its  road  through  to  San  Diego.  Tustin  branch  of  South- 
ern Pacific  built.  Intense  rivalry  between  roads.  Southern  Pacific 
builds  branch  from  Anaheim  to  Los  Alamitos  Sugar  Factory.  Santa 
Ana  and  Newport  Railroad  acquired  by  Southern  Pacific.  Pacific 
Electric  and  its  branches.  Mileage  and  valuation  of  railway  systems. 
Easy  access  to  water  transportation.  Traffic  carried  by  motor  vehicles. 
Comparative  table  of  motor  vehicles  in  state  and  county. 

CHAPTER  XIX 

Sundry  Voluntary  Organizations 1 10 

Orange  County  Medical  Association.  Date  of  organization.  First 
meeting.  Constitution  and  by-laws  adopted.  Officers  elected.  First 
members  of  association.  First  annual  meeting.  Association  entertains 
Medical  Society  of  Southern  California.  Sessions  held  in  Carnegie 
Library,  Santa  Ana.  Medical  library  established.  List  of  members. 
Presidents  of  association.  Officers  and  members,  1920.  The  Orange 
County  Bar  Association  organization.  First  members.  Now  in  flourish- 
ing condition.  Orange  County  Historial  Society.  Organization  and 
purpose.  Orange  County  Farmers  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company. 
Orange  County  W.  C.  T.  U. 

CHAPTER  XX 
Orange  County's  Soldiers  in  World  War 116 

CHAPTER  XXI 
Service  Men's  Recognition 130 

Celebration  at  Orange  County  Park  to  pay  tribute  to  service  men. 
Lay  cornerstone  of  Memorial  Arch.  Address  by  Governor  Stephens. 
Presentation  of  service  medals.  Address  by  Chaplain  Robert  Williams. 
Citations  and  decorations  won  by  Orange  County  men. 

CHAPTER  XXII 

The  County's  Liberty  Loans 133 

Tabulated  statement  of  apportionment  and  subscriptions  to  various 
war  loans. 

CHAPTER  XXIII 
ReliEE  Work  oe  Associations 135 

Activities  of  Red  Cross.  Anaheim  Chapter.  Fullerton  Chapter.  Orange 
Chapter.    Santa  Ana  Chapter.    Report  of  Salvation  Army.    , 

CHAPTER  XXIV 
A  Chapter  oE  Tragedies 139 

Killing  of  Sheriff  Barton.  Capture  and  hanging  of  Juan  Flores.  Mur- 
der of  William  McKelvey.  His  slayer,  Francisco  Torres,  taken  from 
Santa  Ana  jail  and  hanged.  Dennis  Kearney,  the  "Sand  Lot  Agitator," 
meets  his  Waterloo. 

CHAPTER  XXV 
The  Oil  Industry • 143 

First  development  work.  E.  L.  Doheny  the  pioneer  of  oil  industry  in 
Orange  County.  Graham-Loftus  Oil  Company.  The  Columbia  Oil 
Company.  The  Union  Oir  Company.  Olinda  Fullerton  Field.  Oil 
compared  with  coal  for  fuel.  County  assessments  show  development 
of  oil  industry.  Taxes  paid  by  Standard  Oil  Company.  Union  Oil 
Company  opens  Placentia-Richfield  district.  Chapman  gusher  brought 
in.  Chronological  list  of  wells  brought  in  by  various  companies. 
Summary  of  report  of  Brea  Progress-Munger  Oil  News  Service. 
Activities  at  Huntington  Beach,  Newport  Mesa  and  Olive.  Estimated 
daily  output  and  gross  income  from  industry. 


CONTENTS 

CHAPTER  XXVI 

The  Citrus  Industry 147 

Orange  first  brought  to  America  in  Sixteenth  Century  by  Spaniards. 
San  Gabriel  Mission  grove  set  out  in  1804.  William  Wolfskill  set 
out  first  commercial  orchard.  First  orange  tree  in  Northern  California 
at  Sacramento.  First  Washington  Navels  at  Riverside.  Original  trees 
still  living.  One  reset  at  Glenwood  Inn  by  President  Roosevelt. 
Orange  County  the  ideal  section  for  cultivating  the  orange.  California 
orange  has  no  equal.  Soil  and  climatic  conditions.  Evolution  in  the 
handling  and  packing  of  oranges.  Most  successful  varieties  .  grown. 
Pioneer  orange  grower  of  the  county.  Development  of  industry. 
Invention  of  fumigating.  Shipment  of  first  cars  of  oranges.  Orange 
County  Fruit  Exchange.  Directors  of  Exchange  for  1920.  Amount 
and  value  of  Exchange's  shipments  for  1919.  Estimate  of  total  returns 
of  county. 

CHAPTER  XXVII 

The  Beet  Sugar  Industry 151 

Early  history  of  the  industry.  First  factory  at  Philadelphia.  Factory 
at  Northampton,  Mass.  Mormons  establish  factory  at  Salt  Lake  City. 
First  successful  factory  at  Alvarado,  Cal.  Congress  places  duty  on 
sugar  imports.  Department  of  Agriculture  promotes  beet  sugar  in- 
dustry. Dr.  Wiley  conducts  experiments  in  various  states.  Beets 
grown  on  reclaimed  desert  land.  Reach  greatest  perfection  on  irri- 
gated land.  Value  of  industry.  Germany's  increased  cereal  crop  due  to 
introduction  of  sugar  beet  culture.  Thorough  fertilization  and  deep 
plowing  required.  Blocking  and  thinning.  Process  of  handling  from 
field  to  finished  product.  Los  Alamitos  Sugar  Company.  Santa  Ana 
Co-Operative  Sugar  Company.  Southern  California  Sugar  Company. 
Holly  Sugar  Company.  Anaheim  Sugar  Company.  Value  of  1918  and 
1919  crops.     Price  for  beets  in  1920. 

CHAPTER  XXVIII 

Orange  County's  Fruits,  Grains  and  Vegetables 159 

Nearly  all  fruits  indigenous  to  Temperate  and  Torrid  Zones  niay  be 
grown  in  some  part  of  Orange  County.  Apples  can  be  raised  with  profit 
in  some  localities.  Apricots  and  figs  grown  extensively.  Grapes  not 
raised  as  extensively  as  formerly.  Development  of  the  avocado.  Grape- 
fruit and  lemons.  Olives,  peaches,  plums  and  berries.  Alfalfa  a  valuable 
product.  Barley  valuable  for  grain  and  hay.  Oats,  wheat  and  corn 
classed  among  the  light  crops.  The  bean  industry  on  the  advance. 
Lima  beans  first  grown  on  San  Joaquin  ranch.  Cabbage,  cauliflower, 
melons,  peanuts,  peas,  peppers,  Irish  potatoes,  sweet  potatoes,  tomatoes 
and  onions  are  also  grown.  Orange  County  display  at  Riverside  Fair, 
1919. 

CHAPTER  XXIX 

History  of  the  Celery  Industry  i^  Orange  County 165 

Lands,  formerly  worthless,  found  valuable  for  celery.  Origin  and 
growth  of  industry  in  Orange  County.  Many  difficulties  encountered 
in  the  early  days.     Acreage  reduced  by  planting  sugar  beets. 

CHAPTER  XXX 
Orange  County's  Live  Stock  and  Poultry 167 

Mexicans  and  Spaniards  paid  little  attention  to  domestic  animals.  Stock- 
men's cattle  a  menace  to  ranches.  Orange  County  Fair  Association. 
Cattle  development  from  early  days  to  present.  Great  improvement  in 
grade  of  stock.  Fine  Holstein  stock  at  County  Farm.  Sheep  industry, 
once  important,  now  annihilated.  Goat  raising  on  the  increase.  Very 
few  hogs  raised  for  market.  Poultry  industry  brought  much  money 
to  county.  High  cost  of  feed  during  war  causes  poultry  raisers  to 
dispose  of  flocks. 


CONTENTS 
CHAPTER  XXXI 

The  Bee  Industry 171 

Original  importation  of  bees  into  California.  Growth  of  industry. 
Average  yield  and  cash  income.  Main  sources  of  nectar.  '  Diseases 
stamped  out  by  work  of  inspector.     Bees  are  boon  to  fruit  business. 

CHAPTER  XXXII 

Semi-Tropic  Fruits  in  Orange  County ' 173 

Mission  olive  and  grape  the  only  reminders  of  Spanish  settlers.  Other 
and  better  varieties  have  succeeded  them.  Avocado,  Feijoa,  Guavas, 
Cherimoya,  Persimmon,  Pomegranate,  Carissa  and  Sapota  have  been 
introduced.  Loquat  a  characteristic  fruit  of  Orange  County.  New 
varieties  of  Avocado  planted.  Jujube  is  a  recent  introduction.  Seedless 
Sapota  developed. 

CHAPTER  XXXIII 

The  English  Wai,nut  Industry 175 

Origin  of  English  Walnut.  Its  cultivation  in  America  confined  to 
certain  districts  in  California.  Early  planting  formerly  done  with  seed- 
lings. Grafted  stock  subsequently  used.  Selecting  and  growing  seed 
for  budding.  For  seedling  nursery.  Amount  of  irrigation  necessary. 
Valuable  hints  from  an  old-time  walnut  grower.  Prices  and  value  of 
recent  crops.     Orange  County  leads  state  in  production. 

CHAPTER  XXXIV 

Farm  Bureau  Report 177 

Number  of  farm  centers.  Program  of  work.  Farm  Bureau  Weekly. 
Itinerant  conference.  Issues  taken  up  by  bureau.  Telephone.  Water 
conservation.  Good  roads.  Harbor  development.  Horticultural  Stand- 
ardization. Rodent  control.  Agricultural  clubs.  Home  gardens. 
County  fairs.  Drainage  districts.  Irrigation  districts.  Fire  protec- 
tion. Farmers'  institutes.  Field  demonstrations.  Bean  seed  selection. 
Live  stock  demonstration.  Poultry  culling  demonstrations.  Bees. 
Soils.  Soil  moisture  and  irrigation.  Farm  business.  Bud  selection. 
Pruning  demonstrations.  Morning  glory  control.  Fumigation. 
Codling  moth  on  walnut.  Nematode.  Tractor  demonstration.  Wheat 
campaign.     Water  analysis.     Farm  loans.     Summary  of  work  done. 

CHAPTER  XXXV 

Population  and  Valuations 185 

Methods  for  estimating  population.  Correctness  of  results  uncertain. 
Federal  Census  for  county,  cities  and  townships  from  1890  to  1920. 
Methods  of  taxation.  Official  valuations  of  Orange  County  property. 
Population  and  wealth  widely  distributed  over  county.  Santa  Ana 
Chamber  of  Commerce  estimate  of  1919  crop  value. 

CHAPTER  XXXVI 
Anecdotes  and  Incidents 191 

CHAPTER  XXXVII 

Soil,  Climate  and  Water 193 

Government  soil  survey  of  Anaheim  district.  Soil  of  county  has 
limitless  depth  and  no  hardpan.  Humus  mijst  be  replaced  in  soil, 
definitions  of  climate  and  atmosphere.  Equalization  of  temperatures. 
Situation  of  Orange  County  gives  it  an  equable  climate.  Rainfall  for 
past  thirty  years.  Storage  of  flood  water.  Increase  in  number  of 
pumping  plants. 


INDEX 


A 

Page 

Abercherli,  Louis H70 

Abplanalp,   William 945 

Adams,     Argus 1522 

Adams,  John 638 

Adams,  Reo  C 1362 

Adams,  Reuben  A.,   M.D 637 

Ahem,  Eugene  0 1388 

Ahlefeld,    George 1317 

Ahlefeld,    Otto   L 1654 

Ainsworth,    Frank  h 351 

Ainsworth,    I^ewis 343 

Ainsworth,  Mitt  0 459 

Akers,  John  Allen 705 

Alberts,  A.  J 1645 

Alexander,  William  B 1579 

Allen,  Augustus  Horatio 425 

Allen,  Horatio  Augustus 570 

Allen,   Joseph   Garfield 535 

Allen,   L,.   E 1637 

Allen,  Martin  V 798 

Allen,  Milo  Bailey 534 

Allen,  Nathan  E 1 189 

Allen,   Prescott 422 

Ailing,   Clyde   R 1571 

Alsbach,   Mary   E '■ 486 

Amack,   Ulysses    S 1614 

Amerige,  Edward  Russell 585 

Amerige,  George  Henry 576 

Anaheim  Feel  &  Fuel  Company 1035 

Anderson,    Christian    1208 

Anderson,  C.  G 1386 

Andres,  Charles  A 1 194 

Andres,  George  Frederick 1258 

Arballo,    Palito 1454 

Armor,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Samuel 615 

Arroues,    Bernard 762 

Atherton,    Edward 672 

B 

Backs,  Joseph  M.,  Jr 653 

Bacon,    Robert   D 425 

Bagnall,   Charles  J 1433 

Baier,  Fred  C 1463 

Baker,  Andrew 687 

Baker,  John  G 1572 

Baker,    William 1148 

Ball,  Charles  Dexter,  M.D 243 

Ball,   Edson   Joel 1458 

Ball,  Strother  S 226 

Bangs,  Frederick  E 1294 

Barker,  Joshua   1568 

Barrows,   George  A 1264 

Barter,  Harry 1395 

Bartley,  George  M 1567 

Bastady,    Frederick 1317 

Bastanchury,.  D.  J. 545 

Bastanchury,  Domingo  and  Maria 264 

Baumgartner,  John  Pemberton 1207 

Baxter,  Bluford   C 877 


Page 

Beach,  Amandus  W 907 

Beach,    Mrs.    Aurel 907 

Beard,  Ernest  A 1092 

Belt,  Mrs.   Susan 291 

Bemis,  Charles  A 810 

Benchley,  William  1, 374 

Bennett,  Bernice,  D.  0 1643 

Bennett,    Charles    C 1321 

Bennett,  Francis  M 1411 

Bennett,    Harvey    F 1284 

Bennett,   Leroy 541 

Bentjen,   Fred 1405 

Bergey,  Gale   S 806 

Best,    Charles   E 1572 

Best,    Rupert 1609 

Bibber,  Andrew   Harrington 524 

Biner,  Albert 1516 

Bird,  Richard  A 1495 

Bishop,    Clyde 896 

Bishop,   Fern  S 881 

Blackford,  Merton 1512 

Blanchar,   Robert  h 1396 

Blaylock,  Wallace  W .•. . .  1406 

Blodget,   Lewis  W 858 

Blom,   Andrew    Gustav 455 

Bobst,  Mrs.  Wilda 1065 

Boon,  William  H 1020 

Boosey,    Fred 1242 

Boosey,  Mrs.  Grace  0 1268 

Borchard,  Antone '. 1533 

Borchard,  Frank  P 1100 

Borchard,   Leo 1460 

Boring,  Johnty  P 625 

Bowman,  Charles  E 805 

Bradford,   Albert    S 225 

Brady,  Peter  D... 824 

Bricke,    Joseph 1357 

Bridge,   Marcus   Arthur 566 

Broadway,   Thomas  E 1104 

Brooks,  Clifford  Hugh,  M.D 1314 

Brooks,  Lorenzo  Nathan . ." '. . . .  478 

Brooks,  William  H 251 

Brown,  Edwin  J 1061 

Brown,  James  E. 1348 

Brown,  John  Knowlton 1541 

Brown,  William  Thomas 329 

Brunworth,   John 456 

Buchanan,   George  W 350 

Buchheim,  Aaron 438 

Buchheim,    Frank  J 1328 

Buchheim,   Henry  William 915 

Bula,    Edwin 827 

Bundschuh,    C.    S 1453 

Burbank,  Mrs.  Phoebe  Ann 1181 

Burke,  Hon.  Joe  Charles 989 

Burnham,   William  H 600 

Bush,  John  M.,  Jr 608 

Bushard,  William  Winf red 878 

Butler,   Clyde  D : .-. .  .-1126 

Butler,   Lewis  G 1088 

Byram,  Oren  Brown 502 

Byram,  Wilfred  Carroll 503 


INDEX 


C 

Page 

Cady,   Eugene   C 1065 

Cady,    Mrs.    Penelope 1065 

Caillaud,   Albert '. 1 190 

Cailor,  O.  T 468 

Callan,   J.    M 744 

Callens,    Adolphe I343 

Callens,  Giistave  J 1343 

Calleus,  Joseph  Albert 1343 

Campbell,  David  F 485 

Campbell,  E.   Earl ,  1649 

Garden,  Eincoln  Joseph 1276   ' 

Carhart,   J.    Ralph 566 

Carle,  Anton  C 1632 

Carriker,  Jacob  W. . . , 912 

Carrillo,   Mrs.   Adelina 1237 

Carrillo,  Juan  Garibaldi 1283 

Carver,  Washington  1 1057 

Case,  William  E 949 

Cassou,    John 571 

Castillo,    Cayetano,   Jr 1 182 

ChaiTee,  Albert  J 751 

Chaffee,    Edwar^d 1039 

Chaffee,  J<sJmi  D.,  M.D 559 

Chambers,  William  M.,  D.D.S 1418 

Chapman,    Charles   C 211 

Chapman,  -  Charles   Herbert 1234 

Chapman,   Colum  C 459 

Chase,    Manley   C 1474 

Chase,  Mrs.  Maud  H 844 

Cheney,  William  J 519 

Christensen,    E.    Martin 1238 

Christensen,    Soren 728 

Christiansen,    Siegfried   M 1381 

Christlieb,  Alexander  J 1529 

Clark,  John  I.,  M.D 1354 

Clarke,    Stephen   F 451 

Ciaudina,    Frank 1100 

Clayton,   Prof.  W.  M 493 

Clement,  William  E 942 

Clinard,   Barney  P 1275 

Closson,   Gardner,  W.,  D.V.S 1549 

Coate,   Elwood 554 

Coburn,    I^ewis    F 916 

Cochems,    William 434 

Cock,    Andrew 1638 

Cocking,   George  J 1246 

Cole,    Benjamin   H 1151 

Cole,  D.   G 416 

Cole,   Mrs.   Ella  D 472 

Cole,  Homer  L 1292 

Cole,    Richard   W 1659 

Cole,   Walter  J 645 

Collins,  Cornelius  C 433 

CoUman,  William  A 731 

Colman,    R.    Clarkson ; 765 

Congdon,  Walter  N 1583 

Conkle,    Samuel   Q 516 

Conley,  James  F 761 

Cook,  he  Roy  -R. 1432 

Coon,   Herbert   13 1663 

Cooiper,  Mrs.  Emma  Burclifield 536 

Copeland,  Justin  M ; 256 

Copeland,  Mrs.  Mary  E 256 

Corbit,  Byron  B 1386 

Cordes,  John  C 1421 

Cotant,    Charles   L 1642 

Courreges,    Roch 1332 

Cowles,  Dan.forth  C,  M.D 553 

Cox,   Charles   S 1418 

Cozad,,,  David.  E 646 

Craig,    Isaac 571 

Cranston,  John  A • 1421 

Cravath,  A.  K 1229 


Page 

Crawford,  Byron  Asa 1272 

Crawford,  Elmer  I, 778 

Crawford,  Will  C 9^4 

Crookshank,    Angus   James 604 

Crose,  Charles  F 1245 

Crosier,  William  W :.....  1434 

Crouch,   Frank  Warren 1324 

Crowther,  William  Henry 217 

Cruiz,  Julian  R 1660 

Crumrine,  Charles  L, 1454 

Culp,  William  A 1376 

Culver,   Joseph   Warren 1109 

Cuprien,    Frank  William 794 

D 

Daguerre,  Mrs.  Marie  Eugenia 306 

Dale,   Frank  Blair 1464 

Dale,   Hubert   H 1613 

Damewood,  t,.  P 813' 

Damon,  Philip  W 1441 

Daneri,  Mrs.  Catherine  J ' 1 166 

Daniels,  Henry  W 1233 

Dargatz,    Otto 415 

Dart,  Oral  V 1578 

Dauser,  Frank  J 1546 

Davies,   Richard  T 546 

Davis,   Charles  I^eo 1625 

Davis,   Evan 861 

Davis,    Roy   R 1507 

Dawes,    Horatio    C 963 

Deamud,  S.  F 1641 

Decker,    Willet    S 1028 

Del,app,  Thomas  C.  H 1249 

Dcnni,    Job 1606 

Dennis,  Wallace  B 903 

Derksen,  Mrs.  Anna 718 

Des  Granges,  Joseph  P 295 

De  Vaul,  Jasper  N 650 

Devenney,    William 1492 

Dickel,   Herman  A 794 

Dierker,  Benjamin  Franklin 907 

Dierker,  Edward  Henry; 1118 

Dierker,  George  D 701 

Dierker,  Harry  F 1165 

Dierker,   Henry 781 

Diers,   William  F 1574 

Dietrich,  Mrs.  Minnie  M 1399 

Ditchey,    Jacob 529 

Dittmer,  Adolph 960 

Dixon,   Raymond   T 1550 

Dolan,  William  A 1375 

Dolph,  Miss   Blanche   h 882 

Domann,  Arthur  H.,  M.D 625 

Dominguez,  Mrs.   Felipa  Y 1241 

Donnelly,   Dennis  J 1625 

Dorn,    Fred 1040 

Douglass,  Leo  F 1507 

Doyle,  Leo  M'. 1159 

Dozier,  Edward  M 1470 

Dozier,   Thomas  E 611 

Drake,  David  Clarence 286 

Draper,  Robert  L 1382 

Dresser,    Bernard   J 1019 

Dross,  Werner  R 1580 

Druce   Brothers 950 

Du  Bois,  Willard   C,  M.D 1373 

Duckworth,  William  Edward 1412 

Duggan,  William  L 1070 

Duhart,    Bautista 1511 

Duker,   Henry  W 908 

Dungan,  H.  E 1306 

Dungan,  Samuel  M 510 

Dunlap,  J.  T 731 


INDEX 


Page 

Dunstan,    John 365 

Dunton,    George 1457 

Durkee,   Joseph   E 1396 

Durnbaugh,  Carl  E 1366 

Dutton,  Earl  Chester 1407 

E 

Eaby,  George  M 1177 

Eadington,   Thomas 1438 

Eberth,    Charles 1458 

Edens,  R.  W 1636 

Eden,.  Walter 988 

Edwards,   Arch   M 1182 

Edwards,  John  H 338 

Edwards,   Nelson  Thomas , 477 

Edwards,   Samson 395 

Edwards,  William  J 334 

Edwardson,  Lars  Tobias 854 

Eells,    John 1556 

Egan,    Richard 373 

Ehlen,  P.   W 520 

Eismann,    Mrs.    Elizabeth 1170 

Elbinger,  John  C 1040 

Elliott,   John   W 529 

Elliott,    R.   Earl 1595 

Ellis,  Claude  Newton 530 

Ellis,  Clyde  H 1595 

Eltiste,  George  Paul 1138 

Eltiste,  Michael .• 925 

Enderle,  Herman 989 

English,  Robert  Henry 312 

Krramuspe,   Domingo 630 

Erreca,  Miguel 1291 

Errecarte,    Francisco 1503 

Eseverri,    Mrs.    Dolores 599 

Esmay,   George 822 

Espolt,   William   F 407 

Eummelen,   Monsignor  Henry 341 

Evans,   Henry 694 

Evans,  Eoron  W 1530 

Evans,  I^umis  A 447 

Everett,   Amos   B 1353 

Everett,  Samuel  B 313 

Eygabroad,  Charles  H. , 539 

Eyraud,   Eeon 1589 

F 

Faacks,  Mrs.  Maria 620 

Falkenstein,    William 903 

Paris,  Thomas  L 1318 

Farrar,    Charles   R 1593 

Ferguson,  Mrs.  Lillian  Prest 1636 

Fewell,   Archie   Vernon 1577 

Field,  Fenn  B 1370 

Field,  Louise  W 1370 

Finch,   Alfred   W 1032 

Finch,  Raymond  C 1485 

Finley,  Col.  S.  H 777 

First  National  Bank  of  Garden  Grove 1351 

First  National  Bank  of  Olive 934 

First  National  Bank  of  Tustin 330 

FiscMe,-  Richard 1431 

Fischer,    William    J 1619 

Fisher,  Palo  Alto ; ,  762 

Pishering,  Ambrose  F 1635 

Fitschen,  William  J 1610 

Flesner,   G.  H 530 

Flippen,  Mrs.  Minerva  J 240 

Fluor,  John  Simon 1117 

Foote,  Edwin  Bailey 366 

Forbes,   Charles  H 561 

I'orbes,  James  Alexander 560 


Page 

Ford,   Benjamin    R 1005 

Ford,  George  W 221 

Ford,  Herbert  A 270 

Ford,  Herbert  Andrew,  D.D.S 1534 

Ford,  Mrs.  Laura  Reed 885 

Ford,  Ray  and  Dillard  E. 1220 

Forster,   John   O 330 

Foss,  Benjamin  J 1230 

Foster,   Chalmers  T 1044 

foster,    Sherman 1131^ 

Franklin,  G.  Raymond 1411 

Frantz,  Raymond  F 1616 

Franzen,  Emanuel  C 853 

Franzen,  Emanuel  -C.  H 1651 

Fraser,  Fred  Ray : 1600 

Frazer,    Richard 1664 

Freeman,  John  William 782 

Freeman,  William,  M.D 236 

Freeman,  W.  R 1593 

French,  Charles  E 405 

French,  Eugene  Edmund 941 

Frick,    Rudolph   M 722 

Fridd,  John  A 1499 

Froehlich,  Harry  Arthur 1585 

Frye,  Alexis  Everett,  A.M.;   LL.B 641 

Fuller,   Ralph  A ' 1599 

Fuller,  Samuel  N 1136 

Fulton,  Harry  C 1323 

G 

Gage,    Earl    D 1504 

Gaines,   Harvey   Sylvester 1385 

Gantz,  Capt.  Harry 565 

Garber,    Harvey , 1253 

Gardiner,  John  Reeder 694 

Gardner,    David   D 1406 

Gardner,  Earl  A , 1268 

Gardner,  Henri  F 1125 

Gates,  Frank  S 549 

Gatjens,    Hans 1014 

Genest,  Rev.  Louis  Philippe 1155 

Gibbs,  Frank  Nelson 1053 

Gibbs,  Henry  F. 1095 

Gilchrist,  Mrs.  Mary  McKee 555 

Gisler,  Robert 740 

Glenn,  Earl  G 633 

Gless,    Juan 413 

Gobar,  Frank  J.,  M.D 1132 

Goddicksen,    Peter 582 

Godwin,  Raymond  L 1623 

Goodrich,   Burleigh   L 1374 

Goodwin,    Almon '. 849 

Goodwin,  Jesse 1530 

Gould,  Dempsey  W 1287 

Grafton,   W.    D 1035 

Gray,   Warren  M 1391 

Greenleaf,    Fannie   S 717 

Greenleaf,  Walter  A 477 

Greger,   Theodore 1049 

Gregory,  D.  B 1507 

Gregory,   Ernest  S 1519 

Gregory,  Richard  Spencer 675 

Gres9weII,   Fred  K 1018 

Griffith,  Conway. 352 

Grinnell,    Carl  J 1144 

Grote,  Fred  A 752 

Grote,  Henry 793 

Grussing,    Thomas 823 

Gulick,   James   Harvey 353 

Gunther,  Louis  D 481 

Giihther,  Oscar  Ernst 919 

Guptill,   Charles  E 980 

Guptill,  John  O.. 1322 


INDEX 


Page 

Gustlin,     Abraham 997 

Guthrie,  John  P 1402 

GutziTian,    Carl   G 1512 

H 

Haan,   Otto   R 1310 

Halderman,    Barrett    It 1642 

Haley,   Olbert  Arvel 1423 

•Halladay,    Daniel 215 

Hammerschmidt,   Adolph  T 1160 

Hampton,    Lorenzo    A 1 147 

Handy,  Harry  B 542 

Handy,   Joel   Bruce 1653 

Handy,    Owen 374 

Haniman,  Albert  John 1387 

Hannum,  Vard  W 1049 

Hansen,  Mrs.  Mette 904 

Hansen,  Charles  X, 1643 

Hansen,  George  H 1391 

Hansen,    Peter. 289 

Hansler,   William  J 770 

Hare,  Orel  C 976 

Hargrave,  John  W 1663 

Harkleroad,    Henry    J 1092 

Harmon,   Edward   W 523 

Harmon,     Jonathan 654 

Harms,    John    H 1006 

Harms,  John  P 1666 

Harris,  Eli  S 383 

Harris,   Richard   t 229 

Hartman,     Edward 1469 

Hartman,  Harvey  F'. 1036 

Harvey,  Charles  E 1185 

Hatfield,  Norton  W 1452 

Hathaway,   Hiram   Helm 813 

Haven,  A.   B 843 

Haven,  E.  M 843 

Haven,.  I,.  S 843 

Haven   Seed   Company 843 

Haver,  John  Leslie 1203 

Hawley,    Alfred   E 743 

Hawley,  Mrs.    Elizabeth  M 743 

Hayward,   Elmer 523 

Hayden,  John  C 1254 

Hax,   Peter  D 1141 

Hazard,  James  Merrick 414 

Hazard,  Mrs.  Betsey  Ann 747 

Hazard,  Robert  Tf 959 

Hazen,  William  A 933 

Head,   Waller   Sinclair 1667 

'  Head,   Horace   Caldwell 619 

Head,  H.  W.,  Dr... 755 

Head,  Mrs.  Maria  E : 755 

Heaney,  Hugh  J 1652 

Heard,'  J.  B 1057 

Heartwell,   C.   D 366 

Hebard,   Harold    C 1590 

Hedstrom,    Gustave 1152 

Heffern,  Wesley  C 1044 

Heim,  Albert  L 1073 

Heim,   Carl   0 1138 

Heinemann,  Henry  G 1477 

Helms,  Napoleon  Bonaparte. 24S 

Helmsen,  Joseph 785 

Henienway,  Mrs.  Lydia  A 836 

Hemphill,   L.   W 535 

Henderson,    Alex 1437 

Hendrie,   Isaac  R 1596 

Heneks,  William 1280 

Heninger,   Martin   R 1117 

Heiining,    Louis 1069 

Hehning,  Mrs.  Ottilie 1050 

Henry,  Alexander  N 429 


Page 

Heying,   Ferdinand 1407 

Hezmalhalch,    Frederick   Charles 1143 

Hewes,   David 222 

Hickey,  John  B 1665 

Hickman,  Curtis  Henry 959 

Hile,    Harvey 913 

Hill,    Thomas 481 

Hiltscher,   Joseph 1511 

Hinckley,   John   H 1423 

Hiserodt,  Leon  C 818 

Hockemeyer,    Henry 679 

Hoep'tner,  John  P 1358 

Holditch,  William  J.   S 1656 

Holloway,   William   H 814 

Holtz,    Joseph 1613 

Hooker,  Elmer  Orval 1451 

Hossler,    Harvey   H 1062 

House,   Edmund   S 1357 

Houser,  Charles  E •-  1310 

Howard,  Charles  H 1121 

Huff,  D.  Eyman 396 

Huff,    Samuel 809 

Hughes,  Mrs.  Ida  J 882 

Huhn,    Alfred 1392 

Huhn,  John 1263 

Hull,  Orvis  U 984 

Huntington  Beach  Carnegie  Public  Library. .  850 

Huntington  Beach  Union  High  School 1347 

Huntington,    Glen    E 953 

Hutter,  Fred • 1589 

'  I 

Irwin,  Jesse  B 1 122 

Isaac,    Hubert 290 

J 

Jackson,    Calvin   E 399 

Jackson,  Josiah 824 

Jacobsen,    Asmus    Peter 701 

Jacobsen,    Peter 1542 

Jahraus,   Elmer  Ellsworth 586 

Jens,    Karl 797 

Jentges,   Harry 950 

Jentges,   Jack 714 

Jernigan,   Samuel 993 

Jerome,    Benjamin   W 1657 

Jessee,   David   E 967 

Jessup,  Harry  E 1555 

Jessup,    Thomas 417 

Jessurun,  David 930 

Jewell,  Walter  J.. 1491 

Johnson,  Abe  W 676 

Jdhnson,  John  M 735 

Johnson,  John  T 1452 

Johnson,  Joseph'  William 596 

Johnson,    Niels 1091 

Johnson,    O.    T 1451 

Johnson,    Raymond   N 1422 

Johnson,  Robert  B 840 

Johnson,  Wayman  K 1155 

Johnston,  Herbert  A.,  M.D .  501 

Johnston,  John 1630 

Johnston,  W.  Dean ■ 443 

Jones,   Edward  Spencer 766 

Jones,  George  Raymond 1376 

Jones,  McClelland  G 1347 

Jones,    Richard    W 302 

Joplin,   Josiah  C 246 

Jorn,   Carl   G 638 

Julian,  Edwin 1594 

Jumper,  Stetson  R 1096 

Justice,  Elijah  P 318 


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K 

Page 

Karloff,    Edward 1402 

Kaufman,   J.    F 1369 

Kays,  William  W 1545 

Kealiher,    Floyd   B 1324 

Kee,  Joseph 596 

Keefe,  John  C 1204 

Kellogg,  Benjamin  Franklin 230 

Kellogg,  Hiram  Clay 337 

Kellogg,  Mrs.  Mary  Orilla 230 

Kelly,  James  R 278 

Kelly,  Robert  Bayard 278 

Kenyon,   Chester  H 1635 

Kidd,  Walter  H 1545 

King,  Dale  R 1422 

King,  Mrs.  Ida  B 1288 

King,  Vernon  H 1340 

Kinsler,  Charles  C. 739 

Kirker,  Frank  Kyle 1496 

Kirsch,  John  H 1 1647 

Kistler,   Stephen 370 

Klaner,    Deiderich 1520 

Klausing,    William 1257 

Klentz,  Frank  L 607 

Kloth,   Gottfried 325 

Kluewer,   Anton 1376 

Knapp,  James  Allan 1017 

Knapp,   Robert  t, 1347 

Knight,   Edmund   E 1228 

Knowlton,  O.  V 926 

Knowlton,  Mrs.  Wyram  E 311 

Knuth,  Charles  A 798 

Koch,  Andrew  J 1605 

Koepsel,  Arthur  E 781 

Kogler,  H.  J 806 

Kogler,   Rev.   Jacob 604 

Kothe,  William  G 1305 

Kozina,   Philip 1054 

Kraemer,    Benjamin 862 

Kraemer,     Daniel 229 

Kraemer,  Samuel 592 

Krause,    Fred   C 1443 

Krause,  Howard  A 1447 

Krick,  Philip  Herman 1200 

Kroeger,    Henry 416 

Krueger,     Emil 1604 

h 

Eabat,    Salvador 1424 

Lacabanne,  Henry 1335 

Eacy,   Dr.   John   McClellan 279 

Lae,   Henry ; 1177 

Eagourgue,   Frank  R 1039 

Lamb,  Anson 448 

Eamb,    Earl 1664 

Eamb,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 272 

Eamb,  Hugo  J 1414 

Eamb,  Jerome  T 1358 

Eamb,  Walter  DeWitt 831 

Eamb,  William  D 272 

Lambert,   Ray   C 629 

La  Mont,  Victor  W 1318 

Lancaster,  Roy  S 1603 

Landell,    John 998 

Lang,  John  Henry,  M.D 1230 

Eantz,   Albert   C 1584 

Earter,  Robert  Edwin 262 

Eatourette,  James  H ; .^ 1515 

Launders,   Frank  E ■- .  954 

Launer.   John   G 556 

Eautenbach,  Joseph 1620 

Lavin,   John   D 1088 

Eeanrler,   Gustaf 1551 


Page 

Le   Bard,  John 1482 

Ledford,    Walter    D 1027 

Lee,  Albert  A 1061 

Lee,  Chester  K 1118 

Lee,   Pleasant  B 1534 

Lehmberg,    Edward   W. , 1413 

Lehnhardt,     William 967 

Leichtfuss,  Alfred  W 1655 

Le   M'arquand,    Norman 1525 

Lembcke,  Herman  G 489 

Lemke,     August 1473 

Lemke,   Herman 1473 

Lemke,    Robert 1474 

Lemke,    William 1567 

Leonard,   Nereus  H 702 

Lieffers,    Fred 893 

Eindley,   Arthur   W 1380 

Linebarger,  Dallison  Smith 663 

Littell,  U.  G.,  D.0 1365 

Livenspire,    Irvin 1249 

Loescher,    Otto 929 

Long,   Edward  A 667 

Lorenz,    Charles 292 

Lotze,  Paul  John 1481 

Lovering,  Roy  1 1122 

Lowell,   Jo 1297 

Luce,   Walter   A 1414 

Luther,   James   Ervin. 1212 

Lyon,   John  T 1599 

Lyon,  Le  Roy  E 1538 

M 

McAulay,    Angus 1 128 

McCarter,  Eugene  E 1408 

McCarter,    Thomas   John 1047 

McCarthy,    Dennis   J 1223 

McCarty,  John  H 979 

McConnell,   James   Vernon 1108 

McCord,  Arthur  Belden 1408 

McFadden,  John 821 

McFadden,  Thomas  E 900 

McFadden,  William   M 305 

McGee,    Miss    Mable 1405 

M'cGuire,    George 1373 

McKeen,    Charles   W 1010 

McKinley,    Daniel 1128 

Mclnnes,  Jack 987 

McMillan,    John 671 

McMillan,   Rufus   C 1603 

McNeil,    George 1417 

McPhee,    Barry   H .  1600 

McPhee,   George 270 

McPherson,    Stephen 430 

McWilliams,  Waldo  R 1615 

Maag,   George-  W 1048 

Maag,   Joe  A 1048 

Maag,  John  A 683 

M'aag,   John   W 1495 

Maag    Ranch 1048 

Maag,  William  H T048 

Macdonald,    D.    R ; 702 

Machander,    Herman   J 1001 

Magill,   Cyrus   Newton ■ 434 

Magill,  Dwight  E 835 

Magill,  Peryl  B.,  D.O 1321 

Maier,  John  C 540 

Manning,    Ed 972 

Mansur,  Carlos  F 633 

Marion,  Edward  D 1035 

Maroon,  John  Luther,  M.D ■  533 

Marquart,   Henry 1053 

Marquez,    Rodolfo    C 1466 

M'arsden,  Samuel  A.,  M.D 1362 


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Marsom,  Arthur  R 818 

Martel,  August  It 1344 

Martin,    Carl    W 938 

Martin,  E.   C 756 

Martin,  John  W 511 

Maryatt,    Oscar    H 1107 

Masters,  Bernard  R 1413 

Matthews,  Earl  L, 1298 

Matthews,    Fenelon    C 1272 

Matthews,   Harry  E 1182 

Mauerhan,  J.  C 911 

Mauerhan,  William  C 920 

Maurer,   Fred  A 380 

Mayer,   Harry 1620 

M'ayfield,  Mrs.  Lavinia  Avery 802 

Mayhew,  Joseph  P 1043 

Medlock,  Dr.  J.  R : 408 

Mefford,  Joseph  H 660 

Meger,    Rudolph 1414 

Meger,    Gotlieb 1427 

Meier,    Henry 1309 

Meiser,   Henry   G 1648 

Melcher,  Alvin  0 732 

Melrose,    Richard 418 

Menges,  Marion  Albert,   M.D 562 

Menton,   William   F 1005 

Merrick,  Joseph  A 1643 

Metzgar,  James  Clow 1609 

Meyer,  Andrew 1354 

Meyer,  Henry  D 1650 

Meyer,    Herman   F 1402 

Meyer,  Theodore  A 1526 

Miles,    E.   C 1351 

MiUen,   Frank  W 1279 

Miller,  Augustus   G 1219 

Miller,     Otto 1650 

Miller,   Perry 1036 

Miller,    Rudolph    W 899 

Miller,   Samuel  T 773 

Miller,   William   N 1626 

Mills,  Andrew  F 684 

Mitchell,    Charles   F 1001 

Mitchell,    David 1054 

Mitchell,  Roy  Hunter 1374 

Mitchell,  William  T. . '. 667 

Mitchell,   Willis    F 839 

Mitchell,   Willis    G 388 

Moberly,   Hanigan   C 542 

Modjeska,  Felix  Bozenta 748 

Modjeska,   Mme.   Helena 590 

Moody,   Joseph   P 301  ' 

Moore  Brothers   Company 1113 

Moore,    Edgar  W 1529 

Moore,    Waightstill   A 1441 

Morales,   E.    S 1573 

Morris,  James  A 968 

■  Morris,   Thomas   R 1048 

Morrison,  Ernest  L 1392 

Morrison,   Mack  Henry 1653 

Morrow,  Charles  W 1215 

Morj-ow,'  George   Clinton 504 

Morrow,   Sylvester  W 1442 

Mosbaugh,   George  J 344 

Moulton,  Lewis  Fenno 239 

Mueller,    Jacob 789 

Myers,  Lee  0 1216 

Myers,  Vernon  C ". 1434 

N 

Nebelung,  Max 464 

Nelson,  Alexander  P 1313 

Newland,   William  T 854 

Newsom,  Harvey  V 650 


I'at-'i; 

Newsom,    Willis   J 739 

Nichols,  Hervey  D.. 1659 

Nichols,  Jesse  O '♦94 

Nichols,  John  B '  263 

Nicolas,  Pierre,  Jr 569 

Nimocks,  Mrs.  Martha  A '*^^ 

Nisson,    Mathias '*52 

Noe,  Edward  A 1087 

North,  Mrs.  Rosie  J 1^*2 

Northcross,    Robert    C 561 

Norton,    C.    L '7* 

Norton,    P.    H : 1578 

Nowotny,   Alvin   F 1516 

Nusbaumer,    Joseph 1242 

Nutt,  Charles  R 1174 

Nylen,  Harry  J 1412 

O 

Oborne,    John 1147 

O'Connor,    Hugh    T 929 

O'Donnell,    Joseph 1178 

Oelke,   William   J 1485 

Oelkers,    Henry 263 

Oertly,    Conrad 1013 

Oertly,  Soule  C , 1323 

Olewiler,  Hester  Tripp,  D.0 1615 

Oliveras,  Joseph 1508 

Olson,  Charles  W 1156 

Ord,  John    C 572 

O'Rear,  Rev.  Arthur  T 1519 

Ortega,  John   M 1522 

Ortega,  Juan  D 1541 

Orton,    Chauncey    S 1499 

Osborne,  Arthur  H.   T 1433 

Osterman,  Bennie  W 1292 

Oswald,  Wallace  Edwin 1169 

Otis,    William   E 869 

Overshiner,   Charles   David 744 

Oyharzabal,   Estaban  and  Peter 1486 

Oyharzabal,    E 1644 

P 

Padias,  Salvador  M. 1629 

Page,   Steve 975 

Palmer,  Le  Roy  D 929 

Palmer,   Noah 207 

Pannier,   William 645 

Pappas,  Tom  P 1552 

Parker,  John  R. 1136 

Parker,   Leonard 1549 

Parker,   Walter    M 318 

Partridge,   Frank  E 1020 

Paterson,  Arthur  H 679 

Patterson,   Frank  E 319 

Patterson,   John    F 357 

Patterson,    Ira    E 895 

Patterson,    Ralph  A 319 

Pattillo,   William    G 1169 

Patton,  Murray  A.,  D.D.S 1237 

Paulus,    Chris 1215 

Pearson,  E.  A 1322 

Peek,    Arnold    F 1512 

Peelor,  Mortimer  Hugh 1646 

Peitzke,  Fred 1417 

Penman,    Newton   J 1 193 

Penman,   William  Wright 994 

Peralta,   Juan   Pablo 1564 

Perkins,   Wyllys   W 311 

Perry,   William   W 827 

Peterkin,    William   D 1573 

Peterson,  H.  M 1428 

Peterson,   Roy  Charles 1237 


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PfeifFer,  Mrs.   Pedrilla  P 271 

Phillips,  William  H 659 

Pickering,   Arthur    C 1658 

Pierce,   Newton  Barris 1293 

Pike,  Loren  D 1661 

Pirie,  George  Hill 908 

Pister,  Carl  A 925 

Pixley,  Dewitt  Clinton 369 

Planchon,    Frank   C 1584 

Plavan,  F.  D 710 

Pleasants,  Joseph'  Edward 218 

Plegel,  A.  F 1050 

Plummer,  John  L.,  Sr 1645 

Polhemus,  Henry  Dean 1224 

Poling,  Ira  W 1379 

Pollard,  George  W 713 

Pollock,    Joseph 1399 

Pomeroy,  Leason  F 1616 

Pope,  John  Wesley 498 

Popplewell,  William  M.,  M.D 1199 

Porter,  C.   George 744 

Porter,  John  E ; 1220 

Potter,  Noah  Ulysses 752 

Prescott,   Julian  A 1667 

Pressel,  G.  Fred 1486 

Price,  J.  D 388 

Prinslow,  Charles 1395 

Pritchard,    Abe 1151 

Probst,  Jacob  P 1629 

Proctor,   Bertha   D. .  .■ 849 

Pryor,  Albert 1586 

Pugh,  S.  L 1482 

Pulver,  Cyrus  B 980 

Purdy,    Arthur   Waldo 1538 

Pyle,  Joshua  O 1339 

Q 

Queyrel,  Albert   E •.    1382 

Queyrel,  Joachim 1381 

Quick,  Joseph  G 603 

R 

Raikes,  Joseph   Walter 1380 

Ralph,  William  A 1110 

Rancho  Canon  de  Santa  Ana 891 

Ramsey,  Charles  F 1469 

Ray,    Harry 748 

Read,  Charles  C 1087 

Read,  Wendell   P 1361 

Reagan,  Michael  F 489 

Reed,   Sumner,  E 1626 

Reid,  Taylor  R 1379 

Reisch',   Andrew   R 1083 

Reusch,  Charles  F.  W 817 

Renter,    Theodore 1654 

Reyburn,    George   R 512 

Rice,  James  S 326 

Richards,  John  F 1465 

Richardson,    William   J 1156 

Richey,  Royal  B 975 

Richter,  Conrad,  M.D 1432 

Riggle,  Charles  W 1465 

Rimpau,  Frederick  C 216 

Rimpau,  Theodore 216 

Roberts,  Bertram  C 1002 

Roberts,  Theodore 1302 

Robertson,  James  G 1555 

Robertson,  Thomas  M 1002 

Robinson,   Archie   M 1254 

Robinson,    George   Eddie 575 

Robinson,   Phranda  A 1257 

Robinson,   Richard 290 


Page 

Robinson,   William    I-1 1447 

Rochester,    James   Hervey 1133 

Rodger   Brothers 1297 

Rogers,  Lucian  T 1178 

Rogers,  W.   R 1387 

Rohrs,    Fred,    Sr 1173 

Rohrs,    George 1637 

Rohrs,   Henry,  Jr 688 

Rohrs,  Henry  W 471 

Rohrs,    William    H 1551 

Rolfe,    George   W 1077 

Rorden,   Andrew 380 

Rosenbaum,   Oscar 1027 

Ross,   George   M 1031 

Ross,  Mrs.  Hattie  W 252 

Ross,   James   Arthur 1301 

Ross,    Samuel 706 

Rouse,  Manson 1656 

Rousselle,  Alcedas  B 1 127 

Roy,  Paul  Benjamin 1352 

Royer,  Daniel  F.,  M.D 626 

Royer,  Harvey  B 790 

Ruddock,  Charles  Edward 463 

Ruedy,   Jacob 1546 

Ruhmann,    Fritz 954 

Runyan,  John   S 1630 

Rurup,  Ernest  Henry 1023 

Rust,    Charles  O .      296 

Rust,  Mrs.  C.   O 296 

Rutherford,   Henry   T 832 

Rutschow,   Herman   F 1336 

Ryan,  Ebon  R 1619 

Ryan,   George  E : 1078 

S 

Sackman,    J.    William ^ 1594 

Sadler,  Charles  W 1385 

Salter,  Eugene  M 1066 

Sanders,  Adoniram  Judson 354 

Sahdilands,  CJerald  W 611 

Sansinena,    Jose 595 

Sargent,  Eugene  S 938 

Sauers,  John   W 1638 

Saunby,  William  J 1246 

Sawyer,    Frank 1253 

Sayles,  Leon  A 1137 

Schaffert,    Henry 1114 

Schildmeyer,   Anton 451 

Schildmeyer,   Mrs.   Eouisa 451 

Schildmeyer,  Oscar  A 1619 

Schlueter,    Fred 1073 

Schmidt,   Fred  W 810 

Schinidt,    Theodore    E 629 

Schnitger,   Arthur   A 1339 

Schnitger,   Wm.    E 1443 

Schreiner,  Henry  Andrew 550 

Schroeder,  John  H 698 

Schulte,  Mrs.  Adelheid  Konig 358 

Schultz,  Henry 1131 

Schulz,  Jerome  V 1579 

Scliumacher,    William 414 

Schweiger,  G.  A 1427 

Schweitzer,   J.    Fraiik 705 

Scott,   John   E 822 

Scott,  M.  Russell 1271 

Segerstrom,  Charles  J 1331 

Seidel,  Henry 1009 

Serrano,  Miss  Ninfa 509 

Shaffer,  David  R.  S 421 

Shanley,   Frank 418 

Sharratt,    David   F 877 

Shattuck,   George  B 509 

Shaw,  Asbury  J 1301 


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Shaw,  I^inn   Iv 314 

Sheppard,  James  C 467 

Sheridan,   lyco  J 1515 

Shields,   Martin  H 1006 

Shook,    Lloyd   E 1660 

Shrosbree,  Alfred 1211 

Sitton,  Albert  H 735 

Skidmore,    George    E 769 

Skidmore,  Joseph  W 759 

Skiles,  Henry  A 1250 

Skiles,  Lindley  B 1590 

Slack,   Clement   I<incoln 1107 

Smart,   William   M 354 

Smiley,    Charles  E 1365 

Smiley,  Donald  S 1062 

Smith,   D.    Edson 269 

Smith,  George  S 710 

Smith,  Claude  Edgar  and  Guy 718 

Smith,  Mrs.  Juliette 392 

Smith,  Robert  R 1605 

Smith,   Willard 680 

Smithwick,   Edward 503 

Snow,  J.   Edmund 693 

Spangler,  Roy  F 1563 

Sparkes,    Cyrus    G 732 

Speer,  William  F 1495 

Spencer,    Clarence    S 709 

Spennetta,    J.    D 620 

Sprague,  Edgerton  B ■ .  1024 

Spurgeon,     Granville 255 

Spurgeon,   William   H 203 

Staley,    Arthur 709 

Stanckey,    Fredrick 413 

Stanfield,    Joab 1079 

Stankey,    Adolph 490 

Stanley,   Arthur   C 1314 

Stanley,   Harry   W 892 

Stark,    Edward 497 

Stearns,   Frank   C 1428 

Steele,  John  W 946 

Stein,   Felix 1491 

Stein,    Sam 1604 

Stern,    Herman. 990 

Steward,  Olin  E 565 

Stewart,   David   Oliver 840 

Stewart,  H.  A 1141 

Stewart,  O.  A 490 

Stinson,  John  H 1568 

Stock,    Godfrey   J 697 

Stockton,  C.   Bruce 1563 

Stockton,  James  Thomas 1160 

Stockwell,   Nathan   C 1453 

Stodart,    Mrs.    Mary 721 

Stodart,  Archibald 721 

Stoifel,  Fred  A 675 

Stoflel,     Peter 1208 

Stohlmann,  A.  F 1478 

Stolt,    Theodore    E 1369 

Stoner,   Christian   C 285 

Stork,  William  E 1463 

Stortz,  Walter  Albert 870 

St.    Paul's   Lutheran   Church,   Olive 1481 

Stradley,    William    E 1648 

Strauss,    Fred 1555 

Streech,  Mrs.   Ellen  J 1170 

Strock,  Dr.   Samuel 1137 

Struck,  G.  W 1459 

Stuckenbruck,  John  W 1477 

Sutton,  Walter  A 1010 

Swartzbaugh,  John  J 362 

Swindler,   Jacob    S 1401 


T 

Page 

Taft,    Charles   Parkman 244 

Talbert,  Samuel  E 1186 

Talbert,  Thomas  B 1560 

Talmage,  C.  Forest 1651 

Taylor,  Fred  G.  and  Elizabeth 361 

Taylor,   Frederick  H 668 

Taylor,    George   M 1432 

Taylor,  Harold  R 1662 

Teague,  Andrew  J 1126 

Tedford,    Norman    B 1189 

Tedford,  William  N 208 

Teel,    Samuel   David 919 

Thelan,   H.    Percy 1388 

Theodore   Brothers 1556 

Thomas,  Francis  M 1264 

Thomas,  Dr.  John  D 934 

Thomas,    Julian    E 1442 

Thompson,    Andrew    Wesley 426 

Thompson,   Irving  Alfred 1520 

Thompson,    Orrin   M 1190 

Thompson,   Robert  J 983 

Thomson,  Hugh  Conger 1148 

Thomson,  Hugh  T 447 

Thomson,^  Thomas  H 379 

Thorman,'  A 769 

Thurber,  H.  Delemere 1661 

Thurston,   Joseph  S 527 

Till,    Edwin 732 

Timken,    Fred   W : 1424 

Timmons,  James  Albert 835 

Tingley,    S.    E 1580 

Todd,  Stone  Walker 1668 

Toler,  Miss  Jessie  Lee 1080 

Toney,  Mrs.  Mary  N 660 

Tournat,     George 1327 

Toussau,    Simon 874 

Towner,  H.  Fred 1227 

Town^end,    Stephen 589 

Tralle,  George  Markham,  M.D 1624 

Trapp,    Alfred 1585 

Trapp,  Roy  D 865 

Trapp,    William 1099 

Travis,    Zoraida    B 320 

Tremain,  Lyman  and  Mabel  Vance 1142 

Treulieb,    Charles 1332 

Treydte,   Paul 857 

Tricky,  Arthur  L 1559 

Trickey,   Jasper   N 1275 

Tubbs,  John  W 1521 

Tubbs,   W.    Lester 1014 

Tubbs,   Volney  V 987 

Tucker,    Simeon 352 

Tuffree,  Col.  J.  K 400 

Tuffree,    S.   James 400 

Turck,   Emil    R 786 

Turner,   James   Andrew 437 

Tuthill,    Robert    G 1574 

u 

Utt,   C.  E 1305 

Ulrich,    Frank 1331 

Utter,  John  W.,   M.D 1669 

Utz,    John ■. 1313 

V 

Vail,   A.   V 1035 

Valenti,   J 1454 

Vanderburg,    Clarence  R 1525 

Vaughan,  Leonard  0 801 

Vaughan,  Mrs.  Martha  M.   S 802 

Velasco,  Jose  Francisco 1193 


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Vincent,  Roy  E 953 

Violett,  C.  C,  M.D 722 

Volberding,  Fred  T 946 

\'olImer,  Joseph  F 899 

W 

Wagner,  Frederic  Josepli 1 144 

Wagner,  John  E 1500 

Wagner,  Joseph  E 1508 

Wahlberg,   Harold  Edward 1306 

Walker,  Arthur  Frank 891 

Walker,   Mrs.   Bella  J 1400 

Waller,   William    1 1028 

Wallop,    William    T 1386 

Walter,    Scott  R 1496 

Walters,    Henry 1623 

Walton,    Frank  W 1058 

Walton,   John    Franklin 1503 

Ward,   John   M 963 

Wardlow,    Robert 1104 

Wardwell,  George  W , 1624 

Ware,   Edward   G 649 

Warne,  Jolin  H 1287 

Warne,   Riley   B 1375 

Warren,  Eeroy  A ^  1655 

Wasser,    Wilbur   W 1550 

Watson,   Errol  Trafford 1216 

Watson,    Harold   Arlington 1203 

Watson,    Jonathan 384 

Watson,  Mrs.  Sarah'  Amanda 612 

Weaver,   Jlrs.    C.    Ella 1521 

Wehrly,  John,   M.D 460 

Weisel,    Fred    H 839 

Weisel,    Hans    Victor 1400 

Weitbrecht,   Robert   B 933 

Welch,   Tliomas   B 1537 

Wells,  George  W 866 

Wells,   Lewis  Tuttle 634 

Wendt,    William 277 

■Wersel,    George   N 1177 

Wessler,  Ferdinand  H 1070 

West,    Artliur ' 774 

West,   Eldo   R 1438 

West,  Henry 671 

West,  Hon.  Z.  B 333 

Weston,  Thomas  S 1668 

Wettlin,  David  G 697 

Whedon,   James  T 828 

Whippo,   Samuel  W 1437 

Whitacre,  Walter  E 1423 

W^hitaker,  James   H .•.  .  .  1448 


I'agc 

Whitney,   M'iss  Justine 546 

Wickersheim,  William  J .  48l? 

Wickett,  William  H.,  M.D 515 

Wilber,   Harry   Eee 1503 

Wiley,   Robert  J 1110 

Wilkins,  Harold  I,.,   V.S 1447 

Williams,  Albert  C 664 

Williams,  Harry  V 1448 

Williams,    Isaac    R 244 

Williams,  J.  C 1646 

Williams,  Thomas  J 261 

Williamson,   Samuel  S 1084 

Wilson,   Foster  E.,  M.D 1074 

Wilson,  George  P 1 32/ 

Wilson,   Robert 1631 

Wilson,  Thomas  James 1271 

Wilson,    William 444 

Wilson,  William  Oscar 1095 

Wine,  John  JI 1 103 

Winters,    Henry 873 

Winters,    John 971 

Winters,   William   Franklin -1322 

Witman,    Henry   W 1279 

Witt,   Henry  D 15S9 

Wolff,  ICadja  V '. '  937 

Wood,  Albert  William 1614 

Wood,   Wayland 1023 

Woodington,  Harry 510 

Woodworth,  J.  M ' 1351 

Wray,  Newton   E 1665 

Wray,   Walter n73 

Wright,  George  E 664 

Wright,  Mary  E.,  D.0 1504 

Y 

Yaeger,  Miss  Lillian  E 1132 

Yandeau,  Frederick  P 1577 

Yoch',  Josepli 886 

Yorba,  Mrs.  Erolinda 280 

Yorba,  Vicente  G 1444 

York,  William  L 1224 

Yost,  William  R 684 

Yount,  Henry 736 

Yriarte,    Felix ifiio 

Yriarte,     Patricio 317 

z 

Zaiser,  Harry  E.,  M.D 861 

Ziegler,  John  B 953 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

By  SAMUEL  ARMOR 

CHAPTER  I 

THE  FORMATION  AND  DESCRIPTION  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

The  state  of  California  was  created  out  of  territory  ceded  to  the  United 
States  by  Mexico  in  the  year  1848.  It  was  admitted  into  the  Union  as  a  free 
state  in  1850,  with  a  population  of  92,597.  This  population  was  located  in  a  few 
little  cities,  with  a  small  portion  in  the  mining  camps  and  scattered  over  the  graz- 
ing lands  adjacent  to  the  water  courses.  The  style  of  government  inherited  from 
Mexico  might  be  characterized  as  feudal  or  patriarchal,  each  city  or  pueblo 
and  the  adjoining  territory  being  governed  by  an  alcalde  or  other  officer  appointed 
by  the  Mexican  government.  When  the  state  was  formed  each  of  the  principal 
towns  with  its  tributary  territory  was  created  into  a  county;  but,  on  account  of 
the  towns  being  far  apart  and  the  intervening  territory  sparsely  settled,  the  area 
of  the  first  counties  was  large  and  the  population  small.  As  the  country  settled 
up  and  other  centers  of  population  were  formed  eiiforts  were  made  from  time 
to  time  to  form  new  counties  by  cutting  off  portions  of  the  old  ones ;  some  of 
these  efforts  were  successful  and  others  failed. 

With  the  growth  of  the  communities  in  the  southeastern  part  of  Los  Angeles 
County  there  sprang  up  the  desire  for  a  smaller  county  with  a  county  seat  nearer 
home.  This  feeling  grew  apace  until  finally  an  appeal  was  made  to  the  legislature 
of  1889  for  autonomy.  The  city  of  Santa  Ana,  which  had  outgrown  the  other 
cities  in  the  proposed  new  county,  took  the  lead  in  the  struggle  for  county  division. 
A  lobby  was  maintained  at  Sacramento  all  winter  at  considerable  expense,  without 
being  able  to  overcome  the  influence  of  Los  Angeles  against  the  bill  for  the  new 
county.  This  bill  was  entitled  "An  Act  to  Create  the  County  of  Orange,"  the 
name  Orange  being  selected  partly  on  its  own  merits  and  partly  to  conciliate  the 
city  of  that  name,  which  also  aspired  to  be  county  seat.  Finally,  late  in  the  ses- 
sion, W.  H.  Spurgeon  and  James  McFadden  took  up  the  matter  in  the  legislature 
with  better  success.  They  found  some  members  who  were  friendly  to  their  project 
and  others  who  were  hostile  to  Los  Angeles.  There  are  sometimes  a  few  members 
of  the  legislature  who  are  looking  for  "Col.  Mazuma"  to  come  to  the  help  or 
hindrance  of  much-desired  legislation.  Because  the  rich  county  of  Los  Angeles 
would  not  distribute  a  large  defense  fund  among  such  members,  they  turned 
against  that  county.  Then,  too,  San  Francisco  had  begun  to  recognize  in  Los  An- 
geles a  possible  rival,  and  was  glad  of  the  opportunity  to  deprive  her  of  some  of 
her  territory.  These  various  interests  and  antagonisms  were  so  skilfully  handled 
that  the  bill  passed  the  legislature  and  was  signed  by  Governor  Waterman,  March 
11,  1889. 

The  struggle  was  then  transferred  to  the  territory  involved.  The  first  step 
in  the  formation  of  the  new  county  was  the  appointment  by  the  governor  of  a 
board  of  five  commissioners  to  direct  the  work  of  organization.  Following  are 
the  men  who  were  appointed  on  this  commission:  J.  W.  Towner,  of  Santa  Ana; 
J:  H.  Kellom,  of  Tustin;  A.  Cauldwell,  of  Orange;  W.  M.  McFadden,  of  Pla- 


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centia;  and  R.  Q.  Wickham,  of  Garden  Grove.    The  commission  organized  Alarcli 
22,  by  electing  J.  W.  Towner  president  and  R.  Q.  Wickham  secretary. 

An  election  was  called  for  June  4th,  to  ratify  or  reject  the  action  of  the 
legislature,  as  provided  for  in  the  organic  act.  This  provision  was  inserted  in 
the  bill  to  answer  the  objection  urged,  that  a  majority  of  the  people  in  the  pro- 
posed new  county  did  not  want  to  be  set  ofif  from  the  old  county.  The  most  of 
the  opposition  to  county  division  was  at  Anaheim,  the  people  of  that  place  con- 
tending that  the  line  ought  to  have  been  located  at  the  San  Gabriel  River  instead 
of  at  Coyote  Creek.  They  thought  that  if  more  territory  had  been  taken  in 
towards  the  west,  Anaheim  would  have  had  a  chance  for  the  county  seat;  but 
notwithstanding  this  opposition,  the  election  was  carried  in  favor  of  county  divi- 
sion by  a  vote  of  2,509  to  500. 

A  second  election  was  held  on  July  11,  to  decide  the  location  of  the  county 
seat  and  to  select  the  county  officers,  who  would  serve  until  the  next  regular 
election.  _  Two  cities  contested  for  the  county  seat,  Santa  Ana  and  Orange.  Ana- 
heim, having  no  hope  for  herself,  took  little  interest  in  the  election;  in  fact, 
scores  of  people  went  to  Los  Angeles  or  elsewhere  on  election  day  to  keep  out 
of  the  way  of  the  campaign  workers.  Orange,  being  thus  deprived  of  some  of 
the  help  she  counted  on,  made  rather  a  poor  showing  in  the  contest.  On  the  other 
hand,  the  city  of  Santa  Ana  was  not  able  to  equal  its  county  seat  vote  for  six 
or  eight  years  thereafter,  notwithstanding  it  was  growing  all  the  time.  The  result 
of  the  election  for  county  seat  was  1,729  votes  for  Santa  Ana  and  775  for  Orange. 

There  were  three  tickets  in  the  field  for  county  officers ;  a  non-partisan  ticket 
in  the  interest  of  Santa  Ana  for  county  seat,  a  non-partisan  ticket  in  the  interest 
of  Orange  for  county  seat,  and  a  straight  Republican  ticket  without  reference  to 
the  county  seat.  All  of  the  candidates  of  the  Santa  Ana  non-partisan  ticket  were 
elected,  except  the  candidate  for  supervisor  of  the  Fourth  District,  who  was 
defeated  by  a  margin  of  four  votes  by  the  candidate  on  the  other  two  tickets.  The 
officers  thus  chosen  were:  Superior  judge,  J.  W.  Towner;  district  attorney,  E.  E. 
Edwards ;  county  clerk,  R.  Q.  ^Vickllam ;  recorder  and  auditor,  George  E.  Foster ; 
sheriff  and  tax  coUecter,  R.  T.  Harris ;  treasurer,  W.  B.  \\'all ;  assessor,  Fred  C. 
Smj'the ;  superintendent  of  schools,  John  P.  Greeley ;  surveyor,  S.  O.  Wood ; 
coroner  and  public  administrator,  I.  D.  Mills;  supervisors:  first  district,  W.  H. 
Spurgeon ;  second  district,  Jacob  Ross ;  third  district,  Sheldon  Littlefield,  a  hold- 
over from  Los  Angeles;  fourth  district,  Samuel  Armor;  fifth  district,  A.  Guy 
Smith. 

The  supervisors  organized  August  5,  1889,  by  the  election  of  W.  H.  Spurgeon 
as  chairman  of  the  board.  Rooms  for  the  county  offices  were  furnished  rent  free 
for  two  years  in  the  Billings  and  Congdon  Blocks  on  East  Fourth  Street,  by  the 
residents  in  that  vicinity.  These  rooms,  with  some  changes,  were  retained  by 
the  county  at  a  moderate  rental  until  the  new  court  house  was  ready  for  occupancy. 
The  board  of  supervisors  held  frequent  meetings  during  the  first  few  months, 
getting  the  business  of  the  new  county  properly  started  and  adjusting  the  differ- 
ences between  the  two  counties.  Los  Angeles  County  resisted  the  separation  in 
many  ways.  Some  of  her  citizens  brought  suit  against  the  new  county  on  the 
ground  that  the  organic  act  was  unconstitutional,  in  that  the  legislature  had  dele- 
gated its  powers  to  the  people  of  the  new  county  to  decide  whether  they  wanted 
county  division  or  not.  The  supreme  court  sustained  the  constitutionality  of  the 
act.  Meantime  the  two  boards  of  supervisors  appointed  commissioners  to  adjust 
the  differences  between  the  counties  and  to  determine  the  basis  of  settlement  of 
claims  for  and  against  the  new  county.  The  two  commissioners  selected  for 
Orange  County  were  James  McFadden  and  Richard  Egan.  These  men  by  their 
shrewdness  and  tact  secured  a  fair  settlement  with  very  little  friction.  The  ques- 
tion of  which  county  should  be  charged  with  the  money  spent  in  the  new  county, 
by  the  old,  between  the  approval  of  the  legislative  act  by  the  governor,  March  11, 
and  the  organization  of  the  new  county,  August  5,  was  left  to  the  courts  to  deter- 
mine. This  money  included  the  cost  of  the  long  bridge  over  the  Santa  Ana  River 
at  Olive,  the  expense  of  the  justice  courts,  the  care  of  the  indigents  and  possibly 


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other  expenditures  on  behalf  of  Orange  County.  The  courts  held  that  this  burden 
should  be  borne  by  the  old  county,  since  it  voluntarily  built  the  bridge  after  the 
Orange  County  bill  was  approved  and  it  was  its  duty  to  keep  the  local  government 
going  until  relieved  by  the  new  county. 

The  formative  steps  in  the  creation  of  Orange  County  having  thus  been  nar- 
rated, the  next  thing  in  order  is  to  describe  the  county ;  giving  its  area,  boun- 
daries, topography  and  general  characteristics.  As  previously  indicated  the  county 
was  formed  in  the  year  1889  by  cutting  off  about  forty  miles  in  length  from  the 
southeastern  portion  of  Los  Angeles  County,  giving  the  new  county  about  that 
length  of  coast  line.  The  legislative  act  made  Coyote  Creek  the  dividing  line 
between  the  two  counties ;  but  the  surveyors  commenced  at  the  mouth  of  the 
creek  and  located  the  county  line  on  the  property  lines,  jogging  over  from  time 
to  time  to  keep  near  the  channel,  until  they  reached  the  southeast  corner  of 
.section  13,  township  3  south,  range  11  west.  From  that  point  the  line  was  run 
due  north  three  miles  to  the  township  line  and  thence  due  east  to  the  San  Ber- 
nardino County  line.  The  rest  of  the  boundary  line  of  the  new  county  was  left 
the  same  as  that  of  the  old  county  before  division.  The  county  is  therefore 
bounded  on  the  west,  northwest  and  north  by  Los  Angeles  County  j  on  the  north 
and  northeast  by  San  Bernardino  County ;  on  the  northeast  and  east  by  Riverside 
County;  on  the  southeast  and  south  by  San  Diego  County;  and  on  the  south, 
southwest  and  west  by  the  Pacific  Ocean. 

It  is  customary  to  speak  of  Orange  County  as  one  of  the  smallest  counties 
in  the  state ;  but  there  are  nine  counties  with  less  territory,  forty-three  with  less 
population  and  forty-three  with  a  smaller  assessed  valuation.  Its  area  is  given 
officially  as  780  square  miles;  but  the  number  of  acres  assessed  (446,257)  would 
indicate  only  697}^  square  miles.  However,  there  may  be  sufficient  government 
land  within  the  county  to  make  up  the  difference.  Perhaps  a  third  of  this  area 
is  hilly  and  mountainous,  while  the  remainder  is  comparatively  level. 

There  is  very  little  timber  on  the  southern  and  western  slopes  of  mountains 
exposed  to  many  months  of  summer  sun,  like  those  in  Orange  County.  Most 
of  their  surface,  however,  is  covered  with  chaparral,  sage  brush,  mesquite,  man- 
zanita  and  other  hardy  shrubs,  which,  with  the  cactus,  provide  food  and  shelter 
for  considerable  game  and  retard  the  run-ofif  from  the  winter  rains.  In  some 
of  the  ravines — especially  those  with  a  northern  exposure — there  are  clumps  of 
hve  oak  trees ;  while  in  the  canyons,  near  the  water  courses,  there  are  groves 
of  live  oak,  sycamore  and  other  native  trees  of  considerable  size. 

When  the  temperature  cools  off  in  the  winter  months,  the  mountains  help 
to  condense  the  moisture  in  the  atmosphere  and  thereby  increase  the  precipitation ; 
they  also  act  as  a  catchment-basin  to  collect  the  rainfall  and  drain  it  into  the 
streams  for  use  in  the  summer  on  the  plains  below.  A  considerable  portion  of 
the  mountains  and  hills  is  adapted  to  grazing  and  bee  culture.  The  hills  on 
the  north  produce  large  quantities  of  oil,  and  oil  has  also  been  found  under  the 
hills  along  the  coast.  The  hills  and  mountains  on  the  east  abound  in  minerals 
and.  precious  metals.     Here,  too,  are  extensive  beds  of  coal  of  a  fair  quality. 

The  valleys  and  plains,  which  make  up  the  larger  part  of  the  county,  have  a 
great  variety  of  soils,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  the  following:  Adobe, 
alkali,  clay,  gravel,  loam,  peat,  sand  and  perhaps  others.  Some  of  these  soils 
are  stronger  than  others,  some  are  easier  worked,  some  need  irrigation  and 
others  need  drainage,  and  some  will  retain  the  heat  from  the  sun  longer  than 
others.  When  the  latter  kind  of  soil  is  found  on  the  higher  parts  of  the  mesa 
near  the  foothills,  it  helps  to  make  what  is  called  "the  frostless  belt"  in  winter. 
Thus  certain  localities  are  better  adapted  to  certain  products  than  others  are. 
For  instance,  the  upper  portion  of  the  mesa  near  the  foothills  is  suited  to  citrus 
and  other  semi-tropic  fruits  and  winter  vegetables ;  the  lower  portion  of  the 
mesa,  bordering  on  the  damp  land,  is  adapted  to  deciduous  fruits  and  walnuts ; 
the  damp  land  is  favorable  to  the  sugar  beet  and  dairying;  the  peat  land  is 
almost  synonymous  with  celery  growing ;  while,  with  irrigation  where  needed  and 


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drainage  where  needed,  all  localities  and  kinds  of  soil  are  well  adapted  to  general 
farming.  Hence,  as  a  whole,  Orange  County  is  well  qualified  to  produce  in  mer- 
chantable quantities  almost  every  kind  of  grain,  grass,  fruit,  nut  and  vegetable 
grown  in  the  temperate  zones  as  well  as  many  kinds  indigenous  to  the  torrid  zone. 

When  the  United  States  acquired  possession  of  California  by  the  treaty  of 
Guadalupe  Hidalgo  between  this  government  and  Alexico  in  1848,  it  was  stipu- 
lated in  said  treaty  that  Mexicans  in  the  territory  acquired  by  the  United  States 
should  be  allowed  to  retain  their  property  in  such  territory  or  to  dispose  of  it  and 
remove  the  proceeds  at  their  option.  Thus  were  the  titles  of  the  many  large 
ranches,  which  were .  originally  granted  by  Spain,  confirmed  to  their  owners, 
who  have  since  transferred  them  to  their  successors  in  interest.  So  far  as 
can  be  learned  the  following  are  the  principal  grants,  beginning  at  the  lower  end 
of  the  county : 

Mission  \'iejo  or  La  Paz,  containing  46,432.65  acres;  Trabuco,  confirmed 
to  Juan  Forster  and  containing  22,184.47  acres ;  Boca  de  La  Playa ;  El  Sobrante ; 
Niguel ;  Canada  de  Los  Alisos,  confirmed  to  Jose  Serrano  and  containing  10,668.81 
acres ;  Lomas  de  Santiago,  which  is  now  included  in  the  San  Joaquin ;  San 
Joaquin,  of  which  48,803.16  was  confirmed  to  J.  Sepulveda;  Santiago  de 
Santa  Ana,  confirmed  to  B.  Yorba  et  al.  and  containing  62,516.57  acres ;  Bolsa 
Chico,  confirmed  to  Joaquin  Ruiz  and  containing  8,107.40  acres;  Las  Bolsas, 
confirmed  to  Ramon  Yorba  et  al.  and  containing  34,486.53  acres;  part  of  Los 
Alamitos,  confirmed  to  Abel  Stearns  and  containing  17,789.79  acres;  part  of 
Los  Coyotes,  confirmed  to  A.  Pico  et  al.  and  containing  56,979.72  acres ;  San 
Juan  Cajon  de  Santa  Ana,  confirmed  to  B.  Yorba  et  al.  and  containing  13,328.53 
acres ;  part  of  La  Brea,  confirmed  to  A.  Pico  et  al.  and  containing  all  told 
6,698.57  acres. 

Many  of  these  ranches  have  been  subdivided  and  more  or  less  of  the  acreage 
sold  off  in  small  tracts  to  different  people,  thereby  increasing  the  population  and 
settling  up  the  county.  Thus  the  ranch  lines  become  indistinguishable  from 
other  boundary  lines  and  even  the  names  of  the  ranchos  are  lost  sight  of,  except 
in  the  deeds  transferring  the  property.  There  is  still  considerable  room  for  the 
work  of  subdivision  to  be  done  before  the  comity  will  have  reached  the  limit  of 
its  capacity.  Li  fact,  the  natural  resources  of  Orange  County  are  such  that,  if 
properly  developed,  they  will  support  a  population  of  500,000  people  instead  of 
61,375,  as  reported  in  the  last  federal  census. 

There  are  nine  incorporated  cities  in  the  county,  viz.,  Anaheim,  Brea, 
Fullerton,  Huntington  Beach,  Newport  Beach,  Orange,  Santa  Ana,  Seal  Beach 
and  Stanton.  In  addition  to  these  nine  cities  there  are  about  forty  towns  with 
a  varied  number  of  residences  and  some  business  houses  in  each.  Further  along 
in  this  work  a  chapter  will  be  devoted  to  each  of  the  incorporated  cities,  while 
the  unincorporated  towns  will  be  grouped  together  in  a  single  chapter. 


CHAPTER  II 

ROSTER  OF  COUNTY  AND   DISTRICT   OFFICERS 

State  Senators,  Thirty-ninth  District 

J.  E.  McCoMAS,  January  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1893. 
E.  C.  Sbymour,  January  1,  1893  to  January  1,  1897. 
Thomas  L.  Jones,  January  1,  1897  to  January  1,  1901. 
A.  A.  CaldwEIvL,  January  1,  1901  to  January  1,  1905. 
John  N.  Anderson,  January  1,  1905  to  January  1,  1909. 
MiGUEiv  EsTUDiLEO,  January  1,  1909  to  January  1,  1913. 
John  N.  Anderson,  January  I,  1913  to  January  1,  1917. 
S.  C.  Evans,  January  1,  1917  to— 


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Assemblymen  Seventy-sixth  District 

E.  E.  Edwards,  January  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1891. 
A.  Guy  Smith,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1893. 
C.  F.  Bennett,  January  1,  1893  to  January  1,  1895. 

C.  S.  McKelvey,  January  1,  1895  to  January  1,  1897. 

H.  W.  ChynowETh,  January  1,  1897  to  January  1,  1901. 

D.  W.  Hasson,  January  1,  1901  to  January  1,  1903. 

E.  R.  Amerige,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1907. 
Clyde  Bishop,  January  1,  1907  to  January  1,  1909. 
Richard  Melrose,  January  1,  1909  to  January  1,  1911. 
Clyde  Bishop, -January  1,  1911  to  January  1,  1913. 
Hans  V.  Weisel,  January  1,  1913  to  January  1,  1915. 
Joe  C.  Burke,  January  1,  1915  to  January  1,  1919. 
Walter  Eden,  January  1,  1919  to — 

Superior  Judges,  Department  1 

J.  W.  Towner,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1897. 
J.  W.  Ballard,  January  1,  1897  to  January  1,  1903. 
Z.  B.  West,  January  1,  1903  to- 
Superior  Judges,  Department  2 
W.  H.  Thomas,  September  24,  1913  to  January  1,  1919. 
R.  Y.  Williams,  January  1,  1919  to — 

Sheriffs 

R.  T.  Harris,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1891. 
Theo.  Lacy,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1895. 
J.  C.  Nichols,  January  1,  1895  to  January  1,  1899. 
Theo.  Lacy,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1911. 
C.  E.  Ruddock,  January  1,  1911  to  January  1,  1915. 

C.  E.  Jackson,  January  1,  1915  to — 

County  Clerks 

R.  Q.  Wickham,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1893. 

D.  T.  Brock,  January  1,  1893  to  January  1,  1899. 
W.  A.  Beckett,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1903. 
C.  D.  Lester,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1907. 

W.  B.  Williams,  January  1,  1907  to  September  11,  1917. 
N.  T.  Edwards,  September  11,  1917  to  January  1,  1919. 
J.  M.  Backs,  January  1,  1919  to— 

Recorders 

George  E.  Foster,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1893. 
W.  H.  Bowers,  January  1,  1893  to  January  1,  1895. 
W.  M.  Scott,  January  1,  1895  to  January  1,  1903. 
George  E.  Peters,  January  1,  1903  to  April  6,  1914. 
J.  M.  Backs,  April  6,  1914  to  January  1,  1915. 
Justine  Whitney,  January  1,  1915  to— 

Auditors 

George  E.  Foster,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1891. 
J.  H.  Hall,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1907. 
"C.  D.  Lester,  January  1,  1907  to  January  1,  1915. 
\V.  C.  Jerome,  January  1,  1915  to— 

Tax  Collectors 

R.  T.  Harris,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1891. 
J.  R.  Porter,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1893. 


38  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

R.  L.  Freeman,  January  1,  1893  to  January  1,  1899. 
Feed  M.  Robinson,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1907. 
J.  C.  Lamb,  January  1,  1907  to — 

District  Attorneys 

E.  E.  Edwards,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1891. 

F.  W.  Sanborn,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1893. 

J.  G.  Scarborough,  January  1,  1893  to  January  1,  1893. 

J.  W.  Bai^lard,  January  1.  1895  to  January  1,  1897. 

Z.  R.  West,  January  1,  1897  to  January  1,  1899. 

R.  Y.  Williams,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1903. 

H.  C.  Head,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1907. 

S.  M.  Davis,  January  1,  1907  to  January  1,  1911. 

L.  A.  West,  January  1,  1911  to — 

Treasurers 

W.  B  .Wall,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1891. 
C.  F.  Mansur,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1895. 
R.  T.  Harris,  January  1,  1895  to  January  1,  1899. 
J.  C.  JoPLiN,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1903. 
W.  G.  Potter,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1907. 
J.  C.  JoPLiN,  January  1,  1907 


Assessors 

F.  C.  Smythe,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1891. 
Jacob  Ross,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1895. 
Frank  Vegly,  January  1,  1895  to  January  1,  1907. 
W.  M.  Scott,  January  1,  1907  to  November  ?7.  1910. 
D.  N.  Kelly,  December  6,  1910  to  January  1.  1911. 
James  Sleeper,  January  4,  1911  to — 

School  Superintendents 

J.  P.  Greeley,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1903. 
J.  B.  Nichols,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1907. 
W.  R.  Carpenter,  January  1,  1907  to  March  3,  1908. 
R.  P.  Mitchell,  March  5,  1908  to— 

Surveyors 

S.  O.  Wood,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1891. 
S.  H.  FiNLEY,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1895. 
H.  C.  Kellogg,  January  1,  1895  to  January  1,  1899. 
S.  H.  FiNLEY,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1907. 
C.  R.  ScHENCK,  January  1,  1907  to  January  1,  1911. 
J.  L.  McBride,  January  1,  1911  to— 

Coroners  and  Public  Administrators 

I.  D.Mills,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1891. 
Frank  Ey,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1895. 
George  C.  Clark,  January  1,  1895  to  January  1,  1903. 
George  S.  Smith,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1911. 
T.  A.  WiNBiGLER,  January  1,  1911  to  January  1,  1919. 
Charles  D.  Brown,  January  1,  1919  to — 

First  Board  of  Supervisors 

1st.  Dist.     W.  H.  Spurgeon,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1891. 
2d.  Dist.     Jacob  Ross,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1891. 
3d.  Dist.     Sheldon  LittlEEield,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1891. 
4th.  Dist.     Samuel  Armor,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1891. 
5th.  Dist.     A.  Guy  Smith,  August  1,  1889  to  January  1,  1891. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  39 

Second  Board  of  Supervisors 

Joseph  Yoch,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  189S. 
J.  W.  Hawkins,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1895. 
Sheldon  LittlEEiEld,  January  1,  1891  to  February  9,  1891. 
Louis  Schorn,  February  9,  1891  to  January  1,  1895. 
Samuel  Armor,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1895. 
W.  N.  TedEord,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1895. 

Third  Board  of  Supervisors 

F.  P.  Nickey,  January  1,  1895  to  January  1,  1899. 

J.  W.  Hawkins,  January  1,  1895  to  January  1,  1899. 
W.  G.  Potter,  January  1,  1895  to  January  1,  1899. 
Samuel  Armor,  January  1,  1895  to  January  1,  1899. 
A.  Guy  Smith,  January  1,  1895  to  April  5,  1898. 

G.  \^^  jMcCampbell,  April  25,  1898  to  January  1,  1899. 

Fourth  Board  of  Supervisors 

F.  P.  NiCKEY,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1903. 
R.  E.  Larter,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1903. 
W.  G.  Potter,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1903. 
D.  C.  PixLEY,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1903. 
J.  F.  SnovER,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1903. 

Fifth  Board  of  Supervisors 

H.  E.  Smith,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1907. 
Jerome  Fulsome,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1907. 
D.  S.  LiNEBARGER,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1907. 
D.  A.  MacMullan,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1907. 
U.  C.  HoLDERMAN,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1907. 

Sixth  Board  of  Supervisors 

H.  E.  Smith,  January  1,  1907  to  January  1,  1911. 

G.  W.  Moore,  January  1,  1907  to  August  4,  1909. 
T.  B.  Talbert,  August  17,  1909  to  January  1,  1911. 
D.  S.  LiNEBARGER,  January  1,  1907  to  January  1,  1911. 
D.  A.  MacMullan,  January  1,  1907  to  May  11,  1910. 
Fred  W.  Struck,  June  1,  1910  to  January  1,  1911. 

G.  W.  Angle,  January  1,  1907  to  January  1,  1911. 

Seventh  Board  of  Supervisors 

H.  E.  Smith,  January  1,  1911  to  January  1,  1915. 
T.  B.  Talbert,  January  1,  1911  to  January  1,  1915. 
D.  S.  LiNEBARGER,  January  1,  1911  to  January  1,  1915. 
Fred  W.  Struck,  January  1,  1911  to  January  1,  1915. 
Jasper  Leck,  January  1,  1911  to  January  1,  1915. 

Eighth  Board  of  Supervisors 

H.  E.  Smith,  January  1,  1915  to  January  1,  1917. 
T.  B.  Talbert,  January  1,  1915  to  January  1,  1917. 
D.  S.  LiNEBARGER,  January  1,  1915  to  January  1,  1917. 
Fred  W.  Struck,  January  1,  1915  to  January  1,  1917.   • 
Jasper  Leck,  January  1,  1915  to  January  1,  1917. 

Ninth  Board  of  Supervisors 

S.  H.  FiNLEY,  January  1,  1917  to  January  1,  1919. 
T.  B.  Talbert,  January  1,  1917  to  January  1,  1919. 
Wm.  Schumacher,  January  1,  1917  to  January  1,  1919. 
Fred  W.  Struck,  January  1,  1917  to  January  1,  1919. 
Jasper  Leck,  January  1,  1917  to  January  1,  1919. 


40  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Tenth  Board  of  Supervisors 

1st.  Dist.     S.  H.  FiNLEY,  January  1,  1919  to— 
2d.  Dist.     T.  B.  TAI.BEET,  January  1,  1919  to— 
3d.  Dist.     Wm.  Sch.umacher,  January  1,  1919  to — 
4th.  Dist.     N.  T.  Edwards,  January  1,  1919  to— 
Sth.  Dist.     H.  A.  Wassum,  January  1,  1919  to— 

Anaheim  Township  Justices 

J.  B.  PiBRCB,  August  5,  1889  to  January  1,  1899. 
A.-V.  Fox,  August  5,  1889  to  October  13,  1890. 
J.  W.  LandEi^l,  November  10,  1890  to  January  1,  1899. 
Frank  ShanlBy,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1903. 
J.  S.  Howard,  January  1,  1903  to — 

Anaheim  Township  Constables 

John  LandEll,  August  6,  1889  to  January  1,  1895. 
E.  A.  PuLLEN,  January  1,  1891  to  February  15,  1892. 
H.  C.  GadE,  February  15,  1892  to  January  1,  1893. 

C.  E.  Groat,  January  1,  1893  to  January  1,  1899. 
N.  A.  BiTNER,  January  1,  1895  to  January  1,  1899. 
Harrison  KuEblER,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1903. 
S.  O.  LlEwEEEYN,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1907. 
M.  H.  LiTTEN,  January  1,  1907  to  June  8,  1910. 

John  KallEnbErgER,  June  8,  1910  to  January  1,  1919. 
A.  W.  Wood,  January"l,  1919  to— 

Brea  Township  Justices 

Isaac  Craig,  March  8,  1916  to  May  5,  1920.      . 
ChareES  E.  Smith,  May  5,  1920  to  July  7,  1920. 

Brea  Township  Constables 

George  Bird,  March  8,  1916  to  January  1,  1919. 
I.  N.  Hurst,  January  1,  1919  to — • 

Buena  Park  Township  Justices 

E.  E.  AngEEL,  January  1,  1907  to  February  12,  1907. 

D.  W.  Hasson,"  February  12,  1907  to  January  1,  1915. 
W.  T.  Gaeeaway,  January  1,  1915  to  January  1,  1919. 
D.  W.  Hasson,  January  1,  1919  to— 

Buena  Park  Township  Constables 

Wallace  Fulwider,  March  8,  1899  to  January  3,  1900. 

F.  J.  SpEidEl,  January  3,  1900  to  January  1,  1903. 
A.  Nelson,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1907. 

I.  D.  Jaynes,  January  1,  1907  to  November  19,  1918. 
C.  S.  Robinson,  November  19,  1918  to  February  1,  1919. 
H.  S.  CovEY,  February  1,  1919  to  June  17,  1919. 
I.  D.  Jaynes,  June  17,  1919  to— 

FuUerton  Township  Justices 

Alex  Weight,  January  18,  1897  to  July  22,  1897. 
R.  P.  Marquez,  January  18,  1897  to  January  1,  1899. 
Edgar  Johnson,  August  3,  1897  to  January  1,  1903. 
C.  K.  Ford,  January  1,  1903  to  March  2,  1910. 
P.  A.  Schumacher,  March  2,  1910  to  January  1,  1911. 
H.  E.  InskEEp,  January  1,  1911  to  January  1,  1919. 
William  French,  January  1,  1919  to — 

FuUerton  Township  Constables 
J.  Berlin,  Jr.,  January  18,  1897  to  January  1,  1899. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  41 

A.  A.  Pendergrast,  January  18,  1897  to  April  16,  1900. 
James  Gardiner,  April  16,  1900  to  January  1,  1903. 
Charles  E.  Ruddock,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1907. 
L.  C.  Edwards,  January  1,  1907  to  August  7,  1907. 
Charles  Young,  August  7,  1907  to — 

Huntington  Beach  Township  Justices 

W.  D.  Seely,  April  18,  1905  to  January  1,  1907. 
J.  W.  Shirley,  January  1,  1907  to  January  1,  1915. 
C.  W.  Warner,  January  1,  1915  to— 

Huntington  Beach  Township  Constables 

George  Reynolds,  April  18,  1905  to  November  8,  1905. 
R.  H.  Winslow,  November  8,  1905  to  January  1,  1907. 
E.  L.  Vincent,  January  1,  1907  to  May  1,  1910. 

C.  F.  SoRRENSON,  May  1,  1910  to  March  24,  1914. 
R.  E.  Linden,  March  24,  1914  to  January  1,  1915. 
Eugene  Davis,  January  1,  1915  to  August  21,  1917. 
G.  S.  Bergey,  August  21,  1917  to— 

Laguna  Beach  Township  Justices 

Nathan  Philbrook,  February  2,  1916  to  April  1,  1919. 

D.  D.  Written,  April  IS,  1919  to— 

Laguna  Beach  Towmship  Constables 

C.  R.  Clapp,  February  2,  1916  to  January  1,  1919. 
G.  W.  JuBB,  January  1,  1919  to— 

La  Habra  Township  Justices  ^ 

Henry  O.  Price,  April  4,  1917  to  September  15,  1918. 
H.  E.  Hart,  November  7,  1918  to  January  1,  1919. 
Henry  O.  Price,  January  1,  1919  to  May  20,  1919. 
H.  E.  Hart,  May  20,  1919  to— 

La  Habra  Township  Constables 

Frank  D.  McFadden,  April  4,  1917  to  August  8,  1917. 
H.  F.  Ashley,  February  19,  1918  to  March  23,  1920. 

Los  Alamitos  Township  Justices 
Charles  Yost,  May  9,  1898  to  January  1,  1899. 
J.  C.  Ord,  January  1,  1899  to  May  14,  1900. 
J.  C.  Ord,  January  1,  1903  to  October  5,  1904. 
Arthur  Philbrick,  January  1,  1905  to  January  1,  1907. 
J.  W.  Watts,  January  1,  1907  to  June  18,  1907. 
W.  R.  McAllEp,  July  2,  1907  to  February  17,  1914. 
Roy  G.  Parker,  February  17,  1914  to  January  1,  1915. 
A.  Philbrick,  January  1,  1915  to  December  8,  1915. 
Hugh  T.  O'Connor,  December  8,  1915  to  January  1,  1919. 
N.  a.  Condra,  January  1,  1919  to — 

Los  Alamitos  Township  Constables 

O.  S.  DevoE,  May  9,  1898  to  January  1,  1899. 
J.  W.  Watts,  January  1,  1899  to  May  14,  1900. 
R.  E.  Powell,  January  1,  1903  to  November  21,  1905. 
J.  D.  Shutt,  November  21,  1905  to  December  18,  1907. 
A.  J.  Beals,  September  2,  1908  to  September  20,  1909. 
James  H.  Heaston,  September  20,  1909  to  January  1,  1911. 
J.  H.  Fortune,  January  1,  1911  to  May  28,  1912. 
Marshall  A.  Ramsey,  May  28,  1912  to  July  2,  1913. 
Ernest  Rios,  July  2,  1913  to  July  28,  1914. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COL'XTY 

Wm.  Drake;,  July  28,  1914  to  January  1,  1915. 
Chari.es  Crump,  January  1,  1915  to  January  6,  1915. 
J.  H.  MuRiLLO,  January  6,  1915  to  January  3,  1917. 
Edward  KbnnBdy,  January  3,  1917  to  October  31,  1917. 
James  F.  WoeE,  December  18,  1917  to  January  1,  1919. 
J.  H.  MuRii,LO,  January  1,  1919  to  June  12,  1919. 

Newport  Beach  Township  Justices 

Leo  GoEppEr,  December  22,  1914  to — 

Newport  Beach  Township  Constables 

J.  A.  Porter,  December  22,  1914  to- 
Orange  Township  Justices 

Ira  Carter,  August  5,  1889  to  May  5,  1890. 

M.  H.  Sweeten,  May  5,  1890  to  January  1,  1891. 

W.  M.  Harthorn,  January  1,  1891  to  July  3.  1893. 

J.  N.  Lemon,  July  3,  1893  to  January  1,  1895. 

S.  M.  Craddick,  January  1,  1895  to  January  1,  1899. 

\\\  S.  \\  ATSON,  April  25,  1898  to  January  1,  1899. 

ChareES  Chandler,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1907. 

J.  A.  PeeiPEER,  January  1,  1907  to  January  1,  1911. 

I-\MES  FuLLERTON,  January  1,  1911  to  January  1,  1915. 

Samuel  Armor,  January  1,  1915  to — 

Orange  Township  Constables 

K.  R.  Boring,  August  5,  1889  to  April  8,  1890. 
j\l.  P.  Chubb,  April  8,  1890  to  January  1,  1895. 
Frank  L.  Carr,  January  1,  1893  to  December  6,  1896. 

E.  T.  Parker,  January  1,  1895  to  January  1,  1899. 

T.  G.  Cervantes,  December  7,  1896  to  January  1,  1899. 
W.  T.  Bush,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1903. 
H.  A.  Miller,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1911. 
G.  L.  Jackson,  January  1,  1911  to  January  1,  1919. 
^^■.  A."  Holt,  January  1,  1919  to — 

Placentia  Township  Justices 

F.  M.  FrasiEr,  May  8,  1912  to  May  20,  1913. 
A.  M.  Ashley,  May  20,  1913  to— 

Placentia  Township  Constables 

O.  H.  Schumacher,  May  8,  1912  to  February  2,  1916. 
J.  N.  Watters,  February  2,  1916  to  January  1,  1919. 
A.  O.  Nelson,  January  1,  1919  to — 

San  Juan  Township  Justices 

J.  E.  Bacon,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1899. 
Marcos  Foster,  January  1,  1893  to  December  16,  1895. 
E.  Petrie  HoylE,  December  16,  1895  to  July  6,  1896. 

G.  W.  Stevens,  December  7,  1896  to  January  1,  1899. 
John  LandEll,  January  1,  1899  to  April  8,  1914. 
John  Daneri,  April  8,  1914  to — 

San  Juan  Township  Constables 

Robert  Simpson,  January  1,  1891  to  August  22,  1892. 
E.  Weber,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1895. 
M.  H.  Foster,  January  10,  1893  to  January  1,  1895. 
R.  O.  Pryor,  January  1,  1895  to  January  1,  1899. 
E.  D.  BoxlEy,  January  1,  1895  to  March  18,  1895. 
M.  Yorba,  January  5,  1899  to  November  5,  1901. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  43 

A.  A.  LiTTEN,  November  5,  1901  to  April  1,  1902. 
Salbador  Labat,  April  14,  1902  to  September  3,  1902. 
James  Rae,  January  1,  1903  to  February  4,  1903. 
A.  L.  SwARTHOUT,  February  4,  1903  to  Jamiary  1,  1907. 

0.  B.  Cook,  January  1,  1907  to  November  1,  1909. 
M.  YoRBA,  November  1,  1909  to  December  22,  1914. 
JoHx  T.  Comes,  December  22,  1914  to  November  19,  1918. 
George  A.  Clark,  November  19,  1918  to — 

Santa  Ana  Township  Justices 

C.  S.  McKelvEy,  August  5,  1889  to  April  14,  1890. 
G.  E.  Freeman,  May  5,  1890  to  March  17,  1903. 

1.  G.  Marks,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1893. 

C.  W.  Humphreys,  January  1,  1893  to  January  1,  1895. 
George  Huntington,  January  1,  1895  to  January  1,  1899. 
John  A.  Willson,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1903. 
Ed.  Smithwick,  March  17,  1903  to  January  1,  1911. 
J.  B.  Cox,  January  1,  1911  to— 

Santa  Ana  Township  Constables 

WiLEiAM  Bush,  August  5,  1889  to  August  12,  1889. 
George  T.  InslEy,  August  12,  1889  to  January  1,  1891. 
W.  O.  Robinson,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1893. 
C.  F.  PeEbeE,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1895. 
G.  E.  Robinson,  January  1,  1893  to  January  1,  1899. 
Robert  Graham,  January  1,  1895  to  November  16,  1896. 
John  Landeel,  November  16,  1896  to  December  8,  1898. 
Ed.  H.  Mosbaugh,  December  8,  1898  to  September  5,  1900. 
C.  F.  Trunnele,  January  5,  1899  to  ]\Iarch  8,  1899. 
\\'iLUAM  Mann,  March  20,  1899  to  November  8,  1899. 
George  W.  Young,  November  8,  1899  to  September  17,  1900. 
T.  G.  Cervantes,  September  17,  1900  to  January  1,  1907. 
Sid  Smithwick,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1911. 
C.  E.  Jackson,  January  1,  1907  to  January  1,  1915. 
E.  W.  BoYNTON,  January  1,  1911  to  April  14,  1911. 
Robert  Squires,  April  14,  1911  to  December  19,  1911. 
Frank  W.  Heard,  December  19,  1911  to  January  1,  1919. 
W.  Russell  Coleman,  January  1,  1915  to  August  20,  1918. 
Jesse  L.  Elliott,  November  19,  1918  to — 
W.  N.  Carter,  January  1,  1919  to — 

Seal  Beach  Township  Justices 

Ch.\s.  W.  Bowdish,  December  5,  1915  to  March  18,  1919. 
John  H.  May,  April  1,  1919  to  November  1,  1919. 
G.  H.  Morrison,  July  1,  1920  to— 

Seal  Beach  Township  Constables 

C.  L.  Neuschwanger,  December  5,  1915  to  May  1,  1918. 
Harry  H.  Mayer,  September  27,  1918  to— 

Stanton  Township  Justices 

J.  C.  Alcorn,  July  6,  1910  to  October  4,  1911. 

C.  O.  Winters,  October  4,  1911  to  November  5,  1911. 
Marshall  Clark,  November  5,  1911  to  January  1,  1920. 

Stanton  Township  Constables 

E.  R.  M.  Pierce,  July  6,  1910  to  September  10,  1912. 

D.  L.  Newlin,  September  10,  1912  to  January  1,  1915. 
Lester  C.  Dale,  January  1,  1915  to  July  18,  1916. 

J.  C.  WhallEy,  July  18,  1916  to  March  1,  1920. 


44  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Tustin  Township  Justices 

D.  L.  McCharlEs,  January  27,  1890  to  January  1,  1893. 
^^'lI.^AM  ScHKOMODAu,  January  1,  1891  to  November  2,  1891. 

C.  D.  Ambrose,  January  1,  1893  to  January  1,  1895. 

H.  L.  HemUnway,  January  1,  1895  to  November  4,  1895. 
L.  StEEPER,  January  1,  1895  to  November  4,  1895. 

D.  L.  IMcCharlES,  December  6,  1916  to  January  1,  1919. 
H.  W.  Smith,  January  1,  1919  to— 

Tustin  Township  Constables 

Wili,iam  Jerome,  January  27,  1890  to  January  1,  1891. 
H.  E.  ^^'II.LARD,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1893. 
W.  H.  Brooks,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1895. 
C.  C.  BuTTEREiELD,  January  1,  1895  to  November  4,  1895. 
T.  CuMMi^rs,  January  1,  1895  to  November  4,  1895. 
R.  McCarthy,  December  6,  1916  to  October  3,  1917. 
J.  A.  Coleman,  October  16,  1917  to— 

Westminster  Township  Justices 

David  Webster,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1893. 
T.  \A'.  Fawcett,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1893. 
L.  E.  Smith,  January  1,  1893  to  July  17,  1893. 
JosiAH  McCoy,  January  1,  1893  to  January  1,  1907. 
ToHN  Lane,  February  18,  1895  to  February  15,  1897. 
S.  D.  McKelvEy,  February  15,  1897  to  January  1,  1899. 

A.  H.  BurlingamE,  January  1,  1907  to  January  1,  1911, 
S.  E.  Chafeee,  January  1,  1911  to  May  31,  1916. 

S.  Wooldridge,  May  31,  1916  to — 

Westminster  Township  Constables 

W.  T-  Orr,  September  16,  1889  to  January  1,  1891. 
S,  D.  McKeevEy,  January  1,  1891  to  September  3,  1894. 
FI.  Y.  Stevens,  January  1,  1891  to  January  1,  1897. 
M.  R.  SwEETzER,  October  2,  1894  to  January  1,  1895. 
C.  C.  Lloyd,  January  1,  1895  to  June  1,  1896. 
W.  R.  Ball,  June  15,  1896  to  January  1,  1899. 
Jerome  Fulsome,  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1903. 
T.   T.  Williams,  January  1,   1903  to  January   1.   1907. 
M.  Smith,  January  1,  1907  to  March  3,  1909. 
J,  U.  Clark,  April  7,  1909  to— 

Yorba  Township  Justices 

R.  P.  MarquEz,  January  16,  1899  to  August  6,  1906. 
R.  C.  MarquEz,  August  27,  1906  to  January  1,  1907. 
August  LemkE,  January  1,  1907  to  October  5,  1915.  ^ 
R.  C.  MarquEz,  October  5,  1915  to  January  1,  1919. 
August  Lemke,  January  1,  1919  to — 

Yorba  Township  Constables 

J.  Berlin,  Jr.,  March  8,  1899  to  February  6,  1901. 
VincEnte  G.  Yorba,  February  6,  1901  to  January  1,  1903. 

B.  G.  Yorba,  January  1,  1903  to  January  1,  1907. 
Erwin  Bayha,  January  1,  1907  to  January  1,  1911. 

M.  BoissERANCE,  January  1,  1911  to  November  19,  1918. 
H.  A.  Buhrman,  November  19,  1918  to — 

Board  of  Education 

The  county  superintendent  is  ex-officio  member  of  the  Board  of  Education. 
The  other  members,  four  in  number,  that  have  helped  to  constitute  the  various 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  45 

boards  since  the  formation  of  the  county,  with  the  date  of  the  appointment  and 
the  length  of  the  service  of  each,  are  as  follows : 

M.  ManlSy,  August  6,  1889  to  June  12,  1893. 
T.  N.  Keran,  August  6,  1889  to  June  4,  1895. 
G.  W.  Weeks,  August  6,  1889  to  June  12,  1893. 
G.  C.  Mack,  August  6,  1889  to  June  8,  1891. 
Katie  L.  Wing,  June  8,  1891  to  October  17,  1896. 

F.  E.  Perham,  June  12.  1893  to  July  1,  1896. 
B.  R.  Grogan,  June  12,  1893  to  March  12,  1894. 
W.  R.  Carpenter,  INIarch  12,  1894  to  July  1,  1896. 

G.  W.  Weeks,  June  4,  1895  to  July  1,  1897. 
Mrs.  E.  D.  Buss,  July  1-,  1896  to  July  1,  1898. 

T.  N.  Keran,  July  1,  1896  to  September  20,  1897. 
F.  E.  Perham,  October  17,  1896  to  July  1,  1897. 
W.  R.  Carpenter,  July  1,  1897  to  July  1,  1899. 
W.  B.  HiLi,,  July  1,  1897  to  July  1,  1899. 
Lyman  Gregory,  September  20,  1897  to  July  1,  1900. 
T.  J.  ZiEUAN,  July  1,  1898  to  July  1,  1906. 
Miss  M.  C.  Bray,  July  1,  1899  to  July  1,  1901. 
Louis  Grubb,  July  1,  1899  to  July  1,  1901. 

B.  F.  Beswick,  July  1,  1900  to  July  1,  1904. 

F.  G.  AthEarn,  July  1,  1901  to  January  24,  1903. 
T.  B.  Nichols,  July'l,  1901  to  July  1,  1903. 

G.  A.  Harun,  January  24,  1903  to  July  1,  1905. 

W.  R.  Carpenter.  July  1.  1903  to  February  12,  1907. 
R.  P.  Mitchell,  June  21,  1904  to  March  15,  1908. 

C.  O.  Waldore,  July  1.  1905  to  July  1,  1907. 

E.  M.  NeallEy.  July  1,  1906  to  June  5,  1912. 

T.  F.  \^'ALKER,  February  12.  1907  to  January  8,  1913. 
L.  A.  DuRFEE,  July  1,  1907  to  April  2,  1913. 

A.  \Y.  Everett,  March  IS,  1908  to  June  5,  1912. 
T.  J.  ZiELiAN,  June  5,  1912  to  May  8,  1918. 

Chas.  C.  Smith,  June  5,  1912  to  September  15,  1913. 
T.  L.  \'andervEER,  January  8,  1913  to  June  4,  1913. 
V.  B.  Brown,  September  15,  1913  to  June  3,  1914. 
W.  M.  FjSHBACK,  April  2,  1913  to  June  2,  1915. 
Chas.  E.  Teach,  June  2,  1915  to  August  7,  1918. 
W.  P.  Read,  August  30.  1918  to  July  1,  1919. 
T.  R.  Parker,  June  4,  1913  to— 
S.  R.  FiTz,  June  3,  1914  to- 
ll F.  Beswick,  July  1,  1918  to— 
Geo.  C.  Sherwood,  July  1,  1919  to — 

Horticultural  Commissioners 

Up  to  a  recent  date  the  horticultural  commission  has  consisted  of  three  mem- 
bers appointed  by  the  board  of  supervisors.  Following  are  the  names  of  those 
who  have  been  thus  appointed  and  the  length  of  service  of  each: 

S.  W.  Preble,  September  2,  1889  to  April  21,  1891. 

F.  H.  Keith,  September  2,  1889  to  May  5,  1891. 

H.  Hamilton,  September  2,  1889  to  March  5,  1902. 

B.  J.  Perry,  May  5,  1891  to  December  1,  1893. 
I.  N.  RaeeeRTy,  May  5,  1891  to  March  4,  1903. 

L.  Z.  Huntington,  December  1,  1893  to  March  1,  1902. 
A.  D.  Bishop,  March  5,  1902  to  May  3,  1905. 
Max  Nebelung,  March  5,  1902  to  July  3,  1907. 
Fred  Raeferty,  March  4,  1903  to  July  2,  1907. 
E.  W.  CamField,  May  3,  1905  to  July  1,  1909. 


46  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

A.  H.  Stutsman,  July  2,  1907  to  July  1,  1909. 

J.  J.  Schneider,  July  3,  1907  to  July  1,  1909. 

Roy  K.  Bishop,  November  16,  1909  to  January  15,  1918. 

EARt  Morris,  January  IS,  1918  to — 

By  legislative  enactment  the  horticultural  commission  of  three  members  was" 
abolished  July  1,   1909,  and  a  single  certificated  commissioner  was  substituted 
therefor.     Roy  K.  Bi.shop  was  the  only  applicant  who  succeeded  in  passing  the 
examination  and  he  was  appointed  to  the  place  November  16,  1909. 

Trustees  of  Law  Library 

The  legislature  of  1891  passed  an  act  authorizing  the  establishment  of  a  law 
library  in  each  county  and  the  collection  of  a  fee  of  one  dollar  for  every  case 
filed  in  the  superior  court,  to  support  such  library.  The  supervisors  of  Orange 
County  objected  to  thus  taxing  the  litigants  for  the  benefit  of  the  lawyers,  so  an 
amendment  was  introduced  by  Assemblyman  C.  S.  McKelvey  and  passed  by  the 
legislature  of  1895,  cutting  out  the  fee.  That  amendment  and  the  repeal  of  the 
county  ordinance  establishing  the  library  put  a  quietus  on  the  appointment  of 
trustees  for  the  next  twelve  years.  In  the  legislature  of  1907,  Senator  H.  ]\I. 
Willis  introduced  an  amendment  to  the  original  act,  restoring  the  dollar  fee  on 
court  cases,  which  was  adopted.  Immediately  the  Orange  County  law  library 
was  revived  and  trustees  were  appointed  as  before  the  interruption.  There  arc 
three  appointive  members  and  two  ex-officio  members,  the  latter  being  the  superior 
judge  and  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  supervisors.  The  appointive  trustees  from 
the  beginning  and  the  time  of  service  of  each  are  as  follows : 

E.  E.  KeEch,  June  1,  1891  to  July  1,  1895. 

C.  C.  Hamieton,  June  1,  1891  to  January  3,  1893. 

F.  W.  Sanborn,  June  1,  1891  to  January  3,  1893. 

J.  G.  Scarborough,  January  3,  1893  to  January  7,  1895. 

Victor  Montgomery,  January  3,  1893  to  January  7,  1895. 

T.  ^^'.  Baeeard,  January  7,  1895  to  July  1,  1895. 

Z.  B.  West,  January  7,  1895  to  July  1,  1895. 

Richard  Melrose,  February  12,  1907  to — 

R.  Y.  WiELiAMS,  February  12,  1907  to— 

H.  C.  Head,  February  12,  1907  to— 

Board  of  Forestry 

T.  E.  Stephenson,  April  8,  1914  to— 

R.  E.  Larter,  April  8,  1914  to— 

A.  S.  Bradford,  April  8,  1914  to — 

WiLEARD  Smith,  April  8,  1914  to — 

A.  E.  Bennett,  April  8,  1914  to  February  3,  1920. 

A.  L.  CoTANT,  February  3,  1920  to— 

County  Physicians  and  Health  Officers 

T.  P.  BoYD,  May  4,  1891  to  January  14,  1895. 
W.  H.  HiEE,  January  14,  1895  to  January  5,  1903. 
R.  A.  CuSHMAN,  January  5,  1903  to  October  20,  1904. 
C.  D.  Baee,  October  20,  1904  to  January  1,  1911. 
John  Wehrly,  January  4,  1911  to  January  6,  1915. 
A.  H.  Domann,  January  6,  1915  to^ 

Veterinary  Surgeons  and  Stock  Inspectors 

J.  H.  Garner,  April  7,  1890  to  January  1,  1893. 

W.  E.  SeleEck,  January  1,  1893  to  September  27,  1894. 

R.  A.  Lord,  September  27,  1894  to  November  29,  1894. 

G.  E.  Armstrong,  December  7,  1904  to  February  20,  1906. 
C.  E.  Price,  February  20,  1906  to  February  12,  1907. 

W.  A.  Boucher,  February  12,  1907  to  September  30,  1907. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COLNTY  -17 

W.  S.  McFarlanB,  October  2,  1907  to  March  3,  1909. 
W.  S.  McFarlanE,  June  2,  1909  to  January  8,  1913. 
Geo.  W.  Closson^  January  8,  1913  to  January  3,  1917. 
\\'.  S.  AIcFarlane,  January  3,  1917  to  October  29,  1917. 
Geo.  W.  Closson,  October  29,  1917  to— 

Bee  Inspector 

J.  E.  Pleasants,  December  22,  1902  to — 

County  Engineer 

J.  L.  jMcBridE,  January  1,  1920  to — 

Custodians  of  County  Park 

L.  D.  West,  April  5,  1898  to  iNIarch  25,  1901. 

W.  M.  Boring,  March  25,  1901  to  October  18,  1904. 

C.  S.  Mason,  October  18,  1904  to  February  12,  1907. 

A.  B.  Tiffany,  February  12.  1507  to  T^Iay  3,  1916. 

S.  C.  King,  May  3,  1916  to  January  1,  1919. 

Fred  SiEFERT,  January  1,  1919  to  February  3,  1920. 

J.  B.  Irwin,  February  24,  1920  to— 

Caretaker  of  Westminster  Public  Park 

James  A.  McFaddEn,  January  8,  1919  to  October  7,  191'). 
A.  ^^'.  Knox,  October  7,  1919  to— 

Fire  and  Game  Wardens 

W.  K.  Robinson,  May  5,  1909  to  April  19,  1910. 
J.  L.  Combs,  April  19,  1910  to  May  3,  1911. 
W.  E.  Adkinson,  May  3,  1911  to  January  8,  1913. 
W.-K.  Robinson,  January  8,  1913  to  June  1,  1913. 
W.  E.  Adkinson,  June  1,  1913  to — 

County  Statisticians 

Charles  Lehmann,  January  1,  1906  to  January  1,  1908. 
Walter  S.  Gregg,  January  1,  1908  to  January  1,  1909. 
Ralph  A.  Fuller,  January  1,  1909  to  January  1,  1910. 
Erwin  B.wha,  January  1,  1910  to  August  22,  1911. 
Helen  \V.  Craemer,  Augvist  22,  1911  to— 

Highway  Commissioners 

C.  C.  Chapman,  March  2,  1910  to  April  12,  1910. 

W.  H.  BuRNHAM,  March  2,  1910  to  December  3,  1912. 
M.  M.  Crookshank,  March  2,  1910  to  March  4,  1914. 
Richard  Egan,  April  12,  1910  to  March  4,  1914. 

D.  C.  PiXLEY,  December  3,  1912  to  June  1,  1915. 
S.  H.  FiNLEY,  March  4,  1914  to  April  21,  1914. 

R.  J.  McFadden,  March  4,  1914  to  January  3,  1917. 
W.  T.  Newland,  April  21,  1914  to  January  3,  1917. 
N.  T.  Edwards,  June  1,  1915  to  January  3,  1917. 

Purchasing  Agents 

J.  S.  Perry,  September  2,  1914  to  January  8,  1919. 
F.  ^\^  Slabaugh,  January  8,  1919  to — 

Lecturer  and  Publicity  Agent 

D.  \\'.  McDannald,  November '21,  1910  to— 

Superintendents  of  County  Hospital  and  Farm 

E.  A.  Chaffee,  January  8,  1913  to  March  1,  1914. 
Geo.  Clement,  March  1,  1914  to  Dec.  22,  1914. 
Harry  E.  Zaiser,  December  22,  1914  to — 


48  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Superintendents  of  Detention  Home 

C.  E.  HaynES,  June  3,  1914  to  December  1,  1914. 

C.  R.  MuNSON,  December  1,  1914  to  February  7,  1917. 

Mrs.  S.  E.  Hutchins,  February  7,  1917  to — 

Probation  Officer 

T.  H.  Scott,  Tune  3,  1914  to  October  1,  1920. 
Paui,  B.  Wright,  October  1,  1920  to— 

Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures 

GivORGfi  McPheu,  July  2,  1913  to— 

Aid  Commissioner  and  Expert  Accountant 

\\'ai,ti;r  S.  GrBGG,  November  1,  1915  to — 

Superintendent  of  Road  Maintenance 

Nat.  H.  NeF]?,  January  3,  1917  to — 

Farm  Advisors 

A.  R.  SpraguE,  March  IS,  1918  to  September  1,  1918. 
H.  E.  WahebErg,  September  1,  1918  to — 


CHAPTER  III 

ORANGE   COUNTY'S   WATER   SUPPLY   AND   WAY   UTILIZED 

It  is  generally  understood  that  the  original  source  of  water  supply  for  any 
given  territory  is  the  rainfall  precipitated  upon  the  entire  surface  of  such  territory. 
In  a  dry  climate  the  rainfall  is  regarded  as  an  asset  that  may  be  recorded  and 
proclaimed  as  one  of  the  natural  advantages  of  the  locality.  There  is  also  an  in- 
direct benefit  from  the  rainfall  that  surrounding  sections  derive  from  the  under- 
ground waters  which  are  percolating  through  the  gravel  on  their  way  from  the 
higher  elevations  to  the  sea.  Such  water  may  be  brought  to  the  surface  by  pump- 
ing, or,  on  the  lowlands  near  the  ocean,  it  may  be  forced  to  the  surface  by  the 
pressure  from  the  higher  elevations,  whenever  a  boring  is  made  for  an  artesian 
well. 

The  average  annual  rainfall  at  Orange  for  a  third  of  a  century  has  been 
13.87  inches,  the  extremes  being  5.32  inches  in  the  winter  of  1897-98  and  over 
three  feet  in  the  winter  of  1883-84.  This  is  probably  as  low  an  average  as  any- 
where in  the  county,  since  Orange  is  situated  in  the  middle  of  a  plain  near  the 
center  of  the  county  and  the  rainfall  in  the  hills  and  mountains  is  greater  than 
on  the  plains  below.  In  fact,  the  rainfall  in  the  San  Bernardino  Mountains,  where 
the  Santa  Ana  River  has  its  source,  averages  nearly  three  feet  of  water  per  year. 
During  the  violent  or  long  continued  storms  in  winter,  vast  quantities  of  water 
rush  down  the  steep  slopes  of  the  hills  and  mountains  into  the  canyons  and  valleys, 
and  unite,  forming  streams  that  carry  the  surplus  to  the  sea.  It  is  estimated  that 
fully  fifty  per  cent  of  the  rainfall  is  lost  by  evaporation  and  run-off.  The  other 
fifty  per  cent  sinks  into  the  ground  and  percolates  slowly  through  the  porous  soil, 
fructifying  it  and  replenishing  the  underground  reservoirs  formed  by  pockets  or 
strata  of  gravel  at  various  depths  below  the  surface.  Gradually  the  excess  of  this 
underground  water  oozes  into  the  channels  of  the  streams  at  lower  levels,  thus 
continuing  their  flow  throughout  the  year  and  even  through  a  period  of  two  or 
three  dry  years,  like  the  one  from  1897  to  1900.  when  the  rainfall  was  5.32-6.64- 
8.86  inches,  respectively. 


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The  streams  of  Orange  County,  that  carry  more  or  less  water  to  the  ocean  in 
times  of  floods,  are :  Coyote  Creek ;  Santa  Ana  River,  including  Santiago  Creek 
and  its  branches;  Laguna  Canyon;  Aliso  Creek,  and  its  tributaries;  Trabuco 
Creek,  which  receives  the  waters  from  a  half  dozen  canyons  northwest  of  Capis- 
trano ;  and  a  number  of  arroyos  and  lagoons  which  drain  the  plains  between  the 
streams  and  the  lowlands  near  the  ocean.  Coyote  Creek,  forming  the  boundary 
between  Orange  County  and  Los  Angeles  County,  draws  its  water  from  the  ad- 
joining plains  in  both  counties.  The  Santa  Ana  River  takes  its  rise  in  the  San 
Bernardino  Mountains,  from  seventy-five  to  one  hundred  miles  distant,  and  is  one 
of  the  most  important  streams  for  irrigating  purposes  in  Southern  California.  The 
rest  of  the  streams  mentioned  are  wholly  within  the  confines  of  Orange  County. 

The  area  of  the  catchment-basin  of  the  Santa  Ana  River  has  been  estimated 
by  J.  B.  Lippincott,  former  resident  hydrographer  of  the  Federal  Government,  as 
follows :  mountain  section,  557  square  miles ;  hill  section,  382  square  miles ;  valley 
section,  525  square  miles;  making  a  total  of  1,464  square  miles.  From  records 
of  observers  as  widely  scattered  as  possible  over  this  area,  it  has  been  found  that 
the  average  annual  rainfall  for  a  long  period  of  years  has  been  33.84  inches  in 
the  mountains,  20  inches  in  the  hills  and  14.98  inches  in  the  valleys.  Applying 
these  figures  to  the  three  classes  of  territory  involved  and  adding  the  result,  we 
find  the  average  annual  rainfall  in  the  basin  of  the  Santa  Ana  River  amounts  to 
the  enormous  sum  of  79,819,529,856  cubic  feet  of  water.  If  three-quarters  of  the 
rainfall  in  the  mountains,  two-thirds  of  that  in  the  hills  and  half  of  that  in  the 
valleys  be  discarded  for  evaporation  and  run-off,  and  if  the  remainder  be  drawn 
into  running  water  and  distributed  over  the  entire  year,  there  would  be  41,201 
inches  of  perennial  water  still  left  within  the  basin  of  the  stream.  Probably  not 
much  over  a  quarter  of  that  amount  is  actually  available  in  the  irrigating  season 
and  four-fifths  of  that  quarter  is  appropriated  before  the  stream  reaches  Orange 
County.  However,  a  considerable  portion  of  the  underflow  of  the  river  finds  its 
way  into  the  county,  thereby  adding  its  quota  to  the  underground  water  which  the 
county  gets  from  its  own  rainfall. 

All  the  water  entering  Orange  County  through  the  Santa  Ana  River  is  equally 
cHvided  between  the  two  sides  of  the  stream;  that  for  the  northwest  side  is  distrib- 
uted to  the  users  by  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  and  that  for  the 
southeast  side  by  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company. 

The  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  as  its  name  indicates.  Was  formed 
by  the  union  of  the  Anaheim  Water  Company,  the  Cajon  Irrigation  Company,  the 
North  Anaheim  Canal  Company,  and  the  Farmers'  Ditch  Company.  The  Anaheim 
Water  Company  was  established  in  1857,  its  water  rights  having  been  purchased 
in  that  year  with  the  land  on  which  Anaheim  is  located,  from  Juan  Pacifico  On- 
tiveras.  The  Cajon  Irrigation  Company  was  formed  in  1877  to  irrigate  the  Pla- 
centia  and  Fullerton  sections.  The  other  two  companies  were  formed,  or  re- 
organized in  1882.  These  four  companies  consolidated  under  the  name  of  the 
Anaheim  Union  Water  Company  in  the  year  1884.  The  capital  stock  of  this  com- 
pany was  fixed  at  $1,200,000,  which  was  divided  into  12,000  shares  of  a  par  value 
of  $100  each.  Two-thirds  of  this  stock  has  been  issued  and  the  other  one-third 
remains  unsold  in  the. treasury.  The  use  of  the  stock  is  confined  to  about  12,000 
acres  of  land  susceptible  of  irrigation  by  gravity  from  the  company's  ditches. 

The  facilities  of  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company  for  supplying  its  stock- 
holders with  water  consist  of  a  half  interest  in  the  waters  of  the  Santa  Ana 
River  at  the  division-gate ;  many  miles  of  ditches,  of  which  over  fifty  are  lined 
with  cement  concrete;  five  pumping  plants,  capable  together  of  furnishing  about 
1,400  inches  of  water;  and  two  reservoirs  for  storing  night  water  for  day  use 
and  winter  water  for  summer  use.  The  TuflEree  reservoir  will  hold  the  entire  flow 
of  the  main  canal  over  night,  and  the  Yorba  reservoir  will  store  enough  of  the 
winter  floods  to  furnish  300  miner's  inches  for  three  months  in  the  irrigating 
season.    In  addition  to  the  foregoing  facilities,  the  company  owns  a  half  interest 


50  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

in  nearly  2,400  acres  of  riparian  land  up  the  river,  as  well  as  several  hundred 
acres  in  its  own  right.  These  lands  strengthen  and  protect  the  company's  rights 
in  the  river  and  give  opportunity  for  further  development,  when  needed.  Oil  has 
been  found  on  some  of  this  land  and  money  enough  is  being  received  from  leases 
to  meet  all  the  expenses  of  the  company. 

The  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  which  distributes  the  waters  of 
the  Santa  Ana  River  to  the  territoi'y  southeast  of  said  river,  like  the  Anaheim 
Union  Water  Company,  is  the  outgrowth  and  legatee  of  previous  efiforts  and  or- 
ganizations for  the  irrigation  of  the  territory  which  it  now  serves.  The  right  to 
use  the  waters  of  said  river  on  the  Ranc-ho  Santiago  de  Santa  Ana  is  based  on 
the  appropriations  of  such  waters  by  the  early  Spanish  settlers  as  well  as  on  the 
riparian  character  of  the  land  itself.  Col.  John  J.  Warner,  who  died  in  Los  An- 
geles a  number  of  years  ago,  at  an  advanced  age,  testified,  in  the  suit  of  the  Ana- 
heim Water  Company  vs.  the  Semi-Tropic  Water  Company,  that  he  found  Don 
Bernardo  Yorba  with  a  large  retinue  of  servants,  irrigating  his  ranch  from  the 
Santa  Ana  River  in  the  year  1834.  These  water  rights  were  handed  down  from 
owner  to  owner  with  the  land,  and  in  1868  they  were  parceled  out  by  the  court, 
pro  rata  to  the  acreage,  regardless  of  the  distance  of  each  subdivision  from  the 
river.  The  court  also  protected  the  exercise  of  these  rights  by  granting  to  the 
holders  of  the  lower  allotments  a  right  of  way  over  the  upper  allotments  for 
ditches  to  convey  water  to  their  respective  holdings.  In  order  to  irrigate  the  por- 
tion of  the  Rancho  Santiago  de  Santa  Ana,  purchased  by  A.  B.  Chapman  and 
Andrew  Glassell,  a  ditch,  called  the  Chapman  ditch,  was  constructed  during  the 
winter  of  1870-71,  which  delivered  water  as  far  down  as  the  present  site  of 
Orange  the  following  July.  Two  years  later,  May  24,  1873,  these  same  persons 
incorporated  the  Semi-Tropic  Water  Company  and  transferred  to  it  all  the  rights 
and  interests  of  the  Chapman  ditch.  As  the  land  was  subdivided  and  sold,  stock 
in  this  water  company  was  furnished  to  the  purchasers,  who  thus  came  into  pos- 
session and  control  of  the  company.  In  1877  this  company  was  superseded  by 
a  larger  and  stronger  one  in  the  name  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Com- 
pany. The  property  and  rights  of  the  old  company  were  purchased  and  trans- 
ferred to  the  new,  and  all  the  water  rights  on  the  southeast  side  of  the  river  below 
the  intake  were  absorbed  in  exchange  for  equivalent  rights  in  the  new  company. 
The  capital  stock  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company  was  fixed  at 
$100,000,  divided  into  20,000  shares  of  a  par  value  of  $5  each.  This  stock  was 
made  appurtenant  to  the  land,  one  share  to  each  acre,  and  is  transferable  only 
with  the  land  which  is  described  in  the  certificate.  All  the  assessments,  together 
with  ten  per  cent  interest,  have  been  added  to  the  par  value  of  the  stock  until 
at  the  present  writing  the  market  value  has  reached  $120,  which  amount  must  be 
paid  for  any  new  stock  purchased  for  unstocked  land.  There  are  now  in  force 
17,437  shares  held  by  2,231  stockholders,  making  an  average  of  less  than  eight 
shares  to  each  stockholder  in  the  company.  Over  $500,000  has  been  spent  on  the 
canals,  pipe  lines,  pumping  plants  and  reservoirs;  nearly  another  $100,000  has 
been  paid  for  riparian  lands  and  water  rights,  making  about  two-thirds  of  a  million 
dollars  invested  in  water  facilities  by  this  company,  to  say  nothing  about  current 
expenses,  etc.  These  large  sums  have  been  drawn  gradually  from  the  stock- 
holders during  the  past  fifty  years  in  such  low  water  rates  and  moderate  assess- 
ments that  the  burden  has  scarcely  been  felt.  In  fact,  this  company  has  long 
enjoyed  the  reputation  of  being  one  of  the  least  expensive  of  the  large  water 
companies  of  Southern  California. 

The  facilities  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company  for  supplying  its 
stockholders  with  water  are  very  similar  to  those  of  the  Anaheim  Union  Water 
Company  and  consist  of  a  half  interest  in  the  waters  of  the  Santa  Ana  River  at 
the  division-gate;  about  141  miles  of  ditches,  of  which  117  miles  are  pipe  lines  and 
the  rest  are  lined  with  cement  concrete ;  eight  pumping  plants  capable  together  of 
furnishing  about  1,520  inches  of  water ;  and  one  small  reservoir  at  Olive  for  regu- 
lating the  flow  of  the  water  in  the  ditches.    In  addition  to  the  foregoing  the  com- 


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pany  owns  a  half  interest  in  nearly  2,400  acres  of  riparian  land  up  the  river,  as 
well  as  several  hundred  acres  in  its  own  right.  These  lands  strengthen  and  pro- 
tect the  company's  rights  in  the  river  and  give  opportunity  for  further  develop- 
ment, when  needed. 

The  stream  next  in  importance  to  the  Santa  Ana  River  for  irrigation  purposes 
is  the  Santiago  Creek,  which  is  a  tributary  of  said  river.  This  creek  rises  in  the 
Trabuco  National  Forest  Reserve  in  the  eastern  end  of  the  county,  flows  in  a 
northwesterly  direction  across  the  San  Joaquin  ranch  to  the  mouth  of  the  canyon 
and  from  there  proceeds  in  a  southwesterly  direction  to  its  junction  with  the  Santa 
Ana  River.  The  creek  and  its  branches  drain  about  127  square  miles  on  the 
western  slope  of  the  Santa  Ana  Alountains  and  the  foothills  adjacent.  Assuming 
that  the  average  annual  rainfall  within  the  drainage  basin  of  this  stream  is  fifteen 
inches,  which  is  under  rather  than  over  the  mark,  the  precipitation  would  aggre- 
gate 4,425,696,000  cubic  feet  of  water  per  year,  or  one-eighteenth  of  the  rainfall 
in  the  great  catchment-basin  of  the  Santa  Ana  River.  Like  most  of  the  streams 
between  the  coast  range  and  the  sea,  this  creek  carries  off  the  greater  part  of  the 
rainfall  shortly  after  it  is  precipitated.  However,  a  small  per  cent  sinks  into  the 
soil  and  gradually  percolates  into  the  channel,  thereby  continuing  the  stream 
throughout  the  year.  The  quantity  thus  saved  and  utilized  can  be  greatly  in- 
creased by  storage  reservoirs  and  by  spreading  part  of  the  storm  water  over  waste 
lands  to  sink  into  the  gravel  beds  and  find  its  way  into  the  stream  later  in  the 
season.  Some  of  this  work  has  already  been  done  and  more  is  being  planned  for 
the  future. 

The  parties  who  are  interested  in  the  waters  of  the  Santiago  Creek  are  the 
Irvine  Company,  owner  of  the  San  Joaquin  ranch,  and  the  settlers  on  the  lands 
about  the  mouth  of  the  canyon,  above  ditch  A  of" the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation 
Company,  who  are  represented  by  the  Serrano  Water  Association  on  the  north  side 
of  the  creek  and  by  the  John  T.  Carpenter  Water  Company  on  the  south  side. 
Naturally,  the  Irvine  Company  would  have  large  riparian  rights  in  the  stream  on 
account  of  furnishing  a  large  part  of  the  catchment-basin  and  owning  land  on  both 
sides  of  the  stream  for  ten  or  eleven  miles.  These  rights  have  never  been  adjudi- 
cated, although  the  attempt  to  take  water  over  the  water  shed  to  other  parts  of 
the  ranch  was  successfully  resisted  in  the  courts  by  the  settlers.  An  agreement 
was  finally  reached  whereby  the  water  of  the  creek  will  be  apportioned  to  the 
different  parties  in  interest  and  an  opportunity  be  given  to  increase  such  water 
by  diminishing  the  run-off.  The  stipulations  of  this  agreement  were  made  the 
judgment  of  the  court,  thereby  making  them  binding  on  all  concerned. 

By  the  terms  of  this  agreement  the  two  water  companies,  designated  as  the 
party  of  the  first  part,  get  practically  all  the  water  of  the  creek  up  to  600  inches 
during  the  five  irrigating  months,  from  June  20,  to  November  20,  of  each  year ; 
the  Irvine  Company,  designated  as  the  party  of  the  second  part,  gets  the  next  50 
inches,  and  all  above  the  650  inches  will  be  divided  equally  between  the  two  parties. 
For  the  rest  of  the  year  the  party  of  the  first  part  will  have  the  first  60  inches  and 
the  party  of  the  second  part  the  next  60  inches;  and  all  above  the  120  inches 
will  be  equally  divided.  An  easement  to  three  tracts  of  land,  aggregating  about 
500  acres,  is  granted  for  spreading  the  storm  water,  and  also  an  option  to  build 
a  dam  across  Fremont  Canyon  and  impound  water  therein,  together  with  rights 
of  way  for  roads  and  ditches.  The  party  of  the  first  part  covenant  to  spend  not 
less  than  $14,000  during  the  next  five  years  in  spreading  water  on  the  two  upper 
tracts,  and  may  spend  other  large  sums  within  the  next  ten  years;  the  party  of 
the  second  part  agrees  to  refund  one-third  of  all  the  money  thus  expended  each 
year,  up  to  a  limit  of  $16,666.67  for  the  third,  during  the  ten  years.  In  return 
for  the  liberal  concession  of  the  Irvine  Company,  that  company  is  permitted  to 
take  its  share  of  the  water  over  the  watershed  to  other  parts  of  the  ranch.  The 
time  within  which  a  dam  might  be  built  in  Fremont  Canyon  having  expired,  it 
is  understood  that  the  option,  with  all  its  agreements  and  conditions,  given  by 
the  Irvine  Company  for  that  purpose,  has  lapsed.     The  two  water  companies. 


52  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

designated  the  party  of  the  first  part  in  the  agreement,  together  own  the  Barhani 
ranch  upon  which  they  have  constructed  a  shallow  reservoir  of  considerable  area. 
Below  this  ranch  they  built  a  bedrock  dam  across  the  creek  in  1892,  at  a  cost  of 
$3,600,  the  deepest  point  being  nineteen  feet  below  the  surface  of  the  creek-bed. 
The  water  intercepted  and  raised  to  the  surface  by  this  dam  is  carried  off  in  a 
28-inch  cement  pipe  725  feet  to  the  division-gate,  where  it  is  divided  equally 
between  the  two  companies. 

The  Serrano  \\'ater  Company  was  organized  in  1875  by  the  Lotspiech 
Brothers,  J.  W.  Anderson,  Dr.  Worrell,  Charles  Tiebout  and  a  few  others.  The 
association  has  no  capital  stock,  but  the  water  is  distributed  among  the  sixty-six 
owners  according  to  the  acreage  of  each,  with  the  limitation  that  two-thirds  of  the 
association's  water  belongs  to  the  631  acres  in  the  Lotspiech  tract  and  the  other 
one-third  to  the  672  acres  in  the  Gray  tract.  To  serve  these  owners  the  association 
has  laid  below  the  division-gate  6,288  feet  of  20-inch  pipe  and  2,679  feet  of 
16-inch  pipe,  while  individual  members  have  laid  three  and  one-half  miles  of  from 
10  to  16-inch  pipe. 

The  John  T.  Carpenter  Water  Company  is  capitalized  for  $16,000,  divided 
into  1,600  shares  of  $10  each.  This  stock  is  held  by  115  owners,  who  use  the 
water  on  900  acres  of  land.  The  company  has  laid  about  four  miles  of  16  and 
20-inch  pipe  and  about  eight  miles  of  10  and  12-inch  pipe. 

Trabuco  Creek,  with  its  tributaries,  furnishes  water  for  quite  an  area  of  land 
in  the  vicinity  of  Capistrano.  The  greater  portion  of  the  water  from  this  stream 
is  distributed  by  the  Trabuco  Water  Company,  which  irrigates  about  500  acres. 

In  addition  to  the  irrigation  from  the  three  streams  just  described,  there  are 
a  few  farms  that  take  out  more  or  less  water  from  Coyote  Creek,  Laguna  Creek, 
Aliso  Creek  and  other  sources.  Then,  too,  there  are  thousands  of  acres  irrigated 
from  wells,  either  artesian  or  pumped.  As  already  described,  large  quantities  of 
water  from  the  rainfall  sink  into  the  ground  and  percolate  through  the  gravel 
strata  on  their  way  from  the  higher  elevations  to  the  sea.  This  water  may  be 
found  at  various  depths  in  nearly  every  part  of  the  plains  forming  the  major 
portion  of  the  county;  but  it  is  particularly  abundant  about  Anaheim  and  in  the 
western  part  of  the  county,  where  it  is  undoubtedly  supplied  by  the  underflow  of 
the  Santa  Ana  River.  According  to  the  assessor's  report  there  are  1,224  pumping 
plants  in  Orange  County  valued  at  $3,060,000.  These  raise  from  25  to  125  inches 
of  water  each  from  a  single  well,  while  in  a  number  of  cases  a  large  plant  fur- 
nishes from  200  to  400  inches  from  a  group  of  wells.  The  lower  lands  near  the 
ocean  are  either  damp  enough  or  they  are  irrigated  from  artesian  wells.  The 
number  of  acres  irrigated  from  wells,  pumping  or  artesian,  is  about  12,000;  the 
total  number  of  acres  irrigated  from  all  sources  in  the  county  is  approximately 
50,000. 

If  anything  further  were  needed  to  prove  that  Orange  County  is  well  watered, 
it  might  be  found  in  the  vast  quantities  of  nearly  every  kind  of  grain,  fruit,  nut 
and  vegetable  grown  in  the  temperate  zone,  as  well  as  many  kinds  indigenous 
to  the  torrid  zone,  which  are  produced  in  this  county  and  sent  to  market  every 
year,  not  only  supporting  the  farmers  and  fruit  growers,  but  actually  enriching 
them.  Surely  Orange  County  may  take  rank  alongside  of  the  land  of  Canaan  as 
described  by  Moses  in  the  following  paragraph : 

"For  the  Lord,  thy  God,  bringeth  thee  into  a  good  land,  a  land  of  brooks 
of  water,  of  fountains,  and  depths  that  spring  out  of  valleys  and  hills;  a  land  of 
wheat  and  barley,  and  vines,  and  fig  trees,  and  pomegranates,  a  land  of  oil,  olive, 
and  honey;  a  land  wherein  thou  shalt  eat  bread  without  scarceness,  thou  shalt  not 
lack  anything  in  it;  a  land  whose  stones  are  iron,  and  out  of  whose  hills  thou 
mayest  dig  brass.  When  thou  hast  eaten  and  art  full,  then  thou  shalt  bless  the 
Lord,  thy  God,  for  the  good  land  which  he  hath  given  thee." 


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CHAPTER  IV 

THE  CITY  OF  ANAHEIM 
Supplemented  by  E.  B.  Merritt 

The  city  of  Anaheim  is  the  oldest  city  in  Orange  County  and  was  founded 
and  settled  by  some  Germans  who  had  been  residents  of  San  Francisco  for  some 
time.  They  were  all  citizens  of  the  United  States  and  were  looking  about  for 
cheap  land  that  would  be  suitable  for  the  growing  of  grapes.  They  traveled  about 
the  state  and  especially  turned  their  attention  to  the  southern  part,  and  soon 
decided  that  the  section  that  is  the  present  site  of  Anaheim  was  best  suited  to 
the  growing  of  grapes  and  the  making  of  wine. 

This  corporation  was  organized  in  1857  by  fifty  men,  among  whom  were  the 
following:  George  Hansen,  John  Fisher,  John  Froelich,  Charles  Kohler,  Utmar 
Caler,  C.  C.  Kuchel,  C.  Biltsen,  Henry  Kroeger,  H.  Schenck,  H.  Bunnellman,  Julius 
Weiser,  John  P.  Zeyn,  Benjamin  Dreyfus,  Hugo  Currance,  and  others.  Their 
organization  was  known  as  the  Los  Angeles  Vineyard  Company.  Each  man  pur- 
chased a  share,  which  was  valued  at  $750.  They  bought  about  1,200  acres  of 
land,  being  a  part  of  the  Rancho  San  Juan  Cajon  de  Santa  Ana,  and  owned  by 
Juan  Pacifico  Ontiveras,  to  whom  they  paid  two  dollars  per  acre.  This  tract  was 
laid  out  in  twenty-acre  lots,  and  work  was  at  once  begun  upon  it  under  the  man- 
agement of  George  Hansen,  who  was  selected  for  their  superintendent.  He  began 
leveling,  building  fences,  digging  ditches,  etc.  Expenses  were  $216  per  day,  a 
considerable  amount  for  that  period.  The  tract  was  one  and  one-half  miles  long 
and  one  and  a  quarter  wide,  fenced  in  with  40,000  willow  poles,  six  feet  above  the 
ground  and  one  and  one-half  feet  apart;  these  were  strengthened  by  three  hori- 
zontal poles.  These  poles  eventually  took  root  and  soon  the  colony  was  sur- 
rounded by  a  living  willow  wall.  The  whole  was  defended  by  a  ditch  four  feet 
deep,  six  feet  wide  at  the  top,  sloping  to  one  foot  at  the  bottom.  Streets  were 
laid  out  through  the  tract,  a  gate  constructed  across  the  end  of  the  main  street 
and  when  this  was  closed  it  made  the  enclosure  secure  from  invasion.  Thousands 
of  wild  Spanish  cattle  and  horses  roamed  the  plains  at  that  time  and  these  would 
have  devastated  the  growing  vines  and  other  crops  unless  so  protected. 

These  sturdy  pioneers  gave  the  name  of  Anaheim  to  their  new  found  home, 
from  the  German,  heim — home — and  the  Spanish,  Ana — a  proper  name.  Home 
by  the  Santa  Ana  River.  A  ditch  was  dug  to  convey  water  for  irrigation,  seven 
and  one-half  miles  in  length,  and  several  rriiles  of  laterals  were  constructed.  On 
each  twenty-acre  tract  eight  acres  of  vines  were  planted  the  first  year.  At  the 
end  of  two  years  these  vines  had  come  into  bearing.  All  assessments  had  been 
paid  by  each  shareholder,  which  brought  the  total  amount  to  $1,200  each.  At  this 
time  each  lot  had  a  valuation  placed  upon  it  according  to  location  and  improve- 
ments, at  from  $600  to  $1,400.  Division  was  made  by  lot.  As  each  man  had  paid 
in  $1,200,  the  ones  who  drew  the  $1,400  lots  paid  in  $200  and  those  who  drew 
under  that  figure  received  balance  in  cash ;  and,  besides  all  this,  each  shareholder 
received  one  lot  in  the  town  plot.  During  these  two  years  the  men  of  the  com- 
pany had  continued  their  residence  in  San  Francisco,  but  at  this  date  they  as- 
sumed control  of  their  separate  properties.  They  began  building  houses,  having 
to  haul  lumber  and  necessities  from  Los  Angeles,  that  being  their  nearest  supply 
point.  Thirty  miles  was  a  long  distance  to  bring  their  necessities  and  as  soon  as 
possible  they  established  a  landing  on  the  coast  where  boats  could  land  supplies. 
This  was  but  twelve  miles  west  and  was  known  for  many  years  as  Anaheim 
Landing. 

Their  main  object  was  to  grow  grapes  and  manufacture  wine,  but  of  the 
entire  number  there  was  but  one  man  who  understood  the  art  of  wine  making. 
They  were  mostly  mechanics  and  carpenters,  besides  whom  there  was  a  watch- 
makei-,  blacksmith,  a  gunsmith,  an  engraver,  a  brewer,  teacher,  bookbinder,  miller, 


54  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

shoemaker,  poet,  merchants,  musicians  and  a  hotelkeeper.  Benjamin  Drey 
built  the  first  house  in  1857.  John  Fischer  erected  the  first  hotel  in  1865  ;  this  was 
destroyed  by  fire  in  1871  and  the  following  year  Henry  Kroeger  built  the  Anaheim 
hotel.  In  the  town  plot  of  forty  acres,  which  occupied  the  center  of  the  tract,  one 
lot  was  reserved  for  a  school  building  and  this  was  among  the  very  first  structur  s 
erected.  This  was  very  commodious  and  was  put  up  to  serve  as  a  school- 
house  and  assembly  hall.  During  the  flood  of  1861-62  the  Santa  Ana  River  over- 
flowed and  damaged  the  foundations,  rendering  its  unsafe  and  school  was  then 
held  in  the  water  company's  building  on  Center  Street  until  1869,  when  a  new 
building  was  built.  It  was  a  severe  struggle  against  all  kinds  of  odds  for  several 
years,  but  their  patient  industry  and  perseverance  won  the  struggle  and  at  the 
end  of  ten  years  each  stockholder's  property  was  worth  from  $5,000  to  $10,000. 
In  the  meantime  they  made  their  improvements  and  supported  their  families.  The 
company  had  its  officers,  electing  Utmar  Caler,  president ;  G.  C.  Kohler,  vice-presi- 
dent;  Cyrus  Biltsen,  treasurer,  and  John  Fischer,  secretary. 

A  fire  occurred  in  the  town  on  January  16,  1877,  which  destroyed  Enterprise 
Hall,  a  saloon,  a  Chinese  wash-house  and  the  Daily  Gazette  building,  entailing  a 
loss  of  about  $18,000,  half  covered  by  insurance.  The  Anaheim  Hide  &  Leather 
Company  was  established  in  1879  and  was  operated  less  than  a  year,  when  it 
quit  business.  A.  Guy  Smith  &  Company  built  a  steam  grist  and  planing  mill  in 
1875.  Hinds  Brewery  was  established  by  Theodore  Reiser  in  1874.  Vines  were 
set  out  in  Anaheim  and  vicinity  each  year  from  1857  until  1887.  In  1884  a  disease 
Avas  discovered  among  the  vines  and  in  1885  it  was  seen  that  the  grape  industry 
was  doomed.  A'^ines  that  had  produced  ten  tons  to  the  acre  dwindled  to  nothing. 
It  seemed  to  attack  the  Mission  variety  first  and  the  oldest  and  strongest  vines 
were  the  first  to  die.  In  1885  there  were  about  500,000  vines  in  that  vicinity  and 
about  fifty  wineries,  which  up  to  that  time  had  been  making  money.  For  twentv- 
five  years  Anaheim  and  vicinity  was  the  greatest  wine  producing  center  in  Cali- 
fornia. After  the  vines  began  to  die  out  walnuts  and  oranges  took  their  places 
and  this  is  now  one  of  the  best  sections  in  Orange  County  for  these  products. 

The  Anaheim  Gazette,  the  pioneer  newspaper,  established  by  G.  \Y.  Barter, 
was  first  issued  October  29,  1870.  Barter  had  bought  the  plant  of  the  Wilmington 
Journal,  defunct.  The  press  had  been  brought  around  the  Horn  in  1851  and  had 
been  used  in  Los  Angeles  by  the  Star,  the  pioneer  newspaper  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. In  1871  Barter  sold  the  paper  to  C.  A.  Gardner,  who  in  turn  sold  to 
Melrose  &  Knox,  in  1872.  Knox  retired  in  1876.  F.  W.  Athearn  was  connected 
with  it  in  1876-77,  then  Melrose  became  sole  owner  and  sold  it  to  Henry  Kuchel, 
the  present  owner,  who  has  continued  the  publication  for  more  than  thirty  years.' 
The  Orange  County  Plain  Dealer,  established  in  Fullerton  in  1898,  moved  to 
Anaheim  and  was  owned  and  edited  by  J.  E.  Valjean  a  number  of  years  before 
his  death.  The  Anaheim  Daily  Herald  was  founded  by  Thomas  Crawford  in  1913 
and  is  now  owned  and  published  by  The  Anaheim  Herald  Publishing  Company. 

In  1860  the  Anaheim  Water  Company  became  owner  of  the  ditches  and  water 
rights  originally  belonging  to  the  Anaheim  Vineyard  Company.  The  stock  of  this 
company  was  an  appurtenance  of  the  land  and  could  not  be  diverted  from  it.  The 
water  company  was  incorporated  with  $20,000  capital  stock  and  in  1879  this  was 
increased  to  $90,000,  and  ditches  were  extended  to  cover  the  Anaheim  extension. 
The  Cajon  Water  Company's  ditch  was  completed  November  18,  1878,  at  a  cost 
of  $50,000.  It  tapped  the  Santa  Ana  River  at  Bed-Rock  Canyon  and  was  fifteen 
miles  long.  In  1879  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company  bought  a  half  interest 
in  this  ditch.  Anaheim  was  incorporated  as  a  city  February  10,  1870,  but  the 
burden  was  too  great  to  be  carried  by  the  people  and  in  1872  they  petitioned  the 
legislature  to  be  dis-incorporated.  This  was  granted  and  it  was  an  unincorporated 
town  until  March,  1878,  when  it  was  incorporated  and  then  in  1888  it  was 
reincorporated. 

In  1880  Anaheim  boasted  of  the  best  school  building  in  Los  Angeles  County, 
outside  of  that  city.     In  1877  Prof.  J.  M.  Guinn,  who  had  been  principal  of  the 


FIRST  SANITARIUM  AT  ANAHEIM 


OLD  DREYFUS  WINERY,  ANAHEIM 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  55 

Anaheim  school  for  eight  years,  the  building  having  become  inadequate  for  the 
increased  population,  drafted  a  bill  authorizing  the  district  to  issue  bonds  for 
$10,000.  He  was  instrumental  in  securing  its  passage  by  the  legislature  and  it 
became  a  law  ^March  12,  1878.  The  bonds  were  sold  at  par  and  a  building  erected. 
This  was  the  first  instance  on  record  in  the  state  of  incorporating  and  bonding  a 
school  district  to  secure  funds  to  build  a  schoolhouse,  a  method  now  quite  com- 
mon in  the  state,  thus  giving  California  the  best  schoolhouses  of  any  state  in 
the  Union.  The  schools  of  Anaheim  embrace  grades  from  the  kindergarten  to 
the  junior  college  and  compare  favorably  with  the  best  in  Southern  California. 
For  further  particulars  about  Anaheim's  schools  see  chapter  on  Orange  County's 
Schools. 

In  January,  1875,  the  Southern  Pacific  Railway  built  a  branch  to  Anaheim 
and  for  two  years  this  was  their  terminus.  In  1887  the  Santa  Fe  built  through 
to  San  Diego  and  that  year  a  number  of  vineyards  were  divided  and  sold  in  town 
lots.  Anaheim  has  three  banks,  all  well  capitalized ;  a  public  library,  several  school 
buildings;  eight  miles  of  paved  streets,  and  fifteen  miles  of  cement  sidewalks. 
The  city  owns  its  own  water  supply,  as  well  as  its  own  electric  lighting  plant. 
There  are  two  depots  of  the  Southern  Pacific  and  one  of  the  Santa  Fe,  and  it  will 
soon  have  an  outlet  by  the  Pacific  Electric,  building  a  direct  line.  The  country 
about  is  fertile,  growing  almost  anything  put  into  the  ground. 

The  living  willow  wall  that  surrounded  the  original  colony  disappeared  long 
ago  and  but  few  of  the  present  citizens  of  the  city  remember  the  appearance  of 
the  original  place,  called  by  the  native  Californians  Campo  Aleman — German  ■ 
camo.  Anaheim  is  now  a  city  of  beautiful  homes,  with  a  population  of  5,526. 
Early  in  the  year  of  1911  bonds  were  voted  for  $90,000,  to  construct  a  sewer  sys- 
tem ;  and  $8,500,  for  additions  to  the  electric  lighting  system.  As  showing  the 
progressive  sentiment  of  the  people  it  may  be  said  that  the  former  received  352 
votes  for,  and  24  against,  and  the  latter  303  for,  and  68  against.  The  city  has  six 
packing  houses  for  oranges  and  lemons,  one  beet  sugar  factory,  one  marmalade  fac- 
tory, one  cigar  factory,  a  large  hotel  and  several  apartment  houses,  besides  the 
usual  complement  of  all  kinds  of  business  houses.  Its  area  is  two  and  three-quar- 
ters square  miles;  its  assessed  valuation  in  1920  was  $3,017,415,  and  the  building 
permits  issued  the  same  year  amounted  to  $92,000.  This  shows  a  healthy  growth 
when  it  is  remembered  that  the  war  lid  was  on  building  operations  that  year. 
During  the  year  1919,  Anaheim  had  a  building  total  of  more  than  $200,000, 
Included  in  the  construction  program  was  a  thirty-apartment  building,  a  bungalow 
court,  many  individual  residences,  a  large  new  First  Methodist  Church  and  a  few 
business  buildings,  but  here,  as  in  other  towns,  construction  could  not  keep  up 
with  the  demand,  and  still  greater  activity  is  foreseen  in  the  future. 

The  churches  of  Anaheim  represent  fourteen  denominations,  as  follows : 
Catholic,  Presbyterian,  Methodist,  Episcopal,  Christian  Science,  Lutheran,  Bap- 
tist, Evangelical,  Mennonite,  German  Methodist,  Mexican  Methodist,  Seventh 
Day  Adventist,  German  Lutheran,  and  German  Baptist. 

Following  are  the  city  officers  as  they  stood  after  the  election  and  appoint- 
ment in  1920 :  Board  of  trustees,  William  Stark,  president ;  Frank  N.  Gibbs, 
Fred  A.  Backs,  Jr.,  Charles  H.  Mann,  Howard  E.  Gates;  clerk,  Edward  B.  Mer- 
ritt;  marshal  and  tax  collector,  N.  F.  Steadman ;  treasurer,  Charles  A.  Boege; 
recorder,  J.  S.  Howard;  manager  and  street  superintendent,  O.  E.  Steward;  elec- 
trician, V.  W.  Hannum ;  attorney.  Homer  G.  Ames ;  rate  collector,  W.  A.  Wallace. 

The  soil  about  Anaheim  is  a  sandy  loam,  easily  worked,  retains  the  heat  and 
moisture.  This,  with  its  proximity  to  the  ocean  and  distance  from  the  snow- 
capped mountains,  places  that  section  in  the  frostless  belt  of  the  county.  Then, 
lying  in  front  of  the  mouth  of  the  Santa  Ana  Canyon,  the  territory  about  Ana- 
heim gets  the  greatest  benefit  from  the  underflow  of  the  river.  A  people  with 
such  natural  resources  and  with  the  sturdy  manhood  to  voluntarily  close  their 
.saloons,  as  they  did  January  1,  1919,  cannot  help  but  prosper. 


56  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Anaheim  Municipal  Light  and  Water  Works 
By  V.  W.  Hannum 

The  first  step,  in  the  building  of  the  present  Municipal  Light  and  Water 
System,  was  taken  in  April,  1879,  when  the  pioneers  of  the  Mother  Colony  started 
the  municipal  water  plant,  then  located  on  West  Cypress  Street. 

Making  a  success  of.  this  venture,  and  wishing  to  keep  abreast  of  modern  im- 
provements, they  started  the  electric  light  plant  on  August  23,  1894,  with  a  con- 
nected load  of  thirteen  arc  lamps,  used  for  street  lighting,  and  145  incandescent  and 
nine  arc  lamps  from  which  a  revenue  was  derived.  By  1907,  there  were  324  light 
and  372  water  consumers,  which  made  it  necessary  to  construct  an  entirely  new 
plant  at  518  South  Los  Angeles  Street.  The  equipment  at  that  time  consisted  of 
two  125  horsepower  boilers,  two  steam-driven  electric  generators  of  eighty  kilo- 
watt capacity,  two  twelve-inch  wells  with  a  pumping  capacity  of  600  gallons  per 
minute.  In  1912  another  125-horsepower  boiler  and  a  steam-driven  electric  gen- 
erator of  150  kilowatt  capacity  was  added.  In  1913,  the  increasing  water  demand 
made  it  necessary  to  drill  a  new  sixteen-inch  well,  in  which  a  pump  of  a  capacity 
of  800  gallons  per  minute  was  installed,  this  installation  being  duplicated  in  1915. 

By  1916  the  electric  load  had  reached  such  proportions  that  the  generating 
equipment  was  inadequate,  so  rather  than  add  more  generating  equipment,  an 
agreement  was  made  with  the  Southern  California  Edison  Company  whereby 
the  city  purchases  all  of  its  electric  energy  wholesale,  but  maintains  its  own  dis- 
tributing system. 

In  1918  it  became  necessary  to  again  increase  the  water  supply.  This  was 
done  by  replacing  one  of  the  small  capacity  pumps, with  one  of  a  capacity  of  1,200 
gallons  per  minute.  In  1920  a  new  sixteen-inch  well  was  drilled  and  a  1,200- 
gallon  pump  installed.  The  city  now  has  three  wells,  each  335  feet  deep,  with 
a  pumping  capacity  of  over  3,000  gallons  per  minute.  A  reinforced-concrete 
reservoir,  with  a  capacity  of  173,000  gallons,  -at  an  elevation  to  give  forty  pounds 
pressure  on  the  mains,  insures  an  adequate  supply  of  good  pure  water  at  all  times. 
A  two-stage  centrifugal  pump,  driven  by  a  125-horsepower  motor,  is  used  to 
increase  the  pressure  in  case  of  fire;  this  pump  will  deliver  1,500  gallons  of  water 
per  minute  at  a  pressure  of  125  pounds. 

Until  May,  1914,  the  rate  for  lighting  purposes  had  been  ten  cents  per  kilo- 
watt-hour; at  that  time  the  plant  had  become  self-sustaining,  so  the  lighting  rate 
was  reduced  to  seven  cents  per  kilowatt-hour.  This  cut,  while  greatly  reducing 
the  revenue  for  the  city,  was  a  great  saving  to  the  consumers. 

While  the  past  few  years  have  seen  prices  rise  by  leaps  and  bounds  on  all 
materials  used  in  the  light  and  water  departments,  as  well  as  increases  of  wages, 
and  two  increases  on  the  wholesale  price  of  electric  energy,  the  city  by  conservative 
methods  has  been  able  to  keep  its  water  rate  at  ten  cents  per  hundred  cubic  feet, 
and  the  electric  lighting  rate  at  seven  cents  per  kilowatt-hour,  thereby  furnishing 
light  and  water  at  pre-war  prices  to  its  many  patrons,  and  still  maintaining  a 
source  of  revenue,  of  which  the  year  ending  May  1,  1920,  is  a  good  example. 

At  that  time  there  were  more  than  3,000  services  for  light  and  water,  with  a 
revenue  of  nearly  $70,000,  leaving  better  than  $20,000  for  the  general  fund  after 
all  operating  expenses  had  been  paid.  Besides  being  a  source  of  revenue  to  the 
city,  the  Municipal  Light  and  Water  ^^'orks  furnish  steady  employment  to  many 
of  the  citizens  of  Anaheim. 


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CHAPTER  V 

THE  CITY  OF  BREA 

By  Mable  McGee 

Brea  is  situated  at  the  mouth  of  the  canyon  of  the  same  name  adjoining  the 
eastern  part  of  Fullerton  on  tlie  north.  The  canyon  has  long  afforded  an  easy 
passage  for  a  wagon  road  from  tlie  interior  valley  to  the  coastal  plains  and  was 
named  Brea  Canyon  from  the  brea,  or  mineral  tar,  which  oozed  out  of  the  ground 
in  the  canyon.  The  city  is  the  youngest  and  one  of  the  smallest  in  the  galaxy 
of  Orange  County  cities.  It  was  incorporated  February  23,  1917,  and  has  an 
area  of  one  and  three-quarter  square  miles.  The  assessed  valuation  of  the  city 
in  1920  was  $718,880,  with  a  tax  rate  of  $1.00.  The  population  given  by  the 
1920  census  is  1,037. 

While  there  are  some  orchards  and  farms  in  the  southern  part  of  the  city, 
the  principal  support  of  the  place  is  derived  from  the  oil  industry.  The  city  is 
in  the  heart  of  a  rich  oil  district,  surrounded  by  about  twenty-three  leases.  In 
fact,  looking  up  and  down  the  mesa  in  front  of  the  hills,  hundreds  of  oil  derricks 
may  be  seen  in  either  direction.  This  oil  industry  is  not  only  the  main  support  of 
the  city  of  Brea,  but  it  is  a  valuable  asset  of  the  whole  county,  as  manifested 
by  the  increase  in  the  assessment  roll  each  year  as  the  territory  expands  and  new 
wells  are  brought  in. 

The  city  has  one  and  a  half  miles  of  cement  sidewalks  and  three  miles  of 
paved  streets.  There  are  four  churches.  Congregational,  Christian,  Nazarene  and 
Seventh  Day  Adventist.  (The  schools  may  be  found  in  the  chapter  on  Orange 
County's  Schools.)  The  following  organizations  have  branches  in  Brea:  Oil 
Field,  Gas  Well  Refineries  International  Workers  of  America  (this  is  a  labor 
organization  of  oil  men  and  used  to  be  called  "The  Oil  Field  Workers'  Union")  ; 
Women's  Union  Label  League  (the  latter  is  an  auxiliary  of  the  men's  organiza- 
tion just  mentioned)  ;  Knights  of  Pythias;  Woodmen;  Maccabees;  Royal  Neigh- 
bors; and  Brea  Study  Club. 

The  Brea  Boiler  Works  and  Union  Tool  Company  are  home  industries  that 
employ  a  great  many  men. 

The  city  officers  at  the  present  time  are  as  follows :  Board  of  trustees,  Jay 
C.  Sexton,  president;  Isaac  Craig,  P.  C.  Huddleston,  R.  H.  Mitchell,  Frank  J. 
Schweitzer;  clerk,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Sayles;  treasurer,  Leon  A.  Sayles;  attorney,  Albert 
Launer ;  engineer,  Robt.  W.  Phelps ;  marshal,  street  superintendent  and  pound 
master,  D.  O.  Stegman. 

That  Brea  went  over  the  top  in  subscribing  to  the  five  liberty  loans  may  be 
seen  in  the  lists  published  elsewhere  in  the  history. 

The  Union  Oil  Company  has  a  beautiful  building  and  picturesque  grounds  in 
Brea,  showing  what  can  be  done  with  capital  and  good  taste,  where  the  climate 
is  equable,  the  soil  fertile  and  the  water  abundant. 


CHAPTER  VI 

THE  CITY  OF  FULLERTON 

Supplemented  by  H.  L.  Wilber 

Twenty-three  miles  southeast  from  Los  Angeles  lies  the  thriving  little  city 
of  Fullerton  with  its  population  of  4,415  souls.  Until  1887  this  section  of  the 
county  was  largely  given  over  to  pasturage  for  sheep  and  cattle.  Its  richness  had 
not  been  discovered  except  by  a  few,  but  now  it  is  considered  by  the  residents  of 
the  vicinity  as  the  "garden  spot  of  Orange  County."  The  city  was  laid  out  in 
1887  by  Amerige  Brothers  and  the  Pacific  Land  and  Improvement  Company.  The 
first  building  was  erected  the  same  year,  in  which  year  also  occurred  the  advent 
of  the  railroad.     The  peculiar  location  of  the  town  has  much  to  induce  home 


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making,  for  it  is  surrounded  by  a  very  productive  country  and  its  climatic  condi- 
tions are  ideal,  far  enough  away  from  the  snow-capped  mountains  and  near 
enough  to  the  sea,  to  have  a  very  equable  temperature. 

Soon  after  the  advent  of  the  railroad  the  little  hamlet  grew  rapidly.  At  an 
early  date  the  planting  of.  oranges  and  walnuts  was  begun  and  the  results  were 
so  gratifying  that  the  locality  soon  attracted  general  attention  as  a  fruit  section. 
Planting  of  various  kinds  of  deciduous  fruits  followed  and  soon  it  was  discovered 
that  soil  and  climatic  conditions  were  the  best  to  be  found  in  Southern  California. 
Besides  the  fruit  industry  there  sprung  up  a  lucrative  business  in  vegetable  grow- 
ing. ^Vith  a  ready  market  in  Los  Angeles  a  man  with  a  limited  amount  of  money 
could  get  good  returns  from  his  farming  venture  from  the  very  start. 

It  was  at  the  close  of  the  "boom,"  in  1888,  that  this  part  of  California  was 
the  center  of  attraction  and  towns  sprung  up  in  the  desert  and,  by  the  develop- 
ment of  water  for  irrigation,  garden  spots  were  made  to  blossom  out  of  drear 
waste.  The  Amerige  Brothers  were  among  the  men  who  came  to  Southern 
California  during  this  period  and,  seeing  the  possibilities  of  the  section  that  is 
now  Fullerton  and  Placentia  districts,  purchased  500  acres  of  bare,  unimproved 
land,  from  the  Miles'  estate.  They  had  inside  information  that  the  Santa  Fe 
Railroad  would  be  built  in  this  direction  on  its  way  to  San  Diego  and  entered  into 
negotiations  with  the  Pacific  Land  and  Improvement  Company  to  have  a  change 
made  in  the  surveys  in  order  to  strike  the  proposed  town  site.  To  insure  the 
building  of  the  road  and  location  of  a  depot  the  brothers  gave  railroad  rights  to 
the  company.  The  first  stake  was  driven  on  July  6,  1887,  in  a  field  of  wild  mus- 
tard. Soon  the  land  was  cleared,  streets  laid  out  and  graded,  business  blocks  and 
several  dwellings  erected.  On  account  of  some  obstruction  in  securing  right  of 
way,  the  railroad  was  unable  to  build  to  the  town  until  the  following  year  and 
thus  it  was  greatly  handicapped  for  lack  of  transportation  facilities.  Amerige 
Brothers  sold  an  interest  in  their  holdings  to  Wilshire  Brothers,  and  soon  after- 
ward all  interests  were  merged  into  the  Fullerton  Land  and  Trust  Company,  to 
facilitate  development. 

The  town  was  given  its  name  in  honor  of  G.  H.  Fuller,  then  president  of 
the  Pacific  Land  and  Improvement  Company,  which  was  an  organization  of  the 
directors  of  the  Santa  Fe.  He  was  a  factor  in  the  early  beginning  of  the  town, 
but  soon  was  deposed  from  office.  The  name  of  the  town  was  then  changed  to 
La  Habra,  in  harmony  with  the  name  of  the  valley  adjoining.  The  opposition  to 
this  change  was  so  strong  that  the  town  was  re-christened  Fullerton,  although  the 
first  railroad  tickets  were  issued  to  La  Habra.  In  the  fall  of  1888  the  first  train 
reached  the  place ;  this  did  not  increase  the  growth  of  the  town  as  was  expected, 
for  by  that  time  the  great  boom  of  Southern  California  was  over.  The  hamlet 
has  had  only  a  conservative  growth  from  the  beginning. 

The  first  good  building  to  be  erected  in  Fullerton  was  the  St.  George  Hotel, 
costing  $50,000.  This  was  followed  by  the  Wilshire  block,  costing  about  $8,000. 
It  was  in  this  building  that  the  first  postoflfice  was  established  and  the  first  store 
opened.  The  Chadbourne  block,  costing  $22,000,  was  the  next  one  of  importance, 
followed  quickly  by  the  Schumacher,  Grimshaw  and  Schindler  buildings.  The 
first  church  was  the  Presbyterian,  which  was  erected  in  1889. 

The  streets  were  all  named  by  the  founders  of  the  town.  Fullerton  remained 
a  town  until  1904,  at  which  time,  on  January  22,  it  was  incorporated  as  a  city  of 
the  sixth  class.  In  1920  the  assessed  valuation  of  property  was  $19,558,695.  The 
town  has  but  small  indebtedness  and  the  limits  of  the  city  embrace  eighteen  square 
miles.  It  is  one  of  the  best  shipping  points  in  Orange  County,  and  is  admirably 
located  for  manufacturing  industries.  It  is  near  the  oil  fields,  which  thus  guar- 
antees a  permanent  and  cheap  fuel  supply,  and  has  an  abundant  supply  of  water. 

The  warehouse  facilities  of  Fullerton  are  the  best  in  the  county  and  its  pack- 
ing houses  give  employment  to  a  large  number  of  men  and  women.  All  the  roads 
leading  to  the  city  are  paved.  There  are  two  well-capitalized  national  banks,  one 
savings  bank  and  one  state  bank ;  the  professions  are  represented  by  able  men  in 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  59 

law  and  medicine.  There  are  among  its  industries  of  importance  the  following 
besides  those  already  mentioned :  Seven  orange  and  two  vegetable  packing  houses, 
two  grist  mills,  three  lumber  yards,  three  hotels  and  a  number  of  good  boarding 
houses.  The  city  maintains  a  band  and  two  newspapers,  the  Orange  Count}'  Dail\ 
Tribune,  established  in  1889,  and  the  Fullerton  News,  which  was  established  in 
1902.  There  are  six  churches — the  Presbyterian,  organized  in  February,  1888; 
the  Methodist,  December  2,  1888;  Baptist,  November  12,  1893 ;  Christian,  in  April, 
1905 ;  also  tht  Catholic  and  Christian  Science. 

The  following  account  of  the  origin  and  development  of  the  Fullerton  Public 
Library  was  furnished  by  Miss  Minnie  Maxwell,  the  librarian : 

The  Fullerton  Public  Library  had  its  origin  in  a  little  reading  room  that  was 
established  about  1903  by  a  little  group  of  women  led  by  Mrs.  Anna  T.  Dean. 
A  room  over  the  First  National  Bank  was  secured  and  funds  for  rent,  heat  and 
light  were  raised  by  subscriptions  solicited  by  Mrs.  G.  W.  Sherwood  and  Miss 
Anna  McDermont.  Magazines,  newspapers  and  books  were  freely  donated  by 
citizens,  and  the  room  soon  became  a  popular  place.  Volunteer  attendants  cared 
for  the  room  and  lent  books  to  patrons. 

In  1905,  realizing  the  advantages  to  the  city  of  such  an  institution,  the  city 
trustees  took  up  the  matter  of  securing  funds  to  build  a  public  library,  and  applica- 
tion was  made  to  Andrew  Carnegie.  In  order  to  comply  with  the  requirements, 
the  city  purchased  a  lot  on  the  corner  of  Wilshire  and  Pomona  avenues,  and  also 
appointed  a  committee  to  secure  subscriptions  amounting  to  $1,000  for  the  pur- 
chase of  books.  The  committee  appointed  consisted  of  Miss  Anna  McDermont, 
Mrs.  G.  W.  Sherwood,  Mrs.  Otto  des  Granges  and  Mt-s.  Wm.  Schulte.  The 
money  was  subscribed  and  a  gift  of  $10,000  was  secured  from  the  Carnegie  Cor- 
poration. The  board  of  library  trustees,  acting  at  the  time  of  the  construction  of 
the  library  building,  was  made  up  of  J.  C.  Braly,  president;  A\'.  W.  Kerr,  secre- 
tary ;  D.  R.  Collings,  Prof.  A.  L.  Vincent  and  Meredith  Conway. 

Early  in  1907  work  was  begun  on  the  building,  which  was  completed  and 
ready  for  use  by  December,  1907.  Miss  Minnie  Maxwell  was  elected  as  the  first 
librarian,  and  began  her  work  in  September,  1907.  By  the  time  the  new  building 
was  completed  about  1,000  volumes  were  ready  to  place  on  the  shelves.  From  the 
beginning  the  books  added  to  the  library  have  been  classified  and  catalogued 
according  to  the  most  approved  methods,  making  the  contents  of  the  library 
readily  accessible  to  the  users.  The  collection  of  books  has  grown  .steadily  until 
now  (1919)  there  are  about  7,000  volumes,  besides  valuable  files  of  magazines, 
newspapers,  pamph'lets,  etc. 

The  library  serves  not  only  the  people  of  the  city  of  Fullerton,  but  gives  free 
service  to  the  people  of  the  surrounding  country  and  the  neighboring  towns  as 
well.  The  present  building  is  inadequate  for  the  needs  of  the  rapidly  growing 
city,  and  a  new  addition  or  an  entirely  new  building  is  necessary  in  the  near  future. 
The  board  of  trustees  of  the  library  is  as  follows.  Dr.  F.  J.  Gobar,  president ; 
H.  W.  Daniels,  secretary;  Mrs.  G.  W.  Sherwood,  Anna  McDermont,  S.  J.  Lillie. 

November  12,  1902,  a  hospital  association  was  incorporated  and  this  has  been 
in  operation  ever  since,  maintaining  a  reputation  for  having  a  thorough  equipment 
and  efficient  service. 

The  city  has  one  union  high  school,  organized  in  1893,  and  in  1906-07  a  new 
building  was  erected,  costing  about  $50,000.  This  was  totally  destroyed  by  fire 
in  1910.  A  new  site  was  purchased  and  more  and  better  buildings  were  erected, 
as  may  be  seen  in  the  chapter  on  Orange  County's  Schools.  On  August  12,  1908, 
Fullerton  organized  a  fire  department.  It  has  a  paid  service  and  is  modernly 
equipped.  Fullerton  has  an  active  Board  of  Trade,  which  has  done  more  than 
any  other  agency  to  advertise  the  city  and  its  surroundings,  and  to  beautify  them 
as  well.  It  was  organized  in  1901  and  now  has  150  members.  It  has  a  Masonic 
Lodge,  which  was  organized  in  October,  1900; -the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows  was  instituted  in  March,  1901 ;  the  Independent  Order  of  Foresters  in 


60  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

September,  1897;  Fraternal  Brotherhood  in  August,  1899;  Fraternal  Aid  in  1893 ; 
also  Knights  of  Pythias,  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  Woodmen  of  the  World, 
Eastern  Star,  P.  E.  O.  and  Rebekahs.  It  has  also  a  Woman's  Club,  which  is  affili- 
ated with  the  state  federation.  This  organization  has  wielded  a  strong  influence 
in  the  social  and  civic  work  in  the  city.  The  Ebell  Club  is  also  a  dominant  factor 
in  the  city's  life. 

Following  are  the  city  officers  as  they  stood  after  the  election  and  appoint- 
ments in  1920:  Board  of  trustees,  W.  F.  Coulter,  president;  L.  F.  Drake,  R. 
A.  Marsden,  R.  R.  Davis,  Robert  •  Strain ;  clerk,  F.  C.  Hezmalhalch;  treasurer, 
Fred  Fuller  ;  recorder,  William  French ;  attorney,  Albert  Launer ;  engineer,  George 
Wells;  street  superintendent,  A.  G.  Barnes;  water  and  sewer  superintendent, 
Geo.  Witty ;  marshal,  Vernon  Myers;  health  officer,  Dr.  J.  H.  Lang;  park  superin- 
tendent, J.  G.  Seupelt;  board  of  health,  J.  H.  Lang,  M.  D.,  health  officer;  K  T. 
Hall,  :\1.  D.,  G.  C.  Clark,  M.  D.,  G.  W.  Finch,  Mrs.  Carrie  Ford;  community 
nurse.  May  Pierce. 

Fullerton  nestles  in  the  center  of  orange  and  walnut  groves  and  is  distant 
but  ten  miles  from  Santa  Ana,  the  county  seat.  The  city  is  made  up  of  com- 
fortable homes  and  is  surrounded  w.ith  very  fine  land  suitable  for  growing  almost 
anything  put  into  it.  The  people  are  generous  and  hospitable  and  anxious  to  pro- 
mote the  general  welfare  in  any  way  that  will  serve  the  interests  of  all. 

During  the  year  1919,  the  city  of  Fullerton  issued  188  building  permits,  whose 
total  value  was  $528,609.  I.  H.  Dysinger,  building  inspector,  says  the  actual 
value  of  the  improvements  is  greater  than  the  amovmt  indicated  by  the  permits; 
but  that  is  the  case  generally  in  all  the  cities. 

Recent  building  operations  include  the  Fullerton  Improvement  Company's 
building  at  Spadra  and  Amerige,  erected  at  a  cost  of  $55,000,  and  a  later  one  at 
Spadra  and  Wilshire  costing  $62,000.  This  latter  building  houses  the  temporary 
city  hall  and  the  Rialto  theater,  the  latter  being  one  of  the  classiest  playhouses  in 
the  state.  The  Masons  have  bought  ground  at  Spadra  and  Chapman  for  a  $60,000 
temple ;  the  Christian  Scientists  have  built  a  $26,000  church,  and  the  Ebell  Club 
plans  to  erect  a  $40,000  club  house. 


CHAPTER  VII 

THE  CITY  OF  HUNTINGTON  BEACH 
Supplemented  by  Charles  R.  Nutt 

In  the  spring  of  1904,  the  name  of  a  little  village  known  as  Pacific  City 
was  changed  to  Huntington  Beach,  and  the  townsite  was  acquired  by  the  Hunting- 
ton Beach  Company,  a  corporation  with  its  principal  offices  at  Los  Angeles,  from 
a  syndicate  of  Long  Beach  and  Santa  Ana  men  who  were  owners  of  Pacific 
City.  On  July  4,  1904,  the  first  electric  car  from  Los  Angeles  reached  Hunt- 
ington Beach. 

In  addition  to  purchasing  the  holdings  of  the  Pacific  City  syndicate,  the  Htmt- 
ington  Beach  Company  bought  large  acreage  sites  which  they  included  in  the 
limits  of  the  new  city,  dividing  it  into  lots  25xll7j^  feet,  laid  many  miles  of 
cement  pavement,  built  a  water  and  an  electric  lighting  system,  installed  a  tele- 
phone system  and  made  many  other  municipal  improvements  which  added  greatly 
to  the  value  of  their  holdings. 

At  that  time  there  were  only  three  houses  on  what  is  now  Main  Street,  and 
about  twenty  homes  in  the  town.  The  grammar  school  building  was  also  com- 
pleted in  the  summer  of  1904. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  61 

In  the  spring  of  the  above  mentioned  year  a  meeting  was  held  in  a  Main 
Street  building  by  a  Union  Sunday  school,  and  in  the  following  year  a  church 
of  the  Methodist  denomination  was  organized  and  services  were  held  in  the 
present  bank  building,  in  the  room  now  used  as  a  city  hall.  In  March,  1906, 
the  newly  organized  church  secured  a  church  building,  locating  it  at  the 
corner  of  Seventh  Street  and  Magnolia  Avenue,  where  it  still  stands.  In  the 
spring  of  the  same  year  the  present  Baptist  Church  was  erected  and  an  organiza- 
tion of  the  Christian  Church  was  formed  about  the  same  time^  In  1908  the  last 
named  denomination  built  the  church  which  it  now  uses  on  Eighth  Street. 

In  1906  the  Southern  California  Methodist  Association,  which  had-  been 
holding  its  annual  sessions  at  Long  Beach,  built  in  Huntington  Beach  the  com- 
modious auditorium  which  it  has  ever  since  used  for  its  annual  camp  meetings 
and  sessions  of  the  Epworth  League. 

Early  in  the  year  1904  a  bank  was  organized  by  business  men  residing  chiefly 
at  Long  Beach  and  called  the  Huntington  Beach  Bank.  A  year  later  its  name 
was  changed,  having  been  reorganized  under  the  national  banking  laws  and  it 
was  called,  as  it  still  is,  the  First  National  Bank  of  Huntington  Beach.  A  savings 
bank  was  also  formed  in  connection  with  it  and  called  the  Savings  Bank  of  Hunt- 
ington Beach,  and  the  present  quarters  of  the  two  banks  were  built  in  1905  and 
have  been  occupied  continuously  by  them  ever  since.  The  stock  of  both  institu- 
tions is  now  owned  by  local  men.  In  the  year  1905  two  lumber  companies  were 
formed  to  do  business  in  the  city,  one  the  Starr  and  the  other  the  San  Pedro 
Lumber  Company ;  the  latter  afterwards  buying  the  former  and  continuing  in 
business  to  the  present  time. 

Other  business  enterprises  which  came  to  Huntington  Beach  in  the  early 
years  of  its  existence  were  the  Anthracite  Peat  Fuel  Company  in  1905,  the  La 
Bolsa  Tile  factory,  the  Raine  Tile  Company,  the  Huntington  Beach  Cannery 
(which  put  up  a  substantial  canning  plant  and  flourished  until  1908)  ;  the  Hunting- 
ton Beach  Tent  City  Company  (composed  of  local  business  men,  which  has 
enjoyed  a  fairly  successful  career),  and  various  mercantile  establishments.  The 
Tent  City  Company  each  summer  puts  up  and  rents  a  large  number  of  tents  to 
those  attending  the  jNlethodist  camp  meetings,  the  Grand  Army  encampments  and 
other  conventions  and  meetings  for  which  Huntington  Beach  is  fast  becoming 
popular. 

Huntington  Beacli  was  incorporated  in  February,  1909,  as  a  city  of  the  sixth 
class.  Its  area  is  about  2.77  square  miles.  Its  assessed  valuation  in  1920  was 
$1,023,635,  with  a  tax  rate  of  $1.50,  which  includes  special  taxes  for  library, 
music,  promotion  and  sinking  fund.  The  bonded  indebtedness  is  $104,750.00. 
The  postoffice  receipts  in  1913  were  $5,625.52,  and  in  1918  were  $7,867.40,  an 
increase  of  39.8  per  cent  in  five  years.  Village  delivery  was  established  in 
September,    1917.     The  present  population  is   1,687. 

The  following  denominations  have  each  a  church  in  the  city:  Methodist 
Episcopal,  Baptist,  Christian,  Catholic,  Church  of  Christ,  and  Christian  Science. 
The  Southern  California  Methodist  Association  maintains  an  auditorium  here  with 
a  seating  capacity  of  over  2,000,  where  the  Methodists  hold  their  annual  camp 
meetings,  and  which  is  also  used  by  other  organizations,  such  as  the  Southern 
California  Veterans'  Association,  Epworth  League,  Church  of  Latter  Day  Saints, 
etc.,  for  their  annual  outings. 

The  elementary  school  district  has  a  very  modern  and  up-to-date  school  build- 
ing, erected  in  1915  at  a  cost  of  approximately  $75,000,  employs  thirteen  teachers 
and  has  an  enrollment  of  300  pupils.  The  Union  high  school  employs  nine  teachers 
and  has  an  enrollment  of  115  pupils.  It  has  a  well-equipped  manual  arts  building 
and  teaches  domestic  science  in  all  its  branches  in  addition  to  the  regular  training 
for  college  or  business.  Much  attention  is  also  paid  to  agriculture  in  the  course 
of  study. 


62  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

The  public  library,  housed  in  a  Carnegie  building  and  supported  by  the  city, 
has  over  6,000  bound  volumes  on  its  shelves  and  many  of  the  leading  magazines 
and  other  publications  on  its  tables.  A  weekly  newspaper  was  established  almost 
with  the  birth  of  the  city,  and  has  been  published  without  intermission  ever  since, 
increasing  in  importance  with  the  city's  growth. 

Huntington  Beach  has  been  selected  as  a  suitable  place  for  the  location  of  a 
number  of  important  industries,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  the  following: 
Holly  Sugar  Factory  with  an  annual  output  worth  $2,225,000;  Beach  Broom 
Factory,  output  worth  $40,000;  Pacific  Linoleum  and  Oilcloth  Factory,  output 
worth  $250,000 ;  Pearse  Cannery,  output  worth  $8,000 ;  Huntington  Beach  Nur- 
series, output  worth  $4,000.  The  city  has  exported  approximately  625  carloads 
of  sugar  and  325  carloads  of  beans,  besides  other  products  in  less  than  carload  lots. 

The  total  length  of  paved  streets  in  the  city  aggregates  16.85  miles  with  about 
fourteen  miles  of  oiled  streets.  Approximately  fifty-eig:ht  miles  of  cement  side- 
walks have  been  laid.  The  length  of  the  sewers,  including  laterals,  is  seven  and 
a  half  miles.  The  trunk  lines,  septic  tank  and  outfall  cost  $35,000;  extension  to 
main  and  construction  of  laterals,  under  district  assessment,  cost  $29,158. 

The  municipality  owns  the  gas  distributing  system,  which  includes  about 
twenty  miles  of  mains  and  laterals.  It  has  500  patrons  consuming  about  75,000 
cubic  feet  of  gas  daily ;  the  gas  is  the  natural  article  purchased  from  the  Southern 
Counties  Gas  Company. 

The  city  has  four  parks  of  moderate  size  aggregating  about  eleven  and  a  half 
acres.  It  also  has  a  pleasure  pier  constructed  of  reinforced  concrete  at  a  cost 
of  about  $60,000. 

Following  are  the  present  city  officers :  Board  of  trustees,  Ed.  Manning, 
president ;  Richard  Drew,  C.  J.  Andrews,  R.  L.  Obarr,  Albert  Onson ;  clerk, 
Chas.  R.  Nutt ;  treasurer,  C.  E.  Lavering ;  attorney,  L.  ^^^  Blodget ;  recorder,  C. 
W.  Warner;  engineer,  C.  R.  Sumner;  superintendent  gas  and  sewers,  F.  L. 
Snyder ;  marshal  and  superintendent  streets,  Geo.  M.  Taylor. 

The  city  has  a  chamber  of  commerce  with  about  seventy  wide-awake  mem- 
bers. The  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  have  a  good  healthy  lodge,  and  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  have  a  good  membership  and  fairly  good  attend- 
ance. The  Order  of  Eastern  Star  and  the  Rebekah  lodges  are  reported  to  be  very 
much  alive.  There  is  but  one  labor  organization.  The  American  Federation  of 
Musicians,  affiliated  with  the  American  Federation  of  Labor.  There  are  two 
fraternal  insurance  lodges,  the  most  active  of  which  is  the  Modern  Woodmen, 
although  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  has  some  membership. 

The  municipality  gives  aid  to  and  partially  supports  a  brass  band  under  the 
direction  of  C.  H.  Endicott,  more  generally  known  as  "Pop,"  who  is  a  thorough 
musician  and  very  active  in  every  good  work  for  the"  advancement  of  the  com- 
munity and  the  county.  The  Huntington  Beach  Municipal  Band  under  his  leader- 
ship has  become  a  very  creditable  organization  and  a  veritable  booster  for  the 
county. 

Surrounded  by  a  rich  agricultural  section,  supplemented  by  the  beach  as  a 
summer  attraction,  Huntington  Beach  will  not  only  maintain  its  place  in  the 
struggle  for  existence,  but  it  will  forge  ahead  of  some  of  its  less  favored  com- 
petitors and  become  one  of  Orange  County's  important  cities. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  63 

CHAPTER  VIII 

THE  CITY  OF  NEWPORT  BEACH 
Supplemented  by  George  P.  Wilson 

When  the  final  history  of  California  shall  have  been  written  Newport  Beach 
will  be  counted  as  one  of  the  most  thriving  of  her  coast  towns.  Not  only  is  its 
location  beautiful  from  a  scenic  point  of  view,  but  better  still  it  has  a  more  abiding 
attraction  in  its  admirable  location  from  a  commercial  standpoint.  Located  upon 
the  body  of  water  from  which  it  takes  its  name,  Newport  Bay,  which  is  the  largest 
body  of  water  between  San  Francisco  and  San  Diego,  it  had  been  the  habit  of 
vessels  of  other  days  to  make  port  here  because  it  was  possible  to  cross  the  bar 
on  high  tide,  unload  and  reload  the  vessels  in  still  waters,  not  on  piers  constructed 
for  the  purpose,  but  upon  the  solid  ground  of  the  mainland.  Inasmuch  as  the 
Pacific  Coast  is  not  sufficiently  equipped  with  ports  of  entry  and  as  Newport  Bay 
offers  unsurpassed  natural  advantages,  it  is  the  earnest  hope  of  citizens  of  the 
town  located  upon  its  borders  that  the  Government,  which  needs  for  the  carrying 
on  of  its  own  business  every  available  port  on  this  coast,  will  unite  with  the 
citizens  of  Orange  County  in  perfecting  one  of  the  most  important  harbors  on 
America's  western  coast.  This  hope  is  strengthened  by  the  fact  that  comparatively 
speaking  the  improvement  could  be  accomplished  at  small  cost.  Newport  Bay  is 
a  perfectly  land-locked  body  of  water,  covering  eight  square  miles,  and  the  union 
of  Nature's  efforts  with  modern  engineering  could  easily  convert  this  into  one  of 
the  best  ports  in  the  world. 

Appeals  to  the  Federal  Government  have  thus  far  brought  no  material  assist- 
ance, although  the  inspecting  engineers  and  visiting  statesmen  all  speak  favorably 
of  the  natural  advantages  of  the  bay  for  harbor  purposes.  The  Hon.  Josephus 
Daniels,  Secretary  of  the  Navy,'  in  his  recent  trip  through  the  county,  gave  strong 
encouragement  for  Federal  aid.  Some  time  ago  the  people  of  Newport  Beach 
bonded  their  city  for  $100,000  to  start  the  improvement.  The  good  results  from 
that  outlay  were  so  apparent  that  they  were  encouraged  to  solicit  aid  from  the 
county.  An  election  was  called  for  June  10,  1919,  to  vote  county  bonds  in  the 
sum  of  $500,000  for  the  development  of  the  harbor.  The  result  of  that  election 
was:  Bonds,  yes  6,077;  bonds,  no  2,572.  These  bonds  sold  at  a  premium  of 
$11,887,  which  speaks  well  for  the  credit  of  Orange  County. 

Not  only  will  Newport  Harbor  become  the  yachting  center  of  the  Pacific 
Coast,  it  is  expected,  but  the  opening  of  this  safe  anchorage  will  no  doubt  attract 
industrial  establishments  to  this  already  favorable  location.  A  fish  cannery  has 
been  built  which  will  employ  about  fifty  people  and  it  is  quite  probable  that  this 
will  lead  to  the  location  of  other  fish  canneries  on  the  harbor. 

The  city  of  Newport  Beach  is  clustered  about  the  bay  and  water  front  so 
promiscuously  that  it  is  hard  to  determine  its  area  from  the  map  with  any  degree 
of  accuracy;  however,  it  seems  to  occupy  from  three  to  three  and  a  half  square 
miles  of  territory.  The  census  of  1910  credits  Newport  Beach  with  a  population 
of  445 ;  the  1920  census  gives  the  city  a  population  of  898.  The  assessed  valu- 
ation of  the  city  for  the  year  1920  is  $1,289,685.  The  city  has  one  and  a  half 
miles  of  paved  streets  and  seven,  miles  of  oiled  streets,  fourteen  miles  of  cement 
sidewalks  and  one  and  one-half  miles  of  board  walk,  and  two  pleasure  piers. 

The  present  city  officers  are  as  follows:  Board  of  trustees,  J.  P.  Greeley, 
president ;  J.  J.  Schnitker,  Art  L.  Hieard,  Dr.  Conrad  Richter,  L.  S.  Wilkinson ; 
clerk,  Alfred  Smith;  treasurer,  Lew  H.  Wallace;  marshal  and  tax  collector,  J.  A. 
Porter ;  attorney,  Clyde  Bishop ;  street  superintendent,  Frank  J.  Knight ;  gas  man- 
ager, F.  L.  Rinehart;  water  superintendent,  John  McMillan;  engineer,  Paul  E 
Kressley;  recorder,  Byron  Hall;  harbor  master,  A.  J.  Beek;  clerk  of  harbor  com- 
mission, Lew  H.  Wallace. 

The  following  associations  maintain  organizations  in  Newport  Beach :  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  Church,  Bible  Institute  Chapel,  Newport  Beach  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, Newport  Harbor  Yacht  Club. 


64  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

CHAPTER  IX 

THE  CITY  OF  ORANGE 

Supplemented  by  D.  G.  WettUn 

Almost  in  the  exact  center  of  the  county  of  Orange  may  be  found  the  city 
of  Orange,  thirty-one  miles  southeast  of  Los  Angeles,  on  the  Santa  Fe  Railroaa, 
at  the  junction  of  the  kite-shaped  track  with  the  surf  line  to  San  Diego,  it  is 
also  centrally  located  on  the  upper  half  of  the  mesa  between  the  foothills  and  the 
Santa  Ana  River,  and  is  surrounded  by  a  productive,  densely  populated  area  con- 
tammg  the  communities  of  McPherson,  El  Modena,  Villa  Park,  Olive,  West 
Orange  and  Santa  Ana,  the  county  seat,  all  within  a  radius  of  four  miles. 

The  following  statement,  taken  from  the  testimony  of  A.  B.  Chapman  in  the 

famous  water  suit  between  the  two  sides  of  the  river  in  1877,  explains  the  origin 

of  the  city : 

"The  townsite  of  Orange  was  laid  off  in  1870  or  1871  by  Captain  Glassell 
and  myself.  The  town  of  Santa  Ana  was  laid  out  at  the  same  time.  At  that  time 
I  went  to  Santa  Ana  and  there  were  two  or  three  men  there  in  tents,  a  Mr. 
Spurgeon  and  two  or  three  others.  Santa  Ana  was  not  laid  off  by  the  same  parties 
who  laid  off  Orange.  I  was  the  father  of  Orange  and  Spurgeon  and  Bradford 
were  the  fathers  of  Santa  Ana.    Columbus  Tustin  laid  off  Tustin  and  lives  there." 

The  original  townsite  of  Orange  contained  forty  acres  of  land  which  was  sub- 
divided into  eight  five-acre  blocks  with  twenty  lots  in  each  block.  Eight  lots  were 
reserved  at  the  center,  for  a  public  plaza.  The  town  was  called  Richland,  but 
later  the  name  was  changed  to  Orange,  because  there  was  already  one  Richland 
in  the  state  and  the  government  would  not  grant  a  postofifice  to  another.  Additions 
have  been  made  to  the  town  from  time  to  time  by  subdividing  the  acreage  tracts 
surrounding  the  original  townsite  and  naming  such  additions  after  the  owners.  In 
that  way  P.  J.  Shaffer,  Joseph  Beach,  N.  D.  Harwood  and  others  have  left  their 
names  to  streets  or  additions  to  the  city. 

Building  material  was  an  important  item  in  the  early  days,  the  lumber  in  the 
first  houses  being  hauled  by  team  from  Los  Angeles  or  \Vilmington.  The  resi- 
dence of  Joseph  Beck  on  Almond  Avenue  is  said  to  be  the  oldest  house  in  Orange, 
having  been  built  for  Captain  Glassell's  office  where  the  Ainsworth  block,  now 
stands.  If  we  mistake  not,  the  building  moved  to  the  northwest  corner  of  the 
plaza  square  to  make  way  for  the  Campbell  building,  was  the  first  store. 

The  early  settlers  were  a  sturdy  band,  collected  from  all  parts  of  the  world 
tor  the  sal<e  of  the  cheaper  land  and  the  better  opportunities  afforded  by  a  new 
country.  Their  very  hardships  and  privations  brought  them  closer  together, 
enabling  them  to  realize  the  truth  of  the  proverb  that  "one  touch  of  nature  makes 
fnra^ff»  worid  kiu  "  Previous  distinctions  of  birth,  rank  and  precedence  were 
banfer  in"  <*  ^^^^''""^"^'^^  ^^""^  ^'^her  ignored  or  treated  with  good  natured 
banter.    All  met  on  the  common  plane  of  good  will  and  helpfulness. 

whenaTho'lTcommlr"'^"'^^'^  ^^^"^  handicaps   for  any  individual;  but 

:r'L"st™Tt'tm:r  a'^fry^tfuTlt^lu^f^^^^  °"^  '^"^"'f  i°  ^"^^^^^'  ^^^'^^ 
experience  what  the  climate  and  soil  of  fh  "''^^  "'  ^"'^'"^  °"*  "^^  ^^^tual 

of  the  old  home  are  SadanterTtn^!,"^'^  '^°""*'">^'  ^^""^  '^'ff^^^"*  from  that 
results.  For  Since,  Jo  epfXchpfaTted'^nr?  ''°"  '°  '""^  ^''°"'  *^  ^^^^ 
kinds  of  trees  and  vin;s^n  s'ucces%',tvSg°revSTarsr  eld^^^^^^^ 
convinced  that  ifdid  not  come  up  to  his  expectations.  TfermiitS  of  ^'"^ 
vines  had  grown  to  matu^  ty  and  a  reputation  M  superior  rai  iiS  lad  been  ^'?u' 
hshed,  some  mysterious  disease,  which  baffled  the  government  SnertsH.'*^''j 
all  the  vines.  Before  there  were  any  quarantine  kws  the  mrservme;  destroyed- 
several  kinds  of  insect  pests  on  their  stock,  which  cringed  frn^J.^  '^P"""*^^ 
eral  years  and  even  tl^reatened  its  extinctiok;  I^fSl^S^Kl^nprf)^^^. ^ 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE"  COUNTY  65 

fumigating  were  perfected  that  keep  the  pests  in  check.  The  difficulties  of  de- 
veloping an  irrigating  system  were  almost  insuperable,  to  say  nothing  about  the 
litigation  over  the  water  rights.  The  soil,  which  never  had  been  irrigated,  was 
porous  and  the  squirrels  and  gophers  honeycombed  the  ditch  banks,  so  that  it  was 
hard  to  make  them  hold  water.  Many  an  orchard  was  kept  alive  by  water  hauled 
in  a  barrel  on  a  sled.  While  all  these  experiences  were  being  worked  out,  the 
people  had  to  live  somehow.  Every  profession,  trade  and  vocation  had  its  repre- 
sentatives in  the  community ;  while  all  kinds  of  farming,  dairying,  poultry  raising, 
etc.,  were  carried  on  with  different  degrees  of  success.  Many  men  found  employ- 
ment abroad  and  the  women  did  the  outdoor  work  at  home. 

Notwithstanding  the  hardships  and  privations  of  the  early  days,  the  educa- 
tional, religious  and  social  wants  of  the  community  were  not  neglected.  Schools 
were  established,  some  of  the  children  coming  as  far  as  eight  miles  on  their  ponies. 
At  first  religious  services  were  held  in  the  schoolhouse  by  the  different  denomi- 
nations, with  a  union  Sunday  school.  People  thought  nothing  of  mounting  the 
high  seat  of  the  farm  wagon  and  riding  from  one  to  twenty  miles  to  church ; 
in  fact,  one  old  Scotch  couple  used  to  walk  the  latter  distance  from  the  Santiago 
Canyon  to  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Orange  nearly  every  Sunday.  The  Musical 
Union  was  one  of  the  earliest  musical  organizations,  and  from  that  time  down  to 
the  present  many  other  organizations,  both  vocal  and  instrumental,  have  furnished 
the  people  with  music  of  a  high  order.  Literary  societies  were  carried  on,  and 
entertainments  of  various  kinds  for  various  purposes  were  frequent.  One  of  the 
best  amateur  baseball  clubs  in  Southern  California,  if  not  in  the  state,  had  its 
headquarters  at  Orange. 

The  esprit  de  corps,  or  spirit  of  local  patriotism,  was  just  as  strong  in  the 
early  days  as  now.  Nearly  every  exhibit,  of  whatever  character,  from  Orange 
in  competition  with  others,  won  a  prize,  because  the  people  were  willing  to  con- 
tribute of  their  products  and  labor  to  make  it  a  success.  When  the  Santa  Fe 
wanted  a  right  of  way  through  the  valley,  the  citizens  of  this  community  donated 
one  of  their  streets  and  $8,000  in  money  to  get  the  railroad  where  they  wanted 
it.  A  few  months  later  a  little  diplomatic  work  secured  the  junction  for  Orange 
after  it  had  been  promised  to  Santa  Ana.  Some  $1,500  was  raised  to  improve  the 
plaza,  the  ladies  raising  one-third  of  the  amount  by  the  production  of  an  original 
play,  with  local  coloring,  and  other  entertainments;  a  few  years  ago  about  $1,000 
more  was  added  to  provide  cement  curbs  and  gravel  walks.  Bonds  were  voted 
from  time  to  time  to  build  schoolhouses  as  fast  as  they  were  needed,  one  $7,000 
building  being  destroyed  by  fire.  Most  of  the  present  church  buildings  were 
erected  in  the  early  days,  though  some  of  them  have  since  been  enlarged.  The 
public  library  had  grown  to  considerable  proportions  on  private  subscriptions,  en- 
tertainments and  membership  dues  before  it  was  turned  over  to  the  city.  When 
the  new  county  was  being  formed,  in  1889,  the  Rochester  Hotel,  which  cost  over 
$50,000,  was  offered  free  for  a  courthouse,  and  a  vigorous  but  unsuccessful  cam- 
paign was  waged  for  the  county  seat.  A  little  later  the  hotel  was  bought  by  the 
people,  with  the  assistance  of  Rev.  J.  H.  Harwood,  and  turned  into  the  Orange 
County  Collegiate  Institute.  After  carrying  on  the  school  for  three  years,  Mr. 
Harwood  mortgaged  the  property  to  get  his.  money  out,  and  left  the  city.  More 
examples  of  the  early  hardships  might  be  given;  but  perhaps  enough  have  been 
mentioned  to  show  something  of  the  difficulties  encountered  in  the  settlement  of 
Orange  and  the  character  of  the  people  who  overcame  those  difficulties  and  made 
the  later  successes  of  the  community  possible. 

The  city  of  Orange  was  incorporated  April  6,  1888,  as  a  city  of  the  sixth 
class,  with  an  area  of  approximately  three  square  miles  and  a  population  of  about 
600  people.  Its  location  midway  between  the  sea  and  the  mountains  gives  it  almost 
an  ideal  climate  the  year  round.  The  invigorating  sea  breezes  temper  the  extreme 
heat  experienced  farther  inland,  while  the  damp  and  chilling  atmosphere  prevailing 
nearer  the  coast,  seldom  causes  discomfort  here.  There  is  scarcely  ever  sufficient 
frost  to  do  any  material  damage.    The  soil  of  this  portion  of  the  valley  is  a  sandy 


66  HISTORY  -OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

loam,  rich  and  fertile,  easily  cultivated  and  adapted  to  a  great  variety  of  products. 
Citrus  and  deciduous  fruits,  nuts,  vegetables  and  all  kinds  of  farm  products  are 
successfully  grown  and  easily  marketed  over  the  many  railroads  or  by  ocean 
transportation. 

The  railroad  facilities  of  this  section  are  unsurpassed.  The  Santa  Ee  has 
stations  at  Orange  and  Olive,  and  the  Southern  Pacific  at  West  Orange, 
Villa  Park,  McPherson  and  El  Modena.  The  Pacific  Electric  has  recently  built 
through  Orange  on  its  way  from  Santa  Ana  to  connect  with  its  line  from  Los 
Angeles  to  Placentia.  Its  fine  new  depot  is  located  on  the  northwest  corner  of 
Chapman  Avenue  and  Lemon  Street.  On  account  of  the  convenient  location  of 
the  Santa  Fe  depot  in  Orange  and  the  excellent  service  of  that  road,  it  has  received 
the  greater  part  of  the  business  of  this  community  thus  far. 

Water  for  domestic  purposes,  for  lawns  and  flower  gardens  and  for  street 
sprinkling,  is  supplied  by  the  city  water  system.  The  city  owns  its  water  system, 
which  consists  of  three  deep  wells,  two  50,000  gallon  tanks  on  sixty-foot  steel 
towers  and  a  large  reservoir,  steam  engines,  air  compressors,  pumps,  etc.,  with 
mains  and  pipes  adequate  to  supply  the  growing  needs  of  the  city.  The  water  is 
abundant  and  wholesome.  Ample  fire  protection,  has  been  provided,  including  a 
fine  motor  truck,  hose  and  hose  carts  and  hook  and  ladder  equipment,  in  charge 
of  a  well  organized  volunteer  fire  department.  Water  for  irrigation  is  supplied 
from  the  Santa  Ana  River  by  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  which 
is  described  elsewhere.  The  charges  for  water  in  both  systems  are  very  moderate 
— much  below  the  average. 

Notwithstanding  its  close  connection  with  larger  places.  Orange  is  itself  a 
business  center,  and  has  enough  stores,  shops  and  offices  to  supply  all  the  ordinary 
wants  of  the  people.  These  establishments  represent  almost  every  business,  pro- 
fession and  trade  found  anywhere ;  many  of  the  lines  have  more  than  one  repre- 
sentative in  the  city.  The  stores,  shops  and  offices  are  generally  housed  in  sub- 
stantial buildings  and  modern  business  blocks,  some  of  which  are  equal  to  anything 
of  the  kind  in  the  county.  Surrounding  this  business  center  are  hundreds  of 
beautiful  residences,  furnished  with  all  the  conveniences  and  luxuries  of  the 
modern  home.  The  cement  sidewalks  and  well  kept  streets  give  easy  access  to  all 
parts  of  the  city  for  pedestrians  and  every  kind  of  vehicle.  There  are  twelve 
miles  of  streets  with  cement  sidewalk  and  curb  on  each  side,  which  improvement 
was  made  at  a  cost  of  about  $75,000.  Two  and  three-quarter  miles  of  streets  in 
the  business  section  have  been  paved  with  the  regular  cement  asphalt  pavement. 
Twenty  miles  in  the  residence  portions  have  been  graded,  oiled,  wet  down,  graveled 
and  rolled,  making  a  smooth,  firm  roadway,  free  from  dust,  at  a  cost  of  about 
$750  per  mile.  The  city  trustees  on  March  8,  1920,  let  the  following  contracts  for 
street  paving  according  to  specifications  including  five-inch  thickness :  To  B.  R. 
Ford,  on  Collins  Avenue,  .78  miles  or  4,145.97  feet  long  by  8  feet  wide  at  21 1^ 
cents  per  square  foot,  amounting  to  $7,131.06;  to  H.  E.  Cox,  on  Tustin  Street,  .98 
miles  or  5,197  feet  long  by  16  feet  wide  at  21  cents  per  square  foot  plus  $618  for 
culverts,  $18,079.92;  to  H.  E.  Cox,  on  N.  Glassell  Street,  .12  miles  or  630.26  feet 
long  by  44  feet  wide  and  .37  miles  or  1,982  feet  long  by  20  feet  wide  at  21  cents 
per  square  foot,  $14,148.  Total  2.25  miles  at  a  cost  of  $39,358.98.  This  leaves 
only  one  mile  of  unsurfaced  dirt  road  in  the  city.  About  nine  years  ago  a  good 
sewer  system  was  installed,  consisting  of  septic  tanks,  two  and  a  half  miles  of 
outfall  and  several  miles  of  laterals  reaching  all  the  thickly  settled  portions  of 
the  city. 

A  contract  was  awarded  to  Joseph  A.  Lieb  on  November  21,  1919,  to  erect 
117  concrete  electric  light  posts  with  single  lamps  complete  in  the  business  center 
and  principal  streets  of  Orange  for  the  sum  of  $18,000.  Bonds  were  voted  on 
February  24,  1920,  to  the  amount  of  $80,000  for  a  city  hall ;  also  to  the  amount 
of  $12,000  for  an  additional  city  well. 

According  to  the  United  States  census  the  population  of  the  city  of  Orange 
in  1890,  two  years  after  its  incorporation,  was  866;  ten  years  later,  in  1900,  it 


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was  1,216;  and  in  1910  it  was  2,920,  having  more  than  doubled  in  that  decade. 
The  1920  census  gives  a  population  of  4,884.  Besides  this  good  number  in  the 
city  itself,  the  territory  surrounding  Orange,  and  tributary  to  it,  is  thickly  settled, 
adding  strength  and  support  to  the  schools,  churches  and  other  institutions  of 
the  city. 

The  elementary  schools,  which  take  the  children  through  the  eighth  grade, 
thereby  fitting  them  to  enter  the  high  school,  are  housed  in  two  substantial  eight- 
room  buildings  and  one  larger  intermediate  building,  with  aU  the  necessary  con- 
veniences, which  with  the  grounds  are  worth  over  $100,000.  The  Orange  Union 
high  school  district  includes  the  elementary  school  districts  of  Orange,  El  Modena, 
Villa  Park  and  Olive.  The  four  high  school  buildings,  which  are  located  in 
Orange,  are  among  the  most  commodious  and  tasteful  buildings  in  the  state,  con- 
sidering their  cost,  which  was  over  $100,000,  including  the  fvirnishings  and  six 
acres  of  grounds.  The  St.  John's  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  supports  a  large 
parochial  school  at  Orange,  to  teach  the  children  the  tenets  of  the  church  and 
to  give  them  correct  instruction  in  the  use  of  their  mother  tongue,  the  German 
language.    The  school  occupies  two  buildings  valued  at  over  $9,000. 

There  are  nine  religious  denominations  that  are  maintaining  regular  services 
in  Orange,  each  having  its  own  house  of  worship.  These  church  edifices  range 
in  value  from  $1,000  to  $50,000,  including  the  furnishings  and  grounds.  Lodges — 
or  other  titles — of  nearly  every  known  organization,  benevolent,  educational,  fra- 
ternal, industrial,  patriotic  and  social,  have  been  instituted  here  and  are  well 
supported.  The  Orange  Public  Library,  containing  several  thousand  well-selected 
books,  besides  current  papers  and  periodicals,  is  housed  in  a  $10,000  Carnegie 
building,  the  grounds  and  furnishings  for  which  cost  about  $2,500  additional. 
j\Iiss  Charlotte  Field'is  the  competent  librarian  and  is  assisted  by  her  mother,  Mrs. 
Anna  C.  Field,  who  had  charge  of  the  library  for  many  years. 

The  officers  of  the  city  at  the  present  time  are  as  follows :  Board  of  trustees, 
Elmer  D.  Hayward,  president ;  F.  E.  Hallman,  W.  T.  Walton,  O.  E.  Gunther,  L. 
\V.-  Hemphill ;  clerk  and  assessor,  D.  G.  Wettlin;  treasurer,  Bessie  Wilkins;  attor- 
ney, L.  F.  Coburn ;  recorder,  H.  L.  Bearing ;  water  rate  collector,  Florence  Reavis  ; 
marshal  and  tax  collector,  H.  S.  Warner;  night  marshal,  C.  W.  Pulley;  water 
superintendent,  W.  J.  Richardson ;  health  officer,  Dr.  F.  L.  Chapline ;  gardener, 
C.  F.  Sauer';  fire  chief,  A.  L.  Tomblin;  fire  truck  drivers,  Wm.  Vickers  and  D.  C. 
Squires ;  street  superintendent  and  general  inspector,  G.  W.  Buchanan ;  board  of 
health.  Dr.  F.  L.  Chapline,  G.  W.  Whitsell,  Perry  V.  Grout,  F.  A.  Grote,  C.  C. 
Bonebrake. 

The  Edison  Electric  Company  supplies  electricity  for  light  and  power ;  the 
principal  streets,  all  of  the  business  houses  and  most  of  the  private  residences  are 
thus  lighted,  while  practically  all  the  manufacturing  and  repair  shops  use  electric 
power.  The  Southern  Counties'  Gas  Company  furnishes  gas  for  light  and  fuel. 
The  city  is  provided  with  excellent  mail,  express,  telegraph  and  telephone  service. 

Orange  made  commendable  progress  in  1919  with  quite  a  number  of  new 
residences,  a  few  new  business  buildings,  and  several  fruit  packing  houses,  the 
bi^ilding  cost  totaling  more  than  $100,000.  The  headquarters  of  the  Orange 
County  Fruit  Exchange  are  in  Orange,  as  well  as  several  independent  buyers. 
Following  are  some  of  the  more  expensive  buildings  recently  erected  in  the  city, 
as  shown  by  the  building  permits :  The  Santiago  Orange  Growers'  Association 
packing  house,  $52,290 ;  Orange  Union  High  School  garage  and  machine  shop, 
$7,000;  A.  H.  Pease,  packing  house,  $6,000;  A.  H.  Pease,  another  packing  house, 
$6,000;  N.  T.  Edwards,  addition  to  offices,  $2,000;  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation 
Company,  garage,  $2,200;  George  H.  Pirie,  remodeling  building,  $3,200;  A.  H. 
Pease,  addition  to  packing  house,  $4,000;  F.  H.  Kredel,  business  block,  $7,000; 
H.  W.  Duker,  dwelling  and  barn,  $6,500;  J.  Mclnnes,  packing  house,  $7,000. 

One  of  the  first  acts  of  the  first  board  of  trustees  was  to  forbid  the  sale  of 
intoxicating  liquors  as  a  beverage  in  the  city,  and  this  opposition  to  saloons  has 
been  maintained  from  the  incorporation  of  the  city  down  to  the  present  time. 


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Thus  the  city  of  Orange,  with  much  that  is  good  and  little  that  is  evil  in  its  make- 
up, attracts  and  retains  the  best  class  of  people  for  citizens. 

Financial  Resources  of  Orange  District 

There  are  two  strong  national  banks  and  two  savings  banks  in  the  city  of 
Orange,  and  to  these  may  be  added  the  Orange  Building  &  Loan  Association  and 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Olive  in  estimating  the  financial  resources  of  the 
district.  All  of  these  institutions  by  their  liberal  assistance,  carefully  administered, 
have  done  much  toward  the  advancement  of  the  best  interests  of  the  community. 
The  large  amount  of  deposits  in  each,  in  proportion  to  the  size  of  the  community, 
shows  the  confidence  the  people  have  in  their  stability. 

The  deposits  in  the  National  Bank  of  Orange,  June  30,  1920,  were  $1,545,- 
343.27,  and  in' the  Orange  Savings  Bank,  affiliated  with  it,  $863,572.06,  making 
a  total  in  these  two  banks  of  $2,408,915.33.  The  deposits  in  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Orange  on  the  same  date  were  $840,514.37,  and  in  the  Security  Savings 
Bank,  affiliated  with  it,  $736,982.43,  making  a  total  in  these  two  banks  of  $1,577,- 
496  80.  The  Orange  Building  &  Loan  Association  has  deposits  of  $745,358.84 
and  the  First  National  Bank  of  Olive,  $169,436.51,  making  a  total  of  $4,897,207.48 
for  the  Orange  district,  a  comfortable  balance  for  the  community  after  having 
invested  considerably  over  a  million  dollars  in  the  five  Liberty  Bond  issues,  to 
say  nothing  of  AVar  Savings  Stamps  and  all  the  contributions  to  the  various 
relief  funds. 


CHAPTER  X 

THE  CITY  OF  SANTA  ANA 
By  Linn  L.  Shaw 

A  history  of  Santa  Ana,  the  county  seat  and  principal  city  of  Orange  County, 
would  be  incomplete  and  lacking  in  real  historic  value,  did  it  not  embody  the  tales 
of  the  struggles  and  achievements  of  its  pioneers — the  men  who,  backing  their 
foresight  with  their  limited  capital,  their  energy  and  toil,  selected  its  site  in  the 
wilderness  of  mustard  and  cactus  and  made  its  future  development  possible.  As 
this  volume  contains  interesting  biographical  sketches  of  nearly  all  these  men, 
wherein  much  is  related  concerning  the  early  history  of  Santa  Ana,  the  attention 
of  the  reader  is  directed  to  them  in  conjunction  with  this  article,  particularly  to 
the  life  stories  of  W.  H.  Spurgeon,  James  McFadden,  Samuel  Ross,  Granville 
Spurgeon,  Noah  Palmer  and  D.  Halladay.  And  we  would  also  refer  to  the  sepa- 
rate article  on  the  public  library,  which  contains  much  of  interest  of  the  early 
days  of  our  municipality. 

Santa  Ana  was  founded  as  a  settlement  in  October,  1869,  by  Hon.  William 
H.  Spurgeon,  who  from  that  incident  and  from  the  fact  that  during  all  the  years 
of  his  activity  he  was  a  leading  factor  in  its  development,  is  fairly  entitled 
lo  the  distinctive  title  of  the  "father  of  the  town,"  which  he  has  always 
borne.  The  original  townsite  as  platted  by  Mr.  Spurgeon,  and  surveyed  by 
George  Wright,  was  recorded  December  13,  1870,  and  consisted  of  but  twenty- 
four  blocks  ;  bounded  on  the  north  by  Seventh  Street,  on  the  south  by  First  Street, 
on  the  east  by  Spurgeon  and  on  the  west  by  West  Street,  or  what  is  now  officially 
named  Broadway.  Prior  to  this  date,  however,  Mr.  Spurgeon  built  his  plain  red- 
wood store,  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  West  streets,  and  the  English  home  had 
been  erected  on  the  east  side  of  Sycamore  Street,  between  Second  and  Third, 
where  it  still  remains  and  is  being  used  as  a  blacksmith  shop.  December  18,  1870, 
is  an  important  date  in  the  town's  history,  for  upon  that  day  the  first  child  was 
born  within  its  borders — Lloyd  Hill,  a  son  of  Jasper  C.  and  Maria  Hill. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  69 

That  others  than  Mr.  Sptirgeon  were  attracted  by  news  of  the  rich,  cheap 
lands  of  this  section  is  attested  by  the  record  that  in  December  in  1869  a  sufficient 
number  of  settlers  had  arrived  to  organize  a  school  district,  known  as  Spring. 
And  as  usual  the  little  American  schoolhouse  blazed  the  way  for  patriotic  citizen- 
ship— only  in  this  instance  the  schoolhouse  was  not  "red,"  but  a  rough  board 
affair  without  desks  or  blackboa.rds,  and  provided  only  with  long,  hard  benches. 
iVIiss  Annie  Cozad  was  the  first  teacher  and  deserves  a  place  in  the  history  with 
our  local  pioneers. 

At  this  time  Santa  Ana  was  three  miles  off  the  main  traveled  stage  road 
between  Los  Angeles  and  San  Diego,  which  crossed  the  Santa  Ana^  River  north  of 
where  the  city  of  Orange  now  stands,  at  a  ford  designated  the  "Rodriguez  Cross- 
ing," and  continued  southeasterly  through  Tustin,  where  a  settlement  already 
existed.  With  characteristic  energy  Mr.  Spurgeon  induced  the  stage  company  to 
change  its  route  to  Santa  Ana,  and  thereby  secured  a  postoffice  for  the  new  town 
in  1870.  He  was  appointed  postmaster  at  the  munificent  salary  of  $1  a  month. 
The  first  postoffice  consisted  of  a  wooden  shoe  box,  with  partitions  to  separate  the 
mail  of  the  settlers.  He  also  cut  a  road  through  the  mustard  connecting  the  new 
town  with  the  Anaheim  road,  with  the  view  to  making  it  as  accessible  as  possible 
to  settlers  and  homeseekers.  Town  lots  were  placed  on  the  market  at  ridiculously 
low  prices  and  in  many  instances  donated  outright  where  immediate  improvements 
were  agreed  upon.  The  little  hamlet  thus  struggled  on  for  several  years,  slowly 
adding  to  its  population  and  advantages,  and  receiving  the  benefit  of  a  general 
development  of  the  rich,  damp  lands  to  the  south  and  west,  to  which  had  already 
been  applied  the  facetious  title  of  the  "Gospel  Swamp,"  a  term  which  has  almost 
been  forgotten  in  the  rapid  march  of  progress.  Good,  pure  water  was  easily 
obtainable,  and  in  June,  1873,  Mr.  Spurgeon  established  a  plentiful  supply  with 
an  eleven-inch  well,  sunk  to  a  depth  of  340  feet,  with  a  large  elevated  tank  for 
a  reservoir. 

The  Wells-Fargo  Express  Company  opened  an  office  at  Santa  Ana  in  July, 
1874,  and  the  following  year  marked  a  new  era  of  activity  for  the  town.  Just 
preceding  this  period  D.  M.  Dorman  built  the  Santa  Ana  Hotel,  a  really  fine 
structure  for  those  days,  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Main  streets,  on  the  present 
site  of  the  First  National  Bank.  This  old  building  is  now  located  at  the  corner 
of  Fruit  and  G  streets.  From  1875  the  growth  of  the  town  gained  momentum. 
The  Masonic  brethren  of  the  community  organized  Santa  Ana  Lodge,  No.  241. 
F.  &  A.  M.,  which  was  instituted  on  October  1  of  that  year,  the  Odd  Fellows 
immediately  following  with  Santa  Lodge,  No.  236,  on  the  thirtieth  of  the  same 
month.  The  year  1877  marked  the  erection  -of  the  first  brick  building  of  Santa 
Ana,  which  was  built  by  Mr.  Dodge,  near  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Bush  streets. 

Early  in  the  spring  of  1877  the  Southern  Pacific  completed  its  line  to  Santa 
Ana,  from  Anaheim,  which  for  two  years  had  been  its  terminus,  placing  its  depot 
at  Fruit  Street.  The  fare  to  Los  Angeles  was  two  dollars,  and  twice  that  amount 
for  the  round  trip,  which  restricted  the  journeys  of  our  people  and  caused  a  good 
deal  of  dissatisfaction.  Complaint  was  not  confined  to  the  exorbitant  fare,  but  the 
character  of  the  service  was  also  bitterly  condemned,  as  it  was  furnished  entirely 
with  mixed  trains  and  three  hours  was  the  usual  running  time  each  way.  While 
these  complaints  were  apparently  justified,  yet  the  great  advantage  of  the  railroad 
was  at  once  manifested. 

With  the  advent  of  the  railroad  a  rival  townsite,  called  Santa  Ana  East,  was 
platted  and  was  expected  by  its  promoters  to  attract  all  the  business  houses  of  the 
town.  The  streets  of  this  new  townsite  ran  diagonally,  parallel,  and  at  right 
angles  with  the  railroad  track,  which  entered  the  town  on  an  angle  almost  due 
southeast.  The  lots  were  all  twenty-five  foot  fronts,  designed  for  business  pur- 
poses, and  the  site  extended  from  the  railroad  to  French  Street,  including  D,  E, 
F,  G  and  H  streets,  with  the  cross  thoroughfares  from  Wellington  Avenue  to 
Fruit  Street.  The  venture  was  a  total  failure  so  far  as  any  effect  on  the  business 
center  was  concerned,  which  has  always  remained  practically  as  outlined  by  the 


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founder  of  the  city,  never  varying  more  than  a  block  or  two  in  the  swing  of  the 
commercial  pendulum. 

A  strong  temperance  sentiment  in  the  village  was  indicated  by  the  organ- 
ization of  a  large  lodge  of  Good  Templars  January  19,  1878.  The  last  of  what 
might  be  termed  the  pioneer  lodges  was  that  of  the  A.  O.  U.  W.,  which  came  mto 
legal  existence  February  27,  1879.  During  the  month  of  March  of  this  same  year 
Dr.  J.  G.  Bailey  began  the  erection  of  a  brick  block,  at  the  corner  of  Third  and 
West  streets,  where  it  still  stands.  Many  new  dwellings  now  marked  the  site 
where  ten  years  before  an  absolute  waste  prevailed  ;  several  business  houses  sup- 
plied, the  commercial  wants  of  the  people,  and  with  its  railroad,  postoffice.  news- 
paper, express  office  and  hotel,  the  inhabitants  of  the  young  city  were  justified 
in  anticipating  a  prosperous  future.  Already  a  bitter  rivalry  had  developed  be- 
tween this  lusty  new  aspirant  for  municipal  distinction  and  the  older  town  of  Ana- 
heim, which,  established  as  it  was  in  1857,  had  held  undisputed  supremacy  of  the 
valley  in  this  regard  for  twenty  years. 

The  census  of  1880  was  anxiously  awaited  by  both  towns,  and  when  the 
figures  were  finally  received,  showed  the  following  population  for  the  two 
localities : 

Anaheim  township 1,469         Anaheim   town 833 

Santa  Ana  township 3,024         Santa  Ana  town 711 

Such  a  condition  could  have  but  one  result.  Santa  Ana,  having  the  advantage 
of  by  far  the  most  populous  contiguous  territory,  soon  forged  ahead  of  its  rival 
and  as  early  as  1882  became  the  chief  town  of  the  valley,  a  position  which  it  has 
always  maintained.  Just  at  this  time,  however,  occurred  the  most  discouraging 
calamity  of  its  career.  The  people  of  Santa  Ana  had  for  several  years  been  dis- 
cussing the  need  of  a  bank  and  in  December,  1881,  B.  F.  Seibert,  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Anaheim,  opened  a  general  banking  house  in  the  new  Gildmacher  block, 
which  had  just  been  completed  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  West  streets.  His 
venture  was  met  with  enthusiasm,  and  the  entire  confidence  of  the  community, 
which  was  eloquently  illustrated  by  the  fact  that  his  first  day's  deposits  amounted 
to  $28,000.  Mr.  Seibert  immediately  became  the  moving  financial  spirit  of  the 
town.  He  negotiated  for  business  property,  residences  and  ranch  lands,  inaugu- 
rated a  movement  for  a  fine  new  hotel  building  and  exhibited  a  most  inspiring 
and  inexhaustible  spirit  of  enterprise  generally.  His  bank  steadily  grew  in  popu- 
larity and  importance  until,  on  the  fateful  day  of  August  16,  1882,  the  citizens 
were  almost  paralyzed  by  the  news  that  it  had  failed  to  open  its  doors,  behind 
which  $130,000  of  their  good  money  was  supposed  to  have  been  safely  entrenched. 
Practically  all  the  ready  money  of -the  town  had  passed  into  the  hungry  maw  of 
this  unscrupulous  swindler,  and.  as  the  truth  of  the  appalling  situation  became 
understood,  the  temporary  apathy  of  despair  overcame  the  hitherto  bustling  little 
city.  Business  was  generally  suspended  and  the  bank  failure  and  its  probable 
outcome  monopolized  the  conversation  of  anxious  throngs  everywhere.  Seibert 
had  discreetly  vanished,  and  in  this  precaution  he  evinced  his  old-time  shrewdness, 
for  had  the  outraged  populace  been  able  to  lay  their  hands  upon  him  at  this  hour 
the  most  drastic  measures  would,  no  doubt,  have  been  resorted  to. 

The  general  impression  was  that  Seibert's  afifairs  were  a  complete  failure 
but  Messrs.  C.  F.  Mansur  and  Charles  Wilcox,  who  were  appointed  receivers  of 
the  defunct  bank,  held  the  securities  which  came  into  their  possession  until  ad 
vantageous  sales  were  made  and  were  finally  able,  after  a  period  of  many  months 
of  trying  circumstances,  to  clear  up  the  aflfair  with  a  total  payment  of  seventv 
cents  on  the  dollar. 

A  few  weeks  prior  to  Seibert's  failure  a  new  bank,  called  the  Commercial 
was  opened  on  Fourth  Street,  near  Main,  being  financed  chiefly  by  Noah  Palmer 
and  Daniel  Halladay.  This  institution  being  perfectly  sound  and  conducted  on 
absolutely  safe  and  con.servative  lines,  assisted  materially  in  restoring  the  financial 
conditions  of  the  town  to  a  normal  basis,  though  naturally  suflfering  temporarily 
from  the  general  lack  of  confidence  resulting  from  the  previous  disaster.     In  spite 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  71 

of  the  retarding  influence  of  that  overwhehning  loss,  the  tales  of  the  wonderful 
fertility  of  this  new  region  served  to  bring  new  settlers  and  new  money  into  the 
town  and  its  surrounding  country,  and  improvements  followed  each  other  with 
such  rapidity  that  a  genuine  boom  was  soon  in  full  progress. 

Sycamore  hall,  which  for  some  time  had  been  used  for  dances  and  general 
public  gatherings,  was  arranged  for  a  primitive  theater  in  May,  1881,  and  two 
rival  but  enterprising  citizens  put  on  the  first  street  sprinkling  wagons  the  same 
month.  The  Stafford  block  had  been  built  the  year  previous  and  the  year  1882 
was  made  notable  by  the  erection  of  the  pretentious  Spurgeon  block,  a  large 
two-story  brick  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Sycamore  streets ;  the  Commercial 
Bank  building,  at  Fourth  and  Main  streets ;  the  Dibble,  Titchenal,  Layman  and 
Vanderlip  blocks,  all  two  stories,  and  the  Hdllingsworth  block,  a  one-story  brick 
structure.  No  less  than  forty  good  residences  were  erected  during  the  year.  At 
this  period  there  were  eighty  business  houses  in  the  town,  and  the  religious  element 
was  represented  by  five  churches;  the  South  Methodist,  Presbyterian,  Baptist, 
North  Methodist  and  the  German  Evangelical.  The  citizens  were  proud  of  their 
"large  new  two-story  school  house,"  which  by  the  way  was  later  condemned  and 
sold  by  the  school  board,  moved  further  north  on  Sycamore  Street  and  remodeled 
for  a  lodging  house. 

Many  wooden  structures  of  more  or  less  importance  now  housed  commercial 
enterprises  of  various  sorts  all  along  Fourth  Street,  the  principal  thoroughfare ; 
real  estate  agents  were  eagerly  showing  and  selling  ranch  lands  and  town  property 
and  the  Griffith  Lumber  Company  was  taxed  to  its  utmost  to  supply  the  demands 
of  the  busy  contractors.  In  1883  Mr.  Spurgeon's  water  system  had  a  storage 
capacity  of  20,000  gallons  of  pure  artesian  water,  pumped  from  two  deep  wells, 
and.  the  taxable  wealth  of  the  town  had  reached  the  very  respectable  sum  of 
$597,785.  The  first  fire-fighting  apparatus,  a  chemical  engine,  was  purchased  in 
December  of  that  year,  the  money  being  raised  by  popular  subscription. 

During  the  summer  of  1884  a  handsome  new  hotel,  the  Taylor  House,  a  large 
two-story  wooden  building,  was  erected  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  French 
.streets ;  and  the  west  end  of  town  received  another  important  building  in  the  D. 
Gildmacher  block,  on  the  north  side  of  Fourth  Street,  between  West  and  Birch. 
The  winter  and  spring  preceding  marked  the  heaviest  rainfall  ever  recorded  in 
the  history  of  the  city,  the  total  precipitation  for  1883-84  reaching  over  thirty-six 
inches.  Early  in  February,  prior  to  which  time  the  rainfall  had  been  rather  less 
than  the  average,  a  season  of  flood  began.  All  streams  were  transformed  into 
raging  torrents,  and  as  there  were  no  wagon  bridges,  soon  became  impassable. 
Railroad  traffic  was  suspended  altogether  February  16,  when  the  bridges  over 
both  the  Santa  Ana  River  and  Santiago  Creek  were  practically  destroyed  and 
several  miles  of  track  beyond  washed  out.  Away  to  the  west  and  south  for  miles 
the  country  resembled  an  inland  sea,  and  a  rowboat,  launched  by  some  courageous 
citizens  at  the  western  edge  of  town,  voyaged  into  the  Newport  district,  where 
it  was  reported  that  human  lives  were  in  danger.  These  men  did  take  several 
parties  out  of  the  flooded  district,  but  found  no  one  in  imminent  peril.  Much 
property  was  destroyed  by  this  flood,  a  few  families  being  rendered  almost  desti- 
tute, but  such  instances  were  readily  cared  for  by  the  warm-hearted  people  of 
the  valley. 

Train  service  to  Santa  Ana  was  not  resumed  until  March  26,  and  was  inter- 
rupted several  times  after  that  by  freshets.  Mail,  provisions,  etc.,  had  been  brought 
in  with  great  hardship  intermittently  during  the  period  of  isolation,  and  while 
supplies  were  often  at  a  low  ebb,  there  was  never  any  suffering.  As  late  as  June, 
1884,  the  Santa  Ana  River  was  described  as  being  one-third  of  a  mile  wide  and 
even  in  August  a  sudden  rise  of  two  feet  in  the  turbulent  stream,  caused  by  the 
melting  snows  in  the  mountains,  washed  out  the  dam  of  the  irrigation  compan}' 
at  the  headworks  of  their  system.  Wells  of  all  depths  were  flowing  that  summer 
and  water  was  the  cheapest  thing  in  use.  Authentic  history  of  the  valley  records 
only  one  similar  season  to  this— that  of  1861-62,  when  it  rained  almost  contin- 


72  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

uously   from  December  24  to   April  9,   and  the  precipitation  must  have  been 
measured  in  feet,  if  at  all. 

During  all  these  years  Santa  Ana  had  existed  merely  as  a  village,  under 
control  of  the  county  of  Los  Angeles.  Sentiment  for  incorporation  as  "a  city  of 
the  sixth  class"  had  been  growing  steadily  and  on  June  1,  1886,  at  which  time 
the  population  of  Santa  Ana  was  about  2,000,  an  election  was  held  to  determine 
whether  the  town  should  assume  the  responsibility  of  separate  municipal  govern- 
liient.  The  advocates  for  corporation  carried  the  day  by  forty- four  majority  and 
the  following  gentlemen  were  elected  as  the  first  officers  of  the  city:  Trustees, 
W.  H.  Spurgeon,  J.  R.  Porter,  T.  J.  Harlin,  John  Avas  and  A.  Snyder;  clerk, 
Samuel  Wilson ;  treasurer,  G.  J.  Mosbaugh ;  marshal,  Charles  H.  Peters.  The  new 
board  of  trustees  met  June  21  and  organized  by  electing  Mr.  Spurgeon  as  its 
chairman.  A  few  weeks  later  J.  W.  Turner  was  appointed  town  attorney ;  C.  W'. 
Humphreys  town  recorder,  and  Adam  Foster  chief  of  the  fire  department. 

At  this  period  the  "boom"  was  rapidly  approaching  the  zenith  of  its  spec- 
tacular existence.  People  were  pouring  into  Southern  California  from  all  parts 
of  the  country  and  the  abnormal  and  unfounded  demand  for  real  property  of  all 
descriptions  had  developed  into  a  mania.  Matters  of  location  and  price  were  not 
considered  and  town  lots  several  miles  from  a  railroad,  with  absolutely  nothing 
to  recommend  them  for  such  a  purpose,  sold  readily  at  really  enormous  prices. 
The  unbridled  frenzy  of  speculation  was  rampant  all  over  Southern  California,  and 
the  young  city  of  Santa  Ana  was  soon  enveloped  within  its  dazzling  folds. 

This  fact,  coupled  with  the  natural  desire  to  improve  the  town  as  rapidly  as 
possible,  placed  upon  its  newly  organized  government  a  heavy  load  of  business 
and  responsibility.  On  August  11,  1886,  the  trustees  granted  to  M.  G.  Elmore 
a  franchise  to  lay  gas  mains  through  the  streets  and  alleys  of  the  town,  and  a 
week  later  decided  to  purchase  twelve  street  lamps  from  Mr.  Elmore  to  be  used 
on  Fourth  Street  on  alternate  corners  from  Mortimer  to  Olive.  On  this  same 
date  steps  were  taken  for  the  organization  and  maintenance  of  a  fire  department, 
the  southeast  room  in  the  Spurgeon  block  was  rented  for  a  city  hall  and  the 
Herald  was  designated  as  the  first  official  paper.  A  communication  was  also 
received  from  C.  W.  Humphreys  asking  for  a  franchise  to  build  and  operate  the 
Santa  Ana,  Orange  and  Tustin  Street  Railway,  which  was  later  granted.  This  was 
the  first  street  railway  in  the  town  and  was  operated  for  several  years  with  horses, 
finally  being  discontinued  after  heavy  financial  losses.  The  line  to  Tustin  was 
removed  entirely,  but  the  one  to  Orange  was  continued  through  subsidies  on  the 
part  of  the  merchants  for  several  years,  when  it  was  sold  to  the  Pacific  Electric 
Company  and  still  remains  a  part  of  that  system. 

The  First  National  Bank  was  organized  in  May,  1886,  and  in  September  the 
Pacific  Weekly  Blade,  a  Republican  paper,  was  started  by  A.  J,  Waterhouse  and 
Walter  F.  X.  Parker.  Business  blocks  and  residences  were  in  process  of  con- 
struction everywhere  and  any  man  who  could  run  a  saw  or  swing  a  hammer  found 
ready  employment  as  a  carpenter.  Acreage  adjoining  the  city  was  snapped  up 
by  speculators  and  subdivided  into  town  lots  which  were  sold  with  a  rush,  either 
through  the  usual  office  methods  or  by  auctions.  "South  Santa  Ana,"' where 
enterprising  farmers  are  now  raising  sugar  beets,  threatened  for  a  time,  at  this 
period,  to  become  a  world-famed  metropolis. 

If  anything  further  was  needed  to  complete  the  utter  speculative  abandon 
with  which  the  people  were  now  possessed  it  was  supplied  in  the  advent  of  the 
great  Santa  Fe  system,  which  built  into  Santa  Ana  in  1887  and  on  to  San  Diego 
Being  now  furnished  with  two  great  competing  railroads,  both  of  which  were 
daily  bringing  new  people  by  the  score  into  the  new  city,  all  doubts  as  to  the 
future  were  dispelled.  Realty  values  climbed  higher  with  each  setting  sun  and 
dreams  of  opulence  became  the  nightly  portions  of  dozens  of  men  who,  with  a 
little  property,  deemed  themselves  poor  a  couple  of  years  before. 

Perhaps  the  most  notable  of  all  the  boom-time  operators  were  the  men  com- 
posing the  "Fairview  Development  Company,"  who  purchased  several  hundred 


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acres  on  the  mesa  eight  miles  southwest  of  Santa  Ana  and  proceeded  to  build  a 
city  of  their  own.  They  constructed  a  railroad  from  Santa  Ana  to  this  town  of 
Fairview,  sold  lots  by  the  hundred,  erected  quite  a  number  of  good  buildings 
there,  started  a  newspaper,  established  a  hotel  and  bath  house,  which  was  made 
locally  famous  on  account  of  the  warm  sulphur  water  which  they  had  procured 
from  a  deep  artesian  well,  and  it  is  said,  held  an  option  on  every  piece  of  property 
between  the  two  places. 

Everywhere  the  same  spirit  manifested  by  this  company  prevailed,  and  in 
many  instances  their  methods  were  imitated  so  far  as  resources  and  ability  per- 
mitted— the  resources  often  consisting  very  largely  of  credit  acquired  through 
matchless  nerve  and  balmy  influence.  Conservatism  was  roughly  jostled  aside  or 
trampled  under  foot,  and  day  by  day  the  boom  ascended  the  smooth  pathway  of 
plausible  hope  and  apparently  tangible  prosperity  until,  reaching  the  summit  of 
human  credulity,  it  began  to  weaken;  slowly  at  first,  but  with  ever-increasing 
impetus  until  in  1889  the  whole  structure  collapsed,  leaving  the  fair  face  of 
Southern  California  strewn  with  pitiful  wrecks  of  erstwhile  handsome  fortunes. 

It  was  almost  impossible  to  place  a  fair  value  on  any  piece  of  realty,  par- 
ticularly town  property,  in  the  general  slump  which  followed  and  Santa  Ana 
suffered  heavily  in  the  reverses.  However,  in  spite  of  the  undeniable  ruin  meted 
out  to  veritable  armies  of  investors  during  this  spectacular  period  of  California 
history,  the  fact  remains  that  much  permanent  good  resulted  to  Santa  Ana  after 
all,  for  during  these  years  it  had  been  transformed  from  a  village  to  a  modern 
young  city  of  importance.  The  Brunswick  Hotel,  First  National  Bank  building. 
Opera  House  block  and  Richelieu  Hotel — all  three-story  structures — besides  a 
large  number  of  good  two-story  brick  buildings,  were  erected  during  the  boom, 
as  well  as  hundreds  of  residences,  all  of  which,  of  course,  remained  and  formed 
a  solid  nucleus  upon  which  to  resume  the  building  up  of  the  city  later  on. 

Once  more  the  boundless  resources  of  the  fertile  valley  were  appreciated, 
perhaps  as  never  before ;  and  while  the  collapse  of  the  boom  struck  hard  at  the 
financial  strength  of  all  Southern  California  cities,  Santa  Ana,  by  reason  of  its 
splendid  agricultural  backing,  was  able  to  weather  the  reverses  with  but  little 
harm  as  far  as  its  municipal  standing  was  concerned. 

About  this  time  (in  the  year  1888)  an  important  commercial  enterprise  known 
as  the  Newport  Wharf  &  Lumber  Company  was  organized,  being  the  outgrowth 
of  the  transportation  business  which  had  been  conducted  by  Jarries  and  Robert 
McFadden  since  1874,  through  a  vessel  operated  between  Newport  Bay  and  San 
Francisco.  The  new  company  erected  a  wharf  at  Newport  Bay  extending  about 
1,500  feet  into  the  ocean,  in  conjunction  with  the  Pacific  Coast  Steamship  Com- 
pany, and  established  a  wholesale  lumber  business  at  Santa  Ana  which  soon  de- 
veloped into  the  largest  and  most  important  commercial  enterprise  the  city  has 
ever  known.  In  the  year  1891  the  McFadden  brothers,  with  others  of  the  com- 
pany, organized  the  Santa  Ana  &  Newport  Railway  and  built  a  steam  road  con- 
necting the  city  with  the^new  wharf,  eleven  miles  distant,  and  thus  provided  cheap 
and  quick  transportation  of  their  immense  cargoes  of  lumber  to  the  general  yard 
at  Santa  Ana.  This  business  rapidly  increased  in  volume,  its  transactions  reaching 
half  a  million  dollars  yearly  and  its  payroll'  carrying  one  hundred  men  who  never 
failed,  during  all  its  existence,  to  receive  their  wages  regularly  every  week.  This 
enterprise  assisted  very  materially  in  the  prosperity  of  Santa  Ana  during  the  dull 
period  following  the  boom  and  continuing  on  through  the  national  panic  of 
1893-96.  The  lumber  business  was  finally  discontinued  in  1902  on  account  of 
transportation  difficulties  and  the  railroad  was  sold  to  Senator  Clark,  of  Montana, 
who  almost  immediately  disposed  of  it  to  the  Southern  Pacific,  which  company 
still  operates  it. 

The  year  1888  was  also  a  notable  one  in  the  city's  history  on  account  of  the 
organization  of  its  original  board  of  trade,  now  known  as  the  Santa  Ana  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  which  has  always  been  a  potent  factor  in  the  development  of 
the  town,  but  the  most  important  event  of  this  period  was  the  creation  of  the  new 


74  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

county  of  Orange  on  March  11,  1889,  and  the  selection  of  Santa  Ana  as  its  county 
seat  July  11,  of  the  same  year. 

The  census  of  1890  gave  the  city  a  population  of  3,628.  Company  F,  its 
first  military  organization,  was  mustered  in  in  June  of  that  year  with  sixty-one  men, 
Capt.  C.  S.  McKelvey  commanding,  H.  T.  Matthews  heing  first  Ueutenant  and 
N.  A.  Ulm  second  lieutenant. 

Up  to  this  time  Mr.  Spurgeon's  water  system  had  supplied  the  town,  but  on 
December  1,  1890,  the  city  voted  $60,000  for  a  municipal  plant,  which  was  at 
once  installed.  The  supply  was  secured  from  a  number  of  deep  artesian  wells, 
forced  to  all  parts  of  the  city  by  the  Holly  system.  On  November  21,  1904,  addi- 
tional bonds  of  $100,000  were  voted  for  a  general  enlargement  of  the  plant. 

The  city's  history  during  the  '90s  was  marked  by  few  important  events  and 
its  growth  was  exceedingly  slow  for  the  greater  part  of  that  decade.  A  bond 
issue  of  $60,000  was  voted  March  7,  1898,  for  a  complete  sewer  system,  to  which 
about  $7,000  has  since  been  added,  represented  by  a  total  of  about  twenty-five 
miles  of  mains. 

Free  mail  delivery  was  established  in  Santa  Ana  in  March,  1899,  with  letter 
carriers,  the  receipts  of  the  postoffice  having  passed  $10,000  a  year.  The  postal 
receipts  of  this  office  for  the  year  1911  exceeded  $30,000  and  seven  city  carriers, 
seven  rural  carriers  and  eight  clerks  were  employed. 

The  census  of  1900  showed  a  population  of  4,933.  During  this  year  a  hand- 
some court  house,  costing  $100,000  with  furnishings,  was  erected  by  the  county 
on  the  old  plaza  owned  by  Mr.  Spurgeon,  which  had  always  been  reserved  by  him 
for  that  purpose.  This  building  with  its  imposing  architecture  and  spacious,  well- 
kept  grounds,  is  the  most  conspicuous  structure  in  the  city. 

One  of  the  notable  achievements  during  the  city's  history  was  the  abolition 
of  saloons,  which  was  accomplished  at  the  regular  election  in  April,  1903,  the 
proposition  being  submitted  directly  to  the  people  and  carried  by  nearly  two-thirds 
majority.  For  a  number  of  years  preceding  this  crisis  the  anti-saloon  forces  had 
been  agitating  prohibition,  and  the  action  of  the  city  trustees  in  granting  an  extra 
saloon  license  in  1902,  increasing  the  number  from  six  to  seven,  brought  the  issue 
to  a  head.  All  saloon  licenses  expired  June  30,  1903,  and  Santa  Ana  has  remained 
"dry"'  ever  since.  That  a  strong  high-license  sentiment  still  existed,  however,  was 
demonstrated  by  the  fact  that  the  next  year  the  trustees  were  compelled  by  a 
popular  petition  to  again  submit  the  question,  the  majority  still  being  in  favor  of 
prohibition,  but  greatly  reduced.  An  important  coincidence  was  here  manifested, 
for  while  the  city's  growth  had  been  exceedingly  slow  since  1890,  and  the  retard- 
ing effect  of  banishing  the  saloons  had  been  one  of  the  chief  arguments  of  the 
high-license  people,  a  marked  era  of  improvement  was  soon  inaugurated  and  has 
continued  without  interruption  to  the  present  time. 

A  handsome  new  city  hall,  costing  $20,000,  was  formally  dedicated  in  Novem- 
ber, 1904,  at  the  corner  of  Third  and  Main  streets.  In  the  fall  of  1906  the  great 
Huntington  trolley  system  entered  Santa  Ana  from  Los  Angeles,  giving  our 
citizens  the  best  passenger  service  possible  and  affording  a  new  and  popular  means 
of  transit  for  tourists  and  homeseekers  to'  reach  this  section.  This  important 
event  was  celebrated  in  December  by  a  novel  innovation,  called  the  "Parade  of 
Products,"  in  which  the  varied  resources  of  the  county  were  marshaled  into  an 
attractive  pageant  of  floats,  which  was  such  an  unparalleled  success  that  the 
following  year  it  was  extended  to  three  days,  with  a  different  street  display  each 
day  and  a  large  tent  exhibit.  The  name  was  changed  to  the  "Carnival  of  Prod- 
ucts," under  which  more  comprehensive  title  it  was  for  several  years  an  annual 
event. 

It  would  be  impossible  to  attempt  to  enumerate  the  great  list  of  improvements 
which  have  been  made  in  Santa  Ana  in  recent  years.  Handsome  new  residences, 
in  which  the  world-famed  California  bungalow  style  predominates,  have  been 
erected  by  the  score  in  all  parts  of  the  city ;  several  new  imposing  church  edifices 
which  would  be  a  credit  to  any  city,  mark  a  prosperous  condition  in  religious 


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circles ;  the  school  facilities  have  been  greatly  improved  by  the  addition  of  modern 
structures  and  including  a  commodious  separate  building  for  a  commercial  high 
school ;  and  miles  upon  miles  of  cement  sidewalks  and  curbs  have  been  put  in. 

Banks  of  Santa  Ana 

Following  were  the  deposits  in  the  banks  of  Santa  Ana  as  reported  to  the 
Government  on  June  30,  1920,  in  comparison  with  those  reported  on  June  30, 
1919: 

Banks—  1920  1919  Increase 

First  National    $  6,390,621.03        $  4,790,945.05        $  1,599,675.98 

Farmers  &  Merchants  Sav..     2,260,395.95  1,554,442.92  705,953.03 

Orange  Co.  Trust  &  Savings.     1,763,271.69  1,286,136.60  477,135.09 

California   National 1,296,526.53  888,977.72  397,548.81 

Totals $11,700,815.20        $  8,520,502.29        $  3,180,312.91 

While  the'  date  of  these  reports  may  not  be  regarded  as  the  most  favorable 
time  of  the  year  for  the  best  showing  of  deposits,  on  account  of  so  much  money 
being  tied  up  in  the  growing  crops,  yet  it  is  just  as  good  as  any  for  making  com- 
parisons either  with  the  deposits  of  past  years  or  with  those  of  banks  in  other 
cities,  since  the  same  date  would  be  used  on  both  sides  of  every  comparison. 
However,  $11,700,815.20  is  a  lot  of  money  to  have  in  the  banks  of  a  city 
the  size  of  Santa  Ana.  It  is  $2,623,865.20  more  than  all  the  property,  real  and 
personal,  is  assessed  at  in  the  county  seat  for  the  purpose  of  taxation.  If  the 
amount  were  divided  equally  among  the  citizens  of  Santa  Ana,  every  man,  woman 
and  child  would  have  a  bank  account,  for  a  brief  period  of  $755.62  in  addition 
to  any  other  property  that  he  might  possess.  But  these  bank  deposits  do  not  all 
belong  to  the  citizens  of  Santa  Ana ;  quite  a  portion  of  them  came  in  from  the 
surrounding  country.  In  any  case,  they  are  not  community  property  or  subject 
to  any  kind  of  distribution  without  an  equivalent  in  exchange.  What  is  true  of 
these  deposits  is  true  of  other  deposits  elsewhere  and  of  all  kinds  of  property 
throughout  the  world.  Private  ownership  and  use  of  property  is  almost  invariably 
the  reward  of  industry  and  frugality  and  should  not  be  shared  with  the  idle 
and  dissolute.  W^ealth  honestly  acquired  and  rightly  used  is  a  great  blessing  not 
only  to  its  possessors,  but  also  to  the  whole  community  in  which  it  is  held  or 
expended. 

Present  Status  of  the  Banks 

The  Commercial  Bank  of  Santa  Ana  began  negotiating  the  sale  of  its  assets 
to  the  Farmers  &  Merchants  National  Bank  of  Santa  Ana  in  May,  1910.  It  took 
several  months  to  complete  the  transaction  on  account  of  the  legal  questions 
involved.    The  Commercial  Bank  ceased  to  exist  on  the  first  day  of  August,  1910. 

The  Citizens'  Commercial  &  Savings  Bank  was  organized  and  opened  in 
November,  1914.  On  January  1,  1917,  it  merged  with  the  California  National 
Rank  under  the  name  of  the  latter,  which  had  been  doing  business  since  February, 
1911. 

The  First  National  Bank  and  the  Farmers  &  Merchants  Bank  merged  Febru- 
ary 21,  1919,  taking  the  name  of  First  National  Bank. 

The  Santa  Ana  Savings  Bank,  affiliated  with  the  First  National  Bank,  and 
the  Home  Savings  Bank,  affiliated  with  the  Farmers  &  Merchants  National  Bank, 
merged  July  1,  1919,  under  the  name  of  Farmers  &  Merchants  Savings  Bank. 

The  Orange  County  Trust  &  Savings  Bank  was  remodeled  in  1911.  Addi- 
tional real  estate  with  leases  on  same  cost  $18,245,  building  cost  $39,612.33,  and 
vaults  and  safety  deposit  boxes  cost  $11,000. 


76  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Public  Library  of  Santa  Ana 

The  spring  of  1878  was  one  of  great  rejoicing  for  Santa  Ana,  as  it  marked 
the  completion  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railway  to  the  town.  The  round  trip 
from  Los  Angeles  was  $4  and  the  trip  was  a  luxury  which  was  enjoyed  only  on 
state  occasions,  but  it  gave  the  citizens  a  new  feeling  of  responsibility,  a 'desire 
for  greater  opportunities  for  self  cuUure  and  mutual  improvement.  It  was  at 
this  time  that  the  need  of  a  circulating  library  was  suggested.  The  Santa  Ana 
Weekly  Times  of  April  11,  1878,  has  a  communication  as  follows:  "Editor  of 
The  Times:. Several  times  I  have  through  the  medium  of  your  paper  called  atten- 
tion to  the  fact  that  Santa  Ana  ought  to  have  a  circulating  library. _  The  project 
has  met  with  universal  appreciation.  I  have  now  much  pleasure  in  informing  the 
public  the  Santa  Ana  Public  Library  Association  has  been  organized,  to  be  gov- 
erned by  the  following  constitution  and  by-laws.  Further  particulars  can  be 
obtained  by  applying  to  .Airs.  H.  C.  Berry,  Mrs.  H.  W.  Lake,  Mrs.  O.  B.  Hall  or  to 

Yours  respectfully, 

J.  G.  BAILEY,  M.D." 

Then  followed  the  constitution  and  by-laws  in  full,  one  part  of  which  was  "the 
by-laws  of  the  association  can  be  altered  or  amended  at  any  semi-annual  meeting, 
providing  two-thirds  of  the  charter  members  present  agree  to  the  same,  and  not 
otherwise." 

A  few  persons  became  intensely  interested  in  the  enterprise  and  assumed  the 
task  of  soliciting  names  for  membership.  The  following  officers  were  elected,  viz. : 
Mrs.  O.  B.  Hall,  president;  Rev.  H.  S.  McHenry,  vice-president;  Dr.  J.  G.  Bailey, 
secretary;  Mrs.  N.  O.  Stafford  (now  Mrs.  R.  J.  Blee),  treasurer,  and  Mrs.  C.  E. 
French,  librarian.  Santa  Ana  had  a  library  association  organized — on  paper — 
with  about  $20  to  purchase  and  equip  the  institution.  Persons  having  books  that 
were  of  interest  kindly  donated  them;  thus  a  nucleus  was  formed.  C.  E.  French 
contributed  a  wardrobe  into  which  shelves  were  fitted  and  he  offered  the  society  a 
portion  of  the  office  be  occupied  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Main  streets.  Books 
were  added  from  time  to  time  from  the  membership  fees.  In  the  fall  of  1878 
the  library  was  opened  to  the  members  and  their  families.  The  struggle  to  main- 
tain it  was  then  begun.  To  keep  it  supplied  with  new  matter  socials,  musicals  and 
literary  entertainments  were  given  and  collections  taken  to  increase  the  funds. 
Among  some  of  the  workers  besides  those  already  mentioned  were  Rev.  H.  I. 
Parker  and  wife,  Mrs.  Walter  Kent,  Mrs.  S.  H.  Hersam,  jNIiss  May  Kent,  Miss 
L.  Berry,  Miss  M.  D.  Hotell,  Miss  Claribel  Nichols,  Dr.  J.  N.  Burtnett,  Pearl 
Kent  and  Col.  W.  F.  Heathman.  In  April,  1879,  the  latter  succeeded  in  giving 
an  entertainment  which  was  very  successful  and  brought  over  $100  to  the  fund, 
and  this  increased  the  interest  in  the  organization.  The  location  of  the  library 
was  changed  several  times  owing  to  changes  in  business  firms,  it  being  placed 
wherever  the  best  place  was  offered  without  cost  to  the  association. 

In  1886  an  organization  of  the  W.  C.  T.  U.  was  perfected  in  Santa  Ana.  The 
following  year  they  decided  to  establish  a  library  and  free  reading  room.  They 
gave  a  book  social  and  over  100  volumes  were  donated.  They  leased  a  place 
over  Rowe's  book  store  and  fitted  up  the  front  room  as  a  reading  room.  The 
library  of  the  old  association  numbered  then  about  400  volumes.  After  due  con- 
sideration the  members  voted  to  turn  the  library  over  to  the  new  organization, 
which  was  done  in  1887.  and  in  January  following  the  \Y.  C.  T.  U.  gave  a  formal 
opening.  The  problem  of  meeting  the  necessary  expenses  was  a  grave  one  and  the 
organization  deserves  great  credit  for  the  manner  in  which  they  solved  it.  One 
"flower  festival"  they  gave  netted  them  $700.  A  merchants'  carnival  for  the 
same  purpose  was  a  great  success. 

The  next  important  step  was  the  transfer  of  the  library  by  the  W.  C.  T.  U. 
to  the  city  of  Santa  Ana,  September  1,  1891.  This  included  the  960  volumes  with 
all  fixtures  and  equipment  and  the  lease  of  the  hall  at  112  West  Fourth  Street. 
From  that  date  it  was  to  be  supported  by  a  tax  levied  for  that  purpose  and  to 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  77 

be  thrown  open  to  the  city  as  a  free  Hbrary  and  reading  room  "to  all  proper 
residents  and  taxpayers  therein."  The  first  funds  received  from  this  source  was 
October  5,  1891.  The  first  board  of  trustees  were  E.  E.  Keech,  C.  E.  French, 
Dr.  J.  A.  Crane,  Rev.  Mr.  Booth,  and  D.  M.  Baker.  Helen  A.  Kernodle  was  ap- 
pointed librarian.  A  report  of  the  board  of  library  trustees  of  July  3,  1893,  shows 
the  library  to  have  had  about  fifty  patrons  and  the  highest  number  of  books  given 
out  in  one  day,  twenty.  The  report  for  the  year  was  950  patrons  and  the  maxi- 
mum number  of  books  passed  out  in  one  day,  135. 

October  1,  1892,  the  library  was  transferred  to  the  Hervey  building,  121  East 
Fourth  Street,  where  it  remained  until  it  was  removed  to  its  present  home,  made 
possible  by  Andrew  Carnegie,  who  donated  $15,000  to  the  city  for  the  building. 
W.  H.  Spurgeon  gave  the  lot  and  the  Native  Sons  built  the  walks  and  the  retain- 
ing wall.  The  furnishings  were  provided  by  private  subscription  and  the  trustees 
of  the  city  gave  $1,000.  When  it  was  first  used  only  the  main  fioor  was  occupied 
and  there  was  then  ample  room.  As  the  years  have  passed  shelving  has  been 
added  for  the  books  and  the  quarters  gradually  became  crowded.  A  document 
room  has  been  added  in  the  basement.  The  circulation  from  July  1,  1909,  to  June 
30,  1910,  was  47,588.  The  present  building  was  started  in  August,  1902,  and  the 
library  moved  in  July,  1903.  The  board  of  library  trustees  are,  viz. :  Dr.  C.  D.  Ball, 
Mrs.  W.  B.  Tedford,  Mrs.  P.  L.  Tople,  Chas.  Robinson  and  J.  S.  Smart.  The 
present  librarian.  Miss  Jeannette  E.  McFadden,  became  associated  with  the  library 
in  1897  and  in  June,  1901,  was  appointed  to  her  present  position,  which  she  fills 
with  satisfaction  to  all. 

Commercial  Progress 

The  commercial  progress  of  the  city  of  Santa  Ana  has  been  even  greater  in  re- 
cent years  than  its  growth  in  population,  as  may  be  seen  in  the  fact  that  there  are 
$2,623,865.20  more  deposits  in  the  city's  banks  than  its  entire  assessed  valuation. 
While  the  assessment  is  undoubtedly  low,  that  will  not  account  for  such  a  discrep- 
ancy. The  fact  is  that  a  considerable  part  of  those  deposits  belong  to  the  rural 
population  for  miles  around  Santa  Ana.  The  county  seat  is  the  center  of  trade  and 
distribution  for  practically  all  of  the  middle  and  lower  parts  of  the  county  and  to 
some  extent  for  the  upper  parts  as  well.  With  trade  and  distribution  come  produc- 
tion and  manufacturers.  In  1909  the  Southern  California  Sugar  Company  com- 
menced operating  a  factory  with  a  daily  capacity  of  600  tons  of  sugar  beets.  Two 
or  three  years  later  the  Santa  Ana  Sugar  Company  entered  practically  the  same 
field,  each  of  these  companies  employing  about  300  men  during  the  campaign,  be- 
sides providing  a  market  for  the  farmers'  beets.  Two  large  lumber  yards  with  well- 
equipped  planing  mills  have  been  kept  busy  supplying  the  increasing  demand  for 
building  materials.  Several  large  packing  houses  for  fruits,  nuts  and  vegetables 
make  this  city  an  important  shipping  point.  A  number  of  autos  are  constantly 
employed  collecting  and  returning  clothes  for  the  steam  laundries  of  the  city. 
Among  other  industries  that  made  noteworthy  progress  during  the  year  1919  may 
be  mentioned  the  C.  H.  Kaufmann  &  Sons'  plant,  which  manufactured  and  shipped 
nearly  100,000  automobile  spotlights  during  the  year,  and  employing  about  fifty 
people.  The  Haven  Seed  Company  produced,  cleaned,  packed  and  shipped  nearly 
five  billion  tomato  seeds  during  the  season  of  1919,  with  an  annual  payroll  of 
$100,000.  The  J.  E.  Taylor  Canning  Company  packed  thousands  of  jars  of  mar- 
malade, jellies,  preserves  and  canned  fruits,  and  the  California  Packing  Corpo- 
ration's plant  packed  approximately  7,000,000  cans  of  chili,  pimentos  and  apricots. 
A  horse-collar  factory,  a  rug  factory,  an  iron  and  brass  foundry,  artificial  stone 
works,  several  machine  shops,  numerous  garages  and  bicycle  shops  and  oil  stations, 
an  ice  plant  and  many  other  industries  have  added  their  quota  to  the  general 
volume  of  business. 

Two  important  industries  have  been  reserved  from  the  foregoing  brief  sum- 
mary for  special  mention,  because  they  gave  some  special  data  about  their  business 


78  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

to  chronicle  in  the  history.  They  are  the  "Mission  Woolen  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany" at  Washington  Avenue  and  Santiago  Street,  and  the  "California  Crate 
Company." 

The  woolen  mill  has  been  running  since  August,  1917.  Up  to  January  1, 
1919,  it  made  70,000  army  blankets  and  60,000  yards  of  melton  for  overcoats  for 
the  Government.  It  is  now  making  blankets,  cassimeres  and  lap  robes.  Some  of 
the  blankets  are  exported  to  Siberia  and  China.  The  company  is  employing 
seventy-five  men  and  women,  and  has  a  weekly  payroll  of  $1,600;  at  one  time, 
while  on  Government  work,  it  had  $90,000  worth  of  wool  in  the  warehouse.  The 
officers  are  :  A.  E.  Bennett,  president ;  C.  A.  Robinson,  vice-president ;  P.  A.  Robin- 
son, treasurer.  According  to  a  newspaper  report  the  mill  is  planning  to  put  on  a 
night  shift  of  weavers  to  keep  pace  with  the  demand. 

The  California  Crate  Company  dates  the  first  step  that  led  to  its  organiza- 
tion back  about  four  years.  Fred  P.  Jayne  of  Santa  Ana  established  a  small 
factory  in  August,  1916,  for  manufacture  of  folding  or  collapsible  crates  of  his 
own  invention.  In  February,  1917,  M.  A.  Carter,  formerly  of  Mt.  Pleasant,  Iowa, 
joined  him  under  the  firm  name  of  Jayne  &  Carter.  In  October  of  the  same  year 
the  California  Crate  Company  was  incorporated  with  F.  P.  Jayne  as  president, 
A.  M.  Jayne  as  vice-president  and  M.  A.  Carter  as  secretary  and  treasurer.  The 
principal  product  of  the  company  has  been  the  manufacture  of  the  standard 
"Cummer  Type"  folding  onion  crate  and  during  the  last  year  this  company  has 
furnished  the  largest  part  of  these  crates  used  in  Imperial  and  Coachella  Valleys. 
This  year  the  company  has  spread  out  and  in  addition  is  now  making  two  sizes  of 
a  fruit  crate  invented  by  F.  P.  Jayne  and  known  as  the  "Midget  Crate,"  which 
is  meeting  with  large  success.  It  has  also  begun  the  manufacture  of  a  new  toy 
aeroplane  and  is  fairly  launched  in  the  toy  business  having  recently  purchased 
two  new  buildings  for  use  of  the  toy  department.  Mr.  Jayne  and  Mr.  Carter  are 
both  actively  engaged  in  establishing  and  enlarging  the  business,  the  former  as 
president  and  manager  and  the  latter  as  superintendent.  There  are  about  twenty 
men  and  women  employed  in  the  factory  at  present  and  the  number  will  be  largely 
increased  during  the  busy  season  beginning  in  December  and  running  until  June. 
The  factory  buildings  consist  of  large,  light  and  roomy  machinery  house,  as- 
sembling rooms  and  storage  warehouse,  all  well  located  on  the  tracks  of  the 
Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railway  in  Santa  Ana. 

The  Chamber  of  Commerce  maintains  a  substantial  fund  to  aid  in  securing 
industrial  enterprises. 

Churches 

The  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  South  holds  the  distinction  of  being  the 
first  religious  organization  in  Santa  Ana,  which  was  effected  at  the  home  of 
W.  H.  Titchenal  in  December,  1869.  Services  were  held  for  a  time  in  a  private 
residence,  later  on  in  the  schoolhouse  and  finally  in  its  own  building  erected  in 
1876,  which  is  now  supplanted  by  a  commodious  and  well-arranged  edifice.  The 
Baptist  Church  was  organized  in  1871,  the  Methodist  Episcopal  North  in  1874. 
and  the  United  Presbyterian  in  1876.  After  these  pioneer  churches  various  other 
denominations  have  been  established  here,  until  at  the  present  time  the  list  includes 
the  following  churches  with  their  locations : 

Christian  Holiness  Mission , Spurgeon  bet.  Second  and  Third 

Church  of  Christ S.  E.  cor.  Walnut  and  Broadway 

Church  of  the  Messiah S.  W.  cor.  Bush  and  Seventh 

Church  of  the  Nazarene,  Pentecostal N.  E.  cor.  Fifth  and  Parton 

First  Baptist N.  W.  cor.  Main  and  Church 

First  Christian N.  W.  cor.  Broadway  and  Sixth 

First  Church  of  Christ,  Scientist S.  E.  cor.  Sycamore  and  Sixth 

First  Church  of  the  Brethren N.  E.  cor.  First  and  Lacy 

First  Congregational S.  E.  cor.  Main  and  Seventh 


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First  Methodist  Episcopal N.  E.  cor.  Sixth  and  Spurgeon 

First  Presbyterian N.  E.  cor.  Sixth  and  Sycamore 

First  Reformed  Presbyterian N.  ^V.  cor.  First  and  Spurgeon 

First  Spiritualist  Church : 306i^  East  Fourth 

Free  Methodist , 311  Fruit 

Friends S.  W.  cor.  Sixth  and  Garfield 

Holiness S.  W.  cor.  First  and  Flower 

Immanuel  Baptist '.  . S.  W.  cor.  Sixth  and  French 

International  Bible  Students'  Association 311  N.  Birch 

Japanese  Church 602  E.  Fifth 

Mexican  Methodist  Episcopal N.  W.  cor.  First  and  Garfield 

Pentecostal  Gospel  Mission 405  N.  Birch 

Reorganized  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter  Day  Saints 

S.  E.  cor.  Fifth  and  Flower 

Richland  Avenue  Methodist  Episcopal S.  E.  cor.  Parton  and  Richland 

St.  Joseph's  Roman  Catholic S.  E.  cor.  Lacy  and  Stafford 

St.  Peter's  Evangelical  Lutheran N.  E.  cor.  Sixth  and  Van  Ness  Avenue 

Salvation  Army 303^  N.  Sycamore 

Seventh  Day  Adventists S.  E.  cor.  Fifth  and  Ross 

Spurgeon  Memorial  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  South 

N.  E.  cor.  Church  and  Broadway 

Trinity  German  Evangelical  Lutheran Sixth  bet.  Lacy  and  Garfield 

Unitarian S.  E.  cor.  Eighth  and  Bush 

United  Brethren N.  W.  cor.  Third  and  Shelton 

United  Presbyterian N.  W.  cor.  Sixth  and  Bush 

Zion's  Church  Evangelical  Association  (German) .  .  .  .N.  E.  cor.  Tenth  and  l\Iain 

Fraternal  Societies 

F.  &  A.  M.,  Santa  Ana  Lodge,  No.  241.   R.  A.  M.,  Orange  Chapter,  No.  72,. 

0.  E.  S.,  Hermosa  Chapter,  No.  105.       I.  O.  O.  F.,  Santa  Ana  Lodge,  No.  236. 
R.  &  S.  M.,  Santa  Ana  Council,  No.  14.  Canton  S.  A.  No.   18,  Patriarchs  Mili- 

1.  O.  O.  F.  Laurel  Encampment,  No.  81.  tant  U.  R. 

Sycamore  Rebekah  Lodge  No.  140.  Ladies  of  Canton,  Santa  Ana. 

Torosa  Rebekah  Lodge.  A'eteran  Odd  Fellows  Association. 

Veteran  Rebekah  Association  No.  50.  B.  P.  O.  E.,  Santa  Ana  Lodge,  No.  794. 

Fraternal  Aid  Union.  Fraternal  Brotherhood,  S.  A.  Lodge, 
I.  O.  of  R.,  Osage  Tribe,  No.  166.  No.  2. 

Knights  and  Ladies  of  Security.  Independent  Order  of  Foresters. 

Knights  of  the  Maccabees.  Knights  of  Columbus. 
Ladies  of  the  Maccabees  Review  No.  7.  K.  of  P.,  Santa  Ana  Lodge,  No.  149. 

R.  N.  A.,  Magnolia  Camp,  No.  4133.  Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 

K.  T.,  Santa  Ana  Commandery,  No.  36.  Women  of  Woodcraft,  S.  A.  Circle,  295. 

Woodmen  of  the  World,  Santa  Ana  Camp,  No.  355. 

Patriotic  Societies 

G.  A.  R.,  Sedgwick  Post,  No.  17.  L.  of  G.  A.  R.,  Shiloh  Circle,  No.  21. 
Sedgwick,  W.  R.  C,  No.  17.                     D.  of  V.,  Sarah  A.  Rounds  Tent,  No.  10. 

Miscellaneous  Organizations 

Altar  Society,  St.  Joseph's  Church.  Associated  Charities  of  Santa  Ana. 

Automobile  Club  of  Orange  County.  Automobile  Club  of  Southern  Calif. 

Catholic  Homeseekers'  Bureau.  City  Parent-Teachers'  Association. 

Ebell  Society  of  S.  A.  Valley..  Monday  Club. 

Orange  Co.  Bldg.  Industries.  Orange  Co.  Medical  Association. 


80  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Orange  Co.  Bar  Association.  Orange  Co.  Trades  Association. 

Orange  Co.  Society  P.  C.  A.  Santa  Ana  Music  Association. 

Santa  Ana  Domino  Club.  S.  A.  Typographical  Union  No.  579. 

Santa  Ana  Rifle  Club.  United  Daughters  of  Confederacy. 

Sunset  Club.  Woman's  Club  of  Santa  Ana. 

Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union.  Young  Ladies'   Sodality. 

The  Press 

Nap  Donovan,  pioneer  printer,  published  the  first  number  of  the  Santa  Ana 
News,  on  May  15,  1876.  This  paper  died  young  from  inanition.  In  October  of 
the  following  year,  he  started  the  Santa  Ana  Herald,  which,  after  passing  through 
many  hands,  was  absorbed  by  the  Blade  in  1903. 

Some  time  in  the  eighties  the  Stamps  Brothers  started  the  Santa  Ana  Times, 
which  they  afterwards  sold  to  D.  M.  Baker.  He  changed  its  name  to  the  Santa 
Ana  Standard  and  continued  its  publication  through  the  formative  period  of 
Orange  County's  history.  He  then  sold  the  paper  and  traveled  through  the  North- 
western States  in  search  of  a  better  field.  After  passing  through  a  number  of 
hands  and  suffering  a  change  of  name,  the  paper  gave  up  the  ghost. 

The  Evening  Blade  was  founded  in  1887  by  A.  J.  Waterhouse  and  W.  F.  X. 
Parker;  but  it  was  soon  turned  over  to  other  owners.  While  it  suffered  many 
vicissitudes  it  continued  to  be  the  only  daily  paper  in  the  county  for  several  years, 
except  for  a  brief  period  in  the  early  nineties  when  the  Free  Press  was  making  a 
vain  struggle  for  existence.  The  Blade  was  purchased  by  Horace  McPhee  in  1895, 
who  with  his  brother  George  carried  it  on  for  nearly  a  score  of  years.  It  was  then 
sold  to  a  Mr.  Clarkson,  who  in  turn  sold  it  to  the  Register  Publishing  Company, 
and  thus  ended  its  existence. 

The  Register  was  founded  in  1905  by  the  Register  Publishing  Company  with 
Fred  Unholz  and  Frank  Ormer  as  managers.  The  following  year  J.  P.  Baum- 
gartner  bought  a  controlling  interest  of  the  stock,  and  has  been  editor  and  manager 
ever  since. 

D.  M.  Baker,  failing  to  find  a  more  promising  field  for  newspaper  work, 
returned  to  Santa  Ana,  and  with  W.  J.  Rouse  established  the  Bulletin  in  1899, 
which  he  continued  to  publish  until  his  death.  The  paper  is  now  owned  and  pub- 
lished by  C.  D.  Overshiner  and  M.  A.  Yarnell. 

The  following  are  the  present  city  officers :  Trustees  and  committee  assign- 
ments, J.  G.  Mitchell,  president ;  H.  H.  Dale,  city  and  fire  departments ;  Walter 
A.  Greenleaf ,  street  committee ;  C.  H.  Chapman,  water,  sewers ;  and  John  W. 
Tubbs,  police ;  city  clerk,  E.  L.  Vegely ;  city  marshal,  Sam'  Jernigan ;  city  attorney, 
Geo.  H.  Scott ;  city  treasurer,  Olive  Lopez ;  city  recorder,  W.  F.  Heathman ;  super- 
intendent watei-  and  sewers,  Walter  Wray;  street  superintendent  and  city  engi- 
neer, W.  W.  Hoy;  city  health  officer,  Dr.  J.  I.  Clark;  fire  chief,  John  Luxem- 
bourger ;  building  inspector,  Thomas  Ash ;  city  electrician,  Wm.  McCuUoch ;  sani- 
tary inspector,  W.  W.  Chandler. 

Area  of  the  city  is  nine  square  miles.  It  was  first  incorporated  as  a  city 
of  the  sixth  class  June  1,  1886;  then  later  its  boundaries  were  extended  to  corre- 
spond with  the  boundaries  of  the  school  district  and  it  was  incorporated  April 
9,  1888,  as  a  city  of  the  fifth  class.  The  assessed  valuation  of  the  city  in  1920 
was  $9,076,950,  with  a  tax  rate  of  $1.45  for  city  purposes.  Building  permits  for 
last  year  amounted  to  $215,344.48.  The  postoffice  receipts  for  the  last  fiscal 
year  were  $64,648.61.  Thirty  miles  of  the  streets  are  paved  and  as  a  rule  cement 
sidewalks  and  curbs  always  border  paved  streets. 


October  10,  1919,  was  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  founding  of  the  city 
of  Santa  Ana.  On  his  fortieth  birthday,  October  10,  1869,  W.  H.  Spurgeon  rode 
through  mustard  higher  than  his  head  on  horseback  to  the  sycamore  tree,  still 
standing,  a  few  yards  south  of  Fifth  Street  between  Sycamore  and  Broadway. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  81 

Dismounting  he  climbed  the  tree  and  viewed  the  landscape  o'er.  Pleased  with 
the  prospect  he  bought  seventy-four  and  one-quarter  acres  of  this  land  from  Ana 
M.  Chaves,  widow  of  Vicente  Martinez,  for  $594.  This  was  the  allotment  of 
Zenobia  Yorba  de  Rowland  in  the  division  of  the  Santiago  de  Santa  Ana  grant, 
effected  in  1867  in  the  Los  Angeles  Superior  Court  as  the  result  of  the  suit  of 
A.  Stearns  vs.  L.  Cota.  The  place  was  called  Santa  Ana  from  the  name  of  the 
grant,  Mr.  Spurgeon  being  unwilling  to  call  it  by  his  own  name.  He  lived  to 
see  his  fondest  hopes  realized  in  the  marvelous  development  of  the  city  he  founded 
and  the  county  he  helped  to  organize. 

What  the  future  holds  in  store  for  this  favored  municipality  no  man  can 
foresee.  With  a  population  of  15,485,  according  to  the  government  census  of 
1920,  and  the  development  of  the  magnificent  territory  hereabouts,  yet  practically 
in  its  infancy,  an  increase  to  25,000  in  the  next  ten  years  would  not  appear  an 
over  sanguine  expectation.  As  yet  no  effort  has  been  made  to  attract  tourist 
support  to  the  city,  although  the  mountains  and  coast  line  afford  more  varied 
attractions  than  most  tourist  centers  have  to  offer.  It  is  not  at  all  visionary  to 
predict  that  when  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  awakens  to  the  possibilities  which  it  has 
neglected  in  this  respect  for  all  these  years,  its  chief  city  will  become  as  famous 
as  a  mecca  for  pleasure  seekers  as  it  has  for  its  purely  stable  characteristics.  At 
the  present  time  there  is  not  a  first  class  hotel  or  restaurant  in  the  city,  nor 
accommodations  of  any  sort  which  travelers  of  means  desire.  Located  as  it  is  on 
the  El  Camino  Real,  or  "King's  Highway,"  the  main  thoroughfare  for  automo- 
biles between  Los  Angeles  and  San  Diego,  as  well  as  on  two  steam  lines  and 
one  electric,  in  the  midst  of  the  most  celebrated  playground  for  tourists  in  the 
world,  it  does  not  seem  possible  that  such  a  condition  can  long  continue. 


CHAPTER  XI 

THE  CITY  OF  SEAL  BEACH 

By  Sadie  C.  Sweeney 

The  city  of  Seal  Beach  is  located  in  the  extreme  southwest  corner  of  Orange 
County,  bordering  on  the  Pacific  Ocean  southeast  of  the  mouth  of  the  San  Gabriel 
River,  into  which  Coyote  Creek  empties  some  distance  from  the  coast.  Accord- 
ing to  tradition,  the  place  was  selected  and  promoted  as  a  beach  resort  by  Los 
Angeles  capitalists  under  the  name  of  Bay  City,  which  name  the  school  district 
still  bears.  Although  the  city  continues  to  receive  the  patronage  of  many  Los 
Angeles  people,  its  main  support  comes  from  its  own  residents  who  are  citizens 
of  Orange  County. 

The  city  was  incorporated  under  its  present  name  on  October  25,  1911.  Its 
area,  as  nearly  as  can  be  determined  from  the  map,  is  about  one  and  five-eighths 
square  miles.  Its  assessed  valuation  for  the  year  1920,  exclusive  of  operative 
property,  is  $638,755.  Its  present  population  is  669,  according  to  the  Federal 
census  of  1920.  There  are  two  miles  of  paved  streets,  eight  miles  of  oiled  streets 
and  about  twenty  miles  of  concrete  sidewalk. 

A  complete  sewer  system  is  being  constructed  now,  and  the  city  has  voted 
bonds  to  install  a  municipal  water  plant.  Following  are  the  present  city  officers, 
and  officers  of  other  organizations :  Board  of  trustees :  John  J.  Doyle,  presi- 
dent; Albert  J.  Morris,  Walter  A.  Storts,  A.  J..  Spinner,  J.  Burkhart;  clerk, 
B.  B.  Brown ;  marshal,  Harry  Mayer ;  city  attorney,  Joe  C.  Burke ;  treasurer, 
Mrs.  Sadie C.  Bailey ;  recorder,  John  H.  May;  health  officer,  J.  P.  Dougall;  plumb- 
ing and  electric  inspector,  Harry  Mayer ;  board  of  health :  Dr.  J.  Park  Dougall, 
Sadie  C.  Sweeney,  A.  W.  Armstrong,  James  Graham,  Mrs.  Millie  Ernie ;  chamber 
of  commerce:  James  A.  Graham,  president;  J.  H.  May,  vice-president;  A.  W. 
Armstrong,  secretary ;  Sadie  C.  Sweeney,  treasurer ;  Gustav  Mann,  Wm.  Temple- 
man,  W.  A.  Storts,  J.  H.  May,  Raymond  Aldrich ;  school  board :  Miss  Amy  Dyson, 
president;  I.  E.  Patterson,  clerk;  Mrs.  C.  L.  Flack. 


82  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

The  number  of  teachers  employed  in  the  public  schools,  the  number  of 
pupils  enrolled,  the  value  of  the  school  property  and  the  cost  of  the  schools  for 
the  year  1918-1919,  may  be  found  in  the  chapter  on  Orange  County's  Schools 
under  the  title  "Bay  City,"  which  is  the  name  of  the  school  district  belonging  to 
Seal  Beach. 

The  only  church  to  report  in  the  city  is  the  Bungalow  Methodist  Church. 

Bathing  is  enjoyed  the  year  'round ;  it  is  absolutely  safe  for  the  children. 
There  has  never  been  a  drowning  in  the  surf  at  Seal  Beach;  there  is  no  under- 
tow. The  climatic  conditions,  too,  are  the  best  that  can  be  found  in  Southern 
California;  it  is  cooler  in  the  summer  and  warmer  in  the  winter  than  at  most 
other  places. 

The  Pacific  Electric  Railway  passes  through  Seal  Beach  on  its  way  from 
Long  Beach  to  Balboa.  There  is  a  paved  road  from  Seal  Beach  to  Long  Beach 
and  provision  is  made  in  the  $40,000,000  state  bonds,  recently  voted,  to  extend 
the  state  highway  from  Oxnard  to  Capistrano  along  the  coast. 

The  growth  of  Seal  Beach  is  retarded  at  present  by  the  lack  of  housing  facili- 
ties, and  it  might  pay  the  holders  of  vacant  lots  to  build  on  them;  but  it  would 
be  better  for  the  community,  as  well  as  the  home-seekers,  if  they  would  buy  and 
build  in  Seal  Beach  for  the  sake  of  the  many  natural  advantages  it  has  to  offer. 


CHAPTER  XII 

THE  CITY  OF  STANTON 

The  city  of  Stanton  is  located  centrally  in  the  agricultural  section  in  the 
western  part  of  Orange  County,  southwest  of  Anaheim  and  northwest  of  Garden 
Grove.  It  was  named  after  Hon.  Phil.  A.  Stanton  of  Los  Angeles,  who  has 
large  holdings  of  land  in  that  vicinity.  The  city  was  incorporated  on  jMarch  29, 
1911 ;  the  principal  purpose  of  the  incorporation  was  to  prevent  Anaheim's  sewer 
farm  being  located  in  that  community.  The  area  of  the  territory  first  included 
was  afterwards  reduced  until  now  it  is  about  six  and  one-half  square  miles.  The 
assessed  valuation  of  the  city  for  the  year  1920  is  $629,335 ;  and  the  tax  rate  for 
city  purposes  is  $1.00.  The  population,  according  to  the  1920  census,  is  695. 
No  one  ever  heard  of  Stanton  parading  itself  as  a.  railroad  center ;  yet  so  it  is,  as 
may  be  seen  on  the  map.  The  branch  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  running 
from  Anaheim  to  Los  Alamitos,  intersects  the  main  line  of  the  Pacific  Electric 
Railway,  running  from  Los  Angeles  to  Santa  Ana,  in  the  very  heart  of  the  city 
of  Stanton. 

Following  are  the  city  officers  as  they  stood  after  the  election  and  appoint- 
ments in  1920:  Board  of  trustees,  John  F.  Roe,  president;  E.  B.  Hosking,  True 
W.  Clark,  James  F.  Robison,  Frank  G.  Redmond;  clerk,  F.  C.  Beecher;  treas- 
urer, F.  D.  Turner ;  recorder,  E.  X.  Willard. 


CHAPTER  XIII 

UNINCORPORATED  TOWNS 

Besides  the  nine  incoi'porated  cities  in  Orange  County,  which  have  been  de- 
scribed elsewhere,  there  are  about  forty  unincorporated  towns,  ranging  in  size 
from  a  few  families  to  nearly  sufficient  population  to  incorporate  as  a  city  of 
the  sixth  class.  Each  of  these  towns  serves  as  a  business  and  social  center  for 
the  surrounding  territory,  the  postoffice  in  many  cases  having  been  superseded 
by  the  rural  delivery  from  the  larger  cities.  These  towns  may  be  briefly  described 
in  alphabetical  order,  as  follows : 


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Arch  Beach  is  a  small  seaside  resort  one  mile  east  of  Laguna  Beach.     The  . 
shore  line  in   front  of  this  town  is  the  most  attractive  on  the  coast,  with   its 
picturesque  bluflfs,  jutting  rocks  and  cunning  coves.     The  name,  Arch   Beach, 
comes  from  a  natural  arch  formed  by  the  action  of  the  breakers  cutting  a  passage 
through  a  large  projecting  rock. 

Balboa  is  the  name  given  to  the  eastern  end  of  Newport  Beach,  to  an  island 
in  the  bay,  and  to  the  j;,alisades  near  Corona  del  Mar. 

Berryfield,  Benedict  and  Cypress  are  way  stations  on  the  Pacific  Electric 
Railway  northwest  of  Garden  Grove  in  the  order  named  going  toward  Los  An- 
geles. Besides  accommodating  the  local  travel  they  form  shipping  points  for 
the  products  of  the  surrounding  farms,  gardens  and  poultry  yards. 

Bolsa  is  located  four  miles  west  of  Santa  Ana  in  the  grain,  vegetable  and 
stock-raising  lands.  It  consists  of  a  store,  church,  schoolhouse,  and  a  few  resi- 
dences which  are  badly  scattered. 

Brookhurst  is  the  first  station  on  the  Southern  Pacific  Railway  northwest 
of  West  Anaheim.  Although  it  is  located  near  the  dividing  line  between  the 
fruit  lands  and  the  dairy  secticTn,  there  are  some  fine  orchards  near  the  station. 
Buena  Park  is  the  last  station  on  the  Southern  Pacific  Railway  before  cross- 
ing into  Los  Angeles  County.  It  is  surrounded  by  alfalfa,  beet  and  general  farm- 
ing lands.  Here  is  located  the  large  condensed  milk  factory  of  the  Pacific  Cream- 
ery Company. 

Capistrano,  the  "Old  Mission  Town,"  is  situated  near  the  junction  of  San 
Juan  Creek  and  Trabuco  Creek,  on  the  Santa  Fe  Railway,  about  twenty-five 
miles  southeast  of  Santa  Ana  and  three  miles  from  the  coast.  The  locality  seems 
to  be  well  adapted  to  fruits,  grains  and  grazing,  but  the  principal  distinction  is 
being  the  home  of  the  San  Juan  Capistrano  Mission. 

The  first  attempt  to  found  the  Mission  of  San  Juan  Capistrano  was  made 
October  30,  1775.  A  cross  was  erected  and  a  mass  said  in  a  hut  constructed 
for  the  purpose.  The  revolt  of  the  Indians  at  San  Diego  on  the  night  of 
November  5th,  and  the  massacre  of  Father  Jaume  and  others,  news  of  which 
reached  San  Juan  on  the  7th,  called  away  the  soldiers.  The  bells  which  had 
been  hung  on  the  branch  of  a  tree  were  taken  down  and  buried  and  the  soldiers 
and  padres  hastened  to  San  Diego.  November  1,  1776,  President  Serra  and 
P'athers  Mugartegui  and  Amurro,  with  an  escort  of  soldiers,  reestablished  the 
mission.  The  bells  were  dug  up  and  hung  upon  a  tree,  and  their  ringing  assem- 
bled a  number  of  the  natives.  An  enramada  of  boughs  was  constructed  and 
mass  was  said. 

The  first  location  of  the  mission  was  several  miles  northeast  of  the  present 
site,  and  at  the  foot  of  the  mountain.  The  former  location  is  still  known  as  La 
Mission  Viejo.  Whether  the  change  of  location  was  made  at  the  time  of  the 
reestablishment  or  later  is  not  known.  The  erection  of  a  stone  church  was  begin 
in  February,  1797,  and  completed  in  1806.  A  master  builder  had  been  brought 
from  Mexico,  and  under  his  superintendence  the  neophytes  did  the  mechanical 
labor.  It  was  the  largest  and  handsomest  church  in  California  and  was  the  pride 
of  mission  architecture.  The  year  1812  was  known  in  California  as  el  ano  dc 
los  temhlorcs — the  year  of  earthquakes.  For  months  the  seismic  disturbance 
was  almost  continuous.  On  Sunday,  December  8,  1812,  a  severe  shock  threw 
down  the  lofty  church  tower,  which  crashed  through  the  vaulted  roof  on  the 
congregation  below.  The  padre  who  was  celebrating  mass  escaped  through  the 
sacristy.  Of  the  fifty  persons  present  only  five  or  six  escaped.  The  church  was 
never  rebuilt.  "There  is  not  much  doubt,"  says  Bancroft,  "that  the  disaster  was 
due  rather  to  faulty  construction  than  to  the  violence  of  the  temblor.  The  edifice 
was  of  the  usual  cruciform  shape,  about  90x180  feet  on  the  ground,  with  very 
thick  walls  and  arched,  dome-like  roof  all  constructed  of  stones  imbedded  in 
mortar  or  cement.  The  stones  were  not  hewn,  but  of  irregular  size  and  shape,  a 
kind  of  structure  evidently  requiring  great  skill  to  insure  solidity."    The  mission 


84  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

reached  its  maximum  in  1819;  from  that  on  until  its  secularization  there  was  a 
rapid  decline  in  the  number  of  its  livestock  and  of  its  neophytes. 

This  was  one  of  the  missions  in  which  Governor  Figueroa  tried  his  experi- 
ment of  forming  Indian  pueblos  of  the  neophytes.  For  a  time  the  experiment 
was  a  partial  success,  but  eventually  it  went  the  way  of  all  the  other  missions.  Its 
lands  were  granted  to  private  individuals  and  the  neophytes  scattered.  It  was 
restored  by  the  Landmarks  Club  of  Los  Angeles,  and  its  picturesque  ruins  are  a 
great  attraction  to  tourists. 

Celery  is  one  of  the  stations  and  shipping  points  on  the  branch  of  the  South- 
ern Pacific  Railroad  running  from  Newport  Beach  to  Smeltzer. 

Corona  del  Mar  is  a  small  hamlet  on  the  mesa  east  of  the  mouth  of  New- 
port Bay. 

Delhi  is  a  community  center  about  two  miles  south  of  Santa  Ana. 

El  Modena  is  snuggled  up  against  the  foothills  on  a  sightly  mesa  three  miles 
east  of  Orange.  The  town  proper  was  started  in  the  boom,  about  1886,  by 
immigrants  from  the  East,  chiefly  of  the  Quaker  or  Friends'  denomination.  The 
boomers  went  out  with  the  boom  and  those  who  were  left  set  to  work  to  develop 
the  country.  As  a  result  there  are  many  fine  orange  and  lemon  orchards  in  this 
section  and  many  other  fruits  and  farm  products  are  grown  here.  About  half  a 
mile  south  of  the  schoolhouse  is  the  famous  Hewes  ranch,  containing  several 
hundred  acres  of  diversified  fruits  and  a  large  packing  house  on  the  Tustin  branch 
of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railway.  El  Modena  has  a  good  water  system,  a  Friends' 
Church,  a  graded  school,  a  general  merchandise  store  and  other  conveniences  per- 
taining to  a  prosperous  community. 

El  Toro,  twelve  miles  southeast  of  Santa  Ana  on  the  Santa  Fe  Railway, 
is  the  trading  point  of  an  extensive  grain  and  grazing  district.  It  is  also  the 
nearest  railroad  point  to  certain  mining  camps  and  bee  ranches  in  the  hills  on 
the  north  and  to  Laguna  Beach  and  Arch  Beach  on  the  south. 

Fairview,  seven  miles  southwest  of  Santa  Ana,  is  located  on  the  northwest 
part  of  the  broad  mesa  lying  between  the  ocean  and  the  damp  lands  southwest 
of  the  county  seat.  A  carline  was  projected  in  boom  days  to  connect  the  town 
with  Santa  Ana,  but  there  was  not  sufficient  travel  to  justify  its  continuance. 
Circumscribed  by  the  San  Joaquin  ranch  on  the  east  and  south  and  by  the  damp 
lands  on  the  west  and  north,  the  place  has  made  but  little  growth. 

Garden  Grove,  five  miles  northwest  of  Santa  Ana  on  the  Pacific  Electric 
Railway,  is  the  center  of  a  large  area  of  land  adapted  to  general  farming,  dair)- 
ing  and  poultry  raising.  The  shipping  records  show  that  Garden  Grove  has 
become  the  greatest  egg  producing  district  in  Southern  California.  Ample 
water  can  he  obtained  for  pumping  at  a  maximum  depth  of  125  feet,  which  rises 
to  within  a  few  feet  of  the  surface ;  in  fact,  many  of  the  wells  flowed  in  the  early 
days.  This  abundance  of  water  has  induced  the  installation  of  many  pumping 
plants,  thereby  increasing  the  productiveness  of  the  section.  The  town  itself  is 
making  rapid  strides  toward  a  city,  with  brick  blocks,  cement  sidewalks  and  nearly 
every  kind  of  business  house.  A  lighting  district  has  been  established  under  a 
state  law,  and  a  brass  band  is  being  maintained  by  the  people. 

Garden  Grove  people  must  have  considerable  satisfaction — ^not  to  say  pride — 
in  helping  to  produce  the  following  eggs-traordinary  results,  as  set  forth  in  The 
Youth's  Companion: 

"The  value  of  the  eggs  and  poultry  produced  every  year  in  the  United  States 
is  now  three-quarters  of  a  billion  dollars,  or  more  than  that  of  all  the  gold,  silver 
and  diamonds  produced  in  a  year  in  the  whole  world.  There  are  about  three  hens 
to  a  person,  and  each  hen  lays  on  an  average  eighty  eggs  a  year.  The  best  layers 
produce  as  many  as  240  a  year.  Farmers'  flocks  consist  on  the  average  of  only 
about  forty  birds,  but  even  at  that  they  contribute  notably  to  good  living  on  the 
farm. 

"Of  all  sad  words  of  tongue  or  pen. 
The  saddest  are  these :    'I  have  no  hen.'  " 


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As  proof  that  Garden  Grove's  productions  are  not  confined  to  eggs  alone, 
note  the  following  products  shipped  from  there  in  1919:  Beans,  45  cars,  1,350 
tons ;  beets,  130  cars,  4,662  tons ;  cabbages,  37  cars,  439  tons ;  eggs,  3,283  cases, 
98,490  dozen;  oranges  and  lemons,  126  cars,  1,755  tons;  peppers,  green  chili,  132 
cars,  1,990  tons;  peppers,  dried  chili,  121  cars,  1,455  tons;  pimentos,  75  cars, 
1,125  tons;  potatoes,  Irish,  11  cars,  157  tons;  potatoes,  sweet,  26  cars,  404  tons; 
tomatoes,  33  cars,  328  tons ;  walnuts,  40  cars,  483  tons ;  approximate  value, 
$2,000,000.00. 

Greenville  is  the  new  name  for  what  used  to  be  the  Newport  school  district, 
or  Old  Newport  to  distinguish  it  from  the  beach  city  of  the  same  name.  Whether 
the  new  name  will  supersede  the  latter  name  for  the  town  remains  to  be  seen. 
The  place  is  a  small  cluster  of  houses  about  three  miles  southwest  of  Santa  Ana 
in  what  was  formerly  known  as  the  "Gospel  Swamp"  region. 

Harper  is  a  station  on  the  Santa  Ana  and  Newport  branch  of  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  near  the  north  boundary  of  the  latter  city. 

Irvine  is  a  station  on  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railway  about  seven 
miles  southeast  of  Santa  Ana.  It  is  the  principal  shipping  point  for  the  products 
of  the  great  San  Joaquin  ranch. 

Laguna  Beach,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Laguna  Canyon  and  almost  due  south 
of  El  Toro,  has  been  retarded  in  its  growth  by  its  difficulty  of  access.  It  has 
many  natural  advantages,  the  shore  line  here  being  nearly  as  picturesque  as  at 
Arch  Beach,  but  most  people  prefer  to  go  where  there  is  railroad  communication. 
Nevertheless,  with  regular  automobile  connection  with  Santa  Ana  and  private  con- 
veyances, the  town  continues  to  grow  and  the  resort  to  keep  many  loyal  patrons. 

A  few  years  ago  Pomona  College,  recognizing  the  advantages  of  Laguna 
Beach  for  the  study  of  marine  life,  established  a  summer  school  there  and  gath- 
ered ,quite  a  collection  of  specimens  in  aquariums  and  cabinets  to  illustrate  the 
instruction.  For  the  same  reason,  and  also  for  its  coast  scenery  and  atmospheric 
efifects,  Laguna  Beach  has  become  a  veritable  Mecca  for  worshipers  at  the  shrine 
of  the  fine  arts.  "Nature  calls  mightily  here  and  answers  the  craving  of  every 
being  who  appreciates  her  wonders  and  delights  in  her  beauty."  The  many  artists 
thus  drawn  thither  have  formed  the  Laguna  Beach  Art  Association  and  maintain 
an  art  display  in  the  auditorium.  Funds  are  being  raised  for  an  art  gallery,  library 
and  music  room  in  a  new  building.  The  present  officers  of  the  association  are : 
Edgar  A.  Payne,  president;  Anna  A.  Hills,  vice-president;  Mrs.  Thaddeus  Lowe, 
2nd  vice-president;  Nevada  Lindsay,  secretary;  Mrs.  E.  E.  Jahraus,  treasurer. 

The  following  appreciation,  clipped  from  the  Santa  Ana  Register,  though 
not  localized  by  the  author,  Thomas  Wright  of  Tustin,  will  apply  to  Laguna  Beach 
as  well  as  to  other  places  along  the  coast : 

"Orange  County,  fringed  on  its  western  boundary  by  scenic  grandeur — the 
blue  of  the  Pacific  that  ebbs  and  flows  on  its  golden  shores — the  waves  that  beat 
against  the  scarred  and  rugged  rocks  that  defiant  stand,  as  they  have  done  for 
ages,  as  the  breakers  hurl  their  restless  forces  against  the  barriers  placed  in  their 
path  by  Him  who  holds  the  seas  in  the  hollow  of  His  hand ! 

"In  this  wonder  spot  of  scenic  grandeur,  the  wave-washed  rocks  reflect  the 
glory  of  the  sun  and  the  blue  of  the  sky,  with  their  countless  thousands  of  beau- 
tiful stone  formations  in  all  the  colors  and  shades  and  delicate  tints  of  the  rain- 
bow's glorious  glow. 

"As  a  lover  of  the  beautiful,  I  stand  among  the  rocks,  in  the  misty  spray, 
unable  to  comprehend  the  true  wonders  of  creation ;  the  unfathomable  mysteries 
of  the  deep ;  the  wonders  in  stones,  shells  and  sea  life  washed  in  by  the  tides.  I 
hear  the  happy  laughter  of  children  who  play  among  the  rocks  and  in  the  sand.  I 
see  lovers  of  the  beautiful  who  come  for  recreation  close  to  Nature's  breast, 
some  to  meditate,  others  to  study  the  wonders  in  curious  shells,  stones  and  sea 
life  washed  in  upon  the  shore.  I  think  of  the  Master  who  gave  to  us  Christian- 
ity, who  preached  to  the  whole  world  by  the  Sea  of  Galilee,  teaching  the  unfath- 
omable Love  of  God,  and  the  simple  lessons  of  faith  and  trust — as  'the  lily  that 


86  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

toils  not,  neither  does  it  spin,  yet  Solomon  in  all  his  glory  was  not  arrayed  like 
one  of  these.'  I  think  of  the  sermons  in  stones,  iri  flowers,  in  every  living  thin''  ■ 
in  purple  dawn,  in  sunset's  radiant  glow;  in  life,  in  love,  in  joy  and  tears — the 
inexpressible  grandeur  of  it  all ! 

"Then  I  remember  what  the  Good  Book  says — that  it  was  the  fool  who  said 
in  his  heart,  'There  is  no  God.'  " 

La  Habra  is  the  name  of  a  rancho  and  settlement  near  the  extreme  northwest 
corner  of  Orange  County.  The  town  is  one  of  the  stations  of  the  Pacific  Electric 
Railway  from  Los  Angeles  to  Riverside  through  the  La  Habra  Valley  and  the 
Santa  Ana  Canyon.  This  valley  contains  some  excellent  land  and,  with  its  close 
connection  with  the  Los  Angeles  markets,  has  a  bright  future  before  it. 

Los  Alamitos,  named  after  a  rancho  of  that  name,  is  situated  on  Coyote  Creek 
at  the  western  boundary  of  the  county  nearly  due  west  of  Anaheim.  It  owes  its 
existence  to  the  large  beet  sugar  factory  established  about  1896  by  Ex-Senator 
W.  A.  Clark  and  his  brother,  J.  Ross  Clark.  This  factory  worked  up  80,000  tons 
of  beets  in  1909  and  90,000  tons  in  1910.  An  auxiliary  company  to  the  Los  Ala- 
mitos Sugar  Company  is  the  Montana  Land  Company  holding  8,000  acres  of  land 
in  the  Los  Cerritos  rancho,  which  is  in  Los  Angeles  County,  near  the  factory. 

Mateo  is  the  last  station  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Ee  Railway  in 
Orange  County,  about  four  miles  on  this  side  of  the  San  Diego  County  line. 

McPherson,  two  miles  east  of  Orange  on  the  Tustin  branch  of  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad,  took  its  name  from  the  McPherson  brothers  who  were  most 
active  in  establishing  the  town.  In  the  heyday  of  the  raisin  industry  McPherson 
was  a  busy  place,  but,  with  the  passing  of  the  grapes  and  the  competition  of  El 
Modena  on  the  east  and  Orange  on  the  west,  the  town  has  not  made  much  progress. 
Plowever,  the  place  is  surrounded  by  fine  orchards  and  maintains  an  excellent 
packing  house,  extensive  nurseries,  a  blacksmith  shop  and  other  conveniences  for 
a  rural  community. 

Modjeska  Mineral  Springs  is  a  mountain  health  resort  opened  up  in  the  San- 
tiago Canyon. 

OHnda  is  a  bustling  town  in  the  oil  district  eight  miles  northeast  of  Euller- 
ton.  The  wells  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railway,  from  which  the  company  procures  its 
chief  supply  of  fuel,  are  located  here. 

Olive  is  situated  at  Burruel  Point  on  the  Santa  Fe  Railway,  four  miles  north 
of  Orange.  Evidences  of  an  earlier  occupancy  of  this  locality  were  visible  fortv 
years  ago  in  adobe  ruins  and  abandoned  ditches,  and  the  present  name  of  the  town 
is  said  to  come  from  a  group  of  olive  trees  found  growing  at  the  west  end  of  the 
point.  The  whole  territory  about  Olive  is  one  vast  orchard  and  garden  with  many 
individual  owners.  In  the  language  of  a  resident,  "whatever  soil,  water  and  sun- 
shine will  germinate,  sustain  and  fructify  in  any  part  of  California,  can  be  grown 
in  the  vicinity  of  Olive."  Here  are  located  the  large  flour  mills  of  the  Central  Mill- 
ing Company,  which  are  operated  by  water  power  from  the  canal  of  the  Santa 
Ana  Irrigation  Company,  supplemented  by  steam  power.  The  capacity  of  the 
mills  is  about  100  barrels  of  flour  per  day.  In  1919,  335  cars  of  Valencia  oranges, 
and  fifteen  cars  of  Navels  and  lemons  were  shipped  out.  Wheat,  barley  and  milo 
maize  are  shipped  in  for  the  Central  Milling  Company,  of  which  John  M.  Gar- 
diner is  president.    The  First  National  Bank  of  Olive  has  deposits  of  $169,436.51. 

Peralta,  or  Upper  Santa  Ana,  is  a  Spanish  settlement  on  the  southeast  side  of 
the  Santa  Ana  River  about  four  miles  above  Olive. 

Placentia  is  the  name  given  to  the  territory  east  of  Fullerton  and  northeast 
of  Anaheim.  The  nucleus  of  a  town  by  that  name  was  started  in  the  year  1910 
on  the  Santa  Fe  cut-off  between  Fullerton  and  Richfield.  Trains  on  this  cut-off 
pass  through  orange  groves,  some  of  whose  fruit  might  almost  be  plucked  from 
the  car  window.  Here  are  the  famous  Chapman  orchards,  whose  "Old  Mission" 
brand  of  fruit  brings  the  highest  price  of  any  similar  fruit  in  the  world.  The 
Placentia  Library  District  was  formed  September  2,  1919,  the  vote  in  favor  being 
unanimous. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  «7 

Richfield,  a  couple  of  miles  north  of  Olive  on  the  Santa  Fe  Railway,  has  been 
nothing  but  the  shipping  point  for  the  oil  from  the  Olinda  district  for  several 
years.  N.ow,  however,  that  it  has  been  made  the  eastern  terminus  of  the  cut-off, 
it  has  commenced  to  grow  and  several  substantial  buildings  have  been  erected. 

San  Juan-By-The-Sea,  or  Serra,  is  a  small  fishing  hamlet  at  the  mouth  of  the 
San  Juan  Creek.  Here  the  surf  line  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railway,  on  its  way  to 
San  Diego,  first  strikes  the  beach. 

San  Juan  Hot  Springs,  fourteen  miles  northeast  of  Capistrano  in  the  San 
Juan  Canyon,  has  long  been  a  noted  resort  for  rest  and  recreation.  Here  many 
people  find  relief  from  various  diseases  in  the  hot  baths  and  enjoy  the  rest  and 
relaxation  which  the  mountain  seclusion  affords. 

Smeltzer  is  situated  in  the  heart  of  the  celery  district  south  of  Westminster. 
The  town  was  named  after  the  late  D.  E.  Smeltzer  of  Kansas  City,  who  discov- 
ered the  adaptability  of  the  peat  lands,  when  drained,  to  the  growth  of  celery. 
Smeltzer  and  Wintersburg,  one  mile  further  south,  are  busy  places  in  the  shippinp^ 
season.  These  towns  are  on  the  Southern  Pacific  Railway  from  Newport  Beach 
to  Los  Alamitos. 

Sunset  Beach  is  an  ambitious  resort  between  Huntington  Beach  and  Seal 
Beach.  The  coast  line  of  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway  from  Long  Beach  to  New- 
port Beach  passes  through  these  beach  resorts,  giving  easy  access  to  the  pleasure 
seekers  from  Los  Angeles  and  the  interior  cities. 

Talbert  is  the  business  center  of  the  Fountain  A'alley  region  southeast  of 
^^'intersburg  and  was  named  after  some  of  the  leading  citizens  of  that  locality. 
It  is  surrounded  by  productive  farming  lands  similar  to  those  generally  found 
west  of  the  Santa  Ana  River. 

Tustin,  founded  in  the  early  '70s  by  Columbus  Tustin,  is  about  three  miles 
southeast  of  Santa  Ana. .  It  is  the  terminus  of  the  Tustin  branch  of  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railway,  and  has  a  station  on  the  Santa  Fe  Railway,  southwest  of  the 
town,  called  Aliso  station.  At  one  time  there  was  a  horse  car  line  from  Tustin 
through  Santa  Ana  and  Orange  to  El  Modena,  but  the  owners,  finding  it  did  not 
pay,  took  up  the  track  between  Tustin  and  Santa  Ana,  and  also  between  El  Mo- 
dena and  Orange.  Although  Tustin  is  near  the  upper  border  of  the  damp  lands, 
it  is  still  on  the  mesa  and  is  surrounded  by  many  fine  orchards  of  oranges,  lemons, 
walnuts  and  deciduous  fruits.  The  residents  of  Tustin  have  always  taken  great 
pride  in  their  well-kept  streets  lined  with  stately  trees ;  in  order  to  light  the  same, 
they  have  established  a  lighting  district,  similar  to  the  one  established  at  Garden 
Grove. 

Villa  Park  was  originally  named  Mountain  View  on  account  of  its  sightly 
location  near  the  mouth  of  the  Santiago  Canyon  overlooking  the  rest  of  the 
valley,  but  the  postofiice  department  objected  to  the  name  because  there  was  an- 
other Mountain  View  in  the  state.  Although  the  objection  has  since  been  removed 
by  the  abandonment  of  the  postofiice,  it  was  sufficient  at  the  time  to  secure  the 
adoption  of  the  name  Villa  Park.  The  soil  around  Villa  Park  has  considerable 
gravel  in  its  composition,  making  it  good  material  for  roads,  and  also  enabling 
it  to  absorb  the  heat  of  the  sun  during  the  day  and  retain  it  through  the  night 
better  than  a  clay  soil.  For  this  reason  the  Villa  Park  section  is  specially  adapted 
to  the  growth  of  semi-tropic  fruits  and  winter  vegetables.  The  Serrano  Water 
Association,  a  cooperative  concern,  furnishes  abundance  of  water  for  irrigation 
from  the  Santiago  Creek  and  from  wells. 

Westminster  was  promoted  as  a  Presbyterian  colony  by  Rev.  Weber  of  Pat- 
erson,  N.  J.,  and  John  Y.  Anderson  was  the  first  purchaser  of  land  in  the  settle- 
ment. In  1870  he  bought  eighty  acres,  which  later  he  reduced  to  thirty-two 
acres  and  kept  till  his  death,  which  occurred  at  the  home  of  his  daughter,  Mrs. 
Mary  Tilton,  at  East  Los  Angeles,  May  18,  1920.  James  D.  Ott,  of  Santa  Ana, 
helped  him  build  his  house  in  1871,  the  same  house  in  which  his  son,  Harrv 
Anderson,  lives  today.  Mr.  Anderson  was  eighty-two  years  old  when  he  died, 
having  lived  in  what  is  now  Orange  County  practically  fifty  years. 


88  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Westminster  is  rated  as  one  of  the  older  settlements  of  the  county,  perhaps 
next  to  Anaheim.  It  early  became  known  in  the  political  conventions  at  Los 
Angeles  as  a  foe  to  intemperance.  More  than  one  tippling  candidate  went  down 
to  defeat  before  the  combined  delegations  from  Westminster,  Orange,.  Pasadena 
and  other  temperance  communities.  Located  seven  miles  west  of  Santa  Ana, 
in  the  midst  of  a  broad  plain  of  rich,  damp  lands,  Westminster  began  with  a  dairy 
industry,  the  first  products  of  its  herds  being  hauled  to  Los  Angeles  to  market. 
A  creamery  company  was  organized  in  1895,  which  invested  $5,000  in  a  building. 
These  improved  facilities  increased  the  profits ;  still  with  the  drainage  of  the  peat 
lands  to  the  south  and  the  introduction  of  cultivated  crops  the  land  became  too 
valuable  for  a  mere  cattle  range.  At  the  present  time  all  kinds  of  stock  and 
poultry  raising  is  carried  on  to  a  certain  extent,  and  nearly  every  pro'duct  of  the 
farm  and  garden  is  grown  in  great  profusion. 

Wintersburg  is  a  shipping  station  on  the  Newport  Beach  and  Smeltzer  branch 
of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  one  mile  sOuth  of  Smeltzer. 

Yorba  takes  its  name  from  some  of  the  Spanish  families  in  its  vicinity.  It 
is  a  station  on  the  Santa  Fe  Railway  to  Riverside,  east  of  Richfield.  Its  sur- 
roundings are  adapted  to  fruits,  grain,  vegetables  and  stock  and  poultry  raising. 

Yorba  Linda  is  a  comparatively  new  town  north  of  the  Santa  Ana  River  and 
east  of  Yorba  on  the  Riverside  branch  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railway.  It  has  made 
a  fine  start  and,  with  so  many  thriving  young  orchards,  it  will  continue  to  grow. 


CHAPTER  XIV 

ORANGE  COUNTY'S  SCHOOLS 

Perhaps  the  best  index  of  the  character  of  any  people  may  be  found  in  fiie 
provision  such  people  make  for  the  education  of  their  offspring.  In  order  to  make 
a  fair  showing  of  the  school  facilities  of  Orange  County  in  the  briefest  space 
possible,  it  is  thought  best  to  present  in  tabular  form  the  same  kind  of  data  about 
every  school  in  the  county.  The  following  four  descriptive  items  have  been 
selected  out  of  more  than  a  dozen  given  in  Superintendent  [Mitchell's  report  for 
1920,  as  most  typical  of  the  size  and  quality  of  the  county's  schools,  viz.,  Number 
of  teachers,  number  of  pupils,  value  of  property  and  year's  expenses. 

Elementary  Schools 

Number  Number  A'alue  Expenses 

of               of  of  of 

Names  of  Districts                Teachers  Pupils  Property  1919-1920 

1.  Alamitos    2            49  $        1,850  $    3,053.31 

2.  Anaheim    29          852  168,050  103,768.77 

3.  Bay  City  3            75  12,325  4,307.10 

4.  Bolsa    2            57  18,350  16,106.36 

5-     Brea  12          295  68,850  21,841.67 

6.  Buena  Park   4  83  8,060  6,886.47 

7.  Centralia    2  47  5.550  2,599.14 

8.  Commonwealth 1  30  4,100  1,054.90 

9.  Cypress    2  45  3,140  2,627 £<d 

10.  Delhi    4  100  13,000  4,701.65 

11.  Diamond    1  34  3,300  1,518.02 

12.  El  Modena  7  ISO  36,900  9,222.37 

13.  El  Toro  2  47  7,000  2,008.66 

14.  Fountain  Valley 2  57  5,600  2,771.46 

15.  Fullerton   24  594  92,500  49,648.41 

16.  Garden  Grove 11  272  21,500  14,774.96 


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17.  Greenville    1  24  15,300  13,973.11 

18.  Harper-Fairview    3  80  10,675  5,558,21 

19.  Huntington  Beach  11  257  96,550  20,575.00 

20.  Katella  3  55  6,750  4,252.64 

21.  Laguna  2  30  5,750  3,051.33 

22.  La  Habra   11  228  50,000  22,004.45 

23.  Laurel 4  79  6,600  4,705.18 

24.  Loara   4  111  12,200  5,493.80 

25.  Lowell  Joint 2  26  20,000  2,847.00 

26.  Magnolia   2  53  3,100  2,326.95 

27.  Newhope   2  42  1,600  1,930.06 

28.  Newport  Beach   4  101  33,975  6,329.70 

29.  Ocean  View   4  82  11,790  5,423.58 

30.  Olinda   6  188  14,700  11,057.92 

31.  Olive    3  80  16,800  19,854.76 

32.  Orange   25  645  113,000  38,631.84 

33.  Orangethorpe    3  102  15,500  5,167.36 

34.  Paularino 1  30  975  942.35 

35.  Peralta  1  24  2,550  938.17 

36.  Placentia-Richfield    16  361  53,750  47,560.01 

37.  San  Joaquin  '. 3  96  7,100  3,850.74 

38.  San  Juan 3  93  10,800  4,727.18 

39.  Santa  Ana    73  1,930  281,950  112,826.51 

40.  Savanna  2  32  2,250  2,131.36 

41.  Serra    1  9  90  874*56 

42.  Silverado- 1  14  450  902.95 

43.  Springdale    2  22  4,950  2,522.11 

44.  Trabuco   1  12  650  1,117.87 

45.  Tustin    12  260  61,000  20,399.45 

46.  Villa   Park    2  64  2,200  24,606.89 

47.  Westminster  3  84  17,800  3,773.39 

48.  Yorba    2  51  3,700  2,524.69 

49.  Yorba  Linda 5  142  10,700  17,159.16 


Tntals   324       8,194        $1,365,280        $666,931.93 

High  Schools 

The  legislature  of  1891  passed  two  high  school  laws,  one  allowing  the  people 
in  an  entire  county  to  authorize  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  one  or  more 
high  schools  at  the  expense  of  the  county,  and  the  other  permitting  two  or  more 
contiguous  school  districts  to  unite  and  form  a  union  high  school  district.  The 
county  board  of  education  advocated  the  establishment  of  a  high  school  under 
the  former  law.  After  more  or  less  agitation  of  the  subject,  petitions  were  circu- 
lated, signed  and  presented  to  the  board  of  supervisors  asking  that  an  election  be 
called  to  vote  on  the  question.  With  one  exception,  the  supervisors  were  in  favor 
of  the  county  measure,  and  called  the  election  for  August  29,  1891.  The  super- 
visor from  the  Fourth  District,  having  failed  to  even  delay  the  calling  of  the 
election,  started  in  to  defeat  the  measure  at  the  polls.  He  furnished  the  county 
papers  each  week  with  articles  against  a  county  high  school  and  carried  on  a  dis- 
cussion in  the  Evening  Blade  with  Gen.  H.  A.  Pierce,  a  Santa  Ana  attorney,  over 
the  legal  points  involved.  A  resident  of  Tustin  reported  that  the  papers  con- 
taining these  articles  were  passed  from  voter  to  voter  until  they  were  literally 
worn  out.  The  result  of  the  election  was  749  votes  in  favor  of  a  county  high 
school  and  1,026  against.  This  defeat  prepared  the  way  for  union  high  schools 
in  different  parts  of  the  county,  instead  of  one  large  institution  at  the  county 
seat.    There  are  now  (1920)  six  of  these  schools  in  the  county,  each  doing  good 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COL'NTY 


work  and  in  flourishing  condition,  allowing  the  pupils  to  board  at  home  while 
pursuing  their  advanced  studies  in  the  high  school. 

The  following  statistics,  along  the  same  lines  as  those  presented  on  the  ele- 
mentary schools,  show  that  these  high  schools  are  appreciated  and  are  liberally 
supported  and  patronized  by  the  communities  in  which  they  are  located. 

Number    Number       A^alue  Expenses 

of  of  of  of 

Names  of  Schools  Teachers     Pupils      Property  1919-1920 

1.  Anaheim    22  330        $    172,500        $61,463.93 

2.  Capistrano   (new)    ...  

3.  Fullerton   39  537  491,000  201,655.67 

4.  Huntington  Beach  12  173  108,800  33,172.96 

5.  Orange  23  395  137,200  61,404.12 

6.  Santa  Ana 51  981  391,000  126,422.52 

Totals   147       2,416        $1,300,500        $484,119.20 

Junior  Colleges 

There  are  two  junior  colleges  in  the  county  at  the  present  time  (1920).  They 
are  carried  on  in  connection  with  their  respective  high  schools  and  are  dependent 
on  them  for  teachers,  grounds,  buildings  and  other  accommodations,  leaving 
nothing  but  the  number  of  pupils  to  be  reported  in  this  paragraph,  as  follows : 

1.     Fullerton  Junior  College  79  Pupils 

2.*   Santa  Ana  Junior  College 51  Pupils 

Total  number  in  Colleges 130  Pupils 

Number  of  Graduates 

The  number  of  graduates  from  the  schools  of  the  county  in  the  class  of  1920 
was  as  follows : 

Names  of  Schools  Boys  Girls       Totals 

Elementary  Schools 322  306  628 

Anal\eim  Union  High   46  65  111 

Fullerton  Union  High 29  59  88 

Huntington  Beach  Union  High 5  15  20 

Orange  Union  High 32  29  61 

Santa  Ana  Union  High 46  65  111 

Total,  Union  High  Schools 158  233  391 

Fullerton  Junior  College  6  8  14 

Santa  Ana  Junior  College   ■. 5  5 

Totals  from  Junior  College 6  13  19 

Public  Kindergartens 

Nine  of  the  school  districts  maintain  kindergartens  in  connection  with  the 
other  grades  of  their  elementary  schools.  Most  of  these,  like  the  junior  colleges, 
are  somewhat  dependent  on  another  department  for  grounds,  buildings  and  other 
accommodations ;  still  they  are  so  far  separate  that  the  same  lines  of  data  can  be 
given  on  them  as  on  the  other  departments,  as  follows : 

Number    Number       \'alue  Expenses 

of  of  of  of 

Names  of  Kindergartens       Teachers     Pupils      Property  1919-1920 

1.  Anaheim 2  97  $1,700  $2  177  73 

2.  Brea  2  40  2,315  1,900.00 

3.  Fullerton   2  62  4,300  4,267  20 


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4.  Huntington  Beach 2  41  1,312  2,318.46 

5.  La  Habra  1  47  4,500  1,932.16 

6.  Olinda    1  34  1,106  1,435.27 

7.  Orange  4  88  5,025  3,327.01 

8.  Santa  Ana    9  311  9,250  7,408.16 

9.  Tustin    2  26  3,006  1,875.00 


Totals   25  746  $32,514  $24,765.99 

Private  Schools 

There  are  at  least  seven  private  schools  in  the  county,  supported  by  religious 
denominations,  or  by  tuition  charged  the  pupils,  instead  of  by  taxation  as  are 
the  public  schools.  Although  not  quite  so  easy  to  trace  and  separate  the  items 
as  with  public  schools,  yet  some  of  the  lines  of  data  can  be  given  on  the  private 
schools,  as  follows : 

Number    Number        Value  Expenses 

of  of  of  of 

Names  of  Schools  Teachers     Pupils        Property         1919-1920 

Seventh  Day  Adventists,  Garden  • 

Grove   1  18       $  545.00 

St.  John's  Parochial,  Orange 4  160       5,445.00 

Lutheran  Trinity,  Olive 2  31        1,700.00 

St.  Joseph's  Academy,  Anaheim. .       7  193       


St.  Catharine's,  Anaheim 5  147  

St.  Joseph's  Grammar,  Santa  Ana  5  100  

Orange  Co.  Bus.  College,  Santa 

Ana    4  200  $     25,000 


Totals    28  849      $     25,000    $        7,690.00 


Grand  Totals  for  County....  524  12,335  $2,723,294  $1,183,507.12 
As  an  indication  of  the  growth  of  the  schools  of  Orange  County  and  of  the 
way  the  taxpayers  respond  to  the  call  for  more  school  accommodations.  County 
School  Superintendent  M'itchell  gave  out  figures  on  March  16,  1920,  showing  that 
a  number  of  districts  in  the  county  had  voted  an  aggregate  of  $870,000  worth  of 
bonds  since  March,  1919,  to  be  used  in  the  erection  of  new  buildings,  while  other 
districts  are  planning  to  vote  bonds  within  the  next  six  months  that  will  bring  the 
total  up  to  $1,100,000.  Liasmuch  as  a  few  districts,  which  need  more  school 
room,  failed  to  get  the  necessary  two-thirds  vote  for  their  bonds,  we  may  be  per- 
mitted to  state  here  some  of  the  underlying  principles  that  should  govern  the 
voting  of  bonds. 

A  public  corporation,  such  as  a  state,  county  or  district,  issuing  bonds  upon 
all  the  taxable  property  within  its  jurisdiction,  as  security  for  the  repayment  of 
borrowed  money  with  interest,  is  like  an  individual's  placing  a  mortgage  on  his 
property  for  the  same  purpose.  In  either  case  the  borrower  must  meet  his  obliga- 
tion or  have  his  property  seized  and  sold,  in  the  one  case  for  delinquent  taxes  and 
in  the  other  under  foreclosure  of  the  mortgage,  to  repay  the  lender.  It  behooves 
every  citizen,  therefore,  to  weigh  carefully  the  needs  for  the  public  improvement 
called  for  at  any  time,  as  well  as  the  ability  of  the  average  taxpayer  to  meet  his 
pro  rata  of  the  obligation  he  is  thus  helping  to  incur,  before  he  votes  for  bonds. 

The  officers  in  charge  of  any  department,  or  portion  of  the  government, 
having  concluded  that  more  room,  or  other  accommodations,  is  absolutely  neces- 
sary for  the  successful  handling  of  the  increasing  business  of  such  department, 
should  carefully  consider  the  ways  and  means  for  procuring  the  needed  improve- 
ment. If  the  amount  wanted  is  small,  it  may  be  obtained  by  a  single  assessment 
or  tax;  but,  if  large,  it  will  require  several  assessments  or  taxes  in  succession,  or 


92  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

a  bond  issue,  to  raise  the  requisite  amount  of  money.  A  succession  of  assess- 
ments or  tax  levies  can  only  be  applied  when  the  improvement  can  be  made  a 
piece  at  a  time,  like  road  building.  This  method  of  raising  money  is  much  more 
economical  than  issuing  bonds,  and  also  gives  opportunity  to  correct  mistakes  in 
construction,  that  may  be  discovered  by  use,  before  much  money  is  misspent. 

For  instance,  after  the  proceeds  of  the  good  road  bond  issue  were  practically 
exhausted,  the  county  highway  commission  decided  that  the  concrete  base  would 
be  stronger  and  better  with  one  part  less  of  sand  in  the  mixture.  Still  later  the 
supervisors  concluded  that  the  paving  should  be  five  inches  thick  instead  of  four  to 
withstand  the  strain  of  the  heavy  traffic.  If  this  paving  had  been  done  under  the 
continued  contract  system,  a  portion  each  year,  instead  of  all  at  once  under  a 
big  bond  issue,  the  improved  methods  just  described  could  have  been  applied  to 
the  unpaved  portions  of  the  highways  to  be  improved,  and  thus  have  made  a 
better  job  on  the  greater  part  of  the  work. 

Another  case  in  point  is  the  improvement  of  the  ditches  of  the  Santa  Ana 
Valley  Irrigation  Company.  From  three  to  seven  miles  of  these  ditches  were 
lined  or  piped  with  cement  concrete  each  year  until  now  practically  the  whole 
system  is  thus  improved.  Funds  for  this  work  were  obtained  by  levying  about 
three  ten-per-cent  assessments  per  annum  on  the  capital  stock  of  the  company, 
every  dollar  oi  which  went  directly  into  the  work.  This  vast  improvement,  cost- 
ing thousands  of  dollars,  but  worth  millions  to  the  central  part  of  the  county, 
was  accomplished  without  much  hardship  on  the  stockholders  and  without  a  dollar 
of  indebtedness  to  the  company.  Had  bonds  been  issued  to  finance  the  im- 
provement, more  than  double  the  par  value  of  the  bonds  would  have  been  spent 
before  the  last  bond  was  paid  off,  to  say  nothing  about  the  money  that  would 
have  been  wasted  in  mistakes,  if  the  work  had  all  been  done  at  once  thirty 
years  ago. 

However,  there  are  some  kinds  of  public  improvements  requiring  large  sums 
of  money,  like  school  buildings,  which  must  be  completed  at  the  time  of  their 
construction  in  order  to  get  the  immediate  use  of  the  entire  structures.  Such 
improvements  must  be  financed  by  the  issue  of  bonds ;  there  is  no  other  practical 
way.  Since  good  schools  are  essential  to  the  future  welfare  of  the  community, 
state  and  nation,  and  since  they  cannot  be  carried  on  successfully  without  adequate 
support,  it  becomes  the  patriotic  duty  of  loyal  citizens  to  economize  on  other 
enterprises,  that  can  either  be  dispensed  with  altogether  or  be  procured  by  "the 
continued  contract  system,"  and  give  their  hearty  support  to  their  schools  by 
voting  bonds  for  needed  improvements,  provided  that  such  improvemetits  are 
wisely  planned  without  any  extravagant  superfluities. 

Evidence  of  Efficiency 

The  foregoing  record  of  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  Orange 
County's  schools,  wonderful  as  it  is,  would  be  incomplete  without  some  evidence 
of  the  efficiency  of  such  schools. 

The  high  schools  of  this  county  are  accredited  by  the  University  of  California, 
showing  that  their  scholarship  is  rated  as  high  as  that  of  other  schools.  They 
have  repeatedly  joined  in  friendly  rivalry  in  forensic  and  athletic  contests  with 
the  high  schools  of  other  counties,  to  quicken  the  pupils'  interest  in  elocution 
and  keep  their  equilibrium,  in  accordance  with  the  Latin  formula,  Mens  sana  in 
cor  pore  sano.  In  all  such  contests  Orange  County's  representatives  have  proved 
to  be  the  peers  of  their  competitors. 

While  every  person  receives  more  or  less  benefit  from  his  attendance  at 
school,  according  to  his  ability  and  application,  and  hundreds  ot  Orange  County 
high  school  graduates  are  filling  positions  of  importance  and  trust  in  the  trades 
and  professions,  yet  lack  of  space  will  permit  only  a  few,  from  such  of  the  schools 
as  have  furnished  the  data,  to  be  mentioned  as  examples  of  pupils  who  have  re- 
ceived at  least  a  part  of  their  preparation  in  these  schools  and  who  are  making 


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good  in  every  walk  of  life,  with  honor  to  themselves  and  credit  to  their  alma 
mater,  as  follows: 

Louis  E.  Plummer,  Principal  of  the  Fullerton  Union  High  School,  Kindly 
furnished  the  following  data  about  that  institution : 

The  Fullerton  Union  high  school  was  organized  in  1893.  Mr.  W.  R.  Car- 
penter was  elected  principal,  serving  until  1906,  at  which  time  he  became  County 
Superintendent  of  Schools  and  was  succeeded  in  Fullerton  by  Mr.  Delbert  Brun- 
ton.  Mr.  Brunton  served  as  principal  until  1916,  at  which  time  he  was  superseded 
by  Mr.  E.  W.  Hauck,  who  in  turn  was  followed  by  Mr.  Louis  E.  Plummer,  the 
present  principal.  During  the  time  of  Mr.  Carpenter's  service  the  school  grew 
until  the  enrollment  reached  65.  The  period  of  greatest  growth  came  during  the 
ten  years  of  Mr.  Brunton's  service  as  principal.  At  the  time  he  left  the  school' in 
1916  the  total  attendance  reached  400.  In  1913  a  junior  college  was  established, 
in  connection  with  the  high  school.  The  college  has  flourished.  The  enrollment 
for  1920-21  totals  nearly  100,  while  our  high  school  for  the  same  year  totals  650. 

So  many  of  the  persons  who  spent  their  school  days  in  the  Fullerton  Union 
high  school  have  achieved  more  or  less  prominence  that  it  becomes  a  difficult  task 
to  select  those  deserving  of  special  mention.  A  few,  however,  will  be  mentioned 
with  the  full  knowledge  that  many  more  as  worthy  will  remain  unnamed  so  far 
as  this  article  is  concerned. 

The  first  graduating  class,  that  of  1896,  numbered  only  two,  both  of  whom 
have  made  their  mark  in  their  chosen  work.  Mr.  Arthur  Staley  continued  his 
education  in  Stanford  University,  graduating  in  1900.  Since  that  time  he  has 
held  positions  of  influence  in  his  own  community.  He  is  an  auditor  of  high 
ability,  a  splendid  packing  house  foreman,  and  very  successful  rancher.  Mr. 
Thomas  McFadden,  also  a  graduate  of  Stanford  University,  is  now  a  very  suc- 
cessful and  prominent  attorney  of  Orange  County,  with  residence  and  extensive 
citrus  holdings  at  Placentia. 

Dewitt  Montgomery  of  the  class  of  1897  has  proven  unusually  successful  in 
the  teaching  profession.  Following  his  graduation  from  Stanford  University  his 
marked  ability  won  for  him  position  as  county  superintendent  of  schools  in  Santa 
Rosa  County.  He  was  later  elected  city  superintendent  of  schools  of  A^isalia, 
which  position  he  now  holds. 

A  student  and  athlete  in  his  school  days  in  the  Fullerton  Union  high  school 
later  won  for  himself  undying  fame  in  the  pitcher's  box  in  big  league  company. 
This  person  is  none  other  than  the  world-famous  pitcher,  W^alter  Johnson,  of  the 
Washington  Nationals. 

A  young  attorney,  growing  in  prominence,  and  likely  some  time  to  be  heard 
of  in  state  affairs,  is  Mr.  Albert  Launer,  now  city  attorney  for  Fullerton.  Mr. 
Launer  graduated  with  the  class  of  1909,  and  after  completing  his  law  course, 
returned  to  northern  Orange  County  to  win  his  first  laurels. 

Mr.  Arthur  Schultz,  a  graduate  of  the  class  of  1902,  is  steadily  climbing 
upward  in  the  ministerial  field.    Mr.  Schultz  is  now  located  at  San  Diego. 

Mr.  Barrett  Case,  a  classmate  of  Mr.  Schultz,  entered  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia to  take  engineering  work.  He  later  returned  to  the  oil  fields  of  northern 
Orange  County,  where  he  remained  in  the  employ  of  the  Columbia  Oil  Compan}' 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  now  holds  a  position  of  importance  with  the  State 
Mining  Bureau  in  the  Oil  Production  Department. 

A  more  recent  graduate  of  the  high  school,  Mr.  Max  Henderson,  of  the 
class  of  1908,  is  one  of  Orange  County's  most  successful  dentists.  He  is'  now 
located  at  Anaheim,  and  has  one  of  the  largest  practices  in  the  county. 

Miss  Sue  Dauser,  a  graduate  of  the  class  of  1907,  later  took  training  in  the 
California  Hospital  and  followed  the  profession  of  nursing.  During  the  recent 
war  she  was  in  charge  of  the  relief  work  at  Camp  Kearney.  She  has  served  her 
country  and  fellowmen  with  such  rare  skill  that  she  became  known  to  many 
through  her  activities. 


94  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Captain  Delbert  Brunton,  late  principal  of  the  Orange  Union  high  school, 
with  the  assistance  of  Professors  Mason  M.  Fishback  and  Alfred  Higgins,  fur- 
nished the  following  list  of  a  few  of  the  graduates  of  this  school  who  have  made 
good  and  what  they  are  doing: 

Fred  Kelley,  World  Champion  High  Hurdler,  Lieutenant  of  Aviation,  U. 
S.  A. 

Nina  Harbour,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Economics,  Vassar  College  for  Women. 

Carey  Billingsley,  M.D.  Died  in  service  of  his  fellowmen  during  the  influ- 
enza epidemic. 

Clyde  Shoemaker,  J.D.,  Prominent  Attorney,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

Revoe  Briggs,  Civil  Engineer  in  the  Government  Service.  Prominent  in 
affairs  in  Alaska. 

■   May  Bathgate,  State  Sanitation  work.     State  Board  of  Health. 

Jesse  Crawshaw,  Lieutenant  Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Ruby  Campbell,  Social  Worker,  Hamburger  Dept.  Store,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

Arline  Davis,  Librarian,  Riverside,  CaHf. 

Aileen  Everett,  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  graduate  Stanford.-   Y.  W.  C.  A.  work. 

U.  S.  Fitzpatrick,  Attorney;  Consul,  Central  America. 

William  Hinrichs,  Baseball  Pitcher  on  Washington  American  team.  AA'ent 
direct  from  High  School  to  the  big  league.    Retired  on  account  of  injury. 

Walter  Kogler,  Banker,  1st  National  Bank,  Orange,  Calif. 

^^'illiam  Kroener,  Lieutenant  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.;  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Secretary: 
Medical  Student,  University  Chicago. 

Edward  Lucy,  Instructor  in  Radio,  Harvard  University  Radio  School,  during 
the  World  War. 

Leighton  Bascom,  Ensign  in  U.  S.  N.  during  the  World  War.  Banker  in 
Santa  Ana. 

Frank  Aldrich,  Assistant  Paymaster,  U.  S.  N.,  during  the  AA'orld  War. 

Norman  Luke,  Lieutenant  Aviation,  U.  S.  A. 

\'"erl  Murray,  noted  track  athlete.     On  Olympic  Team,  1920. 

Maurice  Perry,  Lieutenant  Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Clyde  Slater,  Lieutenant  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.  Now  a  student  at  the  University 
of  California. 

Paul  Schooley,  Athlete.     State  Agricultural  College,  N.  C. 

Maurice  Forney,  Instructor,  University  of  California. 

Ralph  A¥oods,  M.D.,  Los  Angeles  Hospital. 

Lew  Wallace,  Instructor  in  Farm  Miechanics,  University  of  Nebraska. 

Besides  the  laurels  of  individual  students,  like  Fred  Kelley  and  others,  won 
in  athletic  contests,  the  school  has  become  distinguished  by  the  phenomenal  success 
of  its  baseball,  basketball  and  track  teams  on  many  a  hard-fought  field  in  the 
southern  part  of  the  state.  In  fact,  the  men's  basketball  team  holds  the  champion- 
ship of  the  California  and  Nevada  high  schools  at  the  present  time.  In  1918 
the  school  won  five  first  prizes  in  forensic  contests,  one  by  each  class,  and  one  by 
the  school ;  an  unusual  occurrence  in  a  single  contest. 


The  Santa  Ana  High  School  was  established  in  1889  in  the  building  on 
Church  Street,  now  known  as  the  Washington  School.  In  1897  it  was  moved 
to  larger  quarters  at  Tenth  and  Main  streets,  where  it  remained  until  the  present 
modern  Polytechnic  plant  was  completed  for  it  in  the  fall  of  1913.  Since  its 
establishment,  diplomas  have  been  granted  to  1,535  graduates,  the  class  of  1920 
numbering  112. 

Space  will  not  permit  the  mentioning  of  the  names  of  the  many  graduates 
of  the  high  school  who  have  been  successful  in  their  chosen  life  work.  Found 
near  and  far  will  be  ministers,  teachers,  farmers,  lawyers,  doctors  and  business 
men  along  various  lines  who  have  been  successful. 

Charles  Martin,  an  authority  on  Oriental  Relations,  is  now  a  Professor  of 
International  Law  at  the  ITniversity  of  California. 


.  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  95 

\\'illsie  Martin  is  pastor  of  the  First  Methodist  Church  of  Hollywood;  also 
a  lecturer. 

John  Nourse  is  Associate  Justice  of  the  District  Court  of  Appeals. 

James  Nourse  is  a  Washington  and  New  York  correspondent. 

Glenn  Martin,  while  not  a  graduate,  is  a  Santa  Ana  boy  and  his  success  as 
an  inventor,  manufacturer  and  operator  in  aviation  is  well  known. 


CHAPTER  XV 
PUBLIC  BUILDINGS  AND  SITES 

Shortly  after  the  organization  of  Orange  County,  temporary  provision  was 
made  for  housing  the  prisoners  in  a  little  brick  jail  which  cost  the  county,  without 
the  cells,  about  $4,000.  With  the  kindest  of  motives  the  jailer  was  in  the  habit 
of  leaving  the  cell  doors  open  so  the  prisoners  could  have  the  range  of  the  entire 
jail  for  air  and  exercise.  Some  vagrants  took  advantage  of  this  liberty  and  picked 
a  hole  through  the  brick  wall  with  a  case  knife,  thereby  making  their  escape.  At 
the  request  of  the  sheriff,  the  superior  judge  issued  an  order  requiring  him  to 
place  a  guard  over  the  jail.  This  was  the  jail,  thus  guarded,  from  which  Fran- 
cisco Torres  was  taken  and  hanged,  as  narrated  in  the  Chapter  of  Tragedies. 
The  building  and  lot  were  sold  to  the  city  as  soon  as  the  present  county  jail 
was  ready  for  occupancy. 

Early  in  the  niiieties  the  board  of  supervisors  called  for  sealed  proposals 
for  a  site  for  the  county  buildings.  A  half  dozen  persons  responded  with  offers 
of  sites  ranging  in  price  from  one  dollar  for  a  block  in  the  Harlin  tract  on  East 
Fourth  Street  up  to  $16,500  for  a  block  on  Birch  Street  by  John  Avas.  None 
of  the  supervisors  favored  the  Harlin  site,  notwithstanding  its  cheapness,  because 
it  was  distant  from  the  center  of  the  city  and  was  on  comparatively  low  ground. 
Two,  Yoch  and  Hawkins,  favored  the  old  Layman  property,  offered  by  Joseph 
Yoch  for  $6,000;  two,  Tedford  and  Schorn,  favored  the  present  site,  offered  by 
W.  H.  Spurgeon  for  $9,500  and  afterwards  reduced  to  $8,000;  and  one,  Armor, 
favored  the  block  immediately  south  of  the  present  intermediate  school  site  on 
North  Main  Street,  offered  by  James  Buckley  on  behalf  of  the  Fruit  heirs  for 
$5,000.  When  attention  was  called  to  the  impropriety  of  the  chairman's  support- 
ing his  own  offer,  the  advocates  of  the  Layman  site  joined  the  supporters  of  the 
Spurgeon  site ;  and,  when  the  advocate  of  the  Fruit  site  failed  to  get  any  support 
for  his  choice,  he  also  joined  the  supporters  of  the  Spurgeon  site  and  made  the 
vote  unanimous.  Thift  was  the  present  site  of  the  courthouse  and  jail  selected 
and  purchased  from  W.  H.  Spurgeon  for  the  sum  of  $8,000. 

Not  long  after  the  purchase  of  the  site  for  the  county  buildings,  the  board  of 
supervisors  took  steps  for  the  erection  of  a  commodious  and  substantial  county 
jail.  Provision  was  made  in  the  tax  levy  to  raise  the  funds  by  a  direct  tax ;  the 
plans  of  Dennis  and  Farwell  of  Los  Angeles  were  adopted ;  and  the  contract 
for  the  erection  of  the  building  was  awarded  to  Hulteen  &  Bergstrom  of  Los 
Angeles,  who  were  the  lowest  bidders.  This  firm  was  hampered  throughout 
the  work  by  the  lack  of  capital,  certifying  bills  to  the  supervisors  for  payment  in 
advance  of  the  sums  due  on  the  building,  which  created  friction  with  the  board. 
It  also  quarreled  with  Hall's  Safe  and  Lock  Company  and  protested  against  the 
full  payment  of  that  company's  bills  for  steel  and  iron  work.  The  board,  there- 
fore, quit  the  payment  of  all  bills  and  instructed  the  district  attorney  to  bring 
.suit  compelling  the  claimants  to  interplead  and  settle  their  accounts  through  the 
court.  This'  was  done  and  only  such  bills  as  were  approved  by  the  court  were 
allowed  by  the  supervisors.  The  contractors  then  stopped  work  and  locked  un 
the  building,  hoping  to  compel  the  board  to  make  terms  with  them.  Instead 
of  doing  so,  however,  the  supervisors  took  forcible  possession  of  the  building 
and  had  it  completed   according  to  the  plans   and   specifications,   charging  the 


96  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

cost  to  the  contractors.  Thus  were  the  public  interests  protected  and  the  unfor- 
tunate complications  cleared  away  with  as  little  loss  as  possible  to  all  concerned. 
The  entire  cost  of  the  jail  to  the  county  was  about  $23,000. 

Because  of  the  cramped  quarters  for  the  county  offices,  the  exposed  condition 
of  the  county  records  and  the  clause  in  the  deed  to  the  site  requiring  a  court  house 
to  be  built  thereon  within  ten  years  after  its  purchase,  a  movement  was  started 
early  in  1899  to  raise  funds  and  commence  the  erection  of  the  building.  An 
election  was  called  for  September  5,  1899,  to  vote  on  the  question  of  issuing 
$100,000  court  house  bonds.  At  this  election  the  bonds  carried  by  a  vote  of 
1,414  in  favor  to  283  against.  On  the  submission  of  competitive  plans  for  the 
building  by  different  architects,  there  followed  a  campaign  of  villification  and 
vituperation  by  certain  newspapers  and  mechanics  to  secure  the  adoption  of  the 
plan  each  was  championing  rather  than  any  one  of  the  others.  To  all  appear- 
ances, some  of  the  non-resident  architects  had  enlisted  these  local  influences  against 
their  competitors  to  help  land  the  prize  for  themselves.  Charges  of  corruption 
were  made  and  denied ;  the  board  of  supervisors  investigated  some  of  the  accusa- 
tions against  its  own  members  and  seriously  considered  bringing  suit  against  the 
worst  offenders.  Finally  the  two  supervisors  who  were  supporting  the  plans  of 
C.  B.  Bradshaw,  fearing  the  other  three  might  unite  on  the  worst  plans,  changed 
over  to  the  plans  of  C.  L.  Strange,  which  were  thus  adopted  December  20,  1899. 
The  contract  for  the  erection  of  the  building  was  let  to  Chris.  McNeal  of  Santa 
Ana,  who  carried  it  through  to  completion  in  a  creditable  and  workmanlike  man- 
ner. The  cost  of  the  court  house,  including  a  few  expensive  changes,  was  about 
$117,000. 

On  June  8,  1912,  the  Grand  Avenue  schoolhouse  in  Santa  Ana  was  leased 
by  the  county  for  a  Detention  Home.  Two  months  and  a  half  later  the  super- 
visors bought  the  building  and  grounds  from  the  Santa  Ana  Board  of  Education 
for  $2,750.  The  purchase  of  this  property  enabled  the  county  to  make  improve- 
ments in  the  buildings  and  grounds  for  the  convenience  of  the  management  and 
the  comfort  of  the  inmates  that  otherwise  could  not  have  been  made. 

A  bond  election  for  two  purposes  was  held  on  July  20,  1912,  viz.,  to  vote 
on  the  issue  of  $60,000  bonds  for  a  county  hospital,  almshouse  and  poor  farm 
combined,  and  on  the  issue  of  $100,000  for  county  bridges.  The  returns  On  the 
hospital  bonds  were.  Yes,  1,983  and  No,  361 ;  and  those  on  the  bridge  bonds  were 
Yes,  1,829  and  No,  479.  Notice  of  intention  to  buy  seventy-two  acres  of  land  for 
$24,250  from  the  Dawn  Land  Company,  as  a  site  for  the  county  hospital  and 
poor  farm,  was  given  by  the  board  of  supervisors  on  October  22,  1912,  and  the 
purchase  was  completed  November  19,  following.  This  site  is  in  West  Orange 
and  is  a  part  of  the  U.  L.  Shaffer  estate,  west  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railway  at 
the  end  of  Chapman  Avenue.  A  contract  for  the  erection  of  foreman's  bungalow 
and  four  cottages  was  awarded  to  Anderson  &  Bolyard,  on  December  26,  1912, 
for  $5,996 ;  also  one  to  Horton  &  Eaton  Company  to  furnish  a  6,000-gallon  tank 
on  a  thirty-foot  octagonal  tower  with  three-horsepower  motor  and  Bulldozer  head 
pump,  for  $700.  Chris  McNeal  was  given  the  contract  to  erect  the  main  hospital 
building  for  $45,441,  on  September  16,  1913,  and  Hunger  &  Hunger  were  awarded 
the  contract  for  the  lighting  and  heating  plant  for  $5,115.  November  18,  1913, 
A.  H.  Anderson  secured  the  contract  to  erect  three  cottages,  a  laundry  and  club 
house  for  $8,450.  February  17,  1914,  Robertson  &  Packard  were  employed  to  put 
electrical  fixtures  into  the  county  hospital  for  $412;  and  March  10  the  Johns- 
Manville  Company  to  put  in  refrigerator  and  ice  box  for  $494.40.  On  April  14, 
the  bid  of  the  Western  Laundry  Machinery  Company  was  accepted  to  put  in 
laundry  appliances  for  $2,232 ;  and  Fairbanks-Horse  Company's  bid  of  $65.50  for 
a  motor  was  also  accepted.  A  month  later  Chris  McNeal  was  given  the  contract 
to  provide  sewers  ancl  sewer  connections  for  the.  hospital  buildings  for  $5,545. 
November  17,  1914,  Fred  Siefert  secured  a  contract  for  buildings  at  the  county 
farm  amounting  to  $10,925.  August  8,  1917,  contracts  were  given  to  G.  A.  Bar- 
rows to  erect  a  service  building,  including  dining  room  and  kitchen,  at  the  poor 


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farm  for  $7,652,  to  the  Anglo  Range  &  Refrigerator  Company  for  kitchen  equip- 
ment for  $2,357  and  to  the  Automatic  Refrigerator  Company  for  refrigerator 
equipment  and  cold  storage  boxes  for  $3,707. 

The  following  clipping  from  the  Santa  Ana  Register  is  of  interest : 

"With  the  sale,  announced  by  F.  W.  Slabaugh,  county  purchasing  agent,  of 
5,240  pounds  of  lima  beans,  grown  on  the  Orange  County  Farm  property,  at  the 
end  of  West  Chapman  Avenue,  it  became  known  today  that  $641.90  has  been 
added  to  the  account  of  the  institution,  and  that  the  farm's  income  from  all 
sources  this  year  will  total  slightly  more  than  $10,000. 

"The  lima  beans  were  sold  to  the  C.  C.  CoUins  Company,  buyers  of  this  city, 
at  twelve  and  one-quarter  cents  per  pound. 

"The  County  Farm  property  consists  of  approximately  seventy-two  acres. 
There  are  1,000  six-year-old  Valencia  orange  trees  on  the  property,  as  well  as  1,600 
one-year-old  Valencias.  The  income  from  these  trees  during  the  present  year  was 
$3,131,  Slabaugh  announced. 

"It  is  estimated  that  the  returns  from  the  oranges  next  year  will  be  at  least 
$7,000.  There  is  a  bumper  crop  on  the  trees,  and  Slabaugh  has  recently  purchased 
2,000  props  for  use  in  preventing  branches  from  breaking  as  a  result  of  the  great 
weight  of  fruit. 

"In  addition  to  the  oranges  that  are  sold,  an  ample  supply  is  always  available 
for  use  of  the  80  persons  who  live  at  the  farm. 

"While  the  Orange  County  Farm  is  not  a  self-sustaining  institution,  still  the 
cost  of  operation  is  cut  down  considerably  by  sales  of  fruit.  There  are  two  acres 
of  deciduous  fruit  on  the  property.  In  addition,  the  farm  raises  its  own  vege- 
tables.   Four  cows  supply  milk  for  the  institution." 

Shortly  after  the  county  came  into  possession  of  the  grounds  now  forming 
the  county  park,  a  cottage  was  erected  for  the  use  of  the  custodian ;  a  well  was 
dug,  a  tank  and  engine  were  provided  and  the  water  was  piped  into  the  house  and 
to  different  parts  of  the  grounds  where  needed.  A  few  years  later,  a  neat  and 
commodious  pavilion  was  built  for  dancing  and  the  use  of  assemblies.  Furnaces 
.  were  built  for  outdoor  cooking;  long  tables  and  benches  were  stationed  under 
the  trees  for  large  picnic  parties  to  spread  their  lunches ;  swings,  teeters  and  other 
devices  for  the  amusement  of  the  children  were  supplied.  On  October  21,  1913, 
E.  G.  Stinson  contracted  to  excavate  a  basin  of  considerable  proportions  for  a 
lake  in  the  county  park  for  the  modest  sum  of  $3,960.  Boats  and  a  boathouse 
soon  were  added  to  the  accommodations  of  the  park  and  now  aquatic  sports  are 
available  for  those  who  enjoy  such  pastimes.  On  the  same  date,  C.  M.  Jordan 
agreed  to  refit  and  furnish  the  old  office  of  the  sheriff  in  the  court  house,  to 
accommodate  the  new  department  of  the  superior  court,  for  the  sum  of  $1,529.50. 

On  December  23,  1919,  the  board  of  supervisors  accepted  a  proposition  sub- 
mitted by  Florence  Yoch,  landscape  architect  of  Los  Angeles  and  daughter  of 
Joseph  Yoch  of  this  city,  with  reference  to  beautifying  Orange  County  Park. 

Included  in  the  services  which  are  to  be  rendered  are  the  drawing  up  of  a 
picture  plan  of  the  park ;  working  drawings  and  an  engineering  plan  for  system 
of  walks  and  roads,  indicating  the  proposed  planting  areas  and  locating  buildings, 
recreational  features  and  park  utilities ;  a  sketch  of  the  proposed  treatment  of  the 
entrance ;  detailed  planting  plans  for  the  entrance ;  a  report  and  recommendation 
concerning  methods,  time  and  amounts  of  development;  personal  supervision  of 
the  laying  out  of  roads  and  principal  walks  and  personal  supervision  of  such 
planting  as  may  be  done  at  this  time. 

On  July  10,  1919,  C.  McNeill  was  awarded  the  contract  to  make  changes 
in  the  court  house,  to  provide  better  accommodations  for  Department  2  of  the 
Superior  Court,  for  the  sum  of  $10,558.  A  memorial  arch  is  being  built  at  Orange 
County  Park  and  other  improvements  are  under  consideration. 


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On  September  16,  1919,  G.  A.  Barrows  was  awarded  the  contract  for  build- 
ing a  garage  at  the  County  Hospital  for  the  sum  of  $2,935. 

December  2,  1919,  a  contract  was  let  to  E.  W.  Smith  to  build  a  cowshed  at 
the  county  farm  for  the  sum  of  $1,099.65. 

On  March  4,  1920,  the  supervisors  awarded  a  contract  for  buildmg  a  county 
garage  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Church  and  Sycamore  streets  to  R.  C.  McMillan 
for  $27,000,  which  was  the  lowest  of  seven  bids.  They  also  awarded  the  contract 
for  erecting  a  sherifif's  office,  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Seventh  and  Sycamore 
streets,  to  the  same  bidder  for  the  sum  of  $4,600. 

While  the  foregoing  list  of  disbursements  does  not  include  money  spent  for 
changes,  repairs  and  small  furnishings,  it  does  include  practically  all  the  large 
constructive  expenditures  for  sites  and  buildings  for  the  county  offices  and  public 
institutions.  An  examination  of  these  accommodations  and  of  the  methods  by 
which  they  were  procured  will  convince  any  fair-minded  citizen  that  the  public 
funds  have  been  judiciously  expended  and  that  the  county  has  got  value  received 
for  the  money  paid  out. 


CHAPTER  XVI 
PLEASURE  DRIVES  AND  RESORTS 

The  title  to  most  of  the  land  in  Orange  County  came  down  through  Spanish 
grants.  The  largest  of  these  grants  is  the  San  Joaquin  ranch,  which  extends  en- 
tirely across  the  county  from  northeast  to  southwest  and  contains  108,000  acres. 
The  greater  part  of  this  vast  estate  still  belongs  to  one  person,  James  Irvine,  who 
leases  parts  of  the  hill  land  for  grazing  and  parts  of  the  valley  land  for  agricul- 
ture and  occupies  other  parts  with  enterprises  of  his  own.  In  the  basin  of  San- 
tiago Creek,  which  flows  across  the  ranch,  are  some  fine  groves  of  large  sycamore 
and  live  oak  trees.  One  of  the  finest  of  these  groves  had  been  used  as  a  picnic 
ground  by  the  people  long  before  the  property  came  into  the  possession  of  the 
present  owner.  In  considering  how  to  make  the  best  use  of  iiis  heritage  Mr. 
Irvine  conceived  the  idea  of  donating  that  grove  to  the  county  for  a  pleasure  resort 
for  the  people.  He  accordingly  conferred  with  the  supervisors  as  to  the  best 
method  of  protecting  the  gift  and  making  it  effective  in  accomplishing  the  benefi- 
cent purposes  intended  by  the  donation.  The  conditions  proposed  by  Mr.  Irvine 
and  agreed  to  by  the  board  of  supervisors  were  that  the  tract  should  be  enclosed 
and  put  in  charge  of  a  keeper,  thereby  protecting  the  majestic  trees  from  destruc- 
tion, and  that  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  should  not  be  permitted  anywhere  on 
the  property.  All  the  preliminaries  having  been  satisfactorily  arranged,  Orange 
County,  through  the  generosity  of  James  Irvine,  came  into  possession,  on  October 
11,  1897,  of  160  acres  of  the  finest  wood  land  in  the  southern  part  of  the  state, 
as  a  perpetual  playground  for  its  inhabitants.. 

Some  time  during  the  seventies  Rev.  H.  H.  Messenger,  a  retired  Episcopal 
clergyman,  bought  a  tract  of  land  on  the  mesa  south  of  the  present  location  of  the 
town  of  El  Modena  and  settled  a  small  colony  of  members  of  that  denomination 
on  it.  These  people,  having  no  water  system  provided  and  being  without  means 
with  which  to  develop  one,  soon  starved  out  and  scattered  to  parts  unknown.  A 
few  years  later  David  Hewes  came  down  from  San  Francisco,  bought  this  land 
and  set  to  work  to  improve  it.  One  of  the  oracles  in  that  vicinity  warned  him 
that  nothing  could  be  done  with  such  land.  Mr.  Hewes  answered  that  he  could 
cover  the  tract  with  twenty  dollar  gold  pieces,  if  he  wanted  to.  "You'll  have  to 
do  so,  to  make  it  worth  anything,"  was  the  retort.  Nevertheless,  the  Hewes 
orchards,  consisting  of  about  525  acres,  are  now  worth  a  million  dollars  and  the 
Hewes  Park  is  one  of  the  show  places  of  the  county. 

In  January,  1920,  the  David  Hewes  Realty  Company,  representing  the  heirs 
of  the  Flewes  estate,  sold  the  property  to  a  syndicate  of  Los  Angeles  and  Orange 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  99 

County  people  for  $1,000,000,  which  is  an  average  of  about  $1,487  per  acre  for 
the  672.54  acres  of  highly  improved,  water-stocked  land.  The  improvements  con- 
sist of  425  acres  of  lemons,  212  acres  of  Valencia  oranges,  fifteen  acres  in  the 
park,  two  large  packing  houses,  pumping  plant  and  pipe  lines,  ranch  houses,  etc. 
The  principal  reason  for  such  valuable  property  selling  below  the  market  price  is 
that  its  magnitude  prevented  competition  among  buyers.  The  market  price  for 
good  bearing  orchards  ranges  from  $3,000  to  $5,000  per  acre.  In  a  few  instances 
offers  of  $6,000  per  acre  have  been  refused. 

About  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago  a  nine-hole  golf  course  was  laid  out  in  the 
valley  southeast  of  the  El  Modena  grade.  Among  those  interested  in  the  sport, 
the  following  names  have  been  recalled:  James  Irvine,  Dr.  J.  P.  Boyd,  W.  H. 
Burnham,  R.  H.  Sanborn,  James  Fullerton  and  Henri  F.  Gardner.  Golfing 
parties  would  be  made  up  in  the  different  communities  from  time  to  time  as  in- 
clination prompted  and  the  cares  of  business  permitted  until  the  inclination  was 
overborne  by  the  cares  and  the  sport  languished.  Then  in  1910  the  club  revived 
and  increased  its  membership  to  about  100,  drawing  in  such  members  as  F.  B. 
Browning,  J.  R.  Porter,  A.  J.  Klunk,  Kellar  Watson,  C.  F.  Newton,  H.  T.  Ruther- 
ford, C.  G.  and  A.  C.  Twist,  J.  F.  Parsons,  J.  W.  Tubbs,  and  George  B.  Shat- 
tuck.  In  1913  Messrs.  Browning,  Porter  and  Shattuck  looked  up  the  present 
grounds,  containing  about  160  acres  adjoining  the  city  of  Newport  Beach  west 
of  the  bay,  which  the  club  leased  for  ten  years  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for 
another  like  period.  The  name  "The  Santiago  Golf  Club,"  was  dropped  and 
June  4,  1914,  the  organization  was  incorporated  as  The  Orange  County  Country 
Club.  An  eighteen-hole  course  was  laid  out  and  a  club  house  built.  A  tennis 
court  and  croquet  grounds  were  also  provided.  A  professional  is  employed  to  give 
instruction  and  look  after  the  grounds,  which  are  kept  open  the  year  round  for  the 
use  of  members.  The  membership  has  increased  to  278  and  the  present  officers 
are:  Charles  G.  Twist,  president;  F.  B.  Browning,  vice-president;  George  B. 
Shattuck.  secretary;  Harry  L.  Hanson,  treasurer;  and  board  of  directors  as  fol- 
lows :  C'  G.  Twist,  F.  B.  Browning,  C.  S.  Gilbert,  Lew  Wallace,  W.  A.  Huff, 
Edward  McWiUiams,  C.  D.  Holmes,  Hugh  G.  Smith  and  George  B.  Shattuck. 
With  automobiles  and  good  roads,  groups  of  players  come  to  the  grounds  from 
anv  distance  for  an  afternoon's  sport  in  the  open  air;  besides  special  features  are 
nrovided  at  intervals  in  the  club  house  for  the  entertainment  of  the  members. 

In  1910  C.  E.  Utt  and  Sherman  Stevens  bought  about  600  acres  of  hill  land 
northeast  of  Tustin  and  the  following  year  commenced  to  set  out  orchards  and 
build  roads  and  drives.  The  eminence  was  christened  "Lemon  Heights"  and  early 
attracted  the  attention  of  Mr.  Marcy,  one  of  J.  Ogden  Armour's  lieutenants.  He 
bought  the  original  purchase  of  Messrs.  Utt  and  Stevens,  and  later  added  to  his 
holdings  over  a  thousand  acres,  purchased  from  others.  Much  of  this  land  is 
unfit  for  cultivation ;  but  with  water  it  is  susceptible  of  improvement  as  a  park, 
like  Smiley  Heights  at  Redlands.  Plowever,  Mr.  Marcy  is  already  developing 
about  three  hundred  acres,  building  scenic  roads,  setting  out  orchards  and  con- 
veying water  to  the  tract.  The  water  is  supplied  from  three  wells  near  Tustin, 
and  is  forced  to  the  heights  through  two  twelve^inch  steel  pipes,  by  electric  power, 
which  convey  240  inches  into  a  large  reservoir  on  the  very  top  of  the  heights, 
from  where  such  water  can  be  delivered  through  pipes  by  gravity  to  all  parts  of 
the  tract.  He  also  has  a  well  on  his  own  land  which  yields  thirty  inches  of  water. 
Mr.  Stevens  disposed  of  all  his  interests  in  the  enterprise  some  time  ago,  but 
Mr.  Utt  still  retains  about  200  acres  of  the  land  and  a  large  share  in,  if  not  com- 
plete control  of,  the  main  water  supply.  Other  former  Chicagoans  who  are 
financially  interested,  are  Robert  M.  Simons,  who  has  over  ninety  acres  set  to 
oranges  and  lemons,  and  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Bartholomew,  who  have  about  sixty-five 
acres.  Of  local  people  besides  Mr.  Utt  there  are  Arthur  Lyon,  who  recently 
refused  $108,000  for  his  thirty-eight  acre  orange  and  lemon  orchard;  Doctor 
Waffle,  who  has  about  thirty  acres  of  lemons,  and  a  number  of  others  with  smaller 
holdings.    A  fine  view  of  the  valleys  and  plains,  constituting  the  central  and  south- 


100  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

ern  portions  of  the  county,  may  be  had  from  these  heights;  and  doubtless  many 
palatial  residences  will  be  erected  there  in  the  near  future,  whose  occupants  may 
thus  perennially  enjoy  the  beauties  of  nature  enhanced  by  the  arts  of  civilization. 

From  time  immemorial  San  Juan  Hot  Springs  in  the  canyon  of  that  name, 
has  had  quite  a  reputation  as  a  health  resort.  Water  may  be  obtained  there  at  any 
temperature  desired,  without  artificial  heat ;  but  whether  it  has  mineral  ingredients 
that  give  it  medicinal  value  we  are  not  advised.  It  is  well  attested,  however,  that 
hot  baths  at  these  springs  have  relieved  patients  afflicted  with  different  diseases, 
and  that  the  tepid  mud  baths  have  been  very  helpful  in  the  treatment  of  rheu- 
matism. Hence,  if  any  one  wishes  to  get  rid  of  his  rheumatics  while  enjoying 
a  pleasant  outing,  let  him  camp  at  these  hot  springs  for  a  few  weeks,  taking  a 
regular  course  of  warm  baths  and  spending  the  rest  of  the  time  in  exhilarating 
exercise  and  refreshing  sleep. 

A  number  of  the  cities  and  towns  in  the  county  have  a  plaza  or  pubhc  park, 
a  breathing  place,  as  such  places  are  callgd  in  the  large  cities.  The  land  for  this 
purpose  is  sometimes  donated  to  the  public  by  the  person  or  company  that  lays 
out  the  town,  and  in  other  cases  it  is  donated  by  some  public-spirited  citizen  or 
association  of  such  citizens.  In  the  former  case  the  land  often  lies  neglected  for 
several  years,  a  sort  of  "No  MAn's  Land,"  while  in  the  latter  case  the  improve- 
ment generally  follows  immediately  after  the  donation.  The  plaza  at  Westminster 
is  an  example  of  the  former  class,  and  is  specifically  mentioned  because  it  has 
come  under  the  care  of  the  board  of  supervisors.  The  Stearns  Land  Company 
donated  about  four  acres  to  the  community  for  a  plaza  and  two  acres  each  to 
the  Presbyterian  Church  and  the  public  school  for  building  sites  in  the  year  1871. 
No  improvement  was  made  on  the  plaza  grounds  for  forty  years.  Then  the  com- 
munity had  to  chip  in  and  buy  the  property  back,  for  through  its  own  inattention 
it  had  allowed  it  to  be  illegally  assessed  and  sold  for  taxes  past  redemption. 
Nearly  $400  was  raised  for  this  purpose  and  for  sinking  a  well.  This  well  flowed 
for  a  while ;  but,  with  the  capping  and  the  Hght  rainfall,  it  has  ceased  to  flow, 
in  common  with  all  the  wells  in  that  vicinity.  In  1914  the  care  of  the  park  was 
committed  to  the  board  of  supervisors  and  in  1916  trees  were  furnished  by  the 
forestry  commission.  January  8,  1919,  the  supervisors  appointed  James  A.  Mc- 
Fadden  caretaker  of  this  park  and  he  has  bought  an  engine  and  pump ;  so  the 
prospects  for  better  care  are  brightening.  This  example  illustrates  the  difficulty 
of  a  community  in  having  any  public  improvements  without  a  local  government 
to  take  care  of  such  improvements.  It  also  shows  that  the  community  has  the 
right  spirit  at  heart  in  recovering  its  plaza  and  taking  steps  to  improve  the  same. 
Doubtless  this  spirit  will  push  the  improvement  until  the  Westminster  Plaza  will 
rank  with  similar  "beauty  spots"  in  other  cities.  Santa  Ana's  Birch  Park  is  almost 
as  popular  as  the  County  Park  in  attracting  small  groups  of  people  for  an  outdoor 
lunch  and  a  quiet  social  time.  The  Plaza  at  Orange  forms  a  picture  in  the  minds 
of  the  beholders  that  never  can  be  forgotten,  to  say  nothing  about  the  pleasure  it 
aflfords  citizens  with  leisure  to  enjoy  its  comfortable  seats  and  gi-ateful  shade 
while  discussing  the  questions  of  the  day.  Anaheim  was  willing  to  pay  six  per 
cent  interest  per  annum  on  a  twenty-acre  orange  orchard,  valued  at  $60,000, 
during  the  life  of  the  owner,  to  acquire  the  property  at  his  death  for  park  pur- 
poses ;  but  the  governor  vetoed  the  legislative  act  designed  to  legalize  such  a  deal. 
Since  the  blocking  of  that  deal  the  board  of  trade  has  secured  options  from  every 
property  owner  in  the  library  block,  to  purchase  that  property  at  an  estimated 
cost  of  $75,000  for  a  public  park.  Fullerton  has  a  five-acre  park  now;  but  the 
board  of  trade  and  the  city  trustees  are  advocating  the  purchase  of  the  twenty 
acres  known  as  Reservoir  Hill  for  park  purposes.  They  are  also  proposing  to 
lay  out  a  skyline  drive,  one  and  one-eighth  miles  long,  on  the  nearby  hills,  which 
will  give  a  fine  view  of  the  entire  coastal  plain. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  city  trustees  of  Newport  Beach  on  or  about  April  19, 
1920,  J.  P.  Greely,  president  of  the  board,  and  Lew  H.  Wallace,  city  treasurer, 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  101 

were  made  a  committee  to  negotiate  with  the  owners  of  a  tract  of  land  for  a  city 
park.  A  tract  has  been  offered  the  city  for  $4,000  on  an  easy  payment  plan, 
which  is  suitable  for  that  purpose ;  it  lies  between  Bay  and  Central  avenues,  fac- 
ing Island  Avenue,  directly  across  the  street  from  the  East  Newport  Garage.  The 
tract  has  several  big  trees  on  the  grounds  and  has  long  been  used  by  visitors  to 
the  beach  for  a  camping  ground. 

Reference  is  made  in  the  chapter  on  Orange  County's  Good  Roads  to  the  con- 
struction of  a  road  in  Trabuco  Canyon  from  the  schoolhouse  up  to  the  forks  by 
the  United  States  Bureau  of  Roads,  Orange  County  bearing  half  the  expense. 
Trabuco  Canyon  is  said  to  be  one  Of  the  most  beautiful  in  Southern  California, 
and  to  have  a  very  fine  camping  ground  near  the  Forks.  The  Forest  Service  pro- 
poses to  lay  out  this  ground  and  lease  the  lots  to  campers,  for  whom  it  will  furnish 
tables  and  other  equipment,  including  public  toilets.  Several  applications  have 
already  been  made  for  lots  on  which  to  erect  cabins.  This  will  add  another 
pleasure  drive  and  resort  to  the  many  within  the  county. 

"Modjeska's  Home  and  Inn"  is  the  business  name  of  the  idyllic  retreat  in  the 
Santiago  Canyon  which  belonged  to  Madame  Modjeska  for  a  number  of  years 
and  to  which  she  would  return  for  relaxation  and  rest  after  finishing  a  season's 
engagements  on  the  stage.  The  place  was  selected  in  the  early  days  by  J.  E. 
Pleasants,  when  all  the  sites  were  unoccupied.  He  built  a  commodious  house 
with  wide  porches,  developed  a  water  system  and  added  such  other  improvements 
as  would  help  to  make  a  comfortable  and  tasteful  home  for  himself  and  family. 
-After  Madame  Modjeska  bought  the  property,  we  visited  the  place  over  thirty 
years  ago  and  were  shown  all  about  the  premises  by  the  housekeeper,  in  the 
absence  of  the  owner.  The  house  was  elegantly  furnished  with  antique  furniture 
made  of  jnahogany  and  other  rare  and  costly  woods;  the  floors  were  covered 
with  rugs  of  intricate  patterns  and  skins  of  wild  beasts;  and  every  nook  and 
cranny  was  filled  with  expensive  articles  of  vertu,  curios,  ornaments  and  various 
kinds  of  relics.  On  the  walls  and  easels  were  paintings  of  noted  actors  and 
actresses,  among  which  were  some  of  Madame  Modjeska  in  different  poses  in 
stage  attire.  About  the  grounds  were  some  good-sized  trees  that  suggested  to  the 
actress  the  "Forest  of  Arden,"  one  of  the  scenes  of  Shakespeare's  play,  "As  You 
Like  It,"  as  a  romantic  name  for  her  sylvan  retreat.  The  flowers,  shrubbery  and 
decorations  were  so  placed  as  to  add  to  the  artistic  effect  of  the  landscape.  Now, 
however,  the  large  tract  originally  held  under  one  ownership  is  being  rapidly  sold 
off  in  lots  and  acreage  tracts  which,  of  course,  means  more  homes  and  more  com- 
munity interests,  without  impairing  or  lessening  the  grandeur  of  the  mountain 
scenery. 

"And  this  our  life  exempt  from  public  haunt 
Finds  tongues  in  trees,  books  in  the  running  brooks, 
Sermons  in  stones  and  good  in  everything." 

—Act  2,  Scene  l—"As  You  Like  It." 

Besides  Modjeska's  Home  and  Inn,  there  are  numerous  houses  and  camping 
grounds  in  the  different  canyons  throughout  the  mountains.  Some  of  the  houses 
are  occupied  all  the  time  by  families  that  live  in  the  mountains  for  various  reasons, 
and  others  are  occupied  only  in  vacation  or  when  their  owners  wish  to  take  an 
outing.  The  camping  grounds  are  generally  occupied  by  a  few  families  or  con- 
genial friends  in  vacation  time  only,  like  Camptonville  in  the  Santiago  Canyon 
above  Orange  County  Park. 

Most  of  the  cities  and  towns  along  the  coast  appreciate  the  ocean  as  a  valu- 
able asset,  not  only  for  fishing  and  transportation,  but  also  as  an  attraction  for 
pleasure  seekers  who  spend  more  or  less  money  in  their  midst.  They  accordingly 
gave  the  deciding  vote  for  the  big  bond  issue  for  good  roads  to  draw  travel  their 
way ;  they  also  built  bath  houses,  pavilions,  pleasure  piers  and  other  conveniences 
for  the  accommodation  of  their  visitors.  Residents  of  the  interior  generally  go 
to  the  beach  for  their  annual  bath  in  summer  time  when  "the  water  is  fine ;"  but 
tourists,  accustomed  to  the  variable   climate   of  the   East,   consider   California 


102  HISTORY  OF  OR,\XGE  COUNTY 

climate  as  "summer  ail  the  year"  and,  therefore,  frequent  the  beaches  without 
regard  to  season. 

Thus  with  over  300  miles  of  paved  roads,  including  city  streets,  tree-lined 
avenues  between  evergreen  orchards,  and  scenic  drives  entering  canyons  or  climb- 
ing foothills  that  overlook  the  coastal  plain  and  ocean  beyond  and  with  a  great 
variety  of  resorts  and  camp  grounds  to  choose  from  in  the  mountains  or  at  the 
beach.  Orange  County  is  a  veritable  paradise  for  pleasure  seekers. 


CHAPTER  XVII 
ORANGE  COUNTY'S  GOOD  ROADS 

Just  prior  to  the  meeting  of  the  legislature  of  1907,  some  representative  auto- 
mobile men  came  together  at  Los  Angeles  and  drafted  a  road  law  which  was  intro- 
duced in  the  legislature  by  Senator  Savage  of  San  Pedro.  This  "Savage  Act" 
authorized  any  county  in  the  state  to  vote  bonds  for  the  improvement  of  its  main 
highways  connecting  the  cities  and  towns,  exclusive  of  the  streets  in  the  incorpo- 
rated cities,  such  improvement  being  confined  to  a  width  of  sixteen  feet  along 
the  middle  of  said  highways,  which  width  was  later  increased  to  at  least  twenty 
feet,  as  may  be  seen  in  the  following  tables. 

Shortly  after  the  passage  of  this  act  an  agitation  was  commenced  to  make 
it  applicable  to  Orange  County ;  but,  some  opposition  being  encountered,  the  mat- 
ter was  dropped  for  a  time.  Two  years  later  the  subject  was  taken  up  by  the 
Associated  Chambers  of  Commerce.  Petitions  were  circulated  for  signatures  and 
presented  to  the  board  of  supervisors,  asking  that  the  question  of  issuing  bonds 
of  the  county  for  highway  purposes  be  submitted  to  the  electors.  The  super- 
visors granted  the  petitions  on  March  2,  1910,  and  appointed  C.  C.  Chapman,  W. 
H.  Burnham  and  M.  M.  Crookshank  as  a  highway  commission  to  prepare  the 
preliminary  work  and  have  charge  of  the  improvement  of  the  highways.  C.  C. 
Chapman  served  but  little  more  than  a  month,  resigning  on  account  of  too  many 
other  interests  that  needed  his  time  and  attention,  and  Richard  Egan  was  ap- 
pointed to  take  his  place.  The  commission  employed  R.  T.  Harris  as  secretary, 
Daniel  S.  Halladay  as  engineer  and  S.  H.  Finley  as  assistant  engineer.  Several 
months  were  spent  in  surveying  and  mapping  the  roads  and  in  obtaining  data 
from  all  available  sources ;  but,  when  the  commission  was  about  ready  to  report, 
the  approval  by  the  people  of  the  state's  issuing  $18,000,000  road  bonds,  caused 
some  doubt  and  hesitation. 

However,  after  the  state  engineers  had  located  the  state  highway  through 
Orange  County  and  the  county  highway  commission  had  amended  its  report  two 
or  three  times,  said  report  was  finally  filed  with  the  board  of  supervisors  Septem- 
ber 19,  1912,  recommending  a  bond  issue  of  $1,270,000.  The  supervisors  promptly 
approved  the  report  and  called  the  election  for  November  4,  the  day  before  the 
regular  election.  The  result  was:  Bonds,  yes  5,290  and  Bonds,  no  2,236.  The 
opposition  was  to  bonding  and  not  to  the  improvement  of  the  roads.  It  was 
argued  that,  if  a  sum  equal  to  the  interest  on  bonds  were  put  into  the  improve- 
ment of  a  piece  of  road  each  year,  the  roads  would  all  be  improved  in  a  few 
years  and  the  county  would  have  no  debt,  or  double  burden,  to  carry  meanwhile. 
But  over  two-thirds  of  the  voters  declared  in  favor  of  the  bonds  in  order  to  get 
the  immediate  benefit  of  the  improvement ;  so  the  taxpayers  have  no  just  cause 
for  complaint  of  the  burden  which  they  voluntarily  assumed. 

In  addition  to  the  resignation  of  C.  C.  Chapman,  which  has  already  been 
mentioned,  the  following  changes  in  the  personnel  of  the  commission,  during  the 
progress  of  the  work,  have  been  noticed  in  the  records :  On  December  3,  1912, 
D.  C.  Pixley  succeeded  W.  H.  Burnham  who  had  resigned.  On  March  4,  1914, 
S.  H.  Finley  and  Ralph  J.  MIcFadden  were  joined  with  D.  C.  Pixley  to  constitute 
the  commission,  but  on  April  21,  following,  Mr.  Finley  resigned  and  W.  T.  New- 
land  took  his  place.     Seven  days  later  Mr.  Finley  was  appointed  chief  engineer 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  103 

with  W.  W.  Hoy  as  division  engineer.  June  1,  1915,  N.  T.  Edwards  succeeded 
D.  C.  Pixley,  who  had  resigned  from  the  commission. 

While  the  "Savage  Act"  did  not  go  into  particulars  about  the  kind  of  mate- 
rials and  methods  to  be  used  in  improving  the  roads,  it  did  require  the  materials 
to  be  durable  and  the  work  to  be  permanent.  Imbued  with  this  spirit  the  highway 
commission  sought  information  from  all  available  sources  and  gleaned  wisdom 
from  the  experience  of  others.  It  was  decided  that,  after  each  road  was  properly 
graded  and  the  soil  compacted,  its  surface  should  be  paved  with  a  cement  con- 
crete base  overlaid  with  an  oil  and  grit  finish.  In  carrying  out  this  decision  the 
concrete  was  composed  of  1  part  best  Portland  cement,  2j4  parts  clean  sand  and 
5  parts  crushed  rock.  In  some  of  the  work  the  proportions  were  1-2-4,  respec- 
tively. These  ingredients  were  thoroughly  mixed,  moistened  and  tamped  or 
rolled  into  place  to  a  vmiform  thickness  of  four  inches.  When  sufficiently  dry, 
the  surface  was  treated  to  a  thin  coating  of  heavy  oil  and  sprinkled  with  finely 
crushed  rock.  This  work  was  all  done  under  the  vigilant  eye  of  a  competent, 
trustworthy  inspector  employed  by  the  county. 

On  March  3,  1915,  the  highway  commission  reported  the  original  108  miles 
of  road,  estimated  to  be  built  by  the  bond  issue  of  $1,270,000,  as  completed,  with 
a  balance  of  about  $240,000  left  over,  and  recommended  that  such  surplus  be 
spent  in  paving  certain  other  specified  roads.  The  board  of  supervisors  approved 
the  report  and  authorized  the  expenditure  of  this  surplus  as  recommended.  The 
final  report  of  the  commission  was  received  and  approved  by  the  supervisors  on 
January  3,  1917;  thus  the  Orange  County  Highway  Commission,  having  completed 
its  task,  was  discharged  with  the  commendation  and  thanks  of  the  board  of 
supervisors. 

Following  is  a  tabulated  statement  of  the  improved  roads  in  the  county,  fur- 
nished by  the  county  surveyor,  in  which  the  different  widths  of  the  paved  portions 
are  separately  grouped,  as  well  as  the  sections  paved  by  bonds  and  by  the  county 
road  funds ;  the  length  of  each  section  is  given  in  miles : 

Paved  Roads  of  Orange  County 

SIXTEEN  FOOT 

Sections  of  Roads —  Paved  by  Bond       Paved  by  County 

Fairview  1.51  .... 

Dyer... .95 

Smeltzer .62  .... 

Wintersburg 1.0  .... 

ElToro 1.11 

First  Street   : ~        .45  

Main  Street,  Tustin 1.31  

Newport  Avenue    1.83  .... 

Westminster-Garden  Grove 3.81  .... 

Laguna  10.47  

Irvine  Boulevard   .93  .98 

Myford .75 

Placentia-Yorba 5.18 

Riverside  No.  3 5.25 

Santa  Ana  Canyon  No.  1 ....  1.77 

Santa  Ana  Canyon  No.  2 1.74 

Santa  Ana  Canyon  No.  3 2.90 

San  Juan  Hot  Springs ....  .56 

Santiago  Boulevard 5.68  .... 

Yorba  Linda   2.40  

Seventeenth  Street  1.22 

Road  Improvement  District  No.  4 ....  1.45 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 


County  Park   

Road  District  Improvement  No. 


3.83 
5.19 


32.07 


30.82 


Sections  of  Roads — 

Anaheim-Olinda    

Chapmaii  Avenue   

Anaheim-Olive 

Anaheim-Stanton-Cypress 

Bay  City 

Brea  Canyon 

Brea-Olinda  

Brea  Park 

Commonwfealth    

Garden  Grove  Boulevard 

Huntington  Beach  No.  2 

La  Mirada   

Los  Alamitos 

Newport  Avenue 

Newport  Beach  Boulevard 

Orangethorpe 

Talbert  Road 

Chapman  Avenue  

Bradford  Avenue  

La  Palma 

Garden  Grove  Avenue 

Edinger  Street 

Walker  Street   

Road  District  Improvement  No.  3 
Olinda  Road   


EIGHTEEN  FOOT 

Paved  by  Bond 
7.70 


Paved  by  County 


.93 
3.58 
4.01 
8.97 
4.14 

3.63 
1.50 
5.95 
4.32 

'4.14 
4.14 
6.85 
3.24 
7.70 


2.97 


1.00 


.98 
1.18 

.43 
1.13 
1.00 

.51 
2.63 

.85 


70.80 

TWENTY   FOOT 

Sections  of  Roads —  Paved  by  Bond 

Huntington  Beach  No.  1 5.14 

Newport  Beach  2.68 

Riverside  No.   1 .32 

Riverside  No.  2. 2.58 

Orange-Tustin .' 3.98 


12.68 


Paved  by  County 


14.70 

TWENTY-TWO  EOOT 

Sections  of  Roads —  Paved  by  Bond 

Lemon   Street    .... 

Santa  Fe  Street .... 

West  Broadway   .... 


Paved  by  Countv 
.32 
.10 
.50 


.92 

SPECIAI, 

Twenty-two  foot  Asphalt,  Central  Avenue,  miles 4.7 

Eighteen-foot  Asphalt,   Garden  Grove,  miles. 9 

Fifteen-foot  Cement,  State  Highway,  miles 29.6 

Eighteen -foot  Cement,  State  Highway,  miles 13.8 

Eight-foot  Cement,  Collins  Avenue,  miles 33 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  105 

Dirt  Road,  estimated  miles 510 

County  Paved,  estimated  miles 168.42 

State  Highway,  estimated  miles 43.40 

Total  Miles 721.82 

As  shown  in  the  foregoing  tables,  the  county  highway  commission  not  only 
constructed  more  good  roads  with  the  big  bond  issue  than  the  estimated  amount, 
but  it  also  built  many  miles  with  county  funds  provided  by  the  board  of  super- 
visors. Since  the  discharge  of  the  commission,  the  supervisors  have  continued  the 
road  improvement  policy  with  whatever  funds  they  were  able  to  command,  as 
may  be  seen  from  the  following  items  of  business  transacted  by  the  board: 

November  5,  1919,  a  contract  for  paving  East  Fourth  Street,  Mabury  Street 
and  Tustin  Avenue  was  awarded  to  Wells  &  Bressler  for  $10,009.87 ;  also,  on  the 
same  date,  the  bid  of  the  same  contractors  to  regrade  the  road  to  the  County 
Park  for  $29,238.90,  was  accepted. 

December  30,  1919,  the  board  of  supervisors  let  the  contract  for  the  improve- 
ment of  the  Buen'a  Park-Commonwealth  Road  to  Wells  &  Bressler  for  $14,322.64. 

March  30,  1920,  the  bid  of  B.  R.  Ford  for  paving  .83  of  a  mile  of  Collins 
Avenue,  8  feet  wide,  the  county  to  furnish  some  materials,  for  eleven  and  three- 
quarter  cents  per  square  foot,  was  accepted,  provided  the  bidder  secured  the 
paving  of  the  city's  half  of  the  street,  which  he  did.  This  contract  amounted  to 
$4,119.46,  for  the  county's  half  and  to  $7,362.43  for  the  city's  half. 

On  March  2,  1920,  the  board  of  supervisors  awarded  the  contract  to  Wells 
&  Bressler  for  paving  1.64  miles  of  county  roads  in  the  Fairhaven  district  for 
$13,080,  which  was  the  lowest  of  three  bids.  This  strip  of  road  includes  portions 
of  South  Glassell  Street,  Fairhaven  Avenue  and  Grand  Street,  and  connects  the 
paved  street  of  Orange  with  the  paved  road  from  Santa  Ana  to  the  cemeter)-, 
thereby  making  the  second  all-paved  highway  between  the  two  cities,  and  giving 
to  each  a  paved  road  to  the  cemetery. 

August  10,  1920,  the  contract  for  the  improvement  of  the  Fairview  Road  in 
Fifth  Road  District  was  awarded  to  Wells  &  Bressler  for  $24,861.24,  as  the 
lowest  responsible  bidders. 

In  building  the  state  highway,  the  engineering  department  required  the  county 
to  build  the  bridges  over  all  the  streams.  To  meet  this  expense  and  build  bridges 
on  the  county  highways,  bonds  were  voted  to  the  amount  of  $100,000,  as  men- 
tioned in  the  chapter  on  Public  Buildings  and  Sites.  The  bridges  built  with  this 
fund  are  span  bridges,  constructed  of  reinforced  cement  concrete,  and  are  artistic 
and  substantial. 

Since  the  foregoing  figures  were  furnished,  the  supervisors  let  a  contract  to 
Steele  Finley  to  pave  three  and  three-quarter  miles  of  road  at  Sulphur  Slide  in 
Santa  Ana  Canyon  for  $36,211.93.  The  width  is  to  be  sixteen  feet  with  eighteen 
feet  on  the  turns. 

Early  in  August  the  supervisors  accepted  the  proposal  of  the  United  States 
Forest  Service  to  go  fifty-fifty  in  the  construction  of  a  good  mountain  road  up 
the  Trabuco  Canyon  from  the  schoolhouse  to  the  ForkS;  The  board  appropriated 
$3,500  for  this  purpose  on  the  promise  of  a  federal  appropriation  of  a  like 
amount.  The  road  will  not  be  paved,  but  will  be  a  good  substantial  road  for 
automobile  travel.    The  work  will  be  done  by  the  United  States  Bureau  of  Roads. 

On  Septeniber  11,  1919,  County  Surveyor  J.  L.  McBride  announced  that  the 
State  Highway  Commission  had  let  a  contract  to  a  Los  Angeles  firm  for  the 
improvement  of  the  Irvine-Galivan  road  for  the  sum  of  $86,000.  The  improve- 
ment consists  in  adding  two  and  a  half  feet  shoulders  to  each  side  of  the  paving, 
increasing  its  width  from  fifteen  to  twenty  feet  between  Irvine  and  Galivan.  The 
contract  also  requires  the  surfacing  of  the  highway  south  from  Irvine  for  a  dis- 
tance of  five  miles  with  a  layer  of  asphaltum  one  and  one-half  inches  thick. 


106  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Orange  County's  vote  July  1,  1919,  on  the  $40,000,000  state  highway  bonds 
was  :  Yes,  3,529 ;  No,  344.  The  part  of  the  improvement  affecting  Orange  County 
is  the  piece  from  Oxnard  to  Capistrano,  which  would  enter  the  county  at  Seal 
Beach  and  follow  the  coast  most  of  the  way,  thereby  adding  nearly  twenty-five 
miles  to  the  county's  paved  highways,  exclusive  of  the  paved  streets  in  the  cities 
through  which  the  road  will  pass. 

Besides  the  nimiber  of  miles  of  paved  country  roads  described  above,  each 
incorporated  city  has  more  or  less  paved  streets  which  have  been  reported  as 
follows : 

City  Miles  City  Miles 

Anaheim  8.00  Brought  forward 49.35 

Brea    3.00         Orange   5.00 

Fullerton,  estimated 20.00         Santa  Ana 30.00 

Huntington  Beach 16.85         Seal  Beach 2.00 

Newport  Beach 1.50         Stanton,  estimated 1.00 


Carried  forward 49.35  Total  87.35 

The  total  number  of  miles  of  paved  roads  in  the  county,  including  those  under 
construction  and  provided  for  and  those  in  the  cities,  is  as  follows : 

Reported  by  County  Surveyor 201.82 

Under  Construction 28.75 

Paved  Streets  in  Cities 87.35 


Total  Paved  Roads 317.92 

]\Iany  miles  of  the  unpaved  roads  in  the  cities  and  county  have  been  brought 
to  a  proper  grade,  wet  down  and  rolled,  and  then  treated  with  a  thin  coating  of 
heavy  oil,  evenly  distributed  while  hot,  and  covered  with  a  sprinkling  of  sand  or 
crushed  rock — preferably  the  latter.  The  asphalt  in  the  oil  cements  the  top  gravel 
or  soil  of  the  roadbed  together,  thereby  forming  a  hard,  smooth  surface  almost 
equal  to  paving.  Such  roads  are  practically  free  from  mud  in  the  rainy  season  and 
from  dust  in  the  dry  season. 

Hence,  in  view  of  the  foregoing  facts  and  figures,  Orange  County  may  fairly 
be  awarded  the  palm  for  good  roads. 


CHAPTER  XVIII 

THE  COUNTY'S  TRAFFIC  FACILITIES 

The  traffic  facilities  of  Orange  County  are  unsurpassed,  due  partly  to  its 
own  need  of  such  facilities  and  partly  to  its  lying  in  the  path  of  traffic  to  other 
sections  of  the  state.  These  facilities  consist  of  branches  of  two  transcontinental 
railroads,  an  electric  interurban  railway,  littoral  contact  with  the  Pacific  Ocean 
and  thousands  of  motor  vehicles  to  carry  on  the  traffic  over  the  hundreds  of  miles 
of  good  roads. 

The  first  railroad  to  enter  the  territory  now  comprising  Orange  County  was 
the  Southern  Pacific.  The  spirit  of  enterprise  and  achievement,  that  inspired  the 
building  of  the  Central  Pacific  Railroad,  still  burned  in  the  breasts  of  the  heroic 
band  who  accomplished  that  feat,  or  of  their  successors,  when  the  increasing 
immigration  to  the  southern  part  of  the  state  in  the  early  seventies  attracted  their 
attention.  They  immediately  formed  another  company,  naming  it  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  Company,  bought  the  Los  Angeles  and  Wilmington  Railroad, 
which  had  been  built  by  local  enterprise,  and  commenced  building  out  of  Los 
Angeles  in  three  directions:  North  toward  San  Francisco,  east  through  San 
Gorgonio  Pass  and  south  toward  San  Diego.  The  latter  ranch  reached  Anaheim 
January  1,  1875,  where  it  stopped  over  two  years.  The  management,  however, 
becoming   jealous   of  the   ocean  traffic   developing  through   Newport   Bay,    ex- 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  107 

tended  the  railroad  across  the  river  to  East  Santa  Ana,  where  the  terminus  of 
that  branch  remains  to  this  day. 

Shortly  after  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Raiboad  came  into  the  county 
and  went  on  through  to  San  Diego,  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  thought  it  would 
pick  up  its  terminus  at  Santa  Ana  and  transfer  it  to  San  Diego,  so  as  to  continue 
the  competition  in  that  county  that  it  had  been  waging  with  the  new  road  in  this 
county,  but  even  the  most  determined  people  cannot  always  have  their  own  way. 
That  company  could  not  get  its  terminus  out  of  Santa  Ana  because  the  property 
owners  between  the  county  seat  and  Tustin  refused  to  allow  the  road  to  cross 
their  property.  In  sheer  desperation  it  started  another  branch  road  south  of 
Anaheim,  thence  east  to  Villa  Park  and  south  to  MtPherson,  thence  southeast 
through  the  Hewes  ranch  past  Tustin  to  a  point  on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch  where 
that  terminus  would  be  safe  from  sequestration.  This  Tustin  branch  of  the 
Southern  Pacific  has  become  a  feeder  of  the  main  line  in  the  fruit  shipping  season. 

When  the  Los  Alamitos  sugar  factory  was  built  near  the  western  boundary 
of  the  county  in  1896,  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  built  a  road  from  Anaheim 
across  to  that  place  to  handle  the  traffic  of  the  factory.  About  the  year  1902, 
when  the  McFadden  Brothers  were  curtailing  their  activities,  they  sold  the  Santa 
Ana  and  Newport  Railroad  to  ex-Senator  W.  A.  Clark,  who  immediately  turned  it 
over  to  the  Southern  Pacific  Company.  Shortly  after  this  purchase  the  company 
built  a  line  from  Newport  to  Smeltzer,  eleven  miles,  to  handle  the  celery,  sugar 
beets  and  other  products  of  that  section. 

These  various  branches  make  a  total  of  nearly  sixty  miles  of  railroad,  dis- 
tributed throughout  the  county  so  as  to  be  accessible  to  the  majority  of  the  people, 
and  owned  and  operated  by  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Company. 

The  following  .account  of  the  building  of  the  Santa  Fe  lines  in  Orange  County 
was  furnished  by  the  chief  engineer  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad 
Company : 

"From  the  northeastern  boundary  line  of  the  county  in  Santa  Ana  Canyon 
near  Gypsum  to  near  the  north  boundary  of  the  city  of  Santa  Ana,  via  Olive,  and 
from  the  city  of  Orange,  via  Anaheim  and  Fullerton,  to  the  northwestern  line  of 
the  county  near  Northam,  was  constructed  in  the  years  1887  and  1888  by  the 
Riverside,  Santa  Ana  &  Los  Angeles  Railway  Company. 

"From  near  the  north  boundary  of  the  city  of  Santa  Ana,  via  Rancho  San 
Joaquin  and  San  Juan  Capistrano,  to  the  southernmost  corner  of  the  county  at  San 
Mateo  Point  near  San  Mateo  station,  was  constructed  by  the  San  Bernardino  & 
San  Diego  Railway  Company  in  1887  and  1888. 

"The  branch  line  from  Richfield  to  Olinda  oil  fields  was  constructed  by  the 
Southern  California  Railway  Company  in  1889,  and 

"The  main  line  between  Richfield  and  Fullerton  was  constructed  by  the  Ful- 
lerton &  Richfield  Railway  Company  in  1910. 

"The  mileage  of  the  above  is  71.79  miles.  The  mileage  of  side  tracks  in  the 
county  is  37  miles." 

As  soon  as  the  Santa  Fe  was  ready  to  do  business  it  found  the  Southern 
Pacific  determined  to  beat  it  to  the  business  and,  if  possible,  maintain  its  monopoly 
of  the  field.  This  resulted  in  several  months  of  fierce  rate-cutting,  so  that  a 
first  class  ticket  could  be  bought  to  Missouri  River  points  for  a  dollar  and  freights 
from  the  Middle  States  were  almost  nothing.  Finally  rates  were  restored  at  less 
than  the  old  monopolistic  prices  and  the  service  was  greatly  improved  by  the 
competition. 

When  Henry  E.  Huntington  decided  to  put  his  ideals  of  good  railroad  build- 
ing into  practice  and  make  use  of  electricity  as  the  motive  power,  he  saw  no  more 
inviting  field  than  Southern  California  for  the  investment  of  his  millions.  He 
announced  that  his  company  would  ask  no  right  of  way  nor  bonus  of  any  kind, 
but  it  would  buy  and  pay  for  whatever  it  needed.  He  soon  found  that  he  didn't 
have  sufficient  money  to  buy  a  right  of  way  at  the  landowner's  price  and  have 


108  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

any  left  with  which  to  build  and  equip  a  railroad  thereon  afterward,  so  he  changed 
his  policy  and  required  the  communities  desiring  the  road  to  furnish  the  right  of 
way. 

During  the  year  1905  the  people  of  Santa  Ana  and  vicinity  acquired  the 
right  of  way  for  the  Pacific  Electric  railway  in  a  straight  line  from  Watts  to 
Santa  Ana  for  about  $22,000.  The  following  year  the  road  was  built  and  its 
arrival  was  celebrated  in  Santa  Ana  by  a  "Parade  of  Products"  in  December, 
1906.  ^Vithout  regard  to  the  chronological  order,  the  following  additional  lines 
have  been  built  in  the  county  within  the  past  fifteen  years :  A  line  from  Los  An- 
geles via  ^^^^ittier  enters  Orange  County  near  the  northwest  corner,  passes  through 
La  Habra,  Brea  and  Yorba  Linda  and  heads  for  the  Santa  Ana  Canyon,  but  stops 
for  the  present  at  a  little  station  east  of  Richfield  called  Stern.  It  is  the  intention 
to  extend  this  line  up  the  canyon  to  connect  with  the  Corona  and  Riverside  line 
and  thereby  make  a  through  line  from  the  interior  to  Los  Angeles.  The  company 
has  already  acquired  portions  of  the  right  of  way  through  the  canyon.  A  third 
line  branches  off  from  the  Los  Angeles  and  Long  Beach  line  at  Signal  Hill,  enters 
Orange  County  at  Seal  Beach  and,  skirting  the  beach  cities  and  towns,  terminates 
at  Balboa  near  the  entrance  to  Newport  Harbor.  A  fourth  line  connects  the  first 
line  at  Santa  Ana  with  the  third  line  at  Huntington  Beach,  passing  the  Southern 
California  Sugar  Factory  on  its  way  to  the  coast.  A  fifth  line  leaves  the  first 
line  at  the  intersection  of  Fourth  and  M^ain  streets  in  Santa  Ana,  goes  north  on 
Main  Street  out  of  the  city  and  then  swings  east  to  Lemon  Street  in  Orange, 
terminating  for  the  present  at  its  depot  in  the  latter  city. 

\\'hile  the  negotiations  for  the  fifth  line  were  pending,  Mr.  Huntington  traded 
all  his  interurban  red  car  lines  for  all  the  street  yellow  car  lines  in  Los  Angeles, 
which  up  to  that  time  belonged  to  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Company.  This 
deal  gave  the  latter  company  possession  of  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway  Company; 
but  it  was  decided  to  keep  the  two  companies  separate.  However,  it  is  understood 
that  the  companies  will  mutually  assist  each  other,  and  rumors  have  been  rife 
about  the  Southern  Pacific's  intention  to  electrify  the  Tustin  and  Newport 
branches.  It  is  probable  that  the  Tustin  branch  will  be  thus  changed  and  be  used 
as  an  extension  of  the  fifth  line  north  from  Orange  to  connect  with  the  company's 
line  into  Los  Angeles.  In  fact,  the  roadbed  has  already  been  graded  north  from 
Orange ;  but  work  was  stopped  by  the  late  war.  The  total  length  of  the  various 
lines  of  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway  Company  in  the  county  of  Orange  is  66.268 
miles. 

The  following  figures  show  the  mileage  and  valuation  of  these  railway  sys- 
tems, as  fixed  by  the  State  Board  of  Equalization : 

Assessment  of  Railroads,  1918 

Names  of  Roads  No.  of  Miles       Price  per  Mile      Total  Valuation 

S.  P.  R.  R.  Co 59.682  $28,137.18  $1,679,402.54 

Pullman  Co 62.42  1,034.61  64,580.36 

A.,  T.  &  S.  F.  R.  R.  Co 71.97  22,432.19  1,614,444.71 

P.  E.  Railway  Co 66.268  21,402.77  1,418,318.76 

It  will  be  understood  from  the  foregoing  description,  or  it  may  be  seen  on 
the  map,  that  these  railroads  are  about  as  widely  distributed  over  the  settled  por- 
tions of  the  county  as  possible ;  hence  the  greatest  number  of  people  are  reached 
by  their  service  and  the  only  duplication  is  in  the  through  service  between  the 
large  cities. 

A  county  bordering  on  the  great  Pacific  Ocean  for  its  entire  length,  as 
Orange  County  does,  would  naturally  have  a  fresh,  invigorating  climate ;  it  would 
also  have  easy  access  to  water  transportation,  which  is  the  cheapest  transportation 
in  the  world.  With  such  a  traffic  facility  in  reserve,  no  exorbitant  transportation 
charges  would  long  be  endured  by  the  people,  especially  as  population  increases 
and  means  for  business  ventures  become  abundant. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  109 

The  last  of  the  county's  traffic  facilities  to  be  mentioned  is  the  thousands  of 
motor  vehicles  that  are  used  on  the  hundreds  of  miles  of  good  roads.  The  motive 
power  for  the  vast  majority  of  these  motor  vehicles  is  gas,  generated  from  gasoline 
which  is  a  product  of  petroleum ;  hence  these  motor  vehicles  get  their  fuel  at  first 
hand,  from  the  oil  producers  of  Orange  County.  The  first  gasoline  engine  ever 
seen  in  this  county  was  exhibited  to  a  crowd  on  one  of  the  .vacant  lots  in  Santa 
Ana  about  thirty  years  ago.  The  demonstrator  predicted  then  that  the  gas  engine 
would  largely  displace  the  steam  engine,  which  prediction  has  come  true  so  far 
as  small,  portable  engines  are  concerned. 

To  get  an  idea  of  the  amount  of  traffic  carried  on  by  motor  vehicles  a  person 
.should  ride  over  some  of  the  principal  roads  and  note  the  number  of  vehicles 
he  meets.  Then  he  should  go  into  the  marts  of  trade  and  packing  houses  and  see 
the  number  of  huge  motor  trucks,  with  one  or  two  trailers  each,  piled  high  with 
the  products  of  the  orchards  and  farms.  But  perhaps  the  best  evidence  of  the 
large  number  of  motor  vehicles  in  actual  use  would  be  a  report  of  the  registrations 
for  Orange  County  in  the  State  Motor  Vehicle  Department  at  Sacramento.  While. 
Orange  County  is  in  the  fourteenth  class  according  to  population  based  on  the 
1910  census,  it  ranks  ninth  in  the  1919  motor  vehicle  registration.  The  counties 
having  the  highest  and  the  lowest  registrations  are  given  along  with  Orange 
County  by  way  of  comparison,  and  also  the  totals  for  the  state,  as  follows : 
Counties  1914  1915  1916  1917  1918  1919 

Alpine 9  11  15  18  17  16 

Los  Angeles 43,099       55,217       74,709       93,654     107.232      109,435 

Orange    3,761         4,913         6,440         8,132         9,430      .   9,794 

Totals  for  State 123,516      163,795      232,440     306,916      364,800     376,768 

The  foregoing  registrations  do  not  include  farm  tractors,  of  which  there 
were  750  in  1919,  as  reported  by  the  dealers  selling  them  in  the  county. 

The  report  of  the  department  for  1920,  containing  five  separate  items  about 
each  county,  is  given  a  separate  table,  as  follows : 

Motor- 
Commercial  Auto         cycle 
Counties                        Automobiles      Trucks.       jNlotorcycles     Dealers     Dealers 

Alpine    14  2  

Los  Angeles  132,145  10,083  •  6,231  678  25 

Orange  14,240  397  548  85  10 

Totals  for  State 450,155  31,195  17,750  3,199  219 

The  semi-annual  statement  of  apportionment  of  motor  vehicle  fees  to  coun- 
ties for  the  period  from  January  1,  1920,  to  July  31,  1920,  was  as  follows: 

State  and  County 
Counties  Net  Receipts  Apportionment 

Alpine   $  169.62  $  84.81 

Los  Angeles    1,384,435.50  692,217.75 

Orange    114,045.48  57,022.74       ' 

Totals  for  State $4,646,529.23  $2,323,264.61 

It  is  noticeable  in  the  foregoing  tables  that  Orange  County's  automobiles 
increased  4,446  in  1920  over  those  in  1919,  making  this  county  fifth  from  the  top 
in  the  graduated  list  of  automobiles  in  the  state.  The  county  will  probably  move 
up  from  the  fourteenth  class  to  the  tenth  in  population  under  the  new  census. 

While  noticing  that  the  great  county  of  Los  Angeles  owns  nearly  a  third  of 
the  registered  motor  vehicles  of  the  entire  state,  and  has  nearly  twelve  times  as 
many  as  this  county,  don't  overlook  the  fact  that  the  little  county  of  Orange  is 
fifth  in  the  owriership  of  cars;  that  is,  there  are  only  four  counties  in  the  state 
with  more  cars  than  Orange  and  fifty-three  with  less. 

The  interruption  of  the  mails  and  other  traffic  in  Orange  County  for  three 
days  during  the  last  week  in  August,  1919,  by  a  strike  of  the  employees  on  the 
steam  railroads,  points  to  the  following  conclusions :  ( 1 )  No  matter  how  good 
the  county's  traffic  facilities,  they  must  be  utilized  and  operated  in  order  to  be  of 


no  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

real  benefit  to  the  people.  (2)  Government  ownership  per  se  will  not  cure  labor 
troubles,  for  these  steam  roads  were  absolutely  controlled  by  the  Government,  yet 
such  control  did  not  prevent  the  strike.  (3)  Government  regulation  unll  cure 
labor  troubles,  as  was  seen  in  the  cessation  of  the  strike  when  the  Government 
issued  its  mandate  without  itself  owning  the  roads.  However,  such  regulation 
should  be  fairly  and  squarely  administered  on  behalf  of  employers,  employees  and 
the  general  pulDlic  whose  patronage  pays  the  bills. 


CHAPTER  XIX 

SUNDRY  VOLUNTARY  ORGANIZATIONS 

Orange  County  Medical  Association 
By  Dr.  John  L.  Dryer 

The  Orange  County  Aledical  Association  was  organized  June  13,  1889,  just 
nine  days  after  the  election  for  county  division  which  separated  Orange  from  the 
mother  county  of  Los  Angeles. 

The  first  meeting  of  physicians  was  held  on  that  day  at  two  p.  m.  in  the  office 
of  Judge  Humphreys,  a  small  frame  building  located  where  the  Sunset  Club 
now  stands.  Those  present  were:  Dr.  W.  B.  Wall,  Dr.  J.  M.  Lacy,  Dr.  J.  A. 
Crane,  Dr.  J.  P.  Boyd,  Dr.  C.  D.  Ball,  Dr.  S.  B.  Davis  and  Dr.  John  L.  Dryer, 
all  of  Santa  Ana. 

Dr.  J.  A.  Crane  called  to  order  and  stated  the  objects  of  the  meeting. 

Dr.  W.  B.  Wall  was  chosen  temporary  president,  and  Dr.  J.  P.  Boyd  tem- 
porary secretary. 

The  following  agreement  was  drawn  up  and  signed  by  all  present:  "\Vc, 
the  undersigned  physicians  of  Orange  County,  agree  to  form  ourselves  into  an 
organization  to  be  known  as  the  Orange  County  Medical  Association,  and  to  be 
governed  by  such  rules  as  may  be  hereafter  determined  upon." 

On  motion  the  secretary  was  instructed  to  receive  the  signatures  of  Dr.  J. 
R.  Medlock  of  Santa  Ana,  and  Dr.  L.  H.  Fuller  of  Tustin,  each  of  whom  had 
signified  his  intention  to  be  present  but  was  unable  to  do  so. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted : 

"Resolved,  That  any  regular  physician  of  Orange  County  against  whom  no 
objection  is  raised  at  a  subsequent  meeting,  be  allowed  to  participate  in  the  organ- 
ization of  this  Association." 

Under  the  foregoing  resolution  Dr.  J.  H.  BuUard  of  Anaheim  and  Dr.  W. 
B.  Wood  of  Orange  were  received  and  added  to  the  list  of  charter  members — 
eleven  in  all. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  June  25,  following,  at  which  time  a  Constitu- 
tion and  By-J^aws  were  adopted,  and  under  the  permanent  organization  the  fol- 
lowing officers  were  elected  and  installed  to  serve  until  the  first  annual  meeting 
in  1890: 

President,  Dr.  A\'.  B.  Wall;  Vice-President,  Dr.  J.  ]\I.  Lacy;  Secretary,  Dr. 
J.  P.  Boyd ;  Treasurer,  Dr.  W.  B.  Wood. 

The  first  members  elected  under  the  Constitution  were  Dr.  I.  D.  Mills  of 
Santa  Ana,  and  Dr.  D.  ^V.  Hunt  of  Anaheim,  both  in  September.  On  November 
Sth  Dr.  J.  A.  Blake  of  Fullerton  was  also  elected  to  membership,  but  never  at- 
tended any  session  of  the  Association. 

The  year  1889  closed  with  fourteen  members  as  named  on  the  roll,  and  no 
others  were  added  until  1894,  while  during  this  period  the  records  show  a  net 
loss  of  three,  on  account  of  removal  from  the  county.  These  were  Doctor  Blake, 
above  mentioned,  Doctor  Fuller  and  Doctor  Davis,  the  last  two  being  charter 
members. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  111 

The  first  annual  meeting  was  a  public  one  held  in  Spurgeon's  Hall  and  ad- 
dressed by  Dr.  Walter  Lindley  of  Los  Angeles,  then  president  of  the  State  Med- 
ical Society,  and  Professor  (now  Judge)  Conrey,  also  of  Los  Angeles. 

In  June,  1891,  the  Association  entertained  the  Medical  Society  of  Southern 
California,  the  meeting  and  banquet  being  held  in  what  was  then  Odd  Fellows' 
Hall,  in  the  First  National  Bank  Building.  The  sessions  were  well  attended.  An 
excursion  about  and  through  the  valley  was  greatly  appreciated  by  the  visiting 
doctors,  although  there  was  a  marked  absence  of  automobiles.  Twice  since  then 
the  Association  has  entertained  the  Southern  Society,  once  in  1897,  again  with- 
out automobiles,  and  in  1908,  when  machines  were  abundant. 

From  its  very  beginning  to  the  present  time  good  work,  in  the  preparation 
of  papers,  and  the  presentation  of  cases  for  clinical  study,  has  been  the  rule.  The 
meetings  have  been  regular  and  well  attended,  and  even  when  its  membership  was 
small  the  attendance  was  proportional  to  that  of  later  times,  although  long  drives 
had  to  be  made  with  horses  from  distant  towns,  to  attend  the  monthly  sessions, 
which  have  always  occurred  on  the  first  Tuesday  evening  of  each  month. 

Until  the  completion  of  the  Carnegie  Library  in  Santa  Ana,  the  sessions  of 
the  Association  were  visually  held  in  the  office  of  the  doctor  who  was  to  read  the 
paper  or  lead  in  the  discussion  of  a  selected  topic.  For  the  most  part  these  were 
in  the  county  seat,  though  many  interesting  gatherings  were  held  in  surrounding 
towns. 

Since  the  completion  of  the  Library  the  sessions  when  in  Santa  Ana  have  been 
held  in  the  executive  committee .  room  of  that  building,  adjoining  which,  in  a 
convenient  alcove,  a  growing  medical  library,  consisting  of  several  hundred  vol- 
umes, has  been  established. 

Though  from  the  first  organization  until  1894  the  membership  declined  in 
numbers,  it  never  fell  below  the  original  number — eleven,  and  from  said  date  the 
list  steadily  increased  with  the  growth  of  the  county  and  enlargement  of  its  towns. 

From,  and  including  the  first  enrollment  in  1889,  there  have  been  during 
the  thirty  and  one-half  years,  ending  December  31st,  1919,  a  total  of  ninety-one 
members  received,  while  the  present  number  is  forty-four. 

A  number  of  physicians  have  come  into  the  county,  affiliated  for  a  time,  and 
then  removed  to  other  fields.  Since  under  the  rules  of  the  Association  such 
removal  terminates  membership,  it  is  impossible  to  give  exact  duration  of  one  so 
ended. 

Death  has  dealt  kindly  with  the  Association  during  the  period  mentioned,  and 
although  a  large  per  cent  of  the  original  founders  were  men  well  advanced  in 
years,  but  nine  active  members  have  been  so  taken.  Of  these  Dr.  J.  A.  Crane,  Dr. 
W.  B.  Wall,  Dr.  J.  M.  Lacy,  and  Dr.  J.  R.  Medlock  were  charter  members,  and 
with  Dr.  Ida  B.  Parker  were  ex-presidents.  One  member  was,  by  a  unanimous 
vote,  expelled  from  the  Association  for  unethical  conduct.  Of  the  original  charter 
members  there  remain  on  the  roll,  Dr.  C.  D.  Ball,  Dr.  J.  P.  Boyd  and  Dr.  John 
L.  Dryer. 

Beginning  with  the  new  influx  of  members  in  1894,  the  list  of  those  received 
since  then  is  as  follows : 

1894— J.  G.  Berneike,  L.  N.  Wheeler,  C.  \Y.  Rairdon. 

1895— A.  F.  Bradshaw,  G.  J.  Rubleman,  L.  W.  Allingham,  F.  E.  Wilson. 

1897— J.  B.  Cook,  W.  V.  Marshburn. 

1898— G.  S.  Eddy,  D.  F.  Royer. 

1899— Wm.  Freeman,  H.  S.  Gordon,  F.  ]\f.  Bruner. 

1900— A.  Bennie,  J.  A.  Tyler. 

1901— E.  M.  Freeman,  John  Wehrly. 

1902— R.  A.  Cushman,  G.  H.  Dobson. 

1903— H.  A.  Johnston,  Ida  B.  Parker,  J.  G.  McCleod,  J.  W;  Jones. 

1904— J.  I.  Clark,  J.  M.  Burlew,  G.  A.  Shank. 

1905— J.  H.  Beebe. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 


1906— C.  C.  Violett,  J.  S.  Gowan,  C.  L.  Rich. 

1907— F.  J.  Gobar,  H.  E.  W.  Barnes,  W.  H.  Syer. 

1908— S.  G.  Huff. 

1909— H.  M.  Robertson,  W.  S.  Davis,  F.  L.  Chapline,  H.  H.  Forline,  W.  H. 
\Aickett. 

1911 — Geo.  L.  Prentice,  J.  \Y.  Shaul,  R.  A.  Cushman  (re-elected  after  ab- 
sence from  the  county),  J.  H.  Lang,  Geo.  C.  Clark,  John  Janus,  Jos.  F.  Doyle. 

1912— A.  H.  Domann,  C.  H.  Brooks,  Geo.  C.  Bryan,  J.  W.  Utter. 

1913— John  W.  Truxaw. 

1914_Albert  Osborne,  W.  W.  Davis,  Harry  E.  Zaiser,  F.  E.  Winter,  E.  F. 
Jones,  Dorothy  Harbaugh,  J.  E.  McKillop,  A.  M.  Tweedie. 

191 5^J.  c.  Osher,  C.  W.  Harvey,  J.  M.  Bartholomew,  W.  C.  DuBois,  F. 
E.  Wilson  (re-elected  after  absence  from  county),  John  F.  McCauley,  W.  H. 
Wickett  (re-elected  after  retirement). 

1916— H.  P.  Hendricks,  G.  M.  Tralle. 

1917— Mrs.  B.  Raiche,  O.  O.  Young,  E.  C.  Day,  J.  Luther  Maroon,  C.  C. 
Crawford,  J.  A.  Jackson. 

1918— D.  C.  Cowles,  M.  C.  Myers,  J.  P.  Brastad. 

1919— S.  A.  Marsden,  H.  D.  Newkirk. 

There  have  been  twenty-eight  presidents.  Dr.  W.  B.  Wall  having  served  four 
years,  each  of  the  others  a  single  year — as  follows : 


1889— W.  B.  Wall. 
1890— Dr.  J.  R.  Medlock. 
1891— Dr.  J.  M.  Lacy. 
1892— Dr.  John  L.  Dryer. 
1893— Dr.  C.  D.  Ball. 
1894— Dr.  W.  B.  Wall. 
1895- Dr.  \Y.  B.  Wall. 
1896— Dr.  W.  B.  Wall. 
1897— Dr.  J.  A.  Crane. 
1898— Dr.  L.  W.  Allingham. 
1899— Dr.   T.  G.  Berneike. 
1900— Dr.  W.  B.  Wood. 
1901— Dr.  H.  S.  Gordon. 
1902— Dr.  J.  P.  Boyd. 
1903 — Dr.   Wm.  Freeman. 
1904— Dr.  F.  E.  Wilson. 


1905— Dr.  J.  W.  Jones. 
1906— Dr.  G.  H.  Dobson. 
1907— Dr.  F.  M.  Bruner. 
1908— Dr.  John  Wehrly. 
1909— Dr.  J.  M.  Beebe. 
1910— Dr.  C.  C.  Violett. 
1911— Dr.  J.  M.  Burlew. 
1912— Dr.  Ida  B.  Parker. 
1913— Dr.  H.  A.  Johnson. 
1914— Dr.  D.  W.  Hasson. 
1915- Dr.  J.  I.  Clark. 
1916— Dr.  R.  A.  Cushman. 
1917— Dr.  G.  A.  Shank. 
1918— Dr.  Harry  Zaiser. 
1919— Dr.  G.  M.  Tralle. 
1920— Dr.  W.  C.  DuBois. 


The  Secretaries,  and  times  of  service,  are  as  follows : 

Dr.  J.  P.  Boyd,  three  years.  Dr.  C.  D.  Ball,  two  and  one-half  years.  Dr. 
L.  H.  Fuller,  one-half  year.  Dr.  John  L.  Dryer,  six  and  one-half  years.  Dr.  J. 
G.  Berneike,  one  and  one-half  years.  Dr.  J.  B.  Cook,  one-half  year.  Dr.  H.  S. 
Gordon,  four  years.  Dr.  J.  I.  Clark,  one-half  year.  Dr.  J.  M.  Burlew,  one  and 
one-half  years.  Dr.  Ida  B.  Parker,  two  years.  Dr.  John  Wehrly,  three  years. 
Dr.  R,  A.  Cushman,  one  year.    Dr.  W.  C.  DuBois,  four  years. 

The  Orange  County  Medical  Association,  loyal  to  its  country,  furnished  more 
than  its  normal  quota  of  doctors  for  service  in  the  late  war.  ■  The  following,  who 
were  active  members  at  the  time  of  enlistment,  served  for  varying  periods,  and 
each  attained  to  the  rank  opposite  his  name : 

Burlew,  Jesse  M.,  Captain,  Santa  Ana. 
Chapline,.  F.  L.,  Captain,  Orange. 
Davis,  Walter  W.,  Lieutenant,  Brea. 
Marsden,  Samuel  A.,  Lieutenant,  Orange. 
McAuley,  John,  Lieutenant,  Santa  Aha. 
McKillop,  J.  E.,  Major,  Huntington  Beach. 
Winter,  Frank  E.,  Major,  Santa  Ana. 
Wehrly,  John,  Major,  Santa  Ana. 


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Young,  Oscar  O.,  Captain,  Garden  Grove; 
Wickett,  William  H.,  Captain,  Fullerton. 

OfHcers  of  Association  in  1920 

Dr.  W.  C.  DuBois,  President.  Dr.  J.  H.  Lang,  Vice-President. 

Dr.  J.  C.  Crawford,  Secretary.  Dr.  R.  A.  Cushman,  Treasurer. 

Members  of  Association  in  1920 

Ball,  Dr.  C.  D.  Crawford,  Dr.  J.  C. 

Barnes,  Dr.  H.  E.  W.  Cushman,  Dr.  R.  A. 

Beebe,  Dr.  J.  L.  Davis,  Dr.  W.  W. 

Boyd,  Dr.  J.  P.  Dobson,  Dr.  G.  H. 

Burlew,  Dr.  J.  M.  Domann,  Dr.  A.  H. 

Brooks,  Dr.  C.  H.  Dryer,  Dr.  J.  L. 

Brastad,  Dr.  J.  P.  DuBois,  Dr.  W.  C. 

Chapline,  Dr.  F.  L.  Day,  Dr.  Emery  C. 

.    Clark,  Dr.  J.  I.  Freeman,   Dr.  W. 

Clark,  Dr.  Geo.  Gobar,  Dr.  F.  J. 

Cowles,  Dr.  D.  C.  Gordon,  Dr.  H.  S. 

Hasson,  Dr.  D.  W.  Robertson,  Dr.   H.   M. 

Johnston,  Dr.  H.  A.  Royer,  Dr.  D.  F. 

Jackson,  Dr.  J.  A.  Shank,  Dr.  G.  A. 

Lang,  Dr.  J.  H.  Truxaw,  Dr.  J.  W. 

Maroon,  Dr.  J.  L.  Utter,  Dr.  J.  W. 

Marsden,  Dr.  S.  A.  Violett,  Dr.  C.  C. 

McAuley,  Dr.  John.  Wehrly,  Dr.  John. 

McKillop,  Dr.  J.  E.  Wickett,  Dr.  W.  H. 

Myers,  Dr.  M.  C.  Wilson,  Dr.  F.  E. 

Osher,  Dr.  J.  C.  Winter,  Dr.  F.  E. 

Raiche,  Dr.  B.  F.  Zaiser,  Dr.  H.  E. 

The  Orange  County  Bar  Association 
By  Samuel  M.  Davis 

On  October  31,  1901,  members  of  the  Bar  of  Orange  County  signed  a  call 
for  a  meeting  to  organize  the  Orange  County  Bar  Association,  to  be  held  on 
November  22,  1901.  The  following  attorneys  signed  the  call  for  the  meeting: 
Victor  Montgomery,  W.  F.  Heathman,  J.  W.  Towner,  Ray  Billingsley,  Richard 
Melrose,  Z.  B.  West,  E.  E.  Keech,  F.  O.  Daniel,  R.  Y.  Williams,  A.  Y.  Wright, 
S.  A.  Bowes,  H'.  C.  Head,  Horatio  J.  Forgy,  John  N.  Anderson,  E.  T.  Langley, 
W.  E.  Parker,  W.  B.  Williams,  Homer  G.  Ames,  Samuel  M.  Davis,  J.  Howard 
Bell,  J.  C.  Scott,  H.  S.  Peabody. 

On  November  22,  1901,  the  following  members  of  the  Bar,  met  in  the  Court 
Room  of  the  Superior  Court,  in  the  Court  House,  at  Santa  Ana,  and  organized 
the  Orange  County  Bar  Association:  Z.  B.  West,  E.  E.  Keech,  F.  O.  Daniel, 
R.  Y.  Williams,  Horatio  J.  Forgy,  W.  E.  Parker,  Homer  G.  Ames,  Samuel  M. 
Davis,  J.  Howard  Bell,  J.  C.  Scott. 

The  first  officers  of  the  Association  were  as  follows :  President,  Victor  Mont- 
gomery ;  vice-president,  Richard  Melrose ;  treasurer,  R.  Y.  Williams ;  secretary, 
Horatio  J.  Forgy.  A  constitution  and  by-laws  were  adopted.  F.  O.  Daniel  was 
duly  elected  as  second  president  of  the  Association,  and  following  him  in  order 
as  presidents  were  Eugene  E.  Keech  and  R.  Y.  Williams.  H.  C.  Head  is  now  the 
president  of  the  Bar  Association. 

Following  the  secretaryship  of  H.  J.  Forgy,  J.  C.  Burke  was  elected  secre- 
tary, and  is  now  acting  secretary  of  the  Association. 

The  Association  has  been  very  active  in  keeping  up  the  standard  of  the  pro- 
fession.   It  has  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  courts  several  of  its  members  and 

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114  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

other  attorneys  practicing  in  the  county,  who  had  violated  certain  sections^  of 
the  Codes,  relating  to  the  practice  of  the  law,  and  had  been  accused  of  unethical 
methods  of  practice.  It  has  continuously  and  consistently  attempted  to  raise  the 
standard  of  the  profession,   especially  in   regard  to  the  honorable   practice  of 

the  law.  .  ^    ,  ^-  •       ■ 

This  Bar  Association  was  active  in  havmg  one  of  the  attorneys  practicmg  m 
the  county  disbarred  for  reprehensible  conduct  after  he  had  been  admitted  to 
practice  by  the  Appellate  Court  of  the  Third  District.  It  was  shown  afterwards 
that  he  had  practiced  fraudulent  and  surreptitious  methods  of  gaining  admission. 
The  disbarment  of  this  attorney  caused  the  entire  membership  of  the  Bar  Asso- 
ciation to  be  joined  as  defendants  in  the  United  States  District  Court  of  the 
Southern  District  of  California.  The  case  was  tried  before  Hon.  Oscar  Trippett, 
of  the  United  States  District  Court.  When  the  plaintiff  rested  his  case,  the  case 
was  dismissed  on  a  motion  for  a  nonsuit  made  by  the  attorneys  representing  the 
Orange  County  Bar  Association. 

In  the  prosecution  of  this  litigation,  the  Bar  Association  of  this  courity  did 
not  prosecute  any  of  the  parties  with  a  vindictive  spirit,  but  solely  to  raise  the 
moral  and  ethical  standard  of  the  profession.  In  this  endeavor,  the  Bar  Associa- 
tion, and  its  officers  and  members,  have  been  sustained,  both  by  the  Supreme  and 
Federal  Courts  of  this  state.  These  facts  are  mentioned  as  noteworthy,  because 
laymen  generally  think  that  the  ordinary  lawyer  is  liable  to  be  unethical  in  prac- 
tice, and  will  take  no  steps  to  rid  the  profession  of  undesirable  members. 

'  The  Association  is  now  in  a  flourishing  condition,  and  has  had  considerable 
work  in  forming  public  opinion  in  legislative  matters  that  have  come  before  the 
Association.  Several  members  of  the  Association  have  had  high  honors  con- 
ferred on  them. 

■  The  first  judge  of  the  Superior  Court,  after  the  formation  of  the  county  in 
1889,  was  Hon.  J.  W.  Towner.  He  was  followed  by  Hon.  J.  W.  Ballard  and 
Hon'  Z.  B.  West. 

In  1913  the  legislature  passed  an  act  increasing  the  number  of  judges  in 
the  Superior  Court  from  one  to  two,  and  this  act  took  effect  on  August  10,  1913. 
Gov.  Hiram  W.  Johnson,  on  September  13,  1913,  appointed  Hon.  William  H. 
Thomas  to  be  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court,  thus  established,  which  became  known 
as  Department  Two  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Orange  County. 

Subsequently,  Gov.  W.  D.  Stephens,  in  December,  1918,  appointed  William 
H.  Thomas,  Associate  Justice  of  the  newly  established  Court  of  Appeals,  Sec- 
ond District,  Division  Number  Two,  sitting  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  to  take  effect 
January  1,  1919. 

Gov.  W.  D.  Stephens,  in  December,  1918,  appointed  to  Hon.  R.  Y.  Williams 
as  Judge  of  Department  Two  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Orange  County,  to  take 
the  place  made  vacant  in  that  Court  by  the  appointment  of  Judge  Thomas  to  the 
Appellate  Court.     Judge  Williams  took  office  January  1,  1919. 

The  Hon.  Z.  B.  West  was  elected  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  in  Novem- 
ber, 1902,  and  has  succeeded  himself  for  two  consecutive  terms,  and  is  now  Judge 
of  Department  One  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Orange  County. 

The  following  members  of  the  Orange  County  Bar  Association  have  filled 
the  office  of  District  Attorney:  J.  W.  Ballard,  Z.  B.  West,  R.  Y.  Williams,  H. 
C.  Head,  S.  M.  Davis,  L.  A.  West. 

The  Orange  County  Bar  Association  is  an  aggressive  and  active  force  in  the 
legal  history  and  activities  of  Orange  County,  and  is  doing  its  part  to  keep  the 
standard  of  the  profession  high  and  honorable. 

Orange  County  Historical  Society 

Attorney  S.  M.  Davis  of  Santa  Ana,  in  May,  1919,  invited  a  number  of  citizens 
from  different  parts  of  the  county  to  meet  in  the  Santa  Ana  library  to  consider 
the  question  of  forming  a  historical  society  to  collect  and  preserve  a  record  of  the 
events  of  historical  interest  to  the  county  together  with  any  souvenirs,  trophies 


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or  other  articles  connected  therewith.  At  that  meeting  the  proposition  was 
unanimously  approved  and  the  following  persons  were  selected  to  act  as  the  first 
board  of  directors  in  forming  the  organization  and  securing  the  incorporation  of 
the  society,  viz. :  Dr.  John  L.  Dryer,  S.  M.  Davis,  Mrs.  A\'.  B.  Tedford,  C.  C. 
Chapman,  Samuel  Armor,  H.  Clay  Kellogg  and  George  W.  jMoore.  Doctor 
Dryer  was  elected  president  and  S.  M.  Davis  secretary.  Articles  of  incorporation 
were  adopted  and  the  secretary  was  instructed  to  file  copies  of  the  same  with  the 
board  of  supervisors  and  the  secretary  of  state.  In  due  time  the  secretary  received 
the  certificate  of  incorporation  and  called  a  meeting  of  the  society  to  convene 
on  June  26,  1919,  to  perfect  the  organization.  At  that  meeting  the  resignation 
of  George  W.  Moore  as  director  was  accepted  and  Dr.  C.  D.  Ball  was  elected 
to  fill  the  vacancy.  With  this  change  the  temporary  board  of  directors  was  made 
permanent.  Doctor  Dryer  declining  to  continue  in  the  chair.  Doctor  Ball  wa.s 
elected  president;  Samuel  Armor,  vice-president;  S.  M.  Davis,  secretary  and 
treasurer ;  and  Miss  Jeannette  E.  McPadden,  curator.  Thus  was  the  Orange 
County  Historical  Society  organized  on  June  26,  1919. 

Orange  County  Farmers  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company 

One  of  the  cooperative  organizations  of  Orange  County  that  reflects  great 
credit  on  the  judgment  and  forethought  of  its  organizers  is  the  Orange  County 
Farmers  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company.  Organized  June  30,  1898,  with  about 
twenty  or  thirty  present,  the  company  now  has  about  4,500  members.  During 
the  ensuing  years  it  has  paid  losses  amounting  to  $51,681.51,  and  has  the  enviable 
record  of  never  having  had  a  claim  contested  in  court. 

At  the  time  of  the  organization  of  the  company  the  farmers  of  the  county 
were  paying  from  thirty  cents  to  $1.08  per  year  on  a  $100  valuation.  For  insur- 
ance that  gives  additional  safeguards  to  its  policyholders,  the  company  has  a  rate 
of  about  fifteen  cents  per  year  on  $100.  It  has  now  in  force  insurance  to  the 
amount  of  about  $7,500,000  in  valuation.  * 

The  first  official  board  consisted  of  the  following:  W.  A.  Beckett,  Garden 
Grove,  president;  N.  H.  Leonard,  Bolsa,  vice-president;  F.  D.  Reed,  Garden 
Grove,  secretary ;  E.  W.  Crowell,  Orange ;  Thomas  Nicholson,  El  Modena ;  Albert 
Barrows,  Fullerton;  H.  Larter,  Westminster.  Of  the  first  board  of  directors 
only  two  are  now  living,  N.  H.  Leonard  and  H.  Larter,  the  former  being  the  only 
one  who  was  actively  engaged  in  all  the  details  of  the  company's  organization. 
Mr.  Leonard,  who  is  now  living  in  Santa  Ana,  personally  wrote  the  first  appli- 
cations that  were  filed  with  the  secretary,  F.  D.  Reed,  and  served  as  the  vice- 
president  of  the  company  for  four  or  five  years. 

Orange  County  W.  C.  T.  U. 

By  Elizabeth  H.  Mills 

In  writing  the  history  of  Orange  County,  all  who  read  its  history  should  know 
that  the  organized  forces  of  the  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union — organ- 
ized immediately  after  the  organization  of  the  County  in  1889 — though  numer- 
ically small,  have  been  a  potent  factor  in  the  moral,  spiritual  and  political  uplift 
of  the  county.  The  education  given  by  this  organization  has  been  progressive 
along  all  lines  that  tend  to  the  betterment  of  the  human  race.  It  has  spared 
neither  sacrifice  nor  service  to  this  end,  and  today  not  a  county  in  our  beloved 
state  can  show  a  better  record.  Splendid  men  have  stood  behind  the  brave  women 
who  have  dared  to  blaze  the  way  through  indiflference,  criticism  and  intolerance 
that  ever  marks  the  path  to  victory.  These  kept  the  faith  and  waged  the  war- 
fare that  made  it  possible  for  Orange  County,  with  its  present  eleven  Unions 
and  over  five  hundred  members,  to  be  an  eflfective  part  in  placing  in  our  National 
Constitution  the  Eighteenth  and  Nineteenth  Amendments.  All  honor  to  the  W. 
C.  T.  U.  women,  and  their  helpers,  of  this  County  for  their  part  in  making  the 
nation's  present  and  future  sober.  Christian  citi^en-ship. 


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CHAPTER  XX 

ORANGE  COUNTY'S  SOLDIERS 

B. 


Abbott,  William  F. 
Abshier,  Clifford 
Adams,  A.  A. 
Adams,  Anthony 
Adams,  Arley 
Adams,  Colvin  E. 
Adams,  Edgar  A. 
Adams,  Harry  P. 
Adams,  W.  H. 
Adair,  Clarence  M. 
Adkinson,  Edmund  R. 
Adkinson,  Raymond 
Adkinson,  Russel 
Ahlf,  L.  L. 
Aldrich,  Frank 
Alexander,  John  C. 
Allander,  Sydney  \\'. 
Allec,  Eugene  A. 
Alleman,  Roscoe  C. 
Allen,  Joe 
Ailing,  Earl  W. 
Amos,  George  E. 
Anderson,  Beverly 
Anderson,  Frank  M. 
Anderson,  Mike 
Anderson,  Norbert  L. 
Anderson,  Sydney  W. 
Andrada,  Arthur  B. 
Andrus,  Lynn  T. 
Angle,  Arthur  \V. 
Annon,  Valevian  ' 
Appel,  Henry 
Appel,  Theo.  G. 
Aragno,  Matteo 
Argiiello,  Joseph  M. 
Armfield,  Lee 
Armin,  Frank  C. 
Arnerich,  James  V. 
Aseves,  Eliseo  B. 
Ashman,  Leslie  B. 
Ashman,  Raymond 
Ashman,  Theodore 
Atkinson,  Farrell  G. 
Atwell,  Frank 
Atwood,  Chas.  P. 
Atwood,  Percy 
Aubuchon,  L.  A. 
Avrit,  Burnie 
Axelson,  Carl 
Ayers,  Lorin  D. 
Ayers,  Maxie  H. 


Badgley,  Chester  E. 

Baggerly,  Jesse 

Bagwell,  Samuel 

Bagwell,  William  L. 

Baier,  John  L. 

Baker,  Arnie  E. 

Baker,  Carl 

Baker,  Clark  E. 

Baker,  Verne  A. 

Baldwin,  Fred  W. 

Baldwin,  Lester  G. 

Ball,  Dexter 

Ball,  John  D. 

Ball,  Milton  W. 

Bangs,  Edward  C. 

Barber,  Bronson 

Barker,  Christopher  R. 

Barnes,  Charles 

Barnes,  R. 

Bartlett,  Wiir 

Bascom,  John  L. 

Batterman,  Herbert  W. 

Bauer,  Louis  L. 

Beach,  Archer  C. 

Beal,  Darold  L. 

Beals,  Ralph  A. 

Beecher,  Walter 

Beem,  Raymond  E. 

Beisel,  Emerson  A. 

Belden,  Lawrence  E. 

Beltz,  Carl  L. 

Beltz,  Ralph  E. 
Belvin,  Charles  C. 
Bemis,  Arthur  C. 
Benchley,  Frank  E. 
Benchley,  William  L  . 
Benedict,  Newton  R. 
Bennett,  Edward  L. 
Benson,  Albert  R. 
Bentjen,  Fred  C. 
Berry,  Fred  M. 
Bertman,  John  E. 
Besser,  Frank  L. 
Best,  Ralph  C. 
Best,  Willard 
Bibber,  Ray 
Biggs,  Frank  E. 
Biggs,  Martin 
Bird,  Harold 
Birenbaum,  Benjamin  H. 
Bishop,  Edwin  A. 


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Bittner,  Alfred  E. 
Bittner,  Walter 
Black  Bruce 
Black,  John  P. 
Black,  Robert  L. 
Blackmore,  Bayard  C. 
Blaeholder,  Charles  C. 
Blake,  Frank 
Blakemore,  Paul  E. 
Blandin,  Clarence  W. 
Blandin,  Harold  C. 
Blank,  Leon 
Blee,  Harry  H. 
Blee,  James  B. 
Block,  John  A. 
Bly,  Edwin  P. 
Bockrath,  Leo  A. 
Bohannon,  James  E. 
Boisseranc,  Henry 
Bolinger,  Dowley 
Booms,  William  F. 
Boose,  Herbert  A. 
Borchard,  Ted 
Bowen,  Arthur  U. 
Bowen,  Earl  P. 
Bowen,  Franklin  L. 
Bowen,  Frederick  J. 
Bowers,  Noble 
Boyer,  George  R. 
Brace,  Harry  H. 
Braddock,  Fred  W. 
Bradford,  Chester  A. 
Bradley,  John  I. 
Brady,  Arthur  J. 
Brandt,  L.  K. 
Brashear,  Walter  F. 
Bressler,  C.  E. 
Brewer,  Harley  P. 
Brewster,  William  B. 
Briggs,  Frank  E. 
Briggs,  Lewis 
Briggs,  Otis  E. 
Briney,  Perry 
Britton,  John  J. 
Brock,  V.  D. 
Brooks,  Henry  M. 
Brooks,  Ray 
Brothers,  Howard  N. 
Brown,  Charles  A. 
Brown,  Donald 
Brown,  George  W. 
Brown,  Harold  R. 
Brown,  Hector 
Brown,  Howard  E. 
Brown,  J.  Burdett 
Brown,  Joe 
Brown,  Lee  I. 
Brown,  Ollie 


Brown,  Raymond 
Brown,  William  R. 
Brubaker,  Omer  E. 
Brubaker,  Walter  S. 
Bruce,  Robert  A. 
Bruer,  Jesse 
Bruer,  Samuel  B. 
Brundson,  Harold  D. 
Bruns,  C.  W. 
Bruns,  J.  E. 
Brunton,  Delbert 
Bryant,  Whitney 
Buchanan,  Stacy  M. 
Buchheim,  Daniel  G. 
Buckner,  Clyde  W. 
Burdick,  Earl  K. 
Burge,  William  M. 
Burke,  Sam  W. 
Burlew,  J.  M. 
Burns,  Edward  M. 
Burr,  Charles  W. 
Burr,  Clifford 
Burruel,  John 
Burruels,  Victor 
Burry,  Delbert  E. 
Buss,  Harold  J. 
Butchers,  William 
Butler,  Eldon 
Buzord,  Claude 
Byran,  Wilfred  C. 

C. 

Cadwallader,  Forrest 
Calder,  James  A. 
Calderwood,  Willis  C. 
Calkins,  Harry  C. 
Campbell,  Chester 
Campbell,  Denver  D. 
Campbell,  Elgie 
Campbell,  Howard  D. 
Card,  George  M. 
Carey,  George  W. 
Carillo,  Raymond  L. 
Carisoza,  Frank  P. 
Carisoza,  Joe 
Carlson,  Nels  A. 
Carmichael,  David  B. 
Carnahan,  Aaron  E. 
Carothers,  Oscar  A. 
Carpenter,  Thaddeus  E. 
Carriker,  Floyd  E. 
Carroll,  Charles  T. 
Carron,  Henry 
Carver,  Roy 
Cathcart,  William  H. 
Catherman,  Ray  E. 
Cadand,  Alfred 


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Certly,  George 
Cervantez,  Joe 
Chandler,  Ernest  L. 
Chandler,  Roy 
Chandler,  Roy  ^^^ 
Chaffee,  Elmo  N. 
Chapline,  Frank  L. 
Chapman,  Charles  Stanley 
Chappell,  Ralph  K. 
Chase,  Ralph 
Chisum,  O.  H. 
Chittenden,  Burton  L. 
Christ,  Earl  W. 
Christensen,  Jennings  B. 
Christenson,  Albert  R. 
Christenson,  Earl  D. 
Christy,   Samuel   ^^'. 
Clabby,  Jack 
Claes,  Tonie 
Clark,  Daniel  B. 
Clark,  Harry  R. 
Clark,  Luther 
Clarke,  Martin  F. 
Claypool,  Hugh 
Clayton,  Herbert  J. 
Clayton,  O.  H. 
Clemens,  Ruben  \\'. 
Clever,  Oscar  R. 
Clifton,  Floren  G. 
Cline,  Carl  Otto 
Cochran,  Ross 
Coenen,  John  J. 
Coffin,  John  R. 
Coffin,  Owen  T. 
Cole,  Amen 
Cole,  Glendon 
Cole,  Ralph  .W. 
Coleman,  Harry  E. 
Coleman,  James  O. 
Collar,  Jess.  B. 
Collette,  Frank  A. 
Collings,  Joseph  B. 
Collins,  Joseph  L. 
Collins,  Homer  V. 
Collins,  Loyd  R. 
Collins,  Robert  W. 
Collis,  Ronald  B. 
Comstock,  J.  Roy 
Cone,  Arthur  L. 
Cohley,  Alfred  A. 
Conley,  Joseph  J. 
Conner,  Caswell  L. 
Cook,  Earl  T. 
Cook,  Thomas  D. 
Cookson,  Raymond  D. 
Cooley,  Archie  D. 
Cooley,  Glenn  H. 
Coons,  Arthur  G. 


Corcoran,  Robert  E. 
Cordes,  Alfred  A. 
Corliss,  Roy  Carleton 
Cornelison,  Enoch 
Corrigan,  Hugh 
Corser,  Lloyd  C. 
Covington,  Daniel  L. 
Cox,  Ralph  L. 
Coyle,  Harold  H. 
Coyle,  William  A. 
Cozad,  Paul  N. 
Cramer,   George  W. 
Crawford,  Percy  O. 
Crawford,  Robert  M. 
Crawford,  Ross 
Crawshaw,  Jesse  A. 
Crespin,  Emil 
Crespin,  Jim  M. 
Critton,  Lloyd  V. 
Crouch,  John  Edgar 
Crow,  Grover  C. 
Crowell,  Claude  S. 
Culley,  Herbert  B. 
Cummings,  Albert  L. 
Cunningham,  Richard 
Curry,  Robert  A. 
Curti,  Lorenzo 
Curtis,  John  H. 
Cutler,   William  E. 

D. 

Dahl,  Walter  A. 
Dahn,  Frank 
Dale,  Loring  J. 
Dale,  Milton  B. 
Daman,  Ross 
Daniel,  F.  Orin 
Daniel,  William  H. 
Daniels,  Aurelio 
Daniels,  Thomas  D. 
Danielson,  Carl 
Danker,  Benjamin  J. 
Danker,  Ernest  L. 
Dankers,  Martin  L. 
Dankers,  William  J. 
Dauser,  Sue 
Davidson,  Irving  D. 
Davis,  Elmo  H. 
Davis,  Keith 
Davis,  P.  R. 
Dean,  Arthur  C. 
Dean,  Calvin  J. 
Dean,  Floyd  B. 
Dean,  Floyd  M. 
Deaver,  Barrett 
Deaver,  Charles  L. 
Deaver,  Victor 


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11" 


Degryse,  Adolph 
De  Guesippi,  Antonio  M. 
Deitrick,  Leo 
Delaney,  Rubin  E. 
Bellinger,  Charles  P. 
De  Long,  Keith 
Dennison,  John 
De  Fetter,  Gustof 
Dewitt,  Theodore  H. 
Dickenson,  Eugene 
Dickenson,  Raymond  R. 
Dickenson,  R.  R. 
Dickey,  Leon  A. 
Dickson,  James  H. 
Dickson,  Oma  V. 
Dillingham,  Henry 
Dismukes,  Joseph  ^^^ 
Dismukes,  J.  Walton 
Ditchey,  John  D. 
Doty,  Charles  V. 
Douglas,  Eugene  A. 
Dowling,  Francis  M. 
Dowling,  William  H. 
Doyle,  Ralph  M. 
Drake,  A.  L. 
Draper,  James  F. 
Duarte,  Perfect 
Dufau,  Remi  L. 
Duhart,  Peter 
Duker,  Otto  H. 
Duncan,  Elora 
Duncan,  Elbert 
Duncan,  Harry 
Dunkle,  William  \\'. 
Dunlap,  Stafford 
Dunlap,  Stewart 
Dunn,  Ray  E. 
Dunning,  Marshall  F. 
Durham,  Benjamn  B. 
Durler,  Ralph  E. 
Durrett,  Henry  N. 
Dyckman,  Albert  W. 
Dyckman,  Walter  G. 
Dyer,  Charles  Y. 
Dyer,  George  H. 
Dyer,  Raymond  S. 
Dysinger,  Glen  H. 

E.. 

Eaby,  Roy  L. 
Easley,  Roy  B. 
Eastham,  E.  S. 
Echols,  Marion  H. 
Eckhart,  Lee  F. 
Eckley,  Lee  R.  ■ 
Eden,  John  R. 
Edgar,  Carl  R. 


Edgar,  Nelson 
Edwards,  Walter  E. 
Eells,  Arthur  Lewis 
Eells,  Ralph  H. 
Ehlen,  Henry 
Eichler,   Chauncy   II. 
Eimers,  Victor  A. 
Elam,  Joe  C. 
Elliott,  Delbert 
Elliott,  Floyd  T. 
Elliott,  Frank 
Elliott,  Leon  C. 
Elliott,  Stamey 
Ellis,  Archie 
Ellis,  L.  R. 
Emmonds,  Sheppard 
Enderle,  Maurice  F. 
Engelhardt,  Clarence  1 1 
Ensigne,  Elmer  C. 
Esau,  Carl 
Escarsega,  Juan 
Estes,  Troy  L. 
Estrada,  Joe  M. 
Etchandy,  Joe 
Evans,  James 
Everett,  Harold 
Eyman,  Leroy 


Faheyn,  Edward  T. 
Fallert,  Joseph  A. 
Fargher,  Arthur 
Faul,  John  L. 
Faulkner,  William  C. 
Felix,  Andres  C. 
Felts,  A.  W. 
Ferguson,  John  W. 
Ferguson,  Samuel  A. 
Fickle,  Glen 
Fickle,  Marvin  D. 
Fields,  Albert  M. 
Fife,  Edward  J. 
Finch,  Leonard  B. 
Finley,  Edmund  J. 
Finster,  Frank  E. 
Fipps,  Remus  F. 
Fisher,  H.  G. 
Fisher,  Jacob  M. 
Fixsen,  Ivan  D. 
Fletcher,  Warren 
Fleusouras,  George  G. 
Flies,  Ellery  K. 
Flowers,  Dwight  A. 
Fluor,  Fred 
Fluor,  P.  E. 
Forbes,  Herbert 
Ford,  Arthur  K. 


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Ford,  Clifford  M. 
Ford,  Guy 
Ford,  Maurice  E. 
Fordham,  George  H. 
Fordham,  Roy  D. 
Foster,  Henry  H. 
Foster,  Jesse  L. 
Fowler,  Herbert  J. 
Fox,  Elwin 
Fox,  Melville  W. 
Frampton,  Fred  F. 
Franklin,  Norman  T. 
Franzen,  George  H. 
Fraze,  Major  C. 
Frazier,  Earl 
Freeman,  Don 
Freeman,  F.  G. 
Freeman,  Frank  E. 
Freeman,  James  A. 
Freeman,  John  W. 
Frenger,  Eugene  A. 
Frevert,  Ervin  C. 
Frevert,  W.  G. 
Frice,  Arthur 
Frice,  Harvey 
Friend,  Bruce  H. 
Fries,  Fred 
Frink,  William  S. 
Frostefer,  Hugo  L. 
Frye,  Herschel  G. 
Frye,  Joseph  L. 
Frye,  Lawrence  H. 
Frye,  Valiant  J. 
Fuller,  E.  I. 
Fuller,  Fred 
Fuller,  Lloyd  L. 


Gage,  Loren  M. 
Gale,  Guy  H. 
Gallienne,  Peter  F. 
GalIoway,Ellis  Lee 
Ganther,  C. 
Garcia,  Vito  W. 
Gardner,  Vera  P. 
Garner,  Robert  W. 
Garner,  Thomas  C. 
Garr,  Charles  H. 
Garrett,  Hubert  J. 
Georts,  Henry 
Geretson,  Rudolph  G. 
Gerken,  Fred 
Gerken,  Walter 
Getty,  Wilbur  K. 
Geyer,  Charles 
Geyer,  Floyd  L. 
Gianoulas,  Demeterios 


Gibbon,  Jamie 
Gibson,  Rex  G. 
Giese,  William 
Gilbert,  Earl  C. 
Giles,  Clarence  F. 
Gill,  Oliver 
Gillaspy,  Ivan  R. 
Gillison,  Robert  D. 
Gilmore,  James  T. 
Girton,  William  H. 
Gisler,  Julius  P. 
Gisler,  Thomas  P. 
Gittins,  Lyman  S. 
Glenn,  William  F. 
Glidden,  Harrison 
Glidden,  R.  H. 
Gobar,  F.  H. 
Goddard,  Gerald  J. 
Goetz,  Edward  A. 
Going,  Charles  F- 
Good,  Junius  M. 
Goodale,  Ralph  H. 
Goodell,  Philip  H. 
Goodnight,  Maloy 
Gordon,  G.  M. 
Gorton,  Alonzo  M. 
Gothard,  Joseph  R. 
Gow,  James 
Graham,  Robert  P. 
Graham,  Wilbert  G. 
Granger,  Earl  C. 
Graw,  J.  J. 
Greathouse,  Marshall 
Greder,  George  B. 
Greeley,  Ross 
Green,  Robert  W. 
Greenleaf,  Erol  F. 
Griffen,  James  \Y. 
Grissette,  Victor 
Grouard,  Franklin  L. 
Grover,  Herbert  H. 
Grumm,  Ewald 
Guenther,  Otto  D.  N. 
Guglielmana,  Riccardo 
Gulley,  Fred 
Gunther,  Emma  O. 
Guntz,  Beaver  G. 

H. 

Haapa,  Eino 
Habener,  William 
Hacklander,  Atwill  H. 
Haegele,  Frank  J. 
Halderman,  Clarence 
Halderman,  Leonard  P. 
Halderman,  Myron  E. 
Hale,  Harold  E. 


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Hale,  Harry  L. 
Hale,  Walter  B. 
Halloway,  Bert  J. 
Hamann,  Richard  J. 
Hambleton,  Walter  N. 
Hammerle,  Raymond  J. 
Handley,  William  C. 
Hankey,  Carl  H. 
Hankey,  Howard 
Hankins,  Garland 
Hansbarger,  Frank 
Hansen,  Magnus 
Hansen,  Walter 
Hansfield,  Gordon  E. 
Hantsbarger,  Frank  A. 
Harding,  William  W. 
Hardy,  Ashael 
Hardy,  Daniel 
Hargett,  Coleman  A. 
Hargrave,  Edgar  J. 
Harms,  Fred  J. 
Harnock,  Charles  J. 
Harper,  Harry  E. 
Harper,  Harry  O. 
Harper,  Wilbur  B. 
Harris,  George  F. 
Harris,  George  Franklin 
Harris,  Eeon 
Harrison,  T.  H. 
Hart,  Charles  H. 
Hart,  William  O. 
Hartman,  Carl  A. 
Hartman,  Claude  'E. 
Hartung,  Edgar  J. 
Hartwick,  Delette 
Hartwick,  Martin 
Haskell,  M.  D. 
Hassler,  Bert  R. 
Hassler,  Ferdinand  O. 
Haster,  Richard 
Hatch,^  Ashley 
Hatch,  Jesse  D. 
Hatch,  Melton 
Hatfield,  George  H. 
Hauk,  Edward  W. 
Hawkins,  Elmer 
Hawkins,  William  G. 
Hays,  Mart  V. 
Healton,  Orval  P. 
Hebson,  John  W. 
Heil,  Vernon  C. 
Heine,  Dale  M. 
Heinecke,  Albert 
Hemmerling,  Walter 
Henderson,  Walter 
Heninger,  William  P. 
Henry,  Archie 
Henry,  Ernest  M. 


Henselman,  Linn 
Herbst,  Valentine  F. 
Herron,  Daniel  W. 
Hess,  Albert  F. 
Heying,  Edward 
Heying,  Oscar  W. 
Hickman,  Carl 
Hildebrand,  George  W. 
Hilend,  James  E. 
Hill,  Frank  R. 
Hill,  Fred 
Hill,  H.  H. 
Hill,  Horace  R. 
Hill,  Robert 
Hill,  Roger  F. 
Hillebrecht,  George  A. 
Hillyard,  Warren  K. 
Hilton,  Jules  V. 
Hinds,  Thomas  H. 
Hinricher,  Joseph  A. 
Hinrichs,  John  F. 
Hoben,  Hugh  J. 
Hodson,  Burt  B. 
Hodson,  Roscoe  N. 
Hoflfman,  Ralph 
Hohn,  Vernon  F.' 
Holder,  Dee 
Holderman,  Nelson  M. 
Holditch,  George  E. 
Holditch,  John  P. 
Holditch,  Joseph  B. 
Hollis,  A.  D. 
Hollowa,  Bert  J. 
Holm,  Albert  C. 
Holmes,  Max  C. 
Holston,  Thomas  E. 
Holt,  Harvey  K. 
Holt,   John    H. 
Holve,  Albert  A. 
Holzgrafe,  Harold  T. 
Holzgrafe,  Homer  C. 
Honey,  Lyle  C. 
Hooker,  Ray  E. 
Hooser,  Clarence  H. 
Hopkins,  Clyde  H. 
Hopkins,  Donald 
Horine,  George  L. 
Horton,  Earl 
Horton,  Kenneth  E. 
Hoskins,  Glenn  G. 
Hoskins,  William  C. 
Hossler,  Harry 
Houston,  Raymond  S. 
Howard,  Carl  V. 
Howard,  Horace  J. 
Howard,  Kyle 
Howell,  William  E. 
Howland,  George  H. 


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Howland,  W. 
Hubbard,  George  R. 
Hudson,  C.  D. 
Hudson,  Gerald  S. 
Hudson,  Percy  W. 
I-Iuff,  Ralph  E. 
Huffman,  Alvan  W. 
Huffman,  Ralph 
Hugh,  H. 

Humbard,  William  A. 
Hunt,  Elmer  R. 
Hunton,  Gwendoline  M. 
Huntzinger,  Amos 
Huntzinger,  Oscar 
Hupp,  Victor 
Hutchinson,  Samuel  A. 
Hyline,  Stephen 

I. 

Ilxes,  Steven  B. 
Iman,  Homer  F. 
Imes,  Clinton 
Imus,  Carl  O. 
Indergand,  Alex. 
Inman,  Elmer 
Innes,  Wells  W. 
Irvine,  James  R. 
Irvine,  Joseph  B. 
Irwin,  Cecil  C. 
Irwin,  George  W. 
Isinor,  Albert  P. 

J- 

Jabs,  Harry 
Jackman,  Carl  H. 
Jackman,  Harry  H. 
Jacobs,  John,  Jr. 
Jacobs,  Otto  A. 
Jacobsen,  Walter  L. 
Jacques,  Jules  F. 
Jacques,  Placido 
Jaeger,  Fred  C. 
Jamar,  T.  R. 
Jamison,  A.  J. 
Jansen,  Johannes 
Janss,  Elmer  R. 
Janssen,  Frank  A. 
Jayne,  Maxwell 
Jayne,  Ralph 
Jefferies,  Lester  A. 
Jenks,  Stillman  N. 
Jensen,  Norman  R. 
Jessee,  William  D. 
Jessup,.  John  H. 
Jessup,  Robert 
Jiles,  Clarence  F. 


Jiles,  John  A. 
Johnson,  Arthur  A. 
Johnson,  Arthur  W. 
Johnson,  Carl 
Johnson,  Claude  E. 
Johnson,  Elmer  L. 
Johnson,  Ernest 
Johnson,  Jack  Stacy 
Johnson,  John  A. 
Johnson,  John  C. 
Johnson,  John  H. 
Johnson,  Raymond  N. 
Johnson,  Roy 
Johnson,  Samuel  C. 
Jolly,  Hubert  T. 
Jones,  Arch 
Jones,  Charles  C. 
Jones,  Christopher  l'\ 
Jones,  David  M. 
Jones,  Gordon 
Jones,  Lawrence 
Jones,  liable 
Juden,  Floyd 
Junge,  William  F. 


K. 

Kadau,  Carl  J. 
Kadelbach,  Albert 
Kamp,  Ralph  B. 
Kaufman,  Louis  H. 
Keech,  Dana  E. 
Keech,  Cara 
Keefe,  John  Edward 
Keefe,  Thomas  A. 
Keencey,  Leo 
Keim,  Otto  A. 
Keiser,  Delbert  A. 
Kellingworth,  Hallie  E. 
Kellog,  Ernest  L. 
Kellogg,  George  E. 
Kelly,  Arthur  J. 
Kelly,  Daniel  E. 
Kelly,  Joseph 
Kelly,  Leo  W. 
Kelly,  Ralph  A. 
Kelly,  William  E. 
Kemper,  Arthur  A. 
Kemper,  John  F. 
Kendall,  A.  Gordon 
Kendall,  Harry  L. 
Kendall,  Herbert  R. 
Kennedy,  Shirley  A. 
Kennedy,  William  F. 
Kennon,  Stanley  W. 
Kenyon,  Lee  F. 
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Kestenholtz,  Emil 
Kettler,  William 
Killingsworth,  Hallie  E. 
Kimball,  True  W. 
Kimbrough,  Edwin  W. 
Kindle,  Daniel  C. 
King,  Earl  R. 
King,  John  S. 
King,  Ralph  E. 
Kingston,  William 
Kirk,  Dean  W. 
Kirkpatrick,  Harry  G. 
Kitchen,  Harvey  F. 
Klaustermeyer,  Henry  F. 
Kneen,  William  E. 
Knick,   Thomas   O. 
Knight,  Roscoe  W. 
Knowlton,  HoUis  H. 
Koech,  Hugh 
Koenig,  Albert  F. 
Kogler,  Edwin 

Kohlenberger,  Charles  F.  W. 
Kohlenberger,  H.  H. 
Kolkhorst,  Emil  W.    " 
Kozina,  Albert 
Kozina,  Alvin 
Kraemer,  Samuel  P. 
Kraft,  Louis 
Krause,  H.  A. 
Krebs,  Otto 
Kroener,  Rudolph 
Kroener,  William  F. 
Krueger,  Herbert 
Kubitz,  Walter 
Kuechel,  Edwin  P. 
Kurtz,  Milton  H. 
Kurt^,  Neale  C. 
Kusch,  William  H. 
Kutzner,  Herman   J- 
Kutzner,  Otto  J. 

E. 

Lacy,  Alex  H. 

Lae,  John 

Lae,  Louis 

Lae,  Phillip 

Lamb,  John  W. 

Lambert,  Emery  B. 

Lambert,  George  W. 

Lambert,  Munroe  M. 

Lambert,  Wilson  W. 

Lambracopoulos,  Theophanes 

Lamhoffer,  Eric 

Lamme,  Halsey 

Lantz,  Royce 

La  Porte,  Peter 

Larios,  Thomas  A. 


Larter,  Donald 
Launders,  Clarence  B. 
Lauterback,  Fred  C. 
Lay,  James  F. 
Lay,  Verna  Clyde 
Leatherwood,  Clyde  E. 
Leavitt,  Frank  S. 
LeBard,  Aubrey  C. 
LeBard,  Thomas  J. 
Le  Beu,  Paul  M. 
Lee,  George  M. 
Lee,  Harold  K. 
Lee,  Roscoe 
Lehner,  Merritt  G. 
Leimer,  Charles  J. 
Leinberger,  \^'illiam  S. 
LeLande,  Joseph  A. 
Lemar,  Dwight  H. 
Lentz,  Donald  E. 
Lentz,  Wilber  S. 
Lenz,  Otto 
Levine,  Sam 
Liafe,  William  A. 
Lichermann,  Benedict  A. 
Lieberman,  Anna  L. 
Lindley,  Charles 
Little,  Walter  B. 
Litton,  B.  E. 
Livesy,  James  E.,  Jr. 
Lockett,  Henry  J. 
Loerch,  Albert  L. 
Loescher,  William  G. 
Logan,  Charles  F.  D. 
Loney,  Earl 
Long,  Beaugh 
Lopez,  Alonzo 
Lopez,  Felix 
Lopez,  Franklin 
Lopez,  Paul 
Loptien,  Henry,  Jr. 
Love,  Henry 
Love,  Leonard 
Lovelandy,  Thomas  A. 
Lovell,  J.  C. 
Lovett,  Daniel  C. 
Lowen,  Clifton  E. 
Luchau,  Henry  O. 
Luck,  Benjamin  F. 
Ludy,  Howard  E. 
Lugo,  Paul 
Luhring,  Rolla 
Lujan,  Sam 
Luke,  Norman 
Lumsden,  John  C. 
Lutten,  P.  H. 
Lutz,  William  A. 
Lykke,  Andrew  P. 
Lyon,  Franklin  J. 


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M. 

Maas,  George  B. 
AIcAnley,  John 
McBride,  Frank 
McCabe,  Thomas 
jMcCain,  A.  Lawrence 
McCarthy,  Robert 
McClelland,  George  E. 
McClain,  Charles  R. 
McClintock,  Clarence  M. 
McClintock,  David 
McCollum,  Robert  E. 
McCollum,  Thomas  C. 
McComber,  George  D. 
McCounal,  Arthur  A. 
McCoy,  Alvan  C. 
McCracken,  Lolie 
McCime,  John  P. 
McDonald,  Donald  H. 
McDowell,  Alonzo  G. 
McElnogg,  Clarence  H. 
McFadden,  Edwin  T. 
McFarland,  James  P. 
McGaffey,  Edgar  W. 
McGill,  Robert  E. 
McGraw,  Harold  S. 
Maclntire,  Carlyle  F. 
McKaughan,  Dick  O. 
McKean,  Jacob  E. 
McKean,  Ross 
McKelvy,  Robert  S. 
McKinley,  Robert 
McKinney,  Elmer 
McMillan,  Delbert  L. 
McPherson,  S.  Brown 
McRae,  Charles  M. 
Maddux,  Clement  R. 
Maddux,  James  W. 
Maganety,  John  L. 
Magg,  George  W. 
Magill,  James  W.    , 
Mahoney,  Fred  O. 
Maigre,  Henry  A. 
Majel,  Juan 
Makokst,  Frank 
Mang,  Henry  A. 
Mang,  William  E. 
Mangham,  Elwood  B. 
Marks,  Benjamin  H. 
Marks,  Emerson  J. 
Marks,  Harry 
Marlborough,  Numa  A. 
Marple,  R.  S.,  Jr. 
Marsden,  Samuel  A. 
Marshburn,  Clinton 
Martin,  Arthur  T. 
Martin,  Charles 


Martin,  Perle  M. 
Martinet,  Morris  W. 
Martinez,  John  B. 
Martinez,  Joseph  P. 
Marzo,  Fernando  C. 
Mathis,  Marion  W. 
Matter,  Henry  J. 
Matthews,  Curtis  F. 
Matthews,  Julian  D. 
Mattocks,  Douglas  C. 
Mattocks,  Edward  S. 
Mattocks,  George  E. 
Mauerhan,  Conrad  J. 
Mauerhan,  Frank  E. 
Mauerhan,  James  A. 
Mauerhan,  Ralph  W.  ' 
Mayer,  Lawrence  H. 
Meadows,  Arthur  C. 
Meadows,  Donald  C. 
Meehan,  Henry  C. 
Melchior,  Jacob  J. 
Melton,  Turner  L. 
Mensenkamp,  Albert  F. 
Merkerm,  F.  G. 
Meserve,  Eugene 
Messerall,  Raymond  E. 
Metz,  William  R. 
Meyer,  Edward  G. 
Meyer,  Fred  C. 
Meyer,  Victor  C.  . 
Meyers,  Walter  W. 
Michaeli,  Elmer  F. 
Miles,  Martin  R. 
Miller,  Irene 
Miller,  Stewart  S. 
Milosevich,  Dusan 
Minnix,  Henry  C. 
Mitchell,  Floyd  H. 
Mitchell,  L.  C. 
Mitchell,  Ralph  J. 
Mitchell,  W.  E. 
Mitchell,  Willis 
Mitchell,  Willis  F. 
Mock,  John  M. 
Mohr,  A^ernon  F. 
Moist,  M.  S. 
Mollica,  Lawrence  J. 
Montana,  Joseph 
Montenegro,  Albert 
Moody,  John  K. 
Moon,  Cecil  K. 
Mooney,  Charles  H. 
Moore,  Arlo  F. 
Moore,  Charles  H. 
Moore,  Glenn  A. 
Moore,  James  Francis 
Moren,  Robert  H. 
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;\Iorris,  William  E. 
Morris,  Frank  E. 
Morris,  Virgil 
Morrison,  John  L. 
Morrison,  Loftns  B. 
]\losely,  Lemuel  H. 
Moss,  Willard 
Muckenthaler,  William  M. 
Mueller,  Emil  C. 
Munger,  Horace 
Munger,  Robert 
Murdy,  John  A. 
Alurphy,  Earl  R. 
Murillo,  Alonzo 
Muzzall,  Clyde  E. 
Myer,  Theodore  J. 

N. 

Nankerville,  William  J. 
Nash,  Arthur  Forest 
Nearing,  Alfred  E. 
Nelson,  Benjamin  F. 
Nelson,  Charles  A. 
Nelson,  H.  W. 
Nelson,  Orion  L. 
Nelson,  Richard  G. 
Nesbit,  Harry 
Newkirk,  Harry 
Newland,  John  D. 
Newland,  Clinton  C. 
Newman,  Horace  T. 
Newton,  James  B. 
Newton,  John  L. 
Nichols,  Albert  Q. 
Nichols,  Homer  L. 
Nichols,  William  I. 
Nickles,  Earl  T. 
Nicolas,  John  P. 
Niece,  Roland  E. 
Niland,  Edwin  R. 
Nisyros,  Anastasio 
Noose,  Herbert  A. 
Nordeen,  Ansel  G. 
Nordeen,  Orval  J. 
Noriego,  Ygnacio 
Noulis,  John 
Nuffer,  Bernard 
Nunn,  Robert  N. 

O. 

Oberlander,  William  J. 
Oertly,  George 
Olds,  Leon  B.  W. 
Orosco,  George     ' 
Ortiz,  Fred 
Ortiz,  Joe 


Osborn,  Hugh 
Osborn,  John  H. 
Osborn,  Roy  N. 
Osborne,  Dennis  O. 
Osborne,  Harry  C. 
Outland,  John  R! 
Owenby,  Ira  J. 

P. 

Packard,   Otto   B. 
Padgham,  Henry  I. 
Page,  George  W. 
Pangilla,  Manuel  G. 
Pappageorgopoulos,  Nicholos 
Park,  Eugene  L. 
Parker,  Bernard  D. 
Parker,  Clarence 
Parslow,  Edward  C. 
Paschall,  Arthur 
Patterson,  Edward  M. 
Patterson,  Lyford  M. 
Paulus,  Walter  L. 
Pearson,  Arthur 
Pearson,  Charles  A. 
Pease,  Arthur  W. 
Pease,  Walter  J. 
Peck,  Robert  G. 
Pederson,  James  M. 
Peel,  Alvin 
Pefley,  Clarence  R. 
Pellegrin,  A.  E. 
Pendleton,  John  A. 
Penhall,  Leslie  W. 
Penn,  Ivan 
Perkins,  Byron 
Perkins,  Dixie 
Perkins,  Frederick,  Jr. 
Perkins,  Harry  R. 
Perkins,  Leo  L. 
Perry,  Robert  B. 
Peterkin,  George  W. 
Peterman,  William  H. 
Peters,  Josiah 
Peters,  Rudolph  O. 
Peterson,  Edward  M. 
Pettz,  Hellie  H. 
Phelps,  Allen  G. 
Phillips,  Merrill  N. 
Pickett,  Jesse  H. 
Pierson,  Oliver  C. 
Pittman,  Earl 
Planchon,  Elman  N. 
Planchon,  William 
Piatt,  George  H. 
Plavan,  Clyde  A. 
Pogue,  John  H. 
Pohndorf,  Henry  G.  J. 


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Poland,  Oscar  J. 
Polillo,  Antonio 
Pollard,  George  A. 
Pollard,  William  M. 
Porter,  Arthur 
Porter,  Charles  L. 
Porter,  Joseph 
Porter,  Lloyd  M. 
Potter,  Claude  E. 
Potter,  Lee  Roy 
Potter,  Raymond 
Potts,  Clifford  C. 
Prather,  Floyd 
Preble,  Boyd 
Preble,  Dallas  E. 
Preston,  Harold  R. 
Price,  Henry  O. 
Price,  Jake 
Priebe,  William  E. 
Prince,  Elmer  L. 
Pritchett,  Clyde 
Proud,  Lucien  E. 
Puchert,  Otto 
Purviance,  Glenn  P. 
Pye,  B.  C. 
Pygman,  Paul  B. 

Q. 

Quintana,  Anselmo 
Ouarton,  Thomas  L 

R. 

Ragan,  James  R. 
Rails,  Roy  F. 
Rains,  George  L. 
Ralph,  A.  S. 
Ramsey,  Ethel  C. 
Rand,  Henry  C. 
Randall,  Guy  B. 
Ranker,  Frank  J. 
Rathke,  Jacob  C. 
Raymond,  Carl  L. 
Read,  Noah 
Reed,  Harry 
Reed,  Leroy 
Reed,  Ruel  L. 
Rees,  Albert  E. 
Reese,  Emory  W. 
Reeves,  Richard  L. 
Regan,  Richard  R. 
Rehor,  Victor 
Reid,  Harry  A. 
Reid,  Leland  E. 
Reid,  Taylor  R. 
Reihl,  Grover  C. 
Reihl,  Lewis  A. 


Reinecke,  Joe  R. 
Reinhaus,  Stanley  M. 
Renshaw,  Clarence  B. 
Reusch,  AA'illiam 
Reuter,  Ernest  A. 
Reuter,  Herman  A. 
Rhodes,  Marvin  D. 
Rhodes,  Marion 
Rice,  George  B. 
Rice,  Oliver  \^^ 
Richards,  Perey 
Richardson,  Hugh  G. 
Richardson,  John  W. 
Richardson,  Lee 
Richman,  B.  E. 
Riess,  John  J. 
Riffle,  Russell  S. 
Rigdon,  Walter  B. 
Riggle,  Harvey  P. 
Rilea,  Dwight  S. 
Riley,  William  J. 
Rios,  Antonio 
Rios,  Frank 
Rios,  Jesus 
Ritner,  William  W. 
Roberts,  Harry  F. 
Roberts,  Ray 
Roberts,  A\'alter  J. 
Robertson,  John  M. 
Robertson,  Robert  M. 
Robinson,  Ernest  F. 
Robinson,  Frederick  D. 
Robinson,  John  H. 
Robinson,  L.  Homer 
Robinson,  Michael 
Rochester,  Nathaniel  N. 
Rodriguez,  William 
Roehm,  Cornish  J. 
Roepke,  Roy  S. 
Rogers,  Floyd 
Rogers,  F.  W. 
Rogers,  Meade  M. 
Rogers,  Newton 
Rogers,  Willie 
Rohrs,  Albert  F. 
Rohrs,  Henry 
Romero,  Jose 
Romero.  Stanley 
Rose,  Chester  A. 
Rose,  Jesse  G. 
Ross,  Elmer 
Ross,  Garland  C. 
Ross,  Hugo  J. 
Ross,  Raymond  R. 
Rossiter,  Harry  A.   - 
Rossiter,  Henry  M. 
Rouse,  Luther  G. 
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Royer,  Merrill  C. 
Ruble,  George  F. 
Ruiz,  Bidal 
Rush,  George  P. 
Ryan,  Joseph  H. 

S. 

Sala,  Myers 
Salven,  Fred  M. 
Salveson,  Salve  M. 
Sampson,  Herbert  C. 
Sanders,  Ward 
Sargent,  James  K. 
Saunders,  Ray 
Sawyer,  Guy 
Schacht,  Frank  H. 
Schalten,  Roy  F. 
Schelling,  Otto  W. 
Schey,  Charles 
Schiffer,  Philip  F. 
Schildmeyer,  Oscar  A. 
Schilling,  Walter  A. 
Schindler,  Henry 
Schlueter,  Henry  H. 
Schmidt,  John  H. 
Schrott,  Frank  J. 
Schultze,  William  C.  R. 
Schulz,  Charles  M. 
Schumacher,  David  H. 
Schumacher,  Roy  F. 
Schumacher,  Walter 
Scott,  Greba 
Scott,  Hubert  G. 
Scovel,  George  K. 
Scudder,  Thomas  W. 
Schwartzbach,  Rudolph  R. 
Scale,  Joshua  E. 
Sears,  Rippley  B. 
Seeley,  Esley 
Segerstrom,  Anton  H. 
Segerstrom,  Fred  A. 
Shadel,  Paul 
Shaffer,  Charles  B. 
Shampang,  M.  R. 
Shanchez,  Adolfo 
Sharp,  Selvin  T. 
Sharp,  Selwyn  J. 
Shaw,  Charles  H. 
Shaw,  Robert 
Shepherd,  James  C. 
Sherwood,  Arthur  H. 
Sherwood,  Lyman 
Shields,  Cecil  R. 
Shipkey,  Arthur  H. 
Shirley,  Knox  A. 
Shoemaker,  George  G. 
Shoneka,  Selim 


Shugg,  Cecil  M. 
Sielitz,  Richard  J. 
Siems,  Fred  J. 
Siems,  Harry  W. 
Siewert,Leonard  W. 
Simmons,  Clark 
Simmons,  Fritz  M. 
Simmons,  Jerome  N. 
Simmons,  John  G. 
Simmons,  Tom  J. 
Sinclair,  William 
Slater,  Clyde 
Slater,  F.  Clyde 
Sleeper,  Claude  L. 
Slodt,  Harry  C. 
Smart,  M.  Carson 
Smart,  William  A. 
Smiley,Kenneth  E. 
Smith, Carson  M. 
Smith,  Earl  E. 
Smith,  George  W. 
Smith,  Harrison  E. 
Smith,  James  J. 
Smith,  Joe 
Smith,  Lewis  M.  H. 
Smith,  Loren  W. 
Smith,  Louis  D. 
Smith,  Myer 
Smith,  Nicholas  E. 
Smith,  Ralph 
Smith,  Robert  E. 
Smith,  Stewart  S. 
Snodgrass,  Archie  C. 
Snodgrass,  Oran  L. 
Snodgrass,  Sam 
Snow,  Horace  E. 
Snyder,  Paul  M. 
Snyder,  William  L. 
Solonon,  Morris  S. 
Sonduck,  Samuel 
Sorenson,  Samuel 
Spohr,  Elizabeth 
Spotts,  Harry  F. 
Sprotte,  Charles  W. 
Sproull,  Henry  F. 
Spurgeon,   Robert 
Spurling,  Kingsley 
Squires,  C.   E. 
Squires,  Elwell 
Squires,  Robert 
Stalker,  John  B. 
Stambaugh,  Warren  A. 
Stamey,  Elliott 
Standring,  Samuel  P. 
Stanfield,  Frank 
Stanley,  Eugene  B. 
Stansbury,  Harold  I. 
Stark,  Ernest  A. 


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Starkey,  Preston  F. 
Steadman,  Earl  J. 
Stearns,  Charles  A. 
Stearns,  Marco  M. 
Steenberg,  John 
Sterrett,  Wyman  J. 
Stevens,  Arthur  E. 
Stevenson,  Donald 
Stevenson,  Joseph 
Stevenson,  Samuel  L. 
Stevenson,  Wendell  M. 
Stever,  Fred  P. 
Steves,  Fred 
Stewart,  Joseph  P. 
Stewart,  Martin  V. 
Stewart,  Wayne  C. 
Stillman,  M.  J. 
Stillwell,  Edwin  G. 
StiUwell,  John  W. 
Stillwell,  Richard  C. 
Stockton,  Everett  A. 
Stoffel,  Barney  A. 
Stoffel,  Peter  F. 
Stogsdill,  Earl  W. 
Stokes,  Arthur  J. 
Stoll,  Frederick 
Stone,  William  T. 
Stortz,  Parker  H. 
Stratton,  Fred  D. 
Streetch,  Wilhelm 
Streed,  Henry  G. 
Strieker,  Edward  E- 
Strieker,  Marshall  L. 
Strong,  Clarence  D. 
Strong,  Leo  S. 
Stroschein,  Frank  G. 
Studebaker,  Harvey  S. 
Stall,  Bertram  L. 
StuU,  Glenn  B. 
Summons,  Tom.  J. 
Sutton,  William 
Swain,  W.  B. 
Swanner,  Charles  D. 
Swanner,  John  L,. 
Swarthout,  Willard  I.. 
Sweger,  George  I,. 
Swoap,  Howard  F. 


Tait,  Magnus  W. 
Talbott,  Dale  E. 
Tanner,  George  F. 
Tate,  John  N. 
Taulbee,  Bennie  L,. 
Taylor,  George  M. 
Taylor,  Hugh  F. 
Taylor,  Otis  G. 


Tedford,  Edgar 
Tedford,  Jack 
Tedford,  Malcom  E. 
Tervooren,  John  G. 
Thierfelder,  Leonard  G. 
Thomas,  Thomas  B. 
Thomas,  W.  Perry 
Thompson,  Allison  W. 
Thompson,  Benjamin  F. 
Thompson,  Gerald  R. 
Thompson,  Lloyd 
Thompson,  Morris  J. 
Thompson,  Pharis  L. 
Thompson,  Roland 
Thompson,  Somerville 
Thompson,  Stanfield 
Thrall,  Leman  D. 
Tidball,  Charles  T. 
Tidball,  David  G. 
Tillinghast,  Charles  D. 
Tillotson,   Clayton  B. 
Timmons,  Herbert  J. 
Timmons,  Howard  C. 
Titchenal,  William  H. 
Titus,  Gilbert  I. 
Todd,  Merritt  L. 
Toppins,  John  N. 
Townsend,  Arthur  F. 
Townsend,  Joe 
Tracy,  Charles  O. 
Trago,  Eugene 
Treadwell,  Frank  A. 
Trapp,  Donald 
Trapp,  James  B. 
Tripp,  Martin  O. 
Trotter,   Clarence  W. 
Trude,  Peter  A. 
Trudeau,  Adolph  iNI. 
Trudeau,  Peter  A. 
Tryk,  Peter  N. 
Tubbs,  Will  L. 
Tucker,  Paul  W. 
Turner,  Charles  N. 
Turner,  J.  Howard 
Tweedie,  A.  M. 
Twist,  Arthur  C- 
Twist,  Charles  G. 
Twombly,  Gerald  R. 
Twombly,  Harold  S. 
Twons,  Arnold  P. 


U. 

Unger,  Edward  G. 
Upton,  George 


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V. 

\'an  Bibber,  Ray 
Vanderburg,   Elton  D. 
Van  Buren,  Cornelius 
Vandermast,  Murry  C. 
Vandruff,  Wayne 
Vance,  George  L. 
Van  Wyck,  Charles  D. 
Varian,  Arthur  J. 
A^arner,  John  P. 
Varner,  l^ilton 
Vaughn,  Lee  W. 
Veale,  Hugh  F. 
Vega,  William 
Vermulen,  Fred  W. 
Vidal,  Samuel 
Visel,  Nelson  S. 
■  Vlasschaert,  Leonard 
Vollhardt,  Carl  F. 
Voltz,  Frank  F. 
Von  Allmen,  Ernest 
Vuchevich,  Peter  G. 

W. 

W'agner,  Clarence 
Waidler,  Earl  G. 
Waldow,  Fred  F. 
Walker,  James  E. 
-Walker,  James  L. 
Walker,  Parker  E. 
Walker,  Robert  E. 
\\'alker,  Thomas  B. 
Walkinshaw,  James  H. 
Wall,  Charles  A. 
Wallace,  Charles 
Wallace,  H.  Lew 
^Vallace,  Lyon  B. 
Wallace,  Woodson  W. 
Walrath,  Weston  W. 
Walters,  George  S. 
Walters,  Grover  L. 
Ward,  Samuel  J. 
Ward,  Welcome  M. 
Warner,  Ben  C. 
Warner,  Harry  E. 
Warner,  Leonard  A. 
Warner,  Ross  A. 
Warren,  Roy  E. 
Warren,  William  H. 
Washburn,  Walter 
Wasserman,  Henry  J. 
Waterman,  Carl  L 
Waterman,  Sidney  A. 
Waters,  John 
Watkins,  Cecil  F. 


Watkins,  Robert  T. 
Watson,  Hallie 
Watson,  Harold 
Watson,  Noble  E. 
Watson,  Robert  \^^ 
Watters,  Theo.  H. 
^^'atts,  John  V. 
Weaver,  Raymond  E. 
Webb,  \A'illiam  P.,  Jr. 
Wehrly,  John 
Weilenmann,  Marvin  J. 
\\'elin,  Emmett  D. 
West,  Clyde 
^^'est,  Frank  G. 
West,  Oscar  C. 
West,  Theo. 
West,  Z.  Bertrand 
^Vester,  Lou  J. 
Weston,  R.  T. 
Wetzel,  Rudolph 
Whaley,  Fleming  \\''. 
Whalen,  William  J. 
V\'heately,  Charles  L. 
Wheeler,  C.  Paul  D. 
White,  Robert  O. 
Whitne}',  Bryant 
Whitney,  Clyde  C. 
Whitson,  Robert  A. 
Whitted,  Edward  E. 
Wickersheim,  Earnest  J. 
Wickersheim,  Lyle  W. 
Wickett,  William  H. 
\\'ilcox,  John  W. 
Wilcut,  William  L. 
Wiley,  Lytle  R. 
Wiley,  Ross  E. 
Wilke,  Frank  A. 
Wilkins,  Rolla  C. 
Wilkinson,  Roland  C. 
Willey,  Albert  M. 
Willetts,  Thomas  K. 
William,  Ross  E. 
Williams,  Arthur 
Williams,  Ballard 
Williams,  Guwilyn  E. 
Williams,  Leslie  A. 
Willis,  Roy  B. 
Willits,  Coit  F. 
Willits,  Louis  G. 
Willits.  Thoinas  H. 
Wilson,  Alston  J. 
Wilson,  Guy  A. 
Wilson,  Mark  C. 
Wilson,  Samuel  E. 
Wimer,  George  J. 
Winbigler,  Ernest  N. 
Winkleman,  Rafael  L. 


130  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Winney,  William  A.  Wyneken,  Alfred  G. 
Winslow,  Burt 

Winter,  Frank  E.  Y. 

Winters,  Albert  C.  ,^           ^     , 

Wisser,  Lucien  N.  Yoern,  Fred 

WoUaston,  William  N.  ^"""'^tr^^^,  ,\ 

Woodington,  George  Yost,  Harold  E. 

Woodruff,  Virgil  Young,  Char  es  H. 

Woods,  John  A.  Young,  Chester  L. 

Woods,  Ralph  A.  Young,  Clair  E 

Woods,  Wilbur  J.  Young,  Edward  C. 

Woodward,  Carl  Young,  Edward 

Woodward.  E.  C.  Young,  Fred  L. 

Woodward,  Edwin  Joung,  Glenn  A. 

Woodward,  Noel  L.  Joung,  Jasper  G. 

Worden,  F.  L.  Young,  Leo  A 

Worthy,  Elmer  T.  Young,  Ralph  W. 

Wright,  Fay  L.  Young,  Sidney  A. 

Wright,  James  H.  „ 

Wuesthoff,  Herbert  C.  ^• 

Wylie,  John  L.  Zimmer,  Joseph  P. 


CHAPTER  XXI 
SERVICE  MEN'S  RECOGNITION 

A  monster  celebration  was  held  at  Orange  County  Park  September  9,  1919, 
to  pay  tribute  to  the  service  men  and  to  lay  the  cornerstone  of  a  memorial  arch. 
The  attendance  was  estimated  at  30,000  people,  with  5,000  automobiles.  Three 
bands  were  present  and  discoursed  appropriate  music,  adding  much  to  the  enter- 
tainment. R.  L.  Bisby,  chairman  of  the  Orange  County  War  Service  Recognition  ■ 
Association,  acted  as  master  of  ceremonies  for  the  occasion. 

Following  was  the  order  of  exercises  for  the  celebration : 

10  to  11  a.  m. — Band  concert  by  Huntington  Beach  band. 

11  a.  m.  to  12  m. — Exercises  of  laying  cornerstone. 
Star  Spangled  Banner. 

Invocation  by  Rev.  Robert  Williams. 

Reading  of  list  of  deposits  in  cornerstone. 

Presentation  of  gold  trowel  to  Hon.  Wm.  D.  Stephens,  governor  of  California, 
by  T.  B.  Talbert,  chairman  of  the  board  of  supervisors,  for  the  Orange  Qounty 
W  ar  Service  Recognition  Association. 

Laying  of  cornerstone  and  remarks  by  Governor  Stephens. 

12  m.  to  1  p.  m. — Luncheon.    Band  concert  by  Anaheim  band. 

1:30  to  2:15  p.  m. — Massed  band  concert,  Santa  Ana,  Anaheim  and  Hunt- 
ington Beach  bands. 

2 :30  to  4  p.  m. — Medal  presentation  exercises. 

Invocation,  Rev.  Robert  Williams. 

America,  by  audience,  led  by  Professor  Gustlin. 

World  War,  by  Rev.  Robert  Williams. 

General  Pershing  March,  by  band. 

Introduction  of  Governor 'Stephens  by  R.  L.  Bisby. 

Presentation  of  service  medal  to  Clyde  Slater  by  Governor  Stephens.  Other 
service  men  received  medals  at  booth. 

Acceptance  of  same  by  service  men. 

California,  by  audience,  led  by  Professor  Gustlin. 

4  to  6  p.  m. — Band  concert. 

4  to  10  p.  m. — Dancing  and  social  time. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  131 

Among  the  remarks  by  Governor  Stephens,  while  laying  the  cornerstone 
of  the  memorial  arch,  were  the  following: 

"We  would  be  remiss  in  our  duty  as  citizens  of  America  were  we  to  forget, 
even  for  a  brief  instant,  the  memory  of  those  who  lie  on  the  hillsides  of  France, 
beneath  the  poppies.  The  service  men  of  this  country  performed  achievements 
worthy  of  the  greatest  honor  that  the  world  can  give  them.  The  people  who  did 
not  go  to  France,  as  well  as  those  who  came  back,  can  honor  the  dead  by  living 
a  life  of  service  to  their  fellowmen  and  country,  and  thus  win  in  a  measure  a 
small  part  of  the  glory  which  was  theirs." 

In  contrast  with  this  helpful,  patriotic  attitude,  the  governor  condemned 
Bolshevism  as  destructive  of  all  government,  and  said :  "Those  who  brook 
Bolshevistic  utterances  in  this  country  are  themselves  traitors  to  their  flag.  There 
is  now  on  the  statute  books  of  this  state  a  law  which  the  man  who  now  stands 
before  you  succeeded  in  having  passed — a  law,  which,  if  enforced  by  the  officers 
of  California,  would  stamp  out  every  trace  of  Bolshevism." 

It  is  needless  to  add  that  such  sentiments  were  vociferously  applauded  by 
the  large  audience  gathered  together  to  express  its  appreciation  of  the  patriotic 
services  of  its  returning  citizen-soldiers. 

In  introducing  Governor  Stephens  to  present  the  recognition  medals  to  the 
service  men,  Chairman  Bisby  declared  that  Orange  County  was  very  proud  of 
the  fact  that  the  Governor  had  given  up  all  other  calls  for  the  day,  and  had  joined 
with  the  people  of  Orange  County  in  their  recognition  exercises.  He  then  turned 
over  one  of  the  medals  to  the  Governor  who,  expressing  his  thankfulness  for  the 
return  of  so  many  of  the  men,  and  glorifying  the  memory  of  those  who  rest  in 
fields  of  poppies  overseas,  presented  the  medal  to  Lieut.  Clyde  Slater,  who  had 
accompanied  him  to  the  platform. 

In  reply.  Lieutenant  Slater  of  Orange,  who  had  been  selected  by  the  service 
men  to  represent  them  in  receiving  the  typical  medal,  declared  that  the  returned 
soldiers  and  sailors  deeply  appreciated  the  demonstration  in  their  honor  and  the 
medals  presented  to  them.  He  said  the  medals  would  be  cherished,  and  kept 
always  by  the  men  as  souvenirs  of  the  day,  expressing  to  them  the  fact  that  in  their 
service  they  were  backed  up  by  the  people  at  home. 

"We  are  here  today,"  said  Governor  Stephens  in  his  afternoon  address,  "to 
do  honor  to  those  men  who  have  returned  from  war  service,  and  never  shall  we 
forget  those  services,  rendered  in  a  splendid  spirit  and  in  a  splendid  way ;  I  onl)- 
wish  that  they  could  have  had  the  opportunity  to  lick  hell  out  of  Germany.  That 
is  my  only  regret  in  the  ending  of  the  war.  I  am  here  today  to  salute  the  vetei'ans 
of  the  G.  A.  R,,  the  veterans  of  the  Spanish  War,  and  the  veterans  of  the  war  that 
has  just  passed  into  history. 

"California  celebrates  today  the  sixty-ninth  anniversary  of  her  admission  to 
statehood.  AVith  every  commonwealth,  entrance  into  the  Union  must  have  been 
'he  occasion  of  profound  rejoicing,  for  there  was  instinct  in  the  pioneers  who 
founded  new  states,  a  love  of  self-government  which  was  incompatible  with  an 
inferior  territorial  status  and  which  chafed  under  federal  jurisdiction  over  local 
affairs.  Such  conditions  were  felt  in  an  extraordinary  degree  in  California,  situ- 
ated on  the  western  rim  of  the  continent,  peopled  by  bold  and  adventurous  spirits 
and  separated  from  the  older  states  by  desert  wastes  and  formidable  mountain 
ranges,  across  which  as  yet  no  railroad  had  found  its  way 

"As  in  courage  and  wisdom  the  pioneers  discharged  the  problems  of  their 
day,  so  in  equal  patriotism  and  purpose,  we  must  give  the  best  that  is  in  us  to 
the  right  solution  of  the  problems,  that  in  our  turn  we  are  called  upon  to  face, 
dealing  with  them  loftily,  not  as  partisans,  but  as  Americans.  California  cannot 
escape  this  responsibility  if  it  would,  and  I  would  not  have  it  make  such  escape 
if  it  could. 

"We  cannot  better  celebrate  the  birthday  of  our  beloved  state,  we  cannot 
better  honor  the  memory  of  the  gallant  men  and  women  who  were  the  builders 
of  the  commonwealth,  we  cannot  better  honor  the  achievements,  the  patriotism  and 


132  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

the  loyalty  of  the  men  of  California  who  are  just  returning  from  their  noble 
service  in  their  country's  defense,  nor  can  we  better  honor  the  proud  memory  of 
our  heroic  sons  who  gave  their  lives  for  their  country's  flag  than  by  a  united 
and  whole-hearted  support  of  whatever  rightly  makes  for  the  lasting  security  of 
the  republic,  the  establishment  of  enduring  peace  amongst  the  nations  of  the 
earth,  and  the  creation  of  a  new  era  in  which  all  mankind  shall  know  the  happi- 
ness of  a  warless  world." 

Rev.  Robert  Williams,  who  offered  the  invocation  at  the  beginning  of  the 
exercises  and  delivered  an  address  on  the  World  War  in  the  afternoon,  spent 
several  years  of  his  childhood  with  his  father's  family  in  Orange,  Orange  County, 
Cal.,  the  family  afterwards  returning  to  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.'  Reverend  Williams 
went  into  the  army  first  as  an  enlisted  soldier,  and  afterwards  served  as  a 
chaplain. 

In  his  address  Chaplain  Williams  told  how  the  American  operations  in  France 
and  Belgium  grew  little  by  little  until  the  time  came  soon  after  Chateau  Thierry 
when  men  and  munitions  were  sufficient  in  numbers  to  enable  Field  Marshal  Foch 
to  take  the  offensive  and  keep  going  until  the  Germans  were  forced  to  sue  for 
peace.  After  he  had  gone  over  the  battles  on  such  fronts  as  St.  Mihiel  and  the 
Argonne,  leading  up  to  the  victorious  march  of  the  Allied  armies  on  to  German 
soil,  the  speaker  said : 

"To  my  mind  the  greatest  victory  of  all  was  indicated  to  me  as  the  Entente 
armies  were  marching  into  Coblenz.  There  the  Stars  and  Stripes  were  seen 
waving  over  the  double  eagle  of  the  flag  of  Prussia.  That  American  flag,  floating 
there,  seemed  to  say  that  when  the  time  came  when  the  Prussian  flag  could  be 
replaced  by  the  flag  of  a  German  republic,  guaranteeing  that  Prussian  militarism 
was  forever  crushed,  when  that  time  came,  then  the  American  flag  in  Germany 
would  come  down,  for  we  did  not  come  into  Germany  as  conquerors.  We  did 
not  come  with  any  idea  of  subjugating  the  people  of  the  country.  We  came  solely 
as  an  army  representing  a  people  whose  unshakable  conviction  is  that  right  must 
prevail  over  might  in  the  world." 

The  chaplain's  address  was  spiced  with  anecdotes  of  the  war,  incidents 
humorous  and  pathetic  that  came  under  his  observation,  and  in  some  of  which 
he  was  a  participant.  He  closed  amid  tremendous  applause  after  making  an 
earnest  plea  in  behalf  of  the  League  of  Nations.  He  said,  in  effect,  that  if  the 
peace  of  the  world  were  not  made  secure  in  the  future,  then  the  men  who  fought 
in  France  would  have  been  betrayed. 

The  records  of  the  War  History  Department  of  the  Doe  Library,  Berkeley, 
show  this  county's  service  men  to  have  gained  only  seventeen  citations  ancl 
decorations,  as  follows;  1,  Diedrich  V.  Burdorf,  Fullerton,  cited  by  America; 
2,  Carl  F.  Burns,  Santa  Ana,  Croix  de  Guerre ;  3,  Pvt.  Paul  Cozad,  Santa  Ana, 
commended  for  bravery,  cited  by  America ;  4,  Major  W.  T.  Crook,  Anaheim, 
Croix  de  Guerre,  Distinguished  Service  Cross,  Distinguished  Service  Order 
(England)  ;  5,,  Corp.  Ora  J.  Easton,  Santa  Ana,  Distinguished  Service  Cross, 
decorated  for  bravery;  6,  Jacob  M.  Fisher,  Santa  Ana,  Medaille  Militaire,  Dis- 
tinguished Service  Cross ;  7,  Floyd  L.  Geyer,  Santa  Ana,  cited  by  America ;  8, 
Ivan  R.  Gillaspy,  Santa  Ana,  cited  by  America;  9,  Sgt.  John  Guess,  Jr.,  Elmond, 
Distinguished  Service  Cross  awarded  posthumously ;  10,  Harold  J.  Henry,  Balboa, 
Croix  de  Guerre;  11,  Capt.  Nelson  Miles  Holderman,  Santa  Ana,  Distinguished 
Service  Cross,  Congressional  Medal  of  Honor;  12,  Lieut.  Perry  Schurr,  Santa 
Ana,  Distinguished  Service  Cross ;  13,  Jay  B.  Taylor,  Santa  Ana,  Croix  de  Guerre ; 
14,  Jose  Frank  Velasco,  Yorba,  cited  by  America;  15,  Allen  C.  Wallace,  Anaheim, 
cited  by  America;  16,  Pvt.  Curtis  Ware,  Tustin,  Belgian  Croix  de  Guerre;  17, 
Joseph  P.  Zimmer,  Placentia,  cited  by  America. 

Genevieve  Ambrose,  secretary  of  the  department,  explained  her  difficulties 
in  getting  information,  admitted  that  there  were  undoubtedly  omissions  and 
errors  in  the  list,  and  asked  persons  discovering  either  to  transmit  the  informa- 
tion and  corrections  to  the  department.     The  Santa  Ana  Register  pointed  out 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 


133 


that  there  is  no  such  post  office  in  the  county  as  "Ehnond,"  given  in  No.  9,  and 
called  attention  to  the  following  omissions : 

"Capt.  Holderman,  in  addition  to  his  American  awards,  received  two  Croix  de 
Guerre  decorations,  one  for  bravery  before  the  stand  of  the  Lost  Battalion  and 
one  for  a  part  he  played  in  that  desperate  historic  fight. 

"The  Distinguished  Service  Cross  awarded  Lieut.  Elmer  T.  Worthy  of 
Huntington  Beach  is  not  on  the  list.  Neither  is  the  citation  given  Sergt.  Russell 
Coleman  of  this  city  listed  among  the  seventeen." 

A  cursory  examination  of  a  book  entitled  "With  the  364th  Infantry  in  Amer- 
ica, France  and  Belgium,"  a  copy  of  which  is  in  the  Santa  Ana  library,  disclosed 
the  fact  that  there  were  at  least  nine  Orange  County  men  of  that  hard-fighting 
regiment  who  were  "cited  for  exceptional  bravery  and  meritorious  conduct  under 
fire,"  and  are  not  in  that  list,  as  follows: 

Peter  Laport,  Fullerton ;  Charley  Lindley,  Anaheim;  INIilton  M.  Bolton,  EI 
Modena ;  Clifton  E.  Lowen,  La  Habra ;  James  H.  Dickson,  Placentia ;  Frank  J. 
Schrott,  Anaheim ;  John  P.  Holditch,  Orange ;  George  L.  Vance,  Fullerton ;  Ralph 
Huffman,  Orange. 

Those  who  know  of  the  esteem  in  which  the  work  of  Orange  County's  service 
men  was  held  by  the  authorities  believe  that  enough  citations  and  decorations 
have  been  bestowed,  if  all  were  reported,  to  raise  the  county's  rank  to  fifth  or 
sixth  instead  of  tenth,  as  the  seventeen,  which  were  reported,  now  make  it. 


CHAPTER  XXII 
THE  COUNTY'S  LIBERTY  LOANS 

The  five  loans,  called  for  by. the  government  to  finance  the  war,  were  appor- 
tioned among  the  people  according  to  the  bank  deposits  in  the  respective  communi- 
ties. R.  L.  Bisby  kindly  furnished  lists  of  the  apportionments  to  the  communities 
of  Orange  County  and  of  the  liberal  response  made  by  each,  as  follows: 

First  and  Second  Liberty  Loans 

Subscriptions  2d  Loan 

Town                                                    1st  Loan              2d  Loan  Subscribers 

Anaheim    $49,450            $408,750  1,515 

Brea    14,800                     4,000  47 

Fullerton 62,000                 357,050  978     ' 

Garden   Grove    1,600                   22,550  149 

Huntington  Beach   700                   33,150  140 

La  Habra   7,050                     7,250  62 

Newport  Beach  4,000                   14,300  101 

Olive   1,400                     8,100  37 

Orange    36,200                 196,800  808 

Placentia    24,200                   50,250  165 

Santa  Ana  208,450                 726,250  2,917 

Tustin   5,250                   27,450  145 

Yorba  Linda   8,000  42 

Orange  County  $415,100            $1,863,900  7,106 

Third  Liberty  Loan 

Over- 
Town                                   ■               Quota                Subscribed  Subscribed 

Anaheim    $    188,000            $    250,600  $62,600 

Brea   10,000                   50,100  40,100 

Buena  Park 3,000                   13,550  10,550 

El  Toro 12,500                   25,100  12,600 


134 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 


Fullerton   137,850 

Garden  Grove    19,500 

Huntington   Beach    27,100 

Lagiina  Beach    5,000 

La  Habra  14,100 

Los  Alamitos   17,000 

Newport  Beach    . 8,250 

OHve 8,750 

Orange    181,100 

Placentia    29,000 

San  Juan  Capistrano 20,000 

Santa  Ana  District   755,000 

Stanton    4,000 

Tustin    31,600 

Yorba  Linda  6,750 

Orange   County    $1,478,500 


240,900 

103,050 

33,500 

14,000 

70,000 

42,900 

10,100 

5,100 

42,300 

28,200 

41,250 

24,250 

18,300 

10,050 

16,400 

7,650 

237,650 

56.550 

38,500 

9,500 

23,750 

3,750 

901,150 

146,150 

6,750 

2,750 

37,700 

6,100 

15,100 

8,350 

$2,172,700 


$594,200 


Fourth  Liberty  Loan 


Town  Quota 

Anaheim    $    394,150 

Brea   19,900 

Fullerton   272,550 

Garden  Grove 34,650 

Huntington  Beach   51,450 

La  Habra   34,750 

Newport  Beach   15.700 

Olive    19,300 

Orange   363,250 

Placentia    57,250 

Santa  Ana    1,472,250 

Tustin    57,700 

Yorba  Linda 14,250 

Orange  County    $2,807,150 


Over- 

Subscribed 

Subscribed 

$  495,800 

$101,650 

81,900 

61,650 

416,300 

143,750 

55,850 

21,200 

68,000 

16.550 

54,350 

19,600 

36,300 

20,600 

23,200 

3,900 

418,600 

55,350 

75,550 

18,300 

1,806,800 

334,550 

70,200 

12,500 

28,500 

14,250 

$3,631,000 


$823,850 


Fifth  Liberty  Loan 

Town  Quota 

Anaheim    $    282,100 

Brea  16,000 

Buena  Park 8,550 

Fullerton  214,400 

Garden  Grove 30,350 

Huntington  Beach 37,600 

La  Habra   25,900 

Newport  Beach 12,400 

Olive    15,100 

Orange 271,800 

Placentia   43,900 

Santa  Ana 1,072,050 

Tustin 40,500 

Yorba  Linda 11,950 

Orange  County   $2,082,600 


Subscribed 

Subscribers 

$  285,950 

1,325 

34,400  • 

220 

22,900 

139 

233,150 

658 

33,500 

200 

39,450 

291 

32,350 

158 

17,300 

198 

16,850 

103 

279,250 

1,395 

49,600 

81 

1,083,250 

2,680 

45,000 

225 

17,000 

160 

$2,189,950 

7,833 

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CHAPTER  XXIII 
RELIEF  WORK  OF  ASSOCIATIONS 

There  were  four  chapters  of  the  Red  Cross  in  active  operation  in  the  county 
during  the  recent  World  War,  one  in  each  of  the  following  cities :  Anaheim,  Ful- 
lerton,  Orange  and  Santa  Ana.  Each  of  these  chapters,  by  its  drives  for  member- 
ship, included  a  large  part  of  the  community,  in  which  it  was  located,  as  members. 
The  real  work  of  the  chapter,  however,  was  done  by  a  few  score  of  people,  mosth' 
women,  some  of  whom  devoted  almost  their  entire  time  to  the  work. 

In  answer  to  a  request  for  information,  the  secretary  of  each  of  the  chapters 
furnished  a  copy  of  the  last  report,  giving  a  detailed  history  of  the  work  of  the 
chapter  from  its  inception  down  to  its  close.  These  reports  are  highly  creditable 
and  deserve  to  be  reproduced  in  the  history  without  abridgement;  but  the  most 
that  can  be  done  is  to  give  the  results  without  recounting  the  processes  by  which 
those  results  were  obtained. 

Anaheim  Chapter  of  Red  Cross 

The  Anaheim  chapter  of  the  American  Red  Cross  was  organized  in  April. 
1917,  by  the  committee  on  organization.  The  officers  then  chosen  served  until 
the  following  October  when  some  changes  were  made,  as  was  also  done  at  subse- 
quent elections.  However,  the  treasurer,  Mr.  A.  B.  McCord,  and  the  secretary, 
Mrs.  Eva  H.  Boyd,  served  in  their  respective  offices  from  the  beginning  until  the 
end  of  the  work. 

At  the  risk  of  overlooking  some  of  the  results  in  Christmas  packages,  canteen 
work,  etc.,  we  skip  over  to  the  financial  statement,  which  covers  the  period  from 
April  20,  1917,  to  May  1,  1919  and  is  as  follows: 

RECEIPTS 

Membership  $3,342.00 

Sale  of  Insignia  and  Materials 300.31 

-Miscellaneous  Income 434.45 

Donations  and  Entertainments 4,379.83 

Monthly  Pledges  . .' 1,670.65 

Stanton  Branch 411,84 

Salvage 180,43 

First  Aid 15.00 

Home  Service  (loan  returned) '. 45.00 

War  Fund  Drives 6,520.36 

$17,299.87 

DISBURSEMENTS 

Membership  National  Headquarters $1,684.75 

Salary,  Collecting  1917  War  Fund  and  Office 345.00 

Insignia  Purchases  51.50 

Military  Relief,  Material  Purchased 7,037.02 

Home  Service  155.44 

General  Expenses,  Comfort  Kits,  Telephone,  etc 973.09 

Canteen  Service   381.41 

Salvage,  Junior  Red  Cross , 40.00 

First  Aid,  National  Headquarters 2.50 

Stanton  Branch,  25  per  cent  War  Fund,  1918 333.56 

Stanton  Branch,  Local   337.16 

$11,34M3 

Balance  on  hand.  May  1,  1919 $  5,958.44 

The  work  room  report,  July  1,  1917  to  May  20,  1919,  shows  the  following 
articles  sent  to  the  Pacific  Division :    Hospital  garments,  3,240 ;  refugee  garments. 


136  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

267;   knitted   articles,   2,696;   surgical   dressings,   31,396;   miscellaneous   articles, 
1,083. 

Junior  Red  Cross  Report 

The  Juniors  of  Anaheim  Chapter  made  and  sent  to  the  Pacific  Division  head- 
quarters 389  knitted  articles  and  524  miscellaneous  articles. 

One  thousand  two  hundred  twenty-five  garments  were  collected  and  made 
over  into  refugee  garments.  Since  March  1,  1919,  150  refugee  garments  have 
been  sent  in  and  girls  were  working  on  15  men's  pajamas,  15  girl's  petticoats,  about 
20  knitted  garments,  to  be  finished  before  June  1st. 

Mr.  J.  A.  Clayes,  treasurer  of  the  Juniors,  reports  the  following  financial 
condition : 
IMemberships,  Salvage  and  Entertainments  and  Balance  on 

hand,  July  1,  1918 $   335.38 

Receipts  since  July  1,  1918 101.40 

$   436.78 

Expenditures,  Materials    193.48 

On  hand.  May  1,  1919 $    243.30 

There  are  twelve  schools  represented :  ten  public,  two  parochial. 

Report  of  Grammar  School  Juniors 

About  1,500  garments  were  sent  to  French  and  Belgian  refugees.  Many  of 
these  were  in  good  condition,  others  were  mended  or  made  over  by  pupils. 

About  250  pounds  of  castor  beans  and  100  pounds  of  fruit  pits  were  col- 
lected. Tinfoil,  rags,  rubber,  etc.,  were  collected  and  sold  for  aboiit  $300.  Three 
hundred  sixty-five  glasses  of  jam  and  jellies  were  shipped  to  Camp  Kearny  May 
19,  1919. 

FuUerton  Chapter  of  Red  Cross 

Following  is  a  synopsis  of  the  secretary's  report  of  the  Fullerton  Chapter  of 
the  American  Red  Cross :  This  chapter  was  organized  February  19,  1917,  and 
included  all  of  the  territory  in  Orange  County  north  of  Anaheim,  classified  as  one 
branch  at  La  Habra  and  seven  auxiliaries  located  at  Brea,  Buena  Park,  Pla- 
centia.  West  Orangethorpe,  East  Orangethorpe,  Olinda  and  Yorba  Linda. 

The  officers  of  the  chapter  from  the  beginning  were  as  follows :  Chairman, 
J.  R.  Carhart,  from  February  19,  1917,  to  October  24,  1917;  vice-chairman, 
Waldo  O'Kelly  from  October  24,  1917,  to  October  25,  1918;  G.  W.  Finch  from 
October  25,  1918,  until  next  election ;  secretary,  Mrs.  E.  L  Fuller  from  February 
19,  1917,  until  April  1,  1918;  Mrs.  Ruth  Talmadge  from  April  1,  1918,  until 
October  1,  1918;  M'rs.  Helen  Carhart  from  October  1,  1918,  until  next  election; 
treasurer,  E.  K.  Benchley  from  February  19,  1917,  to  October  25,  1918;  T.  Ead- 
ington  from  October  25,  1918,  until  next  election. 

There  is  also  a  board  of  directors  and  an  executive  committee  of  such  board ; 
otherwise  the  chapter  is  conducted  along  lines  laid  down  in  the  charts  sent  out 
;by  the  National  Headquarters,  with  committees  appointed  for  the  departments 
specified  in  the  charts. 

A  record  of  the  work  done  is  kept  in  the  rooms  of  the  Red  Cross  in  the  shape 
of  production  sheets  and  shipping  receipts.  The  surgical  dressing  department 
made  82,043  surgical  dressings.  The  garment  department  shipped  2.781  gar- 
ments and  4,000  knitted  articles.  The  chapter  doubled  its  quota  in  the  first  drive 
for  second-hand  clothing;  but  in  the  second  drive  it  was  not  so  fortunate.  In 
the  first  war-fund  drive  the  chapter's  quota  of  $10,000  was  oversubscribed  $?,000 
and  in  the  second  drive  its  quota  of  $15,000  was  oversubscribed  more  than  $5,000. 
The  two  membership  drives  ran  the  membership  up  to  over  3,000.  A  canteen 
service  was  organized  in  Fullerton  with  Mrs.  J.  B.  Reeve  as  captain  from  August, 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  137, 

1918,  until  January  1,  1919,  when  Mrs.  C.  W.  Crandall  took  charge  and  continued 
during  demobilization.  This  department  served  about  500  meals  each  month 
during' its  organization  to  the  returning  soldiers. 

For  nearly  a  year  the  chapter  was  able  to  get  quarters  rent  free ;  after  Janu-- 
ary  31,  1918,  it  had  to  pay  $25  a  month  for  quarters  in  the  Schumacher  Build- 
ing.    The  services  of  all  officers  have  been  donated,  except  about  nine  months  of  * 
Mrs.  Fuller's  time  as  secretary,  for  which  $75  per  month  was  paid.     All  other, 
work  was  donated,  so  that  practically  all  the  funds  raised  went  for  relief  purposes. 

The  civilian  relief  work  was  under  the  supervision  of  Rev.  Clark  H.  Marsh 
until  May,  1918,  when  he  was  called  overseas  to  Y.  M.  C.  A.  work,  since  which 
time  Miss  Dean  has  been  in  charge  of  that  important  committee. 

Orange  Chapter  of  Red  Cross 

The  Orange  Chapter  of  the  Red  Cross  was  organized  as  a  branch  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Chapter  in  April,  1917.  It  closed  May  26,  1919,  with  2,217  members. 
In  the  mepn*^ime  it  accomplished  the  following  amount  of  work:  Hospital  gar- 
ments, 2,955;  miscellaneous  articles,  1,307;  refugee  garments,  8,600;  surgical 
dressings,  102,038;  pairs  of  knitted  socks,  5,564;  other  articles,  2,284. 

Treasurer's  Report 
receipts 

Donations  and  Entertainments    $  3,599.33 

Pledge  Cards    3,707.50 

Gift  Table  Sales  542.70 

Dues  and  Other  Receipts  9,341.55 

Total   Receipts    $17,191.08 

DISBURSEMENTS 

Running  Expenses,  25  months,  at  $19.38 $      484.50 

Materials  and  Other  Disbursements 14,702.24 

Total  Disbursements    $15,186.74 

Balance  with  the  L.  A.  Chapter $  2,004.34. 

The  following  garments  were  made  by  different  communities,  clubs,  etc:' 
Lutheran  League  of  Olive,  148 ;  Wednesday  Embroidery  Club,  203 ;  Woman's 
Club,  261;  Mrs.  Bathgate,  Villa  Park,  396;  Mrs.  Lord,  Villa  Park,  1,145;  Lu- 
theran League,  1,049;  Olive  Entre  Nous  Club,  86;  P.  E.  O.  Society,  102'; 
Woman's  Republic,  174;  El  Modena  Needlecraft,  745 ;  Methodist  Bible  Class, 
20 ;  Intermediate  School,  67 ;  Baptist  Aid  Society,  54 ;  Orange  Union  High  School, 
81 ;  Birthday  Club,  8 ;  McPherson  Thimble  Club,  278.  Total  garments  by  auxil- 
iaries, 4,817.  Balance  by  central  society,  8,045.  Total  garments  by  chapter,* 
12,862. 

A  long  list  of  persons  followed  to  whom  certificates  were  awarded  by  the 
Los  Angeles  Chapter  of  the  Red  Cross  for  faithful  work. 

The  report  closed  with  the  acknowledgment  of  the  many  favors  extended  to! 
the  chapter  and  the  return  of  thanks  for  the  same. 

Outside  of  and  in  addition  to  the  work  of  the  Orange  Chapter  of  the  Red- 
Cross,  the  Orange  Union  high  school  raised  about  $1,600  for  a  hospital  ambu- 
lance. The  original  plan  was  to  send  an  American-made  ambulance  over  "to 
France,  but,  on  account  of  the  difficulty  of  transportation,  the  money  was  sent 
instead  and  was  invested  in  an  ambulance  of  French  manufacture. 

Any  record  of  the  Orange  Red  Cross  would  be  incomplete  which  did  not 
make  honorable  and  reverent  mention  of  its  president,  Mrs.  Carolyn  M.  Porter, 
wife  of  J.  R.  Porter,  who  by  patriotic  devotion  to  the  duties  of  her  office  short- 
ened the  term  of  her  life,  death  occurring  June  6,  1919. 


,138  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

^  Santa  Ana  Chapter  of  Red  Cross 

The  Santa  Ana  Chapter  of  the  American  Red  Cross  contributed  the  follow- 
ing amounts  of  relief  during  the  war  : 
:  Contributions  Quota  Collected 

First  War  Fund  $15,000  $25,143 

'Second  War  Fund 22,500  35,378 

Total  War  Funds $37,500  $60,521 

V    Pounds  of  Clothing  for                                                        Quota  Collected 

'Belgian   Relief    • 1,500  8,230 

Drive  in  1919  4,000  5,500 

Total  Amount  of  Clothing  5,500  13,730 

Garments  made,  16.950;  garments  knitted,  16,799;  surgical  dressings  made, 
166,239. 

Aside  from  war  funds,  the  chapter  raised  about  $25,000.  Red  Cross  dining 
room  and  shop  made  $5,700. 

The  chapter  carried  on  numerous  activities,  such  as  aid  for  the  helpless 
during  the  influenza  epidemic,  home  service  work  in  which  a  separate  oiifice  and 
department  were  maintained. 

The  Junior  Red  Cross  of  Santa  Ana  Chapter  was  recognized  by  Red  Cross 
Division  headquarters  as  without  a  superior  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Through  its 
thirty-three  schools,  the  Juniors  invested  $146,090.04  in  war  securities,  raised 
$3,679  for  Belgian  and  French  orphans,  $4,690.50  for  Junior  Red  Cross  work, 
$820.31  for  Armenian  relief,  $3,127.50  for  the  United  War  Work  fund,  making 
total  donations  of  $12,955.75;  collected  2,272  new  garments  for  foreign  and  home 
relief  work  and  got  together  27,435  used  garments  for  foreign  work  and  3,776  for 
home  relief,  over  600  quilts,  41  afghans,  made  1,680  new  garments  and  325  knitted 
garments,  made  32  layettes,  provided  180  sheets,  343  bath  towels,  426  hand  towels 
and  201  napkins,  717  handkerchiefs,  518  wash  cloths,  37  treasure  bags,  295  prop- 
erty bags,  and  various  other  articles,  totaling  about  1,000. 

The  officers  of  the  Santa  Ana  Chapter  of  the  American  Red  Cross  are  as 
follows :  T.  E.  Stephenson,  chairman ;  Mrs.  A.  J.  Crookshank,  vice-chairman ; 
T'red  Rafferty,  secretary;  Harry  L.  Hanson,  treasurer. 

The  board  of  directors  consists  of  twenty-two  members  and  the  work  was 
apportioned  among  nine  departments  or  committees. 

Salvation  Army's  Report 

,  The  relief  work  of  the  Salvation  Army  in  Orange  County  was  as  follows : 
In  May,  1918,  $628.82  was  raised  for  a  war  service  ambulance.  In  August,  1918, 
$10,000  was  collected  in  the  county  for  Salvation  Army  war  work. 

-  In  the  United  War  Campaign  the  national  allotment  to  the  Salvation  Army 
was  $3,500,000 ;  but  how  much  should  be  credited  to  Orange  County  is  not  known. 
In  March,  1919,  $8,100  was  raised  in  the  county  for  the  Salvation  Army's  home 
service  work. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  139 

CHAPTER  XXIV 

A  CHAPTER  OF  TRAGEDIES 

The  Killing  of  Sheriff  Barton  and  the  Capture  of  His  Slayers 

By  J.  E.  Pleasants 

In  the  year  1855  a  team  of  horses  was  stolen  from  the  Hardy  brothers  in 
Los  Angeles,  and  the  thief,  Juan  Flores,  was  captured,  tried  and  sentenced  to 
ten  years  in  the  penitentiary. 

The  Hardy  brothers,  who  were  living  on  a  part  of  the  William  Wolfskill 
place,  were  owners  of  several  good  draft  as  well  as  riding  horses.  They  were 
doing  considerable  freighting,  the  business  requiring  good  stock,  and  this  class 
of  animals  was  of  great  value.  Their  riding  horses  were  of  the  native  stock, 
but  were  selected  for  their  speed  and  endurance,  as  they  were  often  used  to  run 
races. 

In  the"  above-named  year,  one  Juan  Flores  and  a  companion  stole  one  of 
these  freighting  teams  and  probably  intended  to  make  for  the  Mexican  border 
and  sell  the  horses.  Both  Flores  and  his  companion  were  captured  and,  after  a 
trial,  each  was  sentenced  to  ten  years  in  prison. 

Two  years  after  the  event  of  the  stealing  took  place  one  of  the  Hardy s  had 
a  load  of  freight  to  haul  from  Los  Angeles  to  San  Juan  Capistrano.  He  made 
the  trip  without  mishap  and,  arriving  at  his  destination  during  the  forenoon,  deliv- 
ered his  goods,  and  put  his  horses  in  a  corral  and  fed  them ;  this  done,  he  started 
out  to  see  the  town.  A  few  hours  later,  as  he  returned  to  look  after  his  animals 
in  the  corral,  he  noticed  several  men  looking  at  them ;  the  nearer  he  approached 
he  thought  he  recognized  Juan  Flores  among  the  number ;  this  did  not  seem  pos- 
sible, for  he  remembered  it  had  been  but  two  years  since  the  episode  of  his  having 
his  horses  stolen  by  him  and  he  had  received  a  ten-year  sentence.  Observing  the 
approach  of  Hiardy  the  men  went  away  and  the  matter  was  forgotten  by  Hardy 
for  the  time. 

It  so  happened  that  there  was  a  Mexican  woman  in  an  adobe  building 
adjoining  the  corral  who  had  overheard  the  conversation  of  the  men  who  were 
looking  at  the  horses,  and  recognized  Flores  among  them  by  his  remarks,  which 
were  to  the  effect  that  the  horses  in  question  were  the  same  that  he  had  stolen 
and  received  his  ten-year  sentence  for,  and  it  was  now  a  chance  for  him  to  get 
even  by  waylaying  Hardy  the  next  day  when  he  was  on  his  way  home,  kill  him, 
and  take  the  team  to  Mexico.  His  companions,  looking  upon  him  as  the  leader, 
consented  to  the  plan.  This  talk  frightened  the  woman  and  she  did  not  know 
what  to  do,  for  if  it  were  known  that  she  had  overheard  the  conversation  her 
own  life  would  be  in  danger,  and  at  the  same  time  she  did  not  want  to  have 
Hardy  murdered.  Finally  she  went  to  Don  Juan  Forster,  who  was  a  medium 
through  which  many  of  the  natives  settled  their  differences,  and  related  the  con- 
versation as  she  had  overheard  it.  It  did  not  take  Don  Forster  long  to  decide 
upon  a  plan  of  action.  He  found  Hardy,  told  him  the  circumstances,  but  told 
him  to  keep  quiet  about  it  and  that  he  would  send  a  runner  out  that  night  to 
.  notify  the  sheriff  in  Los  Angeles  to  come  out  and  capture  the  bandit.  The  runner 
was  sent  to  inform  Sheriff  Barton,  who  immediately  made  arrangements  to  frus- 
trate the  plans  of  Flores  and  capture  all  of  the  bandits  if  possible. 

The  sheriff  notified  Hardy's  two  brothers,  one  of  whom  selected  his  best 
saddle  horse  and,  after  arming  himself,  joined  the  sheriff  and  his  three  deputies, 
all  starting  for  Capistrano.  Sheriff  Barton  was  a  typical  frontiersman  and  had 
seen  many  desperadoes,  and  knew  how  to  handle  them.  However,  he  took  the 
precaution  to  make  his  will  before  he  started  out.  Each  man  was  armed  with 
a  double  barreled  shot  gun  and  revolvers.  They  reached  Carpenter's  ranch  and 
stopped  there  for  dinner.  That  night  they  camped  by  the  Santa  Ana  River,  but 
the  next  morning  were  on  the  road  very  early  and  the  ranch  of  Don  Jose  Sepul- 


140  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

veda  was  reached  for  breakfast.  On  the  road  the  party  came  up  with  a  French- 
man riding  a  mule;  he  stated  he  was  on  his  way  to  San  Diego  and  no  objection 
was  made  to  his  joining  their  party.  When  the  men  went  into  the  house  for  their 
breakfast  they  stacked  their  guns  on  the  porch,  and  these  were  viewed  with 
some  curiosity  by  the  hangers-on  about  the  ranch.  Breakfast  over,  the  sheriff 
and  his  men  came  out,  took  up  their  guns  without  examining  them,  mounted 
their  horses  and  resumed  their  journey  towards  San  Juan  Capistrano.  At  a 
point  about  midway  from  tlie  Sepulveda  ranch  and  San  Juan  some  men,  twelve 
or  fifteen  in  number,  were  seen  by  the  sheriff,  who  was  riding  in  advance  of 
his  deputies,  they  being  strung  out  along  the  road,  with  Hardy  and  the  French- 
man on  his  mule,  quite  a  distance  in  the  rear.  As  soon  as  the  men  saw  the 
sheriff  they  called  to  him  not  to  fire  upon  them  as  they  were  friends.  They  came 
up  rapidly  and  as  they  were  near  enough,  fired,  and  with  deadly  effect,  for  the 
sheriff  and  his  three  deputies,  after  emptying  their  guns  with  no  apparent  effect, 
fell  dead  in  their  tracks.  As  soon  as  Hardy  heard  the  firing  he  rode  rapidly 
to  the  scene ;  as  he  approached  he  saw  the  sheriff  and  his  men  lying  in  a  heap 
together,  dead.  He  thought  he  could  do  nothing  alone,  and,  wheeling  his  horse, 
rode  swiftly  back  towards  Los  Angeles.  His  fleet  horse  soon  took  him  away 
from  the  bandits,  who  overtook  the  Frenchman,  but  did  not  molest  him  in  any 
way,  as  they  were  after  Hardy.  It  was  fortunate  that  he  had  chosen  their  fastest 
horse,  for  the  bandits  soon  gave  up  the  chase. 

Reaching  Los  Angeles,  he  told  the  news  of  the  killing  of  the  sheriff  and  his 
men,  and  soon  a  party  was  being  organized  to  go  in  search  of  the  murderers. 
In  Los  Angeles  excitement  ran  high,  and  it  was  some  time  before  a  party  could 
be  organized.  In  the  American  settlement  at  El  M'onte,  not  far  from  Los  Angeles, 
were  several  settlers  who  were  used  to  the  hard  life  of  the  frontier  and  were 
none  too  law-abiding;  they  wanted  blood  and  were  ever  ready  for  a  fight.  These 
joined  the  posse  from  Los  Angeles  and  soon,  under  the  wise  guidance  of  General 
Pico,  a  brother  of  Governor  Pico,  who  was  very  cool  in  the  face  of  danger,  had 
an  understanding  that  Pico's  orders  would  be  obeyed  by  all.  The  general  decided 
to  catch  the  men  who  had  committed  this  wanton  murder  and  he  counseled  caution 
among  the  men. 

After  killing  the  sheriff  and  his  men  the  bandits  headed  for  San  Juan  Capis- 
trano, raided  the  store  for  supplies,  as  they  were  headed  for  the  Mexican  border, 
and  possibly  looking  for  Hardy  and  his  team,  who  had  in  the  meantime  gone  into 
the  mountains  and  taken  a  roundabout  way  back  to  Los  Angeles,  which  he  reached 
a  week  later.  When  the  pursuing  party  reached  the  town  they  found  the  bandits 
had  fled,  and  then  began  one  of  the  notable  man-hunts  in  Southern  California. 

The  bandits  made  for  the  mountains  by  way  of  Santiago  Canyon,  were 
followed  by  Pico  and  his  men,  who  tracked  them  to  the  top  of  a  ridge  where 
they  could  not  get  away,  as  it  was  found  to  be  too  steep.  They  had  let  down 
one  of  their  horses  with  ropes,  but  it  was  killed  in  falling,  and  they  then  gave 
up  all  hope  of  escape.  Flores  abandoned  his  horse  and,  with  two  others,  took  to 
the  brush  on  foot  and  made  good  their  escape.  One  young  man  who  was  known 
by  Pico,  was  called  upon  to  give  himself  up  and  for  the  information  he  would 
give,  was  told  he  would  not  be  prosecuted.  He  followed  this  advice,  and  after 
some  parley  the  rest  of  the  band  were  taken  prisoners,  bound  hand  and  foot 
and  turned  over  to  the  Americans  in  the  party,  who  took  them  to  a  settlement 
on  the  present  site  of  Olive.  They  were  placed  in  an  adobe  house  and  kept 
securely  bound  and  placed  under  guard.  Pico  went  after  Flores  and  the  two 
others,  and  by  his  knowledge  of  the  country,  and  being  an  expert  trailer,  soon 
captured  the  former,  who  was  sent  back  to  be  kept  under  guard  with  the  others. 
He,  too,  was  securely  bound  and  placed  on  the  floor  with  the  rest,  and,  as  usual, 
the  guard  was  posted  over  them.  During  the  night  Flores  rolled  over  to  one 
of  the  other  prisoners,  and  with  his  teeth  loosed  the  thongs  that  bound  him  and, 
this  done,  his  own  were  taken  off,  and  soon  all  of  the  men  were  free  and  made 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  141 

a  break  to  escape ;  they  were  all  captured,  with  the  exception  of  Flores,  who  made 
good  his  escape  and  headed  for  the  mountains. 

A  runner  was  sent  to  inform  Pico  of  the  escape  and  he  was  met  coming 
in  with  the  other  two  men,  whom  he  had  captured  alone..  Upon  hearing  the  news 
he  was  angry,  for  he  had  thought  the  Americans  would  surely  be  watchful  and 
not  let  the  prisoners  get  away.  He  was  determined  that  these  last  two  prisoners 
should  not  escape  and,  taking  them  to  a  large  sycamore  tree  in  the  canyon,  hung 
them.  To  show  that  he  had  done  his  duty  and  partly  avenged  the  death  of  the 
sheriff,  he  cut  off  the  ears  of  the  bandits  and  sent  them  to  Los  Angeles,  and  then 
took  up  the  trail  of  the  chief  conspirator.  These  bodies  were  left  hanging,  and 
it  was  some  time  the  next  year  that  the  bones  were  buried.  The  writer  buried 
some  of  them  himself.  The  tree  from  which  these  men  were  hung  is  still  stand- 
ing on  what  is  known  as  the  Modjeska  ranch. 

Pico  followed  the  trail  of  Flores  for  some  days,  seeming  to  know  about 
where  he  would  eventually  be  found.  The  news  had  spread  to  Los  Angeles  of 
the  bandit's  escape,  and  the  citizens  were  thoroughly  aroused,  for  Barton  had 
been  very  popular.  Flores  thought  to  steal  a  horse  at  Los  Nietos,  knowing  that 
Mr.  Carpenter  kept  many  good  animals.  He  approached  the  place  at  night,  and 
the  dogs  alarmed  the  owner,  who  was  asleep  on  a  stack  of  hay ;  as  he  arose  with 
a  gun  in  his  hands  Flores  could  see  by  the  bright  moonlight  that  it  would  be 
useless  to  try  to  secure  a  horse  there  and  so  passed  on.  Arriving  in  Los  Angeles 
he  tried  to  obtain  food  and  shelter,  but  such  was  the  feeling  that  had  it  become 
known  such  aid  had  been  given  him  the  persons  so  doing  would  have  been  lynched. 
He  then  skirted  the  town  and  made  for  the  Cahuenga  Mountains.  Pico  followed 
him,  and  at  a  point  about  the  present  site  of  Hollywood,  came  upon  his  man 
almost  exhausted,  made  him  prisoner  and  brought  him  to  Los  Angeles  and  turned 
him  over  to  the  people,  who  erected  two  poles  with  a  bar  across,  at  the  present 
site  of  the  county  court  house,  and  hung  him.  The  other  bandits  were  taken  to 
Los  Angeles  and  shared  the  same  fate.  The  last  one  of  the  band  was  captured 
in  San  Jose  two  years  later  and  was  returned  for  trial.  After  a  year  in  the  courts 
with  the  lawyers  wrangling  over  the  case,  his  attorneys  had  the  case  transferred 
to  Santa  Barbara  County. 

The  good  citizens  of  Los  Angeles  had  patiently  stood  the  delay  and  thought 
that  ju.stice  would  be  done  by  the  court,  but  when  the  case  was  ordered  trans- 
ferred, took  the  law  in  their  own  hands  and,  taking  him  from  the  officers,  made 
another  "example"  of  him.  There  was  no  doubt  of  his  identity,  for  when  he 
was  captured  he  was  wearing  the  silver  mounted  belt  that  had  belonged  to  the 
sheriff  he  had  helped  to  kill.  There  are  comparatively  few  men  now  living  who 
can  recall  the  incidents  noted  here.  The  writer,  who  is  one  of  the  oldest  living 
American  settlers  of  Orange  County,  was  an  eyewitness  of  the  hanging  of 
Flores. 

A  Breach  of  the  Law 
By  Linn  L.  Shaw 

The  only  case  of  mob  violence  in  Santa  Ana  history  occurred  August  20, 
1892,  when  Francisco  Torres  was  hanged  to  a  telephone  pole  at  the  northeast 
corner  of  Fourth  and  Sycamore  streets.  William  McKelvey,  foreman  of  Madame 
Modjeska's  famous  ranch  home  in  Santiago  Canyon,  was  brutally  murdered  July 
31,  1892,  by  this  Mexican,  who  was  employed  as  a  laborer  under  him.  Torres 
fled,  was  captured  at  Mesa  Grande  a  couple  of  weeks  after  the  crime  and,  brought 
to  this  city,  where  he  was  held  for  the  murder,  without  bail,  and  was  con- 
fined in  the  old  jail  on  Sycamore  Street,  between  Second  and  Third.  McKelvey 
had  many  friends  in  this  city  and  the  officers,  fearing  trouble,  placed  Robert  Cog- 
burn  on  guard  at  the  jail.  About  one  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  August  20  there 
was  an  alarm  at  the  jail  door  and  a  muffled  demand  to  open  it,  which  order  Mr. 
Cogburn  refused  to  obey.  Immediately  the  door  was  battered  in  with  a  sledge 
and  about  thirty  men,  armed  and  masked,  filed  inside.    Upon  being  refused  the 


142  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

keys  to  the  cell  they  forcibly  took  them  from  the  guard,  secured  Torres  and  de- 
parted. Mr.  Cogburn  attempted  to  follow  them,  but,  upon  being  invited  to  return 
to  the  jail  at  the  point  of  what  appeared  to  him  a  "horizontal  telegraph  pole, 
returned  to  his  duties  without  any  further  desire  to  associate  with  his  determined 
and  systematic  visitors.  There  was  evidently  no  time  wasted  with  the  captive, 
and  he  was  strung  up  to  the  pole,  where  the  body  remained  as  a  gruesome  sur- 
prise to  early  risers  the  next  morning.  An  attempt  was  made  to  locate  the  per- 
petrators of  the  lynching  through  the  grand  jury,  but  no  indictments  were  issued 
and  the  affair  was  quietly  dropped  in  official  circles. 

A  Political  Episode 

Perhaps  the  most  notable  political  event  in  Santa  Ana's  history  was-  the 
physical  undoing  of  Dennis  Kearney,  in  the  fall  of  1879.  This  man  was  cam- 
paigning the  state  in  the  interest  of  the  workingman's  party  and  the  anti-Chinese 
movement,  which  at  that  time  was  a  formidable  issue  in  California  politics.  He 
was  popularly  known  as  the  "sand  lot  agitator,"  and,  starting  from  his  home  in 
San  Francisco,  he  deluged  the  state  with  a  ceaseless  flow  of  vituperation  and  plat- 
form blackguardism.  .Up  to  the  time  of  his  arrival  in  Santa  Ana  he  had  been 
allowed  to  pursue  his  bullying  style  of  oratory  without  molestation,  as  his  own 
personality  and  the  many  followers  who  flocked  to  his  support  all  over  the  state 
presented  an  aspect  of  brute  force  which  no  one  seemed  disposed  to  investigate. 
In  his  speech  here,  in  addition  to  the  usual  program  of  abuse,  he  also  in- 
cluded a  number  of  false  accusations  against  the  McFadden  brothers,  who  had 
operated  a  steamer  from  Newport  to  San  Francisco,  but  had  been  compelled 
to  sell  it  at  a  considerable  loss  to  their  stronger  competitors,  the  Old  Line  Steam- 
ship Company,  and  it  was  this  transaction  to  which  Kearney  devoted  his  slander- 
ous tongue. 

'  Among  the  employes  of  the  McFaddens  was  "Tom"  Rule,  a  man  of  large 
stature,  supreme  courage  and  prodigious  strength.  The  morning  following  the 
speech,  as  Kearney  was  about  to  take  the  stage  for  San  Diego  at  the  old  Layman 
Hotel,  he  was  confronted  by  Mr.  Rule  who  demanded  the  name  of  the  man  who 
nad  given  him  the  lying  information  concerning  his  employers.  Kearney  recog- 
nized the  nature  of  the  trouble  in  store  for  him  at  once,  and  immediately  lost 
the  nerve  which  had  been  so  proudly  exploited  by  his  followers.  He  timidly 
explained  that  he  "would  not  give  away  his  friends,"  and  upon  a  second  and 
more  imperious  demand  for  the  name,  commenced  backing  away  from  his  unwel- 
come opponent,  at  the  same  time  endeavoring  to  draw  his  revolver.  Rule,  who 
was  unarmed,  hesitated  no  longer,  but  struck  the  pride  of  the  sand  lots  a  heavy 
blow  which  landed  him  against  the  side  of  the  hotel,  from  whence  the  once 
feared  Kearney  ran  with  great  vigor  and  utter  lack  of  dignity  to  the  barroom, 
out  through  the  dining  room  and  across  the  street  into  a  drug  store,  where  he 
was  overtaken  by  the  now  thoroughly  aroused  Rule,  who  pinned  him  to  the  floor 
and  pummeled  him  quite  severely.  By  a  strange  coincidence  Kearney  was  rescued 
from  his  very  mortifying  position  by  one  of  the  McFadden  brothers,  neither  of 
whom  had  known  of  Mr.  Rule's  contemplated  raid  on  their  slanderer.  None  of 
his  adherents  had  offered  him  the  slightest  assistance,  and  his  departure  was  in 
marked  contrast  to  his  triumphant  entry  into  the  town  the  day  before.  In  his 
speeches  he  had  advocated  hemp  and  mob  law  for  the  hated  plutocrats  and 
capitalists,  but  certainly  did  not  relish  an  application  of  his  own  medicine.  He 
had  announced  on  his  home  sand  lot  platform,  before  departing  on  this  campaign: 
"I  hope  I  will  be  assassinated,  for  the  success  of  this  movement  depends  on 
that" ;  but  the  sacrifice  palled  upon  his  appetite  when  the  opportunity  for  which 
he  had  so  eagerly  petitioned  presented  itself  in  apparent  good  working  order. 
This  incident,  which  was  at  once  heralded  over  the  state,  had  the  effect  of  imme 
diately  diminishing  Kearney's  power  and  influence  to  an  alarming  extent,  and  he 
soon  passed  into  history  as  a  mere  blatherskite. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  14'3' 

J\lr.  Rule,  who  was  the  regular  pilot  at  Newport  Bay,  was  drowned  a  few* 
years  later  while  attempting  to  cross  the  bar  at  the  entrance  of  the  bay  in  a  row' 
boat,  which  capsized  in  the  breakers.  The  hero  of  the  Kearney  episode  was 
struck  upon  the  head  by  the  boat  as  it  overturned  and  his  body  immediately  sank, 
being  recovered  several  days  afterward  just  inside  the  bar.  » 


CHAPTER  XXV  ; 

THE  OIL  INDUSTRY  •* 

By  William  Loftus 

Some  development  work  had  been  done  in  this  county  previous  to  1896,  and 
in  the  Dan  McFarland  well,  located  in  the  N.  W.  J4  of  section  8  twp.  3  S.  Range 
9  W.  S.  B.  B.  M.,  about  ten  barrels  of  oil  per  day  was  struck  at  a  depth  of  less 
than  a  thousand  feet.  But  the  formations  were  so  diflScult  and  expensive  to^ 
drill  with  the  machinery  then  employed  that  the  well  was  abandoned,  and  the: 
field  temporarily  condemned.  ' 

In  1896,  E.  L.  Doheny — a  name  that  will  ever  be  prominent  in  the  history 
of  the  development  of  the  California  oil  fields  as  well  as  those  of  Mexico — was 
favorably  impressed  with  the  indications  of  oil.     He  obtained  a  lease  with  an 
option  to  purchase  the  lands  now  owned  and  operated  by  the  Petroleum  Develop- 
ment Company,  which  company  is  now  owned  by  the  SaritA  Fe  Railroad  Com- 
pany.   Mr.  Doheny  entered  into  a  contract  with  the  Santa  Fe  Company  to  operate 
the  territory  in  partnership.     He  moved  onto  the  property  in  February,   1897,; 
and  the  first  well,  which  was  drilled  to  a  depth  of  about  700  feet,  was  completed*' 
and  put  on  the  pump  in  a  few  months.    It  was  started  off  with  a  production  ol 
about  fifty  barrels  per  day.     This  agreeably  surprised  Mr.  Doheny  as  he,  when^ 
making  the  contract  with  the  Santa  Fe,  only  predicted  wells  of  a  capacity  of 
from  ten  to  twenty-five  barrels  per  day  at  such  a  shallow  depth,  but  it  was  his' 
opinion  that  the  quantity  would  increase  with   depth  and  that  the   formations- 
would  carry  oil  very  deep.    Up  to  October,  1898,  the  Santa  Fe  and  Mr.  Doheny 
had  drilled  ten  wells,  all  less  than  900  feet  deep,  which  was  about  as  deep  as 
could  be  drilled  in  this  formation  with  the  methods  then  employed.     Their  best 
well  produced  about  100  barrels  per  day.  » 

The  Graham-Loftus   Oil   Company  commenced  operations   in  this   field   in- 
October,  1898.    They  drilled  the  first  well  650  feet  deep,  and  could  get  no  further. 
The  well  started  off  with  a  production  of  forty  barrels  per  day.     They  encoun- 
tered the  same  difficulties  in  No.  2.     Four  strings  of  casings  were  struck  within' 
the  first  450  feet.    The  hole  was  then  filled  with  water  and  drilled  to  1,465  feet, 
with  two  strings  of  casings.    This  was  the  first  well  drilled  full  of  water  for  the 
purpose  of  holding  up  the  walls,  as  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  ascertain,  though* 
it  may  have  been  used  before.     The  idea  was  not  mine,  but  suggested  to  me  by 
Frank  Garbut  in  1894,  at  which  time  I  turned  it  down  as  impracticable.   -It  isi 
now  used  generally  throughout  the  state   of   California,  and   I   consider  it  the 
greatest  of  the  three  chief  factors  that  have  made  the  large  production  ofpefro-' 
leum  oil  in  California  possible.    The  other  two  are  the  double  under-reamer  and 
the  steel  drilling  cable. 

The  Graham-Loftus  well  No.  2  started  with  a  production  of  700  barrels  per 
day  and  blazed  the  way  for  deeper  and  more  productive  wells.  The  depth  has 
gradually  been  increased  to  over  4,000  feet,  and  the  initial  production  to  approxi- 
mately 20,000  barrels  per  day  for  a  few  days. 

In  the  fall  of  1898  the  Columbia  Oil  Company  was  organized  and  started 
operations  on  a  lease  from  the  Olinda  Ranch  "in  Section  9,  upon  which  they 
developed  oil  of  about  32  gravity  Baume.  The  oil  appears  to  be  the  same  as 
that  in  the  old  Puente  wells  about  five  miles  northwest,  and  it  is  the  opinion  of 


144  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

well-informed  oil  men  that  the  light  oil  belt  is  continuous  between  these  two 
points.  There  has  been  very  little  development  made  in  this  strike,  but  wherever 
wells  have  been  drilled  they  have  proven  productive. 

In  1899,  Charles  V.  Hall,  George  Owens,  Martin  Barbour  and  James  Lynch 
.leased  fifty-eight  acres  of  land  from  the  Olinda  Ranch  in  section  8.  After 
drilling  a  hole  about  400  feet  deep,  Owens,  Barbour  and  Lynch,  who  were  experi-  ^ 
enced  oil  men,  sold  out  their  interests  to  C.  V.  Hall,  whose  experience  consisted 
of  a  few  shallow  wells  drilled  in  the  city  of  Los  Angeles,  and  who  was  conse- 
quently "not  supposed  to  know  a  bad  thing  when  he  saw  it."  At  about  1,500  feet 
h£  had  a  flowing  well,  and  opened  up  what  has  proven  to  be  the  richest  portion 
of  the  field.  One  well  on  this  lease  is  credited  with  a  production  of  about 
20,000  barrels  per  day  for  a  few  days. 

In  January,  1894,  the  Union  Oil  Company  of  California  purchased  about 
1,200  acres  from  the  Stearns  Ranch  Company  in  sections  5,  6,  7  and  8,  Twp. 
3,  S.  range  9  W.  sections  1  and  12  twp.  3  S.  range  10,  W.,  100  acres  of  the  east 
end  of  which  they  leased  to  the  Columbia  Oil  Producing  Company.  This  lease 
has  proven  very  prolific  producing  property.  To  compromise  a  legal  claim  on 
the  1,200  acres,  the  Union  Oil  Company  gave  200  acres  from  the  west  end,  which 
has  proven  very  productive  also.  It  was  purchased  by  the  Brea  Caiion  Oil  Com- 
pany. E.  L.  Doheny  was  the  promoter  of  this  company,  which  proved  very 
•  successful. 

The  value  of  the  oil  deposit  is  not  determined,  however,  by  the  product  of 
a  few  large  wells,  but  is  estimated  by  men  familiar  with  the  business  by  the 
amount  of  oil  sand  and  the  per  cent  of  saturation,  which  means  the  amount  of 
oil  per  acre.  In  this  respect  the  Olinda-Fullerton  field  is  considered  the  best 
"in  the  state,  which  means  the  best  in  the  United  States. 

The  proven  area  of  this  field  is  about  2,000  acres.  Judging  from  my  own 
"experience  and  the  information  I  have  obtained  from  others,  I  estimate  the 
•average  thickness  of  the  oil  and  sand  at  two  hundred  feet.  Geologists  estimate 
^he  saturation  at  ten  per  cent,"  which  would  give  about  155,000  barrels  per  acre, 
or  an  aggregate  of  310,353,000  barrels.  Divide  this  by  two  for  safety,  and 
we  will  have  the  very  considerable  sum  of  155,176,500  barrels.  Throw  off  the 
odd  figures  and  in  round  numbers  say   155,000,000  barrels. 

When  we  take  into  consideration  the  fact  that  the  probable  oil  area  is  double 
the  proven,  and  the  possible  very  much  greater,  we  begin  to  appreciate  the  value 
of  the  oil  deposits  in  Orange  County.  To  date  (1910)  there  has  been  produced 
approximately  20,431,481  barrels.  The  average  price  has  been  about  sixty-five 
cents  per  barrel,  aggregating  $12,550,922.  The  equivalent  in  coal,  at  six  dollars 
per  ton,  would  cost  $33,102,665,  a  saving  to  the  consumer  of  $20,551,743. 

In  1910,  the  writer  of  the  foregoing  article  said :  "The  evolution  of  the  oil 
business  has  been  very  rapid,  and  in  my  judgment,  will  so  continue.  Machinery 
and  facilities  for  drilling  deeper  will  be  employed  and  quantities  of  oil  will  be 
produced  from  greater  depths  than  is  now  generally  considered  practicable." 
This  prediction  has  been  literally  fulfilled  in  the  intervening  years  since  it  was 
made,  as  can  be  shown  by  the  increase  in  the  assessed  valuation  of  the  county 
and  by  mentioning  some  of  the  important  developments  of  the  industry. 

Following  are  the  county  assessments  for  the  past  six  years ;  it  will  be  noted 
that  the  greatest  gains  are  in  the  years  when  there  was  the  largest  development 
in  the  oil  industry. 

\l\t\l\l   :.... $54,546,951 

915-  9  6   : 55,266,628 

1916-1917  57  532  66:? 

;9i7-i9i8 : :■.:::  69;68o:47i 

1918-1919   73  910  565 

1919-1920 :::::::::::  gmiSs 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  145 

The  county  assessor,  in  listing  the  oil  wells  for  taxation,  follows  the  law 
where  it  says,  "Ail  property  in  the  state,  .  .  .  shall  be  taxed  in  proportion  to  its 
value."  Some  of  the  large  producers  have  protested  against  his  valuations;  but 
the  courts  have  sustained  the  assessor.  The  Standard  Oil  Company  paid  taxes 
on  the  production  of  its  wells  for  the  year  1919-1920,  to  the  county  assessor, 
$443,670.36,  and  to  the  county  tax  collector,  $15,050.84,  making  a  total  of 
$458,721.20.  For  further  proof  of  the  development  of  the  oil  industry  and 
of  its  great  value  to  the  county,  note  the  following  reports  gleaned  from  the 
Santa  Ana  Register: 

The  Union  Oil  Company  opened  up  the  Placentia-Richfield  district  in 
March,  1919,  by  bringing  in  an  8,000  barrel  gusher  on  the  Chapman  property, 
which  has  been  a  regular  producer  ever  since. 

March  21,  1919.  Oil  wells  located  in  Orange  County  are  producing  1,475,000 
barrels  of  oil  a  month.  That,  at  the  present  price,  means  a  value  of  $1,843,750 
a  month,  and  $22,-125,000  a  year,  which  is  $1,625,000  more  than  the  estimate 
of  the  Santa  Ana  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

April  14,  1919.  The  Union  Oil  Company's  Chapman  well  is  now  regarded 
as  the  finest  well  in  the  state  and  the  pride  of  the  southern  field.  This  great 
well  has  been  throttled  down  to  2,500  barrels,  the  product  coming  through  a  J4 
dip  nipple.  The  oil  is  testing  23  gravity  and  the  cut  is  less  than  .6  of  one  per 
cent.  The  gas  pressure  continues  and  is  now  up  to  300  pounds.  The  well  is 
making  close  to  a  million  feet  of  gas  daily.  Gas  from  the  well  is  furnished 
Anaheim. 

August  18,  1919.  A  later  account.  At  Richfield  the  Union's  Chapman 
gusher  has  become  the  wonder  of  all  Southern  California.  This  great  producer 
continues  to  increase  daily  until  now  the  output  has  reached  5,200  barrels. 
Accompanying  this  tremendous  volume  of  oil  that  is  coming  easily  and  quietly 
from  a  depth  of  3,000  feet,  is  some  3,000,000  feet  of  gas.  The  oil  is  coming 
through  a  Iji  inch  opening,  and  if  opened  up  the  well  would  produce  10,000 
barrels  as  easily  as  it  is  now  producing  5,200. 

August  14,  1919.  Barney  Hartfield  of  Anaheim,  one  of  the  owners  of  the 
Heffern  well,  said  oil  and  gas  at  2,385  feet  indicated  a  good  well  then,  but  it 
was  cemented  up  and  bigger -stakes  are  being  sought.  The  Heffern  Company 
has  over  500  acres  under  lease.  It  has  refused  $100,000  for  the  release  of  a  70- 
acre  tract. 

September  10,  1919.  Throwing  oil  and  sand  a  distance  of  seventy-five  feet 
above  the  derrick  Kraemer  well  No.  1,  of  the  Standard  Oil  Company,  came  in, 
adding  a  new  gusher  to  the  FuUerton  field.  It  is  estimated  that  this  vvell  is  pro- 
ducing 5,000  barrels  of  oil  daily. 

September  22,  1919.  An  experienced  Pennsylvania  oil  man,  reported  to  be 
very  wealthy  and  with  strong  eastern  connections,  has  leased  for  oil  the  prop- 
erties of  M'ary  J.  Bond,  M.  J.  Monette,  W.  K.  Mead,  H.  D.  Lyman  and  others, 
comprising  more  than  1,000  acres.  These  lands  are  located  just  east  of  El  Mo- 
dena,  four  miles  east  of  Orange  and  six  miles  southeast  of  the  Richfield  district. 

October  3,  1919.  The  Standard's  Kraemer  2-1  well  blew  a  charge  of  gas 
and  oil  out  of  the  hole  and  covered  about  twenty  acres  of  C.  C.  Chapman's 
choicest  orange  trees  with  oil.    It  also  discharged  large  quantities  of  sand. 

October  13,  1919.  The  Chapman  gusher  is  again  referred  to  as  the  best  pro- 
ducer in  the  state,  having  poured  forth  a  million  and  a  half  barrels  of  27  gravity 
oil  since  it  came  in  the  latter  part  of  March. 

October  15,  1919.  What  promised  to  be  another  gusher  was  brought  in  on 
the  O.  M.  Thompson  property,  one-quarter  of  a  mile  east  and  one  mile  south  of 
the  Chapman  well.  The  oil  forced  its  way  up  through  the  sand  and  mud  to  the 
top  of  the  pipe ;  but  the  men  clamped  on  a  cap  and  prevented  its  flowing  for  the 
time  being. 


146  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

October  20,  1919.  The  Standard  Oil  Company  and  others  have  leased  con- 
siderable acreage  on  the  Huntington  Beach  mesa,  though  no  derricks  have  been 
erected  as  yet.  Some  of  the  leases  carry  a  cash  bonus  and  a  monthly  rental  as 
well  as  a  share  in  the  oil  developed.  Joe  Simas  of  Seal  Beach,  in  boring  for 
water,  opened  up  a  small  gas  well,  which  he  utilizes  for  light  and  fuel  supply 
for  his  house  and  barn. 

October  24,  1919.  A  3,500-barrel  oil  well  was  brought  in  by  the  Standard 
Oil  Company  on  the  Murphy  lease  on  Monday.  The  well.  No.  66,  completed  at 
2,833  feet,  is  the  second  largest  well  brought  in  during  the  yeai,  and  maintains 
the  supremacy  of  the  Murphy  property  as  the  greatest  oil  producing  lease  in 
the  state. 

October  30,  1919.  The  well,  reported  fifteen  days  ago  on  the  O.  M.  Thomp- 
son place  as  having  been  capped  without  letting  it  display  itself,  proves  to  be  a 
5,000-barrel  gusher,  rivaling  the  famous  Chapman  well. 

November  18,  1919.  The  Heffern  Oil  Company,  which  heretofore  has  been 
an  association,  decided  to  incorporate  with  a  capital  stock  of  $5,000,000.  The 
cost  of  the  test  well  to  date  is  $214,000,  including  $30,000  value  of  the  Heffern 
leases.  There  are  three  drilling  crews  at  work  in  the  vicinity  of  Newport  Bay. 
The  Liberty  Oil  Company  is  cleaning  out  its  well  No.  1  at  the  head  of  the  bay. 
Some  oil  was  found  at  a  depth  of  2,100  feet  when  work  was  stopped.  Now  the 
company  will  go  several  hundred  feet  deeper. 

As  proof  that  Orange  County's  oil  production  has  not  reached  its  limits,  but 
is  on  the  increase,  note  the  following  recent  developments: 

The  Petroleum  Oil  Company  brought  in  Thompson  well  No.  2  on  March  12, 
1920,  with  a  reported  flow  of  3000  barrels  and  increasing.  The  company  was 
expecting  a  gusher  and  prepared  to  care  for  the  oil  so  that  none  of  it  would  be 
wasted.  Thompson  well  No.  3  came  in  June  1,  1920,  with  a  flow  of  650  barrels, 
which  many  believe  too  low  an- estimate. 

The  Kraemer  well  No.  2-5,  which  was  brought  in  recently,  is  producing 
150  barrels  of  26  gravity  oil.  The  Thompson-Goodwin  well  of  the  Union  Oil 
Company  came  in  with  a  roar  June  14,  spouting  oil  over  the  top  of  the  derrick 
and  then  sanded  up.  However,  it  started  flowing  again  a  steady  stream  which 
experts  estimate  at  1,800  barrels  per  day  of  27  gravity  oil. 

Spouting  over  the  tops  of  the  derricks,  two  wSls  on  the  Standard  Oil  Com- 
pany's Sam  Kraemer  lease,  in  the  Placentia-Richfield  district,  came  in  with  a 
roar  June  23,  1920.  They  are  numbered  6  and  7.  The  yield  of  No.  6  has  been 
estimated  all  the  way  from  1,000  to  3,000  barrels  per  day.  No  estimate  was 
reported  on  the  yield  of  No.  7,  although  it  was  said  to  be  equally  violent  with 
No.  6. 

Early  in  August,  1920,  Huntington  Beach  well  No.  1  on  the  mesa  was 
brought  in  with  a  small  intermittent  flow,  which  later  became  constant  and  in- 
creased to  nearly  150  barrels  of  24  to  26  gravity  oil  per  day.  This  established 
the  character  of  that  section  as  proven  oil  territory.  Immediately  all  land,  not 
already  under  contract,  was  leased  by  some  of  the  operating  companies.  The 
Newport  mesa  well  and  the  well  at  Olive  are  about  ready  for  testing  early  in 
September,  although  the  drillers  think  they  may  have  to  go  deeper.  A  new  well 
is  being  started  near  Orange  County  Park,  and  others  are  being  planned  or 
drilled  in  different  parts  of  the  county,  especially  in  or  near  proven  territory.  It 
is  not  always  wise  in  argument  to  reason  from  a  few  particulars  to  a  general 
conclusion ;  but,  producing  oil  wells  are  becoming  so  numerous  and  widely 
scattered,  it  is  almost  safe  to  conclude  that  the  whole  of  Orange  County  is  under- 
laid with  oil  sand,  though  it  may  be  at  different  depths  in  diflferent  localities. 

Other  wells  might  be  mentioned,  but  space  forbids.  However,  the  Brea 
Progress-Munger  Oil  News  Service  gave  quite  an  extensive  survey  of  the  oil  fields 
of  Orange  County  and  adjoining  territory  on  June  26,  1920,  prepared  by  Elwood 
J.  Munger.  A  summary  of  this  report  shows  170  wells  drilling,  930  producing, 
with  a  daily  output  of  76,000  barrels  of  oil,  ranging  in  gravity  from  14  to  27' 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  147 

and  in  price  from  $1.43  per  barrel  for  the  lowest  gravity  oil  to  $1.93  for  the 
highest.  While  a  large  majority  of  the  wells  mentioned  in  the  report  are  in 
Orange  County,  yet  the  inclusion  of  wells  at  Santa  Fe  Springs,  Whittier,  Monte- 
bello  and  other  outside  fields  would  prevent  this  county  claiming  all  the  credit 
for  the  fine  showing  in  this  report.  If  only  half  of  the  daily  output  reported,  or 
38,000  barrels,  be  credited  to  this  county,  and  if  the  average  price  received  be 
$1.68  per  barrel,  which  is  the  average  between  $1.43  and  $1.93,  then  Orange 
County  would  receive  a  gross  income  of  $23,301,000  from  its  oil  industry  each 
year.  If,  however,  two-thirds  of  the  daily  output  reported,  or  50,666  barrels, 
be  credited  to  this  county,  and  if  the  average  price  received  be  $1.68  per  barrel, 
then  Orange  County  would  receive  a  gross  income  of  $31,068,391  from  its  oil 
industry  each  year.  The  latter  sum  tallies  pretty  closely  with  the  estimate  of  the 
Santa  Ana  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

But,  however  estimated,  the  oil  industry  is  clearly  the  largest  asset  of  Orange 
County,  and  makes  this  county  safe  from  light,  heat  and  power  troubles. 


CHAPTER  XXVI 

THE  CITRUS  INDUSTRY 

By  G.  W.  Sandilands 

The  orange  was  born  in  India :  when,  history  does  not  say.  Thence  it  found 
its  way  into  Arabia  and  Syria,  and  in  the  eleventh  century  was  growing  in  Italy, 
Sicily  and  Spain,  Europe's  greatest  citrus  fruit  regions.  The  sixteenth  centnry 
brought  the  orange  to  America.  Across  the  Atlantic  the  Spaniards  brought  it 
in  their  conquest  of  the  new  world. 

California  saw  the  orange  in  1769,  or  within  the  next  few  years  after,  for 
it  was  then  that  the  Franciscans  started  north  out  of  Lower  California.  In 
1792  oranges  are  known,  by  mission  records,  to  have  been  growing  at  the  San 
Buena  Ventura  Mission.  San  Gabriel  Mission,  near  Los  Angeles,  had  the 
most  extensive  grove.  This  was  set  out  in  1804.  In  1818  there  were  211  fruit 
trees,  oranges  and  others,  at  San  Gabriel.  Two  small  groves  were  planted  in 
Los  Angeles  in  1834,  the  first  outside  of  the  Mission  gardens.  William  Wolfskill 
set  out  two  acres  in  1841,  the  first  intended  for  commercial  use.  In  1857,  L. 
Van  Luven,  pioneer  fruit  man  in  the  region  now  holding  the  great  orchards  of 
San  Bernardino  Valley,  planted  forty-five  seedling  trees.  In  1865,  200  trees  were 
set  out  at  Crafton,  near  Redlands. 

Sacramento  saw  the  first  orange  tree  in  the  northern  section  in  1855.  By 
1862  there  were  25,000  citrus  fruit  trees  in  California.  In  1870,  the  first  seeds 
were  planted  at  Riverside.  However,  the  real  era  of  the  citrus  fruit  industry 
was  started  in  1873.  It  was  in  that  year  that  L.  C.  Tibbetts,  of  Riverside,  planted 
two  trees  from  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  which  secured  a  small  shipment 
of  trees  from  Bahia,  Brazil.  The  superiority  of  the  fruit  of  these  trees  was 
quickly  recognized.  The  trees  were  named  the  Washington  Navel,  and  in  the 
next  decade  several  thousand  acres  of  Washington  Navels  were  planted  in  Cali- 
fornia. The  original  trees  are  still  living  and  are  objects  of  interest  to  the 
people  and  visitors  of  Riverside.  Some  years  ago  one  of  these  trees  was  removed 
from  its  original  home  to  the  grounds  of  the  Glenwood  Inn,  and  reset  with  great 
pomp  and  ceremony  on  the  occasion  of  a  visit  of  President  Roosevelt,  the 
distinguished  visitor  taking  part  in  the  work  of  transplanting. 

By  Charles  C.  Chapman 

Orange  County,  as  the  name  implies,  gives  splendid  evidence  of  being  the 
ideal  section  for  the  culture  of  the  orange.  It  is  as  highly  developed  here  as  in 
any  other  part  of  the  world.  Indeed,  I  do  not  hesitate  to  say  that  the  orange 
grown  here  has  no  equal.     This   is  demonstrated  by  the    fact  that   for  years 


148  HISTORY  OF  ORAXGE  COUNTY 

oranges  from  this  county  have  brought  the  highest  prices,  in  the  most  discriminat- 
ing market  of  the  country,  of  any  oranges  grown  in  the  world. 

The  soil  and  climate  of  Orange  County  are  splendidly  adapted  to  the  culture 
of  the  orange.  Indeed,  the  Divine  hand  has  been  lavish  in  bestowing  upon  all 
Southern  California,  and  upon  Orange  County  in  particular,  rare  natural  advan- 
tages, perhaps  greater  than  those  enjoyed  by  any  other  section  over  which  the 
flag  floats.  The  magnificent  mountain  ranges  not  only  form  picturesque  scenery 
and  giant  bulwarks  to  guard  the  fertile  valleys,  but  are  our  great  natural  reser- 
voirs. Our  coast  is  wa-shed  by  the  boundless  Pacific.  Our  climate  is  faultless. 
In  fact,  it  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  as  to  the  fertility  of  soil,  the  charming 
climate  and  the  scenery  with  its  grandeur  and  beauty,  it  is  not  surpassed  the 
world  around. 

Not  only  are  the  climate  and  soil  of  this  county  adapted  to  the  culture 
of  the  orange,  but  irrigating  water  is  in  abundance  and  rain  is  as  plentiful  as 
in  any  other  section  in  Southern  California.  The  temperature  does  not  go  as 
high  in  summer  or  as  low  in  winter  here  as  in  the  more  inland  sections.  The 
extremes  are  not  experienced,  and,  therefore,  oranges  are  frequently  held  here 
upon  the  trees  for  many  months  after  they  are  fully  matured  and  without  serious 
detriment  to  their  texture,  color  or  flavor. 

The  splendid  equipment  for  packing  oranges  now  found  in  our  packing 
houses  is  the  result  of  a  very  considerable  evolution  in  the  orange  industry. 
Ingenious  men  have  invented  machinery,  as  well  as  discovered  new  and  improved 
methods  of  doing  work  in  every  department,  from  clipping  the  fruit  from  the 
tree  to  putting  it  on  the  market. 

The  methods  of  handling  oranges  were  very  crude  and  simple  at  first. 
There  was  no  uniformity  of  pack,  or  any  method  in  general  adopted  by  the  early 
growers  and  packers.  The  only  thought  seemingly  in  the  mind  of  the  shipper 
was  to  get  the  fruit  in  some  sort  of  package  in  order  to  ship  to  the  consumer. 
During  these  early  days  Chinamen  were  generally  employed  to  do  the  packing. 
The  fruit  was  cut  from  the  trees  and  piled  up  on  the  ground  or  in  sheds,  and 
the  Chinamen  sat  upon  the  ground  or  floor  and  made  selection  as  to  size  from 
the  pile  and  put  them  in  the  box,  sometimes  wrapping  them  with  the  ordinary 
coarse  brown  paper,  such  as  was  usually  found  in  the  grocery  stores  of  that  day. 

Soon,  however,  enterprising  shippers  began  to  realize  that  if  the  fruit  was 
uniformly  sized  it  would  pack  more  evenly  and  be  more  attractive.  Some  very 
simple  and  inexpensive  machinery  for  doing  this  was  invented.  Perhaps  the 
first  machine  for  sizing  of  any  pretensions  was  the  one  known  as  the  California 
grader.  This  was  a  simple  rope  grader  about  ten  feet  long  and  worked  by  foot 
power.  From  time  to  time  this  was  lengthened  until  some  were  made  from 
twenty  to  thirty  feet  long,  delivering  fruit  to  bins  arranged  on  either  side  and 
extending  five  to  ten  feet  longer. 

Other  sizers  more  complicated  and  with  greater  capacity  and  accuracy  have 
been  invented.  There  are  two  or  three  quite  extensive  factories  in  Southern 
California  which  make  packing-house  equipment  for  doing  practically  all  work 
in  the  handling  of  the  orange.  There  are  now  on  the  market  washers,  driers, 
poHshers,  graders,  sizers,  separators  and  wrapping  machines  of  several  designs 
and  at  various  prices. 

Progress  has  been  made  along  all  lines  of  the  business.  Uniform  packages 
have  been  adopted  for  both  the  orange  and  the  lemon.  These  ar€  embellished 
with  lettering  and  designs  printed  in  colors  on  slats  and  ends.  Shippers  have 
individual  brands,  and  most  shippers  use  elaborate  and  beautifully  colored  litho- 
graphic labels  of  these  on  the  ends  of  the  boxes.  The  orange  wrappers  have 
also  been  changed  from  the  coarse  brown  paper  to  fine  silk  tissue,  upon  which 
richly  colored  designs  or  monograms  are  printed.  Some  of  the  most  enterprising 
shippers  use  two-color  prints  on  their  wrappers,  and  some  who  cater  to  the 
best  Eastern  trade  use  beautifully  laced  and  printed  side  curtains  for  the  boxes. 
Thus  we  have  now  going  from  all  our  packing  houses  uniform  and  attractive 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  149 

packages.  One  shipper  in  Orange  County  even  tags  every  orange  of  a  certain 
brand  with  a  little  green  and  gold  tag,  a  specially  prepared  machine  being  used 
for  the  purpose.  In  some  packing  houses  the  equipment  is  very  elaborate  and 
expensive,  costing  many  thousands  of  dollars,  and  with  a  capacity  of  ten  cars 
per  day. 

The  first  orange  trees  put  out  in  Orange  County,  as  in  Los  Angeles  and 
Riverside  counties,  were  seedlings,  the  present  popular  varieties  being  unknown 
here.  Much  time  was  required  for  these  to  come  into  bearing,  as  the  seedling 
is  slower  in  this  regard  than  the  budded  varieties.  However,  the  time  came 
when  there  were  a  few  oranges  ready  for  the  market. 

The  modern  packing  houses  with  their  splendid  equipment  were,  of  course, 
unknown  in  that  early  day;  nevertheless  the  fruit  was,  after  a  fashion,  packed 
and  shipped.  It  found  a  ready  market  and  at  such  splendid  prices  that  the 
culture  of  the  orange  became  an  attractive  and  established  industry  in  several 
sections  of  the  country. 

Very  naturally  an  occupation  which  is  so  attractive  as  citrus  culture  soon 
interested  many  enterprising  men.  Some  realized  that  other  varieties  than  the 
seedling  might  prove  more  profitable.  Immediately  steps  were  taken  to  secure 
varieties  adapted  to  the  climate.  The  result  in  a  few  years  was  the  introduction 
of  a  number  of  varieties  which  have  proven  productive  and  profitable  and  well 
adapted  to  our  soil  and  climate. 

Among  the  standard  varieties  of  oranges  grown  in  this  county,  besides 
the  Washington  Navel,  are  the  Mediterranean  Sweets,  St.  Michael,  Malta  and 
Ruby  Blood,  Satsuma  and  the  Valencia  Lates.  From  1886  to  1890  quite  a  run 
was  made  by  the  Mediterranean  Sweets  and  many  thousand  trees  were  put 
out.-  It  was  thought  that  this  variety  would  supply  the  late  spring  demand,  after 
the  season  of  the  Washington  Navel  had  passed.  It  has  proven  a  tender  orange 
and  not  altogether  satisfactory.  One  reason  for  this  variety  not  being  in  more 
favor  (though  of  late  years  it  has  very  generally  proven  profitable),  was  the 
introduction  of  an  orange  that  more  completely  filled  the  requirements  of  a  late 
orange.  This  is  the  Valencia  Late,  which  in  many  respects,  as  it  has  been 
developed  here,  is  the  best  orange  grown  in  the  world.  For  more  than  twenty 
years  it  has  made  the  record  for  prices  received  for  California  oranges.  It 
has  many  excellent  qualities  which  make  it  a  most  desirable  and  profitable 
orange  for  grower,  handler  and  consumer.  It  is  the  best  keeper  on  or  off  the 
tree,  and  therefore  a  splendid  shipping  orange  for  the  autumn.  It  has  been 
the  most  popular  orange  with  growers  for  many  years,  and  especially  in  Orange 
County,  which  seems  to  be  able  to  produce  this  splendid  variety  more  perfectly 
than  any  other  section  of  the  state. 

The  writer  has  been  informed  by  A.  D.  Bishop,  an  old  and  honored  orange 
grower  living  near  Orange,  that  the  first  orchard  planted  in  that  section,  if  not 
in  the  county,  was  by  Patterson  Bowers.  He  put  out  about  two  acres  in  1873 
on  the  south  side  of  what  is  now  Walnut  Avenue,  a.  street  running  east  from 
the  city  of  Orange  and  where  the  street  descends  into  the  bed  of  Santiago 
Creek.  In  1874  B.  River  planted  five  acres  of  seedling  trees.  These  trees  were 
purchased  from  T.  A.  Garey,  of  Los  Angeles,  and  hauled  down  in  a  wagon. 
The  following  year  the  remainder  of  the  ten-acre  ranch  was  set  out  with  trees 
grown  in  the  nurseries  of  D.  C.  Hayward  and  Joseph  Beach  at  Orange.  This 
orchard  was  on  land  platted  by  Chapman  and  Glassell  and  known  as  the  Rich- 
land farm,  and  now  a  part  of  the  city  of  Orange.  This  was  soon  followed  by 
an  orchard  planted  by  a  Mr.  Dimmock  and  Joseph  Fisher.  This  was  located 
northwest  of  Orange.  In  1876  Dr.  W.  B.  Wall  put  out  an  orchard  at  Tustin. 
This  was  soon  followed  by  orchards  set  out  in  that  district  by  Samuel  Preble, 
Mr.  Tustin,  Mr.  Wilcox,  Mr.  Snow  and  Mr.  Adams,  old-time  residents. 

In  1878  M.  A.  Peters  and  John  Gregg  planted  orchards  about  one  mile  south 
of  Orange  from  trees  grown  by  themselves  budded  from  trees  purchased  from  the 
Garey  Nursery  in  Los  Angeles. 


150  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

The  Gregg  place  is  the  one  now  owned  by  A.  D.  Bishop.  Trees  in  good 
hearing  condition  are  here  whicli  were  budded  in  the  nursery  in  1876,  now 
forty-three  years  ago.  Some  of  the  trees  planted  by  Mr.  Peters  in  1878  are 
producing  fruit  equal  to  if  not  identical  with  the  Valencias  coming  from 
Florida  at  a  later  date. 

The  first  orchard  set  out  in  the  Placentia  district  was  by  R.  H.  Gilman.  He 
put  out  forty  acres  in  1875  on  what  is  still  known  as  the  Gilman  randi  on 
Placentia  Avenue.  William  M.  McFadden,  about  1880,  put  out  twenty  acres 
further  up  the  same  avenue.  The  following  year  Dr.  Tombs,  whose  property 
lay  between  Gilman's  and  McFadden's,  put  out  several  acres.  These  men 
planted  seedlings  and  Australian  Navels,  as  it  was  before  the  stock  of  the 
Washington  Navels  was  on  the  market. 

Closely  following  the  setting  of  the  above  orchards  came  Theodore  Staley, 
Peter  Hansen  and  Mr.  McDowell  into  the  neighborhood.  These  men  set  out 
small  orchards,  the  two  former  on  Placentia  Avenue  and  the  latter  the  orchard 
now  owned  by  Mr.  Klokke.  For  a  few  years  thereafter  there  was  considerable 
activity  in  planting  orchards  in  this  district. 

Even  before  any  of  the  above  orchards  were  put  out  there  were  scattered 
about  in  the  yards  of  the  residents  of  Anaheim  a  few  orange  trees.  These  were 
seedlings,  but  they  demonstrated  that  what  is  now  the  northern  part  of  Orange 
County  was  adapted  to  orange  culture.  Among  the  first,  if  not  the  very  first,  to 
put  out  orchards  of  any  considerable  size  about  Anaheim  was  a  Mr.  Knappe  and 
Henry  Brimmerman. 

It  is  thought  that  the  black  scale  was  brought  in  on  trees  from  Los  Angeles. 
We  are  to  suppose,  therefore,  that  growers  from  the  very  beginning  of  the  indus- 
try were  troubled  with  this  pest. 

The  red  scale,  which  has  at  times  done  great  damage  to  orchards,  did  not 
make  its  presence  felt  until  1884  and  1885.  T.  A.  Garey,  above  mentioned,  is 
supposed  to  claim  the  honor  for  having  introduced  it  into  California.  Some,  how- 
ever, say  it  was  brought  in  by  Mr.  Hayward  on  Australian  Navel  stock  which  he 
brought  from  Australia.  The  fact,  however,  that  this  scale  appeared  in  the  San 
Gabriel  orchards  some  time  before  it  did  at  Orange  would  seem  to  disprove  the 
latter  statement. 

These  scale  pests  soon  became  a  real  menace  to  the  orange  business  and 
very  early  efforts  for  their  destruction  were  made.  About  1882,  spraying  with 
caustic  washes,  using  fish  oil  as  a  base  for  carrying  the  alkali  was  pretty  generally 
adopted.  Little  benefit,  if  any,  was  had  from  this  spray,  it  not  proving  effective, 
and  often  doing  damage  to  the  fruit  and  tree.  In  1885  Mr.  Bishop  invented  what 
is  known  as  the  raisin  wash.  This  was  quite  generally  used  until  the  invention  of 
fumigating  in  1889.. 

Fumigating  with  gas  made  from  cyanide  of  potassium  and  sulphuric  acid 
has  proven  the  most  effective  method  of  destroying  scale  pests  yet  discovered  and 
is  used  in  all  orange  sections  infected  with  scale.  A.  D.  Bishop  must  have  the 
credit  for  giving  to  the  growers  this  splendid  discovery.  It  has  really  been  the 
salvation  of  the  orange  industry  in  Southern  California.  The  division  of  ento- 
mology of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  at  Washington  sent  special  agents  here 
from  time  to  time  to  discover  some  method,  if  possible,  to  destroy  the  scale  pests 
which  were  becoming  a  serious  menace.  For  several  years  experiments  were 
made  chiefly  with  sprays.  These  have  proven  unsatisfactory,  in  fact,  practically 
worthless  as  an  insecticide. 

There  was  trouble  at  first  in  fumigating  because  of  the  gas  burning  the  trees 
and  fruit.  Then  it  was  noticed  that  the  injury  was  less  on  cloudy  days ;  so  the 
tents  were  painted  black.  In  their  experiments  Drs.  W.  B.  Wall  and  M.  S.  Jones 
discovered  that  fumigating  at  night  was  even  better  than  with  painted  tents,  be- 
cause of  the  lower  temperature  at  night.  They  accordingly  associated  themselves 
with  A.  D.  Bishop  and  took  out  a  patent  on  night  fumigation,  which  soon  was 
dubbed  the  "twilight  patent."     This  patent  was  offered  to  the  fruit  growers  of 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  151 

Southern  California  for  $10,000 ;  but  they  lacked  one  vote  on  the  board  of  super- 
visors of  Orange  County  to  consummate  the  sale  to  the  counties.  The  courts 
afterward  a:nnulled  the  patent  on  the  ground  that  darkness,  or  the  absence  of 
light,  was  not  patentable. 

The  first  cars  of  oranges  were  shipped  in  1883  by  M.  A.  Peters  and  A.  D. 
Bishop.  These  gentlemen  sent  two  cars  to  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  A  few  other  cars 
were  sent  out  from  the  county  that  year.  The  shipment  for  1910  was  840,960 
boxes  of  oranges  and  43,392  boxes  of  lemons ;  that  for  1920  was  estimated 
2,000,000  boxes  of  oranges  and  about  300,000  boxes  of  lemons. 

Many  hundreds  of  acres  only  recently  set  out  will  soon  be  in  bearing,  so  that 
we  may  confidently  expect  to  ship  out  of  Orange  County  before  many  years  from 
five  to  six  thousand  cars  of  the  finest  citrus  fruit  grown  in  the  world. 

Crop  estimators  have  used  the  returns  of  the  Orange  County  Fruit  Exchange 
for  1919  as  a  basis  for  estimating  the  value  of  the  county's  citrus  crop  for  that 
year.  This  exchange,  with  headquarters  at  Orange,  is  the  selling  agent  for  eleven 
citrus  associations,  all  located  southeast  of  the  Santa  Ana  River,  except  the  one 
at  Garden  Grove,  and  handles  at  least  seventy  per  cent  of  the  crop  in  that  territory. 
It  is  claimed  that  the  territory  northwest  of  the  river  produces  fully  as  much  fruit 
as  that  southeast  of  the  stream. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  exchange,  February  9,  1920,  the  following  direc- 
tors were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year :  D.  C.  Drake,  Willard  Smith,  R.  W.  Jones, 
Wade  Flippen,  George  B.  Shattuck,  Ed.Utt,  E.  B.  Collier,  E.  D.  White,  J.  O. 
•Arkley,  D.  E.  Huff,  A.  E.  Bennett.  The  board  organized  with  D.  C.  Drake  as 
president ;  Willard  Smith,  vice-president ;  L.  D.  Palmer,  secretary,  and  A.  E.  Ben- 
nett, exchange  representative. 

From  the  secretary's  annual  report  it  is  learned  that  the  exchange  shipped 
2,622  carloads  of  oranges,  of  462  boxes  to  the  car,  and  584  carloads  of  lemons. 
The  shipments,  divided  according  to  varieties,  were  as  follows:  Valencias, 
1,152,145  boxes;  lemons,  239,609  boxes;  Navels,  42,073  boxes;  sweets,  12,858 
boxes  ;  miscellaneous,  3,022  boxes  ;  total,  1,450,707  boxes.  The  returns  from  these 
shipments  were  $5,495,444.49,  which  is  $1,261,525.42  more  than  for  any  previous 
season. 

The  large  acreage  of  oranges  set  out  during  the  last  five  yv^ars  will  soon 
increase  the  orange  crop  for  the  county  to  five  and  six  million  boxes  annually. 
In  no  other  section  in  Southern  California  have  so  many  orange  trees  been  put 
out  in  recent  years  as  in  Orange  County. 


CHAPTER  XXVII 
BEET  SUGAR  INDUSTRY 

The  following  description  of  the  beet  sugar  industry  has  been  largely  gleaned 
from  an  article  on  that  subject  prepared  by  Truman  G.  Palmer,  secretary  of  the 
United  States  Beet  Sugar  Industry,  in  1913,  three  years  subsequent  to  the  publi- 
cation of  the  first  volume  of  this  history,  and  one  year  prior  to  the  beginning  of 
the  recent  World  War. 

The  earliest  attempt  to  produce  sugar  from  beets  in  the  United  States  was 
made  in  Philadelphia  in  1830  by  two  Germans  named  Vaughan  and  Ronaldson, 
but  their  efforts  were  unsuccessful.  Eight  years  later  David  Lee  Child  erected  a 
small  factory  at  Northampton,  Mass.,  and  succeeded  in  producing  a  small  quantity 
of  sugar,  for  which  he  was  awarded  a  silver  medal  which  bore  the  following 
inscription:  "The  Massachusetts  Charitable  Mechanic  Association.  Award  to 
David  Lee  Child,  for  the  first  beet  sugar  made  in  America.    Exhibition  of  1839." 

Due  to  lack  of  technical  knowledge  in  both  field  and  factory,  the  Northampton 
plant  o^rated  but  one  season. 


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In  1852  Bishop  Tyler,  of  the  Mormon  Church,  purchased  in  France  the  ma- 
chinery for  a  factory^  shipped  it  by  water  to  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans.,  and  hauled 
it  by  ox  team  from  there  to  Salt  Lake  City.  This  effort  was  also  a  failure.  Dur- 
ing the  next  few  years,  attempts  were  made  to  produce  beet  sugar  in  the  United 
States  as  follows :  Illinois,  1863-71 ;  Wisconsin,  1868-71 ;  New  Jersey,  1870-76  ; 
Maine,  1876;  but  all  these  efforts  ended  in  failure,  which  absorbed  some  $2,250,000, 
and  ruined  most  of  the  men  who  attempted  to  establish  the  industry  in  America. 

The  first  American  to  wrest  success  from  failure  was  E.  H.  Dyer,  who  erected 
a  small  plant  at  Alvarado,  Cal.,  in  1879.  Although  a  failure  for  many  years, 
much  of  which  time  the  plant  was  idle,  it  finally  became  a  success.  Several  times 
it  has  been  rebuilt  and  re-equipped  with  machinery  and  while  running  today,  it 
never  will  pay  interest  on  more  than  a  fraction  of  the  money  invested  in  it. 

In  1883  the  Federal  Treasury  needed  money  and  Congress  had  become  en- 
thusiastic about  the  possibility  of  producing  our  sugar  supply  at  home,  so  our 
national  legislature  enacted  a  tariff  bill  which  carried  a  duty  of  three  and  one- 
half  cents  a  pound  on  refined  sugar  and  two  and  one-half  cents  on  raw.  But  no 
one  knew  what  soil  or  climate  were  required  for  producing  high  grade  beets,  nor 
how  to  grow  them,  nor  how  to  operate  a  factory,  and  the  string  of  dismal  failures 
reaching  from  ocean  to  ocean  made  capitalists  cautious.  Even  when  our  Federal 
Treasury  was  overflowing  in  1890  and  sugar  was  placed  on  the  free  list,  the  bounty 
of  two  cents  per  pound,  which  was  placed  on  domestic  production,  failed  to  attract 
capital,  as  did  also  the  Wilson  forty  per  cent  ad  valorem  bill  of  1894. 

However,  when  the  Dingley  bill  of  1897  was  passed  and  William  McKinley 
made  James  Wilson  secretary  of  agriculture,  a  new  order  of  affairs  was  estab-' 
lished.  Although  the  duty  fixed  on  sugar  imports  was  but  fifty-two  per  cent  of 
what  it  had  been  under  the  bill  of  1883  and  but  six  factories  were  in  existence, 
the  Department  of  Agriculture  set  to  work  to  determine  where  favorable  natural 
conditions  existed,  to  learn  and  to  teach  the  farmers  cultural  methods  and  to  ex- 
ploit the  industry  generally.  It  was  deemed  wise  that  a  great  industry,  destined 
to  supply  a  large  portion  of  the  $400,000,000  worth  of  sugar  which  we  annually 
consume,  should  be  scattered  as  widely  over  the  states  as  possible.  To  this  end 
the  Department  issued  a  wall  map,  on  which  was  traced  the  theoretical  beet  sugar 
area  of  the  United  States.  This  map  was  changed  from  time  to  time  to  corre- 
spond with  increased  knowledge  of  the  adaptability  of  the  country  to  this  industry. 
The  last  statement  of  the  Department  concerning  this  subject  shows  that  we  have 
in  the  United  States  274,000,000  acres,  the  soil  and  climate  of  which  are  adapted 
to  sugar  beet  culture.  If  but  a  fraction  of  one  per  cent  of  this  area  were  planted 
to  sugar  beets,  it  would  furnish  all  the  sugar  we  consume. 

Doctor  Wiley  and  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry  and  Doctor  Galloway  and  the 
Bureau  of  Plant  Industry  were  set  to  work ;  a  field  agent  was  placed  on  the  road 
to  investigate  conditions  throughout  the  country  and  experiments  were  conducted 
in  various  states.  As  a  result  of  the  information  and  the  inviting  conditions  set 
forth  in  the  numerous  bulletins  and  reports  of  the  Department,  in  fourteen  years, 
$84,000,000  has  been  coaxed  into  the  industry,  the  number  of  factories  has  in- 
creased from  six  in  two  states  to  seventy-six  in  sixteen  states,  and  the  annual 
output  has  grown  from  40,000  to  700,000  tons,  or  one-fifth  of  the  total  sugar  con- 
.  sumption  of  the  United  States,  enough  to  supply  all  the  people  living  west  of  the 
Mississippi  River.  As  a  result  of  the  Newlands  bill,. great  areas  of  desert  land 
have  been  reclaimed  where  sugar  beets  can  be  raised  more  profitably  than  can  any 
other  crop,  and  upon  the  expansion  of  this  industry  largely  depends  the  success  or 
failure  of  the  great  irrigating  works  which  the  Federal  Government  has  con- 
structed at  an  expense  of  $80,000,000. 

James  Wilson  knew  that  the  long  haul  freight  charges  ate  up  the  profits 
of  the  far  western  farmers  on  low-priced  cereal  products  when  shipped  to  the  East. 
They  cannot  successfully  compete  in  the  East  with  the  farmers  of  the  great 
Mississippi  Valley  who  have  a  much  shorter  haul  to  market.  But  with  alfalfa 
and  beet  pulp  with  which  to  fatten  stock,  they  obtain  two  crops,  sugar  and  live- 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  153 

stock,  on  which  the  freight  charges  are  small  in  proportion  to  the  value  of  the 
product.  Sugar  beets  reach  their  greatest  perfection  when  grown  under  irriga- 
tion and  our  farmers,  especially  in  the  irrigated  A^'est,  have  found  the  crop  to  be 
one  of  the  most  profitable,  if  also  the  most  difficult,  which  they  can  grow.  Due 
to  rotating  other  crops  with  sugar  beets  one  year  in  four,  thousands  of  farms  are 
producing  greater  yields  of  such  other  crops  than  ever  before. 

This  industry  now  distributes  $63,000,000  annually  to  American  farmers,  to 
laborers  in  the  sugar  factories  and  to  laborers  in  coal  mines  and  other  American 
industries  which  furnish  it  with  supplies,  all  of  which  money  would  be  sent  to 
foreign  countres  in  payment  for  imported  sugar,  but  for  the  establishment  of  this 
domestic  industry. 

Since  the  industry  was  established  up  to  1913,  it  has  distributed  $400,000,000 
to  American  toilers,  and  when  fully  developed  it  will  distribute  $200,000,000 
annually  to  American  industry. 

During  the  fourteen  years  in  which  the  domestic  beet  sugar  industry  grew 
from  40,000  to  700,000  tons,  the  average  wholesale  price  of  sugar  declined  from 
$4.97  per  100  pounds  to  $4.12  per  100  in  1913,  or  seventeen  per  cent,  despite  the 
fact  that  during  the  same  period  the  price  of  practically  all  other  food  commodities 
has  increased  from  thirty-three  and  one-third  to  100  per  cent.  When  fully 
developed,  this  industry  will  still  further  reduce  not  only  the  price  of  sugar,  but  of 
all  other  food  products  through  increasing  the  yield  per  acre. 

The  German  increase  in  yield  per  acre  of  wheat,  rye,  barley  and  oats  has  been 
eighty  per  cent  during  the  past  thirty  years,  as  compared  with  an  increase  of  but 
six  and  six-tenths  per  cent  in  the  United  States.  German  economists  are  a  unit 
in  attributing  Germany's  increase  in  yield  to  the  introduction  of  sugar  beet  cul- 
ture which  taught  their  farmers  to  grow  a  root  crop  one  year  in  four  in  rotation 
with  cereals,  and  thus  out  of  $986,000,000  worth  of  these  crops  which  Germany 
annually  produces,  $438,000,000  worth  is  due  to  the  introduction  of  sugar  beet 
culture.  Even  greater  results  than  those  obtained  in  Germany  have  been  secured 
wherever  sugar  beet  culture  has  been  introduced  in  this  country,  and  should  the 
further  expansion  of  the  industry  result  in  duplicating  Germany's  experience 
throughout  the  United  States,  our  yield  of  these  four  crops,  at  present  farm  prices, 
would  be  worth  $2,000,000,000  instead  of  $1,124,000,000,  as  at  present  (1913). 
In  the  language  of  Knauer,  one  of  the  foremost  agriculturists  of  Germany:  "It 
is  our  firm  belief  that  increased  beet  culture  is  the  greatest  blessing  for  every 
land." 

To  secure  a  heavy  tonnage,  fields  to  be  planted  to  sugar  beets  should  be  thor- 
oughly fertilized.  Barnyard  manure  is  the  best  fertilizer,  but  in  Europe  it  is  sup- 
plemented with  large  quantities  of  commercial  fertilizers.  The  beets  exhaust  only 
a  portion  of  the  fertilizer,  leaving  the  balance,  with  a  mass  of  fibrous  roots,  to 
enrich  the  soil  for  the  three  succeeding  crops  which  should  be  grown  before  re- 
planting the  field  to  beets.  To  teach  the  farmers  the  art  of  rotation  and  how  best 
to  grow  beets  and  all  other  crops,  each  factory  employs  a  scientific  agriculturist 
and  a  corps  of  assistants  who  spend  their  time  with  the  surrounding  farmers.  In 
1912  the  actual  cost  to  the  factories  for  this  educational  work  amounted  to  thirty- 
eight  cents  for  each  ton  of  beets  sliced,  or  a  total  of  nearly  $2,000,000.  So  benefi- 
cial have  been  the  results  of  this  work,  that  Secretary  of  Agriculture  Wilson  de- 
clared that. a  beet  sugar  factory  is  as  valuable  to  the  farmers  of  a  community  as  is 
a  government  agricultural  experiment  station,  which  costs  the  public  thousands  of 
dollars  to  maintain. 

Sugar  beets  require  deep  plowing,  ten  to  fourteen  inches,  or  twice  the  usual 
depth.  When  using  horses,  farmers  are  inclined  not  to  plow  deeply  enough  to 
secure  maximum  results,  and  some  of  the  factories  have  put  in  power  plows 
which  turn  six  furrows  and  harrow  the  land  at  the  same  time.  They  plow  and 
harrow  the  land  for  $2.50  per  acre,  which  is  about  one-half  of  what  it  costs  the 
farmers  to  plow  equally  deep  with  horses.    The  traction  engines  also  are  used  for 


154  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

hauling  train  wagon  loads  of  beets  to  the  factory.    In  some  localities  farmers  are 
banding  together  and  purchasing  engines  for  plowing  and  hauling  beets. 

Beets  are  drilled  in  rows,  usually  eighteen  inches  apart,  eighteen  to  twenty- 
•five  pounds  of  seed  to  each  acre.  Practically  all  the  beet  seed  used  in  America  is 
grown  in  Europe,  but  it  has  been  demonstrated  that  superior  seed  can  be  produced 
in  the  United  States.  Sugar  beet  seed  growing  requires  five  years  of  the  utmost 
skill,  care  and  patience,  from  the  planting  of  the  original  seed  to  the  maturing 
of  the  commercial  crop  which  is  sold  to  the  trade.  The  factories  contract  for 
their  seed  for  three  to  five  years  in  advance,  sell  it  to  farmers  at  cost  price  and 
deduct  the  amount  from  the  payment  for  beets. 

When  the  beets  are  up  and  show  the  third  leaf  they  should  be  thinned.  Unless 
thinned  at  the  proper  time,  the  pulling  up  of  the  superfluous  beetlets  injures  the 
roots  of  the  remaining  ones.  Scientific  experiments  in  Germany,  where  all  other 
conditions  were  identical,  showed  that  one  acre,  thinned  at  the  proper  time,  yielded 
fifteen  tons ;  the  next  acre,  thinned  a  week  later,  yielded  thirteen  and  one-half  tons ; 
the  third  acre,  thinned  still  a  week  later,  yielded  ten  and  one-half  tons;  and  the 
fourth  acre,  thinned  three  weeks  after  the  first,  yielded  seven  and  one-half  tons. 
The  rows  are  blocked  with  the  hoe,  leaving  a  bunch  of  beets  every  eight  inches. 
These  bunches  are  thinned  by  pulling  up  the  superfluous  beetlets,  leaving  one  in 
a  place  eight  inches  apart.  The  ideal  factory  beet  weighs  about  two  pounds  and 
a  perfect  stand  of  such  beets,  one  every  eight  inches,  in  rows  eighteen  inches 
apart,  would  yield  forty-three  and  one-third  tons  per  acre.  The  present  average 
yield  in  the  United  States  is  about  ten  tons  per  acre,  while  the  hitherto  "worn-out 
soils"  of  Germany  yield  fourteen  tons  per  acre,  or  forty  per  cent  more  than  is 
secured  from  our  "virgin  soils." 

While  the'beets  are  grov\'ing  it  is  necessary  to  keep  them  free  from  weeds,  so 
that  they  will  get  the  full  benefit  of  the  sun  and  the  strength  of  the  soil.  Where 
the  cultivation  is  done  with  horse  power  instead  of  with  the  hoe,  the  rows  are 
generally  placed  farther  apart.  After  the  beets  have  reached  their  maturity,  they 
are  plowed  out  and  are  then  topped  by  hand,  which  consists  in  cutting  off  the  top 
and  that  portion  of  the  beet  that  projected  above  the  ground,  which  was  found  to 
contain  very  little  sugar.  The  tops  are  fed  to  stock,  for  which  purpose  they  are 
worth  three  dollars  per  acre. 

In  the  United  States,  eight  miles  is  the  usual  limit  for  hauling  beets  to  the 
factory  by  wagon,  while  the  supply  of  beets  may  be  drawn  from  an  area  with  a 
radius  of  fifty  miles  or  more.  To  reduce  the  labor  of  unloading,  the  factories  erect 
receiving  stations  on  the  railroads  in  the  beet  growing  area  and  pay  the  same 
price  for  beets  delivered  at  these  stations  as  for  those  delivered  at  the  factory. 
Tim  Carrol  of  Anaheim  invented  the  method  of  dumping  the  beets  from  the 
wagon  into  a  chute  that  conveys  them  into  the  car ;  a  similar  method  is  employed 
for  dumping  the  beets  from  the  cars  into  the  bins  at  the  factory.  In  1912  the 
freight  on  the  railroads  averaged  forty-five  cents  per  ton  of  beets,  and  the  receiv- 
ing stations  with  their  dumping  apparatus  cost  the  factories  about  $2,000.  each, 
many  of  them  having  from  $40,000  to  $50,000  invested  in  such  stations. 

As  the  beets  arrive  at  the  factory,  they  are  first  weighed  and  then  dumped 
into  bins  for  storage  or  floated  directly  to  the  beet  washers.  AVhile  being  dumped, 
a  fair  sample  both  of  the  beets  and  of  the  loose  dirt  which  the  car  or  wagon  con- 
tains is  caught  in  a  basket.  These  samples,  properly  tagged,  are  conveyed  to  the 
beet  laboratory  where  they  are  trimmed,  if  not  properly  topped,  and  the  differ- 
ence in  the  weight  of  the  samples  as  received  and  their  weight  when  trimmed  and 
washed  is  called  the  "tare."  Whatever  percentage  this  amounts  to,  is  applied  to  and 
deducted  from  the  weight  of  the  car  or  wagon  load.  A  sample  of  these  beets 
then  is  tested  by  the  polariscope  for  its  sugar  content  and  its  purity ;  farmers  often 
are  paid  a  stipulated  price  per  ton  for  beets  of  a  given  sugar  content  and  twenty- 
five  to  thirty-three  and  one-third  cents  per  ton  additional  for  each  extra  degree 
of  sugar  which  they  contain.     The  tare  rooms  and  the  beet  testing  laboratories 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  155 

are  open  to  any  one,  and  in  some  localities  the  farmers'  associations  employ  ex- 
perts to  tare  and  analyze  each  sample  of  beets. 

The  bins  are  V-shaped,  about  three  feet  wide  at  the  bottom,  twenty  to  thirty 
feet  at  the  top  and  twenty  to  thirty  feet  high.  As  beets  are  needed,  beginning  at 
one  end  of  the  bin,  the  loose  three-foot  planks  at  the  bottom  are  removed  one  at 
a  time  and,  with  hooks  attached  to  long  poles,  the  beets  are  rolled  into  the  flume 
or  cement  channel  below,  in  which  they  are  floated  into  the  factory.  This  is  not 
only  to  save  labor,  but  to  loosen  up  the  dirt  which  attaches  to  the  beets,  thus 
partially  washing  them.  The  water  which  is  used  m  the  flume  is  warm  water 
pumped  to  the  upper  end  from  the  factory. 

After  being  floated  in  from  the  bins  or  sheds,  the  beets  are  elevated  from  the 
flume  to  a  washer.,  where  they  are  given  an  additional  washing  before  being  sliced. 
From  the  washer  they  are  elevated  and  dropped  into  an  automatic  scale  of  a  capac- 
ity of  700  to  1,500  pounds.  From  the  scale  they  pass  to  the  sheers,  where,  with 
triangular  knives,  they  are  cut  into  long,  slender  shces  which  look  something  like 
"shoestring"  potatoes.  These  slices  drop  through  an  upright  chute  and  are  packed 
tightly  into  cylindrical  vessels  holding  from,  two  to  six  tons  each ;  the  battery  con- 
sists of  eight  to  twelve  vessels  arranged  either  in  a  straight  line  or  in  circular 
form.  Warm  water  is  run  into  these  slices,  and  coaxes  out  the  sugar  as  it  passes 
from  each  vessel  to  the  succeeding  one.  After  passing  through  the  entire  series 
of  vessels,  the  water  has  become  rich  in  sugar,  of  which  it  contains  from  twelve 
to  fifteen  per  cent,  depending  upon  the  richness  of  the  beets.  It  then  is  drawn 
off  and  is  called  diffusion  juice  or  raw  juice.  This  is  carefully  measured  into 
tanks  and  recorded.  As  this  juice  is  drawn  off,  the  vessel  over  which  the  water 
started  is  emptied  of  the  slices  from  the  bottom,  the  leached  slices  containing 
from  one-quarter  to  one-third  per  cent  of  sugar.  These  slices  are  called  pulp,  and 
by  conveyors  are  carried  out  from  the  factory  and  deposited  in  bins,  from  which 
they  are  fed  to  stock  as  wet  pulp  or  are  conveyed  to  dryers  where  the  water  is 
evaporated  and  the  dry  pulp  is  sacked  and  shipped  for  stock  feed. 

Warm,  raw  juice  is  drawn  into  the  carbonatation  tanks  and  treated  with 
about  ten  per  cent  milk  of  lime — about  like  ordinary  white-wash.  This  lime 
throws  out  impurities,  sterilizes  the  juice  and  removes  coloring  matter.  Carbonic 
acid  gas  from  the  lime  kiln  is  forced  through  the  lime  juice  in  the  tank,  throwing 
out  the  excess  of  lime,  converting  it  into  a  carbonate  of  lime  or  chalk.  Tests 
are  taken  here  by  the  station  operator  to  show  when  the  process  is  finished. 

From  the  carbonatation  tanks  the  juice  is  pumped  or  forced  through  filter 
presses  consisting  of  iron  frames  so  covered  with  cloth  that  the  juice  passes 
through  the  cloth  as  a  clear  liquid,  leaving  the  lime,  and  impurities  precipitated  by 
it,  in  the  frame,  .in  the  form  of  a  cake.  This  cake,  after  washing,  is  dropped  from 
the  presses  and  conveyed  out  of  the  factory.  It  contains  from  one  to  two  per 
cent  of  its  weight  in' sugar,  which  constitutes  one  of  the  large  losses  of  the  process. 
It  also  contains  organic  matter,  phosphate  and  potash,  besides  the  carbonate  of 
lime,  which  makes  it  an  excellent  fertilizer,  all  of  which  is  used  in  Europe  on  the 
farm,  but  so  far  is  little  used  in  America.-  The  juice  passes  through  the  Danek 
filters  by  gravity  after  having  been  treated  with  carbonic  acid  gas  a  second  time. 

After  a  second,  and  sometimes  a  third,  carbonatation  and  filtration,  the  juice 
is  carried  to  the  evaporators,  commonly  called  the  "effects,"  usually  four  large 
air-tight  vessels  furnished  with  heating  tubes  running  from  2,000  to  7,000  square, 
feet  in  each  vessel.  A  partial  vacuum  is  maintained  in  these  evaporators  which 
makes  the  juice  boil  out  at  a  low  temperature,  thus  preventing  discoloration,  and 
to  a  large  degree  the  destruction  of  sugar,  which  would  be  caused  by  high  tem- 
perature. There  always  is,  however,  some  unavoidable  loss  of  sugar  in  this 
apparatus.  The  juice  passes  along  copper  pipes  from  the  first  vessel  to  the  last, 
becoming  thicker  as  it  does  so.  It  comes  into  the  first  vessel  at  ten  per  cent  to 
twelve  per  cent  sugar  and  is  pumped  out  of  the  last  one  so  thick  that  it  contains 
about  fifty  per  cent  of  sugar. 


156  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

After  a  careful  filtration,  the  juice  that  comes  from  the  evaporators  and  is 
called  thick  juice,  is  pumped  to  large  tanks  high  up  in  the  building  and  from  there 
is  drawn  into  vacuum  pans.  These  are  large  cylindrical  vessels  from  ten  to 
fifteen  feet  in  diameter  and  from  fifteen  to  twenty-five  feet  high  with  conical  top 
and  bottom,  built  air-tight.  Around  the  inner  circumference  they  are  furnished 
with  four  to  six-inch  copper  coils  which  have  a  heating  surface  of  800  to  2,000 
square  feet.  Exhaust  steam  is  used  in  the  evaporators  and  live  steam  in  the  pans, 
the  juice  in  both  being  boiled  in  a  vacuum  to  prevent  discoloration  and  reduce 
losses.  As  the  syrup  continues  to  thicken  by  this  evaporation,  minute  crystals 
begin  to  form.  When  sufficient  of  these  have  formed,  fresh  juice  is  drawn  in 
and  the  crystals  grow,  the  operator  governing  the  size  of  the  crystals  to  suit  the 
trade.  If  small  crystals  be  desired,  a  large  quantity  of  juice  is  admitted  at  the 
outset,  while  if  large  crystals  are  desired,  a  small  quantity  of  juice  first  is  admitted, 
and,  as  it  boils  to  crystals,  fresh  juice  gradually  is  added  to  the  pan  and  the 
crystals  are  built  up  to  the  desired  size.  The  operator  of  this  pan,  known  as  the 
"sugar  boiler"  is  one  of  the  most  important  men  in  the  factory.  The  water  fur- 
nished the  condensers  of  these  vacuum  pans  and  the  evaporator  goes  to  the  beet 
sheds  and  is  used  for  floating  in  the  beets.  It  amounts  to  from  3,000,000  to 
8,000,000  gallons  every  twenty-four  hours,  according  to  the  size  of  the  factory, 
and  must  be  very  pure. 

The  mass  of  crystals  with  syrup  around  them  and  containing  about  eight  per 
cent  to  ten  per  cent  of  water  is  let  out  of  the  vacuum  pan  into  a  large  open  vessel 
called  a  mixer,  beneath  which  are  the  centrifugal  machines.  These  are  vertically 
suspended  brass  drums  perforated  with  holes  and  lined  with  a  fine  screen.  They 
are  made  to  revolve  about  1,000  times  a  minute,  and  the  crystal  mass  of  sugar- 
rises  up  the  side  like  water  in  a  whirling  bucket.  The  centrifugals  force  the  syrun 
out  through  the  screen  holes  leaving  the  white  crystals  of  sugar  in  a  thick  layer 
on  the  inner  surface.  These  are  washed  with  a  spray  of  pure  warm  water  and 
then  are  ready  for  the  dryer. 

The  damp  white  crystals  from  the  centrifugal  machine  are  conveyed  to  hori- 
zontal revolving  drums  about  twenty-five  feet  long  by  five  to  six  feet  in  diameter. 
These  drums  are  furnished  with  paddles  on  the  inside  circumference,  the  paddles 
picking  the  sugar  up  and  dropping  it  in  showers  as  the  drum  revolves.  Warm  dry 
air  is  drawn  through  and  takes  the  moisture  out  of  the  sugar,  which  now  is 
ready  to  be  put  in  bags  or  barrels  for  the  market.    • 

After  the  moisture  has  been  thoroughly  removed  in  the  granulators  or  dryers, 
the  sugar  drops  directly  to  the  sacking  room  through  a  chute,  at  the  lower  end  of 
which  the  top  of  the  double  bag  is  attached.  The  sugar  flows  directly  into  the 
sack,  the  flow  being  cut  off  automatically  with  each  100  pounds,  when  an  endless 
belt  conveyor  passes  the  upright  sack  past  the  sewing  machine  at  the  proper  speed 
and  the  product  is  sealed  ready  for  storage  or  shipment. 

Five  of  the  seventy-six  beet  sugar  factories,  reported  by  "Truman  G.  Palmer 
as  being  in  existence  in  the  United  States  in  1913,  are  located  in  Orange  County, 
Cal.,  and  are  described  by  him  as  follows : 

Los  Alamitos  Sugar  Company 

Los  Alamitos,  Cal. 
Erected  1897  Daily  Capacity,  800  Tons  of  Beets 

EQUIPPED  WITH  AMERICAN   MACHINERY 

Size  of  main  building,  93  feet  9  inches  by  261  feet;  length  of  all  buildings, 
2,144  feet;  area  of  beets  grown  by  independent  farmers  in  1912,  10,432  acres; 
grown  by  the  factory,  401  acres. 

APPROXIMATE   DISBURSEMENT   SINCE  ERECTION    OP   EACTORY 

Beets $4,321,443.87 

Wages  and  all  overhead  expense 1,208,100.99 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  157 

Fuel  and  all  other  supplies 1,314,930.61 

Experiments,  insurance  and  other  items 290,613.48 

$7,235,088.95 
Santa  Ana  Co-operative  Sugar  Company 

Dyer,  Cal. 
Erected  1912  Daily  Capacity,  1,200  Tons  of  Beets 

EQUIPPED  WITH   AMERICAN   MACHINERY 

Size  of  main  building,  66  feet  by  266  feet;  length  of  all  buildings,  971  feet; 
area  of  beets  grown  by  226  independent  farmers  in  1912,  9,061  acres;  grown  by 
the  factory,  none. 

No  disbursements  up  to  time  of  this  report. 

Southern  California  Sugar  Company 

Santa  Ana,  Cal. 

Erected  1909  Daily  Capacity,  600  Tons  of  Beets 

EQUIPPED  WITH   AMERICAN   MACHINERY 

Size  of  main  building,  67  feet  by  265  feet;  length  of  all  buildings,  1,184  feet; 
area  of  beets  grown  by  independent  farmers  in  1912,  10,000  acres ;  grown  by  the 
factory,  none. 

PARTIAL  DISBURSEMENT  SINCE  ERECTION  OF  FACTORY 

Beets $1,224,996.35 

Wages  and  all  overhead  expense 307,000.00 

Freight  on  beets,  sugar  and  supplies 309,900.00 

Fuel  and  all  other  supplies 337,369.51 

$2,179,265.86 
Holly  Sugar  Company 

Huntington  Beach,  Cal. 
Erected  1911  Daily  Capacity,  1,000  Tons  of  Beets 

EQUIPPED  WITH   AMERICAN   MACHINERY 

Size  of  main  building,  65  feet  by  260  feet;  length  of  all  buildings,  1,100  feet; 
area  of  beets  grown  by  300  independent  farmers  in  1912,  11,000  acres;  grown  by 
the  factory,  none. 

PARTIAL  DISBURSEMENT  SINCE  ERECTION  OF  FACTORY 

Beets    $1,100,000.00 

Wages  and  all  overhead  expense 225,000.00 

Freight  on  beets,  sugar  and  supplies 300,000.00 

P\iel  and  all  other  supplies 230,000.00 

$1,855,000.00 
Anaheim  Sugar  Company 

Anaheim,  Cal. 
Erected  1910-11  Daily  Capacity,  500  Tons  of  Beets 

EQUIPPED  WITH  AMERICAN  MACHINERY 

Size  of  main  building,  58  feet  by  275  feet;  length  of  all  buildings,  1,155  feet; 
area  of  beets  grown  by  independent  farmers  in  1912,  10,069  acres ;  grown  by  the 
factory,  none. 


158  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

APPROXIMATE   DISBURSEMENT   SINCE   ERECTION    OE   EACTORY 

Beets $  653,575.09 

Wages  and  all  overhead  expense ^yl'^'m 

Freight  on  beets,  sugar  and  supplies 7 n^onAnn 

Fuel  and  all  other  supplies oJfSnn 

Experiments,  insurance  and  other  items »o,1.5U.UU 

$1,309,084.79 

Only  two  of  the  five  sugar  factories  in  the  county  answered  any  of  the  ques- 
tions addressed  to  them  by  mail ;  and  even  they  neglected  to  mention  the  amount 
and  value  of  their  annual  production  of  sugar.  Following  is  a  summary  of  the 
information  received. 

The  Los  Alamitos  Sugar  Company  was  organized  in  1896.  It  is  a  corporation 
of  which  the  following  persons  are  the  officers :  W.  A.  Clark,  president ;  J.  Ross 
Clark,  vice-president ;  Henry  C.  Lee,  second  vice-president ;  E.  C.  Hamilton,  man- 
ager. Number  of  employees  during  sugar  campaign  300;  daily  capacity  of  fa.ctory, 
800  tons  of  beets ;  land  produces  ten  tons  of  beets  per  acre ;  water  is  supplied  by 
artesian  wells  and  pumping  plants ;  percentage  of  sugar  in  beets  is  high  compared 
with  that  in  other  sections. 

The  Santa  Ana  Cooperative  Sugar  Company  was  organized  in  1911  and  began 
active  operations  in  1912.  The  officers  are  James  Irvine  of  San  Francisco,  presi- 
dent; C.  A.  Johnson  of  Huntington  Beach,  vice-president;  Remsen  McGinnis  of 
Denver,  secretary;  S.  W.  Sinsheimer  of  Denver,  general  manager;  E.  M.  Smiley 
of  Santa  Ana,  manager.  The  daily  capacity  of  the  factory  is  1,200  tons  of  beets. 
The  average  quantity  of  beets  worked  up  annually  is  100,000  tons.  The  sugar 
content  in  the  beets  is  nineteen  per  cent.  Water  is  supplied  by  artesian  wells 
located  on  the  company's  own  ground  at  the  plant. 

Having  thus  failed  to  get  the  actual  amount  and  value  of  the  sugar  produced 
in  the  county  from  the  factories,  the  transportation  companies,  or  any  other  local 
source,  the  writer  applied  to  E.  E.  Kaufman,  field  agent  of  State  Commission  of 
Horticulture,  and  received  a  bulletin  containing  statistics  on  "California  Crop  Dis- 
tribution and  Estimates  for  1918."  This  bulletin  shows  that  Orange  County  excels 
all  other  counties  in  the  state  in  the  production  of  sugar  beets.  It  is  credited  with 
216,000  tons  and  Monterey  County,  its  nearest  competitor,  with  only  156,800 
tons.  The  bulletin  gives  no  values — only  quantities;  but,  by  using  the  foregoing 
data  and  assuming  that  the  factories  received  as  much  as  the  sugar  equalization 
board  recently  fixed  as  the  maximum  price,  we  can  approximate  pretty  closely 
the' value  of  the  sugar  produced  in  Orange  County  in  1918.  If  the  beets  in  this 
county  average  nineteen  per  cent  sugar,  as  the  Santa  x\na  Cooperative  Sugar  (;!om- 
pany  alleges  they  do,  then  the  216,000  tons  of  beets,  grown  in  the  county,  would 
produce  41,040  tons,  or  82,080,000  pounds  of  sugar;  and  if  the  factories  received 
"ten  cents  cash,  less  two  per  cent  aboard  basis,"  as  the  sugar  equalization  board 
recently  fixed  the  maximum  price,  or  nine  and  eight-tenths  cents  per  pound,  then 
they  received  $8,043,840  for  Orange  County's  sugar  crop  in  1918.  The  estimated 
value  of  the  1919  crop  was  $10,500,000. 

Late  in  June  it  was  announced  that  the  sugar  company  contracts  for  the  season 
of  1920,  would  start  with  twelve  dollars  per  ton  as  the  basic  price  for  beets 
testing  fifteen  per  cent  sugar  with  the  price  of  sugar  at  nine  dollars  per  hundred 
pounds,  and  for  each  additional  per  cent  of  sugar  in  the  beets,  fifteen  per  cent  of 
the  price  of  sugar  would  be  added  to  the  basic  price  .for  beets.  To  illustrate  by 
a  suppositional  example,  let  us  use  the  sugar  content  of  the  beets,  given  by  the 
Santa  Ana  Sugar  Company,  of  nineteen  per  cent,  or  four  more  than  the  basic  per 
cent,  and  the  price  of  sugar,  as  fixed  by  the  sugar  equalization  board  of  $9.80 
per  hundred  pounds,  the  equation  would  be  $12.00  +  4  (.15  X  $9.80)  =$17.88, 
the  price  per  ton  of  beets  to  the  growers  under  such  conditions.  With  sixteen 
inches  of  rainfall,  in  gentle  showers  that  all  went  into  the  ground,  to  supply 
moisture  where  not  provided  by  irrigation,  and  with  good  prospects   for  high 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  159 

prices  for  sugar,  the  outlook  for  a  bumper  crop  of  beets  and  a  prosperous  sugar 
campaign  could  hardly  be  brighter  than  on  July  1,  1920. 

The  sugar  beet  is  said  to  be  the  most  scientifically  bred  plant  in  the  world. 
Beginning  with  a  small,  tough,  woody  root,  found  near  the  salt  water  in  Southern 
Europe,  which  contained  little  more  than  a  trace  of  sugar,  it  has  been  bred  by  a 
century's  most  scientific  and  painstaking  investigation  to  yield  a  heavy  tonnage  of 
pure  sugar  equal  to  one-sixth  of  its  weight  in  Germany  and  one-seventh  in  the 
United  States.  Notwithstanding  this  intensive  cultivation  and  high  development,- 
the  sugar  beet  still  retains  its  partiality  for  soils  located  near  salt  water,  which 
doubtless  accounts  for  the  domesticated  plants  yielding  good  returns  on  the  alkali 
soils  near  the  sea  coast  in  Southern  California.  There  is  also  an  indirect  benefit 
from  planting  such  lands  to  beets,  in  fertilizing,  aerating  and  enriching  the  soil  for 
other  crops,  that  is  said  to  be  even  more  valuable  than  the  direct  benefit.  But,  to 
gain  these  advantages  and  produce  our  own  sugar  instead  of  buying  it  abroad,  large 
investments  of  capital  are  necessary,  some  of  which  have  been  made,  and  must 
be  maintained  perpetually.  Therefore,  in  justice  to  such  investments  and  for  the , 
good  of  Orange  County  and  the  country  generally,  it  becomes  the  patriotic  duty 
of  every  loyal  citizen  to  protect  the  beet  sugar  industry  from  hostile  legislation, 
and  to  encourage  its  legitimate  development,  to  the  full  extent  of  his  ability. 


CHAPTER  XXVIII 
ORANGE  COUNTY'S  FRUITS,  GRAINS  AND  VEGETABLES 

Fruits 

Orange  County  has  such  an  infinite  variety  and  wealth  of  products  that  it 
would  be  impossible  to  give  a  detailed  account  of  each  within  the  limits  of  this 
work.  Fairly  complete  descriptions  of  the  orange,  walnut  and  celery  industries 
have  been  presented;  but  only  a  brief  reference  can  be  made  to  some  of  the  other 
more  lucrative  productions  without  undertaking  to  give  an  exhaustive  list. 

Nearly  every  kind  of  fruit  known  to  the  temperate  zones  and  many  kinds 
from  the  torrid  zone  have  been  tried  here  with  more  or  less  success.  Some  seem 
to  be  well  suited  to  the  soil  and  climate ;  but  they  are  seriously  handicapped  with 
insect  pests,  which  experts  are  learning  how  to  eradicate.  Some  do  better  on  one 
kind  of  soil  than  on  another ;  some  prefer  higher  elevations  than  others ;  and  some 
thrive  best  inland  and  others  near  the  coast.  Practically  all  kinds  of  conditions  can 
be  found  within  the  confines  of  Orange  County ;  and  enterprising  growers  are 
constantly  experimenting  to  find  out  just  what  conditions  and  localities  are  best 
suited  to  each  kind  of  fruit. 

Although  Orange  County  is  not  rated  as  an  apple-growing  section,  yet  con- 
siderable of  this  fruit  is  grown  in  some  parts  of  the  county.  Apples  do  very  well 
on  the  damp  lands  near  the  coast,  provided  the  roots  do  not  reach  standing  water. 
They  also  thrive  as  well  in  certain  choice  localities  in  the  mountains,  as  they  do  in 
the  famous  apple  regions  farther  up  the  coast.  The  statistician's  report  for  1910 
gives  12,795  bearing  and  1,540  non-bearing  trees,  producing  511,800  pounds  of 
fruit,  worth  $5,118.  The  Santa  Ana  Chamber  of  Commerce's  estimate  for  1919 
was  $50,000. 

The  apricot  seems  to  be  well  adapted  to  the  conditions  that  prevail  in  this 
county,  with  one  exception.  Occasionally  the  spring  rains  injure  the  blossoms  and 
cause  a  light  crop.  Possibly  this  defect  in  the  conditions  may  be  overcome,  or  at 
least  minimized,  by  continually  selecting  the  most  hardy  and  latest  blooming  trees 
for  planting;  but,  even  as  it  is,  the  apricot  is  one  of  the  moderately  profitable  fruits 
of  the  county.  A  good  crop  of  apricots,  at  the  prices  which  have  prevailed  for 
several  years  past,  will  net  the  grower  about  $250  per  acre.  The  number  of  trees 
credited  to  Orange  County  is  167,240  bearing  and  23,370  non-bearing.  The 
statistician  for  1910  gave  the  dried  apricots  from  that  year's  crop  as  1,700,000 


160  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

pounds,  worth  $170,000;  but  he  took  no  account  of  the  fresh  apricots  that  were 
marketed  and  consumed  before  the  drying  commenced.  The  pits  amounted  to 
105  tons,  worth  $12,600.    The  estimate  for  1919  was  $200,000. 

The  avocado  was  discussed  in  the  April,  1919,  Bulletin  of  the  State  Com- 
mission of  Horticulture  in  part  as  follows : 

"In  Volume  VI,  No.  1  of  the  Monthly  Bulletin,  Mr.  I.  J.  Condit  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  California,  listed  fifty-four  varieties  of  the  avocado  that  originated  in 
California,  and  eighty-six  of  foreign  origin,  or  a  total  of  140  named  varieties. 
With  this  large  number  to  select  from,  a  real  problem  exists  to  determine  the 
varieties  that  are  best  for  California  conditions.  Already  considerable  experi- 
mental work  has  been  done,  and  it  is  now  known  that  there  are  places  that  are 
not  subject  to  frost  where  certain  varieties  of  avocado  will  do  well.  Commercially 
the  industry  is  of  little  importance  at  present.  Fruit  sells  in  the  larger  cities  of 
the  state  for  exorbitant  prices  and  seventy-five  cents  for  a  single  fruit  is  a  price 
that  is  frequently  paid  by  the  consumer.  Prices  have  been  so  high  that  the  fruit 
has  not  yet  become  generally  known  in  this  country,  and  there  is  no  way  of  judging 
of  its  popularity,  although  most  people  who  have  tried  it  sound  its  praises." 

In  the  chapter  on  "Semi-Tropic  Fruits  in  Orange  County,"  C.  P.  Taft  gives 
a  complete  account  of  experiments  with  the  avocado  and  results  obtained.  He 
mentions  one  variety  whose  fruits  weigh  from  two  to  four  pounds  or  more  each, 
which  would  be  considerable  fruit  even  though  the  price  is  high.  As  to  produc- 
•tiveness  he  cites  one  tree,  the  "Taft,"  which  produced  over  $500  worth  of  fruits 
in  1917  and  over  $600  worth  in  1919.  He  says  the  "Sharpless"  tree,  owned  by 
B.  H.  Sharpless  of  Tustin,  has  done  equally  well.  Both  are  among  the  oldest 
trees  in  the  county. 

In  answer  to  an  inquiry  about  the  correctness  of  the  report  that  his  tree  had 
produced  $5,000  worth  of  fruits  and  buds,  Mr.  Sharpless  supplied  the  following 
information :  The  Sharpless  avocado  was  planted  in  1901  and  bore  its  first  fruits 
in  1912,  when  it  bore  2  fruits;  in  1913,  20  fruits;  in  1914,  75  fruits;  in  1915,  250 
fruits;  in  1916,  700  fruits.  He  says,  "Now  you  will  notice  the  crop  has  not  been 
so  heavy  since  1916 ;  but  when  I  tell  you  that  there  have  been  10,000  buds  a  year 
cut  from  the  tree — and  buds  cut  this  year  take  off  next  year's  fruit  wood — it  is  a 
wonder  there  is  any  fruit  at  all.  And  $5,000  is  the  value  of  fruit  and  buds  up 
to  this  year.  It  looks  as  though  there  were  800  fruits  on  the  tree  for  next  year, 
as  the  tree  has  the  habit  of  the  Valencia  orange,  which  blossoms  in  April  and 
May  and  the  fruit  does  not  mature  until  the  following  year."  One  dollar  apiece 
or  ten  dollars  a  dozen  is  the  price  for  the  Sharpless  avocado  fruit. 

Bearing  fig  trees  to  the  number  of  2,500  were  reported  in  1910 ;  but  nothing 
was  said  about  the  quantity  and  value  of  the  fruit  produced. 

In  the  early  '80s,  the  grape  was  one  of  the  leading  fruits  in  the  territory  now 
included  in  Orange  County — especially  in  the  northern  part.  The  first  vineyards 
were  of  the  Mission  variety,  either  planted  by  the  padres  or  with  cuttings  from 
vineyards  of  their  planting.  These  grapes  were  used  principally  for  making  wine. 
Later,  Malaga,  Muscatel  and  other  varieties  were  introduced,  some  of  which  were 
used  almost  exclusively  for  making  raisins.  This  locality  acquired  quite  a  reputa- 
tion abroad  both  for  its  wines  and  its  raisins ;  besides,  a  great  many  carloads  of 
table  grapes  were  shipped  every  season  to  the  middle  western  states.  In  the  latter 
part  of  the  '80s  some  kind  of  a  disease  appeared  in  the  vineyard  at  Anaheim  and 
gradually  spread  over  the  vineyards  of  Southern  California.  It  was  most  de- 
structive of  the  finer  varieties,  and  completely  wiped  out  the  raisin  industry  of  this 
section.    The  tonnages  of  grapes  for  1910  was  490,  worth  $3,600. 

Grape  fruit  is  highly  prized  by  many  people  as  an  appetizer  at  breakfast  and 
is  therefore  grown  to  a  limited  extent.    The  crop  for  1910  was  valued  at  $3,840. 

The  lemon  industry  has  not  proved  so  attractive  to  growers  as  the  orange 
industry,  partly  on  account  of  the  necessity  for  curing  the  fruit  before  marketing 
and  partly  on  account  of  the  sharper  competition  of  the  foreign  article  in  the 


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Eastern  market.  Relief  was  aiforded  on  the  latter  point  by  Congress  raising  the 
tariff  on  lemons  from  one  to  one  and  a  half  cents  a  pound;  now  more  lemons  are 
being  planted  than  heretofore.  The  crop  of  1910  amounted  to  43,392  boxes, 
valued  at  $151,872.    The  value  of  the  1919  crop  was  $3,500,000. 

In  comparison  with  the  lemon  crop,  the  size  and  value  of  the  orange  crop  for 
1910  may  be  given  here,  although  that  industry  is  described  elsewhere,  as  follows : 
oranges,  840,960  boxes,  valued  at  $1,261,440.  That  of  1919  was  valued  at 
$12,000,000. 

.  Very  few  people  in  the  county  have  paid  any  attention  to  the  growing  of 
olives ;  nevertheless  there  were  520  tons  raised  in  1910,  worth  $26,000.  The  1919 
crop  value,  including  olive  oil,  was  $125,000. 

Peaches  seem  to  require  about  the  same  conditions  that  apples  and  pears  do 
and  therefore  thrive  best  in  the  same  localities.  The  peach  crop  for  1910  was 
reported  to  be  575,250  pounds,  valued  at  $5,752 ;  the  pear  crop  was  108,500  pounds, 
valued  at  $1,085. 

There  are  1,270  bearing  plum  trees  in  the  county,  producing  38,100  pounds  of 
fruit  in  1910,  valued  at  $762.  The  county  is  also  credited  with  17,320  bearing 
prune  trees. 

A  few  scattered  growers  raised  8,000  crates  of  raspberries,  in  1910,  worth 
$8,000 ;  there  was  also  grown  19,000  crates  of  strawberries,  worth  $20,900.  Berries 
of  all  kinds  were  estimated  in  1919  at  $125,000. 

Grains 

Grouping  alfalfa  under  this  head,  because  it  is  a  forage  plant  and  no  sub- 
division has  been  made  for  grasses,  we  will  take  up  that  product  first.  Alfalfa 
is  the  main  reliance  of  the  farmers  for  green  feed ;  and  it  will  grow  anywhere  in 
the  county  that  other  vegetation  will  grow.  It  is  a  deep-rooted,  perennjal  plant 
and  will  not  thrive  with  standing  water  near  the  surface ;  on  the  other  hand  it 
will  not  continue  to  grow  vigorously  on  the  mesa  without  frequent  irrigations  in 
the  summer  season.  It  cannot  be  pastured  a  great'  deal,  because  the  tramping 
injures  the  crown  of  the  plant;  but  irrigate  it  once  a  month  during  the  summer 
season  and  eight  or  nine  crops  of  hay  can  be  cut  from  it  each  year.  Many  of  the 
fruit-growers  have  small  patches  of  alfalfa  near  their  barns ;  but  the  large-sized 
fields  can  only  be  found  in  the  dairy,  or  general  farming  section.  The  acreage  and 
vield  for  1910  were  reported  as  follows:  alfalfa,  4,000  acres,  20,000  tons,  value 
$200,000. 

Barley  is  grown  both  for  the  grain  and  the  hay.  In  the  former  case  it  is 
allowed  to  thoroughly  ripen  and  is  then  headed,  threshed  and  sacked  ready  for 
the  market.  In  the  latter  case  it  is  cut  while  the  grain  is  in  the  dough  and  the 
leaves  are  still  green,  and  is  then  raked  and  cocked.  As  there  is  no  fear  of  rain 
in  the  summer  season,  the  farmer  takes  his  own  time  for  baling  or  stacking  the 
hay,  as  the  unthreshed  straw  and  grain  together  are  called.  More  often  the  hay 
is  baled  out  of  the  cock ;  but  even  when  stacked  it  is  generally  baled  later.  The 
statistician  gives  the  following  figures  on  the  acreage  and  yield  of  the  barley  har- 
vested for  grain  in  the  county  in  1910:  barley,  34,120  acres,  27,296  tons,  value 
$545,920.    For  1918,  660,000  bushels  or  15,840  tons. 

A  third  of  a  century  or  more  ago  there  was  considerable  corn  raised  in  the 
cultivated  portions  of  the  present  territory  of  Orange  County.  They  used  to  tell 
fabulous  stories  about  the  immense  yields  in  the  Gospel  Swamp  region  southwest 
of  Santa  Ana.  In  fact,  good  crops  of  corn  could  be  grown  almost  anywhere  in 
the  county,  if  irrigated  on  the  upland,  and  can  yet.  In  the  article  on  livestock  it 
is  stated  that  the  number  of  hogs  had  decreased  in  the  county  because  the  land 
could  be  used  more  profitably  for  other  purposes  than  in  raising  feed  for  hogs. 
Well,  here  is  corn,  one  of  the  best  of  hog  feeds,  that  is  not  raised  very  extensively 
in  a  county  which  is  adapted  to  its  growth  because  the  land  can  be  used  more  profit- 
ably for  other  products.  The  statistician's  figures  for  the  1910  crop  are :  corn, 
2,690  acres,  1,345  tons,  value  $40,350.    For  1918,  36,900  bushels  or  1,033.2  tons. 

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Oats  are  preferred  by  some  people  for  horse  feed ;  but  they  are  not  so  exten- 
sively grown  as  barley,  because  they  are  more  liable  to  rust.  However,  the  statis- 
tical report  for  1910  gives  the  following  figures:  oats,  4,375  acres,  1,750  tons, 
value  $52,500. 

Wheat  is  also  one  of  the  light  crops  of  Orange  County  for  the  same  reasons 
that  corn  and  oats  are  light  crops ;  nevertheless  there  is  quite  a  little  of  the  hill 
land  devoted  to  wheat  as  shown  by  the  figures  on  the  1910  crop,  as  follows: 
wheat,  5,000  acres,  2,500  tons,  value  $87,500.    For  1918,  5,600  bushels  or  168  tons. 

Grain  hay  is  given  in  the  report  without  indicating  the  kind — barley,  oats-  or 
wheat — or  how  much  of  each  kind  is  included.  These  three  grains  must,  there- 
fore, be  credited  collectively  in  1910  with  the  following  additional  yield :  grain  hay, 
25,350  acres,  16,742  tons,  value  $200,904.    The  1919  crop  value  was  $1,000,000. 

Vegetables 

This  subdivision  includes  a  great  variety  of  products,  some  of  which  are 
grown  for  the  wholesale  market  and  others  for  the  retail  trade.  The  Chinese  and 
Japanese  gardeners  and  vegetable  peddlers  may  be  grouped  in  the  latter  class. 
It  is  doubtful  whether  the  statistician  got  much  of  the  data  on  the  products 
peddled  out  by  the  growers,  or  even  on  that  retailed  through  the  local  grocery 
stores.  However,  the  same  criticism  may  be  applied  to  the  other  subdivisions, 
though  to  a  less  extent ;  the  report  of  products  consumed  at  home  or  sold  or 
bartered  to  neighbors  must  necessarily  be  incomplete. 

The  county  is  credited  in  the  statistical  report  with  producing  38,000  pounds 
of  asparagus  in  1910,  worth  $1,900. 

The  bean  industry  is  becoming  one  of  the  important  industries  of  this  county. 
■  As  an  introduction  to  the  subject,  a  paragraph  is  quoted  from  an  exhaustive 
article  by  George  W.  Ogden,  as  follows: 

"The  lima  beans  of  commerce  do  not  grow  to  maturity  back  east.  Those 
you  buy  dry  in  the  stores  at  all  seasons  are  ripe  beans  and  not  green  beans  dried. 
They  grow  in  only  two  places  on  the  globe.  Southern  California  and  the  island  of 
Madagascar.  The  lima  beans  of  commerce  do  not  grow  on  poles,  but  run  along 
the  ground  like  sweet  potato  vines.  Five  counties  in  Southern  California  supply 
the  United  States  and  Canada  with  lima  beans.  England  uses  the  Madagscar 
crop,  so  there  is  no  competition  anywhere  for  the  growers  of  California.  The 
California  lima  bean  crop  of  1910  amounted  to  1,175,000  bags,  a  bag  averaging  a 
little  over  80  pounds,  and  the  gross  returns  to  the  growers  was  $5,000,000.  Santa 
Barbara,  Ventura,  Los. Angeles,  Orange  and  San  Diego  are  the  five  lima  bean 
producing  counties  of  California,  and  within  their  confines  is  embraced  all  the 
land  in  the  entire  United  States  upon  which  this  peculiar  plant  will  bring  its  fruit 
to  maturity." 

Thus  is  Orange  County  found  to  be  in  very  select  and  exclusive  company  in 
this  industry.  The  real  beginning  of  the  lima  bean  growing  on  a  large  scale  dates 
back  to  1886,  when  James  Irvine,  owner  of  tlie  San  Joaquin  rancho,  planted  120 
acres  as  an  experiment.  Although  the  industry  was  successful  from  the  start,  the 
farmers  were  slow  in  following  Mr.  Irvine's  advice  and  example.  In  1909  he 
had  17,000  acres  of  his  ranch  in  beans,  which  is  said  to  be  the  largest  bean  field 
in  the  world  belonging  to  a  single  individual.  Besides  the  San  Joaquin  ranch,  the 
mesa  about  Huntington  Beach  and  Smeltzer  and  the  La  Habra  valley  produce 
large  quantities  of  beans.  There  were  28,000  acres  planted  to  beans  in  the  county 
in  1910  producing  210,000  sacks,  worth  $672,000.  The  bean  straw  makes  very 
good  feed,  of  which  there  was  550  tons^  valued  at  $2,200.  The  lima  bean  crop  in 
1918  amounted  to  473,000  bushels  or  354,750  sacks ;  all  kinds,  696,000  bushels  or 
522,000  sacks.  The  value  of  the  1919  bean  crop  (ninety  per  cent  limas)  was 
$3,000,000. 

Large  fields  of  cabbage  are  grown  in  the  winter  season  about  Anaheim,  Ful- 
lerton  and  other  parts  of  the  county;  and  the  product  is  shipped  East  when  the 


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markets  of  that  section  are  bare  of  fresh  vegetables.  The  1910  crop  is  reported 
at  5,900,000  pounds,  worth  $54,100.    In  1918,  300  cars,  worth  $120,000. 

The  celery  industry,  which  is  more  particularly  described  elsewhere,  yielded 
•in  1910  1,212  cars,  worth  $275,720.    In  1919  the  crop  value  was  $100,000. 

The  cauHflower  crop  amounted  to  11,970  crates  in  1910,  valued  at  $5,985. 

Melons  of  every  kind  are  grown  in  the  county,  of  large  size  and  fine  flavor, 
and  in  sufficient  quantities  to  supply  the  local  demand. 

Peanuts  do  well  in  this  county  and  are  grown  to  a  considerable  extent  between 
the  tree  rows  of  young  orchards ;  but,  on  account  of  the  Japanese  competition,  they 
are  not  so  profitable  as  some  other  kinds  of  crops.  The  crop  of  1910  amounted 
to  60,000  pounds,  worth  $2,400. 

Peas  are  among  the  winter  vegetables  that  are  grown  on  the  mesa  near  the 
foothills,  wheire  there  is  comparatively  little  frost.  The  quantity  and  value  of  the 
1910  crop  were  reported  to  be  160,000  pounds,  worth  $4,000. 

The  most  of  the  chili  peppers  are  grown  about  Anaheim,  which  has  acquired 
quite  a  reputation  with  this  product.  They  are  grown  in  rows  like  potatoes,  requir- 
ing frequent  irrigation,  and  are  artificially  cured  in  dry  houses.  The  crop  of  1910 
was  reported  as  follows :  chile  peppers,  green,  40  tons,  worth  $8,000 ;  chili  peppers, 
dry,  100  tons,  worth  $20,000.  The  Federal  Bureau  of  Crop  Estimates  says  that 
practically  all  of  the  chili  peppers  grown  in  the  state  are  grown  in  Orange  County. 
The  estimate  for  1919  is  $1,125,000.  First  prize  for  chili  -peppers  at  the  recent 
Riverside  County  Fair  was  won  by  John  B.  Joplin  of  the  San  Joaquin  Ranch.  He 
won  second  prize  for  chili  peppers  at  the  Huntington  Beach  Fair. 

The  soil  and  climate  of  Orange  County  are  well  adapted  to  the  growing  of 
potatoes — Irish  potatoes,  as  they  are  called  to  distinguish  them  from  sweet  pota- 
toes. The  potatoes  grown  in  this  county,  particularly  on  the  upland,  are  of  me- 
dium size,  with  a  smooth,  clean  surface,  and  cook  evenly  throughout,  producing 
a  mealy  pulp  not  unlike  crumbly  cake  or  well-cooked  rice.  Two  crops  are  raised 
each  year,  one  from  the  early  spring  planting  and  the  other  from  the  late  summer 
or  early  fall  planting.  The  yield  reported  for  1910  was  250,000  sacks,  worth 
$250,000 ;  the  1919  crop  had  a  value  of  $750,000. 

Credit  is  claimed  on  behalf  of  the  late  Thomas  Nicholson  of  El  Modena  for 
introducing  the  sweet  potato  into  the  state.  He  shipped  more  or  less  of  his 
product  to  San  Francisco  and  from  there  the  seed  potatoes  were  conveyed  to  other 
parts  of  the  state.  He  secured  a  silver  medal  for  his  product  at  the  Columbian 
Exposition  in  Chicago.  The  crop  for  1910  is  given  at  30,000  sacks  for  the  county, 
worth  $37,500.  That  for  1919  is  valued  at  $200,000.  "The  sweet  potato  now 
ranks  second  in  value  among  all  the  vegetables  of  the  United  States,  having  in- 
creased in  this  respect  more  than  eighty  per  cent  in  the  last  ten  years.  The  crop 
of  1917  was  worth  $90,000,000  and  the  crop  of  1918  is  estimated  to  be  worth 
ahnost  $117,000,000.  In  a  recent  conference  at  Birmingham,  Ala.,  representatives 
of  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture  and  horticulturists  and  pathologists  from 
the  Southern  States  discussed  every  phase  of  planting,  cultivating,  storing  and 
marketing  the  sweet  potato.  The  time  when  it  was  allowed  to  decay  in  primitive 
dirt  beds  in  the  open  fields  has  long  since  passed." — The  Youth's  Companion. 

Pumpkins  make  valuable  food  for  stock — especially  milk  cows — and  are 
grown  everywhere  the  farmers  wish.  The  average  size  is  about  that  of  a  half 
bushel  measure;  but  some  of  them  grow  so  large  that  it  takes  two  men  to  load 
one  of  them  into,  a  wagon.  Photographs  of  fields  literally  covered  with  them  and 
labeled  "Some  Pumpkins"  may  be  seen  in  almost  any  collection  of  picture  cards 
in  this  part  of  the  state.  The  pumpkins  are  generally  sold  by  the  wagon  load 
for  a  lump  sum  to  those  who  keep  a  family  cow  or  two,  but  haven't  sufficient  land 
upon  which  to  raise  their  own  stock  feed.  They  are  not  shipped  any  distance ; 
hence  there  is  no  record  of  the  quantity  grown  in  the  county. 

Thousands  of  acres  of  land  in  the  western  and  southwestern  part  of  Orange 
County  are  well  adapted  to  the  growing  of  sugar  beets.  Besides  suitable  land 
the  industry  needs  capital  to  provide  factories  to  work  up  the  product  of  such 


164  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

land.  The  first  factory  was  established  about  1896  at  Los  Alamitos  by  Senator 
W.  A.  Clark  of  Montana.  As  soon  as  the  factory  was  provided  the  beets  were 
grown  and  they  proved  to  be  the  equal  of  any  grown  elsewhere.  It  was  also  dis- 
covered that  one  factory  was  entirely  inadequate  to  work  up  all  the  beets  that 
could  be  furnished.  Another  factory  was  therefore  built  south  of  Santa  Ana  about 
1908;  and  during  the  next  three  years  three  more  sprang  into  being,  one  near 
Anaheim,  another  near  Huntington  Beach,  and  still  another  near  Tustin.  With 
the  five  factories  in  operation  in  1918,  they  worked  up  216,000  tons  of  beets 
grown  in  Orange  County  and  a  considerable  tonnage  grown  in  Los  Angeles  County. 
Orange  County  is  credited  in  some  of  the  published  statistics  with  producing 
$10,500,000  worth  of  sugar  in  1919,  but  probably  $8,000,000  is  nearer  the  mark. 

When  once  started,  tomatoes  will  propagate  themselves  like  weeds  in  this 
county;  but,  like  other  plants,  the  better  the  selection  and  care  the  better  the 
product.  So  far  as  natural  conditions  are  concerned,  there  is  practically  no  limit 
to  the  quantity  that  might  be  produced ;  the  limit  is  in  the  profitable  disposal  of 
the  product  after  it  is  grown.  The  crop  of  1910  was  reported  as  follows :  fresh 
tomatoes,  2,568,000  pounds,  worth  $25,680;  canned  tomatoes,  20,000  cases,  worth 
$30,000.    The  crop  of  1919,  including  tomato  seed,  is  valued  at  $350,000. 

The  production  of  tomato  seed  for  the  marts  of  the  world  is  being  carried 
on  successfully  by  the  Haven  Seed  Company,  now  located  south  of  Santa  Ana. 
This  company  was  established  in  1875  at  Bloomingdale,  Mich.,  by  the  late  E.  M. 
Haven.  The  seeds  of  this  company  soon  attained  a  world-wide  reputation  for 
purity  and  reliability  which  they  still  maintain  to  this  day.  A  good  name  is  a 
valuable  asset  in  any  business,  so  the  company  grew  and  prospered  in  its  first 
location  for  many  years ;  but,  notwithstanding  its  euphemistic  title  of  Blooming- 
dale,  the  place  was  badly  handicapped  for  growing  plants  by  its  rigorous  winter 
■climate. 

Accordingly  the  Haven  family  moved  to  California  in  1904,  and  made  their 
first  planting  in  1910  near  Tustin.  Different  tracts  were  leased  year  after  year, 
but  always  of  increased  acreage,  until  finally  a  tract  containing  100  acres  was  pur- 
chased on  Edinger  Street,  just  outside  Santa  Ana's  southern  boundary,  and  a 
half  mile  west  of  Main  Street.  On  this  tract,  shortly  after  its  purchase,  an 
office  building  and  a  warehouse  were  erected  and  the  headquarters  of  the  company 
were  established  there.  In  1918  a  fine,  large,  three-story  warehouse  was  built 
of  hollow  tile,  strengthened  with  reinforced  concrete  pillars.  This  building  will 
give  ample  room  for  cleaning,  sacking  and  storing  the  seed  ready  for  shipping, 
and  will  have  a  fairly  even  temperature  throughout  on  account  of  its  hollow  tile 
construction.  The  building  is  equipped  with  modern  machinery  driven  by  elec- 
tricity. 

Three  years  ago,  that  is  in  1917,  the  elder  Haven  died  and  left  the  business 
to  his  sons  whom  he  had  trained  until  they  knew  every  detail  of  the  work.  The 
company  was  reorganized  with  A.  B.  Haven,  the  elder  son,  as  president  and  gen- 
eral manager,  and  L.  S.  Haven,  the  younger  son,  as  secretary.  The  company  was 
capitalized  at  $100,000. 

In  1918  the  company  produced  75,000  pounds  of  tomato  seed  and  about 
15,000  pounds  of  pepper,  melon  and  miscellaneous  varieties  of  seed.  More  than 
$50,000  was  paid  out  in  wages.  In  1919  the  company  is  harvesting  400  acres 
of  tomato  seed  and  200  acres  of  lima  beans,  egg-plant,  peppers,  cucumbers,  etc. 
It  expects  to  harvest  about  100,000  pounds  of  tomato  seed  and  other  kinds  in 
proportion  from  the  above  acreage.  That  is,  it  expects  to  harvest  12,000  tons 
of  tomatoes  from  which  it  will  extract  approximately  100,000  pounds'  of  seed 
or  eight  pounds  of  seed  from  each  ton  of  tomatoes. 

As  the  price  of  everything  has  advanced  within  the  last  three  or  four  years 
and  still  is  unsettled,  it  is  difficult  to  give  what  might  be  regarded  as  a  fair  average 
of  the  annual  productions  of  the  company.  However,  the  round  figures  on  sales 
for  1918  were  approximately  $200,000  for  all  kinds  of  seeds  produced  by  the  com- 
pany, and  it  would  be  reasonable  to  expect  as  much  from  the  1919  harvest  which 


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is  not  yet  completed  at  the  date  of  this  writing,  or  even  more  from  the  increased 
acreage,  noted  above. 

As  a  further  indication  of  the  advantageous  conditions  of  Orange  County 
and  the  superior  merits  of  its  productions,  tlie  fact  may  be  cited  that  this  county,  in 
competition  with  the  whole  world  at  the  St.  Louis  World's  Fair  in  1904,  received 
twelve  gold  medals  and  four  silver  medals  as  testimonials  of  the  superiority  of  its 
products  exhibited  there.  Orange  County  took  second  prize  of  $250  for  fine 
display  of  products  at  Riverside  in  October,  1919.  The  judges  credited  San  Ber- 
nardino County  with  92.8  points  and  Orange  County  with  90.8  points.  Concerning 
the  exhibit  of  this  county,  the  Riverside  Enterprise  says:  "The  Orange  County 
display  is  in  a  class  by  itself,  both  as  to  the  products  shown  and  the  manner  of 
their  showing.  It  is  a  finished  picture  in  a  superb  and  worthy  frame,  a  magnificent 
study  in  still  life  almost  over-elaborated  but  saved  from.that  criticism  by  an  auster- 
ity of  arrangement  that  sugges'ts  sureness  of  touch  and  certainty  of  selection.  It 
suggests  the  studio  rather  than  the  farmstead,  the  salon  rather  than  the  show 
tent;  but  this  is  said  in  no  spirit  o'f  detraction.  When' such  a  display,  so  arranged, 
can  be  brought  to  the  Southern  California  fair  from  the  neighboring  county,  there 
is  no  longer  any  argument  to  be  made  against  the  claim  that  this  is  a  sectional 
rather  than  a  county  fair.  The  artist  who  arranged  the  exhibit,  for  he  has  shown 
himself  an  artist — is  D.  W.  ]\IcDannald.  The  setting  of  the  display  is  sumptuous 
— redwood,  heavy  brown  burlap,  deep  green  velour  hangings,  brass  fixtures  and 
jardinieres  holding  ferns  and  admirable  lighting  effects.  For  the  display  itselt, 
it  contains  picked  specimens  of  the  fruits,  grains  and  vegetables,  as  well  as  the 
mineral  products  for  which  Orange  County  is  famous.  There  are  also  novelties 
like  the  Feijoa,  a  new  fruit  from  Uruguay  and  the  Chinese  varnish  nuts  from 
which  the  so-called  tong  oil  is  extracted." 

Now,  as  promised-  at  the  beginning  of  this  chapter,  the  foregoing  is  by  no 
means  an  exhaustive  list  of  the  fruits,  grains  and  vegetables  grown  in  Orange 
County;  for  instance,  there  are  onion  fields  near  Anaheim,  whose  rows  stretch 
away  in  the  distance  almost  as  far  as  the  eye  can  distinguish  the  plants  from  other 
vegetation,  and  there  are  many  other  products  worthy  of  mention.  Then,  too, 
many  plants,  that  in  the  East  are  grown  in  small  beds  in  the  garden  or  in  the  hot 
house,  are  here  grown  in  large  fields  and  in  the  open  air.  Enough,  however,  has 
been  mentioned  to  substantiate  the  claim  that  Orange  County  can  produce  nearly 
everything  grown  in  the  temperate  zones  and  many  things  indigenous  to  the  torrid 
zone,  and  that,  too,  in  almost  limitless  quantities. 


CHAPTER  XXIX 

HISTORY  OF  THE  CELERY  INDUSTRY 

By  George  W.  Moore 

Less  than  fifty  years  ago,  the  now  famous  peat  lands  of  the  Westminster  and 
Bolsa  country,  known  as  cienegas,  were  regarded  as  worthless.  These  cienegas 
were  tracts  of  swampy  lands  containing  usually  ponds  of  water  in  the  middle, 
skirted  around  with  a  rank  growth  of  willows,  tules  and  nettles.  During  the  rainy 
season  the  entire  area  of  the  cienega  was  overflowed.  In  the  fall  and  winter 
these  marshy  lands  were  the  resorts  of  millions  of  wild  geese ;  they  were  also  the 
haunts  of  wild  ducks  and  other  water  fowl,  and  were  the  favorite  hunting  grounds 
of  sportsmen  of  that  day.  The  early  settlers  counted  the  cienegas  as  so  much 
waste  land,  or  rather  as  worse  than  waste,  for  the  drier  portions  of  these  swamps 
were  the  lurking  places  of  wild  cats,  coyotes,  coons  and  other  prowlers,  which 
preyed  upon  the  settlers'  pigs  and  poultry. 

Early  in  the  history  of  the  county  the  supervisors  were  petitioned  to  construct 
a  ditch  in  this  territory  under  the  "Drainage  Act  of  1881,"  which  authorized  the 
cost  and  care  of  such  ditch  to  be  apportioned  to  the  adjacent  land  according  to  the 


5  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

lefits  derived  therefrom.  This  work  was  undertaken  in  1890  and  was  contested 
fore  the  board  of  supervisors  and  in  the  courts  for  about  three  years  by  those 
•  and  against  the  improvement.  Finally  the  Bolsa  ditch  was  completed;  and 
it,  with  other  drainage  systenis  since  established,  has  turned  thousands  of  acres 
comparatively  worthless  land  into  some  of  the  most  productive  soil  in  the  county 
d  opened  the  way  for  the  establishment  of  the  celery  industry  in  Orange  County, 
.is  industry  has  become  famous  throughout  the  world  and,  according  to  a  local 
iter,  raised  the  value  of  the  land  from  $15  to  $500  per  acre;  but  without  drain- 
;  no  celery  could  be  grown  on  these  lands  and  they  would  still  be  comparatively 
irthless. 

The  following  sketch  of  the  origin  and  growth  of  the  celery  industry  of 
ange  County  is  compiled  from  the  Santa  Ana  Blade's  Celery  edition  of  February 
1901 :  "The  first  experiment  in  celery  culture  op  the  peat  lands  was  made  in 
?1,  on  a  tract  of  land  south  of  Westminster,  known  locally  as  the  Snow  and 
lams  place,  on  which  several  thousand  dollars  was  expended,  but  without  satis- 
:tory  results.  E.  A.  Curtis,  D.  E.  Smeltzer  and  others  were  the  prime  movers  in 
.king  the  experiment,  the  outcome  of  which  was  such  a  flat  failure  that  all  but 
:.  Curtis  gave  up  the  idea.  Mr.  Curtis'  pet  scheme  came  to  fruition  sooner  than 
s  anticipated,  for  about  this  time  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Earl  Fruit  Com- 
ly,  and  with  the  consent  of  the  firm  resolved  again  to  give  celery  culture  a  trial. 

"The  proposition  had  many  drawbacks,  not  least  of  which  was  the  scarcity  of 
Ip  to  cultivate  the  crop  and  the  entire  lack  of  experience  in  the  laborers  avail- 
le.  In  this  extremity  Mr.  Curtis  bethought  himself  of  the  Los  Angeles  Chinese 
irket  gardeners  and  their  knowledge  of  celery  growing,  and  at  once  entered  into 
|otiations  with  a  leading  Chinaman  to  undertake  the  work  of  growing  eighty 
•es  of  celery  on  contract,  the  Earl  Fruit  Company  to  furnish  everything,  includ- 
;  implements  needed  in  the  cultivation  of  the  crop,  also  money  advanced  for 
ital  of  the  land  and  the  supplying  of  water  where  needed  by  digging  wells ;  so 
it  $5,000  was  advanced  before  a  stock  of  celery  was  ready  for  shipment.  The  re- 
t  was  fairly  successful,  notwithstanding  the  untoward  experience  of  the  Chinese 
lorers  at  the  hands  of  white  men,  who  worried  and  harassed  the  Celestials,  both 
season  and  out  of  season,  carrying  their  unreasonable  resentment  to  the  extent 
burning  the  buildings  erected  by  the  Earl  Fruit  Company,  carrying  off  the  im- 
ments  used  in  the  cultivation,  and  terrorizing  the  Chinamen  employed  to  the 
minent  risk  of  driving  them  away  entirely  and  thus  sacrificing  the  crop  for  want 
help  to  attend  it. 

"All  this  risk  and  expense  fell  directly  on  the  Earl  Fruit  Company,  for  returns 
-  their  investment  could  only  come  when  the  crop  was  ready  for  market,  and  it 
y  easily  be  imagined  that  E.  A.  Curtis,  as  a  prime  mover  in  the  venture,  occu- 
d  a  most  unenviable  position.  But  Mr.  Curtis  kept  right  on,  and  overcame  every 
stacle  that  presented  itself,  and  to  him  is  due  the  credit  for  demonstrating  the 
jerior  advantages  of  Orange  County  for  the  successful  growing  of  celery  and 
;  introduction  and  establishment  of  an  industry  that  has  permanently  added 
ndreds  of  thousands  of  dollars  to  the  resources  of  the  county. 

"The  crop  from  the  land  thus  experimented  with  was  shipped  to  New  York 
1  Kansas  City  and  consisted  of  about  fifty  cars,  a  considerable  shipment  at  that 
le,  as  prior  to  then  a  carload  of  California  celery  was  an  unheard  of  quantity, 
ere  was,  of  course,  not  much  profit  made  for  that  season  after  everything  was 
d,  for  the  items  of  expense  were  many  and  included  all  the  loss  and  damage 
Tered  while  the  crop  was  maturing  and  a  bill  of  $1,100  paid  an  officer  of  the 
T  for  protection  afforded  the  Chinese  laborers  while  at  work  during  the  season, 
t  it  paid  a  margin  of  profit  and  proved  beyond  dispute  that  under  favorable 
iditions  celery  culture  might  be  undertaken  with  prospects /jf  success,  and  this 
:t  once  established,  the  rest  was  easy." 

Celery  growing  developed  into  one  of  the  leading  industries  of  Orange  Coun- 

The  area  of  celery  culture  exceeded  275,000  acres  and  extended  from  the 
it  lands  where  it  was  begun,  over  a  considerable  portion  of  the  "Willows  "  a 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  167 

tract  of  land  lying  between  the  old  and  the  new  beds  of  the  Santa  Ana  River, 
the  scene  of  the  squatter  contest  of  over  thirty-five  years  ago. 

Quoting  from  the  April  (1919)  Bulletin  of  the  State  Commission  of  Horticul- 
ture: "The  total  movement  of  celery  from' California  for  the  season  of  1917-18 
was  2,775  cars.  Florida  had  the  second  heaviest  shipments  with  2,458  cars.  New 
York  ranked  third  with  1,739  cars.  *  *  *  The  falling  off  of  shipments  from 
October  to  the  first  of  January  was  due  primarily  to  a  short  acreage.  Discour- 
aged by  slow  transportation,  unsatisfactory  returns,  and  high  labor  costs,  growers 
cut  their  acreage  in  two  for  the  season  1918-19.  Very  heavy  rains  in  September 
injured  many  fields  in  the  Delta  district  of  central  California,  which  resulted  in 
about  twenty  per  cent  damage.  Stock  in  Southern  California  made  slow  growth 
and  much  of  it  was  shipped  while  still  small."  Orange  County's  acreage  was 
reduced  by  planting  sugar  beets  or  other  crops  instead  of  celery.  The  Santa  Ana 
Chamber  of  Commerce  estimated  the  value  of  this  county's  celery  crop  for  1919 
at  $100,000;  but  the  California  Vegetable  Union  gave  100  cars  at  $800  per  car, 
or  a  total  of  $80,000,  as  its  estimate. 


CHAPTER  XXX 
ORANGE  COUNTY'S  LIVESTOCK  AND  POULTRY 

Horses 

The  aborigines  and  their  successors,  the  Mexicans  and  Spaniards,  paid  little 
attention  to  domestic  animals.  Their  nomadic  mode  of  life  was  not  conducive 
to  the  acquisition  of  flocks  and  herds.  There  was,  however,  one  exception  and  that 
was  the  horse.  This  animal  was  such  a  help  in  traveling  and  hunting  and  so  little 
expense  to  keep  that  nearly  every  person  provided  himself  with  a  pony.  In  fact, 
in  many  places  the  cost  of  keeping  was  nothing,  the  animals  running  wild,  getting 
their  own  living  and  propagating  their  kind.  Whenever  one  or  more  was  needed, 
the  natives  would  round  up  a  band  of  wild  horses  and  lasso  the  requisite  number. 
It  is  not  strange  that  animals  thus  reared  and  treated  should  be  hard  to  tame  and 
never  become  entirely  trustworthy. 

In  later  years  the  Mexicans,  Spaniards  and  Americans,  who  succeeded  the 
Indians,  established  an  ownership  over  the  different  bands  of  horses,  which  owner- 
ship they  maintained  by  branding  and  herding  the  animals.  More  or  less  friction 
arose  between  the  owners  of  the  different  bands  and  also  between  them  and  the 
other  settlers  who  were  growing  crops  instead  of  raising  stock.  Various  stories  are 
told  of  the  clashes  between  the  farmers  and  the  stockmen,  which  at  this  late  day 
sound  rather  apocryphal.  It  is  said  that  in  one  instance  a  Mr.  Sepulveda,  who 
owned  hundreds  of  horses  and  cattle,  came  to  take  them  away;  but  he  was 
afraid  to  go  near  them,  because  some  settler  was  picking  them  off  with  his  rifle 
from  a  hiding  place.  In  order  to  save  their  crops  the  settlers  banded  together  and 
ran  three  hundred  animals  over  a  high  bluflf  near  Newport,  killing  them  all,  and 
chased  a  thousand  head  into  Mexico. 

With  the  incoming  of  better  breeds  these  Mexican  ponies  were  largely  dis- 
placed or  were  improved  by  crossing  with  the  other  strains  of  horses.  Of  course 
there  are  still  some  Mexican  horses  in  the  county,  handed  down  from  generation 
to  generation  with  little  or  no  improvement ;  but  such  animals  are  the  exception  to 
the  rule  that  Orange  County  is  well  supplied  now  with  good  horses.  The  improve- 
ment, which  would  have  come  about  gradually  through  the  immigrants  bringing  in 
better  horses,  was  greatly  accelerated  by  the  importation  of  thoroughbreds  for 
breeding  purposes.  The  late  Don  Marco  Forster  of  Capistrano  is  credited  with 
being  the  first,  in  the  territory  now  included  in  this  county,  to  attempt  to  improve 
his  stock  by  the  introduction  of  blooded  stallions.  He  kept  thousands  of  horses 
and  sold  them  for  all  purposes  wherever  he  could  find  a  market.  A  number  of 
other  breeders  were  active  in  improving  the  horses  of  this  section,  among  whom 


168  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

the  most  prominent  were  E.  W.  Squires,  George  B.  Bixby,  Walter  K.  Robinson, 
Jacob  Willitts,  R.  J.  Blee,  J.  H.  Garner  and  George  W.  Ford. 

The  Orange  County  Fair  Association  was  organized  In  1890  with  a  race  track 
located  southwest  of  Santa  Ana.  This  track  was  considered  one  of  the  best  in 
the  West.  Some  of  the  records  reported  as  being  made  on  it  were  Silkwood, 
2 :07 ;  Klamath,  2  :07^  ;  Ethel  Downs,  fastest  five-heat  race  ever  trotted  on  the 
Coast.  These  records,  and  others  not  readily  obtained  now,  gave  the  track  and  the 
county  great  praise  abroad  and  stimulated  the  raising  of  blooded  stock  at  home. 
As  a  result  of  this  increased  interest,  some  of  the  finest  strains  of  thoroughbreds 
and  fastest  race  horses  have  been  produced  in  this  county.  Horses  for  other  pur- 
poses have  been  improved  in  hke  proportion  until  Orange  County  can  justly  take 
pride  in  all  its  horses. 

The  county  statistician  in  his  report  for  1910  gave  the  following  figures  on 
the  horses  of  the  county  and  other  kindred  animals,  viz. :  Horses,  thoroughbreds, 
39,  value  $7,800;  common,  7,649,  value  $780,000;  cohs,  1,257,  value  $63,850; 
jacks  and  jennies,  2,  value  $1,000;  mules^  2,035,  value  $407,000.  The  county 
assessor  in  his  report  for  1919  gives  all  kinds  of  horses,  6,787,  value  $848,500; 
mules,  2,440,  value  $549,000. 

Although  the  work  and  activities  of  the  people  in  the  county,  demanding 
horse  power,  have  greatly  increased  since  1910,  the  number  of  horses  in  the 
county  is  now  about  1,000  less  than  at  that  time.  The  reason  is  not  far  to  seek. 
The  gasoline  engine  has  displaced  the  horse  as  a  motive  power.  With  9,794 
registered  motor  vehicles  and  over  750  tractors  in  the  county,  each  motor  vehicle 
being  propelled  by  an  engine  rated  at  from  eighteen  horsepower  to  sixty  horse- 
power and  each  tractor  by  an  engine  rated  at  from  ten  horsepower  to  forty-five 
horsepower,  it  is  easy  to  see  why  horses  have  decreased  in  the  county  instead  of 
increasing  in  proportion  to  the  increase  of  the  work.  Then,  horses  are  too  slow 
for  this  fast  age ;  even  the  best  of  them  make  a  poor  show  at  "keeping  up  with 
Lizzie." 

Cattle 

The  cattle  of  Orange  County  passed  through  a  very  similar  process  of  devel- 
opment to  that  described  of  the  horses  of  said  county.  In  the  early  days,  when 
hunting  for  a  living  was  being  displaced  by  the  pastoral  life,  some  cattle  were 
brought  into  this  region  from  other  states  or  countries.  These  animals  may  have 
been  of  poor  quality  or  their  offspring  may  have  degenerated  through  a  long  period 
of  abuse  and  neglect.  At  all  events  they  were  better  fitted  for  perpetuating  their 
existence  under  adverse  conditions  than  they  were  for  dairy  purposes.  Ownership 
of  cattle  was  maintained  in  the  same  way  as  that  of  the  horses,  by  branding  and 
herding.  The  flocks  and  herds  of  the  Spanish  dons  roamed  over  the  hills  and 
valleys  which  are  now  dotted  with  orchards  and  farms.  Dependent  almost  wholly 
upon  the  variable  rainfall  and  native  grasses,  the  cattle  industry  of  early  times 
was  subject  to  great  fluctuations  between  afiffluence  and  poverty.  It  is  related  that, 
in  periods  of  bountiful  rains,  the  children  of  the  cattle  barons  cut  a  swell  in  the 
educational  institutions  of  New  York  and  Paris ;  but  that,  in  periods  of  extreme 
drouth,  hundreds  of  animals  were  driven  into  the  sea  to  prevent  their  carcasses 
from  breeding  pestilence  on  the  land. 

With  the  American  occupation  of  the  country  came  diversified  farming  and 
some  precautions  against  the  capriciousness  of  Nature.  The  diversified  farming 
necessitated  smaller  holdings  of  land  and  permitted  a  denser  population.  Such  a 
change,  however,  might  not  decrease  the  number  of  live  stock,  for,  while  the  size 
of  the  herds  would  be  decreased,  the  number  of  owners  would  be  increased  and  the 
subsistence  of  the  animals  would  be  more  certain. 

The  Fletchers  near  Olive  were  credited  with  having  made  the  first  importation 
of  blooded  stock  in  the  territory  now  included  in  Orange  County.  Later  Henry 
West  of  McPherson  shipped  in  a  number  of  registered  Jerseys,  as  did  G.  Y.  Coutts 
of  Orange  still  later,  and  there  were  doubtless  other  importers  in  different  parts 


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of  the  county.  Whenever  animals  of  high  grade  were  brought  into  one  part  of 
the  county,  stockraisers  in  the  other  parts  would  breed  .from  them  and  thereby 
improve  their  own  herds ;  thus  has  the  stock  of  the  entire  county  been  brought 
to  a  high  standard  of  excellence.  As  corroborative  proof  of  this  claim,  the  stock 
sale  of  the  Santa  Ana  Jersey  Farm  in  December,  1909,  may  be  mentioned.  In 
order  to  reduce  stock  the  owner,  J.  T.  Raitt,  sold  122  fine  cows  at  prices  ranging 
from  $30  to  $150  apiece,  the  average  being  $74  apiece.  The  total  amount  of  the 
sales  was  $9,028;  nevertheless  the  owner  had  a  sufficient  number  of  cows  left  to 
continue  to  supply  his  customers,  over  a  large  range  of  territory,  with  milk. 

The  1910  county  statistics  on  this  subject  are  as  follows:  Cattle,  beef,  347, 
value  $13,880;  stock,  850,  value  $25,500;  dairy  cows,  5,141,  value  $257,050; 
heifers,  189,  value  $3,780;  calves,  1,565,  value  $9,390.  The  assessment  for  1919 
gives  all  kinds  of  cattle,  17,676,  value  $1,237,320. 

Cattle  for  beef  and  dairy  purposes  have  no  gasoline  competitor ;  hence  they 
have  more  nearly  kept  pace  with  the  increase  of  population  in  the  county.  The 
number  of  all  kinds  in  1910  was  8,092 ;  that  of  all  kinds  in  1919  is  17,676,  or  an 
increase  in  number  of  more  than  118  per  cent.  The  value  of  all  kinds  in  1910  was 
$309,600;  that  of  all  kinds  in  1919  is  $1,237,320,  or  an  increase  in  value  of  more 
than  299  per  cent.  Instead  of  the  promiscuous  herds  of  early  years  that  continued 
to  propagate  their  kind  without  let  or  hindrance,  the  cattle  of  late  years  are  widely 
distributed  in  dairies  and  among  families ;  hence  they  are  better  bred  and  better 
cared  for,  thereby  increasing  their  quality  and  value,  as  noted  by  the  assessor  in 
the  foregoing  statistics.  In  order  to  encourage  the  dairymen  of  the  county  to 
still  further  improve  their  stock,  the  supervisors  bought  five  head  of  fine  Holstein 
stock  at  a  sale  in  Phoenix,  Ariz.,  in  February,  1919.  These  animals  consist  of  a 
bull,  three  cows  and  a  calf,  all  registered  in  the  records  of  the  Holstein-Friesian 
Association  of  America,  giving  the  pedigree  and  achievements  of  their  ancestors 
and  their  own  names  and  stock  numbers.  They  are  kept  at  the  county  farm  in 
West  Orange. 

Sheep 

About  thirty-five  or  forty  years  ago  the  sheep  industry  was  one  of  the 
important  industries  of  this  section.  Large  flocks  were  located  at  differe'nt  points 
of  what  is  now  Orange  County  and  were  herded  over  the  intervening  territory 
during  the  day  and  returned  to  the  camp  at  night.  Jonathan  Watson,  in  the 
Santa  Ana  Canyon  above  Olive,  had  25,000  head  of  sheep  along  about  1876  and 
there  were  other  flocks  nearly  as  large  within  the  present  confines  of  the  county  at 
that  time.  The  industry  declined,  however,  as  the  range  was  occupied  for  other 
purposes. 

The  statistician's  report  for  1910  gives  the  following  figures  upon  the  sheep 
industry:  Sheep,  18,030,  vahie  $63,105  ;  lambs,  7,330,  value  $18,325 ;  wool,  216,360 
pounds,  value  $25,963.  The  assessment  roll  for  1919  gives  only  739  sheep  worth 
$7,390. 

The  sheep  industry  of  this  county  has  been  annihilated.  It  is  true  there 
were  739  assessed  in  1919 ;  but  this  small  band  was  temporarily  in  the  county 
when  it  was  listed  by  the  assessor  for  taxation.  The  reason  for  the  decline  of  the 
industry  given  in  1910,  viz. :  "The  range  was  occupied  for  other  purposes,"  did 
not  tell  the  whole  story,  for,  at  the  time  that  reason  was  given,  there  were  18,030 
sheep  and  7,330  lambs  being  pastured  in  the  hills  of  the  county.  Now  those  sheep 
have  all  cfisappeared  and  that  range  is  not  being  occupied  for  other  purposes: 
The  other  part  of  the  story  is  that  the  low  tariff  gave  the  death  blow  to  the  sheep 
industry  in  this  country.  One  of  the  elder  Eyraud  brothers,  who  pastured  sheep 
in  the  hills  east  of  El  Modena  for  many  years,  told  the  writer  that  they  lost 
$30,000  under  the  low  Wilson  tariff  act  during  President  Cleveland's  last  term; 
and  one  of  the  sons  told  him  in  1913  that,  if  the  new  administration  adopted 
another  low  tariff  act,  they  would  get  out  of  the  sheep  business.    This  they  did 


170  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

when  the  Underwood  tariff  act  was  adopted.     Others  did  the  same  until  there 
are  no  sheep  left  in  Orange  County. 

Thirty-five  or  forty  years  ago  there  were  a  few  goats  raised  in  some  of  the 
small  canyons  tributary  to  the  Santiago  Creek ;  but  with  the  removal  of  the  regular 
residents  from  the  canyons,  the  raising  of  goats  in  the  mountains  ceased.  Within 
the  past  five  years  goat  raising  has  taken  a  fresh  start  in  Orange  County,  but  this 
time  the  industry  has  broken  out  in  spots  over  the  valley  section  of  the  county. 
Recently  the  Department  of  Agriculture  issued  a  bulletin  urging  the  American 
people  to  turn  their  attention  to  goat  farming  as  a  means  of  reducing  the  high 
cost  of  living.  One  of  the  results  of  the  awakened  interest  in  the  industry  has 
been  the  increase  in  the  price  of  goats.  Where  formerly  goats  sold  from  two 
dollars  to  five  dollars  now  they  bring  from  $50  to  $200  a  piece,  because  the  demand 
has  outrun  the  supply.  The  Huntington  Beach  News  mentioned  the  following 
persons  as  being  interested  in  goat  raising  in  that  community :  L.  T.  Young,  F. 
L.  Snyder,  George  W.  Wardwell,  H.  H.  Campbell,  Al.  Clark  and  others.  A.  B. 
Collins  of  Villa  Park  is  raising  goats  as  a  side  line  in  connection  with  fruit  grow- 
ing. He  has  a  flock  of  thirteen  goats  of  different  ages,  one  of  the  bucks  regis- 
tered and  the  other  animals  of  good  grade. 

Hogs 

Very  few  people,  if  any,  in  Orange  County  raise  hogs  for  the  market.  Most 
of  the  stockmen  and  general  farmers  raise  a  small  number  each  year  for  home  con- 
sumption, and  may  occasionally  market  a  few  when  they  have  a  surplus.  These 
few  animals  can  be  raised  on  the  waste  of  the  farm ;  but  the  fruit  growers  can 
utilize  their  ground  more  profitably  than 'in  raising  feed  for  hogs. 

The  statistical  report  of  the  number  an4  value  of  the  hogs  in  the  county  in 
1910  was  as  follows:  Swine,  1,037,  value  $12,444.  The  1919  assessment  roll 
shows  1,356,  worth  $27,120. 

Evidently  the  citizens  of  Orange  County  would  rather  buy  their  ham  and 
bacon  already  grown  and  cured,  than  to  buy  high-priced  feed  for  hogs  or  produce 
it  on  high-priced  land,  for  the  1,356  hogs  in  the  county  in  1919  would  make  but  a 
small  part  of  the  pork  consumed  annually  in  the  county,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
stock  animals  carried  over  from  year  to  year.  Only  enough  hogs  are  being  raised 
to  consume  the  waste  from  the  canneries,  the  kitchens  and  the  packing  houses. 

Poultry 

In  the  early  days  this  state  abounded  in  nearly  every  kind  of  wild  game. 
The  swamps  and  lagoons  near  the  coast  afforded  food  and  shelter  to  myriads  of 
wild  ducks  and  geese.  These  birds,  in  passing  from  one  place  to  another,  would  . 
frequently  alight  in  the  grain  fields  and  destroy  more  or  less  of  the  growing  crops. 
In  order  to  protect  such  crops  and  to  provide  meat  for  the  table,  a  systematic 
war  was  made  on  these  birds  for  many  years.  In  some  parts  of  the  state  pot- 
hunters were  hired  by  the  farmers  to  slaughter  the  wild  game  that  was  devastating 
their  fields.  Now  this  game  is  protected  by  game  laws,  which  require  a  license 
for  hunting,  regulate  the  open  seasons  and  fix  the  bag-limit  for  the  various  kinds 
m  order  to  prevent  such  game  from  becoming  extinct.  Hence  what  could  be 
obtained  for  the  table  by  a  few  hours'  hunting  in  the  early  davs  must  now  be  pro- 
vided through  the  rearing  of  domestic  fowls. 

From  quite  an  early  date  chicken  raising,  as  it  is  commonly  called  has  been 
followed  m  the  territory  now  included  in  Orange  County.  It  offered  the  quickest 
returns  on  the  investment  and  the  most  ready  support  for  families  that  could  not 
wait  for  fruit  trees  to  come  into  bearing  or  even  for  annual  crops  to  mature  In 
fact,  eggs  were  legal  tender  through  the  seventies,  and  helped  to  tide  manv  a 
family  over  the  dry  spell  of  1875  to  1877,  before  the  irrigation  facilities  were  well 
developed.  Followed  as  a  separate  enterprise,  poultry  raising  has  proved  profit- 
able or  otherwise,  according  to  the  careful  attention  and  capable  management  of 


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those  engaged  in  the  business.  It  is  a  business,  however,  that  can  be  sandwiched 
in  with  fruit  growing,  general  farming  and  stock-raising  without  material  loss  or 
inconvenience  to  those  industries.  The  fowls  do  better  when  they  have  consider- 
able freedom,  including  the  range  of  the  barnyards  and  alfalfa  fields.  Thus  they 
pick  up  much  of  their  living  from  the  waste  of  the  farm.  The  mild  climate  and 
green  feed  the  year  round  are  conducive  to  making  hens  lay  more  here  than  in 
the  East,  and  to  distribute  their  eggs  more  evenly  throughout  the  year.  This 
helps  to  equalize  the  price,  and  the  large  cities  near  by  with  their  tourist  popula- 
tion keep  up  the  demand.  As  to  the  profits  of  producing  hens'  eggs  for  the 
market,  one  example  must  suffice.  A  careful  record  of  all  receipts  and  expenses 
of  thirty-four  hens,  confined  in  a  yard  22x150  feet  and  fed  entirely  on  purchased 
food,  showed  a  net  profit  per  hen  of  $2.60  per  year.  Allowing  more  time  and 
space  for  the  care  of  the.  fowls,  the  profits  on  a  greater  number  ought  to  increase 
in  proportion  to  the  number. 

With  the  improved  facihties  of  incubators  and  brooders,  the  raising  of 
broilers  for  the  market  is  a  paying  part  of  the  business.  It  can  be  carried  on 
all  times  of  the  year  in  this  mild  climate,  and  the  demand  is  great.  With  so 
many  people  to  feed  in  the  cities,  it  is  almost  impossible  to  glut  the  market.  This 
demand,  too,  is  at  our  doors;  there  is  no  long  haul  of  freights  to  consume  the 
profits.  The  Jubilee  incubator  was  manufactured  at  Orange  for  a  number  of 
years  and  the  Santa  Ana  incubator  was  manufactured  at  Santa  Ana.  Other  styles 
of  incubators  were  shipped  in  as  needed. 

In  1907  a  poultry  association  was  formed  at  Fullerton.  Later  in  the  same 
year  the  Orange  County  Poultry  Association  was  formed,  by  a  union  of  all  the 
poultry  men,  and  held  an  exhibition  at  the  county-seat.  Various  exhibits  have 
been  held  since  that  time,  which  have  done  much  to  improve  the  fowls  of  the 
county. 

The  county  statistician  gives  the  following  figures  on  the  poultry  and  eggs 
of  Orange  County  in  the  year  1910:  Chickens,  16,500  dozen,  value  $115,500; 
ducks,  2,200  dozen,  value  $17,600;  geese,  150  dozen,  value  $3,520;  turkeys,  225 
dozen,  value  $4,500;  eggs,  236,750  dozen,  value  $71,025.  Total  value  of  poultry 
and  eggs  $212,145.  The  Santa  Ana  Chamber  of  Commerce  report  for  1919  gives 
$1,500,000  as  the  value  of  poultry  and  eggs. 

Poultry  raisers  complained  during  the  World  War  that  chicken  feed  was  so 
high  and  the  price  of  poultry  products  was  so  low  they  couldn't  make  any  money 
in  the  business ;  so  they  sold  out  or  ate  up  their  flocks  without  replacing  them, 
until  after  the  war  it  was  found  next  to  impossible  to  collect  enough  broilers  in 
a.day's  ride  to  furnish  a  chicken  supper  for  a  church  social.  And  eggs,  follow- 
ing the  law  of  supply  and  demand  like  other  commodities,  mounted  higher  and 
higher  until  a  single  egg  sold  for  more  than  a  whole  dozen  did  in  the  same  terri- 
tory thirty-five  years  ago,  and  a  single  egg  sold  for  100  per  cent  more  in  New 
York  City  than  Henry  Ford's  character  was  rated  at  by  a  jury  of  his  peers. 


CHAPTER  XXXI 

THE  BEE  INDUSTRY 

By  J.  E.  Pleasants 

The  history  of  beekeeping  in  California  is  the  history  of  beekeeping  on  the 
Pacific  Coast,  as  the  first  bees  to  be  brought  west  of  the  Rockies  were  those 
brought  to  California  in  1857  by  John  S.  Harbison.  This  shipment  was  brought 
by  water  from  Pennsylvania  to  California  via  the  Isthmus.  Samuel  Shrewsbury 
was  the  first  man  to  bring  bees  into  what  is  now  Orange  County.  This  was  in  1869. 
He  first  kept  them  on  the  Montgomery  ranch  at  Villa  Park.  In  1871  he  moved 
them  into  the  Santiago  Canyon.  Beekeeping  as  an  industry  has  grown  gradually 
until  there  are  now  about  10,000  colonies  kept  in  Orange  County.    There  are  from 


172  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

75  to  100  practical  beekeepers  who  make  it  their  chief  business.  The  average 
yield  of  honey  during  a  good  year  is  about  200  tons.  This  year  (1920)  there  will 
be  over  300  tons.  The  cash  income  from  honey  and  wax,  at  the  present  prices,  is 
something  over  $100,000  annually.  The  main  sources  of  nectar  supply  are  from 
the  native  mountain  plants,  such  as  the  sages,  sumac,  wild  alfalfa,  wild  buckwheat, 
etc.,  the  sages  being  the  best  nectar  yielders  both  for  quantity  and  quality.  There 
is  undoubtedly  no  better  or  more  delicately  flavored  honey  in  the  world  than  that 
produced  from  the  sages  of  Southern  California.  There  is  also  a  large  amount 
of  honey  produced  from  the  orange  and  bean  blossoms  of  the  valleys.  The 
orange  honey  is  white,  and  has  the  spicy  flavor  of  the  orange  blossoms.  The  great 
economic  value  in  honey  production  lies  in  the  fact  that  such  a  delicate  and  whole- 
some food  is  produced  from  a  source  which  requires  no  manipulation  from  the 
hand  of  man  save  the  care  of  the  bees.  The  vast  quantities  of  nectar,  commercially 
speaking,  would  go  to  waste  were  it  not  for  the  bees,  and  their  presence  in  the 
orchards  are  a  positive  value  in  the  production  of  fruit  owing  to  cross-pollination. 

Orange  County  appointed  its  first  inspector  in  1902.  At  that  time  the  "foul 
brood"  had  spread  to  over  fifteen  hundred  stands,  and  these  were  scattered  all 
over  the  county.  The  inspector,  with  the  cooperation  of  the  keepers,  had,  up  to 
1910,  about  stamped  out  the  disease  and  at  that  time  it  affected  only  about  fifty 
stands.  This  means  those  stands  that  are  handled,  for  there  may  be  some  in  out 
of  the  way  places  that  are  not  known  to  the  inspector.  However,  the  disease  is 
now  under  control.  This  disease  is  known  as  the  American  foul  brood,  and  it  is 
known  to  have  existed  for  more  than  eight  hundred  years,  though  it  was  not  called 
the  American  until  importations  were  made  from  Italy  to  this  country. 

In  1905  a  disease  known  and  called  the  European  foul  brood  was  discovered 
in  New  York,  and  was  so  severe  that  it  was  certain  death  to  the  bees  infected. 
It  spread  with  such  rapidity  that  it  reached  California  in  1908,  and  was  found 
in  the  San  Joaquin  Valley,  north  of  the  Tehachepi,  and  exterminated  the  bees 
in  nearly  every  section  of  the  Valley.  Mr.  Pleasants  was  sent  from  Orange  County 
to  that  region  to  make  a  study  of  it  in  order  to  be  able  to  recognize  it  if  it  made 
its  appearance  in  this  section.  He  found  it  was  very  disastrous  and  that  it  men- 
aced the  industry  in  the  state  should  it  get  beyond  control.  It  has  not  made  its 
appearance  in  this  county  up  to  the  time  of  this  report. 

J.  E.  Pleasants  was  in  charge  of  the  California  honey  exhibit  at  New  Orleans 
in  the  winter  of  1884-85,  and  it  was  there  that  he  met  with  some  of  the  most 
prominent  men  engaged  in  this  business  in  the  United  States.  He  was  appointed 
the  first  inspector  for  Orange  County  and  has  been  continued  in  that  positioji 
to  the  present  time.  He  has  made  a  study  of  the  bee  for  the  benefit  of  those 
engaged  in  the  business,  and  has  always  had  their  hearty  cooperation,  the  men 
working  in  harmony  with  him  on  every  occasion.  The  men  interested  in  the  bee 
business  in  Orange  County  are  in  it  for  commercial  purposes  only,  not  frorii  a 
scientific  point  of  view.  The  county  now  has  a  "clean  slate,"  but  holds  a  quaran- 
tine on  bees  from  any  infected  district.  The  duties  of  the  inspector  necessitate 
a  thorough  knowledge  of  bees,  and  he  is  expected  to  look  into  each  stand  in  every 
apiary  if  possible.  Even  though  the  keepers  know  the  signs  of  the  disease  ,they 
insist  upon  the  inspector  doing  the  work. 

It  is  a  well  known  fact  that  bees  save  for  the  keepers,  injure  nothing,  and 
for  those  engaged  in  the  fruit  business  are  a  boon,  as  they  carry  the  pollen  from 
flower  to  flower  and  tree  to  tree.  The  valleys  and  canyons  were  the  richest  and 
best  producing  places  in  the  early  days,  the  best  flowers  were  to  be  found  there, 
especially  the  kind  most  needed,  but  when  the  settlers  began  to  come  in  they 
wanted  the  ground  to  raise  hay  and  other  farm  products,  and  this  drove  the  bee 
men  from  their  haunts,  as  the  shrubs  that  were  so  abundant  were  grubbed  out. 
This  condition  has  been  changing  back  to  the  old  order  again,  the  more  fertile 
land  in  the  valley  has  been  sought  out  by  the  ranchers,  and  the  places  once  occupied 
by  the  bees  are  fast  returning  to  the  original  condition. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  173 

CHAPTER  XXXII 

SEMI-TROPIC  FRUITS  IN  ORANGE  COUNTY 

By  C.  P.  Taft 

The  history  of  the  semi-tropic  fruits,  other  than  citrus,  in  Orange  County, 
-^i  quite  similar  in  most  particulars  to  that  of  the  other  counties  of  Southern 
California.  The  first  Spanish  settlers  introduced  little  that  is  still  of  especial 
value,  except  the  Mission  olive  and  grape,  and  there  are  yet  some  trees  and  vines 
in  existence  once  planted  by  the  padres.  Other  and  better  varieties  have  prac- 
tically superseded  .them,  and  there  are  numerous  vineyards  and  olive  orchards 
which  are  profitable,  but  not  to  an  extent  to  induce  very  extensive  further  planting. 

Of  more  recent  introduction,  if  not  yet  of  equal  value,  and  quite  successfully 
grown,  are  the  avocado,  or  alligator  pear,  feijoa,  many  kinds  of  guavas,  the 
loquat,  cherimoya,  persimmon,  pomegranate  and  sapota.  When  Orange  County 
was  first  organized  the  persimmon,  pomegranate  and  cherimoya  were  known 
to  a  slight  extent,  planted  by  a  few  of  the  more  enterprising  citizens,  and  there 
are  today  in  Anaheim,  Orange,  Santa  Ana,  Tustin  and  vicinity  some  specimens 
of  each  which  are  approximately  thirty  years  old.  The  avocado,  carissa,  feijoa 
and  sapota,  in  the  county,  are  in  a  few  cases  over  twelve  years  of  age. 

While  other  semi-tropical  trees  and  plants  have  been  tried,  it  is  the  very 
fare  exception  that  any  have  consented  to  live  even  a  year,  and  only  those  men- 
tioned above  have  been  sufficiently  enduring  and  prolific  to  result  in  or  to  justify 
extensive .  propagation.  For  instance,  the  banana,  pineapple,  eugenia,  mango, 
papaya,  etc.,  have  been  repeatedly  tried,  but  as  yet  without  satisfactory  results, 
though  it  is  not  impossible  that  among  the  multitude  of  varieties  of  these  fruits, 
there  may  yet  be  found  some  which  will  prove  themselves  adapted  to  this  region. 
In  fact,  the  avocado,  which  is  now  so  full  of  promise,  was  long  regarded  as  of 
very  dubious  value.  The  first  trees  grew  well  indeed,  but  bearing  only  in  the 
rarest  instances. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  enter  upon  a  detailed  description  of  each  of  these  fruits, 
such  as  may  be  found  in  almost  all  first-class  nursery  catalogues,  but  mention  may 
he  made  in  a  general  way  of  their  special  development. 

The  loquat  is  in  a  way  the  most  characteristic  fruit  of  Orange  County,  for 
it  is  here  that  it  has  been  most  highly  developed,  and  so  far  as  yet  ascertained, 
has  reached  a  perfection  unknown  elsewhere,  not  only  in  California,  but  in  the 
world.  .  At  any  rate,  as  a  result  of  new  varieties  originated  here.  Orange  County 
has  the  largest  and  best  loquat  orchards.  Approximately  from  one  hundred  to 
one  hundred  fifty  tons  are  marketed  annually.  Relatively  this  is  not  a  large 
amount,  to  be  sure,  but  it  is  the  most  and  best  of  any. 

Of  more  recent  introduction,  the  avocado  or  alHgator  pear,  is  by  all  odds 
the  most  desirable  fruit  on  the  list.  Attention  has  been  especially  called  to  prove 
that  this  superb  and  fascinating  fruit  can  be  grown  in  many  portions  of  Orange 
County  with  great  success.  It  is  not  unlikely  that  there  will  soon  be  extensive 
development  of  this  industry,  rivalling  the  orange;  it  may  be,  in  value  and  acreage. 
Excellent  and  prolific  varieties  have  been  established  and  orchards  of  budded 
trees  are  making  their  appearance.  There  is  every  reason  for  believing,  that  by 
proper  selection  of  varieties,  the  avocado  may  be  made  to  mature  fruit  every 
month  of  the  year  and  be  a  constant  source  of  income  and  gratification.  If  it  is 
so  desired,  the  grower  may  confine  his  attention  to  varieties  ripening  at  such  a 
"time  as  he  may  regard  the  most  profitable  and  market  his  entire  crop  in  a  few 
months. 

Persimmons,  especially  the  Hachiya,'  a  Japanese  variety,  here  attain  a  perfec- 
tion unsurpassed  anywhere.  While  the  market  does  not  as  yet  absorb  a  very 
large  quantity,  th6  demand  is  increasing  and  from  ten  to  twenty  tons  are  mar- 
"keted  from -Orange  County  each  seasorij  at  good  prices:  '  A  limited  nufliiber  of 


174  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

pomegranates  also  find  a  ready  market,  principally  as  a  very  interesting  novelty 
to  tourists,  though  they  are  not  vv^ithout  an  intrinsic  value. 

The  feijoa  sellowiana  is  the  most  recent  introduction  on  the  list  and  has 
not  yet  been  tested  on  the  market,  nearly  all  of  the  fruit  going  to  furnish  seeds 
to  nurserymen  who  wish  to  increase  their  stock.  It  has  a  most  delightful  flavor 
and  perfume,  as  well  as  unusually  excellent  keeping  qualities.  It  ripens  in  Novem- 
ber and  December,  at  a  time  when  fruit  begins  to  be  scarce.  There  is  no  doubt 
that  it  will  prove  very  profitable  and  should  be  largely  planted. 

Guavas  of  all  kinds  have  their  representative  varieties,  which  find  a  con- 
genial home  in  many  portions  of  the  county  and  ripen  according  to  variety,  at 
all  times  in  the  year.  They  are  mostly  used  to  eat  out  of  hand,  but  the  largest 
and  handsomest  are  principally  used  for  jellies  and  preserves,  for  which  purpose 
they  are  unsurpassed.- 

The  carissa  is  a  thorny  bush,  bearing  an  abundance  of  fragrant  blossoms, 
more  or  less  bright  red,  and  very  handsome  fruits,  which  can  be  used  for  sauces 
much  like  the  cranberry.  The  sapota  is  a  large  handsome  tree,  bearing  somewhat 
fitfully,  a  considerable  quantity  of  yellowish-green  fruit  about  the  size  of  a  peach. 
Occasionally  one  finds  a  desirable  variety,  but  most  of  the  trees  bear  relatively 
poor  fruit.  The  time  for  ripening  is  October,  when  other  fruits  are  plentiful,  and 
this  puts  it  at  a  disadvantage.  Thus  it  is  not  likely  that  even  the  best  varieties 
will  ever  be  much  grown.  The  carissa,  however,  may  develop  into  something  more 
than  a  successful  curiosity. 


During  the  nine  years  since  the  foregoing  description  of  "semi-tropic  fruits" 
was  written,  the  status  of  the  less  grown  fruits  in  Qrange  County  has  changed 
relatively  little.  The  avocado  continues  to  take  the  lead  and  considerable  planting 
has  been  done  in  spite  of  some  drawbacks  from  frost,  which  injured  some  trees 
and  nursery  stock  in  the  more  exposed  situations.  New  varieties  from  Guate- 
mala, by  Mr.  E.  E.  Knight  of  Yorba  Linda,  have  proved  quite  adaptable  and 
prolific,  one,  the  "Linda,"  having  fruits  weighing  from  two  to  four  pounds  or 
more  each.  Other  new  kinds  furnished  by  the  department  of  agriculture,  also 
from  Guatemala,  are  being  tested.  Individual  trees  of  the  older  planting  have 
established  new  and  remarkable  records  for  productiveness,  notably  the  "Taft," 
which  produced  over  five  hundred  dollars'  worth  of  fruits  in  1917  and  over  six 
hundred  dollars'  worth  in  1919.  The  "Sharpless"  tree,  owned  by  B.  H.  Sharpless 
of  Tustin,  has  done  equally  well.  Both  are  among  the  oldest  trees  in  the  county, 
and  they  give  some  idea  of  what  to  expect  when  trees  of  later  planting  attain 
bearing  age. 

_  The  persimmon  has  advanced  considerably  in  the  estimation  of  the  public, 
which  now  takes  all  that  are  offered  it  at  very  good  prices.  There  has  been  and 
is  a  good  demand  for  trees,  more  than  exhausting  the  entire  available  supply  of 
nursery  stock,  of  which  there  bids  fair  to  be  a  shortage  for  several  years.  In 
Orange  County  the  Hachiya,  which  is  the  best  commercial  variety,  has  rarely 
been  known  to  fail  after  the  trees  have  reached  the  full-bearing  age,  which  is 
about  eight  years  from  planting.  On  the  oldest  trees  the  production  amounts  to 
400  pounds  or  more  annually. 

Among  the  feijoas  new  varieties  have  been  developed,  which  are  not  only 
larger,  but  extend  the  season  -so  that  it  now  lasts  from  September  to  December 
inclusive,  and  the  fruit  is  in  increasing  demand,  not  only  for  immediate  con- 
sumption, but  for  preserves. 

The  jujube,  a  recent  introduction  by  the  department  of  agriculture,  is  proving 
very  well  suited  to  this  section,  being  both  a  vigorous  grower  and  very  prolific 
It  IS  likely  in  due  time  to  take  place  among  the  standard  fruits  of  Orange 
County.  ° 

Originating  in  this  county,  a  seedless  sapota  is  the  latest  novelty  to  attract 
the  attention  of  horticulturists.     In  addition  to  its  seedlessness  it  has  other  very 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  175 

surprising  characteristics,  and  it  may  be  heard  from  again.     The  original  tree 
has  only  lately  reached  the  bearing  stage;  it  is  very  prolific. 

Jis  one  object  of  this  article  is  to  show  what  semi-tropical  fruits  can  be 
grown  with  confidence  and  profit,  and  what  are  at  best  only  experiments,  we 
will  recapitulate:  The  avocado,  loquat  and  feijoa  are  very  desirable  and  may  be 
grown  extensively  with  good  results  financially.  The  persimmon  and  pomegranate 
also  are  reasonably  desirable.  The  carissa  and  sajwta  should  only  meet  with  indi- 
vidual favor  and  a  few  specimens  be  grown  in  every  collection. 


CHAPTER  XXXIII 
THE  ENGLISH  WALNUT  INDUSTRY 

What  is  generally  called  the  English  walnut  in  this  country  should  more 
properly  be  called  the  Persian  walnut.  Its  scientific  name  is  Juglans  Regia.  Be- 
cause of  its  thin  shell  and  rich  flavor  it  has  been  grown  in  the  old  world  for 
many  centuries.  In  America,  however,  it  has  not  been  very  successfully  grown 
except  in  parts  of  California.  Not  every  kind  of  soil  and  climate,  even  in  Cali- 
fornia, is  suitable  for  securing  the  best  results.  The  walnut  requires  a  deep, 
rich  loam,  or  even  adobe  soil,  free  from  hardpan  or  standing  water  within  reach 
of  the  roots.  It  also  requires  a  mild  and  equable  climate,  such  as  is  found  in  the 
southern  part  of  the  state  near  the  coast. 

More  than  a  third  of  a  century's  experiments  seem  to  have  demonstrated 
that  the  best  conditions  for  the  successful  growing  of  walnuts  are  found  in  Orange, 
Los  Angeles,  Ventura  and  Santa  Barbara  counties.  The  tree  does  not  do  well 
farther  up  the  coast,  while  in  the  hot  valleys  of  the  interior  it  grows  to  an 
enormous  size,  but  produces  few  nuts  and  those  of  an  inferior  quality. 

All  the  early  planting  of  walnuts,  both  in  Europe  and  the  United  States, 
was  done  with  seedlings,  and  even  now  many  such  trees  are  planted,  either 
to  save  the  expense  or  because  grafted  trees  are  not  always  available.  Many 
prefer  the  seedlings,  for  the  results  secured  are  as  satisfactory,  when  they  have 
been  bred  up  to  a  high  standard,  as  those  obtained  from  the  grafted  stock. 
However,  many  growers  prefer  the  grafted  stock.  According  to  some  authorities, 
the  Mayette  type  is  not  profitable  and  is  only  suited  for  high  altitudes.  Experi- 
ments show  that  these  foreign  walnuts  do  not  grow  as  vigorously  when  grafted 
upon  roots  of  their  own  species  as  they  do  on  some  of  the  American  species. 

Professor  Van  Deman,  in  an  article  in  the  Rural  New  Yorker,  says  there 
are  four  species  of  native  walnuts,  Juglans  nigra,  Juglans  cinerea,  Juglans 
rupestris  and  Juglans  Californica,  upon  all  of  which  he  has  experimented,  and 
he  prefers  the  latter  two,  which  are  very  much  alike.  Prof.  W.  J.  Clarke,  in 
the  CaHfornia  Fruit  Grower,  says:  "The  native  black  walnuts,  strong,  vigorous 
growers  and  self-adapted  to  the  different  climatic  and  soil  conditions  of  the  state, 
should  be  used  as  stocks  upon  which  to  graft  or  bud  the  less  vigorous  European 
varieties  and  their  seedling  progeny." 

The  seed  nuts  are  carefully  selected  from  trees  bearing  the  largest  nuts 
of  the  desired  variety  and  planted  in  layering  beds,  the  soil  of  which  is  composed 
of  equal  portions  of  sand  and  loam  well  mixed.  The  nuts  are  spread  evenly 
over  the  beds  and  covered  to  a  depth  of  two  inches  with  the  same  kind  of  soil. 
This  layering  is  done  in  the  latter  part  of  the  winter  and  the  beds  kept  moist 
until  the  nuts  germinate.  As  soon  as  the  nuts  crack  open  and  the  caulicle  or 
root-stem  appears,  the  nuts  are  transplanted  to  the  nursery  row,  care  being  taken 
not  to  injure  the  caulicle.  They  are  replanted  two  inches  deeper  than  before 
to  allow  for  settling  of  the  dirt,  and  about  four  or  five  feet  apart  in  rows  at 
least  thirty  inches  from  each  other,  the  soil  having  been  prepared  for  their 
reception.  Constant  attention  with  the  judicious  use  of  water  and  the  necessary 
cultivation  bring  forward  the  little  plants  until  large  enough  to  bud  or  graft  to 
the  desired  variety. 


176  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

If,  however,  an  orchard  of  seedlings  is  wanted,  the  right  variety  of  nuts 
is  selected  for  planting  and  the  budding  or  grafting  dispensed  with.  One  suc- 
cessful grower,  George  W.  Ford,  of  Santa  Ana,  took  his  selected  nuts,  when 
the  time  came,  in  April,  for  planting,  put  them  in  barrels  and  covered  with 
water,  letting  them  soak  for  forty-eight  hours.  The  water  was  drained  off  and 
the  nuts  spread  evenly  over  a  surface  and  covered  with  wet  sacks  for  another 
forty-eight  hours,  during  which  time  they  crack  open  and  sprouts  show,  then 
they  were  set  out  in  prepared  beds,  five  feet  apart,  and  were  kept  well  irrigated. 
The  nursery  stock  is  usually  one,  two  or  three  years  old  when  transplanted 
to  the  orchard.  The  prevailing  price  for  seedlings  in  1910  was  from  ten  to 
thirty  cents  apiece,  while  the  grafted  trees  usually  cost  from  fifty  cents  to  $1.25 
each,  or  at  the  rate  of  ten  cents  per  foot  in  height.  On  rich,  heavy  soil  the 
trees  are  planted  forty-five  or  fifty  feet  apart;  but  on  lighter  soil  they  are  fre- 
quently planted  forty  feet  apart. 

The  quantity  of  water  used  in  irrigating  the  trees,  the  number  of  times 
and  the  best  season  of  the  year  to  make  the  application,  are  questions  that 
every  grower  determines  for  himself  by  observation  and  experience.  There  is 
more  or  less  variation  in  the  seasons  and  different  kinds  of  soil  require  different 
kinds  of  treatment.  As  a  general  rule  no  more  water  is  applied  than  is  neces- 
sary to  keep  the  trees  in  a  thrifty  condition.  More  than  enough  increases  the 
expense  and  injures  the  trees  and  soil.  On  good  walnut  land,  in  seasons  of 
average  rainfall,  one  irrigation  each  year  is  all  that  is  generally  given. 

Mr.  Ford  stated  that  he  had  not  plowed  his  walnut  orchard  for  fifteen  years. 
His  production  from  283  trees  in  1909  was  28,040  pounds,  for  which  he  received 
twelve  and  a  half  cents,  orchard  run.  Some  of  his  trees  yielded  300  pounds 
each.  They  weighed  sixty-eight  pounds  to  the  sack.  In  1910  the  crop  weighed 
fifty-eight  pounds  to  the  sack  and  he  received  fourteen  cents  orchard  run  for  the 
crop.  By  careful  experiment  he  had  found  that  a  "plow-hardpan"  is  formed  by 
cultivating,  and  also  that  it  breaks  off  the  small  shoots  sent  up  by  the  roots  to 
draw  the  necessary  nourishment  from  the  air.  This  retards  the  development 
of  the  tree  to  some  extent,  besides  the  nut  is  not  as  perfect.  He  had  planted  his 
trees  the  ordinary  distance  apart,  but  by  cutting  out  every  other  tree,  found  his 
yield  much  greater. 

The  California  Walnut  Growers'  Association  quoted  the  following  prices  in 
1918: 

No.  1  soft  shell •. 28      cents 

No.  2  soft  shell 25       cents 

Fancy  budded  31^  cents 

Standard  budded   29  .    cents 

Jumbos    31^  cents 

The  value  of  the  1919  crop  for  Orange  County  was  estimated  at  $5,750,000. 
The  monthly  bulletin  of  the  State  Commission  of  Horticulture  for  April, 
1919,  says :  "More  walnuts  are  raised  in  California  than  in  any  other  state  or 
country  in  the  world."  Table  XI  in  the  same  bulletin  gives  the  acreage  and 
production  of  walnuts  by  counties  in  1909  and  1918.  The  figures  for  the  latter 
year  only  are  quoted  and  for  those  counties  only  that  produce  a  million  or  more 
pounds  of  nuts,  as  follows : 

Acres  in      Average  Pounds     Production 
County  •  Bearing  per  Acre  in  Pounds 

Los  Angeles 15,572  757  11  794  000 

Of-ange^-- 12,350  1,283  15;849;000 

Santa   Barbara    4,500  789  3  551 QOO 

Zt^'^^'J^ •  •  • ^^'^^"^  6^^  7;688>00 

The  State   ••••;•••. •■ 48,520  829  40,230,680 

Let  the  people  of  Orange  County  rejoice  and  be  glad  that  California  pro- 
duces more  walnuts  than  any  other  state  or  country  in  the  world,  and  that  Orange 
County  produces  sixty-two  per  cent  more  of  nuts  per  acre  than  Santa  Barbara 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNfTY  177 

County,  its  nearest  competitor,  and  thirty-four  per  cent  larger  crop  than  Los 
Angeles  County,  its  n,earest  competitor  in  quantity,  notwithstanding  its  twenty-six 
per  cent  less  acres  in  bearing. 


CHAPTER  XXXIV 

FARM  BUREAU  REPORT 

By  Harold  E.  Wahlberg 

The  Orange  County  Farm  Bureau  is  just  now  closing  its  second  year,  which 
has  been  one  of  numerous  activities  and  county-wide  interest.  Although  located  . 
in  a  county  of  intensive  agricultural  industry,  a  county  well  supplied  with  numer- 
ous other  organizations,  marketing,  political,  social  and  others,  this  infant  organ- 
ization has  made  noteworthy  strides  notwithstanding.  At  the  time  of  the  last 
annual  report  the  membership  of  the  County  Farm  Bureau  of  Orange  County 
numbered  704.  During  the  past  year  several  have  fallen  out,  and  still  more 
liave  been  added,  making  a  total  at  this  writing  of  827.  This  membership  is  dis- 
tributed throughout  the  county  among  thirteen  Farm  Centers,  as  follows : 

Anaheim   73  La  Habra 83 

Buena    Park    76  San   Juan   Capistrano 23 

El  Modena    30  Tustin   65 

Fullerton    108  Villa  Park   61 

Garden  Grove   - Ti  West   Orange    39 

Harper    66  W'intersburg    51 

Yorba  Linda 79 

During  the  early  part  of  the  present  year  a  systematic  membership  cam- 
paign was  conducted  under  the  leadership  of  the  Farm  Advisor,  assisted  by 
membership  committees  in  each  of  the  Centers.  It  is  planned  to  have  another 
membership  drive  in  the  early  part  of  next  year,  with  the  end  in  view  of  doubling 
the  present  membership. 

Owing  to  the  fact  that  the  Farm  Bureau  has  been  a  new  organization  in 
the  county,  and  owing  to  the  large  number  of  other  organizations  and  attrac- 
tions «vhich  exist  in  this  highly  developed  community,  the  Farm  Bureau  found 
existence  in  its  early  history  rather  doubtful  but,  with  the  cooperation  of  a 
strong  Board  of  Directors,  who  have  encouraged  the  Farm,  Advisor  from  the 
very  beginning,  the  institution  has  made  great  strides  during  the  past  year, 
and  has  established  for  itself  a  permanent  home  in  the  hearts  and  needs  of  the 
farmers  of  the  county.  There  has  been  a  continuous  and  untiring  campaign 
of  education  to  bring  the  farmer  of  this  highly  developed  county  to  the  appre- 
ciation of  his  need  of  such  an  organization  as  represented  by  the  Farm  Bureau, 
but  now  that  it  has  established  a  firm  foothold,  there  is  no  doubt  in  the  minds 
of  the  officers  of  the  organization  that  the  Farm  Bureau  will  become  stronger 
year  by  year,  and  become  the  organization  through  which  the  farmers  of  the 
county  will  obtain  their  due  representation  and  voice  their  sentiments  as  they 
have  never  been,  able  to  do  before.  Especially,  with  the  organization  of  a 
State  Farm  Bureau  Federation,  do  the  Farm  Bureau  members  feel  that  their 
organization  in  this  county,  as  well  as  throughout  the  state,  is  going  to  help  solve 
the  large  problems  and  issues  facing  agricultural  interests,  and  it  is  this  one 
step  in  the  experience  and  development  of  the  Farm  Bureau  work  that  we  feel 
will  insure  the  permanency  of  the  organization.  Its  mission  as  far  as  Orange 
County  is  concerned  will  be  to  take  up  the  larger  issues  of  legislation  and  repre- 
sentation among  the  other  great  classes  of  the  state  and  nation.  It  is  on  this 
strong  argument,  as  well  as  the  projection  of  local  county  projects,  that  the  next 
campaign  for  membership  will  be  based. 

The  average  farmer  of  this  county  is  a  man  of  education  and  business  ability, 
especially  among  the  citrus  growers,  where  we  find  a  large  percentage  of  doctors. 


178  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

educators  and  professional  men,  and  necessarily  the  Farm  Bureau  has  been 
called  upon  to  present  highly  specialized  subjects  in  its  monthly  meetings,  and 
for  this  reason  it  is  most  urgent  that  the  University,  the  Experiment  Station  and 
the  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture  be  called  upon  to  meet  this  specialized 
demand.  It  is  not  possible  for  the  County  Agent  to  become  so  specialized  in  all 
the  industries  of  the  county,  which  include  orange  growing,  lemon  growing,  sugar 
beet,  bean  and  truck  crop  growing,  besides  the  many  other  highly  specialized 
minor  industries  which  have  developed  in  the  county.  In  order  to  do  justice  to  the 
work,  therefore,  the  Farm  Advisor  deems  it  necessary  to  meet  these  special 
demands  by  calling  upon  experts  of  the  various  state  and  government  depart- 
ments,, which  is  a  condition  that  has  to  be  met  by  most  of  the  southern  counties 
of , this  state  where  the  crops  grown  are  §0  highly  ;specialized. 

Agriculturally  speaking,  Orange  County  may  be  divided  into  two  main 
sections;  the  northern  third  specializes  almost  entirely,  on  citrus  fruits  and 
walnuts,'  while  the  southern  two-thirds  is  devoted  to :  growing  beans,  ;sugar 
beets,  grains,  as  well  as  dairying.  :  As  far  as  the  Farm  Bureau  is  concerned 
with  relation  of  these  two  divisions,  the  interests  and  demands  on' the  Farm 
Advisor  of  these  respective  parts  are  widely  different,  and  it  has  been  his  aim 
to  meet  them  accordingly.  ;  ■ 

The  high  values  of  farming  lands  of  this  county,  ranging  from  $200  to  $5,000 
per  acre,  make  intensive  farming  necessary.  Double  cropping  is  the  general  rule 
on  most  of  the  lands  devoted  to  annual  crops.  The  citrus  sections  present  many 
highly  specialized  problems,-  including  soil  fertilizers,  control  of  tree  diseases, 
including  gummosis,  scaly  bark,  oak  rot  fungus;  control  of  orchard  insects  and 
pests,  irrigation,  drainage,  cover  cropping,  pruning,  rejuvenation  of  old  trees, 
bud  selection  and  numerous  other  phases.  The  Farm  Bureau  is  endeavoring  to 
meet  these  problems  every  day  by  educational  meetings,  field  demonstrations  and 
personal  visits  to  the  farm. 

In  the  southern  farming  section  a  wide  range  of  conditions  and  problems 
confronts  the  farmer,  the  most  important  Of  which  are  alkali  reclamation,  drain- 
age, irrigation,  moisture  conservation,  soil  and  crop  tests,  seed  selection  and  weed 
eradication.  Like  other  counties  in  this  portion  of  the  state,  Orange  County 
presents  agricultural  problems  of  more  or  less  local  character.  Projects  which 
are  proposed  for  general  California  conditions  are  not  in  main  applicable  to 
our  local  conditions.  For  example,  our  climatic  and  moisture  conditions  do 
not  favor  the  growing  of  wheat;  stock  raising  is  carried  on  in  a  very  limited 
way;  sheep  and  hogs  have  not  found  much  favor  because  of  the  scarcity  of 
feed,  =  as  well  as  higher  returns  brought  by  other  crops.  On  the  other  hand, 
any  project  relating  to  the  increase  of  citrus  yields,  bean  or  beet  crops,  have 
received  the  heartiest  reception. 

The  Farm  Bureau  and  the  Farm  Advisor  are  endeavoring  to  cooperate 
with  all  the  farm  industries  of  the  county,  bringing  to  their  attention  the  latest 
information  on  the  various  projects  involved.  This  is  being  done  by  means  of 
practical  field  demonstrations,  showing  the  application  of  methods,  or  results 
brought  about  by  scientific  application.  Excursions  have  been  a  popular  means 
of  bringing  the  Orange  CoUnty  farmer  in  touch  with  the  best  agricultural  prac- 
tices. The  Farm  Bureau  has  conducted  several  excursions  to  the  Citrus  Experi- 
ment Station  at  Riverside,  as  well  as  local  county  excursions  pointing  out  the 
best  practices  of  practical  farmers. 

Another  educational  feature  of  the  Farm  Bureau  work  is  the  -publication  of 
a  Farm  Bureau  Weekly,  which  is  incorporated  in  the  largest  paper  in  the  county. 
During  the  first  year,  the  Farm  Bureau  issued  a  standard  sized  Farm  Bureau 
Monthly,  which  reached  only  the  membership  of  the  Farm  Bureau.  In  order 
to  bring  the  purpose  of  this  organization  before  a  larger  number  of  readers, 
the  Board  of  Directors  proposed  a  plan  of  supplying  agricultural  news  items. 
Farm  Bureau  write-ups  and  other  material  of  special  interest  to  the  farmers  of 
the  county,  to  the  management  of  the  Santa  Ana  Register,  which  has  the  largest 


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circjjlation  of  the  county,  approximately  6,000  subscribers.  By  incorporating 
the  Farm  Bureau  news  in  this  paper  each  Wednesday  of  the  week,  the  Directors 
of  the  Farm  Bureau  feel  that  the  Farm  Bureau  will  get  a  much  larger  oublicity 
for  information  which  it  can  disseminate,  which  will  be  of  greater  influence 
throughout  the  county,  resulting  from  the  increased  circulation. 

From  time  to  time  the  County  Itinerants,  are  called  together  by  the  Farm 
Advisor  for  the  purpose  of  discussing  the  correlation  of  t:he,  various  depart- 
ments. These  conferences  include  the  County  Horticultural  Commissioner, 
County  Librarian,  County  School  Superihtendent,  Forest  Supervisor,  County 
Sealer  of  Weights  and  the  Farm  Advisor.  The  County  Horticultural  Commis- 
sioner and  the  County  Farm  Advisor  have  cooperated  yer}'  closely  with  the 
extension  of  their  work  throughout  the  county,  inasmuch  as  a  large  portion  of 
the  work  of  the  Farm  Advisor  is  with  the  horticultural  interests  of  the  county. 

When  the  Pacific  Telephone  Company  raised  its  rates  in  ]\Iarch  arjd  May, 
1919,  and  also  discontinued  the  free  toll  service  between  nearby  towns,  tjhe  Farm 
Bureau  initiated  a  movement  to  organize  a  county-wide  mutual  telephone  associa- 
tion, through  which  they  hoped  to  lower  the  rates,  get  more  satisfactory  service, 
and  give  a  county-wide  free  toll  exchange.  After  considerable  agitation  through 
the  Farm  Centers  of  the  county,  committees  were  appointed  representing  each 
district  to  work  out  a  plan  of  organization.  They  soon  got  the  business  men  of 
the  county  interested  in  this  movement  and,  together  with  the  Associated  Cham- 
bers of  Commerce,  the  Farm  Bureau  has  appointed  an  Executive  Committee  and 
retained  attorneys,  who  have  obtained  a. state  charter  and  county  franchise  for 
the  organization  of  a  county  mutual  telephone  association.  The  name  of  this 
organization  is  known  as  the  "Farmers  and  Merchants  Association."  The  com- 
mittee has  had  to  surmount  many  obstacles  during  tlie'year  in  order  to  meet  the 
opposition  created  by  the  telephone  monopolists  and  the  Railroad  Comriiission, 
•  but  it  feels  now  that  it  has  progressed  far  enough  along  to  start  actual  construc- 
tion and  operation.  According  to  present  plans  the  first  unit  of  the  exchange  will 
be  constructed  at  Garden  Grove.  The  Farm  Center  of  Garden  Grove  is  raising 
funds  for  the  construction  of  this  unit.  It  is  expected  that  this  will  be  extended 
over  the  entire  county.  The  committees  have  worked  out  a  feasible  plan  of 
finance,  which  may  be  paid  out  in  monthly  installments  by  the  telephone  users. 
When  the  organization  and  construction  have  been  completed  there  will  be 
approximately  10,000  phones  in  the  system. 

As  was  reported  in  the  last  annual  report  of  the  Farm  Advisor,  considerable 
effort  had  been  made  by  the  Farm  Bureau  in  proposing  legislation  for  the  con- 
servation of  large  quantities  of  water  which  are  being  annually  wasted  through 
the  artesian  belts  of  Orange  County  and  other  artesian  sections  of  the  state.  The 
legislative  committee  of  the  Farm  Bureau  compiled  a  bill,  with  the  assistance  of 
its  attorneys,  which  was  presented  by  the  assemblyman  of  this  district,  referred 
to  the  conservation  committee  of  both  the  House  and  the  Senate,  and  brought 
On  the  legislative  floors  several  times  during  the  session  of  the  last  legislature. 
The  Farm  Bureau  sent  delegations  to  Sacramento  to  work  in  the  interests  of 
this  conservation  law,  Assembly  Bill  No.  6,  but  were  met  with  a  strong  lobby 
from  the  opposing  elements,  backed  by  the  wealthy  gun  clubs  of  the  state.  The 
bill  met  with  a  defeat  of  forty-two  to  twenty-five.  This  defeat,  however,  has 
only  increased  the  determination  of  the  Farm  Bureau  members  of  this  county 
to  see  the  same  law  through  at  the  next  legislature,  and  experience  during  the 
past  year  will  give  them  better  preparation  for  a  continued  fight.  It  is  expected 
that  this  will  be  one  of  the  issues  taken  up  by  the  legislative  committee  of  the 
State  Federation  of  Farm  Bureaus,  as  it  is  one  of  paramount  importance  in  the 
arid  regions  of  this  state  where  water  is  of  such  high  value  and  importance. 

A  movement  is  on  foot  at  the  present  time  by  agricultural  interests  of 
the  southern  counties  for  the  conservation  of  winter  precipitation  and  the  protec- 
tion of  the  watersheds  from  which  the  irrigation  water  from  our  rivers  and  the 
underground  strata  originate.    The  Farm  Bureau  is  lending  its  moral  and  finan- 


180  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

cial  assistance  with  the  other  organizations  of  the  county  in  bringing  about  a 
practical  plan  of  conserving  and  storing  the  winter  waters  by  means  of  retaining 
dams  and  reforestation.  This  is  one  of  the  vital  issues  before  the  county  at  the 
present  time. 

Realizing  the  need  of  better  transportation  facilities,  and  the  great  demand 
that  the  future  will  make  on  eastern  shipments,  the  farmers  of  the  county,  includ- 
ing the  membership  of  the  Farm  Bureau,  have  assisted  materially  in  passing  the 
recent  County  Bond  Issue  for  the  purpose  of  developing  Newport  Harbor,  the 
water  shipping  point  of  Orange  County.  Citrus  associations  and  other  marketing 
associations  of  the  county  are  planning  an  immense  development  in  eastern  ship- 
ments of  fruits,  walnuts,  beans  and  other  products.  With  the  development  of  the 
local  harbor,  direct  steamer  shipments  can  be  made  from  this  county  to  ea.stern 
points  through  the  Panama  Canal. 

Considerable  educational  work  through  the  Farm  Centers  of  the  fruit  sections 
has  been  given  for  the  purpose  of  acquainting  the  producer  with  the  require- 
ments of  the  new  standardization  fruit  law  which  specifies  the  quality  of  all  fruits 
as  to  color,  ripeness,  blemishes,  size,  etc.  This  law  was  created  for  the  purpose 
of  putting  a  better  quality  of  fruit  on  the  market,  and  protecting  the  consumer. 
The  grower  is  given  a  standard  to  go  by,  and  in  most  cases  he  will  get  a  better 
price  for  his  product,  although  there  will  be  more  waste  than  under  the  old 
system.     However,  this  waste  may  be  utilized  for  by-products. 

During  the  year  a  systematic  Rodent  Control  campaign  was  carried  on  by 
the  Horticultural  Commissioner,  cooperating  with  the  Farm  Centers  located  in 
the  general  farming  and  grain  sections.  Considerable  publicity  work  was  carried 
on  by  the  Farm  Bureau,  and  quantities  of  poison  sold  through  this  office.  As  a 
result  the  squirrel  pest  has  been  greatly  decreased.  The  campaign  has  been  very 
efficient  and  many  thousands  of  dollars'  worth  of  crops  saved  as  a  result. 

There  are  now  about  ten  boys'  clubs  in  the  county  under  the  direct  supervision 
of  Smith-Lever  Agricultural  teachers  of  the  high  schools.  Several  more  clubs 
are  contemplated  for  the  coming  year.  These  clubs  are  located  at  Huntington 
Beach  and  Fullerton.  During  the  past  year  the  Huntington  Beach  club  boys  have 
been  raising  pure-bred  hogs  very  successfully.  In  some  instances  they  have 
taken  the  lead  in  hog  raising  in  the  neighborhood.  The  Fullerton  clubs  have 
just  been  organized,  and  it  is  expected  that  they  will  take  up  pure-bred  hog  raising 
and  home  gardens.  Two  boys  were  sent  to  the  State  Conference  of  Agricultural 
Clubs  at  Davis  in  October.  We  have  found  that  parents  have  become  interested 
in  Farm  Bureau  work  through  the  boys  who  participated  in  agricultural  club 
work.  By  extension  of  agricultural  club  work  in  the  countv  it  is  hoped  to  influ- 
ence a  larger  Farm  Bureau  membership.  The  club  boys,  during  the  year,  have 
participated  in  a  number  of  agricultural  exhibits,  .showing  the  products  of  their 
work.     The  future  for  the  club  work  in  Orange  County  looks  very  bright. 

The  Farm  Advisor  has  assisted  seventy-two  boys  in  growing  home  gardens. 
A  Home  Garden  Campaign  was  started  through  the  schools  in  the  county  in  the 
early  part  of  this  year.  The  agricultural  teachers  in  charge  have  asked  the  direct 
cooperation  of  the  Farm  Advisor.  Seventy-two  gardens  were  carried  throuo-h 
the  year.  In  some  cases  the  boys  or  girls  keeping  these  gardens  realized  fair 
profits,  which  have  encouraged  the  work  more  than  any  other  feature  in  its 
connection.  Another  Home  Garden  Campaign  is  being  outlined  by  the  Farm 
Advisor  and  the  agricultural  teachers  in  the  county  for  the  ensuing  year. 

During  the  year  the  Farm  Bureau  has  participated  in  two  fairs,  the  Orange 
County  Fair  at  Huntington  Beach  and  the  Southern  California  Fair  at  Rivet- 
side.  At  both  of  these  fairs,  booths  were  maintained  by  the  Farm  Bureau,  giving 
information  concerning  the  agricultural  extension  work  in  the  county  and  offering 
information  to  the  many  farmers  calling  at  the  booth.  This  feature  has  proven 
to  be  not  only  of  educational  value  to  the  farmer,  but  also  has  meant  consider- 
able publicity  for  the  Farm  Bureau.  The  Directors  have  approved  of  making 
this  a  permanent,  annual  event. 


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A  large  area  of  the  agricultural  lands  of  the  southern  and  western  part  of 
the  county  is  subject  to  the  rise  of  alkaline  salts  and  high  water  table.  The 
Farm  Bureau  has  pointed  out  the  best  methods  of  meeting  this  situation  through 
the  installation  of  drainage  systems.  Numerous  Center  meetings  have  been  de- 
voted to  the  discussion  of  drainage,  special  meetings  have  been  called,  commit- 
tees appointed,  and  as  a  result  four  districts  are  in  process  of  organization, 
namely:  Buena  Park,  Cypress,  Buaro  and  Garden  Grove.  The  Farm  Advisor 
has  called  upon  the  Division  of  Soil  Technology  of  the  University  for  informa- 
tion and  assistance  in  the  organization  of  these  districts,  to  which  this  department 
very  nicely  responded.  The  acreages  involved  in  the  above  districts  are  as 
follows:  Buena  Park,  8,000  acres;  Cypress,  4,000  acres;  Buaro,  1,000  acres; 
Garden  Grove,  4,000  acres. 

Orange  County  is  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the  state  for  drainage  work,  there 
being  already  six  or  seven  drainage  districts  in  operation.  With  the  intensive 
use  of  irrigation  waters  over  the  large  areas  in  this  county,  the  need  of  drainage 
would  become  more  and  more  imperative.  Investigational  data  taken  in  several 
districts  of  the  county  show  that  the  surface  water  table  is  gradually  rising,  and  as 
a  consequence  the  alkaline  salts  are  accumulating  in  great  quantities  year  by 
year.  In  order  to  establish  a  permanent  form  of  agriculture  in  the  irrigated  dis- 
tricts, the  Farm  Bureau  is  endeavoring  to  emphasize  the  use  of  drains  for  the 
carrying  off  of  excessive  waters  and  carrying  away  the  alkaline  salts  in  solution. 
Drainage  has  been  one  of  the  strong  projects  of  the  Farm  Bureau,  which  is  justi- 
fying its  existence  and  showing  the  farmer  the  benefits  which  might  be  derived 
from  .such  an  organization.  It  is  the  accomplishment  of  practical  projects  of 
this  kind  that  will  bring  the  Farm  Bureau  closer  to  the  practical  farmer. 

With  the  rising  values  of  land  in  the  Huntington  Beach  Mesa  District,  the 
farmers  and  property  owners  there  have  come  to  see  the  need  of  more  intensive 
farming  operations,  but  in  order  to  bring  this  about  they  see  the  necessity  of  a 
better  irrigation  system  and  more  water.  At  their  request  the  Farm  Bureau 
has  called  several  meetings  for  the  purpose  of  getting  the  sentiments  of  the  people 
on  the  formation  of  an  Irrigation  District.  A  splendid  source  of  water  has  been 
located  in  the  near  vicinity,  the  water  rights  of  which  have  been  filed  on  by  a 
Farm  Bureau  Committee.  The  district  is  in  the  process  of  organization.  There 
has  been  considerable  opposition  to  the  expense  involved  in  the  construction  of 
an  efficient  distributing  system,  but  it  will  be  only  a  matter  of  time,  after  a 
number  of  educational  meetings,  when  the  farmer  of  this  district  will  come  to 
realize  that  a  nominal  expenditure  per  acre  for  the  development  of  water  on  his 
land  will  pay  interest  in  large  returns,  which  he  is  not  now  enjoying.  This 
district  comprises  approximately  3,000  acres.  There  is  a  supply  of  500  miner's 
inches  that  can  be  used  for  distributing  over  this  system.  The  approximate  cost 
of  construction  will  be  about  $100  per  acre. 

Although  the  grain  industry  is  small  in  Orange  County,  there  is  some 
hazard  from  fire  during  the  dry  season.  There  are  about  20,000  acres  of  barle}' 
and  wheat,  not  to  mention  the  thousands  of  acres  of  grazing  land,  that  need  fire 
protection.  The  Farm  Bureau  is  trying  to  emphasize  the  importance  of  diminish- 
ing this  hazard,  by  providing  efficient  rural  fire  fighting  apparatus  and  establishing 
them  at  strategic  points. 

Besides  the  regular  monthly  Center  meetings  held  at  each  Center,  other 
special  courses  of  meetings  are  planned  for  the  edification  of  certain  special  sub- 
jects. In  February,  1919,  the  Farm  Bureau  cooperated  with  the  State  Depart- 
ment of  Education  in  staging  a  tractor  school  which  operated  three  weeks.  The 
first  two  weeks  were  devoted  to  class  and  shop  instruction,  the  last  week  to  field 
operations.  An  attendance  of  250  enrolled.  A  citrus  and  walnut  growers'  insti- 
tute was  arranged  for  December,  to  occupy  a  week,  and  was  held  at  the  Fullerton 
Union  high  school. 

The  Farm  Advisor  calls  upon  experts  from  the  various  government  and  state 
institutions  to  meet  the  demands  of  the  growers  of  these  specialized  crops.    Dur- 


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ing  the  year  213  meetings  and  demonstrations  were  held,  at  which  11,573  persons 
attended.  Men  from  the  College  of  Agriculture  and  Department  of  Agriculture 
assisted  in  seventy-three  of  these  meetings. 

Seeing  is  believing.  Never  was  this  truer  than  in  its  application  to  Farm. 
Bureau  work.  The  success  of  agricultural  extension  is  in  proportion  tp  the 
number  of  practical  field  demonstrations  which  carry  the  message  home  to  the 
farmer.  With  this  in  view  the  Farm  Advisor  planned  and  conducted  eighty-nine 
fiefcl  demonstrations  during  the  past  year.  Five  thousand  seven  hundred  sixty- 
four  farmers  came  to  these  field  meetings.  As  the  work  progresses  these  meetings 
are  becoming  more  popular,  as  is  shown  by  the  larger  average  attendance  at  dem- 
onstrations this  year  than  last.  Among  the  subjects  taken  up  during  the  year 
were :  ,  . 

Eight  cover  crop  demonstration  plots  were  located  in  the  citrus  belt,  covering 
275  acres.  Five  meetings  were  held  with  an  attendance  of  129.  These  plots  show 
the  effect  of  cover  crops  on  the  physical  condition  of  the  soil,  the  relation  of 
time  of  seeding,  amount  of  seed  and  amount  of  water  used,  to  the  yield. 

The  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry  has  given  assistance  in  diseases  of  the  potato 
and  tomato.  Demonstrations,  showing  the  nature  of  various  diseases,  especially 
the  Mosaic,  Rhizactonia  and  other  fungus, diseases  in  both  crops  have  been  held. 
The  potato  industry  is  very  small  in  the  county,  but  tomato  growing  for  seed 
is  reaching  large  proportions. 

Fusarium  in  peppers  has  been  shown  to  'i)e,a.  soil  disease  requiring  rotation 
of  crops.  This  disease  is  becoming  more  serious  each  year.  The  pepper  acreage 
is  growing — about  6,000  acres  this  year.  ■ 

Bean  seed  selection  is  one  pf  ovir  most  important  projects,  Growers  in  the 
past  have  given  too  little  attention  to  the;  quality  and  pedigree  of  the  seed  from- 
which  they  expect  large  returns.  The  attention  of  the,  farmer  is  being  brought 
to  the  need  of  better  seed,  and  selection  from  vigorous,, prolific, pla.nts. 

A  cow  testing  department  of  the  Bureau  has ,  been  organized.  There  are 
fourteen  members  with  502  cows.  The  cow  fester  visits  and  tests  each  herd  once 
a  month.  The  County  Agent  is  planning  a  series  of  cla,irymen's  meetings  to 
bring  about  a  closer  relationship  between  the  dairies  of  the  county  and  encourage 
the  industry  as  much  as  possible.  The, expansion  of  the  dairy  inditstry  is  "one 
of  the  solutions  of  the  fertilizer  problems  in  the,  citrus  belt.  The  time  is  coming 
when  the  farmer  will  consider  the  stock  farm  a  necessary  ,  adjunct  to  fruit 
growing  more  than  he  appreciates  now. 

Five  commercial  poultry  plants  have  been  located  for  demonstration  pur- 
poses in  the  county  to  cooperate; with  the,, Poultry  Department, of  the  University 
in  keeping  data  as  to  egg  production,  feeds,  etc.  During  the  year  there  have 
been  thirteen  culling  demonstrations.  There  are  11,000  birds  mcluded  in  the 
five  demonstration  plants.  The  poultry  industry  in  the.  county  is  growing  and  is 
deserving  of  considerable  attention  in  the  way  of  flock  improvement.  The  farmers 
are  showing  considerable  interest  in  these  culling  demonstrations,  and  as  a  result 
we  expect  to  improve  the  average  flock  considerably.  Three  poultry  disease 
demonstrations  were  held  at  which  an  expert  from  the  Pathological  Department 
of  the  State  College  of  Agriculture  demonstrated  the  treatment  fof  chicken  pox. 

As  has  been  explained  in  a  former  paragraph,  drainage  is  one  of  the  most 
important  projects  before  the  Farm  Bureau.  Eight  drainage  demonstrations 
have  been  held  and  four  special  meetings.  The  area  in  the  four  drainage  dis- 
tricts under  way  of  organization  is  18,000  acres.  The  Farm  Advisor  has  con- 
tinually emphasized  the  necessity  and  advantage  of  drainage  in  reclaiming  alkaline 
salts,  the  only  practical  means  of  properly  carrying  away  the  salts  from  the  land. 
About  one- fourth  of  the  farm  visits  made  by  the  Farm  Advisor  have  been  in 
relation  to  the  problem  of  reclaiming  alkaline  soils. 

The  economical  use  of  water  and  obtaining  the  maximum  duty  of  irrigation 
water  is  receiving  considerable  attention  from  the  farmer  in  Orange  County. 
Water  is  the  limiting  factor  in  the  production  of  crops  here.    It  is  largely  pumped 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  183 

and  brought  in  through  the  expensive  canal  system,  and  therefore  it  behooves 
the  farmers  to  arrange  it  so  as  to  obtain  its  maximum  duty,  because  of  the  high 
value  of  this  water.  In  many  cases  the  Farm  Advisor  has  tested  soils  for 
moisture  and  found  that  either  too  much  or  too  little  had  been  used,  owing  to  the 
wrong  method  of  irrigation,  or  the  time  allowed  for  irrigation.  The  use  of  a 
soil  auger  has  been  advised  in  every  orchard  visited,  to  determine  the  depth  of 
moisture,  penetration,  and  the  length  of  time  for  each  application.  Four  soil 
moisture  demonstrations  were  held  during  the  year,  at  which  the  use  of  the  soil 
auger,  various  methods  of  water  application^  and  the  time  used  in  running  the 
water  in  furrows  or  checks  were  exemplified. 

With  the  aid  of  the  Farm  Account  Expert  from  the  University,  102  books 
have  been 'started  by  the  Farril  Accountant  or  the  Far  in  AdvisOr  personally.  It 
was  found  that  most  of  the  farniers  of  the' county  are' employing  one  method'or 
another  of  keeping  books,  but  in  most  cases  their  systems  are  niore  complicated 
than  the  one  suggested  by  the  University.  Eight  Farm'  Account  Demonstra- 
tion meetings  were  held  during  the  year,  at  which  the  farmer  was  instructed  in 
the  value  of  bookkeeping  and  the  simplicity  of  the  method  recommended  by 
the  University.  The  Farm  Advisor  expects  to  place  at  least  fifty  books  more 
in  the  county  during  the  next  two  months. 

It  is  becoming  a  fact  now  that  bud  selection  in  trees  is  as  important  as 
cow  testing  in  a  dairy.  The  trees  have  to  be  bred  up  as  well  as  stock,  in  order 
to  obtain  the  best  returns.  The  Farm  Bureau  has  been  alert  to  this  necessity 
and  has  been  guiding  the  orchardist  along  that  line.  Three  orchards  have  been 
located  by  the  Farm  Advisor  for  the  purpose  of  sliowing  the  value  of  hufl  selec- 
tion, marking  trees,  and  tree  performance  records.  The  citrus  men  of  the 
county,  especially,  are  mucl^,. concerned  in  this  project.  In  going  over  the  county, 
we  can  pick  out  one  orchard  after  another  in  which  the  trees  are  not  bringing 
the  desired  returns.  Altliough  every  care  has  been  given  them  in  orchard  man- 
agement they  do  not  respond.  Such  trees  in  most  cases  have  .been,  developed 
from  buds  taken  from  non-bearing  stock.  The  Farm  Bureau  expects  to  cooperate 
with  the  Plant  Physiologist  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  through  the 
coming  year  arid  bring  before  the  farmers  of  the  county  all  records  arid  data 
that  may  be  furnished  by  the  plots  conducted  by  the  Department. 

Among  the  most  popular  demonstrations  that  have  been  conducted  by  the; 
Farm  Advisor ,  during  the  year  are  the  pruning  demonstrations,  inasmuch  as  a 
large  portion  of  the  county  is  devoted  tP  horticultural  interests.  Six  citrug 
pruning  demonstrations,  nine  deciduous  pruning, demonstrations,  and  one  walnut 
demonstration  were  held  during  the  year.  At  sopie  -of  these  denipfistrations  mem- 
bers of  the  Pomological ,  Departnient  and  the  Citrus  Experiment  Station  assisted. 
In  the  deciduous  work  the  long  system  of  pruning  has  been  advocated  over  the 
old  system  of  heading  back.  Demonstration  trees  have  been  located  in  four 
orchards  of  the  county,  where  the  comparison  between  the  two  systems  may 
be  observed. 

Two  demonstrations  were  held  showing  the  effect  of  arsenical  poisoning  in 
the  control  of  the  morning  glory.  These  demonstrations  have  not  given  satis- 
factory results.  The  application  of  liquid  arsenical  poisoning  has  not  proven 
to  give  any  better  results  than  a  very  deep  cultivation.  However,  we  have  been 
able  to  show  the  farmer  that  he  may  use  the  poisoning  as  a  substitute  for  culti- 
vation under  our  conditions  here,  but  that  he  must  not  allow  the  growing  plant 
to  develop  above  the  surface  of  the  ground.  If  he  would  substitute  spraying 
for  cultivation,  he  must  do  the  same  with  absolute  regularity  so  as  to  finally 
choke  the  life  out  of  the  weed  in  question. 

The  new  liquid  gas  method  of  fumigation  is  revolutionizing  the  fumigation 
methods  of  the  county.  The  Farm  Bureau  has  been  instrumental  in  disseminat- 
ing the  latest  information,  both  chemical  and  field  methods,  to  the  citrus  growers 
of  the  county.  The  members  of  the  Experiment  Station  Staff  and  United 
States  Department  of  Agriculture,  having  this  work  in  charge,  have  cooperated 


184  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

fully  with  the  Farm  Bureau  during  the  year  in  promoting  this  new  system.  Two 
special  fumigation  meetings  were  held  at  which  the  new  method  of  applying  the 
gas  was  shown. 

The  walnut  growers  of  the  county  are  facing  a  very  serious  pest  in  the  codling 
moth,  inasmuch  as  fifty  per  cent  of  the  fruit  of  some  groves  has  been  infested. 
The  Experiment  Station  has  been  working  on  a  dust  spray  for  the  purpose  of 
controlling  the  walnut  worm.  Six  demonstrations  were  held  during  the  year, 
showing  the  method  of  mixing  and  applying  the  arsenical  dust  spray  for  this 
purpose. 

A  very  destructive  pest  infesting  the  beet  and  garden  truck  fields  of  the 
county  is  the  soil  nematode.  The  Farm  Bureau  is  conducting  a  demonstration 
plot  in  the  sugar  beet  section  in  which  substitute  crops  are  being  planted  for 
the  purpose  of  demonstrating  their  resistance  to  the  nematode,  and  also  their 
adaptability  to  the  soil  and  climatic  conditions  of  the  county.  With  the  coopera- 
tion of  the  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry,  it  is  hoped  to  work  out  a  satisfactory 
system  of  rotation  by  which  the  nematode  infestation  may  be  overcome. 

A  very  satisfactory  tractor  demonstration  was  held  in  connection  with  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Farm  Bureau.  Ten  tractors  were  on  the  ground,  showing 
many  desirable  features,  and  also  demonstrating  their  class  of  work.  Two  thou- 
sand two  hundred  people  visited  this  tractor  show.  The  Farm  Advisor  is  also 
arranging  three  special  meetings  at  which  repairing  and  the  upkeep  of  the  farm 
tractor  will  be  discussed  by  University  experts. 

During  the  last  days  of  the  war,  last  fall  and  winter,  the  Farm  Bureau 
appealed  to  the  barley  growers  of  the  county  to  plant  a  larger  acreage  to  wheat. 
The  farmers  responded  nobly.  Instead  of  the  average  planting  of  700  acres  in 
the  county  as  usual,  they  came  forth  with  4,400  acres,  an  increase  of  600  per 
cent.  The  use  of  Defiance  wheat  has  been  urged,  as  it  is  quite  rust  resistant. 
The  valley  in  which  our  wheat  is  raised  is  very  subject  to  rust  disease.  The  yield 
per  acre  in  Orange  County  was  very  encouraging  this  year,  in  spite  of  the  dry 
season  generally  experienced. 

The  Citrus  Experiment  Station  has  made  a  survey  of  irrigation  waters  in 
Orange  County  for  the  purpose  of  determining  the  prevalence  and  degree  of 
alkalinity  both  in  well  waters  and  rivers  from  which  waters  are  taken.  The 
Farm  Advisor  gave  considerable  time  to  collecting  samples  and  getting  the 
farmers  and  water  companies  in  general  to  take  advantage  of  this  survey.  Some 
injurious  water  was  located  through  this  analysis,  and  farmers  warned  not  to  use 
same  in  large  quantities  for  irrigation  purposes. 

The  high  values  of  land  in  the  county  make  it  practically  impossible  for 
the  farmer  to  borrow  to  the  extent  that  he  may  need  help.  He  is  limited  to  a 
$10,000  loan  on  a  valuation  not  to  exceed  $400  per  acre.  This  amount  should 
be  greatly  increased,  at  least  on  citrus  and  walnut  property.  The  Farm  Advisor 
has  assisted  in  placing  six  loans  with  the  Farm  Loan  Bank  during  the  year. 

The  following  is  a  numerical  recapitulation  of  the  Farm  Advisor's  activities 
during  1919:  Miles  traveled  by  auto,  13,380;  miles  traveled  by  railroad,  1,49S: 
office  calls  on  agent,  1,362;  letters  written,  1,230;  circulars  and  notices,  12,649; 
farm  visits,  1,101;  meetings  and  demonstrations,  213;  total  attendance,  11,573: 
telephone  calls,  1,195. 

The  Directors  of  the  Orange  County  Farm  Bureau  have  been  the  stanch 
support  of  the  County  Agent  in  his  work.  Whatever  success  has  been  accom- 
plished by  the  Farm  Bureau  has  been  due  to  their  unqualified  cooperation  and 
determined  efforts.  Credit  is  also  due  the  splendid  cooperation  of  the  Extension 
and  Station  Staff  of  the  College  of  Agriculture,  and  also  the  Department  of 
Agriculture. 


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CHAPTER  XXXV 
POPULATION  AND  VALUATIONS 

The  question  about  the  growth  of  a  community  is  always  an  interesting  one 
for  the  inhabitants  thereof.  Hence  various  methods  have  been  devised,  and  are 
in  vogue  in  all  communities,  for  estimating  population  at  other  times  than  when 
a  federal  census  is  pending.  Such  estimates  are  based  on  the  school  census, 
on  the  registration  of  voters,  or  on  the  names  in  a  directory.  Provision  also 
has  been  made  in  the  state  law  for  a  special  census  to  be  taken  at  intervals 
under  control  of  the  board  of  supervisors.  To  show  the  unreliability  of  such 
estimates,  and  even  of  a  special  census,  let  us  give  a  few  recent  examples,  as 
follows : 

Just  prior  to  the  harbor  bond  election,  June  10,  1919,  the  county  clerk  pub- 
lished the  number  of  voters  registered  in  each  precinct  in  the  county.  Applying 
the  usual  rule  for  estimating  population  from  the  registration,  of  two  and  a  half 
people  to  each  voter,  the  number  of  inhabitants  in  each  incorporated  city  in  the 
county  would  appear  to  be  as  follows : 

Population  of  Cities 

Names  of  Cities  Registration     Population 

Anaheim   1,998  4,99.^ 

Brea 432  1,080 

FuUerton 1,602  4,005 

Huntington  Beach    745  1,863 

Newport  Beach 557  1,393 

Orange 2,310  5,775 

Santa  Ana   7,224  18,060 

Seal  Beach  286  713 

Stanton 161  403 

If  the  total  number  of  voters  in  the  county,  as  registered  by  party  affiliations, 

were  multiplied  by  two  and  a  half,  the  product  would  make  the  population  of 
the  county  appear  to  be  as  follows: 

Population  of  County 

Names  of  Parties         •  1919  1918 

Republican 12,169  11,715 

Progressive 144  141 

Democratic  5,679  5,477 

Prohibition   1,702  1,680 

Socialist    511  500 

Decline  to  state 2,861  2,565 

Total  Registration   23,066  22,078 


Population  of  County 57,665  55,195 

The  opportunity  to  compare  an  estimate  of  population  with  an  actual  count 
of  the  same  is  quite  rare,  for  when  the  people  have  the  count  they  do  not  need 
the  estimate.  There  are,  however,  two  instances  in  which  an  indirect  comparison 
may  be  made,  without  any  intention  to  flatter  or  disparage  either  place.  In  1916 
a  special  census  of  the  township  of  Santa  Ana,  which  is  of  immense  area,  dis- 
closed only  16,602  people  in  the  whole  township ;  now  three  years  later  the  esti- 
mate based  on  registration  gives  the  city  itself  a  population  of  18,060.  In  the 
same  year,  1916,  a  special  census  of  the  city  of  Anaheim  showed  a  population 
of  5,163 ;  now  three  years  later  the  estimate  based  on  registration  gives  the  city 
covering  the  same  territory,  a  population  of  only  4,995.    While  the  city  of  Santa 


186  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COCNTY 

Ana  has  undoubtedly  made  a  good  growth  in  the  past  three  years,  it  is  hard  to 
believe  that  she  made  the  giant  strides  indicated  by  the  foregoing  figures  at  a 
time  when  the  whole  country  was  hampered  by  the  restrictions  of  war.  On  the 
other  hand  it  is  absolutely  impossible  to  believe  that  the  city  of  Anaheim,  without 
disaster  of  any  kind  and  with  all  the  evidences  of  prosperity,  has  actually  lost 
168  in  population  during  the  same  three  years.  These  two  examples,  similar  in 
length  of  time  between  the  count  and  the  estimate  and  in  the  method  of  making 
the  estimate,  will  suffice  to  illustrate,  by  the  opposite  results  obtained,  the  uncer- 
tainty of  estimates  of  population. 

Since  the  foregoing  discussion  of  estimates  of  population  was  written,  a 
census  of  Anaheim  township  has  been  taken,  under  the  authority  of  the  board 
(if  supervisors,  which  credits  that  township  with  a  population  of  9,241.  Then, 
as  if  to  disparage  Anaheim's  special  census  and  the  estimates  of  both  cities, 
along  came  the  federal  census  about  August  12,  1920,  with  a  population  of  6,936 
for  Anaheim  township,  instead  of  9,241  reported  in  the  special  census,  and  ,5,526 
for  the  city  of  Anaheim,  instead  of  4,995  given  in  the  estimate  on  registration, 
and  with  a  population  of  15,485  for  the  city  of  Santa  Ana,  instead  of  18,060  given 
in  the  estimate  on  registration.  ■  ,     . 

Most  people  have  heard  the  old  chestnut  about  the  farmer  who  could  count 
all  his  pigs  except  a  little  black  one  that  wouldn't  stand  still  long  enough  to  be 
counted.  It  seems  as  though  the  counting  of  the  people  living  in  a  given  territory 
would  be  a  comparatively  easy  task;  so  it  would  be,  if  the  censustaker  could 
always  find  everybody  at  home  when  he  calls.  There  are  certain  data  about 
each  person,  required  in  the  enumeration,  that  he  alone  can  give  with  any  degree 
of  accuracy ;  hence  the  censustaker  must  often  make  a  second  or  third  visit 
before  he  can  secure  a  personal  interview  with  some  of  the  people.  The  work 
of  census  taking  is  not  so  pleasant  and  profitable  as  to  attract  many  applicarits, 
for  the  Government  had  difficulty  in  getting  enough  to  fill  the  positions.  How- 
ever, the  field  work  has  been  completed  and,  while  the  results  are  not  up  to  the 
expectations  of  most  people,  yet  they  show  a  consistent  growth  all  along  the 
line  in  Orange  County. 

The  population  of  the  county,  and  of  each  of  the  nine  incorporated  cities, 
as  given  by  each  federal  census  back  to  the  organization  of  the  county,  or  at  least 
as  far  back  as  each  city's  record  goes,  is  as  follows : 

County  and  Cities  1920 

Orange  County 61,375 

Anaheim    5,526 

Brea  1,037 

Fullerton 4,41 5 

Huntington  Beach 1,687 

Newport  Beach 898 

Orange    4,884 

Santa  Ana   15,485 

Seal  Beach .  .        669 

Stanton 695 

The  population  of  each  of  the  eighteen  townships,  as  given  by  each  federal 
census  back  to  the  organization  of  the  county,  or  at  least  as  far  back  as  'each 
township's  record  goes,  is  as  follows : 

Townships  1920 

Anaheim    6,936 

Brea 2,515 

Buena  Park 947 

Fullerton 5,037 

Huntington  Beach    3,363 

Laguna  Beach   363 

La  Habra  1,911 

Los  Alamitos  .  . .  .  ■ 620 


1910 

1900 

1890 

34,436 

19,696 

13,589 

2,628 

1,456 

1,273 

1,725 

815 

445 

2,920 

1,216 

866 

8,429 

4,933 

3,628 

1910 
4,051 

1900 
2,261 

1890 
2,917 

1,441 
4,984 
1,058 

"'995 
1,719 

499 

"253 

5,430 

3',293 

'2,721 

"967 
[1,501 

905 
6,680 

"801 
4,220 

4,023 

477 

3,300 
290 

l',8S4 

HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  187 

Newport  Beach 1,300 

Orange , 8,134 

Placentia .' 3,619 

San  Juan 1,064 

Santa  Ana   .....  VI ^lll 

Seal  Beach  . 669 

Stanton 695 

Tustin 1,681 

Westminster 4,181 

Yorba 563 

Such  are  the  plain  figures  of  the  federal  census  of  Orange  County  and  its 
subdivisions,  without  comparisons,  percentages  or  qualifications  of  any  kind.  Each 
]5erson  can  make  his  own  comparisons  or  percentages,  according  to  the  point  he 
wishes  to  make ;  but  they  should  not  be  made  in  any  invidious  spirit,  for,  as 
Admiral  Schley  said  of  the  naval  victory  at  Santiago  de  Cuba,  "There's  glory 
enough  in  it  for  us  all." 

"Comparisons  are  odious,"  because  they  are  too  often  made  with-  improper 
motives,  to  crow  over  or  sneer  at  a  competitor,  without  taking  into  account  the 
real  reason  for  his  getting  ahead  or  falling  behind  in  the  race.  There  is,  however, 
a  legitimate  use  of  comparison  in  argument,  "to  point  a  moral  or  adorn  a  tale." 
For  instance,  the  comparison  of  the  growth  of  Anaheim  with  that  of  Orange, 
while  they  were  typical  "wet"  and  "dry"  cities  respectively,  with  practically  the 
same  area  and  other  similar  conditions,  was  a  fair  argument  against  the  influence 
of  the  saloon  upon  the  growth  of  a  city.  Orange,  starting  behind  the  "Mother 
Colony,"  caught  up  with  and  passed  her  in  1910,  and  would  doubtless  have  con- 
tinued in  the  lead,  had  the  conditions  remained  the  same;  but  Anaheim,  discard- 
ing her  saloons  and  securing  a  sugar  factory,  together  with  the  development  of 
the  oil  industry  in  her  vicinity,  outstripped  Orange  in  the  1920  census.  In  like 
manner  the  growth  of  Orange  County  might  be  compared  with  that  of  River- 
side County,  its  nearest  competitor ;  but  the  conditions  of  the  two  counties  are 
not  the  same,  and  the  comparison  would  serve  no  good  purpose. 

Perhaps  the  best  way  to  exhibit  the  material  resources  of  the  county  and 
to  show  how  they  have  been  developed  by  the  people,  is  to  present  the  valuations 
of  the  property  in  the  county  and  in  its  principal  subdivisions,  as  fixed  by  the 
county  assessor  for  the  purpose  of  taxation. 

The  present  constitution  of  California,  adopted  in  1879,  started  out  with 
the  plan  of  requiring  all  property,  with  very  few  exceptions,  to  pay  taxes  for 
the  support  of  the  government.  To  this  end,  and  to  equalize  the  burden  of  state 
taxation  pro  rata  among  the  counties,  it  was  required  that  "all  taxable  property 
must  be  assessed  at  its  full  cash  value."  Biennially  the  legislature  adopted  one 
or  more  amendments  to  the  constitution  exempting  large  blocks  of  property  from 
taxation.  The  county  assessors  throughout  the  state,  in  spite  of  efforts  of  the 
state  board  of  equalization  to  hold  assessments  up  to  the  constitutional  require- 
ment, gradually  lowered  them  to  protect  their  constituents  against  paying  an 
undue  proportion  of  the  state  taxes. 

An  amendment  to  the  state  constitution,  authorizing  the  separation  of  state 
and  local  taxation,  was  adopted  by  the  legislature  of  1909,  having  been  under 
consideration  since  1905.  This  measure  does  away  with  the  necessity  for  the 
same  valuations  among  the  counties  on  account  of  state  taxes,  since  such  taxes 
have  been  shifted  thereby  from  taxpayers  generally  to  public  service  and  other 
corporations.  On  the  other  hand,  it  is  immaterial  whether  assessments  are  high 
or  low  within  a  single  county  or  district  for  local  taxation,  since,  if  they  are 
high,  the  tax  rate  will  be  low,  or  vice  versa,  to  raise  the  necessary  amount  of 
money ;  but,  of  course,  individual  holdings  within  the  county  or  district  must 
be  similarly  assessed  according  to  the  quantity,  quality  and  other  conditions  of 
such  holdings. 


188  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Each  county  assessor,  at  least  each  conscientious,  faithful  one,  being  thus 
practically  released  from  the  obligation  to  assess  property  at  its  full  cash  value, 
tries  to  find  a  happy  medium  that  will  produce  the  necessary  amount  of  taxes 
without  too  high  a  rate  and  that  will  appear  to  all  reasonable  taxpayers  to  be 
fair  and  just.  Hence  independent  action  among  the  counties  must  produce  van- 
able  results  as  to  per  cent,  even  if  all  could  agree  on  the  basis  of  "full  cash 
value" ;  but  it  is  safe  to  say  that  property  is  generally  assessed  away  below  its 
market  value  in  all  the  counties  of  the  state.  For  instance,  the  Los  Angeles 
papers,  in  announcing  the  amount  of  the  1920  assessment  of  their  county, 
claimed  that  said  amount  was  only  forty-two  per  cent  of  the  real  value  of  the 
property  tlius  assessed. 

Following  are  the  official  valuations  of  the  property  of  Orange  County  and 
its  principal  subdivisions,  exclusive  of  operative  property,  which  consists  of 
public  service  and  other  corporations  and  is  reserved  for  state  taxation.  What 
per  cent  of  the  full  cash  value  of  the  property  these  valuations  represent,  depo- 
nent saith  not ;  but  they  answer  very  well  as  a  basis  for  local  taxation. 

Valuation  of  County 

Names  of  Items  1920  1919  Increase 

Operative  Property   $     5,498,275       $  4,548,930      $     949,345 

Non-Operative  Property  103,579,645         87,129,900        16,449,745 

Valuation  of  County  $109,077,920      $91,678,830      $17,399,090 

Valuation  of  Cities 

Names   of   Cities  1920  1919  Increase 

Anaheim $  3,017,415  $  2,130,020  $     887,395 

Brea    718,880  594,550  124,330 

Fullerton  19,558,695  20,015,805  -H57,110 

Huntington  Beach    1,023,635  999,650  23,985 

Newport  Beach  1,289,685  1,117,445  172,240 

Orange   3,034,980  2,311,580  723.400 

Santa  Ana  '. . .  .  9,076,950  7,474,535  1,602,415 

Seal   Beach    638,755  630,270  8,485 

Stanton   629,335  472,640  156,695 

Valuation  of  Cities $  38,988,330     .$35,746,495       $  3,241,835 

Valuation  of  High  Schools 

Names  of  High  Schools  1920  1919  Increase 

Anaheim  Union $  7,742,035  $  5,384,590  $  2,357,445 

Capistrano  Union   1,723,215          1,723,215 

Fullerton  Union   46,985,505  40,934,920  6,050,585 

Huntington  Beach  Union 5,677,400  5,154,980  522,420 

Orange  Union  10,296,620  7,006,525  3,290,095 

Santa  Ana  High  9,076,950  7,474,535  1,602,415 

Total   Valuations    $81,501,725       $65,955,550      $15,546,175 

Valuation  of  School  Districts 

Names  of  School  Districts                       1920  1919  Increase 

Alamitos  $        525,850.$  425,710  $      100,140 

Anaheim    4,885,070  3,500,980  1,384,090 

Bay  City    1,009,555  959,145  50,410 

Brea    * 6,478,200  5,669,210  808,990 

Bolsa   423,425  319,255  104,170 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  189 

Buena  Park  1,958,710  1,789,370  169,340 

Centralia  627,025  459,490  167,535 

Commonwealth   639,470  406,155  233,315 

Cypress  430,100  335,715  94,385 

Delhi   1,131,970  1,242,120  *110,150 

Diamond   321,455  249,345  72,110 

El  Modena 1,873,150  1,241,330  631,820 

El  Tore   523,980  458,490  65,490 

Fairview   554,290  431,150  123,140 

Fountain  Valley   597,030  491,610  105,420 

Fullerton    20,105,755  10,081,605  10,024,150 

Garden  Grove   1,452,385  1,060,555  391,830 

Greenville   462,740  360,985  101,755 

Harper    500,235  387,320  112,915 

Huntington  Beach    2,137,895  2,164,640  *26,745 

Katella    1,150,355  772,905  377,450 

Laguna  738,975  601,190  137,785 

La  Habra 3,505,540  5,897,930'  *2,392,390 

Laurel   705,200  867,015  *161,815 

Loara    1,049,625  646,460  403,165 

Lowell  Joint   692,660  584,125  108,535 

Magnolia    656,985  464,245  192,740 

Newhope 177,900  167,580  10,320 

iMewport  Beach 1,368,425  1,177,730  190,695 

Ocean  View 838,030  595,535  242,495 

Olinda    3,856,445  3,632,345  224,100 

Olive   1,758,415  1,110,200  648,215 

Orange    5,304,105  3,803,645  1,500,460 

Orangethorpe  1,231,970  7,996,515  *6,764,545 

Paularino   349,550  266,940  82,610 

Peralta 335,505  206,825  129,680 

Placentia 7,536.820  6,787,660  749,160 

Richfield   721,575  199,390  522,185 

San  Joaquin    4,738,720  3,598.880  1,139,840 

San  Juan 1,479,570  1,200,230  279,340 

Santa  Ana   9,076,950  7,474,535  1,602,415 

Savanna    196,390  151,055  45,335 

Serra  ,  243,645  207,970  35,675 

Silverado 164,440  146,025  18,415 

Springdale    430,600  377,520  53,080 

Trabuco 186,095  160,895  25,200 

Tustin   4,496,455  3,092,500  1,403,955 

Villa  Park   1,360,950  851,350  509,600 

Westminster  664,290  566,530  97,760 

Yorba   974,150  819,730  154,420 

Yorba  Linda   951,020  670,265  280,755 


Totals  of  School  Districts $103,579,645      $87,129,900      $16,449,745 


*Decrease  by  forming  new  districts  or  other  causes. 

The  foregoing  tables  of  population  and  valuations  tell  a  wonderful  story  of 
Orange  County's  growth  and  development  in  the  past  thirty  years.  Only  where 
many  and  varied  natural  resources  abound  and  where  the  people  are  industrious 
and  enterprising  could  such  progress  be  made.  The  tables  also  show  that  the 
population  and  wealth  are  widely  distributed  over  the  county,  thereby  maintaining 
"the  ideal  state  of  a  maximum  of  producers  and  a  minimum  of  parasites,  which 
■condition  made  France  so  prosperous  before  being  devastated  by  war.    The  people. 


190  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

as  a  rule,  believe  in  the  eternal  verities  and  practice  the  old-fashioned  virtues, that 
make  them  dependable  and  good  citizens  in  every  way.  They,  almost  writhout 
exception,  own  their  homes  and  other  property  free  of  encumbrance,  and  figura- 
tively fulfill  the  prophecy  of  K-licah,  when  he  foretold  the  glory,  peace  and  victory 
of  the  church,  as  follows :  , 

"But  they  sliall  sit  every  man  under  his  vine  and  under  his  fig  tree;  and 
none  shall  make  them  afraid ;  for  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  spoken  it." 

Santa  Ana  Chamber  of  Commerce's  Estimated  Value  of  Important 

Products  for  1919 

Apricots $      200,000 

Apples  50,000 

Avocados    15,000 

Beans  (90  per  cent  Limas) 3,000,000 

Bees  and  Honey 75,000 

Berries    (all  kinds) 125,000 

Celery 100,000 

Dairy  Products 350,000 

Fish  (salt  water) 100,000 

Fruits    (miscellaneous)    500,000 

Grain   (barley,  corn,  wheat,  etc.) 1,000,000 

Hay  (alfalfa,  barley,  oat,  bean,  etc.) 2,000,000 

Lemons ■.  3,500,000 

Livestock    ;. 1,500,000 

Loquats 37,500 

Nursery  Stock 500,000 

Oil,  Gasoline  and  Natural  Gas 31,275,000 

Olives  and  Olive  Oil 125,000 

Oranges j 12,000,000 

Peppers   : : 1,125,000 

Persimmons 25,000 

Poultry  and  Eggs :  . I,50o!o00 

Potatoes — Irish  and  Sweet 950,000 

Sugar  and  By-products 10,50oioOO 

Tomatoes  and  Tomato  Seed. 350000 

Vegetables    (miscellaneous)    500000 

Walnuts   (California)    "  '  -  7:;o'oOO 

'^°^'''  ■•••■••. , $77,152,500 

1913  Grand  Total  Production J39  7^0  qqq 

1914  Grand  Total  Production. [] 3l'800'000 

1915  Grand  Total  Production -jcVi  1  'cnn 


1916  Grand  Total  Production 4074^  ?9-? 

1917  Grand  Total  Production .  40,746,323 

1918  Grand  Total  Production. 


1917  Grand  Total  Production.' '.'.'.'..'. 1%..  „,, 


63,410,500 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  191 

CHAPTER  XXXVI 

ANECDOTES  AND  INCIDENTS 

About,  the,  )-ear  ,1894,  \yhile  the,  superyisors  vyexe, discussing  the  burden  of  the 
law  library  upon  the  litigants,  one  of  the  members  got  the  title , twisted  into  "the 
lie  lawbray" ;  and  so  it  clung  to  him. to  the  end  pf  the  discussipn,  in,  spite  of -his 
efforts  to  correct  the  lapsus  linguae.  In  like  manner,  on  another  occasion,  an  old 
gentleman  appeared  before  the  board  and  offered  to  sell  the  county  a  piece  of 
land  in  which  it  could  bury  its  "indignant  dead"."  "You  mean  .indigent  dead," 
suggested,,  a  supervisor.  ,  "No,,  I  mean  indignant . ^dead,",  was  the  reply;  so  no 
further  attempt  was  made  at  correcting  the  mispronunciation.  , 

When  the  Orange  County  fruit  growers  had  become  very  much  alarmed  at 
the  havQc  the  red  scale  (a  new  parasite  at  that  time),  was  making  in  the  San 
Gabriel^  orchards,  and  questions  of  quarantine  and  other  methods  of  protection 
were:  under  discussion,  an  aspir-aijt  for  the  position  of  horticultural  commissioner 
met  a-n,i€mber  ,of  the  board  on  the  street  with  the  peremptory  prediction,  "Mr. 
Supervisor,  thena  bugs  must  go."  Suffice  it  to  say  that  "them  bugs"  have  largely 
gone,  not  because  of  the  pronunciamento  againstthem,  .but  because  of  the  intelli- 
gent, persistent  figbt  against  them,  by  the  fruit  growers— they  have  been  "gassed." 

As  the  supervisors,  composing  the' third  board,  were  making  up  their  lists 
of  trial  jurors,  in  conipliailce  with  the  orders  of' the  judge  of  the  Superior  Court, 
the  member  from  the  Fifth  District  quietly  feriiarked  that  it  would  not  do  to 
include  any  Populists  among  those  selected.  "Why  not  ?"  asked  the  member 
fromthe  Second  'District,  who,  though  a  Democrat,  was  populistically  inclined. 
"Because," -the  Fifth  member  replied,  "the  law  requires  persons- selected  for  jury 
duty  to  have  ordinary  intelligence."  It  is  needless  to  add  that  this  sally  provoked 
a  hearty  laugh,  in  which  the  Second  member  joined. 

Early  in  the  history  of  Orange  County  the  Bolsa  drainage  ditch  was  con- 
structed under  the  control  of  the  supetvisors,  as  described  in  the  chapter  oii  the 
celery  industry.  The  two  principal  6bjectors  to  the  work  were  F.  R.  Hazard  and 
J.  L,.  Holly.  They  fought  the  improvement  at  every  step  and  took  their  case  to 
the  Supreme 'Court,  but  all  in  vain.  A  few  years  ago  the  former  supervisor 
from  the  Fourth  District  was  introduced  to  Mrs.  Holly  at  a  meeting  of  the  Orange 
County  Veterans'  Association  and  received  a  rather  equivocal  greeting.  "Armor  !" 
she  exclaimed,  "I  used  to  thirik  you  were  the  very  devil."  He  replied:  "Doubt- 
less you  have  heard  that  the  devil  is  not  so  black  as  he  has  been  painted.  Besides, 
the  development  of  that  section  of  the  county  has  more  than  justified  the  con- 
struction of  the  Bolsa  ditch."  "Oh,  well!"  she  said,  "It's  all  over  now  and  we'll 
not  quarrel  further  about  it ;  but  it  was  pretty  tough  at  the  time." 

Tim  Carroll,  the  inventor  of  the  beet  dump  and  pioneer  nurseryman  of 
-A.naheim,  went  before  the  board  of  supervisors,  sitting  as  a  board  of  equaliza- 
tion, to  get  the  assessment,  which  Jake  Ross  had  put  upon  his  nursery  stock,  re- 
duced. He  said  his  stock  consisted  of  old  stubs  of  palm,  pampas  grass  and  left- 
over trees  that  were  not  worth  the  cost  of  clearing  the  ground.  The  assessor 
pointed  out  that  there  were  enough  salable  trees  in  the  nursery  to  justify  the 
assessment  without  taking  account  of  the  worthless  stock;  so  the  board  refused  to 
make  any  reduction.  In  taking  his  leave,  the  redoubtable  Tim  expressed  his 
opinion  of  the  personnel  of  the  board  by  remarking,  "The  whole  foive  of  ye 
haven't  sinse  enough  to  make  one  dacent  supervisor." 

When  the  supervisors  were  considering  a  certain  date  to  which  they  might 
adjourn,  one  of  the  members  objected  because  that  was  the  date  set  for  President 
Harrison's  visit  to  Orange  County.  "What  interest  can  you,  a  Democrat,  have 
in  a  Republican  president's  visit?"  a  bystander  asked.  "He's  my  president," -was 
the  dignified  answer.  The  rebuke  in  those  three  words  silenced  all  levity  and 
imparted  a  lesson  in  good  citizenship  without  preachment.  In  a  republican  or 
representative  form  of  government,  the  will,  or  choice,  of  the  majority  must  be 


192  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

acquiesced  in  by  the  minority,  in  order  to  avoid  factional  strife.  On  the  other 
hand  the  officer,  thus  chosen,  should  sedulously  represent  the  whole  people  within 
liis  jurisdiction.  The  president,  for  instance,  should  so  conduct  his  administration 
that  every  citizen,  without  regard  to  party  affiliation,  would  instinctively  regard 
him  as  "my  president,"  and  not  clannishly  as  the  head  of  a  political  party. 

In  a  conversation  with  the  writer  over  another  subject,  James  McFadden 
casually  mentioned  the  following  incident  as  a  reason  why  he  thought  he  might 
have  some  influence  with  the  editor  of  the  Los  Angeles  Times  in  shaping  the 
attitude  of  the  paper  toward  that  subject.  Shortly  after  the  Times  was  started  in 
Los  Angeles  and  had  taken  its  stand  against  the  closed  shop,  Mr.  McFadden  met 
Colonel  Otis,  its  founder  and  editor,  at  the  seashore  and  noticed  that  he  seemed 
quite  despondent.  On  being  asked  for  the  reason,  Colonel  Otis  said  that  the 
Typographical  Union  had  prejudiced  and'  intimidated  the  money  market  against 
his  undertaking  so  that  he  could  not  borrow  a  dollar  and  he  must  have  money 
to  keep  going  until  the  patronage  would  meet  the  expenses.  Mr.  McFadden 
immediately  offered  to  loan  him  the  money  and  the  offer  was  gladly  accepted. 
Thus  did  a  citizen  of  what  is  now  Orange  County  help  to  establish  the  Los 
Angeles  Times  and  foster  it  until  able  to  go  alone.  Long  since  has  the  paper 
justified  the  wisdom  of  its  founder,  not  only  in  its  own  marvelous  growth,  but 
also  in  the  stupendous  growth  of  its  home  city,  which  it  has  sturdily  defended 
for  nearly  forty  years  against  the  blighting  influence  of  the  closed  shop.  Because 
of  the  city's  open  shop  policy,  millions  of  dollars  have  come  to  Los  Angeles  from 
the  East  for  investment  and  other  millions  have  left  San  Francisco  and  moved 
thither.  Where  large  amounts  of  capital  are  invested  in  the  industries,  there 
thousands  of  workmen  find  employment  and  thus  increase  the  population  of  the 
community  as  well  as  utilize  the  capital  invested  therein.  If  "he  who  causes  two 
blades  of  grass  to  grow  where  one  grew  before  is  a  public  benefactor,"  much 
more  is  he  who  helps  to  establish  institutions  and  maintain  policies  that  oppose 
the  domination  of  one  class  over  another  but  encourage  cooperation  and  helpful- 
ness among  all  classes,  "and  on  earth  peace,  good  will  toward  men." 

During  the  term  of  the  second  board  of  supervisors,  the  people  of  Anaheim 
got  up  a  Fourth  of  July  celebration  and  invited  the  board  of  supervisors  to  par- 
ticipate in  the  parade,  which  at  that  early  date  would  consist  entirely  of  carriages 
and  other  vehicles  drawn  by  horses.  When  the  marshal,  who  was  superintending 
the  loading  of  vehicles  and  getting  them  into  line,  looked  for  the  barouche  that 
was  designed  for  the  supervisors,  he  found  that  it  had  been  appropriated  by  some 
other  dignitaries,  so  he  bundled  the  supervisors  into  the  first  conveyance  that  came 
to  hand.  After  the  parade  had  taken  up  its  line  of  march,  an  urchin  called  out 
from  the  sidewalk,  "Oh,  look  at  that  bunch  of  stiffs  in  the  undertaker's  runabout! " 
Immediately  Supervisor  Schorn  had  the  driver  stop  the  team,  and  the  whole  line 
of  march,  while  he  scrambled  to  the  ground  and  disappeared  among  the  pedestrians. 

A  county  free  library  was  established  by  the  board  of  supervisors  on  Decem- 
ber 9,  1919. 

For  about  fifteen  years  the  Pacific  States  (formerly  the  Sunset)  Telephone 
Company  fought  the  Home  Telephone  Company  to  prevent  it  from  entering 
Orange  County,  or  from  increasing  its  business  after  it  had  entered.  Finally, 
with  the  consent  of  the  Railroad  Commission,  it  succeeded  in  mergin<'  the  two 
companies,  that  is.  in  absorbing  the  Home  Company.  The  Railroad  Commission 
also  permitted  the  Pacific  Company  to  raise  its  rates  and  to  cut  out  the  free  switch- 
ing between  exchanges.  When,  however,  the  Federal  Government  took  over  the 
wires  and  granted  the  same  privileges  to  the  telephone  company,  the  state  com- 
mission withdrew  its  consent  and  tried  to  maintain  its  control ;'  but  the  courts 
ruled  against  it.  While  these  questions  were  pending,  the  telephone  company 
added  twenty-five  cents  to  each  phone  rate,  making  it  $1.75  per  month  for  a  resi- 
dence phone  and  $2.75  for  a  business  phone.  This  increase  probably  netted  the 
company  not  less  than  $1,800  per  month,  or  $21,600  per  year,  in  this  county  alone 
without  including  the  gain  from  the  Home  subscribers  at  the  basic  rates  of  $1  50 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  193 

for  residence  and  $2.50  for  business  phones.  Such  an  increase  of  rates  and  sub- 
scribers ought  to  have  satisfied  the  company ;  but  no  sooner  was  the  Federal  Gov- 
ernment's control  of  the  wires  established  than  the  company  added  another  quarter 
to  the  residence  rate  and  a  whole  dollar  to  the  business  rate,  making  them  re- 
spectively $2.00  and  $3.75,  under  the  plea  that  such  were  the  Government's  orders 
and  the  company  could  not  do  otherwise.  Many  individuals  ordered  their  phones 
out  and  others  exercised  their  constitutional  right  "to  freely  assemble  together  to 
consult  for  the  common  good."'  After  much  consultation  they  decided  to  form 
a  mutual  telephone  company,  to  be  operated  without  profit,  and  applied  to  the 
secretary  of  state  for  a  charter.  Meanwhile  lists  were  circulated  and  signed  by 
more  than  half  the  company's  subscribers  ordering  their  phones  out,  some  un- 
conditionally and  others  when  the  new  company  was  ready  to  give  them  service. 
The  charter  was  refused  under  the  advice  of  the  attorney-general,  on  the  ground 
that  the  new  company  is  not  a  stock  company,  as  he  understands  the  law  requires 
such  a  company  to  be.  A  state  charter  was  finally  secured,  however,  and  the  first 
unit  of  the  exchange  is  to  be  constructed  at  Garden  Grove. 

The  forming  of  districts  for  various  purposes  enables  communities  to  secure 
some  of  the  benefits  of  city  government  without  taking  over  the  whole  responsi- 
bility. For  instance,  in  going  over  the  supervisors'  minutes,  the  number  of  dis- 
tricts, other  than  school  districts,  was  found  to  be  approximately  as  follows,  viz. : 
Five  drainage  districts,  one  sanitary  district,  seven  lighting  districts,  one  irrigation 
district,  three  library  districts  and  seven  protection  districts.  Where  considerable 
money  is  needed  to  carry  out  the  purpose  for  which  a  district  was  organized  it  is 
generally  obtained  by  bonding  the  district.  Take  the  irrigation  district  in  the 
foregoing  list  as  an  example.  The  Newport  Mesa  Irrigation  District  contains 
nearly  700  acres  of  land  on  the  Newport  mesa  between  the  boulevard  and  the 
blufifs  overlooking  the  Santa  Ana  River.  This  tract  was  dependent  on  a  neighbor- 
ing water  system  for  irrigating  water  up  to  the  season  of  1919.  Being  unable  to 
get  water  any  longer  from  that  source,  the  land  owners  were  in  a  quandary  as 
to  how  to  save  their  trees  and  grow  their  crops,  when  Stephen  Townsend  of  Long 
Beach  came  to  their  relief.  He  advised  them  to  form  a  district  and  while  they 
were  doing  so  he  put  in  a  complete  water  system  for  them,  consisting  of  a  well, 
engine  and  pump  near  the  river  and  steel  pipelines  to  deliver  the  water  all  over 
the  tract.  When  the  district  was  formed,  the  people  voted  to  issue  $50,000  bonds 
with  which  to  reimburse  Mr.  Townsend  and  thereby  become  owners  of  their 
water  system.  These  bonds  sold  under  competitive  bids  at  a  premium  of  $1,578 
to  the  Lumberman's  Trust  Company  of  San  Francisco. 

A  small  district  was  formed  November  4,  1919,  called  the  Fullerton  Irriga- 
tion District,  and  a  full  set  of  officers  elected. 


CHAPTER  XXXVII 
SOIL,  CLIMATE  AND  WATER 

Following  is  the  summary  of  the  soil  survey  of  the  Anaheim  Area  of  Cali- 
fornia, made  by  government  engineers  in  1916,  but  just  published  in  1919  by  the 
U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture: 

The  soil  survey  of  the  Anaheim  area  covers  the  most  important  agricultural 
part  of  Orange  County,  California,  with  smaller  parts  of  adjoining  counties.  The 
area  lies  southeast  of  Los  Angeles  and  fronts  on  the  Pacific  Ocean.  It  is  bounded 
on  the  north  and  east  by  hilly  sections  that  are  largely  too  rough  and  broken  for 
agricultural  use.  It  is  joined  on  the  north  by  the  Pasadena  area  and  on  the  west 
by  the  Los  Angeles  area,  which  are  covered  by  other  soil  surveys. 

The  Anaheim  area  embraces  three  physiographic  divisions — the  inclosing 
broken  hills  on  the  north  and  east,  remnants  of  somewhat  elevated  old  valley 
surfaces  or  marine  terraces,  which  lie  along  the  base  of  the  hills  or  border  the 


I'M  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

acean  front  and,  as  the  most  extensive  division,  broad,  rather  smooth  and  gent  y 
doping  alluvial  fans. 

Elevations  range  from  sea  level  in  some  coastal  sections  to  a  maxmium  o 
1,600  feet  in  the  hill  portions.     A  large  part  of  the  area  lies  below  100  feet  and 
iiost  of  it  below  200  feet  in  elevation. 

The  Santa  Ana  River  crosses  the  main  part  of  the  area,  and  the  San  Gabriel 
River  crosses  the  western  section.  These  streams  directly  drain  only  a  small  part 
of  the  area,  owing  to  their  built-up  position,  which  makes  the  entrance  of  lateral 
streams  difficult.  Santiago  Creek  drains  a  part  of  the  survey  and  flows  mto  the 
Santa  Ana  River,  but  the  greater  part  of  the  run-off  from  the  surrounding  hills 
and  main  valley  slopes  is  carried  largely  by  minor  independent  streams. 

The  area  is  thickly  populated,  and  agriculture  is  by  far  the  most  important 
industry.  According  to  the  census  reports  the  area  in  1910  had  a  population  of 
something  less  than  40,000,  but  the  population  has  greatly  increased  in  recent 
years.  About  sixty  per  cent  of  the  population  reside  in  the  cities  or  towns,  less 
than  one-half  living  under  strictly  rural  conditions.  Santa  Ana,  with  a  population 
of  8,429  in  1910,  is  the  largest  city.  There  are  a  number  of  other  cities  and  towns 
in  the  area  ranging  from  several  hundred  to  about  3,000  inhabitants. 
Transportation  facilities  are  good. 

The  area  is  well  supplied  with  schools,  telephones,  -and  other  modern  con- 
veniences. 

The  climate  is  very  pleasant  and  favorable  to  the  production  of  a  wide  range 
of  agricultural  products.  The  average  annual  rainfall  ranges  from  ten  to  fifteen 
inches  in  different  parts  of  the  survey,  while  the  mean  annual  temperature  aver- 
ages about  64  degrees  Fahrenheit.  Danger  from  frost  influences  the  distribution 
of  citrus  and  other  fruits,  the  higher  land  being  least  susceptible  to  damage.  A 
growing  season  of  about  ten  months  is  available  for  sensitive  crops,  while  the 
hardy  crops  can  be  grown  throughout  the  year. 

The  rainfall  is  confined  to  the  winter  months,  and  this  has  an  important 
bearing  on  agricultural  practices  and  renders  irrigation  necessary  for  many  fruits 
and  field  crops  which  make  their  greatest  growth  during  the  summer  season. 

The  agriculture  of  the  area  is  highly  developed.  Most  of  the  products  are 
highly  specialized  and  are  grown  for  export  rather  than  for  local  consumption. 
Chief  among  the  products  are  oranges,  lemons,  and  walnuts,  with  some  deciduous 
fruits.  Beans  are  an  important  field  crop,  and  large  quantities  of  sugar  beets  are 
utilijed  by  local  factories.  Grain  and  grain  hay  cover  large  acreages.  Subsidiary 
crops  and  industries,  such  as  truck  crops,  dairying,  and  poultry  raising,  are  locally 
important.    The  region  is  one  of  high  average  land  prices. 

The  soils  of  the  Anaheim  area  fall  mainly  in  three  general  groups — residual 
soils,  old  valley  filling  or  coastal  plain  soils,  and  recent  alluvial  soils. 

The  first  group  includes  those  soils  derived  in  place  by  the  weathering  and 
disintegration  of  consolidated  rocks,  and  usually  occupies  rolling  or  mountainous 
areas.  Tillable  areas  are  used  largely'  for  grain  and  hay  production.  The  residual 
soils  are  inextensive.    They  are  classed  with  the  Altamont  and  the  Diablo  series. 

The  soils  derived  from  old  valley  filling  or  coastal  plain  deposits  are  relatively 
extensive.  They  are  grouped  in  the  Ramona,  Montezuma,  and  Antioch  series. 
These  series  are  intermediate  in  elevation  between  the  recent  alluvial  soils  and  the 
residual  soils.  The  Montezuma  and  Antioch  soils  are  not  important  agriculturally. 
They  are  irrigated  to  only  a  small  extent,  being  used  principally  for  dry-farm 
crops,  mainly  beans  and  grain.  The  Ramona  soils  are  irrigated  in  many  places, 
and  large  plantings  of  citrus  fruits  have  been  made.  Most  of  the  orchards  are 
still  young. 

The  recent-alluvial  soils  are  the  most  important,  both  in  extent  and  agricul- 
tural use.  These  soils  are  in  places  subject  to  overflow  or  accumulation  of  alkali, 
but,  on  the  whole,  are  very  valuable  farming  types,  having  a  smooth  surface,  a 
deep,  friable  soil,  and  subsoil  conditions  favoring  deep-rooted  crops.    The  facilities 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  195 

for  irrigation  are  good.  These  soils  are  grouped  in  tlie  Han  ford,  Yolo,  Dublin, 
and  Chino  series. 

Several  groups  of  miscellaneous  material  also  are  mapped,  one  of  which, 
muck  and  peat,  consisting  of  cumulose  deposits,  is  productive  when  drained.  The 
other  miscellanequs  types,  tidal  marsh,  coastal  beach  and  dunesand,  riverwash, 
and  rough,  broken  and  stony  land  are  practically  all  nonagricultural. 

Irrigation  is  an  important  factor  in  the  agriculture  of  the  area,  as  most  of 
the  fruits  and  many  other  crops  require  it.  In  1910  there  were  2,215  irrigated 
farms,  or  about  seventy  per  cent  of  the  total  number  in  Orange  County.  The 
recent  alluvial  soils  are  most  extensively  irrigated,  although  important  parts  of 
the  old  valley  filling  and  coastal  plain  soils  also  are  watered. 

Parts  of  this  survey  are  affected  by  a  high  water  table  and  consequent  injurious 
accumulations  of  alkali.  Most  of  the  alkali  land  is  tilled  and  used  mainly  for  the 
production  of  sugar  beets.  Considerable  eiifort  has  been  made  to  reclaim  the 
alkali  lands  and  make  them  more  productive. 


While  the  technical  classification  of  the  soils  of  Orange  County,  as  given 
in  the  foregoing  survey,  may  not  be  of  much  practical  benefit  to  the  tillers  of  said 
soils,  the  general  information  furnished  therewith  about  them  and  other 
characteristics  of  the  county  is  worth  while  to  all  who  have  not  observed  the  facts 
and  undergone  the  experiences  for  themselves.  The  soils  of  the  county,  composed 
of  particles  of  air-and-water-slaked  rocks  washed  down  from  the  mountains,  are 
of  infinite  variety  and  limitless  depth  without  any  hardpan  intervening.  The 
writer  has  removed  pepper  roots  from  a  well  twenty  feet  distant  from  the  tree 
whose  roots  penetrated  the  brick  curb  thirty  feet  below  the  surface.  He  also 
has  traced  alfalfa  roots  to  a  depth  of  twenty-one  feet.  .  Forty-five  years  ago 
"Prophet  Potts"  declared  such  soils  were  absolutely  inexhaustible ;  but  now  we 
know  better.  The  soils,  when  first  precipitated  on  the  mesas  and_  lowlands  as 
disintegrated  rocks,  had  no  humus,  or  vegetable  mold  in  them ;  but  the  growth 
and  decay  of  vegetation,  once  started  and  continued  for  ages,  has  supplied  this 
ingredient  to  the  top  soil  for  a  depth  of  several  feet.  Now,  as  this  humus  is  being 
exhausted,  the  farmers  and  orchardists  find  it  necessary  to  supply  cover  crops, 
straws  and  other  vegetable  matter  to  be  turned  into  humus.  Thus,  with  a  good 
foundation  to  build  on,  the  soil  of  Orange  County  can  be  kept  inexhaustible  by 
supplying  it  with  the  proper  plant  food  when  needed. 

Climate  is  "the  temperature  and  meteorological  conditions  of  a  country.'' 
Temperature  is  "the  state  of  a  body  with  respect  to  sensible  heat."  Meteorology 
is  "the  science  of  the  atmosphere  and  its  various  phenomena."  The  atmosphere  is 
"the  aeriform. fluid  surrounding  the  earth."  Hence,  for  all  practical  purposes, 
climate  is  the  temperature  of  the  air  of  a  country.  As  an  illustration  of  the 
volatile  equalization  of  temperature,  it  has  been  stated  that  the  entrance  of  a 
person  into  a  room  would  immediately  raise  the  temperature  of  every  object  in 
the  room.  Along  the  same  line  and  assisting  in  the  equalization  of  temperature, 
is  the  principle  of  the  diffusion  of  gases,  whereby  different  portions  of  air  from 
various  sources  quietly  combine  and  form  a  compound  of  mean  or  average  tem- 
perature and  of  less  harmful  character  than  either  of  them  might  be,  if  laden 
with  some  foul, gas  from  which  the  other  is  free.  The  writer  has  frequently 
ridden,  after  rundown,  through  a  strip  of  air  warmer  than  the  rest  of  the  air 
through  which  he  was  traveling.  This  air  was  being  warmed  by  heat  radiating 
from  a  strip  of  warmer  soil  and  had  not  yet  mingled  with. the  surrounding  air. 
When  this  radiating  heat  is  great  and  from  a  large  area  of  territory,  the  heated 
air  above  such  territory  rises  and  the  cooler  air  rushes  in,  thereby  creating  wind, 
which  hastens  the  equalization  of  the  temperature  and  the  purification  of  the 
atmosphere.  The  latitude  of  Orange  County  under  a  southern  sky,  its  distance 
from  the  mountains,  snow-capped  in  winter,  and  its  proximity  to  the  mild  Pacific 
Ocean,  the  character  of  its  soil  for  absorbing  and  radiating  the  heat  of  the  sun,  the 
direction  of  its  prevailing  winds  and  many  other  conditions,  all  tend  to  modify  the 


196 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 


extremes  of  temperature  and  give  to  this  county  an  equable  climate.  Doctor  Coyle, 
moderator  of  the  Presbyterian  General  Assembly  at  Los  Angeles  several  years 
ago,  turned  a  neat  compliment  upon  Southern  California  when  he  said  it  was  "the 
land  where  three  hundred  and  sixty-five  days  of  each  year  were  sunshiny  and  the 
rest  were  unusual." 

The  chapter  on  Orange  County's  Water  Supply  gives  the  rainfall^  of  the 
entire  basin  of  the  Santa  Ana  River  for  thirty  years  up  to  1900.  Following  is  a 
table  of  the  rainfall  of  Orange  County  from  July  1,  1900  to  July  1,  1920. 


Sea- 
sons 

July 

Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec. 

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

April 

May 

June 

Total 

1900\ 

.08 

.15 
1.46 

.21 
.25 

.32 

.14 

1.43 
.43 
.09 

1.27 
,19 
.63 
.02 

1.13 

4.00 

,49 

1.26 

5.39 

1.52 

.03 

.87 

1.20 

.17 

.55 

2.09 

2.31 

.86 

.22 

.43 

2.39 

.48 

2.76 

.01 

1.45 

.18 

4.96 

.87 

.80 

8.24 

.25 

,84 

.04 

1,42 

4,42 

2,90 

3,43 

,76 
2,43 

3.49 
1.47 
1.70 

.22 
1,16 
2,60 
5,73 
4.79 
6.14 
1.24 
4,68 

,19 
1,34 
7.03 
5.54 
12.23 
2.26 
1.20 

.80 

.72 

3.24 
3.08 
1.52 
1.72 
5.52 
1.77 
3.00 
2.78 
3.43 

.08 
3.53 

.18 
5.22 
3.81 
5.31 
1.55 
3.13 
3.66 
1.46 
3.82 

.48 

3.41 

7.41 

3.60 

4.57 

6.38 

3.28 

.23 

4.26 

2.06 

2.65 

4.00 

.55 

.88 

.40 

1.20 

.28 

5.15 

1.60 

4.67 

.57 
.19 
1.56 
.93 
.10 
.50 
.27 
.48 

.85 
,07 

.04 
,07 

12.90 

1901/ 
19011 

10.24 

1902/ 
1902\ 
1903/ 
1903\ 
1904/ 
1904\ 
1905/ 
19051 

.07 

.02 
.13 
.12 

.24 
.06 

16.44 

.14 
1,07 
1.55 

.11 

.06 
.30 

.10 

7.24 
14.44 
18.57 

1906/ 
1906\ 

.12 

19.18 

1907/ 
1907\ 

10,72 

1908/ 
19081 

.07 

1.45 
.04 

17,55 

1909/ 
1909\ 

.34 
.49 

1.92 
.32 

1.18 
.96 
.07  , 
.47 
.06 
.53 
.66 

13,29 

1910/ 
19101 

.95 

.25 
.27 
.74 
.17 
.21 
.36 
.3-7 
.80 

.03 
.03 
.20 
.11 

.01 
.02 

13,07 

1911/ 
19111 

.62 

8.92 

1912/ 
19121 

9,10 

1913/ 
19131 

16.81 

1914/ 
19141 

.02 

20.83 

1915/ 
19151 

18  98 

1916/ 
1916\ 

.52 

.01 

.67 

1.63 

1.51 

.18 
.84 

12.03 

1917/ 
19171 
1918/ 
19181 
1919/ 
19191 

.03 

.03 
.09 

10.91 

8.88 

16  07 

1920/ 

Average  annual  rainfall  for  twenty  years  from  1900  to  1920,  13.81  inches. 

Average  annual  rainfall  for  fifty  years  from  1870  to  1920,  13.84  inches. 

In  the  former  period,  prior  to  1900,  the  average  annual  rainfall  at  Orange 
was  13.87  inches,  or  six  hundredths  of  an  inch  more  than  that  of  the  latter 
period,  since  1900 ;  but  it  is  remarkable  that  the  two  averages  shoulcj  come  so  near 
together.  It  shows  that,  whatever  variation  there  may  be  in  the  rainfall  from 
year  to  year,  it  averages  up  like  the  manna  did  for  the  children  of  Israel:  "He 
that  gathered  much  had  nothing  over,  and  he  that  gathered  little  had  no  lack." 
However,  much  better  use  has  been  made  of  the  rainfall  in  the  latter  period  than 
in  the  former.  Large  quantities  of  flood  waters  have  been  diverted  from  the 
streams  near  their  source  each  winter  and  run  on  debris  cones  and  waste  land  to 
fill  the  underground  gravel  strata  and  drain  later  into  the  streams  lower  down, 
or  be  pumped  from  the  gravel  basins  for  summer  irrigation.  The  number  of 
lumping  plants  in  the  county  has  increased  from  509  in  1910  to  1,285  in  1920.    In 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  197 

all  probability  the  capacity  of  the  individual  pumping  plants  has  increased  as 
well  as  the  number,  for  the  county  assessor  valued  the  1,285  plants  at  $3,855,000, 
an  average  of  $3,000  apiece.  The  effect  of  this  increase  in  pumping  plants  is  seen 
in  the  increase  of  irrigated  land  in  the  county.  According  to  a  preliminary  report 
by  the  Bureau  of  the  Census,  there  are  86,060  acres  of  land  in  Orange  County 
under  irrigation.  In  1910  the  number  of  irrigated  acres  was  55,060,  which  sub- 
tracted from  the  present  acreage  shows  a  gain  of  31,000  acres,  or  fifty-six  per 
cent,  in  the  ten  years.  But  in  1910  the  number  of  pumping  plants  was  509,  which 
subtracted  from  the  present  number  shows  a  gain  of  776  plants,  or  152  per  cent, 
in  the  same  ten  years.  That  is,  there  has  been  a  greater  per  cent  of  gain  in  pump- 
ing plants  than  in  irrigated  land ;  which  would  prove  that  the  increase  in  pumping 
plants  was  a  sufficient  cause  for  the  increase  in  irrigated  land. 

A  number  of  citizens  of  San  Bernardino,  Riverside  and  Orange  counties, 
realizing  that  more  can  be  done  towards  conserving  the  winter  flood  waters  of 
the  Santa  Ana  River  and  preventing  damage  therefrom  to  riparian  lands  near 
the  coast,  undertook  to  form  a  conservancy  district  of  the  entire  basin  of  the 
stream ;  but  the  "Conservancy  Act  of  California"  was  found  to  be  of  doubtful 
constitutionality  and  otherwise  objectionable.  The  committee,  which  had  been 
appointed  to  devise  a  plan  for  the  formation  of  the  district,  accordingly  submitted 
the  question  of  the  sufficiency  of  the  act  to  Loyal  C.  Keller,  T.  \\'.  Duckworth 
and  L.  A.  West,  district  attorneys,  respectively,  of  San  Bernardino,  Riverside  and 
Orange  counties.  The  opinion  of  these  officials  was  to  the  effect  that  the  boards 
of  supervisors  have  no  authority,  either  singly  or  collectively,  to  appropriate  and 
expend  money  outside  of  their  respective  counties  for  flood  control,  and  that  the 
Conservancy  Act  of  1919  is  unconstitutional,  "because  of  the  suffrage  qualifi- 
cations therein  contained  and  because  of  the  basis  of  assessment  therein  set 
forth."  Whether  these  objections  will  be  overcome  by  future  legislation  remains 
to  be  seen.  Meantime  the  good  work  of  the  Tri-Counties  Reforestation  Com- 
mittee, with  federal  and  state  aid  supplemented  by  the  water  companies,  can  con- 
tinue to  protect  the  watershed  of  the  stream  from  destructive  fires  and  to  store 
its  flood  waters  in  the  debris  cones  and  gravel  beds  for  summer  irrigation.  And 
the  wells  and  pumping  plants,  which  have  multiplied  more  than  two  and  a  half 
times  in  the  last  decade,  will  continue  to  increase  in  number  and  usefulness. 

Thus  with  the  three  great  requisites  for  success  in  agriculture  and  horti- 
culture, viz. :  Fertile  soil,  equable  climate  and  abundant  water,  Orange  County  is 
forging  ahead  with  giant  strides,  as  note  the  increase  in  annual  productions  from 
$12,294,694,' reported  by  the  county  statistician  in  1910,  to  $77,152,500,  reported 
by  the  Santa  Ana  Chamber  of  Commerce  in  1919. 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


WILLIAM  H.  SPURGEON.— The  family  represented  by  William  H.  Spurgeon, 
the  founder  of  Santa  Ana,  is  of  English  extraction,  and  has  been  identified  with 
America  for  several  generations.  His  father,  Granville  Spurgeon,  a  native  of  Bourbon 
County,  Ky.,  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  in  Henry  County,  that  state,  for  some 
years  and  from  there  removed  to  Bartholomew  County,  Ind.,  in  1830,  and  became  a 
pioneer  farmer  of  the  Hoosier  state.  Ten  years  later  he  took  his  family  to  Clark 
County,  Mo.,  and  there,  too,  undertook  the  development  of  a  farm  from  raw  prairie. 
Admirably  qualified  by  nature  for  the  task  of  pioneering,  he  led  a  busy  life  in  the 
midst  of  frontier. surroundings  that  would  have  daunted  a  less  adventurous  spirit.  In 
1864,  he  decided  to  come  to  California,  and  accompanied  by  his  family,  he  crossed  the 
plains  in  a  prairie  schooner  drawn  by  mules.  After  a  long,  tedious  journey  they 
reached  Solano  County,  and  near  what  is  now  Cordelia,  settled  and-  remained  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  in  1867,  a  short  time  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  Lavinia  (Sibley) 
Spurgeon,  a  native  of  Prince  Edward  County,  Va.,  and  of  Scotch  lineage. 

It  was  during  the  residence  of  the  family  in  Henry  County,  Ky.,  that  their  son, 
William  H.,  was  born  on  October  10,  1829.  When  a  babe  in  arms  he  was  taken  to 
Indiana,  and  thence  in  1840  accompanied  his  family  to  Missouri,  where  he  was  reared 
and  received  a  practical  common  school  education.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  became 
a  clerk  in  a  country  store  at  Alexandria,  where  he  was  employed  for  several  years. 
Shortly  after  the  discovery  of  gold  in  California  he  determined  to  seek  his  fortune 
here,  coming  by  way  of  New  Orleans  and  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  He  spent  four 
years  in  California,  working  in  the  gold  mines,  and  met  with  financial  success;  he  also 
served  in  the  Rogue  River  Indian  War.  In  1856  he  returned  by  way  of  Panama  to 
New  York  City,  and  thence  to  Missouri,  becoming  connected  with  a  mercantile  busi- 
ness at  Athens,  where  he  remained  for  some  time. 

The  second  journey  made  by  Mr.  Spurgeon  to  California  was  in  company  with 
his  father  and  other  members  of  his  family  across  the  plains  in  1864.  In  1867  he  went 
to  Los  Angeles,  and  during  his  brief  stay  there  his  yvife,  Martha  (Moreland)  Spurgeon, 
a  native  of  Kentucky,  died.  Soon  afterward  he  returned  again  to  Clark  County,  Mo., 
and  from  there,  in  1869,  came  to  what  is  now  Santa  Ana.  Upon  his  arrival  he  pur- 
chased seyentv-six  acres  of  the  Santiago  de  Santa  Ana  grant,  which  originally  con- 
tained 62,000  acres.  Immediately  after  buying  this  property  he  proceeded  to  lay  out 
the  present  town  of  p^nta  Ana,  employing  for  this  purpose  Mr.  Wright,  a  well- 
known  surveyor  and  civil  engineer.  The  name  the  town  bears  was  given  it  by  Mr. 
Spurgeon  in  honor  of  the  old  Spanish  grant.  When  he  located  here  there  were  but 
few  trees  in  the  entire  valley  and  the  country  was  covered  with  wild  mustard  so  high 
that  he  could  not  look  over  it  from  horseback,  and  in  order  to  view  the  valley  that 
contained  his  purchase  he  climbed  one  of  the  sycamore  trees.  The  town  of  Tustin 
had  just  been  started  and  the  Los  Angeles  and' San  Diego  stage  road  lay  through  the 
town  and  about  three  miles  from  Mr.  Spurgeon's  land.  In  order  to  get  the  stage  to 
come  through  his  purchase  and  to  get  a  post  office  established  he  cut  a  road  through 
the  mustard  at  his  own  expense.  He  then  built  a  small  building  of  redwood  on  what 
is  now  the  southwest  corner  of  Fourth  and  Broadway,  and  in  this  conducted  a  gen- 
eral store,  the  first  in  Santa  Ana,  and  it  is  said  that  all  the  goods  contained  therein 
at  the  opening  could  have  been  hauled  away  in  a  wheel  barrow.  As  the  population 
grew  and  the  needs  of  the  community  became  greater  he  added  to  his  stock  until  he 
carried  a  large  variety  of  general  merchandise,  and  for  eighteen  years  conducted  a 
successful  business,  during  which  time  he  became  widely  known  throughout  this  sec- 
tion  as   a   reliable   merchant  and   progressive   citizen. 

Mr.  Spurgeon  put  down  the  first  artesian  well  in  this  section,  which  yielded  an 
ample  supply  of  water  at  300  feet  and  supplied  the  town  for  some  time,  thus  estab- 
lishing the  first  water  works  here.  In  order  to  induce  settlers  to  locate  at  first  he 
would  give  one  lot  to  anyone  buying  one,  and  in  that  way  sold  a  lot  at  the  corner 
of  Fourth  and  Main  streets  for  fifteen  dollars,  and  to  induce  the  man  to  accept  the 
bargain,  he  threw  in  another  one  of  equal  size  adjoining.  To  show  the  wond~er£ul 
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growth   of   Santa  Ana,   this   property   has   increased   in  value   until   it   is   now   held   at 

approximately  $85,000;  o  a        r        u 

During  his  life  as  a  merchant  Mr.  Spurgeon  acted  as  agent  at  Santa  Ana  for  the 
Wells  Fargo  Express  Company,  and  also  filled  the  office  of  postmaster.  After  the 
organization  of  Santa  Ana  as  a  city  he  was  chosen  a  member  of  the  first  board  of 
trustees  and  served  as  president  of  same.  Scarcely  an  enterprise  was  organized  for 
the  benefit  of  Santa  Ana  with  which  his  name  was  not  identified,  either  directly  or 
indirectly.  For  twenty-five  years  he  held  the  lot  where  the  courthouse  stands  for 
its  present  use,  refusing  many  offers  for  it  for  other  purposes.  He  donated  the  lot 
for  the  Spurgeon  Memorial  Methodist  Church  South.  It  was  his  privilege  to  see  the 
city,  started  by  his  foresight  and  built  up  by  the  energy  of  such  men  as  he,  take  its 
place  among  the  representative  cities  of  Southern  California.  How  much  of  the 
credit  due  for  this  result  is  due  to  his  wise  judgment  would  be  difficult  to  state,  but  it 
is  a  recognized  fact  that  Santa  Ana  owes  to  no  citizen  more  than  it  does  to  Mr.  Spur- 
geon. He  was  always  an  advocate  of  good  schools  and  every  movement  for  the 
social  and  moral  betterment  of  the  community  met  with  his  cooperation. 

Realizing  the  necessity  for  the  town  to  possess  favorable  banking  facilities,  Mr. 
Spurgeon  turned  his  attention  to  the  establishment  of  a  bank  and,  with  others,  incor- 
porated the  First  National  Bank  of  Santa  Ana,  of  which  institution  he  was  chosen 
president,  and  during  the  term  of  his  service  the  bank  secured  the  solid  financial 
basis  upon  which  its  subsequent  prosperity  has  been  built.  He  promoted  the  Santa 
Ana  Gas  Company,  which  he  served  as  president,  was  a  stockholder  and  director  of 
the  Santa  Ana  Gas  and  Electric  Company,  which  succeeded  to  the  business  of  the 
former  company,  and  he  was  financially  interested  in  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation 
Company  for  five  years,  and  for  three  years  served  as  its  president,  and  also  as  a 
members  of  the  board  of  directors.  As  a  home  place  he  owned  twenty  acres  of  land 
at  the  east  end  of  Fourth  Street,  part  of  which  he  sold  to  the  Southern  Pacific  and 
to  the.  Santa  Fe  for  depot  and  yard  purposes.  Realizing  the  value  of  transportation 
facilities  he  used  all  his  influence  to  get  the  roads  to  extend  their  lines  to  Santa 
Ana.  He  later  owned  a  tract  of  thirty,  and  also  one  of  ten  acres  which  he,  himself, 
planted  to  walnuts. 

Mr.  Spurgeon  was  always  a  staunch  Democrat,  and  was  chosen  by  his  party  to 
various  positions  of  trust  and  honor.  He  served  as  a  member  of  the  state  assembly, 
representing  his  district  of  Los  Angeles  County,  this  being  before  Orange  County 
was  organized.  He  served  one  term  as  supervisor  before  the  partition  of  Orange 
County,  and  after  the  organization  of  the  county  was  again  elected  supervisor,  serv- 
ing as  chairman  of  the  board.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Merchants  and  Manu- 
facturers Association,  and  also  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Santa  Ana. 

Mr.  Spurgeon's  farsightedness  and  keen  perception  is  seen  when  supervisor  of 
Los  Angeles  County.  In  the  early  days  he  was  not  slow  to  see  that  this  end  of  the 
county  was  neglected  and  did  not  get  the  aid  nor  public  improvement  it  was  entitled 
to,  so  it  was  then  the  idea  came  to  him  that  the  proper  way  to  get  what  was  due 
in  this  end  of  the  county  was  county  division  and  a  separate  county,  and  in  that 
case  he  saw  that  Santa  Ana  would  no  doubt  be  the  county  seat,  and  so  strong  was 
his  desire  in  that  direction  and  so  certain  was  he  of  it,  he  kept  the  block  now  occu- 
pied by  the  court  house  for  that  very  purpose,  and  would  not  consent  to  sell  it  to 
any  one,  although  he  had  some  splendid  offers  for  it.  His  ambition  was  finally  realized 
— Santa  Ana  as  the  county  seat  and  his  choice  of  block  selected  as  the  court  house 
site  was  no  longer  a  dream  but  became  a  reality,  thus  fulfilling  his  ambition. 

Mr.  Spurgeon's  second  marriage  occurred  in  Santa  Ana  on  April  14,  1872,  uniting 
him  and  Miss  Jennie  English,  a  native  of  New  Madrid  County,  Mo.,  who  came  to 
this  part  of  California  from  Santa  Cruz  County  in  1869  with  her  parents.  Her  father, 
Robert  English,  first  crossed  the  plains  in  1850  from  Missouri,  and  after  some  time 
spent  in  California,  returned  to  his  home.  From  there  he  subsequently  moved  with 
his  family  to  Texas,  from  which  place,  in  1861,  they  crossed  the  plains  from  Red  River 
to  California  by  ox  team,  settling  at  El  Monte.  While  on  their  tedious  journey  they 
were  joined  from  time  to  time  by  different  immigrants  until  their  train  numbered 
sixty  wagons.  They  had  several  skirmishes  with  the  Indians,  but  suffered  no  losses. 
Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  English  died  in  Santa  Ana.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spurgeon  became  the 
parents  of  five  children:  Grace,  the- wife  of  R.  L.  Bisby  of  Santa  Ana;  Lottie  and 
Mary  deceased;  William  H.,  Jr.,  is  prominent  in  the  furniture  business  in  Santa  Ana, 
and  Robert  Granville  resides  at  Long  Beach,  having  served  in  the  U.  S.  Navy  in  the 
World  War. 

On  February  24,  1909,  Mr.  Spurgeon  incorporated  his  property  under  the  title 
of  the  W.  H.  Spurgeon  Realty  Company,  the  members  of  his  family  being  associ- 
ated with  him  as  directors  of  the  corporation,  and  he  himself  being  president  until 


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his  death  on  June  20,  1915.  During  the  last  years  of  his  life  the  company  built  the 
W.  H.  Spurgeon  Block  on  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Sycamore  streets,  the  largest 
and  most  pretentious  building  in  the  city,  a  fitting  monument  to  its  founder.  Mrs. 
Spurgeon  survives  her  husband  and  continues  to  make  her  home  in  the  city  she  has 
seen  built  up  from  a  stubble  field  and  in  the  development  of  which  she  has  taken  a 
woman's  part,  aiding  and  encouraging  her  husband  in  his  ambition  to  see  it  a  beau- 
tiful city  with  modern  public  improvements,  with  its  paved  streets,  as  well  as  being 
one  of  the  principals  in  making  it  the  seat  of  government  of  the  county,  a  desire  that 
was  very  keen  and  dear  to  them  both.  Her  children  are  looking  after  the  large 
affairs  left  by  her  husband,  and  by  their  love  and  devotion  do  all  they  can  to  shield 
her  from  worry  and  care. 

-  The  life  of  Mr.  Spurgeon  illustrates  the  possibilities  which  Southern  California 
offers  men  of  energy  and  judgment,  where  the  opportunities  for  wise  investments 
and  large  returns  are  even  greater  than  they  were  in  the  early  days.  The  record  of 
Santa  Ana's  founder,  who  started  with  less  than  $1,000,  is  an  example  that  is  worthy 
of  emulation  and  one  that  will  encourage  many  another  young  man  in  his  struggle 
toward  success.  In  October,  1909,  during  the  carnival  of  the  Parade  of  Products 
held  in  Santa  Ana,  Mr.  Spurfeon  was  presented  with  a  memorial — a  beautiful  piece 
of  art  work  done  in  colors  with  a  pen,  setting  forth  his  identification  with  the  county's 
interests.  By  a  happy  coincidence  it  was  the  eightieth  year  of  Mr.  Spurgeon's  birth, 
the  fortieth  year  of  the  founding  of  Santa  Ana  and  the  twentieth  year  of  the  organiza- 
tion of  Orange  County. 

NOAH  PALMER.— The  passing  away  in  January,  1916,  of  Noah  Palmer,  at  the 
age  of  ninety-six,  closed  a  career  whose  value  and  service  to  the  community,  indeed 
to  the  whole  of  Orange  County,  would  be  difficult  to  measure.  Intimately  associated 
with  practically  every  enterprise  that  concerned  the  early  development  of  Santa  Ana, 
it  is  perhaps  in  his  especial  ability  as  a  financier  that  he  was  most  closely  identified 
with  the  great  progress  made  in  this  section  of  Orange  County.  Possessed  in  an 
unusual  measure  of  keenness  and  discernment  of  mind,  he  was  always  quick  to  grasp 
advantages,  albeit  he  was  of  a  conservative  temperament,  so  that,  although  his  judg- 
ment was  quick  and  decisive,  he  was  never  led  into  developments  of  a  speculative 
character.  A  pioneer  of  '49,  it  was  his  privilege  to  witness  such  a  transformation 
throughout  the  commonwealth  of  California  as  can  never  again  take  place  within  the 
confines  of  the  United  States,  so  marvelous  has  been  the  change  that  has  been  wrought 
in  those  years. 

The  Empire  State  was  Mr.  Palmer's  native  home,  his  birth  having  occurred  Sep- 
tember 3,  1820,  at  Lowville,  Lewis  County,  N.  Y.  His  parents  were  Ephraim  and 
Hannah  (Phelps)  Palmer,  natives  of  New  York,,  and  there  they  spent  all  their  days. 
Ephraim  Palmer  came  of  a  long  and  honored  line  of  English  ancestry,  his  forbears 
being  of  the  Quaker  faith,  and  he  lived  a  well-rounded  out  life,  reaching  the  age  of 
eighty-eight  years;  the  mother  passed  away  in  early  womanhood,  when  Noah  was 
but  seven  years  of  age.  An  older  sister  lived  in  Jefferson  County,  N.  Y.,  and  there 
Noah  went  to  live  after  his  mother's  death.  He  remained  there  until  he  was  eighteen 
years  old,  receiving  a  good  education  in  the  local  schools  of  the  vicinity.  He  then 
began  life  on  his  own  account  as  a  school  teacher,  continiiing  in  this  profession 
for  ten  years,  first  in  New  York,  until  1840,  when  he  went  to  Indiana.  Ita  1-849/  when 
the  news  of  the  discovery  of  gold  in  California  went  like  wildfire  over  the  country, 
even  to  the  backwoods  hamlets,  Noah  Palmer)  like  thousands  of  other  young  men, 
was  fired  with  an  ambition  to  seek  his  fortune  in  this  new  Eldorado.  Joining  the 
Isaac  Owen  missionary  train  he  set  out  on  the  long  journey,  and  for  six  long,  weary 
months  they  slowly  wended  their  way  acress  the  plains  and  desert,  a  jburney  that 
was  fraught  not  alone  with  hardship  but  with  many  dangers.  The  hard  work  of 
mining,  at  Hangtown,  now  Placerville,  however,  proved  too  much  for  Mr.  Paliner, 
so  he;  went  to  San  Jose  and  began  farming,  later  removing  to  Santa  Clara,  where 
he  continued  ranching  for  many  years.  In  1852  he  returned  East  and  wilh  his 
wife  and  little  daughter  started  back  to  California  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama, 
making  the  rough  trip  across  the  Isthmus  on  mule  back,  there  being  no  railroad 
in  those  early  days.  The  family  established  their  home  in  Santa  Clara  County,  and 
for  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Palmer  was  quite  active  in  political  life,  being  a  leader  in 
Republican  circles.  For  four  years  he  served  as  tax  collector  of  Santa  Clara  County, 
and  represented  his  district  in  the  state  legislature  for  one  term. 

In  August,  1873,  Mr.  Palmer  came  to  Santa  Ana,  then  only  a  small  hamlet. 
There  was  little  to  attract  one  at  that  time,  as  there  had  been  but  little  improvement 
of  the  surrounding  country,  and  this  offered  but  scant  promise  of  the  possibilities 
that  eventually  were  unfolded.     With  that  keen  foresight  that  was  ever  a  dominating 


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characteristic,  Mr.  Palmer  felt  that  success  awaited  the  pioneer  here  who  had  patience 
and  perseverance,  coupled  with  energy.  He  returned  to  Santa  Clara,  and  on  Decem- 
ber 1,  of  that  same  year,  he  closed  a  deal  for  1765  acres,  comprising  a  part  of  the 
old  Santiago  de  Santa  Ana  grant,  originally  a  tract  of  62,000  acres.  On  his  return 
to  this  locality  he  was  accompanied  by  a  number  of  his  friends  in  Santa  Clara, 
and  to  them  he  disposed  of  1065  acres,  giving  them  their  choice  of  location.  He  re- 
tained 700  acres,  and  this  he  put  under  cultivation  and  produced  some  of  the  best 
crops  ever  seen  in  this  section.  This  land  was  all  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
Santa  Ana,  now  all  subdivided  into  town  lots  except  forty-five  acres.  His  friends 
built  on  their  various  properties,  and  also  farmed  with  success  for  years. 

In  1882  Mr.  -Palmer  began  his  active  interest  in  the  banking  field,  for  which 
his  abilities  especially  fitted  him.  With  W.  S.  Bartlett,  Daniel  Halladay  and  others 
he  organized  the  Commercial  Bank  of  Santa  Ana,  with  Mr.  Halladay  the  first  presi- 
dent. After  a  very  few  years  Mr.  Palmer  succeeded  to  that  office,  and  held  it  until 
April  23,  1910,  when  he  retired.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Bank  of  Orange 
and  served  as  its  president  until  the  bank  was  sold.  He  was  also  a  director  of  the 
Bank  of  Tustin  and  of  the  Orange  County  Savings  Bank — now  the  Orange  County 
Trust  and  Savings  Bank.  He  was  active  in  the  promotion  of  the  Santa  Ana,  Orange 
and  Tustin  Railway  and  was  the  first  president  of  the  company.  In  each  of  these 
developments  he  was  enabled  to  further  the  material  progress  of  the  county  by 
stabilizing  the  financial  foundation  of  the  locality  through  his  wise  oversight,  and 
by  aiding  those  who  were  in  need  of  capital  to  carry  on  the  agricultural  and  horti- 
cultural developnient  that  has  brought  undreamed-of  wealth  to  the   county. 

While  a  school  teacher  in  Franklin  County,  Ind.,  Mr.  Palmer  was  married  in 
March,  1843,  to  Miss  Susan  Evans,  born  January  28,  1824,  in  that  county.  She 
passed  away  on  October  28,  1903,  after  a  wedded  life  of  over  sixty  years,  in  which 
there  had  been  more  than  the  usual  share  of  eventful  interest.  Five  children  were 
born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Palmer,  two  of  whom  are  living:  Emma  Palmer,  Mrs.  George 
•  J.  Mosbaugh,  who  is  the  mother  of  a  son  by  a  former  marriage — H.  Percy  Thelan 
of  Santa  Ana;  and  Miss  Lottie  E.  Palmer.  Mrs.  Almira  A.  Hewitt,  the  eldest  daugh- 
ter, died  in  March,  1912,  leaving  three  children,  Fred  P.,  William  L.,  and  a  daughter, 
Mrs.  Susy  Deuel.  Mrs.  Mosbaugh  and  Miss  Lottie  E.  Palmer  are  residents  of  Santa 
Ana,  and  through  their  loving  ministrations  the  latter  years  of  Mr.  Palmer's  well- 
spent  life  were  surrounded  with  every  care  and  comfort. 

WILLIAM  N.  TEDFORD.— Coming  to  Newport  Valley,  then  in  Los  Angeles 
County,  in  1868,  William  N.  Tedford  was  the  first  settler  of  the  Valley,  as  he  and 
his  family  were  the  only  Americans  here  at  that  time.  Following  him  were  Isaac 
Williams,  Jacob  Ross,  Thomas  Smith  and  Thomas  Cozad,  all  of  whose  names  were 
associated  with  the  pioneer  days  of  this  section. 

Of  Scotch-Irish  extraction,  the  first  representative  of  the  Tedford  family  in 
this  country  was  an  early  settler  of  Virginia,  members  of  the  family  subsequently 
settling  in  Tennessee.  This  state  was  the  birthplace  of  John  Tedford,  the  father  of 
our  subject,  and  he  continued  the  westward  march  of  the  family,  removing  to  Ran- 
dolph County,  Mo.  While  a  resident  of  Tennessee  he  had  married  Miss  Catherine 
Hannah,  and  there  Wilfiam  N.  Tedford  was  born  on  August  16,  1826.  At  the  age  of 
five  he  aiccompanied  his  parents  to  Randolph  County,  Mo.,  where  he  grew  fo  man- 
hood. Here  he  was  married.  May  19,  1852,  choosing  for  his  companion  Miss  Nancy 
Jane  Baker,  the  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Jane  (McCullough)  Baker,  natives,  respectively, 
of  Kentucky  and  Tennessee. 

In  1864,  twelve  years  after  their  marriage,  and  after  five  of  their  children  were 
born,  emulating  the  pioneer  spirit  of  his  forbears,  Mr.  Tedford,  with  his  wife  and 
family,  started  on  the  long  journey  across  the  plains  with  ox  teams,  reaching  Solano 
County,  Cal.,  in  September  of  that  year.  Remaining  there  for  two  years,  they  re- 
moved to  Monterey  County,  where  they  engaged  in  farming  for  another  two  years.  In 
1868  they  came  to  what  is  now  Orange  County,  settling  on  sixty  acres  of  raw  land 
in  Newport  Valley  which  Mr.  Tedford  had  purchased.  Although  the  country  was 
wild  and  barren,  they  set  to  work  to  improve  the  land  and  make  a  home,  and  it 
was  their  privilege  to  see  the  surrounding  territory  transformed  from  its  uninhabited, 
desolate  state  to  prosperous  ranches  and  orchards.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  none  of  the 
old  settlers  of  Orange  County  rejoiced  in  its  development  more  sincerely  than  did 
Mr.  Tedford,  who  had  been  so  closely  associated  with  its  earliest  days,  and  who  did 
his  share  in  helping  to  make  it  the  garden  spot  of  the  country. 

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ward; Mrs.  Emma  J.  Maxwell,  now  deceased;  Thomas  F.;  Mrs.  Katie  M.  Felton: 
Mrs.  Maggie  L.  Young;  Charles  L.;   Mattie  Susan,  wife  of  Rev.  C.  R.  Gray;   George 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  211 

I.,  an3  Harry  A.,  now  deceased.  The  five  eldest  were  born  in  Missouri,  the  younger 
children  all  being  native  sons  and  daughters  of  California.  In  1899  Mr.  Tedford  sold 
his  ranch  to  his  son-in-law,  E.  W.  Felton,  and  purchased  a  residence  at  Spurgeon  and 
Third  streets,  Santa  Ana,  and  here  he  made  his  home  until  his  death,  on  November  9, 
1905,  Mrs.  Tedford  surviving  him  until  1919.  Always  a  Democrat  in  his  political 
sympathies,  Mr.  Tedford  took  an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of  his  party,  and  among 
other  offices  of  trust  he  served  as  supervisor  of  Orange  County  for  four  years. 

CHARLES  C.  CHAPMAN.— Genealogical  records  give  the  year  1650  as  the  date 
of  the  founding  of  the  Chapman  family  in  America  by  the  arrival  in  the  new  world  of 
three  brothers  from  England,  who  became  the  progenitors  of  a  numerous  race  that, 
taking  root  in  Massachusetts,  spread  its  branches  throughout  the  growing  colonies  of 
the  Central  West.  No  representative  of  this  family  was  more  worthy 'than  Sidney  Smith 
Chapman,  who  was  born  in  Ashtabula  County,  Ohio,  in  1827.  He  followed  the  west- 
ward tide  of  emigration  at  an  early  age,  settling  in  Illinois  when  he  was  a  youth  of 
eighteen  and  embarking  in  the  building  business.  While  he  never  achieved  wealth 'he 
was  singularly  fortunate  in  gaining  that  which  is  far  more  enduring — the  sincere  regard 
of  friends  and  the  affectionate  admiration  of  business  associates.  Into  the  building  of 
houses  he  put  the  same  integrity  and  the  same  patient  industry  that  he  put  into  the 
building  of  his  fine  personal  character  and  his  deep  Christian  faith. 

After  a  long  period  of  labor  as  a  builder  in  Macomb,  111.,  Sidney  S.  Chapman 
removed  to  Vermont,  same  state,  in  1868  and  later  followed  his  trade  in  Chicago, 
where  he  and  his  first  wife  were  charter  members  of  the  West  Side  Christian  Church. 
During  the  World's  Faii:  his  health  failed  and  in  October  of  1893  he  passed  from  earth. 
His  life,  as  it  was  ordered,  contained  not  only  happiness,  but  also  sorrow  and  dis- 
appointment. Whatever  came  to  him  he  bore  with  simple  dignity  and  quiet  courage, 
seldom  giving  utterance  to  any  words  save  those  of  hope.  As  a  workman  he  was  not 
content  with  the  mere  completion  of  a  task,  but  strove  to  finish  each  contract  with 
greater  skill  than  he  had  displayed  in  previous  efforts.  He  was  a  firm  supporter  of 
prohibition,  and  politically  a  Republican.  To  his  descendants  he  left  the  heritage  of 
a  life  that  was  a  model  of  uprightness  and  simple  devotion  to  duty. 

In  1848  S.  S.  Chapman  married  Rebecca  Jane  Clarke,  eldest  daughter  of  David 
and  Eliza  (Russell)  Clarke,  both  natives  of  Kentucky,  where  the  daughter  also  was 
born.  The  family  of  Mr.  Chapman  by  this  marriage  numbered  ten  children,  seven  of 
whom  attained  years  of  maturity  and  five  are  now  living,  viz.:  Charles  C,  whose 
name  introduces  this  riarrative;  Christopher  C,  an  orange  grower  near  Yorba  Linda; 
Samuel  James,  who  is  engaged  in^the  real  estate  business  in  Los  Angeles;  Dolla,  Mrs. 
W.  C.  Harris,  whose  husband  is  a  well  known  builder  and  successful  architect  of  Los 
Angeles;  and  Louella,  Mrs.  J.  Charles  Thamer,  of  Placentia.  Cal.  The  eldest  son.  Col. 
Frank  M.,  died  in  Covina,  this  state  in  1909.  Emma  E.,  Mirs.  L.  W.  B.  Johnson,  died 
in  Illinois  in  1888,  leaving  a  son  and  daughter.  The  wife  and  mother  passed  away  at 
the  family  home  in  Chicago  January  2,  1874,  and  later  her  youngest  sister  became  the 
wife  of  S..  S.  Chapman,  their  union  resulting  in  the  birth  of  three  children,  Ira,  Earl 
and  Nina.  After  the  death  of  her  husband  the  widow  remained  in  Chicago  for  several 
years,  but  subsequently  removed  to  Los  Angeles,  where  she  died. 

During  the  residence  of  the  family  in  Macomb,  111.,  Charles  C.  Chapman  was 
born  July  2,  1853,  and  in  that  city  his  education  was  secured,  but  he  owes  more  to 
self-culture  than  to  text-books,  more  to  determination  and  will-power  than  to  youthful 
opportunities.  His  first  employment  was  that  of  messenger  boy  and  he  recalls  carry- 
ing the  message  that  announced  the  assassination  of  of  President  Lincoln.  Later  he 
clerked  in  a  store  and  in  1869  joined  his  father  at  Vermont,  111.,  where  he  learned  the 
trade  of  bricklayer.  On- the  19th  of  December,  1871,  he  went  to  Chicago  and  imme- 
diately secured  employment,  first  working  as  a  bricklayer  and  in  1873  superintending 
the  erection  of  several  buildings,  after  which  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business. 
During  1876-77  he  engaged-  in  canvassing  in  the  interests  of  a  local  historical  work  in 
bis  native  county  and  during  1878  he  embarked  in  a  siinilar  enterprise  for  himself  a1 
Galesburg,  111.,  whence  the  office  in  1880  was  moved  to  Chicago.  The  business  was 
first  conducted  under  his  own  name  and  after  his  brother,  Frank  M.,  became  a  partner, 
the  firm  name  was  changed  to  Chapman  Brothers  and  later  to  the  Chapman  Pub- 
lishing Company. 

As  the  business  of  the  firm  increased  the  plant  was  enlarged  until  it  had  em- 
braced extensive  quarters  and  a  large  equipment.  In  addition  to  the  management  of  a 
printing  and  publishing  business  the  firm  erected  numerous  buildings,  including  busi- 
ness structures,  apartments,  hotels  and  more  than  twenty  substantial  residences.  Dur- 
ing the  World's  Fair  they  conducted  the  Vendome  Hotel  for  the  accommodation  of 
many  of  the  leading  capitalists  and  business  men  of  the  country.  The  financial  panic 
of  that  year  caused  very  heavy  losses  to  the  firm. 


212  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

At  Austin,  Tex.,  October  23,  1884,  Mr.  Chapman  married  Miss  Lizzie  Pearson, 
who  was  born  near  Galesburg,  111.,  September  13,  1861,  being  a  daughter  of  Dr.  C. 
S.  and  Nancy  (Wallace)  Pearson.  Two  children  blessed  the  union,  namely:  Ethel 
Marguerite,  born  June  10,  1886,  now  the  wife  of  Dr.  William  Harold  Wickett  of  Ful- 
ierton,  and  Charles  Stanley,  January  7,  1889.  During  January  of  1894  Mr.  Chapman 
went  to  Texas,  hoping  that  the  southern  climate  might  benefit  his  wife,  who  was  lU 
V  Mi  pulmonary  trouble.  Later  in  the  same  year  he  came  to  California  with  the 
same  hope,  but  here,  as  elsewhere,  he  was  doomed  to  disappointment.  While  the 
family  were  occupying  their  beautiful  home  on  the  corner  of  Adams  and  Figueroa 
streets,  Los  Angeles,  Mrs.  Chapman  passed  away  September  19,  1894.  Noble  traits 
of  heart  and  mind  made  Mrs.  Chapman  preeminent  in  family  and  church  circles, 
while  her  accomplishments  fitted  her  to  grace  the  most  aristocratic  social  functions. 
Her  charming  personal  appearance,  lovable  nature  and  graceful  manner  won  the 
affectionate  regard  of  a  host  of  friends.  Earth  held  so  much  of  joy  in  an  ideal  home 
happiness  that  she  could  not  covet  the  boon  death  proffered,  yet  she  accepted  it 
with  the  fortitude  that  characterized  her  sweet  Christian  resignation  to  intense  suf- 
fering through  a  long  illness. 

The  present  wife  of  Mr.  Chapman  was  Miss  Clara  Irvin,  daughter  of  S.  M.  and 
Lucy  A.  Irvin,  and  a  native  of  Iowa,  but  from  childhood  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles 
until  her  marriage  September  3,  1898.  They  have  one  child,  Irvin  Clarke.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Chapman  have  traveled  extensively,  both  in  this  country  and  abroad.  Both 
are  members  of  the  Christian  Church,  with  which  Mr.  Chapman  united  at  the  age 
of  sixteen,  and  in  which  he  has  held  all  the  important  official  positions.  For  years 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Cook  County  Sunday-school  board,  a  member  of  the  general 
board,  Y.  M.  C.  A.  of  Chicago,  also  an  organizer  of  the  board  of  city  missions  of  the 
Christian  churches  of  Chicago.  His  identification  with  these  various  activities  was 
severed  upon  his  removal  from  Chicago,  but  he  has  been  equally  active  in  the  West. 
He  has  been  for  nearly  a  score  of  years  president  of  the  Christian  Missionary  Society 
of  Southern  California,  and  has  taken  part  in  the  dedication  of  forty  churches,  being 
the  speaker  and  making  the  appeal  for  money,  and  in  a  special,  as  well  as  a  general, 
way  assisted  many  churches.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Christian  Board  of  Publication 
of  St.  Louis.  The  largest  of  his  philanthropic  enterprises  are  the  building  of  a  hos- 
pital at  Nantungchow,  China,  and  his  contribution  to  the  California  School  of  Chris- 
tianity of  Los  Angeles.  For  years  he  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  state  executive 
committee  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  in  1914  was  president  of  the  state  convention,  and  in 
April,  191S,  was  elected  chairman  of  the  state  executive  committee.  He  has  been 
reelected  annually  since.  He  has  served  as  president  of  the  State  Sunday  School 
Association,  and  in  1911  was  elected  to  represent  Southern  California  on  the  Inter- 
national Executive  Committee,  and  was  vice-chairman  of  the  Committee.  In  1914 
he  was  reelected  to  both  positions,  and  continues  to  serve  on  the  Committee.  In  1903 
he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Pardee  a  trustee  of  the  State  Normal  School  at  San 
Diego,  was  reappointed  by  him,  and  later  by  Governor  Gillett,  and  still  later  by  Gov- 
ernor Johnson,  resigning  after  a  service  of  ten  years.  In  1907  he  was  elected  a  trustee 
of  Pomona  College,  serving  until  1915.  Upon  the  organization  of  the  California  School 
of  Christianity,  he  was  chosen  a  trustee  and  president  of  the  board. 

Since  coming  to  California  Mr.  Chapman  has  devoted  much  attention  to  building 
up  the  Santa  Ysabel  rancho  near  FuUerton,  which,  under  his  supervision,  has  been 
developed  into  one  of  the  most  valuable  orange  properties  in  the'  state.  The  Old 
Mission  brand,  under  which  name  the  fruit  is  packed,  has  a  reputation  second  to  none 
in  the  best  markets  of  the  country,  and  prices  commanded  have  been  the  record  prices 
for  California  oranges  since  1897.  He  also  has  other  valuable  orange  ranches  in 
the  neighborhood  of  FuUerton. 

In  politics  Mr.  Chapman  is  a  Republican.  He  has  served  as  a  member  of  the 
state  central  committee,  and  in  1912  made  an  unsuccessful  race  for  nomination  for 
state  senator.  He  was  elected  one  of  the  first  trustees  of  FuUerton,  served  as  chair- 
man of  the  board,  and  was  reelected  for  a  second  term.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Com- 
mercial National  Bank  of  Los  Angeles  and  of  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  National 
Bank  of  FuUerton.  He  is  interested  in  mining  and  in  the  oil  business,  and  has  large 
realty  holdings  in  Los  Angeles  and  elsewhere.  The  most  important  of  these  is  the 
Charles  C.  Chapman  Building,  a  thirteen-story  office  building,  in  Los  Angeles. 

Mr,  Chapman  has  been  closely  identified  with  the  irrigation  interests  that  lie  at 
the  foundation  of  success  in  fruit  culture.  He  served  as  director  and  president  of  the 
Anaheim  Union  Water  Company  for  several  years.  He  has  made  the  fruit  industry  a 
success,  has  encouraged  others  to  greater  efforts  in  the  same  business,  and  has  proved 
a  power  for  good  in  the  development  of  horticulture  in  Southern  California.  He  has 
borne  his  share  in  public  affairs,  in  religious  work  and  in  social  circles,  as  well  as  in 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  215 

his  chosen  occupation  of  grower  and  shipper  of  fruit.  Activities  so  far-reaching,  aspira- 
tions so  broad  and  influences  so  philanthropic  have  given  his  name  prominence,  while 
he  has  become  endeared  to  thousands  of  citizens  through  his  humanitarian  views, 
his  progressive  tendencies,  his  gentle  courtesy  and  his  unceasing  interest  in  important 
moral,  educational,  religious  and  political  questions. 

DANIEL  HALLADAY.— Among  the  honored  pioneers  of  Southern  California 
who  have  contributed  largely  to  the  growth  and  advancement  of  this  section  of  the 
state  through  their  excellent  business  judgment  and  public-spirited  service,  the  name 
of  Daniel  Halladay  ranks  high.  Coming  to  Santa  Ana  in  1880,  Mr.  Halladay  at 
once  actively  identified  himself  with  the  development  of  the  locality,  interesting  him- 
self to  some  extent  in  agriculture,  but  it  was  in  the  world  of  finance  that  his  greatest 
accomplishments  were  achieved. 

The  lineage  of  the  Halladay  family  dates  back  for  several  generations  in  the 
history  of  New  England,  and  its  representatives  were  always  in  the  forefront  of  the 
progressive  life  of  their  communities.  A  native  of  Vermont,  Daniel  Halladay  was 
born  in  Marlboro,  November  24,  1826.  His  parents  were  David  and  Nancy  (Car- 
penter) Halladay,  both  natives  of  the  same  state.  Daniel  Halladay's  early  days  were 
spent  at  his  birthplace,  but  when  he  was  twelve  years  of  age  his  parents  removed 
to  Springfield,  Mass.,  later  settling  at  Ware,  in  that  state,  and  in  these  places  Daniel 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools.  Always  of  a  mechanical  bent,  at  the 
age  of  nineteen  years  he  apprenticed  himself  to  learn  the  machinist's  trade,  continuing 
as  an  apprentice  and  journeyman  for  six  years.  During  the  latter  half  of  this  period 
he  was  foreman  in  the  American  Machine  Works  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  and  the  ma- 
chine works  of  Seth  Adams  &  Company,  in  South  Boston,  Mass.  After  closing  his 
work  with  the  last-named  firm  he  returned  to  his  former  position  with  the  American 
Machine  Works  at  Springfield,  and  while  there  he  had  charge  of  the  construction  of 
the  caloric  engine  invented  by  John  Ericsson,  well  known  to  history  as  the  designer 
of  the  famous  Monitor.  During  the  World's  Fair  in  London  in  1851,  it  was  a  part 
of  the  American  exhibit  in  the  Crystal  Palace,  Mr.  Halladay  superintending  its  erec- 
tion and  exhibition  there. 

Returning  to  the  United  States,  Mr.  Halladay  became  a  partner  in  a  machine 
manufacturing  concern  at  Ellington,  Conn.,  but  the  connection  lasted  but  a  short  time, 
Mr.  Halladay  then  going  to  South  Coventry,  Conn.,  where  he  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  machinery  under  the  firm  naime  of  the  Halladay  Wind  Mill  Company, 
the  greater  part  of  the  machines  turned  out  being  of  his  own  invention.  The  com- 
pany's plant  was  removed  to  Batavia,  111.,  in  1863,  and  here  the  business  of  the  plant 
grew  to  a  large  volume,  so  that  when  Mr.  Halladay  decided  to  retire  from  it  in  order 
to  come  to  California,  he  was  able  to  dispose  of  it  at  a  handsome  figure. 

Locating  at  Santa  Ana  in  1880,  Mr.  Halladay  entered  at  once  into  the  upbuilding 
of  the  county,  his  clear  vision  making  plain  to  him  its  great  possibilities.  Two  years 
later,  in  1882,  when  the  Commercial  Bank  of  Santa  Ana  was  established,  he  was  made 
its  president,  and  this  was  the  beginning  of  many  years  of  service  in  the  banking 
field,  in  which  his  wisdom,  integrity  and  wide  grasp  had  a  large  part  in  putting  it 
on  its  present  sound,  progressive,  yet  conservative  basis.  After  serving  a* the  bank's 
president  for  a  number  of  years  he  was  made  vice-president,  always  keeping  a  guid- 
ing hand  on  the  affairs  of  the  institution.  He  was  also  one  of  the  incorporators  of 
the  Bank  of  Orange,  serving  on  its  directorate  until  it  changed  hands;  at  one  time 
he  was  a  director  of  the  Orange  County  Savings  Bank.  All  of  these  institutions 
benefited  greatly  by  Mr.  Halladay's  wise  counsel,  as  was  evidenced  by  their  con- 
stant growth,  both  in  number  of  depositors  and  amounts  of  deposits,  and  his  sound 
judgment  has  left  its  impress  on  their  policies  to  the  present  day.  Interested  in 
every  project  that  made  for  the  material  progress  of  the  community,  Mr.  Halladay 
entered  enthusiastically  into  the  plans  for  furnishing  Santa  Ana  with  illuminating 
gas,  being  one  of  the  incorporators  and  directors  of  the  Santa  Ana  Gas  Company. 
He  was  also  instrumental  in  the  promotion  of  the  Santa  Ana,  Orange  &  Tustin 
Street  Railway,  and  was  one  of  its  directors  throughout  the  existence  of  the  company. 
Mr.  Halladay's  marriage,  which  occurred  in  Ludlow,  Mass.,  May  3,  1849,  united 
him  with  Miss  Susan  M.  Spooner,  born  at  Belchertown,  Mass.,  and,  like  her  husband, 
a  descendaint  of  an  old  New  England  family.  She  passed  away  on  December  26, 
1908,  at  Santa  Ana.  One  child  was  born  to  them,  a  son  who  died  in  infancy.  Mrs. 
Halladay  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Santa  Ana  and  very 
active  in  its  circles.  Mr.  Halladay  spent  the  last  few  years  of  his  life  in  retirement 
from  active  duties,  although  he  always  maintained  a  wide  interest  in  the  affairs  of 
the  community  and  nation,  being  particularly  concerned  in  the  cause  of  temperance, 


216  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

of  which  he  was  ever  a  stanch  advocate.  His  death  occurred  on  March  1,  1916,  at 
his  home  on  East  First  Street,  being  survived  by  his  adopted  daughter,  Mrs.  Susie  M. 
Rutherford. 

THEODORE  RIMPAU,  FREDERICK  C.  RIMPAU.— The  wealth  of  pioneer 
achievement  and  tradition  featuring  the  glowing  chapters  of  California  history  one 
is  reminded  of  in  the  life-story  of  Theodore  Rimpau,  long  the  oldest  citizen  in  point  of 
years  of  residence  in  Orange  County.  He  was  born  in  Hamburg,  Germany,  on  Septem- 
ber 28,  1826,  the  son  of  Johanas  and  Matilda  (Henneburg)  Rimpau,  natives  of  Germany. 
He  enjoyed,  on  account  of  his  parents'  social  and  financial  circumstances,  the  advan- 
tages of  a  superior  education,  and  unlike  many  who  were  destined  for  such  a  career 
as  he  later  followed,  he  studied  French,  German  and  Latin,  and  later  pursued  a  prac- 
tical business  course.  After  putting  in  several  years  with  a  wholesale  business  concern 
at  Hamburg,  he  decided  to  seek  his  fortune  in  the  New  World,  and  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1848. 

Leaving  the  Fatherland  about  the  time  of  the  great  political  upheaval  striving  for 
some  of  the  very  objects  recently  attained  in  Germany,  Mr.  Rimpau  landed  in  New 
York,  and  was  soon  employed  by  a  leading  wholesale  house;  and  it  was  while  he  was 
there,  getting  accustomed  to  the  freer  ways  of  the  young  Republic,  that  the  news  of 
the  discovery  of  gold  in  California  was  heralded  throughout  the  country.  He  took 
passage  for  San  Francisco,  via  Panama,  and  from  the  Isthmus  came  on  the  first 
steamship  that  sailed  for  what  was  then  called  Yerba  Buena.  Immediately  upon  his 
arrival,  he  joined  the  hurrying  throngs  seeking  the  "yellow  metal,"  and  for  a  short 
time  was  fairly  successful,  but  like  many  another  who  catered  to  the  wants  of  the 
hazarding  miner,  he  found  the  best  way  to  riches  through  the  avenue  of  trade. 

Mr.  Rimpau  soon  formed  a  partnership  for  general  merchandising  in  San  Fran- 
cisco; and  as  he  prospered,  he  branched  out  to  the  South.  He  opened  another  store 
in  Los  Angeles,  in  1850,  to  which  he  gave  all  of  his  attention  when  he  had  been 
burned  out  twice  in  the  Bay  City;  his  partners,  Schwerin  and  Garbe,  returned  to  South 
America,  where  they  had  formerly  lived.  In  December,  1850,  Mr.  Rimpau  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Francisca  Avila,  the  daughter  of  Francisco  and  Encarnacion  (Sepulveda) 
Avila,  and  a  native  of  the  City  of  the  Angels.  She  died  at  Anaheim  in  1903,  the 
mother  of  seventeen  children,  seven  still  living:  Frederick,  of  this  review;  Sophie  and 
Marie  L.,  all  of  Anaheim;  Frank  T.,  of  Alhambra;  James  A.,  Benjamin  A.  and  John  L., 
of  Los  Angeles. 

In  1851,  Mr.  Rimpau  closed  his  well-known  Los  Angeles  store  and  started  in 
the  stock  business  on  a  tract  of  800  acres  of  land  owned  by  his  wife,  and  originally 
a  Spanish  grant  that  had  been  in  the  Avila  family  for  nearly  100  years,  and  part  of 
which  is  still  owned  by  the  family;  and  there,  on  what  is  now  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Rimpau  followed  stock  raising  until  in  the  early  '60's, 
when  he  moved  to  the  San  Joaquin  ranch.  For  two  years  there  were  awful  droughts 
throughout  the  state,  and  after  his  cattle  died,  he  continued  in  the  sheep  business  until 
1876,  when  another  drought  came,  and  his  son,  Adolph,  to  save  the  herds,  drove  them 
to  Salt  Lake  City. 

Coming  to  Anaheim  in  1865,  Mr.  Rimpau  rented  property  for  two  years,  after 
which  he  bought  and  planted  twenty  acres  of  land,  where  he  later  resided.  He  set 
out  grapes,  and  manufactured  wine;  and  this  business  he  continued  with  success  until 
1886,  when  disease  destroyed  all  the  vines.  Then  he  planted  orchards  and  walnuts. 
He  foresaw  that  the  wine  trade,  for  various  reasons,  was  doomed,  and  as  early  as 
1878  he  established  the  dry-goods  store  which,  as  a  flourishing  concern,  he  turned 
over  to  his  sons,  Adolph  and  Frederick,  ten  years  later.  He  sold  half  of  his  800  acres 
of  ranch  and  became  a  stockholder  in  the  water  company  at   Anaheim. 

Few  men  in  this  colony  of  intelligent  and  industrious  Germans  were  more  re- 
spected in  their  time  than  Theodore  Rimpau;  and  the  local  chronicler  dwells  with 
peculiar  pleasure  on  some  of  the  personal  incidents  in  his  private  life.  His  marriage 
ceremony,  for  example,  was  performed  by  Father  Sanchez,  one  of  the  pioneer  padres 
who  traveled  El  Camino  Real,  or  the  King's  Highway,  from  San  Francisco  to  San 
Diego  on  foot.  Mr.  Rimpau  lived  so  long  and  so  happily  with  his  good  native  wife 
that  his  friends  could  boast  he  was  the  first  foreigner  hereabouts  to  marry  a  California 
maiden  and  to  celebrate  with  her  a  golden  wedding.  At  one  time  he  had  three  vessels 
engaged  in  coast  trade,  plying  between  San  Francisco  and  San  Pedro,  but  they  were 
all  destroyed  by  fire  within  a  year.  He  died  at  Anaheim  on  October  3,  1913,  aged 
eighty-seven  years. 

FREDERICK  RIMPAU  was  born  in  Los  Angeles  on  March  13,  1855,  the  house 
bemg  still  owned  by  the  Rimpau  family,  and  growing  up  in  Anaheim,  to  which  town 
his  foTTcs  had  removed,  he  attended  the  grammar  school  there.     From  his  twenty-second 


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until  his  forty-second  year  he  clerked  in  stores  in  Los  Angeles  and  Arizona,  and  for 
fifteen  years  he  was  a  partner  with  his  brother  Adolph  in  the  dry-goods  store  at  Ana- 
heim. Selling  out,  he  went  into  the  real  estate  and  insurance  field,  and  today  gives 
his  attention  especially  to  the  latter.     He  is  a  director  of  the  Anaheim  National  Bank. 

On  November  4,  1885,  Mr.  Rimpau  married  Miss  Nellie  Smythe  of  Anaheim,  a 
native  daughter,  whose  parents  are  John  S.  and  Josefa  (Yorba)  Smythe.  They  attend 
the  Catholic  Church. 

Mr.  Rimpau  belongs  to  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood,  and  years  ago,  for  three  years 
he  was  a  member  of  the  California  National  Guard,  from  which  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged. He  is  an  active  participator  in  all  civic  movements,  and  deeply  interested  in 
Orange  County  and  its  smiling  future. 

WILLIAM  HENRY  CROWTHER.— Throughout  a  long  and  useful  life  that 
left  its  impress  upon  various  lines  of  activity,  William  H.  Crowther  won  and  main- 
tained the  confidence  of  a  large  circle  of  associates,  through  his  progressiveness  and 
sterling  traits  of  character.  Coming  of  a  long  line  of  English  antecedents,  Mr. 
Crowther  was  himself  a  native  of  England,  where  he  was  born  on  October  4,  1837,  in 
Yorkshire.  His  parents,  John  and  Tamar  (Bartel)  Crowther,  both  natives  of  that 
part  of  England,  passed  their  entire  lives  there. 

The  country  schools  of  Yorkshire  furnished  William  Crowther  his  early  educa- 
tion, and  this  he  supplemented  with  a  course  at  the  mechanical  schools  at  Leeds.  In 
1857,  at  the  age  of  twenty  years,  he  immigrated  to  America,  settling  in  Massachusetts, 
and  here  he  followed  the  trade  of  blacksmithing  and  wagonmaking  for  several  years, 
becoming  a  very  proficient  workman.  Seeking  another  field  for  his  activities,  Mr. 
Crowther  started  on  the  long  journey  to  the  Pacific  Coast  by  the  way  of  the  Isthmus 
of  Panama,  reaching  San  Francisco  in  January,  1864.  Spending  six  months  at  Sacra- 
mento at  his  trade,  he  then  located  at  Santa  Clara,  and  there  he  engaged  in  business 
for  himself  for  a  number  of  years,  manufacturing  wagons,  plows  and  a  large  line  of 
agricultural  implements. 

Coming  to  Los  Angeles  County  in  1872,  Mr.  Crowther  located  at  Anaheim,  and 
there  engaged  in  blacksmithing  for  some  time,  but  seeing  the  great  possibilities  in  the 
development  of  the  agricultural  and  horticultural  interests  of  this  part  of  the  country, 
he  purchased  136  acres  of  land  at  Placentia  in  1875.  It  was  a  raw,  unpromising  piece 
of  land,  used  as  a  sheep  range,  and  Mr.  Crowther  realized  thoroughly  the  hard  work 
that  would  be  required  before  he  could  hope  for  even  fair  returns.  Particularly  did 
he  see  the  necessity  of  irrigation,  if  settlers  were  to  be  attracted  to  this  locality. 
He  therefore  entered  actively  into  the  development  of  waterways,  and  was  one  of  the 
originators  of  the  means  of  irrigation  provided  by  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Com- 
pany. For  many  years  one  of  its  directors,  and  for  several  terms  president  of  the 
company,  he  was  of  invaluable  assistance  in  the  conduct  of  its  affairs;  also  did  black- 
smithing for  the  company  during  the  first  year  and  a  half  of  its  existence. 

In  the  meantime  Mr.  Crowther  was  also  busily  engaged  in  the  development  of 
his  own  ranch.  Eighty  acres  were  planted  to  English  walnuts  and  about  fifty  acres  to 
oranges  and  deciduous  fruits,  and  through  his  unremitting  care  and  intelligent  culti- 
vation it  became  one  of  the  best-known  ranches  of  the  district,  its  abundant  yield 
bringing  in  a  handsome  income.  Since  so  many  years  of  his  life  had  been  spent  in  a  line 
of  work  far  removed  from  horticulture,  more  than  ever  was  credit  due  to  Mr.  Crow- 
ther for  the  outstanding  success  he  made  in  this  new  field.  In  his  passing  away  on 
December  16,  1916,  the  community  lost  one  of  its  stanchest  citizens,  and  one  who  could 
always  be  counted  upon  to  give  of  his  time  and  influence  to  every  good  work.  The 
ranch  property  is  now  equally  divided  between  his  sons,  Walter  H.  Crowther,  of  202 
Wilshire  Avenue,  Fullerton;  Edward  W.  Crowther  of  Placentia,  and  his  daughter 
Ruby,  now  Mrs.  Albert  Hitchen,  of  Beverly  Hills,  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Crowther's  marriage  united  him  with  Miss  Margaret  Sproul,  a  native  of 
Scotland,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  four  children:  Sarah,  who  died  aged  forty 
years;  Walter  H.,  Edward  W.  and  Ruby.  Prominent  in  the  ranks  of  the  Masons,  Mr. 
Crowther  belonged  to  the  Blue  Lodge  at  Anaheim  and  to  the  Chapter  and  Com- 
mandery  at  Santa  Ana,  and  the  Shrine  of  Los  Angeles.  A  loyal  Republican,  he  took 
a  deep  interest  in  the  affairs  'of  his  party,  taking  an  active  part  in  county  and  state 
affairs,  and  holding  local  offices  of  importance.  He  also  gave  his  services  generously 
toward  securing  improved  educational  facilities,  being  clerk  of  the  Placentia  school 
district,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  organizers. 


218  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

JOSEPH  EDWARD  PLEASANTS.— Comparatively  few  of  the  men  now  iden- 
tified witii  Orange  County  preceded  Joseph  Edward  Pleasants  in  establishing  asso- 
ciations with  this  locality,  as  he  took  up  his  residence  here  in  1861.  He  is  one  of  the 
few  remaining  'forty-niners  in  California.  Among  the  first  to  bring  stands  of  bees  to 
this  part  of  the  country,  for  many  years  noted  for  its  fine  sage  and  orange  honey,  Mr. 
Pleasants  has  long  occupied  an  authoritative  place  in  that  industry,  being  the  first  bee 
inspector  of  the  county,  a  post  that  he  has  held  continuously  since  1902,  and  at  the 
present  time  he  is  president  of  the  California  State  Bee  Keepers'  Association. 

Missouri  was  Mr.  Pleasants'  native  state,  and  there  he  was  born  in  St.  Charles 
County,  March  30,  1839.  His  parents  were  James  M.  and  Lydia  (Mason)  Pleasants, 
natives  of  Kentucky  and  Virginia,  and  both  were  of  English  ancestry.  The  mother 
passed  away  in  1848,  and  the  following  year  the  father,  with  his  two  eldest  sons, 
joined  an  ox-team  train  consisting  of  thirty-two  wagons  for  the  long  journey  across 
the  plains.  There  were  about  120  people  in  the  party,  Mr.  Pleasants  being  the  young- 
est child  in  the  company.  The  trip  was  a  long,  trying  one,  about  twenty  of  the  trav- 
elers succumbing  to  the  cholera  en  route,  and  six  weary  months  passed  by  before 
they  reached  their  destination  on  the  Feather  River.  The  father  engaged  in  mining 
for  about  a  year  and  a  half,  later  going  to  the  Sacramento  Valley,  where  he  engaged 
in  farming  in  what  is  now  Solano  County,  Pleasants  Valley,  where  he  located,  being 
named  for  him. 

In  1856  J.  E.  Pleasants  came  to  Southern  California,  where  he  made  his  home 
with  the  Wolfskin  family,  studying  under  H.  D.  Barrows,  whom  Mr.  Wolfskill  had 
employed  as  a  teacher  for  his  family,  the  children  of  the  neighborhood  sharing  in  his 
instruction,  according  to  the  generous  custom  of  the  times.  Mr.  Barrows,  who  was 
a  New  Englander,  and  well  trained  in  the  pedagogical  world  of  his  native  place, 
was  prominently  identified  with  the  educational  afiairs  of  Los  Angeles  for  many  years, 
serving  on  the  school  board  for  a  number  of  terms.  Coming  to  what  is  now  Orange 
County  in  1861  to  look  after  some  interests  of  Mr.  Wolfskill  here,  Mr.  Pleasants 
later  purchased  land,  and  he  has  since  made  this  his  home,  a  period  of  practically 
sixty  years.  While  engaging  in  general  farming,  he  was  especially  interested  in  raising 
line  cattle  and  horses,  and  he  raised  many  thoroughbred  shorthorns,  selling  them  to 
the  Irvine  Company.  Among  the  first  to  become  interested  in  the  bee  industry,  he 
owned  at  one  time  over  400  stands,  and  this  brought  him  a  handsome  income. 
One  year  he  took  thirty  tons  of  honey  from  his  apiary.  He  gave  much  time  to  the 
study  of  bees  and  particularly  of  the  diseases  that  aflfect  them  in  this  climate,  and  it 
is  safe  to  say  that  there  is  no  one  in  Southern  California  who  has  done  as  much  to 
advance  this  profitable  industry.  He  was  chosen  to  take  charge  of  the  California 
bee  exhibit  at  the  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition  in  New  Orleans,  1884.  When  the 
office  of  bee  inspector  was  created  in  1902,  Mr.  Pleasants  was  unanimously  made 
its  first  incumbent  and  he  continues  to  serve  up  to  the  present  time.  In  1888  Madame 
Modjeska  bought  his  ranch  of  200  acres  and  he  then  bought  400  acres  of  land,  his 
present  place,  which  he  devoted  to  the  raising  of  thoroughbred  stock. 

Mr.  Pleasants'  first  marriage  united  him  with  Miss  M.  Refugio  Carpenter,  her 
mother  being  a  native  Californian.  She  passed  away  in  1888,  and  two  years  later 
Mr.  Pleasants  married  Miss  Adalina  Brown,  likewise  a  native  of  this  state,  born  at 
Petaluma,  Sonoma  County,  but  grew  up  and  received  her  education  in  Los  Angeles; 
she  is  a  daughter  of  Milton  and  Clarissa  (Wing)  Brown,  natives  of  Kentucky  and 
Illinois,  respectively.  They  crossed  the  plains  to  Oregon  in  1852  and  two  years  later 
came  down  the  coast  to  Sonoma  County,  and  soon  afterwards  came  to  Los  Angeles 
where  they  were  pioneer  ranchers.  After  his  wife  died  Milton  Brown  made  his  home 
with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pleasants  until  a  few  days  before  his  death  at  the  hospital  in 
Santa  Ana  in  1917,  aged  ninety-five  years,  six  months.  Mrs.  Pleasants  after  reaching 
womanhood  taught  school  for  several  years.  She  is  intensely  interested  in  early 
California  history  of  which  she  has  been  a  student  and  reader  and  is  well  informed 
and  an  interesting  conversationalist. 

A  member  of  the  Bee  Keepers'  Club  of  Orange  County  and  an  active  member 
of  the  State  and  National  Bee  Keepers'  Associations,  at  the  annual  meeting  in  Los 
Angeles,  February,  1920,  Mr.  Pleasants  was  elected  president  of  the  California  State 
Bee  Keepers'  Association,  a  fitting  honor  to  his  years  of  study  and  research  in 
bee  culture.  Mr.  Pleasants  has  always  taken  a  prominent  part  in  the  activities  of 
these  organizations,  promoting  in  every  possible  way  the  furtherance  of  this  industry. 
He  has  been  a  valued  contributor  to  the  various  journals  published  in  its  interest  in 
the  United  States  and  furnished  the  data  for  the  chapter  devoted  to  the  subject 
appearing  in  this  history.  Now  one  of  the  oldest  settlers  in  this  county,  he  is  living 
in  comparative  retirement  at  his  home  in  Silverado  precinct,  and  blessed  with  an 
exceptional  memory,  he  can  recall  many  interesting  reminiscenses  of  the  early  days 
of  Orange  County.  Occupying  a  high  place  in  the  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens,  Mr. 
Pleasants  can  look  back  upon  a  long,  influential  and  well-spent  life. 


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GEORGE  W.  FORD.— Coming  to  Orange  County  in  1876,  George  W.  Ford  is 
known  tliroughout  Southern  California  as  an  authority  in  walnut  growing,  having  made 
a  special  study  of  this  industry  and  securing  results  not  equalled  by  any  other  grower  in 
the  county.  A  native  of  Illinois,  he  was  born  in  the  neighborhood  of  Centralia  on 
October  21,  1848,  a  son  of  John  and  Louisa  (Youngblood)  Ford,  both  descendants  of 
old  Southern  families,  who  had  settled  in  Illinois  when  it  was  a  territory.  In  1897 
they  came  to  California  and  resided  here  during  the  remainder  of  their  lives.  They 
were  the  parents  of  ten  children,  nine  of  whom  grew  to  maturity. 

The  oldest  child  of  the  family,  George  W.  Ford,  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools  of  that  time,  attending  about  two  months  during  the 
winter,  and  the  remainder  of  the  time  after  he  was  old  enough  to  work,  was  spent 
in  helping  on  his  father's  farm.  From  the  time  he  was  a  lad  of  fifteen,  Mr.  Ford 
was  filled  with  a  desire  to  see  California,  having  read  an  article  in  a  paper,  written  from 
Anaheim  Landing,  and  he  made  up  his  mind  then  to  visit  this  section  some  time  in 
the  future.  When  he  was  a  little  older  he  worked  for  a  time  in  a  country  store,  also 
helping  on  the  farms  in  the  vicinity  of  his  home,  and  one  season  while  working  in  the 
harvest  field  he  was  overcome  by  the  heat.  His  health  began  to  fail  and  in  March,  1875, 
he  decided  to  come  to  California,  on  the  advice  of  a  friend,  who  had  been  in  this 
state  and  knew  the  conditions  to  be  found  here  by  one  seeking  health.  Arriving  in 
San  Francisco  with  less  than  ten  dollars,  this  small  sum  had  dwindled  almost -to  the 
vanishing  point  before  he  secured  employment,  but  he  was  fortunate  in  completely 
regaining  his  health. 

In  February,  1876,  Mr.  Ford  came  to  Los  Angeles  County,  first  working  on  a 
ranch  and  then  securing  employment  in  a  nursery,  where  he  obtained  his  first  experi- 
ence in  that  line.  Having  saved  up  a  little  money  he  decided  to  invest  it  in  real  estate, 
and  secured  five  acres  of  land  at  Santa  Ana,  and  upon  this  small  tract  he  started  the 
nursery  business  that  was  destined  to  become  one  of  the  largest  in  the  state.  From 
time  to  time  he  added  to  his  holdings,  in  1884  buying  a  tract  of  twenty-three  and  a 
quarter  acres.  At  the  time  of  the  purchase  it  was  but  little  better  than  a  sheep  pasture, 
but  the  extension  of  the  city  limits  made  it  a  valuable  property.  As  the  county  set- 
tled up,  his  business  increased  in  proportion  and  at  one  time  he  employed  twenty 
men  and  did  a  business  of  over  $30,000  a  year.  He  made  many  of  his  own  importations 
and  sold  in  carload  lots,  shipping  walnut  trees  all  over  California  and  to  Australia,  as 
well  as  many  other  fruit  and  ornamental  trees,  plants  and  shrubs.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  to  bring  the  soft-shelled  walnut  to  this  part  of  the  state,  and  in  188S  he  originated 
the  Ford  improved  soft-shell  walnut  and  continued  year  after  year  to  improve  the 
grade.  In  the  cultivation  of  walnut  groves  he  also  made  valuable  contribution  through 
his  many  and  extensive  experiments.  He  was  one  of  the  first  growers  to  learn  that  the 
best  results  were  obtained  by  allowing  the  orchards  to  remain  unplowed,  as  he  found 
that  a  "plow  hardpan"  is  formed  by  cultivating,  and  also  that  it  breaks  off  the  small 
shoots  sent  up  by  the  roots  to  draw  nourishment  from  the  air.  He  also  found  that 
his  yield  was  much  increased  by  planting  the  trees  much  farther  apart  than  was  the 
custom,  thinning  them  out  until  they  were  at  least  sixty  feet  apart. 

Mr.  Ford  continued  his  nursery  business  until  1898,  when  he  disposed  of  it  at  a 
good  profit.  In  1892  he  erected  his  present  home  and  spent  much  time  in  beautifying 
the  grounds,  having  the  greatest  variety  of  ornamental  trees  and  shrubs  of  any  home 
in  the  county,  among  them  being  some  extremely  fine  camphor  trees.  A  stockholder 
in  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  Mr.  Ford  worked  in  1877  on  the  first 
ditch  started  by  that  company. 

Always  a  lover-  of  fine  horses,  Mr.  Ford  was  for  a  number  of  years  engaged  in 
raising  some  fine  racing  stock,  breeding  some  of  the  fastest  horses  ever  sent  out  of 
the  state.  His  horses  were  raced  all  over  the  Pacific  circuit,  and  in  the  early  days 
he  did  his  own  driving  and  won  many  races.  In  1900  he  bought  the  Orange  County 
Fair  Association  race  track,  and  for  several  years  maintained  it  as  a  training  and  race 
course.  It  was  considered  one  of  the  fastest  mile  tracks  in  California,  and  it  was  here 
that  Silkwood,  one  of  the  best  trotting  horses  of  his  day,  made  his  record  of  2:07. 

Coming  here  when  Santa  Ana  was  but  a  small,  struggling  village,  Mr.  Ford  has 
seen  it  grow  to  be  one  of  the  most  prosperous  towns  in  Southern  California,  and  in 
this  development  he  has  had  no  small  part.  Mr.  Ford's  marriage  occurred  in  Los 
Angeles,  when  he  was  united  with  Miss  Mary  Teague,  who  was  born  on  a  farm  adjoin- 
ing the  Ford  homestead  in  Illinois,  and  came  to  California  in  1878.  They  continue  to 
reside  on  their  old  home  place,  once  a  pasture,  but  now  in  the  heart  of  the  residence 
district  of  Santa  Ana. 


222  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

DAVID  HEWES. — In  the  annals  of  Southern  California  none  of  its  citizens 
occupy  a  more  distinctive  place  than  the  late  David  Hewes,  whose  name  is  indelibly 
associated  with  the  great,  progressive  movements  of  the  state,  over  a  period  dating 
from  1850  to  his  demise  in  July,  1915.  A  man  of  affairs,  a  successful  financier  and  a 
Christian  gentleman,  his  life  was  ever  a  power  for  good  and  an  influence  toward  the 
highest  ideals  of  manhood.  His  long  and  useful  life  of  ninety-three  years  was  replete 
with  varied  experiences  that  would  furnish  a  volume  of  material  for  the  biographer, 
rich  in  interest,  but  only  the  outstanding  points  of  his  career  can  be  touched  upon  here. 
Born  in  Lynnfield,  Essex  County,  Mass.,  May  16,  1822,  David  Hewes  was  the 
representative  of  one  of  the  old  families  of  that  state,  tracing  his  ancestry  back  seven 
generations  to  the  patriot,  David  Hewes.  The  death  of  his  father  when  he  was  but 
five  years  old,  with  the  rather  rigid  discipline  of  the  New  England  home,  early  gave 
him  a  sense  of  responsibility,  and  the  habits  of  industry  that  formed  the  foundation  ot 
his  success  in  life.  From  the  age  of  fourteen  he  supported  himself  and  earned  enough 
to  secure  his  early  education  in  West  Reading  Academy  and  Phillips  Academy,  and 
later  he  was  enabled  to  enter  Yale  College.  Meanwhile  he  had  added  his  savings  to 
the  small  inheritance  left  him  from  his  father's  estate  and  during  his  second  year  at 
Yale  he  invested  his  capital  in  galvanized  iron  houses  which  he  shipped  to  Cahfornia. 
Leaving  his  studies  he  started  on  the  long  trip  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  via  the  Isthmus 
of  Panama,  arriving  at  San  Francisco  in  February,  1850.  While  he  had  not  expected 
to  remain  in  the  West,  the  wonderful  possibilities  opening  up  at  this  period  made  him 
decide  "to  cast  his  lot  with  this  new  and  untried  land.  Going  to  Sacramento  he  opened 
up  a  general  merchandise  store  and  from  tlue  first  was  successful,  but  in_  1852,  at  the 
height  of  his  prosperity,  the  city  was  practically  wiped  out  by  a  conflagration,  followed 
in  January  of  the  next  year  by  a  disastrous  flood,  so  that  Mr.  Hewes  left  there  prac- 
tically empty-handed. 

Realizing  the  possibilities  of  San  Francisco  as  the  future  metropolis  of  the  Pacific 
Coast,  Mr.  Hewes  decided  to  locate  there.  At  that  time  the  beginning  of  the  city's 
growth  made  necessary  the  leveling  of  the  hills  and  the  grading  and  filling  of  the 
streets  and  here  he  saw  an  immediate  opportunity,  though  his  limited  capital  made  it 
necessary  for  him  to  begin  operations  on  a  very  limited  scale.  It  was  not  long,  how- 
ever, until  he  increased  his  business  and  he  was  soon  engaged  in  the  prodigious  task 
of  reclaiming  the  harbor,  filling  in  blocks  that  are  now  in  the  heart  of  the  city's 
commercial  center.  To  the  present  generation  it  is  almost  inconceivable  that  the  shore 
line  once  extended  to  Montgomery  Street,  all  this  section  being  made  land.  It  was 
most  fitting  that  Mr.  Hewes  was  called  the  "maker  of  San  Francisco"  since  it  was 
through  his  initiative  and  energy  that  the  task  was  undertaken  and  accomplished. 

While  not  actively  connected  with  the  building  of  the  first  transcontinental  rail- 
road, Mr.  Hewes  was  one  of  the  most  enthusiastic  supporters  of  the  project  and  it 
was  he  who  furnished  the  golden  spike  that  marked  the  completion  of  the  road.  It 
was  also  he  who  planned  the  connection  of  the  railroad  company's  wires  with  that  of 
the  Western  Union,  by  which  the  taps  of  the  silver  hammer  driving  the  golden  spike 
were  transmitted  to  San  Francisco,  thus  signalling  the  accomplishment  of  this  long- 
waited  event.  Many  other  activities  occupied  Mr.  Hewes'  attention  in  the  following 
years,  before  his  removal  to  Southern  California,  where  he  entered  upon  one  of  his 
greatest  achievements — the  development  of  the  famous  Hewes  ranch  near  El  Modena, 
in  Orange  County,  which  he  gave  the  name  of  Anapama,  "a  place  of  rest."  Originally 
a  sheep  ranch,  and  comprising  over  800  acres,  Mr.  Hewes  spared  neither  time  nor  ex- 
penditure in  its  development.  A  large  part  of  its  acreage  was  converted  into  a  vine- 
yard, but  when  Orange  County  was  visited  by  the  blight,  it  went  the  way  of  all  the 
other  vineyards.  Nothing  daunted,  Mr.  Hewes  at  once  set  about  to  restore  the  ranch 
by  planting  citrus  fruit  and  it  became  one  of  California's  noted  orange  groves,  remain- 
ing a  part  of  the  Hewes  estate  after  Mr.  Hewes'  death,  until  January,  1920,  when  it 
was  sold  for  $1,000,000.  The  famous  Hewes  Park,  one  of  the  beauty  spots,  of  the 
Southland,  was  Mr.  Hewes  especial  pride,  involving  an  expenditure  of  many  thousands 
of  dollars.  Formerly  a  barren  hill  top,  this  knoll  is  now  a  beautiful  flower  garden, 
through  which  are  many  walks  and  drives,  its  lovely  terraces  ornamented  with  rare 
trees  and  shrubs.  From  its  summit  may  be  seen  Catalina  Island,  the  Sierra  Madre  and 
Santa  Ana  Mountains,  with  the  snow-covered  summit  of  "Old  Baldy"  in  the  distance. 

Business  alone,  however,  did  not  occupy  all  of  Mr.  Hewes'  time  and  thought, 
despite  the  great  enterprises  in  which  he  was  always  concerned.  A  lover  of  art,  he 
spent  much  time  during  his  European  trips  at  the  art  centers,  and  his  magnificent  col- 
lection of  pictures,  statuary  and  frescoes  was  ultimately  presented  to  the  Leland  Stan- 
ford University.  A  trustee  of  Mills  College  for  many  years,  he  gave  generously  to 
that  institution,  one  of  his  gifts  being  the  chime  of  ten  bells  that  hangs  in  the  belfry, 
and  his  benefactions  to  other  schools  and  churches  were  legion.     The  owner  of  large 


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holdings  in  San  Francisco,  when  the  earthquake  and  fire  of  1906  destroyed  his  building 
at  Sixth  and  Market  streets,  although  he  was  at  that  time  in  his  eighty-fourth  year,  he 
at  once  made  plans  for  rebuilding,  the  fifteen-story  structure  erected  on  the  old  site 
costing  half  a  million  dollars,  and  it  is  considered  one  of  the  best  constructed  buildings 
in  that  city. 

Mr.  Hewes'  first  marriage,  which  occurred  in  187S,  united  him  with  Mrs.  Matilda 
C.  Gray,  and  following  this  they  spent  two  and  a  half  years  in  Europe.  It  was  on 
their  return  to  America  that  Mrs.  Hewes'  delicate  health  made  it  advisable  to  seek  the 
more  balmy  climate  of  Southern  California,  and  they  established  their  residence  at 
Tustin,  Mrs.  Hewes  passing  away  there  in  1887.  Mr.  Hewes  was  again  married  in 
1889  to  Miss  Anna'L,athrop,  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Leland  Stanford,  the  next  eighteen  months 
being  spent  in  Europe,  Egypt,  Palestine  and  other  parts  of  the  Orient.  Mr.  Hewes 
was  again  bereaved  of  his  companion  in  1892,  Mrs.  Hewes'  death  occurring  in  August 
of  that  year. 

A  man  of  remarkable  energy,  until  he  was  past  ninety  Mr.  Hewes  continued  to 
drive  his  own  horses  and,  went  about  the  crowded  streets  of  Los  Angeles  and  San 
Francisco  unattended,  looking  after  his  many  interests.  '  With  a  rich  heritage  of  the 
best  New  England  stock,  he  reflected  in  his  character  the  unpretentious  honesty  and 
unswerving  integrity  of  his  forbears.  His  is  a  career  that  will  never  pass  from  the 
memory  of  those  who  have  known  him,  for  its  influence  will  live  for  all  time  in  the 
lives  of  those  who  have  felt  the  impress  of  his  upright  manhood. 

ALBERT  S.  BRADFORD. — No  one  who  has  recently  visited  the  attractive  and 
instructive  orange  shows  held  at  San  Bernardino  will  fail  to  have  been  greatly  im- 
pressed by  the  Orange  County  exhibits,  arranged  by  Albert  S.  Bradford,  president  of 
the  Pla-cenfia  National  Bank,- each  under  his  scientific  and  artistic  touch  for  the  past  ten 
years  of  differing  and  striking  arrangement.  He  was  born  at  Shapleigh,  York  County, 
Maine,  on  August  18,  1860,  the  son  of  William  Bradford,  a  namesake  and  descendant  "of 
the  famous  William  Bradford,  who  came  out  on  the  Mayflower  and  later  was  governor 
of  Massachusetts.  A.  S.  Bradford's  father  married  Miss  Lucy  Thompson,  also  a  member 
of  a  Revolutionary  family  who  stood  by  Washington  and  his  laudable  aspirations 
through  the  thick  and  thin  of  the  war,  or  until  independence  had  been  attained. 

Albert  S.  Bradford  was  reared  on  a  district  farm  where  he  had  plenty  to  do  every 
summer,  although  he  enjoyed  the  usual  school  advantages  of  the  rural  districts  in 
Maine  during  the  winter;  but,  concluding  that  such  a  life  would  afford  him  little  oppor- 
tunity for  the  future,  he  ran  away  from  home  at  the  age  of  fourteen  and  started  to 
paddle  his  own  canoe  in  the  larger,  if  stranger  world.  Arriving  m  Boston,  he  secured 
employment  in  a  market  garden  where  garden  truck  was  raised  under  glass,  for  Nvhich 
labor  he  received  six  dollars  a  month  and  his  board.  He  remained  there  for  a  number 
of  years;  but  he  did  something  more  than  earn  a  living;  he  kept  his  eyes  and  ears  open, 
he  studied  hot-bed  culture  and  horticulture,  and  by  conscientious  application  laid  a 
broad  and  deep  foundation  of  knowledge  and  practical  experience  of  great  value  to  him 
in  later  years.  In  1881,  he  even  started  a  business  of  his  own  in  the  outskirts  of  Boston. 
A  venture  of  another  kind,  that  of  managing  a  summer  resort,  at  Colchester  on  Lake 
Champlain,  Vt.,  rherely  proved  beyond  question  what  he  was  best  fitted  for.  When, 
therefore,  he  established  himself  at  Stoneham,  Mass.,  and  began  to  cultivate  g'arden 
produce,  he  was  able  to  give  it  his  undivided  attention  and  effort. 

About  the  time  of  the  great  boom  in  California,  that  is,  in  1887,  Mr.  Bradford 
came  to  the  Coast,  stopping  for  a  while  at  San  Diego  and  then  coming  to  Santa  Ana, 
at  that  time  in  Los  Angeles  County,  just  in  time  to  take  a  prominent  part  in  the  forma- 
tion of  Orange  County  in  1889.  At  first,  he  was  foreman  of  the  Daniel  Halladay  ranch; 
but  in  J890  he  located  in  what  is  now  the  Placentia  district  and  acquired  twenty  acres  of 
land  on  Palm  Avenue — the  Tesoro  ranch — to  which  he  added  later,  so  that  now  he  owns 
some  fifty-five  acres,  all  set-out  to  Valencia  and  Navel  oranges,  under  his  expert  direc- 
tion brought  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  Besides  this,  Mr.  Bradford  has  other  citrus 
land  holdings,  including  oil-producing  property.  ^ 

He  helped  to  organize  the  Southern  California  Fruit  Exchange,  and  was  a  director 
in  the  same,  although  for  a  number  of  years  he  was  an  independent  fruit  packer  and 
Owned  his  own  packing  house.  Later  he  sold  this  to  R.  T.  Davies,  and  hfe  now  packs 
through,  him.  For  fifteen  years  he  was  a  director- of  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Com- 
pany, and  chairman_of  the  ditch  committee,  and  he  helped  to  organize  the  First  National 
Bank  and^he  American  Savings  Bank  of  Anaheim,  and  is  still  a 'director  in  both. 

Mr.  Bradford's  place  in  California  history  is  pleasantly  assured,  through  his  dis- 
tinction as  the  founder  of  the  town  of  "Placentia.  He  bought  sixty  acres  of  land  for  the 
townsite  from  Richard  Melrose  of  Anaheim  in  1910,  laid  out  the  town  and  secured  the 
right-of-way  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  to  build  its  line;  and  Placentia  is  now  a  busy, 
thriving  town,  with  paved  streets,  modem  business  blocks  and  attractive  homes,  situated 


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in  the  heart  of  the  richest  orange  and  oil  section  of  Orange  County.  It  has  a  modern, 
up-to-date  grammar  school  and  its  own  private  water  system  for  domestic  service.  The 
Placentia  Domestic  Water  Works  has  one  well  ISO  feet  deep,  and  another  187  feet,  with 
a  modern  pumping  plant.  Two  large  iron  tanks  hold  52,000  gallons,  and  a  small  tank 
contains  1,800  gallons,  for  the  use  of  the  packing  houses.  The  largest  street  main  is  a 
six-inth  pipe,  and  there  are  now  228  water  meters  installed.  There  are  eight  fire 
hydrants,  and  the  town  has  a  twenty-horsepower  electric  motor.  It  will  be  seen,  there- 
fore, that  with  clear,  pure  water,  the  water  system  of  Placentia  compares  favorably 
with  that  of  any  other  place  in  the  county. 

The  Placentia  National  Bank  of  which  Mr.  Bradford  is  president  was  organized 
by  him  in  1911,  and  occupies  a  modern  brick  building  of  its  own — some  evidence  of  its 
almost  phenomenal  success  from  the  start.  He  was  organizer  of  Placentia  Savings  Bank 
and  president  of  it  and  is  also  a  director  in  the  Standard  Bond  and  Mortgage  Company 
of  Los  Angeles,  president  of  the  Republican  Petroleum  Corporation,  and  director  in 
the  Orange  County  Automobile  Association.  He  is  chairman  of  the  County  Board  of 
Foresters,  and  vice-president  and  director  in  the  Southern  Counties  Gas  Company,  all 
of  them  representative  business  associations.  Since  1909  he  has  had  charge,  as  has 
been  said,  of  the  Orange  County  exhibit  at  the  annual  orange  show  held  in  San  Ber- 
nardino each  February,  and  for  ten  season  has  made  a  new  and  novel  design. 

Mr.  Bradford  has  been  married  three  times.  The  first  Mrs.  Bradford  was  Miss 
Fannie  R.  Mead  before  her  marriage,  and  she  was  a  native  of  Winchester,  Mass.,  and 
the  daughter  of  Captain  H.  Mead.  The  latter  commanded  the  U.  S.  Gunboat  Monadnock 
during  the  siege  of  Fort  Fisher,  in  the  Civil  War,  and  continuing  to  follow  the  high 
seas,  he  met  a  tragic  death  in  the  burning  of  his  steamer  oflf  Cape  Hatteras.  Four 
children  blessed  the  union:  Elsie  G.,  the  only  daughter,  grew  up  to  graduate  from  the 
FuUerton  high  school,  and  died  on  March  17,  1908.  Hartwell  A.  and  Percy  L.  became 
mainstays  to  their  parents;  but  the  mother,  who  passed  away  on  January  9,  1910,  did 
not  see  the  patriotic  service  of  the  younger  child,  Warren  M.  Bradford,  who  served  in 
France  in  the  World  War,  as  first  lieutenant  of  the  Twenty-third  U.  S.  Engineers. 
His  was  the  strenuous  life  of  the  able-bodied,  idealistic  and  enthusiastic  soldier,  who 
never  was  willing  to  do  the  minimum  possible,  and  it  is  not  surprising  that  he  was  in 
several  of  the  most  important  and  famous  drives.  The  blow  to  Mr.  Bradford  in  the 
death  of  his  devoted  companion  threatened  to  unnerve  and  incapacitate  him;  but 
through  the  endeavor  to  overcome  the  ill  effects,  he  accomplished  the  great  work  of 
providing  for  the  Santa  Fe  cut-oflf  from  Richfield  to  Fullerton,  through  Placentia,  and 
also  for  the  founding  of  the  latter  town.  Hartwell  A.  Bradford  graduated  from  the 
Colorado  School  of  Mines,  and  has  made  a  name  for  himself  as  a  mining  expert  in 
both  the  United  States  and  Mexico.  Percival  Loring  Bradford  was  graduated  from 
the  Armour  Institute  of  Chicago,  as  an  electrical  engineer;  while  Warren  is  a  musician 
with  proficiency  on  the  piano  and  cornet.  The  second  Mrs.  Bradford  was  Ellen  R. 
Mead  who  died  November  23,  1918.  The  present  Mrs.  Bradford  was  Mrs.  Winifred 
Wade  Bryan,  born  in  Missouri,  the  daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Wade. 

Mr.  Bradford  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  Masons  in  California,  having  been 
made  a  Mason  in  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  207,  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which  he  was  master  three 
years.  He  was  exalted  to  the  Royal  Arch  degree  in  Santa  Ana  Chapter  and  was  an 
organizer  of  Fullerton  Chapter  No.  90,  R.  A.  M.,  and  for  three  years  was  its  high 
priest,  although  he  did  the  work  for  five  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Chapter 
of  California  and  was  deputy  grand  lecturer  of  the  Nineteenth  district.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  Santa  Ana  Council  No.  14,  R.  &  S.  M.  Mr.  Bradford  was  knighted  in 
Santa  Ana  Commandery  No.  36,  Knights  Templar,  and  afterwards  became  a  charter 
member  of  Fullerton  Commandery.  He  is  a  member  of  Los  Angeles  Consistory,  S.  R., 
and  also  a  life  member  of  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O  N.  M.  S.,  Los  Angeles.  Always 
a  believer  in  protection  and  nationalism  for  Americans  he  is  decidedly  a  Republican 
and  has  always  been  active  and  prominent  in  matters  of  political  moment  to  the 
county  and  state. 

STROTHER  S.  BALL — During  his  forty  years  of  continuous  residence  in 
Orange  County,  Strother  S-  Ball  has  witnessed  the  marvelous  development  of  agri- 
culture and  citrus  culture  in  the  county,  as  well  as  the  growth  of  villages  into  up-to- 
date  cities.  He  was  born  January  29,  1848,  in  Gentry  County,  Mo.,  the  son  of  Hezekiah 
R.  and  Ellen  (Stephens)  Ball,  the  former  a  native  of  Kentucky.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hezekiah 
Ball  were  the  parents  of  eight  children,  five  of  whom  are  living. 

In  1865,  after  the  Civil  War,  the  family  migrated,  by  the  ox-team  route,  to  Arizona. 
The  indomitable  spirit  of  the  pioneer  possesse'd  this  hardy  family  to  such  a  degree 
that  they  determined  to  migrate  still  farther  westward  until  the  Golden  State  was 
reached.  In  1866  the  family  arrived  in  San  Bernardino,  where  they  remained  until 
1880,  when  they  located  in  what  is  now  Orange  County. 


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In  1881  Hezekiah  Ball  purchased  200  acres  of  land  at  the  small  price  of  fifteen 
dollars  an  acre.  Here  he  followed  general  farming  until  his  passing  away  in  1909.  The 
land  was  subsequently  divided  and  disposed  of,  Strother  Ball  receiving  his  share  of  the 
estate.  Mr.  Ball  occupies  an  established  place  in  the  community  where  he  has  so  long 
been  a  resident,  and  stands  high  in  the  estimation  of  a  large  circle  of  friends. 

RICHARD  'T.  HARRIS,— A  public  official  who  made  an  enviable  record  that 
will  long  speak  for  both  his  high  sense  of  integrity  and  his  sagacity  was  the  late 
Richard  T.  Harris,  the  first  sheriff  and  tax  collector,  and  the  third  treasurer  of  Orange 
Eounty.  He  was  born  in  Richmond,  Va.,  on  February  15,  1859,  the  son  of  John 
and  Grace  Harris,  now  deceased,  who  were  both  natives  of  Cornwall,  England,  where 
they  were  also  married.  They  located,  on  first  coming  to  America,  in  Richmond,  Va., 
but,  attracted  by  the  exciting  news  of  the  discovery,  of  gold  in  California,  came  out  to 
California  in  1860  and  located  in  Grass  Valley,  Nevada  County.  For  a  while  Mr. 
Harris  followed  mining  there,  and  then  he  came  to  Healdsburg,  Sonoma  County, 
and  from  there  to  Santa  Clara  County.  In  the  Centennial  year  of  1876,  Mr.  Harris 
settled  in  the  Garden  Grove  district,  which  was  then  in  Los  Angeles  County,  and 
there  followed   farming. 

On   reaching  young  manhood,    Richard   T.    Harris   entered   the   mercantile   field, 

conducting    a    general    merchandise    store    at    Westminster.      When    Orange    County 

was  formed,  he  was  one  of  those  distinguished  by  his  foresight  and  his  helpful  par- 

.  tiripation  in  the  hard  work  of  the  project,  and  naturally  he  was  elected — by  a  majority 

:  of   1,700 — the  first  sheriff  and  tax  collector.     Later  he  was  elected   county  treasurer. 

,  In   each  of  these  offices  he  served  a  term  and  became   one  of  the  best-known  men 

in  the  county.     He  was  also  interested  in  ranching  and   devoted  considerable   of  his 

time  to  growing  walnuts,  oranges  and  celery.     Politically  he  was  a  stanch  Republican. 

On  July  3,  1888,  at  Westminster,  Mr.  Harris  was  married  to  Miss  Maria  S. 
Larter,  a  native  of  Ontario,  Canada,  the  family  home  being  only  six  miles  from 
Niagara  Falls.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary  J.  (Hansler)  Larter,  born 
in  Norwich,  England,-  and  Canada,  respectively.  Mrs.  Harris  accompanied  her  par- 
ents to  Westminster  in  1876,  her  father  being  one  of  the  pioneer  farmers  there,  and 
this  was  his  home  until  his  death.  His  widow  survives,  malting  her  home  at  West- 
minster. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harris  were  the  parents  of  one  daughter,  Geraldine  May, 
who  passed  away  at  the  age  of  nine  years.  Mrs.  'Harris  is  a  cultured  and  refined 
woman,  well-read  and  well-traveled,  and  this,  coupled  with  a  retentive  memory, 
makes  her  a  very  interesting  conversationalist.  She  is  also  endowed  with  much 
business  acumen,  which  stands  her  in  good  stead  in  the  rhaiiageinent  of  the  large 
affairs  left  her  by  her  husband,  a  stewrardship  of  which  she  is  giving  a  good  account. 

Mr.  Harris  was  a  director  in  the  Santa  Ana  Cooperative  Sugar  Company,  and 
took  a  live  interest  in  the  establishinent  of  this  plant  which  has- done  so  much  to  build 
up  the  county.  He  also  served  for  a  time  as  assistant  postmaster  at  Westminster, 
and  also  started  the  telephone  company  there.  During  the  early  history  of  the  oil 
industry  in  Southern  California,  he  was  one  of  the  priine  movers  in  the  organization 
of  the  Fidelity  Oil  Company,  and  operated  in  the  Whittier  field.  His  ventures  were 
successful  and  he  retired  from' that  line  with  a  considerable  fortune.  On  his  derhise, 
on  November  28,  1911,  the  local  newspaper  said  of  him:  "A  man  of  business  affairs, 
he  was  progressive,  and  had  been  active  in  the  promotion  of  several  enterprises  that 
have  benefited  this  city  and  county.  That  he  was  highly  esteemed  and  enjoyed  the 
confidence  of  the  public  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  he  held  county  office  at  two 
different  times." 

DANIEL  KRAEMER. — :Among  the  famous  pathfinders  bringing  civilization  and 
progress  to  this  promising  corner  of  the  Golden  State,  and  the  first  white  settler  to 
pitch  a  tent  in  the  Placentia  district  in  Orange  County,  and  the  first  white  fatnily  to 
.settle  outside  of  the  willow  fence  inclosing  the  Anaheim  settlement,  Daniel  Kraemer, 
who  passed  to  his  eternal  reward  in  1882,  deserves  the  lasting  recognition  of  a  reveren- 
tial posterity.  Born  at  St.  John,  one  of  the  most  picturesquely-situated  mountain,  re- 
sorts in  the  Swabian  Alps,  Bavaria,  not  far  from  the  renowned  castle  of  Lichtensfein, 
on  November  17,  1816,  he  cafne  to  America  at  the  age  of  twenty-six,  and  located,»near 
Belleville,  in  St.  Clair  County,  111.,  where  he  took  up  farming.  He  also  married  there, 
and  in  that  prosperous  section  of  the  Middle  West  his  nine  children  were  born. 

Two  tedious  trips  were  made  between  his  Illinois  home  and  Southern  California 
before_  he  made  this  section  his  permanent  home;  for  he  "first  came  West  in  1865, 
bought  his  land,  and  returned  to  Illinois.  The  following  year  he  came  here  again,, 
but  once  more  found  it  necessary  to  return  East.  On  his  third  trip,  in  1867,  he  brought 
his  family  with  him.  To  make  the  journey  at  that  time  meant  to  take  the  railway  from 
St.  Louis  to  New  York,  thence  by  boat  to  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  after  that  by  steamer 
to  San  Francisco,  and  next  by  boat  to  San  Pedro,  from  which  port  the  tourists  took 
wagons  overland  to  the  ranch. 


230  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

When  he  first  came  here,  in  1865,  Mr.  Kraemer  purchased  a  portion  of  the 
original  Mexican  grant  known  as  the  San  Juan  Cajon  de  Santa  Ana  Rancho,  his  par- 
ticular part  being  designated  the  Peor  Es  Nada  Rancho,  named  from  a  Mexican 
village  then  near  by,  and  meaning  in  Spanish,  "Worse  than  nothing."  Its  English 
name,  however,  was  "The  Cajon  Ranch."  This  strip  of  land  comprised  3,900  acres,  and 
its  original  boundaries  were  what  is  now  Placentia  Avenue  on  the  west,  the  J.  K. 
Tuffree  RancK  on  the  north,  the  Richfield  territory  on  the  east,  and  the  Santa  Ana 
River  on  the  south.  Cattle  and  horses  at  first  roamed  freely  there,  but  later  the  sheep 
herds  crowded  them  out,  so  that  really  the  latter  made  way  for  the  farmer  and  the 

horticulturist.  ,       ,  .  ■      ,c,m         j     • 

This  great  ranch  remained  intact  until  the  death  of  its  owner  in  1882,  and  since 
that  time  most  of  its  acreage  has  been  sold,  so  that  the  once  princely  domain  consti- 
tutes a  large  portion  of  the  present  Placentia  district.  On  his  first  trip  here,  Mr. 
Kraemer  found  a  ditch,  the  Ontiveros,  which  ran  eastward  from  the  house  he  bought 
through  what  is  now  the  district  of  Richfield,  and  then  through  Yorba,  the  intake  being 
close  to  the  old  Trinidad  Yorba  house;  and  returning  from  the  East  in  1867,  he  dis- 
covered that  the  flow  from  this  ditch,  his  only  irrigation  supply,  was  being  seriously 
interfered  with.  He  then  built  a  ditch  of  his  own  to  the  Santa  Ana  River,  which 
intersected  the  Ontiveros  ditch,  one  and  a  half  miles  east  of  his  home,  and  this 
was  the  first  individual  canal  to  be  built  in  this  section.  He  was  also  one  of  the 
projectors  of  the  Cajon  Canal,  built  in  1875,  which  carries  water  through  all  of  the 
Placentia  district,  through  Fullerton  and  Orangethorpe,  and  much  of  Anaheim. 

Mr.  Kraemer  showed  his  appreciation  of  popular  education  in  helping  to  organize 
the  Cajon  School  district,  in  1874,  the  first  district  in  this  section,  and  .donated  an 
acre  of  ground  for  school  purposes.  Five  years  later,  this  district  was  renamed  the 
Placentia.  He  brought  both  the  first  mowing  and  the  first  sewing  machine  here,  and 
before  he  laid  aside  his  earthly  labors,  on  February  6,  1882,  he  had  splendidly  im- 
proved between  400  and  500  acres  of  his  vast  estate. 

When  Daniel  Kraemer  married,  he  took  for  his  wife  Miss  Magdalena  E.  Schrag, 
a  native  of  Battenberg,  Germany,  and  of  Swiss  parentage;  a  most  valuable  helpmate, 
who  died  on  January  3,  1889.  One  of  their  daughters,  Elizabeth,  died  on  November 
18,  1875.  The  other  children  are:  Henry  Kraemer  of  Placentia;  Mrs.  Barbara  Parker 
of  Anaheim;  D.  J.  Kraemer  of  Brownsville,  Texas;  Samuel  Kraemer,  also  of  Pla- 
centia; Mrs.  Emma  M.  Grimshaw  of  Anaheim;  she  has  a  daughter,  M.  Alice  Grim- 
shaw,  a  teacher  in  the  Anaheim  public  schools;  Edward  M.  Kraemer  of  Olive;  Mrs. 
Mary  K.  Miller  of- Anaheim,  and  Benjamin,  living  on  .the  original  Kraemer  home  place 
at  Placentia.  A  son  of  Mrs.  Miller,  Edvvard  L.  Miller,  is  a  graduate  from  Occidental 
College,  and  when  the  World  War  called  for  his  services,  he  enlisted.  He  served 
twenty-two  months  with  the  now  historic  One  Hundred  Seventeenth  Engineer  Corps, 
was  in  six  important  drives,  and  six  times  went  "over  the  top." 

MRS.  MARY  ORILLA  KELLOGG.— It  seems  eminently  fitting  that  the  names 
of  the  early  pioneers  of  California  should  be  perpetuated  in  such  a  manner  that  their 
labors,  in  the  days  of  trials  and  hardships,  may  remain  an  inspiration  and  encourage- 
ment to  the  toilers  of  today.  Great  honor  is  due  the  names  of  those  courageous  men 
and  women  who  braved  the  perils  of  the  overland  trail  in  their  untiring  efforts  to 
blaze  a  path  and  establish  a  civilization  for  the  generations  to  come.  In  California 
and  Orange  County,  the  names  of  Benjamin  Franklin  and  Mary  Orilla  Kellogg  stand 
out  prominently. 

By  those  who  knew  him  during  his  active  life,  Mr.  Kellogg  is  recalled  as  a 
man  who  contributed  not  a  little  to  the  permanent  growth  of  the  localities  in  which 
he  elected  to  reside.  No  one  knew  better  than  he  the  terrors  of  the  overland 
trail  or  more  dearly  won  his  right  to  be  numbered  among  the  most  courageous  of 
the  western  pioneers.  He  was  born  in  Morgan  County,  111.,  April  31,  1822,  and  was 
the  youngest  of  six  children.  A  descendant  of  a  prominent  New  England  family, 
his  father,  Elisha,  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  and  settled  in  Genesee  County,  N.  Y., 
where  he  was  judge  and  sheriff.  Upon  removing  to  Morgan  County,  111.,  he  built 
the  first  house  in  the  county  and  did  farming  and  stock  raising  on  a  large  scal^  ~  I^ater 
he  moved  to  Jo  Daviess  County,  and  there  he  died  in  1844.  He  married  Elizabeth 
.   Derrick,  who  was  born  in  Connecticut,  and  died  in  Jo  Daviess  County,  111. 

In  his  youth,  B.  F.  Kellogg  received  but  a  limited  education  and  was  brought  up 
to  farm  labor  of  the  severest  kind.  In  1844  himself  and  brother  Erwin  went"  to  the 
Rocky  Mountains  in  search  of  a  silver  mine,  but,  failing  in  their  quest,  secured  a  Gov- 
ernment contract  and  built  Fort  Laramie.  They  met  with  many  uncanny  and  danger- 
ous adventures,  which,  however,  did  not  diminish  their  enthusiasm  for  the  West.  Two 
years  later  found  them  en  route  to  the. Pacific  Coast  as  members  of  the  Donner  party, 
but  few  of  whom  ever  reached  their  destination.    The  brothers  parted  from  the  original 


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party  at  Donner  Lake,  and  proceeded  with  others  upon  what  proved  to  be  a  terrible 
and  hauHtingly  gruesome  journey.  At  one  time,  while  searching  for  the  silver  mine 
near  Fort  Laramie,  they  were  attacked  by  Pawnee  Indians,  stripped  of  their  clothes 
and  robbed  of  all  they  had  with  them.  So  reduced  were  they  that  they  had  to  eat 
walnuts  and  raw  frogs.  The  brothers  were  at  one  time  separated  from  each  other, 
and  during  this  time,  B.  F.  Kellogg,  in  lieu  of  any  kind  of  food,  and  on  the  verge 
of  starvation,  scratched  the  hair  from  his  buffalo  coat  and  ate  the  hide.  In  time 
he  was  found  by  his  brother,  who  had  gone  in  search  of  help,  in  an  almost  dying 
condition,   and  was   succored  by  some  friendly  Indians  whom   they  chanced  to  meet. 

Arriving  in  Napa  Valley,  Mr.  Kellogg  enlisted  in  General  Fremont's  army  and 
served  six  months,  and  was  honorably  discharged  in  April,  1847.  tie  was  also  a 
veteran  of  the  Mexican  War.  He  engaged  in  mining  with  varying  success,  then 
turned  his  attention  to  farming  in  Napa  Valley,  and  later  in  the  vicinity  of  St.  Helena. 
On  September  S,  1864,  at  White  Sulphur  Springs,  he  married  Mary  Orilla  Lillie, 
who  was  born  in  Fulton  County,  111.,  on  July  15,  1832,  a  daughter  of  Luther  and 
Orilla  (Morgan)  Lillie,  natives  of  Connecticut.  Her  paternal  grandfather,  David 
Lillie,  was  also  born  in  Connecticut,  and  settled  first  in  New  York,  then  in  Ohio,  and 
later  in  Indiana.  In  1831  he  located  in  Fulton  County,  111.,  of  which  he  was  a  pioneer, 
and  where  he  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-two  years.  He  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary War  and  the  Black  Hawk  War.  Luther  Lillie  was  a  farmer  in  New  York, 
Ohio  and  Illinois,  and  was  also  a  millwright  and  machinist,  and  had  shops  in  the  dif- 
ferent places  in  which  he  lived.  He  settled  in  Illinois  in  1831  at  a  time  when  the 
Indians  were  numerous  and  troublesome.  He  died  in  1837  and  his  wife  passed  away 
in  1833,  the  mother  of  fourteen  children.  One  son,  Leonard  G.,  came  to  California 
in  1850  and  died  in  Napa  Valley,  and  two  daughters,  Mrs.  Rosana  Evey  and  Mrs. 
Emeline  Butler,  came  West  in  1854  and  1855,  respectively. 

Mrs.  Kellogg  was  reared  in  Illinois  and  attended  school  in  a  little  log  school- 
house  with  slab  benches,  and  later  in  a  frame  building.  When  she  was  twenty  months 
of  age  her  mother  died,  and  when  she  was  seven  her  father  passed  away,  and  she 
went  to  live  with  a  family  named  Breed.  From  the  first  she  was  obliged  to  work 
hard  between  the  rising  and  the  setting  of  the  sun,  so  that  school  was  a  luxury  and 
leisure  an  unheard-of  commodity.  In  1853  she  undertook  to  accompany  her  brother, 
Leonard  G.,  his  wife  and  their  five  children,  and  her  sister,  Mrs.  Butler,  to  California. 
The  experiences  while  crossing  the  plains  are  vividly  recalled  by  Mrs.  Kellogg  at 
this  day,  and  contained  much  of  interest  and  adventure.  The  ox-teams  were  out- 
fitted at  Farmington,  111.,  and  they  crossed  the  Mississippi  at  Burlington  on  May  3, 
1853,  thence  took  the  Platte  route  and  the  Green  River  route  to  Humboldt  and  the 
Southern  pass  route  to  Sacramento  and  Napa  Valley.  In  the  Napa  Valley  the  brother 
built  and  operated  a  grist  mill,  and  here  Mrs.  Kellogg  lived  until  her  marriage  in  1854. 

On  May  21,  1869,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kellogg  brought  their  family  of  eight  children 
to  Anaheim,  in  the  vicinity  of  which  Mr.  Kellogg  bought  640  acres  of  land  from  the 
Stearns  Rancho  Company.  This  land  was  improved  from  the  rough,  built  up  with 
residences  and  barns,  and  fitted  with  wells  and  fences,  and  rendered  generally  habit- 
able. While  these  improvements  were  being  made  the  family  lived  in  a  tent.  There 
were  no  houses  between  their  place  and  Los  Angeles,  nor  were  there  any  towns  to 
the  south  of  them.  Disaster  followed  in  the  wake  of  all  this  industry,  for  the  grass- 
hoppers and  wild  horses  played  havoc  with  the  crops  for  three  succeeding  years. 
In  time  Mr.  Kellogg  became  prosperous,  and  a  prominent  factor  in  the  general  growth 
of  this  locality.  He  gave  each  of  his  sons  a  tract  of  forty  acres  of  land  which  they 
improved.  Politically  he  was  a  Republican,  and  while  in  Napa  County  served  as 
coroner  and  as  school  trustee.  In  Orange  County,  then  Los  Angeles  County,  he 
donated  three  acres  of  land  for  a  schoolhouse  and  was  one  of  the  trustees  for  many 
years.  The  death  of  Mr.  Kellogg,  December  16,  1890,  witnessed  the  passing  of  a 
thoroughly  good  man,  and  one  who  knew  the  value  of  opportunity  and  how  to  use  it. 

After  her  husband's  death,  Mrs.  Kellogg,  with  the  aid  of  her  sons,  kept  alive  the 
interests  of  the  home,  and  she  now  retains  but  eighteen  acres  of  the  original  home- 
stead, and  this  is  planted  to  walnuts  and  oranges.  She  has  divided  the  portion  of 
land  left  to  her  equally  among  her  daughters.  She  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
in  earlier  years  was  a  member  of  the  W.  R.  C.  and  W.  C.  T.  U.,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Christian  Church.  In  that  calm  and  splendid  way  known  only  to  the  pioneer 
women  who  have  suffered  much  and  endured  patiently,  she  has  reared  to  years  of 
usefulness  nine  children,  to  any  one  of  whom  their  mother  is  the  embodiment  of  all 
that  is  true,  gracious  and  approachable  in  women.  H.  Clay  is  a  graduate  of  Wilson 
College  and  is  a  surveyor  and  civil  engineer  at  Santa  Ana;  Mary  E.  became  the  wife 
of  Byron  O.  Clark  and  lives  at  Paradise,  Butte  County;  Erwin  F.  is  deceased;  Louisa 
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T  is  Mrs.  L.  A.  Evans  of  Orange  County;  Leonard  G.  is  in  Guatemala;  Edward  L. 
is  ranching  at  Van  Nuys;  Lillie  M.  married  William  Dunlap  and  is  deceased;  Clara 
E.  became  Mrs.  Carl  F.  Raab  and  is  deceased,  and  Carrie  A.  married  Richard  N. 
Bird  of  Los  Angeles.  ,  ,       ,  ,  ■  r 

A  splendid  type  of  pioneer  woman,  Mrs.  Kellogg  met  the  trials  and  hardships  of 
the  early  years  with  patience  and  fortitude,  and  now  in  her  eighty-ninth  year,  still 
retains  a  remarkable  degree  of  vitality  for  one  of  her  years,  and  is  still  greatly  inter- 
ested in  the  development  of  the  county  where  she  has  lived  for  over  half  a  century. 
She  has  living  thirty-three  grandchildren  and  twenty-five  great-grandchildren  to  call 
her  blessed. 

DR  WILLIAM  FREEMAN.— Among  the  distinguished  representatives  of  the 
medical  profession  in  Orange  County  whose  influence  for  scientific  progress  is  still  felt 
althouo-h  as  the  result  of  years  of  unremitting  application  to  his  work- he  has  been 
retired°for  nearly  six  years,  is  William  Freeman,  M.  D.,  a  native  of  Medina  County, 
Ohio  where  he  was  born  on  January  6,  1841.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
home  district,  but  when  seventeen  removed  to  DeKalb  County,  Ind.,  and  continued  his 
studies  in  the  Auburn  Academy.  Having  been  commissioned  by  the  school  authorities 
to  teach,  he  took  charge  of  a  school  the  next  year;  but  in  1861,  at  the  second  call  by 
the  Federal  Government  for  soldiers  he  enlisted  on  September  5,  and  joined  Company 
H  Thirtieth  Indiana  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  campaigned  in  Kentucky  and  Tennessee, 
as' a  part  of  the  "Army  of  the  Cumberland,  and  saw  stirring  action  in  more  than  one 
important  battle  or  engagement.  These  included  the  battle  of  Shiloh,  Stone  River,  in 
which  he  received  a  gunshot  wound  through  the  right  hand,  and  the  battle  of  Chica- 
mauga,  where  he  was  permanently  disabled  by  a  shot  through  the  body.  He  was  laid 
up  for  a  while  in  a  Chattanooga  hospital,  from  which  he  was  transferred  to  Murfrees- 
boro,  where  he  was  compelled  to  stay  for  several  months.  At  length  he  was  taken  home 
by  his  father  on  a  stretcher,  and  on  his  recovering  to  a  degree,  he  was  made  sergeant 
of  sanitary  police  at  Totten  Field  Hospital  in  Louisville.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term 
of  enlistment,  he  was  returned  to  Indianapolis  and  honorably  discharged.  To  such 
men  as  Dr.  Freeman,  the  Union  owes  its  preservation  today. 

Before  he  enlisted,  our  subject  had  commenced  the  study  of  medicine,  and  on 
once  more  regaining  his  civic  freedom,  he  went  back  to  Auburn,  Ind.,  and  again  took 
up  the  subject  under  Dr.  A.  H.  Larimore,  a  noted  practitioner.  When  he  was  ready  for 
a  course  of  lectures,  he  went  to  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Medicine,  and  after  the  usual 
severe  tests,  he  joined  the  graduating  class  of  '67.  Then  he  opened  an  office  at  Vevay, 
Ind.,  and  later  practiced  at  Madison,  in  the  same  state.  Ambitious  to  still  further 
perfect  hi-mself,  he  pursued  post-graduate  work  at  Indianapolis,  and  once  more  resumed 
practice,  first  at  Vevay  and  then  at  M'adison. 

Still  suffering  from  the  wounds  he  had  received  in  the  service  of  his  country, 
and  broken  in  health  from  overwork.  Dr.  Freeman  left  the  Middle  West  in  1894  and 
sought  relief  in  less  frigid  California.  For  two  years  he  rested  at  San  Diego,  and  when 
he  had  practically  restored  his  health,  he  came  to  Orange  County.  He  was  attracted 
to  Fullerton  in  particular,  and  there  for  eighteen  years  he  enjoyed  a  highly  remunerative 
practice.  A  man  of  foresight,  anticipating  the  needs  of  the  community,  Dr.  Free- 
man was  one  of  the  early  promoters  of  the  Fullerton  Hospital,  which  became  also  an 
excellent  training  school  for  nurses.  He  invested  in  city  property,  and  so  showed  his 
confidence  in  the  future  of  Fullerton,  and  built  a  cosy  residence,  at  the  same  time  that 
he  improved  seven  acres  to  oranges  on  Orangethorpe  Avenue.  Dr.  Freeman  removed 
to  near  Anaheim  and  bought  eleven  and  a  half  acres  on  Santa  Ana  Street,  where  he 
set  out  oranges,  there  being  some  walnut  trees  on  the  place,  and  soon  demonstrated 
his  ability  to  succeed  as  a  rancher.  He  remained  there  eighteen  months  then  returned 
to  Fullerton  and  bought  twenty  and  a  half  acres  adjoining  his  original  seven;  this 
he  also  set  to  oranges  and  kept  it  until  1918  when  he  sold  it.  In  Fullerton,  where  he 
is  a  pioneer.  Dr.  Freeman  had  been  health  officer,  administering  his  responsibility  sO' 
well  that  no  contagious  disease  was  ever  allowed  to  spread  during  the  four  years  he 
served  as  first  city  health  officer.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce.  In  Anaheim  he  lent  his  experience  and  counsel  in  the  direction  of  im- 
proved sanitation  and  greater  assurance  for  public  health.  When  in  Indiana,  he  served 
his  fellow-citizens  for  a  couple  of  terms  in  the  state  legislature,  and  was  also  one  of  the 
directors  of  the  Indiana  State  Reform  School,  and  these  experiences  enabled  him  tO' 
be  the  more  serviceable  when  he  assumed  citizenship  in  California.  He  was  also  for 
seven  years  on  the  Indiana  Board  of  Pension  Examiners. 

By  his  first  marriage,  Dr.  Freeman  became  the  father  of  four  children — A.  W. 
Freeman,  an  oil  man  of  Oklahoma;  J.  A.  Freeman,  a  produce  dealer  of  Santa  Barbara; 
W.    A.    Freeman,   manager   of    the    Mission    Produce    Company,    at    Santa    Maria;    and 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  239 

Mrs.  Fred  Shaw  of  El  Centre.  At  Whittier,  he  married  his  second  wife,  Miss  Belle 
McFadden,  a  native  of  Illinois,  who  was  reared  in  Mercer  County  in  that  state.  Both 
Doctor  and  Mrs.  Freeman  are  members  of  the  Eastern  Star,  and  the  Doctor  belongs 
to  Fullerton  Lodge,  No.  339,  F.  &  A.  M.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Malvern  Hill  Post, 
G.  A.  R.,  and  was  chief  mustering  officer  under -Colonel  Merrill,  when  he  was  depart- 
ment commander.  He  is  hale  and  hearty,  and  looks  back  with  pleasure  to  the  arduous 
days  in  Indiana,  when  for  twenty-five  years  he  attended  to  his  practice  while  riding 
horseback,  often  on  wide  circuits.     Dr.  Freeman  belongs  to  the  Christian  Church. 

LEWIS  FENNO  MOULTON.— The  steady  increase  in  population  and  the  tend- 
ency toward  intensive  cultivation  of  the  land -have  had  much  to  do  with  the  dividing 
up  of  the  great  ranches  of  the  early  Spanish  grants  into  small  tracts.  Noteworthy 
among  the  few  large  tracts  that  still  remain  intact  is  the  great  Moulton  ranch  of  22,000 
acres  which  lies  southwest  or  El  Toro.  Lewis  Fenno  Moulton,  its  original  proprietor 
and  owner,  still  directs  its  affairs  with  the  ability  and  energy  that  have  always  char- 
acterized his  undertakings. 

Prominent  in  the  early  colonial  affairs  of  New  England,  the  Moulton  family  has 
contributed  many  representatives  who  occupied  important  posts  in  the  stirring  political 
and  military  affairs  of  that  day.  One  of  the  bravest  of  these  was  Gen.  Jeremiah  Moul- 
ton, who  served  with  distinction  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  was  one  of  the  most 
zealous  of  the  colonies'  defenders.  Sharing  in  this  patriotic  spirit  were  other  members 
of  the  family,  SamuelFarrar,  who  participated  in  the  Battle  of  Concord,  and  Samuel 
Fenno,  whose  name  is  associated  with  the  events  that  led  up  to  the  Boston  tea  party. 
In  the  second  war  with  the  Mother  Country,  Jotham  Moulton,  the  son  of  Gen.  Jere- 
miah Moulton,  displayed  the  same  spirit  as  his  forbears,  taking  an  active  part  in  the 
conflict.  Jotham  Moulton,  a  physician  by  profession,  married  Lucy  Farrar,  and  for 
many  years  they  made  their  home  in  Bucksport,  Maine.  Among  their  children  was 
J.  Tilden  Moulton,  th«  father  of  Lewis  F.,  who  was  born  in  Maine  in  1808.  After 
graduating  from  Bowdoin  College  and  Harvard  Law  School,  and  practicing  his  pro- 
fession in  Cherryfield,  "Maine,  for  several  years,  he  removed  to  Chicago,  111.,  where 
for  many  years  he  occupied  a  place  of  distinction  in  its  legal  circles.  In  addition  to 
his  large  practice  he  served  as  a  master  in  chancery  of  the  United  States  Court  at 
Chicago,  and  was  as  well  known  in  its  journalistic  circles,  being  one  of  the  first 
editors  of  the  Chicago  Tribune.  His  high  professional  standing  brought  him  into 
contact  with  all  the  great  men  of  that  day  and  locality,  and  among  the  friendships  he 
prized  most  was  that  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  who  was  one  of  his  classmates"  in  law 
college.  During  his  residence  in  the  East  he  had  been  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Charlotte  Harding  Fenno,  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  but  who  was  reared  and  edu- 
cated in  Connecticut. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Tilden  Moulton  were  the  parents  of  two  children:  Irving  F.,  for 
many  years  vice-president  and  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  California,  but  now  retired,  resid- 
ing at  San  Francisco,  and  Lewis  Fenno,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  He  was  born  at 
Chicago  on  January  17,  1854,  and  spent  the  first  years  of  his  life  in  the  parental  homfr 
there,  one  of  his  early  and  cherished  memories  being  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  who  fre- 
quently came  to  the  Moulton  home.  Unlike  his  father,  his  inclination  did  not  lie  in  the 
way  of  training  for  a  professional  career,  and  as  soon  as  he  had  completed  the  grammar 
school  Course  he  set  about  to  earn  his  own  living,  the  father's  death  when  Lewis  was 
but  a  young  lad  also  making  it  expedient  for  him  to  learn  to  make  his  way  in  the 
world.  His  first  work  was  packing  shingles  on  Chicago  wharfs,  and  later,  after  the 
death  of  the  father,  the  family  removed  to  Boston,  Mass.,  and  here  he  was  empFoyed 
by  a  storekeeper  to  run  errands,  earning  a  dollar  and  a  half  per  week.  At  the  age 
of  fifteen  he  began  working  on  the  old  Daniel  Webster  farm  near  Marshfield,  Mass., 
remaining  there  for  three  years. 

Feeling  that  the  Far  West  offered  greater  opportunities  Mr.  Moulton  started  on 
the  long  trip  to  California  in  1874,  making  the  journey  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of 
Panama.  Locating  at  once  at  Santa  Ana,  then  Los  Angeles  County,  but  now  Orange 
County  he  began  work  on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch  near  Santa  Ana,  and  subsequently 
went  into  the  sheep  raising  business  with  C.  E.  French,  continuing  in  this  for  several 
years.  Going  to  San  Francisco  he  established  a  wholesale  slaughter  house  there,  but 
this  did  not  prove  a  financial  success,  so  he  returned  after  a  short  time  to  Orange 
County.  He  soon  was  able  to  start  afresh,  and  it  was  but  a  short  time  until  he  vvas 
on  the  road  to  prosperity.  His  first  purchase,  about  189S,  was  a  tract  of  19,500  acres 
adjoining  the  San  Joaquin  ranch  and  extending  to  the  ocean,  and  this  has  been  in- 
creased by  subsequent  purchase  until  the  ranch  now  comprises  22,000  acres.  Mr. 
Moulton  is  extensively  engaged  in  raising  beef  cattle  for  the  market,  mostly  high- 
grade  Durham  Shorthorn  cattle;  so  he  is  very  naturally  a  member  of  the  California 
Cattle   Growers  Association.   -The  acreage  not  required  for  pasturage  is   devoted   to 


240  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

raising   barley,    wheat,    beans    and   hay,    Mr.    Moulton    leasing   it   to    tenants    for    this 
purpose,  from  ten  to  fifteen  farmers  usually  being  engaged  on  the  place. 

Every  department  of  the  business  is  systematically  organized  and  conducted, 
the  greater  part  of  it  under  the  personal  supervision  of  Mr.  Moulton,  whose  ability 
as  a  business  head  and  executive  has  been  one  of  the  chief  factors  in  the  eminent 
success  that  he  has  made.  A  well-appointed  office  is  maintained  on  the  ranch,  and 
there  are  two  commodious  residences,  one  of  which  is  occupied  by  Mr.  Moulton, 
while  the  other  is  the  home  of  Mrs.  M.  E.  Daguerre,  who  owns  a  third  interest  in 
the  ranch,  her  husband,  Jean  Pierre  Daguerre,  having  been  Mr.  Moulton's  partner 
before  his  decease.  Excellent  barns  and  outbuildings,  well-kept  lawns  and  drives 
add  to  the  attractiveness  of  the  ranch,  which  is  always  kept  up  to  the  highest  state 
of  cultivation.  While  the  responsibility  entailed  by  the  details  of  this  extensive  busi- 
ness absorbs  the  greater  part  of  Mr.  Moulton's  time,  he  has  always  been  active  in  his 
support  of  the  Republican  party,  and  is  known  throughout  the  county  as  one  of  its 
most  generous  and  large-hearted  citizens  in  his  many  benefactions. 

MRS.  MINERVA  J.  FLIPPEN.— A  liberal-minded,  interesting  native  daughter, 
especially  proud  of  the  fact  that  her  father  was  a  forty-niner,  is  Mrs.  Minerva  J. 
Flippen,  the  widow  of  a  well-known  Californian,  esteemed  by  all  his  associates.  She 
is  the  daughter  of  Nathan  Stanley  Banner,  who  was  born  on  the  Catawba  River,  in 
North  Carolina,  in  1822,  and  the  granddaughter  of  John  Danner,  who  moved  from  North 
Carolina  to  Missouri,  and  settled  as  a  farmer  near  Springfield.  There  his  wife  died; 
and  in  1857  he  crossed  the  great  plains  in  an  ox  team  train,  and  died  in  1871  in  Merced 
County  in  his  eighty-fourth  year.  The  Banners  are  of  German  extraction,  the  pro- 
genitor of  the  name  in  America,  John  Danner,  coming  to  North  Carolina  before  the 
Revolutionary  War.  Nathan  S.  Danner  came  across  the  plains  from  Missouri  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1849  as  a  gold-seeker,  and  mined  in  Marysville  and  the  Sierra  Mountains, 
down  into  Mariposa  County,  where  he  also  had  a  store;  and  he  was  so  successful  that 
in  18S2  he  returned  East  by  way  of  Panama,  to  Missouri.  There  he  was  married  that 
year  to  Miss  Minerva  Pearce,  who  was  born  in  Tennessee  in  183S,  the  daughter  of 
Edmund  Pearce,  of  English  descent,  and  in  the  year  1857  he  again  came  to  California, 
once  more  traveling  by  way  of  Panama,  and  located  on  the  Tuolumne  River,  in  Stan- 
islaus County,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  and  the  raising  of  cattle.  The  flood  of 
1862  washed  away  his  house,  cattle  and  farm  implements,  and  even  the  farm  became 
lost  in  the  bed  of  the  Tuolumne  River;  whereupon  he  moved  to  the  Merced  River,  in 
1863.  He  first  settled  on  an  island,  but  the  flood  of  1867  covered  it,  and  again  he  lost 
his  crops;  but  he  took  his  family  away  in  a  boat,  and  moved  to  Hopeton,  six  miles 
from  Snelling.  Here  he  farmed  until  October,  1872,  when  he  and  his  family  removed 
to  Kern  County,  near  Linns  Valley,  forty  miles  northeast  of  Bakersfield,  where  he 
followed  stock  raising;  he  improved  a  farm  near  Woody,  and  at  Blue  Mountain  he 
opened  the  mine  that  is  still  being  exploited.  He  set  out  big  trees  and  otherwise 
improved  the  place,  and  went  in  for  stock  raising,  although,  since  there  were  bear, 
deer  and  antelope  in  profusion,  they  had  plenty  of  profitable  hunting.  Later  he  moved 
north  into  Tulare  County,  and  owned  a  place  on  White  River,  where  he  resided  until  he 
died,  in  1892.  Mrs.  Danner  spent  her  last  days  with  Mrs.  Flippen,  and  died  in  1911, 
aged  seventy-four  years.  She  had  four  children;  John  resides  in  Porterville;  Minerva 
J.,  Mrs.  Flippen,  is  the  subject  of  our  interesting  sketch;  Jefferson  lives  at  Willows,  Cal., 
and  Lee  J.  Danner  is  also  a  resident  of  Orange.  Of  these,  John  Danner  was  born  in 
Missouri,  and  the  others  are  natives  of  California. 

-  Minerva  J.  Danner  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Merced  County,  par- 
ticularly in  the  district  of  Woody;  and  there  she  was  married  on  May  10,  1876,  to 
Thomas  M.  Flippen,  a  native  of  Virginia,  who  came  to  California  when  seventeen, 
accompanying  his  father.  Archer  Flippen.  The  latter  had  had  a  tobacco  factory  and 
three  plantations  in  Virginia,  all  of  which  were  destroyed  by  the  Civil  War;  but  h-" 
recuperated  somewhat  in  taking  up  stock  raising  in  California,  near  Woody.  Mi. 
Flippen  also  engaged  in  the  sheep  raising  business  in  Fresno  County,  then  began 
raising  stock  in  Linns  Valley  after  his  marriage;  but  in  February,  1891,  he  traded  his 
ranch  for  land  m  Orange  County.  The  first  ranch  that  he  owned  here  was  located 
near  Olive,  and  there  he  went  in  for  general  farming.  He  set  out  walnuts,  apricots 
and  peaches,  and  three  years  later  made  a  trade  for  the  present  Flippen  place  of 
twenty  acres  on  East  Chapman  Avenue.  He  improved  it  in  many  ways,  taking  out 
the  old  trees  and  setting  out  Valencia  oranges;  and  as  he  developed  the  valuable  prop- 
^^u^'J^l  became  an  active  member  of  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association,  in 
which  he  also  became  a  director.  His  lamented  death,  on  May  19,  1913,  at  the  age 
of^sixty-two  years,  cut  short  a  very  useful  career,  of  benefit  to  himself  as  well  as  to 
others.  •  He  was  a  director  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Orange,  and  a  stockholder 
in  the  Farmess  and  Merchants  Bank  of  Santa  Ana.     He  was  also  a  director   in  the 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  243 

Orange  County  Mutual  Farmers  Insurance  Company.     He  was  made  a  Mason  in  the 
Bakersfield  Lodge  during  the  eighties. 

Six  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Flippen.  Marion  S.  is  an  orange  grower 
of  this  vicinity,  as  are  also  Wade  H.  and  Lucian,  while  Jeffie  is  in  the  California  Art 
Craft  School  at  Berkeley,  and  Virginia,  the  youngest,  is  a  student  at  Stanford.  Florence, 
next  to  the  youngest,  is  a  graduate  of  Occidental  College,  and  the  wife  of  Donald 
Smiley  of  El  Modena.  Since  Mr.  Flippen's  death,  Mrs.  Flippen  has  continued  to  run 
the  ranch  and  to  look  after  the  business,  assisted  by  her  children.  She  is  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian'  Church  and  participates  actively  in  the  work  of  the  several  ladies' 
societies  affiliated  with  that  excellent  congregational  organization. 

CHARLES  DEXTER  BALl/,  H.D.— Closely  identified  with  Santa  Ana  and 
Orange  County  since  1887,  Charles  Dexter  Ball,  M.D.,  is  recognized  as  one  of  its  suc- 
cessful physicians  as  well  as  one  of  the  stanch  upbuilders  of  Santa  Ana.  He  comes 
from  English  forbears,  and  his  lineage  is  traced  back  to  Wiltshire,  England,  and  it 
was  from  that  place  that  six  Ball  brothers  came  to  America  in  1635  on  the  ship  Planter. 
Benjamin  Ball,  a  grandson  of  one  of  these  brothers,  settled  in  Framingham,  Mass.,  in 
1703.  His  grandson,  Dr.  Silas  Ball,  was  a  surgeon  in  the  American  Army  during  the 
Revolutionary  War.  ■  , 

:  Dr.  C.  D.  Ball's  father  was  Seth  F.  Ball,  grandson  of  the  Revolutionary  surgeon, 
and  he  was  born  in  Leverett,  Mass.,  in  1822,  and  died  in  Santa  Ana  in  1900.  He  was 
twice  married,  his  first  wife  being  Arvilla  Field,  who  died  in  1884,  and  he  was  later 
married  to  Mary  E.  Rogers,  who  survives  him.  Two  children  were  born  of  his  first 
marriage,  Charles  Dexter  Ball  of  this  review,  and  a  daughter  who  died  in  infancy. 
The  mother  was  a  descendant  of  Zachariah  Field,  one  of  the  grantees  of  the  state 
of  Connecticut,  and  of  Benjamin  Waite,  preacher,  guide  and  Indian  fighter,  who  was 
killed  in  the  Deerfield  massacre  in  1704.  The  French  and  Indian  wars  of  New  England 
presented  no  more  daring  and  picturesque  character  than  Benjamin  Waite.  Seth  F. 
Ball  came  to  California  in  18S4  and  remained  for  four  years,  after- which  he  removed 
to  Canada.  He  resided  there  until  1894,  and  then  returned  to  California  and  settled 
in  Santa  Ana,  where  his  last  years  were  spent. 

Charles  Dexter  Ball  was  born  in  Stanstead,  Quebec,  October  5,  18S9.  He  re- 
ceived his  literary  education  at  Stanstead  Academy  and  the  Wesleyan  College  of  Stan- 
stead;  later  he  studied  inedicine  at  Bishops  College  in  Montreal,  completing  his  course 
and  receiving  his  degree  of  M.D.  iti,1884.  He  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in 
his  native  city,  but  it  became  necessary  for, him  to  seek  a  milder  climate,  and,  he  accord- 
ingly came  to  Southern  California  and  settled  in  Santa  Ana  in  September,  1887;  This 
was  before  Orange  County  had  been  formed,  and  the  territory  was  a  part  of  Los 
Angeles  County,  and  ever  since  that  date  he  has  been  actively  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession  here,  and  is  now  the  second  oldest  practitioner  in  point  of  residence 
in  Santa  Ana.  In  1912  Dr.  Ball  received  the  ad  eundem  degree  from  McGill  Univer- 
sity, Canada.  He  has  been  closely  identified  with  the  movements  that  have  made 
Orange  County  one  of  the  best-known  counties  in  the  State,  if  not  in  the  United  States. 

Dr.  Ball  assisted  in  organizing  the  Orange  County  Medical  Association  in  1889,  and 
later  served  as  its  president;  he  was  also  a  charter  member  of  the  Southern  California 
Medical  Society,  organized  in  1888,  and  has  filled  the  office  of  president;  he  also  holds 
membership  in  the  American  Medical  Association.  He  has  seen  Santa  Ana  grow  from 
a  small  village  into  one  of  the  leading  small  cities  of  the  state,  and  has  been  owner 
of  valuable  realty  holdings  from  time  to  time. 

In  1883  Dr.  Ball  married  Lizzie  S.  Bates,  and  she  died  in  August,  1888.  On 
October  24  of  the  following  year,  in  San  Leandro,  Cal.,  he  married  Emma  L.  Rankin, 
born  in  Richmond,  Canada,  on  June  3,  1861,  a  daughter  of  Zera  Rankin,  of  Scotch 
descent,  and  a  prominent  business  rhan  of  Richmond.  Mrs.  .Ball's  mother  died  when 
she  was  a  babe  of  two  months.  In  1886  she  came  to  California,  and  in  1888  she  was 
graduated  from  the  Oakland  high  school.  Of  this  happy  marriage  four  children  have 
been  born:  Charles  F.  Ball,  now  first  assistant  chief  engineer  of  the  Holt  Manufac- 
turing Company  at  Peoria,  111.  He  married  on  April  26,  1917,  Miss  Margaret  G. 
Weeks,  and  they  have  a  daughter,  Margaret  Elizabeth,  born  October  2,  1918;  Dexter 
R.  Ball  is  interning  at  the  University  Hospital  in  San  Francisco;  John  D.  Ball  is  a 
senior  in  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  California  at  San  Francisco.  He 
married  Isabel  Jayne  on  June  28,  1919;  and  Emma  Arvilla  Ball  makes  her  home  with 
her  parents  in  Santa  Ana.  All  of  the  children  are  graduates  of  the  University  of 
California,  at  Berkeley. 

Dr.  Ball  has  always  been  a  Republican  and  has  taken  an  interesting  part  in 
political  affairs  of  the  state  and  nation,  being  elected  a  delegate  to  the  Republican 
National  Convention  in  Chicago  in  1920  by  a  large  majority.  He  has  been  president 
of  the  Abstract  and  Title  Guaranty  Company  for  thirty-five  years,  is  a  director  of  tiie 


244  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

First  National  Banlc  of  Santa  Ana;  president  of  the  Santa  Ana  library  board  since 
1895;  president  of  the  Orange  County  Historical  Society;  a  member  of  the  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution,  California  Chapter;  prominent  in  the  Odd  Fellows 
and  Masons,  holding  membership  in  the  various  bodies  of  the  latter  in  Santa  Ana, 
and  the  Shrine  in  Los  Angeles.  He  served  in  Los  Angeles  throughout  the  entire 
war  as  the  medical  member  and  referee  of  the  Southern  California  District  Exemp- 
tion Board  No.  1,  giving  of  his  best  efforts  to  help  win  the  war.  He  and  his  family 
are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

Public  spirited  and  progressive,  Dr.  Ball  has  always  been  a  leader  in  all  enter- 
prises for  the  upbuilding  of  Santa  Ana  and  has  done  all  that  was  possible  to  advance 
the  social  and  moral  welfare  of  its  citizens.  He  has  built  up  an  extensive  practice  and 
is  well  known  in  the  medical  circles  of  the  entire  state  as  an  able  and  high-minded 
practitioner  and  citizen. 

CHARLES  PARKMAN  TAFT.— The  ninth  generation  of  the' Taft  family  in 
America  is  represented  by  Charles  Parkman  Taft,  of  Orange  County,  Cal.,  and  he 
was  born  in  Mount  Vernon,  Ohio,  July  11,  1856.  His  father,  Henry  Cheney  Taft, 
was  a  native  of  Uxbridge,  Mass.,  and  of  Scotch  descent,  who  married  Hannah  Sophia 
Parkman  of  Westboro,  Mass.  She  represented  the  fifth  generation  of  the  Parkman 
family  in  America  and  was  of  English  extraction.  The  various  members  of  the  Taft 
and  Parkman '  families  in  this  country  have  been  prominently  identified  with  the 
making  of  American  history  as  statesmen,  scientists  and  scholars,  many  of  them 
attaining  to  places  of  prominence  in  the  various  localities  in  which  they  have  lived 
and  labored. 

Charles  P.  Taft  is  a  thorough  American,  is  a  graduate  from  Racine  College, 
Racine,  Wis.,  class  of  77,  and  after  leaving  college  he  taught  school  for  two  and  one- 
half  years,  then  cajme  to  California  and  spent  a  year  looking  about  the  state  for  a 
desirable  place  of  residence.  He  then  settled  in  Los  Angeles  County  with  his  parents, 
on  the  ranch  where  he  now  lives,  and  has  participated  in  the  wonderful  development 
ot  what  is  now  Orange  County.  Here  he  has  twenty-three  acres  of  land  that  he  has 
developed  from  its  primitive  condition,  and  is  carrying  on  experimental  work  in  the 
propagation  of  semi-tropical  fruits,  meeting  with  very  good  results  in  his  labors  as  thus 
far  developed.  He  has  done  some  valuable  work  in  originating  new  varieties  of 
loquats,  avocados  and  feijoas,  demonstrating  that  these  varieties  can  be  grown  suc- 
cessfully as  a  commercial  proposition.  He  considers  his  experiments  are  still  in 
their  infancy  and  is  still  deeply  engrossed  in  his  experimental  work.  The  leader  in 
his  list  is  the  well-known  variety  of  the  "Taft  Avocado,"  which  has  proven  to  be  a 
commercial   success,  and   is   being  widely  planted   throughout   Southern   California. 

The  numerous  varieties  of  the  loquat  that  he  has  perfected  are  listed  under 
the  names  of  the  Premier,  the  Early  Red,  which  is  ready  for  market  in  February 
and  continues  until  the  middle  of  June;  the  Champagne,  the  best  of  all;  the  Advance, 
and  the  Tanaka,  of  Japanese  origin,  are  the  strains  he  has  improved. 

Mr.  Taft  was  united  in  marriage  on  July  17,  1888,  with  Miss  Jennie  McMuUan, 
of  Oakland,  and  she  has  shared  with  her  husband  the  esteem  of  all  those  who  have 
the  pleasure  of  knowing  them.  Of  an  unassuming  nature,  Mr.  Taft  has  carried  on 
his  experimental  work  quietly  at  his  ranch.  Though  engrossed  with  his  labors  he 
has  never  failed  to  assist  all  worthy  movements  for  the  building  up  of  his  adopted 
county  by  giving  of  his  time  and  means  to  those  ends. 

ISAAC  R.  WILLIAMS. — As  one  who  contributed  generously  to  the  development 
of  Orange  County,  Isaac  R.  Williams  was  well-known  and  universally  honored  as 
one  of  Its  pioneer  settlers,  and  his  passing  away,  after  a  brief  and  sudden  illness,  on 
March  23,  1906,  removed  from  the  community  one  of  its  stanchest  citizens,  and  one 
who  had  furthered  every  good  cause  during  his  long  years  of  residence  here. 

"c^""^^'^^"'^  *^s  ^''-  Williams'  native  state,  and  there  he  was  born  on  June 
20,  1854,  m  Schuylkill  County.  His  parents  were  Daniel  and  Jane  (Rosser)  Williams, 
both  natives  of  Wales,  who  came  to  this  country  with  their  families  at  an  early  date 
and  settled  m  Pennsylvania.  Daniel  Williams  made  the  long  journey  to  California 
in  1856,  coming  via  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  after  spending  some  'time  in  San 
Francisco  he  engaged  in  gold  mining  in  Nevada  County.  In  1858  his  family  joined 
him,  and  in  1869  they  removed  to  what  is  now  Orange  County,  where  he  settled  on 
a  ranch,  and  there  made  his  home  until  his  death  in  1889,  Mrs.  Williams  passing  away 
the  following  year. 

As  he  was  but  four  years  old  when  the  family  came  to  California,  and  but  fifteen 
when  they  came  to  Orange  County,  Isaac  R.  Williams  had  but  little  recollection  of 
any  other  state.  At  the  time  he  came  here  the  county  was  but  sparsely  settled  and 
ranching  was  yet  in  its   infancy,  and  it  was   Mr.  Williams'  privilege  not   only  to   see 


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the  wonderful  development  of  the  ensuing  years,  but  to  take  an  important  part  in 
bringing  these  changes  about.  He  early  acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  of  farming, 
and  also  was  interested  in  stock  raising.  His  first  purchase  was  a  tract  of  twenty 
acres  at  Buena  Park,  and  for  some  time  he  was  successfully  engaged  in  dairying 
there.  He  increased  his  holdings  from  time  to  time  in  this  district,  and  in  after  years 
devoted  quite  a  large  acreage  to  raising  sugar  beets,  also  raising  cabbage  and  hay  in 
large  quantities,  and  he  continued  actively  on  his  ranch  until  a  short  time  before  his 
demise.  While  Mr.  Williams  was  a  leading  worker  in  the  Republican  party,  he  was 
in  no  sense  a  seeker  for  political  preferment,  but  as  a  recognition  of  his  capability 
he  was  four  times  appointed  road  overseer  of  his  district,  an  office  that  he  filled  with 
much  credit  to  himself  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  all. 

In  1874  Mr.  Williams  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Catherine  Hunter,  whose 
parents  were  John  and  Mary  (Downing)  Hunter,  and  they  were  for  a  number  of 
years  residents  of  Canada.  Mr.  Hunter  was  the  postmaster  and  the  proprietor  of 
a  general  merchandise  store  at  Bobcaygeon,  and  was  also  interested  in  the  milling 
business  there.  Mrs.  Williams'  family  were  of  Scotch  and  Irish  descent,  and  many 
of  her  near  relatives  were  prominent  in  the  professions  of  law  and  medicine,  her 
own  father  being  a  highly  educated  men.  Mrs.  Williams,  who  was  the  eldest  of  a 
family  of  four  children,  came  to  Orange  County  in  1871,  where  her  father  was  engaged 
in  ranching  near  Fullerton  until  his  death.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Isaac  Williams  were  the 
parents  of  three  children:  Annie  Jane  is  the  widow  of  William  Goldie,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  two  children — Mrs.  Clark  of  Fullerton,  and  Margaret  of  Buena 
Park;  John  Walter  married  Miss  Viola  West  of  Fullerton  and  they  have  two  children — 
George  and  Velma.  He  acts  as  manager  for  his  mother's  ranch  and  resides  in  a  com- 
fortable home  on  the  property.  He  is  popular  in  the  ranks  of  the  Fraternal  Brother- 
hood and  is  one  of  the  enterprising  farmers  of  the  Buena  Park  district,  as  is  his 
brother,  Daniel  R.,  who  assists  him  in  the  management  of  the  place.  The  latter  mar- 
ried Miss  Grace  Lucas,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Lucas,  and  they  are  the 
parents  of  a  son,  Daniel  R.,  Jr.  They  are  planting  a  considerable  acreage  of  the 
estate  to  citrus  fruit,  adding  largely  to  its  future  value  in  this  way,  and  besides  the 
ninety-two  acres  of  the  home  place  they  rent  land  in  the  vicinity,  and  thus  carry  on 
their  ranching  operations  on  a  large  scale. 

NAPOLEON  BONAPARTE  HELMS.— An  old  resident  of  Orange  County 
whose  life  has  been  fraught  with  interesting  events  is  Napoleon  Bonaparte  Helms, 
who  was  born  in  Missouri  on  April  IS,  1844,  the  son  of  Huston  and  Nancy  Helms, 
natives  respectively  of  Indiana  and  Missouri.  A  pair  of  twins  was  granted  these  worthy 
parents,  and  our  subject  was  one,  his  brother,  Lafayette,  who  died  in  May,  1919,  being 
the  other. 

While  yet  a  young  man,  Napoleon  was  to  be  found  in  Texas  following  the, enter- 
prise, in  which  so  many  young  men  of  that  day  engaged,  of  stock  raising.  The  Far 
West,  however,  soon  proved  more  alluring  to  him;  and  when  the  opportunity  was  offered 
him  to  join  a  company  of  some  fifty  persons  ihen  being  organized  in  Texas,  each  with 
the  same  ambition,  namely,  to  reach  California  and  the  Land  of  Gold,  he  did  so,  and 
started  on  the  venturesome  trip.  They  trusted  in  the  courage  of  their  hearts  and 
the  strength  of  their  arms,  and  believed  that  they  would  reach  the  desired-for  haven, 
and  perhaps  that  was  why  little  out  of  the  ordinary  occurred  on  their  journey  of  four 
months  by  ox-team,  until  they  reached  San  Bernardino  in  November,  1859-  There 
Mr.  Helms  made  his  home,  working  at  various  pursuits,  and  taking  up  farming  by  way 
of  preference  when  he  could. 

In  1867  Mr.  Helms  returned  to  Texas  and  with  two  uncles  bought  a  herd  of 
1,800  steers  to  drive  to  California  on  speculation.  Cattle  at  that  time  cost  about  five 
to  eight  dollars  a  head,  and  it  was  predicted  that  the  Medlin  Train,  so-called  because 
of  the  name  of  the  leader,  would  realize  a  handsome  profit  on  the  deal.  Everything 
went  well  until  they  got  about  120  miles  from  El  Paso,  in  the  Guadalupe  Mountains, 
when  they  were  attacked  by  the  Indians;  and  while  thev  were  overpowered  to  some 
extent,  they  lost  only  their  cattle  and  all  their  horses.  There  were  only  sixteen  men 
against  eighty  Indians,  and  they  fought  them  two  days.  The  ox-teams  and  their  lives 
were  saved  by  hard  fighting,  and  in  October,  1868,  they  reached  California. 

At  San  Bernardino,  in  1869,  Mr.  Helms  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Long,  one  of  the 
attractive  ladies  then  in  this  western  country,  and  three  children  were  born  to  them: 
William  L.,  Isabelle  T.,  wife  of  William  Prichard,  of  Laguna,  and  Rosie  Jane,  wife  of 
Joseph  Glines,  of  Oakdale.  Six  years  later,  in  1875,  Mr.  Helms  came  to  Los  Angeles, 
novv  Orange  County,  and  located  at  Santa  Ana,  at  that  time  a  very  small  town  with 
only  one  store  for  the  accommodation  of  the  few  pioneers;  and  here,  for  twenty-nine 
years,  he  followed  well  drilling.  Mrs.  Helms  passed  away  in  October,  1914,  at  the  age 
of  sixty-five,  beloved  by  all  who  knew  her. 


246  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Now  Mr.  Helms  owns  a  trim  little  ranch  of  five  acres,  highly  cultivated  and 
maintained  in  a  manner  such  as  would  do  anyone  credit,  upon  which  he  conducts 
general  farming  and  where  he  is  visited  by  his  many  friends;  and  there,  too,  he  discusses 
national  politics,  with  the  enthusiastic  bias  of  a  Jeflfersonian  Democrat,  but  also  as  an 
American  citizen  who  will  always  put  the  welfare  of  his  community  ahead  of  party 
triumphs,  and  who,  therefore,  never  permits  partisanship  to  afifect  him  in  his  attitude 
toward  strictly  local  measures  and  movements. 

JOSIAH  C.  JOPLIN. — Among  the  men  who  have  built  up  a  reputation  that  is 
worthy  of  emulation  and  who  have  had  the  best  interests  of  Orange  County  at  heart 
is  Josiah  C.  Joplin>  He  was  born  near  Liberty,  what  is  now  Bedford  City,  Bedford 
County,  Va.,  a  son  of  James  W.  and  Emily  (Booth)  Joplin,  both  natives  of  that  state. 
The  father,  who  was  of  Scotch  extraction  and  a  farmer  by  occupation,  was  born  Novem- 
ber 14,  1807,  and  died  in  Kentucky  in  1900  at  the  venerable  age  of  ninety-three.  The 
years  between  these  dates  were  filled  with  hard  toil  and  the  endurance  of  trials  that 
are  incident  to  life  in  a  frontier  country.  The  family  was  first  represented  in  the  United 
States  by  Rafe  Jopling  who,  with  fwo  brothers,  James  and  Thomas  Jopling,  emigrated 
from  Scotland  in  the  eighteenth  century  and  settled  in  Virginia.  Rafe  Jopling  espoused 
the  cause  of  his  adopted  country  and  sacrificed  his  life  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 
James  Jopling,  the  paternal  grandfather  of  Josiah  C,  was  a  nephew  of  this  soldier  and 
a  planter  in  Virginia.  The  family  originally  spelled  their  name  with  the  final  g,  one 
of  the  family,  Dr.  Josiah,  for  whom  the  subject  of  this  review  was  named,  being  the 
first  to  use  the  present  spelling,  dropping  the  g.  James  W.  Joplin  was  united  in 
marriage  in  Virginia  with  Emily  Booth,  who  was  born  there  on  June  4,  1816,  and  died 
in  the  same  state  August  2,  1869.  Nine  children  were  born  to  them:  Thomas  M., 
James  Benjamin,  Jesse,  William,  Josiah  C,  Ferdinand,  Mrs.  Betty  Martin,  Otho  and 
Charles.     The  latter  was  accidentally  drowned  at  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Born  in  Bedford  County,  in  the  Old  Dominion  State,  September  IS,  1844,  Josiah 
C.  Joplin  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  received  the  training  accorded  to  children  in  the 
pioneer  days.  However,  he  had  some  educational  advantages,  though  limited,  in  the 
private  schools  of  that  vicinity.  He  always  improved  such  opportunities  as  were  pre- 
sented to  him  and  by  careful  and  extensive  reading  became  a  well  informed  man.  Six 
of  the  Joplin  brothers  served  in  the  Confederate  Army  during  the  Civil  War,  Josiah  C. 
enlisting  in  March,  1862,  in  Company  A,  Second  Virginia  Cavalry.  They  were  first  in 
Colonel  Ashby's  command,  in  Stonewall  Jackson's  Valley  campaign,  until  Colonel 
Ashby  was  killed  at  Port  Republic.  After  arriving  at  Richmond,  his  regiment  became 
a  part  of  the  First  Brigade,  under  Gen.  J.  E.  B.  Stewart,  and  was  in  the  engagement 
at  Meadow  Bridge,  Va.,  when  General  Stewart  was  killed.  He  served  under  Generals 
Beauregard  and  Robert  E.  Lee,  participating  in  the  battles  of  Antietam,  Gettysburg, 
Richmond,  and  the  Wilderness  and  others  of  equal  importance.  During  his  service  he 
was  slightly  wounded  in  three  different  battles. 

After  the  war  was  over  Mr.  Joplin  returned  to  Franklin  County,  Va.,  where  the 
family  had  moved  during  hostilities.  He  remained  there  but  a  short  time  and  then 
went  to  Mississippi  and  Arkansas,  spending  three  years  in  these  states.  He  eventually 
returned  to  Virginia,  and  spent  three  years  there  in  agricultural  pursuits.  While  there 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Rebecca  C.  Boyd,  a  native  of  Virginia,  born  June 
18,  1845,  a  daughter  of  Andrew  Boyd.  Her  uncle,  Hon.  W.  W.  Boyd,  was  a  member  of 
Congress  when  Virginia  seceded  and  he  withdrew  and  joined  the  Confederacy  and  be- 
came a  member  of  the  Confederate  Senate.  The  following  children  were  born  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Joplin:  Andrew  Boyd,  John  Booth,  James  A.,  William  P.,  Joe  and  Otho,  de- 
ceased.    Four  of  the  boys  are  located  in  this  county,  and  James  A.  is  at  Parker,  Arizona. 

In  1876  Mr.  Joplin  decided  to  remove  his  family  to  California  and  it  was  here 
that  he  found  the  land  of  "golden  opportunity,"  for  he  found  health  and  an  opportunity 
to  rear  his  children  under  a  wider  scope  than  he  had  found  in  the  eastern  country.  He 
came  direct  to  the  present  limits  of  Orange  County,  but  then  Los  Angeles  County, 
and  has  made  this  his  home  ever  since.  At  the  time  of  his  arrival  it  was  but  sparsely 
populated  and  the  thriving  cities  and  towns  of  the  present  were  but  in  their  infancy. 
He  located  a  160-acre  homestead  in  Belle  Canyon,  residing  there  seventeen  years  as 
a  possessory  claim  before  it  was  surveyed  so  he  could  file  his  homestead  claim.  He 
also  purchased  320  acres  from  two  settlers  adjoining  him  and  286  acres  from  the  South- 
ern Pacific  Railroad,  and  this  he  put  under  cultivation,  engaging  principally  in  stock 
raising  and.  bee  culture. 

It  can  be  truthfully  said  that  no  man  has  been  more  interested  in  the  development 

ot  the  county  than  Mr.  Joplin,  and  through  participation  in   every  progressive  mbve- 

ment  he  became  well  acquainted  with  every  well-known  citizen  within  its  boundaries. 

He  has  willingly  given  of  his  time  and  means  to  promote  the  welfare  of  the   entire 

county,  and  no  man  has  ever  been  more  loyal  to  its  citizens,  for  he  has  always  guarded 


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well  every  trust  reposed  in  him.  One  of  the  most  important  projects  fostered  by  Mr. 
Joplin  and  which  did  much  to  advance  the  interests  of  the  county  was  his  connection 
with  the  World's  Fair  in  Chicago  in  1893.  He  personally  collected  an  exhibit  of  the 
products  of  this  county  and  his  management  of  the  exhibit  there  won  for  him  much 
praise.  So  successful  was  he  in  this  undertaking  that  he  was  chosen  to  superintend 
the  exhibit  of  the  county  at  the  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition  at  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Mr.  Wiggins,  who  was  the  superintendent  of  exhibits  from  the  seven  southern  counties 
of  California,  gives  him  credit  for  being  the  first  to  make  a  success  of  chemically 
processing  fruits  for  exhibits.  Mrs.  Joplin  prepared  a  special  exhibit  of  domestic  canned 
fruit,  for  which  she  received  a  medal  and  diploma  at  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition 
at  Chicago. 

Politically,  Mr.  Joplin  has  always  adhered  to  the  principles  of  the  Democratic 
party,  and  although  Orange  County  usually  has  been  strongly  Republican,  he  has 
served  several  consecutive  terms  as  county  treasurer.  He  was  first  elected  in  1898, 
from  January  1,  1899  to  January  1,  1903,  then  he  was  again  elected  county  treasurer 
in  1906  and  has  been  reelected  every  four  years,  or  in  1910,  1914  and  1918.  The  last  two 
times  he  was  elected  at  the  primaries.  When  requests  were  made  through  the  legis- 
lators to  the  State  Legislature  for  an  increase  in  salary,  Mr.  Joplin  refused  to  ask  for  an 
increase,  saying  that  the  county  was  paying  him  enough.  No  wonder  that  he  stands 
high  with  all  parties. 

Mrs.  Joplin  by  her  many  charitable  deeds,  kindness  and  modesty  greatly  endeared 
herself  to  the  people  of  Santa  Ana  and  Orange  County,  because  she  always  stood  for 
truth,  uprightness  and  a  high  standard  of  morals,  and_never  failed  to  give  substantial 
encouragement  to  all  movements  in  that  direction;  thus  she  was  universally  mourned 
by  everyone  when  she  passed  away  on  March  20,  1911.  She  was  a  faithful  wife  and 
mother,  having  always  been  the  greatest  help  and  encouragement  to  her  husband  in 
his  ambitions  and  naturally  very  proud  of  his  success  and  the  political  honors  he  had 
received.  With  the  same  high  standard  and  principles  in  view  she  trained  and  reared 
her  children  to  be  God-fearing,  law-abiding  and  useful  citizens,  and  her  great  regret 
at  passing  was  that  she  could  no  longer  see  to  the  ministering  of  comforts  to  them, 
and  before  her  death  she  wrote  and  left  a  letter  addressed  to  her  children,  admon- 
ishing them  to  live  right  and  useful  lives  and  follow  the  example  of  their  father, 
who  had  gained  such  a  high  place  in  the  estimation  of  the  public.  She  had  been  ill 
for  several  years  and  knew  that  the  end  was  coming,  so  in  her  loving  and  thoughtful 
way  she  made  a.  distribution  of  her  keepsakes  and  household  furniture  and  dishes, 
giving  each  one  the  things  she  knew  they  liked  and  that  she  wished  them  to  have. 

Always  active  in  the  interests  of  education,  Mr.  Joplin  was  instrumental  in  the 
organization  of  the  Trabuco  and  Olive  school  districts.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the 
founding  of  Orange  County  and  his  Trabuco  precinct  obtained  the  banner,  because  all 
votes  were  for  county  division  and  the  organization  of  Orange  County,  and  not  one 
vote  against  it.  One  of  the  organizers  of  the  Humane  Society  of  Orange  County  in 
about  1900,  Mr.  Joplin  has  been  its  president  ever  since  and  very  active  in  its  work. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  president  of  the  first  Fish  and  Game  Protective 
Association  of  Orange  County,  and  was  one  of  the  promoters  of  the  Santa  Ana  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  serving  as  director  for  several  years.  He  is  prominent  in  the  ranks 
of  the  Odd  Fellows  and  was  one  of  four  organizers  of  the  Orange  County  Veteran 
Odd  Fellows  Association,  serving  as  its  first  president,  and  takes  an  active  interest 
in  the  Orange  County  Historical  Society.  Some  years  ago  Mr.  Joplin  sold  his  large 
ranch  and  since  then  has  bought  two  small  ranches,  comprising  a  little  over  300  acres 
of  land  in  Belle  Canyon,  and  these  he  devotes  to  stock  raising  and  horticulture. 

WILLIAM  H.  BROOKS — A  very  interesting  pioneer  who  has  the  distinction 
of  being  the  first  white  man  to  live  at  Laguna  Beach,  also  of  now  being  the  very  oldest 
living  resident  of  this  place,  his  first  habitation  being  a  cabin  located  back  of  where 
the  present  postoffice  now  stands,  is  William  H.  Brooks,  rancher  and  mail  carrier. 
He  was  born  in  Ellis  County,  Texas,  on  September  9,  18SS,  the  youngest  son  and  child 
of  Spencer  Brooks,  who  was  born  in  New  York  in  1823,  went  to  Illinois  a  young  man 
and  there  married  Miss  Sylvia  Heminsway,  a  native  of  Vermont,  where  she  was  born 
in  1828,  and  who  had  gone  out  to  Illinois  in  her  youth.  The  family  went  to  Texas  and 
remained  there  two  years,  and  not  liking  the  country  returned  to  Illinois  and  Winne- 
bago County,  where  Mr.  Brooks  was  a  stockman  and  farmer.  There  he  died  in  1857, 
but  his  widow  came  west  to  California  and  died  at  Laguna  at  the  age  of  eighty-four 
years.  One  of  the  sons,  Oliver  S.  Brooks,  enlisted  for  service  in  the  Civil  War  when 
he  was  sixteen,  served  three  years,  and  he  died  at  Laguna  in  1897. 

William  H.  Brooks  spent  his  boyhood  and  youth  on  the  open  plains  of  Kansas 
and  Colorado,  became  an  expert  with  the  rifle,  and  knew  Wild  Bill,  Buffalo  Bill  and 
all  of  the  scouts  of  those  early  days.     In  1875  he  had  left  home  at  Burlington,  Kans., 


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and  arrived  in  Los  Angeles  when  the  now  flourishing  city  was  but  a  Mexican  adobe 
village  with  nothing  to  presage  its  future  greatness.  The  family  had  moved  out  to 
western  Kansas  in  1861,  and  they  operated  a  stage  station  on  the  overland  stage  route 
to  California.  Those  were  the  days  when  the  country  was  infested  with  Indians  and 
many  a  time  this  young  lad  stood  guard  with  the  men  of  the  station  to  protect  the 
people  from  the  red  men,  and  he  also  experienced  many  narrow  escapes  with  his  life. 
After  these  early  experiences  it  was  but  natural  that  he  should  want  to  come  to  the  Far 
West  in  search  of  a  permanent  location. 

Arriving  in  Los  Angeles  County,  Mr.  Brooks  went  to  Downey,  at  that  time  one 
of  the  most  flourishing  and  wide-open  towns  in  the  Southland,  and  here  he  engaged  in 
ranching.  It  was  that  same  year  that  he  wandered  down  to  Laguna  Beach  on  a 
hunting  trip,  and  seeing  the  advantageous  location  for  ranching  he  took  up  a  gov- 
ernment claim  of  what  is  now  the  town  site  of  Laguna  Beach,  and  was  joined  some  few 
months  later  by  his  brother,  the  late  "Nate"  Brooks.  Some  time  later  Mr.  Brooks 
sold  his  holdings  here  to  an  uncle  by  marriage,  Henry  Goff,  for  the  paltry  sum  of 
fifty  dollars  cash.  At  the  time  of  the  boom  in  the  Southland  Mr.  Goff  sold  off  much 
of  the  land  in  lots  and  small  acreage.  As  Mr.  Brooks  took  notice  of  the  rapid  trend 
of  affairs  towards  the  development  of  the  place  he  began  to  buy  back  property  as  he 
could  until  he  became  owner  of  considerable  town  property.  As  the  beach  city  grew 
apace  he  has  sold  off  much  of  his  holdings  at  very  advantageous  prices  and  invested 
m  alfalfa  land  in  Antelope  Valley. 

In  1882  Mr.  Brooks  had  finished  his  apprenticeship  as  a  blacksmith  under  Hank 
Stow,  of  Anaheim,  and  established  a  shop  of  his  own  in  Los  Angeles,  and  for  years 
he  was  the  smith  employed  by  the  I.  W.  Hellman  Street  Railway  Company  when 
horses  were  used  to  draw  the  cars.  His  next  shop  was  in  Santa  Ana,  then  at  Laguna 
Beach,  later  at  Calabasas  and  then  Bakersfield.  Mr.  Brooks  built  the  hotel  and  store 
at  Laguna,  but  this  was  burned  down  in  1895,  and  it  was  then  he  went  to  Bakersfield. 
He  served  as  constable  of  Laguna  for  twelve  years,  was  deputy  sheriff  for  two  years, 
and  postmaster  for  three  years,  and  during  his  time  he  witnessed  many  interesting 
incidents  that  relieved  the  monotony  of  life  at  the  little  village.  After  being  away 
for  some  years  he  returned  in  1912  and  took  up  his  residence  at  Laguna,  and  since 
1914  he  has  been  mail  carrier  there.  Since  1919  he  has  been  interested  in  ranching  in 
Antelope  Valley,  where  he  and  his  sons  own  valuable  land. 

On  July  4,  1878,  at  Downey,  W.  H.  Brooks  was  married  to  Miss  Annie  Clapp, 
born  at  San  Jose,  a  daughter  of  Frank  Clapp,  a  planter  of  Kentucky,  where  he  was 
born.  Her  mother  was  Ruth  Condit  before  her  marriage.  The  family  located  in 
Alameda  County,  Cal.,  in  1856;  Mr.  Clapp  died  in  Santa  Ana  in  1897,!  and  the  widow 
died  there  in  1907.  An  uncle,  Frank  Hartley,  was  one  of  the  officers  who  captured 
the  bandit,  Vasquez.  Five  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brooks:  Josephine 
is  the  wife  of  Maston  Smith,  of  Corona,  by  whom  she  has  two  children,  William 
and  George.  By  her  first  union  with  Harry  Kelly  she  had  seven  children,  six  now. 
living,  and  three  of  these  daughters  are  living  and  married  and  have  five  children.  The 
next  younger  than  Josephine  is  Robert  F.,  who  is  married,  but  has  no  children;  Walter 
R.  married  Miss  Stevens,  but  they  have  no  children;  Clarence  H.  married  Miss  ThroU 
and  they  have  two  children,  Eleanor  and  William;  Roy,  the  youngest  son,  is  not  mar- 
ried. All  of  the  sons  live  and  farm  in  Antelope  Valley.  Mrs.  Brooks  is  known  to  her 
intimates  as  "Aunt  Annie,"  and  she  has  the  honor  of  giving  the  name  to  Arch 
Beach,  the  attractive  strand  to  the  south  of  Laguna.  Both  Mr.  and  Mra,  Brooks  are 
highly  esteemed  by  all  who  know  them  in  Orange  County. 

MRS.  HATTIE  W.  ROSS.— A  highly-honored  representative  of  a  pioneer  family 
of  Santa  Ana  is  Mrs.  Hattie  W.  Ross,  the  rancher  and  landowner,  whose  home  at 
1429  North  Baker  Street  is  always  the  center  of  warm-hearted  hospitality.  She  was 
born  at  New  Madrid,  Mo.,  the  daughter  of  Frederick  W.  and  Virginia  Maulsby,  who 
were  cotton  planters,  owning  between  7,000  and  8,000  acres  of  choice  Missouri  land. 
Mr.  Maulsby  received  his  early  education  in  the  Southern  Missouri  Academy,  and 
later  was  clerk  of  New   Madrid  County,   Missouri. 

Miss  Maulsby  came  to  Santa  Ana  with  a  sister,  Mrs.  Kate  Doyle,  now  of  El 
Monte,  arriving  at  Santa  Ana  in  September,  1885.  She  thus  saw  both  Orange  and 
Santa  Ana  develop  from  their  infancy.  When  the  plaza  in  Orange  was  laid  out  she 
assisted  in  the  entertainment.  On  August  18,  1886,  at  the  old  Doyle  home  near  Santa 
Ana,  she  was  married  to  U.  J.  Ross,  oldest  child  of  Josiah  and  Sarah  Ross,  who  grew 
up  in  Santa  Ana,  but  was  born  in  Watsonville.  He  is  now  foreman  for  the  Hammond 
Lumber  Company  in  Los  Angeles.  Mr.  and  Mrs  Josiah  Ross  came  across  the  plains 
in  an  ox-team  train  in  1865  and  settled  in  the  Salinas  Valley  for  a  short  time,  coming 
down  to  Los  Angeles  County  and  settling  in  what  is  now  Orange  County  a  year 
later.     Then  there  was  for  the  most  part  only  Mexican  and  Spanish  settlers  here,  ana 


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considerable  trouble  was  had  with  the  natives.  The  early  settlers'  grain  would  be 
endangered  by  the  Mexican  ponies,  which  were  allowed  to  graze  at  random,  and  it 
was  necessary  to  kill  many  of  these  ponies  before  the  Spanish  element  took  any  meas- 
ures to  keep  their  animals  off  the  land  they  had  sold  to  the  early  settlers.  Josiah 
Ross  came  across  the  country  in  prairie  schooners,  and  if  anyone  "had  a  story  to 
tell,"  he  certainly  did.  The  wild  mustard  grew  so  tall  that  even  when  one  stood  on 
the  driving  board  of  the  prairie  schooner  it  was  impossible  to  see  over  the  fields. 
When  dried,  the  mustard  was  used  by  the  Ross  family  in  place  of  firewood.  Mrs. 
Eva  Sweetster,  sister-in-law  of  Mrs.  Ross,  was  the  first  girl  born  in  Santa  Ana. 

Josiah  Ross  purchased  275  acres  of  land  at  one  dollar  an  acre,  and  a  part  of  this 
tract  is  now  the  home  place  of  Mrs.  Hattie  Ross.  The  rest  of  the  land  is  still  owned 
by  Josiah  Ross'  descendants.  Mrs.  Ross  is  the  owner  of  an  eight-acre  grove  interset 
with  walnuts  and  apricots.     Her  house  was  built  on  this  ranch  in  1907. 

Four  sons  honor  Mrs.  Ross:  Ernest  F.  is  at  home;  Raymond  married  Miss  Cora 
Huntington  of  Santa  Ana;  Melvin  is  married  to  Miss  Cora  Hazelwood,  a  Nebraska 
girl,  and  they  live  at  Pasadena;  and  Carroll  B.  lives  at  honie,  a  graduate  of  the  Santa 
Ana  high  school  and  an  employe  of  the  Hammond  Lumber  Company  of  Santa  Ana. 
Ernest  Ross  hauled  the  first  and  last  lcra,ds  of  gravel  to  builjd  the  beet  sugar  factory  at 
Delhi,  and  he  was  given  a  gold  locket  by  the  company.  Raymond  Ross  was  in  the 
United  States  Navy  during  the  late  war,  and  did  valiatit  service  as  a  gunner  on  the 
U.  S.  S.  "Dakota." 

GRANVILLE  SPURGEON. — Prominent  among  the  names  worthy  to  be  per- 
petuated in  the  annals  of  Orange  County,  and  particularly  in  the  development  of  the 
city  of  Santa  Ana,  is  that  of  the  late  Granville  Spurgeon,  whose  sterling  life  and 
character  will  ever  leave  its  impress  on  the  community  in  whose  upbuilding  he  was 
so  loyally  interested  for  many  years. 

The  Spurgeon  family  traces  its  lineage  back  to  England,  the  ea:rly  representatives 
of  the  family  settling  in  Virginia.  The  grandfather  of  our  subject  removed  from  the 
Old  Dominion  State  to  Bourbon  County,  Ky.,  during  the  days  of  Daniel  Boone  and 
other  early  pioneers,  and  here  Granville  Spurg-eon,  Sr.,  was  born  and  reared.  When 
he  reached  young  manhood  he  was  married  to  Lovina  Sibley,  who  was  born  in  Prince 
Edward  County,  Va.,  and  who  was  directly  descended  from  a.n  influential  English 
family.  Removing  to  Columbus,  Ind.,  in  1830,  Mr.  Spurgeon  engaged  in  farming 
near  there,  for  atout  ten  years,  when  the  family  located  in  Clark  County,  Mo.  After 
several  years  spent  in  agricultural  pursuits  there  they  removed  to  Alexandria,  Mo., 
where  Mr.  Spurgeon  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  and  took  a  prominent  part  in 
the  affairs  of  the  community.  It  was  during  this  period  that  Granville  Spurgeon,  Jr., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born,  on  August  19,  1843,  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  the  family 
being  on  a  visit  there  at  the  time. 

Granville  Spurgeon  was  educated  in  the  private  and  public  schools  of  Missouri, 
and  also  had  the  advantage  of  a  course  in  a  business  college  in  that  state.  In  1849 
his  father  had  made  the  trip  overland  to  California,  and  engaged  in  mining  for 
eighteen  months.  As  the  years  went  by  he  again  felt  the  call  of  the  West,  and  in 
1864  he  again  set  out  on  the  long  journey,  this  time  accompanied  by  his  family,  five 
months  being  spent  in  crossing  the  plains.  They  settled  in  Solano  County,  Cal., 
and  here  both  parents  passed  away.  Granville  Spurgeon  remained  in  Solano  County 
for  two  years,  then  with  his  brother  Benjamin  and  a  sister  he  went  to  Watsonville, 
Santa  Cruz  County.  In  November,  1867,  these  two  brothers  joined  their  older  brother, 
William  H.  Spurgeon,  in  Los  Angeles  County,  taking  up  land  between  Compton 
and  Los  Angeles.  William  H.  left  them  the  following  year,  purchasing  a  tract  of 
seventy-six  acres  belonging  to  the  old  Santiago  de  Santa  Ana  Grant,  and  here  he 
laid  out  the  town  of  Santa  Ana.  On  the  death  of  Benjamin  Spurgeon  in  1870,  Gran- 
ville Spurgeon  joined  his  brother  William  H.,  entering  into  partnership  with  him, 
and  from  that  date  until  his  death,  which  occurred  August  7,  1901,  he  was  continu- 
ously identified  with  the  development  of  Santa  Ana,  taking  a  prominent  part  in 
every  undertaking  and  enterprise  that  gave  this  community  its  well-grounded,  sub- 
stantial start  and  enabled  it  to  take-  its  place'  as  one  of  the  representative  cities  of 
Southern  California,  so  that  the  name  of  Spurgeon  will  ever  be  indissolubly  associ- 
ated with  its  history. 

With  his  brother,  W.  H.,  Granville  Spurgeon  conducted  the  first  mercantile  estab- 
lishment in  Santa  Ana,  and  for  many  years  this  was  the  leading  establishment  of  the 
town.  Later  he  established  a  thriving  fire  insurance  business,  continuing  in  this  for  a 
number  of  years,  finally  disposing  of  it  at  a  good  profit  on  account  of  his  health.  In 
later  years  he  purchased  a  tract  of  100  acres  of  peat  land,  devoting  this  to  the  produc- 
tion of  celery.  This  was  at  the  period  when  celery  growing  was  at  its  height  in 
Orange  County,  and  Mr.  Spurgeon  was  most  successful  in  raising  some  of  the  finest 


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celery  ever  grown  here.  During  his  early  years  here  he  acted  as  agent  for  the  Wells 
Fargo  Express  Company,  and  later  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Santa  Ana,  an  office 
he  filled  for  a  number  of  years  with  the  utmost  satisfaction  to  the  community.  In 
fraternal  circles  Mr.  Spurgeon  was  prominent  in  the  ranks  of  the  Odd  Fellows,  the 
Encampment  and  the  Rebekahs,  serving  for  sixteen  years  as  treasurer  of  the  subordi- 
nate lodge.  While  a  believer  in  the  principles  of  the  Democratic  party,  he  was  essen- 
tially too  broadminded  to  be  swayed  by  mere  partisanship,  especially  in  local  politics. 
At  the  time  of  his  death,  in  1901,  he  was  one  of  the  oldest  residents  of  Santa  Ana, 
and  in  his  passing  this  city  lost  one  of  her  stanch  upbuilders  and  one  who  occupied 
a  distinctive  place  in  her  development.  Commencing  life  without  means,  Mr.  Spur- 
geon's  habits  of  thrift  and  industry,  coupled  with  good  business  judgment,  enabled 
him  to  amass  a  competency,  and  his  life  presents  a  record  well  worthy  of  emulation. 

Mrs.'  Spurgeon,  who  before  her  marriage  was  Miss  Frederica  Reinhold,  is  a 
native  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  where  she  received  an  excellent  education.  Coming  to  Cali- 
fornia in  187S  on  a  pleasure  trip  she  met  Mr.  Spurgeon,  at  that  time  a  leading  mer- 
chant of  Santa  Ana,  this  acquaintance  leading  to  their  marriage  the  following  year. 
They  took  up  their  residence  in  the  house  at  Sixth  and  Main  streets  that  Mr.  Spur- 
geon had  erected  for  his  bride,  and  this  remained  the  family  home  during  his  lifetime. 
After  his  death  Mrs.  Spurgeon  disposed  of  the  property  and  purchased  her  present 
home  on  North  Broadway.  Now  among  the  oldest  settlers  of  Santa  Ana,  Mrs.  Spur- 
geon well  remembers  the  early  days  of  this  now  prosperous  city,  when  what  is  now 
the  finest  residential  section  was  a  wilderness  of  wild  mustard,  and  bearing  little  prom- 
ise of  the  beautiful  shady  streets,  attractive  homes  and  well-kept  lawns  of  today.  A 
continuous  resident  of  this  city  for  forty-five  years,  with  the  exception  of  a  year  spent 
at  Manitou,  Colo.,  for  Mr.  Spurgeon's  health,  Mrs.  Spurgeon  has  always  taken  the 
deepest  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  community,  and,  like  her  late  husband,  has 
shown  a  public  spiritedness  that  has  meant  much  to  the  advancement  of  the  social 
and  moral  good  of  the  whole  neighborhood. 

Of  the  two  adopted  daughters  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spurgeon,  May  S.  is  the  wife 
of  R.  H.  Ballard,  president  and  general  manager  of  the  Southern  California  Edison 
Company,  and  they  reside  in  Los  Angeles.  They  have  one  daughter,  Harriet,  who  is 
attending  Vassar  College.  Helen  S.  is  training  for  a  professional  nurse  at  the  Good 
Samaritan  Hospital,  Los  Angeles. 

JUSTIN  M.  COPELAND. — Among  the  well-known  educators  who  deserve  the 
gratitude  of  posterity  may  well  be  mentioned,  and  in  foremost  place,  the  late  Justin 
M.  Copeland,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  where  he  was  born  on  St.  Patrick's  Day,  1835. 
His  father,  the  Rev.  David  Copeland,  was  a  Methodist  minister  and  became  a  pioneer 
clergyman  in  Southern  Wisconsin.  Justin  M.  began  his  education  at  Kent's  Hill  Semi- 
nary, Maine,  later  attended  the  Middletown  College,  in  Middlesex  County,  Conn.,  and 
finished  at  Lawrence  University,  Appleton,  Wis.,  to  which  town  his  parents  had  moved 
in  1857.  When  fifteen  years  of  age  he  commenced  his  teaching  in  Maine,  where  he 
taught  a  term  of  school  in  Winthrop;  then  he  taught  in  Connecticut,  later  in  Wis- 
consin and  then  moved  to  Odell,  111.,  where  he  taught  for  two  years.  On  his  return 
to  Wisconsin  he  served  for  several  years  as  an  instructor  at  Fond  Du  Lac,  next  going 
to  Kansas,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  near  Derby  which  he  worked  in  summer,  while 
he  taught  in  winter.  In  1876  he  went  south  to  Key  West,  Fla.,  and  there  conducted 
a  school  for  two  years,  when  he  returned  to  his  ranch  near  Derby,  Kans. 

In  May,  1881,  he  came  west  to  California  and  settled  in  Old  Newport,  now  Green- 
ville, and  for  two  years  he  taught  the  district  school.  He  also  taught  in  other  places 
in  Orange  County,  among  them  Villa  Park,  Trabuco,  Aliso  Canyon,  New  Hope  and 
Newport,  and  only  when  his  eyesight  failed  him,  and  he  could  no  longer  do  justice  to 
the  work,  did  Mr.  Copeland  give  up  a  work  very  dear  to  his  heart  and  in  which  he 
had  been  so  signally  successful — a  wonderful  career,  having  taught  over  forty  years. 

On  September  7,  1860,  in  Chicago,  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  brother,  Henry 
French,  Mr.  Copeland  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  E.  French,  a  native  of  South  Chester- 
ville,  Franklin  County,  Maine,  who  Was  born  March  20,  1836,  the  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Eliza  (Brown)  French,  worthy  Yankee  farmer  folk  of  good  old  Maine.  Four 
brothers  of  the  French  family  came  from  England  to  Massachusetts  in  1620,  in  a  ship 
of  the  Mayflower  party,  and  later  some  of  the  brothers  went  to  New  Hampshire  and 
then  to  Maine.  Mrs.  Copeland's  Great-grandfather  French  came  from  New  Hampshire 
to  Maine,  and  her  grandfather,  Joseph  A,,  and  two  brothers  were  among  the  founders 
of  South  Chesterville,  Maine.  Mrs.  Copeland  had  two  brothers  in  the  Civil  War, 
Captain  Henry  French,  and  Joseph  French,  who  was  in  a  Maine  regiment  of  cavalry 
and  who  now  lives  on  the  old  Joseph  French  place.  She  attended  Kent's  Hill  Semi- 
nary, and  when  a  young  lady  came  west  to  Chicago,  where  she  resided  with  a  sister 
and  a  brother.     She  had  made  the  acquaintance  of  Justin  M.  Copeland  while  the  Rev. 


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David  Copeland  was  on  that  circuit  and  the  acquaintance  continued  and  resulted  in 
their  marriage. 

On  retiring  from  the  pedagogical  field,  Mr.  Copeland  purchased  100  acres  of  land 
in  Orange  County,  which  he  disposed  of  to  advantage  during  the  early  days  of  the 
great  boom;  and  later  he  purchased  twenty  acres  handsomely  set  out  as  an  orange 
grove  at  Riverside,  which  has  since  proven  very  valuable  ranch  property.  This  ranch 
is  now  in  charge  of  their  only  child,  Joseph  Eugene,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Southern  California,  and  married  Miss  Carrie  Wilson,  daughter  of  J.  A.  Wilson 
of  Santa  Ana.  Mrs.  Copeland  is  also  the  owner  of  a  walnut  grove  on  Grand  Avenue, 
Santa  Ana.  In  March,  1915,  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  eighty,  Mr.  Copeland  passed  to  his 
eternal  reward,  rich  in  the  esteem  and  affection  of  those  who  best  knew  him.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Copeland  were  firm  believers  in  cooperation,  hence  they  were  members  of  both 
the  local  Citrus  Association  and  the  Santa  Ana  Walnut  Growers  Association,  since 
their  organization. 

Mrs.  Copeland  belongs,  as  did  her  exemplary  husband,  to  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Santa  Ana,  in  whose  religious  and  social  work  she  participates  as  best  she 
can  for  one  of  her  age.  Public-spirited  to  a  remarkable  degree,  she  also  took  a  very 
active  part  in  the  work  of  the  Red  Cross  during  the  recent  war,  and  at  the  age  of 
eighty-two  knit  not  less  than  ISO  pairs  of  socks  for  the  soldiers. 

THOMAS  J.  WILLIAMS.— A  native  of  Wales,  Thomas  J.  Williams,  one  of 
Orange  County's  honored  pioneer  ranchers,  brought  with  him  to  this  country  the 
sturdy  characteristics  of  his  Welsh  forbears,  the  Williams  family  being  men  of  power- 
ful physique  and  long-lived,  some  of  them  living  past  the  century  mark.  Mr.  Williams 
was  born  at  Carmorden,  Glamorganshire,  Wales,  April  23,  18S2,  the  son  of  John 
and  Martha  (Binon)  Williams;  the  father  was  a  farmer  as  was  the  paternal  grand- 
father, John  Williams,  who  lived  to  be  104  years  old.  Mrs.  Martha  Williams'  father, 
Thomas  Binon,  was  a  carpenter  of  Glamorganshire,  Wales,  and  also  lived  to  be  104 
years  old.  There  were  two  sons  and  six  daughters  in  the  Williams  family,  Thomas 
J.  being  the  sixth  in  order  of  birth,  and  the  only  one  in  America.  He  had  only  fair 
educational  advantages,  as  there  were  no  public  schools  in  their  locality,  and  every 
family  had  to  pay  tuition  for  each  of  their  children,  so  in  the  case  of  large  families, 
schooling  was  something  of  a  luxury,  and,  too,  his  schoolhouse  was  seven  miles  away. 

In  early  youth,  Thomas  J.  Williams  was  apprenticed  for  four  years  to  learn  the 
blacksmith's  trade,  receiving  as  payment  his  board  and  clothes.  His  training  in  this 
work  was  very  thorough,  and  included  plow  work  and  horseshoeing.  During  the  haying 
and  harvesting  season  he  worked  on  the  farms  of  the  neighborhood,  one  year  swinging 
the  scythe  and  cradle  for  sixty-seven  days  straight.  In  those  days  their  agricultural 
implements  were  very  primitive,  and  the  first  threshing  machine  Mr.  Williams  ever  saw 
he  owned  and  operated — a  flail — and  the  first  mowing  machine  he  was  familiar  with 
was  wielded  in  the  sweat  of  his  brow  in  the  form  of  a  Welsh  scythe. 

On  December  25,  1870,  Mr.  Williams  was  united  in  marriage  with  Elizabeth 
Williams,  who  was  no  kin,  although  of  the  same  name.  She  was  born  in  the  same 
shire  as  her  husband  and  educated  in  the  subscription  schools.  Her  parents  were 
James  and  Mary  (John)  Williams  and  she  was  an  only  child.  The  father  was  a  farmer 
in  Wales  and  passed  away  in  her  early  childhood.  Her  mother  married  a  second 
time  to  David  James  and  they  came  to  San  Bernardino  in  1853,  where  they  farmed 
for  a  number  of  years;  Mr.  James  passed  away  at  San  Bernardino,  and  the  mother 
spent  her  last  years  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Thomas  J.  Williams,  passing 
away  at  the  age  of  ninety  years. 

In  1872  T.  J.  Williams  decided  to  try  his  fortune  in  America,  and'accompanied 
by  his  wife  and  infant  son,  James,  landed  at  Castle  Garden,  May  3,  of  that  year.  They 
went  directly  to  Newark,  Lincoln  County,  Ohio,  and  lived  there  for  about  five  years, 
Mr.  Williams  working  in  the  rolling  mills  there,  making  iron  railroad  rails.  While 
in  Newark  he  became  a  naturalized  citizen  of  the  United  States,  and  cast  his  first  vote 
for  Rutherford  B.  Hayes  as  president.  In  1876,  they  came  on  to  California,  reaching 
San  Bernardino  December  26,  remaining  there  until  the  following  April,  when  they 
located  in  the  New  Hope  district,  now  Orange  County,  then  Los  Angeles  County,  rent- 
ing land  belonging  to  the  Rancho  Los  Bolsas.  For  six  years  he  farmed  on  rented 
land  then  purchased  twenty  acres  of  land,  later  investing  in  two  more  twenty-acre 
tracts  which  comprises  his  present  well-kept  ranch  of  sixty  acres.  For  four  years  he 
raised'  corn  and  hogs,  but  had  to  sell  his  meat  as  low  as  two  and  a  half  cents  a  pound. 
Later  he  engaged  in  dairying  and  general  farming,  growing  alfalfa,  barley,  corn,  beets, 
notatoes  and  chili  peppers,  and  has  set  out  an  apple  orchard  of  three  and  a  half  acres, 
besides  a  family  orchard.  He  has  put  down  two  wells,  one  ten-inch  and  one  seven- 
inch,  and  has  two  pumping  plants  run  by  electric  power,  producing  100  inches  of  water. 


262  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

sufficient  to  furnish  ample  irrigation  for  all  his  land.  He  also  has  a  well,  windmill  and 
tank  for  domestic  purposes. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Williams  have  had  eight  children:  James,  born  in  Wales,  died  in 
Newark,  Ohio;  John  J.,  born  in  Newark,  Ohio,  died  at  San  Pedro  at  the  age  of  forty- 
two,  leaving  a  widow;  Mary  Ann,  now  Mrs.  Swindler  of  Anaheim,  is  the  mother  of 
four  children;  Thomas  died  at  the  age  of  nine  years;  Martha  is  the  wife  of  Will  De- 
venney,  a  rancher  of  Orange  County;  Elizabeth  is  the  wife  of  Fred  Mersel,  an  orange 
grower  and  rancher  of  Santa  Ana;  they  have  one  child;  George  is  in  the  U.  S.  Navy, 
having  served  in  Asiatic  waters  and  now  in  the  Philippines;  he  married  Miss  Irene 
Lee  of  Santa  Ana  and  they  have  one  child  living;  Margaret  married  Henry  Devenney, 
a  rancher  at  Wasco,   Kern   County  and  they  have  one  child. 

In  the  early  days,  Mr.  Williams  was  well  acquainted  with  the  McFadden  brothers, 
John,  Robert  and  James,  those  pioneers  whose  names  will  always  be  associated  with 
the  early  development  of  Orange  County.  He  was  connected  with  the  construction  of 
their  railroad,  the  Santa  Ana  &  Newport,  and  also  worked  at  loading  and  unloading 
their  boats  which  ran  between  San  Francisco  and  Newport.  Always  public  spirited 
and  progressive,  Mr.  Williams  helped  organize  Orange  County  and  has  always  been 
keenly  interested  in  its  development,  and  is  now  a  promoter  of  the  Santa  Ana  River 
Protection  District.  While  a  supporter  of  the  Republican  party,  he  is  inclined  to  be 
liberal  in  local  affairs,  voting  for  the  best  men  and  measures.  He  served  four  years  as 
constable  of  Westminster  township.  Mrs.  Williams  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
Latter  Day  Saints.  Mr.  Williams  still  looks  after  twenty  acres  of  his  land,  which  is 
devoted  to  apples  and  alfalfa,  and  rents  out  forty  acres.  He  and  his  family  stand 
high  in  the  whole  community,  a  tribute  to  their  more  than  forty  years  of  useful 
citizenship. 

ROBERT  EDWIN  LARTER.— Numbered  among  the  leading  citizens  of  the 
Westminster  district,  Robert  Edwin  Larter  has  occupied  a  place  of  prominence  for 
many  years  in  the  agricultural,  commercial  and  financial  interests  of  Orange  County. 
A  native  of  Canada,  he  was  born  in  the  Province  of  Ontario,  ten  miles  west  of  Niagara 
Falls,  September  7,  1861.  His  parents  were  Robert  and  Mary  J.  (Hansler)  Larter,  the 
latter  a  native  of  Canada;'  the  father  was  born  at  Norwich,  England,  and  came  to 
Canada  with  his  mother  when  a  boy  of  fifteen.  He  was  a  millwright  and  cabinet 
maker,  and  later  became  interested  in  farming.  He  became  prominent  in  the  politics 
of  his  locality,  being  a  man  of  excellent  judgment,  and  served  on  the  township  and 
county  councils  of  his  Canadian  home.  In  187S  he  made  a  trip  to  California,  and  while 
here  he  bought  160  acres  of  land;  returning  to  Canada  he  remained  there  until  the 
fall  of  1876,  when  he  came  with  his  family  to  make  California  his  permanent  home.  ■ 
This  was  just  after  the  completion  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  and  his  land  lay 
in  what  was  then  Los  Angeles  County,  this  being  some  years  before  the  organization 
of  Orange  County.  It  was  peat  land,  and  was  then  a.  morass  of  willows,  tules  and 
blackberries,  and  it  took  much  hard  work  to  put  it  under  cultivation,  but  it  eventually 
became  very  productive.  Robert  Larter  passed  away  in  1904;  his  widow  survives 
him  and   resides   at  Westminster,   having   reached   the   age   of   eighty-four. 

The  first  fifteen  years  of  Ed.  Larter's  life  were  spent  in  Welland  County,  Ontario, 
his  birthplace,  and  there  he  received  his  early  education,  attending  the  schools  at 
Westminster  after  the  family  removed  here.  He  early  began  to  work,  however,  help- 
ing his  father  reclaim  the  swamp  lands  of  their  farm  and  breaking  the  virgin  soil, 
and  this  practical  experience  he  found  to  be  of  great  value  later  in  life  when  he  took 
up  farming  on  his  own  account.  He  purchased  120  acres  of  land  and  devoted  it  to 
general  farm'ing  and  dairying,  in  which  he  was  very  successful,  also  engaging  in  the 
celery  industry  when  that  business  was  at  its  height.  Business  acumen  and  wise 
investments  have  added  to  his  capital  and  he  now  enjoys  an  affluence,  the  reward  of 
industry  and  intelligence.  Always  public  spirited,  Mr.  Larter  has  for  years  been 
prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  community.  A  stanch  Republican,  he  was  chosen  some 
years  ago  to  represent  that  party  on  the  board  of  supervisors,  an  office  which  he  filled 
with  great  satisfaction  to  his  constituency.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the  County 
Republican  Central  Committee,  and  prominent  in  all  the  councils  of  the  party.  He 
has  always  been  interested  in  the  cause  of  education  and  has  given  of  his  time  to  help 
raise  the  standard  and  equipment  of  the  schools  here,  having  served  on  the  Hunting- 
ton Beach  Union  High  School  Board.  He  was  on  the  building  committee  of  the 
Orange  County  Court  House  when  that  structure  was  under  way  and  was  prominent 
in  the  establishment  of  the  Talbert  Drainage  District  and  the  reestablishment  of  the 
Bolsa  Drainage  District.  An  authority  on  financial  affairs  in  the  locality,  he  is  a 
director  of  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  Bank  of  Santa  Ana.  In  fraternal  circles  he 
is  a  charter  memher  of  Westminster  Lodge  No.  72,  I.  O.  O.  F. 


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Mr.  Larter's  marriage,  in  April,  1889,  united  him  with  Miss  Pearl  Kiefhaber, 
who  was  born  in  Indiana,  but  who  came  to  Westminster  with  her  parents  when 
but  a  child.  Four  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Larter,  two  of  whom  passed 
away  in  infancy.  Those  living  are  Marie  L,.,  the  wife  of  Orel  C.  Hare  of  Westminster, 
whose  review  appears  elsewhere  in  this  work;  and  Lutie,  who  is  Mrs.  Will  McClin- 
tock,  her  husband  being  a  rancher  at  Garden  Grove. 

HENRY  OELKERS — In  naming  the  pioneers  of  Orange  County  any  list  would 
be  incomplete  without  special  mention  of  Henry  Oelkers,  who  for  nearly  forty  years 
was  identified  with  the  wine  industry  of  Anaheim.  He  was  born  near  Hamburg,  Ger- 
many, February  17,  18S6,  and  received  his  education  in  that  country. 

In  1882  Henry  Oelkers  immigrated  to  America  and  settled  at  Anaheim,  where 
he  obtained  employment  with  his  uncle,  William  Konig,  now  deceased,  who  came  to 
Anaheim  from  Germany  in  1859-  Mr.  Konig  purchased  twenty  acres  on  South  Los 
Angeles  Street,  where  the  Southern  Pacific  Railway  depot  is  located.  Here  he  planted 
a  vineyard,  erected  a  winery  and  continued  to  manufacture  wine  for  many  years.  The 
land  has  greatly  increased  in  value  and  is  now  built  up  with  residences  and  business 
blocks.  William  Konig  was  very  public-spirited  and  always  willing  to  support  every 
worthy  movement  that  had  as  its  ultimate  aim  the  upbuilding  of  .the  best  interests 
of  Anaheim.  One  of  his  most  noted  acts — one  that  expressed  in  a  very  substantial 
way  his  keen  interest  and  pride  in  the  civic  affairs  of  Anaheim — was  the  donation  of 
the  site  of  the  public  library.  Being  an  able  and  successful  business  man,  possessed 
•  of  sound  judgment  and  executive  ability,  William  Konig  was  recognized  by  his  fellow 
citizens  and  duly  elected  to  the  important  office  of  trustee  of  Anaheim,  which  he  filled 
with  great  satisfaction  to  his  townsmen  and  credit  to  himself.  He  passed  away  in 
1911,  mourned  by  a  host  of  friends. 

Henry  Oelkers  was  associated  with  his  uncle  from  1882  to  1911,  where  he  learned 
the  business  of  winemaking  and  grape  culture,  eventually  becoming  the  superintendent 
of  his  plant.  In  recent  years  he  has  been  engaged  in  pruning  and  grafting  and  other- 
wise caring  for  orange  and  lemon  groves,  and  is  recognized  as  an  expert  in  his  line 
of  work.  During  his  nearly  forty  years  of  residence  in  Orange  County  he  has  wit- 
nessed marvelous  changes — the  development  of  the  citrus  industry,  the  growth  of 
small  villages  .into  up-to-date  and  prosperous  cities  and  the  wonderful  development  of 
the  oil  fields. 

In  October,  1914,  Henry  Oelkers  was  united  in  marriage  with  Lisette  Pohl,  a 
native  of  Germany,  but  for  a  number  of  years  a  resident  of  Chicago.  She  had  a  son 
by  a  former  marriage,  who  is  now  known  as  George  Oelkers,  now  attending  the  Poly- 
technic High  School  in  Los  Angeles. 

Fraternally,  Henry  Oelkers  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  199,  I.  O.  O.  F. ; 
Concordia  Singing  Society;  charter  member  of  Lincoln  Hospital  of  Los  Angeles,  and 
religiously  belongs  to  the  Zion  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church. 

JOHN  B.  NICHOLS — Well  known  in  Santa  Ana  as  an  attorney-at-law,  John 
B.  Nichols  is  a  native  of  Fond  du  Lac  County,  Wis.,  and  is  the  son  of  Thomas  and 
Clarissa  (Brown)  Nichols,  both  deceased.  Thomas  Nichols  was  born  in  the  State  of 
New  York  and  his  wife  was  a  native  of  Maine,  their  marriage  being  solemnized  at 
Albion,  Edwards  County,  111.  The  parents  died  when  John  B.  was  a  sWiall  boy,  and 
as  a  consequence  he  went  to  live  with  an  uncle  in  Edwards  County,  111.,  for  a  few 
years,  but  ever  since  he  was  twelve  years  old  he  has  made  his  own  way  in  the 
world.  He  returned  to  his  native  state  and  worked  out  on  farms  near  Fond  du  Lac 
and  lived  with  an  uncle  there  until  he  was  about  fifteen  years  old,  then  returned  to 
Illinois.  His  elementary  education  was  received  in  the  rural  school  of  his  district 
during  the  winter  time,  as  he  was  obliged  to  work  on  the  farm  during  the  "other 
seasons  of  the  year.  He  finished  his  high  school  course  at  the  Albion  high  school,  after 
which  he  attended  the  Southern  Illinois  State  Normal  University  at  Carbondale 
from  which  he  was  graduated-  Later  he  entered  the  University  of  Illinois  at  Cham- 
paign, working  his  way  through  this  institution  by  teaching  school,  and  after  grad- 
uating he  engaged  in  educational  work  in  that  state. 

In  1897  Mr.  Nichols  came  to  Santa  Ana,  where  he  was  principal  of  what  is  now 
the  Roosevelt  school  three  years,  afterward  becoming  principal  of  the  schools  at 
Orange.  From  1903  to  1907  he  filled  the  post  of  superintendent  of  schools  for  Orange 
County,  elected  on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  then  moved  to  Oxnard,  Ventura  County, 
where  he  was  principal  of  the  Oxnard  schools.  Later  Mr.  Nichols  went  to  Los 
Angeles  County,  where  he  accepted  the  position  of  principal  of  the  Union  high  school 
at  Compton,  where  he  remained  two  years. 

In  the  meantime  Mr.  Nichols  had  been  improving  his  spare  moments  by  reading 
law,  having  always  cherished  a  desire  to  enter  the  legal  profession.  While  living  at 
Urbana,  III.,  he  took  part  of  a  course  in  law  and  finished  his  course  in  Los  Angeles 


264  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in   1915,   first  practicing  his  profession  in   Los  Ange 
On    February    1,    1919,    Mr.    Nichols    returned    to    Santa   Ana,    where    he    opened 
office  and  has  since  prosecuted  his  profession  in  this  city. 

Mr.  Nichols  has  been  twice  married;  his  first  marriage  was  solemnized  at  Alb: 
111.,  when  he  was  united  with  Miss  Jane  Marriott  of  that  city.  She  passed  awaj 
1903  at  Santa  Ana,  leaving  five  children:  Claude  W.;  Nora,  Mrs.  D.  D.  Dawson;  Ec 
Mrs.  Lucien  Wisser;  Ruth,  Mrs.  C.  O.  Harbell,  and  William  H.  The  second  marri 
of  Mr.  Nichols,  in  Orange,  in  1908,  united  him  with  Miss  Mary  S.  Schofield.  In 
religious  associations  Mr.  Nichols  is  a  Methodist.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republic 
and  fraternally  is  a  Knights  Templar  Mason,  affiliated  with  the  Santa  Ana  lodges. 

DOMINGO  AND  MARIA  BASTANCHURY.— Among  the  pioneer  settlers 
what  is  now  Orange  County,  the  names  of  Domingo  and  Maria  Bastanchury  will  ne 
be  forgotten,  for  they  were  liberal  supporters  of  all  movements  that  had  for  their  ; 
the  betterment  of  local  conditions  and  the  upbuilding  and  development  of  the  i 
county.  Of  foreign  birth,  Domingo  Bastanchury  first  saw  the  light  of  day  at  Aldu( 
Basses-Pyrenees,  France,  in  1839,  the  son  of  Gracian  Bastanchury.  Domingo  never 
the  opportunity  to  obtain  an  education,  as  he  had  to  work  hard  from  a  very  early  £ 
but  what  he  lacked  in  book  knowledge  he  made  up  in  business  sagacity,  and  from 
humble  sheep  herder  he  rose  to  a  position  of  prominence  and  wealth  in  his  chosen  he 
place.  When  a  young  man  of  twenty-one  he  left  home  and  friends  and  came 
America,  for  he  knew  that  brighter  opportunities  awaited  the  man  of  energy  and  ju 
ment  than  were  to  be  found  in  his  own  home  locality  in  the  Pyrenees.  His  objeci 
point  was  California  and  he  left  on  a  sailing  vessel  that  took  six  months  to  make 
journey  from  his  local  port  around  Cape  Horn  to  California.  The  ship  encounte 
many  storms  and  the  passengers  suffered  many  hardships,  but  they  bore  them  all  v 
fortitude  and  eventually  landed  in  the  land  of  their  hopes — California. 

Arriving  here  in  1860,  Mr.  Bastanchury  worked  as  a  sheep  herder  for  wages  : 
after  several  years  in  that  capacity  he  gradually  acquired  a  band  of  his  own  and  as  th 
increased  he  became  independent;  at  one  time  he  was  the  largest  sheep  owner  in  '. 
Angeles  County,  having  from  15,000  to  20,000  head  that  were  grazed  all  over  the  soi 
ern  part  of  the  state.  During  the  dry  years  when  feed  was  scarce  he-  would  take 
flocks  into  the  mountains  and  try  to  save  them  from  starvation.  At  other  times 
sale  of  wool  was  so  slow  on  account  of  the  tariff  conditions  that  after  it  had  b 
kept  for  two  years  it  had  to  be  sold  for  two  cents  per  pound.  What  that  meant  to 
sheep  men,  no  one  but  themselves  knew.  As  the  ranges  were  diminished  in  size 
ranchers  who  began  to  grow, various  kinds  of  crops  the  sheep  men  gradually  went 
of  business  and  Mr.  Bastanchury  acquired  large  land  holdings  in  what  is  now  Ora 
County.  He  had  1,200  acres  south  of  Fullerton  and  later  had  6,000  acres  northwest  fi 
that  city.  There  still  remains  of  the  original  acreage  3,300  acres.  The  family  toget 
have  3,000  acres  planted  to  citrus  fruits,  the  largest  individual  citrus  grove  in  the  wo 
All  the  development  of  the  large  tract  has  been  accomplished  within  the  past 
years,  as  prior  to  1910  it  was  grazing  land  or  barley  fields.  This  work  was  done 
the  Bastanchury  brothers,  Gaston  A.,  Joseph  F..  and  John  B.,  who  comprise  the  Basi 
chury  Ranch  Company,  now  owners  of  most  of  the  property. 

Domingo  Bastanchury  was  united  in  marriage  in  Los  Angeles,  on  July  16,  1 
with  Miss  Maria  Oxarart,  who  was  born  in  1848,  in  the  same  place  as  her  husband 
who  came  to  California  in  1873.  Her  parents  were  John  and  Martha  Oxarart,  farn 
in  Basses-Pyrenees,  who  raised  grain,  cattle  and  goats.  The  daughter  obtained  a  lim 
education  in  her  native  home,  but  after  coming  to  America  she  attended  school  a  3 
to  perfect  her  English.  Mrs.  Bastanchury  shared  with  her  husband  all  the  trials 
hardships  incident  to  pioneer  life  on  the  plains  of  Southern  California  and  while 
was  in  the  mountains  with  his  sheep  she  was  alone  with  her  little  family,  her  nea 
neighbors  being  several  miles  away.  She  well  remembers  the  country  when  there 
no  sign  of  the  present  town  of  Fullerton;  all  trading  was  done  in  Los  Angeles  or  / 
heim.  The  whole  country  was  devoted  to  grain  raising  and  to  the  raising  of  st^ 
with  the  exception  of  the  grape  industry  that  was  being  developed  about  Anahi 
Then  came  the  making  of  wine,  one  of  the  industries  of  note  in  the  state  at  one  ti 
There  were  only  two  houses  between  her  home  place  and  Los  Angeles,  and  wl 
now  hundreds  of  autos  travel  the  main  road  between  Los  Angeles  and  Fullerton 
the  early  days  there  would  not  be  more  than  one  team  a  week. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bastanchury  became  the  parents  of  four  sons:  Dominic  J.,  ■ 
owns  and  lives  on  his  400  acres  near  La  Habra  which  is  planted  to  walnuts  and  ci 
fruits;  Gaston  A.,  manager  of  the  Bastanchury  Ranch  Company;  Joseph  F.,  and  J 
B..  all  of  whom  reside  on  the  ranch  and  assist  in  its  care.  It  is  marvelous  to  res 
that  when  so  much  land  is  continually  changing  ownership  that  this  large  holdin 


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still  intact  and  under  the  highest  state  of  development,  all  accomplished  by  the  young 
men  who  have  grown  up  in  Orange  County.  On  July  21,  1909,  Domingo  Bastanchury 
passed  away  at  his  ranch  home,  the  house  having  been  erected  by  himself  and  his 
good  wife  in  1906,  and  was  counted  one  of  the  show  places  of  this  section  of  Orange 
County.  Mrs.  Bastanchury  makes  her  home  on  her  200  acres  and  is  in  the  enjoyment 
of  the  best  of  health  and  enters  heartily  into  all  movements  that  mean  progress  and 
better  living  conditions  in  the  county.  Much  of  the  prosperity  now  enjoyed  by  the 
family  is  due  to  the  capable  management  and  foresight  of  this  pioneer  woman  who  has 
been  a  witness  of  the  wonderful  transformation  of  the  county  and  Southern  California 
since  she  first  settled  here,  a  young  girl.  She  believes  in  living  and  letting  live  and 
when  she  can  aid  any  worthy  enterprise  for  bettering  local  conditions  she  is  ready  and 
willing  to  do  so.  Now  in  the  evening  of  her  days  she  can  look  back  upon  a  life  well 
spent  and  forward  without  fear,  for  she  has  done  her  part  to  make  the  pathways  of  her 
descendants  smoother  than  the  paths  she  once  trod  and  to  prepare  them  for  the 
tasks  that  lead  to  success. 

D.  EDSON  SMITH. — A  well-known  pioneer,  highly  esteemed  for  his  scholarship 
and  long  years  of  fruitful  labors,  is  D.  Edson  Smith,  of  West  Seventeenth  Street, 
Santa  Ana,  whose  accomplished  wife  is  almost  as  favorably  known  for  her  art  studies 
and  work,  particularly  in  experiments  with  architecture.  He  was  born  in  Dorset, 
Bennington  County,  Vt.,  on  January  11,  1839,  and  came  westward  with  his  parents 
when  he  was  only  a  year  old,  residing  successively  in  ten  different  states.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  first  class  to  be  graduated  from  the  University  of  Iowa  in  18S8,  and 
for  a  while  taught  school  in  Missouri,  and  next  served  as  a  teacher  eighteen  miles 
southwest  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  He  also  taught  in  Pennsylvania,  and  at  the  close  of 
the  Civil  War  he  was  engaged  by  the  Freedman's  Bureau  to  instruct  some  of  the 
freed  slaves  in  Virginia  and  North  Carolina. 

In  1867  he  settled  in  the  Oneida  Community  in  New  York  State,  where  the  colony 
made  iron  and  steel  devices,  and  also  silverware,  and  there  he  remained  until  1881, 
when  he  came  to  California  and  purchased  a  home.  He  went  back  to  New  York 
for  a  year,  but  in  1883  he  returned  to  the  Coast  and  the  Golden  State. 

For  ten  years  he  was  secretary  of  the  Pomological  Society  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, and  he  became  well-known  throughout  the  Southland  as  the  editor  of  "Re- 
pute." He  also  edited  work  for  the  month  department  of  the  Rural  Californian  for 
three  years,  and  then  he  published  an  article  entitled,  "Ten  Acres  Enough,"  in  which 
he  set  forth  the  argument  that  in  California  ten  acres  handled  properly  was  sufficient 
for  any  man  to  take  good  care  of,  and  quite  as  sufficient  for  his  prosperity.  This 
article  was  widely  copied,  and  gave  Mr.  Smith  national  fame.  In  1901,  Mr.  Smith  was 
sent  to  the  Buffalo  Exposition  to  represent  the  Rural  Californian.  A  son  of  Mr. 
Smith  having  become  manager  of  the  Oneida  Community  silverware  factory,  with 
his  headquarters  at  Niagara  Falls,  Mr.  Smith  spent  some  time  with  him  during  the 
Exposition  visit.  . 

The  purchase  made  by  Mr.  Smith  in  1881  included  ten  acres,  which  he  developed 
so  cleverly  that  it  became  known  as  the  Model  Ranch.  Then  he  sold  his  land,  and 
rrioved  into  town.  The  removal  involved  their  building  a  new  home,  and  Mrs.  Smith, 
who  had  made  a  special  study  of  architecture,  particularly  the  antique,  designed 
their  dwelling  and  created  a  structure  that  was  so  notable  as  to  attract  wide  attention. 
The  first  Mrs.  Smith  was  Miss  Sarah  Frances  King  before  her  marriage,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  a  long-honored  family  in  the  Empire  State,  and  their  one  living  son  is  Eugene 
Deming  Smith,  who  is  at  present  in  San  Francisco  as  manager  of  the  office  there  for 
the  Oneida  Community.  The  present  Mrs.  Smith,  to  whom  he  was  married  in  May, 
1888,  was  Ellen  Frances  (Hutchins)  Reid,  the  mother  of  Ransom  Reid,  who  was  for 
twenty  years   superintendent  of  the  water  works   of   Santa  Ana. 

The  Smiths,  of  which  our  subject  is  such  a  worthy  representative,  date  back  to 
the  Pilgrini  Fathers  and  the  famous  Preserved  Smith,  who  came  from  England  and 
brought  so  much  that  was  desirable  to  the  New  World.  What  enviable  blood  they 
transmitted  to  Mr.  Smith,  with  all  of  noble  and  ennobling  sentiment,  such  as  emanates 
from  a  sound  body  and  a  sound  mind,  may  be  judged  when  it  is  stated  that  now,  in 
his  eighty-second  year,  Mr.  Smith  is  far  more  supple  than  the  average  man  of  thirty. 
He  can  stand  on  the  edge  of  a  brook,  for  example — and  the  writer  of  these  lines  has 
witnessed  him  in  the  operation — and  so  lower  his  head  to  sip  the  purling  water-that 
he  has  no  need  of  flattening  out  his  body  to  get  a  drink,  and  having  thoroughly  studied 
the  laws  of  nature,  he  affirms  that  any  man  can  be  young  at  eighty  who  eats  and  other- 
wise lives  correctly. 

Mr.   Smith  was  a  resident  of  this   section   when   it   was   a   part   of   Los   Angeles 
County.     He  served  as  president  of  the  Santa  Ana  Va:lley   Irrigation  Company  for  a 
number  of  years,  and  was  one  of  the  organizer's  of  ihe  Southern  California  Apricot 
Growers  Association. 
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270  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

GEORGE  McPHEE — Orange  County  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  having 
its  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  George  McPhee,  a  man  of  true  worth  and 
questioned  probity  of  character,  one  who  has  filled  this  important  post  for  six  yi 
with  credit  to  himself  and  to  his  constituency  in  the  county.  Mr.  McPhee  was  t 
October  19,  1856,  in  Kent  County,  New  Brunswick,  the  son  of  George  and  Rox 
McPhee.  The  father  was  a  millwright  and  George  assisted  him  in  the  work  i: 
1881,  when  he  migrated  farther  westward  in  the  great  Dominion  of  Canada,  stopj 
at  Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  but  subsequently  locating  at  Birtle,  where  he  conducte 
hotel  for  six  years. 

In  1892  he  arrived  in  California,  locating  at  Elsinore,  Riverside  County,  wl 
his  brother  conducted  a  newspaper.  Here  he  remained  until  1896,  when  he  came 
Santa  Ana  and  purchased  an  interest  in  the  Santa  Ana  Blade,  serving  as  the 
editor  of  this  progressive  publication  for  sixteen  years.  His  wise,  conservative 
patriotic  editorials  and  the  high  ideals  of  citizenship  advocated  by  the  Blade  wiel 
such  a  potent  influence  in  moulding  public  sentiment  in  the  county  that  to  his  effc 
can  be  attributed  the  effectual  solution  of  many  of  the  county's  diifficult  proble 
In  1911  Mr.  McPhee  was  nominated  by  acclamation  for  city  councilman;  he  m 
no  campaign,  but  was  elected  by  a  splendid  majority,  and  at  his  second  election 
led  the  field  in  number  of  votes  received.  During  his  two  terms  of  four  years  e; 
as  councilman,  Mr.  McPhee  was  a  member  of  the  committee  on  public  buildings  ; 
city  affairs.  He  was  always  greatly  interested  in  every  worthy  movement  that  '. 
as  its  aim  then  upbuilding  and  betterment  of  civic  conditions  in  Santa  Ana;  dur 
the  years  that  he  served  as  councilman  many  public  buildings  were  erected,  miles 
street  pavements  constructed,  an  ornamental  lighting  system  installed  and  the  ( 
grew  by  leaps  and  bounds. 

In  1914  Mr.  McPhee  received  the  appointment  of  county  sealer  of  weig 
and  measures,  and  so  efficiently  has  the  work  of  this  department  been  conducted  t 
Orange  County  was  recently  complimented,  by  the  state  sealer  of  weights  < 
measures,  as  being  the  banner  county  of  the  state  in  this  line  of  work-  The  pack 
houses  and  factories  of  the  county  co-operate  with  Mr.  McPhee  in  the  prosecut 
of  the  work,  which  greatly  aids  him  in  the  operation  of  his  department.  He  belie 
in  educating  the  public  to  the  importance  of  this  work  and  in  conducting  a  campa 
along  this  line. 

In  1888  Mr.  McPhee  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Martha  Anderson 
native  of  Ontario,  Canada,  and  three  children  have  been  born  to  them:  Barry 
who  is  connected  with  the  Edison  Company  of  Santa  Ana,  married  Miss  Helen  N( 
C.  Ross  is  a  prominent  musician  of  Santa  Ana  and  his  marriage  united  him  w 
Miss  Grachen  Denman,  of  Los  Angeles;  Muriel  is  married  and  resides  in  Seat 
Wash.  Fraternally  Mr.  McPhee  is  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P. 
Elks;  also  of  the  Modern  Woodman  of  America. 

HERBERT  A.  FORD.— A  prominent  citizen  of  Orange  County,  and  one  v. 
had  been  a  factor  in  both  the  mercantile  life  of  Fullerton  since  its  inception  as  a  sir 
settlement,  and  who  also  developed  a  tract  of  land  to  oranges  and  walnuts  which  1 
since  become  one  of  the  finest  residence  districts  in  the  city,  Herbert  A.  Ford  wa 
native  of  Michigan,  born  in  Wright,  that  state,  on  May  12,  1859.  His  parents  w 
David  A.  and  Jane  Ford,  both  born  in  New  York  State,  the  father,  now  ninety-ti 
living  in  Garvanza. 

In  1884  Mr.  Ford  came  from  Dakota  to  what  is  now  Orange  County,  first  settli 
in  Placentia,  where  he  followed  horticultural  pursuits  and  worked  as  a  ranch  manag 
When  the  town  of  Fullerton  was  started,  in  1887,  he  located  there  and  started  the  fi 
store,  with  Mr.  Howell  as  a  partner  for  one  year,  under  the  firm  name  of  Howell 
Ford.  Later  he  bought  his  partner  out  and  continued  the  business  alone.  During  t 
time  he  had  purchased  twenty  acres  of  land  on  West  Commonwealth  Avenue,  from  i 
Pacific  Land  and  Improvement  Company,  and  also  set  out  several  orange  and  wall 
groves  in  the  Fullerton  district  on  shares  for  this  company. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Ford  in  1889  united  him  with  Carrie  E.  McFadden,  daugh 
of  that  honored  pioneer,  William  M.  McFadden,  who  is  mentioned  elsewhere  in  ( 
history.  Three  sons  blessed  their  union:  Alvin  L.,  dairy  inspector  of  Kern  County, 
married  and  has  a  son,  Herbert  Alvin;  Maurice  E.,  who  saw  service  in  France 
eight  and  one-half  months  in  the  late  war  in  the  Three  Hundred  Sixteenth  Division, 
at  home;  and  Herbert  A.,  a  dentist  of  Fullerton;  he  was  first  lieutenant  in  the  Deti 
Review  Corps,  U.  S.  A.,  stationed  at  a  camp  in  Georgia. 

Mrs.  Ford  is  an  active  member  of  the  First  Methodist  Church  of  Fullerton,  a 
of  the  W.  C  T.  U.;  she  is  past  matron  of  the  Eastern  Star,  and  a  member  of  l 
Ebell  Club  and  the  Placentia  Round  Table,  as  vvell  as  prominent  in  Red  Cross  w( 
dunng  the  war.     Since  the  death  of  her  husband,  which  occurred  in  1894,  Mrs.  F( 


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has  subdivided  the  original  ranch  of  twenty  acres,  known  as  the  Orcliard  Subdivision, 
and  the  property  has  all  been  sold  off  under  her  personal  management  and  is  now  the 
choice  residence  district  of  FuUerton,  many  fine  homes  adorning  the  tract.  Mrs.  Ford 
completed  a  beautiful  bungalow  on  a  portion  of  the  land  which  she  retained,  and 
there  she  makes  her  home,  taking  an  active  part  in  the  social,  church  and  club  life  of 
the  community  which  she  has  seen  grow  from  such  small  beginnings  to  its  present  rank 
as  one  of  the  most  beautiful  towns  of  Southern  California. 

MRS.  PEDRILLA  P.  PFEIFFER.— For  nearly  half  a  century  a  resident  of 
Orange  County,  Mrs.  Pedrilla  P.  Pfeiffer,  widow  of  the  late  John  A.  Pfeiffer,  one  of 
the  county's  most  honored  citizens,  now  makes  her  home  at  127  North  Grand  Street, 
Orange,  where,  now  in  her  seventy-ninth  year,  she  maintains  an  active  interest  in  the 
progress  of  the  community. 

Born  February  13,  1842,  at  Shelbyville,  111.,  Mrs.  Pfeiffer  was  the  daughter  of 
Robert  and  Hannah  (Way)  Parrish,  natives,  respectively,  of  Virginia  and  Indiana.  The 
father  was  a  wagonmaker  by  trade,  and  for  many  years  conducted  a  shop  at  Shelbyville, 
where  he  was  a  well-known  citizen.  He  passed  away  when  Mrs.  Pfeiffer  was  but 
six  years  old.  Of  a  family  of  six  children,  Mrs.  Pfeiffer  is  the  only  one  now  living 
and  the  only  one  to  take  up  residence  in  California.  She  grew  up  at  Shelbyville, 
attended  the  public  schools  there,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty,  on  April  IS,  1862,  she 
was  united  in  marriage  with  John  A.  Pfeiffer. 

A  native  of  Germany,  Mr.  Pfeiffer  was  born  at  Muehlhausen  on  January  25, 
1837.  His  parents  were  farmers  in  moderate  circumstances,  but  gave  their  son  all  the 
educational  advantages  possible,  and  he  early  developed  ambitious  tendencies,  feeling 
that  America  offered  greater  opportunities.  In  18S0,  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  he  took 
passage  on  a  sailing  vessel  from  Bremen,  and  after  sixty-six  days  reached  New  York. 
Going  on  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  he  secured  employment  in  a  store,  improving  his  spare 
moments  by  attending  a  business  college,  realizing  how  this  additional  training  would 
help  him  to  advance  in  business.  Securing  a  position  with  the  mercantile  establishment 
of  Gen.  W.  F.  Thornton  at  Shelbyville  in  1855,  at  the  modest  sum  of  $200  a  year,  his 
worth  was  soon  recognized,  and  he  was  rapidly  advanced  to  a  position  in  the  banking 
house  of  General  Thornton,  and  was  steadily  advanced  to  a  salary  of  $200  per  month 
and  the  post  of  caghier,  an  office  he  filled  with  unqualified  success  for  twenty-eight 
years.  As  a  mark  of  the  confidence  reposed  in  him  by  his  employer,  upon  the  death 
of  General  Thornton,  Mr.  Pfeiffer  was  made  administrator  of  his  estate,  without  bond, 
and  he  settled  up  all  the  complicated  details  of  this  large  business  in  a  most  satisfactory 
manner.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War  he  was  running  a  mercantile  business  of 
his  own,  but  he  sold  out  and  offered  his  services  to  his  country.  On  account  of  partial 
disability  he  was  placed  as  a  sutler. 

His  health  somewhat  impaired  by  the  heavy  responsibilities  of  so  many  years. 
Mr.  Pfeiffer  and  his  family  went  to  San  Antonio,  Texas;  there  he  outfitted  and  trav- 
eled over  the  frontier  for  a  time.  Returning  again  to  Illinois  he  resumed  his  position, 
but  in  September,  1881,  brought  his  family  to  California.  Settling  in  Villa  Park  pre- 
■cinct,  then  called  Mountain  View,  he  purchased  thirty-two  acres.  At  that  early  day 
both  agriculture  and  horticulture  were  in  their  experimental  stages,  and  it  was  not 
yet  fully  determined  to  what  products  the  soil  was  best  adapted.  Many  vineyards 
were  being  set  out,  however,  and  Mr.  Pfeiffer  set  fourteen  ficres  of  his  ranch  with 
grapes.  Like  everyone,  his  vineyard  suffered  from  blight,  and  he  rented  the  ranch, 
moved  to  Highland  and  for  two  years  ran  a  grocery  store,  during  the  building  of  the 
hospital.  Returning  to  the  ranch  he  planted  vines  a  second  time,  but  was  unable  to 
root  out  the  disease,  and  gave  up  his  efforts. 

After  this  discouraging  circumstance  Mr.  Pfeiffer  disposed  of  his  land  and 
removed  to  Orange,  where  he  erected  two  bungalows  on  North  Grand  Street,  in  one 
of  which  Mrs.  Pfeiffer  still  resides.  He  was  prominent  in  the  ranks  of  the  Odd  Fel- 
lows, having  been  a  charter  member  of  the  lodge  at  Orange  and  treasurer  of  it  from 
the  date  of  its  organization  for  many  years.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Ancient 
Order  of  United  Workmen.  In  1916  Mr.  Pfeiffer  suffered  an  attack  of  paralysis  from 
which  he  never  recovered,  his  death  occurring  on  August  23  of  that  year.  An  upright, 
energetic  citizen,  Mr.  Pfeiffer  was  loyal  to  every  trust  reposed  in  him  and  his  memory 
will  ever  be  cherished  by  the  many  friends  who  appreciated  his   sterling  character. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pfeiffer  were  the  parents  of  six  children;  two  passed  away  in 
infancy  during  their  residence  in  Illinois;  Henry  O.  died  in  San  Diego  at  the  age  of 
twenty,  and  August  died  at  Highland  at  the  age  of  nineteen;  MoUie  Mable  is  the  wife 
of  Arthur  S.  Barker,  a  real  estate  dealer  at  Los  Angeles;  they  have  one  son,  Russell 
A.  Barker,  who  served  in  the  World  War,  seeing  active  duty  in  France;  Mrs.  Ada 
Meine  is  a  bookkeeper  for  a  Los  Angeles  firm.  During  their  residence  at  Villa  Park, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pfeiffer  were  active  members  of  the  Neighborhood  Church  there.     Since 


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coming  to  Orange  Mrs.  Pfeiffer  has  affiliated  with  the  Christian  Church  at  that  place, 
having  been  reared  in  that  faith.  A  Rebekah,  she  has  been  a  faithful  member  of  its 
ranks   for  many  years   in  Orange. 

MRS.  ELIZABETH  LAMB. — An  extensive  land  owner,  well  endowed  with  this 
world's  goods,  and  highly  respected  and  loved  for  her  many  beautiful  and  sterling 
traits  of  character  is  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Lamb,  widow  of  the  late  William  D.  Lamb,  promi- 
nent pioneer  citizen  of  Southern  California.  Her  life  has  indeed  been  rich  in  varied 
experiences  in  that  sort  of  interest  and  adventure  that  was  the  accompaniment  of  pio- 
neer days,  nor  has  it  been  unmixed  with  hardships,  some  of  them  being  almost  unbe- 
lievable. 

Mrs.  Lamb  is  a  native  of  England,  her  birthplace  being  at  Billings,  Lancashire, 
June  24,  1850.  Her  parents  were  John  R.  and  Sarah  (Jolley)  Holt,  also  of  English 
birth.  The  father  was  a  wheelwright  and  joiner  and  he  followed  this  line  of  work 
for  a  number  of  years  in  his  native  land.  They  were  the  parents  of  nine  children, 
and  when  Elizabeth  was  thirteen  years  of  age  she  came  to  America  with  two  sisters 
and  a  brother.  They  sailed  from  Liverpool  in  May,  1863,  and  even  then  Elizabeth's 
adventurous  experiences  began.  After  seven  weeks  of  storm  and  calm  they  finally 
landed  at  Castle  Garden,  New  York,  coming  across  on  the  old  condemned  sailer 
"Antarctic"  which  was  sunk  on  the  return  voyage.  Their  destination  was  Utah,  and 
they  made  their  way  across  the  country  as  far  as  Omaha  by  train,  thence  to  Salt 
Eake  City  by  ox  team,  arriving  there  six  months  after  their  departure  from  Liverpool. 
Here  they  located,  and  later  Elizabeth  made  the  acquaintance  of  William  D.  Lamb, 
to  wEom  she  was  married  on  October  12,  1868.  Mr.  Lamb  was  then  only  nineteen 
years  of  age,  but  his  life  had  been  filled  with  arduous  experience,  even  at  that  time. 
Born  in  Onondaga  County,  N.  Y.,  he  was  left  motherless  at  the  age  of  four,  and 
lived  for  a  time  with  an  uncle  near  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  When  he  was  eleven  years 
old  he  set  out  to  make  his  way  alone,  working  his  way  through  to  Omaha  on  railroad 
grading  work.  When  he  was  about  fourteen  years  old  his  father  came  up  from  the 
South  and  the  two  crossed  the  plains  in  a  Mormon  freight  train.  At  that  time  he  had 
not  even  learned  to  read,  for  his  life  had  been  so  full  of  toil  that  there  had  been  no 
time  for  schooling,  but  after  reaching  Salt  Lake  City  he  managed,  even  in  the  midst 
of  many  duties,  to  learn  the  alphabet  and  acquire  the  rudiments  of  an  education. 

After  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lamb  remained  in  Salt  Lake  City  for  a  time, 
and  there  their  eldest  daughter,  Mary,  now  Mrs.  E.  J.  Levengood,  was  born.  Then 
they  decided  to  locate  in  California,  and  wheii  they  arrived  here  Mr.  Lamb  earned  a 
living  by  chopping  and  hauling  wood  on  what  was  later  the  Lucky "  Baldwin  ranch, 
Mrs.  Lamb  and  her  little  one  making  their  home  in  their  covered  wagon.  They  then 
moved  on  to  El  Monte  and  tried  farming  there,  but  there  was  a  long  season  of  drought 
and  all  their  corn  and  other  produce  was  dried  up.  Their  next  move  was  to  Azusa, 
where  they  lived  in  the  canyon,  afterwards  named  Lamb's  Canyon  for  Mr.  Lamb. 
Here  two  of  their  children  were  born,  but  they  lost  both  of  them  and  they  were 
buried  there.  Mr.  Lamb  next  bought  a  squatter's  claim  of  160  acres  four  miles 
from  Huntington  Beach,  but  in  1879,  after  they  had  lived  there  four  years,  Ijtigation  ' 
arose  and  he  and  other  claimants  to  adjoining  tracts  were  dispossessed,  the  Los  Bolsas 
Company  winning  the  suit.  His  next  purchase  was  forty  acres  of  the  Stearns  ranch 
at  Newhope;  here  they  settled,  made  many  improvements  and  prospered.  They  sub- 
sequently added  to  their  acreage,  and  Mrs.  Lamb  still  owns  the  old  home  of  120 
acres  there.  The  next  purchase  was  220  acres  at  Garden  Grove  and,  in  1892,  he 
closed  the  deal  for  720  acres  of  the  Los  Bolsas  ranch  at  a  very  reasonable  price, 
and  here  Mrs.  Lamb  now  makes  her  home.  At  first  they  only  ran  cattle  on  these 
lands,  but  they  have  now  been  brought  up  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  They  were 
always  among  the  most  progressive  farmers  of  the  community,  as  their  place  was 
always  equipped  with  the  latest  inventions  in  farm  machinery  that  could  be  obtained, 
and  the  example  of  their  enterprise  meant  much  for  the  progress  and  welfare  of  their 
neighborhood.       .  , 

For  several  years  Mr.  Lamb  was  the  resident  manager- of  the  Los  Bolsas  Land 
Company  and  other  large  ranches,  and  through  his  work  much  improvement  was 
made  on  the  tracts  under  his  charge.  He  early  saw  the  necessity  for  drainage  and 
irrigation,  and  with  several  associates  purchased  a  dredger,  the  first  of  its  kind  in 
this  territory,  and  thus  completely  revolutionized  the  early  methods  of  carrying 
on  this  work..  In  no  instance^  perhaps,  is  his  perseverance  and  progressive  spirit 
more  plainly  shown  than  in  the  fact  that  after  he  had  embarked  in  business  for  him- 
self he  employed  a  man  to  keep  his  books,  and  paid  him  an  extra  salary  for  his  per- 
sonal instruction  in  reading,  arithmetic  and  the  general  principles  of  business  this 
arrangement  continuing  for  three  years;  after  that  he  was  able  to  superintend  every 
detail  of  his  extensive  business  interests  for  himself  and  with  marked  success      Mf 


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Lamb  passed  away  in  March,  1911,  and  is  buried  at  Santa  Ana.  Like  her  husband, 
Mrs.  Lamb  had  only  the  most  limited  opportunities  to  secure  an  education,  but  this 
was  fully  made  up  through  the  practical  business  experience  and  "hard  knocks"  of 
pioneer  days.  She  has  always  been  a  woman  of  great  business  and  executive  ability, 
and  ever  shared  with  her  husband  the  burdens  and  responsibilities  of  their  great  under- 
takings, and  much  of  his  success  was  due  to  her  splendid  judgment  and  management. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lamb  were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  five  of  whom  are  living: 
Mary,  now  Mrs.  Edward  J.  Levengood  of  Pomona,  was  first  married  to  William 
Hamner,  by  whom  she  had  two  children,  Jessie  M.  and  Anson;  Wm.  Anson  and  Vina 
died  in  childhood;  Arthur,  now  deceased,  married  Mary  Stephens  and  had  one  son, 
Leo  Ford  Lamb,  who  resides  in  Los  Angeles;  Walter  D.,  a  rancher  near  Santa  Ana, 
married  Gertrude  DuBois,  a  daughter  of  Valentine  DuBois  of  Santa  Ana,  and  they 
have  two  children,  Mrs.  Velda  May  Squires  and  Kenneth;  Laura  is  the  wife  of  Gregory 
Harper,  and  they  have  two  children,  Ivan  H.  and  Harold  L.;  Hugo  J.,  a  rancher  near 
Huntington  Beach,  married  Effie  Stockton,  and  two  children  have  been  born  to  them, 
Lois  and  Alice;  Earl  A.  is  also  engaged  in  ranching  near  Huntington  Beach;  he  mar- 
ried Etta  Bradley,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  three  children,  Rachel  E.,  Wm.  G.  and 
Alvan;  Robert  died  at  the  age  of  four  months. 

Mrs.  Lamb  makes  her  home  on  her  720-acre  ranch  southeast  of  Huntington 
Beach,  her  son-in-law  and  Slaughter,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gregory  Harper,  living  with  her, 
and  she  is  active  and  interested  in  the  management  of  her  properties  and  extensive 
business  interests.  A  woman  of  great  force  of  character,  withal  kindly  and  consider- 
ate, she  is  greatly  beloved  by  her  family  and  a  large  circle  of  friends.  A  true  type  of 
the  pioneer  woman,  her  life  is  a  record  of  accomplishment  and  good  deeds  that  will 
leave  their  beneficent  influence  on  the  generations  to  come. 

WILLIAM  WENDT. — A  distinguished  American  artist  who  has  added  lustre  to 
the  rapid  development  of  art  in  California  is  William  Wendt,  who  was  born  in  a  little 
village  in  the  north  of  Germany  on  February  20,  1865,  and  came  to  America  at  the 
age  of  fifteen,  when  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Chicago.  He  attended  the  public 
schools,  and  became  interested  in  commercial  art,  spending  a  number  of  years  in  the 
shops,  together  with  Gardner  Symons. 

In  1893,  Mr.  Wendt  contributed  to  the  Chicago  Society  of  Artists  Exhibition, 
and  was  awarded  his  first  recognition  in  the  granting  of  the  Yerkes  prize.  He  main- 
tained a  studio  at  Chicago,  and  spent  the  following  year  sketching  near  San  Jose,  in 
California.  Later,  he  made  another  trip  to  California,  this  time  to  Los  Angeles,  after 
which  he  returned  to  Chicago  and  planned  with  Mr.  Symons  a  tour  of  Europe.  With 
the  exception  of  two  terms  of  study  in  the  evening  classes  of  the  Chicago  Art  Insti- 
tute, Mr.  Wendt  is  a  self-taught  artist. 

Proceeding  to  Europe,  Mr.  Wendt  spent  fifteen  months  in  the  galleries  of  London 
and  other  English  centers,  and  in  painting  scenes  of  rural  life  in  England;  making  his 
headquarters  at  St.  Ives,  Cornwall.  Leaving  his  companion  still  luxuriating  in  British 
art  environment,  Mr.  Wendt  returned  to  America,  and  with  his  foreign  subjects  made 
an  unusual  exhibition  at  the  galleries  of  the  Art  Institute  in  Chicago.  A  second  trip 
to  Europe  was  extended  to  a  survey  of  the  galleries  and  art  fields  of  Hamburg,  Berlin, 
Munich  and  Amsterdam  and  Paris,  returning  to  America  in  1904  to  devote  himself  to 
American  landscape  painting.  Mr.  Wendt  contributed  to  the  St.  Louis  Exposition  in 
1904,  and  received  the  silver  medal;  and  the  same  year  he  was  awarded  the  Kahn  prize 
at  Chicago.  In  1897  he  had  been  given  the  Young  Fortnightly  Prize,  and  in  1901  the 
bronze  medal  of  the  Buffalo  Exposition.  The  next  year  he  was  given  honorable  men- 
tion at  the  exhibition  of  the  Chicago  Society  of  Artists. 

In  1906,  Mr.  Wendt  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  and  for  seven  or  eight  years  was 
president  of  the  California  Art  Club.  He  exhibited  at  the  Museum  in  Exposition 
Park,  which  museum  later  purchased  his  picture,  "The  Land  of  Heart's  Desire." 

For  many  years,  Mr.  Wendt  has  been  associated  with  the  art  development  at 
Laguna  Beach,  having  painted  in  that  locality  for  the  last  seventeen  years,  and  in 
1918  he  erected  a  well-planned  studio  at  Arch  Beach  about  a  mile  south  of  Laguna 
Beach,  on  the  Coast.  The  studio  is  more  than  a  working  place,  it  is  a  retreat  from 
the  humdrum  of  everyday  activities,  for  Mr.  Wendt  feels  he  has  found  at  Laguna 
the  opportunity  for  seclusion  sought  for  during  many  years,  and  he  expects  here  to 
complete  many  of  his  dreamed-of  pictures,  and  to  accomplish  the  height  of  his  ambition. 
Besides  having  been  made  an  associate  of  the  National  Academy  of  Design,  in  1913, 
Mr.  Wendt  is  a  member  of  the  National  Art  Club  of  New  York  City,  the  Chicago 
Society  of  Artists,  the  California  Art  Club,  and  the  Laguna  Beach  Art  Association 
and  Federation  of  Arts,  Washington.  In  addition  to  the  honors  already  referred  to,  Mr. 
Wendt  received  the  fine  arts  prize  of  the  Society  of  Western  Artists  in  1912,  the  silver 
medal  of  the  Panama  Exposition  in  1915,  the  Wednesday  Club  Medal  prize,  St.  Louis 


278  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

1910,  and  the  grand  prize  of  the  San  Diego  Exposition  of  the  same  year,  the  Kirch- 
berger  prize,  American  Artists  Exhibition,  Art  Institute  of  Chicago,  1913,  and  the 
Clarence  A.  Black  prize  of  the  California  Art  Club  in  1916.  He  is  represented  in  perma- 
nent collections  of  the  Chicago  Art  Institute,  the  Friends  of  American  Art,  the  Cliff 
Dwellers,  the  Union  League  of  Chicago,  the  Athletic  Club  of  Los  Angeles,  the  Cin- 
cinnati Museum,  the  Art  Association  of  Indianapolis,  the  National  Arts  Club,  New 
York,  and  other  museums  and  clubs. 

In  June,  1906,  the  same  year  in  which  Mr.  Wendt  became  a  resident  of  Los 
Angeles,  he  was  married  to  the  noted  sculptor  of  Chicago,  Julia  M.  Bracken;  their  home 
is  at  2814  North  Sichel  Street,  Los  Angeles. 

According  to  a  writer  in  the  Chicago  Tribune,  under  date  of  May  16,  1920,  the 
four  favorite  pictures  in  the  Chicago  Art  Institute  are,  first,  "The  Song  of  the  Lark,"  by 
Jules  Breton;  second,  "The  Silence  of  Night,"  by  William  Wendt;  third,  "The  Flower 
Girl  in  Holland,"  by  George  Hitchcock;  and  fourth,  "The  Home  of  the  Heron,"  by 
George  Inness — usually  rated  the  greatest  of  American  landscape  artists.  "The  Silence 
of  the  Night,"  which  may  perhaps  rank  as  Wendt's  masterpiece,  was  presented  to  the 
Chicago  Art  Institute  by  a  number  of  the  friends  of  that  museum  and  school;  another 
canvas  by  Mr.  Wendt  also  hangs  in  this  noted  gallery,  a  landscape  entitled  "When  All 
the  World  is  Young,"  painted  at  Topango  Canyon,  California. 

JAMES  R.  KELLY.— In  the  passing  away  of  James  R.  Kelly  on  April  17,  1908, 
Orange  County  lost  one  of  its  stanch  citizens  whose  labors  for  the  development  of  this 
locality  in  striving  to  enhance  its  progress  and  develop  its  resources  entitle  him  to  a 
prominent  rank  among  its  early  residents. 

The  lineage  of  the  Kelly  family  is  traced  back  to  three  brothers  and  a  sister  who 
were  born  in  Ulster,  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  and  who  came  to  America  between  the 
years  of  1720  and  1730,  so  that  they  have  an  honored  history  of  nearly  two  centuries  on 
this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  One  of  the  brothers.  Col.  John  Kelly,  was  accompanied  by 
his  wife,  who  before  her  marriage  was  Margaret  Armour,  also  a  native  of  the  Emerald 
Isle.  The  young  couple  became  pioneers  of  Pennsylvania,  settling  in  Bucks  County 
as  early  as  1760,  and  there  they  remained  all  their  lives.  An  ardent  lover  of  liberty, 
John  Kelly  was  ever  devoted  to  the  land  of  his  adoption,  and  when  the  Revolutionary 
War  broke  out  he  at  once  offered  his  services  and  joined  in  the  conflict.  It  is  needless 
to  say  that  he  suffered  many  dangers  and  privations  during  that  long  siege,  but  he 
never  wavered  in  his  loyalty  to  the  cause  he  had  espoused  and  through  his  courage 
and  patriotism  he  rose  to  the  rank  of  colonel  in  the   Continental  Army. 

Colonel  and  Mrs.  John  Kelly  had  a  family  of  nine  children,  and  one  of  their 
sons,  John,  who  was  for  many  years  a  resident  of  Juanita  County,  Pa.,  married  Miss 
Rebecca  Clarke,  a  native  of  Scotland,  and  their  son,  Moses  Kelly,  married  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Patterson  and  reared  a  family  of  ten  children  in  Juniata  County,  Pa.  The  seventh 
of  their  children  was  James  R.  Kelly,  of  this  review,  who  was  born  near  Mifflintown, 
Pa.,  June  28,  183S. 

Educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Juniata  County  and  trained  to  a  practical  knowl- 
edge of  agriculture,  James  R.  Kelly  became  one  of  the  intelligent  and  prosperous 
farmers  of  his  native  county,  where  for  years  he  devoted  himself  to  his  chosen  occu- 
pation, save  for  the  period  of  his  service  in  the  Civil  War.  Upon  retiring  from 
general  farming  he  removed  to  Kansas  and  established  a  home  at  Lawrence,  Douglas 
County.  Three  years  later,  in  1888,  he  came  to  Southern  California  and  purchased 
a  lot  and  built  a  home  at  528  Walnut  Street,  Santa  Ana,  where  he  resided  until  his 
death.  Immediately  after  his  arrival  he  identified  himself  with  the  fruit-growing  busi- 
ness and  soon  became  familiar  with  every  department  of  the  leading  industry  of  the 
locality.  On  his  ranch  he  raised  apricots,  oranges  and  walnuts.  It  was  his  aim  to 
grow  only  fruits  of  the  choicest  varieties,  so  that  the  products  of  his  grove  might 
command  the  highest  prices  in  the  Eastern  markets. 

Mr.  Kelly's  marriage  on  March  18,  1869,  united  him  with  Miss  Jane  Robinson, 
a  native  of  Juniata  County,  Pa.,  and  a  daughter  of  George  and  Priscilla  (Laird)  Robin- 
son, both  of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry,  but  born  and  reared  in  Juniata  County.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Kelly  were  the  parents  of  three  sons:  Frederick  M.,  who  was  educated  at  the 
University  of  Michigan,  is  an  assayer  and  chemist;  he  is  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of 
Needles,  Cal.,  where  he  has  been  postmaster  for  many  years.  He  married  Miss  Pearl 
Glenn  of  Springville,  Iowa,  a  granddaughter  of  the  first  white  child  born  in  Chicago, 
and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  sons,  Robert  Glenn  and  Fred;  George  Patterson  Kelly, 
who  was  also  educated  at  the  University  of  Michigan,  practiced  law  for  a  number  of 
years  in  Chicago  and  while  there  married  Miss  Agnes  K.  Gavney  of  Aurora,  111.  George 
P.  Kelly  passed  away  in  1915  at  Santa  Ana  and  his  wife  died  in  1919,  leaving  one  son, 
James  T.;  R.  Bayard,  born  at  Juanita,  Pa.,  March  13,  1880,  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Santa  Ana,  took  bookkeeping  and  telegraphy  and  was  employed  at  Needles  fot  eight 


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years,  then  returned  to  Santa  Ana  and  was  a  successful  walnut  grower  of  the  Tustin 
district  until  selling  in  1919.  He  was  married  in  1915  to  Miss  Magdalena  Lauterbach, 
who  was  born  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  but  who  has  been'a  resident  of  California  since  1904. 
They  are  the  parents  of  one  son,  Robert.  Mrs.  James  R.  Kelly  passed  away  at  her 
home  in  Santa  Ana,  April  6,  1919,  at  the  age  of  about  eighty-three. 

Like  his  forbear  of  Revolutionary  days,  James  R.  Kelly  was  intensely  patriotic  and 
any  mention  of  his  life  work  would  be  incomplete  without  recording  his  war  service, 
which  put  to  a  severe  test  the  qualities  of  courage,  patience  and  endurance  possessed 
by  him  to  a  remarkable  degree.  Soon  after  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  Mr.  Kelly 
offered  his  services  to  the  Union  and  on  July  25,  1861,  he  was  accepted  as  a  member 
of  Company  A,  First  Pennsylvania  Reserve  Cavalry,  enlisting  from  Juniata  County. 
This  regiment  was  ordered  to  the  front  at  once  and  became  one  of  the  most  famous 
fighting  units  of  the  Federal  Army.  In  the  charge  at  Cedar  Mountain  Companies  A, 
B,  C  and  D  went  into  action  with  264  men  and  came  out  with  only  seventy-two  able 
to  report  for  duty.  Mr.  Kelly  held  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant  in  Company  A  and 
owing  to  the  frequent  absence  of  the  captain  was  often  called  upon  to  command  the 
company.  In  the  battle  of  Shepherdstown,  July  17,  1863,  an  exploding  shell  struck  him, 
cutting  an  artery  in  his  leg  and  leaving  a  painful  wound.  On  another  occasion  he 
was  slightly  injured  in  battle.  While  in  a  cavalry  skirmish  at  Samaria  Church,  Va., 
June  24,  1864,  he  was  taken  prisoner  and  confined  in  the  famous  Libby  prison.  Later 
he  was  transferred  successively  to  Columbia,  S.  C,  Macon,  Ga.,  Belle  Isle,  Savannah, 
Ga.,  and  Charleston,  S.  C,  remaining  in  these  prisons  until  the  close  of  the  war  with 
the  exception  of  two  brief  periods  when  escape  had  been  rendered  possible  by  the 
ingenuity  of  the  prisoners.  However,  in  both  instances  he  was  recaptured.  It  was 
characteristic  of  the  man  that  he  never  complained  in  the  midst  of  hardships  that  would 
have  daunted  any  but  the  bravest  of  spirits.  On  the  other  hand,  he  was  quick  to  note 
any  humorous  incidents  that  occurred  and  his  cheerful  disposition  was  a  ray  of  sun- 
shine to  others  in  hours  of  trouble.  When  he  was  mustered  out,  April  25,  1865,  he 
returned  to  his  Pennsylvania  home  with  the  esteem  of  his  superior  officers  and  the 
friendship  of  his  comrades.  After  the  organization  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic 
he  identified  himself  with  that  work  and  never  ceased  to  cherish,  affection  for  the 
"boys  in  blue."  Politically  he  voted  with  the  Republican  party  and  during  his  resi- 
dence in  Pennsylvania  he  filled  local  offices.  Early  in  life  he  had  become  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  denomination,  and  after  coming  to  Santa  Ana  he  officiated  as  an 
elder  in  the  First  Church,  to  whose  philanthropies  and  missionary  enterprises  he  was 
a  generous  contributor. 

DR.  JOHN  McCLELLAN  LACY.— Whenever  the  historian  shall  essay  to  tell  the 
story  of  Santa  Ana,  he  will  find  it  a  pleasureable  duty  to  narrate  again  the  career  of 
Dr.  John  McClellan  Lacy,  the  pioneer  physician,  who  did  so  much  in  many  ways  for 
the  welfare  and  advancement  of  the  town.  He  was  born  at  Huntsville,  Ala.,  on  Wash- 
ington's Birthday,  1837,  the  son  of  Thomas  H.  and  Mary  E.  Lacy,  Southern  planter 
folks  who  moved  from  Alabama  to  Arkansas,  when  John  was  eighteen  years  of  age. 
And  there,  in  1861,  Thomas  Lacy  died,  the  father  of  three  boys  and  eight  girls,  worthy 
descendants  of  a  family  tracing  its  ancestry  back  to  France.  At  that  time,  the  name 
was  de  Lacy;  but  when  the  Huguenots  came  to  America  on  account  of  religious 
persecution  in  France,  this  branch  of  the  family,  coming  with  them,  changed  the  name 
to  simple  Lacy.  Mrs.  Lacy  was  a  McCIellan,  and  her  mother's  maiden  name  was 
Wallace;  and  she  was  able  to  trace  her  ancestry  to  Sir  William  Wallace  of  Scotland. 

John  McCIellan  Lacy  attended  the  grammar  school  in  Huntsville,  Ala.,  and  when 
old  enough  to  do  so,  read  medicine  with  Dr.  William  B.  Welch  in  Arkansas.  He  later 
was  graduated  from  the  St.  Louis  Medical  College,  and  still  later  took  post-graduate 
work  at  the  University  of  Nashville,  Tenn. 

When  the  Civil  War  broke  out,  Dr.  Lacy  volunteered  for  service  in  the  Con- 
federate Army  as  surgeon  to  an  Arkansas  regiment,  and  from  1861,  he  marched  and 
fought  for  four  long,  hard  years.  He  had  farmed  and  shipped  cotton,  while  reading 
medicine,  and  so  was  able  to  hold  his  own  in  the  arduous  campaigning. 

After  the  war.  Dr.  Lacy  practiced  medicine  in  Arkansas  and  the  Indian  Territory, 
(later  Oklahoma)  and  in  1879  came  to  California  across  the  great  plains.  He  made  the 
journey  in  wagons,  and  was  eight  months  on  the  road;  and  he  and  his  party  had  many 
interesting  experiences  with  the  Indians,  and  other  adventures  by  the  way. 

At  Cane  Hill,  Ark.,  on  April  3,  1861,  Dr.  Lacy  married  Miss  Eliza  P.  Bean,  daughter 
of  Mark  Bean,  and  his  wife,  Nancy  J.  He  was  a  wealthy  cotton  planter  and  factory 
owner,  and  was  honored  by  his  fellow-citizens  with  election  to  the  state  legislature 
as  a  representative  from  Washington  County.  Several  children  blessed  the  fortunate 
union.  Margaret  M.  is  the  eldest  daughter;  and  the  other  children  are  Mary  L.,  Mrs. 
William   P.  Vance;   Maude  L.,  Mrs.  Newton  Pierce;  Lela,  Mrs  J.  E.  Vaughan;  Laura 


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Iv.,   Mrs.   J.   W.   Murray;   and   Mark   B.,   who   married   Genevieve   Waffle.      Dr.    Lacy  s 
youngest  brother  was  sheriff  of  Orange  County  for  sixteen  years. 

A  Democrat  in  matters  of  national  politics,  Dr.  Lacy  was  a  member  of  the  city 
council.  He  belonged  to  the  State  and  County  Medical  Societies,  and  served  for  a  while 
as  city  health  officer  of  Santa  Ana.  He  belonged  to  the  First  Presbyteriari  Church,  and 
was  a  Mason,  having  joined  that  order  in  1860,  and  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen.  When  he  died,  on  February  2,  1913,  at  Santa  Ana,  he  was  almost 
seventy-six  years  of  age. 

Old-time  friends  of  the  deceased  bore  the  casket,  and  the  Rev.  J.  A.  Stevenson 
paid  the  departed  such  a  tribute  as  he  deserved.  He  said,  in  part:  "The  working 
days  of  the  physician  are  restless  days.  He  knows  no  hours  that  are  his  own.  He 
is  the  servant  of  suffering  humanity,  morning,  noon  and  night.  No  man  knows  the 
weary  hours  that  are  contributed  by  the  men  that  are  tired  almost  to  death.  But 
when  the  restless  days  and  nights  of  Dr.  Lacy's  working  time  were  gone  he  knew  a 
harder  restlessness  in  the  times  of  his  own  sickness.  The  days  were  long,  and  the 
nights  were  longer,  and  pain  and  suffering  were  there.  Then  out  of  the  restlessness 
of  life,  God  called  him  to  the  rest  of  a  blessed  eternity.  Dr.  McLaren  has  made  im- 
mortal the  'Doctor  of  the  Old  School.'  But  thank  God  we  do  not  have  to  hasten 
to  the  distant  fields  of  Scotland  nor  into  the  pages  of  literature  to  find  the  splendid 
hero.  The  cultured,  kindly,  unassuming,  uncomplaining,  self-forgetful  Christian  gen- 
tleman, Dr.  Lacy,  was  an  honor  to  the  Church  of  Christ,  a  benediction  to  this  com- 
munity, and  an  adornment  to  the  medical  profession." 

MRS.  EROLINDA  YORBA.— A  distinguished,  highly  esteemed  representative  of 
one  of  the  oldest  and  most  historic  families  in  California  is  Mrs.  Erolinda  Yorba,  the 
well-to-do  widow  of  Vicente  Yorba,  whose  family  settled  along  the  Coast  at  a  very 
early  period.  His  parents  were  Bernardo  and  Felipa  (Dominguez)  Yorba,  born  in  San 
Diego  and  Los  Angeles,  respectively.  Bernardo  Yorba  was  the  holder  of  grants  aggre- 
gating over  165,000  acres,  given  him  by  the  King  of  Spain.  These  grants  were  La  Sierra, 
in  Riverside  County,  and  Rancho  San  Antonio  Cajon  de  Santa  Ana,  in  Orange  County; 
and  just  how  historical  the  character  of  the  founder  of  this  family  was,  may  be  gath- 
ered from  the  reference  to  him  by  his  contemporary,  Harris  Newmark,  the  Los  Angeles 
pioneer,  who  says  in  his  personal  reminiscences,  "Sixty  Years  in  Southern  California." 

"Bernardo  Yorba  was  another  great  landowner;  and  I  am  sure  that,  in  the  day  of 
his  glory,  he  might  have  traveled  fifty  to  sixty  miles  in  a  straight  line,  touching  none 
but  his  own  possessions.  His  ranches,  on  one  of  which  Pio  Pico  hid  from  Santiago 
Arguello,  were  delightfully  located,  where  now  stand  such  places  as  Anaheim,  Orange, 
Santa  Ana,  Westminster,  Garden  Grove  and  other  towns  in  Orange  County — then  a 
part  of  Los  Angeles  County."  In  McGroarty's  Mission  Play,  one  of  the  leading  char- 
acters is  Josefa  Yorba,  the  grandmother  of  Vicente  Yorba,  who  was  selected  because 
of  her  beautiful  character  and  many  deeds  of  kindness. 

As  early  as  1835  Bernardo  Yorba  settled  and  built  his  home — a  ninety-room 
adobe — at  what  is  now  the  town  of  Yorba,  and  a  part  of  the  old  building  is  still  stand- 
ing. In  it  was  a  crude  jewelry  shop,  harness  shop,  saddlery,  blacksmith  shop  and  a 
general  merchandise  store;  in  other  words,  it  was  a  miniature  city,  known  all  over 
Southern  California.  It  was  a  more  or  less  dreary  section  then,  and  these  worthy 
pioneers  improved  the  land  and  the  surroundings  at  the  cost  of  their  own  lives  and 
health.  For  a  long  time  the  well-known  Yorba  adobe  sheltered  the  growing  family, 
but  the  enterprising  father  never  lived  to  see  all  the  transformations  he  and  others 
associated  with  and  guided  by  him  brought  about.  Bernardo  Yorba  died  on  November 
20,  1858,  and  thus  followed  to  the  grave  his  devoted  wife  and  companion,  who  had 
passed  away  seven  years  before. 

Vicente  Yorba,  one  of  the  youngest  of  the  family,  was  born  at  Yorba  on  February 
3,  1844;  and  being  early  thrown  upon  his  own  resources,  he  in  time  amassed  consider- 
able property.  He  owned,  for  example,  a  fine  ranch  of  forty-four  acres  on  the  north 
side  of  the  Santa  Ana  River,  and  another  ranch  of  343  acres  at  Yorba.  The  old  home 
ranch  upon  which  Mr.  Yorba  passed  away  came  to  be  noted  for  its  walnuts,  its  vineyard 
and  its  alfalfa,  and  was  especially  famous  for  its  productivity.  The  other  property, 
on  the-  south  side  of  the  river,  was  given  up  to  general  farming  and  the  raising  of 
walnuts.  Upon  Mr.  Yorba's  death,  the  family  moved  to  this  last-mentioned  ranch,  and 
there  erected  a  large  and  modern  residence,  in  which  they  have  since  resided.  Although 
Mr.  Yorba  was  very  optimistic  in  his  belief  of  a  great  future  for  Orange  County,  yet  in 
his  most  optimistic  moments  he  could  not  have  dreamed  of  the  wealth  so  soon  to  be 
brought  from  the  depths  under  these  lands;  and  on  his  original  home  place  the  Union 
Oil  Company  is  now  sinking  wells  for  oil,  and  have  been  rewarded  with  an  excellent 
showing. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  285 

On  October  25,  1876,  Vicente  Yorba  was  married  to  Miss  Erolinda  Cota,  a  native 
of  Los  Angeles  and  the  daughter  of  Francisco  Cota,  another  well-known  native,  whose 
family  owned  the  Spanish  grant,  Rancho  de  Bellona,  what  is  now  the  site  of  Venice. 
Her  mother  was  Martina  Machado,  and  her  grandmother  a  Sepulveda.  She  was  edu- 
cated in  the  parish  schools  of  Los  Angeles,  and  there  received  such  an  excellent  train- 
ing that,  while  prepared  to  manage  her  own  business  affairs,  she  was  also  enabled  to 
maintain  the  refinement  characteristic  of  the  highest  social  breeding,  and  to  preserve 
a  striking  and  natural  beauty  of  feature,  form  and  demeanor,  scarcely  altered  since  Mr. 
Yorba  died,  on  February  24,  1913,  on  the  ranch  to  the  north  of  the  Santa  Ana  River,  in 
his  fifty-ninth  year.  Mrs.  Yorba  is  a  member  of  the  Catholic  Church  at  Yorba,  and  is 
the  center  of  an  admiring  and  devoted  circle.  To  Mr.  Yorba's  public-spiritedness  is 
largely  due  the  establishing  of  the  well-equipped  school  at  Yorba,  on  which  he  was  a 
trustee  for  many  years  until  his  death. 

Six  children  blessed  the  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Yorba:  Hortense  M.  is  the 
wife  of  Porfirio  Palomares,  an  extensive  landowner  of  Pomona,  now  residing  at  Oxnard; 
Mantina  L.  is  the  wife  of  Lorenzo  Pelanconi,  and  resides  at  Hollywood;  Mary  L.  is  the 
wife  of  Ignacio  Vejar  of  Pomona;  Ubenia  Juanita  married  George  Wents  and  lives  with 
her  mother;  she  has  one  child,  Erolinda  Dolores;  Bernardo  was  in  the  Fortieth  Heavy 
Coast  Artillery,  where  he  was  assistant  observer,  and  was  in  New  York,  on  his  way  to 
France,  when  the  armistice  was  signed,  when  he  returned  home  and  is  now  assisting 
his  mother;  he  is  married  to  Miss  Edna  Leep  of  Nebraska;  Vicente  Francisco  married 
Lidella  Walters  of  Placentia;  they  have  one  son,  Vicente  Samuel,  and  also  reside  on  the 
Yorba  ranch. 

Since  the  death  of  Mr.  Yorba,  the  family  continue  to  reside  on  the  ranch  which 
is  owned  by  Mr.  Yorba  and  which  they  have  greatly  improved  with  an  irrigation  system 
and  with  Valencia  orange  orchards.  Here  they  dwell  together  in  harmony,  each 
assisting  and  cooperating  to  the  mutual  advantage  of  all.  With  the  mother  at  the  head 
of  affairs — an  honor  her  children  lovingly  accord  her — she  is  ably  assisted  by  them 
and  they  in  turn  appreciate  her  confidence  and  shower  on  her  their  love  and  devotion, 
thus  relieving  her  from  much  unnecessary  worry  and  care. 

JUDGE  CHRISTIAN  C.  STOKER.— An  efficient,  popular  public  official  with 
a  very  interesting  war  record  is  Judge  Christian  C.  Stoner,  a  native  of  Blair  County, 
Pa.,  where  he  was  born  on  December  27,  1844.  He  is  the  son  of  Jacob  E.  Stoner,  a 
native  of  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  who  in  1849  rernoved  to  Noble  County,  Ind.,  where 
he  was  a  pioneer  farmer.  In  1873  he  pitched  his  tent  in  Cloud  County,  Kans.,  and 
there  he  continued  to  farm  until  he  died,  honored  of  all  men.  He  had  married  Polly 
Cowen,  a  native  of  Blair  County,  and  she  also  died  in  Kansas.  They  had  six  children, 
and  the  subject  of  our  sketch  was  the  fourth  in  the  order  of  birth. 

Reared  in  Noble  County,  Ind.,  on  a  farm,  C.  G.  Stoner  went  to  a  log-cabin  school 
house  and  sat  on  slab  benches;  later,  he  enjoyed  more  comfortable  quarters  in  a  frame 
school  building,  but  left  school  to  volunteer  for  service  in  the  Civil  War.  In  1863  he 
entered  Company  B  of  the  Eighty-eighth  Indiana  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  was  mustered 
in  at  Kendallville,  and  sent  to  join  Sherman's  Army  at  Chattanooga.  As  a  part  of  the 
Fourteenth  Army  Corps,  he  was  wiih  Sherman  until  the  close  of  the  war,  and  partici- 
pated in  the  battles  of  Resac,  Dallas,  Dalton,  Snake  Creek  Gap,  Buzzard's  Roost,  Kene- 
saw  Mountain,  Peach  Tree  (where  General  McPherson  fell),  Jonesboro,  Goldsboro, 
Bentonville  and  other  notable  places.  He  never  received  a  scratch  or  wound,  nor  was 
he  ever  in  a  hospital;  but  of  five  relatives  who  enlisted  when  he  did,  he  was  the  only 
one  to  return.  A  brother,  David,  was  in  the  same  regiment  and  was  killed  at  the  Battle 
of  Bentonville,  N.  C.  With  his  comrades  he  marched  to  Richmond  and  then  on  to 
Washington,  D.  C. ;  and  there,  he  took  part  in  the  Grand  Review.  At  Louisville,  Ky., 
in  July,  1865,  he  was  mustered  out,  and  returned  home. 

After  the  war,  Mr.  Stoner  went  to  the  home  school  for  a  couple  of  years,  and 
when  there  was  a  vacancy,  he  taught  there.  He  remained  for  two  years,  and  "brought 
order  out  of  chaos'!;  then  went  to  Wolf  Lake  high  school,  and  after  that  taught  for 
another  two  years.  In  1873,  he  removed  to  Kansas,  near  Concordia,  Cloud  County,  and 
took  a  homestead  of  160  acres,  where  he  engaged  in  farming. 

Seven  years  later,  the  citizens  of  that  district  selected  him  to  teach  school,  and 
for  three  years  he  trained  the  young  idea  how  to  shoot;  was  justice  of  the  peace  of 
Nelson  township  for  fifteen  years,  and  was  probate  judge  of  Cloud  County  for  two 
terms,  being  elected  in  1890  and  reelected  in  1892,  and  served  until  January,  1895. 
In  1896,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Assembly  of  the  Kansas  State  Legislature,  and 
served  there  during  1896  and  1897.  His  legal  knowledge  enabled  him  to  be  particularly 
valuable  to  his  constituency;  for  while  he  was  probate  judge  only  two  cases  he  had 


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decided  were  appealed,  and  in  each  of  these  instances  the  higher  court  sustained  his 
decision. 

About  1904  Judge  Stoner  removed  to  Lincoln  County,  Kans.,  and  tor  hve  years 
owned  and  edited  the  Lincoln  Sentinel.  In  1909  he  located  in  Orange  County,  Cal., 
and  bought  an  orange  grove  near  El  Modena,  which  he  managed  for  two  years,  then 
disposed  of  the  property,  and  retired.  He  was  a  city  trustee  for  six  years,  and  durmg 
that  period  was  chairman  of  the  board,  or  acting  mayor,  for  four  years.  The  night 
his  term  was  up,  the  Judge  was  appointed  city  recorder,  in  April,  1918,  and  he  has  held 
that  responsible  office   ever  since. 

While  in  Indiana,  in  August,  1867,  Judge  Stoner  was  married  to  Miss  Rachel  A. 
Winebrenner,  a  native  of  that  state,  and  by  her  he  has  had  three  children.  Barbara  Ellen 
is  Mrs.  Secrist  of  Long  Beach;  George,  a  graduate  of  Lincoln  College,  Kansas,  took 
a  course  at  the  University  of  California  and  is  now  a  teacher  in  the  Orange  high  school; 
and  Peter  is  a  graduate  of  the  State  University  at  Berkeley  and  is  a  teacher  in  the  high 
school  at  Pasadena.  Judge  Stoner  is  a  member  of  Gordon  Granger  Post  No.  138,  and 
is  at  present  the  commander  of  the  post.  He  was  aide-de-camp  on  National  Com- 
mander Somer's  stafif,  in  1918.  He  belongs  to  the  Christian  Church,  where  he  has  been 
an  elder  for  many  years. 

DAVID  CLARENCE  DRAKE.— An  authority  on  citrus  culture  in  California,  and 
a  prominent  factor  in  the  development  of  the  industry  in  Orange  County,  is  David 
Clarence  Drake,  whose  advice,  as  that  of  a  sensible  man  of  original  ideas,  is  often 
sought  by  growers.  He  comes  of  an  interesting  family,  long  associated  with  the 
history  of  Long  Island,  and  has  identified  himself  in  an  enviable  way  with  the  history 
of  the   Golden   State. 

He  was  born  at  Southampton,  Suffolk  County,  N.  Y.,  in  1864,  the  son  of  David 
R.  Drake,  who  was  born  at  Roxbury,  Morris  County,  N.  J.,  and  reared  on  Long 
Island  becoming  a  sea-captain,  thereby  maintaining  an  interesting  tradition  from  the 
time  of  the  English  renowned  explorer.  For  more  than  thirty  years  the  master  of  a 
whaler,  he  sailed  out  of  Sag  Harbor,  L.  I.,  and  also  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  into  the 
various  oceans  of  the  globe,  touched  at  many  foreign  ports,  and  thus  grew  familiar 
with  important  places  all  over  the  world,  and  was  indeed  a  well-traveled  man.  About 
fifty  years  ago,  he  quit  the  sea  and  retired  to  his  home  at  Southampton.  He  had 
married  Harriet  Fithian,  a  native  of  that  place  and  a  member  of  an  old  Long  Island 
family  of  Welsh  descent,  and  three  children  had  blessed  their  union.  Two  are  still 
living,  and  our  subject  is  the  only  one  in  California. 

Brought  up  in  quaint  old  Southampton,  L.  I.,  David  C.  Drake  was  educated  at 
the  grammar  schools  of  that  neighborhood,  and  also  at  the  Southampton  Academy, 
after  which,  for  a  couple  of  years,  he  attended  the  Franklin  Literary  Institute  in  Dela- 
ware County;  then  entered  Eastman's  Business  College  at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1882;  the  pleasure  of  his  studies  leading  him  to  move  west 
to  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  to  study  for  two  years  in  the  Van  der  Nailen  School  of 
Engineering  at  San  Francisco,  where  he  took  a  course  in  railroad  engineering  and 
surveying,  and  was  duly  graduated  with  honors. 

On  his  return  East  and  to  Southampton,  Mr.  Drake  married  Miss  Harriet  Ford- 
ham,  who  had  also  been  born  in  that  town,  of  an  old  and  prominent  family;  and  he 
then  engaged  in  the  raising  of  fruit  for  the  New  York  City  market,  and  also  for  the 
summer  trade  at  Little  Newport,  L.  I.  This  essay  in  horticulture  he  continued  until 
1896,  when  he  sold  out,  came  west  to  California,  and  pitched  his  tent  at  Pomona.  It 
was  in  truth  but  a  temporary  camp  that  he  established,  for  he  then  traveled  all  over 
the  state,  and  up  and  down  the  Coast,  even  into  British  Columbia,  getting  first-hand 
impressions  of  the  great  West;  at  the  end  of  which  varied  enviable  experience,  he  de- 
cided that  Orange  was  most  to  his  liking,  and  ever  since  he  has  been  closely  asso- 
ciated with  the  fortunes  of  the  fast-developing  place. 

He  purchased  his  three  acres  on  East  Chapman  Avenue,  Orange,  and  made  all 
the  necessary  improvements,  set  it  out  to  oranges,  and  built  his  handsome,  comfortable 
residence,  and  made  of  the  whole  a  beauty  spot.  He  also  bought  thirty  acres  of  raw 
land  at  the  corner  of  Seventeenth  Street  and  Holt  Avenue,  where  he  set  out  twenty 
acres  of  Valencia  oranges  and  ten  acres  of  lemons. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Drake  was  a  director  in  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation 
Company,  and  assisted  in  bringing  that  popular  concern  to  its  present  state  of  high 
efficiency.  In  1897  he  joined  the  local  organization  of  citrus  ranchers,  the  Santiago 
Orange  Growers  Association,  and  in  1898  they  built  their  first  packing  house  in 
Orange — the  parent  association  from  which  have  sprung  eleven  different  citrus  asso- 
ciations in  this  vicinity,  and  resulted  in  the  final  formation  of  the  Orange  County 
Fruit  Exchange.  Mr.  Drake,  after  having  been  a  director  in  the  Santiago  Orange 
Growers   Association,    is   now   its   president;   and   he   is   also   president   of   the    Orange 


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County  Fruit  Exchange,  which  handled  over  five  million  dollars'  worth  of  business 
in  1919.  For  six  years  Mr.  Drake  was  trustee  of  the  city  of  Orange,  and  all  that  period 
he  was  president  of  the  board,  or  mayor  of  the  town.  He  started,  with  his  associates, 
the  building  of  sewers,  and  bought  the  present  sewer  farm,  and  they  were  starting 
the  improvement  of  streets  and  sidewalks  when  he  resigned.  In  national  politics,  he 
is  a  stanch  Republican.  A  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  at  Orange,  Mr. 
Drake  has  been  an  elder  there  for  the  past  twenty  years.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in 
Orange  Grove  Lodge,  No.  293,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  belongs  to  the  Fraternal  Aid  Union. 

PETER  HANSEN. — Horticultural  enterprises  have  engaged  the  attention  of 
Peter  Hansen  for  a  long  period  of  successful  activity,  and  by  means  of  his  skill  in 
this  field  as  well  as  his  perseverance  and  industry,  he  has  added  another  name  to  the 
list  of  prosperous  fruit  growers  of  the  county  and  has  furnished  additional  evidence  as 
to  the  adaptability  of  the  soil  to  such  pursuits.  He  is  now  the  only  surviving  member 
of  the  pioneers  who  settled  in  the  Placentia  district  as  early  as  1867,  a  worthy  repre- 
sentative of  those  hardy  and  intrepid  settlers. 

A  native  of  Denmark,  Mr.  Hansen  was  born  at  Varde,  Jylland,  on  Christmas  Day, 
1838.  His  parents  were  farmers,  so  from  a  lad  he  made  himself  useful  about  the  farm, 
in  the  meantime  receiving  a  good  education  in  the  excellent  schools  of  Denmark.  Being 
the  next  to  the  youngest  of  a  family  of  five  children,  he  remained  at  home  and  assisted 
his  parents  until  he  entered  the  Danish  army  and  served  the  required  two  years'  time, 
when  he  again  followed  farming  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  Slesvig-Holstein  War. 
He  was  called  to  the  colors,  and  immediately  responding,  he  became  a  member  of  a 
cavalry  regiment  of  the  Danish  army  and  served  as  a  corporal  until  the  close  of  the 
war. 

Immediately  after  his  discharge,  Mr.  Hansen  resolved  to  emigrate  to  the  United 
States,  so  in  the  fall  of  1865  we  find  him  making  the  long  journey  via  the  Isthmus  of 
Panama  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  was  employed  for  two  years.  Having  heard  favor- 
able reports  from  Anaheim  and  vicinity,  he  came  by  boat  to  San  Pedro  and  on  to  Los 
Angeles;  The  present  metropolis  of  the  Pacific  Coast  was  then  a  small  hamlet  built 
around  the  plaza,  with  only  a  few  houses  and  one  hotel.  .He  came  on  to  Anaheim, 
where  he  was  employed  by  Tim  Boege  at  teaming,  hauling  freight  to  Los  Angeles  and 
Anaheitri  Landing,  the  latter  now  being  known  as  Seal  Beach.  In  the  meantime  he 
invested  his  savings  in  106  acres  of  raw  land  at  Placentia,  then  Los  Angeles  County; 
it  was  virgin  land  in  what  was  then  a  wilderness,  for  which  he  paid  the  small  sum  of 
fourteen  dollars  per  acre.  He  cleared  the  land  of  brush  and  wild  mustard  and  planted 
rye,  wheat  and  barley.  In  those  days  game  of  all  kinds  was  abundant,  and  the  wild 
horses  aiid  cattle  that  roamed  the  plains  caused  Mr.  Hansen  much  trouble,  invading  his 
ranch  and  destroying  his  crops.  He  purchased  one  of  the  first  threshing  machines  used 
in  his  district,  a  stationary  machine  run  by  horsepower,  drawn  by  eighteen  horses,  and 
the  first  year  his  crop  yielded  enough  to  pay  for  the  machine,  which  he  used  all  over 
the  country  threshing  for  others.  He  next  set  out,  his  ranch  to  grapes  and  built  one 
of  the  first  wineries  in  the  county,  a  brick  structure  40  by  100  feet  in  size.  After 
making  wine  for  many  years  and  selling  it  in  casks  to  people  who  came  from  miles 
around  to  purchase  it,  he  took  out  the  vines  and  planted  seedling  and  Washington  Navel 
orange  trees;  later  he  budded  his  trees  to  Valencia  oranges,  his  present  orchard.  To 
his  brother  Charles,  who  came  from  the  East  and  worked  for  him  on  the  ranch,  Mr. 
Hansen  gave  fifty-three  acres  of  the  property.  The  brother  died  in  1903.  In  later 
years  Mr.  Hansen  deeded  a  large  part  of  his  holdings  to  his  children,  retaining  enough 
property  to  give  him  a  competency  for  his  retired  years. 

Mr.  Hansen's  wife,  who  before  her  marriage  was  Christine  Jensen,  was  a  native 
of  Abenrade,  Slesvig,  their  marriage  being  solemnized  at  Orangethorpe  in  1874.  An 
able  helpmate  and  a  loving  wife  and  mother,  her  death  on  March  14,  1900,  made  an 
irreparable  breach  in  the  family  circle.  She  left  five  children,  as  follows:  Mattie  is  the 
wife  of  Arthur  Edwards  of  Placentia,  and  the  mother  of  two  children,  Gladys  and 
Hugh;  Anna  married  Horace  Head  of  Santa  Ana  and  they  have  two  children,  Melville 
and  Iris;  George,  who  lives  at  Placentia,  is  married  and  has  four  children,  Christine, 
Ernest,  Robert  and  George;  Charles  L.  also  lives  at  Placentia;  Christine  is  the  wife  of 
Walter  C.  McFarland  of  Placentia  and  they  are  the  parents  of  one  child.  Forest 
Walter.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McFarland-  own  and  reside  in  the  old  Hansen  home,  over  which 
Mrs.  McFarland  presides  gracefully,  showing  her  loving  care  and  devotion  to  her 
aged  father,  who  appreciates  her  ministrations  to  his  comfort  and  happiness.  Mr. 
McFarland  served  in  the  World  War  in  the  Three  Hundred  Sixty-third  Infantry  at 
Camp  Lewis  until  he  volunteered  in  the  Signal  Corps,  Aviation  Section,  being  stationed 
at  Kelly  Field,  San  Antonio,  Texas,  and  at  North  Island,  San  Diego,  Cal.,  until  after  the 


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armistice,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged,  returning  to  the  peaceful  pursuit  of 
farming.  In  early  days  Mr.  Hansen  was  a  school  trustee  at  Placentia  and  was  one  of 
the  twelve  men  who  founded  Balboa  Beach,  in  which  he  has  always  been  deeply 
interested,  and  where  he  owns  a  fine  residence,  to  which  his  fondness  for  the  ocean 
causes  him  to  make  frequent  visits.  He  was  also  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Anaheim 
Union  Water  Company.  Fraternally  he  was  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Lodge  of  Odd 
Fellows.  Accompanied  by  his  daughter  Christine,  in  1902  he  made'  a  trip  back  to  his 
native  land,  from  whence  he  came  a  poor  boy,  but  richly  endowed  with  the  natural 
characteristics  that  Dame  Nature  is  pleased  to  reward — indomitable  energy  and  a  spirit 
undaunted  by  the  difficulties  encountered  on  the  road  to  life  that  leads  to  success. 

HUBERT  ISAAC. — A  most  interesting  pioneer,  partly  on  account  of  his  early 
history  as  a  railway  man  and  a  miner  before  he  came  to  California,  is  Hubert  Isaac, 
distinguished  to  all  who  know  him  for  his  foresight  and  his  strict  integrity.  He  was 
born  at  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  on  February  26,  1856,  the  son  of  Francis  Joseph  and  Anna 
(Schreiner)  Isaac,  natives  of  Aix-la-Chapelle;  and  grew  up  to  do  farm  work.  Going 
to  Hancock,  Mich.,  however,  he  joined  a  train  crew,  first  as  one  of  the  operatives  on 
a  freight  train,  then  as  a  baggageman,  and  then  on  a  passenger  train,  on  the  Mineral 
Range  Railway.  For  the  next  four  and  three-quarter  years,  he  was  employed  in  the 
Black  Hills,  weighing  ore  in  the  mining  country,  when  he  pushed  on  the  California,  via 
Cheyenne,  Wyo.,  in  1879.  He  stopped  at  Los  Angeles,  but  ran  out  to  see  El  Modena, 
with  friends,  on  a  hunting  trip. 

He  chanced  to  meet  there  David  Hewes,  the  well  known  pioneer  who  has  left 
behind  him  such  a  record  for  doing  things,  and  as  he  needed  some  one  to  do  carpenter 
work,  he  entered  his  employ.  His  first  job  was  to  build  a  corral  enclosing  a  space  of 
half  an  acre;  and  when  this  was  satisfactorily  finished,  friendly  relations  were  estab- 
lished and  he  continued  to  work  for  Mr.  Hewes  steadily  for  a  year  and  a  half.  He 
was  then  under  the  direction  of  Henry  Young,  the  first  foreman  of  the  great  Hewes 
Ranch,  on  which  ranch  Mr.  Isaac  was  also  foreman  twice.  Later,  he  returned  to  Mr. 
Hewes'  service,  and  was  with  him  for  twenty-seven  years  and  nine  months,  so  that  it 
may  safely  be  said  that  he  was  one  of  Mr.  Hewes'  most  trusted  employees. 

Mr.  Isaac  bought  eleven  lots  in  El  Modena  before  the  "boom,"  and  there  he 
built  thirteen  houses,  which  he  rents  to  others.  Altogether,  he  owns  forty-two  lots, 
and  is  the  largest  taxpayer  in  El  Modena.  Personally,  Mr.  Isaac  is  known  for  his  sym- 
pathetic nature,  his  keen  insight  into  daily  life,  his  sense  of  justice,  and  his  desire 
to  do  right  and  to  see  that  righteousness  is  done.  In  many  respects,  while  ultra- 
conservative  perhaps,  he  represents  the  dependable  type  of  safe  citizenship  and  financial 
endeavor,  and  enjoys,  as  he  well  merits,  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  his  fellow-men. 

RICHARD  ROBINSON.— One  of  Orange  County's  oldest  pioneers,  Richard  Rob- 
inson is  living  retired  at  Garden  Grove,  after  a  well-rounded  life  filled  with  many 
adventurous  experiences,  having  reached  the  age  of  ninety-three  years.  Born  in  the 
township  of  Edwardsburg,  Grenville  County,  Ontario,  Canada,  September  9,  1827,  Mr. 
Robinson  was  the  son  of  Isaac  and  Margaret  (Moses)  Robinson,  both  natives  of 
Ireland,  who  soon  after  their  marriage  there  in  County  Tyrone,  came  to  Cariada,  and 
here  all  their  nine  children  were  born.  Isaac  Robinson  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  but 
followed  farming  to  a  great  extent,  owning  a  farm  of  260  acres.  He  was  killed  by  a 
horse  when  Richard  was  only  sixteen  years  of  age;  the  mother  lived  to  be  ninety-two 
years  old.  Richard  early  learned  the  shoemaking  business  and  from  the  time  he  was 
sixteen  years  old  he  took  his  place  in  the  world  as  a  breadwinner  for  the  family.  He 
ran  a  shop  on  the  home  farm,  often  working  in  the  fields  all  day  and  then  at  shoemaking 
until  late  at  night.  Necessarily  his  schooling  was  limited,  both  from  his  lack  of  time 
and  from  the  scarcity  of  educational  opportunities,  as  in  those  days  they  had  only 
subscription  schools,  maintained  by  the  people  of  the  community,  the  teachers  boarding 
'round  among  the  families. 

When  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty-four;  Mr.  Robinson  made  up  his  mind  to  try 
his  fortune  in  California,  and  accordingly  sailed  from  New  York  on  the  "Fannie  Major," 
which  was  bound  for  San  Francisco  around  the  Horn.  While  off  the  coast  of  Brazil 
they  encountered  a  severe  storm  in  which  the  top  main  mast  of  their  vessel  was 
broken  oflf  and  they  had  to  put  in  to  San  Salvador  for  repairs.  While  there  Mr.  Robin- 
son saw  slavery  in  its  worst  form  and  has  yet  vivid  memories  of  some  of  the  horrible 
conditions  that  accompanied  it  in  that  country.  Proceeding  on  their  journey  they 
doubled  Cape  Horn  and  again  encountered  a  terrific  gale  which  lasted  for  several  days 
and  nights  during  which  every  sail  was  torn  to  shreds.  Although  it  was  the  latter 
part  of  June,  zero  weather  prevailed  and  every  hour  it  seemed  as  if  they  would  surely 
be  swallowed  up  by  t'he  angry  waves.  After  miraculously  escaping  from  being  dashed 
to   pieces   on  the   rocky   coast   of   Patagonia,   they   finally  reached   Tocawanda,    Chile, 


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where  they  procured  an  entire  new  set  of  sails  and  then  continued  the  journey  to  San 
Francisco,  reaching  there  in  September,  1852,  after  a  voyage  of  five  and  one-half  months. 

From  San  Francisco  Mr.  Robinson  went  up  to  the  mines  on  the  Yuba  River,  later 
going  on  to  Placerville,  where  he  mined  with  considerable  success,  clearing  up  some 
money.  Here  he  was  married  in  March,  18S4,  to  Miss  Letty  Bolton,  the  daughter  of 
Richard  and  Lucretia  (Redmond)  Bolton,  natives,  respectively,  of  Ireland  and  Canada. 
She  was  also  born  in  Canada,  only  about  twelve  miles  from  Mr.  Robinson's  birthplace, 
although  they  had  never  known  each  other  until  they  met  at  Placerville.  She  had  come 
across  the  plains  in  1851  with  the  family  of  her  brother-in-law,  John  Johnson.  Later 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robinson  went  up  into  British  Columbia,  where  he  mined  for  a  time  on 
the  Fraser  River,  but  did  not  meet  with  much  success.  In  1859,  with  his  wife  and 
child  he  went  back  to  Canada  to  visit  his  old  home,  returning  in  1862  to  California, 
making  the  trip,  both  going  and  coming,  by  way  of  Panama.  On  reaching  here  he 
settled  in  Sonoma  County  with  his  wife  and  three  children,  twins  having  been  born  to 
them  during  their  stay  in  Canada.  Here  Mr.  Robinson  purchased  a  farm  of  230  acres 
five  miles  from  Petaluma,  and  improved  it,  building  a  dairy  barn  that  was  at  that  time 
the  finest  in  the  county.  Here  he  contracted  tubercular  trouble  and,  not  being  able 
to  stand  the  heavy  fogs,  he  sold  out  and  bought  a  200-acre  farm  in  Colusa  County, 
farming  it  for  three  years   and  completely  recovering  his   health. 

In  1884,  Mr,  Robinson  removed  to  Garden  Grove  where  he  has  since  made  his 
home.  He  purchased  seventy-five  acres  of  land  here  and  farmed  it  for  a  number  of 
years,  but  he  disposed  of  all  of  it  except  five  acres  where  the  home  stood  many 
years;  he  has  a  remarkably  good  memory  and  keen  mind  for  a  man  of  his  years  and 
enjoys  recalling  the  interesting  events  of  his  past  life.  Mrs.  Robinson  died  on  August 
23,  1920,  aged  almost  eighty-nine.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robinson  had  nine  children,  eight  of 
whom  grew  to  maturity:  Isaac  resides  in  Stockton  and  is  deputy  county  treasurer  and 
tax  collector;  Chester  Allington  lives  at  Ascot  Park,  Los  Angeles,  and  has  five  sons, 
one  of  whom,  Capt.  Ralph  Redmond  Robinson,  was  with  the  Marines  throughout  the 
whole  campaign  in  the  late  war.  He  was  with  the  detachment  of  Marines  that  was  a 
part  of  the  famous  Second  Division  and  was  in  action  at  thei  Argonne,  St.  Mihiel  and 
Champagne,  where  he  saw  terrific  fighting.  He  is  still  serving  with  the  Marines  and 
is  now  stationed  at  Port  au  Prince,  Hayti;  Forest  Wellington  died  at  the  age  of 
thirty-three  years,  leaving  one  son,  Chalmers,  who  is  an  oil  man  engaged  in  the  Fullerton 
field;  Mina  Anna  is  the  wife  of  Harvey  V.  Newsom,  a  rancher  at  Garden  Grove,  whose 
sketch  appears  elsewhere  in  this  work;  Frank  Bolton  resides  in  Los  Angeles;  his  son, 
Ray  Albert  Robinson,  who  is  a  crack  shot,  became  a  captain  in  the  war,  training  troops 
at  Quantieo,  Va.  He  was  aide-de-camp  to  General  Butler  and  while  stationed  at  Brest 
on  General  Butler's  staff,  he  lived  in  Napoleon's  old  house  there.  He  is  still  in  the 
service  at  Quantieo,  Va. ;  Addie  May  is  the  wife  of  Capt.  Joseph  Newell,  who  is  captain 
of  the  largest  supply  ship  in  the  U.  S.  Navy;  they  reside  at  West  Newbury,  Mass.; 
Richard  Byron  has  a  ranch  of  forty  acres  near  Gait;  Porter  died  at  the  age  of  four 
years  at  Colusa;  Alice  Bertha,  the  youngest  of  the  family,  resides  with  her  father. 

A  few  years  ago  Mr.  Robinson  came  near  losing  his  life  in  a  railway  accident,  and 
was  laid  up  for  a  year.  The  accident  happened  while  he  was  crossing  the  railroad 
trackg  at  Santa  Ana,  and  by  a  curious  coincidence  he  had  just  been  on  a  jury  in  a  case 
brought  to  recover  damages  for  death  and  injury  sustained  to  a  family  who  had  met 
with  the  accident  at  the  same  railway  crossing  in  Santa  Ana.  For  many  years  Mr. 
Robinson  was  a  stanch  Republican,  casting  his  last  vote  on  that  ticket  for  James  A. 
Garfield  as  President,  but  since  that  time  he  has  been  a  consistent  Prohibitionist.  He 
was  converted  at  the  age  of  nineteen  and  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  at  Garden  Grove.  Always  on  the  side  of  that  which  made  for  the  uplifting 
and  improvement  of  the  community,  Mr.  Robinson  has  ever  stood  high  in  the  esteem 
and  respect  of  a  large  circle  of  friends. 

MRS.  SUSAN  BELT. — Of  Southern  lineage,  but  of  uncompromising  Union 
allegiance,  Mrs.  Susan  Belt,  an  Orange  County  pioneer  and  widow  of  James  H.  Belt, 
is  a  woman  possessed  of  great  strength  of  character  and  executive  force.  .  Her  husband, 
who  came  of  a  fine  family,  was  born  in  Johnson  County,  Ark.,  in  1840.  His  grandfather, 
Middleton  Belt,  the  founder  of  the  American  branch  of  the  family,  was'  a  native  of 
England  who  settled  in  Maryland  and  afterwards  removed  to  Tennessee,  where  he 
settled  and  reared  his  family.  The  father  of  James  H.  Belt,  Dotson.  Belt,  was  probably 
born  in  central  Tennessee,  and  his  mother.  Miss  Penelope  Laster  before  her  marriage, 
also  was  born  there.  The  parents  were  planters,  and  James  H.  followed  in  the  footsteps 
of  his  father  and  became  a  successful  cotton  grower.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War 
his  sentiments  were  strongly  with  the  Union,  and  perceiving  that  he  would  be  con- 
scripted he  left  home,  taking  his  best  horse,  started  for  the  Union  lines,  and  with  his 


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handkerchief  tied  to  the  ramrod  of  his  gun  approached  the  picket  line.  He  enlisted  in 
Company  L  of  the  Fourteenth  Kansas  Cavalry  and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
In  the  meantime  the  home  folks,  because  of  their  Union  sentiments,  suffered  terribly. 

Mrs.  Belt  recalls  some  very  exciting  incidents  that  she  underwent  also  during  those 
trying  times.  She  and  her  seventy-five-year-old  father  were  making  garden  in  the 
spring  of  1863  when  a  band  of  bushwackers  rode  up  and  began  shooting  at  them. 
Eight  shots  were  fired  at  her  father  and  little  brother,  and  the  father  was  killed  by  the 
bullets  of  the  guerillas.  Mrs.  Belt's  maiden  name  was  Susan  Brown,  the  daughter  of 
Reuben  and  Martha  (Hines)  Brown,  the  father  a  native  of  Maine  and  mother  born 
in  Tennessee.  Her  parents  settled  in  Missouri  after  their  marriage  and  the  father 
became  a  farmer  and  stockman.  Mrs.  Belt  was  born  in  Missouri,  September  10,  1844, 
the  youngest  girl  and  the  eighth  child  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  ten  children,  and 
was  three  years  old  when  her  parents  moved  to  Sebastian  County,  Ark.  She  received 
her  education  in  the  subscription  schools  of  Arkansas,  and  July  31,  1863,  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Mr.  Belt.  It  was  thought  that  the  war  was  about  over,  but  her 
husband  had  to  go  back  to  the  lines  and  was  in  several  battles  after  that.  He  was  in 
the  Western  army  and  was  honorably  discharged  after  the  close  of  the  war.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Belt  moved  on  to  eighty  acres  of  land  in  Sebastian  County,  Ark.,  given  them  by 
Mr.  Belt's  father.  He  prospered  while  there,  but  suffering  from  the  after  eflfects  of 
the  measles,  which  he  contracted  in  the  army,  and  which  as  a  result  of  taking  cold 
settled  in  his  eyes  and  on  his  lungs,  came  to  California  for  his  health  during  the  seven- 
ties, accompanied  by  his  family.  They  settled  at  Bakersfield  where  they  were  taken 
with  chills  and  fever,  and  from  there  went  into  the  mountains  near  Tehachapi  and 
remained  a  year  and  a  half.  Recovering  their  health  they  came  to  Los  Angeles  County, 
and  later  settled  in  the  vicinity  of  Santa  Ana,  where  Mr.  Belt  bought  twenty  acres  of 
raw  land  on  the  river.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Belt  became  the  parents  of  four  sons,  William, 
Joseph,  Henry  and  Jasper,  and  four  daughters,  Emma,  Cora,  Bertha  and  Maude;  of  the 
eight  children,  five  are  living.     She  has  one  granddaughter.  Fay  L,.  Sutton. 

Mrs.  Belt  is  an  interesting  conversationalist;  her  reminiscences  of  early  days,  with 
their  halo  of  romance  and  adventure,  is  an  ever  interesting  topic  of  conversation.  She 
has  a  large  circle  of  friends  by  whom  she  is  highly  esteemed,  and  her  comfortable  home 
is  noted  for  its  good  cheer  and  hospitality.  In  her  political  sentiments  she  is  a  stanch 
Republican,  and  a  member  of  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps,  while  Mr.  Belt  was  a  member 
of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

CHARLES  LORENZ.— In  the  early  period  of  Anaheim's  history,  Charles  Lorenz, 
now  deceased,  located  in  this  now  up-to-date  city  of  Orange  County,  his  advent  being 
on  October  22,  1859,  soon  after  the  town  site  was  first  laid  out.  He  was  born  in  1814, 
in  Crossen,  Germany,  but  removed  to  Berlin  while  quite  young.  He  learned  the  trade 
of  a  machinist,  and  so  thoroughly  did  he  master  the  intricacies  of  that  line  of  work 
that  he  became  an  expert,  and  to  him  belongs  the  honor  of  having  constructed  the  first 
locomotive  in  that  section  of  Germany. 

In  184S  Mr.  Lorenz  was  united  in  marriage  with  Louisa  Schidler,  the  ceremony 
being  solemnized  in  Berlin.  During  the  year  1850  he  left  Germany,  intending  to  come 
to  California,  but  after  being  on  the  sailing  vessel  about  six  months  decided  to  latid  in 
South  America,  where  he  spent  two  and  a  half  years  in  Valparaiso,  Chile,  and  five  and 
a  half  years  in  Concepcion.  While  there  they  learned  to  speak  Spanish  and  this  helped 
them  after  coming  to  California.  His  youngest  daughter,  now  Mrs.  Louisa  E.  Boege, 
was  born  in  Valparaiso  in  1852;  the  eldest  daughter,  Mrs.  Elmina  C.  Dorr,  was  born  in 
Berlin,  Germany,  in  1848.  During  the  early  part  of  1859,  Mr.  Lorenz,  accompanied  by 
his  wife  and  two  daughters,  sailed  from  Chile  for  California,  landing  at  San  Francisco, 
where  they  remained  but  a  few  months  and,  later  stopped  a  short  time  at  San  Luis 
Obispo.  In  October  of  the  same  year  he  arrived  in  Anaheim,  coming  from  San  Pedro 
with  a  twelve-mule  team,  and  he  soon  opened  the  first  blacksmith  shop  in  the  new 
town.  In  March,  1860,  he  purchased  twenty  acres  on  South  Lemon  Street,  where  he 
planted  a  vineyard  and  made  and  sold  wine.  He  helped  organize  the  German  Meth- 
odist Church  and  was  an  Odd  Fellow.  Later  on  Mr.  Lorenz  sold  all  but  one  acre  of 
his  land,  and  here  his  two  daughters  now  reside.  He  lived  to  the  advanced  age  of 
eighty-five,  his  death  occurring  in  1902,  his  wife  having  passed  away  in   1885. 

His  daughters,  Mrs.  Louis  Dorr  and  Mrs.  Henry  A.  Boege,  are  among  the  pioneer 
citizens  of  Anaheim,  having  come  here  over  sixty  years  ago.  At  that  time  the  country 
between  Anaheim  and  San  Juan  Capistrano  was  a  wilderness,  as  was  the  territory 
between  here  and  Los  Angeles. 

^      LOUIS  DORR,    a    native    of    Mecklenburg-Schwerin,    Germany,    married    Elmina. 
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young  man  to  reside  in  England  and  afterwards  went  to  Australia.  In  1862  he  arrived 
in  Anaheim,  where  he  was  engaged  as  a  bookkeeper;  he  also  owned  a  vineyard  and 
made  wine.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dorr  were  the  parents  of  seven  children,  five  of  whom  are 
living:  Louis,  the  oldest  member  of  the  family,  is  a  forest  ranger  and  resides  near 
Palmdale;  Charles  is  a  miner  at  Tonopah,  Nev.;  Agnes  and  Dorothy  are  living  at  Los 
Angeles,  where  they  conduct  a  cafeteria;  and  Arthur  is  a  mining  man  and  is  in  Mexico. 

Mr.  Dorr  passed  away  in  1895.  Mrs.  Dorr  lived  in  San  Francisco  and  in  Los 
Angeles  for  about  fifteen  years,  then  came  back  to  Anaheim  and  has  lived  here  ever 
since  and  has  been  a  witness  of  the  wonderful  growth  and  development  of  the  county. 

HENRY  A.  BOEGE  was  united  in  marriage  in  1871  with  Louisa  Emilie  Lorenz, 
the  youngest  daughter  of  Charles  Lorenz,  the  ceremony  being  performed  at  the 
Lutheran  Church,  Anaheim.  He  was  a  native  of  Schleswig-Holstein,  Germany,  and 
came  to  Anaheim  when  nineteen  years  of  age.  He  opened  a  butcher  shop  and  also  did 
teaming  and  freighting.  At  one  time  he  owned  a  vineyard  west  of  Anaheim.  Later  on 
he  superintended  the  ranch  of  his  father-in-law  and  at  one  time  was  engaged  in  street 
work  for  the  city  of  Anaheim.  His  death  occurred  in  1893.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Odd  Fellows  Lodge. 

JOSEPH  P.  desGRANGES. — Numbered  among  the  oldest  settlers  of  what  is  now 
Orange  County  and  one  of  the  few  remaining  pioneers  of  Fullerton,  who  has  become 
a  leader  in  horticultural  circles  and  is  regarded  as  an  authority  on  the  early  history 
of  Orange  County,  is  Joseph  P.  des  Granges,  the  rancher  of  East  Chapman  Avenue, 
Fullerton,  whose  philanthropic  sympathies  and  patriotic  sentiments  have  made  him 
popular  among  all  know  him.  He  was  born  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  on  June  8,  1858,  and 
with  a  brother  came  to  Anaheim  on  May  1,  1873.  Los  Angeles  was  very  primitive  at 
that  time,  the  United  States  Hotel  being  one  of  the  very  few  brick  buildings  in  the  city. 

The  des  Granges  family  are  of  old  French-Huguenot  stock.  Early  members  of  the 
family  who,  as  the  name  indicates,  were  landowners  of  France,  were  obliged  to  flee  for 
their  lives  from  their  native  land  at  the  time  of  the  revocation  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes. 
They  first  found  refuge  in  Switzerland,  but  later  settled  in  Prussia,  where  the  family 
thrived  in  their  new  surroundings.  Otto  des  Granges,  the  father  of  our  subject,  was 
a  university  man  and  a  civil  engineer  by  profession.  Locating  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  he 
becarne  extensively  interested  in  manufacturing,  establishing  an  iron  manufacturing 
plant.     His  wife  was  in  maidenhood  Miss  Josephine  Harff. 

As  early  as  1871  Otto  des  Granges  came  to  San  Francisco,  soon  afterwards  coming 
down  to  what  is  now  Fullerton,  then  in  Los  Angeles  County.  Here  he  purchased  eighty 
acres  of  raw  land,  and  with  the  help  of  his  son  improved  it  and  brought  it  to  a  high 
state  of  cultivation,  and  here  the  parents  resided  until  their  demise,  the  father  at  the 
age  of  ninety,  the  mother  surviving  until  1914,  when  she  passed  away  at  the  age  of 
eighty-six.  Of  their  family  of  four  children,  Joseph  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth,  and 
he  was  fortunate  in  receiving  a  good  schooling  during  the  residence  of  the  family  in 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  before  their  migration  to  California. 

Joseph  was  only  fourteen  years  of  age  when  he  began  to  assist  his  father  in  the 
development  of  their  California  ranch,  and  very  naturally  he  learned  a  good  deal  for  a 
boy  of  his  age.  The  land  was  in  its  primitive  state,  covered  with  sunflowers  and 
mustard  of  an  unusual  height,  and  they  truly  found  here  in  the  West  a  wild,  open 
country,  with  plenty  of  elbow  room.  They  raised  barley  and  other  grains,  and  later 
established  a  system  of  irrigation.  That  the  best  obtainable  in  irrigating  facilities  were 
eventually  theirs  may  be  inferred  when  it  is  known  that  Joseph  des  Granges  was 
instrumental  in  having  Anaheim  equipped  with  the  modern  electric  light  system  when 
Los  Angeles  was  the  only  other  city  in  this  locality  so  favored.  The  first  light  plant 
which  he  constructed  was  a  great  success,  and  this  was  followed  by  others.  Mr.  des 
Granges  also  built  and  established  a  grist  mill  at  Anaheim,  in  fact,  he  conducted  a  feed 
mill  and  store  there  for  about  ten  years,  and  thus  early  played  an  important  part  in  the 
mercantile  world. 

Having  continued  his  ranching  ventures,  Mr.  des  Granges  owns  at  present  twenty 
acres  of  the  original  tract,  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges  and  walnuts,  and  he  markets, 
his  oranges  through  the  Placentia  Orange  Growers  Association.  This  year  he  also' 
picked  some  four  and  a  half  tons  of  the  finest  Japanese  persimmons  in  the  county 
from  young  trees  just  coming  into  bearing.  He  exhibited  them  at  the  University  of 
California  Fruit  Exhibition  and  received  the  second  prize. 

On  March  23,  1904,  Mr.  des  Granges  was  married  to  Miss  Genevra  Estabrooks, 
the  daughter  of  George  Melvin  and  Eliza  B.  (Paige)  Estabrooks,  born  in  New  Bruns- 
wick and  Maine,  respectively.  The  father  was  an  expert  millwright  in  the  construction 
of  water-power  mills,  and  he  removed  to  Stillwater,  Minn.,  where  he  followed  his  trade; 
both  he  and  his  wife  passed  away  there.     Of  their  three  children,  Mrs.  des  Granges 


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was  the  youngest;  after  her  graduation  from  the  Stillwater  high  f^^°°l^\h^^;S'rton 
teaching  in  the  public  schools,  as  well  as  teaching  music^  In  1900  ^^^"'"^^^"i^"^  "^"^ 
where  she  has  since  made  her  home.  A  cultured  and  refined  ^°'"^"' .^J^^^.f^f disoense 
fully  over  her  husband's  home,  where  they  entertam  their  many  friends  and  dispense 
a  true,  old-time  California  hospitality.  One  child  has  blessed  this  umon  Josephine 
who  attends  the  Fullerton  high  school.  By  a  former  marriage,  Mr.  des  Oranges  has  a 
son,  Harry  E.,  who  has  a  battery  and  ignition  works  at  Los  ^atos. 

Mr.  des  Granges  has  seen  many  changes  since  coming  to  this  region  m  1»/J.  in 
fact  the  most  optimistic  resident  of  those  days  could  not  have  conceived  the  wonderful 
transformation  that  has  taken  place,  with  the  increase  in  larid  values  from  fifteen  and 
twenty  dollars  an  acre  to  $5,000  to  $6,000.  It  is  to  men  like  Mr.  des  Granges,  who 
were  not  afraid  to  venture  and  work,  that  Orange  County  owes  much  of  its  present 
development  and  greatness,  so  in  this  section  he  is  indeed  a  pioneer  of  pioneers. 

CHARLES  O.  RUST.— A  "captain  of  industry"  who  contributed  something 
definite  and  important  to  the  development  of  the  commercial  interests  of  Southern 
California,  is  the  late  Charles  O.  Rust,  who  was  vice-president  of  the  Wickersheim  Im- 
plement Company  of  Fullerton,  who  resided  on  his  ranch  at  619  North  Palm  Street, 
Anaheim.  He  was  born  at  Crescent  City,  then  in  Mendocino,  now  in  Del  Norte  County, 
Cal.,  on  November  26,  1858,  the  son  of  Carl  F.  Rust,  who  had  married  Miss  Sophia 
Horn,  like  himself  a  native  of  Germany.  His  father  came  to  California  in  pioneer  days 
and  located  in  that  part  of  Mendocino  County,  where  he  busied  himself  transporting  on 
the  backs  of  burros  those  supplies  so  much  needed  by  miners,  and  which  had  to  be 
brought  from  Crescent  City.  Later  he  was  in  the  general  merchandise  business  in 
that  town,  and  only  in  1861  succeeded  in  getting  south  to  locate  in  Anaheim.  He  was 
one  of  the  original  colonists  and  purchased  forty  acres  of  land  on  North  Palm  Street, 
where  he  had  a  vineyard  set  out  and  as  soon  as  they  began  bearing  he  located  on  his 
ranch  in  1861,  and  began  the  making  of  wine  from  his  vineyard,  but  he  was  not  allowed 
to  long  enjoy  the  fruits  of  his  labors  for  in  1868  he  passed  to  his  eternal  reward.  He 
was  a  tanner  by  trade,  and  had  the  repute  of  having  established  the  first  tannery  in 
Los  Angeles,  now  Orange  County,  setting  it  up  on  his  home  ranch.  He  bought  the 
hides  from  the  Spanish,  had  ten  vats  sunk  into  the  ground,  and  from  the  neighboring 
mountains  brought  the  oak  bark  for  tanning.  Two  children  were  born  to  this  worthy 
couple — one  being  Chas.  O.,  our  subject,  and  the  other  a  daughter,  now  Mrs.  A.  S. 
Browning,  of  Los  Angeles,  who  was  born  on  the  old  ranch  at  Anaheim. 

Educated  in  the  schools  at  Anaheim,  the  first  teacher  Charles  had  was  Professor 
Kuelp,  although  afterward  he  went  to  a  school  in  Anaheim  taught  by  the  late  J.  M. 
Guinn,  the  historian.  He  finished  his  studies  in  Los  Angeles  and  San  Francisco,  and 
in  1878  returned  to  the  ranch  at  Anaheim.  During  his  forty  years'  residence  there  he 
made  much  of  the  best  wine  and  brandy  for  which  Orange  County  was  noted.  After 
the  grape  disease  killed  the  vines  he  set  the  ranch  out  to  oranges  and  walnuts.  The 
greater  part  of  the  twenty  acres  is  now  in  full-bearing  Valencia  oranges  and  walnuts, 
all  of  which  trees  were  planted  by  him.  The  mammoth  sycamore  trees  on  the  place, 
however,  were  set  out  by  his  father,  and  are  today  a  beautiful  memorial  of  the  old 
pioneer.  Mr.  Rust  owned  other  valuable  real  estate  in  the  county,  including  a  fine 
orange  grove  of  twenty  acres  one  mile  west  of  Fullerton  and  he  also  owned  valuable 
property  in  Los  Angeles.  He  helped  to  organize  the  Anaheim  Citrus  Fruit  Associa- 
tion^ and  served  on  its  board  of  directors.  He  was  also  a  director  in  the  Orange 
Growers  Exchange  of  Orange  County  and  as  stated  above  was  vice-president  of  the 
Wickersheim  Implement  Company. 

When  Mr.  Rust  married,  he  chose  for  his-wife.  Miss  Kate  Snedaker,  a  pative  of 
Iowa,  born  near  Guthrie  Center.  Her  father  was  Samuel  Blair  Snedaker,  who  was  born 
near  Great  Bend,  Pa.,  in  1811,  descended  from  old" Knickerbocker  stock,  the  ancestors 
having  immigrated  from  Holland  to  New  York  in  1632,  locating  in  what  is  now  Flat- 
bush,  Brooklyn.  Some  of  the  ancestors  on  the  Snedaker  side  were  in  the  Colonial  and 
Revolutionary  wars,  while  Samuel  B.  Snedaker's  mother  was  a  native  of  En-^land  He 
was  reared  on  farms  at  Clyde  and  Lyons,  N.  Y.  After  his  first  wife  died  he  removed 
to  Cincmnati,  Ohio,  where  he  became  captain  of  a  packet  boat  running  on  the  Ohrind 
M,ss,ss,„n,  r,v..«  t.   M„„,  n.,..„„      i„   New  Orleans  he  was  marri^ed  a  second  time 


in  1862,  he  brought  his  family  across  the  pla  ns  in  a  train  ofs.v.,  '  'r^'  ^"='' 

the  Indian  troubles  they  reached  California  slfel^  and  he  was  for  a  ^'T""'  ^^  .'"'''  °^ 
hotel  business  at  San  Andreas,  Calaveras  County  In  m^f  hi  f  J  ,^"?*^ed  in  the 
children.     He  finally  located  in  San  Fra^^i^rl^hei-hfiS'Lgi^l^StTniS: 


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business  until  he  retired,  coming  to  Anaheim  in  1881,  where  he  spent  his  last  days  in 
tne  home  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Rust,  passing  away  in  1897.  Mrs.  Rust  was  the  young- 
est child  and  received  her  education  in  San  Francisco.  After  graduating  from  the 
Rincon  school  she  was  engaged  in  teaching  in  Calaveras  County  for  two  years,  until 
1881,  when  she  came  to  Anaheim  with  her  father  and  sister  and  here  she  met  and 
married  Mr.  Rust.  Their  union  was  blessed  with  two  children.  Percy  was  educated 
at  Belmont  Military  Academy  and  is  married  to  Ruth  J.  Hauser;  they  have  two 
children,  Ruth  Jacquelin  and  Chas.  Warren.  ,  Elsa  is  a  graduate  of  Marlborough  School, 
Los  Angeles,  and  Columbia  University,  New  York,  receiving  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Science  degree  from  the  latter  institution. 

The  family  are  members  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  For  twenty  years  Mr.  Rust 
was  a  trustee  of  the  town  of  Anaheim,  and  for  most  of  the  time  served  as  mayor,  or 
chairman  of  the  board  and  during  his  service  marked  the  beginning  of  public  improve- 
-  ment  in  Anaheim,  which  has  resulted  in  making  it  the  beautiful  and  modern  city  it  is 
today.  He  also  served  for  many  years  on  the  school  board;  was  a  director  of  the 
Anaheim  Union  Water  Conjpany;  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade  of  Anaheim,  and 
also  of  the  Mother  Colony  Club.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge  No. 
1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks.  Politically  he  was  a  stanch  Republican.  He  passed  away  in  Oak- 
land, where  he  and  Mrs.  Rust  had  gone  for  the  cool  climate  of  summer,  on  October  7, 
1920,  mourned  by  his  family  and  friends.  In  his  death  Orange  County  and  Anaheim 
lost  one  of  its  best  citizens  and  upbuilders.  Since  his  death  Mrs.  Rust  resides  at  the 
old  home  and  aided  by  her  children  looks  after  the  affairs  left  by  her  husband. 

JOSEPH  P.  MOODY.— The  ranch  and  residence  of  Joseph  P.  Moody  are  situated 
one  mile  west  and  north  of  Cypress,  in  Orange  County,  Cal.  Mr.  Moody  is  one  of  the 
well-known  and  highly  respected  stock  and  poultry  men  in  his  section,  and  has  been 
engaged  in  the  poultry  business  since  1914.  His  thirty-one  acre  ranch  is  well  tilled  and 
highly  productive,  and  his  poultry  stock  consists  of  about  700  single-comb  White 
Leghorns  of  the  best  laying  strain.  His  poultry  house,  118x20  feet,  has  a  cement 
floor  and  is  up  to  date  in  every  way;  he  pumps  his  water  and  grinds  his  feed  by 
electricity.  Twenty-three  acres  of  his  ranch  are  in  alfalfa  and  a  good  family  orchard. 
He  has  resided  in  Orange  County  and  on  his  present  ranch  since  1896,  and  has  been  an 
active  and  progressive  rancher  from  the  first,  buying  his  land  when  it  was  in  almost  a 
wholly  unimproved  state  and  bringing  it  up  to  its  present  state  of  productiveness. 

Mr.  Moody  was  born  in  Carthage,  Ohio,  November  20,  1848,  and  is  the  son  ol 
Henry  and  Nancy  Moody,  natives  of  Kentucky  and  Ohio,  respectively.  The  father 
crossed  the  plains  with  others  in  the  memorable  year  of  '49,  making  the  journey  over- 
land without  serious  mishap  in  about  five  months.  In  1850  he  returned  to  his  family  in 
Ohio,  and  in  1852  made  his  second  trip  to  California,  this  time  by  water  via  the  Isthmus, 
and  accompanied  by  his  wife  and  two  children.  When  within  one  day  of  landing  at 
San  Francisco  his  wife  died  and  was  buried  at  sea,  June  5,  1852.  He  again  engaged 
in  the  occupation  of  mining,  as  he/  had  done  upon  his  previous  visit  to  the  state,  and 
continued  the  occupation  several  years.  In  course  of  time  he  married  Mrs.  Murphy, 
by  whom  he  had  two  children;  Stephen  H.  and  Mary,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Brewster.  He 
died   in    1894. 

Joseph  P.  Moody  was  three  and  a  half  years  old  when  his  mother  died  at  sea,  and 
he  was  reared  by  Mrs.  Catherine  Alderman  of  Grass  Valley,  Nevada  County,  Cal.,  a 
,  most  worthy  woman.  Because  of  surrounding  conditions  Joseph's  early  education  was 
somewhat  neglected,  nevertheless  he  acquired  a  practical  training  for  business  purposes, 
and  is  a  self-made  man  both  from  a  business  and  educational  standpoint.  While  his 
younger  life  was  spent  in  agricultural  pursuits  he  did  little  manual  labor,  always  taking 
up  some  pursuit  in  which  he  had  the  oversight  and  direction  of/  others.  He  engaged 
extensively  in  the  sheep-raising  industry,  having  as  many  as  2,500  sheep  in  one  flock, 
and  in  ranching  near  Paso  Robles,  San  Luis  Obispo  County. 

His  marriage  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  in  1872,  united  his  destiny  with  that  of  Miss  Martha 
McClary  of  that  city,  and  of  their  union  ten  children  were  born,  namely:  Charles  E., 
William  H.,  Lottie  J.,  Mary  E.,  Arthur  J.,  Joseph  E.,  Grace  J.,  Earl  J.,  Harriet  N.  and 
Clara  M.  Joseph  E.  is  a  minister  in  the  Christian  Church,  and  has  been  a  successful 
missionary  in  India  for  five  years.  Mrs.  Moody  died,  aged  forty-four  in  September,  1892, 
and  Mr.  Moody  again  entered  the  state  of  matrimony  in  August  30,  1893,  being  united 
with  Miss  Elizabeth  Alderman.  A  daughter,  Catherine  G.  by  name,  was  born  of  this 
union.  Mrs.  Moody  is  a  native  of  Grass  Valley,  Cal.  She  was  born  on  May  23,  1852, 
and  is  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Catherine  Alderman,  early  California  pioneers  who 
came  to  the  state  about  the  time  that  Mr.  Moody  came,  and.  ran  a  dairy  ranch  in 
Nevada  County.  Of  the  nine  children  in  the  Alderman  paternal  home,  seven  are 
living.  In  their  church  associations  Mr.  Moody  and  his  family  are  members  of  the 
Christian  Church. 


302  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

RICHARD  W.  JONES. — Closely  connected  with  the  commercial,  political,  horti- 
cultural and  humanitarian  undertakings  of  Orange  County  for  the  past  thirty-six  years, 
Richard  W.  Jones  is  one  of  the  "old-timers"  who  has  seen  the  wonderful  transformation 
of  Southern  California  from  a  sparsely  settled  section  to  a  district  that  is  not  equalled 
by  any  in  the  entire  state.  A  native  of  Wales,  he  was  born  at  Carnavonshire,  on  October 
30,  1854,  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  Jones,  both  natives  of  that  country  and  where  the 
last  days  of  their  lives  were  spent.  Orphaned  early  in  life,  his  mother  dying  when  he 
was  but  one  year  old  and  his  father  four  years  later,  the  lad  was  reared  by  his  grand- 
parents until  he  was  eleven,  when  he  was  thrown  upon  his  own  resources.  He  worked 
upon  farms  in  his  native  land  until  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age,  when  he  went  to 
Liverpool,  and  then,  in  1878,  decided  to  try  his  fortune  in  America.  Arriving  here  he 
went  to  Columbia  County,  Wis.,  and  there  followed  farming  for  six  years,  coming  to 
California  and  to  what  is  now  Orange  County  in  1884.  One  year  later  he  became  a 
foreman  on  the  David  Hewes  ranch  at  El  Modena  and  after  he  had  demonstrated  his 
ability  to  look  after  such  a  large  property  and  bring  it  to  a  high  state  of  development, 
he  was  made  manager,  remaining  on  the  place  for  twenty  years  and  having  a  great 
deal  to  do  with  its  early  improvement  and  development  as  the  years  passed.  He  had  the 
entire  confidence  of  Mr.  Hewes,  who  approved  his  methods  of  planting,  harvesting  and 
marketing  the  products  of  the  great  ranch.  This  ranch  was  once  a  sheep  range  of  800 
acres,  which  Mr.  Hewes  bought  in  1880  for  from  $20  to  $30  per  acre,  and  then  set 
about  to  make  it  one  of  the  beauty  spots  of  the  state  by  spending  thousands  of  dollars 
on  Hewes  Park  and  in  carrying  on  the  most  up-to-date  methods  of  ranching.  It  is 
conceded  by  those  who  know  that  Mr.  Jones  was  the  genius  who  perfected  the  plans 
and  superintended  the  work  and  gave  the  impetus  to  its  popularity. 

While  employed  by  Mr.  Hewes,  Mr.  Jones  had  bought  a  ranch  of  thirty  acres  in 
El  Modena  precinct  and  begun  its  development;  this  land  he  added  to  until  he  now  owns 
forty-six  acres,  thirty  of  which  is  fully  improved  and  brings  in  handsome  returns.  On 
his  ranch  he  erected  an  attractive  house,  the  green  foliage  of  the  foothills  forming  a 
picturesque  background  for  its  white  exterior,  making  a  beautiful  setting  for  the 
residence.  The  land  lies  in  a  sheltered  cove,  in  what  is  known  as  the  "frostless  belt," 
making  it  one  of  the  best  locations  for  a  citrus  grove  in  this  section  of  the  county. 
Here,  with  the  aid  of  his  son,  Marion  E.,  he  is  carrying  on  horticultural  pursuits  that 
bring  in  handsome  yearly  returns  and  enables  him  to   enjoy  life   to  its   full. 

On  June  20,  1895,  at  McPherson,  R.  W.  Jones  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Clara  J.  McPherson,  a  member  of  a  Scotch  family  tracing  their  lineage  in  America 
back  to  the  sixteenth  century.  Her  father,  William  Gregg  McPherson,  migrated  from 
Illinois  to  California  in  1859,  crossing  the  plains,  with  ox  teams,  and  after  his  arrival 
he  engaged  in  mining  near  Downieville,  meeting  with  more  than  ordinary  success.  He 
then  returned  to  Chicago  and  married  his  first  wife,  Miss  Harriet  Crowell,  and  four 
children  were  born  of  that  union:  Edwin  H.,  William  Gregg,  Clara  J.,  Mrs.  Jones,  and 
Frederick;  Mrs.  Jones'now  being  the  only  survivor. 

Returning  to  California  Mr.  McPherson  lived  at  San  Jose,  and  there  his  daughter 
was  born,  and  while  there  he  found  the  m_ost  profitable  employment  he  could  find  was 
teaching  school.  From  San  Jose  he  moved  to  Westminster  in  1871,  in  order  that  his 
growing  family  might  have  the  advantages  of  school  and  church  in  the  new  Presby- 
terian colony.  In  1873  he  bought  forty  acres  at  McPherson,  named  in  honor  of  the 
colony  of  McPherson  relatives,  of  whom  there  were  over  fifty  at  one  time,  and  while 
he  was  developing  his  property  he  employed  his  talents  as  a  teacher  and  thus  endeared 
himself  to  many  of  the  young  men  and  women  of  the  locality  who  received  instruction 
from  him.  During  his  residence  at  McPherson  he  was  the  magnet  that  drew  many 
emigrants  from  the  East  to  California,  and  not  a  few  settled  here  in  Orange  County. 
He  was  a  man  of  much  public  spirit,  desirous  of  doing  good  in  order  that  good  might 
be  accomplished.  He  passed  to  his  reward  in  1908,  deeply  mourned  by  all  who  had 
known  him.     Mrs.  Jones'  mother  died  in  1876. 

A  native  daughter  of  the  Golden  State,  Mrs.  Jones  is  deeply  interested  in  all  move- 
ments for  its  upbuilding,  is  a  woman  of  unusual  attainments,  and  has  been  a  true  help- 
mate to  her  husband  in  the  highest  sense.  She  is  one  of  the  foremost  women  of  the 
county,  has  given  freely  of  her  time  and  talents  to  uplift  work  and  humanitarian  move- 
ments, and  her  influence  and  kindly  deeds  have  been  known  far  beyond  the  confines  of 
her  home  environment.  She  was  a  leader  in  club  circles,  and  in  church  and  charitable 
enterprises  is  known  throughout  Orange  County,  and  in  fact  the  entire  state  of 
California.  She  is  president  of  Orange  County  Sunday  School  Association,  and  one  of 
the  officers  of  the  Los  Angeles  Presbyterial,  and  has  been  a  delegate  to  the  national 
conventions. 


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Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jones  have  been  active  in  the  many  cooperative  enterprises  that  have 
had  such  a  direct  bearing  on  the  rapid  growth  of  this  district,  and  have  ever  lent  a 
helping  hand  to  every  project  designed  to  assist  and  enhance  the  public  welfare.  They 
became  the  parents  of  two  children,  only  one  of  whom,  Marioui  E.,  reached  maturity. 
He  is  married  to  Elva  May,  and  they  reside  upon  the  home  ranch  and  assist  in  its 
management.  For  thirteen  years  Mr.  Jones  served  as  a  trustee  of  the  Orange  Union 
High  School;  for  twelve  years  he  was  a  director  in  the  John  T.  Carpenter  Water 
Company;  and  he  is  a  director  in  the  Orange  County  Mutual  Insurance  Company,  the 
National  Bank  of  Orange,  the  McPherson  Heights  Citrus  Association  and  the  Orange 
County  Fruit  Exchange.  In  political  matters  he  is  a  Republican  and  believes  in  pro- 
gressive movements  for  the  salvation  of  the  country,  for  ours  is  an  age  of  advancement 
along  every  line  of  endeavor. 

WILLIAM  M.  McFADDEN.— The  name  of  William  M.  McFadden  is  worthy  of 
enrollment  among  the  very  early  settlers  of  Orange  County  who  foresaw  its  great 
possibilities  and  put  their  shoulder  to  the  wheel  to  develop  the  opportunities  by  which 
they  were  surrounded.  A  pioneer  of  California  who  came  hither  by  way  of  Panama, 
and  for  twenty  years  an  educator  in  its  schools,  he  was  one  of  that  sturdy  band  of  men 
who  pushed  westward  to  aid  in  the  development  of  our  wonderful  state  and  at  the 
same  time  to  find  greater  opportunities  for  themselves  than  were  to  be  had  in  the 
more  populous  East;  and  in  enduring  the  privations  to  be  found  in  a  newer  civilization, 
and  each  doing  his  bit  to  build  up  whatever  portion  of  the  state  they  cast  their  lot  with, 
these  men  have  builded  even  better  than  they  knew,  and  California  today  stands  ready 
with  all  praise  for  their  unselfish  strivings. 

William  M.  McFadden  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  on  February  19,  1842,  and 
was  a  graduate  of  the  West  Pittsburgh  high  school  and  the  Curry  Normal  Institute, 
as  well  as  the  Beaver  Academy,  at  Beaver,  Pa.,  and  later,  the  commercial  department 
of  Wellborn  College  at  Louisville,  Ky.  During  much  of  this  time,  he  paid  his  own 
tuition,  with  money  which  he  had  earned  thiough  teaching  school,  and  this  circum- 
stance alone  affords  a  key  to  at  least  one  side,  and  a  very  important  one  at  that,  of 
his  mental  and  moral  make-up  as  a  prospective  pioneer  and  pathmaker. 

In  1863,  the  young  school  teacher  came  to  California,  and  for  four  and  a  half 
years  he  taught  in  the  Alameda  County  district  schools.  Then,  in  1868,  he  came  to 
Southern  California,  and  continued  teaching  in  Los  Angeles  County,  living  for  eleven 
years  at  what  was  then  called  North  Anaheim,  now  Placentia,  while  he  kept  school  at 
what  was  known  as  Upper  Santa  Ana.  During  a  portion  of  that  time  he  served  as 
superintendent  of  schools  of  Los  Angeles  County,  where  he  was  also  a  member  of  the 
board  of  education  for  two  years,  the  second  year  serving  as  president  of  the  board; 
and  later  he  was  president  of  the  high  school  board  of  Fullerton,  and  superintendent 
of  construction  of  the  first  high  school  building  in  the  county,  erected  in  Fullerton. 

In  January,  1869,  Mr.  McFadden  became  interested  in  horticulture,  and  purchased 
ninety-two  acres  from  the  Stearns  Rancho  Company,  which  he  set  out  to  oranges  and 
walnuts;  later,  as  the  trees  began  to  bear,  shipping  yearly  about  twenty-three  carloads 
of  oranges  and  two  carloads  of  walnuts.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to  raise  oranges  and 
walnuts  here  after  the  development  of  water,  and  was  rather  naturally  one  of  the  origi- 
nators of  the  Fullerton  Walnut  Growers  Association,  which  in  turn  levied  upon  him 
for  its  president  for  years.  He  was  the  second  man  to  grow  oranges  in  the  Placentia 
district,  and  one  of  five  shippers  who  organized  the  Southern  California  Orange  Ex- 
change. When  he  started  his  orange  culture  in  the  Placentia  district,  Mr.  McFadden 
secured  oranges  from  Mexico,  and  the  seeds  of  these  were  planted  in  seed  beds  and 
watered  from  well  water;  the  plants  were  then  budded  to  Australian  Navels  and  later 
to  Washington  Navels. 

Among  other  important  development  projects,  Mr.  McFadden  was  one  of  the 
original  promoters  of  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  the  other  man  associated 
with  him  being  R.  H.  Oilman,  J.  W.  Shanklin,  Wm.  Crowthers,  J.  B.  Pierce,  P.  Hansen, 
and  Henry  Hetebrink.  The  building  of  this  ditch  was  an  important  event  in  Mr.  Mc- 
Fadden's  life-work,  and  has  been  a  decided  factor  in  the  further  development  of  the 
county,  for  these  pioneer  irrigation  projects  laid  the  foundation  for  the  present  intensive 
cultivation  everywhere  to  be  seen  throughout  the  county.  In  this  company  Mr.  Mc- 
Fadden served  as  president,  and  was  also  for  years  a  director;  and  he  was  one  of  the 
organizers,  secretary  and  director  of  the  Cajon  Irrigation  Company,  later  merged  into 
the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company.  He  was  intensely  interested  in  every  project  that 
had  for  its  aim  the  development  of  the  county;  and  as  an  enthusiastic  advocate  of 
popular  education,  he  built  with  his  own  money  the  first  school  house  at  Placentia,  in 
what  was  then  called  the  El  Cajon  district,  and  served  on  the  school  board  for  years. 

Mr.  McFadden  was  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  National  Convention  at  Kansas 
City  when  Bryan  was  nominated,  and  he  was  also  a  member  of  the  notification  com- 


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mittee — a  reasonable  honor,  considering  that  he  was  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  organ- 
izing Orange  County,  as  he  became  among  its  most  philanthropic  citizens. 

At  Alameda,  in  1866,  Mr.  McFadden  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Jane  Earl,  who 
had  come  to  California  via  Panama  when  she  was  eighteen,  and  had  already  taught 
school  for  two  years.  She  had  eight  children,  all  but  one  of  whom  were  born  in  the 
Placentia  district  in  Los  Angeles  County.  Those  still  living  are  Carrie  E.,  now  Mrs. 
Herbert  A.  Ford,  Clarence,  Thomas,  Ralph  and  Robert.  Will  E.  died  in  1912,  aged 
thirty-nine,  leaving  a  wife  and  a  daughter.  The  others,  a  boy  and  a  girl,  died  in  1875. 
This  relation  of  the  birth  of  the  children  to  Placentia  district  is  of  more  interest  when 
it  is  recalled  that  it  was  Mrs.  McFadden  who  gave  it  the  name  of  Placentia,  in  which 
district  she  came  to  be  a  charter  member  of  the  Placentia  Round  Table,  the  woman's 
club.  This  organization  erected  the  first  woman's  club  house  in  all  Orange  County. 
She  was  very  active  in  all  forward  movements,  and  participated  eagerly  in  whatever 
contributed  to  the  upbuilding  of  society  as  well  as  the  building  up  of  the  nearby  places; 
and  she  lived  to  witness  much  of  the  wonderful  development  of  Southern  California. 
She  died  on  August  18,  1908,  at  Fullerton,  six  years  after  Mr.  McFadden,  on  July  21  and 
in  the  same  town,  had  passed  away,  honored  in  particular  by  the  Masons,  whose 
ancient  fraternity  he  had  joined  as  a  member  of  the  San  Francisco  lodge,  later  demitting 
to  Anaheim  Lodge;  he  instituted  and  was  the  first  master  of  Fullerton  Lodge.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  the  Chapter  and  Commandery  in  Santa  Ana.  Mrs.  McFadden 
was  the  first  matron  of  the  Eastern  Star  Chapter  at  Fullerton. 

MRS.  MARIE  EUGENIA  DAGUERRE.— The  beautiful  family  life  of  France 
perhaps  find  its  fullest  expression  in  that  picturesque  mountain  district,  known  as  the 
Basses-Pyrenees,  and  in  this  wonderful,  healthful  climate  the  children  are  reared  with 
exceptional  care,  and  especially  is  the  highest  standard  of  morals  established,  and  thus 
the  honor  of  the  family  altar  is  kept  sacred.  Here  in  this  corner  of  Sunny  France,  not 
far  from  the  border  of  Spain,  was  the  birthplace  of  Mrs.  Marie  Eugenia  Daguerre,  the 
owner  of  a  third  interest  in  the  great  Moulton  ranch  at  El  Toro.  Born  at  St.  Pierre 
de  Yrube,  near  the  famous  old  fortified  city  of  Bayonne,  Mrs.  Daguerre  before  her 
marriage  was  Maria  Eugenia  Duguet,  her  parents  being  Baptista  and  Elizabeth  (Uris- 
buru)  Duguet,  who  were  farmers  for  many  years  in  that  part  of  France.  The  fourth 
of  a  family  of  six  children,  Mrs.  Daguerre  is  the  only  one  living  and  the  only  one  to 
come  to  America.  She  was  educated  in  the  convent  at  St.  Pierre  de  Yrube,  and  in  1874 
sailed  from  Havre  with  the  Amestoy  family,  landing  at  New  York,  They  continued  on 
to  San  Francisco  and  then  to  San  Pedro  by  boat,  reaching  Los  Angeles,  June  24,  1874, 
and  located  on  a  large  ranch  at  Rosecranz,  now  Gardena.  Here  Mrs.  Daguerre  con- 
tinued to  make  her  home  with  the  Amestoys  until  her  marriage,  at  the  Amestoy  resi- 
dence, to  Jean  Pierre  Daguerre  on  October  7,  1886. 

Mr.  Daguerre  was  also  a  native  of  Basses-Pyrenees,  Hasparren  having  been  his 
birthplace,  and  he  came  over  on  the  same  boat  as  Mrs.  Daguerre,  being  eighteen  years 
of  age  at  the  time.  Here  he  was  employed  with  the  Amestbys  in  the  care  of  their 
stock,  so  became  thoroughly  experienced  in  this  work,  continuing  with  them  for  eight 
years,  when  he  resigned  to  begin  stock  raising  on  his  own  account.  Making  his  way 
to  San  Juan  Capistrano  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Don  Marco  Forster  as  sheep 
growers.  After  his  mari-iage  Mr.  Daguerre  and  his  wife  went  to  El  Toro,  where  he 
continued  actively  in  the  sheep  business  for  several  years.  After  dissolving  partnership 
with  Don  Marco  Forster,  Mr.  Daguerre  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  Lewis  F. 
Moulton  on  his  extensive  ranch  of  22,000  acres,  the  business  being  conducted  under  the 
name  of  Lewis  F.  Moulton  arid  Company.  The  partners  met  with  phenomenal  success, 
and  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Daguerre  on  May  5,  1911,  Mrs.  Daguerre,  who  had  been  a 
true  helpmate  in  sharing  the  business  responsibilities  of  her  husband,  continued  in  the 
partnership,  and  still  owns  a  third  interest  in  the  ranch.  The  Moulton  ranch  is  one 
of  the  largest  and  most  profitable  in  Southern  California,  and  upwards  of  fifteen  tenants 
are  engaged  iri  raising  beans,  grain  and  hay  on  its  extensive  acreage.  In  addition  the 
Moulton  Companj^  is  engaged  in  raising  beef  cattle  on  an  immense  scale,  their  herd  of 
high-grade  Dufhams  being  one  of  the  finest  in   the   county. 

Mi",  and  Mrs.  Dagueri-e  were  blessed  with  six  children,  the  two  younger  of  whom 
passed  away  in  infancy.  -Domingo  Joseph,  who  after  the  death  of  his  father  assisted 
Mr.  Moulton  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  aflEairs  of  the  company,  was  a, well,  liked 
and  popular  young  man  displaying  splendid  traits  of  character  and  much  ability,  when 
his  promising  Career  vvas  cut  short  by  influenza,  January  11,  1919,  at  the -age  of  thirty- 
otte;  the  three  daughters  are  Juanifa,  Grace' and  Josephine.  - 

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h'er  three^loving  daughters,  wh.osho.vver  oil  her  their  aflfectionate  care  and.  devotion,,  and 
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land,  Mrs.  Daguerre  has  never  had  cause  to  regret  her  choice  in  establishing  a  home  in 
this  beautiful  Southland,  whose  resources  rival  that  of  any  other  country.  The  family 
take  an  active  part  in  civic  matters  and  are  strong  protectionists  and  Republicans. 
They  are  liberal  and  enterprising  and  give  their  aid  to  all  matters  that  have  for  their 
aim  the  upbuilding  of  the  county  and  the  enhancing  of  the  comfort  and  happiness  of 
its  citizens. 

MRS.  WYRAM  L.  KNOWLTON.— More  than  one  romantic  chapter  in  the  his- 
tory of  California  is  recalled  by  the  records  of  Mrs.  Wyram  L,.  Knowlton  and  her 
interesting  family.  She  was  born  in  Yorba,  Los  Angeles  County,  in  18S9,  the  daughter 
of  Ramon  H.  and  Concepcion  (Bustamente)  Aguilar,  and  was  named  Nicanora.  Her 
father  was  a  native  of  Spain,  born  in  1801,  and  the  son  of  Jose  M.  and  Dolores  (Villa- 
viciencio)  Aguilar,  who  left  his  native  land  when  Ramon  was  a  baby  and  settled  on  a 
grant  of  land  in  Lower  California.  The  father  of  Jose  M.  was  tailor  to  the  King  of 
Spain  and  he  was  given  a  large  grant  of  land  in  Lower  California  for  his  fidelity,  and 
this  was  in  turn  handed  down  to  his  children  at  his  death,  Jose  M.  being  given  the 
Guadalupe  grant  as  his  portion.  The  ancestors  of  the  family  were  among  those  who 
assisted  the  padres  in  founding  the  early  missions  and  they  later  returned  to  Spain,  but 
eventually  settled  in  Lower  California,  from  which  place  members  of  the  family  mi- 
grated to  California  and  helped  to  lay  the  foundation  for  our  present  commonwealth. 
Jose  M.  Aguilar  was  a  man  of  wealth,  as  it  was  counted  in  those  days,  and  he.  spent 
liberally  of  his  means  to  uplift  the  native  Indians,  an  ambition  that  was  always  upper- 
most in  his  soul.     He  died  when  Ramon  H.  was  a  small  child. 

Ramon  Aguilar  lived  in  Lower  California  until  1827,  when  he  migrated  to   Cali- 

•  fornia  and  here  he  was  married  to  a  native  daughter  of  the  West,  and  by  her  had  fifteen 

children,  all  born  in  California,  and  nine  of  them  grew  to  years  of  maturity.     Those 

still  living  are   Mrs.   Nicanora  Knowlton,   Mrs.   T.  A.   Darling,   Mrs.   Edward   Crowe, 

R.  F.  Aguilar  and  Mrs.   Herman   Fesenfeldt. 

Nicanora  Aguilar  was  united  in  marriage  in  1896,  in  Orange  County,  with  Wyram 
L.  Knowlton,  a  native  of  Wisconsin,  born  at  Castle  Rock  on  December  4,  1853.  He  was 
educated  in  Wisconsin  and  lived  in  Iowa  for  some  years  and  migrated  to  California  in 
1889.  He  became  the  owner  of  considerable  land  in  Orange  County,  which  he  sold  off 
from  time  to  time,  having  improved  it  in  the  modern  manner  of  the  period,  only  retain- 
ing ten  acres,  the  home  place  of  the  widow  today.  This  couple  had  one  daughter, 
Laura,  a  graduate  of  the  Anaheim  high  school  and  now  the  wife  of  Paul  V.  Domen- 
guez.  Mrs.  Knowlton  busies  herself  with  the  care  and  improvement  of  the  ten  acres 
she  owns,  assisted  in  the  operation  of  the  place  by  her  <laughter.  Mr.  Knowlton  was  a 
member  of  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood  and  was  a  liberal  supporter  of  all  movements 
for  the  upbuilding  of  his  adopted  county,  and  was  held  in  high  esteem  by  all  who  had 
the  pleasure  of  knowing  him.  His  widow  and  daughter  are  equally  liberal  and  have  a 
wide  circle  of  friends. 

WYLLYS  W.  PERKINS. — An  able,  efficient  man  of  business,  who  was  never 
known  to  be  afraid  of  hard  work,  is  Wyllys  W.  Perkins,  the  retired  rancher,  residing  at 
806  Spurgeon  Avenue,  Santa  Ana,  whose  financial  success  began  the  day  when  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother,  Charles  H.  Perkins,  formerly  a  wholesaler  in 
New  York  state.  He  was  born  in  Oconomowoc,  Waukesha  County,  Wis.,  on  May  23, 
1860,  the  son  of  Charles  H.  Perkins,  a  native  of  Windsor,  Conn.,  where  he  married  Miss 
Elizabeth  Hinsdale.  They  came  out  to  Wisconsin  in  the  early  forties,  and  while  Mr. 
Perkins  farmed,  he  and  his  good  wife  also  kept  a  general  merchandise  store  at 
Oconomowoc.  Wyllys  is  the  youngest  of  seven  children  in  the  family,  and  when  five 
years  old  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  the  vicinity  of  Grand  Rapids,  Kent  County, 
Mich.,  where  his  folks  went  in  for  farming  and  the  raising  of  fruit.  He  attended  the 
common  schools  of  Kent  County,  and  under  the  wholesome  conditions  even  then 
prevalent  in  Michigan,  received  an  excellent  preparation  for  the  battle  of  life. 

When  fifteen  years  of  age,  Mr.  Perkins  left  Michigan  to  join  an  older  brother, 
Clarence,  at  Burlington,  Kan.,  and  for  two  years  he  was  witl^  him  on  a  stock  farm  at 
Strawn.  He  worked  on  the  ranch  during  the  summers,  and  in  winter  time  went  to 
school  nearby.  After  two  years  of  outdoor  life,  however,  he  returned  to  his  home  in 
Michigan  and  entered  the  Commercial  College  at  Grand  Rapids,  where  he  took  a  two 
years'  business  course.  On  coming  west  again  to  Kansas,  he  went  to  work  for  a  short 
time  for  the  Missouri,  Kansas  &  Texas  Railroad  Company,  when  he  again  shifted,  this 
time  to  La  Junta,  Colo.,  at  which  place  he  was  given  a  responsible  post  with  the 
Atchinson,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad.  He  had  charge  of  coal  bins  until  he  found  it 
possible  to  make  still  another  move — to  California — when  he  fired  a  locomotive  at 
Eureka,  in  Humboldt  County,  on  the  Boner  &  Jones  logging  railroad. 


312  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

.At  the  end  of  a  year  he  went  to  San  Luis  Obispo  and  was  with  the  narrow-gauge 
San  Luis  Obispo  and  Port  Harford  Railway,  where  he  fired  for  six  or  eight  monttis,  an 
then  he  went  to  Mojave  and  secured  a  position  with  the  P.  I.  Radway,  now  a  part  oi 
the  Santa  Fe  system.  He  was  next  promoted  to  be  an  engineer  on  a  switch  engine  in 
the  Southern  Pacific  yards  in  Los  Angeles,  and  switched  for  that  company  tor  eight 
months.  Later  he  became  a  locomotive  engineer  for  the  Los  Angeles  &  Pacihc  Rail- 
way, and  for  a  couple  of  years  ran  a  passenger  train  from  Los  Angeles  to  Santa  Monica. 
After  that  he  went  to  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  and  for  seven  years  ran  both  passenger  and 
freight  engines,  mostly  between  Winslow  and  Williams,  in  Arizona,  but  also  as  far  as 
Albuquerque,  N.   M. 

During  this  time,  at  Grand  Rapids,  in  1884,  Mr.  Perkins  was  married  to  Miss  Clara 
Lee  of  that  city,  and  for  a  while  he  made  his  home  at  Winslow,  although  he  started 
housekeeping  at  Mojave.  He  first  became  fireman  at  the  roundhouse,  and  ran  a 
general  merchandise  store  in  connection  with  his  railroad  work  at  Mojave.  He  fol- 
lowed railroading  until  1894,  when  the  great  A.  R.  U.  strike  occurred,  and  he  was 
discharged  for  refusing  to  run  the  engine  of  a  striker. 

He  then  came  to  Orange  County  and  spent  six  or  seven  months  looking  around,  so 
that  he  made  no  mistake  when  he  finally  settled  at  El  Modena,  where  in  189S  he 
purchased  ten  acres  of  unimproved  land.  His  brother,  Charles  H.  Perkins,  now  eighty 
years  old,  and  residing  at  911  Spurgeon  Avenue,  Santa  Ana,  was  then  extensively 
engaged  as  a  dealer  in  wholesale  fruits  in  New  York,  and  bought  California  fruit  and 
honey;  and  while  visiting  California  on  business  he  came  to  El  Modena  to  see  his 
brother  and  the  ten-acre  ranch,  and  there  proposed  a  partnership  to  be  known  as  the 
Perkins  Bros.  They  bought  more  land,  and  soon  had  160  well-improved  acres,  in  the 
El  Modena  precinct.  They  also  acquired  a  ranch  at  McFarland,  in  Kern  County;  but' 
they  traded  it  for  more  land  in  Orange  County. 

For  several  years,  also,  Mr.  Perkins  was  in  the  seed  and  nursery  business,  growing 
rose  bushes  on  a  commercial  scale;  and  later  Perkins  Bros,  specialized  first  in  flower 
seeds,  and  then  exclusively  in  rose  bushes.  They  produced  and  shipped  as  high  as 
five  or  six  car  loads  a  year,  and  this  enterprise  proved  decidedly  profitable.  In  1917 
the  firm  dissolved,  and  since  then  Mr.  Perkins  has  sold  so  much  of  what  he  once  had 
that  he  has  left  only  two  ranches,  both  in  the  El  Modena  district,  the  one  of  thirty-one, 
the  other  of  ten  acres,  and  has  retired  to  live  in  Santa  Ana.  Mr.  Perkins  helped 
organize,  and  is  still  a  stockholder  in  the  Villa  Park  Orchards  Association. 

Eight  children  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  Perkins  and  his  wife.  Elizabeth,  the 
eldest,  lives  at  home;  Frank  died  in  Arizona  when  he  was  five  years  old;  Winnifred 
and  Wyllys,  W.  Jr.,  are  twins — Winifred  is  the  wife  of  William  Thomas,  a  mechanical 
engineer,  residing  at  Los  Angeles,  and  Wyllys  is  married  and  lives,  as  a  rancher  and  an 
orange-grower,  at  McPherson.  Dixie,  a  trained  nurse  with  an  enviable  record  for 
service  in  France  during  the  late  war,  keeps  house  for  her  father.  Arthur  and  Archie 
are  also  twins;  the  former  is  in  the  Agricultural  College  at  Corvallis,  0.re.,  and  Archie 
attends  the  high  school  at  Santa  Ana.  And  Clara  is  in  the  grammar  school  of  the 
same  city.  Mrs.  Perkins  died  March  19,  1906,  and  he  married  a  second  wife,  Miss 
Fannie  Parker,  of  Grinnell,  Iowa,  who  also  died— on  December  10,  1919. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Perkins  were  active  in  building  up  the  Community  Church  established 
at  Villa  Park  under  the  auspices  of  the  Congregational  denomination,  and  since  his 
removal  to  Santa  Ana,  he  and  his  household  have  supported  and  attended  the  Congre- 
gational Church  at  Santa  Ana.  He  is  prominent  in  the  Orange  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows, 
where  he  is  a  past  grand,  and  with  a  frank,  sincere,  winning  disposition,  is  influential 
in  many  ways,  and  often  in  times  of  emergency,  for  good  among  his  fellow-men 

ROBERT  HENRY  ENGLISH—A  native  of  Ireland,  the  years  of  whose  young 
manhood  were  spent  in  Canada,  but  whose  residence  in  the  Unked  S^at^  covered  a 
period  of  more  than  forty-five  years,  is  Robert  Henry  English  one  of  Orante  r^nnt  ' 
stanch  pioneer  citizens,  who  had  a  large  part  in  the  early  development  ortll^>r 
coming  here  as  he  did,  when  the  country  was  practically  aw  Ider^ss  He  'f'^' 
in    County   Carlow,      reland,    about    twenty   miles    from    Dub"  nlSSOthr  , 

Thomas  and  Esther   (Agar)   English.     The  father,  who  was  a  farmer   t,     ,  "  .°* 

same  county,  but  was  of  English  ancestry    the  mother  Z.l  i   *.''™"'  ^^=  ^orn  m  the 

In  1860  the  family  came  to  Canada,  setlng  near  Woodstock   On;^^'  ^  "'I'?  °^  ^'''^"^• 
English  engaged  in  farming.  Woodstock,  Ontario,  and  there  Thomas 

Robert  H.   English  grew  up  on  his  father's  farm,  learning  to   heln  witt,   .,      . 
work  while  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  the  vie  nitv      When   h.       ^'}^  }^^  farm 
of  sixteen  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  firm  of  Oswaw\  Sterson  'T^^  •*'''  "^" 
foundrymen,    at   Woodstock.      Being   apt    at   merhlnT,    if  ^^""^"O"'  ™achmists  and 
machinist  and  foundryman,  and  als^  .rrn^^  ZtT:J:i^:T..^-TJJ:,  rtSn"^ 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  313 

the  stationary  engine  in  the  plant  of  Oswald  &  Patterson  the  last  year  or  two  he  was  in 
their  employ.  He  remained  a  trusted  employee  of  this  firm  for  nearly  eight  years, 
during  which  time  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Matilda  Meadows. 

In  1873  Mr.  English  moved  with  his  family  to  Platte  County,  Nebr.,  and  was  there 
during  the  terrible  "grasshopper  years"  of  1873-4-S,  when  these  pests  were  so  numerous 
that  they  actually  darkened  the  sun.  Mr.  English's  crops  were  entirely  eaten  up  and 
it  was  then  that  his  knowledge  of  machinery  stood  him  to  good  advantage.  He 
purchased  a  steam  thresher  and  began  operating  it,  and  was  thus  able  to  earn  a  living, 
even  in  the  face  of  the  severe  financial  loss  the  failure  of  his  crops  had  caused.  He 
was  determined  to  seek  a  better  country,  however,  so  with  his  family  he  came  to 
California,  reaching  Los  Angeles  February  23,  187S.  They  soon  came  down  to  what 
is  now  Orange  County  and  Mr.  English  purchased  land  and  began  at  once  to  make 
improvements.  Always  with  a  decided  penchant  for  doing  things  on  a  big  scale,  he 
continued  to  buy  land  and  at  one  time  owned  five  different  ranches,  aggregating  388 
acres.  For  several  years  he  farmed  2,500  acres  of  land  on  the  Bolsa  Chico  and  the 
mesa  at  Huntington  Beach  to  barley.  On  much  of  the  land  purchased  by  Mr.  English 
reclamation  work  was  necessary,  and  he  spent  much  time  and  labor  in  bringing  his 
holdings  up  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation. 

While  Mr.  English's  interests  were  largely  in  the  field  of  agriculture,  he  also 
engaged  in  other  lines  of  work  that  have  contributed  to  the  development  of  the  material 
progress  of  Orange  County.  In  1886  he  engaged  with  Grant  Brothers  as  a  sub- 
contractor and  helped  on  the  grading  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railway  as  far  south  as  the  San 
Joaquin  Ranch,  now  the  property  of  James  Irvine.  He  also  continued  to  operate  steam 
threshing  outfits  in  Orange  County  from  the  time  of  his  arrival  here  until  1912.  In 
that  year  he  went  to  Santa  Ana  and  for  four  years  was  street  superintendent  there; 
during  his  incumbency  the  city  of  Santa  Ana  put  in  seventeen  and  a  half  miles  of  gravel 
and  oil  streets  and  eleven  and  a  half  miles  of  macadamized  streets. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  English  became  the  parents  of  five  children:  William  H.  resides  in 
Santa  Ana;  Susan  M.  is  the  widow  of  the  late  Frank  J.  Johnson  and  lives  at  Los 
Angeles;  Ida  May  is  the  wife  of  Duncan  E.  Sova  of  Los  Angeles;  Fred  J.  and  John  T. 
are  twins.  The  former  is  a  prosperous  ranchman  in  Bolsa  precinct;  he  married  Miss 
Ida  May  Hickey  of  Perris,'  Cal.,  and  they  have  one  son — Frederick  Gerald.  John  T. 
married  Miss  May  Jacobsen  of  Orange  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  children' — 
Harold  R.  and  Ella  Marie.  Mrs.  Robert  H.  English  passed  away  December  27,  1916, 
and  Mr.  English  survived  her  until  October  6,  1920,  when  he  died  at  the  residence  of  his 
son  Fred.  Mrs.  English  was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  as  were  the  parents 
of  Mr.  English,  but  he  embraced  the  doctrine  of  the  Baptists.  In  political  matters  he 
was  an  independent,  preferring  always  to  consider  the  qualifications  of  the  candidate 
and  the  principles  at  stake,  rather  than  adhering  to  strict  party  lines.  Fraternally  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Maccabees  and  the  Fraternal  Aid  Association. 

SAMUEL  B.  EVERETT. — For  nearly  half  a  century  Samuel  B.  Everett  has  been 
identified  with  the  agricultural  interests  of  Orange  County,  in  the  vicinity  of  West- 
minster, having  located  there  December  1,  1875.  He  is  a  worthy  descendant  of  an 
honored  New  England  family  and  is  justly  proud  of  being  a  grandson  of  Eleazer 
Everett,  the  young  patriot  who  served  his  country  during  the  Revolutionary  War. 
Eleazer  Everett  was  stationed  at  Boston  Harbor,  afterwards  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  and 
when  he  received  his  honorable  discharge  from  Captain  Heath's  company  on  April  8,  . 
1778,  after  three  distinct  enlistments,  he  was  but  nineteen  years  of  age.  He  was  among 
those  that  witnessed  the  death  of  the  noted  British  spy,  Major  Andre,  in  1780. 

Samuel  B.  Everett  was  born  in  Francistown,  N.  H.,  November  10,  1840,  the  son 
of  Williard  and  Frances  S.  (Dodge)  Everett.  The  family  moved  to  what  is  now 
Metamora,  111.,  in  1843,  becoming  pioneers  of  Woodford  County,  and  there  carved  out 
their  future  from  the  virgin  soil.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Everett  were  school  teachers  and 
took  such  pride  and  pains  in  the  careful  and  thorough  instruction  of  their  young  son, 
that  he  received  a  more  liberal  and  extensive  education  than  most  young  men  of  his 
day.  During  the  dark  days  of  the  Civil  War,  when  the  disruption  of  the  Union,  for 
which  his  grandfather,.  Eleazer  Everett,  had  fought,  was  threatened,  the  patriotic  young 
grandson  determined  that  the  Union  must  be  preserved  at  all  costs,  and  proved  that 
he  was  a  worthy  descendant  of  his  illustrious  grandfather  by  joining  Company  G, 
Fourth  Illinois  Cavalry,  serving  for  two  years  and  ten  months  in  the  Western  depart- 
ment of  the  army,  during  which  time  he  was  in  many  engagements  with  the  enemy, 
but  escaping  without  a   scratch. 

On  September  3,  1867,  in  Oberlin,  Ohio,' Samuel  B.  Everett  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Clara  Specs,  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  a  teacher  in  Natchez,  Miss.,  where  they 
met.     Three  children  were  born  to  them:     Arthur  taught  school  in  Southern  California 


314  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

for  twenty-two  years;  he  married  and  became  the  father  of  three  daughters  and  two 
sons,  his  death  occurring  in  1916  through  an  accident;  Clara  E.  and  Clarence  B.,  twins, 
both  died  in  infancy.  Mr.  Everett  lived  in  Livingston  County,  111.,  about  eighteen 
months  after  his  marriage,  then  removed  to  Fremont  County,  Iowa  and  thence  to  Ida 
County  in  that  state,  where  Mrs.  Everett  passed  away.  In  1874  Mr.  Everett  returned 
to  Woodford  County,  111.,  and  there  on  September  13,  his  second  marriage  occurred, 
A'hen  he  was  united  with  Miss  Sarah  Lamson.  She  was  a  native  of  New  Hampshire, 
born  there  on  May  1,  1841,  and  in  1854  came  to  Metamora,  111.,  with  her  parents. 
William  and  Sarah  (Starrett)  Lamson.  The  father,  who  was  a  glass  worker  in  New 
Hampshire,  engaged  in  the  brokerage  business  after  coming  to  Illinois  and  there  ac- 
cumulated a  competency.  He  removed  to  California  in  1877,  and  both  he  and  his  wite 
passed  away  here. 

Two  children  were  born  of  Mr.  Everett's  second  marriage,  William  and  Justin,  both 
now  deceased,  named  after  their  mother's  brothers  who  served  throughout  the  Civil 
War.  They  resided  in  Iowa  for  a  year  after  their  marriage,  coming  to  California  in 
187S,  William  Bradford  Lamson,  Mrs.  Everett's  brother,  a  four-year  veteran  of  the 
Civil  War,  having  come  to  this  state  in  1873.  They  first  located  at  Westminster,  but  in 
1876  they  went  to  live  on  a  forty-acre  ranch,  where  they  followed  general  farming  for 
a  number  of  years,  during  which  time  Mr.  Everett  was  interested  in  the  dairy  business, 
having  at  one  time  twenty-five  head  of  dairy  stock.  After  disposing  of  his  ranch  Mr. 
Everett  moved  to  his  present  place  in  1884,  an  inheritance  from  his  wife's  father  of 
fifty  acres,  where  he  has  continued  general  farming.  They  have  sold  ofl  from  time 
to  time  until  they  have  the  original  home  place  of  five  acres. 

Mr.  Everett  is  an  honored  member  of  Sedgwick  Post,  No.  17,  G.  A.  R.,  while  his 
wife  is  a  member  of  the  Women's  Relief  Corps.  In  religious  matters  Mr.  Everett  is  a 
member  of  the  Seventh  Day  Adventist  Church  and  was  the  first  elder  of  the  church 
at  Garden  Grove;   Mrs.  Everett  is  a  Presbyterian. 

LINN  L.  SHAW — The  steady  growth  and  the  increased  prosperity  of  Orange 
County  is  directly  the  result  of  the  early  settlers  in  this  locality,  who  have  spent  the 
better  part  of  their  lives  in  developing  its  latent  resources  and  in  building  up  a  com- 
munity which  socially  and  economically  ranks  with  any  in  the  state  and  has  during 
the  years  attracted  the  better  class  of  citizenry  to  help  in  the  further  advancement 
of  this  ideal  home  community.  Prominent  among  these  pioneer  citizens  is  Linn 
L.  Shaw,  of  the  realty  firm  of  Shaw  ,&  Russell,  who  for  nearly  thirty-five  years  has 
been  identified  with  the  progress  of  Santa  Ana. 

Descending  from  sturdy  New  England  stock,  Linn  L.  Shaw  was  born  at  Mar- 
shalltown.'Iowa,  July  29,  1866,  his  parents  being  Chancy  and  Mary  (Morrison)  Shaw, 
both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Maine.  Attending  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of 
Marshalltown  until  the  age  of  fourteen,  Mr.  Shaw  left  the  schoolroom  to  learn  the 
printer's  trade,  apprenticing  himself  to  a  local  paper  in  his  home  city-  Continuing 
there  until  he  had  become  proficient  in  his  chosen  work,  in  1883  he  went  to  Plank- 
ington,  S-  D.,  and  later  was  at  Mitchell  and  Sioux  Falls,  in  that  state,  spending  in 
all  about  three  years  there.  Returning  to  his  Iowa  home  in  1886,  he  found  quite  a 
number  of  its  residents  preparing  to  go  to  California,  as  that  was  the  beginning 
of  the  great  boom  periods  of  the  Golden  State.  An  opportunity  oflfered  to  secure 
free  transportation  to  the  coast  by  accompanying  a  shipment  of  fine  horses  of 
'  several  prominent  citizens  of  Marshalltown  who  were  removing  here,  and  Mr.  Shaw 
at  once  availed  himself  of  this  chance.  Arriving  at  Los  Angeles  he  worked  for  a 
few  weeks  on  the  Los  Angeles  papers,  but  hearing  of  the  new  town  of  Santa  Ana 
he  decided  to  try  his  fortune  there,  and  locating  there  in  December,  1886,  he  has 
since  made  it  his  home.  Clerking  for  a  time  in  the  music  store  of  A.  L.  Pellegrin, 
he  was  soon  offered  a  position  on  the  Pacific  Weekly  Blade.  The  next  year,  when  the 
Daily  Blade  was  started  by  A.  J.  Waterhouse,  who  had  been  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Weekly  Blade,  Mr.  Shaw  was  made  city  editor  of  the  daily  paper,  a  position  he  held  until 
the  dissolution  of  this  journal  in  1889. 

Mr.  Shaw's  next  connection  with  the  printing  business  was  as  proprietor  of  a 
printing  plant,  which  he  afterward  disposed  of,  retaining  the  position  of  foreman 
until  1893,  when  he  purchased  a  half  interest  in  the  Orange  County  Herald,  conducting 
this  as  a  daily  and  weekly  until  1903,  with  E.  S.  Wallace  as  a  partner.  In  the  mean- 
time, in  August,  1902,  Mr.  Shaw  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Santa  Ana,  and  the 
increasing  duties  of  this  office  was  one  of  the  prime  reasons  for  the  disposal  of  the 
Herald,  which  was  absorbed  by  the  Blade.  Conscientious  and  efficient  in  the  discharge 
of  this  important  office,  Mr.  Shaw  served  as  postmaster  until  1913,  directing  the  postal 
affairs  of  the  district  with  judicious  economy,  yet  keeping  the  service  up  to  a  high 
standard. 


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In  1917  Mr.  Shaw  formed  a  partnership  with  Roy  Russell  in  the  real  estate 
business,  and  this  firm  has  taken  a  prominent  place  among  the  realty  dealers  of  this 
vicinity,  dealing  in  high-grade  properties  and  handling  a  large  volume  of  business. 
Mr.  Shaw's  long  residence  here  and  his  consequent  familiarity  and  thorough  under- 
standing of  soils  and  land  values  of  Orange  County,  combined  with  his  enviable 
reputation  for  square  dealing,  give  him  a  deserved  prestige  in  the  realty  world. 

On  February  5,  1889,  Mr.  Shaw  was  married  to  Miss  H-ope  E.  Grouard,  the 
daughter  of  Benjamin  F.  and  Dr.  Louisa  (Hardy)  Grouard,  pioneer  residents  of  Santa 
Ana,  whose  decease  occurred  many  years  ago.  Four  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Shaw:  Faith,  Ted,  Marjorie  and  Carol. 

A  stanch  Republican,  Mr.  Shaw  has  always  been  deeply  interested  in  politics, 
and  a  familiar  figure,  not  only  in  local  affairs,  but  political  councils  of  the  state,  at 
one  time  holding  the  office  of  vice-president  of  the  State  League  of  Republican  Clubs. 
A  leader  in  fraternal  circles,.  Mr.  Shaw  has  twice  been  master  of  the  Santa  Ana 
Lodge  of  Masons,  a  charter  member  of  the  Elks,  the  first  council  commander  of  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World  and  a  member  of  the  Maccabees. 

PATRICIO  YRIARTE. — For  many  years  one  of  the  largest  sheep  raisers  in 
Orange  County,  Patricio  Yriarte,  spent  the  later  years  of  his  life  on  his  large  ranch  in 
the  vicinity  of  Brea.  Born  in  Spain,  in  the  Pyrenees  region,  on  March  17,  1861,  he 
received  his  education  in  the  schools  of  his  home  neighborhood,  remaining  in  his 
native  land  until  young  manhood,  when  he  decided  to  seek  his  fortune  in  America. 
Reaching  New  Orleans  April  2,  1885,  Mr.  Yriarte  came  across  country  to  Los  Angeles 
later  the  same  year. 

Settling  in  what  is  now  Orange  County  he  became  a  sheep  raiser  and  for  a  number 
of  years  he  ran  large  bands,  grazing  them  on  the  land  that  is  now  Yorba,  Yorba  Linda 
and  the  San  Joaquin  ranch.  As  the  country  began  to  be  more  thickly  settled  and  the 
grazing  area  reduced,  Mr.  Yriarte  decided  to  give  up  this  business  in  1897.  He  then 
leased  land  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  present  home  and  farmed  it  to  hay  and"  grain. 
In  1905  he  purchased  his  ranch  of  160  acres  southeast  of  Brea;  here  he  conducted  exten- 
sive ranching  operations,  raising  corn,  grain,  hay  and  domestic  stock.  Besides  his  own 
holdings  he  also  rented  large  acreages,  at  one  time  have  1,200  acres  under  cultivation. 
He  took  up  his  permanent  residence  on  his  Brea  ranch  in  1905  and  here  he  resided 
for  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

On  May  6,  1883,  Mr.  Yriarte  was  married  to  Miss  Pascuala  Arrese,  who  like 
himself  was  a  native  of  Spain,  born  May  19,  1861,  and  reared  in  the  same  locality,  and 
receiving  her  education  there  before  her  migration  to  America.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Yriarte 
were  the  parents  of  five  children:  Felix,  who  is  with' the  Union  Oil  Cornpany  at 
Brea,  married  Celestina  Lorea,  who  -was  also  born  in  Spain  and  who  came  tO' America 
and  made  her  home  on  the  Yriarte  ranch  Until  her  marriage;  they  are  the  parents  of 
four  children — Mary,  Jose, "  Pauline  arid  Margaret;  Agusti'n  is  the  manager  of  the 
Yriarte  estate  and  makes  his  home  on  the  ranch;  his  wife  is  Lorenza  Lorea,  who  made 
the  trip  alone  from  her  native  Spain,  arriving  here  December  18,  1909,  and  making  her 
home  on  the  Yriarte  ranch  until  her  marriage  to  Agustin  on  October  4,  1916;  three 
children  have  come  to  bless  their  home:  Julian,  who  is  with  the  Standaird  Oil  Company 
at  Whittier,  married  Miss  Inez  Dolly,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dolly  of  Whit- 
tier;  Ysabel  resides  on  the  home  ranch  with  her  brother  Agustin;  Mary  makes  her  home 
with  her  brother  Felix  at  Brea.  Agustin  and  Julian  Yriarte  are  members  of  the  B.  P. 
O.  Elks,  the  former  at  Anaheim  and  the  latter  at  Ayhittier  and  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias   at   Brea. 

In  1904  Mr.  and  Mrg.  Patricio  Yriarte,  with  four  of  their  children,  made  an  ex- 
tended trip  abroad,  visiting  their  old  home  in  the  Pyrenees  of  Spain  and  spending  ten 
months  on  the  trip.  On  returning  home  they  took  up  their  residence  on  their  ranch 
and  here  Mrs.  Yriarte  passed  away  on  March  17,  1915,  on  her  husband's  'fifty-fourth 
birthday,  the  death  of  Mr.  Yriarte  occurring  but  a  few  weeks  later,  on' April  19,  1915. 
In  1910  Mr.  Yriarte  erected  the  Yriarte  Building  in  Anaheim,  on  Center  Street,  next 
to  the  Valencia  Hotel.  On  November  24,  1905;  Mr.  Yriarte  becalhe  an  Ame-ricari  xitizen, 
having  received  lj(^,., final  papers  that  year.  During  his  many,  years,  of  residence  in 
Orange  County  he  was  loyal  to  all  movements  that  had  for  their  aim  the  betterment  of 
conditions  in  general,  and  the  advancement  of  moral  and  social  conditions.  ,  : 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Yriarte  the  160-acre  ranch  was  apportioned  equally  among 
the  children,  but  it  is  still  known  as  the  Yriarte  ranch,  being  left  in  one  body  of  land. 
Sixty  acres  of  the  ranch,  owned  by  the  sons,  is  now  devoted  to  citrus  fruit,  having  been 
set  out  by  Julian  and  Agustin  Yriarte.  The  whole  acreage  is  kept  up  to  a  high  state 
of  productivity  and  is  one  of  the  valuable  properties  of  the  Brea  district. 


318  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

WALTER  M.  PARKER. — Prominent  among  those  whose  memory  will  long  be 
kept  green,  both  by  those  who  knew  him  personally,  and  could  themselves  appreciate 
his  rare  worth,  and  also  by  those  who  are  always  ready  to  honor  the  pioneer  and  path 
breaker  to  whom  posterity  is  necessarily  indebted  for  many  blessings,  was  the  late 
Walter  M.  Parker,  a  native  of  Stockton,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  born  on  May  7,  1844. 
His  father,  Leonard  Parker,  also  now  deceased,  was  a  native  of  Hamburg,  Erie  County, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  first  saw  the  light  on  March  1,  1818.  He  married  Catherine  Kennedy, 
who  was  born  in  Montgomery  County,  N.  Y.,  on  October  22,  1820.  Leonard  Parker 
passed  away,  on  April  3,  1902,  and  his  wife  died  twelve  years  before,  on  the  fifteenth  of 
October.  They  were  married  at  Stockton,  N.  Y.,  on  September  16,  1838,  and  came 
with  their  family  to  Anaheim  in  1871,  Mr.  Parker  taking  up  the  work  of  a  vineyardist. 
Still  later  he  cultivated  oranges,  owning  a  sixty-acre  ranch;  whereas  they  had  raised 
cattle  and  sheep  in  earlier  days.     They  had  ten  children. 

Walter  Parker  went  to  the  public  schools,  and  when  he  was  old  enough,  became 
a  veterinary  surgeon.  After  coming  to  Orange  County,  he  set  up  a  regular  practice, 
and  in  that  scientifically  interesting  and  humane  field  continued  for  many  years, 
accomplishing  no  end  of  good  in  the  relief  of  the  dumb  animal,  and  getting  to  be 
very  well  known  beyond  the  confines  even  of  the  county.  He  also  owned  a  fruit 
ranch  of  forty  acres,  made  raisins,  and  built  the  first  raisin  drier  in  Orange  County. 
He  was  best  known,  however,  as  a  veterinary  surgeon.  Later  he  located  at  Iowa 
Park,  Tex.,  where  he  engaged  in  the  rasing  of  cattle;  and  there  he  died  on  May 
14,   1908. 

He  had  been  in  the  Civil  War  as  a  member  of  the  Seventeenth  Illinois  Cavalry, 
and  at  Richland,  now  Orange,  then  in  Los  Angeles  County,  on  June  28,  1873,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Barbara  Kraemer,  a  native  of  St.  Claire  County,  111.,  and  the 
daughter  of  Daniel  Kraemer.  She  has  always  been  the  center  of  a  circle  of  devoted, 
admiring  friends,  and  is  as  popular  today  with  her  stories  of  experience  with  the 
Indians,  who  were  friendly,  in  the  early  days  of  Anaheim.  One  daughter,  Miss 
Elenora   A.   Parker,   is   a  teacher   in   the  Anaheim  public   schools. 

ELIJAH  P.  JUSTICE.— A  pioneer  not  alone  of  Orange  County,  but  of  the  state 
of  California,  Elijah  P.  Justice,  one  of  the  county's  most  honored  old  settlers,  is 
now  living  retired  with  his  excellent  wife,  who  has  proved  such  a  capable  and  courage- 
ous helpmate,  on  the  Justice  ranch  near  Westminster.  Despite  the  fact  that  he  has 
reached  his  eighty-second  birthday,  Mr.  Justice  possesses  a  truly  remrakable  memory 
and  can  recall  names,  dates  and  incidents,  and  describe  with  graphic  detail  the  perilous 
happenings  of  his  journey  across  the  plains.  A  native  of  the  Hoosier  State,  Mr. 
Justice  was  born  in  Pulaski  County,  Ind.,  November  10,  1838,  and  there  he  spent 
the  days  of  his  early  boyhood.  In  1853,  when  a  lad  of  fifteen,  he  went  to  Texas  with 
his  father,  remaining  there  for  four  years,  then  starting  across  the  plains  with  ox 
teams  for  California.  At  that  time  there  were  many  warring  bands  of  Indians  scat- 
tered over  the  plains,  and  time  and  again  they  were  set  upon  by  these  marauders. 
They  lost  practically  all  of  their  cattle  and  barely  escaped  with  their  lives.  In  addi- 
tion they  encountered  innumerable  other  hardships,  and  it  was  with  a  great  sense  ot 
thankfulness  that  they  finally  reached  the  settlement  at  San  Bernardino.  Later  Mr. 
Justice  became  a  freighter,  and  for  these  rough  and  hardy  plainsmen  even  the  Redskins 
had  respect,  for  the  freighters  feared  nothing  and  took  no  chances  in  being  surprised 
by  the  Indians.  Mr.  Justice  recalls  vividly  how  at  a  certain  place  in  Arizona  a 
number  of  freighters  encountered  a  band  of  hostile  Redskins,  and  the  battle  that 
followed  was  a  victory  for  the  freighters,  who  counted  seventy-two  braves  killed  by 
their  bullets. 

A  native  daughter  of  California,  Mrs.  Justice,  too,  has  passed  through  many 
of  the  strenuous  experiences  that  were  typical  of  the  pioneer  days  of  the  state.  She 
was  before  her  marriage  to  Mr.  Justice  Miss  Martha  Adeline  Cotman,  and  she  was 
born  November  24,  1853,  in  San  Diego  County,  near  the  San  Luis  Rey  Mission.  Her 
parents  were  John  and  Mary  (Bohna)  Cotman,  natives,  respectively,  of  Louisiana 
and  Arkansas.  Mr.  Cotman  came  to  the  state  in  1852,  later  meeting  an  accidental 
death.  Mrs.  Justice  was  the  eldest  of  the  Cotman  children,  and  her  mother's  second 
marriage,  which  did  not  prove  a  happy  one,  made  her  childhood  full  of  hardship, 
and  she  had  very  few  opportunities  for  education  or  other  adi^gjtages.  She  made 
the  acquaintance  of  Mr.  Justice  at  Azusa  and  was  married  to  hiST  on  September  26, 
1869,  when  she  was  not  yet  sixteen  years  old.  Throughout  all  the  years  of  their  early 
struggles,  when  there  were  many  hardships  and  days  of  toil,  she  has  ever  been  ready 
to  aid  and  encourage,  and  much  of  the  prosperity  that  ,  they  have  attained  is  due 
to  her  wise  habits  of  thrift  and  conservation.  Generous  and  hospitable,  she  has 
rounded  out  more  than  a  half  century  of  wedded  life,  and  is  much  beloved  by  a  large 
circle    of    children    and    grandchildren.      Ten    children    have    been    born    to    Mr.    and 


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Mrs  Justice:  Clara  is  the  wife  of  P.  L.  Glines  of  Covina,  and  is  the  mother  of  four 
children;  Martha  is  the  wife  of  George  Yost,  a  raisin  grower  near  Fresno,  and  has 
three  boys;  Laura  is  the  wife  of  Roy  Richards,  an  employee  of  the  Salt  Lake  Rail- 
road; they  have  two  children  and  reside  at  Long  Beach;  Oliver  P.  married  Miss 
Lulu  Fisher  and  is  a  freighter  and  farmer  at  Merced;  they  lost  their  only  child 
through  an  accident;  Leona  died  at  the  age  of  eighteen  months;  Wiley  Wells  is 
employed  on  the  Irvine  ranch;  Jesse  A.  was  killed  in  an  automobile  accident  Janu- 
ary 1,  1918;  Roy  C.  is  employed  on  the  Emery  ranch  as  an  engineer  and  machinist; 
Rhoda  V.  is  the  wife  of  George  Taylor,  a  machinist;  they  have  four  children,  and 
reside  at  Huntington  Beach;  the  youngest  is  Benjamin  Franklin.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Justice  have  one  great-grandchild. 

After  reaching  San  Bernardino  at  the  end  of  his  journey  across  the  plains, 
Mr.  Justice  remained  there  for  about  two  years,  locating  in  the  vicinity  of  Azusa 
in  the  fall  of  1859.  The  outlook  there  was  far  from  encouraging,  as  the  plain  was 
covered  with  cactus  and  sage  brush,  but  Mr.  Justice  obtained  title  to  a  tract  of  land 
there  and  started  in  to  cultivate  it,  but  his  water  rights  were  illegally  cut  off.  Being 
unable  to  get  the  matter  adjusted  satisfactorily,  he  deemed  it  best  to  dispose  of  the 
Tand,  and  he  removed  to  El  Monte,  renting  land  there  which  he  devoted  to  stock 
raising  and  general  farming  for  four  years.  In  1882  he  disposed  of  everything  but 
his  cattle,  which  he  drove  to  what  is  now  Orange  County,  locating  in  the  vicinity 
of  Westminster,  and  here  he  has  since  made  his  home.  There  were  very  few  settlers 
here  at  that  early  day,  the  place  being  almost  a  wilderness,  but  with  true  wisdom 
and  foresight  Mr.  Justice  perceived  that  the  soil  could  be  made  to  yield  abundantly  if 
given  the  proper  cultivation.  His  first  purchase  was  a  tract  of  forty  acres,  at  that 
time  covered  with  tules  and  willows,  for  which  he  paid  only  twenty  dollars  an  acre, 
the  same  land  now  being  valued  at  more  than  $500  an  acre.  At  the  time  he  bought 
the  land  it  was  so  wet  that  he  lost  many  of  his  cattle,  the  ground  being  too  soft  to 
bear  the  weight  of  the  animals.  It  took  much  hard  labor  to  drain  this  land  and  bring 
it  under  cultivation,  but  Mr.  Justice's  judgment  has  been  amply  rewarded  in  the  years 
of  abundant  returns  he  has  received.  It  is  to  men  and  women  of  the  stamp  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Justice  that  Orange  County  owes  a  great  debt  for  the  transformation  that 
has  come  about  through  their  faith  in  its  possibilities  and  the  willingness  to  work 
to  bring  about  these  results. 

RALPH  A.  PATTERSON,  FRANK  E.  PATTERSON.— For  the  past  forty  years 
partners  in  the  ranching  business,  and  later  as  house  movers,  Ralph  A.  and  Frank 
E.  Patterson  have  for  fifteen  years  lived  on  their  well-kept  ranch  of  thirty-five  acres 
one  mile  east  of  Bolsa,  and  four  miles  west  of  Santa  Ana.  Of  sturdy  Eastern  lineage 
on  both  sides,  their  parents  were  William  A.  Patterson,  a  native  of  Newark,  N.  J., 
and  Sarah.  Jane  Crowell,  whose  forbears  were  among  the  old  families  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. The  town  of  Paterson,  N.  J.,  was  named  for  William  A.  Patterson's  grand- 
father, who  was  a  silk  manufacturer  there,  there  being  a  slight  change  in  the  spelling 
of  the  family  name.  William  A.  Patterson  came  to  Ogle  County,  111.,  when  a  young 
man,  and  engaged  in  farming,  and  there  he  met  and  married  Miss  Sarah  Jane  Crowell, 
whose  parents  had  moved  there  from  New  Hampshire.  During  the  Civil  War,  he 
enlisted  in  the  Thirty-ninth  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry  and  served  with  distinction  in 
the  Union  Army.  At  the  Battle  of  Gettysburg  the  great  siege  gun,  "Monitor,"  exploded, 
and  a  piece  of  the  gun  struck  him  in  the  left  leg  and  he  was  crippled  for  life. 

After  the  war  was  over,  Mr.  Patterson  and  his  family  moved  to  Nodaway  County, 
Mo.,  and  there  carried  on  farming,  specializing  in  the  raising  of  broom  corn  and 
the  manufacture  of  brooms,  in  which  they  made  a  good  success.  As  is  well  known, 
certain  localities  in  Missouri  continued  even  for  several  years  after  the  war  to  be 
divided  in  sentiment  and  allegiance  to  the  Union.  The  Patterson  boys  were  often 
singled  out  as  the  subjects  for  derision  and  revenge,  and  the  Copperheads  would  seek 
to  plague  them  by  calling  them  "Yanks,"  which  the  Patterson  boys  usually  ignored, 
but  when  the  term  began  to  be  prefaced  by  opprobrious  epithets,  they  decided  that  it 
was  time  for  a  battle  royal,  and  it  is  related  that  the  Patterson  boys  never  came  out 
second  best  in  one  of  these  encounters,  and,  incidentally,  the  whole,  locality  began 
to  have  a  wholesome  respect  for  "Yankee"  principles,  as  inculcated  by  the  massive 
fists  of  the  Patterson  boys.  Three  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  A. 
Patterson  in  Ogle  County,  111.,  and  two  in  Nodaway  County,  Mo.:  Charles,  a  light- 
house keeper  in  Oregon,  died  July  18,  1919,  at  the  age  of  sixty-three,  leaving  four 
children;  Frank  E.,  born  March  21,  1859,  is  a  partner  of  R.  A.  Patterson;  Ralph  Aus- 
tin, of  this  review,  born  September  1,  1861.  Watts  Turner  died  at  Bolsa,  where  he 
was  a  rancher,  leaving  a  widow  and  two  stepchildren;  William  H.  M.  died  at  Santa 
Ana,  leaving  a  widow  and  two  sons. 


520  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

The  Patterson  family  came  to  California  from  Nodaway  County,  Mo.,  in  1881, 
md  settled  at  Westminster.  Ralph  A.  soon  began  ranching  on  his  own  accotmt,  locat- 
ng  at  Carlsbad,  in  San  Diego  County,  where  he  was  extensively  engaged  m  gram 
■armin.'  for  twenty  years.  He  then  sold  his  holdings  there,  consisting  of  480  acres, 
=  nd  came  back  to  Bolsa  precinct  and  bought  his  present  place  of  thirty-five  acres, 
which  he  and  his  brother  Frank  have  farmed  ever  since.  They  have  put  down  a 
len-inch  well  214  feet  deep,  and  have  installed  a  pumping  plant  with  an  eight- 
liorsepower  engine,  which  furnishes  fifty  inches  of  water  for  irrigation  and  domestic 
purposes,  also  another  four-inch  well,  pumped  by  a  windmill.  A  comfortable  resi- 
dence and  barns  have  been  erected,  and  a  house  moving  shop,  this  having  been,  a 
side  line  with  them  for  a  number  of  years,  doing  business  in  Orange  County  on  the 
west  side  of  the  river.  The  farm  is  largely  devoted  to  garden  truck,  specializing  in 
sweet  potatoes,  melons  and  carrots.  For  twenty  years  he  was  employed  at  threshing 
in  Riverside,  Orange,  San  Bernardino  and  San  Diego  counties,  and  gained  a  wide 
acquaintance  thereby. 

Ralph  A.  Patterson  was  married  first  in  1888  to  Miss  Lydia  Dumphy,  who  passed 
away  in  1890,  her  infant  son,  her  mother  and  herself  all  dying  within  a  few  hours  of 
the  grippe.  Mr.  Patterson's  second  marriage  united  him  with  Miss  Mamie  Payne^  of 
San  Diego;  she  died  in  1901,  at  the  birth  of  her  second  child,  the  infant  also  living 
but  a  few  hours.  Her  eldest  child,  George  A.,  is  a  student  at  the  Santa  Ana  high 
school.  Mr.  Patterson's  present  wife,  before  her  marriage  was  Miss  Hallie  M.  Fill- 
more, and  she  is  the  daughter  of  William  and  Eliza  Fillmore;  she  is  the  mother  of 
five  children:  Charles  T.,  William  E.,  Hattie  Jane,  Hazel,  deceased,  and  Lloyd  Fillmore. 
Frank  Patterson  has  never  married,  but  makes  his  home  with  his  brother,  with  whom 
he  has  been  associated  in  business  for  forty  years.  Both  brothers  are  steadfast  and 
consistent  Republicans. 

MRS.  ZORAIDA  B.  TRAVIS. — An  estimable  and  exceedingly  worthy  represent- 
ative of  one  of  Orange  County's  most  distinguished  families,  herself  a  descendant  of 
aristocratic  Catalonian  Spanish  ancestors,  is  Mrs.  Zoraida  B.  Travis,  a  daughter  of  ■ 
Prudencio  Yorba  and  a  granddaughter  of  Bernardo  Yorba.  His  father  was  Antonio 
Yorba,  a  soldier  under  Commander  Fages  who  landed  at  Monterey,  lived  for  a  while  at 
the  Monterey  Mission,  visited  Yerba  Buena,  and  finally  came  south  to  the  Santiago 
Creek,  and  in  time  obtained  title  to  the  rich  grant,  "El  Cafion  de  San  Antonia  de  Santa 
\na  de  los  Yorbas." 

Bernardo  Yorba  received  a  grant  from  the  King  of  Spain  embracing  about  180.000 
acres,  extending  from  nearly  the  present  site  of  Riverside  west  to  the  ocean.  As  early 
as  1835  he  located  his  home  on  the  north  side  of  the  Santa  Ana  River  in  Santa  Ana 
Canyon,  and  there  built  his  commodious  residence,  famous  in  those  days  for  its  liberal 
hospitality.  It  was  a  very  large  adobe  building,  containing  ninety  rooms,  and  many 
were  the  activities  carried  on  beneath  its  widespread  roof.  The  various  members  of 
the  Yorba  family  were  highly  intelligent  and  highly  esteemed;  the  most  celebrated  for 
her  many  charities  and  kindness  was  the  great-grandmother,  Josefa  Yorba,  a  much- 
loved  woman,  who  in  McGroarty's  Mission  Play  was  selected  as  one  of  the  leading 
characters.  In  1887,  the  period  when  so  much  attention  was  directed  to  California  and 
its  realty,  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  confirmed  title  to  the  Yorba  lands, 
Bernardo  Yorba  having  passed  away  in  1858,  while  his  devoted  wife  had  passed  to  the 
Great  Beyond  seven  years  before. 

Prudencio  Yorba  was  a  son  of  Bernardo  Yorba  by  his  marriage  to  Felipa  Domin- 
guez.  He  was  born  at  the  old  adobe  homestead,  June  11,  1832,  where  he  grew  up,  and 
from  a  boy  learned  how  to  farm  and  raise  stock  successfully.  His  schooling  was 
obtained  at  the  school  at  San  Pedro.  He  was  married  August  4,  1851,  to  Dolores 
Ontiveros,  who  was  born  on  the  Coyote  ranch  in  the  La  Habra  Valley,  August  4,  1833. 
Her  father,  Juan  P.  Ontiveros,  was  a  native  son,  born  in  what  is  now  Orange  County, 
and  he  married  Martina  Ozuna,  born  in  San  Diego,  who  also  came  of  a  very  old  and 
prominent  family.  They  farmed  here  for  many  years  until  they  removed  to  Santa 
Maria,  Santa  Barbara  County,  where  Mr.  Ontiveros  purchased  the  Tepesquet  ranch  and 
there  engaged  in  ranching  until  his  death.  An  extensive  and  successful  sheep  raiser. 
Prudencio  Yofba  became  the  owner  of  a  large  ranch  in  the  vicinity  of  Yorba,  where 
he  resided  until  his  death  on  July  3,  1885,  his  widow  surviving  him  until  November  24, 
1894,  having  devoted  her  life  to  her  family. 

Of  the  twelve  children  born  to  this  worthy  couple,  eight  are  still  living,  among 
whom  Mrs.  Zoraida  Travis  is  one  of  the  youngest.  She  was  born  on  her  father's  farm 
near  Yorba  and  as  a  girl  received  an  excellent  education,  attending  St.  Catherine's 
Convent  at  San  Bernardino,  where  she  completed  her  studies.  On  October  20,  1898,  she 
was  married  to  J.  Coleman  Travis,  the  ceremony  occurring  at  her  old  home.  Mr.  Travis 
was  a  native  of  Alabama,  where  he  was  born  on  August  8,   1853,  at  Gainesville,   near 


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obile.  Impelled  to  leave  the  South  on  account  of  the  disastrous  effects  of  the  Civil 
ar,  the  Travis  family  came  to  California  via  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  arriving  in  Los 
igeles  on  Washington's  Birthday,  1869.  His  parents,  Amos  and  Eliza  Ann  (Cole- 
in)  Travis,  were  natives  of  Georgia  and  Alabama,  respectively,  and  came  of  prominent 
uthern  families.  For  a  time  they  resided  in  Los  Angeles  and  engaged  in  orange 
Iture  on  Eighth  Street,  between  San  Pedro  and  Alameda  streets.  In  1871,  however, 
;  family  moved  to  Santa  Ana,  and  a  short  distance  north  of  the  present  site  of  Orange, 
nos  Travis  laid  out  the  famous  tract  of  about  800  acres. 

For  a  number  of  years,  J.  Coleman  Travis  was  superintendent  of  the  plant  of  the 
nta  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  and  in  this  capacity  he  played  an  important  part 

the  building  up  of  the  plant  and  in  the  construction  of  its  canals  and  ditches.  Mr. 
avis  also  became  the  owner  of  a  ranch  of  sixty  acres  on  Tustin  Street,  near  Orange, 
lich  they  developed  and  set  to  oranges,  going  through  the  discouraging  days  when 
5  fruit  was  ruined  by  pests,  before  the  experts  were  able  to  control  them.  While 
ing  there  their  five  children  were  born,  four  of  whom  are  living,  J.  Coleman,  Jr., 
ite,  Zoraida  and  Amos.  Later  Mr.  Travis  sold  the  greater  part  of  this  ranch  and  pur- 
ased  the  Esperanza  ranch  of  249  acres,  a  part  of  the  old  Prudencio  Yorba  place, 
rs.  Travis'  father  having  named  the  ranch  Esperanza  for  a  daughter  who  had  passed 
fay  just  before  he  moved  onto  this  ranch  from  his  old  home.     Then  they  located 

Santa  Monica,  where  they  resided  until  1917,  coming  then  to  the  Esperanza  ranch, 
r.  Travis  began  developing  this  property,  but  was  not  permitted  to  carry  out  his 
ms,  for  this  estimable  man  died  on  June  19,  1919,  his  body  being  interred  at  Fair- 
ven  Cemetery,  Orange.  He  was  a  man  of  pleasing  manner  and  very  affable  and 
IS  endeared  to  every  one,  and  particularly  to  his  family,  to  whom  he  was  a  devoted 
sband  and  a  loving  father.  He  was  fond  of  outdoor  sports  and  insisted  on  his  family 
joying  many  outings,  and  also  on  his  children  learning  to  swim  and  to  be  proficient 

other  athletic  sports.  He  was  especially  fond  of  hunting  and  fishing  and  was  a 
;mber  of  the  Orange  County  Fox  Hunting  Club,  excelling  as  a  rider  and  marksman, 
r.  Travis  was  always  very  interested  in  the  building  up  of  Orange  County.  He  was 
deputy  assessor  of  this  district  when  it  was  still  Los  Angeles  County,  and  he  took  a 
ominent  part  in  the  county  division  and  the  organization  of  Orange  County  in  1889. 
is  to  men  of  J.  Coleman  Travis'  type  that  much  of  Orange  County's  present  greatness 
d  development  is  due,  because  with  other  early  settlers  he  gave  generously  of  his 
ne  and  means  to  all  objects  that  had  for  their  aim  the  improvement  of  the  county 
d  enhancing  the  comfort  of  the  people;  and  thus  those  early  pioneers  paved  the  way 
r  the  opportunities  and  pleasures  of  the  present-day  citizen. 

Mrs.  Travis  continues  to  reside  on  the  Esperanza  ranch,  looking  after  her  affairs 
d  the  training  and  education  of  her  children.  She  has  an  abundance  to  do  and  her 
ne  is  well  taken  up,  for  she  still  owns  the  344-acre  ranch  that  she  originally  inherited 
)m  her  father's  estate,  a  part  of  the  old  Bernardo  Yorba  ranch.  So  it  is  indeed  for- 
nate  for  herself  and  her  family  that  she  was  endowed  by  nature  with  good  judgment, 
abling  her  to  manage  and  develop  her  property  and  enjoy  her  inheritance.  A  cul- 
re'd  woman,  with  a  taste  arid  appreciation  for  the  beautiful  which  finds  expression 

her  home,  Mrs.  Travis,  in  her  graceful,  charming  manner,  dispenses  an  old-time 
.lifornia  hospitality,  and  her  ranch  hotiie  continues  to  be  a  center  for  social  gatherings 
d  family  reunions. 

GOTTFRIED  KLOTH. — Among  the  many  naturalized  German-American  citi- 
ns  at  Orange,  Gottfried  Kloth  is  worthy  of  special  mention.  He  is  a  retired  rancher 
d    cement    worker    who,    in    1920,    sold    his    interests    to    his    son-in-law,    Benjamin 

Dierker,  to  retire  from  the  more  active  duties  of  life.  Mr.  Kloth  was  born  iri 
ettin,   Germany,  December   15,   1850,   a  son   of   Christian   Kloth,   who   owned   a  farm 

300  acres  in  that  ■  country,  and  there  married  Fraulein  Mana  Dreyer,  and  they 
;re  the  parents  of  four  children  who  grew  to  maturity.  Christian  Kloth  was  married 
ree   times,   and  was   the   father   of   twenty-three   children. 

■:  Gottfried  Kloth  is  the  oldest  child  by  the  second  wife,  and  has  one  own  brother 
d  two  own  sisters.  He  grew  to  maturity  in  his  native  land,  received  a  good 
ucatiori,  and  w-as  confirmed  in  the  German  church.  His  marriage  occurred  in  his 
five  ■land  iri  1873,  and  united  hitti  with  Huldah  Trettin,  also  born  in  Germany.  He 
IS  the  owner  of  an  eleven-acre  farm,  'which  he  disposed  of  before  coming  to  America 
th  his  wife  and  four  children.  'They  sailed  from  Bremen  on  the  Steamship  "Sillare" 
■the  Hamburg  American  Ifne,  and  landed  at  New  York,  in  May,  1880,  going  at  once 

Young  Arrterica,  Minn,,  i^the' place  of  their  destination.     Here  Mr.  Kloth  purchased 

eight'y-acre  farm;  reaped  two  crops  off  of  it;  and  came  to  California  in  1882.  :  Fred 
rUek' 'arid  the  BolchardS,"  of  ■  Orange,  "relatives  iof  his  wife,  caused  them,  to  consider 
-ange  as 'a 'futtire 'home. -'Mr.  Kloth  worked  a^t:  the'  cement  business  at  Orange 
F.twe'rity-'three- 'years, 'in-  the  employ  of  the  Santa  Ana' 'Water  Company,  and  the-  El 


326  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Modena  Water  Company,  manufacturing  cement  pipe  and  cement  ditches.  He  pur- 
chased a  ten-acre  ranch  near  Olive,  operated  it  several  years,  then  disposed  of  it,  and 
in  1910  bought  the  ten-acre  place  he  sold  in  1920.  The  oldest  trees  on  the  last  place 
are  sixteen  years  old,  and  the  youngest  ones  are  seven  years  old.  He  planted  all 
the  trees  on  the  place  except  three  acres,  which  were  six  years  old  when  he  bought 
the  place. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kloth's  four  children  were  all  born  in  Germany:  Emma  became 
the  wife  of  Joe  Derson,  and  they  were  ranchers  at  La  Habra.  She  died  in  1908  and 
left  a  child,  Leona,  whom  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kloth  reared,  and  legally  adopted,  April  2, 
1920.  She  was  two  years  and  two  months  old  when  her  mother  died,  and  is  now 
fourteen  years  of  age.  Lena  is  the  wife  of  Henry  Franzen  of  Riverside,  a  hardware 
merchant,  and  they  have  three  children;  Rosella  married  Benjamin  F.  Dierker,  a 
rancher  at  Orange,  whose  sketch  appears  elsewhere  in  this  work;  they  have  four 
children,  two  boys  and  two  girls;  Herman  is  single  and  farmed  the  home  place  for 
his  father. 

Gottfried  Kloth  has  helped  build  three  Lutheran  church  edifices  at  Orange,  the 
last  one  erected  at  a  cost  of  more  than  $42,000,  and  he  advocates  the  cause  of  tem- 
perance and  is  a  consistent  Christian.  He  and  his  good  wife  have  been  hard 
workers  and  deserve  a  rest  after  such  arduous  and  useful  lives.  Much  credit  is  due 
Mr.  Kloth  for  the  success  which  he  has  won  by  a  life  of  industry  and  integrity. 

JAMES  S.  RICE. — Back  to  an  enviable  ancestral  record,  James  S.  Rice  of  Tustin. 
one  of  Orange  County's  early  citizens,  can  trace  his  lineage.  Of  English  descent,  the 
first  representative  of  the  family  settled  in  Massachusetts,  and  here  Harvey  Rice,  the 
father  of  James  S.,  was  born  at  Conway,  on  June  II,  1800.  After  his  graduation  from 
Williams  College,  well-known  as  the  alma  mater  of  President  Garfield,  when  a  young 
man  of  twenty-four,  he  decided  to  try  his  fortune  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  then  a  little 
frontier  town  of  only  400  inhabitants.  Reaching  there  without  funds  or  friends,  he 
began  his  career  there  as  a  teacher,  being  one  of  the  pioneers  of  that  profession  in  that 
vicinity.  With  true  foresight  he  invested  his  first  earnings  in  real  estate,  and  when, 
in  later  years,  this  land  increased  in  value  it  made  him  a  wealthy  man.  He  took 
up  the  practice  of  law  and  became  one  of  the  leading  lights  of  his  profession  during 
his  long  career.  He  was  a  leader  among  the  public-spirited  citizens  of  his  day,  and 
several  of  Cleveland's  most  noted  monuments  were  promoted  through  his  influence, 
among  them  the  Perry  monument  and  that  of  Geo.  Moses  Cleveland,  the  founder  of 
the  city.  His  early  work  as  a  teacher  always  gave  him  an  added  interest  in  educa- 
tional matters,  and  he  was  ever  at  the  forefront  in  every  movement  that  made  for 
progress  in  those  lines.  He  was  the  author  of  the  original  common-school  law  of 
Ohio,  a  law  that  has  been  copied  in  many  states.  As  a  recognition  of  this  service 
and  his  many  years  of  disinterested  work  on  boards  of  education  and  boards  of 
charity,  a  life-size  bronze  statue  of  him  was  erected  in  Wade  Park  at  Cleveland, 
largely  paid  for  by  pennies  from  the  school  children  of  the  state.  In  the  early  fifties 
he  represented  his  district  in  the  state  senate  and  made  for  himself  a  high  place 
among  the  legislators  of  that  period.  Educator,  legislator,  historian,  he  passed  away 
at  the  age  of  ninety-one  years,  full  of  honors.  Mrs.  Rice,  who  was  Maria  Fitch,  a 
daughter  of  Col.  James  Fitch  of  Putney,  Vt.,  died  in  Cleveland,  aged  seventy-seven. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harvey  Rice  were  the  parents  of  five  children,  and  of  these,  James 
S.,  the  subject  of  this  review,  was  next  to  the  youngest.  He  was  born  at  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  October  31,  1846,  and  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Cleveland  and  at  the 
Western  Reserve  College  at  Hudson,  Ohio.  He  completed  the  classical  course  and, 
in  accordance  with  his  father's  wishes,  was  looking  forward  to  a  legal  career,  but 
decided  to  enter  business  instead.  In  company  with  an  elder  brother,  already  estab- 
lished in  the  house  furnishing  business,  he  remained  a  partner  for  eleven  years,  until 
in  1874,  in  search  of  health  and  a  warmer  climate,  he  made  a  trip  to  California  to 
visit  his  brother-in-law,  James  Irvine,  the  original  owner  of  the  San  Joaquin  Rancho 
in  Orange  County.  He  remained  here  for  three  months,  and  then  returned  to  Cleve- 
land. He  was  so  well  pleased  with  what  he  saw  of  the  Golden  State,  however,  that 
he  decided  to  return,  reaching  here  on  January  18,  1877.  He  went  into  the  stock'  busi- 
ness with  James  Irvine,  raising  cattle  and  hogs  on  the  San  Joaquin  Rancho,  but  that 
year  was  extremely  dry  and  they  had  no  feed  for  their  stock,  the  sheep  dying  by  the 
thousand.  He  was  then  living  at  the  old  San  Joaquin  ranch  house  at  the  head  of 
Newport  Bay,  the  first  plastered  house  in  Los  Angeles  County,  remaining  there  six 
months.  He  next  purchased  some  land  of  Peter  Potts  at  Tustin,  and  started  an 
orange  grove,  and  later  he  bought  a  tract  of  fifty  acres  north  of  Tustin,  part  of 
which  he  still  owns.     He  paid  fifty  dollars  an  acre  for  this  land,  and  set  it  to  Muscatel 


f-flt?  '■"  F  r.  lAfilK^rn--    ■»-    ' 


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grapes,  from  which  he  averaged  $200  an  acre  for  several  years.  During  the  boom  of 
1886-1887  in  this  vicinity,  he  sold  quite  a  portion  of  his  land,  some  of  it  at  the  rate 
of  $4,000  an  acre.  Land  values,  of  course,  receded  after  this  abnormal  inflation,  and 
Mr.  Rice  was  compelled  to  take  back  some  of  it.  He  erected  a  fine  three-story  resi- 
dence on  his  property,  and  now  has  a  twelve-acre  orange  grove  that  has  been  brought 
up  to  the  highest  state  of  cultivation  and  productivity. 

Mr.  Rice's  marriage,  which  occurred  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  united  him  with  Miss 
Coralinn  Barlow,  the  daughter  of  Gen.  Merrill  Barlow,  an  eminent  lawyer  of  that 
place,  who  was  quartermaster  general  of  Ohio  during  the  Civil  War  period.  A  brother 
of  Mrs.  Rice  is  Hon.  Charles  A.  Barlow,  of  Bakersfield,  who  has  been  one  of  the 
most  prominent  figures  in  the  oil  development  of  Kern  County.  Mrs,  Rice  was  an 
exceptionally  talented  woman,  a  singer  of  note,  having  had  an  excellent  musical  edu- 
cation, and  her  gracious  hospitality  made  their  home  the  social  center  of  a  large 
coterie  of  friends,  among  them  Madame  Modjeska.  She  occupied  an  individual  place 
in  the  community,  to  which  her  death,  in  November,  1919,  came  as  a  distinct  loss. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rice  were  the  parents  of  four  children:  James  Willis,  a  rancher  at  Tus- 
tin,  married.Miss  Rubel  Martin,  and  they  have  two  children;  Merrill  and  Harvey  are 
both  deceased;! the  youngest  son,  Percy  F.,  is  an  inventor. 

In  politics  Mr.  Rice  has  always  been  a  stanch  adherent  of  the  Democratic  party 
and  prominent  in  the  local  affairs  of  the  organization.  He  is  now  chairman  of  the 
Democratic  County  Central  Committee. 

WILLIAM  THOMAS  BROWN.— An  early  pioneer  in  the  commercial  world  of 
Orange  County,  enjoying  the  distinction  of  having  been  the  first  president  of.  the 
Fullerton  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  a  pioneer  advocate  of  the  most  enthusiastic 
sort  of  good  roads,  able  to  boast  with  pride  that  he  actively  participated  in  giving 
Fullerton  her  fine  thoroughfares,  renowned  as  among  the  best  in  all  the  state,  William 
Thomas  Brown,  a  native  of  Georgia,  represents  very  ably  the  handsome  contribution 
made  from  time  to  time  by  the  South  toward  the  development  of  the  Southland  in 
California.  As  president  and  general  manager  of  the  Brown  and  Dauser  Company,  Mr. 
Brown  is  not  oiilya  force  in  the  lumber  field,  but  influential  at  all  times,  and  in  the 
right  way  and  most  needed  places. 

He  was.  born  at  Macon,  Ga.,  on  September  18,  1852,  the  son  of  Dr.  William  A. 
Brown,  a.  physician  and  surgeon  who  practiced  for  years  in  Georgia  and  first  came  to 
California  ten  years  after  the  arrival  of  our  subject  here.  Dr.  Brown  married  Miss 
Salina  J.  Jenkins,  a  native  of  North  Carolina  and  she  became  the  mother  of  seven 
children,  among  whom  William  Thomas  was  the  fourth  oldest  child.  He  was  educated 
in  private  schools  in  Winchester,  Texas,  and  for  three  years  was  in  a  drug  store  in  that 
state..  Coming  to  California  in  1873,  Mr.  Brown  spent  the  first  ten  years  as  agent  and 
operator  for  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Company,  and  then  for  a  year  he  was 
secretary-  of  the  Santa.  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company  at  Orange.  In-  1881  he  pur- 
chased a  ranch  of  twenty-one  and  a  half  acres  on  North  Main  Street,  half-way  between 
Orangeand  Santa  Ana,. where  he  spent  a  couple  of  years  farming,  and  then  he  entered 
the  lumber  field,  becoming  interested  in  the  Anaheim  yard  of  the  J.  M.  Griffith  Lumber 
Company.  He' assumed  the  rnanagement,  a  position  he  filled  with  success  for  a  period 
of  sixteen  years,  and  it  is  self-evident  that  he  not  only  mastered  the  business  there, 
but  also  had  much  to  do  vifith  giving  the  development  of  the  lumber  business  in  general 
in  Orange  County  the  right  turn  and  the  needed  impetus. 

In  1899  Mr.  Brown  incorporated  the  Brown  and  Dauser  Company  and  purchased 
the  T.  S.  Grimshaw  lumber  yard  in  Fullerton,  and  here  he  has  since  been  in  business. 
In  about  1904  he  purchased  Mr.  Dauser's  interest  and  devotes  all  of  his  time  to  thf 
management  of  the  business,  being  president  and  manager  of  the  company.  It  is  the 
oldest  yard  in  Fullerton  and  has  a  fine  planing  mill;  and  it  demands  the  services  of 
fifteen  men.  Besides  the  Fullerton  yard,  the  Brown  and  Dauser  Company  have  two 
other  lumber  yards— one  at  La  Habra,  the  other  at  Brea.  As  a  live  member  of  the 
Fullerton  Board  of  Trade,'  Mr.  Brown  riiay  look  back  upon  the  community  in  which 
he  has  become  a  commanding  figure  with  mingled  feelings.  When  he  was  the  first 
agent  for  the  Southern  Pacific  at  Santa  Ana,  the  station  was  in  an  old  caboose.  The 
next  spring  the  new  depot  was  completed  and  he  was  agent  at  Santa  Ana  from  Decem- 
ber, 1877,  until  March,  1881. 

When  Fullerton  began  the  agitation  for  good  roads  it  required  much  effort  awd 
time  to  persuade  many  of  the  taxpayers  that  better  and  the  best  roads  were  the  greatest 
of  assets  and  after  the  bonds  were  voted  Mr.  Brown  was  appointed  a  member  of  the 
commission  that  had  charge  of  the  construction,  and  that  finally  gave  Fullerton  pave- 
ments such  as  many  larger  municipalities  do  not  boast  of.  He  has  always  been  a 
Democrat  in  national  political  affairs,  but  a  Democrat  who  willingly  threw  aside  his 
partisanship  in  the  consideration  of  local  affairs.    Mr.  Brown  still  continues  his  interest 


330  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

in  horticulture,  for  he  not  only  owns  his  oi-iginal  ranch  on  North  Main  Street,  but  owns 
two  other  ranches  devoted  to  citrus  culture. 

On  April  17,  1878,  Mr.  Brown  was  married  at  Wilmington,  Cal.,  to  Miss  Isabella 
Campbell,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Katherine  Campbell.  She  was  born  at  London, 
Canada,  where  she  was  reared  and  educated,  coming  to  California  in  187S.  She  passed 
away  in  1893,  leaving  six  children:  Lottie  M.  is  the  wife  of  Dr.  H.  C.  Stinchfield  of 
Los  Angeles;  Catherine  B.  is  Mrs.  C.  L.  McGill  of  La  Habra;  Mabel  G.  is  Mrs.  Butler, 
also  of  La  Habra;  the  second,  fifth  and  sixth  of  the  children  are  Albert  W.,  W.  Grant 
and  Helen  Brown,  the  latter  living  at  home.  Mr.  Brown  was  married  a  second  time, 
the  ceremony  taking  place  at  Anaheim,  on  October  9,  1895,  uniting  him  with  Alice 
Beaizley,  a  native  of  Australia,  born  at  Sidney  of  English  parents.  Her  mother  died 
when  she  was  a  little  girl  and  she  came  to  California  in  1870  with  her  father,  Rev. 
Theophilus   Beaizley,  a  minister  in  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Brown  was  made  a  Mason  in  Wilmington  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  in 
1875,  but  is  now  a  member  of  Fullerton  Lodge  No.  339,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  with  his 
wife  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Eastern  Star.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights 
of  the  Maccabees  in  Anaheim.  Intensely  interested  in  the  growth  and  development 
of  Orange  County,  he  has  always  been  a  member  of  the  local  civic  bodies  and  for 
six  years  was  the  representative  from  Fullerton  in  the  Associated  Chambers  of  Com- 
merce of   Orange   County. 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK,  TUSTIN.— The  history  of  the  finance  and  the  finan- 
cial institutions  of  a  community  are  an  index  to  its  growth  and  development  as  a 
whole,  and  the  First  National  Bank  of  Tustin,  Cal.,  has  been  conspicuously  successful 
since  its  establishment,  February  S,  1912.  Organized  with  a  capital  of  $25,000,  its 
volume  of  business  grew  from  its  inception  to  a  marked  degree,  and  judicious  man- 
agement increased  its  capital  to  $50,000,  with  deposits  amounting  to  $286,887.96.  W.  C. 
Crawford  was  the  first  president  of  the  institution  and  C.  J.  Cranston  its  first  cashier. 
Its  present  officers  are:  C.  E.  Utt,  president;  John  Dunstan,  vice-president;  C.  A. 
Vance,  cashier;  W.  S.  Leinberger,  assistant  cashier;  directors:  C.  E.  Utt,  John  Dunstan, 
Sherman  Stevens,  V.  V.  Tubbs,  I.  L.  Marchant,  C.  A.  Miller  and  C.  A.  Vance.    ' 

C.  A.  Vance,  cashier  of  the  bank,  has  displayed  his  perfect  knowledge  of  the 
banking  business  in  the  creditable  manner  in  which  he  has  filled  his  important  position. 
He  is  a  native  of  Kansas,  and  in  1912,  having  disposed  of  a  bank  in  his  native  state, 
removed  to  Chula  Vista,  Cal.,  where  he  organized  the  Chula  Vista  State  Bank.  He 
sold  this  bank  in  August,  1916,  and  January  1,  1917,  located  at  Tustin. 

William  S.  Leinberger,  assistant  cashier  of  the  bank,  is  a  native  of  Nebraska,  and 
was  born  in  1883.  He  is  the  son  of  L.  F.  and  Kate  Leinberger,  natives  of  Pennsylvania 
and  Ohio,  respectively.  He  was  reared  and  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
state,  and  in  1910,  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  migrated  to  California,  first  locating  at 
Alhambra,  Cal.,  graduating  from  the  business  college  there,  later  teaching  bookkeeping 
there  for  a  year.  He  then  was  with  the  Alhambra  Savings  Bank  until  he  took  his 
present  position  as  assistant  cashier  in  the  Tustin  First  National  Bank. 

JOHN  O.  FORSTER. — Prominent  among  the  ranchers,  business  man  and  polit- 
ical leaders  of  San  Juan  Capistrano  must  be  mentioned  John  O.  Forster,  who  was 
born  at  Los  Flores,  San  Diego  County,  on  August  14,  1873,  the  son  of  Don  Marco 
Forster,  who  married  Guadalupe  Abila,  a  daughter  of  Don  Juan  Abila,  once  the  owner 
of  the  San  Miguel  Ranch.  Don  Marco's  father  was  the  famous  John  Forster,  or  Don 
Juan,  who  was  born  in  England,  migrated  to  California  during  the  Spanish  regime, 
and  married  Ysidora  Pico,  a  sister  of  Pio  Pico,  the  last  governor  of  California  under 
:he  Spanish  regime.  Don  Marco  was  born  in  Los  Angeles  in  1839,  and  became  one  of 
che  largest  landholders  in  Orange  County,  owning  15,000  acres  of  very  choice  hill,  pas- 
ture and  grain  land.  Before  the  Eastern  settlers  came,  father  and  son  carried  on  a  very 
extensive  business  in  the  raising  of  cattle,  sheep  and  horses,  allowed  to  roam  over  their 
vast  estate,  and  they  had  as  many  as  5,000  head  of  horses  and  five  times  that  number  of 
head  of  cattle.  Fences  were  then  unknown,  and  cattle  and  horses  ran  wild.  Santa 
Margarita  Ranch,  as  the  property  was  designated,  included  many  thousands  of  acres 
of  rich  land,  and  was  one  of  the  choicest  and  most  productive  of  the  old-time  estates. 
Pio  Pico  also  owned  a  large  estate  near  Capistrano,  some  of  which,  joined  to  a  part 
of  the   Forster  property,  made  more  than  a  handsome  holding, 

Don  Marco  Forster  died  in  1904,  the  father  of  six  children,  among  whom  John 
O.  was  the  third  in  the  order  of  birth.  The  others  were  Marco  H.,  Frank  A.— a  part- 
ner in  various  enterprises  with  our  subject— George  H.,  Ysidora,  the  wife  of  Cornelio 
Echenique,  and  Lucana,  later  Mrs.  Thomas  McFadden  of  Fullerton.  When  Don  Marco 
passed  away.  John   O.   Forster  was   made   an  executor. 

Romantic  was  the  career  of  the  founder  of  this  virile  family,  Don  Juan  Forster, 
who  was  a  captain  of  one  of  the. fine  old  sailing  vessels  of  early  days,  married  into  a 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  333 

long-established  and  wealthy  Spanish  family,  and  so  later  came  to  control  one  of  the 
most  noted  principalities  of  pre-pioneer  days;  and  equally  romantic  has  been  the  history 
of  Don  Juan's  renowned  ranch.  The  ranch  really  included  three  old  Spanish  grants, 
the  Santa  Margarita,  the  Mission  Viejo,  at  San  Juan  Capistrano,  and  the  Trabuco,  each 
with  its  own  romantic  history.  The  two  first-mentioned  originally  belonged  to  the 
Picos;  but  in  the  forties  John  Forster,  having  captured  the  heart  of  Don  Pico's  sister, 
secured  the  ranches  also.  John  Forster  became  esteemed  and  powerful  as  Don  Juan; 
and  on  his  death  left  such  a  heritage  that  it  would  have  required  in  the  days  of  no 
irrigation  a  small  fortune  to  manage,  and  manage  successfully.  As  it  was,  his  heirs 
assumed  indebtedness  to  keep  the  property;  and  when  much  of  it  was  heavily  mort- 
gaged, it  passed  into  the  hands  first  of  Charles  Crocker,  then  of  James  Flood,  and 
finally  of  Richard  0'N.eill. 

John  O.  Forster  attended  the  public  schools  at  San  Juan  Capistrano,  and  later 
studied  at  St.  Vincent  and  Santa  Clara  colleges.  Then  he  went  to  work  on  his  father's 
ranch,  caring  for  his  cattle,  and  after  that,  for  four  years  was  proprietor  of  a  general 
merchandise  store  and  was  postmaster  at  San  Juan  Capistrano.  In  that  old  historic 
town,  too,  he  was  married  in  1900  to  Miss  Mae  Marshall,  a  native  of  Virginia  City, 
then  residing  at  Reno,  Nev.,  a  lady  who  has  proven  the  most  helpful  of  life-mates. 
Mr.  Forster  has  become  the  prime  mover  in  the  San  Juan  Capistrano  Walnut  Associa- 
tion, and  he  is  also  interested  in  the  Capistrano  Water  Company.  He  belongs  to  the 
Mission  Church,  and  for  eighteen  years  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees 
having  charge  of  the  grammar  school.  In  1901  he  erected  his  comfortable  home,  amid 
some  seventy  acres  of  walnuts. 

Frank  A.  Forster,  John's  brother,  who  was  born  at  Los  Flores  on  December  7, 
1871,  is  in  partnership  with  John  and  other  members  of  the  family,  the  children  of  the 
long-honored  pioneers  thus  preserving  a  pleasant  tradition  of  early  days.  With  com- 
mon interests  and  generous  sympathies,  these  thoroughly  representative  Californians 
are  able  to  accomplish  enough  to  give  new  force  to  the  old  adage,  "In  union  there  is 
strength,"  and  to  renew  the  assurance  that  property  and  wealth  need  not  and  ought 
not  to  be  a  bone  of  contention,  but  rather  a  source  of  felicitation  among  near  of  kin. 

HON.  Z.  B.  WEST. — Orange  County  has  never  failed  to  appreciate  the  worthiest 
of  its  judiciary,  and  distinguished  among  these  who  have  deserved  the  highest  esteem 
and  confidence  may  be  mentioned  Hon.  Zephanian  B.  West,  the  efficient  and  popular 
judge  of  Department  One  of  the  Superior  Court,  at  Santa  Ana.  He  was  born  in  Wayne 
County,  111.,  on  March  1,  18S2,  and  first  came  to  the  Golden  State  in  the  great  "boom" 
year  for  Southern  California,  in  1887.  His  father  was  Samuel  West  and  he  married 
Miss  Margaret  A.  Hoover.  To  this  union  there  were  born  nine  children,  five  boys  and 
four  girls.  They  settled  and  did  yeoman  work  in  pioneering  in  Southern  Illinois, 
encountering  every  hardship  incident  to  making  a  farm  and  a  home  in  a  new  and 
unsubdued  wilderness  country,  such  as  that  was  at  that  time.  They  were  very  poor 
and  upon  the  subject  of  our  sketch — he  being  the  eldest  of  the  .children — the  burden 
of  assisting  in  supporting  the  family  fell  very  heavily,  but  ever  mindful  of  his  duty  as 
a  faithful  son,  he  manfully  remained  with  his  parents  and  shared  their  burdens  and 
hardships  until  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age;  then  launched  out  in  pursuit  of  an 
education  for  which  he  had  longed  and  thirsted;  and  without  aid  from  any  one,  even 
to  the  extent  of  one  cent,  he  pressed  on  and  by  self-denial,  with  indomitable  energy, 
optimistic  courage  and  the  greatest  sacrifice,  completed  the  education  he  so  much 
desired  and  began  his  professional  career  which  has  moved  onward  to  higher  and 
more  worthy  attainments  and  to  his  present  important  and  influential  position. 

Mr.  West  graduated  in  1876  from  the  National  Normal  University  of  Lebanon, 
Ohio,  upon  the  completion  of  the  full  teacher's  course  prescribed  by  that  splendid 
institution  with  the  degree  of  B.S.,  and  three  years  later  from  the  Central  Normal 
College  of  Danville,  Indiana,  with  the  degree  of  A.B.  He  then  read  law  in  Illinois 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  upon  examination  before  the  Supreme  Court  of  that 
state,  in  1885.  He  was  thus  well  grounded  in  legal  subjects  before  he  left  his  native 
state  to  push  out  into  the  world. 

Coming  to  California,  he  settled  at  Santa  Ana  and  here  opened  a  law  office  for 
general  practice;  was  city  attorney  for  seven  years,  and  conducted  the  legal  proceed- 
ings by  which  the  Santa  Ana  Water  Works  were  installed — Santa  Ana  being  the 
second  city  to  take  such  action  under  the  municipal  law  as  it  then  stood.  He  was 
chairman  of  the  Board  of  Education  of  Santa  Ana  for  four  years,  and  served  five 
years  on  the  State  Normal  School  Board,  and  was  acting  in  that  capacity  when  the 
Normal  School  at  San  Diego  was  erected.  He  was  also  appointed  by  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  district  attorney  of  Orange  County,  to  fill  a  vacancy  for  two  years,  and 
at  the  general  election  in  1902,  when  he  had  well  established  a  wide  reputation  for 
clear  thinking  and  honest,  fearless  dealing,  he  was  elected  judge  of  the  Superior  Court 
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i  years,  and  has  since  succeeded  himself  each  consecutive  six  years;  so  when  he 
:s  his  present  term  he  will  have  served  in  that  high  office  twenty-four  years.  In 
on  to  his  undergraduate  work,  the  real  foundation  laid  for  much  of  this  public 
e  was  Judge  West's  experience  as  an  Eastern  pedagogue.  He  was  superintendent 
ools  of  the  city  of  Fairfield,  111.,  for  two  years,  and  county  school  superintendent 
lyne  County,  III,  for  five  years,  and  was  engaged  in  school  work  altogether  for 

fourteen  years — a  part  of  this  time  before  he  had  graduated  from  college, 
^t  Fairfield,  111.,  on  May  20,  1885,  Mr.  West,  who  is  of  English  and  Scotch-Irish 
It,  married  Miss  Elizabeth  E.  Wright,  a  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Emma  Wright, 
glish  ancestry;  and  their  fortunate  union  has  been  further  blessed  by  the  birth  of 
lildren:  Lulu  A.  West  married  R.  Victor  Langford,  and  Z.  Bertrand  West,  Jr., 
;d  Miss  Linna  Yarnell.  The  other  children  are  Marguerite  E.,  Frank  Gordon  and 
nd  C.  West.  Judge  West  is  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Santa  Ana, 
as   superintendent  of  the   Sunday  school  for  almost  twenty-eight  years.     He   is 

valued  and  influential  member  and  also  of  the  Men's  Club  of  that  Church. 
?he  Judge  is  a  stanch,  broad-minded  Republican,  and  has  unbounded  confidence 

principles  of  that  great  party.  He  has  been  initiated  into  three  branches  of 
iry,  knows  the  mysteries  of  two  branches  of  the  Odd  Fellowship,  is  a  Maccabee 

member  of  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood.  This  interesting  career,  so  typical  of 
can  progressive  manhood,  is  of  double  appeal,  for  it  reveals  the  many-sidedness 

Judge  and  easily  explains  his  broad  sympathies  and  his  ability — so  widely  appre- 

by  both  the  legal  fraternity  and  the  public  in  general — to  enter  into  almost  every 

of  social,  business  and  political  life,  and  so  render  justice  far  more  surely  than 

have  been  possible  had  he  not  run  the  gamut. 

VILLIAM  J.  EDWARDS. — A  resident  of  Orange  County  for  more  than  forty- 
ars,  William  J.  Edwards  has  contributed  a  large  share  to  the  development  of 
Westminster  district,  where  he  continues  to  make  his  home.  Born  in  Derinda 
ship,  Jo  Daviess  County,  111.,  April  22,  1858,  Mr.  Edwards  grew  up  there  on 
ther's  ISO-acre  farm,  attending  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood.  His  parents 
Samson  and  Diana  (Rogers)  Edwards,  of  whom  mention  is  made  on  another 
n  this  history, 
loming  to   California  in   1874,  John   H.  and  William  J.   Edwards  rented   a  tract 

acres  of  land  in  the  Westminster   district,   which   they  farmed   in  partnership, 

in  on  a  large  scale  in  raising  grain,  potatoes  and  live  stock.  After  five  years 
.rtnership  was  dissolved,  William  J.  carrying  on  the  ranching  alone  and  meet- 
ith  great  success,  later  renting  160  acres  from  his  father,  which  he  farmed  for 
1  years,  then  bought  it.  He  had  purchased  his  present  place  of  forty  acres  in 
md  gave  it  to  his  three  older  children,  but' in  1914  and  1915  bought  it  back.     He 

the  owner  of  the  original  Edwards  homestead  of  forty  acres,  which  he  purchased 
6.  He  also  has  owned  and  improved  three  other  ranches  in  the  Westminster 
^intersburg  precincts,  and  had  1,280  acres  of  land  in  Arizona,  near  Casa  Grande, 
roperty  at  Seal  Beach.  In  1914  he  erected  his  attractive  bungalow  on  the  Santa 
[untington  Beach  Boulevard,  which  he  has  named  "The  Tortoise  Shell." 
n  1878,  William  J.  Edwards  was  married  to  Miss  Ella  Johnson  of  Garden 
,  born  in  Solano  County,  the  daughter  of  Irvin  and  Elizabeth  Johnson,  who 
there  from  Missouri.  She  passed  away  in  1891,  leaving  five  children:  Ernest 
m,  a  rancher  near  Bishop,  Inyo  County,  is  married  and  has  five  children;  Eliza- 
,illian  is  the  wife  of  Glenn  L.  Baker,  a  rancher  in  Tulare  County,  and  she  is  the 
r  of  six  children;  Harry  James  resides  in  Hemet,  and  has  two  children;  Frances 
;tta  is  the  wife  of  J.  W.   Stufflebeem,  a  rancher  at  Visalia,  and  they  have  one 

Bessie  Ellen  is  the  wife  of  George  Harris  of  Lemon  Cove,  and  she  has  one 
by   her   first    marriage    with    James    Harvey.      Mr.    Edwards'    second    marriage, 

occurred  in  1892,  united  him  with  Miss  Nettie  Kelley,  born  in  Nebraska,  the 
ter  of  John  and  Mary  J.  Kelley,  both  now  deceased.  Six  children  have  been 
:o  them:     Eugene  J.   is   a  rancher  near  Wintersburg  and   has   one   child;   Cecil 

is  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Craig  of  Phoenix,  Ariz.,  and  has  two  children;  Sylvia 
I  is  the  wife  of  Albert  G.  Kettler,  a  rancher  of  Buena  Park;  Ben  Samson,  Rufus 

and  Nettie  Adelaide  are  at  home. 
)f  late  years,  Mr.  Edwards  has  been  interested  in  the  citrus  and  walnut  industry 
:  now  has  twenty  acres  devoted  to  orchard,  his  Valencia  grove  now  being  four 
old.  Although  always  a  very  busy  man,  with  many  business  interests,  he  has 
allowed  himself  to  become  so  absorbed  in  business  cares  as  to  forget  that  a 
able  amount  of  recreation  is  a  necessity  in  everyone's  life.  A  number  of  years 
;  had  a  wagon  fitted  up  especially  for  camping  trips,  with  sleeping  and  cooking 
es  ingeniously  arranged.  With  his  family  he  has  taken  many  camping  trips  in 
agon,  one  trip  several  years  ago  being  through  the  Yosemite  Valley.     Mr.  Ed- 


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wards  has  had  the  wagon  mounted  on  a  Ford  chassis  so  that  it  is  now  more  of  service 
than  ever,  especially  for  long  trips,  and  during  the  early  part  of  the  year  1920  he 
drove  it  on  a  long  camping  trip  in  the  mountains.  Mr.  Edwards  is  a  member  of 
the  Westminster  Drainage  District  and  of  the  Lima  Bean  Growers'  Association  of 
Smeltzer.  An  independent,  both  in  religious  and  political  matters,  he  has  lived  a 
consistent,  upright  life,  following  his  own  creed  of  justice  and  honesty  in  all  his 
dealings  with  his  fellowmen.  He  helped  to  make  the  division  of  Orange  from  Los 
Angeles  County,  and  has  lived  here  all  those  years. 

HIRAM  CLAY  KELLOGG. — Perhaps  no  one  does  more  to  help  in  the  develop- 
ment of  a  new  country  and  particularly  to  benefit  future  generations  than  the  efficient 
civil  engineer,  and  for  this  reason  the  name  of  H.  Clay  Kellogg  of  Santa  Ana,  is 
indelibly  associated  with  Orange  County.  His  works  will  live  as  monuments  after 
he  has  passed  hence.  From  the  earliest  days  of  the  county  up  to  the  present  time,  and 
not  alone  in  this  section  is  his  work  known,  but  throughout  the  state  and  beyond  its 
confines  he  has  long  been  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  able  men  in  his  profession. 
The  favorite  saying  of  the  famous  educator,  Horace  Mann,  "We  should  be  ashamed  to 
die  until  we  have  done  something  to  help  the  world,"  is  one  of  the  favorite  maxims 
of  H.  Clay  Kellogg.  A  native  son  of  California,  he  was  born  near  St.  Helena,  Napa 
County,  on  Admission  Day,  September  9,  1855,  the  eldest  son  and  child  of  Benjamin 
Franklin  and  Mary  Orilla  (Lillie)  Kellogg,  both  descendants  of  old  New  England 
families  who  were  among  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Illinois.  A  sketch  of  the  family  is 
given  on  another  page  of  this  history. 

Even  in  his  early  years  Mr.  Kellogg  manifested  a  decided  inclination  towards 
the  profession  of  civil  engineer,  and  he  was  fortunate  in  being  privileged  to  obtain  the 
necessary  education  and  training  to  perfect  himself  in  his  chosen  calling.  In  1879  he 
was  graduated  from  Wilson  College  (now  extinct)  at  Wilmington,  Cal.  During  the 
time  he  attended  this  institution,  through  the  friendship  of  Captain  Smith,  the  engineer 
in  charge  of  this  section  of  the  Coast  Survey,  Mr.  Kellogg  was  fortunate  in  being 
employed  to  work  out  the  triangulations  of  the  survey  of  the  Wilmington  and  San 
Pedro  harbors  and  was  furnished  the  necessary  instruments  for  that  purpose.  After 
completing  his  course  in  the  college  he  did  not  engage  in  his  profession  for  about 
four  years  as  he  had  taken  contracts  to  set  out  vineyards  at  Anaheim,  Placentia  and 
Pasadena,  this  being  the  period  when  the  grape  industry  was  at  its  height  in  Southern 
California. 

Mr.  Kellogg's  first  important  contract  was  the  laying  out  of  the  town  of  Elsinore, 
in  Riverside  County,  in  1883.  The  following  year  he  was  made  chief  engineer  of  the 
Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  just  organized,  and  ever  since  that  date  he  has  been 
employed  as  engineer  or  consulting  engineer  for  the  company.  He  held  a  like  position 
with  the  Anaheim  Irrigation  system  until  the  district  was  declared  invalid.  In  1885  he 
was  chosen  to  fill  the  office  of  deputy  county  surveyor  of  Los  Angeles  County.  In 
1888  he  surveyed  and  built  the  railroad  running  from  the  center  of  San  Bernardino, 
through  Colton  to  Riverside  and  operated  it  for  eight  months.  This  is  now  a  part  of 
the  Southern  Pacific  system.  In  1886-87  he  laid  out  South  Riverside,  now  Corona, 
remaining  as- engineer  of  its  water  system  until  1900.  In  1894  he  was  selected  for  the 
important  post  _of  constructing  engineer  of  the  dam  at  Gila  Bend,  Ariz.,  where  he 
remained  until  the  completion  of  the  work. 

Upon  his  return  to  Orange  County,  which  section  of  the  state  has  been  his  home 
since  the  year  1869,  he  was  elected  county  surveyor,  serving  until  January,  1899,  when 
he  was  elected  city  engineer  of  Santa  Ana.  The  work  before  him  was  the  development 
of  the  sewer  system  of  the  city,  a  task  that  he  was  most  competent  to  undertake  and 
which  he  completed  to  the  satisfaction  of  everyone.  In  1900  he  went  to  Honolulu, 
where  he  was  engaged  as  chief  engineer  by  the  Wahiawa  Water  Company,  and  built 
two  immense  reservoirs  by  damming  up  both  forks  of  the  Kaukonahua  River,  running 
each  side  of  the  Wahiawa  Colony;  he  also  constructed  a  canal  from  the  mountains  to 
irrigate  the  colony  and  as  an  adjunct  to  the  reservoirs,  one  of  these  having  a  capacity 
of  2,500,000,000  gallons.  The  waters  of  these  reservoirs  irrigate  the  lands  of  the 
Wahiawa  Agricultural  Company,  being  carried  by  a  canal  seven  miles  in  length.  In 
1905  he  was  employed  as  consulting  engineer  to  make  a  report  on,  and  revise  the  plans 
of  the  Naunna  dam  above  Honolulu  and  this  dam  has  been  constructed  on  his  plans. 

Upon  the  organization  of  the  holding  company  for  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation 
Company  and  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  known  as  the  Santa  Ana  River 
Development  Company,  to  look  after  the  water  supply  and  protect  the  water  rights, 
Mr.  Kellogg  was  employed  as  engineer,  and  still  holds  that  important  post.  His  duties 
are  to  measure  the  water  each  year  from  the  source  to  the  intake  of  the  canals  near 
the  county  line  in  Orange  County  and  make  such  necessary  investigations  for  lawsuits 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

;h  occur  in  the  protection  of  their  rights,  and  in  this  field  he  is  recognized  as  an 
ority  and  always  called  upon  for  expert  testimony.  In  1906,  when  the  Newbert  Pro- 
on  District  was  organized  to  control  the  water  of  the  Santa  Ana  River  from  Santa 
to  the  ocean,  a  distance  of  ten  and  one-half  miles,  he  was  appointed  engineer  and 
holds  that  position.  In  1910,  after  a  period  of  twenty  years,  he  returned  to  Corona, 
nged  for  and  built  the  storm  drains  and  sewer  system  for  the  city,  two  previous 
npts  having  failed. 

Mr.  Kellogg  has  constructed  many  miles  of  paving  and  built  bridges  in  various 
s  and  counties  in  Southern  California,  and  has  built  up  a  clientele  second  to  none 
ly  other  engineer  in  the  state.  With  a  decided  talent  for  architecture,  he  designed 
attractive  residence  at  122  Orange  Street,  Santa  Ana,  which  has  been  his  home 
I  number  of  years.  During  the  year  1918-19  he  constructed  a  beautiful  mausoleum, 
200,  of  concrete,  marble  and  bronze,  at  Oakland,  Cal.,  a  credit  to  Mr.  Kellogg  as  a 
ler,  and  had  he  not  chosen  the  profession  of  engineering,  he  doubtless  could  have 
fame  and  success  in  the  architectural  field. 

Mr.  Kellogg  has  been  twice  married;  his  first  union  was  with  Miss  Victoria  Schulz, 
tive  of  Iowa.  She  passed  away  in  1891,  leaving  a  daughter,  Victoria  Sibyl,  who  was 
uated  from  the  Westlake  School  for  Girls  in  L,os  Angeles.  She  is  the  wife  of 
h  R.  Michelsen,  born  in  Los  Angeles,  a  mechanic  who  works  in  steel,  but  with  a 
ig  penchant  for  raising  poultry.  They  have  two  bright  children,  Ralph  Copeland 
Charlotte  Augusta.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Michelsen  reside  in  Orange  County.  In  1895, 
ortland.  Ore.,  Mr.  Kellogg  was  married  to  Miss  Helen  V.  Kellogg,  a  native  of 
;onsin,  who  spent  her  early  life  in  North  Dakota,  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  high 
normal  schools  and  of  the  State  University  of  North  Dakota,  a  talented  lady 
presides  over  the  family  home  and  is  an  invaluable  helpmate  to  her  gifted  husband, 
union  has  been  blessed  with  four  children — Helen,  Hiram  Clay,  Jr.,  Leonard 
iklin  and   Oahu   Rose. 

In  fraternal  circles  Mr.  Kellogg  is  a  Mason,  having  been  made  a  member  of 
a  Ana  Lodge,  No.  241,  F.  &  A.  M.;  and  he  belongs  to  the  Chapter;  the  Council, 
■e  he  has  been  illustrious  master;  the  Commandery,  in  which  he  is  a  past  eminent 
Tiander,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  in  Los 
;les.  For  years  he  was  prominent  in  the  Native  Sons  of  the  Golden  West,  serving 
resident  of  the  Invincible  Parlor,  and  also  held  the  office  of  deputy  district  grand 
dent  for  fourteen  years,  and  is  now  among  the  oldest  of  the  Native  Sons  of  Cali- 
a.  He  has  always  been  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  Technical  Society  of  Civil 
neers  of  the  Pacific  Coast.  Notwithstanding  the  busy  life  he  has  led,  H.  Clay 
Dgg  has  never  neglected  his  duties  as  a  citizen  of  the  county,  but  has  given  of  his 
and  means  to  further  those  projects  that  have  had  as  their  aim  the  betterment  of 
1  and  civic  conditions  and  in  all  such  work  he  has  had  the  active  cooperation  of  his 
and  they  have  a  wide  circle  of  friends  wherever  known. 

JOHN  H.  EDWARDS.— Now  living  retired  at  Santa  Ana,  John  H.  Edwards 
pies  a  distinct  place  among  the  honored  pioneer  ranchers  of  Orange  County,  as 
:Iose  to  half  a  century  he  has  been  identified  with  its  progress,  and  through 
.ggressiveness  and  energy  liberally  contributing  to  every  enterprise,  not  only  of 
wn  neighborhood,  but  of  the  whole  country  round  about. 

While  the  greater  part  of  his  life  has  been  passed  in  California,  Mr.  Edwards 
native  of  Wisconsin,  and  there  he  was  born  near  Hazel  Green  on  October  16, 
His  parents  were  Samson  and  Diana  (Rogers)  Edwards,  honored  residents  of 
ge  County  for  many  years,  a  sketch  of  their  lives  being  found  elsewhere  in 
history.  During  the  early  boyhood  of  Mr.  Edwards,  his  parents  removed  to  Jo 
ess  County,  111.,  and  there  he  remained  until  early  riianhood.  Then,  in  1874,  he 
to  California  with  his  father,  Samson  Edwards,  and  located  near  Westminster 
range  County,  and  there  they  rented  a  ranch,  which  they  cultivated  together  until 
H.  was  twenty-one  years  of  age.  He  then  entered  into  a  partnership  with  his 
ler,  William  J.  Edwards,  and  for  a  number  of  years  they  were  engaged  in  ranch- 
leasmg  land  which  they  devoted  to  corn,  barley,  potatoes  and  live  stock  They 
maintained  a  dairy  and  conducted  a  meat  business,  running  wagons  over  a  wide 
;  of  territory,  and  as  they  were  energetic  and  progressive,  they  soon  became 
rs  in  the  agricultural  development  of  the  Westminster  section. 
In  1882  Mr.  Edwards  purchased  a  ranch  of  his  own  near  Westminster  and 
he  made  his  home  until  his  removal  to  Santa  Ana.  His  original  purchase  was  a 
of  forty  acres,  and  this  he  added  to  until  he  owned  270  acres  of  valuable  land 
mnection  with  his  ranching  Mr.  Edwards  conducted  a  thriving  butcher  business 
number  of  years.  In  1907  he  rented  the  land  to  his  two  eldest  sons,  who  have 
given  the  ranch  their  careful  attention,  keeping  it  up  to  the  same  high  state  of 
ation.     Despite  his  busy  life  in  the  early  days  of  development  of  Orange  County 


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Mr.  Edwards  was  always  keenly  alive  to  the  need  for  betterment  of  conditions  in 
his  community,  and  to  any  measure  that  was  of  present  or  future  value  to'  the  county. 
As  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Smeltzer  branch  of  the  Home  Telephone  Company, 
he  was  instrumental  in  the  establishment  of  the  telephone  system  connecting  his 
neighborhood  with  the  larger  centers  of  the  country.  He  was  also  a  director-  of  the 
Bolsa  Tile  Factory,  whose  products  were  a  much-needed  factor  in  the  development 
and  improvement  of  large  tracts  of  land  in  Orange  County. 

Mr.  Edwards'  marriage,  which  was  solemnized  at  Los  Angeles,  united  him  with 
Miss  Julia  A.  Penhall,  a  native  daughter  of  California,  whose  father,  Uriah  Penhall, 
was  a  pioneer  of  the  Golden  State,  coming  here  in  the  early  days  and  engaging  in 
mining.  Five  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwards:  Reuben  W.,  Lloyd 
E.,  Daisy  M.,  wife  of  O.  J.  Day  of  Westminster,  Mildred  N.  and  Glen  W. 

MONSIGNOR  HENRY  EUMMELEN.— If  California  the  Golden,  famed  to  the 
wide,  wide  world,  is  noted  for  anything  besides  its  matchless  climate  and  all  the  advan- 
tages to  health  and  human  happiness  arising  from  that  priceless  blessing,  it  is  that 
the  great  commonwealth  is  an  empire  of  favored  homes,  a  place  where  one  may  find 
peace  and  contentment,  in  an  environment  of  uplift  and  hope,  if  one  is  disposed  to  be 
contented,  happy  and  prosperous  anywhere.  For  this  second  blessing — an  advanced 
and  assured  state  of  society — .Californians  are  indebted  to  various  agencies  long  and 
strenuously  at  work;  chief  among  which  have  been  the  untiring  ministrations  of  the 
scholarly  and  faithful  clergy,  working  unselfishly  year  in  and  year  out  to  make  the 
world  a  better  place  to  live  in,  and  California,  perhaps,  the  choicest  corner  of  all. 

Eminent  among  these  leaders  of  church  work  who  have  thus  dedicated  themselves 
and  all  that  they  control  or  direct  to  the  public  good,  and  often  to  the  good  of  a  public 
not  always  exactly  in  accord  with  them,  may  well  be  mentioned  the  Very  Reverend 
Monsignor  Henry  Eummelen,  distinguished  years  ago  as  the  youngest  Monsignor 
in  the  United  States  or  Canada,  and  now  a  natural  leader  among  the  prelates  of  Santa 
Ana,  who  was  born  in  the  city  of  Lutterade,  province  of  Limburg,  Holland,  on  De- 
cember 8,  1862 — a  day  doubtless  serenely  quiet  in  staid  old  Netherlands,  but  a  date 
memorable  for  the  beginning  of  General  Grant's  operations  against  Vicksburg,  which 
riveted  anew  the  attention  of  the  Old  World  on  America.  His  father  was  John 
Mathias  Eummelen,  who  had  married  Miss  Maria  Elizabeth  Demacker;  and  being- 
God-fearing  folk,  and  having  noted  the  early  aspiration  of  their  first-born  to  conse- 
crate himself  to  the  service  of  the  Almighty,  they  afforded  him  every  opportunity  to 
prepare  for  the  priesthood.  For  a  while  he  attended  the  Jesuit  College  at  Sittaert; 
Holland,  but  after  four  years,  when  he  was  just  sixteen,  he  came  to  this  country  with 
his  parents. 

At  Teutopolis,  111.,  he  resumed  his  studies,  and  remained  for  another  four  years 
at  the  Franciscan  College,  and  then,  for  a  year,  .he  taught  school.  When  he  matricu- 
lated again,  it  was  at  the  seminary  at  Mount  Angel,  Marion  County,  Ore.,  but  since 
the  Benedictines  were  not  prepared  to  take  secular  students,  he  went  to  Vancouver, 
Wash.,  on  the  application  of  Bishop  Junger,  and  taught  at  the  college  there  for  two 
semesters.  He  then  went  to  New  Westminster,  B.  C,  where  he  joined  Bishop  Durieu 
in  missionary  work  among  the  nine  different  tribes  of  Indians. 

Impelled  by  the  desire  to  resume  his  studies  and  reach  his  goal,  Mr.  Eummelen 
went  for  a  while  to  the  Ottawa  University;  and,  as  his  parents  had  removed  from 
Nebraska  to  California,  he  came  to  Bishop  Mora,  the  first  Bishop  of  Monterey  and 
Los  Angeles,  who  sent  him  to  Santa  Barbara  to  finish  his  theology  under  the  famous 
Very  Reverend  Father  Bergmeyer.  When  the  latter  gave  up  teaching,  Mr.  Eummelen 
came  south  to  Los  Angeles  and  taught  languages  at  St.  Vincent's,  at  the  same  time 
that  he  pursued  his  theological  studies;  and  on  the  removal  of  his  parents  to  Kansas, 
he  accompanied  them,  to  look  after  their  affairs.  Bishop  Fink,  of  Leavenworth,  was 
only  too  glad  to  welcome  him  to  his  diocese,  and  asked  him  to  become  a  priest  under 
his  jurisdiction. 

Our  subject  was  thus  ordained  to  the  priesthood  in  Leavenworth  on  February  28, 
1890,  by  Bishop  L.  M.  Fink,  and  said  his  first  mass  in  the  Sacred  Heart  Church  at 
Newbury,  Kans.,  on  the  second  of  March  following,  in  the  presence  of  his  parents 
and  other  relatives,  and  his  first  charge  was  that  of  assistant  at  the  Cathedral.  Sub- 
sequently he  had  to  attend  different  missions  in  eastern  Kansas,  as  a  result  of  which 
the  arduous  pioneer  work  of  those  early  days  proved  altogether  too  much  for  his, 
or  the  average  man's,  strength.  His  health  broke  down,  and  he  was  advised  by  his 
physicians  to  move  west  again  to  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Knowing  Bishop  Durieu  of  Vancouver  personally,  he  went  to  him  and  there, 
as  the  only  secular  priest  in  the  diocese,  he  labored  for  nine  years,  and  during  that 
time  he  made  it  possible  to  enlarge  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Rosary,  which  has  since 


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become  the  Pro-Cathedral,  and  he  erected  the  parochial  school  and  St.  Paul's  Hos- 
pital. Not  being  able,  however,  to  live  any  longer  in  that  climate,  he  came  to  Southern 
California  and  took  up  his  abode  in  San  Diego,  vifhere  he  spent  three  years  in  the 
drearisome  effort  to  recuperate  his  health;  and,  again  feeling  stronger,  he  volunteered 
his  services  to  Bishop  Conaty  of  Los  Angeles.  The  Bishop  sent  him  to  the  Imperial 
Valley,  and  there,  during  three  years  of  hardships  in  a  pioneer  country,  he  built  no 
less  than  four  churches.  He  was  then  sent  to  National  City,  and  there  erected  a 
church;  and  he  also  caused  one  to  be  built  at  Otay.  As  far  back  as  1896,  at  the 
time  of  the  patronal  feast  of  the  Church  of  Our  Lady  of  the  Holy  Rosary,  Bishop 
Durieu,  on  October  3,  had  Pope  Leo  XIH,  in  recognition  of  Father  Eummelen's 
worth,  ability  and  eminent  services,  appoint  him  a  Monsignor,  and  the  year  previous 
he  had  been  made  an  Honorary  Canon  of  the  Holy  House  of  Loretto;  and  with  all 
the  years  of  added  experience,  accomplishment,  prestige  and  influence,  the  Monsignor 
was  given  his  present  charge,  in  1913 — the  important  parish  of  St.  Joseph's  Church 
at  Santa  Ana. 

On  March  2,  1915,  occurred  the  silver  jubilee  of  Monsignor,  or  plain  Father 
Eummelen,  as  he  prefers  to  be  called,  and  never,  perhaps,  has  Orange  County  so 
honored  itself  in  a  similar  way  as  in  the  proper  celebration  of  the  event — a  celebration 
that  took  on  more  significance  on  account  of  the  history  of  the  flourishing  parish. 
The  first  Catholic  Church  of  Santa  Ana  was  built  and  dedicated  in  1887,  and  it  was 
then  called  the  Church  of  Our  Lady  of  the  Rosary.  It  was  ministered  to  at  first  by 
priests  from  Anaheim,  but  later  it  had  its  own  pastors — notably  the  Rev.  Fathers 
Byrne,  Grogan  and  Remhardt.  In  1896  the  little  Church  was  completely  destroyed 
by  fire.  The  congregation  rebuilt  at  once,  and  the  new  church  was  dedicated  the 
same  year.  After  the  burning  of  the  first  church,  the  congregation  was  again  attended 
from  Anaheim,  until  July,  1903. 

After  successive  pastorates  by  the  Rev.  Father  Joseph  O'Reilly,  the  Rev.  Father 
John  Reynolds  and  the  Rev.  Fathers  F.  X.  Becker  and  P.  Stoeters  (under  whom  the 
old  debt  hanging  over  the  church  was  paid  off),  Monsignor  Eummelen  took  charge 
in  April,  1913,  of  St.  Joseph's  congregation,  and  he  not  only  enlarged  the  church, 
but  also  the  parochial  residence.  Now,  after  its  enlargement  and  restoration,  the 
church's  interior  presents  a  fine  appearance.  The  furniture,  though  not  ostentatious, 
is  very  pleasing,  and  contributes  to  the  devotional  spirit  characterizing  the  place, 
and  among  the  useful  adornments  are  beautiful  "Stations  of  the  Cross"  of  very  large 
proportions,  painted  in  oil  on  canvas,  and  real  works  of  art.  This  artistic  work  was 
done  in  the  church  building  itself  by  the  young  Belgian  artist,  M.  Ravenstein,  who. 
received  his  education  in  the  art  schools  of  Germany  and  France. 

He  also  built  the  schoolhouse  and  established  the  parochial  school.  He  is  now 
completing  a  large  addition  to  the  school,  which  will  give  an  additional  seating  capacity 
for  seventy-five  pupils.  The  school  and  high  school  are  under  the  supervision  of  the 
Sisters  of  St.  Joseph  of  Eureka,  Cal.  Preparing  for  future  growth  he  has  purchased 
a  block  of  five  acres  of  land  one  block  north  of  the  present  site,  on  which  he  plans 
to  build  a  new  church  at  a  cost  of  $100,000,  then  the  present  church  and  school  build- 
ings will  be  devoted  exclusively  to  the  use  of  the  Mexican  population  of  the  parish. 

During  the  eight  years  Monsignor  Eummelen  has  been  in  charge,  eight  girls 
from  the  parish  have  joined  the  Sisterhood  and  two  of  the  young  men  have  become 
ecclesiastics,  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  kindred  church  societies  are  in  a  very 
flourishing  condition.  The  school  has  been  brought  to  a  high  standard  and  is  not  alone 
patronized  by  members  of  the  congregation  but  by  children  from  families  of  other 
denommations,  who  appreciate  its  high  moral  standard.  It  is  visited  by  the  county 
superintendent  of  schools,  who  gives  it  the  highest  commendations.  He  has  been 
very  active  in  the  building  up  of  churches  and  congregations  in  California,  and  in  this 
diocese  he  has  built  eight  different  churches.  Monsignor  Eummelen  also  takes  an 
active  part  in  civic  affairs  as  well  as  in  the  growth  and  development  of  the  county. 
Every  worthy  movement  that  has  for  its  aim  the  improvement  or  upbuilding  of  the 
county  receives  his  hearty  cooperation  and  support.  During  the  late  war  he  took 
part  in  the  different  drives  for  Liberty  Bonds  and  other  war  funds,  and  was  one  of 
the  four-minute  speakers.  He  also  organized  the  Catholic  Homeseekers  Information 
Bureau  of  the  United  States,  with  headquarters  in  Los  Angeles.  Fraternally,  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks. 

On  the  occasion  of  the  Jubilee  referred  to,  a  poem,  by  Clarice  C.  Keefe,  entitled 
"Pastor  Fidelis,"  was  dedicated  to  the  jubilarian,  and.  there  were  religious  ceremonies 
at  St.  Joseph's  Church,  which'  began  at  10  o'clock  in  the  morning  with  solemn  high 
mass.  The  procession  proceeded  from  the  rectory,  led  by  the  acolytes  with  their 
lighted  candles,  while  three  little  girls  dressed  in  white,  carried  before  the  jubilarian 


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a  white  velvet  cushion,  upon  which  reposed  a  silver  wreath  of  the  symbolic  wheat  and 
grapes,  and  the  Monsignor  entered  the  church  of  which  he  had  been  the  beloved  pastor 
for  two  years,  attended  by  the  Right  Reverend  Bishop  Conaty  and  the  other  clergy. 
The  wreath  was  the  gift  of  Father  Eummelen's  sister.  Sister  Mary  Elizabeth  of  the 
Franciscan  Convent  in  Chicago,  who  with  his  niece.  Sister  Mary  Stanislaus  of  Tucson, 
were  privileged  to  be  present  at  the  Mass.  The  two  small  nieces  of  Father  Eumme- 
len,  Gertrude  Wiedenhoff  and  Marie  Rudolph,  and  little  Catherine  Mallen  had  the 
honor  of  carrying  the  wreath.  When  the  three  little  maidens  presented  the  wreath 
they  made  a  pretty  poetical  address. 

Immediately  upon  entering  the  sanctuary,  the  Bishop  began  the  ceremony  of 
blessing  the  church,  whose  present  beauty  bears  witness  to  the  energy  and  generosity 
of  its  rector.  Following  the  blessing,  solemn  high  mass  was  sung  by  Father  Eumme- 
len,  assisted  by  the  Rev.  C.  M.  Raile  as  deacon,  and  the  Rev.  Father  Golden  as  sub- 
deacon.  Rev.  Frank  Conaty  was  master  of  ceremonies.  The  Right  Reverend  Bishop 
was  attended  by  the  Rev.  Father  Burelbach  and  the  Rev.  Father  Hummert  as  deacons 
of  honor.  Father  Theophilus,  O.  F.  M.,  of  St.  Joseph's  Church,  Los  Angeles,  a  boy- 
hood friend  and  schoolmate  of  the  jubilarian,  preached  the  sermon,  which  so  eloquently 
portrayed  Father  Eummelen's  career  during  the  past  twenty-five  years.  The  Rt. 
Rev.  Thomas  J.  Conaty,  Bishop  of  Monterey  ahd  Los  Angeles,  followed  with  another 
sermon,  and  then  the  litany  of  the  saints  was  chanted  by  the  clergy,  the  music  being 
under  the  direction  of  Father  Fahey.  Before  the  congregation  left  the  Church,  a 
committee  of  men  of  St.  Joseph's  Society,  consisting  of  J.  M.  Maag,  J.  W.  Hageman 
and  Henry  Cochems,  stepped  to  the  railing  and  presented  the  Monsignor  with  a  well- 
filled  purse  as  a  slight  token  of  appreciation  from  the  parish.  A  banquet  followed, 
with  toasts  by  L.  M.  Doyle,  Mayor  Ey,  Father  Fahey,  Father  Burelbach,  Father  Theo- 
philus, Father  Dubbel,  Dr.  Jos.  Sarsfield  Glass,  then  pastor  of  St.  Vincent's,  Los  An- 
geles, and  now  Bishop  of  Salt  Lake,  Father  Neusius,  Bishop  Conaty,  Judge  Thomas  of 
the  superior  court.  Father  Campbell,  and  the  guest  of  honor,  Monsignor  Eummelen 
himself.    The  receipt  of  many  telegrams  added  to  the  pleasure  of  the  event. 

LEWIS  AINSWORTH. — A  prominent  business  man  of  Orange,  whose  healthy 
influence  was  felt  far  beyond  the  confines  of  both  county  and  state,  was  the  late 
Lewis  Ainsworth,  who  passed  away  on  March  22,  1914,  in  the  eighty-fifth  year  of  his 
age.  He  was  born  at  Woodbury,  Vt.,  in  1829,  and  came  to  Jones  County,  Iowa,  with 
his  parents  when  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age.  They  made  the  trip  by  way  of  the 
rivers  and  lakes  to  Illinois,  and  then  continued  to  Iowa  with  the  aid  of  teams.  In 
the  Hawkey e  State  they  entered  Government  land;  and  with  from  four  to  six  yoke 
rf  oxen  hitched  to  a  plow  broke  the  prairie  and  improved  their  farm.  Under  this 
lowan  environment  the  lad  Lewis  grew  up. 

In  the  stirring  year  of  1849  Lewis  Ainsworth  crossed  the  great  plains,  with  other 
Argonauts,  in  an  ox-team  train,  and  having  arrived  safely  in  California,  mined  for  a 
couple  of  years.  Then,  in  1852,  he  returned  East  by  way  of  Panama,  and  on  April 
24,  1852,  was  married  to  Miss  Persis  Bartholomew,  a  native  of  La  Moyle,  Vt.  She 
came  with  her  parents  to  Illinois  when  she  was  seven  years  of  age,  and  located  at 
Buffalo  Grove,  now  Paola,  and  two  years  later  the  family  moved  to  the  neighborhood 
of  Monticello,  Jones  County,  Iowa.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Daniel  Bartholomew, 
who  died  in  Iowa,  and  Augusta  (Simmons)  Bartholomew,  who  passed  away  in  Napa 
Valley,  Cal.  Mrs.  Ainsworth  received  a  good  education  in  the  schools  of  Vermont, 
Illinois  and  Iowa,  and  so  was  a  real  helpmate  to  her  husband. 

The  same  day  of  their  marriage,  Lewis  Ainsworth  and  his  bride  started  across 
the  plains  with  a  horse  team  and  wagon,  on  a  trip  which  had  been  recommended  for 
her  health;  and  although  she  left  home  an  invalid,  she  could  walk  and  was  quite  well 
before  the  end  of  the  journey.  They  remained  at  Jacksonville,  Ore.,  for  two  years, 
and  then,  in  1856,  returned  to  Iowa  by  way  of  Panama.  They  took  the  steamer  John 
L.  Stevens  from  San  Francisco  to  the  Isthmus,  and  the  George  Law  from  the  Isthmus 
to  New  York;  this  ship  sank  on  her  next  trip,  with  a  loss  of  365  persons. 

Mr.  Ainsworth  remained  on  his  Iowa  farm  of  640  acres  until  1859,  when  he  again 
came  to  California  and  brought  his  wife  and  two  children,  traveling  via  Panama.  He 
spent  ten  years  at  Weaverville,  in  Trinity  County,  where  he  was  engaged  in  mining 
and  in  the  wood  and  timber  business,  and  in  1869  returned  to  Iowa  by  the  newly- 
established  railway  lines.  Once  more  he  took  up  agriculture  on  his  Iowa  farm,  but  in 
1877  he  sold  the  farm,  and  moved  to  Glasco,  in  Cloud  County,  Kans.,  and  there  bought 
several  sections  of  land  for  the  growing  of  corn  and  raising  of  cattle  and  hogs,  which 
he  shipped  to  the  Kansas  City  markets.  In  1888  he  removed  to  Salem,  Ore.,  where  he 
remained  until  1889,  when  they  returned  to  Kansas;  and  there,  with  his  sons,  he  started 


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the  Ainsworth  Bank  and  ran  it  until  1900,  while  he  continued  to  reside  there  and  to 
prosecute  other  business  interests. 

Mr.  Ainsworth  had  been  coming  in  winter  time  to  Southern  California,  and  m 
1900  he  moved  to  Orange,  and  bought  a  town  home  and  a  block  of  ground.  Soon  after 
that,  with  the  aid  of  his  children,  he  started  the  Ainsworth  Lumber  Company,  and 
with  the  first  planing  mill  there,  they  made  a  quick  and  lasting  success.  He  built  the 
Ainsworth  building,  was  also  a  stockholder  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Orange,  and 
in  the  Orange  Savings  Bank,  and  was  both  a  builder  up  and  an  upbuilder  of  the  city 
and  county.  Although  never  a  church  member,  he  was  a  true  Christian,  and  for  over 
forty  years  had  been  an  Odd  Fellow. 

Mrs.  Ainsvvorth,  now  eighty-four  years  of  age,  has  survived  her  husband,  and 
is  widely  esteemed  by  all  who  know  her.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church 
and  the  Gordon  Granger  Post,  W.  R.  C,  and  she  continues  to  reside  at  the  old  home 
on  East  Chapman  Avenue,  where  her  devoted  children  lighten  her  labors  and  shield 
her  from  care.  Mr.  Ainsworth  had  made  thirteen  and  a  half  round  trips  between 
California  and  Iowa,  and  Mrs.  Ainsworth  made  eight  and  a  half  trips.  For  many 
years  she  has  had  the  commendable  hobby  of  clipping  items  of  particular  interest 
from  the  newspapers  and  pasting  them  into  scrap  books,  and  in  this  way  she  made 
two  large  books  of  the  Spanish-American  War.  She  has  also  made  fourteen  of  the 
World  War,  besides  nine  volumes  of  soldier-boy  letters;  she  began  her  scrap-book 
making  in  1877,  making  one  every  year,  excepting  years  of  war,  and  has  made  over 
sixty  books  in  all,  and  it  is  probable  has  never  had  a  rival  in  California.  The  three 
children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ainsworth  are:  Frank  L.,  Mitt  O.  and  Mrs.  Ina  Butler,  all 
residing  in  Orange. 

GEORGE  J.  MOSBAUGH. — Among  the  most  interesting  personalities  of  Orange 
County  must  be  mentioned  that  of  George  J.  Mosbaugh,  for  some  time  secretary  of 
the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  and  later  president  of  the  Commercial 
Bank  of  Santa  Ana.  He  was  born  in  a  log  house  on  a  farm  near  Cicero,  Hamilton 
County,  Ind.,  on  May  17,  1840,  and  was  reared  on  his  father's  farm.  His  father  was 
Conrad  Mosbaugh,  born  in  Hesse-Darmstadt,  Germany,  where  he  grew  up  and 
learned  the  weaver's  trade.  He  was  also  married  there,  on  September  1,  1836,  to 
Anna  Maria  Brehm,  and  together,  the  following  year,  they  started  for  America.  They 
were  accompanied  by  Grandfather  Joseph  Mosbaugh,  or  Mosbach,  and  his  entire 
family.  In  1837  they  bought  land  and  settled  in  Hamilton  County,  Indiana,  where 
they  made  a  clearing  and  built  a  log  house,  with  its  mud  and  stick  chimney,  from 
the  native  hardwood  timber,  affording  them  a  rude  but  hospitable  home.  Joseph  Mos- 
bach was  born  at  Offstein,  Hesse-Darmstadt,  in  177S,  and  was  a  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion. He  married  Justina  Rasph,  who  was  born  in  1781,  and  they  had  seven  children, 
and  all  came  to  America  in  1837.  The  name  was  originally  written  Mosbach,  but  about 
1848  an  uncle  named  Franz  began  to  write  it  Mosbaugh,  on  account  of  the  various 
mispronunciations  given  the  name  by  English-speaking  people.  Thereafter,  the  rest 
of  the  kin  followed  his  example.  Excepting  said  uncle,  Franz,  who  was  a  shoe- 
maker, all  the  Mosbaughs  followed  farming. 

George  Mosbaugh  attended  the  district  schools  in  the  pioneer  days  of  Indiana, 
became  a  teacher,  later  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War,  and  after  the  close  of  the  war 
resumed  his  studies  at  Boyd's  Business  College  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  later  studied 
at  the  State  University  of  Indiana.  After  graduating  there,  he  became  the  proprietor 
of  a  commercial  college  at  Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  known  as  the  Terre  Haute  Business 
College,  and  still  later  became  proprietor  of  the  Bloomington,  111.,  Business  College. 
But,  before  entering  upon  his  career  as  professor  in  business  colleges,  his  first  experi- 
ence was  as  a  teacher  in  the  district  schools  in  Hamilton  County,  Ind.  He  was 
thus  engaged  in  1862  when  he  enlisted  in  the  Fifty-first  Indiana  Volunteer  Regiment 
under  Colonel  Streight,  but  did  not  enter  the  service  for  the  reason  that  the  recruiting 
failed  to  raise  the  necessary  quota  of  men,  and  the  recruiting  officer  and  himself 
enlisted  as  privates  in  another  Indiana  regiment.  Mr.  Mosbaugh  then  went  back  to 
his  public  school  and  finished  his  term  of  teaching,  and  after  that  became  a  student 
at  Bryant's  Business  College  in  Indianapolis,  Ind.  He  was  engaged  in  a  mercantile 
establishment  in  Indianapolis  when  in  May,  1864,  he  enlisted  in  Company  D,  One 
Hundred  and  Thirty-third  Indiana  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  he  assisted  in  guarding 
the  bridge  across  the  Tennessee  River,  on  the  Nashville  &  Chattanooga  Railway,  and 
in  doing  picket  duty  at  Bridgeport,  Ala.  He  was  honorably  discharged  by  reason  of 
the  expiration  of  the  term  of  his  enlistment  on  September  5,  1864.  After  that  he  took 
up  business   college  work  and   conducted  the   schools   already  mentioned. 

While  he  was  managing  the  business  college  at  Bloomington,  Mr.  Mosbaugh 
went  to  Indianapolis,  and  on  November  2S,  1868,  was  married  to  Miss  Melissa  J.  Har- 
fty,  a  native  of  Indiana.     She  died  at  Santa  Ana  on  October  9,   1896,  leaving  three 


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children.  Edwin  H.,  who  was  for  many  years  chief  of  the  Redlands  Fire  Depart- 
ment, is  now  assistant  chief  of  the  department  at  Riverside;  Maude  M.  is  the  wife 
of  Dr.  J.  F.  Galloway,  the  dentist,  at  San  Pedro;  and  Marie  is  bookkeeper  for  a  Sau 
Diego  automobile  and  tire  company. 

Mr.  Mosbaugh  was  married  a  second  time,  on  May  16,  1900,  when  Mrs.  Emma 
(Palmer)  Thelan,  the  widow  of  the  late  Charles  C.  Thelan,  became  his  wife.  Mr. 
Thelan  was  a  pioneer  harness  maker  of  Santa  Ana,  and  they  had  one  child,  H.  Percy 
Thelan,  of  Santa  Ana.  She  was  the  daughter  of^  Noah  and  Susan  (Evans)  Palmer, 
and  was  born  in  Santa  Clara  County,  Cal.  Mr.  Palmer  was  a  native  of  Lowville, 
N.  Y.,  while  Mrs.  Palmer  came  from  Indiana;  and  they  were  married  at  Laurel, 
Franklin  County,  Ind.  Mr.  Palmer  came  overland  to  California  in  1849,  leaving  his 
wife  in  Indiana,  and  in  1852  he  went  back  after  her.  For  a  while  he  mined  gold  at 
Placerville,  and  later  he  took  up  a  government  claim  four  miles  out  of  Santa  Clara, 
and  became  one  of  Santa  Clara's  early  horticulturists.  There  were  three  children 
in  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Palmer's  family:  Almira,  Mrs.  R.  E.  Hewitt,  "came  to  Santa  Ana 
in  1874,  and  she  and  her  husband  are  both  now  deceased;  Emma  is  the  wife  of  Mr. 
Mosbaugh,  and  Lottie  E.  resides  in  Santa  Ana.  Mr.  Palmer  was  very  prominent  in 
Santa  Ana,  where  he  died  on  January  10,  1916,  preceded  some  years  by  his  devoted 
wife,  who  had  passed  away  on  October  28,  1903.  They  were  very  highly  honored 
people  at  Santa  Ana,  Santa  Clara  and  everywhere  else  where  they  had  lived,  and  Mr. 
Mr.  Palmer  was  an  excellent  farmer,  banker  and  street  railroad  builder,  and  was  influ- 
ential in  political  circles,  being  a  stanch  Republican. 

Mr.  Mosbaugh  was  engaged  as  bookkeeper  for  Lockhart  and  Company  at  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.,  for  nine  years,  and  became  a  partner  in  their  business  in  1873.  Tvi^o  years 
later  he  came  out  to  California  and  settled  at  Orange,  May,  1875,  where  he  lived  the 
first  eight  and  a  half  years.  During  this  time  he  developed  one  of  the  early  orange 
orchards  at  Orange.  In  order  to  replenish  his  purse  during  the  waiting  time,  he 
accepted  the  secretaryship  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  and  at  the 
time  of  the  establishing  of  the  Commercial  Bank  at  Santa  Ana,  in  1882,  he  became 
its  first  bookkeeper,  so  that  he  is  able  to  say,  with  a  smile  of  satisfaction,  "I  began 
as  janitor  and  bookkeeper,  and  came  out  as  president."  Since  1904,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Mosbaugh  have  resided  at  their  commodious  residence  at  636  North  Broadway. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mosbaugh  attend  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  Mr.  Mosbaugh 
is  an  active  member  of  Sedgwick  Post  No.  17,  G.  A.  R.,  in  Santa  Ana,  and  has  been 
adjutant  and  quartermaster  for  a  number  of  years.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Santa 
Ana  Lodge  No.  241,  F.  &  A.  M. 

A  few  years  ago  Mr.  Mosbaugh  prepared  a  family  genealogy,  of  which  he 
distributed  gratuitously  one  hundred  copies  among  near-of-kin  and  intimate  friends, 
and  in  that  work  he  placed  the  following  preface: 

"Aside  from  our  duty  and  the  gratitude  we  owe  to  our  Creator,  to  whom  do  we 
owe  our  existence?  Is  it  not  to  our  ancestors,  through  whom  God  in  His  infinite 
wisdom  has  given  us  birth  and  life?  It  is  wrong  for  us  to  say  that  we  do  not  care  for 
our  ancestors.  Besides  giving  us  being,  they  have  given  us  good  government,  churches, 
schools  and  colleges,  and  laid  the  foundation  for  the  many  blessings  we  are  now 
enjoying.  Let  us  then  keep  our  family  record  with  pride  and  reverence.  This  book- 
let is  intended  as  a  starting  point.  It  is  the  hope  of  the  writer  that  each  person 
who  receives  one  will  continue  to  keep  an  accurate  record  of  his  or  her  family,  and 
will  pass  it  on  to  coming  generations.  Read  the  first  seventeen  verses  of  the  first 
chapter  of  Matthew,  and  you  will  readily  see  that  our  forefathers  in  an  early  day 
kept  a  better  family  record  than  we  are  now  keeping.  Lastly,  I  desire  hereby  to 
express  my  earnest  gratitude  to  all  those  who  assisted  me  by  furnishing  names,  dates 
or  information  for  the  completion  of  this  booklet." 

Mr.  Mosbaugh  has  always  been  punctilious,  prompt,  and  most  conscientious  in 
all  his  business  affairs,  and  this  in  part  explains  his  success  in  life;  he  has  also  been 
fond  of  poetry  and  other  idealistic  things,  and  this  reflects  his  inner  character.  The 
following  are  among  his  favorite  selections  of  poems: 

"If  with  pleasure  you  are  viewing  any  work  a  man  is  doing. 
If  you  like  him  or  you  love  him,  tell  him  now; 
Don't  withold  your  approbation  'till  the  parson  makes  oration, 
And  he  lies  with  snowy  lilies  o'er  his  brow. 

No  matter  how  you  shout  about  it,  he  won't  really  care  about  it; 
He  won't  know  how  many  tear-drops  you  have  shed. 
If  you  think  some  praise  is  due  him,  now's  the  time  to  slip  it  to  him. 
For  he  cannot  read  his  tombstone  when  he's  dead. 


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"More  than  fame,  and  more  than  money, 
Is  the  comment,  kind  and  sunny, 

And  the  hearty,  warm  approval  of  a  friend.  K,o„pr 

For  it  gives  to  life  a  savor,  and  it  makes  you  stronger,  braver. 
And  it  gives  you  heart  and  spirit  to  the  end;  ,  ^^_ 

If  he  craves  your  praise— bestow  it;  if  you  hke  him,  let  him  know 
Let  the  words  of  true  encouragement  be  said. 
Do  not  wait  till  life  is  over,  and  he's  underneath  the  clover, 
For  he  cannot  read  his  tombstone  when  he's  dead." 

"I  take  it  as  I  go  along 
That  life  must  have  its  gloom. 
That  now  and  then  the  sound  of  song 
Must  fade  from  every  room; 
That  every  heart  must  know  its  woe, 
Each  door  death's  sable  sign. 
Care  falls  to  everyone,  and  -so 
I  strive  to  bear  with  mine. 

"Misfortune  is  a  part  of  life; 
No  one  who  journeys  here 
Can  dodge  the  bitterness  of  strife 
Or  pass  without  a  tear. 
Love  paves  the  way  for  us  to  mourn, 
Our  pleasures  breed  regret. 
One  day  a  sparkling  joy  is  born, 
The  next — our  eyes  are  wet. 

"Each  life  is  tinctured  with  a  pain 
Of  sorrow  and  of  care, 
And  now  and  then  come  clouds  and  rain, 
Come  hours  of  despair. 
And  yet  the  sunshine  bursts  anew, 
And  those  who  weep  shall  smile, 
For  joy  is  always  breaking  through 
In  just  a  little  while." 

GEORGE  W  BUCHANAN.— A  man  who  has  really  had  much  to  do  with 
the  building  up  of  the  town  of  Orange  is  George  W.  Buchanan,  since  the  spnng  of 
1914  superintendent  of  city  strets.  He  was  born  in  Lafayette  township  Medma 
County,  Ohio,  on  February  13,  1863,  the  grandson  of  Samuel  and  Nancy  (Wilson) 
Buchanan,  natives,  respectively,  of  Washington  County,  Pa.,  and  Brooke  County,  Va., 
and  representatives  of  fine  old  Southern  stock.  They  had  a  son,  George  C.  Buchanan, 
the  father  of  our  subject,  who  was  born  in  Wellsburg,  Va.,  and  became  a  carpenter 
and  builder,  and  also  owned  a  farm  in  Lafayette  township.  On  October  12,  1854,  he 
war  married  to  Miss  Lydia  Carlton,  a  native  of  Ohio,  where  she  was  born  in  1835,  the 
daughter  of  John  and  Catherine  (Anion)  Carlton.  In  1864  he  enlisted  in  the  Civil 
War  and  served  as  a  member  of  Company  D,  One  Hundred  Sixty-sixth  Regiment, 
Ohio  National  Guard.  In  the  fall  of  1910  they  came  to  California  and  spent  over  a  year 
in  Orange,  the  father  dying  in  June,  1914,  and  the  mother  in  July,  1914.  The  other 
child  of  their  union  is  now  Mrs.  Ida  F.  Moody  of  Long  Beach. 

George  W.  Buchanan,  the  younger  child,  was  educated  in  the  grammar  schools 
of  his  district,  and  at  the  Medina  high  school  in  Ohio.  He  then  learned  the  car- 
penter trade  under  Henry  Prouty,  and  followed  that  and  farming  until  his  marriage 
on  May  24,  1885.  This  occurred  at  Lafayette  Township,  and  his  bride  was  Miss 
Susan  E.  Chamberlain,  a  native  of  that  district,  and  the  daughter  of  John  Chamber- 
lain, who  was  born  in  Greenfield,  N.  H.,  on  June  25,  1829.  His  father  was  Abraham 
Chamberlain,  a  native  of  Vermont,  where  he  was  born  in  1792,  who  had  married 
Mary  Clark,  born  in  1791,  with  whom,  and  their  family,  he  migrated  in  an  ox-cart 
from  Greenfield  to  Westfield  Township,  Medina  County,  Ohio.  As  there  were  seven 
children  in  the  fold,  it  was  quite  an  undertaking.  At  Westfield  Abraham  Chamberlain 
purchased  land  in  the  solid  timber  and  hewed  out  a  farm.  In  1856  John  Chamberlain 
was  married  to  Mary  Devereaux,  who  was  born  in  1830  in  Oswego  County,  N.  Y  the 
daughter  of  John  and  Mehitable  (Craw)  Devereaux.  John  Chamberlain  and  his  wife 
were  very  successful  farmers,  and  owned  a  farm  of  280  acres  in  Lafayette  Township, 
where  they  were  highly  respected. 


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Of  the  three  children  in  the  Chamberlain  family,  Susan  E.  is  the  only  one  living 
who  completed  her  education  in  the  Medina  high  school.  She  is  not  only  a  cultured 
woman,  but  she  has  been  favored  with  much  business  acumen,  so  that  she  has  proven 
a  valuable  helpmate  to  her  husband.  They  farmed  together  on  the  old  John  Chamber- 
lain place,  improving  the  farm  and  meeting  with  such  success  that  they  had  it 
almost  entirely  tilled  when  they  sold  it  in  1904.  The  last  three  years  of  their  life  in 
Ohio  they  resided  in  their  comfortable  residence  at  the  county  seat,  Medina. 

In  1904  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Buchanan  came  to  sunnier  California,  and  for  ten  months 
resided  at  Redlands.  During  this  time  they  looked  around  carefully,  and  finally,  after 
due  deliberation,  selected  Orange  as  the  best  of  all  places  for  a  home.  Mr.  Buchanan 
purchased  lots  and  built  his  beautiful  residence  at  192  North  Shaffer  Street. 

For  a  time  Mr.  Buchanan  followed  building,  and  was  superintendent  of  the  work 
of  erecting  the  Carnegie  Library  at  Orange;  he  was  also  the  inspector  in  charge  of 
the  building  of  the  first  big  reservoir  for  the  Orange  City  Waterworks.  In  1909  he 
was  appointed  a  trustee  of  the  city  of  Orange  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  resigna- 
tion of  R.  C.  Dalton,  and  for  fifteen  months  served  his  fellow-citizens  with  singular 
ability  and  fidelity.  He  was  chairman  of  the  street  committee  at  the  time  when  the 
street  improvements  began  in  Orange,  and  later  he  provided  the  necessary  data  for 
the  construction  of  a  sewer  three  miles  long,  and  watched  over  the  building  of  this 
extensive  work  until  it  was  all  completed. 

In  May,  1914,  Mr.  Buchanan  was  appointed  superintendent  of  streets,  for  which 
responsibility  he  was  abundantly  equipped,  and  since  then  he  has  had  charge  of  all 
street  building  and  improvement.  He  is  also  plumbing  inspector,  and  inspector  of 
electric  wiring  and  sewer  connections. 

Two  children  came  to  add  happiness  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Buchanan,  and  to  do  honor 
to  a  long-honored  family  name.  Stacy  M.,  assistant  teller  in  the  First  National  Bank 
in  Los  Angeles,  served  his  country  in  Company  E,  One  Hundred  Forty-third  Field 
Artillery,  Forty-third  Division,  which  went  overseas.  Mildred  became  Mrs.  Osman 
Pixley,  and  resides  at  Orange.  The  family  attend  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  Orange,  where  Mr.  Buchanan  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees.  In 
national  politics  Mr.  Buchanan  is  a  standpat  Republican.  Fraternally,  he  is  a  member 
of  the  K.  O.  T.  M.,  and  Mrs.  Buchanan  is  a  member  of  the  L.  O.  T.  M. 

FRANK  L.  AINSWORTH — A  successful  man  of  business  and  finance,  whose 
positive  moral  influence  is  felt  in  notable  movements  for  the  betterment  of  the  city 
or  county,  is  Frank  L.  Ainsworth,  former  president  of  the  board  of  trustees,  or  mayor, 
of  Orange.  He  was  born  in  Monticello,  Jones  County,  Iowa,  in  18S8,  the  son  of  Lewis 
Ainsworth,  who  had  married  Miss  Persis  Bartholomew.  When  he  was  one  year  old, 
Frank  L.  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  California,  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama, 
and  reared  at  Weaverville  until  he  was  eleven  years  old;  but  in  1869  the  family  returned 
to  Iowa,  this  time  traveling  in  one  of  the  first  transcontinental  trains-  He  thus  attended 
school  in  California  and  Iowa,  and  was  for  a  while  a  student  at  tha  Monticello  High 
School.  In  1878  the  Ainsworth  family  moved  to  Cloud  County,  Kans.,  and  Mr.  Airis- 
jvorth  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  near  Glasco.  Ten  years  later  they  all 
moved  to  Salem,  Ore.,  and  there,  for  two  years,  Frank  was  employed  as  teller  in  the 
Ladd  &  Bush  Bank.  In  1890  he  resigned  and  returned  to  Kansas  with  the  rest  of  the 
family;  and  with  his  father,  brother  and  sister  he  started  the  Ainsworth  Bank  of  Glasco, 
taking  the  position  of  cashier.  When  the  bank  was  incorporated  as  the  Glasco  State 
Bank  he  continued  as  its  cashier,  until  1900. 

In  that  year,  at  the  dawn  of  the  new  century,  Mr.  Ainsworth  followed  the  lure 
of  California  and  located  at  Orange;  and,  wishing  out-door  work,  in  connection  with 
his  father  and  brother-in-law,  F.  W.  Butler,  he  established  a  lumber  business.  They 
opened  up  in  1902,  constructed  the  first  planing  mill,  started  the  first  lumber  yard 
at  Orange,  and  soon  did  a  very  flourishing  business.  The  firm  name  was  the  Ainsworth 
&  Butler  Lumber  Company,  which  later  became  the  Ainsworth  Lumber  and  Milling 
Company,  and  it  stood  for  reliability  in  every  particular.  In  1903  M.  O.  Ainsworth,  a 
brother,  bought  out  Butler's  interests  in  the  business.  In  1914  the  Ainsworths  sold 
out  their  lumber  interests,  an'd  since  then  Frank  L.  has  been  engaged  in  ranching. 
He  is  the  owner  of  an  orange  and  a  walnut  orchard  near  Santa  Ana,  and  is  a 
stockholder  in  and  vice-president  and  director  of  the  National  Bank  of  Orange;  is  also 
a  stockholder  in  the  Orange  Savings  Bank  and  in  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Santa  Ana- 
While  in  Kansas  Mr.  Ainsworth  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Hostetler,  a  native 
of  Pennsylvania,  whose  parents  were  early  settlers  of  the  Garden  of  the  West.  They 
have  three  children  living.  Allie  is  now  Mrs.  Gearhart,  of  Los  Angeles;  Mae  has 
become  Mrs.  Burkett,  of  Orange,  and  Marjorie  is  at  home. 


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Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ainsworth  and  family  have  a  fine  residence  on  East  Chapman 
Avenue.  They  attend  the  First  Christian  Church  of  Orange,  in  which  for  years  Mr. 
Ainsworth  has  been  prominent  as  an  elder;  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school 
for  fifteen  years,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  Southern  California  Missionary  Board. 
He  joined  the  Odd  Fellows  lodge  at  Glasco,  Kans.,  and  is  still  a  member  there.  Mr. 
Ainsworth  is  a  Republican  in  matters  of  national  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Re- 
publican Central  Committee  of  Orange  County;  he  was  a  trustee  of  the  city  of  Orange 
for  four  years,  the  last  two  years  being  president  of  the  board  of  trustees.  He  is 
intensely  interested  in  every  enterprise  for  the  improvement  and  growth  of  Orange 
County,  and  Orange  and  Orange  County  may  well  be  congratulated  upon  such  citizens 
as  Frank  L,.  Ainsworth,  public-spirited  to  the  core. 

CONWAY  GRIFFITH.— A  much-loved  and  admired  artist  of  the  present  gifted 
colony  at  Laguna  Beach  is  the  pioneer,  Conway  Griffith,  who  is  fond  of  God's  great 
outdoors,  and  while  on  the  range  in  New  Mexico  in  his  early  days,  got  to  know  the 
West  as  it  really  is.  He  was  born  in  Clark  County,  at  Springfield,  Ohio,  the  son  of  C. 
W.  Griffith,  who  was  a  manufacturer  in  that  city.  He  had  married  Miss  Catherine 
Conway,  a  native  daughter  of  Virginia,  who  maintained  the  tradition  of  her  family 
by  living  to  the  ripe  old  age  of  seventy-four. 

As  a  boy,  Conway  was  devoted  to  art,  and  in  time  he  was  an  instructor  for  years 
in  the  School  of  Design  at  Cincinnati,  teaching  a  special  method  of  painting  on  china. 
He  had  the  first  establishment  in  America  where  the  china  ware  was  baked  in  a  spe- 
cially-built kiln.  His  health  was  poor,  however,  so  he  decided  to  strike  out  for  the 
West.  With  a  chum  he  spent  a  number  of  years  in  Mexico  and  Colorado,  and  became 
heavily  interested  in  ranches  and  cattle.  He  accomplished  something  more  than  to  ride 
the  range,  however,  for  he  profited  by  the  opportunity  there,  and  at  Denver,  to  study 
landscape  painting.  He  was  also  in  old  Mexico  for  eighteen  months,  and  there  invested 
in  stock.     When  he  sold  out,  it  was  to  celebrate  the  regaining  of  his  health. 

In  1898  he  made  a  short  visit  to  California,  stopping  at  Riverside  and  Colton,  but 
did  not  stay,  however,  until  1904,  when  he  came  to  Los  Angeles  from  New  Mexico. 
He  had  always  been  fond  of  marine  painting,  hence  he  soon  set  up  his  studio  at  Cata- 
lina,  where  he  remained  for  four  years,  off  and  on,  returning  frequently  to  the  main- 
land, and  sketching  to  his  heart's  content.  Since  the  spring  of  1906,  however,  Mr. 
Griffith  has  been  established  at  Laguna  Beach,  finding,  as  others  have,  that  this 
locality  has  charms  and  advantages  nowhere  else  hereabouts  to  be  enjoyed.  On 
account  of  his  long  residence  here,  Mr.  Griffith  is  recognized  as  the  pioneer  artist  of 
Laguna  Beach;  but  he  also  makes  annual  trips  to  the  mountains  and  desert  for  the 
purpose  of  sketching. 

Mr.  Griffith's  brother,  A.  H.  Griffith— at  whose  home  the  mother  made  her  home 
until  her  death— is  a  noted  art  critic  of  Detroit,  so  that  our  subject  seems  to  have 
come  to  his  own  talents  very  naturally.  As  a  self-taught  artist,  he  has  an  individual 
mterpretation  which  is  much  appreciated  by  the  admirers  of  his  work.  He  is  a  regular 
contributor  to  the  art  exhibits  at  Los  Angeles  and  San  Francisco,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  California  Art  Association,  and  a  charter  member  of  the  Laguna  Beach  Art 
Association.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Laguna  Beach  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  in 
national  political  affairs  is  a  Republican. 

SIMEON  TUCKER.— One  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  the  community  whose 
mcreasmg  mterests  in  Mexican  lands  has  by  no  means  diminished  his  enthusiasm  for 
Orange  County  and  its  future  prospects,  is  Simeon  Tucker,  who  was  born  in  Stockton 
Jo  Daviess  County,  111.,  on  June  1,  1847.  His  father  was  F.  L.  Tucker,  a  native  of 
Green  Mountam,  N.  Y.,  who  settled  in  Illinois  about  1835,  and  was  a  pioneer  merchant 
at  Stockton,  when  he  had  the  post  office  on  his  farm,  and  he  had  to  haul  things  to  and 
from  Galena.  In  1859  or  1860  the  elder  Tucker  set  out  across  the  plains  for  California; 
and  arrmng  m  Tuolumne  County,  he  tried  his  fortune  at  mining.  And  there  he  died 
m  March,  1884,  esteemed  by  those  who  knew  him  in  his  rugged  Americanism  He 
had  married  Miss  Marcia  Hunt,  a  native  of  the  Nutmeg  State,  but  she  died  in  Illinois. 
She  was  the  mother  of  six  children,  among  whom  Simeon,  the  youngest,  is  now  the 
only  one  living. 

Brought  up  at  Stockton,  Simeon  attended  the  Illinois  district  school,  and  for  some 
years  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm  and  in  the  store.  In  January  1874  having  come 
out  to  California,  he  worked  on  a  fruit  ranch  at  Shaw's  Flat,  at  thirty  dollars  a  month 
after  which  he  peddled  fruit.  In  1875  he  came  to  Westminster,  then  in  Los  Angeles' 
now  in  Orange  County,  and  buying  a  ranch  he  engaged  in  general  farming,  raising- 
hogs  and  hominy.  * 

looiY''^",  ^^  ^f^  °"*'  ""*  *^^  ^""^  °^  ^'^^  ''ears,  Mr.  Tucker  came  to  Anaheim,  and  in 
1881  bought  a  place  in  the  same  district,  but  one  mile  below.     He  put  in  a  vineyard  and 


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■two  years  later  it  died.  Then  he  set  out  St.  Michael  and  Mediterranean  sweet  oranges, 
and  otherwise  considerably  improved  the  place.  Later  he  traded  it  for  a  ranch  in  the 
Newhall  Mountains  in  Los  Angeles  County.  He  went  into  the  hotel  business  at  San 
Francisquito  Canyon,  and  the  large  stone  building  he  then  acquired  is  still  standing. 

In  the  meantime,  having  thirty-four  acres  in  East  Anaheim,  he  bought  forty  acres 
more,  all  raw  land,  with  cactus  and  other  brushwood  covering  the  surface.  He 
cleared  the  land,  leveled  it,  drove  out  the  rabbits  and  gophers,  and  in  many  ways 
agreeably  improved  it;  and  then  he  raised  orange  trees  from  seed,  and  budded  them 
to  superior  Valencias.  He  sunk  wells,  installed  an  engine  and  had  a  fine  pumping  plant. 
He  devoted  forty  acres  to  oranges,  and  he  was  the  first  to  set  out  oranges  in  this 
district.  In  1914  he  also  set  out  twenty-five  acres  of  lemons.  He  raised  much  alfalfa, 
and  now  he  not  only  has  an  electrical  pumping  plant  for  himself,  but  he  supplies  water 
to  seventy-five  acres  belonging  to  other  ranchers. 

In  addition  to  his  valuable  California  holdings,  Mr.  Tucker  owns  two  sections  of 
land  in  Sonora,  Mexico,  and  he  has  a  stock  ranch  of  18,000  acres  at  Hermosillo  in 
the  same  state. 

In  1881  Mr.  Tucker  was  married  at  Anaheim  to  Mrs.  Lizette  (Parker)  Beckington, 
a  native  of  Marengo,  McHenry  County,  111.,  and  the  daughter  of  Leonard  Parker.  She 
came  to  California  in  1871  and  settled  with  a  brother  at  Anaheim,  and  later  her  parents 
bought  land  in  the  East  Anaheim  district,  near  Madame  Modjeska's  home.  In  1908 
Mr.  Tucker  built  a  new,  handsome  residence.  One  son,  Earl  Robert,  who  was  born  on 
the  first  ranch  they  had,  has  blessed  this  fortunate  union;  he  married  Miss  Laura 
Lensing,  a  native  of  Missouri,  and  assists  his  father.  Mrs.  Tucker  has  a  daughter  by 
her  former  marriage,  Mrs.  Lottie  Bush. 

Mr.  Tucker  has  always,  both  as  a  genuine  American  and  as  a  Socialist,  been 
interested,  not  merely  in  building  up  a  community,  but  in  the  more  difficult,  more 
important  wqrk  of  upbuilding  as  well;  and  when  he  lived  near  Newhall  he  served  with 
satisfaction  to  all  as  a  school  trustee. 

JAMES  HARVEY  GULICK. — A  most  interesting  illustration  of  keeping  one's 
family  tree  record  so  that  it  may  become  a  contribution  to  history,  is  afforded  by 
James  Harvey  Gulic'K,  who  can  trace  his  ancestry  back  to  good  old  pre-Revolutionary 
stock.  Henry  Gulick  was  a  captain  of  the  Second  Regiment  of  Hunterdon  County, 
N.  J.,  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  He  married  Mary  Williamson  of  that  county,  and 
of  their  several  children  one,  a  son,  Nicholas  Gulick,  of  New  Jersey  and  New  York, 
served  a  part  of  his  time  with  his  father's  command.  He  married  Elizabeth  Gano,  also 
of  those  two  states.  She  was  of  Huguenot  stock,  and  one  of  their  children  was  William 
Gano  Gulick,  of  Clark  County,  Ind.,  and  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  He  married  Sarah  Adams, 
and  their  son  was  named  Martin  Nicholas  Gulick.  He  married  Eleanor  Welch  in 
Clark  County,  Ind.,  1841,  and  the  same  year  moved  to  Macoupin  County,  111.  After 
living  on  his  farm  at  Plainview  for  more  than  fifty  years  he  came  to  Tustin,  Orange 
County,  Cal.,  and  died  in  1900. 

Their  son,  James  Harvey  Gulick,  was  born  at  Plainview,  111.,  June  18,  1844,  and 
there  he  attended  the  district  school  and  lived  with  his  parents  on  the  home  farm. 
After  the  Civil  War  broke  out,  he  enlisted  in  Company  A,  One  Hundred  Twenty-second 
Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  in  the  West,  as  some  called  it  at  that  time, 
and  the  last  half  of  his  service  under  that  intrepid  leader,  Andrew  Jackson  Smith, 
commanding  the  Sixteenth  Corps.  He  was  in  spirited  engagements  in  Tennessee, 
Alabama,  and  Mississippi;  was  in  action  at  Parkers'  Cross  Roads,  Tenn.,  and  Tupelo, 
Miss.,  and  present  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  Fort  Blakely,  Ala.  He  received  his  dis- 
charge July  IS,  1865. 

After  returning  to  the  Illinois  home,  Mr.  Gulick  attended  the  best  business  college 
in  St.  Louis,  and  then  taught  school  in  several  counties  in  western  Missouri.  On 
December  6,  1868,  he  was  married  in  Appleton,  Bourbon  County,  Kans.,  to  Miss  Laura 
Jane  Palmer,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Palmer,  of  Greenbush,  Warren  County, 
111.  A  forbear  of  Mrs.  Palmer,  Walter  Palmer,  came  from  England  in  1629,  and  her 
father  from  New  York,  and  her  mother  from  Ohio.  They  lived  in  Chickasaw  County, 
Iowa,  during  the  Civil  War,  and  in  1865  moved  to  Bourbon  County,  Kans.  Mr.  Gulick 
went  to  Wilson  County,  Kans.,  in  1869,  and  took  up  160  acres  of  government  land, 
to  which  he  added  240  more,  which  he  devoted  to  grain  and  stock. 

On  removing  further  west  to  California  in  the  "boom"  year  1887,  Mr.  Gulick  came 
directly  to  what  is  now  Orange  County  and  for  a  while  he  and  his  family  lived  in  the 
Greenville  district.  Then  they  removed  to  Villa  Park;  in  1893  he  sold  that  farm  and 
moved  to  the  Richfield  section,  where  he  purchased  107  acres.  Seventy  of  these  he 
set  out  to  walnuts  and  the  rest  in  various  crops.  After  nineteen  years  there,  however, 
he  disposed  of  that  holding  and  came  to  Santa  Ana.  Here  he  purchased  a  home  at 
1702  Spurgeon  Street,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since.     Ten  children,  eleven  grand- 


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children  and  four  great-grandchildren  have  called  this  worthy  couple  blessed.  William 
Nicholas  married  Mrs.  Julia  Scovil  and  is  living  in  Tustin;  Mary  Eleanor  died  in  in- 
fancy; Phillip  Frederick  passed  away  at  the  age  of  nineteen;  Fanny  Ethel  married 
William  Wagner  of  Long  Beach;  Lena  May  married  William  L.  Hewitt  of  Santa 
Ana;  Arthur  Quinn  married  Jessie  M.  Lough  and  is  living  at  Fullerton;  Winnie  Hope 
also  died  in  infancy;  Laura  Helen  married  William  Huntley  of  Tustin;  James  Mark 
married  May  Wiley  and  they  reside  at  Hemet;  George  Asbury  married  Maggie  Forbes 
and  they  live  at  Tustin.  Mr.  Gulick  belongs  to  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution  at  Los 
Angeles,  and  those  that  are  interested  in  Gulick  genealogy  are  invited  to  inspect  a 
fifty-page  manuscript  on  file  in  the  library  of  that  order  in  Los  Angeles. 

WILLIAM  M.  SMART. — Highly  esteemed  as  a  member  of  a  distinguished  family 
of  Santa  Ana,  the  late  William  M.  Smart,  was  interesting  as  a  gentleman  long  foremost 
in  movements  for  the  educational  and  intellectual  advancement  of  the  community.  He 
was  born  at  Xenia,  Ohio,  September  29,  1848,  a  son  of  Rev.  James  P.  and  Elizabeth 
(McClellan)  Smart.  Reverend  Smart  served  as  a  pastor  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church  near  Xenia  for  twenty-two  years,  or  until  his  death.  W.  M.  Smart  was  given 
a  good  public  school  education  and  afterwards  attended  the  Xenia  Seminary,  after 
which  he  was  for  years  engaged  in  the  coal  business  at  Xenia  with  his  brother  John, 
until  he  sold  out  to  him  to  come  to  California. 

In  1887  he  arrived  in  Santa  Ana  and  for  a  time  served  as  secretary  of  the  Mc- 
Fadden  Lumber  Company,  later  he  was  for  two  years  secretary  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley 
Irrigation  Company,  and  from  1901  until  1914,  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  he  served  as 
secretary  and  manager  of  the  Santiago  Fruit  Growers  Association.  Mr.  Smart  had 
been  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  board  of  education  and  of  the  library  board,  giving 
freely  of  his  services  when  the  present  building  was  erected.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Republican  in  national  affairs,  but  most  nonpartisan  when  it  came  to  putting  his 
shoulder  to  the  wheel  and  working  for  the  best  candidates  making  for  local  improve- 
ments. He  was  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  and  lived  an  exemplary 
Christian  life. 

The  marriage  of  W.  M.  Smart,  on  October  31,  1882,  at  Xenia,  Ohio,  united  him 
with  Miss  Lydia  C.  the  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Collins)  Anderson,  substantial 
farmer  folk  of  the  Buckeye  State.  She  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Xenia 
and  in  Ohio  Central  College  at  Iberia,  an  institution  now  of  national  repute  on  account 
of  President-elect  Harding  having  been  a  student  there.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smart  six 
children  were  born:  Mary  A.,  is  recognized  as  a  professional  photographer  and  is 
proprietor  of  the  Mary  Smart  Studio,  Santa  Ana;  Janet,  is  the  wife  of  Henry  L.  Thomp- 
son of  Moline,  111.,  and  the  mother  of  a  son,  Carson  F.;  Fannie  M.,  is  a  teacher  in  the 
public  schools  of  Bisbee,  Ariz.;  James  P.,  who  married  Miss  Loraine  Scott,  is  a  rancher 
in  Oregon,  and  he  was  formerly  in  Y.  M.  C.  A.  work  in  Los  Angeles  for  years;  he  has 
two  children — Margaret  and  James  P.,  Jr.;  William  A.,  is  connected  with  the  Oregon 
State  Agricultural  College  at  Corvallis;  and  Carson  M.,  is  a  surveyor  and  civil  engineer 
in  the  employ  of  the  city  of  Los  Angeles.  William  A.,  and  Carson  M.  were  in  the 
United  States  service  during  the  World  War,  the  former  as  a  second  lieutenant  of 
heavy  artillery  and  in  line  for  promotion  when  the  armistice  was  declared.  Carson  M. 
reached  France,  but  did  not  see  active  service.  Mrs.  Smart  had  the  honor  of  serving 
on  the  Santa  Ana  Board  of  Education  at  the  time  when  the  Polytechnic  was  built,  and 
she  also  is  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church.  William  M.  Smart  passed 
away  on  October  11,  1914,  mourned  by  a  large  circle  of  friends  in  Orange  County. 

ADONIRAM  JUDSON  SANDERS.— The  memory  of  a  worthy,  self-sacrificing  and 
attaining  pioneer  such  as  the  late  Adoniram  Judson  Sanders,  known  by  all  his  friends 
as  plain  Judson,  is  not  likely  soon  to  be  forgotten,  especially  when  his  esteemed  widow, 
herself  one  of  the  oldest  settlers  in  these  parts  is  following  in  his  steps.  He  was  born 
in  Yarmouth,  N.  S.,  and  came  of  English  and  Scotch  descent;  and  there  he  was  reared 
and  received  his  education  in  the  local  schools.  In  his  youth  he  showed  a  natural 
aptitude  as  a  mechanic  and  he,  therefore,  followed  the  machinist's  trade.  Later,  he 
came  out  to  Minnesota,  locating  at  Le  Sueur,  where  he  followed  his  trade,  and  it  was 
there  in  December,  1865,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  McPherson,  who  was  born 
in  Chaumont,  Jefferson  County,  N.  Y.,  the  daughter  of  Hugh  McPherson,  born  in 
New  Hampshire,  but  of  Scotch  descent.  The  McPherson  family  were  among  the'  first 
settlers  in  the  Granite  State,  and  Grandfather  William  McPherson  served  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary War.  Hugh  McPherson  was  a  captain  in  the  New  Hampshire  State  Militia, 
and  was  also  a  farmer;  and  he  followed  agriculture  when  he  removed  to  Chaumont  Bayi 
N.  Y.  He  married  Betsy  Butterfield,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  and  the  grand- 
daughter of  Peter  Butterfield,  who  was  of  English  descent  and  also  served  in  the 
Revolution.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hugh  McPherson  were  Presbyterians,  and  died  at  the  old 


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home  farm  at  Chaumont,  N.  Y.  They  had  thirteen  chihlren,  and  Mrs.  Sanders  was  the 
youngest  and  is  the  only  one  now  living.  She  completed  her  education  at  Watertown 
Academy,  and  looks  back  to  those  girlhood  days,  in  northern  New  York,  as  among  the 
happiest  of  her  long  career. 

After  his  marriage,  Mr.  Sanders  followed  his  trade  in  Minnesota,  and  in  1873,  they 
came  out  to  California  and  purchased  a  ranch  two  miles  east  of  Orange,  where  they 
resided  for  thirty-six  years.  The  land  was  a  raw  cactus  and  brush  patch  when  they 
first  took  hold;  but  they  cleared  it  and  brought  it  under  cultivation,  although  for  the 
first  five  years  they  had  very  little  water.  They  set  out  a  vineyard  of  muscat  grapes, 
and  soon  enjoyed  the  credit  of  making  among  the  finest  raisins  in  the  vicinity.  Indeed, 
a  Los  Angeles  grocer  selected  some  of  their  raisins  as  the  best  obtainable  hereabouts 
and  sent  them  on  to  President  and  Mrs.  Cleveland. 

Then  came  the  grape  disease  and  killed  the  vines,  after  which,  they  put  in  a  second 
vineyard,  but  this  also  died  after  the  first  crop.  They  then  gave  up  the  vineyard,  and 
began  setting  out  oranges  and  walnuts,  and  in  time  they  had  groves  bearing  splendidly. 
After  operating  the  ranch  for  thirty-six  years,  they  sold  out  and  moved  into  Orange. 

Here  they  purchased  the  residence  in  which  Mrs.  Sanders  now  resides,  and  where, 
in  November,  1914,  he  died,  aged  about  seventy-eight  years,  an  exemplary  man  in  all 
his  habits  and  a  consistent  Christian.  While  living  on  this  ranch  at  McPherson,  they 
purchased  1,000  acres  of  land  near  Murietta,  which  they  devoted  to  stock  raising  and 
grain  farming;  but  this  ranch  was  also  sold  after  Mr.  Sanders'  death. 

Two  children  testify  to  the  ideal  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sanders:  Will  Hugh 
Sanders  is  a  well-known  operator  in  the  Los  Angeles  realty  world,  and  Frank  A. 
Sanders  is  ranching  at  Paso  Robles.  Mrs.  Sanders  has  four  grandchildren  and  one 
great-grandchild.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Orange.  For  years 
she  was  a  member  of  the  Ebell  Club;  and,  as  was  her  patriotic  husband,  Mrs.  Sanders 
is  a  stanch  Republican. 

JOHN  F.  PATTERSON. — Among  the  esteemed  citizens  of  Westminster,  Orange 
County,  Cal.,  is  John  F.  Patterson,  the  successful  pioneer  merchant  and  oldest  business 
man  in  continuous  business  life  at  Westminster. 

A  native  of  Brook  County,  Va.,  he  was  born  a  few  miles  north  of  Wheeling,  W.  Va., 
April  14,  1851,  and  when  two  years  old  had  the  misfortune  to.  lose  his  mother.  When 
he  was  nine  years  of  age  his  father,  W.  J.  Patterson,  came  to  California  and  located  on 
the  Feather  River  in  Butte  County,  twenty  miles  above  Marysville,  where  John  F. 
grew  to  maturity.  The  father  engaged  in  the  freighting  business  and  ran  an  eight-mule 
team,  hauling  freight  to  the  mines  in  Plumas  County,  Virginia  City,  Nev.,  Black  Rock, 
Idaho,  and  other  places.  The  only  child  by  his  father's  first  marriage,  John  F.  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  Butte  County  near  Biggs.  He  later  attended  Heald's  Busi- 
ness College  at  San  Francisco,  where  he  pursued  a  general  commercial  course.  While  a 
mere  boy  he  worked  several  years  for  Maj.  Marion  Biggs,  in  Butte  County,  Cal.,  the 
large  stockman  and  owner  of  an  800-acre  ranch.  Afterwards  he  joined  his  father  in 
the  sheep  business  and  they  owned  a  flock  of  2,000  sheep.  Then  with  his  father  and 
three  half-brothers  he  went  to  Abilene,  Texas,  to  engage  in  the  sheep  business.  He 
was  taken  ill  and  returned  to  California,  going  to  Los  Angeles.  The  father  died  at 
Los  Angeles  at  the  age  of  ninety.  John  F.  engaged  with  Roth,  Blum  and  Company, 
provision  dealers  of  San  Francisco,  as  traveling  salesman  for  the  territory  of  Southern 
California,  and  remained  with  the  firm  five  years.  Afterward  he  came  to  Westminster 
and  opened  a  grocery  store  in  1889,  buying  a  new  stock  of  groceries  from  Hellman, 
Haas  &  Company,  of  Los  Angeles.  Since  then  he  has  been  the  proprietor  of  several 
stores,  and  ran  a  general  merchandise  store,  dealing  in  flour,  hay,  grain,  etc.  He  was 
manager  of  the  flour  and  feed  business  for  awhile,  but  has  mainly  functioned  as 
proprietor.     At  present  he  is  proprietor  of  a  flour,  hay,  grain,  mill  feed  and  fuel  store. 

Mr.  Patterson's  marriage  was  solemnized  at  Westminster,  and  united  him  with  Miss 
Virginia  Carlyle  of  Westminster,  daughter  of  H.  W.  Carlyle,  pioneer  rancher,  who 
came  to  California  from  Independence,  Mo.  Mr.  Patterson  owns  the  two  acres  upon 
which  he  built  his  residence,  and  has  been  active  in  the  civic  life  of  Westminster, 
donating  the  right-of-way  for  the  Southern  Pacific  Railway  through  Westminster. 
Ex-Governor  George  C.  Perkins  was  a  warm  personal  friend  of  both  Mr.  Patterson 
and  his  father,  and  Mr.  Patterson  cast  his  first  vote  in  California  for  governor  for  Mr. 
Perkins.  Politically  Mr.  Patterson  is  a  Democrat,  and  fraternally  he  is  a  member  and 
past  grand  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  recalls  attending  grand  lodge  once  when  Reuben  D. 
Lloyd  was  grand  master.  Manly,  honorable  and  public  spirited,  matters  that  concern 
the  welfare  of  his  home  town  receive  his  interested  support,  and  his  disinterested  efforts 
for  the  community's  betterment  have  won  for  him  many  warm  personal  friends  and  the 
respect  of  his  fellow-citizens. 


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MRS.  ADELHEID  KONIG-SCHULTE.— To  know  Mrs.  Adelheid  Konig-Schulte, 
is  to  fully  appreciate  her  talents  and  worth.  As  one  of  the  pioneer  women  of  Orange 
County  she  has  been  identified  with  its  development  for  over  fifty  years,  during  which 
time  she  made  Anaheim  her  home.  A  native  of  Hungary,  she  came  to  the  United 
States  during  her  girlhood,  with  her  father  and  stepmother  and  three  brothers.  After 
the  death  of  her  mother  she  was  reared  in  the  home  of  an  aunt  in  Vienna. 

Mrs.  Schulte  is  a  lady  of  culture  and  has  many  varied  accomplishments;  the  walls 
of  her  home  are  decorated  with  oil  paintings  of  her  own  handiwork  and  as  a  vocalist 
of  more  than  local  renown  she  appeared  in  public  before  audiences  in  Los  Angeles 
many  times,  also  has  been  on  the  program  for  vocal  solos  at  the  entertainments  given 
by  the  Calumet  Club  in  their  hall  in  that  city  at  one  time  appearing  before  an  audience 
of  600  and  singing  in  three  languages,  as  well  as  appearing  at  other  prominent  gather- 
ings on  many  occasions.  Besides  these  varied  accomplishments  she  is  par-excellence  in 
domestic  science,  serving  one  year  studying  and  demonstrating,  and  excels  in  both 
plain  and  fancy  baking.  One  cake  baked  by  her  and  donated  to  the  Catholic  fair  at 
Anaheim  sold  for  thirty-six  dollars. 

As  stated,  Mrs.  Schulte  came  to  the  New  World  with  her  father,  Henry  Eichler, 
and  his  second  wife  in  1866,  first  locating  at  Cairo,  111.,  where  they  joined  her  uncle. 
From  there  Mrs.  Schulte  came  to  California,  in  the  following  year  with  her  aunt, 
locating  in  San  Francisco,  where  these  two  ladies  embarked  in  business,  dealing  in 
dry  goods  and  millinery.  They  carried  on  a  very  profitable  business  until  the  earth- 
quake of  1868,  which  destroyed  their  building.  From  San  Francisco  she  came  to  Los 
Angeles  in  1869,  and  it  was  here  that  she  met,  and  that  same  year  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  William  Konig.  He  was  born  in  Hanover  in  1832  and  was  there  reared  and 
educated  and  also  learned  the  art  of  wine  making,  serving  an  apprenticeship  of  seven 
years,  after  which  he  was  employed  at  the  trade  for  several  years  in  Hamburg.  He 
later  came  from  that  city  by  way  of  Cape  Horn  to  San  Francisco  and  from  there  to  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  found  employment  at  his  trade. 

Immediately  after  their  marriage  in  1869  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Konig  came  to  Anaheim 
and  made  a  permanent  location.  Here  Mr.  Konig  purchased  twenty  acres  of  land  de- 
voted to  a  vineyard,  erected  a  winery  and  carried  on  a  very  profitable  and  growing 
business,  having  one  of  the  largest  wineries  in  this  section,  which  was  then  Los  Angeles 
County.  They  shipped  wine  in  carload  lots  to  various  places  in  the  United  States  and 
even  to  Europe.  Much  of  their  product  was  kept  and  sold  to  be  used  for  medicinal 
purposes.  Mrs.  Konig  was  a  true  helpmate  and  worked  with  him  picking  grapes  in  the 
field  with  the  Indians  and  also  assisted  him  with  the  manufacture  of  the  wine.  They 
both  labored  hard  to  accumulate  a  competency  and  as  a  result  became  owners  of  some 
very  valuable  property.  Mrs.  Konig  erected  a  bath  house  in  Anaheim  at  a  cost  of 
$6,000  which  she  leased,  and  where  steam  electric  and  mineral  baths  were  given.  She 
presented  the  bell  that  marks  the  old  El  Camino  Real,  which  was  dedicated  with 
appropriate  ceremonies  February  5,  1911,  and  to  commemorate  the  donor  her  name  is 
inscribed  on  a  brass  plate  in  front  of  the  column  supporting  the  bell;  by  virtue  of  this 
gift  she  holds  a  life  membership  in  the  El  Camino  Real  Association,  which  has  done 
so  much  to  perpetuate  historical  features  and  for  the  betterment  of  the  roadways  in 
the  state.  When  the  public  library  was  secured  for  Anaheim,  this  public-spirited  woman 
donated  one  of  the  two  lots  for  its  site,  and  was  a  liberal  contributor  towards  the 
building  of  every  church  in  that  city.  She  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  a  large  stock- 
holder in  the  German-American  Bank,  now  the  Guaranty  Trust  and  Savings  ^Bank  in 
Los  Angeles;     Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Konig  were  reared  in  the  Lutheran  Church. 

Mr.  Konig  was  an  invalid  for  many  years  and  his  wife  proved  herself  an  excellent 
manager,  for  she  was  the  means  of  adding  to  their  holdings  of  property  as  well  as 
improving  them,,  thus  adding  to  their  value.  They  were  both  very  generous  and  recog- 
nized as  being  among  the  most  liberal  citizens  of  Orange  County.  Mr.  Konig  died  on 
April  1,  1911,  at  the  age  of  seventy-nine  years.  On  February  22,  1917,  Mrs.  Konig 
became  the  wife  of  Anton  Schulte  and  they  lived  in  Anaheim  one  year,  then  on  account 
of  the  ill  health  of  Mrs.  Schulte,  they  moved  to  South  Pasadena  where  they  have  a 
fine  home  on  Diamond  Avenue  and  dispense  a  generous  hospitality.  Mr.  Schulte  is  an 
Iowa  pioneer,  having  lived  in  that  state  for  forty-eight  years  and  where  he  achieved 
prominence  as  an  official  and  public-spirited  man,  always  striving  to  do  what  he  con- 
sidered his  duty.  He  came  to  California  in  1914  and  ever  since  then  has  booked  a 
permanent  residence  for  himself  in  Southern  California.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  of  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks.  With  Mrs. 
Schulte,  he  eniovs  a  wide  circle  of  friends. 


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FRED  G.  AND  ELIZABETH  TAYLOR.— A  distinguished  American  couple  of 
Santa  Ana,  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  know  them,  and  especially  admired  for  their 
many  sterling  qualities,  are  Fred  G.  and  Elizabeth  Taylor,  who  established  the  nucleus 
of  "Taylor's,"  now  so  noted  throughout  Orange  County,  in  Santa  Ana  many  years  ago. 
Mr.  Taylor  was  born  in  Chicago,  111.,  in  1847,  the  son  of  John  Otis  Taylor,  a  native  of 
New  York,  who  came  west  to  Chicago  and  as  early  as  1852  located  in  Freeport, 
Stephenson  County,  111.,  where  he  was  successful  as  a  pioneer  business  man.  He  died 
about  1900,  survived  by  his  widow,  whose  maiden  name  had  been  Harriet  Fames,  and 
who  also  died  at  Freeport.  They  were  the  parents  of  five  children:  J.  B.  Taylor,  a 
prominent  business  man  and  manufacturer  in  Freeport  and  founder  and  owner  of 
Taylor's  Driving  Park  at  Freeport,  died  in  that  city;  Hobart  H.  was  a  very  prominent 
business  man  in  various  lines;  he  belonged  to  the  Freeport  firm  of  Taylor  and  Wise, 
grain  operators,  and  as  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Elgin  Watch  Company,  had  a  part  of 
that  watch's  mechanism,  the  H.  H.  Taylor  Movement,  named  for  him.  He  was  also 
interested  in  Aultman,  Taylor  and  Company,  of  Mansfield,  Ohio,  manufacturers  of 
threshing  machines,  and  in  the  Nichols  and  Shepherd  Company  at  Battle  Creek,  Mich., 
which  manufactures  the  "Vibrator"  thre&her;  he  was  a  banker  and  a  philanthropist,  and 
a  Republican  inflential  and  prominent  in  northern  Illinois;  and  he  died  at  Chicago,  aged 
only  forty-two  years,  already  rated  a  millionaire.  Charles  A.  Taylor,  another  investor, 
was  a  trunk  manufacturer  of  that  city  and  died  there.  Louise  H.  makes  her  home  at 
Freeport,  and  there  is  Fred  G.  Taylor,  the  subject  of  our  sketch. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Freeport  and  at  the  military  school  at 
Fulton,  111.,  and  for  thirty-four  years  made  his  home  in  Freeport,  where  he  was  asso- 
ciated with  his  brother,  J.  B.  Taylor,  in  the  management  of  Taylor's  Driving  Park.  As 
;i  boy  he  saw  the  stirring  events  leading  up  to  the  Civil  War,  and  it  is  interesting  to 
hear  him  relate  the  incidents  connected  with  the  day  of  the  great  Lincoln-Douglas 
debate  in  Freeport  in  1856 — how  the  people  came  for  a  hundred  miles  by  teams,  in 
wagons  and  on  horseback  to  witness  the  literary  duel  that  has  gone  down  in  history;  and 
as  a  boy  he  had  the  good  fortune  to  be  near  the  speaker's  platform,  and  to  see  and  hear 
the  great  emancipator  at  close  range.  During  the  war  he  was  too  young  for  service, 
but  tried  four  different  times  to  enlist,  each  time  being  rejected  on  account  of  his  age 
and  small  stature. 

In  Illinois  Mr.  Taylor  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Sharp,  a  native  of  Yorkshire, 
England,  and  the  daughter  of  William  and  Martha  (Jackson)  Sharp.  Her  mother  died 
in  Yorkshire  and  her  father  brought  his  three  children,  two  sons  and  the  little  daughter, 
to  Rockford,  111.,  but  also  passed  on  soon  afterwards.  Mrs.  Taylor  was  reared  partly 
in  the  East,  where  she  had  the  advantage  of  splendid  educational  institutions,  until  her 
marriage  to  Mr.  Taylor,  a  union  that  has  proven  very  fortunate  and  happy.  Her  two 
brothers  reside  in  Santa  Ana,  and  one  of  them,  Harwood,  served  in  the  Twenty-sixth 
Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry  from  1861  until  the  close  of  the  Civil  War,  participating  in 
numerous  severe  battles,  and  took  part  in  all  the  engagements  of  his  regiment  during 
the  Georgia  campaign — from  Atlanta  to  the  sea. 

Desiring  to  remove  to  California,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Taylor  came  out  to  the  Coast  in 
1885  and  located  on  a  ranch  at  Orange,  where  they  resided  until,  at  the  end  of  six 
months,  they  located  on  one  near  Santa  Ana.  There  they  raised  deciduous  fruits. 
Northern  Illinois  is  noted  among  other  things  for  the  skill  of  its  housewives  in  domestic 
service,  and  Mrs.  TayiBt  had  no  su.^ricrr  among  them  all.  Her  home  always  a.t)Oun-d€d 
in  hospitality,  and  the  excellence  of  her  cooking  was  often  comTnented  upon,  and  she 
received  especial^  pra%e  for  her  fine  preserves  and  canne,d  fruits.  After  coming  to 
California,  and  wishing  to  establish  her  two  sons  in  business,  she  conceived"  the  idea 
of  putting  up  California  fruit  for  sale  in  the  East,  and  it  was  her  aim  to  send  out  only 
fruit    of    the    finest    quality. 

The  beginning  of  the  business  was  quite  modest,  the  plant  consisting  of  the  cook- 
stove  in  the  family  kitchen,  and  during  the  first  year,  1892,  she  shipped  three  hundred 
pounds  of  fruit  to  Freeport,  111.,  where  it  found  ready  sale.  The  second  year  the  "plant" 
was  increased  by  the  addition  of  a  gasoline  stove,  and  the  business  was  doubled,  the 
entire  shipment  also  going  to  Freeport.  Soon  they  began  to  get  calls  for  the  delicious 
products  from  other  cities,  and  the  third  year  they  put  up  and  shipped  a  carload  of 
fruit.  About  this  time,  their  son,  J.  E.  Taylor,  went  East  in  the  interest  of  the  business, 
and  the  shipments  increased  year  by  year,  until  they  reached  100  tons  in  1901,  and  that 
increase  has  been  getting  greater  with  each  season.  Sales  are  made  all  over  the  United 
States  and  Canada,  from  coast  to  coast,  and  the  fruit  is  shipped  direct  to  the  residences 
of  those  so  ordering.  Indeed,  before  the  war,  shipments  were  also  made  to  Europe  and 
the  islands  of  the  Pacific. 
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362     ,  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

The  first  cannery  was  built  in  1894,  a  very  small  building,  and  many  additions 
were  made,  and  also  a  new  building  erected,  as  necessity  required;  and  now  there  is  a 
large,  fireproof,  concrete  building  for  the  main  plant,  with  every  appointment  most 
modern  and  convenient.  Visitors  to  the  cannery  always  find  much  to  attract  their 
attention  and  hold  their  interest,  and  they  are  especially  impressed  with  the  cleanliness 
in  every  department.  The  washing  and  paring  and  cooking  departments  are  kept  just 
as  clean  as  are  the  scalded  jars  into  which  the  preserves  are  poured.  They  used  gasoline 
<:toves  until  they  had  thirty-seven  four-burner  stoves,  and  then  they  changed  to  elec- 
tricity, using  120  electric  stoves,  and  now  they  use  gas  burners  for  making  pickles  and 
steam  for  cooking  the  fruit. 

The  fruit  is  boiled  in  porcelain  graniteware,  after  it  has  gone  through  a  systematic 
process  of  washing,  paring  and  rewashing;  jams  and  marmalades  of  all  kinds  are 
manufactured,  and  also  peach  mangoes,  hg,  peacn,  apricot  and  pear  pickles,  brandied 
peaches,  pears,  grapes,  fig  and  English  walnut  pickles.  All  fruit  is  put  up  in  heavy 
sugar  syrup;  and  of  late  years,  owing  to  the  heavy  increase  in  their  business,  they  have 
been  obliged  to  have  fruit  shipped  in  from  the  north,  as  the  local  market  is  not  sufficient 
for  their  needs.  They  employ  about  ISO  hands.  They  also  have  a  large  ice  and  cold 
storage  plant,  one  of  the  finest  in  the  state,  and  manufacture  ice  for  even  the  wholesale 
trade.  Up  till  a  couple  of  years  ago  the  firm  was  J.  E.  Taylor  and  Company,  with  J.  E. 
and  Fred  H.  at  the  head  of  the  management,  when  J.  E.  Taylor  sold  his  interest  to  the 
rest  of  the  family,  at  the  same  time  removing  to  San  Luis  Obispo  County,  and  the 
owners  then  incorporated  the  business  under  the  firm  name,  "Taylors,"  with  Fred  H. 
Taylor  as  president  and  manager,  and  this  firm  has  become  celebrated  in  fruit  circles 
all  over  the  country. 

Indeed,  those  who  are  experts  in  judging  fruit  assert  that  the  products  of  the 
cannery  have  no  superior  in  any  part  of  the  United  States,  and  that  they  have  reached  a 
point  where  improvement  is  practically  impossible.  All  these  years  Mrs.  Taylor  has 
personally  superintended  the  manufacture  of  the  products,  giving  them  her  personal 
attention,  and  insisting  on  the  same  care  and  cleanliness  as  in  the  old  days  of  the 
cookstove,  and  she  has  every  reason  to  be  proud  of  the  commercial  results,  as  well  as 
of  her  husband  and  the  two  sons  and  daughter,  who  stood  by  her  so  bravely  through 
all  the  various'  evolutions  of  the  important  industry.  It  is  an  interesting  fact  that  the 
business  has  grown  to  its  present  large  proportions  without  the  company  ever  having 
resorted  to  advertising,  and  thus  it  is  the  quality  of  the  product  that  makes  the  constant 
growing  demand  without  newspaper  or  magazine  solicitation. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Taylor  reside  on  East  Fourth  Street,  in  a  comfortable,  well-furnished 
bungalow,  where  they  entertain  their  many  friends  with  an  old-time  hospitality.  They 
are  strong  Republicans,  Mr.  Taylor  having  espoused  the  platforms  of  that  party  ever 
since  its  formation  in  the  fifties  at  Jackson,  Mich.  Their  three  children  are  John  E. 
Taylor,  an  extensive  rancher  in  San  Luis  Obispo  County;  Fred  H.  Taylor,  the  president 
and  manager  of  Taylors;  and  a  daughter,  Eleanor,  wife  of  A.  E.  Marker,  of  Downey. 

JOHN  J.  SWARTZBAUGH.— Thrift  and  frugality,  coupled  with  a  judicious  man- 
agement of  one's  financial  affairs,  are  characteristics  that  usually  bring  success  to  the 
man  who  practices  them  in  whatever  line  of  business  he  may  be  engaged  in.  To  these 
characteristics  in  the  life  of  John  J.  Swartzbaugh,  the  extensive  and  successful  walnut 
grower  of  West  Orange  precinct,  are  due  his  substantial  prosperity.  He  is  justly 
proud  to  be  called  a  self-made  man,  because  of  the  splendid  success  he  has  made  by 
his  own  unaided  efforts. 

The  descendant  of  an  old  Maryland  family,  Mr.  Swartzbaugh  was  born  in  Balti- 
more, Md.,  September  2S,  1858,  the  son  of  John  H.  and  Mary  (Green),  Swartzbaugh, 
both  natives  of  Baltimore-  Grandfather  John  Swartzbaugh  was  also  born  in  Maryland. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  H.  Swartzbaugh  were  the  parents  of  five  children,  John  J.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  being  the  second  child.  When  ten  years  of  age  he  migrated 
with  his  parents  to  Springfield,  Ohio,  where  the  father  rented  land.  For  two  years 
John  J.  lived  with  his  great  uncle,  Samuel  Swartzbaugh,  where  he  helped  with  the  farm 
work;  subsequently  he  was  hired  by  farmers  who  paid  him  only  four  dollars  per  month 
for  the  arduous  work  done  and  the  long  hours  of  service.  The  only  financial  assistance 
he  ever  received  was  thirty  dollars  he  inherited  from  his  sister  Susan. 

At  Springfield,  Ohio,  Mr.  Swartzbaugh  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Lola 
Knott,  a  native  of  the  Buckeye  State,  and  daughter  of  Charles  Knott,  a  farmer  and  a 
veteran  of  the  Union  Army.  After  his  marriage  Mr.  Swartzbaugh  removed  with  his 
family  to  Texas,  where  he  remained  for  eleven  months  and  then  decided  to  move 
farther  westward,  with  the  Golden  State  as  his  ultimate  goal.  He  arrived  in  Sant? 
Ana   on   February  22,    1888,   and   soon   purchased   a   squatter's   claim   in   West   Orange 


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precinct.  Mr.  Swartzbaugh  improved  his  place  and  has  from  time  to  time  made 
additional  purchases  until  today  he  is  the  possessor  of  110  acres  of  valuable  land, 
ninety  of  which  are  devoted  to  walnuts,  ranging  from  three  to  nineteen  years  of  age. 
He  has  made  a  specialty  of  walnut  culture  for  twenty  years,  the  beneficient  results  of 
which  are  apparent  in  the  high  quality  of  walnuts  and  bountiful  yields  of  his  orchards. 
He  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  successful  walnut  growers  in  the  West  Orange 
section  of  the  county. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Swartzbaugh  are  the  parents  of  nine  children.  Arvilla  married 
Welley  Wheeler,  an  electrician  for  the  Standard  Oil  Company,  and  they  reside  at  El 
Segundo;  Florence  is  the  wife  of  Clarence  Brittain,  a  carpenter  residing  at  El  Segundo, 
and  they  have  three  children;  Olyn,  a  grading  contractor  at  Harbor  City,  married  Mrs. 
McClure  who  had  three  children  by  her  former  marriage;  Ina  married  Paul  Morse  of 
Harbor  City  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  children;  Ruth  is  the  wife  of  J.  H.  Hutch- 
ings  of  Santa  Cruz;  Ada  lives  at  El  Segundo;  Lola  married  Howard  Gillette  of  Santa 
Ana;  Carl  and  Mary  are  at  home.  In  politics  Mr.  Swartzbaugh  is  a  Democrat.  He 
belongs  to  the  Garden  Grove  Walnut  Association. 

JOHN  DUNSTAN. — A  conservative,  trustworthy  business  man,  self-made  and 
successful  and  a  good  "booster"  for  Orange  County,  because  of  his  confidence  in  the 
future  of  this  part  of  the  great  state  of  California,  is  John  Dunstan,  the  able  and 
genial  vice-president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Tustin.  He  was  born  on  December 
5,  1866,  near  Redruth,  Cornwall,  England,  the  son  of  James  Dunstan,  also  a  native  of  that 
country,  who  had  married  Elizabeth  Berryman,  a  descendant  of  an  old  family  in  that 
part  of  England.  James  Dunstan  came  to  America  in  1867,  and  being  a  farmer,  did 
not  tarry  in  New  York  City,  where  he  landed,  but  immediately  came  on  West,  first  to 
Fayette  County,  Iowa,  and  then  to  Pioche,  Lincoln  County,  Nev.,  making  his  journey 
from  the  end  of  the  railroad  to  their  destination  by  stage.  Finally  in  187S  he  landed 
at  Tustin.  John  Dunstan  is  the  only  child  of  these  worthy  parents  and  came  with 
them  to  Orange  County  and,  then  a  boy  of  nine,  he  heard  stories  of  the  pioneer  days 
he  has  never  forgotten. 

He  attended  the  common  schools  of  that  time  and  locality  and  worked  at  home 
for  his  parents,  helping  to  improve  the  twenty  acres  which  his  father  had  bought  on 
East  Seventeenth  Street,  set  out  in  part  to  grapes,  oranges  and  apricots.  He  himself 
in  time  bought  twenty-five  acres  of  vacant  land  east  of  Tustin,  which  he  improved 
with  walnuts  and  apricots  and  in  1903  he  also  bought  ten  acres  more,  which  he  planted 
to  oranges  and  lemons.  After  a  while  he  sold  both  of  these  acreages  and  bought 
instead  some  twelve  acres,  also  on  East  Seventeenth  Street,  which  he  set  out  to 
Valencia  oranges,  and  it  has  grown  to  be  a  valuable  bearing  orchard.  He  began  to 
market  through  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers'  Association  of  which  he  is  still  a 
member.  Recognizing  his  ability  the  stockholders  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation 
Company  elected  Mr.  Dunstan  a  director  and  he  later  served  as  president  of  the  board 
for  two  years,  during  which  time  he  was  very  active  in  the  improving,  enlarging 
and  building  up  the  system.  At  the  end  of  the  period  he  resigned,  not  being  able  to 
devote  the  time  he  felt  he  should  because  his  personal  business  affairs  required  all 
of  his  attention.  Since  its  organization,  too,  he  has  been  vice-president  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Tustin. 

In  early  days  he  made  a  specialty  of  apricots  and  was  rated  as  one  of  the  largest 
growers  of  that  delicious  fruit  in- Orange  County.  His  hobby  now  is  Valencia  oranges, 
which  from  his  experience  he  considers  best  adapted  to  this  soil  and  climate,  and  aside 
from  his  grove  of  sixteen  acres  he  manages  his  mother's  Valencia  orchard  of  the 
same  amount  of  acreage.  On  April  16,  1902,  Mr.  Dunstan  was  married  to  Miss  Myrtle 
H.  Hall,  a  daughter  of  William  H.  and  Susan  Frances  Hall  of  Hiawatha,  Brown 
County,  Kans.  They  came  to  Orange  County  in  1891  and  the  father  died  in  1914,  while 
Mrs.  Hall  continued  to  make  her  home  in  Santa  Ana.  The  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Dunstan  has  been  blessed  with  three  children  as  follows:  Gilbert  Hall  and  Mary 
Elizabeth  are  attending  Santa  Ana  high  school,  while  the  youngest,  Frances  Emily, 
is  attending  Tustin  grammar  school.  In  1914  Mr.  Dunstan  erected  on  his  ranch  a 
beautiful  residence  of  nine  rooms  and  furnished  the  same  completely;  and  nearby  on 
the  adjoining  orchard  is  his  mother's  comfortable  home  and  thus  he  is  able  to  look 
after  her  wants  and  give  her  every  devotion  and  care. 

Greatly  interested  in  civic  and  educational  lines  he  can  always  be  counted  on 
to  give  his  time  and  means  to  all  worthy  objects  which  are  for  the  betterment  of 
conditions  and  morals  of  the  community.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dunstan  were  active 
in  the  various  war  activities  and  Liberty  Bond  drives. 


366  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

C.  D.  HEARTWELL. — One  of  the  natives  of  the  Empire  State  who  eventually 
reached  California  to  swell  the  number  who  have  done  so  much  for  the  development 
of  the  state  is  C.  D.  Heartwell,  the  pioneer  real-estate  dealer  of  Huntington  Beach, 
who  was  born  in  Seneca  County,  N.  Y.,  on  August  12,  1847.  His  father,  Oscar  F. 
Heartwell,  known  to  Huntington  Beach  residents  for  years  as  Grandpa  Heartwell,  was 
born  at  Oaks  Corners,  N.  Y.,  in  1818,  and  he  married  Jiilia  Ann  Subrina  Webster,  also 
a  native  of  New  York  and  a  relative  of  Daniel  Webster.  Oscar  Heartwell  passed  the 
last' years  of  his  life  at  the  home  of  his  son,  C.  D.  Heartwell,  passing  away  there  at  the 
age  of  ninety-five  years.  Grandfather  Benjamin  Heartwell  was  born  in  Vermont  and 
when  a  young  man  walked  all  the  way  from  there  to  western  New  York  and  bought  a 
farm  where  the  city  of  Rochester  now  stands.  Finding  that  they  had  chills  and  fever 
in  that  locality,  he  threw  up  his  contract  and  went  to  Waterloo,  N.  Y.,  and  bought  a 
farm.  He  afterwards  went  to  Oaks  Corners  and  engaged  in  carpenter  work  as  well  as 
farming.  Oscar  Heartwell  was  also  a  carpenter,  but  spent  some  years  in  teaching 
school,  afterward  becoming  interested  in  farming. 

Of  the  seven  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oscar  F.  Heartwell  all;  were  born  in  New 
York  and  six  of  them  are  living.  C.  D.  Heartwell,  the  third  in  order  of  birth,  passed 
his  early  years  in  the  locality  in  which  he  was  born.  He  attended(  the  public  schools 
and  later  took  a  commercial  course  at  a  business  college  at  Auburn,  N.  Y.  Hel  then 
took  up  railroad  work,  entering  the  service  as  a  passenger  conductor  on  the  Northern 
Central  branch  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  afterwards  being  identified  with  the 
railway  mail  service  on  the  Syracuse,  Geneva  and  Corning  Railroad.  In  1882,  while 
engaged  in  this  work,  he  was  severely  injured  in  a  collision,  so  that  for  a  time  his  life 
was  despaired  of,  and  for  five  years  he  was  an  invalid.  ,  In  1887,  Mr.  Heartwell  went  to 
Hastings,  Neb.,  and  with  his  brother,  J.  B.  Heartwell,  organized  the  Nebraska  Loan 
and  Trust  Company. 

In  1904  Mr.  Heartwell  came  to  Huntington  Beach  and  started  on  his  work  of 
development  that  has  done  much  for  the  town.  At  that  time  the  Pacific  Electric  Rail- 
way had  not  begun  its  service  there.  With  his  brothers,  J.  B.  Heartwell  and  J.  F. 
Heartwell,  and  J.  M.  Edgar,  he  organized  the  Union  Investment  Company  and  built 
for  their  office  the  frame  building  v/here  the  U.  S.  Restaurant  now  stands;  he  was 
president  of  the  company  and  Mr.  Edgar  was  its  secretary.  Soon  thereafter  J.  B. 
Heartwell  organized  the  First  National  Bank  of  Huntington  Beach  and  they  leased  the 
Union  Investment  Company's  building  on  Main  Street,  the  company  then  building  a 
smaller  office  south  of  Main  Street  on  Ocean  Avenue,  and  here  Mr.  Heartwell  has 
been  located  ever  since,  being  the  oldest  realty  dealer  or  business  man,  in  point  of 
continuous  business,  in  Huntington  Beach.  The  lands  belonging  to  the  Union  Invest- 
ment Company  have  all  been  disposed  of  and  the  affairs  of  the  company  wound  up,  but 
Mr.  Heartwell  still  continues  a  thriving  real  estate,  loan  and  fire  insurance  business. 

Mr.  Heartwell's  first  marriage,  which  was  solemnized  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  united 
him  with  Miss  Emma  Schermerhorn,  who  died  a  few  years  later  at  Geneva,  N.  Y. 
leaving  two  children;  Julia  M.,  the  widow  of  E.  L.  Payne,  resides  with  her  father 
and  is  secretary  to  the  superintendent  of  the  Huntington  Beach  High  School;  Emmeline 
S.  is  the  wife  of  E.  A.  Neilson  of  Huntington  Beach.  Mr.  Heartwell's  second  marriage 
took  place  in  Nebraska,  where  he  was  married  to  Miss  Georgiana  Dennison. 

EDWIN  BAILEY  FOOTE.— With  few  or  no  exceptions,  the  Footes  in  America 
descended  from  either  Nathaniel  Foote,  of  Colchester,  England,  who  came  to  Water- 
town,  Mass.,  about  1630,  or  Pasco  Foote,  who  settled  in  Salem,  Mass.,  soon  after, 
or  Richard  Foote,  of  Cornwall,  England,  and  later  of  Stafford  County,  Va.  That 
the  first  two  were  nearly  related,  if  not  brothers,  there  can  be  little  doubt.'  According 
to  one  tradition,  the  far-away  ancestors  of  these  migrating  worthies  lived  near  the 
base  or  foot  of  a  mountain  in  England,  at  the  time  when  surnames  were  adopted  and 
they  called  themselves  Foote,  Fotte  or  Foot.  However  that  may  be,  our  subject's 
family  tree  throws  its  branches  back  to  Nathaniel  Foote,  the  settler  'of  Colchester 
Conn.,  doubtless  related  to  William  Henry  Foote,  the  clergyman,  who  was  born  at 
Colchester  in  1794.  Other  early  and  distinguished  Footes  are  Arthur  William  Foote 
the  musician,  of  Salem;  Elial  Todd  Foote,  the  physician,  of  Gil,  Mass  ■  Elisha  Foote' 
the  commissioner  of  patents,  of  Lee,  Mass.;  Samuel  Augustus  Foote  the  senator' 
born  in  Cheshire,  Conn.;  Andrew  Hull  Foote,  his  son,  the  naval  offi'cer,  who  was 
born  at  New  Haven,  Conn.;  Henry  Wilder  Foote,  the  clergyman,  also  born  at  Salem 
and  Henry  Stuart  Foote,  the  senator,  born  in  Virginia.  There  are  no  less  than 
eleven  branches  of  the  Foote  family  in  America  at  the  present  time,  and  Edwin  Bailey 
Foote  IS  the  grandson  of  William  Foote,  a  farmer  of  Stanford,  N.  Y.,  and  the  son  of 

j"7.-      T    °    '•    'li'?"  */,ff?''''  '°"'  '"  ^  ^^"'"y  °*  eight  children.     He  had  mar- 
ried Miss  Lucretia  Eels,  of  Walton,  N.  Y.,  the  daughter  of   Horace  and  Eliza   Eels 


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steady-going  farmer  folk,  and  the  ceremony  took  place  on  January  30,  18S6.  They 
took  up  their  home  at  Stanford,  and  there  reared  their  family. 

The  eldest  son,  and  one  of  three  still  surviving,  Edwin  Bailey  Foote  was  born 
on  February  6,  1857,  and  grew  up  on  his  father's'  farm  of  126  acres.  He  attended  the 
district  school,  and  helped  to  care  for  the  milk  and  the  butter  which  were  marketed 
in  New  York  City.  When  he  vvas  twenty-five  years  of  age,  he  started  westward,  and 
for  a  year  farmed  in  Michigan,  then  for  a  year  in  Ohio,  and  finally  worked  for  a  year 
on  a  farm  at  Manhattan,   Kans. 

An  uncle,  Horace  Eels,  had  come  west  to  Garden  Grove,  Cal.,  on  November  18, 
1887,  and  liked  what  he  saw;  and  the  same  year  Mr.  Foote  followed  to  the  Golden 
State.  He  took  up  carpentering,  and  for  five  years  worked  at  that  trade.  In  1890  Mr. 
Foote  married  Sarah  Elizabeth  Ross,  and  as  Mrs.  Foote  was  a  member  of  the  highly- 
honored  pioneer  family  of  Josiah  Ross,  the  first  to  settle  at  Santa  Ana,  he  found 
no  difficulty  in  making  valuable  connections,  and  in  getting  all  the  work  he  could  do. 

In  1892  he  took  up  ranching  for  the  first  time,  although  he  had  helped  on  a 
farm  in  Orange  County  three  years  before.  Three  years  later  he  became  a  pioneer 
of  Laguna  Beach.  He  has  acquired  city  property,  and  shown  his  interest  in  public 
affairs  by  serving  as  a  trustee  on  the  Laguna  school  board.  He  also  owns  various 
ranch  properties  in  Garden  Grove  and  El  Toro.  He  is  not  a  politician,  but  a  liberal- 
minded,  patriotic  citizen,  proud,  to  begin  with,  of  his  own  family  of  three  children — 
Hugh,  and  the  twins,  Harry  and  Hazel;  the  first-born  died  Nov.  23,  1917.  He  tries  to 
live  a  simple.  Christian  life,  and  is  never  ashamed  of  the  fact  that  he  is  a  hard  worker. 

DE  WITT  CLINTON  PIXLEY.— A  prominent  financier  of  California,  whose 
deep  interest  in  the  welfare  and  sound  and  permanent  development  of  Orange  County 
would  naturally  entitle  him  to  the  good  will  of  those  who  undeniably  admire  his  meth- 
ods leading  to  success,  is  De  Witt  Clinton  Pixley,  who  came  to  Orange  County  in 
the  early  eighties.  He  was  born  in  Ingraham,  Clay  County,  111.,  in  1857,  the  son  of 
Osman  Pixley,  the  merchant  and  banker,  who  was  a  native  of  Edwards  County,  111.,  and 
a  member  of  a  family  traceable  to  Liverpool,  England.  They  migrated  to  Boston, 
Mass.,  and  in  time  came  to  be  early  settlers  of  Illinois,  in  which  state  they  established 
themselves  when  there  were  block  houses  near  old  Fort  Vincennes,  and  Illinois  was  a 
territory.  Osman  Pixley,  as  seems  to  have  been  the  Pixley  habit,  made  a  real  success  of 
all  he  undertook  in  business  at  Ingraham,  as  well  as  in  banking  at  Flora,  111.,  where 
he  was  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Flora  for  twenty-seven  years.  He 
continued  actively  in  business  until  his  death,  at  an  advanced  age.  His  good  wife 
was  Frances  Wood  before  her  marriage,  and  she  was  a  native  of  Illinois,  and  spent 
her  last  days  in  Clay  County.  They  had  three  children  who  grew  up:  De  Witt  Clinton, 
the  subject  of  our  sketch;  Harvey  F.,  now  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  in 
Flora,  111.,  and  Arthur  H.,  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade. 

De  Witt  Clinton  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  of  his  district  and  at  Eureka 
College  in  Illinois,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1878,  with  the  Bachelor  of  Arts  degree, 
after  which  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  for  a  couple  of  years  in  Southern 
Illinois.  But,  desiring  a  niildet  climate,  he  came  west  to  California  in  1881  and  located 
on  a  ranch  at  Orange. 

In  the  spring  of  1882  he  bought  the  general  merchandise  store  of  R.  L.  Crowder  in 
Orange,  who  was  one  of  the  pioneer  merchants  in  town.  It  was  v^here  the  Campbell 
Block  now  stands,  at  the  corner  of  the  Plaza  and  Glassell  Street,  and  was  in  a  small 
frame  building.  Three  years  later,  Mr.  Pixley  purchased  a  lot  on  ISTorth  Glassell  Street, 
built  a  brick  block,  and  engaged  in  general  merchandising  in  what  was  for  that  time, 
at  that  place,  the  largest  concern  of  the  kind.  Later,  he  sold  the  grocery  and  the  dry- 
goods  departments,  and  continued  in  the  hardware  and  implement,  and  also  the  furni- 
ture business,  which  in  time  also  grew  into  large  proportions.  About  1909  he  sold  the 
furniture  business  to  his  son,  W.  C.  Pixley,  who  now  runs  it  as  the  Pixley  Furniture 
Company,  and  the  hardware  trade  to  the  Kogler  Hardware  Company. 

Mr.  Pixley  had  early  become  interested  in  various  enterprises  of  vital  importance 
to  the  building  up  of  the  town,  and  was,  for  example,  an  original  stockholder  and  a 
director  in  the  National  Bank  of  Orange;  and  he  has  been  president  of  that  bank  for 
the  past  seven  years.  He  was  also  president,  and  is  still  a  director  of  the  Orange 
Savings  Bank,  which  has  grown  to  have  nearly  $800,000  assets.  He  was  prominent  in 
the  reorganization  of  the  Orange  Building  and  Loan  Association,  and  was  its  presi- 
dent for  twenty-two  years,  or  until  he  resigned  in  1919.  He  saw  this  institution  grow 
from  assets  of  less  than  $20,000  to  over  $800,000.  He  was  the  most  prominent  factor 
in  building  up  the  Olive  Milling  Company,  and  his  management  and  financing  was 
such  that  it  was  brought  to  such  success  it  never  failed  to   pay  a   semi-annual   divi- 


370  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

dend.     He  served  as  its  president  for  ten  years,  until  it  was  sold,  in  the  fall  of  1919, 
to  the  Central  Milling  Company  of  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Pixley  has  for  many  years  been  a  director  and  vice-president  of  the  Abstract 
&  Title  Guarantee  Company  of  Santa  Ana,  having  been  interested  in  the  company  from 
its  organization  as  a  stock  company,  and  he  is  also  a  director  of  the  Fidelity  Savmgs 
and  Loan  Association  of  Los  Angeles.  He  built  and  owns  the  Pixley  Furniture  Store 
block  on  North  Glassell  Street,  as  well  as  other  valuable  property  here,  and  property 
of  worth  in  Los  Angeles  and  San  Diego,  and  owns  a  stock  ranch  in  the  Santiago 
Canyon,  as  well  as  one  in  the  Laguna  hills. 

About  sixteen  years  ago,  Mr.  Pixley  was  supervisor  of  Orange  County  from  the 
FourtJT  district  for  a  term,  and  then,  although  pressed  by  friends  to  continue  in  the 
public  service,  declined  further  honors  in  that  line.  Yet  he  has  never  failed  to  take  a 
leading  part  in  good  roads  movements,  and  was  chairman  of  the  highway  commission 
of  the  county,  and  had  a  very  honorable  share  in  providing,  at  a  generous  expenditure 
of  $1,270,000,  the  excellent  Orange  County  highways,  permanent  in  their  construction 
and  well  serving  the  detailed  districts  of  the  locality,  enjoyed  by  the  public  today. 

At  Ingraham,  III.,  Mr.  Pixley  was  married  to  Miss  Florence  M.  Boring,  a  native 
of  Illinois,  and  a  sister  of  J.  P.  Boring,  the  well-known  pioneer  of  Orange.  Five 
children  have  blessed  the  union.  Walter  C.  is  at  the  head  of  the  Pixley  Furniture 
Company;  Osman  is  secretary  of  the  Orange  Building  and  Loan  Association;  Frances, 
the  wife  of  J.  R.  Fletcher,  a  prominent  citrus  grower  of  El  Modena;  Florence  is  the 
wife  of  J.  G.  Marks,  a  merchant  in  Los  Angeles;  Alma  is  the  wife  of  Argus  Dean,  a 
horticulturist- at  Nuevo,  Riverside  County.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pixley  are  charter  members 
of  the  Christian  Church  in  Orange,  where  for  many  years  he  was  a  deacon,  and  was 
also  active  in  Sunday  School  work. 

Mr.  Pixley  was  made  a  Mason  in  Orange  Grove  Lodge,  No.  293,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
was  exalted  in  Santa  Ana  Chapter,  R.  A,  M.,  but  is  now  a  charter  member  of  Orange 
Grove  Chapter,  No.  99,  R.  A.  M.  He  was  knighted  in  Santa  Ana  Commandery  of  the 
Knights  Templar,  and  he  is  a  member,  of  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  of 
Los  Angeles.  In  1916  Mr.  Pixley  took  an  ocean  voyage  to  Australia,  including  the 
South  Sea  Islands,  and  four  years  later  he  repeated  the  delightful  maritime  adventure. 

STEPHEN  KISTLER.— An  example- of  well-directed  industry  conducing  to  suc- 
cess, is  found  in  the  business  career  of  Stephen  Kistler,  the  wealthy  retired  baker  and 
iandowner  of  Anaheim.  He  was  born  June  25,  1863,  in  Strassburg,  Als.ace-Lorraine, 
under  the  French  Flag.  After  the  Franco-Prussian  War  in  1870,  this  historic  and  pic- 
turesque territory,  by  the  Treaty  of  Versailles,  became  a  part  of  the  German  Empire. 
Stephen  Kistler  was,  therefore,  educated  in  the  German  schools  of  his  native  land. 

When  school  days  were  over,  Stephen  learned  the  trade  of  a  baker,  serving  an 
apprenticeship  of  three  years,  after  which  he  followed  the  business  of  a  baker  for 
several  years  in  Strassburg.  Possessed  of  a  desire  to  see  more  of  the  world  and  to 
seek  his  fortune  in  America,  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  1888,  with  his  cousin, 
landing  at  New  Orleans.  During  the  same  year  he  journeyed  still  farther  westward 
until  he  reached  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  where  he  secured  employment  in  Louis  Ebinger's 
bakery,  at  the  corner  of  Spring  and  Third  streets,  as  a  candy  maker,  remaining  there 
three  years.  During  one  summer  season  Mr.  Kistler  was  engaged  as  the  baker  for  the 
Redondo  Hotel,  Redondo  Beach;  this  was  during  the  opening  season  of  the  new  and 
popular  hotel  of  that  day. 

In  1891  Mr.  Kistler  came  to  Anaheim,  where  he  purchased  the  Anaheim  bakery 
on  North  Los  Angeles  Street  and  continued  to  operate  it  until  1896,  when  he  built  a 
bakery  of  his  own  on  the  corner  of  East  Central  and  Claudina  streets.  For  three  years, 
in  connection  with  his  bakery,  he  conducted  a  restaurant  which  was  known  far  and 
wide  as  the  best  place  in  Anaheim  and  it  attracted  patrons  from  many  sections  of  the 
county  miles  away  and  traveling  salesmen  from  the  East  always  stopped  there.  He 
also  conducted  an  ice  cream  parlor  and  installed  the  first  soda  fountain  in  Anaheim. 
As  an  example  of  his  progressive  business  spirit  mention  is  made  of  the  fact  that  Mr. 
Kistler  installed  the  first  electric  light,  for  business  purposes,  in  Anaheim,  having  them 
in  use  in  his  old  bakery  on  North  Los  Angeles  Street;  and  also  was  the  first  baker  here 
to  use  an  oil  burner.  Thrift  and  frugality  are  strong  characteristics  of  Stephen  Kistler, 
whose  early  practice  of  them  has  brought  him  abundant  financial  success.  As  his  busi- 
ness prospered  he  saved  his  money  and  wisely  invested  in  land.  In  1910  he  purchased 
five  and  three-quarters  acres  of  land  one  mile  south  of  Anaheim  at  $150  an  acre; 
planted  it  to  oranges  and  after  developing  the  place,  sold  it  at  the  end  of  nine  years 
for  $4,000  an  acre. 

In  1913  he  disposed  of  his  bakery  business  on  East  Center  Street,  but  still  owns 
the  building.  In  1917  he  erected  a  modern  two-story  brick  building  adjoining  his 
property  on  East  Center  Street;  the  upper  floor  is  occupied  by  the  Knights  of  Columbus 


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Hall.  At  110  North  Claudina  Street  he  built  a  substantial  residence,  then  in  1919,  he 
bought  five  acres  of  oranges  and  a  house  on  East  Center  Street,  one  mile  from  the 
center  of  town,  where  he  now  lives  retired  from  active  business  cares,  as  the  result  of 
thrift  and  industry,  coupled  with  judicious  management  and  keen  business  judgment. 
Mr.  Kistler  is  a  public-spirited  citizen  and  has  always  freely  given  his  aid  and  support 
to  those  movements  which  had  as  their  aim  the  benefit  of  the  best  interests  of  Anaheim 
and  Orange  County. 

In  Los  Angeles,  August  1,  1891,  Mr.  Kistler  was  united  in  marriage  with  Caroline 
Kaiser,  a  native  of  Basle,  Switzerland,  a  daughter  of  Ignacio  Kaiser,  the  pioneer  land- 
scape gardener  and  expert  grafter  and  pruner  who  was  active  in  vineyard  work  in  the 
early  days  of  Anaheim  and  Orange.  Mary  Kaiser,  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Kistler,  has  made 
her  home  with  them  since  they  came  to  Anaheim.  Mr.  Kistler  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus,  the  Turnverein  Society  and  the  Catholic  Church. 

RICHARD  EGAN. — A  truly  distinguished  citizen  of  San  Juan  Capistrano  is 
Richard  Egan,  popular  as  "Judge  Dick,"  who  was  born  in  County  Waterford,  Ireland, 
in  1842,  and  who  came  to  the  United  States  when  he  was  about  ten  years  of  age  and 
lived  with  an  uncle  on  Long  Island.  He  attended  the  public  schools,  caught  the 
spirit  of  the  New  World,  and  when  about  twenty-three  years  of  age,  sailed  around 
Cape  Horn  to  San  Francisco.  He  remained  there  for  a  year  and  a  half,  and  then 
returned  East;  and  in  1866  went  to  Europe  and  took  in  the  Exposition  at  Paris. 

On  his  return  to  California,  he  again  met  a  gentleman  whom  he  had  come  to 
know  in  Paris,  a  Mr.  McCowen,  who  proposed  to  take  up  some  land,  from  the  Govern- 
ment if  possible,  to  which  young  Egan  assented.  Mr.  McCowen  agreed  to  sail  alone 
to  San  Diego,  buy  a  horse,  travel  in  the  saddle  toward  the  north  or  until  he  found 
what  seemed  most  attractive,  and  then  return  to  San  Francisco,  to  report  to  Mr. 
Egan,  when  the  two  were  to  go  South  together,  look  over  the  prospective  purchase, 
and  make  their  final  decision.  In  time,  they  arrived  at  Wilmington  Harbor,  from 
which  place  they  traveled  by  stage  to  Los  Angeles,  and  then  to  San  Juan  Capistrano, 
whose  location  had  seemed  to  McCowen  quite  ideal.  A  square  league  of  this  public 
land  was  then  open  to  settlement,  at  $1.25  per  acre;  and  they  lost  no  time  in  acquiring 
title  to  some  of  the  land  promising  soon  to  flow  with  milk  and  honey.  At  the  Mission 
they  found  a  settlement  of  about  2,200  Mexicans  and  Indians,  only  three  of  whom 
could  speak  English. 

Now  Judge  Egan  owns  600  of  the  acres  he  originally  acquired,  and  lives  in  a 
well-built  brick  house  on  Central  Avenue,  a  part  of  the  State  Highway  running 
through  San  Juan  Capistrano.  He  himself  set  out  several  walnut  groves;  he  rents 
out  his  land,  and  the  tenants  give  him  one-fourth  of  the  produce  and  one-half  of  the 
walnuts.  He  has  the  finest  row  of  Lombardy  poplar  trees  in  Southern  California, 
some  of  which  at  the  bottom  are  seven  feet  in  diameter.  He  also  has  a  number  of 
giant  eucalyptus  trees  set  out  by  his  own  hands,  and  his  well-kept  lawns  show  that 
he  has  an  eye  for  the  artistic,  and  that  he  especially  appreciates  shrubs,  flowers  and 
canes  of  Japanese  propagation. 

Both  a  public-spirited  man  and  a  leader  of  wide  and  valuable  business  experi- 
ence, Mr.  Egan  served  for  four  years  as  supervisor  of  Los  Angeles  County  prior  to 
1889.  He  never  sought  the  office,  but  the  office  sought  and  found  him.  Indeed,  he 
has  been  repeatedly  called  upon  to  assume  public  trust,  and  never  has  he  been  found 
wanting.  With  James  McFadden,  for  example,  and  a  Los  Angeles  man  he  served  on 
the  commission  appointed  to  adjust  disputed  questions  between  the  counties  of  Los 
Angeles  and  Orange  at  the  time  of  county  division  and  he  has  always  been  ready  to 
serve  his  own  community.  He  held  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  for  many  years, 
during  which  time  he  rejected  all  fees  for  his  services  and  devoted  the  fines  imposed 
to  the  alleviation  of  the  poor  in  that  locality.  He  himself  paid  out  money  for  the 
same  cause,  and  in  that  way  prevented  any  burden  to  the  taxpayers.  He  did  valiant 
work  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railway  in  securing  rights  of  way  that  they  might  build 
their  road,  which  was 'the  first  great  boost  for  Orange  County  as  well  as  all  Southern 
California.  He  was  one  of  the  commissioners  along  with  D.  C.  Pixley  and  M.  M. 
Crookshank  appointed  by  the  supervisors  to  look  after  the  construction  of  the  present 
svstem  of  Orange  Countv  public  highways,  in  which  he  took  an  active  part  in  the 
disbursement  of  the  $1,270,000  bond  issue  that  had  been  voted  for  that  purpose. 
The  splendid  highways  and  good  roads  of  Orange  County,  the  pride  of  the  citizens, 
as  well  as  thousands  of  tourists,  reflect  great  credit  to  the  hard  work  and  integrity 
of  the  commission.     He  also  worked  hard  for  good  and  still  better  highways. 

A  courteous,  genial  and  well-read  gentleman,  Judge  Egan  has  a  well-stored  mind 
and  a  fund  oi  interesting  things  he  is  ever  ready  to  dispense  to  others  when  they 
evince  any  wish  to  hear  what  he  has  learned  and  experienced.  He  is  a  member  of 
the   Southern  California   Historical   Society,   and  kept  valuable   records   and  acquired 


374  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

many  relics;  but  in  1898  his  house  was  burned  and  nearly  all  his  collections  were 
destroyed— a  great  loss  to  the  would-be  historian  of  the  section.  Since  then  he  has 
gathered  together  other  relics,  largely  from  and  before  the  period  of  the  Mexican 
War;  and  among  other  things  of  curious  interest  is  a  baptismal  font  hewn  by  Indians 
out  of  a  solid  block  of  granite,  and  a  massive,  beautiful  chair,  made  in  Spain  and 
used  by  the  Archbishop  of  Mexico.  ' 

OWEN  HANDY.— A  pioneer  in  California  whose  years  of  prosperity,  crowning 
years  of  hard  work,  have  made  him  public-spirited  and  confident,  is  Owen  Handy, 
"who  was  born  in  Boone  County,  111.,  on  February  24,  1841,  the  son  of  John  Handy,  a 
farmer  who  helped  develop  early  Wisconsin  and  died  in  1850,  honored  by  all  who  knew 
him.  His  wife  was  Celinda  Shattuck  before  her  marriage,  and  she  was  a  native  of 
the  Empire  State.  She  enjoyed  the  esteem  of  a  large  circle  of  appreciative  friends,  and 
bade  goodbye  to  this  world  while  a  resident  of  Illinois,  in  1864.  Our  subject  is  the 
only  one  of  this  family  to  survive. 

The  ordinary  country  schools  in  his  district  furnished  his  early  education,  and 
in  time  he  became  manager  for  his  mother  of  her  forty  acres  near  Belvidere,  111.  In 
1866  he  left  Illinois  bound  for  Oil  Creek,  Venango  County,  Pa.,  and  there,  as  engineer, 
he  became  an  employee  of  the  Noble  Well  Company.  From  March,  1866,  to  August, 
1874,  he  was  a  driller  and  a  dresser  of  tools  for  a  brother-in-law,  who  was  a  contracting 
driller;  but  in  1874  he  removed  to  Nevada,  Story  County,  Iowa,  and  there  he  purchased 
160  acres  of  land,  on  which  he  raised  corn,  wheat,  rye  and  stock.  In  Iowa  he  remained 
until  1881,  and  by  that  time  no  part  of  the  earth  appealed  to  him  so  strongly  as  did 
the  great  commonwealth  along  the  milder  Pacific. 

As  early  as  October,  1870,  Mr.  Handy  had  made  a  visit  to  Anaheim,  Cal.,  and 
hoping  that  times  and  conditions  were  better  than  when  he  then  found  them  here,  he 
brought  his  wife  and  family  here  in  the  early  eighties,  arriving  again  at  Anaheim  on 
March  25,  1881.  He  then  secured  a  position  as  manager  for  Messrs.  Hellman  and  Good- 
man, who  owned  some  eighty  acres  of  oranges  and  lemons  and  limes,  and  wished  to 
bring  it  to  a  high  state  of  development.  These  gentlemen  believed  that  they  found  in 
Mr.  Handy,  a  man  out  of  the  ordinary,  and  he  must  have  "made  good,"  for  he  was 
with  them  for  twelve  or  thirteen  years. 

In  1882,  Mr.  Handy  bought  for  himself  some  thirty  acres  in  Villa  Park,  and  in 
1898,  ten  acres  on  what  is  now  Handy  Street,  later  named  in  his  honor,  and  he  spent 
a  great  deal  of  time,  labor  and  thought  in  developing  these  properties.  He  came  to 
understand  thoroughly  the  conditions  peculiar  to  Orange  County,  and  was  accus- 
tomed to  trim  his  sails  to  the  local  winds. 

On  July  2,  1865,  Mr.  Handy  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  A.  Parker,  born  in  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  but  living  near  Marengo,  111.,  and  they  have  had  the  blessing  of  four  children: 
Celinda  J.,  born  May  12,  1866,  wife  of  J.  L.  Conley  of  Yorba  Linda;  Harry  B.,  born 
September  1,  1878,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  the  Middle  West;  and  Joell  B.,  born 
December  5,  1881,  and  Robert  Ray,  on  April  13,  1884,  native  sons  of  California.  There 
are  seven  grandchildren  in  the  Handy  families.  While  in  Orange,  Mr.  Handy  served 
for  a  year  on  the  board  of  aldermen.  He  retired  to  Long  Beach  in  January,  1913,  and 
in  August  moved  to  San  Pedro,  and  there  built  for  himself  a  handsome  residence  at 
1016  Santa  Cruz  Street.  He  makes  weekly  trips  to  Villa  Park,  and  so  keeps  in  touch 
with  both  his  relatives  and  those  business  investments  in  which  he  so  long  had  an 
interest.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Handy  are  members  of  the  Maccabees,  where  he  has 
gone  through  all  the  chairs. 

In  national  politics  Mr.  Handy  is  a  Republican,  and  under  the  banners  of  that 
long-established  party,  he  seeks  to  elevate  the  standards  of  citizenship  and  to  increase 
the  highest  and  purest  types  of  American  patriotism.  But  he  knows  no  partisanship 
when  it  comes  to  "boosting"  local  movements  worthy  of  support,  and  is  intensely 
loyal  to  both  Villa  Park  and  San  Pedro,  the  later  town  of  his  adoption. 

WM.  L.  BENCHLEY. — As  president  and  owner  of  the  Benchley  Fruit  Company, 
W.  L.  Benchley  has  taken  his  place  as  one  of  FuUerton's  progressive  business  men  and 
is  identified  with  every  movement  for  the  betterment  of  its  civic  and  commercial  inter- 
ests. A  native  son  of  California,  Mr.  Benchley's  entire  life  has  been  spent  within  its 
borders  and  so  he  has  been  familiar  from  his  earliest  childhood  with  all  the  details  of  the 
citrus  industry  to  which  he  has  devoted  his  time  and  efforts  for  a  number  of  years. 

W.  L.  Benchley  was  born  at  Ventura,  Cal.,  on  December  16,  1880,  his  parents  being 
Edward  K.  and  Emma  (Wagner)  Benchley.  The  early  years  of  his  life  were  spent  at 
Los  Angeles,  the  family  removing  to  Fullerton  in  1893,  and  here  W.  L.  Benchley  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  grammar  and  high  schools,  supplemented  with  a  two  years'  ' 
course  of  private  study.  He  then  became  associated  in  the  Benchley  Fruit  Company  as 
a  partner  with  his  father  and  in  1911  he  bought  out  his  father's  interests,  since  that 
time  conducting  the  business  of  the   company  alone,   and   through  his   foresight  and 


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efficient  management  the  affairs  of  the  company  have  prospered  and  the  volume   of 
business  has  increased  each  year. 

During  the  war  Mr.  Benchley  was  one  of  Fullerton's  most  patriotic  citizens  and 
he  showed  his  loyalty  by  enlisting  in  the  U.  S.  Army  on  May  12,  1918;  spending  some 
time  in  the  officers'  training  camp  at  Camp  Gordon,  Atlanta,  Ga.  He  was  honored 
by  recommendation  for  a  commission  shortly  before  the  armistice  ended  hostilities. 

Mr.  Benchley's  marriage,  on  June  26,  1906,  united  him  with  Miss  Belle  Jennings 
of  San  Diego,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Jennings.  An  active  member  of 
the  Board  of  Trade  of  Fullerton,  Mr.  Benchley  is  also  prominent  in  fraternal  circles, 
where  he  is  a  member  of  the  Lodge,  Chapter,  Commandery  and  Shrine,  of  the  Masons, 
and  also  of  the  Elks.  He  is  a  also  a  member  of  the  Hacienda  Country  Club,  the  Fuller- 
ton  Club  and  the  American  Legion.  Especially  fond  of  out-door  sports,  he  takes  his 
recreation  in  hunting,  fishing  and  on  the  tennis  courts.  Possessing  the  business  ability 
that  has  brought  him  success  in  his  own  undertakings,  Mr.  Benchley  can  always  be 
counted  upon  to  give  his  time  and  energy  to  all  public-spirited  undertakings. 

THOMAS  H.  THOMSON.— One  of  the  upbuilders  of  the  Garden  Grove  district, 
Thomas  H.  Thomson,  a  wealthy  pioneer  rancher,  is  now  retired  from  active  business, 
living  in  comfort  on  the  competence  accumulated  since  coming  to  the  West.  Of  Scotch 
ancestry,  the  qualities  of  thrift  and  sagacity  which  have  always  characterized  this  race, 
have  unquestionably  had  no  small  part  in  the  success  he  has  made  in  all  his  under- 
takings. A  native  of  Bovina,  Delaware  County,  N.  Y.,  Mr.  Thomson  was  born  there 
August  28,  1837,  the  son  of  William  and  Jeanette  (Hamilton)  Thomson.  The  father 
came  from  Ayrshire,  Scotland  in  1825,  and  settled  in  New  York,  and  there  he  was 
married,  his  wife  being  a  native  of  Delaware  County.  He  became  interested  in  dairying, 
owning  a  farm  of  256  acres.  Delaware  County  was  at  that  time  the  banner  county  of 
New  York  for  Jersey  cows,  milk  and  butter,  and  was  the  chief  source  of  supply  of 
New  York  City  for  dairy  products.  Here  in  this  beautiful  and  healthful  locality  the 
parents  reared  a  family  of  six  sturdy  children  as  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  there 
was  never  a  doctor  called  into  the  house  to  attend  a  case  of  sickness  until  all  were 
grown  up  and  married. 

Thomas  H.  grew  up  on  the  home  place,  attending  the  district  schools  and  early 
taking  a  hand  in  the  farm  work,  driving  a  team,  plowing  and  harrowing  when  he  was 
but  thirteen  years  old,  acquiring  in  this  way  that  practical  knowledge  of  agriculture 
which  proved  such  a  benefit  to  him  in  his  later  years.  The  Thomson  home  was  only 
nine  miles  from  the  birthplace  of  Jay  Gould  and  Mr.  Thomson  remembers  him  very 
well.  Notwithstanding  the  eminence  to  which  the  great  financier  rose  in  after  life,  his 
boyhood  days  were  spent  in  milking  the  cows  and  such  homely  chores,  like  the  other 
boys  of  the  neighborhood.  When  a  young  man,  Jay  Gould  published  the  Historical 
Atlas  of  Delaware  County,  and  Mr.  Thomson  well  recalls  when  he  was  surveying 
and  canvassing  for  this  work.  Until  he  was  twenty-six  years  of  age,  Mr.  Thomson 
remained  on  his  father's  farm,  helping  run  their  extensive  dairy  business.  He  then 
began  farming  for  himself,  investing  the  $3,000  which  his  father  had  given  him  in  pay- 
ment for  his  services,  in  a  tract  of  120  acres  near  Meredith,  N.  Y.  He  continued  there 
in  the  dairy  business  until  November  30,  1870,  when  he  sold  out,  and  went  to  Clarinda, 
Page  County,  Iowa,  in  1871,  farming  there  until  1874,  when  he  returned  to  Delaware 
County,  N.  Y.  Later  he  bought  a  farm  of  170  acres  near  Walton,  N.  Y.,  and  started 
in  the  dairy  business  again. 

In  the  meantime  Mr.  Thomson  had  become  interested  in  California  through  his 
brother-in-law,  the  late  James  McFadden,  who  for  fifty  years  occupied  a  place  of  such 
prominence  not  alone  in  Orange  County,  but  throughout  Southern  California,  among 
his  many  activities  being  the  promotion  and  building  of  the  Santa  Ana  and  Newport 
Railway.  Mr.  McFadden  had  come  to  Salinas  in  1864  and  in  1868  he  came  to  Santa 
Ana  and  bought  3,900  acres  in  what  was  then  called  Gospel  Swamp,  paying  $1.75  an 
acre  for  it.  He  returned  to  Delaware  County,  N.  Y.,  and  in  1874,  came  back  to  Cali- 
fornia with  his  family  and  entered  upon  his  long  career  of  useful  service  here.  Nat- 
urally, Mr.  Thomson  heard  much  of  the  opportunities  offered  in  the  great  Southwest 
through  Mr.  McFadden,  so  in  1888  he  disposed  of  his  dairy  farm  in  New  York  and 
came  to  California,  bringing  his  family  with  him.  For  a  time  they  lived  on  Pine 
Street  in  Santa  Ana,  and  then  came  up  to  Garden  Grove,  where  in  October,  1890,  they 
purchased  sixty  acres  of  land,  and  later  on  bought  five  acres  more.  Here  Mr.  Thomson 
and  Mr.  Jackson,  now  Sheriff  Jackson  of-  Orange  County,  built  the  Thomson  home  on 
Ocean  Avenue,  one  mile  east  of  Garden  Grove,  and  which  has  been  the  center  of  many 
happy  social  functions  since.  This  was  before  the  days  of  the  electric  road  at  Garden 
Grove  and  forty  acres  of  Mr.  Thomson's  land  had  never  been  touched  by  the  plow. 
He  began  at  once  to  improve  the  place,  at  first  raising  barley   and  potatoes. 


380  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

In  1897,  with  his  son  William,  Mr.  Thomson  entered  upon  a  ranching  enterprise  on 
the  peat  lands  in  the  Huntington  Beach  neighborhood.  Taking  200  acres  of  rough 
land  covered  with  tules,  willows  and  underbrush,  they  at  once  began  grubbing  and 
draining.  Corn  and  sugar  beets  were  raised  and  on  the  latter  as  high  as  twenty- 
seven  tons  to  the  acre  were  produced.  The  place  was  brought  up  to  a  high  state  of 
cultivation  and  in  1905  Mr.  Thomson  retired,  his  son,  William  S.,  maintaining  the  ranch. 

Mr.  Thomson's  first  marriage  occurred  January  4,  1864,  when  he  was  united  with 
Miss  Elizabeth  Elliott,  who  was  born  at  Middletown,  Delaware  County,  N.  Y.,  and 
who  passed  away  at  the  birth  of  her  first  child.  Later  he  was  married  to  Miss  Lucy  A. 
Smith,  the  daughter  of  Richard  and  Maria  (Saunders)  Smith,  both  natives  of  England, 
where  they  spent  their  early  days,  and  where  Mrs.  Smith  recalled  distinctly  seeing 
Queen  Victoria  driving  through  the  streets  of  London.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomson  have 
three  living  children:  Luella  is  the  wife  of  F.  E.  Farnsworth  of  Santa  Ana,  a  wealthy 
and  influential  banker  there,  and  a  large  landowner  and  walnut  grower;  they  are  the 
parents  of  two  children,  namely,  Evlyn  M.  and  Edward  G.  Mary  L  resides  at  the 
home  place;  William  S.  continues  to  own  and  successfully  operate  the  large  ranch  at 
Huntington  Beach,  in  which  his  father  was  formerly  interested.  He  married  Miss 
Zella  Irwin  of  Huntington  Beach.  Mr.  Thomson  was  reared  a  Scotch  covenanter  and 
he  and  his  wife  are  now  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  at  Santa  Ana.  It 
is  to  citizens  of  the  type  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomson  that  Orange  County  is  indebted 
to  for  the  wonderful  progress  that  has  been  made  in  the  past  years,  and  they  occupy  a 
high  place  in  the  esteem  of  a  large  circle  of  friends. 

ANDREW  RORDEN. — An  interesting,  instructive  story  is  that  of  the  life  and 
work  of  Andrew  Rorden,  the  rancher  of  41S  East  Chapman  Avenue,  FuUerton,  who  came 
to  America  in  the  early  seventies  to  add  to  that  valuable  class  of  intelligent  and  indus- 
trious citizens  contributed  for  half  a  century  or  more  to  the  United  States  by  Europe. 
He  was  born  on  the  Island  of  Fohr,  one  of  the  largest  of  the  Fresian  Islands,  in  the 
North  Sea,  in  the  former  duchy  of  Schleswig-Holstein,  now  a  part  of  Germany,  and 
duly  confirmed  in  the  Lutheran  Church.  In  1872  he  joined  his  brother,  Christ  Rorden, 
who  had  settled  in  Los  Angeles  County  four  years  before,  and  for  three  years  was  em- 
ployed by  William  McFadden.  At  the  end  of  that  period,  he  started  at  Anaheim  to  learn 
the  wagonmaker's  trade;  but  the  confinement  did  not  agree  with  his  health,  and  having 
given  it  up,  he  took  up  any  kind  of  work  he  could  find  until  the  dry  year  of  1879.  The 
hard  times  incidental  to  this  reverse  led  him  to  make  a  trip  back  back  to  Germany;  and 
after  a  year  there  with  his  friends,  he  once  more  found  himself  in  California. 

At  first,  he  went  to  Arizona  for  three  years  and  worked  in  the  quartz  mills,  where 
he  earned  enough  money  to  make  an  initial  payment  on  the  ranch  of  thirty  acres  he 
now  owns  on  East  Chapman  Avenue,  at  Fullerton,  then  in  the  Anaheim  district.  He 
set  out  a  vineyard,  but  the  blight  killed  it;  and  then,  in  1886,  he  began  to  set  out 
walnuts — an  experiment  at  that  time  here.  Now  he  has  fourteen  acres,  and  they  make 
as  handsome  a  walnut  orchard  as  one  would  wish  to  find.  He  also  set  out,  in  1891, 
the  first  oranges — luckily,  Valencias,  and  now  he  has  eight  and  one-half  acres.  While 
his  trees  were  maturing,  he  raised  peanuts,  cabbage  and  potatoes,  in  order  to  cover 
expenses;  and  by  1892,  he  was  enabled  to  erect  a  good  home.  He  endured  many  hard- 
ships in  these  trying-out  years,  before  he  was  even  on  the  road  to  that  success  which 
he  now  enjoys  and  which  he  so  richly  deserves;  for  farming  was  an  experiment  in 
those  early  days,  particularly  until  the  problem  of  transportation  had  been  solved  and 
markets  were  established.  Now,  one  of  the  charter  members  of  the  Fullerton-Placentia 
Walnut  Growers  Association,  and  a  member  of  the  Placentia  Orange  Growers  Associa- 
tion, and  also  a  shareholder  in  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  he  has  the  esteem 
of  all  who  know  him  as  an  honest  man,  and  the  good  will  of  all  who  have  followed  his 
patriotic  course  during  the  trying  days  of  the  World  War.  He  came  to  California  to 
establish  here  a  permanent  home,  and  he  has  been  loyal  to  the  country,  state  and  county, 
and  has  heartily  supported  all  those  measures  which  have  meant  the  greatest  good  to 
the  greatest  number  in  the  community. 

Mr.  Rorden  has  been  twice  married.     His  first  wife  was   Rebecca   Knudtsen a 

good  companion,  who  died  at  Los  Angeles  in  1912.  For  his  second  wife,  he  married 
Mrs.  Marie  (Togel)  Klement  of  Anaheim,  the  widow  of  a  butcher,  of  that  place,  and 
the  mother  of  one  daughter,  Miss  Pauline  Klement,  who  makes  her  home  with  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Rorden.  In  1894,  Mr.  Rorden  returned  home  to  Europe  for  the  second  time, 
and  in  1907,  while  Mrs.  Rorden  was  still  living,  he  made  a  third  trip,  taking  her.  His 
fourth  and  last  visit  to  Germany  was  in  1913., 

FRED  A.  MAURER.— After  an  eventful  life,  in  which  he  traveled  thousands  of 
miles  over  the  entire  West-,  with  many  adventurous  experiences,  which  he  recalls  and 
narrates  in  an  interesting  way,  Fred  A.  Maurer  is  now  living  retired  at  his  comfortable 
home  in  Anaheim.  A  native  of  Lorraine.  Mr.  Maurer  was  born  there  March  12,  1849, 
when  that  beautiful  little  country  was  still  a  part  of  France,  and  her  peaceful  inhabi- 


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tants  undisturbed  by  the  hand  of  the  conqueror.     He  was  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Mary 
(Seigel)  Maurer,  his  father  being  the  owner  of  a  vineyard  in  that  country. 

While  still  a  babe  he  was  brought  to  America  by  his  parents,  the  trip  being  made 
on  a  sailing  vessel  and  eighty  days  were  spent  in  crossing  the  Atlantic.  The  family 
settled  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  Jacob  Maurer  engaged  in  business,  and  here  Fred 
A.  grew  up,  attending  the  schools  of  that  thriving  city  and  learned  the  trade  of  cooper. 
The  spirit  of  adventure  was  strong  within  him,  however,  and  in  1878  he  made  up  his 
mind  to  see  something  of  this  great  country.  Starting  west,  he  went  first  to  Green 
River,  Wyo.,  and  then  to  the  Ontario  silver  mines  in  that  state,  remaining  six  months. 

Going  to  Salt  Lake  City,  Mr.  Maurer,  with  two  companions,  equipped  themselves 
for  a  trip  across  the  desert,  and  traveled  the  whole  length  of  Utah  to  WJashington,  in 
the  southwestern  part  of  the  state.  Going  down  into  Arizona  they  crossed  the  Colo- 
rado River  at  Lees  Ferry,  making  their  way  from  there  to  Bingham  City,  a  distance  of 
100  miles.  Their  supplies  gave  out  on  this  trip  and  they  had  only  two  flapjacks  apiece 
on  the  whole  journey  so  they  were  almost  famished  when  they  reached  Bingham  City. 
There  they  obtained  a  sack  of  flour  for  twenty  dollars  which  they  divided  with  another 
party  and  going  over  Simpson  Pass  continued  on  to  Prescott,  where  they  remained  to 
prospect  for  gold  for  some  months.  From  there  they  went  on  to  Globe,  Ariz.,  working 
in  the  Stonewall  Jackson  silver  mine  and  later  Mr.  Maurer  went  on  to  the  Silver  King 
mine,  spending  five  years  there.  In  these  days  Mr.  Maurer  spent  much  time  among 
the  Indians  and  he  can  recall  many  interesting  reminiscences  of  the  different  tribes, 
among  whom  he  always  fared  well,  as  he  understood  their  ways  and  knew  how  to 
treat  them. 

Coming  to  Anaheim  in  1884,  when  this  country  was  covered  with  vineyards,  Mr. 
Maurer  remained  here  for  some  months,  and  during  his  stay  helped  to  make  tanks 
and  barrels  for  the  Boege  Winery.  The  lure  of  gold,  however,  drew  him  to  the  north 
part  of  the  state  and  here  he  prospected  for  about  a  year,  returning  to  Anaheim,  where 
he  has  since  made  his  home.  Soon  after  coming  back  to  this  part  of  the  country  Mr. 
Maurer  began  shipping  lemons  from  here,  being  the  first  shipper  from  the  county  out 
of  the  state  and  into  Arizona;  he  purchased  fruit  from  the  groves  around  Orange, 
Placentia  and  Anaheim,  packing  them  in  a  cooper  shop  near  the  Southern  Pacific  depot. 

In  October,  1893,  Mr.  Maurer  was  married  to  Mrs.  Mary  (Gade)  Wilkins,  a 
native  of  Milwaukee,  who  came  here  in  1880  with  her  brother,  Harry  Gade,  who  ran  an 
express  business  in  Anaheim.  Mrs.  Maurer  was  the  owner  of  a  tract  of  six  and  a  half 
acres  in  Anaheim,  its  boundaries  being  Broadway,  West,  Center  and  Walnut  streets, 
and  for  some  years  they  made  their  home  there,  selling  it  in  1909  and  building  a  resi- 
dence in  Resh  Street;  this  they  also  disposed  of  after  living  there  a  year,  purchasing 
a  home  on  North  Citron  Avenue.  On  August  IS,  1920,  Mrs.  Maurer  died,  aged  sixty- 
three  years.  In  1894  Mr.  Maurer  purchased  ten  acres  of  land,  renting  it  out  until  1910, 
when  he  disposed  of  it.  Mr.  Maurer  was  also  the  owner  of  a  forty-acre  ranch  thirty  " 
miles  from  Bakersfield  on  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  on  which  he  raised  hay,  buying  this 
in  1910  and  selling  it  two  years  later. 

Coming  here  in  the  early  days,  Mr.  Maurer  has  not  only  viewed  the  wonderful 
transformation  that  has  taken  place  in  this  vicinity  but  has  contributed  his  share  in 
this  great  work  of  development.  Kindly  disposed  and  generous  in  his  attitude  toward 
his  fellow  beings,  he  has  a  large  circle  of  warm  friends.  In  politics  he  has  always  been 
a  believer  in  the  principles  of  the  Democratic  party  and  marches  under  their  banner 
when  he  casts  his  vote. 

ELI  S.  HARRIS. — During  the  long  period  of  his  residence  in  California,  dating 
from  1857,  when,  a  child  of  two  years  old,  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  the  Pacific 
Coast,  Eli  S.  Harris  has  been  an  eyewitness  of  the  wonderful  changes  that  time  has 
wrought  since  early  pioneer  days.  He  was  born  near  Denton,  Texas,  on  February 
20,  18SS,  and  is  the  son  of  Andrew  S.  and  Lou  Ann  (Major)   Harris. 

Andrew  S.  was  born  in  North  Carolina  in  1816,  and  attained  the  age  of  seventy- 
seven,  dying  in  1893.  His  wife,  who  was  born  in  1829,  died  in  1918,  and  was  buried 
on  her  eighty-ninth  birthday.  Mr.  Harris  removed  from  his  native  state  to  Missouri, 
and  was  with  the  militia  who  were  called  out  in  1836  to  meet  the  encroachments  of 
the  Mormons,  who  in  those  days  became  very  bold.  He  finally  moved  to  Texas,  in 
1847,  where  he  had  a  novel  experience  with  the  Indians,  who  were  intent  on  stealing 
all  the  horses  they  could  lay  hands  on,  so  that  he  was  obliged  to  chain  his  horses 
to  his  log  house  to  preserve  them  from  the  thieving  Indians.  Of  his  family  of 
thirteen  children,  three  of  whom  accompanied  him  to  the  Pacific  Coast  in  the  seven- 
months'  journey  overland  by  ox-team  in  1857,  five  are  living,  and  are  residents  of 
Orange  County.  The  family  stopped  in  San  Bernardino  County  one  year,  then 
moved  to  El  Monte  and  bought  grant  land,  but  lost  it.  In  1867  he  moved  with  horse- 
teams  back  to  Texas,  where  he  had  land,  traded  ofif  his  land  and  came  back  to  Call- 


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fornia,  sold  his  horses  and  in  1869  purchased  forty  acres  of  unimproved  land  in  Los 
Angeles  County,  after  arriving  in  his  new  home,  and  took  up  the  vocation  of  farming. 

Eli  S.  Harris  moved  to  Orange  County  in  1873,  where  he  remained  six  years, 
locating  south  on  the  Bolsa,  and  was  one  of  the  first  men  to  build  in  Garden  Grove 
in  1876.  Milton  Teal  has  the  honor  of  being  the  first  man  to  build  in  that  place. 
Mr.  Harris  owned  a  ranch  of  forty  acres  and  followed  general  farming.  Like  most 
pioneers,  he  bought  and  sold  several  parcels  of  land  before  finally  settling  down.  He 
was  absent  from  Orange  County  from  1881  until  1914,  with  the  exception  of  two 
years,  and  in  the  meantime  followed  ranching.  He  resided  in  San  Diego  County 
twelve  years,  and  for  seven  years  was  "in  the  saddle"  as  a  stockman,  a  business  he 
enjoyed  and  made  profitable. 

His  marriage,  in  Azusa,  occurred  in  1894,  and  united  him  with  Miss  Susan 
Banks,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  who  had  been  a  resident  of  California  since  1869,  having 
crossed  the  plains  with  ox-teams.  Her  father,  a  major  in  the  Mexican  War,  and 
Mr.  Harris'  father  were  Texas  pioneers  together.  Eight  children  were  born  of  their 
union,  six  of  whom  are  living,  viz.:  Albert  Andrew,  of  Orange;  William  W.  makes- 
his  home  with  his  parents;  Simeon  W.,  of  Santa  Ana;  Charles  D.,  of  Santa  Ana; 
George  F.  is  in  Orange;  Dora  B.,  wife  of  Leroy  Brittingham  of  Los  Angeles. 

George  F.  and  William  W.  were  in  the  U.  S.  service  in  the  late  World  War; 
George  F.,  who  saw  active  service  in  France,  was  wounded  at  the  Battle  of  Argonne. 
He  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  corporal,  and  belonged  to  the  Three  Hundred  Sixty- 
fourth  Infantry,,  Ninety-first  Division.  His  brother,  William  W.,  who  was  in  the 
heavy  artillery,   did  not  see  active  service,  getting  no  farther  than   San   Diego. 

Eli  S.  Harris's  five-acre  ranch  on  the  Garden  Grove  Road,  which  he  purchased 
in  1916,  is  devoted  to  the  culture  of  Valencia  oranges.  Mr.  Harris  is  a  worthy  citizen 
of  industrious  habits,  and  enjoys  the  esteem  of  his  fellow-citizens.  In  politics  he 
affiliates  with  the  Democratic  party  in  national  affairs,  but  in  local  matters  supports 
the  best  men  and  measures. 

JONATHAN  WATSON.— One  of  the  few  remaining  '49ers  in  California  is 
Jonathan  Watson,  and  his  life  stands  out  as  one  of  the  hardy  pioneers  who,  with  his 
great  strength,  courage  and  determination,  was  utterly  fearless  in  facing  the  many 
hardships  that  they  encountered  in  those  early  days.  His  memory  of  his  pioneer 
experiences  is  splendid,  and  it  is  most  interesting  to  hear  him  recount  the  story  of 
his  boyhood  escapades  and  his  hunting  experiences  up  on  the  San  Joaquin,  when 
they  made  corrals  from  elkhorns  picked  up  on  the  plains.  He  has  seen  herds  of 
elk  numbering  500  in  a  bunch,  20,000  antelope,  and  in  the  Santa  Cruz  Mountains  of 
San  Benito  County  as  many  as  300  bears  in  one  of  the  mountain  valleys.  At  one 
time  since  living  in  Santa  Ana  Canyon,  he  hunted  game  for  the  market,  and  has 
killed  as  many  as  twenty-five  deer  in  a  day  in  Santiago  Canyon. 
•  Jonathan   Watson   was   born   near  Independence,   Jackson    County,   Mo.,    on   July 

24,  1844,  the  son  of  Henry  Watson,  a  native  of  Virginia,  where  he  was  born  in  the 
historic  year  of  1812.  He  married  Matilda  Cox,  also  a  native  of  the  Old  Dominion, 
the  ceremony  taking  place  in  Virginia,  and  the  young  couple  a  few  years  later 
settled  in  Missouri.  They  began  to  rear  their  family  on  a  farm  in  Jackson  County, 
and  he  followed  freighting  to  Santa  Fe  with  ox  teams,  over  the  old  Santa  Fe  Trail. 
The  story  of  the  discovery  of  gold  in  California  made  him  restless,  however,  and  he 
joined  the  thousands  hurrying  westward,  in  the  hope  of  bettering  his  condition  and 
that  of  those  dependent  upon  him.  Owing  to  his  having  been  an  experienced  frontiers- 
man, with  considerable  knowledge  of  the  language  and  characteristics  of  the  Indians, 
many  neighbors  and  friends  applied  to  join  his  company,  and  so  Henry  Watson's 
train  came  to  have  500  wagons  and  over  1,000  men,  and  turned  away  many  others 
who  applied.  As  captain  of  the  train  he  scouted  ahead,  picked  the  camping  places 
and  killed  the  game — buffalo  and  antelope — for  their  food.  The  Indians  massacred  the 
train  before  them  but,  thanks  to  Henry  Watson's  vigilance  and  diplomacy,  they 
came  through  all  right. 

Two  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Watson  in  Virginia:  Mrs. 
Jane  Barham,  who  passed  away  some  years  ago,  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann  Bush,  who 
died  at  the  old  Bush  home  above  Olive,  March  26,  1920.  Two  children  were  born  to 
them  in  Missouri:  Jonathan  Watson,  of  this  review,  and  David,  who  died  at  Olive 
a  few  years  ago.  Two  children  were  also  born  to  them  after  they  came  to  California. 
Jacob,  a  native  of  Santa  Clara,  is  a  rancTier  in  San  Diego  County,  near  the  old  San 
Luis  Rey  Mission.  Charles,  who  was  born  in  Monterey,  or  what  is  now  San  Benito 
County,  is  an  engineer  and  is  employed  at  the  city  water  works  at  Orange. 

Henry  Watson  came  to  California  to  make  his  home,  and  so  brought  with  him 
eight  ox  wagons  loaded  with  merchandise.  One  wagon  was  full  of  clothing  and  an- 
other  loaded    with   bacon   and   other   provisions,   and    all    of   his    six   and   eight-yoke 


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wagons  contained  something  substantial,  such  as  hardware,  tools  and  the  like.  He 
left  Jackson  County,  Mo.,  in  1849,  and  after  a  journey  of  three  months,  pulled  up 
at  Sacramento.  He  went  to  Bear  Creek,  and  soon  after  to  Dry  Creek,  built  a  hotel 
and  engaged  in  freighting  to  Nevada  and  the  adjoining  mining  towns.  He  received 
$100  a  day  for  a  team,  wagon  and  driver,  and  for  three  yoke  of  oxen,  a  wagon  and 
driver  he  received  $300  a  day,  but  flour  was  then  a  dollar  a  pound,  mining  boots 
fifty  dollars  a  pair,  and  other  essentials  proportionately  high. 

As  a  mere  boy,  Jonathan  Watson  drove  teams;  in  fact,  he  drove  the  first  load 
of  freight  that  ever  came  into  Nevada  City,  Cal.  He  passed  through  Hangtown, 
and  there  saw  three  desperadoes  dangling  by  the  neck,  the  work  of  Vigilantes. 
His  education  was  very  limited,  for  from  a  boy  he  assisted  his  father  in  the  sheep 
business.  Henry  Watson  and  his  family  first  lived  in  the  Santa  Clara  Valley,  moving 
from  there  to  Monterey  County;  later  he  owned  stock  ranches  in  Fresno  and  Tulare 
counties,  near  Visalia.  Then  he  operated  in  the  Kings  River  country,  in  what  is 
now  Kings  County.  He  worked  hard  and  prospered,  became  a  large  landowner 
and  held  title  to  land  for  twenty-five  miles  up  and  down  the  San  Joaquin  River. 
This  land  he  afterward  sold  to  Miller  &  Lux.  Henry  Watson  died  at  Olive  at 
the  age  of  eighty-seven,  the  mother  having  passed  away  when  she  was  sixty  years  old. 
Jonathan  Watson  started  in  business  for  himself  as  a  stockman  and  sheepman 
when  he  was  eighteen  years  old,  on  the  San  Joaquin  River,  and  his  flocks  increased  so 
that  he  soon  had  a  drove  of  15,000  sheep.  He  brought  them  down  to  the  neighborhood 
of  Olive  in  1868,  coming  there  with  his  father;  then  he  went  back  to  the  San  Joaquin 
Valley  and  disposed  of  his  interests  there.  With  J.  M.  Bush  as  a  partner,  in  1869  he 
bought  12,000  acres  of  land  stretching  from  the  Santa  Ana  River  at  Olive  south  and 
east  to  Tustin;  and  for  twenty-five  years  he  was  in  the  sheep  business,  during  which 
time,  for  twenty  years  he  never  slept  in  a  house.  When  Messrs.  Watson  and  Bush 
bought  this  land  they  also  purchased  the  priority  water  right  and  used  it  for  raising 
alfalfa.  When  irrigation  was  started  in  the  valley  below,  he  and  his  father  looked  the 
water  right  over  and  decided  that  it  was  not  right  for  them  to  keep  it  all,  but  that 
others  should  have  the  use  of  it,  too,  so  they  not  only  gave  up  their  right  to  the  Santa 
Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  but  helped  build  the  canal,  and  later  on  Mr.  Watson 
served  for  a  number  of  years  as  a  director  of  this  company.  From  time  to  time  Mr. 
Watson  sold  off  parcels  from  his  holding,  retaining  105  acres  under  the  canal,  which 
he  set  out  years  ago  to  walnuts,  lemons  and  Valencia  oranges,  now  full  bearing  and 
yielding  a  handsome  income. 

A  giant  in  strength,  Mr.  Watson  is  still  a  powerful  man;  he  enjoyed  the  reputation 
of  being  a  better  shot  than  even  Buffalo  Bill,  and  has  killed  more  grizzlies  than  any 
other  man  in  California.  When  he  lined  up  with  Colonel  Cody  and  worsted  him,  he 
used  a  Hawkins  rifle;  the  contest  with  Buffalo  Bill  was  on  the  banks  of  the  San 
Joaquin  River,  and  on  account  of  his  marksmanship  he  was  offered  $500  a  week  by  an 
Englishman  to  go  buffalo  hunting  with  him  on  the  great  plains,  but  he  turned  the  offer 
down.  He  also  excelled  in  running  and  jumping  and  his  prowess  in  athletics  was 
wonderful.  His  training  had  not  been  in  the  gymnasium  as  nowadays,  but  in  the  great 
outdoors,  by  exercise  on  the  plains  and  in  the  fields.  In  those  early  days  he  won  many 
contests  at  both  running  and  jumping;  thus  it  was  that  when  he  was  a  boy  of  seventeen 
at  Watsonville  the  manager  of  Lee's  Circus  offered  him  $500  a  week  to  travel  with  the 
circus  as  an  athlete,  but  he  also  turned  that  offer  down,  for  he  would  not  leave  his  ■ 
mother.  One  shooting  contest, he  had  with  John  Mason,  a  quarter-breed  Cherokee 
Indian  who  thought  himself  invincible,  came  near  proving  a  tragedy.  Mr.  Watson 
easily  proved  his  superiority  as  a  marksman,  when  Mason  drew  a  shotgun  on  him, 
but  with  lightning  quickness  Mr.  Watson  threw  the  barrel  of  the  gun  up  with  his 
revolver  and  the  charge  went  through  his  hat;  then  he  covered  the  would-be  murderer, 
who  cringingly  wilted  and  dropped  his  gun,  The  remembrance  of  his  mother  and  her 
teachings  came  before  him  and  kept  him  from  shooting,  and  he  was  ever  afterwards 
glad,  because  he  did  not  want  the  blood  of  any  man  on  his  conscience,  even  though  it 
was  in  self-defense. 

Mr.  Watson  was  married  the  first  time  in  Watsonville,  when  he  made  Miss  Eliza 
Hildreth  his  wife.  They  had  several  children,  but  only  one  lived  to  maturity — Mrs. 
Winifred  Stoner,  who  resides  near  Hemet  in  Riverside  County.  Mr.  Watson's  second 
marriage,  which  occurred  at  Santa  Ana,  April  16,  1891,  united  him  with  Miss  Lenna 
May  Barger,  the  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Mary  F.  (Robinson)  Barger,  born  in  Virginia 
and  Ohio,  respectively.  They  came  from  Nebraska  to  California  September  17,  1884, 
settling  first  at  Olive,  but  later  were  orange  growers  at  McPherson  until  they  moved 
to  Hemet,  where  the  mother  died  September  25,  1919,  while  Mr.  Barger  is  still  engaged 
in  horticulture.  Lenna  was  the  eldest  of  their  six  living  children  and  was  born  near 
Meade,  Nebr.    Four  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Watson  by  this  marriage: 


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Floyd,  of  the  firm  of  Thompson  &  Watson,  auto  electricians  of  Orange,  resides  there 
with  his  wife,  who  was  Effie  E.  Whitcomb,  they  have  a  daughter,  Georgia  E.;  Errol 
TraflEord  is  a  rancher  who  married  Beatrice  Durkee,  they  have  two  children,  June  L-  and 
Maxine,  and  live  on  a  part  of  his  father's  ranch;  Florence  M.  is  the  wife  of  Herbert 
J.  Beckler,  a  merchant  at  Deshler,  Thayer  County,  Nebr.,  and  they  have  one  child 
Virginia;  Harold  A.  is  also  a  rancher,  living  on  a  part  of  his  father's  ranch,  he  married 
Bernice  Wilbur,  a  stepdaughter  of  Dr.  Royer  of  Orange. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Watson  are  members  of  the  Christian  Church  at  Santa  Ana,  and 
for  many  years  Mr.  Watson  has  been  a  school  trustee  in  the  Olive  district.  A  Democrat 
in  politics,  he  has  always  been  active  in  civic  affairs  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  the 
formation  of  Orange  County.  Kindly,  pleasant,  straightforward  and  honest,  he  is  still 
hale,  hearty  and  athletic  at  the  age  of  seventy-six,  and  can  look  back  on  a  life  well 
spent  and  filled  to  the  full  with  interesting  experiences.  Taking  it  all  in  all  he  is  one 
of  Orange  County's  genuine  upbuiLders,  a  true  type  of  the  hardy  pioneer  who  has 
made  possible  the  wonderful  development  of  today. 

WILLIS  G.  MITCHELL. — The  efficient  manager  of  the  Irvine  Company's  ranch 
at  Tustin,  Orange  County,  Cal.,  is  Willis  G.  Mitchell,  a  native  of  London,  Canada, 
where  he  was  born  on  November  20,  1867.  He  is  the  son  of  Ralph  M.  and  Johanna 
(Allen)  Mitchell,  also  natives  of  that  country.  Ralph  M.  Mitchell  was  a  successful 
farmer  near  London  until  the  family  moved  to  California  in  1889,  locating  in  Orange 
County,  where  he  engaged  in  ranching  near  Tustin,  becoming  owner  of  the  farm,  where 
he  and  his  good  wife  spent  their  last  days.  Of  their  three  children  Willis  G.  is  the 
youngest  of  the  family,  growing  up  on  the  Eastern  farm,  receiving  a  good  education 
in  the  excellent  schools  of  that  region.  As  was  the  custom  in  that  country  he  made 
himself  generally  useful,  thus  learning  the  rudiments  of  farming  from  the  time  he 
was  a  boy. 

Since  1889  Mr.  Mitchell  has  been  a  continuous  resident  of  Orange  County,  Cal., 
coming  direct  to  this  country  from  his  Canadian  home  when  a  young  man  of  twenty- 
one.  In  due  time  he  became  a  citizen  of  his  adopted  country  and  for  the  past  thirty- 
one  years  has  been  connected  with  the  citrus  industry.  He  is  also  well  versed  in 
general  agriculture.  Since  1890  he  has  been  associated  with  the  Irvine  Company,  and 
for  a  number  of  years  was  assistant  manager  of  the  Irvine  ranch.  Since  1915  he  has 
occupied  the  important  position  of  manager  of  the  ranch  and  his  knowledge  of  general 
ranching  in  California  makes  him  a  valuable  man  for  the  position.  The  ranch  embraces 
about  100,000  acres  of  land,  upon  which  all  varieties  of  grains,  vegetables  and  fruits 
raised  in  Southern  California  are  grown.  This  vast  acreage  has  been  apportioned  into 
smaller  ranches  comprising  several  hundred  acres  in  area,  which  are  leased  to  about 
130  tenants.  The  Irvine  Company  operates  a  part  of  the  ranch,  thus  giving  employment 
to  a  large  number  of  men.  Mr.  Mitchell  has  the  entire  oversight  of  these  vast  holdings 
with  its  many  cares  and  responsibilities,  including  looking  after  the  leases. 

Being  very  optimistic  over  the  future  greatness  of  Orange  County  land,  and 
particularly  of  orange  and  walnut  groves,  Mr.  Mitchell  many  years  ago  purchased 
lands  which  he  developed  and  set  out  to  oranges  and  walnuts  and  he  has  seen  to  it  that 
they  have  had  such  excellent  care  that  they  are  among  the  most  attractive  properties 
of  their  kind  in  the  district. 

Mr.  Mitchell  established  domestic  ties  by  his  marriage  in  Los  Angeles  in  1893 
with  Miss  Sarah  Emily  Green,  born  in  Middleton,  Wis.,  a  daughter  of  John  W.  Green 
of  that  state.  Of  their  happy  union  three  children  have  been  born:  Ralph,  Willis  and 
Florence  by  name.  Mr.  Mitchell  is  a  director  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Santa 
Ana,  Cal.,  and  has  the  confidence  not  only  of  his  employers  and  employees,  but  of  the 
citizens  of  the  county,  among  whom  he  is  well  and  favorably  known  and  highly 
esteemed.  In  his  fraternal  associations  he  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd   Fellows. 

J.  D.  PRICE. — Influential  in  many  departments  of  local  activity  on  account  of  his 
enviable  status  as  the  largest  individual  realty  owner  in  Garden  Grove,  J.  D.  Price, 
the  well-known  pioneer,  has  been  able  to  contribute  much  toward  the  rapid  and  sure 
development  of  Orange  County  interests,  and  has  thus  been  privileged,  while  making 
progress  for  himself,  to  give  his  neighbors  and  fellow-citizens,  his  friends  and  his  com- 
petitors, a  helpful  lift  along  the  way.  He  was  born  in  the  parish  of  Jeflferson,  adjoining 
that  of  New  Orleans,  on  March  1,  1845,  the  son  of  David  Price,  a  machinist  who  came 
from  England,  settled  in  Missouri,  and  there  married  Miss  Eliza  Williams,  a  native  of 
that  state.  He  made  a  specialty  of  installing  sugar  machinery,  and  equipped  many 
Louisiana  sugar  cane  mills.  When  only  thirty  years  of  age  he  died  in  Louisiana,  leav- 
ing three  children,  all  boys;  among  whqm  our  subject  was  the  second  in  the  order  of 
birth,  and  is  the  only  one  now  living.  Three  years  later,  the  devoted  widowed  mother 
also  died,  and  so  it  came  about  that  the  lad  was  left  an  orphan  at  the  age  of  nine. 


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One  of  the  sons  was  sent  to  relatives  in  Indiana,  and  two  were  taken  by  nearby- 
kin  in  Louisiana;  with  the  result  that  when  the  Civil  War  broke  out,  the  latter  enlisted 
from  Louisiana  as  Confederate  soldiers,  while  the  former,  the  youngest  of  the  trio, 
joined  the  Twenty-fifth  Indiana  yolunteer  Infantry,  and  fought  as  a  Union  soldier. 

J.  D.  Price's  education  was  very  limited,  and  he  was  obliged  to  abandon  his 
school  books  after  the  age  of  fifteen.  In  1862  he  entered  Company  I  of  the  Eleventh 
Louisiana  Infantry,  and  stayed  in  the  service  until  the  end  of  the  war.  He  was  in 
Bragg's  Army  in  Tennessee,  and  fought  at  Shiloh,  Farmington  and  Perryville;  and 
upon  his  being  honorably  discharged,  he  reenlisted  as  a  member  of  Company  A, 
Ogden's  Battalion,  Louisiana  Cavalry.  He  was  wounded  and  captured  at  Perryville, 
and  exchanged  at  Vicksburg,  and  was  taken  prisoner  for  a  second  time  near  Morganza, 
La.,  and  exchanged  at  Richmond,  a  month  prior  to  Lee's  surrender.  At  the  conclusion 
of  the  great  struggle,  he  was  paroled  at  Baton  Rouge,  La.,  on  May  18,  186S,  and 
returned  home. 

After  the  war,  he  went  to  farming  at  East  Baton  Rouge,  where  he  remained  until 
1866;  and  then  he  removed  to  Arkansas,  where  he  continued  farming.  In  1868,  he 
crossed  the  plains  from  Arkansas,  in  a  train  of  mule  and  ox  wagons,  coming  by  way 
of  El  Paso  and  Tucson;  and  he  farmed  at  Prescott,  Ariz.,  from  1868  to  1874,  when  he 
came  on  in  wagons  to  California.  He  crossed  the  Colorado  River  at  Ahrenburg,  and 
arrived  at  Los  Angeles  in  June,  1874.  This  was  not  his  first  visit  to  the  Golden  State, 
for  he  had  already  made  several  freighting  and  trading  trips  to  California  while  resid- 
ing in  Arizona. 

Mr.  Price  was  married  at  Azusa  in  May,  1871,  to  Miss  Nannie  Dougherty,  a  native 
of  Virginia  and  the  daughter  of  Charles  and  Rosamond  (Hale)  Dougherty.  She  was 
only  three  years  old  when  her  parents  came  from  Virginia  to  Texas,  and  in  the'  Lone 
Star  State  she  grew  up,  until  she  came  to  California  with  her  parents  in  1868.  She 
thus  crossed  the  great  plains  about  the  same  period  as  had  Mr.  Price,  although  it  was 
her  first  trip  over  the  continent.  The  Comanches  and  Apaches  were  hostile,  and  the 
immigrants  formed  large  trains  for  their  protection.  After  their  marriage,  Mrs.  Price 
accompanied  her  husband  back  to  Prescott,  and  there  he  settled  up  his  business  pre- 
paratory to  coming  here  in  1874.  In  that  year  he  took  up  his  residence  upon  an  eighty- 
acre  farm  one  mile  east  of  what  is  now  the  town  of  Garden  Grove,  and  there  erected 
the  first  house  in  this  district,  also  bored  the  second  artesian  well. 

Mr.  Price  owned  several  ranches  which  he  farmed  up  to  about  1910,  and  he  made 
his  first  investment  in  Garden  Grove  real  estate  in  1907.  Since  then  his  action  in  buying 
and  erecting  business  structures  and  residences  speaks  louder  than  words  of  -a  supreme 
faith  in  Garden  Grove.  He  owns  a  farm  of  forty  acres  devoted  to  peppers  and  potatoes 
two  miles  south  of  the  town,  which  he  rents  out;  he  built  the  postoffice  building,  and 
the  two-story  brick  building  east  of  it,  and  he  owns  the  hotel  building;  and  he  also, 
owns  the  garage  building  east  of  the  two-story  brick.  He  has  completed  two  six-room 
bungalows  on  Walnut  Street,  and  he  intends  to  continue  his  investments  and  ventures 
as  fast  as  the  growth  of  the  town  will  justify. 

Seven  children  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Price.  Stella,  now  Mrs.  R.  B. 
Vaile,  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  California  and  a  teacher  at  Katella,  she  has  a 
son,  R.  B.,  Jr.;  Sterling  is  an  extensive  rancher  in  Bolsa  precinct,  he  married  Florence 
Heiland  and  they  have  five'  children— Maurice  D.,  Thelma,  Gerald,  Wilma  and 
the  baby;  Charles,  formerly  county  veterinary  officer,  is  a  veterinary  surgeon  at  Santa 
Ana;  he  married  Eva  Bridgeford,  and  they  have  two  sons,  Kenneth  and  Ray;  Gertrude 
resides  at  San  Diego  with  her  husband,  R.  S.  Reed,  secretary  of  an  abstract  company; 
Lida  is  the  wife  of  A.  D.  Kinne,  assistant  manager  of  R.  G.  Dun  and  Company,  Los 
Angeles;  Rae  became  the  wife  of  Dr.  I.  F.  Baldwin  of  Los  Angeles;  she  died  on  October 
9,  1918,  leaving  two  children,  Irving  and  Eleanor;  Dr.  Baldwin  died  in  1919;  Mattie 
Lou  died  at  the  age  of  four  years. 

The  Golden  Rule  has  been  the  chief  guide  for  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Price  in  their 
dealings  with  others.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  national  political  matters,  and  yet  always 
for  the  best  men  and  the  best  measures,  and  served  for  about  eighteen  years  as  a 
school  trustee.  With  his  good  wife,  he  answered  every  call  of  the  Red  Cross  during 
the  late  war,  and  associated  himself  with  various  war  activities.  He  has  served  on  both 
grand  and  petit  juries.  Fraternally,  he  is  a  Mason.  Mrs.  Price,  as  a  lady  of  exceptional 
culture,  enjoys  the  esteem  of  a  very  wide  circle  of  friends. 

Not  long  ago  Mrs.  Price  contributed  a  very  interesting  story  to  the  Garden  Grove 
News,  giving  her  "Reminiscences  of  Pioneer  Days,"  in  which  she  says: 

"We  settled  in  El  Monte,  where  my  father  bought  a  lease  and  the  improvements 
on  ten  acres  of  land,  for  which  he  paid  $50  and  a  mule,  and  gave  one-tenth  of  the  crop 
each  year  to  the  owner,  Mr.  Temple,  who  owned  several  thousand  acres  of  an  old  Span- 
ish grant.     About  that  time,  Temple  and  his  father-in-law,  Mr.   Workman,   built  the 


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Temple  Bank  in  Los  Angeles.  It  was  the  second  bank  there  at  that  time.  The  building 
still  stands,  and  is  known  today  as  the  Temple  Block.  Through  Temple's  generosity 
and  his  confidence  in  the  people,  he  lost  everything  he  and  Mr.  Workman  had.  Mr. 
Workman  committed  suicide,  and  Temple  died  in  a  rniserable  sheep  camp,  deserted  by 
his  family,  and  all  alone.  All  this  Spanish  grant  was  taken  over  by  their  creditors,  and 
sold  ofiE  for  homes.  ,  .       , 

"I  can  never  forget  the  first  time  that  I  saw  Los  Angeles.  It  was  nothing  but  a 
straggling  Spanish  pueblo.  Saloons  were  far  more  in  evidence  than  any  other  business; 
every  little  grocery  store  sold  wines  and  liquors.  There  was  not  a  street  car  nor  steam 
railway  in  the  place.  In  the  year  1868  a  railroad  was  built  from  Los  Angeles  to  Wil- 
mington, which  created  great  excitement.  The  first  train  that  went  over  it  afforded 
a  free  excursion,  and  what  a  jubilee  everybody  had. 

"In  1874,  we  came  to  Orange,  which  was  called  Richland  at  that  time.  We  only 
stopped  there  long  enough  to  look  about  us  and  select  a  location,  and  finally  purchased 
eighty  acres  one  mile  east  of  where  we  now  live.  Orange  consisted  of  one  mixed 
store,  a  blacksmith  shop,  one  small  schoolhouse,  and  a  few  straggling  houses.  Santa 
Ana  had  one  general  merchandise  store,  which  was  Spurgeon's,  one  blacksmith  shop 
and  one  saloon.  A  little  later,  we  had  the  privilege  of  helping  to  build  the  first  church, 
which  was  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South. 

"Mr.  Price  hauled  the  lumber  for  our  house  from  Anaheim  Landing,  which  was 
the  shipping  point  for  all  this  country.  There  was  only  one  settler  between  here  and 
Anaheim,  it  being  all  sheep  pasture.  In  a  short  time  we  could  see  little  shacks  going 
up  here  and  there,  until  a  school  was  talked  about.  The  Bolsa  school  district  took  in 
all  the  territory  from  Huntington  Beach  to  two  miles  north  of  here,  except  West- 
minster Colony,  they  having  formed  a  school  district  of  their  own.  Finally,  we  formed 
our  district,  and  Mr.  A.  G.  Cook  named  it  Garden  Grove.  Some  objected,  thought  it 
was  not  appropriate,  as  there  was  nothing  that  could  be  called  a  tree  in  the  whole 
district,  but  Mr.  Cook  said:  'We'll  make  it  appropriate  by  planting  trees  and  making 
it  beautiful.'  "  In  this  interesting  manner  Mrs.  Price  tells  of  the  early  sales  of  land,  the 
first  orange  groves  here,  and  the  gradual  discovery  of  the  rich  soil  and  its  capabilities. 

MRS.  JULIETTE  SMITH. — A  distinguished  resident  of  Santa  Ana,  who,  despite 
advanced  years,  was  privileged  to  take  an  active  part  in  relief  work  during  the  late 
war,  is  Mrs.  Juliette  Smith  of  122  East  Eleventh  Street.  She  was  born  in  Little  York, 
Warren  County,  111.,  the  daughter  of  W.  C.  Maley,  one  of  the  delegates  to  the  National 
Republican  Convention  which  nominated  Abraham  Lincoln  for  the  presidency,  and 
an  enthusiast  who  stumped  the  state  for  and  with  him,  and  as  a  souvenir  of  that 
exciting  campaign,  handed  down  to  her  from  her  father,  she  treasures  a  piece  of  rail 
split  by  Lincoln  at  Decatur,  111.  She  was  educated  at  the  academy  in  Little  York  and 
_  received  there  the  best  advantages  of  the  period.     Her  father  had  come  to  Illinois  in 

1830,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  riding  horseback  from  Harrisville,  W.  Va.  Her  uncle 
on  the  paternal  side  was  Maj.-Gen.  T.  M.  Harris,  for  whose  family  Harrisville,  W. 
Va.,  is  named,  and  he  was  a  physician  before  he  served  in  the  Civil  War.  Her  grand- 
father, Wm.  Maley,  did  not  believe  in  slavery,  and  came  to  Illinois  with  his  family  in 

1831.  Juliette  Maley's  mother  was  Margaret  Giles,  a  native  of  Abbyville  District, 
South  Carolina,  who  came  to  Illinois  with  her  parents,  who  were  also  opposed  to 
slavery.  Her  father,  uncle,  and  her  father's  brother-in-law,  in  1869  removed  to  Cedar 
County,  Iowa,  and  purchased  1,200  acres'  along  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Rail- 
road and  started  the  town  of  Stanwood,  Iowa,  which  was  named  after  the  vice- 
president  of  the  Northwestern^  Road.  It  was  prairie  land,  but  it  soon  came  to  have 
a  more  inviting  appearance,  thanks  especially  to  the  enterprise  of  the  projectors. 

A  year  later,  on  April  7,  1870,  Miss  Maley  was  married  to  John  Neal  Smith, 
the  ceremony  taking  place  at  Stanwood.  He  was  a  native  of  Illinois,  where  he  was 
born  on  January  5,  1835,  the  son  of  Hugh  Smith,  who  came  from  Ireland,  and  who 
married  Esther  Selfrage,  a  native  of  New  York  of  Scotch  descent.  He  moved  to 
Mount  Vernon,  Iowa,  and  there  in  Linn  County  in  1854  took  up  Governmment  land. 
After  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Neal  Smith  lived  on  the  old  homestead  for 
eighteen  months,  when  they  sold  the  property  and  went  back  to  Stanwood. 

For  the  next  year  and  a  half  Mr.  Smith  ran  an  agricultural  implement  store  there, 
and  when  he  disposed  of  that,  he  purchased  a  farm  near  Stanwood,  embracing  110 
acres,  which  were  devoted  to  general  farming,  although  he  specialized  in  stock,  buying 
and  selling  cattle.  He  also  had  a  general  store  at  Stanwood  and  handled  general 
merchandise,  grain  and  provisions.  In  August,  1881,  he  sold  out  and  came  west  to 
Santa  Ana,  Cal.  Here  for  five  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  meat  business  with  James 
McBEa<l<len,  and  then  he  sold  that  pioneer  his  interest.  For  a  year  he  engaged  in  the 
grocery  trade,  but  sold  that  also.  When  the  "boom"  came  he  went  into  the  real 
estate  business  with  Judge  Humphrey  and  George  Minter,  but  the  "boom"  burst.     At 


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the  end  of  eleven  years  of  residence  here  he  went  back  to  Iowa,  having  sold  all  that 
he  owned  in  Santa  Ana,  and  he  farmed  in  Lyons  County  for  nine  months.  The  lure 
of  California,  however,  brought  him  back  here  again  in  1892,  and  he  settled  on  a  ranch 
of  twenty-one  acres  on  Fruit  east  of  Grand  Avenue,  and  there  he  devoted  his  time  and 
energies  to  the  culture  of  walnuts  and  oranges  until  September,  1913,  when  he  died, 
mourned  by  all  who  knew  him.  Mrs.  Smith  now  resides  at  122  East  Eleventh  Street, 
Santa  Ana,  but  still  owns  the  ranch,  which  now  comprises  twenty-nine  acres  devoted 
to  oranges  and  walnuts. 

Seven  children,  five  boys  and  two  girls,  make  up  the  family  of  this  estimable 
lady:  William  M.,  Margaret  E.,  Martha  A..  Hugh  G.,  J.  Herbert,  Archie  H.  and 
James  Merle.  Mrs.  Smith,  therefore,  is  happy,  being  surrounded  by  her  children, 
who  assist  her  in  looking  after  her  properties,  thus  relieving  her  of  all  unnecessary 
worry  and  care. 

Mrs.  Smith  is  a  liberal  and  helpful  woman,  and  gives  her  aid  to  all  enterprises 
that  have  for  their  aim  the  development  of  the  county  in  which  she  has  so  much 
faith.  She  loyally  shared  in  the  burdensome  program  of  the  ever-diligent  war  drives, 
particularly  in  the  Red  Cross.  Mrs.  Smith  belongs  to  the  United  Presbyterian  Church 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps  and  the  Women's  Christian  Temper- 
ance Union. 

SAMSON  EDWARDS. — Among  the  pioneers  of  Orange  County  none  were  bet- 
ter known  or  more  active  in  its  upbuilding  than  Samson  Edwards,  who  for  nearly 
fifty  years  was  identified  with  its  development.  He  was  a  native  of  Berg  Parish, 
Cornwall  County,  England,  where  he  was  born  on  February  26,  1830,  into  the  family 
of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Pierce)  Edwards.  As  a  boy  aged  six  he  began  working 
in  local  mines,  but  in  1846,  when  so  many  of  Europe  sought  an  asylum  in  the  New 
World,  he  migrated  with  his  parents  to  the  United  States,  but  the  parents  died  soon 
after  reaching  this  country  and  they  were  buried  in  Pennsylvania.  There  were  left  a 
son,  John  Samson,  and  his  wife,  and  some  smaller  children  to  battle  the  world  for 
existence  in  the  new  country.  They  all  endured  many  privations  and  lived  in  cramped 
quarters  until  a  start  could  be  made  and  the  younger  children  reared  to  such  ages 
as  they  could  be  self-supporting.  They  had  migrated  to  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  where 
Samson  worked  for  sixty-two  and  a  half  cents  per  day  in  a  steam  brick  mill  and  later, 
after  locating  in  Wisconsin  he  worked  for  a  dollar  and  a  quarter  a  day  at  some  of 
the  hardest  work  of  his  life  in  the  lead  mines. 

He  met  and  married,  at  Hazel  Green,  Grant  County,  on  November  1,  1851,  a 
native  of  England,  who  was  destined  to  share  with  him  the  joys  and  sorrows  of  a 
long  and  strenuous  life,  and  also  to  go  with  him,  almost  at  the  same  moment,  through 
the  shadowy  portal  of  death.  She  was  Miss  Diana  Rogers,  a  daughter  of  John  and 
Jgtne  (Curtis)  Rogers  and  she  was  born  in  England  on  March  9,  1833. 

Thus  having  set  up  his  domestic  establishment,  Mr.  Edwards  took  up  farming 
across  the  state  line  in  Jo  Daviess  County,  111.,  and  after  four  years  moved  somewhat 
east,  where  he  bought  and  developed  a  good  farm  until  1874.  Then,  having  read  much 
about  California  and  its  advantages  to  men  of  thrift  and  energy,  he  sold  out  his  hold- 
ings and  crossed  the  continent  with  his  family  to  San  Francisco,  thence  by  boat  to 
Wilmington,  where  they  were  met  by  a  nephew,  W.  H.  Edwards,  and  located  at 
Westminster.  There  were  five  children  in  the  Samson  Edwards  family  when  they 
came  to  California:  John  H.,  now  living  in  Santa  Ana;  William  J.,  of  Westminster; 
Mary  Isabella,  the  wife  of  F.  J.  Rogers  of  Santa  Ana;  Hester  Ann,  who  married  C.  E. 
Bowlsby  and  is  deceased;  and  Nelson  T.,  of  Orange.  Mr.  Edwards  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  two  brothers,  John  and  Thomas  Edwards,  but  at  the  end  of  two  years 
they  divided  their  interests  equally.  In  the  meantime  they  had  started  dairying  with 
good  cattle,  but  they  had  to  haul  their  products  to  Los  Angeles  by  team.  They  paid 
$18.50  an  acre  for  their  land,  but  to  erect  the  necessary  fences  and  buildings  they  had 
to  order  250,000  feet  of  lumber  shipped  from  the  North.  They  raised  some  of  the 
first  corn  ever  planted  in  the  peat  lands,  which  yielded  over  100  bushels  to  the  acre. 
His  experience  in  those  days  afforded  Samson  Edwards  the  theme  for  many 
a  good  story.  Often  he  had  to  drag  cattle  out  of  the  bog  holes  with  his  team  and  he 
rode  horseback  over  all  that  section  of  country  before  there  were  any  roads  and 
these  he  helped  to  build.  He  became  owner  of  160  acres  of  land,  which  he  developed 
into  a  valuable  farm  with  the  aid  of  his  sons  John  H.  and  William  J.  He  leased 
the  Smeltzer  pasturage  for  some  years,  and  for  several  years  was  engaged  in  the  meat 
business,  running  the  wagons  all  over  what  is  now  Orange  County,  and  through  some 
parts  of  Los  Angeles  County,  for  the  country  abounded  with  wild  Spanish  cattle, 
hogs  and  horses.  Robert  McFadden  sold  him  his  first  seventy  head  of  wild  cattle; 
he  caught  and  broke  wild  horses,  paying  from  $22  to  $40  a  head.  All  teaming  was 
done  with  mustangs,   as  a  horse  weighing   1,100  pounds   was   a   curiosity.     The  boys 

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lassoed  wild  hogs  which  were  then  very  plentiful  in  the  tules.  On  account  of  the 
dearth  of  trees  thereabouts,  Mr.  Edwards  sent  to  San  Francisco  for  eucalyptus  seed, 
planted  them  in  beds  and"  then  transplanted  them  to  their  more  permanent  places. 
President  of  the  Westminster  Farmers'  Club,  Mr.  Edwards,  assisted  by  his  good 
wife,  gave  liberally  of  his  time  and  means  for  years  to  advance  in  every  way  the 
best' interests  of  the  ranchers.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  for  thirty 
years,  and  was  instrumental  in  the  building  and  support  of  the  First  Methodist 
Church  in  Westminster. 

Some  years  ago,  a  previous  edition  of  the  History  of  Orange  County,  m  very 
appropriately  noting  the  life-work  of  these  esteemed,  influential  pioneers,  said  among 
other  things:  "Mr.  Edwards  and  his  wife  endured  the  hardships  of  pioneer  life  and, 
assisted  by  their  children,  made  rapid  strides  toward  success.  They  helped  their 
children  to  get  a  start  in  the  world,  thus  repaying  them  for  the  assistance  they  gave 
him  in  the  early  struggle  in  the  county.  He  and  his  wife  have  been  residents  oi 
Santa  Ana  for  the  past  ten  years,  and  it  was  here,  November  1,  1901,  that  they  cele- 
brated their  fiftieth  wedding  anniversary  and  were  greeted  by  hundreds  of  friends 
from  all  parts  of  the  county.  They  are  enjoying  the  fruits  of  their  early  labors,  and 
can  look  back  into  the  past  upon  lives  well  spent  and  to  the  future  for  the  final  call 
without  fear."  In  the  light  of  the  foregoing,  it  is  sad  indeed  to  relate  that  on  March 
26,  1912,  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwards  were  killed  at  Santa  Ana  when  their  automobile 
in  crossing  the  tracks  was  struck  by  a  Pacific  Electric  car. 

D.  EYMAN  HUFF. — One  of  the  best  informed  men  in  all  Southern  California 
regarding  the  marketing  and  the  growing  of  citrus  fruits  is  D.  Eyman  Huff,  of  Orange 
County,  manager  of  the  David  Hewes  Realty  Corporation,  which  controls  675  acres 
of  land  at  El  Modena.  With  twenty-two  years  of  constructive  service  in  behalf  of 
the  citrus  industry  of  the  state,  Mr.  Huff  looks  back  upon  the  development  of  an 
industry  that  has  taken  years  to  perfect,  and  a  part  in  which  he  has  had  a  strong 
influence  in  bringing  about. 

D.  Eyman  Huff  was  born  at  Osawatomie,  Kans.,  September  17,  1880,  the  son  of 
Samuel  and  Olive  (Smith)  HufiE,  natives  of  Indiana  and  Illinois,  respectively.  Besides 
D.  Eyman  there  were  five  children  who  came  to  California  when  the  family  left 
their  Kansas  home  in  1887  and  emigrated  to  the  Golden  State:  Lewis  N.,  William 
F.  and  E.  Gertrude  all  live  in  Long  Beach;  Ralph  E.  still  makes  his  home  with  his 
parents  in  Orange  County;  Ivy  is  deceased.  The  family  first  settled  near  Fallbrook, 
but  in  September  of  1890  they  located  in  Orange  County,  where  the  parents  still  live. 

In  1890  D.  Eyman  Huff  first  located  in  this  county,  but  divided  his  time  between 
Los  Angeles  and  here  until  1910,  since  which  time  he  has  been  a  permanent  resident 
of  this  favored  section.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Orange  County, 
then  went  to  Los  Angeles  to  take  a  course  in  the  Normal  School  there,  but  soon 
entered  the  store  kept  by  his  brother,  as  a  clerk,  in  the  meantime  carrying  a  morning 
paper  route  in  the  business  district,  which  took  him  into  the  offices  of  the  Southern 
California  Fruit  Exchange,  where  Joseph  L.  Merrill  was  chief  accountant.  Mr.  Merrill 
ha"d  picked  some  likely  young  lads  frgm  amongst  the  newsboys  when  a  vacancy  was 
to  be  filled,  and  his  notice  was  drawn  to  young  Huff,  to. whom  he  offered  a  position 
as  office  boy  with  a  salary  of  fifteen  dollars  per  month,  and  he  began  his  duties  on 
December  13,  1898.  Two  months  later  he  got  his  first  promotion  and  a  salary  of 
twenty-five  dollars  per  month,  and  from  this  beginning  he  gradually  worked  his  way 
through  the  various  positions  in  the  office  until  he  was  assistant  sales  manager  and 
the  most  capable  man  to  hold  that  position.  Then  the  Covina  Fruit  Exchange  wanted 
a  manager,  and  he  was  recommended  for  the  place  and  served  for  two  years,  the 
second  year  there,  representing  that  exchange  on  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Central 
Exchange.  During  these  eleven  years  he  had  gained  an  intimate  knowledge  of  all 
branches  of  the  citrus  industry,  and  was  conceded  to  be  one  of  the  best-posted  men  in 
Southern  California. 

In  1909  he  became  manager  of  the  Orange  County  Fruit  Exchange  with  only  two 
members,  the  Santiago  Association  and  the  David  Hewes  Ranch  Company.  It  was 
shown  that  only  about  thirty  per  cent  of  the  product  grown  was  marketed  through 
the  Exchange,  and  the  new  manager  at  once  started  to  awaken  an  interest  among  the 
growers,  so  that  by  1915  he  had  organized,  or  helped  to  organize,  seven  additional 
associations  through  which  practically  seventy-five  per  cent  of  the  crop  was  marketed. 
These  included  Tustin  Hills,  Tustin  Lemon  Association,  Villa  Park  Orchards,  Central 
Lemon,  Olive  Heights  Citrus,  McPherson  Heights  Citrus  and  Garden  Grove  Citrus 
associations.  In  July,  1915,  David  Hewes  passed  away,  a  few  months  after  he  had 
organized  the  David  Hewes  Realty  Corporation,  and  the  property  passed  to  the  heirs. 
The  directors  of  the  company  cast  about  for  the  right  man  to  manage  the  business, 
and  selected  Mr.  Huff,  knowing  he  could  manage,  direct  and  develop,  and  he  assumed 


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his  duties  and  at  once  began  to  put  in  operation  his  advanced  ideas,  and  has  continued 
to  serve  the  company  with  satisfaction  to  all  concerned  ever  since,  all  the  time  making 
the  ranch  more  productive  and  bringing  about  a  steady  and  strong  market,  as  well  as 
a  demand  for  a  highly  standardized  grade  and  pack. 

Mr.  Huff  is  also  a  grower  himself,  owning  one  or  more  groves,  and  bringing 
them  to  a  higher  state  of  productivity  before  selling  them.  He  has  always  been  a 
hard  worker,  has  a  keen,  analytical  mind,  ever  alert  in  the  interest  of  the  cause  he 
espouses,  a  winning  personality  and  the  ability  to  convince  others,  all  of  which  have 
been  a  great  help  to. his  achievement.  He  sees  a  great  future  for  the  citrus  growers 
and  knows  many  problems  will  arise  with  the  development  of  new  groves  that  will 
call  for  the  cooperation  of  all  the  growers  to  solve.  He  is  always  willing  to  give 
advice  as  to  latest  methods  of  care  for  groves,  best  bud  selection,  and  picking  and 
packing  of  the  fruit.  Mr.  Huff  was  manager  of  the  Orange  County  Fruit  Exchange, 
during  which  time  he  was  its  member  on  the  central  board  of  directors;  since  1915  he 
has  been  a  director  of  the  Orange  County  Exchange;  is  a  director  and  one  of  the 
incorporators  of  the  Exchange  Byproducts  Company,  operating  the  Corona  Lemon 
Products  plant;  was  president  of  the  Orange  County  Associated  Chambers  of  Com- 
merce, and  believes  in  forwarding  all  projects  for  the  upbuilding  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, and  plans  greater  projects  for  the  development  of  the  great  Hewes  ranch. 

The  marriage  of  D.  Eyman  HufI  with  Miss  Blanche  L.  Waite  was  celebrated 
on  April  20,  1901,  and  united  him  with  a  popular  lady  who  grew  up  in  California  from 
a.  small  child.  Her  parents,  Earl  and  Inez  (Robb)  Waite,  were  natives  of  New  York 
and  Ohio,  respectively,  who  came  to  California  about  1884  with  their  family  of  four 
children.  The  parents  are  now  residents  of  Long  Beach.  Mrs.  Hufif  was  educated  in 
the  schools  of  Los  Angeles  and  has  lived  in  this  vicinity  for  many  years.  They  have 
a  son,  Chauncey  Earl  Huflf,  born  1902,  and  graduated  from  the  Orange  high  school. 
He  is  an  amateur  wireless  operator,  and  is  now  taking  a  course  at  the  Southwestern 
University  in  Los  Angeles  in  commercial  and  business  law.  Mrs.  Huff  has  ever  been 
an  inspiration  to  her  accomplished  husband,  and  shares  with  him  the  esteem  of  a  host 
of  friends  in  Southern  California.  Mr.  Huff  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  a 
Shriner,  and  in  politics  is  a  stanch  Republican  in  national  affairs,  although  he  does 
not  draw  the  party  line  when  it  comes  to  local  issues,  supporting  the  men  and  meas- 
ures he  considers  best  suited  for  the  office  apd  people. 

CALVIN  E.  JACKSON. — Law  and  order  could  not  fail  to  be  among  the  first 
appeals  in  favor  of  residence  in  Orange  County,  so  long  as  that  office  is  filled  by  such 
a  man  as  Calvin  E.  Jackson,  who  is  one  of  the  most  popular  of  California  sheriffs,  as 
he  always  has  been  the  most  respected.  A  man  who  holds  the  respect  of  all  who  know 
him,  even  the  criminals  whom  he  causes  to  be  arrested,  for  they  know  that  at  his  hands 
they  will  be  dealt  with  in  justice  to  the  crime  committed.  His  reputation  of  always 
giving  a  square  deal  in  every  instance  is  widely  known. 

A  native  of  Alabama,  Mr.  Jackson  was  born  at  La  Grange,  on  May  24,  1868,  a 
son  of  James  M.  and  Ellen  (Ferguson)  Jackson,  the  latter  dying  when  her  son  was  but 
two  years  of  age,  so  that  he  has  no  recollection  of  his  mother  or  of  a  mother's  love 
and  tender  care.  James  M.  Jackson  was  a  mechanic  of  exceptional  ability,  who  in 
1876,  when  Calvin  E.  was  a  lad  of  eight,  removed  from  Alabama  to  Texas  and  is  still 
a  resident  of  that  state,  living  in  Stephensville  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-three  years. 
Calvin  attended  the  public  schools  of  Alabama  and  Texas  in  pursuit  of  his  education, 
but  the  school  of  "hard  knocks"  supplied  him  with  the  greater  part  of  his  experience. 
As  he  grew  to  young  manhood  in  Texas  he  rode  the  range  and  in  that  way  learned  to 
know  men  and  conditions.  Being  a  natural  leader  he  decided  to  come  to  California 
in  hopes  that  he  would  be  able  to  find  a  broader  scope  for  his  talents  and  in  that  he 
has  not  been  disappointed.  In  1887  he  landed  in  San  Bernardino  and  worked  at  the 
carpenter's  trade  for  two  years,  learning  the  business,  after  which,  in  1889,  he  came 
to  what  is  now  Orange  County,  and  here  cast  his  first  vote  for  the  new  county  then 
being  formed.  He  worked  as  a  journeyman  carpenter  for  several  years  in  various 
sections  of  the  county  and  then  for  eighteen  years  was  a  contractor  and  builder,  em- 
ploying several  men  in  his  operations.  He  has  to  his  credit  the  erection  of  many  of 
the  old-time  residences  throughout  the  county  and  these  homes  stand  today  as  evidence 
of  his  skill  and  thorough  understanding  of  his  trade. 

Mr.  Jackson  has  always  had  an  interest  in  politics  and  was  more  or  less  promi- 
nent in  the  circles  of  the  Democratic  party.  In  1906  he  was  elected  to  the  responsiW" 
office  of  constable  and  served  in  that  very  difficult  office  for  eight  years.  During  th^Jt 
time  he  became  very  well  informed  as  to  the  habits  of  criminals  and  successfully 
trailed  them  to  their  haunts.  His  successful  discharge  of  all  the  duties  of  his  office  led 
to  his  election,  in  1914,  to  the  office  of  sheriff  of  the  county  and  after  four  years' 
Service  he  was  again  elected  to  succeed  himself.     Since  he  took  up  his  duties  he  has 


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inaugurated  many  reforms  in  the  conduct  of  his  office,  systematized  the  handling  of 
prisoners  and  their  capture,  his  duties  of  constable  having  been  invaluable  to  him  in 
this  larger  field.  His  first  word  is  efficiency,  and  he  never  sends  any  of  his  deputies 
into  places  of  danger  that  he  won't  go  himself,  in  fact  he  nearly  always  takes  the  lead 
when  danger  threatens  in  the  capture  or  apprehension  of  a  criminal.  Even  with  the 
increasing  of  the  population  in  the  county,  crime  is  really  decreasing  in  proportion. 
It  has  often  been  said  of  Sheriff  Jackson  that  "when  he  goes  after  a  man  he  usually  gets 
him,"  and  no  finer  compliment  can  be  paid  a  public  official. 

The  marriage  of  C  E.  Jackson  and  Miss  Ida  Cox,  a  native  daughter,  born  at 
Downey,  Cal.,  the  daughter  of  George  W.  Cox,  a  pioneer  who  crossed  the  plains  from 
Texas  in  1869,  was  celebrated  on  March  27,  1889,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of 
two  daughters — Lela,  a  teacher  in  the  schools  of  Los  Angeles;  and  Elaine,  is  the  wife 
of  W.  M.  Wilson  of  Long  Beach  and  the  mother  of  a  daughter,  Loraine.  Mrs.  Jackson 
shares  with  her  husband  the  esteem  of  their  many  friends.  The  home  of  the  family 
has  been  in  Santa  Ana  for  many  years,  in  fact  Mr.  Jackson  has  lived  here  ever  since 
the  county  was  organized  and  is  therefore  well  and  favorably  known  in  every  part  of 
it.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  the  Maccabees,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  and  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jackso- 
are  deeply  interested  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  county,  are  supporters  of  all  movements 
that  have  for  their  aim  the  betterment  of  civic  and  social  conditions  and  of  making 
Orange  County  a  better  place  in  which  to  live. 

COL.  J.  K.  TUFFREE.— Coming  to  Anaheim  in  1872,  Col.  J.  K.  Tuffree  will  ever 
be  remembered  as  one  of  Orange  County's  stanch  pioneers.  While  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  was 
his  birthplace,  he  was  descended  from  an  old  Baltimore,  Md.,  family  who  traced  their 
ancestry  back  to  France,  the  family  name  being  originally  spelled  Trefrey,  of  the 
French  Huguenots.  He  was  reared  in  St.  Louis,  where  he  received  a  splendid  educa- 
tion. On  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War,  he  united  his  fortunes  with  the  cause  of 
the  Confederacy  and  served  throughout  the  conflict,  and  it  was  no  doubt  owing  to 
this  service  that  his  old  friends  and  the  old  settlers  of  Orange  Courity  and  Southern 
California  called  him  Colonel  Tuffree. 

Immediately  after  the  close  of  the  war,  Colonel  Tuifree  came  to  California-  and 
for  a  time  he  was  with  the  Union  Pacific  as  a  dispatcher,  being  the  first  dispatcher 
located  at  Truckee.  Afterwards  he  came  to  San  Francisco,  being  stationed  at  the 
terminal,  and  while  there  he  made  the  acquaintance  of  C.  B.  Polhemus,  as  well  as  his 
daughter,  Carolina.  The  acquaintance  with  the  daughter  ripened  into  love  and  resulted 
in  their  marriage.  She  was  born  in  Paita,  Peru,  but  was  reared  and  educated  in  San 
Jose,  Cal.,  and  was  a  cultured  and  refined  woman,  and  their  union  proved  to  be  a  very 
happy  one.  C.  B.  Polhemus  was  an  Eastener  of  a  prominent  and  highly  esteemed 
family,  and  a  man  of  an  excellent  education.  He  came  from  Mt.  Holly,  N.  Y.,  and  was 
a  son  of  Captain  Polhemus,  who  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  Possessing  a  love 
for  travel  and  adventure  he  made  the  trip  to  Paita,  Peru,  via  Cape  Horn,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  the  banking  and  mercantile  business  and  also  served  as  U.  S.  Consul.  In 
18S2  he  came  to  San  Francisco.  He  made  a  number  of  trips  to  Peru,  remaining  for 
long  periods  in  that  country  and  while  there  met  and  married  Miss  Garay,  the  beautiful 
daughter  of  Governor  Garay,  then  governor  of  Peru.  On  the  death  of  his  wife  he 
returned  with  his  daughter  to  California  and  they  made  their  home  in  San  Jose.  He 
owned  a  ranch  at  Gilroy  and  later  also  bought  Commodore  Stockton's  ranch,  and  in 
order  to  obtain  shipping  facilities  he  built  a  railroad  known  as  Alsip  and  Company, 
of  which  he  was  president  until  it  was  sold  to  C.  P.  Huntington  and  associates.  Aside 
from  his  large  mercantile  interests,  Mr.  Polhemus  was  a  large  landowner  and  one  of 
the  six  original  owners  of  the  Don  Abel  Stearns  Rancho  Company,  comprising  five 
large  ranchos  of  200  square  miles. 

After  Colonel  Tuffree's  marriage,  he  made  a  trip  East  with  his  bride,  remaining 
about  one  year  in  New  Jersey  and  Delaware.  On  his  return  to  California,  he  located 
in  Anaheim,  becoming  manager  of  Don  Abel  Stearns  Rancho  Company,  later  on  locating 
in  Placentia  on  their  ranch,  comprising  parts  of  sections  nineteen  and  thirty  of  the  old 
Rancho  San  Juan  Cajon  de  Santa  Ana,  naming  it  "De  Buena  Vista."  It  included  662 
acres  and  had  been  given  them  as  a  wedding  present  Colonel  Tuffree  began  farming 
his  ranch  and  was  also  manager  of  the  Stearns  Rancho  Company  until  his  own  aflFairs 
having  grown  to  such  large  proportions  that  they  required  all  of  his  time,  he  resigned 
his  position  and  devoted  all  of  his  time  to  ranching  and  horticulture.  He  took  a 
leading  and  active  part  in  irrigating  matters  and  was  one  of  the  original  directors  of 
the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company  and  was  active  in  the  development  which  brought 
water  for  irrigating  purposes  over  this  section  of  the  county.  To  do  away  with  the 
necessity  of  irrigating  at  night  he  suggested  a  large  reservoir  to  store  the  water  when 


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it  could  be  used  next  day.  The  reservoir  was  built  on  his  ranch  and  still  goes  by  the 
name  of  Tuffree  reservoir.  He  was  also  the  owner  of  lands  in  San  Diego  County. 
Colonel  Tuffree  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  Orange  County  and  took  a  prominent 
part  in  the  affairs  of  the  new  county,  and  his  interest  in  its  development  continued  until 
his  death,  in  1903.  He  was  a  Mason  and  always  a  strong  Democrat.  After  his  death 
Mrs.  Tuffree  continued  to  reside  at  the  old  Tuffree  home,  surrounded  by  her  children, 
who  relieved  her  as  far  as  possible  from  all  worry  and  care.  She  passed  away  in 
June,  1915,  aged  sixty-two. 

Colonel  and  Mrs.  Tuffree  were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  as  follows:-  Frederick 
B.  resides  on  a  part  of  the  old  Tuffree  ranch;  Juanita  C.  is  the  wife  of  Alonzo  E.  Yorba 
and  also  lives  on  a  part  of  the  ranch;  Charles  P.  died  at  the  age  of  thirty-two,  in  1908; 
George  R.  died  in  infancy;  Nellie  A.  is  the  wife  of  John  A.  Lloyd  of  San  Francisco; 
Jonn  C.  and  Henry  D.  are  ranchers  at  Placentia;  Mariquita  R.  is  Mrs.  O'Brien  of 
Honolulu;  S.  James,  of  Placentia,  who  is  manager  of  Tuffree  Heirs'  rancho.  Orange 
County  owes  much  of  its  present  greatness  to  men  and  women  of  Colonel  and,  Mrs. 
Tufiree's  type,  for  much  of  it  is  due  to  their  optimism,  constant  application  and 
ceaseless  energy,  coupled  with  sacrifice  and  self-denial,  in  those  early  days  when  they 
aided  so  materially  in  changing  this  region  overgrown  with  brush,  cactus,  and  wild 
mustard  into  the  beautiful  citrus  orchards  of  today  considered  a  garden  spot  of  the 
world,  to  be  enjoyed  and  bring  comfort  and  happiness  to  coming  generations. 

CHARLES  E.  FRENCH. — Preeminent  among  the  successful  esteemed  and  influ- 
ential Californians  of  the  past  whose  exemplary,  industrious  lives  and  sound  judgment 
and  good  works  have  paved  the  way  safely  and  nobly  for  all  who  come  after,  thereby 
giving  to  posterity  an  inheritance  of  inestimable  value,  must  be  mentioned  Charles  E.  ■ 
French,  who  was  born  in  Athens,  Somerset  County,  Maine,  on  June  3,  1841,  and  was 
educated  at  the  public  schools  and  seminaries  of  that  state.  When  about  sixteen  years 
of  age,  he  entered  a  business  house  in  Boston,  where  he  rapidly  advanced  in  positions 
of  trust;  and  on  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War,  stirred  by  patriotic  desire  to  do 
something  in  defense  of  his  native  country,  he  enlisted  in  the  Ninth  Regiment,  Maine 
Volunteers,  and  was  assigned  to  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  being  subsequently  trans- 
ferred to  Commodore  Samuel  Francis  Du  Font's  naval  expedition  which  on  November 
7,  1861,  bombarded  and  captured  the  fortifications  defending  Port  Royal  harbor,  S.  C, 
an  engagement  justly  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  brilliant  achievements  of  naval  tactics 
and  requiring  for  its  success  not  only  able  planning  on  the  part  of  officers,  but  the 
skilful  execution  by  each  inan  under  command.  Continuing  in  the  service  until  the 
failure  of  his  health  necessitated  his  retirement  from  the  army,  Mr.  French  came  to 
California  via  the  Panama  route  in  1864  and  located  at  Yreka,  in  Siskiyou  County, 
where  he  engaged  in  mining  and  general  merchandising,  and  after  spending  a  few 
years  on  this  coast,  he  returned  to  his  old  home  in  the  East. 

In  November,  1868,  Mr.  French  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  L.  Waugh,  a  native 
of  Boston,  and  the  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Sarah  (Sawyer)  Waugh,  who  had  been  born 
in  Townsend  and  Lowell,  Mass.,  respectively.  She  was  reared  in  "the  city  of  culture," 
and  was  graduated  from  Brighton  Seminary;  and  for  two  years,  or  until  her  marriage, 
she  applied,  herself  to  teaching.  She  was  splendidly  equipped,  therefore,  to  be  the 
intellectual  stimulating  companion  of  a  man  of  ever-increasing  weighty  affairs.  Resum- 
ing business  in  Maine,  Mr.  French  became  a  member  of  a  boot  and  shoe  manufacturing 
firm,  and  was  also  appointed  Assistant  Assessor  of  Internal  Revenue  by  President 
Grant.  Finding  it  impossible  to  endure  the  rigors  of  Eastern  winters,  he  resigned  his 
office,  sold  out  his  business  in  1870,  and  returned  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  expected 
to  permanently  reside;  but  being  advised  by  his  physicians  to  seek  a  more  genial 
climate,  he  came  to  Southern  California  in  April,  1871,  and  assumed  the  general  man- 
agement of  the  extensive  land  and  stock  business  of  Irvine,  Flint  and  Company,  whose 
holdings  then  comprised  the  ranchos  San  Joaquin  and  Lomas  de  Santiago,  and  part 
of  the  Santiago  de  Santa  Ana,  upon  which  latter  ranch  the  city  of  Santa  Ana  is  now 
located,  in  all  about  108,000  acres.  At  that  time,  there  were  very  few  white  inhabitants 
residing  in  the  country  southwest  of  Anaheim,  between  the  Santa  Ana  River  and  San 
Diego,  and  the  entire  country  from  the  foothills  to  the  sea  was  one  vast  cattle  and 
sheep  range.  Mr.  French  had  over  100,000  acres  of  land  under  his  control,  and  at  times 
during  his  administration  there  were  over  50,000  head  of  sheep  grazing  upon  the  broad 
sweep  of  the  San  Joaquin,  where  today  is  heard  the  busy  hum  and  puffing  of  tractors 
and  modern  machinery. 

In  1876,  Mr.  French  removed  the  ranch  headquarters  to  a  location  east  of  Tustin 
and  erected  a  commodious  ranch  house  for  James  Irvine  and  his  family.  In  1878  he 
relinquished  the  management  of  the  company's  business  and  removed  to  Santa  Ana, 
where  he  had  previously  made  investments  for  himself.     He  engaged  in  the  handling 


406  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

of  land,  and  at  once  took  an  active  interest  in  the  development  and  building  up  of  the 
town.  In  1886  he  erected  the  brick  block  adjoining  the  Bristol  and  Rowley  block  on 
the  east,  and  in  1899  he  built  the  Grand  Opera  House  block,  one  of  the  largest  in  the 
city,  which  is  still  a  monument  to  its  founder.  He  served  as  postmaster  at  Santa 
Ana,  holding  office  under  Presidents  Hayes,  Garfield,  Arthur  and  also  Cleveland;  and 
he  took  an  active  part  in  securing  the  main  line  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  through  Santa 
Ana,  to  which  undertaking  he  freely  devoted  much  time  and  means,  and  was  twice 
elected  a  director  of  the  California  lines  system,  which  has  been  such  an  important 
factor  in  the  marvelous  growth  and  prosperity  of  Southern  California. 

Whenever   too,  public  improvements  were  proposed,  Mr.  French  was  always  found 

ready  to  encourage  and  aid  them,  to  the  fullest  extent  of  his  resources,  and  m  this  way 

he  advanced  not  only  the  building  up   of  the  city,  but  the  upbuildmg  of  the  popular 

home  community  as  well.     In  the  founding  of  the  Santa  Ana  Free  Library  he  took  a 

very  Jive  interest,  and  for  several  years  he  served  as  president  of  the  board  of  trustees. 

Having  business  and  property  interests  in  Los  Angeles,  he  also  maintained  a  branch 

office  there  for  years,  and  in  various  ways  was   the   better  able  to   help   the  younger 

Santa  Ana  by  means   of  Los  Angeles   connections.     He   always   regarded   Santa  Ana 

as  his  home,  however,  and  constantly  maintained  an  elegant  residence  surrounded  by 

extensive  lawns  and  well-kept  grounds,  making  it  one  of  the  most  attractive  homes  in 

all  Southern  California.     Two  children  bleSsed  the  home  life  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  French, 

and  have  in  time  proven  valuable  members  of  society;  Gertrude  has  become  Mrs.  Elmer 

B.  Burns  of  Santa  Ana,  and  Miss  Ethel  resides  with  her  mother.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burns 

have  two  children,   Gladys  and  Carl.     The   latter  went  with   Company   L  from   Santa 

Ana  and  served  overseas  until  after  the  armistice,  and  received  the  Croix  de  Guerre  for 

bravery,    having   been   both    gassed    and   wounded.      Returning   with    Company    L,    he 

received  his  honorable  discharge  in  April,  1919. 

Mrs.'  French  came  to  California  in  the  fall  of  1872  and  joined  her  husband  in 
what  was  then  a  remote  region,  almost  out  of  the  pale  of  civilization,  and  for  a  time 
their  nearest  neighbor  lived  seven  miles  away,  unless  the  half-civilized  natives  of  that 
period  are  considered.  Nothing  daunted,  Mrs.  French  continued  to  reside  there  until 
their  removal  to  Santa  Ana,  aiding  her  husband  and  helping  to  make  his  name  and 
influence  known  and  recognized  in  the  financial  circles  of  Southern  California.  He 
was  an  able  financier,  with  a  conservative  view  of  investment,  and  combined  calm  judg- 
ment and  keenness  of  foresight.  It  was  not  his  disposition  to  rush  blindly  into  things, 
but  with  a  critical  insight  he  weighed  and  measured  principles,  and  with  unbiased  mind 
gave  his  influence  toward  those  measures  whose  value  could  not  be  questioned.  It  is 
possible  that  many  persons  seeking  the  reason  for  Mr.  French's  success  may  account 
for  it  as  a  combination  of  "Eastern  brains  with  Western  enterprise;"  he  descended  from 
a  family  long  and  honorably  associated  with  the  history  of  New  England,  some  of 
whose  representatives  served  as  officers  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  his  maternal  ances- 
tors, the  Palmers,  having  come  from  England  to  this  country  during  the  Colonial 
period,  and  he  inherited  qualities  of  the  greatest  value  to  one  destined  to  leadership 
in  the  several  fields  mentioned.  It  must  not  go  unsaid,  also,  that  Mr.  French  gave  his 
devoted  wife  much  of  the  credit  for  his  business  success,  saying  that  he  had  learned  in 
the  early  part  of  their  life  together  that  her  judgment  in  property  and  business  matters 
was  so  reliable  that  when  he  followed  their  joint  conclusions,  he  had  always  made 
a  success. 

Mr.  French  was  prominent  in  banking  and  real  estate  circles.  He  was  president 
of  the  Orange  County  Savings  Bank,  and  a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Santa  Ana.  When  the  first  street  railway  for  Santa  Ana  was  projected,  Mr.  French  took 
an  active  part  in  establishing  it,  and  was  its  secretary  for  several  years.  The  road  is 
now  a  part  of  the  Interurban  Railway  system.  He  was  also  one  of  the  promoters  and 
incorporators  of  the  Los  Angeles  and  Ocean  Railway  Company,  and  held  the  office 
of  the  vice-president  of  the  same  until  the  road  merged  into  the  Los  Angeles  Terminal, 
now  the  San  Pedro,  Los  Angeles  and  Salt  Lake  Railroad.  Fraternally,  Mr.  French 
was  a  Mason,  and  a  member  of  Sedgwick  Post  No.  17,  G.  A.  R.,  from  its  organization. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Pioneer  Society  of  Los  Angeles  County.  Though  the 
Civil  War  left  him  in  poor  health,  his  magnificent  spirit  of  pluck  and  determination 
enabled  him  to  continue  courageously  for  years  at  his  duties,  and  in  that  way,  when 
many  would  have  sought  their  selfish  ends  and  rested,  he  was  active  in  his  useful  career 
until,  on  November  2,  1914,  he  passed  away,  to  his  eternal  reward.  Rev.  A.  L.  Petty 
a  former  pastor  of  the  Baptist  Church  in  Santa  Ana  came  over  from  Los  Angeles  and 
assisted  Rev.  Otto  Russell,  the  local  pastor,  in  a  demonstration  of  esteem  and  regret 
seldom  witnessed  in  Santa  Ana.  and  to  give  voice  to  feelings  of  deepest  sorrow  expe- 
rienced by  all  who  knew  him.    In  accordance  with  his  desire,  his  body  was  cremated. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  407 

After  Mr.  French's  death,  his  widow  was  appointed  administratrix  of  the  estate, 
and  although  she  had  probably  never  written  half  a  dozen  checks  in  her  life,  she  accepted 
the  trust  and  with  her  native  ability  and  imbibed  business  acumen,  with  which,  as  it 
proved,  she  had  been  liberally  endowed,  she  not  only  settled  the  estate  satisfactorily, 
but  since  then  she  has  managed  the  large  affairs  entrusted  to  her  with  signal  ability  and 
pronounced  success,  enlarging  her  real  estate  holdings  and  improving  those  already 
held.  She  is  the  owner  of  valuable  business  and  residence  property  and  different 
ranches  at  Stanton  and  property  in  other  places  in  the  county,  and  she  attends  to  all 
the  transactions  required  herself. 

She  continues  to  make  her  home  at  the  beautiful  large  family  residence  at  the 
corner  of  Ninth  and  Spurgeon  streets,  a  splendidly  furnished  estate  where  she  dispenses 
an  old-time  California  hospitality;  she  is  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  and 
also  of  the  Ebell  Club,  and  other  social  organizations;  and  she  finds  great  pleasure  in 
informing  herself  about  and  supporting  all  movements  likely  to  benefit  the  community. 
In  1910,  with  her  husband  and  daughter,  she  made  an  extended  tour  of  Europe  and 
brought  home  many  fine  specimens  .of  art;  and  her  memory  being  excellent  she  is  ever 
interesting  and  a  source  of  inspiration  to  all  who  are  so  fortunate  as  to  be  counted 
among  her  friends. 

WM.  F.  ESPOLT.— A  resident  of  California  since  1894,  William  F.  Espolt's  birth- 
place-was at  Dennison,  Iowa,  where  he  first  saw  the  light  of  day  on  February  7,  1885, 
his  parents  being  William  and  Louise  (Homeier)  Espolt.  The  father  was  a  well 
known  farmer  in  the  neighborhood  of  Dennison  for  a  number  of  yeafs,  but  in  1894  he 
disposed  of  his  holdings  there  and  came  to  California,  settling  at  Whittier,  where  he 
purchased  ranch  and  town  property,  and  here  he  still  makes  his  home. 

William  F.  Espolt  grew  up  in  Whittier,  attending  the  grammar  and  high  schools 
there,  and  assisted  his  father  in  the  development  of  his  ranch  property.  His  first  pur- 
chase of  property  in  Orange  County,  with  his  father  as  a  partner,  was  a  tract  of  thirty 
acres  on  Palm  Avenue,  raw  land  at  the  time  of  purchase,  and  William  F.  threw  himself 
energetically  into  the  improvement  and  development  of  tjie  place,  setting  it  out  to 
oranges  and  lemons.  When  he  had  disposed  of  the  property  he  bought  ten  acres  in 
East  Whittier,  only  partly  developed  and  he  continued  the  work  and  sold  that  in  1919. 
In  the  meantime  he  had  bought  fifteen  acres  north  of  the  upper  boulevard,  which  has 
been  improved  into  a  fine  bearing  citrus  grove.  In  1919  he  became  the  owner  of  twenty 
acres  on  Walnut  Avenue,  near  La  Habra,  which  is  devoted  to  Valencia  oranges  and 
lemons.  The  water  for  irrigating  his  properties  is  furnished  by  the  La  Habra  Water 
Company  and  he  markets  his  fruit  through  the  La  Habra  Citrus  Association.  Mr. 
Espolt  is  a  stockholder  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  La  Habra  and  in  the  Citizens 
Commercial  and  Savings  Bank  of  La  Habra. 

He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  La  Habra  Midway  Oil  Company,  in  which  he  . 
is  also  a  director.  This  company  is  composed  of  local  men  and  has  116  acres  of  land 
under  lease,  both  of  Mr.  Espolt's  ranches  being  included  in  the  same.  The  terms  of 
the  lease,  which  runs  for  twenty-five  years,  call  for  the  drilling  of  wells  for  oil,  and 
their  first  well  is  located  north  of  the  upper  boulevard,  less  than  a  mile  from  La  Habra. 
From  all  surface  indications  and  reports  of  competent  geologists  and  oil  well  locators, 
the  prospects  are  bright  for  a  successful  culmination  of  the  plans  of  the  originators  of 
the  enterprise. 

That  Mr.  Espolt  is  a  man  of  diversified  interests  will  be  seen  by  his  activities  since 
branching  out  for  himself.  While  he  lived  in  East  Whittier  he  designed  and  manu- 
factured three  types  of  ladders  for  picking  fruit.  These  were  the  peg  top,  flat  top  and 
straight  ladders,  and  he  found  a  ready  sale  for  his  product  during  the  several  years  he 
was  in  the  business.  He  is  deeply  interested  in  the  welfare  of  Orange  County  and 
liberally  cooperates  with  all  movements  for  advancing  the  commercial  prestige  of  the 
section  of  the  state  he  has  selected  for  his  home. 

On  Easter  Sunday,  April  23,  1905,  Mr.  Espolt  was  married  to  Miss  Hazael  Ruth 
Cline.  A  native  of  Arkansas,  she  came  to  California  with  her  parents,  Linn  and 
Clementine  Cline  in  1893,  and  was  educated  in  the  grammar  schools  of  Fullerton  and 
the  high  school  at  Whittier.  Her  mother  passed  away  when  she  was  a  small  child, 
and  her  father,  who  has  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  the  mercantile  business, 
is  now  the  proprietor  of  an  establishment  at  Ramona  Acres,"  near  Los  Angeles.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Espolt  are  the  parents  of  two  children:  Ayetrell  is  a  student  at  the  Fuller- 
ton  high  school  and  Clementine  attends  the  grammar  school  at  La  Habra. 

Although  the  care  of  his  property  consumes  much  of  Mr.  Espolt's  time  he  has 
never  been  too  absorbed  with  his  own  interests  to  forget  or  neglect  his  duties  as  a 
citizen,  av.d  he  voices  his  political  opinion  through  the  candidates  of  the  Republican 
party.     Fraternally  he  is  affiliated  with  the  Elks  and  Odd  Fellows  of  Whittier. 


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JAMES  RANDOLPH  MEDLOCK,  M.D.— Only  a  few  persons  appreciate  the 
patience,  self-denying  application,  weight  of  care  and  anxiety  and  the  enormous  respon- 
sibility which  attend  the  life  of  the  conscientious  family  physician.  During  the  thirty- 
six  years  that  Dr.  James  Randolph  Medlock  pursued  the  practice  of  medicine  in  South- 
ern California  he  was  known  not  only  for  his  skill  and  assiduity  as  a  physician,  but  for 
his  enthusiastic  interest  in  the  development  and  fostering  of  all  worthy  enterprises 
that  had  as  their  aim  the  upbuilding  of  the  commercial  and  agricultural  interests  of 
Orange  County. 

James  Randolph  Medlock  was  born  in  Lawrence  District,  S.  C.,.  January  24,  1837. 
Though  not  richly  endowed  with  material  wealth,  his  parents  gave  him  the  priceless 
heritage  of  a  noble  Scotch  ancestry.  His  early  education  was  received  in  the  local 
schools,  but  he  was  ever  alert  to  reach  out  beyond  their  limited  curriculum  into  all 
branches  of  study.  When  still  a  lad  in  his  teens — his  parents  both  having  died — he 
moved  to  Bentonville,  Benton  County,  Ark.,  where  at  the  age  of  eighteen  he  entered 
the  office  of  Dr.  John  Gray  as  a  student  of  medicine.  He  remained  in  this  office  for 
three  years  and  the  latter  year  was,  as  Dr.  Gray  testifies,  "riding  with  me  in  the 
practice  of  medicine." 

In  1859  he  graduated  from  the  Cincinnati  Medical  College  and  returned  to  Ben- 
tonville, where  he  resumed  the  practice  of  medicine  independently.  Here  he  remained 
until  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  when 'he  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  Army  and  was 
in  active  service  until  near  the  close  of  the  war.  When  the  conditions  of  the  country 
permitted  he  began  practicing  at  Huntsville,  Ark.  Practice  in  this  locality  was  ex- 
ceedingly difficult  owing  to  the  mountainous  nature  of  the  region  and  the  severe 
weather.  The  only  way  in  which  Dr.  Medlock  could  climb  the  steep  hills  and  ford  the 
swollen  streams  was  on  horseback  with  his  medicines  and  instruments  packed  in  saddle 
bags.  Such  strenuous  practice,  in  addition  to  owning  and  operating  a  drug  store,  began 
to  wear  on  him,  and  after  taking  a  post-graduate  course  at  the  St.  Louis  Medical 
College  he  decided  to  come  to  California.  Arriving  here  in  1876,  he  located  at  Orange, 
'  which  was  then  in  Los  Angeles  County.  He  purchased  forty  acres,  which  he  set  to 
oranges,  and  later  developed  a  twenty-acre  walnut  grove.  Two  years  of  his  long 
residence  in  the  Golden  State  were  spent  in  Northern  California,  near  Sacramento,  but 
the  delightful  climate  of  the  Southland  and  its  great  opportunities  for  development  in 
agriculture  and  citrus  culture  appealed  so  strongly  to  him  that  he  returned  to  Santa 
Ana,  where  he  continued  to  practice  until  his  demise  on  November  10,  1913. 

Dr.  Medlock  merited  his  recognition  as  a  family  physician  by  his  knowledge  and 
true  skill,  genial  and  sympathetic  manner,  never  seeking  notoriety  by  questionable 
methods.  He  was  closely  identified  with  the  city  of  Santa  Ana  and  was  very  public 
spirited.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  served  as  a  director  of  the  Farmers  and 
Merchants  Bank  of  Santa  Ana  and  at  the  time  of  organization  was  urged  to  take  the 
presidency,  but  declined  on  account  of  the  large  practice  he  could  not  neglect.  He  was 
interested  in  the  development  of  the  water  and  gas  companies  and  the  first  street  car 
line  in  Santa  Ana.  He  also  added  to  the  material  development  of  the  city  by  pur- 
chasing a  300-foot  frontage  on  North  Main  Street,  in  the  800  block,  the  property 
extending  through  to  Sycamore  Street,  and  here  he  erected  his  home.  He  also  built 
and  owned  business  blocks  on  Fourth,  near  Main,  and  the  Medlock  Block  at  the  corner 
of  Fifth  and  Main  Streets. 

At  Ozark,  Ark.,  in  1869,  Dr.  Medlock  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Martha 
McFerrin  Adams,  a  native  of  Arkansas,  and  to  them  were  born  two  children,  one  of 
whom  grew  up— a  daughter  Velda,  who  married  C.  A.  Gustlin  of  Santa  Ana.  Mrs 
Medlock's  father,  Abner  Adams,  born  in  Kentucky,  was  a  merchant  in  Arkansas  but 
died  many  years  ago.  Her  mother,  Mary  S.  (Berry)  Adams,  a  native  of  Tennessee, 
came  to  California  in  1876  and  spent  her  last  years  with  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Medlock  at 
Santa  Ana.  Mrs.  Medlock  is  very  active  in  civic  affairs  and  is  a  charter  member  of 
the  Ebell  Club,  which  was  organized  at  her  home,  and  is  also  a  charter  member  and 
past  matron  of  the  Eastern  Star.  She  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Santa  Ana,  and  has  always  been  active  in  Church  and  missionary  work 
Reared  in  an  environment  of  culture  and  refinement,  she  is  a  woman  of  rare  attain- 
ments and  pleasing  personality,  radiating  pleasure  on  her  many  friends  who  enjoy 
her  for  hospitality  and  kindness. 

Dr.  Medlock  was  no  ordinary  man  or  physician.  He  was  a  man  of  deeds  more 
than  words.  He  was  a  man  of  action,  alert,  resourceful,  always  ready;  a  man  of  judicial 
mind,  he  saw  both  sides  on  all  questions.  Hundreds  of  mothers  could  testify  to  his 
skill  as  an  obstetrician.  It  was  in  the  maternity  chamber  at  the  hour  of  midnight  that 
Dr.  Medlock  was  the  dominant  figure,  "a  shadow  of  a  great  rock  in  a  weary  land  " 
He  always  met  promptly  and  successfully  every  emergency  and  did  it  quietly  and  with- 
out ostentation.     A  "doctor  of  the  old   school,"  he   rode   a  horse  and  carried   saddle 


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bags  to  the  remote  homes  in  an  Arkansas  wilderness,  and  it  was  there  that  he  became 
self-reliant  and  resourceful  before  coming  to  California.  No  night  was  too  dark  or 
storm  too  severe  for  him  to  answer. the  call  of  suffering. 

Fortunate  in  being  well  born,  Dr.  Medlock  had  in  his  makeup  the  Scotch  ancestry 
of  oak.  He  inherited  from  his  forbears  a  contempt  for  the  hypocrite  or  deceitful 
quack;  he  was  the  soul  of  honor  and  always  signed  his  letters,  "Sincerely  yours."  He 
himself  was  sincere,  genuine,  honest,  unaffected,  candid,  cordial  and  true.  Dr.  Medlock 
was  an  honored  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association  and  of  the  state  and 
county  societies,  and  fraternally  was  a  prominent  Mason  of  the  Knights  Templar 
degree,  as  well  as  a  Shriner. 

JUAN  GLESS. — A  native  of  far-away  Spain,  Juan  Gless  is  one  of  El  Toro's 
pioneer  settlers,  having  come  there  thirty-five  years  ago,  when  all  of  this  section  of 
Orange  County  was  given  over  to  sheep  raising,  thousands  of  them  grazing  over  the 
land  that  has  in  later  years  been  transformed  into  highly  cultivated  ranches  and 
orchards.  Navarro,  Spain,  was  Mr.  Gless'  birthplace,  and  there  he  first  saw  the  light 
on  April  25,  1861,  his  parents  being  Bernard  and  Juana  Gless,  farmer  folk  near  Aldudes, 
who  spent  their  lives  in  that  section,  both  having  passed  away  some  years  ago  at 
the  old  home. 

There  were  six  children  in  the  Gless  family:  Pedro  and  Gracian  reside  in  France; 
Pierre  resides  with  our  subject;  Mrs.  Juana  Bidart  of  El  Toro;  Mrs.  Ysabel  Yauregue 
of  Ventura,  and  Juan  of  this  review.  The  home  place  of  the  Gless  family  was  on 
the  line  between  France  and  Spain,  and  here  Juan  was  reared,  learning  when  but  a 
lad  to  take  care  of  sheep  and  cattle,  that  being  the  principal  industry  of  the  region. 
Having  heard  good  reports  from  some  of  their  countrymen  who  had  migrated  to 
California,  telling  of  the  success  awaiting  young  men  of  brain  and  muscle  who  were 
willing  to  work,  Mr.  Gless  left  the  old  home  for  the  New  World,  reaching  California 
in  October,  1885.  Finding  employment  with  S.  Chavorie  and  LeFur  at  Newport,  he 
continued  with  them  for  three  years,  when  he  purchased  a  band  of  sheep  and  started 
out  on  his  own  account,  ranging  them  on  the  plains  and  in  the  mountains,  and  incresa- 
ing  his  herds  until  he  had  6,000  head.  He  made  his  headquarters  at  El  Toro,  but  in 
the  old  days  he  ranged  his  sheep  as  far  north  as  Los  Angeles  up  to  what  is  now 
Seventh  Street,  that  locality  then  bearing  no  indication  that  in  the  years  to  come  it 
would  be  the  business  center  of  the  metropolis  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

In  Los  Angeles,  November  14,  1904,  occurred  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Gless,  when 
he  was  united  with  Miss  Antoinette  Carle,  who  was  born  in  Alsace-Lorraine,  France, 
the  daughter  of  Antoine  and  Clementine  (Derzoft)  Carle,  Alsatian  farmers.  The 
mother  passed  away  in  1899,  and  the  following  year  Antoinette  came  to  Los  Angeles 
with  her  father  and  his  family.  In  the  Carle  family  were  four  children:  A.  C.,  a 
rancher  in  El  Toro;  Julia,  now  Mrs.  Falkenberg,  of  Los  Angeles;  Estelle,  wife  of 
Geo.  N.  Vusich,  resides  in  Los  Angeles,  and  Antoinette,  the  youngest,  made  her  home 
in  Los  Angeles  until  her  ftiarriage  to  Mr.  Gless.  Her  father  afterward  resided  at 
El  Toro,  making  his  home  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gless  until  his  death  in  1915.  After 
their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gless  continued  to  reside  at  El  Toro  until  they  bought 
their  present  place  in  1907.  It  is  a  splendid  ranch  of  135  acres,  thirty  acres  being  a 
bearing  orchard  of  apricots.  They  also  engage  in  general  farming  and  stock  raising, 
in  whch  they  are  very  successful.  Mrs.  Gless  has  been  an  able  helpmate  to  her 
husband,  encouraging  him  in  his  ambition  and  assisting  him  in  every  way  possible, 
and  he  attributes  much  of  his  success  to  her  assistance  and  advice. 

Two  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gless:  John  P.  and  Madeline 
Estelle.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  at  El  Toro,  and  Mr. 
Gless  shows  his  belief  in  cooperation  by  membership  in  the  California  Prune  and  Apri- 
cot Growers  Association. 

FREDRICK  STANCKEY.— Thirty-four  years  ago  Fredrick  Stanckey  became 
identified  with  the  Anaheim  section  of  Orange  County,  and  for  thirty  years  has 
owned  his  well-kept  and  productive  ranch  on  the  County  Highway,  located  half  a 
mile  west  of  Anaheim.  This  honored  pioneer  is  justly  proud  to  be  recognized  as 
a  self-made  man,  for  he  has,  in  the  face  of  seeming  insurmountable  difficulties,  won 
commendable  success.  When  one  realizes  that  Mr.  Stanckey  arrived  in  Anaheim  with 
but  two  dollars  in  cash — a  stranger  in  a  new  country,  unfamiliar  with  the  langu&ge 
and  surroundings,  with  a  family  to  support — and  today  is  the  owner  of  a  profitable 
orange  grove,  and  has  in  the  meantime  supported  and  educated  his  family  and  accumu- 
lated a  generous  bank  account,  they  can  truthfully  say  he  has  more  than  made  good, 
and  his  record  may  well  be  envied  and  admired  by  the  succeeding  generation. 

Fredrick  Stanckey  was  born  in  Poland  in  1845,  a  son  of  Michael  and  Anna 
Stanckey,  natives  of  Germany  who  moved  to  Poland  in  early 'life.     Their  family  con- 


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sisted  of  seven  children,  three  of  whom  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  Fredrick  being 
the  only  member  of  the  family  now  living.  From  Poland  the  family  migrated  to 
Russia,  and  in  that  country  Fredrick  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Gustena  Lauf- 
man,  a  native  of  Poland,  born  in  1843.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stanckey  lived  in  Russia  for 
eighteen  years,  where  they  reared  a  large  family  of  children.  Two  children  passed 
away  in  Russia  and  one  in  Orange  County.  The  eight  living  are:  Augusta,  Mrs. 
George  Simms;  Adolph,  Amelia,  Mrs.  George  Lenz;  Robert,  John,  Frederick,  Bertha, 
Mrs.  Ed  Sterling,  and  Julius,  the  latter  being  born  in  Anaheim.'  The  sons  are  ranchers 
and  are  doing  well.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stanckey  are  members  of  the_  Baptist  Church  at 
Anaheim,  and  are  highly  esteemed  in  the  community  for  their  high  ideals  of  citizenship 
and  unquestioned  integrity  of  character. 

WILLIAM  SCHUMACHER.— The  name  of  William  Schumacher,  supervisor  of 
Orange  County,  stands  for  progress,  efficiency,  and  the  highest  ideals  in  business 
methods  in  the  conduct  of  the  county's  afifairs.  This  probity  of  character  and  sterling 
worth  as  a  citizen  of  Orange  County,  are  duly  recognized  by  the  public  and  strongly 
attested  by  his  long  and  faithful  service  as  a  supervisor,  being  elected  in  1912. 

Mr.  Schumacher  is  not  only  a  native  son  of  the  Golden  State,  but  of  Los  An- 
geles County,  where  he  was  born  in  1881,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Schumacher. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Schumacher  were  the  parents  of  three  children,  William  being 
the  eldest  child  in  order  of  birth.    Joseph  Schumacher  passed  away  in  1887. 

In  1903  William  Schumacher  purchased  his  present  ranch  of  100  acres,  located 
south  of  Buena  Park  on  Almond  Street.  Forty  acres  of  his  ranch  are  devoted  to  citrus 
fruit,  the  remainder  to  general  farming.  .  When  he  purchased  the  place  it  was  a  dairy 
farm,  but  he  soon  began  extensive  improvements;  set  out  orange  trees,  which  are 
now  in  their  sixth  year,  prolific  bearers;  constructed  modern  buildings,  and  in  every 
way  made  of  his  ranch  an  up-to-date  place.  Mr.  Schumacher  is  emphatically  a  man 
of  energy  and  action,  giving  substantial  encouragement  to  every  plan  for  the  promo- 
tion of  the  county's  welfare,  especially  for  the  section  he  has  the  honor  to  represent. 

For  three  years  he  served  with  great  success  as  president  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  of  Buena  Park;  is  president  of  the  Citrus  Orchards  Association,  and  fra- 
ternally is  a  Mason  and  member  of  Buena  Park  Lodge  No.  357,  F.  &  A.  M.,  Fullerton 
Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  Santa  Ana  Commandery,  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

In  June,  1918,  William  Schumacher  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Lulu 
Crum,  daughter  of  D.  M.  and  Lydia  Crum.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schumacher  have  a  large 
circle  of  warm  personal  friends  in  the  county  and  are  most  highly  esteemed  in  their 
community. 

JAMES  MERRICK  HAZARD.— A  grandson  of  a  '49er,  and  a  member  of  a  very 
prominent  California  family  who  has  seen  much  development  in  the  great  Golden 
State,  is  John  Merrick  Hazard,  who  first  came  to  Los  Angeles  in  the  early  seventies. 
He  was  born  in  Ionia,  Mich.,  on  October  5,  1857,  the  son  of  Charles  Hazard,  a  native 
of  that  state,  who  followed  carpentering  and  building.  He  served  in  the  Civil  War, 
and  was  married  to  Miss  Amelia  Chrysler,  also  a  native  of  Michigan.  In  1870  he 
came  out  to  Los  Angeles,  and  a  year  later  the  family  joined  him.  Grandfather  Mer- 
rick Hazard  had  crossed  the  plains  to  California  in  1849,  and  had  ventured  into 
mining;  and  after  three  years  he  returned  East  for  his  family,  crossed  the  plains 
again,  and  settled  in  Los  Angeles.  He  bought  various  pieces  of  land  in  and  around 
the  city,  and  died  here,  a  member  of  the  Society  of  California  Pioneers.  His  son, 
Henry  T.  Hazard,  came  the  second  trip  later,  and  in  1889  he  was  elected  to  the  high 
office  of  mayor  of  Los  Angeles.  Charles  Hazard  owned  a  ranch  on  Slauson  Avenue, 
and  died  in  Los  Angeles  in  1902.  His  widow  is  still  living,  past  eighty-six  years  of 
age,  and  resides  in  Orange  County.  Four  children  were  born  to  this  worthy  couple. 
Amelia  is  Mrs.  Farris,  and  lives  in  the  Commonwealth  district;  James  Merrick  is  the 
subject  of  our  review;  William  Herman  is  in  Santa  Barbara,  and  Nellie  M.  is  Mrs. 
Donaldson,  of  Templeton,  California. 

James  Merrick  went  to  school  in  Michigan,  and  in  .1871  came  to  Los  Angeles, 
at  one  of  the  most  interesting  periods  in  the  city's  history.  According  to  Mr.  Hazard's 
recollection,  there  was  no  cross  street  south  of  First  until  one  came  to  Ninth,  and 
that  was  called  Squaw  Lane.  He  attended  school  in  the  Green  Meadow  district, 
and  early  learned  the  routine  work  of  a  farm,  so  that  he  ran  the  ranch  of  eighty 
acres,  and  raised  grain  and  stock.  He  continued  at  home  until  he  was  eighteen  years 
of  age,  when  he  learned  the  trade  of  the  carpenter.  Later  he  engaged  in  contract 
building,  and  erected  the  first  house  in  Ontario  for  his  residence,  and  also  worked 
on  the  building  of  the  hotel  for  Chaffee  Brothers. 

In  1886  Mr.  Hazard  removed  to  Templeton,  in  San  Luis  Obispo  County,  where 
he  bought  a  farm  and  went  in  for  the  raising  of  grain  and  stock.     He  was  troubled, 


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however,  with  squirrels,  which  destroyed  his  crops.  After  a  couple  of  years  he  went 
to  Stanford  University  and  assisted,  for  nine  months,  in  the  building  of  that  new 
institution.  Then  he  removed  to  San  Francisco,  and  worked  at  the  building  of  coal 
bunkers,  and  when  they  were  completed,  and  James  Kinsman  was  superintending  their 
operation,  Mr.  Hazard  remained  also  and  acted  as  foreman,  with  a  hundred  men  under 
him.  In  1899  he  served  as  construction  engineer  in  the  Quartermaster's  Department, 
U.  S.  A.,  in  the  Philippines,  returning  to  San  Francisco  in  1900. 

While  residing  in  San  Francisco,  however,  Mr.  Hazard  suffered  much  from 
sciatica,  and  this  led  him  to  quit  the  place  and  to  go  to  Pittsburg  Landing,  Cal. 
There,  with  the  same  James  Kinsman,  he  built  a  factory  for  briquettes;  and,  when 
he  had  recovered  his  health,  he  returned  to  San  Francisco.  Three  months  later,  the 
sciatica  again  attacked  him,  and  then  he  came  down  into  the  Southland;  and  as  Mrs. 
Hazard  liked  the  change,  he  decided  to  remain.  He  was  for  a  year  at  Long  Beach,  and 
then  in  1906  he  bought  forty  acres  of  land  in  Orange  County,  on  North  Street  and 
Anaheim  Road,  raw  and  covered  with  cactus  and  brush;  but  he  cleared  and  leveled 
it,  and  set  out  the  entire  tract  to  Valencia  oranges,  and  raised  and  budded  the  trees. 
He  also  cleared  for  himself  some  twenty  acres  on  Anaheim  Road  in  the  Common- 
wealth district.  Of  his  former  holdings,  he  has  sold  all  but  thirty  acres,  and  on 
these,  an  honored  "old  settler,"  he  resides  in  comfort. 

At  San  Jose,  Mr.  Hazard  married  Miss  Ella  V.  Mayo,  a  native  of  San  Jose, 
and  the  daughter  of  James  Mayo,  who  was  superintendent  of  the  New  Almaden  Quick- 
silver Mine.  She  was  a  most  estimable  lady,  and  her  demise  on  February  S,  1919, 
was  widely  mourned.  A  son,  James  Mayo  Hazard,  is  the  well-known  rancher  and 
horticulturist,  who  takes  care  of  the  Hazard  ranch. 

In  national  political  affairs,  Mr.  Hazard  lets  his  Republican  colors  fly  to  the 
breeze;  but  he  is  too  much  of  a  pioneer  to  be  willing  to  permit  partisanship  to  bias 
or  hinder  him  in  the  support  of  any  worthy  local  measure,  and  nowhere  is  there  a 
better  "booster"  for  state,  county  and  town.    The  family  attend  the  Episcopal  Church 

OTTO  DARGATZ. — A  successful  orange-grower,  fortunate  in  his  wife  as  a  prac- 
tical, industrious  helpmate,  is  Otto  Dargatz,  who  entered  upon  a  tract  of  sagebrush 
and  cactus  and,  by  intelligent,  hard  labor,  transformed  the  wild  land  in  the  most 
creditable  manner  into  a  fine  orange  grove,  situated  on  Olive  Street,  in  Anaheim,  to 
which  city  he  came  in  1894.  He  was  born  in  Coeslin,  Pomerania,  on  June  10,  1869, 
reared  on  a  farm  and  sent  to  the  North  German  schools.  His  father  was  Carl  Dar- 
gatz, who  removed  with  his  family  to  Russia,  where  they  spent  eleven  years;  and  there 
he  passed  away. 

Called  upon  to  do  the  usual  military  service  expected  of  a  young  man  of  his  age. 
Otto  returned  to  Germany,  was  released  from  service,  and  then  went  back  to  Russia, 
where  he  helped  improve  the  home  place.  However,  he  could  not  get  a  deed  to  the 
property,  on  which  account  he  sold  out  and  returned  to  Germany  with  his  mother. 

A  brother,  Albert,  had  come  out  to  California  and  had  done  well;  and,  influenced 
by  his  example  and  letters,  Otto,  after  a  year  and  a  half  at  home,  concluded  to  follow. 
He  arrived  in  Anaheim  in  1894,  and  eighteen  months  thereafter  his  mother  and  sister 
joined  him.  She  later  passed  away  in  Canada,  while  with  our  subject.  At  first  he 
went  to  work  on  farms  in  and  around  Anaheim,  and  then  he  bought  ten  acres  in  West 
Anaheim;  which  he  sold  to  his  brother. 

In  1899  he  went  to  Alberta,  Canada,  and  homesteaded  160  acres  of  land,  which 
he  improved  by  grubbing  out  and  clearing,  and  by  planting  grain.  When  he  had  man- 
aged this  successfully  for  four  years,  he  sold  it  and  returned  to  California  and  Ana- 
heim. He  bought  back  the  old  ten  acres,  and  three  months  later  sold  them  again. 
Then  he  purchased  his  present  nineteen  acres  on  Olive  Street — at  that  time  a  stretch 
of  cactus  and  brush,  calling  for  much  hard  work  to  clear  and  level;  he  sunk  a  well, 
and  in  copartnership  with  others,  put  in  a  pumping  plant.  He  raised  his  own  nursery 
stock  of  orange  trees;  he  budded  them  as  Valencias,  and  he  set  out  his  entire  acreage 
to  that  variety  of  citrus  fruit  tree.  He  also  bought  a  place  in  Wasco,  Kern  County, 
which  he  improved  to  alfalfa  and  then  sold,  and  in  December,  1919,  he  purchased  twenty 
acres  in  West  Anaheim,  which  he  has  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges. 

At  Anaheim,  Mr.  Dargatz  was  married  to  Miss  Emelia  Peters,  a  native  of 
Poland,  who  came  to  California  as  a  young  lady.  Four  of  their  children  are  still  living. 
Leo  is  ranching  in  West  Anaheim;  Herman,  Martha  and  Await  are  at  home;  Arthur 
died  June  17,  1920,  at  sixteen  years  of  age.  The  family  belong  to  the  German  Baptist 
Church  of  Anaheim,  where  Mr.  Dargatz  is  a  trustee.  He  is  a  Republican  in  national 
politics,  and  a  nonpartisan  "booster"  of  anything  v^orth  while  likely  to  help  Anaheim 
and  Orange  County. 


416  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

HENRY  KROEGER. — A  resident  of  Anaheim  enjoying  the  enviable  distinction 
of  being  the  oldest  living  settler  in  the  town  is  Henry  Kroeger,  who  was  born  in 
Bramstadt,  Holstein,  then  a  part  of  Denmark,  on  November  24,  1830,  where  he  was 
reared  on  a  farm.  He  learned  the  cooper's  trade,  responded  for  military  service,  and 
when  the  Revolution  of  1848  broke  out  on  the  twenty-third  of  March,  in  both  Germany 
and  Holstein,  he  fought  with  the  forces  of  Denmark  as  lieutenant  in  the  heavy  artillery, 
during  1848  and  1849,  and  was  an  aide-de-camp  on  the  staff  of  General  Von  Wissel. 

Breaking  away  from  the  associations  of  home  and  fatherland  in  1854,  Mr.  Kroeger 
came  to  America  and  to  far-away  San  Francisco,  and  there  started  a  cooper-shop.  Two 
years  later,  he  joined  the- Vigilantes  and  helped  preserve  law  and  order  in  the  Bay  City 
by  meting  out  a  little  law  to  those  who  had  never  really  known  the  desired-for  blessing. 
In  18S8,  he  bought  a  share  in  the  Los  Angeles  Vineyard  Society  from  Colonel  John 
Froehling,  and  another  share  from  Mr.  Leutkens,  six  or  eight  months  after  the  society's 
organization,  and  in  1860  he  made  his  first  visit  to  Anaheim. 

In  1862,  he  settled  here  with  his  family,  and  began,  with  the  rest  of  them,  to  raise 
vines.  He  opened  a  winery  and  set  up  a  distillery,  and  contributed  his  share  to  the 
development  of  this  industry  until  the  middle  eighties,  when  disease  struck  the  grape 
vines,  and  disaster  spread  over  the  Southland.  Convinced  that  it  was  "all  up"  with  the 
vineyards,  Mr.  Kroeger  set  out  Valencia  and  Navel  orange  trees,  transforming  his 
twenty  acres  on  East  Center  Street,  and  his  hundred  acres,  besides,  in  Fullerton.  North 
of  Anaheim,  he  came  to  have  twenty  acres  in  walnuts,  and  to  the  southwest  of  the  same 
town,  another  twenty  acres  of  the  same  nuts.  With  Messrs.  Rimpau  and  Melrose,  he 
owned  a  two-fifths  interest  in  130  acres  in  Placentia. 

He  built  for  himself  a  fine  residence  on  East  Center  Street,  where  he  still  dwells, 
and  he  erected  the  old  Commercial  Hotel,  on  the  present  site  of  the  Valencia  Hotel.  He 
also  built  Kroeger's  Hall,  and  he  put  up  another  building  adjoining  the  hall,  and  still 
another  to  the  west — all  in  the  early,  bustling  days  of  Anaheim,  when  the  good  burghers, 
enjoying  life  rather  according  to  the  Old  World  standards,  were  fond  of  "doing 
things"  and  needed  roofs  under  which  to  give  way  to  their  activities.  He  owned  a  good 
deal  of  other  valuable  property  in  the  county,  and  in  1888  built  the  Hotel  del  Campo,  in 
association  with  others.  This  enterprise  was  not  a  financial  success;  and  much  of  the 
loss,  unfortunately,  fell  upon  him. 

In  1857,  at  San  Francisco,  Mr.  Kroeger  was  married  to  Sophia  Husman,  a  native  of 
Hanover,  Germany,  who  died  on  July  30,  1903.  They  were  granted  fourteen  children, 
and  just  seven  of  the  number  are  living  today.  Henrietta  is  Mrs.  Schindler  of  Anaheim; 
William  is  at  Fullerton,  and  so  is  his  next  youngest  sister,  Sophia,  Mrs.  Matter.  Henry 
J.  is  a  horticulturist  of  Fullerton,  Louis  is  active  at  Anaheim,  and  Pauline,  who  owns  the 
old  home  on  East  Center  Street,  is  the  wife  of  John  Brunworth  of  Anaheim.  Amelia, 
the  youngest  of  those  surviving,  is  the  wife  of  L.  D.  Bradley  of  Riverside.  Mr.  Kroeger 
was  the  second  mayor  of  Anaheim  in  1868.  He  was  prominent  in  church  circles  and 
helped  build  up  the  first  churches  in  town. 

When  the  war  broke  out  between  the  United  States  and  Spain,  Henry  Kroeger, 
patriotic  American  and  still  a  doughty  soldier  in  his  martial  spirit,  offered  his  services 
to  General  Nelson  A.  Miles,  for  the  coast  defense  in  California.  Dewey,  however,  made 
such  short  work  of  the  Spanish  navy  in  Pacific  waters  that  this  generous  offer  was  not 
accepted;  and  the  veteran  pioneer  was  permitted  to  continue  in  his  peaceful  daily  walks, 
amid  an  environment  recalling  days  of  happiness  and  comfortable  prosperity  certainly 
not  eclipsed  in  many  ways  by  those  of  more  modern  times. 

D.  G.  COLE. — A  member  of  the  real  estate  firm  of  Cole  &  Hardy  of  Santa  Ana, 
D.  G.  Cole  has  been  identified  with  the  realty  business  of  Orange  County  since  first 
coming  here  in  1897.  Mr.  Cole  was  born  on  September  2,  1854,  in  Rock  Run  Township, 
Stephenson  County,  111.,  a  son  of  Wilson  and  Charlotte  (Deighton)  Cole,  the  father  a 
native  of  New  York  State,  while  Mrs.  Cole  was  born  in  England.  Wilson  Cole  was 
one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Stephenson  County,  having  come  there  with  his  family 
in  the  early  forties.  He  was  a  prominent  farmer  there  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
in  1866  when  D.  G.  Cole  was  but  twelve  years  old,  the  mother  having  passed  away  four 
years  previous.  There  were  eight  children  in  the  Cole  family,  all  boys,  andi  seven  of 
them  grew  up  to  maturity. 

Naturally,  the  loss  of  both  parents  made  Mr.  Cole's  early  life  much  more  difficult, 
but  the  energy  and  determination  to  succeed  were  strong  within  him,  and  especially 
was  he  desirous  of  securing  as  good  an  education  as  possible.  He  began  working  out 
on  farms  by  the  month  when  but  a  lad,  improving  the  meager  educational  opportunities 
that  his  circumstances  afiforded.  When  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age,  he  went  to 
Nebraska  with  his  older  brother,  Adelbert  Cole,  now  a  well-known  physician  of  Britt, 
Iowa.    They  took  up  pre-emptions  in  Hamilton  County  in  that  State,  but  D.  G.  lost  his 


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because  of  his  minority.  He  then  returned  to  Stephenson  County,  and  attended  school 
at  Freeport,  111.  He  then  attended  the  college  at  Dixon,  111.,  later  taking  the  teacher's 
examination  and  teaching  school  for  one  term  in  Stephenson  County,  111. 

Returning  to  Nebraska,  Mr.  Cole  purchased  the  farm  of  his  brother,  Adelbert  Cole, 
m  Hamilton  County,  and  here  he  became  interested  in  agriculture,  continuing  there  until 
1897,  when  he  came  to  California  and  located  in  Orange  County.  Shortly  after  coming 
here  he  began  dealing  in  real  estate,  and  since  that  time  he  has  been  actively  engaged 
in  the  purchase  and  sale  of  both  city  and  ranch  property  the  greater  part  of  the  time. 

Mr.  Cole  is  perhaps  even  better  knovim  in  Orange  County  as  a  walnut  grower,  as 
he  has  for  many  years  been  interested  financially  in  this  industry  and  is  a  member  of 
the  Santa  Ana  Walnut  Growers  Association.  He  is  the  owner  of  three  fine  walnut 
ranches,  one  of  forty  acres  at  Garden  Grove,  a  twenty-acre  grove  at  Santa  Ana,  and 
one  of  twelve  acres  at  Tustin,  on  Williams  Street,  where  he  lives;  Through  years  of 
practical  experience  he  has  gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of  walnut  production,  and 
in  his  community  he  is  considered  an  authority  on  the  subject,  and  his  holdings  show 
the  care  of  an  experienced  grower. 

In  1881,  Mr.  Cole  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Johanna  McCarthy,  the 
ceremony  being  solemnized  at  Harrison,  Winnebago  County,  111.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cole 
are  the  parents  of  four  children.  The  three  eldest  were  born  in  Nebraska:  George, 
married  Miss  Maude  Williams  and  lives  near  Garden  Grove;  Fred  L.,  married  Miss 
Leo  Yost,  of  a  pioneer  Santa  Ana  family,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  children; 
Myrtle,  is  now  the  wife  of  Ernest  Wakeham,  a  rancher  at  Stockton,  Cal.,  and  they  have 
four  children;  Ralph  was  born  in  Orange  County,  and  resides  at  the  home  place. 

Beginning  life  under  disadvantages,  owing  to  the  death  of  both  his  parents  when 
he  was  quite  young,  Mr.  Cole  is  indeed  deserving  of  the  splendid  success  he  has  made, 
and  he  is  now  numbered  among  Orange  County's  most  substantial  citizens.  A  man  of 
strict  integrity,  he  has  always  been  enthusiastic  in  the  promotion  of  every  project 
advanced  whose  tendency  is  to  benefit  the  entire  community.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cole  are 
members  of  the  Congregational  Church  at  Santa  Ana,  and  in  political  matters  Mr.  Cole 
is  a  Republican.     Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Masons. 

THOMAS  JESSUP. — Among  Southern  California's  big  industries,  that  of  horti- 
culture has  attracted  men  of  intelligence,  many  of  whom  jhave  gained  a  competency  in 
this  vocation,  and  the  county's  rapid  growth  and  consequent  increasing  prosperity  is 
largely  due  to  their  good  judgment  and  efforts. 

Thomas  Jessup,  an  extensive  and  successful  rancher,  is  the  owner  of  a  well-kept 
and  remunerative  forty-eight-acre  ranch  three-quarters  of  a  mile  southeast  of  Garden 
Grove,  forty  acres  of  which  is  in  walnuts  and  the  remainder  planted  to  Valencia 
oranges.  He  raises  lima  beans  on  his  property,  interplanting  the  walnut  trees  with 
the  legumes,  and  also  owns  a  ten-acre  Valencia  orange  grove  at  Fifth  and  .English, 
Santa  Ana.  Additionally,  he  rents  600  acres  of  the  James  Irvine  ranch,  on  which  he 
'raises  lima  beans.     He  has  been  one  of  the  tenants  of  the  estate  since  1900. 

Mr.  Jessup  was  born  near  Fairbury,  in  Livingston  County,  111.,  December  30,  18S9, 
and  is  the  son  of  Richard  Jessup,  a  native  of  Queens  County,  Ireland,  and  Ellen  (Dunn^) 
Jessup,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania.  His  parents  were  married  in  Pennsylvania  and 
removed  to  Livingston  County,  111.,  to  become  prosperous  farmers.  They  reared  a 
family  of  eight  children,  four  of  whom  survive,  and  Thomas  is  the  only  one  of  the 
family  living  in  California.  He  grew  up  on  his  father's  farm  and  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools.  His  marriage  occurred  in  Livingston  County,  and  united  him 
with  Miss  Effie  M.  Johnson,  a  native  of  that  county,  and  the  only  daughter  of  W.  H. 
and  Mattie  C.  (Tyler)  Johnson.  After  his  marriage  he  continued  the  occupation  of 
.tilling  the  soil  in  Illinois  until  February,- 1888,  when  he  removed  to  Garden  Grove,  Cal., 
which  at  that  time  was  a  part  of  Los  Angeles  County.  Grain  farming  abounded  there 
at  that  time,  and  there  was  little  else.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jessup  are  the  parents  of  eight 
children:  Harry,  a  rancher  on  the  San  Joaquin,  married  Miss  Lillian  Beswick,  and  they 
have  two  children;  Bertha  is  the  wife  of  A.  L.  Trickey,  a  rancher  on  the  San  Joaquin, 
and  she  is  the  mother  of  two  children;  Vera  is  single  and  is  a  telegraph  operator  in  Los 
Angeles;  Stella  is  the  wife  of  Harry  Reel,  an  orange  grower  at  Orange.  George  died 
at  the  age  of  three  and  a  half;  Gladys  graduated  from  the  Anaheim  high  school  and  is 
now  a  student  in  the  State  Normal;  Thomas  is  in  the  Anaheim  high  school;  arid  Effie 
is  a  student  in, the  Santa  Ana  high  school. 

In  the  machinery  he  uses  Mr.  Jessup  is  up  to  date.  He  has  a  forty-five-horse- 
power Holt  tractor  and  a  full  complement  of  horses,  mules  and  machinery  for  properly 
carrying  on  his  extensive  agricultural  and  horticultural  enterprises.  He  sunk  a  well 
3.S1  feet  deep  on  his  ranch,  giving  him  plenty  of  water  for  irrigation.    Actively  energetic 


418  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

and  progressive,  his  success  is  due  to  close  application  and  excellent  management.  He 
is  recognized  as  one  of  the  broad-minded,  public-spirited  citizens  of  the  community,  and 
is  justly  popular  among  his  many  friends  and  neighbors.  He  lives  contentedly  and 
happily  with  his  family  in  his  commodious  country  residence,  which  is  perhaps  the 
largest  residence  in  Buaro  Precinct.    Politically  he  casts  his  vote  with  the  Republicans. 

RICHARD  MELROSE.— The  bar  of  Orange  County  has  been  distinguished  by 
the  high  character  of  its  personnel,  as  may  be  illustrated  in  the  life,  character  and 
accomplishment  of  the  well-known  attorney,  Richard  Melrose,  who  was  born  at 
Glasgow,  a  member  of  one  of  the  most  honored  families  of  Scotland,  pleasantly 
associated  with  Scotch  history  and  tradition.  The  date  of  his  birth  was  February  4, 
1850,  and  his  parents  both  died  when  he  was  a  child.  There  were  seven  children  in  the 
family,  and  he  was  the  youngest  child.  The  first  fourteen  years  of  his  life  were  spent 
in  Scotland,  and  the  first  instruction  he  received  was  given  him  by  his  mother. 

Having  come  to  the  United  States  in  1864,  Mr.  Melrose  for  seventeen  years 
engaged  in  newspaper  work,  a  part  of  the  time  on  the  Pacific  Coast;  for  he  arrived  in 
California  as  early  as  1864,  and  settled  in  Los  Angeles  in  1865.  He  removed  to 
Anaheim  in  1870,  studied  law  privately,  and  was  admitted  to  the  California  bar  at  Los 
Angeles  in  1887.  Mr.  Melrose  is  thus  the  oldest  attorney  in  Los  Angeles  County,  and 
of  especial  interest  as  a  counsellor  who  has  practiced  law  alone  during  most  of  the 
time.  Always  active  as  a  Republican  in  national  and  state  politics,  Mr.  Melrose  was 
appointed  postmaster  by  President  Chester  A.  Arthur  in  1884;  was  presidential  elector 
in  1904,  on  the  Roosevelt  ticket,  and  he  served  in  the  state  legislature  in  1909.  For 
fourteen  years  he  was  a  trustee  of  the  State  Normal  School  at  Los  Angeles,  and  he 
was  chairman  of  the  board  for  eight  years.  During  the  recent  war  he  was  a  member 
of  the  exemption  board  for  Orange  County. 

At  Anaheim,  in  1874,  Mr.  Melrose  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Kuchel,  a  native  of 
Indiana,  and  three  children  were  born  to  them:  Jessie,  now  Mrs.  F.  A.  Backs,  Jr., 
Winifred  and  Allan.  There  are  two  grandchildren,  Florence  Backs  and  Richard  A. 
Melrose,  both  worthy  descendants  of  a  worthy  progenitor.  Mr.  Melrose  belongs  to 
both  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Elks;  and  he  and  his  devoted  wife  live  in  com- 
fortable retirement,  buoyed  up  with  the  memories  of  useful  and  pleasant  years. 

FRANK  SHANLEY. — Orange  County  has  never  failed  to  honor  those  distin- 
guished pioneer  citizens  who  helped  to  lay  broad  and  deep  the  foundations  for  the 
great  commonwealth  of  California,  and  among  those  whom  posterity  ever  will  honor 
for  both  his  character  and  life,  and  their  influence  upon  his  own  and  succeeding  gen- 
erations, is  the  late  Frank  Shanley,  whom  the  green  isle  of  Erin  claimed  with  pride 
as  the  land  of  his  birth.  When  he  was  two  years  of  age,  his  family  removed  to  Edin- 
burgh, Scotland,  and  there  in  that  beautiful  and  romantic  city  of  the  north  he  was 
reared  and  educated. 

He  learned  the  trade  of  the  shoemaker,  and  specialized  in  the  making  and  fitting 
of  "uppers,"   starting  in   at  his  ninth  year,  giving  seven   years  to   the   apprenticeship,  * 
and  becoming  a  journeyman  at  the  early  age  of  sixteen.     For  a  while  he  followed  his 
trade  in  England;  but  convinced  that  the  New  World  would  oflfer  greater  advantages, 
he  crossed  the  ocean  to  America,  arriving  in  New  York  in  the  month  of  August. 

He  located  first  at  Pittsburgh,  and  there  opened  a  little  workshop;  and  as  it  was 
the  period  when  the  high-legged  boots  were  going  out  of  style,  and  the  modern  shoes 
coming  in,  he  was  swamped  with  orders  which,  notwithstanding  the  help  given  him 
by  his  wife,  he  could  hardly  fill.  Later,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  McCarten  Shoe 
Company,  and  his  work  proving  more  than  satisfactory,  he  was  taken  into  the  firm.- 
The  name  of  the  establishment  was  then  changed  to  that  of  McCarten  &  Shanley,  and 
on  the  death  of  the  former,  Mr.  Shanley  purchased  his  share  in  the  firm  and  continued, 
the  business  alone. 

In  1896_he  sold  out,  came  west  to  California,  and  located  at  Anaheim;  and  in 
April  of  the  same  year  he  bought  fifteen  acres  of  walnut  and  fruit  orchard  on  South 
Lemon  Street,  which  he  greatly  improved.  He  built  a  fine,  two-story  home,  and 
otherwise  added  to  his  property.  Prior  to  this,  and  during  the  boom  in  Salt  Lake' City, 
he  bought  property  there  and  erected  a  very  creditable  business  block,  an  ornament 
as  well  as  an  addition  to  the  city,  which  is  now  the  property  of  his  wisely-managino- 
widow.' 

As  a  genuine  path-breaker  in  movements  of  much  significance  for  the  future  Mr 
Shanley  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Anaheim,  and  as  its 
vice-president,  took  an  active  part  in  its  management.  He  was  very  proud  of  the 
growth  and  success  of  the  bank,  and  actively  participated  in  its  affairs  until  the  time 
of  his  death.     He  was  elected  president  of  the  American  Savings  Bank  of  Anaheim 


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upon  its  organization  May  22,  1905,  serving  until  January  11,  1916.  Soon  after  his 
arrival  here  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace,  and  as  Judge  Shanley  he 
discharged  this  serious  and  delicate  responsibility  to  his  fellow  citizens  for  four  years. 
He  was  public-spirited  to  a  large  degree,  and  was  always  ready  to  put  his  shoulder 
to  the  wheel  and  advance  in  any  legitimate  way  the   best  interests  of  Anaheim. 

In  the  good  old  Quaker  town  of  Darlington,  England,  on  the  Skerne,  over  which 
is  a  picturesque  bridge  of  several  arches,  and  not  far  from  the  famous  cathedral  city 
of  Durham,  on  May  17,  1864,  Mr.  Shanley  was  married  to  Miss  Marie  C.  McCabe,  a 
native  of  England,  but  a  "popular  lass  of  Irish  parentage,  who  now  resides  in  a  fine 
modern  bungalow  at  201  South  Palm  Street,  Anaheim,  the  center  of  a  large  circle  of 
admiring  friends.  Mr.  Shanley  was  always  fond  of  children,  and  they  liked  him,  and 
his  devoted  wife  shared  his  pleasure  in  giving  to  charity.  In  his  vvill  he  bequeathed 
a  third  of  his  estate  to  the  St.  Catherine  Orphanage  of  Anaheim;  he  had  been  a  good 
host,  and  only  after  his  death,  on  July  10,  1918,  was  the  old  homestead  sold.  Cali- 
fornia has  reason  to  be  thankful  for  many  blessings,  and  among  them  for  such  lives 
as  that  of  Mr.  Shanley,»who  worked  hard  and,  having  once  established  himself  and 
his  household  on  a  firm,  self-respecting  and  independent  basis,  began  to  do  good,  when- 
ever and  wherever  he  could,  and  with  means  he  had  a  perfect  right  to  dispose  of  as 
the  generous  impulses  of  his  kindly  heart  and  the  sound  conclusions  of  his  trained 
mind  dictated. 

DAVID  R.  S.  SHAFFER.— Hale  and  hearty  at  the  age  of  eighty-three,  with  a 
truly  remarkable  memory  for  names  and  dates,  and  with  the  lucid  and  logical  mentality 
and  physical  vigor  of  men  many  years  his  junior,  D^^vid  R.  S.  Shaffer  is  living  retired 
on  his  twenty-acre  ranch  near  Westminster.  A  Southerner  by  birth,  Mr.  Shaffer  was 
born  in  Page  County,  Va.,  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley,  eighty  miles  south  of  Harpers 
Ferry,  October  23,  1837.  His  parents  were  Isaac  and  Mary  (Rothgeb)  Shaffer,  both 
natives  of  the  Shenandoah  Valley,  as  was  his  paternal  grandfather,  Samuel  Shaffer. 
Isaac  Shaffer  passed  away  during  the  Civil  War,  his  widow  surviving  him  until  1881. 
There  were  five  children  in  the  Shaffer  family,  David  being  the  only  son;  one  sister  is 
still  living,  Mrs.  Mary  C.  Gander,  eighty-four  years  of  age,  who  lives  in  Butler 
County,  Missouri. 

David  Shaffer  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  in  the  vicinity  of  his  home 
and  also  in  a  seminary  at  Luray,  Va.,  and  as  soon  as  he  was  old  enough  he  helped  in 
the  work  about  the  farm.  He  continued  on  the  home  place  with  his  father,  assuming 
more  and  more  of  the  responsibility,  until  he  was  twenty-three  years  old.  In  the 
meantime  he  had  taught  several  terms  in  the  village  school  near  his  home,  and  he 
became  ambitious  for  better  opportunities  than  his  home  surroundings  afforded,  so  in 
1860  he  set  out  for  what  then  seemed  the  Far  West,  settling  in  Cooper  County,  Mo., 
teaching,  school  there  and  in  Moniteau  and  Morgan  counties.  When  the  Civil  War 
broke  out  he  was  working  in  the  mill  of  his  cousin,  John  Rothgeb,  in  Cooper  County. 
Although  we  was  of  Southern  birth,  he  was  always  opposed  to  slavery,  and  was  an 
ardent  Whig.  He  refused  to  join  the  "Bushwhackers,"  as  the  marauding  bands  of 
Rebel  sympathizers  were  known,  and  was  threatened  with  hanging.  He  then  returned 
to  Ohio,  locating  in  Cheshire,  in  Gallia  County,  engaging  at  the  carpenter's  trade  in 
summer  seasons  and  teaching  during  the  winter  months;  but  before  long  he  enlisted  in 
the  Ohio  National  Guard;  he  had  in  the  meantime  belonged  to  the  famous  "Squirrel 
Hunters."  For  two  years  he  did  guard  duty  on  the  Ohio  River,  and  when  Lincoln's 
last  call  for  troops  came,  on  May  4,  1864,  the  national  guard  regiment  of  which  he  was 
a  member  enlisted  as  a  whole,  being  mustered  in  as  the  One  Hundred  Forty-first  Ohio 
Volunteer  Infantry.  Mr.  Shaffer  continued  his  work  of  guard  duty,  being  stationed  on 
the  road  to  Charlestown,  W.  Va.,  to  guard  supply  trains.  He  received  his  honorable 
discharge  in  September,  1864,  being  mustered  out  at  Gallipolis,   Ohio. 

Mr.  Shaffer  took  up  the  carpenter's  trade  again  after  the  war  was  over,  locating 
at  Addison,  Ohio,  and  here  later  he  established  himself  in  the  mercantile  business  in 
this  town  on  the  banks  of  the  Ohio  River.  For  nineteen  years  he  continued  in  business 
there  with  uninterrupted  success,  but  in  1884  there  was  a  big  flood  in  the  river,  in  which 
he  lost  much  of  his  stock  and  also  suffered  damage  to  his  buildings,  the  whole  amounting 
to  over  $6,000.  He  then  started  a  broom  factory  in  Addison,  but  after  a  short  while 
he  decided  to  remove  to  California.  He  first  located  in  Santa  Barbara  County,  in 
September,  1890,  where  he  engaged  in  ranching  until  the  fall  of  1891,  when  he  went 
to  L,os  Angeles  County  and  took  up  a  homestead  claim  in  the  Antelope  Valley,  and 
for  seven  years  made  this  his  home,  following  dairying,  stock  and  poultry  raising.  In 
1899  he  left  his  property  and  came  to  Orange  County,  purchasing  the  twenty-acre 
ranch    near    Westminster    where    he    still    makes    his    home,    later    disposing    of    his 


422  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

homestead  in  the  Valley.  For  thirteen  years  he  continued  in  its  active  management 
and  developed  it  into  a  very  profitable  property  through  general  farming,  dairying  and 
poultry  raising. 

Mr.  Shaflfer's  first  marriage  occurred  in  June,  1865,  when  he  was  united  with 
Miss  Louisa  Roush.  She  passed  away  in  1881,  leaving  three  children:  Joseph  V.  is 
now  in  California  and  has  two  children  in  Riverside;  Vesta  D.  is  the  wife  of  Ambrose 
Chapell  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  has  one  daughter;  David  Howard  came  to  California 
with  his  father,  and  passed  away  at  Santa  Barbara  in  1910,  leaving  a  widow  and  one 
child.  In  1884  Mr.  Shaffer  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  "Hill,  a  native  of  Mason 
County,  Va. 

Early  in  life  Mr.  Shaffer  espoused  the  cause  of  Prohibition  when  it  was  far  from 
being  popular,  and  canvassed  Gallia  County,  Ohio,  in  the  interests  of  that  party  in 
1881.  He  became  an  orator  of  note  in  the  Prohibition  ranks,  and  his  strong  personality, 
clear  ideas-and  native  eloquence  made  him  a  mighty  power  against  the  liquor  traffic;  he 
rejoices  to  have  lived  to  see  the  enforcement  of  the  laws  for  which  he  labored  so 
earnestly  for  so  many  years.  For  the  last  twenty-six  years  he  has  worked  with  the 
Socialist  party  and  is  proud  of  its  advancement  thus  far.  A  true  humanitarian,  he  has 
always  been  a  liberal  in  his  ideas,  and  is  a  great  admirer  of  the  works  of  the  late 
Robert  W.  Ingersoll.  He  is  a  member  of  Sedgwick  Post  No.  17,  G.  A.  R.,  at  Santa 
Ana.  Living  retired  now  in  his  comfortable  home,  he  can  look  back  upon  a  clean, 
consistent,  industrious,  studious  and  well-spent  life. 

PRESCOTT  ALLEN.— A  successful  rancher  of  the  kind  that  has  always  re- 
flected the  highest  honor  upon  Or,ange  County  is  Prescott  Allen,  whose  experience  as 
a  progressive  walnut  grower  might  well  point  the  way  to  and  encourage  others  in  the 
same  field.  He  owns  a  beautiful  home  ranch  of  thirty  acres  at  614  South  McClay 
Street,  Santa  Ana,  where  so  late  as  1910  he  built  his  fine  modern  residence. 

He  was  born  in  Oxford  County,  Ontario,  Canada,  near  the  town  of  Ingersoll  and 
eighteen  miles  from  Woodstock,  the  county  seat,  on  June  18,  1836,  the  son  of  Nathan 
Prescott  Allen,  who  came  to  Canada  from  New  York  State  soon  after  the  War  of 
1812.  He  was  born  in  Mohawk  County,  New  York,  and  on  March  7,  1822,  was  married 
to  Miss  Armena  Mott,  a  native  of  Albany  County,  New  York,  where  she  was  born 
on  September  10,  1804.  They  had  ten  children,  of  whom  Prescott  is  the  sixth  in 
order  of  birth;  and  of  this  large  family,  besides  our  subject  only  a  sister,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Louisa  (Allen)  Dawes,  is  now  living.  She  was  born  on  July  27,  1838,  and  is  now  a 
widow,  residing  on  French  Street,  Santa  Ana. 

Mr.  Allen  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  Canada,  and  helped  his  father 
clear  up  a  farm  of  278  acres.     He  had  to  grub,  to  clear  away  stumps  and  stones,  and  " 
to  swing  the  cradle,  axe  and  scythe;  for  at  that  time  the  great  reapers  were  not  in- 
vented.    In  February,  1862,  he  came  to  California  by  way  of  the  Isthmus,  and  on  the 
twenty-eighth  of  that  month  he  landed  at  San  Francisco. 

For  a  while,  he  went  into  Nevada  at  the  time  of  the  Comstock  excitement,  and 
there  he  tried  the  hard  labor  of  the  logging  camps,  but  had  to  give  it  up  on  account  of 
the  mountain  fever.  He  went  back  to  Sacramento  and  worked  at  various  pursuits,  and 
in  1863  he  ran  a  ranch  and  went  broke  in  the  attempt  to  raise  tobacco.  Then  he 
started  anew  and  worked  at  various  places. 

After  three  years  of  life  in  California,  Mr.  Allen  returned  to  his  home  in  Canada, 
and  when  he  had  been  there  a  couple  of  years,  he  was  married,  on  November  21,  1867, 
to  Miss  Lydia  J.  Talbot,  who  was  born  on  November  IS,  1836,  and  died  near  Silver 
City,  N.  M.,  March  30,  1892.  Four  children  blessed  the  union.  Minnie  died  Novem- 
ber 20,  1869,  aged  five  months;  May  is  the  wife  of  J.  W.  Carter,  the  cashier  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Silver  City,  N.  M.;  Edith  is  the  widow  of  Joe  E.  Sheridan,  mine 
inspector  for  the  state  of  New  Mexico.  He  was  an  editor,  a  postmaster  and  a  very 
prominent  citizen  there,  and  his  demise,  on  July  17,  1920,  was  widely  regretted,  leav- 
ing his  wife  and  daughter  Margaret,  Mrs.  Fay,  who  was  also  bereaved  of  her  husband, 
and  they  in  turn  had  a  little  daughter  named  Margaret  Louise.  Mrs.  Sheridan  and 
Mrs.  Fay  now  make  their  home  on  Lyon  Street,  Santa  Ana.  Margaret,  the  fourth 
child,  presides  gracefully  over  her  father's  house  and  gladdens  the  lives  of  all  privi- 
leged to   know   her. 

The  progenitor  of  this  branch  of  the  Allen  family  was  James  Allen,  a  relative 
of  Rev._  John  Allen,  who  was  a  powerful  Puritan  preacher  driven  from  England  and 
led  to  join  the  Puritans  who  migrated  to  the  New  W,orld.  He  helped  to  establish 
the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  and  in  1637  was  the  first  settled  minister  at  Dedham 
Mass.  This  family  has  always  espoused  the  cause  of  education-  and  the  ideals  of  the 
higher  life,  and,  according  to  authentic  records,  sixty-five  persons  of  the  name  of  Allen 
had  been  graduated  from  New   England  colleges   before   the  year   1825,   and   of  this 


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number  seventeen  were  ministers  of  the  Gospel.  General  Ethan  Allen  was  of  the 
same  family;  so  was  General  Israel  Putnam,  and  some  of  the  leading  advocates  of 
temperance  have  sprung  from  the  Allen  stock.  Nathan  Prescott  Allen,  the  father  of 
our  subject,  for  example,  helped  to  organize  the  first  temperance  society  in  Canada — 
a  sturdy  millwright  and  farmer,  who  let  his  light  shine  in  the  neighborhood  in  which 
he  dwelt. 

He  died  in  the  summer  of  186S,  and  Prescott  and  an  older  brother,  Horatio  A. 
Allen,  took  over  the  father's  estate  and  paid  off  the  balance  of  the  heirs.  He  worked 
on  the  old  home  farm  for  two  years,  or  during  1865-66,  and  then  sold  out;  and  a  few 
days  after  his  marriage  he  came  West  to  look  for  more  promising  fields.  He  farmed 
for  a  while  in  Afton,  Union  County,  Iowa,  and  bought  out  a  store  sixty  miles  west 
of  Chariton,  in  that  state,  at  that  time  the  western  terminus  of  the  Burlington  Rail- 
way. He  continued  as  a  storekeeper  at  Afton  for  twelve  years,  and  still  later  for 
three  years  he  had  a  store  at  Shenandoah,  in  Iowa.  He  then  went  to  Silver  City, 
N.  M.,  and  for  three  years  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  and  next  he  took  up  ranch- 
ing, setting  out  twenty-five  acres  of  fruit  trees  and  raising  some  2,500  goats. 

From  Silver  City,  Mr.  Allen  moved  to  California,  and  in  1897  settled  on  his  pres- 
ent place.  Only  eight  acres  were  then  planted  to  walnuts;  but  he  afterwards  bought 
fifteen  additional  acres  of  six-year-old  trees,  and  since  then  he  has  set  out  about  twelve 
more  acres,  so  that  he  now  has,  all  in  all,  about  thirty  acres  of  excellent  walnuts. 

A  Republican  in  matters  of  national  political  import,  but  a  citizen  who  believes 
in  nonpartisanship  in  the  administration  of  local  affairs,  Mr.  Allen  is  a  member  of  the 
First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Santa  Ana  and,  with  his  family,  always  ready  for 
the  upbuilding  as  well  as  the  building  up  of  town  and  county. 

AUGUSTUS  HORATIO  ALLEN.— A  progressive,  exceptionally  active  and  able 
young  man  who  is  successfully  operating  two  ranches,  one  of  twenty  and  one  of  thirty 
acres,  a  part  of  the  estate  of  the  late  Horatio  A.  Allen,  doing  much  of  the  work  himself 
with  the  most  up-to-date  machinery  and  according  to  the  most  approved  methods,  is 
Augustus  Horatio  Allen.  A  native  son  of  California,  Mr.  Allen  was  born  at  Tustin 
April  8,  1893,  his  parents  being  Horatio  Augustus  and  Emma  (German)  Allen,  both 
born  in  Ontario,  Canada,  a  review  of  their  lives  appearing  on  another  page  of  this 
history.  The  father,  who  was  for  many  years  a  prominent  banker  in  Canada,  located 
at  Tustin  in  1886,  and  at  once  began  the  development  of  a  tract  of  eight  acres  which 
he  had  purchased.  As  the  years  went  by  he  met  with  prosperity  and  added  to  his 
holdings  until  they  comprised  eighty  acres,  in  five  ranches,  the  larger  part  of  the 
acreage  being  devoted  to  walnuts,  the  remainder  a  thriving  grove  of  Valencia  oranges. 

Reared  on  the  home  place,  Augustus  Horatio  Allen  received  his  early  education 
in  the  local  school,  attending  the  Orange  Union  high  school  for  two  years,  later 
entering  the  Los  Angeles  Military  Academy,  where  he  graduated  with  honors  in  1911. 
Two  years  later,  on  June  6,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Georgia  Liggett,  the  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  W.  Liggett,  now  of  Fresno.  Two  children  have  blessed  their 
union,  Barbara  and  Jean. 

As  has  been  said,  Mr.  Allen  takes  hold  of  the  work  himself,  not  content  merely 
to  direct  the  labor  of  others,  and  frequently  runs  the  Cletrac  tractor,  which  is  only 
one  of  the  many  of  the  up-to-date  machines  and  implements  making  up  an  enviable 
complement  for  his  farm  work.  He  looks  far  ahead,  and  heeds  both  the  last  word  of 
science  and  the  practical  experience  of  the  veteran  agriculturist  whose  schooling  has 
generally  been  confined  to  the  ranch  itself;  and  so  his  groves  and  orchards  yield  well. 

Two  brothers  of  Mr.  Allen  also  bid  fair  to  attain  their  measure  of  success,  if, 
indeed,  they  have  not  come  to  enjoy  the  same  already.  Lucius  is  a  rancher  at  Tustin, 
and  Gerald  N.,  who,  with  his  mother,  lives  in  Los  Angeles,  and  is  a  freshman  at 
Occidental  College.  In  national  politics  Mr.  Allen  is  a  Republican;  but  he  knows  no 
partisanship  in  his  attitude  toward  problems  of  local  import,  and  heartily  supports  the 
home  district. 

ROBERT  D.  BACON.— To  be  recognized  as  a  "self-made"  man  is  the  honor 
accorded  to  Robert  D.  Bacon,  a  pioneer  of  Buena  Park,  Orange  County,  and  one  of 
the  most  successful  and  progressive  ranchers  of  that  section. 

He  is  a  native  of  Illinois,  born  May  13,  1865,  in  Macoupin  County,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  (Hoover)  Bacon,  the  former  an  Englishman  by  birth,  while  the  mother  was 
a  native  of  Indiana.  At  the  age  of  twelve  years,  Robert  was  deprived  of  the  love  and 
care  of  his  mother,  she  having  passed  away  in  1877;  his  father  survived  until  1898.  It 
was  in  his  native  state  that  Robert  D.  Bacon  was  reared  and  educated,  and  where  he 
remained  until  1884,  when  he  moved  to  southwestern  Kansas,  where  he  resided  four 
years  and  partly  improved  a  claim. 


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In  1888  he  migrated  to  the  Golden  State,  locating  in  Buena  Park,'  Los  Angeles 
County,  where  he  had  a  friend  with  whom  he  made  his  stopping  place  until  he  could 
establish  himself.  He  worked  at  any  honest  employment  that  came  his  way  and  helped 
to  build  up  Buena  Park  as  it  is  today.  Actuated  by  that  worthy  and  commendable 
desire  that  should  possess  every  man's  life — the  owning  of  a  home — Mr.  Bacon 
purchased  two  acres  of  land,  which  he  disposed  of  later  and  secured  ten  acres  as  the 
nucleus  of  his  future  ranch.  To  this  ten  were  added,  in  due  time,  and  after  years  of 
hard  work  and  successful  operation  of  his  ranch  he  was  financially  able  to  purchase 
twenty  more,  giving  him  a  splendid  ranch  of  forty  acres.  His  ranch  is  improved  with 
modern  buildings,  and  after  many  years  of  continuous  development  of  the  land  from  its 
primitive  condition,  Mr.  Bacon  has  lived  to  see  his  original  experimental  walnut  grove 
a  financial  success-  His  ranch  is  devoted  to  diversified  farming  and  to  the  dairy  business. 
He  bought  land  in  early  days  for  fifty-four  dollars  an  acre,  a  marked  contrast  in  land 
values  of  today.  In  early  days  Mr.  Bacon  worked  out  by  the  day  and  improved  his 
own  land  at  odd  times,  as  circumstances  would  permit,  but  in  course  of  time  he  discon- 
tinued this,  when  he  had  succeeded  in  developing  his  land  to  the  point  where  it  yielded 
enough  to  support  his  family. 

Thrift  and  frugality  are  strong  characteristics  of  Mr.  Bacon,  and  to  these,  coupled 
with  hard  work  and  a  definite  aim,  are  due  his  present  prosperity.  On  Christmas  Day, 
190S,  Mr.  Bacon  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Agatha  Van  Loenen,  a  native  of 
Iowa,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Van  Loenen,  natives  of  Holland.  This  happy 
union  has  been  blessed  with  three  children:  Mildred,  James  E.  and  Robert  W.,  all 
attending  Orange  County  public  schools. 

Mr.  Bacon  is  deeply  interested  in  the  educational  afifairs  of  the  county,  and  for 
five  years  served  as  an  efficient  trustee  of  Centralia  school  district,  and  is  an  honored 
member  of  the  Farm  Bureau  of  Buena  Park.  In  politics  he  is  a  stanch  Republican,  and 
has  served  as  a  delegate  to  many  conventions.  In  every  way  that  he  could,  Mr.  Bacon 
has  supported  all  movements  for  the  upbuilding  of  the  county.  Especially  has  he 
worked  to  form  a  storm  district  for  the  control  of  the  Santa  Ana  River.  As  a  pioneer 
of  the  Buena  Park  district  he  has  seen  the  development  of  the  land  from  sheep  pastures 
into  small  tracts  and  settled  upon  by  contented  families. 

ANDREW  WESLEY  THOMPSON.— Strong  and  active  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
six,  Andrew  W.  Thompson  has  the  unusual  record  of  never  having  had  a  day's  illness 
in  his  life.  One  of  Orange  County's  pioneer  citizens,  he  has  always  been  a  leader  in 
the  neighborhood  afifairs  of  El  Toro  and  his  counsels  are  eagerly  sought  on  political 
matters,  and  he  has  for  the  past  fifteen  years  occupied  the  office  of  deputy  county  clerk 
at  that  place. 

Through  his  maternal  ancestors  Mr.  Thompson  traces  his  ancestry  back  to 
Holland,  the  progenitor  of  the  Commer  family  in  America  having  come  from  that 
country  in  1632,  settling  in  the  Mohawk  Valley  in  New  York.  Grandfather  Commer 
served  under  General  Washington  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  an.d  nine  cousins 
mcluding  the  subject  of  this  biography,  fought  in  the  Civil  War.  Andrew  W  Thompson 
was  born  December  16,  1844,  his  parents  being  Andrew  and  Maria  (Dayton)  Thompson 
the  latter  the  daughter  of  Alexander  Dayton.  Mr.  Dayton  ran  a  ferry  across  the  Pike 
River  m  Canada,  and  also  ran  a  hotel  there,  and  it  was  while  Mrs.  Thompson  was 
staymg  there  that  Andrew  W.  was  born;  but,  although  he  was  born  in  Canada  the 
family  were  residents  of  New  York.  There  were  seven  children  in  the  Thompson 
family,  and  Andrew  W.,  who  was  the  second  in  order  of  birth,  is  now  the  only  one 
living.  He  came  to  Henderson,  Sibley  County,  Minn.,  in,  1854,  with  his  parents,  and 
here  grew  to  manhood.  The  country  was  in  its  primitive  state  at  that  time  and  there 
were  practically  no  opportunities  for  an  education,  so  that  Andrew  had  no  schooling 
until  after  he  was  married,  when,  realizing  the  handicap  he  was  under,  he  went  to 
studying  and  became  a  well-informed  man.  He  worked  hard  in  those  early  days 
helping  break  the  virgin  soil  of  Minnesota  and  raising  some  of  the  first  hard  wheat 
grown  in  that  locality. 

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Second  Minnesota  Cavalry,  and  for  two  years  fought  the  Indians  on  the  frontier  having 
many  thrilling  experiences,  among  others  being  called  to  the  relief  of  the  white  settlers 
during  the  massacre  at  New  Ulm,  Minn.  He  then  served  for  four  years  with  the 
Union  Army  during  the  Civil  War,  after  which  he  returned  to  Minnesota.  In  1870  he 
began  farming  there,  and  also  kept  a  trading  post  at  Big  Stone  Lake,  trading  with  the 
Sioux  Indians.  With  a  cousin  he  hunted  bufifalo  for  the  Government  to  feed  the  troops 
stationed  m  this  territory.  In  1875,  with  his  wife  and  two  children,  Mr.  Thompson 
made  the  long  journey  to  California,  settling  in  Ventura  County,  where  they  remained 
for  a  year.     In  1876  they  came  to  Laguna  and  bought  172  acres  about  two  miles  north 


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of  what  is  now  Laguna  Beach,  this  place  being  known  as  the  Spring  Ranch,  paying 
$1,500  for  the  place.  He  also  took  up  160  acres  of  Government  land,  so  that  he  had  a 
ranch  of  more  than  a  half  section,  where  he  farmed  and  raised  stock.  He  also  worked 
on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch  for  a  time,  helping  care  for  the  stock. 

In  1870  Mr.  Thompson  was  married  at  Glencoe  to  Miss  Esther  Tickner,  a  native 
of  Illinois.  Her  father,  Ezra  Tickner,  hunted  ducks  in  the  early  days  where  Chicago 
now  stands,  later  becoming  a  pioneer  farmer  in  Minnesota.  Seven  children  were  born 
of  this  union:  Senath  died  at  the  age  of  sixteen;  Ivy,  Mrs.  Charles  Thompson,  resides 
at  Watts;  Irving  is  a  retired  rancher  of  Madera;  Joseph  is  employed  by  Orange 
County  on  road  construction  and  resides  in  Santa  Ana;  Maria  is  the  wi-fe  of  Levi 
Gockley,  who  owns  the  old  Rosenbaum  ranch  north  of  Capistrano;  Rebecca  was  the 
wife  of  Orin  Boyenton,  who  died  on  their  ranch  at  Escalon,  Cal.,  in  1920.  She  still 
resides  there;  Andrew  Wesley,  Jr.,  is  a  rancher,  and  lives  with  his  father.  Mrs. 
Thompson  passed  away  at  Laguna  Beach  July  23,  1886.  Mr.  Thompson's  present  wife, 
to  whom  he  was  married  in  Santa  Ana  in  1908,  was  Mrs.  Sarah  M.  Bonnell,  the  widow 
of  William  Bonnell,  who  died  in  the  East,  leaving  her  with  one  son,  Robert  L.  Bonnell, 
a  photographer  in  New  York  City.  Mrs.  Thompson  in  maidenhood  was  Miss  Sarah 
M.  Clarke,  the  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Rachel  Clarke  of  Passaic,  N.  J.  She  was 
born  in  Passaic,  N.  J.,  where  she  was  educated.  She  was  gifted  with  a  beautiful  soprano 
voice  and  sang  in  Henry  Ward  Beecher's  choir  of  vocalists,  in  reserve  for  his  famous 
church  choir. 

Mr.  Thompson  removed  to  El  Toro  in  1890  and  he  has  since  made  his  home 
there.  He  is  a  member  of  Sedgwick  Post  No.  17,  G.  A-  R.,  at  Santa  Ana.  In  religious 
matters  he  is  a  member  of  the  Reorganized  Church  of  Latter-Day  Saints  of  Santa  Ana 
and  a  preacher  and  elder  in  that  denomination,  and  has  traveled  and  preached  all  over 
the  state.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican  and  has  always  taken  a  prominent  part  in  the 
local  affairs  of  his  party. 

ALEXANDER  N.  HENRY.— It  is  given  to  few  men  to  look  back  over  a  life 
so  crowded  with  eventful  memories  as  that  of  Alexander  N.  Henry,  one  of  Anaheim's 
best-known  retired  pioneer  citizens.  A  native  of  Scotland,  he  was  born  at  the  seaport 
town  of  Leith,  February  15,  1837,  the  third  child  in  the  family  of  Innes  and  Jacobina 
(Nicholson)  Henry,  natives  of  Lerwick,  the  chief  town  of  the  Shetland  Islands.  His 
grandfather  was  named  Innes,  as  was  his  great-grandfather,  who  was  chief  of  the 
clan  and  lord  of  the  islands.  The  Henry  clan  coat  of  arms  was  a  mailed  arm  pointing 
upward,  the  hand  grasping  a  scimiter,  the  inscription  being  "Semper  Paratus"  (always 
ready).  The  maternal  grandfather,  William  Nicholson,  was  also  of  an  old  family  of 
the  Shetland  Islands,  and  took  part  in  the  Battle  of  Waterloo.  There  were  eight 
sons  and  four  daughters  in  the  Henry  family. 

When  only  ten  years  old,  Alexander  N.  was  apprenticed  to  his  brother,  who 
owned  a  fleet  of  vessels  and  it  was  while  he  was  at  his  work  that  he  met  with  an 
accident  which  rendered  him  unfit  to  continue  and  his  indenture  was  cancelled  and 
he  was  sent  home.  Two  years  later,  in  1852,  he  joined  a  British  man-of-war  and  for 
eight  years  was  in  the  service  of  his  government.  During  this  period  he  went  through 
all  of  the  Crimean  War,  being  wounded  six  times  in  battle.  He  took  part  in  the 
storming  of  Sebastopol,  the  famous  charge  of  Balaklava,  and  the  battles  of  Alma  and 
Inkermann.  After  the  war  his  ship,  the  Agamemnon,  was  sent  to  the  Baltic,  later  to 
the  Black  Sea,  under -Admiral  Lyons.  When  he  left  the  navy  he  apprenticed  himself 
to  the  ship  builder's  trade  at  Leith,  later  sailing  the  seas  as  a  ship  carpenter.  During 
his  service  in  the  navy  and  the  merchant  marine  Mr.  Henry  sailed  in  every  sea  and 
visited  almost  every  important  seaport  in  the  world.  The  broad  knowledge  he  ac- 
quired during  his  travels  make  him  an  interesting  and  instructive  companion.  Nat- 
urally one  of  his  most  thrilling  recollections  is  of  the  charge  at  Balaklava,  immortal- 
ized by  Tennyson  in  his  "Charge  of  the  Light  Brigade"  and  he  well  remembers  how 
with  set  faces  and  hearts  that  knew  no  faltering,  "into  the  Valley  of  Death  rode  the 
six  hundred"  on  that  October  day  in  1854.  Other  stirring  memories  cluster  about 
Mexico,  which  he  visited  during  the  reign  and  downfall  of  Emperor  Maximilian. 

Sailing  from  Glasgow  on  a  vessel  bound  for  California  around  the  Horn,  Mr. 
Henry  landed  in  San  Francisco  after  a  journey  of  six  months.  For  a  time  he  con- 
tinued as  a  ship  carpenter,  later  followed  mining  in  different  places  in  the  state.  In 
1867,  ten  years  after  the  San  Francisco  Company  had  made  its  initial  efforts  towards 
founding  a  colony  at  Anaheim,  he  came  to  this  town,  which  was  then  an  undeveloped 
settlement,  and  he  purchased  220  acres  of  land  at  West  Anaheim  and  began  farming 
and  raising  fruit,  principally  wine  grapes,  and  for  eight  years  he  maintained  a  winery. 
When  the  blight  struck  the  vines  in  this  section  he  turned  his  attention  to  growing 
oranges  and  walnuts,  being  among  the  pioneers  who  experimented  with  these  products 
which  have  since  given  the  county  of  Orange  such  a  reputation  all  over  the  world,  as 


430  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

a  center  for  nuts  and  fruit.  After  disposing  of  all  but  fifty  acres  of  his  original 
purchase,  Mr.  Henry  developed  his  homestead,  Caledonia  Grove,  thus  linking  it  with 
the  ancient  name  of  his  native  country.  Here  he  developed  one  of  the  finest  and 
most  productive  ranches  in  the  county,  raising  oranges,  walnuts  and  some  grapes, 
and  erected  a  residence  costing  $10,000,  also  beautifying  the  grounds  with  ornamental 
trees  and  a  cypress  arbor,  that  was  one  of  the  finest  in  the  entire  state,  and  made 
of  his  ranch  a  show  place  of  the  Southland.  Mr.  Henry  had  a  number  of  discouraging 
experiences,  chief  among  these  being  a  heavy  loss  through  four  fires,  in  three  of 
which  he  had  no  insurance,  and  in  the  fourth  only  one  eighth,  when  he  lost  more 
than  $30,000  worth  of  property.  In  1910  he  sold  his  ranch  and  retired  to  a  home 
in  Anaheim  which  he  erected.  While  a  rancher,  at  a  cost  of  $8,000,  he  constructed 
a  water  plant  on  his  property  tha:t  produced  156  miner's  inches  from  two  wells  of 
600  and  320  feet. 

While  still  in  his  native  town  of  Leith  in  1862,  Mr.  Henry  was  married  to 
Catherine  Mason,  who  was  born  and  reared  there.  Three  sons  have  been  born  to 
them,  all  now  living  retired  after  active  and  successful  lives  as  ranchers.  They  are 
Innes,  John  and  Archibald.  Mr.  Henry  was  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen  for  thirty  years.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  of  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  both  of  Anaheim,  and  he  is  most  enthusiastic  in  his  support 
of  these  orders.    He  still  retains  his  membership  in  the  Masonic  lodge  at  Leith. 

Mr.  Henry  is  intensely  patriotic  and  when  the  Boer  War  was  in  progress,  being 
an  enthusiastic  supporter  of  the  cause  of  England,  volunteered  his  services  and  agreed 
to  pay  his  own  expenses  to  the  field  if  he  would  be  allowed  to  enlist.  This  he  was 
not  allowed  to  do  unless  he  would  relinquish  his  American  citizenship,  which  he  felt 
that  he  could  not  do.  After  the  death  of  King  Edward  and  when  George  V  was  to 
be  crowned  Emperor  of  India,  all  the  veterans  of  the  Crimean  and  Indian  wars  were 
invited  to  witness  the  coronation  in  India  as  guests  of  the  English  government. 
On  account  of  illness  in  his  family  Mr.  Henry  was  unable  to  attend,  though  he  was 
prevailed  upon  to  be  present. 

It  was  but  natural  after  participating  in  such  stirring  events  as  did  Mr.  Henry 
in  his  young  days  that  his  interest  and  enthusiasm  should  be  aroused  during  the 
World  War.  After  the  sinking  of  the  Lusitania  he  went  to  Los  Angeles  to  see  the 
British  Consul,  who  wrote  to  the  British  Minister  in  Washington,  D  C,  that  Mr. 
Henry  had  offered  his  services  in  any  capacity  and  on  any  condition  to  the  British 
government  and  would  pay  his  own  expenses  to  Canada  if  he  could  only  be  guaranteed 
the  privilege  of  joining  either  the  army  or  navy.  At  that  time  the  minister  wrote  that 
he  had  no  authority  to  enlist  American  subjects.  After  the  United  States  entered 
the  war  he  went  to  Los  Angeles  three  different  times  and  tried  to  enter  the  service 
of  his  country  in  any  capacity  they  chose  to  put  him  but  the  members  of  the  military 
boards  replied,  "We  can  see  the  fighting  devil  in  your  eye,  but  we  are  very  sorry  to 
state  that  you  are  too  young  to  be  accepted,"  so  he  had  to  return  home  and  to  be 
content  to  work  for  those  who  were  at  the  front.  He  was  active  in  all  the  allied 
drives  and  organized  eflforts  that  had  such  an  important  part  in  backing  up  the  men 
at  the  battle  front,  giving  freely  of  his  time  and  means.  He  had  a  muzzle-loader 
salute  gun  cast  and  mounted  at  Los  Angeles  and  this  arrived  in  Anaheim  a  few  days 
before  the  armistice  was  signed;  it  was  used  to  fire  the  salute  of  victory.  He  now 
uses  it  on  all  occasions  where  salutes  are  fired.  Robert  and  George  Henry,  nephews 
of  our  subject  and  subjects  of  Great  Britain,  lost  their  lives  when  their  ship  was 
sunk  in  the  battle  of  the  North  Sea.  A  grandson,  Archibald  Henry,  of  Anaheim, 
trained  for  service  but  was  taken  ill  and  honorably  discharged  and  died  five  weeks 
after  he  reached  his  home.  Mr.  Henry  helped  organize  Orange  County  and  has 
contributed  generously  to  its  prosperity  during  his  residence  of  fifty  years. 

STEPHEN  McPHERSON.— One  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  the  Orange  section 
of  Orange  County  was  Stephen  McPherson.  He  was  born  in  Chaumont,  Jefferson  ■ 
County,  N.  Y.,  on  March  5,  1839,  the  son  of  William  and  Jane  (Forsythe)  McPherson. 
His  father,  a  native  of  Deering,  N.  H.,  moved  to  northern  New  York  in  the  early  part 
of  the  nineteenth  century,  and  there  became  a  successful  farmer.  Stephen  McPherson 
began  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  county.  He  then  attended  the 
Belleville  Academy  and  the  Jefferson  County  Institute  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.  Before  he 
reached  manhood  he  was  teaching  schools  near  his  own  home.  He  then  attended  and 
was  graduated  from  the  Bryant  and  Stratton  Commercial  College  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Following  this,  he  taught  school  two  years  in  Ohio. 

In  1862  he  came  to  California  by  way  of  Panama,  where  a  brother  and  sister  had 
already  preceded  him.  He  settled  first  in  Santa  Clara  County  and  followed  his 
profession  as  a  school  teacher.  In  1872  he  came  to  Los  Angeles  and  settled  in  the 
Westminster  Colony.     The  same  year,  with  his  brother,  he  bought  land  east  of  the 


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Santiago  Creek,  of  Chapman  and  Glassell.  This  land  was  cleared  of  brush  and  cactus 
and  the  first  raisin  vineyard  in  Southern  California  planted.  A  partnership  was  formed 
under  the  name  of  McPherson  Brothers,  and  the  raisin  business  grew  to  large 
proportions.  In  the  eighties  it  was  the  biggest  of  its  kind  in  California,  until  the  raisin 
business  was  wiped  out  by  the  Anaheim  grape  disease  in  1887-88.  In  addition  to 
viticulture,  Stephen  McPherson  was  one  of  the  pioneer  school  teachers  of  Los  Angeles 
County.  In  1872  he  taught  the  first  term  of  the  Orange  public  school.  ■  At  that  time 
the  Orange  district  was  known  as  Richland,  and  included  what  is  now  several  school 
districts.  During  the  following  decade  he  taught  various  schools  in  what  is  now  Los 
Angeles  and  Orange  counties,  known  as  Newport,  San  Gabriel,  El  Monte,  Santa  Monica 
and  Los  Angeles  City.  After  the  dying  of  the  vineyards,  Mr.  McPherson  gave  his 
attention  to  other  lines  of  farming,  and  was  particularly  interested  in  orange  growing. 
He  saw  cactus  and  brush  covered  land  that  he  bought  at  ten  and  fifteen  dollars  an  acre 
in  pioneer  days  grow  to  high  values. 

Mr.  McPherson  was  an  earnest  Presbyterian  and  a  charter  member  of  the  church 
in  Orange.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  In  1882  he  married  Miss  Jennie  E.  Vincent, 
who  was  born  in  Cape  Vincent,  Jefferson  County,  N.  Y.,  and  survives  him.  Three 
children  are  also  living:  S.  V.,  who  works  for  the  Southern  Pacific  railroad  at  Colton, 
Cal.;  William,  now  living  with  his  mother,  and  farming;  and  Lulu,  wife  of  Walter 
L.  Vieregg  of  Hollywood,  Cal.  Stephen  McPherson  died  August  21,  1917.  He  was  a 
pioneer  and  upbuilder  of  Orange  County  and  lived  long  enough  to  see  the  fruition  of 
his  efforts. 

CORNELIUS  C.  COLLINS. — A  decidedly  progressive  and  successful  man  in 
the  world  of  business,  who  is  at  the  same  time  quite  as  pronounced  a  "home  man," 
and  therefore  very  much  interested  in  all  that  means  the  development,  building  up 
and  upbuilding  of  the  community  into  which  he  has  cast  his  lot,  is  Cornelius  C. 
Collins,  of  the  widely-known  firm  of  C.  C.  Collins  Company,  the  fruit  packers  and 
shippers  of  Santa  Ana.  He  was  born  in  Greene  County,  Ohio,  November  20,  1852,  the 
son  of  Joseph  Collins,  a  farmer,  who  was  also  a  pioneer  in  Ohio  enviably  identified 
with  the  forming  of  the  Buckeye  State.  He  married  Miss  Isabella  Morrow,  "and  they 
had  eight  children,  the  youngest  being  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Cornelius  C.  attended  the  rural  schools  of  his  neighborhood,  and  later  was  a 
student  in  the  Ohio  Central  and  Antioch  colleges.  After  finishing  his  studies  he 
remained  in  charge  of  his  father's  farm  for  several  years;  but  in  the  year  of  1887, 
when  California  was  harvesting  largely  from  its  great  "boom,"  Mr.  Collins  disposed 
of  his  interests  and  came  west  to  Santa  Ana.  For  a  year  he  was  busy  with  real 
estate  ventures,  but  in  1890  he  entered  the  packing  field,  and  formed  a  partnership 
with  W.  M.  Smart,  the  firm  being  known  as  Smart  &  Collins.  This  continued  for 
two  years,  when  the  concern  became  the  Collins  Fruit  Company,  and  later  C.  C. 
Collins;  finally,  when  Mr.  Collins'  son,  W.  C.  Collins,  had  completed  his  education 
he  became  a  member  of  the  firm,  which  "has  since  been  known  as  the  C.  C.  Collins 
Company.  In  its  consecutive  history  under  these  various  names,  the  establishment 
is  the  oldest  business  house  of  its  kind  in  the  county  and  has  won  a  high  standing 
for  square  dealing  among  the  growers  of  fruit  and  nuts  wherever  the  company  has 
had  business  with  the  producers.  The  statement  has  often  been  made  that  Mr. 
Collins'  word  is  always  as  good  as  his  written  agreement.  He  belongs  to  and 
supports  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Merchants  &  Manufacturers'  Associa- 
tion, as  well  as  other  public  movements  for  the  betterment  of  conditions  in  general 
throughout  the  county  and  state. 

At  Clifton,  Ohio,  on  December  S,  1878,  Mr.  Collins  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Emma  Elizabeth  Anderson.  The  union  was  an  exceptionally  happy  one  and  has 
been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  six  children  and  three  grandchildren.  A  daughter  is 
Ina  Isabella,  the  wife  of  F.  W.  Stanley  of  Fresno;  Walter  C.  is  in  partnership  with 
his  father;  Wilford  A.,  is  a  bean  thresher  and  fruit  dryer;  Robert  W.,  is  engaged 
in  the  shoe  business;  Mary  F.  is  the  wife  of  Ernest  C.  Fortier  of  Turlock,  Cal.,  and 
Joseph  S.,  an  automotive  mechanic.  The  family  are  all  members  of  the  United  Pres- 
byterian Church,  in  which  Mr.  Collins  has  always  been  an  active  worker;  for  many 
years  he  has  been  identified  with  mission  work  in  Orange  County,  part  of  the  time 
among  the  Spanish  people  and  later  with  the  Christian  Endeavor  in  the  County 
Hospital,  always  having  in  mind  the  moral  uplift  of  the  people  in  general. 

The  C.  C.  Collins  Company  pack  and  ship  dried  fruit,  beans  and  walnuts,  send- 
ing their  products  to  all  sections  of  the  country;  and  they  employ  from  fifty  to  ISO 
persons  in  all  branches  of  their  industry  during  the  busy  seasons.  They  have  one 
packing  house  in  Santa  Ana,  where  the  main  office  is  located,  and  the  other  at  Hill- 


434  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

grove,  near  Puente,  Los  Angeles  County,  both  being  equipped  with  modern  methods 
of  handling  their  output.  , 

As  a  pioneer  business  man  of  Santa  Ana,  Mr.  Collins  has  always  been  mucu 
interested  in  the  advancement  of  the  city  as  a  commercial  center  and  m  all  "lO'^f" 
ments  for  its  upbuilding  has  ever  been  found  among  the  leaders.^  Durmg  the  World 
War  he  gave  of  his  time  and  means  to  make  Orange  County  go  "over  the  top  m  all 
the  allied  drives  for  loans  and  funds.  He  has  seen  the  city  grow  from  a  straggling 
village  to  one  of  the  best  cities  in  the  Southland.  Public  spirited  to  a  high  degree  no 
one  is  prouder  of  the  city  and  county  of  his  adoption  than  C.  C.  Collins. 

CYRUS  NEWTON  MAGILL.— A  very  successful  rancher  with  a  record  of  thirty 
years  or  more  as  a  pioneer,  is  Cyrus  Newton  Magill,  vi'hose  twenty  acres  constitute 
one  of  the  "show-places"  of  the  West  Orange  voting  precinct.  He  was  born  in  Clinton 
County,  Ind.,  on  August  12,  1836,  the  son  of  Cyrus  D.  Magill,  a  native  of  Kentucky 
who  farmed  for  a  while  in  Indiana  and  later  in  Wisconsin.  While  in  the  Hoosier  State 
he  was  married  to  Sarah  Miller,  and  it  was  in  the  historic  year  of  1849  that  he  moved 
to  Wisconsin.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  Indiana,  and  also  at  Richmond,  later 
Orion,  in  Richland  County,  Wis.,  and  grew  up  on  his  father's  farm,  two  miles  from 
the  Wisconsin  River.  Thus  he  saw  that  section  of  the  country  in  its  undeveloped 
state,  before  there  was  any  railroad  there. 

In  1863,  Mr.  Magill  enlisted  in  Battery  C  of  the  First  Wisconsin  Heavy  Artillery, 
and  was  stationed  for  a  while  at  Fort  Wood,  near  Missionary  Ridge.  There,  in  1864, 
he  was  taken  ill,  and  at  Madison.  Wis.,  he  was  honorably  discharged,  being  mustered 
out  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  on   September  21,  186S. 

Twenty  years  later,  in  Kansas,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Matilda  Brady,  a  daughter 
of  the  late  Peter  Brady,  who  died  at  Garden  Grove  on  February  11,  1920.  In  1869,  Mr. 
Magill  and  his  father  and  family  moved  from  Wisconsin  to  Kansas,  and  settled  in 
Wilson  County,  where  he  pre-empted  a  tract  of  160  acres  and  bought  forty  acres 
of  school  land.  Two  children  were  born  in  Kansas — Dwight  E.  Magill,  whose  sketch 
appears  elsewhere  in  this  work,  and  Dr.  Peryl  B.   Magill,  who  lives  at  home. 

Cyrus  Newton  Magill  came  with  his  wife  and  their  two  children  from  Kansas  to 
California  in  March,  1889,  and  for  the  first  year  lived  at  Santa  Ana.  Then  he  bought 
his  present  twenty  acres,  and  there  reared  his  family.  Two  more  children  have  been 
born  here.  James  Magill  first  saw  the  light  on  August  24,  1892,  and  after  attending 
the  public  schools  at  Gardea  Grove,  grew  up  on  his  father's  ranch.  On  March  8,  1918, 
he  enlisted  in  the  aviation  school  at  San  Diego  and  trained  at  Rockwell  Field,  with'  a 
Curtis  plane,  showing  such  proficiency  that  he  was  favored  with  three  promotions. 
He  was  never  in  an  accident,  and  was  honorably  discharged  on  November  30,  1919. 
Now  he  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Post  of  the  American  Legion.  Julia  M-, 
the  fourth  child,  is  at  home.  Mrs.  Magill,  lamented  by  all  who  knew  her,  died  on 
September  7,  1901.  In  1907  Mr.  Magill  erected  a  fine  cement-block  dwelling  house  on 
his  ranch  property. 

The  family  attend  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  are  active  in  good  works  for  the 
benefit  of  the  community.  As  a  patriotic  Civil  War  veteran  Mr.  Magill  is  a  member  of 
Sedgwick  Post  No.  17,  G.  A.  R.,  at  Santa  Ana,  and  he  has  done  civic  duty  by  serving 
on  juries. 

WILLIAM  COCHEMS. — A  hard-working,  successful  business  man  of  Santa  Ana, 
who  thoroughly  understands  the  problems  of  his  field,  and  who  feels  that  he  also  so 
well  understands  Santa  Ana  and  Orange  County,  and  their  problems  and  prospects, 
that  he  is  in  perfect  harmony  with  his  environment,  is  William  Cochems,  the 
wide-awake  owner  and  director  of  the  popular  Vienna  Bakery  and  Confectionery 
establishment  at  210  East  Fourth  Street,  Santa  Ana,  and  residing  at  640  French  Street, 
where  his  revered  mother  presides  over  his  household.  For  twenty  years  he  has 
devoted  on  an  average  not  less  than  eighteen  hours  a  day  to  his  business  interests;  and 
it  has  been  this  careful  attention  to  details,  ever  anticipating  the  wants  of  his  ever- 
increasing  patrons,  that  has  enabled  him  to  "win  out"  despite  high-ctist  times. 

He  was  born  at  Chicago  on  June  22,  1879,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Gertrude  (Stoltz) 
Cochems,  with  whom  he  came  to  California  and  Los  Angeles  in  the  late  eighties-  In 
1905  his  father  settled  at  Orange  and  there  started,  with  W.  W.  Ward,  what  is  still 
known  as  Ward's  Bakery,  although  it  was  then  called  Cochems  &  Ward's  Bakery.  His 
father  had  come  to  Los  Angeles  in  1886;  and  his  mother — who  is  still  living  with  our 
subject — followed,  bringing  her  three  sons  and  daughters.  Joseph  Cochems  had 
learned  his  trade  in  Germany,  and  so  had  no  difficulty  in  giving  satisfaction  to  the 
public  when  he  opened  a  bakery  in  Chicago.  On  coming  to  California  he  opened  a 
bake-shop  first  at  Los  Angeles,  and  later  came  to  Orange. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  437 

Having  learned  the  art  of  baking  from  his  father,  William  Cochems  started  out 
as  a  journeyman  baker,  and  worked  in  San  Francisco,  Santa  Barbara  and  Sacramento, 
as  well  as  San  Diego;  and  held  positions  as  baker  at  the  celebrated  Hotel  del  Coronado 
and  also  at  the  Raymond  at  Pasadena.  Only  when  he  was  satisfied  that  he  had 
mastered  the  ins  and  outs  of  the  trade  did  he  set  up  for  himself. 

As  a  starter,  he  bought  out  H.  L,.  Smith,  in  1901,  and  took  charge  of  his  bakery 
at  309  North  Main  Street,  in  Santa  Ana.  Three  years  later  he  removed  to  210  East 
Fourth  Street,  and  here  he  has  been  ever  since.  He  has  a  full,  sanitary  equipment  for 
his  bakery,  and  produces  nothing  but  the  purest  of  pure  food,  from  the  best  of  wheat 
flour,  eggs,  sugar,  milk  and  spices.  He  uses  no  substitutes — dried  eggs  or  evaporated 
milk.  Indeed,  in  1913  he  expended  $10,000  in  refitting,  remodeling  and  refurnishing  his 
place,  and  among  other  things  then  installed  was  his  elaborate  soda  fountain.  He  also 
has  one  of  the  best-arranged,  cosy  and  elegant  lunch  rooms,  ice-cream  parlors  and 
confectioneries.  He  bakes  the  Butter  Top — the  best  of  wheat  breads — French,  Graham, 
whole  wheat  and  rye  bread,  and  also  a  complete  line  of  cakes.  He  manufactures  his 
own  ice  cream,  from  pure  cream,  his  watchword  being,  "Not  how  cheap,  but  how 
good."  He  employs  five  people,  and  they,  as  well  as  himself,  are  always  busy.  His 
ice  cream  being  of  the  high  quality  described,  he  makes  it  only  for  the  retail  trade. 
No  wonder,  then,  that  everybody  goes  to  the  "Vienna,"  and  that  everybody  comes 
away  satisfied. 

Having  started  in  Santa  Ana  in  business  for  himself  with  just  one  week's  wages 
as  his  capital,  and  worked  hard  and  practiced  the  Golden  Rule,  Mr.  Cochems  finds 
himself  today  the  proprietor  of  one  of  the  best  business  establishments  in  Orange 
County,  and  a  small  stockholder  in  the  First  National  Bank,  as  well  as  in  the  new 
Santa  Ana  Hotel.     He  also  has  a  life  membership  in  the  Elks. 

JAMES  ANDREW  TURNER.— Associated  for  nearly  a  third  of  a  century  with 
the  business  interests  of  Santa  Ana,  a  man  of  widest  influence,  the  sudden  demise  of 
James  A.  Turner  on  October  8,  1919,  came  as  a  great  shock  to  his  family  and  wide 
circle  of  friends.  Born  in  Audrain  County,  Mo.,  October  27,  1848,  Mr.  Turner  was 
the  son  of  Andrew  and  Mary  (Harris)  Turner,  both  natives  of  Kentucky,  and  as  a 
young  married  couple  they  settled  in  Missouri.  His  early  education  was  received  in 
the  rural  schools  of  the  locality,  but,  when  the  Civil  War  broke  out,  like  other  boys 
of  his  age  he  had  to  go  to  work  on  the  farm  to  help  fill  the  place  of  the  men  who 
were  away  fighting  for  their  country.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  was  married  to 
Sarah  Riggs,  and  two  sons  were  born  to  them,  Benjamin  E.,  who  died  in  May,  1919, 
in  Santa  Ana;  and  Henry  Ola,  who  died  in  infancy,  Mrs.  Turner  passing  away  in  1873. 

Locating  in  Sturgeon,  Mo.,  Mr.  Turner  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business  with 
Maj.  John  F.  Rucker,  and  later  with  his  nephew,  P.  Henry  Turner,  in  the  hardware 
business.  In  June,  1887,  he  came  to  California  with  his  family  and  in  January,  1888, 
settled  in  Santa  Ana,  being  associated  in  the  shoe  business  with  P.  H.  Turner  who 
came  to  California  about  the  same  time,  continuing  in  that  line  until  he  became 
cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Santa  Ana,  holding  that  office  for  nine  years. 
In  December,  190S,  he  organized  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  National  Bank,  acting 
as  its  cashier.  The  bank  prospered  greatly  under  his  management  and  a  few  years 
later  absorbed  the  Commercial  Bank  of  Santa  Ana.  In  February,  1919,  the  Farmers 
and  Merchants  Bank  merged  with  the  First  National  Bank  and  after  that  time  Mr. 
Turner  gave  his  time  to  the  interests  of  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  Savings  Bank, 
the  savings  department  of  the  First  National  Bank.  On  the  first  of  October,  1919, 
only  eight  days  before  his  death,  he  severed  active  connection  with  this  institution, 
for  the  purpose  of  devoting  himself  to  his  ranch  interests,  owning  seventy-two  acres 
in  oranges  and  lemons  near  Olive,  and  to  get  relief  from  the  strain  of  business  life. 

On  February  12,  1874,  Mr.  Turner's  second  marriage  occurred  when  he  was  united 
with  Miss  Alice  Rucker,  a  sister  of  Maj.  John  F.  Rucker.  Of  their  children,  Ellis  B. 
died  at  the  age  of  twenty;  Nannie  H.  passed  away  at  the  age  of  seventeen  months; 
and  Elizabeth  is  the  wife  of  Thomas  L.  Inch  of  Los  Angeles;  she  has  one  child, 
Thomas  Turner  Inch. 

In  politics  Mr.  Turner  was  active  in  the  ranks  of  the  Democratic  party.  He 
was  a  Mason  and  an  Elk  and  attended  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  A 
man  of  fine  character  and  high  ideals,  he  was  always  a  leader  in  the  affairs  of  the  com- 
munity; his  interests  in  its  various  enterprises  were  wide,  but  it  perhaps  was  as  a 
banker  that  he  was  best  known.  He  knew  Orange  County  like  a  book,  he  knew 
lands,  he  knew  men,  and  in  his  knowledge  of  men  came  his  greatest  realm  of  useful- 
ness as  a  banker;  and  there  are  today  in  the  vicinity  of  Santa  Ana  many  men  whose 
present  financial  prosperity  is  due  to  the  encouragement  and  advice  an^d  backing 
they  received  from  him. 


438  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

AARON  BUCHHEIM. — A  remarkably  successful  rancher  whose  attainments  and 
prosperity  are  all  the  more  striking  because  he  began  life  under  the  necessity  for  con- 
stant work  from  the  time  he  was  a  boy  of  seven  years,  is  Aaron  Buchheim,  who  owns 
the  site  of  Serra,  formerly  called  San  Juan-by-the-Sea,  an  ideal  mountain  town  on  the 
Pacific  Ocean,  situated  where  the  State  Highway  strikes  the  coast  between  Los 
Angeles  and  San  Diego.  He  was  born  at  Sauk  Center,  Stearns  County,  Minn.,  on  April 
oO,  1870,  the  son  of  Frank  S.  Buchheim,  who  had  married  Caroline  Zymon.  When 
eleven  years  old,  he  came  with  his  parents  to  California,  arriving  here  on  October  11, 
1881,  and  in  1904  his  father  died  at  Santa  Ana,  the  mother  also  passing  away  here  on 
January  20,  1915. 

Aaron  Buchheim  began  life  doing  farm  work,  and  the  hardest  kind  of  farm  work, 
at  that;  he  helped  take  care  of  the  straw  at  the  tail  end  of  the  old-time  grain  threshing 
machine  as  early  as  1878,  and  did  his  part  faithfully,  little  dreaming  that  one  day  he 
would  undertake  the  most  extensive  threshing  operations  of  any  person  in  Orange 
County.  When  he  came  to  California  and  lost  his  father,  he  resolved  to  be  a  help  to 
his  mother,  his  family  and  his  friends;  he  began  as  a  farm  hand  on  a  ranch  and  he  has 
thus  come  to  sympathize  with  the  laboring  man,  and  to  feel  a  pride  in  caring  for  all 
who  labor  for  him. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  S.  Buchheim  were  the  parents  of  twelve  children:  The  eldest, 
Lydia,  now  Mrs.  Hemenway,  resides  at  El  Toro,  where  she  operates  one  of  the  O'Neill 
ranches  in  partnership  with  her  brother  Aaron;  Aaron  was  the  second  in  order  of  birth; 
John  is  a  beet  grower  near  Garden  Grove;  Jacob  is  a  rancher  at  Downey;  Henry  Wil- 
liam, the  fifth  in  the  order  of  birth,  is  ranching  both  in  the  San  Juan  Capistrano  district 
and  in  Ventura  County;  Emma  is  deceased;  Josie  is  Mrs.  Van  Whisler,  the  wife  of  a 
rancher  at  El  Toro;  Paul  assists  his  brother  Aaron  and  also  is  interested  in  orange 
and  walnut  growing  with  him  in  Ventura  County;  Frank  is  married  and  resides  at  the 
old  Buchheim  place  on  East  Seventeenth  Street,  Santa  Ana;  Fred  passed  away  at  the 
age  of-  thirty,  in  Santa  Ana,  leaving  a  son,  Carl,  and  a  widow,  the  present  Mrs.  Aaron 
Buchheim;  Emil,  who  also  works  for  his  brother  Aaron,  has  an  honorable .  discharge 
from  the  army,  having  served  in  the  light  artillery.  Sunset  Division,  and  served  over- 
seas as  first  gunner  on  a  French  "75."  Minnie,  who  married  Henry  Hoeflner,  resides 
in  Nebraska. 

Mr.  Buchheim's  oozy  home  is  ably  presided  over  by  his  wife,  who  was  Miss  Alice 
Hasenyager  before  her_  marriage,  a  lady  of  many  accomplishments,  who  was  reared  in 
an  atmosphere  of  culture  and  refinement.  Born  at  Fall  City,  Richardson  County,  Nebr., 
her  father  was  John  Hasenyager,'  a  native  of  Tecumseh,  Pawnee  County,  Nebr.,  whose 
parents  were  among  the  first  settlers  of  eastern  Nebraska  and  pioneer  farmers  of  that 
section.  Her  mother,  Anna  Dietrich  in  maidenhood,  was  born  near  Fall  City,  Nebr., 
and  Grandfather  Dietrich  was  a  prominent  farmer  in  Richardson  County,  Nebr.,  until 
1906,  when  he  and  his  wife  located  on  an  orange  ranch  on  Grand  Avenue,  Santa  Ana. 
He  passed  away  in  April,  1918,  and  his  widow  still  makes  her  home  there.  John 
Hasenyager  brought  his  family  to  Santa  Ana  in  1909,  and  he  has  ever  since  been 
engaged  in  walnut  growing  on  Grand  Avenue. 

Operating  some  2,500  acres  besides  his  own  land,  Mr.  Buchheim  employs  the  latest 
machinery  and  methods  in  scientific  farming,  using  two  gigantic  threshing  machines 
drawn  by  a  mighty  seventy-five  horsepower  Holt  caterpillar  tractor,  which  also  pro- 
vides the  motive  power.  One  is  a  grain  thresher  and  the  other  a  bean  thresher  and 
both  were  built  by  himself,  showing  his  remarkable  genius  and  adaptability  as  an 
inventor.  The  bean  thresher — without  doubt  the  largest  in  Southern  California — was 
constructed  on  his  home  place  in  1916,  from  plans  of  his  own  and  is  a  model  of  effi- 
ciency. When  operating  at  full  capacity  it  turns  out  six  sacks  of  lima  beans  a  minute, 
requiring  three  sack  sowers,  and  has  attracted  widespread  attention  for  its  success, 
having  been  commented  on  so  favorably  that  representatives  from  large  threshing- 
machine  manufacturers  have  called  to  see  it  at  work  and  get  new  ideas.  It  is  necessary 
for  him  to  have  a  very  large  threshing  outfit  since  he  handles  the  beans  from  the  fields 
and  thus  has  to  haul  them  to  the  machine,  which  requires  twenty  teams  and  wagons 
and  a  complement  of  sixty  hands  to  do  the  work.  His  own  years  of  experience  and 
hard  work  have  made  him  insistent  on  giving  the  workmen  the  best  food  obtainable 
and  he  says  "the  best  is  none  too  good  for  them."  Consequently  the  whole  crew, 
almost  to  a  man,  remain  with  him  the  entire  threshing  season,  which  takes  about  three 
months.  This  excellency  of  service  requires  convenience,  so  he  has  designed  and  con- 
structed a  dining  wagon,  11  by  24  feet,  with  a  large  steel  range  in  the  kitchen,  with 
the  necessary  equipment  of  cooking  utensils  and  pantry  facilities,  as  well  as  separate 
cooling  co;flpartments  for  meats  and  vegetables,  and  the  room  arranged  with  adjustable 
tables  having  a  seating  capacity  for  thirty-six  men.     Mrs.  Buchheim  takes  an  equal 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  443 

interest  in  providing  for  the  farm  employees  and  much  of  her  husband's  success  is 
undoubtedly  due  to  her. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Buchheim  was  the  crop  reporter  for  the  Capistrano  district 
for  the  Department  of  Agriculture  at  Washington,  and  each  month  would  send  in  a 
report  to  the  department  as  to  the  amount  of  acreage,  condition  and  estimate  of  crops. 
This  he  did  with  the  strictest  regularity  until  his  own  business  affairs  took  so  much  of 
his  time  that  he  could  not  do  other  than  resign.  He  was  one  of  the  original  stock- 
holders, with  James  Turner  and  others,  in  the  formation  of  the  Farmers  and  Merchants 
Bank  of  Orange,  which  recently  was  consolidated  and  is  now  the  First  National  Bank, 
in  which  he  is  a  stockholder.  He  was  also  an  original  stockholder  of  the  Citizens  Bank 
until  it  was  consolidated  and  is  now  the  California  National  Bank,  in  which  he  is  one 
of  the  stockholders. 

Mr.  Buchheim  has  always  been  interested  in  sports  and  particularly  in  shooting, 
in  which  he  excels,  and  has  attained  an  enviable  record  as  a  marksman.  For  many 
years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Rifle  Club  of  the  National  Rifle  Association. 
At  one  of  the  tournaments,  shooting  a  Springfield  rifle  he  won  the  sharpshooter's  medal 
making  nine  hits  out  of  ten  shells,  all  shot  inside  of  twenty  minutes,  and  it  was  the 
best  score  made  at  the  tournament. 

A  leader  among  farmers  and  working  men,  Mr.  Buchheim  has  such  clear  ideas 
regarding  industry  and  economics  that  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  his  voice  may  some  day 
be  heard  in  legislative  halls.  In  looking  back  over  his  life  Mr.  Buchheim  sees  that 
while  he  had  hard  work  when  a  boy,  yet  the  system,  industry  and  application  taught 
him  by  his  father  established  with  him  habits  of  accuracy  and  efficiency  which  he  deems 
the  secret  of  his  success,  for  he  finds  that  no  business  can  thrive  and  be  successful 
without  accuracy  and  efficiency  at  the  bottom,  as  its  fundamental  principle.  Mrs. 
Buchheim  is  a  member  of  St.  Peter's  Lutheran  Church  at  Santa  Ana  and  fraternally 
Mr.  Buchheim  is  popular  as  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  236,  L  O.  O.  F.,  as  well 
as  the  Encampment  and  Canton  of  the  Odd  Fellows,  and  is  a  life  member  of  the  Santa 
Ana  Lodge  of  Elks.  The  Buchheim  home  is  on  the  land  owned  by  the  family  and  is 
attractively  located,  surrounded  by  flower  and  vegetable  gardens.  Music,  art  and  liter- 
ature find  a  welcome  here,  and  so  does  discussion  of  the  latest  problems  of  the  day. 

W.  DEAN  JOHNSTON.— The  president  of  the  Orange  County  Farm  Bureau 
and  an  influential  and  progressive  landowner  is  W.  Dean  Johnston  of  Santa  Ana,  who 
has  for  many  years  occupied  a  place  of  prominence  in  the  agricultural  development  of 
the  county,  where  he  has  resided  since  he  was  sixteen  years  old.  Mr.  Johnston  was 
born  June  13,  1871,  at  Tipton,  Iowa,  the  son  of  John  and  Laura  (Safley)  Johnston, 
pioneer  farmers  of  Iowa.  John  Johnston  was  a  native  of  Campbellsford,  Ontario, 
Canada,  and  settled  in  Iowa  in  1865,  at  the  age  of  seventeen.  The  mother  was  a  native 
daughter  of  Iowa,  belonging  to  the  first  generation  of  Iowa  girls,  her  father,  John 
Safley,  having  emigrated  from  Scotland  and  settled  there  in  1836,  when  Iowa  was  on 
the  extreme  frontier  beyond  the  limits  of  civilization.  Mr.  Safley  is  still  remembered 
by  the  people  of  Santa  Ana,  having  resided  on  Ross  Street  for  about  four  years  before 
his  death.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Johnston  and  their  family  left  their  home  at  Tipton, 
Iowa,  in  1886,  coming  directly  to  Santa  Ana,  and  there  Mr.  Johnston  still  lives,  retired 
from  active  business,  his  wife  having  passed  away  in  1914,  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight 
years.  There  were  four  children  in  the  Johnston  family:  Mrs.  G.  W.  Tighe,  wife  of 
a  citrus  grower  and  banker  at  Fillmore,  Cal.;  William  Dean,  of  this  review;  Mrs. 
J.  E-  Snow,  wife  of  a  real  estate  broker  of  Santa  Ana;  and  John  Clifford,  an  electrician 
for  the  Ventura  Refining  Company  at  Fillmore,  Cal. 

W.  Dean  Johnston  received  his  first  schooling  at  the  country  schools  of  their 
neighborhood  in  Iowa,  and  attended  the  Santa  Ana  high  school  for  one  year  after  the 
family  removed  here.  Always  energetic,  he  made  up  his  mind  to  start  in  to  ranching 
on  his  own  account,  and  went  to  Riverside  County,  where  he  followed  grain  and  alfalfa 
farming  for  five  years,  becoming  the  owner  of  100  acres  of  land,  but  leased  500  or  600 
acres  in  addition,  devoting  it  largely  to  the  production  of  barley.  In  1906  he  returned 
to  Orange  County  and  became  interested  in  ranching  in  the  vicinity  of  Westminster. 
He  is  now  the  owner  of  two  ranches  of  eighty  acres  each,  which  are  devoted  to  sugar 
beets;  besides  this,  he  rents  three  other  ranches,  aggregating  242  acres  of  land,  which 
includes  his  father's  place  of  twelve  acres  immediately  north  of  Santa  Ana.  Mr. 
Johnston  has  grown  up  in  the  industry  of  farming  in  Southern  California,  and  so  is 
thoroughly  conversant  with  its  best  and  most  progressive  methods.  He  still  continues  to 
conduct  his  own  farming  operations,  notwithstanding  his  many  other  interests,  and  is 
equally  at  home  with  an  eight-horse  team  or  a  caterpillar  tractor. 

While  ranching  in  Riverside  County,  Mr.  Johnston  was  married  at  Elsinore  to 
Miss  Olive  Yates,  born  in  San  Diego  County,  and  the  daughter  of  Lafayette  and  Mary 


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(Brown)  Yates,  born,  respectively,  in  Alabama  and  Kentucky,  their  marriage  occurring 
in  Arkansas.  The  family  located  at  Elsinore  in  1886,  and  Mr.  Yates  still  makes  his 
home  there,  being  well  known,  especially  in  Odd  Fellow  and  Knights  of  Pythias  circles. 
Before  coming  to  Elsinore  he  resided  in  Cajon  Valley,  San  Diego  County. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnston  are  the  parents  of  three  children:  Adelle,  a  senior  in  the 
Santa  Ana  high  school,  Fred  and  John.  After  residing  for  a  number  of  years  on  their 
ranch  near  Westminster,  the  family  moved  to  Santa  Ana  in  March,  1919,  and  have 
established  their  residence  on  North  Main  Street- 
Mr.  Johnston  was  prominent  in  the  establishment  and  organization  of  the 
Westminster  Drainage  District,  and  for  four  years  served  as  its  president.  While 
living  at  Westminster  he  served  for  a  number  of  years  on  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
Westminster  school  district  and  was  president  of  that  board  when  more  land  was 
purchased  for  school  purposes  and  the  excellent  two-story  brick  building  was  erected. 
He  helped  organize  the  Orange  County  Farm  Bureau  and  was  elected  on  its  first 
board  of  directors,  serving  several  terms,  and  was  elected  to  the  presidency  in  1919, 
an  office  for  which  he  is  admirably  fitted.  He  is  also  vice-president  and  a  member  of 
the  board  of  directors  of  the  Orange  County  Farmers'  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company. 
Fraternally,  Mr.  Johnston  is  very  prominent  in  Masonic  circles,  being  a  member  of  the 
Blue  Lodge  at  Huntington  Beach,  and  of  the  Chapter  and  Commandery  at  Santa  Ana 
and  the  Shriners  of  Los  Angeles.  In  politics  he  favors  the  principles  of  the  Republican 
party,  but  is  essentially  broad-minded  and  liberal  in  his  views,  especially  in  local  issues. 

WILLIAM  WILSON. — A  well-posted,  experienced  rancher  who,  through  his  own 
worth  and  exertions,  has  steadily  come  to  the  fore,  so  that  now,  the  owner  of  a  valuable 
ranch  at  Smeltzer,  his  word  is  as  good  as  his  bond,  is  William  Wilson,  a  pioneer  and  ' 
prosperous  lima  bean  grower.  He  has  been  twenty-three  years  'on  the  James  Irvine,  or 
San  Joaquin  Ranch,  and  besides  the  ranch  he  owns,  he  leases  and  operates  232  acres. 
He  was  born  near  Tipton,  Moniteau  County,  Mo.,  on  April  1,  1864,  and  was  reared  on  a 
farm  in  Polk  County  of  the  same  state. 

Mr.  Wilson's  father  was  Bartlett  Elmore  Wilson,  a  farmer  who  is  still  living  at 
the  age  of  seventy-seven  in  Douglas  County,  Mo.,  where  he  is  popularly  known  as  Uncle 
Dudd  Wilson.  He  was  born  in  Tennessee,  and  was  of  Scotch-English  blood.  He 
had  married,  in  Missouri,  Miss  Emaline  Morris,  of  Dutch-Irish  origin,  who  was  also  a 
native  of  Tennessee,  and  she  died  when  our  subject  was  only  four  and  a  half  months 
old,  whereupon  his  father  married  again.  He  had  eight  children  by  his  second  wife,  six 
boys  and  two  girls,  all  of  whom  are  living;  and  among  them  is  a  half-brother  of  William 
Wilson,  George  B.  Wilson,  the  district  attorney  of  Douglas  County,  Mo.  Another  half- 
brother  is  the  Hon.  J.  B.  Wilson,  a  member  of  the  Arkansas  legislature,  while  still  an- 
other half-brother  is  Thomas  Wilson,  living  at  Holly,  Colo.  Two  half-brothers,  Francis, 
a  wheat  rancher,  and  David,  a  school  teacher — live  in  Montana." 

In  1889  William  Wilson  went  to  Caldwell,  Kans.,  and  was  in  the  rush  for  Okla- 
homa; but  he  did  not  stay  there.  Instead,  he  came  out  to  the  more  promising  common- 
wealth, California,  arriving  in  the  Golden  State  in  the  spring  of  1890.  He  had  been 
married  in  Missouri,  in  1885,  to  Miss  Emma  Shepard,  a  native  of  Michigan,  and  he  thus 
had  the  good  fortune  to  start  with  the  companionship  of  a  wife  who  has  been  a 
genuine  helpmate.  He  lived  at  Ventura  for  seven  years,  during  three  of  which  he 
followed  agriculture,  while  at  other  times  he  worked  at  various  other  pursuits,  and 
incidentally  learned  all  about  growing  lima  beans. 

In  October,  1897,  Mr.  Wilson  came  south  to  Orange  County;  but  the  following 
three  years  proved  so  dry  and  disastrous,  that  he  ran  behind  and  got  into  debt  He 
did  not  despair,  however,  but  persevered  and  finally  prospered.  Now  he  owns  eighty 
acres  at  Smeltzer,  irrigated  from  artesian  wells,  which  his  son-in-law  rents  and  farms  to 
hma  beans;  and  he  also  raises  lima  beans  where  James  Irvine  once  thought  he  could 
raise  nothing  but  barley,  and  in  a  thousand  ways  demonstrated  that  he  is  not  afraid  of 
hard  work,  and  plenty  of  it. 

On  April  10,  1908,  Mrs.  Wilson  died,  the  highly-esteemed  and  lamented  mother  of 
tour  children:  Beryl  is  a  farmer  at  Chatsworth  and  the  husband  of  Miss  Mamie  Jef- 
frey of  Irvine;  Maude  is  the  wife  of  Earl  Lentz,  the  rancher  at  Smeltzer,  and  the  mother 
of  two  children;  William  Oscar  Wilson  married  Miss  Leonore  Benott,  of  Irvine  a  pros- 
perous rancher,'  and  they  have  two  children;  Leo  B.  is  the  husband  of  Miss  Gladys 
Geyer,  of  Santa  Monica,  by  whom  he  has  had  one  child.  Fraternally  Mr.  Wilson  is  a 
member  of  all  branches  of  the  Odd  Fellows. 

Mr.  Wilson  has  for  years  advocated  the  principles  of  the  Democratic  party,  but 
he  has  never  allowed  party  politics  to  influence  his  action  in  matters  purely  local,  where 
the  needs  of  a  small,  mixed  community  must  be  considered.  He  is  a  wide  reader,  a  deep 
thinker,  and  a  good  conversationalist;  and  his  influence  must  necessarily  work  for  the 
upbuilding  of  town  and  county. 


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LUMIS  A.  EVANS. — A  pioneer  of  two  cities — Pasadena  and  Anaheim — ^who 
started  in  the  good,  old-fashioned  way  as  a  farm  hand  contributing  his  mite  toward 
the  development  of  American  agriculture,  Lumis  A.  Evans,  the  path-breaking  dealer  in 
Anaheim  real  estate  is  one  of  the  very  interesting  citizens  of  Orange  County.  He  was 
born  on  a  farm  in  St.  Joseph  County,  Mich.,  at  Centerville,  the  county  seat,  on  Novem- 
ber 8,  1854,  and  attended  the  country  schools  of  that  section  and  period.  When  eight- 
een years  of  age,  he  removed  to  New  York  state,  to  work  on  a  farm,  and  later  he 
secured  employment  on  an  Erie  Canal  boat  plying  between  Buffalo  and  New  York, 
an  adventure  affording  him  one  of  the  most  pleasing  experiences  of  his  life.  After 
two  years  in  New  York,  he  returned  to  his  Michigan  home  for  a  brief  stay. 

In  the  spring  of  the  Centennial  year  of  1876,  he  arrived  in  California  and  came 
on  to  the  Anaheim  district,  then  in  Los  Angeles  County,  after  a  run  through  the  north- 
ern part  of  the  state;  and  for  a  couple  of  years  he  worked  out  by  the  month  on 
neighboring  ranches.  In  1878  he  was  married  to  Miss  Louise  Jane  Kellogg,  a  native 
of  Napa,  Cal.,  and  a  member  of  a  pioneer  family;  and  after  marriage,  he  started  to 
farm  in  the  West  Anaheim  section  on  the  Garden  Grove  Road.  He  had  ten  acres  of 
his  own,  and  in  addition  he  leased  land. 

At  the  end  of  four  years,  Mr.  Evans  located  at  Pasadena,  becoming  a  pioneer  in 
the  truest  sense  of  the  word,  for  when  he  arrived  there  in  1881,  the  place  was  so  small 
that  farming  was  the  chief  occupation.  He  lived  there  for  seven  years,  and  farmed 
600  acres  to  grain  in  what  is  now  the  heart  of  the  city.  He  was  there,  in  fact,  through 
the   big  "boom,"   and  also   dealt   extensively  in   real   estate. 

Returning  to  Anaheim  in  1892,  he  raised  sugar  beets  for  the  Los  Alamitos 
Sugar  Factory;  but  since  1900  he  has  followed  realty  exclusively,  dealing  extensively 
in  orange  groves.  He  has  made  a  special  study  of  soils  and  relative  land  conditions, 
and  has  become  an  authority  on  that  subject;  and  as  the  oldest  dealer  in  real  estate 
in  Anaheim,  in  the  matter  of  years  of  service,  he  enjoys  an  esteem  and  influence  such 
as  anyone  might  covet. 

Mr.  Evans  is  also  a  member  of  a  syndicate  which  has  large  land  interests  in 
Guatemala,  Central  America,  known  as  the  Guatemala  Agricola  Central  Company, 
acting  as  one  of  its  directors,  and  they  hold  a  large  tract  of  land  which  is  devoted 
especially  to  cocoanuts,  pineapples,  and  also  to  sugar  cane,  grain  and  stock  raising. 
In  addition,  he  has  extensive  mining  interests  in  Sonora,  Mexico,  which  is  being  oper- 
ated as  the  Esperanza  Mining  Company. 

Ten  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Evans.  Alice  is  the  wife  of  H. 
M.  Barker  of  Iowa.  Francis  is  a  lumberman  in  Siskiyou  County.  Leonard  A.  is  a  grad- 
uate of  the  University  of  Southern  California,  holding  the  diploma  through  the  law 
school,  and  is  a  well-known  practicing  attorney  at  Anaheim,  with  offices  in  the  First 
National  Bank  Building.  Russell  is  chief  engineer  of  the  pumping  station  of  the  Gen- 
eral Petroleum  Oil  Company  at  Nenach.  Bayard  H.  is  a  member  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment in  Los  Angeles.  .  Lawrence  J.  is  with  the  ship  yards  at  Mare  Island  Navy  Yard. 
Orilla  May  is  a  graduate  of  the  Los  Angeles  College  of  Osteopathy  and  practicing  at 
Redlands.  Carrie  is  at  home.  Benjamin  is  an  engineer  at  Nenach.  Jennie  is  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Anaheim  high  school  and  now  at  home. 

Mr.  Evans  helped  to  organize  the  First  Christian  Church  in  Pasadena,  in  1881, 
and  the  First  Christian  Church  in  Anaheim,  in  1890;  and  he  has  been  an  active  member 
ever  since. 

HUGH  T.  THOMSON. — A  very  interesting  family,  immediate  and  in  its  many 
worth-while  connections,  is  that  of  Hugh  T.  Thomson,  the  manager  of  the  Jotham 
Bixby  Company's  large  ranch,  as  he  is  also  manager  of  the  Peralta  Tract,  in  Villa 
Park  Precinct.  He  was  born  in  Chicago  on  August  23,  1871,  and  growing  up  there, 
came  to  California,  in  1892,  when  he  was  twenty-one  years  old.  He  had  been  married 
in  Chicago,  and  on  arriving  here,  purchased  a  ranch  of  ten  acres  in  the  Villa  Park 
Precinct.  He  was  at  that  time  wholly  unfamiliar  with  ranch  work,  and  had  "had  no 
experience  in  ranching  or  orcharding.     He  was  apt,   however,  and  learned  rapidly. 

Having  settled  in  this  vicinity  and  become  acquainted  with  the  late  Jotham  Bixby, 
he  became  an  employe  on  his  ranch,  and  arose  to  be  foreman  and  superintendent,  and 
was  continued  in  the  employment  of  the  Bixby's  for  a  period  of  twenty-three  years. 
After  coming  to  the  Jotham  Bixby  ranch,  Hugh  Thomson  studied  civil  engineering 
and  became  a  practical  civil  engineer.  When  the  Jotham  Bixby  Company  was  organ- 
ized, and  this  ranch  was  taken  over  by  the  new  corporation,  Mr.  Thomson  remained 
with  the  new  company;  he  also  had  to  do  with  the  Bixby  Development  Company,  a 
subsidiary  concern  engaged  in  improving  and  selling  off  the  Peralta  Hills  Tract  of 
400  acres.  He  set  out  orchards  on  this  place  about  fifteen  years  ago,  and  now  they  are 
in  full  bearing. 


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Of  all  the  hard  work  he  has  done,  however,  none  gives  him  more  satisfaction 
than  his  recent  war  work.  He  became  enthused  about  this  at  Los  Angeles  when  he 
heard  an  address  by  Will  H.  Hays,  Chairman  of  the  Republican  National  Committee; 
and  he  accepted  the  local  secretaryship  of  the  campaigns  for  the  second,  third,  fourth 
and  fifth  loans,  and  successfully  put  his  constituency  over  the  top  every  drive  in 
record-breaking  time.  He  was  also  in  charge  of  two  Red  Cross  drives.  In  the  year 
1918  alone  he  put  in  five  months'  time  on  war  work. 

He  was  born,  as  has  been  stated,  in  the  early  seventies,  the  son  of  SomerviUe 
Thomson,  a  wholesale  baker  in  Chicago,  who  was  burned  out  and  ruined  during  the 
great  Chicago  fire.  He  was  a  Scotchman  by  birth,  and  came  to  the  United  States  when 
a  young  man.     He  married  Elizabeth  Boyd,  who  died  at  Ontario,  Cal.,  in  1917. 

When  he  married,  Mr.  Thomson  chose  for  his  wife  Miss  Emma  Conger,  a  cousin 
of  Edwin  H.  Conger,  the  American  Minister  to  China  at  the  time  of  the  "Boxer"  siege 
of  Pekin;  and  four  children  have  blessed  this  fortunate  union;  Hugh  Conger  Thomson, 
who  was  foreman  of  the  Bixby  Company,  owns  a  ranch  in  Villa  Park;  SomerviUe 
Thomson,  having  returned  from  war  service  in  France,  is  at  present  foreman,  in  place 
of  his  brother  Hugh;  and  there  are  Margery  and  Lois,  schoolgirls.  The  family  attend 
the  Congregational  Church  at  Villa  Park,  where  Mr.  Thomson  is  a  prominent  member. 
He  has  also  done  good  civic  service  as  a  trustee  of  the  Villa  Park  grammar  school,  and 
was  on  the  building  committee  when  the  new  school,  thoroughly  up-to-date,  was 
erected.  In  every  way  he  is  interested  in  the  development  and  permanent,  healthy 
growth  of  Orange  County,  and  never  fails  to  help  along  any  good  movement  likely  to 
benefit  any  of  its  rising  communities. 

ANSON  LAMB. — The  history  of  the  Lamb  family  in  America  dates  back  to  the 
early  colonial  days.  The  founder  of  the  family  in  this  country  was  Terry  Lamb,  who 
came  from  Ireland  in  the  early  days  of  New  England  and  fought  in  the  War  of  the 
Revolution  under  George  Washington.  During  the  period  of  his  service  he  was  cap- 
tured by  a  band  of  Oneida  Indians,  but  later  a  force  of  cavalry  came  to  his  rescue  and 
saved  his  life.  After  the  Revolutionary  War  was  over  the  Government  took  upon 
itself  the  task  of  educating  the  Indians  in  the  constructive  arts  of  peace,  and  Mr. 
Lamb  was  appointed  a  teacher  to  instruct  the  Oneida  tribe  and  in  the  course  of  his 
work  he  taught  them  the  trades  of  blacksmithing  and  carpentering,  as  well  as  the 
science  of  farming.  Afterwards  he  settled  in  Onondaga  County,  New  York,  where  he 
established  the  family  home,  and  here  he  lived,  an  honored  and  respected  citizen,  until 
his  death  in  1824.  He  and  his  wife,  who  was  a  native  of  New  England,  were  the 
parents  of  five  children:  Terry,  Timothy,  William,  John  and  Nancy.  Of  these  children, 
John  became  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  and  here  he  lived  to  the  ripe 
old  age  of  eighty-four  years,  prominent  in  the  political  aflfairs  of  his  locality  and  a 
staunch  adherent  of  the  old  school  of  democracy.  During  his  early  manhood  he  had 
farmed  in  New  York  state,  and  while  there  married  Mary  Chase,  a  native  of  that  state, 
who  passed  away  at  their  Michigan  home  at  the  age  of  ninety-six. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Lamb  were  the  parents  of  eight  daughters  and  three  sons, 
and  one  of  the  latter  was  Anson  Lamb,  the  subject  of  this  review.  At  the  time  of  his 
birth,  August  25,  1818,  his  parents  were  still  living  in  New  York,  and  his  early  years 
were  spent  on  the  old  homestead  there.  He  began  farming  when  but  a  youth,  having 
been  brought  up  to  a  knowledge  of  agricultural  pursuits,  but  later  he  became  second 
mate  on  a  boat  plying  on  the  Ohio  River.  During  the  Civil  War  he  was  in  the  Govern- 
ment service  and  after  the  close  of  hostilities  he  located  at  Nevada,  Iowa,  where  he 
worked  at  blacksmithing  and  also  operated  a  threshing  machine.  During  his  residence 
here,  his  wife,  Caroline  (Bartholomew)  Lamb,  whom  he  had  married  in  New  York, 
passed  away  in  Dubuque,  when  their  son,  William  D.  Lamb,  Orange  County's  well- 
known  pioneer  citizen,  was  only  four  years  old.  Ten  years  later  father  and  son  started 
across  the  plains  in  a  Mormon  freight  train,  locating  at  Salt  Lake  City.  There  they 
embarked  in  the  lumber  and  sawmill  business  in  Mill  Creek  Canyon,  about  nineteen 
miles  from  Salt  Lake  City.  Here  they  developed  a  remarkably  successful  business, 
which  they  continued  in  for  several  years.  In  the  meantime,  William  D.  Lamb  had 
been  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Holt,  and  shortly  after  that,  about  the  year  1869,  he 
came  to  California,  settling  in  what  is  now  Orange  County,  and  becoming  one  of  its 
best-known  settlers  and  a  large  ranch  owner.  Anson  Lamb  was  associated  with  his 
son  in  many  of  his  extensive  undertakings  and  he  became  the  owner  of  800  acres  of  land, 
149  acres  belonging  to  the  Stearns  Rancho,  of  which  William  D.  Lamb  was  for  many 
years  manager.  The  remainder  of  the  acreage  was  formerly  a  part  of  the  Laguna 
Rancho.  He  did  much  pioneer  work  in  the  development  of  this  region  and  contributed 
valuably  to  its  agricultural  upbuilding.  This  property  descended  to  the  grandchildren. 
His  death  occurred  at  the  ranch  in  August,  1906,  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight  years. 


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STEPHEN  F.  CLARKE. — Many  years  of  various  business  experiences  have  gone 
to  make  up  the  thorough  knowledge  and  understanding  of  human  nature  which  has 
contributed  so  largely  to  the  success  accompanying  the  efforts  of  Stephen  F.  Clarke, 
of  Orange,  who  is  known  throughout  Orange  County  as  one  of  its  sterling  and 
progressive  citizens.  A  descendant  of  good  old  New  England  stock,  Mr.  Clarke  was 
born  at  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1859,  his  parents  being  Isaac  P.  and  Caroline  (Frothingham) 
Clalrke,  both  natives  of  the  Bay  State,  where  they  passed  their  entire  lives,  the  father 
attaining  the  age  of  eighty-four,  while  Mrs.  Clarke  passed  away  when  seventy-three 
years  of  age.  There  were  five  sons  and  one  daughter  in  the  Clarke  family,  as  follows: 
Eben  B.  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  George  F.  of  Boston,  Mass.;  Isaac  Wells,  also  a  resident 
of  Pittsburgh;  Charles  McClellan  of  Buffalo,  N.Y.;  Edith  R.  of  Pittsburgh;  and 
Stephen  F.  of  this  review. 

Fortunate  in  a  family  environment  where  a  thorough  education  was  considered  of 
prime  importance,  Stephen  F.  Clarke  was  given  exceptional  advantages  and  unlike  many 
youths  of  his  age  he  appreciated  these  opportunities.  Being  naturally  of  a  studious 
disposition  he  made  good  use  of  his  time  and  when  his  school  days  were  over  he  was 
well  grounded  in  all  the  subjects  that  are  the  basis  of  true  education.  Taking  a 
special  course  in  drawing,  he  subsequently  made  use  of  the  technical  knowledge  thus 
acquired  when  he  served  as- draftsman  with  the  board  of  park  commissioners  of  Boston. 
Notwithstanding  his  pleasant  environment  and  splendid  prospects  for  a  successful 
future  amid  the  cultured  surroundings  of  his  birthplace,  Mr.  Clarke  was  imbued  with 
the  spirit  of  the  early  pioneers  and  chose  rather  to  carve  out  his  future  in  a  new  and 
undeveloped  region. 

Leaving  the  parental  home  in  1883  he  chose  California  for  his  future  home  and 
not  long  after  arriving  here  he  purchased  a  twenty-acre  tract  near  Orange,  ten  acres 
of  which  had  already  been  planted  to  oranges,  the  remainder  being  uncultivated  land. 
At  that  time  there  was  much  activity  in  the  grape  industry  in  this  district,  hundreds 
of  acres  being  planted  to  vineyard  and  a  number  of  wineries  being  established,  Mr. 
Clarke  set  out  ten  acres  of  grapes,  but  with  the  gradual  dying  out  of  this  industry, 
due  to  several  causes,  he  later  experimented  with  other  crops,  among  them  figs  and 
barley,  but  while  he  attained  a  reasonable  success  he  came  to  the  conclusion  some 
years  ago  that  citrus  fruits  were  the  best  all-around  paying  crops.  His  acreage  is  now 
divided  between  Navels  and  Valencias  and  the  grove  is  one  of  the  heaviest  producers 
in  this  locality,  bringing  in  a  handsome  income.  Mr.  Clarke  has  given  his  property  the 
most  intelligent  care  and  he  is  rewarded  in  seeing  the  value  of  it  increase  from  $3,500, 
which  he  paid  for  the  entire  acreage,  to  what  it  is  today  with  adjoining  land  selling 
for  $6,000  an  acre  besides  a  sanguine  possibility  for  oil. 

In  1908  Mr.  Clarke  returned  to  his  native  state,  the  occasion  being  the  solemniza- 
tion of  his  marriage  to  Miss  Katherine  Keith  Alger,  which  occurred  on  July  20,  1908, 
at  the  family  home  of  the,  Algers  at  Yarmouth  Port,  Mass.  Mrs.  Clarke  is  the 
daughter  of  Francis  and  Izette  (Matthews)  Alger,  both  descendants  of  old  and  re- 
spected families  of  the  Bay  State.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clarke  are  the  parents  of  one 
daughter,  Izette  Caroline. 

In  addition  to  his  horticultural  holdings  Mr.  Clarke  has  also  given  considerable 
time  to  other  developments,  spending  three  years  at  Copperopolis,  where  he  was  asso- 
ciated with  Fred  Ames  of  the  Union  Copper  Mines.  Of  recent  years  he  has  given 
much  time  to  the  study  of  the  mineral  resources  of  Orange  County  and  it  is  his  belief 
that  this  county  will  be  the  largest  producer  of  oil  in  the  state  of  California.  An  in- 
dependent in  his  political  views,  Mr.  Clarke  is  vitally  interested  in  every  movement 
that  concerns  the  welfare  of  the  nation  as  well  as  the  purely  local  issues  and  during 
the  war  he  not  only  gave  generously  of  his  time  and  endeavor  in  all  the  drives,  but 
also  served  as  a  private  in  Company  Seventy-six,  California  Military  Reserve  of  Orange. 

ANTON  SCHILDMEYER  and  MRS.  LOUISA  SCHILDMEYER.— When,  on 

December  20,  1919,  Anton  Schildmeyer  passed  to  his  eternal  reward.  Orange  County 
lost  one  of  the  most  conscientious  of  her  experienced  and  industrious  ranchers,  and 
one  who  had  long  operated  on  such  broad  lines  as  to  entitle  him  to  the  credit  of 
having  been  a  true  empire-builder.  He  was  a  studious,  widely-read  rancher,  and  his 
well-planned  orchards,  symmetrical  yards,  drying-houses,  poultry  houses,  garages  and 
machine  sheds,  show  the  manner  of  man  that  he  was.  He  had  reached  his  sixty- 
fourth  year,  so  that  his  life  may  be  said  to  have  been  fairly  well  rounded  out. 

Mrs.  Schildmeyer  was  born  near  Louisville,  Cass  County,  Nebr.,  and  became  a 
social  favorite  as  Louisa  Brunkow,  a  daughter  of  Frederick  and  Ann  C.  (Panskey) 
Brunkow.  She  was  educated  at  the  ordinary  public  schools,  and  was  married  in  1882 
to  Mr.  Schildmeyer.  Three  miles  east  of  Greenwood  they  bought  a  farm  of  200  acres, 
which  they  conducted  with  success.     On  March  9,  1893,  they  came  to  California,  and 


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in  August  of  the  same  year  they  commenced  to  build  their  two-story,  eight-rooni 
frame  house.  He  owned  two  ranches  at  the  time  of  his  death — the  home  ranch  of 
thirty-three  acres,  and  the  ranch  where  his  son,  Oscar  A.  Schildmeyer,  resides,  three 
miles  northeast  of  Orange,  a  fine  tract  of  fifty-five  acres.  He  also  owned  other  valu- 
able personal  property,  and  he  became  a  stockholder  in  the  Farmers  and  Merchants 
Bank  of  Santa  Ana. 

Five  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schildmeyer — three  girls,  who  first  saw 
the  light  in  Cass  County,  Nebr.,  and  two  boys  of  Orange  County  birth.  Marie  A.  is 
the  wife  of  John  Gobbruegge,  a  rancher  of  Riverside,  and  the  mother  of  two  children. 
Emma  C.  married  Arthur  Hoeffer,  a  rancher  of  Owensmouth,  Los  Angeles  County. 
Martha  S.,  who  is  at  home,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Orange  high  school  and  a  graduate 
registered  nurse.  Oscar  A.,  the  rancher  living  north  of  Orange,  married  Merl  Brown, 
and  has  one  child,  a  boy  baby,  named  Robert.  Frederick  William  operates  Mrs. 
Schildmeyer's  place.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Evangelical  Association  of 
Santa  Ana,  to  whose  building  committee  Mr.  Schildmeyer  belonged.  Mrs.  Schildmeyer 
is  a  member  of  the  Ladies'  Aid  and  Women's  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  said 
church.  This  estimable  lady  continues  to  reside  at  the  Schildmeyer  ranch  of  thirty- 
Eliree  acres,  four  acre?  of  which  are  devoted  to  the  culture  of  Valencia  oranges,  two 
to  the  growth  of  Navels,  six  to  apricots,  soon  to  be  superseded  by  Valencias,  and 
the  balance  to  walnuts.  The  property  has  long  been  exceptionally  productive,  and 
under  the  skillful  management  of  the  enterprising  son,  bids  fair  to  become  even  more 
so  as  the  years  go  by. 

MATHIAS  NISSON. — A  prosperous  rancher,  prominent  for  years  as  one  of  the 
most  successful  horticulturists  of  Orange  County,  is  Mathias  Nisson,  who  was  born  on 
March  31,  1847,  in  Tondern,  North  Schleswig,  near  the  boundary  line  of  Denmark  and 
Germany,  the  son  of  Nis  and  Esther  Nisson,  a  member  of  a  long  line  of  educators,  his 
grandfather  and  uncle  both  being  renowned  as  instructors.  Very  naturally,  therefore, 
he  enjoyed  the  best  of  educational  advantages  in  the  superior  schools  of  his  native  land. 
In  1873,  when  twenty-six  years  of  age,  he  bade  farewell  to  home,  friends  and  the  scenes 
long  so  familiar  and  dear  to  him,  not  because  he  loved  his  Fatherland  less,  but  because 
he  believed  that  the  New  World  would  offer  greater  opportunities. 

Passing  through  New  York  City,  he  stayed  for  a  short  tirne  in  Chicago,  and  then 
went  to  the  vicinity  of  Paxton,  Ford  County,  111.,  where  he  worked  on  various  farms 
for  three  years,  and  at  the  same  time  he  attended  the  district  school  for  a  winter's  term 
at  Paxton.  When  1876  rolled  'round,  California  began  to  be  more  talked  about,  inci- 
dental to  the  Centennial  at  Philadelphia,  and  after  a  while  Mr.  Nisson  concluded  to 
leave  Illinois  and  make  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 

That  same  year,  therefore,  he  reached  Orange  County  and  on  the  fourth  of 
November  arrived  at  Santa  Ana,  where  for  four  years  he  worked  on  various  farms. 
Then  in  1880  he  purchased  twenty-one  acres,  his  prese'nt  place  at  2S00  North  Main 
Street,  and  in  his  efforts  to  do  something  with  the  land,  he  went  through  the  hardships  ' 
of  the  early  grape  industry.  After  the  vines  had  been  grubbed  out,  he  planted  his  own 
nursery  stock,  which  he  next  set  out.  He  had  five  acres  in  prunes  and  five  acres  in 
apricots.  Later  still,  he  grubbed  out  both  the  prunes  and  the  apricots  and  gradually  set 
the  whole  out  to  walnuts  and  oranges.  Now  he  has  eleven  acres  of  walnuts,  nine  acres 
of  Valencia  oranges  and  one  acre  of  Navels  and  as  his  ranch  is  under  the  service  of 
the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  he  has  an  abundance  of  good  water. 

For  fifteen  years  Mr.  Nisson  was  a  director  in  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation 
Company,  serving  as  president  of  the  board  for  several  years.  He  also  has  a  joint 
ownership  with  John  Maier  and  Henry  Rohrs  in  a  pumping  plant  that  throws  sixty 
mches  of  water.  This  well  is  used  during  the  dry  season.  Mr.  Nisson  has  also  im- 
proved his  ranch  with  a  handsome  and  commodious  residence.  He  was  an  organizer 
and  is  a  director  in  the  California  National  Bank  of  Santa  Ana,  a  director  in  the  Santa 
Ana  Steam  Laundry,  and  also  a  stockholder  in  the  Santa  Ana  Commercial  Company, 
of  which  he  has  been  a  director.  Believing  in  cooperation,  he  was  one  of  the  organizers 
and  thus  a  charter  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Walnut  Growers  Association,  serving  as  a 
director  for  several  years.  He  was  also  a  charter  member  and  a  director  of  the  Santiago 
Orange  Growers  Association  at  Orange. 

In  San  Francisco,  on  July  12,  1888,  Mr.  Nisson  was  married  to  Miss  Charlotte 
Laederich,  a  native  daughter,  born  in  San  Francisco.  Her  parents,  Jean  Jacques  and 
Louise  (Weiss)  Laederich,  were  natives  of  France,  who  came  to  New  York  City  in 
1848.  In  1849  Mr.  Laederich  took  the  gold  fever  and  started  for  the  new  Eldorado,  com- 
ing in  a  sailing  vessel  around  Cape  Horn  to  San  Francisco,  so  was  an  Argonaut  in  the 
true  sense  of  the  word.  His  wife  joined  him  in  1852,  coming  by  way  of  Panama,  cross- 
mg  the   Isthmus   on  muleback  with   Indian   guides.   '  Mr.   Laederich  was   prominent   in 


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the  business  and  social  life  of  San  Francisco  in  those  early  days  and  was  a  member  of 
the  first  vigilance  committee. 

At  an  early  age  Mrs.  Nisson  removed  with  her  parents  to  Santa  Clara,  where  she 
received  her  education  and  grew  proud  of  California  and  its  institutions.  Two  children 
blessed  their  family  life:  Clarence  A.  married  Vera  Montgomery,  and  they  are  living 
on  a  citrus  grove  in  Tustin  with  their  two  sons — Clarence  A.,  Jr.,  and  Richard  Mont- 
gomery; Estelle  G.  graduated  at  Stanford  University  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.,  after 
which  she  did  graduate  work  at  Bryn  Mawr  College,  Bryn  Mawr,  Pa.,  taking  a  war 
course  in  employment  management  and  industrial  supervision,  then  spending  some  time 
in  New  York  City  in  the  personnel  division  of  the  Retail  Research  Association. 

The  family  take  an  active  part  in  the  work  of  th'e  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Santa  Ana;  they  did  their  part  in  the  bond  drives  during  the  late  war  and  they  are 
alert  to  contribute  in  any  way  to  the  elevation  of  civic  standards  and  the  election  of 
the  best  men  or  women,  irrespective  of  party  politics.  Mr.  Nisson  belongs  to  the  Santa 
Ana  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  and  with  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Rebekahs. 

ANDREW  GUSTAV  BLOM.— Probably  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  expert 
steel  rolling  mill  men  on  the  Pacific  Coast  is  Andrew  Gustav  Blom,  who  is  now 
living  on  his  eighty-acre  ranch,  beautifully  situated  in  Villa  Park.  It  is  one  of  the 
filiest  properties  in  the  vicinity,  seventeen  acres  being  set  out  to  oranges  and  lemons, 
fifteen  acres  of  hay  land  and  the  balance  foothill  land,  in  the  neighborhood  of  the 
oil-producing  section  of  Orange  County.  When  Mr.  Blom  purchased  this  place,  in 
October,  1919,  it  was  already  improved  with  a  beautiful,  commodious  mansion,  located 
on  a  hill  commanding  a  wonderful  view  of  the  Santiago  Valley,  and  with  its  winding 
roads,  beautiful  trees  and  flowers,  it  is  indeed  one  of  the  beauty  spots  of  this  section. 
The  house  is  furnished  with  every  convenience  enjoyed  by  the  city  dweller  and  sleeping 
porches  and  sun  parlors  add  to  its  attractiveness. 

A  native  of  Vermland,  Sweden,  Mr.  Blom  was  born  there  on  January  8,  1861, 
and  was  the  fourth  eldest  of  a  family  of  nine  children,  seven  of  whom  are  still  living. 
His  parents  were  Olaf  and  Annie  Blom,  both  of  whom  were  born,  married  and  died 
in  Sweden,  the  mother  passing  away  when  Andrew  was  but  eleven  years  of  age,  leaving 
the  following  children:  Britta,  the  wife  of  Nils  Person,  a  carpenter  and  builder  of 
Chicago,  111.;  Charles  John,  in  the  automobile  business  at  Ishpeming,  Mich.;  Mary,  the 
widow  of  Olen  Urban,  resides  on  her  farm  at  Washburn,  Wis.;  Andrew  Gustav,  of  this 
review;  Olaf  August,  the  largest  wholesale  iron  and  steel  merchant  in  Stockholm, 
Sweden;  Mina  resides  in  Stockholm;  Emma  is  the  wife  of  A.  W.  Stark,  who  is  in  the 
hotel  business  at  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Olaf  Blom,  the  father,  was  an  iron  and  steel  worker,  and  Andrew  started  to  work 
in  the  steel  mills  when  but  a  small  lad,  running  the  big  water-power  hammer  for  his 
father  when  he  was  only  nine  years  old.  After  his  mother's  death  the  home  was 
practically  broken  up  and  Andrew  went  to  Toosby,  another  steel  town,  where  he  ran  a 
power  hammer  for  a  year.  After  a  short  visit  at  his  old  home  he  then  went  to 
Soderhamn,  in  the  eastern  part  of  Sweden,  where  he  was  engaged  in  railway  con- 
struction work;  later  he  located  in  the  large  rolling  mill  town  of  Munkfors  Brook, 
making  railroad  iron  for  construction  work.  During  these  twelve  years  Mr.  Blom 
gained  a  wonderful  training  in  all  the  many  and  varied  processes  of  the  steel  industry, 
but,  possessed  of  an  unusual  amount  of  energy  and  ambition,  he  felt  that  the  New 
World  offered  greater  opportunities  for  advancement.  Accordingly,  he  sailed  from 
Gothenburg,  Sweden,  in  April,  1882,  expecting  to  locate  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  where  a 
sister  was  living.  He  worked  his  way  over  on  a  vessel  that  landed  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
and  soon  his  money  gave  out  and  he  had  to  barter  a  feather  pillow  for  a  night's 
lodging — the  last  of  his  possessions,  with  the  exception  of  his  clothing.  Reaching 
Worcester,  Mass.,  he  went  to  work  in  the  wire  mills  of  Washburn,  Moen  &  Co., 
remaining  there  for  about  six  months. 

Mr.  Blom's  next  move  was  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where  he  obtained  work  in 
Helmbacher  Forge  and  Rolling  Mill,  now  well  known  as  the  American  Car  and 
Foundry  Company.  Before  he  had  been  there  three  years  he  was  made  head  roller,  a 
position  which  he  was  well  qualified  to  fill  through  his  many  years  of  thorough 
training.  For  twenty-four  years  he  remained  with  this  company,  gaining  a  well- 
deserved  reputation  for  being  one  of  the  most  expert  rolling-mill  men  in  the  country, 
and  establishing  himself  in  an  authoritative  position  in  this  great  industry.  During  his 
years  of  residence  in  St.  Louis  Mr.  Blom  was  also  actively  interested  in  the  realty 
business,  building,  buying  and  selling  many  residences  and  apartment  houses  there. 

On  July  7,  1905,  Mr.  Blom  came  to  Los  Angeles  to  take  the  responsible  position 
of  head  roller  with  the  Southern  California  Iron  and  Steel  Company,  located  at 
Fourth  and  Santa  Fe  Streets,  holding  that  position  continuously  until  1917,  when  the 


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strike  occurred.  Mr.  Blom  went  out  at  that  time  because  of  his  convictions  on  the 
principles  involved,  and  he  has  never  gone  back,  but  now  gives  all  his  time  to  the 
care  of  his  extensive  ranch.  This  is  no.t  Mr.  Blom's  first  venture  in  the  citrus  mdustry, 
as  he  was  formerly  the  owner  of  a!  grove  of  fifteen  acres  between  Garden  Grove  and 
Anaheim.  For  many  years  while  Mr.  Blom  was  engaged  m  work  m  Los  Angeles 
Mrs  Blom  had  charge  of  the  orange  grove  and  so  successfully  did  she  superintend 
its  development  that  when  it  was  sold  it  brought  $50,000  net,  nearly  tripling  its 
purchase  price  of  $17,000.  This  ranch  was  one  of  the  show  places  of  Orange  County 
and  her  flowers  took  prizes  and  received  honorable  mention  at  the  Orange  Flower 
Shows.     Mrs.  Blom  has  also  shown  her  talent  as  a  writer  of  poetry. 

Mr  Blom's  first  marriage,  which  occurred  in  St.  Louis,  united  him  with  Miss 
Mary  Spenley,  who  passed  away  there,  leaving  five  children,  as  follows:  Josephine  is 
the  wife  of  R.  T.  Mitchell,  a  rolling  mill  worker  in  Los  Angeles;  Stella  married  Fred 
Conrad,  Jr.,  employed  in  the  lumber  business  in  Los  Angeles;  Ollie  W.,  formerly  a 
steel  worker,  is  now  a  producer  of  feldspar  and  silica  at  Ethanac,  Cal.,  where  he  is  the 
owner  of  a  mine;  Florence,  who  became  the  wife  of  Earl  Ladd  of  Garden  Grove,  passed 
away  in  1917  leaving  two  children— Vivian  and  Oliver;  Helen  died  at  the  age  of  eleven 
in  Los  Angeles.  Mr.  Blom  was  married  on  March  8,  1905,  to  Mrs.  Elise  Floyd,  the 
widow  of  George  G.  Floyd,  the  ceremony  being  solemnized  in  St.  Louis.  She  is  the 
daughter  of  Charles  L.  and  Mary  Josephine  (Lahay)  Pelot,  the  father  being  a  native 
of  Canton  Berne,  Switzerland,  and  the  mother  of  French-Canadian  extraction,  and 
was  one  of  a  family  of  seven  children,  four  of  whom  are  now  living,  all  residents  of 
California.  Mrs.  Blom  was  born  in  Farmington,  Mo.,  her  father  being  a  well-known 
business  man  of  that  place,  but  the  family  later  removed  to  St.  Louis,  and  there  her 
girlhood  was  spent.  Mr.  Pelot  built  up  a  substantial  business  there,  dealing  in  coal, 
lime  and  cement,  having  large  yards  in  that  city.  He  passed  away  there  in  1907,  at 
the  age  of  fifty-one  years;  the  mother  is  still  living  and  makes  her  home  with  the 
Bloms  on  their  beautiful  ranch. 

Entirely 'through  his  own  efforts  Mr.  Blom  has,  by  his  untiring  industry,  reached 
a  high  degree  of  success,  and  he  is  now  enjoying  the  fruits  of  his  labor.  He  is  devoted 
to  the  country  of  his  adoption  and  is  a  firm  believer  in  the  permanent  prosperity  of 
this  section  of  the  country. 

JOHN  BRUNWORTH. — A  liberal-minded,  kind-hearted  gentleman,  who  has  im- 
proved acreage  and  who  never  fails  to  entertain  with  his  interesting  and  instructive 
stories  of  early-settler  days,  is  John  Brunworth,  of  East  Center  Street,  Anaheim.  He 
was  born  at  Edwardsville,  Madison  County,  111.,  on  New  Year's  Day,  1861,  the  son  of 
Henry  Brunworth,  who  came  to  St.  Louis  when  that  city  was  a  small  French  town.  He 
soon  removed  to  Madison  County  and  rented  land,  farming  until  he  got  a  start;  and 
finally  he  bought  a  tract  on  the  rich  prairies,  and  improved  it,  and  added  to  that  by 
other  purchases,  so  that  now,  still  living  at  the  age  of  ninety-six,  past,  he  owns  180 
acres  of  very  choice  farm  land.  He  had  married  Miss  Sophia  Buettemeier,  who  died 
at  the  old  home.  They  had  ten  children,  six  of  whom  are  at  present  living;  and 
among  those  John  was  the  second  in  the   order  of  birth. 

He  was  brought  up  in  Illinois,  where  he  attended  the  public  schools,  and  he  early 
went  to  work  at  grain  growing  and  stock  raising.  He  also  ran  a  steam  thresher  for 
seven  years,  and  did  general  farming  until  1887,  when  he  came  to  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
The  town  was  then  a  small  place,  with  not  a  foot  of  paving,  and  he  went  to  work 
for  a  liveryman  as  floor  manager.  After  that,  for  four  years,  he  was  a  truck  driver 
for  Hellman,  Haas  and  Company,  and  it  was  not  until  1893  that  he  located  at  Anaheim. 

He  bought  ten  acres  on  Sycamore  Street,  planted  to  walnuts  and  figs;  but  he 
soon  dug  the  figs  out,  and,  instead,  set  out  oranges.  In  1910,  he  bought  another  ten 
acres  which  he  improved,  again  setting  out  walnuts  and  oranges;  so  that  he  had  twenty 
acres,  which  he  managed  with  success  until  1917,  when  he  disposed  of  his  holdings. 
He  still  owns  residence  property  in  Anaheipi. 

In  Los  Angeles  Mr.  Brunworth  was  married  to  Miss  Ernestine  Frederick,  a  native 
of  Germany  who  died  at  Anaheim,  the  mother  of  two  children.  Albert  was  in  the 
Sixth  U.  S.  Marines,  Second  Division,  and  served  overseas,  on  the  Argonne  front, 
without  getting  a  scratch;  Eleanor  Brunworth  became  Mrs.  Dyer  of  Hollywood.  Mr. 
Brunworth  married  a  second  time,  at  Anaheim,  choosing  for  his  bride  Miss  Pauline 
Kroeger,  a  native  of  Anaheim  and  the  daughter  of  Henry  Kroeger,  one  of  the  pioneers 
of  the  town.  A  Democrat  in  national  politics,  Mr.  Brunworth  is  a  nonpartisan  "booster" 
in  every  local  movement  giving  promise  of  contributing  toward  the  building  up  and 
the  elevating  of  the  community  and  county  in  which  he  lives,  works  and  prospers.  He 
attends  the  Lutheran  Church  of  Anaheim. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  459 

COLUM  C.  CHAPMAN. — Prominent,  among  the  level-headed,  far-seeing  men  of 
invaluable  experience  and  unimpeachable  integrity,  to  whom  not  only  Orange  County 
but  Southern  California  will  ever  be  agreeably  indebted  for  public-spirited  interest  and 
years  of  unselfish  service  in  both  the  development  of  the  state's  resources  and  the 
upbuilding  as  well  as  the  building' up  of  the  communities  with  which  he  has  had  to  do, 
must  be  mentioned  Colum  C.  Chapman,  of  the  well-known  Eastern  family  which  has 
come  to  play  such  an  enviable  role,  in  one  way  or  other,  in  the  Golden  State.  He  was 
born  at  Macomb,  McDonough  County,  111.,  on  August  23,  18S8,  the  son  of  Sidney  S.  and 
Rebecca  Jane  (Clark)  Chapman,  who  removed  with  him,  when  he  was  ten  years  of  age, 
to  the  village  of  Vermont,  Fulton  County,  111.  In  1872  Mr.  Chapman  and  his  family 
moved-  again,  this  time  tp  Chicago';  and  in  that  fast-expanding  city  Colum  grew  up 
and  remained  until  the  middle  nineties. 

During  his  residence  in  Chicago,  Colum  Chapman  was  connected  with  various 
enterprises,  and  they  vvere  all  of  such  a  character  as  to  reflect  with  credit  his  inclina- 
tions and  his  ability.  For  some  years,  for  example,  he  was  head  of  the  lithographing 
department  in  the  publishing  house  of  Chapman  Bros.,  and  as  such  had  much  to  do 
with  the  extension  of  education  in  the  Middle  West,  the  proper  preservation  for 
future,  accessible  reference  .of  historical  data  and  memorials,  and  with  the  formation  of 
popular  taste  in  art.  At  Chicago,  also,  on  November  9,  1887,  Mr.  Chapman  was  married 
to  Miss  Anna  J.  Clough,  of  Chicago,  a  gifted  lady  with  the  capacity  for  making  friend- 
ships. Her  father  was  a  native  of  England,  doubtless  related  to  Arthur  Hugh  Clough, 
the  poet  of  that  country  so  popular  with  our  New  England  bards,  and  her  mother 
came  of  good  old  Puritan  stock"  in  Providence,  R.  I. 

In  March,  1894,  Mr.  Chapman  made  his  first  trip  to  California,  to  look  over  the 
lay  of  the  land  and  decide  upon  a  future  site  for  location,  after  which  he  returned  to 
Chicago;  and  in  December  of  the  following  year  he  came  out  to  Los  Angeles,  bringing 
with  him  his  family.  He  then  removed  to  Fullerton,  and  for  four  years  he  was  on 
Chafles  C.  Chapman's  ranch,  after  which  he  went- back  to  Los  Angeles  for  another 
three  years.  He  then  went  to  Monrovia,  where  he  had  an  orange  grove  of  twenty 
acres,  which  he  sold  at  the  end  of  three  years-.  Again  he  took  up  his  residence  in 
Los jAngeles,  where  he  remained  until  he  canie  to  Yorba  Linda,  in  November,  1917. 

Since  taking  up  his  residence  and  responsibilities  here,  Mr.  Chapman  has  been 
active  in  various  lines  such  as  spell  prosperity  for  others  as  well  as  himself,  and  augur 
well'  for  a  section  of  the,  great  commonwealth"  with  unrivalled  resources  awaiting 
appreciation  and  development.  He  has  improved  forty  acres  by  the  setting  out  of 
oranges,  and  leased  part  of  his  ranch  to  the  Ridge  Oil  Company,  in  which  he  is  a 
large  stockholder.  While  in  Los  Angeles,  he  was  engaged  in  the  handling  of  important 
real;  estate  and  in  building  high-class  residences^  and  he  also  super'intended  certain 
interest  of  his  brother,  and  still  looks  after  those  interests. 

Two  sons  bless  the  fortunate  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chapihan.  Llewellyn  Sidney 
was  born  in  Chicago  on  May  22,  1891,  and  married  Miss  Ruth  Reid,  who  is  a  graduate 
of  the  University  of  Southern  California  preparatory  school  and  took  a  course  at  the 
University  of  Southern  California;  they  live  on  the  home  ranch  and  are  the  parents  of 
one  daughter,  Marilyn;  Colum  Clough  Chapman  was  born  at  Fullerton,  on  February 
11,  1899,  graduated  from  the  Hollywood  high  school,  and  is  now  pursuing  a  course  in 
agriculture  at  the  Davis  branch  of  the  State  University.  True  to  the  traditions  of  the 
Chapman  family,  Mr.  Chapman  is  a  member  and  active  supporter  of  the  Christian 
Church,  and  being  a  man  who  favors  training  the  body  as  well  as  the  niind  and  the 
soul,  he  belongs  to  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 

MITT  O.  AINSWORTH. — A  public^spirited  citizen  of  Oirange,  whose  position  as 
vice-president  and  director  in  the  Orange  Savings  Bank,  and  as  a  stockholder  in  the 
National  Bank  of  Orange,  makes  him  naturally  a  leader  of  wide,  helpful  influence,  is 
Mitt  O.  Ainsworth,  a  native  son  who  was  born  near  Weaverville,  Trinity  County,  Cal., 
on  April  1,  1860.  His  father  was  Lewis  Ainsworth,  whose  sketch  is  given  on  another 
page  in  this  work.  Mitt  O.  was  reared  in  that  locality  until  he  was  eight  years  old, 
when  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Iowa.  There,  in  Monticello,  Jones  County,  he 
remained  until  he  was  eighteen;  he  went  to  the  public  schools,  and  in  1878  moved  on 
to  Glasco,  Kans.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming.  In  1888,  he  pushed  out  to  the  great 
Northwest,  with  his  family,  and  at  Salem,  Ore.,  he  followed  farming.  In  1890  he  came 
back  to  Glasco;  and  when  a  bank  was  started  there,  he  entered  its  service,  and  con- 
tinued banking  for  four  years.  Then  he  resumed  farming  and  also  took  up  stock 
raising;  he  .cultivated  wheat  and  corn,  and  fed  cattle  and  hogs. 

In  1903  Mr.  Ainsworth  came  out  to  California,  and  at  Orange  embarked  in  the 
lumber  trade,  havmg  his  father  and  brother  as  partners;  he  became  a  member  of  the 
Ainsworth  Lumber  and  Milling  Company,  and  became  its  vice-president  and  a  director. 


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He  took  an  active  part  in  it  until  he  sold  out;  they  built  a  planing  mill  which  was 
burned  to  the  ground,  and  then  they  rebuilt  it  on  modern  lines,  had  a  large  lumber 
yard  and  enjoyed  a  fast-growing  trade.  Since  he  sold  out,  in  May,  1914,  Mr.  Ainsworth 
has  engaged  in  ranching,  growing  oranges,  lemons  and  walnuts.  He  has  bought, 
improved  and  sold  ranches,  and  he  now  owns  a  ten-acre  ranch  of  oranges  and  lemons, 
and  another  ranch  of  ten  acres  on  Tustin  Avenue,  where  seven  and  a  half  acres  are 
given  up  to  oranges  and  two  and  a  half  acres  to  lemons.  Naturally  enough,  Mr.  Ains- 
worth is  a  member  of  the  Villa  Park  Orchards  Association,  and  the  Central  Lemon 
Growers  Association. 

During  his  residence  at  Glasco,  Kans.,  Mr.  Ainsworth  was  married  to  Miss  Nellie 
Sutton,  a  native  of  Iowa,  the  ceremony  taking  place  in  1883.  Four  children  have 
blessed  the  fortunate  union.  Rose  has  become  Mrs.  B.  J.  Fletcher  of  Orange;  Ina  is 
Mrs.  Carl  Schmidt  of  San  Fernando;  Jesse  is  a  rancher  in  Orange;  and  Nellie  is  Mrs. 
Earl  Johnson  of  Nuevo.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ainsworth  are  members  of  the  Christian  Church 
of  Orange;  and  Mr..  Ainsworth  is  a  trustee  and  also  a  deacon  in  the  church. 

JOHN  WEHRLY,  M.  D. — A  physician  who,  following  exceptional  and  technical 
preparation  for  his  work,  and  years  of  illuminating  practice,  has  come  to  take  front 
rank  among  the  best  representatives  of  medicine  and  surgery  in  Santa  Ana,  is  Dr.  John 
Wehrly,  the  fifth  oldest  practitioner  in  point  of  service  in  the  city.  A  native  of  Canton 
Aaru,  Switzerland,  John  Weh'rly  was  born  April  1,  1868,  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Marie 
(Simons)  Wehrly,  both  born  in  the  same  canton,  and  living  only  about  five  miles  from 
the  original  Hapsburg  Castle.  They  had  four  children,  two  of  whom  died  in  infancy, 
and  the  others  were  Samuel  Wehrly,  Jr.,  a  farmer  near  Kane,  Greene  County,  111.,  and 
John  Wehrly,  of  this  review.  The  mother  died  in  Greene  County  in  1913,  aged 
seventy-seven  years,  and  the  father,  now  past  eighty-five,  makes  his  home  with  his 
son  in  Santa  Ana.  He  was  the  owner  of  a  200-acre  farm  in  Greene  County  for  many 
years,  selling  it  at  a  recent  date  at  a  very  satisfactory  advance  in  price. 

John  was  but  a  lad  of  four  years  of  age  when  his  parents  came  to  America,  and 
he  grew  up  on  the  Greene  County  farm,  attending  both  the  grammar  and  the  high 
schools  of  CarroUton,  in  that  county.  Having  a  natural  aptitude  and  a  leaning  for  the 
medical  profession,  he  began  his  studies  under  Dr.  C.  A.  Armstrong  of  CarroUton,  and 
a  year  later  matriculated,  in  September,  1887,  at  the  Missouri  Medical  College,  and  was 
graduated  therefrom  on  March  4,  1890,  with  his  degree  of  M.  D.  The  young  physician 
began  his  practice  in  Jacksonville,  111.,  and  one  year  later  removed  to  Highland, 
Madison  County,  that  state,  where  he  continued  for  three  years  as  a  general  practitioner. 
In  1894  we  find  Dr.  Wehrly  in  St.  Louis,  specializing  in  diseases  of  the  stomach 
and  electro-therapeutics  and  winning  a  deserved  popularity.  Desiring  a  change  of 
environment,  he  decided  to  come  to  California,  and  in  1901 — an  eventful  year  in  his 
eventful  career — located  in  the  city  of  Santa  Ana  and  opened  an  office  in  the  Henry 
Finley  Block,  continuing  there  for  eight  years.  As  his  practice  grew  he  moved  into 
the  Farmers  and  Merchants  Bank  Building  and  remained  there  until  able  to  move  into 
his  own  building  at  607  North  Main  Street.  This  was  built  in  1912,  expressly  for  his 
growing  clientele,  and  is  equipped  with  all  modern  conveniences.  Soon  after  locating 
in  Santa  Ana,  Dr.  Wehrly  went  east  to  Chicago  and  pursued  a  post-graduate  course  in 
electro-therapeutics  and  diseases  of  the  stomach,  intestines  and  bladder,  and  there 
learned  the  latest  word  of  science  and  was  enabled  to  take  the  lead  in  his  specialties 
after  resuming  his  practice  here. 

Besides  having  a  large  general  practice.  Dr.  Wehrly  served  as  county  physician 
from  1911  to  191S.  At  the  beginning  the  hospital  was  located  at  the  corner  of  Fifth 
and  Spurgeon  streets,  in  the  city  of  Santa  Ana,  but  in  1913  Dr.  Wehrly  encouraged  the 
board  of  supervisors  to  purchase  seventy-three  acres  of  land  in  the  West  Orange 
Precinct  for  a  county  farm,  and  also  assisted  in  planning  the  new  county  hospital 
building.  This  investment  by  the  board  has  been  a  wise  one,  for  the  market  value  of 
the  land  has  increased  many  times  since  it  was  made,  and  has  shown  the  far-sightedness 
of  Dr.  Wehrly.  The  Doctor  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  the 
State  Medical  Society,  the  Southern  California  Medical  Society,  the  Orange  County 
Medical  Society  and  the  Pacific  Coast  Roentgen  Ray  Society,  and  was  vice-president 
of  the  Santa  Ana  Hospital. 

While  a  resident  of  Highland,  Madison  County,  111.,  Dr.  Wehrly  and  Miss 
Augusta  Wehrle  were  united  in  marriage  on  November  17,  1892.  She  is  a  native  of 
Highland  and  the  ^daughter  of  Andrew  and  Katherine  (Raber)  Wehrle.  Mr.  Wehrle 
was  a  well-known  business  man  of  that  city  and  there  the  daughter  was- reared  and 
educated.  Two  children  blessed  their  union:  John  L.,  graduated  from  the  Santa  Ana 
high  school  in  1916  and  became  a  student  at  the  U.  C.  Dental  College  in  Los  Angeles- 
During   the   World   War   he   enlisted    in   the    students'    training   corps    and,    after    his 


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honorable  discharge  at  the  signing  of  the  armistice,  resumed  his  studies,  being  a 
member  of  the  class  of  '21;  Waldo  S.,  graduated  from  the  Santa  Ana  high  school  in 
1918  and  was  in  the  students'  training  corps  as  a  student  at  Throop  College  at  Pasadena. 
After  his  honorable  discharge  he  resumed  his  college  work  and  is  now  taking  a 
medical  course  in  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  California  at  Berkeley, 
Cal.  The  family  attend  and  belong  to  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Santa 
Ana,  where  Dr.  Wehrly  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  stewards. 

Dr.  Wehrly  was  chief  examiner  for  Exemption  Board  No.  1  of  Santa  Ana,  during 
the  World  War,  until  enlisting  in  the  service  in  August,  1918,  being  commissioned 
captain  of  the  base  hospital  at  Camp  Kearney,  and  was  given  charge  of  the  gastro- 
intestinal ward  until  transferred  to  Fort  Snelling,  Minn.,  and  while  stationed  there 
base  hospital  No.  108  was  organized.  From  Fort  Snelling  he  was  ordered  to  France, 
and  sailed  from  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  October  31,  1918,  on  the  George  Washington,  one  of 
the  captured  German  liners.  The  vessel  arrived  at  Brest  on  November  9,  1918,  and  two 
days  later  the  armistice  was  signed.  His  services  were  still  needed,  however,  and  he 
assisted  at  the  base  hospital  at  Meves,  near  Nevers,  France;  was  promoted  to  major  on 
May  2,  1919,  and  on  May  3  was  transferred  to  the  Thirty-sixth  Division,  made  up  from 
Texas  and  Oklahoma.-  He  left  Brest  in  May  and  landed  at  Hoboken  June  2,  and  was 
honorably  discharged  at  Camp  Dix,  N.  J.,  June  8,  and  arrived  home  in  Santa  Ana 
June  13,  1919.  Dr.  Wehrly  is  a  major  in  the  Medical  Reserve;  a  member  of  the 
Association  of  Military  Surgeons  of  the  United  States;  president  of  Santa  Ana  Post 
No.  131,  American  Legion;  chairman  of  the  Santa  Ana  Chapter  of  the  American  Red 
Cross;  and  chairman  of  the  Santa  Ana  Board  of  Health.  In  matters  fraternal  he 
belongs  to  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  and  is  a  Knights  Templar  Mason 
and  belongs  to  the  Eastern  Star  Chapter,  in  which  he  is  past  patron.  In  national 
politics  always  a  Republican,  Dr.  Wehrly  never  lets  partisan  affiliation  interfere  when 
it  comes  to  local  offices,  and  supports  men  and  measures  he  deems  best  suited  for  the 
greatest  good  to  the  greatest  number  of  people,  and  for  the  upbuilding  of  the  city  and 
county  of  his  adoption,  where  he  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by  all  who  know  him. 

CHARLES  EDWARD  RUDDOCK.— One  of  the  most  esteemed  and  helpful  resi- 
dents of  FuUerton  was  the  late  Charles  E.  Ruddock,  and  his  death,  which  occurred 
on  February  2,  1917,  in  the  prime  of  his  manhood,  was  a  distinct  loss  to  the  com- 
munity, where  he  had  won  a  high  position  in  the  regard  of  his  fellowtownsmen;  and 
he  left  behind  him  a  record  of  quiet,  honest  and  earnest  integrity  which  has  placed 
his  name  on  the  roll  of  honored  citizens  of  that  city.  Like  hundreds  of  California's 
citizens  who  have  aided  in  bringing  it  to  its  present  wonderful  development,  Mr.  Rud- 
dock was  an  Easterner  by  birth.  ,He  first  saw  the  light  of  day  on  March  8,  1864,  in 
Chenango  County,  N.  Y.,  his  parents  being  Chester  S.  and  Sarah  J.  (Chandler)  Ruddock, 
natives,  respectively,  of  Massachusetts  and  New  York. 

When  he  was  but  three  years  of  age,  Mr.  Ruddock's  parents  decided  to  try  their 
fortunes  in  the  Middle  West,  and  they  traveled  out  as  far  as  Wisconsin,  settling  in 
Winnebago  County,  where  the  father  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits.  Here  Charles 
was  reared,  receiving  his  education  in  the  country  schools,  and  like  the  other  lads  of 
his  day,  learned  the  rudiments  of  farming  by  assisting  his  father  on  the  home  place. 
He  grew  to  manhood  in  this  state,  near  Berlin,  Green  Lake  County,  and  on  November 
27,  1884,  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Lila  L.  Ruddock,  a  native  of  Wisconsin, 
the  daughter  of  Asahel  Dwight  and  Julia  Amelia  (De  Forris)   Ruddock. 

On  November  1,  1896,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ruddock  came  to  Fullerton,  Cal.,  and  entered 
at  once  into  the  life  of  the  community.  Mr.  Ruddock  puurchased  twelve  acres  on 
West  Wilshire  Street;  this  was  planted  to  young  Navel  oranges  and  walnut  trees, 
and  later  he  set  out  late  Valencias,  and  other  varieties.  He  also  bought  twelve 
acres  of  raw  land,  three-fourths  of  a  mile  west  of  Fullerton,  which  was  planted  to 
lemons,  and  which  he  later  disposed  of.  He  built  a  substantial  home  on  Common- 
wealth Avenue,  and  here  he  made  his  home  for  fifteen-  years,  then  bought  a  place  on 
North  Birch  Street,  Santa  Ana,  arid  lived  there  five  years,  then  moving  into  the  home 
on  West  Wilshire,  where  he  died.  Always  interested  in  promoting  every  worthy 
project  for  the  good  of  the  community,  and  a  firm  believer  in  cooperation,  he  was  a 
member  and  stockholder  in  the  Placentia  Orange  Growers  Association,  the  Fullerton 
Walnut  Growers  Association  and  the  Anaheim  Water  Company. 

A  stanch  Republican,  Mr.  Ruddock  was  always  prominent  in  the  councils  of 
his  party  and  in  the  political  life  of  the  county.  In  1910  he  was  honored  by  being 
elected  to  the  oiffice  of  sheriff  of  Orange  County,  serving  a  four-year  term.  Prior  to 
this  he  was  city  marshal  of  Fullerton  for  eight  years.  For  years  he  was  very  active 
in  fraternal  life,  being  a  Scottish  Rite  Mason,  past  master  of  the  Fullerton  Lodge,  a 
Knight  Templar  and  Shriner.     He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  and  Elks 


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lodges  of  Santa  Ana.  In  his  religious  affiliations,  Mr.  Ruddock  was  an  adherent  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  and  was  a  prominent  member  and  trustee  of  the  Fullerton 
organization.  A  natural  musician,  he  was  an  excellent  performer  on  both  the  violin 
and  cornet,  and  in  Winnebago  County,  Wis.,  organized  and  led  the  band  at  Koro  for 
seven  years.     He  organized  the  Fullerton  band  and  was  its  president. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ruddock,  were  the  parents  of  two  children.  Ray,  the  only  son,  is 
deceased;  the  daughter,  Pearl  L.,  is  the  wife  of  W.  E.  Oswald  of  Fullerton,  and  she  is 
the  mother  of  two  children — Una  Claire  and  Wanda  Mae.  Mrs.  Ruddock  has  also 
always  been  prominent  in  fraternal  circles,  being  past  worthy  matron  of  the  Eastern 
Star  Chapter  at  Fullerton,  and  past  noble  grand  of  Sycamore  Lodge  of  Rebekahs 
at  Santa  Ana;  during  the  war  she  was  very  active  in  Red  Cross  work.  When  she 
came  to  Fullerton  with  her  husband  it  had  a  population  of  only  750  people,  and  from 
this  small  hamlet  she  has  witnessed  its  growth  to  its  present  thriving  proportions. 
While  Mr.  Ruddock  was  in  the  East,  she  erected  a  beautiful  new  bungalow  at  211  West 
Wilshire  Street,  Fullerton,  and  here  she  makes  her  home.  She  has  also  subdivided 
the  remainder  of  the  twelve  acres  on  West  Wilshire  Street  which  they  first  purchased. 
This  is  known  as  the  Ramona  subdivision  and  is  one  of  the  finest  residential  sections 
of  Fullerton,  many  beautiful  residences  being  erected  there. 

MAX  NEBELUNG.— <In  a  roster  of  the  pioneers  of  Orange  County,  no  name  is 
more  deserving  of  prominence  than  that  of  Max  Nebelung,  for  not  alone  was  he  one 
of  the  earliest  settlers  in  this  section,  but  he  was  a  pioneer  in  industry  as  well,  for  it 
was  through  his  unaided  efforts  that  two  of  Orange  County's  greatest  sources  of  wealth 
received  their  start — that  of  walnut  growing  and  the  raising  of  sugar  beets,  for  through 
their  development  millions  of  dollars  are  added  each  year  to  the  wealth  of  the  county. 
So  inarvelous  have  been  the  improvements  and  changes  which  the  past  few  years  have 
brought  that  it  is  difficult  to  picture,  even  in  the  imagination,  the  barren,  undeveloped 
state  of  this  locality  when  Max  Nebelung  arrived  in  1868,  alone  and  practically  penniless. 

Born  in  Germany,  at  Ellrich  in  the  Province  of  Saxony,  on  November  25,  1844, 
Mr.  Nebelung  received  a  good  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  land.  On  com- 
pleting his  education  he  followed  the  occupation  of  clerk  in  retail  stores,  but  when 
he  had  reached  the  age  of  twenty-three  years,  he  felt  that  there  were  greater  oppor- 
tunities in  store  for  him  in  America.  Accordingly  he  left  his  native  shores  in  1867, 
arriving  in  New  York  in  July  of  that  year.  Going  to  Utica,  N.  Y.,  he  secured  work 
in  the  woolen  mills  located  near  there.  In  1868,  however,  he  decided  to  come  to  Cali- 
fornia; he  made  his  journey  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  coming  to  San  Fran- 
cisco by  steamer.  He  had  as  a  companion  a  boyhood  friend  who  had  come  from  Ger- 
many with  him;  not  finding  employment  in  San  Francisco  the  two  boys,  in  company 
with  two  others,  came  south  to  San  Pedro,  where 'they  found  a  small  wharf  about 
twelve  feet  long,  one  house  and  a  small  lumber  yard.  They  proceeded  to  Los  Angeles, 
bought  a  wagon  and  mules,  and  started  overland  to  Arizona,  intending  to  try  mining. 
Near  Searchlight,  Nev.,  they  worked  for  a  time  in  a  silver  mine,  but  as  the  prospect 
of  wealth  seemed  so  uncertain  they  disposed  of  their  outfit  and  proceeded  to  Fort 
Mojave,  where  a  troop  of  U.  S.  cavalry  were  stationed.  Here  they  experienced  some  of 
the  thrills  of  the  early  day,  before  they  found  an  opportunity  to  join  a  man  who  was 
coming  to  California  and  came  to  San  Bernardino  and  on  to  Los  Angeles,  remaining 
there  a  few  weeks;  then  hearing  of  the  colony  which  had  settled  at  Anaheim,  Mr. 
Nebelung  made  his  way  there,  arriving  in  December,  1868,  and  liked  the  looks  of  the 
place.  He  first  found  employment  in  a  winery,  where  he  remained  a  year  and  a  half, 
afterwards  clerking  in  a  general  Store  and  beca(me  acquainted  with  the  people  and  con- 
ditions. In  those  days  Anaheim  Landing  was  the  port  of  entry  for  steamers,  and  Mr. 
Nebelung  secured  the  position  of  freight  clerk  for  the  Anaheim  Lighter  Company, 
working  there  two  years,  assisting  in  loading,  unloading  and  checking  freight  that 
came  and  went  by  steamer.  He  then  went  back  to  clerking,  taking  a  position  in  the 
general  store  of  August  Langenberger,  who  was  the  first  storekeeper  in  Anaheim. 
He  remained  there  for  eight  years,  the  last  five  as  manager  of  the  store. 

Mr.  Nebelung  then  bought  twenty  acres  of  land  on  West  Orangethorpe  Avenue, 
which  he  planted  to  vineyard,  but  later  lost  all  by  blight.  He  then  planted  ten  acres  to 
walnuts  and  figs  and  on  the  other  ten  he  planted  Pampas  grass,  which  in  those  days 
was  very  popular  for  decorative  purposes.  After  being  cured  he  packed  it  and  shipped 
it  in  carload  lots  to  England  and  Germany,  Mr.  Nebelung  receiving  $2,000  a  year  for 
the  crop.  After  Pampas  grass  went  out  of  fashion  he  planted  the  acreage  to  walnuts 
and  oranges.  During  this  time  he  followed  the  real  estate  and  insurance  business  in 
Anaheim. 

In  the  meantime,  Mr.  Nebelung  had  bought  nineteen  acres  of  land  on  East 
Sycamore  Street,  which  he  planted  to  budded  walnuts  and  Valencia  oranges,  selling 


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his  Orangethorpe  Avenue  ranch.  He  personally  did  all  the  work  of  planting  on  his 
new  place,  rebuilt  the  old  house,  made  many  improvements,  and  here  he  has  made  his 
home  for  many  years.  A  successful  orange  grower,  he  was  the  first  manager  of  the 
first  orange  growers'  association  in  Anaheim.  He  was  the  first  man  to  start  the  de- 
velopment and  shipping  of  walnuts  in  Southern  California.  He  urged  the  ranchers  to 
plant  more  walnuts,  and  then  became  a  buyer,  shipper  and  packer,  selling  them  in  the 
Los  Angeles  market;  for  the  first  lot  he  paid  nine  cents  a  pound.  For  fifteen  years 
he  carried  on  this  business,  one  year  shipping  twenty-two  cars  from  the  district,  buy- 
ing all  over  Orange  County,  the  largest  buyer  in  his  day.  He  was  also  the  originator 
of  sugar  beet  growing  in  Southern  California,  importing  the  seed  from  Germany.  It 
was  tried  out  with  success  and  he  urged  the  farmers  to  plant  on  a  commercial  scale, 
and  from  this  small  start  has  grown  the  large  sugar  beet  industry,  so  he  can  justly 
be  called  the  father  of  the  sugar  beet  industry  in  Orange  County. 

Progressive  and  public  spirited,  Mr.  Nebelung  has  held  many  official  positions  in 
the  civic  and  commercial  organizations  of  the  community.  He  served  as  a  director  of 
the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  and  for  ten  years  was  a  member  of  the  audit 
board;  for  fourteen  years  consecutively  he  was  city  clerk  of  Anaheim,  being  elected 
seven  times  and  defeated  the  last  time  by  only  one  vote;  he  was  chairman  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  Anaheim  from  1910  to  1914,  and  one  term  on  the  board  of  education;  for 
seventeen  years  he  has  been  secretary  of  the  Anaheim  Cemetery  Association.  For 
three  years  he  was  proprietor  of  the  old  Anaheim  Hotel,  which  stood  where  the  beau- 
tiful new  Valencia  Hotel  now  stands.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  modern  apartment  house 
which  he  recently  built  on  the  corner  of  Chartres  and  Lemon  streets.  With  three 
associates  Mr.  Nebelung  owns  a  small  ranch  at  Richfield  which  is  leased  for  oil  to 
the  Midway  Petroleum  Company. 

In  1883,  Mr.  Nebelung  was  married  to  Josephine  Finck,  born  in  Missouri,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Finck,  a  pioneer  of  Oregon,  who  later  moved  to  Anaheim  where  he  was 
a  music  teacher.  Four  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nebelung:  Dolores 
died  when  four  years  old;  Mrs.  Elsie  P.  Skinner  of  Anaheim,  the  mother  of  three 
children  living:  Violet,  Mrs.  Thomas  F.  Cantwell  of  Los  Angeles,  who  has  one  child; 
and  Raymond  E.,  who  is  a  graduate  of  University  of  California  and  is  farm  adviser  of 
Riverside  County. 

JAMES  C.  SHEPPARD. — An  esteemed  rancher  who,  after  a  busy  apprenticeship 
of  many  years  in  the  science  of  agriculture,  has  become  a  successful  orange  and  walnut 
grower,  is  James  C.  Sheppard,  who  was  born  near  Eldorado,  Union  County,  Ark.,  on 
August  31,  1856.  His  father,  who  was  killed  when  our  subject  was  only  one  and  a 
half  years  old,  was  Abner  Sheppard,  and  he  married  Miss  Lucinda  Carrol,  now  de- 
ceased. Of  their  three  sons,  James  was  the  second  in  order  of  birth  and  is  the  only 
one  living. 

Having  been  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Arkansas,  Mr.  Sheppard  came  to 
California  in  1875,  and  wishing  to  acquire  a  higher  education,  he  attended  the  Southern 
California  College  at  Downey  for  two  years  and  then  entered  the  law  department  of  the 
University  of  California,  but  before  graduation  was  advised  by  a  specialist  that  he 
must  give  up  studying  or  lose  his  eyesight;  so  he  was  obliged  to  give  up  his  ambition 
of  a  legal  career  and  turn  his  attention  to  other  lines.  In  1880  he  began  working  as 
a  railroad  contractor  and  helped  to  build  the  Santa  Fe  from  San  Diego  to  Colton. 

Mr.  Sheppard  then  took  up  farming  on  the  Alamitos  ranch  at  Long  Beach,  and 
for  four  years  he  was  a  partner  of  John  W.  Bixby  &  Company,  in  the  raising  of  stock. 
Selling  out  his  interests  there,  he  came  to  Fullerton  in  1890  and  bought  his  present 
place  of  fifty-six  acres,  and  in  the  following  January  he  came  here  to  live.  He  has 
been  very  successful  in  the  development  of  this  place,  which  is  devoted  to  oranges  and 
walnuts,  and  it  is  now  bringing  in  splendid  returns.  Mr.  Sheppard  has  not  given  all  his 
time  to  agriculture,  however,  as  he  has  been  very  active  in  a  number  of  irrigation 
projects.  A  good  illustration  of  his  capability  is  found  in  the  building  up  of  the  Ana- 
heim Union  Water  Company,  which  he  superintended;  it  was  badly  run  down,  but  for 
more  than  eight  years  he  clung  to  it  and  reconstructed  it,  restoring  it  to  its  old  pros- 
perity. After  resigning  as  superintendent  of  this  company  he  engaged  in  general  con- 
tracting; he  built  the  Arroyo  Ditch  Company's  system  at  Downey,  the  Los  Nietos 
Irrigation  Company's  project,  the  Cate  Water  System  at  Riviera  and  the  San  Juan 
Capistrano  Irrigation  System,  all  splendid  water  systems.  Next  he  built  five  and  a  half 
miles  of  the  Salt  Lake  Railroad  through  Senator  Currier's  ranch  and  in  each  direction 
from  his  place  in  Pomona  Valley.  Next  he  constructed  the  water  system  for  Canal 
No.  6  in  the  Imperial  Valley  through  Lower  California,  about  thirty  miles  in  length. 
In  his  work  he  used  250  head  of  stock  and  a  full  complement  of  men.  Mr.  Sheppard 
has  always  been  a  lover  of  fine  horses  and  at  various  times  has  owned   some  very 


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fine  standard-bred  stock.  He  is  particularly  fond  of  horseback  riding  and  now  has  a 
beautiful  black  saddle  horse  which  he  admires  and  enjoys  very  much. 

At  Spadra,  January  16,  1884,  Mr.  Sheppard  was  married  to  Miss  Dixie  C.  Fryer, 
the  accomplished  and  charming  daughter  of  Rev.  R.  C.  and  Caroline  (Veazey)  Fryer, 
natives  of  Alabama,  who  were  pioneers  of  El  Monte  where  she  was  born.  Reverend 
Fryer  with  his  family  crossed  the  plains  in  18S2.  In  1869  they  located  at  Spadra,  where 
they  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits.  Reverend  Fryer  was  one  of  the  pioneer  Baptist 
ministers  in  Southern  California.  He  founded  numerous  congregations  in  Southern 
California,  among  them  Santa  Ana,  Pomona  and  many  others.  He  also  served  as  a 
member  of  the  state  legislature.  He  passed  to  the  great  beyond  in  1890,  his  wife 
having  preceded  him  eleven  years.  Mrs.  Sheppard  was  engaged  in  educational  work 
and  taught  school  in  Pomona,  in  1883,  until  her  marriage.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sheppard 
have  four  children:  Edna  May  is  the  wife  of  W.  K.  Tuller  of  Los  Angeles;  Carrie 
assists  her  mother  in  presiding  over  the  home;  Sue  Lucinda  is  the  wife  of  C.  C.  Mc- 
Bride  of  Hermosa  Beach;  James  C,  Jr.,  left  Occidental  College  to  enter  an  officers' 
training  camp  and  was  stationed  in  Texas  when  the  armistice  was  signed.  He  is  again 
at  Occidental  College  and  is  president  of  the  student  body. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sheppard  are  prominent  members  of  the  Baptist  Church,  having 
been  among  the  twelve  original  members  that  organized  the  church  at  Fullerton, 
Mrs.  Sheppard  serving  as  the  secretary  for  many  years.  A  firm  believer  in  protection 
Mr.  Sheppard  is  a  decided  Republican,  but  he  has  never  solicited  nor  accepted  public 
office.  He  has  for  many  years  been  affiliated  with  the  Odd  Fellows,  is  active  in 
the  circles  of  the  Fullerton  Board  of  Trade,  and  for  several  years  served  on  the  board 
of  directors  of  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company.  Fullerton  may  be  congratulated 
on  such  a  citizen  as  James  C.  Sheppard — an  idealist  ever  desiring  the  best  that  is  avail- 
able for  his  town  and  its  environs. 

O.  T.  CAILOR. — To  such  learned,  experienced  and  common  sense  members  of 
the  California  Bar  as  O.  T.  Cailor,  the  well-known  attorney  and  junior  member  of  the 
firm  of  Tipton  and  Cailor,  Orange  County  owes  much  of  her  rapid  progress  in  certain 
fields,  on  which  account  all  who  enjoy  an  acquaintance  with  this  gentleman  will  con- 
gratulate him  for  his  steady  and  increasing  success.  He  is  a  Hoosier  by  birth,  and  was 
born  in  Clay  County,  Ind.,  on  June  19,  1865.  His  father  was  Tobias  Cailor,  a  general 
mechanic  and  wagon  maker,  who  married  Miss  Alma  Moody,  by  whom  he  had  five 
children.  He  passed  away  years  ago,  and  Mrs.  Cailor  died  in  1912  at  the  hoime  of  our 
subject.  The  second  eldest  in  the  family,  O.  T.  was  sent  to  the  rural  schools  in  Clay 
County,  and  later  attended  the  State  Normal  School,  after  which  he  taught  for  twelve 
years,  then  entered  the  University  of  Indiana,  from  the  Law  School  of  which,  after 
a  stiff  course  of  two  years,  he  was  graduated  in  1894,  and  for  a  while  practiced  in  Clay 
County,  and  there  he  tried  himself  out. 

In  1902,  Mr.  Cailor  came  west  to  California  and  settled  at  Anaheim;  and  almost 
at  once  he  began  to  practice.  The  readiness  with  which  he  impressed  those  who  came 
in  contact  with  him  of  his  knowledge  of  the  law,  and  the  force  of  his  strong,  but 
pleasing  personality,  combined  to  bring  him  more  and  )more  patronage;  and  for  years 
he  has  been  numbered  among  the  leading  lawyers  of  Orange  County.  He  belongs 
to  both  the  State  and  the  County  Bar  Associations;  while  as  a  Republican,  he  has 
taken  an  active  part  in  national  political  affairs  and  in  the  elevation  of  citizenship  and 
a  stimulated,  healthy  civic  interest.     He  is  especally  active  in  the  Board  of  Trade. 

On  December  IS,  1898,  Mr.  Cailor  was  married  to  Miss  Essie  Click,  also  a  native 
of  Indiana,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  four  children.  Ray  and  Fay  are  twins;  while 
the  other  children  are  Clarence  and  Alma.  All  are  able  to  boast  of  California  birth, 
and  thus  to  belong  to  the  enviable  army  of  "native  sons  and  daughters."  Mr.  Cailor 
is  both  an  Odd  Fellow  and  a  Mason— having  passed  all  chairs  in  the  former. 

MRS.  MARTHA  A.  NIMOCKS.— One  of  the  beautiful  country  homes  in  western 
Orange  County  is  owned  by  Mrs.  Martha,  or  "Mattie"  A.  Nimocks,  and  lies  one-half 
mde  east  of  Talbert.  Mrs.  Nimocks  resides  in  her  beautiful  country  residence,  but 
leases  the  184  acres  of  her  ranch  to  tenants  for  raising  lima  beans  and  sugar  beets. 
A  native  of  Wisconsin,  she  was  born  in  Milwaukee,  the  daughter  of  Plummer 
Brownell,  a  manufacturer  there  of  the  Brownell  plows  and  other  agricultural  imple- 
ments, who  moved  to  Omro,  Wis.,  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  which  occurred  when 
Martha  was  four  years  old.  Mrs.  Nimocks  is  a  grand-niece  of  Stonewall  Jackson  on 
her  mother's  side,  who  was  in  maidenhood  Ann  Jackson.  Her  father  married  again, 
and  Martha  was  adopted  into  the  family  of  Bonaparte  Blackmer,  storekeeper  at 
Omro,  Wis.,  in  whose  family  she  grew  to  young  womanhood  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Omro.     Later  she  went  to  live  with  some  of  her  mother's  relatives 


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near  Milwaukee,  Wis.     She  has  an  own  sister  Elsie,  Mrs.  Williams  Brooks,  living  at 
Argyle,  LaFayette  County,  Wis. 

For  over  thirty  years  Mrs.  Nimocks  has  owned  the  ranch  near  Talbert,  and  has 
lived  on  the  place  since  1904.  Previous  to  1904  she  owned  the  celebrated  Hawkins 
Ranch  at  Santa  Fe  Springs,  which  she  operated  successfully  as  an  orange  grove  and 
fruit  ranch,  its  140  acres  being  set  to  oranges,  pears  and  alfalfa  under  her  direction. 
Magnificently  built  up  for  those  days,  this  property  was  for  many  years  one  of  the 
show  places  of  Los  Angeles  County,  Mrs.  Nimocks'  rare  sense  of  the  beautiful  and 
artistic  nature  serving  in  good  stead  in  the  plans  carried  out  on  the  ranch.  Needing 
pasture  for  her  increasing  herd  of  cattle  and  band  of  horses  she  purchased  the  184 
acres  near  Talbert  from  the  Stearns  Rancho  Company  about  thirty  years  ago,  when  the 
county  was  yet  undeveloped.  This  place  was  a  part  of  what  was  known  as  "Gospel 
Swamp,"  and  was  grown  up  to  willows  and  tules.  She  cleared  the  land  and  made  it  one 
of  the  most  valuable  ranches  in  the  Talbert  district.  When  she  purchased  the  place  a 
cow  corral  was  located  near  the  site  of  her  present  residence.  She  had  bought  fine 
blooded,  registered  Jersey  cattle  and  for  many  years  successfully  ran  a  large  dairy 
business.  She  formerly  owned  the  Argyle  Hotel  at  Second  and  Olive  streets  in  Los 
Angeles.  Mrs.  Nimocks  was  in  early  life  a  member  of  the  Good  Templar  Lodge,  and 
has  been  a  consistent  worker  for  prohibition,  suffrage,  and  the  good  of  the  common 
weal.  She  has  been  interested  in  all  movements  for  the  advancement  of  Southern 
California  and  gifted  with  unusual  tact,  business  ability  and  executive  force,  she  is 
one  of  the  few  women  of  her  generation  who  have  really  been  successful  in  business 
operations,  and  is  a  well-known  business  woman  with  a  wide  acquaintance  in  Cali- 
fornia. Attractive,  accomplished  and  interesting,  her  admirable  traits  of  character  in 
addition  to  her  natural  ability,  have  won  many  friends  who  esteem  her  for  her  intrinsic 
worth,  and  her  name  will  be  chronicled  in  the  annals  of  Orange  County  among  its 
citizens  who  have  contributed  to  the  highest  development  and  progress  of  that  portion 
of  Southern  California. 

HENRY  W.  ROHRS. — Among  the  enterprising  and  successful  of  Orange  County 
ranchers  is  Henry  W.  Rohrs,  the  well-known  pioneer  horticulturist  and  capitalist,  who 
attributes  much  of  his  prosperity  to  his  devoted  and  equally  far-seeing  and  industrious 
wife.  He  was  born  in  Hiddingen,  in  the  kingdom  of  Hanover,  Germany,  on  June  12, 
1851,  the  son  of  Henry  Rohrs,  an  experienced  farmer  of  that  section,  who  had  married 
Annie  Vos.  The  lad  attended  the  grade  schools  of  Hanover  until  he  was  fifteen  years 
of  age,  and  then  began  to  paddle  his  own  canoe,  working  on  farms  in  the  vicinity  of 
his  old  home  for  seven  years. 

In  1873  he  left  home  for  America,  sailing  from  Bremerhaven  in  a  steamer  that  took 
nine  days  in  crossing  the  Atlantic.  He  stopped  for  a  while  in  Ohio,  and  helped  raise 
grapes,  peaches  and  other  fruit.  He  also  assisted  in  making  wine,  for  which,  as  well  as 
the  choice  fruit,  there  was  a  good  market  in  Chicago,  Detroit  and  Toledo. 

On  December  1,  1880,  Mr.  Rohrs  arrived  in  Wilmington,  Cal.,  in  which  city,  none 
too  attractive  then,  he  remained  for  a  couple  of  weeks.  Then  he  came  into  what  is  now 
Orange  County;  and  at  Santa  Ana  purchased  his  present  place  of  fourteen  acres  at  the 
corner  of  Lincoln  and  Santa  Clara  avenues.  Then  the  best  of  land  sold  for  seventy-five 
dollars  an  acre;  and  the  price,  as  well  as  the  promise  of  the  new  acquisition,  appealed 
to  one  who  had  seen  the  more  worked-out  East. 

When  he  migrated  to  America,  he  entered  the  port  of  Baltimore,  and  having  taken 
a  train  west,  located  at  Napoleon,  Ohio.  Soon  after,  however,  he  went  to  Kelley's 
Island,  in  Erie  County,  and  there,  for  three  years,  he  rented  land.  At  the  latter  place, 
on  April  30,  1878,  Mr.  Rohrs  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  Cordes,  also  a  native  of  Han- 
over, Germany,  who  came  to  America  with  her  parents  while  she  was  quite  young. 
Five  children  survive  from  this  fortunate  union.  William  H.  lives  at  Orange;  Marie  C. 
resides  at  Dixon  and  is  the  wife  of  William  Wittmari,  a  rancher;  the  next  in  order 
of  birth  were  twins — Albert  F.,  who  is  at  Orange,  and  Nellie  K.,  who  resides  at  home: 
while  the  youngest  living  is  Otto  C,  who  also  resides  at  Orange.  Mrs.  H.  W.  Rohrs 
passed  away  on  February  27,  1914,  and  was  buried  at  Fairhaven;  she  was  a  woman 
highly  esteemed  for  her  many  virtues  and  was  mourned  by  her  family  and  friends. 

Mr.  Rohrs  owns  some  of  the  best  land  between  Santa  Ana  and  Orange,  where  at 
first  he  set  out  half  of  the  acreage  to  vineyard,  reserving  the  balance  for  Australian 
Navel  and  Mediterranean  Sweet  oranges,  and  later  he  put  in  Valencia  oranges  and  wal- 
nuts instead.  In  1883,  he  purchased  ten  acres  across  the  Santa  Fe  tracks,  and  there  he 
is  growing  oranges  and  walnuts.  The  Santa  Fe  laid  a  track  through  his  land  in  the 
"boom"  year  of  1887,  from  Santa  Ana  to  Orange. 

Mr.  Rohrs  is  the  owner  of  some  very  desirable  ranch  property  at  Olive,  and  is 
interested  in  other  ranches  at  McPherson  and  Buena  Park.     He  uses  a  tractor  and  four 


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horses  on  his  farms.  In  1881  he  built  a  beautiful,  symmetrical  residence  on  his  ranch, 
or  home-place.  A  believer  in  cooperation,  he  is  a  member  of  Santiago  Orange  Growers 
Association  and  also  in  the  McPherson  Heights  and  the  Olive  Heights  Associations, 
and  he  also  belongs  to  the  Central  Lemon  Growers  Association  at  Villa  Park,  and  the 
Santa  Ana  Valley  Walnut  Growers  Association,  and  he  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Santa 
Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company. 

In  national  political  affairs — a  subject  always  of  absorbing  interest  to  Mr.  Rohrs — 
he  is  a  Republican,  although  he  never  allows  partisanship  to  affect  him  in  his  support 
of  local  measures  and  men  likely  to  benefit  the  localities  in  which  he  lives  and  operates, 
and  where  he  endeavors  to  see  that  others  besides  himself  have  a  winning  cha.nce.  He 
has  always  favored  Prohibition,  and  in  church  membership  belongs  to  the  Evangelical 
Association,  having  been  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  church  at  Santa  Ana,  and  served 
on  the  board  of  trustees  as  well  as  the  building  committee.  In  1910,  he  made  an  ex- 
tended trip  to  his  old  home  in  Germany,  when  he  was  accompanied  by  his  daughter, 
Marie.  They  visited  the  relatives  at  his  former  home,  and  then  traveled  through  France, 
Belgium,  Holland,  Switzerland  and  Italy,  remaining  away  from  home  for  about  seven 
months,  and  during  their  trip  they  had  the  pleasure  of  visiting  Oberammergau,  when 
they  witnessed  the  Passion  Play.  In  Italy  they  visited  the  Coliseum  and  Catacombs 
of  Rome  as  well  as  Vesuvius  and  ancient  Pompeii. 

Albert  F.  Rohrs  enlisted  on  May  21,  1917,  in  the  naval  reserve  band,  at  San  Pedro, 
and  traveled  with  that  organization  to  many  cities  on  the  Coast,  playing  at  concerts  in 
behalf  of  the  loan  drives,  the  Red  Cross  campaigns,  and  in  support  of  other  war  activi- 
ties.    And  on  December  21,  1918,  he  received  his  honorable  discharge  at  San  Francisco. 

MRS.  ELLA  D.  COLE. — The  owner  of  one  of  Orange  County's  most  profitable 
ranches  is  Mrs.  Ella  D.  Cole,  whose  husband  was  the  late  Myrtle  Cecillian  Cole.  The 
history  of  the  Cole  family  in  America  dates  back  to  the  earliest  colonial  days,  the  first 
representatives  of  the  family  coming  over  from  England  in  1629  and  settling  at  Ply- 
mouth. They  were  prominently  identified  with  all  the  early  development  of  those 
pioneer  days  and  when  the  days  of  the  Revolutionary  War  came  the  Cole  family  fur- 
nished more  than  1,000  soldiers  to  help  in  the  defense  of  the  principles  of  American 
liberty.  In  religious  affiliation  the  Coles  were  of  the  Baptist  persuasion  and  they 
played  an  important  part  in  the  early  days  of  that  denomination  as  well  as  in  the 
succeeding  generations.  A  family  of  education,  character  and  progressiveness,  they 
have  always  been  leaders  in  every  community  in  which  they  have  settled. 

Mrs.  Cole,  who  before  her  marriage  was  Miss  Ella  Delavan,  was  born  at  Canaan, 
Columbia  County,  N.  Y.,  in  1855,  the  Delavan  family  being  of  French  Huguenot  ances- 
try. Her  parents  were  Albert  H.  and  Mary  A.  (Sperry)  Delavan,  the  Sperrys  being 
one  of  Connecticut's  prominent  families  who  settled  in  central  New  York  ■  in  the 
early  days,  Mrs.  Delavan  having  the  advantage  of  an  education  in  the  select  schools 
of  the  latter  state.  At  the  time  of  Mrs.  Cole's  birth,  her  father,  Albert  H.  Delavan, 
was  engaged  in  farming  in  eastern  New  York,  but  when  a  young  man  he  had  been  in 
the  railroad  business,  having  had  charge  of  the  freight  house  at  Canaan,  N.  Y.  He 
was  also  superintendent  of  construction  of  the  street  railway  at  Albany,  N,  Y.,  and 
of  the  Albany  and  Binghampton  Railway. 

In  Duanesburgh,  N.  Y.,  on  January  31,  1878,  occurred  Mrs.  Cole's  marriaie,  when 
she  was  united  with  Myrtle  Cecillian  Cole,  who  was  also  a  native  of  New  York.  He 
was  born  at  Deansboro,  in  Oneida  County,  September  18,  1854,  and  received  his  first 
schooling  in  that  neighborhood,  afterward  attending  a  school  at  Delhi,  N.  Y.,  so  that 
he  was  fortunate  in  receiving  a  good  education.  He  also  studied  law  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  the  Empire  State;  for  some  time  he  practiced  law  at  Deansboro  and  kept 
books  for  his  father,  Menzo  White  Cole,  who  was  extensively  engaged  in  growing 
hops  in  central  New  York.  Mrytle  C.  Cole  afterwards  became  interested  in  agriculture 
and  operated  a  large  market  garden  at  Oneida,  Madison  County,  N.  Y.  In  1898,  with 
his  wife  and  children  he  came  to  California,  first  settling  at  Glendora,  where  he  re- 
mained for  one  year,  coming  then  to  Santa  Ana,  where  he  took  up  agriculture  and 
horticulture,  farming  twenty  acres  at  Wintersburg  which  was  formerly  the  property 
of  his  father,  M.  W.  Cole,  who  had  passed  away  at  Glendora  in  1896;  his  widow 
survived  him  until  1917.  Myrtle  C.  Cole  became  possessor  of  the  twenty-acre  Win- 
tersburg ranch,  improved  this  place  and  afterward  sold  it,  and  then  purchased  the  sixty- 
acre  Ross  ranch  near  Wintersburg,  which  Mrs.  Cole  still  owns.  Mr.  Cole  was  a 
scientific  and  progressive  farmer  and  he  effectually  drained  and  irrigated  this  farm 
and  brought  it  to  a  high  state  of  productivity.  His  death  occurred  at  Santa  Ana 
August  13,  1916. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  477 

Four  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cole:  Homer  L.  is  a  well-known  con- 
tractor and  builder  in  Santa  Ana;  he  married  Jessie  M.  Hoffman  and  they  have  one 
child,  Clifford  Delavan.  Ernest  Delavan,  the  second  child,  is  a  graduate  of  Stanford 
University  with  the  degree  of  civil  engineer  and  is  now  located  in  Gainesville,  Texas, 
where  he  is  engaged  in  building  a  large  oil  reservoir;  he  has  spent  considerable  time  in 
South  America  in  connection  with  the  oil  industry.  Philip  Chester,  a  graduate  as  an 
architect  of  the  International  Correspondence  School  at  Scranton,  Pa.,  married  Irma 
B.  Hale  and  practices  his  profession  at  Chico,  Cal.;  Edith  Blanche,  a  graduate  nurse,  is 
now  the  wife  of  Oscar  Blake  and  they  reside  on  the  Cole  ranch  near  Wintersburg  and 
have  a  daughter,  Ellen  Dee. 

Since  Her  husband's  death  Mrs.  Cole  continues  to  reside  in  Santa  Ana,  where  she 
has  built  a  comfortable  bungalow  on  East  Pine  Street,  looking  after  the  interests  left 
by  Mr.  Cole,  in  which  she  is  ably  assisted  by  her  devoted  children. 

Considerate  and  generous,  Mrs.  Cole  is  a  woman  of  rare  attainments  and  she  has 
ever  taken  a  genuine  and  active  interest  in  all  movements  that  aimed  at  the  better- 
ment of  the  community.  In  her  girlhood  she  was  a  student  at  the  state  normal  school 
at  Cortland,  N.  Y.,  and  taught  school  in  that  state  for  five  terms  before  her  marriage. 
A  consistent  Christian,  she  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  at  Santa 
Ana,  in  whose  benevolences  she  takes  an  active  and  liberal  part. 

WALTER  A.  GREENLEAF.— A  California  agriculturist  whose  highly  intelligent 
and  aggressive  work  in  walnut  and  citrus  fruit  culture  has  been  productive  of  a  decided 
advance  in  those  important  fields,  is  Walter  A.  Greenleaf  of  Santa  Ana,  who  was  born 
at  Carson  City,  Nev.,  on  September  25,  1865.  His  father  was  Edward  F.  Greenleaf,  a 
pioneer  who  braved  all  the  hardships  necessary  to  cross  the  great  plains  to  California 
in  1865;  and  his  mother,  who  was  Miss  Lucy  Sweet  before  her  marriage,  shared  those 
trying  experiences  with  her  husband.  In  his  time,  Mr.  Greenleaf  was  one  of  the  leading 
men  here.  Both  parents  are  now  among  the  great  silent  majority.  They  had  ten 
children,  and  Walter  was  the  sixth  in  the  order  of  birth. 

Walter  A.  started  to  learn  the  lessons  of  life  in  the  public  schools,  and  continued 
in  the  vast  school  of  human  experience.  In  this  way  he  progressed  to  what  is  popu- 
larly termed  a  self-made  man.  Little  by  little,  he  prepared  for  increasing  responsibility; 
and  when  he  undertook  to  farm  some  fifty  acres  at  Olive  and  Santa  Ana  he  made  a 
marked  success  of  it. 

Busy  as  he  has  always  been,  Mr.  Greenleaf  has  still  found  time  to  do  for  others, 
and  especially  to  serve  the  state.  He  was  a  member  of  the  National  Guard,  and  for 
six  months  served  in  the  Spanish-American  War  as  first  lieutenant  of  Company  L  of 
the  Seventh  California  Volunteers.  Later,  imbued  with  a  desire  to  help  build  up  the 
town  in  which  he  lived,  Mr.  Greenleaf  accepted  election  to  the  office  of  city  trustee. 
He  is  a  Democrat  in  national  politics,  but  knows  no  partisan  distinctions  in  campaign- 
ing for  the  best  local  measures  and  the  best  local  men. 

Inheriting  from  his  father,  who  was  one  of,  the  early  pioneers  and  who  also  took 
an  active  part  in  public  affairs,  a  deep  interest  in  Santa  Ana  and  its  unrivalled  valley, 
Mr.  Greenleaf  is  keenly  alive  to  all  future  possibilities  in  the  region,  while  as  observant 
of  what  has  happened  in  the  past,  and  the  lessons  we  ought  to  learn  from  the  set-backs 
and  the  strides  forward  of  persisting  man.     He  is  a  popular  member  of  the  Elks. 

NELSON  THOMAS  EDWARDS.— A  representative  Californian,  although  a 
native  of  Illinois,  having  been  born  near  Galena,  Derinda  Township,  Jo  Daviess  Coun- 
ty, on  September  19,  1872,  Nelson  Thomas  Edwards,  supervisor  of  the  Fourth  District 
in  Orange  County,  has  been  privileged,  beyond  the  good  fortune  of  the  average  citizen 
to  participate  in  public,  commercial,  financial  and  social  affairs,  and  so  to  help  guide 
the  destiny  of  Southern  California.  His  parents  were  Samson  and  Diana  (Rogers) 
Edwards,  highly  esteemed  pioneers  of  Orange  County  and  residents  of  Westminster 
and  Santa  Ana  for  close  to  a  half  century,  a  sketch  of  their  lives  being  given  elsewhere 
in    this   work. 

The  youngest  son  of  the  Edwards  family,  Nelson  Thomas,  through  whose  business 
integrity  the  community  of  Orange  has  profited  since  his  advent  in  the  middle  nineties, 
was  graduated  from  the  grammar  school  at  Westminster  in  1887  and  from  the  Orange 
Business  College  in  1890.  His  first  experience  in  business  was  as  an  employee  of  his 
brother  John,  who  had  succeeded  Samson  Edwards  and  was  proprietor  of  a  meat 
market  in  Westminster  and,  as  a  driver  of  one  of  his  brother's  wagons,  he  got  his 
first  insight  into  a  field  into  which  in  time  he  ventured  on  his  own  account.  He  then 
built  up  a  fine  wagon  trade  in  and  around  Santa  Ana,  which  he  continued  until  he 
came  to  Orange  in  1894.  For  a  time  thereafter  he  was  employed  by  the  Santa  Ana 
Meat  Company,  but  subsequently  he  bought  out  the  stock  and  good  will  of  the  pro- 
prietor and  ran  the  business  for  himself.    Later  he  took  into  partnership  J.  E.  Meehan, 


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this  continuing  for  six  years,  and  during  this  time  they  made  the  Plaza  marKe 
finest  establishment  of  the  kind  in  Orange  or  vicinity.  The  meat  market,  however, 
not  all  that  has  come  to  command  the  attention  of  Mr.  Edwards.  Besides  ownmg 
several  orange  groves  in  Orange  County,  an  interest  in  business  blocks  at  Ura  g  , 
the  townsite  of  Gadsden,  Ariz.,  acreage  at  Yuma  and  stock  in  the  Olive  Muung  *-o  - 
pany  of  Olive  and  the  National  Bank  of  Orange,  Mr.  Edwards  is  a  director  m  tne 
Olive  Milling  Company  and  also  in  the  National  Bank  of  Orange  and  the  Santa  Ana 
Canyon  Oil  Company  of  Santa  Ana. 

A  Republican  in  matters  of  national  political  moment,  he  has  served  his  fellow 
citizens  as  city  trustee  of  Orange,  postmaster  at  Orange,  from  June  11,  1906,  to  April, 
1915,  a  member  of  the  Orange  County  Highway  Commission,  from  September,  1917,  to 
January,  1919,  was  appointed  county  clerk  to  fill  a  vacancy  and  served  a  little  over  a 
year,  and  he  is  now  one  of  the  Orange  County  supervisors.  He  belongs  to  the  Orange 
Commercial  Club  at  Orange  and  the  Yuma  County  Commercial  Club  at  Yuma,  Ariz. 

At  Olive,  on  December  31,  1896,  Mr.  Edwards  was  married  to  Miss  May  Tetzlaff, 
a  native  of  Bloomington,  111.,  where  she  was  born  on  Christmas  Day,  1877,  and  the 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Susie  Tetzlaff,  of  Olive.  Two  children  have  blessed  this  union,  a 
son,  Roy  Edwards,  and  a  daughter,  Maybelle.  Mr.  Edwards  is  a  member  of  Orange 
Grove  Lodge  No.  293,  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which  he  is  past  master.  He  also  belongs  to 
Orange  Chapter  No.  73,  R.  A.  M.,  the  Santa  Ana  Commandery  No.  36,  K.  T.,  and  Al 
Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S-,  of  Los  Angeles,  and  he  belongs  to  and  is  a  past 
grand  of  Orange  Lodge  No.  22S,  Independent  Order  Odd  Fellows. 

LORENZO  NATHAN  BROOKS.— Whatever  the  future  historian  of  Laguna 
Beach  may  find  desirable  to  say  concerning  those  pioneer  men  and  women  whose 
far-sightedness,  courage,  industry,  frugality,  enterprise  and  self-sacrifice  made  possible 
the  founding  and  development  of  this  unrivalled  coast  resort,  he  will  not  fail  to  give 
a  prominent  part  of  his  narrative  to  Lorenzo  Nathan  Brooks,  better  known  to  all 
his  friends  and  acquaintances  as  "Nate"  Brooks,  who  was  born  in  Rockford,  111.,  on 
January  6,  1852,  and  came  first  to  this  locality  on  horseback  in  1876,  arriving  in  the 
month  of  December,  having  been  preceded  by  his  brother,  W.  H.  Brooks,  who  arrived 
in  June  of  that  same  year.  That  was  at  a  time  when  these  two  men  were  the  only 
whites  in  the  place,  the  balance  of  the  inhabitants  being  Indians  who  tried  to  steal 
what  these  white  men  had  brought  with  them — their  ponies. 

"Nate"  Brooks  at  once  homesteaded  a  claim  which  took  in  what  is  now  known 
as  Arch  Beach  and  part  of  Laguna  Heights,  and  purchased  the  balance  lying  between 
the  former  and  Laguna  from  George  Rogers,  who  had  preempted  it  from  the  Govern- 
ment, paying  $1.25  per  acre  for  it.  The  holdings  of  Mr.  Brooks  totaled  600  acres. 
This  spot  was  to  "Nate"  Brooks  the  very  choicest  spot  on  earth  and  he  held  on  to 
what  he  had  during  many  years  when  others  became  discouraged  and  "let  go"  their 
holdings.  He  was  made  of  sterner  stuff  and  the  hardships  and  deprivations  he  en-, 
dured  to  hold  on  to  his  land  were  remarkable.  His  promptness  is  meeting  every 
obligation  was  characteristic  of  the  man.  Money  was  not  to  be  earned  nearer  than 
Los  Angeles,  and  then  only  by  working  in  the  grain  fields  for  one  dollar  a  day  from 
sun  up  till  sun  down;  and  later  on  as  he  saw  the  development  of  his  dreams  he  was 
ever  ready  to  even  mortgage  his  holdings  to  promote  the  best  interests  of  Laguna 
Beach.  In  1883  he  platted  Arch  Beach  and  installed  a  small  water  system  from  a  500- 
foot  tunnel  in  the  hills.  In  1912  he  subdivided  Laguna  Heights,  developing  water  for 
that  tract  after  thirty  years  of  patient  search  and  experimental  digging  and  pumping. 
He  could  be  depended  upon  to  help  in  any  enterprise  that  was  beneficial  to  all,  and 
he  lived  to  see  many  of  his  dreams  come  to  pass. 

After  living  a  life  of  single  blessedness  for  nearly  fifty  years  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage on  December  14,  1899,  with  Mrs.  Catherine  A.  Skidmore,  widow  of  the  late  George 
E.  Skidmore,  well-known  pioneer  merchant  of  Los  Angeles  and  a  native  of  Texas. 
A  mention  of  his  life  will  be  found  in  the  sketch  of  J.  W.  Skidmore  on  another  page 
of  this  history.  Mrs.  Brooks  was  in  maidenhood  Catherine  A.  Brenizer,  daughter  of 
Josiah  K.  and  Antoinette  (Roberts)  Brenizer,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio,  where  he 
was  born  on  a  farm  and  while  pursuing  the  even  tenor  of  his  way  the  Cival  War  broke 
oiit  and  he  enlisted  in  the  Forty-sixth  Illinois  Regiment  and  served  his  country  from 
1861  to  1865.  He  came  West  in  the  early  seventies  and  settled  on  a  ranch  near 
Compton,  later  retired  to  Long  Beach  and  died,  in  1905,  in  Los  Angeles  where  he 
was  then  living.  His  wife  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  but  was  reared  near  Rockford, 
111.,  her  father  being  one  of  the  founders  of  that  city.  Mrs.  Catherine  A.  Brooks,  who 
is  one  of  the  pioneers  of  California  and  had  many  interesting  and  dangerous  expe- 
riences in  the  early  days,  was  an  able  helpmate  to  her  husband  and  when  he  died, 
on  April  27,  1914,  after  an  illness  of  some  months'  duration    she  became  sole  owner — 


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by  purchasing  the  interests  of  the  other  heirs— of  Laguna  Heights,  and  this  property 
is  now  being  looked  after  by  her  son,  Joseph  W.  Skidmore. 

At  the  passing  of  this  worthy  pioneer  of  Orange  County,  not  only  the  county 
and  Laguna  Beach,  but  the  state  lost  one  of  its  upbuilders.  "Nate"  Brooks  always 
backed  his  "boosting"  of  his  favored  section  with  cash,  and  he  could  always  raise 
that.  No  one  ever  went  to  him  for  help  that  he  did  not  put  his  hand  in  his  pocket 
and  give  the  aid  asked  for. 

Other  settlers  came  to  Laguna  Beach  in  those  hard  years,  saw,  but  failed  to 
"stick."  Making  the  utmost  record  compatible  with  opportunity,  without  duality  of 
allegiance  to  his  self-set  task,  with  a  complete  hold  on  the  realities  of  life,  with  a 
towering  self-confidence,  erected  on  a  solid  foundation,  "Nate"  Brooks  must  be  re- 
garded as  "The  Father"  of  Laguna  Beach.  It  is  easy,  and  cheap,  to  be  wise  after 
the  event.  Well  did  he  know  that  his  vision's  realization  could  not  be  an  act  of 
startling  immediacy,  and  this  has  been  borne  out  by  subsequent  events.  Communities 
often  express  their  feeling  toward  the  "father"  of  their  town  in  monumental  masonry. 
Santa  Ana,  for  instance,  has  the  Spurgeon  building,  dedicated  to  the  memory  of  the 
father  of  the  county  seat.  The  memory  of  the  father  of  Laguna  Beach,  Lorenzo 
Nathan  Brooks,  is  perpetuated  in  the  work  he  started.  Most  beginnings  are  difficult, 
and  this  case  was  not  an  exception.  May  those  who  happen  to  have  been  accorded 
the  privilege  of  continuing  the  good  work,  so  bravely  started  by  this  valiant  pioneer, 
prove  themselves  worthy  of  their  predecessor. 

THOMAS  HILL. — One  of  the  most  highly  esteemed  citizens  of  Stanton,  Orange 
County,  is  Thomas  Hill,  who  has  been  a  resident  of  that  section  of  the  county  for 
thirty  years.  Mr.  Hill  is  a  native  of  Ireland,  born  in  1858,  the  son  of  William  and 
Margaret  Hill,  whose  family  consisted  of  seven  sons  and  one  daughter,  five  of  whom 
emigrated  to  the  United  States. 

Thomas  Hill  came  to  Orange  County  in  1883  and  since  that  time  has  witnessed 
many  marvelous  changes  and  developpients.  He  is  the  owner  of  sixty  acres  of  fine 
land  which  he  devotes  to  general  farming.  This  land  was  in  its  primitive  state  when 
Mr.  Hill  purchased  it,  but  after  years  of  hard  work  and  close  attention  to  its  special 
needs  he  has  brought  it  up  to  a  high  state  of  development,  and  has  installed  many 
modern  improvements  for  the  operation  of  his  ranch  as  well  as  for  the  comfort  and 
convenience  of  his  cozy  home.  He  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  progressive  ranchers 
of  his  community,  a  man  of  strict  integrity  and  probity  of  character,  well  known  for 
his  patriotism.  It  is  a  recognized  fact  that  many  of  the  natives  of  the  Emerald  Isle  are 
counted  amongst  the  best  and  most  loyal  citizens  of  the  United  States,  being  friends 
of  education  and  enlightenment. 

In  1888  Mr.  Hill  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Sarah  Tait,  also  a  native  of 
Ireland,  and  the  daughter  of  George  and  Matilda  Tait.  Of  this  union  three  children 
were  born:  Matilda,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  State  Normal  School;  William  and 
Margaret  E.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Episcopal  Church  and  Mr.  Hill  is  a 
Mason,  a  member  of  the  Buena  Park  Lodge  No.  537,  F.  &  A.  M.  For  six  years  he 
has  held  the  office  of  trustee  of  the  city  of  Stanton  and  has  been  an  efficient  member 
of  the  school  board  for  eight  years. 

LOUIS  D.  GUNTHER- — A  highly  esteemed  citizen  whose  influence  in  many  di- 
rections is  due  to  his  successful  business  career  during  a  long  and  exemplary  life,  is 
Louis  D.  Gunther,  who  located  in  California  in  the  early  part  of  the  present  century. 
He  was  born  in  Maywood,  Cook  County,  111.,  in  1858,  the  son  of  Justus  Gunther,  who 
was  a  mason  and  a  builder,  and  a  first-class  one  at  that.  He  made  a  trip  to  Fort 
Dodge,  Iowa,  but  returned  to  Cook  County,  where  he  married  Miss  Wilhelmina  Weiss; 
and  in  18S9  he  moved  his  family  to  Fort  Dodge  and  became  there  a  pioneer  contractor 
in  mason  work.  Through  a  sad  accident,  he  died  at  Fort  Dodge  on  February  19,  1879. 
Twenty-seven  years  later,  Mrs.  Gunther,  after  a  comfortable  life  in  which  she  had 
surrounded  herself  with  a  large  circle  of  friends,  passed  away  in  Iowa.  Six  children 
had  blessed  their  union:  Louis,  the  eldest  and  subject  of  this  sketch;  Ernestine,  now 
Mrs.  Craemer  of  Orange;  Annie,  Mrs.  Trost  of  Fort  Dodge;  Laura,  who  became  Mrs. 
Grumm  and  Louise,  who  is  Mrs.  Adolph  Dittmer,  both  of  Orange;  and  Mrs.  Clara 
Loescher  of  Richfield. 

Brought  up  at  Fort  Dodge,  Louis  attended  the  grammar  schools,  and  while  yet  a 
boy  began  to  learn  the  mason  trade  under  the  guidance  of  his  father.  Then,  when  old 
enough,  he,  too,  took  up  contracting  and  building,  and  for  years  followed  that  line 
of  activity  in  Fort  Dodge  and  vicinity.  In  1901  he  made  a  trip  to  California,  and  was 
more  than  pleased  with  what  he  saw  here. 

He  was  .so  w?ll  pleased,  in  fact,  that  two  years  later  he  decided  to  return  to  the 
Coast  and  to  locate  here  permanently;  and  having  settled  at  Orange,  he  erected  a  large. 


482  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

handsome  brick  residence  at  the  corner  of  Almond  and  South  Olive  streets.  He  t  en 
engaged  again  in  contracting  and  building,  which  engrossed  him  until,  in  IVia, 
tired.  In  the  meantime,  he  had  built  three  residences  for  himself,  and  one  by  one  su 
each  of  them.  He  also  built  a  store,  and  when  he  had  a  good  offer,  disposed  oi  in  . 
A  second  store  was  built  and  sold  in  the  same  way— each  deal  evidencing  the  shrewo, 
but  straightforward  and  honest  business  sense  of  the  man.  He  has  also  ovrnett  ana 
operated  both  orange  and  walnut  ranches.  In  1920  he  erected  a  very  artistic  ana 
attractive  residence  on  South  Olive  Street  which  is  one  of  the  show  places  in  Orange. 

Mr.  Gunther  was  married  in  Forest  Park,  111.,  April  3,  1884,  to  Miss  Adolphine 
Aneling,  also  a  native  of  Maywood,  Cook  County,  111.,  a  daughter  of  Gotfried  and 
Lauretta  (Gunther)  Aneling,  who  were  prosperous  farmers  at  Maywood.  The  union 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gunther  has  been  blessed  with  two  daughters  and  three  sons:  Clara, 
the  oldest,  is  Mrs.  Bandick  of  Orange;  Emma,  a  graduate  of  the  Clara  Barton  Hos- 
pital, IvOs  Angeles,  is  at  the  Letterman  Hospital  in  the  United  States  service;  Louis 
G.,  a  contractor,  who  enlisted  for  the  great  war,  but  was  not  called  to  the  colors  on 
account  of  the  armistice,  is  now  ranching  at  Orange;  Oscar,  who  is  also  ranching  near 
Orange,  was  in  the  harness  business,  while  he  served  the  city  as  a  trustee,  until  he 
enlisted  in  the  United  States  service  as  a  leather  inspector;  and  Elmer  is  attending 
the  Concordia  College  at  Oakland.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gunther  are  members  of  the  St. 
John's  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church,  at  Orange,  and  he  is  chairman  of  the  board  of 
trustees.  He  has  been  a  member  of  this  board  for  many  years,  and  was  on  the  building 
committee  when  the  church  was  erected.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Lutheran 
Men's  Club. 

During  his  residence  in  Iowa,  Mr.  Gunther  was  for  two  terms  a  trustee  of  the 
city  of  Fort  Dodge;  and  in  1918,  on  the  resignation  of  his  son  Oscar,  as  a  trustee  of 
Orange,  he  was  appointed  to  fill  the  vacancy  thus  created,  and  is  chairman  of  the 
finance  committee,  and  a  member  of  the  light  and  power  committee.  He  is  interested 
in  various  enterprises,  of  more  or  less  local  business  significance,  and  is  a  stockholder 
and  director  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Orange. 

WILLIAM  J.  WICKERSHEIM.— An  establishment  which  has  grown  to  occupy 
a  commanding  place  in  Orange  County,  Cal.,  is  that  of  the  Wickersheim  Implement 
Company  of  Fullerton.  Its  founder,  William  J.  Wickersheim,  was  born  in  Lake  County. 
111.,  May  6,  1866,  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Louise  (Meyer)  Wickersheim,  both  born  in 
Alsace,  the  former  in  July,  1836,  and  the  latter  in  1839.  Jacob  Wickersheim  emigrated 
with  his  parents  to  America  in  184S,  settling  in  Lake  County,  111.,  where  his  father  died 
in  186S.  His  mother  passed  away  in  Cook  County,  that  state,  in  1868.  Louise  Meyer 
was  brought  to  America  by  her  parents  when  she  was  a  child  of  three,  and  she  was 
reared  in  Illinois,  and  in  Lake  County  married  Mr.  Wickersheim  at  Long  Grove,  in 
1858.  They  had  five  children,  all  of  whom  are  living:  Charles  Jacob  is  a  resident  of 
Orange;  Louise  Mary  lives  in  Hollywood,  Cal.,  with  her  mother;  William  J  is  the 
subject  of  this  review.  These  three  were  born  in  Lake  County,  111.  Edward  F  is  a 
resident  of  Santa  Ana,  and  he  was  born  in  Wheeling,  111.,  whither  the  family  had 
moved.  Emma  is  the  wife  of  George  Heil,  and  they  live  in  Santa  Ana.  She  was 
born  in  Roberts  Lake,  Mmn.,  where  the  family,  in  the  fall  of  1869,  had  settled 
on  a  farni  five  miles  from  Faribault.  In  1878  they  all  moved  to  Lincoln  County,  ' 
Mmn.,  and  continued  to  farm  and  improve  a  homestead  arid  timber  claim.  In  1898 
Mr  and  Mrs.  Jacob  Wickersheim  and  two  of  their  children  came  to  Santa  Ana  and 
settled,  and  there  the  parents  celebrated  their  golden  wedding  anniversary  in  April, 
1908,  and  It  was  here,  too,  that  the  father  passed  to  his  reward  on  July  23,  1910,  aged 
seventy-three  years^  His  widow,  eighty-three  years  of  age,  makes  her  home  in  Holly- 
Tn  .rti?  ?  I  ^""''t'^''  ^°^^'^  M.  Wickersheim.  Jacob  Wickersheim  always  took 
better  nlJfn"  all  movements  m  the  localities  where  he  lived  to  make  them  a 
ITZ,  ^l  ^  morally  and  he  was  a  loyal  American  citizen  and  often  held  offices  of 
::ZT^£  Zllon        '■     ^""'^"'^^  Wickersheim  had  the  distinction  of  having 

FaribS!i't"fn";  {■  ;f  ■'^^^"'It''"  ''"^'^  ^  "^''^'  education,  attended  the  high  school  at 
Faribault  for  two  years,  then  took  a  four  years'  advanced  course  in  the  second  State 
Normal  at  Mankato,  after  which  he  taught  school  for  nine  years  in  Minnesota,  and 
served  tour  years  as  county  superintendent  of  schools  of  Lincoln  County.  In  1894 
H/f,"\;°  Cahfornia,  whither  his  two  sisters  had  preceded  him  but  a  few  months 
He  taught  school  one  year  at  Fallbrook,  then  a  like  period  at  Menefee,  Riverside 
v^rl^;^;^"  w  '''^"  '"  ^'"^  Newport,  Orange  County,  selling  school  supplies  during 

vacations.  He  next  moved  to  Orange,  where  he  had  bought  two  orange  groves  and 
tnere  spent  three  years  in  cultivating  them.  Hoping  to  broaden  his  field  of  business 
he  moved  to  Fullerton  in  1902  and  opened  a  bicycle,  vehicle  and  implement  house 


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starting  on  a  small  scale,  and  as  the  locality  expanded  he  increased  his  business  to 
keep  pace  with  the  times  and  enjoyed  an  increasing  prosperity.  It  was  on  January 
1,  1913,  that  he  secured  the  agency  for  the  Ford  automobile  for  the  Fullerton  terri- 
tory. The  business  was  incorporated  in  May,  1907,  as  the  Wickersheim  Implement 
Company,  and  it  now  employs  twenty-five  men  in  its  various  departments.  Their 
sales  volume  for  the  year  1920  will  total  a  half  million  dollars,  due  in  a  great  measure 
to  the  guiding  hand  of  the  founder  of  the  business,  who  has  won  and  held  the  confi- 
dence of  a  very  wide  circle  of  friends,  which  is  ever  increasing  as  the  population 
increases.  The  courteous  treatment  and  square  deals  accorded  each  and  every  cus- 
tomer at  this  establishment  is  the  best  advertisement  they  issue. 

W.  J.  Wickersheim  has  been  twice  married.  His  first  wife,  whom  he  married 
on  June  25,  1893,  was  Miss  May  Ladenburg,  of  Marshall,  Minn.,  who  was  a  teacher 
in  Lyon  Coutjty,  that  state.  Two  children  blessed  this  marriage:  L,yle  is  a  graduate  of 
the  Fullerton  High  School,  and  the  University  of  Southern  California,  where  he  took 
the  course  of  electrical  engineering.  Since  his  graduation  he  has  been  in  the  employ 
of  the  Western  Electric  Company  of  New  York  and  Chicago,  and  by  the  end  of  the 
first  year  he  had  been  promoted  to  the  research  department,  where  he  has  specialized 
on  the  multiple  telephone  and  telegraph.  He  served  one  year  in  the  army  in  the 
signal  corps  and  as  instructor  in  radio.  He  and  his  wife  are  wintering  (1920-21)  in 
Key  West  and  Havana,  where  he  is  in  charge  of  the  technical  and  scientific  part  of 
the  laying  of  the  multiple  telephone  and  telegraph  between  Key  West  and  Havana. 
Mildred  is  a  graduate  from  the  Fullerton  high  school,  and  also  graduated  in  music 
at  the  State  Normal  in  Los  Angeles.  She  then  taught;  school  for  one  and  one-half 
years  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  then  returned  and  entered  the  Southern  California  Uni- 
versity, and  graduated  with  the  class  in  December,  1920.  The  wife  and  mother, 
mourned  by  all  who.  knew  her,  died  at  Old  Newport  on  July  1,  1898.  On  March  5, 
1902,  Mr.  Wickersheim  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Oswald,  and  they  have  a  son, 
Theodore  J.,  a  talented  pianist,  and  a  student  in  the  Fullerton  school. 

Mr.  Wickersheim  is  a  Methodist  in  his  religious  belief,  and  politically  he  sup- 
ports Republican  principles,  and  has  served  as  a  delegate  to  state  and  county  con- 
ventions for  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Auto  Trade  Association  and  a 
charter  member  of  the  Fullerton  Board  of  Trade.  He  is  a  man  of  fine  character,  public 
spirited,  and  a  supporter  of  every  movement  that  has  for  its  aim  the  building  up  of 
state  or  county;  particularly  is  he  interested  in  all  projects  that  put  Fullerton  to  the 
fore.  His  financial  success  has  been  deservedly  won  and  he  enjoys  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  his  fellow-citizens,  with  whom  his  word  is  as  good  as  his  bond. 

DAVID  F.  CAMPBELL. — An  excellent  citizen  whose  reputation  as  an  unselfish 
"booster"  of  the  town  and  county  of  Orange  has  given  him  an  enviable  influence  in 
many  fields  of  activity,  is  David  F.  Campbell,  who  came  here  during  the  great  boom 
of  1887.  He  was  born  at  Alta,  Peoria  County,  111.,  on  December  12,  1854,  the  son  of 
Robert  Campbell,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  in  which  state  he  was  also  married.  His 
bride  was  Catherine  Fasnacht  before  her  marriage,  and  she  was  a  native  of  the  Keystone 
State.  They  moved  to  Peoria  County,  111.,  and  here  this  worthy  couple  were  success- 
ful farmers;  and  when  they  came  to  California  in  1884,  they  brought  with  them  a 
valuable  experience.  The  father  died  in  Los  Angeles,  and  the  mother  passed  away  at 
Orange.  They  had  two  girls  and  five  boys,  all  of  whom  grew  up;  and  two  of  the  sons 
were  in  the  Civil  War.  Walker  W.,  who  enlisted  at  Peoria  in  an  Illinois  regiment, 
returned  alive;  John,  however,  who  was  in  the  Seventy-seventh  Illinois  Regiment,  was 
killed"  in  the  battle  of  Vicksburg. 

Next  to  the  youngest  in  the  order  of  birth,  David  was  brought  up  on  the  farm  at 
Alta,  and  there  he  started  out  to  farm  for  himself.  In  1878,  he  removed  to  Corning, 
Holt  County,  Mo.,  and  engaged  in  the  drug  business  with  his  brother-in-law,  H.  F. 
Ferris;  but  at  the  end  of  three  years  he  sold  out  his  interest  and  returned  home  to 
Illinois,  to  resume  his  farming. 

When  the  boom  was  at  its  height  in  California,  he  again  sold  his  holdings  and 
came  west  to  Orange;  and  immediately  he  located  on  his  present  place  of  twenty  acres 
on  South  Cambridge  Street.  Here  he  began  horticulture  with  the  raising  of  oranges — 
seedlings  in  those  days;  but  after  a  while  he  changed  to  Valencias.  It  happened  that 
some  of  the  original  trees  were  of  that  stock,  and  now  he  has  some  Valencias  over 
fifty  years  of  age,  the  oldest  of  the  kind  in  the  state.  This  is  a  strange  fact  for  which 
there  is  no  accounting;  and  as  he  has  about  one  hundred  of  these  aged  Valencias,  the 
circumstance  is  all  the  more  profitable  and  interesting. 

Mr.  Campbell  also  owns  eighteen  and  a  half  acres  of  Valencia  oranges  on  Tustin 
Avenue,  and  he  is  one  of  the  original  stockholders  in  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers 
Association,  where  he  has  been  a  director  for  many  years,  and  is  also  vice-president 


486  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

of  the  association.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Central  Lemon  Association  at  ^''^^^  .^^^jg' 
and   a  stockholder   in   the   Orange   County   Fumigating   Company.     He   owns 
residence  property  in   Orange,  has  been  a  director  of  the  First   National   aanK.^   ^^    ^ 
the   time   of  its   organization,   and   is   the   vice-president   of   that   institution, 
stockholder  in  the  Security  Savings  Bank  of  Orange,  and  is  one  of  the  "jy.^""    [^     ■. 
is  also  a  stockholder  in  the  Orange  Building  and  Loan  Association,  m  which  capa      y 
he  has  served  for  over  twenty-six  years,  was  formerly  vice-president  and  '|  "°^„?'^^^  ' 
dent.     This  association  he  has  seen  grow  from  assets  of  $20,000  to  about  $/UO,UUU. 

While  in  Peoria  County,  111.,  Mr.  Campbell  was  married  to  Miss  Julia  F.  Shaw, 
a  native  of  Illinois,  where  she  was  born  near  Alta.  Ten  children  have  blessed  their 
union.  Earl  E.  is  a  rancher  on  twenty  acres  adjoining  the  farm  of  his  father;  Henry 
S.  is  a  rancher  near  Orangey  Roy,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  California,  is 
assistant  entomologist  in  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  and  is  stationed  at  Alham- 
bra;  Elma  is  Mrs.  Wood  of  Corona;  Ruby  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  California 
and  won  a  Carnegie  scholarship  at  the  Carnegie  Institute,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  she  is  now 
with  Hamburger  Bros,  in  Los  Angeles;  Ensley  is  also  a  graduate  of  the  University  of 
California  and  is  assistant  farm  adviser  in  Monterey  County;  Robert  is  attending  the 
University  of  California;  Margaret  is  in  the  Orange  union  high  school;  and  Hazel  and 
Julia  are  in  the  grammar  school.  Mr.  Campbell,  who  is  a  Republican  in  national 
politics,  was  a  nonpartisan  trustee  for  the  Orange  school  district  for  many  years.  Mrs. 
Campbell  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

MRS.  MARY  E.  ALSBACH. — A  devoted,  motherly  woman  who  enjoys  the  quiet 
of  California  canyon  life,  is  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Alsbach,  the  widow  of  Montgomery 
Alsbach,  who  passed  to  his  eternal  reward  in  the  summer  of  1918.  She  was  born  in 
Carthage,  Hancock  County,  111.,  the  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Louisa  Lucas,  prosperous 
tarmers,  who  raised  corn  and  small  grain  on  a  large  Illinois  farm.  In  1881  they  re- 
moved to  La  Plata,  Mo.,  where  Mr.  Lucas  purchased  90  acres. 

Montgomery  Alsbach  was  the  son  of  Michael  and  Sarah  Alsbach — the  former  a 
German  Evangelical  minister,  who  traveled  through  the  country  creating  new  interest 
in  the  church.  When  twelve  years  of  age,  Montgomery  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Indiana,  where  he  lived  through  the  Civil  War.  At  the  conclusion  of  that  terrible 
struggle.  Rev.  Alsbach  moved  to  Chicago,  where  he  made  his  home,  while  he  continued 
to  travel  through  Illinois  on  his  mission  work.  After  thirty-four  years,  they  moved 
from  Chicago  to  Missouri,  and  there  he  spent  the  rest  of  his  days  on  a  farm  which  he 
purchased. 

For  a  while  Montgomery  had  worked  on  a  farm  near  Chicago,  but  in  1872  he 
left  Missouri  and  went  to  Minneapolis,  where  he  was  employed  by  the  Shockby 
Milling  Company,  and  later  by  the  Pillsbury  Milling  Company.  At  Minneapolis,  on 
March  8,  1887,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Lucas;  and,  after  living  in  Minne- 
apolis for  five  months,  they  came  west  to  Los  Angeles.  For  a  year  and  a  half  Mr. 
Alsbach  engaged  in  carpentering,  and  then  moved  to  a  ranch  at  Downey.  In  1892 
he  moved  to  Silverado  Canyon  and  homesteaded  160  acres  of  land,  and  here  they  built 
a  residence  and  made  improvements.  There  were  forty  acres  of  tillable  ground,  and 
at  present  thirty-five  acres  are  in  barley  and  five  in  wheat,  while  the  rest  is  good 
pasture  land.  The  sycamore,  live  oak  and  water  alder  grow  bountifully  in  the  canyon 
ranch,  and  as  there  is  plenty  of  stock  for  domestic  use,  the  rancher  is  almost  rendered 
independent  of  the  outside  world.  A  well-educated  man,  who  had  had  a  good  grammar 
and  high  school  education,  and  three  years  of  study  at  Northwestern  University, 
Mr.  Alsbach  was  greatly  mourned  when  he  died,  on  August  16,  1918.  > 

c  t,  ,^°"J  ^''''''^'■'="  °we  much  to  their  mother,  Mrs.  Alsbach.  The  eldest  is  Mrs.  Naomi 
Schulz  of  Williams  Canyon.  The  second  is  Mrs.  Ruth  C.  McKinzie  of  Santa  Ana. 
Mrs.  Mary  Elizabeth  Shaw  of  Laguna  Beach  is  the  third  in  the  order  of  birth.  The 
fourth  IS  Mrs.  Ruby  Lola  Shaw  of  El  Toro. 

In  1920  Mrs.  Alsbach  sold  eighty  acres  of  the  ranch  and  retired  from  farming  and 
will  make  her  home  at  Laguna,  where  she  is  building  a  new  residence  in  Arch  Beach 
Heights  of  that  seaside  resort.  oc<n.ii 

„  ,  .^^  '^■'"ther  of  Mrs.  Alsbach  is  Scott  Lucas,  a  gentleman  blessed  with  the  family 

1^7^^^.  Jr'  ^^''"S'V  ^  ^^""'^  °f  ^^^^"  '^^"'i^^"'  ^^  ^as  b°rn  on  November  28 
1873,  and  he  lived  with  his  parents  on  the  home  farm  in  Missouri.     He  not  onTv  had  a 

T^^TZ"  ,'v°°i  f ducafon,  but  the  last  year  of  his  schooling  he  assisted  the  teacher 
He  helped  his  father  until  he  was  twenty-two  years  of  age,  and  then  he  came  out  to 
California  and  to  Santa  Ana  He  became  an  expert  brick  burner  and  makerTf  cement 
and  had  a  part  m  much  building  of  note  in  Los  Angeles  and  in  and  about  Santa  Ana 
In  November,  1918,  soon  after  Mr.  Alsbach's  death,  Mr.  Lucas  came  to  Silverado  Can 
yon  to  live  with  his  sister.  vciduo  v^an- 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  489 

HERMAN  G.  LEMBCKE.— A  leading  contractor  and  builder,  whose  valuable 
experience,  far-seeing  capacity  and  exceptional  enterprise,  enabling  him  to  operate  on 
broad,  generous  lines,  and  with  a  sensible  view  of  the  future  as  well  as  the  immediate 
present,  have  been  of  the  greatest  benefit  to  both  the  city  and  county  of  Orange,  is 
Herman  G.  Lembcke,  who  was  born  at  Ulzen,  Hanover,  Germany,  on  May  3,  1861,  the 
son  of  John  Lembcke,  a  brick  manufacturer.  He  came  with  his  wife,  who  was  Mary 
Pagel  before  her  marriage,  and  his  family,  to  Wisconsin  in  1885,  and  there  for  a  time 
resided,  although  he  spent  his  last  days  in  Nebraska,  where  Mrs.  Lembcke  also  died. 
Four  of  their  six  children  are  still  living,  and  Herman  is  the  youngest  of  all,  save  one. 

The  lad  received  the  best  of  educational  instruction  in  the  local  schools  and  a 
private  academy,  where  he  majored  in  drawing,  after  which  he  assisted  his  father  in 
the  making  of  brick,  as  well  as  in  farming.  In  1885  the  family  moved  to  Cedarburg, 
Wis.,  and  for  a  time  Herman  attended  the  Addison  Academy  at  Addison,  111.,  follow- 
ing which  he  undertook  contracting  and  building  at  Cedarburg.  Having  a  brother, 
however,  at  Canastota,  McCook  County,  S.  D.,  he  removed  there  in  1887,  and  then, 
for  four  years,  was  engaged  in  contracting  and  building  at  Sioux  Falls,  and  later  also 
at  Canastota.  In  both  Dakota  and  in  Minnesota,  Mr.  Lembcke  erected  many  of  the 
leading  edifices  of  that  time. 

In  1907  he  made  his  first  trip  to  California,  and  he  was  so  pleased  with  what  he 
saw  here  that  on  his  return  he  at  once  shaped  his  plans  for  removal  to  the  more 
favored  Pacific  country.  In  1909  he  effected  that  important  step,  and  came  here,  family, 
bag  and  baggage.  He  looked  the  state  over  carefully  and  finally  selected  Orange 
as  the  most  desirable,  and  soon  engaged  in  contracting  and  building;  and  ever  since 
he  has  been  augmenting  an  enviable  reputation  as  one  of  the  ablest  and  most 
reliable  men  in  his  important  field.  He  frequently  makes  even  his  own  designs,  and 
huch  has  been  his  acknowledged  success  that  he  has  been  called  to  Los  Angeles  and 
other  towns  beyond  the  confines  of  the  county  for  important  building  enterprises.  He 
belongs  to  the  National  Contractors'  Association,  and  is  ever  ready  to  lend  his  counsel 
for  the  best  development  and  the  building  up  of  Orange  and  its  environs. 

While  in  South  Dakota,  Mr.  Lembcke  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Muehl,  a 
native  of  Erie  County,  Pa.,  by  whom  he  has  had  six  children.  Walter  is  a  carpenter, 
assisting  his  father;  Herbert,  also  a  carpenter,  is  yardman  for  the  Griffith  Lumber 
Company;  Hugo  is  attending  Stanford  University,  taking  an  engineering  course; 
Edgar  is  a  student  at  the  Orange  Union  high  school,  and  there  are  Hilda  and  Althea. 
The  family  attend  the  Lutheran  Church,  and  Mr.  Lembcke  is  a  member  of  the  Lutheran 
Men's  Club.  At  Canastota,  S.  D.,  he  was  for  thirteen  years  secretary  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  Lutheran  Church.  He  is  a  Republican  in  national  politics,  and  yet  is 
decidedly  nonpartisan  in  all  cooperation  for  local  improvement  and  uplift.  Some  years 
ago  Mr.  Lembcke  built  for  himself  and  family  a  large,  very  comfortable  residence  at 
320  North  Lemon  Street,  and  there  they  now  dispense  an  old-time  hospitality. 

MICHAEL  F.  REAGAN. — America  has  been  blessed  with  adopted  sons  and 
daughters  from  every  corner  of  the  globe,  many  of  whom  have  done  much  to  make 
possible  the  rapid  development  of  this  country,  and  among  those  who  have  proved 
their  worth  are  natives  of  Ireland,  and  those  of  Irish  descent,  whose  American  birth 
and  training  have  added  to  their  characteristic  resourcefulness.  Typical  of  the  latter 
is  Michael  F.  Reagan,  who  was  born  in  Norfolk  Township,  St.  Lawrence  County,  New 
York,  in  1862,  the  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Mary  (Donovan)  Reagan,  both  natives  of  the 
Emerald  Isle.  To  them  were  born  nine  children,  five  of  whom  are  still  living,  Michael 
being  the  only  one  in  California.  He  was  reared  in  New  York,  and  there  he  received 
his  education;  early  in  life  he  learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  which  he  followed  for 
many  years. 

Mr.  Reagan  came  to  California  in  1889,  settling  in  Anaheim,  where  he  followed 
his  trade,  and  so  has  been  a  resident  of  the  county  for  over  thirty  years.  In  1896  he 
came  to  Los  Alamitos,  being  one  of  the  early  settlers  to  locate  there,  and  he  has  since 
made  this  his  home,  being  the  oldest  settler,  in  point  of  residence,  in  the  locality.  In 
the  fall  of  1904  Mr.  Reagan  saw  the  necessity  of  supplying  the  residents  of  Los  Ala- 
mitos with  water;  the  artesian  well  was  going  dry  on  account  of  many  wells  being 
sunk  for  irrigation  purposes,  and  also  on  account  of  the  drouth.  He  sunk  four  wells 
with  a  six-inch  bore  from  300  to  400  feet  deep,  to  supply  the  growing  town  of  Los 
Alamitos  with  water  for  domestic  purposes;  they  are  operated  by  electricity  and  fur- 
nish water  for  140  families.  The  original  wells  were  the  property  of  the  Bixby  Land 
Company  until  he  purchased  their  interest.  This  supplies  Mr.  Reagan  with  enough 
business  to  keep  him  moving  around  in  the  midst  of  his  patrons,  and  at  the  same 
time  reimburses  him  for  the  capital  and  labor  expended. 


490  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

In  1909  Mr.  Reagan  was  united  in  i^""age  with  Miss  AnmeHedge^^^^^^ 
them  one  child,  who  died  in  infancy,  was  born.     ^".^^^^^|^"^'^„'f  remarkable  changes 
him  of  a  loyal  and  helpful  compamon     Mr.  ^^^^ZlVdnstrTlldti^ehumng  up  of 
in  the  county,  the  development  of  oil,  the  sugar  beet  mdustry    and  tne  ^  .^ 

towns  throughout  the  entire  county    untd  today  when  ^.^'f,  ;°""  ^^'s  of  Col^'^bus. 
the  counties  of  the  state.     Fraternally,  he  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  oi  -^o 

ADOLPH  STANKEY.— During  his  thirty  years'  residence  in  9''^"5,^,^;°"th^ 
Adolph  Stankey  has  seen  many  changes  wrought  and  has  had  an  active  part  m  ine 
development  which  has  taken  place  with  such  rapidity  during  that  span  ot  time,  nis 
birth  occurred  in  Germany,  August  29,  1870,  and  he  was  reared  in  Walline,  Russia,  a 
son  of  Frank  and  Ernstine  (LafiEman)  Stankey,  the  former  a  native  of  Germany  and 
the  latter  of  Russia.  The  family  came  to  Anaheim  in  1888,  and  here  the  father  located 
and  is  now  living  on  his  ranch  two  miles  west  of  town,  on  the  county  road. 

Young  Adolph  did  not  have  very  good  school  advantages  in  Russia,  and  is  what 
may  be  called  self-educated,  picking  up  knowledge  and  experience  as  he  went  along 
in  life,  the  most  thorough  of  all  teachers.  On  arriving  in  Anaheim,  in  1888,  he  worked 
for  a  time  at  ranching  with  his  father,  and  later  leased  400  acres  of  land  near  Placentia 
and  cultivated  it  to  grain.  Land  in  that  section  could  then  be  bought  for  seventy-five 
dollars  per  acre,  and  the  same  land  he  farmed  in  early  days  is  now  finely  developed 
into  large  orange  groves  and  worth  in  the  thousands  per  acre.  The  first  year  Mr. 
Stankey  was  quite  successful  in  grain  raising,  and  cleared  $5,000.  The  next  three 
were  dry  years  and  he  lost  all  he  had  put  in  the  venture. 

Later,  he  lived  on  a  twenty-acre  ranch  of  his  own  west  of  town  and  near  his 
father's  place,  where  he  raised  barley,  corn  and  sugar  beets.  Selling  this  out,  in  1905, 
Mr.  Stankey  moved  to  Anaheim  and  bought  his  present  home,  at  136  North  Lemon 
Street,  and  started  his  work  in  cement;  he  was  in  the  employ  of  Chas.  Scindler,  and 
also  of  Conliflfe  Bros.,  cement  contractors.  After  gaining  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
the  business,  he  started  in  contracting  for  himself,  and  since  that  date,  1910,  he  has 
constructed  many  miles  of  cement  sidewalks  and  curbs  in  Anaheim,  besides  porch  and 
house  foundations.  He  has  done  much  work  for  the  city  of  Anaheim,  and  also  ceme- 
tery work,  and  has  made  a  reputation  for  the  class  and  quality  of  his  work,  which  is 
known  throughout  the  county  as  first-class  in  quality  and  lasting — in  fact,  always 
satisfactory. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Stankey  united  him  with  Ernestine  Pressel,  a  native  of 
Poland,  and  three  children  have  been  born  to  them:  Harry,  an  electrician,  in  the 
employ  of  J.  Leep;  Nettlie  and  Hattie.  An  active  worker  for  the  further  advancement 
of  his  home  community,  Mr.  Stankey  has  never  doubted  the  future  in  store  for  this 
section  of  the  state  since  his  first  location  here,  and  has  done  his  share  to  make  it 
one  of  the  most  progressive  cities  in  Southern  California. 

O.  A.  STEWART. — Another  walnut  grower  whose  progressive  foresightedness, 
thorough  familiarity  with  the  problems  before  him,  and  untiring  industry  have  helped 
him  to  attain  success  far  beyond  the  ordinary  rancher  in  his  field,  is  O.  A.  Stewart 
of  South  McClay  Street,  Santa  Ana,  who  has  ten  acres  of  twelve-year-old  trees,  inter- 
planted  to  lima  beans.  He  was  born  in  Hartford,  Blackford  County,  Ind.,  on  April  7, 
1849,  and  when  only  ten  years  of  age  crossed  the  great  plains  with  his  parents  and  the 
other  five  children  in  the  family,  in  1859,  traveling  in  a  prairie  schooner  drawn  by 
oxen.  They  were  part  of  a  large  train  that  started  from  the  Hoosier  state  and  tried 
to  reach  Pike's  Peak  in  1859  during  the  Pike's  Peak  excitement,  but  while  still  on  the 
Platte  River,  before  turning  oflf  of  the  trail  for  Denver,  they  were  disappointed  with 
what  they  heard  of  returning  Pike's  Peakers  who  were  discouraged,  and  so  continued 
on  to  Nevada,  locating  in  Carson  City.  There  Wellington  Stewart,  our  subject's 
father,  opened  a  law  office  and  began  the  practice  of  law,  which  he  continued  until  1866 
when  he  removed  to  Helena,  Mont.,  where  he  maintained  a  law  office  for  another  six 
years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  legislature  in  Nevada,  and  also  Montana,  and  in  the 
atter  state  he  was  the  speaker  of  the  house.  He  was  a  well-posted  lawyer  and  had  a 
large  clientele.  Then  he  moved  back  to  Carson  City,  and  later  on  went  to  San  DieffO 
where  he  opened  a  law  office  and  practiced  there  until  he  went  to  Washington  and 
settled  at  Seattle,  and  there  he  died  at  the  age  of  eighty.  He  was  born  at  Painted 
Post  Steuben  County,  N.  Y  and  was  married  in  Indiana  to  Miss  Sarah  Barnhart 
a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  who  died  in  Carson  City,  Nev.,  at  the  ao-e  r.f  cTJ.  •  ' 
years.  They  had  six  children.  O.  A.  Stewart  being' the  third  in  the'^'order  of\™ 
five  of  whom  are  still  living.  "mcr  oi    Dirtti, 

O.  A.  Stewart  attended  the  public  schools  in  Carson  City  Nev  wher^  h. 
grew  up,  fortunate  in  being  in  that  town  when  the  great  Comstock  Lodp  w=c'^.^  .. 

In  1870  he  went  to  San  Diego,  Cal.,  at  the  beginning  oFthat  cty^^nd  Ta^iSTudTed 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  493 

law  in  his  father's  office,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  San  Diego  County.  He 
never  practiced  law  there,  however,  but  for  a  number  of  years  taught  school  in  that 
county,  at  Encinitas,  San  Luis  Rey,  Julian  and  Temecula.  While  at  Encinitas  he 
met  Miss  Florence  Ada  Foss,  the  acquaintance  being  continued  while  teaching  at  San 
Luis  Rey,  ripened  into  love  and  resulted  in  their  marriage  at  San  Diego  on  Febru- 
ary 3,  1874.  She  was  a  native  of  Jackson,  Maine,  but  came  to  California  with  her 
parents,  David  R.  and  Rebecca  A.  (Libby)  Foss  in  1861  via  the  Isthmus  of  Panama, 
first  engaging  in  dairying  in  Marin  County,  and  later  he  was  in  business  in  San 
Francisco.  In  1869  they  came  to  San  Diego  County  where  he  farmed,  residing  there 
until  his  death  in  1886  at  the  age  of  fifty-three.  The  mother  is  now  living  at  Manteca, 
Cal.,  eighty-five  years  of  age.  Mrs.  Stewart  is  the  oldest  of  three  cildren,  the  others 
being  Mrs.  J.  J.  Rawleigh  of  Manteca  and  Albert  J.  Foss,  an  apiarist  at  Corona,  Cal. 
The  one  child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stewart  is  an  adopted  daughter,  Mattie,  who  lives  at 
home.  Mr.  Stewart  continued  teaching  until  1879,  and  then  engaged  in  ranching  at 
De  Luz,  San  Diego  County,  where  he  homesteaded  160  acres,  improved  it,  put  the 
first  plow  in  the  raw  land  and  engaged  in  viticulture,  general  farming  and  bee  culture, 
having  two  apiaries.  In  1906,  after  having  brought  the  place  to  a  high  state  of  cultiva- 
tion, he  sold  it  and  located  in  Santa  Ana  and  bought  a  ten-acre  alfalfa  field,  which  he 
set  to  budded  walnuts,  now  full  bearing.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Walnut 
Growers  Association.  In  1912  they  erected  their  elegant  residence  where  alfalfa  grew 
when  Mr.  Stewart  first  came  here. 

Being  an  admirer  of  Horace  Greeley,  his  first  vote  was  cast  for  a  Democrat 
candidate,  and  he  continued  with  that  party  until  he  became  a  strong  nationalist  and 
protectionist,  and  since  then  is  a  Republican. 

PROFESSOR  W.  M.  CLAYTON.— A  man  of  high  scholarly  attainments,  whose 
thirty-five  years  of  service  in  the  cause  of  education  has  given  him  an  authoritative 
place  in  that  profession,  is  Prof.  W.  M.  Clayton,  who  during  his  residence  of  eighteen 
years  in  Santa  Ana  has  contributed  generously,  not  alone  to  school  aflfairs  but  to  the 
life  of  the  whole  community.  A  native  of  the  Buckeye  State,  he  was  born  at  Van 
Buren,  Hancock  County,  Ohio,  October  20,  1861.  He  obtained  his  early  schooling  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  home  district  and  being  ambitious  beyond  the  average  lad, 
he  determined  to  secure  a  college  education,  even  though  it  meant  hard  work  and 
sacrifice  on  his  part.  He  matriculated  at  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  at  Delaware, 
Ohio,  working  his  own  way  through,  and  graduating  there  in  1891 ;  during  the  school 
year  of  1889-1890  he  was  principal  of  the  Allen  Township  high  school  at  Van  Buren, 
Ohio,  this  being  one  of  the  first  township  high  schools  to  be  organized  in  the  state. 
After  his  graduation,  Mr.  Clayton  was  superintendent  of  schools  at  Piketon  and 
Waverly,  Ohio,  serving  for  four  years  in  each  place.  While  he  was  teaching  at  Piketon 
he  organized  the  Teachers'  Summer  Normal  School  at  Piketon  and  during  the  session 
had  about  175  teachers  in  attendance  from  southern  Ohio.  For  six  years  he  was 
county  examiner  of  teachers  in  southern  Ohio. 

In  1899  Professor  Clayton  came  to  the  Pacific  Coast  and  for  one  year  occupied  the 
chair  of  mathematics  and  was  vice-president  of  the  Southern  Oregon  State  Normal 
School  at  Ashland,  Ore.,  and  for  the  following  two  years  was  president  in  the  same 
institution.  In  1902  he  came  to  California,  and  located  at  Santa  Ana,  for  the  next  eight 
years  occupying  the  post  of  principal  of  the  Roosevelt  grammar  school.  Following 
this  he  went  to  the  Santa  Ana  high  school  as  a  teacher  of  mathematics.  Four  years 
after  the  new  Polytechnic  high  was  organized,  in  1917,  he  was  made  vice-principal  and 
head  of  the  mathematics  department.  Professor  Clayton  is  an  expert  mathematician 
and  occupies  an  authoritative  position  as  an  instructor  in  this  branch  of  study.  It  is 
worthy  of  note  that  in  thirty-five  years  of  teaching  he  has  lost  but  three  days  on 
account  of  illness,  a  record  that  few  can  equal. 

Prominent  in  fraternal  circles,  Professor  Clayton  is  a  Knights  Templar  Mason, 
and  is  a  past  commander  of  Santa  Ana  Commandery  No.  36,  and  a  Shriner,  member 
of  Al  Malaikah  Temple  of  Los  Angeles.  While  at  Piketon  he  was  made  a  member  of 
the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  is  past  chancellor  of  Lodge  No.  521,  at  that  place;  he  is 
also  past  commander  of  Santa  Ana  Tent  No.  8,  of  the  Maccabees,  member  of  Santa 
Ana  Lodge  No.  236,  I.  O.  O.  F.;  Society  of  Sons  of  the  Revolution;  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
Faculty  University  of  California  Smith-Hughes  Teachers  Training  Division,  and 
while  a  student  at  the  university  was  a  member  of  Beta  Theta  Pi.  During  the  World 
War  he  gave  much  time  and  assistance  to  the  local  patriotic  activities,  and  was  one  of 
the  four-minute  men. 

By  Mr.  Clayton's  marriage  in  Van  Buren,  Ohio,  he  is  the  father  of  two  children: 
Allen  D.,  of  Pasadena,  and  a  daughter,  Georgiana,  who  died  at  the  age  of  nine  years. 
Professor  Clayton  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Santa  Ana. 

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494  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

JESSE  O.  NICHOLS. — Among  the  most  successful  orange  and  walnut  growers  of 
the  Buaro  and  West  Orange  precincts  of  Orange  County,  especial  mention  is  made  of 
Jesse  O.  Nichols,  now  living  in  Huntington  Beach.  He  was  born  August  9,  1864,  at 
Avon,  Fulton  County,  III.,  a  son  of  Albert  Kimball  Nichols,  a  native  of  Vermont,  who 
married  Miss  Harriett  Rose,  of  Avon,  111.,  where  her  father  was  the  owner  of  a  grist 
mill.  Albert  Nichols  was  a  ship  carpenter  and  worked  at  his  trade  in  Chicago,  after  the 
great  fire.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  K.  Nichols  came  to  California  in  1896  and  made  their 
home  with  their  son.     Mrs.  Nichols  died  in   1898,  and  he  in   1907. 

When  Jesse  O.  was  eight  years  of  age,  his  parents  moved  to  Waukegan,  Lake 
County,  111.,  and  here  he  remained  until  he  was  eighteen;  during  this  period  he  learned 
the  trade  of  a  machinist.  In  1882  he  migrated  westward,  locating  for  six  months  at 
Denver,  Colo.,  where  he  followed  his  trade.  In  the  fall  of  that  year,  he  arrived  in  the 
Golden  State,  stopping  at  Los  Angeles,  subsequently  taking  up  school  land  at  Cuca- 
monga,  which,  after  two  years,  he  sold  and  then  located  at  El  Monte,  going  from  there 
to  San  Diego  County.  In  partnership  with  M.  F.  Quinn,  his  father-in-law,  he  rented 
3,000  acres  of  the  Warner  ranch,  a  tract  of  50,000  acres,  where  they  raised  stock  and 
farmed  to  grain  and  hay. 

On  August  4,  1889,  Mr.  Nichols  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Susie  Quinn, 
daughter  of  Michael  Fay  and  Ruth  Jane  (Glenn)  Quinn.  Mrs.  Nichols  was  born  at 
El  Monte,  and  when  seven  years  of  age  her  mother  passed  away.  She  crossed  the 
plains  from  Texas  when  a  girl  and  they  had  some  exacting  times  with  Indians.  Mrs. 
Nichols'  father,  Michael  Fay  Quinn,  born  in  New  York  City  was  of  stanch  old  Irish 
stock,  his  parents  having  been  born  in  the  Emerald  Esle.  His  grandfather  was  born 
in  1761  and  died  in  Wisconsin  in  1857.  John  Quinn,  the  father  of  Michael  F.,  was  born 
in  Limerick  in  1808,  and  married  Mary  Fay  in  1832,  coming  with  his  family  to  America 
in  1836.  Two  years  later  he  died  in  Wisconsin,  and  subsequently  his  widow  became 
the  wife  of  Richard  Hartwell  of  Ohio;  she  passed  away  six  days  after  her  marriage. 

Michael  Fay  Quinn  was  born  in  New  York  City,  February  14,  1836,  and  at  the 
tender  age  of  four  years  he  was  orphaned.  His  stepfather  cared  for  him  until  he 
reached  the  age  of  twelve  years.  In  the  spring  of  1850,  he  went  to  Fort  Snelling, 
Minn.,  where  he  obtained  a  position  as  clerk  in  a  sutler  store,  owned  by  a  Mr.  Steele. 
Through  the  influence  of  Colonel  Lee,  the  commanding  officer  at  Fort  Snellng,  and  an 
old  schoolmate  of  his  stepfather,  Richard  Hartwell,  the  young  man  secured  a  position 
in  the  quartermaster's  department,  and  in  1854,  when  but  eighteen  years  old,  he  was 
appointed  government  wagon  master  and  started  from  Fort  Leavenworth  with  an 
expedition  against  the  Sioux  Indians.  On  September  26,  1854,  they  surprised  a  camp  of 
about  5,000  Indians  at  Ash  Hollow,  on  the  Platte  River.  Several  Indians  were  killed 
and  nearly  the  entire  camp  captured.  The  expedition  proceeded  to  Fort  Laramie, 
where  some  of  the  troops  were  left,  the  rest  going  on  to  Fort  Pierre,  on  the  Missouri 
River,  where  the  great  treaty  with  the  Sioux  was  made  by  General  Harney,  on  New 
Year's  Day,  1855.  Immediately  after  his  arrival  in  Fort  Pierre,  Mr.  Quinn  was  sent 
put  with  twenty-eight  six-mule  teams  and  wagons  loaded  with  supplies  for  the  troops 
at  Fort  Randall.  The  trip  was  safely  made  in  ten  days,  and  two  days  later  the  return 
trip  was  started,  with  empty  wagons  and  provisions  for  ten  days.  A  severe  snow- 
storm set  in,  continuing  with  slight  abatement  for  twenty-two  days,  burying  their 
camp  in  deep  drifts  of  snow.  On  the  twenty-fourth  day,  after  great  labor,  the  party 
cut  its  way  out  and  continued  the  journey.  Cottonwood  trees  were  used  for  the  mules' 
provender,  while  the  men  lived  on  corn  and  mule  meat.  They  arrived  at  Fort  Pierre 
at  the  end  of  thirty-six  days,  with  only  forty-eight  of  their  180  mules  left.  After  many 
interesting  adventures  Mr.  Quinn  succeeded  in  reaching  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  by  steamboat 
and  on  November  2,  18SS,  he  matriculated  in  the  Illinois  State  University,  where  he 
remained  until  April  11,  1858,  Robert  T.  Lincoln,  son  of  the  illustrious  President,  being 
one  of  his  classmates.  Mr.  Quinn  joined  General  Harney's  expedition  against  the 
Mormons  and  was  appointed  wagon  master  under  Captain  Winfield  Scott  Hancock, 
later  so  well  known  as  General  Hancock.  Mr.  Quinn  became  Government  purchasing 
agent  in  charge  of  purchasing  materials  used  in  constructing  Camp  Floyd,  Utah. 

On  February  12,  1859,  Mr.  Quinn  joined  a  company  of  seventy-two  men  bound 
for  California  and  March  5  found  him  in  Los  Angeles.  Twenty  days  later  he  went  to 
the  San  Gabriel  Canyon  gold  mine,  where  his  quest  of  the  precious  metal  was  un- 
successful. Returning  to  Los  Angeles,  he  secured  work  as  a  carpenter  and  time- 
keeper on  the  old  court  house,  where  the  BuUard  Block  now  stands. 

In  1859  Mr.  Quinn  located  at  El  Monte,  where  he  engaged  in  contracting  and 
buildmg,  and  also  operated  a  lumber  yard.  Subsequently  he  commenced  farming  and 
was  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  for  many  years.  He  was  always  intensely  inter- 
ested in  the  progress  and  development  of  Southern  California;  served  as  president  of 


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the  Los  Angeles  County  Pioneers  Society  and  after  a  busy  and  more  than  interesting 

■career  passed  away  in  1911. 

Mrs.  Nichols  attended  the  El  Monte  public  school,  afterward  attending  the  Los 
Angeles  State  Normal  School,  where  she  was  a  student  for  one  and  a  half  years.  In 
January,  1891,  Mr.  Nichols  located  in  Orange  County,  where  he  purchased  twenty  acres 
of  land  which  had  been  used  as  a  sheep  pasture  and  was  devoid  of  any  improve- 
ments. They  set  out  every  tree  and  helped  make  the  roads,  established  the  markets, 
etc.  Seven  acres  were  planted  'to  walnuts  the  first  year  and  the  balance  as  they  could, 
farming  in  the  meanwhile,  raising  chickens,  melons  and  garden  truck.  He  subse- 
quently purchased  twenty  acres  for  his  son  and  at  one  time  possessed  in  all  ninety-five 
acres  of  land,  of  which  he  still  retains  forty-five  acres.  In  1916  Mr.  Nichols  built  a 
beautiful,  cozy  bungalow  on  his-  property.  He  has  the  distinction  of  installing  the 
first  pumping  plant  in  his  vicinity,  which  was  in  1898;  it  was  run  by  horse  power. 
He  was  the  first  in  his  locality  to  install  a  gasoline  engine  for  pumping  purposes  iti 
irrigating,  and  again  took  the  lead  by  being  the  first  to  install  an  electrically  driven 
pump.  He  and  his  neighbor,  W.  H.  Hending,  owned  the  pumping  plant  under  the 
name  of  Nichols  and  Hending  and  sold  water  to  some  of  their  neighbors,"  or  until  they 
put  in  their  own  wells.  ,    ; 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nichols  are  the  parents  of  one  son,  Albert  Quinn,  who  owns 
twenty  acres  near  his  father;  he  was  married  to  Miss  Rose  Anna  Haase  on  October 
30,  1920.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nichols  are  highly  respected  in  their  community,  where  they 
have  a  large  circle  of  warm  friends. 

EDWARD  STARK. — Concentration  of  his  energies  to  any  particular  enterprise 
which  he  has  on  hand  doubtless  is  one  of  the  paramount  secrets  of  the  success  that  has 
attended  the  business  undertakings  of  Edward  Stark  and  he  has  ably  demonstrated  his 
adaptability  and  power  to  carry  afifairs  to  a  prosperous  outcome.  Identified  for  twenty 
years  with  the  beet-sugar  itidustry  and  a  pioneer  in  this  field  in  his  native  state, 
■Wisconsin,  Mr.  Stark  is  especially  well  qualified  for,  the  important  post  he  now  occu- 
pies— that  of  field  superintendent  of  the  Anaheim  Sugar  Company — and  not  a  little  of 
the  wonderful  commercial  importance  that  this  industry  now  commands  in  Orange 
County  is  due  to  his  tireless,  constructive  work. 

Edward  Stark  was  born  in  the  prosperous  farming  district  near  Richfield,  Wash- 
ington County,  Wis.,  on  May  12,  1872.  He  remained  on  the  home  farm  until  he  was 
sixteen  years  of  age,  meanwhile  securing  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
neighborhood.  An  older  brother  was  engaged  in  the  general  merchandise  business  at 
Menominee  Falls,  Wis.,  and  Edward  was  associated  with  him  there  in  this  line  for  a 
number  of  years.  During  his  residence  in  that  city  he  served  for  two  years  as  city 
clerk.  In  1900  Mr.  Stark  entered  the  employ  of  the  Wisconsin  Sugar  Company  at 
Menominee  Falls,  having  charge  of  the  agricultural  department.  The  sugar-beet  indus- 
try was  then  in  its  infancy,  this  being  the  first  sugar  factory  erected  in  the  state.  Up 
to  this  time  the  sugar  factories  had  considered  the  pulp  as  a  waste  product  and  refuse 
and  the  company  was  facing  a  problem  in  disposing  of  it,  so  as  not  to  be  a  nuisance  to 
the  neighborhood.  Mr.  Stark  thought  it  contained  enough  food  value  so  that  stockmen, 
if  they  knew,  would  gladly  purchase  it,  so  the  same  season  Mr.  Stark  purchased  the 
pulp  from  the  company  and  sold  it  to  stockmen  for  feed  and  so  as  far  as  the  records 
show  he  was  the  first  to  demonstrate  the  food  value  of  this  product  and  to  promote 
its  sale  for  feed.  This  added  resource  was  not  only  an  aid  in  putting  the  infant  indus- 
try on  its  feet,  but  protected  the  company  from  legal  litigation  arising  for  damages  on 
account  of  the  odor  of  the  refuse  to  adjoining  resident  districts.  Through  his  travels 
about  the  country  in  this  work  he  became  very  familiar  with  crop  conditions  and  land 
valuations  and  this  knowledge  made  him  especially  valuable  as  field  superintendent 
for  the  factory.  When  Mr.  Stark  took  up  his  work  for  the  factory  ofily  from  14,000 
to  18,000  tons  of  beets  were  being  sliced  yearly,  and  this  amount  he  increased  to  -50,000 
tons  per  year.  He  started  a  campaign  of  education  among  the  growers,  addressing  the 
farm  centers  all  over  the  state.  It  was  a  new  enterprise  and  the  farmers  were  doubtfiil 
about  its  success  and,  consequently,  very  conservative  in  the  acreage  they  would  devote 
to  it,  as  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  the  5,000  acres  of  land  given  over  to  the  cultivation 
of  sugar  beets  represented  1,900  growers,  thus  averaging  about  two  and  a  half  acres 
to  each  grower.  Through  Mr.  Stark's  endeavors  many  more  farmers  were  induced  to 
plant,  and  those  who  had  already  become  interested  in  the  production  of  beets  increased 
their  acreage.  Machinery  for  cultivating  the  crop  was  bought  by  the  factory  and 
rented  to  the  farmers  and  later  sold  to  them. 

Having  for  some  time  had  a  desire  to  locate  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  particularly 
were  his  eyes  turned  toward  Southern  California,  Mr.  Stark  resigned  his  position  with 
the  Wisconsin  Sugar  Company  in  1905  and  located  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.    Until  a  proper 


498  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

opening  in  the  sugar  industry  should  present  itself,  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business  there,  in  tune  having  two  stores  in  the  metropolis  of  the  Coast.  Mr.  Stark, 
being  a  personal  friend  of  Fred  Heinze,  former  superintendent  of  the  Wisconsin  Sugar 
Company  at  Menominee  Falls,  Wis.,  kept  up  a  correspondence  concerning  the  future 
possibilities  of  the  sugar  industry  in  this  part  of  Southern  California.  Mr.  Heinze 
came  out  to  California  in  1907  and  they  spent  some  time  investigating  in  Los  Angeles 
and  Orange  counties,  with  the  result  that  the  Southern  California  Sugar  Company  was 
organized  and  the  plant  at  Santa  Ana  started.  Mr.  Stark  sold  his  business  in  Los 
Angeles  and  became  foreman  of  construction,  remaining  with  them  until  the  end  of 
the  first  season,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  the  position  offered  him  by  the  Anaheim 
Sugar  Company,  just  incorporated,  as  field  superintendent  from  its  inception,  so  he  was 
the  first  man  connected  with  the  work  of  starting  the  new  plant.  He  went  into  the 
field,  and  with  his  years  of  ripe  experience  interested  the  ranchers  and  signed  up  suf- 
ficient, acreage,  after  which  the  plant  was  immediately  started  and  duly  completed.  He 
has  continued  actively  with  the  company  ever  since. 

Originally  the  plant  of  the  Anaheim  Sugar  Company  had  a  capacity  of  500  tons 
per  day,  which  has  since  been  increased  to  1,200  tons.  At  first  5,000  acres  of  beets  were 
required  to  supply  the  factory,  but  since  enlarging  its  capacity  12,000  acres  are  neces- 
sary, thus  supplying  approximately  100,000  tons  of  beets  a  year.  The  company  owns 
over  2,500  acres  of  land  in  the  vicinity  and  this  they  rent  to  beet  growers.  Mr.  Stark 
is  also  interested  in  the  company  as  a  stockholder  and  gives  it  his  undivided  attention. 
He  has  been  very  successful  in  organizing  his  branch  of  the  work  and  has  brought  it  up 
to  a  high  state  of  efficiency. 

Mr.  Stark's  marriage,  which  occurred  at  Menominee  Falls,  Wis.,  on  October  22, 
1898,  united  him  with  Miss  Anna  Schlageter,  a  native  of  Washington  County,  Wis., 
and  they  are  the  parents  of  three  children:  Willard  G.,  a  student  in  the  dental  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Southern  California;  Berdilla  and  Melvin.  Since  1907,  Mr. 
Stark  has  resided  in  his  comfortable  home  at  202  East  Chestnut  Street,  Santa  Ana, 
where  he  and  his  family  have  hosts  of  friends.  Mr.  Stark  gives  no  small  credit  for  his 
success  to  his  devoted  wife,  who  has  ever  been  a  willing  helpmate,  encouraging  him  in 
his  every  ambition  and  doing  her  utmost  to  help  him  in  his  life  work.  She  is  a  cultured 
and  refined  woman  with  much  native  ability  and  artistic  tastes,  which  find  an  outlet  in 
beautifying  the  home,,  and  thus  in  their  liberal  way  they  dispense  a  true  western  hos- 
pitality much  enjoyed  by  their  friends. 

It  is  to  men  of  Mr.  Stark's  caliber  and  ability  that  Orange  County  owes  much  of 
its  prestige  and  greatness,  for  he  brought  many  years  of  valuable  experience  and  much 
acquired  knowledge  in  the  sugar  business  and  particularly  regarding  the  growers'  end, 
or  production  of  the  raw  material,  and  was  able  to  interest  the  people  in  that  branch, 
without  which  the  factory  could  not  have  been  made  a  success.  He  has  truly  become 
one  of  the  men  of  affairs  in  Orange  County  and  a  valuable  addition  to  the  personnel 
of  the  community.  A  splendid  type  of  man,  his  pleasing  personality,  coupled  with  a 
liberal  and  kindly  disposition,  has  brought  him  a  large  circle  of  friends  who  appreciate 
him  for  his  honesty  of  purpose,  integrity  and  worth. 

JOHN  WESLEY  POPE.— Radiating  the  sunshine  of  an  exemplary  life  filled  with 
good  deeds  and  generous  benefactions,  the  memory  of  John  W.  Pope  and  his  devoted 
wife  will  be  forever  cherished  by  all  whose  lives  were  blessed  by  their  friendship,  and 
the  deep  influence  of  the  beautiful  Christian  example  that  characterized  their  every  act 
will  live  far  beyond  the  span  of  their  earthly  existence.  Born  in  Tuscaloosa,  Ala., 
August  12,  1832,  Mr,  Pope  was  the  son  of  Burwell  and  Jane  Pope,  and  at  an  early  age 
was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Macon  County,  Miss.,  and  there  he  passed  the  next  fifteen 
years,  then  going  to  Holmes  County,  in  that  state.  It  was  here  that  he  united  with 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  at  the  age  of  twenty,  and  from  that  time  he 
was  loyal  to  the  church  of  his  choice,  a  consistent,  useful  member  throughout  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life. 

On  January  13,  1859,  he  was  united  in  the  bonds  of  wedlock  with  Miss  Martha 
Douglass,  and  for  close  to  half  a  century  their  lives  were  lived  together  in  peace  and 
harmony.  In  1861  they  removed  to  Nueces  County,  Texas,  where  they  remained 
for  a  year,  spending  the  same  length  of  time  in  Goliad  County,  before  settling  in  Na- 
varro County,  where  Mr.  Pope  became  actively  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising. 
A  man  of  industry  and  fine  business  ability,  he  soon  occupied  a  prominent  place  among 
the  ranchers  of  that  district.  Failing  health,  occasioned  by  repeated  attacks  of  la 
grippe,  so  depleted  his  constitution  that  it  became  necessary  for  him  to  seek  a  milder 
climate,  and  in  January,  1902,  with  his  wife,  in  company  of  the  family  of  E.  C.  Martin, 
a  sketch  of  whose  life  is  found  elsewhere  in  this  work,  he  came  to  Santa  Ana,  Cal! 
Mrs.  Martm,  who  lost  her  parents  in  early  childhood,  was  reared  by  Mr.   and   Mrs. 


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Pope,  and  given  their  loving  care,  and  in  their  later  years  this  was  repaid  in  the  loving 
ministrations  and  devotion  she  gave  them. 

With  characteristic  optimism,  Mr.  Pope  became  at  once  identified  with  the  inter- 
ests of  his  adopted  home,  purchasing  some  fine  walnut  groves,  but  again  another 
move  was  deemed  necessary  on  account  of  the  damp  sea  air  at  Santa  Ana,  so  in  1903 
Mr.  and.  Mrs.  Pope  removed  to  Redlands.  Here  he  made  a  gallant  fight  for  life,  but 
pneumonia  developed  from  a  cold  contracted  while  on  a  visit  at  the  Martins,  and  the 
earthly  life  of  John  W.  Pope  closed  on  December  9,  1905.  It  was  his  wish  to  be  buried 
at  his  old  Texas  home,  and  now  his  companion  of  forty-six  years  rests  beside  him, 
Mrs.  Pope  having  survived  him  until  October  14,  1914,  reaching  the  age  of  seventy-five 
years.  After  her  bereavement  she  made  her  home  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin,  who 
surrounded  her  with  every  loving  care  during  the  closing  days  of  her  life. 

A  true  Christian  gentleman,  Mr.  Pope  expressed  in  his  life  those  qualities  of  mind 
and  heart  that  endeared  him  to  family,  friends  and  business  associates,  but  it  was  per- 
haps in  his  spirit  of  liberality  that  he  excelled.  He  not  only  gave  generous  support  to 
his  church,  but  to  the  poor,  wherever  he  found  them,  and  to  every  worthy  Christian 
cause  that  was  brought  to  his  attentiofl.  One  of  his  last  benefactions  was  a  gift  of 
$1,000  toward  the  erection  of  a  parsonage  at  Redlands.  While  devoted  to  the  church 
founded  by  John  Wesley,  for  whom  he  was  named,  he  was  never  a  bigot,  but  a  lover 
of  his  church's  doctrines  and  loyal  to  her  teachings.  Mrs.  Pope,  if  possible,  even 
excelled  her  husband  in  her  generous  benefactions,  three  gifts  during  her  later  years 
alone  totaling  $4,000,  besides  numberless  smaller  donations.  Lives  such  as  these 
will  ever  leave  their  impress  on  all  who  were  privileged  to  come  within  their  hallowed 
influence. 

HERBERT  A.  JOHNSTON,  M.  D.— Surgical  science  has  no  disciple  more  loyal 
to  the  profession  or  more  eager  to  keep  pace  with  its  development  than  Dr.  Herbert 
A.  Johnston  of  Anaheim,  who  was  born  at  Minesing,  near  Barrie,  Ontario,  on  October 
8,  1873,  the  son  of  James  B.  Johnston,  also  a  native  of  Barrie.  His  grandfather,  James 
Johnston,  was  born  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  and  having  rnarried  Mary  Graham,  they 
migrated  to  Ontario,  where  he -was  a  successful  contractor  and  builder  in  Kingston, 
Toronto  and  Barrie.  James  B.  Johnston,  on  the  other  hand,  was  a  merchant  for  many 
years  until  he  sold  out  and  came  to  Anaheim  ab&ut  a  decade  ago;  but  he  was  per- 
mitted to  enjoy  the  delightful  clitnat-e  of  California  only  for  a  short  time,  and  died  soon 
after  arriving  here.  He  had  married  Jeanette  Livingston,  a  native  of  Montreal,  Canada, 
and  the  daughter  of  Donald  and  Mary  (Brown)  Livingston,  natives  of  Paisley,  Scot- 
land, who  migrated  to  Canada,  where  they  followed  agriculture.  The  Livingstons  come 
from  the  same  family  forever  famous  through  David  Livingston,  the  explorer.  Mrs. 
Johnston  is  still  living,  and  now  resides  at  Anaheim,  the  mother  of  three  children.  The 
eldest  is  the  subject  of  this  review;  the  next  in  order  of  birth  is  Mrs.  Marion  Ross, 
who  lives  at  Anaheim;  while  the  youngest  was  Robert,  who  will  long  be  honored  in 
Orange  County  as  the  editor  of  the  Anaheim  Herald.  When  his  health  failed,  he  sold 
the  paper,  hoping  through  freedom  from  the  responsibilities  and  cares  of  business  to 
recuperate,  but  he  lingered  only  until  June,  1920,  and  passed  away  at  Monrovia. 

Herbert  A.  Johnston  attended  the  public  schools  in  Minesing,  after  which  he 
entered  the  Barrie  Collegiate  Institute,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1894.  Then  he 
entered  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Toronto  and  there  pursued  his 
studies  until  the  beginning  of  the  senior  year,  when  he  was  forced  to  discontinue,  owing 
to  ill  health.  He  came  direct  to  California  in  1897,  and  soon  after  his  arrival  entered 
the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Southern  California,  which  graduated  him 
in  1898  with  the  degree  of  M.D.  He  immediately  located  at  Anaheim,  and  on  June 
22  of  the  same  year  opened  an  office  and  began  the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery, 
in  which  field  he  has  been  notably  successful.'  _ 

When  Dr.  William  H.  Wickett  graduated  in  medicine,'  he  became  associated  with 
Dr.  Johnston  as  a  partner,  and  ever  since  they  have  practiced  together  with  particularly 
satisfactory  results.  As  early  as  1903,  Dr.  Johnston  opened  the  first  hospital  in  Ana- 
heim, in  the  old  Fowler  residence,  which  became  the  nucleus  of  the  present  Anaheim 
Hospital,  incorporated  and  built  about  1910 — an  institution  of  considerable  importance 
to  Southern  California  for  it  has  become  a  center  for  surgical  work.  Drs.  Johnston  and 
Wickett  also  started  the  Johnston-Wickett  Clinic,  which  has  grown  to  its  present  large 
proportions.  Originally  there  were  only  two  persons  on  the  staff,  but  one  by  one 
physicians  and  surgeons  were  added  and  the  departments  opened,  until  there  are  now 
ten  physicians  and  surgeons  on  the  staff,  as  well  as  a  pharmacist  and  other  employes, 
and  the  establishment  is  the  largest  and  best  equipped  clinic  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Each 
department  has  for  its  head  a  specialist,  and  the  clinic  has  recently  acquired  the  Fuller- 
ton  Hospital,  a  new  modern,  concrete  fireproof  structure  located  very  pleasantly  and 
conveniently  in  Fullerton,  and  conceded  by  all  who  are  competent  to  judge,  to  be  one 


502  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

of  the  finest  hospitals  in  California.  The  appreciation  of  the  clinic  is  not  confined  to 
residents  of  this  locality,  but  its  reputation  has  reached  the  outside  world,  with  the 
result  that  about  eighty  per  cent  of  its  patients  come  from  distant  points.  Indeed  the 
work  has  developed  to  such  an  extent  that  the  members  of  the  staflE  are  unable  to  take 
care  of  any  private  practice,  but  give  all  their  time  to  the  clinic  and  the  two  hospitals. 
Dr.  Johnston  is  a  member  of,  and  was  formerly  president  of  the  Orange  County,  Medical 
Association,  and  is  a  member  of  the  State  Medical  Society,  the  Southern  California 
Medical  Association  and  the  American  Medical  Association. 

At  Toronto,  Canada,  on  October  2,  1900,  Dr.  Johnston  was  married  to  Miss  Annie 
Marwood  Wickett,  the  only  daughter  of  William  Marwood  and  Lillis  (Balfour)  Wickett, 
now  residents  of  Anaheim,  and  a  sister  of  Dr.  Wickett,  his  partner.  Their  household 
has  been  brightened  by  the  birth  of  three  children — Lillis,  Agnes  and  Jessie.  The 
family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Anaheim. 

OREN  BROWN  BYRAM. — More  than  one  interesting,  historic  family,  notable 
for  its  relation  to  famous  men  and  events  of  the  past,  is  recalled  by  the  life-stories  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oren  Brown  Byram,  prominent  in  Presbyterian  circles  at  Westminster, 
and  leaders  in  progressive  movements  in  Orange  County.  Mr.  Byram  is  a  rancher,  who 
lives  about  a  mile  south  of  Westminster,  and  owns  ten  acres  of  the  best  land  to  be 
found  anywhere. 

He  was  born  on  September  24,  1861,  on  his  father's  farm,  about  three  miles  east 
of  Janesville,  in  Bremer  County,  Iowa,  the  son  of  Aaron  Milton  and  Harriet  Newell 
Byram,  the  former  a  representative  of  an  old  and  distinguished  family,  whose  very 
quaint  records  go  back  to  the  eleventh  and  twelfth  centuries,  when  they  were  noblemen 
in  Normandy,  France.  Having  shown  great  loyalty  to  William  the  Conqueror,  they 
went  to  England  with  his  cohorts  and  settled  in  Kent.  They  bore  the  name  of  De 
Beaureaume  in  Normandy,  but  in  time,  when  they  became  weavers  of  cloth  in  Kent, 
their  name  was  changed  to  Byram.  The  progenitor  of  the  family  in  America  was 
Nicholas  Byram,  who  left  England  and  came  to  the  North  American  Continent  under 
peculiar  circumstances.  He  was  the  heir  to  a  considerable  estate;  but  his  guardians 
sent  him  to  the  West  Indies,  in  order  to  divert  the  property  to  themselves,  and  from 
there,  in  1632,  he  came  to  Plymouth,  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony.  Ebenezer,  the  grand- 
father of  our  subject,  was  born  in  Morristown,  N.  J.,  in  1808,  while  Aaron  Milton  first 
saw  the  light  of  day  at  Basking  Ridge,  N.  J.,  grew  up  in  Ohio  where  he  taught  school 
and  at  seventeen  was  bound  out  to  learn  the  trade  of  tanner  and  furrier. 

After  a  while,  the  Byram  family  removed  to  Darke  County,  Ohio,  and  in  1853 
pushed  on  to  Iowa.  There  Aaron  Byram  became  a  farmer.  In  the  Centennial  Year 
of  1876,  when  attention  was  directed  anew  to  California,  the  family  removed  to  the 
Golden  State,  and  Oren  Byram  began  his  identification  with  the  Westminster  district 
in  1876,  when  the  family  settled  in  this  section  of  Los  Angeles  County.  In  1883, 
Aaron  Byram  located  near  Lamanda  Park;  he  died  when  in  his  sixty-seventh  year  in 
Pasadena.  He  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  having  been  in  maidenhood  Miss  Harriet 
Newell  Brown,  a  native  of  Cattaraugus  County,  N.  Y.  They  were  married  in  Iowa 
on  January  1,  1861;  and  after  twenty-nine  years  of  happy  married  life,  she  passed  away 
m  Pasadena.  She  left  three  children— Oren  Brown  Byram,  the  eldest;  Walter  Brooks, 
the  second-born,  and  Annie  Bertha,  now  the  wife  of  J.  W.  Sedwick,  a  civil  engineer 
m  Los  Angeles.  When  he  married  again,  Mrs.  Josephine  Emerick,  nee  Wilkins,  be- 
came his  wife,  bringing  with  her  two  daughters.  This  second  union  was  blessed  with 
the  birth  of  a  daughter,  Gladys,  now  Mrs.  Pickering  of  Pomona. 

After  having  attended  the  University  of  Southern  California  for  five  years,  where 
he  pursued  a  general  scientific  course,  Oren  Byram  was  married  on  November  11, 
1891,  to  Miss  Stella  F.  Mack,  a  native  of  Solano  County,  Cal.,  and  the  daughter  of 
George  C.  Mack,  a  Vermonter,  who  had  married  Miss  Susan  A.  Fisher,  a  native  of  the 
/  u-if  u^'  ^^^^  ^  first-grade  certificate  for  teaching,  he  conducted  the  academy 
at  Hillsboro,  111.,  assisted  by  seven  teachers.  In  1863  Professor  Mack  crossed  the 
great  plains,  later  being  joined  by  his  family  who  came  via  the  Isthmus,  Mrs  Byram 
then  being  the  youngest  of  four  children;  later,  she  enjoyed  such  educational  develop- 
ment that  for  some  time  she  has  been  the  able  correspondent  from  Westminster  for  the 
Santa  Ana  Register. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Byram  have  had  six  children.  Roy  M.,  the  eldest,  is  married  and 
with  his  wife  is  a  graduate  in  medicine  from  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University 
ot  iexas;  his  vvife  was  Miss  Bertha  Stanley  of  Huntington  Park.  Wilfred  Carroll, 
who  graduated  from  Occidental  College  and  became  a  corporal  in  Company  E  of  the 
Hundred  Seventeenth  Engineer  Corps,  lies  buried  in  France.  Marjorie  Fay  is  a  student 
at  Occidental,  and  expects  to  become  a  nurse.  Glenn  Alden,  so  named  in  honor  of  a 
maternal  ancestor  who  came  over  in  the  Mayflower,  recalls  the  hero  immortalized  by 


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Longfellow,  and  is  attending  Junior  College  in  Santa  Ana.  Wilbur  F.  Byram  attends 
the  high  school  at  Huntington  Beach,  and  Dorothy  Fern  is  a  senior  at  the  Huntington 
Beach  high  school.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Byram  and  family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Westminster,  where  they  are  enthusiastic  Endeavorers,  and  in  national 
politics  work  for  the  Prohibition  cause,  Mr.  Byram  having  long  been  a  Prohibitionist 
and  cast  his  vote  for  John  P.  St.  John,  in  the  campaign  of  1884. 

WILFRED  CARROLL  BYRAM.— If  one  must  die,  and  die  young,  as  Wilfred 
Carroll  Byram,  for  whom  all  of  Westminster,  Orange  County,  recently  joined  in  touch- 
ing memorial  services,  it  is  some  consolation  to  give  one's  life  for  his  country,  and  a 
matter  almost  enviable  to  have  caused  the  first  gold  star  to  be  placed  in  the  community 
service  banner.  A  native  son  very  proud  of  his  Golden  State,  Wilfred  was  born  at 
Westminster  on  November  18,  1894,  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oren  Brown  Byram,  and 
attended  the  grammar  school  of  his  birthplace,  where  he  finished  his  studies  in  1908. 
He  then  entered  the  Huntington  Beach  Union  high  school,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated with  the  class  of  '12. 

A  year  later,  he  matriculated  at  Occidental  College,  and  went  in  for  the  regular, 
four-year  course,  graduating  at  the  age  of  twenty-two — a  performance  the  more  credit- 
able, because  he  had,  like  so  many  sturdy  American  youths,  worked  his  way,  while 
studying.  Such  was  his  daily  performance  of  duty  as  an  undergraduate,  that  after  his 
death,  one  of  his  instructors,  Prof.  E.  E.  Chandler,  wrote  his  bereaved,  but  proud 
parents:  "Carroll  made  a  fine  record  at  Occidental,  and  endeared  himself  to  all  of  us 
by  his  manly  character  and  genial  disposition.  I  recall  him  as  if  it  were  but  yesterday, 
doing  his  work  in  the  laboratory,  cheerfully  and  faithfully,  just  as  he  did  in  the  larger 
service  to  which  he  was  called." 

During  his  last  year  in  college,  in  1916,  Carroll  enlisted  in  Company  B,  California 
Engineers,  and  mustered  for  training  in  Los  Angeles.  In  July,  1917,  the  company  was 
called  to  the  colors,  and  sent  to  Camp  Lewis,  where  they  were  reorganized  into 
Company  E,  One  Hundred  Seventeenth  U.  S.  Engineers,  becoming  a  part  of  the  Forty- 
second,  or  Rainbow  Division.  The  company  left  Camp  Lewis  for  Long  Island  on 
September  1,  of  that  year,  and  with  the  Rainbow  Division  left  for  France  on  October 
IS,  1917. 

The  accident  which  caused  young  Mr.  Byram's  death  on  July  25,  1918,  occurred 
when  he  was  struck  by  a  low  bridge  while  on  the  train  transferring  his  company.  His 
skull  was  fractured  in  two  places,  and  he  was  left  unconscious  at  a  French  base  hos- 
pital. For  some  time,  all  that  the  afflicted  relatives  of  the  brave  fellow  knew  was  con- 
veyed in  a  brief,  unsatisfactory  telegram  of  official  announcement. 

A  single  sentiment  or  two  from  one  of  Carroll's  letters  to  his  home  may  suffice 
to  show  his  high  conception  of  unselfish  duty.  "Men  don't  join  the  army  to  become 
rich  or  famous,"  he  said,  "but  to  do  their  part  and  serve  their  country.  If  everybody 
would  give  up  all  personal  ambition  and  work  for  the  good  of  the  cause,  it  would  be 
the  ideal  condition." 

EDWARD  SMITHWICK. — Among  the  interesting  and  highly-esteemed  pioneers 
of  Santa  Ana  must  be  numbered  Edward  Smithwick,  a  native  of  Austin,  Texas.,  where 
he  was  born  on  September  2,  1840,  with  the  distinction  of  being  a  Texan  before  the 
Lone  Star  State  became  one  of  the  United  States.  His  father  was  Noah  Smithwick, 
a  pioneer  of  Texas  pioneers,  having  come  there  from  Tennessee  in  1828;  and  he  had 
married  Miss  Thurza  Blakey,  a  native  of  Hopkinsville,  Ky.,  whose  family  migrated  to 
Texas  in  the  thirties. 

Edward  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  of  his  locality,  and  came  to  California 
with  his  father  and  mother,  who  started  from  Texas  in  a  prairie  schooner  drawn  by 
oxen,  the  day  upon  which  Fort  Sumter  was  fired  upon.  There  were  five  families,  num- 
bering thirty-five  persons,  in  the  train,  and  they  arrived  in  San  Diego  County  in  the 
fall  of  1861,  and  remained  there  for  the  winter,  for  the  season  was  so  wet  that  it  was 
deemed  best  not  to  attempt  travel.  In  the  spring — 1862 — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smithwick 
moved  north  with  their  family  to  what  was  then  Tulare  County,  and  there  they  lived 
until  1881.  In  the  meantime,  Kern  County  was  formed  out  of  a  part  of  Tulare  and 
a  part  of  Los  Angeles  counties,  and  the  Smithwicks  became  residents  of  Kern  County. 

Edward  Smithwick  pastured  sheep  on  what  is  now  the  rich  Kern  River  oil  fields, 
and  at  Linns  Valley,  on  November  15,  1871,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Rebecca  Reid,  a 
native  of  Bell,  Texas,  who  was  brought  to  California  by  her  parents  in  1853,  when  she 
was  only  three  months  old.  Her  father  was  John  C.  Reid,  and  he  had  married  a  Miss 
Glen.  After  their  marriage,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smithwick  engaged  in  general  farming,  and 
for  eleven  years  lived  in  Linns  Valley.  When  they  sold  their  ranch  of  ISO  acres,  they 
went  to  Bakersfield,  and  came  to  Santa  Ana  in  the  spring  of  1881,  and  here  they  have 
made  their  home  ever  since. 


504  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Until  1895  Mr.  Smithwick  engaged  in  the  livery  business,  and  then  he  was  judge 
in  the  justice's  court,  having  been  appointed  in  1903  to  fill  the  balance  of  Judge  Free- 
man's term  after  his  death.  He  was  re-elected  and  served  a  second  term,  which  expired 
in  January,  1911. 

In  1909  Mr.  Smithwick  purchased  a  half-acre  home  place  on  North  Broadway, 
and  then,  while  still  holding  his  Santa  Ana  property,  he  lived  near  Harper  on  a  five- 
acre  ranch  devoted  to  the  raising  of  apples.  When  he  sold  out,  he  came  back  to 
Santa  Ana. 

Eight  children  have  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smithwick,  and  six  are 
living:  Sidney  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Sidell,  of  Santa  Ana;  Effie  is  Mrs.  Benjamin 
Jerome,  and  lives  on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch;  Mattie  is  Mrs.  William  Brodhag,  of  Los 
Angeles;  Charles  married  Miss  Ruby  Spencer,  and  lives  at  Randsburg,  Cal.;  Bertha 
is  Mrs.  Olaf  Warling,  of  Santa  Ana;  Laura  lives  at  home.  Eddie  passed  away  at  the 
age  of  six,  in  Kern  County,  and  May,  who  had  become  Mrs.  Kribbs,  was  a  victim  of  the 
nifluenza  while  living  in  Los  Angeles  in  1919. 

In  national  political  afifairs  a  straight  Republican,  Mr.  Smithwick  has  always  been 
too  good  an  American  citizen  to  allow  partisanship  to  obscure  the  issues  of  a  local 
campaign,  or  to  interfere  with  his  duty  in  supporting  the  best  men  and  the  best 
measures  for  the  community's  good. 

GEORGE  CLINTON  MORROW.— To  come  into  a  new  country  and  successfully 
grow  with  it,  is  a  record  of  which  any  one  might  be  proud,  and  George  Clinton  Morrow 
can  claim  such,  being  one  of  the  real  pioneers,  having  first  come  to  California  in  1863. 
He  was  born  in  Richland  County,  Ohio,  May  31,  1835,  the  son  of  William  and  Maria 
(Potter)  Morrow.  William  Morrow  was  born  in  the  north  of  Ireland  in  the  year  of 
American  Independence,  and  came  to  America  when  a  young  man,  settling  in  Ohio, 
where  he  died  in  1855.  His  marriage  had  united  him  with  Maria  T.  Potter,  a  native 
of  New  York  State,  who  came  to  California  to  reside  some  time  after  the  death  of 
her  husband  and  passed  away  at  San  Antonio,  San  Bernardino  County  in  1871.  On 
attaining  his  majority,  George  Morrow  determined  to  seek  his  fortune  in  the  West,  so 
left  his  Ohio  home,  going  first  to  Cass  County,  Iowa,  where  he  rem.ained  for  six  years. 
Continuing  his  westward  journey  across  the  plains  with  horses  and  wagons,  hg  arrived 
at  Cache  Creek,  Yolo  County,  Cal.,  in  1863,  where  a  year  passed.  In  1864  he  came  on 
to  Los  Angeles,  then  but  a  small  settlement  bearing  no  indication  of  its  present 
metropolitan  proportions,  and  he  could  have  purchased  then  the  present  site  of  the  Los 
Angeles  County  Court  House  for  $1.25  per  acre.  He  and  his  brother  drove  a  freight 
team  from  Los  Angeles  to  San  Pedro.  The  next  year  he  set  out  with  a  ten-mule 
freight  team  for  Helena,  Mont.,  and  when  they  reached  Salt  Lake  City  his  employer 
grew  short  of  funds  and  sold  his  outfit  to  a  party  of  Mormons  with  whom  Mr.  Morrow 
continued  to  Helena.  From  there  he  and  his  twin  brother,  Thos.  Benton,  took  the 
stage.  The  driver  had  bronchos  and  could  not  manage  them,  so  George  C.  and  his 
brother  being  good  horsemen,  drove  them  through  to  Ft.  Benton  on  the  Missouri  River, 
taking  a  steamer  from  there  to  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa. 

For  the  next  four  years  Mr.  Morrow  remained  in  Iowa,  coming  back  to  Los 
Angeles  over  the  new  line  of  the  U.  P.  and  C.  P.,  which  had  recently  been  completed, 
being  accompanied  by  his  wife.  They  resided  at  Downey  and  he  drove  the  stage  for 
Wright  and  Seeley  between  Anaheim  and  Los  Angeles.  After  a  year  and  a  half,  he  and 
his  wife  again  returned  to  Iowa,  where  he  owned  a  farm  with  his  brother,  and  farmed 
from  1872  till  1879.  After  these  varied  migrations,  when  he  returned  to  California  in 
1879,  it  was  with  the  intention  of  making  it  his  permanent  home  and  he  has  never 
regretted  his  decision,  for  he  had  traveled  extensively  over'  all  the  western  part  of  the 
country,  and  in  none  of  his  travels  had  he  found  anything  that  could  compare  with  it. 
His  faith  in  its  possibilities  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  he  purchased  a  tract  of  seventeen 
acres,  five  miles  northeast  of  Orange  for  twenty-five  dollars  per  acre.  It  was  virgin 
soil,  completely  covered  with  cactus,  and  he  at  once  set  to  work  to  develop  it,  first 
planting  grapes  and  when  they  died,  he  planted  it  to  oranges,  peaches  and  apricots  and 
also  raised  barley  and  beans.  The  splendid  income  he  enjoyed  from  it  in  after  years, 
substantiated  his  firm  belief  in  its  productivity.  They  have  refused  $4,000  an  acre  for 
the  tract. 

In  1869,  at  Indianola,  Warren  County,  Iowa,  George  C.  Morrow  was  married  to 
Sarah  Jane  Hutchins,  who  was  born  in  Noble  County,  Ohio,  her  parents,  Hezekiah 
and  Sarah  (Wheeler)  Hutchins,  being  natives  of  Maine.  After  an  eventful  life  of 
more  than  fifty  years  together  they  are  both  still  living,  Mr.  Morrow  now  being  in  his 
eighty-fifth  year,  while  Mrs.  Morrow  is  seventy-six.  Eight  children  were  born  to 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morrow:  Thomas  Benton  married  Miss  Mabel  Bostwick,  who  died  in 
July,  1910;  George  Clinton,  Jr.,  is  now  a  resident  of  Huntington  Beach;   Maggie  May, 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  509 

Mrs.  William  Boden,  died  here  in  1913;  Lovena  Madge  married  C.  B.  Christenson  and 
they  live  at  Orange;  Nellie  B.,  who  married  Harry  Fenton,  died\  in  Nebraska  at  the 
age  of  twenty-one;  Anna  T.,  Mrs.  Frank  Wheeler  of  Orange;  Sylvester  W.,  mentioned 
elsewhere  in  this  work;  Charles  William  married  Miss  Mable  Stutheit.  Rich  in 
reminiscences,  of  the  early  days,  Mr.  Morrow  has  frequently  written  for  publication 
concerning  his  many  and  varied  experiences  while  freighting  and  stage  driving,  and 
there  are  indeed  few  of  the  county's  residents  who  have  been  privileged  to  take  such 
an  active  part  in  the  various  stages  of  its  transformation. 

GEORGE  B.  SHATTUCK.— The  lines  in  the  life  of  George  B.  Shattuck  were 
cast  in  pleasant  places  when  his  lot  in  life  brought  him  to  the  beautiful  and  fertile 
section  of  Orange  County  in  which  Tustin  is  located.  He  is  among  its  foremost  citi- 
zens, and  occupies  the  important  position  of  secretary  and  general  manager  of  the 
Golden  West  Citrus  Association.  Born  at  Hillsdale,  Mich.,  July  26,  1868,  he  is  the  only 
son  of  L.  B.  and  Julia  B.  (Reed)  Shattuck.  His  father  was  a  captain  of  Company  F, 
Thirty-fifth  New  York  Regiment,  Volunteer  Infantry,  in  the  Civil  War.  His  parents 
came  to  California  in  1906  and  both  are  now  deceased. 

George  B.  Shattuck  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  the  city  of 
Chicago,  111.,  and  afterward  entered  the  University  of  Michigan,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated, receiving  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1890,  and  the  degree  of  LL.M.  in  1891.  From 
1890  to  1906  he  practiced  the  legal  profession  in  Chicago,  and  in  the  latter  year  came 
to  California,  where  he  purchased  the  Tustin  Packing  Company,  which  he  successfully 
operated  until  the  fall  of  1917.  He  was  instrumental  in  organizing  the  Golden  West 
Citrus  Association,  and  assumed  the  position  of  secretary  and  general  manager  of  the 
association,  his  present  position.  Under  his  competent  management  the  company  has 
been  successful,  and  occupies  modern,  up-to-date  buildings  built  in  March,  1918.  He 
also  has  charge  of  the  1,400-acre  Marcy  ranch,  about  400  acres  of  which  is  devoted  to 
the  culture  of  citrus  fruit.  Always  interested  in  the  upbuilding  of  Santa  Ana,  he  was 
one  of  the  promoters  and  is  a  trustee  of  the  new  Santa  Ana  Tourist  Hotel;  is  president 
of  the  Santa  Ana  industrial  fund,  which  is  to  be  used  to  induce  manufactories  and 
industries  to  locate  here. 

Mr.  Shattuck's  marriage,  on  June  2,  1898,  united  him  with  Miss  Jennie  Otis,  of 
Chicago,  whom  he  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  when  death's  portals  closed  her  earthly 
career  in  1900.  He  was  at  one  time  president  of  the  Santa  Ana  Chamber  of  Commerce 
and  a  member  of  its  board  of  directors,  and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Orange 
County  Country  Club,  of  which  he  is  secretary  and  director.  In  politics  he  sustains 
the  principles  advocated  in  the  Republican  platform,  and  fraternally  is  a  member  of 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  is  a  member  of  the  military  order 
of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Sigma  Chi. 

MISS  NINFA  SERRANO.— The  name  of  Serrano  is  one  well  known  in  Southern 
California,  where  the  family  was  identified  with  its  early  history  and  among  its  largest 
land  owners.  The  youngest  of  the  family.  Miss  Ninfa  Serrano  is  the  daughter  of 
Joaquin  and  Encarnacion  (Olivas)  Serrano,  the  father  having  been  born  at  Los  An- 
geles and  the  mother  at  San  Diego.  Grandfather  Jose  Serrano  owned  the  original 
Rancho  Caiiada  de  los  Alisos,  afterwards  Rancho  del  El  Toro,  a  great  tract  of  11,000 
acres  which  was  situated  on  Aliso  Creek.  For  many  years  the  family  lived  on  this 
extensive  estate,  maintaining  the  old  Spanish  mode  of  life  and  dispensing  the  liberal 
hospitality  of  those  days  of  abundance,  but  the  old  rancho  has  in  past  years  been  sub- 
divided and  sold  and  is  now  the  property  of  others. 

Joaquin  Serrano,  a  capable,  industrious  rancher,  bought  the  land  comprising  the 
present  Serrano  ranch,  a  tract  of  393  acres  lying  about  seven  miles  east  of  El  Toro 
and  here  his  children  cooperate  in  the  cultivation  of  this  estate,  which  has  grown  to 
be  a  valuable  property.  Joaquin  and  Encarnacion  Serrano  were  the  parents  of  the 
following  children:  Frank  J.  married  Juana  Olivares;  Joaquin  F.;  Cornelius;  Leandro; 
Jose;  Alphonso  married  Aqueda  Pacheco;  Ninfa,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Juan 
Pablo.  The  ranch  is  devoted  to  stock  raising  and  to  general  farming,  a  variety  of 
farm  products  being  raised.  Reared  in  Southern  California  from  her  birth.  Miss  Ser- 
rano has  been  familiar  with  agricultural  life  from  her  earliest  childhood  and  takes  an 
active  interest  in  the  management  of  the  family  estate.  Recently  the  Serranos  have 
given  an  oil  lease  on  their  land  and  a  test  well  is  now  being  put  down  near  the  Orange 
County  Park,  her  brother  Joaquin  Serrano  being  engaged  in  the  drilling.  The  present 
prospects  are  very  encouraging  and  should  the  well  be  the  equal  of  a  number  of  others 
in  the  district  it  will  be  a  continual  source  of  wealth  to  the  whole  family. 

Like  their  forbears  of  the  past  generations,  the  family  are  members  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church,  and  are  communicants  of  the  Mission  Church  at  Capistrano.  Politically 
they  adhere  to  the  principles  of  the  Democratic  party. 


510  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

SAMUEL   M.    DUNGAN.— A   successful   rancher   who   was   once   a   P''°*^!f'°"^ 
baseball  player,  adding  no  end  of  luster  to  the  laurels  in  athletics  already  won  by  tn 
Golden  State,  is  Samuel  M.  Dungan,  who  was  born,  a  native  son,  on  the     Island     n 
Eureka,   in   Humboldt   County,   on  July  29,    1866,   the   son   of   Robert   M.    and  .J°^""^ 
(Jenkins)   Dungan,  the  former  who  first  came  across  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  m   165/. 
He  was  by  trade  a  builder  of  boats  and  ferries,  and  himself  built  the  first  ferry  boat, 
and  established  the  first  ferry  on  Eel  River.     He  also  helped  to  build  the  Piedmont 
Ferry  now  run  by  the  Southern  Pacific  between  San  Francisco  and  Oakland  while  living 
in  the  latter  city.     He  and  his  wife  moved  to  Los  Angeles  County  in  1877,  settling  in 
what  was  known  as  Gospel  Swamp,  now  in  Orange  County,  and  soon  after  he  estab- 
lished himself  as  a  contractor  and  builder  in  Santa  Ana,  at  the  same  time  carrying  on 
his  ranch  work.     Both  parents  died  in  Santa  Ana,  the  father   in  April,  1915,   and  the 
mother  in  February,  1920. 

Samuel  Dungan  was  educated  at  the  grammar  school  at  Newport,  now  Greenville, 
walking  two  and  a  half  miles  to  school.  From  1886  to  1888  he  attended  the  State 
Normal  School  at  Ypsilanti,  Mich.,  and  in  the  latter  year  he  returned  to  California. 
Two  years  later,  he  began  to  play  professional  baseball,  from  1890  to  1891  being 
right  fielder  under  T.  P.  Robinson  at  Oakland,  where  he  had  the  best  batting  average 
of  any  individual  in  the  league,  and  was  given  a  gold  medal  therefor.  During  1891 
he  was  with  the  Milwaukee  club  in  the  Western  League  under  Manager  Chas.  Cushman. 
From  1892  to  1893,  and  during  half  of  1894,  Mr.  Dungan  was  with  Captain  Anson's 
"White  Sox"  of  Chicago,  and  from  1894  to  1900,  he  played  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  in  the 
Western  League,  and  in  1900  with  Kansas  City,  the  first  year  of  the  American  League, 
which  he  led  in  batting. 

In  1901,  the  first  year  when  the  American  League  expanded  under  Ban  Johnson, 
he  was  with  the  players  of  Washington,  D.  C,  and  during  1902  and  half  of  1903,  with 
the  Milwaukee  Western  League,  From  the  middle  of  1903  to  the  end  of  190S,  he 
played  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  with  the  Southern  League,  and  in  those  seasons  he  held 
every  position  save  that  of  pitcher  and  catcher,  in  the  infield.  In  1905,  he  quit  playing 
baseball  altogether. 

In  1893  Mr.  Dungan  had  purchased  twenty  acres  of  open  land  at  Talbert,  which 
he  leased  out  for  potatoes  and  celery  and  later  beets  and  beans;  and  when  he  came 
back  to  Orange  County  he  built  a  home  on  Fourth  Street,  later  bought  a  lot  and  built 
a  home  at  Laguna  Beach,  where  he  lived  for  twelve  years  while  he  was  doing  car- 
pentering. During  this  time,  in  1912,  he  bought  ten  acres  at  Lemon  Heights,  most  of 
which  is  in  the  Red  Hill  Water  district,  the  remainder  being  under  the  service  of  the 
Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company.  In  1917,  Mr.  Dungan  built  his  home  at  221 
South  Broadway,  Santa  Ana,  and  retired. 

On  November  14,  1900,  Mr.  Dungan  was  married  to  Miss  Laura  B.  Lippy,  a 
native  of  Mansfield,  Ohio,  the  ceremony  taking  place  in  Chicago.  Her  parents  were 
Harry  and  Mary  (Long)  Lippy,  and  her  father  was  a  cigar  maker  in  Galion,  Ohio. 
There  she  commenced  her  studies,  which  were  finished  in  Santa  Ana,  Cal.,  for  her 
family  came  out  to  the  Coast  in  1887.  After  their  deaths,  which  occurred  here  in  1889 
and  1891,  respectively,  the  daughter  returned  East  and  stayed  with  a  grandmother  at 
Galion,  in  Crawford  County,  Ohio,  and  having  studied  stenography,  typewriting  and 
bookkeeping,  she  entered  the  service  of  a  large  jewelry  firm  in  Chicago.  Two  children, 
who  belong  to  the  Baptist  Church  in  Santa  Ana,  have  blessed  this  fortunate  union,  and 
tlieir  names  are  Myron  Robert  and  Dorothy  Eleanor  both  attending  the  public  schools. 
Mr.  Dungan  is  a  Knights  Templar  Mason,  belonging  to  the  bodies  of  Santa  Ana. 

HARRY  WOODINGTON.— A  resident  of  Orange  County  for  forty  years,  Harry 
Woodington  is  justly  entitled  to  be  called  one  of  its  pioneers,  for  aside  from  his  many 
years  of  residence  here  he  has  indeed  been  a  pioneer  in  the  agricultural  and  business 
development  of  the  Wintersburg  section  of  the  county.  A  native  of  Illinois,  he  was 
born  at  Elizabeth,  Jo  Daviess  County,  in  that  state,  April  11,  1875,  the  son  of  George 
and  Alice  (Neal)  Woodington.  The  father  had  been  a  farmer  in  that  state  for  many 
years,  but  after  a  visit  to  California  in  1870,  he  cherished  a  desire  to  return  to  this 
land  of  sunshine  and  make  it  his  home.  Ten  years  later  in  1880,  he  carried  out  that 
wish,  removing  with  his  family  to  Orange  County,  in  the  vicinity  of  Westminster, 
where  he  resided.  His  death  occurred  on  the  San  Joaquin  Ranch  in  1905.  He"  had 
been  engaged  in  farming  the  greater  part  of  his  life  and  during  the  fourteen  years  of 
his  residence  in  California  he  carried  on  agricultural  pursuits  quite  extensively  on  the 
Bixby  ranch  and  later  raised  grain  on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch. 

A  lad  of  only  five  years  when  the  family  came  West,  Harry  Woodington  received 
his  education  in  the  schools  of  Westminster,  but  when  a  boy  he  always  manifested  a 
great  interest  in  farming  and  even  during  his  school  days  he  worked  on  ranches  in 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  511 

the  neighborhood  of  his  home  when  school  was  not  in  session.  When  a  young  man 
he  became  closely  acquainted  with  D.  E.  Smeltzer,  who  introduced  and  built  up  the 
celery  business  in  this  part  of  the  country.  Mr.  Smeltzer  was  known  as  the  "Celery 
King,"  and  the  town  of  Smeltzer  was  named  for  him.  Mr.  Woodington  entered  his 
employ  and  was  later  made  foreman  of  his  ranch.  After  Mr.  Smeltzer's  death,  the 
Golden  West  Celery  and  Produce  Company  was  incorporated,  taking  over  the  holdings 
of  Mr.  Smeltzer.  Mr.  Woodington  continued  with  them  and  in  1903  was  made  super- 
intendent, a  position  his  knowledge  and  experience  made  him  most  competent  to  fill, 
and  through  his  untiring  efforts  the  ranch  was  brought  up  to  the  highest  state  of  pro- 
ductiveness. The  celery  business,  however,  reached  the  height  of  its  prosperity  about 
1910-1912,  and  after  that  date  its  returns  began  to  decrease,  owing  to  blight  and  other 
pests;  the  large  returns  from  lima  beans  and  sugar  beets  also  was  a  factor  that  led 
to  its  decreasing  acreage.  Mr.  Woodington  remained  its  superintendent  until  the  com- 
pany sold  out  to  the  Anaheim  Sugar  Company  in  1919. 

Meanwhile,  in  1918,  Mr.  Woodington  had  purchased  his  present  home  place  of 
forty  acres,  formerly  known  as  the  A.  J.  Crane  place,  and  this  acreage  he  devotes  to 
raising  lima  beans.  He  also  rents  sixty  acres  and  planted  the  entire  hundred  acres 
in  lima  beans  in  1920.  Always  in  the  habit  of  doing  things  on  a  big  scale,  Mr.  Wood- 
ington has  been  extensively  engaged  in  the  bean  threshing  business.  He  operates  a 
threshing  rig  drawn  by  a  thirty-six  horsepower  traction  engine  with  a  36x60  separator. 
He  has  done  much  threshing  in  the  vicinity  of  Smeltzer  and  on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch, 
putting  in  forty  days  on  the  former  and  thirty  days  on  the  ranch,  cleaning  up  $7,000 
by  that  work.  He  threshed  2,448  sacks  of  beans  on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch  as  a  record 
day's  run. 

Mr.  Woodington  was  united  in  marriage  on  July  7,  1898,  to  Miss  Rella  Clemens, 
a  native  of  Michigan.  She  was  reared  in  Rapid  City,  S.  D.,  coming  to  Winters- 
burg  when  she  was  eleven  years  of  age.  Two  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Woodington:  Russell  and  Donald,  the  elder  son,  Russell  passing  away  in  1913. 
The  family  attend  the  Wintersburg  Methodist  Church,  which  Mr.  Woodington  helped 
to  build  and  which  he  generously  supports.  He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Lima 
Bean  Growers  Association  and  of  the  Elks  Lodge  at  Santa  Ana,  and  politically  adheres 
to  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party.  A  man  of  great  force  of  character  and 
executive  ability,  one  of  his  greatest  assets  is  in  his  ability  to  handle  men,  and  in  this 
regard,  especially,  he  is  one  of  the  most  successful  men  in  Orange  County. 

JOHN  W.  MARTIN. — A  worthy  example  of  a  man  who  has  risen  to  a  place  in 
the  community  through  his  own  unaided  efforts  and  in  the  face  of  many  early  obstacles 
is  furnished  in  the  career  of  John  W.  Martin,  now  a  prosperous  rancher  of  the  Talbert 
precinct,  where  he  owns  130  acres  of  choice  land.  Mr.  Martin  was  born  in  Freeport, 
111.,  October  27,  1867,  a  son  of  John  and  Katherine  (Claus)  Martin,  his  father  being 
engaged  in  the  butcher  business  there.  The  family  moved  from  Freeport  to  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  and  there  the  mother  died  when  John  W.  was  a  lad  of  but  nine  years, 
and  from  that  time  on  he  has  made  his  own  way  in  the  world.  He  saw  some  rough 
and  hard  times  in  his  boyhood,  but  being  filled  with  ambition  and  determination  he 
managed  to  secure  the  elements  of  an  education  by  working  out  during  the  summers 
and  attending  the  public  schools  for  a  short  term  in  the  winters.  He  returned  to  the 
northern  part  of  Illinois  and  there  worked  out  on  farms  near  Rock  City,  in  Stephenson 
County,  and  at  Pecatonica  and  Winnebago,  in  Winnebago  County,  of  that  state. 

When  in  his  twentieth  year,  Mr.  Martin  came  to  California,  locating  at  Los 
Angeles,  and  still  with  the  desire  to  have  a  better  education  he  got  such  schooling  as 
he  was  able  during  the  winters,  fiiially  entering  the  academic  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Southern  California,  but  unfortunately  was  taken  with  typhoid  fever  and 
was  unable  to  complete  the  course.  He  then  worked  at  various  pursuits,  farming  for 
a  time  and  then  becoming  interested  in  the  oil  business.  The  latter  did  not  prove 
successful,  however,  so  that  he  had  to  begin  life  practically  anew  at  the  age  of  thirty- 
five.  He  went  to  San  Jacinto  in  1898,  and  went  into  dairy  farming  on  a  rented  farm, 
remaining  there  for  about  four  years.  In  1902  he  came  to  Orange  County,  settling  in 
the  Talbert  precinct,  where  he  bought  thirty  acres  for  a  starter,  and  since  then  he  has 
made  two  subsequent  purchases,  so  that  he  now  has  a  well-kept  and  profitable  ranch 
of  130  acres.  Mr.  Martin  has  gone  into  sugar  beet  raising  quite  extensively,  and  has 
.also  had  splendid  success  in  raising  celery  and  chili  peppers  and  has  planted  a  number 
of  apple  trees  on  his  place.  In  1916  he  suffered  a  severe  financial  loss  by  the  floods 
of  that  year,  losing  a  crop  of  fifteen  acres  of  celery  and  an  alfalfa  field.  He  has  put  in 
3,000  feet  of  twelve-inch,  and  1,500  of  ten-inch  cement  tile  for  irrigation  and  has  a 
pumping  plant  with  two  wells  and  has  a  half  interest  with  his  brother,  George  E. 
Martin,  in  another  pumping  plant  with  two  wells.  He  has  also  remodeled  his  residence 
and  made  many  other  improvements. 


512  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

On  September  29,  1897,  Mr.  Martin  was  married  to  Miss  Georgia  Smith,  a  daughter 
of  Jackson  and  Maggie  (Mellon)  Smith.  Her  father  was  for  a  number  of  years  m 
the  furniture  business  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  but  after  coming  to  California  engaged  m 
ranching  near  Newhall.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin  are  the  parents  of  five  children:  jonn 
W.,  Jr.,  enlisted  in  the  Coast  Artillery  during  the  war,  but  the  armistice  came  betore 
he  saw  active  service;  Catherine  Marie  is  a  graduate  of  the  Santa  Ana  high  school,  in 
the  class  of  1919;  Edward  J.;  Floyd  Raymond;  and  Margaret  Luella.  Remembering 
his  own  struggles  to  obtain  an  education,  Mr.  Martin  has' naturally  felt  a  keen  interest 
in  furthering  in  every  way  possible  the  school  facilities  for  the  present  and  coming 
generation,  and  has  given  faithful  service  for  a  number  of  terms  as  trustee  of  the  Wew 
Hope  school  district,  and  was  clerk  for  many  years.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the  JNew- 
bert  protection  district  and  was  one  of  its  organizers.  While  Mr.  Martin  mclmes 
toward  the  principles  of  the  Democratic  party  he  is  liberal  minded  in  local  political 
matters  and  believes  in  putting  the  best  man  and  the  best  principles  above  mere  par- 
tisanship. The  Martin  home  abounds  with  hospitality  and  good  cheer,  and  the  whole 
family  are  justly  popular  in  the  community. 

GEORGE  R.  REYBURN.— One  of  the  livest  of  all  Orange  County  wires,  both  in 
times  of  peace  and  during  the  recent  World  War,  is  George  R.  Reyburn,  the  genial, 
accomplished  and  accommodating  secretary  of  the  chamber  of  commerce  of  Garden 
Grove,  where  he  has  given  abundant  evidence  of  his  faith  in  the  future  of  the  town  by 
investing  in  the  best  realty  to  be  found  there.  A  native  son  who  never  loses  an  oppor- 
tunity to  boost  the  Golden  State,  he  was  born  at  Petaluma  on  May  19,  1860.  His 
mother  died  there  when  he  was  only  four  years  of  age,  and  his  father  two  years  later. 

When  he  was  sixteen,  George  came  to  Santa  Ana  and  for  a  while  went  to  school. 
Then  he  worked  at  sprinkling  the  streets,  and  next  went  to  Texas  for  ten  or  more 
years.  In  1894  he  returned  to  Santa  Ana,  and  for  two  years  was  in  business  there; 
and  since  1896,  he  has  been  a  leading  resident  here.  The  town  has  used  him  well,  as 
has  the  county;  and  in  turn  George  gives  every  stranger  the  glad  hand,  and  so  encour- 
ages every  good  project. 

At  Santa  Ana  in  1895  Mr.  Reyburn  was  married  to  Miss  Katie  McGee,  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania,  who  moved  to  Iowa  and  thence  to  California.  They  are  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Garden  Grove,  and  Mr.  Reyburn  is  president  of 
the  board  of  trustees,  having  been  a  member  of  the  church  for  twenty-five  years. 

Mr.  Reyburn  owns  three  of  the  best  store  buildings  in  Garden  Grove,  and  also 
his  residence,  and  besides  dealing  in  realty,  an  enterprise  he  abandoned  during  the 
war,  he  is  the  veteran  fire  insurance  agent  in  Garden  Grove,  and  represents  the  Phoenix 
of  Hartford.  He  bought  five  acres,  planted  and  farmed  the  land  and  subsequently 
subdivided  and  sold  it  in  town  lots,  known  as  the  Reyburn  Subdivision  of  Garden  Grove; 
but  for  four  years  he  was  engaged  in  general  merchandising  at  Garden  Grove.  In 
national  political  affairs  a  Democrat,  he  knows  no  party  lines  when  it  comes  to  putting 
his  shoulder  to  the  wheel  and  working  for  the  best  interests,  now  and  in  the  future, 
of  Garden  Grove  and  Orange  County,  both  of  which,  he  is  sure,  are  growing  better 
every  day. 

For  some  time  Mr.  Reyburn  has  been  the  popular  secretary  of  the  chamber  of 
commerce,  boasting  seventy-five  members;  and  with  an  inside  view  of  the  real  resources 
of  this  section,  says  that  prospects  were  never  better  than  in  this  year,  1920.  Probably 
because  of  this  valuable  experience,  Mr.  Reyburn  was  called  upon  to  do  much  important 
war  work.  He  had  charge  of  the  registration  for  this  district,  planned  the  drives,  and 
was  an  all-around,  confidential  man.  He  worked  hard  for  the  four  Liberty  Loans,  and 
also  for  the  Victory  Loan,  and  gave  a  willing  and  most-  helpful  hand  for  the  Red 
Cross  drives. 

How  valuable  has  been  this  work  of  Mr.  Reyburn  for  the  building  up  of  Garden 
Grove  and  neighboring  sections  of  Orange  County  may  be  judged  by  certain  news- 
paper acknowledgments,  and  from  statistics  found  in  chamber  of  commerce  publications. 
Garden  Grove  now  has,  thanks  in  part  to  these  strenuous  exertions  of  our  subject, 
a  population  of  800  souls,  and  is  in  the  center  of  a  population  of  2,000.  It  has  a 
strong  bank,  a  first-class  weekly  newspaper  and  printing  plant,  four  well-housed 
churches,  a  strong  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  with  a  good  building  of  its 
own,  a  woman's  club  which  holds  weekly  meetings;  and  a  public  school  system,  in. 
good  headquarters  and  manned  by  ten  teachers.  The  town  enjoys  a  good  telephone 
system,  electric  light  and  gas  for  domestic  use,  streets  lighted  by  electricity,  good 
streets  for  the  most  part  substantially  paved,  and  an  abundant  artesian  water  supply. 
It  has  good  passenger  and  freight  facilities  furnished  by  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway, 
and  stores  equal  to  those  of  any  town  of  the  size  in  the  state.  The  irrigation  system 
is  the  most  perfect  obtainable,  for  at  an  average  depth   of   180  feet  plenty  of   good 


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water  is  found.  The  Garden  Grove  section  produces  the  most  chili  peppers,  for  the 
area,  to  be  found  in  all  America.  A  thousand  acres  of  walnut  groves  are  close  to 
Garden  Grove.  The  neighborhood  is  rapidly  coming  to  the  front  as  a  Valencia  orange 
section  and  there  are  thousands  of  acres  planted.  There  are  2000  acres  of  beans.  Sugar 
beets  cover  about  2000  acres  and  over  300  acres  are  planted  to  potatoes.  Great  quanti- 
ties of  garden  truck  in  excess  of  local  wants  are  shipped  away;  apricots  and  other 
fruits  here  grow  to  perfection  and  prove  a  fine  investment  for  the  planter;  and  there 
is  a  record  of  200  per  cent  on  the  investment  in  poultry  and  eggs. 

Speaking  of  the  war  work  in  which  Mr.  Reyburn  took  such  an  active  part,  the 
Garden  Grove  News  of  April  11,  1919,  had  this  to  say: 

"In  all  of  the  Liberty  Loan  drives,  as  in  the  case  of  the  present  Victory 
drive,  Mr.  George  Reyburn  has  been  the  nioving  spirit,  and  has  had  charge  of 
all  the  local  business  by  direct  appointment  from  the  Treasury  Department  at 
Washington.  And  well  and  patriotically  has  he  performed  his  duty.  At  all  times 
Garden  Grove  has  gone  over  the  top  with  more  than  its  quota,  and  that  the  place 
has  sustained  this  record  for  liberality  and  generosity  is  largely  due  to  Reyburn's 
indefatigable  devotion  to  public  duty  without  thought  of  compensation  other  than 
the  abiding  esteem  of  his  fellow-townsmen  and  co-workers." 
The  Garden  Grove  News  of  May  16,  also  contained  the  following: 

"Garden  Grove's  Honor  Flag  was  received  by  George  Reyburn,  local  chair- 
man of  the  Victory  Loan  Committee  this  week.  The  quota  assigned  this  district 
was  $30,375,  the  major  part  of  which  was  raised  the  opening  day  of  the  campaign. 
At  the  close  of  the- drive,  Garden  Grove  had  subscribed  $33,500,  or  $3,125  above 
our  apportionment.  There  were  two  hundred  sixty-two  subscribers  to  the  last 
Liberty  Loan  in  this  locality." 

WILLIAM  H.  WICKETT,  M.  D.— Since  coming  to  Anaheim  in  1907,  Dr.  William 
Harold  Wickett  has  won  and  maintained  a  high  reputation  for  skill  in  medicine  and 
surgery.  Through  his  association,  with  Dr.  H.  A.  Johnston,  of  the  Johnston- Wickett 
Clinic,  he  has  made  a  valuable  contribution  to  the  medical  profession  of  the  Pacific 
Coast.  The  doctor  has  kept  abreast  of  the  most  advanced  medical  thought  and  practice 
of  the  day,  not  merely  because  of  the  allurements  which  beckon  the  student  on  to  that 
which  is  purely  experimental,  but  largely  frorn  the  standpoint  of  the  humanitarian,  who 
is  actuated  by  the  desire  to  alleviate  human  suffering. 

Toronto,  Canada,  was  the  birthplace  of  Dr.  Wickett,  April  5,  1884,  marking  the 
date  of  his  birth.  His  father,  William  Marwood  Wickett,  was  born  in  England,  and 
came  with  his  father,  William  Wickett,  to  Brooklyn,  Ontario,  where  he  followed  farm- 
ing during  the  days  of  his  early  manhood.  He  then  engaged  in  the  business  of  a 
tanner  and  currier  at  Brooklyn,  later  removing  to  Toronto,  where  he  was  extensively 
interested  in  the  manufacture  of  leather,  being  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Wickett  and 
Craig.  Here  he  continued  until  1906,  when  he  disposed  of  his  business  interests  in 
Toronto  and  came  to  California,  locating  at  Anaheim,  where  he  has  since  devoted  his 
time  to  citrus  culture.  Mrs.  Wickett,  who  was  Lillis  Balfour  before  her  marriage,  was 
born  ih  Fifeshire,  Scotland,  and  crossed  the  Atlantic  on  a  sailing  vessel  with  her  parents 
in  the  days  when  the  journey  was  a  matter  of  weeks  instead  of  days.  The  family 
settled  in  Canada  and  here  she  met  and  married  Mr.  Wickett.  Since  taking  up  their 
residence  in  Anaheim,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wickett  have  been  active  in  the  work  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  that  city,  Mr.  Wickett  being  an  elder  of  that  body.  Two  children 
were  born  to  them:  Annie  Marwood,  who  is  the  vvife  of  Dr.  H.  A.  Johnston,  and  Wil- 
liam H.  Wickett,  of  this  review. 

Dr.  Wickett  was  reared  in  Toronto,  and  his  early  education  was  obtained  in  the 
Lord  Duflferin  school.  Even  from  a  youth  he  had  always  had  a  strong  desire  to  enter 
the  medical  profession,  and  when  he  had  graduated  from  the  Lord  Dufferin  school,  he 
continued  his  studies  at  the  University  of  Toronto  to  prepare  for  his  medical  course. 
In  1903  he  came  to  California  and  entered  the  College  of  Medicine  of  the  University 
of  Southern  California,  and  was  graduated  in  1907,  with  the  degree  of  M.D.  Coming  to 
Anaheim,  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his  brothef-in-law.  Dr.  Herbert  A.  Johnston, 
which  culminated  in  the  formation  of  the  Johnston-Wickett  Clinic;  and  so  successful 
has  been  this  work  that  the  members  of  the  staff  have  been  compelled  to  give  up  their 
general  practice  and  devote  all  their  time  to  the  clinic.  Year  by  year  the  staff  has  been 
increased  and  new  departments  added,  until  it  has  become  one  of  the  largest  clinics  on 
the  Coast,  ten  physicians  and  surgeons,  each  at  the  head  of  his  special  department, 
being  in  constant  attendance.  Drs.  Johnston  and  Wickett  have  for  some  years  been 
large  stockholders  in  the  Anaheim  hospital  and  have  recently  acquired  the  Fullerton 
Hospital,  a  modern,  fireproof  building  that  is  considered  the  most  complete  hospital 
of  its  size  in  the  state. 

In  January,  1918,  Dr.  Wickett  was  commissioned  a  captain  in  the  Medical  Corps 
of  the  U.  S.  Army,  and  proceeded  to  the  Mayo  Clinic  at  Rochester,  Minn.,  where  he 


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remained  for  two  months.  He  was  then  appointed  on  the  surgical  staff  at  Camp  Sheri- 
dan, Montgomery,  Ala.,  later  becoming  attached  to  Evacuation  Hospital  No.  11,  detailed 
for  overseas  service.  Arriving  in  France,  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  an  operating  team 
and  sent  to  the  Toul  sector,  serving  throughout  the  St.  Mihiel  drive.  At  the  close  of 
activities  in  that  sector  he  was  sent  to  the  Argonne  Forest,  where  he  was  in  active 
service  until  January,  1919,  when  he  joined  his  old  command  at  Le  Mans.  Here  he 
remained  on  duty  until  he  requested  a  transfer  to  the  United  States,  returning  as 
medical  officer  on  the  S.  S.  Roma,  landing  in  April,  1919;  then  serving  as  medical  officer 
in  charge  of  a  troop  train  to  Camp  Kearny,  Cal.  He  received  his  honorable  discharge 
from  the  U.  S.  Army  April  18,  1919,  and  returned  to  Orange  County  to  resume  his 
practice.  In  1920  he  spent  some  time  in  Chicago,  where  he  took  a  post-graduate  course 
at  the  Bremmerman  Urological  Hospital. 

On  June  2,  1910,  Dr.  Wickett  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Ethel  Pearson 
Chapman,  the  daughter  of  Charles  C.  Chapman  of  Fullerton.  Mrs.  Wickett  was  born 
in  Chicago,  but  from  early  girlhood  has  been  a  resident  of  California  and  Orange 
County.  After  their  marriage  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Wickett  spent  four  months  in  Europe, 
visiting  the  Royal  College  of  Surgeons  in  London,  and  many  places  of  interest  on  the 
Continent.  Two  sons  have  been  born  to  them,  Charles  Marwood  and  William  Harold, 
Jr.  Some  years  ago  Dr.  Wickett  erected  the  Marwood  ApartjAents  in  Fullerton,  later 
disposing  of  this  property;  he  is  at  present  interested  in  horticiilture,  in  addition  to  his 
busy  life  as  a  surgeon,  and  is  the  owner  of  several  ranches  devoted  to  Valencia  oranges. 

Prominent  in  the  ranks  of  the  Masons,  Dr.  Wickett  is  a  member  of  the  Lodge, 
Chapter  and  Commandery  at  Fullerton,  the  Consistory  at  Bloomsburg,  Pa.,  and  Rajah 
Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S-,  at  Reading,  Pa.  He  also  belongs  to  Fullerton  Post  of  the 
American  Legion,  and  in  his  professional  affiliations  is  an  active  member  of  the  Orange 
County  Medical  Association,  the  Southern  California  Medical  Society,  the  California 
State  Medical  Society  and  the  American  Medical  Association.  With  Mrs.  Wickett,  he 
holds  membership  in  the  Christian  Church  at  Fullerton,  and  is  a  deacon  in  that  body. 

SAMUEL  Q.  CONKLE. — The  Conkle  family  trace  their  origin  in  this  country  to 
their  Dutch  ancestors  who  settled  in  Pennsylvania  in  early  days,  and  S.  Q.  Conkle  of 
Garden  Grove  is  the  representative  of  the  California  branch  of  his  family.  Mr.  Conkle 
was  born  September  8,  1846,  near  East  Liverpool,  Columbiana  County,  Ohio.  His 
father,  Daniel,  was  a  native  of  Columbiana  County  and  his  mother,  who  was  Barbara 
Poor  in  maidenhood,  was  born  in  Westmoreland  County  and  came  to  Ohio,  where 
she  was  reared.  His  parents  were  married  in  Ohio,  where  the  father,  a  stockman  and 
farmer,  owned  a  large  farm  and  bought  sheep  for  the  Pittsburgh  markets,  in  early 
days  driving  his  droves  and  herds  through  on  foot  to  that  city.  He  also  drove  sheep 
into  Missouri  in  the  early  fifties.  The  father,  at  the  age  of  sixty-five,  sold  his  farm  and 
moved  to  Minerva,  hear  Canton,  Stark  County,  Ohio,  where  he  lived  retired  until  the 
time  of  his  death  in  1887,  at  the  age  of  seventy-five.  The  mother  died  at  the  age  of 
seventy.  In  the  parental  family  of  eight  children,  three  girls  and  five  boys,  Samuel  Q. 
Conkle  is  the  youngest  child,  and  the  only  one  of  the  family  now  living.  None  of  his 
brothers  died  under  the  age  of  seventy-five.  His  oldest  brother  was  a  civil  engineer 
in  Stark  County,  Ohio;  some  of  the  brothers  were  farmers,  and  Noah  F.  was  a  mer- 
chant at  Topeka,  Kans.,  for  twenty  years.  Three  of  his  brothers  served  in  the  Union 
Army  during  the  Civil  War. 

Samuel  Q.  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  of  his  native  state  and  at  Mount 
Union  Academy,  and  began  life  as  a  clerk  in  the  produce  business  at  Minerva,  Ohio, 
in  which  he  was  employed  three  years,  from  twenty-one  until  twenty-four  years  of 
age.  He  then  bought  out  his  employer  and  continued  to  conduct  a  wholesale  business 
as  a  shipper  of  butter,  eggs,  and  poultry,  shipping  to  the  Pittsburgh,  Philadelphia, 
New  York  City,  and  Baltirnore  markets  for  ten  years,  and  doing  a  profitable  business. 
Having  contracted  asthma,  he  sold  his  interests  in  the  East  and  came  to  Orange  County, 
Cal.,  then  a  part  of  Los  Angeles  County,  first  settling  at  Santa  Ana  in  1885.  After 
two  years  he  moved  to  his  ranch  of  twenty-two  acres  in  the  Bolsa  district  between 
Santa  Ana  and  Bolsa,  being  a  part  of  the  Stearns'  Rancho,  where  he  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. He  also  owned  eighty  acres  in  the  Black  Star  Canyon  where  he  accumulated  some 
225  colonies  of  bees.  He  had  learned  the  bee  business  in  Ohio,  but  owing  to  climatic 
conditions  found  it  was  much  different  in  California,  and  had  to  practically  learn  the 
Business  over  again.  He  succeeded  and  became  one  of  Orange  County's  most  suc- 
cessful apiarists. 

His  marriage,  which  occurred  in  Sandyville,  Ohio,  January  24,  1872,  united  him 
with  Miss  Normanda  McFarland,  a  native  of  Tuscarawas  County,  Ohio,  and  daughter 
of  John  McFarland,  a  hotel  keeper  at  Sandyville.  Six  children  were  born  of  their 
union,  five  of  whom  are  living,  the  second  child  dying  in  infancy.     Ura  Bertie  is  the 


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wife  of  Frank  Mills,  a  prosperous  rancher  at  Garden  Grove;  Hazel  is  the  wife  of 
Samuel  McKee,  of  Los  Angeles;  Lemon  L.  runs  an  auto  truck  in  Los  Angeles,  is 
married  and  lives  in  that  city;  Mellie  is  the  wife  of  John  Bedabach,  a  dealer  in  stock, 
and  their  home  is  at  Pasadena.  Roscoe  lives  in  Los  Angeles,  and  is  single.  Owing  to 
his  wife's  failing  health  Mr.  Conkle  disposed  of  his  home  ranch  and  they  made  their 
home  with  Mrs.  Mills,  where  Mrs.  Conkle  died  in  1910.  Mr. ^Conkle  then  came  to 
Garden  Grove  and  built  a  comfortable  bungalow  on  Pine  Street,  vvhere  he  now 
resides.  Mrs.  Conkle  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Mr.  Conkle 
still  owns  ten  acres  south  of  Garden  Grove  which  is  leased.  In  1918  he  suffered 
a  stroke  of  paralysis,  and  lay  unconscious  for  three  weeks,  but  his  great  vitality 
enabled  him  to  make  a  good  recovery.  He  was  well  acquainted  with  the  late  ex- 
President  McKinley,  who  was  his  legal  adviser  while  he  lived  in  Ohip,  One  of  Garden 
Grove's  most  highly  respected  citizens  he  has  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  his  long 
and  useful  life  has  been  well  spent,  and  his  children,  who  were  born  with  a  good  in- 
heritance, are  living  useful,  active  lives,  honored  and  esteemed  by  their  friends  and 
acquaintances.  In  his  political  views  Mr.  Conkle  is  a  Republican.  He  never  was  sued 
nor  ever  sued  any  person,  nor  did  he  ever  serve  on  a  jury  or  hold  office  of  any  kind. 

WM.  J.  CHENEY.' — A  successful  rancher  operating  extensively  and  enjoying  a 
popularity  shared  by  his ,  estimable  wife"  and  children,  is  Wm.  j.  Cheney,  who  was  born 
near  what  is  now  Downey,  and  is  one  of  three  sons,  all  the  living  children  of  Tilford 
D.  Cheney,  a  native  of  Arkansas,  who  married  Emma  Ryle,  a  belle  of  Kentucky.  Til- 
ford  Cheney  came  with  his  parents  from  Arkansas  to  California  in  1856,  driving  a  mule- 
team,  and  proceeding  along  the  northern  route,  by  way  of  the  Black  Hilfs;  and  while 
they  were  passing  through  that  country,  a  most  unusual  accident  took  place.  A  bolt  of 
lightning  struck  the  lad,  while  he  was  walking  along  the-  side  of  the  wagon  train,  and 
he  fell  unconscious  to  the  ground,  where  he  was  picked  up  by  his  mother,,  and  although 
a  heavy  rain  was  falling,  her. mother-love  would  not  permit  her  to  give,  him  up,  and  for 
three  days  she  worked  over  him,  until' she  brought  him  back  to  consciousness  and 
eventually  restored  him  to  Tiealth. 

The  family  settled  at  first  in  Napa  County,  where  the  subject's  grandfather,  Wm. 
W.  Cheney,  was  engaged  for  several  years  in  ranching,  and  then  they  lived  in  Salinas, 
Monterey  County,  and  in  San  Luis  Obispo  County,  before  they  came  to  Los  Angeles 
County  in  1865.  Thus  the  Cheneys  were  pioneers  in  those  sections.  The  mother  died  in 
Los  Angeles  County  twenty.Tone  years  ago,  at  the  age  of  fifty-one;  the  father  still 
lives  in  Tulare,  having  passed  his  eighty-first  birthday.  Two  younger  brothers,  H.  C. 
and  C.  D.  Cheney,  are  ranchers  in  Tulare  County. 

Wm.  J.  Cheney  is  the  only  one  of  the  family  living  in  Southern  California,  and 
here  he  attended  th^  public  schools,  topping  off  with  a  course  at  Woodbury  Business 
College  in  Los  Angeles,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1896.  Ever  since  he  finished 
his  schooling,  he  has  been  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits,. at  first  farming  300  acres 
of  his  father's  at  Calabasas,  in  Los  Angeles' County,  at  which  he  continued  for  three 
years.  There  he  became  acquainted  with  James  Irvine,  from  whom  he  rented  960.  acres; 
now  he  operates  600  acres  of  the  li-vine  ranch,  where  he  has  farmed  for  seventeen  years. 

Five  years  ago  Mr.  Cheney  bought  ten  acres  on  Prospect  Avenue,  Tustin,  the 
beginning  of  his  home  place,  and  two  years  ago  he  bought  the  twenty  acres  across  the 
street,  He  has  set  out  815  Valencia  orange  trees  on  the  ten-atre  field,  and  1600  Valencias 
on  the  twenty  acres  west  of  Prospect  Avenue.  This  land  was  formerly  planted  to 
Navels  and  walnuts,  but  the  trees. being  old  and  neglected,  he  grubbed  them  all  out,  and 
now  has  two  of  the  finest  young  orange  groves  in  the  country.  In  partnership  with 
James.Utt  he  is  operating  the  nursery  which  is  devoted  to  the  raising  of  Valencia  orange 
trees,  of  which  they  now  have  12,0£)Q.  This  nurs,ery  comprises  two  acres  he  owns  at 
Tustin.  ... 

On  some  o,f  the  Irvine  ranch  leased  by  Mr.  Cheney,  he  has  planted  359  acres  to 
lima  beans,  150  acres  to  black-eyes,  while  .the  balance  of  the  acreage  is  set  out  to  barley 
and  hay.  He  .is  the  secretary  .of  the  San  Joaquin  Lima  Bean  Growers  .Association,  and 
was  one  of  its  organizers  in  1916,  as  well  as  the  first  secretary.  Before  its  orgaiiization, 
farmers  got  only  three  and  a  quarter  to  four  and  a  half  cents  per  pound,  while  the 
price  in  1919  was  fourteen  and  one-half  cents.  As  a  successful  business  man,  Mr. 
Cheney  is  a  stockholder  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Santa  Ana.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Tustin  Hills  Citrus  Association,  which  owns  a  packing  house  on  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railway.  With  Santa  Ana  and  Orange  associates  he  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Wyana  Oil  Company,  of  which  he  is  president.  The  company  is  now  drilling 
for  oil  on  their  own  holdings  in  the  Lost  Soldier  oil  field  in  Wyoming. 

On  December  11,  1907,  Mr.  Cheney  was  married  to  Miss  Eva  F.  Eraser,  a  native  of 
Iowa,  and  the  daughter  of  Francis  Peter  and  Rebecca  Ann  (Scott)  Eraser.     She  came 


520  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

to  California  when  about  nine  years  of  age.  Her  father  died  in  Santa  Ana  on  May  30, 
1919,  and  his  widow  is  still  living  on  East  Second  Street,  in  Santa  Ana.  Two  children 
have  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cheney,  William  J.  Cheney,  Jr.,  and  Mdra 
Evelyn.  Mr..  Cheney  will  soon  erect  a  pressed-brick  residence  at  a  cost  of  twenty 
thousand  dollars.     He  is  a  life  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

Mr.  Cheney  also  owns  and  operates  300  acres  four  miles  south  of  Tulare,  in  Tulare 
County,  oh  the  State  Highway,  which  he  farms  to  wheat  and  corn  and  where  he  raises 
mules.  He  uses  mules  of  his  own  raising  in  both  Tulare  and  Orange  counties,  keep- 
ing twenty-four  head  of  Percheron  brood  mares.  He  raises  about  sixteen  mules  every 
year,  and  in  partnership  with  Leo  Borchard  and  Guy  W.  Wilmot,  he  owns  the  imported 
jack,  "Burr  Oak,"  bred  at  New  Boston,  Mo.,  and  valued  at  $3,000,  without  doubt  the 
finest  jack  in  the  county. 

P.  W.  EHLEN. — A  successful,  prominent  business  man  of  Orange,  a  town  in 
whose  progress  he  takes  an  enthusiastic  pride,  is  P.  W.  Ehlen,  also  one  of  the  pillars 
of  the  Lutheran  Church  in  this  city.  He  came  to  Orange  as  far  back  as  the  booming 
middle  eighties,  and  since  that  time  his  advancement  and  that  of  the  community  have 
been  common  in  objective  and  character.  He  was  born  in  Hanover,  Germany,  on 
October  11,  1863,  the  child  of  devoted  parents  who  spent  their  last  days  with  him  in 
Orange  and  died  here.  He  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  of  his  native  district, 
and  went  through  the  gymnasium  where  he  prepared  for  teaching;  and  for  two  and 
a  half  years  he  presided  over  classes,  until  he  decided  to  leave  the  Old  World  for  the 
New.  In  1882  he  crossed  the  ocean  to  New  Jersey,  and  spent  three  years  at  Bayonne, 
where  he  clerked  in  a  grocery.  In  1885  he  pushed  on  to  the  West  and  California,  and 
located  at  Orange,  then  a  small  town.  He  was  employed  by  McPherson  Brothers 
at  McPherson,  one  and  a  half  miles  east  of  Orange,  and  while  there  he  packed  oranges 
and  raisins  in  their  packing  house. 

In  1887,  at  the  crest  of  the  "boom,"  Mr.  Ehlen  started  the  general  merchandise 
business  at  McPherson,  known  under  the  firm  name  of  P.  W.  Ehlen,  and  two  years 
later  he  removed  his  store  to  Orange,  where  he  located  on  the  site  of  what  is  now 
the  Schaffert  Building  on  South  Glassell  Street.  He  rented  a  building  for  the  pur- 
pose, and  the  same  year  Henry  Grote  became  interested  with  him  in  the  business, 
and  the  firm  became  known  as  Ehlen  and  Grote. 

The  partners  removed  their  store,  in  1901,  to  the  corner  of  South  Glassell  and 
the  Plaza,  where  the  Mission  Pharmacy  now  stands,  and  in  1906  Mr.  Ehlen  incorpo- 
rated the  Ehlen  and  Grote  Company,  with  himself  as  president  and  manager.  In 
1908  he  built  his  present  large  business  block  known  as  the  Ehlen  and  Grote  block 
across  the  street  from  his  former  location.  For  140  feet  the  lot  fronts  on  South 
Glassell  Street,  and  for  fifty  feet  on  the  Plaza.  Here  he  has  built  up  a  very  large 
business  with  the  different  departments  of  groceries,  hardware,  shoes  and  gents  fur- 
nishings, and  no  one  who  knows  his  ability  as  a  merchant,  and  his  fidelity  in  endeavor- 
ing to  serve  his  numerous  patrons,  will  envy  him  his  exceptional  success.  Having 
started  with  a  capital  of  $350  he  built  up  the  sales,  prior  to  selling  out,  to  over  $1,000 
in  value  a  day.  The  strain  proved  too  great  for  him,  however,  and  finding  that  his 
health  was  being  impaired,  he  disposed  of  his  interests  in  1910,  and  retired  from  the 
strenuous  life. 

Since  then  Mr.  Ehlen  has  been  interested  in  lands  and  their  development.  He 
incorporated  the  Ehlen  Land  Company,  which  has  extensive  holdings  in  the  Imperial 
Valley,  which  they  lease,  devoted  in  part  to  the  raising  of  cotton.  They  also  own 
valuable  lands  in  the  Sacramento  Valley,  on  Grizzly  Island,  Solano  County,  where 
they  have  constructed  six  miles  of  good  canal,  thereby  reclaiming  a  large  tract  of 
land  Mr.  Ehlen  is  a  stockholder  in  and  director  of  the  National  Bank  of  Orange, 
and  he  is  president  and  director  of  the  Orange  Savings  Bank. 

Since  he  took  up  his  residence  at  Orange,  Mr.  Ehlen  was  married  to  Miss  Mane 
wff  f";^"''  u°  ^"'"°'='  yho  was  reared  in  Oregon.  They  have  had  four  children. 
His  two  sons,  Henry  and  Edward  are  both  graduates  of  Concordia  College,  Oakland, 
,  ,  •  ?^  ^  "  finishing  at  the  Lutheran  Normal  School  at  Seward,  Neb  taueht 
school  m  Detroit,  Mich.  During  the  World  War  he  enlisted  and  served  fifteen 
months  m  the  navy  Edward  is  now  an  automobile  mechanic;  and  Adele  Ind  Sonhia 
are  students  in  the  Orange  Union  high  school.  Sophia 

Mr.  Ehlen  is  a  prominent  and  influential  member  of  St  Johns  Lnthpr=,„  nu  . 
of  Orange  having  served  as  elder  and  trustee  for  over  twenty-five  years  rndmosTof 
the  time  as  secretary  of  the  congregation.     He  is  president  of  the  Luther..^   T  ° 

League  for  the  California  and   Nevada   District  and  is  also  the  financlT       ^ Y"^^"  ^ 
the  California  and  Nevada  district  of  the  Missouri  Synod  fol?Sou?heTn  Cal[fornfa.°' 


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EDWARD  W.  HARMON. — A  very  successful  farmer  who  has  made  a  specialty 
of  dairying,  following  the  last  word  in  science  and  sanitation  and  getting  far  superior 
results  both  in  his  products  and  in  the  economy  of  operation,  is  Edward  W.  Har- 
mon, son  of  Jonathan  Harmon,  the  well-known  pioneer,  who  came  to  Santa  Ana  and 
vicinity  in  the  late  eighties,  bought  sixty  acres  of  land  and  added  to  that  until  he  had 
140  acres,  and  whose  sketch  appears  on  another  page  in  this  work. 

Edward  W.  Harmon  was  born  at  Petaluma,  in  Sonoma  County,  on  January  12, 
1871,  and  came  to  Santa  Ana  when  he  was  nine  years  old  and  attended  the  local  public 
schools.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Martha  May  McGuire,  a  native  of  Petaluma,  and 
a  woman  of  accomplishment  and  charm,  who  has  become  the  mother  of  their  four 
children,  Ralph  L,.,  Gale  W.,  Lawrence  Norton  and  William  Warren  McGuire  Harmon. 

He  was  engaged  in  dairying  with  his  father  on  the  home  ranch  for  twenty-one 
years  until  the  elder  Harmon  wished  to  retire,  when  they  sold  out.  For  two  years 
Edward  raised  sugar  beets,  but  found  it  did  not  pay  as  well  as  the  dairy  business,  so 
he  purchased  cows  and  has  now  built  up  a  splendid  herd  of  sixty  head;  the  milk  is 
all  sold  to  the  Sanitary  Dairy  in  Santa  Ana.  The  Harmon  ranch  is  equipped  with 
pumping  plant  yielding  110  inches  of  water,  and  also  has  a  complete  cement  pipe 
line  system  for  irrigating. 

In  national  politics  a  Republican,  in  local  affairs  a  nonpartisan  worker  for  what- 
ever seems  best  for  the  community,  Mr.  Harmon  is  always  an  American,  and  therefore 
one  of  the  best  "boosters"  imaginable  for  California  and  Orange  County. 

ELMER  HAYWARD. — It  is  not  given  to  many  men  to  attain  in  their  own  home 
district  the  success  enjoyed  by  Elmer  Hayward,  a  resident  of  Orange  for  more  than 
forty-four  years,  who  is  prominent  as  a  school  trustee  in  the  same  district  where  he 
went  to  school  as  a  boy,  and  is  the  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  city  of 
Orange,  which  has  grown  up  since  he  came  hereas  a  boy.  He  is  now  one  of  the  best- 
posted  citrus  growers  in  the  county,  and,  because  of  his  valuable  experience  and 
success,  his  advice  is  much  sought  by  those  desiring  to  emulate  his  example.  Affable 
and  popular,  and  thoroughly  wide-awake,  he  is  pronounced  in  favor  of  the  perpetuation 
of  historical  records  which  may  show  what  was  done  in  the  building  up  of  the  great 
California  commonwealth,  and  who  did  the  hard  work  of  construction. 

H?  was  born  near  what  is  now  Dysart,  Tama  County,  Iowa,  on  February  25,  1865, 
the  youngest  of  twelve  children,  the  son  of  Joel  Hayward,  a"  native  of  New  Hampshire. 
He  had  married  Mary  Barrett,  who  was  born  at  Salem,  N.  Y.,  and  whom  he  met  in 
Michigan,  where  they  were  married.  After  setting  up  their  household,  they  engaged  in 
farming  in  Lenawee  County,  Mich.,  cleared  a  farm  of  the  timber,  and  after  twenty 
years  became  early  settlers  in  Tama  County,  Iowa,  where  they  remained  another  twenty 
years.  A  son,  DeWitt  C.  Hayward,  came  to  California  in  1872  and  settled  in  Orange 
County;  and  three  years  later  Joel  Hayward  and  his  family  followed,  and  soon  after- 
ward located  in  Orange  and  bought  a  ranch,  and  engaged  in  horticulture.  On  their 
arrival  in  California,  they  stopped  for  a  short  while  at  Sacramento,  and  from  there 
journeyed  by  boat  to  San  Francisco,  after  which  they  took  the  steamer  to  San  Pedro, 
and  came  ashore  on  a  lighter  bound  for  Wilmington. 

Nine  of  the  twelve  children  referred  to  above  grew  to  maturity,  and  eight  came  to 
California.  Charles  served  in  the  Civil  War  as  a  member  of  an  Iowa  regiment,  and 
eventually  died  in  that  state.  DeWitt  C,  who  came  to  California  in  1872,  died  at  San 
Jose.  Alonzo,  who  pushed  west  soon  after  DeWitt,  also  died  here.  Jennie  E.  came  to 
California  about  1873  and  married  Millard  Parker,  a  pioneer,  and  now  resides  on  East 
Palmyra  Street,  Orange.  Julia  is  Mrs.  A.  M.  Hayward,  and  lives  at  Escondido; 
Minerva  resides  in  Monrovia;  Norman  is  living  at  Van  Nuys;  Mary,  or  Mrs.  Taylor, 
lives  near  Minerva;  and  Elmer  is  the  subject  of  our  review.  Joel  Hayward  died  here, 
aged  seventy-one;  and  Mrs.  Hayward  also  passed  away  in  Orange. 

Elmer  was  ten  years  old  when  he  came  here  and  began  to  attend  the  local  schools; 
and  his  first  teacher  was  Mrs.  Samuel  Armor.  When  old  enough  to  do  so,  he  assisted 
his  father  to  improve  the  place  they  had  bought  in  1880,  and  where  the  original  house 
was  built  in  1881 — a  comfortable  structure  that  has  long  since  given  way  to  the  present 
fine  home  place;  and  when  he  was  twenty-one,  he  took  charge  of  the  homestead.  In 
acquiring  his  present  valuable  knowledge  of  horticulture,  he  went  through  all  the  early 
trying  experience  necessary  to  learn  just  what  was  best  to  do  with  the  land.  For  a 
while  they  had  a  vineyard;  then  they  cultivated  apricots,  peaches  and  apples;  but  finally 
they  decided  to  raise  oranges  and  walnuts,  and  therein  attained  the  best  results.  Mr. 
Hayward  has  now  set  out  all  the  land  to  Valencia  oranges,  to  which  he  finds  the  land 
best  adapted.  Eight  acres. were  cleared  of  the  sage  brush  when  they  came;  and  the 
balance  they  have  cleared  since.  Joel  Hayward  paid  forty  dollars  an  acre  for  the 
land,  and  $6.10  for  water  stock,  and  since  his  death  one  of  the  finest  orange  groves  in 
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524  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

the  state  has  been  developed  on  this  land.  There  are  sixteen  acres  in  all  in  the  ranch, 
which  is  at  420  Cambridge  street,  and  the  orange  trees,  bordered  with  walnuts,  are 
said  to  constitute  one  of  the  finest  ranches  of  the  kind  in  the  district.  Mr.  Hayward 
is  a  member  and  has  been  a  director  of  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association,  and 
was  a  director  when  they  built  the  new  packing  house.  He  helped  start  the  Orange 
County  Fumigation  Company,  which  has  grown  to  large  proportions,  and  he  is  at 
present  one  of  the  stockholders. 

At  Orange  Mr.  Hayward  was  married  to  Miss  Callie  M.  Graves,  a  native  of  Green 
Bay,  Wis.,  and  a  graduate  of  the  Oshkosh  Normal  School.  She  was  a  teacher,  and 
came  to  Orange  a  young  lady.  They  have  three  children— Dorothy,  who  is  in  the 
Orange  Union  High  School,  Mary  Louise  and  Lucile.     Mrs.  Hayward  is  a  Presbyterian. 

Mr.  Hayward  is  a  Republican  in  national  politics,  but  independent  in  local  affairs; 
he  is  a  trustee  of  the  grammar  schools  of  Orange,  and  is  president  of  the  board.  There 
are  now  three  schools,  instead  of  one,  in  the  district— a  real  progress  since  the  days 
when  he  went  to  school  there.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  board  of  city  trustees  of 
Orange,  having  been  elected  in  1918  for  four  years.  He  was  chairman  of  the  police 
committee  and  a  member  of  the  street  committe  until  1920,  when  he  was  chosen 
president  of  the  board,  a  position  he  is  filling  with  zeal  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  his 
fellow-citizens. 

CAPTAIN  ANDREW  HARRINGTON  BIBBER.— A  very  interesting  represen- 
tative of  fine  old  Revolutionary  stock  is  Captain  Andrew  Harrington  Bibber,  renowned 
in  the  late  Civil  War,  and  doubly  honored  today  as  the  husband  of  a  lady  whose 
singular  talents  and  exceptional  personality  have  enabled  her  also  to  attain  social 
eminence  such  as  always  affords  influence  for  good. 

Mrs.  Annie  L.  Bibber  was  born  at  St.  John,  N.  B.,  the  daughter  of  John  Annesley, 
also  a  native  of  that  place,  and  the  granddaughter  of  Daniel  Annesley,  who  crossed 
the  Atlantic  from  Devonshire,  and,  settled  at  St.  John,  where  he  became  a  shipping 
merchant  operating  so  extensively  that  he  owned  his  vessels,  and  made  sixty  or  more 
ocean  trips.  John  Annesley  was  a  mill  owner,  but  he  gave  up  milling  on  account  of 
ill-health,  after  which  he  took  a  government  position  under  Queen  Victoria;  and  that 
responsible  post  he  held  until  his  death.  Mrs.  Annesley  was  Lucy  Hayden  before  her 
marriage,  and  she  was  born_at  Beacon  Hill,  Boston;  Grandfather  Aaron  Hayden  was  a 
native  of  Massachusetts,  and  was  born  in  the  neighborhood  of  what  became  Hayden- 
ville.  He  was  a  merchant  in  Boston,  and  married  Ruth  Alden  Jones,  of  that  city,  who 
proudly  traced  her  New  England  lineage  back  to  the  famous  John  Alden.  Lucy 
Hayden,  in  fact,  was  the  sixth  lineal  descendant  of  the  illustrious  patriot,  and  resided  at 
St.  John  until  she  joined  Mrs.  Bibber  at  Orange,  and  here  she  breathed  her  last.  Of 
the  six  children  in  the  family,  three  grew  to  maturity  and  are  still  living;  the  other 
two,  besides  Mrs.  Bibber,  being  Mrs.  Frances  Paine,  of  Berkeley,  and  Mrs.  Lucy  C. 
Coulson  of  the  same  town. 

The  youngest  of  all,  Mrs.  Bibber  was  educated  at  St.  John's  Young  Ladies'  Academy 
and  at  Vassar  College.  At  Eastport,  Maine,  on  Sept.  27,  1876,  she  was  married  to 
Captain  Andrew  Harrington  Bibber,  a  native  of  Lubec,  Maine,  and  the  son  of  Charles 
Bibber,  a  native  and  merchant  of  the  same  state.  His  mother  was  Adeline  Harrington, 
and  she  was  born  at  Eastport,  Maine.  Grandfather  Andrew  Harrington  was  a  business 
man  whose  family  belonged  to  some  of  the  original  settlers  of  Concord,  Mass.  There 
were  eleven  of  the  Harrington  brothers  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  all  fought  in  the 
battle  of  Lexington,  and  one,  Jacob  Harrington,  was  the  first  man  killed  in  that  battle, 
so  that  the  Harrington  home  at  Concord,  Mass.,  is  now  maintained  as  a  relic  of 
Revolutionary  headquarters. 

Captain  Bibber  served  as  captain  of  the  First  Maine  Cavalry  throughout  the  Civil 
War,  or  for  four  years  and  seven  months,  and  was  present  at  Appomattox  at  the 
surrender  of  Lee.  His  regiment  was  in  two  hundred  engagements  from  Bull  Run  to 
Appomattox.  After  marrying,  he  brought  his  wife  to  Eastport,  Maine,  engaging  in 
the  dry  goods  business.  His  spare  moments  he  gave  to  painting,  for  he  was  an 
artist  of  ability,  and  noted  as  a  marine  painter.  He  exhibited  his  work  in  an  art 
gallery  in  Philadelphia,  and  at  Williams  &  Evarts  well-known  art  rooms  at  Boston,  and 
at  each  exhibition  received  his  quota  of  praise. 

In  1890  Captain  and  Mrs.  Bibber  came  out  to  California  and  located  at  Orange, 
where  they  purchased  twenty  acres  between  Schaffer  and  Cambridge  streets,  tc  Culver 
and  Palmyra;  and  this  acreage  they  set  out  to  oranges.  They  also  built  a  fine  residence. 
From  1895  until  1901  Captain  Bibber  was  again  active  as  a  dry  goods  merchant,  this 
time  at  Orange,  but  in  the  latter  year  he  sold  his  mercantile  business  and  on  October  7, 
1912,  he  died.     During  his  latter  years  he  again  devoted  himself  to  painting,  anq  Mrs 


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Bibber  possesses  some  fine  specimens  of  his  art.  The  Bibbers  laid  out  ten  acres  of  the 
land  in  lots,  and  this  was  soon  sold  and  built  up.  In  1919  Mrs.  Bibber  sold  her  larger 
residence  and  her  ten-acre  orange  grove,  and  since  then  has  had  built  for  herself  a 
comfortable  bungalow  at  the  corner  of  Van  Bibber  and  Harwood  streets. 

One  child  blessed  this  marriage  of  Captain  Bibber  and  Miss  Annesley— Alice  Alden, 
a  gra.dua;te  of  the  Girls'  Collegiate  School  of  Los  Angeles,  where  she  was  a  member 
of  the  Class  of  '03,  and  she  is  now  the  wife  of  Ray  O.  Van  Bibber,  who  is  engaged  in 
the  oil  business. 

Captain  Bibber's  first  wife  was  Miss  Sarah  Houghton  of  Eastport,  Maine,  a 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  Partman  Houghton,  who  was  a  member  of  the  state  legislature 
in  Maine.  She  died  in  Boston,  leaving  a  daughter,  Edith  Prince  Bibber,  who  also 
makes  her  home  with  Mrs.  Bibber.  She  was  educated  at  Vassar  College,  and  teaches 
music  in  the  El  Modena  schools,  and  she  has  built  herself  a  studio  adjoining  their 
home,  where  she  teaches  private  pupils. 

Captain  Bibber  was  a  Unitarian,  while  Mrs.  Bibber  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
Church  of  Santa  Ana.  She  is  also  one  of  the  early  members,  and  one  of  the  executive 
committee  of  the  Ebell  Club  of  Santa  Ana.  Both  Captain  and  Mrs.  Bibber  have  been 
Republicans;  and  he  was  a  member  of  the  Southern  California  Commandery,  Military 
Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  and  also  a  member  of 'the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
being  thrice  commander  of  Granger  Post. 

JOSEPH  S.  THURSTON.— A  resident  of  California  for  half  a  century,  Joseph  S. 
Thurston  has  slight  remembrance  of  any  other  locality,  having  been  brought  here  by 
his  parents  when  a  babe  of  two  years.  A  successful,  self-made  man,  he  has  acquired 
large  realty  holdings  entirely  through  his  own  industrious  efforts  and  has  been  for  a 
long  time  the  leading  rancher,  fruit  and  vegetable  grower  at  Laguna  Beach.  Born 
November  26,  1868,  in  Cash  Valley,  Utah,  Joseph  S.  Thurston  was  the  seventh  in 
order  of  birth  of  a  family  of  fifteen  children.  His  father  was  George  W.  Thurston, 
born  in  Huron  County,  Ohio,  while  his  grandfather  was  Thomas  J.  Thurston.  His 
mother,  Sarah  Lucina  Snow  before  her  marriage,  was  born  at  Chester,  Pa.,  while  her 
parents  were  en  route  from  Vermont  to  Illinois.  Grandfather  Erastus  Snow  was  a 
native  of  Vermont  and  there  he  married  Artimesia  Berman,  and  they  were  early 
settlers  of  Hancock  County,  111. 

Mr.  Snow  and  Thomas  J.  Thurston  and  others  were  members  of  the  pioneer  train 
to  Salt  Lake  City.  Mr.  Snow  and  a  comrade,  Orson  Pratt,  went  ahead  of  the  train, 
and  as  Mr.  Snow  had  a  splendid,  swift  riding  horse,  he  blazed  the  way  for  the  train, 
picking  the  trail  and  camp  sites,  as  well  as  furnishing  provender  by  hunting.  After 
arriving  at  Salt  Lake  he  helped  lay  out  the  town.  He  was  very  prominent  in  the  early 
days  of  Salt  Lake  City  and  became  one  of  the  head  men  in  the  Mormon  Churchj  being 
one  of. the  first  group  of  twelve  apostles.  He  was  sent  to  and  founded  St.  George  City, 
Utah,  and  there  he  died.  Thomas  J.  Thurston  became  a  bishop  in  the  Mormon  Church 
aand  passed  away  in  Utah.  George  W.  Thurston  and  his  wife  engaged  in  ranching  near 
Salt  Lake  City  for  a  time  and  then  removed  to  Weber  County,  where  he  engaged  in 
freighting  and  made  sufficient  money  to  purchase  machinery  for  a  grist  mill,  building 
the  first  mill  in  Cash  Valley.  While  living  there  a  little  son  died  of  diphtheria  and 
then  a  still  harder  blow  fell  on  the  family  when  one  of  their  little  daughters  was  stolen 
by  the  Indians.  While  residing  in  Utah,  George  W.  Thurston  and  his  wife  withdrew 
from  the  Mormon  Church. 

In  1870,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  W.  Thurston,  with  their  children,  came  to  San  Francisco, 
but  remained  there  only  a  few  weeks,  going  by  boat  to  San  Diego.  Here  they  acquired 
land  and  began  raising  stock  and  grain,  but  being  warned  of  trouble  brewing  among 
the  stockmen,  they  sold  out  and  came  to  Tustin  in  1871.  Camping  at  the  old  artesian 
well  east  of  Tustin  for  about  six  weeks,  they  then  took  up  the  original  homestead  of 
152  acres  at  Aliso  Beach  and -in  the  canyon.  The  Thurston  ranch  is  the  most  scenic 
and  picturesque  of  any  on  the  coast  of  Orange  County,  and  has  a  frontage  dn  the  ocean 
of  a  quarter  of  a  mile,  extending  back  three-fourths  of  a  mile  inland. 

Joseph  Thurston  began  making  himself  useful  at  a  very  early  age.  When  about 
five  years  old  he  herded  ducks  along  Aliso  Creek  to  see  that  coyotes  did  not  prowl  up 
and  get  them,  and  at  other  times  by  watching  that  the  ground  squirrels  did  not  make  too 
much  havoc  with  the  patch  of  young  corn;  in  each  case  he  would  be  gone  from  the  old 
farm  house  practically  the  entire  day.  When  eight  years  old  he  was  told  to  watch  the 
cattle  off  the  wheat  patch  in  the  canyon.  He -started  tip  the  canyon  with  his  lunch 
zealously  keeping  his  eye  out  for  the  patch  of  wheat.  At  that  season  of  the  year  the 
country  was  all  green  and  all  looked  alike,  but  he  finally  located  the  wheat  and  faith- 
fully guarded  it.  This  he  kept  up  for  seventy-two  days  without  interruption,  marking 
the  time  by  cutting  a  notch  for  each  day  in  a  stick.     During  this  period  he  had  no  dog, 


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but  had  some  experience  with  squirrels  eating  his  lunch  and  also  with  wild  oats,  but 
was  not  afraid  of  them,  except  once  when  he  had  to  go  into  the  dense  brush  to  drive 
the  cattle  out  where  he  had  previously  seen  a  cat.  He  always  carried  a  tough  stick 
about  thirty  inches  long  which  he  kept  in  readiness,  determined  that  if  the  cat  should 
jump  out  at  him  he  would  hit  him  once,  at  the  least.  This  stick  he  carried  with  him 
for  years,  and  afterwards  when  his  dog  cornered  a  large  cat,  he  killed  it  with  the  same 
stick.  Most  of  his  time  for  seven  years  was  spent  herding  cattle  on  the  hills  and  many 
times  was  where  he  could  look  down  into  Laguna  Canyon.  During  these  years  he 
was  taught  to  read  and  spell,  the  lessons  being  usually  taught  him  at  home  by  some 
of  the  children  and  he  was  also  taught  to  write,  being  given  a  little  time  each  day  until 
he  had  filled  out  two  primary  copy  books,  while  his  mathematics  consisted  of  some  of 
the  neighbor's  children  showing  him  how  to  subtract,  multiply  and  divide;  that  is  all 
the  assistance  he  ever  had  in  obtaining  what  is  commonly  known  as  an  education 
until  he  was  thirty-six  years  old,  when  he  hired  a  man  and  his  wife  to  take  care  of  the 
ranch  as  best  they  could  and  went  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  attended  Woodbury's 
Business  College  for  a  period  of  three  months,  a  most  enjoyable  experience,  as  he 
had  excellent  surroundings,  staying  at  the  home  of  Judge  and  Mrs.  W.  A.  Cheney. 
While  herding  cattle  he  had  always  carried  his  books,  but  had  to  carry  the  same  ones 
for  years  not  having  any  new  ones,  Ray's  primary  and  second  arithmetic  being  among 
the  number,  but  he  says  he  could  always  find  something  new  in  them. 

At  the  age  of  fifteen  his  older  brother  left  home  and  Joseph  then  had  to  devote 
his  entire  time  to  the  farm  work  and  when  he  was  nineteen,  his  father  left  home  and 
the  entire  responsibility  of  the  farm  rested  on  his  shoulders.  However,  he  took  hold  of 
the  work  and  as  usual  mastered  the  situation,  so  that  in  1891  they  managed  to  build  a 
new  house  and  it  was  not  until  then  that  he  had  ever  slept  in  the  house  where  the  rest 
of  the  family  were  since  he  was  a  small  boy.  In  1893,  at  the  age  of  twenty-five,  feeling 
that, a  change  was  absolutely  necessary  and  hoping  that  some  of  the  other  boys  would 
take  care  of  the  ranch  he  left  home,  and  it  was  during  very  trying  times,  being  the  time 
of  Coxey's  army  and  work  was  about  as  scarce  as  money.  He  worked  on  threshing 
machines  at  $1.50  a  day;  he  helped  put  in  some  of  the  first  paving  in  Santa  Ana  at 
$1.75  and  boarded  himself,  and  he  worked  for  Will  Halesworth  on  the  desert,  144  days 
at  one  dollar  a  day. 

When  he  came  back  to  the  ranch  in  the  fall  of  1895,  his  mother  had  moved  to 
Santa  Ana  and  the  other  children  had  gone  out  to  work  and  he  found  things  in  a  state 
of  chaos.  So  he  and  his  sister  and  her  husband,  W.  H.  Walles,  came  down  to  work 
the  place,  but  they  stayed  only  about  one  year  and  then  he  was  left  to  work  the  ranch 
alone,  doing  the  work  previously  accomplished  by  the  whole  family,  and  this  with  his 
nearest  neighbor  four  miles  distant.  For  seven  years  he  was  confronted  by  that  situ- 
ation; they  were  seven  long  years  of  toil  and  privation,  for  five  of  them  were  the 
dryest  the  country  had  known  and  one  of  the  others  was  only  half  a  crop.  A  volume 
could  be  written  about  his  experiences  and  hardships  of  those  years  of  constant  work 
and  worry.  In  speaking  of  it  he  says,  "he  felt  like  one  who  was  trying  to  sweep  the 
water  back  from  an  island  that  was  gradually  being  submerged." 

There  were  times  when  he  felt  like  deserting,  but  then  would  come  the  thought 
that  his  mother  depended  on  him,  and  the  ranch  and  all  the  efforts  they  had  put  forth 
would  go  for  naught  if  he  failed  to  hold  the  fort,  and  that  would  never  do.  It  was 
a  lonely  situation  but  he  kept  going.  With  the  small  market  in  Laguna  limited  to 
about  ten  yeeks  a  year  and  with  the  expense  of  twelve  months,  together  with  all  the 
pests  that  naturally  would  come  to  the  only  place  (his  being  the  only  place  for  many 
miles  where  fruit  and  vegetables  were  raised)  where  they  could  find  what  they  wanted 
to  eat,  the  situation  was  intense.  There  were  birds  by  the  thousands,  mice,  rabbits  and 
gophers  and  the  surrounding  country  harbored  thousands  of  squirrels;  then  there  were 
skunks,  coons,  coyotes  and  wild  cats,  as  well  as  numerous  kinds  of  bugs,  all  bent  on 
getting  all  they  could  of  his  produce,  so  at  times  he  found  it  almost  impossible  to 
raise  anything.  So  between  these  pests  and  the  regular  work,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
housework  and  keeping  up  the  machinery  and  numerous  other  things  that  had  to  be 
regulated,  including  trying  to  make  financial  ends  meet  there  was  plenty  to  keep  him 
in  a  fighting  mood;  so  much  so  that  when  some  well-meaning  individual  who  really 
wanted  to  be  pleasant  would  say,  "What  a  beautiful  place,  pray  what  do  you  find  to 
do  down  here?"  he  would  really  find  it  difficult  to  keep  his  temper.  During  all  -this 
time  he  has  cared  for  his  mother,  who  now  resides  at  Santa  Ana  at  the  age  of  eighty 
years.  A  remarkable  fact  in  the  family  is  that  of  the  fifteen  children,  thirteen  grew  up 
to  maturity  and  all  are  living,  there  having  been  no  death  in  the  family  since  nearly 
sixty  years  ago,  when  they  were  living  in  Utah.  The  little  girl,  Rosetta,  who  was 
stolen  by  the  Indians  when  she  was  three  years  old,  was  never  heard  from  in  spite  of 
extended  search,  and  this  was  always  a  great  grief  to  the  family. 


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After  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Thurston  purchased  the  home  ranch  arid  later  added 
to  it  161  acres,  so  that  the  Thurston  ranch  now  comprises  313  acres.  In  1919  he 
acquired  the  528-acre  tract  at  Laguna  known  as  the  Rogers  place,  which  brings  his 
holdings  up  to  over  800  acres.  His  principal  products  are  early  vegetables,  melons, 
corn  and  fine  apples,  and  he  has  made  a  reputation  for  growing  string  beans,  being 
the  first  to  ship  to  the  San  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles  markets  and  bringing  as  much 
as  thirty  cents  a  pound.  For  irrigation  he  has  a  pumping  plant,  while  domestic  water 
is  piped  to  his  residence  from  mountain  springs.  Mr.  Thurston  has  recently  leased  his 
ranches  for  oil,  and  the  Rogers  place  is  now  being  exploited  for  oil,  with  splendid 
prospects. 

One  of  Orange  County's  enthusiastic  citizens,  Mr.  Thurston  can  always  be  counted 
upon  to  aid  in  any  progressive  movement  for  its  betterment,  and  this  is  but  natural 
when  one  considers  the  wonderful  success  that  he  has  made  here  entirely  through  his 
own  unaided  efforts.  He  was  in  this  region  five  years  before  any  one  settled  at 
Laguna,  so  he  is  the  oldest  settler  in  this  locality,  having  located  here  two  years  after 
Santa  Ana  was  founded.  Very  aflfable  and  of  a  pleasing  personality,  upright,  honest 
and  enterprising,  he  is  a  man  any  community  may  justly  be  proud  of.  While  a  liberal 
in  politics,  he  inclines  toward  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party  and  is  a  firm 
advocate  of  prohibition. 

JOHN  W.  ELLIOTT. — A  hard  working  man  whose  beautiful  home  very  pleas- 
antly testifies  to  his  success,  is  John  W.  Elliott,  the  retired  carpenter,  so  well  and 
favorably  known,  with  his  kind-hearted,  devoted  wife,  for  a  lively  interest  in  the  homes 
and  the  welfare  of  other  folks  in  the  community.  He  was  born  at  Schleisingerville, 
Washington  County,  Wis.,  on  November  4,  1847,  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Jane  Elliott. 
His  father  was  a  farmer;  and  while  John  worked  on  the  farm  to  help  his  parents,  he 
attended  first  the  district  school  of  his  home  town,  and  later  the  Cedar  Valley  Seminary. 

In  the  spring  of  1865,  Thomas  Elliott  removed  with  his  family  to  Floyd  County, 
Iowa,  and  settled  near  the  town  of  Rudd;  and  in  1869  John  Elliott  became  the  first 
clerk  of  Rudd  Township.  The  father  and  five  of  his  sons  owned  jointly  a  section  of 
land,  which  they  devoted  to  the  raising  of  corn  and  hogs;  and  in  1874  John  purchased 
a  quarter-section  near  the  old  homestead.  In  1886,  he  sold  the  Rudd  farm  and  removed 
to  Osage,  Mitchell  County,  Iowa;  and  near  there  he  ran  a  market-garden  farm  of 
ten  acres.     This  he  held  onto  until  1901,  when  he  came  out  to  California. 

At  Santa  Ana  Mr.  Elliott  took  up  building  and  helped  to  erect  the  Public  Library, 
the  City  Hall,  the  Intermediate  school  on  Sycamore  Street,  and  many  of  the  best 
business  establishments  and  private  homes  in  Santa  Ana,  thereby  helping  materially  to 
build  the  town  and  to  guide  the  public  taste. 

On  June  13,  1880,  Mr.  Elliott  had  been  married  near  Rudd  to  Miss  Emily  Neville, 
a  native  of  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.,  and  the  daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mary  (Lancaster)  Gallup. 
One  child,  Elsie  E.,  who  is  living  at  home,  has  blessed  this  happy  marriage.  Mr. 
Elliott  is  a  staunch  Republican  in  matters  of  national  political  import;  but  his  strong 
love  for  the  community  in  which  he  resides,  and  his  deep  interest  in  community 
progress,  never  permits  him  to  mix  partisanship  with  a  vigorous  support  of  every  good 
measure  and  candidate  proposed. 

JACOB  DITCHEY. — An  enterprising  and  progressive  resident  of  Orange,  whose 
equally  industrious  wife  shares  with  him  the  good  will  and  esteem  of  a  large  circle  of 
friends,  is  Jacob  Ditchey,  who  for  many  years  of  his  life  was  engaged  in  farming  in 
Indiana  and  Colorado,  and  later  in  the  Golden  State.  The  success  he  has  made  is  all 
the  more  praiseworthy,  since  it  was  in  the  face  of  obstacles  that  would  have  daunted 
one  of  a  less  courageous  spirit.  A  native  of  Ohio,  where  he  was  born  at  New  Wash- 
ington, Crawford  County,  in  1855,  Mr.  Ditchey  was  orphaned  at  an  early  age,  a  circum- 
stance whose  sadness  was  increased  by  the  unkind  treatment  he  received  by  the  family 
to  whom  he  was  bound  out.  Unworthy  of  their  trust,  they  put  him  to  work  instead 
of  sending  him  to  school  and  thus  deprived  him  of  the  opportunity  to  secure  anything 
beyond  the  rudiments  of  an  education. 

Even  these  hard  circumstances  did  not  quench  his  ambition,  however,  and  as  soon 
as  he  reached  his  majority  he  started  out  for  himself,  and  at  fourteen  years  of  age  began 
working  out  on  farms  in  Ohio.  In  1873  he  removed  to  Clinton  County,  Ind.  He 
established  family  ties  in  1882  by  his  marriage  to  Miss  Flora  A.  Misner,  born  at 
Rossville,  Clinton  County,  Ind.,  and  the  young  couple  engaged  in  farming  there  until 
1905,  when  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Colorado,  where  he  continued  agricultural 
pursuits  at  Longmont.  For  a  long  time  he  had  been  attracted  to  the  balmy  climate 
of  the  Pacific  Coast,  hoping  some  time  to  make  his  home  there,  so  in  October,  1910,  he 
came   with   his  family   to   California,   and   located   at   Orange.      For   several   years   he 


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followed  horticulture  and  met  with  deserving  success.  In  1913  he  completed  his  m°<^ern 
bungalow  at  421  South  Orange  Street,  where  he  resides  with  his  family.  He  now  gives 
his  time  to  his  duties  as  janitor  of  the  Grammar  School  at  Orange,  as  well  as  bemg 
janitor  of  the  City  Hall.  .  .   . 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ditchey  were  the  parents  of  six  children,  four  of  whom  are  living: 
Ward  C.  is  an  employe  in  the  Santa  Ana  Post  Office;  Ross  is  a  graduate  of  the  Orange 
County  Business  College  and  now  resides  in  Los  Angeles;  Dayton  D.  served  his  couiitry 
during  the  World  War,  being  stationed  at  Camp  Lewis  and  later  in  North  Carolina; 
Stella  M.  is  a  graduate  of  the  Orange  Union  high  school  and  is  now  with  the  Orange 
County  Trust  and  Savings  Bank.  Realizing  the  handicap  that  he  experienced  through 
his  inability  to  procure  a  good  education,  Mr.  Ditchey  has  been  especially  zealous  in 
giving  his  children  every  opportunity  within  his  means.  Liberal  and  kind  hearted,  he 
has  always  been  ready  to  make  sacrifices  and  practice  self  denial  in  order  to  help  others, 
and  this  generous  spirit,  combined  with  his  tireless  habits  of  industry,  makes  him  one 
of  the  community's  dependable  citizens. 

G.  H.  FLESNER. — A  liberal-minded,  progressive  citizen  of  Anaheim  whose  pros- 
perity has  very  naturally  made  him  love  California,  the  Golden,  is  G.  H.  Flesner,  who 
has  the  added  blessing  of  a  good  housewife,  an  excellent  helpmate,  a  true  companion. 
Nearly  ten  years  ago  he  located  at  Anaheim,  and  both  he  and  his  friends  have  good 
reason  to  regret  that  he  did  not  come  here  years  before. 

He  was  born  near  Champaign,  in  Champaign  County,  111.,  on  February  16,  1887, 
fhe  son  of  Henry  Flesner,  an  early  settler,  who  broke  the  raw  prairie  of  Champaign 
County,  improved  his  first  holdings,  and  bought  more  and  more  land,  until  in  all  he 
had  four  hundred  of  the  best  acres.  And  there  he  died,  in  1908,  his  sterling  merits 
known  to  all  the  community.  He  had  married  Miss  Folke  Classen,  a  worthy  woinan 
of  her  day  and  generation,  who  now  resides  in  California,  sharing  the  comfortable 
home  of  her  son,  our  subject,  who  is  the  only  child  of  the  family  still  living. 

He  was  brought  up  on  a  farm,  and  attended  the  usual  public  schools  of  his  locality, 
after  which,  for  two  and  a  half  years,  he  went  to  the  Watertown,  Wis.,  high  school. 
From  his  boyhood  he  assisted  his  folks  upon  the  home  ranch  and  after  his  father  died 
he  ran  the  farm,  which  included  not  less  than  240  acres  in  operation.  In  1911  he 
came  to  California,  and  the  following  year  he  disposed  of  the  Eastern  home. 

On  coming  here  he  bought  a  ranch  west  of  Anaheim,  but  after  a  year  sold  it 
again.  Then  he  purchased  the  place  on  East  Santa  Ana  Street,  consisting  of  twenty 
acres,  thirteen  of  which  are  in  Valencia  oranges  and  seven  set  out  to  walnuts.  He 
also  owns  four  and  a  half  acres  on  Broad  Street,  planted  to  Valencias  of  the  choicest 
variety.  He  owns  an  electrical  pumping  plant,  and  he  has  a  fine  residence  on  the 
property. 

While  yet  in  Illinois,  on  October  9,  1904,  Mr.  Flesner  was  married  to  Miss  Gertie 
Duitsman,  a  native  of  Pawnee  Rock,  Rush  County,  Kans.,  but  who  was  reared  in 
Illinois.  Her  father  was  Henry  Duitsman,  and  he  had  married  Miss  Ricken  Debuhr, 
who  is  now  dead.  They  were  farmer  folk,  and  her  father  still  resides  on  the  old 
homestead.  Five  children  blessed  the  fortunate  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Flesner— 
Frieda,  Rosie,  Henry,  Bertha  and  Carl,  all  of  whom  are  at  home.  The  family  attend 
the  Lutheran  Church,  of  which  Mr.  Flesner  is  a  trustee;  and  in  national  political 
affairs  he  works  for  the  advancement  of  the  Republican  standards. 

CLAUDE  NEWTON  ELLIS.— An  industrious,  straightforward  business  man  who 
is  naturally  again  and  again  rewarded,  in  his  various  enterprises,  with  an  enviable 
success,  is  Claude  Newton  Ellis,  for  nearly  two  decades  a  Californian  by  adoption  and 
second  to  none  in  his  loyalty  to  the  Golden  State.  He  was  born  in  Silex  Lincoln 
County,  Mo.,  May  3,  1879,  the  son  of  Clark  Ellis,  who  was  also  a  native  of  Missouri  and 
became  one  of  the  extensive  farmers  and  stockmen  in  Lincoln  County  and  later 
removed  to  Montgomery  County.  Isaac  Ellis,  the  grandfather,  was  a  Kentuckian 
equally  well  and  favorably  known  as  a  raiser  of  fine  stock  in  his  day,  and  made  a  e-ooH 
record  as  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War.  Clark  Ellis  married  Miss  Jennie  McDowell  a 
native  also  of  Missouri;  but  she  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-three,  three  years  after 
Claude  was  born.  She  had  three  children,  and  our  subject  was  the  second  in  the  order 
ot  birth.     Clark  Ellis  died  in  his  native  state. 

Claude  N.  Ellis  was  brought  up  on  the  stock  farm  in  Lincoln,  and  then  in  Mont 

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then  at  Watson  Seminary,  in  Ashley,  Pike  County.  When,  however,  his  father  became 
.11,  he  returned  home  to  take  charge  of  the  farm;  and  having  formed  a  partnership  with 
.-,  inn,^'  °,°  V^  farming  and  stock  raising  in  earnest,  and  continued  at  the  same 
until  1903,  when  he  sold  out  and  came  west  to  California. 


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He  located  in  Orange;  and  here,  in  March,  1904,  he  married  Miss  Lillian  Northrop, 
who  was  born  in  Hopedale,  near  Boston,  Mass.,  and  came  to  California  in  August,  1898. 
She  accompanied  her  father,  James  H.  Northrop,  the  inventor  of  the  Northrop  loom, 
manufactured  in  Hopedale  and  used  in  putting  out  seventy-five  per  cent  of  all  the  cotton 
goods  manufactured.  He  retired  and  chose  California  as  a  home  place  for  his  latter 
days;  and  coming  here  undertook  ranching,  and  in  time  invented  a  date-pitting  machine. 
He  is  living  and  resides  in  Santa  Ana.  After  their  marriage,  Mr.  Ellis  had  charge  of 
the  Northrop  ranch,  and  next  he  bought  an  orange  ranch  in  El  Modena;  later  he  sold 
this  and  removed  to  Coachella  Valley,  where  he  bought  a  homestead  and  a  deserted 
claim  and  proved  up  on  it — that  is,  he  and  Mr.  Northrop  had  320  acres,  where  they 
were  among  the  pioneers  in  raising  the  date  palm,  and  also  figs  for  commercial  purposes. 
He  had  two  large  pumping  plants,  and  laid  28,000  feet  of  cement  piping. 

During  this  time  Mr.  Ellis  went  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  spent  nine  months  at  the 
St.  Louis  College  of  Embalming,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1912,  after  which  he 
returned  to  his  California  ranch.  He  became  a  funeral  director  in  Indio,  and  was  also 
a  merchant  there;  at  the  same  time  that  he  maintained  on  his  farm  the  finest  teams  of 
horses  and  mules,  as  well  as  the  latest  types  of  tractors.  In  October,  1918,  he  sold  out; 
and  the  following  March  he  bought  out  Blank  &  Mead,  the  undertakers  at  Orange,  and 
established  his  present  business.  He  has  a  chapel,  an  operating  room  and  a  morgue, 
and  Mrs.  Ellis  is  also  an  embalmer — the  only  licensed  woman  embalmer  in  Orange 
County.     Mr.  Ellis  belongs  to  the  Southern  California  Funeral  Directors'  Association. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ellis  have  one  child,  J.  H.  Northrop  Ellis;  they  belong  to  the  order 
of  the  Rebekahs.  Mr.  Ellis  is  a  member  of  Orange  Lodge  No-  22S,  L  O.  O.  F.,  and 
Mrs.  Ellis  of  Sceptic  Chapter,  No.  163,  O.  E.  S.  Mrs.  Ellis  belongs  to  the  W.  R.  C.  and 
he  to  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  Both  husband  and  wife  are  members  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Orange. 

JOHN  LUTHER  MAROON,  M.  D.— No  greater  evidence  could  be  had  of  the 
success  in  every  way  of  Dr.  John  Luther  Maroon  as  a  physician  and  surgeon  since 
his  advent  in  Santa  Ana  in  1917  than  in  the  exceptional  confidence  reposed  in  him  as 
one  of  the  most  representative  medical  men  of  the  state  by  a  large  number  of  Santa 
'  Ana's  best  citizens.  They  find  in  him  a  good  neighbor  and  a  model  citizen,  who  is 
devoted  to  his  high  professional  work,  and  who  goes  about  doing  good  with  a  sympathy 
and  assurance  which  begets  confidence  and  optimism,  and  in  itself  works  miracles  in 
the  healing  art.  Dr.  Maroon  was  born  in  Cleveland,  Bradley  County,  Tenn.,  in  Novem- 
ber, 1873,  the  son  of  Samuel  W.  Maroon,  a  member  of  one  of  the  fine  old  families  of 
Tennessee  and  a  merchant  who  was  a  leader  in  the  commercial  world  of  his  part  of  the 
state.  He  married  Miss  Sarah  Elizabeth  Henderson,  a  representative  of  another 
family  equally  held  in  high  esteem  in  the  South,  a  charming  lady  of  accomplishment 
and  beauty.  They  are  now  both  dead;  but  their  six  children — among  whom  our  subject 
was  the  fourth  in  the  order  of  birth — attested  to  their  nobility  of  character,  and  the 
good  influence  they  bequeathed  to  others. 

John  Luther  Maroon  attended  the  grammar  schools  of  his  locality,  and  later  en- 
joyed the  advantages  of  the  Chattanooga  high  school.  Then  he  matriculated  first  at 
Grant  University  at  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  and  then  at  Vanderbilt  University,  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1912  with  the  M.D.  degree.  Having  well  equipped 
himself  for  the  practice  of  medicine  by  close  application  under  the  direction  of  some 
•  of  the  most  learned  medical  instructors  of  the  day,  Dr.  Maroon  spent  a  year  at  Chat- 
tanooga Hospital  in  his  native  state,  and  for  three  years  joined  the  medical  fraternity 
at  Portland  Maine,  where  his  agreeable  personality  soon  made  for  him  a  host  of  friends. 
In  1916  however,  he  let  the  pendulum  swing  far  to  the  westward  and  came  to  Cali- 
fornia long  noted  for  its  pick  of  surgeons -and  physicians;  and  for  a  year,  he  was 
house'surgeon  at  Loma  Linda  Hospital  in  Loma  Linda. 

He  has  now  been  a  resident  of  Santa  Ana  for  three  years,  having  established  him- 
self here  in  1917  in  the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery,  and  it  hardly  needs  to  be  said 
that  he  is  doing  very  well.  He  is  highly  esteemed  as  a  Fellow  of  the  American  Medical 
Association,  and  stands  equally  high  as  a  member  of  the  California  State  Medical 
Society  and' of  the  Orange  County  Medical  Association.  His  scientific  bent,  his  soundly- 
trained  mind,  and  his  helpful  ideals  have  enabled  him  to  grasp  the  latest  word  or  cue, 
and  to  suggest  where  and  how  others  may  follow  in  his  lead.  As  a  skillful  surgeon  he 
has  been  able  to  dare  and  effect  what  not  every  practitioner  of  surgery  would  attempt, 
while  as  a  consulting  or  visiting  physician  he  has  brought  light  and  hope  to  the  sick 
room,  and  easily  induced  those  inclined  to  despondency  to  hope,  look  up,  go  forward, 
save  themselves.  Dr.  Maroon  is  very  conscientious  in  his  examinations,  having  always 
in  mind  the  deep  welfare  of  the  patients  and  no  accommodation  he  can  render  them  is 


534  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

too  hard  or  difficult  for  him  to  do.    It  is  noted  that  his  patients  are  very  loyal  and  have 
explicit  confidence  in  him,  counting  his  friendship  an  acquisition  to  the  lami  y- 

Two  children,  bearing  the  names  of  Catherine  and  Dorothy,  add  to  the  attraction 
of  the  doctor's  hospitable  home,  which  is  pleasantly  situated  in  a  suburban  walnut 
grove  at  407  West  Seventeenth  Street— a  large  modern  bungalow,  tastefully  turnisnea. 
A  Republican  in  national  politics.  Dr.  Maroon  is  decidedly  nonpartisan  in  all  matters 
affecting  local  life  and  development,  and  has  both  caught  and  disseminated  the  Orange 
spirit  which  leads  to  helpful  loyalty  to  Orange  County  and  her  promising  towns.  As 
has  already  been  intimated,  it  has  been  the  boast  of  California  since  her  entrance  amid 
the  sisterhood  of  States  that  her  medical  men  and  women  have  been  and  are,  both  in 
respect  to  ability,  experience  and  character,  second  to  none  in  the  world;  and  not 
only  may  Orange  County  therefore  congratulate  itself  that  Dr.  Maroon  pitched  his 
tent  at  Santa  Ana,  but  it  is  a  subject  of  interest  to  the  old  state  when  such  an  aggres- 
sively progressive  man  of  science  comes  here  instead  of  going  to  some  other  corner 
of  the  waiting  world. 

MILO  BAILEY  ALLEN. — A  rancher  whose  present  prosperity  is  the  result  of 
his  industrious,  untiring  work  of  development,  is  Milo  B.  Allen,  senior  member  of 
Allen  Brothers,  whose  ranch  of  seventy-seven  acres  lies  on  Euclid  Avenue,  north  of 
Garden  Grove.  Born  at  Spring  Valley,  Fillmore  County,  Minn.,  January  9,  1880,  he  is 
the  son  of  Lucian  Waite  and  Rhoda  Ann  (Conklin)  Allen.  The  father  ^yas  born  in  Erie 
County,  Ohio,  and  came  to  Minnesota  in  the  early  days,  being  one  of  the  pioneer  wheat 
growers  of  that  region,  and  there  he  lived  for  more  than  fifty  years.  Mrs.  Allen  was 
a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  and  came  out  to  Minnesota  when  a  young  girl,  and  there 
she  met  and  married  Mr.  Allen.  This  branch  of  the  Allen  family  are  lineal  descendants 
of  Robert  Allen,  a  brother  of  Ethan  Allen  of  Revolutionary  fame,  and  the  traditions  of 
this  old  colonial  family  were  well  sustained  by  Lucian  Waite  Allen,  who  had  an  excellent 
record  in  the  Civil  War.  He  served  for  four  years  in  the  Union  Army  with  the  Third 
Minnesota  Volunteers  as  principal  musician  in  his  regiment,  being  a  fifer.  He  was 
considered  the  best  fifer  in  Minnesota,  and  after  his  removal  to  Southern  California 
he  was  often  asked  to  play  in  military  bands  on  patriotic  occasions.  His  death  occurred 
in  1914,  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  years. 

Milo  B.  Allen  spent  his  early  years  on  the  home  place  at  Spring  Valley,  Minn. 
Here  he  attended  the  local  schools,  the  Spring  Valley  high  school,  the  Spring  Valley 
Normal,  and  later  taking  a  three  years'  course  at  the  Minnesota  Agricultural  School  at 
Minneapolis,  where  he  graduated  in  1901.  Thus  he  was  unusually  well  equipped  for 
the  undertaking  in  which  he  has  made  such  splendid  success.  In  1905  Lucian  W.  Allen 
came  to  California,  locating  in  the  Garden  Grove  district,  where  he  bought  twenty  acres 
of  land.  A  few  months  later  Milo  B.  Allen  and  his  brother,  Joseph  Garfield,  whose 
sketch  also  appears  in  this  work,  also  bought  a  tract  of  twenty  acres.  It  vvas  a 
stubblefield,  and  they  at  once  began  to  improve  it,  leveling  and  irrigating  it,  putting  in 
several  miles  of  cement  tile.  They  have  made  subsequent  purchases  in  small  amounts, 
and  under  the  name  of  Allen  Brothers  they  now  jointly  own  and  operate  a  ranch  of 
seventy-seven  acres.  Of  this,  fifty  acres  have  been  set  to  Valencia  oranges,  that  are 
frorn  three  to  ten  years  old;  twenty-five  acres  are  in  Eureka  lemons,  and  two  acres  in  a 
family  orchard  of  deciduous  fruits.  They  have  developed  an  inexhaustible  supply  of 
water,  having  a  well  195  feet  deep.  They  irrigate  by  means  of  an  electric  pumping  _ 
plant  with  a  forty-five  foot  lift.  Besides  irrigating  their  own  ranch  they  furnish  water* 
to  others,  having  a  sufficient  supply  for  140  acres.  During  the  years  of  development 
the  brothers  did  a  tremendous  amount  of  work  in  bringing  their  holdings  up  to  their 
present  high  state  of  cultivation,  for  some  time  raising  lima  beans  and  peppers  between 
the  trees  to  help  pay  expenses.  Now  t-he  trees  are  in  full  bearing  and  the  income 
received  by  them  reaches  a  handsome  figure. 

r  -c-n"  15°2  M.  B.  Allen  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Hattie  Crosby,  a  native 
of  Fillmore  County,  Minn.,  where  their  marriage  occurred.  She  is  a  sister  of  C.  G. 
and  C.  B.  Crosby,  both  prominent  citrus  growers  of  Garden  Grove.  Mr  and  Mrs 
Allen  are  the  parents  of  seven  children:  Lucile,  who  was  born  in  Minnesota  Ruth 
Lawrence,  Burton,  Dorothy,  Gertrude  and  Marjorie.  In  February  1919  Mr'  Allen 
was  elected  president  of  the  Garden  Grove  Orange  Growers  Association  and  he  is 
filling  this  responsible  position  with  the  greatest  success  and  satisfaction '  to  all  con- 
cerned. This  association,  which  was  organized  in  1916,  met  a  long-felt  want  on  the 
part  of  the  citrus  growers  of  this  district.  Its  first  president  was  John  D.  Arkley  who 
served  for  two  years,  followed  by  James  Henry,  who  occupied  the  office  for  one 'year 
up  to  the  time  Mr.  Allen  was  elected.  E.  L.  Dozier  has  ably  filled  the  position  of  sec- 
retary and  manager  since  its  organization,  and  J.  O.  Arkley  is  now  the  vice-president. 


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The  other  directors  are:  J.  O.  Arkley,  Fred  Andres,  A.  E.  Snitiger,  Anson  Mott,  F.  G. 
Rosselott,  James  Henry  and  Mr.  Allen.  Mr.  Allen,  with  his  family,  is  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  Church  at  Garden  Grove,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees. 
The  family  are  very  prominent  in  the  social  life  of  the  community,  and  Mr.  Allen's 
affability  and  generous  spirit  have  made  him  justly  popular  among  a  large  circle  of 
friends;  his  rise  to  affluence  is  indeed  well  deserved,  as  it  is  the  result  of  intelligent, 
well-directed  industry  on  his  part. 

JOSEPH  GARFIELD  ALLEN.— Dating  back  to  the  earliest  colonial  days,  the 
Allen  family  has  reason  for  pride  in  its  history.  Patriots  ever,  and  always  in  the  fore- 
front at  any  time  of  their  country's  need,  one  of  the  outstanding  members  of  this 
notable  family  is  familiar  to  everyone — Ethan  Allen  of  Revolutionary  fame,  the  hero 
of  Ticonderoga.  It  was  a  brother  of  this  famous  soldier,  Robert  Allen,  who  is  the 
progenitor  of  two  of  Garden  Grove's  most  influential  citizens,  Joseph  Garfield  Allen 
and  Milo  B.  Allen,  who  as  partners  in  the  firm  of  Allen  Brothers,  are  among  the  most 
prosperous  citrus  growers  in  this  section,  their  grove  of  seventy-seven  acres  being 
situated  on  Euclid  Avenue,  north  of  Garden  Grove. 

Joseph  Garfield  Allen  was  born  at  Spring  Valley,  Minn.,  January  12,  1882.  He  was 
the  son  of  Lucian  Waite  and  Rhoda  Ann  (Gonklin)  Allen,  natives  of  Ohio  and  Penn- 
sylvania, respectively,  who  were  both  among  the  early  settlers  of  Fillmore  County, 
Minn.,  where  they  met  and  married.  There  were  nine  children  and  four  are  now 
living,  all  residents  of  California:  Mrs.  Charles  Maas  of  Santa  Barbara;  Mrs.  Amy 
Graves,  of  Garden  Grove;  Milo  B.  and  Joseph  Garfield,  of  this  review.  Mrs.  Lucian  W. 
Alien  passed  away  at  their  Minnesota  home  in  1896,  and  in  190S  the  father  came  to 
California.  Joseph  G.  was  reared  on  the  home  farm  in  Fillmore  County  until  he  was 
about  fifteen  years  old,  and  received  a  good  education  in  the  schools  of  the  district 
and  in  the  high  school  at  Spring  Valley.  Later  he  completed  his  education  with  a 
course  at  Western  College  at  Toledo,  Iowa,  now  known  as  Leander  Clark  College, 
and  upon  locating  in  Orange  County  he  and  his  brother  have  worked  together  in 
harmony  to  develop  their  citrus  groves,  as  is  shown  in  the  sketch  of  Milo  B.  Allen. 

J.  G.  Allen  was  married  in  1909  to  Miss  Bertha  Oertly,  a  daughter  of  Conrad 
Oertly;  she  is  a  talented  and  accomplished  woman  and  an  excellent  helpmeet.  They 
have  three  children,  LeRoy  Richard,  Archie  Eugene  and  Junior  Garfield.  The-  family 
belong  to  the  Baptist  Church  at  Garden  Grove  and  Mr.  Allen  is  the  choirmaster,  as 
both  he  and  his  brother  have  inherited  much  of  the  musical  talent  of  their  father. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Garden  Grove  Orange  Association,  the  Garden  Grove  Farm 
Center  and  the  Central  Lemon  Association  of  Villa  Park.  An  advocate  of  prohibition, 
he  is  always  to  be  found  on  the  constructive  side  of  all  the  questions  of  the  day.  A 
hard  and  industrious  worker,  agreeable  and  gentlemanly,  he  and  his  family  have  a 
large  circle  of  warm  friends. 

L;  W.  HEMPHILL. — An  enterprising,  public-spirited  man  who  stands  high  in  the 
estimation  of  the  people  of  Orange,  who  have  chosen  him  to  be  one  of  their  city 
trustees,  is  L.  W.  Hemphill,  who  was  born  at  Millford,  Dane  County,  Wis.,  on  August 
14,  1874,  the  son  of  S.  K.  Hemphill,  a  native  of  New  York,  who  settled  in  Wisconsin 
and  married  Miss  Alice  Brelsford.  They  were  farmer  folk  of  the  finer  American  type, 
and  in  1875  brought  their  family  to  California  and  settled  a  mile  south  of  Orange. 
Later,  they  bought  the  ranch,  setting  it  out  with  grapes,  which  failed  on  account  of 
the  blight;  after  that  he  ordered  orange  trees,  of  the  St.  Michael,  Mediterranean  and 
seedling  types,  which  in  time  he  budded  to  Navels.  He  also  ran  a  citrus  nursery. 
Finding  that  Valencias  did  better  he  budded  some  and  set  the  balance  to  this  species. 

Mr.  Hemphill  followed  orange  culture  here  until  1905,  when  he  sold  out  and 
located  at  Long  Beach,  where  he  engaged  in  the  sale  of  real  estate,  and  this  he 
followed  until  he  retired,  to  make  his  home  in  that  city.  His  good  wife  had  passed 
away  in  1884.  They  had  three  boys  and  a  girl,  and  all  are  living  save  one  of  the  sons. 
Alice  has  become  Mrs.  Ellsworth,  of  Yakima,  Wash.;  Earl  is  in  Placentia;  and  Lawrence 
W.  is  the  subject  of  our  sketch. 

At  first  the  lad  went  to  school  to  Mrs.  Alice  Armor,  and  then  he  continued  to 
attend  the  public  grammar  school.  From  a  boy  he  learned  orange  culture  and  the 
work  in  a  nursery,  under  his  father  on  the  home  ranch,  and  during  boyhood,  also,  he 
worked  for  three  or  four  years  in  a  packing  house.  Then  he  clerked  in  Canfield's 
Grocery,  and  after  that  was  in  the  service  of  D.  C.  Pixley's  Hardware  Store.  With 
Clifton  Hamilton  he  then  started  a  shoe  and  novelty  store  at  the  corner  of  North 
Glassell  and  the  Plaza,  in  Orange;  but  after  two  years  he  sold  out,  and  next  suffered  a 


536  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

siege  of  illness.  After  that  he  had  charge  of  the  boot  and  shoe  department  of  the 
Ehlen  &  Grote  Company,  and  he  gave  that  up  only  when  he  decided  to  take  up  real 
estate.  He  not  only  sold,  but  bought  and  improved  several  ranches,  and  did  something 
for  Orange  in  opening  subdivisions.  He  put  on  the  market  the  Hemphill  &  Paxton 
subdivision,  on  East  Culver  Avenue,  consisting  of  ten  acres,  now  handsomely  built  up; 
also  the  Thermalita  tract  on  North  Glassell  and  Walnut  streets — this  last  enterprise 
in  partnership  with  D.  C.  Pixley  and  Charles  Ehrman  There  were  ten  acres  in  this 
tract,  and  all  are  also  now  sold  and  built  up.  With  his  brother-in-law  he  bought  and 
improved  twenty  acres,  setting  them  out  to  oranges. 

He  himself  bought  fifteen  acres  at  Olive,  on  the  Santiago  Boulevard,  which  he 
improved  with  oranges,  building  a  residence  and  making  there  his  home  for  some 
years;  and  then,  with  Mr.  Spencer,  he  bought  forty  acres  of  sage  brush  and  cactus 
on  Anaheim  Boulevard,  which  he  cleared  and  leveled.  He  put  in  a  pumping  plant  and 
set  out  Valencia  oranges,  and  now  it  is  one  of  the  finest  groves  in  the  county.  Finally 
he  sold  this  at  a  handsome  profit.  All  this  time  he  was  located  on  his  ranch  in  Villa 
Park;  but  in  March,  1919,  he  sold  this  also,  and  settled  in  Orange.  He  built  a  residence 
on  South  Orange  Street,  which  he  later  sold;  and  now  he  is  located  at  the  corner  of 
Palm  and  Olive,  having  built  two  residences  here. 

At  Orange  he  was  married  to  Miss  Flossie  P.  Spencer,  a  native  of  Iowa,  who  came 
here  as  a  child  and  attended  the  local  public  schools.  Both  husband  and  wife  are 
members  of  the  Methodist  Church,  and  Mr.  Hemphill  belongs  to  the  official  board. 
In  the  spring  of  1920  he  was  elected  a  trustee  of  the  city  of  Orange,  and  he  is  now 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  streets,  and  also  a  member  of  the  police  commission. 
He  gives  promise  of  being  just  the  man  for  these  peculiar  responsibilities,  and  Orange 
is  to  be  congratulated  on  the  choice  of  such  a  public  servant. 

MRS.  EMMA  BURCHFIELD  COOPER.— An  admirable  example  of  California 
womanhood,  a  worthy  representative  of  other  worthy  Americans,  long  influential  in 
the  communities  in  which  they  lived  and  amid  the  civilization  they  helped  to  guide  and 
develop,  is  Mrs.  Emma  Burchfield  Cooper,  who  has  long  been  successfully  interested 
in  horticulture  in  Orange  County  and  is  now  the  owner  of  a  fine  ten-acre  ranch  at 
Hemet,  devoted  to  apricots  and  walnuts.  Pennsylvania  was  Mrs.  Cooper's  native  state, 
her  birthplace  being  near  Meadville,  in  Crawford  County.'  She  came  of  an  old  family 
of  that  vicinity,  her  parents,  David  and  Elsie  (Scowden)  Burchfield,  both  having  been 
born  there.  Grandfather  Burchfield  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  but  came  to  Crawford 
County,  Pa.,  in  the  early  days  and  engaged  in  agriculture  there,  residing  there  until  his 
death.  Mrs.  Cooper's  maternal  grandfather,  David  Scowden,  was  also  of  an  old 
Pennsylvania  family  and  spent  his  whole  life  there. 

After  farming  in  Pennsylvania  for  a  number  of  years.  David  Burchfield  brought 
bis  family  to  Illinois,  settling  in  De  Kalb  County,  and  was  there  engaged  in  agriculture 
until  a  short  time  before  he  passed  away,  his  death  occurring  at  his  old  home  in 
Pennsylvania,  whither  he  had  gone  on  a  visit.  Mrs.  Burchfield  survived  her  husband 
for  some  years,  spending  her  last  days  in  Iowa  in  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Cooper.  The  youngest  of  a  family  of  ten  children,  only  two  of  whom  are  now  living, 
Mrs.  Emma  Burchfield  Cooper  came  to  Illinois  with  her  parents  at  the  age  of  nine 
years  and  was  reared  on  the  home  farm  in  DeKalb  County,  receiving  a  good  education 
m  the  public  schools  there.  On  reaching  young  womanhood  she  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Oliver  Cooper,  who  was  born  near  Belfast,  Ireland,  his  father  being  a  minister 
of  the  Presbyterian  faith.  After  their  marriage,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cooper  decided  to  locate 
m  Iowa,  and  they  became  pioneer  settlers  of  Story  County;  here  they  homesteaded 
160  acres  of  raw  land,  putting  the  first  plow  in  the  virgin  prairie  soil,  and  improved 
and  built  up  a  nice  home.  Like  the  pioneers  of  every  age  and  country,  their  task  was 
far  from  bemg  an  easy  one,  but  with  youth,  strength  and  ambition  on  their  side,  they 
were  happy  and  successful  in  their  undertaking. 

After  some  years,  however,  Mr.  Cooper's  health  failed  and  they  decided  to  seek 
a  milder  climate;  as  a  result  they  came  to  California,  settling  in  Orange  County. 
Pleased  with  the  prospect  of  spending  the  coming  years  in  this  balmy  climate,  with 
Its  beautiful  surroundings,  they  purchased  a  ranch  at  Villa  Park,  disposing  of  their 
holdings  in  Iowa.  There  was  twenty  acres  in  their  Villa  Park  place,  and  through 
their  care  and  cultivation  it  became  one  of  the  finest  orange  groves  in  that  locality. 
The  responsibility  of  its  care  became  too  heavy,  however,  on  account  of  Mr.  Cooper's 
continued  ill  health,  so  they  sold  it  and  removed  to  East  Palm  Avenue,  Orange.  Mr. 
Cooper  then  carried  out  a  long-cherished  desire  to  visit  his  old  home  in  Ireland,  and 
three  months  after  he  arrived  there  he  passed  away  and  was  laid  to  rest  beside  his 
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After  her  husband's  death,  Mrs.  Cooper  continued  to  be  actively  interested  in 
horticulture,  purchasing  a  ten-acre  ranch  at  Olive,  which  she  later  traded  for  a  ranch 
at  Hemet,  which  is  devoted  to  apricots  and  walnuts.  This  she  still  owns  and  super- 
intends most  capably,  as  her  many  years  of  experience  have  given  her  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  varied  branches  of  horticulture. 

Mrs.  Cooper  is  the  mother  of  six  children:  William,  who  was  born  in  Illinois, 
died  in  Iowa  at  the  age  of  six  years;  James  is  a  farmer  near  Des  Moines,  Iowa;  Ralph 
is  also  engaged  in  farming  at  Springville,  Iowa;  Lettie  is  Mrs.  Williams  of  Orange; 
Bertha,  Mrs.  Ferguson,  resides  with  her  mother;  and  Maude,  now  deceased,  was  the 
wife  of  Warren  Fletcher.  Mrs.  Cooper  still  makes  her  home  at  641  East  Palm  Avenue, 
Orange,  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  all  that  concerns  the  welfare  of  the  community. 
A  firm  believer  in  the  future  greatness  of  Orange  County,  she  has,  herself,  done  her 
full  share  toward  its  ho.rticultural  development.  She  has  reared  and  educated  her 
family,  giving  fliem'  every  advantage  possible,  and  has  lived  a  useful  and  self-sacrificing 
life,  and  her  influence  has  ever  been  on  the  side  of  good.  A  member  of  the  Mennonite 
Church  at  Orange,  Mrs.  Copper  is  active  in  its  work;  politically  she  is  a  stanch  Repub- 
lican and  a  firm  believer  in  the  principles   of  that  party. 

CHARLES  H.  EYGABROAD.— Emphatically  in  accord  with  the  true  western 
spirit,  especially  ift  the  development  of  Orange  County  along  broad  and  enduring  lines, 
and  one  whose  confidence  in  its  future  grows  with  his  own  ever-increasing  success, 
Charles  H.  Eygabroad  had  prior  to  his  coming  here  held  a  distinguished  place  in  the 
financial  and  public  life  of  South  Dakota,  where  he  had  a  prominent  part  -in  helping 
to  shape  the  destinie?  of  that  commonwealth  in  the  early  days  of  its  statehood. 

Iowa  was  Mr.  Eygabroad's  native  state  and  there  he  was  born  at  Fredricksburg, 
Chickasaw  County,  on  October  25,  1863,  the  son  of  John  J.  and  Catherine  (Worth) 
Eygabroad,  natives  of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  and  Germany,  respectively.  The  Eygabroad  family 
were  of  old  Knickerbocker  stock  who  came  from  Holland  and  settled  in  New  Nether- 
lands, now  New  York,  in  about  1765.  Great-grandfather  Eygabroad,  who  was  born  in 
Holland,  was  but  a  child  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  the  New  World,  and 
at  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  although  he  was  only  thirteen  years 
old,  he  enlisted  as  a  drummer  boy,  and  after  three  years  he  carried  a  musket,  serving 
throughout  the  whole  seven  years  of  the  war,  and  was  at  memorable  Valley  Forge  with 
General  Washington.  Grandfather  Charles  Eygabroad  was  a  blacksmith  at  Utica,  N.  Y., 
and  here  John  J.  Eygabroad,  the  father  of  our  subject,  was  born.  He  came  to  Free- 
port,  111.,  where  he  followed  his  trade,  and  in  1849,  with  three  companions  he  crossed 
the  plains  with  ox  teams  to  California,  mining  there  for  three  years,  when  the  gold 
excitement  was  at  its  height.  Returning  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  in  1852,  he 
walked  across  to  the  Atlantic  side,  finally  reaching  his  old  home  at  Freeport,  where 
he  was  married.  Here  he  engaged  in  fai-ming  until  he  removed  to  Chickasaw  County, 
Iowa,  where  he  bought  Government  land  for  $1.25  an  acre.  This  he  improved  and 
he  became  one  of  the  prosperous,  successful  farmers  of  that  district,  where  he  and  his 
wife  resided  until  they  passed  away. 

The  fifth  in  order  of  birth  of  a  family  of  eleven  children,  Charles  H.  Eygabroad 
received  his  fundamental  education  in  the  rural  schools  of  his  native  state  and  this  was 
supplemented  by  the  broader  education  acquired  in  the  best  and  most  practical  of 
schools — the  school  of  experience.  He  remained  in  the  paternal  home  until  he  reached 
his  majority,  then  sought  his  fortune  in  Dakota  Territory  in  1884,  where  with  a  capital 
of  $1.50  he  homesteaded  land  in  Brown  County,  near  the  present  town  of  Hecla,  S.  D. 
With  the  undaunted  spirit  of  the  pioneer  he  taught  school  in  the  winter,  farmed  in  the 
summer  months,  and  turned  his  hand  to  blacksmlthing  and  anything  else  he  could  find 
to  do.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace,  performed  marriage  ceremonies  and  practiced 
law;  and  when,  during  this  time.  South  Dakota  was  admitted  to  the  Union.  Mr. 
Eygabroad  was  elected  a  member  of  the  state  legislature  in  1894.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  educational  committee  of  the  Hoiise,  acting  as  its  chairman,  was  chairman  of 
the  Federal  relations  committee  and  a  member  of  other  important  committees. 

After  the  expiration  of  his  services  in  the  legislature  Mr.  Eygabroad  was  elected 
auditor  of  Brown  County  for  two  terms  of  two  years  each,  afterwards  occupying  the 
office  of  county  commissioner  for  three  years.  During  all  of  this  time  he  was  active 
in  the  realty  business,  buying  and  selling  farm  lands  in  South- Dakota.  .  For  three  years 
he  was  president  of  the  First  State  Bank  of  Hecla,  S.  D:,  disposing  of  his  interest  in 
that  institution  when  he  came  to  California  December  26,  1908,  on  account  of  his 
health.  Locating  at  Anaheim,  he  bought  an  orange  grove  at  the  corner  of  Center  and 
Walnut  Streets,  to  which  he  gave  his  care,  and  in  this  salubrious  climate  and  the 
enjoyment  of  his  Work  he  regained  his  health.  Since  then  he  has  dealt  extensively 
in  orange  groves  and  is  now  the  owner  of  eight  groves  in  the  vicinity  of  Anaheim. 


540  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

In  1913,  in  connection  with  F.  C.  Krause,  he  organized  the  Anaheim  National  Bank,  of 
which  he  was  president  until  he  disposed  of  his  interest  to  Mr.  Krause.  He  has  since 
been  active  in  real  estate  circles,  subdividing  and  putting  on  the  market  the  Johnston- 
Houck  tract,  an  addition  to  Anaheim,  and  later  he  laid  out  the  Vista  del  Rio  Rancho 
tract,  and  has  already  disposed  of  most  of  it.  Besides  his  realty  transactions,  Mr. 
Eygabroad  is  president  of  the  Orange  County  Mutual  Telephone  Company.  In  1918 
he  became  interested  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Anaheim  and  is  a  director  of  that 
institution,  was  an  organizer  of  the  Anaheim  Citrus  Association,  having  been  a  director 
since  its  beginning,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Northern  Orange  County  Exchange.  He 
still  owns  valuable  farm  lands  in  South  Dakota,  preferring  to  keep  some  interests 
where  he  was  successful  in  his  early  years.  In  1916  he  drove  his  own  car  through  to 
South  Dakota,  from  there  to  New  York,  and  back  to  California,  taking  in  Yellowstone 
Park  and  making  the  whole  trip  in  less  than  three  months.  Part  of  his  trip  was  made 
over  the  old  California  emigrant  trail  over  which  his  father  had  journeyed  with  ox 
teams,  fifty-seven  years  before,  some  of  the  scenes  being  familiar  to  him  from  his 
father's  description  of  his  early  trip. 

Mr.  Eygabroad's  marriage  which  was  solemnized  March  1,  1887,  at  Kilbourn,  Wis., 
united  him  with  Miss  Nettie  Stearns,  and  two  children  were  born  to  them,  a  daughter, 
Lilly,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Lynn  Birdsall  and  the  mother  of  two  children;  and  Lonnie 
who  died  at  six  years  of  age.  In  his  religious  convictions  Mr.  Eygabroad  is  a  Metho- 
dist, and  ever  since  he  was  twenty-one  years  old  he  has  been  active  in  church  work  and 
has  taught  a  Bible  class.  In  his  political  views  he  is  a  Republican,  and  while  living  in 
South  Dakota  was  elected  chairman  of  the  Republican  County  Central  Committee  in 
1900.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the  Orange  County  Republican  Central  Committee  and 
is  chairman  of  the  finance  committee  of  Anaheim  district.  Prominent  in  the  ranks 
of  the  Masons,  he  was  made  a  Mason  in  Frederick  Lodge,  S.  D.,  and  later  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  lodge  at  Hecla,  in  that  state  and  he  is  now  affiliated  with  Anaheim  Lodge 
No.  207,  F.  &  A.  M.,  serving  as  master  of  this  lodge  during  the  building  of  the  Masonic 
Temple.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Chapter  at  Aberdeen,  S.  D.,  and  in  that  city  was 
exalted  to  the  Knights  Templar  degree,  Aberdeen  Commandery,  but  now  a  charter 
member  of  Fullerton  Commandery,  K.  T.  He  belongs  to  Yelduz  Temple,  No.  38,  A.  A. 
O.  N.  M.  S.,  at  Aberdeen,  S.  D.,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Southern  California  Association 
of  Past  Masters  at  Los  Angeles,  and  with  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  O.  E.  S.  He 
also  holds  membership  with  the  Odd  Fellows  and  Elks-  at  Anaheim. 

As  one  of  the  progressive  business  men  of  Anaheim,  Mr.  Eygabroad  is  naturally 
prominent  in  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  he  has  always  been  a  leader  in  furthering 
the  many  projects  which  have  been  promulgated  for  the  upbuilding  and  prosperity  of 
this  section,  and  not  alone  has  he  accumulated  a  comfortaijle  fortune  for  himself,  but 
he  has  contributed,  generously  to  the  growth  and  wealth  of  the  community,  where  he 
enjoys  the  sincere  esteem  of  his  fellow-citizens. 

JOHN  C.  MAIER. — A  retired  merchant  whose  success  was  undoubtedly  due,  in 
part,  to  his  wise  conservatism,  is  John  C.  Maier,  now  active  as  a  rancher,  whose 
straightforward  Christian  life  has  contributed  to  make  him  a  representative  citizen  of 
Orange  County.  He  was  born  in  Cass  County,  Iowa,  on  August  20,  1858,  the  son  of 
Sebastian  Maier,  a  millwright  by  trade,  who  had  married  Miss  Sophia  Hazelmeyer  in 
Germany,  his  native  country,  and  came  to  the  United  States  in  1850,  when  he  had 
been  married  only  a  few  years.  Columbus,  Ohio,  was  their  destination,  and  there  Mr. 
Maier  followed  his  trade  for  a  couple  of  years.  After  a  while  they  removed  to  West- 
point,  Iowa,  and  in  the  spring  of  1853  took  up  there  some  320  acres  of  raw  government 
land,  and  secured  title. 

John  attended  the  common  schools  of  Westpoint,  and  when  sixteen  years  of  age 
commenced  a  three-year  apprenticeship  in  a  tinshop  at  Atlantic,  Iowa.  Later  he  found 
steady  employment  as  plumber  and  tinsmith  for  six  years.  On  the  death  of  his  father 
m  1879  he  took  charge  of  the  home  farm  and  ran  it  till  he  disposed  of  it  to  come  to 
California.  In  1882  he  brought  with  him  to  California  his  already  aged  mother,  to 
whom  was  accorded  an  additional  ten  years  of  life  in  more  balmy  Southern  California, 
and  who  died  in  1893. 

In  1883  Mr.  Maier  entered  the  employ  of  the  McFadden  Hardware  Company,  at 
first  working  for  only  three  months;  but  later  becoming  financially  interested  in  that 
well-established  concern,  he  remained  with  them  for  twenty-three  years,  continuing 
to  build  up  an  extensive  hardware  and  plumbing  trade.  He  did  the  plumbing  and  tir 
work  in  such  notable  structures  as  the  First  National  Bank,  the  Medlock  Building, 
and  the  Lacy  and  Chandler  buildings,  the  Brunswick,  now  New  Santa  Ana  Hotel,  and 
many  others.  For  the  past  twelve  years  he  has  been  retired  from  active  business  life, 
although  still  controlling  and  guiding  important  interests.     In  1890  he  bought  ten  acres 


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on  Santiago  Street,  which  he  afterward  sold  at  a  good  profit.  In  1899  he  purchased 
his  present  home  site  with  twenty  acres  of  walnuts  and  oranges  at  the  northeast  corner 
of  C  and  Seventeenth  streets.  He  also  has  other  real  estate,  including  thirty  acres  of 
walnuts  and  oranges  one  and  a  half  miles  northeast  of  Garden  Grove,  with  a  fine  well 
and  pumping  plant.  He  has  also  owned  and  improved  various  other  ranches.  He 
is  a  stockholder  in  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Co.,  and  in  the  Santa  Ana  Walnut 
Growers  Association.  To  provide  surplus  water  for  irrigation  during  the  summer  he 
became  associated  with  Mathias  Nisson  and  Henry  Rohrs,  Jr.,  and  they  sunk  a  well 
and  installed  an  electric  pumping  plant,  giving  them  over  fifty  inches  of  water.  The 
pumping  plant  on  his  Garden  Grove  ranch  has  a  capacity  of  100  inches,  sufficient  for 
the  ranch  as  well  as  supplying  some  of  the  neighbors. 

In  1887  Mr.  Maier  was  married  to  Miss  Louisa  Bartling,  a  schoolmate,  the  daughter 
of  Henry  Bartling;  she  was  a  native  of  Iowa.  Four  children  have  blessed  their  union: 
Gertrude  died  at  the  age  of  seventeen;  Henry  J.  married  Mabel  Laux  of  Garden  Grove, 
and  they  live  on  the  Maier  ranch;  Edwin  G.,  a  rancher,  resides  at  home;  while  Ethel  is 
m  Sonoma  County.  All  of  Mr.  Maier's  children  have  gone  through  the  Santa  Ana 
schools,  proud  of  their  association  with  Orange  County  as  native  sons  and  a  native 
daughter,  and  Edwin,  the  second  son,  enlisted  in  the  service  of  his  country  on  May  21, 
1918.  He  was  sent  to  the  Naval  Reserve  at  San  Diego,  and  was  on  the  Eastern  Coast 
until  1919.  He  had  extensive  trips  to  the  island  possessions  of  the  United  States,  and 
made  three  trips  to  Nova  Scotia,  having  enlisted  as  a  fireman  and  been  promoted  as 
an  engineer,  and  he  was  finally  honorably  discharged  at  San  Francisco.  Mn  Maier 
was  bereaved  of  his  first  wife  in  1911,  and  in  1916  he  was  married  a  second  time  to  Miss 
Minnie  Schuler  of  Pasadena,  the  daughter  of  George  Schuler  of  Galena,  111.,  where  she 
was  born,  the  youngest  in  a  family  of  eleven  surviving  children. 

A  Republican  in  matters  of  national  politics,  and  a  strong  advocate  of  the  building 
up  of  home,  rather  than  club  life,  Mr.  Maier  contributes  something  to  steady  local 
finances  in  the  wise  investments  he  has  made  in  California  National  Bank  stock  and  in 
the  management  of  his  excellent  ranch  holdings.  In  more  respects  than  one,  therefore, 
Mr.  Maier  may  be  spoken  of  as  a  pioneer  and  an  exemplary  citizen. 

LEROY  BENNETT. — A  good  man  who,  after  years  of  unremitting  labor,  has 
succeeded  in  acquiring  a  comfortable  competency,  is  Leroy  Bennett,  whose  years  are 
brightened  with  the  recollection  of  creditable  service  in  the  Civil  War.  He  was  born 
in  Athens  County,  Ohio,  on  December  22,  1845,  the  son  of  Clinton  Bennett,  a  native  of 
that  section  and  a  farmer;  he  was  in  the  Civil  War  as  a  Union  soldier  in  1861,  but 
was  crippled  and  discharged,  and  in  1864  he  enlisted  in  the  One  Hundred  Fifty-first 
Ohio  National  Guard,  and  was  with  his  son,  our  subject,  in  Washington,  until  he  was 
mustered  out.  He  came  to  Humansville,  Polk  County,  Mo.,  in  1865,  and  after  farming 
industriously  for  years,  died  there.  Mrs.  Bennett  was  Johanna  Wells  before  her 
marriage;  she  was  a  native  of  Ohio  and  died  in  Missouri,  the  mother  of  seven  children, 
the  oldest  of  whom  was  Leroy.  A  younger  brother,  Samuel  J.,  who  enlisted  in  the 
Sixty-third  Ohio  Regiment  in  the  Civil  War,  died  in  Orange. 

Leroy  Bennett  was  reared  on  a  farm,  attended  the  local  public  schools,  and  left 
the  plow  to  enlist  for  service  in  the  cause  against  slavery  and  for  the  preservation  of 
the  Union,  in  April,  1864,  joining  the  One  Hundred  Fifty-first  Ohio  National  Guard, 
Company  K.,  and  was  stationed  at  Washington,  until  mustered  out  at  Camp  Chase, 
Ohio,  in  August,  1864.  The  following  year  he  removed  to  Missouri  and  helped  on  the 
home  farm;  and  in  that  state  he  remained  until  his  marriage,  in  1867,  to  Miss  Susan 
Minerva  Wrentfrow,  a  native  of  Missouri  and  the  daughter  of  James  Wrentfrow,  who 
came  from  Tennessee  to  Missouri.  She  had  two  brothers,  James  and  A.  F.  Wrentfrow, 
in  the  Union  Army,  and  both  acquitted  themselves  as  men. 

After  his  marriage,  Mr.  Bennett  engaged  in  farming  in  Missouri  until  1894,  and 
on  New  Year's  Day  started  for  California,  first  stopping  at  Burbank,  in  Los  Angeles 
County,  for  a  year;  but  in  February,  1895,  removed  with  his  family  to  Orange  County 
and  located  at  Orange.  He  then  bought  his  present  place,  a  promising  tract  of  an 
acre,  which  he  improved  by  the  setting  out  of  oranges  and  the  building  of  a  residence; 
but  Mrs.  Bennett,  esteemed  and  mourned  by  all  who  knew  her,  died  on  July  31,  1912, 
leaving  a  void  in  both  the  home  where  she  had  so  well  presided,  and  the  heart  of  her 
devoted  husband.  With  her  he  has  always  attended  the  Methodist  Church  and  served 
on  its  official  board  for  several  years. 

Four  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bennett:  Hester  A.,  now  Mrs.  W.  E. 
Jones,  presides  over  Mr.  Bennett's  household;  Carrie  N.  is  Mrs.  Wm.  F.  Black  of 
San  Jacinto;  Sarah  Olive  is  Mrs.  J.  Z.  Smith  of  Long  Beach;  and  Harriet  Eddith, 
Mrs.  Amos  Kaiser,  also  lives  in  San  Jacinto. 


542  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Mr.  Bennett  is  a  Republican  in  matters  of  national  political  import,  but  knows  no 
partisanship  when  work  or  support  is  demanded  for  local  uplift  or  progress,  and  seeks 
to  help  along  the  best  men  and  the  best  measures.  He  never  forgets  the.  ideals  of  the 
nation  for  which  he  fought,  and  renews  his  patriotic  youth  in  the  circles  of  Gordon 
Granger  Post,  No.  138,  G.  A.  R.,  of  which  he  is  a  member. 

HARRY  B.  HANDY. — A  railway  section  foreman  for  a  decade  and  a  half  who 
has  carefully  studied  present-day  devices  in  the  constructing  of  railroads,  is  Harry  B. 
Handy,  popular  with  all  who  know  him,  on  account  of  his  modest,  unassuming  person- 
ality. He  was  born  at  Nevada,  Story  County,  Iowa,  on  September  1,  1879,  the  son  of 
Owen  Handy,  who  came  to  that  county  from  Illinois  and  who  had  married  Miss  Mary 
A.  Parker,  who  came  from  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  a  sketch  of  their  lives  appearing  elsewhere 
in  this  volume.     They  had  four  children,  and  Harry  was  the  eldest  son. 

Harry  Handy  went  to  school  at  Villa  Park,  in  what  was  then  in  the  Mountain 
View  school  district,  and  grew  up  with  ranch  surroundings.  His  father  was  superin- 
tendent of  some  eighty  acres  of  vineyard,  owned  by  I.  W.  Hellman  and  Morris  L. 
Goodman,  of  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  Bank,  and  in  this  way  our  subject  has  come 
to  be  identified  with  the  later  agricultural  interests  of  this  locality. 

November  17,  1897,  witnessed  the  marriage  of  Harry  Handy  and  Miss  Mary  Aline 
Horton  of  Orange  and  formerly  of  Iowa,  and  from  this  fortunate  union  have  come 
two  children — Orval  B.,  born  in  June  19,  1898,  and  Robert  Le  Roy,  born  November  14, 
1899.  These  sons  are  at  present  on  the  United  States  Revenue  cutter  Unalga,  and  on 
the  Alaska  coast;  the  eldest  was  in  the  United  States  service  two  years  and  the  youngest 
has  served  one  year. 

H.  B.  Handy  has  been  in  the  employment  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  for 
the  past  fifteen  years  as  section  foreman  on  the  Los  Angeles  division,  Tustin  branch; 
and  for  six  years  he  was  zanjero  and  foreman  on  the  ditch  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley 
Irrigation  Company.  He  belongs  to  the  Central  Lemon  Growers  Association  and  to  the 
Villa  Park  Orchards  Association.  The  family  live  on  a  ranch  at  Center  Drive  and  Villa 
Park  Road  where  the  tractor,  representing  the  modern  way  of  doing  things,  is  used 
throughout  for  farm  work.'  Mr.  Handy  finds  part  of  his  social  recreation  in  the  circles 
of  the  Odd  Fellows  at  Orange,  honored  there  as  one  of  the  past  grands.  He  also  works 
under  the  national  banner  of  the  Republican  party  for  better  citizenship,  and  has  been 
active  as  a  supporter  of  the  movements  for  the  local  schools  and  the  community  church. 

HANIGAN  C.  MOBERLY.— A  veteran  of  the  Spanish-American  War  with  an 
interesting  record  for  manly  service  in  the  Philippines,  who  has  seen  great  improve- 
ments effected  in  and  around  Orange,  is  Hanigan  C.  Moberly,  who  was  born  in 
Loogootee,  Martin  County,  Ind.,  on  August  7,  1874,  the  son  of  Irvin  Moberly,  a  native 
of  Kentucky  and  a  member  of  a  well-known  Southern  family.  He  settled  in  Indiana, 
and  there  led  a  prosperous  farmer's  life,  and  there  he  died.  Mrs.  Moberly  was  Sarah 
Calvin  before  her  marriage,  and  she  also  was  a  native  of  Kentucky.  There  were  two 
girls  and  three  boys  in  the  family,  and  of  these  Hanigan  was  next  to  the  youngest. 

When  only  five  or  six  years  old  he  was  left  an  orphan,  and  until  he  was  old 
enough  to  hustle  for  himself  he  lived  with  relatives  and  did  a  boy's  chores  about  the 
farm.  He  first  came  to  Hamilton  County,  Nebr.,  in  1891,  and  there,  until  January,  1892, 
he  continued  working  at  farm  labor.  Then  he  came  to  California  and  stopped  at 
Los  Banos,  Merced  County,  where  he  worked  on  the  canal  survey  for  four  months. 

In  May,  1892,  Mr.  Moberly  removed  to  Orange,  and  for  four  years  was  employed 
on  a  fruit  farm.  Then  he  engaged  in  the  confectionery  business,  and  later  was  with 
Ben  Davis  &  Company  in  the  bicycle  trade.  When  the  Spanish-American  War  broke 
out,  however,  he  could  not  refrain  from  offering  his  services  to  his  country;  and  on 
August  14,  1899,  he  enlisted.  He  joined  Company  D  of  the  Thirty-fifth  U.  S.  Vounteer 
Infantry,  which  was  mobilized  at  Vancouver,  Wash.,  and  sent  to  Manila,  P.  I.,  and  he 
served  throughout  the  Philippine  insurrection,  .or  until  May  2,  1901,  when '  he  was 
mustered  out  at  San  Francisco.  He  was  in  the  following  engagement!":  a  skirmish  at 
Arayat,  P.  I.,  on  Nov.  10-11,  1899,  and  another  at  San  Miguel  de  Mayumo  on  December 

11,  1899;  a  battle  at  Balubid,  P.  I.,  on  June  11,  1900;  a  skirmish  at  Sibul,  P.  I.,  on  June 

12,  1900,  and  one  at  Santa  Lucia,  P.  I.,  on  October  29,  1900.     He  was  commissioned 
corporal  on  March  25,  1901,  or  shortly  before  his  return  to  Orange. 

Having  retained  his  interest  in  the  bicycle  concern,  Mr.  Moberly  and  his  partner 
started  at  Orange  the  first  auto  repair  shop,  in  1904,  at  the  same  time  taking  the  agency 
of  the  Tourist  automobile;  and  there,  on  North  Glassell  Street,  near  the  Plaza,  Ben 
Davis  &  Company  continued  until  the  spring  of  1908,  when  the  firm  was  dissolved. 
This  move  afforded  Mr.  Moberly  an  opportunity  for  foreign  travel,  and  he  made  the 
most  of  it.     Sailing  for  Costa  Rica,  Central  America,  from  there  he  went  to  Panama. 


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Then  he  crossed  the  ocean  to  London,  and  after  an  extended  trip  of  eighteen  months, 
during  which  he  saw  and  learned  more  on  account  of  what  he  had  seen  and  experienced 
in  his  previous  travel  to  and  from  the  Philippines,  he  returned  to  America  and 
California.  Coming  west  he  stopped  for  a  while  at  Indiana,  and  in  due  time,  glad  to 
be  home  again,  he  arrived  in  the  Golden  State. 

Taking  up  work  again,  Mr.  Moberly  started  in,  the/laundry  business  with  the 
Orange  branch  for  the  Santa  Ana  Steam  Laundry,  and  since  the  fall  of  1910  he  has 
been  established  at  the  corner  of  Lemon  and  La  Veta  streets.  He  began  with  a  hprse 
and  wagon;  but  it  was  not  long  before  the  business  giTew  to  such  dimensions  that  he 
required;  an ,  auto  delivery,  and  he  still  serves  customers  obtained  in  the  beginning. 
The  Orange  plant  is  at  the  address  already  mentioned,  and  there  he  hag  his  office. 
Personal  attention,  promptness  and  an  earnest  effort  to  give  every  patron  the  maximum 
of  gopd^  service  for  the  least  cost  have  wrought  the  usual  wonders  popularly  termed 
"prosperity."        .  ,       • 

Since  coniing^to  Orange  Mr.  Moberly  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Williams,  a 
native  daughter  born  at  Riverside;  and  with  his  good  wife  he  resides  at  S36  East 
Palmyra  Street.  He  also  owns  an  orange  grove  of  seven  and  one-third  acres,  half  a 
mile  north  of  El  Modena.,  In  national  politics  a  "black  Republican,"  Mr.  Moberly  is  a 
very  "white"  nori|)artisan  -when  it  comes  to  supporting  local  issues  likely  to  make  for 
the  development  of  Orange  and  Orange  County,  in  which  great  civic  work  he  is 
second  to  none  in  both  good  will  and  practical  activity. 

D.  J.  BASTANGHURY.— ^A  progressive  young  man  willing  to  help  through  his 
time,  labors  or  other  means  all  worthy  projects,  who  htis  become  an  influehtial  leader 
among  the  men  of  Orange  County  doing  worth-while  things,  is  D.  J.  Bastanchury,  who 
has  deimohstrated  his  resourcefulness  by  iftiproving  one  of  the  finest  ranches  in  the 
state,  now  a  famcTus  show  ^place  along  the  State.  Highway  between  Fullerton  and  La 
Habra.'  A  native  son  proud  of  his  birthright, '  and  of  whom  California  may  well  be 
proud,  ^Mr.  Bastanchury  was  born  at  Anaheim  on  August  24,  1881,  the  eldest  of  four 
childreti  born  to  Domingo  and  Maria  Bastanchury;  natives  of  France,  who  were  pioneer 
settlers'  in  what  is  now  Orange  County.  Domingo  Bastanchury  engaged  in  sheep 
raising,  and  prospered  in  spite  of  dry  years.  He.  enlarged  his  flocks,  and  with  deep 
foresight  purchased  land  frorii  time  to  time,  in  order  to  provide  range  for  his  sheep, 
until  he  became  owner  of  ffom  8,000  to' 10,000  acres  in  the  La  Habra  Valley,  extending 
to  the^built-up  portions  of  Fullerton.  He. was  eventually  a  very  wealthy  man,  and 
before  his  death  was  rated  a  millionaire — the  most  tangible  evidence  of  his  rare  busi- 
ness ac.umen.  Survived  by  his  widow,  his  monument  is  administered  by  his -sons;  who 
have  developed  the  largest  citrus  oechard  iii  the  world.  Mrs.  Bastanchury  has  retained 
her  mental  gifts  to  a  rare  degree,-  and  can  relate  many  interesting  incidents,  as  on*  of 
the  oldest  living  settlers  in  the  county,  of  the  ever-interesting  early  days.  :- 

D^  J.  Bastanchury,  as  the  first-born  in  the  family,  was  familiar  with  sfDck  raising 
as  a  lad,  and  after  completing  the  work  of  the  local  schools,  attended  St.  Vincent's 
College;  in  Los  Angeles,  from  the  commercial  department  of  which  he  was  graduated 
in  1899.  He  continued  with  his  father  for  a  while,  and  then  he  entered  the  offices  of 
the  Capitol  Milling -Company  in  Los  Angeles,  and  later  was  also  in  the  employ  of  the 
Globe  Mills.  After  that  he  purchased  the  Whittier  Milling  Company,  and  engaged  in 
buying' and  selling  grain  for  himself.  He  extended  the  mjlling  and  grain,  business  to 
Fullerton,  and  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing- a  "large  trade  built  up.  when  he  sold  out,  in 
1910,  tQ"  take  up  the  development  of  his  large  ranch.  This  consisted  of  400  acres,  on 
the  State  Highway,  between  Fullerton  and  La  Habra,  and  was  then,  only  a  stubble 
field.  He  sunk  several  wells  and  developed  water,  and  next  installed  electric  pumping 
plants.  These  have, afforded  some  300  inches  of  water,  and  by  means  of  his  extensive 
cement  pipe  lines,  he  has  an  ample  supply,  of  water  for  the  irrigating  of  all  his  holdings. 
He  set  out  Valencia  oranges,  lemons  and  walfiufs,  and'  now  the  whole  place''_is  an 
orchard;  presenting  an  up-lo-date,.^weJl-kep4;  appearance  indicative  of  the  most  scientific 
procedure  highly  creditable  tO'(f»range  Coiinty  and  California. 

Mr.  Bastanchury  is  als6  interested  in  fine  stock  and  is  making  a  specialty  of 
breeding  pure-bred  Berkshire  hogs  of  the  finest  blood  obtainable.  His  stockyards  are 
located  on  the  extreme  west  of  his  ranch  and  cover  about  fifteen  acres;  the  whole  is 
divided  into  suitable  pens  with  running  water  in  each  pen  and  cement  platforms  for 
feeding,  the  whole  being  thoroughly  sanitary.  The  buildings  are  large  and  roomy  and 
are  painted  white  or  covered  with  whitewash,  presenting  a  spkudid  appearance.  The 
heads  of  his  herd,  both  mak  and  female,  were  obtained  from  selected  stock  from 
Gentry  in  Sedalia,  Mo.;  Baker  of  Thornton,  Ind.;  Lovejoy  of  Rbscoe,  111.;  Sid  Williams 
in  Kentucky,  and  also  some  from  the  famous  stock  farm  of  Mr.  Humphreys  near 
Stockton,  Cal.  His  exhibit  at  the  State  Fair  at  Sacramento  received  highest  awards,  as 
did  his  exhibit  at  the  Livestock  Show  at  Los  Angeles  and  the  county  fairs  at  Tulare 


546  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

and  Riverside;  and  no  wonder,  for  he  spares  neither  money  nor  labor  to  secure  and 
further  develop  the  best  blood  for  the  head  of  the  herd. 

At  the  old  Mission  town  of  L,os  Angeles,  Mr.  Bastanchury  was  married  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  Depweg,  a  native  of  Ohio  and  a  lady  of  culture  and  refinement,  who  is  a 
splendid  helpmate  to  her  husband,  encouraging  and  aiding  him  in  all  his  ambitions. 
They  have  completed  an  attractive  modern  residence,  where  in  true  Californian  style 
they  dispense  a  large-hearted  hospitality;  a  home  that  is  delightfully  brightened  by  their 
four  children — Domingo,  Catherine,  Elizabeth  and  Frederick.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
La  Habra  Citrus  Association  and  fraternally  is  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of 
Elks.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Union  Bank  and  Trust  Company  of  Los  Angeles, 
and  also  an  original  stockholder  and  director  in  the  Citizens  Commercial  and  Savings 
Bank  of  La  Habra,  where  his  counsel  as  well  as  his  optimistic  influence  is  of  the 
greatest  benefit.  A  man  of  pleasing  personality,  as  well  as  of  the  aggressively  progress- 
ive action,  Mr.  Bastanchury  never  fails  to  encourage  anything  which  makes  for  the 
upbuilding,  as  well  as  the  building  up,  of  the  county  in  which  he  lives  and  prospers,  and 
toward  the  speedy  development  of  which  he  and  his  family  have  contributed  so  much. 

MISS  JUSTINE  WHITNEY.— Prominent  among  the  officials  of  Orange  County 
whose  personality  as  well  as  their  efficient  public  service  have  entitled  them  to  the 
highest  esteem  and  confidence  and  rendered  them  justly  popular  is  the  experienced  and 
accommodating  county  recorder.  Miss  Justine  Whitney,  who  has  filled  that  office  of 
peculiar  responsibility  for  several  years  past  and  bids  fair  to  be  in  requisition  for  years 
to  come.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Bradish  Whitney,  who  married  Miss  Rhuby  H. 
Houghton,  both  New  Yorkers  of  English  descent,  and  was  born  in  Lewis  County,  in 
that  state,  near  the  home  of  Franklin  B.  Hough,  one  of  the  greatest  American  historical 
students  and  scientists,  who  was  the  author  of  the  pioneer  county  history  published  in 
the  United  States.  She  attended  the  local  country  school  and  later  matriculated  at  the 
Dekin  Business  College,  in  Syracuse,  from  which  she  was  graduated  in  1898,  well 
equipped  for  the  ordinary  commercial  affairs  of  life.  She  was  also  prepared  to  instruct 
others,  and  for  some  years  taught  school  in  New  York,  after  which,  like  other  East- 
erners who  have  made  a  success,  she  came  West  and  followed  newspaper  work  in 
California.  She  was  employed  in  the  office  of  the  Daily  Californian  at  Bakersfield,  and 
next  came  to  the  Daily  Evening  Blade  at  Santa  Ana. 

On  March  1,  1903,  Miss  Whitney  was  made  deputy  recorder  of  Orange  County, 
and  served  with  untiring  fidelity  in  that  office  until  April,  1914.  She  was  then  elected 
to  be  county  recorder,  and  assumed  the  duties  of  that  office  in  January,  1915.  Four 
years  later,  when  the  public  had  ample  time  to  judge  of  both  her  ability  and  her  faithful 
performance  of  duty,  and  also  of  her  acquired,  invaluable  experience,  she  was  re-elected 
and  is  now  serving  a  second  term.  Although  a  Republican  in  matters  of  national  political 
moment.  Miss  Whitney  endeavors  to  define  her  attitude  toward  local  issues  in  a 
strictly  nonpartisan  manner,  and  to  support  the  best  men  and  the  best  measures,  and 
in  every  way  to  upbuild,  as  well  as  build  up,  the  city  and  county  in  which  she  lives  and 
IS   primarily  interested. 

Miss  Whitney  belongs  to  the  Sycamore  Lodge  of  the  Rebekahs,  where  she  passed 
through  the  chairs,  and  in  1896  was  appointed  district  deputy  president  of  District 
No.  SO,  comprising  the  Rebekah  lodges  of  Orange  County,  and  served  for  a  year.  She 
is  a  communicant  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  but  is  broad-mindedly  interested  in  religious 
and  social  endeavor  generally,  and  takes  pleasure  in  helping,  in  a  modest  way,  to  make 
the  world  a  better  place  in  which  to  live. 

RICHARD  T.  DAVIES.— A 'well-known  figure  in  Orange  County  and  popular 
with  all  who  know  him,  R.  T.  Davies,  of  Fullerton,  has  been  a  factor  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  city  in  which  he  has  been  a  resident  for  years.  A  native  of  South  Wales, 
he  was  born  at  Carmarthen,  March  31,  1867,  the  son  of  Lewis  T.  and  Mary  (Evans) 
Davies,  who  had  three  children,  of  which  number  R.  T.  was  the  oldest.  Both  parents 
have  long  since  answered  the  final  roll  call. 

Richard  T.  attended  the  excellent  schools  of  his  native  shire  and  later  farmed  in 
that  fertile  country,  so  that  he  knows  what  hard  work  means  and  appreciates  the 
opportunities  offered  to  men  who  are  willing  to  work  to  earn  a  place  for  themselves 
in  this  great  commonwealth  of  California.  When  he  was  twenty-five  years  of  age  he 
came  to  America  and  for  four  years  he  was  engaged  in  farming  near  Hiawatha,  Kans., 
learning  the  ways  of  this  country  so  that  he  could  better  advance  in  any  line  of 
endeavor  he  chose  to  enter.  In  the  fall  of  1896  Mr.  Davies  came  to  Orange  County 
and  in  Orange — then  a  small  village — he  found  employment  in  a  packing  house  to 
learn  the  details  of  the  business  thoroughly,  and  gradually  he  worked  his  way  through 


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the  various  departments  during  the  ensuing  seven  years.  In  1903  he  removed  to  Fuller- 
ton  and  for  several  years  he  packed  fruit  for  a  Los  Angeles  concern,  each  succeeding 
year  becoming  more  closely  connected  with  the  citizenry  of  this  section  of  the  county. 
In  1912,  he  decided  he  would  embark  in  business  for  himself  and  accordingly  he  estab- 
lished a  packing  house  at  Placentia  and  in  time  employed  fifty  or  more  people  and 
used  the  most  modern  of  machinery  and  methods.  He  continued  this  business  until 
the  fall  of  1920,  when  he  sold  out  the  business  and  equipment  and  leased  the  building 
• — which  he  owns — to  give  his  time  and  attention  to  his  growing  interests. 

Mr.  Davies  owns  orange  groves  aggregating  forty-six  acres,  and  these  he  is  bring- 
ing to  a  high  state  of  production,  as  they  were  originally  run-down  groves  when  he 
purchased  them.  His  thorough  knowledge  of  the  orange  and  lemon  industry  makes 
him  an  authority  on  the  subject,  and  all  this  he  has  brought  to  bear  in  the  develop- 
ment of  his  groves. 

At  Orange,  Cal.,  in  1902,  R.  T.  Davies  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Gertrude 
Charlotte  Kennedy,  daughter  of  William  R.  and  Gertrude  Kennedy,  both  living  in 
Anaheim.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davies  have  been  granted  four  children,  John  Wesley,  Harold, 
William  and  Gertrude,  all  natives  of  the  Golden  State,  and  being  educated  in  the  best 
of  schools  here.  Mr.  Davies  is  a  stand-pat  Republican  and  has  always  taken  a  very 
active  interest  in  local  and  in  state  politics  and  has  served  in  the  councils  of  the  party 
for  years,  but  never  can  be  induced  to  accept  any  office.  He  is  an  active  member  of 
the  Board  of  Trade  and  the  FuUerton  Club,  and  participates  with  vigor  in  all  civic 
movements  likely  to  improve,  uplift  and  advance  the  community.  He  is  a  life  mem- 
ber of  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks,  and  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Odd  Fellows  in  FuUerton.  R.  T.  Davies-  is  one  of  the  real  "boosters"  of  Orange  County 
and  is  a  leader  in  advocating  all  improvements  that  build  permanently.  With  several 
associates  he  is  interested  in  oil  development  of  the  county,  which  industry  he  has 
witnessed  from  its  infancy  until  it  has  grown  to  be  of  such  proportions  that  it 
is  astonishing  the  world. 

FRANK  S.  GATES. — A  representative  business  man  of  Orange  County,  now  re- 
tired, whose  various  operations  have  always  stimulated  the  commercial  life  of  the 
Southland,  is  Frank  S.  Gates,  a  contractor  in  brick  and  stonemason  work,  who  was 
born  in  Chicago,  111.,  on  November  9,  1862.  His  father  was  Francis  A.  Gates,  a  native 
of  Massachusetts,  who  had  married  Miss  Sarah  Fitch,  a  belle  of  the  Bay  State.  They 
came  out  to  Cheyenne,  Wyo.,  in  the  late  sixties,  with  their  family,  and  for  a  couple  of 
years  conducted  there  a  restaurant  which  was  one  of  the  best  establishments  of  its 
kind  in  the  town.  In  1870  they  arrived  in  the  Anaheim  district  of  Los  Angeles  County, 
now  Orange  County,  and  for  seven  years  Mr.  Gates  raised  grapes  on  his  ranch  half  a 
half  a  mile  to  the  south  of  Anaheim.  He  next  bought  forty  acres  of  land  five  miles 
southwest  of  Anaheim,  where  he  lived  many  years  and  raised  corn.  He  had  one  of  the 
early  artesian  wells  on  his  property,  with  a  seven-inch  pipe  and  giving  three  inches  of 
water,  which  was  used  for  irrigation  purposes.  He  was  a  pioneer  in  experimenting  with 
tlie  date,  which  he  planted  from  the  seed,  and  was  one  of  the  first  in  America  to  culti- 
vate that  fruit.  He  sent  his  product  to  the  World's  Fair  in  Chicago,  and  such  was  their 
quality  that  they  readily  took  the  first  prize.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gates  are  now  both  de- 
ceased, but  three  children  represent  them  worthily.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  lives  at 
Anaheim;  a  daughter  is  Mrs.  William  Huflf  of  Long  Beach;  and  there  is  another  son, 
James  L.,  at  Anaheim. 

For  a  while  Frank  S.  Gates  worked  on  the  home  ranch  with  his  father,  and  then 
he  learned  the  brick  and  stonemason's  trade  at  Anaheim.  His  first  employment  was 
with  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company,  when  he  helped  to  build  the  road  then  being 
constructed  from  San  Bernardino  to  San  Diego.  He  had  two  teams  and  looked  after 
the  grading;  and  while  working  near  Ferris,  he  had  an  interesting  experience.  The 
men  were  camping  out  in  tents  when  a  heavy  snowstorm  came  on,  the  temperature 
dropped  to  ten  degrees  below  zero,  and  snow  piled  up  in  drifts  eighteen  inches  over  the 
tops  of  the  tents,  frozen  so  hard  he  could  walk  over  them.  Often,  too,  the  Santa  Ana 
River  was  full  of  water,  and  fording  was  difficult  and  dangerous.  'The  country  between 
Anaheim  and  Santa  Ana  was  a  thick  tangle  of  willows,  many  feet  high.  When  he  first 
came  to  Anaheim,  there  were  two  stores,  ten  saloons  and  a  few  houses. 

Mr.  Gates  followed  brick  and  stonemason  contracting  for  thirty  years,  and  many 
of  the  old  landmarks  he  built  are  still  standing.  These  include  the  Rossmore  Hotel  in 
Santa  Ana  and  the  Hotel  Rochester  and  the  Dobner  Block  in  Orange.  He  also  built 
the  old  Spurgeon  Block  where  the  first  postoffice  was  located,  and  the  Lacey  Block 
on  Main  Street,  Santa  Ana.  He  built  and  owns  the  modern  brick  block  on  North 
Lemon  Street,  Anaheim,  occupied  by  the  Romaine  Garage.  His  son  Irving  was  asso- 
ciated with  him  for  eight  years  and  now  carries  on  the  business  and  makes  and  installs 
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artificial  cement  blocks.  He  specializes  in  porch  and  mantel  construction  in  fine  cottages 
and  bungalows,  and  a  very  able  workman  he  has  proven  to  be. 

When  Mr.  Gates  married,  he  took  for  his  wife  Miss  Cornelia  R.  Ryder,  a  native 
of  Boston,  who  died  in  Anaheim,  on  September  8,  1918,  leaving  behind  her  a  very 
enviable  record  for  usefulness  to  society.  She  established  the  Floral  Nursery  at  119 
South  Illinois  Street,  now  being  carried  on  by  her  son,  Howard  E.  Gates — the  only 
nursery  in  Anaheim,  and  known  throughout  the  county  for  its  large  variety  of  flowers. 
Four  children  blessed  this  fortunate  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gates.  Howard  E.,  is  mar- 
ried and  has  one  child,  Morgan  Gates.  Adalaid  is  the  wife  of  Merle  G.  Anlauf  of  Santa 
Paula  and  has  three  children:  Helen,  Glenn  and  Virginia.  Irving,  the  successor  of 
his  father's  business;  and  Inez,  the  wife  of  Roy  Ivins,  of  Santa  Ana,  and  the  mother 
of  one  daughter,  Blanche.  Frank  S.  Gates  served  for  six  years  as  a  trustee  of  the  City 
of  Anaheim-  he  is  an  Odd  Fellow,  belonging  to  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  199,  and  to  the 
Encampment  the  Canton  and  the  Rebekahs,  Lodge  No.  268;  and  he  is  a  member  of 
Company  No'  10236,  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  For  three  years  he  served  in  the 
National  Guard  of  California,  Company  E  and  in  Company  G  four  years  as  quarter- 
master sergeant.  He  was  a  member  of  the  volunteer  fire  department  m  Santa  Ana 
three  years"  and  lived  in  that  city  for  six  years.  Mr.  Gates  has  lived  many  years  in 
Orange  County,  has  been  successful  and  is  now  practically  retired  from  active  business. 

James  L.  Gates,  already  referred  to  as  the  brother  of  our  subject,  was  born  on 
his  father's  ranch,  near  Anaheim,  on  March  5,  1875,  attended  the  Alamitos  school,  and 
the  Central  school  at  Anaheim,  after  which  he  took  a  thorough  course  at  the  Los 
Angeles  Business  College.  In  the  spring  of  1898  he  went  to  Alaska,  and  for  seven 
years  he  remained  there  in  the  Dawson  district,  mining  and  hunting.  When  he  returned 
to  Anaheim,  he  took  a  course  in  assaying,  and  then  he  went  to  Clark  County,  Nev.. 
where  he  spent  two  years.  His  next  removal  was  to  Acton,  Cal.,  where  he  mined  for 
two  and  a  half  years.  About  seven  years  ago  Mr.  Gates  returned  to  Anaheim,  and 
since  then  he  has  been  engaged  in  selling  new  and  second-hand  furniture.  He  married 
Miss  Bessie  Stewart,  of  Nevada,  and  has  one  son,  Stuart.  He  belongs  to  the  Odd 
Fellows  and  attends  the  Catholic  Church. 

HENRY  ANDREW  SCHREINER.— The  late  manager  of  the  Globe  Grain  & 
Milling  Company,  Henry  Andrew  Schreiner,  brought  to  his  present  business  operations, 
the  most  desirable  wealth  and  power  for  any  ambitious  man — a  rare  combination  of  ex- 
perience, character  and  ideals,  which  contributed  to  the  increasing  success  of  all  that  he 
undertook.  He  was  a  native  of  Wisconsin,  although  almost  a  native  son,  and  so  added 
another  esteemed  name  to  the  long  list  of  those  hailing  from  the  Badger  State.  He 
was  born  at  Milwaukee  on  January  18,  1885,  the  son  of  Andrew  and  Annie  (Risch) 
Schreiner,  natives  of  Bavaria  and  Wisconsin,  and  came  to  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  in 
1889,  where  they  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  on  West  Washington  street,  near 
Figueroa.  Andrew  Schreiner  passed  away  in  Los  Angeles  and  his  widow  still  makes 
her  home  in  the  Southern  metropolis.  Henry  A.  was  the  only  child  of  the  union  and 
attended  both  public  and  private  schools,  and  later  St.  Vincent's  College,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  the  commercial  course.  During  these  years  of  study,  Mr.  Schreiner 
laid  broad  and  deep  those  foundations  easily  discernible  by  all  who  analyze  his  make- 
up. He  first  entered  the  employ  of  the  Whittier  Milling  Company,  which  was  sold 
after  a  year  and  a  half  to  the  Globe  enterprise;  and  when  the  latter  opened  their  place 
at  Fullerton  in  about  1909  he  became  the  Globe's  manager.  For  two  years  he  was 
president  of  the  Fullerton  Club,  and  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade.  On 
April  9,  1913,  Mr.  Schreiner  was  married  in  Fullerton  to  Miss  Emma  Salveson,  of  Fuller- 
ton,  whose  parents  were  Hans  and  Tonnette  (Tollofsen)  Salveson  natives  of  Sog- 
gendal,  Norway,  where  Mr.  Salveson  followed  mining  and  farming  until  1878,  when  he 
came  to  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  where  he  was  married;  after  this  they  farmed  at  Maysville, 
Mo.  In  1888  they  came  to  Fullerton,  California  from  Brown  County,  Kans.,  and  thus 
they  are  among  the  oldest  settlers  here,  the  town  just  having  started  at  ihat  time. 
Later  they  purchased  twenty  acres  of  raw  land  on  North  street  in  East  Anaheim, 
which  they  improved  from  cactus  and  brush  to  a  splendid  Valencia  orange  grove. 
However,  most  all  of  these  years  they  have  made  their  home  in  Fullerton.  This  worthy 
pioneer  couple  have  ten  children:  Sophia,  Mrs.  Simpson  of  Alhambra;  Ida,  Mrs. 
Shaw  of  Oakley;  Sigwald  of  Fullerton;  Emma,  Mrs.  Schreiner;  Theodore  resides  in 
Brea;  Herbert  makes  his  home  under  the  parental  roof;  Selma,  Mrs.  Callan  of  West 
Orangethorpe;  Melvin  served  overseas  in  the  U.  S.  Army,  and  was  in  the  battles  of 
Argonne  and  St.  Mihiel  and  since  his  return,  with  his  brother  Herbert,  he  operates 
the   Salveson   Orange   ranch;   E.   Franklin,  who   is  with   the   Union  Tool   Company  at 


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Brea;  Louise,  Mrs.  Swink,  resides  at  Brawley.  Mrs.  Schreiner  was  born  at  Horton, 
Brown  County,  Kans.,  but  reared  in  Fullerton,  where  she  received  her  education  in 
the  public  and  high  schools. 

Mr.  Schreiner  was  a  stockholder  in  the  Globe  Grain  and  Milling  Company, 
and  as  manager  of  the  Fullerton  mills  for  the  company  had  an  enviable  record  as  a 
business  man.  He  improved  a  small  orange  grove  at  638  West  Commonwealth  Avenue, 
where  he  built  his  residence  and  made  his  home  until  his  death,  February  3,  1920, 
a  sad  loss  to  his  family  and  friends.  Popular  and  fond  of  social  life,  Mr.  Schreiner 
belonged  to  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  134S  of  the'  Elks.  He  was  public-spirited  and  second 
to  none  in  advocating  and  working  for  civic  improvement.  The  same  high  standards 
demanded  by  Mr.  Schreiner  for  business  efficiency  and  attainment  he  applied  without 
reservation  to  the  conducting  of  affairs  in  official  life  and  the  performance  of  duty,  in 
political  matters,  by  the  ordinary  and  average  citizen. 

,  DANFORTH  C.  COWLES,  M.D.— A  member  of  the  medical  profession  of 
Orange  County  of  superior  training,  whose  skill  and  conscientious  attention  and  care 
to  every  patient  has  enabled  him  to  rise  to  well-deserved  prominence  in  his  chosen 
field,  is  Dr.  Danforth  C.  Cowles,  who  stands  high  in  the  profession,  not  only  in  Cali- 
fornia, but  in  the  East,  where  he  was  very  prominent  as  a  surgeon,  having  a  splendid 
record  in  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  so  that  he  was  not  long  in  establishing  a  successful  prac- 
tice after  locating  here.  Of  Southern  lineage,  Dr.  Cowles  was  born  at  Richmond,  Va., 
February  22,  1875.  His  father  was  Dr.  Ransom  F.  Cowles,  a  native  of  Virginia,  who 
after  obtaining  his  bachelor's  degree  at  the  University  of  Virginia,  went  abroad,  grad- 
uating from  the  University  of  Heidelberg  as  an  M.D.  He  practiced  in' Richmond;  Va., 
until  the  Civil  War  started,  when  he  served  as  a  surgeon  in  the  Confederate  army.  He 
was.  married  to  Miss  Dulcinea  Rowe,  also  a  native  of  the  Old  Dominion.  After  the 
close  of  the  war  he  continued  to  practice  in  Richmond,  and  there  both  he  and. his  wife 
passed,  away.  They  were  the  parents  of  two  children  of  whom  Danforth  C.  was  the 
younger.  The  older  son,  Frank,  cjiose  a  military  career,  and  was  killed  during  military 
activities  in  Brazil. 

Danforth  C.  Cowles  early  experienced  the  cares  that  are  reserved  for  more 
mature  years.  H^  received  the  foundation  of  his  education  in  the  public  schools,  and 
at  the  age  of  fourteen,  an  orphan,  was  thrown  upon  his  own  resources  for  a  livelihood. 
He  earned  a  living  by  driving  a  mule  in  the  coal  mines,  and  with  indomitable  pluck 
and  perseverance  worked  his  way  through  the  Virginia  Military  College,  graduating 
with  the  class  of  1892  as  a  civil  engineer.  He  was  engaged  in  this  capacity  for  a  few 
years  with  some  of  the  big  mining  companies  in  the  West,  then  entered  the  University 
of  Minnesota  as  a  student,  graduating  from  the  medical  department  in  1901,  with  the 
degree  of  M.D.  The  mantle  of  the  father,  descended  upon  the  s.h.6ulders  of  the  son,  and 
he  spent  two  years  at  Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York,  acquiring  an  invaluable  experience, 
and  then  going  abroad,  where  he  spent  three  years  doing  post-graduate  work  in  Edin- 
burgh, Vienna  and  Paris.  Returning  to  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  he  established  a  lucrative 
practice,  remaining  there  for  eighteen  years.  In  1918  he  removed  to  Fullerton,  Cal., 
and  his  professional  skill  rapidly  became  well  known,  so  that  he  has  acquired  a 'large 
clientele,  his  patients  having  implicit  confidence  in  his  ability. 

,In  Minneapolis,  June,  1900,  Dr.  Cowles  was  united  in  rriarriage  with  Miss  Ragnhild 
Sorensen,  a  native  of  La  Crosse,  Wis.,  whose,  father  was  a  well-known  editor  of  La 
Crosse,  and  later  of  Minneapolis,  Minn.  She  passed  away  in  1914,  leaving  him  one 
child,  Danforth  C,  Jr.,  now  a  bright,  sturdy  ,lad  of  eight  years.  In  June,  1918,  Dr. 
Covvles'  second  marriage  occurred,  when  he  was  united  with  Miss  Anna ,  Hicks,  a 
graduate  nurse  and  a  very  cultured,  re'fined  woman,  who  is  a  great  aid  and  encourage- 
ment to  Dr.  Cowles  in  his  profession.  -. 

Politically  Dr.  Cowles  is  a  Republican,  and  in  his  religious  associations  is  a 
membef  of  the  Christian  Church,  in  which  he  is  an  elder.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Scottish 
Rite  Mason  and  a  Shriner,  being  a  member  of  Zorah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  at 
Minneapolis.  His  Blue  Lodge  membership  is  now  in  Fullerton  Lodge  No.  339,  F.  &  A. 
M.  His  fraternal  relations  are  further  extended  by  affiliation  with'  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  and  of,  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Medical  Association,  the  State  Medical  Society  and  th«  Orange  County 
Medical  Association;  and  also  of  the  Fullerton  Club  and  the  Hacienda  Country  Club. 
An  enthusiastic  booster.  Dr.  Cowles  is  active  in  the  circles  of  the  Fullerton  Board  of 
Trade,  and  he  is  as  well  known  for  his  public  spirit  and  tireless  activity  in  the  interests 
of  his  adopted  city,  Fullerton,  as  he  is  for  his  skill  as  a  surgeon  and  medical  prac- 
titioner. Dr.  Cowles  has  traveled  extensively  in  many  parts  of  the  world,  and  during 
his  residence  in  Minneapolis  he  made  trips  to  Europe  each  year,  and  there  visited  the 
hospitals  and  attended  the  Old  World  clinics. 


554  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

ELWOOD  COATE. — A  man  of  exceptionally  high  character  and  agreeable  per- 
sonality is  Elwood  Coate,  who  was  born  at  Pleasant  Hill,  Miami  County,  Ohio,  on 
December  12,  1843.  His  father  was  the  Rev.  Samuel  T.  Coate,  a  native  of  Miami 
County,  and  also  a  merchant,  who  in  18S3  removed  with  his  family  to  Marengo,  Iowa, 
and  after  five  years  settled  in  the  neighborhood  of  Le  Grand,  Marshall  County,  where 
he  was  a  successful  farmer,  and  where  his  wife  died.  In  1882  he  removed  to  Cloud 
County,  Kans.,  and  there  resided  until  his  death,  when  he  closed  an  enviable  record  of 
forty  years  service  in  the  Christian  Church  ministry.  Mrs.  Coate  was  Harriet  Anthony 
before  her  marriage;  she  was  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  was  educated  at  Earlham  Academy 
in  Indiana.  She  was  a  cultured,  refined  woman,  esteemed  for  her  liberal  education, 
and  as  a  minister  in  the  Christian  Church,  to  which  she,  too,  had  been  ordained,  she 
was  a  gifted  public  speaker.     She  died  in  Iowa  in  1881. 

The  Coates  are  of  English  extraction,  and  may  proudly  trace  their  family  tree  back 
to  Marmaduke  Coate,  who  came  from  Cumberland,  England,  to  South  Carolina,  and 
joined  the  Society  of  Friends.  He  had  a  son,  William,  and  he  in  turn  had  a  son  also 
named  Marmaduke — the  great-grandfather  of  the  subject  of  our  sketch.  He  removed 
from  North  Carolina  to  Pennsylvania,  and  there  with  a  Mr.  Coppock,  bought  5,000 
acres  of  land  from  the  Indians,  some  of  which  now  lies  in  the  rich  oil  belt  of  western 
Pennsylvania.  In  1806  he  came  to  Miami  County,  Ohio,  and  bought  land  at  twenty- 
five  cents  per  acre  near  Pleasant  Hill;  and  the  old  home  place  he  erected  is  still  stand- 
ing. Grandfather  James  Coate  was  born  in  Ohio.  On  his  mother's  side  Mr.  Coate  is 
descended  from  John  Furnas,  also  a  native  of  Cumberland,  England,  whose  father  was 
a  lord  and  large  landowner.  John  Furnas  has  four  sons  born  in  England — William, 
John,  Thomas  arid  Jonathan.  John  Furnas  had  married  Mary  Wilkinson,  the  ceremony 
occurring  in  the  meeting  house  of  the  Friends.  They  came  to  North  Carolina,  arriving 
in  Charleston  on  February  18,  1763;  and  while  they  were  in  the  harbor,  another  son, 
Joseph,  was  born,  who,  when  he  grew  up,  married  a  Miss  Teague.  The  name  was 
originally  Furness,  and  was  changed  to  Furnas  in  South  Carolina.  The  father  was  an 
early  pioneer  in  Iowa,  when  government  land  went  begging  at  $1.25  per  acre,  although 
later  the  land  was  rapidly  gobbled  up. 

There  were  ten  children  in  the  Coate  family,  six  of  whom  are  s.till  living:  Susan 
W.  Conway,  in  her  eightieth  year,  the  widow  of  a  Civil  War  veteran,  lives  at  Bloomfield, 
Iowa;  Elwood;  Esther  C.  Rose  lives  at  Tucson,  Ariz.,  the  widow  of  Captain  Rose,  of 
the  Civil  War;  D.  A.,  of  Parsons,  Kans.;  Cynthia  Ann  Stallings,  of  Oswego,  Kans.; 
Olive  Hart,  of  Macksburg,  Iowa.  Elwood  Coate  was  reared  in  Ohio  until  1853,  when 
he  removed  to  Iowa  with  his  parents.  There  he  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  fully  caught  the  spirit  animating  all  Americans  as  more  and  more  the  great  struggle 
between  the  North  and  the  South  came  to  a  focus;  and  on  March  26,  1864,  when  he 
was  twenty  years  of  age,  he  enlisted  as  a  volunteer  in  Company  I,  Second  Iowa 
Volunteer  Cavalry,  and  was. mustered  in  at  Davenport  on  April  9,  1864.  He  served  in 
Missouri,  Kentucky,  Mississippi,  Tennessee,  Alabama  and  Georgia,  and  was  in  the 
battles  or  skirmishes  of  Tupelo,  Cormory's  Cross  Roads,  near  Harrison,  Littlehatchee 
River,  Old  Town  Creek,  Shoals  Creek,  Campbellsville,  Lynville,  Columbia,  Spring  Hill, 
West  Harpeth,  Franklin  and  Nashville,  and  then  on  Hood's  retreat,  at  the  Battle  of 
Spring  Hill,  Lawrenceburg,  Richland's  Creek,  Tuscambia,  and  various  other  places. 
After  the  war  Mr.  Coate  served  in  the  South  during  the  Reconstruction  period,  and  the 
regiment  was  honorably  discharged  at  Selma,  Ala.,  on  September  19,  1865.  He  returned 
home  October  6,  1865. 

After  the  war  Mr.  Coate  established  himself  in  the  harness  business  at  Le  Grand, 
Iowa,  but  owing  to  ill  health  he  sold  out  and  learned  the  cabinetmaker's  and  the 
carpenter's  trades,  which  he  followed  for  eighteen  years,  engaging  in  contracting  and 
building.  During  that  period  he  was  also  township  clerk  and  school  director.  In  1885 
he  removed  to  Oakland  Township,  Cloud  County,  Kans.,  and  having  previously 
purchased  160  acres  of  land,  he  added  more  until  he  had  480  acres.  He  engaged  in 
raising  grain  and  stock  and  also  in  horticulture,  raising  peaches  and  apples.  He  was 
elected  township  clerk  and  was  re-elected  to  the  office,  serving  two  terms  of  two 
years  each.  After  three  years  as  county  treasurer,  Mr.  Coate  returned  to  his  farm 
and  remained  two  years,  when  his  wife's  health  became  impaired  and  he  sold  out  and 
came  west  to  California.  This  was  in  1905,  and  he  at  once  located  at  Orange,  and 
for  some  time  owned  and  managed  an  orange  ranch,  which  he  later  sold.  With  his  son, 
he  still  owns  seventeen  acres  of  Valencia  oranges  and  lemons. 

Mr.  Coate's  first  marriage  occurred  in  Iowa,  on  February  1,  1866,  when  he  was 
joined  to  Susan  Elleman,  a  native  of  Ohio,  who  died  two  years  later,  leaving  one 
child,  Orin  M.  who  resides  at  Orange.  He  was  married  a  second  time,  1869,  to  Sarah 
Diefenbaugh,  of  Ohio,  by  whom  he  has   had  three  children,   two   of  whom   are   still 


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living.  Herman  E.  is  an  orange  grower,  living  near  Orange,  with  his  wife  and  four 
children;  and  Samuel  Rush  was  a  banker,  but  is  now  an  orange  grower  near  Anaheim. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Coate  also  reared  a  motherless  girl,  Bessie  Wilkins,  who  is  now 
living  on  Grand  Street,  Orange. 

Mrs.  Coate  lived  for  ten  years  after  coming  here,  and  then  she  passed  away.  Two 
years  later,  at  Santa  Ana,  on  June  12,  1918,  Mr.  Coate  married  again,  taking  for  his 
bride  Mrs.  Myra  E.  Morse  Holderman,  a  native  of  Johnson  County,  Iowa.  Her 
father  was  Nathaniel  J.  Morse,  a  native  of  Ohio  and  a  pioneer  farmer  in  Iowa,  where 
he  died,  closing  his  useful  life  when  only  twenty-five  years  of  age.  Her  mother  was 
Emily  Parks  in  maidenhood;  she  was  born  in  Indiana  and  died  in  Tustin,  Cal.  The 
town  of  Morse,  Iowa,  on  the  B.  C.  R.  &  N.  Ry.,  was  named  for  an  uncle,  Edwin  K. 
Morse.  An  only  brother,  Charles  N.  Morse,  is  now  a  resident  of  Tustin,  Cal.  Myra 
E.  Morse  was  married  the  first  time  in  1867  to  Upton  Holderman,  a  native  of  Iowa, 
who  also  served  in  the  Civil  War,  a  member  of  Company  A  of  the  Twenty-second 
Iowa  Volunteer  Infantry.  After  the  war  he  was  a  farmer  in  Iowa,  and  then  moved 
to  the  vicinity  of  Hastings,  in  Adams  County,  Nebr.,  where  he  farmed  for  twenty  years. 
Then  he  came  to  Tustin,  in  Orange  County,  in  February,  1893,  and  bought  an  orange 
grove  of  twenty  acres,  served  four  years  on  the  board  of  supervisors  from  the  Fifth 
District,  a'nd  there  died  in  1913.  They  had  seven  children,  six  of  whom  grew  up  and 
are  living:  Uppie  Ethel  is  Mrs.  Walter  E.  Parker,  of  Omaha,  Nebr.;  Emma  is  the 
wife  of  J.  C.  Lamb,  tax  collector  of  Orange  County;  Myron  is  a  contractor  and  builder 
of  Bakersfield;  Lyda  is  Mrs.  Eugene  Marsh  of  San  Pedro;  Nelson  Miles  grew  up  in 
Tustin,  and  was  familiarly  called  "Neb,"  was  a  bugler  in  the  National  Guard,  and  then 
educated  at  Occidental  College.  He  served  with  troops  at  the  San  Francisco  fire  and 
earthquake,  April  and  May,  1906,  and  was  very  efficient  as  a  bugler.  He  was  a  natural 
tactician  and  deeply  interested  in  military  affairs  and  served  as  captain  on  the  Mexican 
border,  then  as  captain  in  the  World  War,  and  was  overseas  in  the  Second  Division. 
He  was  in  the  famous  Lost  Battalion,  when  six  hundred  of  our  brave  men  were 
surrounded  by  Germans.  They  had  only  two  days'  rations,  yet  they  held  the  Germans 
oflE  for  six  days  until,  through  the  agency  of  a  carrier  pigeon,  they  were  discovered  and 
relieved  by  troops  who  reached  them  just  in  time  to  save  the  balance  of  about  one 
hundred.  Captain  Holderman  was  wounded  ten  times  during  these  six  days,  but  he 
recovered  and  served  in  the  Army  of  Occupation,  and  returned  home  in  the  fall  of 
1919.  He  is  now  commander  of  the  National  Veteran's  Home,  at  Yountville,  Cal., 
with  the  commission  of  colonel.  He  is  married  and  has  two  children.  The  youngest 
child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Holderman  is  Upton  Grant,  now  a  rancher,  living  near  Tustin. 

Mr.  Coate  is  a  member  of  Gordon  Granger  Post  No.  138,  G.  A.  R.,  and  is  a  past 
commander;  he  has  been  adjutant,  and  is  now  officer  of  the  day.  Mrs.  Coate  belongs 
to  Gordon  Granger  Post,  No.  54,  W.  R.  C.  Both  husband  and  wife  are  Methodists 
and  also  equally  loyal  Republicans. 

MRS.  MARY  McKEE  GILCHRIST.— A  woman  who  is  very  enthusiastic  over  the 
exceptional  advantages  of  Southern  California,  and  particularly  Orange  County,  is  Mrs. 
Mary  McKee  Gilchrist,  the  widow  of  the  late  Duncan  Gilchrist,  who  passed  away  on 
January  21,  1908,  lamented  by  many.  She  was  born  at  Addison,  Vt.,  and  made  her 
first  trip  to  California  in  January,  1906.  The  following  March  she  returned  East,  and 
in  November  of  the  same  year  was  back  again  in  California,  and  has  located  at  Orange 
— such  was,  to  her  as  with  so  many  thousands  of  others,  the  lure  of  the  Golden  State. 

Her  father,  John  McKee,  of  Scotch  Irish  descent,  was  married  in  New  York 
State  to  Miss  Sarah  J.  Bingham,  and  the  wedding  took  place  on  May  13,  1848.  She  also 
came  of  Scotch  ancestry,  and  proved  the  right  kind  of  a  helpmate  for  a  man  forging 
ahead  in  that  early  period  of  the  country.  As  farmers,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McKee  moved  to 
Addison,  Vt.,  but  after  four  years  they  returned  to  Moriah,  Essex  County,  N.  Y,,  where 
Mr.  McKee  farmed  along  the  shores  of  Lake  Champlain.  And  there  he  died,  on  No- 
vember 7,  1901.  Mrs.  McKee  spent  her  declining  years  with  Mrs.  Gilchrist  and 
passed  away  at  her  home  in  Orange  on  January  18,  1914.  She  was  the  mother  of  two 
children,  one  of  whom,  Samuel  Bingham  McKee,  was  a  civil  engineer  and  prominent  in 
railroad  building,  and  died  in  Los  Angeles  on  November  29,  1910. 

Mary  McKee,  the  younger  of  the  children,  was  brought  up  in  New  York  and  there 
attended  the  Sherman  Collegiate  Institute,  after  which  she  engaged  in  teaching  in  her 
home  county.  In  time  she  became  the  principal  of  a  school,  and  so  continued  in  educa- 
tional work  until  her  marriage  in  1895.  Her  husband,  Duncan  Gilchrist,  was  born  in  the 
Isle  of  Islay,  Scotland,  and  when  fifteen  years  of  age  crossed  the  ocean  to  Ontario 
with  his  parents.  He  was  a  mechanical  engineer — and  none  better  worked  near  him; 
and  when  still  young  came  to  Michigan,  where  he  was  a  master  mechanic  in  the  iron  ore 


556  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

mines  at  Marquette,  and  then  at  Ishpeming,  for  seventeen  years,  and  later  at  Duluth, 
going  from  there  to  Mineville,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  over  twelve  years  with  the  Witherbee 
and  Sherman  Company,  when  he  resigned  to  come  to  California.  As  an  exceptionally 
qualified  mechanic,  he  was  always  both  well  known  and  well  liked,  and  was  frequently 
consulted  on  account  of  his  expert  knowledge.  He  had  desired  always  to  return  to 
Scotland  for  a  visit,  and  once  with  Mrs.  Gilchrist  went  on  to  New  York,  but  he  was 
called  back  to  Mineville  on  business  before  he  could  sail,  and  putting  it  oflf,  he  died  Jan. 
21,  1908,  so  he  never  was  able  to  make  the  cherished  visit.  Mr.  Gilchrist  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  order.  Since  his  death,  his  estimable  widow  has  resided  at  Orange, 
treasuring  the  memory  of  the  last  years  with  him,  and  has  built  for  herself  a  fine 
home  at  237  North  Orange.  She  is  a  devoted  Presbyterian,  and  belongs  to  the  same 
denomination  in  which  Mr.  Gilchrist  was  for  many  years  an  elder.  Mrs.  Gilchrist  is  a 
Republican,  and  belongs  to  the  Gordon  Granger  Post,  W.  R.  C,  where,  as  well  as  in  the 
church,  the  cultured  and  refined  influence  of  her  pleasing  personality  is  especially  felt. 

JOHN  G.  LAUNER. — Among  the  public-spirited  citizens  of  Orange  County, 
John  G.  Launer,  pioneer  resident  of  La  Habra,  is  deserving  of  special  mention  in  the 
annals  of  the  county.  A  native  of  Switzerland,  he  was  born  at  Berne  on  January  16, 
1863,  the  son  of  John  and  Anna  (Stambauch)  Launer,  both  of  whom  came  ffom  sturdy 
French  and  Swiss  families.  In  order  to  find  more  congenial  surroundings  than  were 
to  be  found  in  their  own  country,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Launer  left  Switzerland  in  1866,  when 
their  son  John  was  three  years  old,  and  sailed  for  America,  their  destination  being 
Highland,  a  suburb  of  East  St.  Louis,  111.  Two  years  after  landing  there  Mr.  Launer 
started  to  raise  grain  and  stock  on  an  eighty-acre  farm  he  had  purchased,  and  this  was 
later  increased  to  160  acres.  They  lived  to  a  ripe  old  age  and  died  mourned  by  a  wide 
circle  of  friends. 

John  G.  attended  the  grammar  school  and  at  the  age  of  fourteen  had  to  leave 
his  books  to  help  with  the  farm  work.  When  he  was  eighteen  he  worked  at  the  thresh- 
ing business  during  the  season  and  in  winter  took  up  the  sawing  of  wood  and  when 
that  was  dull  he  butchered  for  two  winters,  thus  showing  he  was  willing  to  do  any 
honest  labor  in  order  to  make  a  living.  On  October  16,  1888,  he  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Rosa  Niggli,  the  daughter  of  Chris  Niggli,  a  well-established  farmer  of  East 
St.  Louis.  Three  children  were  born  of  this  union:  Albert,  a  graduate  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Southern  California  and  now  city  attorney  of.  Fullerton;  he  is  married  and 
the  father  of  two  children — Catherine  and  Leland;  Nelson  M.,  is  a  rancher  at  La  Habra 
and  secretary  of  the  La  Habra  Water  Company;  he  attended  both  the  University  of 
Southern  California  and  the  University  of  California;  his  children  are  Eunice  and  Ruth 
Launer;  Erwin,  is  cashier  in  the  Commercial  National  Bank  in  Los  Angeles,  he  has  one 
son,  Malcolm  Launer.  In  1893  the  wife  and  mother  passed  to  her  reward  and  on 
March  2,  1894,  Mr.  Launer  married  Miss  Anna  Niggli,  a  sister  of  his  first  wife,  and  two 
children  have  come  to  bless  their  home:  Richard  E.,  secretary^  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  of  Manhattan  Beach  and  an  employe  of  the  Standard' Oil  Company  of  El 
Segundo.  He  has  a  son,  Raymond.  The  youngest  child,  Glenn  Launer,  is  at  home 
with  his  parents. 

It  was  in  the  early  part  of  1898  that  John  G.  Launer  first  came  to  California  as 
a  tourist  and  so  well  pleased  was  he  with  conditions  and  future  prospects  here  that 
he  purchased  thirty  acres  of  land  in  the  La  Habra  Valley,  paying  seventy-five  dollars 
per  acre.  Twenty  acres  of  the  land  was  devoted  to  barley  and  the  balance  had  de- 
ciduous trees  on  it.  This  land  was  situated  in  what  is  now  the  limits  of  La  Habra 
town  and  after  he  had  returned  East  and  disposed  of  his  holdings  in  Illinois  he  brought 
his  family  here  in  the  fall  of  1898,  dry  farmed  for  several  years  with  more  or  less 
success,  and  marketed  his  products  in  Fullerton,  Anaheim  and  Whittier.  Mr.  Launer 
IS  never  idle  and  is  a  hard  worker,  though  always  ready  to  do  his  part  as  a  citizen  who 
has  the  interests  of  his  community  at.  heart.  As  the  town  grew  he  sold  oflf  all  but  ten 
acres  of  his  original  purchase  in  acreage  and  town  lots,  the  tract  lying  east  of  Hiatt 
Street  and  extending  to  Cypress  Street,  north  of  Central  Avenue.  The  ten  acres  left 
IS  set  to  oranges.  He  also  has  four  acres  in  walnuts,  the  balance  of  ten  acres  south 
of  the  Pacific  Electric  Railroad.  He  also  owned  twenty  acres  west  of  Hiatt  Street, 
where  the  main  business  section  of  the  town  now  is  situated.  This  property  he  sold 
to  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway  Company,  after  he  had  dry  farmed  it  for  four  years. 
He  paid  $150  per  acre  for  this  tract  at  time  of  purchase.  He  erected  a  fine  home  on 
his  original  ranch  and  in  1919  he  built  a  $9,000  garage  building  at  the  corner  of  Main 
Street  and  Central  Avenue  that  is  a  credit  to  the  town. 

Mr.  Launer  was  instrumental  in  building  up  the  La  Habra  Domestic  Water  Com- 
pany, which  obtains  its  water  from  the  La  Habra  Water  Company.  This  company  was 
a  mutual  aflfair  at  first  but  is  now  a  public  utility  and  under  the  control  of  the  State 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  559 

Railroad  Commission,  but  Mr.  Launer  is  the  president  of  the  company.  He  helped 
to  lay  out  the  system,  install  the  pipe  lines  and  put  it  on  a  sound  basis.  The  source 
of  supply  of  the  La  Habra  Water  Company  is  the  San  Gabriel  River  and  the  water 
is  carried  in  lateral  ditches  to  the  consumers.  It  has  often  been  said  that  the  good  the 
consumers  have  derived  from  this  company  far  exceeds  the  cost  of  the  service. 

For  six  years  Mr.  Launer  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
La  Habra  grammar  school;  for  two  terms  he  was  a  member  of  the  Union  high  school 
board  of  Fullerton,  and  while  he  was  serving  there  the  property  was  purchased  and 
the  school  buildings  were  being  constructed.  For  five  years  he  was  deputy  assessor 
for  his  district,  and  four  years  was  deputy  under  Sheriff  C.  E.  Ruddock.  He  was  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the  La  Habra  Citrus  Association  and  the  La  Habra  Walnut  Asso- 
ciation. During  the  World  War  he  and  his  wife  were  active  in  the  work  of  the  Red 
Cross  and  other  allied  drives  and  supported  liberally  the  various  loan  drives.  Politically 
Mr.  Launer  is  a  Republican  and  at  one  time  served  as  a  member  of  the  County  Cen- 
tral Committee.  He  was  a  member  of  the  right-of-way  committee  that  brought  the 
Pacific  Electric  through  La  Habra  and  the  first  depot  out  of  Los  Angeles  on  the  line 
was  built  at  La  Habra.  A  self-made  and  self-educated  man,  Mr.  Launer  has  the  best 
interests  of  the  county  at  heart  and  is  highly  respected  by  all  who  know  him  for  his 
public  spirit  and  integrity.  It  is  to  such  citizens  that  Orange  County  owes  its  great 
progress  in  recent  years. 

JOHN  D.  CHAFFEE,  M.D.— A  pioneer  of  Garden  Grove,  whose  homestead. 
The  Pines,  was  one  of  the  most  valuable  properties  of  that  district.  Dr.  John  D. 
Chafifee  was  a  member  of  an  old  English  family  that  settled  in  Vermont.  His  father, 
Eber  C,  was  born  near  Bellows  Falls,  that  state,  and  the  son  of  Rufus  Chaffee, 
a  farmer.  When  a  youth  he  learned  the  trades  of  tanner  and  currier,  but  after  re- 
moving, in  .1839,  to  Kane  County,  111.,  he  turned  his  attention  to  agriculture,  and 
improved  a  farm  of  400  acres  in  Campton  township.  He  married  Anna  Davis,  who 
was  born  in  Rutland  County,  Vt.,  of  Welsh  and  English  descent.  Both  died  on  their 
homestead  in  Illinois.  Of  their  twelve  children  all  but  two  attained  mature  years. 
They  were  as  follows:  Sereno  S.,  who  died  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.;  Fernando  H.,  Mrs. 
Marcia  Ryder;  Edmond,  who  died  in  Texas  during  the  Civil  War;  Alonzo,  Dorr  B., 
who  served  in  an  Illinois  regiment  during  the  rebellion;  John  D.,  Simon  E.,  also  a 
veteran  of  the  Civil  War  and  Albert  J. 

Near  Elgin,  Kane  County,  111.,  Dr.  Chaffee  was  born  November  5,  1843.  On 
completing  , the  studies  of  the  district  schools  he  attended  Mount  Morris  (111.)  Semi- 
nary. From  boyhood  it  was  his  ambition  to  enter  the  medical  profession  and,  in 
spite  of  obstacles,  which  would  have  daunted  one  less  determined,  he  persevered, 
making  every  occupation  in  which  he  engaged  a  means  to  the  end  desired.  While 
still  living  in  Illinois  he  conducted  a  large  dairy  and  furnished  milk  for  a  condensing 
factory,  building  up  a  business  that  was  profitable  and  important.  On  account  of  ill 
health  brought  on  by  the  strenuous  life  he  led  while  building  up  and  conducting  his 
dairy  business,  Mr.  Chaffee  came  west  to  California  in  187S,  stopping  for  three  months 
in  Los  Angeles,  then  going  to  Westminster.  He  found  that  the  climate  of  this  part 
of  Los  Angeles  County  agreed  with  him  and  decided  to  remain  here  and  in  February, 
1876,  he  located  in  the  vicinity  of  Garden  Grove  where  he  purchased  thirty  acres  of 
land.  He  soon  sold  off  twenty  acres  and  thereafter  gave  his  attention  to  the  develop- 
ment of  the  ten  he  retained  by  setting  out  various  kinds  of  fruit  trees.  He  acquired 
another  tract  of  ten  acres  and  set  out  eucalyptus  trees  and  from  the  small  grove 
he  had  in  five  years'  time  he  cut  and  sold  eighty  cords  of  wood.  When  Dr.  Chaffee 
bought  his  land  he  paid  for  it  in  currency  and  in  exchanging  for  the  "coin"  of  Cali- 
fornia he  lost  eleven  cents  on  each  dollar  as  greenbacks  were  not  legal  tender  in 
this   state. 

Years  ago,  with  only  one  text-book  to  assist  him.  Dr.  Chaffee  began  the  study 
of  medicine,  and  his  rudimentary  knowledge  of  the  science  was  acquired  without  the 
aid  of  an  instructor.  Other  books  were  afterward  added  to  his  medical  library  and 
the  contents  of  each  absorbed  by  his  receptive  mind.  In  1884,  the  year  following  its 
organization,  he  entered  Hahnemann  Hospital  Medical  College  in  San  Francisco, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1887.  However,  he  had  practiced  prior  to  his  gradu- 
ation, and  he  was,  in  point  of  years  of  professional  activity,  one  of  the  oldest  physi- 
cians in  Orange  County,  and  was  beloved  by  many  who  appreciated  him  for  his  true 
worth  and  nobility  of  character. 

The  marriage  of  Dr.  Chaffee  took  place  in  Elgin,  111.,  September  29,  1868,  and 
united  him  with  Miss  Ellen  M.  Bradley,  who  was  born  at  Dundee,  Kane  County,  111. 
She  is  eligible  to  membership  in  the  Daughters  of  the  Revolution,  some  of  her  paternal 
ancestors  having  participated  in  the  first  war  with  England.  Her  grandfather,  Anson 
Bradley,  spent  his  entire  life  in  Vermont,  and   her  father,   William   S.   Bradley,   was 


560  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

also  a  native  of  that  state,  born  in  Fairfield,  but  in  1838  settled  at  Dundee,  111., 
becoming  a  pioneer  farmer  near  that  town.  In  1881  he  removed  to  California,  where 
he  remained  retired  from  active  cares  until  his  death,  at  seventy-six  years.  He  traced 
his  ancestry  to  English  'and  Scotch  progenitors.  In  religion  he  was  connected  with 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Lucia 
Keiser,  was  born  in  New  Hampshire  and  died  at  Garden  Grove,  Cal.  Their  family 
consisted  of  four  daughters,  namely:  Jane  C,  Mrs.  Wanzer,  a  resident  of  Chicago 
but  who  died  in  Wisconsin;  Mary  E.,  Mrs.  Hill;  Ellen  M.,  Mrs.  Chaffee,  and  Lois  E., 
Mrs.  Hitchcock.  After  completing  her  education  in  Elgin  Academy,  Mrs.  Chafiee 
became  a  teacher  in  Kane  County,  continuing  in  that  profession  until  her  marriage. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Chaffee  were  charter  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
of  Garden  Grove  and  he  was  always  one  of  its  leaders  and  an  important  factor  in 
its  progress,  both  as  a  member  and  through  his  service  as  chairman  of  the  board  of 
trustees  and  in  other  official  positions.  In  his  political  adherence  he  was  a  staunch 
Republican  and  active  in  the  local  work  of  the  party,  but  at  no  time  in  his  life  an 
aspirant  for  official  honors.  In  1901  the  family  moved  to  Long  Beach  and  where  Dr. 
Chaffee  built  up  an  extensive  practice,  and  there  he  passed  away  on  May  2,  1907,  in 
the  fine  home  he  had  erected  on  Cedar  Street. 

JAMES  ALEXANDER  FORBES.— A  full  and  eventful  life  has  been  the  portion 
of  James  Alexander  Forbes,  scholar,  historian  and  musician,  who  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
two  is  now  living  at  San  Juan  Capistrano,  hale  and  hearty,  and,  gifted  as  he  is  with  a 
remarkable  memory,  he  can  relate  many  of  the  interesting  happenings  of  the  early 
days  of  California.  A  native  son,  born  March  17,  1838,  at  Santa  Clara,  Mr.  Forbes  has 
spent  practically  all  his  life  in  the  state  of  his  birth,  except  for  some  years  in  Mexico 
in  the  consular  service,  and  later  spending  some  time  there  in  superintending  his 
raining  interests. 

His  father,  James  Alexander  Forbes,  Sr.,  one  of  California's  earliest  pioneers,  was 
born  at  Inverness,  Scotland,  and  highly  educated  there,  being  a  professor  of  languages 
and  rausic  in  a  college  at  Inverness.  Entering  the  service  of  Spain  in  the  warfare 
against  the  Moors,  he  later  came  to  California  on  a  Spanish  man-of-war,  landing  at 
Yerba  Buena,  now  San  Francisco,  in  1829.  Returning  to  Scotland,  he  came  a  second 
time  to  America,  making  a  prospecting  tour  to  Vancouver,  and  coming  to  California  in 
1833  with  a  party  of  the  Hudson  Bay  Company,  camping  on  the  San  Joaquin  River 
where  the  city  of  Stockton  now  stands.  During  this  time  he  wrote  a  history  of 
California  for  the  English  Government,  which  was  later  publish^ed  in  London,  and 
which  is  the  first  history  of  this  part  of  the  country  written  in  the  English  language. 
Appointed  consul  by  England,  Mr.  Forbes  removed  to  the  Mission  in  Santa  Clara 
County,  and  was  stationed  there  when  California  became  a  part  of  the  United  States. 
He  soon  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  development  of  the  country  under  the  new 
rule,  and  built  a  beautiful  residence  in  Santa  Clara,  with  many  modern  conveniences, 
such  as  dumb  waiters,  speaking  tubes,  etc.,  and  bringing  from  England  the  first  cook- 
stove  to  be  brought  into  California.  He  also  brought  the  machinery  for  a  flour  mill 
from  Rochester,  establishing  the  mill  at  Los  Gatos.  He  was  the  owner  of  the  rich 
New  Almaden  mines,  and  took  out  of  them  enormous  sums  of  money,  but  later  he 
lost  much  of  this  fortune  through  litigation.  Mr.  Forbes  married  a  native  daughter  of 
California,  Anita  Maria  Galindo,  the  daughter  of  Juan  Crissotomo  Galindo,  and  spent 
his  last  years  in  Oakland,  leaving  a  name  that  will  always  be  associated  with  California's 
early   development. 

The  second  son  of  a  family  of  twelve  children,  all  of  whom  were  talented, 
inheriting  the  literary  ability  of  their  father,  James  Alexander  Forbes  was  given  a 
thorough  education  at  Santa  Clara  College,  and  after  his  graduation  he  began  teaching 
school  at  Santa  Barbara  in  1865,  having  charge  of  the  public  schools  there  until  he 
went  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  was  an  instructor  in  St.  Joseph's  College.  Later  he 
was  appointed  translator  of  the  California  state  statutes,  and  from  1867  to  1870  he 
pursued  this  work  at  Sacramento,  and  after  completing  this  important  work  he  was 
caHed  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  became  court  interpreter  in  all  the  Courts  of  Record, 
including  the  United  States  Federal  Court.  Appointed  keeper  of  the  Spanish  and 
Mexican  archives  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  in  1877,  he  served  as  official  trans- 
lator for  the  Government  under  the  following  surveyor-generals:  Theodore  Wagner, 
William  H.  Brown,  Richard  P.  Hammond,  O.  C.  Pratt  and  William  Green,  holding  that 
position  until  1892.  Under  President  Harrison  he  received  appointment  as  consul  to 
Guaymas,  Mexico,  in  1892,  serving  throughout  his  administration.  Coming  back  to 
California,  he  remained  here  for  a  time,  but  returned- to  Mexico  in  1906,  becoming 
extensively  interested  in  silver,  copper  and  quicksilver  mines  in  Jalisco,  which  would 
have  undoubtedly  brought  him  great  wealth,  but  everything  was  lost  in  the  revolution 
during  the  latter  part  of  the  Diaz  regime.     Returning  to  the  United  States  in  1918.  he 


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came  to  San  Juan  Capistrano  in  1919  to  make  his  home.  His  wife,  who  before  her 
marriage  was  Carmen  Vasquez,  passed  away  in  1916.  She  was  born  in  Sonora,  Mexico, 
but  was  reared  and  educated  in  San  Francisco.  The  only  surviving  member  of  Mr. 
Forbes'  family  is  his  brother,  James  Alonzo  Forbes,  of  Monterey,  Cal.,  a  former  judge 
of  Monterey  County. 

Mr.  Forbes  has  been  deeply  engaged  in  his  literary  labors  of  late  years  and  has 
finished  for  his  publishers  the  manuscript  of  a  comprehensive  historical  work  entitled, 
"Forbes'  Chronology  of  the  World  from  the  Date  of  Its  Creation  4004  B.  C.  to  the 
Present  Time."  "The  Golden  West,"  just  off  the  press,  is  one  of  the  most  reliable, 
clear,  brief  but  interesting  histories  of  California  ever  published  for  popular  use  in 
pamphlet  form,  and  is  beautifully  illustrated.  He  has  also  published  "Gramatica  del 
Metodo,"  for  teaching  the  English  language  phonetically  to  Spanish-speaking  people, 
and  a  like  work  for  English-speaking  people  who  wish  to  learn  the  Spanish  language. 
Among  the  various  other  works  that  he  has  published  may  be  mentioned  "The  Rights 
of  Indians  and  Neophytes  of  the  Missions,"  which  was  used  by  the  Land  Court  in 
Santa  Fe,  N.  M.,  and  so  valuable  was  the  material  contained  in  it  that  Mr.  Forbes  was 
presented  a  substantial  check  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  in  recognition  of  his 
research  work  along  these  lines.  In  politics  he  has  always  been  a  stanch  advocate  of 
Republican  principles,  and  he  has  always  brought  to  bear  in  his  daily  life  those  high 
principles  of  honor,  honesty  and  uprightness  which  were  part  of  his  inheritance  from 
his  noble  Scotch  ancestry. 

CHARLES  H.  FORBES.— A  native  son  of  the  Golden  West  dating  back  to  days 
prior  to  the  Mexican  War  was  the  late  Charles  H.  Forbes,  born  in  Santa  Clara,  1835, 
a  brother  of  J.  Alexander  Forbes,  whose  interesting  history,  as  well  as  that  of  the 
Forbes  family  in  California,  is  on  another  page  in  this  history.  He  received  a  splendid 
education  and  became  agent  and  bookkeeper  for  Don  Abel  Stearns,  and  after  his  death, 
for  Mrs.  Arcadia  Stearns  Baker,  continuing  for  her  until  his  death  in  1900.  His 
headquarters  were  in  the  Arcadia  Block,  Los  Angeles.  His  care  of  Don  Abel  Stearns' 
estate  and  Mrs.  Baker's  interests  made  her  property  worth  millions. 

In  early  days  he  was  agent  for  the  following  ranches:  Los  Coyotes,  La  Habra, 
San  Juan  Cajon  de  Santa  Ana,  Los  Bolsas,  Los  Alamitos,  Los  Paredes,  Bolsa  Chica 
and  La  Sierra  Jurupa. 

Charles  Forbes  became  a  prominent  and  well-known  figure  in  Southern  California 
and  a  man  most  highly  respected  and  esteemed.  His  wife,  Louisa  Olvera,  was  born  in 
Los  Angeles  and  was  descended  from  an  old  Spanish  family,  a  daughter  of  Don  Agustin 
Olvera,  who  was  secretary  of  the  Departmental  Assembly  of  California  during  the 
Mexican  regime,  and  she  preceded  her  husband  to  the  Great  Beyond,  leaving  him 
twelve  children.  The  passing  of  Charles  H.  Forbes  took  away  one  of  the  old  interest- 
ing and  reliable  men  of  affairs  in  the  early  history  of  Los  Angeles  and  Southern 
California. 

ROBERT  C.  NORTHCROSS.— A  native  of  Tennessee,  Robert  C.  Northcross, 
popularly  known  as  Bob,  was  born  at  Trenton,  on  March  10,  1877,  the  son  of  Marshall 
Northcross  who  had  married  Miss  Rebecca  Caldwell.  They  were  also  natives  of  Ten- 
nessee, and  were  reared  and  educated  in  that  state.  The  grandfather  on  the  paternal 
side  was  Nelms  Northcross  of  Virginia,  who  had  married  Margery  Marshall  of  Ken- 
tucky. He  was  a  planter  in  the  "Volunteer  State,"  and  in  1868  came  to  California  by 
way  of  the  Panama  route,  and  made  a  tour  of  the  state,  going  as  far  north  as  Lake 
County  and  visiting  Orange  County,  after  which  he  returned  to  Tennessee.  He  came 
back  to  California  with  his  family  in  the  seventies,  and  settled  in  the  town  of  Orange 
and  there,  in   1881,  he  died. 

The  death  of  Nelms  Northcross  brought  to  California,  for  the  settlement  of  the 
'estate,  his  son,  Marshall,  the  father  of  our  subject,  who  was  accompanied  by  his  wife, 
his  daughter,  Margery,  and  young  Robert.  They  settled  on  a  ranch  near  Orange.  It 
consisted  of  eighteen  acres,  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  Chapman  streets,  and  was  a  part 
of  the  grandfather's  estate.  At  first,  Mr.  Northcross  cultivated  grapes  and  seedling 
oranges,  which  he  in  time  took  out  and  put  in  Mediterranean  sweets.  These  he  also  took 
out,  and  then  planted  Navel  oranges  only  to  substitute  for  these  Valencias.  On  this 
acreage  the  family  lived  for  thirty-five  years.  All  the  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Marshall 
Northcross  were  sent  to  the  old  public  school  at  Orange,  and  in  time  Robert  was 
graduated  from  the  high  school  at  Santa  Ana,  with  the  class  of  1897.  At  the  outbreak 
of  the  Spanish-American  War,  he  enlisted  for  service  as  a  member  of  Company  L  of 
the  Seventh  Regiment,  California  Volunteers,  and  served  throughout  the  war.  In  1899, 
also,  he  enlisted  as  one  of  the  Thirty-fifth  U.  S.  Volunteer  Infantry,  Company  D,  and 
served  during  the  Phillipine  Insurrection.  He  was  made  a  sergeant,  and  was  in  the 
Island  campaign  for  eighteen  months. 


562  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

In  1901,  Mr.  Northcross  engaged  with  a  wholesale  electric  supply  concern  in 
Denver,  where  he  remained  until  December,  1903,  when  he  returned  to  California  and 
went  back  on  the  ranch.  In  1905  he  entered  Occidental  College,  and  in  1906,  went  with 
Company  L,  Seventh  Infantry,  National  Guards  of  California  to  San  Francisco  and 
took  part  in  the  relief  work  so  imperatively  demanded  at  the  time  of  the  earthquake 
and  the  fire.  The  same  year,  he  went  to  Mexico  and  for  a  year  worked  with  the  engi- 
neers of  construction  on  the  Yaqui  River  Railroad.  In  1909,  Mr.  Northcross  went  on  a 
walnut  ranch  of  ten  acres,  on  Chapman  Avenue,  west  of  Orange,  and  there  he  remained 
until  1914.  From  1914  until  1915  he  lived  in  Los  Angeles,  and  in  January,  1915,  he  went 
to  work  for  the  Orange  County  Forestry  Commission,  to  propagate  trees  for,  and 
plant  them  on  the  county  highways.  At  first  he  was  in  charge  of  the  county  nursery, 
and  now  he  has  full  charge  of  the  highway  forestry  work. 

On  December  30,  1909,  Mr.  Northcross  was  married  to  Miss  Eleanor  S.  Hammack, 
a  daughter  of  Judge  Daniel  M.  Hammack,  of  Los  Angeles,  whose  wife,  before  her 
marriage,  was  Miss  Belle  Stewart,  daughter  of  Judge  James  Stewart  of  Monmouth,  111. 
She  had  attended  the  public  schools  of  San  Diego,  had  then  matriculated  at  Occidental 
College  Academy,  and  was  graduated  from  the  University  of  California  with  the  class 
of  1900.  One  son,  Robert  Hammack  Northcross,  has  been  born  to  them.  Mr.  North- 
cross  has  generally  stood  by  the  political  doctrines  of  the  Democratic  party  in  national 
political  affairs,  but  he  has  been  willing  to  waive  and  forget  the  claims  of  partisanship 
in  all  local  matters,  and  has  always  found  great  pleasiire,  as  has  his  wife,  in  supporting 
whatever  seemed  likely  to  make  for  the  best  conditions,  and  to  assure  the  upbuilding 
of  the  community. 

DR.  MARION  ALBERT  MENGES. — A  man  of  forceful  character  and  fine  pro- 
fessional attainments  who  through  his  many  years  of  identification  with  the  best  in- 
terests of  Orange  County  made  a  substantial  contribution  to  its  development  in  more 
than  one  line,  is  Dr.  Marion  Albert  Menges,  whose  passing  away  in  1912  removed  from 
the  community  one  of  its  most  public-spirited  citizens.  Dr.  Menges  was  born  in  Elk- 
hart County,  Ind.,  in  1859,  the  son  of  George  W.  Menges,  a  well-known  farmer  in 
Elkhart  County.  Marion  A.  Menges  attended  the  local  schools  and  then  entered  the 
Northern  Indiana  State  Normal  at  Valparaiso,  where  he  was  graduated.  He  then  began 
teaching,  first  in  his  native  county  of  Elkhart  and  then  in  Green  County,  Ind.,  and  while 
so  engaged  he  determined  to  take  up  the  study  of  dentistry  and  accordingly  entered  the 
dental  college  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  graduating  from  there  in  March,  1888,  with  the 
degree  of  D.D.S. 

Four  years  previous  to  his  graduation,  in  1884,  Dr.  Menges  had  been  married  to 
Miss  Stella  Butcher,  who  was  born  at  Bloomfield,  Green  County,  Ind.;  she  was  the 
daughter  of  David  and  Wilhelmina  (Hopkins)  Butcher,  natives,  respectively,  of  Mis- 
souri and  Ireland,  the  father  being  a  prominent  farmer  and  business  man  of  Green 
County,  where  he  resided  until  his  death.  Mrs.  Butcher,  who  now  makes  her  home  at 
Santa  Ana,  is  the  mother  of  three  children,  two  of  whom  are  living:  Mrs.  Menges  and 
Mrs.  Cora  B.  Gavins,  both  of  Santa  Ana.  Immediately  after  his  graduation,  with  his 
wife  and  their  two  children.  Dr.  Menges  came  to  California,  locating  at  Santa  Ana, 
where  for  some  time  he  engaged  in  the  practice  of  dentistry.  He  was  quick  to  see  the 
great  possibilities  of  Orange  County,  both  for  horticulture  and  the  development  of  oil, 
and  after  a  time  he  gave  up  his  dental  practice  and,  in  connection  with  the  late  Ralph 
Smith,  began  the  development  of  oil  on  a  twenty-acre  tract  in  Brea. Canyon.  In  start- 
ing in  this  field  he  showed  commendable  judgment  and  enterprise,  as  it  was  on  this 
lease,  after  he  sold  his  interest  to  Otis  Birch,  that  a  gusher  well  came  in.  This  was  the 
first  great  gusher  in  this  section  and  although  Dr.  Menges  was  compelled  to  let  go  of 
his  holding  before  its  final  development,  it  made  a  millionaire  of  Mr.  Birch,  who  is  now 
a  resident  of  Pasadena.  As  it  was,  Dr.  Menges  used  the  capital  obtained  by  the  sale  of 
his  oil  properties  for  the  acquiring  of  horticultural  lands,  and  for  a  number  of  years  he 
was  very  active  in  the  realty  field  in  Orange  County.  At  the  time  of  his  demise  he  was 
the  owner  of  considerable  valuable  property  in  this  section,  and  was  one  of  Orange 
County's  well-to-do  and  influential  citizens.  He  was  a  Knights  Templar  Mason  and 
past  master  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  241,  F,  &  A.  M. 

Five  children  were  born  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Menges:  Mina  is  the  wife  of  Ed  King, 
a  rancher  at  Tustin,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  three  children:  Dr.  Mark  Menges,  who 
is  a  practicing  dentist  at  Fullerton,  married  Miss  Gladys  Harrison  and  they  are  the 
parents  of  one  daughter;  George  married  Miss  Bernice  Roper  of  Santa  Ana  and  man- 
ages the  home  ranch;  John  is  also  engaged  in  the  practice  of  dentistry  and  is  in  part- 
nershio  with  his  brother  Mark  at  Fullerton;  Helen  is  a  student  at  the  Santa  Ana  high 
school.  The  two  older  children  were  born  at  their  eastern  home,  the  three  youngest 
being  natives  of  California. 


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Since  the  death  of  Dr.  Menges,  Mrs.  Stella  Menges  has  continued  to  maintain 
their  beautiful  ranch  home  at  1602  East  First  Street,  Santa  Ana.  The  commodious 
residence,  set  in  the  midst  of  attractive  and  well-kept  grounds  and  surrounded  by  a 
thirteen-acre  walnut  and  orange  grove,  shows  the  painstaking  care  that  has  been  be- 
stowed upon  it.  It  has  been  brought  up  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation  through  the 
efficient  and  careful  husbandry  of  Mrs.  Menges'  son,  George,  who,  with  his  accom- 
plished wife,  resides  on  the  ranch.  The  Menges  ranch  is  one  of  the  show  places  of  the 
locality,  with  its  many  ornamental  trees  and  particularly  its  row  of  stately  palms — one 
of  the  finest  in  Orange  County. 

The  Menges  family  has  throughout  its  residence  in  Orange  County  been  promi- 
nent in  its  social  and  civic  life,  and  Mrs.  Stella  Menges  has  aided  in  many  of  the 
movements  for  the  upbuilding  and  betterment  of  the  community.  She  is  a  member  of 
the  Christian  Church  and  takes  much  pleasure  in  her  affiliation  with  the  Eastern  Star 
and  the  Ebell  Club  of  Santa  Ana. 

CAPTAIN  HARRY  GANTZ.— A  South  Dakotan  who  has  added  his  mite  to  the 
development  of  Orange  County  and  California,  and  like  all  Dakotans  has  written  for 
himself  an  enviable  record  of  practical  accomplishment  not  likely  soon  to  be  effaced, 
is  Capt.  Harry  Gantz,  the  rancher  from  the  historic  Deadwood,  where  he  was  born 
on  September  4,  1888.  His  father  was  Fred  M.  Gantz,  a  professional  man  of  that  state, 
who  married  Miss  Molly  Christie,  a  native  of  Virginia,  still  enjoying,  with  her  hus- 
band, the  blessings  of  life  and  health.  Harry  was  an  only  child,  and  it  is  safe  to 
say  was  not  neglected  in  his  education. 

He  not  only  attended  the  grammar  school,  but  also  went  to  high  school  and  a 
first-class  military  school,  where  he  remained  for  five  years.  This  school  was  the 
Kemper  Military  School,  of  Booneville,  Mo.,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  '07.  Then  he  went  to  the  Philippines,  as  second  lieutenant  in  the  Philippine 
Constabulary.  After  three  years  he  came  home  in  1911,  and  joined  the  regular  U.  S. 
Army  as  second  lieutenant  of  infantry.  In  1914  he  was  made  first  lieutenant  in  aviation, 
and  in  1916  was  promoted  to  be  captain  in  the  same  arduous  and  dangerous  field.  In 
the  fall  of  that  year,  he  resigned  and  went  to  live  on  his  California  ranch.  Now  he 
has  140  acres,  in  Orange  County,  and  employs  eight  men  to  maintain  them  in  their 
high-water  condition  of  development. 

At  Santa  Barbara,  on  September  1,  1915,  Captain  Gantz  was  married  to  Miss 
Beatrice  Wooster  Miller,  a  native  daughter  and  the  only  child  of  Charles  Wooster 
Miller,  now  deceased,  and  Gertrude  Benchley  Miller.  They  were  large  landowners  at 
Fullerton.  Captain  Gantz,  who  is  fond  of  polo,  horses  and  dogs,  has  completed  with 
his  gifted  wife,  a  beautiful  home  of  pure  Spanish  design'  which  is,  like  his  ranch,  one 
of  the  real  show  places  of  the  county.  In  national  political  affairs,  he  is  a  Republican, 
but  he  works  untiringly  for  the  best  interests  of  the  locality  in  an  unpartisan  manner 
affording  a  stimulating  example  to  all  young  men  ambitious  of  serving  society  and  their 
country.  He  is  an  Elk,  a  life  member  of  Deadwood  Lodge  No.  508,  a  member  of  the 
Fullerton  Club,  the  Board  of  Trade,  the  Santa  Barbara  Country  Club,  and  the  Army 
and  Navy  Club,  in  each  of  which  established  organizations  he  is  known  for  a  strong 
personality  and  positive  influence. 

OLIN  E.  STEWARD. — Although  a  native  of  Michigan,  Olin  E.  Steward,  the 
recently  appointed  city  manager  of  Anaheim,  is  associated  through  his  family  with  the 
pioneer  days  of  California.  His  father,  Newton  B.  Steward,  came  to  the  California 
gold  fields  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  in  1853,  and  for  fifteen  years  followed 
"  mining.  The  mother,  who  was  Lorana  Gilbert  before  her  marriage,  crossed  the  plains 
at  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  in  1852,  and  some  years  later  met  and  married  Newton 
B.  Steward.  After  these  years  of  arduous  struggle  in  the  mining  camps,  for  there  were 
hardships  a-plenty  in  those  pioneer  days,  Mr.  Steward's  health  failed  and  he  returned 
East,  settling  in  Michigan.  There  he  remained  until  1889,  "when  he  came  back  to  Cali- 
fornia and  engaged  in  ranching  at  Santa  Ana  for  a  number  of  years  until  his  demise 
in  1896.    The  mother  still  resides  there  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years. 

Of  the  five  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Steward,  all  of  whom  are  living,  Olin  E.  is 
the  fourth  in  order  of  birth.  He  was  born  in  Wayne  County,  Mich.,  on  July  4,  1868. 
His  early  education  was  obtained  in  the  rural  schools  in  his  home  district,  and  he  then 
attended  Albion  College,  graduating  fom  there  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts 
in  1898.  He  then  pursued  a  further  course  of  study  at  Northwestern  University  in 
Chicago,  and  there,  in  1901,  he  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Sacred  Theology. 
On  completing  the  work  there  he  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  After  devoting  four  years  of  his  life  to  this  work,  his  health  failed  and  he  was 
compelled  to  abandon  his  plans  for  a  ministerial  career  and  seek  other  fields  of  work. 


566  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

heen   successfully 
It  -was   then   that   he    took   up    engineering   work,    and   he   has    since    dc 
engaged  in  this  line  of  endeavor.  ,    -^^   ^ggo   , 

For   two   years  he  was  with   the   assessor's   office   at   Santa   Ana,   an  t    t  -a 

became  city  engineer  of  Anaheim,  and  through  his  ef&cient  administration  great  strides 
have  been  made  in  the  development  of  the  city,  as  all  the  paving,  sewer  work  and  side- 
walk laying  have  been  done  since  he  took  office.  In  addition  to  his  work  as  city  engi- 
neer, he  was  also  superintendent  of  streets.  In  November,  1919,  Mr.  Steward  was 
made  city  manager  of  Anaheim,  a  position  he  is  exceptionally  well  qualified  to  fill, 
because  of  his  intimate  connection  with  the  city's  material  development  of  the  past 
years,  giving  him  a  broad  grasp  of  its  future  needs  and  possibilities.  In  addition  to 
the  duties  of  his  office,  Mr.  Steward  is  also  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  board  of  health 
is  gas  and  sewer  inspector,  so  that  his  civic  interests  radiate  in  many  directions. 

Mr.  Steward's  marriage,  which  occurred  on  September  14,  1898,  united  him  with 
Miss  Edna  M.  Simmons,  a  native  of  Michigan.  Two  children  have  been  born  to  them, 
Katherine  and  Wendell.  Deeply  interested  in  the  future  development  of  his  chosen 
state,  and  particularly  in  Orange  County,  Mr.  Steward  ranks  high  among  its  public- 
spirited  citizens,  as  he  is  always  ready  to  give  of  his  time  and  energy  to  every  worthy 
project  that  has  for  its  motive  the  upbuilding  of  the  community.  He -has  served  for 
three  years  in  the  ranks  of  the  California  National  Guard.  Mr.  Steward  still  manifests 
an  intense  interest  in  the  Methodist  Church,  being  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Anaheim. 

HON.  J.  RALPH  CARHART.— The  Empire  State  was  never  better  represented, 
among  those  who  have  attained  fame  as  puljlic  officials  in  California,  than  in  the 
phenomenally  successful  career  of  the  Hon.  J.  Ralph  Carhart,  the  popular  mayor  of 
Fullerton,  whose  influence  has  been  so  potent  in  favor  of  a  broad  and  substantial 
development  of  the  municipality  under  his  control.  He  was  born  in  New  York  City 
on  January  12,  of  the  Centennial  year  of  1876,  and  his  father  was  Thomas  F.  Carhart, 
the  clothing  manufacturer  so  well  known  to  New  Yorkers  of  that  day,  and  founder  of 
the  firm  of  Carhart,  Witford  and  Company.  He  married  Miss  Marie  Louise  Casteria, 
a  native  of  New  Orleans,  the  daughter  of  Louis  Casteria,  a  prominent  attorney  of  that 
city,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  seven  children,  but  only  two  sons  and  two  daughters 
are  now  living.  Mr.  Carhart  died  in  1882;  his  widow  survives  and  makes  her  home  with 
her  son,  J.  Ralph  Carhart,  giving  him  an  opportunity  to  minister  to  her  comfort  and 
happiness,  while  she  receives  the  homage  of  the  whole  family. 

The  second  youngest  of  the  family,  Ralph  attended  the  Columbia  grammar  school 
in  his  native  city;  but  having  removed  to  California  with  his  mother  in  1891,  he  con- 
tinued his  studies  at  Throop  Polytechnic  at  Pasadena.  His  mother  had  acquired  ranch 
property  of  value  in  the  San  Fernando  Valley,  and  this  estate  he  managed  for  her  for 
five  years.  After  that  he  came  to  Fullerton,  and  since  then  he  has  been  successfully 
engaged  in  ranching,  He  has  devoted  himself  in  particular  to  the  breeding  of  Jersey 
cattle  and  Poland-China  hogs,  and  his  exhibits  at  fairs  have  won  the  first  prize. 

At  Fullerton,  on  September  28,  1898,  Mr.  Carhart  was  married  to  Miss  Helen 
Anna  Benchley,  daughter  of  Edward  K.  Benchley,  president  of  the  Farmers  and  Mer- 
chants Bank  of  Fullerton.  Their  daughter,  Helen  Louise,  is  now  Mrs.  Stewart  S. 
Miller;  and  there  are  two  sons,  Ralph  Benchley  and  Thomas  Fair  Carhart.  The  family 
attend  St.  Michael's  Episcopal  Church  at  Anaheim  and  Mr.  Carhart  is  a  Royal  Arch 
Mason  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Council  No.  14,  R.  &  S.  M.,  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345, 
r  Vf  r^i  ',  ^^^  Fullerton  Club,  the  Hacienda   Country  Club  at  La  Habra  and  the 

AnriV^n^'ioVi"  ,  °^  ^°^  Angeles.  In  politics  Mr.  Carhart  is  a  Republican,  and  on 
tratinn  h'=         '     ^^  "^^^  ^  "^^'^  '"^y"'"  °^  Fullerton  for  a  four-year  term.     His  adminis- 

fitn::"  ft%rh'i'h?gh :«::  o"fTu:t"°"" ''''''' "'°  '"°"^  "^^  "^^"  ^"'^  ^'^  p^'^""" 

pione^^^T  gX^avs""  Ar^lif""^- M^   T'^'   ^°"   °f   California  and   the   son   of  a 

=^h-rii^SH^^=^^^ 

he  returned  to  California,  locating  if  Los  AngeTe"    at  that  tim         ^"   'u'   ^^'   ^^«    °ver 
he  and  Mrs.  Bridge  still  make  their  home  there  "'  ^  '•"^"  settlement,  and 

childr?!!  Var:'d^uctte;^^^'Ll^;"^btfscho'o^ltf  1  ^^^^-^'^l  ^'<^-^'  ^'^<^  with  the  other 
took  up  the  masonry  trade,  Iea^ni„;tre'rktoii°hi^"-h'et  ^tZ^^^i^l 


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in  this  line  for  many  years.  Leaving  home  at  fifteen,  he  started  out  in  life  for  himself, 
and  soon  was  successfully  contracting  big  jobs,  among  them  the  extensive  building 
operations  of  the  Janss  Investment  Company.  During  this  period  he  worked  on  some 
of  the  largest  buildings  ever  erected  in  Los  Angeles  and  San  Francisco,  and  made  a 
reputation  for  himself  for  this  thorough,  high-grade  work.  In  1910  Mr.  Bridge  came 
to  Yorba  Linda  and  purchased  ten  acres  of  bare  land  and  immediately  set  out  his 
nursery  stock,  from  which  his  present  grove  of  lemons  was  planted.  In  these  days 
there  was  no  water  company  at  Yorba  Linda  and  Mr.  Bridge  was  compelled  to  haul 
water  in  wagons  both  for  irrigation  and  household  purposes,  until  the  present  pipe  line 
was  installed.  All  of  Mr.  Bridge's  brothers  and  sisters  are  interested  in  land  at  Yorba 
Linda,  but  at  present  none  of  them  are  permanent  residents. 

In  addition  to  the  development  of  his  citrus  ranch  Mr.  Bridge  has  also  continued 
his  work  as  a  masonry  contractor,  and  since  permanently  locating  here  he  has  had 
charge  of  practically  every  job  of  plastering  and  bricklaying  both  in  Yorba  Linda  and 
the  surrounding  country. 

On  December  6,  1906,  Mr.  Bridge  was  married  to  Miss  Myrle  Reese,  who,  like 
himself,  is  a  native  of  California.  Her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwin  M.  Reese,  were 
pioneers  of  California  who  settled  at  Santa  Barbara  in  the  early  days.  Mr.  Reese  died 
in  Arizona  and  Mrs.  Reese  is  now  a  resident  of  San  Francisco.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bridge 
are  the  parents  of  two  children,  Dorothy  Myrle  and  Donald  Arthur,  both  attending 
school  at  Yorba  Linda.  Mrs,  Bridge  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Women's  Club  of 
Yorba  Linda  and  takes  an  active  part  in  all  the  progressive  movements  of  the  com- 
munity. Mr.  Bridge  is  prominent  in  all  the  cooperative  organizations  of  Yorba  Linda, 
being  a  member  of  the  Yorba  Linda  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Associated  Chambers 
of  Commerce  and  a  charter  member  of  the  Foothill  Groves  Association,  of  which  he 
was  formerly  a  director,  being  one  of  its  organizers.  In  fraternal  circles  Mr.  Bridge  is 
affiliated  with  the  Yorba  Linda  Lodge  of  Masons.  Politically  he  gives  his  support  to 
the  Republican  party. 

PIERRE  NICOLAS,  Jr. — Whenever  the  historian  of  Fullerton  shall  attempt  the 
agreeable  task_of  narrating  the  story  of  this  favored  spot  in  Southern  California,  the 
knoll  overlooking  the  entire  valley  whereon  is  the  magnificently-situated  home  erected 
by  the  late  Pierre  Nicolas,  will  be  a  certain  reminder  of  the  life  and  successful  labors 
of  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  widely  esteemed  citizens  of  that  city.  He  was  born 
in  Los  Angeles  on  October  21,  1881,  the  son  of  Pierre  and  Hippolyte  (Vincent)  Nicolas. 
The  father  had  originally  settled  at  Whittier  and  there  their  son  attended  for  a  time 
the  grammar  school,  later  going  to  the  Sisters  School  at  Anaheirh  and  laying  a  firm 
foundation  for  a  course  at  the  Orange  County  Business  College  of  Santa  Ana  and  the 
finishing  course  at  St.  Vincent  College  of  Los  Angeles.  All  these  years  Pierre  lived 
on  his  father's  ranch  and  when  not  in  school  or  otherwise  employed,  assisted  with  the 
ranch  work. 

On  October  21,  1914,  Pierre  Nicolas  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Kathryn 
Backs,  a  native  daughter  of  Orange  County,  born  in  Anaheim  into  the  home  of  Joe 
and  Catherine  (Hyermann)  Backs.  Joe  Backs  came  from  Germany  to  America  when 
a  child  and  made  his  way  directly  to' California;  Mrs.  Backs  came  to  California  when 
a  girl  of  seven  and  her  life  has  been  passed  in  this  locality  ever  since.  Kathryn 
received  her  first  schooling  in  Anaheim  and  has  been  reared  in  Orange  County. 

The  elder  Nicolas  owned  a  tract  of  land  north  of  Orangethorpe  Avenue  on  the 
avenue  now  known  as  Nicolas  Avenue  which  was  named  in  his  honor.  The  property 
east  of  Nicolas  Avenue  that  finally  came  into  the  possession  of  his  son,  Pierre,  was 
owned  by  his  father  for  six  months  before  he  died.  Pierre  added  a  tract  of  twelve 
acres,  making  forty-five  acres  in  the  home  place,  all  of  which  he  improved  with  pipe 
lines  and  pumping  plant  and  set  to  oranges,  lemons  and  walnuts,  also  terraced  the  prop- 
erty at  a  big  expense  of  time  and  money  and  made  of  it  the  show  place  of  Fullerton. 
He  later  bought  sixty  acres  on  Orangethorpe  Avenue  and  this  he  set  to  Valencia 
oranges  and  installed  a  cement  pipe  line  throughout  the  entire  ranch,  which  is  under 
the  Anaheim  Union  Water  .Company.  Pierre,  or  "Pete,"  as  he  was  familiarly  known 
to  his  friends,  was  a  man  of  action  and  was  never  idle.  When  he  was  twenty  he  was 
engaged  in  the  livery  business  in  Fullerton,  in  partnership  with  O.  R.  Fuller,  and  when 
he  embarked  in  ranching  he  operated  on  a  large  scale,  leasing  some  2,300  acres  which 
he  put  into  grain.  He  used  the  most  modern  machinery  and  implements  and  employed 
many  men  to  perform  the  duties  on  his  ranches.  His  greatest  ambition  was  to  make 
of  his  home  place  a  desirable  place  of  residence  and  that  he  succeeded  no  one  need 
doubt  who  has  ever  visited  the  spot.  Here  he  and  his  wife  entertained  in  true  Cali- 
fornian  style. 

Mr.  Nicolas  was  a  man  of  striking  personality,  six  feet  in  height  and  weighing 
240  pounds.     He  made  friends  wherever  he  went  and  these  he   maintained  until  his 


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death,  which  occurred  on  February  10,  1920,  after  an  illness  of  but  a  few  days  from  the 
flu.  Mrs.  Nicolas,  after  the  settlement  of  the  estate  became  the  owner  of  the  ranch 
of  sixty  acres  on  Orangethorpe,  which  she  is  wisely  conducting,  with  the  assistance  of 
her  brother,  Edward  Backs.  She  is  widely  known  for  her  attractive  personality  and 
her  deep  interest  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  advancement  of  the  community.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Nicolas  both  belonged  to  the  Catholic  Church  in  Fullerton.  Mr.  Nicolas  was 
originally  a  member  in  the  highest  standing  in  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks, 
and  but  a  short  time  before  his  death  transferred  to  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345,  and  his 
death  was  deeply  mourned  by  his  brother  Elks  and  by  all  who  ever  knew  or  had 
business  relations  with  him.  He  was  generous  to  a  fault,  was  a  man  of  the  strictest 
integrity  and  a  stanch  supporter  of  all  progressive  movements  for  the  upbuilding  of 
Orange  County  and  Southern  California. 

HORATIO  AUGUSTUS  ALLEN. — A  much-loved  and  highly  esteemed  resident 
and  builder  up  of  Orange  County,  Horatio  Augustus  Allen,  who  passed  away  in  1916, 
left  the  heritage  of  a  well-spent  life,  filled  with  kindly  deeds  whose  memory  will  ever 
be  cherished  by  those  near  to  him.  A  native  of  Canada,  Mr.  Allen  was  born  on  a  farm 
in  Oxford  County,  twenty-five  miles  northeast  of  London,  Ontario,  April  27,  1833. 
His  father,  Nathan  Prescott  Allen,  was  born  in  New  York  state,  where  he  married  Miss 
Armenia  Mott,  also  of  that  state,  and  later  they  removed  to  Oxford  County,  Ontario, 
where  they  became  successful  farmers.  The  Allen  family  come  of  old  New  England 
stock,  tracing  their  ancestry  back  to  the  days  of  the  Mayflower  and  Plymouth  Rock. 
Nathan  P.  Allen  had  twin  brothers  who  became  prominent  attorneys  in  New  York  City, 
but  he  was  the  only  one  of  his  immediate  family  to  settle  in  Canada. 

Horatio  Augustus  Allen  was  educated  in  the  excellent  schools  of  Ontario  and  at 
the  business  college  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Returning  to  his  old  home,  he  engaged  in 
farming  and  in  business  until  he  made  his  first  trip  to  California  in  1863,  coming  by 
way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  to  San  Francisco  at  a  period  when  the  Golden  State 
was  still  but  sparsely  settled  and  bearing  but  little  evidence  of  the  wonderful  growth 
and  prosperity  that  have  marked  its  later  years.  Remaining  in  San  Francisco  for 
nearly  two  years,  he  returned  to  his  Canadian  home,  going  by  way  of  the  Nicara'guan 
route,  which  at  that  time  shared  honors  with  Panama  as  a  passageway  from  ocean 
to  ocean,  arriving  home  in  April,  186S.  He  was  aboard  the  train  from  New  York  to 
London,  Ontario,  when  the  wire  came  telling  of  the  assassination  of  President  Lincoln. 

Upon  his  return  to  his  native  country  Mr.  Allen  engaged  in  farming,  managing 
his  father's  farm  until  1874,  and  then  began  his  career  in  the  banking  business.  In  1877 
he  opened  a  private  banking  house  at  Port  Elgin,  in  which  he  was  eminently  successful, 
and  he  became  a  prominent  man  of  affairs  with  a  very  high  standing  in  financial  circles, 
establishing  a  record  for  veracity,  integrity  and  honesty  of  purpose-  that  was  never 
questioned.  After  being  identified  with  the  banking  interests  of  Port  Elgin,  on  Lake 
ITuron,  he  decided  to  make  his  home  in  the  land  of  sunshine  and  flowers.  His  second, 
trip  to  California  was  in  1884,  when  he  brought  his  family  to  Tustin,  where  his  nephew, 
ex-Senator  Prescott  Cogswell,  then  resided;  Mr.  Cogswell  is  now  one  of  the  super- 
visors of  Los  Angeles  County.  Mr.  Allen  returned  to  Port  Elgin  in  the  spring  of  188S, 
but  in  the  fall  of  1885  his  health  became  impaired,  so  in  January,  1886,  he  brought  his 
family  out  with  the  intention  of  establishing  his  home  in  California.  His  first  purchase 
was  a  ranch  of  eight  acres  at  Main  and  Glenn  streets,  Tustin,  the  nucleus  of  the  large 
acreage  he  later  acquired  and  left  to  his  family  on  his  passing  away.  He  added  to  his 
holdings  until  he  became  the  owner  of  eighty  acres  in  five  different  ranches  near  Tustin, 
all  set  to  walnuts  with  the  exception  of  fifteen  acres,  which  were  in  Valencia  and  Navel 
oranges — a  well-improved  and  valuable  estate. 

Mr.  Allen's  marriage,  which  occurred  at  Mt.  '  Pleasant,  Ontario,  May  9,  1877, 
united  him  with  Miss  Emma  German,  also  a  native  of  that  country,  born  at  Wilton, 
Ontario,  and  a  daughter  of  Rev.  J.  W.  and  Sarah  (Purdy)  German.  Her  father  was 
of  English  and  Scotch-Irish  descent  and  a  minister  in  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  Church, 
a  very  able  and  conscientious  preacher,  who  filled  the  pulpit  for  more  than  forty  years, 
until  he  retired.  Mrs.  Allen's  maternal  ancestors  trace  back  to  England  through 
Massachusetts,  and  her  great-grandfather  Purdy,  being  a  United  Empire  Loyalist, 
moved  from  New  York  state  to  Ontario  about  the  time  of  the  Revolutionary  War. 
She  is  the  second  eldest  of  six  children  living,  and  has  a  brother,  Edgar  German,  who 
resides  in  Los  Angeles.  Emma  German  received  a  good  education  in  the  schools  of 
Ontario,  and  after  completing  the  high  school  course,  attended  Hamilton  College.  The 
union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allen  was  blessed  with  three  children:  Lucius  of  Tustin.  and 
Augustus  Horatio  of  Santa  Ana;  both  assist  their  mother  in  caring  for  her  ranches, 
giving  it  all  of  their  time  and  attention.  Gerald  is  a  sophomore  at  Occidental  College. 
Mr.  Allen's  death,  which  occurred  April  8,  1916,  removed  from  the  roster  of  early 
enthusiastic  settlers  an  estimable  citizen,  who  had  made  a  definite  contribution  to  tho 


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development  of  the  county,  and  who  enjoyed  the  highest  esteem  of  all  who  knew  him. 
His  example  is  well  worthy  of  emulation. 

Since  her  husband's  death,  Mrs.  Allen,  with  the  aid  of  her  sons,  continues  to 
manage  and  operate  the  different  ranches,  and  tries  as  far  as  possible  to  carry  out  the 
plans  and  ambitions  of  her  husband;  and,  like  her  husband,  she  is  very  optimistic  over 
the  future  greatness  of  this  favored  section  of  California.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  and  of  the  ladies'  aid  and  missionary  societies  of  that  denomina- 
tion. Cultured,  refined,  well-read  and  a  pleasing  conversationalist,  it  is  indeed  a 
pleasure  to  know  and  enjoy  her  hospitality. 

ISAAC  CRAIG. — A  contracting  carpenter  who  has  not  only  been  active  in  help- 
ing to  build  up  Orange  County  in  the  material  sense,  but  who,  as  an  influential  City 
Father  has  contributed  to  stimulating  and  guiding  its  growth  along  broad  and  perma- 
nent lines,  is  Isaac  Craig,  a  Canadian  by  birth,  having  first  seen  the  light  in  Ontario 
on  March  19,  1862.  His  father  was  John,  and  his  mother  Ann  J.  (McCollough)  Craig; 
they  lived  busy,  useful  lives  and  are  now  both  dead.  They  had  thirteen  children,  among 
whom  Isaac  was  the  youngest  child. 

He  attended  the  excellent  common  schools  in  Canada,  and  later  learned  the  car- 
penter's trade,  at  which  he  worked  until  coming  into  the  States  in  1880.  He  came  west 
to  North  Dakota  and  remained  there  six  months,  after  which  he  moved  on  to  Manitoba 
and  British  Columbia.  In  1887,  he  returned  to  the  States  and  for  six  months  was 
employed  at  Helena,  Mont.  'During  the  height  of  the  great  "boom"  in  1887,  Mr.  Craig 
came  to  California  and  for  awhile  located  at  Los  Angeles.  Then  he  went  north  to 
San  Francisco.  At  the  beginning  of  the  century,  he  came  first  to  Orange  County, 
locating  at  Olinda  and  in  1912  came  to  Brea,  where  he  was  one  of  the  first  residents; 
and  since  then  he  has  built  the  Brea  Hotel  and  many  of  the  finest  residences  and  busi- 
ness buildings  hereabouts.  He  belongs  to  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  in  which  organ- 
ization he  is  always  ready  to  shoulder  his  share  of  any  movement  making  for  the 
progress  of  the  locality.  Mr.  Craig  was  easily  elected  city  trustee  in  1918,  and  was 
one  of  the  first  trustees  of  Brea,  with  a  four-year  term.  He  was  also  appointed,  and 
then  elected  justice  of  the  peace. 

In  Los  Angeles  on  June  27,  1888,  Mr.  Craig  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  C.  Reardon, 
a  native  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  their  fortunate  union  has  been  blessed  through  the 
birth  of  five  boys  and  two  girls.  John  M.,  in  Sumatra;  Mary  Jane,  wife  of  C.  C.  Hos- 
mer,  of  Alhambra;  Sarah  %.,  Mrs.  L.  B.  Depweg,  of  Honolulu;  Edward,  James  C, 
William  and  Thomas,  all  at  home.  James  C.  and  Edward  were  in  the  World  War; 
the  former  was  in  France  over  a  year,  serving  in  the  supply  department;  Edward  was 
in  training  in  the  aviation  department  in  England.  In  club  life,  Mr.  Craig  is  active 
and  popular  in  the  Grand  Fraternity. 

JOHN  CASSOU. — A  highly-esteemed  citizen  noted  for  his  great  faith  in  the 
future  of  Orange  County,  a  faith  no  doubt  quickened  because  of  his  own  work  as  a 
builder  up  of  communities,  is  John  Cassou,  of  Anaheim,  whose  good  wife  is  a  daughter 
of  an  intrepid  '49er.  He  is  now  one  of  the  oldest  settlers  of  Anaheim  living,  although 
he  first  saw  the  light  in  the  vicinity  of  Pau,  in  the  Basses-Pyrenees,  France.  He  was 
born  there  on  October  18,  18S6,  and  was  descended  from  an  old  and  well-known  family. 
His  parents  were  liberal-minded  folks,  and  he  received  the  best  education  that  the  public 
schools  could  afford.  So  well  was  he  equipped  for  the  ordinary  station  in  life  that  at 
sixteen  he  migrated  from  home,  sailed  for  America  and  eventually  came  to  San  Fran- 
cisco. He  had  a  brother  in  Anaheim,  and  that  circumstance  led  him  to  proceed  to  the 
mother  colony,  where  for  two  years  he  was  employed  in  stock  raising.  Then,  having 
saved  some  money,  he  decided  to  engage  in  the  sheep  business,  and  to  establish  some- 
thing for  himself. 

He  was  only  eighteen  years  of  age,  therefore,  when  he  went  to  San  Diego  County 
and  bought  a  small  flock  of  sheep;  and  from  1875  until  1886  he  ranged  them  on  the 
plains  and  the  mountains,  after  which  he  branched  out  into  other  lines.  In  partnership 
with  his  brother,  Peter,  he  ran  the  butcher  shop  in  Escondido,  providing  the  town  with 
the  first  meat  market;  and  as  the  property  at  present  of  a  nephew  it  is  still  runniny. 
In  1894,  he  sold  out  his  various  interests,  save  the  ranches,  which  he  still  owns,  to  his 
brother,  and  came  back  to  Anaheim.  On  his  return,  he  embarked  in  the  hotel  and 
liquor  trade,  and  in  that  line  he  continued  for  twenty  years,  or  until  he  felt  that  his 
other  affairs  demanded  all  of  his  attention.  He  owns  a  business  building,  as  well  as  a 
residence  on  West  Center  and  Clementine,  and  also  the  Cassou  Block,  which  he  built 
in  1916.  It  is  97x155  feet  on  West  Center,  a  very  central  location,  and  the  edifice 
makes  a  fine  business  block.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Ana- 
heim, of  which  he  has  been  a  director,  and  also  a  stockholder  in  the  Anaheim  Savings 
Bank.     In  addition  to  these  realty  holdings  in  Anaheim,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Cassou  have 


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other  valuable  property,  in  Los  Angeles,  which  they  recently  erected  and  which  adds 
to  the  artistic  standards  for  which  that  city  is  noted.  Naturally,  Mr.  Cassou  belongs 
to  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  in  Anaheim,  where  he  is  highly  esteemed  for  his  progres- 
sive  views. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Cassou  to  Mrs.  Marie  (Sarrail)  Blanchard,  a  native  of  San 
Francisco,  occurred  at  Anaheim  in  1896,  and  will  long  be  remembered  pleasantly  by 
those  who  participated  in  the  social  event.  The  bride's  father  was  Rock  Sarrail,  who 
in  1849  came  to  San  Francisco  by  way  of  the  Horn,  landing  after  a  six  months'  trip. 
He  followed  mining  for  a  while,  and  then  later  took  up  stock  raising,  coming  south  to 
Los  Angeles  to  range  his  herds.  In  the  beginning,  he  let  his  flocks  roam  in  what  is 
now  the  business  center  of  Los  Angeles,  but  which  was  then  merely  open  fields;  and 
his  herders  moved  along  what  is  now  Hill  Street,  between  Sixth  and  Seventh.  Mr. 
Sarrail  is  still  living,  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  eighty-one  years;  and  he  is  enviably  honored 
by  all  who  know  him  as  one  of  the  genuine  old-timers.  Marie  is  the  oldest  child  of 
the  family,  and  was  reared  and  educated  in  Southern  California;  and  as  far  back  as 
1869  she  came  to  Anaheim.  She  first  married  Victor  Blanchard,  a  native  of  the  Hautes 
Alps,  France,  who  was  engaged  in  sheep  raising  in  Orange  County,  and  was  a  promi- 
nent stockman  and  landowner,  operating  extensively,  when  he  died  in  1891.  They  had 
three  children,  but  only  one  is  living,  Mrs.  Rose  Hessel,  of  Anaheim.  One  child,  Ruby, 
a  graduate  of  the  Anaheim  high  school  and  also  of  a  Los  Angeles  business  college,  has 
blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cassou.  Mr.  Cassou  is. a  member  of  both  the  Ana- 
heim Lodge  of  the  Elks  and  Eagles. 

JOHN  C.  ORD. — Orange  County  is  widely  known  for  its  recognition  of  old-time 
residents  who  have  had  to  do  with  the  founding  and  developing  of  this  favored  part  of 
the  Golden  State,  and  it  is  not  likely  to  forget  such  a  worthy  pioneer  as  John  C.  Ord, 
"the  father  of  Seal  Beach,  who  was  born  in  Orleans  County,  Vt.,  on  July  28,  1842.  As 
a  boy,  he  worked  in  the  woods  getting  out  lumber,  and  also  in  a  saw-mill,  and  at  the 
outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  enlisted  as  a  volunteer  in  the  cause  of  the  Union,  and  served 
for  three  years.  He  belonged  to  Company  E,  Ninth  Vermont  Infantry,  and  was  in  the 
Twenty-fourth  Army  Corps  under  his  cousin,  Gen.  E.  O.  C.  Ord.  He  took  part  in  the 
surrender  of  General  Lee,  and  recalls  that  historic  occasion  as  one  of  the  most  inter- 
esting events  of  his  entire  life.  He  was  in  the  battle  of  Winchester  and  Harpers' 
Ferry,  and  was  captured  at  the  latter  place  and  sent  to  Chicago,  where  he  was  ex- 
changed. He  also  took  part  in  the  siege  of  Norfolk  and'  the  battle  at  Newport,  N.  C. 
In  the  last  year  of  the  war,  he  was  attached  to  the  Sharpshooter  Brigade,  and  par- 
ticipated in  the  battle  of  Petersburg.  He  was  also  in  the  grand  review  at  the  close  of 
the  war  in  Richmond.  As  one  result  of  this  meritorious  and  active  service,  he  helped 
to  organize  Baxter  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  at  Newport,  Vt. 

In  1866,  Mr.  Ord  crossed  the  Isthmus  to  California,  and  landed  in  San  Francisco 
with  only  $300.  This  he  soon  spent  and  was  obliged  to  find  work.  The  experiment 
was  not  without  difficulties,  and  he  was  forced  to  tramp  through  the  country  in  search 
of  employment  and  begged  for  something  to  eat.  His  first  engagement  was  on  a  ranch 
in  Contra  Costa  County,  owned  by  Charles  Howard.  After  that  he  worked  on  thresh- 
ing machines  in  harvest  fields,  and  then  he  went  to  the  neighborhood  of  Monterey  in 
the  Salinas  Valley,  where  he  chopped  wood  and  again  harvested. 

In  1869  Mr.  Ord  returned  to  his  old  home  in  Vermont,  on  one  of  the  first  railroad 
trains  to  cross  the  Continent  after  the  driving  of  the  famous  golden  spike;  but  like  so 
many  who  have  found  it  impossible  to  say  goodbye  to  California,  he  came  back  to  the 
Coast  and  located  at  Grass  Valley,  in  Nevada  County,  where  he  mined,  and  built  two 
houses  which  he  sold.  He  then  went  to  Los  Alamitos,  Orange  County,  and  erected  a 
two-story  store  building,  in  which  he  kept  a  general  store  and  also  served  as  justice 
of  the  peace. 

On  February  29,  1904,  Mr.  Ord  hauled  his  store  building  to  what  is  now  Seal 
Beach  and  located  it  on  Main  Street,  where  it  is  still  standing  and  doing  good  service. 
It  IS  owned  by  John  P.  May,  who  conducts  there  a  general  store  and  the  local  post- 
office.  This  was  the  first  building  in  Seal  Beach,  and  Mr.  Ord  lived  alone  in  it  foi 
three  months.  Later,  he  leased  out  the  store  and  took  a  six  months'  trip  to  New 
Zealand. 

On  his  return,  Mr.  Ord  started  in  to  build  up  Seal  Beach.  He  bought  lots  in 
the  area  of  the  proposed  town,  some  of  which  he  still  owns;  was  appointed  first  post- 
master of  the  place,  began  to  sell  his  own  property,  advertising  "Bargains  in  Second- 
hand Houses  and  Lots,"  and  cleaned  up  a  handsome  profit  through  his  sales,  and  he 
also  attracted  visitors  through  a  fine  collection  of  skunks,  squirrels  and  coyotes,  which 
served  as  an  attraction  to  beach  visitors.  He  had  thirteen  skunks,  quite  as  tame  as 
kittens,  and  perfectly  harmless,  although  he  kept  them  caged. 


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Besides  faithfully  fulfilling  his  duties  as  postmaster  of  Seal  Beach,  Mr.  Ord  also 
served  as  agent  for  the  Wells  Fargo  Express  Company  on  their  entering  the  town,  and 
this  enabled  him  to  help  still  more  effectively  in  building  up  the  place.  He  planted 
the  first  tree  in  Seal  Beach,  a  blooming  acacia,  as  well  as  other  needed  trees,  and 
when  the  acacia  was  cut  down,  a  gavel  was  made  from  some  of  the  wood  and  presented 
to  Mr.  Ord  by  his  friends;  and  this  gavel  he  used  in  presiding  over  the  deliberations 
of  the  board  of  town  trustees.  When  Seal  Beach  was  incorporated,  on  October  19, 
1915,  he  was  elected  chairman  or  mayor,  and  was  reelected  to  that  office,  retiring 
from  office  in  April,  1920,  to  the  regret  of  all  who  knew  him. 

Mr.  Ord  married  Miss  Mary  White,  a  Vermont  lady,  now  deceased,  who  becaitte 
the  mother  of  a  son,  Ernest  W>  Ord,  a  graduate  of  the  Grass  Valley  high  school. 
He  is  now  foreman  of  a  large  lumber  company  in  Cambridge,  Mass.  In  Irasburg, 
Orleans  County,  Vt.,  M;r.  Ord  joined  Central  Lodge  of  Masons,  No.  62,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
and  at  Newport,  Vt.,  he  was  raised  to  the  Royal  Arch  degree  and  entered  the  fellow- 
ship of  the  Commandery,  when  he  became  a  Knight  Templar.  Later,  he  demitted  to 
the  Norwalk,  Cal.,  lodge  of  Masons. 

GEORGE  EDDIE  ROBINSON.— A  substantial  citizen  of  Santa  Ana  long  and 
highly  honored  not  only  among  all  old-timers,  but  particularly  among  the  Masons  of 
Orange  County  is  George  Eddie  Robinson,  one  of  the  oldest  stockholders  in  the  Orange 
County  Trust  and  Savings  Bank.  He  was  born  at  Winterset,  in  Madison  County,  Iowa, 
on  August  16,  1857,  a  member  of  the  family  of  H.  J.  Robinson,  a  native  of  New  York, 
who  was  reared  in  Ohio.  In  his  young  days  he  was  a  boatman  on  the  Wabash  Canal. 
With  his  devoted  wife,  who  was  Julia  Carpenter  before  her  marriage,  a  native  of  Ohio, 
he  came  to  Winterset,  Iowa,  in  1854.  In  1858  he  located  at  Fremont,  Nebr.,  the 
seventh  family  to  locate  in  that  district,  there  being  a  village  of  1,500  Indians  across 
the  Platte  River  from  them.  He  engaged  in  building  saw  mills  and  fiour  mills,  made  the 
Cottonwood  lumber  for  the  early  settlers,  and  later  made  flour.  On  account  of  his 
health  he  came  to  California  in  June.  1875,  and  for  years  was  engaged  in  farming  here. 
For  twelve  years  prior  to  his  death  he  lived  retired  in  Santa  Ana.  During  these  latter 
years  his  association  with  Masonry  gave  him  much  diversion  and  comfort.  Mrs. 
Robinson,  who  was  the  mother  of  two  children,  is  also  deceased. 

The  younger  of  the  offspring,  George  E.  Robinson  went  to  the  local  public  schools 
and  remained  in  the  Middle  West  throughout  his  youth  so  that  he  was  a  young  man 
of  seventeen  when  he  came  to  California  in  1875.  He  was  engaged  in  farming  in  Santa 
Barbara  County  with  his  father  until  1883,  wheli  he  came  to  El  Modena,  Orange 
County,  and  for  three  years  gave  his  time  to  the  cultivation  and  care  of  a  twenty-acre 
tract  of  vineyard  and  oranges.  On  selling  this  he  bought  ten  acres,  now  the  southwest 
corner  of  Fourth  and  Baker  streets;  this  he  subdivided  as  the  Robinson  tract  and  it 
was  soon  sold.  For  fifteen  years  Mr.  Robinson  also  followed  teaming,  so  that  he  not 
only  has  seen  much  of  the  development  of  Santa  Ana  and  vicinity,  but  has  actively 
participated  in  the  work  of  bringing  about  the  miraculous  changes.  He  was  a  stock- 
holder in  the  Balboa  Company  and  helped  to  lay  out  the  town  of  Balboa,  early  took 
stock  in  the  Orange  County  Savings  Bank,  now  the  Orange  County  Trust  and  Savings 
Bank,  and  thus  attracted  to  it  other  capital,  and  erected  three  houses  worthy  of  the 
vicinity.  In  many  ways,  therefore,  Mr.  Robinson  has  been  very  much,  as  he  still  is, 
interested  in  the  development  of  the  town  and  the  county. 

On  September  3,  1890,  Mr.  Robinson  and  Miss  Fannie  Swift  were  married,  but 
the  following  year  his  estimable  companion  passed  away.  She  left  a  daughter,  Eva  F., 
who  is  now  Mrs.  James  S.  Elliott,  through  whom  Mr.  Robinson  has  one  grandchild, 
James  S.  Elliott,  Jr. 

Irr.  every  good  movement  for  the  benefit  of  the  neighborhood,  socially  and  morally 
an  untiring  leader  working  without  partisanship,  Mr.  Robinson  is  a  Republican  in 
matters  of  national  politics,  and  there  endeavors  to  use  his  influence  for  the  best  nomi- 
nees. Mr.  Robinson  is  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  241,  F.  &  A.  M.,  Chapter 
No.  73,  R.  A.  M.,  Santa  Ana  Council  No.  4,  R.  &  S.  M.,  and  Santa  Ana  Commandery  No. 
36,  Knights  Templar.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S., 
at  Los  Angeles,  and  of  Hermosa  Chapter  No.  105,  O.  E.  S.  He  has  been  tyler  of  all 
the  Masonic  bodies  in  Santa  Ana  for  over  fifteen  years.  Mr.  Robinson  was  a  member 
of  the  California  National  Guards  under  Hal  Finley,  and  later  under  Walter  Greenleaf. 
He  was  also  constable  of  Santa  Ana  Township  for  six  years  and  for  eighteen  years 
deputy  county  clerk,  giving  his  attention  to  the  registration  of  voters,  which  position 
he  has  held  satisfactorily  under  four  different  county  clerks.  As  a  Republican  he  has 
been  a  delegate  to  many  county  and  state  conventions  and  has  always  taken  an  active 
part  in  county  politics. 

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GEORGE  HENRY  AMERIGE.— Not  many  men  living  can  point  with  pride  to 
such  a  city  as  Fullerton  and  claim,  as  may  the  brothers,  George  H.  and  Edward  R. 
Amerige,  that  the  splendid  reality  is  the  child  of  what  was  once  a  mere  dream,  and 
one  at  which  some  people  even  smiled;  but  such  is  the  occasional  step  in  the  evolution 
of  the  great  Pacific  commonwealth,  itself  the  veriest  reality  crowning  the  fancies  and 
vision  of  those  who  dared  to  look  far  ahead.  These  founders  of  one  of  the  most 
attractive  and  promising  of  all  the  municipalities  in  Southern  California  were  born  in 
Maiden  Mass  one  of 'the  suburbs  of  Boston,  descendants  of  an  old  Colonial  family, 
one  of 'their  number  being  George  H.  Amerige,  an  uncle  of  our  subject,  who  came 
out  to  the  Coast  as  a  genuine  '49er,  traveling  by  way  of  Panama,  and  later  founded  the 
well-known  newspaper,  Alta  California,  in  San  Francisco.  The  Amerige  family  dates 
back  to  one  of  the  oldest  Protestant  families  of  Italy,  who  were  driven  out  of  their 
native  land  at  the  time  of  the  persecution  of  the  Protestants.  They  fled  to  Germany  and 
later  to  England,  and  there  Maurice  Amerige  was  born  and  reared.  He  and  two 
of  his  brothers  came  to  Boston,  Mass.,  where  he  became  a  prominent  business  man. 
He  married  a  Miss  Brown,  the  daughter  of  Solomon  Brown  one  of  the  early  shoe 
manufacturers  of  Lynn. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  Hon.  Henry  Amerige,  was  born  in  Boston,  and  like 
many  New  England  lads,  went  to  sea  for  awhile;  later  becoming  well  known  as  a 
manufacturer  and  outfitter  of  sailing  vessels,  his  place  of  business  being  at  No.  1 
Commercial  Wharf,  Boston.  He  was  one  of  the  first  mayors  of  Maiden,  which  he 
helped  to  lay  out,  and  he  gave  this  attractive  suburb  the  land  necessary  for  a  park, 
now  known  as  Amerige  Park.  He  was  a  representative  in  the  Massachusetts  Legis- 
lature, a  member  of  the  board  of  assessors  of  Maiden,  was  state  commissioner  and 
superintendent  of  highways  for  many  years,  and  always  occupied  a  position  of  promi- 
nence in  the  locality,  where  he  was  held  in  the  highest  respect.  The  mother,  who 
was  Harriette  Elizabeth  Giles  Russell,  was  born  in  the  old  Benjamin  Franklin  home  in 
Boston;  her  father,  Benjamin  Russell,  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  and  married  Miss 
Giles,  whose  father,  Benjamin  Giles,  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War;  he  had  married 
Miss' Endicott,  a  cousin  of  Governor  Endicott  of  Massachusetts.  They  were  all  of 
English  descent  and  of  old  Puritan  stock.  Mr.  Amerige's  great-grandfather,  Benjamin 
Giles,  gave  the  sounding  board  to  the  old  South  Church  in  Boston.  Benjamin  Russell 
owned  several  vessels  and  was  engaged  in  the  merchant  marine  trade.  He  brought 
the  first  two  colored  boys  from  Africa  to  Salem  and  educated  them  until  they  were 
able  to  make  their  own  way,  and  also  brought  the  first  rubber  from  South  America  to 
Massachusetts.  All  in  all  the  Amerige  ancestors  were  among  the  prominent  and 
interesting  old  families  of  New  England. 

There  were  five  children  in  the  family  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Russell)  Amerige, 
of  whom  George  H.  was  the  second  eldest.  The  other  members  of  the  family  were 
Edward  H.  Amerige,  late  of  Fullerton,  who  died  on  May  3,  1915;  Hattie  A.  is  the  wife 
of  Albert  B.  Morgan,  a  prominent  druggist  of  Maiden,  Mass.;  Miss  Ella  Amerige  also 
of  Maiden;  and  Alfred  B.,  who  makes  his  home  at  Everett,  Mass.  Mrs.  Morgan  is  the 
only  member  of  the  family  of  five  children  to  have  issue  and  has  been  blessed  with 
three  children:  Henry  A.,  who  enlisted  and  served  in  the  U.  S.  Navy  during  the  World 
War,  is  now  associated  in  the  drug  business;  Russell  B.  also  enlisted  for  service  in  the 
World  War,  serving  in  the  U.  S.  Army  overseas  for  eighteen  months  and  since  his 
discharge  is  also  associated  with  his  father;  Alva  B.,  the  youngest  is  attending  the 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology.  George  H.  Amerige,  as  stated  before,  was  a 
native  of  Maiden,  Mass.,  born  March  22,  1855,  and  the  lad  who  was  destined  to  play 
such  an  interesting  role  in  California  history,  grew  up  under  exceptionally  advantageous 
circumstances  in  Maiden,  where  he  attended  the  local  schools  and  was  closely  asso- 
ciated with  the  business  life  of  the  suburban  cities  of  the  Hub.  As  a  young  man  he 
engaged  in  the  wholesale  and  retail  handling  of  hay  and  grain  at  Boston,  in  partnership 
with  his  brother,  Edward  R.,  and  although  they  started  in  a  small  way,  they  were 
soon  able  to  ship  in  carload  lots;  they  had  four  different  stores  in  Massachusetts  and 
built  and  owned  warehouses.  Hearing  of  the  turn  given  to  land  and  other  affairs  in 
what  is  generally  spoken  of  as  the  "boom"  period  in  California,  they  disposed  of  their 
Ma-ssachusetts  interests  and  arrived  here  in  May,  1886;  here  they  continued  together  in 
business,  cooperating  in  harmony  and  joy  in  each  other's  association  until  the  passing 
away  of  Edward  R.  Amerige  in  1915,  a  loss  to  town,  county  and  state. 

George  H.  Amerige  has  told  in  an  admirable  historical  document,  just  what  they 
did  when  once  they  had  cast  their  lot  here,  and  much  of  his  story  is  well  worth  repeat- 
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municipality.    Its  close  proximity  to  the  then  only  well-developed  portion  of  this  region, 
the  beautiful  and  productive  Placentia  district,  was  a  potent  factor  in  the  decision. 

The  original  purchase  was  made  in  the  spring  of  1887,  and  comprised  430  acres 
of  land,  a  rich  and  fertile  tract  formerly  belonging  to  the  ,  Miles  estate.  Having 
obtained  the  information  that  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company  would  soon  build  a  line 
from  Los  Angeles  to  San  Diego,  passing  through  Orange  County,  then  a  part  of  Los 
Angeles  County,  and-near  the  Aitierige  land,  the  brothers  negotiated  with  the  company 
and  induced  them,  by  giving  them  an  interest  in  the  townsite,  to  change  their  route  so 
as  to  run  through  the  new  tract.  Frank  Olmstead  of  Los  Angeles  was  engaged  to 
survey  and  plot  the  townsite;  and  the  first  stake  was  driven  in  his  survey  at  what  is 
now  the  corner  of  Spadra  Street  and  East  Commonwealth  Avenue,  then  a  field  of  wild 
mustard,  by  Edward  Amerige  on  July  S,  1887.  Visionary  as  this  scheme  of  a  town 
in  a  mustard  field  might  have  then  seemed  to  many,  the  land  was  soon  cleared, 
streets  laid  out  and  various  buildings  erected. 

The  first  of  these  was  the  one  built  by  the  Amerige  Brothers  and  used  by  them  as 
an  office,  and  ever  since  for  business  purposes.  At  this  time  the  great  boom  in  South- 
ern California  was  rapidly  subsiding,  and  the  town  was  seriously  handicapped  by  lack 
of  transportation  facilities  to  and  from  Los  Angeles,  the  Santa  Fe  having  failed,  for  a 
year,  to  complete  its  line,  as  agreed  upon,  to  Fullerton.  Wilshire  Bros.,  hearing  of 
the  remarkable  prospects  of  the  new  town,  desired  to  purchase  an  interest  in  the 
venture,  and  prevailed  upon  the  Ameriges  to  accommodate  them;  and  later  all  interests 
were  merged  into  the  Pacific  Land  and  Improvement  Company,  to  better  facilitate  the 
new  town's  growth.  When  it  was  proposed  to  name  the  place  after  the  founders,  they 
modestly  expressed  their  appreciation  of  the  compliment,  but  did  not  wish  to  have  it 
done;  whereupon  it  was  named  in  honor  of  George  H.  Fuller,  then  president  of  the 
Pacific  Land  and  Improvement  Company,  which  was  really  a  branch  of  the  Santa  Fe 
Railroad  Company,  organized  to  promote  the  Santa  Fe's  interests,  and  to  arrange  for 
rights  of  way  and  railroad  land.  Later  the  Wilshire  Bros,  and  C.  C.  Carpenter  pur- 
chased the  Pacific  Land  and  Improvement  Company's  interest,  and  the  Fullerton  Land 
and  Trust  Company  came  into  existence.  The  Wilshires  failing  to  fulfill  their  contract 
with  the  Pacific  Land  and  Improvement  Company,  their  holdings  were  taken  over 
by  the  land  company.  Then  the  interests  of  Amerige  Brothers  aiid  the  Pacific  Land 
and  Improvement  Company  were  segregated,  and  the  Fullerton  Land  and  Trust  Com- 
pany dissolved,  and  Amerige  Brothers  stayed  with  the  town. 

Fullerton  did  not  receive  any  natural  benefits  from  the  boom,  for  before  the 
advent  of  the  railroad,  it  was  all  over.  The  first  train  to  reach  the  town  was  in  the 
fall  of  1888,  and  the  first  building  of  any  importance  to  be  erected  was  the  St.  George 
Hotel,  named  for  George  Amerige,  costing  over  $50,000,  which  was  wrecked  in  1918  to 
make  room  for  a  modern  business  block,  erected  by  Geo.  H.  Amerige.  The  Wilshire 
Block  at  the  corner  of  Spadra  and  Commonwealth  avenue  was  also  built  in  1888,  and  it 
is  still  standing.  The  first  bank  to  be  established  was  the  First  National  Bank  and 
Fullerton  Savings  Bank,  affiliated,  which  came  into  existence  largely  through  the 
efforts  of  Amerige  Brothers. 

Most  of  the  streets  of  the  town  were  named  by  the  Amerige  brothers,  after  the 
streets  in  or  near  their  native  Massachusetts  town.  Commonwealth  Avenue,  one- of  the 
finest,  derived  its  name  from  the  famous  thoroughfare  of  Boston.  Maiden  Street  and 
Highland  Avenue  were  named  for  the  city  and  street  where  the  founders  formerly  lived, 
and  Amerige  Avenue  perpetuates  the  name  of  the  town's  founders.  Other  streets  were 
named  after  officials  of  the  Pacific  Land  and  Improvement  Company  and  of  the  Santa 
Fe  Railroad  Company. 

The  Amerige  Brothers  also  planted  and  developed  a  sixty-acre  walnut  orchard, 
since  sold  by  them,  and  sent  their  walnuts  in  carload  lots  to  the  East.  They  erected 
a  number  of  buildings  in  the  city  and  George  H.  Amerige  has  recently  completed  two 
new  modern  business  blocks  on  his  property  on  East  Commonwealth  Avenue,  a  block 
having  350  feet  frontage  on  Commonwealth  and  175  feet  on  Spadra  Street.  He  also- 
owns  two  buildings  on  Spadra  Street  of  fifty  and  seventy-five  feet  front  and  is  now 
building  a  concrete  business  block  on  Amerige  Avenue,  having  a  frontage  of  100  feet- 
He  still  has  business  interests  in  Massachusetts  and  owns  valuable  property  in  his 
native  city.  Maiden.  Deeply  interested  in  Fullerton  from  its  inception  he  had  to  do 
with  every  enterprise  and  movement  started,  most  of  which  have  had  a  bearing  on 
making  it  the  splendid  residence  place  of  today.  He  put  in  the  first  waterworks  that  the 
first  citizens  to  locate  might  enjoy  the  convenience  and  abundance  of  the  necessity  of 
life  and  with  his  own  hands  planted  the  first  trees  along  the  avenues  in  Fullerton, 
starting  the  beautifying  of  the  city  that  is  now  so  much  enjoyed. 

Mr.  Amerige's  marriage  was  solemnized  in  Boston,  September  12,  1894,  when  he 
was  united  with  .Miss  Annetta  Jackson,  who  was  born  in  North  Searsport,  Maine,  but 


582  HISTORY  OK  ORANGE  COUNTY 

reared  in  Boston.  She  also  comes  of  a  very  old  and  prominent  New  England  family, 
whose  ancestors  served  in  the  Colonial  and  Revolutionary  wars.  She  is  the  daughter 
of  Joseph  Jackson,  a  native  of  Maine  who  was  a  shipbuilder  in  Searsport  and  later  m 
Boston,  where  he  continued  shipbuilding  until  he  retired,  he  and  his  wife  spending  their 
last  days  there.  Her  mother,  Eliza  Thorndyke  Sawyer,  was  born  in  Thorndyke,  Maine, 
a  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Sawyer  and  Elizabeth  (Oilman)  Sawyer.  Grandfather  Sawyer 
was  a  well-known  Baptist  minister  in  his  day.  They  are  closely  related  to  ex-Governor 
Sawyer  of  New  Hampshire  and  the  Chadborns  and  Hamlins  of  Maine.  The  Gilman 
family  also  dates  back  to  England;  when  Mrs.  Amerige's  great-great-grandfather  Gil- 
man,  with  three  brothers,  came  from  England  in  their  own  ship  to  Beverly,  Mass.,  they 
were  given  a  grant  of  land  in  New  Hampshire  and  proceeded  to  colonize  it.  Thus 
Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  was  named  for  her  ancestors.  Annetta  Jackson  was  the  youngest 
of  a  family  of  six  children,  and  was  reared  and  educated  in  Boston,  residing  there 
-until  she  came  as  a  bride  to  Fullerton.  A  woman  of  culture  and  refinement,  Mrs. 
Amerige  is  much  loved  and  highly  esteemed  by  her  many  friends,  who  appreciate  her 
for  her  kindness,  amiability  and  worth.  She  has  always  been  intensely  interested  in 
her  husband's  affairs  and  has  encouraged  him  in  his  ambitions,  and  both  have  always 
Ijent  eyery  effort  to  aid  in  the  civic  and  moral  uplift  of  Fullerton.  She  is  a  member 
•of  the  order  of  the  Eastern  Star  and  the  P.  E.  O. 

Mr.  Amerige  was  one  of  the  five  founders  of  the  Fullerton  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Fullerton  Club  and  the  Board  of  Trade.  He  is  a  strong- Pro- 
tectionist and  Republican  and  has  been  prominent  in  the  councils  of  the  party.  Almost 
every  year  with  his  wife  he  makes  a  trip  back  to  his  old  home  in  Massachusetts,  visit- 
ing their  many  friends  and  relatives.  Particularly  do  they  maintain  a  live  interest  in 
the  growth  and  development  of  Fullerton  and  freely  give  of  their  time  and  means  to 
all  enterprises  that  have  for  their  aim  the  beautifying  of  the  city  and  enhancing  the 
comfort  and  happiness  of  its  citizens.  Mr.  Amerige  can  safely  be  said  to  be  not  only 
Fullerton's  oldest  but  also  its  foremost  citizen. 

PETER  GODDICKSEN. — Prominent  among  the  steady,  industrious  citizens  of 
■Orange  whose  character  and  foresight  enabled  them  to  succeed  themselves  and  to  be 
able  and  willing  to  point  the  way  to  success  for  others,  is  Peter  Goddicksen,  a  native 
of  Flensburg,  Germany,  where  he  was  born  on  December  10,  18S3.  His  father  was 
Claus  Goddicksen,  a  farmer,  who  had  married  Elise  Clare  Carlsen.  They  are  now  de- 
ceased, but  they  left  behind  to  honor  their  worthy  name  five  children,  two  of  whom 
are  in  the  United  States;  Nicholas  Goddicksen  is  still  living  in  South  Dakota. 

Peter,  the  eldest,  was  brought  up  on  the  home  farm,  emigrating  in  1875,  to  the 
United  States  and  located  in  Pottawattamie  County,  Iowa,  where  he  was  employed  on 
a  farm,  in  Avoca  township,  for  a  couple  of  years.  He  then  homesteaded  160  acres, 
and  preempted  another  160,  and  besides  secured  a  timber  claim  of  160  acres,  in  1882' 
all  in  Douglas  County,  S.  D.;  and  while  pioneering  there,  converted  this  raw  land 
into  an  improved  farm.  He  broke  the  prairie,  raised  hogs  and  cattle  and  thus  got  a 
fairly  good  start.  He  was  both  a  trustee  and  the  treasurer  of  the  school  committee, 
and  all  in  all  was  honored  by  those  who  knew  him. 

Later  he  sold  out  and  removed  to  Hornick,  Woodbury  County,  Iowa,  where  he  was 
a  farmer  for  six  years;  and  in  1901  he  made  his  first  trip  to  Southern  California,  when 
lie  visited  Orange.  Two  years  later,  in  January,  he  returned  to  California,  and  located 
at  Orange,  where  he  bought  a  ranch  on  East  Chapman  Street;  and  there,  on  one 
place,  he  resided  for  seventeen  years.  There  were  eighteen  and  a  half  acres  and 
nearly  all  the  tract  he  set  out  to  orange  trees,  particularly  Valencias,  and  to  lemons, 
and  after  awhile  had  there  an  unusually  well-developed  orchard.  He  joined  the  Santiago 
Orange  Growers  Association,  and  was  one  of  the  first  members  of  the  McPherson 
Heights  Citrus  Association,  and  was  on  its  first  board  of  directors,  and  was  also  a 
member  and  a  trustee  of  the  Lemon  Growers  Association.  He  had  an  orange  nursery, 
and  was  one  of  the  first  to  set  out  avocados.  He  had  nine  acres  of  land  set  out  to 
oranges,  olives  and  lemons,  and  this  he  sold,  disposing  also  of  some  six  and  a  half 
acres  set  out  to  oranges,  north  of  Whittier  Heights.  In  1919,  Mr.  Goddicksen  sold 
his  ranch  and  located  in  Orange,  where  he  now  resides  at  306  North  Center  Street 
still  retaining  a  twenty-acre  orchard  of  apricots  at  Nuevo,  in  Riverside  County;  he  also 
owns  ten  acres  of  unimproved  land  there,  and  twenty  acres  of  oranges  half  way  between 
Orange  and  Anaheim. 

During  his  residence  in  Dakota,  Mr.  Goddicksen  was  married  to  Miss  Emelie 
Ertinger,  a  native  of  Wuertemberg,  Germany,  and  the  daughter  of  Albert  and  Katherine 
(Kik)  Ertinger.  As  far  back  as  1874,  Mrs.  Goddicksen  came  with  her  parents  to  Clay 
County,  S.  D.,  and  settled  near  Yankton,  the  family  later  removing  to  Douglas  County. 
Mr.  Ertinger  was  a  judge  in  Germany,  and  he  never  wanted  for  courteous  and  com- 


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plimentary  attention,  and  the  full  appreciation  of  his  worth  as  an  American  citizen. 
After  his  death,  his  widow  was  married  a  second  time  to  Fred  Seiser,  and  they  now 
reside  on  East  Chapman  Street,  Orange.  Five  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Goddicksen 
are  still  living;  Elise  E.  educated  at  the  Los  Angeles  high  school  and  at  the  Orange 
County  Business  College,  was  city  stenographer  of  Santa  Ana,  and  is  now  a  public 
stenographer  and  notary;  she  is  very  musical  and  is  a  pianist,  vocalist  and  whistler.  She 
is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church;  William  resides  in  San  Francisco,  and  with 
him  is  his  brother,  A.  Leriz,.  an  instructor  and  consulting  man  for  the  Cleveland  tractor. 
William  was  a  member  of  the  Three  Hundred  Sixty-fourth  Regiment  and  sa~w  service 
overseas  for  two  years;  A.  Lenz  was  in  the  service  and  did  limited  duty;  Elsie  K.  is 
in  the  Orange  high  school,  and  the  youngest  is  Grant  C.  Goddicksen. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Goddicksen  are  members  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  at 
Santa  Ana,  and  they  are  both  strong  Republicans.  Mr.  Goddicksen  is  a  member  of  the 
Ancient  Order  United  Workers,  and  of  Orange  Lodge  No.  22S,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows;  and  his  wife,  and  daughter  Elise,  are  members,  with  him,  of  the  Rebekahs. 

EDWARD  RUSSELL  AMERIGE.— In  the  annals  of  Fullerton  a  name  that  will 
ever  stand  out  distinctly  in  its  history  is  that  of  Edward  Russell  Amerige,  one  of 
Orange  County's  foremost  citizens,  who  with  his  brother,  George  H.  Amerige,  founded 
this  thriving  town,  now  one  of  the  prosperous  municipalities  of  the  Southland,  and 
gave,  all  his  energy  and  effort  to  its  upbuilding.^  In  civic  life  he  was  also  a  leader.^ 
from  the  formation  of  Fullerton;  he  was  prominent  in  the  county  and  represented  his 
district  in  the  Legislature,  where  his  aggressive  enterprise  and  inflifence  made  them- 
selves felt.  Liberal  and  progressive  in  his  ideas,  at  his  passing  away  on  May  3,  191S, 
Orange  County  lost  one  of  its  best  men. 

Edward  Russell  Amerige  was  born  in  Maiden,  Mass.,  August  1,  1857,  the  son  of 
Henry  and  Elizabeth  Giles  (Russell)  Amerige,  prominent  citizens  of  Maiden,  a  history 
of  the  Amerige  family  and  their  forbears  being  recounted  in  the  biography  of  George 
H.  Amerige,  on  another  page  of  this  work.  Mr.  Amerige  grew  to  manhood  in  his 
native  town  and  after  completing  his  education  there  he  entered  into  partnership  with 
his  brother,  George  H.,  in  the  wholesale  and  retail  hay  and  grain  business,  and  with 
their  characteristic  energy  built  up  a  very  large  and  successful  business.  They  had 
become  intensely  interested  in  the  Pacific  Coast  region  and  after  much  thought  and 
investigation  concluded  to  cast  in  their  lot  in  the  Golden  State.  Disposing  of  their 
business  interests  in  Massachusetts,  they  arrived  in  California  in  May,  1886,- coming 
first  to  Pasadena,- the  vicinity  of  which-'was  then  mostly  grain  fields.  They  immediartely 
purphased  a  ranch  and  here  they  made  their  headquarters  for  a  few  weeks,  during  which 
time  they  traveled  over  various  parts  of  the  county. 

They  became  much  interested  in  the  Anaheim  section,  as  they  saw  great  possi- 
bilities for  the  locality  between  that  place  and  the  Placentia  district,  so  in  1887  they 
purchased  430  acres  of  wild,  uncultivated  land,  the  present  site  of  Fullerton.  It  was 
covered  with  wild  mustard  and  brush,  but  with  their  natural  optimism  and  New 
England  foresight,  they  saw  the  possibilities  of  locating  a  town,  since  the  Santa  Fe 
Railroad  Company  was  planning  to  build  its  road  to  Santa  Ana  and  on  to  San  Diego. 
They  made  their  plans  and  had  the  town  laid  out,  the  first  stake  in  the  survey  being 
driven  by  Edward  R.  Amerige  on  July  S,  1887,  at  the  corner  of  Spadra  Street  and 
Commonwealth  Avenue.  They  had  interested  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company  by  giving 
them  an  interest  in  the  town  site,  so  the  railroad  was  located  through  the  new  town. 
Other  partners  were  taken  in  and  changes  made  in  the  Joint  ownership.  The  sub- 
siding of  the  boom  caused  a  cessation  of  progress  for  the  time  being,  but  through  all 
these  years  the  Amerige  brothers  never  lost  their  optimism  and  faith  that  it  would 
some  time  be  a  large  town. 

When  the  railroad  was  surveyed  through,  the  naming  of  the  town  had  to  be 
decided  on.  Mr.  Fuller,  president  of  the  Pacific  Land  and  Improvement  Company,  a 
subsidiary  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company,  as  well  as  others,  wished  to  name  the 
town  Amerige,  but  the  brothers  modestly  requested  that  some  other  name  be  given, 
their  only  wish  being  to  make  it  a  good,  substantial,  growing  town,  and  they  suggested 
that  it  be  named  Fullerton,  after  the  aforesaid  official,  which  was  done.  However, 
the  old-time  citizens  know  how  hard  George  and  Edward  Amerige  worked  to  build 
up  the  town,  never  losing  faith  in  the  place  during  all  the  hard  times',  and  think  it  an 
injustice  that  the  town  should  not  have  borne  the  name  of  its  founders.  Subsequent 
events  show  how  Edward  Amerige  and  his  brother  did  all  they  could  to  build  up  the 
city,  taking  a  prominent  part  in  its  civic  life  and  in  the  establishiiient  of  its  "financial 
institutions. 

Edward  R.  Amerige  was  the  first  mayor  of  Fullerton  and  served  two  terms  on 
its  board  of  trustees  as  well  as  trustee  of- schools.     He  also  seryed  two  terms   (1903- 


586  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

1905)  in  the  Assembly  of  the  State  Legislature.  He  was  prominent  *"  '"^""^  P^;*^^;"" 
ing  to  irrigation  and  was  for  a  time  president  of  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company^ 
A  Knights  Templar  Mason,  he  was  a  well-beloved  member  of  that  o'-ganization  and 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Fultetton  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.  and  it  was  largely 
through  his  efforts  that  the  first  Masonic  Temple  was  built  '"  F"","*°"'  f,^^!'*.,^^ 
passing  the  funeral  service  here  was  conducted  by  the  Kmghts  Templar,  while  accord 
ing  to  his  request  his  body  was  taken  back  to  Massachusetts  and  buried  m  the  oia 
family  lot  in  Forest  Dale  Cemetery,  at  Maiden. 

ELMER  ELLSWORTH  JAHRAUS.— Of  French  and  German  descent,  EE. 
Jahraus  of  Laguna  Beach  is  the  son  of  Andrew  Jahraus,  who  was  one  oj  *^  '^^"i"^ 
in  the  revolution  against  German  militarism  in  those  stirring  days  frorn  18J^  to  mm. 
With  Carl  Schurz,  who  was  later  so  prominent  in  the  public  life  of  America,  ana  a 
member  of  President  Grant's  cabinet,  Andrew  Jahraus  fled  from  Germany  to  America 
in  1847,  after  a  reward  had  been  offered  for  their  capture,  dead  or  alive,  by  tne 
militarists.  Mr.  Jahraus  located  in  Hamilton  County,  Ohio,  near  Cincinnati,  and 
there  established  himself  as  a  decorator  and  building  contractor.  His  marriage,  whicn 
occurred  there,  united  him  with  Miss  Christine  Gruber,  a  native  of  Alsace-Lorraine, 
who  was  brought  to  America  by  her  parents  when  but  a  babe.  Of  a  family  of  hve 
sons  and. three  daughters,  E.  E.  Jahraus,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  is  the  youngest 
son.  He  was  born  January  27,  1866,  at  the  family  home  in  Hamilton  County,  Ohio, 
and  when  he  reached  school  age  he  attended  the  public  schools  at  Urbana  .  and 
Dayton,  Ohio.  u     n/r 

Leaving  home  at  the  age  of  eleven  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world,  Mr. 
Jahraus  found  his  first  employment  in  a  cigar  factory  at  Urbana,  Ohio,  and  also 
worked  for  two  years  in  a  woolen  mill.  When  he  was  fourteen  years  old  he  entered 
the  employ  of  one  of  the  largest  broom  manufacturing  concerns  in  the  East,  thor- 
oughly learning  the  trade  and  remaining  with  them  for  seven  years.  Leaving  Ohio 
in  1886,  Mr.  Jahraus  went  to  Au  Sable,  Mich.,  on  Lake  Huron,  where  he  became  an 
expert  in  the  cigar  manufacturing  business.  After  becoming  a  foreman  he  determined 
to  carry  out  his  long-cherished  ambition  to  become  a  traveling  salesman,  so  he  started 
on  the  road  for  his  brother,  who  was  a  cigar  manufacturer  of  Au  Sable,  and  continued 
his  work  as  a  salesman  for  some  time,  and  recalls  many  interesting  experiences  he 
had  during  his  travels.  Later  he  went  to  Alpena,  Mich.  ,and  for  many  years  was 
superintendent  of  a  large  cigar  factory.  A  brother-in-law  of  Mr.  Jahraus  having 
located  in  Oregon,  he  planned  to  remove  to  the  Northwest,  but  finally  came  to  Los 
Angeles  instead. 

Coming  to  Santa  Ana  in  1900,  he  remained  there  for  a  year  and  a  half,  where 
he  was  in  the  employ  of  Leo  Goepper.  In  1902  he  moved  to  Laguna  Beach  and 
opened  a  cigar  factory  and  curio  shop  in  the  Beach  Hotel,  shipping  souvenir  boxes 
of  cigars  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  While  in  this  business  he  became  inter- 
ested in  the  future  of  this  beach  city,  and  this  interest  has  grown  with  the  years,  so 
that  a  large  measure  of  the  development  work  carried  on  there  in  late  years  is. 
due  to  his  enthusiasm  and  energy.  Starting  in  a  small  way  in  the  real  estate  business 
as  the  Laguna  Beach  Realty  Company,  Mr.  Jahraus  is  now  the  largest  realtor  in 
that  district.  At  the  time  of  the  organization  of  this  company  there  were  only  about 
ten  permanent  families  there,  and  the  tourists  were  depended  upon  to  make  up  the 
life  of  the  town.  The  only  connection  with  the  rest  of  the  state  was  by  stage  from 
El  Toro,  so  that  it  was  practically  inaccessible  to  the  average  traveler.  Under  the 
efficient  leadership  of  Mr.  Jahraus,  in  cooperation  with  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
and  the  public,  the  community  has  begun  to  show  marked  improvement,  with  good 
schools  and  good  roads,  and  it  is  on  the  coast  line  of  the  proposed  State  Highway. 
The  Sanitary  District  was  also  established  largely  through  Mr.  Jahraus'  efforts  and 
lie  is  a  member  of  its  board. 

Among  Mr.  Jahraus'  many  other  activities  he  is  president  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  vice-president  of  the  Associated  Chambers  of  Commerce  of  Orange  County, 
one  of  the  members  of  the  board  of  control  of  the  Laguna  Beach  Art  Associa- 
tion, which  is  making  this  beach  a  mecca  for  artists  from  far  and  wide,  and  he  was 
for  many  years  a  member  of  the  school  board.  During  the  war  he  was  chairman  of 
the  Liberty  Loan  Committee  of  Laguna  Beach,  and  as  one  of  its  four-minute  speakers 
<lid  much  to  further  their  drives.  During. his  youthful  days  he  served  for  four  years 
in  the  Ohio  State  Militia,  and  was  detailed  for  service  at  Cincinnati  during  the  riot 
that  caused  such  disturbances  there  in  1884.  Politically  Mr.  Jahraus  has  not  actively 
aligned  himself  with  any  party,  preferring  to  give  his  support  to  the  best  men  and 
measures,  regardless  of  party  affiliations. 

Mr.  Jahraus'  marriage  united  him  with  Miss  Henrietta  Beadle,  the  daughter  of 
Mr.   and   Mrs.   Joseph    Beadle,   both    natives '  of    England,   who   were    for    many   years 


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engaged  in  the  hotel  and  mercantile  business  in  Canada.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jahraus  are 
the  parents  of  two  children,  Joseph  R.  and  Pauline  C,  the  latter  graduating  from 
the  State  Normal  School  at  Los  Angeles  in  1920. 

Joseph  R.  Jahraus  enlisted  on  April  1,  1918,  in  the  Thirty-third  Engineers  Corps, 
U.  S.  A.  Stationed  at  Fort  Douglas,  Utah,  for  one  month,  he  was  then  sent  to  Camp 
Devens,  Mass.,  thence  overseas,  landing  at  Brest,  France,  July  12,  1918.  He  was  on 
one  of  sixteen  troop  ships,  sailing  under  a  convoy  of  two  battleships  and  six  de- 
stroyers, and  when  they  reached  the  submarine  zone  they  were  met  by  a  fleet  of 
twenty-four  destroyers,  and  as  they  neared  the  coast  of  France  they  were  under  the 
protection  of  three  dirigibles  and  many  small  craft.  Mr.  Jahraus  was  detailed  at 
once  to  active  service  as  a  wagoner  in  the  Engineer  Corps,  and  was  overseas  ten 
months.  Arriving  in  America  May  1,  1919,  he  was  given  his  honorable  discharge  at 
the  Presidio  at  San   Francisco,  June  2,   1919. 

In  October,  1914,  Joseph  R.  Jahraus  organized  the  Laguna  Beach  Lumber  Com- 
pany, being  president  of  the  same,  and  except  for  the  period  of  his  overseas  service 
he  has  served  continuously  as  manager  of  the  business.  Their  shipping  station  is  at 
Irvine,  on  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  and  all  lumber  is  hauled  by  truck  to  Laguna  Beach. 
The  company  is  enjoying  the  heaviest  business  in  its  history,  and  this  bids  fair  to 
increase   greatly   with   the    continued   growth   of   Laguna   Beach. 

The  Jahraus  family  all  stand  high  in  the  regard  of  the  residents  of  Laguna 
Beach  and  enjoy  a  well-deserved  popularity  there,  for  they  are  everywhere  recognized 
as  among  the  most  enthusiastic  and  dependable  workers  for  the  best  interests  of 
this  attractive  beach  town.  They  are  members  of  the  Episcopal  Church  at  Santa 
Ana  and  prominent  in  its  circles. 

STEPHEN  TOWNSEND.— Among  the  representative  citizens  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, and  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by  all  who  knew  him,  Stephen  Townsend  came 
to  the  Golden  State  as  early  as  1876.  He  first  located  in  Pasadena,  where  he  proved 
an  important  factor  in  the  development  and  upbuilding  of  its  best  interests,  securing 
its  first  franchise  and  building  its  first  railway;  and  later  the  Altadena  and  other  street 
car  lines;  establishing  the  Pasadena  Warehouse  and  Milling  Company  and  conducting 
the  same  successfully;  and  as  a  member  of  the  city  board  of  trustees  advancing  plans 
which  were  acceptable  to  both  the  conservative  elements  and  were  acted  upon  to  the 
entire  satisfaction  of  the  people.  In  1895  he  became  associated  with  the  interests  of 
Long  Beach,  in  which  city  he  foresaw  a  wonderful  future. 

Mr.  Townsend  was  a  descendant  of  English  ancestry,  the  first  members  of  both 
paternal  and  maternal  families  having  located  in  this  country  during  its  colonial  period. 
Descendants  drifted  into  the  Middle  West,  and  in  the  state  of  Ohio,  David,  the  father 
of  Stephen  Townsend,  was  born  and  reared  to  manhood  as  a  farmer's  son.  He  married 
Sidney  Maudlin,  also  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  until  18SS  they  remained  residents  of  that 
state  and  of  Indiana.  In  the  last-named  year  they  emigrated  to  Iowa  and  in  Cedar. 
County,  near  Iowa  City,  engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  continued 
in  that  location  until  1876,  when  he  brought  his  family  to  California  and  became  a 
member  of  the  Indiana  Colony,  now  Pasadena,  where  he  engaged  in  horticulture  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  survived  twenty  years  by  his  wife,  who  passed  away 
in  1903,  at  the  age  of  eighty-three  years. 

Stephen  Townsend,  the  eldest  son  and  sixth  child  of  their  thirteen  children,  was 
born  in  Hamilton  County,  Ind.,  October  19,  1848.  He  was  but  seven  years  old  when 
the  family  located  in  Iowa,  where  he  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  and 
later  the  Iowa  State  University.  Upon  leaving  the  university  he  began  to  farm  on 
his  own  responsibitly  upon  land  purchased  in  Franklin  County,  where  he  made  his 
home  for  three  years.  Following  this  he  was  similarly  employed  in  Cedar  County 
for  two  years,  when  in  1876,  he  accompanied  the  family  to  California.  The  West  ap- 
pealed to  him,  with  its  broader  opportunities  and  responsibilities,  and  he  readily  became 
one  of  the  most  prominent  men  of  Pasadena,  developing  his.  latent  powers  of  manage- 
ment and  executive  ability. 

Prior  to  Mr.  Townsend's  location  at  Long  Beach  he  purchased  twenty  acres  of 
land  on  the  Anaheim  Road,  adjoining  the  city  limits  and  one  mile  from  the  beach. 
The  year  after  his  location  at  Long  Beach  he  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business,  laying 
out  various  divisions  there,  aad  also  helping  in  the  development  of  Huntington  Beach. 
He  was  a  partner  in  several  real  estate  firms,  among  them  Bailey  and  Townsend,  Town- 
send  and  Campbell,  the  Townsend-Robinson  Investment  Company,  later  the  Townsend- 
Van  de  Water  Company.  He  also  contributed  extensively  to  the  development  of 
Orange  County,  being  one  of  the  organizers  and  directors  of  the  Orange  County  Im- 
provement Association  of  Newport,  of  which  he  acted  as  president,  serving  in  the  same 
capacity  for  the  La  Habra  Land  and  Water  Company  and  for  the  Sunset  Beach  Land 


590  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Company.  In  addition  to  the  foregoing  Mr.  Townsend  was  vice-president  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Long  Beach  and  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Huntington 
Beach.  He  organized  and  was  president  of  the  Land  and  Navigation  Company  which 
owned  800  acres  where  the  Long  Beach  harbor  was  dredged;  in  fact  he  took  an  active 
interest  in  all  movements  tending  to  promote  the  welfare  of  this  section  of  California. 
The  real  estate  firm  which  he  organized  was  one  of  the  most  substantial  in  this  part 
of  the  state,  and  carried  on  an  extensive  business,  the  high  character  of  ability  enlisted 
in  the  work  making  it  one  of  the  most  successful  enterprises  of  Long  Beach.  In  addi- 
tion to  his 'engrossing  real  estate  interests  he  was  active  in  the  municipal  life  of  Long 
Beach,  in  1903  being  elected  president  of  the  board  of  trustees,  which  office  he  filled 
with  efficiency. 

In  Iowa,  near  Iowa  City,  in  Johnson  County,  on  October  19,  1869,  Mr.  Townsend 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Anna  M.  Carroll,  who  was  born  near  LaPorte,  Ind., 
and  who  came  to  Iowa  with  her  parents  when  she  was  seven  years  of  age.  While  a  stu- 
dent at  the  University  of  Iowa  she  met  Mr.  Townsend,  the  acquaintance  resulting  in 
their  marriage.  They  became  the  parents  of  five  children,  two  of  whom  died  in  early 
childhood,  and  Frances  Maye  passed  away  in  1901,  aged  twenty-eight  years;  she  had 
graduated  from  the  College  of  Music  of  the  University  of  Southern  California  in  1894; 
Esther  Belle,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  Los  Angeles  State  Normal  School,  is  the  wife 
of  Dr.  A.  T.  Covert  of  Long  Beach;  Vinton  Ray  graduated  from  the  University  of 
California  at  Berkeley  and  from  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Southern 
California,  as  an  M.D.,  married  Miss  Ada  Campbell,  the  daughter  of  W.  L.  Campbell, 
and  they  reside  at  Los  Cerritos. 

Mr.  Townsend  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  prominent 
in  all  its  good  works,  officiating  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  and  superintend- 
ent of  the  Sunday  school,  and  was  a  member  of  the  building  committee  when  the  new 
church  was  erected  at  Long  Beach.  He  was  also  a  director  of  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association  and  served  as  president  of  the  Long  Beach  Hospital  Association,  of 
which  he  was  one  of  the  organizers.  It  can  truly  be  said  of  Mr.  Townsend  that  he 
was  representative  of  the  best  in  American  citizenship,  living  up  to  a  high  standard  in 
public  and  private  life,  and  in  his  passing  away  on  July  22,  1920,  the  community  lost 
one  of  its  most  valued  citizens,  whose  influence  had  ever  been  exerted  for  its  moral 
uplift  and  betterment.  Like  her  distinguished  husband,  Mrs.  Townsend  has  always 
been  prominent  in  the  life  of  the  city,  particularly  in  the  circles  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church  and  of  the  Ebell  Club,  and  aiding  in  all  other  movements  for  the 
community's  good. 

MME.  HELENA  MODJESKA. — No  complete  and  satisfactory  history  of  Orange 
County  ever  can  be  written  that  does  not  record  the  life  and  labors  of  Mme.  Helena 
Modjeska,  the  famous  tragedienne,  and  her  happy  and  fortunate  relation  to  the  Cali- 
fornia Southland,  in  which  she  passed  so  many  dreamy  and  eventful  days,  and  where 
at  length,  scarcely  more  thaji  a  decade  ago,  she  closed  her  eyes  forever  to  the  scenes 
of  an  admiring  world.  She  was  born  at  Cracow,  Poland,  on  October  12,  1840,  the 
daughter  of  Michael  Opid,  a  noted  musical  instructor  there,  whose  home  was  the 
rendezvous  for  artists  and  musicians  in  the  old  capital,  and  very  naturally  aspired 
toward  the  stage;  but  it  was  only  after  she  had  married  Gustav  Modrzejewska — 
abbreviated  later  to  Modjeska — that  she  was  able,  in  1861,  to  overcome  family  opposition 
and  appear  in  an  amateur  performance  in  Austrian  Poland.  So  great  was  her  -success 
that  her  husband  organized  a  company  to  support  her  on  a  tour  of  Galicia,  and  within 
two  or  three  years  she  had  become,  on  her  return  to  her  birthplace,  the  leading  lady 
at  the  local  theater.  All  Poland  soon  sounded  her  praises;  her  fame  extended  to 
Germany,  France  and  England;  and  even  the  younger  Dumas  paid  her  the  high  compli- 
ment to  invite  her  to  Paris  to  take  the  part  of  Marguerite  Gautier  in  his  famous 
"Dame  aux  Camelias,"  best  known  to  the  world  through  the  acting  of  Sarah  Bernhardt. 
She  remained  loyal  to  Poland  and  the  Polish  stage,  however,  and  only  ventured  abroad 
after  her  first  husband's  death. 

In  September,  1868,  she  married  a  second  time,  choosing  for  her  new  companion 
Karol  Bozenta  Chlapowski,  a  gifted  fellow-countryman,  and  a  year  later  settled  in  the 
more  brilliant  Warsaw,  where  she  appeared  in  the  principal  female  parts  of  Shakespeare, 
Goethe,  Schiller  and  Moliere,  as  well  as  plays  by  Polish  authors.  Failing  health,  worry 
over  the  harassing,  absurd  Russian  censorship,  and  other  difficulties,  induced  her  to 
leave  the  stage,  and  with  her  husband  she  came  to  the  United  States  and  California, 
hoping  to  found  there  a  colony  for  Polish  political  refugees  or  other  congenial  spirits. 

"The  coming  Centennial  Exposition  at  Philadelphia,  engrossing  in  particular  the 
curiosity  of  her  son,  then  an  embryo  engineer  and  full  of  interest  for  science,  was 
really  the  first  incentive  to  Mme.  Modjeska  and  her  husband  to  come  to  America,  as 


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she  tells  so  charmingly  in  her  always  readable  "Memories,"  and  the  person  who  piled 
on  torch  after  torch  to  the  burning  fagots  was  none  other  than  her  friend,  Sienkiewicz, 
the  author  later  of  "Quo  Vadis."  Despite  the  reports  of  rattlesnakes,  bears  and  the 
California  jaguar,  it  was  agreed  by  the  company  of  enthusiasts  who  met  evening  after 
evening  to  look  over  maps,  books  and  pictures,  that  one  need  not  starve  in  the  Golden 
State,  for  rabbits,  hares  and  partridges  were  to  be  had  for  the  mere  shooting,  and  gold 
was  to  be  dug  almost  anywhere;  and  in  her  intense  longing  for  a  change  that  would 
mean  rest  to  tired  nerves,  Pani,  or  Mrs.  Helena,  as  her  friends  called  her,  pictured 
herself  under  the  blue  skies  of  California,  riding  on  horseback  with  a  gun  over  her 
shoulder,  or  cooking  out  in  the  open,  in  the  land  of  freedom,  or  bleaching  linen  at  the 
brook  like  the  maidens  of  Homer! 

After  a  delightful  visit  in  New  York,  when  they  saw  and  met  some  of  the  stage 
celebrities  of  the  time,  the  party  traveled  south  to  Panama,  and  there  crossed  the 
Isthmus,  "a  two  hours'  enchantment,"  and  then  came  north  to  San  Francisco;  and  the 
very  next  day  after  their  arrival  at  the  Golden  Gate  they  witnessed  Edwin  Booth  act  in 
a  series  of  performances,  including  the  roles  of  Shylock  and  Marc  Antony.  Once 
in  the  Southland,  they  made  for  Anaheim,  then  inhabited  mostly  by  German  colonists 
and  Spaniards,  and  were  welcomed  by  Sienkiewicz  and  others  of  the  Polish  company 
who  had  gone  ahead  to  Anaheim  Landing.  After  a  life  spent  in  the  fine  old  ancestral 
homes  and  mansions  of  Poland,  Mme.  Modjeska  tells  us  that  the  little  house  at  Anaheim 
which  had  been  rented  for  her  seemed  painfully  small — a  dining  room,  a  so-called 
parlor,  with  a  square  piano  and  a  sofa,  two  bedrooms,  a  front  yard,  which  "looked  like 
a  poorly-kept  §mall  graveyard";  but  there  was  one  redeeming  point,  at  least,  and  that 
was  the  magnificent  view  of  the  Sierre  Madre  Mountains  to  the  north,  and  of  the  Santa 
Ana  range  to  the  east. 

Space  will  not  suffice  to  tell  in  detail  the  many  novel,  exhilarating  and  also  dis- 
couraging experiences  of  this  charming  idealist  and  her  dreamy,  impractical,  if  also 
delightful  associates,  who  so  identified  themselves  with  first  one  canyon  or  beach  or 
other  corner  of  Orange  County  that  forever  these  places  will  be  hallowed  to  all  who 
are  privileged  to  trace  out  and  follow  in  their  footprints.  The  reader  may  need  only 
to  be  reminded  again  how,  when  it  was  evident  that  the  voyageurs  from  over  the  seas 
could  no  longer  live  on  sunshine  and  cigarettes,  something  had  to  be  done,  not  merely 
to  supply  a  supportable  income  in  a  raw  and  undeveloped  country,  but  to  satisfy  the 
longings  of  the  higher  self,  Mme.  Modjeska,  in  the  spring  of  1877,  went  back  to  San 
Francisco  on  a  visit,  encouraged  by  overtures  from  theatrical  managers  whose  interest 
she  had  long  before  enlisted,  but  had  never  made  use  of,  and  after  scarcely  less  than 
four  months'  study  of  English,  made  her  first  appearance  in  the  historic  California 
Theater  as  Adrienne  Lecouvreur.  Her  success  was  instant,  and  from  the  first  evening 
of  her  performance  she  scored  an  acknowledged  triumph  as  one  of  the  leading  Ameri- 
can actresses.  Thereafter  she  made  numerous  tours  of  the  United  States,  and  played 
in  London  and  the  other  leading  cities  of  the  British  provinces,  and  even  returned  to 
the  stage  in  Poland,  distinguishing  herself  in  no  less  than  twenty-five  or  thirty  classical 
parts  acknowledged  to  be  sufficiently  difficult  to  test  her  claims  to  have  been  a  truly 
great  actress. 

Besides  her  home  in  Santiago  Canyon,  maintained  for  a  while  under  conditions 
in  strange  contrast  to  what  she  had  left  behind  in  the  Old  World,  and  satisfying  only 
to  those  in  such  search  for  the  romantic  that  they  drew  largely  upon  their  imagination 
and  were  blind  to  commonplace,  everyday  facts,  Mme.  Modjeska  made  her  home  at 
various  places  in  Southern  California,  generally  not  far  from  where  she  first  had  settled, 
and  in  each  place  not  only  shared  her  comforts  (as  well  as,  no  doubt,  a  few  of  the 
discomforts!)  with  some  of  the  most  gifted  and  even  brilliant,  as  well  as  noble  hearted 
of  her  compatriots,  but  entertained  at  various  times  many  of  the  most  famous  men 
and  women,  particularly  in  the  dramatic  or  musical  world,  who  happened  the  way  of  the 
Pacific,  or  journeyed  long  distances  to  enjoy  her  company  or  partake  of  her  unbounded 
hospitality,  dispensed  with  rare  humor  and  a  full  appreciation  of  the  droll  or  the 
ridiculous.  She  counted  the  greatest  minds  and  the  largest  hearted  of  Americans  among 
her  friends,  and  when  such  of  these,  as  the  poet  Longfellow,  could  not  visit  her,  their 
friendly,  devoted  or  affectionate  missives  found  their  way  over  sea  and  land  and  into 
the  forest  or  canyon  recesses  to  where  she,  in  periods  of  rest,  loved  to  come  again  and 
again.  The  residence  she  finally  erected  was  at  Forest  of  Arden,  in  Santiago  Canyon, 
Orange  County,  which  she  named  for  the  scene  in  the  celebrated  Shakespearean  play, 
As  You  Like  It.  It  has  long  since  been  a  Mecca  for  tourists  to  California  who  know 
of  her  only  by  name.  It  was  roomy,  dignified,  elaborate  and  luxurious,  both  as  to  its 
ornate  exterior  and  its  well-appointed,  richly  furnished  interior,  especially  its  large  and 
rich  library;  and  there  are  still  living  those  who  may  recall  the  breakfast  parties 
presided  over  by  this  rare  woman,  held  out  in  the  open  and  further  animated  by  her 


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son  Ralph  Modjeski,  the  eminent  civil  engineer- of  Chicago,  and  his  interesting  family. 
The  last  home  of  Mme.  Modjeska  was  on  Bay,  now  called  Modjeska  1^1^".^'  '"-rg" 
Newport,  to  which  she  had  removed  a  few  months  prior  to  her  death,  on  April  8,  lyuv  . 
a  cosy,  worthy  seaside  residence  which  she  bequeathed  to  her  grandson,  Felix  iJozenta 
Modjeska  who  now  occupies  it  with  his  family,  and  maintains  it  as  nearly  as  possible 
as  it  was  When  she  so  gracefully  moved  about  on  the  verandas  and  enjoyed  the  refresh- 
ing breeze. 

SAMUEL  KRAEMER.— Wonderful  have  been  the  changes  witnessed  by  Samuel 
Kraemer  since  his  boyish  eyes  first  beheld  the  vast  unsettled  tracts  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia It  was  in  1867,  when  he  was  ten  years  of  age,  that  he  arrived  here  with  other 
members  of  the  family,  at  the  expiration  of  a  long  and  tedious  voyage  from  the  iiast. 
Vast  tracts  were  then  untrodden  by  the  foot  of  man,  but  were  given  over  to  countless 
herds  of  wild  cattle  and  horses.  Travel  was  almost  wholly  on  horseback  through 
pathless  fields  in  which  the  wild  mustard  at  times  hid  the  animal  and  rider  from  view. 
Now  his  swift  automobiles  convey  him  over  perfect  roads  and  through  a  country 
densely  populated  with  a  contented,  prosperous  people.  Then  he  aided  in  the  cultiva- 
tion of  the  ground  with  such  rude  implements  as  could  be  obtained;  now  his  land  is 
cultivated  by  workmen  having  the  most  modern  machinery  that  money  can  buy.  In 
those  days  he  gazed  aloft  with  no  prophetic  vision  of  the  time,  when  under  his  super- 
vision an  aeroplane  would  be  constructed,  not  only  as  a  demonstration  of  the  possi- 
bilities of  science,  but  also  for  future  usefulness  and  enjoyment.  Financial  institutions 
were  not  in  vogue  in  those  days,  for  currency  was  too  scarce  to  render  banks  a  necessity; 
nor  could  his  vision  point  ahead  to  his  present  service  as  -a  director  in  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Anaheim  and  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  Bank  of  Fullerton,  in  which 
latter  institution  he  also  officiated  as  president  for  one  and  one-half  years.  He  was 
also  an  organizer  and  is  a  director  in  the  Placentia  National  Bank,  is  a  director  in  the 
Placentia  Mutual  Orange  Distributors  Association  and  president  of  the  Anaheim  Walnut 
Growers  Association. 

Born  in  St.  Clair  County,  111.,  July  9,  1857,  Samuel  Kraemer  was  a  son  of  Daniel 
and  Elenora  (Schrag)  Kraemer,  natives,  respectively,  of  St.  Johannes,  Germany,  and 
Landauch,  on  the  Rhine.  They  emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  early  years  and 
passed  away  in  California  at  advanced  ages.  The  family  became  pioneers  of  California 
in  1867.  The  journey  was  commenced  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  whence  they  traveled  to  New 
York,  arriving  in  that  city  at  the  end  of  four  days.  A  steamer  was  there  boarded  for 
Panama  and  after  a  tedious  voyage  of  sixteen  days  they  landed  at  the  Isthmus.  Three 
days  were  spent  in  unloading  on  the  eastern  side,  crossing  the  Isthmus  and  loading 
up  on  the  Pacific  side,  after  which  they  sailed  on  a  steamer  bound  for  San  Francisco. 
The  voyage  consumed  fifteen  days  and  the  only  stops  made  by  the  steamer  were  at 
Acapulco  and  Manzanillo,  Mexico.  The  fact  that  the  ship  did  not  anchor  at  any  port 
in  Southern  California  caused  extra  expense  and  delay  to  the  Kraemer  family,  who 
were  forced  to  wait  for  twenty-one  days  in  San  Francisco  before  any  vessel  started 
for  the  southern  part  of  the  state.  Eventually  they  landed  at  San  Pedro,  Los  Angeles 
County,  after  a  voyage  of  five  days  from  San  Francisco,  and  from  San  Pedro,  pro- 
ceeded to  Anaheim.  At  that  time  Los  Angeles  County  embraced  all  of  what  is  now 
Orange  County.  The  environment  was  uninviting,  for  Americans  had  not  settled  in 
sufficient  numbers  to  embark  in  any  improvements  and  wild  stock  roamed  the  ranges. 
Immediately  after  his  arrival,  the  elder  Kraemer  bought  thirty-nine  hundred  acres 
of  land  (which  was  the  smallest  land  tract  that  could  be  bought)  in  what  is  now 
known  as  the  Placentia  district.  The  land  was  originally  owned  by  A.  D.  Ontiveras, 
a  Castilian  gentleman,  a  native  of  Spain,  who  received  his  grant  from  the  Mexican 
government.  In  time  Mr.  Kraemer  had  fenced  eighty  acres  of  the  tract,  besides 
making  other  improvements.  The  entire  country  was  open  with  the  exception  of 
•  twelve  hundred  acres  at  Anaheim,  which  was  fenced,  admission  being  through  four 
gates  on  the  four  sides  of  the  tract,  and  by  means  of  this  solid  fence  all  wild  cattle 
were  excluded.  Eight  years  later  the  fence  law  kept  out  cattle  and  brought  settlers. 
From  the  first  Samuel  aided  his  father  in  the  many  difficult  tasks  connected  with 
improving  the  wild  tract  and  it  was  not  possible  for  him  to  attend  school  regularly, 
but  he  was  a  pupil  in  the  Yorba  school  for  a  time,  and  since  then  by  reading  and 
observation  he  has  become  a  well  informed  man.  Five  hundred  acres  of  the  original 
estate  is  now  owned  by  him,  the  larger  part  of  the  land  being  in  grain,  but  in  addition 
he  has  sixty-five  acres  in  oranges  and  130  acres  in  walnuts.  Stock  is  raised  for  the 
needs  of  the  ranch,  but  not  for  the  general  markets. 

On  September  30,  1886,  Mr.  Kraemer  .married  Miss  Angelina  Yorba,  a  native  of 
California  and  the  daughter  of  Castilian  parents  now  deceased,  representing  early 
settlers   of  the  state,   Prudencio  and  Dolores    (Ontiveras)   Yorba.     Ten   children   were 


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born  of  the  union,  of  whom  five  sons  and  three  daughters  survive:  Adela  is  Mrs. 
Walter  Muckenthaler  of  Fullerton;  Samuel  P.  married  MiSs  Edna  Wentz  of  Ohio, 
served  in  the  U.  S.  Array  in  the  World  War  and  is  an  orange  grower  in  Placentia; 
Elena  Mauri  of  Oakland,  is  an  orange  grower  at  Placentia;  Gilbert  U.  married  Esther 
Arnold  R.,  who  served  in  the  U.  S.  Naval  Reserve,  stationed  in  New  Jersey,  and  married 
Munger  of  Santa  Ana,  and  is  a  rancher  on  Kraemer  Avenue;  Angeline  is  the  wife  of 
Edward  Backs  and  resides  in  Placentia;  Laurance  P.  is  attending  Occidental  College; 
Geraldine  and  Louis  are  attending  the  Union  high  school. 

Caring  little  for  politics  or  secret  orders,  Mr.  Kraemer  nevertheless  finds  much 
to  occupy  his  time.  The  supervision  of  his  large  estate,  the  discharge  of  duties  as  bank 
director,  the  enjoyment  of  domestic  and  social  pleasure,  the  recreation  through  travel 
and  the  development  of  irrigation  and  fruit  interests  keep  him  fully  occupied.  While 
serving  as  a  director  of  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company  he  also  for  a  time  filled 
the  office  of  vice-president.  Even  more  than  many  horticulturists,  he  has  realized  the 
importance  of  a  successful  solution  of  the  water  problem  and  at  all  times  he  has  been  an 
active  factor  in  the  development  of  irrigation  interests.  The  fact  that  the  water 
supply  is  so  abundant  and  so  satisfactory  is  due  not  a  little  to  his  influence  and  timely 
actions.  Other  important  local  measures  have  had  the  benefit  of  his  aid  and  cooperation 
and  very  justly  he  occupies  a  leading  position  among  the  pioneer  citizens  and  horticul- 
turists of  the  county.  In  company  with  William  Crowther,  A.  S.  Bradford,  H.  H.  Hale 
and  C.  C.  Chapman,  Mr.  Kraemer  became  one  of  the  promoters  of  the  new  town  of 
Placentia.  They  gave  the  right-of-way  to  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  and  Mr.  Kraemer 
donated  besides  ten  acres  of  land  on  which  the  depot  and  side  tracks  are  situated. 
Work  was  begun  in  August,  1910,  and  four  packing  houses  have  in  the  meantime  been 
erected,  one  of  which  Mr.  Kraemer  erected  at  his  own  expense.  He  is  a  shareholder 
and  director  in  the  Placentia  Mutual  Orange  Association.  They  have  just  completed  a 
large  modern  packing  house  at  a  cost  of  $150,000,  one  of  the  finest  in  California.  His 
influence  in  Orange  County  is  felt  far  and  wide  and  his  name  is  mentioned  with  honor 
and  respect  because  of  a  well-regulated  and  well-spent  life,  contributing  in  no  small 
manner  to  the  well  being  and  upbuilding  of  the  county. 

JOSE  SANSINENA.— An  early  settler  of  the  La  Habra  Valley  in  what  is  now  the 
northern  part  of  Orange  County,  who  came  to  California  in  1872  and  from  a  humble 
beginning  by  perseverance  and  close  application  became  one  of  the  largest  and  most 
successful  stockmen  and  landowners,  is  the  late  Jose  Sansinena,  who  was  born  at 
AldudeSj  Basses  Pyrenees,  France,  in  18S4,  where  he  was  reared  and  obtained  his  edu- 
cation in  the  local  school.  His  parents  were  farmers  and  stock  raisers,  so  from  a  lad 
Jose  assisted  on  the  farm  and  became  adept  in  the  care  of  stock. 

From  his  countrymen  who  had  returned  from  California  he  learned  of  the  many 
opportunities  that  awaited  young  men  of  brain  and  brawn  who  were  willing  to  work. 
So  his  desire  was  whetted  until  he  started  for  the  land  of  gold  and  sunshine  on  the 
Pacific  Coast,  arriving  in  1872  a  young  man  full  of  ambition  and  hope  to  make  a  fortune 
in  the  new  world.  Soon  after  his  arrival  he  entered  the  employ  of  Mr.  Bastanchury  and 
his  steady  habits  and  watchful  care  of  his  employer's  interest  attracted  Mr.  Bastanchury, 
so  that  when  the  young  man  had  saved  enough  money  and  showed  a  desire  to  engage 
in  business  Mr.  Bastanchury  took  him  into  partnership  and  they  continued  together, 
meeting  with  success  and  became  owners  of  large  flocks.  In  those  early  days  there 
was  no  market  to  speak  of  in  Los  Angeles  so  each  year  they  drove  bands  of  sheep  to 
San  Francisco  where  they  were  sold  in  the  market,  the  price  per  head  ranging  from 
$1.50  to  $2.00  with  the  wool.  These  trips  usually  consumed  two  and  a  half  to  three 
months'  time. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Sansinena  and  Miss  Dolores  Ordoqui  was  celebrated  at  the 
historical  old  Plaza  Church,  Los  Angeles,  in  1889,  the  ceremony  being  performed  by 
Father  Liebana.  The  bride  was  a  native  of  Navarra,  Spain,  but  reared  in  Los  Angeles. 
She  came  with  her  parents,  when  a  girl  in  1872,  and  was  educated  in  the  Sisters  Con- 
vent, Los  Angeles.  Soon  after  their  marriage  the  partnership  with  Mr.  Bastanchury 
was  dissolved  and  Mr.  Sansinena  continued  in  the  stock  business  and  purchased  5,000 
acres  of  the  Stearns  Rancho  in  the  La  Habra  Valley  and  they  took  up  their  residence 
on  the  ranch,  making  the  necessary  improvements  for  their  comfort  and  convenience, 
and  here  they  made  a  specialty  of  raising  sheep,  ranging  them  on  the  broad  acres  of 
their  ranch  which  was  well  adapted  for  the  purpose,  being  well  watered  by  nuffiefous 
springs.  His  flocks  increased  until  he  had  from  10,000  to  15,000  head,  and  when  the 
railroad  was  completed  from  San  Francisco  to  Los  Angeles,  as  well  as  the  Santa  Fe 
into  Southern  California,  he  shipped  both  to  the  Northern  as  well  as  the  Eastern  mar- 
kets. His  keen  perception  and  business  ability  was  felt  and  he  rose  rapidly  to  a  position 
of  affluence   and   acquired   an   independent  position   financially   and   a   competency   for 


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himself  and  family.  However,  he  was  not  permitted  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  his  labors- 
for  he  was  called  to  the  Great  Beyond,  May  1,  1895,  mourned  by  his  family  and  friends. 
He  was  buried  in  Calvary  Cemetery,  Los  Angeles.  He  left  a  widow  and  four  children 
as  follows:  Antoinette;  Joseph,  who  served  in  the  U.  S.  Navy  in  the  World  War  and 
now  ably  assists  his  mother  in  the  care  of  their  large  ranch;  Magdalena  and  Marian. 
They  all  reside  with  their  mother  and  having  been  reared  in  an  atmosphere  of  culture 
and  refinement  the  daughters  ably  assist  her  in  gracefully  presiding  over  the -home. 
Mrs.  Sansinena  afterwards  became  Mrs.  Ysidoro  Eseverri  and  all  make  their  residence 
at  the  old  home. 

Mr.  Sansinena  was  a  modest  and  unassuming  man  but  of  strict  integrity  and 
honesty  of  purpose  which  greatly  endeared  him  to  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 
He  was  industrious  and  energetic  and  was  never  afraid  of  work  nor  to  venture 
in  this  new  country,  where  in  his  prime  he  entered  the  wilderness  and  claimed  the 
virgin  soil  as  his  heritage.  Thus  it  is  to  pioneers  of  his  type  that  Orange  County  today 
owes  much  of  its  present  development  and  greatness,  for  without  their  spirit  of  energy 
and  optimism  the  present  generation  would  not  now  be  enjoying  the  well  improved 
country  with  its  paved  roads  and  other  public  conveniences  and  essentials  to  give  them 
the  present  day  comforts  and  pleasures.  Liberal  and  kind-hearted  to  a  fault,  Mr.  San- 
sinena's  example  is  well  worthy  of  emulation. 

JOSEPH  WILLIAM  JOHNSON.^-Among  the  best-known  ranchers  and  business 
men  of  both  Yorba  Linda  and  Placentia  may  well  be  listed  J.  W.  Johnson,  a  leader  in 
legitimate  "boosting"  for  the  locality,  who  lives  on  the  Richfield  Road  near  the  Yorba 
Linda  Boulevard.  He  was  born  in  County  Durham,  England,  near  the  famous  cathedral 
and  the  old,  historic  town  of  that  name,  on  June  22,  1863,  the  son  of  Manuel  Johnson,  a 
farmer  and  a  landowner,  whose  chief  crops  were  hay  and  grain.  He  had  married  Miss 
Annie  Walker,  a  daughter  of  an  old  and  well-established  family  that  had  sent,  in  her 
brothers,   several  representatives   to   Parliament. 

From  a  boy,  our  subject  had  yearned  for  travel;  and  when  only  fourteen  he 
crossed  the  ocean  to  New  York  City,  and  then  came  on  to  the  coal  regions,  where  he 
found  emplOyitient.  Since  then  he  has  crossed  and  recrossed  the  Atlantic  seven  times. 
Having  enjoyed  the  benefits  of  a  good  common  school  education  in  England,  the  lad 
readily  made  his  way  in  America,  being  apt  at  learning;  and  having  become  a  mining 
expert,  he  was  busy  for  a  while  in  New  Mexico,  serving  even  as  deputy  sheriflf  at 
Albuquerque.  In  1891,  however,  he  decide  to  abandon  mining,  and  coming  on  to  Cali- 
fornia, he  stopped  for  a  while  at  Los  Angeles,  and  then  came  on  to  Santa  Ana,  which 
was  then  but  a  small  village. 

After  serving  as  game  warden  at  the  Bolsa  Gun  Club,  he  leased  land  on  the  Irvine 
Ranch,  and  has  been  pursuing  agriculture  there  or  elsewhere  ever  since.  In  1899  he 
removed  to  Placentia  and  purchased  five  acres  on  the  flats  east  of  Richfield;  and  this 
land  he  improved  and  developed,  making  of  it  a  very  profitable  grove  of  oranges. 
Meanwhile,  he  contracted  for  the  making  and  grading  of  roads  and  the  care  of  the 
water  reservoirs  for  Yorba  Linda,  and  altogether  he  spent  fifteen  years  in  the  service 
of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  grading  and  making  crossings,  and  also  graded  the  streets 
for  the  town  of  Placentia  wheij  it  was  laid  out.  Of  late  years  he  has  had  full  charge 
as  superintendent  of  some  ninety  acres  in  Yorba  Linda,  and  has  set  out  much  of  this 
to  lemons,  using  nursery  stock  developed  on  his  own  ranch.  Having  recently  sold  his 
five-acre  ranch,  he  intends  to  locate  on  more  open  land  and  to  improve  a  still  larger 
area.  This  has  not  weakened  Mr.  Johnson's  interest  in  Placentia  and  Yorba  Linda  in 
any  respect,  for  he  still  has  the  utmost  confidence  in  a  brilliant  future  for  both;  and  as 
both  an  American  citizen  of  the  one  hundred  per  cent  type,  and  a  stanch  Republican,  he 
supported  vigorously  all  the  varied  work  of  the  recent  war,  and  also  all  movements 
for  the  building  up  of  the  community.  Mr.  Johnson  has  one,  daughter,  Mrs.  Laura 
Speck,  of  Santa   Barbara,  and  she  is  the  mother  of  a  daughter,   Ethel  Speck. 

JOSEPH  KEE. — For  twenty  years  Joseph  Kee  of  Buena  Park  has  been  identi- 
fied with  the  general  farming  interests  of  Orange  County,  having  located  on  his  present 
ranch  in  1900.  At  that  time  the  land  was  in  its  primitive  state  and  he,  as  well  as 
many  other  ranchers,  was  obliged  to  put  up  with  many  inconveniences,  and  suffered 
the  setbacks  common  in  those  days  among  the  early  settlers  in  a  new  territory.  By 
hard  work  and  sound  business  management  Mr.  Kee  has  overcome  his  earlier  obstacles 
and  today  is  counted  as  one  of  the  successful  and  substantial  ranchers  in  his  section 
of  the  county. 

Joseph  Kee  was  born  in  McHenry  County,  111.,  on  March  10,  1850,  a  son  of 
James  and  Rachel  (Morton)  Kee,  His  father  was  a  native  of  the  Emerald  Isle, 
while  his  mother  was  born  in  either  New  York  or  Illinois  of  Irish  parents.  The  family 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Kee  consisted  of  twelve  children,  six  of  whom  are  living. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  599 

In  April,  1877,  Joseph  Kee  moved  to  McPherson  County,  Kans.,  where-  he  re- 
mained until  1887,  when  he  migrated  to  Los  Angeles  County,  Cal.  He  lived  near 
San  Gabriel  for  thirteen  years,  then  settled  on  his  present  ranch  of  twenty  acres, 
situated  on  Almond  Street,   Buena  Park. 

In  March,  1878,  Joseph  Kee  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Jennie  B.  Mitchell, 

who  was  reared  on  the  adjoining  farm  in  Illinois  where  Mr."  Kee  was  born,  and  of 

■  this  happy  union  four  children  were  born:    Clarence,  Elenora,  wife  of  Robert  Brown 

of  Santa  Ana;  Ormiston,  and  Charlotte,  wife  of  Willis  Cornwell  of  Stanislaus  County. 

Mrs.  Kee  is  a  native  of  Illinois  and  is  of  Scotch  ancestry. 

In  addition  to  his  general  farming  operations,  Mr.  Kee  devotes  considerable 
time  to  raising  poultry,  his  flock  of  fowls  numbering  about  250.  In  politics  he  has 
supported  the  Republican  candidates  since  he  has  voted,  and  he  is  highly  esteemed  in  his 
community  for  his  integrity  of  character  and  good  citizenship.  He  was  reared  in 
the  Episcopal  Church. 

MRS.  DOLORES  ESEVERRL— A  woman  who  has  nobly  done  her  part  to  build 
up  and  improve  the  northern  part  of  Orange  County  and  who  has  displayed  wonderful 
native  business  acumen  and  optimism  in  her  effort  of  transforming  the  raw  land  into 
beautiful  orchards  loaded  with  golden  fruit,  such  a  woman  is  Mrs.  Dolores  Eseverri, 
who  is  a  native  of  far  away  Spain,  born  at  Pamplona,  Navarra,  a  country  noted  for  the 
modesty  and  high  moral  character  of  its  people  and  where  the  honor  of  the  home  is 
very. sacred  and  guarded  with  the  most  zealous  care. 

Her  parents  were  Juan  and  Antonia  Ordoqui,  also  natives  of  Pamplona,  where  her 
father  was  a  carpenter  of  known  ability.  When  the  news  of  the  discovery  of  gold  in 
■California  reached  Navarra  he  immediately  joined  the  rush  to  the  new  Eldorado  and 
was  one  of  the  Argonauts,  coming  via  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  to  San  Francisco  in  1849. 
After  several  years  he  returned  to  his  home  in  Spain;  however,  he  was  so  well  im- 
pressed with  the  opportunities  in  the  land  of  sunshine  and  flowers  on  the  Pacific  Coast 
and  the  call  of  the  West  became  so  strong  that  he  finally  concluded  to  make  it  his 
home.  So  responding  to  the  allurement,  he  brought  his  wife  and  two  children,  Manuel 
and  Dolores,  settling  in  Los  Angeles  County  in  1872,  where  he  became  a  well-to-do 
sheep  raiser,  and  during  his  lifetime  became  the  owner  of  large  herds  as  well  as  a 
ranch  now  the  present  site  of  Palms,  near  Los  Angeles.  Later  he  purchased  a  residence 
in  Los  Angeles  where  he  made  his  home  until  -his  death  in  1909,  his  widow  surviving 
him  until  1911.    The  son  Manuel  is  now  a  business  man  in  Los  Angeles. 

Thus  in  this  beautiful  environment  of  sunny  Southern  California  Dolores  Ordoqui 
.grew  to  womanhood  receiving  a  liberal  education  in  the  Sisters  Convent  in  Los  Angeles. 
She  was  first  married  in  her  early  womanhood,  the  ceremony  being  performed  at  the 
■old  Plaza  Church  at  Los  Angeles,  when  she  was  united  with  Jose  Sansinena,  who  was 
a  native  of  Aldudes,  France,  and  had  come  to  Los  Angples  County  in  1872  and  had 
become  a  successful  stockman.  After  their  marriage  they  gradually  enlarged  their 
•operations  until  their  -flocks  became  very  large  and  they  acquired  by  purchase  5,000 
;acres  of  the  Stearns  rancho,  which  at  the  time  was  all  grazing  land  and  being  well 
watered  by  springs  was  well  adapted  to  sheep  raising,  in  which  they  specialized.  Mr. 
■Sansinena  was  most  successful  in  his  business,  increasing  his  herds  year  by  year  until 
their  flocks  numbered  about  15,000  head.  He  passed  away  in  1895  leaving  his  widow 
and  four  children,  Antoinette,  Joseph,   Magdelena  and   Marian. 

On  March  25,  1901,  Mrs.  Sansinena  was  married  a  second  time  when  Ysidoro 
Eseverri  became  her  husband.  He  was  likewise  born  in  Navarra,  Spain,  the  son  of 
Pablo  and  Josefa  Eseverri,  the  father  being  a  prominent  merchant  in  that  locality.  He 
received  his  education  in  his  native  land  and  when  still  a  youth  he  came  alone  to 
■California,  where  he  engaged  in  sheep  raising.  After  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Eseverri  continued  ranching,  gradually  selling  off  their  sheep  and  engaging  in  farming 
-and  horticulture.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eseverri  are  the  parents  of  one  daughter,  Josephine. 
They  have  disposed  of  a  considerable  portion  of  the  Sansinena  ranch,  which  at  one 
time  was  one  of  the  largest  in  this  part  of  the  county.  The  whole  acreage  formerly  lay 
In  Los  Angeles  County,  but  when  Orange  County  was  organized  its  northern  boundary 
line  passed  directly  through  the  Sansinena  ranch.  The  family  have  planted  large 
■orchards  to  Valencia  and  Navel  oranges,  lemons,  walnuts  and  avocados  now  in  bearing, 
while  the  balance  of  the  ranch  is  devoted  to  raising  hay.  The  place  is  under  an  excellent 
system  of  irrigation  for,  besides  service  from  the  La  Habra  Water  Company,  they  have 
installed  their  own  pumping  plant,  thus  giving  ample  water  for  irrigating  their  orchard 
-and  crops.  In  1917  a  large  and  beautiful  new  residence  of  colonial  style  of  architec- 
ture was  erected,  where  Mrs.  Eseverri  resides  with  her  husband  and  children,  who 
are  devoted  to  her  and  shower  on  her  their  affection  and  loving  care,  and  in  their  liberal 
-and  unostentatious  way  they  are  all  pleased  to  -n'elcome  their  many  friends  and  take 
.-great  delight  in   dispensing  the  old-time   Californian   hospitality. 


600  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

WILLIAM  H.  BURNHAM.— An  experienced  business  man  of  the  East  who  haa 
distinguished  himself  as  a  good  financier  and  has  therefore  been  able,  as  a  resident  o^ 
California,  to  exert  an  important  and  helpful  influence  in  controlling  and  directing 
movements  in  the  development  of  the  Golden  State,  is  William  H.  Burnham,.  wh°  was 
born  at  Ellington,  Conn.,  in  18S1.  Both  his  father,  John  Burnham,  and  his  grandtatner, 
of  the  same  name,  were  natives  of  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  the  family  having  been  founded  m 
Hartford,  Conn.,  in  r636,  by  Thomas  Burnham  who  came  from  England.  John  hSurn- 
ham,  the  father  of  our  subject,  settled  in  Ellington  and  later  was  associated  witn 
Daniel  Halladay,  the  windmill  manufacturer  at  Coventry;  and  m  1856  he  came  to 
Chicago  as  sales  agent  for  the  Halladay  Company.  Under  his  able  initiative,  their 
western  business  rapidly  increased,  and  they  established  a  factory  at  Batavia,  Kane 
County,  111.,  on  which  account  Daniel  Halladay  came  out  to  Chicago,  and  had  the 
concern  incorporated.  The  enterprise  was  known  as  the  U.  S.  Wind  Engine  and  Fump 
Company,  and  Messrs.  Halladay  and  Burnham  were  the  principal  owners.  1  he  Daniel 
Halkday  referred  to  afterwards  located  in  Santa  Ana,  where  he  was  prominently  con- 
nected with  that  city's  growth  and  development.  In  time,  John  Burnham  became 
president  of  the  company,  and  he  held  that  office  for  many  years;  and  when  he  retired, 
to  spend  his  last  days  at  Orange,  where  he  eventually  died,  he  was  succeeded  as  presi- 
dent by  his  son,  our  subject.  Mrs.  Burnham  was  Miss  Delia  A.  Damon  before  her 
marriage,  and  she  was  a  native  of  Lunenburg,  Worcester  County,  Mass.,  and  the 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  David  Damon,  a  prominent  Unitarian  minister  of  English  descent, 
who  for  many  years  preached  at  West  Cambridge,  now  Arlington.  She  also  died  at 
Orange,  the  mother  of  two  children,  of  whom  William  H.  alone  grew  to  maturity. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Batavia,  111.,  and  later  studied  at  Lombard 
University,  reluctantly  abandoning  his  courses  in  the  sophomore  year  when,  on  account 
of  failing  health,  he  had  to  hie  away  to  Florida.  On  his  return,  in  the  spring  of  1872, 
he  entered  the  employ  of  the  United  States  Wind  Engine  Company,  beginning  at  the 
bottom  in  the  paint  shop  and  advancing  as  draftsman,  shipping  clerk,  and  traveling 
salesman.  In  the  latter  capacity  he  visited  almost  every  section  of  the  United  States. 
Canada  and  even  Mexico;  and  having  served  the  company  with  signal  ability  as  general 
sales  agent,  he  became  superintendent  and  finally  president,  a  position  of  honor  and 
responsibility  he  filled  for  several  years. 

Undoubtedly  Mr.  Burnham  inherited  much  ability  for  executive  management,  for 
especially  during  his  presidency  the  business  of  the  company  was  greatly  increased,, 
and  they  came  to  enjoy  a  large  and  ever-expanding  trade  with  both  the  United  States 
and  foreign  countries,  a  volume  of  work  and  prosperity  of  direct  personal  interest  for 
father  and  son  held  a  controlling  interest  in  the  concern.  Finally,  the  close  application 
and  strain  again  told  too  much  upon  him,  and,  desiring  to  conserve  his  health,  he  con- 
cluded to  give  up  the  management.  The  Burnhams,  therefore,  in  1892  sold  their 
controlling  interest,  but  retained  a  tenth  of  the  stock  and  the  business  of  making 
windmills,  pump  fixtures,  tanks,  railroad  water  stations,  steel  towers  for  tanks,  water 
cranes  and  standpipes  goes  on  under  the  old  firm  name.  They  made  the  steel  towers 
used  by  the  Edison  Company  of  Southern  California,  and  they  turned  out  three  diflfering 
patterns  of  mills — the  United  States,  the  Gem  and  the  Halladay  Standard. 

In  the  spring  of  1893,  Messrs.  John  and  William  H.  Burnham  came  west  to 
California;  and  taking  a  fancy  to  Orange,  they  purchased  property  there  and  that 
summer  built  a  residence.  In  October,  they  moved  to  the  Golden  State  "for  good," 
and  at  once  began  to  improve  the  place,  grubbing  out  the  old  trees  and  setting  out 
oranges  and  lemons.  About  seventeen  other  families  also  came  here  from  Batavia 
111.,  and  accordingly  they  named  the  street  Batavia,  as  a  result  of  which  the  property 
of  the  Burnhams  was  situated  on  the  corner  of  Batavia  and  La  Veta. 

From  the  time  when  he  was  once  well  established  here,  Mr.  Burnham  has  taken  a 
prominent  part  in  local  affairs.     He  became  interested  in  the  old  Commercial  Bank  in 
Santa  Ana,  and  was  a  director,  and  later  he  was  also  interested  in  the  Bank  of  Orange 
when   it  was   principally  owned   by   the   Commercial    Bank   of   Santa   Ana    and   was   a 
director  there  as  early  as  1898.     When  the  Bank  6i  Orange  was  taken  ove'r  bv  Orana-e 
people,  he  continued  to  be  a  director,  and  later  he  was  made  president      He  continued 
in  that  enviable  office  when  it  was  made  the  National  Bank  of  Orange-  and  after  manv 
years   of  service  as  a  president  and  a   director,   he  resigned  first  frorii   one  office   and 
then  from  the  other,  but  he  is  still  intrested  in   the  bank  as  a  stockholder      He   was 
also  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Orange  Savings  Bank,  in  which  he  is  still  interested 
Mr.  Burnham  was  also  one  of  the  organizers  of  and  a  director  in  the  Santiacro  Orange 
Growers  Association,  withdrawing  after  many  years  when  he   sold   his   ranch   in   1916. 
and  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  and  his  family  now  reside  at  401  South  Kingslev 
Drive.     He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  director  of  the   H.   R.   Boynton   Comnanv 
afterwards    changed    to    the    Pacific    Pipe    and    Supply    Company,    and    succeeded    Mr 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  603 

Boynton  as  president,  a  position  he  filled  for  some  time,  until  he  resigned  to  accept 
the  vice-presidency,  as  it  required  less  of  his  time.  For  the  past  ten  years  he  has  been 
a  director  of  the  Title  Insurance  and  Trust  Company  of  Los  Angeles. 

-At  Geneva,  111.,  on  December  9,  1880,  Mr.  Burnham  was  married  to  Miss  Katharine 
P.  French,  a  native  of  St.  Charles,  Kane  County,  111.,  and  the  daughter  of  Rolla  and 
Miary  C.  (Cook)  French,  born,  respectively,  in  Vermont  and  Erie  County,  N.  Y. ;  they 
were  joined  in  matrimony  at  St.  Charles,  after  -which  Mr.  French  became  a  stock 
broker  in  Chicago.  When.he  died,  he  was  an  officer  of  the  Miner  Bank  of  St.  Charles. 
Mrs.  Burnham's  maternal  grandfather,  Franklin  Cook,  emigrated  with  his  family,  includ- 
ing herself  and  her  mother,  to  Denver  in  1861,  crossing  the  great  plains  with  ox-teams, 
and  in  1862  he  died  at  Guy  House,  Colo.  Mrs.  French  with  her  daughter,  Katharine, 
returned  to  Illinois  in  1868  and  located  in  Chicago  on  account  of  the  educational 
advantages  offered  there  for  her  daughter,  making  the  trip  from  Denver  to  Cheyenne 
by  the  Overland  stage,  and  then  by  rail  to  the  city  on  the  lakes;  and  in  Chicago,  Mrs. 
Burnham  enjoyed  the  best  educational  advantages  in  the  West.  The  fortunate  union 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burnham  has  been  blessed  by  three  children,  all  of  whom  have 
reflected  the  highest  credit  upon  the  family  name.  Ralph  F.,  the  eldest,  and  William  H., 
Jr.,  the  youngest,  are  both  graduates  of  the  Throop  Polytechnic  Institute  at  Pasadena, 
and  together  they  have  developed  a  citrus  ranch  of  140  acres  three  miles  east  of  River- 
side, which  they  have  named  La  Colina.  Mary,  the  only  daughter,  a  graduate  of  the 
Marlborough  School  in  Los  Angeles,  married  Henry  Fay  Grant,  who  died  at  Franklin, 
Pa.,  and  now  she  assists  her  mother  to  preside  over  the  Burnham  home. 

Mr.  Burnham  was  one  of  the  original  trustees  of  the  Orange  Union  high  school, 
having  been  prominent  in  the  energetic  work  required  to  bring  it  into  existence;  and 
he  was  also  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Orange  County  Highway  Commission 
and  did  yeoman  service  with  Charles  C.  Chapman  and  M.  M.  Crookshank.  In  national 
political  affairs  Mr.  Burnham  is  a  Republican;  but  he  is  too  broad-minded  to  permit 
narrow  partisanship  to  interfere  with  his  hearty  support  of  every  good  candidate  and 
every  excellent  measure  likely  to  help  upbuild  the  community  in  which  he  lives  and 
prospers. 

JOSEPH  G.  QUICK. — A  successful  real  estate  broker,  who  has  done  much  to 
bring  about  sound  and  stable  conditions  in  California  realty,  is  Joseph  G.  Quick,  a 
native  of  Canton,  Fulton  County,  111.,  where  he  was  born  on  April  1,  1856.  His  father 
was  Andrew  Jackson  Quick,  a  farmer  and  wheelwright,  who  married  Elizabeth  Gardi- 
ner. Andrew  J.  Quick  was  born  in  Penn  Yan,  N.  Y.,  in  1831,  of  an  old  family  of  that 
state.  He  came  to  Illinois  in  about  1852,  where  he  ran  a  carriage  and  wagon  factory 
and  also  engaged  in  farming.  Joseph  G.  Quick's  maternal  grandfather,  Joseph  H. 
Gardiner,  came  from  Penn  Yan,  N.  Y.,  to  Fulton  County,  111.,  about  1836,  when  his 
daughter  Elizabeth  was  a  little  girl.  The  parents  both  passed  away  i-n  Illinois.  They 
had  nine  children,  among  whom  Joseph  was  the  eldest. 

Joseph  attended  the  grammar  and  high  school  of  his  district,  and  later  took  a 
course  at  the  business  college  in  Jacksonville,  111.,  then  for  a  while  he  farmed  and  later 
manufactured  brick  and  tile  at  Cuba,  111.  In  both  of  these  fields  he  succeeded,  until 
his  health  broke  down  and  he  was  advised  to  seek  a  milder  climate.  In  June,  1887, 
he  came  to  California  and  Santa  Ana  and  in  the  latter  place  established  himself  in 
the  real  estate  business  and  is  today  the  oldest  dealer  in  town.  He  was  successful  from 
the  first,  and  having  acquired  local  experience  and  extended  widely  his  circle  of  friends, 
he  did  a  general  brokerage  business.  He  made  a  specialty  of  handling  estates,  having 
served  as  state  appraiser  of  Orange  County  for  many  years  and  is  well  qualified  to 
advise  people  who  come  here  and  wish  to  invest  in  property  or  otherwise  set  their 
affairs  in  order.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  secretary  of  the  Santa  Ana  and 
Fresno  Land  Company;  this  company  owns  nine  sections  of  land  about  fifteen  miles 
southwest  of  Fresno,  which  is  devoted  to  general  farming.  Mr.  Quick  has  seen  Santa 
Ana  develop  from  a  small  village  to  a  city  of  its  present  size,  and  he  has  been  privileged 
to  hdp  shape  the  destiny  of  the  town.  He  has  served  as  a  city  trustee,  and  it  was  during 
his  incumbency  that  the  city  hall  was  built.  As  a  man  of  business  affairs  Mr.  Quick's 
worth  was  recognized  in  his  election  to  be  a  director  of  the  California  National  Bank, 
in  the  organization  of  which  he  was  a  charter  member.  Influential  in  the  councils 
of  the  Republican  party,  Mr.  Quick  has  always  attended  to  his  local  duties  in  the 
most  nonpartisan  manner. 

At  Cuba,  Fulton  County,  111.,  on  March  6,  1879,  Mr.  Quick  was  married  to  Martha 
Grigsby,  daughter  of  William  and  Dorcas  (Collins)  Grigsby,  well-known  residents  of 
the  Prairie  State.  William  Grigsby  served  in  the  Union  Army  during  the  Civil  War 
and  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Missionary  Ridge.  Mrs.  Quick  -was  educated  in  Fulton 
County,   111.,  and  for  some   years   was   engaged   in   educational   work,   teaching   in   her 


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home  district  about  six  years.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Quick  are  home-folks  and  take  pride 
in  their  beautiful  residence  at  1608  East  Fourth  Street.  They  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Santa  Ana  and  have  actively  participated  in  its  up- 
building and  benevolences.  Mr.  Quick  was  a  member  of  its  board  of  trustees  for.many 
years  and  is  now  president  of  the  board,  and  during  the  building  of  the  church  and 
later  during  its  remodeling  he  was  member  and  treasurer  of  the  building  committee. 
Both  are  musical  and  Mr.  Quick  was  leader  of  the  Methodist  choir  for  twenty  years 
until  about  ten  years  ago  when  he  resigned  from  the  position.  Always  intensely 
interested  in  raising  the  standard  of  education  as  well  as  society  and  its  morals,  they 
have  made  their  influence  felt  and  are  much  loved  and  highly  esteemed  for  the  part  they 
have  taken  in  the  community's  welfare. 

REV.  JACOB  KOGLER. — A  man  of  God  who  has  had  much  to  do  with  the 
development  of  education  in  Orange  County  on  a  broad  and  lasting  basis  is  the  Rev. 
Jacob  Kogler,  now  enjoying  a  well-earned  retirement.  He  came  to  Orange  in  the  early 
eighties,  and  has  been  connected  with  important  town  and  county  interests  ever  since. 
He  was  born  near  Stuttgart,  Wuertemberg,  Germany,  on  January  6,  1847,  the  son  of 
Michael  Kogler,  a  worthy  carpenter  and  builder,  and  Caroline  Kogler,  his  devoted  wife. 
They  were  conscientious  Lutherans,  and  they  both  died  where  they  had  lived. 

The  lad  received  the  customary  elementary  training  given  to  the  German  youth, 
and  then  entered  the  high  school  at  Ludwigsburg,  and  later  on  a  preparatory  institute 
at  Steenden,  Nassau,  where  he  was  prepared  for  the  ministry.  As  early  as  1870,  he 
crossed  the  ocean  to  America  and  entered  the  Concordia  Seminary  at  St.  Louis,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1874.  He  was  ordained  at  Minneapolis  as  a  minister  of  the 
Evangelical  Lutheran  Church,  and  soon  afterward  accepted  a  call  as  pastor  of  St.  John's 
Lutheran  Church,  whose  congregation  he  served  for  four  years.  Then  he  removed  to 
Belle  Plaine,  Minn.,  where  he  was  pastor  until  1881. 

In  that  year  he  came  to  Orange,  Cal.,  where  he  organized  St.  John's  Lutheran 
Church,  which  was  started  with  a  membership  of  six  families;  also  started  St.  John's 
parochial  school,  for  which  a  lot  on  the  corner  of  South  Olive  and  Almond  streets  was 
purchased.  To  that  site  an  old  building  was  moved,  and  in  1882  the  nucleus  of  the 
congregation  was  formed.  Both  that  and  the  school  grew,  and  the  building  was 
enlarged,  so  that  it  had  an  area  of  24x48  feet,  used  for  both  school  and  worship 
purposes.  The  Rev.  Kogler  was  pastor  from  the  start,  and  he  also  taught  the  school 
until  a  teacher  could  be  supported;  and  now  the  school  maintains  four  teachers.  In  1893 
the  church  edifice  at  the  corner  of  Almond  and  South  Olive  streets  was  built,  and  in  1913 
the  congregation  built  the  imposing  new  stone  structure  at  a  cost  of  $50,000,  including 
the  pipe  organ. 

The  Rev.  Kogler  continued  active  as  pastor  until  1917,  when  he  resigned  and  retired. 
He  had  helped  found  and  was  an  active  member  of  the  California  and  Nevada  Synod, 
of  which  he  is  an  ex-president,  and  he  organized  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  in 
Anaheim,  and  was  pastor  there  when  the  church  was  built.  After  a  while,  the  church 
became  strong  enough  to  call  and  support  its  own  pastor.  He  also  started  the  Trinity 
Lutheran  Congregation  in  Santa  Ana. 

Rev.  Mr.  Kogler  was  married  at  Minneapolis  to  Miss  Dora  Schultz,  a  native  of  that 
city,  and  a  charming  woman  most  suitable  as  his  life  companion  and  real  helpmate. 
Eleven  children  blessed  their  marriage,  nine  of  whom  are  still  living.  They  are  Paul, 
Henry,  William,  Edwin,  Walter,  Dora,  Alma,  Lydia,  Clara,  and  they  'all  reside  in 
Orange  County;  there  are  also  twelve  grandchildren.  Patriotic  and  devoted  to  the 
institutions  of  the  country  in  which  they  have  lived,  labored  and  prospered,  the  Rev. 
and  Mrs.  Kogler  may  look  back  upon  fields  of  religious  and  civic  endeavor  well  tilled, 
and  upon  harvests  of  which  no  one  need  be  ashamed.  They  have  always  been  deeply 
interested  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  permanent  welfare  of  Orange  and  Orange  County, 
and  have  lived  long  enough  to  see  veritable  miracles  wrought  in  this  most  favored 
section  of  the  Golden  State.  .  , 

ANGUS  JAMES  CROOKSHANK.— In  every  community  that  has  shown  a  grad- 
ual growth  and  development  of  its  varied  industrial,  agricultural  and  horticultural 
interests,  the  most  active  factor  in  that  growth  is  the  financial  backing  behind  every 
movement  which  has- as  its  aim  the  permanent  building  up  and  the  stabilizing  of 
commerce.  The  bank  is  the  institution  to  look  to  for  capital,  and  the  banker  has  to 
be  an  extra  human  being  with  broad  ideas  to  so  safeguard  the  finances  in  his  care 
that  a  minimum  of  loss  will  be  a  result.  In  Santa  Ana  the  financial  institutions  are 
of  the  soundest  and  those  men  at  the  helm  have  shown  their  true  worth  in  so  looking 
after  the  loans  and  investments  of  their  banks  as  to  bring  the  greatest  good  to  the 
greatest  number  of  people.  The  First  National  Bank  was  established  in  1886  by 
Miles   M.   Crookshank,   an  experienced   banker,  whose   career   as   a  financier   began   in 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  607 

Iowa,  and  it  was  his  guiding  hand  through  a  long  term  of  years  that  firmly  estab- 
lished the  institution  in  the  community.  He  had  the  co-operation  of  his  sons,  C.  S. 
and  A.  J.,  and  today,  Angus  James  Crookshank,  as  president  of  the  bank,  has  succeeded 
to  the  position  long  held  by  his  sire. 

Angus  J.  Crookshank  was  born  in  Central  City,  Iowa,  on  June  1,  1865,  the  son 
of  Miles  M.  and  Margaret  A,  (McLeod)  Crookshank,  both  born  in  Nova  Scotia,  of 
sturdy  Scotch  ancestry.  After  his  school  days  were  over  A.  J.  began  his  active  career 
in  his  father's  bank  at  Gladbrook,  Iowa,  and  in  that  institution  he  remained  until  the 
family  came  to  California  in  July,  1886,  and  settled  in  Santa  Ana.  After  the  First 
National  Bank  was  organized  he  has  held  a  position  in  the  bank,  with  but  a.  short 
time  that  he  was  out  of  it  on  account  of  his  health,  up  to  the  present  time.  His  father 
died  on  January  15,  1916,  at  which  time  A.  J.  succeeded  to  that  most  important  posi- 
tion. Besides  he  is  a  director  in  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  Savings  Bank,  the  depart- 
ment organized  as  a  savings  bank  from  the  original  institution,  and  with  these  varied 
cares  he  is  recognized  as  among  the  leading  financiers  in  Orange  County.  Other  busi- 
ness interests  claim  some  of  his  attention,  but  it  is  as  a  banker  that  he  is  best  known. 
In  fact,  there  have  been  but  few  progressive  movements  put  forward  in  this  county 
that  have  not  had  his  assistance  and  advice.  He  is  loyal  to  the  county  of  his  adoption 
and  has  won  friends  in  every  part  of  Orange  County. 

Mr.  Crookshank  was  united  in  marriage  at  San  Jose,  Cal.,  on  January  5,  1898, 
with  Miss  Josephine  M.  White,  a  native  daughter,  born  in  Nevada  County,  the  daughter 
of  James  M.  White,  an  early  settler  of  the  state  and  for  years  an  official  in  Nevada 
County.  This  union  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  the  following  children:  Miles 
J.,  Constance  V.,  Josephine  N.,  and  Marion  F.,  all  natives  of  the  Golden  State.  Mr. 
Crookshank  is  an  active  member  of  the  Congregational  Church  of  Santa  Ana,  having 
been  for  years  an  officer  in  the  church.  He  is  a  stanch  Republican  in  national  affairs, 
but  in  local  matters  he  places  the  man  or  measure  before  party.  He  has  never  failed 
to  do  his  part  as  a  public-spirited  citizen  and  many  are  the  projects  that  he  has  fos- 
tered that  have  helped  to  make  Orange  County  one  of  the  best-known  localities  in 
California. 

FRANK  L.  KLENTZ. — Among  the  ablest  of  all  the  sugar  manufacturers  of  the 
United  States,  F.  L.  Klentz,  superintendent  of  the  Santa  Ana  Sugar  Company's  plant 
at  Dyer,  is  also  one  of  the  best  known  men  in  his  line.  He  is  also  known  to  his  many 
friends  and  admirers  as  a  benevolent  man  with  generous  impulses  and  broad,  liberal 
ideas.  Born  at  Norfolk,  Nebr.,  February  6,  1875,  Frank  L.  attended  the  common 
schools  of  his  locality  and  when  sixteen  years  old  entered  the  employ  of  the  Oxnard 
Sugar  Company  at  Norfolk,  and  remained  with  that  concern  for  eight  years,  mastering 
the  technical  details  of  the  business.  ■  In  1898  he  went  to  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  and  for  two 
years  was  with  the  Kalamazoo  Sugar  Company,  and  for  the  two  years  following  was  in 
the  employ  of  the  sugar  company  located  in  Rochester,  that  state.  A  couple  of  years 
were  spent  with  the  Detroit  Sugar  Company,  then  for  one  year  he  was  with  the 
Menominee  River  Sugar  Company,  at  Menominee;  and  still  later  spent  three  years 
identified  with  the  Chippewa  Sugar  Company  at  Chippewa  Falls,  Wis.  At  Charlevoix, 
Mich.,  he  superintended  the  erection  of  a  large  sugar  mill  for  the  West  Michigan 
Sugar  Company,  and  operated  it  for  three  years.  In  1909  Mr.  Klentz  came  to  Cali- 
fornia and  was  with  the  Southern  California  Sugar  Company,  at  Santa  Ana  two  years. 

The  eventful  period  in  his  eventful  career  came  to  him  in  1911,  when  the  Santa 
Ana  Cooperative  Sugar  Company  was  organized  with  Mr.  Klentz  as  superintendent,  to 
procure  for  the  company  one  of  the  most  up-to-date  sugar  mills  that  could  be  brought 
into  being  here  in  Orange  County.  This  was  accomplished  by  Mr.  Klentz  writing  his 
own  specifications  for  the  mill  and  letting  the  contract  to  the  Dyer  Company  of  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  to  erect  the  mill  as  specified.  This  mill  has  proven  to  be  the  most  eco- 
nomical mill  in  the  United  States  from  the  point  of  cost  of  production.  Not  only  did 
he  superintend  the  building  of  the  large  plant  but  he  has  superintended  the  manufacture 
of  the  sugar  there  ever  since. 

The  Santa  Ana  Sugar  Company  was  started  as  a  cooperative  concern  by  the 
Crookshanks,  Mr.  Irvine  and  other  Santa  Ana  capitalists,  who  financed  it  until  it  was 
purchased  by  the  Holly  Company,  and  it  has  done  much  to  firmly  establish  one  of  the 
most  important  indugtries  in  the  county.  The  factory  at  Dyer  is  66x266  feet  in  di- 
mension, is  stiuated  two  miles  southeast  of  Santa  Ana,  and  is  said  to  be  the  most 
sanitary,  the  best  equipped  and  most  productive  of  high  grade  sugar  from  the  beet, 
made  in  the  most  economical  way  of  any  of  the  great  factories  in  California.  During 
the  busy  season  as  many  as  425  men  are  employed  and  the  factory  easily  handles  1,000 
tons  daily,  or  1,200  tons  if  pushed  to  extra  exertion;  80  to  100  tons  of  lime  rock  is  used 
daily  for  refining  the  sugar;  and  this  is  produced  by  burning  the  rock  in  its  own  kilns 
on  the  premises.  In  1920,  to  enhance  the  efficiency  of  the  mill,  a  new  Steffens  House. 
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608  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

costing  $300,000  was  erected  and  equipped  with  the  most  modern  of  machinery  known 
to  science  for  the  manufacture  of  beet  sugar.  The  manager  is  E.  W.  Smiley;  the  mast"r 
mechanic  is  F.  J.  Wagner;  the  field  superintendent  is  William  Gearhart  and  the  sup'-.r- 
intendent  is  Mr.  Klentz. 

The  Holly  Sugar  Corporation  of  Denver  is  a  gigantic  concern  and  besides  ownnig 
the  Southern  California  Sugar  Company  at  Delhi,  the  Holly  Sugar  Company,  at  Hunt- 
ington Beach;  and  the  Santa  Ana  Sugar  Company  at  Dyer,  owns  and  controls  many 
oiher  factories  in  other'  c6unties  in  this  state  as  well  as  other  parts  of  the  United 
States.  The  first  mill  of  this  company  was  started  in  Colorado.  C.  A.  Johnson  is  the 
western  manager,  and  has  his  headquarters  at  Huntington  Beach,  as  has  G.  J.  Daley, 
the  general   superintendent. 

As  a  rough  estimate  it  is  safe  to  say  that  Orange  County  will  produce  $15,000,000 
of  sugar  beets  and  $22,000,000  of  manufactured  sugar  in  1920,  considering  the  present 
inflated  prices;  this  is  interesting  as  compared  with  the  output  of  the  Santa  Ana  (Co- 
operative) Sugar  Company's  plant  in  1912,  when  226  independent  ranchers  grew  9,061 
acres  of  beets,  and  there  was  an  output  of  600  tons  daily  capacity  of  the  plant. 

Frank  L.  Klentz  was  married  in  Chicago  to  Miss  Lucy  C.  Breunig,  of  Humphrey, 
Nebr.,  and  one  son  has  blessed  their  union,  Lawrence  B.  He  is  in  the  aviation  service 
of  the  United  States  and  is  stationed  at  Riverside,  Cal.  The  family  home  is  at  806 
South  Birch  Street,  and  is  the  center  of  a  genuine,  unostentatious  hospitality. 

JOHN  M.  BUSH,  JR. — A  thoroughly  enterprising  and  successful  rancher  worthily 
representing  a  very  thorough-going  pieneer -who  stood  for  great  things  in  early  days, 
is  John  M.  Bush,  Jr.,  the  youngest  of  ten  children  of  John  M.  Bush,  who  was  born  in 
Kentucky,  April  10,  1829,  and  who  removed  with  his  parents  to  Clay  County,  Mo., 
when  he  was  twelve  years  of  age.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  excitement  concerning  the 
discovery  of  gold  in  California,  young  Bush,  on  the  day  he  was  of  age,  set  out  across 
the  wide  continent,  crossing  the  plain  in  an  ox-team  train,  and  in  his  new  venture  he 
succeeded  well  enough  to  prefer  to  remain  where  he  was,  rather  than  to  return  East. 
In  1851  he  was  married  in  Northern  California  to  Sarah  A.  Watson,  of  Independence, 
Mo,,  where  she  was  born  in  1836.  In  about  1869  he  came  to  what  is  now  Orange  County 
and  bought  land  in  Peralta  district  with  his  partner,  Jonathan  Watson,  accumulating  a 
large  tract  of  land,  part  of  it  now  known  as  the  Bixby  ranch.  He  sold  off  most  of  it  but 
retained  150  acres  which  he  highly  improved  and  is  now  divided  between  his, children. 
He  was  for  a  while  a  walnut  rancher  on  the  Santa  Ana  Canyon  Boulevard,  about  two 
and  a  half  miles  northeast  of  Olive.  He  died  on  February  8,  1913.  Mrs.  Bush,  his 
faithful  companion  for  so  many  years,  passed  away  on  the  home  place,  March  26,  1920, 
in  the  eighty-fourth  year  of  her  age.  At  her  demise,  the  Santa  Ana  Register  pub- 
lished the  following  obituary: 

"Mrs.  Sarah  Ann  Bush,  pioneer,  died  at  her  home  at  Olive,  where  she  had 
lived  since  1869.  In  going,  this  remarkable  woman  leaves  105  descendants — ten 
children,  fifty-five  grandchildren,  forty  great-grandchildren.  Her  husband,  John 
M.  Bush,  died  seven  years  ago.  Of  their  fourteen  children,  ten  are  living  and 
nine  were  present  at  the  bedside  of  their  mother  when  death  came.  One,  Taylor 
Bush,  for  many  years  zanjero  for  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company  alone 
was  absent,  being  in  the  East  on  a  visit.  Everyone  of  Mrs.  Bush's  ten  children 
are  married.  Each  has  a  family,  but  none  of  them  has  equalled  in  numbers  the 
family  of  their  dear  mother.  One  has  nine,  another  eight,  two  have  seven  each, 
one  has  six,  another  five,  two  have  four  each,  another  three,  while  Taylor  has 
two.  Some  of  Mrs.  Bush's  children  have  grandchildren.  Mrs.  Bush  came  across 
the  plains  with  her  parents  when  she  was  a  girl  of  twelve.  Her  father  ran  a 
hotel  and  did  a  freighting  business  at  Dry  Creek,  near  Marysville,  during  gold 
excitement  days.  It  was  in  1869  that  she  and  her  husband,  John  M.  Bush,  moved 
to  Olive  with  her  brother,  Jonathan  Watson,  the  well  known  pioneer  sheepman, 
now  an  orchardist  at  Olive.  The  ten  children  left  by  Mrs.  Bush  are:  Mrs.  P.  J. 
Ralls,  Charles  T.  and  Jonathan  Bush,  Mrs.  L.  J.  Stone  and  Mrs.  Lillie  Hollowav, 
all  of  Kern  County;  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Borden,  of  San  Bernardino;  J.  M.  and  "j. 
Taylor  Bush,  and  Mrs.  Phoebe  Burbank,  all  of  Olive;  and  Mrs.  S.  C.  Howard, 
of  Long  Beach." 

John  M.  Bush,  Jr.,  was  born,  a  native  son — of  which  fact  he  is  naturally  proud — 
on  the  home  ranch  above  Olive,  on  December  18,  1880,  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Olive,  in  which  community  he  also  grew  up.  In  1903  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Amelia  Lemke,  the  daughter  of  the  late  Chris  and  Julia  Lemke  of  Olive,  originally 
of  German  descent.  She  first  came  to  America  in  1890,  and  was  fortunate  in  settling 
in  the  beginning  in  Orange  County.  They  are  the  parents  of  three  children:  Victor 
M.,  Terry  N.  and  Mildred.  Both  as  an  agriculturist  and  a  horticulturist,  Mr.  Bush  has 
attained  an  enviable  position  among  Orange   County  farmers,  and  his  thirty  acres   of 


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walnuts  and  Valencia  oranges,  which  he  set  out  himself,  might  well  be  the  pride  of 
anyone  ambitious  of  developing  a  ranch  to  a  high  state  of  productivity.  He  still  cares 
for  the  old  home  ranch  which  is  devoted  to  walnuts  and  has  the  oldest  walnut  trees 
in  the  county.  He  is  a  member  and  director  of  Mutual  Orange  Distributors  Association 
at  Olive,  and  for  several  years  served  as  a  trustee  of  Olive  school  district.  Always  a 
public-spirited  citizen,  Mr.  Bush  and  his  good  wife  respond  in  particular  to  any  move- 
ment Hkely^  to  advance  p©Fma-n«ntly  the  best  interests  of  the  town  and  the  county  in 
which  they  live  and  prosper. 

GERALD  W.  SANDILANDS. — A  well-trained  American  of  Scotch  parentage 
who  has  joined  in  helping  to  develop  the  resources  of  the  state,  and  who,  as  manager 
and  secretary  of  a  live  organization  has  aided  in  particular  in  advancing  the  citrus 
interests  of  Orange  County,  is  Gerald  W.  Sandilands,  a  native  of  London,  where  he 
was  born  on  April  28,  1874.  He  is  the  son  of  George  M.  Sandilands,  who  was  in  the 
government  service  at  Singapore,  India,  and  there  served  as  a  member  of  the  local 
legislature;  he  had  married  Miss  Jane  F.  C.  Gordon,  by  whom  he  had  nine  children. 
Five  of  these  are  living;  and  among  the  family,  Gerald  was  the  second  youngest. 

Having  been  prepared  at  both  public  and  private  schools  in  England,  Mr.  Sandi- 
lands then  attended  the  famous  College  of  London,  after  which,  at  the  age  of  eighteen, 
he  came  out  to  the  United  States.  He  had  a  brother  at  Anaheim,  and  this  circum- 
stance led  to  his  coming  here  and  to  buying  a  ranch  at  Placentia.  For  four  years  he 
raised  oranges,  and  then  he  embarked  in  buying  oranges  at  Riverside,  and  soon  came 
to  operate  the  largest  packing  house  in  that  city.  His  brother  ha.ndled  the  Riverside 
end  of  the  business,  and  Mr.  Sandilands  for  three  years  respresented  the  enterprise 
in  New  York. 

Next  Mr.  Sandilands  went  to  Porto  Rico  and  Jamaica,  and  handled  oranges  there 
for  three  years,  becoming  thoroughly  familiar  with  that  market.  After  that  he  came 
back  to  California,  while  his  brother  went  to  Montreal,  and  for  five  years  he  managed 
the  independent  shippers.  In  1909  he  took  the  management  of  the  Anaheim  Citrus 
Fruit  Association,  which  he  so  well  organized  that  he  built  it  up  to  be  the  largest 
association,  in  membership  and  acreage,  in  California.  The  original  organization  be- 
came so  large  that  it  was  necessary  to  organize  another  association,  which  was  done 
in  July,  1918,  when  the  Orange  and  Lemon  Association  came  into  being  in  order  to 
properly  handle  and  market  the  fruit.  The  membership  of  the  new  association  is  over 
ISO  and  the  acreage  represented  is  more  than  2,400.  During  the  season  it  takes  20 
persons  to  handle  the  output,  which  averages  each  year  1,000  carloads  of  fruit.  Besides 
his  connection  with  the  marketing  of  citrus  fruits,  Mr.  Sandilands  is  actively  engaged 
in  growing  oranges,  having  developed  one  grove  himself.  He  has  thirty-five  acres  of 
oranges  in  his  two  graves  and  is  the  second  largest  producer  in  the  association.  H'S 
success  has  been  made  possible  because  he  is  familiar  with  every  branch  of  the  busi- 
ness he  has  followed  for  the  past  twenty-eight  years,  from  preparing  the  soil  to  selling 
the  product,  a  recognized  authority  on  all  subjects  connected  with  each  department. 

On  November  2,  1898,  Mr.  Sandilands  was  married  to  Miss  Rose  B.  Robison,  and 
their  fortunate  union  has  been  blessed  with  the  birth  of  one  son,  Donald  W.  Mr. 
Sandilands  is  a  Mason,  but  so  full  of  the  fraternal  spirit  that  he  is  capable  at  all  times 
of  demonstrating  his  public-spiritedness,  and  his  willingness  to  cooperate  with  others 
for  the  highest  standard  of  good  citizenship. 

THOMAS  E.  DOZIER.— Two  highly-esteemed  pioneers  of  Orange  County,  who 
represent  distinguished  families  of  North  Carolina,  among  the  flower  of  Southern 
chivalry  and  worth,  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  E.  Dozier,  who  reside  in  their  elegant 
and  hospitable  home  at  532  East  Chapman  Avenue,  Orange.  Mr.  Dozier  was  born 
in  Booneville,  Yadkin  County,  on  December  9,  1849,  and  lived  in  North  Carolina  during 
the  Civil  War.  When  he  was  nineteen,  however,  he  struck  out  into  the  world,  leaving 
the  ancestral  home  for  Missouri,  where  he  already  had  a  brother,  who  was  doing  well. 
The  head  of  the  family  was  Dr.  Nathan  Bright  Dozier,  who  for  thirty-five  years  prac- 
ticed medicine  at  Booneville;  he  had  been  married  in  Yadkin  County,  the  same  state, 
to  Miss  Olive  C.  Vestal,  so  that  both  father  and  mother  were  born,  married  and  died 
in  North  Carolina.  They  had  fourteen  children,  and  among  them  Thomas  was  the 
fifth  in  the  order  of  birth.  Grandfather  Dozier,  who  became  a  substantial  planter, 
migrated  from  Old  England,  and  in  doing  so  brought  with  him,  for  his  posterity,  some 
of  the  best  blood  inheritable. 

Our  subject  arrived  in  Missouri  in  the  fall  of  1870  and  at  once  hired  out  to  work  on 
a  farm  in  Piatt  County.  After  a  year,  he  went  on  to  Boone  County,  Ark.,  and  thence 
went  up  to  Hardin  County,  Iowa,  where  he  was  married  to  Miss  Nancy  C.  Reese,  on 
February  12,  1873.  She  had  been  born  in  the  same  county  in  North  Carolina,  on  July 
29,  1851,  the  daughter  of  Martin  and  Sarah  Ann  (Woodruff)   Reese,  and  had  attended 


612  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

the  same  school  where  Mr.  Dozier  studied.  After  their  marriage,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dozier 
farmed  in  Hardin  County,  Iowa,  for  thirteen  years,  and  thence  they  moved  to  Sumner 
County,  Kans.,  where  they  remained  for  a  couple  of  years.  And  from  Kansas  they 
came  to  California  during  the  great  boom  in  1887.        '  u     fi  ct 

Settling  in  Whittier  with  his  wife,  Mr.  Dozier  broke  the  first  ground  for  the  nrst 
five-acre  orchard  ever  planted  in  Whittier.  It  was  owned  by  Strowbridge  and  Wiggins 
—Frank  Wiggins,  who  was  then,  as  now,  a  leading  spirit,  and  is  now  the  secretary  ot 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Los  Angeles.  After  a  year  and  a  half,  the  Doziers 
moved  over  to  the  Villa  Park  District,  then  Los  Angeles  County  and  there  bought 
twelve  acres  of  land;  and  for  a  generation,  or  twenty-one  years,  they  continued  to 
reside  in  and  work  for  the  development  of  Villa  Park.  For  the  past  eleven  years  they 
have  lived  in  the  city  of  Orange.  They  helped  start  the  McPherson  Heights  Orange 
Cxrowers  Association,  and  worked  hard  for  good  roads  and  prohibition,  as  well  as  city 
sewers  and  other  needed  and  not  always  easily-obtained  improvements.  They  joined 
the  Friends  Church  at  El  Modena,  and  also  the  Orange  County  Farmers  Mutual  Insur- 
ance Company.  He  was  much  interested  in  the  formation  of  the  new  county  of  Orange, 
and  was  on  the  election  board  when  it  was  voted. 

Four  children  have  been  granted  this  worthy  couple  who  have  always  endeavored, 
as  in  matters  of  popular  education,  to  advance  the  interests  of  childhood  generally. 
The  eldest,  Melvin  Bright,  died  in  Iowa  when  he  was  eighteen  months  old;  Ray  Syl- 
vester is  a' walnut  grower  at  Walnut  Center,  near  Puente;  Martin  Edward  is  manager 
of  the  Orange  packing  house  at  Garden  Grove;  and  Ernest  Leland  is  an  orange  grower 
and  resides  on  South  Tustin  Street,  Orange.  Orange  County  has  prospered  through 
just  such  pioneers  as  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dozier,  who  may  well  be  regarded  as  having  helped 
to  lay  the  cornerstone  of  the  new  republic  along  the  Pacific.  At  present  Mr.  Dozier 
is  devoting  himself  to  real  estate,  with  an  office  at  his  residence;  and  his  known  expe- 
rience, good  judgment  and  honesty  easily  make  him  a  desirable  agent  for  those  who 
wish  to  invest  securely  and  for  the  future. 

MRS.  SARAH  AMANDA  WATSON.— The  romantically  successful  career  of  a 
long-honored  California  pioneer  is  recalled  in  the  interesting  family  history  of  Mrs. 
Sarah  Amanda  Watson,  widow  of  the  late  David  Watson,  an  early  sheepman  and  citrus 
grower,  and  for  years  one  of  the  leading  merchants  of  Olive.  He  was  born  in  Mis- 
souri on  November  29,  1846,  a  son  of  Henry  and  Tilda  Watson,  who  were  married  in 
Missouri  and  came  to  California  with  their  family  in  1849,  when  David  was  only  three 
years  old.  Of  English,  historic  ancestry,  Henry  Watson  was  born  in  Virginia  in  1812, 
and  in  his  younger  years  had  settled  in  Missouri  with  his  wife,  whose  family  name 
was  Cox.  The  call  of  California,  however,  due  to  the  discovery  of  gold,  so  aflfected 
them  that  they  abandoned  their  comfortable  Jackson  County  home  and  in  company 
with  thousands  of  other  emigrants,  hurried  across  the  great  plains.  They  tarried  for 
a  while  where  they  first  landed,  in  Sacramento,  and  then  went  to  Dry  Creek,  near 
Marysville,  where  Mr.  Watson  had  a  hotel,  at  the  same  time  that  he  engaged  exten- 
sively in  freighting.  After  a  while,  he  sold  out  his  interests  there,  and  lived  suc- 
cessively at  San  Jose,  Watsonville,  and  Visalia,  and  he  was  also  interested  in  the  sheep 
business,  in  the  San  Joaquin  Valley.  For  a  while,  too,  he  ran  a  grist  mill.  In  1869 
he  came  to  what  is  now  Olive  and  became  the  largest  landowner  here,  buying  a  part  of 
the  Rancho  Santa  Ana  de  Santiago,  the  property  of  the  Peraltas. 

David  Watson  also  became  a  large  landowner.  His  first  marriage  made  him  the 
devoted  husband  of  Mary  Ann  Field,  who  died  in  1874,  leaving  him  three  children: 
Louis,  who  is  at  home  with  Mrs.  Watson;  Nealy,  the  rancher,  who  is  married  and  lives 
near  Olive;  and  his  twin  sister,  Minnie,  now  the  wife  of  Chris  Loptien,  who  resides  at 
Delano.  Mr.  Watson  was  married  a  second  time  in  Santa  Ana,  in  1875,  to  Miss  Sarah 
Amanda  Stewart,  a  native  of  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  who  was  taken  by  her  parents  to 
Arkansas  when  she  was  two  years  old,  and  there  lived  until  her  fourteenth  year.  Then 
she  went  to  Texas,  and  there  grew  to  young  womanhood,  being  nineteen  years  old  when 
she  came  to  what  is  now  Olive,  then  called  the  Bull  Well  Point.  There  was  then 
nothing  at  Orange,  and  nothing  worth  while  at  Santa  Ana.  After  their  marriage,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Watson  settled  on  their  ranch  at  Olive,  and  Mrs.  Watson  brought  up  her 
three  stepchildren. 

As  has  been  said,  in  early  days,  David  Watson  was  a  sheepman;  and  keeping  thou- 
sands of  sheep,  he  had  a  full  complement  of  herders,  cooks  and  other  employes.  When 
he  disposed  of  his  sheep,  he  bought  a  grocery  store,  which  he  managed  for  twenty 
years.  He  also  became  the  owner  of  a  grain  farm  of  300  acres.  When  he  died,  he 
owned  the  twenty-four-acre  ranch  at  Olive,  and  also  160  acres  near  Newhall,  Los 
Angeles  County.  On  this  ranch  of  twenty-four  acres,  Mr.  Watson  died  on  October  17, 
1919.  after  an  illness  of  about  four  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church 
at  Orange,  and  was  interred  in  the  new  cemetery  south  of  town. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  615 

Mrs.  Watson,  who  also  owns  a  ranch  of  eight  acres  near  Olive,  is  a  daughter  of 
John  and  Eliza  (Wood)  Stewart,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  and  married  in  Georgia. 
Her  father  was  a  school  teacher,  and  died  when  she  was  a  baby,  followed  to  the  grave 
soon  after  by  her  mother.  They  left  four  children.  She  was  brought  up  by  her  grand- 
mother, Agnes  Wood  of  Georgia,  who  passed  away  when  our  subject  was  twelve  years 
of  age.  Sarah  Stewart  then  went  to  live  with  her  oldest  sister,  who  was  married  and 
resided  in  Texas;  and  from  the  Lone  Star  State,  she  came  with  her  brother,  Robert 
Stewart,  now  the  rancher  at  Stockton,  to  Southern  California,  in  June,  1869.  Mrs. 
Watson,  like  her  husband,  is  also  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church.  In  many  ways, 
her  lines  have  since  fallen  in  pleasant  places;  and  today  Mrs.  Watson  enjoys  the 
esteem  and  good  will  of  a  large  number  of  admiring  friends. 

MR.  AND  MRS.  SAMUEL  ARMOR.— A  native  of  the  state  of  New  York,  Samuel 
Armor  was  born  near  Moriah,  Essex  County,  March  20,  1843.  He  remained  with  his 
father's  family  until  he  was  eighteen,  working  on  the  farm  in  summer  and  going  to 
school  in  the  winter,  wherever  the  family  might  be.  In  the  fall  of  18S4  the  family 
moved  to  Le  Claire,  Iowa,  where  they  remained  about  eighteen  months.  From  there 
the  Armors  went  to  Sheffield,  111.,  to  stay  another  eighteen  months.  They  then  went 
to  Lucas  County,  Iowa,  where  they  remained  until  the  family  gradually  broke  up  during 
the  early  years  of  the  Civil  War. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  left  home  about  the  year  1861  and  went  to  Illinois,  where 
he  found  farm  work  south  of  Galva  in  the  summer,  going  to  school  each  winter.  In 
1863  he  went  with  half  a  dozen  young  men  to  St.  Louis  to  join  the  army;  but  the  other 
young  men  backed  out,  so  all  returned  home.  He  then  entered  the  C  class  of  the 
Kewanee  (111.)  high  school  and  continued  with  that  class  until  the  spring  of  1865,  when 
he  enlisted  with  classmates  and  others  in  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  to  fill  in  the  ranks 
that  were  decimated  at  the  battle  of  Nashville.  In  September  of  that  year  he  was 
discharged  from  the  service  by  reason  of  the  close  of  the  war. 

After  teaching  a  sinall  school  a  year,  to  partially  recover  his  health,  Mr.  Armor 
took  up  his  studies  again,  this  time  in  Knox  Academy  and  College  at  Galesburg,  111., 
with  the  class  of  1871.  In  the  middle  of  the  Freshman  year  he  changed  over  to  Oberlin 
College  in  Ohio,  where  he  continued  through  the  classical  course  and  graduated  with 
his  class.  All  these  years  of  study  he  paid  his  way  by  working  at  whatever  he  could 
find  to  do,  teaching  one  term  of  school  in  the  winter  each  year. 

About  two  months  after  graduation  Mr.  Armor  married  Miss  Alice  L.  Taylor,  of 
Claridon,  Ohio,  a  classmate  at  Oberlin.  Having  obtained  employment  of  the  United 
States  Government  as  principal  and  matron  of  the  manual  labor  boarding  school  on  the 
Indian  reservation  at  White  Earth,  Minn.,  the  young  couple  left  for  their  new  field  a 
few  weeks  after  their  marriage.  They  organized  and  conducted  this  school  with 
marked  success  for  two  years,  until  the  Indian  agent  was  changed,  when  they  resigned 
their  positions  and  went  into  a  similar  school  on  the  Sisseton  and  Wahpeton  reserva- 
tion in  Dakota.  Here  they  remained  only  one  year,  because  of  the  failure  of  Mr. 
Armor's  health,  which  necessitated  their  coming  to  California. 

The  first  winter  in  this  state  they  spent  in  Los  Angeles  compiling  a  directory  of 
that  city;  but,  Mrs.  Armor  having  obtained  a  position  in  the  Orange  schools,  the  couple 
moved  to  West  Orange  April  25,  1875.  Previous  to  leaving  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Armor 
had  taken  up  carpenter  work,  with  which  he  was  familiar,  for  the  sake  of  the  exercise 
in  the  open  air;  this  he  continued  to  follow  for  several  years  in  Los  Angeles  and 
Riverside  counties.  Meantime,  he  improved  a  thirteen-acre  ranch  on  North  Main 
street;  but,  having  to  hire  so  much  of  the  work  done,  he  sold  the  place  and  moved  into 
Orange  in  the  year  1881.  About  the  same  time  he  quit  carpenter  work  and  went  to 
teaching  again.  After  three  years  and  a  half  in  the  Orange  schools  he  resigned  his 
place,  on  account  of  the  nervous  strain,  and  finished  the  year  clerking  for  W.  B. 
Forsythe.  About  August,  1885,  Mr.  Armor  started  a  book  and  stationery  store  on 
the  corner  where  the  Ainsworth  block  now  stands,  and  later  a  stock  of  shoes  was  put 
m  on  the  other  side  of  the  room.  Probably  no  store  in  Orange  ever  did  as  much 
business  on  so  small  a  capital  as  this  store  did  during  the  first  five  years  of  its  existence. 
From  early  morning  till  late  at  night  two  persons,  and  sometimes  three,  were  busy 
waiting  on  customers.  The  next  ten  years,  from  1S90  to  190O,  the  business  gradually 
fell  off  to  practically  nothing,  for  reasons  that  will  appear  in  the  succeeding  paragraphs. 

When  the  county  of  Orange  was  formed  in  1889,  Mr.  Armor  was  persuaded  to  ac- 
cept the  office  of  supervisor  in  his  district;  this  office  he  held  for  nearly  ten  years,  being 
elected  three  times.  In  1892  he  was  appointed  to  fill  the  vacancy  on  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  caused  by  the  resignation  of 
William  Blasdale.  He  continued  in  this  position  nearly  thirteen  years,  ten  of  which  he 
served  as  president  of  the  company.     In  1900  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  board 


616  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

of  trustees  of  the  city  of  Orange,  which  position  he  held  for  eight  years,  being  president 
of  the  board  for  two  years.  In  each  and  every  one  of  these  offices  he  was  an  active 
worlter,  personally  examining  everything  that  came  before  the  board  and  standing  firmly 
against  whatever  was  prejudicial'  to  the  interests  of  the-  whole  people. 

As  already  intimated,  the  business  of  the  store  commenced  to  dwindle  almost  as 
soon  as  Mr.  Armor  began  to  hold  office.  This  was  not  due  to  any  neglect  of  the  store, 
for  he  always  kept  the  best  of  clerks  and  gave  much  of  his  own  time  to  managing  the 
business;  but  it  was  due  to  antagonisms  created  by  his  sturdy  defense  of  the  public 
interests  while  he  was  in  office.  It  is  not  necessary  to  give  examples  of  such  antago- 
nisms or  to  explain  the  deterioration  and  depletion  of  the  stock;  suffice  it  to  say  that 
the  store  was  voluntarily  closed  in  1900  by  its  owner  with  no  loss  to  any  one, 
except  himself. 

But  even  this  loss  had  is  compensations,  for,  with  the  sacrifice  of  his  business, 
Mr.  Armor  had  more  time  to  assist  his  wife  with  her  newspaper,  and  thereby  use  it  in 
defense  of  his  public  work,  the  success  of  which  was  more  important  to  him  than  any 
personal  gain  would  be.  Hence,  he  wasted  no  time. in  vain  regrets  and  would  not  have 
changed  any  of  his  acts  in  the  past,  if  he  could.  In  fact,  the  logic  of  events  since  has 
vindicated  the  wisdom  and  value  of  his  pioneer  work  for  the  county,  the  city,  the  water 
company,  the  schools,  the  churches,  and  good  government  generally. 

At  the  present  time  Mr.  Armor  is  serving  his  second  term  as  justice  of  the  peace 
of  Orange  township.  Since  the  community  is  orderly  and  the  merchants,  doing  business 
on  a  cash  basis,  have  few  collections  to  make,  the  justice  is  not  overburdened  with 
official  business;  nevertheless,  any  one  seeking  his  aid  or  counsel  generally  finds  him 
at  the  office  in  office  hours.  None  of  his  decisions  have  been  reversed  by  the  higher 
courts,  and  the  only  reflection  on  his  judicial  work — if  such  it  can  be  called — is  found  in 
the  fact  that,  in  criminal  cases,  the  "rich  malefactor"  hires  a  lawyer  who  invariably  calls 
for  a  jury  trial  and  wins  his  case,  while  the  poor  devil,  overtaken  in  a  fault,  pleads  guilty 
and  gets  "justice"  dealt  out  to  him  by  the  court.  Perhaps  the  jury  thinks  the  payment 
of  a  lawyer's  fee  is  punishment  enough  for  the  offender  to  undergo! 

Alice  L.  Taylor  was  born  August  20,  1848,  at  Stockholm,  St.  Lawrence  County, 
N.  Y.  Her  father.  Rev.  E.  D.  Taylor,  was  one  of  six  brothers,  who  were  all  Congre- 
gational ministers.  Her  rhother  was'  Mary  Ann  Lewis  of  Lenox,  Madison  County,  N.  Y. 
When  Alice  was  about  three  years  of  age,  the  family  removed  to  Chagrin^ Falls,  Ohio, 
and  four  years  later  to  Claridon,  Geauga  County,  Ohio.  Mr.  Taylor  was  pastor  of 
the  Congregational  Church  at  Claridon  until  the  death  of  his  wife  in  1872,  and  in  that 
place  his  children  spent  the  years  of  their  childhood  and  early  youth.  As  the  schools 
of  that  period  were  primitive  in  character,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Taylor  taught  select  schools  at 
different  times  and  in  these  and  the  district  schools  their  children  received  their  earlier 
education,  later  attending  private  schools  and  academies  in  other  places,  the  two  girls 
being  students  for  a  time  at  Lake  Erie  Female  Seminary  at  Painesville,  Ohio.  The  only 
son,  E.  D.  Taylor,  Jr.,  served  for  three  years  in  the  Federal  Army  during  the  Civil  War. 

In  the  fall  of  1865  Alice  Taylor  went  to  Algona,  Iowa,  with  an  uncle,  Rev.  Chaun- 
cey  Taylor,  a  pioneer  home  missionary  of  that  state.  She  remained  in  Iowa  a  year, 
teaching  two  terms  in  country  schools.  Returning  home  in  the  fall  of  1866,  she  went  in 
November  to  Lexington,  Ky.,  in  the  employ  of  the  American  Missionary  Association, 
and  taught  in  the  colored  schools  of  that  city  until  June  of  the  following  year.  In  the 
fall  of  1867,  she  entered  Oberlin  College,  beginning  the  first  year  of  the  literary  course. 
During  the  four  years  of  her  college  course,  she  taught  school  several  terms  and  also 
taught  classes  in  the  preparatory  department  of  the  college.  Shortly  after  graduation, 
August  9,  1871,  she  was  married  to  Samuel  Armor  and  with  him  took  up  school  work 
among  the  Indians  for  the  Government.  After  three  years  of  this  work,  the  Armors 
came  to  California  in  the  fall  of  1874  and  to  Orange  in  the  following  spring. 

Mrs.  Armor  got  a  first  grade  certificate  at  the  teachers'  examination  for  the 
county  of  Los  Angeles  and  on  the  same  papers  she  was  granted  a  first  grade  state 
certificate  and  life  diploma.  She  taught  many  years  at  Orange,  Garden  Grove  and  Tus- 
tin  and  was  considered  a  first  class  teacher.  Superintendent  Hinton  urged  her  to  apply 
for  a  place  in  the  Los  Angeles  schools;  but  she  told  him  that,  if  his  rating  of  her  work 
as  first  class  was  correct,  they  needed  first  class  teachers  in  the  country  as  well  as  in 
the  city  and  she  would  stay  where  she  was.  All  this  time  she  was  doing  her  own 
housework,  caring  for  the  animals  when  Mr.  Armor  was  working  away  from  home, 
singing  in  the  choir  and  at  all  kinds  of  meetings  and  entertainments  and  teaching' a 
class  in  Sunday  school.  Members  of  that  class  of  about  thirty-five  years  ago,  learning 
recently  of  Mrs.  Armor's  illness,  sent  her  valuable  presents  and  letters  expressing  their 
appreciation  of  her  worth  as  a  teacher  and  gratitude  for  the  help  and  inspiration  her 
teaching  had  been  to  them. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  619 

About  1890  Mrs.  Armor  quit  teaching  and  began  work  on  The  Orange  Post  as 
proofreader,  city  editor,  bookkeeper  and  general  factotum.  As  the  proprietor  was 
contemplating  giving  up  the  struggle,  Mrs.  Armor  put  in  her  account  for  work  with 
some  additional  money  and  bought  the  paper  in  January,  1892.  She  inherited  literary 
tastes  and  was  a  graceful  writer;  her  articles  in  college  entertainments,  teachers'  insti- 
tutes and  literary  periodicals  were  well  received  and  won  her  praise.  However,  news- 
paper work  for  her,  without  sufficient  capital  to  hire  help  for  the  routine  work,  was 
like  harnessing  Pegasus  to  the  plow — too  much  drudgery  to  keep  the  poetic  afflatus 
active  and  aglow.  Nevertheless,  it  is  her  proud  record  that  she  got  out  the  paper  on 
time  each  week  for  twenty-three  years  without  missing  a  single  issue.  During  the  set- 
tling up  of  the  country  and  the  formative  period  of  its  institutions,  The  Orange  Post 
had  considerable  influence  in  getting  things  started  right  and  was  liberally  quoted  by 
its   exchanges. 

After  the  sale  of  her  paper  early  in  191S,  Mrs.  Armor  found  ample  scope  for  her 
usefulness  in  the  King's  Daughters,  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps,  as  a  deaconness  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  in  visiting  the  sick  and  shut-ins,  and  in  writing  letters  of  cheer  and 
comfort  to  those  at  a  distance.  In  these  ministrations  of  helpfulness,  she  herself  has 
often  been  cheered  and  comforted  by  the  calm  fortitude  and  abiding  faith  of  these  un- 
fortunates, "of  whom  the  world  was  not  worthy." 

HORACE  CALDWELL  HEAD. — Prominent  among  the  distinguished  members 
of  the  California  Bar,  and  as  favorably  as  he  is  well-known,  must  be  mentioned  Horace 
Caldwell  Head,  who  has  been  a  resident  of  California  since  his  sixth  year,  when  he 
accompanied  his  parents  on  their  removal,  in  the  famous  Centennial  Year  of  1876,  from 
their  home  state,  Tennessee  and  located  near  Santa  Ana,  then  Los  Angeles,  but  now 
Orange  County.  He  was  born  at  Troy,  in  Obion  County,  Tenn.,  on  August  22,  1870,  a 
son  of  Dr.  H.  W.  Head,  a  prominent  physician  and  surgeon  in  great  demancl  in  that 
county,  who  had  married  Miss  Maria  E.  Caldwell,  a  lady  of  accomplishments.  In 
1876,  Dr.  Head  came  to  Californm  with  the  intention  of  retiring  from  the  practice  of 
medicine,  and  engaged  in  horticulture;  but  the  scarcity  of  physicians  forced  him,  out 
of  regard  to  society,  into  practice  again,  and  he  spent  several  years  alleviating  pain  and 
doing  good.  He  was  also  much  interested  in  and  became  prominent  in  civic  affairs — 
so  much  so,  that  the  citizens  of  his  district  elected  him  in  1882  a  member  of  the 
Assembly  of  the  State  Legislature;  and  he  served  in  that  responsible  capacity  for  the 
sessions  of  1883  and  the  special  session  of  1884,  and  later  took  a  leading  part  in  the 
forniation  and  organization  of  Orange  County.  He  became,  in  fact,  a  well-known 
pioneer,  who  was  a  prominent,  familiar  figure  throughout  the  county;  but  in  later  life 
he  lived  retired,  and  died  on  December  S,  1919,  survived  by  a  widow  and  seven  children. 

The  eldest  of  these,  Horace  Caldwell  Head,  received  the  nucleus  of  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Garden  Grove,  completing  it  in  the  University  of  California  at 
Berkeley,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1891  with  the  degree  of  Ph.B.  After  that, 
for  a  couple  of  years,  he  turned  his  attention  to  teaching,  and  he  then  entered  the 
Hastings  College  of  Law  in  San  Francisco,  the  law  department  of  the  University  of 
California,  from  which  he  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1896.  In  May  of  that' yea:r, 
he  was  admitted  to  practice  at  the  California  Bar,  and  in  the  fall  of  1896  he  located  at 
Fullerton,  and  began  to  practice  his  profession.  ■ 

From  the  beginning,  he  met  with  such  merited  success  that  he  was  elected  district 
attorney  in  1902,  and  took  office  the  following  January,  for  a  term  of  four  years,  which 
necessitated  his  removal  to  Santa  Ana,  a  change  to  which  he  was  evidently  not  per- 
sonally opposed,  for  he  has  since  made  that  delightful  city  his  home.  At  the  close  of 
his  term  of  office,  he  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Santa  Ana,  and  later  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  A.  W.  Rutan,  under  the  firm  name  of  Head  and  Rutan,  and  opened 
offices  in  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  Bank  Building. 

At  Fullerton,  in  1900,  occurred  the  marriage  of  Horace  C.  Head  and  Miss  Anna  G. 
Hansen,  whose  parents  had  settled  at  Placentia  in  1874.  Her  father,  Peter  Hansen, 
is  still  living,  honored  by  all  who  know  his  sterling  worth.  Two  children  have  blessed 
this  fortunate  marriage,  and  they  are  named  Melville  and  Iris  Head. 

Since  his  term  as  3istrict  attorney,  when  he  attained  a  very  enviable  reputation  for 
his  common  sense,  but  fearless  administration,  his  prosecution  of  criminals,  defense 
of  the  best  interests  of  the  county,  and  his  influence  in  favor  of  a  better  and  higher 
civic  sense,  Mr.  Head  has  devoted  himself  to  private  practice,  enjoying  more  and  more 
a  large  and  highly  creditable  client  le.  His  standing  is  attested  by  the  interesting  fact 
that  he  is  president  of  the  Orange  County  Bar  Association,  and  an  influential  director 
in  the  Santa  Ana  Chamber  of  Commerce.  During  the  late  war,  he  was  active  in  all  the 
bond  and  war  drives,  and  was  one  of  the  most  acceptable  "four  minute"  speakers.  He 
takes  a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  of  young  men,  recognizing  in  youth  the  strength 


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and  the  hope  of  the  nation,  and  is  an  unselfish,  untiring  worker  in  the  various  depart- 
ments of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  .  . 

Politically  a  Democrat,  but  decidely  nonpartisan  m  his  support  of  local  move- 
ments, measures  and  men,  Mr.  Head  is  a  Knights  Templar  Mason,  and  also  a  member 
of  the  Odd  Fellows,  and  is  a  past  exalted  ruler  of  the  Elks. 

MRS  MARIA  FAACKS.— The  well-kept  and  productive  ten-acre  orange  ranch 
of  Mrs.  Maria  Faacks,  widow  of  the  late  Herman  Faacks,  is  located  on  Santa  Clara 
Avenue  Orange.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Faacks  were  born  near  Berlin  Germany  the 
former  in  1840,  the  latter  in  1844.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Wm.  and  Johanna  (Hen- 
ning)  Schulz,  farmer  folk,  who  brought  their  family  to  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  in  1S&5. 
Maria  Schulz  was  the  second  oldest  of  their  eight  children,  all  of  whom  are  living,  but 
she  is  the  only  one  in  California.  She  was  first  married  in  St.  Paul  in  1866  to  Julius 
Schmidt,  a  native  of  Saxony,  Germany,  who  had  come  to  Minnesota  in  the  fatties, 
and  served  as  an  officer  in  a  ■Minnesota  regiment  in  the  Civil  War,  after  which  he 
engaged  in  business  in  St.  Paul  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1871.  She  after- 
wards married  Herman  Faacks,  who  had  come  to  St.  Paul  in  1867  from  his  native 
place,  Brandenburg,  and  by  trade  was  a  painter  and  decorator,  a  business  he  followed 
until,  on  account  of  his  health,  they  came  to  Orange,  Cal.,  in  1884,  where  they  pur- 
chased ten  acres  on  Santa  Clara  Avenue.  It  was  a  vineyard,  which  they  grubbed  out, 
and  when  they  got  it  in  shape  set  to  Valencia  oranges. 

They  had  six  children;  Dora,  Mrs.  Logan,  resides  near  San  Francisco;.  Rudolph 
lives  in  Los  Angeles,  and  has  three  children;  Herman  is  in  charge  of  operating  the 
home  farm;  Edward  died  in  Los  Angeles;  Oscar  and  Henry  are  in  Lankershim,  and 
the  latter  has  one  child. 

Change  of  climate  did  not  restore  his  health,  and  an  impaired  constitution  soon 
■brought  Mr.  Faacks  to  the  end  of  his  earthly  journey  while  still  in  the  prime  of  life. 
He  died  January  20,  1890,  and  was  buried  in  the  old  cemetery  adjacent  to  his  ranch, 
and  his  widow  and  children  were  left  to  mourn  his  untimely  decease.  A  worthy  citi- 
zen, loyal  to  his  'adopted  country,  a  devoted  husband  and  a  loving  father,  his  memory 
is  cherished  in  the  hearts  of  loved  ones  who  remember  his  sincerity  of  purpose  and 
many  noble  qualities  of  character.  In  her  religious  convictions,  Mrs.  Faacks  is  a 
Lutheran,  and  politically  is  a  strong  Republican. 

J.  D.  SPENNETTA. — A  fruit  buyer  and  shipper  who  well  understands  the  ins  and 
outs  of  that  intricate  business  is  J.  D.  Spennetta,  proprietor  of  the  Red  Fox  Orchards, 
who  has  made  that  brand  widely  and  favorably  known  and  has  built  up  a  good  trade 
such  as  anyone  might  be  proud  of.  He  first  came  to  Southern  California  in  1904,  and 
since  that  time  has  witnessed  many  changes  in  the  rapid  advance  to  which  he  has  been 
such  a  large  contributor.  He  was  born  near  St.  Joseph,  Berrien  County,  Mich.,  in  1886, 
the  son  of  H.  J.  Spennetta,  a  farmer  now  residing  at  Orange,  and  attended  the  local 
grammar  and  high  schools.  Four  years  after  the  dawn  of  this  eventful  century  he 
located  at  Cucamonga,.Cal.,  and  became  the  bookkeeper  for  the  Cucamonga  Citrus  Fruit 
Growers  Association  there,  working  under  Manager  Stanton;  and  after  the  latter's 
death  he  left  that  concern  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Mutual  Orange  Distributors. 
At  the  end  of  a  year,  he  was  transferred  to  the  main  office  at  Redlands,  where  he 
became  cashier;  and  in  that  position  of  considerable  responsibility  he  remained  until 
1913,  when  he  resigned  and  removed  to  Orange. 

Here  he  bought  a  ranch,  now  famous  as  the  Red  Fox  Orchards  and  in  1913  he 
set  up  a  packing  house  in  Orange  and  began  as  a  fruit  buyer.  Since  then,  by  fore- 
sight, study  and  hard  work,  he  has  built  up  a  large  patronage.  The  first  year  he  shipped 
seventy-five  cars,  and  now  he  despatches  650  cars.  He  has  a  line  of  trucks,  and 
engages  in  a  general  trucking  trade.  Mr.  Spennetta  also  handles  fertilizer  of  the 
very  highest  grades  and  in  quantity  about  10,000  tons  per  year.  He  enjoys  the  repu- 
tation of  being  also  the  largest  dealer  of  barley  and  bean  straw  in  Orange  County, 
handling  approximately  7,S00  tons.  He  is  one  of  the  original  stockholders,  directors  and 
a  vice-president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Olive;  in  national  politics  he  is  a 
Republican,  but  he  allows  no  partisanship  to  deter  him  from  lending  a  hand  when  and 
wherever  he  can  to  boost  both  city  and  county  of  Orange. 

While  in  Dakota,  Mr.  Spennetta  was  married  to  Miss  Edna  Cheuning,  a  native  of 
Missouri,  by  whom  he  has  had  three  children — Elizabeth,  Paul  and  Mary.  He  was 
made  a  Mason  in  Orange  Grove  Lodge  No.  293,  and  belongs  to  Orange  Grove  Chapter 
No.  99  of  the  Royal  Arch  Masons  and  Santa  Ana  Commandery  No.  36,  Knights 
Templar.  He  also  has  risen  to  the  thirty-second  degree  in  the  Los  Angeles  Consistory 
of  the  Scottish  Rite  Masons,  and  he  belongs  to  the  Al  Malaikah  Temple  of  the  A-  A. 
O.  N.  M.  S.  of  Los  Angeles,  and  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  625 

ARTHUR  H.  DOMANN,  M.D. — A  distinguished  representative  of  the  medical 
fraternity  of  California,  and  one  whose  influence  particularly  in  the  Southland  has  been 
felt  in  favor  of  the  most  scientific  conservation  of  the  public  welfare,  is  Dr.  Arthur  H. 
Domann,  for  the  past  five  years  County  Health  Officer  and  County  Physician.  He 
was  born  at  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  in  1879,  where  his  father,  Gustave  Domann,  still  resides, 
with  an  honorable  record  as  a  first-class  printer.  His  devoted  mother,  a  splendid 
woman  popular  in  maidenhood  as  Wilhelmina  Stark,  is  also  living  there.  Their  union 
was  blessed  with  three  children — the  subject  of  our  review,  the  first  born;  William 
Domann  a  practicing  physician  at  Menomonee  Falls,  Wis.;  and  a  daughter,  now  Mrs. 
Arthur  Murray  of  Milwaukee. 

Commencing  with  the  grammar  schools  of  Milwaukee,  Arthur  was  later  graduated 
with  honors  from  the  excellent  high  school  of  that  city,  and  when  eighteen  began  to 
study  pharmacy,  under  John  A.  Martens  in  Milwaukee.  He  remained  in  that  field 
until  1902  when  he  moved  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  settled  for  a  while  in  Montana,  and 
was  later  for  several  years  in  the  state  of  Washington.  Returning  to  Milwaukee,  he 
entered  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  there,  one  of  the  best  medical  schools 
west  of  the  original  institution  of  that  name  in  New  York  City,  and  for  two  years 
studied  medicine.  Coming  once  again  to  the  Coast,  and  to  California,  in  1909,  he 
continued  his  medical  studies  at  the  University  of  Southern  California,  where  he  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.D. 

Since  settling  at  Orange,  Dr.  Domann  has  rapidly  advanced  to  the  position  of 
confidence  in  the  public  esteem  which  he  now  enjoys,  being  widely  known  as  a  suc- 
cessful physician  and  surgeon.  His  appointment  as  county  physician  and  county  health 
officer  gave  general  satisfaction.  Naturally,  he  belongs  to  the  Orange  County  Medical 
Society,  the  State  Medical  Society  and  to  the  American  Medical  Association.  In 
addition  to  his  scientific  research  and  practice.  Dr.  Domann  is  interested  in  citrus 
culture,  and  owns  an  orange  and  lemon  orchard  of  thirty  acres  in  the  Peralta  Hills, 
which  he  himself  set  out  and  improved  from  the  start. 

At  Spokane,  Wash.,  Dr.  Domann  was  married  to  Miss  Birdie  Carter,  a  native  of 
Kentucky,  who  is  a  member  with  him  of  the  Scepter  Chapter  No.  163  of  the  Order 
Eastern  Star  of  Orange.  Dr.  Domann  was  made  a  Mason  in  Fort  Benton  Lodge,  F. 
&  A.  M.,  Montana,  when  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  and  he  is  now  a  member 
of  Orange  Grove  Lodge  No.  293,  F.  &  A.  M.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Orange  Grove 
Chapter  No.  99,  R.  A.  M.  He  belongs  to  Santa  Ana  Commandery  No.  36,  Knights 
Templar,  and  to  the  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  and  he  is  an  Elk,  belong- 
ing to  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge,  and  a  member  of  the  Orange  Lodge  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

JOHNTY  P.  BORING. — One  of  the  decidedly  interesting  early  settlers  of  Orange, 
who  has  done  his  part  faithfully  for  both  the  building  up  and  the  upbuilding  of  the 
town  and  county,  is  Johnty  P.  Boring,  who  came  here  in  the  summer  of  1882.  He  was 
born  at  Palestine,  Crawford  County,  111.,  on  January  7,  1860,  the  son  of  Washington 
M.  Boring,  who  was  born  in  Marion  County,  Ind.,  member  of  an  old  Kentucky  family, 
who  were  early  settlers  of  the  Hoosier  State.  Washington  Boring  came  to  Illinois 
with  his  parents,  and  was  a  wheelwright  in  Bridgeport  and,  later,  at  Ingraham.  He 
passed  his  last  days  peacefully  at  Orange.  Mrs.  Boring  was  Matilda  Robbins  before 
her  marriage,  and  she  was  a  native  of  Vincennes,  Ind.,  of  French  descent.  She  also  died 
at  Orange,  the  mother  of  three  boys  and  a  girl,  one  of  the  sons  being  now  deceased. 
The  daughter  Florence  is  Mrs.  D.  C.  Pixley  of  Orange;  and  the  other  son  living  is 
Knox  R.  Boring  of  Oakland. 

Johnty  P.  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Ingraham,  and  when  eighteen, 
began  clerking  in  a  general  store  there.  In  August,  1882,  he  came  to  California,  and 
pitched  his  tent  at  Orange,  then  such  a  small  place  that  it  had  no  sidewalks  or  any 
other  public  improvements.  He  began  clerking  for  D.  C.  Pixley,  with  whom  he  con- 
tinued for  five  years,  and  he  was  then  in  the  hardware  business  under  the  firm  name  of 
Pixley  and  Boring  for  two  years.  After  that  he  was  with  C.  S.  Spencer  in  the  grocery 
business,  and  later  still  was  for  eight  years  with  Samuel  Armor  in  his  shoe  and 
stationery  Store. 

About  1900  Mr.  Boring  built  .a  frame  structure  on  his  lots  on.  South  Glassell 
Street,  and  there  opened  a  bicycle,  gun  and  sporting  goods  store.  Four  years  later, 
when  he  had  no  insurance,  he  was  burned  out,  with  a  loss  of  $4,000.  Nothing  daunted, 
he  began  again  at  the  bottom  and  built  up  a  new  business  on  the  same  site,  and  so 
well  succeeded  that  he  now  has  a  new  building  on  South  Glassell  Street,  having  a 
frontage  of  120  feet,  and  occupied  by  six  different  stores.  He  continued  in  business 
until  July,  1918,  when  he  sold  out  his  stock  and  has  since  rented  his  buildings.  Since 
then   he   has   built  a   two-story,   four   family   white   plastered   flat   in    East    Hollywood, 


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modern  and  up-to-date,  which  yields  a  splendid  income.     Mr.   Boring  is   3.  direc         ^^ 
the   Orange  Building  and  Loan  Association,  having  been  connected  with  it  tor  . 
a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  security  cornmittee  of  the  ass  ,      . 

He   is   also  interested   in   citrus  growing,  and  owns   an   orange   and   lemon   ore 
Villa  Park.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Villa  Park  Orchard  Association,  and  the  Cent 
Lemon  Association. 

On  January  20,  1887,  Mr.  Boring  was  married,  at  Orange,  to  Miss  Belle  D.  Hall,  a 
native  of  Richland  County,  111.  Two  children  have  blessed  this  union;  one  is  Hvi  g 
Ronald  A.  Boring,  who  is  attending  the  Orange  Union  high  school.  Mr.  Boring  was 
school  trustee  of  Orange  for  many  years,  and  also  clerk  of  the  board.  He  was,  besides 
city  trustee  for  four  years,  and  chairman  of  the  finance  committee;  he  was  a  member  oi 
the  board  when  the  sewers  were  being  built,  and  when  the  paving  of  streets  was  first 
undertaken.  A  true-blue  Republican.  Mr.  Boring  was  more  than  once  a  delegate  to 
conventions  in  the  days  before  the  primaries. 

Mr  Boring  was  made  a  Mason  in  Orange  Grove  Lodge  No.  293,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
was  exalted  to  the  royal  arch  degree  in  Orange  Grove  Chapter  No.  99,  R.  A.  M.,  and 
he  was  knighted  in  Santa  Ana  Comraandery  No.  36,  Knights  Templar.  He  is  a  member 
of  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  in  Los  Angeles,  and  he  is  a  member  of 
the  Odd  Fellows  Lodge  in  Orange  and  with  his  wife  he  is  a  member  of  Scepter  Chap- 
ter No.  163,  Order  Eastern  Star,  and  Mrs.  Boring  is  also  a  member  of  the  Woman's 
Club  of  Orange.  They  are  charter  members  of  the  Christian  Church,  in  which  Mr. 
Boring  was  a  trustee  for  many  years.  In  addition  to  being  active  in  all  the  business 
•  associations  in  Orange,  Mr.  Boring  has  long  participated  in  civic  endeavors  and  in 
every  good  movement  for  the  welfare   of  the  community. 

DANIEL  F.  ROYER,  M.  D.— An  eminent  physician  more  than  distinguished  for 
both  his  scientific  and  technical  ability  and  his  uprightness  of  character,  is  Dr.  Daniel 
F.  Royer,  now  one  of  the  leading  and  most  popular  citizens  of  Orange.  He  was  born 
at  Waynesboro  in  the  Cumberland  Valley,  Pa.,  and  after  sound  schooling,  was  graduated 
from  Carlisle  College  in  Pennsylvania,  after  which  he  entered  the  State  Normal  School 
and  completed  the  full  course.  Then  he  matriculated  in  the  JefiEerson  Medical  College 
of  Philadelphia,  one  of  the  foremost  schools  of  medicine  in  the  world,  and  having  grad- 
uated from  this  institution  with  high  honors,  he  entered  with  a  fine  scientific  foundation 
upon  a  year  of  practical  work  in  a  large  city  hospital.  This  experience,  so  many-sided 
in  its  nature,  proved  invaluable  to  him,  and  when  he  was  ready  to  attempt  private  prac- 
tice, he  did  so  as  a  skillful  surgeon  and  a  highly-trained  professional  man. 

Dr.  Royer  located  for  a  while  in  Alpena,  S.  D.,  and  soon  attained  an  exceptionally 
prominent  position  in  the  field  of  medicine,  while  filling  with  honor  and  credit  important 
public  offices.  He  was  for  some  time  U.  S.  pension  agent  there,  and  for  many  years 
represented  the  Government  in  a  similar  capacity  here.  He  was  U.  S.  Indian  agent  at 
Pine  Ridge  during  the  stirring  days  when  Sitting  Bull  had  the  populace  of  that  entire 
section  so  alarmed,  and  during  the  fatal  conflict  with  the  two  Indian  chiefs.  Dr.  Royer 
fulfilled  every  duty  in  just  such  a  manner  as  those  personally  acquainted  with  him 
might  expect.  He  was  also  city  treasurer  of  Alpena  for  six  years,  and  served  on  the 
board  of  education  for  nine  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Dakota  legislature  during 
the  two  terms  previous  to  the  division  of  the  Dakotas,  and  was  a  leader  on  the  floor, 
and  was  speaker  pro  tern  for  several  weeks  during  the  absence  of  the  speaker.  As  a 
registered  pharmacist,  he  was  one  of  the  state  board  of  pharmacy  examiners  and  a 
member  of  various  medical   associations. 

Dr.  Royer  came  to  Southern  California  on  Christmas  Day,  1896,  and 'intended  to 
establish  himself  in  Los  Angeles.  In  looking  over  some  property  he  owned  west  of 
Orange,  however,  he  carefully  inspected  the  entire  locality  and  decided  to  cast  his  lot 
here.  The  prospects  for  growth  and  development  were  very  apparent,  and  he  decided 
to  make  Orange  his  future  home.  He  has  been  identified  with  the  advancement  of  the 
city  froni  the  outset,  and  has  participated  in  many  of  the  movements  which  led  the 
community  to  establish  municipal  undertakings  of  great  necessity  and  importance.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Orange  for  six  years,  and  was  mayor  for  one 
of  the  terms.  There,  as  at  other  times  and  places,  he  exerted  his  best  eflfftrts  for  the 
good  of  the  community,  and  in  spite  of  his  extensive  medical  practice,  he  devoted 
considerable  time  to  the  duties  of  his  public  offices. 

Dr.  Royer  has  met  with  pronounced  success  in  Orange  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession, and  his  strong  personality,  intensive  application  to  everything  he  undertakes, 
and  careful,  conscientious  regard  for  all  things  pertaining  to  the  responsibilities  of  his 
calling,  have  called  forth  a  responsive  note  in  the  public  mind,  and  he  is  held  in  the 
highest  esteem  both  by  his  fellow  citizens  and  his  fellow  practitioners — a  circumstance 
amply   demonstrated   in   innumerable   ways.      Dr.    Royer   is   a   member    of   the    County 


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Medical  Association,  the-  State  Medical  Society,  the  American  Medical  Association,  the 
■Southern  California  Medical  Association,  and  the  Pacific  Coast  Railway  Surgeons' 
Association,  and  is  the  local  surgeon  for  the  Santa  Fe,  the  Southern  Pacific  and  the 
Pacific  Electric  railroads. 

During  the  World  War,  Dr.  Royer  was  a  member  of  the  local  exemption  board 
for  District  No.  1,  of  Orange  County,  which  examined  nearly  6,000  men,  and  gave  freely 
of  his  time  and  services.  He  is  a  Knights  Templar  Mason  and  Shriner,  as  well  as 
an  Elk  and  an  Odd  Fellow,  and  enjoys  in  the  circle  of  each  of  these  well-known 
fraternities  an  enviable  and  deserved  popularity. 

THEODORE  E.  SCHMIDT. — A  singularly  appropriate  analogy  between  the  past 
and  present  is  suggested  by  the  fact  that  Theodore  E.  Schmidt  spent  his  well-earned 
retirement  in  Anaheim,  for  in  the  very  early  days  of  the  city's  immaturity  he  was  a 
prophet  of  wise  foresight,  and  even  suggested  the  name  of  the  city.  As  his  name  im- 
plies Mr.  Schmidt  was  of  German  ancestry,  and  in  his  native  town  of  Bielefeldt  he  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  at  a  comparatively  early  age  embarked  in  the  dry 
goods  business.  This  business  experience  was  supplemented  by  extensive  travel  in 
different  parts  of  Europe,  principally  in  France  and  Spain,  after  which  he  enlisted  in 
the  German  army  as  a  private  in  the  Fifteenth  Infantry  of  Fusileers  and  for  meritorious 
service  was  advanced  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant.  After  an  honorable  discharge  he  came 
to  America  in  1848,  and  in  the  latter  part  of  the  same  year  he  started  out  to  cross 
Texas  and  Mexico,  and  at  Mazatlan  boarded  a  French  sailing  vessel  which  eventually 
anchored  at  San  Francisco,  the  entire  journey  having  consumed  about  seven  months. 
As  a  means  of  livelihood  he  went  to  work  in  a  brickyard,  and  afterwards  became  the 
proprietor  of  a  bakery  establishment  which  he  conducted  for  two  years.  Later  he 
engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business.  Meantime  he  became  one  of  the  chief  promoters 
of  the  Los  Angeles  Vineyard  Company,  of  which  he  was  the  first  president  and  leading 
director.  The  company  bought  the  tract  of  land  upon  which  Anaheim  is  built,  and 
as  before  stated,  the  name  of  the  embryo  town  was  the  suggestion  of  Mr.  Schmidt. 
In  1860  he  located  here  and  engaged  in  horticulture  upoa  forty  acres  of  land,  and  con- 
tinued with  fair  success  until  1871.  A  desire  to  visit  the  land  of  his  birth  was  the 
natural  outgrowth  of  his  success,  and  he  therefore  spent  about  a  year  in  Westphalia, 
and  upon  returning  to  New  York  was  accompanied  by  his  brother.  In  New, York  City 
he  started  a  wholesale  wine  business,  his  chief  object  being  the  marketing  of  the  Ana- 
heim wines,  but  his  stock  also  included  other  brands.  From  a  comparatively  modest 
beginning  at  the  foot  of  Broadway,  on  Bowling  Green,  he  was  obliged  with  the  increase 
of  trade  to  remove  to  more  commodious  quarters  on  Warren  Street,  where,  under  the 
firm  name  of  James  M.  Bell  &  Company,  he  managed  a  thoroughly  successful  venture 
for  many  years. 

In  1893  Mr.  Schmidt  disposed  of  his  New  York  wine  interests  and  removed  to 
Vineland,  N.  J.,  where  he  purchased  fifty-two  acres  of  land  and  engaged  in  horticulture. 
This  property  he  retained  and  owned  until  his  death,  but  in  1899  he  returned  to  Anaheim, 
Cal.,  and  here  he  lived  retired  until  his  demise  in  1911.  He  was  married  in  San  Fran- 
cisco in  1859  to  Clementine  Zimmerman  born  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  who  came  to  Cali- 
fornia with  her  parents  in  pioneer  days;  she  died  while  on  a  visit  to  San  Francisco 
on  October  8,  1913.  They  had  five  children,  two  boys  and  three  girls,  and  two  are 
living:  Mrs.  Clementine  Turck  of  Anaheim  and  Mrs.  J.  H.  Bullard  of  Los  Angeles. 
It  is  an  interesting  fact  that  the  south  twenty  acres  of  his  original  purchase  is  built  up 
for  business  houses  and  residences,  while  the  north  twenty  acres  has  been  kept  intact 
by  the  family  until  now  the  city  has  voted  bonds  to  take  it  over  for  a  city  park,  and  a 
most  beautiful  location  it  is. 

RAY  C.  LAMBERT. — A  young  man  who  has  well  fulfilled  the  Latin  motto,  "Seize 
the  day,".:and  has  so  improved  his  opportunities  that  he  has  succeeded  beyond  his  most 
sanguine  expectations,  making  good  as  a  citrus  grower  who  thoroughly  understands 
the  attractive  industry  and  renders  it  still  more  attractive  by  his  scientific  methods  of 
operation,  is  Ray  C.  Lambert  who  leases  and  cultivates  a  valuable  part  of  the  Irvine 
ranch.  He  is  a  son  of  Charles  C.  Lambert,  the  pioneer  of  Tustin  still  living  and 
retired,  a  native  of  Iowa  who  came  to  California  as  a  young  man  and  set  himself  up 
in  business  as  a  grading  contractor.  Among  the  extensive  contracts  undertaken  by 
him  was  the  grading  for  the  Salt  Lake  and  Santa  Fe  railroads  in  Los  Angeles.  Later, 
he  joined- the  Fourth  Street  Meat  Market  in  Santa  Ana  and  helped  build  up  its  trade. 
He  married  Miss  Amelia  Hadley,  who  died  in  1904,  leaving  four  children:  Everett 
Clayton,  who  patriotically  served  his  country  on  board  the  Oregon,  passed  away  in 
1904,  in  Japan,  a  victim  of  pleuro-pneumonia — a  favorite  with  his  sailor-fellows  and  with 
all  the  officers,  as  well;  Ray  C.  Lambert  is  the  subject  of  our  review,  and  he  is  assisted 
by  his  brother,  Charles  C,  Jr.;  Gertrude  Amelia  lives  in  Los  Angeles. 


630  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Ray  attended  the  public  schools  at  Tustin  and  put  in  a  couple  of  years  at  the 
Santa  Ana  high  school.  Then  he  engaged  in  the  nursery  business  .at  Tustin  until  he 
came  to  his  present  place  on  the  Irvine  ranch,  in  1913,  having  secured  an  optional  lease 
on  160  acres  and  immediately  began  the  work  of  developing  water,  which  he  found  he 
could  have  in  abundance  by  sinking  two  wells  300  feet  deep.  He  began  with  one 
well,  and  now  both  are  pumped  by  two  engines  of  twenty-five  horsepower  each,  giving 
him  over  100  inches  of  water  which  is  more  than  ample  to  irrigate  his  entire  holding. 

Mr.  Lambert  made  an  agreement  with  Mr.  Irvine  by  which,  after  a  number  of 
years  of  successful  operation,  he  becomes  the  owner  of  half  of  the  ranch  he  is  now 
tenanting,  and  in  the  spring  of  1914  began  to  plant  Valencia  orange  trees.  This  work 
he  continued  through  1915  and  1916,  and  in  the  latter  year  he  also  set  out  lemon  trees. 
He  also  installed  a  cement  pipe  line  system,  all  the  pipe  being  made  on  the  place.  The 
orchard  has  been  interplanted  with  lima  beans;  and  as  he  has  been  able  to  carry  out 
his  contract  with  Mr.  Irvine  to  the  letter  the  orchards  having  the  required  elevation, 
thus  placing  them  in  a  thermal  belt  where  it  is  practically  frostless,  and  with  the 
deep  loam  sediment  soil  he  is,  especially  as  a  young  man,  very  comfortably  situated. 

On  August  10,  191S,  Mr.  Lambert  was  married  at  Santa  Ana  to  Miss  Clara  Wells, 
a  daughter  of  George  W.  and  Clara  (Stearns)  Wells.  He  was  a  native  of  Illinois,  and 
she  a  native  of  New  York  state,  and  they  were  married  in  Kansas  and  came  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1901.  They  settled  at  Santa  Ana  and  are  now  living  in  the  Yorba  Linda 
district.  Miss  Wells  attended  the  public  schools  at  Santa  Ana,  and  later  was  a  student 
in  the  exclusive  school  for  young  ladies,  Huntington  Hall  in  Los  Angeles.  One  child 
has  blessed  this  union,  Barbara  Amelia.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lambert  are  prominent  members 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  at  Santa  Ana,  and  Mr.  Lambert  is  valued  as  a  stand- 
patter in  the  Republican  ranks.  In  1916,  Mr.  Lambert  built  a  handsome  residence,  at 
a  cost  of  $15,000  dollars,  on  an  elevation,  among  the  foothills  at  the  east  of  the  Irvine 
ranch,  and  from  his  home,  on  a  clear  day,  one  can  obtain  an  inspiring  view  of  San 
Pedro  and  the  blue  Pacific  twenty-five  miles  away,  as  well  as  an  enchanting  vista  of 
the  wide-spreading,  picturesque  Irvine  ranch.  Having  thus  succeeded  to  such  an  ex- 
ceptional degree  during  these  few  early  years  of  his  activity,  Mr.  Lambert  gives  promise 
of  far  greater  things  in  the  immediate  future;  and  it  is  this  capital  in  men  and  women  of 
capacity  for  accomplishment  which  makes  California  truly  a  "Golden  State." 

DOMINGO  ERRAMUSPE.— A  native  son  of  the  Golden  West,  whose  rise  amid 
the  inspiring  and  favoring  conditions  of  agricultural  life  in  Southern  California  has 
given  him  a  level  business  head,  is  Domingo  Erramuspe,  one  of  the  bonanza  farmers 
operating  a  trim  ranch  of  his  own  fortunately  situated  between  the  Moulton  and 
the  Irvine  or  San  Joaquin  ranches,  and  believed  to  be  valuable  oil  land.  He  was  born 
in  Los  Angeles  on  September  3,  1877,  the  son  of  John  Erramuspe,  one  of  the  early 
landowners  south  of  Santa  Ana,  who  came  from  the  Basses-Pyrenees  country  in 
France,  and  brought  with  him  a  devoted  wife,  who  was  Miss  Grace  Etcheverria,  a 
native  of  Navarra,  Spain.  After  they  were  married  in  the  old  country,  they  migrated 
to  South  America,  where  Mr.  Erramuspe  had  two  brothers,  and  for  five  or  six  years 
they  remained  south  of  the  Equator,  speculating  and  trying  various  ventures,  before 
they  came  northward  to  California  in  1870.  Here,  on  the  old  O'Neill  Ranch,  east  of 
Capistrano,  he  ran  20,000  sheep  for  Louis  Lartiga.  Two  children  were  born  'to  these 
parents,  who  have  been  dead  now  for  the  last  ten  years;  the  elder,  Domingo,  the 
subject  of  our  instructive  sketch,  and  Bernardo,  who  resides  at  San  Jacinto  and  is  en- 
gaged in  ranching. 

Domingo  grew  up  around  Santa  Ana,  and  there,  in  1911,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Marie  Etcheverria,  a  native  of  Navarra,  Spain,  a  woman  with  just  those  accomplish- 
ments needed  for  the  happy  domestic  life  of  a  well-equipped  ranch,  and  one  who  has 
entered  heartily  into  all  of  her  husband's  ambitious  plans.  Two  children  came  to 
cheer  them  further,  Grace  and  Dominique.  In  1915,  Mr.  Erramuspe  had  his  comfort- 
able home  built,  a  pretty  two-story  dwelling,  with  all  modern  improvements.  In 
national  political  aflfairs  preferring  the  platform  of  the  Republicans,  Mr.  Erramuspe 
is  a  good  mixer,  a  good  booster,  and  supports  well-endorsed  local  projects  without 
any  political  or  religious  bias  whatever. 

At  present  Mr.  Erramuspe  is  cultivating  168  acres  absolutely  in  his  own  right, 
while  he  also  leases  and  farms  700  acres  of  the  Moulton  Ranch,  and  500  of  the  Whit- 
ney, and  350  acres  of  the  O'Neill  ranches,  or  nearly  1,700  acres  in  all.  Fourteen 
hundred  acres  of  this  are  under  the  plow.  Drilling  for  oil  will  soon  begin  on  his 
home  place,  and  there  are  indications  that  the  flow  of  the  precious  liquid  will  be  ample 
when  once  the  source  has  been  struck.  He  uses  four  eight-mule  teams  and  has  a 
sixty  horsepower  Holt  Caterpillar  tractor  for  motor  power,  and  farms  strictly  accord- 
ing to  the  most  scientific  methods,  getting  assured,  superior  results 


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EARL  G.  GLENN. — A  pioneer  resident  of  Santa  Ana  who  has  been  privileged 
to  see  much  of  the  town  develop,  and  a  popular  social  favorite  who  has  been  closely 
identified  with  fraternal  lodge  life  and  the  activities  of  the  local  fire  department,  is 
Earl  G.  Glenn,  the  eifficient  U.  S.  mail  carrier,  who  was  born  in  Springville,  Iowa,  on 
May  21,  1870.  His  father,  Frank  Glenn,  moved  to  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  in  1878,  and  lived 
in  that  city  for  six  years  as  the  auditor  of  the  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  and  Manitoba 
Railr-oa'd.  He  had  married  Katherine  Wynans,  and  in  1884  they  removed  to  Iowa, 
going  back  to  Springville.  Three  years  later,  in  the  great  "boom"  year,  they  came  out 
to  California,  but  it  was  not  until  1888  that  Earl  Glenn,  who  wished  to  complete  his 
schooling,  followed  them  to  the  Golden  State  and  the  "promised  land."  His  success, 
with  a  foundation  of  education  acquired  in  the  St.  Paul  high  school  and  the  junior 
college  at  Springville,  a  high  standard  of  character,  and  a  genial,  winning  person- 
ality, has  made  him  feel  that  the  promises  California  then  held  forth  she  has  since 
quite  made  good. 

In  1888,  then,  Mr.  Glenn  came  to  Santa  Ana,  and  for  a  year,  under  Rev.  A.  T. 
McDill  he  worked  as  a  printer  on  the  Santa  Ana  Herald,  putting  in  the  next  year  on 
the  same  paper  with  Messrs.  Shaw  and  Wallace.  When  he  left  them,  he  was  employed 
on  the  Morning  Blade;  and  when  that  was  made  an  evening  paper,  he  became  fore- 
man of  the  job  printing  department.  In  1895  he  quit  printing  altogether,  and  then 
he  became  an  employe  of  J.  A.  Hankey  in  the  bicycle  trade.  He  was  a  racing  rider, 
and  in  1897  established  the  record  that  still  stands  as  the  best  local  effort  in  Orange 
County  today:  he  rode  twelve  and  a  half  miles  on  a  dirt  course  in  thirty  minutes  and 
thirty-one  seconds. 

Mr.  Glenn  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  National  Guards  in  1890,  and 
reenlisted  in  1899,  and  spent  two  years  in  the  Philippines,  where  he  saw  spirited  action 
in  eleven  engagements.  In  1901  he  was  honorably  discharged.  On  his  return  he  spent 
another  year  with  Mr.  Hankey  in  the  bicycle  business.  The  next  year,  hovvever.  Uncle 
Sam  laid  hold  of  Mr.  Glenn  as  the  most  desirable  candidate  for  mail  carrier  service  in 
Santa  Ana,  and  he  has  been  serving  the  public  in  that  capacity  ever  since,  to  the  joy 
of  the  public  and  the  satisfaction  of  his  colleagues. 

On  April  8,  1903,  Mr.  Glenn  was  married  to  Miss  Nina  Mansur,  a  daughter  of 
Carlos  F.  and  Columbia  L.  Mansur,  and  a  native  daughter  proud  of  her  association 
with  California,  where  she  was  born  at  Camptonville,  in  Yuba  County,  in  December, 
1870.  Carlos  F.  Mansur  was  a  pioneer  of  Santa  Ana,  coming  here  first  in  1876,  and 
locating  here  permanently  in  1881.  He  was  born  in  Barnston,  Canada,  July  8,  1840, 
where  he  was  reared  until  he  was  seventeen,  when  he  migrated  to  Randolph  Center, 
Wis.  He  was  married  there  on  September  8,  1861,  to  Columbia  L.  Gale,  born  in 
Goshen,  Vt.,  October  16,  1843.  The  day  after  his  marriage  Mr.  Mansur  enlisted  in 
the  Eighth  Wisconsin  Regiment,  serving  until  the  close  of  the  Civil  War.  After  the 
close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  Canada,  but  in  1867  came  to  California,  via  the  Isthmus 
of  Panama,  locating  at  Camptonville,  where  he  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business 
and  was  postmaster.  In  1876  he  made  his  first  trip  to  Santa  Ana,  coming  here  to 
make  his  home  in  1881.  For  a  time  he  was  manager  of  an  orange  packing  house. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Orange  County  Savings  Bank  and  was  its 
cashier  for  many  years,  until  he  resigned  about  1902  and  retired  from  active  life, 
making  his  home  in  Santa  Ana  until  his  death  in  1915,  Mrs.  Mansur  having  passed 
away  in  1912.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mansur  were  the  parents  of  six  children:  Ozro  is 
the  secretary  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company;  Fred  is  secretary  of 
the  Orange  County  Title  Company;  Nina  is  the  wife  of  Earl  Glenn  of  this  review; 
Albert  lives  in  Los  Angeles;  Lelia  is  Mrs.  Talbott  of  Brooklyn,  Iowa;  Carl  makes  home 
in  Los  Angeles.  Active  in  the  formation  of  Orange  County,  Mr.  Mansur  was  the 
first  county  treaStfrer,  serving  two  terms.  A  stanch  Republican,  he  was  prominent 
in  the  ranks  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  and  wa;s  commander  of  Sedgwick  Post,  Santa  Ana. 
In  fraternal  circles  he  was  affiliated  with  the  Masons,  being  a  member  of  the  Blue 
Lodge  and  past  high  priest  of  the  Chapter.     He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Elks. 

Mrs.  Glenn  was  sent  to  the  Santa  Ana  public  schools,  and  was  graduated  with 
honors  from  the  high  school  of  this  city.  She  belongs  to  the  Baptist  Church.  Two 
children  have  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Glenn:  Margaret  is  the  older,  and 
then  there  is  Frederick,  and  they  are  both  pupils  of  the  grade  schools. 

Mr.  Glenn  has  been  active  as  past  master  in  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  241,  F.  & 
A.  M.,  and  past  chancellor  in  the  Knights  of  Pythias;  and  he  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Elks  and  the  Redmen  of  Santa  Ana.  He  has  belonged  to  the  Santa  Ana  Band, 
and  has  the  longest  continuous  service  in  the  Santa  Ana  Volunteer  Fire  Department, 
having  been  identified  with  that  organization  for  the  past  twenty-four  and  a  half 
years,  or  through  the  period  when  it  ceased  to  be  a  volunteer  department  and  was 
made  a  city  fire  departjhent.    With  his  wife,  he  belongs  to  the  Eastern  Star. 


634  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

During  the  recent  war,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Glenn  supported  vigorously  the  cam- 
paign of  the  Government  in  the  various  drives,  and  they  both  participated  in  practically 
all  of  the  war  activities.  In  1905  Mr.  Glenn  purchased  their  home  place  at  1803 
North  Broadway,  where  he  has  lived  with  his  family  for  the  past  fifteen  years,  and 
he  also  came  to  own  four  lots  closer  in  on  Broadway.  So  early  did  they  pitch  their 
tent  on  North  Broad-way.  that  thsy^ camped  there,  so  to  speak,  when  there  were  only 
a  few  other  houses  that  far  out. 

.     LEWIS  TUTTLE  WELLS.— A  splendid  example  of  what  a  man  may  do  who 

intelligently,  honorably  and  persistently  battles  against  adversity,  is  aflforded  by  Lewis 
Tuttle  Wells,  the  well-known  and  influential  rancher  in  the  Talbert  district  of  Orange 
County.  He  was  born  in  Lincklaen,  Chenango  County,  N.  Y.,  on  October  20,  1852, 
the  soh  of  John  R.  Wefls,  a  New  York  State  farmer  who  was  a  native  of  Rhode  Island. 
He  had  married  Cordelia  E.  Sanders,  who  was  born  in  New  York  and  was  a  near 
relation  of  Professor  Sanders,  once  so  well  known  as  the  author  of  Sanders  Union 
Series  of  text-books.  Elisha  Wells,  our  subject's  grandfather,  was  born  in  England 
and  settled  in  Rhode  Island,  and  there,  too,  he  was  married. 

Lewis  Wells  grew  up  in  New  York  State,  but  as  his  parents  were  poor,  he  had  a 
hard  time  acquiring  an  education.  Until  he  was  eighteen,  he  enjoyed  but  three  months 
a  year  of  schooling;  and  during  the  two  years,  from  his  eighteenth  to  his  twentieth 
year,  when  he  stayed  at  home,  he  went  to  the  De  Ruyter  Institute,  when  harvesting  was 
over,  and  there  made  such  progress  that  he  was  able  to  pass  the  required  examinations 
and  secure  a  second-grade  teachers'  certificate.  He  taught  in  Chenango  County  the 
next  winter,  and  the  next  year  was  able  to  go  to  the  State  Normal  at  Cortland,  N.  Y. 
He  then  took  an  examination  successfully  for  the  first-grade  teachers'  certificate,  taught 
again,  and  went  to  school,  bes'ides;  and  while  again  engaged  in  teaching,  took  the 
next  important  step  of  his  life. 

When  he  was  twenty-four,  at  Brookfield,  Madison  County,  N.  Y.,  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Jane  E.  Silliman,  of  that  place;  after  which  he  taught  for  another  year.  Then 
he  removed  to  Rooks  County,  Kans.,  where  he  farmed  for  eighteen  years.  The  results 
were,  all  in  all,  very  satisfactory  until  the  fifth  year  when  a  disastrous  hail  storm  and 
cyclone  destroyed  all  the  crops;  and  he  had  to  return  to  teaching,  to  keep  from 
starving.  He  taught  for  four  years,  and  in  the  meantime  his  wife  died,  leaving  him 
with  four  children.  Two  of  these  went  to  his  own  school  and  were  taught  by  him 
in  Kansas.  In  1891-92  he  had  a  large  wheat  crop  but  only  received  thirty-five  cents 
a  bushel  for  it. 

Mr.  Wells  sold  out  in  1897  and  came  to  California,  stopping  for  a  while  at  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  worked  at  whatever  he  could  best  find  to  do.  Then  he  came  to 
Artesia  and  rented  a  ranch  of  ten  acres.  About  that  time  he  heard  of  the  peat-land 
district  at  Smeltzer,  in  Orange  County,  and  going  there,  he  bought  and  sold  fruit  and 
vegetables  for  a  couple  of  seasons.    After  that,  he  came  to  Talbert. 

Getting  acquainted  with  W.  T.  Newland,  he  rented  sixty  acres  from  him  for  three 
years.  He  cleared  the  land,  but  during  the  first  two  years  made  nothing;  the  third 
year  he  had  the  land  in  such  shape  that  he  put  twenty  acres  into  sugar  beets  and  the 
balance  in  corn  and  cabbage,  and  cleared  about  $1,000  above  expenses  He  then 
bought  forty  acres,  his  present  place— a  fortunate  purchase— and  two  years  ago,  bought 
another  forty  acres,  so  that  he  now  owns  two  ranches  of  forty  acres  each  excellent 
land,  both  in  the  Talbert  district.  He  resides  upon  one  of  these,  and  one  of  his  sons 
lives  upon  the  other,  the  last  purchased,  which  is  at  Talbert  Station.  He  also  owns 
five  houses  m  Huntmgton  Beach,  and  also  six  lots  there.  He  raises  two  crops  a  year 
on  his  land--a  crop  of  barley  and  a  crop  of  corn.  His  ranch  is  very  productive  and 
raised  pumpkins  of  monster  size,  in  fact,  so  large  a  man  alone  could  not  lift  one-  also 
raised  a  sweet  potato  weighing  eighteen  and  three-quarter  pounds  and  it  with  the 
monster  pumpkm,  was  sent  to  the  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition  at  St.  Louis  and 
placed  with  the  Orange  bounty  exhibit.  For  many  years  he  raised  celery  and  was  very 
successful;  in  one  year  his  two-thirds  shares  from  nine  acres  realized  him  $1  860-  how- 
ever, of  late  he  raises  sugar  beets  and  lima  beans.  Many  years  ago  he  also  set  out  an 
orchard  o  apples,  peaches  pears  and  plums  which  he  finds  very  profitable,  and  his 
hard,  intelligent  labor  has  brought  him  success.  He  donates  two  and  a  half  acres  of 
his  ranch  for  a  government  experiment  station.  Since  oil  was  struck  at  Huntington 
Beach,  he  has  leased  for  oil. 

^Qi  ^r  "^f'  *^'  married  a  second  time,  in  1910  in  Orange  County,  to  Mrs.  Maude 
(Shanklm)  Perry,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  who  had  married  Harvey  Perry.  She  had  two 
children  by  him-Lorina,  who  married  Berry  Stice,  the  butcher  at  Santa  Ana  and 
Mrw;nT\°  '\'"  n  ^.  ^'7  °"  the  battleship  New  Mexico;  and  her  union  with 
Mr.  Wells  has  been  blessed  with  two  other  children— Lavaughn  and  L.  T.  Wells,  Jr. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  637 

Mr.  Wells'  children  by  his  first  wife  are:  Lena,  who  is  the  wife  of  George  Gilbert, 
a  rancher  in  Kansas,  is  the  mother  of  two  children;  Arthur,  another  rancher  in 
Kansas,  who  is  married  and  has  five  children,  and  owns  320  acres  of  land;  Seabury, 
who  married  Helen  Huffman  of  Kansas,  and  resides  with  her  and  his  two  children  on 
one  of  Mr.  Wells'  ranches;  and  Gertrude,  the  wife  of  Clyde  Gilbert,  the  rancher  at 
Talbert,  who  has  five  children.  Mr.  Wells  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  at 
Huntington  Beach,  and  also  of  the  Odd  Fellows  there. 

REUBEN  A.  ADAMS,  M.  D.^The  passing  of  a  physician  of  such  high  rank  in 
the  history  of  American  medicine  as  the  late  Dr.  Reuben  A.  Adams,  and  an  influential 
leader  in  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  deserves  more  than  ordinary  mention;  for 
such  men,  in  more  senses  than  one,  have  become  both  pillars  and  founders  of  the 
Union.  He  came  of  a  noted  New  England  family,  and  was  born  at  Marion,  N.  Y.,  on 
April  3,  1841,  where  he  spent  his  boyhood,  attended  the  local  public  schools  and 
graduated  from  the  Marion  Collegiate  Institute.  From  boyhood  he  was  intensely 
patriotic;  and  when  the  Civil  War  threatened  to  destroy  the  Federal  Government,  he 
enlisted,  in  August,  1862,  in  Company  D,  One  Hundred  Sixtieth  Regiment  New  York 
Volunteers,  and  went  to  New  Orleans  with  General  Banks'  expedition,  serving  under 
him  throughout  the  Louisiana  campaign.  He  was  present  at  the  siege  of  Port  Hudson, 
and  later  fought  under  General  Sheridan  in  his  engagements  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley, 
participating  actively,  all  in  all,  in  fourteen  battles.  He  was  twice  wounded — the  first 
time  at  Fort  Bisland,  in  Louisiana,  and  the  second  time  at  Cedar  Creek,  Va.,  and 
carried  the  scars  the  remainder  of  his  life.  When  he  was  mustered  out  of  service  at 
the  close  of  the  war,  Dr.  Adams  received  the  exceptional  honor  of  a  letter  of  com- 
mendation signed  by  every  surviving  officer  of  his  regiment.  This  he  prized  even 
far  more  than  the  rare  and  costly  presents  and  thanks  from  the  imperial  household 
of  Japan,  for  service  to  a  prince  and  officer  of  the  Japanese  army  and  navy,  whom  he 
came  to  know  when  the  foreigner  was  in  distress. 

On  returning  from  his  arduous  service  in  the  Civil  War,  Mr.  Adams  took  up  his 
studies  at  the  Homeopathic  Medical  College  of  Pennsylvania,  and  was  graduated  from 
the  Hahnemann  College  of  Philadelphia  on  March  4,  1868.  In  July  of  that  year  he  lost 
no  time  to  establish  himself  at  Churchville,  N.  Y.,  where  he  successfully  practiced 
medicine  until  May,  1873.  Then,  ambitious  for  a  field  with  greater  possibilities,  he 
removed  to  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  where  he  soon  took  rank  with  the  most  prominent  physi- 
cians of  the  day.  His  ability  as  both  a  physician  and  a  surgeon  was  recognized  in  his 
appointment,  in  1874,  as  the  city  medical  officer,  and  in  assuming  that  responsibility  he 
became  one  of  the  first  homeopathic  physicians  to  occupy  that  position. 

Dr.  Adams  also  served  as  president  of  the  Monroe  County  Homeopathic  Medical 
Society,  vice-president  of  the  Rochester  Hahnemann  Society,  and  also  vice-president 
of  the  New  York  State  Homeopathic  Medical  Society.  He  was  a  member  of  the  New 
York  Homeopathic  Medical  Society,  and  of  the  American  Institute  of  Homeopathy, 
and  was  consulting  physician  on  the  staff  of  the  Rochester  Homeopathic  Hospital  from 
its  incorporation  in  1887. 

His  voluntary  and  strenuous  participation  in  the  War  for  the  Union  naturally  led 
Dr.  Adams  to  cherish  fondly  all  the  associations  of  that  awful  conflict,  and  as  a  member 
of  the  George  H.  Thomas  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  he  was  proud  to  have  taken  part  in  the 
original  presentation  of  a  United  States  flag  to  each  of  the  thirty-five  schools  of 
Rochester,  thus  starting  a  patriotic  movement  that  has  extended  pretty  generally 
throughout  the  United  States.  He  was  fond  of  fraternal  life,  was  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason  and  a  Shriner. 

Besides  working  long,  aggressively  and  conscientiously  for  the  advancement  of 
homeopathy.  Dr.  Adams  was  twice  unanimously  elected  medical  director  of  the  De- 
partment of  New  York,  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  at  the  forty-ninth 
annual  encampment,  held  in  Washington,  in  September,  191S,  he  was  unanimously 
elected  surgeon  general  of  the  Grand  Army.  He  also  found  time  to  direct  the  general 
management  of  a  large  grain  farm  in  North  Dakota,  and  orange  groves  and  English 
walnut  orchards  in  Southern  California.  He  first  came  to  Orange  in  the  late  eighties, 
at  the  height  of  the  great  realty  "boom";  and  while  others  could  not  see  beyond  their 
face  and  therefore  failed,  he  looked  deeper  and  further  into  the  future,  and  invested  in 
both  country  and  city  property,  even  developing  the  same  at  an  initiatory  loss.  He 
left  two  sons,  John  Adams,  of  Orange,  Cal.,  and  Sidney  I.  Adams  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.; 
two  brothers.  Dr.  Myron  H.  Adams  and  Seth  Adams;  and  two  sisters,  Mrs.  Louise 
Snyder  and  Mrs.  Helen  Gilbert  of  Marion,  and  a  grand-daughter,  Elizabeth  Fiske 
Adams,  of  Rochester.  When  he  died,  in  his  seventy-seventh  year,  he  breathed  his  last 
at  his  Rochester  home,  at  No.  3  Upton  Park,  on  December  9,  1918. 


638  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

JOHN  ADAMS.— An  enterprising,  successful  and  influential  citizen  of  Orange 
County,,  who  is  greatly  interested  in  the  development  of  this  favored  section  ot 
Southern  California  and  has,  therefore,  become  one  of  the  effective  boosters  ot  the 
region,  is  John  Adams,  a  native  of  Rochester,  N.  Y„  and  the  son  of  Dr.  Reuben  A. 
Adams,  who  is  mentioned  on  a  preceding  page  of  this  work.  John  was  educated  in  the 
grammar  and  high  schools  of  Rochester,  and  later  commenced  the  study  of  medicine 
at  the  medical  college;  but  other  matters  having  absorbed  his  main  attention,  he  did 
not  graduate.  In  1908,  on  the  contrary,  he  located  at  Orange  to  take  active  charge 
of  the  management  of  his  father's  property,  and  since  then  he  has  continued  the  im- 
portant work  of  developing  the  holdings. 

The  home  ranch  and  also  his  residence  is  located  on  Batavia  Street,  where  he 
grows  Valencia  oranges;  while  the  large  ranch  is  at  the  corner  of  North  Main  Street 
and  the  Santa  Fe  track,  and  there  he  has  fifty  acres  of  Valencias  and  fifty  acres  of 
walnuts.  Besides  teams  he  uses  two  tractors  in  the  operation  of  the  farm;  and  m  all 
the  departments  he  applies  the  most  modern  methods  and  the  most  up-to-date  ma- 
chinery. He  is  a  member  of  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association,  and  also  a 
member,  vice-president  and  director  of  the  Richland  Walnut  Association. 

While  at  Rochester,  Mr.  Adams  married  Miss  Dora  A.  Hooker,  a  native  of  New 
York,  and  an  accomplished  lady  who  has  shared  his  ambition,  his  toil  and  his  rewards. 
In  the  same  city  he  was  made  a  Mason,  in  Genesee  Falls  Lodge  No.  507. 

Orange  bid  high,  from  the  beginning  of  her  history  as  a  county,  for  just  such 
go-ahead  settlers  as  John  Adams,  the  worthy  bearer  of  a  long-honored  name;  nor  did 
either  the  city  or  the  county  of  Orange  bid  in  vain.  The  result  has  been  a  degree  of 
prosperity,  reflecting  the  high  intelligence  of  their  citizens,  highly  creditable  to  the 
state  called  Golden. 

CARL  G.  JORN. — A  young  man  who  has  been  in  close  touch  -with  the  city  of 
Orange  since  he  first  came  to  California  at  the  age  of  fifteen  and  who  has  materially 
aided  as  well  as  shared  in  the  prosperity  of  the  fast-developing  town-,  is  Carl  G.  Jorn, 
the  well-known  insurance  man.  He  was  born  at  Chicago,  111.,  in  1880,  the  son  of 
Charles  Jorn,  who  had  a  real  estate,  insurance  and  loan  business  at  the  corner  of 
Twenty-sixth  and  Wells  streets  and  spent  several  winters  in  the  Golden  State.  He 
died  in  Chicago  in  1913.  He  had  married  Marie  Moehlenbrink,  who  died  when  Carl 
Jorn  was  four  and  a  half  years  old.  Of  this  union  he  is  now  the  only  child  living. 
However,  he  has  a  half-brother,  John  F.  Jorn,  who  is  continuing  his  father's  business 
in  Chicago  under  the  old  firm  name,  Charles  Jorn  &  Company,  and  his  half-sister, 
Mrs.  Lydia  Jaeger,  who  also  resides  in  Chicago. 

Having  attended  the  local  parochial  school,  CarV  Jorn  was  sent  to  Concordia 
College  in  Milwaukee  for  a  couple  of  years,  but  on  account  of  failing  health  he  came 
west  to  California  in  1895,  and  for  fourteen  months  remained  at  Orange,  where  he 
attended  the  Orange  County  Business  College  at  Santa  Ana,  the  proprietor  then  being 
R.  L.  Bisby.  Then  he  returned  to  Chicago  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  J.  K.  Armsby 
Company,  having  a  good  position  in  their  main  office.  That  fall  his  health  failed  again 
and  he  came  West  once  more,  settling  again  in  Orange,  and  resumed  his  studies  at 
the  business  college,  .and  during  this  time  was  secretary  to  R.  L.  Bisby  of  that  college. 
On  the  completion  of  the  course  he  spent  three  months  as  a  stenographer  in  Los 
Angeles,  when  he  again  returned  East  with  his  father  and  for  si.x  years  was  with  him 
in  business  in  his  office  until  again  the  lure  of  California  drew  him  to  the  West. 

In  the  spring  of  1906,  Mr.  Jorn  journeyed  back  to  Orange,  where  he  started  an 
insurance  business.  He  also  became  the  agent  of  the  Oliver  Typewriter  Company,  and 
such  was  his  success  and  years  of  service  that  he  became  the  dean  of  agents  in  Southern 
California.  In  1913  he  returned  to  the  East  for  the  summer  on  account  of  the  illness 
of  his  father,  which  terminated  in  his  death,  but  he  did  not  give  up  his  association  with 
the  Pacific  commonwealth,  in  whose  bright  future  he  has  such  unbounded  faith.  As 
early  as  1909  Mr.  Jorn  bought  the  northwest  corner  of  Chapman  Avenue  and  the  Plaza, 
and  with  his  father  erected  the  original  Jorn  Building,  which  he  has  since  materially 
enlarged.  He  carries  on  an  important  real  estate  and  insurance  business  and  was  once 
secretary  of  the  Orange  Chamber  of  Commerce,  in  which  he  is  still  a  member.  It  is 
but  natural  for  one  so  optimistic  for  the  future  of  the  citrus  industry  and  land  values 
that  Mr.  Jorn  is  also  interested  in  horticulture  and  owns  an  orange  and  lemon  grove 
in  the  Peralta  Hills  above  Olive.  He  was  also  the  first  secretary  of  the  Associated 
Chambers  of  Commerce  of  Orange  County.  He  belongs  to  the  Merchants  and  Manu- 
facturers Association,  in  which  he  is  untiring  in  his  efforts  to  develop  the  commercial 
interests  of  the  town  and  county,  and  as  a  Republican  he  is  no  less  tireless  in  helping 
to  elevate  civic  standards. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  641 

At  Orange,  on  July  13,  1909,  Mr.  Jorn  was  married  to  Miss  Bertha  Loescher,  a 
native  of  Iowa;  she  came  to  California  with  her  father,  who  located  at  Orange,  and  is 
now  making  his  home  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jorn.  One  child  has  blessed  this  union,  a 
daughter,  Mary  Louise.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jorn  are  active  members  of  the  Lutheran  Church 
of  Orange,  in  which  they  are  both  very  influential.  Mr.  Jorn  is  the  leader  of  Circuit  B, 
District  Three,  California  and  Nevada  District  of  the  Lutheran  Laymen's  League,  and 
in  that  capacity  is  in  close  touch  with  the  different  congregations  of  the  circuit  from 
Santa  Barbara  to  San  Diego  and  from  the  Coast  to  the  Colorado  River.  He  also  be- 
longs to  the  Lutheran's  Men's  Club  and  the  Orange  Men's  Club.  Both  husband  and 
wife  are  intensely  interested  in  the  various  movements  for  sociological  uplift  for  the 
community  and  Mr.  Jorn  is  rendering  valuable  service  as  a  member  and  clerk  of  the 
library  board  of  the  Orange  Public  Library;  in  fact,  there  is  no  movement  for  the 
building  up  of  Orange  and  the  enhancing  of  its  commercial  importance  that  does  .not 
receive  his  hearty  support. 

ALEXIS  EVERETT  FRYE,  A.M.,  LL.B. — Among  the  regular  summer  visitors 
at  Newport  Bay  is  Alexis  Everett  Frye,  author  of  the  most  widely-used  text-books  in 
the  world.  His  winter  home  is  the  beautiful  "Villa  Cuba,"  at  Redlands,  on  the  pic- 
turesque ridge  joining  Prospect  Park  with  Smiley  Heights.  His  summer  home  is  the 
stately  villa  known  as  "Miramar,"  meaning  "Seaview,"  fronting  on  the  smiling  bay  at 
Newport.     As  one  of  his  own  poems  expresses  it: 

"And  for  his  home  the  cunning  hand 

That  chisels  peak  and  headland  bold. 
With  chips  of  sand  forms  arm  of  land 

'Twixt  smiling  bay  and  ocean  cold. 

"Then  bloom  of  snow-white  foam  he  brings. 

To  beautify  the  sculptured  rim. 
Like  brazen  sea  the  Scripture  sings, 

With  flowers  of  lilies  round  the  brim." 

Enthusiastic  about  our  bay,  he  has  personally  made  the  largest  collection  of 
shells  ever  taken  from  its  waters,  and  has  found  several  not  known  to  exist  here.  He 
now  has  ready  for  the  press  a  little  volume  of  poems,  from  which  the  above  lines 
are  taken,  revealing  the  hidden  beauty  of  the  sea  birds,  the  dune  plants,  the  sea  shells, 
the  sunsets,  the  great  stone  face  over  the  tidal  river,  and  the  water  sprites,  and,  of 
course,  the  "mermaids"- — 

— "the  teeming  mermaids  fair. 
That  dip  and  dive,  or  ride  the  sea, 

With  shapely  form  and  streaming  hair. 
Like  Nereids  in  motion  free." 

Another  proof  of  his  abiding  interest  in  the  bay  is  his  purchase  of  the  commodious 
Engstrom  house,  the  most  beautiful  on  the  bay.  It  is  a  center  of  summer  life  and 
activity,  especially  for  children. 

Mr.  Frye  was  born  at  North  Haven,  Maine,  on  November  2,  1859,  the  son  of 
Captain  E.  S.  Frye,  forty-four  years  a  mariner,  who  sailed  from  Boston  and  other 
Atlantic  ports.  Captain  Frye  is  now  eighty-eight  years  old,  strong  and  vigorous,  a  type 
of  the  hardy  men  who  "go  down  to  the  sea  in  ships."  He  is  one  of  the  oldest  stock 
of  "Fryes  of  Maine,"  his  forebears  having  lived  there  continuously  since  1661,  when 
Adrian  Frye  settled  in  Kittery.  He  is  a  giant  in  strength.  When  going  aboard  ship 
one  day,  he  saw  two  of  his  sailors  sweating  over  an  anchor  they  were  trying  to  lift 
and  carry  from  the  wharf  to  the  deck.  One  end  would  go  up,  and  the  other  down, 
then  vice  versa.  Telling  one  sailor  to  sit  on  the  crown  and  the  other  on  the  stock. 
Captain  Frye  picked  up  the  outfit,  anchor  and  men,  and  carried  all  aboard,  placing  them 
on  the  deck  as  lightly  as  a  basket  of  eggs.  He  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  Edward  Doten, 
who  came  over  in  the  Mayflower  in  1620. 

Captain  Frye  married  Jane  King,  a  descendant  of  six  of  the  Mayflower  passengers, 
including  the  famous  Brewster  and  Hopkins.  Edward  Doten  came  as  an  "apprentice" 
to  the  same  Stephen  Hopkins.  He  is  the  Doten  who  fought  the  first  duel  in  the 
Plymouth  colony;  and  he  and  his  rival,  Edward  Lester,  had  to  pass  a  day  in  the 
"stocks,"  to  be  jeered  at  by  the  shocked  Pilgrims.  Jane  King  Frye  died  in  Highlands, 
in  this  state,  April  2,  1912,  aged  seventy-eight  years.  Four  sons  and  one  daughter 
were  born  to  the  family.    One  son  died  in  infancy,  but  the  others  are  living. 

While  still  a  boy,  Alexis  E.  Frye  removed  with  his  parents  to  Quincy,  Mass.,  and 
there  completed  the  grammar  school  course,  and  attended  Adams  Academy.     During 


642  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

a  large  part  of  1875  he  was  at  sea  "before  the  mast"  with  his  father.  In  1878  he  grad- 
uated from  the  English  high  school  of  Boston,  receiving  one  of  the  medals  given  for 
scholarship  from  the  fund  of  Benjamin  Franklin.  Mr.  Frye  was  the  first  young  man 
to  graduate  from  the  Training  School  of  the  famous  educator,  Francis  W.  Parker,  at 
Quincy,  Mass.  He  became  greatly  attached  to  Colonel  Parker,  taught  with  him  in 
Quincy,  worked  with  him  when  supervisor  of  the  schools  of  Boston,  and  went  with 
hnn  to  reorganize  the  Cook  County  Normal  School,  now  the  Chicago  Normal  School. 
He  was  pleased  to  be  known  as  Colonel  Parker's  faithful  "Man  Frye-day."  Mr.  Frye 
was  principal  of  the  model  school,  and  teacher  of  methods  in  the  normal  school.  In 
recognition  of  his  work  he  was  made  an  honorary  graduate  of  the  western  school. 
Here  he  worked  from  1883  to  1886. 

Returning  East  Mr.  Frye  took  the  law  course  at  Harvard  University,  adding  to  his 
honors  the  degree  of  LL.B.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  practice  of  law  in  Boston,  but  he 
never  availed  himself  of  the  privilege,  preferring  to  remain  in  the  educational  field 
and  become  a  lecturer  before  teachers'  institutes  and  conventions.  He  has  delivered 
upwards  of  2,000  lectures  upon  methods  of  teaching.  This  work  led  to  extensive  travel 
and  gave  wide  acquaintance  with  the  needs  of  schools  in  this  country.  He  also  found 
time  to  roam  widely  in  Europe,  Asia  and  Africa.  Both  the  lecturing  and  the  travel 
proved  a  natural  introduction  to  his  next  great  undertaking — the  writing  of  the  well 
known  series  of  geographies  which  bears  his  name.  It  is  probably  true  that  his  text- 
books have  outsold  every  other  book  in  the  world,  save  the  Bible.  The  word  "millions" 
means  little,  but  if  one  end  of  the  paper  used  in  printing  his  books  could  be  tacked 
to  the  Capitol  in  Washington,  and  then  unroll  with  a  width  of  the  common  book  page, 
the  strip  would  go  down  to  the  equator,  round  the  earth,  off  to  the  moon  (243,000 
miles),  round  the  moon,  back  to  earth,  again  round  the  equator,  and  back  to  the  Capitol, 
with  a  remnant  of  sufficient  length  to  wind  round  the  state  of  California  many  times. 

For  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  Mr.  Frye  has  written  all  the  text-books  on 
geography  issued  by  the  great  firm  of  Ginn  and  Company.  His  first  book  was  on  meth- 
ods of  teaching  geography  by  sand  modeling  and  was  called  "Child  and  Nature."  This 
was  in  1888.  Three  years  later  came  "Brooks  and  Brook  Basins."  In  1892  he  issued  a 
work  on  psychology,  which  was  well  received.  In  1894  was  printed  his  Primary  Geog- 
raphy, which  proved  a  record  breaker.  Then  came  his  large  complete  geography, 
which  set  a  new  pace.  Mr.  Frye's  plan  was  to  embody  as  much  of  his  ideal  as  the 
schools  would  take,  and  then  write  another  book  as  soon  as  the  schools  were  ready 
to  move  forward  with  him.    This  plan  gave  him  the  field. 

Now  came  a  long  series  of  books.  In  1898  the  Elements  of  Geography,  and  a 
Home  and  School  Atlas.  The  next  year  the  Spanish  Geografia  Elemental,  adopted  for 
the  federal  schools  of  Mexico,  as  well  as  Cuba  and  Porto  Rico.  In  1902  one  of  his 
text-books  was  translated  into  Chinese,  and  is  largely  used  in  mission  schools  of  the 
"Flowery  Kingdom,"  now  a  republic.  One  of  his  books  was  adapted  by  authority  for 
use  in  the  schools  of  Canada.  Another  was  adapted  for  use  in  England,  by  an  Oxford 
professor.  Still  another  was  used  as  the  basis  for  a  book  for  Norway.  There  is  not 
a  nation  of  the  civilized  globe  that  has  not  been  influenced  in  its  school  work  by  the 
text-books  of  Mr.  Frye.  Among  the  more  active  of  his  books  at  the  present  time  are 
the  Grammar  School  Geography,  a  New  Geography  (1917),  and  a  Home  Geography 
Mr.  Frye  also  wrote  the  first  text-book  of  geography  widely  used  in  the  Philippines. 

In  1899  President  McKinley,  through  Mr.  Root,  his  secretary  of  war,  sent  Mr. 
Frye  to  organize  and  equip  the  new  public  school  system  of  Cuba.  He  wrote  the 
national  school  law  and  the  course  of  study  for  the  island.  In  1900  he  brought  about 
1,300  Cuban  teachers  to  Harvard  University  for  study,  and  then  led  them  on  a  tour  of 
the  East,  landing  all  safely  at  home.  Mr.  Root  placed  him  in  charge  of  five  steamships 
for  the  expedition.  For  this  work,  and  for  other  work  done  for  the  little  nation 
Mr.  Frye  received  the  Medal  of  the  Legion  of  Honor  of  Cuba,  and  in  1904  and  1906 
was  made  president  of  the  National  Teachers'  Association  of  Cuba,  perhaps  the  only 
instance  of  a  foreigner  being  made  president  of  such  an  association  Besides  the 
Franklin  medal,  and  the  medal  of  honor  mentioned,  Mr.  Frye  was  awarded  a  silver 
medal,  upon  recommendation  of  William  Howard  Taft,  for  his  text-book  for  the  Philip- 
pines. He  also  holds  the  silver  cup  for  the  wrestling  championship  of  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, a  gold  medal  from  the  teachers  of  the  Province  of  Santiago,  Cuba  and  other-; 
In  connection  with  the  work  in  Cuba  it  is  of  interest  to  note  that  Secretary  Root' 
writing  to  President  Eliot  of  Harvard,  said  of  the  voyage  of  the  Cuban  teachers' 
"This  body  of  teachers  going  back  to  every  municipality  of  Cuba  will  carry  back  more 
of  saving  grace  for  Cuba  than  the  whole  power  of  the  (American)  government  could 
accomplish  in  any  other  way."     And  it  did. 

In  1897  Mr.  Frye  earned  the  degree  of  A.M.  from  time-honored  Harvard  Univer 
sity.     During  the  Spanish  War  he  helped  to  organize,  and  at  one  time  was  in   com- 


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mand  of,  the  battalion  at  Harvard,  and  captained  the  graduates'  company.  In  1898-99  he 
was  lieutenant  of  Battery  K,  the  "Boston  Tigers,"  of  the  First  Heavy  Artillery,  thus 
keeping  up  his  connection  with  military  afifairs.  He  has  been  captain  of  five 
companies,  including  Company  E,  California  National  Guard.  As  head  of  the  school 
department  in  Cuba,  Mr.  Frye  was  associated  with  Generals  John  R.  Brooke,  Leonard 
Wood,  Adna  R.  Chaffee,  Hugh  L.  Scott,  Tasker  Bliss,  and  the  late  Surgeon-General 
Gorgas,.  all lOf  wh(?m.are,amprig  the  world's  gr^at  men. 

Mr.  Frye  has  been  elected  a  life  member  of  various  societies,  including  the 
American  Geographical  Society,  National  Geographic  Society,  the  Harvard  Union,  the 
Society  of  Mayflower  Descendants,  and  the  New  England  Historic  Genealogical 
Society.  It  is  needless  to  say  that  he  is  an  enthusiastic  member  of  the  Newport  Yacht 
Club.  In  the  early  nineties  Mr.  Frye  became  a  resident  of  California.  He  has  im- 
proved and  owned  upwards  of  300  acres  of  orange  groves,  but  has  sold  his  groves  to 
be  free  to  continue  his  literary  work. 

WALTER  J.  COLE. — A  rancher  who  owns  a  prosperous  forty-acre  ranch  on 
Park  Avenue  between  Hansen  and  the  county  road,  Walter  J.  Cole  is  one  of  the  first 
settlers  in  this  section  of  the  county.  He  located  here  when  the  ranch  was  a  part  of 
a  40,000-acre  sheep  range,  with  only  a  very  few  settlers  anywhere  near  him.  The 
Spanish  heirs  claimed  to  own  an  interest  in  the  land,  which  interfered  with  a  clear 
title,  and  consequently  stopped  the  sale  of  the  land  for  several  years.  In  the  course 
of  time,  however,  clear  titles  were  given,  and  the  property  was  bought  and  sold.  Mr. 
Cole,  as  gtated  above,  bought  his  present  acre.age  in  the  early  days,  and  began  at  once 
to  devMoi*  it  as  he' was  able.  He  has  from  the  first  conducted  a  general  farming  and 
dairy  ranch,  which  he  has  continued  up  to  the  present  time,  but  he  is  now  contem- 
plating a  change  to  the  production  of  citrus  fruit. 

Mr.  Cole  was  born  in  Batavia,  New  York,  in  1859,  his  parents  being  Walter  and 
Sophronia  (Blanchard)  Cole.  Here  he  spent  his  youthful  days,  receiving  an  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  his  vicinity.  When  he  had  reached  the  age  of  twenty- 
five,  he  decided  to  try  his  fortune  in  the  West,  so  in  1884  he  came  to  California  with 
Capt.  Arthur  J.  Hutchinson,  who  was  then  a  partner  of  "Lucky"  Baldwin,  and  who 
shipped  a  herd  of  Devons  to  this  state,  paying  $600  per  car'  for  shipment.  Mr.  Cole 
was  with  Captain  Hutchinson  for  three  years,  and  through  this  experience  becarrie 
well  versed  in  judging  and  handling  cattle  on  the  great  Baldwin  ranch  in  Los  Angeles 
County,  which  consisted  of  several  thousand  acres. 

Immediately  after  settling  on  his  own  land,  in  1887,  Mr.  Cole  took  up  the  dairy 
business,  which  he  has  since  followed.  He  was  the  owner  of  a  fine  herd  of  registered 
Jerseys,  some  of  which  he  occasionally  sold  for  a  fancy  price.  He  is  a  firm  believer 
in  the  necessity  of  raising  pure  bred  stock,  and  has  always  been  a  strong  advocate 
of  that  belief.  Mr.  Cole's  parents  came  to  California  in  1885,  one  year  after  their 
son's  arrival,  and  settled  on  the  Baldwin  ranch,  where  they  lived  for  three  years,  when 
they  purchased  a  thirty-acre  ranch  near  what  is  now  Hansen  Station  on  the  Pacific 
Electric  Railroad.  The  father  entered  the  dairy  business  here,  and  made  this  home 
until  his  death,  in  February,  1899.    Mrs.  Cole  still  resides  there,  in  her  ninety-fifth  year. 

Walter  J.  Cole  was  married  on  October  1,  1891,  to  Miss  Emma  Schneider,  the 
daughter  of  Jacob  Schneider  of  Anaheim,  who  was  one  of  the  original  members  of 
San  Francisco  Company.  They  have  become  the  parents  of  six  children:  Delos  is 
married  and  has  one  daughter,  Dorothy;  Ethel;  Bernice,  Mrs.  Frank  Schacht;  Vera, 
Mrs.  Albert  Sparks,  has  two  children,  Bernice  and  Maxine;  Margaret,  the  wife  of 
John  Sullivan;  and  Donald;  When  this^  locality  began  to  settle  up  and  the  necessity 
of  a  local  school  was  seen,  Mr.  Cole  donated  an  acre  of  land  and  helped  locate  and 
establish  the  Savanna  School  district,  and  has  served  for  many  years  as  a  trustee. 
He  was  one  of  those  who  worked  hard  to  establish  Orange  as  a  separate  county.  As 
one  of  the  pioneers  of  this  section,  Mr.  Cole  is  held  in  high  esteem  in  the  community 
which  has  been  his  home  for  so  many  years.  Comfortably  endowed  with  worldly 
goods,  the  result  of  honest  and  diligent  labor,  he  can  now  enjoy  the  fruits  of  his  toil. 

WILLIAM  PANNIER. — A  far-seeing,  enterprising,  effectual  builder  of  Anaheim, 
whose  success  in  his  own  affairs  has  been  due,  primarily,  to  his  tenacity  of  purpose 
which  led  him  to  stick  to  his  guns  when  so  many  settlers,  easily  discouraged,  were 
glad  to  sell  out  and  move  away,  is  William  Pannier,  who  has  seen  the  fellow-rancher 
come  and  go,  and,  in  many  cases,  bitterly  repent  when  it  was  too  late,  the  going. 
He  was  born  in  Prussia  in  September,  1859,  and  when  six  years  of  age  came  to  Illinois 
and  settled  with  his  folks,  sturdy  farmer  folk,  near  Belleville,  in  June,  1866.  There  were 
four  girls  and  two  boys  in  the  family  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Pannier;  and  the  third 
in  the  order  of  birth,  he  is  the  only  one  now  living,  as  he  was  the  only  one  who  came 
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He  was  reared  on  a  farm  in  the  Whiteside  Township  of  St.  Clair  County,  111.,  and 
attended  public  school  there,  while  he  assisted  in  the  farm  work  and  was  initiated 
into  an  industry  he  followed  thereafter.  On  January  12,  1887,  in  the  midst  of  the  great 
"boom,"  he  came  to  California  and  Santa  Ana,  and  for  a  few  months  was  employed 
by  Mr.  Yoch.  The  next  spring  he  went  to  Oregon  •  and  sought  employment  in  a 
logging  camp  in  Clatsop  County,  after  which  he  worked  at  harvesting  until  the  rains. 
These  proved  too  much  for  his  liking  and  he  came  south  again  to  Santa  Ana. 

For  four  years  he  teamed  for  Mr.  Smiley,  and  when  the  boom  burst  he  bought 
two  teams  and  some  implements,  and  for  a  year  farmed  to  grain  on  the  San  Joaquin 
ranch.  He  next  sold  his  outfit  and  for  a  year  worked  in  a  lumber  yard.  After  that  he 
bought  forty  acres  of  raw  land  in  the  East  Anaheim  precinct,  where  he  located,  built  a 
home  and  began  improvements,  clearing  away  the  cactus  and  the  brush,  and  at  that 
time  he  was  the  only  settler  there  outside  of  the  city  limits.  He  sank  a  well  and  got 
good  water. 

At  Anaheim  Mr.  Pannier  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Hasheider,  who  in  1883  had 
come  to  California  with  her  parents,  early  settlers  of  Anaheim,  and  then  he  built  a  new 
home  and  made  still  more  extensive  improvements.  He  continued  to  buy  land  until 
be  had  seventy-six  acres,  all  of  which  he  cleared  and  leveled.  He  set  out  nine  acres  of 
walnuts,  forty-five  feet  apart,  from  which  the  owner,  in  1919,  received  $8,400.  He  also 
cleared  away  twenty  acres  for  the  Bissells,  and  forty  acres  for  the  Boeges;  and  having 
sold  some,  he  now  owns  thirty-five  acres  in  a  body  on  Southeast  Street. 

For  six  years  Mr.  Pannier  did  general  farming,  and  then  he  began  to  set  out 
oranges.  Now  he  has  sixteen  acres  of  Valencia  oranges,  twelve  acres  of  budded 
walnuts,  and  five  acres  in  lemons.  At  first  he  had  a  gasoline  pumping  plant;  now  he 
pumps  by  electrical  power.  He  belongs  to  the  Mutual  Orange  Distributors  Association 
of  Anaheim,  and  to  the  California  Walnut  Growers  Association   of  Orange. 

Six  children  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pannier:  Milton,  who  assisted  his 
father  as  only  a  wide-awake,  interested  son  can,  was  in  the  World  War  and  served 
overseas  for  seven  months;  Alice  and  Ruth  are  at  home,  and  Howard,  Donald  and 
Charles  are  in  the  Anaheim  High  School,  about  to  graduate.  Alice  also  attended  the 
University  of  Southern  California  and  during  the  World  War  volunteered  her  services 
in  one  of  the  departments  in  Washington  until  the  armistice,  and  Ruth  took  a  thorough 
course  at  a  leading  business  college.  Mr.  Pannier  belongs  to  the  Fraternal  Union  and 
the  Evangelical  Association  of  Anaheim,  where  he  has  been  a  trustee  for  fifteen  years, 
and  long  a  chairman  of  important  committees.     In  national  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

DAVID  E.  COZAD. — A  man  who  has  met  with  a  large  measure  of  success  in 
life,  David  E.  Cozad  now  enjoys  the  reward  attending  sagacious  and  painstaking  efifort, 
and  the  adversities  he  has  encountered  in  toiling  along  life's  pathway  have  but 
served  to  develop  the  qualities  of  frugality,  thrift  and  industry  that  are  inherent  traits 
received  from  a  long  line  of  American  ancestors  who  have  played  no  unimportant 
part  in  making  the  nation  what  it  is  today. 

David  E.  Cozad  was  born  at  Roseville,  Warren  County,  111.,  April  27,  1857.  His 
father,  Henry,  was  a  native  of  New  Jersey,  and  his  mother,  Mary  (Tuttle)  Cozad  was 
born  in  Pennsylvania,  in  which  state  his  parents  were  married.  From  Pennsylvania 
they  journeyed  overland  in  a  wagon  to  Illinois,  where  the  father  farmed  in  Warren 
County  and  worked  at  carpentering  and  as  a  painter.  They  removed  to  Iowa  when 
David  was  between  eight  and  nine  years  of  age,  in  1866,  and  their  life  was  spent  on 
the  frontier,  keeping  m  advance  of  the  railway  building  west  through  Iowa  and 
Missouri  to  Nebraska.  They  lived  in  many '  different  places  and  moved  often  and 
when  they  located  at  Long  Island,  Kans.,  they  were  thirty  miles  in  advance  of  the 
railway.  David  E.  is  the  fourth  child  in  order  of  birth  in  the  family  of  nine  children 
consisting  of  one  girl  and  eight  boys.  The  daughter,  Elizabeth  Hillyard,  is  a  widow  and 
p"  ".  WMr*^  t"'-  St^^^"=°"'  °f  Lincoln,  Nebr.;  James  is  a  rancher  in  Buaro 
Precmct;  William  J.  is  a  storekeeper  at  Westminster;  Charles  C.  is  a  carpenter  and 
builder  at  Santa  Ana;  Simeon  I.  clerks  in  a  store  at  Westminster;  Harry  W  resides  at 
Santa  Ana,  and  Arthur,  the  youngest,  is  a  rancher  at  Hemet 

Mr.  Cozad's  educational  advantages  were  limited,  owing  to  their  frontier  life  His 
marriage  occurred  in  1880,  near  Seward,  Nebr.,  and  united  him  with  Miss  Nancv  T 
Howard  a  native  of  Lincoln,  Nebr..  who  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  Her 
father,  Amos  M.  Howard,  was  born  in  Indiana,  and  her  mother,  who  was  Zerelda  Rav 
in  maidenhood,  was  born  in  Missouri,  where  her  parents  were  married.  She  and  her 
brother  Titus  were  the  children  of  her  father's  first  marriage,  and  they  were  made 
half  orphans  when  Mrs.  Cozad  was  seventeen  months  old,  by  the  death  of  hlmoTher 
Five  children  resulted  from  her  father's  second  marriage,  four  of  whL  are  Hvin^' 
Mrs.  Cozad's  brother.  Titus,  is  a  lawyer  at  Greeley,  Nebr.  J    co«nty  atTorn'y, "r  ^ub 


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lican  of  the  Forty-ninth  District,  and  still  retains  his  seat  in  the  Nebraska  Legislature 
to  which  he  was  elected.  Her  father  was  among  the  early  California  gold  seekers 
and  made  his  first  trip  to  California  in  1849. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cozad  are  the  parents  of  seven  children,  all  of  whom  were  born  at 
Long  Island,  Kans.,  except  Henry  A.,  the  eldest,  who  was  born  at  Seward,  Nebr.  He 
is  one  of  the  employees  of  the  Fresno  Building  Association  and  married  Miss  Montana 
Gibson  of  Los  Angeles,  and  they  have  two  children.  Mary  Z.  is  the  wife  of  Fred 
Hoffmann  of  Redondo,  an  employe  of  the  Standard  Oil  Company  at  El  Segundo,  and 
they  have  one  child.  Charles  T.  died  in  Kansas  City  at  the  age  of  seven.  David  J.  was 
accidentally  killed  in  190S,  when  nineteen  years  old,  by  an  electric  shock  while  working 
as  a  lineman  at  Redondo.  Leslie  E.  died  when  five  days  old.  Florence  is  the  wife  of 
Richard  Criddle,  a  rancher  at  Gridley,  Cal.,  and  they  have  two  children.*  Arthur  W. 
is  a  rancher  and  owns  ten  acres  in  Buaro  Precinct;  he  married  Ola  Oliphant  of  Kansas, 
and  they  are  the  parents  of  one  child. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  Cozad  followed  the  trade  of  house  painter  and  decorator 
for  one  year  at  Seward,  Nebr.,  and  in  1882  moved  to  Kansas,  where  he  homesteaded  160 
acres  at  Long  Island,  proved  up  on  it,  sold  it,  and  purchased  160  acres  of  school  land 
at  Long  Island.  He  was  principally  engaged  in  farming  and  raising  cattle  and  swine 
before  he  came  to  California  in  the  spring  of  1901.  He  lived  at  Redondo  in  1902-3, 
where  he  was  employed  as  a  car  builder,  and  came  to  Buaro  Precinct  in  1903,  where 
he  purchased  forty  acres  of  land,  planted  twenty  acres  of  it  to  walnuts  and  Valencia 
oranges  and  gave  twenty  acres  of  it  to  four  of  his  children.  Mr.  Cozad  has  the 
American  knack  of  being  able  to  handle  tools  of  almost  every  kind,  and  can  do 
cement  work  as  well  as  house  painting.  He  and  his  excellent  wife  are  kindly  and 
hospitable,  and  Mrs.  Cozad  'is  a  woman  of  rare  good  sense  and  motherly  qualities,  a 
humanitarian  in  her  views  and  wide-awake  to  all  that  is  of  benefit  to  the  commupity. 
Fraternally  Mr.  Cozad  is  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  lodge  of  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  in  his 
political  views  is  a  consistent  Republican,  and  both  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
Rebekahs. 

EDWARD  G.  WARE. — A  pioneer  who  deserves  the  esteem  of  posterity  as  well 
as  his  contemporaries  was  the  late  Edward  G.  Ware,  the  planter  and  grower  of  the 
first  Valencia  oranges  in  the  Garden  Grove  section.  He  was  born  at  South  Deerfield, 
Mass.,  in  1846,  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Chandler)  Ware.  The  former  came  to 
Illinois  with  his  parents  when  he  was  twelve  years  old,  and  in  that  state  grew  to 
maturity.  Mrs.  Samuel  Ware  was  born^  at  South  Hadley,  Mass.,  and  graduated  from 
Mt.  Holyoke  Seminary.     She  died  at  Garden  Grove  in  1908,  aged  eighty-seven  years. 

When  Mr.  Ware  came  to  Garden  Grove,  it  was  a  grain  field.  He  tried  different 
kinds  of  farming,  and  became  much  interested  in  advancing  the  farming  interests  here. 
He  took  an  active  interest  in  farmers'  institutes,  and  was  accurate  and  well  posted,  and 
often  gave  talks  and  prepared  dissertations  for  his  fellows.  Later,  he  took  up  horti- 
culture, and  devoted  his  attention  to  both  Navel  and  Valencia  oranges,  and  walnuts. 
On  the  ranch  at  Garden  Grove  now  occupied  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  C.  Stanley  there 
still  stands  the  original  "Eureka"  walnut  tree  from  which  all  the  "Eureka"  nut  trees  in 
Southern  California  have  originated;  also  the  "Prolific"  nut,  and  the  Earhart.  All 
three  were  propagated  and  budded  here  by  the  late  D.  C.  Dusher,  who  conducted  a 
nursery  and  experimental  work  that  later  have  proved  of  so  much  value  to  the  walnut 
growers  of  the  state.  The  last  named  was  called  after  Mr.  Earhart  because  of  the 
fact  that  he  developed  the  nut  that  has  been  such  a  success  for  withstanding  disease. 
Such  were  Mr.  Ware's  powers  of  observation  and  deduction,  that  the  professor  of 
horticulture  at  the  State  University  called  him  the  best  authority  on  walnuts  in 
the  state  of  California. 

As  a  grower  of  Valencia  oranges  Mr.  Ware  was  the  pioneer  in  the  Garden  Grove 
section,  and  enjoyed  an  enviable  local  fame.  He  had  prophetic  vision,  and  once  said  to 
the  pioneer,  Albert  J.  Chaffee,  "My  daughter  will  yet  live  to  see  the  choicest  of  Valencia 
oranges  in  the  United  States  grown  here  at  Garden  Grove."  In  his  later  years  he  be- 
came interested  in  poultry,  raised  white'Minorcas,  and  took  the  prize  at  the  San  Fran- 
cisco poultry  exhibit  at  the  Pacific  Panama  Exposition, 

He  married  October  14,  1875,  at  Batavia,  111.,  Mary  Johnson,  and  she  passed  away 
in  1914.  She  had  been  interested  particularly  in  temperance  work,  and  served,  with 
the  exception  of  one  year,  as  secretary  of  the  Garden  Grove  W.  C.  T.  U.  from  its 
organization  until  she  died.  They  had  one  child,  Lillian  Agnes,  now  Mrs.  Arthur  C. 
Stanley,  a  native  of  Garden  Grove  and  a  graduate  of  the  Santa  Ana  high  school.  Class 
of  '97,  and  Los  Angeles  Normal  School,  Class  of  1900.  She  formerly  belonged  to  the 
M.  E.  Church,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  Friends'  Church,  in  the  Alamitos  School 
district,  and  is  active  in  all  church  and  Sunday  School  work. 


650  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTV 

Samuel  Ware,  the  great-grandfather   was  a  rnmister  i^^^  C°r.gregat^onal^Chu«h 
and  was  born  at  Norwich.  Mass     on  Sep  ember  5,    Jf,  .   ^e  died  o"  A j  ^^^  ^ 

in  Massachusetts.-  Henry  Ward  Beecher  boarded  with  h.m  at  Amherst  w  ^^^^ 

theological  student.     The  progenitor  of  this  family  was  R°bert  Ware    w 
in  England  and  came  to  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony  some  t^^^^^^^^^^  ^l^.re 
of  1642.    When  Edward  Ware  came  to  Garden  Grove  in  1876,  from  ^an  i  ra 
he  had  lived  for  several  years,  he  purchased  his  place  of  forty  acres    and  a    his  home 
one  mile  north  of  Garden   Grove,  he  died  on  December   1.7-   1917,  and  ^^^   juried 
Santa  Ana.     He  had  a  wide  circle  of  friends,  who  appreciated  him  at  his 
and  who  honored  him  in  death,  as  they  had  in  life. 

HARVFY  V    NEWSOM.— A   resident  of   Garden   Grove   since    1890    Harvey  V. 

^ubie  t  o    this  skefch;  Benjamin  W.  is  connected  with  the  shipyards  at  Long  Beach 
Tuther  R    is  a  ranch;r  near  Stanton;  Joseph  A.  is  at  home;   Maggie  is  the  wife  of 
O     on   Moody!  a   dakyman   at   Bishop;   William   C.   is   a   rancher  at   R-era;   Annis   is 
the  wife  o°  Henry  West,  an  oil  man  at  Fullerton;  Willis  is  a  teacher  and  a  rancher,  and 

resides  on  his  ranch  near  Garden  Grove.  ,  c        .u 

The  parents  moved  from  Indiana  to  Iowa  in  1869.  remam.ng  there  for  three 
years,  and  returning  to  Indiana;  from  there  they  went  to  Kansas  where  they  resided 
for  twelve  years,  coming  to  California  in  1887.  They  settled  at  El  Modena  and  also 
lived  at  Pasadena  and  Burbank  before  coming  to  Garden  Grove  m  1890,  and  here 
the  family  home  has  since  been  established.  , 

In  1898  Harvey  V.  Newsom  bought  his  ranch,  then  consistmg  of  twenty  acres 
and  began  its  development,  selling  ten  acres  of  it  in  1906.  In  1900  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Mina  A.  Robinson,  daughter  of  the  pioneer,  Richard  Robinson, 
whose  biography  appears  elsewhere  in  this  volume.  They  are  the  parents  of  one 
daughter,  Vesta  Marie,  a  graduate  of  the  Anaheim  high  school,  and  now  attending 
Junior  College  at  Santa  Ana,  and  a  son,  Stanley  O.,  who  died  in  February,  1911.  Mr. 
Newsom  located  on  his  place  before  the  building  of  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway.  By 
dint  of  hard,  painstaking  work  he  has  made  of  his  acreage  a  valuable  property  and 
has  erected  a  fine,  new  bungalow.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Orange  Growers  Associa- 
tion and  the  Lima  Bean  Growers  Association  of  Garden  Grove,  and  the  Garden 
Grove  Farm  Center.  A  stanch  believer  in  temperance,  he  has  been  an  adherent  of 
the  Prohibition  party  for  many  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newsom  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Garden  Grove,  and  are  highly  respected  citizens  of 
the  community.  ' 

JASPER  N.  DE  VAUL. — A  pioneer  couple  representing,  in  their  historic  Ameri- 
can ancestry,  some  of  the  best  of  American  brain  and  brawn,  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jasper 
N.  De  Vaul,  who  live  three-quarters  of  a  mile  northeast  of  Garden  Grove.  He  was 
born  in  Grundy  County,  near  Trenton,  Mo.,  on  January  31,  1845,  the  son  of  James 
R.  De  Vaul,  and  the  grandson  of  Daniel  P.  De  Vaul,  a  veteran  of  the  War  of  1812. 
The  De  Vauls  were  among  the  first  whites  to  settle  at  Trenton,  having  come  over- 
land from  Kentucky  to  Missouri,  and  James  De  Vaul  served  as  a  soldier  in  the 
Black  Hawk  War.  Daniel  De  Vaul  joined  the  Argonauts  of  '49  and  came  to  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  mined  at  Placerville;  and  shifting  to  San  Benito  County,  then  Mon- 
terey County,  he  died  there,  aged  seventy-six,  James  De  Vaul  continued  in  Missouri 
and  married  Miss  Sarah  Howel;  and  in  1880  he  moved  to  Oregon,  and  settled  at 
Myrtle  Point.  After  lives,  respectively,  of  ninety-three  and  seventy-eight  years,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  De  Vaul  passed  away  in  their  northern  home.  They  had  twelve  children, 
eight  boys  and  four  girls,  among  whom  Jasper  N.  was  the  fourth  in  the  order  of  birth. 

He  attended  the  little  log  schoolhouse  of  his  native  district,  and  in  1863,  during 
the  Civil  War,  served  for  five  months  in  the  state  militia.  In  1864  he  crossed  the 
plains  with  an  ox-team  train,  driving  a  four-mule  team,  and  taking  five  months'  for 
the  iourney.  He  stopped  at  Woodbridge,  eighteen  miles  north  of  Stockton,  and  there 
worked  on  a  ranch.  He  was  married  in  San  Jose  to  Miss  Mlary  Meadows,  and  by 
her  had  three  children— Nettie,  Emma  and  William.  He  was  married  a  second  time, 
in  1880,  to  Miss  Marv  Holt,  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  the  daughter  of  J.  W.  and 
Nancy  (Peel)  Holt,  Nova  Scotians  of  English  blood.  The  father  went  to  sea  until 
he  was  twenty-five,  when  he  married  and  took  up  farming;   and   in   1868  they  came 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  653 

to  California  with  their  family,  and  making  the  neighborhood  of  Hollister  their  head- 
quarters, they  moved  around  considerably.    The  father  died,  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  De  Vaul  lived  for  eight  years  at  Lompoc,  and  their  next  move 
was  to  Garden  Grove,  coming  there  in  1890.  They  have  had  five  children:  Eugene  is 
field  manager  for  the  Anaheim  Sugar  Company,  and  married  Miss  Jessie  Hickman  of 
Bolsa;  they  have  one  son,  and  reside  at  Santa  Ana;  Ira  is  a  rancher  near  Garden 
Grove;  he  married  Lulu  Chase  of  Alhambra,  and  they  have  one  daughter;  Oscar  died 
at  Lompoc,  seven  months  old;  Eva  is  the  wife  of  W.  F.  Winters  of  Garden  Grove, 
and  they  have  two  children,  and  lola  married  Earl  Crane,  an  apiarist,  and  has  one 
daughter.  Mr.  Crane  was  in  England  during  the  war,  and  had  his  right  arm  badly 
wounded,  and  is  now  a  student  in  the  Agricultural  College  at  Davis,  Cal.  Both  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  De  Vaul  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Garden  Grove, 
and  are  Republicans,  and  in  every  loyal  way  participated  in  war  activities. 

Having  become  the  owner  of  some  sixty  acres,  Mr.  De  Vaul  has  farmed  the  same; 
while  Mrs.  De  Vaul,  having  inherited  twenty-five  acres,  retains  fifteen  for  farming. 
Ten  acres  are  set  out  to  walnuts  and  two  to  oranges.  They  maintain  a  home  that  is 
a  model  for  comfort  and  attractiveness,  and  they  dispense,  in  modest  but  sincere 
fashion,  an  old-time,  warming  hospitality. 

JOSEPH  M.  BACKS,  JR.— Orange  County  points  with  pride  to  the  rank  and 
file  of  its  public  servants,  nor  need  one  be  surprised  in  view  of  the  record  of  such 
men  as  Joseph  M.  Backs,  Jr.,  the  efficient  and  popular  county  clerk.  A  native  son, 
fortunate  in  starting  life  in  intimate  touch  with  the  great  commonwealth  whose  des- 
tinies he  has  been  called  upon  to  shape,  he  was  born  at  Anaheim  on  April  17,  1876. 
His  parents  were  Joseph  and  Catherine  (Heyermann)  Backs,  the  father  being  one 
of  Anaheim's  pioneers  and  prominent  in  the  mercantile  life  of  that  city  for  many 
years;  the  birthplace  of  the  mother  was  in  Mexico,  and  she  later  removed  to  San 
Francisco  with  her  father.  Dr.  A.  F.  Heyermann,  who  was  at  one  time  connected  with 
the  German  Hospital,  and  also  for  many  years  engaged  in  the  drug  business  in  that  city. 

Coming  to  Los  Angeles  in  December,  1869,  then  a  straggling  village,  bearing  little 
resemblance  to  its  present  metropolitan  proportions,  Joseph  Backs,  Sr.,  for  a  time 
worked  at  his  trade  of  carpenter  and  cabinetmaker,  and  then,  with  his  brother  Ferdi- 
nand, embarked  in  the  furniture  business,  conducting  the  same  for  a  year,  when  it 
was  sold.  In  1871  the  brothers  came  to  Anaheim,  where  they  assisted  in  furnishing 
and  equipping  the  two  hotels  there,  after  which  they  started  a  business  of  their  own, 
under  the  firm  name  of  -F.  &  J.  Backs,  this  partnership  continuing  until  1890,  when 
the  business  was  divided,  Joseph  Backs  continuing  in  business  for  himself.  He  was 
a  pioneer  furniture  dealer  and  the  first  undertaker  and  embalmer  in  Anaheim,  and  in 
this  capacity,  as  well  as  in. a  general  business  way,  he  was  widely  known,  not  only  in 
Orange  County,  but  in  neighboring  environs.  He  continued  actively  in  business  until 
1914,  when  he  sold  out,  and  now  he  is  living  retired  at  his  Anaheim  home,  his  beloved 
wife  having  departed  this  world  in  1918.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Backs  were  the  parents  of 
seven  children:  Joseph  M.,  Sophia,  Katie  M.,  Frieda,  Adolph,  Clementina  and  Edward. 
All  are  living  and  are  residents  of  Orange  County. 

The  eldest  of  the  family,  Joseph  M.  Backs,  Jr.,  attended  the  public  schools,  and 
also  the  Woodbury  Business  College  in  Los  Angeles,  where  he  received  an  excellent 
preparation  for  some  of  the  work  he  has  since  been  called  upon  to  do.  From  boyhood 
he  assisted  his  father  in  the  business  mornings  and  evenings  and  during  his  vacations, 
later  working  for  two  and  a  half  years  for  H.  A.  Dickel  in  the  general  merchandise 
business.  Another  profitable  year  of  good  training  was  spent  in  the  main  post  office 
at  Los  Angeles,  when  it  was  located  at  Eighth  and.  Spring  streets.  Returning  to 
Anaheim  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Union  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company, 
first  as  manager  for  the  northern  half  of  Orange  County,  becoming  district  manager  in 
1909,  having  under  his  supervision  all  of  Orange  County,  and  maintaining  his  head- 
quarters at  Santa  Ana.  Continuing  in  this  position  until  1912,  he  resigned  to  become 
deputy  county  clerk  under  W.  B.  Williams.  At  the  August  Primary  in  1918  he  was 
elected  to  the  office  of  county  clerk  for  a  four-year  term,  hence,  there  was  no  opposing 
candidate  at  the  November  election,  and  this  office  he  is  now  occupying  to  the  greatest 
satisfaction  of  all  his  constituents. 

At  Anaheim,  April  IS,  1903,  occurred  the  marriage  of  Joseph  M.  Backs,  Jr.,  when 
he  was  united  with  Miss  Ella  Warner,  a  native  of  Minnesota,  who  came  with  her 
parents  to  Anaheim  in  her  girlhood,  and  there  it  was  she  received  her  education  and 
was  one  of  the  popular  belles  of  the  place.  One  child  has  blessed  this  union,  a 
daughter  named  Edna  Inez.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Backs  is  a  member  of  the  Elks,  and  in 
national  politics  is  a  Republican.  About  the  time  he  reached  his  majority  Joseph 
Backs,  Jr.,  served  as  a  member  of  Company  E,  Seventh  Regiment,  California  National 


654  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Guard,  and  being  fortunate  in  the  inheritance  of  a  strong  interest  in  ^nd  love  for  Cali- 
fornia and  Orange  County  transmitted  from  parents  who  are  aniong  th^  «°^t 
Highly  esteemed  pioneers  of  the  section,  it  is  little  wonder  that  he  1°^^,"''  "'P°"^', 
and  served  acceptably  as  a  member  of  the  registration  board  during  the  recent  war 
and  was  active  in  all  the  bond  and  war  drives,  and  as  such  sought  to  do  His  civic 
duty  in  the  highest  degree  possible. 

A  splendid  type  of  man,  Mr.  Backs  is  faithfully  serving  the  citizens  of  the 
county,  and  through  his  affable  manner  and  his  readiness  to  assist  anyone  deserving 
information  regarding  the  office  or  their  affairs  in  connection  with  the  county,  as  well 
as  other  investigations  they  may  be  making,  has  so  endeared  him  to  the  people 
that  he  has  become  one  of  the  most  popular  officials.  His  mind  and  heart  have  been 
engrossed  in  the  well  being  of  the  county,  and  such  has  been  his  success  in  the  solution 
of  problems  that  his  fellow-citizens  more  and  more  have  reposed  conhdence  in  mm. 
Liberal  and  kind  hearted,  his  pleasing  personality  has  attracted  hosts  of  friends,  w-ho 
appreciate  and  esteem  him  for  his  nobleness  of  mind  and  heart.  Thus,  still  in  the 
prime  of  life,  with  apparently  many  years  of  usefulness  before  him,  Mr.  Backs  already 
enjoys  a  prestige  and  confidence  accorded  to  but  few. 

JONATHAN  HARMON.— Honored  among  the  interesting  pioneers  of  California, 
and  destined  long  to  be  held  in  grateful  remembrance  for  his  part  in  developing  the 
Golden  State,  is  Jonathan  Harmon,  who  crossed  the  great  plains  with  his  father  s 
family  in  1852,  a  well-to-do  rancher  and  prominent  old  settler  of  the  vicinity  of 
Santa  Ana.  They  traveled  with  mule  teams,  and  spent  five  years  as  placer  miners  m 
the  gold  regions  of  Sierra  and  Plumas  counties.  In  1857  the  family  moved  to  Peta- 
luma,  in  Sonoma  County,  and  so  it  happened  that  they  saw  California  in  her  forma- 
tive days. 

Mr.  Harmon  was  born  at  Olean,  N.  Y.,  on  October  8,  1841,  the  son  of  Luther  N. 
Harmon,  who  was  born  in  Suffield,  Conn.,  a  member  of  the  same  family  as  the  Hon. 
Judson  Harmon,  ex-Governor  of  Ohio.  Two  Harmon  brothers  came  from  England 
to  America  in  1645,  and  John  was  the  progenitor  of  this  family.  While  in  Erie  County, 
New  York,  Luther  Harmon  married  Miss  Martha  Hall;  and  he  being  a  hatter,  and  she  a 
tailoress,  they  were  able  somewhat  to  work  together  in  times  that  were  hard.  It  is 
no  wonder  that  with  a  state  of  affairs  when  there  was  little  or  no  money,  the  effect 
of  the  discovery  of  gold  in  California  was  such  as  to  induce  the  elder  Harmon  to 
migrate  to  the  Pacific  Coast  and  to  try  his  fortune  here.  He  set  out  from  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.,  in  1850,  mined  for  gold  successfully,  and  had  the  good  fortune  to  be 
here  early  enough  to  vote  upon  the  admission  of  the  state.  But  he  did  not  reach 
that  goal  without  adventures  that  might  have  cost  him  more  than  they  did.  On  his 
first  trip  across  the  plains  in  1850,  the  Indians  stole  his  horses,  and  he  had  to  travel 
300  miles  afoot.  Later,  however,  he  went  back  to  Michigan,  and  in  1852  brought  his 
family  here. 

Jonathan  Harmon  grew  up  in  Petaluma.  and  early  worked  in  the  mines  in  the 
northern  part  of  the  state,  and  at  Petaluma,  in  1870,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Martha 
E.  Warren,  a  native  of  Lorain  County,  Ohio,  who  came  to  California  with  her  parents 
in  1864.  In  Sonoma  County  Mr.  Harmon  cleared  a  farm  of  the  stumps  and  improved 
the  place,  and  little  by  little  set  out  orchards  until  he  had  one  of  the  show  places  in 
Sonorna  County,  with  a  large,  beautiful  residence  and  farm  buildings.  He  had  a  variety 
of  fruit  trees,  and  at  the  Sonoma  County  fair  took  the  sweepstake  premium  for  the 
finest  exhibit  of  fruit  from  one  farm.  However,  wishing  to  locate  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, he  came  south  to  Santa  Ana,  in  what  was  then  Los  Angeles  County,  in  1888. 
at  the  height  of  the  boom,  and' bought  sixty  acres  of  land;  and  to  this  he  has  added 
from  time  to  time  by  subsequent  purchases,  so  that  he  is  now  owner  of  140  acres  of  the 
most  desirable  land.  He  has  sunk  wells  and  equipped  a  pumping  plant  not  only  suffi- 
cient to  irrigate  his  own  ranch,  but  furnishes  water  for  irrigation  to  several  of  his 
neighbors.  His  ranch  is  equipped  with  cement  pipe  lines,  this  complete  irrigating  sys- 
tem making  it  one  of  the  most  valuable  ranches  in  the  district. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Santa  Ana,  as  was 
Mrs.  Harmon,  who  died  in  1918,  at  the  fine  old  age  of  seventy-two  years.  Two  children 
blessed  their  fortunate  union:  Edward  W.,  a  successful  dairyman  on  a  part  of  the 
Harmon  ranch,  and  John  W.,  an  orchardist  at  Nuevo,  in  Riverside  County. 

As  a  Republican,  Mr.  Harmon  voted  for  Abraham  Lincoln— the  first  vote  he  ever 
cast— an  incident  of  which  not  so  very  many  men  living  can  boast;  but  he  is  really 
nonpartisan,  especially  in  his  attitude  toward  local  men  and  measures,  and  always 
endeavors  to  satisfy  his  conscience,  and  to  base  his  action  on  principle.  In  recent 
years  he  has  favored  Prohibition. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  659 

VARD  W.  HANNUM. — A  well-trained  and  thoroughly  efficient  public  official 
is  Yard  W.  Hannum,  the  city  electrician  and  superintendent  of  the  Municipal  Power 
House  at  Anaheim.  He  was  born  in  Hart,  Oceana  County,  Mich.,  on  June  28,  1883,  and 
reared  and  educated  there,  duly  graduating  from  the  local  high  school.  Then  he  went 
to  New  York  City  and  took  the  excellent  courses  at  the  New  York  Electrical  School, 
and  from  1910  he  was  employed  in  the  electricJal  department  of  the  Union  Carbide 
Company  at  Sault  Sainte  Marie,  Mich.,  after  which  he  was  a  year  wth  the  Algoma 
Steel  Company  on  the  Canadian   side. 

In  the  fall  of  1911  Mr.  Hannum  came  to  California  and  entered  the  service  of  the 
Pacific  Electric  Railroad  Company,  Los  Angeles,  giving  them  a  year  in  their  electrical 
department,  in  installation  work  at  the  substation.  On  August  12,  1912,  he  came  to 
Anaheim  and  commenced  to  work  for  the  municipality.  He  began  in  a  somewhat 
subordinate  capacity,  as  one  of  the  engineers,  then  as  foreman,  and  gradually  and 
properly  worked  his  way  up  to  his  present  responsible  post,  to  which  he  was  appointed 
m   February,    1917. 

Mr.  Hannum  has  charge  of  the  operation  of  the  power  plant,  and  is  also  re- 
sponsible for  electrical  inspection  of  the  city,  so  that,  with  the  necessity  of  keeping 
thoroughly  apace  with  the  last  word  of  science  and  mechanics,  and  the  actual  labor 
of  installing,  repairing  and  renewing  parts  of  the  system,  it  will  be  seen  that  he  is  a 
very  busy  man.  Fortunately  for  the  city  of  Anaheim,  he  had  years  of  most  valuable 
experience  before  he  came,  to  which  his  day  and  night  labors  are  constantly  adding, 
and  he  is  fond  of  hard  work,  and  both  mentally  and  physically  able  to  bear  the  strain. 

In  December,  1912,  Mr.  Hannum  was  married  to  Miss  Bessie  L.  Palmiter  of 
Hart,  Mich.,  a  charming  lady,  capable  at  all  times  of  creating  for  herself  a  desirable 
circle  of  devoted  friends,  and  herself  devoted  to  others,  and  ready  for  any  good  work. 
Mr.  Hannum  belongs  to  the  Wigton  Lodge  No.  251,  F.  &  A.  M.,  at  Hart,  Mich,  and 
to  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345  of  the  Elks. 

WILLIAM  H.  PHILLIPS. — A  veteran  citrus  grower  who  may  well  take  pride 
in  his  accomplishment,  including  the  rebudding  on  an  entire  grove  with  his  own 
hands,  is  William  H.  Phillips,  a  splendid  old  man  of  nearly  eighty  years,  living  on 
Fairhaven  Avenue  near  Prospect  in  Orange.  He  was  born  near  Munfordville,  Ky., 
on  June  7,  1842,  the  son  of  William  Newton  and  Mary  (Moss)  Phillips,  old  settlers 
of  that  state.  He  grew  up  on  his  father's  farm  of  400  acres  located  on  the  Green 
River,  and  enjoyed  a  good  grammar  school  education  and  the  comforts  of  a  good 
home.  At  twenty-one  he  left  home  to  seek  his  own  fortune.  He  purchased  seventy- 
five  acres  across  the  Green  River  from  his  old  home,  and  started  to  farm.  He  also 
married,  in  October,  1871,  Miss  Emma  Hodges,  who  was  born  in  the  vicinity  of 
Munfordville,  and  received  a  good  education  at  Georgetown  College.  She  made 
her  home  with  her  parents  until  she  was  married,  and  for  seven  years  after  they  took 
up  their  residence  on  the  farm  she  enjoyed  life  there,  when  she  passed  away. 

In  1878  Mr.  Phillips  sold  out  his  holdings,  and  with  four  motherless  children 
started  for  California,  arriving  in  Santa  Ana  on  March  17,  1878.  Porter,  the  eldest 
of  the  family,  died  in  California  at  the  age  of  twenty.  William  Albert  is  living  at 
Orange,  and  is  in  the  real  estate  business.  Cora  Hanson  is  married  to  Edward  Gray, 
and  is  living  with  Mr.  Phillips  in  Fairhaven.  Mary  K.  is  married  to  L.  Hutchins 
of  Alhambra.  In  1880  Mr.  Phillips  was  married  to  Mary  Ella  Crozier,  a  widowed 
mother  of  two  children — Payne  and  Nancy,  and  this  union  was  blessed  v/ith  two 
children — Robert  Ethel  and  Ernest  C.  Robert  Ethel  is  a  graduate  of  the  Cumnock 
School  of  Expression,  and  is  now  teaching  at  that  institution,  and  Ernest  C.  Phillips, 
also  a  graduate  of  the  above  school,  traveled  a  season  with  Madame  Modjeska  and  her 
company,  and  is  now  teaching  expression  in  the  Santa  Ana  high  school. 

After  arriving  in  California,  Mr.  Phillips  purchased  twenty  acres  on  Tustin  and 
Fairhaven  thoroughfares,  land  now  owned  by  Henry  Rohrs,  which  was  devoted  to 
general  farming.  He  raised  two  crops  of  potatoes  each  year  for  nineteen  consecutive 
years,  and  also  raised  some  corn,  broom  corn  and  popcorn.  He  lived  there  for  eleven 
years,  and  there  the  children  grew  up.  In  1889  he  removed  to  Tustin,  to  his  wife's 
ranch,  where  the  next  nineteen  years  were  spent. 

In  1908  Mr.  Phillips  purchased  his  present  home  site  of  ten  acres  on  Fairhaven 
Avenue.  It  is  devoted  to  budded  Valencias,  and  he  has  one  of  the  finest  orchards  in 
all  Orange  County.  The  grove  is  under  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company. 
Here  he  built  for  himself  a  beautiful  home  and  large  garage,  and  made  many  other 
improvements.  He  is  a  live  citizen,  and  aims  to  support  the  right  candidate,  rather 
than  any  party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  McPherson  Heights  Citrus  Association  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  is  now  one  among  the 
oldest  settlers  in  these  parts,  and  has  aided  materially  in  its  upbuilding. 


660  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

JOSEPH  H.  MEFFORD.— Among  the  ablest  drillers  of  water  wells  in  Orange 
County— an  industry,  by  the  way,  of  greatest  importance  to  the  ranchers  of  this  section, 
and  one  requiring,  more  and  more,  men  of  highest  expert  training— is  J.  H.  Mefford, 
who  has  resided  in  Santa  Ana  for  twelve  years,  and  in  Orange  County  ever  smce  its 
organization.  He  was  here,  in  fact,  "before  the  creation,"  for  he  was  born  in  San 
Diego  County,  on  February  17,  1869,  and  as  a  boy  roamed  over  the  picturesque  area 
now  dotted  with  towns  and  thousands  of  homes.  He  came  to  the  Westminster  country 
in  Los  Angeles,  now  Orange,  County  when  a  lad,  and  grew  up  on  a  farm  there.  He 
also  attended  the  public  schools;  and  if  they  were  not  of  the  best  or  their  sessions  of 
the  longest,  he  got  out  of  the  instruction  imparted  what  he  could. 

When  old  enough  to  do  so,  Mr.  Mefford  began  to  work  in  the  water  fields.  He 
sought  and  secured  a  position  with  Joe  Caldwell  of  Westminster,  than  whom,  perhaps, 
no  better  master  mechanic  could  be  found  engaged. in  that  occupation;  with  the  result^ 
that  when  he  had  finished  his  apprenticeship,  he  and  Joe  were  about  evenly  mated, 
the  one  scoring  some  points  of  advantage  over  the  other. 

In  October,  1917,  at  Riverside,  Mr.  Mefford  was  married  to  Mrs.  J.  H.  Roberts, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Laura  J.  Clatworthy,  a  native  of  England  who  came  to 
and  settled  in  America,  and  finally  very  wisely  chose  California  for  her  home,  where 
she  has  lived  for  twenty-five  years.  With  her  domestic  experience,  she  was  able  to 
accord  home  comforts  to  our  subject,  and  thus  to  help  lighten  the  arduous  work  in 
which  he  was  daily  engaged,  and  by  which  he  was  to  build  up  that  enviable  reputation 
of  having  drilled  good  wells  all  oyer  the  county. 

Mr.  Mefford  started  in  business  for  himself  at  Santa  Ana  twenty  years  ago,  and 
since  then  he  has  contributed  much  to  the  great  work  of  developing  water  in  Southern 
California.  He  understands  the  difficult  technical  processes  involved,  and  he  also 
has  special  gifts  in  divining  the  sources  of  good  water.  .His  years  of  hard  labor 
have  enabled  him  to  boast  of  hundreds  of  satisfied  customers,  and  among  other  places 
of  note  owing  half  of  their  success,  in  the  matter  of  natural  resources,  to  his  skill 
in  commanding  an  adequate  water  supply,  may  be  mentioned  the  famous  Irvine  Ranch. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Meflford  live  at  1004  West  Fourth  Street,  Santa  Ana,  where  they  dispense 
a  whole-hearted  hospitality  to  their  friends. 

Mr.  Mefford  enlisted  for  service  in  the  Spanish-American  War  in  Company  L, 
Seventh  Regiment,  United  States  Volunteers,  and  was  encamped  in  San  Francisco. 
For  twenty  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Orange  County  baseball  nines,  and  in  that 
wholesome  sport  he  is  favorably  known  by  many. 

MRS.  MARY  N.  TONEY.— A  well-traveled  resident  of  Santa  Ana,  who  has 
chosen  Southern  California  for  her  home,  and  has  come  to  be  favorably  known  as 
one  of  the  successful  orange  growers  contributing  to  the  wealth  of  the  Golden  State, 
is  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Toney,  widow  of  the  late  S.  Toliver  Toney,  of  826  North  Baker 
Street.  She  was  born  near  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  on  March  30,  1854,  the  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Sobrina  (Stover)  Large.  Her  father  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and 
he  also  became  a  landowner  in  Arkansas.  When  three  years  old,  she  was  brought 
1)y  her  parents  to  California  and  given  a  home  in  Shasta  County,,  where  Mr.  Large 
followed  his  trade  at  the  mining  centers.  After  a  while  he  purchased  some  Shasta 
County  acreage  and  engaged  in  cattle  raising. 

In  1859  Mr.  Large  sold  out  and  removed  to  Hydesville,  Humboldt  County, 
where  he  followed  his  usual  occupation,  and  from  there  he  went  to  Trinity  County, 
where  he  had  a  shop  and  ran  .a  hotel  at  Hayfork,  near  Weaverville,  for  a  short  time. 
Then  he  went  up  into  Shasta  County  on  the  old  overland  stage  trail  between  Red 
Bluff  and  Yreka,  and  opened  the  Loomis  House,  which  he  conducted  for  several 
years,  becoming  well-known  to  all  the  early  travelers.  He  returned  to  Hay  Fork, 
liought  a  hotel,  and  ran  it  till  he  moved  to  Mn'endocino  County.  He  made  several 
moves,  and  finally  passed  away  at  Hayfork.  The  old  hotel  is  owned  by  his  daughter 
and  conducted  as  the  Kellogg  Hotel  by  his  grandson.  Mr.  Large  was  a  Democrat  in 
politics  and  a  Mason. 

It  was  in  Mendocino  County  that  Miss  Mary  Large  met  and  married,  at  Willits, 
on  ^ovember  8,  1870,  S.  Toliver  Toney,  a  native  of  Fayette  County,  Texas,  where 
he  was  born  on  November  17,  1846.  His  parents  were  Seth  and  Mary  Adaline  (Cox) 
1  oney,  natives  of  Mississippi  and  Georgia,  respectively.  When  S.  Toliver  was  eight 
years  of  age  the  family  came  overland  to  California  from  Texas,  during  which  time 
the  Indians  were  very  troublesome,  but  the  wagon  train,  of  which  Seth  Toney  was 
captain  managed  to  get  through  all  right,  due,  perhaps,  to  the  fact  that  the  ckptain 
understood  Indians,  having  fought  as  a  volunteer  from  Texas  in  the  Mexican  War. 
T"!!  '"/^.''f""""'^'  the  Toney  family  stopped  for  a  time  at  El  Monte,  then  moved 
on  to  Mendocino  County  and  built  up  a  fine  home  place  near  Willits.  The  reason  of 
the   Toney   immigration   to   California   was   that   Mrs.    Seth   Toney's   father,   the    Rev. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  663 

John  Toliver  Cox,  and  family  had  preceded  them,  having  come  by  the  Isthmus  of 
Panama  in  the  early  SO's,  settling  first  at  San  Bernardino.  Reverend  Cox  was  a 
Methodist  preacher,  and  was  well  known  all  over  the  state  of  California.  He  finally 
settled 'near  Santa  Rosa',  and  when  he  died,  about  1866,  he  had  accomplished  much 
for  humanity  during  his  span  of  life.  He  is  buried  at  Mark  West  in  Sonoma  County. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity. 

S.  Toliver  Toney  was  extensively  engaged  in  the  raising  of  sheep  in  Mendocino 
County,  and  Mrs.  Toney  lived  for  eleven  years  near  Willitts.  Then  Mr.  Toney  sold 
out,  and  the  industrious  couple,  feeling  the  need  of  rest,  spent  some  time  in  travel. 
Finally,  in  1884,  he  settled  in  New  Mexico,  where  Mr.  Toney  purchased  land  near 
Lordsburg  and  Silver  City  and  again  engaged  in  cattle  raising.  In  1909,  however, 
he  removed  to  Douglas,  Ariz.,  where  he  met  with  his  best  success  in  the  cattle  industry. 

In  1914  Mr.  Toney  settled  up  his  affairs  in  Arizona,  came  to  Santa  Ana,  and 
purchased  a  half  acre  of  oranges  and  a  home  on  East  Seventeenth  Street,  and  there, 
on  July  20,  1916,  he  passed  away  and  was  buried  at  Redlands.  He  had  a  wide  circle 
of  admiring  friends.  Mrs.  Toney  lived  at  the  Seventeenth  Street  home  until  February 
18,  1920,  when  the  place  was  sold,  and  a  week  later  her  present  home  at  826  North 
Baker  Street  was  purchased.  This  is  a  three-acre  grove,  one-third  of  which  is  set 
out  to  oranges,  and  two-thirds  to  walnuts  and  apricots. 

Mrs.  Toney  is  a  member  of  the  Spurgeon  Memorial  Methodist  Church  of  Santa 
Ana,  and  continues  to  take  a  live  interest  in  public  .affairs,  as  did  her  lamented  hus- 
band, who  was  a  school  director  in  both  Arizona  and  New  Mexico.  She  has  had 
six  children,  and  three  are  still  granted  her.  Mrs.  Sarah  C.  Harper  is  the  widow  of 
the  late  Francis  M.  Harper  of  Deming,  New  Mexico.  William  Toliver  is  a  cattleman 
of  Superior,  Ariz.  Mrs.  Maude  E.  Cox  is  the  widow  of  Thomas  M.  Cox,  and  lives  at 
home  with  her  mother.  She  was  born  in  Alhambra,  N.  M.,  attended  the  district 
schools  of  Silver  City,  in  that  state,  and  on  Mfirch  7,  1906,  was  married  to  Thomas 
M.  Cox.     Mrs.  Toney  has  fifteen  grandchildren  and  eleven  great-grandchildren  living. 

DALLISON  SMITH  LINEBARGER.— Prominent  both  in  civic  affairs  and  in 
the  horticultural  development  of  Orange  County,  Dallison  Smith  Linebarger  is  a  native 
of  Oregon,  born  near  Albany,  August  1,  1862.  When  he  was  a  small  child  the  family 
moved  to  California,  and  he  was  reared  in  Ventura  County,  where  he  later  followed 
stock  raising  and  ranching.  As  early  as  1899  he  located  in  Fullerton,  arid  bought  the 
livery  stable  of  Thomas  Jennings,  and  with  two  partners  established  the  business  under 
the  firm  name  of  Davis,  Drown  and  Linebarger.  They  also  owned  a  branch  stable  at 
Olinda  and  besides  doing  a  large  livery  business  they  did  teaming  to  the  oil  fields, 
hauling  derricks  and  machinery.  Mr.  Linebarger  was  general  manager  of  the  concern, 
which  .was  conducted  on  an  unusually  large  scale,  using  fifty  head  of  horses,  a  large  bus, 
and  all  the  necessary  equipment  for  the  success  of  such  an  establishment. 

During  this  time  Mr.  Linebarger  followed  ranching  as  a  side  issue,  raising  stock 
and  grain  in  Los  Angeles  and  Orange  counties,  also  owning  an  orange  grove  near 
Yorba,  which  he  later  sold.  In  1910,  he  sold  out  his  interest  in  the  livery  business  and 
that  year  he  began  the  development  of  some  land  which  later  was  increased  to  about 
seventy  acres,  lying  between  Fullerton  and  Brea,  and  this  he  has  devloped  into  one  of 
the  finest  orange  and  lemon  orchards  in  the  county;  forty-two  acres  are  in  lemons, 
and  the  balance  in  Navel  and  Valencia  oranges.  It  has  taken  large  sums  of  money 
and  hard  work  to  bring  the  property  into  its  present  state  of  cultivation,  but  the  right 
man  was  at  the  helm,  and  it  is  now  in  full  bearing,  with  three  wells  and  pumping  plants 
installed  and  cement  pipe  lines  for  irrigating  purposes;  one  of  the  show  places  of 
Orange  County. 

As  further  evidence  of  his  devotion  to  the  advancement  o~f  his  section,  Mr.  Line- 
barger has  served  ten  years  as  supervisor  of  Orange  County,  being  elected  to  the 
office  three  times  on  the  Democratic  ticket  in  a  strong  Republican  district,  the  Third. 
During  his  term  of  office  the  good  roads  movement  was  started,  and  many  of  the 
beautiful  boulevards  which  have  made  Orange  County  famous  were  begun  by  the  sale 
of  bonds. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Linebarger,  which  occurred  in  Ventura  County  in  1882, 
united  him  with  Ellen  Stone,  and  six  children  were  born  to  them,  five  of  whom  are 
living:  Cephas  A.,  William  L.,  Archie  A.,  Mrs.  Clara  McWilliaras,  and  Clema  D.  The 
sons  are  all  ranching  for  themselves  and  meeting  with  the  success  warranted  by  the 
sons  of  such  a  father.  It  is  to  such  men  as  Dallison  Smith  Linebarger  that  Orange 
County  owes  its  rapid  rise  to  prosperity,  and  they  and  their  families  make  up  the 
representative  citizenry  of  this  wonderful  county,  which  stands  apart  even  in  a  state 
full  of  wonders.     Mr.  Linebarger  is  a  member  of  the  Fullerton  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows. 


664  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

GEORGE  L.  WRIGHT. — A  wide-awake  caterer  to  the  public,  who  has  come  to 
establish  one  of  the  most  prosperous  enterprises  in  Santa  Ana,  is  George  L.  Wright, 
proprietor  of  Wright's  Transfer,  now  ah  indispensable  organization  in  local  life.  He 
was  born  near  Osage,  in  Mitchell  County,  Iowa,  on  July  23,  1860,  the  son  of  John  A. 
Wright,  a  farmer.  His  mother  before  her  marriage  was  Miss  Mary  Fay.  The  family 
came  West  and  the  father  died  in  California  four  years  later,  or  in  1913.  The  good 
mother  also  passed  away.  There  were  seven  children  in  the  family,  and  George  was 
the  third  child. 

He  attended  the  schools  of  Iowa  as  a  boy,  and  then  helped  his  father  at  farm 
work.  Then  he  wandered  to  South  Dakota  for  a  couple  of  years,  and  on  December  19, 
188S,  arrived  in  Santa  Ana.  For  a  year  he  busied  himself  with  real  estate,  and  then 
he  worked  as  a  carpenter  until  he  went  into  the  transfer  business.  On  July  3,  1887, 
he  started  his  venture  with  one  horse,  and  now,  as  the  oldest  transfer  proprietor  in 
the  city,  and  the  one  operating  most  extensively,  he  has  three  auto  trucks,  and  cares 
for  most  of  the  Santa  Ana  transfer  trade. 

But  Mr.  Wright  has  not  only  made  a  success  in  private  business  enterprises,  he 
has  also  participated,  as  a  man  full  of  civic  pride,  in  public  life.  His  national  political 
bias  makes  him  a  Republican,  and  his  known  fitness  for  the  responsibility  of  a  city 
father  led  to  his  being  elected  councilman  for  four  years.  He  held  office  during  the 
term  when  the  city  hall  was  erected,  and  he  was  also  charged  with  the  duty  of 
providing  an  addition  to  the  waterworks  and  of  extending  the  city's  paving.  One  of 
the  pioneers  of  Santa  Ana,  he  has  seen  the  city  grow  from  a  mere  village. 

Mr.  Wright  has  resided  here  long  enough  to  recount  the  building-up  of  the  entire 
city  of  Santa  Ana,  and  in  fact  the  development  of  Orange  County,  for  he  tells  of 
when  there  were  but  few  business  blocks — and  they  were  of  pioneer  construction — 
and  the  streets  were  unpaved.  Nor  were  there  any  oranges  or  walnuts  growing  here- 
abouts; the  principal  industry  was  the  growing  of  grapes  for  raisins  but  the  soil  was 
not  adapted  for  their  successful  culture  and  the  business  was  later  abandoned.  He 
remembers  the  time  when  but  ten  carloads  of  oranges  were  shipped  from  the  state 
and  when  110  cars  of  raisins  were  sent  out  from  Orange  alone.  The  old  pioneers  are 
passing  away  and  to  hear  such  men  as  Mr.  Wright  tell  again  the  story  of  the  local 
conditions  is  an  interesting  circumstance.  He  has  always  put  his  shoulder  to  the  wheel 
and  given  every  project  the  necessary  "boost"  to  bring  Orange  County  before  the  eyes 
of  the  world  at  large. 

In  1887  Mr.  Wright  married  Emma  Moore,  and  their  union  was  blessed  with  the 
birth  of  four  children.  Fay  Linton  has  been  both  a  private  soldier  and  instructor  in  the 
United  States  Aviation  service  and  he  married  Miss  Avis  Winkle,  born  in  Orange 
County  the  daughter  of  a  pioneer  family;  while  Mary  has  become  Mrs.  E.  T.  Brennan. 
Burton  is  at  Berkeley,  attending  the  State  University.  Vera  died  when  she  was  ten  and 
a  half  years  of  age.  The  family  are  Unitarians  and  Mr.  Wright  belongs  to  the  Odd 
Fellows,  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood. 

ALBERT  C.  WILLIAMS.— A  financier  and  a  vigorous  promoter  of  everything 
calculated  to  steady  the  financial  resources  of  both  Tustin  and  Orange  County  Albert 
C.  Wilharns  is  a  native  son  of  California,  born  near  Healdsburg,  Sonoma  County, 
October  IS,  1858  the  only  son  of  Washington  Williams,  who  was  born  in  Missouri 
and  came  to  California,  across  the  plkins,  in  1853.  Here  he  had  married  Elizabeth 
Martin,  a  native  of.  Tennessee,  and  a  member  of  a  family  well-known  in  Georgia, 
whence  they  originated.  They  came  to  California  in  1856  by  the  overland  route  in 
an  ox-team  tram  and  located  in  Sonoma  County,  and  so  they  also  became  pioneers 
of  the  Golden  State.     Mrs.  Williams  failed  to  enjoy  the  best  of  health  in  the  North 

2fj!lir     t    '.       !i  .'l"'/u"'^  '°  '^"'''"  '"   1^74,  arriving  here   on   September 

23   after  twen  y-two  days  of  hardship,  crossing  the  mountains  with  teams.     Washington 
Williams  died  in  1911,  and  his  devoted  wife  followed  him  three  years  later 

After  completmg  this  arduous  journey  with  all  their  supplies.  Mr.  Williams  and 
^ZiZu  T"^-  °"  f^'"'^  ""''  °"  ^'^^^  >=  •^^^  known  as  Williams  Street-a 
WiZS  in  mTl^  *'^r;-"rr'"'^  McFadden  Street,  in  Tustin,  and  Albert  C. 
Se'w"'  Z^.^'^fJ':i^tLl^  'Z'^'''^^  *--P-->:  dwelling  that  two   years 


A     r     wVl    '    ^"V"\°^"«<1   several    threshing    outfits.      Associated    with    his    father 
AC.    Williams    withstood    the    disastrous    effects    of   the    several    drv    vears     -inH    hv 

sticking  It  out"  reaped  the  benefits.     In  1880  he  took  a  trin  no,/h  f  ^  ^      ■ 

four  horses    hitrheH    tr,    -,    Kin-     „  r  •  P  "°""  ^°  Oregon,  driving 

e  urninrto   Crescen     cL    r.  .   ..*'^°r'    ^°'"^    ^'"^    ^'^"^'y^"    ^"^    Jacksonville 

to  Tu    i^    n   Mav    1881      Wb        i  '        '^"'   '''   remained   for   a   winter,   coming   back 

lustin   in   May,   1881.     When  he  was   twenty-two  years  old  he  worked  a  vineyard. 


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at  Villa  Park,  raising  grapes,  apricots  and  apples.  He  set  the  land  later  to  walnuts, 
receiving  as  his  share  sixteen  acres  of  the  thirty-six  acres.  At  the  present  time  he 
owns  nine  acres — four  and  a  half  on  each  side  of  Williams  Street — and  his  last  crop 
of  walnuts  was  nine  tons.  He  markets  through  the  Santa  Ana  Walnut  Association, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation.  Company.  In  1888  he  went  north 
to  Fresno  County,  purchased  eighty  acres  there,  and  set  the  same  out  as  a  vineyard. 
He  also  has  financial  interests  in  oil  and  mining  stocks. 

On  November  6,  1889,  Mr.  Williams  was  married  to  Caroline  Fatima  England, 
a  native  of  Calaveras  County,  Cal.,  and  three  children  have  made  still  happier  their 
union:  Ralph  E.  married  Miss  Lorina  Burd  of  Santa  Ana,  and  they  have  one  son, 
Howard  E.  When  Ralph  was  sixteen  years  old  he  entered  the  Glenn  Martin  Auto 
Machine  Shop,  and  later,  when  Martin  began  to  make  aeroplanes,  he  helped  him  with 
the  first  plane  ever  constructed  in  Santa  Ana.  Martin  went  East  after  a  few  years,  and 
became  famous.  Then  Ralph  entered  the  employ  of  the  William  F.  Lutz  Company, 
and  he  also  worked  for  the  Santa  Ana  Commercial  Company,  and  it  was  while  there 
that  he  started  his  own  shop,  in  1915.  A.  C.  and  Ralph  E.  Williams,  father  and  son, 
became  interested  in  the  manufacture  of  "Silver  Beam"  spotlights,  and  they  enlarged 
their  factory;  soon,  however,  removing  to  Los  Angeles,  where  they  were  afforded 
greater  facilities.  Ralph  is  now  secretary  and  manager,  and  A.  C.  is  vice-president, 
and  the  company  is  known  as  the  Williams  Manufacturing  Company, -and  is  incor- 
porated under  the  laws  of  California.  Ernest  R.,  the  second  son  in  the  order  of  birth, 
is  foreman  of  the  machine  shop  in  the  Williams  Manufacturing  Company,  and  is  an 
expert  tool  maker.  He  married  Miss  Marguerite  Ruth  Brown,  of  Princeton,  N.  J. 
He  enlisted  in  the  recent  war,  and  served  his  country  from  January  1  to  December  3, 
1918.     Albert  G.  is  a  graduate  from  the  Tustin  grammer  school,  class  of  1920. 

Mrs.  Williams  was  active  in  Red  Cross  work  during  the  World  War,  and  the 
whole  family  generously  supported  the  various  loan  drives.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Williams 
are  both  members  of  the  Fraternal  Aid  Union,  in  which  Mr.  Williams  has  gone 
through  the  various  chairs.  They  also  belong  to  the  Methodist  Church.  Mr.  Wil- 
liams is  a  Democrat,  but  not  an  office  seeker,  and  believes  in  both  trying  to  make 
the  world  better,  and  in  enjoying  the  world  as  it  is. 

WILLIAM  T.  MITCHELL. — An  aggressive  and  successful  real  estate  operator 
who  has  attained  both  influence  and  affluence  despite  the  handicaps  of  early  life,  is 
William  T.  Mitchell,  a  native  of  Cedar  County,  Mo.,  where  he  was  born  on  a  farm 
on  August  9,  1866.  His  father  was  James  C.  Mitchell,  a  farmer,  and  he  married  Miss 
Jane  Fleeman,  who  shared  the  hard  work  of  an  agricultural  life. 

Because  of  the  conditions  at  home,  William  enjoyed  but  very  limited  educational 
advantages,  and  when  the  opportunity  presented  itself,  he  learned  and  followed  the 
carpenter's  trade.  In  1903  he  came  to  Santa  Ana,  and  for  a  while  he  worked  as  a 
carpenter  for  A.  C.  Black.  Then,  with  C.  G.  Ramsey  he  engaged  in  contracting,  and 
finally  he  undertook  contracting  and  building  for  himself.  He  has  erected  many  of 
the  better  class  residences  in  the  city. 

In  1918,  on  account  of  war  conditions,  Mr.  Mitchell  entered  the  real  estate  field, 
and  therein  he  has  been  very  successful.  His  practical  experience  as  a  builder,  and  his 
wide  knowledge  of  realty  and  other  matters  in  California,  together  with  his  good 
judgment  and  high  sense  of  honor,  have  enabled  him  to  be  of  much  service  to  others 
in  advising  them  reliably  as  to  purchase,  sales,  or  investments. 

On  Christmas  Day,  1889,  Mr.  Mitchell  was  married  to  Sarah  Elizabeth  Savage, 
and  three  children  have  blessed  their  union.  Cammie  B.  is  Mrs.  L.  S.  Haven;  and 
there  are  Philip  T.  and  John  B.  The  family  attend  the  Christian  Church,  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Mitchell  have  long  been  active  workers  in  the  cause  of  prohibition. 

EDWARD  A.  LONG. — A  worthy  descendant  of  an  honored  pioneer  family  of 
Orange  County,  Edward  A.  Long,  the  successful  truck  farmer,  residing  southeast  of 
Stanton,  was  born  at  Santa  Ana  on  October  15,  1878,  the  son  of  Thomas  Y.  and 
Melissa  A.  (DeWitt)  Long.  In  1859  Thomas  Y.  Long  crossed  the'  plains  from  Texas 
to  California  in  an  emigrant  train  of  oxen  and  wagons.  Without  the  fearless  and 
courageous  pioneers  who  endured  the  hardships  and  dangers  and  the  discomforts  of 
pioneer  life  and  modes  of  traveling,  the  great  commonwealth  of  California  would 
still  be  a  wilderness  with  barren  plains.  Those  who  have  more  recently  come  to 
California  to  enjoy  the  highly  improved  conditions  existing  today  do  not  always 
realize  what  a  great  debt  of  gratitude  they  owe  to  these  early  settlers,  who  laid  the 
foundations  of  a  greater  civilization  and  permanent  prosperity. 

Thomas  Y.  Long  was  born  in  Tennessee,  and  was  eighteen  years  old  when 
members  of  the  Long  family,  consisting  of  his  father  and  mother  and  his  brothers 
and  sisters,  as  well  as  some  of  their  friends,  making  up  a  train  of  some  twenty-three 
people,   started   on   the   long   overland   journey  to   California.     The   company   invested 


668  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

their  money  in  cattle,  buying  them  for  tive  dollars  per  head,  and  accumulating  about 
3,000  head  which  they  planned  to  drive  across  the"  plains  and  mountains  into  the 
Golden  State  of  which  they  had  heard  so  much,  and  where  they  anticipated  disposing: 
of  the  entire  band  at  a  good  profit.  In  crossing  the  Indian  infested  plains  in  Arizona 
the  company  were  many  times  attacked  by  the  Apache  Indians,  who  finally  over- 
powered them  and  succeeded  in  stampeding  and  capturing  the  entire  herd  of  cattle, 
leaving  only  the  wagons  and  .oxen.  .  Alter  a  long,  tiresome  and  hazardous  journey  of 
five  months  the  train  reached  California. 

Arriving  in  this  state  the  Long  family  located  in  San  Bernardino  County,  where 
Thomas  Y.  engaged  in  teaming  to  and  from  Anaheim  Landing  and  onto  the  desert  to 
the  mines  and  he  also  mined  for  a  time.  He  was  married  in  San  Bernardino  to  Miss 
Melissa  A.  De  Witt,  a  native  of  Iowa  but  who  had  been  brought  across  the  plains 
by  her  parents  when  she  was  a  small  child.  She  was  reared  and  educated  in  San 
Bernardino  and  they  lived  there  for  two  years  after  their  marriage  and  then  Mr.  Long 
bought  twenty  acres  of  land  south  from  Santa  Ana,  paying  thirty-five  dollars  an 
acre  for  it.  That  land  is  now,  with  improvements,  easily  worth  thousands  of  dollars 
per  acre.  He  improved  the  ranch  and  lived  there  with  his  family  until  the  fall 
of  1888,  then  sold  out  and  moved  to  the  vicinity  of  Garden  Grove  and  in  that  locality 
members  of  the  family  have  since  lived  and  prospered.  It  was  on  their  home  place 
there  that  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Long  passed  their  last  days.  He  died  in  190S  at  the 
age  of  sixty-one,  his  widow  surviving  until  April,  1919,  when  she  passed  away  at  the 
age  of  sixty-nine.  They  became  the  parents  of  six  children:  Thomas  is  deceased; 
Edward  A.  of  this  review,;  Lena -became  the  wife  of  E.  E.  Miles;  Jesse  is  a  rancher 
near  Stanton;  R'ay  is  als'o  living  nearby;  Nellie  became  the  wife  of  Arthur  Lindley 
a  rancher  in  this  county. 

Edward  A.  Long,  the  subject  of  this  review,  born  at  Santa  Ana,  was  reared  and 
educated  in  Orange  County.  With  the  exception  of  fifteen  years  spent  in  the  well- 
drilling  business,  he  has  followed  farming  and  now  owns  a  twenty-acre  ranch  southeast 
of  Stanton,  where  he  carries  on  truck  farming. 

In  1905  Mr.  Long  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Winifred  McKee,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Mattie  (Funk)  McKee.  Three  children  have  been  born  to  them,  only 
one  of  whom,  Helen,  is  living.  Mr.  Long  is  held  in  high  esteem  in  the  community  and 
is  rated  as  one  of  its  substantial  and  progressive  citizens. 

FREDERICK  H.  TAYLOR.— The  trite  saying,  "Tall  oaks  from  little  acorns 
grow,"  in  illustrating  the  magnitude  that  may  be  attained  from  very  small  beginnings, 
has  an  exemplification  in  the  growth  and  importance  that  Taylor's  factory,  at  Santa 
Ana,  Cal.,  for  preserving  California  fruits,'  has  attained.  Fred  H.  Taylor,  president 
of  the  company,  was  .born  at  Freeport,  111.,  July  8,  1877,  and  is  the  son  of  Fred  G. 
and  Elizabeth  (Sharp)  Taylor,  who  came  to  California  from  their  Eastern  home  in 
1886  and  located  at  Santa  Ana.  The  mother  of  the  family,  in  common  with  other 
good  housekeepers,  looked  after  the  interests  of  her  family  table  by  preserving  fruit 
for  family  use.  Then,  wishing  her  Eastern  friends  to  taste"  of  the  toothsome  dainties 
that  California  produced,  she  sent  some  of  it  to  old  friends  in  the  East.  They  were 
so  pleased  that  their  appetites  were  whetted  for  more,  and  from  a  few  pounds  of  pre- 
serves prepared  on  the  kitchen  stove  the  birth  of  a  new  industry  was  heralded.  Tons 
of  fruit  are  annually  prepared  and  shipped  to  various  places  all  over  the  United  States. 
The  large  plant  occupies  a  commodious  concrete  building  equipped  with  all  necessary 
modern  machinery  to  facilitate  the  preparation  of  the  fruit  for  consumption.  One 
^?n"^nn'^  ^"^  ^^^^  people  are  employed  in  preparing  it,  and  the  pay  roll  amounts  to 
$50,000  per  annum,  while  business  amounting  to  over  $300,000  annually  is  transacted. 

Fred  H.  was  a  lad  of  seven  years  of  age  when  he  came  with  his  parents  to  Cali- 
fornia, and  his  education  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  and  in  the  larger  school 
of  experience.     When  the  business  began  to  expand,   he  with  his  brother  J.  E.,  took 

same, 
he 

TatTeT^Z'  ^^  fi^'  ^"If  ged  the  plaint,  Vhe^i^w^buildTngs^allTerngTorstr^uctef  of 
fron.  hnthl  ^^  lt^"°°^r,  l^^  '"^"  warehouse  on  East  Fourth  Street  has  sidings. 
from  both  the  Southern  Pacific  and  the   Santa   Fe  railroads. 

all  of  thTirH*''''""^,]'!^'"'''  ,°^  '^'  ''"='""''  '^  *he  marketing  of  the  product,  for 
all  of  the  goods  are  sold  directly  to  the   consumer,   with  a  trade   now   reachin..   into 

su'ch  nr'Joortionf  tb"/>   ■''"'°"-    ^''f  ^--'y—  years  the  business  has  gro°wn 
such  proportions  that  it  is  now  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  county,  and  the  <.ood^ 

on  a  '  'rS  'm^'t  ^^  ''^  ''""'  ''  T,*^^"  '''''  ''''''"  °"  the 'cook  stovC^ont 
on  a  larger  scale.     Mr.  Taylor  has  personally  made  and  invented  appliances  to  facili 


HISTORY  OF  ORAxNGE  COUNTY  671 

tate  the  manufacture,  which  has  increased  from  100  cans  to  20,000  cans,  and  each 
can  has  the  same  care  as  when  they  started.  The  company  built  and  own  their  twenty- 
ton  ice  plant,  as  well  as  a  commercial  storage  plant  with  a  capacity  of  twelve  cars. 

Mr.  Taylor's  marriage  occurred  in  Sacramento  January  1,  190S,  uniting  his  destiny 
with  Miss  Rena  Collins,  a  native  of  Iowa,  whose  father,  the  late  W.  H.  Collins,  one 
of  the  early  business  men  of  Santa  Ana,  located  here  as  early  as  1887.  Two  children 
have  been  born  of  this  union:  Phillip  and  Marguerite.  Politically  Mr.  Taylor  is  a 
strong  Republican,  and  fraternally  is  a  member  of  the  Elks. 

Active  In  civic  and  business  circles,  Mr.  Taylor  is  energetic  and  progressive, 
giving  his  support  to  all  measures  that  contribute  to  the  general  welfare,  and  taking 
a  deep  interest  in  the  growth  and  development  of  Orange  County. 

JOHN  McMillan. — Prominent  among  the  public  officials  in  California  of  whom 
the  United  States  Government  may  well  be  proud  is  John  McMillan,  the  experienced 
and  attentive  postmaster  at  Newport.  He  was  born  at  Campbelltown,  Argyleshire, 
Scotland,  on  February  5,  1862,  and  grew  up  in  the  land  of  Scott  and  Burns  until  he 
was  eighteen  years  of  age.  He  learned  the  sailmaker's  trade,  and  as  a  sailmaker 
went  to  sea  for  ten  years,  making  the  journey  from  London  to  Australia  and  return 
several  times.  In  January,  1881,  he  came  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  sailed  north  from 
San  Francisco  to  Eureka,  and  south  to  San  Diego. 

He  visited  Santa  Ana,  and  after  his  marriage  there,  on  December  13,  1884,  to 
Miss  Annie  Mills  of  that  city,  he  traveled  on  the  tow  boats  from  San  Pedro  to  and 
from  Catalina,  meanwhile,  until  1893,  residing  at  San  Pedro.  In  that  year,  he  located 
at  Newpoirt,  which  he  had  first  visited  in  1881.^  He  is  therefore  the  oldest  actual, 
continuous  resident  of  Newport,  and  well  merits  the  position  of  responsibility  in  the 
service  of  the  municipality,  being  in  charge  of  the  water  department.  The  water  for 
Newport  is  obtained  from  artesian  wells  about  four  miles  northwest  of  the  town,  one 
of  the  wells  being  242  feet,  and  the  other  two  each  264  feet  deep,  and  is  pumped  into 
a  reservoir  located  on  the  Newport  Heights,  and  thence  by  gravity  it  goes  over  to 
Corona  del  Mar,  Balboa  and  Newport.  The  system  and  supply  are  all  that  could 
be  desired,  proving  one  of  the  important  attractions  to  would-be  settlers  here. 

On  January  28,  1908,  Mr.  McMillan  was  appointed  postmaster  of  the  town,  and 
that  dignified  office  he  has  held  ever  since.  He  has  two  deputy  postmasters,  or  post- 
mistresses^Mrs.  A.  E.  Jasper  of  Newport  Beach,  and  Mrs.  Ida  Durkee  of  the  same 
place,  who  share  his  popularity  with  the  discriminating  folk  of  the  community. 

Five  children  have  blessed  the  fortunate  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McMillan:  Hugh 
is  the  well-known  real  estate  dealer  at  Newport  Beach;  Neil  is  employed  near  by; 
John  is  a  student  at  the  Santa  Ana  high  school;  Sadie  is  the  wife  of  W.  A.  Irwin, 
the  realty  dealer  of  Newport  Beach,  and  .Agnes  married  ^Don  Kelly,  the  rancher,  of 
Burbank.  Mr.  McMillan  has  an  interest  in  the  Newport  Syndicate.  He  is  also  inter- 
ested, but  in  another  manner,  in  the  Knights  of  Pythias  of  Santa  Ana,  being  one  of  its 
most  popular  members. 

HENRY  WEST. — A  sturdy  old  pioneer  whose  devotion  to  home  duties,  to- 
gether with  an  intensely  patriotic  interest  in  the  world-events  of  recent,  exciting  years 
have  undoubtedly  contributed  to  keep  him  hale  and  hearty  when  nearly  eighty  years 
of  age,  is  Henry  West,  who  was  born  on  March  11,  1843,  in  the  beautiful  Wiltshire 
country  of  England.  His  parents  were  Stephen  and  Eliza  West,  and  his  father  was 
a  mechanic.  The  lad  enjoyed  a  good  common  school  education,  and  then  learned  the 
carpenter's  trade,  at  which. he  worked  for  ten  years  in  London. 

In  the  world's  metropolis,  too,  on  December  23,  1871,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Sabina  H.  Austing,  a  native  of  London,  where  she  was  born  on  March  16,  1850.  Her 
parents  were  James  and  Sarah  Austing,  and  her  father  was  a  brass  worker.  She  was 
educated  in  a  private  school  in  London.  On  May  1,  1872,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  West 
migrated  to  America,  and  soon  after  they  came  west  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  arriving  in 
San  Francisco  on  May  13. 

For  a  while  Mr.  West  worked  in  a  planing  mill  near  the  water  front,  but  in 
November,  1874,  he  came  to  Southern  California,  and  traveling  over  San  Gabriel, 
El  Monte  and  east  as  far  as  San  Bernardino,  returned  to  Los  Angeles  when  he  heard 
of  the  land  at  Orange  with  the  water,  so  he  came  down  and  bought  twenty  acres,  and 
then  retiirned  to  San  Francisco  and  made  preparations  to  move.  So,  in  June,  187S,  he 
brought  his  family  here.  Later  he  sold  ten  acres  to  his  brother  Arthur.  He  had  three 
acres  of  , grapes,  three  of  oranges,  and  three  of  olives;  but  the  grapes  having  been 
killed  by  blight,  they  were  grubbed  out,  and  so  were  the  oranges,  which  had  red  scale. 
He  plowed  up  the  entire  ranch,  in  fact,  and  established  the  well-known  Santiago 
Jersey  Farm.  He  had  nine  head  of  choice  dairy,  pedigreed  cows,  and  he  not  only 
made  the  choicest  butter,  but  he  sold  young  stock  all  over  the  state.     On  account  of 


672  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

the  tremendous  amount  of  care,  however,  Mr.  West  began  to  sell  ofif  his  stock  in 
January,  1902.  Two  years  before  that  he  had  embarked  in  the  orange  industry,  as 
he  found  his  place  ideal  for  a  nursery,  and  he  therefore  raised  nursery  stock  between 
the  trees  of  his  grove,  supplying  the  vicinity  with  fine  young  orange  trees.  This 
nursery  he  sold  out  in  1905. 

In  1905  it  was  deemed  necessary  to  make  a  change  for  the  benefit  of  Mr.  West's 
health,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  West  removed  to  Los  Angeles.  He  bought  a  home  on  Benton 
Way,  north  of  Temple  Street,  where  he  lived  until  February,  1917,  by  which  time  he 
had  regained  his  health.  In  1917  Clarence  H.  West,  the  son,  purchased  the  Benton 
Way  home,  and  Mrs.  and  Mrs.  West  came  to  Orange.  They  leased  a  home,  where  they 
stayed  for  a  year  in  1918,  and  he  bought  a  home  on  North  Lemon  Street,  where  they 
at  present  reside. 

Six  children  were  granted  this  worthy  couple.  Amy  W.,  the  eldest,  is  married  to 
Henry  Meier  of  McPherson;  Walter  L.  married  Pearl  Stone,  since  deceased,  and  is 
living  on  Prospect  Avenue,  Orange;  he  is  the  father  of  two  children — Leo  and  Arietta; 
Percy  G.  is  the  husband  of  Ethel  Traynor;  they  live  at  Sacramento,  and  have  one  child. 
Robert;  Spencer  A.  is  married  to  Bertha  Hawthorne,  and  is  the  father  of  a  daughter. 
Carmelita;  Clarence  H.  married  Gertrude  McCullah,  and  lives  at  the  old  home  on 
Benton  Way,  in  Los  Angeles;  A.  Roy  West  is  employed  at  the  Merchants  National 
Bank  of  Los  Angeles.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  West  are  members  of  the  New  Jerusalem 
Church  of  Los  Angeles;   they  are   Republicans  in  national  politics. 

Two  sons  have  enviable  war  records,  both  having  volunteered  for  the  United 
States  service.  Both  were  with  the  One  Hundred  Forty-fourth  Field  Artillery,  and  both 
were  made  corporals.  A.  Roy  West  enlisted  in  August,  1917,  and  Clarence  in  Novem- 
ber of  the  same  year.  Clarence  served  in  the  capacity  of  a  clerk,  and  Roy  was  in 
charge  of  a  squad.  They  went  with  the  Grizzlies  to  France,  leaving  Camp  Kearny 
on  August  2,  1918,  and  sailed  direct  for  Brest.  From  August,  1918,  until  January, 
1919,  they  saw  foreign  service.  Finally,  at  the  Presidio,  in  San  Francisco,  they  were 
honorably   discharged. 

EDWARD  ATHERTON. — Exceptionally  interesting  among  the  annals  of  pioneer 
literature  is  the  life  story  of  Edward  Atherton,  the  rancher  and  owner  of  the  Fullerton 
Ostrich  Farm,  who  was  born  at  Capetown,  South  Africa,  on  May  29,  1860,  the  son  of 
John  Atherton,  a  native  of  Manchester,  England,  who  became  a  pioneer  at  the  Cape. 
He  was  not  only  a  merchant,  but  he  owned  500  acres  used  for  grain,  stock  and  vine- 
yards; and  on  his  farm  he  had  two  factories — one  for  scourin:^  wool,  the  other  for 
distilling  liquor.  Edward's  mother  -died  when  he  was  an  infant:  but  in  common  with 
the  other  five  children,  he  enjoyed  the  best  educational  advantages  that  the  local 
municipal  schools  afforded,  and  until  he  was  twenty-six.  he  assisted  his  father  on  the 
farm,  and  helped  develop   the  natural  resources  of  the   place. 

In  1886  Mr.  Atherton  came  to  the  United  States,  being  accompanied  by  a  Mr. 
Conning,  with  whom  he  associated  himself  to  sell  ostrich  plumes.  They  came  to  Cali- 
fornia, bringing  with  them  a  large  stock  of  feathers  but  did  not  find  the  ready  sale  they 
expected  and  soon  abandoned  their  efforts.  Mr.  Conning  remained  in  San  Francisco 
and  later  engaged  in  the  banking  business  but  Mr.  Atherton  decided  to  stay  with  the 
ostrich  business  and  in  December,  1886,  came  to  Anaheim  and  arranged  to  take  charge 
of  the  ostriches  that  had  been  shipped  to  California  in  1881.  which  originally  numbered 
twenty-one  birds,  but  which  had  increased  to  forty-six.  The  first  shipment  was  on 
exhibition  m  San  Francisco  and  was  shipped  to  Anaheim  in  1882,  and  was  owned 
by  a  corporation  known  as  the  California  Ostrich  Farming  Company  of  which  R  J 
Northam  was  the  manager.  In  1887  the  birds  were  moved  to  the  ranch  now  owned' by 
Mr.  Atherton  and  situated  two  and  one-half  miles  northeast  from  Fullerton  In  1891 
the  company  sold  out  to  Northam  and  Atherton,  and  in  1899,  after  an  auction  had  been 
held  to  dispose  of  as  many  birds  as  possible,  Mr.  Atherton  bought  out  Northam's 
interest  and  became  the  owner  of  forty  birds.  In  1902  he  bought  sixty-eight  acres  of 
land  where  he  now  lives,  for  ostrich  farming  and  this  he  improved  and  eventually  sold 
off  all  but  thirty-one  acres.  He  now  owns  eight  ostriches.  The  land  has  been  set  to 
Valencia  oranges  and  walnuts  which  are  in  fine  bearing  condition.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Placentia  Mutual  Orange  Growers  Association  and  a  man  of  much  public  spirit. 
T  u  ^^  }y^^'  ^""^  A"i'^''t°".was  married  to  Miss  Carolina  J.  Sellinger,  daughter  of 
John  Sellinger,  a  pioneer  vineyardist  of  Fullerton  and  Anaheim;  and  three  children 
have  blessed  their  union^  Malcolm  is  the  eldest;  then  comes  Miranda;  while  the  young- 
est is  named  Dalton.  Mr.  Atherton  belongs  to  the  Independent  O  der  of  Foresters 
Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Atherton  enjoy  the  friendship  of  a  wide  circle,  and  the  fruTts  of 
long  years  of  earnest,  straightforward  endeavor. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  675 

RICHARD  SPENCER  GREGORY.— A  careful  student  of  real  estate  in  all  its 
phases,  and  of  land  and  realty  development,  Richard  Spencer  Gregory,  a  native  of  the 
fine  old  commonwealth  of  Virginia,  has  become  well  and  favorably  known  in  the  insur- 
ance and  real  estate  fields  of  California,  and  has  for  some  time  been  privileged  to 
influence  the  trend  of  events  making  for  a  safer  and  sounder  future,  with  more  flourish- 
ing conditions,  for  Orange  County.  He  was  born  in  Chesterfield  County  on  March 
30  of  the  eve-ntful  Centennial;  Year  of  1876,  the  son  of  E.  S.  Gregory,  a  farmer  and 
merchant,  who  remained  faithful  to  the  Confederacy,  fought  with  the  Confederate 
Army,  and  finally  died  with  an  honorable  record  of  forty  years  as  justice  of  the  peace. 
He  married  Miss  Rosa  H.  Franklin,  a  charming  Virginian,  who  is  also  dead.  They 
had  ten  children,  eight  of  whom  are  still  living. 

Trained  for  the  most  part  in  the  public  schools  of  the  locality,  Richard  Gregory 
reached  California  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  in  1893,  and  at  the  beginning  located  in 
Placentia,  Orange  County,  coming  to  Fullerton  as  early  as  1896.  For  four  years 
he  followed  ranching,  and  then  for  another  four  years  he  engaged  in  the  transfer 
business.  When  he  sold  out,  he  began  his  present  business  of  realtor.  With  Messrs. 
Balcom,  Fuller  and  Welton  he  purchased  100  acres  just  north  of  Chapman  and  east 
of  Spadra,  and  subdivided  a  part  as  the  Central  subdivision  of  Fullerton,  afterwards 
another  addition,  known  as  "Hill  Crest,"  and  the  whole  is  now  practically  built  up 
with  beautiful  homes.  The  new  high  school,  which  occupies  twenty  acres  of  the 
tract,  is  the  pride  of  the  people  of  northern  Orange  County.  His  residence  on  Hill 
Crest  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  homes  in  the  city.  Mr.  Gregory  also  laid  out  the 
following  subdivisions  to  Fullerton:  "Hermosa,"  "Jacaranda,"  "Ramona,"  "Orange 
Grove,"  "Wilshire,"  "Gregory,"  "Glenwood  Square,"  as  well  as  subdividing  several 
ranches  into  smaller  tracts.  He  has  always  engaged  in  citriculture,  having  improved 
several  orange  groves,  and  still  owns  ai  splendid  orchard  in  the  culture  of  which  he 
takes  much  pleasure  and  pride.  He  has  been  very  successful  in  all  that  he  has  under- 
taken, despite,  or  perhaps  because,  he  was  "self-made." 

At  Fullerton,  on  August  2,  1899,  Mr.  Gregory  married  Miss  Mabel  B.  Schulte, 
a  native  daughter,  born  in  Orangethorpe,  and  the  daughter  of  Wm.  and  Mary 
Schulte,  pioneers  of  Orange  County.  She  is  now  the  mother  of  two  children — -Erma 
and  Merrill.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Baptist  Church  of  Fullerton,  of  which 
Mr.  Gregory  is  a  trustee. 

An  Independent  Democrat,  Mr.  Gregory  was  a  member  of  the  City  Council  for 
six  years,  the  last  two  of  which  he  gave  to  the  duties  of  mayor.  During  his  service 
as  trustee  and  mayor  was  the  era  of  the  beginning  of  public  improvements  in  Fuller- 
ton.  The  streets  were  paved,  the  city  sewer  plant  constructed,  the  city  water  plant 
built,  the  fire  apparatus  bought  and  the  fire  department  started.  Not  wishing  to  serve 
longer,  he  was  not  a  candidate  for  reelection,  and  retired  from  the  board  at  the  close 
of  his  second  term.    During  the  late  war  he  was  a  member  of  the  Home  Guards. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  Home  Mutual  Building  &  Loan  Association  of  Santa  Ana, 
and  a  director  of  the  Farmers  &  Merchants  National  Bank  of  Fullerton.  Public- 
spirited  and  active  in  all  the  bond  and  war  "drives,"  he  is  still  a  director  of  Orange 
County  Y.  M.  C.  A.  work.  He  belongs  to  the  Fullerton  Club  and  Newport  Yacht 
Club,  and  fraternally  he  was  made  a  Mason  in  Fullerton  Lodge  No.  339,  F.  &  A.  M. 

FRED  A.  STOFFEL. — One  of  the  most  successful  business  men  that  ever 
"struck"  San  Juan  Capistrano  is  Fred  A.  Stofifel,  who  built  up  the  Mission  Inn  Cafe  and 
is  now  erecting,  at  a  cost  of  about  $75,000,  a  new  two-story  hotel  and  store  building. 
His  education,  experience  and  industry  have  contributed  to  enable  him  to  overcome  keen 
competition,  while  his  genial,  sympathetic  personality,  his  disposition  to  please  and 
to  accommodate,  have  made  him  so  popular  that  everybody  in  San  Juan  Capistrano 
is  his  friend,  and  thousands  of  the  traveling  public  look  back  with  satisfaction  to  hours 
spent  in  his  hostelry  and  restaurant.  Indeed,  from  a  patch  of  weeds  and  rubbish  to 
the  picturesque,  attractive  San  Juan  Cafe,  in  the  short  space  of  five  years,  is  the 
transformation  wrought  by  the  energy  of  Mr.  Stofifel,  who  first  came  to  San  Juan 
Capistrano  in   1915. 

Fred  was  born  in  Frankfort-on-the-M'ain,  Germany,  on  January-  1,  1885,  the 
son  of  John  Stofifel,  still  living,  who  was  a  decorator  of  window  glass,  a  fine  .art  in 
the  industry  of  glass  painting.  He  had  married  Miss  Caroline  Reuscher,  who"  died 
in  1919.  They  had  six  children,  and  Fred,  who  first  saw  the  light  on  New  Year's 
Day,  1885,  was  the  fourth  in  the  order  of  birth. 

He  was  given  unusually  good  educational  advantages,  and  besides  being  in- 
structed in  his  native  German,  was  taught  English,  French  and  Spanish,  and  allowed 
to  travel  widely.  When  he  married,  he  chose  for  his  wife  one  of  the  most  attractive 
women  of  Bavaria,  Miss  Louisa  Steinmuller,  who  has  made  an  excellent  helpmate; 
and  one  son,  Fred  A.,  Jr.,  blessed  their  fortunate  union. 
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In  1906  Mr.  Stoffel  came  to  America,  and  after  spending  some  time  in  Canada, 
Dakota,  Milwaukee,  Galveston,  Houston,  and  a  trip  to  South  America,  was  in  the 
service  of  George  Borgfeldt  and  Company,  the  most  important  importers  of  toys 
and  many  other  lines  of  high-grade  wares  in  America,  doing  business  on  Sixth  Street 
and  Irving  Place,  New  York.  Coming  to  California,  Mr.  Stoffel  pitched  his  tent  at- 
San  Juan  Capistrana  in  January,  1916,  and  began  business  here  right  after  the  disaster 
to  the  Otay  Dam  at  San  Diego,  which  was  carried  away  by  a  freshet.  Then  the  Santa 
Ana  River  overflowed  its  banks,  and  the  waters  of  the  Trabuco  and  the  San  Juan 
flooded  the  streets  of  San  Juan  Capistrano,  and  buried  the  Santa  Fe  tracks,  so  that 
traffic  was  crippled  for  three  months.  It  was  discouraging  enough  to  the  young  man 
who  had  just  invested  so  much  opposite  the  Mission,  but  nothing  daunted,  he  bought 
more  land,  until  now  he  owns  about  two  acres  in  the  heart  of  the  town,  the  choicest 
lots  in  town,  and  is  located  on  the  south  side  of  Central  Avenue,  over  to  the  Santa 
Fe  right  of  way.  It  is  the  site  of  the  bid  San  Juan  Inn,  which  burned  down  in  1918; 
and  there  Mr.  Stoffel  has  built  the  New  Hotel  Capistrano. 

This  is  a  very  fine  structure  of  two  stories,  in  the  mission  style  of  architecture, 
made  of  brick,.  125  front  by  8S  deep  in  size,  on  a  site  127x120  feet  square,  and  it  has  three 
fronts.  It  contains  four  stores,  forty  rooms  and  six  apartments,  a  social  hall  and  a 
lobby,  and  those  who  are  familiar  with  Mr.  Stoffel's  way  of  doing  things  may  rest 
assured  that  in  all  its  appointments,  and  the  manner  in  which  it  will  be  managed,  it 
will  meet'  the  demands  and  preferences  of  the  most  fastidious  and  exacting  taste, 
the  surroundings  will  be  restful;  there  will  be  ample  ground  for  parking  the  motors 
of  tourists,  and  the  establishment  is  certain  to  become  the  resort  both  of  the  tran- 
sient guest  and  the  student  and  artist  more  and  more  coming  this  way. 

California,  from  the  time  of  her  proud  entrance  into  the  Union,  has  been  fortu- 
nate in  the  character  and  experience  of  a  large  number  of  those  who  have'  undertaken 
to  cater  to  the  cafe  and  hotel  wants  of  the  public;  and  Orange  County  may  well 
congratulate  itself  on  the  coming  of  this  thoroughly-trained  gentleman,  by  tempera- 
ment as  well  as  by  personal  knowledge  of  the  ins  and  outs  of  his  enterprise  so 
capable  of  success  in  his  difficult  field,  and  so  likely,  in  his  success,  to  do  a  fine  thing 
for  San  Juan  Capistrano,  Southern  California,  as  well  as  for  himself. 

ABE  W.  JOHNSON.— A  representative  of  fine  old  Yankee  stock,  whose  father 
was  a  captain  in  the  Union  Army,  Abe  W.  Johnson,  a  Missouri  boy,  is  making  good 
in  California,  ranching  as  a  wideawake  tenant  on  the  San  Joaquin,  with  a  full  com- 
plement of  mules,  horses,  a  Fordson  tractor  and  all  the  other  necessary,  up-to-date 
implements.  He  was  born  in  the  interesting  old  town  of  Kirksville,  in  Adair  County, 
on  June  13,  1872,  and  there  grew  up  in  an  environment  which  has  been  helpful  to 
some  of  the  finest  types  of  American  manhood.  His  father,  Johrt  Johnson,  was  born 
at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  migrated  to  Missouri,  and  there,  when  less  than  eighteen  years  of 
age,  enlisted  as  a  bugler— owing  to  his  lack  of  years— in  Company  E,  Seventh  Mis- 
souri Volunteer  Infantry.  He  campaigned  for  four  long  years,  and  by  merit  alone 
rose  to  be  captain,  his  sword,  one  of  the  precious  heirlooms  of  our  subject,  speak- 
ing-^ eloquently  for  his  devotion  to  a  righteous  cause.  He  had  the  respect,  admiration 
and  confidence  of  every  man  in  the  company,  and  was  a  prominent  G.  A.  R.  man  But 
whatever  glory  he  acquired  was  dearly  purchased,  for  he  was  severely  injured  so 
that  he  suffered  much  from  its  results.  When  the  war  was  over,  he  married,  at  Kirks- 
ville, Miss  Mary  A.  Waddill,  then  resident  there,  who  was  a  native  of  Coles  County, 
111.,  and  buying  a  farm  of  160  acres  four  and  a  half  miles  northeast  of  Kirksville, 
he  pursued  agriculture,  and  gradually  recovered  from  his  injuries,  which  were  due  to 
a  horse  falling  upon  and  crushing  him  in  the  chest.  When  he  died,  our  subject  was 
only  twe  ve  years  of  age  and  he  then  became  one  of  the  fnainstays  of  the  mother, 
who  IS  still  Imng  at  Kirksville,  in  her  eighty-second  year.  They  had  four  children, 
and  one  died  in  mfancy;  the  others,  still  living,  being  Alice  M.  Grassle,  wife  of 
«,,hiif  ?„Tn''  T  r,^t"'4'l  banker  and  capitalist,  at  Kirksville;  Abe  W.  Johnson,  our 
subject,  and  Dr.  John  K.  Johnson,  of  Jefferson,  Green  County,  Iowa. 

.  .     A}'^  ^'^^^  "P  °"  ^  ^^'■'"  '"  *h«  country  until  he  was  eight  years  of  aee    and  then 

tard"  tudn;'t'th"/K-^,!'"'?n'"l'  ^""Z'  ^^  ^"^"'^^'l  *^^  gfamm^r  :choor;nd  al  er" 
ward  studied  at  the  Kirksville  State  Normal,  which  graduated  both  Generkl  Pershing 
and  Captain  Arthur  L.  Willard  of  the  Flagship  New  Mexico,  U.  S.  Navy  For  t^ree 
years  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  cigar-maker's  trade  at  Kirksville,  and  when  twenty- 
one  assumed  the  management,  with  his  brother,  of  his  mother's  fkrm  At  KirksvUle 
too,  he  married  Miss  Jennie  Wayman,  .who  was  born  in  Illinois,  and  after  his  marr7age 
he  continued  to  farm  until  1899,  when  he  decided  to  come  west  to  the  Pacific  Coast 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  679 

Arriving  in  California,  he  farmed  for  a  year  at  Garden  Grove,  aind  then  he-  went 
to  the  Fred  W.  Bixby  Ranch  at  Long  Beach,  where  for  three  years  he  farmed  700 
acres  to  barley.  Tn  1904  he  came  to  the  San  Joaquin  Ranch,  ^nd  he  has  been  here 
ever  since.  For  several  years  he  farmed  grain,  planting  as  much  as  1,200  acres 
to  barley  and  wheat.  The  second  year  that  he  was  on  the  Irvine  Ranch  he  raised  a 
crop  of  sixty  acres  of  lima-beans.  Since  then  he  has  been  successful,  and  he  is  one  of 
the  pioneer  lima  bean  growers  on  the  San  Joaquin.  Now  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Southern  California  Lima  Bean  Growers  Association. 

Four  children  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson:  Leonore  is  the  wife 
of  Oscar  Wilson,  a  rancher  on  the  San  Joaquin,  one  mile  south  of  Irvine;  Mary  E- 
married  Walter  Stromeson  of  the  U.  S.  Army,  who  is  stationed  at  the  fort  at,  San 
Pedro,  and  Wayman  K.,  husband  of  Miss  Jessie  Huff,  of  Santa  Ana,  is  a  rancher  on 
the  San  Joaquin.  Mr,  Johnson  is  a  Republican  in  national  political  aflfairs,  and  a 
nonpartisan,  broad-minded  advocate  of  everything  worth  while  for  the  community. 
He  has  always  been  public-spirited,  believing  that  only  in  proportion  to  what  a  citizen 
puts  into  the  development  of  his  town  or  county  is  he  likely  to  get  out,  and  for 
several  years  he  served  as  road  overseer  of  the  district. 

HENRY  HOCKEMEYER. — Among  the  worthy  pioneers  of  later  date  whose  use- 
ful lives  are  pleasantly  recalled- by  all  who  were  fortunate  to  know  and  profit  from 
them,  was  the  late  Henry  Hockemeyer,  for  several  years  superintendent  of  the  Santa 
Ana  Valley' Irrigation  Company.  He  was  born  in  Adams  County,  Ind.,  on  February 
4,  1852,  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native  state,  and  for  years  confined  himself 
to  his  chosen  occupation,  that  of  a  tiller  of  the  soil.  He  was  the  son  of  Anton  Hocke- 
meyer, a  farmer  in  Indiana.  . 

In  1883  Mr.  HOckemeyer  migrated  to  California,  and  located  in  Orange  County, 
where  he  purchased  his  ranch  of  eleven  and  a  half  acres.  At  that  time  only  a  few 
acres  were  set  Out  to  vines,  as  viticulture  here  was  only  an  experiment;  and  on  account 
of  the  unprofitableness  of  vineculture,  due  to  a  disease  on  the  vine,  he  soon  turned 
his  attention  to  apricots  and  walnuts.  Eventually  he  found,  with  others,  that  the  soil 
was  better  adapted  to  citrus  fruit  culture,  and  now  the  ranch  is  in  a  high  state  of 
cultivation,  producing  Valencias,  Mediterranean  Sweets  and  Navels. 

In  Orange,  in  1886,  Mr.  Hockemeyer  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Minnie  C. 
Peck,  who  was  born  near  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  a  daughter  of  Adolph  and  Louise  (Witte) 
Peck.  Minnie  Peck  spent  her  early  life  and  received  a  good  education  in  Rochester, 
Minn.,  residing  there  until  1884,  when  she  came  to  Orange,  her  parents  joining  her  a 
year  later.  Her  father  has  passed  away  but  her  mother  is  still  living,  making  her 
home  in  Orange.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hockemeyer  have  three  daughters:  Alma,  now  Mrs. 
Schnutzen;  Dora,  the  wife  of  Fred  Newcomb  and  Mrs.  Minnie  Heinecke  and  all  reside 
in  the  vicinity  of  the  home. 

After  a  useful,  well-spent  life,  Mr.  Hockemeyer  passed  away  in  August,  1905,  leav- 
ing many  friends  to  mourn  his  loss.  He  bequeathed  to  his  widow  a  most  comfortable 
and  elegant  home  in  which  to  spend  the  balance  of  her  days.  The  family  are  members 
of  and  liberally  support  the  Lutheran  Church  in  Orange.  Mrs.  Hockemeyer  is  a  mem- 
ber of  both  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association  and  the  Santa  Ana  Walnut 
Growers  Association. 

ARTHUR  H.  PATERSON.— Identified  for  a  number  of  years  with  the  oil  indus- 
try, Arthur  H.  Paterson  has  for  the  past  four  years  been  the  special  agent  for  the 
Union  Oil  Company  at  Santa  Ana,  and  through  his  efficient  handling  of  the  work  the 
business  has  each  year  steadily  increased.  A  native  of  Canada,  Mr.  Paterson  was 
born  at  St.  Mary's,  New  Brunswick,  on  December  18,  1880,  his  parents  being  Dr. 
Edward  M.  and  Maud  (Appleton)  Patei'son.  Dr.  Paterson,  who  was  a  well-known 
physician  and  surgeon,  brought  his  family  to  Oakland,  Cal.,  and  there  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession,  and  there  he  remained  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in 
July,  1917,  Mrs.  Paterson  having  passed  away  several  years  previously. 

Coming  to  California  at  the  age  of  five  years,  Arthur  H.  Paterson  received  his 
early  education  in  the  schools  of  Oakland  and  after  finishing  his  studies  there  he  went 
to  Marburg,  Germany,  and  took  up  a  course  in  medicine,  thinking  to  follow  in  the 
footsteps  of  his  father.  He  did  not  finish  his  course  there,  however,  and  returned  to 
California,  where  he  decided  to  engage  in  commercial  pursuits.  He  started  in  this 
line  of  work  as  a  salesman  in  1901  for  the  Imperial  Home  Bakery  and  also  as  their 
routing  manager,  continuing  with  them  until  1906  when  he  was  interested  in  contract- 
ing and  building  for  eighteen  months.  The  next  two  years  were  spent  with  the  well 
known  firm  of  H.  Jevne,  in  Los  Angeles,  where  he  gained  a  well-rounded  experience 
through  his  connection  with  all  the  departments  comprising  their  extensive  business. 


680  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

In  1910  he  entered  the  oil  business  and  since  that  time  he  has  given  his  exclusive 
attention  to  that  field.  He  was  first  with  the  Union  Oil  Company,  spendmg  two 
years  at  their  refinery  at  Oleum,  then  taking  the  position  of  special  agent  with  the 
Union  Oil  Company  at  Redwood  City,  which  he  held  for  three  years.  Four  years 
ago  he  came  to  Santa  Ana  as  the  special  agent  of  the  Union  Oil  Company,  and  he  is 
still  occupying  that  position,  having  made  an  unqualified  success.  The  business  has 
constantly  increased  during  that  time  and  Mr.  Paterson  now  has  five  stations  under 
his  supervision.  He  also  has  an  independent  interest  in  the  oil  business,  being  presi- 
dent and  manager  of  the  Tepathol  Oil  Company;  also  secretary-treasurer  of  the 
Nuevo  Oil  Company. 

In  politics  Mr.  Paterson  adheres  to  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party,  and  is 
an  active  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Merchants  and  Manufac- 
turers Association.  He  is  prominent  in  fraternal  circles,  being  a  member  of  the  local 
lodge  of  Elks  and  of  the  Masons,  holding  membership  in  the  Chapter,  the  Consistory, 
the  Commandery  and  Shrine,  and  is  Worthy  Patron  of  the  Eastern  Star.  Mr.  Pater- 
son's  first  marriage  occurred  on  May  9,  1906.  At  San  Rafael,  on  November  27,  1912, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Blanche  E.  McCarter,  and  they  are  the  parents  of 
two  daughters,  Margaret  Alice  and  Melba  Anita.  During  his  residence  in  Santa  Ana 
he  has  entered  enthusiastically  into  the  civic  life  of  the  community  and  is  ever  ready 
to  put  his  shoulder  to  the  wheel  to  help  its  progress. 

WILLARD  SMITH. — A  native  son  of  whom  the  Southland  may  well  be  proud 
is  Willard  Smith,  the  able  and  popular  president  of  the  Villa  Park  Orchards  Associa- 
tion, and  one  of  the  best  known  citizens  of  Villa  Park  precinct.  He  is  the  only  child 
of  James  M.  and  Sophronia  (Abbott)  Smith,  natives  of  the  state  of  New  York,  and 
was  born  on  the  home  ranch  he  now  operates  in  conjunction  with  his  two  half-brothers, 
O.  K.  and  A.  B.  Clark,  under  the  firm  name  of  Smith  and  Clark.  His  maternal  ances- 
tors were  of  English  origin  and  were  among  the  Pilgrims  who  accompanied  Miles 
Standish  to  the  New  World  on  the  Mayflower  and  settled  Plymouth.  The  family 
were  prominent  members  of  and  took  an  active  interest  in  the  early  doings  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  Colony  and  did  valiant  service  in  the  Colonial  and  Revolutionary 
wars,  so  Mr.  Smith  is  entitled  to  membership  in  the  order  of  the  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution. 

Mr.  Smith's  father  was  born  in  Orange  County,  New  York,  and  died  in  Orange 
County,  Cal.,  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-five.  He  was  a  tailor  by  trade  and  occupa- 
tion and  made  his  start  in  life  .with  the  needle.  He  came  west,  and  lived  in  various 
places  in  the  Middle  West.  A  general  breakdown  of  his  health  caused  him  to  come 
to  California  in  1878  to  rest  and  recuperate.  He  spent  his  first  winter  at  Santa  Barbara, 
and  despite  the  doctors'  prediction  that  he  would  not  survive  many  months  he  recov- 
ered his  health  in  the  genial  California  climate.  After  coming  to  California  he  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Sophronia  Clark,  the  widow  of  Dana  Clark,  an  early  Californian  who  orig- 
inated the  citrus  industry  in  Southern  California,  and  who  planted  the  'first  orange 
orchard  in  Santa  Paula.  She  crossed  the  Isthmus  in  1866,  and  after  her  marriage  to 
Mr.  Clark  lived  at  Santa  Barbara,  where  Mr.  Clark  died  and  where  the  widow  met 
Mr.  Smith  after  her  husband's  death.  They  were  married  in  Orange  County,  in  1880, 
which  was  then  a  part  of  Los  Angeles  County.  The  mother  passed  away  at  the  age 
of  sixty-five,  five  weeks  before  her  husband's  demise. 

When  a  young  man,  Willard  Smith  served  an  apprenticeship  in  the  photo 
engraver's  trade  at  San  Diego,  Cal.  He  became  proficient  in  this  trade,  which  he 
followed  for  a  period  of  five  years,  most  of  the  time  in  Los  Angeles.  Quittin<T  the 
engraver's  trade  he  came  back  to  the  home  ranch,  which  he  has  operated  ever  since. 
The  ranch  consists  of  sixty-two  acres,  forty  acres  of  which  are  planted  to  Valencia 
oranges,  and  sixteen  acres  to  Eureka  lemons.  Mr.  Smith  helped  organize  the  Villa 
lark  Orchards  Association  in  1913,  a  very  important  Orange  County  business  institu- 
tion. This  association  has  recently  built  a  large  orange  packing  house  on  a  spur  of 
the  Southern  Pacific  Railway  at  Villa  Park,  and  the  magnitude  of  its  business  may  be 
judged  from  its  1919  shipments  of  oranges,  which  amounted  to  $750,000  worth  of  fruit 
which  sum  was  disbursed  to  orange  growers  at  Villa  Park  and  vicinity.  Mr  Smith 
IS  also  a  director  in  the  Bixby  Development  Company,  and  with  Hugh  T  Thomson 
u-n  °'^'  """Sated  and  planted  300  acres  of  the  400-acre  tract  known  as  the  Peralta 
S      u^^^^''  directors  of  the  Bixby  Development  Company  are:     Willard  Smith 

r^.^A?  ,  ^^°'"=°"'  George  H.  Bixby,  Jotham  W.  Bixby  of  Long  Beach,  and  Attorney 
O  Melveny  of  Los  Angeles.  Mr.  Smith,  who  is  interested  in  many  other  enterprises 
and  projects  in  Orange  County,  is  well  informed  and  a  man  of  ripe  experience  and 
exdellent  judgment.  His  counsels  are  eagerly  sought  in  matters  of  commercial  and 
political   importance.      His   marriage,   which   occurred   June    1,    1910,    united   him    with 


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Miss  Edna  Lee,  daughter  of  Albert  A.  Lee,  and  they  have  two  sons,  George  Abbott 
and  Willard  Irving.  Mr.  Smith  is  also  president  of  the  Serrano  Water  Company  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Republican  Central.  Committee  of  Orange  County.  He  was  made 
a  Mason  in  Orange  Grove  Lodge  No.  293,  of  which  he  is  past  master;  a  member  of 
Orange  Chapter  No.  99,  R.  A.  M.;  knighted  in  Santa  Ana  Commandery  No.  36,  K.  T.; 
Los  Angeles  Consistory  32nd  degree;  is  a  life  member  of  Al  Malaikah  Temple, 
A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  Los  Angeles,  and  with  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Eastern 
Star,  Orange;  he  is  also  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

JOHN  A.  MAAG. — The  owner  of  two  fine  ranches  which  comprise  his  thirty-one- 
acre  home  place  on  Fairhaven  Avenue,  immediately  south  of  the  city  of  Orange,  and 
sixteen  and  a  half  acres  at  Olive,  John  A.  Maag  is  a  phenomenally  successful  citrus 
grower.  His  success  is  due  to  industry,  close  attention  to  every  detail  of  the  business, 
and  unusual,  executive  ability. 

He  is  of  German  lineage  and  birth,  having  been  born  in  Westphalia,  Germany, 
October  31,  1851,  where  his  father,  Frank  Maag,  was  a  tenant  farmer,  and  who  died 
-when  John  A.  was  a  child  two  and  a  half  years  of  age.  The  mother,  Elizabeth 
(Schmeltzer)  Maag,  courageously  assumed  the  responsibility  of  bringing  up  her  two 
sons,  John  A.  and  Frank  P.,  kept  the  family  together,  and  through  many  vicissitudes  and 
hardships  successfully  accomplished  the  task. 

John  A.  lived  in  his  native  country  until  he  was  a  lad  of  fourteen.  He  acquired  his 
education  in  the  local  public  schools  and  in  the  summer  time  worked  for  the  neighboring 
farmers  herding  cattle.  In  1865  the  mother  and  her  two  sons  sailed  from  Bremen  for 
the  shores  of  the  New  World,  and  landed  at  old  Castle  Garden,  New  York  City,  going 
thence  to  their  destination  at  Eagle  River,  in  the  Northern  Peninsula  of  Michigan.  They 
lived  in  Michigan  five  years,  then  went  to  Columbus,  Platte  County,  Nebr.,  in  1871, 
where  the  mother  took  up  a  homestead.  She  was  the  first  white  woman  settler  in  Union 
Township,  in  Platte  County,  Nebr.  The  family  lived  through  the  discouragements  inci- 
dental to  the  grasshopper  scourge,  blizzards,  and  other  vicissitudes  and  hardships,  and 
young  John  helped  break  the  virgin  sod  of  Nebraska  with  oxen.  His  brother  Frank 
"became  a  Nebraska  farmer  and  died  in  that  state  in  1917,  leaving  a  widow  and  three 
children.  On  reaching  his  majority,  John  A.  homesteaded  160  acres,  which  he  improved 
and  brought  under  cultivation.  This  was  his  first  real  estate  holding  and  he  continued 
"to  farm  in  Nebraska  from  1871  until  1891.  He  was  married  in  Platte  County,  Nebr.,  in 
1884,  to  Miss  Catherine  Steffes,  a  native  of  Michigan,  who  came  to  Nebraska  as  a  girl. 
Their  union  was  blessed  by  the  birth  of  twelve  children,  ten  of  whom  are  living.  Two 
children  died  in  Nebraska,  and  the  youngest  six  children  were  born  at  Orange,  Cal. 
The  ten  living  children  are:  Frank  P.,  a  rancher  near  Olive,  married  Virgil  Meats  of 
Olive.  They  are  the  parents  of  two  children;  John  W.,  also  engaged  in  ranching;  Mary 
lives  at  home;  Joseph  A.,  a  rancher  in  the  Santa  Ana  Canyon;  Henry,  a  rancher  at 
Covina,  married  Florence  Amons;  William  H.,  who  married  Catherine  Kernier,  and  is 
now  ranching  in  Santa  Ana  Canyon;  George  W.,  who  is  also  ranching  in  the  Santa  Ana 
Canyon,  served  six  months  in  France  in  the  Thirty-sixth  Balloon  Company  and  was 
Tionorably  discharged;  Charles  E.,  at  home;  Elizabeth  Mary,  a  student  at  Ramona 
Convent  at  Shorb,  and  Clarence  Edwin,  who  is  fourteen  years  of  age. 

In  1889  Mr.  Maag  made  an  extended  trip  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  was  so  favorably 
impressed  with  the  land  of  sunshine  that  he  made  a  second  trip  in  1891  and  visited 
Los  Angeles  and  Orange  County.  He  liked  Southern  California  so  well  that  he  de- 
cided to  move  his  family  to  the  state.  When  they  first  came  they  stopped  at  Los 
Angeles  and  remained  five  months,  purchasing  a  horse  and  wagon  with  which  they 
drove  all  over  Southern  Califorrria.  Finally,  after  looking  over  the  country  they  bought 
their  present  home  place  in  the  fall  of  1891. 

Mr.  Maag  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  community  since  he  first  settled  in 
Orange  County.  He  helped  organize  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association  and  was 
the  second  man  who  subscribed  to  its  stock.  He  was  president  of  the  association  two 
years  and  has  been  a  director  in  it  for  twenty  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Central 
Lemon  Growers  Association  at  Villa  Park,  which  he  also  helped  organize,  is  a  stock- 
holder, has  served  as  director  ever  since  the  association  started,  and  is  still  on  the 
hoard.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Olive  Heights  Orange  Growers  Association  and 
has  been  a  director  in  it  since  its  inception,  and  is  still  on  the 'board.  He  is  also- a 
member  and  director  of  the  Richland  Walnut  Growers  Association,  as  well  as  the 
Orange  County  Fumigating  Association.  He  helped  organize  the  Citizens  Commercial 
and  Savings  Bank  at  Santa  Ana,  which  was  afterwards  consolidated  snd  is  now  the  Cali- 
fornia National  Bank,  being  a  stockholder  in  the  institution.  In  1899  Mr.  Maag  built  a 
fine  two-story  frame  residence  which  would  cost  $10,000  to  build  at  the  present  time. 
It  is  a  twelve-room  house,  commodious  and  up  to  date  in  its  appointments.     Mr.  Maag 


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was  reared  in  the  Catholic  faith,  and  he  and  his  wife  and  family  are  communicants  ot 
St.  Joseph's  Catholic  Church  at  Santa  Ana.  Mr.  Maag  gives  due  credit  to  his  excellent 
helpmate  for  much  of  the  success  he  has  attained  in  life.  She,  like  himself,  has  worked 
and  striven,  early  and  late,  and  their  large  and  highly  respected  family  of  children  are 
following  in  the  footsteps  of  their  parents.  Upright  in  character  and  enterprising  m 
disposition,  Mr.  Maag  is  a  man  of  whom  Orange  County  may  well  be  proud. 

ANDREW  F.  MILLS.— Among  the  native  Californians  residing  in  Orange 
County  is  Andrew  F.  Mills,  more  familiarly  known  as  Frank  Mills,  who  occupies  a 
prominent  position  among  the  substantial  agriculturists  that  have  acquired  a  compe- 
tency in  their  calling.  His  one  hundred  sixty  acres  lies  half  a  mile  south  of  Garden 
Grove,  and  is  the  eastern  quarter  section  of  the  old  Mills  family  home  owned  by  his 
father,  who  settled  in  the  neighborhood  in  1875,  fourteen  years  before  Orange  County 
was  organized  and  before  the  town  of  Garden  Grove  was  in  existence. 

Andrew  F.  was  born  at  Princeton,  Colusa  County,  Cal.,  August  18,  1865,  and  is 
the  son  of  Andrew  Mills,  senior,  a  California  pioneer  who  came  to  the  coast  with  a 
drove  of  cattle  from  Missouri  in  1851.  The  elder  Mills,  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  was 
born  near  Great  Harrington  in  1814,  and  as  a  young  man  went  West,  locating  in 
Missouri,  where  he  married  Miss  Ruth  Ann  Ripper,  and  became  a  prominent  stockman. 
After  coming  to  California  he  settled  in  Colusa  County,  where  he  became  one  of 
California's  early  and  prosperous  stockmen  and  horsemen,  at  one  time  owning  2,000 
head  of  cattle.  Of  the  six  children  in  the  parental  family  Julia  is  the  wife  ot  George 
McCrindle,  and  resides  at  Long  Beach,  Cal.;  Maria  is  deceased;  Abe  died  at  the  age 
of  twelve;  Jane  is  the  wife  of  James  Young,  a  rancher  at  Lemoore,  Kings  County,  Cal., 
and  Andrew  F.  and  his  brother  George  H.  are  ranchers  at  Garden  Grove,  where 
George  owns  the  west  quarter  section  of  the  old  homestead  adjoining  his  brother's 
quarter  section.  Andrew,  or  "Frank,"  was  ten  years  old  when  he  accompanied  his 
parents  and  their  family  to  Los  Angeles  County  in  1875.  Anaheim  was  their  post 
office  and  trading  town  and  there  was  only  one  store  at  Santa  Ana  in  those  days. 
Frank  grew  up  on  his  father's  ranch  and  in  1899  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Ura  B.  Conkle,  daughter  of  Samuel  Q.  Conkle.  They  are  the  parents  of  three  bright 
and  interesting  children:  Andrew  R.,  Ruth  M.,  a  student  in  the  Santa  Ana  high 
school,  and  Floyd  H.,  a  pupil  in  the  Garden  Grove  grammar  school.  Mr.  Mills  owns 
some  of  the  best  soil  in  the  vicinity  of  Garden  Grove  and  rents  his  acreage  to  tenants 
for  growing  chili  peppers.     He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Church. 

WILLIAM  R.  YOST. — A  sturdy,  active  man  and  a  very  interesting  personality, 
representing  as  he  does  the  good  old  pioneer  days  of  the  blacksmith  and  wagon  maker 
who  knew  his  trades,  and  now  classed  among  the  properous  farmers  of  the  Southland, 
is  William  R.  Yost,  of  Talbert,  who  was  born  near  Troy,  Davis  County,  Iowa,  near  the 
Missouri  boundary  line,  on  January  27,  1863.  His  father  was  Isaac  Yost,  a  native  of 
Indiana,  who  married  Miss  Nettie  Hix,  a  native  of  Iowa.  In  1873,  they  removed  to 
Santa  Ana,  Cal.,  and  pitched  their  tent  for  a  time  in  what  was  then  called  the  Gospel 
Swamp.  In  a  short  time,  however,  they  removed  to  Santa  Ana.  In  coming  west,  the 
Yosts  traveled  by  way  of  the  Central  Pacific,  and  the  Union  Pacific,  over  what  was 
known  as  the  Ogden  Route,  to  San  Francisco,  after  which  they  journeyed  south  on  the 
steamship  "Orizaba,"  to  Wilmington  Harbor,  and  then  to  Gospel  Swamp  by  wagons. 

The  elder  Yost  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and  soon  set  up  his  forge  at  the 
corner  of  Main  and  Fifth  streets,  Santa  Ana.  A  year  later  he  sold  and  the  family 
moved  to  Klamath  Falls,  Ore.  Being  a  good  millwright  he  built  a  saw  mill  on  Lost 
Run  Creek,  run  by  water  power.  Selling  out  eight  months  later  he  returned  to  Santa 
Ana  and  built  a  blacksmith  shop  on  Fifth  and  Broadway,  and  came  to  have  a  very 
interesting  association  with  the  early  development  of  the  town.  He  died  in  Santa 
Ana  in  1882.  '  • 

The  maiden  name  of  Mrs.  Yost  was  indicative  of  her  Scotch-Irish  blood,  although 
she  came  of  the  best  Revoluntionary  stock,  and  her  father,  one  of  the  early  settlers 
of  Iowa,  fought  in  the  Black  Hawk  War.  She  died  on  December  24,  1919,  eighty-three 
years  old,  the  mother  of  ten  children.  Charles  is  a  vineyardist  at  Coachella;  Clara  is  the 
wife  of  John  Miller,  a  merchant  at  Phoenix,  Ariz.;  William  R.,  now  a  farmer,  is  oper- 
ating the  McQuiston  ranch  of  120  acres  at  Talbert;  John  was  accidentally  killed  at  El 
Toro;  James  resides  in  Santa  Ana;  Mary  is  the  wife  of  William  McLaughlin  and  resides 
in  Ventura  County;  George,  also  a  rancher,  resides  in  Fresno  County;  Malin  works 
in  the  shipyard  at  San  Pedro;  Myron  is  in  the -auto  business  at  Los  Angeles;  and  Leo 
IS  the  wife  of  Fred  Cole,  of  West  Fourth  Street,  who  owns  a  walnut  ranch  of  twenty 
acres  in  Santa  Ana. 

William  R.  attendee!  the  common  schools  in  Santa  Ana,  learned  the  blacksmith's 
trade  under  his  father,  and  in  the  same  town  started  in  business  for  himself.     He  ran 


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a  machine  shop  and  a  foundry,  and  made  all  kinds  of  vehicles  and  implements  such  as 
would  be  demanded  thereabouts,  and  he  did  all  the  blacksmithing  work  for  James 
McFadden,  who  was  the  chief  spirit  in  building  the  Santa  Ana  and  Newport  Railway 
as  well  as  for  the  Fairview  Railroad,  now  a  thing  of  the  past.  His  shop  was  located 
at  the  corner  of  Fifth  Street  and  Broadway,  and  there,  among  other  exceptional  things 
not  turned  out  by  everyone,  he  made  all  the  switch  plates  for  the  Newport  road. 

After  a  while,  Mir.  Yost  quit  smithying  and  became  a  cattle  buyer  and  a  drover, 
raising,  buying,  selling  and  shipping  cattle  in  Riverside,  Orange,  Los  Angeles  and  San 
Diego  counties.  About  1906  he  began  farming  on  the  O'Neill  ranch  near  El  Toro, 
and  then  he  went  to  San  Juan  Capistrano,  leased  a  ranch  where  he  raised  grain  and 
beans,  then  back  on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch  where  he  farmed  about  five  years.  In 
1920  he  leased  the  McQuiston  place  of  120  acres  near  Talbert,  where  he  raises  beets 
and  alfalfa. 

On  April  30,  1889,  Mr.  Yost  was  married  to  Miss  Ida  Kell,  a  native  of  Sacramento, 
and  a  daughter  of  William  and  Sallie  (Sharp)  Kell,  early  Californians.  Her  father  later 
settled  at  Pomona,  and  there  she  was  married.  They  have  had  nine  children.  Lucy  is 
Mrs.  James  Leonard  and  resides  at  Los  Angeles.  Edith  is  the  wife  of  H.  P.  Thelan 
of  Santa  Ana.  Wilmath  is  in  the  telephone  office  at  Santa  Ana.  Ida  is  Mrs.  Jack 
Melchard,  and  lives  in  Santa  Ana.  Wilfred  is  an  engineer  at  Sacramento.  John  is 
with  his  father  on  a  farm,  and  so  is  Robert;  and  Ruth  and  Angela  are  at  home. 

Mr.  Yost  is  prominent  as  an  Odd  Fellow  in  Santa  Ana,  and  has  been  very  active  in 
many  ways  in  furthering  the  development  of  Orange  County;  and  he  is  well  known 
among  and  highly  esteemed  by  the  pioneers  of  both  Santa  Ana  and  Orange  counties. 

ANDREW  BAKER. — An  enterprising  and  successful  rancher  who  has  devoted 
over  a  quarter  of  a  century  of  his  life  towards  the  development  of  Orange  County  is 
Andrew  Baker,  a  resident  of  Stanton.  He  was  born  in  Perquimans  County,  N.  C,  on 
December  25,  1848,  the  son  of  James  A.  and  Lucretia  (Blanchard)  Baker,  who  moved 
to  Indiana  before  the  Civil  War.  It  was  some  years  later  that  Andrew  Baker  migrated 
further  westward,  stopping  in  Jasper  County,  Mo.,  where  he  followed  farming  until 
1879,  then  disposed  of  his  holdings  and  located  in  Morris  County,  Kans.  Thirteen 
years  later  he  decided  on  a  new  move  that  would  take  him  to  California,  and  he  arrived 
in  Orange  County  on  March  22,  1892,  purchasing  his  present  property  the  following 
year.  This  forty  acres  was  situated  on  what  was  called  the  alkali  flat,  and  was  a  part 
of  the  great  Stearns  Rancho.  The  land  was  in  its  primitive  condition,  covered  with 
cacti  and  infested  with  jack  rabbits.  Possessed  with  the  indomitable  spirit  of  the  pio- 
neer settler,  Mr.  Baker  at  once  began  to  clear  the  land  and  make  necessary  improve- 
ments so  he  could  begin  ranching,  and  even  had  to  help  to  build  the  roads  in  this 
section,  which  had  only  been  staked  off.  He  hauled  off  from  his  property  over  fifty 
wagon  loads  of  cactus,  and  Ras  made  of  his  place  one  of  the  best  and  most  productive 
ranches  in  this  part  of  Orange  County.  At  first  his  water  for  irrigation  came  from 
an  artesian  well,  but  this  source  of  supply  soon  gave  out,  and  he  sunk  a  new  well  to 
the  depth  of  1S9  feet,  which  gives  him  an  abundance  of  water  for  irrigation  and 
domestic  purposes.  For  seven  years  he  pumped  the  water  by  horse  power,  then  in- 
stalled a  thifteen  horsepower  gas  engine.  He  grows  a  diversified  lot  of  products,  and 
is  well  satisfied  that  he  has  cast  his  lines  in  such  pleasant  quarters  as  Orange  County. 

Mr.  Baker  has  always  been  interested  in  every  movement  that  had  as  its  aim  the 
upbuilding  and  development  of  the  best  interests  of  his  community,  and  took  an  active 
part  in  the  incorporation  of  the  town  of  Stanton,  and  in  the  educational  affairs  of  his 
district.  He  was  the  prime  mover  in  having  the  Magnolia  School  district  organized  in 
1895,  and  gave  the  name  to  the  school,  and  he  was  a  member  of  the  first  board  of 
trustees.  His  ranch  is  near  the  school  on  Magnolia  Avenue,  and  therefore  he  was 
more  deeply  interested  in  the  maintaining  of  a  good  school,  which  now, has  an  enroll- 
ment of  almost  100  scholars. 

On  January  1,  1878,  Andrew  Baker  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Elizabeth 
A.,  daughter  of  John  P.  and  Martha  (Hayworth)  Mills.  Mrs.  Baker  was  born  in 
Keokuk  County,  Iowa,  on  March  8,  1853,  lived  there  until  she  was  fifteen,  and  then 
accompanied  the  family  to  Jasper  County,  Mo.,  where  she  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Mr.  Baker,  at  the  city  of  Carthage.  This  happy  union  has  been  blessed  with  six  chil- 
dren: Arthur  G.,  a  graduate  of  the  Hastings  Law  School  in  San  Francisco,  is  a  well- 
known  attorney  in  Los  Angeles.  He  is  married  and  lives  in  Pasadena,  Fannie  M.  is 
the  wife  of  J.  T.  Lyon,  a  realty  dealer  of  Anaheim;  Dora  M.  became  the  wife  of  G. 
N.  Miller,  and  had  two  children,  Viola  and  Alice.  She  died  June  24,  1919.  Oliver  G. 
was  in  charge  of  the  Pacific  Electric  station  at  Stanton  for  over  eight  years.  He  owns 
eight  highly  improved  acres  of  oranges  on  Stanton  Avenue,  where  he  and  his  wife  re- 
side.    James  A.  owns  ten  acres  of  oranges  on  Broadway,  was  a  teacher  for  several 


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years,  but  is  now  a  member  of  the  realty  firm  of  Lyon  and  Baker  in  Anaheim.  He  is 
the  father  of  three  children,  Marjorie,  Warren  and  Gerald.  Paul  Noble  received  a  high 
school  education  and  was  an  electrical  engineer  in  the  employ  of  the  city  of,  Los 
Angeles,  and  when  the  first  call  came  for  soldiers  and  sailors  for  the  great  World  War, 
he  enlisted  as  a  common  sailor  in  the  U.  S.  Navy,  and  through  his  exceptional  ability 
and'  efficient  service  rose  to  the  rank  of  ensign.     He  is  still  in  the   Navy. 

Mr.  Baker  is  a  firm  believer  in  Christianity  and  supports  all  movements  that  come 
to"  his  notice  for  the  elevation  of  the  standard  of  morals  and  the  social  betterment  of 
his  community.  He  and  his  family  are  very  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  know  them 
for  their  genuineness  of  character  and  high  ideals  of  citizenship. 

HENRY  ROHRS,  JR.— A  resident  of  Orange  County  since  his  fifth  year,  Henry 
Rohrs,  Jr.,  is  developing  a  flourishing  and  productive  orange  and  walnut  orchard  on 
West  Fairhaven  Avenue  in  the  vicinity  of  Orange.  Ohio  was  Mr.  Rohrs'  native  state, 
his  birth  occurring  at  Defiance,  Henry  County,  in  that  state  August  3,  1876.  His 
parents,  Fred  and  Anna  (Grobrugge)  Rohrs,  were  both  natives  of  Germany,  coming 
here  in  the  days  of  their  youth.  The  father  located  at  Defiance,  Ohio,  and  after  pur- 
chasing.  eighty,  acres  of  land,  which  he  cleared  of  timber  and  stumps,  there  engaged 
in  raising  stock  and  grain. 

There  were  five  children  in  the  Rohrs'  family;  Henry,  the  subject  of  this  review; 
Fred,  John,  George  and  Minnie.  When  Henry  Rohrs  was  five  years  of  age  the  family 
removed  to  Santa  Ana,  Cal.,  arriving  on  March  12,  1881,  where  the  parents  still  make 
their  home.  He  attended  the  public  school  in  Santa  Ana  and  at  the  same  time  worked 
on  the  home  ranch,  his  father  being  engaged  in  ranching  after  coming  to  California. 
Until  he  was  twenty-four  years  of  age  Henry  remained  at  home,  working  hard  in  help- 
ing his  father  with  all  the  duties  of  the  home  place.  He  was  always  thrifty  and  indus- 
trious, so  that  in  1900  he  was  able  to  purchase  eleven  acres  on  West  Fairhaven  Avenue 
to  the  development  of  which  he  diligently  applied  himself.  In  1916  he  became  the  owner 
of  nine  acres  at  Tustin  and  Fairhaven  avenues,  which  was  planted  to  Navels  and 
Sweets,  but  he  has  since  reset  the  whole  tract  to  Valencias,  which  bids  fair  to  be  one 
of  the  best  producing  groves  in  this  locality. 

At  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents  in  the  Orange  district  on  March  21,  1901,  Mr. 
Rohrs  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Minnie  A.  Franzen,  the  ceremony  being  per- 
formed by  Reverend  J.  Kraeber.  Mrs.  Rohrs  is  a  daughter  of  Asmus  and  Dorothea 
(Schmidt)  Franzen,  who  were  born  near  Flensburg,  Denmark.  The  father  served  in 
the  Danish  army  in  the  Slesvig-Holstein  War,  1864  to  1866,  and  afterwards  also  served 
in  the  Franco-Prussian  War  in  1870-71.  He  resided  near  Flensburg  until  1879,  when 
he  came  to  America,  and  later  brought  his  family  to  Columbus  Junction,  Iowa,  where 
he  pioneered,  cleared  the  raw  land  from  brush  and  broke  the  soil  for  growing  crops. 
In  March,  1889,  he  located  in  Orange  County  and  soon  afterwards  bought  twenty-seven 
and  a  half  acres  on  Fairhaven  Avenue  at  the  corner  of  Yorba  Avenue,  where  he  built 
a  residence  and  made  his  home  until  1908,  when  he  sold  it  and  moved  to  Santa  Ana, 
where  his  wife  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-three.  He  then  made  his  home  with  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Henry  Rohrs,  Jr.,  until  his  death  on  February  4,  1916,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
seven.  Mr.  Franzen  for  his  services  in  the  Slesvig-Holstein  War  received  a  medal 
of  honor  from  King  Christian  of  Denmark.  The  last  three  years  of  his  life  he  received 
a  pension  from  the  Danish  government.  Mrs.  Rohrs  is  the  youngest  of  four  children, 
three  of  whom  are  living.  She  came  here  in  her  youth  and  received  her  education 
in  Orange  County. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rohrs  are  the  parents  of  four  children,  to  whom  they  are  giving  the 
best  educational  advantages  within  their  means:  Frances  A.  who  is  in  the  Orange 
Union  high  school  class  of  1921;  Alvin  H.;  and  the  twins,  Clarence  and  Kenneth.  They 
are  active  members  of  Zion's  Evangelical  Church  at  Santa  Ana. 

In  partnership  with  Mathias  Nisson  and  John  Maier,  Mr.  Rohrs  sunk  a  well  400 
feet  deep  on  his  place  and  installed  a  Pomona  deep  well  pump  run  by  a  twenty-horse- 
power motor.  This  was  completed  June  12,  1912,  and  with  its  flow  of  forty  inches  of 
water  has  since  then  been  of  exceptional  value  to  the  three  ranches  although  they  all 
get  service  from  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation   Company. 

Mr.  Rohrs  is  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Walnut  Growers  Association  and  is 
deeply  interested  in  public  affairs,  gives  intelligent  consideration  to  all  the  vital  ques- 
tions of  the  day,  although  he  personally  does  not  care  to  hold  public  office.  While  a 
supporter  of  Republican  principles  he  casts  his  vote  for  the  best  man  in  locaV  affairs, 
regardless  of  party.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rohrs'  highest  ambition  is  to  rear  their 
family  according  to  the  loftiest  ideals  of  American   citizenship. 


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J.  EDMUND  SNOW. — The  inspiring  annals  of  pioneer  life  are  certainly  recalled 
in  the  faimily  history  of  J.  Edmund  Snow.  His  father,  H.  K.  Snow,  was  born  in  White- 
side, N.  H.,  in  1834,  being  directly  descended  from  the  three  Snow  brothers  of  Snow 
Hni,  London,  who  arrived  in  this  country  four  years  after  the  Mayflower  landed. 
When  pnly  eighteen  years  of  age  he  came  to  California  around  the  Horn  on  the  "Witch 
of  the  Wave,"  the  voyage  lasting  116  days.  Arriving  in  California,  he  went  at  once  to 
the  mines  of  Calaveras  and  Mariposa,  counties,  where  he  remained  four  years.  He 
crossed  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  four  times. 

Later  he  was  engaged  in  business  at  Osage,  Iowa,  and  while  there  married  Miss 
Cynthia  Downs.  In-18S9  they  moved  to  Bandera  County,  Texas,  where  they  engaged 
in  the  cattle  business.  When  the  Civil  War  broke  out,  they  moved  to  California;  being 
Union  sympathizers  they  could  not  pass  through  El  Paso,  so,  driving  an  ox  team,  they 
made  a  detour  through  Chihuahua,  arriving  in  San  Francisco  late  in  1861.  For  seven- 
teen years  Mr.  Snow  engaged  in  business  in  Vallejo  and  while  there  served  for  two 
years  as  county  recorder. 

In  1877  he  removed  his  family  to  Tustin,  buying  a  home  place  of  fifty  acres  in 
■orchard,  and  later  bought  and  sold  other  properties.  He  devoted  all  his  time  to  the 
improvement  of  these  lands  and  to  the  extension  of  the  irrigation  system,  being  one 
of  the  originators  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  system.  Mr.  Snow  made  his 
name  familiar  to  every  horticulturist  in  the  state  while  in  Tustin.  When  the  California 
Legislature  recommended  a  tariff  of  twenty  cents  a  cubic  foot  on  citrus  fruits  he 
believed  the  amount  too  small  and  determined  to  give  his  efforts  toward  securing  a 
higher  rate.  He  originated  the  idea  of  the  tariff  of  one  cent  a  pound  on  citrus  fruits. 
Accompanied  by  M.  J.  Daniels  he  was  sent  to  Washington  by  the  Los  Angeles  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce.  Securing  the  support  of  Senator  Perkins  and  Senator  Jones  of 
Nevada,  and  of  Senator  White,  a  Democrat,  his  efforts  were  successful,  after  spending 
five  months  in  Washington. 

Not  alone  were  his  efforts  devoted  to  citrus  fruits,  for  he  was  one  of  the  enter- 
prising parties  to  establish  the  peat  drainage  district  at  Smeltzer.  In  1903  the  Tustin 
home  was  sold  to  Ray  Osmun,  who  erected  a  beautiful  home  of  Mexican  type  upon  it. 
Here  the  world-famed  Madame  Modjeska  resided  for  a  time,  and  later  it  was  purchased 
by  A.  J.  Crookshank,  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Santa  Ana,  who  now 
makes  it  his  home. 

Mr.  Snow  moved  to  Ventura  County,  building  a  new  home  on  his  walnut  ranch. 
Here  he  lived  the  remaining  days  of  his  life,  passing  away  in  1913.  He  was  a  life-long 
Republican  and  was  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  belonging  to  the  Chapter  and  Con- 
sistory. His  second  wife,  Elva  Downs,  a  sister  of  his  first  wife,  still  resides  at  the 
Ventura  County  home. 

James  Edmund  Snow,  the  third  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  K.  Snow,  was  born  in 
Vallejo  and  was  but  two  years  of  age  when  the  family  moved  to  Tustin.  Here  the 
lad  attended  the  public  school  and  later  attended  the  Santa  Ana  high  school.  In 
1899  he  went  to  Cibola,  Ariz.,  and  proved  up  on  a  half  section  of  land  lying  along  the 
Colorado  River.  At  this  time  he  also  purchased  from  his  father  what  was  known  as 
the  Allen  ranch,  lying  between  Talbert  and  Costa  Mesa.  This  place  was  adapted  to 
the  raising  of  grain  and  celery  and  for  dairying.  It  was  sold  in  1906  to  Goldschmidt 
Bros.,  and  it  is  of  interest  to  note  that  it  was  on  this  ranch  that  gas  was  first  noticed 
in  Orange  County.  Some  fifteen  years  before  this,  Mr.  Allen,  the  original  owner, 
lound  gas  coming  from  an  artesian  well.  This  he  collected  in  a  tank  placed  over  his 
well,  pipes  carrying  it  to  his  home  and  it  was  used  successfully  for  fuel. 

In  1903  Mr.  Snow  was  married  in  Santa  Ana  to  Miss  Edith  Johnston,  daughter 
of  John  and  Laura  (Safley)  Johnston,  who  moved  to  this  state  from  Tipton,  Iowa,  when 
Edith  was  nine  years  of  age.  The  Johnstons  purchased  a  home  on  North  Main  Street, 
Santa  Ana,  and  here  Mr.  Johnston  still  lives,  Mrs.  Johnston  having  passed  away  in 
1914.  Mrs.  Snow  was  educated  at  the  Santa  Ana  high  school  and  at  the  Los  Angeles 
State  Normal  School. 

In  1908  Mr.  Snow  moved  from  Santa  Ana  to  the  Imperial  Valley,  where  he  pur- 
chased government  land  relinquishments  near  Brawley,  until  he  had  800  acres  under 
development  with  the  service  of  the  Imperial  Water  Company,  No.  5,  from  the  Colo- 
rado River.  In  1912  this  ranch  was  traded  for  seventy  acres  of  oranges  at  Riverside. 
Here  the  family  resided  until  the  death  of  Mrs.  Johnston,  when  they  returned  to  Sarita 
Anaandforthe  next  three  years  kept  the  home  on  North  Main  Street  for  Mr.  Johnston. 

In  February,  1918,  the  present  home  at  335  West  Eighteenth  Street  was  pur- 
chased, and  here  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Snow  now  live  with  their  interesting  family  of  three 
sons— Jack  W.,  James  Edmund,  Jr.,  and  Paul  Johnston,  who  are  pupils  in  the  public 
schools.  Mr.  Snow  is  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business.  He  is  is  a  Mason  and  in 
national  politics  is  a  Republican,  but  in  local  affairs  is  as  nonpartisan  as  they  make  'em. 


694  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

HENRY  EVANS.— The  handsomely  built  city  of  Norwich,  Norfolk  County,  Eng- 
land, with  its  world-wide  reputation  as  a  center  for  the  manufacture  of  textile  fabrics, 
was  the  birthplace  of  Henry  Evans,  the  owner  of  a  fine  ranch  located  a  mile  southwest 
of  Garden  Grove. 

Mr.  Evans  was  born  May  6,  1848,  a  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Pierce)  Evans, 
both  natives  of  England  who  married,  lived  and  died  in  their  native  country.  The 
father,  who  was  a  stockman,  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-six,  and  the  mother  at  forty- 
eight,  when  Henry  was  twelve  years  old.  In  a  family  of  four  children  Henry  is  the 
youngest  child  and  the  only  member  of  the  family  now  living.  His  sister  Sarah,  and 
brother  William,  both  unmarried,  lived  with  him  on  his  Garden  Grove  ranch  and  died 
there.  Another  sister  lived  and  died  in  England.  Henry  grew  up  on  his  father's  100- 
acre  stock  farm  in  England,  and  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  and  in  boarding 
schools  of  his  native  country.  Coming  to  America  in  1881  he  located  in  Texas,  and 
after  a  year  and  a  half  drifted  to  the  San  Fernando  Valley,  Cal.,  where  he  spent  eight 
years  before  he  came  to  Garden  Grove  in  1891.  He  has  lived  on  his  present  ranch 
thirty  years,  and  now,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two,  has  retired  from  the  more  active 
duties  of  life,  and  rents  the  property  to  tenants  who  raise  chili  peppers  on  it. 

Mr.  Evans  has  seen  much  of  the  development  of  this  section  of  the  state  and 
Orange  County  and  is  a  man  of  forceful  personality,  gifted  with  a  high  order  of  in- 
telligence, and  his  mental  and  moral  characteristics  are  such  as  have  won  for  him  the 
esteem  and  confidence  of  all  who  know  him.  In  his  religious  convictions  he  is  an 
Episcopalian. 

JOHN  REEDER  GARDINER.— A  progressive  upbuilder  and  a  native  son  of 
Orange  County,  J.  R.  Gardiner  of  FuUerton  has  demonstrated  his  public  spirit  in  many 
ways  as  a  supporter  of  every  movement  that  has  had  for  its  aim  the  betterment  of 
conditions  in  general  for  Fullerton  and  its  environs.  He  was  born  near  what  is  now 
the  town  of  Fullerton,  on  December  21,  1873,  a  son  of  the  late  Alexander  Gardiner,  a 
native  of  Scotland  who  came  to  the  United  States  when  he  was  eighteen  years  old  and 
settled  in  Rockford,  Tenn.  He  became  the  superintendent  of  a  cotton  mill  there  and 
demonstrated  his  ability  as  a  machinist  and  an  engineer  on  many  occasions.  He  was 
married  in  Rockford  to  Miss  Susan  Reeder,  a  native  daughter  of  Tennessee  and  they 
migrated  to  California  in  1868,  traveling  by  train  to  San  Francisco  and  thence  by  boat 
to  Los  Angeles  County,  settling  on  a  ranch  in  what  is  now  known  as  the  Orange- 
thorpe  school  district.  There  he  developed  a  ranch  and  lived  until  he  answered  the 
final  roll  call  in  August,  1916,  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight.  His  good  wife  survived 
him  until  June,  1920,  when  she  passed  away  at  the  age  of  eighty-three  years,  the  mother 
of  seven  children,  six  of  them  now  living. 

John  R.  Gardiner  received  his  schooling  in  the  Orangethorpe  school  district,  and 
remained  on  the  home  ranch  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age,  when  he  went  to 
Duarte  to  learn  the  trade  of  blacksmith  and  horseshoer  in  a  shop  owned  by  his  brother- 
in-law.  After  mastering  the  trade  he  returned  to  Fullerton  in  1896,  the  flourishing  city 
being  then  little  more  than  a  village,  and  started  in  business.  The  venture  did  not 
prove  profitable  and  he  left  it  to  work  in  the  oil  fields  in  Bear  Canyon  for  a  year.  In 
1900  he  took  charge  of  his  brother's  livery  business  and  carried  it  on  for  three  years, 
then  went  to  Los  Angeles  and  engaged  in  selling  real  estate.  It  was  in  1907  that  he 
again  felt  the  lure  of  his  native  town  calling  him  and  he  returned  and  began  to  work 
at  the  forge  until  1910,  when  he  purchased,  his  employer's  business  and  here  he  has 
been  ever  since.  The  business  grew  from  a  small  beginning  until  it  assumed  the  pro- 
portion of  the  largest  blacksmith  shop  of  its  kind  in  this  section  of  the  county,  Mr. 
Gardiner,  by  his  genial  manners  and  efforts  to  please,  retaining  his  patrons,  who  came 
from  far  and  near  to  secure  his  services.  In  1920  he  added  to  his  establishment  a 
complete  line  of  agricultural  implements,  trucks  and  tractors,  the  whole  representing 
many  thousands  of  dollars  invested  and  here  he  requires  the  services  of  from  five  to 
ten  men  to  handle  his  work.  The  most  modern  of  equipment  is  found  in  operation  and 
his  quality  of  work  is  considered  his  best  advertisement. 

On  February  19,  1902,  Mr.  Gardiner  and  Miss  Louise  Dean  were  united  in  marriage 
at  Fullerton.  She  is  a  native  of  Wisconsin  and  a  daughter  of  James  W  and  Susan 
(Brown)  Dean,  both  now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gardiner  have  had  three  children- 
Carroll  D.,  Kenneth  R.  and  Donald  William.  Mrs.  Gardiner  shares  with  her  husband 
the  good  will  and  esteem  of  their  many  friends. 

In  politics  Mr.  Gardiner  is  a  Democrat  on  national  issues,"  but  in  local  matters 
he  is  strictly  nonpartisan  and  works  for  every  local  improvement.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  trustees  of  Fullerton  after  the  incorporation  of  the  city  and  he  was  reelected 
servmg  for  three  terms,  during  which  time  many  substantial  and  lasting  improvements 
were  mstalled.     For  eight  years  he  served  as  city  treasurer.     He  is  a  charter  tnember 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  697 

of  the  Fullerton  Club  and  when  the  World  War  was  in  progress  he  joined  the  local 
Home  Guards  and  otherwise  assisted  in  war  work.  Mr.  Gardiner  is  a  Mason,  holding 
membership  in  Fullerton  Lodge  No.  339,  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which  he  is  a  past  master; 
he  is  a  member  of  Fullerton  Chapter  No.  90,  R.  A.  M.;  Santa  Ana  Council  No.  14,  R, 
&  S.  M.;  Fullerton  Commandery  No.  SS,  Knights  Templar  and  Fullerton  Chapter,  No. 
191,  Order  of  Eastern  Star,  in  which  he  is  a  past  patron.  Mrs.  Gardiner  is  past 
matron  of  the  Eastern  Star. 

DAVID  G.  WETTLIN. — A  gentleman  unusually  well  qualified  as  a  public  official 
IS  David  G.  Wettlin,  city  clerk  and  ex-officio  city  assessor  of  Orange,  formerly  an 
experienced  practicing  attorney,  who  came,  to  California  about  a  decade  ago.  He 
was  born  at  Woodville,  Miss.,  on  May  20,  1886,  the  son  of  G.  A.  Wettlin,  a  native  of 
Germany,  who  settled  as  a  merchant  in  Mississippi,  where  he  lived  until  he  retired. 
He  now  resides  at  Alhambra,  Cal.  He  had  married  Maggie  Lindenmeyer,  a  native  of 
Mississippi,  who  died  there  when  David  was  in  his  second  year.  They  had  three 
children,  and  our  subject  was  the  youngest  in  the  family. 

He  was  brought  up  at  Woodville,  where  he  was  educated  in  the  preparatory 
school,  and  at  Sewanee,  Tenn.,  in  the  Episcopal  military  academy,  and  after  having 
finished  their  courses  entered  the  University  of  the  South  at  Sewanee,  Tenn.,  where 
he  continued  for  two  years.  Then  he  matriculated  in  the  law  school  of  the  University 
of  Mississippi  at  Oxford,  from  which  well-known  institution  he  was  duly  graduated, 
in  1907,  with  the  degree  of  LL.B.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Mississippi  and 
practiced  at  Woodville  for  two  years. 

In  1910  Mr.  Wettlin  came  to  California  and  located  at  Los  Angeles,  where  he 
engaged  in  real  estate  transacting,  and  at  the  end  of  two  years  removed  to  Hunting- 
ton Beach,  for  the  practice  of  law.  His  knowledge  of  legal  procedure  was  soon 
appreciated,  and  he  was  elected  city  attorney  of  that  place,  and  when  he  gave  up  that 
responsible  office,  it  was  to  leave  there  an  enviable  record  for  both  ability  and  fidelity. 

In  1913  Mr.  Wettlin  located  at  Orange,  where  he  practiced  law  with  success,  and 
in  April,  1918,  he  was  elected  city  clerk  of  Orange,  and  in  the  middle  of  that  month 
took  up  the  duties  of  that  office.  In  April,  1920,  he  was  reelected  city  clerk  without 
opposition,  and  has  entered  upon  his  second  term.  He  was  also  made,  by  virtue  of 
his  office,  city  assessor.  He  belongs  to  the  Orange  County  Bar  Association,  and  as  a 
Democrat  is  a  member  of  the  Democratic  Central  Committee  from  Orange  County. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Merchants  and  Manufacturers  Association,  and  is  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  Men's  Club  of  Orange. 

While  at  Huntington  Beach,  Mr.  Wettlin  was  married  to  Miss  Vera  Pryor,  a 
native  of  Arkansas,  by  whom  he  has  had  two  children — Emma  June  and  David  G.,  Jr. 
He  belongs  to  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School 
there  last  year.     Mrs.  Wettlin  belongs  to  the  Christian  Church  of  Orange. 

Mr.  Wettlin  was  made  a  Mason  in  Woodville  Lodge,  Miss.,  and  was  exalted  in 
Woodville,  Miss.,  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  and  was  knighted  in  the  Malta  Commandery  at 
Woodville.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Eastern  Star  at  that  place,  and  is  now  affili- 
ated with  Orange  Grove  Lodge  No.  293,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Orange  Grove  Chapter 
No.  99,  R.  A.  M.,  and  the  Santa  Ana  Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  With  Mrs. 
Wettlin,  he  is  a  member  of  the  -Scepter  Chapter  No.  163,  O.  E.  S.,  of  Orange;  he 
belongs  to  the  Orange  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,-  and  he  and  Mrs.  Wettlin  are  members 
of  the  Rebekahs. 

GODFREY  J.  STOCK. — Prominent  among  the  successful,  influential  citizens  of 
Anaheim  must  be  mentioned  Godfrey  J.  Stock,  an  American  doubly  interesting  be- 
cause of  his  career  as  a  "self-made"  man.  He  was  born  in  Lenawee  County,  Mich., 
on  September  29,  1868,  was  reared  on  a  farm,  and  attended  the  country  schools  of  the 
neighborhood.  Just  twenty  years  later  he  arrived  at  Anaheim,  Cal.,  vvhere  he  had 
two  sisters  living;  and  although  he  came  here  sixty  dollars  in  debt,  he  is  now  com- 
fortably prosperous,  having  long  ago  repaid  all  that  he  owed. 

His  first  work  was  for  H.  C.  Gade,  who  conducted  a  trucking  and  transfer  busi- 
ness; and  in  time  he  bought  him  out,  and  carried  on  the  business  himself.  The  firm  is 
now  known  as  the  Anaheim  Truck  and  Transfer  Company,  and  it  is  one  of  the  pioneer 
institutions  of  the  city.  After  selling  put,  Mr.  Stock  bought  nineteen  acres  of  the  John 
Adams  ranch  on  South  Walnut  Street,  then  partly  set  out  to  fruit,  and  this  property 
he  has  greatly  improved  with  orange  and  walnut  trees.  He  erected  two  houses  there, 
and  has  made  of  it  one  of  the  best-developed  ranches  in  the  county.  He  also  has  put 
up  two  modern  garage  buildings  on  South  Los  Angeles  Street,  on  lots  'he  bought 
seventeen  years  ago.^  For  a  number  of  years  he  has  been  engaged  in  real  estate  trans- 
actions, buying,  selling  and  subdividing  property,  having  put  several  subdivisions  to 
Anaheim   on  the  market. 


698  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Mr.  Stock  served  for  a  number  of  years  as  trustee  of  the  city  of  Anaheim,  an 
during    that    period    many    important    improvements    were    undertaken.      Streets    w 
paved  and  sewers  were  built,  and  other  steps  forward  made,  of  which  Mr.  Stock     a 
long  been  a  foremost  advocate.     He  is  a  stockholder,  and  was  formerly  a  director,  in 
the  Anaheim  Citrus   Fruit  Association  and  the  Walnut   Growers   Association,   and   he 
has  contributed  toward  their  growth,  as  he  has  profited  by  their  activities. 

On  Christmas  Day,  1892,  Mr.  Stock  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Boege,  a  native 
of  Anaheim,  and  the  daughter  of  T.  J.  F.  Boege,  the  pioneer.  Three  children  have 
blessed  the  union.  R.  F.  Stock  graduated  from  the  Polytechnic  high  school  in  Los 
Angeles,  and  was  employed  by  the  General  Electric  Company  when  the  war  broke  out, 
at  which  time  he  resigned  and  enlisted  for  service  of  the  U.  S.  Government  iii  the 
electrical  engineering  and  anti-aircraft  division.  He  entered  the  officers'  training 
school,  successfully  passed  the  examination,  and  was  commissioned  a  first  lieutenant. 
When  he  arrived  in  France  he  was  placed  with  the  Searchlight  Division,  and  his 
command  was  at  the  front  when  the  armistice  was  signed.  He  returned  to  the 
United  States,  and  received  his  honorable  discharge,  and  resumed  his  former  position 
with  the  General  Electric  Company.  He  married,  in  Chicago,  Miss  Bernardine  Price, 
formerly,  of  Anaheim,  and  they  have  a  daughter,  Bertha.  Oswald  Stock  is  at  home. 
Arthur,  the  youngest  son,  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  Marines  in  1919  and  is  still  in  service. 
Both  the  younger  sons  graduated  from  the  Anaheim  high  school.  G.  J.  Stock  has 
attained  to  all  the  chairs  in  Odd  Fellowship  and  the  Encampment,  and  he  is  a  member 
of  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  and  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

JOHN  H.  SCHROEDER. — A  hard-working  rancher,  whose  intelligent  foresight, 
industry  and  thrift  have  been  crowned  with  success,  is  John  H.  Schroeder,  of  2203 
Lincoln  Street,  Santa  Ana.  He  was  born  at  Visselhovede,  in  Hanover,  Germany,  on 
November  20,  1857,  the  son  of  Frederick  and  Mary  Schroeder,  highly-esteemed  residents 
of  that  country,  and  was  educated  in  the  excellent  schools  of  Visselhovede.  He  lived 
at  home  until  he  was  twenty-two  years  of  age,  and  then  he  migrated  to  America. 
Landing  at  Castle  Garden,  New  York,  in  1879,  he  came  almost  directly  to  Napoleon, 
Henry  County,  Ohio,  where  he  spent  a  few  months  trying  to  get  his  bearings.  Then 
he  went  to  Kelly's  Island,  Erie  County,  Ohio,  to  work  on  farms,  but  soon  returned  to 
Henry  County. 

In  November,  1880,  Mr.  Schroeder  came  out  to  California  and  soon  found  employ- 
ment as  a  farm  hand  in  the  vicinity  of  Santa  Ana.  He  also  early  purchased  ten  acres 
lying  between  Santa  Ana  and  Tustin,  but  within  a  year,  sold  it.  In  1882,  he  purchased 
the  homesite  on  which  he  is  now  living.  This  tract  contained  fifteen  acres,  one  acre 
being  planted  to  a  variety  of  fruit  trees.  In  1890,  he  sold  two  acres,  and  the  remaining 
thirteen  are  now  devoted  as  follows:  five  acres  to  walnuts,  five  to  oranges,  and  three 
to  apricots.    The  whole  tract  is  served  by  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company. 

Some  years  after  the  date  of  these  transactions,  Mr.  Schroeder  purchased  a 
seventeen-acre  tract  in  West  Orange,  half  of  which  is  devoted  to  walnuts  and  apricots 
interset,  and  seven  acres  to  oranges.  On  this  tract  he  built  a  home  which  is  now 
occupied  by  his  son,  Albert  F.  Schroeder.  Little  by  little  Mr.  Schroeder  added  improve- 
ment after  improvement,  planting  the  trees  with  his  own  hands,  so  that  he  can  feel 
more  than  the  mere  pride  of  ownership  in  what  he  has  title  to.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Orange,  the  Apricot  and  Prune  and  the  Walnut  Associations  and  has  always  been  favor- 
able to  them  as  the  sure  way  to  market  his  crops  at  living  prices.  He  has  added,  in 
the  truest  sense,  to  the  wealth  of  the  county,  as  he  has,  in  the  education  and  upbringing 
of  his  family,  added  to  the  honor  and  dignity  of  the  state. 

On  April  20,  1893,  Mr.  Schroeder  was  married  to  Miss  Sophie  Haase,  daughter 
of  Frederick  and  Sophie  Haase,  and  a  native,  like  himself,  of  Visselhovede.  She  came 
alone  to  New  York  in  1885,  her  parents  following  seven  years  later;  and  reached  Cali- 
fornia first  in  1893.  Five  children  blessed  this  auspicious  union.  "The  eldest  was  the 
late  H.  William  Schroeder,  one  of  the  genuine  heroes  of  the  late  war;  while  the  second 
in  order  of  birth  was  Albert  F.  Schroeder,  who  lives  on  the  seventeen-acre  ranch  in 
West  Orange.  Freda  is  taking  a  course  in  the  Normal  School  at  Los  Angeles;  Carl 
is  at  home  working  on  his  father's  ranch;  and  Emma  is  a  pupil  in  the  Santa  Ana 
grammar  school. 

Henry  William  Schi-oeder,  whose  sacrifice  for  his  country  will  be  spoken  of  with 
pride  so  long  as  the  annals  of  Orange  County  tell  to  future  generations  the  devotion 
and  suffering  of  Santa  Ana  youth,  entered  the  United  States  service  in  September,  1917 
and  trained  at  Camp  Lewis  in  Company  D  of  the  Three-hundred  sixty-fourth  Infantry' 
In  March  he  was  sent  to  Camp  Green,  N.  C,  where  he  was  transferred  to  Company  M 
of  the  Forty-seventh  Infantry.  At  Camp  Green  he  trained  for  two  months,  when  he 
went   East  to   Camp   Mills,   N.   J.,   and   set   sail   for   France.      He   served   in   the   great 


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Chateau  Thierry  drive,  St.  Mihiel,  and  on  September  30,  1918,  died  in  the  field  hospital, 
after  notably  brave  action  and  initiative,  and  where  he  had  so  conducted  himself  that 
he  reflected  honor  on  himself  and  all  those  closely  related  to  him,  breathing  his  last 
from  wounds  received  in  the  fierce  Meuse-Argonne  offensive.  In  such  a  death  as  this 
of  one  of  the  most  promising  of  Orange  County's  young  men,  may  it  not  be  said 
that  John  H.  Schroeder,  the  pioneer,  has  generously  paid  whatever  debt  he  once  owed 
to  the  land  of  his  adoption. 

ASMUS  PETER  JACOBSEN.—A  man  whose  untiring  industry -and  exemplary 
management  have  made  him  comfortably  well-to-do,  so  that  now  he  owns  a  fine  estate 
of  twenty  acres,  with  a  cosy,  well-furnished  residence,  is  Asmus  Peter  Jacobsen,  who 
first  came  to  California  in  the  "boom"  period  of  the  late  eighties.  He  was  born  in 
Flensburg,  province  of  Schleswig,  on  September  9,  1862,  the  son  of  a  farmer,  on  which 
account  he  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  educated  in  the  local  schools.  In  1878  the  Jacob- 
sens  emigrated  to  the  United  States  and  located  at  Sycamore,  in  De  Kalb  County,  111., 
and  there  Asmus  continued  his  schooling,  while  he  also  assisted  his  father.  He  worked 
for  his  father  until  he  was  twenty-five  years  of  age,  and  during  that  period  of  faithful 
apprenticeship  he  helped  to  clear  the  home  place  of  debt. 

In  1887,  Mr.  Jacobsen  pushed  out  for  himself,  west  to  California,  and  settling  at 
Orange  began  to  work  on  a  citrus  ranch  and  in  a  vineyard.  His  employer  was  Mr. 
Leslie,  and  the  latter  soon  appreciated  both  the  ability  and  the  willingness  of  the  young 
man.  Once  well  established  here  he  married  Miss  Marie  Ehlen,  a  native  of  Hanover, 
Germany;  and  with  her  help  as  new  capital  of  the  most  desirable  kind  he  rented  the 
farm  of  twenty  acres  he  at  present  owns.  In  1902  he  was  able  to  buy  the  ranch,  and 
he  at  once  set  to  work  to  make  improvements  thereon.  He  set  out  the  choicest 
Valencia  oranges  and  lemons,  and  added  to  the  number  of  buildings,  and  in  due  time 
had  a  ranch  of  the  kind  prized  by  the  most  experienced,  enabling  him  with  confidence 
to  share  the  activities  of  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association,  the  Central  Lemon 
Association,  and  the  Richland  Walnut  Growers  Association. 

Mr.  Jacobsen  has  a  family  of  four  children — Walter,  Sirene,  Esther  and  Ernst — 
all  of  whom  are  at  home  in  the  fine  residence  erected  by  their  father.  The  family 
attend  the  Lutheran  Church,  and  Mr.  Jacobsen  serves  on  the  board  of  trustees.  Orange 
County  has  always  extended  the  most  cordial  welcome  to  such  pioneer  settlers  as  the 
Jacobsens,  and  it  must  be  said  that  the  welcome  has  not  been  offered  to  the  thousands 
of  desirables  flocking  here  in  vain. 

GEORGE  D.  DIERKER. — A  dependable  American  citizen  of  much  executive 
ability  and  pleasing  personality,  who  is  both  an  experienced  citrus  grower  and  horti- 
culturist and  a  successful  business  man,  is  George  D.  Dierker,  who  resides  with  his 
family  in  his  beautiful  country  bungalow  on  his  ranch  of  twenty-five  acres,  two  and  a 
half  miles  northeast  of  Orange,  on  Tustin  Street.  He  was  born  in  the  fine  old  county 
of  St.  Charles,  in  Missouri,  on  December  9,  1869,  and  is  the  oldest  son  and  third  child 
of  Henry  Dierker,  long  one  of  the  most  honored  citizens  of  Orange,  Cal.  When  two 
years  old  he  was  taken  to  Cuming  County,  Nebr.,  where  his  father  was  to  farm,  and 
there  attended  first  the  common  district  schools  and  then  the  high  school  at  West  Point. 

In  1892,  with  the  rest  of  the  Dierker  family,  he  came  out  to  California,  and  settled 
at  Orange.  At  first  he  bought  ten  acres  on  an  extension  of  North  Main  Street,  in 
the  West  Orange  precinct,  and  planted  the  same  to  Navel  oranges,  lemons  and  apricots. 
He  stayed  there  ten  years,  in  the  meanwhile  improving  his  acreage,  and  in  1904  sold 
it  at  a  good  advance  in  price.  Two  years  before,  Mr.  Dierker  bought  his  present  place, 
twelve  acres  of  which  he  has  planted  to  Valencias,  five  acres  to  Navels,  and  six  to 
lemons.  The  balance  of  the  twenty-five  acres  is  given  up  to  yards  surrounding  his 
fine  dwelling,  which  he  had  erected  in  1911-12.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Villa 
Park  Orchards  Association,  which  has  a  packing  house  at  Villa  Park  as  its  main  ship- 
ping point.  He  is  also  a  director  in  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  which 
irrigates  17,000  acres.  He  has  served  continuously  as  director  for  the  past  fifteen 
years,  and  was  president  of  the  company  from  1909  to  1915. 

In  1894  Mr.  Dierker  was  married  to  Miss  Lena  Bandick,  a  native  of  Kansas,  who 
came  to  California  a  little  girl  in  the  early  eighties,  accompanying  her  parents.  Now 
they  have  four  children.  Agnes  W.  is  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  W.  L.  Westerman  of 
Kansas  City.  Esther  H.  is  the  wife  of  John  Eltiste,  of  FuUerton.  Alma  M.  is  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Orange  high  school.  Urban  G.  is  the  youngest  of  the  family.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Dierker  are  members  of  the  Lutheran  Church  at  Orange,  and  he  served  on  the 
building  committee  at  the  time  of  the  erection  of  the  large,  new  Lutheran  Church 
edifice  in  Orange,  put  up  in  1914  at  a  cost  of  over  $52,000.  He  has  endeavored  to  lead 
a  clean,  industrious,  exemplary  life,  and  votes  for  the  best  men  and  the  best  nieasures, 
irre^spective  of  party  affiliations. 


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NEREUS  H.'LEONARD.— A  well-known  rancher  whose  exceptional  P''°^P*"j^' 
enabling  him  in'  later  years  to  live  comfortably  retired,  could  not  fail  t°  ^^  ^„  tt 
satisfied  with  Orange  County  and  devoted  to  the  great  Golden  State,  is  ^^""j  ^  . 
Leonard,  who  long  ago  campaigned  for  prohibition,  when  that  ideal,  now  a  gio 
reality,  seemed  far  away  as  a  goal.  He  was  born  at  Greensboro,  N.  C,  °"  J^""f^/  ,  ' 
1852,  the  son  of  Elisha  and  Laura  (Reynolds)  Leonard,  who  were  in  sympathy  with  tne 
North  and  opposed  to  slavery,  and  so  found  it  advisable,  when  sectional  troubles  ';^'"^' 
to  remove  to  a  more  peaceful  zone;  In  1857,  therefore,  they  sold  their  farm  ^ot  100 
acres  in  North  Carolina  and  migrated  to  Danville,  Ind.;  and  there  they  stayed  until 
1860,  when  they  again  disposed  of  their  property  and  removed  to  Spring  Valley,  Minn. 
And  in  the  latter  place  they  acquired  200  acres  of  land., 

Nereus  Leonard  left  home  in  December,  1873,  to  seek  his  fortune,  and  alinost 
directly  came  to  San  Bernardino,  Cal.,  where  he  worked  on  a  ranch  and  also  for  W.  S. 
La  Praix  in  the  lumber  business.  Three  years  later,  he  returned  to  Spring  Valley  arid 
purchased  a  large  tract  of  cheap  land;  and  then,  for  twenty-ojie  years,  he  engaged  in 
the  raising  of  stock  on  an  extensive  scale. 

On  August  22,  1878,  Mr.  Leonard  married  Lucy  A.  Bradley,  at  Spring  Valley,  the 
daughter  of  Philo.and  Mary  Ann  (King)  Bradley..  The,  Kings  early  took  Government 
land  in  Sumner  township  and  later  near  Fairmount,  Minii.,  and  after  great  hardships 
due  to  the  grasshoppers,  they  returned  to  Spring  Valley.  In  1897,  Mr.  Leonard  came 
to  California  with  his  family  and  seventeen  years  later  sold  his  Spring  Valley  holdings. 
Choosing  Orange  County,  the  Leonards  built  their  home  near  the  old  Ocean  View 
schoplhouse  on  a  ranch  of  forty  acres  devoted  to  celery,  corn  and  potatoes.  At  the 
end  of  two  years,  they  sold  this  property,  and  moved  to  a  ten-acre  ranch  on  Santa 
Clara  and  Grand  avenues.  There  they  lived  until  1905,  when  Mr.  Leonard  purchased 
forty-six  acres  at  West  Orange,  later  selling  nineteen  acres  to  his  son-in-law,  C.  S. 
Minter.  ,  , 

Mr.  Leonard  afterward  purchased  forty  acres  known  as  the  Mayberry  Tract;  and 
this,  together  with  his  previous  acquisition,  gives  him  sixty  fine  acres,  thirty-two  of 
which  are  under  the  service  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company.  '  He  lived 
on  his  ranch  until  1907,  when  he  built  a  house  at  2227  North  Broadway,  Santa  Ana, 
and  moved  into  it.  On  the  first  of  January,  1920,  he  removed  to  601  West  Fifth  Street, 
where  he  at  present  resides. 

Despite  his  busy  life,  Mr.  Leonard  has  always  been  a  leader  in  the  promotion  of 
progressive  movements  for  the  community's  good,  and  on  no  one  thing  can  he  look 
back  with  more  satisfaction  perhaps,  than  in  the  active  part  he  took  in  the  organization 
of  the  Orange  County  Farmers'  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company,  a  sketch  of  this 
company  being  given  elsewhere  in  this  work.  A  member  of  its  first  board  of  directors, 
Mr.  Leonard  served  as  its  vice-president  for  several  years,  and  personally  wrote  the 
first  four  or  five  applications  filed  with  the  secretary  of  the  company. 

Four  children  have  honored  these  worthy  parents.  The  eldest  is  Mrs.  Eleanor 
Minter,  who  lives  on  a  ranch  at  the  north  end  of  Bristol  Street  and  the  mother  of  four 
children — Ivo,  Neal  Dow,  Glenn  and  Claudine.  Doxander  P.  resides  on  a  ranch  in  West 
Orange.  He  married  Edna  M.  Ward  and  they  have  four  children — Dorothy,  Dorcas, 
Rodney  and  Hazel.  Edith  has  become  Mrs.  E.  F.  Minter,  of  Sanger,  Fresno  County; 
while  the  fourth  in  the  order  of  birth  is  Frances,  who  is  a  student  nurse  at  the  Santa 
Ana  Hospital. 

D.  R.  MACDONALD. — Emphatically  a  man  of  energy  and  enterprise,  who  is 
aiding  in  a  most  substantial  way  the  higher  development  of  the  citrus  industry  of 
Orange  County  is  D.  R.  Macdonald,  the  popular  and  successful  dealer  in  fertilizers. 
He  was  born  in  Ontario,  Canada,  May  25,  1873,  and  when  he  reached  young  manhood 
migrated  to  the  United  States,  locating  in  Montana,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of 
Nelson  Story,  on  his  4,000-acre  ranch  near  Bozeman.  At  first  he  rode  the  range  as  a 
cowboy;  later  on  he  was  advanced  to  the  responsible  position  of  foreman  of  the  Story 
ranch,  where  both  cattle  and  grain  were  raised. 

During  the  year  1901,  Mr.  Macdonald  located  in  Seattle,  Wash.,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  contracting  business,  making  a  specialty  of  street  grading,  and  did  a  large  and 
important  work  in  cutting  down  the  hills  and  leveling  the  land  in  that  city.  In  1910, 
Mr.  Macdonald  came  to  California  and  located  at  San  Diego,  where  he  was  engaged 
as  superintendent  of  construction  work  under  State  Highway  Engineer  A.  B.  Fletcher 
and  helped  in  constructing  the  splendid  state  highway  in  San  Diego  County;  he  also 
built  the  roadway  on  the  Poway  grade  and  helped  in  the  construction  of  other  roads 
in  the  county. 

In  May,  1916,  Mr.  Macdonald  came  to  Orange  County,  locating  at  Garden  Grove, 
where  he  engaged  in  raising  sugar  beets.     Later,  with  keen  business  foresight,  he  saw 


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an  opportunity  for  the  development  of  a  great  field  in  the  handling  and  selling  of 
fertilizers^  f or  in  -these  days  of  scientific  farming  a  broad  knowledge  of  fertilizers  and 
modern  methods  of  their  application  to  certain  soils  is  absolutely  essential  to  success, 
and  this  is  particularly  true  in  citrus  culture.  With  his  characteristic  progressive  spirit 
he  entered  into  the  new  venture  and  opened  an  office  at  Anaheim  at  171  West  Center 
Street,  and  has  built  up  a  large  and  lucrative  business.  Not  only  does  he  furnish 
fertilizer  to  the  orchardists,  but  makes  contracts  f6r  spreading  it  One  of  the  largest 
contracts  received  by  him  was  one  for  139  carloads  of  fertilizer  for  the  Sam  Kraerner 
ranch  at  Placentia. 

In  June,  1901,  Mr.  Macdonald  was  united  in  hiarriage  with  May  Pickering,  a  native 
of  Utah.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  in  religious 
matters  he  is  a  member  of  the  Catholic  Church.  One  of  Anaheim's  sterling  and 
dependable  citizens,  he  can  always  be  found  enthusiastically  supporting  every'  move- 
ment for  the  advancement  of  the  best  interests  of  Orange  County. 

J.  FRANK  SCHWEITZER.— California  has  been  fortunate  in  the  large  nurnber 
of  expert  workmen  of  one  kind  or  another  who  have  been  attracted  to  her  prornising 
domain,  and  who  have  therefore  made  no  small  contribution  toward  her  development 
on  broad,  progressive  lines,  and  among  such  efficient  workers  must  be  mentioned  J. 
Frank  Schweitzer,  the  popular  foreman  of  the  Brea  and  Pacific  gasoline  plant.  He  is  an 
Ohioah  by  birth,  and  so  comes  rather  naturally  by  a  liking  for,  and  a  knowledg'e^of'an 
industry  early  developed  in  parts  of  the  East  and  now  so  important  in  California:'  ' 

Born  at  Toledo  on  February  3,  1877,  Frank  is  the  son  of  William  and  Miry 
(Luty)  Sch-Weitzer, '  both  of  whom  are  now  living,  retired  from  their  long  and  iactiyie 
labors.  They  were  worthy  folk,  and  devoted  to  their  three  children;  and  none  tKe  less 
helpful  to  our  subject,  the  second  child,  who  was  sent  to  the  grammar  schools  and  then 
given  two  years  of  study  at  the  high  school. 

As  soon  as  a  good  opportunity  presented  itself,  Frank  learned  the  trade  of  a 
machinist,  and  this  he  worked  at  previous  to  coming  to  California  in  190S.  At  first  he 
located  at  Olinda,  in  Orange  County,  and  since  then,  his  experience  and  ability  being 
more  and  more  recognized,  he  has  had  charge  of  various  shops. 

In  1914  Mr.  Schweitzer  took  the  position  which  he  holds  at  the  present  time  and 
which  he  fills  so  well  to  the  satisfaction  of  all  concerned.  He  has  became  an  active 
member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  although  recognized  as  a  Republican  in 
matters  of  national  politics  he  supports  the  best  men  and  measures  in  local  affairs; 
he  was  once  appointed  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  the  city  trustees,  and'  since  then  he  has  been 
elected  for  a  four-year  term  beginning  with  1918. 

On  July  24,  1906,  Mr.  Schweitzer  was  married  to  Miss  Julia  E.  Meissner,  by  whom 
he  has  had  two  children,  Dorothy  and  J.  Frank,  Jr.  The  family  attend  the  Christian 
Church,  and  cooperate  in  all  movements  for  social  uplift,  as  they  also  show  their 
public-spiritedness  in  endeavoring  to  raise  civic  standards. 

JOHN  ALLEN  AKERS.— A  native  son  of  the  great  Golden  State,  who,  by  hard, 
intelligent  work  has  won  a  place  for  himself  in  the  agricultural  world,  is  John  Allen 
Akers,  residing  with  his  family  in  the  La  Habra  district  of  Orange  County.  He  was 
born  at  Santa  Paula,  Ventura  County,  November  23,  1872,  the  second  eldest  son  of 
John  Akers,  born  at  Salem,  Ind.,  November  26,  1835,  but  was  a  farmer  in  Iowa,  whither 
he  went  as  a  young  man  and  there  married,  March  25,  1858,  Miss  Sarah  Harbord,  who 
was  born  in  Missouri  on  December  7,  1841.  With  three  small  children  the  family 
crossed  the  plains  with  ox-teams  in  an  early  day  and  settled  near  Salt  Lake  City,  where 
Mr.  Akers  operated  a  sawmill  for  two  years.  There  another  child  was  born.  The 
family  came  to  California  in  November,  1866,  and  for  a  while  lived  at  El  Monte, 
later  moving  to  the  vicinity  of  Santa  Paula,  where  they  stopped  a  short  time  and  then 
settled  on  a  ranch  of  200  acres  on  the  Sespe  River,  near  the  town  of  Fillmore,  improved 
the  place  and  raised  grain  and  stock.  Mr.  Akers  met  an  accidental  death  on  May  6, 
1885.  This  ranch  is  still  in  the  possession  of  the  family.  Of  their  eight  children,  seven 
are  alive.  Mrs.  Akers  is  living  at  Santa  Paula  and  is  in  the  enjoyment  of  alF  her 
faculties  and  the  best  of  health.  Her  father,  Robert  Harbord,  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Black  Hawk  War,  and  a  brother,  James  Harbord,  died  from  exposure  while  a  soldier 
in  the  Northern  Army  during  the  Civil  War. 

John  A.  Akers  attended  the  common  schools  of  his  district  until  he  was  thirteen, 
when  the  circumstances  of  his  father's  death  threw  the  responsibility  of  the  care  of 
his  mother  and  two  younger  children  upon  his  shoulders,  and  he  was  thus  able  to 
minister  to  and  relieve  his  devoted  mother  of  much  hard  work.  When  the  season's 
work  on  the  ranch  was  finished  he  went  to  work  in  the  oil  fields  north  of  their  ranch 
and  at  the  age  of  twenty-five  was  an  expert  driller.  In  1900,  he  removed  to  Orange 
County  and  entered  the  employ  of  a  contractor  in  drilliflg  oil  wells  for  the  Brea  Oil 
Company,  making  his  home  in  the  canyon.     In  1902  Mr.  Akers  bought  twenty  acres  of 


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land,  where  he  now  makes  his  home  and  upon  which  he  set  out  a  walnut  grove  in  lyui. 
Such  were  the  conditions  of  the  soil  at  that  time  that  he  was  ridiculed  for  his  pur- 
chase and  attempt  to  raise  walnuts  without  irrigation.  While  the  grove  was  matur- 
ing the  family  lived  in  Los  Angeles,  whither  they  had  moved  after  the  oil  industry  had 
taken  a  slump  and  where  he  found  employment  until  1910,  when  they  settled  on  their 
ranch.  In  spite  of  all  discouragements  Mr.  Akers  continued  his  experimental  work,, 
and  in  1919  he  harvested  sixteen  tpns  of  nuts  from  his  acreage,  ninety  per  cent  of 
which  were  classed  as  Al.  This  fine  crop  he  marketed  independently.  He  has  a.lso 
developed  a  fine  family  orchard  of  pears  and  other  fruits. 

At  Los  Angeles  on  December  20,  1900,  Mr.  Akers  was  married  to  Miss  Eva  May 
Chase,  the  daughter  of  Fred  G.  Chase,  a  pioneer  merchant  of  Los  Angeles.  He  was 
born  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  July  18,  18S1,  came  to  California  in  1872,  and  settled  on  a  bee 
ranch  near  Pomona.  He  married  Margaret  L.  Cunningham  on  October  25,  1877.  She 
was  born  at  El  Monte  on  January  24,  1858,  and  became  the  mother  of  five  children. 
Through  her  father,  Mrs.  Akers  traces  her  ancestry  back  to  Aquila  Chase,  who  came 
from  Cornwall,  England,  in  1670.  The  Chase  family  married  into  the  Leland  family, 
members  of  which  came  from  England  to  America  in  1652,  Mrs.  Akers  representing 
the  ninth  generation  in  a  direct  line  from  the  progenitor  of  the  family  in  America.  She 
is  a  native  daughter,  and  a  graduate  from  the  Los  Angeles  Normal  class  of  '99,  and 
was  a  public  school  teacher  a  few  months  in  Ventura.  She  has  served  as  president  of 
the  Parent-Teachers'  Association  of  La  Habra,  and  treasurer  of  the  Woman's  Club. 
Three  children  , have  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Akers:  Dorothy  May,  born  in 
Brea  Canyon,  March  18,  1902,  and  died  May  25,  1913;  John  Fred  Akers,  born  February 
6,  1906,  in  Los  Angeles,  attends  the  Fullerton  high  school,  and  Elizabeth  Lois,  born 
November  17,  1909,  in  Los  Angeles,  goes  to  the  grammar  school  of  La  Habra.  Both 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Akers  have  supported  the  work  of  both  the  Red  Cross  and  the  Salvation 
Army,  and  Mr.  Akers,  as  a  Democrat,  has  sought  to  elevate  civic  life  standards. 

SAMUEL  ROSS. — The  good  old  days  of  the  pioneer  and  his  picturesque  prairie 
schooner,  of  the  bravery  and  the  sacrifices  of  the  men  and  women  who  founded  the 
great  commonwealth  of  California,  are  recalled  by  the  life  story  of  Samuel  Ross,  the 
early  settler  long  honored  throughout  Orange  County,  and  especially  so  at  Santa 
Ana  where  he  made  his  home.  He  crossed  the  plains  in  1865  with  his  bride,  Catherine 
Leonard  before  her  marriage,  to  whom  he  was  joined  in  matrimony  in  Ross  Town- 
ship (now  Rossville),  Vermilion  County,  111.,  a  place  named  after  his  father,  Jacob 
Ross,  who  also  came  in  the  same  wagon  train.  This  train  was  made  up  largely  of 
farming  people  in  Vermilion  County,  111.,  and  Hoosiers,  from  across  the  Illinois  line 
in  Indiana,  and  was  augmented  with  two  wagons  falling  into  line  in  Nebraska.  There 
were  87  wagons  in  all,  and  they  were  drawn  by  horses,  oxen  and  mules.  In  the  com- 
pany were  Jacob  Ross  and  his  wife — whose  maiden  name  was  Elizabeth  Thompson — 
and  four  sons  and  a  daughter:  William  Ross,  Samuel  Ross  and  his  wife,  Josiah  Ross 
and  his  wife,  and  Jacob  Ross,  at  that  time  single.  Ross  Street  in  Santa  Ana  was 
named  after  this  brother,  Jacob,  who  was  later  tax-collector  and  assessor  for  Orange 
County.  In  the  party,  also,  was  Christie  A.  Ross,  now  Mrs.  S.  T.  McNeal,  of  1004  Baker 
Street,  Santa  Ana. 

The  Rosses  settled  first  in  Monterey  County,  where  they  rented  land  for  two 
years,  and  then  they  came  to  Orange  County,  in  1868,  then  a  part  of  Los  Angeles 
County,  and  bought  land  where  Santa  Ana  now  stands.  The  elder  Jacob  Ross  bought 
all  the  land  from  Broadway  to  Ross  Street,  and  later  he  sold  it  to  William  H.  Spur- 
geon.     Samuel  Ross  took  up  agriculture,  and  established  as   comfortable  a  home  as 

any  of  the  company;  but  in  1890  his  devoted  wife  died,  leaving  seven  children three 

having  already  passed  away.  Of  these  seven,  Lambert  Ross  died,  unmarried,  at  the 
very  promising  age  of  twenty.  The  six  living  are:  Frank  Ross,  who  work's  for  a 
lumber  yard  in  Los  Angeles,  and  married  Annie  Hansen,  by  whom  he  has  had  one 
child,  Harvey.  Ida  B.  is  Mrs.  King,  a  widow,  who  farms  on  the  Irvine  ranch.  James 
Arthur  is  popularly  known  as  Ott  Ross;  he  married  Mrs.  Jennie  Kight,  nee  Smith  a 
daughter  of  William  Smith,  who  had  married  Carrie  Reed,  pioneers  of  Georgia 
They  have  four  children— Catherine,  Lulu,  Christie  A.  and  Leonard.  Myrtle  is  the 
wife  of  John  Froehlich,  and  resides  in  Los  Angeles,  where  he  is  a  carpenter  for  the 
Fox  Film  Studios,  and  also  their  foreman.  Alda  Lawrence  is  a  farmer  at  Holtville 
in  the  Imperial  Valley,  and  has  five  sons;  and  Jessie  May  is  the  wife  of  Glenn  w' 
Wells.     They  have  three  children  and  reside  at  Yorba  Linda. 

Mr.  Ross  still  owns  a  house  and  seven  lots  in  Santa  Ana,  and  320  acres  in  Arizona 
where  he  lived  for  three  years.  The  Rosses  are  among  the  interesting  families  in 
America  reaching  back  to  the  Old  World.  Samuel  Ross's  great-great-grandfather 
was  John  Ross,  who  came  from  Scotland  to  Ohio;  and  the  Rosses  were" prominent 
in  the  United  Brethren  Church.  Most  of  them  have  also  been  life-long  stand-oaf 
Democrats.  •  '  ^ 


^Csiyi^uL^^  AtfrS^ 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  709 

ARTHUR  STALEY. — A  resident  of  Orange  County  since  early  boyhood,  and 
taking  an  active  part  in  its  growth  and  development  since  reaching  maturity,  Arthur 
Staley  is  a  native  son  of  the  state,  born  near  Santa  Rosa,  Sonoma  County,  April  28, 
1870,  a  son  of  Theodore  and  Drusilla  (Teague)  Staley,  the  former.' a  native  of  Missouri, 
and  the  latter  of  Indiana.  Both  parents  were  pioneers  of  California,  Theodore  Staley 
having  crossed  the  plains  with  ox-teams  in  1856,  and  Drusilla  Teague  was  brought  on 
the  long  overland  journey  by  her  parents  in  1865,  the  wagons'  being  drawn  by  horses, 
and  some  trouble  with  Indians  was  encountered  by  the  young  pioneers. 

Theodore  Staley  farmed  in  Sonoma  County  until  1881,  when  he  located  at  Orange, 
remaining  there  one  year,  and  then  located  in  Placentia,  where  he  followed  grape, 
orange  and  walnut  growing.  He  was  an  active  inember  of-  the  Christian  Church,  arrd 
a  charter  member  of  the  Anaheim  Church  of  that  body.  He  was'a  man  of  broad  inters 
ests  and  active  in  politics  in  the  county,  affiliating  with  the  Deniocratic  party  and  serv- 
ing on  the  County  Central  Committee  in  early  days;  and  as  school  trustee,  he  did  his 
share  in  the  eduQational  upbuilding  in  the  county.  Three  children  were  born  to  this 
pioneer  couple — Arthur,  Mrs.  Myrtle-  l,illie  and  Walter,  all  residing  in  Placentia.  The: 
father  passed  to  his  reward  in  1903,  and  the  mother  still  resides  on  the  home  ranch  in 
Placentia.  , 

Arthur  Staley  attended  the  Orange  and  Placentia  public  schools,  and  graduated 
from  the  FuUertori .  high  school,  finishing  his  education  at  Stanford  University,  from 
which  he  graduated  with  the  class  of  1900.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  very  active  in 
the  development  of  thfe  orange  arid  walnut  industry  m  Orange  County.  For  five  years 
he  was .  secretary  of  the  Fullerton  Walnut  Growers  Association,  and  the'  Placentia 
Orange  Growers  Association;  and  for  two  years  he  was, cashier  of  the  Farmers  and 
Merchants  Bank  of  .Fullerton.  He  is  at  present  secretary  of  the  ,Fullertbn-Placentia^ 
Walnut  Association,  and  a  director  in  the  following,  concerns^ — the  Yorba  Linda  Water 
Company,  the  Placentia  National  Bank;  and  the  Fullerton  Masonic  Temple  Association. 
A  rnan  of  foresight,  and  a  .firm  believei-,  in  the  future  prosperity  of  Orange  County,  Mr. 
Staley  has  bfeenan  important  factor  in  bringing  his  home  section  of  the  state  to  its 
present  state  of  productiveness  and  development,  and  takes  a  just  P^;ide  in  being  one  of 
the  farsighted  men  who  have  accomplished  its  upbuilding  in  all  the  ways  which  go  to 
make  Orange  Cbtmty  an  ideal  home  community,  and  with  business  interests  which 
reach  to  the  far  corneirs  of  the  world. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Staley  united  him  with  Bessie  Pendleton,  a  native  of  Pla- 
centia and  daughter  of  Alexis  T.  and  Sarah  J.  (McFadden)  Pendleton,  both  pioneers 
of  the  state.  In  addition  to  his  other  business  interests  Mr.  Staley  o*ns  a  finely 
developed  orange  grove  of  twenty-five  acres  at  Yorba  Linda,  now  in  full  bearing,  which 
he  planted  from  nursery  stock  in  1910. 

Active  in  Masonic  circles,  Mr.  Staley  is  a  past' master  of  Fullerton  Lodge,  No. 
339,  F.  &  A;  M.;  a  member  of  Fullerton  Chapter,  No.  90,  R.  A.  M.;  master  of  Santa 
Ana  Council,  No.  14,  R.  &  S.  M.;  past  commander  of  Santa  Ana  Commandery,  No.  36, 
Knights  Templar;  now  commander  of  Fullerton  Commandery,  No.  55,  Knights  Tem- 
plar, and  a  member  of  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  of  Los  Angeles. 

CLARENCE  S.  SPENCER.— A  leader  in  Republican  county  politics,  and  the 
owner  of  an  exceptionally  fruitful  and  attractive  grove  of  oranges,  Clarence  S.  Spencer 
is  not  only  influential  in  citrus  fruit  circles,  but  he  is  also  one  of  the  path-breakers  in 
the  fast-developing  oil  industry.  He  comes  from  a  family  of  representative  Californians, 
and  is  himself  one  of  the  best  representatives  of  the  ideal  Californian  of  the  future. 

He  was  born  in  Chariton,  Lucas  County,  Iowa,  on  Septeinber  23,  1881,  and  is  the 
son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  A.  Spencer— the  former  from  Newcastle,  England,  and  the 
latter  from  Iowa.  The  father  was  both  a  physician  and  a  druggist,  and  in  1849  crossed 
the  plains  in  a  prairie  schooner  drawn  by  an  ox-team.  He  settled  in  Santa  Rosa,  Cal., 
opened  a  drug  store  and  resumed  the  practice  of  medicine.  There  the  first  Mrs.  Spencer 
died,  and  Dr.  Spencer  returned  to  Iowa,  where  he  married  a  second  time.  His  bride 
was  then  Miss  Mary  A.  Rogers,  and  she  became  the  mother  of  our  subject. 

In  1888,  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Spencer  came  to  Orangethorpe  and  purchased  twenty 
acres  of  apricots  and  a  few  walnuts.  Dr.  Spencer  took  out  both  the  apricots  and  the 
walnuts,  and  set  out  seedling  oranges  and  lemons,  and  some  young  walnut  trees.  He 
devoted  fourteen  acres  to  the  walnuts,  and  six  acres  to  the  oranges  and  lemons.  Then, 
on  June  1,  1891,  he  passed  to  his  eternal  reward,  kindly  remembered  by  all  who  knew 
hiin  as  a  man  who  had  contributed  his  best  influence,  wherever  he  had  dwelt,  for  the 
building  up  and  the  upbuilding  of  the  community.  After  his  death,  the  widow,  with 
the  assistance  of  our  subject  and  his  two  brothers,  handled  the  estate. 

On  August  3,  1916,  Mr.  Spencer  was  married  to  Miss  Annie  Irene  Thomas,  a, 
native  of  Cold  Sprmgs,  Texas,  and  the  daughter  of  James  S.  and  N.  V.  (Dobson) 
Thomas.     Her  grandparents  were  plantation  owners,  and  when   she  was  very  young, 


710  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

her  parents  moved  to  Shepherd,  Texas,  and  there  she  was  reared  and  educated.  Later 
she  attended  the  Normal  School  at  Huntsville,  Texas,  but  having  finished  Her  studies, 
sHe  took  up  nursing  near  Shepherd.  One  child  has  blessed  this  fortunate  union — a 
daughter,  Gladys  Bernice. 

To  the  original  Spencer  estate  now  in  the  name  of  the  widow  of  Dr.  Spencer, 
twenty  acres  were  added  in  1906,  making  forty  acres  in  all,  and  five  of  these  forty 
Clar-ence  S.  Spencer  purchased  for  himself.  He  built  a  beautiful  home- there  in  1917,  and 
by  other  improvements  has  made  a  neat  "show  place"  such  as  one  is  willing  to  journey 
a  few  miles  to  see.  Since  the  time  of  the  purchase  of  the  twenty  additional  acres,  Mrs. 
Spencer  has  bought  forty  acres  half  a  mile  to  the  north,  and  one  mile  west  of  Fullerton. 
These  forty  acres  are  open  land,  as  yet  unimproved. 

Mr.  Spencer  was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  County  Convention  in  1912;  and 
he  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Fullerton  Citrus  Orchards,  and  also  in  the  Fullerton  Leasing 
Company,  handling  oil  leases.  He  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  at  Anaheim, 
and  is  among  the  most  popular  of  its  devoted  members. 

GEORGE  S.  SMITH. — If  there  is  anyone  in  Orange  County  who  has  demon- 
strated a  proper  appreciation  of  both  the  responsibility  and  the  delicacy  of  the  task 
committed  to  the  undertaker,  then  surely  that  man  is  George  S.  Smith,  who  came 
here  to  California  during  the  great  "boom"  in  Southland  realty,  and  has  seen  Orange 
County  and  her  sister  districts  gradually  develop  and  take  to  themselves  the  best  that 
modern  social  and  business  life,  in  all  their  complexities,  can  afford.  He  was  born 
on  a  farm  near  Albany,  111.,  on  July  25,  1871,  the  son  of  S.  W.  Srriith,  who  came  here 
in  1886  and  later  established  the  undertakmg  business  which  in  1891  became  Smith 
and  Son,  He  retired  from  active  work  in  1914,  and  on  March  24,  1916,  himself  passed 
way.     Mrs.  Smith,  too,  who  was  Elizabeth  Myers  in  maidenhood,  is  also  dead. 

George  received  his  early  training  at  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Santa 
Ana,  and  finished  his  course  at  the  Los  Angeles  Business  College.  Then  he  learned 
the  difficult  work  of  undertaking  with  a  first-class  firm  in  Los  Angeles,  and  after  that 
became  associated  with  his  father  in  the  partnership  referred  to.  When  S.  W.  Smith 
withdrew,  the  firm  was  named  after  our  subject.  In  1915  it  became  Smith  and  Tuthill, 
a  name  now  widely  and  well  known.  For  eight  years,  Mr.  Smith  was  coroner  and 
public  administrator.  As  a  leading  business  man,  he  belongs  to  both  the  Santa  Ana 
Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Merchants  and  Manufacturers  Association,  serving  as 
treasurer  for  several  terms,  and  was  at  one  time  a  director  of  the  Merchants  and 
Manufacturers  organization  and  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  As  an  orchardist,  Mr. 
Smith  has  developed  four  ranches. 

On  May  1,  1894,  Mr.  Smith  was  married  to  Miss  Carrie  R.  Jones,  who  attends 
with  him  the  Presbyterian  Church.  A  daughter  is  Mrs.  Georgia  Atsatt  of  Berkeley. 
Mr.  Smith  is  a  Republican  in  national  politics,  and  for  two  years  was  secretary 
of  the  Orange  County  Republican  Central  Committee.  He  is  a  Mason,  a  Knight 
Templar,  an  Odd  Fellow  and  an  Elk;  and  belongs  to  the  Orange  County  Golf  Club. 

F.  D.  PLAVAN. — A  well-educated,  genial  gentleman,  who  easily  evidences  his 
descent  from  the  best  of  Roman  ancestry,  is  F.  D.  Plavan,  the  successful  ranch  owner 
residing  at  506  South  Birch  Street,  Santa  Ana.  He  was  born  on  December  21,  1867,  in 
the  Waldensian  Valley  in  the  Duchy  of  Savoy — that  picturesque  and  romantic  country, 
once  a  part  of  the  Sardinian  Kingdom,  but  ceded  to  France  in  1860.  His  father  was 
David  Plavan,  a  horticulturist  and  agriculturist,  a  native  of  that  country,  who  had 
married  Elizabeth  Balmas,'  also  of  Savoy;  they  passed  on  to  their  eternal  reward,  the 
father  at  the  age  of  eighty-four,  the  mother  four  years  older.  .The  grandparents  of 
our  subject  were  also  hardy  and  long-lived,  attaining  each  an  age  above  ninety. 

Having  enjoyed  the  best  of  educational  advantages  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
district,  in  which  he  was  taught  both  French  and  Italian,  while  he  learned  the  patois 
of  the  Waldenses,  Mr.  Plavan  bade  good-bye  to  home  and  parents  when  fifteen  years 
of  age,  and  followed  an  older  brother,  David,  now  deceased,  who  had  migrated  to 
America  and  settled  in  Missouri.  Sailing  from  Havre,  he  landed  in  New  York  on 
July  28,  1883.  At  Plymouth,  Mo.,  he  joined  his  brother  and  remained  for  a  month, 
then  the  two  brothers  came  west  to  California.  F.  D.  secured  employment  in  Santa 
Clara  County,  working  on  fruit  ranches  and  in  almond  orchards  and  vineyards  in  the 
Santa  Clara  Valley  for  four  years. 

In  1887  Mr.  Plavan  went  back  to  Missouri  and  engaged  in  farming,  and  there  he 
was  married  m  1889  at  Monette  to  Miss  Katie  Planchon,  born  in  South  America  of 
Waldensian  parentage.  After  two  years  of  farming  he  rented  out  his  land  and  went 
to  work  m  the  railway  shops  at  Monette  for  the  St.  Louis  and  San  Francisco  Railway, 
and  he  continued  in  the  employ  of  this  company  for  eighteen  years,  being  for  nine  and 
a  halt  years  a  locomotive  engineer. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  713 

In  1905  Mr.  Plavan  returned  to  California,  and  settled  near  Huntington  Beach. 
He  bought  and  improved  a  ranch  of  ten  acres,  then  sold  it  and  moved  east  to  Talbert, 
where  he  improved  a  200-acre  ranch.  At  one  time  he  farmed  from  300  to  500  acres, 
usually  putting  300  acres  into  sugar  beets.  Before  that  time  he  grew  celery  very 
extensively  and  successfully,  and  served  as  a  director  in  the  Orange  County  Celery 
Growers'  Association.  In  1920  he  had  140  acres  in  sugar  beets,  120  acres  in  lima  beans, 
barley  and  alfalfa. 'He  arid  his  wife  also  own  a  fine  dairy  ranch  of  lOO'aCres-irear 
Talbert.  With  his  oldest  son.  Urban  H.,  of  Huntington  Beach,  he  owns  some  440 
acres  of  land  at  Lake  View,  Riverside  County.  Mr.  Plavan  helped  organize  the 
Greenville  Bean  Growers'  Association,  and  with  others  was  instrumental  in  building 
the  large  fireproof  warehouse  at  that  place. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Plavan  have  eight  children,  who  have  belonged  to  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  at  Santa  Ana,  and  in  this  organization  Mr.  Plavan  was  an  elder  for 
three  years:  Urban  H.  resides  at  Huntington  Beach;  Alma  is  the  wife  of  Loren  Mead,  a 
Santa  Ana  boy,  a  graduate  of  Cornell  University  and  an  employee  of  the  Standard  Oil 
Company;  Ernest  farms  at  Lake  View,  and  Paul  is  also  ranching  there;  Clyde  assists 
his  father  on  the  ranch;  Leland  and  Edith  are  graduates  of  the  Santa  Ana  high  school, 
and  Wilma  is  a  student  there.  Paul  and  Clyde  rendered  good  service  to  their  govern- 
ment during  the  late  war,  and  were  honorably  discharged. 

Orange  County  may  well  be  proud  of  the  invaluable  contribution  made  to  its 
permanent  growth  and  real  progress  by  such  citizens  as  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Plavan  and 
their>-family. 

GEORGE  W.  POLLARD. — A  man  who  by  hard  and  honest  toil  has  become  one 
of  the  best  known  ranchers  of  his  district  and  has  come  to  enjoy  a  large  place  in  the 
confidence  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens,  is  George  W.  Pollard  of  Tustin,  who  from 
a  very  small  beginning  has  accumulated  a  large  acreage  now  yielding,  under  his  wise 
management,  a  bountiful  harvest.  His  homestead  comprises  ten  acres,  which  are  de- 
voted to  the  production  of  oranges  and  English  walnuts.  In  addition,  he  owns  sixty 
acres  in  Delhi,  in  two  ranches  of  forty  and  twenty  acres,  where  he  raises  sugar  beets. 
If  we  look  for  a  self-made  man,  then  surely  Mr.  Pollard  will  fill  the  bill. 

He  was  born  in  Erie  County,  N.  Y.,  on  December  1,  1859,  the  son  of  Hopkins 
and  Sarah  (Grannis)  Pollard  of  New  England  stock,  and  was  reared  and  educated  until 
his  twelfth  year,  in  Darien,  Genesee  County,  N.  Y.  In  1872  he  removed  with  a  sister 
to  Kansas,  near  Chanute,  and  in  that  state  he  remained  until  1884,  when  he  came  to 
California.  He  first  settled  in  Santa  Ana,  where  he  was  employed  on  ranches  for 
one  year  and  then  purchased  the  street  sprinkling  outfit  from  William  Bush  and  con- 
tinued to  sprinkle  the  streets  of  Santa  Ana,  until  the  city  was  incorporated.  He 
pumped  the  water  from  a  well  at  the  corner  of  Spurgeon  and  Second  streets  with  the 
old-fashioned  horsepower  method,  using  one  horse,  and  the  streets  were  served  by 
a  sprinkler  drawn  by  a  team.  He  also  had  a  tank  wagon  to  furnish  water  to  contrac- 
tors in  making  foundations.  When  Santa  Ana  was  incorporated  he  sold  them 
the  sprinkler  and  followed  teaming  for  some  years.  He  had  the  contract  to  haul  the 
steel  and  granite  for  the  new  court  house,  and  when  it  was  completed,  he  moved  on 
to  the  Ritchey  ranch  and  ran  it  for  four  years  and  then  bought  twenty  acres,  his 
present  placCj  but  has  since  sold  ten  acres  of  it,  retaining  ten  acres  on, Walnut  Street, 
south  of  Red  Hill  Street  in  Tustin.  This  he  has  set  to  Valencia  oranges  and  walnuts, 
and  he  has  an  electric  pumping  plant  with  thirty-inch  capacity.  As  early  as  1887  Mr. 
Pollard  purchased  land  at  Delhi  and  he  now  owns  two  ranches  there,  each  having  an 
electric  pumping  plant  and  devoted  to  sugar-beet  culture.  He  was  among  the  first 
in  this  vicinity  to  raise  beets  for  the  sugar  factory,  at  times  having  out  several  hundred 
acres,  at  which  he  continued  until  he  turned  it  over  to  his  sons.  Mr.  Pollard  helped 
to  build  the  street  car  line  to  Tustin  and  also  helped  to  build  the  railroad  to  Newport. 
He  hauled  the  material  for  many  of  the  early  buildings  in  Santa  Ana,'  as  well  as 
freight  from  Newport  Beach  to  Santa  Ana.  Since  that  time  he  has  turned  his  waste 
land  into  its  present  productive  condition,  and  not  only  evidenced  his  own  farsighted- 
ness, efficiency  in  general  and  special  adaptability  to  just  such  problems,  but  he  has 
demonstrated  beyond  question  what  California,  and  in  particular  what  Orange  County 
and  Tustin  can  do  for  the  ambitious  settler. 

At  Santa  Ana  in  1889  Mr.  Pollard  was  joined  in  marriage  to  Miss  Catherine  Wood- 
house  and  they  are  the  parents  of  seven  children:  Walter  J.,  who  resides  in  Tustin,  is 
a  rancher  at  Delhi;  Albert  is  farming  at  Delhi;  Clarence  is  a  student  at  the  University 
of  California"  at  Berkeley;  William  is  farming  with  Walter;  Jennie  is  a  student  nurse 
at  the  Methodist  Hospital,  Los  Angeles;  Helen  and  Ronald  are  at  home.  Albert,  a 
member  of  the  American  Expeditionary  Forces  in  the  World  War,  saw  service  in 
France  and  he  also  saw  service,  prior  to  going  abroad,  on  the  Mexican  border;   Clar- 


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ence  was  at  Camp  Lewis;  and  William  served  in  the  army  at  Camp  Kearny,  where 
he  was  stationed  when  the  armistice  was  signed.  o,„c=.    Ana 

Mrs.  Pollard  is  a  native  daughter,  born  at  Bolsa,  five  miles  west  of  ^a"'^/'^  ;- 
and  the  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  J.  (Cook)  Woodhouse,  born  m  Scotlana  apa 
Missouri,  respectively.  Her  father  was  a  sailor  for  fifteen  years  and  came  arouna  v.aj^e 
Horn  to  San  Francisco  at  the  time  of  the  discovery  of  gold  and  in  1849  quit  the  sea  ana 
went  to  the  mines,  following  gold  mining  for  fifteen  years  "with  its  ups  and  downs, 
during  which  time  he  met  Miss  Cook,  who,  when  a  child,  had  crossed  the  plains  with 
her  parents  to  Sonoma  County;  after  their  marriage  they  came  to  Bolsa  and  were 
farmers  until  their  demise.  Mrs.  Pollard,  who  vvas  educated  in  the  public  schools  ol 
this  county,  is  a  woman  of  rare  attainments,  good  judgment  and  much  business  acumen 
and  has  always  encouraged  her  husband  in  his  ambition  and  thus  assisted  and  helped 
him  in  every  way.  Cultured  and  refined,  they  are  both  highly  esteemed  and  appre- 
ciated by  all  who  know  them.  -  .         ., 

Republicans  in  matters  of  national  political  import  and  nonpartisan  supporter's  of 
every  good  movement  for  the  uplifting  of  the  community,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pollard  are 
Presbyterians,  but  give  their  support  with  equal  heartintess  to  any  ratiofial  program  for 
religious  growth. 

JACK  JENTGES. — Up-to-date  and  progressive  in  every  feature  of  its  life  and 
development.  Garden  Grove  attracts  energetic,  progressive  men  who  are  on  the  lookout 
for  a  place  where  wealth  is  poured  into  the  lap  of  the  worker  who  will  use  the 
intelligence  with  which  he  has  been  endowed.  Among  the  men  of  this  order  residing 
at  Garden  Grove,  Jack  Jentges  is  worthy  of  special  mention.  He  was  born  December 
12,  1873,  at  Korich,  Canton  of  Kapellen,  in  the  independent  grand  duchy  of  Luxemburg. 
His  father,  Peter  Jentges,  a  farmer  in  Luxemburg,  and  his  mother,  Mary  Ann  (Engels) 
Jentges,  were  the  parents  of  eight' children,  six  of  whom,  four  boys  and  two  girls,  grew 
to  maturity.  Five  of  the  children  are  living:  Jack  and  his  brother  Harry,  residents  of 
Garden  Grove;  Michael,  a  farmer  at  Heron  Lake,  Minn.;  and  a  sister  and  brother  in 
their  native  country  of  Luxemburg. 

Jack  Jentges  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  land  and  speaks 
and  writes  French  and  German  fluently.  He  was  eighteen  years  old  when  he  left  home 
and  sailed  from  Antwerp  for  America's  shores,  and  landing  at  New  York,  he  proceeded 
to  Iowa,  where  he  worked  by  the  month  as  a  farm  hand  for  two  years,  and  attended 
the  public  school  for  two  months  one  winter.  His  knowledge  of  English  was  acquired 
after  coming  to  America.  From  Iowa  he  came  to  California  in  December,  1894,  with 
a  depleted  pocketbook,  and  learning  that  employment  was  to  be  had  at  Westminster, 
he  went  there  and  secured  work  with  John  H.  Edwards  at  fifteen  dollars  per  month 
on  the  Edwards  ranch.  He  continued  to  work  for  Mr.  Edwards  as  a  ranch  hand  for 
several  years,  and  afterward  engaged  with  Lawsing  and  Larter,  for  whom  he  worked 
four  or  five  years. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Jentges  united  him  with  Miss  Dorothy  E.  Watkins,  a  native 
of  Goldendale,  Klickitat  County,  Wash.,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Elizabeth  (Kurtz) 
Watkins.  Her  father,  a  native  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  and  her  mother,  a  native  of  Indiana, 
were  both  descended  from  good  old  Pennsylvania  stock.  Her  father  is  living  at  Santa 
.\na.  Mrs.  Jentges  was  two  years  old  when  her  parents  removed  from  Washington  to 
Shasta  County,  Cal.,  and  was  nine  years  old  when  her  mother  died.  After  her  mother's 
death  her  Grandmother  Watkins  reared  her  and  an  older  and  a  younger  sister.  She 
was  twelve  years  old  when  she  accompanied  her  father  and  the  family  to  Santa  Barbara, 
Cal.,  and  at  fifteen  she  removed  with  the  family  to  Orange  County  and  lived  at 
Westminster  and  also  at  Wintersburg,  where  she  was  her  father's  housekeeper.  She 
moved  to  Santa  Ana  with  her  father  and  his  family,  and  was  married  at  Sarita  Ana 
December  1,  1911.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jentges  are  the  parents  of  two  children,  Gertrude 
May  and  Thomas  William. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  Jentges  worked  for  the  Golden  West  Celery  and  Produce 
Company  at  Westminster  and  Smeltzer,  being  engaged  in  the  business  when  it  was  at 
its  zenith.  Later  he  rented  land,  became  an  independent  celery  grower  and  was  amon? 
the  unfortunate  growers  who  suffered  the  loss  of  all  they  had  when  the  celery  blight 
came  and  celery  growing  failed.  With  eighty  dollars  in  his  pocket  he  moved  to  Santa 
Ana  and  went  to  work,  making  pipe  for  irrigation;  January,  1911,  he  embarked  in  the 
1)usiness  for  himself  at  Garden  Grove,  was  very  successful  in  the  six  years  that  he  was 
engaged  in  the  occupation,  built  up  a  fine  business  and  acquired  a  reputation  as  an 
irrigation  contractor.  He  laid  80,000  feet  of  pipe  in  Orange  and  Los  Angeles  counties 
and  received  $20,000  for  one  contract  alone.  In  1914,  with  Mr.  Rogers,  he  added  the 
feed  business  to  his  cement  business,  under  the  firm  name  of  Jentges  and  Rogers.    Later 


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he  purchased  Mr.  Rogers'  interest,  then  sold  the  feed  business  to  Dungan  and  Dungan, 
continuing  the  cement  business  one  year.  He  then  purchased  back  the  feed  businss 
and  continued  both  lines  of  business  from  1917  until  December  12,  1919.  In  1919 
Mr.  Jentges  purchased  a  house  on  Fourth  Street  at  Garden  Grove,  where  he  lives  with 
his  family.  He  also  owns  property  upon  which  in  1920  he  erected  an  up-to-date, 
reinforced  concrete  building,  50x120  feet  in  dimensions,  for  a  first-class  garage.  The 
building  is  strictly  modern,  with  machine  shop,  rest  rooms,  display  rooms,  etc.  Polit- 
ically he  makes  a  study  of  questions  relating  to  government  and  votes  his  honest 
convictions,  regardless  of  party. affiliations.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F. 
at  Westminster,  and  the  Canton  at  Santa  Ana.  Mrs.  Jentges  is  a  member  of  the 
Rebekahs  at  Westminster.  Thoroughly  reliable  and  enthusiastically  enterprising,  Mr. 
Jentges  is  now  engaged  in  the  trucking  business.  He  is  a  live  wire  in  the  development 
and  upbuilding  of  Orange  County,  and  his  sterling  qualities  of  mind  and  heart  make 
him  a  man  well  liked  and  respected  by  all  who  know  him. 

MRS.  FANNIE  S.  GREENLEAF.— Among  the  highly-esteemed  landowners  of 
Orange  County  who  have  shown  the  most  •commenda.ble  foresight  and  the  most  ad- 
mirable public-spiritedness  in  the  handling  of  their  properties,  must  be  mentioned  Mrs. 
Fannie  S.  Greenleaf  of  Santa  Ana.  She  is  a  native  daughter  of  the  Golden  State  and 
was  born  near  Sacramento  in  1855,  the  daughter  of  Robert  and  Lucilla  (Sproule)  Moore, 
who  crossed  the  great  plains  in  1853,  and  stopped  for  a  short  time  at  the  mining  town 
of  Gold  Hill  and  later  made  settlement  on  the  American  River  near  Sacramento.  When 
their  daughter  was  four  years  of  age  the  family  removed  to  Sonoma,  and  there,  while 
they  managed  a  small  fruit  orchard,  she  attended  the  Sonoma  Academy.  She  lived  in 
Sonoma  for  eleven  years  and  then  went  with  her  parents  to  Hollister,  where  she  lived 
with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Lucilla  A.  Snyder,  while  her  father  carried  on  a  sheep  ranch 
eighteen  miles  from  that  town.  After  that  the  family  moved  onto  a  sheep  ranch  in  the 
Panoche  Valley. 

At  Hollister,  on  June  19,  1877,  Miss  Moore  was  married  to  Dr.  Edward  F.  Green- 
leaf,  a  native  of  Mississippi,  born  in  Yazoo  County,  on  November  22,  1841,  the  son  of 
Dr.  Eli  ,F.  and  Mary  C.  (Mclntyre)  Greenleaf,  who  removed  to  Clark  County,  Mo., 
when  Edward  F.  was  a  lad.  There  he  received  his  schooling  and  then  took  up  the 
study  of  medicine  and  was  graduated  from  Lind  University — now  the  Northwestern 
University — of  Illinois.  After  his  graduation  in  1864  the  young  physician  began  his 
practice  at  Leland,  LaSalle  County,  111.  In  1867  he  came  to  California  and  his  first 
location  was  at  Millerton,  in  Fresno  County,  after  which  he  located  in  San  Benito 
County,  where  he  taught  school  at  the  New  Idria  mines  and  at  the  same  time  practiced 
his  profession.  The  Greenleafs  lived  there  until  1882,  when  they  moved  into  Los 
Angeles  County  and  settled  at  Santa  Ana,  which  was  the  scene  of  the  doctor's  opera- 
tions until  his  death  on  October  22,  1906.  Here  he  improved  a  fine  ranch  and  pros- 
pered, having  the  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  The  original  home 
site  of  thirty-five  acres  on  what  is  now  Greenleaf  Street  was  purchased  in  1881,  but 
the  family  lived  in  the  town  until  their  ranch  could  be  improved  for  a  home.  In  1883 
they  moved  onto  the  tract  and  have  since  resided  there,  in  the  house  that  was  erected 
by  the  doctor.  Dr.  Eli  Greenleaf  had  settled  here  as  early  as  1871  and  had  acquired 
some  good  land  and  part  of  this  is  still  owned  by  the  Greenleaf  family. 

Three  children  -blessed  the  union  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Greenleaf:  Walter  Frank,  born 
at  the  New  Idria  quicksilver  mines,  on  March  12,  1878,  graduated  from  the  Santa  Ana 
high  school  and  on  December  25,  1907,  married  Miss  Nellie  C.  Coke,  a  native  daughter, 
whose  parents  were  old  settlers.  They  were  J.  H.  and  Alice  E.  Coke,  the  former  still 
a  resident  of  Downey.  Frank  is  manager  of  his  mother's  ranch  and  one  of  the  rising 
young  men  of  Santa  Ana.  The  second  son  was  Elvin  J.  and  he  was  born  in  Santa  Ana 
on  October  7,  1882,  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  citv  and  in  May, 
1909,  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  Agnes  Finn,  a  native  of  Ireland.  They 
bad  one  son,  Charles  Frank,  the  only  grandchild  of  Mrs.  Fannie  Greerileaf.  Elvin  J. 
d'ed  in  1915  and  his  widow  makes  her  home  with  Mrs.  Greenleaf  on  Greenleaf  Street. 
The  third  son  and  youngest  child  is  Clifiord  A.,  and  he  was  born  on  March  31,  1891, 
educated  in  the  Santa  Ana  schools  and  married  Nola  R.  Kennedy  and  they  reside  in  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  is  employed  as  a  traveling  salesman. 

■  Mrs.  Fannie  S.  Greenleaf  is  an  interesting  conversationalist  and  is  a  firm  believer 
in  the  preservation  of  California  history.  She  is  of  an  artistic  ternperament  and  many 
products  of  her  brush  are  to  be  seen  in  her  home.  Of  a  quiet  disposition,  she  enjoys 
the  companionship  of  her  children  and  grandchild  and  has  always  done  her  part  to  make 
Orange  County,  and  Santa  Ana  in  particular,  a  better  place  in  which  to  live.  She 
belongs  to  the  Eastern  Star  Chapter  in  Santa  Ana  and  is'  beloved  by  a  wide  circle  of 
stanch  friends. 


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MRS.  ANNA  DERKSEN.— A  resident  of  Anaheim  and  vicinity  since  l^^^'  "^ 
Anna  Derksen  is  so  well  posted  on  various  local  conditions,  of  recent  years  an 
immediate  present,  that  she  is  among  the  most  sanguine  in  her  hopefulness  or 
future  of  all  Southern  California,  and  especially:  in  the.  matter, -of  the  de^^'°P™^'"  °] 
oil  interests  in  this  section.  She  was  born  in  Westphalia,  Germany,  the  ^^"^-nter  oi 
Christian  Schlueter,  a  native  of  that  country  and  a  shoemaker,  who  died  there,  as  dia 
also  her  mother,  whose  maiden  name  was  Maria  Deiter.  They  had  seven  children,  ana 
Anna  was  the  fourth  in  the  order  of  birth. 

She  grew  up  in  Westphalia,  and  in  1868  was  married  there  to  Henry  Uerksen,  a 
native  of  the  picturesque  Black  Forest  village  of  Muehlingen,  on  the  Rhine.  He  was  a 
coal  miner,  and  in  1881  they  migrated  to  America  and  Pope  County,  Ark.,  where  they 
bought  a  farm  of  eighty  acres  and  followed  agricultural  pursuits.  Seven  yeafs  later, 
Mr.  Derksen  died  there.  It  had  been  their  dream  to  come  to  California;  hence,  the 
following  year  Mrs.  Derksen  removed  to  the  Golden  State. 

She  settled  in  Anaheim,  then  a  very  small  place,  and  rented  a  ranch;  she  bought 
cows'  and  poultry,  and  made  butter  and  also  sold  eggs.  She  raised  what  feed  was 
needed  on  the  ranch,  and  little  by  little  so  progressed  that  she  was  able  to  rent,  and 
then  to  buy  the  forty-eight  acres  she  at  present  manages,  and  which  she  has  since 
improved.  When  she  f^rst  took  hold  of  the  land,  there  was  not  a  tree  upon  the  place; 
and  she  herself  has  set  out  everything.  Now  she  has  a  walnut  orchard  of  ten  acT«s.  ■ 
and  sixteen  acres  of  Valencia  oranges;  the  whole,  irrigated  by  the  Anaheim  Union 
Water  Company,  forming  one  of  the  most  desirable  places  of  its  size  for  miles  around 
Mrs.  Derksen,  who  has  a  son,  Henry,  in  the  service  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad 
Company  at  San  Bernardino,  is  a  devout  member  of  the  Catholic  Church  at  Anaheim, 
rnd  finds  pleasure  in  participating  in  any  good  work,  religious,  social  or  political,  likely 
to  benefit  the  community.  She  is  a  good  student  of  California  affairs,  and  is  especially 
well-posted  on  oil  conditions;  her  knowledge  and  her  optimism  leading  her  fellow 
ranchers  to  fortify  their  faith  in  the  glorious  future  in  store  for  Anaheim  and  the 
environing  country. 

CLAUDE  EDGAR  AND  GUY  SMITH.— The  sons  of  one  of  La  Habra^s 
esteemed  pioneer  settlers,  and  one  whose  early  development  work  meant  much  to  this 
vicinity,  Claude  Edgar  and  Guy  Smith,  sons  of  Stephen  M.  Smith,  are  following  in  the 
footsteps  of  their  father  and  continuing  the  splendid  work  which  he  began.  A  native 
of  Kentucky,  Stephen  M.  Smith  was  born  in  the  vicinity  of  Lexington  on  August  6, 
1859,  and  was  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Lottie  (Cordell)  Smith,  who  were  also  natives  of 
that  state,  the  father  a  stock  raiser  in  that  famous  Blue  Grass  region.  When  but 
fifteen  years  of  age  he  left  the  home  of  his  boyhood  days  and  started  out  to  earn  his 
living  in  Texas.  There  he  spent  a  number  of  years,  and  was  active  in  the  cattle 
business  in  different  parts  of  the  state  when  that  industry  was  at  its  height  there.  Com- 
ing to  California  in  1884,  Mr.  Smith  engaged  in  general  farming  before  locating  at 
Rivera,  Los  Angeles  County.  Here  he  at  once  entered  into  the  active  development  of 
the  town,  becoming  its  first  general  merchant  and  it  was  not  long  until  his  business 
assumed  large  proportions.  He  remained  at  Rivera  for  eleven  years  and  during  all 
that  time  he  occupied  the  position  of  postmaster  there,  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the 
Government  and  the  citizens  whom  he  so  faithfully  served. 

In  1897  Mr.  Smith  came  to  La  Habra  Valley  and  purchased  a  tract  of  104^4  acres 
at  the  corner  of  Central  and  La  Mirada  avenues.  The  prospect  was  far  from  being  an 
attractive  one  as  the  land  was  in  its  raw  state  and  covered  with  wild  mustard,  but  Mr. 
Smith  at  once  applied  himself  energetically  to  the  task  of  its  cultivation  and  was 
unusually  successful  in  carrying  out  his  plans.  Practically  all  of  the  acreage  was  set 
out  to  walnuts,  from  nursery  stock  which  he  himself  raised.  In  later  years  Mr.  Smith 
disposed  of  some  of  the  acreage  and  the  Pacific  Electric  and  Salt  Lake  Railroads  both 
came  through  the  ranch,  each  taking  off  considerable  portions  of  it,  so  that  it  now 
consists  of  sixty-five  acres. 

While  located  at  Rivera,  Stephen  M.  Smith  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Emma  Montgomery,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  L.  Montgomery  of  that  place. 
Three  children  were  born  to  them— Claude  Edgar,  Guy  and  Matilda.  Claude  Edgar 
Smith  was  born  at  Rivera,  January  16,  1887,  and  there  his  early  school  days  were 
spent.  Later,  when  the  family  had  taken  up  their  residence  on  the  La  Habra 
ranch,  he  attended  the  high  school  at  Fullerton,  supplementing  this  with  ■  a  course 
at  Whittjer  College.  Accepting  a  position  on  the  sales  force  of  the  Studebaker 
Automobile  Company  of  Whittier,  he  remained  with  them  for  five  years,  during 
which  time  he  became  sales  manager  for  the  Whittier  district.  He  then  was  with 
the  Hudson  Automobile  Company  at  Whittier  for  the  next  four  years,  after  which 
he  spent  a  year  driving  racing  cars.  Leaving  this  hazardous  field,  Mr.  Smith  took 
up  publicity  v^^ork  for   the   Studebaker  people,  his   territory   covering   all   of   Southern 


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California  south  of  Santa  Barbara.  On  April  21,  1906,  Mr.  Smith  was  married 
to  Miss  Lillian  M.  Kellam,  a  native  of  Illinois,  who  came  to  Rivera  with  her  par- 
ents in  1889.  They  are  the  parents  of  a  sob,  Stephen  E.,  who  attends  school  at 
La  Habra.  Mr.  Smith  is  prominent  in  the  ranks  of  the  Elks,  having  been  made  a 
member  of  the  Whittier  lodge.  Guy  Smith  was  born  at  Rivera  on  March  14,  1890,  and 
so  was  but  seven  years  old  when  his  parents  moved  to  La  Habra.  Here  he  grew  up, 
attending  the  public  school  at  La  Habra,  and  later  the  high  school  at  Fullerton.  He 
then  became  interested  in  the  garage  and  auto  repair  business  and  had  two  shops,  one 
at  La  Habra  and  one  at  Whittier.  On  May  30,  1916,  at  Bellingham,  Wash.,  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Ellen  Alice  Smith,  the  daughter  of  Albert  G.  and  Ellen  Alice  Smith. 
She  was  a  native  of  California,  having  been-  born  near  Los  Angeles;  her  father,  who  is 
a  railroad  engineer,  removed  to  Bellingham,  Wash.,  with  his  family  in  1906.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Guy  Smith  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Lorraine. 

Owing  to  the  ill-health  of  their  father,  the  Smith  brothers  took  over  the  manage- 
ment of  the  ranch  at  La  Habra  in  1917,  and  have  since  given  their  entire  time  to  its 
operation.  The  entire  acreage  is  set  out  to  walnuts,  five  acres  being  budded  trees.  For 
many  years  one  of  the  finest  properties  in  the  La  Habra  district,  it  is  continuing  to 
thrive  under  the  expert  care  given  it.  One  of  the  best  pumping  plants  in  the  vicinity 
is  on  -the  ranch,  producing  100  inches  of  water.  Fortunately-  the  father  is  rapidly 
recovering  his  health  and  hopes  to  be  able  to  take  an  active  part  in  the  ranch  manage- 
ment soon.    A  valued  pioneer,  he  stands  high  in  the  esteem  of  the  whole  community. 

MRS.  MARY  STODART.— With  the  courage  and  fortitude  so  characteristic  of 
woman,  when  new  and  untried  responsibilities  devolve  upon  her,  Mrs.  Mary  Stodart, 
ot  the  Buena  Park  district  in  Orange  County,  has  shown  her  business  acumen  in 
directing  the  management  of  her  ranch  affairs  for  many  years.  She  has  had  the 
cooperation  of  her  sons  in  making  the  ranch  what  it  is  today  and  is  deserving  of  the 
highest  praise  for  her  work  of  development. 

Mrs.  Stodart  was  born  in  Washington  Territory,  on  January  5,  1863,  while  the 
great  Civil  War  was  in  progress.  Her  parents  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Condra,  and 
were  born  in  Tennessee  but  removed  to  Washington  Territory  and  became  pioneers 
of  that  part  of  the  Northwest.  Mr.  Condra  was  a  farmer  and  met  with  fair  success 
in  his  operations.  He  was  a  well-educated  man  and  was  a  writer  of  some  note  on 
political  questions,  as  well  as  civic  matters.  After  the  death  of  his  wife  in  Wash- 
ington, who  left  two  children,  Mary  and  a  son  John,  Jr.,  the  father  sold  out  his 
interests  there  and  removed  to  California,  coming  via  steamer  to  San  Francisco  and 
thence  on  a  prospecting  trip  down  to  the  southern  part  of  the  state  and  finally 
located  in  Los  Angeles  County  in  1868,  settling  at  Los  Nietos,  near  where  the  city 
of  Whittier  now  is  located.  Here  he  improved  a  ranch  and  followed  diversified 
farming  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  when  he  was  sixty-three  years  old.  His  son 
died  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  and  is  buried  by  the  side  of  his  father  at  Whittier. 

Mary  Stodart  was  educated  in  the  public  and  private  schools  and  for  a  time  after 
their  removal  here  attended  the  school  at  Los  Nietos.  Her  first  husband  was  the 
father  of  her  first-born,  a  son,  Frank  W.  Davison,  who  is  an  electrician  by  trade  and 
resides  at  San  Diego.  He  married  Alice  Clark  of  Los  Angeles  and  they  have  a  son. 
Delbert  Davison.  On  October  1,  1891,  she  married  Archibald  Stodart,  a  native  of 
Scotland,  born  there  in  1846.  He  came  to  California  in  1887,  and  settled  near  the 
Condra  homestead.  By  this  marriage  four  children  have  been  born;  Mrs.  Grace 
Davis,  who  lives  near  the  ranch  operated  by  her  mother.  She  has  two  children,  Viola 
and  Donald;  John  Archibald,  born  February  2,  189S,  is  superintending  the  afifairs  of 
the  ranch  and  with  his  two  brothers  operates  two  trucks  and  does  heavy  hauling 
in  any  part  of  Orange  County  and  vicinity;  Charles  Edward,  comes  next  and  then 
George  Adam.  All  three  sons  live  at  home  and  are  interested  in  the  conduct  of  the 
ranch  of  twenty  acres  located  southwest  of  Buena  Park.  This  property  is  an  inherit- 
ance from  her  father  and  she  has  owned  it  for  more  than  thirty  years  and  all  the 
improvements  on  it  have  been  made  by  herself  and  her  sons.  The  children  are  all 
natives  of  Orange  County  and  have  contributed  towards  the  development  of  their 
liome  county  and  are  highly  respected  by  all  who  have  the  pleasure  of  knowing  them. 
For  three  years  the  family  conducted  a  dairy  ranch  in  the  Cypress  district  and  when 
that  place  was  sold  they  moved  back  to  the  old  homestead.  Mr.  Stodart  died  in  1913. 
at  the  age  of  sixty-seven  years.  He  had  been  an  invalid  for  seven  years  before  his 
death  and  the  management  of  the  ranch  devolved  upon  his  wife,  who  showed  her 
ability  in  directing  the  affairs  of  the  ranch  and  at  the  same  time  rearing  her  family 
to  lives  of  usefulness. 

Mrs.  Stodart  has  in  her  possession  a  family  tree  of  the  Stodart  family  which 
traces  the  name  back  to  1565  in  Scotland,  bringing  the  names  down  to  the  present 
generation,    a  valuable   heirloom   for   her   descendants.     She    is   an    interesting   talker 


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and  recounts  the  condition  of  Los  Angeles  as  she  remembers  it  at  the  time  of  '"^'^ 
removal  here,  when  her  father  camped  on  Aliso  Street,  at  a  time  when  it  was  coverea 
with  wild  oats  and  mustard.  She  is  a  pioneer  of  Orange  County  and  has  watched 
with  interest  the  development  of  the  ranches,  towns  and  cities,  also  to  see  the  wonder- 
ful increase  in  property  valuations  all  over  the  Southland.  She  takes  great  pride  in 
Ihe  success  her  sons  are  making  in  their  operations  and  enjoys  the  esteem  ot  a  wide 
circle  of  friends.  She  is  public  spirited  and  gives  her  aid  to  all  measures  for  the 
betterment  of  her  county,  particularly  the  district  where  she  has  made  her  home  for 
so  many  years. 

RUDOLPH  M.  FRICK.— A  very  progressive  rancher,  much  ahead  of  his  time  in 
agricultural  pursuits,  is  Rudolph  M.  Frick,  who  resides  on  the  corner  of  Tustin  and 
Fairhaven  avenues,  in  Orange,  where  he  has  lived  for  the  past  eighteen  years.  He  was 
born  in  Austria  on  April  8,  1863,  and  is  the  son  of  John  and  Katherine  (Zimmerman) 
Frick,  who  died  in  their  native  land.  They  had  eight  children,  two  of  whom  emigrated 
to  the  United  States,  one  being  the  subject  of  our  interesting  review,  and  the  other  is 
Joseph  Frick,  a  farmer  now  in  Canada.' 

Rudolph  was  reared  and  educated  in  Austria,  and  when  twenty  years  of  age  left 
for  the.  United  States  in  1883,  and  located  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  where  he  worked  for  four 
years.  He  removed  to  Glasston,  Pembina  County,  N.  D.,  in  1887,  and  there  for  four- 
teen years  grew  steadily  prosperous.  He  engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock  raising 
and  came  to  hold  480  acres  devoted  to  raising  grain.  In  November,  1898,  Mr.  Frick, 
impressed  with  the  greater  resources  of  California,  came  West,  and  early  pitched  his 
tent  in  Orange  County,  and  from  the  beginning  of  his  life  here  he  easily  established 
himself  in  the  good  graces  of  his  neighbors  and  friends,  assisted  by  his  excellent  wife, 
Miss  Armilde  Raedel  before  her  marriage,  to  whom  he  was  joined  in  wedlock  in 
Glasston  on  February  17,  1892.  She  was  born  at  Denbig,  Addington  County,  Ontario, 
the  daughter  of  Gotthard  and.  Caroline  (Pacholke)  Raedel,  natives  of  Germany,  who 
came  when  young  folks  to  Ontario,  Canada,  where  they  met  and  were  married,  and 
where  they  followed  agricultural  pursuits  until  they  removed  to  Manitoba;  six  years 
later  they  removed  to  and  were  among  the  early  settlers  of  Glasston,  Pembina 
County,  N.  D.,  and  as  pioneer  homesteaders  improved  a  farm.  Mrs.  Frick  was  the 
youngest  of  their  four  children,  and  received  a  good  education  in  the  schools  of 
North  Dakota.  Their  marriage  has  resulted  in  the  birth  of  thirteen  children,  twelve 
of  whom  are  living.  Louise  C.  is  the  wife  of  Clarence  Boone  of  Long  Beach;  Armilde 
P.  is  Mrs.  George  Leichtfuss  of  Helendale;  Martha  A.  is  Mrs.  Herman  Upahl  of 
Tustin;  Rudolph  A.,  Reinhard  F.,  Eda  C,  Walter  R.,  Cora  M.,  Alfred  R.,  Dorothea 
E.,  Hilda  W.  M.  and  Lorenz  W.  R. 

Mr.  Frick's  home  ranch  consists  of  fifteen  acres  devoted  to  oranges,  lemons  and 
walnuts.  It  was  raw  land  when  he  purchased  it,  and  he  first  set  out  apricots,  which 
he  found  did  not  yield  satisfactory  returns,  so  he  set  out  Valencia  oranges,  and 
added  a  comfortable  residence  and  modern  improvements,  all  of  which  have  made 
the  property  more  valuable.  In  addition  he  owns  seven  acres  across  the  road  from 
his  home  place,  as  well  as  twelve  acres,  two  miles  northwest  of  Orange  and  ten 
acres  at  McPherson,  making  his  holdings  total  forty-four  acres,  principally  in  ^"alencia 
oranges,  thus  yielding  a  splendid  income. 

The  family  are  members  of  the  Lutheran  Church  at  Orange,  and  while  in  North 
Dakota  Mr.  Frick  was  a  trustee  of  the  congregation,  as  well  as  the  school  district. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  McPherson  Heights  Citrus  Association,  as  well  as  the  Foot 
Hill  Orange  Growers  Association.  A  most  patriotic  American,  Mr.  Frick  and  his 
lamily  take  pride  and  pleasure  in  fulfilling  every  civic  duty,  and  thus  hastening  the 
healthy  development  of  the  nation,  the  state  and  the  county  of  his  adoption  and  choice. 

„  j?-  ^-  VIOLETT,  M.  D.— Prominent  among  the  first  citizens  of  Garden  Grove, 
JJr.  C  C.  Violett,  the  physician  and  surgeon,  enjoys  the  distinction  of  exerting  a 
powerful  and  beneficent  influence  in  favor  of  everything  making  for  the  healthy  develop- 
ment and  permanent  growth  of  the  young  town.  He  was  born  in  Gallatin  County  Kv 
on  December  7,  1863,  the  son  of  Dr.  C.  F.  and  Susan  (Dean)  Violett  both  born  and 
reared  in  the  Blue  Grass  State.  The  elder  Violett  was  a  well-known  physician  and 
extensive  landowner,  who  had  300  acres  of.  improved  farm  land  devoted  to  hay    grain 

C"c  vfol^tt  •  T^"  '^'"''""^  children-five  boys  and  six  girls-and  anZg 'hem 
C.  C.  Violett  was  the  youngest  son  and  next  to  the  youngest  child 

*u     M'''?t.°"^'^  H°"V  ^^'^  ^^'^  ''°^''  ^"d   ^*"  °f  tl^^  gi-eat  conflict  proceeding  between 
he  North  and  the  South,  Dr.  Violett  has  no  recollection  of  the  Wvil  War      He  Toe" 

His  na'r'^n't"'  H    "r""'  '"^  °"'  "°"'  *°°  P'^^^=^"''  "^  ^^e  Reconstruction  period 

His  parents  owned  a  fine  country  home,  to  which  fifty  or  more  Federal  soldiers  came 


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and  ordered  his  mother  to  prepare  a  dinner  for  them.  This  she  could  not  do,  as  she 
was  destitute  of  groceries  and  other  food,  and  they  were  compelled  to  retire  unsatisfied; 
but  their  overbearing  demeanor  left  an  impression  of  horror  indelibly  stamped  on  the 
child's  mind.  He  attended  the  public  school  in  his  home  district,  and  the  high  school 
at  Williamstown,  Ky.,  and  soon  chose  medicine  as  his  future  field  of  endeavor.  This 
choice  was  undoubtedly  due  to  the  exceptional  association  of  his  family  with  the 
development  of  that  science  in  Kentucky,  two  of  his  brothers,  J.  W.  and  J.  D.  Violett, 
also  being  physicians.  He  commenced  his  studies  with  his  father  and  continued  with 
his  brothers,  and  J.  D.  Violett  became  in  particular  his  preceptor,  and  was  also  the 
organizer  of  the  first  medical  society  in  northern  Kentucky. 

After  graduating  from  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Louisville, 
with  the  class  of  '92,  where  he  was  offered  an  interneship  by  D.  P.  Yandell,  the 
professor  of  surgery,  he  hung  but  his  shingle  in  his  home  town,  Napoleon,  where  his 
father  and  mother  lived,  old  and  feeble.  In  1899  he  went  to  Texas,  and  on  April  26, 
married  there  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Wharton,  a  widow,  who  had  been  a  schoolmate  with 
him  at  the  Williamstown  high  school.  She  was  in  maidenhood  Miss  Elizabeth  Bailey, 
a  native  of  Sussex  County,  Va.,  where  she  was  born  and  reared.  As  schoolmates  they 
were  very  fond  of  each  other,  but  the  young  man  did  not  feel  prepared  financially  to 
assume  the  responsibilities  of  the  married  state,  and  the  twain  who  were  destined  for 
each  other,  parted  for  different  paths.  Miss  Bailey  married  M.  F.  Wharton,  a  brother 
of  the  Baptist  evangelist,  H.  Marvin  Wharton  of  Virginia,  but  her  husband  died  in 
1895  in  Texas,  to  which  state  he  had  gone  for  his  health.  After  his  death,  Mrs. 
Wharton,  who  had  enjoyed  superior  educational  advantages,  having  taught  four  years 
in  her  Alma  Mater  at  Taylorville,  Ky.,  and  also  near  Louisville  and  in  Virginia,  had 
returned  to  her  vocation  and  was  teaching  in  the  high  school  at  Uvalde.  Mrs.  Wharton 
had  one  child  by  her  first  marriage,  Malcolm  F.  Wharton,  Jr.,  who  has  been  brought 
up  in  the  Violett  home.  While  attending  the  State  Agricultural  College  in  Oregon, 
young  Wharton,  showing  the  patriotic  spirit  of  his  ancestors,  enlisted  in  the  U.  S. 
Navy,  and  after  two  years  and  eight  months  he  came  out  a  iirst  class  pharmacist's 
mate  from  the  naval  hospital  in  Washington,  D.  C.  He  belongs  to  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  through  his  great-grandfather,  Malcolm  Wharton,  who  lost  both 
hands  while  carrying  messages  for  General  Washington.  After  his  discharge,  Malcolm 
F.  Whartori  returned  to  Corvallis,  Ore.,  to  complete  his  collegiate  course.  One  child 
has  blessed  the  union  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Violett — a  daughter,  Ruth,  who  graduated  from 
the  Santa  Ana  high  school  and  is  now  attending  Redlands  University,  where  she  is 
pursuing  a  course  in  music  and  is  majoring  in  the  piano. 

Returning  to  Kentucky  with  his  bride.  Dr.  Violett  continued  his  practice  at 
Napoleon  until  February,  1901,  when  he  removed  to  Kansas,  and  for  a  year  and  a  half 
practiced  at  Lindsborg.  The  persistent  call  of  California,  however,  at  length  drew 
him  here  and  to  Orange  County,  and  with  his  family  he  settled  at  Westminster,  where 
he  took  up  his  practice  again.  In  1906  he  removed  to  Garden  Grove,  coming  here  early 
enough  to  see  the  advent  of  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway  in  the  town.  He  welcomed 
it,  as  he  welcomed  everything  else  of  benefit  to  the  community,  for  he  is  by  nature  a 
good  booster.  The  same  year  he  built  a  bungalow  residence,  and  now  he  owns  a  home 
with  an  orange  grove  of  five  acres,  which  he  set  out  himself.  He  has  added  a  ten-acre 
orchard  of  walnut  trees,  six.  years  old,  a  mile  northeast  of  Garden  Grove,  which  he  also 
looks  after  in  person. 

In  1911  Dr.  Violett  established  the  modest  but  very  efficient  cottage  hospital  of 
four  beds  and  an  operating  room  at  Garden  Grove,  which  has  served  the  community 
admirably,  proving  a  very  necessary  adjunct  to  this  growing  section.  His  family 
practice  is  constantly  increasing  and  he  has  more  than  he  can  do.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  American  Medical  Association,  the  State  Medical  Society,  treasurer  of  the  Orange 
County  Medical  Association,  and,  last  but  not  least,  a  member  of  the  Volunteer  Medical 
Service  Corps. 

Dr.  Violett  helped  organize  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  which  was  first  known 
as  the  Business  Men's.  Association,  and  when,  in  June,  1919,  it  became  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  he  was  made  its  president.  In  national  politics  a  Democrat,  he- is  a'  member 
of  the  Democratic  Central  Committee  of  Orange  County.  For  ten  years  past  Dr 
Violett  has  been. a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  at 
Garden  Grove  and  is  now.  the  treasurer.  .  He  is  a  well-known  Mason  and  is  a  member 
of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  241,  F..&  A.  M.,  Orange  Chapter  No.  Ti,  R.  A.  M.,  Santa  Ana 
Commandery  No.  Z(>  K.  T.,  and  he  belongs  to  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.A.O.N  M  S  of 
Los  Angeles.     Mrs.  Violett  is  a  member  of  the  Eastern  Star  at  Santa  Ana.     Dr   Violett 


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is  a  past  master  of  the  lodge  at  Napoleon,  Ky.,  where  he  was  made  a  Mason,  and  was 
master  there  for  four  years,  in  different  terms.  . 

During  the  war  Garden  Grove  made  an  excellent  record,  going  over  the  WP  i" 
all  the  drives,  the  Liberty  and  Victory  loans,  and  in  all  the  other  activities,  but  m  ttie 
work  of  the  Red  Cross,  especially,  a  great  service  was  accomplished,  and  for  this  much 
credit  is  due  to  the  ability  and  initiative  of  Mrs.  Violett  and  her  associates,  for  through 
her  efficient  organization  as  chairman  of  the  Garden  Grove  auxiliary  the  work  was 
speeded  up  and  there  was  a -most  generous  response  from  the  whole  community  in 
garments,  money,  time  and  labor.  Out  of  this  spirit  of  patriotism  and  activity  has 
grown  the  establishment  of  the  Red  Cross  Community  nurse  of  Orange  County,  who 
is  now  operating  in  the  public  schools  of  Garden  Grove.  This  was  brought  to  the 
notice  of  the  public  by  the  establishment  and  operation  of  a  rest  room  and  first  aid 
station  at  the  Orange  County  Fair.  Mrs.  Violett  has  served  her  community  in  many 
other  ways,  the  most  lasting,  perhaps,  being  the  establishment  of  Orange  County's 
Parent-Teachers'  Association. 

SOREN  CHRISTENSEN. — A  most  highly  respected  pioneer  of  the  Garden 
Grove  section  of  Orange  County  is  found  in  the  person  of  Soren  Christensen,  a  resi- 
dent there  since  August,  1890,  when  he  settled  on  his  present  ranch  two  miles  north- 
east from  the  town.  An  interesting  personality,  he  has  a  fund  of  reminiscences  of 
the  early  days  of  Southern  California,  particularly  of  Los  Angeles  in  1869,  the  year 
of  his  arrival  there  in  the  old  Mexican  adobe  town.  Broadway  was  then  known  as 
Fort  Street,  barley  fields  abutted  the  town  where  Sixth  Street  now  is,  there  was  not 
a  .house  on  the  hill,  no  street  cars,  and  Government  land  was  to  be  had  below  what  is 
now  Exposition  Park.  Like  thousands  of  others  Mr.  Christensen  could  not  foresee 
the  present  condition,  and  of  course  let  "slip"  many  chances  to  become  wealthy.  His 
stories  are  replete  with  character  sketches  of  many  of  the  men  who  later  became 
prominent  in  varied  circles  there. 

A  native  of  Denmark,  Soren  Christensen  was  born  on  September  16,  1843,  the 
son  of  N.  C.  and  Catherine  M.  Christensen,  who  had  ten  children  in  their  family,  six 
of  whom  grew  to  years  of  maturity,  and  two  of  the  sons,  the  oldest  and  youngest  of 
the  family,  live  in  Southern  California.  Our  subject  was  reared  in  his  native  country 
until  he  reached  young  manhood,  attended  the  schools  of  his  district  and  was  con- 
firmed in  the  Lutheran  Church,  which,  by  the  way,  he  has  a  picture  of  and  is  among 
his  treasures.  Leaving  home  he  followed  the  sea  as  a  common  sailor  and  he  landed 
in  San  Francisco  on  May  1,  1865,  sailing  through  the  Golden  Gate  on  a  ship  he 
boarded,  after  running  away  from  the  one  he  had  shipped  on,  at  Mazatlan.  He  was 
barefooted,  had  worked  his  passage  on  the  William  Richardson,  landed  without  a 
dollar  except  the  one  a  kindly  sailor  gave  him  to  buy  some  shoes.  Thus  he  had  to 
begin  at  the  very  bottom  of  the  ladder  and  he  followed  the  sea  in  vessels  plying 
up  and  down  the  coast  until  he  tried  his  luck  in  mining  in  Inyo  County,  where  he 
worked  in  the  smelter  at  Swansey,  when  its  first  run  was  made.  That  life  did  not 
appeal  to  him  and  he  left  it  to  seek  other  fields  of  endeavor. 

In  1869  he  arrived  in  Los  Angeles  and  soon  entered  the  service  of  the  Griffith 
Lumber  Company,  with  whom  he  remained  for  fifteen  years.  It  was  in  their  interests 
that  he  first  came  to  Santa  Ana  to  establish  a  branch  yard,  the  same  year  that  the 
Southern  Pacific  was  finished  to  that  town  from  Anaheim.  Crocker  Bowers  was  the 
local  agent.  This  was  when  the  town  boasted  of  a  store,  and  but  a  few  scattered 
houses  to  mark  the  place  that  has  since  taken  the  lead  in  this  part  of  the' state. 

In  1890  Mr.  Christensen  made  a  deal  for  sixty  acres  near  what  is  now  Garden 
Grove,  trading  his  property  in  Los  Angeles  for  the  ranch,  upon  which  the  former 
owner  had  erected  a  brick  house,  but  which  has  since  been  razed;  there  was  also  a 
well  176  feet  deep  on  the  place.  The  ranch  was  practically  raw  land,  but  with  char- 
acteristic energy  the  new  owner  began  to  improve  it  and  found  that  two  crops  could 
be  raised  instead  of  one  if  irrigation  could  be  secured  and  he  put  down  another  well 
of  the  same  depth,  and  now  has  plenty  of  water  for  all  purposes.  He  set  the  land 
to  oranges,  installed  a  modern  pumping  plant  operated  by  electric  power,  and 
altogether  has  been  very  successful.  He  still  retains  thirty-eight  acres  of  his  original 
purchase,  having  sold  o&  the  balance  to  his  children  as  they  grew  up. 

Mr.  Christensen  was  united  in  marriage  in  1876,  in  Los  Angeles,  with  Miss 
Johanna  C.  Johnson,  a  native  of  Sweden,  but  who  had  come  to  the  United  States 
in  1869,  and  to  Los  Angeles  in  187S.  She  has  been  a  good  helpmate  and  together 
this  pioneer  couple  look  back  upon  a  life  well  spent  and  to  the  future  without  fear, 
for  they  have  lived  by  the  Golden  Rule  and  won  a  wide  circle  of  good  friends.  Their 
marriage  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  eight  children,  six  of  them  living:  Clara  M., 
is  the  wife  of  Bruce  S.  Boyer  and  lives  at  Indio;  Carl  J.,  is  at  home;  Serena,  is  teach- 
ing in  the  Twentieth  Street  school  in  Los  Angeles;  Herman  W.,  lives  in  Long  Beach 


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and  has  two  bright  children,  L,eroy  and  Leslie  (the  only  grandchildren  in  the  Chris- 
tensen  family);  E.  Martin,  is  a  rancher  in  Orange  County;  Agnes,  riiarried  S.  W. 
Gibson  and  died  January  13,  1920;  and  Albert  R.,  is  also  living  at  hoirie.  All  the 
children  are  graduates  of  the  high  school,  and  Carl  served  in  the  Spanish-American 
War,  and  Albert  in  the  World  War,  and  because  of  efficient  service  was  made  a 
sergeant  and  detailed  as  a  mustering  officer. 

Mr.  Christensen  is  a  self-made  man,  proud  of  the  success  he  has  attained  through 

•  honest  effort  and  believes  in  progress,   doing  all  he  can  to  help  build  up   the   county 

of  his   adoption   as   a   member   of   the   Garden    Grove   Walnut    Growers'   and    Orange 

Growers'  Associations.     His  good  wife  shares  in  the  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by 

all  their  friends. 

J.  T.  DUNLAP. — A  well-cultivated  ranch  of  some  of  the  best  Orange  County  soil 
is  that  of  J.  T.  Dunlap,  who  resides  on  Brookhurst  Street,  near  Anaheim,  and  grows 
citrus  fruit,  according  to  the  most  approved  methods  of  science  and  personal  experience. 
He  has  sixteen  acres,  sufficient  to  afford  anyone  ground  for  modest  pride;  and  if  that 
should  prove  insufficient,  then  Mr.  Dunlap  can  fall  back  on  the  fact  that  his  is  a  native 
state  which  has  produced  more  presidents  and  more  representatives  of  the  Union  in 
high  station  than  any  other.  For  he  was  born  in  Ohio  in  18S4,  the  son  of  William 
Dunlap,  who  was  twice  married  and  had  ten  children.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Fonts)  Dunlap 
was  the  mother  of  our  subject  and  five  other  children  besides. 

J.  T.  Dunlap  was  reared  and  educated  in  Missouri,  to  which  state  his  father  moved 
while  he  was  yet  of  tender  years.  Through  the  occupations  of  boyhood,  the  young 
man  settled  down  to  agricultural  pursuits  as  the  most  likely  always  to  guarantee  him  a 
living,  and  an  honest  one  at  that;  and  this  keeping  close  to  Mother  Earth  brought 
various  blessings  in  its   train. 

In  the  Centennial  Year  of  the  Republic,  when  California  was  beginning  to  be 
talked  about  in  the  East,  Mr.  Dunlap  came  to  the  Golden  State  and  settled  in  San 
Benito  County,  where  he  remained  up  to  1884,  when  he  removed  to  Oregon;  but  in 
1903  he  returned  to  Colusa  County,  Cal.,  and  in  1911  he  came  to  Orange  County. 

The  following  year  he  purchased  his  present  ranch,  then  raw  land,  and  began  to 
set  out  the  trees  which  are  today  the  objects  of  real  interest  to  those  engaged  in  citrus 
culture,  and  which  amply  pay  for  themselves.  He  belongs  to  the  Garden  Grove  Orange 
Association  and  delights  in  participating  in  both  such  work  and  discussion  as  will  tend 
to  advance  California  horticulture.  • 

In  1882,  Mr.  Dunlap  was  married  to  Miss  Melissa  DeVaul,  a  native  of  Missouri, 
and  three  children  have  blessed  their  union.  One  is  Mrs.  Ethel  Schroeder;  another, 
Alice,  is  a  trained. nurse;  and  a  third  is  Mrs.  Hazel  Suggett.  In  politics  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Dunlap  are  independent,  but  they  work  hard  for  the  best  men  and  the  best  measures, 
and  are  very  loyal  to  local   community   interests. 

WILLIAM  A.  COLLMAN. — A  modest,  hard-working  rancher,  who  has  done 
something  to  advance  horticulture  in  California  while  attain'ng  success  for  himself,  is 
William  Collman,  who  lives  three  miles  to  the  southwest  of  Fullerton,  on  the  Brook- 
hurst Road,  His  own  life  has  been  varied  with  interesting  experiences,  and  he  represents 
those  of  an  earlier  generation,  who  were  prosperous  and  influential  in  their  sphere. 

He  was  born  in  Freeport,  111.,  on  November  10,  1872,  the  son  of  Albertus  Collman, 
a  man  of  many  lines  of  business  and  associated  in  particular  with  a  brother,  C.  O. 
Collman,  who  was  the  head  of  the  German  Insurance  Company  of  Freeport.  William 
attended  the  Freeport  common  schools,  and  later  the  Nagle  Business  College,  and  he 
spent  his  early  days  at  home.  After  his  father's  death,  on  July  3,  1880,  he  went  to 
Nebraska  and  embarked  in  business  with  his  brothers. 

In  1896  Mr.  Collman  came  to  Fullerton,  and  purchased,  at  first,  four  acres  on  the 
Garden  Grove  Road.  After  a  short'  time,  however,  he  sold  ■  the  same,  and  then  he 
bought  twenty  acres  on  the  Brookhurst  Road.  Ten  acres  of  this  was  already  set  out, 
and  the  other  ten  he  himself  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges.  He  has  an  interest  in  the 
Brookhurst  Water  Company,  which  owns  a  pumping  plant  with  a  capacity  of  about 
seventy-five  inches  of  water,  thus  guaranteeing  him  an  excellent  irrigation  supply.  He 
markets  his  oranges  through  the  Anaheim  Orange  and  Lemon  Association,  and  is 
again  well  served.  He  cultivates  the  grove  with  a  tractor,  and  in  other  respects  follows 
the  last  word  of  science  and  uses  only  the  most  approved"  methods  and  apparatus. 

At  Los  Angeles,  on  January  18,  1912,  Mr.  Collman  was  married  to  Miss  Ella 
Hetrick,  a  native  of  Nebraska  and  the  daughter  of  a  worthy  Nebraska  farmer;  and  two 
children  have  come  to  brighten  their  home:  Albertus  and  Wilma.  In  1913  he  built  his 
cosy  country  home.  He  is  a  member  of  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks  of  Anaheim,  and  believes 
in  the  fitness  of  the  political  candidate  for  office,  rather  than  party  endorsement. 


732  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

CYRUS  G.  SPARKES.— The  poultry  industry  is  fast  taking  a  leading  place  in  the 
commercial  life  of  Orange  County  and  the  enterprise  conducted  by  Cyrus  G.  Sparkes 
and  his  partner,  Alvin  O.  Melcher,  is  the  only  one  of  its  particular  kind  in  the  state. 
The  place  of  business  is  located  on  Fairview  Avenue,  Anaheim,  where  their  unique 
plant  was  erected  in  1918,  and  still  in  its  infancy,  bids  easily  to  outdistance  others  in 
the  state  as  an  up-to-date  hatchery  for  commercial  purposes.  The  building,  erected  of 
hollow  tile,  and  circular  in  form,  is  a  two-story  structure,  sixty  feet  in  diameter,  built 
in  the  most  modern  manner  and  equipped  with  a  heating  plant  of  three  units  so  piped 
as  to  distribute  heat  to  the  various  compartments  where  eggs  are  placed  for  hatching 
and  maintain  a  temperature  of  101°  to  103°  on  all  levels  in  the  building  without  the 
aid  of  a  fan;  the  humidity  ;s  maintained  at  56  per  cent  without  the  aid  of  artificial 
moisture.  The  entire  building  is  well  ventilated  and  can  hatch  1,000,000  eggs  as  easily 
as  100.  These  eggs  are  arranged  on  trays  and  exposed  to  an  equal  degree  of  heat  in 
all  parts  and  the  necessity  of  having  to  turn  each  egg  daily  is  done  away  with.  Heat- 
ing, ventilating  and  moistening  is  done  at  the  same  time  by  the  installation  of  the 
Pemberton  System,  installed  after  careful  study  by  Mr.  Sparkes  and  his  partner.  The 
demand  for  chicks  is  becoming  so  great  that  this  institution  bids  fair  to  become  one  of 
the  most  remunerative  hatcheries  in  the  state  and  does  away  with  the  old  incubator 
system  so  long  in  vogue  all  over  the  country. 

Mr.  Sparkes  owns  the  ranch  on  which  the  hatchery  is  located  and  the  land  is 
given  over  to  walnuts,  oranges  and  lemons,  and  is  in  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and 
very  productive.  All  the  improvements  on  the  place  have  been  the  result  of  careful 
study  by  Mr.  Sparkes,  who  has  been  a  resident  of  the  county  since  1893.  He  is  proud 
of  being  a  native  son  of  California,  for  he  was  born  in  San  Bernardino  on  June  2, 
1859,  the  son  of  George  W.  and  Luanna  (Roberts)  Sparkes,  who  came  across  the  plains 
with  ox  teams  in  1852  and  settled  at  Diamond  Springs.  This  pioneer  couple  had  eight 
children,  five  of  whom  are  still  living,  viz:  E.  A.  Sparkes,  Mrs.  Hattie  Carter,  Mrs. 
Sadie  Keller;  Cyrus  G.,  and  R.  J.  Sparkes,  and  three  of  these  live  in  Orange  County. 

Cyrus  G.  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  this  state  and  followed 
agricultural  pursuits  nearly  all  his  life  and  has  been  a  pioneer  in  many  activities.  He 
was  married  in  1890  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Davis,  a  native  daughter  of  this  state,  whose 
father,  D.  S.  Davis,  came  as  a  pioneer  in  the  days  of  gold  and  here  he  married  Miss 
Clara  Brown,  a  native  of  Missouri,  in  1849.  One  son  has  blessed  this  union,  James  G. 
Sparkes.  Mr.  Sparkes  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  of  Anaheim 
and  is  a  real  booster  for  Orange  County. 

A  resident  of  Orange  County  since  1911,  Alvin  O.  Melcher  has  entered  into  the 
spirit  of  this  western  commonwealth  and  has  become  a  typical  Orange  County  booster. 
He  was  born  in  Sheboygan  Co'unty,  Wis.,  on  January  31,  1893,  the  son  of  M.  F.  and 
Bertha  Melcher,  and  is  the  seventh  child  in  a  family  of  ten  children.  Of  this  family, 
three  of  the  children  and  their  mother  reside  in  Orange  County.  For  forty  years  the 
father  was  town  clerk  of  Sherman,  Wis.,  and  is  now  deceased. 

A.  O.  Melcher  was  united  in  marriage  in  1915,  with  Miss  Vivian  Fox,  a  fair  native 
daughter,  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Fox,  pioneers  of  Anaheim,  and  two  daughters 
have  been  born  to  this  couple,  Olive  and  Thelma.  Mr.  Melcher  was  formerly  occupied 
as  a  builder  of  houses.    He  is  a  member  of  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks  of  Anaheim. 

EDWIN  TILL. — A  progressive,  prosperous  rancher  who  was  formerly  a  successful 
Philadelphia  merchant,  is  Edwin  Till,  now  well  and  favorably  known,  in  addition,  as  a 
contractor,  making  a  specialty  of  finishing  new  homes.  He  is  never  without  plenty  of 
work,  his  patrons  living  at  Fullerton,  La  Habra,  Long  Beach,  Yorba  Linda,  and  from 
the  latter  place  to  the  beaches.  He  was  born  in  London  on  October  9,  1856,  the  son 
of  Edwin  and  Eliza  Till,  and  grew  up  in  the  world's  greatest  city,  under  the  guidance 
of  his  father,  who  was  a  contractor,  operating  on  a  large  scale.  He  attended  the  London 
schools,  and  was  thoroughly  prepared  for  a  career  at  home  or  beyond  the  seas.  At- 
tractive as  England  was  and  always  is,  Mr.  Till  elected  to  leave  his  native  land  and  to 
come  to  America. 

He  settled  in  Philadelphia,  and  there  as  an  enterprising  leader  in  the  mercantile 
world  built  up  a  moderately  large  business.  From  Philadelphia  he  went  to  Chicago 
and  from  Chicago  to  New  York;  and  in  each  of  these  places  he  conducted  a  dry  goods 
store  for  a  year.  When  he  returned  to  Philadelphia  it  was  to  resume  the  selUng  of 
dry  goods,  and  in  that  city  and  field  he  continued  until  1894,  when  he  sold  out  and  came 
to  California.  Locating  at  Latin,  near  Los  Angeles,  he  lived  there  for  six  years 
when  he  came  to  Orangethorpe,  and  in  1900  purchased  a  ranch  of  ten  acres.  The 
land  was  bare,  but  by  hard  work  and  close  attention  to  the  problem  in  hand,  Mr  Till 
developed  the  land  in  an  admirable  manner,  setting  it  out  to  Valencia  and  Navel  orano-es 
He  also  built  a  home  on  the  ranch.     At  first  he  went  in  for  chickens,  but   he   soon 


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discontinued  the  poultry  enterprise,  and  confined  himself  to  citrus  fruit.  His  land  is 
under  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  and  that  is  equivalent  to  saying  that  it  is 
-well-watered. 

At  London,  on  March  6,  1884,  Mr.  Till  was  married  to  Miss  Adelaide  Wyatt,  a 
native  of  London  and  the  daughter  of  James  and  Adelaide  (Barton)  Wyatt,  the  latter  be- 
ing a  descendant  of  Lady  Sarah  Barton.  Her  father  was  a  stone  contractor  and  helped 
build  th«  famous  Spurgeon  Tabernacle  in  London.  Two  sons  have  resulted  from  this 
fortunate  marriage.  Fredric  James  is  living  in  Los  Angeles  and  is  in  the  garage 
business,  and  James  Fullerton  is  an  electrician  with  the  Union  Oil  Company  of  Brea. 
He  married  Ruby  McNeil  and  is  the  father  of  a  girl,  Edna,  and  a  son,  Wyatt  James; 
while  Fredric  James  became  the  husband  of  Miss  Mary  E.  Hart.  In  1892  Mrs.  Till 
returned  to  England  to  witness  the  coronation  of  King  Edward — a  wonderful  sight,  as 
one  might'  have  expected  of  one  of  the  greatest  spectacles  in  modern  history;  and  she 
was  also  fortunate  in  being  an-  eye-witness  to  the  Queen  Victoria  Jubilee  in  1887, 
celebrating  the  fifty  years  of  that  beloved  sovereign's  reign.  As  if,  perhaps,  to  remind 
the  observing  vrorld  of  Britain's  great  naval  strength,  there  were  seven  miles  of  ships 
lined  up  in  close  formation  at  the  grand  review  at  Portsmouth.  Mrs.  Till  was  one  of 
the  organizers  of  the  Parent-Teachers'  Association  of  the  Orangethorpe  school  district, 
and  with  her  husband  has  always  been  a  liberal  supporter  to  all  movements  that  have 
had  the  betterment  of  general  conditions  aind  the  upbuilding  of  Orange  County. 

ALBERT  H.  SITTON.— The  development  of  the  automobile  industry  has  led  to 
the  creation. of  various  related  enterprises,  among  them  being  that  of  the  modern  garage; 
and  these  enterprises  have  called  for  the  brains,  experience  and  aggressive  initiative  of 
thousands  known  in  other  fields  as  successful  men  of  affairs.  One  such  man  is  Albert 
H.  gitton,  proprietor  of-Sitton's  Garage,  a  native  son  born  at  Downey  on  June  18,  1878. 

His  father  was  Brice.  M...Sitton,  a  farmer  who  married  Miss  Nannie  B.  Harris 
whose  folks  had  crossed  the  great  plains  by  ox-teams  in  early  days.  Mr.  Sitton  arrived 
in  Nevada  in  1869,  and  three  years  later  reached  California.  Years  afterwards,  Mr. 
Sitton  was  killed,  and  Albert  had  to  assist  in  the  support  of  his  mother  and  his  sister. 
The  family  had  settled  in  Los  Angeles  County  near  Orange  in  1880,  where  the  mother 
still  makes  her  home.  - 

The  younger  of  two  children,  Albert  attended  the  public  schools  of  Orange  County 
and  then  engaged  in  the  bicycle  trade  in  Santa  Ana.  On  January  1,  1900,  he  went  to 
Fullerton  and  for  a  couple  of  years  continued  to  repair  cycles;  and  next  he  embarked 
in  business  for  himslf.  It  was  only  a  step,  and  a  very  natural  one,  to  work  into  auto- 
mobile repairs  and  sales;  and  now,  with  northern  Orange  County  as  his  field,  he  is 
the  wide-awake  agent  for  the  Overland  and  Willys-Knight.  Self-made  in  more  respects 
than  one,  with  his  own  hand  at  the  helm,  Mr.  Sitton  has  been  so  successful  that  he 
needs  to  employ  ten  men. 

On  August  27,  1902,  Mr.  Sitton  and  Miss  Rose  B.  Rogers  were  married  at  Fuller- 
ton,  the  bride  being  the  daughter  of  Joseph  Rogers,  a  rancher.  Mrs.  Sitton  was  born 
in  Iowa.  One  son,  Arthur,  has  blessed  the  union,  and  with  his  parents  attends  the 
Baptist  Church  at  Fullerton.  When  recreation  time  comes,  Mr.  Sitton  likes  to  hunt 
and  fish.  He  is  a  Republican  in  party  politics,  but  an  American  first  and  last,  as  seen  by 
his  record  of  service  with  Company  L  of  the  Seventh  California  Jlegiment  in  the  Span- 
ish-American War.  For  twelve  years,  Mr.  Sitton  has  been  a  school  trustee;  and  while 
a  member  of  the  school  board  the  present  grammar  school  building  was  erected.  He 
served  one  four-year  term  as  a  city  trustee. 

JOHN  M.  JOHNSON. — A  rancher  whose  several  tours  of  inspection  and  careful 
quest  in  search  of  the  best  soil  and  conditions  for  walnut  growing  were  well  rewarded 
is  John  M.  Johnson,  the  owner  of  fifteen  acres  on  La  Mirada  Avenue,  constituting  one 
of  the  finest  groves  in  the  northwestern  section  of  Orange  County.  He  was  born  in 
Smaland,  Sweden,  on  June  14,  1863,  the  son  of  John  P.  Johnson,  who  is  still  living 
there,  an  alert  and  able-bodied  farmer  at  the  golden  age  of  eighty-six  years.  He  had 
married  Miss  Louisa  Anderson,  and  as  a  good  mother  she  sent  John  to  the  excelleni 
common  schools  in  his  native  land. 

In  1882,  our  subject  came  to  America  and  settled  in  Duluth,  Minn.;  and  there 
lie  followed  the  occupation  of  a  cook,  preparing  the  repasts  first  for  camps  and  then 
"for  various  well-known  hotels.  For  five  years  continuously,  for  example,  he  was  with 
the  Willard  Hotel  of  Duluth,  and  previous  to  his  work  there  he  cooked  for  one  of  the 
largest  lumber  camps  near  Duluth.  He  spent  the  winter  in  the  camp  with  the  loggers, 
and  then  cooked  for  the  "gang"  during  the  spring  drives  when  the  timber  was  cut 
loose  and  was  floated  to  the  mills. 

In  1905.  Mr.  Johnson  came  to  the  Pacific  Coast  and  made  a  tour  of  inspection 
preparatory  to   purchasing  land,  and  then  he   spent  a  season  at  the  Lewis  and   Clark 


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Exposition  in  Portland,  after  which  he  returned  to  the  Southland  and  purchased  his 
fifteen  acres  west  of  La  Habra.  The  land  was  practically  bare;  but  he  soon  set  out 
thirteen  acres  to  walnuts  and  two  to  Valencia  oranges,  and  he  soon  had  a  ranch  which 
many  came  miles  to  look  over.  It  is  under  the  service  of  the  La  Habra  Irrigation 
Water  Company,  and  Mr.  Johnson  markets  his  chief  product  through  the  California 
Walnut  Growers  Association. 

An  American  citizen  full  of  the  American  spirit  of  elevation  with  expansion,  Mr. 
Johnson  is  an  Episcopalian,  and  as  such  is  ever  ready  to  cooperate  in  good  works.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  of  Whittier,  and  there  are  few  if  any  members 
there  both  enjoying  and  so  deserving  of  popularity. 

HENRY  YOUNT. — More  than  interesting  and  instructive,  from  several  stand- 
points, is  the  story  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Yount,  pioneer  settlers  of  California,  who, 
after  a  life  of  hard  labor  and  self-sacrifice,  are  enjoying  the  reward  of  having  found 
the"  Golden  State  a  veritable  paradise.  Mr.  Yount  was  long  a  faithful  and  popular 
public  official,  privileged  to  be  identified  with  the  first  movements  toward  the  forma- 
tion of  the  county  of  Orange,  and,  as  a  result  he  is  never  at  a  loss,  wherever  he  goes,, 
for  admirers  and  friends. 

He  was  born  near  Platte  City,  Platte  County,  Mo.,  on  December  11,  1845,  the 
son  of  Henry  Yount,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  a  pioneer  farmer  in  Missouri.  He 
married  Deborah  Daugherty,  who  was  born  in  Indiana,  and  soon  after  he  died,  in 
1845,  she  married,  taking  for  her  second  husband  Abraham  Van  Vranken.  Henry 
Yount  got  what  schooling  he  could  in  Missouri  during  the  disturbed  condition  of  Civil 
War  days,  and  for  a  while  worked  on  the  farm  of  his  stepfather.  The  latter  died  in 
Missouri  in  1860,  and  three  years  later  Mr.  Yount,  with  his  mother  and  three  sisters, 
crossed  the  great  plains  to  California  with  an  ox  team  in  a  train  of  fifty  wagons. 
During  the  journey  his  eldest  sister,  Mrs.  Sarah  J.  Dinsmore,  died,  and  was  buried 
on  the  Humboldt  River,  but  aside  from  this  sad  incident  good  luck  attended  the  ven- 
ture of  these  sturdy  emigrants,  who  had  no  trouble  with  the  Indians,  lost  only  two 
head  of  oxen  on  tlie  way — poisoned  by  alkali — and  arrived  at  their  goal  with  ten  head 
of  horses,  whereupon  they  settled  in  the  San  Jose  Valley,  remaining  in  Santa  Clara. 
County  for  the  year  1863-64.  Then  they  went  to  San  Joaquin  County  and  farmed  for 
four  years,  purchasing  320  acres  of  land  there  and  raising  wheat  by  dry  farming. 

In  1868  Mr.  Yount  went  to  Stanislaus  County,  and  near  what  is  now  Modesto- 
purchased  240  acres  on  which,  for  another  four  years,  he  raised  wheat.  His  next  move 
was  to  Visalia,  where  he  purchased  a  half-section  of  range  for  sheep,  besides  which 
he  rented  some  land;  and  for  a  couple  of  years  he  raised  sheep  there.  In  1875  he 
sold  out  and  came  south  to  Compton,  Los  Angeles  County,  where  he  purchased  and 
farmed  forty  acres. 

When  he  had  disposed  of  this  land,  in  1880,  Mr.  Yount  came  to  Santa  Ana,  and 
on  Lyon  Street  in  Tustin  he  bought  twenty  acres.  It  was  raw  land,  but  he  set  it  out 
to  grapevmes;  the  vines  died,  and  then  he  set  walnuts.  The  acreage  is  now  under  the 
Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  and  is  therefore  well  watered.  Mr.  Yount  lived 
on  the  ranch  at  Tustin  and  thus  was  enabled  to  give  his"  personal  attention  to  the- 
improvements  which  afterward  made  the  sale  of  the  property,  at  a  neat  profit  easy 
He  then  purchased  an  alfalfa  ranch  of  twenty  acres  on  McFadden  Street,  and  when 
he  had  sold  that,  bought  a  ten-acre  ranch  on  Santa  Clara  Avenue,  which  he  had  for  a 
year  His  next  purchase  was  a  ten-acre  grove  of  Valencia  oranges  on  Collins  Avenue, 
northeast  of  Orange,  which  he  retained  until  1919,  when  he  sold  it 

At  Compton,  on  March- 12,  1880,  Mr.  Yount  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  A.  Twombly 
who  was  born  near  Lansing,  Leavenworth  County,  Kans.,  the  daughter  of  Benjamin 
H.  and  Augusta  A  Twombly,  educators  known  for  their  idealistic,  efficient  work  both 
in  Kansas  and  California.  Her  father,  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  College,  a  fine  scholar 
and  linguist,  and  an  able  speaker,  was  an  attorney  and  a  member  of  the  Kansas  legis- 
^IZfn^i^^'  a  member  of  the  committee  that  located  the  state  penitentiary  at 
Lansing,  Kans  He  was  the  first  tax  collector  of  Howard  County,  Mo  .  and  he  rode 
horseback  with  saddlebags  over  the  county  fulfilling  the  duties  of  his  office  Conlg 
to  California  for  his  health  in  1873,  he  was  followed  two  years  later  by  his  wife  his 
daughter  A  ice    now   Mrs.   Yount,   and   his   son' Benjamin.      Four   childr^enAwo   boy  - 

PacifirR^ilrn":;^'       T        1  ""?"  °{^'-  """^  ^"^  Y°""*^   J°^"  «•  '^^'"^  '^e  Southern 
i  acihc  Railroad  in  Los  Angeles;  Augusta  is  Mrs.  George  H.  Merrill  of  Los  Angeles- 

2:j}.li:^  r"^  *^.^  American  Express  Company  at  the  same  place,  and  Harriett    wha 


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Mr.  Yount  has  several  times  held  offices  of  considerable  public  trust,  and  well  he 
deserves  to  have  done  so,  for  in  1888  he  circulated  the  first  petition  to  form  the  county 
of  Orange.  For  two  years,  from  1887  to  1889,  he  was  deputy  assessor  of  Los  Angeles 
County,  and  from  1889  to  1897  was  deputy  assessor  of  Orange  County.  He  thus 
served  under  C.  C.  Mason,  Fred  Smythe  and  Frank  Vegley,  and  if  he  found  them 
inspiring  chiefs,  it  is  certain  they  found  in  him  one  of  the  rare  dependables. 

Mrs.  Yount  has  always  been  prominent  in  the  civic  and  social  life  of  Santa  Ana; 
for  more  than  twerity-^ight  years 'she  has  been  a  member  of  the  Sedgwick  Corps,  No. 
17,  W.  R.  C,  of  Santa  Ana,  and  occupied  the  office  of  president  three  different  times. 
In  1907,  at  the  Department  Convention,  held  at  Santa  Barbara,  she  had  the  honor  of 
being  elected  department  president  of  California  and  Nevada,  presiding  at  the  depart- 
ment convention  held  at  Santa  Ana  in  May,  1908,  and  the  same  year  she  attended  the 
national  G.  A.  R.  Encampment,  held  at  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y.,  thus  being  honored 
for  her  splendid  work  as  department  president.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Yount  have  been 
active  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Santa  Ana  for  over  thirty-six 
years,  Mrs.  Yount  being  president  of  the  ladies'  aid  society  for  thirteen  years,  and 
they  are  among  the  oldest  and  most  prominent  members  of  that  church.  They 
are  both  staunch  Republicans  and  prominent  in  the  councils  of  the  party.  Mr.  Yount 
was  for  years  a  member  of  the  county  central  committee,  and  is  now  active  in  the 
work  of  the  local  Republican  club. 

WILLIS  J.  NEWSOM. — An  interesting  representative  of  a  fine  old  pioneer 
family  of  California,  and  a  man  of  such  progressive  tendencies  that,  as  a  natural  leader 
he  has  been  able  to  point  the  way  onward  and  upward  to  others,  is  Willis  J.  Newsotii, 
the  well-known  teacher  of  Los  Angeles  and  the  president  of  and  prime  mover  in  the 
Farmers'  Loan  Association  of  Orange  County.  He  was  born  at  Glen  Elder,  Mitchell 
County,  Kans.,  on  April  20,  1882,  the  son  of  Alfred  J.  and  Christina  (White)  Newsom, 
who  came  to  El  Modena  in  1887.  The  father  bought  some  land  there,  but  sold  it  and 
went  to  Pasadena,  thence  to  Lankershim,  and  from  Lankershim  to  Whittier;  moving 
to  Garden  Grove  in  the  fall  of  1891. 

Willis  attended  the  schools  at  Garden  Grove,  and  for  a  year  went  to  the  Santa 
Ana  high  school,  still  later  studying  at  the  Los  Angeles  Normal  School,  from  which 
he  was  graduated, in  1903.  He  began  to  teach  at  West  Anaheim,  and  is  now  teaching 
at  the  Santa  Fe'special  school  for  incorrigibles  at  Los  Angeles.  Besides  taking  charge 
of  this  responsible  work,  going  back  and  forth  every  day,  he  directs  the  farming  of 
forty  acres  of  land  near  Garden  Grove. 

He  owns  twenty-five  acres,  has  planted  ten  acres  to  Valencias,  and  fifteen  acres 
to  budded  walnuts.  He  has  improved  the  ranch  with  a  fine  house,  the  best  of  facilities 
for  a  water  supply,  and  a  mile  of  cement  pi()e  for  irrigation^  All  this  he  has  in  a  high 
state  of  cultivation.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Farm  Bureau. 

In  1917,  the  Federal  Farm  Loan  Association  of  Orange  County  was  organized, 
and  Mr.  Newsom  became  its  president.  How  well  he  has  pushed  its  interests  and 
directed  its  expansion  may  be  shown  from  the  fact  that  today  it  has  outstanding  loans 
aggregating  a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars,  and  is  growing  faster  than  ever. 

Mr.  Newsom  was  married  in  1907  to  Miss  Grace  Parish  of  Berkeley,  who  died  in 
1913,  leaving  one  child,  Christine  Elizabeth.  He  was  married  a  second  time  in  1915 
to  Miss  Glee  Woolley  of  Alva,  Okla.,  then  a  teacher  at  Covina;  and  one  child  has 
blessed  this  second  union — Willis  Robert.  Mr.  Newsom  is  a  Republican,  and  belongs 
to  the  Southern   California  Teachers'   Association. 

CHARLES  C.  KINSLER.— A  pioneer  of  Brea  and  one  of  the  first  men  Who 
settled  there,  Charles.  C.  Kinsler  is  well  known  as  a  prominent  citizen  who  always  takes 
an  active  lead  in  the  advancement  of  the  interests  of  his  home  town. 

He  is  a  native  of  the  Empire  State,  and  was  born  January  4,  1878,  at  Otto,  N.  Y., 
but  was  reared  at  Bradford,  Pa.,  where  his  education  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  place,  and  as  a  boy  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  J.  T.  Jones  Oil  Company  of 
Bradford.  He  is  a  veteran  of  the  Spanish  War,  having  enlisted  as  a  regular  in  the 
Thirteenth  United  States  Infantry  when  the  trouble  with  Spain  arose.  One  of  the 
heroes  of  San  Juan  Hill,  Cuba,  he  served  alongside  the  late  Theodore  Roosevelt  and 
was  wounded  in  the  leg  during  service.  After  his  discharge  from  the  army  he  came  to 
Olinda,  Orange  County,  Cal.,  December,  1899,  where  he  worked  for  the  Olinda  Oil 
and  Land  Company  for  one  year.  He  then  located  at  Whittier,  and  was  in  the  employ 
of  the  Home  Oil  Company  at  that  place.  Afterward  he  became  major  and  drill  master 
at  the  Whittier  State  Reform  School,  retaining  the  position  three  years.  He  then  went 
to  the  Puente  oil  district,  where  he  was  engaged  with  the  Birch  Oil  Company.  In  1912 
he  purchased  land  at  Brea,  buying  the  third  lot  that  was  sold  in  the  town,  and  he  built 


740  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

one  of  the  first  homes  on  the  townsite.  He  held  the  office  of  city  clerk  of  Brea  and 
was  the  first  secretary  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  after  its  inauguration,  resigning 
the  position  in  1920.  At  present  he  is  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  insurance  business 
and  is  also  secretary  of  the  Brea  Oil  Workers'  Union. 

,  Mr.' Kinsler'.s  marriage  united  him  with  Miss  Lena  Morse,  a  native  of  Vermont, 
and  they  are  the  parents  of  three  daughters:  Thelma,  Arlene,  and  Mildred.  Fraternally 
Mr.  Kinsler  is  very  prominent  in  Masonic  circles.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Blue  Lodge 
and  Chapter- at  rpullerton,  the  Whittier  Commandery,  a:nd  the  Shrine  at  Los  Angeles. 
He  is  further  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of,  Pythias  at  Brea,  the  D.  O.  O.  K.  at.  Los 
Angeles,  the  .B.  P.,  O.  Elks  at  Anaheim,  and  is  a  .Modern  Woodman.  He  takes  a  keen 
interest  in  tlie  welfare  of  Brea,  is  a  dominant  factor  in  its  business  life,  ever  on  the 
alert  to  advance  its  best,  interests,  and  justly  enjoys  the  comforts  worthily  earned  by 
his  labors,  and  the  esteem  and  respect  .of  his  fellow-citizens. 

,,  , , ROBERT  GISLER. — An  Orange  County  rancher  who  has  contributed  much 
toward  the  substantial  and  permanent  development  of  a  part  of  his  adopted  country, 
while  advancing  in  prosperity  for  himself,  is  Robert  Gisler,  a  native  of  Switzerland, 
where  he  was  born  in  the  Canton  Uri,.on  February  28,  1861.  His  father  was  Joseph 
Gisler,  a  farmer  and  a  dairyman,  who  had  married  Elizabeth  Troxel,;  they  were  born; 
married  and  died  in  the  canton  so  famous  in  Swiss  history.  They  had  nine  children,  two 
of  whom  died  young;  Robert  was  the  fifth  in  the  order  of  birth,  and  is  the  only  one  in 
California.  Besides  himself,  the  only  other  surviving  member  of  the  family  is  a  sister, 
Mrs.  Rosa  Scroggin,  who  dwells  on  the  old  Gisler  homestead.  Robert  grew"  up  a  Swiss 
peasant  boy,  .attended  the  Roman  Catholic  Church,  and  learned  the  German  language. 
His  mother  died  when  he  was  fifteen;  and  perhaps  it  was  his  early  dependence  that 
made,  him  desire  all  the  more  to  see  America. 

At  seventeen,  then,  he  bade  good-bye  to  father,  brothers  and  sisters,  and  took  the 
railway  to  Havre,  France,  from  which  port  he  was  to  sail  across  the  Atlantic.  He 
embarked  on.  May  1,  1878,  and  eleven  days  later  arrived  on  a  French  liner  at  Castle 
Garden.  Without  delay  he  pushed  on  to  Sacramento,  Cal.,  together  with  some  young 
folks  from  Switzerland  who  had  relatives  at  Ventura;  and  from  Sacramento  they  took 
the  river  boat  to  San  Francisco.  Even  the  strange  metropolis  of  the  Coast  did  not 
detain  them,  and  as  soon  as  possible  they  continued  their  journey  by  steamship  to 
Ventura,  where  they  arrived  on  June  4,  1878.  Mr.  Gisler  had  only  enough  money  to 
take  him  to  Ventura,  and  on  arriving  there  he  immediately  went  to  work  on  a  farm. 

He  labored  fourteen  months  for  one  employer  at  that  place,  and  then  went  back 
to  San  Francisco  and  worked  at  various  kinds  of  employment,  mostly  dairying,  for  a 
couple  of  years.  He  put  in  another  two  years  at  dairying  in  Napa,  when  he  returned 
to  Ventura  County  and  began  to  farm  for  himself.  He  became  acquainted  with  Casper 
Borchard,  Sr.,  and  from  him  rented  a  grain  ranch  of  2,400  acres,  in  the  management 
of  which  he  continued  for  four  or  five  years.  He  toiled  and  struggled,  but  prices  were 
very  low,  and  the  laborer  at  times  could  scarcely  depend  upon  a  reward  worth  talking 
about.  He  then  bought  300  acres  of  grain  ranch,  well  situated  in  Ventura  County,  bu^ 
after  farming  there  for  five  years  he  sold  it. 

In  1903  Mr.  Gisler  came  down  to  what  was  known  as  Gospel  Swamp  and  bought 
some  eighty  acres  as  a  starter,  bringing  with  him  his  wife,  whom  he  had  married^  in 
Ventura  County.  Her  maiden  name  was  Anna  Pflanzer,  and  she  was  a  native  of 
Switzerland,  having  come  to  America  with  her  sister,  now  Mrs.  Samuel  Gisler  of 
Huntmgton  Beach,  when  a  young  woman.  The  happy  and  resolute  couple  set  about 
to  improve  the  Swamp  property;  they  cleared  away  the  willows  and  drained  and  plowed 
and  cultivated.  After  a  while  Mr.  Gisler  purchased  sixty  acres  more,  and  then  another 
sixty  acres,  and  after  that  twenty  acres;  so  that  he  finally  had  about  220  acres  a  mile 
south  and  a  mile  east  of  Talbert.  In  partnership,  also,  with  his  two  sons,  Walter  and 
Tom,  Mr.  Gisler  bought  from  F.  D.  Plavan,  in  1919,  a  handsome  block  of  ninety-nine 

thr::'te°n  i^c^  V  P^JV'"'"""'  ""'  ^^  ^'"^^  ''""*  ^  '^^^^  farmhouse,  and  has  sunk 
three  ten-inch  wells  and  four  seven-mch  wells,  installed  a  pumping  plant  and  built  a 
tank  house,  thus  adding  greatly  to  the  improvements  on  the  home  place-improvements 
in  which  he  can  take  the  more  pride  since  they  are  the  fruit  of  his  own  toil 

At  first  Mr.  Gisler  kept  cows  and  went  in  for  dairying,  but  as  soon  as  he  <rot  his 

rV^i^tu'a'co^^nT"  The"  "'^'?h  °'  ^"^^  '"'^'  ^  '^""-'^'^e  of  which°he  haS  afqui  ed 
7r  /    Tr         ^-  ^  '"'''  '^''"  "°  '"^=^''  fa'^to'-y,  except  the  one  at  Los  Alamitos 

and  his  first  four  crops  were  shipped  up  to  Oxnard.  He  has  seen  the  several  beet TuS; 
factories  built  at  Huntington  Beach  and  Santa  Ana,  and  he  now  sells  to  both  the  S 
Sugar  Corporation  at  Huntington  Beach  and  the  Southern  California  Suglr  Company 


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at  Santa  Ana.  In  1919  he  had  forty-five  acres  of  sugar  beets,  wliile  he  now  grows 
mostly  lima  beans.  In  1920,  for  example,  he  and  his  sons  planted  about  200  acres  to 
lima  beans  and  eighty  acres  to  sugar  beets,  and  the  balance  to  alfalfa. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gisler  belong  to  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  at  Huntington  Beach, 
and  Mr.  Gisler  is  a  member'  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  at  Anaheim.  In  national 
politics  he  is  a  Republican,  but  he  never  draws  the  party  line  when  it  is  a  question  of 
giving  a  whole-hearted  support  to  a  worthy  local  movement.  They  have  seven  children: 
Walter,  who  married  Marie  Collins  of  Talbcrt,  is  a  rancher;  Emma  is  the  wife  of 
Bernard  Stouffer,  another  rancher,  and  lives  at  Anaheim;  Thomas  is  also  a  rancher; 
Delia  has  graduated  from  the  Huntington  Beach  High  School,  and  is  now  living  at 
home;  and  there  are  Agnes,  Harold  and  Lucile. 

Thomas  Paul  Gisler,  the  third  in  the  order  of  birth,  was  called  into  service  for 
the  great  World  War  through  the  first  draft,  and  trained  at  Camp  Lewis.  Then  he 
joined  Company  E  of  the  Three  Hundred  and  Sixty-fourth  Infantry.  On  July  12,  1918, 
he  sailed  from  New  York  for  Southampton,  and  then  proceeded  to  Havre — the  same 
port  from  which  his  father  had  embarked  for  America — and  for  a  month  continued 
training  at  Longchamps.  From  there  he  was  assigned  to  the  reserves  at  St.  Mihiel, 
France,  and  in  the  great  Argonne  drive  was  wounded  in  the  left  arm  by  a  piece  of 
shrapnel.  His  severe  injuries  confined  him  to  a  hospital  in  France  for  eight  and  a  half 
months,  and  on  account  of  disability  he  was  discharged  at  the  Letterman  Hospital  in 
San  Francisco  on  June  9,  1919. 

ALFRED  E.  HAWLEY,  MRS.  ELIZABETH  M.  HAWLEY.— Distinguished  as 
the  oldest  living  pioneers  at  Newport  Beach,  in  point  of  actual  continuous  residence, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  E.  Hawley  enjoy  an  enviable  position  at  one  of  the  most  attractive 
and  most  promising  of  all  beach  resorts  along  the  Californian  Coast.  Their  faith  in 
Newport  Beach,  it  is  not  surprising  to  learn,  has  always  been  firm,  and  it  is  getting 
stronger  year  by  year.  They  have  invested  wisely  here  and  now  own  a  number  of 
choice  residential  lots  and  about  eight  houses,  which  they  have  built  and  which  they 
keep  rented  out.  They  have  been  in  Orange  County  for  thirty-three  years,  and  if 
anyone  is  likely  to  make  a  success  of  the  business  in  realty  so  ably  handled  by  Mrs. 
Hawley,  they  are  the  old-timers  of  experience. 

Mr.  Hawley  manages  a  large  sporting-goods  store  at  305  N.  Sycamore  Street, 
Santa  Ana,  and  is  the  head  of  the  firm  of  A.  E.  &  E.  M.  Hawley,  and  is  therefore 
one  of  Santa  Ana's  pioneer  business  men;  a  gentleman  of  strict  integrity,  deep  knowl- 
edge of  human  nature,  and  a  reputation  for  urbanity  and  a  desire  to  please,  who 
naturally  has  both  a  wide  acquaintance  throughout  the  county,  and  also  a  very  profit- 
able and  growing  trade. 

He  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Vt,  and  when  his  mother  died  in  Vermont  he  came 
to  Madison  County,  N.  Y.,  with  his  father,  Julius  Hawley.  He  attended  school  near 
Oneida,  and  it  was  there  he  met  the  lady  who  afterwards  became  his  wife,  Elizabeth 
(Mallery)  Hawley.  She,  however,  was  born  near  Lansing,  Mich.,  but  reared  in  Vir- 
ginia. She  was  the  daughter  of  Gibson  and  Sarah  M.  (Chadwick)  Mallery,  both  natives 
of  England. 

After  his  marriage  Alfred  E.  Hawley  engaged  in  manufacturing,  becoming  super- 
intendent of  the  Wescot  Chuck  Company  at  Oneida._  They  were  manufacturers  of 
lathes  and  drill  chucks.  However,  they  had  a  longing  to  live  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  so 
came  to  Santa  Ana  in  1887.  He  purchased  the  small  stock  of  sporting  goods  from 
J.  P.  Hutchins,  which  business  he  enlarged  from  time  to  time  until  it  is  the  largest 
of  the  kind  in  the  county,  and  he  now  has  thirty-three  years  of  honorable  and  suc- 
cessful business  experience  to  his  credit. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hawley  first  came  to  Newport  Beach  in  the  boom  year  of  1888, 
and  the  summer  month  of  August,  and  it  is  natural  that  they  should  feel  the  deepest 
interest  in  the  building  up  of  what  today  owes  so  much  to  them.  They  have  three 
children:  O.  J.  and  Ralph  E.  are  associated  with  Mr.  Hawley  in  the  store,  while  Arline 
married  Terrel  Jasper,  and  he  is  assistant  postmaster  at  Newport  Beach,  and  shares 
in  the  popularity  of  the  family.  Mr.  Hawley's  enterprise  leads  him  into  being  an 
active  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  as  well  as  the  Merchants  and  Manufac- 
turers Association.  Fraternally,  they  are  members  of  the  Maccabees,  while  Mr.  Hawley 
is  a  popular  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks,  where  he-  is  much  appreciated 
for  his  native  good  humor  and  pleasantness. 

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744  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

C.  GEORGE  VORTER.— A  representative  of  one  of  the  most  historic  American 
families  in  Orange  County,  C.  George  Porter  is  well  known  as  both  the  owner  of  a 
very  fine  orange  grove  and  also  as  a  leading  and  helpful  spirit  in  the  local  fraternal 
world.  He  was  born,  a  native  son,  in  Orangethorpe,  Los  Angeles  County,  now  Orange 
County,  on  March  7,  1875,  the  son  of  Benjamin  F.  and  Mary  H.  (Meade)  Porter,  who 
have  been  identified  with  Orangethorpe  and  its  district  since  the  early  seventies.  The 
father,  who  was  born  and  educated  in  Tennessee,  came  to  San  Diego  County  in  1869, 
journeying  hither  from  Texas.  He  was  a  plantation  holder  in  that  commonwealth,  and 
was  therefore  always  a  man  of  influence.  On  coming  to  what  is  now  Orange  County, 
he  bought  forty  acres  on  the  north  side  of  Orangethorpe  Avenue,  and  this  his  wise 
and  progressive  management  soon  made  known  as  the  Porter  Estate.  There  our 
subject  lived  until  he  was  married,  on  July  29,  1898,  to  Miss  Jane  Orell  Jennings,  a 
native  of  Kansas,  who  grew  up  in  San  Diego;  she  passed  away  on  September  11,  1917, 
leaving  one  child,  Charles  G.,  Jr.,  and  the  memory  of  a  charming  woman. 

In  1898  George  Porter  purchased  fifteen  acres  on  the  south  side  of  Orangethorpe 
Avenue,  and  he  now  has  a  valuable  grove  devoted  to  Valencia  oranges,  which  he  markets 
through  the  Specialty  Fruit  Company  of  Fullerton.  Well-grounded  in  his  education  at 
the  Orangethorpe  graded  school,  and  later  at  the  Los  Angeles  Business  College,  Mr. 
Porter  has  operated  successfully  in  both  oil  and  real  estate  in  the  county. 

On  December  22,  1919,  Mr.  Porter  was  married  for  the  second  time,  his  bride 
being  Mrs.  Alta  Rose  Rhodes,  a  native  of  Iowa,  in  which  state  she  was  educated;  and 
they  reside  in  the  fine  Porter  home  built  by  our  subject  in  1898.  A  member  of  the 
Masonic  Lodge  of  Fullerton  the  last  twenty  years,  Mr.  Porter  has  been  active  there, 
and  he  is  a  past  master  of  the  Blue  Lodge;  also  belongs  to  Fullerton  Chapter  and 
Santa  Ana  Council  and  the  Hacienda  Country  Club.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Eastern 
Star.  In  national  political  affairs  he  prefers  to  work  with  the  Democrats,  but  he  is 
too  broad-minded  to  allow  partisanship  to  interfere  with  his  support  of  any  movement 
properly  indorsed  and  likely  to  benefit  the  community  in  which  he  lives  and  prospers. 

CHARLES  DAVID  OVERSHINER.— Among  the  Federal  representatives  in  Cali- 
fornia whose  administration  of  office  has  proved  satisfactory,  is  Charles  David  Over- 
shiner,  the  popular  postmaster  of  Santa  Ana,  who  hails  from  Kentucky,  where  he  was 
born  at  Hopkinsville,  Christian  County,  on  December  29,  1863.  His  father  was  the  mer- 
chant, John  G.  Overshiner,  who  married  Miss  Margaret  Nichols,  the  daughter  of  David 
and  Mary  Nichols,  and  by  her  had  nine  children,  of  whom  five  are  living.  Both  parents 
are   now  dead. 

Mr.  Overshiner  enjoyed  the  usual  public  school  advantages  of  those  days,  and 
supplemented  them  in  the  field  where  so  many  men  have  acquired  a  rare  education — 
that  of  printing.  Having  learned  the  printer's  trade,  he  came  to  California  in  June, 
1883,  locating  at  Santa  Ana,  and  identified  himself  with  the  Santa  Ana  Standard,  later 
with  the  Blade,  and  still  later  with  the  Santa  Ana  Bulletin,  in  which  he  still  retains 
a   half  interest. 

As  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Overshiner  was  active  in  support  of  his  party,  and  on  January 
12,  1915,  was  appointed  to  the  responsible  position  he  now  holds.  His  only  child, 
William  H.,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Santa  Ana  high  school  and  the  University  of  California^ 
and  is  a  civil  engineer,  connected  with  the  U.  S.  Geodetic  Survey,  stationed  in  the 
Philippines.  Mr.  Overshiner  is  a  Mason,  Odd  Fellow  and  an  Elk,  and  has  attained  to 
various  chairs,  his  popularity  in  official  circles  even  being  eclipsed  by  that  showered 
upon  him  m  fraternal  life. 

J.  M.  CALLAN.— An  enterprising,  progressive  citizen,  whose  burning  desire  for 
years  at  ast  drove  h.m  'back  to  the  soil,"  is  J.  M.  Callan,  now  handsomely  rewarded 
for  the  struggles  of  the  past  in  the  possession  of  one  of  the  best-developed  groves  in 
Orange  County.  A  native  son,  proud  of  his  association  with  this  great  state  he  was 
born  ,n  El  Monte,  on  July  4,  1867,  the  son  of  J.  M.  and  Ruth  J.  (clenn)  CaUan  The 
father  came  to  California  in  1850,  and  the  mother  reached  here  in  the  hardlv  less 
stirring  days  of  a  decade  later,  J.  M.  Callan,  Sr.,  settled  at  first  in  Northern  California 
and  when  he  came  south,  he  pitched  his  tent  at  El  Monte  "^aiitornia. 

Our  subject  thus  went  to  school  at  EI  Monte,  and  finished  his  education  at  the 
Woodbury  Business  College.    His  father  having  died  when  he  was  an  infant      ^s  mother 
married  a  second  time,  then  becoming  the  wife  of  M.   F.  Quinn      The  lad  heln^^l, 
stepfather  until  he  was  seventeen  years  old,  and  then  he  began  to  worl^lr'trund! 
who  had  a  ranch  of  2,400  acres,  and  raised  stock.    This  uncle  was  A   T    cJZ 
from  the  thirty-eighth  district.  '  ^-  burner,  senator 

On  November  5,  1891,  Mr.  Callan  was  married  to  Miss  T  Pnnr^  Rrr^„o 
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of  California.     She  was  educated  at  Walnut  and  Spadra,  and  was  particularly  fortunate 
in  having  superior  opportunities,  from  which  she  profited,  for  the  study  of  music. 

While  a  boy,  it,  may  be  mentioned,  J.  M.  Callan  served  as  page  during  three 
sessions  of  the  state  legislature,  and  thus  had  the  best  chance  to  see  and  hear  notable 
men,  and  to  be  present  on  historic  occasions.  He  came  to  know,  in  particular,  Hiram 
Johnson,  and  has  always  cherished  the  friendship  then  formed.  He  was  also  a  carrier 
of  telegrams  between  Los  Angeles  and  San  Dimas,  and  went  the  whole  distance  on 
horseback.  After  his  marriage,  Mr.  Callan  farmed  for  four  years,  and  then,  in  1896,  he 
went  to  Arizona,  trying  his  luck  at  silver  and  lead  mining,  south  of  Casa  Grande,  in 
the  Vekol  district.  After  two  years  in  that  state,  he  returned  to  California  and  worked 
in  the  railway  mail  service.  He  traveled  on  various  lines,  but  chiefly  on  the  Southern 
Pacific,  and  ran  especially  between  Los  Angeles  and  El  Paso,  and  Los  Angeles  and 
San  Francisco. 

.His  main  interest,  however,  has  always  been  ranching,  and  in  1912  he  purchased 
ten  acres  in  oranges  and  eight  acres  in  walnuts,  grubbed  up  the  latter  and  set  out 
Valencias.  In  1916  he  purchased  an  additional  twenty-five  acres,  also  devoted  to 
oranges,  and  like  the  other  ranch,  well  watered  by  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company. 
Now  he  is  a  director  in  the  Anaheim  Orange  and  Lemon  Growers  Exchange;  and  his 
son  Forrest  is  living  upon  a  part  of  the  homestead,  and  also  forwarding  by  his  work 
the  progress  of  California  horticulture. 

Two  sons  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Callan.  Glenn  M.  is  the  elder,  and  is 
engaged  in  business  in  Fullerton;  and  the  other  is  Forrest  B.  Callan,  who  married  Miss 
Selma  Salveson,  and  they  have  one  child,  Lenore.  Mrs.  Callan  died  on  November  30, 
1918,  and  on  July  1,  1920,  Mr.  Callan  married  Mrs.  Bertie  Bronson,  born  in  Kentucky, 
but  a  resident  of  California  for  several  years. 

Mr.  Callan  is  a  Democrat  in  national  politics,  although  nonpartisan  enough  in  his 
support  of  local  measures  likely  to  help  the  town  and  county,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  Lodge,  holding  membership  in  Fullerton  Lodge  No.  339,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  in 
Fullerton  Chapter,  R.  A.  M. 

MRS.  BETSY  ANN  HAZARD.— The  ancestry  of  Mrs.  Betsy  Ann  Hazard  dates 
back  to  the  early  days  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers,  when  two  White  brothers  came  over  in 
the  Mayflower,  and  from  one  of  these  Mrs.  Hazard  is  directly  descended.  The  White 
family  figured  prominently  in  the  Revolutionary  War  and  in  the  early  history  of  Massa- 
chusetts and  of  New  York,  Mrs.  Hazard  herself  being  a  pioneer  of  Iowa;  she  was  born 
at  Erieville,  Madison  County,  N.  Y.,  her  parents  being  Elijah  and  Betsy  (Cook)  White. 
Elijah  White  was  a  blacksmith  at  Erieville  for. many  years,  having  come  there  from 
his  native  state  of  Massachusetts,  Mrs.  White  also  having  been  born  at  Williamstown, 
in  that  state.  They  were  the  parents  of  four  children:  Charles,  William,  Austin,  who 
died  at  Fallbrook  in  1916,  and  Betsy  Ann,  of  this  review,  and  the  only  one  living. 
She  was  reared  and  educated  at  Erieville  and  on  February  14,  18S8,  at  Leeville,  N.  Y., 
was  married -to  Robert  Samuel  Hazard,  who  was  also  born  at  Erieville,  N.  Y.,  in  1833, 
only  half  a  mile  from  the  birthplace  of  Mrs.  Hazard;  he  was  the  son  of  Ira  and  Clarissa 
(Brown)  Hazard,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  New  York  and  lived  there  until  their 
death,  the  father  being  a  well-to-do  farmer  and  dairyman,  and  was  the  first  child  born 
in  that  village. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hazard  remained  in  New  York  for  a  year  or  so  after  their  marriage, 
when  they  removed  to  what  was  then  considered  the  far  west,  settling  in  Blackhawk 
County,  Iowa,  in  1860.  Here  thev  bought  a  partially  improved  farm  of  eighty  acres, 
which  they  cultivated  until  1877.  They  then  drove  their  cattle  out  to  Redwillow  County, 
Nebr.,  and  later  to  Hitchcock  County,  in  that  state,  moving  into  a  deserted  dug-out 
that  had  been  occupied  by  settlers  who  had  been  eaten  out  by  grasshoppers  and  aban- 
doned the  place.  In  1881,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hazard,  with  their  children,  came  to  California, 
settling  in  the  -Westminster  district  in  August  of  that  year.  They  purchased  fortv  acres 
northwest  of  Bolsa,  paying  $700  for  the  tract,  and  moved  on  it  February  6,  1882,  and 
there  engaged  in  ranching  until  Mr.  Hazard's  death,  which  occurred  very  suddenly 
from  heart  failure  on  November  23,  1895,  while  he  was  at  work  in  the  field.  Mrs. 
Hazard  resides  on  the  home  place  and  rents  the  land  to  her  grandson,  Robert  F.  Hazard. 

There  were  five  children,  two  now  living,  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hazard,  all  natives 
of  Iowa  except  the  third  child,  who  was  born  in  New  York:  Bertha  resides  on  the  home 
farm  with  her  mother;  Frank  became  a  prosperous  rancher  in  the  Westminster  precinct, 
the  owner  of  120  acres  of  land  there;  he  passed  away  on  January  22,  1916,  at  the  age  of 
forty-five  years.  He  was  married  to  Alice  Marden  of  Westminster,  who  died  in  1900, 
leaving  three  children — Harry  is  a  rancher  at  Lancaster,  Cal.,  is  married  and  has  two 
living  children,  Eugene  and  Alice;  Robert  F.  is  a  rancher  in  the  Westminster  district, 
farming  the  land  of  his  grandmother,  Mrs.  Betsy  Ann  Hazard;  he  has  three  children. 


748  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Roland,  Clyde  and  Kenneth;  L,uella,  who  married  Gifford  Giles  and  lives  at  Santa  Ana; 
she  was  reared  by  her  grandmother,  Mrs.  Betsy  Ann  Hazard,  her  mother  having  passed 
away  when  she  was  but  two  weeks  old;  the  youngest  of  the  Hazard  children,  Grace,  is 
ihe  wife  of  Harry  Bush,  a  shipbuilder  at  Harbor  City,  Cal.,  and  they  have  one  daughter, 
Ethelwyn,  now  Mrs.  Harry  Griswold  of  Exeter,  Cal. 

Coming  from  a  long  line  of  patriotic  forbears,  it  is  but  natural  that  Mrs.  Hazard 
should  feel  an  intense  loyalty  to  her  country  and  this  she  expressed  in  a  practical  way 
during  the  stirring  time  of  the  late  war,  being  especially  active  in  the  work  of  the  Red 
Cross.  While  she  has  never  allied  herself  with  any  particular  church,  she  has  always 
lived  an  exemplary  Christian  life,  governed  by  the  principles  of  the  Golden  Rule.  She 
has  never  found  any  religion  higher  than  the  truth  and  she  considers  it  her  privilege 
to  discover  truth  anywhere  and  everywhere,  adhering  to  the  highest  concept  of  life  as 
It  is  unfolded.  A  firm  advocate  of  temperance,  she  has  been  a  member  of  the  Women's 
Christian  Temperance  Union,  the  Good  Templars  and  other  prohibition  organizations. 

HARRY  RAY. — A  pioneer  business  man  of  Brea,  Orange  County,  Harry  Ray  has 
been  closely  identified  with  the  commercial  interests  of  this  fast-growing  city  since 
1911,  during  which  time  he  has  been  classed  among  the  upbuilders  of  this  district  in 
all  progressive  movements.  A  native  of  Ohio,  he  was  born  at  Cincinnati  on  March 
2S,  1878,  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Louise  (Hofifman)  Ray,  the  latter  still  living  and  the 
mother  of  seven  children. 

The  third  eldest  of  the  family,  Harry  Ray  received  his  education  in  the  excellent 
schools  of  his  native  city,  also  fortunate  in  having  been  able  to  pursue  a  course  in  the 
high  school  as  well.  When  his  school  days  were  over  he  entered  the  mercantile 
business  there  and  thoroughly  equipped  himself  for  his  career  inlife.  When  twenty- 
three  years  of  age  he  decided  to  come  West,  feeling  that  the  best  opportunities  were 
to  be  found  here  rather  than  in  the  crowded  marts  of  the  East.  On  his  arrival  he  secured 
employment  with  the  Stern-Goodman  Company  at  Fullerton,  and  for  ten  years  was 
in  their -store  in  that  city.  In  1911  he  was  sent  to  the  new  town  of  Brea  to  open  a 
branch  store  for  his  company,  and  was  made  manager  of  it,  having  demonstrated  his 
ability  and  integrity  during  his  ten  years'  service  with  them  in  Fullerton.  He  later 
bought  their  interest  and  for  three  years  carried  on  a  flourishing  business  for  himself 
and  expanded  the  business  to  large  proportions  during  that  time.  He  then  sold  out  to 
Joseph  Weiss,  and  was  made  manager  for  him,  continuing  in  that  position  until  he 
resigned  to  embark  in  the  general  gents'  furnishing  business  for  himself,  where  he  is 
to  be  found  catering  to  the  best  element  of  the  prosperous  oil-producing  center. 

Public-spirited  and  active  in  all  forward  movements  of  the  locality,  Mr.  Ray  was 
the  prime  mover  in  organizing  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  was  honored  with  the 
first  presidency  of  that  organization,  and  later  served  another  term,  and  as  a  booster 
for  the  community  he  exerted  a  strong  influence  for  the  good  of  the  entire  section 
He  IS  a  Republican  m  politics  and  fraternally  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pvthias 
the  Foresters  and  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks  of  Anaheim.  , 

B  ^^^}\'^.?^^V^  MODJESKA.-Among  the  most  popular  favorites  at  Balboa 
Beach  mdeed  throughout  all  Orange  County  where  the  memory  of  Madame  Modieska 
as  both  a  genius  and  a  noble  woman,  is  held  so  dear,  none  enjoys  a  more  enviable 
position  than  the  grandson  of  the  famous  Polish-American  actress,  Felix  Bozenta 
Modjeska,  and  his  talented  wife  residing  on  Modjeska  or  Bay  Island,  where  the  divine 
interpreter  died  on  April  9,  1909  and  which  she  ^yiIled  to  her  two  grandchildren  the 
aforesaid  He  was  born  at  Omaha,  Nebr.,  on  August  6,  1887,  when  his  father  Raloh 
Modjeski,  the  noted  civil  engineer  of  Chicago,  was  engaged  on  the  Union  Pacific  bHdge 
then  being  stretched  across  the  Missouri  River  at  Omaha.  Ralph  Modjeski  was  boni 
at  Cracow,  Poland,  m  1861,  and  came  to  the  United  States  with  his  mother  n  the 
year  of  our  national  Centenmal,  1876  Later,  he  graduated  from  the  C^ll  des  Fonts 
et  Chaussees,  at  Pans,  at  the  head  of  his  class,  with  honors,  and  in  1911  was  made  a 
Doctor  of  Engineering,  by  the  University  of  Illinois.  On  D;cember  28,  18^5  hTmar- 
ned  Fehcie  Benda,  of  Cracow,  a  niece  of  Mme.  Modjeska,  by  her  beloved  brother  fX 

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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  751 

member  of  several  of  the  leading  clubs  of  Chicago  and  New  York.  He  resides  on  Hyde 
Park  Boulevard,  Chicago,  and  has  an  office  on  Michigan  Avenue. 

The  early  life,  therefore,  of  Felix  Bozenta  Modjeska  was  mainly  spent  at  Chicago, 
where  he  attended  the  public  schools  and  De  La  Salle  Institute  and  the  University  high 
school.  He  also  studied  electrical  engineering  at  Armour  Institute,  and  enjoyed  the 
instruction  of  men  noted  the  world  over  for  their  mastery  of  modern  electrical  science, 
and  so  became  himself  a  recognized  electrical  expert.  He  was  married  at  Davenport, 
Iowa,  to  Miss  Dorothy  Hill,  of  Western  Springs,  111.;  and  in  1910,  following  his 
revered  grandmother's  death,  he  and  his  wife  came  West  to  inherit  their  enviable 
property.    They  have  two  children,  Felix  G.  and  Ralph. 

Some  time  ago,  Mr.  Modjeska  formed  a  partnership  wil^  R.  M.  Simberg  for  the 
establishing  and  conducting  of  an  electrical  engineering  and  supply  business  at  Balboa 
and  Newport  Beach;  and  Mr.  Simberg  takes  charge  of  the  store  at  the  latter  place, 
while  Mr.  Modjeska  manages  the  business  at  Balboa.  As  might  be  expected  of  those 
who  began  with  a  reputation  for  exceptional  ability  and  who  have  since  added  to  their 
laurels  and  by  strict  attention  to  the  wants  of  their  patrons,  increased  their  number 
of  appreciative  friends,  these  gentlemen  have  done  well  from  the  start;  and  they  bid 
fair  to  "grow  up  with  the  country,"  and  to  come  in  on  the  crest  of  the  waves,  at  the 
high  tide  of  the  beaches'  prosperity. 

ALBERT  J.  CHAFFEE.— Residents  of  Garden  Grove  for  nearly  forty  years,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Albert  J.  Chaffee  occupy  an  honored  place  in  the  community  for  the  contri- 
bution they  made  to  the  upbuilding  of  this  section  of  Orange  County.  A  native  of 
Illinois,  Mr.  Chaffee  was  a  son  of  Eber  C.  and  Anna  (Davis)  Chaffee,  his  birth  occurring 
April  27,  1848,  in  Kane  County,  near  Elgin,  in  that  state.  Eber  C.  Chaffee  was  born 
at  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.,  and  when  a  youth  learned  the  trades  of  tanner  and  currier,  but 
after  removing  to  Kane  County,  111.,  in  1839,  he  became  interested  in  agriculture,  im- 
proving a  farm  of  400  acres  there.  Mrs.  Chaffee  was  also  a  native  of  Vermont,  born 
at  Rutland,  of  Welsh  and  English  descent;  both  parents  died  at  the  Illinois  homestead. 

Albert  J.  Chaffee  spent  his  early  life  on  the  home  farm  in  Kane  County,  111., 
attending  the  public  schools  there  and  later  the  Seminary  at  Aurora,  the  Academy  at 
Elgin  and  the  Rock  River  Seminary  at  Mt.  Morris,  111.  For  a  while  he  took  up  the 
profession  of  a  school  teacher,  teaching  two  years  in  Iowa  and  one  in  Illinois.  Later 
he  became  interested  in  dairying,  running  an  extensive  dairy  near  Elgin  for  many  years. 
He  was  one  of  the  early  promoters  of  that  industry  in  that  section,  which  has  since 
become  famous  throughout  the  country  as  a  butter-producing  market.  He  continued 
there  until  1881,  when  he  decided  to  remove  to  California,  settling  at  Garden  Grove 
directly  on  his  arrival  here.  For  a  number  of  years  he  engaged  in  the  dairy  business 
on  the  peat  lands  in  the  Westminster  and  Bolsa  districts,  but  later  gave  over  his  time 
to  general  farming,  in  which  he  achieved  splendid  success.  Through  different  purchases 
he  at  one  time  owned  140  acres  of  land,  but  disposed  of  most  of  it,  retaining  a  small 
acreage  where  he  erected  his  commodious  farmhouse,  the  trees  which  he  planted  now 
having  grown  to  a  great  size.     Here  his  family  make  their  home. 

Of  the  twelve  children  of  the  Chaffee  family,  only  two  are  now  living:  Alonzo  D. 
resides  at  Wasco,  111.,  and  is  eighty  years  of  age;  and  Dorr  B.,  who  is  seventy-eight 
years  old,  makes  his  home  in  Los  Angeles,  where  he  is  well  known.  Of  the  brothers 
who  are  deceased  may  be  mentioned  Dr.  John  D.  Chaffee,  who  came  to  Garden  Grove 
in  1875  and  was  widely  known  there  and  at  Long  Beach,  where  he  had  an  extensive 
practice  until  his  death  in  1907;  Simon  E.  Chaffee  was  justice  of  the  peace  and  notary 
public  at  Garden  Grove  for  many  years  and  died  there  in  1916,  at  the  age  of  sixty-nine 
years;  the  oldest  brother,  Sereno  S.  Chaffee,  was  a  man  of  means  and  figured  in  the 
business  and  political  circles  of  Los  Angeles,  becoming  a  strong  Prohibitionist  before 
his  death  in  1894,  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight;  another  brother,  Fernando  H.  Chaffee,  was 
a  prominent  resident  of  Long  Beach,  living  to  be  eighty  years  old,  and  dying  in  1908.  ■ 
Of  Mr.  Chaffee's  three  sisters,  Mrs.  Sarah  M.  Johnson  was  a  resident  of  Garden  Grove 
before  her  death  in  1899;  Addie  F.  died  in  Illinois  at  the  age  of  ten  years;  Mrs.  Marcia 
A.  Ryder  died  in  1916  in  Long  Beach,  aged  eighty-six  years,  her  son.  Dr.  Burns  Ryder, 
being  a  well-known  physician  there. 

Mr.  Chaffee's  marriage,  which  occurred  in  1873,  united  him  with  Miss  Susan  E. 
Am'brose,  the  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Ambrose,  a  well-known  minister  of  the  Rock 
River  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  Illinois.  Mrs.  Chaffee  was  born 
in  Maine,  but  was  reared  in  Illinois  froin  the  age  of  six.  Six  children  have  been  born 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chaffee:  Mettie  E.  is  in  the  Deaconess  work  in  Los  Angeles;  Edward 
A.  is  a  large  rancher  and  apricot  grower  at  Garden  Grove;  Dr.  Burns  S.  Chaffee,  a 
physician  at  Long  Beach,  is  a  graduate  of  Johns  Hopkins  University,  where  'he  spe- 
cialized in   surgery.     He  was  a  surgeon  in   the   army  during  the   late  war,   serving  in 


752  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

France,  and  was  commissioned  a  captain;  Ralph  A.  is  a  resident  of  Garden  Grove; 
Leila  B.  graduated  from  the  Santa  Ana  high  school  and  later  from  the  Los  Angeles 
Normal,  and  is  now  taking  a  domestic  science  course  at  Santa  Barbara;  she  taught  five 
years  in  the  Garden  Grove  grammar  school;  an  infant  daughter  died  at  the  age  of  ten 
days  in  Garden  Grove. 

Mr.  Chaffee  was  a  member  and  trustee  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Gar- 
den Grove;  always  a  hard  worker,  he  lived  a  clean,  industrious  and  useful  life,  and  was 
found  furthering  every  good  work,  especially  the  cause  of  temperance  and  national 
prohibition.  He  died  June  4,  1920,  aged  over  seventy-two.  Mrs.  Chaffee,  who  is  also  a 
faithful  member  of  the  Methodist  Church,  ably  seconded  her  husband  in  all  his  good 
works  and  is  beloved  by  the  entire  community. 

NOAH  ULYSSES  POTTER.— A  highly  esteemed  family  of  Orange  with  an 
unusually  interesting  association  with  the  great  World  War,  is  that  of  Noah  Ulysses 
Potter,  whose  sturdy  sons  vie  with  him  in  popularity.  He  was  born  in  Madison  County, 
Iowa,  in  1869,  the  son  of  Ephraim  Potter,  a  native  of  Michigan  who  settled  in  Icwa, 
and  there  farmed.  He  also  married  there,  taking  for  his  wife  Miss  Mary  Blosser;  and 
there  he  died.  He  had  two  brothers  in  the  Civil  War,  one  of  whom  was  killed.  All 
of  their  five  children  are  still  living;  but  only  the  youngest — the  subject  of  our  sketch 
— is  in  California.  Mrs.  Potter,  the  beloved  mother,  survived  to  give  joy  to  all  who 
knew  her,  until  March,  1920,  when  she  died. 

Reared  on  a  farm,  Noah  attended  the  local  public  schools,  and  after  a  while 
learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  in  time  marrying  Miss  Minnie  O'Brien,  a  native  of  Illinois. 
He  worked  at  his  trade  in  Madison  County  until  1902,  when  he  located  in  California. 
Four  years  before  he  had  come  to  the  Golden  State  for  the  first  time,  and  had  remained 
here  nearly  a  year,  mostly  at  Santa  Cruz;  and  then  he  returned  to  Iowa.  The  spell  of 
California,  however,  had  seized  him  as  it  has  so  many  others,  and  when  he  came  he 
chose  Orange  as  the  most  attractive  place,  promising  the  most  for  the  future.  For 
the  first  two  years  after  coming  here  he  worked  at  his  trade  as  a  carpenter,  and  since 
then  he  has  been  in  business  for  himself. 

Mr.  Potter  has  been  exceptionally  successful  and  has  erected  many  buildings 
of  note  Among  these  are  the  Jorn  Block,  the  Ainsworth  Block,  the  Smith  and  Grote 
Block,  the  Pixley  and  Edwards  Block,  the  Eltiste  Garage,  the  Struck  Garage,  the  Boring 
Buddmgs,  the  Christian  Church,  as  well  as  many  of  the  finest  private  residences  in 
the  city.     He  built  his  own  residence  on  East  Palmyra  Street 

A  Republican  in  national  political  affairs,  Mr.  Potter  was  appointed  on  the  non- 
war  construction  committee  for  Orange  County  during  the  period  of  the  war  His 
son,  Claud,  who  is  a  carpenter  and  assists  him,  joined  the  aviation  section  of  the  U  S 
Array  and  was  stationed  at  Rockwell  Field  in  this  state  until  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged in  March,  1919,  when  he  resumed  work  with  his  father.  Another  son,  Ray- 
mond, who  IS  also  a  carpenter  and  assists  his  father,  was  in  the  war  as  a  member  of 
iiattery  B,  of  the  Anti-Aircraft,  serving  overseas,  and  was  in  active  service  in  France 
or  SIX  months.  After  the  armistice  had  been  signed  he  returned  home  and  was  hon- 
orably discharged      A  third   son   was  in  the   U.   S.   Naval   Reserve   Force,   and   in   the 

hree"of  Zlf       V      '   ^'   ''   ""''^  l^'   ^"^'^   ^"'"''"   Company   at   Orange.     All 
thre^  nf  I  ^°l}^  '°"'  ^'^  members   of   Orange   Post   No.   132   of  the   American 

Legion      Th'e  7°   ,  "^  '°"'  ^''^^^'^bers  of  the  Orange  Post  No.  132  of  the  American 

^   Ar     P  f.     ^^  ^  ^""^  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
K.i      *^''-  -^°"^''  was^made  a  Mason  in  Orange  Grove  Lodge  No    293    F    &  A    M     and 
mta"  Chi°pt?r"o'^E''T^  ""J^'''^'  f"  '''  ^  ^^  ^^     ^rs.^Potter  belongs  to  th^'He" 
Tst  known      '  '  "  '"''^^  P°P"'''"  '"  '^'  ""'^''  '"  ^^i<^h  sh^  is  active  and 

■  own  uiffSHn^e™y'f;;7''c?osT'a3,vl"t^  "".''  liberal-minded  young  man  who,  by  his 
prominent  plLe  in  ^the  bLness  circles'of°hif  •'  '^".''«  ."*  J^^  ^ay,  has  risen  to  a 
born  at  Orange  on  March  22  1886  Hifn  .  "^  "'^i  ''  ^''"'^  ^-  ^rote,  who  was 
the  well-know^  pioneers,  and  in  Se' order  of  birth  Z"""  ^T"".  -^^  Wilhelmina  Grote, 

He  was  sent  to  the  local  schools  for  h^  ^  ""T  *^^  ^°"''*^  °f  ^'^  children, 
continued  his  studies  at  the  Orange  Bush  es  Col W ''w^'°'\""''  '"  ^^"'^  ^na  he 
over,  he  entered  the  store  of  the  EWen  and  Gro^e  Co^mn.'f  \'-  f  "^'"*  ^^^^^  ^"« 
large  owner,  and  beginning  at  the  bot"om  al.n  j^  7'  °^  u^'"^  ^'^  ^^^'^'^^  ^^s  a 
unt.  he  became  assistant  manager!  Since  then  he  h.  K°"^''  ^"'°"=  departments 
stockholders,  and  as  a   controlling  facior    is   di  ec^or  a,  H  T    °"'    °^   '^^    ^^^S"' 

He  belongs  to  the  Commercial  Club  and  also  tol^^^e  M  '"""^'"y  °f  th^  company. 
Association  of  Orange,  in  which  organizations  hs  en'  if'  ^"^  Manufacturers 
organized  channels  he  makes  his  influenc^'feU  ^ ^':::^Z£r ^::S^'::^  '"  "- 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  755 

Mr.  Grote  is  also  interested  in  citrus  culture,  and  owns  a  ranch  of  twenty  acres 
east  of  Orange,  which  he  has  set  out  and  improved  with  Valencia  oranges  and  lemons. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association  and  the  Central  Lemon 
Association  at  Villa  Park,  and  loses  no  opportunity  to  advocate  the  introduction  of 
the  most  approved,  up-to-date  methods  and  appliances. 

While  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Mr.  Grote  was  married  to  Miss  Mathilde  Schuessler, 
a  native  of  that  city  and  a  graduate  of  Strassberger's  Conservatory  of  Music  at  St. 
Louis;  and  their  union  has  been  blessed  with  the  birth  of  one  child,  a  daughter,  Elinor. 
Mr.  Grote  is  a  member  of  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church. 

A  Republican  in  matters  of  national  political  import,  and  a  most  loyal  American 
citizen,  always  solicitous  for  a  high  standard  of  civic  honor,  Mr.  Grote  knows  no 
political  partisanship  when  it  comes  to  boosting  Orange,  town  and  county,  nor  does 
he  allow  party  preferences  to  stand  in  the  way  of  endorsing  the  best  men  and  measures. 
In  this  respect,  he  sets  the  best  example  for  civic  reform  and  growth. 

MRS.  MARIA  E.  HEAD. — Preeminent  among  the  most  interesting  factors  in 
the  history  of  romantic  California  must  be  rated  the  lives  of  such  genuine  and  worthy 
pioneers  as  the  late  Dr.  H.  W.  Head,  who  passed  to  his  eternal  reward  on  December 
5,  1919,  and  his  estimable  companion  who  so  admirably  sustains  his  standards  in  her 
charming  home  life  at  520  East  Sixth  Street,  Santa  Ana.  He  was  born  in  Obion 
County,  Tenn.,  on  January  1,  1840,  and  as  a  decidedly  pioneer  physician  settled  at 
Garden  Grove  in  the  far-away  Centennial  year  of  1876.  At  Rives,  then  Troy  Station, 
Obion  County,  Tenn.,  on  August  18,  1869,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Maria  E.  Caldwell, 
a  daughter  of  Waller  H.  Caldwell,  a  well-known  farmer  of  Obion  County,  Tenn., 
where  he  was  also  a  pioneer.  He  was  born  in  Henry  County,  Tenn.,  lived  to  hunt 
not  merely  wild  turkeys  but  grizzly  bears  in  Obion  County,  when  he  first  essayed  to 
set  up  his  home  there,  and  died  there  in  1891,  almost  eighty  years  of  age.  He  was 
married  in  Obion  County  to  Elizabeth  Morgan,  who  died  when  Mrs.  Head  was  only 
eleven  years  old.  She  left  five  children — three  girls  and  two  boy's,  of  whom  there  are 
only  two  living:  our  subject  and  a  brother,  Waller  J.  Caldwell,  a  farmer  in  Obion 
County.  In  May,  1917,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Head  took  an  extended  trip  East,  to  visit  their 
old  Tennessee  home,  and  on  the  journey  they  stopped  at  Washington,  D.  C,  and 
shook  hands  with  President  Wilson. 

Dr.  Head  studied  medicine  under  his  father,  Dr.  Horace  Head,  perhaps  the 
leading  physician  of  Obion  County;  attended  the  Academy  at  Troy,  Tenn.,  and  later 
matriculated  at  the  Nashville  Medical  College,  graduating  in  the  spring  of  1869.  Prior 
to  his  beginning  the  study  of  medicine  he  enlisted  in  the  Civil  War  as  a  Confederate 
soldier  and  participated  in  the  following  battles;  Shiloh,  Perryville,  Murfreesboro, 
Chickamauga,  Missionary  Ridge  (both  battles).  Cut  Creek,  Rocky  Ford  Ridge,  Resaca, 
.A.dairsville,  New  Hope  Church,  Pine  Mountain,  Dead  Angle,  Beech  Tree  Creek, 
Atlanta,  Jonesboro,  Franklin,  Nashville  and  Sugar  Creek.  At  the  battle  of  Franklin 
he  came  out  with  such  torn  clothes  and  so  bedraggled  and  powder-stained  that  his 
own  uncle  did  not  know  him.  The  company  in  which  he  served  throughout  the  v/ar 
was  the  one  in  which  he  had  enlisted — the  "Avalanche";  it  was  made  up  at  Ivoy, 
Tenn.,  and  he  became  its  captain.  After  his  marriage.  Dr.  Head  went  to  live  at  Troy 
and  there  he  practiced  until  he  came  to  California.  The  first  captain,  by  the  way, 
who  organized  the  "Avalanche,"  was  John  W.  Buford;  and  when  he  was  promoted  to 
the  office  of  colonel,  Dr.  Head  was  made  captain.  Dr.  Head  was  a  valiant  soldier, 
remained  prominent  in  Confederate  circles,  and  numbered  his  friends  by  the  thousands, 
as  was  evidenced  by  the  attendance  and  demonstrations  at  his  funeral,  which  was 
attended  by  admirers  and  mourners  from  far  and  near.  He  had  been  commissioned 
lieut. -colonel  and  judge-advocate  on  the  staflf  of  Maj.-Gen.  S.  Lerchfield,  on  January 
1,  1905,  and  at  their  twenty-ninth  reunion  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  in  1919,  he  was  made 
surgeon-general  of  the  Pacific  Division  of  the  United  Confederate  Veterans.  Always 
an  earnest  advocate  of  education,  he  was  for  twenty-eight  years  a  trustee  of  the  Garden 
Grove  school. 

Nine  children  blessed  the  fortunate  union  of  this  distinguished  couple.  Horace  C. 
Head  is  the  well-known  attorney.  PercJe,  is  assisting  her  mother  in  presiding  over 
the  home.  Lucy  died  in  Tennessee,  in  infancy,  as  did  also  Ocie.  Flora  is  the  wife  of 
Marvin  Johnson,  of  Los  Angeles.  Maggie  Belle  became  Mrs.  Newton  H.  Cox,  the 
wife  of  a  rancher  living  near  Blythe,  Palo  Verde  Valley,  Riverside  County,  Cal.  W. 
Clair  Head  is  a  rancher  at  Garden  Grove,  and  Bessie,  living  near,  is  the  wife  of  Anson 
Mott,  while  Mary  is  Mrs.  James  Pumphrey  and  resides  in  Los  Angeles.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Head'  were  members  of  the  First  Christian  Church  at  Santa  Ana.  Mrs.  Head  and  her 
daughter  Percie  are  charter  members  of  the  Emma  Sansom  Chapter  of  the  United 
Daughters   of  the   Confederacy,  of  which   Mrs.   Head  has   served   as   president.     Mrs. 


756  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Head,  like  her  lamented  husband,  is  a  consistent  Democrat,  and  the  Head  family  cast 
fifteen  votes  for  President  Wilson.  ,  ■  „,..j 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Head  moved  to  Santa  Ana  in  1905,  and  in  1919,  they  celebrated 
their  golden  wedding  very  fittingly  at  the  County  Park.  The  local  newspaper  m 
chronicling  the  event  said:  "The  long  table  was  decorated  with  golden  flowers,  ana 
conspicuous  among  the  good  things  was  an  enormous  wedding  cake,  made  by  a  daug  - 
ter-in-law,  Mrs.  Clare  Head,  with  the  two  dates,  1869-1919.  At  the  extreme  end  ot  the 
table,  where  the  bride  and  groom  of  fifty  years  ago  sat,  was  a  clever  poster  made  by 
Hugh  Johnson,  a  gifted  grandson.  At  the  close  of  the  beautiful  repast,  H.  C.  Head,  the 
eldest  son  arose,  and  after  a  felicitous  speech,  presented  on  behalf  of  the  sons  and 
daughters,  a  handsome  gold  watch,  suitably  engraved,  to  his  father  and  a  beautiful  gold 
chain  and  lavalliere  to  his  mother.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Head  have  seven  children  and  fourteen 
grandchildren  living,  all  of  whom  were  present  yesterday  to  rejoice  with  them.  They 
have  lived  in  this  vicinity  ever  since  1876,  and  for  many  years  Dr.  Head  practiced  his 
profession.  Often  in  an  early  day  when  there  was  destitution  or  sharp  need,  the  patient 
was  taken  to  his  own  home  and  cared  fqr  by  himself  and  his  wife.  Many  of  the  old 
settlers  here  have  reason  to  remember  these  good  people  with  gratitude.  They  and 
their  newer  friends  join  with  the  family  in  wishing  them  continued  health  and 
happiness." 

It  was  not  long,  however,  before  the  same  newspaper  announced  the  sad  news  of 
Dr.  Head's  death  in  the  headlines:  "Dr.  Head,  Well-known  Citizen,  Passes  Away: 
Active  in  Public  Afifairs — Served  in  the  Legislature  in  1884-85."  It  reviewed  his  ener- 
getic and  fruitful  life,  and  added  this  comment: 

"Throughout  his  life  in  this  section,  Dr.  Head  was  deeply  interested  in  public 
afifairs.  He  was  long  a  recognized  leader  in  the  Democratic  party,  first  in  Los  Angeles 
County  and  later  in  Orange  County.  In  1883  he  was  elected  as  assemblyman  for  a 
district  that  at  that  time  comprised  the  eastern  part  of  Los  Angeles  County,  including 
what  is  now  Orange  County  and  the  Pomona  Valley.  When  residents  of  what  is  now 
Orange  County  made  a  fight  in  1887  at  Sacramento  for  a  bill  for  the  creation  of 
Orange  County,  Dr.  Head  was  one  of  those  selected  to  go  to  Sacramento  and  work  for 
the  passage  of  the  bill.  Throughout  the  active  period  of  his  life  in  this  section.  Dr. 
Head  was  a  power  in  various  public  activities.  He  was  a  man  of  genial  personality  and 
forceful  character.  While  unable  to  take  part  in  public  affairs  in  recent  years,  he  never 
lost  his  keen  interest  in  them.  He  was  a  man  of  wide  acquaintance,  one  who  had 
hosts  of  friends  all  over  the  county." 

E.  C.  MARTIN. — Born  shortly  before  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  and  left 
fatherless  during  the  terrible  days  of  that  great  conflict,  the  early  life  of  E.  C.  Martin 
was  one  of  extreme  hardship.  Undismayed  by  the  obstacles  confronting  him,  however, 
he  has  steadily  risen  through  his  own  untiring  efforts  and  now  occupies  a  gratifying 
position  as  one  of  the  substantial  and  influential  men  of  his  community. 

Alabama  was  Mr.  Martin's  native  state  and  here  he  was  born  on  January  20,  1860. 
near  Guntersville,  in  Marshall  County.  His  parents  were  Asbury  and  Martha  (Pogue) 
Martin,  and  shortly  after  their  marriage,  which  took  place  in  Georgia,  they  removed 
to  northern  Alabama.  Five  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin,  all  of  whom  are 
living:  Sophrona  is  the  widowof  George  King  and  resides  in  Tulare  County;  James  H. 
IS  raising  cotton  m  Arizona;  William  Theodore  resides  at  Santa  Ana,  where  he  is  in 
w^ir"'"  J  °i  "J^  "^^'  ^-  ^■'  '^^  subject  of  this  biography,  and  Josephine,  the  wife  of 
William  H.  Barker,  a  fruit  grower  of  Tulare  County.  Mrs.  Martin  removed  to  Colo- 
rado remammg  there  for  some  time,  then  came  to  California,  where  she  resided  until 
her  death  in  June,  1915,  near  Visalia. 

Directly  after  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War,  Asbury  Martin  enlisted  in  the 
Lontederate  Army  and  was  soon  engaged  in  active  service.  During  the  desnerate  fioht- 
mg  in  the  battle  of  Chickamauga  in  1863  he  was  wounded  three  times,  and  died  on°the 
way  to  the  hospital;  like  many  others  who  perished  in  this  fierce  conflict  he  lies  "n  an 
unknown  grave  His  wife  was  a  noble  woman  and  although  her  family  had  been 
financially  ruined  by  the  war,  she  succeeded  in  keeping  her  ifttle  family  together  but 
only  at  the  cost  of  the  hardest  struggle  for  a  livelihood.    When  E   C   was  fivfvear;  o^H 

he  mother  took  her  children  to  Bedford  County,  Tenn.,  and  here  shr  rented  ^and  and 
farmed.  Here  he  attended  school  for  a  few  years,  but  his  educational  advantages  were 
meager,  for  as  soon  as  he  was  old  enough  he  had  to  render  what  assistance  he  c^ud 

oward  the  support  o    the  family.     He  began  working  out  on  neighboring  farms    rem°"i 
mgn  Tennessee  until  be  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  and  being  ambitLus  ?^r  aWer" 
education  he  attended  Palmetto  Academy,  Palmetto,  Tenn.     He  then  went  to  Navarro 
County,  Texas,  where  he  obtained  a  teacher's  certificate,  his  education  having  been  at 


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tained  almost  entirely  through  his  own  individual  efforts,  and  here  he  taught  school  for 
several  terms. 

He  then  engaged  in  farming  in  Texas  and  through  his  tireless  industry  he  became 
the  owner  of  a  farm  of  220  acres  near  Corsicana.  This  he  devoted  largely  to  growing 
grain  and  cotton  and  to  stock  raising  and  in  this  he  was  very  successful,  becoming  one 
of  the  prosperous  farmers  of  that  vicinity.  After  a  residence  of  twenty  years  in  Texas, 
during  which  time  he  had  brought  his  place  up  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  he  disposed 
of  it  at  a  good  profit  in  the  fall  of  1901,  and  came  to  California  with  his  family  in 
January,  1902.  They  settled  at  Santa  Ana  and  within  a  month  after  his  arrival  here  he 
bought  the  eight-acre  farm  at  1176  East  Chestnut  Avenue,  and  here  he  still  makes  his 
home  in  th£  beautiful  mansion  erected  by  the  late  Mr.  Crookshank  for  his  own  resi- 
dence. From  time  to  time  Mr.  Martin  increased  his  holdings  until  he  had  twenty-eight 
acres,  and  this  he  steadily  improved,  continually  increasing  its  value.  Recently  Mr. 
Martin  disposed  of  half  of  his  acreage,  retaining  fourteen  acres,  which  is  planted  to 
walnuts,  now  in  full  bearing  and  bringing  in  a  handsome  income.  He  is  active  in  the 
Santa  Ana  Walnut  Growers  Association,  and  served  as  a  director  of  that  organization 
for  three  years.  About  the  year  1908  he  bought  a  428-acre  ranch  near  Tulare,  on  which 
he  raised  alfalfa  for  four  years,  selling  the  ranch  at  a  profit;  he,  now  owns  a  sixty-acre 
alfalfa  ranch  eight  miles  west  of  Tulare. 

Mr.  Martin's  marriage,  which  occurred  at  Bazette,  Texas,  October  25,  1885,  united 
him  with  Miss  Roxie  Moon,  a  native  of  that  state.  Mrs.  Martin  was  orphaned  in  her 
early  childhood  and  she  was  reared  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  W.  Pope,  who  accompanied 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin  when  they,  came  to  California  and  spent  their  last  years  with  them. 
Five  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin:  Martha  Agnes  is  the  wife  of 
J.  Roy  Adams  of  Imperial,  who  is  in  the  real  estate  business  there  and  a  member  of  the 
board  of  supervisors  of  Imperial  County;  John  A.  married  Miss  Rosalie  Lyon  and  is  a 
rancher  at  Tulare;  Charles  E.  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  California  and  also  of 
Columbia  University,  New  York,  where  he  received  his  Ph.D.  degree;  he  is  now  assist- 
ant professor  of  international  law  at  the  University  of  California;  Eva  is  a  graduate  of 
the  University  of  California,  class  of  '18,  and  she  has  just  recently  taken  her  master's 
degree;  Edith  Grace  is  a  student  at  the  Santa  Ana  high  school. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  South,  and 
Mr.  Martin  has  been  a  local  preacher  in  that  denomination  for  thirty-six  years,  having 
been  licensed  to  preach  when  twenty-four  years  of  age.  They  are  very  active  in  the 
work  of  the  church  and  for  eight  years  Mr.  Martin  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school  and  is  now  the  teacher  of  the  men's  Bible  class.  A  consistent  Christian,  his  noble 
Christian  manhood  has  been  a  source  of  strength  to  the  community.  A  Democrat  in 
national  politics,  he  always  puts  principle  above  party  in  local  measures. 

JAMES  F.  CONLEY. — How  much  a  young  man  may  accomplish  of  what  is  worth 
while  if  only  he  directs  his  energies  and  expends  his  time  in  the  proper  way,  is  admirably 
illustrated  in  the  case  of  James  F.  Conley,  the  rancher  of  Yorba  Linda.  He  was  born 
in  Clay  County,  111.,  on  January  8,  1871,  and  attended  the  common  schools  of  Hoosier 
I'rairie.  His  father  was  a  pioneer  farmer  in  Clay  County,  and  as  the  eldest  of  a  family 
of  three  sons,  James  hired  out  for  farm  work,  at  the  early  age  of  thirteen  years,  at  only 
eight  dollars  per  month  wages.  Then,  for  some  years,  he  worked  equally  hard  as  a 
farm  hand  at  thirteen  dollars  a  month,  and  he  labored  in  the  broom-corn  fields  at  one 
dollar  a  day,  to  earn  money  to  come  to  California. 

While  a  mere  youth,  James  Conley  had  looked  toward  the  Far  West  with  eager 
interest,  and  in  1887,  the  boom  period,  two  years  before  Orange  County  was  formed, 
Mr.  Conley  came  out  to  Orange  with  W.  H.  Isom  and  was  employed  with  Mr.  Har- 
grave  in  planting  out  vineyards  around  Orange  and  Santa  Ana.  He  also  worked 
around  as  a  ranch  hand  for  Mr.  Craig,  and  later  he  was  employed  by  Owen  Handy,  the 
pioneer  rancher  of  Villa  Park.  The  following  year,  on  January  5,  1891,  Mr,  Conley 
was  married  to  Miss  Nettie  Handy,  the  only  daughter  of  Owen  Handy,  now  the  mother 
of  their  one  child,  Mary  Gladys,  who  has  become  the  wife  of  E.  A.  Taylor,  the  rancher 
and  expert  mechanic  of  Yorba  Linda. 

In  1911,  Mr.  Conley  came  to  Yorba  Linda,  the  pioneer  of  the  valley  and  the  first 
to  erect  a  fine  residence  at  Yorba  Linda.  He  purchased  ten  acres  of  the  best  soil  that 
he  could  locate,  and  today  he  has  a  profitable  grove  of  ten  acres  of  Valencia  oranges. 
He  is  a  member  of  both  the  Anaheim  Union  and  the  Yorba  Linda  Water  companies, 
and  is  well  supplied  with  water  for  irrigation.  The  recent  oil  boom  has  induced  many 
of  the  ranchers  to  lease  to  oil  companies,  but  thus  far  Mr.  Conley  has  held  aloof  and 
refused  such  offers.  Prior  to  his  advent  at  Yorba  Linda,  Mr.  Conley  farmed  for  six 
years  in  the  Irvine  district,  and  during  that  time  he  was  located  close  to  the  Orange 
County  Park,  and  before  that,  he  enlarged  his  experience  in  agriculture  by  leasing  land 
from  the  George  B.  Bixby  estate.    A  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Yorba 


762  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Linda,  Mr.  Conley  lends  a  hand  in  every  way  possible  for  the  advancement  of  the  best 
interests  of  the  community  in  which  he  lives  and  prospers. 

Mr.  Conley  was  instrumental  in  securing  the  right-of-way  and  deeds  to  the  prop- 
erty required  for  the  Yorba  Linda  Boulevard,  to  be  held  by  Orange  County,  and  for 
a  number  of  years  served  as  overseer  of  road  work  in  the  third  Fullerton  district.  He 
had  charge  of  grading  roads  and  developing  new  thoroughfares  in  the  section  around 
Yorba  Linda,  and  no  road  work  in  Orange  County  shows  to  greater  advantage  than 
that  vouched  for  by  Mr.  Conley.  This  ability  to  execute  what  is  regarded  as  among 
the  most  important  of  public  works  is  recognized  in  such  recent  engagements  as  that 
for  Mr.  Conley  from  the  La  Habra  Heights  Developing  Company,  where  he  acted  as 
foreman  and  completed  grading  and  reservoir  work  laid  out  by  the  chief  engineer.  He 
has  also  completed  three  miles  of  road  work  for  the  National  Exploration  Company, 
in  the  Olind^  district.  Mr.  Conley  has  participated  in  practically  every  important 
movement  for  the  betterment  of  Yorba  Linda  and  vicinity,  and  it  is  not  surprising  that 
he  is  among  the  most  esteemed  residents  of  the  district. 

BERNARD  ARROUES.— Among  the  well-known  families  of  Orange  County  is 
noted  that  of  Bernard  Arroues,  of  the  Brea  district,  where  he  has  lived  with  his  inter- 
esting family  since  1912,  and  where  he  is  welcomed  as  a  progressive  citizen  and  a 
prosperous  citrus  grower  and  general  rancher. 

France  was  Mr.  Arroues'  native  land,  and  his  birthplace  was  in  Basses-Pyrenees, 
where   he   first   saw  the   light   of   day   October   10,    1873.      His   parents   were   Jean   and 
Marie  Arroues,  farmer  folk  of  that  section  of  France,  and  here  Bernard  Arroues  spent 
his  boyhood  days,  attending  school  and  assisting  his  father  on  the  farm,  sheep  raising 
being  the  main  industry  in  that  locality.     Coming  to  America  at  the  age  of  eighteen, 
Mr.  Arroues  located  in   Orange   County  in   1892,  going  into  the  sheep   business.     His 
first  three  years  here  were  spent  on  the  Irvine  ranch,  and  he  then  grazed  sheep  on  the 
old  Bolsa  Chico  and  Bolsa  Grande  ranches,  the  present  site  of  Huntington  Beach,  ^or 
seven  years.     Subsequent  to  this  he  formed  a  partnership  with  the  Toussau  Brothers, 
and  together  they  ran  from  6,000  to  8,000  head  of  sheep.     As  this  land  was  gradually 
sold   off  and   divided   into   small   ranches,    sheep   raising  was   no   longer   so   profitable, 
so   Mr.   Arroues   disposed   of   his   herds,   and   in    1904   purchased   a   tract   of    100   acres 
southwest   of   Brea.      Here    he    engaged    in    general    farming,    raising   hay,    beans    and 
corn   on   land   that   had   never   before    been   under   cultivation.      In    1907   Mr.    Arroues 
erected  his   comfortable  home   on  the  ranch,   and  two  years  later  he  set  out  twenty- 
five   acres  of  it   to  lemons   and   Valencia   oranges,   now   in   full   bearing   and"  bringing 
him  a  handsome  income.     Recently  he   has-  added  seven   acres   more   to   his   orchard, 
this   tract   being   set   to   walnuts,   oranges    and   lemons.      He   has    installed   a   splendid 
pumping  plant  of  his  own  which  has  a  capacity  of  fifteen  inches,  so  that  he  is  thor- 
oughly prepared  to  take  care  of  his  crops,  no  matter  how  dry  the  season  may  be 
1,^-        .\  Fullerton,    on   August   20,    1903,    Mr.    Arroues    was    united    in    marriage    with 
Miss    Marcelma    Yturi,    who    was    born    in    Spain,    in    the    district    just    south    of    the 
Fyrenees.     Four  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arroues:    Jean  Jose    is  a 
student  at  the  Fullerton  high  school,  and  Katherine,  Josephine  and   Marcelina  attend 
the  public  school  at  Brea.     The  family  are  members  of  the   Roman   Catholic   Church 
at  i-ullerton.     Mr.  Arroues  became  a  naturalized  citizen  of  the  United  States  in  1900 
and  ever  since  that  time  has  been  loyal  to  all  movements  that  have  helped   to   build 
tip  the  place  he  selected  for  his  home.    One  of  the  early  settlers  of  this  part  of  Orange 
County,    Mr.   Arroues   can  indeed   feel   that   his   success   is   due   entirely   to   his   steady 
hard   work   and   the    thrift   and    industry   that   are    characteristic    of   his    French    fore- 

DorHon''of'H™'"^  U'^  ^'^'  practically  no  means  he  has  accumulated  a  generous 
portion  of  this  world  s  goods. 

h;,rH  w'^^w^^'^°,^^^^^^'~'^  conservative,  but  very  successful  contractor  active  in 
hard  work  for  nearly  forty  years  is  P.  A.  Fisher,  of  Laguna  Beach,  popularly  known 
by  all  who  are  acquainted  with  and  esteem  him  as  "Or  Dad  Fisher "  who  Jas 
ranch "sweet^H  '^°'  f'''\'"  ^is  equally  well-known  and  approprately  named 
ranch,     Sweet  Home.       He  was  born  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley    Va     on  Mav  19    ms 

'nvz.ij^r:^z  F- ;:"' ■!^^i:trth:t:i- ^^^s  ^^^^fir^^^s!^. 

tors  migrated  from  Holland.    Abraham  Firher  had  married'^irstLy'she^rd^'  ^TT 

was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania.     Thev  both  attenderl  th»   A/r  .i   I,-     ^,        '^^'^'^'  ^"'^  ^^^ 

ham  Fisher  stood  so  w'ell  in  the  cl^^l^XZtV.  It  tt'ts'tS«  of  thfoeT'  ^''"^" 

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and  after   that  awful   conflict,   the  family  found   itself   wrecked,   with   everything   lost 
save  the  resolution  to  work  and  retrieve. 

P.  A.  Fisher  remained  in  Virginia  until  1872,  and  for  a  number  of  years  worked 
on  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Railroad.  Then  he  set  out  for  Illinois,  and  on  October 
27,  1872,  located  in  Woodford  County,  where  he  helped  to  survey  and  lay  out  the 
town  of  Roanoke.  He  himself  bought  town  property,  and  being  on  the  high  road  to 
prosperity,  decided  to  take  the  next  great  step  and  set  up  his  own  domestic  estab- 
lishment. Establishing  himself  as  a  contractor  in  painting,  he  also  became  police 
magistrate  in  Roanoke,  an  office  he  held  for  twelve  years;  during  the  coal  strike  in 
1873,  he  was  appointed  deputy  sheriff,  and  rendered  valuable  service.  He  was  also  for 
several  years  a  member  of  the  Democratic  County  Central  Committee. 

In  1909,  Mr.  Fisher  came  out  to  California  and  Laguna  Beach,  where  he  continued 
to  take  contracts  for  work.  Two  years  later,  he  purchased  a  ranch,  in  partnership  with 
his  son-in-law,  Frank  B.  Champion,  located  in  the  canyon  three  miles  north  of  Laguna, 
and  containing  thirty-one  acres.  In  1914,  he  built  a  fine  residence  there,  and  named  the 
farm,  the  "Sweet  Home  Ranch."  In  various  ways  he  improved  the  property,  and 
brought  it  to  such  a  high  state  of  cultivation  that  he  has  been  able  to  grow  success- 
fully walnuts,  pears,  berries,  apples  and  some  melons  and  vegetables.  At  the  present 
time,  Mr.  Fisher  is  the  sole  owner  of  this  very  productive  ranch,  for  in  1918  he  pur- 
chased his  son-in-law's  share.  On  his  ranch  he  has  developed  a  valuable  source  of 
water,  known  by  the  appreciative  neighbors  as  the  Joseph  Spring. 

In  September,  1873,  Mr.  Fisher  was  married  to  Clara  S.  Robinson  of  Roanoke, 
111.,  of  Virginian  parents,  and  two  children  blessed  this  fortunate  union.  Virginia  is 
now  the  wife  of  Frank  B.  Champion,  of  Laguna  Beach,  and  the  mother  of  one  son, 
Frank  B.,  Jr.  And  Orpha  has  become  Mrs.  Raymond  L.  Jones,  of  Oakland,  and  the 
mother  of  three  children,  Dorothy  Estella,  Orpha  Clara  and  Raymond  L-,  Jr.  Mrs. 
Jones  is  a  university  graduate  of  Normal,  111.,  In  1884  Mrs.  Fisher  died,  and  on 
April  18,  1886,  at  Roanoke,  111.,  Mr.  Fisher  was  married  again,  this  time  to  Miss  Anna 
Elizabeth  Coverly,  of  Apple  River,  111.,  who  proved  a  kind  and  devoted  stepmother 
to  the  half-orphaned  children;  besides  these  children  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fisher  have  reared 
two  girls,  Mattie,  Mrs.  W.  T.  Summers  of  Long  Beach  and  the  mother  of  four  children, 
Frances,  William,  Beatrice  and  Martha;  and  Nellie  M.  who  died  at  the  age  of  eighteen. 
Mr.  Fisher  is  a  Mason,  and  in  politics  he  seeks  to  act  with  a  liberal  mind. 

R.  CLARKSON  COLMAN. — Prominent  among  the  successful  young  artists  of 
California  may  be  mentioned  R.  Clarkson  Colman  of  Laguna  Beach,  who  has  made 
that  place  in  Orange  County  his  permanent  abode,  regardless  of  future  tours  of  the 
world  in  search  of  life  and  local  color.  He  was  born  in  Elgin,  111.,  on  January  27, 
1884,  the  younger  of  two  sons  of  Sumner  M.  Colman,  a  descendant  from  the  well-known 
family  of  Colman,  that  have  lived  for  generations  at  Colman  Station,  named  for  them, 
on  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad.  His  mother  was  Miss  Charlotte  Clarkson,  also  a 
native  of  Illinois,  the  daughter  of  George  Clarkson,  who  was  a  pioneer  mining  engineer 
of  Leadville,  and  a  member  of  a  family  hailing  originally  from  England  where  they  had 
been  seafaring  men  for  generations. 

From  his  earliest  memory  of  things,  R.  Clarkson  Colman  had  a  strong  desire  to 
draw  and  paint.  When  very  young  he  was  influenced  by  the  paintings  of  Henry  A. 
Elkins  and  A.  W.  Kenney  who  were  artist  friends  of  his  family,  and  well-known  land- 
scapists  of  a  decade  ago.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  studied  with  L.  H.  Yarwood,  of 
Chicago,  and  sketched  independently  through  Illinois,  and  Southern  Wisconsin,  along 
the  Fox  River  being  his  most  favored  sketching  grounds.  Mr.  Colman  in  1903  joined 
his  parents,  who  had  moved  to  Dallas,  Tex.,  and  established  a  studio  there,  making 
numerous  sketching  trips  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  He  received  a  commission  to  paint 
the  old  Indian  forts  of  West  Texas;  commencing  with  Fort  Concho  at  San  Angelo, 
at  the  extreme  spur  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  continuing  to  Fort  Pecos  on  the  Pecos 
River.  This  arduous  but  delightful  task  kept  him  busy  for  two  years.  He  spent 
some  time  in  San  Antonio,  later  moving  to  Waco.  He  exhibited  at  the  principal 
exhibitions  in  the  state;  taking  first  prize  at  the  Texas  Cotton  Exposition,  in  1920. 

On  the  fourteenth  of  July,  1909,  Mr.  Colman  was  married  to  Miss  Frances  M. 
Fannin,  a  graduate  of  the  Mulholland  School  at  San  Antonio,  Tex.  Mrs.  Colman  is  a 
member  of  a  prominent  Texas  family,  closely  connected  with  the  making  of  the  early 
history  of  Texas — the  heroes.  Colonel  Fannin  and  James  Bowie,  being  of  the  same 
family.     She  was  the  only  child  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Fannin  of  San  Antonio. 

In  1911,  accompanied  by  his  wife,  R.  Clarkson  Colman  went  to  Europe,  touring 
Germany,  and  Belgium,  and  settled  at  Paris;  where  he  studied  under  Jean  Paul  Laurens, 
Academic  Julien,  and  later  at  the  Grande  Chaumerie.  He  studied,  sketched,  and  painted 
in  Italy  and  southern  France;  and  visited  Switzerland  and  England,  in  each  advancing 
his  own  technique  and  demonstrating  to  foreigners  the  native  genius  of  a  son  of   the 


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New  World.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Colman  returned  to  America  in  1913.  After  spending  sev- 
eral months  in  New  York  and  Chicago,  they  came  to  California,  spending  the  first 
winter  in  Pasadena,  later  having  a  studio  in  Los  Angeles.  The  year  1916  was  spent  at 
La  Jolla  where  he  painted  and  taught.  In  1917  he  was  director  of  the  Santa  Ana  Art 
Academy. 

Laguna  Beach,  having  been  a  favorite  sketching  grounds  for  some  time,  he 
decided  he  had  found  there  the  "soul  of  his  dreams,"  so,  bought  several  fine  ocean 
front  lots  on  which  he  has  his  studio  and  home.  This  cosmopolitan  artist  is  a  great 
addition  to  the  growing  colony  at  Laguna.  He  is  a  member  of  the  San  Diego  Art 
Guild,  the  California  Art  Club,  and  the  Laguna  Beach  Art  Association  of  which  he  is 
a  charter  member.  The  Popular  Prize  at  the  1920  Annual  August  Exhibition  of  the 
Laguna  Beach  Art  Association  was  awarded  Mr.  Colman's  canvas,  "Summer  Radiance." 
Mr.  Colman  is  one  of  our  most  successful  and  best-known  marine  painters,  exhibiting 
annually  at  Riverside,  Pasadena,  and  Los  Angeles,  and  in  cities  in  other  states.  His 
pictures  have  been  shown  in  many  women's  clubs.  The  Santa  Monica  Bay  Women's 
Club  recently  purchased  one  of  his  paintings  for  their  collection.  He  is  represented 
in  the  public  library  of  Waco,  Tex.,  and  Ajo,  Ariz.,  and  many  private  collections. 

Mr.  Colman  is  an  enthusiastic  motorist,  and  the  automobile  is  now  the  magic 
carpet  of  the  artist  carrying  him  quickly  to  his  desired  sketching  grounds.  Since 
coming  to  California  he  has  painted  the  Coast  from  San  Diego  to  San  Francisco;  and 
declares  the  scenic  beauty  equal  to  the  Riviera. 

Good  fortune  seems  to  have  attended  this  artist  all  his  life,  for  he  luckily 
escaped  death  twice.  When  a  boy,  he  was  accidentally  shot  by  a  playmate,  who  sent 
bullets  flying  wildly  into  his  knee  joint,  and  through  his  right  arm;  later  he  fell  eighty- 
four  feet  from  a  cliff,  and  escaped  without  injury.  He  is  a  Republican  in  national 
political  afifairs,  and  an  enthusiastic  American.  Both  he  and  his  wife  have  many 
admirers  in  a  large  circle  of  friends. 

EDWARD  SPENCER  JONES. — Another  illustration  of  the  lure  of  California  for 
those  who  have  once  lived  here  and  wandered  away  is  aflforded  in  the  experience  of 
Edward  Spencer  Jones,  a  worthy  rancher,  who  by  hard  work  and  the  application  of  the 
best  that  he  had  to  oflfer,  has  done  his  share  and  liberally,  too,  toward  making  Orange 
County  what  it  is  today.  He  first  settled  in  this  country  in  1874,  but  from  1880  to  1885 
he  was  absent  from  the  state  and  only  returned  in  the  middle  eighties  to  remain  here 
"for  good."  He  is  a  native  of  Illinois  and  was  born  in  Huey,  Clinton  County,  in  the 
Prairie  State  on  July  7,  1857.  There  he  received  his  education  and  early  training  in 
the  great  task  of  earning  a  living  and  in  1^74  he  came  directly  from  Illinois  to  what 
is  now  Orange  County.  His  father  was  John  M.  Jones,  who  married  Miss  Mary  J. 
Phillips,  born  in  Kentucky  and  Indiana,  respectively.  The  father  was  a  farmer  and 
died  when  thirty-two  years  of  age,  his  wife  having  preceded  him  several  years.  Three 
uncles  of  Edward  Jones  served  in  the  Civil  War,  Michael,  Charles  and  James  Jones, 
the  former  and  latter  holding  commissions  as  officers.  Three  children  were  born  of 
the  union  of  John  M.  and  Mary  (Phillips)  Jones,  but  the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  the 
only  one  of  them  now  living. 

Left  an  orphan  when  fourteen  years  old,  Edward  S.  Jones  since  then  has  paddled 
his  own  canoe,  working  on  farms  in  Illinois  for  a  livelihood  for  a  time.  In  1874  he 
arrived  in  Santa  Ana,  Cal.,  and  found  employment  on  the  O'Neill  ranch,  where  he  rode 
the  range  for  two  years;  next  he  drove  the  stage  between  Santa  Ana  and  San  Diego, 
bemg  engaged  in  this  hazardous  work  for  a  period  of  two  years;  then  we  find  him 
riding  the  range  in  Oregon  and  later  in  Washington  and  British  Columbia.  After 
spending  four  years  in  the  northern  country  he  returned  to  Santa  Ana,  which  by 
comparison  he  decided  was  the  best  region  he  had  ever  seen  and  here  he  settled  down 
to  make  his  home  and  improve  his  ranch. 

In  1885  occurred  Mr.  Jones'  marriage  to  Maud  Turner,  the  ceremony  beino-  per- 
formed at  Santa  Ana,  and  their  union  has  been  blessed  with  four  children-  Edward  M 
Annie  L.,  Jane  and  Frances,  and  all  make  their  home  under  the  parental  roof  Mrs' 
Jones  is  a  native  of  Purdy,  Tenn.,  where  she  was  born  on  June  7  1870  and  presents 
in  a  charming  and  unpretentious  manner  the  culture  of  the  South  All  in  all  Mr 
Jones  has  had  a  valuable  if  at  times  a  discouraging  experience  along  agricultural 
lines  When  he  purchased  his  ranch  he  set  it  out  to  grapes,  and  these  having,  proven 
a  failure  he  set  out  walnuts.  When  he  found  that  the  soil  was  not  adapted'to  their 
growth  he  put  in  apricots,  and  after  testing  the  foregoing  fruits,  he  planted  oranges 
succeeding  at  last  with  his  latest  venture.  Mr.  Jones  has  been  a  member  of  the  Santiago 
Orange  Growers  Association  since  its  organization.  He  has  always  enjoyed  oooulari'tv 
and  nowhere  more  so  than  in  the  circles  of  the  Odd  Fellows,  to  which  famous  order 
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JOSEPH  W.  SKIDMORE.— A  native  son  of  the  Golden  State,  Joseph  W.  Skid- 
more  of  Laguna  Beach,  was  born  in  Los  Angeles  on  September  9,  1891,  a  son  of 
George  E.  and  Catherine  A.  (Brenizer)  Skidmore.  George  E.  Skidmore  was  born  in 
Lamar  County,  Texas,  on  November  10,  1846,  was  a  prospector  and  an  explorer  and 
was  one  of  the  first  to  blaze  a  trail  through  Death  Valley  and,  like  others  bent  on 
scientifically  studying  the  unknown  parts  of  the  earth  and  in  time  paying  a  fearful 
price  for  their  intrusion  upon  untamed  Nature,  Mr.  Skidmore's  life  was  shortened 
through  exposure.  He  was  married  in  1882  and  the  family  lived  in  Newhall,  then 
Riverside,  and  finally  moved  to  Santa  Fe  Springs  in  the  hope  of  benefiting  his  health, 
but  he  died  there  on  March  26,  1899.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Skidmore  had  four  children:  Lee 
Ethel,  the  wife  of  Oscar  Farman,  of  Los  Angeles;  Joseph  W.,  of  this  review;  Guy, 
who  was  born  on  the  same  day  and  month  five  years  later  than  our  subject  and  on 
Admission  Day  at  that;  and  Anita  Maria,  Mrs.  Maurice  D.  McElree,  of  Orange.  After 
the  death  of  Mr.  Skidmore  his  widow  married  the  well  known  pioneer,  "Nate"  Brooks, 
of  Laguna  Beach. 

"Joe"  Skidmore,  as  he  is  known  by  his  friends,  attended  the  schools  of  Laguna 
Canyon,  and  in  1908  was  graduated  from  the  Orange  County  Business  College.  His 
first  employment  was  by  W.  P.  Fuller  and  Company  of  Los  Angeles,  and  on  Saturdays 
and  Sundays  he  worked  as  a  life  guard  at  Redondo,  being  an  expert  swimmer  and 
water-polo  player.  In  the  declining  days  of  his  stepfather,  "Nate"  Brooks,  he  assisted 
in  the  management  of  his  business  interests  and  upon  his  death  he  assumed  heavy 
liabilities  and  became  manager  of  his  mother's  estate;  also  for  the  C.  A.  Brooks  estate. 

Mr.  Skidmore  has  made  numberless  improvements  for  the  interests  of  the  citizens 
of  the  beach  city,  including  the  water  system  for  Laguna  Heights,  which  serves  a  six- 
mile  frontage.  He  bought  water-producing  land  at  high  prices  to  insure  against  a 
water  shortage,  and  now  there  is  a  large  reservoir  in  the  canyon  and  three  four-and- 
one-half  inch  pipe  lines  leading  into  Laguna — one  line  being  25,000  feet  long.  There 
are  three  reservoirs  with  capacities  of  250,000,  40,000  and  100,000  gallons  respectively, 
the  system  costing  about  $100,000.  Grading,  leveling  and  subdividing  is  continually 
being  done,  all  to  please  those  who  live  at  or  visit  Laguna  and  Arch  Beaches.  There 
is  abundant  evidence  that  the  labor  and  money  thus  spent  in  bettering  conditions, 
and  in  advertising,  have  not  been  spent  in  vain.- 

Mr.  Skidmore  helped  organize  the  Laguna  Beach  Chamber  of  Commerce,  of 
which  he  is  serving  as  treasurer;  is  a  member  and  the  secretary  of  the  Laguna  Beach 
Sanitary  District  board;  has  served  as  clerk  of  the  school  board  and  cast  his  influence 
in  favor  of  the  most  modern  equipment  for  the  school  rooms;  and  also  as  one  of  three 
members  of  the  board  of  control  of  the  Laguna  Art  Association.  In  fact  there  has 
been  no  movement  for  the  bettering  of  conditions  at  the  beach  city  that  has  not  had 
his  support  and  encouragement.  With  his  brother,  Guy  Skidmore,  he  is  owner  of  the 
Coast  Royal  and  Tract  No.  99,  and  other  lots  and  business  property  there;  and  he 
and  his  wife  own  the  famous  Laguna  Terrace  and  numerous  lots  in  the  district. 

On  September  18,  1912,  Mr.  Skidmore  was  united  in  marriage  at  Los  Angeles 
with  Flora  Bel  Geier,  a  native  of  California  and  a  daughter  of  Samuel  C.  and  Nancy 
Geier  of  Los  Angeles,  now  residing  in  .Laguna  Beach,  and  they  have  two  promising 
sons  Donald  and  Orville.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Skidmore  and  their  family  enjoy  a  deserved 
popularity  in  Orange  County,  where  he  is  known  as  a  loyal  "booster." 

A.  THORMAN. — An  esteemed  citizen  of  Tustin  who  has  found  here  the  comforts 
and  pleasures  of  home  life,  so  that  he  has  very  naturally  become  a  "booster"  for 
Orange  County,  wishing  others  to  know  the  truth  and  to  come  here  to  reside,  is  A. 
Thorman,  the  well  known  rancher  of  East  Sixth  Street.  He  was  born  in  Fayette 
County,  Iowa,  on  December  10,  1863,  the  son  of  two  sturdy  pioneers,  William  and 
Augusta  (Schmidt)  Thorman  who  came  out  from  Germany  to  Fayette  County,  Iowa, 
in  about  1840,  so  early  that  they  were  sixteen  weeks  on  their  journey  from  Bremen. 
There  his  father  located  on  sixty  acres  and  raised  grain  and  stock.  Of  this  union,  our 
subject  is  the  only  son  and  survivor. 

He  attended  the  school  in  the  district  in  which  he  was  born,  while  he  worked  on 
the  farm  of  his  father,  and  remained  at  home  until  he  was  twenty-three  years  of  age. 
Then,  for  five  years,  he  rented  his  father's  farm,  and  after  that  he  purchased  land 
and  settled  down  to  farming. 

In  1899  Mr,  Thorman's  first  wife  died  and  having  always  had  a  desire  to  see 
California  with  its  balmy  climate  and  tropical  fruit,  in  comparison  to  the  bleak  cold 
winters  of  Iowa  he  concluded  to  come  hither,  so  he  brought  his  children  to  Southern 
California  in  1900  locating  at  Pomona  and  there  purchased  a  nine-acre  orange  grove. 

While  living  at  Pomona  Mr.  Thorman  was  married  to  Miss  Maude  Freeman  of 
Pomona,  who  was  a  native  of  Chicago,  111.  In  1906  he  sold  his  Pomona  holding  and 
removed   to   Tustin   where   he   immediately   purchased   his   present   orchard   of   eleven 


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acres,  set  to  Valencia  oranges  and  walnuts.  He  also  owned  115  acres  known  as  the 
Rogers  property,  near  Santa  Ana,  which  he  farmed  for  several  years,  when  he  disposed 
of  it  and  purchased  thirty-eight  acres  at  El  Modena,  which  he  has  set  to  oranges  and 
lemons.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Tustin  Hill  Citrus  Association  and  the  Santa  Ana 
Walnut  Growers  Association.  The  four  older  children  of  his  family  are:  Clara,  W'ho 
is  training  at  the  Angelus  Hospital,  Los  Angeles;  Otto  has  the  distinction  of  having 
served  as  a  soldier  overseas;  and  is  now  a  rancher  at  El  Modena;  Emma,  a  graduate  in 
pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Southern  California,  is  now  practicing  at  the  City  Hos- 
pital in  San  Francisco;  Albert  F.  attends  the  California  Institute  of  Technology  at 
Pasadena;  the  youngest  are  named  Ida  and  Charles  and  are  attending  school  at  Tustin. 
Mr.  Thorman  is  a  Republican,  and  he  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Tustin. 

WILLIAM  J.  HANSLER. — Few,  if  any,  of  the  present  generation  of  citizens 
of  Orange  County  fully  appreciate  the  debt  of  gratitude  they  owe  to  the  early  pioneers, 
those  fearless  and  courageous  men  and  women  who  experienced  great  hardships  in 
blazing  the  path  for  future  civilization  and  laying  the  foundation  for  the  present  pros- 
perous conditions  of  the  wonderful  "big-little"  county  of  Orange.  Great  honor  is  due 
to  these  men  and  women  and  their  names  should  be  perpetuated  in  the  history  of  the 
county.  Numbered  among  such  are  the  names  of  Henry  and  Mary  A.  (Phillips.)  Hans- 
ler,  parents  of  the  subject  of  this  review.  They  were  born  in  the  Dominion  of  Canada 
and  New  York,  respectively,  and  migrated  to  California  in  1876,  locating  near  West- 
minister, in  November  of  the  Centennial  Year,  where  they  purchased  the  ranch  now 
owned  and  occupied  by  their  son,  William  J. 

Whether  the  early  pioneers  came  to  the  Golden  State  by  ox  teams,  across  the 
plains,  sailed  around  the  Horn,  or  were  among  the  more  fortunate  ones  who  later  came 
by  rail,  they  were  all  greeted  by  an  uninviting,  sandy  desert  in  the  section  now  known 
as  Orange  County,  formerly  a  part  of  Los  Angeles  County.  It  has  taken  many  years 
of  arduous  endeavor,  great  patience  and  endurance  on  the  part  of  these  hardy  pioneers, 
to  make  the  desert  waste  blossom  as  the  rose. 

The  Hansler  family  are  descendants  of  an  old  Pennsylvania' Dutch  family  that 
moved  from  the  Keystone  State  to  the  Province  of  Ontario,  Canada,  locating  at  Pelham. 
William  Hansler's  grandfather,  Andrew  Hansler,  lived  for  many  years  in  Pelham  Town- 
ship, where  he  followed  farming  and  it  was  in  this  same  township  that  he  married 
and  continued  to  reside  until  he  passed  away.  He  could  read  and  write  the  Dutch 
language  fluently.  Great-grandfather  Hansler  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  Pelham 
Township. 

William  J.  Hansler's  mother,  before  her  marriage  to  Henry  Hansler  was  Mary 
Ann  Phillips,  a  native  of  Cattaraugus  County,  N.  Y.  Their  family  consisted  of  ten 
children:  Asa,  a  farmer  in  Pelham  Township,  Canada;  Sarah  Ann,  who  died  in  child- 
hood; John  Andrew,  passed  away  when  two  and  a  half  years  old;  Truman  resides  in 
Fresno  County;  EUzabeth  Esther  is  now  Mrs.  Edwin  Wiggin  of  Colusa  County; 
Margaret  Ellen  married  J.  E.  Miller,  a  rancher  in  Orange  County;  William  J.,  the 
subject  of  this  review;  Rosanna  is  the  wife  of  Luther  R.  Newsom,  a  rancher  of  Stanton- 
Julia  Ann  is  the  wife  of  Ernest  Carner,  who  resides  at  Winkleman,  Ariz  •  Robert 
Oscar  the  youngest  member  of  the  family,  is  a  rancher  at  Seeley,  Imperial  Valley, 
Cal.  The  Hansler  family  is  a  very  large  and  influential  one  and  every  year  a  family 
reunion   is  held      A  newspaper  of  Welland,   Canada,  in   speaking  of  the   family   says: 

The   Pelham   Hanslers   have   a   record   rarely   exceeded.     The   homestead   of   Andrew 
Hansler  has  been  that  of  the  family  for  the  past  four  generations,  120  years      During 

hat  time  the  property  has  never  been  mortgaged."     The  great-grandfather,  as  well  as 
the  grandfather  of  William  J.  Hansler,  were  ministers  of  the  Dunkard  Church 

Wilham  J  Hansler  was  born  in  Pelham,  Canada,  on  November  13,  1869.  His 
father  having  died  before  becoming  a  naturalized  citizen,  William  J.  was  obliged  to 
nttinT  r  "^t"--; ''^^"°"  P^P^s,  Which  he  gladly  did,  and  is  a  most  loy^l  and 
patriotic  c.t^en.  Mr.  Hansler  became  a  member  of  the  Friends  Church,  known  as  the 
Quaker  faith,  uniting  with  the  Alamitos  Friends  Church.  His  first  wife.  Miss  Mary  E 
Hirst,  who  passed  away  in  1899,  was  a  member  of  that  church.  The  second  marriage 
of  Mr  Hansler  occurred  m  191S,  when  he  was  united  with  Miss  Cora  Alice  Stith 
daughter  of  Wilham  Fletcher  and  Hettie  (Hubbard)  Stith,  her  father  being  a  black-' 
sm  th  at  Long  Beach,  employed  by  the  Long  Beach  Water  Company.  Mr  and  Mrs 
Stith  are  the  parents  of  three  boys  and  four  girls;  the  boys  have  all  passed  away  two 
dying  m  infancy,  and  the  third  being  accidentally  electrocuted  while  engaged  as  an 
electrician  at  Stockton,  Cal.  The  daughters  are:  Cora  Alice,  Mrs.  Hansler  \ellie 
Mrs.  Simmons  of  Richer,  Okla.;  Ita,  Mrs.  Riddick  of  Long  Beach;  and  Bertha  Mrs' 
Mitchell  also  of  Long  Beach.  ' 


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Mrs.  William  J.  Hansler's  grandfather,  Rev.  Jeremiah  Hubbard,  a  minister  of  the 
Friends  Church,  was  sent  by  the  missionary  board  as  a  missionary,  with  the  sanction  of 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  to  Indian  Territory,  to  seek  to  pacify,  civilize  and 
Christianize  the  fierce  Indians  of  the  Territory  and  of  the  Southwest.  He  labored 
with  telling  effect  for  over  forty  years.  He  wrote  several  books  telling  of  his  experi- 
ences there,  among  them,  "A  Teacher's  Ups  and  Downs  from  1858  to  1879,"  and  "Forty 
Years  Among  the  Indians."  He  also  wrote  several  books  on  the  histories  of  the  various 
Indian  tribes.  He  was  greatly  beloved  by  the  entire  community,  and  when  he  died  the 
business  houses  of  Miami,  Okla.,  closed  their  stores  during  his  funeral. 

SAMUEL  T.  MILLER.— A  highly  esteemed  citizen  of  Santa  Ana  who  never 
tires  of  sounding  the  praises  of  Orange  County,  is  Samuel  T.  Miller,  the  retired 
apiarist,  who  is  also  well-known  as  a  wide  traveler  who  has  experienced  no  end  of 
profitable  adventure.  He  was  born  in  North  Carolina  on  December  1,  1837,  the  son 
of  Nicholas  Miller,  a  descendant  of  an  early  and  prominent  Carolina  family,  who  came 
to  be  extensive  planters.  His  wife,  the  mother  of  our  subject,  was  Nancy  Smith  before 
her  marriage,  and  she  also  descended  from  a  fine,  old-time  family. 

When  Samuel  was  six  years  of  age,  his  father'  removed  with  the  rest  of  the 
family  to  Rockport,  Ark.,  and  there  took  up  a  tract  of  raw  land,  commencing  new 
chapters  in  an  arduous  existence  terminated  only  when,  in  Arkansas,  he  died  at  the 
ripe  age  of  eighty.  Having  attained  the  age  of  seventeen,  the  young  man  pushed  out 
into  the  world  to  support  himself.  At  first  he  went  to  El  Paso,  then  of  importance  as  a 
station  on  the  way  to  Mexico,  and  as  the  headquarters  of  stage  companies  having 
routes  throughout  the  Southwest,  and  for  a  couple  of  years  he  was  employed  as  a 
stage  driver.  The  route  through  the  wild  country  constantly  exposed  him  to  great 
perils.  He  was  also  exposed  to  both  sun  and  storm,  so  that  he  was  glad  to  say  goodbye 
to  such  savagery  and  engage  in  merchandising  in  Juarez,  Mex.,  in  which  line  he  did 
very  well  until  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War. 

Then  he  furnished  horses  to  the  Confederate  Army,  and  also  other  war  supplies, 
and  when  the  Confederates  had  to  retreat,  he  went  with  them,  hoping  to  get  money  due 
him  which  was  never  paid.  Another  six  months  of  hard  work  as  a  storekeeper  led 
to  his  venturing  into  Mexico  and  starting  a  stage  line  from  Monterey  south  to  San  Luis 
Potosi.  He  kept  at  his  hazardous  task  for  eighteen  months,  when  everything  was  taken 
from  him  by  the  Mexican  Army.  Thereupon  he  returned  to  the  United  States  and  ran 
a  stage  route  from  San  Antonio  to  El  Paso,  Texas,  but  this  was  soon  cleaned  out  by 
the  Indians.  Then  he  was  engaged  as  a  guide  by  General  Wesley  Merritt  who  was 
building  up  the  old  forts  on  the  Mexican  border,  destroyed  during  the  war,  for  which 
services  he  received  five  dollars  a  day  and  his  board. 

Bidding  San  Antonio  farewell,  Mr.  Miller  took  the  New  Orleans  steamer  to 
Omaha,  about  1867,  and  from  there  crossed  the  great  plains  into  California  and  the 
Sacramento  Valley.  He  had  really  sailed  up  both  the  Mississippi  and  Missouri  rivers, 
and  had  tarried  at  Omaha  for  a  while  to  work  at  the  construction  of  the  Union  Pacific 
Railroad.  After  arriving  in  California,  he  spent  several  years  in  farm  work.  Deciding 
to  return  east  to  New  York,  Mr.  Miller  sailed  for  Buenos  Aires,  traveling  on  a  sailing 
vessel  that  took  sixty-two  days  to  make  the  voyage;  and  having  seen  something  of 
the  country,  he  set  sail  again  for  Southampton  and  Liverpool.  Then  he  steamed 
across  the  Atlantic  again  to  Philadelphia,  and  in  1870  once  more  arrived  in  California 
at  Sacramento. 

In  1873  he  came  south  to  Santa  Ana,  to  which  place  his  attention  had  been  directed 
through  an  acquaintance  formed  with  a  teacher  at  San  Diego.  He  located  on  160  acres 
in  Belle  Canyon,  built  himself  a  log  cabin,  still  to  be  seen,  and  lived  there  for  fifteen 
years  before  he  got  his  title.  He  went  in  for  bee  culture  and  the  gathering  of  honey, 
and  made  a  record  as  an  apiarist  with  a  harvest  of  forty  tons  of  honey  in  a  single  year, 
and  had  twenty  tons  left  from  the  year  before,  so  had  sixty  tons  on  hand  at  one  time. 
One  of  the  results  of  these  later  years  of  hard,  successful  work  is  Mr.  Miller's  ownership 
today  of  considerable  choice  residence  property  in  Santa  Ana. 

Mr.  Miller  was  married  in  Los  Angeles  by  Reverend  Bovard,  in  1878,  to  Mrs.  Amy 
(Taylor)  Inman,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  one  son,  Cyrus  G.  Miller,  a  rancher  at 
Imperial.  Mrs.  Miller  was  born  near  Quincy,  Adams  County,  111.,  a  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Hester  Ann  (Rundell)  Taylor,  born  in  Tennessee  and  New  York,  respectively,  who 
were  farmers  in  Illinois.  Her  father  served  in  an  Illinois  regiment  in  the  Civil  War. 
Afterwards  he  removed  to  Oregon  where  he  resided  until  he  died.  He  was  a  prominent 
G.  A.  R.  man.  His  widow  spent  her  last  days  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller,  and  died  at  the 
age  of  eighty-nine  years.  Mrs.  Miller  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Illinois 
She  was  first  married  in  Illinois  in  1869,  when  sixteen  years  old,  to  Mr.  Jno.  W.  Inman, 


774  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

who  followed  farming  there  until  he  removed  to  Nevada  and  later  came  overland  to 
California,  locating  at  San  Juan  Capistrano  about  1877.  Her  husband  passed  away  at 
that  place.  Later  she  made  the  acquaintance  of  Mr.  Miller  and  they  were  married. 
By  her  iirst  marriage  she  had  two  daughters:  Emma  Viola,  now  the  wife  of  W.  A. 
Webster,  resides  in  Sacramento;  Lorena  is  the  wife  of  W.  D.  Anderson  of  Santa  Ana. 
Mrs.  Miller  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church  of  Santa  Ana.  In  national 
politics  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Miller  is  second  to  none  as  an  American  citizen. 

ARTHUR  WEST.— An  early  settler  of  Orange,  who  for  years  has  given  freely 
of  both  his  time  and  means  to  advance  the  growth  and  prosperity  of  both  city  and 
county,  is  Arthur  West,  whose  pleasing  personality  has  naturally  drawn  around  him  a 
large  circle  of  devoted  friends.  He  was  born  in  Wiltshire,  England,  in  1852,  the  son 
of  Stephen  and  Eliza  (McCluen)  West,  the  seventh  in  a  family  of  nine  children;  and 
while  being  reared  on  a  farm,  received  the  best  educational  advantages  afforded  by 
the  excellent  country  schools.  When  he  had  put  aside  his  books,  at  the  age  of 
sixteen,  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade  in  Bristol,  and  having  become 
a  master  carpenter  at  the  age  of  twenty,  he  worked  for  three  months  in  London  and 
then  came  out  to  California  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  landing  from  the 
steamer  Mohongo  in  1873  at  San  Francisco.  There  he  worked  at  his  trade  until  1875, 
when  he  came  south  to  Orange. 

At  McPherson  he  bought  ten  acres  of  land;  but  as  it  was  a  very  dry  year,  he 
iiad  no  crop,  and  it  became  necessary  for  him  to  return  to  San  Francisco  to  make 
sufficient  money  to  meet  the  periodical  payments  and  interest  on  his  ranch.  On  return- 
ing to  Orange  he  assisted  his  brother  Henry  in  contracting  and  building,  erecting, 
among  other  structures,  the  first  two  schoolhouses  put  up  in  town.  Success  followed 
all  of  their  subsequent  efforts,  and  for  the  next  twenty-five  years  they  completed 
many  of  the  finest  homes  in  Orange. 

During  this  time  Mr.  West  improved  his  ten  acres,  on  which  he  also  made  his 
home,  and  set  out  Navel  oranges  which  grew  into  a  splendid  orchard,  so  that  he  was 
able  to  ship  thirty  boxes  of  the  citrus  fruit  to  the  World's  Fair  in  Chicago,  one  box 
of  which  was  selected  for  presentation  to  Carter  Harrison,  at  that  time  mayor  of 
Chicago.  Just  as  he  was  hailed  with  the  prospect  of  success,  however,  the  red  scale 
appeared  to  alarm  the  citrus  world;  and  as  there  was  then  no  means  known  by 
which  to  destroy  the  pest,  the  orchard  was  ruined,  and  he  had  to  grub  out  the  trees, 
and  burn  them  up.  He  then  set  out  walnuts  and  cultivated  them  until  they  were  ten 
years  old. 

By  that  time  science  had  found  a  means  to  combat  the  scale,  and  the  section 
in  which  Mr.  West  lived  was  found  to  be  favorable  to  Valencia  oranges,  so  he  took 
out  the  walnut  trees  and  set  out  Valencias,  and  in  time  sold  his  land  for  $2,000  an 
acre,  a  splendid  price  for  those  days;  in  fact,  one  of  the  highest  anywhere  recorded, 
and  that,  too,  for  land  for  which  he  had  paid  only  forty-five  dollars  an  acre.  This 
sale  helped  to  give  a  decided  impetus  to  the  local  citrus  industry,  and  Orange  moved 
to  the  front  as  a  Valencia  orange-growing  section. 

With  Paul  Kogler,  Mr.  West  then  purchased  ten  acres  near  Placentia  Avenue, 
not  far  from  Anaheim,  a  tract  with  two-year-old  Valencia  and  Navel  orange,  trees, 
for  which  they  paid  $650  an  acre.  This  orchard  he  is  now  caring  for,  and  as  it  is 
already  in  bearing,  it  is  very  valuable  property  and  a  source  of  much  satisfaction. 
About  1882,  also,  he  purchased  a  block  of  five  acres  on  what  is  now  on  Palm,  between 
Lemon  and  Glassell  streets,  where  for  some  years  he  raised  apricots  and  walnuts. 
When,  however,  the  town  had  grown  and  the  time  was  ripe,  Mr.  West  laid  the  tract 
out  in  city  lots  as  the  Arthur  West  Addition  to  Orange,  and  he  has  already  sold  off 
all  but  two  lots,  on  which  he  resides.  This  investment  has  also  proven  very  profitable 
as  he  paid  only  $500  for  the  five  acres.  Naturally,  Mr.  West  is  a  member  of  the 
Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association,  and  gives  that  wide-awake  organization  his 
best  support. 

As  a  lover  of  out-door  sports— so  natural  to  one  born  an  Englishman— Mr  West 
has  been  particularly  fond  of  hunting  and  shooting.  In  the  latter  he  has  lono-  excelled 
and  his  record  at  the  contests  of  the  California  Inanimate  Target  Association  at 
Stockton  on  May  30,  1896,  won  for  him  the  diamond  medal.  He  has  also  won  many 
honors  m  live-bird  and  clay  pigeon  shooting,  and  this  has  made  him  so  well  known 
among  the  hunters  of  the  state  that  nothing  pleases  him  so  much  as  when  iTe  can  haTe 

of'theTo  A'''"f  V^'r:'t  T^'  '^"'  "''°  '"^  "^'"^^»y  ^°'  y-"  been  a  membe, 
of  the  Los  Angeles  Gun  Club.     In  national  political  afifairs  a  Democrat,  Mr    wTst  isl 

broad-mmded,  nonpartisan  supporter  of  the  best  obtainable  for  local  welfare  hnth 
in  respect  to  measures  and  men.  weiiare,    both 


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COL.  S.  H.  FINLEY. — It  is  not  given  to  many  men,  as  in  the  distinguished  career 
of  Col.  Solomon  Henderson  Finley,  the  civil  engineer  and  county  supervisor,  to  serve 
their  fellowmen  in  such  a  varied  manner,  and  to  serve  them  so  acceptably,  for  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Board  of  Education  for  two  years,  county  surveyor 
for  twelve  years,  city  engineer  of  Santa  Ana  for  six  years,  chief  engineer  of  Orange 
County  Highway  Commission  for  two  years,  and  for  four  years  a  member  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  Santa  Ana,  half  of  which  time  he  was  chairman  of  the  board.  In  1916, 
also,  he  was  elected  supervisor  for  a  four-year  term.  At  various  times  he  has  served 
as  city  engineer  of  Newport  Beach,  Huntington  Beach  and  Seal  Beach. 

The  Finley  family  in  the  United  States  harks  back  to  good  old  Colonial  days 
and  the  generations  that  lived  and  died  especially  in  Virginia,  New  Jersey,  Pennsyl- 
vania and  Tennessee.  Among  them  were  Senator  Jesse  Johnson  Finley,  John  Finley, 
the  poet,  Robert,  Robert  Smith,  Robert  W.,  and  James  Bradley  Finley,  clergymen, 
John  P.,  the  educator,  Samuel,  the  soldier,  Clement  Alexander,  the  surgeon,  and  Martha, 
the  author  so  well  known  for  her  prolific  output  under  the  nom  de  plume,  Martha 
Farquharson,  the  Gaelic  translation  of  her  surname.  James  Finley  was  born  and  reared 
within  the  confines  of  old  Virginia  so  dear  to  his  ancestors,  but  as  the  years  went  by, 
he  threw  aside  old  traditions  and  removed  to  newer  Kentucky,  and  finally  as  far  as 
Lincoln  County,  Mo.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming.  He  also  did  considerable  surveying 
in  both  Virginia  and  Kentucky — thus  carrying  on  some  of  the  good  work  begun  by 
no  less  a  personage  than  George  Washington. 

While  in  Kentucky,  a  son  was  born,  named  Andrew  R.  Finley,  who  inherited  his 
ability  as  a  surveyor,  and  for  several  terms  served  as  county  surveyor  of  Lincoln 
County,  Mo.,  including  the  period  when  he  was  judge  there  for  a  term.  He  was  indeed 
a  versatile  man,  for  he  also  maintained  a  woolen  manufactory  and  superintended  the 
farm  that  he  owned  near  Auburn,  Mo.  The  year  1870  found  him  in  California,  first  in 
Salinas,  Monterey  County,  and  after  a  year  on  a  ranch  near  Antelope,  in  Sacramento 
County.  In  1878  he  came  to  Orange  County  and  bought  200  acres  of  land  near  Santa 
Ana.  The  land  was  so  arid  at  first  as  to  be  of  little  or  no  value  for  crops;  but  two 
huge  artesian  wells  were  bored,  and  thereafter  irrigation  made  of  the  area  a  blossom- 
ing garden.  In  1887  he  sold  the  land  to  a  subdividing  company,  which  laid  out  the 
town  of  Fairview;  and  then  he  removed  to  Santa  Ana,  lived  here  retired,  and  died  in 
1897,  in  his  seventy-ninth  year.  He  was  a  stanch  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church,  which  repeatedly  honored  him  as  their  ruling  elder.  Mrs.  Finley  was  Miss 
Caroline  Gibson  before  her  marriage,  and  she  was  born  in  Lincoln  County,  Mo.  Her 
father,  George  Gibson,  was  a  farmer  of  Scotch-Irish  descent.  She  died  in  Santa  Ana 
on  April  5,  1901,  aged  seventy-one,  the  mother  of  a  large  and  devoted  family.  While 
the  family  home  was  in  Lincoln  County,  Mo.,  Solomon  Henderson  Finley  was  born  on 
October  10,  1863,  so  that  he  was  about  seven  years  old  when  the  Finleys  removed  to 
California.  Besides  the  typical  public  schools  of  his  locality  and  period,  he  attended 
Monrriouth  (111.)  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  '86.  Three 
years  later,  he  was  honored  by  receiving  the  degree  of  A.M.  from  the  same  institution. 

Returning  to  California  at  the  close  of  his  college  days,  Mr.  Finley  located  in 
Santa  Ana  and  went  into  his  profession,  that  of  surveying  and  civil  engineering.  His 
ability  was  soon  recognized  in  his  election,  in  1891,  as  surveyor  of  Orange  County,  and 
in  1899  he  was  reelected.  During  these  years  he  laid  out  many  additions  to  Santa  Ana 
and  other  cities,  and  was  chief  engineer  in  constructing  the  reservoir  on  the  Modjeska 
ranch,  which  has  a  concrete  dam  with  a  capacity  of  three  million  cubic  feet. 

As  might  be  inferred  from  his  enviable  title,  Colonel  Finley  has  had  a  military 
career  important  as  a  chapter  in  the  annals  of  California.  On  January  6,  1890,  he 
entered  the  ranks  as  a  private,  enlisting  in  Company  F,  Ninth  Infantry,  National 
Guard  of  California,  and  gradually  rose  until,  in  January,  1895,  he  was  commissioned 
as  captain.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish-American  War,  his  company  was  mustered 
in  on  May  5,  1898,  being  accepted  as  Company  L,  Seventh  California  U.  S.  Volunteers, 
and  Governor  Budd  tendered  Mr.  Finley  his  commission  as  captain.  The  regiment 
was  stationed  at  San  Francisco,  and  was  mustered  out  of  service  in  Los  Angeles  on 
December  2  of  the  same  year.  Subsequently  he  continued  as  captain  of  Company  L  of 
the  National  Guard,  and  in  April,  1902,  he  received  promotion  to  the  rank  of  major  of 
the  Seventh  Regiment.  In  1904  he  was  commissioned  colonel,  and  in  1908,  at  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  service,  he  was  retired  with  the  rank  of  colonel. 

Not  less  interesting  nor  important  has  been  Colonel  Finley's  part  in  the  develop- 
ment of  railroading  in  Orange  County.  Natural  bent  as  well  as  first  class  technical 
preparation  eminently  fitted  him  to  become  chief  engineer  and  superintendent  of  con- 
struction of  the  Santa  Ana  and  Newport  Railway,  which  was  later  extended  to  Smeltzer. 
In  1891  he  was  made  chief  engineer  for  the  Bolsa  drainage  district,  and  constructed 
its  system  of  drain  ditches.  He  likewise  had  charge  of  the  planning  and  construction 
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778  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

of  the   ditches  for  the  Talbert  drainage   district,   a  work  that  extended   from    1904   to 

1909,  and  the  Delhi  district  in  1910,  and  several  other  drainage  districts  of  the  county 
at  other  times.  He  built,  as  has  been  said,  the  concrete  dam  for  Madam  Modjeska  at 
her  ranch  in  the  Santiago  Canyon  in  1900;  and  the  following  year,  he  purchased  with 
the  Hon.  P.  A.  Stanton  of  Los  Angeles  and  the  Hon.  J.  N.  Anderson  of  Santa  Ana,  the 
site  of  what  is  now  Huntington  Beach,  and  incorporated  the  West  Coast  Land  and 
Water  Company,  serving  as  one  of  the  company's  directors.  They  laid  out  Huntington 
Beach,  which  was  at  first  called  Pacific  City,  and  as  engineer,  Colonel  Finley  had  the 
responsibility  of  laying  out  the  site. 

On  January  8,  1890,  in  Santa  Ana,  Colonel  Finley  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Ida  Hedges,  a  native  of  New  York,  and  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Telford) 
Hedges;  they  have  had  five  children — Gailene,  Malcolm  H.,  Knox  H.,  Wendell  W. 
and  Rhodes  A.  Finley.  The  family  attend  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  and  the 
Colonel  belongs  to  both  the  Sunset  Club  and  Radio  Club  of  Santa  Ana  and  the  Demo- 
cratic party.  Upon  the  organization  of  the  city  of  Santa  Ana  in  1888,  he  was  made  a 
member  of  the  first  board  of  education,  and  it  was  when  he  was  secretary  that  the 
Central  school  house  was  constructed.  He  was  one  of  the  charter  members  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  and  served  as  one  of  its  directors. 

ELMER  L.  CRAWFORD. — An  Orange  County  banker  whose  conservative 
aggressiveness  typifies  the  twentieth  century  spirit  animating  and  directing  the  financial 
interests  of  the  Golden  State  is  Elmer  L.  Crawford,  the  popular  cashier  of  the  Cali- 
fornia National  Bank.  He  was  born  at  Danville,  Iowa,  on  September  17,  1881,  the  son 
of  Franklin  P.  Crawford,  and  his  good  wife,  Mary  J.  Six  children  blessed  this  union, 
and  Elmer  was  the  third  in  the  order  of  birth.  Both  parents  are  still  living,  and  they 
make  their  home  at  Tustin. 

Having  finished  the  usual  courses  at  the  excellent  grammar  and  high  schools  of 
Iowa,  Elmer  continued  his  studies  at  Howes  Academy,  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  Iowa,  taking 
a  two-year  teacher's  training  course,  after  which  one  year  was  spent  as  a  teacher  in  the 
public  schools  of  Iowa.  Not  contented  with  this  life,  however,  Elmer  next  enrolled  as 
a  student  with  the  Gem  City  Business  College  of  Quincy,  111.,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  a  master  of  accounts  degree.  When  twenty-two  years  of  age,  he  left 
home  and  the  Hawkeye  State  and  came  west  to  California.  He  found  much  to  enlist 
his  attention  and  to  appeal  to  his  imagination  for  the  future;  but  Santa  Ana  looked  best 
of  all,  and  in  Santa  Ana  he  pitched  his  tent. 

In  Santa  Ana,  also,  he  first  engaged  in  banking,  taking  service  for  a  year  with 
the  old  Commercial  Bank.     Then,  for  four  years,  he  was  assistant  postmaster,  and  in 

1910,  at  the  time  of  the  organization  of  the  California  National  Bank,  he  joined  its 
stafif.  In  the  beginning,  he  acted  as  teller  and  bookkeeper,  later  becoming  assistant 
cashier  and  for  the  past  two  years  has  occupied  the  cashier's  desk.  He  is  also  a 
director  in  the  bank. 

At  Tustin,  in  May,  1907,  Mr.  Crawford  was  married  to  Miss  Maud  Leek,  a  charm- 
ing lady  with  a  wide  circle  of  friends.  He  is  fond  of  out-of-door  life,  especially  moun- 
tain climbing,  hunting,  fishing  and  camping  in  the  open,  and  together  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Crawford  enjoy  pleasures  unknown  to  those  devoting  so  much  of  their  time  to  the  less 
profitable  attractions  of  society.  In  matters  of  national  politics  Mr.  Crawford  is  a 
Republican,  but  he  is  one  of  the  first  to  volunteer  for  work  in  any  local  movement 
eschewing  partisanship  and  having  for  its  goal  the  development  of  the  community  on 
broad  and  permanent  grounds,  and  the  uplift  of  social  conditions. 

C.  L  NORTON.— A  successful,  popular  man  of  affairs,  who  always  finds  some 
time  to  lend  a  hand,"  and  generally  a  very  helpful  one,  to  advance  every  worthy 
movement,  in  local  affairs,  is  C.  L.  Norton,  who  was  born  on  December  7,  1878  the 
son  of  H^  J.  and  Clara  CTurner)  Norton,  pioneers  who  helped  to  settle  the  great 
plains  of  Republic  County,  Kans.  His  mother  died  when  he,  the  oldest  child,  was  only 
hree  years  old  and  so  he  was  reared  by  his  aunt,  Rebecca  Woodard.  He  attended  the 
little  red  schoolhouse  of  the  district  and  there  got  that  fine  general  training  which  has 
proven  so  useful  to  thousands  and  thousands  of  American  youn<,  men 

I^  ^f^^'^'-  Norton;s  stepmother  came  west  to  California\nd  Tustin,  and  at  the 
station  of  Ahso,  on  the  line  of  the  Santa  Fe  just  to  the  south,  was  made  agent  The 
following  year,  the  sad  death  by  accident  of  his  only  brother  occurred,  and  Mr  Norton 
came  to  California  from  Republic  County  to  attend  the  funeral  What  he  saw'  nf  C  1i 
forma  industries  and  California  prospects  interested  and  encouraged  him  so  mZh  tW 
he  remained  here,  A  stepbrother,  E.  B.  Collier,  also  in  time  established  himself  in 
California,  and  is  the  secretary  and  manager  of  the  Central  Lemon  Growers  Association 

Mr.  Norton  became  especially  interested  in  the  handling  of  Navel  oranges  and" 
soon  became  an  expert  packer.     He  worked  in  the  packing  houses  at  La  Verne    River 


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side,  Fontana  and  Rialto,  and  learned  all  that  they  could  teach  him.  For  a  couple  of 
years  he  was  connected  with  the  E.  E.  Wilson  Fruit  Company,  packers  and  shippers, 
and  is  now  with  the  Golden  West  Citrus  Association  as  field  man. 

On  May  26,  1909,  Mr.  Norton  was  married  to  Miss  Lela  Holford,  the  daughter  of 
J.  D.  Holford,  a  rancher  of  Tustin,  who  passed  away  in  1918.  She  was  born  at  Tustin, 
and  attended  the  Tustin  schools.  She  has  grown  up  a  talented  artist,  and  still  studies 
with  Miss  Minnie  C.  Childs,  of  Chicago,  who  has  established  her  well-known  studio 
at  Tustin.  Two  children,  Helen  L.  and  Claude  James,  have  blessed  this  marriage.  Mr. 
Norton  is  a  Republican  in  national  political  movements,  but  nonpartisan  when  it  seems 
best  to  support  local  aflfairs  without  regard  to  party  lines  and  for  the  real  and  lasting 
good  of  the  community. 

HENRY  DIERKER. — A  progressive,  broad-minded  and  liberal-hearted  Ameri- 
can citizen  who  is  such  a  distinguished  resident  of  Orange  that  he  has  been  pro- 
nounced "the  finest  old  gentleman  that  ever  I'ived,"  is  Henry  Dierker,  a  native  of 
Hanover,  Germany,  and  just  eighteen  months  old  when  his  parents  concluded  to 
remove  to  the  United  States.  His  birth  occurred  on  April  S,  1840,  and  his  father 
and  mother  were  Victor  and  Clara  (Koenig)  Dierker.  They  pushed  on  west  into 
St.  Charles  County,  Mo.,  and  at  St.  Charles  became  farmers.  They  cleared  a  farm 
of  timber  and  later  sold  it,  and  in  18S8,  moved  to  Wentsville,  in  the  same  county, 
and  there  died.  They  had  seveia  children — three  boys  and  four  girls,  and  of  these 
Henry  and  his  younger  brother  George  are  the  only  ones  now  living,  George  residing 
at  Wentsville. 

Henry,  next  to  the  youngest  in  age,  was  reared  on  a  farm,  while  he  received  only 
a  private  school  education,  there  being  then  no  public  school  there.  His  oldest  as 
well  as  his  youngest  brother  went  through  the  Civil  War,  and  during  the  raids  of 
the  notorious  Bill  Anderson,  Henry  served  in  the  Missouri  State  Militia  for  three 
months.  On  Washington's  Birthday,  1866,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Marie  Gruer,  a 
native  of  that  state,  who  died  in  Orange  on  November  7,  1913.  They  had  ten  chil- 
dren. Annie  is  Mrs.  Henry  Benne,  of  Stanton,  Nebr.,  and  she  is  the  mother  of  six 
children.  Ella  is  Mrs.  Holstein,  of  Dodge,  Nebr.,  and  she  has  four  children.  George 
is  married  and  is  a  rancher  here,  and  the  father  of  four  children.  Tillie  presides  grace- 
fully over  her  father's  home.  '  Fred  is  a  rancher  in  Orange,  is  married  and  has  one 
child.  Ed  is  married,  and  lives  at  Orange  with  his  wife  and  three  children.  Ben  also 
is  married,  lives  here,  and  is  the  father  of  four  children.  Albert  is  a  horticulturist 
in  Yakima,  Wash.  Harry  is  married  and  ranches  at  Anaheim,  and  Mamie  is  Mrs.  Will 
Kogler  of  Orange.     There  are  twenty-two  grandchildren  and  nine  great-grandchildren. 

Henry  Dierker  and  his  brother  built  a  hotel  at  Wentsville,  which  he  conducted 
as  the  Wentsville  Hotel  until  1870,  when  he  sold  out  his  interest  to  his  brother  and 
then  removed  to  West  Point,  Cuming  County,  Nebr.  The  previous  year  he  had  bought 
400  acres  of  land  at  $3.75  per  acre,  and  he  now  began  to  improve  it.  He  raised  corn 
and  stock,  and  fed  cattle,  hogs  and  sheep,  driving  them  to  market;  and  he  met  with 
such  success  that  he  bought  more  land  until  he  had  1,140  acres,  paying  for  this  highest- 
priced  ten  dollars  an  acre.  In  1891  he  sold  700  acres  at  thirty-five  dollars  an  acre,  and 
three  years  later  he  disposed  of  the  balance  at  fifty-five  dollars  an  acre. 

In  1891  Mr.  Dierker  brought  his  family  to  Orange;  and  from  T.  J.  Lockhart  he 
bought  a  forty-acre  ranch  near  the  town.  It  was  set  out  to  walnuts,  but  he  improved 
it  with  oranges  and  bought  first  one,  and  then  another  ranch,  until  he  had  IIS  acres 
in  all.  When  his  children  came  of  age,  he  divided  the  property  up  and  gave  each 
his  share.  Then,  about  1902,  he  bought  his  residence  on  South  Glassell  Street.  He 
has  belonged  to  the  Lutheran  Church  all  his  life,  and  has  done  yeoman  civic  service 
as  a  Republican.  Mr.  Dierker  has  always  been  public-spirited,  and  while  in  Nebraska 
he  had  the  local  school  for  two  years  in  his  house,  and  he  also  acted  as  school  trustee, 
and  gave  the  two  acres  on  which  the  school  eventually  was  built. 

ARTHUR  E.  KOEPSEL. — Prominent  among  the  leading  attorneys,  who  have 
steadfastly  sought  to  maintain  a  high  standard  of  ethics  for  the  Orange  County  Bar, 
Arthur  E.  Koepsel,  of  the  well-known  firm  of  Eden  and  Koepsel,  enjoys  that  esteem. 
both  indicative  of  the  confidence  of  his  fellow-citizens  in  the  past  and  desirable  and 
enviable  as  a  guarantee  of  profitable  .patronage  for  the  future.  A  native  of  the 
splendid  commonwealth  of  Kansas,  he  was  born  at  Yates  Center  on  July  30,  1883,  the 
son  of  Herman  Koepsel,  a  faithful  and  highly-honored  clergyman  of  the  Methodist 
Church,  who  had  married  Miss  Augustine  Burchardt.  After  retiring  from  a  rather 
strenuous  life,  the  Reverend  Koepsel  came  to  Santa  Ana,  Cal.,  in  1907  and  in  1913  he 
passed  away,  his  devoted  wife  surviving  him  until  November  20,  1919.  Besides  serving 
his  congregation  with  the  true  conscientiousness  of  a  shepherd  caring  for  the  sheep, 
Mr.  Koepsel  served  his  country,  when  the  Civil  War  broke  out  and  the  Federal  Govern- 


782  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

ment  had  need,  enlisting  and  fighting  in  Company  C  of  the  Seventeenth  Wisconsin 
Infantry  Regiment. 

Educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Kansas,  Mr.  Koepsel  was  graduated  from  the 
Kansas  City  high  school  and  for  some  seven  years  was  engaged  in  railroad  work. 
During  this  time  he  studied  law  privately  and  on  coming  to  California  in  1907,  he 
entered  the  law  department  of  the  University  of  Southern  California,  and  on  July 
22,  1908,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  until  January,  1911,  he  practiced  in  Los 
Angeles.  Then  he  joined  the  stafif  of  the  district  attorney  of  Orange  County  and 
remained  there  until  the  beginning  of  1919.  On  January  1  of  that  year  he  associated 
himself  with  Walter  Eden,  in  the  partnership  already  referred  to,  in  the  general 
practice  of  law. 

A  Republican  in  matters  of  national  politics,  Mr.  Koepsel  has  shown  his  will- 
ingness to  do  civic  service  by  acting  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  health.  He  has 
been  an  active  member  and  is  chairman  of  the  Republican  County  Central  Committee, 
and  is  president  of  the  local  Republican  club.  He  had  previously  belonged  to  the 
State  Militia,  Company  B,  Third  Missouri  Infantry,  from  1901  to  1903,  and  since 
August,  1917,  has  been  captain  of  Company  F,  Infantry,  California  National  Guards.  _ 

At  Santa  Ana  on  September  1,  1914,  Mr.  Koepsel  was  married  to  Miss  Alfreda 
Holzgrafe  of  that  city,  a  lady  proud  of  her  status  as  a  native  daughter  and  a  member 
of  the  family  of  Ferdinand  and  Helen  Holzgrafe.  One  child,  Vernon,  has  blessed  the 
union.  The  family  attend  the  Evangelical  Church  and  Mr.  Koepsel  is  a  Knights  Tem- 
plar Mason  and  Shriner,  being  a  member  of  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S., 
Los  Angeles,  and  also  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks  as  well  as  the 
Orange  County  Bar  Association.  As  captain  of  the  local  company  of  National  Guards 
during  the  recent  warj  Mr.  Koepsel  gave  much  time  and  was  active  in  recruiting  men 
in  his  company,  where  he  gave  them  preliminary  training,  and  of  the  ISO  or  more 
enlistments  in  the  army  from  his  company  all  but  three  were  made  noncommissioned 
officers. 

JOHN  WILLIAM  FREEMAN. — An  energetic,  successful  rancher  interesting  as 
not  only  one  of  the  first  to  grow  alfalfa  in  the  vicinity  of  Santa  Ana,  but  the  first  to 
cut  and  cure  it  in  the  green  state,  is  J.  W.  Freeman,  who  has  the  distinction  of  having 
had  four  sons  in  the  service  of  his  country  in  the  great  war.  He  had  a  very  valuable 
mercantile  experience  in  Alabama  in  early  years,  and  later  conducted  arduous  and 
costly  experiments  with  garden  products.  Being  a  man  of  high  principles,  industry, 
varied  experience  and  definite  accomplishment,  he  is  everywhere  esteemed  by  those 
who  know  him. 

Mr.  Freeman  was  born  near  Montgomery,  Ala.,  in  September,  1860,  the  son  of 
J.  Wesley  and  Carrie  (Sistrunk)  Freeman,  of  English  and  Holland  descent  and  were 
planters  who  owned  SOO  acres  of  good  land  there  and  raised  cotton  of  a  superior 
quality.  During  the  Civil  War  the  devoted  father  died,  and  later  J.  W.  Freeman  left 
home  to  go  to  Waco,  Texas.  He  attended  Burleson  College,  now  Baylor  University, 
in  1878,  and  for  nine  years  made  his  home  near  Waco,  raising,  with  his  brother,  corn, 
cotton  and  stock.  While  living  in  Texas,  Mr.  Freeman  was  married  in  Caddo,  Indian 
Territory,  in  1886,  to  Miss  Laura  W.  White,  born  in  Missouri,  also  of  an  old  Southern 
family,  who  was  reared  and  educated  in  Missouri  and  Texas. 

During  the  height  of  the  great  agitation  about  realty  here,  known  as  the  "boom," 
on  September  14,  1887,  Mr.  Freeman  came  to  California  and  settled  in  San  Diego,  where 
he  was  employed  in  helping  to  build  the  old  Coronado  Hotel.  At  the  end  of  six 
months,  he  went  to  San  Bernardino  and  was  employed  in  the  material  department  of 
the  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  and  only  after  a  year  and  a  half  there,  was  he  able  to  reach 
Santa  Ana  and  Orange  County.  He  farmed  on  leased  land,  and  then  moved  near 
Norman,  Okla.,  where  he  purchased  160  acres  which  he  devoted  to  general  farming  for 
about  two  years. 

On  his  return  to  California,  Mr.  Freeman  commenced  farming  again  and  went  in 
for  the  raismg  of  alfalfa.     He  cut  and  cured  it  in  the  green  state,  and  soon   had  the 
largest  trade,  both  in  the  city  and  the  county,  for  the  commodity.     He  also  purchased 
and  sold  various  groves,  at  one  time  having  two  of  ten,  and  then  one  of  twenty  acres 
He  has  recently  disposed  of  all  the  land  that  he  had  in  Orange  County   and  has  invented 
m  land  near  Hemet,  Riverside  County.     He  has  forty-two  and  a  half  acres    interset    of 
walnuts   and  apricots   at   Hemet,   and  has   a  private    electric   pumpinc^   plant   and    wpI 
with  a  capacity  of  ninety  inches— one  of  the  finest  plants  in  Riverside  Countv      k 
a  member  of  the  California  Prune  and  Apricot  Corporation.     He  is  a  stockholder  in  th! 
Cooperative   Cannery  of   Hemet,  and   also   owns   stock   in   the    Federal   Grocerv   Pnm 
pany,  which  has  a  chain  of  stores  having  headquarters  in  Los  Angeles 

Fourteen  children  make  up  a  very  remarkable  family  bearing  and  honorino-  Mr 
Freeman  s  name:     Henry  A.,  of  Los  Angeles,  is  an  expert  interior  marble  decorator" 


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whose  skill  is  known  at  Santa  Ana  on  account  of  his  work  in  the  Orange  County 
■Bank;  Claude  W.  is  in  the  financial  department  of  the  Los  Angeles  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  a 
position  he  has  filled  for  seven  years;  James  is  farming  in  Fresno  County  with  his 
brother;  Charles  L.  was  formerly  cashier  for  <.he  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  at  Oxnard- 
and  is  now  farming  on  his  father's  ranch  at  Hemet;  Frank  is  also  at  home  working 
on  the  ranch;  Carrie,  having  graduated  from  the  commercial  course  of  the  Santa  Ana 
high  school,  is  also  at  home;  Minnie  K.  took  the  same  course  and  was  duly  graduated 
with  honors;  John  W.,  jr.,  is  working  at  home  on  the  farm;  Clarence  B.  is  on  the  farm 
in  Hemet  with  his  brother;  Ruth  M.  is  a  grammar  school  student;  Laura  A.'  is  in  the 
intermediate  school;  Willie  B.  died  when  he  was  two  years  old;  Mabel  E.  is  in  the 
grammar  school  at  Santa  Ana;  and  Luella,  the  baby,  is  at  home.  The  family  attend 
the  First  Baptist  Church. 

Mr.  Freeman  is  especially  proud  of  the  record  of  his  four  boys  for  service  during 
the  great  World  War  struggle.  Claude  W.  trained  in  Camp  Lewis,  then  served  in  the 
Ninety-first  Division  of  the  Three  Hundred  Sixty-fourth  Infantry,  where  he  was  per- 
sonnel sergeant;  '  He  was  in  the  Argonne  offensive,  and  also  in  Belgium,  and  was  dis- 
charged in  May,  1919,  at  Camp  Kearny,  Cal.  James  A.  entered  the  service  in  September, 
1917,  and  trained  at  Camp  Lewis.  He  served  in  the  postal  service  in  the  Three  Hun- 
dred Sixty-second  Infantry,  was  wounded  in  Belgium,  and  was  then  returned  to  America 
and  held  in  the  hospital  in  the  Presidio,  to  regain  his  strength  and  health.  In  February, 
1919,  he  was  discharged.  Frank  served  in  the  Navy.  He  was  fireman  on  the  S.  S. 
San  Diego,  which  cruised  the  Pacific  and  the  Atlantic  Coasts.  He  was  discharged 
from  the  navy  on  account  of  impaired  health,  but  reenlisted  in  the  army,  and  served 
in  the  infantry  at  Camp  Lewis  until  November,  1918,  when  he  was  discharged.  John 
W.  served  in  the  One  Hundred  Fortieth  Regiment,  Thirty-fifth  Division  of  U.  S.  Army, 
went  overseas  to  Frante,  was  in  the  St.  Mihiel  offensive  and  Argonne  drive;  then 
transferred  to  the  Two  Hundred. Forty-second  Military  Police  Company,  having  charge 
of  troops  sent  from  France  to  England  for  trial..  He  received  his  honorable  discharge 
from  service  at  the  Presidio,  at  San  Francisco,  .September,  1919. 

JOSEPH  HELMSEN. — A  self-made  man  whose  many  sterling  friends  were, 
from  the  start,  among  his  most  valuable  assets,  and  who,  despite  the  handicap  of 
physical  disability,  amassed  a  snug  fortune  accumulated  from  small  and  unpretentious 
beginnings,  was  the  late  Joseph  Helmsen,  who  died  on  September  11,  1917.  He 
v/as  born  at  Leavenworth,  Kan».,  on  January  23,  1861,  the  son  of  Jeseph  Helmsen, 
who  had  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Hesse,  parents  who  were  well-to-do  and  disposed 
to  favor  him  in  every  way;  but  when  a  child  of  tender  years,- he  became  afflicted 
with  hip  disease,  and  specialists  were  called  from  distant  cities  to  minister  to  and 
cure  him,  if  they  could.  Among  the  incidents  of  those  troubled  days  to  which  he 
later  referred  was  the  gift  from  his  father  and  mother  of  a  profusion  of  toys,  pro- 
cured from  far  and  near,  when  he  was  a  bed-ridden  sufferer,  and  then  children  came  to 
play  with  him,  stimulated  by  his  unwonted  cheerfulness,  all  his  life  a  -characteristic 
of  him.  When  his  ailment  was  finally  found  to  be  such  that  no  medical  aid  could 
come  to. his  rescue,  he  was  nursed  into  such  convalescence  as  was  possible,  and  after 
years  of  painful  illness,  he  was  able  to  get  about  on  crutches. 

In  the  days  following  the  Civil  War,  the  fortunes  of  his  parents  failed,  and  tc 
add  to  his  miseries,  his  father,  after  whom  he  was  named,  fell  dead  of  sunstroke  as 
the  lad  was  succeeding  in  making  his  way  about  the  old  home.  This,  was  a  great  blow 
to  the  prosperity  and  hopes  of  the  family;  and  after  enduring  the  privations  of  a 
scanty  income  for  years,  he  and  his  mother  set  out  in  liS74  for  California.  Their 
farm  at  Leavenworth  had  already  been  practically  abandoned;  for  years  it  had  yielded 
no  revenue,  and  in  1873  a  plague  of  grasshoppers  took  from  them  what  little  there 
remained  of  a  once  ample  fortune.  They  reached  San  Francisco  in  1874,  and  young 
Helmsen  assisted  his  mother  by  gathering  kindling  from  the  Palace  Hotel,  which  was 
then  in  course  of  erection.  He  filled  a  gunny  sack  with  this  material,  and  many 
were  the  encounters  he  experienced  with  city  boys  before  reaching  his  humble  abode 
with  the  fuel. 

In  April,  1875,  young  Helmsen  and  his  mother  took  passage  on  the  steamship 
Ventura  bound  for  Anaheim,  and  on  the  eighteenth  of  the  month,  off  the  coast  of  Mon- 
terey, the  vessel  was  wrecked  and  the  passengers  had  to  make  for  the  shore  in  life- 
boats. Being  a  cripple,  Helmsen  was  put  aboard  one  of  the  first  boats  that  got  away 
from  the  ill-fated  ship;  and,  seeing  that  his  mother  was  still,  aboard  the  sinking  vessel. 
he  sought  to  leap  into  the  sea  and  return  to  her.  In  this  he  was  prevented;  but,  as 
the  boat  neared  the  beach,  he  sprang  into  the  waters  and  trie'd  to  get  back  to  the 
ship.  He  was  picked  up  by  John  Bush,  of  Olive,  uncle  of  the  gentleman  of  that  name 
now  of  Anaheim,  who  was  also  on  the  boat,  and  who  thus   saved  him  from  drown- 


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ing.  He  spent  the  night  on  the  shore  with  other  passengers  who  had  been  rescued, 
and  not  until  the  next  morning  did  he  find  his  mother — after  hours  of  indescribable 
strain  and  mental  agony.  All  of  their  scant  belongings,  together  with  their  savings, 
which  were  in  a  trunk,  went  down  with  the  ship;  but  they  were  able  to  continue 
south   to  Anaheim,   where  they   arrived   some   days   after   the   disaster. 

Here  his  mother  found  employment,  and  young  Helmsen  was  not  slow  in  obtain- 
ing odd  jobs  about  town  to  assist  in  keeping  the  wolf  from  the  door.  He  soon 
secured  a  position  in  the  Gazette  office  and  learned  to  set  type,  at  which  he  became  an 
adept,  and  after  some  years  of  close  application  he  and  his  mother  saved  enough 
money  to  establish  a  fruit  and  candy  store  in  West  Center  Street,  near  where  the 
post  office  now  stands.  Here  they  remained  for  years,  saving  their  money  and  prac- 
ticing the  most  rigid  economy.  During  this  time  the  wonderful  climate  of  the  South- 
land restored  his  health,  and  he  discarded  his  crutches  and  gained  flesh;  he  was  six  feet 
in  stature  and  weighed  about  215  pounds,  and  was  a  man  of  pleasing  personality. 

In  188S,  the  farm  in  Kansas  having  appreciated  in  value,  under  an  honest  admin- 
istrator, Mr.  Helmsen  returned  to  Leavenworth  and  sold  his  holding  for  $10,000,  a 
sum  which  he  brought  back  to  California  and  invested  advantageously.  He  purchased 
forty  acres  of  land  at  Placentia,  when  land  on  Placentia  avenue  was  selling  for  fifty 
dollars  an  acre,  paying  for  the  same  just  $2,000,  which  he  improved,  and  later  sold  the 
tract  for  $17,000.  He  made  other  investments  here,  and  established  himself  in  busi- 
ness in  the  building  now  owned  by  John  Cassou  on  West  Center  Street,  and  later 
purchased  the  property  adjoining  this  building  on  the  east,  and  up  to  his  retirement 
from  business  in  1913  conducted  his  stationery  and  notion  establishment  at  that  place. 
For  this  property  he  paid  about  $6,000,  and  it  is  now  worth  at  least  $50,000.  He  also 
purchased  property  on  East  Center,  South  Claudina  and  Oliye  streets,  and  was  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the  German-American  Bank,  becoming  one  of  the  heaviest  stock- 
holders and  its  vice-president,  which  office  he  held  until  his  death. 

Mr.  Helmsen  was  also  interested  in  land  in  the  Imperial  Valley,  where  he 
acquired  640  acres  of  school  land;  he  sold  a  vquarter  section  of  it,  and  the  balance  is 
still  owned  by  Mrs.  Helmsen. 

In  1911  Mr.  Helmsen  was  married  to  Mrs.  Jane  D.  (Cross)  Green,  born  at  Chau- 
mont,  Jefferson  County,  N.  Y.,  the  daughter  of  Geo.  W.  and  Harriet  Canfield  (McPher- 
son)  Cross.  The  father  died  at  Cape  Vincent,  and  his  widow,  with  her  four  chil- 
dren, came  to  Orange  County  in  1885,  where  her  two  brothers,  Stephen  and  Robt. 
McPherson,  were  large  ranchers.  She  now  makes  her  home  with  Mrs.  Helmsen,  at 
the  age  of  seventy-six  years.  MTrs.  Helmsen  came  to  Anaheim  about  twenty-seven 
years  ago  as  manager  for  the  Western  U*nion  Telegraph  Company,  and  later  for  eight 
years  was  assistant  postmaster  of  Anaheim.  She  still  owns  the  Helmsen  Block  on 
West  Center  Street.  Mr.  Helmsen  gave  to  the  town  half  of  the  lot  on  which  the 
City  Hall  now  stands,  and  he  was  a  trustee  of  Anaheim  for  eight  years,  half  of  that 
time  serving  as  mayor  or  chairman  of  the  board.  He  was  a  prominent  Mason,  belong- 
mg  to  the  Anaheim  Lodge,  of  which  he  was  secretary  for  nineteen  years.  He  was  also 
known  as  "the  boys'  friend,"  and  started  many  of  them  on  the  road  to  success  and 
fortune.  He  taught  them  to  save,  to  keep  out  of  pool  rooms  and  loafing  places,  and  to 
lead  clean  and  honest  lives;  and  it  is  impossible,  therefore,  to  state  how  far-reaching 
was  his  example  and  influence  for  good,  and  his  life  is  certainly  worthy  of  emulation. 

^^J?  ^"  T^.^^^-~'^°  '^^'^'1  °"e  thing  thoroughly,  and  then  to  spend  the  active 
years  of  life  in  the  industry  for  which  both  study  and  natural  inclination  have  fitted  one, 
IS  to  carry  on  the  world's  work  to  the  best  of  any  man's  ability,  and  it  is  such  work 
that  IS  building  up  our  civilization  of  today.  Such  a  man  is  Emil  R.  Turck,  one  of  the 
prominent  citizens  of  Orange  County.  Born  August  6,  1857,  in  Brandenburg,  Germany, 
he  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  country,  and  in  the  engineering 
school,  later  takmg  a  course  in  sugar  chemistry  in  a  German  college.  He  has  followed 
the  sugar  industry  all  his  life  since  finishing  his  studies,  and  in  Germany  was  chemist 
m  the  leading  sugar  factories. 

Coming  to  the  United  States,  in  1890,  Mr.  Turck  was  chief  chemist  for  the  sugar 
beet  company  at  Grand  Island,  Nebr.  When  the  American  Sugar  Factory  was  befng 
built  at  Chino,  Cal.,  in  1891-92,  he  came  there  and  was  chief  chemist  at  that  factory 
tor  fourteen  years,  up  to  1906,  when  he  located  at  Anaheim,  and  for  a  time  gave  up 
his  life  work  to  engage  in  horticulture.  He  bought  seven  acres  of  land  on  South 
Lemon  Street,  and  planted  an  orange  grove,  which  he  brought  to  a  high  state  of  culti- 
vation. In  1913,  Mr.  Turck  became  chief  chemist  for  the  Anaheim  Sugar  Company  and 
continued  m  that  position  until  1917,  when  he  retired  and  spends  his  time  looking  'after 
a  twenty-acre  orange  grove,  the  property  of  his  wife  and  her  sister,  situated  on  North 
Lemon  Street.     An  expert  in  sugar  refining,  Mr.  Turck  has  taken  a  large  part  in  the 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  785 

development  of  the  comparatively  ne-w  industry  in  the  state,  and  as  such  takes  rank 
with  other  able  men  who  have  helped,  each  individual  to  the  best  of  his  ability  in  his 
chosen  line,  in  making  California  the  richest  state  in  the  union.  It  is  to  such  that 
the  praise  of  posterity  is  due. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Turck  united  him  with  Clementine  E.  Schmidt,  daughter  of 
Theodore  Schmidt,  one  of  the  original  fifteen  settlers  of  Anaheim,  who  came  from 
Germany  in  1857  and  bought  1,200  acres  at  the  purchase  price  of  two  dollars  per  acre, 
and  founded  the  town  of  Anaheim;  Mr.  Schmidt  himself  selected  the  name  of  the 
town.  Water  was  brought  from  the  river,  vineyards  planted  and  the  town  started. 
A  more  extensive  biography  of  Mr.  Schmidt  will  be  found  elsewhere  in  the  work,  and 
of  the  body  of  men  who  made  this  garden  spot  of  the  state  possible. 

One  son  has  blessed  the  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Turck;  Arthur  W.,  a  graduate 
of  the  University  of  California  with  the  class  of  1919,  and  who  served  as  ensign  in  the 
U.  S.  Navy  during  the  World  War,  doing  his  share  to  preserve  the  rights  of  his 
country,  though  he  did  not  see  foreign  service.  He  is  now  with  a  bond  and  banking 
house  in  Oakland.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Turck  is  a  member  of  the  Mother  Colony  Club 
of  Anaheim,  and  of  the  Odd  Fellows.  All  movements  that  mean  the  upbuilding  and 
development  of  the  county  have  received  his  substantial  assistance,  and  his  unqualified 
approval  for  the  advancement  of  his  community. 

JACOB  MUELLER. — A  very  successful  citrus  grower  who,  with  the  aid  of  his 
good  wife  and  excellent  family,  has  amassed,  after  the  hard  work  and  residence  of  a 
third  of  a  century  in  Orange,  a  comfortable  competency,  is  Jacob  Mueller,  a  native. of 
Schawallingen,  Saxe-Meiningen,  in  the  heart  of  Germany,  where  he  was  born  in  1860. 
There  he  attended  scTiool,  and  early  received  such  a  substantial  grounding  in  the  things 
worth  while  knowing,  that  later,  in  more  leisure  hours,  he  has  been  able  by  self-culture 
to  add  materially  to  his  knowledge  and  capability.  He  was  also  so  well  drilled  in  the 
practical  affairs  of  life  that  when  he  pushed  out  and  was  far  away  from  home  in  the  New 
World,  he  was  better  able  than  many  other  pioneers  to  grapple  with  raw  and  difficult 
conditions. 

When  just  twenty  years  of  age,  Mr.  Mueller  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  the  United 
States  at  a  time  when  the  tide  of  emigration  from  Germany  was  still  at  its  height,  and 
tarrying  but  a  short  time  in  the  great  metropolis  of  New  York,  he  made  his  way  west 
to  Allen  County,  Kans.,  and  at  Humboldt  he  followed  for  seven  years  his  trade,  which 
was  that  of  a  stonemason.  While  in  Humboldt  he  was  married  to  Miss  Johanna 
Hoffman,  a  native  of  Wallbach,  Saxe-Meiningen,  Germany,  and  the  daughter  of  Valen- 
tine and  Caroline  (Goldschmidt)  Hogman.  Her  father  was  also  a  stonemason,  and 
brought  her  out  to  Allen  County,  Kans.,  when  she  was  fourteen  years  old,  and  in  that 
state  both  he  and  his  wife  passed  to  their  eternal  reward.  A  sister  of  Mrs.  Mueller 
remained  in  Germany  and  died  there.  A  brother  came  to  Kansas,  and  during  the  Span- 
ish-American War  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Navy.  He  served  on  the  "Mariette" 
and  accompanied  the  "Oregon"  around  Cape  Horn.  It  is  thought  that  he  went  to 
South  Africa  during  the  Boer  War,  but  he  has  not  been  heard  from  for  many  years,  and 
is  probably  dead.  Mrs.  Mueller,  therefore,  is  probably  the  only  member  of  the  Hoffman 
family  now  living. 

From  Humboldt,  Kans.,  on  June  2S,  1887 — the  year  of  the  great  "boom"  in  Cali- 
fornia— Mr.  Mueller  and  his  bride  came  to  Orange  County  and  settled  at  Orange,  and 
for  about  a  year  he  worked  out  by  the  day.  The  next  year,  he  leased  the  Gallagher 
place,  now  the  Fairhaven  Cemetery.  He  bought  his  first  place,  consisting  of  eleven 
acres,  at  the  corner  of  Fairhaven  and  Grand  avenues,  on  October  30,  189S.  It  was  set 
out  to  walnuts  at  that  time,  and  he  and  his  devoted  wife  had  to  work  very  hard  to  care 
for  it  and  make  it  pay.  Since  then  he  has  replanted  the  acreage,  so  that  it  is  now  in 
apricots,  Valencia  oranges  and  lemons,  and  has  built  a  substantial  and  ornate  cement- 
block  dwelling  house,  and  made  many  other  improvements. 

His  next  purchase  was  the  plot  of  land  now  his  home-place  on  Fairhaven  Avenue, 
at  the  south  end  of  Glassell  Street,  consisting  of  11.59  acres,  which  he  bought  on  July 
12,  1897.  He  made  his  third  and  last  purchase  on  January  7,  1901,  when  he  bought  7.17 
acres  on  Grand  Avenue,  adjoining  the  eleven  acres  he  first  acquired.  All  three  of  these 
places  are  situated  in  the  southern  part  of  the  city  of  Orange,  in  a  section  giving  every 
promise  of  a  bright  future.  Besides  that,  Mr.  Mueller  owns  some  residence  property  in 
Anaheim,  and  also  some  residence  property  at  Huntington  Beach  .  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association,  the  Villa  Park  Lemon  Growers  Association 
and  the  Orange  Walnut  Growers  Association. 

During  these  years  of  strenuous  activity,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mueller  have  reared  an 
attractive  family  of  six  children.  The  eldest,  Gustav  Herman,  studied  at  St.  John's 
College,  at  Concordia,  Mo.,  from  1904  until  1909,  when  he  married  Huldah  Stuerke  or 


790  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Sweet  Springs,  Mo.  He  became  a  rancher  at  Orange,  and  died  on  March  1,  1920 
lamented  by  a  wide  circle  of  friends,  and  leaving  a  widow  and  one  child,  Alvira.  Emil 
Carl,  the  second  in  the  order  of  birth,  was  in  the  United  States  Army,  serving  overseas 
in  France  and  after  the  armistice  was  with  the  Army  of  Occupation  stationed  at 
Coblenz,  Germany,  until  he  returned  to  the  United  States,  when  he  was  mustered  out 
in  August,  1920,  and  is  now  at  home.  Ernest  F.  Mueller  is  a  graduate  of  Oakland  Col- 
lege and  afterwards  from  Concordia  Seminary,  St.  Louis,  and  ordained  a  mmister  m 
the  Lutheran  Church,  is  now  pastor  at  San  Luis  Obispo.  He  married  Miss  Emily  F. 
Thommen  of  Oakland.  Lillie  Marie  and  Lydia  Louise  Mueller,  twins,  are  graduates 
of  the  German  Lutheran  School  at  Orange,  of  which  the  youngest  child,  Annie  R. 
Mueller,  is  also  a  graduate.  The  family  are  members  of  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church 
at  Orange.  Mr.  Mueller  is  a  naturalized  American  citizen,  and  no  one  is  more  patriotic 
or  public-spirited.  In  1905,  he  erected  his  substantial  two-story  house  of  twelve  rooms, 
up-to-date  in  all  its  appointments,  and  having  a  beautiful  porch  facing  the  southern  end 
of  Glassell  Avenue  and  commanding  a  clear  view  of  the  American  flag  on  the  liberty 
pole  at  the  Plaza  in  Orange.  Of  a  sunny,  philosophical,  optimistic,  common-sense  tem- 
perament, Mr.  Mueller  is  a  good  neighbor  and  a  good  friend,  and  is  always  appreciated 
by  those  who  know  his  character  and  his  conversational  powers  as  "good  company." 

HARVEY  B.  ROYER. — An  expert  machinist  who  has  proven  himself  to  be  a 
successful  rancher  is  Harvey  B.  Royer,  one  of  the  dependable  employes  of  the  Santa 
Fe  Railroad  since  1909  and  now  also  farming  along  the  Romneya  Drive,  to  the  south- 
west of  Fullerton.  He  was  born  at  Lockhaven,  Clinton  County,  P.a.,  on  August  23,  1871. 
a  member  of  a  family  dating  back  to  the  early  days  of  the  Keystone  State.  His  father 
was  Franklin  V.  Royer,  a  lumber  man  who  purchased  whole  groves  of  forest,  cut  them 
down  and  ran  the  timber  through  his  own  mills;  and  so  extensive  was  his  business 
that  it  developed  in  several  counties,  including  Center,  Clinton,  Union,  Lycoming  and 
Cambria.  He  died  in  Pennsylvania  in  1900.  His  widow  was  Susan  (Brungard)  Royer, 
born  in  Pennsylvania  and  now  makes  her  home  with  her  son   Harvey. 

Harvey  B.  Royer  attended  the  public  schools  of  Clinton  County,  Pa.,  and  remained 
with  his  father  until  he  was  twenty-five  years  old,  at  which  time  his  father's  mills 
burned  down.  Then  he  began  to  rebuild  them,  and  took  complete  charge  of  the  busi- 
ness. In  1900,  he  sold  out  and  went  to  Johnstown,  Pa.;  and  there  he  worked  as  a 
machinist  in  the  employ  of  the  Cambria  Steel  Company.  Whatever  he  did,  he  so 
thoroughly  carried  out  as  to  insure  those  for  whom  he  was  working  of  his  intelligent, 
honest  and  expert  service.  In  1909  Mr.  Royer  came  to  California  and  settled  in  Los 
Angeles,  and  from  1909  to  the  present  time  has  been  a  machinist  with  the  Santa  Fe 
Railroad  Company,  working  on  locomotives  and  giving  genuine  satisfaction  to  that 
well-equipped  organization  for  difficult  problems  and  delicate  work.  In  1912  he  bought 
twelve  acres  in  Orangethorpe  on  Romneya  Drive,  and  in  1913  he  moved'  his  fan^ily 
to  the  ranch.  When  he  bought  the  land,  it  was  a  barley  field,  and  he  himself  set  out 
the  ten  acres  to  Valencia  oranges.  He  has  his  own  private  pumping  plant  and  so 
supplies  what  water  he  needs  for  irrigation.  His  products  in  fruit  he  markets  through 
the  Stewart  Fruit  Company  of  Anaheim. 

Mr.  Royer's  mother,  Miss  Susan  Brungard  before  her  marriage,  was  a  woman  of 
189S  ZZTu^^u  ''•'\."°'  !,"'-P.'-'r?^  that  when  our  subject  married,  on  June  25. 
1895   he  should  choose,  in  Miss  Rosie  Schwenk,  a  helpmate  worthy  in  every  respect  and 

CZTof^TwX!"'  '°  '.'  ""f  *^'  companion  that  he  needed."^  She  was  born  in  the 
a  her%L;  birthplace,  and  educated  in  the  grade  schools  of  Clinton  County.  Her 
lav  ha^  t^  e  Rn  .  Tf',  T'  \  '""berman  who  engaged  in  business  in  the  same 
TsarS  SHnwen^  H'  f-  °IT."\u^^  "^''^^  "^^^  '"  1^12,  while  his  wife,  Emma 
ilflf    .  L     '^'^  '"   ^^'^-     ^^'^^  children  were  born  to   Mr.  and   Mrs    Royer- 

m.^^Jr  T\^^^l  ^°*  distinguished  themselves  in  the  service  othei  country 
Miss  Ruth  IS  the  daughter,  and  her  brothers  are  Merril  C.  and  Le  Roy  H    Rover      Mrs 

of  t^he^KS^s  o^Pv^h    """'r^?^"  .^'^^;.^^'  °^  ^"^^^'™'  -d   ^-   ^«y-  ^  a  menfb7; 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  also  the  Odd  Fellows  of  the  same  city. 

to  the  Beilkv  T7a?nin"'s*t''  T  ^T''  ^^'  ^^^^'  ^'  ^  ""'^'^'^'y  ^"^'""^  =^"d  was  sent 
ater  he  was  se^^^t  to  r  "^.^T  =  =^"'^  °"  0=t°ber  30,  he  left  for  Fort  Myers,  Va.,  and 
of  the  Twenty  n  nth  Fn    '  '  ^^^^ington,  D.  C.     He  was  serving  in  Company  K 

bnl  Pt  ntr.  ^  I  E"g"ieering  Corps  when  he  was  shot  during  target  practice  the 
rZZlT^"^  V'  ^P'^^'/'^d  it  is  said  to  have  been  miraculous  that  he  recove  ed 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  793 

LeRoy  H.  Royer  enlisted  on  March  27,  1918,  in  the  quartermaster's  corps,  and 
spent  three  weeks  at  Fort  McDowell,  after  which  he  was  sent  to  Camp  Johnson  at 
Jacksonville,  Fla.  He  sailed  from  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  for  France,  after  spending  a  few  days 
at  Camp  Upton,  N.  Y.,  and  bade  good-bye  to  America  on  September  13,  in  a  convoy 
of  fifteen  ships,  landing  at  Glasgow,  Scotland.  He  stayed  in  Camp  Romsey  near  Liver- 
pool, and  then  went  through  Southhampton  to  Havre,  France.  He  served  in  the  motor 
transport  service,  and  was  stationed  at  such  places  as  Tours,  La  Rouchelle,  Nantes 
and  St.  Nazaire.  On  May  26,  1919,  Mr.  Royer  returned  to  the  United  States,  and  on 
June  5  at  Camp  Mills,  N.  J.,  he  was  honorably  discharged.  Four  days  later  he  returned 
to  California  and  is  now  attending  Fullerton  high  and  also  assisting  his  father  in  caring 
for  the  ranch, 

HENRY  GROTE. — One  of  the  earliest  settlers  and  prominent  residents  of  Orange 
was  the  late  Henry  Grote,  who  was  privileged  to  contribute  much  toward  the  building 
up  of  both  the  city  and  nearby  country  districts.  In  his  good  work  he  was  ably  assisted 
by  his  wife,  an  excellent  woman  of  business  ability,  so  that  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grote 
enjoyed  a  wide  circle  of  worth-while  friends. 

Mr.  Grote  was  born  in  Rehburg,  Hanover,  Germany,  on  August  23,  1842,  the  son 
of  Henry  and  Mary  (Meyer)  Grote,  both  of  whom  came  to  America  and  spent  their 
last  days  in  comfort  at  Bremen,  Kans.  They  had  four  children — two  boys  and  two 
girls — and  among  these,  Henry  was  the  oldest. 

He  was  brought  up  at  the  old  homestead,  and  educated  "in  the  public  schools; 
and  in  time  he  learned  the  trade  of  a  harness  maker  and  saddler.  In  1866  he  came  to 
the  United  States  and  located  in  Chicago;  and  for  a  while  he  was  employed  at  farm 
labor.  In  1868  or  '69  he  removed  to  Bremen,  Marshall  County,  Kans.;  and  having 
undertaken  to  homestead  160  acres  of  raw  land,  he  turned  the  first  furrows  in  the  soil. 
He  planted  corn  and  wheat,  and  raised  stock;  and  for  nine  years  continued  as  one  of 
the  progressive  and  successful  farmers  of  that  region. 

In  1882,  however,  stirred  by  the  reports  of  better  things  in  California  to  be  had 
for  the  coming,  Mr.  Grote  sold  out  his  Kansas  property  and  moved  to  the  Pacific 
Coast,  and  in  the  town  of  Orange  he  bought  fifteen  acres  lying  between  North  Shaffer 
and  Pine  streets,  and  running  from  Chapman  to  Maple;  The  land  had  been  set  out  as  a 
vineyard,  but  the  vines  died,  and  then  he  set  out  walnuts  and  apricots.  Later,  when 
the  town  grew,  he  laid  out  the  Henry  Grote  addition  to  Orange,  in  1888,  and  sold  lots 
at  fancy  prices,  and  now  it  is  nearly  built  up  as  a  residence  district. 

In  time,  Mr.  Grote  joined  P.  W.  Ehlen  under  the  firm  name  of  Ehlen  and  Grote, 
and  conducted  a  general  mercantile  business,  and  such  was  their  success  in  expanding 
their  trade  that  they  incorporated  the  concern  as  the  Ehlen  and  Grote  Company,  and 
they  built  the  Ehlen  and  Grote  block,  which  they  still  own.  Mr.  Grote  has  also  owned 
and  improved  and  several  ranches,  and  with  Mr.  Ehlen  he  was  interested  in  the  National 
Bank  of  Orange -and  the  Orange  Savings  Bank.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grote  were  heavily 
interested  in  the  Ehlen  and  Grote  Investment  Company,  in  which  they  were  directors; 
Mr.  Grote  was  vice-president,  and  Mrs.  Grote  is  secretary  of  the  organization. 

At  Bremen,  Kans.,  on  October  16,  1873,  Mr.  Grote  was  married  to  Miss  Wilhelmine 
Dusin,  a  native  of  Pomerania,  Germany,  and  the  daughter  of  Henry  and  Louisa  (Kartt) 
Dusin.  With  her  brother,  August,  the  only  other  child,  she  came  to  Bremen,  Kans.,  in 
the  spring  of  1873,  and  there  met  Mr.  Grote.  Six  children  have  blessed  their  fortunate 
union:  Emma  has  become  Mrs.  Heim  of  Olive;  Sophia  is  the  wife  of  Alfred  Huhn,  the 
manager  of  the  Ehlen  and  Grote  Company  of  Orange;  Mary  died  at  the  age  of  thirty- 
five;  Fred  A.  is  assistant  manager  of  the  Ehlen  and  Grote  Company;  Lena  assists  her 
mother  to  preside  over  their  home,  although  she  is  a  graduate  of  the  Orange  County 
Business  College  at  Santa  Ana,  and  was  bookkeeper  until  lately  for  the  Ehlen  and  Grote 
Company;  and  Minnie,  who  is  also  a  graduate  of  the  Orange  Business  College,  was 
also  for  a  time  with  the  Ehlen  and  Grote  Company,  in  which  Mr.  Grote  maintained  his 
financial  interest  until  his  death,  which  occurred  May  10,  1920,  when  Orange  lost  one 
of  her  best  men  and  upbuilders  and  his  passing  was  mourned  by  his  family  and  friends. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grote  identified  themselves  with  the  Lutheran  Church  here  from  its 
start;  he  was  a  trustee  and  treasurer,  and  was  chairman  of  the  committee  having  charge 
of  the  building  of  the  old  church  and  the  school.  He  also  presided  over  the  responsible 
undertaking  of  a  new  church,  erected  at  a  cost  of  $50,000.  Besides  belonging  to  the 
church,  Mr.  Grote  was  also  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  Men's  Club,  while  Mrs.  Grote 
was  always  active  in  and  an  ex-president  of  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society.  Since  her  hus- 
band's death,  Mrs.  Grote  continues  to  reside  at  the  old  home  surrounded  by  her  chil- 
dren, who  shower  on  her  their  loving  aflfection  and  devotion  and  assist  her  in  looking 
after  the  large  interests  left  by  her  husband,  thus  relieving  her  as  much  as  possible  from 
all  unnecessary  worry  and  care. 


794  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

HERMAN  A.  DICKEL.— The  enviable  career  of  a  worthy  citizen  of-^"^'\^'™  f 
recalled  in  the  family  history  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herman  A.  Dickel,  long  ^onorea  resi- 
dents of  this  place.  A  native  of  Germany,  Herman  A.  Dickel  was  -born  o"  ^P"^  "' 
1860,  the  son  of  George  Dickel,  also  a  native  of  that  country.  He  naa  ^""1^ 
Charlotte  Zumwinkel,  and  they  had  eleven  children.  Among  these  ^^rman  was 
the  youngest,  on  which  account,  perhaps,  he  enjoyed  even  more  and  De"er  scnooi 
advantages  than  ordinarily,  attending  the  grade  schools  of  his  home  district, 
parents,  industrious  and  esteemed  by  those  who  knew  them,  are  now  dead. 

As  early  as  1882  Mr.  Dickel  came  to  the  United  States,  and  having  clerked  for 
three  years  in  Germany,  and  finished  his  apprenticeship  in  the  proper  manner,  he  had 
no  trouble  in  securing  employment  in  New  York,  where  he  also  spent  three  years, 
and  rapidly  acquired  a  knowledge  of  American  ways.  In  1885,  however  JUSt  when 
California  was  beginning  to  feel  the  impetus  of  the  "boom,'  Mr  Dickel  left  the 
Atlantic  metropolis  and  came  to  the  Pacific  Coast.  Not  only  that,  but  he  came 
straight  to  Anaheim,  where  for  ten  years  he  worked  in  Mr.  Langenberger  s  store.  In 
1895  he  leased  the  establishment,  and  for  twenty-two  years  conducted  it  for  himselt 
as  a  general  merchandise  center.  _  r    a      i.  • 

On  June  8  1887,  Mr.  Dickel  married  Miss  Rosie  Schmidt,  a  native  of  Anaheim 
and  a  member  of  a  family  rather  distinguished  as  Calif ornians  of  the  pioneer  sort 
Traveling  most  of  the  way  wearily  and  at  great  danger  on  foot,  her  father  crossed 
the  great  plains  and  settled  in  this  vicinity  about  1851;  so  that  when,  in  1857,  a  group 
of  optimists  founded'  Anaheim,  he  was  here  and  ready  to  join  in  the  movement. 
Three  sons  blessed  this  union:  Theodore  E.,  a  mining  and  civil  engineer,  now  m 
Tejamen,  Durango,  Mexico;  Arnold  C,  of  the  same  profession,  in  Pittsburg,  Cal.,  and 
Percival  A.  Dickel,  an  artist,  is  at  home.  Arnold  saw  service  in  the  great  war.  Three 
grandchildren  have  been  born  to  attest  the  sturdiness  of  the  stock. 

Mrs.  Dickel  was  a  cultured  and  refined  woman,  with  a  love  for  the  beautiful,  and 
was  an  artist  of  ability,  having  spent  four  years  in  the  art  centers  of  Germany,  study- 
ing painting.  The  Dickel  home  is  replete  with  paintings  on  china  and  canvas  of  her 
own  production.  Kind,  generous  and  charitable,  she  was  a  woman  of  beautiful  char- 
acter, and  her  passing,  December  8,  1919,  was  indeed  a  severe  blow  to  her  husband 
and  children,  as  well  as  her  host  of  friends,  for  she  was  endeared  to  all  who  knew  her. 
A  Republican  in  national  politics,  Mr.  Dickel  has  served  as  city  trustee  of  Ana- 
heim for  four  years,  and  has  been  treasurer  of  the  Anaheim  Building  and  Loan  Asso- 
ciation for  thirty-two  years.  He  is  an  Odd  Fellow,  and  also  an  Elk,  and  belongs  to 
the  Mother  Colony  Club.  In  many  ways,  Mr.  Dickel  has  proven  his  value  as  a  whole- 
hearted citizen,  always  having  the  future  of  Anaheim  and  Orange  County  before  him, 
and  ever  ready  to  hasten  the  hour  when  the  Golden  State,  among  the  late-comers 
into  the  Union,  shall  "come  into  its  own." 

FRANK  WILLIAM  CUPRIEN.— An  American  artist  who  has  attained  distinc- 
tion in  foreign  lands  as  well  as  in  his  own  is  Frank  William  Cuprien,  of  the  Viking 
Studio,  at  Laguna  Beach,  the  Mecca  of  many,  frequently  those  favored  in  foreign 
travel,  who  have  discovered  his  whereabouts  and  his  art,  and  who  appreciate  him  at  his 
true  worth.  He  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  on  August  23,  1871,  and  attended  the 
excellent  schools  of  that  home  city.  He  grew  up  so  near  to  the  ocean  that  it  is  only 
natural  he  should  have  loved  the  sea  while  yet  a  mere  youth;  and  he  early  became 
a  marine  painter.  In  the  beginning,  however,  he  received  but  scant  encouragement 
when  he  most  needed  sympathetic  help,  his  first  efforts  dating  back  to  school  days  and 
his  coloring  picture  books  with  the  aid  of  a  Murillo  paint  box  given  him — a  keepsake 
he  prizes  today.  His  father  was  Charles  Cuprien,  a  native  of  Brooklyn,  the  son  of  a 
tapestry  and  cloth  merchant  of  that  city  who  emigrated  from  Lyons.  Charles  Cuprien 
had  married  Miss  Phillipin  Millar,  a  native  of  Brooklyn,  and  the  descendant  of  a 
well-known  and  long-established  family  originally  from  Manchester,  England. 

Frank  William  Cuprien  pushed  into  New  York  City  as  early  as  he  could,  and  in 
the  evenings  attended  the  art  and  drawing  classes  of  the  Cooper  Institute,  one  of  the 
oldest  and  best  established  and  conducted  schools  of  its  kind  in  America;  and  when 
he  had  the  leisure,  he  spent  his  free  time  profitably  in  the  galleries.  Up  to  his  eight- 
eenth year  he  had  really  been  interested  more  in  drawing  than  in  painting,  and  his  first 
course  in  painting  at  the  Art  League  in  New  York  was  taken  under  the  direction  of 
tlie  renowned  artist,  William  T.  Richards,  of  Brooklyn.  When  he  was  a  mere  boy, 
his  ambition  was  to  study  under  this  master;  and  this  dream  was  realized,  on  the 
attaining  of  his  eighteenth  year. 

Soon  afterwards,  he  left  America  to  study  in  Europe;  and  in  Paris  he  gave  his 
attention  to  the  voice  and  the  piano,  becoming  proficient  as  a  singer  and  a  pianist,  and 
earning  a  reputation  for  his  own  compositions.     He  attended  the  royal  conservatories 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  797 

at  Munich  and  Leipsic  for  three  years,  and  in  190S  was  graduated  from  the  Royal 
Conservatory.    Then  he  toured  Italy,  and  spent  much  time  in  Florence. 

About  that  time,  he  began  to  study  marine  art,  and  to  perfect  himself,  he  traveled 
up  and  down  the  Mediterranean,  even  to  Athens,  and  spent  eleven  years  in  Europe 
studying  and  painting.  During  this  time,  in  order  to  familiarize  himself  vk^ith  the  local 
color  of  the  North  Sea,  he  spent  six  months  on  fishing  smacks  out  from  Hamburg 
serving  as  a  common  seaman,  just  as  Dana  and  others  have  done,  but  taking  along 
his  sketch-book  in  order  to  profit  by  moments  of  leisure;  and  liking  the  experience  so 
well,  he  put  in  four  months  on  a  steam  trawler,  as  a  friend  of  the  captain,  through 
which  association  he  had  the  best  of  opportunities  to  study  from  nature  and  sketch. 
He  visited  Helgoland  before  the  fortifications  were  erected  and  the  great  guns  mounted, 
and  that  was  an  experience  in  itself. 

Upori  returning  to  America,  Mr.  Cuprien  concluded  that  California  must  offer 
much  to  the  artist,  and  in  1912  he  came  to  L,os  Angeles,  intending  to  settle  at  Catalina, 
and  since  then  he  has  spent  weeks  at  a  time  roaming  over  and  and  sketching  the 
scenery  of  the  island.  In  1913,  however,  Mr.  Cuprien  began  his  association  with  La- 
guna;  and  in  1914,  he  erected  there  his  studio  to  which,  on  account  of  his  adventures 
in  the  North  Sea  of  Europe,  he  has  given  the  name  of  "The  Viking."  It  is  one  mile 
south  of  the  Laguna  Beach  Hotel,  and  overlooks  the  peaceful,  beautiful  Pacific;  and 
i'.s  his  own  original-  creation,  it  attracts  the  attention  of  passersby* 

Mr.  Cuprien's  style  of  painting  as  seen  in  his  marines  is  intensely  individualistic, 
and  one  may  get  some  idea  of  his  ideals  by  his  definition  of  the  true  artist:  "What  a 
man  paints  is  what  is  in  his  mind — the  expression  of  the  inner  man  put  upon  canvas 
by  himself."  Mr.  Cuprien  received  the  gold  medal  at  the  Berliner  Ausstellung;  first 
prize  at  the  Cotton  Carnival,  Galveston,  Tex.,  1913;  silver  medals  at  San  Diego  in 
both  1915  and  1916;  honorable  mention  at  the  State  Fair  at  Phoenix,  1916;  and  a  bronze 
medal  at  the  State  Fair  at  Sacramento,  in  1919.  He  is  a  Republican  in  matters  of 
national  political  import,  and  humanitarian  and  philanthropic  in  his  attitude  toward 
society  and  the  problems  of  the  day. 

Mr.  Cuprien  is  a  member  of  the  American  Federation  of  Arts,  the  Leipsic  Art 
Association,  the  Fort  Worth  Art  Association,  the  California  Art  Club,  and  the  Laguna 
Beach  Art  Association,  being  a  charter  member  there,  and  one  of  the  board  of  trustees. 

KARL  JENS.— A  noted  American  painter  who  has  contributed  his  efficient  in- 
fluence for  the  advancement  of  art  in  California  and  for  the  building  up  of  an  artistic 
atmosphere  at  Laguna  Beach,  is  Mr.  Jens,  better  known  as  Karl  Yens,  who  was  born 
in  Altona,  on  the  Elbe,  in  nothern  Germany,  not  far  from  Hamburg,  on  January  11, 
1868,  and  grew  up  in  a  beautiful  environment  of  gardens  and  villas,  and  with  all  the 
educational  advantages  that  the  Old  World  could  offer.  He  pursued  high  school  and 
college  studies  there,  and  took  up  and  followed  art  in  Hamburg,  Berlin  and  Munich, 
and  later  in  England  and  Scotland.  When  nineteen  years  of  age,  he  studied  at  the 
Museum  of  Arts  and  Crafts  at  Berlin,  under  Professors  Koch  and  Ewald,  the  latter  the 
director  of  the  institute,  and  these  studies  he  continued  at  the  Academic  Julien  in 
Paris,  where  he  was  under  the  guidance  of  the  renowned  Benjamin  Constant  and  E. 
Paul  Laurens.  There  he  entered  into  sharp  competition  for  honors,  and  was  one  of 
the  few  declared  to  have  made  much  progress  and  been  successful  in  1900.  ' 

When  Mr.  Yens  first  came  to  America  he  traveled  through  the  country  as  an 
artist,  desirous  of  seeing  the  best  there  was  and  for  six  years  made  his  headquarters 
in  Cambridge,  Mass.  He  exhibited  in  Boston  and  in  Philadelphia,  then  moved  tem- 
porarily to  Washington,  D.  C,  where  he  made  a  specialty  of  mural  decoration;  in 
New  York,  he  later  executed  some  mural  work  in  theaters  and  private  residences. 

Mr.  Yens  had  married  in  Germany,  before  coming  to  America,  Miss  Helene  Grote 
of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  who  was  on  her  first  trip  to  that  country.  Mrs.  Yens  died  at 
their  home  in  Cambridge  while  her  husband  was  in  Germany  on  a  visit  to  his  mother 
and  left  three  children,  Anna,  Otto  and  Elizabeth,  all  of  whom  are  in  the  East  com- 
pleting their  educations.  In  1909,  in  New  York,  Mr.  Yens  was  married  a  second  time, 
taking  for  his  wife  Miss  Katherine  Petry,  a  trained  nurse  who  had  been  reared  and 
educated  there,  and  with  him  she  enjoys  a  wide  popularity. 

In  1910,  Mr.  Yens  removed  from  the  East  to  California  and  settled  at  Pasadena, 
and  soon  after  he  had  established  a  studio  at  South  Pasadena,  he  became,  in  1911,  a 
professor  in  the  University  of  Southern  California,  and  for  nearly  three  years  had 
charge  of  their  College  of  Fine  Arts.  From  1916  to  1918  Mr.  Yens  was  an  art  instruc- 
tor at  the  Los  Angeles  Polytechnic  school. 

While  in  the  East,  Mr.  Yens  made  a  specialty  of  portraiture,  and  is  an  expert  in 
all  mediums;  being  an  etcher  he  owns  his  own  etching  press.  He  is  particularly  fond 
of  out-door  painting — landscapes  and  studies  from  nature.     He  called  his  workshop  at 


798  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

South  Pasadena,  just  beyond  the  Mineral  Park,  the^Arroyo  ^e'-de  Studio,  and  the^.^^me 

and  the  design  and  furnishing  of  the  stud.o  'T^l'^^T     'itnThlrn  CaHfornia,  depict- 
here  and  there,  Mr.  Yens  has  often  Umned  the  beauties  °*  Southern  Ca   to         ,^^^^. 
ing  every  feature  with  rare  fidelity,  and  givmg  to  all  his  r'/^^^^P""^ "^''^^ewarded,  for 

Mr  Yens'  aim  to  do  the  big  and  important  thmgs  has  '^^^"/'^l^^y  "Jj^g^  are  a 
he  has  exhibited  at  all  the  leading  exhibitions  in  Los  Angeles  and  his  P.^'"t'"/^^Xg 
source  of  delight  to  the  local  art  world.  His  larger  works  are  shown  in  the  leading 
exhibits  in  the  East-The  National  Academy  of  Design  and  the  Architectural  League 
Oub  in  New  York;  the  Pennsylvania  Academy  of  Fine  Arts  in  Philadelphia;  the  Archi- 
tectural League  in  Washington,  D.  C,  and  other  places,  for  he  keeps  up  a  live  con- 
nect"on  with  the  East.  He  took  the  silver  and  bronze  medals  at  both  the  State  Fairs 
in  California  in  1915-1916;  was  also  awarded  the  Clarence  A.  Black  prize  for  excellence 
in  landscape  painting  as  a  result  of  his  participation  in  the  exhibits  at  Exposition 
Park,  Los  Angeles.  He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Art  Club  and  of  the  Laguna 
Beach  Art  Association,  and  was  secretary  of  the  Los  Angeles  Modern  Art  Society. 

Despite  his  pleasant  associations  with  other  art  communities,  Mr.  Yens  removed 
to  Laguna  Beach  on  November  19,  1919;  and  here  he  has  been  an  especially  distin- 
guished citizen  ever  since.  An  enthusiastic  American,  with  rare  confidence  in  our  insti- 
tutions for  the  future,  Mr.  Yens  has  been  able,  as  few  others  are  privileged  to  do,  to 
contribute  much  to  advance  the  appreciation  for  art  among  a  folk  heretofore  too  busy 
with  founding  a  great  commonwealth  always  to  give  time  and  attention  to  the  finer 
attractions  in  life.  When,  therefore,  Laguna  Beach  will  come  to  its  own  in  the  matter 
of  high  art,  the  influence  of  this  progressive  exponent  will  be  sure  to  be  recognized  and 
acknowledged. 

CHARLES  A.  KNUTH. — A  conservative,  yet  decidedly  enterprising  leader  in 
business  affairs,  who  has  sought  to  lead  a  Christian  life  through  the  application  of  the 
Golden  Rule,  is  Charles  A.  Knuth,  of  the  Villa  Park  section  of  Orange  County.  He 
was  born  in  Germany  on  January  11,  1873,  and  came  to  America  with  his  mother.  His 
foster  father  is  William  Knuth,  who  adopted  the  lad  and  he  was  reared  as  his  son. 
The  family  moved  to  Milwaukee,  and  it  was  there  Charles  A.  Knuth  attended  school 
for  eight  years,  during  which  time  he  worked  at  his  trades,  continuing  until  1887,  when 
he  decided   the   Pacific   Coast  country  held  better  inducements. 

On  March  17,  1887,  the  "boom"  year,  William  Knuth  brought  his  family  to  Cali- 
fornia, and  at  Villa  Park,  in  Orange  County,  he  bought  ten  acres  of  land,  gradually 
increasing  his  holdings,  with  the  aid  of  his  children,  until  he  owned  sixty-eight  acres. 
Charles  helped  set  out  the  trees  and  otherwise  improve  their  holdings  and  in  time  the 
father  gave  to  each  of  his  children  ten  acres,  retaining  five  acres  upon  which  he  and 
his  good  wife  now  live.  While  Charles  was  working  on  the  ranch  he  found  time  to 
attend  the  Orange  Business  College,  where  he  took  a  general  commercial  course. 
From  1908  to  1915  he  traveled  over,  part  of  the  state  representing,  at  various  times, 
some  of  the  best-known  commission  houses  of  Los  Angeles  and  San  Francisco. 

Since  its  organization  in  1913,  excepting  one  year,  Mr.  Knuth  has  been  foreman 
of  the  field  work  for  the  Villa  Park  Orchards  Association,  which  serves  over  150 
growers  and  handles  the  product  of  more  than  2,000  acres.  This  position  has  brought 
him  in  close  touch  with  the  citrus  industry  of  the  state  and  occupies  his  time  so  that 
he  hires  the  work  done  on  his  ten-acre  ranch. 

On  June  7,  1905,  Charles  A.  Knuth  and  Marie  Steffens  were  united  in  marriage 
and  they  have  two  daughters.  Norma  Marie  and  Marie  Charlotte,  both  now  attending 
school.  The  family  belongs  to  the  Lutheran  Church  at  Orange.  Mr.  Knuth  is  a 
Republican,  has  served  on  the  election  boards  and  is  a  member  of  the  Farm  Center. 
During  the  war  he  served  as  a  committeeman  on  the  loan  drives.  He  is  one  of  the 
best-known  and  well-liked  men  of  his  section  of  country 


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survivor  of  his  once   happy  famiS  "''  twenty-four,  and  he  is  now  the  only 

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which  he  is  locally  famed,  when  he  was  a  bov  Th.  ^  "^  '^'^^Z  °*  agriculture  for 
obtained  at  the  Church  Street  school  "  GaSur?!,,""" aL'To'th  '  '^'  .^'''^^  ^'^  ^^^ 
mentary  training  that  when  he  came  west  to  CaHforS^n  f897  and  c-f  h^r /'-^^  ^'t 

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others  who  were  rapidly  developing  Orange  County,  he  was  better  equipped  than  many 
to  wrestle  with  work-a-day  problems.  He  started  to  grow  barley,  potatoes  and  corn 
on  a  ranch  in  Santiago  Canyon,  and  securing  his  first  crop  of  "spuds"  in  1897,  when 
prices  were  very  low,  he  sold  them  to  wholesale  houses  in  Los  Angeles  and  realized 
all  that  the  market  would  allow.  For  eight  years  he  followed  cement  contracting  in 
Orange  County  and  since  1908  he  has  been  the  able  superintendent  of  the  thirty-eight 
acres  belonging  to  the  Adolphus  Busch  estate  in  the  Villa  Park  precinct.  At  one  time 
he  knew  nearly  every  family  in  Orange  County,  but  now  so  many  settlers  have  come  in 
he  scarcely  knows  his  nearest  neighbors. 

On  July  31,  1901,  Mr.  Allen  was  married  to  Miss  Anita  Martin,  a  native  daughter 
of  Orange  County,  whose  parents  came  to  California  from  Texas  in  an  ox-team  train. 
Mrs.  Martin,  the  mother,  is  still  living  at  Villa  Park,  aged  eighty-four.  Two  children 
have  blessed  their  union:    Ernest  L.  and  Carl  L-,  both  attending  school  in  Villa  Park. 

Mr.  Allen  belongs  to  the  Odd  Fellows  of  Orange  and  served  one  term  as  noble 
grand.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allen  are  members  of 'the  Rebekahs.  He  is  a  Democrat 
in  national  politics,  but  holds  himself  free  to  vote  for  whom  he  chooses.  And  in  busi- 
ness, desiring  to  see  California  go  forward  by  leaps  and  bounds,  and  to  stabilize  all 
her  development,  he  is  an  independent  shipper  of  produce  and  fruit.  Mr.  Allen  was  a 
member  of  Company  L,  Seventh  Regiment  U.  S.  Volunteers  for  service  in  the  Spanish- 
American  War. 

LEONARD  O.  VAUGHAN.— A  resident  of  California  since  1892,  Leonard  O. 
Vaughan  of  Orange  County  has  been  an  eyewitness  to  the  many  marvelous  changes 
that  have  taken  place  in  Southern  California  since  that  time.  He  is  the  representative 
of  a  Virginian  family  and  was  born  at  Upper  Alton,  111.,  on  June  21,  1856,  a  son  of 
Cornelius  B.  Vaughan,  born  in  Culpepper,  Va.,  but  a  pioneer  of  the  state  of  Illinois 
where  he  became  a  farmer  at  Alton.  He  was  a  member  of  one  of  the  brave  bands  of 
pioneers  who  crossed  the  plains  from  the  East  to  California  with  ox.  teams  in  1849 
to  mine  for  gold  and  he  met  with  the  success  of  the  ordinary  miner.  He  remained 
here  for  five  years  and  then  returned  to  Illinois  to  claim  his  bride.  When  he  went  back 
he  took  with  him  several  gold  nuggets  as  souvenirs  and  one  of  these  is  now  in  the 
possession  of-  Leonard  O.,  -who  had  it  mounted  as  a  scarf  pin.  The  mothei-  of  Leonard 
O.,  was  in  maidenhood  Frances  M.  Smith,  a  native  of  Alton,  and  a  daughter  of  George 
Smith,  who  is  honored  as  the  founder  of  Alton,  where  he  erected  the  first  cabin  and  ran 
a  store  and  established  the  town  site  on  Pisaw  Creek.  That  was  at  a  time  when 
Indians  were  very  numerous  in  that  state,  but  he  was  on  friendly  termSi  with  most  of 
them.  He  taught  school,  read  law  and  specialized  in  land  law,  and  served  in  the 
state  legislature  with  Abraham  Lincoln.  Later  Mr.  Smith,  and  Dr.  Benjamin  Shurtlefif 
of  Boston,  Mass.,  endowed  the  Baptist  College  at  Alton,  so  that  it  became  known  as 
Shurtlefif  College.  Cornelius  B.  Vaughan  died  in  Idaho  in  1904,  his  widow  surviving 
him  until  1918,  when  she  died  at  Long  Beach,  Cal. 

In  1858,  when  Leonard  O.  was  a  child  of  two  years  the  family  removed  to  Car- 
rollton.  Mo.,  but  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  being  a  strong  Union  man,  Mr. 
Vaughan  returned  to  Alton  with  his  family  and  from  there  enlisted  for  service  in  an 
Illinois  regiment  and  served  from  1861  to  1864,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged  from 
service.  He  was  prominent  in  Grand  Army  circles  after  its  organization  and  his  G. 
A.  R.  button  is  one  of  the  prized  keepsakes  of  his  son,  Leonard  O.  After  the  war  was 
over  the  family  moved  back  to  their  farm  near  Carrollton,  Mo.,  and  it  was  here  that 
the  son  attended  the  graded  schools,  after  which  he  returned  to  Alton,  entered  Shurt- 
lefif College  and  was  graduated  therefrom  in  1876,  then  joined  his  folks  in  Missouri. 

In  1878,  at  Marshall,  Mo.,  Mr.  Vaughan  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Lenora 
Herndon,  a  native  of  Saline  County,  that  state,  and  in  time  they  were  blessed  with 
seven  children,  two  of  whom,  L.  O.  Jr.,  and  Cornelius  B.  are  now  deceased.  Charles 
H.  is  an  automobile  dealer  in  Los  Angeles  and. has  two  sons;  Gertrude  is  Mrs.  C.  E. 
Wagner  of  West  Oraiige  and  the  mother  of  one  son;  Edna  became  Mrs.  Ned  Cutting 
and  resides  in  Los  Angeles;  Russell  T.,  is  an  oil-well  driller  in  Granger,  Texas,  and  he 
has  a  son  and-A-d'augnter;  Howard  S.  conducts  an  oil  station  at  Sixth  and  Main,  and  one 
at  the  Centi-al  Auto  Park  in  Santi  Ana.  He  is  the  father  of  a  daughter.  The  wife 
and  mother  died  in  Los  Angeles  on  August  14,  1913. 

In  1886  Mr.  Vaughan. moved  to  Greeley  County,  Kans.,  and  there  preempted  land 
which  he  farmed.  A  natural  merchanic,  in  1887  he  was  induced  to  enter  the  service  of 
the  Santa  Fe  railroad  at  Coolidge,  Kans.,  as  a  repairer  of  locomotives,  coming  to  Los 
Angeles  in  1892  in  the  service  of  that  company.  In  1895  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
Southern  Pacific  at  Dunsmuir  as  an  engineer,  and  in  1905  he  came  to  Long  Beach  and 
was  employed  as  engineer  at  the  power  plant  of  the  water  department  of  that  city. 
In  1914  he  came  to  Orange  County  and  has  since  resided  on  his  twenty-one  acre  ranch 


802  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

devoted  to  walnuts,  and  it  is  one  of  the  best  groves  in  the  locality,  rapidly  being  recog- 
nized as  a  show  place.  It  was  in  1914,  in  Los  Angeles,  that  the  second  marriage  of 
Mr.  Vaughan  took  place  when  he  married  Mrs.  Martha  Shaffer.  She  died  in  December, 
1917.  Mr.  Vaughan  also  owns  a  half  block  in  Santa  Ana  upon  which  is  located  the 
Temple  Theatre,  a  half  blo'ck  where  the  Central  Auto  Park  is  situated  and  numerous 
parcels  of  land  in  this  county  and  in  Los  Angeles,  so  that  he  gives  a  great  deal  of  his 
time  to  looking  after  his  varied  interests.  He  is  a  believer  in  the  future  of  Southern 
California,  Orange  County  in  particular;  is  a  supporter  of  all  movements  that  tend  to 
build  up  and  promote  the  welfare  of  the  people  and  is  highly  esteemed  as  a  successful 
business  man.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  in  national  affairs,  locally  he  votes  for 
the  best  men  and  measures  and  he  finds  recreation  as  a  member  of  the  Elks  lodge. 

MRS.  MARTHA  M.  SHAFFER  VAUGHAN.— A  pioneer  of  Orange  County  be- 
loved by  all  who  knew  her  was  Martha  M.  Shaffer  Vaughan,  who  for  many  years  lived 
on  a  ranch  on  North  Main  Street,  between  Santa  Ana  and  Orange.  A  native  of  Rock 
Island  County,  111.,  she  was  born  and  christened  Martha  M.  Cowles  and  was  reared 
amidst  the  pioneer  environments  of  that  state  when  it  was  known  as  the  "far  west." 
Her  marriage  to  Uriah  Shaffer  was  solemnized  in  Decatur  County,  Iowa,  in  1877.  Mr. 
Shaffer  was  a  Virginian  by  birth  who  descended  from  German  stock  and  he  was  reared 
on  a  plantation  in  Hampshire  County,  Va.  His  birth  occurred  there  on  June  16,  1820, 
and  he  attended  the  subscription  schools  in  his  native  locality  until  he  was  twelve, 
when  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Lee  County,  Iowa,  and  there  he  became  a  pioneer 
farmer  on  the  frontier,  continuing  farming  in  Lee  County  for  himself  from  18j8  until 
he  left  that  vocation  to  come  to  California  in  1850  to  mine  for-  gold.  He  was  among 
that  hardy  band  of  Argonauts  that  crossed  the  great  plains  with  oxen  and  prairie 
schooners  and  arrived .  in  Nevada  County,  Cal.,  September  7,  1850.  He  was  not  suc- 
cessful in  his  search  for  the  shining  metal  and  he  took  up  land  in  Plumas  County  and 
engaged  in  ranching.  After  experimenting  for  several  years  he  returned  to  Iowa  and 
farmed  in  Decatur  County,  and  while  so  occupied  he  became  the  husband  of  Martha 
M.   Cowles. 

That  same  year,  1877,  they  came  to  California  and  to  Santa  Ana,  on  the  first 
railroad  train  that  ran  into  that  town.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shaffer  became  very-  prominent 
factors  in  the  civic  and  commercial  life  of  Los  Angeles  County,  as  Orange  County  had 
not  been  partitioned  off  at  that  period.  When  the  new  county  was  formed  they  con- 
tinued to  ranch  and  increase  their  interest  in  the  new  county  and  did  their  part  to  make 
it  one  of  the  best  known  and  richest  sections  of  this  great  state.  They  improved  a  ranch 
of  twenty-five  _  acres  of  walnuts,  besides  doing  geriei-al  farming  on  other  land  they 
owned.  Both  "were  stanch  Republicans.  Mr.  Shaffer  died  May  20,  1902,  after  which 
Mrs.  Shaffer  erected  a  large  twenty-six  room  house  on  her  property,  after  her  own 
plans.  She  also  operated  her  walnut  ranch  and  the  300-acre  ranch  besides,  where  she 
raised  fine  cattle  and  alfalfa,  and  had  sixty  acres  of  it  set  to  walnuts.  She  was  a  good 
business  woman  and  was  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  knew  her  for  her  integrity  and 
public  spirit. 

Mrs.  Shaffer  became  the  wife  of  L.  O.  Vaughan  on  January  1,  1914,  who  took  from 
her  shoulders  the  cares  of  business  and  administered  the  property  with  fine  success. 
She  passed  away  on  December  27,  1917,  mourned  by  all  who  had  known  her  for  her 
unselfish  spirit  and  great  helpfulness  as  a  pioneer  woman  of  Orange  County.  She  was 
a  strong  believer  in  Spiritualism  and  contributed  much  money  towards  that  belief. 

MRS.  LAVINIA  AVERY  MAYFIELD.-A  generous-hearted,  hospitable  woman, 
esteemed  and  liked  by  all  who  know  her,  and  known  as  a  conservative  and  cautious 
operator  in  business,  is  Mrs.  Lavinia  A.  Mayfield,  who  was  born  an  Avery  and  christened 
Lavinia,  the  place  of  her  birth  being  Rusk  County,  Texas.  On  her  father's  side  her 
ancestors  came  to  America  from  Scotland  and  were  among  the  early  Southern  families 
to  settle  on  the  Atlantic  Coast.  Her  grandmother,  Rachel  (McDonald)  Avery,  was  born 
on  the  Atlantic  Ocean.  On  her  maternal  side  her  grandparents  came  from  France 
Her  mother,  Sarah  Dumas  (Halton)  Avery,  married  a  second  time,  choosing  as  her 
husband  William  Henry  Talley,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Patrick  Henry.  Mr.  Talley  was 
a  successful  orchardist  who  proved  a  kind  and  helpful  stepfather.  Her  father  Rhoderic 
McDonald  Avery,  was  a  pioneer  in  Rusk  County,  Texas,  and  died  when  she  was  a  mere 
babe.  Lavina  received  her  education  in  the  common  schools  of  the  locality  in  which 
she  was  brought  up  and  also  studied  at  Kidd-Key  College  at  Sherman  Texas  after 
which  she  taught  school  for  two  years.  In  1889  Mr.  Talley,  her  stepfather,  removed 
to  California  with  his  family,  and  at  Covina  he  purchased  forty  acres,  which  he  in  time 
set  out  to  oranges. 

On  March  3,  1889,  Miss  Avery  became  the  wife  of  Dr.  M.  S.  Jones,  the  eye,  ear,  nose 
and  throat  specialist  of  Santa  Ana.     Dr.  Jones  was  born  in  Clinton   County,   111.,   his 


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parents  being  natives  of  Virginia.  He  was  educated  at  McKendree  College,  at  Lebanon, 
111.,  completing  his  medical  education  at  St.  Louis,  there  having  the  privilege  of  special 
courses  under  the  celebrated  specialist,  Dr.  William  Niehaus,  in  opthalmology  and  aural 
surgery,  and  with  Dr.  D.  B.  St.  John  Roosa  of  New  York.  Receiving  his  diploma  in 
1869  he  entered  into  practice  with  Dr.  Niehaus,  but  after  a  year  his  health  failed  and 
he  went  to  Shreveport,  La.  Here  he  practiced  for  two  years,  and  his  health  being 
improved  he  returned  to  his  old  practice  at  St.  Louis,  remaining  there  until  January  26, 
1874,  when  he  came  to  California.  After  practicing  for  a  year  in  Los  Angeles  he 
located  in  Santa  Ana,  where  he  soon  had  a  large  general  practice.  Becoming  an  en- 
thusiast over  the  possibilities  of  citrus  culture  in  this  locality,  he  purchased  a  tract  of 
sixty  acres  on  East  Seventeenth  Street  and  Tustin  Avenue,  forty  acres  of  which  was 
devoted  to  oranges,  and  while  he  continued  his  medical  practice  Mrs.  Jones  looked  after 
their  horticultural  interests,  thus  pioneering  in  an  industry  that  has  reached  such  vast 
proportions  in  Orange  County.  Dr.  Jones  was  also  very  active  in  farming  and  was 
very  successful  in  his  undertakings  in  that  line.  Always  enjoying  a  large  and  lucrative 
practice,  he  stood  high  in  the  professional  circles  of  Orange  County.  He  was  a  Demo- 
crat and  took  an  active  part  in  county  politics,  always  working  for  the  upbuilding  of 
the  neighborhood,  on  which  account  his  death,  which  occurred  at  Santa  Ana  in  1908, 
was  generally  deplored.  Mrs.  Jones  had  also  lost  her  mother,  who  passed  away  at 
Santa  Ana  the  year  before.  Inasmuch  as  Mr.  Talley  had  passed  away  in  1895,  Mrs. 
Talley  had  disposed  of  the  ranch  property  at  Covina  and  bought  residence  property 
in  Santa  Ana  instead.  Mrs.  Jones  kept  the  orange  ranch  and  home  on  East  Seventeenth 
Street  for  some  time  after  Dr.  Jones'  death,  later  disposing  of  it.  By  a  former  marriage 
Dr.  Jones  had  two  children  whom  Mrs.  Jones  reared  and  educated:  Essie  L.,  the  wife 
of  J.  W.  Jones  of  Boston,  and  George  R.,  a  rancher  in  Arizona.  A  sister,  Mrs.  M.  R. 
Hall,  who  had  removed  from  Colorado  to  Tustin,  died  on  May  8,  1898,  leaving  five 
children  in  Mrs.  Jones'  care.  The  children  are:  Lavinia  and  Jennie  Hall,  now  deceased; 
Bess  is  the  wife  of  Sam  Hill,  a  prominent  merchant  of  Santa  Ana;  Avery  Hall  lives  at 
San  Pedro,  and  Lulu  Hall  is  the  wife  of  Charles  F.  Johnson,  a  postal  employe  of  Santa 
Ana.     Three  years  after  Dr.  Jones'  death  Mrs.  Jones  married  Dr.  W.  S.  Mayfield. 

Mrs.  Mayfield  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Santa  Ana,  in  whose 
various  activities  she  takes  a  prominent  part.  She  also  participated  in  various  kinds  of 
war  work,  and  in  whatever  way  she  can,  she  endeavors  to  live  up  to  and  practice  the 
Golden  Rule.  She  is  an  enthusiastic  supporter  of  every  worthy  project  for  the  develop- 
ment of  Southern  California  and  is  particularly  loyal  to  Orange  County. 

CHARLES  E.  BOWMAN. — A  practical  and  scientific  rancher,  who  draws  upon 
his  own  valuable  experience,  and  who  has  the  confidence  of  his  associates,  because  of 
his  conservatively  progressive  methods,  is  Charles  E.  Bowman,  who  good-naturedly 
boasts  that  he  has  been  a  booster  for  Tustin  and  Orange  County  since  he  was  ten  years 
of  age.  He  was  born  near  Savannah,  Andrew  County,  Mo.,  on  April  28,  1871,  a  son  of 
W.  D.  and  Ella  (Galloway)  Bowman,  also  natives  of  that  great  commonwealth.  They 
had  six  children  and  among  them  Charles  was  the  second  in  the  order  of  birth.  In  1881 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bowman  came  west  to  California  and  settled  at  Tustin,  where  Mr.  Bow- 
man became  a  fruit  grower. 

Charles  E.  Bowman  attended  the  common  schools  at  Tustin  and  later  took  a 
course  at  the  Orange  County  Business  College,  being  a  member  of  the  class  of  '88. 
As  a  young  man  he  became  identified  with  fruit  packing  at  Tustin;  the  season  lasting 
there  only  four  months,  the  balance  of  the  year  he  was  in  the  employ  of  A.  E.  Bennett 
of  Tustin,  engaged  in  fumigating,  and  during  this  time  became  interested  and  made 
an  exhausting  study  of  citrus  enemies  and  the  best  methods  of  getting  rid  of  the  pests, 
for  when  he  was  not  packing  he  carried  on  experiments  in  this  line.  In  time  he  was 
made  foreman,  first  of  the  Fay  Fruit  Company  at  Whittier  for  two  years  and  then  for 
Gowen  and  Willard  of  Santa  Ana,  which  position  he  held  for  four  and  a  half  years. 
Early  in  1907  Mr.  Bowman  became  a  partner  in  a  company  styled  Bowman  and 
Ritchey,  whose  business  was  fumigating;  later  the  firm  was  changed  to  Bowman  and 
Wiley  and  in  this  partnership  he  continued  until  they  owned  eight  different  outfits, 
employing  as  many  as  fifty-five  men.  In  the  spring  of  1916  Mr.  Bowman  became  sole 
owner  of  the  fumigating  company  and  continued  the  business  until  1918,  when  he  sold 
it  to  engage  in  ranching.  Since  then,  three  consecutive  times,  he  has  bought,  improved 
and  sold  properties  in  Tustin,  and  he  has  also  become  interested  in  oil  production  in 
Orange  County  to  the  extent  of  desirable  holdings  in  the  Richfield  district.  In  October, 
1919,  he  purchased  a  walnut  and  Valencia  orange  grove  of  ten  acres  on  Laguna  Boule- 
vard in  Tustin  and  became  a  member  of  the  Tustin  Hills  Orange  Growers  Association, 
and  also  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company. 


806  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

On  April  30,  1902,  Mr.  Bowman  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  L.  Schillinger,  a  native 
of  Easton,  Pa.,  and  the  daughter  of  William  Schillinger  of  that  city.  Both  her  paternal 
and  maternal  grandparents  were  pioneers  of  that  same  place,  and  she  thus  comes  trom 
a  well-established  family,  whose  folks  have  always  been  heavily  mterested  m  rnanu- 
facturing  and  similar  enterprises  on  the  Delaware.  A  son  and  daughter  blessed  this 
union:  Charles  Clarence,  who  attends  the  Santa  Ana  high  school  and  Frances  bchuler 
is  a  pupil  of  the  Tustin  grammar  school.  The  family  attend  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  Tustin,  and  Mrs.  Bowman  is  a  member  of  the  Parent-Teachers  Association  at  Tustin. 

A  Republican  in  national  politics,  Mr.  Bowman  is  a  loyal  American  citizen, 
especially  and  naturally  proud  of  his  record  as  a  veteran  of  the  Spanish-American  war, 
in  which  he  served  as  a  member  of  Company  L,  Seventh  Regiment,  California  Infantry, 
under  Capt.  S.  H.  Finley.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Tustin  Lodge  of  Knights  of 
Pythias,  Whittier -Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  and  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  784,  B.  P.  O.  E., 
and  a  member  of  the  Spanish-American  war  veterans. 

H.  J.  KOGLER. — A  highly-respected  citizen  of  Orange  County  who  owes  his 
phenomenal  success  in  part  to  his  advocacy  and  practice  of  cooperative  or  team  work, 
in  part  to  his  own  Christian  character  and  the  application  of  Christian  principles  to 
everyday  transactions,  and  quite  as  much,  no  doubt,  to  the  intelligent,  unselfish  and 
faithful  help  rendered  him  by  his  capable  wife,  is  H.  J.  Kogler,  who  was  born,  with 
his  twin-brother,  William  J.  Kogler,  at  Orange,  on  August  24,  1884,  the  son  of  Jacob 
and  Dora  (Shulz)  Kogler,  the  well-known  pioneers.  He  attended  the  public  grammar 
a!nd  also  the  parochial  school  of  the  town,  there  being  at  that  time  no  high  school 
for  the  district;  and  later  he  was  graduated  from  the  Orange  County  Business  College, 
where  he  was  given  an  excellent  practical  training  of  just  the  kind  that  he  soon  needed. 

At  the  age  of  eighteen,  Mr.  Kogler  entered  the  employ  of  the  Pixley  Hardware 
Company  of  Orange,  and  from  that  time  until  1906,  he  spent  most  of  his  time  as  a 
hardware  clerk.  In  the  latter  year,  with  his  older  brother  Paul,  and  his  twin-brother, 
William  J.,  Mr.  Kogler  formed  a  copartnership,  buying  out  the  Pixley  interest  in  the 
hardware  department  of  the  Pixley  Hardware  and  Furniture  Company;  and  in  1914,  the 
Kogler  Company  erected  a  modern  store  building  on  the  property  bought,  and  are 
at  the  present  time  carrying  on  the  largest  hardware  business,  with  the  most  complete 
line,  of  any  house  in  the  county.  Indeed,  their  business  has  grown  to  such  proportions 
that  they  require  two  large  floors  and  the  entire  basement,  for  among  other  commodi- 
ties of  real  service,  they  handle  bee-keeper's  supplies,  a  kind  of  wares  first  provided 
for  in  a  department  installed  about  five  years  ago.  Such  has  been  the  response  of  the 
agricultural  public  to  this  effort  to  meet  the  wants  of  a  growing  and  prosperous  class, 
that  the  Koglers  now  have  the  only  complete  stock  of  bee-keeper's  supplies  in  Southern 
California  outside  of  Los  Angeles  or  San  Diego. 

At  Orange,  Mr.  Kogler  was  married  to  Miss  Eva  Geiger,  born  at  Kankakee,  111.; 
daughter  of  Peter  Geiger,  whose  good  wife  died  while  Eva  was  an  infant.  She  was 
reared  in  and  attended  school  at  Orange,  and  naturally  supported,  with  her  husband, 
all  the  Red  Cross  and  other  war  work.  She  has  a  brother  Edwin  who  for  two  years 
served  as  a  mechanic  at  Rockwell  Field,  and  now  has  his  honorable  discharge.  Five 
children  have  been  granted  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kogler,  and  all  promise  to  be  as  popular 
as  their  parents.  The  oldest  two,  Inez  and  Elmer,  attend  school  in  Orange;  and  the 
younger  ones  are  Ildha,  Evelyn  and  Carolyn. 

GALE  S.  BERGEY. — A  wide-awake  business  man  who  has  had  much  to  with  the 
development  of  commercial  affairs  at  Huntington  Beach,  is  Gale  S.  Bergey,  one  of  the 
enterprising  firm  of  T.  B.  Talbert  and  Company,  dealers  in  real  estate  and  authorized 
agents  for  the  Ford  Automobile  Company,  covering  the  territory  in  particular  of  Hunt- 
ington Beach.  He  was  born  at  Los  Angeles  on  June  26,  1888,  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Long  Beach  and  at  the  Fountain  Valley  school.  He  followed  farming 
in  the  Talbert  district,  in  Orange  County,  and  so  naturally  came  to  work  for  and  be 
associated  with  T.  B.  Talbert.  After  he  had  tried  farming  for  himself  for  a  couple  ot 
years,  he  went  into  partnership  with  Henry  Talbert  in  the  San  Luis  Rey  district,  in 
San  Diego  County  engaging  in  farming  two  years. 

In  1913,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  T.  B.  Talbert  Real  Estate  Company,  and 
later  he  was  made  a  member  of  the  firm.  He  gives  most  of  his  time  to  exploiting  the 
Ford  motor  interests,  and  there  are  few  men  in  all  Orange  County  who  know  the 
local  automobile  trade  better  than  does  Mr.  Bergey.  He  also  knows  the  Ford  auto- 
mobile, and  that  is  saying  a  good  deal,  despite  the  popular  impression  that  the  machine 
is  so  simple  one  need  not  trouble  to  get  acquainted  with  it.  In  1917,  Mr.  Bergey  was 
appointed  constable  of  Huntington  Beach,  in  the  fall  of  1918  was  elected  to  the  office 
for  a  four-year  term,  and  it  is  safe  to  say  that  no  one  has  ever  given  greater  satisfaction 
in  that  difficult  office.     He  is  efficient,  alert,  aflfable  and  blessed  with  human  sympathy 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  809 

and  common  sense,  two  qualities  of  inestimable  service  in  the  administration  of  any- 
such  public  office. 

When  Mr.  Bergey  was  married,  he  took  for  his  wife  Adele  H.  Crockett  of  Los 
Angeles,  but  a  native  of  Iowa,  and  their  fortunate  union  has  been  blessed  with  two 
children,  Frances  Adele  and  Gale  Le  Roy.  Huntington  Beach  may  well  congratulate 
itself  on  numbering  among  its  expanding  firms  this  one  represented  by  Mr.  Bergey,  and 
on  being  able,  at  the  same  time,  to  get  such  an  honest  and  satisfactory  public  officer. 

SAMUEL  HUFF. — The  experiences  of  the  early  settlers  in  any  new  country  are 
not  appreciated  by  the  younger  generation  for  they  know  nothing  of  the  dangers  en- 
countered nor  the  hardships  endured  by  those  who  have  blazed  the  way  for  our  present 
day  civilization.  When  Samuel  Hufif,  how  a  prosperous  and  highly  respected  citizen  of 
the  Anaheim  district  of  Orange  County  came  to  California  in  the  closing  year  of  the 
great  boom,  1887,  he  first  located  in  San  Diego,  where  he  remained  for  three  .years 
getting  on  his  feet  in  order  to  branch  out  in  agricultural  pursuits  and  establish  himself 
permanently.  This  he  accomplished  in  1901,  when  he  purchased  his  present  ranch  of 
twenty  acres,  to  which  he  added  as  he  prospered  until  he  now  owns  thirty-three  acres 
of  as  fine  ranch  land  as  there  is  to  be  found  in  the  county.  This  land  was  a  barley 
field  and  was  bare  of  improvements,  but  by  unceasing  hard  work  and  good  manage- 
ment he  has  seen  the  dawn  of  a  better  day  and  has  prospered  beyond  his  expectations, 
considering  the  difficulties  he  overcame  in  putting  his  land  in  condition  to  yield  satis- 
factory returns.  He  now  has  ten  acres  of  walnuts  and  eight  acres  of  citrus  fruits;  all 
his  trees  he  set  out  himself  and  they  are  now  producing  increasingly  large  crops 
year  by  year. 

Samuel  Hufif  was  born  in  Kosciusko  County,  Ind.,  March  S,  1849,  the  year  of  the 
great  rush  to  the  gold  fields  of  California.  His  father  was  Frederick  Huff,  a  California 
gold  seeker  in  the  famed  year  of  '49,  when  he  left  his  home  and  family  and  crossed  the 
Isthmus  to  seek  the  golden  lure.  He  was  more  successful  than  the  ordinary  miner 
and  after  he  had  "made  his  pile"  he  returned  to  wife  and  babes  in  Indiana.  He  married 
Eva  Angel,  by  wh'om  he  had  eight  children.  By  two  subsequent  marriages  he  became 
the  parent  of  nine' more.  Of  the  first  family,  two  are  still  living  and  residents  of  Cali- 
fornia, Samuel  of  this  review  and  his  brother,  Eli  Huff,  of  the  Sacramento  Valley. 

Samuel  received  a  common  school  education  and  was  inured  to  hard  work  from  an 
early  age.  When  he  left  home  he  migrated  to  Kansas  and  there  he  owned  a  farm  of 
170  acres,  which  he  devoted  to  stock  raising  and  general  farming.  At  the  outbreak 
of  the  Civil  War  he  tried  to  enlist  in  the  service  of  his  country  but  was  denied  the 
privilege  on  account  of  his  youth.  He  bided  his  time,  however,  and  later  found  a 
friend  in  an  o.fficer  who  was  able  to  vouch  for  his  age  and  he  became  a  member  of  the 
Sixteenth  Kansas  Cavalry  and  for  the  ensuing  eighteen  months  he  was  on  duty  and 
participated  in  many  skirmishes  and  was  on  scouting  duty  until  his  honorable  dis- 
charge at  the  close  of  the  war.  Samuel  Huflf  comes  from  fighting  stock,  for  his  great- 
grandfather served  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  thereby  entitling  our  subject  to  mem- 
bership in  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution;  his  graiidfather  saw  service  in  the  War  of 
1812;  his  uncle,  Peter  Huff,  was  in  the  Mexican  War;  and  himself  and  brother,  Eli,  were 
in  the  Civil  War.  Nor  does  this  patriotic  spirit  stop  here,  for  the  son  of  Samuel 
Huff,  Lewis  Huff,  served  six  months  in  the  Spanish-American  War,  and  the  youngest 
son,  Ralph  E.  Huff  served  for  twenty  months  in  the  late  World  War,  when  he  was 
through  the  campaign  in  France  with  the  Ninety-first  Division  of  the  Three  Hundred 
Sixty-fourth  Infantry.  This  direct  line  of  fighting  stock  is  a  rare  occurrence  in  the 
families  of  today  and  one  in  which  any  family  may  take  a  just  pride. 

In  1868  Samuel  Huff  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Olive  D.  Smith,  a  native 
of  Illinois,  and  six  children  resulted  from  this  union:  Lewis  N.,  now  of  Long  Beach; 
Ivy  D.,  is  deceased;  William  F.,  is  also  a  resident  of  Long  Beach;  Effie  G.,  is  the  widow 
of  William  S.  Lang  and  lives  in  Reedley,  Cal.;  D.  Eyman,  is  a  well-known  authority 
on  citrus  culture  and  is  a  resident  of  Orange  County,  as  is  Ralph  E.,  who  is  living 
at  home  and  assisting  his  father  with  the  cares  of  the  ranch.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Huff  have 
given  their  children  the  best  advantages  within  their  reach  and  they  are  proud  of  the 
success  that  all  have  attained,  due  in  large  measure  to  their  hcime  training. 

Mr.  Huff  is  a  member  of  Buena  Park  Lodge  of  Masons;  a  member  of  Fullerton 
Post,  G.  A.  R.,  t)f  which  he  has  served  as  commander;  and  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Garden  Grove  Walnut  Association.  His  ability  and  integrity  are  recognized  by  his 
friends  and  neighbors  and  he  is  beloved  for  his  true  worth  to  his  family  and  the  county. 
He  has  always  been  found  ready  to  aid  by  giving  advice  and  in  a  more  substantial 
manner,  those  less  fortunate  than  himself,  and  there  are  many  who  owe  their  success 
in  life  to  his  wise  counsel  and  patient  assistance.  In  all  his  trials  and  joys  his  good 
wife  has  ever  been  his  companion  and  shares  with  him  the  esteem  of  all  who  have  thf 
pleasure  of  knowing  them. 
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810  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

CHARLES  A.  BEMIS.— A  wide-awake,  helpful  citizen  of  Yorba  Linda  who  had 
a  valuable  experience  in  responsible  public  office  in  Iowa  before  coming  to  California, 
is  Charles  A.  Bemis,  the  rancher  of  Ohio  Street  in  Yorba  Lane.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Friends  Church,  and  has  been  a  Republican  all  his  life,  and  was  a  hundred  per 
cent  supporter  of  the  Red  Cross  and  war  loan  drives  during  the  recent  World  War. 
Born  in  Vermont  on  January  20,  1854,  the  son  of  Benjamin  S.  Bemis,  Charles  grew 
up  on  his  father's  farm,  the  eldest  in  a  family  of  three  children.  His  mother  was  Miss 
Mary  Whitney  before  her  marriage,  a  descendant  of  New  Englanders  who  settled  in 
America  as  early  as  1635.  He  attended  the  public  school  of  the  district  and  a  private 
academy,  and  when  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  he  began  to  teach  school  and  so 
instruct  others. 

On  June  IS,  1881,  Mr.  Bemis  was  married  to  Miss  Ellen  L.  Perrin,  a  daughterof 
Louis  L.  Perrin,  a  native  of  Mansfield,  Mass.,  and  an  expert  machinist.  He  was  justice 
of  the  peace  and  a  member  of  the  city  council  while  he  lived  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  and 
in  1853  came  out  to  California,  remaining  two  years.  Miss  Perrin  was  born  at  Lowell 
on  March  27,  1862,  and  in  that  city  she  attended  public  and  high  schools.  She  has  a 
twin  brother,  George  B.  Perrin,  who  is  living  in  Howard,  Kans.  Her  maternal  grand- 
parents were  born  on  Cape  Cod,  Mass.,  and  England,  respectively. 

Mr.  Bernis  took  up  machine  shop  work,  and  stuck  at  it  for  ten  years.  He  lived 
in  Rhode  Island  for  ten  years;  and  in  1892,  he  moved  west  to  Hawkeye,  Fayette  County, 
Iowa.  He  clerked  in  a  store,  and  later  farmed  there,  raising  grain  and  stock.  In  1906, 
he  sold  out  and  came  to  California.  At  first,  he  started  ranching  for  himself;  but 
later  on,  he  became  foreman  of  the  Murphy  ranch  of  400  acres,  having  charge  especially 
of  the  orchardist  department,  and  was  with  them  for  five  and  a  half  years. 

In  1911  Mr.  Bemis  with  his  son-in-law,  O.  W.  Holland,  purchased  twenty  acres, 
barley  fields  and  open  country  in  Yorba  Linda,  which  has  been  developed  into  a  citrus 
orchard.  Mr.  Bemis'  land  is  now  leased  for  oil.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Yorba  Linda 
Citrus  Association,  and  also  of  the  Water  Company.  Three  children  blessed  the  mar- 
riage of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bemis,  two  of  whom  are  living.  Mary  E.  is  Mrs.  George  E. 
Le  Fever,  and  lives  at  La  Habra;  and  Clara  L.  is  Mrs.  O.  W.  Holland  of  Santa  Monica. 
Mr.  Bemis  is  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  and  with  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Yeomen. 

FRED  W.  SCHMIDT.— A  well-posted,  enterprising  business  man  who  has  done 
much  to  advance  agriculture  in  Southern  California  along  scientific  lines  is  Fred  W. 
Schmidt,  the  wide-awake  and  accommodating  distributor  for  Orange  County  of  the 
Reo  and  Dort  automobiles  and  the  Fageol  walking  tractor.  He  is  a  native  of  Austria, 
where  he  was  born  near  Vienna  on  July  8,  1890,  and  with  his  parents,  Moritz  and 
Marie  Schmidt,  he  came  to  the  United  States  when  he  was  eleven  years  of  age,  locating 
for  a  while  in  North  Adams,  Mass.  He  attended  the  Berkshire  schools,  and  later 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Hallet  and  Davis  Piano  Company  of  Boston,  learning  in 
their  factory  all  the  branches  of  piano-making.  From  Boston,  he  removed  to  New  York 
City,  and  there  he  was  one  of  the  reliable  men  of  the  Aeolian  Piano  Company.  After 
mastering  all  the  branches  of  the  piano  business,  Mr.  Schmidt  came  a  step  or  two  West, 
to  Youngstown,  Ohio,  and  was  for  two  years  in  the  employ  of  a  retail  piano   house. 

In  January,  1914,  Mr.  Schmidt  reached  California  and  Anaheim  and  formed  a  part- 
nership with  C.  T.  Webber  for  the  handling  of  all  kinds  of  musical  instruments;  and, 
later  he  bought  out  his  partner  and  formed  the  Schmidt  Music  Company,  which  is  so 
well  known  to  the  residents  of  North  Orange  County.  He  carried  on  this  business 
alone  until  March,  1919,  when  he  sold  out  and  entered  the  automobile  and  tractor  field. 
He  has  been  so  successful  with  the  celebrated  Reo  and  Dort  automobiles  and  the  Fageol 
tractors  that  he  has  recently  erected  a  new  garage  at  234  South  Los  Angeles  Street  to 
accommodate  his  rapidly  growing  business.  He  belongs  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  and 
never  misses  an  opportunity  to  advance  all  other  commercial  interests,  for  the  welfare 
of  the  community  generally. 

The  Fageol  walking  tractor  utilizes  a  distinct  and  radically  different,  yet  practical 

and  efficient  method  of  traction.     Its  grousers,  or  "legs,"  mate  with  the  ground acting 

as  a  gear  or  cog— and  give  positive  traction  in  every  soil,  and  that,  too,  without  surplus 
weight,  loss  of  power  through  slippage,  and  without  packing  the  soil.  These  are 
strong  features  of  economy,  and  mean  both  less  consumption  of  fuel  and  oil,  and  less 
wear  and  tear  on  the  tractor.  The  action  of  the  tractor  wheels— walking  in  and  out  of 
the  ground— allows  the  grousers  to  go  just  deep  enough  to  reach  ground  solid  enough 
for  positive  traction.  The  Fageol  tractor  weighs  less  than  three  horses,  is  only  half 
as  high  as  one,  and  does  the  work  of  six  or  eight.  It  has  a  short  turning  radius  of 
seven  feet,  made  possible  by  the  use  of  a  separate  clutch  for  each  traction  wheel— and 
no  differential.     It  is  adaptable   to  a  variety  of  work,  being  especially   suited   to   the 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  813 

orchard,  where  it  walks  in  and  out  among  the  low-hanging  trees,  and  it  is  also  suited 
to  grain  cultivation.  Farmers,  therefore,  are  using  this  light,  economical-running  trac- 
tor for  practically  any  work  done  with  horses.  Mr.  Schmidt  handles  Reo  motor  cars 
and  speed  wagons  and  Dort  motor  cars  and  has  complete  garage  and  service  equip- 
ment for  the  care  of  autos  and  tractors.  In  January,  1920,  he  associated  G.  P.  Siemann 
with  him  in  business  and  formed  a  copartnership  as  the  Anaheim  Motor  Company,  so 
now  the  two  are  giving  all  their  time  to  the  business. 

When  Mr.  Schmidt  married,  he  chose  for  his  wife  a  most  accomplished  woman. 
Miss  Beatrice  Reeks  of  Los  Angeles,  and  now  they  have  one  daughter,  Marjorie  L. 
Schmidt.  He  owned  a  five-acre  orange  grove  of  six-year-old  trees,  two  miles  west  of 
Anaheim  on  West  Broadway,  and  there  he  erected  a  new  home.  This  he  recently  sold 
and  purchased  a  ten-acre  Valencia  orange  grove  seven  years  old,  on  Placentia  Avenue 
and  there  he  makes  his  home.  He  is  musically  inclined,  and  an  accomplished  performer 
on  the  violin,  and  while  in  the  music  trade  often  played  the  violin  for  church  concert 
work,  and  he  also  established  the  Schmidt  orchestra.  He  belongs  to  Anaheim  Lodge 
No.  1345,  Elks,  and  was  made  a  Mason  in  Anaheim  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  with  his 
wife  is  a  member  of  Chispa  Chapter,  O.  E.  S.,  and  both  enjoy  an  enviable  popularity. 

HIRAM  HELM  HATHAWAY. — The  prominent  rancher  and  successful  lima  bean 
grower  at  Wintersburg,  Hiram  Helm  Hathaway,  comes  of  good  old  Southern  lineage. 
He  was  born  at  El  Monte,  Cal.,  January  26,  1863,  and  has  resided  in  Los  Angeles,  San 
Bernardino  and  Orange  counties  all  his  life.  His  father,  Jefferson  M.  Hathaway,  a 
native  of  Missouri,  came  to  California  from  the  northeastern  part  of  Texas  in  1853, 
working  his  way  by  driving  an  ox  team.  When  he  arrived  at  his  destination  he  had 
only  his  blankets  and  one  dollar  and  seventy-five  cents  in  his  pocket.  In  January, 
1860,  he  was  married  at  San  Bernardino  to  Miss  Martha  Marzee  Russell,  a  native  of 
Texas.  They  were  farmers  and  became  the  parents  of  nine  children,  six  boys  and  three 
girls.  The  father,  who  was  popularly  called  "Uncle  Miner"  Hathaway,  held  the  office 
of  justice  of  the  peace  in  San  Bernardino  County  several  years,  being  reelected  several 
times.    He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Baptist  Church. 

Hiram  Helm,  the  second  child  in  order  of  birth  in  the  parental  family,  recalls  the 
time  when  the  townsite  of  Santa  Ana  was  first  platted  and  the  wiseacres  predicted  it 
would  never  make  a  town.  He  was  reared  on  the  farm,  educated  in  the  common 
grammar  schools,  and  has  followed  the  occupation  of  farming  all  his  life.  His  marriage 
occurred  at  Azusa,  Cal.,  on  December  17,  1885,  and  united  him  with  Miss  Ann  Eliza- 
beth Meredith,  a  native  of  Gainesville,  Sumter  County,  Ala.,  daughter  of  R.  A.  Meredith, 
a  lawyer  of  Gainesville,  and  Ann  Elizabeth  (Harwood)  Meredith,  both  natives  of 
Virginia  who  were  married  in  Alabama.  There  were  ten  children  in  Mrs.  Hathaway's 
parental  family,  five  boys  and  five  girls.  Three  of  her  brothers  served  in  the  Civil 
War.  The  oldest,  Reuben  A.,  was  in  the  Confederate  army,  and  came  to  California 
after  the  war,  in  1868.  He  died  at  Covina  on  September  27,  1920.  Another  brother, 
Samuel  H.,  a  sister,  Mary  K.,  and  Mrs.  Hathaway  came  from  Alabama  to  California 
in  1884  to  join  their  brother  Reuben  A.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hathaway  lived  two  years  at 
Azusa,  removing  thence  to  Pomona,  where  they  lived  eighteen  years.  In  1906  they 
came  to  Wintersburg  and  built  a  home  which  they  moved  into  January  1,  1907.  Mr. 
Hathaway  had  purchased  ten  acres  of  land  in  October,  1906,  which  he  improved  and 
sold,  afterward  purchasing  another  twenty  acres  at  $500  per  acre,  which  he  still  owns 
and  farms. 

In  their  religious  convictions  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hathaway  are  members  of  the  Baptist 
Church  at  Huntington  Beach.  Politically  Mr.  Hathaway  is  a  Democrat.  He  is  an 
ardent  admirer  of  President  Wilson  and  favors  the  League  of  Nations.  He  is  a  capable 
business  man  and  a  hard  and  efficient  worker,  and  their  two-acre  home  place  in  Win- 
tersburg is  set  to  fruit  trees,  grapes,  vegetable  garden,  etc.  He  and  his  good  wife  are 
genial  and  hospitable,  and  highly  respected  among  their  friends  and  neighbors. 

L.  P.  DAMEWOOD. — An  enterprising  business  man  of  Orange  whose  "hustling" 
qualities  alone  would  place  him  in  the  front  rank  of  progressives,  and  whose  strong 
and  pleasing  personality  makes  him  popular  among  a  large  circle  of  friends,  is  L.  P. 
Damewood,  of  the  well-known  firm  of  Damewood  and  Garroway,  dealers  in  tires  and 
automobile  supplies,  and  agents  for  the  Mack  truck.  They  are  among  the  leading 
dealers  in  both  Goodyear  and  Goodrich  tires,  and  in  their  various  enterprises  have  done 
much  to  forward  the  best  interests  of  the  motorists.  Born  at  Kingman,  Kans.,  Mr. 
Damewood  is  the  son  of  Powell  Damewood,  who  moved  from  Iowa  to  McPherson, 
Kans.,  in  1865,  and  there  homesteaded  160  acres  of  land,  coming  in  time  to  Kingman. 
There  he  lived  and  worked  as  a  farmer,  and  there  he  died.  He  had  married  Miss 
Millie  A.  Brownell,  and  she  still  resides  in  Kansas.  Their  union  was  blessed  with  the 
birth  of  one  child,  the  subject  of  our  interesting  sketch.. 


814  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Brought  up  at  Kingman  until  he  was  nine  years  of  age,  Mr.  Damewood  then 
removed  to  Aspen,  Colo.,  where  he  attended  the  public  school,  continuing  his  school 
work  at  Canon  City,  in  which  town  he  graduated  from  the  high  school.  When  old 
enough  to  get  into  business,  he  opened  shop  in  Denver,  and  as  the  representative  of 
the  Goodyear  Rubber  Company,  sold  tires  on  Sixteenth  Street.  After  that  he  removed 
to  Fort  Collins,  Colo.,  and  for  a  year  was  a  tire  agent  at  that  place.  In  1914  Mr.  Dame- 
wood came  west  to  California  and  locating  at  Orange,  entered  the  employ  of  Mr.  Lush, 
who  had  a  garage  and  tire  business.  Soon  afterwards,  he  bought  of  Mr.  Lush  an 
interest  in  the  business,  and  a  year  later  bought  out  Mr.  Lush  altogether.  When  he 
had  managed  the  affair  for  a  while  alone,  he  took  into  partnership  E.  M.  Chapman,  and 
the  firm  became  Damewood  and  Chapman;  and  they  soon  started  a  branch  at  Fullerton, 
and  since  then  opened  another  branch  at  Santa  Ana.  Last  year  A.  J.  Garroway  bought 
out  Mr.  Chapman's  share,  and  of  late  the  firm  has  been  styled  Damewood  and  Garroway. 

The  headquarters  of  this  enterprising  firm  are  at  the  corner  of  North  Glassell 
and  Maple  streets.  Orange,  but  in  each  establishment  they  carry  a  large  supply  of 
tires  and  trucks.  They  have  also  installed  a  hydraulic  press  for  mounting  truck  tires, 
and  in  that  particular  enterprise  were  the  pioneers  in  the  county.  Expensive  as  this 
outfit  has  been,,  they  have  installed  one  at  each  of  the  branch  stores,  and  are  thus  able 
quickly  and  conveniently  to  put  on  tires  for  all  kinds  of  trucks,  the  nearest  other  station 
for  the  same  service  being  at  Los  Angeles.  The  Mack  truck,  which  they  represent, 
may  be  had  through  them,  in  varying  sizes  from  one  to  fifteen  tons.  Mr.  Damewood 
organized  the  Orange  Merchants  and  Manufacturers  Association,  of  which  he  is  now 
president,  and  he  is  the  Orange  representative  of  the  Associated  Chambers  of  Com- 
merce of  the  county.  He  was  also  one  of  the  originators  of  the  Orange  County  Auto- 
mobile Trades  Association,  and  is  today  its  vice-president. 

At  Canon  City,  Colo.,  Mr.  Damewood  was  married  to  Mis  Bertha  R.  Smith,  a 
native  of  that  state;  and  by  her  he  has  had  one  daughter,  Edith  A.  Damewood.  He 
belongs  to  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  finds  pleasure,  with  his  good  wife,  in 
responding  to  worthy  appeals  of  all  fraternal  and  other  organizations  seeking  to  better 
the  community  and  the  county  in  which  he  lives  and  prospers. 

WILLIAM  H.  HOLLOWAY. — Prominent  among  the  thoroughly  trained  scien- 
tists in  the  field  of  California  horticulture  who  have  made  the  most  important  con- 
tributions to  the  development  of  that  new  and  delicious  fruit,  the  more  than  popular 
avocado,  should  be  mentioned  William  H.  Holloway,  whose  fame  has  extended  far 
beyond  the  vicinity  of  his  handsome  ranch  at  Yorba  Linda.  He  was  born  near  Severy, 
Greenwood  County,  Kans.,  on  May  31,  1873,  and  when  nine  years  of  age  came  to  the 
Northwest  with  his  parents  and  settled  in  Washington.  In  1891,  he  moved  on  further 
and  came  south  to  California  and  Whittier,  where  he  attended  the  public  schools  and 
finished  his  studies  at  the  Whittier  Academy.  These  institutions  have  deserved  their 
reputation  as  the  best  places  in  which  to  train  inquiring  youth;  and  when  his  school 
days  were  over  our  subject  was  ready  to  fill  more  than  one  position  of  responsibility. 

His  first  venture  was  to  buy  a  fourth  interest  in  the  Whittier  Hardware  Company, 
and  while  he  was  active  in  that  line,  he  learned  the  plumber's  trade.  In  two  years  he 
disposed  of  his  hardware  interest  and  started  a  business  of  his  own,  known  as  the 
Whittier  Variety  Store.  In  1907,  however,  he  located  in  Long  Beach,  and  there  em- 
barked in  plumbing  for  himself.  He  made  a  specialty  of  installations  of  a  superior 
quality  in  fine  houses  and  first-class  apartments,  and  within  six  years  handled  over 
$60,000  worth  of  business.  In  1913,  when  Yorba.  Linda  was  just  starting,  he  located 
here,  bought  a  lot  and  erected  a  store  building,  two  stories  high.  It  had  apartments  on 
the  second  floor,  and  was  an  ornament  and  a  convenience  to  the  place.  He  conducted 
a  general  merchandise  business,  and  disposed  of  that  only  three  years  ago.  He  had 
just  completed  another  apartment  house  having  four  apartments,  and  on  the  adjoining 
lot,  he  had  also  erected  a  modern  bungalow  . 

On  coming  to  Yorba  Linda,  Mr.  Holloway  had  purchased  a  ten-acre  tract  on  which 
he  planted  lemons  and  avocados.  He  grew  three  varieties  of  the  latter — Ganter,  Har- 
mon and  Dickenson — and  these  are  now  in  full  bearing.  The  Ganter  is  green  in  color, 
has  a  thin  skin,  and  weighs  from  eight  to  twelve  ounces  each,  and  is  altogether  the 
best  bearer.  It  seems  to  give  the  most  satisfaction  to  many  and  has  become  very 
popular;  and  it  is  also  cheaper  than  the  thick-skin  variety,  selling  from  fifteen  to 
twenty-five  cents  each  in  the  market.  The  Harmon  also  has  a  thin  skin,  while  that  of 
the  Dickenson  is  thicker  and  sells  for  seven  dollars  a  dozen.  The  Ganters  are  especially 
nice  in  sajads,  and  they  have  been  introduced  more  widely  through  the  work  of  demon- 
strators in  grocery  stores,  who  show  patrons  the  different  ways  of  preparing  them,  and 
convince  even  the  skeptical  of  the  advantages  in  their  regular  use  as  food.  One-half 
of   Mr.   HoUoway's   crop  goes   to   San   Francisco,    one-fourth   is    sold   locally,    and    the 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  817 

remainder  is  handled  by  the  E.  A.  White  Fruit  Company,  of  Santa  Ana,  who  send  the 
avocados  to  various  cities  in  the  county,  and  ship  some  to  Arizona  and  even  as  far  east 
as  Kansas  City.  Mr.  Holloway  has  his  own  packing  house  on  his  ranch  where  the 
selected  avocados  are  packed  in  excelsior  for  shipment  and  each  box  labeled  with  his 
purple  and  gold  brand  on  a  tri-colored  lithograph  with  photo  of  two  avocados.  In 
1920  he  purchased  eight  acres  in  La  Habra  Heights  tract  at  La  Habra  which  he  is 
arranging  to  set  to  avocados.  He  has  a  nursery  where  he  raises  stock  for  his  own  use, 
as  well  as  for  sale.    He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Avocado  Association. 

In  Whittier  Mr.  Holloway  married  Miss  Donna  J.  Carter  of  Iowa,  and  they  are 
now  the  parents  of  four  children — Louise,  Helen,  Paul  and  William.  The  family  attend 
the  Friends  Church  at  Yorba  Linda,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Holloway,  as  honored,  influential 
pioneers  of  the  town,  never  lose  an  opportunity  to  advance  its  material  growth  and 
its  development  on  lines  needed  for  tomorrow. 

CHARLES  F.  W.  REUSCH.— An  old-time  rancher  early  resident  in  Orange 
County  who  has  many  interesting  and  highly  instructive  stories  to  tell,  is  Charles 
F.  W.  Reusch,  whose  well  laid  out  and  equally  well-managed  ranch  is  entered  from 
Placentia  Avenue,  south  of  Ball  Road  in  Anaheim.  He  was  born  near  Sterling,  in 
Whiteside  County,  111.,  April  10,  1877,  the  son  of  Henry  and  Antone  Reusch,  Illinois 
farmer  folks,  who  removed  to  Sanders  County,  Nebr.,  when  our  subject  was  two  years 
old.  There  the  worthy  parents  purchased  120  acres  of  land,  which  they  devoted  to 
general  farming,  and  there  also  Charles  attended  the  public  school. 

In  1889  the  parents  came  out  to  California  and  purchased  a  ten-acre  grove  on 
Collins  Avenue,  northwest  of  Orange;  and  Charles  helped  to  set  out  the  vacant  land 
to  walnuts  and  oranges.  He  attended  first  the  grammar  school  at  Orange  and  then 
the  high  school;  and  at  sixteen  years  of  age  left  home  to  care  for  himself.  For  a 
couple  of  years  he  worked  on  the  Adams  ranch  northwest  of  Orange,  and  then  he 
learned  the  miller's  trade  at  Olive,  and  was  with  the  Olive  Milling  Company  for 
eleven  years,  the  last  four  years  serving  as  head  miller.  While  there,  he  pursued  a 
course  of  study  with  the  Tnternational  Correspondence  School  in  steam  engineering, 
and  when  he  had  finished  he  went  to  work  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  and  was  with 
them  as  engineer  for  four  years. 

In  1912  he  purchased  thirty-five  acres  on  Placentia  Avenue,  southeast  of  Anaheim, 
paying  only  thirty-five  dollars  an  acre;  it  was  considered  waste  land  and  was  covered 
with  cactus  and  brush,  but  he  had  the  same  cleared;  after  which  he  ventured  into 
mining  near  Mojave,  Cal.,  for  a  time.  On  his  return  he  located  on  his  farm  and 
engaged  in  ranching.  His  mother  owns  twenty  acres  of  the  original  thirty-five,  and 
he  has  twelve;  and  his  portion  he  has  divided  up  so  that  he  devotes  two  acres  to 
walnuts  and  ten  to  oranges,  irrigated  by  their  own  private  pumping  plant.  He  belongs 
to  the  Anaheim  Cooperative  Orange  Association,  and  not  only  profits  by  their  service, 
but  energetically  supports  their  excellent  work.  When  his  people  came  to  Orange, 
there  was  only  one  house  between  Collins  Avenue  and  Olive  Road,  and  only  one 
house  on  the  avenue  now  called  Taft,  and  so  Mr.  Reusch  is  able  to  compare  the  past 
with  the  present.  He  picked  the  first  oranges  gathered  on  the  Fletcher  Place,  and 
received  in  payment  one  and  one-half  cents  per  box  for  his  labor;  and  it  cost  him 
twenty-five  dollars  an  acre  to  have  his  thirty-five  acres  cleared  and  leveled.  There 
was  considerable  game  on  the  land  at  that  time,  and  he  remembers  to  have  killed 
there  two  mountain  lions,  several  wildcats  and  one  brown  bear. 

On  May  16,  1904, 'Mr.  Reusch  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  Timken,  daughter  of 
Jacob  and  Martha  (Tinken)  Timken,  who  was  born  in  Kansas,  and  they  have  four 
children:  Paul,  Ernest,  Henry  and  Bertha,  all  of  whom  are  at  home  and  students 
at  the  Anaheim  schools.  Mfs.  Reusch  came  to  California  with  her  parents  in  1891, 
and  for  a  while  lived  at  Acton,  Cal.  Then  the  family  moved  to  Paso  Robles,  and 
in  1904  came  to  Southern  California.  On  April  19,  1911,  to  the  sorrow  of  all  who 
knew  her,  she  passed  away.  On  June  16,  1916,  Mr.  Reusch  married  a  second  time, 
choosing  Miss  Wally  Neuhoff  for  his  companion,  a  native  of  Saxony,  Germany.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  Arthur  and  Minnie  Neuhofif,  and  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1909;  and  ten  years  later,  on  July  20,  1919,  she,  too,  passed  to  the  Beyond. 

On  September  7,  1920,  Mr.  Reusch  was  again  married,  the  ceremony  taking 
place  in  Anaheim,  when  he  was  united  with  Mrs.  Frieda  S.  (Kopfer)  Swanson,  a 
daughter  of  Adolph  and  Theodora  (Stahl)  Kopfer,  farmers  in  DeKalb  County,  111., 
until  they  passed  away.  Frieda  Kopfer  received  a  good  education  in  the  excellent 
schools  of  northern  Illinois,  and  there  she,  too,  was  married  to  Theodore  Swanson, 
a  farmer  in  DeKalb  County  until  his  death,  in  January,  1919,  leaving  his  wife  and 
four  children:  Catherine,  Dorris,  Edgar  and  Theodore.  Having  two  sisters  living 
in  Anaheim,  on  being  left  on  her  own  resources,  Mrs.  Swanson  came  hither,  and  thus 


818  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

it  came  that  she  met  Mr.  Reusch,  the  acquaintance  resulting  in  their  marriage,  a  union 
that  is  proving  very  happy  and  congenial  to  both.  Mr.  Reusch  appreciates  his  wife's 
encouragement  and  assistance  in  his  ambition  as  an  horticulturist  and  pronounces 
her  a  most  excellent  helpmate.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  Church,  and  marches 
under  the  banners  of  the  Republican  party.  From  1916  to  1918  he  served  as  deputy 
sheriff  of  Orange  County,  and  no  one  who  knows  his  geniality,  his  fearlessness  and  his 
desire  to  do  justice  to  all  needs  to  be  told  that  Charles  Reusch  was  a  very  efficient 
and  impartial  officer. 

LEON  C.  HISERODT.— A  rancher  who  has  not  only  ^irospered  in  the  Golden 
West  but  who  has  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  his  long-honored  parents  contributed 
their  share  to  the  development  of  this  corner  of  the  great  American  commonwealth,  is 
Leon  C.  Hiserodt  of  423  North  Claudina  Street,  Anaheim.  He  was  born  in  Whiteside 
County,  111.,  on  June  25,  1869,  the  son  of  Edward  D.  Hiserodt,  a  farmer,  who  married 
Miss  Elizabeth  Chatfield.  He  purchased  320  acres  of  land  in  Howard  County,  Nebr., 
and  while  his  good  wife  and  our  subject,  for  the  sake  of  the  boy's  schooling,  removed 
to  Fulton,  111.,  Mr.  Hiserodt  took  up  his  residence  on  the  farm,  and  there  lived  alone 
until,  in  1884,  his  family  joined  him.  Then  St.  Paul  was  the  nearest  railroad  town; 
but  later  the  B.  and  M.  came  through  that  part  of  Nebraska,  and  the  town  of  Cushing 
was  founded.  As  early  as  1853,  Edward  Hiserodt  crossed  the  great  plains  with  an 
ox-team,  and  when  he  returned  East,  he  traveled  by  the  Isthmian  route.  He  died  in 
1910,  at  the  age  of  eighty-six.  His  widow  is  still  living  in  Fullerton,  hale  and 
hearty  at  the  still  more  advanced  age  of  eighty-eight.  A  sister  of  Leon  Hiserodt 
in  1886  married  L.  C.  Vanderburg,  a  Nebraskan  farmer,  and  eight  years  later,  Leon 
traded  his  farm  with  him,  the  Vanderburg  place  having  many  improvements,  while 
there  was  only  a  sod  house  on  the  Hiserodt  farm,  and  Mr.  Vanderburg  wished  to  come 
out  to  California.  In  1897,  Mr.  Hiserodt  sold  the  Nebraska  farm,  and  came  out  to 
eastern  Oregon,  where  he  lived  for  a  couple  of  years. 

On  October  2,  1890,  Mr.  Hiserodt  married  Miss  Hattie  M.  Dickenson,  a  native  of 
Dakota,  whose  parents  came  to  Iowa,  so  that  she  received  her  education  in  that  state. 
Mr.  Hiserodt,  by  the  way,  studied  first  at  the  Northern  Illinois  College  at  Fulton,  and 
later  at  Northern  Nebraska  College  at  Central  City.  Two  sons  have  blessed  this  for- 
tunate union:'  Elmer  Guy  is  on  a  ranch  in  Orangethorpe;  and  Earl  Orlo  is  on  a  ranch 
in  the  Magnolia  school  district.  While  in  Oregon  Mr.  Hiserodt  had  some  interesting 
experiences,  hauling  lumber  and  logging  in  lumber  camps.  At  Burns,  he  was  in  Harney 
Valley,  which  is  thirty  miles  wide,  sixty  miles  long  and  5,000  feet  in  elevation;  and  he 
drove  a  four-horse  team  out  of  the  Valley  in  1899.  When  he  came  South  to  settle, 
he  purchased  ten  acres  on  West  Orangethorpe,  and  set  the  same  out  to  oranges;  and 
in  1905  he  purchased  another  ten  acres  adjoining  on  the  east,  where  he  also  planted 
Valencias.  This  land  is  under  the  excellent  service  of  the  irrigating  system  of  the 
Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  and  the  soil  is  very  productive.  The  Hiserodt  ranch 
is,  in  fact,  one  of  the  best  twenty-acre  groves  for  miles  around.  In  national  politics 
a  Republican,  in  his  support  of  local  movements  nonpartisan  and  generous,  Mr. 
Hiserodt  is,  in  fraternal  affairs,  popular  as  a  Woodman  of  the  World. 

ARTHUR  R.  MARSOM. — Prominent  among  the  names  of  the  successful  men  of 
affairs  of  Orange  County  is  that  of  Arthur  R.  Marsom,  a  resident  of  Fullerton  since 
1910,  and  one  of  the  most  progressive  of  the  citizens  of  the  growing  city.  A  native  of 
Michigan,  he  was  born  at  Detroit  on  July  14,  1871,  the  son  of  Henry  and  Susie  (Mays) 
Marsom.  Of  their  family  of  five  children  Arthur  R.  is  the  third  in  order  of  birth  and 
he  received  a  substantial  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city.  At  an 
early  age  he  learned  the  trades  of  carriage  painter  and  decorator  and  followed  the  former 
in  his  home  city  until  1898. 

In  the  above-named  year  Mr.  Marsom  came  to  California  hoping  to  find  a  broader 
field  for  his  operations  and  in  this  he  was  not  disappointed.  He  began  contracting  to 
build  houses  in  Los  Angeles,  taking  them  from  basement  and  walls  to  a  home  com- 
plete and  ready  to  move  into.  As  he  succeeded  he  opened  a  store  in  1903,  wherein  he 
carried  everything  to  be  found  in  a  well-ordered  establishment  carrying 'paint,  artist 
materials,  draperies,  tapestries,  pottery,  etc.  His  trade  of  decorator  was  of  great' assist- 
ance to  him  in  finishing  houses  ready  for  occupancy  by  furnishing  hangings,  rugs, 
tapestries  to  make  complete  and  cosy  the  homes  he  constructed.  These  homes  varred 
in  prices  from  $2,200  to  $35,000,  and  he  did  much  to  build  up  the  western  section  of 
Los  Angeles  with  its  fine  homes.  Besides  doing  a  general  contracting  business,  for 
which  purpose  he  kept  from  forty-five  to  seventy-five  men  on  the  payroll,  Mr.  Marsom 
bought  property  and  subdivided  it  into  building  lots  and  erected  homes  and  sold  at  a 
satisfactory  advance  in  price.  In  the  meantime  he  opened  a  branch  at  Long  Beach 
and  thereby  was  enabled  to  demonstrate  his  ability  in  that  beach  city.    He  met  with 


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more  than  ordinary  success  in  his  business  ventures  and  in  1910  disposed  of  his  inter- 
ests in  Los  Angeles  and  came  to  Fullerton  and  cast  in  his  lot  with  the  embryo  city. 

That  his  coming  to  this  place  has  meant  much  to  the  city  is  demonstrated  by  his 
erecting  the  first  apartment  house  "The  Marwood,"  in  the  town  and  some  of  the  first 
bungalows.  He  invested  his  money  in  lots  and  buildings  and  entered  into  the  life  of 
the  community  with  his  characteristic  energy  and  in  a  very  short  time  he  was  con- 
sidered the  leader  in  expansion  and  development.  His  investments  today  represent 
over  $200,000  in  Fullerton,  while  he  also  owns  a  business  block  in  Anaheim.  Mr.  Mar- 
som  is  an  extensive  dealer  in  real  estate  and  is  a  fine  judge  of  values.  His  home,  which 
he  built,  at  441  East  Commonwealth  Avenue,  is  one  of  the  finest  to  be  found  in  northern 
Orange  County. 

The  marriage  of  Arthur  R.  Marsom  with  Miss  Marie  Warrington  was  celebrated 
in  1893,  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  where  she  was  born.  Of  this  union  there  have  been  born 
three  children — Earl  John,  Ivy  F.  and  Blanche  Marie,  who  with  their  parents  have 
an  ever-widening  circle  of  friends.  Mr.  Marsom  is  a  stanch  Republican  in  national 
aflfaits  but  in  local  matters  he  is  nonpartisan,  believing  it  best  for  the  greatest  number 
that  the  man  and  not  the  party  be  recognized.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Catholic 
Church  and  Mr.  Marsom  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  having  taken  the 
third  degree.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Fullerton  Board  of  Trade  and  is  a  hard  worker 
for  all  progressive  measures  for  civic  improvement  and  uplift  of  Fullerton.  It  is  to 
such  men  as  Mr.  Marsom  that  California  owes  a  debt  of  gratitude  for  they  have  entered 
heartily  into  all  movements  for  the  upbuilding  of  the  greatest  state  of  the  union,  know- 
ing that  when  others  profit  they  will  garner  their  own  share,  and  at  the  same  time  pave 
the  way  for  posterity  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  their  labors  and  thereby  build  a  monument 
that  will  last  for  all  time. 

JOHN  McFADDEN. — Among  the  most  prominent  old-time  merchants  to  whose 
well-merited  prosperity  Santa  Ana  owes  much  of  its  steady  progress  must  be  mentioned 
John  McFadden,  who  died  on  June  23,  191S,  leaving  for  his  heirs  and  posterity  a  record 
of  honesty  and  industry  such  as  is  always  of  the  highest  credit  to  individuals  or  to 
nations.  He  was  born  at  Scotch  Mountain,  near  Delhi,  in  Delaware  County,  N.  Y.,  in 
1843,  the  son  of  John  McFadden,  a  native  of  Perthshire,  Scotland,  who  migrated  to 
America  and  settled  in  New  York.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  as  an  agriculturist,  made  his 
mark  in  Delaware  County.  His  wife  was  Effie  Lamont  before  her  marriage  and  she 
was  a  native  of  the  Isle  of  Wight.  Of  their  eleven  children,  four  sons  and  a  daughter 
came  out  to  California:  Mary  (Mrs.  Alvin  Palmer)  died  at  Redlands;  James  closed 
his  life  at  Altadena,  to  which  place  he  had  removed  on  account  of  Mrs.  McFadden's 
health;  Archibald  passed  away  in  Santa  Ana,  and  so  did  John  McFadden,  our  subject; 
while  Robert  McFadden,  the  only  one  surviving,  still  resides  at  Santa  Ana. 

John  McFadden  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Delaware  County,  N.  Y., 
and  later  the  academy  at  Delhi,  N.  Y.,  where  he  prepared  for  college,  then  entered 
Union  College  at  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1867  with  the 
degree  of  B.A.  In  his  senior  year  he  was  elected  to  the  honorary  scholarship  society, 
Phi  Beta  Kappa.  Soon  after  that  he  came  to  California  and  engaged  in  teaching  at 
Vallejo,  Solano  County,  and  later  in  a  inilitary  school  at  Oakland.  Next  he  moved  to 
Santa  Ana,  then  a  small  place,  and  with  his  brothers,  James  and  Robert,  embarked  in 
the  lumber  business  at  Newport.  This  satisfied  him  for  only  a  few  years,  however,  and 
then  he  sold  out  and,  in  1879  started  in  business  in  Santa  Ana.  He  began  on  West 
Fourth  Street  with  M.  J.  Bundy  and  when  their  partnership  was  dissolved  he  moved 
to  111  East  Fourth  Street,  where  he  erected  the  John  McFadden  building.  Later,  for 
six  or  seven  years,  he  was  located  at  112  East  Fifth  Street,  and  then  moved  back  to 
113  East  Fourth  Street,  in  the  John  McFadden  building.  He  established  the  oldest 
and  largest  general  hardware  establishment  in  Orange  County.  At  his  death  the  estate 
was  incorporated  as  the  John  McFadden  Company,  and  since  that  time  the  family  have 
carried  on  the  business:  Edwin  McFadden  is  president;  Clyde  Walker,  vice-president; 
Lamont  McFadden,  treasurer;  and  Miss  Mabel  McFadden,  secretary.  Mr.  McFadden 
was  one  of  the  stockholders  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Santa  Ana  until  his  death, 
and  also  for  years  a  director  of  that  institution. 

At  Santa  Ana,  on  April  9,  1883,  Mr.  McFadden  Was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
Walker,  a  native  of  Oakdale,  Washington  County,  111.,  and  the  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Sarah  (McClurken)  Walker,  natives,  respectively,  of  South  Carolina  and  Illinois.  The 
father  was  a  farmer  in  Illinois  and  early  settled  in  Orange  County.  Soon  after  his 
marriage  Mr.  McFadden  erected  the  large,  comfortable  residence  at  906  North  Main 
Street,  where  the  family  still  make  their  home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McFadden  were  blessed 
with  five  children:  Mabel,  Edwin  and  Lamont  are  giving  their  time  to  the  success  of 
the  hardware  establishment  of  the  John  McFadden  Company;  Ada  is  a  teacher  at  the 


822  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Claremont  high  school;  and  Flora  is  a  student  at  Pomona  College,  from  which   insti- 
tution Mabel,  Ada,  Edwin  and  Lament  in  turn  graduated. 

Mr.  McFadden  was  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  one  of  the 
earliest  and  most  prominent  of  churches  here,  and  for  thirty-five  years  he  served  as 
clerk  of  the  congregation,  and  for  many  years  of  that  time  was  also  its  treasurer.  He 
believed  in  aiding  people  in  the  most  practical  manner,  in  the  great  work  of  assisting 
them  to  help  themselves,  and  so  was  one  of  the  founders,  and  for  many  years  president 
of  the  Home  Mutual  Building  and  Loan  Association,  which  has  made  it  possible  for 
many  people  to  acquire  property  for  themselves,  and  to  get  into  the  self-respecting 
habit  of  saving.  Intensely  interested  in  civic  matters,  he  was  a  prominent  member  of 
the  city  council  of  Santa  Ana,  serving  as  its  president  for  a  number  of  years;  he  was 
also  active  in  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  in  the  Merchants  and  Manufacturers 
Association,  serving  as  president  of  those  bodies  for  several  years.  In  connection  with 
the  separation  of  Orange  County  from  Los  Angeles  County,  he  took  a  prominent  part. 
He  was  fond  of  fishing  and  hunting  and  with  his  boon  companions  Messrs.  M.  M. 
Crookshank,  A.  J.  Crookshank,  Clarence  Crookshank,  Z.  B.  West,  Cubbon  and  V.isel, 
often  went  to  the  mountains  for  that  recreation  and  sport  found  in  the  great  wilds  of 
the  Sierras.  Mrs.  McFadden,  like  her  husband,  was  much  interested  in  the  growth  and 
development  of  her  adopted  city  and  has  always  favored  and  aided  all  movements  that 
have  for  their  aim  the  building  up  of  the  city  and  county  and  enhancing  the  comfort 
and  happiness  of  its  people.  She  is  an  active  member  of  the  Ebell  Club  as  well  as  the 
Ladies'  Aid  and  Missionary  societies  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  of  Santa  Ana, 
of  which  she  has  been  a  member  since  1878. 

JOHN  E.  SCOTT. — There  is  no  better  proof  of  a  town's  business  prosperity  and 
progress  than  the  kind  of  business  men  it  attracts.  The  cashier  of  the  Placentia 
National  Bank  and  the  Placentia  Savings  Bank,  John  E.  Scott,  is  a  man  who  has  had 
much  experience  in  banking  business.  He  is  possessed  of  keen  business  ability,  and 
talent  fitting  him  especially  for  the  position  he  occupies.  A  Canadian  by  birth,  Mr. 
Scott  was  born  in  Dunnville,  Ontario,  January  20,  1885.  He  is  the  son  of  John  E.  and 
Sophia  (Galbraith)  Scott.  The  father,  who  is  deceased,  was  government  overseer  in 
Canada,  and  in  the  paternal  family  of  five  children  John  E.  is  the  youngest  child.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  country,  attended  high  school  two 
years,  and  supplemented  this  with  a  three  years'  course  at  Saint  Andrews  College, 
Toronto.  He  afterwards  worked  for  the  Bank  of  Hamilton,  at  Dunnville  from  1903  to 
1908,  as  chief  teller.  In  1908  he  came  to  California,  and  in  1909  located  on  an  orange 
grove  at  Upland.  In  1914  he  disposed  of  his  holdings  and  came  to  Placentia  temporarily 
to  assist  in  the  bank,  but  was  induced  to  remain  permanently,  and  on  September  1, 
1919,  he  was  made  cashier.  He  is  also  a-director  in  both  banks  and  is  president  of  the 
local  Chamber  of  Commerce,  is  vice-president  of  Orange  County  Bankers  Association. 

Mr.  Scott's  marriage  occurred  December  2,  1908,  uniting  him  with  Miss  Lillian 
May  Krick,  also  of  Dunnville,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  three  children:  John  E., 
3rd,  William  Winston  and  Lawrence  Lauchlin.  Mr.  Scott  is  a  member  of  the  Epis- 
copal Church  and  in  his  political  views  is  a  Republican,  and  lost  no  time  after  his 
location  in  the  land  of  the  Stars  and  Stripes  to  become  a  citizen.  Fraternally  he  was 
made  a  Mason  in  Fullerton  Lodge,  No.  339,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  is  a  member  of  Fullerton 
Chapter,  R.  A.  M.  Like  most  of  his  countrymen  he  is  fond  of  outdoor  sports,  fishing 
being  one  of  the  mearfs  of  relaxation  he  enjoys  from  the  cares  of  business  life.  As  a 
live  wire  in  the  interests  of  Orange  County  he  is  a  decided  acquisition  to  the  com- 
munity, and  is  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  large  circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances, 
among  whom  he  is  a  favorite  socially. 

GEORGE  ESMAY.— The  life  of  George  Esmay,  the  efficient  and  popular  assistant 
cashier  of  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  National  Bank  of  Fullerton  is  related  in  a  very 
interesting  manner  to  those  who  could  boast  of  pioneer  experiences  and  pioneer  deeds, 
and  reminds  tone  how  much  of  the  progress  of  today  is  due  to  all  that  has  gone  before. 
His  great-grandfather,  John  Esmay,  and  his  grandfather,  Thomas  Esmay,  both  moved 
from  Marathon,  Cortland  County,  N.  Y.,  westward  by  team,  and  passed  through  Chi- 
cago, 111.,  near  Fort  Dearborn,  where  they  had  to  ford  the  river  because  there  were 
no  bridges.  They  settled  in  Iowa  on  the  western  bank  of  the  Mississippi  River  and 
were  pioneers  of  the  eastern  part  of  the  Hawkeye  State.  At  Sabula,  Jackson  County, 
Iowa,  George  Esmay  was  born  on  April  30,  1859,  the  son  of  Francis  Esmay  who 
married  Miss  Nancy  Seeber,  both  of  Cortland  County,  N.  Y. 

Growing  up  in  Sabula,  George  attended  the  country  school  of  that  period  and 
locality,  learned  the  carpenter's  trade  and  worked  until  1879  in  his  father's  sash,  door 
and  bhnd  factory.  Then  he  became  a  railroad  operator,  and  was  cashier  and  ticket 
agent  on  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railroad  in  Lyons  and  Clinton,  Iowa,  until 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  823 

1907.  Resigning,  he  came  to  California  in  1907  and  became  cashier  of  the  Atchison, 
Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railroad  at  Fullerton,  leaving  in  April,  1913,  to  accept  a  position 
on  the  staff  of  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  National  Bank  of  Fullerton. 

At  Marshalltown,  in  Marshall  County,  Iowa,  on  March  28,  1883,  Mr.  Esmay  was 
married  to  Miss  Ettie  May  Garlick,  the  daughter  of  James  Piatt  and  Henrietta  E. 
(Dodge)  Garlick.  Mr.  Garlick  was  born  in  Tintwisle,  England,  on  March  7,  1825,  and 
at  the  age  of  ten  sailed  from  Liverpool  on  the  "Ambassador,"  on  what  proved  to  be  a 
long  and  dangerous  voyage  across  the  Atlantic.  Delayed  by  three  weeks  of  fog  off  the 
Irish  Coast,  the  voyagers  met  stormy  weather  and  once  saw  their  ship  afire;  but  after 
being  out  from  land  for  seven  weeks  and  five  days,  they  landed  at  New  Orleans  on 
November  11,  1835.  Mr.  Garlick  was  one  of  the  many  who  came  across  the  plains  to 
California  in  1849.  Before  the  Civil  War  he  was  active  in  organizing  the  "underground 
railroad."  He  ran  the  first  "train"  from  Missouri  to  Canada,  and  was  once  in  a  house 
where  a  posse  was  searching  for  him,  and  heard  his  pursuers  offering  a  reward  of  $500 
for  him,  dead  or  alive.  Mr.  Garlick  died  at  Fullerton  on  December  2,  1916,  and  Mrs. 
Garlick  passed  away  at  the  home  of  her  daughter  on  July  14,  1918.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Esmay  have  had  five  children:  Vora  Lorena  Esmay  is  Mrs.  James  Earl  McCulley; 
Anna  Leona  Esmay;  George  Leffingwell  Esmay  married  Miss  Esther  E.  Kropp;  Mary 
Lilah  Esmay  is  Mrs.  Alvin  L.  Ford;  and  Ruby  LaGrille  Esmay  is  Mrs.  Frank  A. 
Treadwell.  The  family  attend  the  Baptist  Church,  and  Mr.  Esmay  is  a  member  of  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  and  the  banker  of  the  lodge  here  from  1917  to  date. 
He  belonged  to  Pioneer  Camp  No.  1,  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  at  Lyons,  Iowa, 
and  was  a  charter  member  there,  and  paid  every  assessment  up  to  date;  and  in  1909 
he  was  transferred  to  Camp  No.  8260  at  Fullerton,  Cal. 

A  Republican  in  national  politics,  Mr.  Esmay  looks  back  to  active  participation  in 
civic  duties.  He  was  bugler  of  Company  L  of  the  First  Regiment,  Iowa  National 
Guards  of  Lyons,  Iowa,  from  1892  to  1894,  and  was  also  a  bugler  of  the  Home  Guards 
at  Fullerton  from  1916  to  1919.  With  his  family  he  is  intensely  interested  in  Orange 
County  and  naturally  has  a  preference  for  everything  pertaining  to  the  development  and 
future  of  Fullerton. 

THOMAS  GRUSSING. — A  very  successful  horticulturist  under  Southern  Cali- 
fornia conditions  who  has  set  an  excellent  example  in  "boosting"  for  Orange  County 
and  thus  wishing  to  share  with  others  the  superior  advantages  he  has  found  here,  is 
Thomas  Grussing,  who  was  born  near  Champaign,  111.,  on  January  31,  1875,  the  son 
of  John  Grussing,  a  pioneer  of  that  state.  He  bought  eighty  acres  of  raw  land  at  nine 
dollars  an  acre,  resolutely  broke  the  prairie,  and  harvested  such  excellent  results  that 
he  continued  to  buy  more  until  he  had  about  700  acres  in  a  body.  He  improved  it  in 
every  desirable. way  and  raised  grain  and  stock,  and  eventually  divided  what  he  had 
among  his  children.  After  he  retired  he  resided  in  Gifford,  111.,  until  his  death,  July 
1,  1920,  at  nearly  eighty  years  of  age.  A  leader  in  local  Republican  councils,  an  ex- 
member  of  the  iDoard  of  supervisors  of  Champaign  County,  he  was  for  years  a  pillar 
in  the  Lutheran  Church  of  his  neighborhood.  When  he  married,  he  took  for  his  wife 
Miss  Trentje  Esterman,  who  proved  an  indispensable  helpmate,  and  she  is  still  living 
to  enjoy  the  affection  and  esteem  of  those  who  know  her.  Nine  children  were  granted 
this  worthy  couple;  and  seven  are  now  living. 

The  fourth  eldest  in  the  family,  Thomas  from  a  boy  learned  to  farm,  while  he 
attended  the  local  public  schools,  held  chiefly  in  winter.  He  remained  home  to  assist 
his  father  until  he  was  married  to  Miss  Anne  Flesner,  a  popular  belle  of  that  vicinity. 
After  that  he  bought,  operated  and  then  sold  a  farm  of  eighty  acres;  then  he  purchased 
160  acres  nearby,  and  later  increased  his  holdings  until  he  owned  in  all  320  acres,  which 
he  devoted  to  raising  stock  and  grain,  chiefly  corn  and  oats;  and  with  this  first-rate 
agricultural  plant  he  continued  until  1912.  While  living  there  he  responded  to  the  urgent 
invitation  of  his  neighbors  to  act  as  school  trustee. 

In  1912  he  was  persuaded  that  he  would  do  best  by  removing  to  California; 
and  having  sold  a  part  of  the  ranch,  he  came  West  and  located  at  Anaheim.  He 
bought  thirteen  acres  at  the  corner  of  East  and  Santa  Ana  streets,  and  he  improved 
the  land  by  the  addition  of  a  new  and  handsome  residence.  In  1919,  he  sold  the  balance 
of  his  eastern  property  and  bought  ten  acres  adjoining  his  first  purchase,  most  of 
which  were  in  Valencia,  and  two  acres  in  Navel  oranges.  He  joined  the  Mutual 
Orange  Distributors  Association,  and  as  a  Republican,  he  did  what  he  could  to  elevate 
civic  affairs,  but  in  local  movements  he  always  gave  a  generous,  nonpartisan  support. 

On  February  IS,  1920,  to  the  sorrow  of  a  large  circle  of  friends,  Mrs.  Grussing 
passed  to  her  eternal  reward.  She  was  the  mother  of  four  children — Tinie,  Henry, 
Hannah  and  Herman.  With  his  family  Mr.  Grussing  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Lutheran 
Church,  of  which  he  has  for  some  time  been  a  trustee. 


824  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

PETER  D.  BRADY.— A  successful  orange  and  walnut  grower  who  is  enjoying 
prosperity  as  the  reward  of  industry  and  the  maintenance  of  right  principles  in  the 
conduct  of  his  business,  is  Peter  D.  Brady,  the  owner  of  a  forty^acre  ranch,  devoted  to 
oranges  and  walnuts,  situated  two  and  a  half  miles  east  of  Garden  Grove.  Mr.  Brady 
was  born  in  Marshall  County,  111.,  January  28,  1866,  a  son  of  Peter  and  Julia  (Welch) 
Brady,  natives  of  Vermont  and  Kentucky,  respectively.  Peter  Brady  was  born  July  6, 
1832,  and  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Julia  Welch  on  December  1,  18S9,  the  cere- 
mony being  solemnized  at  Peoria,  111.  He  was  a  railroad  man  of  marked  ability  and 
filled  the  responsible  post  of  division  superintendent  of  the  Rock  Island  Railway  Com- 
pany in  Illinois;  while  living  in  Kansas  he  was  connected  with  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad. 
He  became  the  owner  of  160  acres  of  land  in  Rush  County,  Kans.,  also  a  quarter-section 
in  Greenwood  County,  that  state. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  Brady  were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  three  of  whom  are 
living:  P.  D.  Brady,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  E.  W.  Brady,  a  rancher  living  near  his 
brother;  and  Mrs.  Essie  Lighthall,  who  resides  at  Lindsay,  Cal.,  where  she  is  in  the 
orange  business.  In  1890  the  family  moved  to  California  and  in  1912  the  mother  passed 
away  at  the  age  of  seventy-three  years;  Peter  Brady  survived  until  February  11,  1920, 
having  passed  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-seven. 

P.  D.  Brady  was  four  years  old  when  his  parents  moved  to  Kansas.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Great  Bend,  graduating  from  the  high  school  in 
1885.  He  followed  farming  in  Kansas,  working  on  his  father's  farm  in  Rush  County. 
In  1891  he  migrated  to  California,  locating  in  Buaro  precinct.  Orange  County,  after- 
wards settling  in  Garden  Grove  precinct,  where  he  purchased  ten  acres  of  rough  land. 
This  he  cleared  and  leveled  and  has  made  subsequent  purchases,  one  of  ten,  the  other  of 
twenty  acres,  making  his  total  holdings  forty  acres,  half  being  in  walnuts  and  the 
balance  in  Valencia  oranges;  three  acres  of  the  oranges  are  now  nine  years  old  and  ten 
acres  of  the  walnuts  are  ten  years  old.  He  has  a  200-foot  well  with  a  pumping  capacity 
of  eighty  inches.  Mr.  Brady  is  an  indefatigable  worker  and  his  enterprising  efforts 
have  been  richly  rewarded.  His  career  furnishes  a  striking  example  of  what  energy 
and  resourcefulness  can  accomplish,  when  one  has  set  his  mind  on  a  definite  goal  and 
judiciously  manages  his  financial  affairs.  From  a  humble  beginning  in  ranching  he  has 
successfully  attained  his  goal — the  ownership  of  a  well-improved  and  profitable  ranch 
and  a  beautiful,  modern  bungalow  residence.  For  about  twenty  years  Mr.  Brady  ran  a 
hay-baling  press  in  Southern  California. 

In  1917  Mr.  Brady  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Alice  Shoemaker,  a  native  of 
Ogle  County,  111.,  and  the  daughter  of  Jasper  and  Lydia  (Purcell)  Shoemaker.  Jasper 
Shoemaker  passed  away  in  Ogle  County,  111.  ,at  the  age  of  sixty-seven  years;  Mrs.  Shoe- 
maker is  living  at  San  Pedro.  They  were  the  parents  of  thirteen  children,  eleven  of 
whom  are  living. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  P.  D.  Brady  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Barbara  Jean.  Mr.  Brady 
is  a  member  of  the  Orange  Growers  Association,  also  of  the  Walnut  Growers  Associa- 
tion at  Garden  Grove.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brady  are  very  popular  in  their  locality,  where 
they  have  a  large  circle  of  friends. 

JOSIAH  JACKSON. — A  hard-working  rancher  whose  flourishing  grove  of  choice 
fruit  shows  the  desired-for  results  of  proper,  scientific  attention,  is  Josiah  Jackson, 
who  has  been  wrestling  with  the  world  and  the  problems  of  life  since  he  was  nineteen 
years  of  age.  He  was  born  near  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  on  July  25,  1866,  the  son  of  John 
W.  Jackson,  a  stock  raiser  whose  land  was  devoted  to  general  farming.  He  had  married 
Miss  Martha  Dickenson,  one  of  a  pioneer  family,  like  his  own,  of  the  early  days  when 
it  was  necessary  to  settle  among  the  Indians  in  order  to  open  up  the  paths  to  civiliza- 
tion. Josiah  attended  the  Westboro  district  school  and  left  home  when  he  was  nine- 
teen years  of  age,  to  work  on  farms  in  Iowa.  He  went  to  Washington  County  and 
stayed  for  two  years,  and  then  he  removed  to  northern  Minnesota  and  North  Dakota, 
where  he  spent  a  few  months.  In  1885  he  returned  to  Ohio;  and  when  his  father  died, 
the  following  spring,  he  took  charge  of  the  home  farm  for  a  year,  after  which  he  went 
to  Garden  City,  Kans.,  and  spent  a  year  and  a  half.  Then  he  went  to  Colorado  and 
was  three  months  at  Fort  Florsend,  a  station  on  the  early  Colorado  and  Midland 
Railroad,  now  abandoned. 

In  1888,  at  the  height  of  the  famous  realty  boom,  Mr.  Jackson  came  to  California 
and  settled  in  San  Diego,  where  he  accepted  work  in  the  large  stone  quarry  between 
Murrietta  and  Fallbrook;  but  he  was  only  three  months  there  when  he  came  on  to 
Whittier,  where  he  lived  with  his  sister  until  he  was  married  on  May  26,  1898,  to  Miss 
Emma  L.  Healton,  who  was  born  near  Kokomo  in  the  Hoosier  State.  Her  father  was 
Nathan  Healton,  and  her  mother,  before  her  marriage,  Miss  Huldah  J.  McCoy  and  they 
also  were  early  Californians,  having  settled  near   El   Modena  where   they  assisted   in 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  827 

developing  and  building  up  the  neighborhood.  When  she  was  twelve  years  of  age,  in 
1886,  Mrs.  Jackson  came  to  California  with  her  father  and  attended  the  El  Modena 
school;  and  later  she  was  a  student  at  Whittier  College.  In  1903,  Mr.  Jackson  pur- 
chased ten  acres  of  the  Beach  subdivision  of  the  Toler  tract,  and  first  set  the  land  out 
to  walnuts.  Then  he  grubbed  out  the  walnut  trees  and  set  out  four  acres  of  the  land 
to  Valencia  oranges  and  six  acres  to  lemons,  and  this  has  proven  a  more  satisfactory 
investment.  The  land  is  irrigated  by  the  La  Habra  Water  Company,  and  the  La 
Habra  Citrus  Association  disposes  of  all  of  our  subject's  products. 

Three  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jackson:  Thomas  M.,  died  aged 
two  years  and  seven  months;  then  comes  D.  Howard  Jackson,  a  junior  in  the  Whittier 
high  school;  and  Dorothy  A.  is  a  sophomore  there.  In  national  politics  preferring  to 
march  with  the  Republicans,  Mr.  Jackson  is  as  nonpartisan  and  as  broadminded  as  any 
in  local  movements,  and  always  is  willing  to  put  the  best  interests  of  the  community 
in  which  he  lives  above  party  principles.  He  is  also  ready  to  do  his  ordinary  duty  as 
a  citizen,  and  has  served  on  the  jury. 

WILLIAM  W.  PERRY. — A  conservative  business  man  whose  whole-hearted 
nature  makes  him  love  the  great  outdoors,  such  a  feature  of  the  ideal  in  California 
life,  is  William  W.  Perry,  a  native  of  North  Carolina,  where  he  was  born  near  Burling- 
ton, on  May  25,  1867,  the  son  of  Peter  Perry.  He  was  born  in  North  Carolina  in  1843, 
and  was  a  landowner  and  farmer  who  later  moved  with  his  family  to  Indiana,  and 
four  years  later,  in  1877,  to.  Nebraska,  where  he  was  a  farmer.  He  once  came  to  Cali- 
fornia, for  a  winter  visit,  and  died  in  Nebraska  in  1910.  Mrs.  Perry  was  Catherine 
Glenn  before  her  marriage  and  was  highly  honored  as  a  descendant  or  early  English 
settlers  on  the  Virginia  Coast.  Eleven  children,  all  now  married  and  doing  well  for 
themselves,  were  born  to  this  worthy  pioneer  couple;  and  among  these  William  Perry 
is  the  oldest  son. 

He  attended  the  grammar  schools  in  the  country  districts  of  Nebraska,  and  later 
took  a  year  at  the  Normal  School  in  that  state.  His  spare  time  he  devoted  to  working 
on  a  farm,  and  a  large  part  of  his  earnings  he  put  aside  for  the  future.  Having  married, 
he  came  out  to  California  with  his  family  in  1903,  and  spent  fourteen  months  in  the 
Golden  State;  and  in  1907  he  sold  his  farm  in  Nebraska  and  came  back  to  live. 

He  bought  twenty  acres  on  East  Collins  Avenue,  two  and  a  quarter  miles  north- 
east of  Orange,  and  in  April,  1907,  moved  onto  the  same.  He  improved  the  balance 
of  the  place,  making  of  the  ranch  a  fine  grove  of  oranges  and  lemons;  and  in  1913  he 
built  a  line  modern  residence  of  nine  rooms  with  an  up-to-date  garage.  He  joined 
the  Villa  Park  Orchards  Association,  at  one  time  serving  as  a  director,  and  became  a 
member  of  the  Central  Lemon  Growers  Association  of  Villa  Park,  also  holding  stock 
in  the  same.  In  1909,  he  sunk  a  well  on  his  ranch,  and  uses  the  water  from  it  for 
irrigation  as  well  as  for  domestic  purposes,  although  he  gets  the  service  of  the  Santa 
Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company.  He  has  a  Sampson  tractor,  farms  scientifically,  and 
is  not  the  least  sorry  that  he  cast  his  lot  in  Orange  County. 

On  May  12,  1892,  Mr.  Perry  was  married  to  Miss  Harriet  Smith  of  Weeping 
Water,  Nebr.,  a  native  daughter  of  that  state,  from  parents  who  were  sturdy  farmer 
folk.  Two  children  were  born  to  them:  Gertrude  P.,  who  is  the  wife  of  L.  F.  Douglass 
of  Orange,  and  the  mother  of  three  children,  Herbert  P.,  Theodore  R.,  and  Robert  A., 
who  died  at  the  age  of  six  months.  Maurice  A.,  who  is  a  rancher  at  Hemet,  married 
Leila  Culter  in  August,  1920.  The  family  attend  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at 
Orange,  and  were  active  as  committee  members  in  the  various  war  loan  drives;  and 
Mr.  Perry  belongs  to  the  Odd  Fellows  of  Orange,  in  which  he  is  a  past  officer.  In 
national  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

EDWIN  BULA. — A  successful  rancher  who  has  become  a  substantial  financier 
and,  as  a  deep  student,  is  interested  in  the  bringing  about  of  the  best  legislation  for 
the  greatest  good  to  the  greatest  number  of  people,  is  Edwin  Bula,  a  director  of  the 
Central  Lemon  Growers  Association,  of  Villa  Park,  who  was  born  in  London,  England, 
on  November  3,  1866,  the  son  of  Samuel  Bula,  a  native  of  the  British  Isles.  The  father 
was  a  contractor  and  builder,  and  as  such  became  of  note  even  in  the  great  city  of 
London.  He  had  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Farren,  who  was  also  a  native  of  Great 
Britain,  and  who  proved  to  be  a  wonderful  wife  and  mother.  They  had  three  sons, 
and  Edwin  was  the  second  in  the  order  of  birth. 

In  1881,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bula  came  with  their  family  to  the  United  States  and  settled 
at  Boston,  where  Mr.  Bula  continued  to  ply  his  trade  of  a  builder;  and  Edwin,  having 
already  received  good  common  school  educational  advantages  in  England,  went  out  to 
work,  at  various  kinds  of  labor.  He  was  wide-awake  and  observant,  and  so  caught  not 
only  the  real  spirit  of  American  institutions,  but  posted  himself  as  to  the  trend  of  the 
century,  and  particularly  as  to  political  moves  in  the  New  World. 


828  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

In  1888,  Mr.  Bula  was  married  to  Miss  Madelina  Gondy,  a  native  of  Switzerland 
who  had  come  to  New  York  and  soon  afterward  with  his  wife  he  migrated  west  and 
never  halted  until  he  had  reached  Los  Angeles,  arriving  here  in  1905,  and  later  embarked 
in  the  laundry  business  in  Santa  Ana,  continuing  four  years. 

In  1909  they  bought  eighteen  acres  of  raw  land,  fourteen  acres  of  which  is  in  the 
corporate  limits  of  Orange  and  located  two  miles  northeast  from  the  city.  Mr.  Bula 
began  making  improvements  on  the  place  by  building  a  barn,  in  part  of  which  they 
lived  while  they  were  planting  orange  and  lemon  trees  on  their  ranch.  In  1916  he  had 
so  prospered  that  he  erected  a  modern  and  comfortable  house  in  which  they  live. 
Their  location  is  one  of  the  favored  ones  of  the  county,  being  situated  in  the  frostless 
belt  where  soil  and  climate,  and  extra  good  care  have  made  of  the  Bula  ranch  one  of 
the  show  places  in  this  section  of  the  county.  Mr.  Bula  is  a  member,  and  since  1915 
has  been  a  director  of  the  Central  Lemon  Growers  Association  of  Villa  Park;  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Villa  Park  Orchards  Association,  and  of  the  Rural  Farm  Bureau.  He 
is  also  a  director  of  the  California  Citrus  By-Products  Company  of  Corona. 

A  stand-pat  Republican,  Mr.  Bula  maintains  his  live  interest  in  civic  affairs,  and  is 
always  ready,  without  partisanship,  to  support  the  best  man  and  the  best  measures 
making  for  the  building  up  and  also  the  upbuilding  of  the  community  and  the  county 
in  which  he  lives  and  thrives. 

JAMES  T.  WHEDON. — A  railroad  man  of  many  years'  experience,  James  T. 
Whedon  can  recall  with  interest  the  fact  that  he  had  charge  of  the  first  train  to  enter 
Los  Angeles  in  1876,  and  it  has  been  his  privilege  to  witness  the  marvelous  changes 
that  have  come  to  this  metropolis  of  the  Pacific  Coast  since  that  date.  A  native  of 
Indiana,  Mr.  Whedon  was  born  at  Madison,  in  that  state  in  1846.  The  country  round 
about  his  birthplace  was  still  in  a  comparatively  primitive  state  at  that  time  and  the 
educational  opportunities  were  limited,  so  that  when  a  mere  youth  of  ten  years,  Mr. 
Whedon  started  out  to  earn  his  way,  working  as  a  water  boy  on  the  Madison  and 
Indianapolis  Railway  for  only  fifty  cents  a  day,  although  that  was  not  considered  a  low 
wage  for  a  boy  at  that  time,  as  brakemen  were  paid  but  a  dollar  per  day. 

Although  but  fifteen  years  of  age  when  the  Civil  War  broke  out,  Mr.  Whedon 
enlisted  in  Company  E,  Third  Indiana  Cavalry  and  saw  three  years  of  hard  service  in 
the  great  conflict.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  his  home  and  went  to  work 
as  a  brakeraan  on  the  J.  M.  and  I.  Railroad,  and  continued  in  this  line  of  work  until 
1868,  when  he  went  to  Wyoming,  where  he  served  in  the  capacity  of  baggage  master 
for  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  at  Laramie,  which  was  the  end  of  the  line  at  that  time. 
When  the  East  and  West  road  was  connected  at  Promontory  Point,  1869,  Mr.  Whedon 
went  to  San  Francisco  and  was  employed  as  a  conductor  on  the  Old  Central  Pacific, 
Western  Pacific  division,  between  Sacramento  and  Oakland,  for  ten  years.  It  was  during 
this  period  that  the  Southern  Pacific  line  was  extended  to  Los  Angeles  and  in  1876,  when 
the  road  was  completed  Mr.  Whedon  had  charge  of  the  first  train  that  came  over  the 
road,  an  event  that  was  the  beginning  of  the  wonderful  growth  that  has  taken  Los 
Angeles  past  the   half-million   mark. 

In  1880  he  accepted  the  position  as_  general  yardmaster  for  the  Texas  Pacific 
and  also  the  St.  Louis  and  Iron  Mountain  at  Texarkana,  and  in  1882  was  appointed 
trainmaster  for  the  St.  Louis  and  Iron  Mountain  Railroad  at  the  same  point.  In  1884 
he  was  made  superintendent  for  the  St.  Louis  and  Iron  Mountain  Railroad,  at  Little 
Rock,  and  had  charge  of  the  road  from  Texarkana  to  Poplar  Bluff.  In  1886  during  the 
first  big  railroad  strike  he  demonstrated  his  ability  to  cope  with  the  strikers  and 
received  the  following  telegram  of  which  he  is  very  proud: 

"St.  Louis,  March  17,  1886. 
J.  T.  Whedon,  Supt.,  Little  Rock. 

I  congratulate  you  upon  being  the  first  superintendent  that  has  run  a  freight 
train  successfully  since  the  commencement  of  this  causeless  strike.  Continue  in  your 
good  efforts.     You  are  on  the  white  list  for  all  time  to  come. 

(Signed)     H.   M.   HOXIE,   General   Manager." 
Coming  back  to  California  in  1887,  Mr.  Whedon  was  associated  with  the  opening 
of  the  Mt.  Lowe  Railroad  and  for  the  first  four  years  of  its  operation  he  had  charge 
of  the  road  during  Prof.  Thaddeus  Lowe's  ownership.     The  following  clipping  from  the 
Pasadena  Star  shows  the  appreciation  in  which  his  services  were  held: 

"Mr.  Whedon  has  tendered  his  resignation  as  superintendent  of  the  Mt.  Lowe 
Railway,  to  take  effect  April  30.  The  tourist  season  being  over  Mr.  C.  W.  Brown, 
in  addition  to  his  duties  as  receiver  and  general  manager,  will  also  look  after  the 
suoerintendent's  duties.  Professor  Lowe  showed  his  good  judgment  when  he 
selected  Mr.  Whedon  for  the  responsible  position  of  superintendent  in  charge  of 
operating,  as  the  results  have  shown.     During  the  three  years  and  ten  months 


'/^/^fA^^^^'2^ 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  831  . 

the  road  has  been  in  operation,  and  which  time  Mr.  Whedon  has  had  charge,  not 
a  single  accident  of  any  kind  has  taken  place  whereby  a  passenger  has  been  in- 
jured or  the  company  lost  one  dollar.  This  speaks  very  highly  for  the  Mt.  Lowe 
Railway  and  its  management. 

"Apropos  of  the  above  we  take  pleasure  in  republishing  an  article  which 
appeared  in  the  Little  Rock  Gazette,  at  the  time  of  Mr.  Whedon's  resignation  of 
the  position  of  division  superintendent  of  the  St.  Louis,  Iron  Mountain  and 
Southern  Railroad,  some  years  ago,  and  which  was  headed  'A  Faithful  and 
Efficient  Officer.'  'In  the  resignation  of  Mr.  J.  T.  Whedon,  division  superintendent 
of  the  St.  Louis,  Iron  Mountain  and  Southern  Railroad,  the  state  of  Arkansas, 
and  the  city  of  Little  Rock  especially,  lose  a  good  citizen,  and  one  of  the  best  and 
most  efficient  of  its  railroad  corps.  He  is  a  man  of  few  words,  but  quick  to  act, 
and  with  good  judgment.  His  personal  bravery  is  something  remarkable,  while 
his  impartiality  among  deserving  employees  is  as  strict  as  his  regard  is  warm  for 
true  friends.  During  the  great  railroad  strike  he  was  here,  there  and  everywhere, 
guarding  with  the  greatest  faithfulness  the  interests  of  the  corporation  he  repre- 
sented. It  is  to  his  efforts,  assisted  as  he  was  by  Sheriff  Worthen,  that  so  little 
damage  resulted  to  persons  and  property.  It  is  believed  he  will  continue  in  the 
service  of  the  Missouri  Pacific  system,  but  it  is  known  to  his  friends  that  for 
months  past  he  has  had  a  strong  desire  to  locate  in  California,  and  possibly  he 
may  go  there.  No  official  stands  higher  with  the  management,  and  the  Gazette 
hopes  to  see  him  promoted  to  a  better  position.  However  that  may  be,  the  people 
of  Little  Rock  (and  the  Gazette  voices  them)  wish  him  great  success,  wherever  he 
may  be  stationed.'  " 

Mr.  Whedon  finished  his  long  and  successful  railroad  career  in  1902,  under  the 
employ  of  ex-Senator  Clark  of  Montana,  and  for  the  next  few  years  was  interested  in 
mining  in  Arizona.  Coming  back  to  Los  Angeles  in  1909,  he  resided  in  Los  Angeles. 
He  first  purchased  five  acres  of  land  at  South  Santa  Anita,  but  in  1913  deciding  to  grow 
avocados  he  sold  this  and  purchased  his  present  acreage  at  Yorba  Linda,  a  tract  of  five 
acres  on  a  hillside  which  is  practically  frostless.  In  March,  1914,  Mr.  Whedon  set  out 
350  avocado  trees,  the  Fuerte  variety  predominating,  and  since  that  time  he  has  given 
practically  all  his  time  to  the  care  and  development  of  his  orchard  and  has  made  it  a 
most  profitable  enterprise.  The  demand  for  his  fruit  is  greater  than  he  can  supply  and 
the  larger  part  of  it  is  used  by  the  Alexandria  Hotel  at  Los  Angeles.  A  member  of  the 
California  Avocado  Association,  Mr.  Whedon  is  very  prominent  in  its  circles  and  he 
is  nationally  known  as  the  "Fuerte  avocado  man"  as  the  first  fruit  of  this  variety  ever 
exhibited  was  displayed  by  him  in  1916  at  the  San  Diego  meeting  of  the  association. 

Mr.  Whedon's  marriage,  which  occurred  in  Oakland,  Cal.,  in  1872,  united  him 
with  Miss  Henrietta  T.  Tappan,  and  four  children  were  born  to  them:  Their  two 
eldest  children  died  in  infancy  and  those  living  are  Amy  Frances,  wife  of  Lieut.-Col. 
A.  W.  Bradbury,  U.  S.  A.,  at  Camp  Lewis,  Wash.,  and  Maude  Tappan,  wife  of  Albert 
Wilson  of  Monrovia.  Mr.  Whedon  is  a  member  of  Bartlett-Logan  Post,  G.  A.  R., 
Los  Angeles,  and  is  a  Mason  of  Royal  Arch  degree.  An  estimable  citizen,  whose  busy 
life  has  been  filled  with  interesting  experiences,  Mr.  Whedon  stands  high  in  the 
estimation  of  the  citizens  of  his  community. 

WALTER  De  WITT  LAMB.— The  descendant  of  two  generations  of  California 
pioneers,  Walter  D.  Lamb  can  well  take  pride  in  the  achievements  of  his  progenitors, 
for  it  is  to  their  unbounded  faith  in  the  future  of  this  part  of  the  country  and  their 
man}'  years  of  arduous  labor,  not  unmixed  with  hardship,  that  much  of  the  present 
prosperity  of  this  generation  is  due.  Mr.  Lamb's'  grandfather,  Anson  D.  Lamb,  and 
his  father,  William  D.  Lamb,  came  to  California  in  1869  and  a  record  of  their  lives  will 
befound  elsewhere  in  this  volume. 

Walter  D.  Lamb  was  born  November  28,  1878,  on  his  father's  ranch  in  Fountain 
Valley  and  grew  up  there,  attending  school  in  the  Newhope  school  district  and  later 
at  Santa  Ana.  From  his  early  youth  he  was  gifted  with  unusual  mechanical  ability, 
and  has  always  been  especially  successful  in  operating  farm  machinery  of  all  kinds,  a 
decided  asset  in  these  days  when  more  and  more  of  the  farm  work  is  being  performed 
mechanically.  Under  his  father's  supervision  he  early  acquired  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  agricultural  processes  and  when  quite  young  went  into  celery  raising,  operating  on 
an  extensive  scale  when  that  industry  was  at  its  height.  As  his  -father  always  kept  a 
great  many  cattle,  horses,  mules  and  hogs  on  his  large  ranches,  Walter  Lamb  became 
accustomed  to  their  care  in  his  boyhood  and  thus  became  familiar  with  every  detail  of 
the  .live  stock  business,  especially  in  feeding  and  fattening  steers  on  sugar  beet  tops. 
He  makes  a  practice  of  feeding  a  large  drove  of  cattle  for  the  market  each  fall  and  in 
this  he  is  expert  and  has  few  equals  in  judging  beef  cattle  in  Southern  California. 

In  1917  Mr.  Lamb  purchased  his  extensive  stock  ranch  comprisin.g  1,000  acres,  160 
acres  of  which  is  leased  to  an  oil  company,  located  ten  miles  southwest  of  Chino,  and 


832  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

here  he  has  a  herd  of  high  grade  Whiteface  cattle,  headed  with  thoroughbred  stock. 
His  first  holdings  consisted  of  a  tract  of  twenty  acres  in  Fountain  Valley,  near  one  of 
his  father's  ranches,  and  this  he  farms  to  alfalfa.  He  also  cultivates  a  ranch  of  144  acres 
in  this  locality;  this  is  still  the  property  of  his  mother,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Lamb,  but  she 
has  given  each  of  her  children  this  amount  of  land  for  their  use.  On  this  ranch  Mr. 
Lamb  raises  large  quantities  of  sugar  beets,  lima  beans  and  barley,  and  in  the  produc- 
tion of  all  of  these  crops  he  has  had  signal  success. 

On  March  14,  1900,  Mr.  Lamb  was  married  to  Miss  Gertrude  DuBois,  the  daughter 
of  Valentine  DuBois,  one  of  Orange  County's  well-known  and  influential  citizens.  Mrs. 
Lamb,  who  is  a  native  of  Indiana,  came  here  in  1897,  graduating  later  from  the  Santa 
Ana  high  school.  Three  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lamb;  Velda  May 
graduated  from  the  Santa  Ana  high  school  in  the  class  of  1919;  Inez  Loretta  died  at 
the  age  of  two  years  and  five  months;  and  Walter  Kenneth.  For  a  number  of  years 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lamb  resided  on  their  twenty-acre  ranch  in  Fountain  Valley,  but  since 
October,  1916,  they  have  made  their  home  in  Santa  Ana,  in  the  attractive  residence 
which  Mr.  Lamb  purchased  at  415  West  Walnut  Street. 

HENRY  T.  RUTHERFORD.— Prominent  in  banking  circles  of  Orange  County  for 
a  number  of  years,  at  the  time  of  his  decease  Henry  T.  Rutherford  was  cashier  of  the 
Orange  County  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  at  Santa  Ana,  having  been  connected  with 
banking  circles  for  a  number  of  years.  His  parents  were  Shelby  T.  and  Mary  J.  (Bridg- 
man)  Rutherford,  pioneer  residents  of  Orange  County.  The  father  was  born  in  Ken- 
tucky in  1847,  and  when  he  was  but  a  babe  he  was  taken  to  Missouri  by  his  father, 
his  mother  having  died  in  his  infancy.  Shelby  was  early  thrown  upon  his  own  resources 
and  consequently  had  practically  no  opportunity  to  acquire  an  education.  At  the  age  of 
twelve  he  went  to  work  on  a  farm,  near  Fort  Smith,  Ark.,  continuing  in  that  locality 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  finally  was  able  to  purchase  a  tract  of  land  for  himself, 
which  he  cleared  and  put  in  crops.  He  was  fifty  miles  from  a  railroad,  however,  and 
there  were  many  other  hardships  in  this  new  and  undeveloped  country,  so,  having 
heard  of  California's  better  opportunities,  he  decided  to  locate  here.  He  first  went  to 
Westminster,  but  later  located  on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch,  leasing  land  there  on  which 
he  farmed  for  many  years,  at  one  time  operating  1,000  acres;  on  retiring  from  active 
ranching  life  he  moved  to  Santa  Ana  and  there  he  still  makes  his  home. 

Shelby  T.  Rutherford  was  for  many  years  keenly  interested  in  the  organization 
of  school  districts,  realizing  his  own  lack  of  educational  opportunities,  and  determined 
that  his  children  should  not  be  handicapped  in  this  way.  For  nineteen  years  he  served 
on  the  board  of  trustees  of  his  home  district  in  Washington  County,  Ark.  On  coming 
to  California,  during  the  first  years  of  the  family's  residence  on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch, 
the  children  had  to  go  six  miles  to  attend  the  Tustin  school;  Mr.  Rutherford  was 
instrumental  in  the  organization  of  a  district  in  that  locality,  serving  as  a  member  of 
the  board  as  long  as  he  resided  on  the  ranch.  Mr.  Rutherford's  marriage  in  Arkansas 
had  united  him  with  Miss  Mary  J.  Bridgman,  a  native  of  that  state,  and  four  children 
were  born  to  them:  Henry  T.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Myrtle,  Harriet  and  Lillian. 

Henry  T.  Rutherford  was  born  at  Fort  Smith,  Ark.,  August  28,  1877,  spending  his 
boyhood  days  in  that  locality.  In  December,  1887,  he  came  with  his  parents  to  Orange 
County,  and  grew  up  on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  graduated  from  the  Santa  Ana  Business  College.  He  started  out  quite  early  in  life 
to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world,  his  first  employment  being  with  the  Santa  Ana 
Produce  Company.  Later  he  was  with  the  W.  F.  Lutz  Implement  Company  for  some 
•time.  At  the  time  of  the  organization  of  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  Bank  he  started  fn 
with  this  institution  as  teller,  later  advancing  to  assistant  cashier.  He  was  the  prime 
mover  in  the  consolidation  of  this  bank  with  the  Commercial  Bank,  and  he  remained 
there  as  assistant  cashier  until  January,  1915,  when  he  became  connected  with  the 
Orange  County  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  becoming  cashier  of  the  latter,  which  posi- 
tion he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  January  13,  1917. 

Industrious  and  devoted  to  his  business,  Mr.  Rutherford,  although  a  comparatively 
young  man  at  the  time  of  his  passing  away,  had  made  a  marked  success  and  occupied 
a  place  of  high  esteem  in  his  large  circle  of  friends.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers 
and  a  director  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce;  president  of  the  Orange  County  Bankers' 
Association;  a  member  and  director  of  the  Orange  County  Country  Club,  and  when 
the  Elks  Hall  was  erected  he  was  a  member  of  the  building  committee.  Prominent 
m  fraternal  circles,  he  was  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  241  F  &  A  M  •  Santa 
Ana  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  and  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 

Mr.  Rutherford's  marriage,  on  June  20,  1907,  united  him  with  Miss  Susie  M  ITalla 
day,  an  adopted  daughter  of  the  late  Daniel  Hklladay,  a  sketch  of  whose  life  is  given 
elsewhere  in  this  work.  Mrs.  Rutherford  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
and  IS  prominent  m  club  circles,  being  secretary  of  the  Ebell  Club. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  835 

DWIGHT  E.  MAGILL. — The  owner  of  one  of  the  trimmest  ranches  in  all  the 
Buaro  precinct — Section  34,  a  tract  of  ten  acres,  which  he  bought  in  1911 — is  Dwight 
E.  Magill,  a  native  of  Kansas,  where  he  was  born  on  August  9,  1886.  He  was  four 
years  old  when  his  father,  Cyrus  Newton  Magill,  and  his  mother,  who  had  been 
Matilda  Brady  before  her  marriage,  settled  in  what  is  now  the  Buaro  precinct,  near 
Garden  Grove.  Thus  Dwight  grew  up  in  the  Garden  Grove  district,  where  he  attended 
the  grammar  school.  He  put  in  a  year  also  in  the  Orange  high  school,  and  then  worked 
on  his  father's  farm  until  he  was  twenty-one.  After  that  Mr.  Magill  worked  for  the 
Brady  Bros,  on  their  hay  press,  and  after  learning  the  business,  ran  a  hay  press  of 
his  own  for  six  years.  He  gave  general  satisfaction  in  baling  hay,  and  was  successful 
beyond  that  of  the  ordinary  man. 

When  he  was  twenty-three  years  of  age,  on  July  14,  1910,  Mr.  Magill  was  married 
to  Miss  Edna  Davis,  of  Los  Angeles,  the  daughter  of  Frank  M.  Davis,  the  well-known 
real  estate  operator  of  that  city.  Mrs.  Davis,  who  was  in  maideijhood  Augusta  Hagg, 
died  in  the  fall  of  1919,  and  since  then  her  husband  has  lived  in  Ukiah,  Cal.,  where  he 
formerly  lived  when  he  crossed  the  great  plains  in  early,  romantic  days.  Besides  Mrs. 
Magill  there  is  a  son,  F.  Clifford.  By  a  former  marriage  there  is  a  daughter,  Mrs. 
R.  N.  Lake  of  Los  Angeles.  In  1911  Mr.  Magill  bought  his  ten  acres,  and  for  three 
years  he  farmed  the  land  to  beans.  At  the  same  time  he  raised  hay  on  400  acres  of 
land  at  Yorba  Linda.  Three  successively  dry  years,  however,  made  that  industry 
unprofitable,  and  since  then  he  has  set  his  ten  acres  out  to  walnuts,  of  late  interplanted 
with  oranges  and  lemons.  He  has  a  deep  well  and  a  first-class  pumping  plant,  and 
abundant  water  for  irrigation,  as  the  result  of  which  his  farm  is  one  of  the  most 
promising  of  all  the  acreages  roundabout. 

Three  children  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Magill — Marjorie,  Dwight  E. 
and  George.  Unhappy  to  relate,  the  second  in  the  order  of  birth,  on  February  27  last, 
was  severely  burned  through  the  explosion  of  a  can  of  gasoline  ignited  from  a  near-by 
bonfire.  At  the  time  of  the  accident,  the  mother  and  the  other  two  children  were  at 
the  home  of  Cyrus  Newton  Magill;  but  the  response  and  subsequent  devotion  of  Dr. 
C.  C.  Violett  saved  the  lad  and  alleviated  much  suffering.  In  days  of  prosperity,  no 
family  has  enjoyed  a  larger  measure  of  hearty  esteem;  and  in  this  trying  hour,  the 
sympathy  of  the  community  could  not  fail  to  flow  to  the  afflicted. 

JAMES  ALBERT  TIMMONS.— A  busy  man  of  affairs,  whose  public  services,  on 
account  of  both  their  immediate  good  and  their  far-reaching  benefits  to  posterity,  de- 
serves the  grateful  remembrance  of  generations  to  come,  is  James  Albert  Timmons, 
a  native  of  Oakland,  Coles  County,  111.,  where  he  was  born  on  June  22,  1864.  His 
parents  were  A.  Jackson  and  Lydia  Timmons,  and  they  came  as  farmer-folk  from 
Indiana  to  Illinois  in  early  days.  Our  subject  was  sent  to  the  common  schools  of  the 
district,  while  he  helped  on  the  farm,  and  then  continued  his  studies  at  the  Gem  City 
Business  College,  Quincy,  111.  When  his  father  embarked  in  the  hardware  business  at 
Oakland,  he  also  helped  in  the  new  field.  In  1888  he  went  to  Kansas  and  in  Winfield, 
Cowley  County,  engaged  for  several  years  in  the  clothing  trade.  When  he  sold  out,  at 
the  beginning  of  the  century,  he  moved  from  Kansas  to  California  and  came  to  Santa 
Ana.  He  purchased  a  ranch  of  thirty  acres  southwest  of  the  town,  six  acres  of  which 
had  a  variety  of  fruit  trees,  and  went  in  for  general  farming.  In  1906,  he  disposed  of 
this  property  and  moved  into  town. 

Since  1906,  Mr.  Timmons  has  engaged  in  buying  and  selling  ranch  and  town  prop- 
erty, and  doubtless  this  experience  led  to  his  bringing  about  one  of  the  greatest  of  all 
local  advancements.  After  repeated  efforts  had  been  made  to  organize  for  protection 
to  the  land  holders  along  the  Santa  Ana  River  in  the '  Newport  and  Talbert  districts, 
Mr.  Timmons  took  hold  of  the  project  and  formed  what  was  known  as  the  Newbert 
Protection  District — a  name  derived  from  the  "New"  in  Newport  and  the  second 
syllable  in  Talbert — called,  in  1905,  the  First  Street  Land  and  Improvement  Company. 
Mr.  Timmons  was  president,  and  W.  T.  Newland  of  Huntington  Beach  was  vice-presi- 
dent. This  company  threw  up  levees  on  both  sides  of  the  Santa  Ana  River  for  a  dis- 
tance of  one  and  a  half  miles  south  from  First  Street,  Santa  Ana.  On  February  23, 
1907,  they  succeeded  in  passing  a  bill  in  the  California  Legislature,  permitting  com- 
munities to  organize  for  the  purpose  of  protecting  land  along  rivers,  washes  and  can- 
yons, from  the  overflow  of  streams.  At  that  time  E.  E.  Keech  was  attorney  for  the 
protection  district,  Clyde  Bishop  the  assemblyman,  and  John  W.  Anderson,  state  senator 
for  the  district.  The  old  First  Street  Land  and  Improvement  Company  was  disorgan- 
ized, and  the  Newbert  Protection  District  came  into  existence.  On  August  24,  1907,  a 
board  of  directors  of  the  Newbert  Protection  District  issued  bonds  to  the  extent  of 
$185,000,  to  aid  in  the  district's  development,  and  Mr.  Timmons  served  as  the  head  of 
that  organization  for  the  first  year,  and  during  the  ensuing  year  and  a  half  was   ito 


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secretary;  and  only  when  it  was  thoroughly  organized,  did  he  resign.  This  organization 
threw  up  levees  for  nine  miles  on  both  sides  of  the  Santa  Ana  River,  including  the  first 
mile  and  a  half  of  development  of  the  First  Street  Land  and  Improvement  Company, 
which  protects  the  ranches  along  the  river,  saving  the  crops  against  the  flood  waters. 

On  January  12,  1892,  Mr.  Timmons  was  married  to  Miss  Lulu  R.  Cash,  a  native 
of  Oakland,  111.,  and  the  daughter  of  L.  S.  and  Rowena  (Sargent)  Cash.  She  attended 
the  graded  schools  of  Oakland  and  later  attended  the  Wesleyan  University  at  Bloom- 
ington.  111.;  her  father  was  a  Virginian,  while  her  mother  came  from  Ohio.  Two  sons 
blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Timmons:  Howard  C.  is  a  teller  in  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Santa  Ana;  and  J.  Herbert  is  associated  with  his  father  in  the  real  estate 
business.  Both  of  these  promising  young  men  have  military  records  of  which  they 
may  well  be  proud,  having  served  in  the  same  company  during  the  late  war.  Mrs. 
Timmons  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Santa  Ana,  while  Mr. 
Timmons  is  a  well  known  figure  among  the  Elks.  In  national  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican and  has  been  a  director  in  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  always  worked  to 
secure  enterprises  that  would  aid  the  building  up  of  Santa  Ana.  Mr.  Timmons'  enter- 
prise is  not  only  directed  to  the  development  of  Orange  County,  but  extends  into 
other  portions  of  California.  Thus  we  find  him  an  organizer  of  the  Oak  Ridge  Orchards 
Company,  of  which  he  is  president.  This  company  acquired  nearly  1,000  acres  adjoin- 
ing Templeton,  San  Luis  Obispo  County,  on  the  southwest,  which  they  are  improving 
and  developing  to  orchards  of  pears,  prunes,  apples  and  almonds. 

MRS.  LYDIA  A.  HEMENWAY. — A  thoroughgoing  business  woman  who  is 
making  a  splendid  success  in  her  ranching  activities  is  Mrs.  Lydia  A.  Hemenway, 
who  maintains  a  partnership  with  her  brother,  Aaron  Buchheim,  on  the  Santa  Mar- 
garita ranch,  southeast  of  El  Toro.  Mrs.  Hemenway  was  born  near  Mielrose,  Minn., 
the  daughter  of  Frank  S.  and  Carolina  (Zymon)  Buchheim.  Her  father  was  a  native 
of  Germany,  having  come  to  the  United  States  when  he  was  but  eleven  years  old.  He 
settled  in  Minnesota  prior  to  the  Civil  War  and  had  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army  and 
was  ready  to  serve,  when  the  war  closed.  The  mother  was  born  in  the  same  part  of 
Germany  as  her  husband,  and  T:ame  to  America  when  she  was  seventeen  years  of  age, 
their  marriage  taking  place  in  Minnesota. 

The  eldest  of  twelve  children,  seven  of  whom  were  born  in  Minnesota,  Mrs. 
Hemenway  came  to  California  with  her  parents  when  she  was  nine  years  old.  The 
family  settled  near  Santa  Ana,  having  purchased  a  twenty-acre  ranch  on  Seventeenth 
Street,  which  is  still  a  part  of  the  Buchheim  estate.  Frank  S.  Buchheim  died  in 
1904,  at  the  age  of  sixty-one,  the  mother  passing  away  eleven  years  later,  being  seventy- 
one  at  the  time  of  her  decease.  Mrs.  Hemenway  spent  her  girlhood  days  on  the  home 
ranch,  and  received  her  education  in  the  Santa  Ana  schools.  Her  first  marriage 
occurred  in  1890,  when  she  was  united  to  John  Rumbould,  a  native  of  England,  three 
children  being  born  to  them:  Mabel  is  the  wife  of  Hiram  Whisler,  a  rancher  on  the 
Irvine  ranch,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  children — Irene  and  Elmer;  Ralph  Rum- 
bould, a  rancher  near  Westminster,  married  Alice  Skinner  of  Santa  Ana,  and  they 
have  one  son,  Robert;  Roy  Rumbould  married  Adelle  McDonald,  and  two  children, 
Margaret  and  Barbara,  were  born  to  them.  The  second  marriage  of  our  subject  united 
her  with  Rupert  Hemenway,  and  one  child  was  born  to  them,  a  daughter,  Ruth. 

In  1908  Mrs.  Hemenway  formed  a  partnership  with  her  brother,  Aaron  Buch- 
heim, and  they  now  operate  1,300  acres  of  the  Santa  Margarita  ranch.  Together  they 
own  their  buildings,  implements  and  work  stock  and  equipment.  In  1919  they  had 
250  acres  in  wheat  and  800  acres  in  barley,  300  acres  of  which  was  cut  for  hay,  the 
remaining  500  acres  being  harvested  for  grain,  and  the  year  1920  they  harvested  13,465 
sacks  of  grain.  They  have  also  been  extensively  engaged  in  raising  beans.  They  find 
the  best  results  are  obtained  by  summer  fallowing,  thus  letting  the  ground  rest  a  year 
and  materially  increasing  the  yield.  The  motive  power  for  operating  the  ranch  is 
furnished  by  five  eight-horse  and  mule  teams. 

A  woman  of  unusual  energy  and  business  acumen,  with  the-  faculty  of  getting 
on  harmoniously  with  all  her  employees,  Mrs.  Hemenway  is  highly  regarded  in  the 
whole  community,  and  her  generous,  kindly  spirit  leads  her  to  take  a  public-spirited 
interest  in  all  the  neighborhood  affairs.  She  is  endowed  by  nature  with  a  strong  intui- 
tion and  is  a  very  accurate  judge  of  human  nature;  thus  she  is  able  to  select  help  that 
she  can  depend  on,  and  with  the  success  that  comes  to  her  she  is  more  and  more  enjoy- 
mg  the  increasing  business,  and  apparently  does  not  mind  the  cares  that  big  business 
brmgs,  but,  on  the  other  hand,  she  is  not  content  unless  she  is  actively  at  the  helm 
guidmg  and  directing  the  operations.  She  is  well  read  and  well  posted  and  is  an 
mterestmg  conversationalist.  Would  we  had  many  more  women  like  Lydia  Buch- 
heim Hemenway! 


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■  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  839 

WILLIS  F.  MITCHELL. — A  hard  working,  highly  intelligent,  successful  young 
ranchman,  whose  honors  have  been  increased  through  a  meretorious  naval  record  in  the 
service  of  his  country,  is  Willis  F.  Mitchell,  son  of  Superintendent  W.  G.  Mitchell, 
in  charge  of  the  great  Irvine  or  San  Joaquin  ranch.  He  is  really  best  known  by  the 
familiar  name  "Bud"  Mitchell,  and  as  such  is  about  as  welcome  a  native  son,  where- 
ever  he  goes,  as  anyone  in  Orange  County.  He  was  born  at  Tustin,  on  August  11, 
1896,  one  of  three  children,  and  enjoyed  the  most  favorable  home  advantages  under  the 
loving  care  of  his  mother,  who  was  Emily  Sarah  Green  before  her  marriage.  His  older 
brother  was  Ralph  John  Mitchell,  who  served  in  the  World  War  as  a  sergeant  in  the 
the  U.  S.  Army,  in  time  honorably  discharged;  a  sister,  Florence  Ma^rgaret,  who  is  now 
in  the  Orange  high  school,  is  the  youngest  of  the  family. 

Willis  Frederick,  the  second  in  order  of  birth,  grew  up  on  the  San  Joaquin 
ranch,  and  helped  his  father  farm  when  he  was  yet  a  youth,  at  the  same  time  that  he 
attended  the  local  public  schools.  In  June,  1917,  he  was  graduated  from  the  Orange 
high  school,  and  in  the  following  September  he  enlisted  in  the  U,  S.  Navy  at  San 
Pedro,  and  served  as  a  seaman  gunner  on  the  Cruiser  U.  S.  S.  "Seattle,"  convoying 
troops  overseas  and  later  on  the  oil  tanker  "Wico,"  crossing  the  Atlantic  six  times. 
On  their  last  trip  over,  they  accompanied  the  Italian  ship,  "Silvia,"  and  he  was  an  eye- 
witness to  her  being  torpedoed  and  sunk  by  a  German  submarine,  and  beheld  the  Silvia, 
which  had  a  cargo  of  a  million  dollars  worth  of  steel,  plunge  down  to  her  watery 
grave.  He  himself  had  the  pleasure  of  firing  six  of  the  fifteen  shots  sent  at  the  sub- 
marine, 100  miles  fr.om  the  Straits  of  Gibraltar;  and  whether  through  expert  handling 
of  their  own  vessel,  or  merely  good  luck,  the  United  States  steamer  delivered  its  cargo 
of  gasoline  safely  at  the  various  Mediterranean  ports.  He  was  seven  months  in  actual 
service,  and  finally  landed  at  Philadelphia  on  November  10,  1918,  and  was  honorably 
discharged  at  the  Brooklyn  Navy  Yard  on  January  23,  1919.  Arriving  home,  he  lost 
no  time  in  doffing  his  naval  uniform,  cherished  though  that  was,  for  the  ranchman's 
garb.  Now  he  is  an  active  member  of  the  American  Legion,  at  Orange.  He  has  always 
been  interested  in  athletics,  particularly  baseball;  was  a  member  of  the  Orange  high 
school  team  that  won  the  Southern  California  championship  in  1914.  He  is  now  captain 
of  the  Orange  baseball  team. 

Mr.  Mitchell  is  farming  180  acres  in  lima  beans,  and  on  seventy-five  acres  he  is 
raising  barley  hay,  so  that  he  is  cultivating  255  acres  in  all.  He  operates  as  far  as 
possible  according  to  the  last  word  in  science,  and  profits  by  careful  observation  and 
comparison  with  previous  experiences.  It  is  likely  to  be  only  a  question  of  time  for 
him  to  be  among  the  leading  ranchmen  of  his  district. 

FRED  H.  WEISEL. — A  horticulturist  of  Anaheim  who  very  worthily  represents, 
as  the  son  of  the  late  Peter  Weisel,  another  citizen  of  prominence,  one  of  the  broad- 
minded  builders  of  the  community,  is  Fred  H.  Weisel,  who  came  to  Orange  County  in 
the  early  nineties,  when  he  was  one  year  old,  and  who  has  therefore  been  identified 
with  Southern  California  all  his  life.  He  was  born  at  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  in  1890,  the 
son  of  Peter  Weisel,  a  native  of  Germany  who  came  to  Milwaukee  when  he  was  seven- 
teen years  old  and  there  learned  the  machinist's  trade.  He  followed  the  building  of 
steam  engines  until  1892,  when  he  came  out  to  California,  bringing  with  him  his  family, 
and  soon  after  bought  the  old  cannery.  This  he  enlarged,  and  he  was  one  of  the  first 
here  to  make  a  success  of  canning  fruits,  managing  it  for  several  years. 

When  he  came  here,  Peter  Weisel  bought  twenty  acres  on  Ball  Road,  now  the 
Royer  ranch,  which  he  improved  with  walnut  trees,  and  where  he  made  a  home  place; 
later  he  bought  more  land  and,  after  bringing  that  to  a  high  state  of  development,  sold 
all  that  he  had  and  in  1903  located  in  Anaheim.  After  a  while,  he  took  a  trip  back 
to  his  old  home  in  Germany;  and  there,  in  1906,  having  fulfilled  his  mission  as  an 
industrious  mortal  who  had  been  permitted  to  enjoy  some  of  the  good  things  in  life, 
he  passed  away,  in  his  seventieth  year.  His  body  was  sent  on  to  Anaheim  for  inter- 
ment, and  he  was  buried  in  the  local  cemetery.  Mrs.  Weisel,  who  long  resided  at  Ana- 
heim, died  here  in  1919,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two. 

Nine  children  blessed  the  mating  of  this  worthy  couple.  Delia  is  Mrs.  Larsen 
of  Hollywood;  Josephine  is  Mrs.  Krastle  of  Anaheim;  P.  J.  Weisel  lives  at  Santa  Fe 
Springs;  Flora  is  the  wife  of  Joseph  Hiltschen  of  Anaheim;  Elsa  is  Mrs.  Schellens  of 
Olive;  Hettie  is  the  wife  of  Dr.  Houck  of  Anaheim;  Hans  V.  is  the  well  known  attorney 
of  the  same  city;  Gretchen  is  the  wife  of  Dr.  Syer  of  Los  Angeles;  and  Fred  H.  of  this 
review.  Reared  and  educated  in  Anaheim,  he  was  duly  graduated  from  the  Anaheim 
high  school,  in  19.09,  and  began  ranching  with  eleven  acres  of  his  own  at  the  corner  of 
Olive  and  Sunkist,  which  he  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges;  with  others  he  sunk  a  well 
and  formed  a  water  company,  and  in  1919  he  sold  what  he  had  and  bought  twenty  acres 
on  South  Sunkist  Avenue,  already  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges.  He  built  his  residence, 
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sunk  a  well  and  then  joined  the  Anaheim  Orange  and  Lemon  Association,  in  which  he 
has  always  been  especially  interested. 

On  August  IS,  1912,  and  at  Anaheim,  Mr.  Weisel  was  married  to  Miss  Margaret 
Tedrick  who  was  born  near  Hutchinson,  Reno  County,  Kans.,  the  daughter  of  George 
and  Belle  (Duckworth)  Tedrick,  natives  respectively  of  Ohio  and  Iowa.  Her  father 
was  engaged  in  educational  work,  teaching  in  Kansas,  and  in  1908  came  with  his  family 
to  California,  where  he  followed  ranching.  He  then  entered  the  civil  service,  and  has 
been  so  engaged  ever  since.  The  eldest  of  their  three  children,  Mrs.  Weisel  was  grad- 
uated from  the  Anaheim  Union  high  school  in  1911.  She  belongs  to  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church. 

ROBERT  B.  JOHNSON.— A  substantial  citizen  of  Orange  County  who  enjoys 
good  reading,  is  interested  in  local  annals  and  takes  pride  in  family  ancestry,  is  Robert 
B.  Johnson,  who  was  born  in  Stark  County,  111.,  on  a  farm  northwest  of  Peoria,  on 
July  12,  1870.  His  father  was  Andrew  Jackson  Johnson,  a  native  of  Illinois,  who  had 
married  Miss  Margaret  Campbell,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania.  As  a  farmer,  he  had  240 
acres  of  rich  corn  land,  which  he  sold  in  1888,  when  he  went  to  Nebraska.  Eight  of 
their  children  survived,  and  Robert  is  the  youngest  son. 

He  enjoyed  a  thorough,  common  school  education  in  Illinois,  and  later  graduated 
from  the  Norfolk,  Nebr.,  high  school.  In  1896,  he  entered  the  Rush  Medical  College, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  with  honors  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1900.  He  spent 
his  vacation  at  home,  and  the  same  year,  1900,  began  practicing  medicine  at  New 
Salem,  111. 

After  a  couple  of  years,  however,  Mr.  Johnson  decided  that  he  preferred  mer- 
cantile life,  and  he  became  a  partner  in  a  dry  goods  business  at  Norfolk,  Nebr.  On 
September  23,  1903,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Nelle  F.  Ingalsbe,  a  native  of  Illinois,  who 
was  a  teacher.  One  child,  born  in  Nebraska  on  September  27,  1907,  and  christened 
William  B.  Johnson,  was  born  of  this  happy  union. 

In  1908  Mr.  Johnson  came  to  California  and  in  the  summer  of  the  same  year 
bought  eight  and  a  half  acres  of  oranges  and  apricots  near  Orange.  Soon  afterward, 
he  purchased  eleven  acres  in  the  far-famed  frostless  belt  at  Villa  Park.  He  erected 
buildings  there,  and  made  other  improvements.  Now,  'with  the  help  of  a  nephew, 
Harlan  S.  Johnson,  who  lives  with  him,  Mr.  Johnson  is  operating  forty-four  acres. 
He  belongs  to  the  Villa  Park  Orchards  and  the  Central  Lemon  associations,  contributes 
what  he  can  by  a  live,  intelligent  interest,  in  the  advancement  of  the  citrus  and  walnut 
industries,  and  under  the  banners  of  the  Republican  party  works  hard  for  higher  civic 
standards — better  citizenship. 

DAVID  OLIVER  STEWART.— Among  the  native-born  sons  of  California  who 
for  years  has  occupied  a  place  of  prominence,  particularly  in  the  Huntington  Beach 
district,  is  David  Oliver  Stewart,  who  possesses  in  a  large  measure  those  qualities  that 
make  for  success  in  the  upbuilding  of  a  country,  enterprise  and  determination,  which 
he  no  doubt  inherited  from  his  father.  The -latter,  Oliver  C.  Stewart,  a  native  of  Utah, 
came  to  the  state  as  a  pioneer  in  the  early  days,  and  farmed  for  many  years  in  San 
Bernardino  County.  In  1869  the  family  removed  to  Ft.  Worth,  Texas,  where  they 
remained  until  1879  when  they  returned  to  San  Bernardino  and  in  1880  came  to  Orange 
County  and  settling  in  the  famous  peat  lands  near  Westminster,  being  among  the  first 
settlers  in  that  locality.  Oliver  C.  Stewart  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-six,  his  wife,  Martha 
(Brush)   Stewart,  born  in  Illinois,  also  being  deceased. 

Of  their  four  children,  David  Oliver  was  the  eldest.  He  was  born  in  San  Ber- 
nardino County  on  July  31,  1867,  and  when  a  babe  of  two  years  removed  with  his 
parents  to  Ft.  Worth,  Texas,  where  they  remained  till  1879  and  in  1880  they  came  to 
Westminster,  now  Orange  County,  where  he  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools.  He  began  to  learn  the  rudiments  of  farming  at  an  early  age,  helpino-  his 
father  on  the  home  place.  Until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age  he  continued  to  assist 
his  father,  who  was  at  that  time  extensively  engaged  in  general  farming.  On  the 
land  which  the  father  had  purchased  was  a  tule  swamp  which  was  practically  worthless. 
They  inaugurated  a  system  of  drainage,  however,  that  was  very  successful  and  proved 
to  be  the  beginning  of  reclamation  work  in  that  district.  The  rich  land  thus  made 
available  was  found  especially  adapted  to  the  raising  of  celery  and  they  were  very 
successful  in  its  production. 

In  1888,  David  Oliver  Stewart  began  farming  for  himself  and  on  a  tract  of  land 
that  he  purchased  he  began  raising  potatoes,  corn  and  barley.  He  was  unusually  suc- 
cessful and  never  had  a  crop  failure  in  the  long  term  of  years  that  he  continued  in  this 
field.  For  a  time  he  gave  up  his  active  farming  interests,  going  to  Huntington  Beach 
to  live.     He  was  one  of  the  first  to  recognize  the  value  of  beach  property  and  bouo-ht 


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sixty  acres  at  the  low  price  of  thirty  dollars  an  acre,  afterwards  disposing  of  forty 
acres  of  it  for  $300  an  acre.  For  about  ten  years  Mr.  Stewart  has  been  vice-president 
of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Huntington  Beach  and  he  appraises  practically  all  the 
loans  on  lands  made  by  that  bank.  His  ability  and  many  years  of  experience  as  a 
rancher  and  his  long  and  intimate  knowledge  of  men  and  acres  in  Orange  County  make 
his  judgment  authoritative  in  these  matters,  and  there  is  perhaps  no  man  in  this  region 
so  well  informed  on  land  values  as  he.  Mr.  Stewart  is  also  again  actively  engaged  in 
ranching,  raising  sugar  beets  and  lima  beans.  Notwithstanding  his  responsible  duties 
in  connection  with  his  banking  interests  he  is  not  afraid  to  roll  up  his  sleeves  and  work 
and  he  does  practically  all  the  cultivating  and  planting  on  his  twenty-seven-acre  ranch 
in  the  Del  Mar  district,  adjoining  Huntington  Beach. 

In  1887  Mr.  Stewart  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  Nixon,  the  ceremony  being  per- 
formed at  Westminster.  She  is  a  native  of  Cedar  Vale,  Kans.,  and  came  to  California 
with  her  parents  when  only  two  years  old.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Hannah 
(Conklin)  Nixon,  natives  of  Kansas  and  Ohio,  respectively.  The  father  was  drowned 
on  the  coast  where  Huntington  Beach  now  is,  being  probably  the  first  victim.  He 
came  here  and  took  up  land  on  the  present  site  of  Huntington  Beach,  but  was  dis- 
possessed by  the  Stearns  Rancho  Company,  the  family  being  ousted  soon  after  the 
father's  accidental  drowning.  There  were  three  daughters  in  the  Nixon  family:  Alice, 
Mrs.  David  Oliver  Stewart;  Ella,  Mrs.  John  Graham  of  Bolsa;  and  Lilly,  the  wife  of 
John  Slayback  of  Hemet,  Cal.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stewart  are  the  parents  of  four  children: 
Earl,  who  married  Miss  Gladys  Abbott,  died  November  27,  1919;  Sylvia  is  the  wife  of 
Daye  Compton  of  Monroe,  Mich.;  Maud  is  Mrs.  Clarence  Shermer  of  Pasadena;  Rena  ' 
is  the  wife  of  Harry  Lindsay  of  Ogden,  Utah.  Mr.  Stewart  has  always  been  very 
active  in  the  municipal  affairs  of  Huntington  B^ach,  having  helped  to  incorporate  the 
city;  he  was  a  member  of  its  first  board  of  trustees  and  has  since  served  two  addi- 
tional terms.  His  opinion  is  always  highly  regarded  for  it  is  to  such  progressive  and 
far-seeing  men  as  he  that  the  city  is  indebted  for  its  growth  and  development. 

A.  B.  and  L.  S.  HAVEN. — Prominent  among  the  industries  of  California  that  have 
proven  of  the  greatest  benefit  to  Santa  Ana,  and  so  have  added  greatly  to  the  wealth, 
prosperity  and  progress  of  Orange  County,  must  be  rated  that  of  the  Haven  Seed 
Company,  which  expends  over  $100,000  annually  in  the  town  for  labor  and  supplies. 
The  business  was  organized  and  founded  by  E.  M.  Haven,  an  Ohioan  and  a  member 
of  a  family  of  English  origin.  The  progenitor  of  the  family  in  America  was  Richard 
Haven,  who  came  from  the  west  of  England  and  settled  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  in  1644.  He 
sought  neither  the  wealth  of  the  Incas,  nor  did  he  hope  to  find  mines  of  gold,  nor  did 
he  pant  for  the  conquest  of  a  new  world,  but  as  an  humble  artisan,  a  carpenter  by  trade, 
he  hoped  to  find  here  an  opportunity  to  pursue  his  calling  in  the  freedom  of  a  sincere 
Christian  heart.  The  great-great-grandfather  of  A.  B.  Haven,  Elisha  Haven,  married 
at  Warwick,  Mass.,  in  1792,  into  the  Goodell  family,  of  French  descent,  members  of 
whom  sailed  from  a  port  on  the  west  coast  of  England  to  America  on  the  ship  "Eliza- 
beth" in  1634.  John  Haven,  great-grandfather,  was  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  but 
had  resided  in  Vermont,  Eastern  New  York  and  Ohio.  He  married,  in  1820,  at  Shalers- 
ville,  Ohio,  into  the  noted  English  family  of  Sanford.  Grandfather,  G.  W.  Haven,  was 
born  in  Shalersville,  Ohio,  September  18,  1831;  and  at  North  Eaton,  that  state,  in  1854, 
married  into  the  Wilmot  family,  also  of  English  descent.  He  was  a  pioneer  farmer  in 
the  Buckeye  State.  The  Haven  ancestors  were  numbered  among  those  pioneers  who 
made  farm  homes  by  clearing  forests  and  doing  the  hardest  kinds  of  labor  to  accomplish 
their  objects.  E.  M.  Haven  grew  up  in  Michigan,  to  which  state  his  parents  removed 
in  1863,  when  he  was  a  lad  of  eight  years.  There  he  married,  on  February  27,  1878, 
Miss  Ludema  PeLong,  a  lady  of  French  extraction,  born  on  March  14,  1859,  in  South 
Lyons,  Oakland  County,  Mich.  At  Bloomingdale,  Van  Buren  County,  Mich.,  E.  M. 
Haven  started  the  Haven  Seed  Company,  in  1875. 

The  business- grew  and  expanded,  and  in  1891  Mr.  Haven  moved  to  South  Haven, 
Mich.,  and  there  built  up  a  wholesale  trade,  making  a  specialty  of  tomato,  radish,  beans, 
cucumber,  sweet  corn  and  other  vegetable  seeds,  the  farmers  growing  them  under  con- 
tract and  Mr.  Haven  selling  to  seed  dealers.  In  the  autumn  of  1903,  the  Haven  family 
moved  out  to  California,  and  for  a  season  settled  in  San  Luis  Obispo  County.  From 
1905  to  1909,  they  operated  in  San  Joaquin  and  ,  Stanislaus  counties,  and  in  1910  put 
in  their  first  year  in  Orange  County  at  Tustin,  where  they  conducted  a  seed  farm. 
In  September,  1917,  E.  M.  Haven  died,  mourned  by  all  who  knew  him,  esteemed  his 
winning  personality  and  admired  his  extraordinary  ability.  Since  then,  Mrs.  Haven 
has  resided  in  Santa  Ana. 

A.  B.  Haven,  the  president  and  manager  of  the  Haven  Seed  Company  represents 
the  ninth  generation  in  America  and  was  born  at  Bloomingdale,  Mich.,  on  August  25, 


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1881.  He  bought  forty  acres,  m  1917,  adjoining  the  city  limits  of  Santa  Ana— a  fine  tract 
since  then  increased  to  100  acres — and  there  had  built  a  large  warehouse  of  hollow  tile, 
55  X  72  feet  in  size,  three  stories  high.  Together  with  another  warehouse,  the  company 
has  some  13,000  feet  of  floor  space;  they  also  have  finely-equipped  offices,  and  have 
laid  no  less  than  thirty  miles  of  tiling  for  drainage  purposes,  the  exact  value  of  which 
is  being  slowly  tested  and  demonstrated.  The  water  from  their  wells  is  lifted  by 
pumps  operated  by  electric  power,  furnishing  an  abundant  and  ample  supply  for  irri- 
gation. In  1918,  also,  a  fine  barn,  52  x  120  feet  in  size,  was  erected,  to  care  for  the 
twenty-four  head  of  horses  and  mules,  with  additional  buildings  for  the  Holt  caterpillar 
tractor,  and  other  high-grade  farming  paraphernalia.  .This  barn,  erected  after  A.  B. 
Haven's  own  plans,  with  many  novel  features  all  ingeniously  arranged,  is  said  to  be 
the  most  up-to-date  in  all  the  county.  In  1914,  the  Haven  Seed  Company  was  incorpo- 
rated under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  California. 

Mr.  Haven  and  his  brother,  L.  S.  Haven,  who  was  born  in  South  Haven,  Mich., 
on  July  8,  1895,  and  is  secretary  of  the  Haven  Seed  Company — with  C.  E.  Utt  of  Tustin, 
as  treasurer — have  spent  their  entire  lives  in  the  seed  business,  and  are  decidedly 
practical  men.  They  make  a  specialty  of  tomato  seeds,  and  grow  upwards  of  eighty 
varieties,  being  in  that  respect  the  largest  growers  of  tomato  seeds  in  the  world. 
Two-thirds  of  their  600  acres  are  given  up  to  tomatoes,  and  their  seeds  go  to  every 
civilized  country  on  the  globe.  Part  of  their  success  is  undoubtedly  due  to  the  orig- 
inality of  their  improved  methods,  one  of  which  is  the  most  approved  means  of  sepa- 
rating the  seed — an  invention  that  is  the  outgrowth  of  original  ideas  of  members  of 
the  corporation  and  perfected  by  A.  B.  Haven.  Besides  the  eighty  varieties  of  tomatoes 
grown,  the  Haven  Seed  Company  also  produce  several  varieties  each  of  eggplant, 
pepper,  cucumber  and  special  crops  of  other  vegetable  seeds  including  lima  beans. 
Great  care  is  taken  that  only  the  best  seed  is  distributed  to  anyone. 

A.  B.  Haven  was  married  August  23,  1911,  at  Tustin,  Cal.,  to  Miss  Lizzie  H. 
Brown,  by  whom  he  has  had  five  children — Mary,  Archibald  B.,  Jr.,  Annie,  Elizabeth 
and  Hilda  L,.  In  1918  he  built  for  himself  and  family  a  bungalow  residence  on  the  seed 
farm.  L.  S.  Haven  was  married  at  Santa  Ana,  his  bride  being  Miss  Cammie  B.  Mitchell, 
with  whom  he  now  resides  on  Broadway,  in  Santa  Ana.  Two  children  have  blessed  their 
union,  Ralph  L.  and  Earl  M.     The  Havens  attend  the  Christian  Church  at  Santa  Ana. 

MRS.  MAUDE  H.  CHASE. — A  highly  cultured  lady  whose  interest  in  art,  espec- 
ially painting — in  which  she  herself,  blessed  with  exceptional  talent,  is  very  proficient — 
has  enabled  her  to  contribute  much  for  the  edification  and  happiness  of  others,  is  Mrs. 
Maude  H.  Chase,  the  widow  of  the  esteemed  Charles  H.  Chase,  living  at  1701  North 
Bush  Street,  Santa  Ana.  She  was  born  in  West  Side,  Iowa,  the  daughter  of  LeRoy 
and  Lottie  L.  (Rowland)  Hall,  who  took  her,  when  she  was  a  mere  baby,  to  Crawford, 
Nebr.  There  her  father,  a  banker  by  profession,  had  the  Commercial  State  Bank  of 
Crawford,  and  he  lived  there  for  thirty-five  years. 

Maude  Hall  attended  the  public  schools  of  Crawford,  matriculating  in  time  at  the 
Nebraska  State  University;  and  after  a  course  of  study  in  that  thorough  institution,  she 
later  studied  at  the  Armour  Institute  of  Technology  in  Chicago.  From  time  to  time, 
she  also  studied  painting  in  water  colors  and  on  china,  and  attained  to  a  pleasing  fame 
among  her  friends.  In  Chicago,  Miss  Hall  was  married  to  Charles  H.  Chase,  a  native 
of  Akron,  Ohio,  where  he  was  born  on  June  21,  1871,  the  son  of  a  physician,  Dr.  Byron 
Chase,  who  had  married  Miss  Henrietta  Sabin.  He  attended  the  schools  of  Akron, 
and  later  graduated  from  the  law  school  of  the  Western  Reserve  College. 

After  their  happy  marriage,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chase  removed  to  Denver,  Colo.,  where 
Mr.  Chase  was  associated  for  a  year  with  the  Colorado  Euel  and  Iron  Company.'  Then 
they  removed  to  Crawford,  Nebr.,  and  there  Mr.  Chase  was  in  the  mercantile  trade. 
He  was  also  elected  and  reelected  the  first  mayor  of  Crawford,  holding  that  responsible 
office  for  two  consecutive  terms.  He  was  also  affiliated  with  the  Commercial  State 
Bank  of  Crawford,  and  while  in  the  bank  was  a  member  of  the  state  legislature, 
representing  the  sixth  district.  His  business  was  wholesale  fruit  and  produce;  and  he 
was  busy  in  that  line,  as  one  of  the  commercial  leaders  of  the  city,  when  he  passed  on 
June  21,  1914,  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church.  ' 

Mr.-  Chase  was  a  member  of  the  Akron  Lodge  of  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  and  had  just 
taken  his  first  steps  in  Masonry.  Mrs.  Chase  is  an  active  member  of  the  Eastern  Star 
and  also  a  prominent  member  of  the  local  Ebell  Club,  the  Santa  Ana  Chapter  P  E  O  ' 
and  the  Laguna  Art  Association.  As  a  Christian  Scientist,  she  belongs  to  the  Mother 
Church  of  that  organization  at  Boston,  Mass;  and  she  takes  an  active  part  in  public 
welfare  work,  and  was  an  active  participant  in  all  war  work  expected  of  women  Four 
children  have  given  joy  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chase:  Henrietta  H.  is  a  student  in  the 
Santa  Ana  high  school;  Charlotte  E.  attends  the  Intermediate  school,  as  does  also 
Charles   H.;   and  Bryon   L.   is   in  the  second  grade. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  849 

ALMON  GOODWIN. — ^A  successful  rancher  who  never  fails  to  interest,  as  an 
experienced  old  settler,  the  traveler  looking  for  early  California  stories,  is  Almon 
Goodwin,  whose  uncle,  Maj.  C.  M.  Goodwin,  was  on  the  expedition  with  General  Fre- 
mont when  he  was  putting  down  the  Indian  uprisings  and  clearing  the  country  for  the 
white  settlers.  As  an  old-timer,  he  has  had  much  to  do  with  the  development  of 
Orange  County,  and  few  are  assured  of  longer  or  more  delightful  remembrance  by  an 
appreciative  posterity.  A  native  son  naturally  proud  of  his  association  with  this  Pacific 
commonwealth,  Mr.  Goodwin  was  born  near  Stockton,  in  San  Joaquin  County,  on  June 
24,  1854,  the  son  of  Almon  D.  Goodwin,  a  native  of  St.  Lawrence  County,  N.  Y.,  who 
had  married  a  daughter  of  Vermont,  Miss  Martha  Brosee.  As  far  back  as  1852  his 
parents  came  to  San  Joaquin  County,  and  Almon  was  sent  to  the  San  Joaquin  district 
schools  and  to  the  Stockton  high  school.  One  of  his  fellow  students  in  those  early, 
rawer  days  was  James  H.  Budd,  popularly  known  as  "Jim,"  who  afterward  went  to 
Congress  and  then  became  governor  of  California. 

Almon  Goodwin  spent  the  early  days  with  his  father  on  a  wheat  ranch  of  1,080 
acres  in  the  San  Joaquin  Valley,  and  in  1875  he  and  his  brother  George  bought  his 
father's  ranch,  where  he  remained  until  the  fall  of  1880.  He  then  sold  his  holdings, 
came  south  and  settled  in  Tustin;  and  there  he  purchased  ten  and  one-quarter  acres  of 
old  Mr.  Moorehead,  which  he  set  out  to  oranges.  At  the  same  time,  he  bought  552 
acres  in  the  Los  Bolsa  district,  and  also  ninety-seven  acres  near  Fairview,  which  he 
leased  out  for  a  while  and  then  managed  for  himself.  He  planted  200  acres  to  alfalfa 
the  first  year  he  came  South,  and  started  a  dairy  farm,  becoming  in  time  sole  owner, 
and  also  raised  horses,  mules  and  hogs.  He  built  the  first  cheese  factory  hereabouts, 
five  miles  from  Santa  Ana,  west  of  where  the  Bolsa  store  now  stands  on  section  No. 
18;  and  he  had  his  young  stock  on  his  farm  at  Fairview,  all  this  time  making  his  home 
on  his  seven-acre  grove  on  First  Street,  in  Tustin.  In  January,  1886,  he  sold  out  his 
seven-acre  grove  and  moved  into  Santa  Ana;  and,  while  residing  here,  he  ran  the  two 
ranches  at  the  same  time.  During  the  boom  in  1R*!8,  however,  he  sold  his  holdings  in 
Bolsa  and  Fairview. 

While  living  in  Santa  Ana,  Mr.  Goodwin  started  orange  grove  development  in 
Orangthprpe,  and  in  1890  set  out  fifteen  acres  of  oranges  on  Commonwealth  Avenue 
in  Fullerton.  In  1891  he  planted  fifteen  acres  of  walnuts  and  five  acres  of  oranges  in 
West  Orangethorpe;  moving  up  to  Orangethorpe  in  1898.  He  sold  the  fifteen  acres  at 
Fullerton  the  second  year  after  he  set  out  the  grove,  and  in  1907  disposed  of  the  twenty 
acres  in  West  Orangethorpe.  He  lived  in  Fullerton,  and  in  1910  built  a  home  on  his 
ranch  on  East  Orangethorpe  Avenue. '  At  the  present  time  he  has  eighteen  acres  in  his 
ranch,  and  this  is  devoted  to  the  culture  of  oranges.  He  has  a  well  of  sixty-two  inches 
of  water  with  a  private  pumping  plant,  where  he  installed  a  Lane  and  Boiler  pump. 

On  February  14,  1874,  Mr.  Goodwin  wa;s  married  to  Miss  Katherine  Vilinger,  a 
native  of  the  same  district  in  San  Joaquin  County  in  which  he  first  saw  the  light  of 
day.  She  attended  the  San  Joaquin  County  schools,  and  became  the  mother  of  four 
children:  Jesse  is  on  the  ranch  adjoining  his  father  at  Orangethorpe;  Pearl  is  Mrs. 
Parker  and  lives  on  a  ranch  on  East  Orangethorpe  Avenue;  William  A.  is  in  Fullerton; 
and  Florence  E.  has  become  Mrs.  Howard  and  resides  in  Shasta  County.  Mr.  Goodwin 
is  a  public-spirited  man,  as  might  be  inferred  from  such  a  career  affecting  the  destinies 
of  others  beside  himself;  and  he  has  served  three  terms  on  the  city  council  of  Santa 
Ana — two  terms  for  two  years,  and  one  for  four.  He  is  a  member  of  Lodge  No.  236, 
I.  O.  O.  F.  of  Santa  Ana,  and  Mrs.  Goodwin  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  in 
Fullerton  as  well  as  of  the  Rebekahs. 

MISS  BERTHA  D.  PROCTOR. — Not  everyone,  perhaps,  who  enjoys  the  high 
degree  of  popularity  with  which  Miss  Bertha  D.  Proctor,  the  very  efficient  librarian  of 
Huntington  Beach,  is  favored,  so  well  deserves  the  honor  and  good  will  of  their  fellows, 
for  she  is  both  a  young  woman  of  exceptionable  ability,  and  an  indefatigable  worker, 
ever  having  the  best  and  most  permanent  interests  of  the  community  at  heart.  She  was 
born  at  Janesville,  Wis.,  the  daughter  of  Joel  Proctor,  who  had  married  Miss  Delia 
Scott;  and  with  them  she  resides  at  242  Fourteenth  Street,  Huntington  Beach.  A 
younger  and  only  brother  has  the  responsibility  of  the  Saltville  salt  works  near  Rands- 
burg,  Cal. 

Having  graduated  from  the  Janesville  high  school,  and  removed  to  the  Pacific 
Coast,  Miss  Proctor  attended  the  Los  Angeles  Normal  School  and  secured  a  certificate 
to  teach.  For  two  years  she  was  assistant  principal,  and  for  two  years  principal  of  the 
Riverside  grammar  school;  but  believing  that  in  still  another  field  lay  her  true  mission 
in  life,  she  went  to  Long  Beach  and  there  took  the  librarian's  course  under  Miss  Mun- 
son,  the  cataloguer,  of  the  State  Library.  On  finishing  this  course,  she  came  to  Hunt- 
ington Beach,  and  has  been  closely  identified  with  the  growth  of  the  town  ever  since. 


850  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

The  library,  one  of  the  youngest  but  among  the  most  promising  in  Orange  County, 
has  been  erected  on  six  lots,  at  the  corner  of  Eighth  and  Walnut  streets,  valued  at 
$2,350.  It  was  established  through  the  library  association  which  was  ^°^^^^°" 
February  9,  1909,  and  which  became  a  public  library  association  oil  June  14,  1919.  i  he 
library  is  well  patronized,  as  may  be  seen  from  the  fact  that  in  ninety  days  the  circu- 
lation was  9,360  volumes,  taken  out  by  1,062  cardholders.  Besides  the  collection  of 
books,  the  library  has  over  800  very  attractive  stereopticon  views. 

The  basement  of  the  library  structure  is  used  by  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  of 
which  Miss  Proctor  is  the  assistant  secretary;  and  there  a  superb  exhibit  of  the  many 
varieties  of  Huntington  Beach  products  of  the  soil  is  maintained.  At  the  last  Orange 
County  Fair,  Miss  Proctor  was  in  charge  of  the  County  Library  exhibit,  and  a  recent 
issue  of  The  Golden  West  describes  what  was  seen  there  as  follows: 

"A  large  and  artistically  arranged  booth,  decorated  with  flowers  and  plants, 
housed  the  exhibits  of  Santa  Ana,  Orange,  Fullerton  and  Huntington  Beach,  each 
of  which  was  both  creditable  and  interesting.     Books,  magazines,  papers  and  pic- 
tures told  of  the  attractions  and  benefits  of  the  various  libraries,  and  Miss  Bertha 
Proctor  explained  to  all  questioners  the  system  and  many  avenues  of  library  work. 
Miss   Proctor  is  the  librarian  of  Huntington   Beach  Carnegie   Library,  which  is 
strictly  up-to-date  as  to  equipment  and  furnishings,  while  the  circulation  is  excep- 
tionally good  for  the  size  of  the  city.     Gardens  of  flowers,  walks,  a  fountain,  a 
flagpole  and  ornamental  lights  surround  the  building,  and  adjacent  lots  have  been 
converted  into  croquet  courts  and  quoit  grounds,  while  Nature  has  provided  the 
sea  beach  only  a  block  away  for  an  outdoor  reading  room.     The  library  is  one  of 
the  most  valuable  assets  of  Huntington  Beach,  and  is  the  pride  of  the  little  city. 
Miss  Proctor  has  a  well  developed  artistic  sense  very  useful  to  her  in  her  public 
work;  and  this  is  shown  in  her  displays  as  an  amateur  kodaker,  and  also  a  painter  and 
a  decorator— a  field  in  which  she  has  taken  rank  among  the  best  of  local  amateurs.     Her 
own  popularity  has  contributed  much  to  make  the  library  a  more  popular  and  a  more 
serviceable  institution— a  good  example  of  the  value,  in  sociological  work  especially,  of 
character  and  the  trained  intellect. 

HUNTINGTON  BEACH  CARNEGIE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY.— Among  the  live- 
liest agencies  long  and  most  effectively  working  for  the  upbuilding  of  Huntington  Beach 
must  be  rated  the  Carnegie  Public  Library,  since  1911  in  charge  of  Miss  Bertha  D. 
Proctor,  librarian.  In  1909,  R.  M.  Blodget  and  Mrs.  R.  H.  Lindgren  aroused  the 
interest  of  both  the  Board  of  Trade  and  the  Woman's  Club,  and  a  library  organization 
was  formed  by  Mrs.  Lindgren,  Mrs.  Blodget,  Mrs.  Mary  Manske,  Mrs.  C.  D.  Heart- 
well,  Mrs.  Minnie  Nutt  and  Mr.  Blodget.  One  dollar  was  fixed  as  the  membership 
fee,  a  "drive"  brought  in  many  new  supporters,  and  an  entertainment  by  the  Woman's 
Club  netted  fifty  dollars.  Mr.  Reed  guaranteed  fifty  dollars  for  the  purchase  of  an 
old  building  that  was  being  moved  from  the  present  site  of  the  Collins  Block  to  the 
southwest  corner  of  Walnut  and  Main  streets;  carpenters  and  painters  donated  services 
to  assist  in  making  the  affair,  a  mere  shell,  habitable;  secondhand  furniture  was  painted 
up  and  varnished;  Mr.  H.  Gibbs  furnished  the  fuel  for  the  first  winter.,  and  the  Hunt- 
ington Beach  Company  the  electricity  and  water  until  the  library  moved  to  its  present 
building. 

In  1909,  the  city  agreed  to  provide  for  the  library,  and  the  first  board  of  trustees 
was  chosen  with  the  appointment  of  A.  W.  Everett,  Mrs.  Lindgren,  Mrs.  S.  L.  Blodget, 
Mrs.  Manske  and  Mrs.  Ida  Vincent,  all  of  whom  served  the  community  with  rare 
fidelity.  So  did  the  first  librarian.  Miss  Edith  Brown,  whose  highly-intelligent  work 
lives  after  her.  In  1910,  Miss  Maude  D.  Andrus  succeeded  Miss  Brown,  who  was 
deceased,  and  then  the  library  building  was  removed  to  the  southwest  corner  of  Third 
and  Walnut  streets,  and  enlarged. 

In  February,  1911,  Miss  Proctor  took  charge  of  the  library,  which  had  now  come 
to  be  in  greater  demand,  owing  to  the  establishing  here  of  the  Holly  Sugar  Factory. 
Soon  after,  four  lots  on  the  corner  of  Eighth  and  Walnuts  steets  were  bought  as  a 
site  for  future  library  purposes,  and  on  February  13,  1913 — a  red-letter  day  in  the 
history  of  Huntington  Beach — the  glad  tidings  was  received  from  New  York  that  the 
Carnegie  Corporation  had  given  the  city  of  Huntington  Beach  $10,000  for  the  erection 
of  a  public  library  building.  In  November  of  the  same  year,  fitting  ceremonies 
attended  the  laying  of  the  cornerstone,  and  on  May  7,  1914,  the  library  was  moved  to 
its  new  home,  a  dignified  structure  faced  with  red  tapestry  brick,  trimmed  with  a 
brick  of  light  gray,  and  having  a  mission  tile  roof.  It  is  35  x  61  feet  in  size,  and  has  a 
basement  ten  feet  deep.  It  contains  a  large  lecture  room,  a  reference  room,  a  work- 
room and  a  furnace  room,  while  on  the  first  floor  is  the  general  reading  room,  the 
children's  room  and  the  librarian's  room.  The  furnishings  are  steel,  and  battleship 
linoleum  carpets  the  floors.  A  tall  grandfather's  clock  stands  at  the  entrance,  the  gift 
of  the  high  school  graduates  in  1914. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  853 

Largely  because  of  the  broad  and  liberal  spirit  of  the  city  fathers  toward  this 
meritorious  institution,  much  has  been  done  to  beautify  the  library  grounds,  from  time 
to  time,  and  the  library  itself  has  been  steadily  augmented.  When  Miss  Proctor  took 
charge,  there  were  only  300  volumes,  but  now  she  and  her  assistant,  Mrs.  E.  J.  Harlow, 
are  responsible  for  over  6,500  well  selected  works  in  all  fields  of  knowledge.  Popular 
magazines  and  the  leading  newspapers  are  also  to  be  found  here.  The  present  board 
of  trustees  consists  of  the  president,  H.  T.  Dunning;  secretary,  J.  H.Eader,.  and  A.  M. 
O'Brien,  Mrs.  Ed  Manning  and  Mrs.  S.  A.  Moore. 

EMANUEL  C.  FRANZEN. — -There  is  always  something  inspiring  to  the  historian 
in  writing  of  a  man  who  has  made  his  own  way  in  a  successful  battle  with  the  world, 
despite,  too,  the  moments  when  the  issues  depended  altogether  on  the  pluck  and  tenacity 
of  the  contestant.  Emanuel  C.  Franzen,  who  owns  a  beautiful  ranch  and  home  site 
at  the  corner  of  Fairhaven  and  Yorba  avenues,  is  one  of  those  whose  intelligence  and 
hardihood  have  carried  him  through  to  the  goal,  and  one  with  whom  it  is  ever  a  pleas- 
ure to  come  into  close  contact. 

He  was  born  near  Flensburg,  Schleswig-Holstein,  November  13,  1867,  and  is  the 
son  of  Asmus  Franzen,  also  born  there  of  an  old  Danish  family,  who  married  one  of 
his  countrywomen,  Miss  Dorothea  Schmidt.  In  1879  the  family  came  to  Sycamore, 
DeKalb  County,  111.,  and  in  1880  to  Columbus  Junction,  Louisa  County,  Iowa,  where 
he  followed  farming  until  1889,  when  they  came  to  Orange,  Cal.,  and  was  engaged 
in  horticulture  until  he  retired.  He  had  served  in  the  Schleswig-Holstein  War  in 
1864-66,  and  also  in  the  Franco-Prussian  War.  The  mother  died  in  March,  1913,  while 
the  father  died  in  1916.  They  had  four  children,  among  whom  our  subject  is  the  only 
son.  Besides  Emanuel  C.  Franzen,  who  is  the  eldest,  two  are  living:  Mrs.  Christine 
Cox  of  Santa  Ana,  and  Mrs.  Minnie  Rohrs  of  Orange. 

Emanuel  C.  Franzen  was  twelve  years  of  age  when  he  came  to  the  United 
States,  and  he  attended  the  public  schools  in  Illinois  and  Iowa,  and  during  spare 
time  worked  on  his  father's  farm.  In  1887  he  came  to  Orange,  arriving  on  November 
7  of  that  year.  He  began  work  in  orchards,  so  has  been  associated  with  citrus  growing 
since  1887.  As  was  the  custom,  his  wages  went  to  his  father  until  he  was  twenty-one 
years  of  age,  when  he  engaged  in  farming  for  himself.  He  worked  on  a  farm  nine 
months,  was  employed  for  two  years  on  a  ranch  in  Villa  Park,  when  he  went  to  Los 
Angeles  and  worked  for  Phil  Hirschfeld  and  Company  (now  Zellerbach).  While 
there  he  attended  the  Los  Angeles  Business  College  at  night  after  work  was  over. 
After  being  employed  for  two  years  at  Hirschfeld  &  Company  he  returned  to  Orange. 
In  1890  he  bought  his  present  ten  acres  of  land  on  Fairhaven  and  Yorba  avenues. 
He  grubbed  out  the  deciduous  and  eucalyptus  tres  and  raised  farm  produce.  In  1894  he 
set  five  acres  of  apricots,  but  when  they  began  bearing  the  price  of  apricots  was  so 
low  it  did  not  pay,  so  he  took  them  out  and  set  out  Valencia  oranges,  and  now  he 
has  a  splendid  bearing  orange  grove  of  ten  acres  under  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irriga- 
tion Company.  He  has  built  a  large  modern  residence,  as  well  as  improved  it  with 
other  suitable  farm  buildings. 

At  Orange  on  July  11,  1895,  Mr.  Franzen  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Emilie  Engelbert,  a  daughter  of  Rev.  William  P.  and  Catherine  (Deitz)  Engelbert. 
William  P.  Engelbert  was  a  graduate  of  Concordia  College,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  and 
was  a  minister  in  the  German  Lutheran  Church,  preaching  in  one  congregation  in  Ohio 
for  eight  years,  then  was  called  to  Racine,  W'is.,  where  he  founded  St.  John's  Lutheran 
Church,  and  under  his  guidance  it  became  a  power  for  good,  and  he  continued  as 
their  much  loved  pastor  for  seventeen  years,  until  his  death  December  30,  1878.  His 
widow  spent  her  last  days  in  Los  Angeles,  and  died  September  26,  1890.  They  had 
ten  children,  eight  of  whom  grew  up  and  three  are  still  living.  Besides  Mrs.  Franzen 
there  is  a  sister,  Mrs.  Pauline  Eifler  of  Los  Angeles,  and  a  brother.  Rev.  Ferdinand 
Engelbert,  pastor  of  the  Lutheran  Church  at  Braddock,  Pa.  Mrs.  Franzen  was  born 
in  Racine,  Wis.,  and  there  received  a  good  education,  coming  to  Orange  County,  Cal., 
with  her  mother  in  1887,  and  it  was  here  she  met  Mr.  Franzen,  their  acquaintance 
resulting  in  their  marriage,  and  of  their  union  three  children  have  been  born,  Lillian, 
Alma  and  Herman. 

Mr.  Franzen  has  been  a  member  of  the  McPherson  Heights  Citrus  Association 
from^its  organization,  and  being  interested  in  the  cause  of  education,  has  served  as 
a  truitee  of  the  El  Modena  school  district  for  eight  years.  The  family  are  members 
of  St.  Peter's  Lutheran  Church  at  Santa  Ana,  Mr.  Franzen  being  a  member  of  its 
board  of  trustees,  while  Mrs.  Franzen  is  an  active  member  and  ex-secretary  of  the 
Ladies'  Aid  Society  and  an  active  Sunday  School  worker,  and  their  daughter,  Mrs. 
Alma  Reusch,  is  the  organist. 


ANGE  COUNTY 
HISTORY  OF  ORA^  ^^^^^  ^      1^     ^^t.hed 

^^^  .      ^er  settler  of  ^"^""ent  state  of  perfection,  is 

.T^ATurx  NEWLAND-— A  P'°"ondition  to  'ts  P  ^j^g  ^f  Adams  County, 

.    Ted^ts^owth^rotn  ^^2"""-^''-^  °t'    a    shortdistance    from    Quincy.      He    is 
^wflHatx^Nfwland    sin«^1882  p       ,^a^s^^_  ^  a  native  of  Penn- 

III ,   Mr.   Newland^was^^.^^^ry  ?^°    urTcavalry  in  the  Civil  War,  and  died  during  his 
descended  from  Third  Misso  Wortick,  also  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  and 

-="^i'   ,,=.nd  had  married  Jvi-iy 


necessary  *°  J'^^gygioped  his  self-reliance  and  gave  him  the  determination  to  succeed, 
handicap^  on^^^^^^^  ^^^^  seventeen  years  old  he  went  to  Morgan  County,  III.,  and 
b  an  working  on  the  farm  of  John  M.  DeLapp  for  thirteen  dollars  and  a  half  a  month, 
sending  this  money  home  to  his  widowed  mother  until  her  death  two  years  later. 
When  Mr.  Newland  was  twenty-five  years  of  age  he  was  rharried  to  Mary  Juanita 
DeLapp,  the  daughter  of  his  employer. 

After  Mr.  Newland's  marriage  he  continued  to  farm  in  Morgan  County  until  1882, 
when  he  sold  out  his  holdings  there  and  removed  to  California.  The  first  eight  months 
were  spent  at  Half  Moon  Bay,  and  then  he  came  to  Los  Angeles  and  bought  an  eighty- 
acre  farm  one  mile  west  of  Compton.  In  1886  he  came  to  what  is  now  Orange  County 
and  leased  land  from  James  Irvine,  where  Mr.  Newland  cleared  and  broke  the  land 
and  put  in  the  first  large  crop  of  barley  raised  on  it.  Afterwards  he  came  up  to  his 
present  location  near  what  is  now  Huntington  Beach  and  bought  a  tract  of  520  acres; 
mostly  tule  land,  and  for  the  most  part  considered  valueless.  But  with  the  native 
perspicacity  and  foresight  which  has  always  insured  his  success,  Mr.  Newland  saw  its 
possibilities  and  with  his  neighbors  cut  a  ditch  sytem,  cleared  and  improved  the  land, 
and  for  some  time  made  a  very  profitable  venture  in  the  raising  of  celery.  Later  he 
engaged  extensively  in  the  raising  of  sugar  beets,  in  one  year  netting  $35,000  from  this 
crop,  and  of  late  years  he  has  devoted  quite  an  acreage-  to  raising  lima  beans. 

Mr.  Newland  was  at  one  time  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Huntington 
Beach.  Always  appreciating  the  necessity  and  importance  of  good  roads,  he  has  served 
on  the  county  highway  commission,  and  it  was  during  his  tenure  of  office  that  the 
county  bond  issue  went  through,  appropriating  the  sum  of  $2,500,000  for  146  miles  of 
road  in  Orange  County.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Huntington  Beach  high  school.  At 
present  he  is  a  director  and  one  of  the  largest  stockholders  of  the  Huntington  Beach 
Linoleum  Cornpany.  In  July,  1916,  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Newland,  he  made  a  trip  to 
Astanchia  Valley,  N.  M.,  and  there  bought  a  tract  of  2,500  acres  of  land.. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newland  are  the  parents  of  ten  children:  Clara  is  the  wife  of  P.  A. 
Isenor,  a  rancher  at  Talbert;  Wilmuth  is  the  wife  of  Irving  Thompon,  who  lives  at  E! 
Toro;  Mary  Frances  resides  with  her  parents;  Idelpha  is  the  wife  of  Colson  McConahy. 
a  broker  at  Seattle,  who  served  his  country  in  the  late  war;  John  D.  was  in  the  U.  S. 
Army  and  served  in  Siberia  until  his  discharge;  Jessie  is  the  wife  of  John  W.  Corbin, 
and  they  reside  on  Mr.  Newland's  ranch  at  Astanchia,  N.  M.;  William  T.,  Jr.,  married 
Miss  Hazel  Fox  and  rents  a  part  of  the  home  ranch;  Clinton  C.  married  Miss  Annie 
Hill  and  also  rents  a  part  of  the  home  ranch,  he  also  served  during  the  war  in  the 
Signal  Corps;  Helen  H.  and  Bernice  M.  are  attending  the  Huntington  Beach  high 
school.  Mr.  Newland  is  prominent  in  I.  O.  O.  F.  circles,  having  been  a  member  of 
that  fraternity  for  many  years. 

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and  Mrs.  L  T  Edwa  Z^^""'"'',!^  °^  ^^^  Placentia  section  of  Orange  County  are  Mr. 
comfortable  home  i„  ah^^,7f,  "°w  ''ve  retired  from  active  business  cares  at  their 
for  their  enterprise,  liberalHy  and  T?''-'^^Pt  Valencia  orange  grove,  highly  esteemed 
natlr^  ^"^  '"L^  ''■"'^P'ace  of  both  Mr""%°L''"^"''-  '^^^  picturesque  west  coast  ol 
iatl^o^I^ril  T'r«%°"  February'u^Vl"  M^"Ed^'"?'''^°"-  S°^^-daI  being  their 
hood  was    M  U'i^^'  S^=  --ecorded  the  natal  H  .T/'^""^    "^^^    ^°"'-   """^    «>^   years 

<he  ne^hboHood      r/-°'""^   J^cobsdatter       TbL       M-"^-  Edwardson.   who  in  maiden- 
Reared   to   »      •  *'r""  '^'■■■"^  ^"d  on  March^  Tq^""^   ''°*''    "^'"'^'^   ^"^^   ^'^"cated    in 
land    un?,l    1RR=  ^8^"<="'tural    pursuits,    Mr     FH       '  i^^^'  ^"^  ""'t^^  '"   marriage 

I.a   Crosse    wt'    ZnTi  '17  T'^'^    to    A™lira'"'''^h"    ^"""---^  A™""^   '"    w"  nativ. 

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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  857 

ing  in  a  splendid  income.  This  place  has  been  leased  for  oil  and  one  well  has  already 
been  sunk  on  the  property.  They  also  own  a  home  at  East  Newport,  where  they 
frequently  go  for  recreation.  Always  deeply  interested  in  the  progress  of  the  com- 
munity, Mr.  Edwardson  is  a  member  of  the  Placentia  Orange  Growers  Association 
and  the  Fullerton  Walnut  Growers  Association. 

Six  living  children  complete  the  happy  family  circle  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwardson, 
who  have  journeyed  together  along  life's  pathway  for  more  than  fifty  years.  Anna 
Bergitte  isthe  wife  of  John  Lemke  of  Placentia;  Carrie  is  Mrs.  John  Hetebrink  of 
Fullerton;  Ludvig  is  a  rancher  at  Placentia;  Hanna  is  Mrs.  William  Kennedy  of 
Anaheim;  Mary  is  Mrs.  Frost  of  Boston,  Mass.;  Jacob  is  engaged  in  ranching  at 
Placentia.  The  two  sons  look  after  the  ranches,  giving  them  the  best  of  attention, 
and  thus  relieve  their  parents  of  all  unnecessary  responsibility  and  care,  so  that 
they  can  enjoy  the  reward  of  their  well-spent  years.  They  spend  many  pleasant  days 
at  their  Newport  Beach  home,  where  Mr.  Edwardson  especially  enjoys  the  fishing. 
In  the  spring  of  1920  they  made  an  extended  tour  of  three  months,  traveling  east  as 
far  as  Boston,  where  they  visited  their  daughter,  Mrs.  Frost,  returning  by  way  of 
Wisconsin,  where  they  visited  old  friends,  and  thence  through  British  Columbia, 
down  to  Seattle  and  home,  taking  in  many  points  of  interest  all  along  the  way. 

Residents  of  Orange  County  for  thirty-five  years,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwardson 
can  well  take  pride  in  the  accomplishments  of  the  past  years  and  in  the  fact  that 
they  have  done  their  part  in  bringing  them  about.  They  have  prospered  because  of 
their  industry  and  good  management  and  are  today  well-to-do  and  in  comfortable 
circumstances,  which  they  well  deserve.  They,  in  turn,  are  always  ready  to  aid  tho^e 
who  have  been  less  fortunate  and  show  their  hospitality  in  many  ways.  Reared  in 
the  Lutheran  faith  of  their  forbears,  they  are  still  active  in  its  good  works;  in  political 
matters  they  are  firm  believers  in  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party. 

PAUL  TREYDTE. — Coming  to  America  to  seek  success,  feeling  that  the  oppor- 
tunities here  were  greater  than  in  his  native  land,  Paul  Treydte  was  indeed  successful 
in  reaching  his  goal,  despite  the  short  span  of  his  earthly  existence.  He. was  born  in 
Eisleben,  Germany,  on  August  22,  1879.  His  boyhood  days  were  spent  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  his  birthplace  and  he  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that 
locality  where  he  learned  the  baker's  trade.  As  the  years  went  by  he  became  desirous 
for  wider  fields  than  the  land  of  his  birth  seemed  to  afford  so  he  accordingly  set  sail  for 
America,  reaching  New  York  June  26,  1904.  For  the  succeeding  two  years  Mr.  Treydte 
worked  at  his  trade  in  and  around  New  York  City  and  at  various  places  along  the 
Jersey  Coast,  and  it  was  during  that  period  that  he  took  out  his  naturalization  papers. 
Feeling  that  the  Pacific  Coast  presented  a  broader  scope  for  his  activities,  Mr.  Treydte 
set. sail  in  1906  with  San  Francisco  as  his  destination,  coming  by  way  of  the  Isthmus 
of  Panama,  reaching  there  shortly  after  the  disastrous  earthquake  of  that  year.  He 
first  established  himself  in  the  baking  business  in  St.  Helena,  continuing  there  about 
eighteen  months,  and  then  going  to  Roseville,  in  Placer  County.  There  he  established 
and  operated  a  bakery  with  good  success  for  two  years  and  he  is  still  the  owner 
of  the  buildings  occupied  by  the  bakery  and  drug  store  in  that  city.  Seeing  the  benefits 
of  a  good  English  education,  Mr.  Treydte  spent  much  time  studying  at  night  and  the 
diligent  effort  put  forth  by  him  has  since  been  of  great  service. 

After  leaving  Roseville  he  engaged  in  the  bakery  business  in  San  Francisco,  at 
141-147  Eddy  Street,  and  from  there  removed  to  Whittier,  in  Los  Angeles  County  and 
ran  the  Whittier  bakery  for  three  years,  making  his  manufactured  product  popular  in 
Los  Angeles  and  Orange  counties.  In  1916  Mr.  Treydte  became  the  owner  of  sixteen 
and  a  half  acres  of  citrus  land  at  Yorba  Linda  and  later  acquired  an  additional  tract  of 
nine  and  a  half  acres,  making  twenty-six  acres  in  all,  ten  acres  of  the  property  being  in 
oranges  and  sixteen  acres  in  lemons.  After  oil  was  struck  in  the  vicinity  he  leased  the 
places  to  the  General  Petroleum  Oil  Company,  who  are  now  sinking  a  well  on  his 
place,  making  the  ranch  more  valuable  than  ever.  Besides  his  ranch  property  in  Yorba 
Linda,  Mr.  Treydte  owned  real  estate  in  Riverbank,  Stanislaus  County,  and  at  Lynwood, 
Los  Angeles  County. 

At  St.  Helena,  Napa  County,  Mr.  Treydte  was  married  on  December  24,  1907,  to 
Miss  Emma  Kueffer,  a.  daughter  of  G.  and  Margaret  (Roming)  Kueffer,  who  migrated 
from  Falls  County,  Texas,  to  Napa  County,  Cal.,  in  1895,  and  located  at  Calistoga, 
where  they  were  engaged  in  horticulture  and  viticulture.  The  father  died  in  190S,  being 
survived  by  his  widow,  who  resided  on  the  old  home  place  until  1919,  when  she  dis- 
posed of  it  and  now  makes  her  home  at  Yorba  Linda.  Of  their  three  children,  Mrs. 
Treydte  is  the  youngest  and  was  born  in  Falls  County,  Texas;  coming  to  California, 
she  received  a  good  education  in  the  Calistoga  schools.  Five  children  were  born  to 
Mr.   and   Mrs.  Treydte,  all  of  them  native  sons  and  daughters   of  the   Golden   State: 


858  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Paul,  Jr.,  Ella  M.,  George  S.,  Myrtle  D.,  and   Raymond.     They  all  attend  the  school 
at  Yorba  Linda. 

A  loyal  citizen  to  the  land  of  his  adoption,  Mr.  Treydte  was  an  enthusiastic  sup- 
porter of  all  progressive  movements  in  Orange  County.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Yorba  Linda  Citrus  Association  and  the  Yorba  Linda  Water  Company.  With  his  family 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  Church  in  Whittier.  A  self-made  man,  he  made  a 
genuine  success  of  all  his  undertakings  after  his  arrival  in  this  country  and  in  all  of 
this  he  gave  due  credit  to  his  wife,  who  was  a  real  helpmate  to  him  in  all  his  enter- 
prises. Mr.  Treydte  passed  away  December  2,  1920,  deeply  mourned  by  his  family  and 
friends,  who  appreciated  him  for  his  many  virtues. 

LEWIS  W.  BLODGET. — Prominent  among  the  rising  young  attorneys  of  the 
state,  is  Lewis  W.  Blodget  of  the  law  firm  of  Blodget  and  Blodget  of  Los  Angeles 
and  Huntington  Beach.  The  family  of  Blodget  is  one  of  the  old  and  honored  Puritan 
families  of  Massachusetts  and  has  figured  prominently  in  the  history  and  development 
of  Massachusetts  and  America.  The  first  representative  of  the  Blodget  family  in 
America  was  Thomas  Blodget,  who  with  his  wife  and  two  sons,  came  to  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony  in  1635.  He  was  born  in  England  in  1605  and  left  Suffolk,  England,  with 
his  family,  sailing  from  Plymouth  on  the  ship  "Increase"  in  1635.  He  died  in  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  in  1641.  The  great  grandfather  of  Lewis  W.,  was  Arba  Blodget,  who 
was  born  in  Massachusetts  in  1789.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812  and  in  the 
Indian  Wars,  and  died  in  1837.  His  father  was  Solomon  Blodget,  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolutionary  War,  who  was  born  in  1756  and  died  in  1844.  Solomon  Blodget's  grand- 
father, Joseph  Blodget,  fought  in  the  Indian  and  Colonial  War  in  1725.  On  his 
father's  side,  Lewis  W.  represents  the  tenth  generation  in  America  and  on  his  mother's 
side  the  eleventh  generation. 

As  progeny  of  the  first  Blodget,  there  are  now  60,000  Blodgets  in  the  United 
States,  according  to  the  genealogy  of  the  family  from  their  personal  investigation. 
William  Oren  Blodget,  the  grandfather  of  Lewis  W.  was  a  first  lieutenant  in  the  One 
Hundred  Fifty-first  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry  during  the  Civil  War,  and  fought 
at  Gettysburg,  where  he  was  severely  wounded.  His  whole  company  was  ambushed  on 
the  first  day  of  that  battle  and  seventy-five  per  cent  were  annihilated  within  fifteen 
minutes.  He  lived  and  died  in  Sugar  Grove,  Pa.  The  father  of  Lewis  W.,  Spencer 
Langdon  Blodget,  was  for  thirteen  years  an  honored  citizen  of  Huntington  Beach, 
where  he  came  to  take  a  position  as  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  in  1906,  and 
he  later  became  associated  with  the  Holly  Sugar  factory.  He  moved  to  Los  Angeles  in 
September,  1919,  and  is  now  office  manager  of  the  Los  Angeles  office  of  the  Motor 
Vehicle  Department  of  the  State  of  California.  'His  first  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Carra  M.  Belnap,  was  born  in  Warren,  Pa.,  and  was  a  descendant  of  a  pioneer  Pilgrim 
family  that  also  came  to  America  in  1635.  She  died  in  1893,  the  mother  of  eight  chil- 
dren, six  of  whom  are  living:  Claude  Raymond,  in  the  real  estate  and  insurance  busi- 
ness in  Bakersfield,  Cal.;  Percy  Langdon,  a  mining  engineer  in  Darwin,  Cal.;  Rush  Max- 
well, now  the  city  attorney  of  Venice,  was  the  first  city  attorney  of  Huntington  Beach; 
Marian  Bernice,  wife  of  Cash  C.  Ramsey,  oil  man  at  Bakersfield;  Ward  Belnap,  chief 
geologist  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railway;  and  Lewis  William.  The  four  brothers  of  Lewis 
William  are  all  graduates  of  Leland  Stanford  University.  Spencer  L.  Blodget  was 
married  a  second  time,  to  Miss  Florence  Langdon  of  Chautauqua  County,  N.  Y. 

Lewis  William  Blodget  was  born  in  Bakersfield  November  27,  1893,  and  lived  there 
until  he  was  twelve  years  of  age,  when  he  came  to  Huntington  Beach.  He  was  grad- 
uated from  the  Huntington  Beach  union  high  school  in  1911,  and  entered  the  College 
of  Law  of  the  University  of  Southern  California  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1915 
with  the  degree  of  LL.B.  He  opened  a  law  office  in  Huntington  Beach  and  when  his 
brother.  Rush  M.,  who  was  in  Arizona  at  the  time,  returned  to  California,  the  two 
brothers  opened  their  law  offices  in  Los  Angeles  and  Huntington  Beach.  He  enlisted 
in  the  Reserve  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  San  Francisco  in  August,  1917.  He  was  com-- 
missioned  a  second  lieutenant  on  November  27,  1917,  and  first  lieutenant  August  1, 
1918.  He  served  thirteen  months  with  the  Thirteenth  Infantry  Regulars,  and  was  under 
overseas  orders  and  ready  to  sail  from  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  when  the  armistice  was  signed. 
Later  he  was  assigned  to  special  duty  in  Washington,  D.  C,  and  was  honorably  dis- 
charged January  9,  1919,  at  Washington.  He  was  elected  city  attorney  while  yet  in 
service  and  was  notified  by  wire  of  his  election,  on  the  strength  of  which  he  secured 
his  discharge.     He  lost  no  time  in  getting  back  into  practice. 

Mr.  Blodget  was  married  September  3,  1919,  to  Miss  May  M.  Ball  of  Morristown, 
N.  J.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Delta  Chi  (legal)  Fraternity  of  the  University  of  South- 
ern  California   Chapter;   Sons   of  the  American   Revolution;   is   a   Mason,   being   senior 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  861 

warden  of  Huntington  Beach  Lodge  No.  380,  F.  &  A.  M.;  and  is  commander  of  the 
Joseph  Rodman  Post,  American  Legion,  at  Huntington  Beach.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Los  Angeles  County  Bar  Association,  the  Orange  County  Bar  Association  and  the 
City  Attorneys'  Association  of  Southern  California.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Republican 
Central  Committee  of  Orange  County.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Blodget  are  popular  with 
a  wide  circle  of  friends  and  take  an  active  part  in  social  affairs. 

HARRY  E.  ZAISER,  M.  D.— Orange  County  takes  pride  in  its  County  Hospital, 
and  looks  with  confidence  and  satisfaction  upon  the  daily  responsible  and  trying 
work  of  the  well-trained  officials  in  charge.  A  leader  among  these  is  naturally  Dr. 
Harry  E.  Zaiser,  the  physician  selected  to  superintend  the  institution,  upon  whose 
experience,  foresight  and  common  sense  judgment,  as  well  as  sympathy  and  tact,  so 
much  depends.  A  Hawkeye  by  birth,  he  first  saw  the  light  at  Burlington  in  December 
16,  1880,  the  son  of  John  and  Margaret  Zaiser,  the  former  since  deceased,  while  the 
mother  is  living  at  the  fine  old  age  of  eighty.  There  were  nine  children  in  the  family, 
and  Harry  was  the  youngest  of  them  all. 

Having  attended  the  grammar  school,  he  was  graduated  in  1897  from  the  Bur- 
lington high  school,  and  then  began  a  clerkship  of  two  years  in  the  iron  mill  in  that 
city.  After  that  he  took  a  business  college  course,  and  was  employed  as  clerk  in  a 
wholesale  office  until  1898,  when  he  went  to  St.  Louis  to  study  medicine.  He  matricu- 
lated at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  studied  there  for  four  years,  and 
was  graduated  in  1902.  At  the  conclusion  of  his  strenuous  work  in  Missouri,  he 
went  abroad  for  post-graduate  work,  and  then  practiced  in  Burlington  until  1909. 

Removing  to  California,  Dr.  Zaiser  settled  in  Orange  County  and  established 
a  practice  at  Santa  Ana,  which  he  continued  until  he  was  appointed  to  his  present 
position  in  1914.  His  record  as  county  physician  in  Burlington,  Iowa,  doubtless  had 
much  to  do  with  his  being  selected  for  one  of  the  important  posts  of  its  kind  in 
California.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  Orange  County 
Medical  Association  and  of  the  Southern  California  Medical  Society.  In  national 
politics  a  Republican,  Dr.  Zaiser  adheres  to  party  politics  in  local  affairs  only  when 
they  promote  and  do  not  hinder  nor  defeat  the  important  goal  to  be  attained. 

Dr.  Zaiser  was  married  at  Burlington,  in  1909,  to  Miss  Ida  Thompson,  a  native 
of  that  city  and  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  F.  Ihrer.  They  attend  the  First 
Methodist  Church.  Since  he  has  taken  charge  of  the  work,  Dr.  Zaiser  has  done 
much  to  bring  the  County  Hospital  to  the  front,  and  while  regarding  his  own  part 
in  a  very  modest  light,  he  is  naturally  proud  of  the  good  that  has  been  accomplished 
there.  Not  only  are  the  sick  cared  for  to  the  best  of  human  ability  and  with  every 
scientific  aid,  but  the  poor  proven  indigent  are  also  received,  and  enjoy  equal 
care.  Thus  the  good  name  of  Orange  County,  that  has  poured  out  so  lavishly  to 
those  in  distress,  is  protected  and  enhanced  by  these  faithful  public  servants.  Dr. 
Zaiser  and  his  excellent  staff. 

EVAN  DAVIS. — An  admirable  man  who  left  behind  him  both  a  blessed  memory 
and  an  equally  admirable  woman,  for  years  his  devoted  wife,  was  Evan  Davis,  who 
first  came  to  Orange  towards  the  middle  nineties.  He  was  born  at  Edgerton,  Wis.,  on 
January  24,  18S8,  the  son  of  Percival  Ferdinand  Davis,  a  native  of  Western  New  York, 
who  settled  in  Wisconsin  in  early  days,  and  was  a  merchant  at  Edgerton.  Evan  was 
reared  in  Edgerton,  where  he  attended  the  public  schools.  He  completed  his  studies 
at  Milton  College  and  then  engaged  in  manufacturing  at  Milton,  Wis.,  making  a  punch 
and  die  machine.  After  a  while  he  engaged  in  real  estate  and  fire  insurance  at  the 
same  place,  and  at  Emerald  Grove,  on  December  12,  1883,  married  Miss  Ida  E.  Ransom, 
a  native  of  that  place  and  the  daughter  of  Asa  G.  Ransom,  who  was  born  in  Middle- 
field,  N.  Y.  He  came  to  Wisconsin  and  as  a  pioneer  farmer  broke  the  prairie.  Mrs. 
Ransom  was  Martha  Hubbell  before  her  marriage,  and  she  was  born  in  New  Yorl» 
state.  She  became  the  mother  of  five  children,  among  whom  Ida  was  next  to  the 
youngest,  and  is  now  the  only  one  living  in  California.  She  also  was  educated  at 
Milton  College  and  there  she  met  Mr.  Davis. 

In  1894,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis  located  at  Orange,  Cal.,  and  here,  on  South  Glassell 
Street,  he  opened  an  office  for  the  transaction  of  a  real  estate  and  insurance  business. 
Soon  after  this  he  became  an  oil  broker  in  Los  Angeles,  and  with  an  office  at- 104  Stim- 
son  Building,  he  bought  and  sold  crude  oil.  He  sold  oil  to  gas  plants  as  well  as  other 
manufacturing  establishments,  and  being  an  expert  machinist  and  engineer  built  up 
a  good  trade.  At  the  same  time  he  made  his  home  in  Orange;  and  inasmuch  as  he 
was  musical  and  ha'H  been  leader  of  the  Wisconsin  band  at  Milton,  he  was  naturally 
made  the  leader  of  the  Orange  Band  and  Orchestra,  and  he  also  sang  in  the  Presby- 
terian  Church  choir.     He  joined   Orange   Lodge    of  the   Odd  Fellows   and  became   a 


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past  grand,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Encampment  and  Couton  in  Santa  Ana,  eing 
a  past  chief  patriarch  in  the  Encampment,  and  is  a  member  of  the  ^^°^!\  .-r'  -^^ 
Modern   Woodmen  of  America,  the   Royal   Neighbors,   and  the   Fraternal   Am  - 

and  was  also  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  the  time  of  his  death    on  j     y       , 
1917.     After  his  death  his  son,  Percy  R.  Davis,  conducted  the  busmess,  and  tnen,  w 
he  was  called  to  the  war,  Mrs.  Davis  discontinued  the  business. 

Three  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis.  Leon  died  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
seven-  Percy  R.  served  in  the  Three  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  Engmeer  Corps,  iNmety- 
first  Division,  overseas,  and  on  his  return  here  took  up  his  residence  in  Orange,  ana 
Arline  who  graduated  from  the  Orange  Union  high  school  and  also  the  Library  bcnooi 
in  Riverside,  before  going  to  Pomona  College,  where  she  was  assistant  librarian,  was 
graduated  from  Pomona  with  the  Bachelor  of  Arts  degree,  and  is  now  hbrarian  of 
the  Girls'  School  at  Riverside. 

Mrs  Davis  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society, 
and  is  ac'tive  in  the  missionary  work  of  that  organization.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Rebekahs.  and  is  a  past  noble  grand  and  is  an  ex-representative  of  the  same  order, 
Tud  a  past  district  deputy  president.  She  is  also  a  member  of  the  Veteran  Rebekahs 
where  she  is  a  past  president;  and  she  belongs  to  the  Royal  Neighbors,  and  has  passed 
all  the  chairs. 

BENJAMIN  KRAEMER.— One  of  the  oldest  settlers  of  the  Placentia  district, 
havin-  come  here  with  his  parents  in  1867,  is  Benjamin  Kraemer,  who  was  born  m 
Belleville  111  in  the  year  1867.  His  father,  Daniel  Kraemer,  was  born  in  Bavaria; 
he  came  'to  the  United  States  in  1842,  arriving  in  New  Orleans,  then  came  uP  the 
Mississippi  River  to  St.  Louis  and  walked  out  to  Belleville,  the  county  seat  of  St.  Clair 
County  111  ,  where  he  obtained  employment  on  the  farm  of  Mr.  Schrag  and  became 
acquainted  with  his  daughter  Eleanora  Schrag,  resulting  in  their  marriage.  They 
became  owners  of  a  farm  there  and  resided  there  until  nine  children  were  born  to 
them  As  early  as  the  fall  of  1864  Daniel  Kraemer  made  his  first  trip  to  California, 
visiting  Southern  California  and  purchased  3,900  acres  of  land  a  part  of  the  Rancho 
San  Juan  Cajon  de  Santa  Ana;  the  land  was  then  a  wilderness  of  mustard,  brush  and 
cactus.  In  1866  he  made  a  second  trip  to  his  California  possessions  and  in  1867  he 
brought  his  family  out  and  located  on  his  ranch.  Each  trip  he  had  come  via  New  York 
and  Panama  to  San  Francisco  and  thence  by  boat  to  San  Pedro,  from  which  place  he 
came  overland  to  Anaheim.  His  was  the  first  white  family  in  the  Placentia  district  and 
our  subject  was  the  first  white  baby  in  what  was  then  the  Cajon  school  district.  A  few 
years  later  Daniel  Kraemer's  friend,  Mr.  Kossert,  came  out  to  Santa  Ana  and  was 
associated  with  Messrs.  Spurgeon  and  McFadden  in  Santa  Ana  real  estate;  when  he  sold 
out  he  went  to  Mesilla,  N.  M.,  and  was  never  again  heard  from  by  them. 

Daniel  Kraemer  was  active  in  irrigation  matters  and  was  one  of  the  builders  of 
the  Cajon  ditch,  when  it  was  first  attempted,  but  it  proved  a  failure  at  that  time  and 
he  lost  what  he  had  put  into  it.  Later,  however,  the  Cajon  ditch  was  carried  through 
under  the  Bush  Act  and  was  later  merged  wtih  the  Anaheim  Water  Company,  now 
the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company.  Daniel  Kraemer  was,  however,  the  first  individual 
to  irrigate  in  Orange  County  from  a  ditch  taken  out  of  the  Santa  Ana  River.  He 
received  twenty  shares  of  stock  in  lieu  of  his  old  water  right  of  fifty  inches  from  the 
Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  which  is  non-assessable  stock.  This  stock  is  now 
owned  by  our  subject.  Daniel  Kraemer  engaged  in  ranching  and  set  out  vineyards  and 
the  first  walnut  orchard  here;  he  was  very  optimistic  for  the  future  greatness  of  this 
region  and  said  that  this  part  of  California  would  be  the  garden  spot  of  the  United 
States  and  also  from  the  Brea  deposits  he  predicted  it  would  some  day  develop  into 
an  oil  field.  He  died  in  1882,  aged  sixty-five  years;  his  wife  surviving  him  until  1889. 
»\11  of  their  nine  children  are  living  but  one. 

Coming  to  Placentia  in  his  first  year,  Benjamin  Kraemer's  earliest  recollections 
are  of  the  place  he  still  owns  and  has  resided  on  since  1867.  Here  he  learned  ranching 
from  the  time  he  was  a  lad  and  attended  the  local  public  school.  Desiring  to  obtain 
a  higher  education  he  worked  his  way  through  St.  Vincent's  College  in  Los  Angeles, 
as  well  as  Woodbury's  Business  College,  graduating  from  the  latter  in  1886,  when 
nineteen  years  of  age,- and  then  returned  to  the  old  home  ranch,  where  he  took  up  his 
residence  in  the  old  house  built  by  his  father,  and  here  he  lived  until  he  completed  his 
new  residence  in  1919;  he  has  the  unique  distinction  of  living  longer  in  one  house  than 
any  other  one  person  in  Orange  County — over  fifty-two  years.  His  ranch  comprises 
sixty-seven  acres  of  which  thirty  acres  is  devoted  to  raising  oranges  and  twenty  acres 
to  walnuts,  having  set  out  every  tree  in  his  orchards.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Placentia  Mutual  Orange  Growers  Association,  of  which  he  was  a  director  for 


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eight  years  until  he  resigned;  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Fullerton-Placentia  Walnut 
Growers  Association. 

Mr.  Kraemer  was  married  in  Anaheim,  where  he  was  united  with  Miss  Mary  Allec, 
who  was  born  in  France,  and  they  have  been  blessed  with  twelve  children:  Mary,  Mrs. 
Victor  Reis  of  Whittier;  Emma;  Elizabeth,  deceased;  Gladys;  Jennie,  deceased;  Lucy; 
Benjamin,  Jr.;  Louisa;  Annie;  Jonathan,  deceased;  William  and  Rosa  Belle.  Mr. 
Kraemer  is  a  great  reader,  is  well  posted  on  early  history  and  is  a  very  interesting 
conversationalist;  he  has  been  a  life-long  student  and  is  a  linguist,  speaking  several 
languages  fluently,  and  he  has  frequently  been  selected  as  interpreter  in  different 
capacities. 

ROY  D.  TRAPP. — A  native  son  of  the  Golden  West,  born  at  the  old  home  place 
at  Ninth  and  Lemon  streets,  Los  Angeles,  October  28,  1882,  the  late  Roy  D.  Trapp  was 
a  very  successful  rancher  and  business  man,  accomplishing  more  in  a  few  short  years 
than  many  men  do  in  a  long  lifetime.  By  his  energy  and  optimism  he  accumulated  a 
competency  as-  well  as  contributing  very  materially  to  the  building  up  and  improving 
of  Orange  County,  thus  contributing  his  share  towards  making  this  one  of  the  most 
important  agricultural  and  horticultural  counties  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  His  father, 
Frank  M.  Trapp,  was  a  native  of  Missouri  who  crossed  the  plains  with  his  parents 
in  an  ox-team  train  over  the  old  Oregon  Trail  in  1849.  Grandfather  John  M.  Trapp  was 
a  rancher  in  Oregon  until  about  the  year  1860,  when  the  family  came  to  Los  Angeles 
and  located  at  the  corner  of  Ninth  and  Lemon  streets,  where  Frank  M.  Trapp  and  his 
father  farmed  together,  raising  oranges,  limes  and  lemons  as  well  as  grapes  and  small 
fruits  with  success,  so  much  so  that  at  the  Centennial  Fair  held  in  Los  An'geles  Frank 
M.  Trapp  received  the  first  award  for  his  exhibit.  He  was  married  in  Los  Angeles  on 
November  4,  1869,  to  Elizabeth  Pierce,  also  born  in  Missouri,  a  daughter  of  James 
Pierce  who  brought  his  family  across  the  plains  to  San  Bernardino,  Cal.,  in  1849. 

After  he  left  the  old  home  at  Ninth  and  Lemon  streets,  Los  Angeles,  Frank  M. 
Trapp  engaged  in  farming  at  Artesia,  then  for  a  few  years  engaged  in  raising  cattle  on 
the  Toler  ranch  near  Whittier,  after  which  he  spent  five  years  at  Compton.  He  then 
returned  to  Los  Angeles  and  there  his  wife  died  in  1901,  while  he  survived  her  until 
December  23,  1905.  They  were  the  parents  of  nine  children:  Wm.  C.  is  a  business  man 
in  Los  Angeles;  Chas.  E.  was  a.  successful  farmer  "in  Florence  ,until  his  death;  Ida  E. 
is  Mrs.  Levreau,  residing  at  Florence;  John  M.  died  at  Huntington  Park;  Geo.  O.  a 
farmer  at  Buena  Park;  Lillian  C.  is  the  wife  of  Edward  E.  Chapella  of  Hollywood; 
Roy  D.-,  our  subject;  Frank  M.  resides  at  Florence;  and  James  B.  who  served  in  tl^e 
U.  S.  Army  overseas  in  the  World  War  is  now  a  farmer  at  Norwalk. 

Roy  D.  Trapp  was  reared  on  his  father's  farm,  so  from  a  youth  became  familiar 
with  farming  operations  as  well  as.  the  marketing  of  the  produce.  During' these  years 
his  education  was  not  neglected  for,  after  completing  the  public  schools,  he  took  a 
course  and  graduated  at  the  Woodbury  Business  College  in  Los  Angeles,  accumulating 
a  knowledge  that  was.  of  so  much  assistance  to  him  during  his  business  career  as  a 
rancher.  His  marriage  took  place  in  Los  Angeles,  March  10,  1906,  when  he  was  United 
with  Miss  Elfrieda  Warnke  who  was  born  in  Berlin,  Germany,  and  came  to  Chicago, 
111.,  with  her  parents,  Fred  and  Minnie  Warnke,  when  she  was  a  very  small  child.  In  ■ 
that  city  she  received  a  good  education;  when  she  was  sixteen  years  of  age  her  father 
passed  away  and  soon  afterward  the  family  came  to  Los  Angeles  and  it  was  here  that 
she  met  Mr.  Trapp,  the  acquaintance  resulting  in  their  marriage,  and  was  a  union  that 
proved  exceedingly  happy  to  them  both.  With  youth,  health,  energy  and  ambition 
they  started  out  to  gain  a  competence;  Mr.  Trapp  by  this  time  had  saved  enough  to 
own  a  team  of  horses,  a  plow  and  cultivator,  so  full  of  hope  he  started  out  and  leased 
twenty-seven  acres,  which  he  devoted  to  raising  wax  beans  and  watermelons,  the  begin- 
ning of  his  success  as  a  vegetable  grower,  gradually  increasing  the  number  of  acres  he 
farmed  each  year.  In  1912  his  home  at  Eightieth  and  South  Park  avenue,  Lbs  Angeles, 
was  destroyed  by  fire  and  the  next  year  they  removed  to  San  Jacinto  for  a  year,  and 
then  located  in  Orange  County,  purchasing  ten  acres  on  Brookhurst  Avenue,  which  he 
improved  to  Valencia  oranges  and  which  he  afterward  sold  at  a  good  profit.  At  the 
same  time  he  leased  ninety  acres  of  the  Bastanchury  ranch,  raising  cabbage  and  beans 
and  cleaning  up  $90,000,  as  prices  were  then  at  their  highest  level.  He  then  leased 
3S0  acres  of  the  Irvine  ranch  near  Tustin,  where  he  engaged  in  intensive  farming,  raising 
hay  and  vegetables,  specializing  in  cabbage  and  cauliflower,  which  he  was  able  to  market 
at  a  large  profit,  so  that  he  was  able  to  purchase  forty  acres  on  West  Common- 
wealth Avenue  in  the  west  end  of  Fullerton,  which  he  proceeded  to  improve,  grub- 
bing out  a  few  acres  of  walnuts  and  setting  the  whole  place  to  Valencia  oranges.  He 
also  purchased  a  citrus  grove  of  about  two  acres  on  an  elevation  overlooking  the  city 
and  here  he  and  his   wife  planned  and  built  a  beautiful   residence   where   they   were 


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enjoying  life  to  the  fullest,  when  on  July  14,  1920,  the  horrible  tragedy  occurred  which 
resulted  in  his  death,  an  incident  that  is  very  fresh  in  the  minds  of  the  people  of 
Southern  California.  This  same  year  he  was  also  farming  the  Norwalk  ranch  of  275 
acres.  Such  had  been  his  success,  his  optimism  was  strengthened  so  that  his  plan  was 
another  five  years  of  close  application  on  the  large  scale  he  was  undertaking  and  he 
would  quit  and  arrange  his  affairs  so  he  and  his  devoted  wife  could  travel  abroad  and 
enjoy  the  scenes  of  other  countries.  In  all  his  plans  he  always  included  his  wife,  who 
had  ever  entered  heartily  into  his  business  operations,  assisting  him  in  every  way 
she  could  and  encouraging  him  in  his  ambition  so  that  he  always  gave  her  much  of  the 
credit  for  his  success,  but  he  was  not  permitted  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  his  labors  for 
he  was  cut  down  by  an  assassin  while  still  in  the  prime  of  life. 

He  was  a  splendid  type  of  man,  of  a  pleasing  and  attractive  personality  that  drew 
men  to  him,  so  he  counted  his  warm  friends  by  the  thousands  who  esteemed  him  for 
his  good  fellowship,  kindness  and  honesty  of  purpose  and  appreciated  him  for  his 
integrity  and  worth.  Since  his  taking  away  Mrs.  Trapp  is  caring  for  the  property  they 
accumulated  in  the  way  they  had  talked  and  planned  and  thus  she  is  carrying  out,  as 
far  as  she  is  able,  his  plans  and  ambitions  for  the  place.  Mr.  Trapp  was  a  great  home 
man,  was  a  member  of  but  one  lodge,  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  134S,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

GEORGE  W.  WELLS. — Well  known  in  Orange  County  for  years  as  the  proprietor 
of  the  Santa  Ana  Soda  Works  and  the  pioneer  in  that  industry  in  the  county,  George 
W.  Wells  is  now  the  owner  of  a  fine  citrus  ranch  at  Yorba  Linda,  having  developed  it 
from  the  very  beginning.  Born  in  Kirkwood,  Warren  County,  111.,  August  27,  1861, 
Mr.  Wells  is  the  son  of  W.  J.  and  Doratha  (Berican)  Wells,  and  his  forbears  were 
well-established  tradesmen  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  W.  J.  Wells,  who  was  born  in  1820, 
at  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  having  been  a  member  of  the 
Eighty-third  Illinois  Infantry,  and  for  a  number  of  years  he  farmed  in  Illinois.  The 
mother,  who  was  born  in  Germany,  came  to  the  United  States  in  1856,  her  marriage  to 
W.  J.  Wells  being  solemnized  at  Quincy,  111.  The  district  schools  of  Warren  County 
furnished  George  W.  Wells  his  early  education  and  when  still  a  lad  he  accompanied 
his  parents,  with  their  family  of  five  children  to  Wellington,  Kans.  These  were  the 
early  pioneer  days  in  that  state  and  the  country  was  sparsely  settled,  and  Mr.  Wells 
keenly  remembers  the  hardships  of  that  period,  many  times  the  only  available  food 
being    buffalo    meat    and    cornbread. 

Until  he  was  nineteen  years  of  age  Mr.  Wells  worked  on  his  father's  Kansas 
farm,  then  taking  up  an  apprenticeship  in  harness  and  saddle  making,  to  which  he  gave 
three  years,  later  becoming  the  manager  of  a  branch  house  in  this  line  of  trade,  buying 
out  the  interest  and  establishing  the  business  under  his  own  name.  During  his  resi- 
dence in  Kansas  Mr.  Wells  also  became  heavily  interested  in  the  stock  business,  but 
during  the  extreme  cold  in  the  winter  of  1900  he  was  frozen  out  and  suffered  a  dis- 
couraging loss.  The  next  year  he  came  to  California  with  his  family  and  located  at 
Santa  Ana,  where  he  began  the  manufacture  of  soft  drinks.  He  began  on  a  very 
modest  scale,  doing  all  his  own  work,  but  year  by  year  his  business-  grew  until  it 
reached  such  large  proportions  that  he  was  employing  six  men  and 'buying  his  bottles 
.  by  the  car  load,  his  products  being  sold  all  over  Southern  California.  Mr.  Wells  made 
a  scientific  study  of  his  enterprise  and  was  the  originator  of  Wells'  Orange  Phosphate 
and   other  fruit  punches. 

In  1912  Mr.  Wells  purchased  a  tract  of  ten  acres  at  Yorba  Linda,  which  he  soon 
began  to  improve.  His  nursery  stock  came  from  orange  seeds  which  he  planted  himself 
later  buddmg  them  and  setting  out  his  own  orchard,  which  he  developed  into  a  very 
attractive  ranch.  This  ranch  is  in  the  center  of  the  famous  Richfield  oil  fields  and  is 
leased  to  the  Union  Oil  Company,  which  is  now  operating  on  it.  In  1917  Mr  Wells 
sold  the  Santa  Ana  Soda  Works  to  Albert  Biner  and  with  his  family  removed  to  the 
Yorba  Linda  ranch,  where  they  have  since  made  their  home.  In  addition  to  the  home 
place.     Mr.  Wells  is  also  managing  forty-four  acres  of  citrus  groves. 

Since  coming  to  Yorba  Linda  Mr.  Wells  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  all  the 
affairs  of  the  community  and  has  served  two  terms  as  director  of  both  the  Yorba  Linda 
Citrus  Association  and  the  Yorba  Linda  Water  Company,  and  is  also  a  promoter  of  the 
good  work  being  accomplished  by  the  Farm  Center.  During  the  war  he  was  prominent 
m  all  the  drives  and  war  loans,  giving  both  of  his  time  and  means  to  further  all  the 
Government  programs.  In  fraternal  circles  Mr.  Wells  is  affiliated  with  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America,  and  politically  he  espouses  the  platform  of  the  Republican  party 

Mr.  Wells'  marriage,  which  occurred  in  1885  at  Caldwell,  Kans.,  united  him  with 
Miss  Clara  L.  Stearns,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  W  Stearns  Her  father 
who  was  a  successful  farmer  in  that  part  of  Kansas  for  a  number  of  years  was  born 
m  Steuben  County,  N.  Y.,  in  1834,  and  in  1861  he  was  married  at  Hornellv'ille    N    Y 


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to  Miss  Mary  Sharp,  who  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1841.  Four  children  were  born 
to  them,  Mrs.  Wells  being  the  only  daughter.  She  was  born  in  1865  at  Canisteo,  N.  Y., 
her  childhood  being  spent  near  Traverse  City,  Mich.,  where  Mr.  Stearns  was  in  the 
lumber  business.  When  she  was  fifteen  years  of  age  the  family  moved  to  Wellington, 
Kans.,  and  it  was  here  that  she  met  Mr.  Wells.  For  some  time  previous  to  their 
marriage  she  was  engaged  in  teaching  school  in  Kansas.  Four  children  were  born 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wells:  Glenn  W.  married  Miss  Jessie  Ross  of  Santa  Ana,  and  they 
are  the  parents  of  three  children;  they  now  reside  in  Richfield,  Cal.,  where  they  are 
interested  in  the  oil  business;  Leta  is  the  wife  of  Dr.  Edward  Abbott  of  Los  Angeles, 
and  is  the  mother  of  two  children;  Clara  is  Mrs.  Ray  Lambert  of  Lemon  Cove,  near 
Santa  Ana,  and  they  have  one  child;  George  C.  is  in  the  confectionery  business  at 
Fullerton  and  is  also  interested  in  the  oil  industry. 

WILLIAM  E.  OTIS. — A  banker  distinguished  for  his  high  sense  of  honor  and  his 
straightforward,  intelligent  methods  of  transacting  business  is  William  E.  Otis,  presi- 
dent of  the  Orange  County  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  of  Santa  Ana,  whose  keen  intuition, 
enabling  him  to  accurately  and  justly  judge  men,  coupled  with  a  pleasing  personality, 
has  well  fitted  him  for  years  to  be  the  head  of  a  large  financial  institution.  He  was 
born  in  Framingham,  Mass.,  on  March  29,  1852,  the  son  of  John  M.  Otis,  a  native  of 
Tunkhannock,  Wyoming  County,  Pa.,  where  he  first  saw  the  light  in  1822,  a  descendant 
of  an  old  Pennsylvania  family.  In  1835,  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Chicago,  and 
thence  to  Elgin,  111.;  and  on  attaining  his  majority,  he  engaged  in  mercantile  business 
in  Lancaster,  Wis.  He  married  Sarah  Georgiana  Eaton,  a  native  of  Framingham,  Mass., 
whose  grandfather,  Eben  Eaton,  was  born  on  the  same  farm  in  1789.  He  was  of  the 
third  generation  on  the  old  Eaton  estate  at  Framingham,  and  was  a  deacon  in  the  Con- 
gregational Church  for  over  fifty  years.  The  ancestors  on  the  Eaton  side  came  from 
England  to  Massachusetts  in  1635;  and  his  father,  Ebenezer  Eaton,  was  an  officer  in 
the  Revolutionary  War  and  in  command,  with  others,  at  the  Battle  of  Lexington.  He 
also  followed  the  British  on  their  retreat  to  Boston,  and  took  part  in  the  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill;  and  when  General  Warren  fell,  Mr.  Eaton  was  one  of  those  detailed  to 
carry  him  from  the  field.  He, fought  both  bravely  and  with  daring  persistency  to  the 
close  of  the  war,  after  which  he  returned  to  his  farm  at  Framingham,  and  resumed  the 
pursuits  of  peace. 

In  1852,  John  M.  Otis  concluded  to  come  out  to  the  California  gold  fields  and 
returned  East  to  Framingham,  Mass.,  where  he  left  his  wife  and  children  while  he 
made  his  way  via  .Panama  to  California;  and  soon  after  their  return  to  Massachusetts, 
William  E.  Otis  was  born.  For  five  years,  Mr.  Otis  engaged  in  mining  at  Michigan 
Blufif,  on  the  American  River,  and  then,  in  1857,  he  returned  to  Massachusetts  by  way  of 
Panama.  The  family  then  migrated  to  Illinois;  but  after  a  short  stay  there,  they 
continued  on  westward  to  Bentonsport,  Iowa,  where  John  Otis  embarked  in  the  grain 
and  forwarding  business  and  established  himself  as  a  dealer  in  agricultural  implements. 
Finally,  when  the  Des  Moines  Valley  Road,  now  the  C.  R.  I.  R.  R.,  reached  that  city, 
in  1866,  he  located  there  and  engaged  in  the  grain  business,  dealing  as  well  in  agricul- 
tural implements;  and  at  Des  Moines  this  worthy  couple  passed  away. 

The  second  eldest  of  six  children,  Williafti  E.  Otis  attended  both  the  grammar  and 
the  high  schools  of  that  locality,  and  having  completed  his  studies  in  June,  1867,  he 
entered  the  First  National  Bank  at  Des  Moines  as  collection  clerk  and  was  soon 
advanced  to  the  more  responsible  position  of  teller.  In  March,  1871,  he  removed  to 
Kansas,  and  there  at  Thayer  became  cashier  of  a  bank  called  the  Southwest  Loan  and 
Land  Company.  In  November,  1871,  he  removed  to  Independence,  Kans.,  where  he 
was  appointed  cashier  of  J.  O.  Page's  private  bank;  and  he  remained  in  that  position 
until  the  fall  of  1873,  when  Mr.  Page  sold  his  banking  institution  to  William  F.  Turner 
and  William  E.  Otis,  whereupon  Mr.  Otis  conducted  the  bank  under  the  firm  name  of 
Turner  and  Otis  until  October,  1879,  when  he  purchased  Mr.  Turner's  interest  and  the 
name  of  the  firm  was  changed  to  William  E.  Otis  and  Company.  In  September,  1883, 
he  organized  the  First  National  Bank  of  Independence,  retaining  nearly  the  entire 
stock;  but  in  April,  1886,  he  disposed  of  his  holdings  and  removed  to  Kansas  City,  where 
he  embarked  in  the  land  business,  purchasing  considerable  real  estate. 

In  October,  1891,  he  bought  the  controlling  interest  in  the  Winfield  National  Bank 
of  Winfield,  Kans.,  and  served  as  cashier  until  about  1903,  when  he  was  elected  president 
of  the  bank  and  his  son,  E.  G.  Otis,'  was  elected  assistant  cashier.  In  1901  he  organized' 
the  Dexter  State  Bank  at  Dexter,  Kans.,  and  owning  the  control  for  several  years,  was 
also  president.  In  January,  1902,  he  acquired  control  of  the  Farmers  State  Bank  of 
Arkansas  City,  Kans.,  and  became  its  president.  In  1907  he  sold  his  interest  there,  and 
the  following  year  purchased  a  third  interest  in  the  National  Bank  of  Commerce  of 
Wichita,  Kans.,  where  he  was  a  director  for  a  number  of  years,  being  the  largest  stock- 


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holder,  in  fact,  in  the  bank.  In  1909,  he  bought  the  Bank  of  Commerce  at  Udall,  Kans., 
became  its  president  and  his  son-in-law,  C.  A.  Vance,  was  made  cashier.  In  1911  he 
sold  his  interest  in  the  Winfield  National  Bank,  having  decided,  after  several  visits  to 
California,  to  locate  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

In  1911,  therefore,  Mr.  Otis  came  west  to  San  Diego,  and  in  December  of  that 
year  he  purchased  a  large  interest  in  the  University  Avenue  Bank  of  that  city,  and  was 
elected  vice-president;  and  in  June,  1912,  E.  G.  Otis  severed  his  connection  with  the 
Winfield  National  Bank  and  joined  his  father  in  San  Diego,  as  cashier.  In  1913,  Mr. 
Otis  was  elected  a  director  in  the  Bank  of  Commerce  and  Trust  Company  of  San 
Diego.  In  Jan'uary,  1917,  he  disposed  of  a  part  of  his  interest  in  the  University  Avenue 
Bank  and  removed  to  Santa  Ana;  and  here  he  purchased  a  large  interest  in  the  Farmers 
and  Merchants  National  Bank  and  the  Home  Savings  Bank  of  Santa  Ana,  and  was 
elected  vice-president  of  both  banks.  At  the  same  time,  in  connection  with  his  son-in- 
law,  C.  A.  Vance,  he  bought  a  large  interest  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Tustin,  where 
Mr.  Vance  was  made  cashier.  In  the  fall  of  1917,  he  sold  the  balance  of  his  interests  in 
the  San  Diego  Bank  and  in  the  fall  of  1918  sold  his  interest  in  the  Farmers  and  Mer- 
chants National  Bank,  and  the  Home  Savings  Bank  of  Santa  Ana,  and  on  January  1, 
1919,  retired  from  the  vice-presidency,  at  the-  time  of  its  consolidation  with  the  First 
National  Bank.  On  February  1,  1919,  he  purchased  a  large  interest  in  the  Orange 
County  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  and  was  elected  president  of  that  well-established 
institution. 

During  all  the  years  of  his  residence  in  Kansas,  Mr.  Otis  had  been  interested  in 
agriculture,  and  in  the  development  of  Western  lands,  and  at  one  time  he  owned 
thirteen  farms  in  Kansas  and  engaged  extensively  in  the  stock  business  at  Winfield, 
even  carrying  it  on  for  several  years  after  coming  to  California.  In  the  seventies, 
he  also  had  an  agricultural  implement  store  in  Independence.  It  is  natural,  therefore, 
that  since  coming  to  California,  Mr.  Otis  should  have  the  same  spirit  and  faith  in  lands, 
hesitating  neither  to  advise  others  to  invest  nor  to  invest  himself.  He  owns  two  citrus 
orchards,  totaling  sixty  acres,  in  San  Diego  County,  and  110  acres  adjoining  Santa 
Ana  on  the  south,  where  on  exceptionally  rich  soil  he  is  raising  alfalfa,  but  will  soon 
set  the  place  out  to  walnuts. 

Mr.  Otis  has  been  twice  married.  At  Cairo,  111.,  in  September,  1880,  he  became 
the  husband  of  Miss  Daisy  H.  Robbins,  who  was  born  in  Chicago  in  18S7,  a  daughter  of 
Chandler  Robbins  and  a  member  of  an  old  Boston  family.  Her  grandfather,  the  Rev. 
Chandler  Robbins,  was  a  pastor  of  one  of  the  Congregational  Churches  in  Boston  for 
many  years,  and  she  was  a  graduate  of  Ferry  Hall  Seminary,  Chicago.  She  passed  away, 
a  sweet  memory  to  all  who  knew  her  only  to  love  and  esteem  her,  in  Kansas  City,  in 
April,  1891,  leaving  five  children:  Lillian  is  the  wife  of  C.  A.  Vance  of  Tustin;  William 
E.  Otis,  Jr.,  lives  at  Fort  Worth,  Texas;  E.  G.  Otis  is  assistant  cashier  of  the  California 
Bank  of  Los  Angeles;  Clara  has  become  the  wife  of  A.  S.  Cosgrove  of  the  Southern 
Trust  and  Commerce  Bank  of  San  Diego;  Mildred,  who  passed  away  in  1918,  appre- 
ciated by  a  circle  of  admiring  friends,  was  the  wife  of  Eugene  Ferry  Smith,  an  attorney 
of  distinction  in  San  Diego.  On  the  occasion  of  Mr.  Otis's  second  marriage,  at  East 
Orange,  N.  J.,  in  September,  1916,  he  was  joined  to  Mrs.  Emma  (Gould)  Whipple,  a 
native  of  Andover,  Mass.,  and  a  representative  of  another  old  New  England  family  who 
have  been  prominent  in  American  history,  being  a  descendant  of  Capt.  Joseph  Gould, 
who  served  as  a  captain  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  raising  a  company  of  twenty  men 
at  Topsfield,  Mass.,  and  marching  them  to  Boston  where  they  fought  with  the  Con- 
tinental forces.  He  was  one  of  Paul  Revere's  men  who  rode  out  and  gave  the  alarm. 
On  her  maternal  side  Mrs.  Otis  is  descended  from  the  Cogswells  of  Westbury,  Eng- 
land, who  came  to  Massachusetts  in  about  1635  and  settled  at  Andover,  and  she  now 
.  owns  the  old  Cogswell  homestead,  a  quaint  old  New  England  home.  She  is  an  active 
member  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  having  served  as  regent  of  the 
Santa  Ana  Chapter.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Otis  are  members  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Santa  Ana,  where  Mr.  Otis  is  chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees,  an  office 
of  honor  and  responsibility  which  he  also  most  creditably  filled  for  years  during  his 
residence  in  Kansas. 

WALTER  ALBERT  StORTZ.— One  of  the  most  loyal  residents  of  Seal  Beach 
who  is  always  pleased  to  extoll  the  advantages  of  its  climate  and  beach  attractions,  is 
Walter  Albert  Stortz,  a  native  of  Ohio,  born  at  Newark,  April  24,  1883,  the  son  of 
John  C.  and  Elizabeth  (Hershman)  Stortz,  also  born  in  Ohio.  His  father  was  a 
moulder  until  cement  construction  came  into  general  vogue  when  he  followed  cement 
contracting  until  he  came  to  California,  his  wife  passing  away  in  Los  Angeles,  and 
he  now  lives  retired  in  Seal  Beach. 

Walter  A.  is  the  second  oldest  of  their  four  children,  being  reared  and  educated 
in   Newark.     When  his   school  days  were  over  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years   he   was 


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apprenticed  at  the  plumbing  and  steam  heating  trade;  completing  the  trade  he  continued 
as  a  journeyman  for  several  years.  Wishing  to  come  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  he  came 
out  to  Los  Angeles  in  1909,  later  on  going  to  San  Francisco  and  afterwards  on  to 
Portland,  Seattle  and  Vancouver,  working  at  his  trade  in  the  different  cities  for  about 
three  years.  On  account  of  the  damp  climate  his  health  became  very  poor  and  he 
came  to  Los  Angeles  and  laid  off  for  two  years.  He  could  get  no  relief,  the  physician 
finally  telling  him  he  could  not  live  very  long,  so  in  his  desperation  he  determined  to 
come  to  the  beach  and  enjoy  the  few  days  he  had  remaining.  Coming  to  Seal  Beach, 
then  Bay  City,  he  went  in  bathing,  rested  on  the  sand,  basked  in  the  sun,  and  ate  shell 
fish;  he  started  to  pick  up  and  in  less  than  one  year  he  went  to  work.  There  was  no 
local  plumber  here  and  he  was  soon  in  great  demand  and  opened  a  shop,  since  which, 
time  he  has  engaged  as  contracting  plumber.  He  has  done  the  principal  plumbing  and 
steam  heating  jobs  in  Seal  Beach  and  vicinity.  Mr.  Stortz  owns  eighty  acres  of  govern- 
ment land  near  Victorville  in  Luzerne  Valley. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Stortz  and  Inez  Devenney  occurred  in  Seal  Beach.  She  was 
born  in  Anaheim,  being  a  daughter  of  John*  and  Elizabeth  Devenney,  old  time  settlers 
in  Orange  County.  Their  union  has  been  blessed  with  one  child,  Tenney.  Mr.  Stortz 
is  serving  his  second  term  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Seal  Beach,  being 
chairman  of  both  police  and  street  committee.  He  is  also  an  active  member  and 
director  of  the  local  Chamber  of  Commerce.  In  national  politics  Mr.  Stortz  is  a 
Republican  of  the  progressive  type.  He  is  a  member  of  the  State  Master  Plumbers' 
Association. 

HENRY  WINTERS. — A  pioneer  of  Orange  County  whose  enterprise  is  con- 
nected particularly  with  Wintersburg,  the  town  that  bears  his  name,  Henry  Winters 
is  a  conspicuous  example  of  a  successful  agriculturist,  and  notably  associated  with  the 
advancement  of  the  country  during  the  past  thirty  years  of  his  residence  in  California. 
Born  in  Trumbull  County,  Ohio,  July  12,  1855,  he  was  reared  in  his  native  county,  where 
he  attended  the  public  schools  and  learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  at  which  he  served 
a  three  years'  apprenticeship.  Mr.  Winters  is  of  German  lineage.  His  father,  Frederick, 
who  came  from  near  Hamburg,  Germany,  was  a  miller  by  trade,  in  the  old  country, 
and  owned  one  of  the  quaint,  picturesque  old  mills  run  by  wind-mill  power  on  the  River 
Elbe.  He  married  after  coming  to  the  United  States,  in  Ohio,  and  worked  five  years 
for  Governor  Todd  in  the  coal  fields.  In  1879  he  removed  from  Ohio  and  settled  in 
Saline  County,  Kans.,  where  he  became  the  owner  of  an  eighty-acre  farm,  and  lived 
practically  retired  until  he  died  in  Kansas  at  the  age  of  seventy-two.  His  wife,  in 
maidenhood  Margaret  Hardman,  emigrated  from  Germany  with  her  parents'  family 
in  1830,  and  belonged  to  the  first  generation  of  boys  and  girls  of  Girard,  Trumbull 
County,  Ohio.  Her  father  had  seen  active  "service  in  the  French  army  as  a  soldier 
under  Napoleon.  She  was  the  mother  of  eight  children,  six  of  whom  were  by  a  former 
marriage  with  John  Krosinger,  a  tanner  by  trade.  She  attained  the  advanced  age  of 
eighty-nine  and  died  in  Kansas. 

Henry  Winters  married  Miss  Ella  Eckenrode,  in  Ohio,  and  with  his  wife  and 
family  lived  at  different  places  in  Ohio,  Kansas,  Washington  and  Oregon.  His  wife 
died  on  their  first  visit  to  California,  in  1883,  survived  by  one  child,  a  daughter  named 
Blanche,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Peter  Lauer  of  Sharon,  Pa.  For  thirteen  years  Mr. 
Winters  followed  his  trade  in  Ohio  and  Kansas,  and  did  a  great  deal  of  construction 
work  in  the  latter  state.  He  made  four  overland  trips,  moving  back  and  forth  to 
various  places,  and  finally  settled  in  Orange  County  thirty  years  ago.  In  1895  he 
again  entered  the  state  of  matrimony,  being  united  with  Miss  Cordelia  Wilson,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Ivy)  Wilson  of  Pasadena,  who  came  to  Orange 
County  and  engaged  in  farming  and  dairying.  Later  they  moved  to  Modesto,  where 
the  father  died  in  1916.  The  ihother  is  living  at  Modesto.  Mrs.  Winters  is  the  oldest 
child  in  a  family  of  eight  children,  six  of  whom  are  living.  She  was  educated  at  La- 
inanda  Park,  Cal.,  and  was  nineteen  years  old  when  the  family  moved  to  the  Winters- 
burg section  of  Orange  County.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Winters  are  the  parents  of  six  children: 
Bonnie  H.,  a  stenographer  with  the  Western  Union  Oil  Company  at  Los  Angeles; 
Josephine,  the  wife  of  Dale  Elliott,  residing  at  Santa  Ana;  Walter  and  Wallace,  twins, 
and  sophomores  in  the  Huntington  Beach  high  school;  Hazel  M.;  and  Homer  A. 
After  coming  to  California  Mr.  Winters  turned  his  attention  to  agriculture,  and  his 
profound  faith  in  practical  development  of  the  soil  has  not  only  convinced  scores  of  his 
undisputed  good  judgment,  but  has  been  the  means  of  their  taking  advantage  of  the 
conditions  which  he  has  turned  to  good  advantage.  In  the  earlier  years  of  the  county's 
history,  Mr.  Winters  purchased  twenty  acres  of  land  in  Ocean  View  where  his  home 
IS  situated  in  what  is  now  the  great  celery  district,  and  turned  his  attention  to  raising 
corn  and  potatoes.     To  this  he  added  in   1917,  another  twenty  adjoining,  giving  him 


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forty  acres  of  the  best  land  in  the  district,  for  which  he  refused  $50,000  in  September, 
1920.  His  land  yielded  137  bushels  of  shelled  corn  and  100  sacks  of  marketable  potatoes 
to  the  acre  the  first  year,  and  these  were  grown  in  close  proximity  to  tons  of  pumpkins, 
which  naturally  absorbed  much  of  the  richness  of  the  soil.  Samples  of  this  remark- 
able showing  were  placed  on  exhibition  at  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition  at 
Chicago,  in  1893,  and  created  a  great  sensation.  Probably  this  exhibit,  more  than, 
any  other  display  from  California,  had  a  tendency  to  place  the  resources  of  Orange 
County  in  the  proper  light  before  the  world  in  general.  It  was  said  by  J.  C.  Joplin, 
who  had  charge  of  the  exhibit,  that  the  fact  of  this  exhibit  having  been  grown  in  con- 
junction on  the  land  the  same  year  created  the  interest.  Mr.  Winter's  name  appeared 
on  the  exhibit  and  resulted  in  a  large  correspondence  from  incredulous  and  inquiring 
observers,  which  he  personally  answered.  The  next  year  his  acreage  exceeded  the 
former  production.  Another  of  his  exhibits  created  wonderment  at  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  at  Los  Angeles,  and  he  has  made  a  number  of  creditable  exhibits  at  the 
county  fairs.  He  was  the  first  man  in  Orange  County  to  bring  knowledge  of  the  won- 
derful peat  lands  at  Wintersburg  to  the  world's  attention.  He  cut  a  piece  of  peat  two 
by  twelve  by  fifteen  inches  in  dimension,  and  encased  it  in  a  glass  container,  so  that  the 
wonderful  composition  could  be  carefully  viewed  and  examined.  Not  content  with 
past  success,  Mr.  Winters  began  to  branch  out  in  agriculture  on  a  larger  scale.  He 
purchased  twenty  acres  where  Wintersburg  now  stands  and  followed  the  purchase  by 
another  twenty  acres  in  the  Fountain  Valley  district,  four  miles  southeast  of  his 
present  home,  which  he  sold. 

He  was  among  the  earliest  celery  raisers  in  Orange  County,  and  for  several 
years  grew  and  marketed,  on  an  average,  twenty  acres  of  celery  per  annum.  About  the 
same  time  he  became  the  owner  of  1,280  acres  of  land  in  Nye  County,  Nev.,  and  has 
bought  and  sold  land  at  various  times  since  that,  in  most  instances  to  good  profit. 
Owing  to  his  knowledge  of  the  culture  of  celery,  he  was  chosen  president  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Celery  Company  in  1898.  He  served  in  this  capacity  two  years,  and  placed 
Orange  County  celery  on  the  New  York  and  other  Eastern  markets.  In  1897,  when 
the  railway  was  built  through  what  is  now  Wintersburg,  by  James  McFadden,  he 
cooperated  with  Mr.  McFadden  and  donated  the  right  of  way  for  station  and  yardage. 
He  also  donated  ground  for  other  town  site  purposes.  In  recognition  of  his  valued 
services  his  fellow-townsmen,  headed  by  James  Kane,  circulated  a  petition  that  the 
town  be  named  Wintersburg,  in  his  honor,  and  it  was  so  named.  Mr.  Winters  has 
recently  built  a  beautiful  and  commodious  bungalow  residence  in  the  suburbs  of  Win- 
tersburg, where  he  and  his  family  reside  and  keep  up  the  old-time  hospitality  for 
which  California  of  olden  days  was  renowned.  Their  guests  are  treated  to  the  best 
there  is  in  the  culinary  line,  and  Mr.  Winters,  who  keeps  up  the  old  Ohio  idea  of  a 
family  orchard  and  vegetable  garden,  takes  pride  in  the  fact  that  the  major  portion 
of  the  meatj,  fruits  and  vegetables  served  in  his  dining  room  are  the  product  of  his 
orchard  and  vegetable  garden,  in  which  he  grows  fifty  varieties  of  fruits.  Mrs.  Winters 
is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Westminster.  Mr.  Winter's  energy,  keen 
judgment  and  efficiency,  in  combination  with  his  versatility  and  thoroughly  disinterested 
progressive  spirit,  entitle  him  to  the  high  esteem  which  his  friends  and  fellow-towns- 
men accord  him,  and  the  wealth  and  success  he  has  wrested  from  crude  but  promising 
materials  commend  itself  to  the  consideration  of  the  younger  generation  who  may  be 
imbued  with  ambition  and  possess  the  adequate  energy  and  continuity  of  purpose  to 
surmount  the  obstacles  that  lie  in  the  pathway  of  success. 

SIMON  TOUSSAU. — A  pioneer  who  has  seen  much  of  California  grow  from  a 
wilderness  and  who  is,  therefore,  a  natural  lover  of  the  Golden  State,  is  Simon  Toussau, 
a  native  of  France,  where  he  was  born-at  Oloron,  in  the  Basses-Pyrenees,  on  November 
12,  1877.  His  father,  John  Pierre,  was  a  farmer  who  died  in  October,  1919;  and  his 
mother,  Marie  Sarthou,  in  her  maidenhood,  passed  away  the  same  month.  They  had 
seven  children,  six  of  whom  are  now  living,  and  four  are  in  California.  John  is  a 
cement  worker  in  Anaheim;  Rose  is  Mrs.  Sesima,  of  the  same  place,  and  conducts  the 
French  Laundry  there;  Pierre  is  a  grain  farmer,  residing  near  Fullerton;  and  the 
youngest  is  the  subject  of  our  review. 

He  was  brought  up  as  a  farmer's  boy,  and  in  1898  performed  the  military  service 
expected  of  him  as  a  member,  for  a  year,  of  the  Eighteenth  Infantry.  On  getting  his 
honorable  discharge,  and  thus  securing  himself  as  a  patriotic  citizen  in  good  standing 
for  the  future,  he  came  to  America,  and  in  April,  1901,  arrived  in  California. 

He  located  in  Fullerton,  where  he  was  employed  by  August  Toussau  a  sheepman 
for  three  years,  and  he  ranged  his  sheep  where  now  acres  of  improved,  fruitful  ranches 
may  be  found.  For  four  years  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Southern  California 
Lumber  Company  in  San   Pedro,  and  while  there  built  the  residence  which  he  sold  - 


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again,  in  1920.  He  was  two  years  with  the  Anaheim  Lumber  Company,  and  when  he 
quit  their  yard  he  bought  this  ranch  of  ten  acres  on  the  Ball  road,  now  handsomely 
set  out  to  Valencia  oranges  in  full  bearing.  He  also  cares  for  forty  acres  or  more  of 
other  orchards.  In  1920  he  completed  a  large  two-story  modern  residence,  where  he 
lives  with  his  wife  and  two  children,  Madeline  H.  V.  and  Albert. 

At  Anaheim,  on  February  11,  1904,  Mr.  Toussau  was  married  to  Miss  Marie 
Poyet,  a  native  of  Los  Angeles,  of  French  parentage.  Her  father,  Jean  B.,  was  born 
in  Lyons,  France,  became  a  marble  cutter,  and  did  superb  work  on  cathedrals  in 
France,  and  in  1871  came  out  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  engaged  in  ranching  in  the 
Verdugo.  Then  he  moved  to  Fullerton,  where  he  bought  land,  and  there  he  died.  His- 
wife  was  Victorine  Amet,  a  native  of  Paris,  and  she  died  at  Santa  Ana.  They  had 
three  girls  and  one  boy,  and  the  son  and  two  of  the  daughters  are  still  living.  Believing 
that  growers  must  organize  and  unite  to  market  their  product,  Mr.  Toussau  is  a  member 
of  the  Anaheim   Orange   Growers  Association. 

DAVID  F.  SHARRATT. — Among  the  most  interesting  pioneers  of  Orange  County 
must  be  mentioned  D.  F.  Sharratt,  a  retired  citizen  of  Wintersburg,  who  was  born  at 
Waterford,  Maine,  on  April  18,  1838,  the  son  of  Frederick  Sharratt,  a  native  of  England. 
As  a  sailor  he  came  to  New  England,  and  in  Maine  married  Elizabeth  Whitcomb,  a  native 
of  that  state.  He  became  one  of  the  under-officers  of  a  trading  sailing-vessel,  which 
ran  into  a  tropical  gale;  the  vessel  foundered,  and  Mr.  Sharratt  was-  drowned.  Besides, 
a  widow,  he  left  two  sons,  the  subject  of  our  review  and  an  older  brother,  William 
Frederick,  who  has  resided  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands  since  1855. 

Mrs.  Sharratt  later  became  the  wife  of  George  W.  Cummings,  and  with  them 
Mr.  Sharratt  moved  from  the  state  of  Maine  to  Wisconsin,  in  1850,  and  settled  at  Oasis, 
Waushara  County.  He  squatted  on  Government  lands  on  the  Menominee  Indian 
Reservation,  and  from  his  fourteenth  to  his  twenty-seventh  year  worked  at  lumbering.. 
In  1865  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Dwyer,  a  native  of  Ireland,  who  was  brought  to- 
America  in   her  mother's  arms. 

Mr.  Sharratt  left  Wisconsin  in  1870  and  went  to  Kansas,  where  he  settled  at 
Blue  Rapids,  Marshall  County,  and  bought  railway  lands.  He  improved  his  holding 
and  then  sold  out  at  a  profit,  and  after  that  worked  in  a  flour  mill  at  Blue  Rapids, 
for  three  years.  In  1881  he  came  with  a  covered  wagon  and  his  wife  and  children  to^ 
Montana,  and  went  into  the  Bitter  Root  Valley. 

In  the  fall  of  1895  Mr.  Sharratt  said  goodbye  to  Montana  and  pushed  westward 
to  California,  and  in  the  spring  of  1896  he  arrived  at  Big  Rock  Creek,  in  the  Antelope 
Valley.  Later,  he  came  down  to  Wintersburg  and  bought  twenty  acres  of  land;  and 
noticing  wild  celery  growing  here,  he  became  the  pioneer  celery  grower  in  the  Smeltzer 
district,  and  was  one  of  the  most  successful  celery  growers  in  this  section,  where,  at 
one  time,  over  6,000  acres  were  devoted  to  celery  culture.  This  incident  alone  in  the 
life  of  this  observing  and  aggressive  pioneer  will  furnish  a  cue  as  to  his  real  character 
and  the  spirit  of  advancement  which  has  long  actuated  him. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sharratt  have  four  children  still  living.  Emory  F.  is  in  the  Bitter- 
Root  Valley,  Mont.;  Edith  E.  is  the  wife  of  S.  H.  Atkins,  a  rancher  in  the  Imperial 
Valley;  Wallace  F.  now  works  on  the  Sharratt  home  ranch,  although  he  also  has 
lands  at  Watsonville;  and  W.  H.  Sharratt  lives  at  the  latter  place  .  A  twin-brother 
to  W-allace  died  in  Kansas  when  he  was  two  years  old. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sharratt  attend  the  Baptist  Church  at  Huntington  Beach  and  par- 
ticipate in  such  good  works  for  social  uplift  and  the  general  improvement  of  the  com- 
munity as  they  can  devote  time  and  labor  to.  He  is  a  Progressive  Republican,  and  is 
never  weary  in  contributing  to  raise  the  standard  of  civic  ideals. 

BLUFORD  C.  BAXTER.^An  interesting  example  of  one  man's  struggle  toward 
success  in  this,  his  native  state,  and  his  unaided  achievement  of  that  end  after  many 
discouragements  and  ups  and  downs  may  be  found  in  the  life  story  of  Bluford  C. 
Baxter.  Born  February  25,  1866,  in  Mendocino  County,  Cal.,  he  is  a  son  of  John 
and  Mary  (Taylor)  Baxter,  the  former  a  native  of  Tennessee,  and  the  latter  of  Mis- 
souri, both  now  deceased.  The  father  crossed  the  plains  to  California  in  1849, 
coming  from  Missouri,  and  cut  timber  in  Mendocino  County,  later  ranching  in  Los. 
Angeles  County  in  the  early  seventies,  near  Compton.  He  also  took  up  Government 
land  two  and  one-half  miles  south  of  Anaheim,  and  still  later  located  at  Wilmington,. 
before  the  city  of  Long  Beach  was  started. 

Bluford  C.  Baxter  attended  the  country  schools  in  Mendocino,  and  then  at  Little 
Lake,  near  Whittier,  Los  Angeles  County,  and  also  at  Los  Nietos.  As  a  young  man 
he  worked  for  wages  on  ranches  in  Kern  County.  Locating  in  Los  Angeles  he  ran 
a  transfer  business  for  fifteen  years  in  that  city.     He  finally  decided  on  the  Placentia. 


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district  for  further  endeavors,  and  rented  land  for  ranching  activities,  and  was  the 
second  man  to  plant  and  raise  sweet  potatoes  on  a  large  scale,  cultivating  as  high  as 
ISO  acres  of  that  edible  and  producing  from  100  to  250  sacks  to  the  acre.  He  was 
called  the  Sweet  Potato  King  and  had  a  special  brand,  of  first  quality,  which  sold 
readily  at  advanced  prices,  being  shipped  in  carload  .lots  to  the  mining  district  of 
Arizona.  In  1906  Mr.  Baxter  bought  twenty  acres  of  raw  land  on  East  Orangethrope 
Avenue  and  raised  sweet  potatoes  at  first,  then,  in  1910,  he  planted  his  acreage  to 
Valencia  oranges  and  now  has  a  finely  producing  grove,  improved  with  cement  pipes 
and  laterals  for  irrigating.  He  owns  his  own  home  in  Placentia  and  is  a  stockholder  in 
the  Placentia  Mutual  Orange  Association.  Among  his  interesting  reminiscences  of 
earlier  days  in  the  county  is  the  fact  that  he  helped  haul  the  first  load  of  lumber  for 
the  first  oil  derrick  erected  in  Orange  County;  this  was  located  at  Olinda,  and 
Doheny,  the  present  oil  king,  was  the  man  who  drilled  for  oil,  in  the  interests  of  the 
Santa  Fe  Railway.  The  present  scope  of  the  oil  industry  in  this  district  was  beyond 
the  wildest  dreams  of  those  days  and  is  but  an  instance  of  the  wealth  still  to  be 
unearthed  in  this  wonderful  county. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Baxter,  which  occurred  November  25,  1914,  united  him 
with  Margaret  Hurless,  a  native  of  Iowa,  and  one  daughter,  Phyllis,  has  been  born 
to  them;  they  also  cherish  an  adopted  daughter,  Claudine.  As  a  self-made  man  who 
has  succeeded  against  obstacles,  Mr.  Baxter  is  a  fine  example  of  an  American  and 
Californian,  and  with  characteristic  loyalty  he  adheres  to  the  theory  that  the  man 
who  grasps  his  opportunities  can  hardly  help  but  succeed  in  this  truly  Golden  State. 
Mr.  Baxter  is  at  present  residing  in  Beaumont,  Cal. 

WILLIAM  WINFRED  BUSHARD.— How  the  ever-interesting  traditions  of  an 
estimable  family  are  perpetuated  in  the  successful  career  of  the  younger  generation  is 
pleasantly  illustrated  in  the  life  story  of  William  Winfred  Bushard,  one  of  the  four 
children — three  sons  and  a  daughter — of  John  B.  and  Mary  V.  Bushard,  well-known 
residents  of  Orange  County.  John  B.  Bushard  belonged  to  an  ancient  family  of  French 
origin,  established  in  Canada  by  John  Bushard,  who  was  the  first  to  emigrate  to 
America.  He  developed  a  farm  near  Rosser  Point,  and  in  the  homestead  that  he  himself 
built,  he  passed  away  at  the  ripe  age  of  three  score  and  ten.  One  of  his  most  virile 
children,  born  at  La  Kedze,  Canada,  near  La  Prairie,  was  James  Bushard,  who  grew 
up  in  his  native  land,  but  later  removed  to  the  States  and  became  an  extensive  farmer 
in  Clinton  County,  N.  Y.  He  married  Miss  Amelia  Trombley,  granddaughter  of  John 
Trombley,  such  a  pioneer  settler  there  that  his  name  was  given  to  an  indentation  called 
Trombley's  Bay.  The  old  man  used  to  tell  of  his  long  tramps  through  dense  timber 
to  Saranac  or  Plattsburg,  with  a  sack  of  corn  on  his  back,  to  the  nearest  rhill,  and 
then  the  tramp  back  again  with  the  bag  of  flour.  John  B.  Bushard  was  one  of  a  large 
family  of  nine — four  sons  and  five  daughters — born  of  this  union,  his  advent  into  the 
circle  occurring  at  the  old  homestead  in  Clinton  County,  N.  Y.,  on  March  20,   1843. 

John  B.  grew  up  to  follow  agricultural  pursuits  and  as  a  young  man  pushing 
westward  to  Minnesota,  he  may  have  anticipated  Horace  Greeley  in  his  advice  to  youth. 
He  tarried  for  a  while  in  St.  Paul,  and  then  went  to  Brown  County,  where  his  parents 
had  bought  a  quarter  section  of  land  for  himself  and  brothers.  He  had  hardly  com- 
menced to  cultivate  his  share  of  the  investment  when  the  awful  contest  between  the 
North  and  the  South  broke  out  in  all  its  fury;  and  in  1861,  he  enlisted  for  two  years. 
The  war  not  having  yet  come  to  an  end,  Mr.  Bushard  reenlisted,  joining  Company  A 
of  the  Minnesota  Cavalry,  and  becoming  quartermas'ter  of  Major  Hatchie's  battalion, 
he  was  stationed,  first  at  Fort  Snelling,  and  then  at  Fort  Abercrombie,  and  served  until 
1866,  when  he  received  his  discharge  at  the  former  place.  He  participated  in  several 
battles,  among  them  Mail  Springs,  Somerset,  Ky.,  when  the  Union  Army  won  one  of 
its  first  victories;  and  later  he  was  at  other  battles,  including  that  of  Gettysburg. 

When  the  Civil  War  was  ended,  John  B.  Bushard  came  out  to  California,  and 
some  time  afterward,  five  sisters  and  two  of  his  brothers  followed  him.  He  arrived  in 
the  period  prior  to  the  railroads,  when  teaming  and  hauling  being  prime  necessities, 
were  well  paid  enterprises,  and  he  engaged  in  transportation  from  Cerro  Gordo  to 
Bakersfield  and  Los  Angeles,  and  also  bet\(veen  the  latter  city  and  Prescott,  Ariz.  There 
was  plenty  of  money  for  the  risks  involved,  but  the  wild  depredations  of  Indians,  and 
the  often  unrestrained  lawlessness  of  some  of  the  miners  contributed  to  rob  the  venture 
of  its  permanent  attraction.  When  he  gave  up  teaming,  Mr.  Bushard  went  back  East 
for  a  year,  and  on  his  return  to  Los  Angeles,  entered  the  real  estate  field  there,  and 
acquired  some  valuable  property  in  East  Los  Angeles  and  elsewhere.  He  came  down 
to  the  "Gospel  Swamp"  district  in  what  is  now  western  Orange  County,  and  bought  a 
squatter's  claim  of  1,800  acres;  but  the  Stearns  Rancho  contested  his  title,  and  he  was 
dispossessed.     He  then  went  to  Ventura  County  and  bought  some  two  thousand  acres. 


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which  he  improved  and  sold  at  such  a  profit  that  he  was  able  to  return  to  the  "Swamp" 
and  purchase  the  land,  once  lost  to  him,  from  the  Stearns  Rancho. 

On  June  11,  1876,  John  B.  Bushard  was  married  at  Los  Angeles  to  Miss  Mary- 
Virginia  Page,  a  native  of  Michigan  and  the  daughter  of  Louis  E.  Page,  for  many 
years  well-known  as  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles,  where  he  died  on  September  25,  1906. 
He  was  born  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  in  1831,  and  forty  years  later  came  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  was  a  carriage  manufacturer  and  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Page  and 
Gravel.  John  B.  Bushard's  death  was  the  result  of  a  runaway  team  accident,  and 
occurred  on  January  1,  1905,  in  his  sixty-fir^t  year.  He  was  buried  in  Santa  Ana  Ceme- 
tery. Four  children  were  born  to  the  honored  couple — a  daughter,  Marie  Junette, 
residing  at  1340  West  Twenty-third  Street,  Los  Angeles,  with  her  mother;  and  the 
sons,  George  H.,  William  W.  and  Louis  J. 

These  three  brothers  live  on  their  respective  ranches  two  and  a  half  miles  east 
of  Huntington  Beach,  each  owning  sixty  acres  of  the  original  John  B.  Bushard  estate. 
The  land,  which  is  in  a  very  fertile  district  near  the  ocean,  is  devoted  to  the  growing, 
principally,  of  lima  beans  and  sugar  beets,  and  also  celery.  Once  it  was  covered  with 
willows  and  tules,  and  was  very  marshy;  but  the  elder  Bushard,  with  the  aid  of  his 
sons  and  good  neighbors,  W.  D.  La;mb,  W.  T.  Newland  and  Casper  Borchard,  all  early 
settlers,  drained  the  morass,  transformed  the  "Swamp"  into  one  of  the  most  productive 
and  attractive  parts  of  the  county,  and  laid  out  the  Talbert  Road. 

William  W.  Bushard  resides  on  the  old  John  B.  Bushard  home  place,  which  he 
has  brought  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  assisted  by  his  devoted  wife,  who  was  Miss 
Addie  J.  McGowan  before  her  marriage.  She  was  a  native  of  Texas,  and  a  daughter 
of  the  John  McGowan  so  well  known  in  that  state,  where  he  was  a  doughty  county 
sheriff.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bushard  have  one  child,  William  Winfred,  Jr. 

FERN  S.  BISHOP. — Noteworthy  among  the  prominent  contractors  and  builders 
of  Orange  County  is  the  name  of  Fern  S.  Bishop,  who  has  the  distinction  of  erecting 
and  equipping  more  walnut  packing  plants  than  any  man  in  the  state.  Although  a 
native  of  Story  County,  Iowa,  where  he  was  born  January  5,  1876,  he  has  been  a  resi- 
dent of  Orange  County  since  the  age  of  five  years.  His  parents  were  Amos  D.  and 
Anna  (Knight)  Bishop,  natives  of  Michigan  and  Vermont,  respectively.  His  father  is 
still  living,  his  mother  having  passed  away  in  1905.  The  family  migrated  from  Iowa 
to  Santa  Ana  in  1881. 

Fern  S.  Bishop  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Orange  and 
while  quite  young  started  to  assist  his  father  on  the  home  ranch.  Later  he  learned  the 
trade  of  a  carpenter  with  C.  McNeil  of  Santa  Ana,  with  whom  he  remained  for  five 
years.  Mr.  Bishop  is  a  natural  mechanic,  and  his  ingenuity  has  led  to  many  clever 
inventions  now  used  in  the  walnut  packing  industry,  among  which  is  a  labor-saving 
device  used  in  pWtking  walnuts;  he  also  invented  and  patented  a  vacuum  culling  machine 
which  eliminates  the  light  weight  nuts,  or  culls,  through  a  blower  system  under  high 
pressure  of  air;  also  he  has  invented  an  all  concrete  walnut  bleacher  or  washer.  His 
aim  has  been  to  invent  such  machines  to  be  used  in  walnut  packing  houses  that  will 
increase  the  capacity  of  a  plant  and  lessen  the  expense.  Another  machine  invented  and 
patented  by  Mr.  Bishop  is  known  as  the  cleaning  machine  for  mouldy  walnut  meats  and 
all  of  his  machines  have  been  demonstrated  a  marked  success.  Mr.  Bishop  is  con- 
sidered an  expert  on  matters  pertaining  to  the  packing  of  walnuts  and  is  frequently 
called  into  consultation  when  important  questions  are  to  be  considered.  While  in  the 
employ  of  Mr.  McNeil  he  was  foreman  of  construction  on  the  packing  plant  of  the 
Santa  Ana  Walnut  Growers  Association. 

In  September,  1914,  Mr.  Bishop  entered  the  building  and  contracting  business  for 
himself  and  has  erected  and  equipped  the  following  packing  houses:  the  Guggenhime 
packing  house  and  the  Gowen  and  Willard  packing  house  of  Santa  Ana;  the  Anaheim 
Walnut  Growers  Association  packing  house;  the  Fullerton  Walnut  packing  house;  the 
Golden  Belt  house  of  Fullerton  (now  the  Benchley  Packing  Company);  the  Walnut 
packing  house  at  Walnut.  In  Ventura  County  Mr.  Bishop  built  and  equipped  the 
Saticoy  packing  house  and  reequipped  the  Santa  Paula  plant.  At  Whittier,  Los  Angeles 
County,  he  built  and  equipped  the  Whittier  Walnut  Growers  Association  house.  It 
has  a  daily  capacity  of  sixty  tons.  He  also  has  to  his  credit  the  erecting  and  equipping 
of  the  packing  houses  at  Irvine,  at  San  Juan  Capistrano,  the  Cudahy  plant  at  Hunting- 
ton Park  and  the  Chino  Walnut  house.  In  1920  he  completed  the  packing  house  for 
the  La  Puente  Valley  Walnut  Growers  Association,  the  largest  house  of  the  kind  in 
the  world,  with  a  capacity  of  150  tons  in  ten  hours,  and  it  is  the  consensus  of  opinion 
that  it  is  the  most  modern  house  for  packing  walnuts  now  in  use,  being  fully  equipped 
with  machinery  and  appliances  invented  and  patented  by  Mr.  Bishop.  He  is  now  build- 
ing a  plant  for  the  California  Walnut  Growers  at  Vernon  for  the  manufacture  of  char- 


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coal  from  walnut  shells.  In  addition  to  these  buildings,  Mr.  Bishop  has  erected  many- 
fine  residences  in  Orange  County,  among  which  we  mention  those  of  John  W.  Hete- 
brink,  Fullerton;  E.  A.  Bastian,  Placentia;  Mrs.  C.  W.  Curry  and  Ray  Bishop,  in 
Santa   Ana. 

In  Santa  Ana,  on  December  12,  1894,  Mr.  Bishop  married  Miss  Nellie  Deck,  who 
was  born  at  Upper  Alton,  111.,  a  daughter  of  J.  H.  and  Lavina  (Short)  Deck,  who  were 
natives  of  that  state.  Her  father  served  in  the  Civil  War  as  a  member  of  an  Illinois 
Tegiment.  The  Deck  family  came  to  California  in  1882,  locating  at  San  Pedro,  but  soon 
afterward  moved  to  Santa  Ana,  where  they  improved  a  ranch  and  where  Mr.  Deck 
still  resides.  His  wife  died  here  in  March,  1913.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bishop  are  the  parents 
of  two  children:  Clara,  who  is  the  wife  of  H.  C.  Hibbard  of  Santa  Ana  and  the  mother 
of  one  son:  Harold  Bishop  married  Miss  Lela  West,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  one 
■daughter.  Harold  Bishop  is  associated  with  his  father  in  business,  being  his  foreman 
■of  construction.  The  successful  career  of  Fern  S.  Bishop  is  a  striking  example  of 
what  energy  and  resourcefulness,  wisely  directed,  and  centered  on  a_  definite  goal,  can 
accomplish. 

MRS.  IDA  J.  HUGHES. — A  most  estimable  woman  of  high  ideals,  pleasing  per- 
sonality and  an  interesting  conversationalist  is  Mrs.  Ida  J.  Hughes,  the  widow  of  the 
late  M.  F.  Hughes,  a  progressive  rancher  who  passed  away  in  September,  1918.  Mrs. 
Hughes  was  born  in  18S6  in  what  was  then  the  Territory  of  Kansas.  She  is  the  daughter 
of  Jehu  and  Sarah  H.  Wilson,  natives  of  Ohio  and  North  Carolina,  respectively.  Mrs. 
Hughes  was  reared  and  educated  in  Kansas  and  attended  the  University  of  Kansas, 
after  which  she  conducted  a  millinery  business  for  three  years  in  Lawrence,  Kansas. 

On  January  4,  1882,  she  was  united  in  marriage  with  M.  F.  Hughes,  a  native  of 
Missouri,  born  in  1854,  where  he  was  reared  and  educated.  He  followed  farming 
throughout  his  life,  and  although  always  a  busy  farmer  he  never  neglected  his  duties  to 
the  state  and  nation,  but  always  manifested  the  deepest  interest  in  political  matters, 
in  which  he  was  an  ardent  supporter  of  the  Republican  party. 

On  December  1,  1911,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hughes  located  on  their  ranch  in  Orange 
County,  Cal.  At  that  time  the  land  was  in  a  poor  and  unproductive  condition  and 
the  buildings  were  small,  but  -with  his  usual  enterprising  spirit  Mr.  Hughes  began  to 
improve  and  develop  the  place.  He  installed  a  splendid  water  system  by  sinking  a 
well  to  the  depth  of  315  feet,  securing  thereby  sufficient  water  to  irrigate  100  acres; 
he  also  built  a  modern  seven-room  residence.  Today  the  ranch  is  in  a  high  state  of 
cultivation  and  is  chiefly  devoted  to  raising  oranges,  although  some  walnuts  and  lemons 
are  produced. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hughes  were  the  parents  of  three  sons:  Elmer  J.,  the  superin- 
tendent of  a  large  ranch  near  Seal  Beach,  married  Miss  Delia  Mulvihill,  and  they  have 
a  son,  Paul  V.;  Charles  F.,  also  a  rancher,  married  Miss  Melba  K.  .^len;  Everett  V. 
married  Miss  Catherine  Reynen,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  children,  Joseph  E. 
and  Elizabeth  A.  Mrs.  Hughes  is  affiliated  with  the  Friends  Church  and  the  entire 
family  are  greatly  esteemed  in  the  community. 

MISS  BLANCHE  L.  DOLPH.— A  talented,  public-spirited  and  generous  lady, 
who  feels  a  fond  interest  for  California,  for  here  she  regained  her  health,  is  Miss 
Blanche  L.  Dolph,  whose  musical  tastes  and  gifts  have  contributed  toward  the  happi- 
ness of  others,  and  whose  fortunate  investments  since  she  came  here  have  enabled 
her  to  assist  others  in  their  difficulties  or  distress.  Miss  Dolph  was  born  at  Scranton, 
Pa.,  the  daughter  of  Edward  Dolph,  one  of  an  early  French-American  family,  whose 
name  was  originally  De  Wolf,  later  contracted  to  Dolph.  His  father  was  Alexander 
Dolph,  a  farmer  near  Scranton.  Becoming  a  coal  operator  at  Scranton,  Edward  Dolph 
became  well  posted  on  coal  formation  and  thus  discovered  the  outcropping  on  his 
father's  farm,  which  proved  to  be  a  rich  vein  of  coal,  which  has  been  and  is  a  source 
of  wealth  to  the  family.  In  time,  therefore,  Mr.  Dolph  became  a  large  and  influential 
coal  operator  in  Scranton,  and  there,  too,  in  earlier  days  he  had  married  Miss  Elizabeth 
Wadhams,  descended  from  an  old  English  family.  They  had  five  children,  two  sons 
and  three  daughters,  and  the  youngest,  Edward  S.,  is  manager  of  the  Dolph's  interests 
at  Scranton.  Lewis  Cass  was  the  oldest  son  and  third  child  of  the  family,  and  he  died 
when  he  was  twelve  years  old.  The  eldest  born  is  Miss  Florence  Dolph,  who  resides 
at  2021  Ocean  View  Avenue,  Los  Angeles.  Another  sister,  Mrs.  Josette  N.  Robertson, 
lives  at  Scranton.  Mrs.  Dolph  outlived  her  husband  eight  years  and  died  in  1898  at 
Scranton.    Senator  Dolph  of  Oregon  is  a  relative. 

Miss  Dolph  attended  the  common  schools  of  Scranton  and  later  the  University 
at  Lewisburg.  Having  a  natural  talent  and  love  for  music  she  studied  the  violin, 
cornet  and  piano,  and  came  to  be  in  much  demand,  especially  for  churches  and  societies 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  885 

which  she  was  always  glad  to  help,  and  she  also  frequently  favored  communities  of 
other  cities  in  that  region.  Thirty-four  years  ago,  on  her  first  visit  to  California,  in 
1886,  she  first  saw  the  neighborhood  of  San  Juan-by-the-Sea,  where  she  now  resides. 
She  had  traveled  extensively  throughout  the  United  States  and  Europe  as  well  as  the 
Orient,  and  her  experienced  eye  enabled  her  to  pick  the  site  of  her  home  on  account 
of  its  beautiful  view  and  natural  beauty,  commanding  as  it  does  a  view  of  the  broad 
Pacific  as  well  as  the  beautiful  San  Juan  Valley,  while  in  the  background  are  the  Tem- 
«scal  Mountains  in  their  grandeur.  She  still  held,  until  two  years  ago,  the  old  home 
at  Scranton,  but  six  years  ago  she  built  her  beautiful  mansion  near  Serra  or  old  San 
Juan-by-the-Sea,  one  of  the  most  picturesque  mountain  homes  by  the  ocean  in  all 
California.  Then  she  wisely  invested  in  ranch  land  near  San  Juan  Capistrano,  and 
while  she  gives  it  the  proper  oversight,  her  main  interests  in  life  are  humanitarian  and 
charitable.  Miss  Dolph  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  she  participated 
in  Red  Cross  and  other  war  activities.  She  has  crossed  the  Continent  sixty  times,  and 
on  her  trips  in  1902  and  1908  crossed  via  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  Her  friend  and 
•companion.  Miss  Lucella  McGaughey,  who  was  pastor's  assistant  at  the  Second  Pres- 
byterian Church  at  Scranton  for  eighteen  years,  a  well-posted  Bible  student,  has  joined 
Tier  in  some  of  these  transcontinental  trips,  and  in  1917  they  motored  the  entire  dis- 
tance from  New  York  City  to  their  home  at  San  Juan-by-the-Sea.  She  has  had  other 
places  constructed  for  her,  and  among  them  a  pretty  residence  at  Arch  Beach,  nine 
miles  north  from  San  Juan  Capistrano,  along  the  coast. 

Aside  from  her  musical  ability  Miss  Dolph  also  displays  much  talent  as  an  artist 
and  has  a  large  circle  of  friends  among  the  colony  of  artists  who  make  their  home 
part  of  the  time  in  Southern  California.  Thus  her  rooms  are  replete  with  beautiful 
paintings  from  the  hands  of  some  of  the  best-known  modern  painters.  Of  a  pleasing 
personality  and  hospitable  nature  it  is  indeed  a  pleasure  to  know  and  share  Miss  Dolph's 
friendship. 

MRS.  LAURA  REED  FORD.— A  distinguished  resident  of  East  Villa  Park  is 
Mrs.  Laura  Reed  Ford,  the  widow  of  John  Critenton  Ford,  whose  handsome  residence  is 
one  of  the  attractions  of  Park  Road.  She  is  a  native  daughter,  born  near  Downey,  Cal., 
the  daughter  of  Robb  R.  and  Antonia  (Troll)  Reed.  Her  father  came  from  Pennsyl- 
vania to  California  in  pioneer  days,  while  her  mother  crossed  the  plains  in  an  ox-team 
train  with  her  father  in  1849  to  San  Francisco.  After  their  marriage,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reed 
•came  to  San  Luis  Obispo,  then  to  Downey  and  later  still  to  Julian,  San  Diego  County, 
where  they  were  engaged  in  merchandising  until  their  death.  Mrs.  Ford  is  the  second 
■oldest  of  three  children  born  of  this  union.  John  Critenton  Ford  was  born  at  Benton, 
Franklin  County,  111.,  on  November  7,  1861,  the  son  of  John  P.  and  Louise  (Young) 
Ford,  old  settlers  of  Illinois.  Jno.  P.  Ford,  who  came  to  California  in  1885,  was  a  pros- 
perous farmer,  with  a  splendid  tract  of  160  acres  in  Illinois,  and  very  expert  in  the 
raising  of  corn,  cattle  and  hogs.  John  Critenton  attended  both  the  grammar  and  the 
high  schools  at  Benton,  111.,  and  lived  on  his  father's  farm  until  1881,  when  he  and  his 
brother  Theodore  pushed  west  to  California  and  settled  at  Santa  Ana.  John  Critenton 
joined  another  brother,  George  W.  Ford,  and  went  into  the  nursery  business.  After  a 
while,  John  Critenton  moved  to  the  Julian  Mountains  in  San  Diego  County  and  went 
into  the  nursery  and  apple  industry  for  himself. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  R.  Reed  moved  to  Julian  when  Laura  Reed  was  a  child,  and  there 
she  attended  the  grammar  school.  There,  also,  she  met  Mr.  Ford,  and  they  were  mar- 
ried on  May  11,  1892.  Thereafter  for  eight  years  they  lived  in  Julian,  at  which  place 
Mr.  Ford  continued  to  develop  his  well-known  nursery. 

In  1900,  however,  Mr.  Ford  sold  out  and  removed  to  a  place  northeast  of  Garden 
•Grove,  where  he  spent  a  year  in  raising  beets.  Then  he  moved  onto  a  dairy  farm  on 
Fifth  Street,  in  Santa  Ana,  and  two  years  were  spent  in  dairying  on  a  ranch  of  fifteen 
acres.  In  1903,  another  change  was  made,  and  the  family  moved  to  Edinger  Street,  south 
of  Santa  Ana,  where  Mr.  Ford  rented  a  ranch  of  125  acres.  He  put  in  grain,  and  had  a 
■dairy.  In  the  four  years  that  he  was  there,  he  kept  twenty-four  head  of  cattle  and 
seven  head  of  horses.  . 

In  1907  he  sold  out  and  bought  the  present  Ford  homesite  on  Park  Road,  in  East 
Villa  Park.  It  comprises  about  eight  and  a  half  acres,  one-third  of  which  is  set  out  to 
Valencias  and  two-thirds  to  lemons.  It  is  watered  by  the  John  T.  Carpenter  Water  Com- 
pany, in  which  the  Fprds  have  twenty-three  shares.  Under  Mr.  Ford's  skillful  hand,  this 
place  was  being  nicely  developed,  when,  on  October  8,  1914,  he  was  called  upon  to  lay 
aside  the  cares  and  responsibilities  of  earthly  life.  Mr.  Ford  took  an  active  part  in  the 
work  of  the  Villa  Park  Congregational  Church;  and  in  this  commendable  work  the 
esteemed  widow  and  her  family  continue  a  live  interest. 


886  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Two  sons  and  two  daughters  are  a  comfort  and  pride  to  Mrs.  Ford.  Homer  r. 
living  on  the  old  homesite,  and  is  married  to  Ruby  L.  Kreschal.  George  C.  •^°'jj,-'^q^" 
electrician  and  machinist,  who  lives  at  Orange  and  is  married  to  Alma  Ziesnig  of  t  m  ■ 
Annie  L.  is  a  graduate  of  the  Orange  high  school;  and  Myrtle  May  is  also  a  s tu  e 
there.  Both  daughters  are  interested  in  the  study  of  the  piano,  playing  well,  and  *^  ^^^^^ 
also  plays  the  cornet  in  the  high  school  band,  an  organization  of  sixty  P'^"^'  °  , 
sons  belong  to  the  Orange  Lodge  of  Redmen.  Mrs.  Ford  is  a  member  of  the  Central 
Lemon  Association  of  Villa  Park  and  the  Villa  Park  Orange  Association. 

Since  Mr.  Ford's  death  Mrs.  Ford,  with  the  aid  of  her  children,  has  contmued  to 
care  for  and  develop  the  ranch  according  to  the  plans  which  they  had  laid  out,  and  it  is 
now  a  full-bearing  orchard.  On  March  23,  1918,  she  met  a  severe  loss,  her  home  being 
destroyed  by  fire.  She  immediately  rebuilt,  erecting  a  modern  bungalow,  as  stated 
above,  the  pride  of  the  community,  and  attracting  the  attention  of  the  passers-by.  Mr. 
Ford  always  insisted  on  giving  much  of  the  credit  of  bringing  their  ranch  to  such  a  high 
state  of  development  to  Mrs.  Ford,  for  by  her  assistance  and  help,  not  only  in  the  home, 
encouraging  him  in  his  ambitions,  but  also  in  the  starting  of  the  orchard  she  worked  by 
his  side  in  the  care  of  the  trees,  whether  in  cultivating,  irrigating  or  pruning  of  the 
same.  The  citizens  of  Orange  County  can  be  proud  to  have  a  native  daughter  of  Mrs.- 
Ford's  capability,  energy  and  progressive  ideas  as  one  of  its  citizens  and  boosters. 

JOSEPH  YOCH. — Recognized  as  one  of  the  leaders  in  all  forward  movements 
of  the  organization  and  early  upbuilding  of  Orange  County,  Joseph  Yoch  is  living 
practically  retired  from  active  business  cares.  He  was  born  May  17,  1844,  near  Berlin, 
Germany,  from  which  country  his  parents  set  sail  to  America  in  1847.  His  father  was 
a  stonemason  by  trade  and  a  contractor  after  landing  in  the  United  States.  He  was 
also  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  which  soon  occupied  all  of  the  time  of  father 
and  sons.  The  mother  was  Katharine  Glorius  before  her  marriage,  and  she  became  the 
mother  of  John,  Joseph  and  Bernard..  When  the  family  left  Germany,  they  brought 
with  them  all  of  their  household  belongings  as  well  as  their  wagon  and  farming  imple- 
ments and  seeds.  They  landed  at  New  Orleans  and  from  there  took  a  river  boat  up 
the  Mississippi  River  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.  For  ten  years  the  family  farmed  and  then  the 
father  sold  out  and  engaged  in  coal  mining,  and  so  successful  was  he  that  he  established 
one  of  the  largest  individually  owned  fields  in  the  coal  region.  His  wife  died  in  1863, 
and  he  lived  until  1885,  dying  at  Belleville,  111. 

From  the  age  of  nineteen,  Joseph  Yoch  controlled  the  business,  allowing  his 
father  to  retire.  Under  the  firm  name  of  Joseph  Yoch  and  Brothers  the  three  sons 
worked  and  were  prosperous.  While  Joseph  was  the  chief  executive  of  the  company, 
he  ascribes  its  great  success  to  the  invention  by  his  brother  Bernard  of  the  road  engine, 
known  as  the  B.  Yoch  engine,  which  is  self-propelling.  Joseph  Yoch  handled  over 
three  and  one-half  million  bushels  of  coal  annually.  On  the  line  of  the  Indianapolis  and 
St.  Louis  Railway,  near  Litchfield,  he  had  a  coal  field  of  400  acres.  The  firm  also  had 
coal  mines  on  the  Louisville  and  Nashville  Railway,  on  the  Southern  Illinois,  and  in  the 
various  counties  and  employed  300  to  400  men  in  the  operation  of  their  fifteen  mines. 
One  of  the  many  interests  built  up  by  this  company  was  the  building  of  a  transfer  boat 
for  the  purpose  of  transporting  coal  from  the  east  to  the  west  side  of  the  Mississippi 
River.  This  ferry  attracted  the  notice  of  the  Jay  Gould  interests  that  in  1886  bought 
out  the  company  of  Joseph  Yoch  and  Bros.,  together  with  the  Consolidated  Coal 
Company,  in  which  Joseph  Yoch  was  prominent,  and  which  controlled  the  output  of 
coal  in  the  zone  for  fifty  miles  about  St.  Louis.  After  the  Jay  Gould  syndicate  pur- 
chased these  coal  properties,  they  oflFered  Joseph  Yoch  a  position,  but  he  remained 
only  one  month  to  help  the  new  managers  to  become  acquainted  with  this  field. 

In  1886,  after  disposing  of  his  interests  in  the  Illinois  coal  business  Mr  Yoch 
made  a  trip  to  California,  returning  with  his  family  in  1887  to  Santa  Ana  where  he 
purchased  the  present  home' place  at  1012  North  Main  Street.  He  had  become  finan- 
cially interested  in  the  Black  Star  Coal  Mine  of  Santiago  Canyon  in  1887  Later  he 
invested  in  other  mining  property  in  the  Santiago,  and  for  a  number  of  years  worked 
these  two  mines.  The  Black  Star,  however,  has  been  inactive  for  more  than  twenty 
years.  In  1889,  Mr.  Yoch  established  a  brick  yard  in  Santa  Ana.  In  1895  he  became 
interested  m  ranching  at  El  Monte,  Los  Angeles  County,  and  sunk  the  first  successful 
irrigating  well  in  that  vicinity;  this  property  was  disposed  of  some  time  ago  and  it 
is  now  owned  by  J.  S.  Killian. 

The  Laguna  Beach  territory  claimed  Mr.  Yoch's  attention  in  1895,  when  he  bought 
the  hotel  and  store.  Soon  after  he  was  appointed  postmaster,  which  office  he  held 
for  ten  years.  Besides  a  large  amount  of  real  estate  in  the  town  of  Laguna  Beach 
which  is  under  lease,  Mr.  Yoch  also  owns  a  fine  ranch  of  1,000  acres  in  Laguna  Canyon' 
some  of  which  is  now  leased  for  oil.     It  is  due  to  his  enterprise  that  this  section  had  its' 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  891 

early  water  supply  and  its  first  telephone  line,  which  Mr.  James  Irvine  generously 
allowed  Mr.  Yoch  to  construct  over  ten  miles  of  the  Irvine  ranch. 

On  May  14,  1878,  Mr.  Yoch  was  united  in  marriage  with  Catharine  Isch,  whose 
parents  were  natives  of  Lorraine,  France.  Her  mother's  family  the  Pfeiffers,  came  to 
America  from  France  in  1825,  and  were  pioneers  of  Illinois.  John  Nicholas  Isch,  her 
father,  was  a  soldier  of  France  in  1836,  and  on  coming  to  Ameria,  in  1840,  located  in 
St.  Clair  County,  III.  There  were  then  a  number  of  Indians  in  the  vicinity  and  he 
established  friendly  relations  with  them,  which  always  continued.  Mrs.  Yoch  received 
her  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  neighborhood,  with  a  two  years'  course  at 
the  State  Normal  School  at  Normal,  111.,  afterwards  teaching  at  the  school  at  Center- 
ville,  which  she  had  attended  in  her  girlhood.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Yoch  are  the  parents  of 
six  children:  Josephine  is  a  teacher  of  languages  in  the  Los  Angeles  high  school; 
Bertha  is  the  wife  of  Thomas  Doyle,  a  stockraiser  at  Phoenix,  Ariz.,  and  they  have  six 
children;  Elizabeth  is  the  wife  of  Captain  Theodore  Lewton,  chief  engineer  of  the  Coast 
Guard,  U.  S.  N.,  and  they  have  two  children;  Caroline  is  the  wife  of  Redmond  Barnett 
of  New  York,  and  they  have  three  children;  Agnes  is  the  wife  of  Eliot  West,  the  owner 
of  a  large  confectionery  manufacturing  company  at  Norfolk,  Va.;  Florence,  a  graduate 
of  the  University  of  Illinois,  resides  in  Los  Angeles,  and  is  a  landscape  architect  of 
national   fame. 

Joseph  Yoch  was  twice  on  the  Santa  Ana  Board  of  Trustees,  and  was  a  supervisor 
for  one  term,  during  which  term  was  built  the  first  bridge  across  the  river  on  Fifth 
Street,  and  the  term  when  the  present  court  house  was  located,  serving  as  chairman 
during  the  entire  period.  In  politics  he  has  always  been  a  Democrat  both  "in  and  out 
of  season,"  but  in  local  affairs  adopts  the  wise  measure  of  supporting  the  best  men 
regardless  of  party  lines.  Mr.  Yoch  was  a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Santa  Ana  for  twenty  years,  and  also  its  vice-president.  In  his  character  he  is  kind 
and  has  always  scorned  to  speak  ill  of  any  person  he  knew.  He  is  one  who  has  devoted 
himself  generously  in  public  service  to  the  land  of  his  adoption. 

RANCHO  CA5JON  DE  SANTA  ANA.— One  among  the  few  remaining  large 
ranches  in  Orange  County,  is  Rancho  Cation  de  Santa  Ana,  well  watered  by  the  Santa 
Ana.Jiiver  flowing  through,  and  it  is  equally  well  served  by  the  Santa  Fe  Railway,  on  its 
route  from  San  Bernardino  to  San  Diego.  There  is  a  switch  and  signal  station  on  the 
ranch  known  as  Gypsum  from  which  the  products  of  the  farm  are  despatched,  and 
where  the  home  imports  arrive.  There  is  also  a  station  named  Horseshoe  Bend.  The 
farm  is  at  the  extreme  eastern  end  of  the  Yorba  precinct,  in  the  northeastern  part  of 
Orange  County.  Its  manager  is  Mrs.  S.  B.  Bryant,  of  Los  Angeles — whose  maiden 
name  was  Bixby,  explaining  that  the  place  was  formerly  known  as  one  of  the  Bixby 
ranches,  the  property  of  John  Bixby,  now  deceased,  at  present  owned  by  his  two  chil- 
dren, Mrs.  S.  B.  Bryant  and  Fred  Bixby.  It  still  comprises  6,000  acres,  beautifully 
located  in  the  canon  of  the  Santa  Ana  River,  and  running  clear  up  to  the  mountains, 
forming  the  boundary  line  between  Orange  and  Riverside  counties. 

The  principal  product  of  the  rancho  is  citrus  fruit,  of  which  there  are  140  acres 
in  all,  sixty-three  acres  being  given  up  to  Valencia  oranges,  thirty  acres  to  Navels, 
and  forty-seven  acres  to  lemons.  The  trees  are,  for  the  most  part,  seven  years  old, 
and  are  just  coming  into  profitable  bearing.  There  are,  besides,  forty-five  acres  in 
pears.  During  the  season  of  1919  a  carload  of  Bartletts  was  shipped  from  this  ranch, 
bringing  eighty-five  dollars,  a  ton.  The  ranch  has  also  sixty  acres  of  budded  walnuts. 
There  are  twenty  acres  of  alfalfa,  partly  for  ranch  use  and  partly  for  sale;  and  200 
acres  of  barley  for  hay,  and  sixty  acres  of  black-eye  beans.  There  is  a  great  deal  of 
pasture  land.  Forty-five  head  of  horses  and  four  mules  are  used  for  the  work  of  the 
farm,  and  a  Sampson  sieve-grip  tractor  is  employed  for  plowing  and  cultivating.  From 
fifteen  to  twenty  men  are  also  employed  on  an  average,  and  since  January,  1916,  Ernest 
R.  Johnson,  superintendent,  has  had  charge  of  these  interests. 

ARTHUR  FRANK  WALKER.— As  an  example  of  what  may  be  accomplished 
by  persistent  energy,  the  life  of  A.  F.  Walker,  known  to  a  host  of  friends  as  Frank 
Walker,  presents  lessons  of  encouragement  to  young  men  starting  out  for  themselves 
without  the  aid  of  means  or  influence,  for  starting  without  money,  he  is  now  the  owner 
of  160  acres  of  choice  land  in  the  Bolsa  district.  Born  in  Santa  Barbara  County, 
November  18,  1881,  Frank  Walker  is  the  son  of  Albert  F.  and  Lottie  (Stice)  Walker, 
the  father  passing  away  when  Frank  was  about  six  years  old.  There  were  two  other 
children  in  the  Walker  family:  Gillis  A.,  a  stock  raiser  at  Red  Bluff,  and  Edna,  the 
wife  of  W.  L.  Ross,  a  rancher  in  the  Bolsa  precinct.  Mrs.  Walker  later  married  J.  A. 
Ross,  a  rancher,  and  they  reside  in  the  Bolsa  precinct.  Three  children  have  been  born 
of  this  marriage:  Ralph,  who  resides  at  Red  Bluff;  Amelia,  the  wife  of  Cecil  Combs, 
an  oil  man  at  Fullerton;  and  Vena. 


892  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Mr.  Walker  attended  school  in  Santa  Barbara  County  and  at  Bolsa,  the  ^oss 
family  moving  here  in  1893.  Even  while  he  was  living  m  Santa  Barbara  Cou  y,^^^^^ 
but  a  mere  lad,  he  started  to  work  out,  saving  h.s  money  year  by  year  ^^  ^  j^j^ 
of  buying  a  horse  and  buggy,  as  many  of  the  other  boys  of  1^'^  ^f  a  W  he  worked  in 
savings  in  work  stock,  renting  land  for  a  number  of  years.     As  a  boy  he  w 

hlfifst  celery  field  in  Orange  County^  In  1904  he  bought  h.s  ^-t  P-ce  of  land  a 
tract  of  fifteen  acres,  which  he  improved  and  sold,  and  he  has  at  various  t'^^s  d      g     , 

mproved  and  sold  farming  land  in  the  Winterburg,  Westminster  and  Bolsa  precmcts^ 
improvcu  <^  locality   to  go  into  the  raising  of   sugar  beets  on  an 

ex:ersi:e°scare  nd  w  the'  firsl  to  introdu'ce  the  system  of  fall  dry  plowing  of  the 
extensive  scale    a  ^^^^  ^^^^^^    ^^^  ^^^.^  method  has  brought  very 

ucce^fula'ndsatfsfactory  results.  He  began  raising  sugar  beets  for  the  Los  Alamitos 
Suaar  Company  and  later  for  the  Co-operative  Sugar  Company  at  Santa  Ana.  Mr. 
Walker  still  farms  eighty  acres  of  his  land,  devoting  the  acreage  to  lima  beans,  and 
the  other  eighty  he  rents  out  to  Earl  Gardner. 

In  1905,  Mr.  Walker  was  married  to  Miss  Lelah  Kirk,  a  native  of  Iowa  and  the 
daughter  of  Charles  Kirk,  now  a  rancher  in  the  Bolsa  district.  One  daughter,  Velda 
Marie,  has  been  born  to  them.  Mrs.  Walker  is  a  member  of  the  Adventist  Church 
and  shares  with  her  husband  a  just  popularity  in  the  community.  Of  strong  physique, 
full  of  energy,  determination  and  force  of  character,  Mr.  Walker  has  early  in  life 
achieved   through  his  own  unaided  efforts  a  success  in  every  way  deserved. 

HARRY  W.  STANLEY. — A  tireless  worker  and  an  unusually  aggressive  man, 
fortunate  in  the  possession  of  ability,  energy  and  enterprise,  is  Harry  W.  Stanley,  one 
of  the  upbuilders  of  Anaheim,  who  is  now  engaged  in  the  building  of  bungalows  on 
his  own  property.  Born  near  Bowling  Green,  Pike  County,  Mo.,  Mr.  Stanley  is  the 
son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  Stanley.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Virginia,  and  during  the 
Civil  War  he  served  four  years  in  the  Confederate  Army,  being  wounded  five  times  in 
different  engagements.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he  came  to  Pike  County,  Mo.,  where 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Martin,  a  native  of  that  state.  When  Harry  W.  Stanley 
was  but  four  years  old  the  mother  passed  away  and  the  responsibility  of  rearing  the 
faimily  rested  on  the  father.  He  continued  farming,  making  a  good  success  of  growing 
tobacco  and  raising  stock,  and  he  still  continues  to  reside  on  his  Missouri  farm  in  the 
enjoyment  of  comfortable  circumstances. 

From  a  little  boy,  Harry  was  taught  to  work  and  was  never  allowed  to  be  idle; 
he  has  always  been  an  inveterate  worker  and  this  has  proven  the  secret  of  his  success 
in  later  years.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  struck  out  for  himself,  and  going  to  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  he  attended  a  trade  automobile  school  for  two  years,  where  he  made  a  thorough 
study  of  auto  and  tractor  mechanism.  The  first  eighteen  months  of  that  time  he  worked 
on  an  estate  in  his  spare  time,  taking  care  of  the  lawn  and  doing  odd  jobs  for  his  room 
and  board.  From  St.  Louis  he  went  to  Devil's  Lake,  N.  D.,  and  for  five  years  worked 
at  his  trade  in  garages,  remaining  there  until  1906,  when  he  came  to  California.  For  the 
first  five  years  he  was  employed  on  the  Stanford  University  farm  at  Vina,  Tehama 
County,  where  as  master  mechanic  he  had  charge  of  all  the  repair  work  in  their  garages, 
repairing  autos,  tractors  and  farm  implements,  and  all  steam  plumbing  and  boiler 
work.  He  next  located  at  Wasco,  Kern  County,  and  here  he  built  and  opened  a 
garage,  which  he  conducted  for  a  short  time,  later  going  to  Downey,  Los  Angeles 
County,  where  he  engaged  in  the  garage  business,  and  here  he  was  very  successful, 
selling  the  business  for  three  times  what  he  paid  for  it.  About  this  time  he  was  taken 
ill  and  confined  in  a  hospital  at  Anaheim  for  three  months,  and  all  the  money  he  had 
saved  was  consumed  in  this  experience.  When  he  recovered  he  had  only  a  capital  of 
$42.50,  but  he  started  in  business  again,  this  time  in  Anaheim,  purchasing  a  small 
garage  and  shop  called  the  Central  Garage,  located  on  South  Los  Angeles  Street  giving 
his  note  for  $1,000  to  close  the  deal.  In  three  months  he  had  paid  off  all  indebtedness 
and  disposed  of  the  business  for  $2,500.  He  was  again  taken  ill,  this  time  with  influenza 
and  again  his  money  vanished  for  expenses.  On  regaining  his  health  he  onened  up  a 
small  repair  shop  at  133  North  Lemon  Street;  this  was  called  Stanley's  Buick  Repair 
Station  and  here  he  made  an  unprecedented  success.  An  addition  was  built  on  to  the 
building  in  the  rear  and  he  bought  out  a  tenant  who  occupied  the  other  half  of  the 
building.  He  built  up  the  business  from  a  room  10  by  20  until  he  used  a  space  55  bv  17'! 
and  had  the  largest  repair  business  in  Anaheim,  and  with  his  well-equipped  machine 
shop  was  ready  to  take  care  of  anything  in  the  line  of  automobile  repairing  ignition  and 
battery  work,  as  well  as  brazing  and  welding.  In  addition  he  carried  extra  parts  for 
*.  ,.^5?  -F^  ^^^  ^'""'''  ""■  ^"'^  ^^^  ^8:ent  for  the  Philadelphia  battery  On  March 
4,  1920,  Mr.  Stanley  disposed  of  this  business  at  a  lucrative  figure,  and  then  bought  ^ 
confectionery  store  at  Newport   Beach.     With   his  customary  zeal  he  built  up   a  fine 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  895 

business  there  and  in  six  months  sold  it  at  a  big  profit.  He  then  moved  back  to  Ana- 
heim, where  he  owns  a  number  of  lots,  and  is  now  engaged  in  building  and  selling 
bungalows.  He  has  just  finished  a  colonial  bungalow  at  112  North  Olive  Street,  fur- 
nished complete  with  all  modern  conveniences,  including  electrical  appliances  for  the 
household.  The  rooms  are  elegantly  furnished  with  mahogany;  as  elaborate  a  home 
as  can  be  found  in  the  county. 

Mr.  Stanley's  marriage,  which  occurred  at  San  Bernardino,  August  24,  1920,  united 
him  with  Miss  Lulu  B.  Putnam,  the  daughter  of  Edward  and  Estella  Putnam,  who  came 
to  California  in  1908.  Mrs.  Sta'hley  was  born  in  Homer,  Mich.,  and  is  a  graduate  of  the 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Business  College.  Mr.  Stanley  has  had  his  ups  and  downs,  and 
has  made  and  lost  more  than  one  fortune,  but  nothing  daunted,  he  works  all  the 
harder  and  fortunately  he  has  regained  his  fortune  and  now  has  a  competency.  He 
has  indeed  been  fortunate  in  his  helpmate,  for  his  wife  is  well  educated,  cultured  and 
refined  and  an  encouragement  to  his  ambition,  as  well  as  assisting  him  in  business,  for 
she  is  endowed  by  nature  with  excellent  judgment  and  much  business  ability. 

IRA  E.  PATTERSON. — A  resident  of  California  who  has  been  active  in  the 
building  business  is  Ira  E.  Patterson,  who  was  born  near  Annawan,  Henry  County,  111., 
March  30,  1865,  where  he  was  reared  and  received  a  good  education  in  the  excellent 
public  schools  of  that  locality.  When  eighteen  years  of  age  he  began  learning  the 
carpenter's  trade,  continuing  in  this  line  in  Illinois  until  1885,  when  he  removed  to 
lola,  Kans.  He  followed  his  trade  a  short  time  and  then  began  in  the  mercantile 
business.  He  was  first  engaged  in  the  grocery  trade  but  later  he  had  a  hardware  store 
and  lumber  yard  and  he  also  ran  a  plumbing  and  sheet  metal  works  at  lola  for  seven 
years  when  he  discontinued  and  for  one  year  was  superintendent  of  the  city  water  and 
light   plant. 

In  1905  Mr.  Patterson  came  to  South  Pasadena  and  became  bookkeeper  and  cashier 
for  the  Live  Hardware  Company  of  that  place.  In  1908  he  resigned  this  position 
to  engage  in  contracting  and  building  in  South  Pasadena  and  Pasadena,  and  was  busily 
engaged  in  building  residences  in  both  places.  In  1910  he  began  spending  his  summers 
at  Anaheim  Landing,  where  he  followed  contracting.  In  the  summer  of  1915,  after  hav- 
ing completed  a  large  addition  to  the  residence  of  A.  C.  Billicke,  he  came  to  Seal  Beach 
for  a  month's  vacation,  but  he  liked  it  so  well  he  remained  here,  engaging  in  contracting 
and  building.  In  his  contracting  business  he  draws  his  own  plans  and  superintends 
the  construction. 

Mr.  Patterson  was  married  in  lola,  Kans.,  November  18,  1888,  being  united  with 
Miss  Susie  B.  Waters,  born  in  Lawrence,  Kans.  When  ten  years  of  age  her  parents 
moved  to  lola,  Kans.  Three  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.'  and  Mrs.  Patterson: 
Arthur  E.  is  in  business  in  Los  Angeles;  Lyford  M.  served  in  U.  S.  Army  overseas  in 
the  World  War  and  now  resides  in  Portland;  Helen  Ruth  is  Mrs.  Thomas  of  South 
Pasadena.  Mr.  Patterson  is  greatly  interested  in  civic  matters  having  served  two 
years  as  city  treasurer  of  Seal  Beach.  He  is  now  a  member  and  clerk  of  the  board 
of  school  trustees  in  the  Bay  City  district.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Patterson  are  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  Seal  Beach,  Mr.  Patterson  having  been  a  member 
for  thirty-five  years.  They  were  among  the  original  organizers  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church  at  Seal  Beach.  He  had  charge  of  the  constructing  of  the  church,  is  one 
of  its  most  liberal  and  enthusiastic  members,  being  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees 
from  its  organization  and  is  also  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school;  he  is  now  one 
of  the  oldest  settlers  of  the  town.  Mr.  Patterson  is  a  leading  member  of  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  and  in  politics  is   a   Republican. 

FRED  LIEFFERS. — An  enterprising  rancher  who  has  been  able  to  make  such 
improvements  on  his  valuable  property  that  he  is  now  both  successful  and  influential, 
is  Fred  Lieffers,  who  first  came  to  Orange  in  the  early  eighties.  He  was  born  in  Han- 
over, Germany,  on  February  2,  1861,  the  son  of  the  Rev.  William  Lieflfers,  a  minister 
of  the  Lutheran  Church,  and  was  brought  up  in  the  kingdom  of  Hanover,  and  educated 
at  the  public  schools  and  the  Hildesheim  Gymnasium,  or  high  school.  When  only 
fifteen  years  of  age,  he  came  out  to  the  United  States  and  in  1876  located  at  Omaha, 
where  he  continued  his  studies  for  a  year  at  a  private  institute.  Then,  for  eighteen 
months,  he  became  a  clerk  in  a  grocery  store,  and  later  in  Goodman's  drug  store;  and 
there  he  studied  pharmacy,  serving  the  most  practical  apprenticeship  to  that  important 
line  for  five  years. 

About  that  time,  in  1883,  Mr.  Liefifers  came  west  to  Orange,  accompanied  by  his 
mother  from  Omaha,  and  they  bought  a  ranch  half  way  between  Orange  and  Tustin, 
and  he  went  to  work  to  improve  it.  He  planted  it  to  Muscat  raisins,  but  they  died  out; 
again  he  set  out  the  same  kind  of  vines,  but  once  more  they  withered  away.  He  then 
set  out  the  twenty-one  and  a  half  acres  to  walnuts  and  apricots  and  engaged  in  farming. 


896  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

At  Orange,  too,  in  1892,  Mr.  Lieffers  was  married  to  Miss  Amelia  Gatzke,  a  native 
of  Ppsen,  Germany,  who  came  here  with  her  parents  in  1883.  He  then  leased  a  ranch 
in  Olive  and  ran  it  for  four  years,  after  which  he  bought  the  thirty-three  and  a  half 
acres,  set  out  to  walnuts,  and  added  some  apricots.  These  he  later  grubbed  out  and 
set  out  oranges  instead,  and  is  now  raising  high-grade  Valencia  oranges.  In  the  spring 
of  1919,  he  turned  the  management  of  the  ranch  over  to  his  son  and  bought  a  home 
in  the  town  of  Orange,  where  he  resides  with  his  wife.  Two  children  have  blessed  this 
fortunate  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lieffers.  Walter  conducts  the  home  ranch;  and 
Gertrude  has  become  Mrs.  Boehner  of  Olive. 

Mr.  Lieffers  and  family  have  attended  several  churches,  according  to  circum- 
stances. Beginning  with  the  second  year  of  its  organization,  Mr.  Lieffers  belonged  to 
the  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church  at  Orange.  When  he  moved  to  the  neighborhood  of 
Olive,  he  was  a  charter  member  of  St.  Paul's  Lutheran  Church  in  that  place,  and 
for  many  years  he  was  a  trustee  and  the  secretary  of  the  church  board.  When  he 
moved  back  to  Orange,  he  again  became  a  member  of  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church. 

In  national  politics,  a  Republican,  Mr.  Lieffers  takes  a  live  interest  in  nonpartisan 
endeavor  for  the  advancement,  development  and  uplift  of  the  community  in  which  he 
lives,  and  he  is  at  all  times  first,  and  last,  an  American  for  America. 

HON.  CLYDE  BISHOP. — An  eminent  representative  of  the  legal  profession  in 
California  who  has  twice  served  a  satisfied  constituency  as  a  member  of  the  state 
legislature,  is  the  Hon.  Clyde  Bishop,  who  first  came  to  California  in  the  early  eighties. 
He  was  born  in  Chicago,  111.,  on  May  23,  1875,  the  son  of  A.  D.  Bishop,  a  native  of 
Ohio,  who  came  to  Chicago  with  his  father,  Umphry  Hine  Bishop  and  there  built  the 
first  ice  house  on  South  Water  Street  erected  in  that  city.  Later,  they  lost  everything 
by  the  great  conflagration  of  1871,  after  which  they  assisted  in  rebuilding  the  city. 
A.  D.  Bishop  removed  to  Story  County,  Iowa,  where  he  was  a  pioneer  settler,  engaging 
in  contract  painting  at  Nevada,  but  in  1881  he  brought  his  family  to  California  and 
located  a  mile  south  of  Orange,  where  he  now  lives.  Mrs.  A.  D.  Bishop  was  Miss 
Annie  Sabin  Knight  before  her  marriage.  She  was  born  on  North  Hero  Island,  Lake 
Champlain,  Vt.,  a  member  of  an  old  New  England  family,  and  died  in  California  on  the 
home  ranch.  These  worthy  parents  had  foiir  children,  all  boys.  Roy  Knight  is  an 
orange  rancher  near  Orange;  Clyde  is  the  subject"  of  this  review;  Fern  Sabin  is  a 
contractor  at  Santa  Ana;  and  Umphry  Holnies  is  also  an  orange  grower  at  Orange. 
He  graduated  from  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music  at  Boston,  but  prefers 
the  life  of  an  orange  grower. 

Clyde  Bishop  was  brought  up  at  Santa  Ana  and  was  educated  at  the  public  schools 
of  Orange.  He  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm  until  he  was  twenty  and  then,  as  an 
actor,  he  joined  a  company  and  traveled  through  both  the  West  and  East  and  as  far 
south  as  Mississippi.  He  served  several  years  in  the  National  Guard  and  when  the 
Spanish-American  War  broke  out  he  enlisted  as  a  volunteer  and  was  mustered  in  at 
San  Francisco  as  a  member  of  Company  L,  Seventh  California  Volunteer  Infantry.  He 
was  stationed  at  the  Presidio  and  was  honorably  discharged  as  a  corporal.  After  the 
war  he  continued  in  the  National  Guard  and  at  the  close  of  fourteen  years  of  honorable 
service  had  risen  to  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant.  In  May,  1899,  Mr.  Bishop  began  the 
study  of  law  in  the  oiifices  of  C.  S.  McKelvey  and  Victor  Montgomery  at  Santa  Ana 
and  on  April  15,  1902,  he  was  admitted  to  the  California  Bar.  Four  years  later,  on 
November  26,  he  was  admitted  to  all  the  United  States  courts.  In  1902  he  opened  the 
same  office  he  has  today,  with  the  same  desk,  and  is  now  the  second  oldest  practicing 
attorney  in  Orange  County  with  one  of  the  largest  and  most  lucrative  practices  in  the 
county,  and  an  ever-increasing  clientele. 

In  1906  Mr.  Bishop  was  elected  on  the  Republican  ticket  to  the  assembly  of  the 
California  legislature  and  served  during  the  winter  of  1907  and  he  wrote,  among  other 
measures,  the  Newbert  Protection  District  Bill,  designed  especially  for  the  safe-guard- 
ing of  Santa  Ana.  Having  been  elected  again  to  the  assembly  in  1910,  he  was  chairman 
of  the  committee  on  counties  and  county  boundaries  and  a  member  of  the  judiciary 
committee  and  the  committees  on  constitutional  amendments  and  municipal  corpo- 
rations. In  1915  he  wrote  the  act  under  which  county  bonds  were  voted  for  the 
improvement  of  the  harbor  at  Newport  Beach  and  spent  his  time  and  influence  at  the 
capital  to  see  that  it  was  passed.  For  two  and  a  half  years  Mr.  Bishop  was  city 
attorney  of  Orange  and  conducted  the  first  bond  issue,  by  which  Orange  bought  the 
present  city  water  works.  He  was  also  attorney  for  Newport  Beach  and  conducted  the 
proceedings  creating  Newport  Beach.  This  office  of  city  attorney  he  has  held  since  Sep- 
tember 1,  1906.  In  criminal  and  civil  procedures  Mr.  Bishop  has  attained  distini;tion. 
It  can  safely  be  said  there  has  not  been  an  important  case  in  the  courts  of  Orange 
County  in  last  two  decades  that  he  has  not  been  retained  on  one  side  or  the  other.     A 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  899 

prominent  Republican,  but  too  broad-minded  to  be  ultrapartisan  in  local  affairs,  Mr. 
Bishop  is  an  honored  member  of  the-  Orange  County  Bar  Association  and  he  also 
belongs  to  the  Spanish-War  Veterans'  Association. 

At  Santa  Ana  he  was  married  to  Miss  Ana  Young,  a  native  of  New  Jersey  who 
was  reared  in  Orange  County.  He  is  a  Knights  Templar  and  thirty-second  degree 
Scottish  Rite  Mason  and  is  also  a  member  of  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S., 
in  Los  Angeles,  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks,  Odd  Fellows  and  Knights  of  Pythias, 
in  which  he  is  a  past  officer.  Mr.  Bishop  is  truly  a  self-made  man,  having  risen  through 
his  own  efforts  to  the  high  place  he  holds  among  the  California  Bar.  He  is  very 
thorough  and  painstaking  and  is  not  satisfied  until  he  gets  to  the  bottom  of  the  case 
in  hand.  He  is  an  indefatigable  worker  and  is  never  idle.  With  his  pleasing  personality 
and  affable  manner  together  with  his  integrity  and  honesty  of  purpose  it  is  not  to  be 
wondered  at  that  he  has  attained  a  standing  of  such  eminence. 

JOSEPH  F.  VOLLMER. — A  successful  contracting  painter  is  Joseph  F.  Vollmer, 
the  principal  sign  writer  of  Orange,  pleasantly  identified  with  the  town  for  almost  a 
decade.  He  was  born  in  Mascoutah,  St.  Clair  County,  111.,  in  1879,  the  son  -of  Wendel 
Vollmer,  born  in  Germany,  who  came  as  a  young  man  to  Illinois  and  St.  Clair  County, 
and  was  married  at  Mascoutah  to  Miss  Anna  Goodwein,  a  native  of  that  place.  He 
was  a  farmer  there,  and  later  removed  to  East  St.  Louis,  where  he  was  in  business 
until  he  died.  He  had  nine  children,  seven  of  whom  grew  to  maturity,  and  six  of  them 
are  still  living.  . 

The  eldest  of  these,  Joseph  attended  the  public  schools  in  East  St.  Louis,  and 
having  obtained  a  place  in  Van  Houten's  paint  shop,  in  East  St.  Louis,  was  appren- 
ticed to  learned  the  painter's  trade.  At  the  end  of  four  years,  he  left  there,  and  from 
1907  for  the  next  three  years  he  was  in  the  service  of  George  A.  Watts  at  St.  Louis. 
Returning  to  East  St.  Louis,  he  worked  at  his  trade  under  Mr.  McNitt;  but  in  1912 
broke  away  from  the  East,  came  to  California  and  located  at  Orange. 

Here  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Frank  Pister,  under  the  firm  name  of  Pister 
&  Vollmer,  and  together  they  understock  contract  work  in  painting.  In  1914,  how- 
ever, he  sold  out  to  Mr.  Pister  and  took  a  trip  East.  Returning,  he  started  in  business 
for  himself,  and  soon  was  in  great  demand  as  a  sign  writer.  He  did  the  painting  of 
the  El  Modena  School,  the  Center  Street  School  and  the  Lemon  Street  School;  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  the  Newport  Harbor  Yacht  Club  House,  the  N.  T.  Ed- 
wards residence,  the  house  of  the  Foothill  Valencia  Growers  Association,  and  all  four 
of  the  Acme  stores  in  the  county,  and  numerous  residences,  including  many  bunga- 
lows. He  belongs  to  the  Merchants  and  Manufacturers  Association,  and  is  always  glad 
to  do  what  he  can  to  advance  the  best  interests  of  both  city  and  county.  A  Republican 
in  matters  of  party  politics,  Mr.  Vollmer  stands  shoulder  to  shoulder  with  his  fellow- 
citizens,  without  regard  to  party  affiliations,  in  the  support  of  every  good  measure 
likely  to  benefit  the  community.  He  is  the  father  of  three  children — Jack,  Otto  and 
Roch   Vollmer. 

RUDOLPH  W.  MILLER.— One  of  the  ablest  contractors  and  builders  in  Orange 
whose  success  is  doubtless  in  part  due  to  the  fact  that,  in  addition  to  a  valuable  tech- 
nical training,  he  has  been  favored  with  a  well-developed  sense  of  the  artistic,  is 
Rudolph  W.  Miller,  familiarly  known  by  his  many  friends  as  "Doc"  Miller,  a  native 
of  Fort  Dodge,  Webster  County,  Iowa,  where  he  was  born  on  May  24,  1874.  His 
father,  C.  G.  Miller,  came  to  Iowa  in  the  late  fifties,  while  still  a  youth  in  his  teens, 
accompanying  an  uncle;  and  although  he  was  only  eighteen  on  the  breaking  out  of  the 
Civil  War,  he  immediately  enlisted  and  throughout  the  great  struggle  served  in  the 
Thirty-second  Iowa  Volunteer  Infantry.  After  the  war,  he  learned  the  cabinetmaker's 
trade  in  Fort  Dodge,  and  later  started  a  furniture  factory;  and  still  later,  he  was 
engaged  in  contracting  and  building.  He  had  married  in  Iowa,  Pauline  Loescher;  and 
in  that  state  he  continued  business  until  1880,  when  he  removed  to  Norfolk,  Madison 
County,  Nebr.,  and  continued  as  a  contractor,  and  thus  helped  to  build  up  that  town. 

Rudolph  Miller. having  come  to  Orange  in  1905,  the  parents  followed  two  years 
later;  and  here,  in  comfort  and  peace,  they  ended  their  days.  In  1911  Mr.  Miller  died, 
and  six  years  later,  Mrs.  Miller  breathed  her  last.  She  was  the  mother  of  eight  chil- 
dren, of  whom  Rudolph  was  the  third  eldest.  He  received  all  the  educational  advan- 
tages afforded  by  the  Norfolk  public  schools,  and  then  learned  the  carpenter  trade 
under  the  guidance  of  his  father.  As  soon  as  possible,  too,  he  studied  architecture 
during  his  spare  moments,  and  so  became  skilled  as  a  draftsman  as  well  as  a  carpen- 
ter. In  190S  he  located  at  Orange  and  here  entered  the  employ  of  the  Ainsworth 
Lumber  and  Milling  Company,  working  in  their  cabinet  department,  and  continuing 
with  them  until  they  sold  out. 


900  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Mr.  Miller  then  took  up  contracting  and  building  for  himself.  His  first  contract 
was  entered  upon  with  two  partners,  H.  W.  Duker  and  Emil  Loescher,  with  whom  he 
erected  the  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church  in  1913,  the  largest  structure  in  Orange,  and 
after  that  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Emil  Loescher  and  Fred  T.  Volberding,  and 
engaged  in  contracting  and  building.  A  year  later,  these  enterprising  gentlemen  put 
up  a  planing  mill  on  North  Lemon  Street,  and  they  also  engaged  in  manufacturing. 
In  January,  1919,  Mr.  Volberding  and  Mr.  Miller  bought  out  Mr.  Loescher,  and  since 
then  they  have  carried  on  the  business  together,  styling  themselves  the  Orange  Con- 
tracting and  Milling  Company. 

Having  equipped  their  establishment  with  electric  power  and  the  latest  and  most 
modern  machinery  for  doing  mill  and  cabinet  work,  they  have  laid  in  a  large  stock 
of  hardwoods,  cedar,  white  pine  and  finishing  lumber,  and  for  those  clients  who  desire 
them,  they  make  plans,  designing  bungalows  and  more  pretentious  residences.  They 
have  thus  acquired  a  reputation  for  the  highest  class  of  work,  and  a  sample  of  what 
they  can  do  may  be  found  in  Mr.  Miller's  own  residence  on  East  Palmyra  Street,  one 
of  the  finest  finished  homes  in  the  county.  Mr.  Miller  is  naturally  a  member  of  the 
American  Contractors  Association. 

At  Orange,  on  July  4,  1916,  Mr.  Miller  was  married  to  Mrs.  Fay  (Casner)  Meehan, 
a  native  of  Ventura  County,  Cal.,  and  the  daughter  of  Thos.  J.  Casner,  who  was  born 
in  Texas  and  crossed  the  plains  to  California,  in  his  twenty-first  year,  with  his  parents. 
They  settled  in  San  Diego  County,  where  her  father  married  Texanna  Lester,  also  a 
native  of  Texas,  and  moved  to  Ventura  County.,  There  they  farmed,  later  removing 
to  Santa  Paula,  in  which  place  Mrs.  Casner  died.  The  father  now  resides  in  Selma. 
There  were  eight  children  in  the  family,  and  Fay,  as  the  second  eldest,  was  educated 
at  Santa  Paula.  She  was  first  married  at  Orange,  in  1897,  to  Jack  E.  Meehan,  a  native 
of  York,  Nebr.,  who  came  to  Orange  and  was  proprietor  of  the  Plaza  Market  for  many 
years,  in  partnership  with  N.  T.  Edwards;  when  they  dissolved,  Mr.  Meehan  went  in 
for  wholesaling  meat,  and  in  that  line  of  trade  he  was  engaged  when  he  died,  in 
August,  1912. 

THOMAS  L.  McFADDEN. — It  is  interesting  to  chronicle  the  life  of  a  native 
son  who  has  had  the  ambition  to  acquire  a  wide  and  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the 
law  and,  combined  with  high  ideals,  bring  it  into  practice  and  make  a  success  of  his 
profession,  commanding  the  confidence  and  respect  of  the  people  in  the  community 
where  he  was  born  and  reared.  Such  is  the  case  with  Thomas  L.  McFadden,  the  son 
of  pioneer  parents,  William  M.  and  Sarah  J.  (Earl)  McFadden,  prominent  in  the 
development  and  building  up  of  the  Placentia  section.  Of  their  six  children  that  reached 
maturity,  five  of  whom  are  living,  Thomas  L.  is  the  fourth  eldest.  A  native  son  of 
Orange  County,  he  was  born  at  Placentia  April  24,  1878.  He  was  reared  on  the  farm 
and  early  acquired  habits  of  industry,  laying  the  foundation  of  his  physical  strength, 
that  is  of  such  great  assistance  to  him  in  everyday  life. 

He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  Placentia  schools  and  the  FuUerton 
Union  high  school,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1896,  when  he  entered  Stanford  Uni- 
versity, graduating  in  the  class  of  1900,  with  the  degree  of  A.B.  During  his  university 
course  he  was  for  two  years  a  member  of  the  varsity  football  team,  playing  left  end. 
He  then  studied  two  years  at  Stanford  Law  School,  and  taking  the  examination  at 
San  Francisco,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1903.  After  practicing  law  in  San  Francisco 
for  a  year,  he  located  in  Bellingham,  Wash.,  engaging  in  the  practice  of  law.  He 
served  as  city  attorney  of  Bellingham,  from  1908  to  1912.  On  account  of  the  death  of 
his  brother  in  that  year,  he  returned  to  Placentia,  where  he  opened  a  law  office  and 
practiced  until  1920,  when  he  formed  a  partnership  with  H.  G.  Ames,  as  Ames  and 
McFadden,  with  offices  in  the  Odd  Fellows  building  at  Anaheim.  Aside  from  his 
practice,  he  is  interested  in  his  father's  estate,  incorporated  as  the  Pioneer  Ranch 
Company,  of  which  he  is  secretary. 

Mr.  McFadden  established  domestic  ties  by  his  marriage  June  19,  1912,  to  Miss 
Lucana  Forster  o'f  San  Juan  Capistrano,  a  daughter  of  Marco  Forster,  the  pioneer  of 
that  place,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  one  daughter,  Ysidora.  Mr.  McFadden  achieved 
considerable  success  as  a  member  of  the  varsity  football  team  at  Stanford,  becoming  a 
well-known  coach,  so  that  while  at  Stanford,  he  spent  two  season  as  coach  for  the 
Pacific  University  team  at  Forest  Grove,  Ore.,  then  of  the  Oregon  Agricultural  College 
at  Corvallis  a  season,  and  then  his  first  year  at  Bellingham  he  spent  a  season  as  coach 
for  the  football  team  of  De  Pauw  University  at  Greencastle,  Ind.  Fraternally  Mr. 
McFadden  is  a  member  of  FuUerton  Lodge  No.  339,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Fullerton  Chapter, 
R.  A.  M.,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  as  well  as  past  exalted  ruler 
of  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  134S,  B.  P.  O.  Elks.  He  is  a  popular  member  of  the  Fullerton 
Club,  the  Hacienda  Country  Club  of  La  Habra,  the  Newport  Harbor  Yacht  Club  and 
the  Union  League  Club  of  Los  Angeles,  as  well  as  the  state  and  county  bar  associations.. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  903 

WILLIAM  FALKENSTEIN. — A  merchant  who  has  attained  an  enviable  success 
through  having  built  on  a  foundation  of  unremitting  industry,  broad  experience  and 
the  highest  integrity,  is  William  Falkenstein,  proprietor  and  director  of  Falkenstein's 
Department  Store.  He  was  born  in  Germany,  of  an  historic  German  family,  on 
March  16,  1866,  the  son  of  Selm^r  and  Anna  (Furstenheim)  Falkenstein,  both  of  whom 
are  dead.  Five  children  were  born  to  them,  and  five  grew  up  to  do  them  honor;  and 
fourth  in  the  order  of  birth  was  William,  the  subject  of  our  interesting  review. 

He  enjoyed  the  best  of  educational  advantages  in  his  native  land  and  not  only 
attended  the  grammar  grades,  but  also  studied  at  the  high  school.  He  worked  for 
several  years  in  Germany,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-six  came  to  the  United  States. 
For  awhile  he  stayed  in  New  York  City,  but  in  1893  he  decided  to  push  on. to  the 
great  West. 

Coming  to  California,  he  located  at  Fullerton,  where  for  three  years  he  was  in 
the  service  of  Messrs.  Stern  and  Goodman.  He  went  to  Phoenix  for  a  couple  of  years, 
but  came  back  to  Fullerton  again;  and  in  1899  removed  to  Anaheim  where,  with  a 
partner,  he  helped  form  the  firm  of  Harris  &  Falkenstein.  After  several  years  he 
bought  out  his  partner,  and  since  then  has  conducted  alone  a  very  successful  trade. 
He  has,  very  naturally,  become  an  important  factor  in  the  Merchants  and  Manufacturers 
Association  and  in  the  Board  of  Trade. 

On  September  16,  1900,  Mr.  Falkenstein  was  married  to  Miss  Regina  Harris,  of 
Santa  Ana,  and  they  have  had  two  children — Stanley  M.,  who  is  attending  the  Uni- 
versity of  California,  and  Edith  Ruth.  He  belongs  to  the  Mother  Colony  Club,  and 
is  a  past  master  Mason  in  Lodge  No.  207  of  Anaheim.  Having  served  for  a  year  in 
the  German  army,  and  thus  done  his  full  duty  in  that  respect  by  his  native  country, 
Mr.  Falkenstein  has  been  the  more  ready  and  experienced  in  performing  his  civic  duties 
here,  and  as  a  Republican  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  national  politics,  and  has 
always  worked  hard  for  civic  improvements.  He  has  prospered  in  his  adopted  country, 
and  has  ever  striven  to  give  back  from  that  which  he  has  thus  bountifully  received. 

WALLACE  B.  DENNIS. — A  highly  esteemed  citizen  of  Orange  who  was  for  four 
years  president  of  the  school  board  and  has  long  been  a  leader  in  his  vicinity,  is 
Wallace  B.  Dennis,  a  native  of  Iowa,  where  he  was  born  near  Iowa  City  on  August 
16,  1866.  His  father,  Milton  Dennis,  was  a  native  of  Ohio,  a  member  of  an  old  Eastern 
family,  and  he  became  a  pioneer  of  Iowa,  when  he  came  there  with  his  parents  and 
settled  in  Johnson  County.  The  youngest  son,  he  followed  farming  there  and  raised 
grain;  and  also  went  in  for  lumbering,  operating  on  the  Iowa  River.  He  had  a  steam 
sawmill  and  made  up  lumber  of  ash,  oak  and  hickory;  and  he  became  prominent  in  the 
lumber  trade,  being  a  sawyer  and  understanding  the  rnanufacture  of  just  what  was 
wanted.  In  1875  he  removed  to  Shelby  County  and  became  a  farmer  there;  and  after 
four  years  moved  again  to  Villisca,  Iowa.  Then  he  went  to  Scribner,  Nebr.,  still  active 
in  agricultural  pursuits;  and  having  retired,  he  died  there,  at  the  age  of  eighty-two.  He 
had  married  Miss  Eliza  Crawford,  a  native  of  Ohio  or  Illinois;  and  she  died  in  Ne- 
braska on  the  same  day  as  did  her  husband,  under  pathetic  circumstances.  She  was 
in  her  seventy-ninth  year  in  1907,  and  had  been  ill  for  some  time;  and  when  the  old 
gentleman  was  told  that  his  companion  of  so  many  years  could  not  live,  he  fell  dead. 
They  were  the  beloved  parents  of  eleven  children,  eight  of  whom  are  still  living. 

The  youngest  child  of  all,  and  the  only  one  living  in  California,  W.  B.  Dennis 
was  brought  up  on  a  farm  in  Iowa  and  there  attended  the  public  schools.  Then  he 
went  to  Atlantic,  Iowa,  and  completed  his  schooling,  after  which  he  commenced  to 
work,  with  his  brother,  on  his  father's  farm.  At  the  end  of  a  year,  he  went  to  Scribner, 
Dodge  County,  Nebr.,  and  continued  farm  work,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  began 
to  farm  for  himself. 

In  Nebraska,  on  January  23,  1895,  Mr.  Dennis  was  married  to  Miss  Mae  Evelyn 
Neff,  a  native  of  Fremont,  Dodge  County,  Nebr.,  and  the  daughter  of  Lewis  H.  and 
Lydia  A.  (Marshall)  Neflf,  born  respectively  in  Ohio  and  Iowa.  When  fifteen  years 
old  her  father  ran  away  and  enlisted  in  the  Civil  War;  and  as  a  member  of  an  Illinois 
regiment,  he  served  throughout  the  great  conflict.  He  then  went  to  a  business  college 
in  Davenport,  and  after  that  came  out  to  Dodge  County,  Nebr.,  and  was  married  at; 
Fremont  to  Lydia  Marshall.  Then  he  engaged  in  the  harness  and  saddlery  business; 
until  1912,  when  he  sold  out  and,  coming  to  California,  located  at  Santa  Ana,  where 
they  now  reside.  Mrs.  Dennis  is  the  eldest  of  the  four  children.  The  Dennis  boys 
and  their  father  had  formed  a  partnership,  but  they  dissolved  the  same  in  1896,  and 
W.  B.  Dennis  leased  a  farm  and  engaged  in  raising  cattle  and  hogs.  He  finally  removed 
to  Plainville,  Rooks  County,  Kans.,  and  bought  a  farm  of  160  acres.  He  also  leased 
land  and  raised  wheat  and  corn.  He  was  the  first  one  to  grow  corn  at  Pla:inville,  and 
having  propitious  rains  that  year,  averaged  sixty  bushels  to  the  acre. 


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Two  years  later,  he  sold  his  farm  and  moved  to  Cody,  Wyo.,  where  he  bought 
a  ranch  and  also  engaged  in  contracting  to  do  teaming  during  the  building  of  the  great 
Shoshone  dam,  hauling  all  the  coal  for  the  engineers,  and  handling  the  same  as  a 
broker.  This  work  required  sixteen  four-horse  teams.  Two  years  later,  when  the  work 
had  advanced  that  far,  he  took  the  contract  to  haul  all  the  cement,  and  then  used  fifty 
four-horse  teams,  hauling  all  the  cement  and  the  coal.  This  had  to  be  hauled  over 
a  mountain,  and  it  took  five  years  to  complete  the  dam.  On  the  completion  of  his 
contracts,  Mr.  Dennis  sold  his  stock  and  in  1910  came  west  to  sunnier  California. 

Locating  at  Orange,  he  soon  afterwards  bought  his  present  ranch  of  thirteen 
acres  on  East  Chapman  Avenue  along  Santiago  Creek.  It  was  partly  set  out  to  orange 
trees,  and  the  remaining  three  and  a  half  acres  he  himself  set  out,  mostly  in  Valencias 
and  the  balance  in  Navels,  and  this  he  cares  for  himself.  He  is  one  of  the  original 
members  of  the  McPherson  Heights  Citrus  Association,  and  is  also  a  director  in  the 
same  and  he  belongs  to  the  Commercial  Club. 

Two  children  have  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dennis.  Marie  June  is  a 
graduate  of  the  University  of  Southern  California  and  now  doing  post-graduate  work, 
and  Jean  is  a  graduate  of  the  Orange  Union  high  school  and  a  freshman  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  California.  The  family  attend  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Mr.  Dennis 
was  a  school  trustee  of  the  Craig  district  for  four  years,  and  during  this  time  they 
built  the  Intermediate  school  on  North  Glassell  Street,  and  he  was  president  of  the 
board  the  entire  four  years.  He  was  a  Mason  in  Cody,  Wyo.,  and  is  now  a  member  of 
the  Orange  Grove  Lodge  No.  293,  at  Orange.  With  Mrs.  Dennis,  he  is  also  a  member 
of  Scepter  Chapter  No.  163,  O.  E.  S.,  where  Mrs.  Dennis  is  a  past  matron. 

MRS.  METTE  HANSEN. — One  of  Orange  County's  capable,  progressive  women, 
who  deserves  much  credit  for  her  devotion  and  ability  as  a  mother  and  business  woman, 
is  Mrs.  Mette  Hansen,  widow  of  the  later  Charles  Hansen.  A  hard-working,  self-made 
man,  conservative  in  his  business  relations  and  yet  progressive  to  a  high  degree,  he 
struggled  long  as  a  pioneer,  and  started  the  ranching  that  has  since  his  death  been 
made  a  success,  thanks  to  his  devoted  wife.  One  of  two  sons  of  Hans  Hansen,  he  was 
born  near  Varde,  Denmark.  He  came  to  the  United  States  and  spent  a  short  time  in 
the  East  and  then  came  to  California,  where  he  had  a  brother,  Peter  Hansen,  living 
m  the  Placentia  district,  Orange  County;  there  he  purchased  some  land  to  the  northwest 
of  that  town.  After  a  while,  he  went  back  to  Denmark  for  a  visit;  but  the  lure  of  Cali- 
fornia made  his  stay  there  short,  and  the  same  year  he  again  trod  the  soil  of  the  Golden 
State.  He  did  not  come  alone,  however,  for  he  brought  with  him  Miss  Mette  Nielsen, 
the  daughter  of  Niels  Andreasen,  a  farmer  of  Varde,  Denmark,  whom  he  married,  on 
their  arrival  at  Placentia  in  1877,  and  they  began  housekeeping  on  his  ranch  of  fifty- 
three  acres. 

The  countryside  was  open  and  wild  in  those  days,  only  a  few  scattered  dwellings 
and  settlers  marking  the  growth  of  the  territory  from  the  time  when  the  Indians  pre- 
dominated; and  many  hardships  were  experienced  and  had  to  be  borne  as  best  one 
could.  Water  was  wanting;  and  Mr.  Hansen  was  one  who  helped  to  construct  the 
Cajon  ditch,  later  known  as  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  the  cost  of  which 
was  shouldered  by  the  few  ranch  owners  then  in  that  area.  So  far  had  Mr.  Hansen 
progressed  in  establishing  something  worth  while  for  himself  and  his  family  that  he 
had  set  out  his  land  to  vineyards,  and  had  harvested  two  crops  when  on  June  5,  1886, 
at  Fullerton,  he  passed  away,  lamented  by  all  who  really  knew  him. 

After  Mr.  Hansen's  death,  his  widow  pushed  on  bravely  alone  with  the  great 
additional  responsibility  of  rearing  the  four  children  which  had  blessed  the  happy  union; 
and  how  well  she  got  along  may  be  judged  from  the  fact  that  she  had  occasion  to 
consult  an  attorney  only  once  or  twice.  Now  her  holdings  include  sixteen  acres  of 
the  original  tract  which  she  has  set  to  Valencia  and  Navel  oranges,  which  is  managed 
by  her  son-in-law,  Lee  O.  Myers,  who  himself  owns  another  twenty  acres.  In  addition, 
Mrs.  Hansen  owns  a  fine  cotton  and  alfalfa  ranch  of  sixty  acres  in  the  Palo  Verde 
Valley,  and  this  is  made  profitable  by  the  wise  management  and  personal  attention  of 
Mrs.    Hansen's    oldest    son. 

The  four  children  referred  to  are  Mettinos,  Lena,  Mette  and  Emma;  and  all  but 
the  latter  are  still  living:,  Mettinos  is  a  rancher  at  Palo  Verde  and  has  six  children; 
Lena  is  the  wife  of  John  E.  Wagner;  and  Mette  is  Mrs.  Lee  O.  Myers.  Each  child 
has  some  particular  accomplishment  of  which  any  parent  might  well  be  proud,  and 
each  has  profited  by  the  Christian  example  of  their  lamented  father,  whose  walk  in  life 
was  simple,  unassuming  and  just*.  In  religion  Mrs.  Hansen  is  a  Lutheran  and  believes 
in  the  golden  rule  of  doing  to  others  as  you  would  be  done  by.  She  is  now  one  of  the 
few  remaining  pioneers  of  the  Placentia  section  and  has  very  materially  helped  to  build 
up  the  county. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  -  907 

BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN  DIERKER.— Few  orange  orchards  in.  all  California 
can  show  a  higher  state  of  improvement,  for  the  time  devoted  to  it,  or  a  more  promis- 
ing development,  than  the  tract  of  ten  acres,  brought  to  its  present  level  through  the 
experience,  insight  and  industry  of  its  owner,  Benjamin  Franklin  Dierker,  who  came  to 
Orange  for  the  first  time  in  the  early  nineties.  He  was  born  in  Monterey,  Cuming 
County,  Nebr.,  in  October,  1877,  the  son  of  the  esteemed  pioneer,  Henry  Dierker,  and 
the  seventh  oldest  of  the  family.  He  attended  the  public  schools  there  until  he  was 
fifteen,  and  then  came  to  Orange,  Cal.,  where  he  continued  his  school  work.  After 
that  he  pursued  a  commercial  course  at  the  Orange  County  Business  College,  at  the 
conclusion  of  which  he  worked  with  his  father. 

He  bought  forty  acres  at  Olive,  at  $100  per  acre,  and  set  out  oranges  and  walnuts; 
and  at  the  end  of  four  years  he  sold  it  for  $14,000.  Then  he  spent  a  year  in  the  employ 
of  the  Pixley  Hardware  Company,  but  selling  his  residence,  he  returned  to  Nebraska, 
where  he  bought  a  farm  of  280  acres,  on  which  for  three  years  he  raised  corn  and 
stock.  Disgusted,  however,  with  the  cold  winters,  and  longing  for  the  balmier  climate 
of  California,  he  again  disposed  of  what  he  had  and  returned  to  Orange. 

In  1909  Mr.  Dierker  bought  his  present  place,  some  ten  acres  on  West  Palmyra 
Street,  at  that  time  mere  vacant  ground;  and  he  set  out  Valencias  now  doing  well.  He 
laid  cement  pipe  lines,  built  a  two-story,  ten-room  house,  and  made  it  one  of  the  show 
places  of  the  county.  He  also  joined  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association,  and 
helped  along  the  excellent  work  of  that  live  organization. 

During  this  later  residence  at  Orange,  Mr.  Dierker  married  Miss  Rozella  Kloth, 
who  had  moved  with  her  parents  from  Minnesota  to  Orange.  They  attend  the 
Lutheran  Church,  as  do  also  their  children.  Nelson,  Alfred;  Thelma  and  Marie,  and 
undertake  their  share  of  both  church  and  civic  work. 

AMANDUS  W.  BEACH  and  MRS.  AUREL  BEACH.— A  member  of  the  Chris- 
tian Science  faith  and  practice  whose  influence  in  these  days  of  rapid  modern  advance- 
ment has  been  effectual  and  helpful  to  many,  is  Mrs.  Aurel  Beach  of  Orange.  Her 
husband,  who  passed  on  in  1913,  was  widely  known  as  a  good  and  farseeing  man;  and 
when  he  was  called  to  lay  aside  the  toil  and  responsibilities  of  this  world,  his  faithful 
helpmate  continued  the  good  work  he  had  begun. 

He  was  born  in  Ashtabula  County,  Ohio,  on  August  S,  1838,  and  moved  to  Ne- 
braska in  1857,  where  he  located  at  Weeping  Water,  in  Cass  County.  He  resided  there 
until  the  fall  of  1862  when  he  enlisted  in  Company  H  of  the  Second  Nebraska  Cavalry 
and  was  mustered  in  for  nine  months'  service  against  the  Indians.  He  really  served 
thirteen  months,  and  in  November,  1863,  was  honorably  discharged.  Then  he  started 
back  to  Ohio,  and  on  December  24,  1863,  arrived  at  Painesville,  in  Lake  County.  The 
next  day — Christmas — he  was  married  there  to  Miss  Aurel  Paine,  who  was  born  near 
Painesville,  Ohio,  in  LeRoy  Township,  on  January  26,  1839.  Her  great-grandfather, 
Eleazar  Paine  had  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  in  1802  moved  with  his  family 
to  Connecticut  Western  Reserve  in  Ohio,  and  there  in  what  was  then  Geauga,  and  later, 
Lake  County,  he  founded  Painesville.  At  that  time,  the  grandfather,  Hendrick  E.  Paine, 
a  native  of  Connecticut,  was  fourteen  years  old,  and  he  served  in  the  War  of  1812. 
About  1855,  Hendrick  Paine  removed  from  Painesville  to  Monmouth,  111.,  and  there 
he  died.  Henry  Paine  was  Mrs.  Beach's  father,  and  he  was  a  native  of  Ohio,  where 
he  was  born  in  1810.  He  was  a  forge  man  and  manufactured  Paine's  Plows  and  later 
was  a  farmer  in  LeRoy  Township,  and  also  a  justice  of  the  peace  and  a  commissioner 
of  Lake  County.  His  wife  was  Harriet  N.  Tuttle,  a  native  of  Austinburg,  Ashtabula 
County,  Ohio,  and  her  parents  came  from  Connecticut  in  1811.  Great-grandfathers 
Tuttle  and  Mills  were  Revolutionary  soldiers.  The  grandfather,  Ira  Tuttle,  was  a 
farmer  and  a  brick  manufacturer.  The  parents,  who  died  in  LeRoy,  were  blessed 
with  ten  children;  eight  of  these  are  still  living,  and  six  are  over  seventy  years  of  age. 
Mrs.  Beach  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  and  at  Madison  Seminary,  and 
from  her  seventeenth  year  taught  school  in  Lake  and  Geauga  counties.  She  then  went 
to  Monmouth,  111.,  to  rest,  but  again  taught  for  eighteen  months,  after  which  she 
returned  to  Ohio,  in  which  state  she  was  married. 

In  the  spring  of  1864,  Mr.  Beach  returned  to  Nebraska  with  his  bride  and  located 
at  Weeping  Water.  There  were  only  three  log  houses  in  the  little  burg  at  that  time, 
and  a  grist  mill,  and  the  Beach  dwelling  was  a  log  house.  For  a  while  he  did  teaming 
for  the  mill,  hauling  flour  to  Nebraska  City  and  bringing  back  lumber,  and  there,  in  her 
own  house,  Mrs.  Beach  taught  school  for  a  few  weeks.  In  the  meantime,  while  they 
improved  their  homestead,  they  began  farming.  In  November,  1865,  Mr.  Smith,  their 
brother-in-law  came  out  and  bought  eighty  acres  of  Mr.  Beach;  and  a  year  later 
Mr.  Beach's  brother  bought  the  balance  of  the  property.  For  about  eight  years  Mr. 
Beach  was  busy  as  an  agriculturist  on  the  Bellows  farm,  and  while  there  Mrs.  Beach 


908  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

was  severely  injured  through  the  overturning  of  their  buggy.  They  then  went  back 
to  Ohio  for  her  health  but  remained  for  six  years,  and  then  returned  to  Wleeping 
Wiater,  where  he  was  a  clerk  for  several  years.  They  also  bought  a  farm  near  Weeping 
Water,  which  they  conducted  from  1880  until  1900,  when  they  sold  out.  In  the  mean- 
time, the  Missouri  Pacific  Railway  built  in,  and  Mr.  Beach  sold  the  company  twenty- 
three  acres;  and  then,  when  the  branch  was  built  to  Lincoln,  he  sold  more  of  the 
land.  They  continued  to  reside  in  Weeping  Water  until  1910,  when  they  came  to 
Orange  and  located  on  South  Center  Street. 

Mr.  Beach  died  on  July  3,  1913,  and  Mrs.  Beach  sold  the  house  and  lot  and  took  a 
trip  back  to  Weeping  Water,  where  Mr.  Beach  was  buried.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  was  past  commander  of  the  post  at  Weeping  Water, 
also  past  commander  of  Gordon  Granger  Post,  at  Orange.  Two  children  passed  away 
in  Nebraska,  Henry  Paine,  who  died  when  he  was  twenty  months  old,  and  Harry 
Paine,  who  lived  to  be  four  and  a  half  years  old.  In  November,  1913,  Mrs.  Beach 
returned  to  Orange,  and  she  has  made  her  horrie  here  ever  since.  Mr.  Beach  was  a 
Republican,  and  both  husband  and  wife  were  ardent  Christian  Scientists. 

This  interest  in  Science  work  arose  and  developed  largely  because  of  personal 
experience.  Mrs.  Beach  was  in  very  poor  health  from  an  accident,  having  been  injured 
in  the  overturning  of  their  buggy,  and  she  was  given  up  by  the  local  physician.  She 
went  to  Omaha,  where  she  was  healed  by  a  Christian  Science  practitioner,  in  1886. 
Mr.  Beach  had  consumption,  and  was  also  healed  in  the  same  year.  That  same  year 
they  took  instruction  and  began  to  practice.  In  1888,  while  in  Ohio  on  a  visit,  she 
found  her  oldest  sister  thought  to  be  passing  away  with  heart  failure.  The  sister 
requested  Mrs.  Beach  to  treat  her,  and  she  recovered  and  lived  for  fifteen  years.  The 
healing  brought  so  many  cases  that  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Beach  remained  there  for  several 
months.  Mr.  Beach  was  successful  in  particular  to  a  wonderful  degree  as  a  practitioner, 
but  they  had  to  return  to  Nebraska  to  look  after  business  afifairs.  In  1902  they  made 
another  trip  back  to  Leroy,  Ohio,  and  traveled  throughout  the  East,  and  after  another 
sojourn  in   Nebraska,   they  came  to   Southern   California. 

GEORGE  HILL  PIRIE. — An  enterprising,  progressive  citizen  who  understands 
the  many  problems  of  citrus-growing,  is  well  informed  on  earlier  days,  and  very  en- 
thusiastic for  the  building  up  of  Orange  County,  is  George  Hill  Pirie,  a  native  of  New 
York  City,  where  he  was  born  in  1857.  His  father  was  George  Pirie,  a  native  of  Scot- 
land, who  came  to  New  York  as  a  stonecutter,  became  an  American  citizen,  and  mar- 
ried Christina  Hill,  also  a  native  of  Scotland.  Moving  to  Cedar  County,  Iowa,  he 
engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits,  and  there  both  he  and  his  good  wife  .died.  Of  the 
four  boys  and  two  girls  in  the  family,  three  sons  and  one  daughter  are  still  living 
and  of  these,  George  and  a  brother  Alexander  are  the  only  ones  in  California. 

Brought  up  on  a  farm  in  Iowa,  George  Pirie  was  educated  at  the  public  schools, 
and  in  1882  came  to  California,  where  he  located  in  Orange  County.  For  a  while  he 
worked  at  ranching,  and  for  a  time  he  owned  a  ranch;  then  he  was  foreman  for  Dr.  I. 
Adams  ranch,  and  directed  the  extensive  operations  there  in  the  growing  of  walnuts, 
oranges  and  other  fruit,  continuing  there  for  eighteen  years.  When  his  health  was 
impaired,  he  resigned  and  then  purchased  a  ranch  which  he  still  owns. 

Mr.  Pirie  has  been  very  successful  each  time  that  he  made  a  "buy,"  and  one  of 
his  fortunate  purchases  is  the  corner  of  Olive  and  Chapman  streets,  where  he  has  re- 
constructed the  buildings,  and  has  built  up  other  properties  in  town.  He  laid  out  ten 
acres  on  North  Lemon  Street,  and  sold  the  same  as  the  Pirie  Home  Tract,  disposing 
of  it  in  lots;  and  he  also  sold  at  an  advantage  some  ten  acres  he  once  owned  on 
North  Glassell  Street. 

A  Republican  in  national  political  affairs,  Mr.  Pirie  takes  a  live  interest  in  civic 
life,  and  strives  to  do  what  he  can,  under  Republican  auspices,  to  elevate  politics;  but 
in  local  matters  he  recognizes  no  such  political  bonds  or  partisanship  differences,  and 
always  tries  to  support  the  best  men  and  the  best  measures. 

HENRY  W.  DUKER. — An  enterprising  contractor  who  has  abundantly  demon- 
strated that  he  can  both  successfully  build  houses  and  cultivate  citrus  fruit,  and  who 
has  thus  shown  his  desire  to  build  up  the  town  and  community  to  the  highest  standard 
possible,  is  Henry  W.  Duker,  who  first  came  to  California  in  the  latter  part  of  1904, 
and  who  has  been  more  and  more  identifying  himself  with  the  Golden  State  ever  since. 
He  was  born  at  River  Park,  Chicago,  111.,  on  October  27,  1868,  the  son  of  Henry 
Duker,  who  was  for  a  while  a  contractor  and  then  a  farmer  at  River  Park.  He  was 
a  native  of  Hanover,  Germany,  and  there  married  Miss  Caroline  Ude.  In  1886  they 
removed  from  Chicago  to  lowaj  and  in  that  more  western  home-land  they  died.  They 
had  eight  children,  among  whom  Henry  was  the  second  eldest,  and  is  now  the  only 
one  living  in  California. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  911 

He  was  reared  on  a  farm,  and  at  the  same  time  attended  the  local  public  schools; 
and  removing  with  his  folks  to  Fort  Dodge,  Iowa,  he  continued  to  assist  his  father 
on  the  farm  until  he  was  twenty-three  years  of  age.  Then,  on  October  27,  1892,  at 
Fort  Dodge  he  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Bartsch,  a  native  of  Chicago  and  the 
daughter  of  William  and  Rose  (Straus))  Bartsch — the  former,  a  carpenter  and  builder 
who  died  there,  the  latter  a  gifted  domestic  woman,  who  had  come  to  settle  in  Iowa, 
and  there  was  educated.  For  a  while  Mr.  Duker  continued  farming,  owning  a  nice 
farm  four  miles  north  from  Fort  Dodge;  but  in  1904  he  sold  out  and  located  at 
Orange,  Cal.- 

For  the  first  three  years  he  lived  at  the  corner  of  Washington  Avenue  and 
Shaffer  Street,  and  then  he  built  his  extensive  house  on  East  Palmyra  and  Shaffer 
streets  on  a  lot  he  had  bought  when  he  first  came  here.  Since  1904  he  has  been  engaged 
in  contracting  and  masonry,  and  he  has  done  the  masonry  work  on  many  notable 
structures  including  the  Jorn  Building,  the  Ehlen  and  Grote  Building,  the  Barker  Build- 
ing, and  various  machine  shops  and  garages.  He  was  associated  with  R.  W.  Miller 
in  the  erection  of  the  Lutheran  Church  here,  and  he  has  also  carried  through  much 
good  contracting  in  other  parts  of  Orange  County.  In  1919,  he  completed  his  own  new 
cement  residence,  on  Batavia  Street,  a  fine  location  with  an  orange  grove  of  three  and 
a  half  acres.  This  type  of  building  is  the  latest  word  in  home-struccure  and  the 
most  durable  of  any  kind.  He  is  interested  also  in  horticulture,  and  has  an  orange 
grove  of  seven  acres  elsewhere,  a  miniature  "show  place"  in  itself.  His  interest  in 
citrus  culture  has  made  him,  naturally,  a  member  of  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers 
Association. 

Nine  children  have  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Duker.  Amelia  lives  at 
Santa  Ana;  Emma  is  at  home;  Otto  is  in  the  San  Fernando  Valley;  Walter  assists 
his  father;  Ada  is  also  at  home;  and  there  are  Edna,  Reinhold,  Martin  and  Ernst.  Mr. 
Duker  belongs  to  the  Lutheran  Church,  where  he  has  served  as  a  trustee. 

J.  C.  MAUERHAN. — An  old  settler  in  Orange  County  who  may  point  with  pride, 
as  the  result  of  long  years  of  hard  labor,  to  his  having  improved  what  is  now  some 
of  the  most  valuable  acreages  of  the  district,  is  J.  C.  Mauerhan,  who  was  born  in 
Wuertemberg,  Germany,  in  1861,  the  son  of  J.  C.  Mauerhan,  Sr.,  who  was  a  general 
farmer  and  a  viticulturist  and  brought  his  family  in  1872,  following  the  death  of  his 
wife  in  1871,  out  to  America  and  Holton,  Kans.  He  had  four  children,  and  cared  for 
them  tenderly;  and  not  satisfied  with  the  Middle  West,  he  came  on  with  them  to 
California  in  187S.  For  a  while  he  was  a  florist  at  San  Francisco;  in  1882  he  came 
south  to  Anaheim  and  there  he  cultivated  a  farm  of  twenty  acres  on  the  Ball  Road 
until  his  death,  on  January  6,  1910,  aged  seventy-one. 

J.  C.  Mauerhan  was  brought  up  in  Kansas  from  his  eleventh  until  his  fourteenth 
year,  when  he  came  to  California  and  worked  at  various  things.  In  1883  he  came  to 
Los  Angeles  and  in  188S  to  Anaheim,  and  then  went  to  Santa  Ana  in  1886,  and  was 
in  the  employ  of  the  Santa  Ana  Soda  Works.  He  continued  in  the  manufacture  of  soda 
water  for  seventeen  years,  and  while  thus  occupied  built  a  residence  on  Sixteenth  and 
Spurgeon  streets.  He  also  owned  half  a  block  lying  between  Sixteenth  and  Seventeenth 
streets  on  Spurgeon  which  he  improved.  In  addition,  he  had  title  to  three  acres  on  C 
Street,  set  out  in  trees. 

During  these  years,  Mr.  Mauerhan  was  engaged  in  general  farming  on  the  May- 
berry  tract  near  Tustin,  and  on  February  12,  1904,  confident  of  the  future  of  the  Ana- 
heim agricultural  lands,  he  bought  his  present  ranch  of  fifty-five  acres,  clearing  away 
the  brush  and  the  wild  cactus,  leveling  and  otherwise  improving,  the  property.  He 
sunk  a  well  and  installed  a  gas  engine.  He  set  out  walnuts  and  some  oranges,  and 
later  bought  another  twenty  acres  of  raw  land,  making  seventy-five  acres  which  he 
has  improved  from  the  wild  state.  Now  he  has  forty-five  acres  in  walnuts,  and  thirty 
in  oranges  and  lemons. 

At  Los  Angeles  January  2,  1884,  Mr.  Mauerhan  was  married  to  Miss  Esther  Schuiz, 
a  native  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  who  came  to  California  with  her  parents  when  she  was 
sixteen  years  of  age,  in  1880.  Her  parents,  J.  C.  and  Mary  A.  (Martin)  Schuiz  were 
farmers  in  Wisconsin  and  later  in  Blackhawk  County,  Iowa,  and  in  1880  they  came 
to  San  Francisco.  In  1882  they  located  at  Anaheim  and  were  farmers  on  the  Ball 
Road  where  the  father  died;  their  mother  still  lives  in  the  old  home,  eighty-four  years 
old.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mauerhan  have  six  children  as  a  blessing  to  their  fortunate  union. 
Charles  is  a  contractor  and  builder  in  Los  Angeles,  and  is  married  and  has  three  chil- 
dren. Frank,  who  is  also  married,  is  a  neighboring  rancher,  living  next  to  our  subject. 
Conrad,  married  and  the  father  of  two  children,  assists  his  father.  Gertrude  is  Mrs. 
Nelson  of  Placentia;  she  is  the  mother  of  five  children.  James  and  Ralph  are  employed 
in  the  oil  fields;  all  the  sons  but  Charles,  who  was  employed  in  Government  ship  yards, 
were  soldiers  in  the  World  War,  and  one  of  them,  Frank,  served  over  seas. 


912  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

HARVEY  HILE.— A  far-seeing,  enterprising  young  man  whose  energy,  ^'^^^^'^^^ 
and  hard  work  have  enabled  him  to  convert  a  wild  stretch  of  raw  land  into  a  ^^^ 
productive  property,  is  Harvey  Hile,  who  has  been  identified  with  Orange  Coun  y  ^ 
the  past  decade.     He  was  born  in  Logansport,  Ind.,  in  1878,  the  son  of  Daniel  > 

native  of  Germany,  who  came  to  Indiana  when  a  young  man  of  eighteen  or     w     ^^ 
became  a  farmer  at  Logansport,  where  he  retired,  and  died  near  Goodland,  in   ■ 
had  married  Miss  Dora  Kiese,  and  she,  too,  passed  away  in  the  Hoosier  State, 
had  four  girls  and  five  boys,  all  of  whom,  save  one  of  the  sons,  are  no^y  living,  a 
the  boys,  two  are  in  California,  one  in  Mackay,  Idaho,  and  one  in  Florida. 

The  second  youngest,  Harvey  Hile  was  brought  up  on  a  farm  at  Logansport,  an 
remained  at  home  until  he  was  sixteen,  when  he  began  to  paddle  his  own  ^^^^'-'^-  „ 
worked  on  a  farm  for  four  years,  and  then  he  was  in  the  car  shop  of  the  iSig  i^our 
Railway  at  Indianapolis.  During  three  years  of  apprenticeship  he  learned  the  car- 
builder's  trade,  and  then,  for  six  months,  he  was  a  blacksmith  in  the  Atlas  Engine 
Works  in  that  same  city.  In  1903,  he  went  to  Boise  City,  Idaho,  and  for  two  years  was 
with  the  Graves  Transfer  Company,  when  he  took  up  concrete  work  and  became  a 
finisher  of  sidewalks,  curbs  and  foundations.  After  that,  he  was  one  of  the  workmen 
at  the  Big  Giant  Gold  Mine,  and  he  was  next  in  the  employ  of  the  Government  as 
foreman  of  concrete  work  in  the  building  of  the  New  York  Canal  in  Idaho. 

Induced  by  the  accounts  of  a  sister-in-law,  who  had  been  here  and  liked  California, 
to  try  his  fortune  in  the  Golden  State,  Mr.  Hile  came  here  in  1910,  settled  at  Anaheim, 
and  with  his  brother,  John  H.,  who  has  a  ranch  adjoining  his  own,  rented  land  and 
raised  sweet  potatoes.  For  a  couple  of  years  he  did  well,  but  too  much  competition 
ruined  the  market.  In  1910  he  bought  his  present  ranch,  raised  sweet  potatoes  for  a 
couple  of  years,  and  in  1914  set  the  acreage  out  to  Valencia  oranges,  and  planted 
potatoes  and  beans.  He  now  has  some  twenty-two  acres  set  out.  He  belongs  to  the 
Anaheim  Citrus  Association,  and  takes  a  very  live  interest  in  all  the  problems  per- 
taining to  horticulture  in  Southern  California. 

At  Boise  City,  Mr.  Hile  was  married  to  Miss  Lucy  Dove,  a  native  of  Indiana,  a 
charming  lady  of  accomplishments,  who  came  to  enjoy  a  circle  of  devoted  friends; 
and  she  died  on  June  12,  1917,  mourned  by  all  who  knew  her  worth.  In  politics  a 
Socialist,' Mr.  Hile  belongs  to  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  at  Anaheim. 

JACOB  W.  CARRIKER. — A  fine  old  gentleman  with  an  enviable  war  record  is 
Jacob  W.  Carriker,  one  of  the  very  successful  orange  culturists  of  Orange,  to  which 
enterprising  town  he  came  in  1902.  He  was  born  at  Statesville,  in  Cabarrus  County, 
N.  C,  April  13,  1842,  the  son  of  Daniel  Carriker,  who  was  also  born  there.  In  1850, 
he  brought  his  family  to  Hillsboro,  Montgomery  County,  111.,  where  he  broke  up  a 
stretch  of  prairie  he  had  purchased  and  made  of  it  a  first-class  farrh.  He  continued 
there  in  agricultural  pursuits  until  1874,  when  he  removed  to  Nebraska;  and  at  Harvard, 
in  that  state,  he  died.  Mrs.  Carriker,  who  was  Miss  Sophia  Sides  before  her  marriage, 
was  a  native  also  of  Cabarrus  County,  N.  C,  and  died  in  Illinois  in  1866.  She  was  the 
mother  of  seven  children,  four  of  whom  are  living;  and  among  them,  Jacob  was  the 
youngest. 

Reared  in  Illinois  from  his  eighth  year,  Jacob  Carriker  attended  school  held  in  a 
log  house  with  puncheon  floor  and  having  slab  benches  and  desk;  at  first  a  private, 
and  then  a  public  school.  In  August,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  Company  D  of  the  Hundred 
Twenty-six  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  was  mustered  into  service  at  Alton  111 
on  September  4,  1862.  He  went  on  to  Columbus,  Ky.,  slept  between  corn  rows'  and 
had  the  measles;  then  to  La  Grange,  where  he  again  had  the  measles  and  a  relapse 
and  where  he  almost  died.  Recovering,  he  fought  with  his  company  at  the  Sie<^e  of 
Vicksburg,  at  the  taking  of  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  and  at  Duvall's  Bluff  Clarendon"  and 
continued  his  service  in  Arkansas  until  the  close  of  the  war.  At  Pin'p  RI„ff  a  i' 
July  12,  186S,  he  was  mustered  out  of  service.  '  ^'''^■'  °" 

Returning  to  Illinois,  Mr.  Carriker  bought  and  improved  land    and  built  f       h' 
self  a  house,  hewing  the  logs  he  needed  in  the  construction;  and  at  Jackson   V     lu' 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  J.  Taylor,  a  native  of  that  state,  after  wh.VV,  l,„7  n'       J 
farming.      In    1874,    he   sold   out    and   located    in    Hamilton    County     Nebr         1?      ""'^ 
homesteaded  160  acres,  and  laid  claim  to  160  acres  of  timber,  all  of  vvhich  h'   ^  5 

He  was  the  pioneer  farmer  there  in  the  raising  of  grain  and  stock  but^  ^Tt^"^^ t 
obstacles  as  grasshoppers,  droughts  and  hail  storms,  he  found  the's-ninrv  '^^.^"'^" 
rather  uphill.  ^    "^  a*   t™es 

In  the  fall  of   1902  Mr.  Carriker  came  to  California  and  located  at  Orano-e 
here  bought  the  eight  corner  lots  at  Center  and  Maple  streets,  then  a  grain  field      H 
built  his   residence   at  the   corner,  and   then   sold   the   balance   of   the   lots      Lat        h 
bought  a  lot  at  the  corner  of  Grand  and  Maple  streets,  and  there  he  owns  four  h"' 


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He  also  bought  an  orange  ranch  of  nine  and  a  half  acres  at  McPherson,  took  four 
crops  from  it,  and  then  sold  it  for  $12,000  more  than  he  paid  for  it. 

Mr.  Carriker's  first  wife  died  in  Nebraska  in  1882  and  left  him  with  six  children. 
Elmer  resides  at  Orange;  Nora,  Mrs.  James  Benson,  at  Hastings,  Nebr.;  Cordelia, 
Mrs.  Soward,  and  Cornelia,  Mrs.  Howard  Benson,  are  in  Giltner,  Nebr.;  Frank  lives  at 
Burwell,  Nebr.;  Mattie,  became  Mrs.  Frost  and  lives  at  Santa  Ana. 

When  he  married  a  second  time,  Mr.  Carriker  chose  Miss  Maggie  Risk,  a  native 
of  Point  Pleasant,  W.  Va.,  as  his  wife;  she  was  the  daughter  of  William  Risk,  who  had 
married  Elizabeth  Kennedy,  and  the  ceremony  was  performed  at  Hastings,  Nebr.,  in 
1889.  Both  of  her  parents  died  in  West  Virginia.  One  son,  Howard  Judson,  resulted 
from  this  second  union,  and  he  now  has  a  motorcycle  store  in  Orange,  and  another 
at  Santa  Ana. 

Mr.  Carriker  is  a  Republican  in  national  politics,  though  nonpartisan  in  his  support 
of  all  local  issues  and  movements  of  a  worthy  nature,  and  belongs  to  the  Orange  post 
of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carriker  are  members  of  the 
First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  there  Mr.  Carriker  was  a  steward,  as  he  has 
been  for  years  a  class  leader.  He  was  also  a  class  leader  in  Nebraska,  and  in  Orange 
he  has  served  on  the  building  committee  and  in  other  ways  has  advanced  the  growth 
of  the  congregation,,  its  property  and  its  work. 

HENRY  WILLIAM  BUCHHEIM.— A  member  of  one  of  Orange  County's 
worthy  pioneer  families  whose  members  have  contributed  so  largely  to  the  agricultural 
development  of  the  county,  particularly  in  the  San  Juan  Capistrano  district,  Henry  W. 
Buchheim  is  carrying  on  the  good  work  of  his  family,  being  extensively  engaged  in 
ranching  at  Serra  or  San  Juan-by-the-Sea. 

The  fifth  of  a  family  of  twelve  children,  Henry  Buchheim's  parents  were  Frank 
S.  and  Caroline  (Zymon)  Buchheim,  hard-working  and  industrious  farmer  folk  who 
made  their  home  in  Minnesota  before  coming  to  California.  The  following  are  the 
other  children  born  to  these  worthy  parents:  Lydia,  the  eldest  of  the  family,  now 
Mrs.  Hemenway,  is  engaged  in  ranching  on  the  Santa  Margarita  ranch,  where  she  is 
in  partnership  with  her  brother,  Aaron,  who  is  the  second  in  order  of  birth,  and  whose 
sketch  appears  elsewhere  in  this  work.  John  is  engaged  in  growing  sugar  beets  near 
Garden  Grove;  Jacob  is  a  rancher  at  Downey;  Emma  is  deceased;  Josie  is  Mrs.  Van 
Whisler,  the  wife  of  a  rancher  at  El  Toro;  Paul  assists  his  brother  Aaron  in  his  ranch- 
ing operations  and  is  also  interested  in  the  orange  and  walnut  industry  in  Ventura 
County;  Frank  is  married  and  resides  in  Santa  Ana;  Fred  passed  away  at  the  age 
of  twenty,  leaving  a  son,  Carl,  and  a  widow;  Emil  has  also  been  engaged  on  Aaron 
Buchheim's  ranch  since  receiving  his  honorable  discharge  from  the  army.  During  the 
World  War  he  made  an  enviable  record  serving  as  first  gunner  on  a  French  "75"  during 
his  period  of  service  in  France  with  the  light  artillery  of  the  Sunset  Division;  Minnie, 
who  is  the  wife  of  Henry  Hoeffner,  resides  in  Nebraska.  Frank  S.  Buchheim  passed 
away  in  Santa  Ana  in  1904,  at  the  old  home  place  on  East  Seventeenth  Street,  where 
Frank  Buchheim  now  lives,  the  mother  surviving  him  until  January  20,  1915. 

Henry  W.  Buchheim  was  born  at  Sauk  Center,  Minn.,  October  13,  1875,  and  so 
was  a  lad  of  barely  six  years  when  his  parents  arrived  here  on  October  11,  1881.  His 
early  years  were  spent  at  Santa  Ana,  where  the  family  had  settled,  and  there  he 
attended  the  public  schools.  As  is  frequently  the  case  in  a  large  family,  however,  it  was 
necessary  for  the  children  to  start  in  when  quite  young  to  share  the  responsibilities 
of  the  family,  and  so  Henry  Buchheim's  school  days  were  not  of  long  duration.  Going 
to  work  on  the  home  farm,  he  early  learned  those  habits  of  industry  and  thoroughness 
that  made  for  the  success  he  has  enjoyed  in  the  years  of  his  maturity.  When  his  older 
brother,  Aaron  Buchheim,  began  his  ranching  operations,  he  joined  forces  with  him 
and  they  continued  together  for  a  number  of  years.  Later  he  began  farming  on  his 
own  account,  and  his  interests  in  that  field  have  grown  from  year  to  year,  until  he  now 
leases  four  tracts  of  land  near  Serra,  comprising  1,000  acres,  and  this  he  is  cultivating 
with  splendid  success.  The  land  lies,  for  the  most  part,  on  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad, 
along  the  coast  road  to  Laguna,  and  is  devoted  to  grain  and  beans.  Mr.  Buchheim  is 
also  the  owner  of  a  fine  tract  of  twenty  acres  in  Ventura  County,  part  of  this  being  a 
thriving  walnut  orchard. 

Mr.  Buchheim's  marriage,  which  occurred  December  6,  1910,  at  Santa  Ana,  united 
him  with  Miss  Maude  Reeder,  a  native  daughter,  born  at  Moreno,  Riverside  County. 
She  is  the  daughter  of  William  and  Bertha  (Johnston)  Reeder,  born  in  San  Bernardino 
and  Riverside  counties,  respectively.  The  Reeder  family  came  from  Illinois  to  Cali- 
fornia in  early  days,  and  the  Johnstons  came  from  Indiana  to  California  across  the 
plains  at  an  equally  early  period.  William  Reeder  was  for  some  years  engaged  in 
farming  and  then  began  fishing,  having  his  headquarters  at  San  Juan-by-the-Sea,  and 


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fishing  from  Point  Concepion  to  San  Diego.     He  died  in  August,  1916,  his  '^'*^,  jj^renl 
preceded  him  twenty-two  years,  her  death  occurring  in  1894.     They  had  four  c   '       • 
Thomas  is  engaged  in  fishing  at  San  Juan-by-the-Sea;   Rose,  Mrs.   Arthur  -t>u  Tip^4.jja 
resides  at  Santa  Susanna;  Maude  is  the  wife  of  Henry  Buchheim,  our  ^"'^^^^.J,  ^o 

passed   away   in   childhood.      Mr.   and   Mrs.   Henry    Buchheim   have    three    chil  ^^  ^^^ 
brighten  their  home,  Floyd,  Henrietta  and  Florence,  but  the  family  circle  was  sa 
by  the  death  of  the  oldest  child  when  he  was  but  eleven  months  old. 

Industrious   and   capable,   Mr.    Buchheim   is   one   of   Orange   County's   depen   a 
citizens,  and  he  may  well  look  back  with  satisfaction  upon  the  results  of  his  wor   , 
it  is  to  men  of  his  type  that  Southern  California  owes  the  marvelous  transformation 
that  the  past  few  decades  have  brought. 

LEWIS  F.  COBURN.— A  man  peculiarly  well-fitted  for  the  important  office  of 
city  attorney  of  Orange  is  Lewis  F.  Coburn,  who  is  an  enthusiastic  "booster  ot  both 
town  and  county,  and  believes  both  to  be  the  best  sections  in  which  he  has  ever  lived 
and  worked.  He  came  to  California  in  the  late  seventies,  and  so  has  had  the  best 
opportunity  for  observing  and  judging  the  gradual  development  of  neighboring  counties 
and  most  of  the  Golden  State. 

He  was  born  at  Newberry,  Vt.,  on  May  21,  1854,  the  son  of  Calvin  P.  Coburn,  a 
native  of  New  Hampshire  hailing  from  the  same  home  district  as  Salmon  Portland 
Chase,  the  statesman.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Vermont  and  in  18S8  removed  to  Bruns- 
wick, Maine,  where  he  died  in  1910,  at  the  age  of  eighty-six.  His  ancestors  were  lineal 
descendants  of  Edward  Cockburn,  who  came  from  England  to  Massachusetts  in  1635, 
and  built  the  first  house  north  of  the  Merrimac  River,  in  Massachusetts — an  historic 
structure  still  standing.  The  spelling  of  the  name  was  then  changed  to  the  way  in 
which  is  was  pronounced,  with  a  silent  c.  Major  Silas  Coburn,  the  great-great-grand- 
father, and.  Captain  Asa  Coburn,  the  great-grandfather  of  our  subject,  were  both  sol- 
diers in  a  New  Hampshire  regiment  in  the  Revolution.  Asa  Coburn  removed  from 
Massachusetts  to  New  Hampshire,  and  was  a  farmer  there.  The  mother  of  Lewis 
Coburn  was  Rachel  R.  Ferrin  before  her  marriage;  she  was  born  at  Bath,  Maine,  and 
died  in  that  state  in  1915.  Grandfather  Lazarus  Ferrin  was  a  sea  captain  who  made 
four  voyages  around  Cape  Horn  to  San  Francisco.  Lewis  F.  was  the  elder  of  two 
children,  and  his  brother,  Edward  Everett,  is  still  living  at  the  old  home. 

Educated  at  the  local  public  schools,  Lewis  F.  continued  his  studies  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Maine,  at  Orono,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1875  with  the  degree  of 
civil  engineer.  He  taught  school  for  a  while,  and  then  began  the  study  of  law  under 
Judge  Keniston  of  Boothbay  Harbor. 

In  1877  Mr.  Coburn  came  to  California  and  was  for  a  while  in  the  employ  of 
Hobbs,  Wall  and  Company,  at  Crescent  City,  helping  them  to  build  a  railway  and 
bridges  across  the  Smith  River,  a  distance  of  fifteen  miles.  All  the  time  while  so 
employed,  however,  Mr.  Coburn  was  still  studying  law,  and  in  1880  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  California.  He  practiced  law  in  Del  Norte  County,  and  in  1884  was  elected 
district  attorney  for  a  term  of  two  years,  and  was  then  reelected  for  a  second  term; 
he  was  also  assistant  United  States  attorney  for  the  northern  district  of  California — a 
position  which  he  filled  with  credit  for  four  years. 

Having  had  several  law  cases  at  Yreka,  an  opportunity  presented  itself  to  prac- 
tice law  there,  and  he  removed  to  that  city,  and  was  active  as  an  attorney  in  that  sec- 
tion from  1891  until  1918.  He  was  city  attorney  for  Yreka  for  nine  years,  and  was 
also  city  attorney  for  Etna  and  for  Sisson,  filling  for  each  a  term  of  three  years. 
He  assisted  in  giving  the  impetus  to  various  public  improvements  through  which  these 
towns  attained  some  desirable  reputation  for  progress. 

At  the  solicitation  of  Attorney  W.  R.  Garrett,  an  old-time  friend,  Mr.  Coburn 
carne  to  Orange  in  1918  and  entered  into  partnership.  The  following  July,  Mr  Garrett 
retired,  and  since  then  Mr.  Coburn  has  practiced  law  alone.  He  is  now  serving  as 
city  attorney  of  Orange,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  entire  community.  In  national 
politics  a  Republican,  Mr.  Coburn  knows  no  partisanship  in  matters  aflfectino-  the 
locality  in  which  he  lives  and  thrives.  ° 

In  Del  Norte  County,  Mr.  Coburn  was  married  to  Miss  Ella  C.  Anthony  a  native 
of  Smith  River  and  the  daughter  of  Joseph  G.  Anthony,  a  pioneer  farmer  and  a  cousin 
of  U.  S.  Senator  Anthony.  Three  children  have  blessed  their  union.  Lew  Ella  i=;  the- 
wife  of  Major  L.  H.  Taylor,  a  resident  of  Dunsmuir;  Kate  is  the  wife  of  E  J  Adam-T 
and  resides  at  Orange;  and  Herbert  Anthony  is  an  electrician  in  the  employ  of  the 
Irvine  ranch,  and  was  for  two  years  in  the  World  War,  and  for  nineteen  mnnti^  = 
overseas.  '""cns 

Mr.  Coburn  was  made  a  Mason  in  Howard  Lodge  No.  96,  F.  &  A.  M.,  Yreka  in 
1892,  and  is  a  past  master,  and  now  belongs  to  Orange  Grove  Lodge,  No.  293    F    & 


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A.  M.;  is  past  high  priest  of  Cyrus  Chapter,  No.  IS,  R.  A.  M.,  Yreka,  and  is  now  a 
member  of  Orange  Grove  Chapter,  No.  73;  belonged  to  Mt.  Shasta  Commandery  No. 
32,  Knights  Templar,  where  he  was  commander  in  1889  and  1890,  and  was  captain- 
general  and  drill  master  for  seventeen  years;  now  he  belongs  to  the  Santa  Ana  Com- 
mandery, and  is  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Council,  R.  &  S.  M.  He  also  belongs 
to  the  Islam  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  in  San  Francisco,  and  with  Mrs.  Coburn  is  a 
member  of  the  Eastern  Star  at  Orange,  and  was  a  member  of  this  order  at  Yreka. 

SAMUEL  DAVID  TEEL.— Among  the  native  sons  of  Orange  County,  S.  D.  Teel 
has  the  distinction  of  being  the  son  of  Garden  Grove's  first  permanent  settler.  He 
follows  the  occupation  of  ranching,  and  specializes  in  raising  sweet  potatoes,  having 
purchased  ten  acres  which  he  devotes  to  that  purpose.  He  also  owns  ten  acres  in  the 
Bolsa  Precinct  which  is  planted  to  Valencia  oranges,  and  now  has  an  exceptionally 
fine  grove  just  coming  into  bearing. 

He  was  born  in  Orange  County,  December  23,  1875,  in  what  is  now  Buaro  pre- 
cinct, one  mile  north  of  his  present  home,  this  section  in  those  early  days  being  a  part 
of  Los  Angeles  County.  His  parents,  George  Milton  and  Catherine  (Harris)  Teel, 
were  born  in  Tennessee  and  Kentucky,  respectively,  and  were  married  in  Texas,  whither 
both  had  gone  when  young  people.  They  came  to  California  in  1870,  settling  in  what 
is  now  Garden  Grove.  When  Mr.  Teel  first  arrived  in  California,  coming  from  Texas 
with  an  ox  team,  he  took  up  his  residence  on  what  is  known  as  the  Dr.  Head  ranch, 
where  he  planted  potatoes,  and  from  one  sack  of  seed  he  harvested  120  sacks — equal  to 
six  tons.  He  hauled  lumber  from  Anaheim  Landing  to  build  his  house  and  hauled 
lumber  to  Anaheim  as  a  teamster.  The  elder  Teel,  besides  being  the  first  settler  in 
Garden  Grove  was  the  first  man  to  develop  artesian  water  in  this  district.  He  struck 
an  artesian  flow  in  1871,  and  was  one  of  the  early  orange  growers  and  fruit  men 
demonstrating  that  the  best  of  fruit  could  be  grown  here.  His  death  occurred  at 
Garden  Grove  in  1903  at  the  age  of  seventy-six.  He  was  a  Mason,  retaining  his  mem- 
bership in  Texas.  His  widow  survived  him  until  March  31,  1920,  when  she  passed 
away  aged  eighty-three.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Teel  were  the  parents  of  eight  children: 
Georgia  is  Mrs.  John  Davis  of  Garden  Grove;  Charles  lives  at  Ukiah;  Harris  is  a  resi- 
dent of  Coalinga;  Edward,  at  Wintersburg;  Samuel  D.,  of  this  sketch;  Alice  is  Mrs. 
W.  E.  Wells  and  lives  on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch;  Ida  is  Mrs.  Claude  Blakesley  of 
Garden  Grove;  George  M.,  Jr.,  the  next  to  the  youngest  of  the  family,  died  on  Novem- 
ber S,  1918,  during  the  influenza  epidemic. 

S.  D.  Teel  is  the  fifth  child  in  the  parental  family  of  eight  children,  and  was 
reared  on  his  father's  ranch.  He  attended  the  common  schools  and  after  attaining 
his  majority  went  to  San  Francisco  and  became  an  employe  of  the  California  Electric 
Company,  working  for  them  at  their  power  house  in  San  Francisco  for  three  years. 
He  afterwards  returned  home  and  turned  his  attention  to  ranching.  His  marriage, 
which  occurred  in  1908,  united  him  with  Miss  Josephine  Kemble,  a  native  of  Colorado. 
The  four  children  resulting  from  this  union  are  Joseph  Kemble,  Audrey  V.,  Samuel 
David,  Jr.,  and  Genevieve  M. 

Mr.  Teel  has  built  a  very  cozy,  modest  home,  to  which  he  is  constantly  adding 
conveniences,  and  the  substantial  improvements  he  is  ever  on  the  alert  to  make  on 
the  ranch  adds  to  its  attractions  materially.  He  is  a  self-reliant,  industrious,  intelli- 
gent man,  and  makes  his  influence  felt  for  the  common  good.  He  was  interested  in 
getting  the  Buaro  Drainage  District  organized,  and  deservedly  ranks  among  the  enter- 
prising and  resourceful  citizens  of  his  community.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of 
Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  241,.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  politically  is  a  staunch  adherent  of  the 
principles  advocated  in  the  platform  of  the  Democratic  party. 

OSCAR  ERNST  GUNTHER. — A  prominent  young  man  of  Orange  who  in  more 
fields  than  one  has  made  a  good  record,  distinguishing  himself  in  particular  through 
his  broad-mindedness  and  patriotic  aggression,  as  a  conscientious  city  trustee,  is  Oscar 
Ernst  Gunther,  who  was  born  at  Fort  Dodge  in  Webster  County,  Iowa,  on  January  4, 
1889.  His  father  is  L.  D.  Gunther,  the  well  known  contractor  and  builder  of  Orange, 
who  had  a  good  home  at  Fort  Dodge,  from  which  Oscar  was  sent  to  both  the  grammar 
and  the  high  school.  During  vacations,  he  began  to  learn  the  harness  maker's  and 
saddler's  trade,  making  more  progress  by  putting  in  his  Saturdays  also  at  the  bench, 
and  when  he  came  to  California  and  Orange  with  his  parents  in  1904,  he  continued  at 
the  trade  in  Santa  Ana,  in  the  service  of  Bryden  Brothers. 

In  1908,  he  set  up  a  harness  business  for  himself  at  60  Plaza  Square,  Orange, 
and  continued  there  very  successfully  until  August,  1918,  when  he  sold  out  and  accepted 
an  appointment  as  inspector  of  leather  equipment  in  the  ordnance  department  of  the 
Quartermaster's  Corps,  of  the*U.  S.  Army. 


920  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

While  in  business  for  himself,  Mr.  Gunther  had  been  appointed  city  trustee  of 
Orange  in  April,  1914;  and  two  years  later  he  was  elected  for  a  four-year  term,  ana 
was  chairman  of  the  finance  committee  and  a  member  of  the  fire  and  water  cotnmittee. 
When  he  accepted  appointment  in  the  U.  S.  Army,  he  resigned  as  trustee,  m  August, 
1918,  to  the  regret  of  many  who  had  come  to  appreciate  the  qualities  he  had  shown  m 
his  public  acts.  After  the  armistice  was  signed,  he  tendered  his  resignation  in  order 
that  he  might  return  to  civil  life;  and  he  was  honorably  discharged  with  the  proper 
recognition  from  his  military  superiors. 

Now  Mr.  Gunther  is  engaged  in  ranching,  and  owns  a  fine  ten-acre  grove  of 
Valencia  oranges  at  the  corner  of  Yorba  and  Fairhaven  avenues,  and  one  on  J^lortn 
Batavia  Street;  and  inasmuch  as  he  is  satisfied  with  nothing  short  of  the  best  '"^"^o^^' 
measures,  implements  and  results,  the  new  venture  occupies  all  of  his  time.  In  lyil, 
at  Orange  he  was  married  to  Miss  Dora  Struck,  a  native  of  Orange  and  the  daughter 
of  Fred  Struck,  once  supervisor  of  Orange  County;  and  two  children  have  blessed  the 
union— Dolores  and  Walter.  The  family  attend  the  Lutheran  Church  of  Orange.  As 
a  most  complimentary  testimonial,  Mr.  Gunther's  fellow-citizens  in  1920  again  elected 
him  a  city  trustee  of  Orange,  for  a  four-year  term;  and  he  is  again  chairman  of  the 
finance  committee,  and  a  member  of  the  street  committee. 

WILLIAM  C.  MAUERHAN.— Not  many  ranches  in  Orange  County  are  more 
presentable  through  their  well  and  systematically  cultivated  soil  and  modern  buildings 
than  that  of  William  C.  Mauerhan,  residing  on  the  Katella  Road  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
Katella  schoolhouse,  near  Anaheim.  This  particular  ranch  has  been  his  home  since 
1912,  and  here  he  set  out  Valencia  oranges  and  walnut  trees  that  are  among  the  best  of 
producers  in  this  part  of  the  county.  His  forty  acres  are  growing  to  be  one  of  the 
"show  places"  of  the  Anaheim  district  and  he  has  refused  flattering  offers  for  the  ranch 
by  persons  seeking  a  well-developed  home  place. 

Mr.  Mauerhan  is  a  native  son  of  the  Golden  State  and  was  born  in  San  Francisco, 
on  September  4,  1875,  the  son  of  John  C.  and  Sophia  Mauerhan,  pioneers  everywhere 
esteemed  for  their  progressivness,  integrity  and  industry.  They  were  natives  of  Ger- 
many and  emigrated  from  their  native  land  in  1872,  bringing  with  them  those  virtues 
of  German  domestic  and  industrial  life  which  have  contributed  so  much  to  the  forma- 
tion of  some  of  the  most  desirable  features  of  American  daily  life.  They  came  from 
San  Francisco  and  settled  near  Anaheim  on  a  ranch  of  nineteen  acres  in  1882,  in  the 
immediate  vicinity  of  the  present  home  of  the  son,  William  C.  Here  the  elder  Mauerhan 
carried  on  farming  until  his  health  became  so  poor  that  the  care  of  the  place  was 
turned  over  to  his  son.  He  died  in  1909  and  Mrs.  Mauerhan  passed  away  in  January, 
1918,  the  mother  of  eight  children,  five  of  whom  are  still  living  and  all  residents  of 
California. 

The  old  home  ranch  was  first  set  to  vines  but  the  blight  that  killed  all  the  other 
vineyards  in  the  Anaheim  district,  also  killed  this  vineyard  and  the  vines  were  dug  out 
and  walnuts  set  out  in  their  place.  About  five  years  before  the  death  of  the  elder 
Mauerhan,  William  C.  took  over  the  management  of  the  place  which  he  later  pur- 
chased, and  he  pulled  out  the  walnut  trees  and  planted  chili  peppers,  being  among 
the  first  in  this  district  to  venture  in  that  field;  he  was  also  the  pioneer  in  the  drying 
of  peppers,  and  also  had  the  first  mill  in  the  state  for  grinding  chili  for  commercial 
purposes.  Another  movement  in  which  he  took  the  lead  was  in  the  development  of 
water  for  irrigation.  At  present  he  has  on  his  place  two  wells,  with  ten-inch  bore,  one 
108  and  the  other  130  feet  deep  operated  by  a  thirty-horsepower  electric  motor  and 
capable  of  producing  water  enough  for  100  acres.  Every  improvement  seen  on  the 
ranch  today  was  placed  there  by  Mr.  Mauerhan  himself. 

On  June  21,  1906,  W.  C.  Mauerhan  and  Miss  Anna  Schroeder,  a  native  daughter  of 
Santa  Ana,  were  united  in  marriage.  She  was  born  on  July  30,  1884,  the  daughter  of 
Frederick  and  Verena  Schroeder,  pioneer  settlers  of  what  is  now  Orange  County.  This 
fortunate  union  has  been  blesesd  by  the  birth  of  six  children,  four  of  whom  are  living— 
Mitdred  Verena,  Clarence  William,  Grace  Lillian  and  Anna  Clare.  The  two  that  died 
are  Elmer  Frederick,  known  by  all  the  friends  and  relatives  as  "Fritzie,"  and  Marian 
Sophia.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Evangelical  Church  at  Anaheim.  Mr.  Mauer- 
han has  been  one  of  the  trustees  for  several  years  and  for  twenty  years  he  was  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday  School,  a  mark  of  distinguished  recognition  in  itself.  He 
has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Katella  school  district,  which  is 
erecting  one  of  the  most  modern  of  schoolhouses  in  the  county,  since  1915.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Mauerhan  have  shown  their  public  spirit  in  every  way  and  have  given  their 
support  to  all  measures  that  have  been  presented  to  them  that  had  as  their  aim  the 
upbuilding  of  the  county  and  the  betterment  of  social  and  moral  conditions  of  the 
people.  They  have  an  ever-widening  circle  of  friends  who  esteem  them  highly  for 
their  Christian  character  and  good  citizenship. 


CLaa/^j^.  i^.  (Vl/icuuujL 


a^t-*-— 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  925 

CARL  A.  PISTER. — A  business  man  whose  steady  stream  of  success  has  given 
great  satisfaction  to  his  many  friends  is  Carl  A.  Pister,  popular  through  the  Pister 
Transfer  and  Oil  Company.  He  was  born  at  Abingdon,  Knox  County,  III.,  in  1891,  the 
son  of  Charles  Pister,  who  was  a  manufacturer  at  that  place  of  brick  and  tile.  He 
did  a  large  business  in  central  Illinois  and  eastern  Iowa,  and  made  for  himself,  by 
his  enterprising  methods  and  fair  dealing,  an  enviable  reputation  which  followed  him 
to  California,  when  he  came  here  in  1909.  He  is  now  engaged  in  the  raising  of  oranges 
at  Orange. 

Carl  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  was  graduated  from  the  high  school 
at  Abingdon  in  1909.  During  his  high  school  course,  he  worked,  in  summer  time,  at  the 
butcher  trade,  learning  from  his  uncle,  F.  Ehrenhart  at  Lewistown,  and  when  he  came 
to  Orange,  about  ten  years  ago,  he  was  employed  for  a  while  in  Sweet's  Market.  Then 
he  went  to  the  Morrison  Market,  and  when  the  Ehlen  and  Grote  Company  opened 
a  market  in  their  store  he  was  employed  by  them.  His  engagement  there  lasted 
eighteen  months;  and  after  that  he  joined  his  brother,  who  was  a  contract  painter, 
and  worked  at  the  painter's  trade. 

In  1918,  with  Paul  Clark  as  a  partner,  Mr.  Pister  started  in  the  truck  business; 
and  in  August  of  the  same  year  he  bought  the  service  station  at  the  corner  of  Chap- 
man and  Olive  streets  from  Mr.  Bay,  and  continued  the  business  under  the  firm  name 
of  the  Pister  Transfer  and  Oil  Company.  In  1919  Mr.  Chaffee  bought  a  third  interest 
with  Mr.  Pister  and  the  company  was  continued  under  the  same  firm  name.  Since 
then,  they  have  erected  a  new  building  and  installed  a  complete  equipment;  and  they 
enjoy  the  best  location  in  Orange,  and  one  of  the  best  trades  in  Orange  County.  They 
also  handle  tires  and  automobile  sundries.  They  have  four  large  trucks  for  heavy  haul- 
ing; and  the  operation  of  the  trucks,  as  well  as  the  service  station,  is  looked  after  by 
Mr.  Pister  himself.  As  might  be  expected,  he  is  a  live  wire  not  only  in  the  field 
covered  by  these  operations,  but  in  the  cooperative  work  of  the  Merchants  and  Manu- 
facturers Association. 

At  Orange,  Mr.  Pister  was  married  to  Miss  Agnes  Ensign,  a  native  of  Michigan; 
and  they  attend  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  and  reside  at  the  corner  of  Sycamore 
and  Grand  streets,  where  they  dispense  a  liberal  hospitality  to  those  fortunate  in 
admission  to  the  home  circle. 

MICHAEL  ELTISTE. — A  successful  business  man  and  horticulturist  of  Orange 
is  Michael  Eltiste,  a  native  of  Bavaria,  Germany,  who  was  born  there  November  21, 
1865.  Mr.  Eltiste  received  a  splendid  education  as  a  foundation  for  his  future  endeavors, 
and  finished  with  a  course  in  an  industrial  college  in  Germany.  In  1883,  at  the  age 
of  eighteen,  eager  for  new  fields  and  greater  opportunities,  he  came  to  the  United 
States,  and  located  in  Connecticut.  Later,  he  started  westward  by  degrees,  and  after 
visiting  Iowa  and  Nebraska,  for  twenty-three  years  he  followed  stock  raising  near 
Phillipsburg,  Phillips  County,  Kans.,  operating  on  a  large  scale  and  meeting  with  the 
success  assured  by  his  thorough  training  and  the  business  principles  which  he  applied 
to  his  farming  operations.  During  these  years  of  residence  in  Kansas  he  also  inter- 
ested himself  in  the  advancement  of  his  district,  and  served  as  township  trustee  and 
also  on  the  school  board. 

In  1908  Mr.  Eltiste  decided  to  come  further  west,  and  that  year  located  at  Orange, 
Cal.,  where  he  bought  land  and  developed  a  sixty-acre  orange  and  lemon  grove.  From 
time  to  time  he  bought  and  developed  other  ranches,  and  at  present  is  the  owner  of 
a  young  orchard  of  thirty  acres,  twenty-five  acres  of  which  is  planted  to  Valencia 
oranges  and  five  acres  to  lemons,  in  the  city  limits  of  Orange. 

About  one  year  after  taking  up  his  residence  here,  with  customary  energy  and 
business  acumen,  Mr.  Eltiste  opened  up  a  business  establishment  in  Orange  and 
engaged  in  selling  farm  implements,  and  the  success  of  the  undertaking  may  be 
imagined  from  the  fact  that  within  ten  years  his  business  was  doubled  six  times,  not- 
withstanding that  during  this  time  six  competitors  in  his  line  entered  the  field  in 
Orange  and  have  all  gone  out  of  business.  His  early  experience  with  ranching  and 
the  practical  knowledge  gained  while  on  his  Kansas  farm  have  been  utilized  in  his 
business  career,  and  he  laid  the  foundation  for  his  success  in  square  dealing  and  satisfied 
customers,  which  is  the  real  foundation  for  all  success  in  business,  be  it  large  or  small. 
As  agent  for  the  International  Harvester  Company's  motor  trucks  and  tractors,  and 
also  carrying  a  full  line  of  farming  implements,  his  output  has  increased  at  a  marvelous- 
speed  and  to  facilitate  the  business  he  has  opened  a  second  store,  this  one  located 
at  Fullerton,  and  with  his  son,  August  Eltiste,  as  manager  of  the  Orange  establishment, 
and  W.  C.  Egly  in  charge  of  the  Fullerton  house,  the  concern  has  developed  into 
one  of  the  leading  business  establishments  in  Orange  County  and  an  example  of  the 
type  of  men  who  choose  this  locality  for  their  home  community  and  bring  to  it  the 


926  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

benefit  of  their   experience  and  their  public-spirited  work   for  the   upbuilding   of   t   is 
section.     The  business  throughout  the  county  has  become  so  large  it  was  "^'^^^^p'^^^^jj 
have  a  third  branch  store,  and  they  have  secured  a  suitable  location  on  East  i:'o 
Street,  Santa  Ana,  where  they  will  carry  a  line  of  implements,  trucks  and  tractors, 
each  place  doing  iDusiness  under  the  firm  name  of  M.   Eltiste  and  Son.  v,-irl     n 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Eltiste  united  him  with  Kuni  Beyerleim,  and  six  children 
were  born  to  them:  George,  an  orange  grower  in  Orange;  August,  in  partnership  wit 
his  father;  John  who  saw  service  in  the  U.  S.  Army  in  France  as  a  member  of  the 
replacement  division,  and  is  now  interested  in  the  business  with  his  father;  Anna  also 
a  member  of  the  firm  is  their  bookkeeper;  Emma  and  Karl.  The  family  are  members 
of  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church  at  Orange  and  for  seven  years  Mr.  Eltiste  was  president 
of  the  board  of  trustees  and  helped  build  the  new  church. 

Deeply  interested  in  all  progressive  movements  here,  Mr.  Eltiste  served  one  term 
as  trustee  of  Orange,  and  he  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  new  sewer  and  water 
system,  and  active  in  street  improvements  in  the  city,  helping  carry  these  important 
projects  through  to  completion,  in  spite  of  opposition.  He  is  a  director  in  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Orange. 

O.  V.  KNOWLTON. — A  highly-esteemed  citizen  of  Fullerton  who  has  the  dis- 
tinction of  having  been  commander  of  the  Southern  California  Veterans  Association, 
is  O.  V.  Knowlton,  also  widely  known  on  account  of  his  connection  with  the  State 
Mortuary  Office.  He  was  born  in  McKean  County,  Pa.,  on  February  26,  1848,  the  son 
of  Charles  and  Cornelia  (Potter)  Knowlton  of  old  New  England  stock.  On  the 
maternal  side  his  ancestry  is  traced  back  to  Roger  Williams.  When  he  was  a  babe 
of  three  weeks  his  father  was  murdered.  So  in  18S1  his  mother  took  him,  he  being  the 
only  child,  to  Marengo,  McHenry  County,  111.,  where  she  had  a  brother  living.  She 
passed  away  in  1854  and  O.  V.  was  left  alone  at  six  years  of  age.  He  continued  residing 
on  the  farm  with  his  uncle  and  attended  the  public  schools  until  1863,  when  he  enlisted 
in  Company  B,  Seventeenth  Illinois  Volunteer  Cavalry,  serving  in  the  Army  of  the 
West  in  the  Civil  War,  taking  part  in  the  battles  with  Price's  army  in  Missouri. 
In  the  spring  of  1865,  they  were  sent  on  the  plains  on  a  campaign  against  the  Indians 
and  helped  build  the  first  line  of  stockades  across  the  plains  so  Butterfield's  stages  could 
go  through  the  badly  infested  Indian  country.  On  December  15,  1865,  he  was  mus- 
tered out  and  honorably  discharged  in  Leavenworth,  Kans.  During  the  war  he  was 
badly  wounded  in  the  thigh  and  also  received  four  other  gunshot  wounds.  After  the 
war  he  returned  to  Illinois,  remaining  until  March,  1866,  when  he  went  to  the  oil  fields 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  for  seven  years  helped  to  advance  what  has  since  become  such  a 
gigantic  industry. 

He  next  returned  to  Illinois  and  located  in  the  vicinity  of  his  old  home,  and  there, 
engaged  in  contracting  and  building.  When  he  removed  from  that  section,  he  went 
to  Jewell  County,  Kans.,  and  stayed  for  a  year;  and  after  that,  he  went  to  Thayer 
County,   Nebr.,  where  he  again  followed  the  building  business. 

In  1886  Mr.  Knowlton  left  the  Middle  West  for  the  Pacific  Coast;  and  arriving  in 
California,  proceeded  to  Anaheim  and  for  a  time  followed  contracting.  In  course  of 
time,  he  acquired  five  acres  in  Fullerton  which  he  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges,  and  this 
trim  little  ranch  of  richest  soil,  thanks  to  the  care  and  hard  work  of  its  industrious 
and  progressive  owner,   is  now  in  a  highly  productive   state. 

Mr.  Knowlton's  love  of  country,  justice  and  right  naturally  led  to  his  assuming 
public  office  in  order  to  assist  in  effecting  certain  reforms  or  results,  and  to  do  his 
share  of  the  vvorld's  work  such  as  somebody  must  worry  about,  and  during  his  resi- 
dence here  he  served  as  commander  of  the  Southern  California  Veterans  Association, 
and  also  as  state  mortuary  officer  for  Orange  County  for  eighteen  years  and  as  such  has 
done  much  good  in  the  county  and  is  serving  without  pay. 

When  he  married,  Mr.  Knowlton  took  for  his  wife  Miss  Julia  A.  Huntington,  a 
graduate  of  the  University  of  Illinois,  and  a  teacher  at  the  time  of  her  marriage;  and 
five  children  blessed  their  fortunate  union:  Charles  is  a  rancher  at  Fullerton;  'Avis 
presides  gracefully  over  her  father's  home;  Kent  was  a  sergeant  in  Company  A,  Three 
Hundred  Nineteenth  Engineers,  and  saw  service  overseas;  he  is  now  horticultural 
commissioner  of  Orange  County;  HoUis  was  gunnery  sergeant  and  expert  instructor 
in  the  U.  S.  Marines  and  also  served  overseas;  Ruth,  who  graduated  from  Los  Angeles 
State  Normal,  is  now  engaged  in  teaching. 

In  1901  Mr.  Knowlton  was  bereaved  of  his  wife,  who  was  mourned  by  her  family 
and  friends.  He  is  a  member  of  Malvern  Hill  Post  No.  131,  G.  A.  R.,  at  Fullerton  of 
which  he  is  past  commander  and  of  which  he  has  been  adjutant  for  eighteen  years 
past.  He  has  served  as  aide-de-camp  on  both  the  department  and  national  commander's 
staflf,  with  the  rank  of  colonel.  Intensely  interested  in  civic  matters,  he  is  a  strong 
Republican  and  has  much  influence  in  local  matters. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  929 

OTTO  LOESCHER. — An  enterprising,  public-spirited  and  successful  man  who 
likes  the  superb  climate  of  California  and  the  superior  folks  of  Orange  County,  and 
who  in  turn  is  equally  esteemed,  is  Otto  Loescher,  a  native  of  Koenitz,  West  Prussia, 
Germany,  where  he  was  born  in  1859.  He  was  brought  up  in  the  village,  where  his 
father  was  a  miller,  and  sent  to  the  public  schools  and  when  fourteen  he  was  appren- 
ticed to  a  miller  and  began  to  learn  his  trade.  At  the  end  of  three  years,  when  he  was 
pronounced  a  journeyman,  he  worked  at  his  trade;  and  in  1885  he  crossed  the  ocean 
and  came  to  the  United  States. 

Settling  for  a  while  at  Goshen,  Ind.,  he  worked  as  a  miller;  but  feeling  the  lure 
of  the  Pacific  West,  he  came  out  to  California,  in  the  "boom"  year  of  1887,  and  went 
to  Selma,  Fresno  County.  He  was  made  foreman  of  the  Selma  Mills,  and  for  many 
years  continued  there  in  that  capacity.  While  there,  he  bought  twenty  acres  of  land, 
raw  and  unsightly;  and  that  he  improved  by  setting  it  out  to  Muscat  grapes,  and 
making  of  it  a  first-class  vineyard. 

Later,  Mr.  Loescher  was  miller  at  the  Reedley  Mills,  and  there  he  bought  an- 
other twenty  acres  of  land,  which  he  set  out  to  Muscat  and  Thompson  seedless  grapes, 
having  forty  acres  of  vineyard  in  all.  These  vineyards  he  managed  until  April,  1917, 
when  he  came  to  Orange  and  retired.  Here  he  makes  his  home  in  a  beautiful  residence 
which  he  built  on  Palmyra  Street,  devoting  his  time  to  looking  after  his  property. 

Mrs.  Loescher  was  Miss  Lena  Miller,  a  native  of  Fort  Dodge,  Iowa,  who  came 
to  Norfolk,  Nebr.,  with  her  parents  when  a  child,  and  was  there  reared.  Some  years 
ago  she  came  to  Orange,  and  here  she  and  Mr.  Loescher  met  and  were  married.  Both 
are  members  of  the  Lutheran  Church.  In  national  politics  Mr.  Loescher  is  a  Republi- 
can; but  when  it  comes  to  lending  a  helping  hand  in  local  political  affairs,  his  patriotism 
knows  no  partisanship. 

HUGH  T.  O'CONNOR. — A  representative  citizen  of  the  Los  Alamitos  section  of 
Orange  County  who  won  recognition  for  his  locality  during  the  various  drives  for 
loans  and  other  allied  needs,  is  Hugh  T.  O'Connor,  who  served  as  chairman  of  the 
committee  that  brought  their  section  "over  the  top"  in  every  drive  in  record  time, 
thereby  winning  for  Los  Alamitos  the  medals  and  banners  offered  for  efficiency. 

Mr.  O'Connor  is  a  successful  merchant  in  Los  Alamitos,  and  has  served  as  the 
postmaster  since  1914,  and  since  1916  under  civil  service  rules.  He  was  born  in  New 
Orleans,  in  1865,  a  son  of  Daniel  and  Eliza  (Sheffield)  O'Connor,  the  former  born  in 
Ireland  and  the  latter  in  New  Orleans.  Hugh  T.  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth  in 
a  family  of  five  and  is  the  only  one  living  in  California.  He  received  a  good  schooling 
and  launched  out  in  his  business  career  when  a  young  man  and  by  strict  attention 
to  business  has  gradually  worked  his  way  to  a  position  of  trust  and  responsibility. 

Mr.  O'Connor  has  been  a  resident  of  Los  Alamitos  for  a  number  of  years,  spend- 
ing six  years  as  bookkeeper  and  cashier  for  the  Felts  Company,  at  the  same  time  serv- 
ing as  postmaster.  In  1918  he  opened  up  in  the  grocery  business  for  himself  in  a 
structure  he  erected  on  the  boulevard,  in  dimension  66x50  feet,  and  well  stocked  with 
an  assorted  line  of  goods  suitable  for  the  needs  of  the  community.  Mr.  O'Connor 
served  as  a  justice  of  the  peace,  being  appointed  to  fill  a  vacancy. 

In  1905  occurred  the  marriage  of  Hugh  T.  O'Connor  and  Miss  Florence  Shattuck. 
After  two  years  of  happily  wedded  life  Mrs.  O'Connor  passed  away.  Mr.  O'Connor  is 
a  genial,  courteous  gentleman  and  has  won  the  esteem  of  a  large  circle  of  friends  in 
the  county.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  the  Benevo- 
lent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

LE  ROY  D.  PALMER. — A  man  unusually  posted  in  all  that  pertains  to  his  field 
of  activity  is  Le  Roy  D.  Palmer,  whose  natural  endowments  together  with  a  pleasing 
personality  make  him  very  acceptable,  as  manager  of  the  Orange  County  Fruit  Ex- 
change, to  a  large  circle  of  busy  and  progressive  folk.  He  was  born  in  Sedalia,  Pettis 
County,  Mo.,  on  September  13,  1880,  the  son  of  L.  D.  Palmer,  a  native  of  Ohio,  who 
settled  at  Sedalia  and  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Missouri,  Kansas  and  Texas  Railway 
as  engineer.  He  married  Marietta  C.  Emery  who  now  lives  at  Los  Angeles.  Mr. 
Palmer  died  in  1900  at  Sedalia  leaving  his  widow  and  four  children. 

After  finishing  with  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Sedalia,  Le  Roy  went  into 
a  railroad  office  at  St.  Louis,  that  of  the  Missouri,  Kansas  and  Texas  Railroad,  and 
afterward  entered  the  employ  of  the  Government  in  the  Cherokee  Nation,  Indian  Ter- 
ritory, now  Oklahoma.  It  was  a  land  office,  where  lands  were  allotted  to  the  Indians; 
and  he  was  the  enrollment  clerk. 

In*1909  he  resigned  and  came  to  Los  Angeles,  and  for  five  years  he  was  employed 
by  the  California  Fruit  Growers  Exchange.  He  arose  from  a  clerkship  in  the  claim 
department  to  be  assistant  sales  manager,  and  then  he  resigned.  He  was  in  charge 
of  both  the  Southern  and  the  Northeastern  markets,  a  position  of  responsibility  afford- 


930  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

ing  continued  experience  of  a  valuable  nature;  and  it  is  no  wonder  that  when  iJ-  j  j. 
Huff  resigned  as  manager  of  the  Orange  County  Fruit  Exchange  in  1915,  Mr.  J^  ^^^ 
was  tendered  the  position.     Just  what  this  compliment  means  may  be  estimate  ^^^ 

the  fact  that  this  exchange  is  made  up  of  eleven   different  local  associations,   ^" 
1919   alone   it   shipped   3,200   cars   of   fruit:      It   is,   therefore,    one   of   the   largest 
exchanges  in  Southern  California. 

At  Tahlequah,  Okla.,  in  1904,  Mr.  Palmer  was  married  to  Miss  Georgia  J""^"*'  * 
native  of  that  section  but  the  representative  of  an  old  Eastern  family,  and  a  °^.S"  ^'' 
of  Dr.  Trent,  a  well-known  surgeon  of  the  U.  S.  Army,  located  at  old  Fort  Gibson. 
Two  children  were  born  of  this  marriage — Madalyn  and  Marjory.  Mr.  P^™"  '®  J' 
popular  member  of  Santa  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks  and  Orange  Lodge  No.  i9J,  i'- 
&  A.  M.  Orange  may  well  be  proud  of  such  public-spirited  citizens  as  Mr.  Palmer,  and 
the  Orange  County  Fruit  Exchange,  in  particular,  is  to  be  congratulated  on  the  captain 
at  its  helm. 

DAVID  JESSURUN. — A  man  whose  scientific  knowledge  and  thorough  experi- 
ence in  the  sugar  industry  has  proven  especially  valuable  to  Orange  County,  and  whose 
successful  career  should  inspire  the  youth  of  this  and  other  countries,  is  David 
Jessurun,  superintendent  of  the  Anaheim  Sugar  Company.  Born  in  Paramaribo, 
Dutch  Guiana,  a  Holland  colony,  October  11,  1867,  he  was  reared  in  the  city  of  Haar- 
lem Holland,  receiving  his  education  in  the  public  and  high  schools  there.  After 
graduating  from  the  high  school  he  entered  the  Mechanical  Engineering  school  at 
Amsterdam,  Holland,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1887;  he  then  entered  the  School  of 
Technology  at  Brunswick,  Germany,  and  in  due  time  graduated  from  there  as  a 
chemist.  Then  he  did  post-graduate  work  in  the  sugar  school  in  the  same  city,  per- 
fecting himself  in  this  line,  thus  laying  a  firm  foundation  for  his  future  work  in  the 
world.  His  first  experience  in  the  sugar  industry  was  in  a  sugar  factory  at  Amster- 
dam, as  a  sugar  chemist.  Then  to  Germany,  where  for  one  year  he  was  chief 
chemist  in  the  sugar  factory  at  Linden,  and  superintendent  of  the  same  factory  for 
the   next  year. 

Arriving  in  the  United  States  in  1892,  Mr.  Jessurun  was  superintendent  of  the 
Sinclaire  Central  Sugar  Factory  at  West  Baton  Rouge,  La.;  next  he  was  chief 
chemist  of  the  Henderson  Sugar  Refinery  of  New  Orleans.  Then  for  three  years 
he  was  superintendent  of  the  Magnolia  Sugar  and  Railroad  Company  of  Lawrence, 
La.,  going  from  there  to  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  where  he  became  operating  superin- 
tendent and  built  the  plant  of  the  Minneapolis  Sugar  Company.  Alma,  Mich.,  was 
his  next  location,  and  there  he  was  operating  superintendent  and  built  the  plant  of 
the  Alma  Sugar  Company,  and  his  next  move  was  to  Wallaceburg,  Canada,  where  he 
was  in  a  like  capacity  with  the  Wallaceburg  Sugar  Company  of  that  place.  He 
next  rebuilt  the  factory  for  the  National  Sugar  Manufacturing  Company  of  Sugar 
City,   Colo. 

In  1913,  Mr.  Jessurun  was  called  to  Anaheim  to  take  charge  of  the  Anaheim 
Sugar  Company's  factory,  and  in  1917  he  remodelled  the  plant,  increasing  the  capacity 
from  600  to  1,200  tons  of  beets  daily.  The  plant  is  now  a  model  sugar  refinery, 
modern  and  up-to-date.  Mr.  Jessurun  has  invented  and  installed  a  number  of  labor- 
saving  devices,  which  were  first  used  in  the  Sugar  City,  Colo.,  plant,  and  have  since 
come  into  general  use  in  factories  throughout  the  United  States.  The  Anaheim 
Sugar  Company  owns  four  large  ranches,  comprising  approximately  2,900  acres, 
which  are  leased  to  tenants  for  raising  sugar  beets.  Aside  from  this  the  company 
purchases  the  product  of  another  10,000  acres,  and  they  manufacture  annually  about 
10,000  tons  of  refined  sugar;  they  also  manufacture,  as  a  by-product,  dried  molasses 
beet  pulp  for  cattle  feed.  The  company  also  operates  the  California  Fruit  Products 
Company,  manufacturers  of  orange  marmalade  and  jelly. 

Mr.  Jessurun  is  also  interested  in  horticulture,  and  has  set  out  and  improved 
an  orange  grove  on  North  Street,  and  has  built  a  residence  on  North  Lemon  Street, 
where  he  resides  with  his  family.  He  has  also  greatly  improved  the  grounds  of  the 
sugar  factory,  planting  an  orange  grove  of  twenty-two  acres,  which  is  in  a  thriving 
condition. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Jessurun  united  him  with  Mrs.  Johanna  Van  Eek,  a  native 
of  Haarlem,  Holland,  and  four  children  have  blessed  their  union:  Elizabeth,  William, 
Johanna  and  Jeanette.  William  was  sergeant  in  the  Quartermaster's  Department, 
Motor  Truck  Corps,  stationed  at  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  during  the  World  War.  Mr. 
Jessurun  was  appointed  by  the  general  headquarters  at  Washington,  D.  C,  as  chief 
of  Orange  County  in  the  American  Protective  League.  He  organized  Orange  County 
into  districts,  with  each  town  as  a  center,  and  appointed  his  assistant  chiefs  in  each 
of  eighteen   districts.     So  closely  did  he  follow  the  work  that  from  the   time   of  his 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  933 

appointment  until  December  31,  1918,  when  the  League  was  disbanded,  he  did  not 
spend  one  evening  with  his  family.  This  was  all  done  because  of  his  loyalty  to  the 
country  of  his  adoption  and  without  remuneration.  But  the  satisfaction  of  having 
done  his  duty  when  the  country  had  need  of  his  services,  and  the  fact  that  Congress 
afterwards  passed  an  act  commending  the  different  chiefs  and  extending  to  them  a 
vote  of  thanks,  and  that  each  be  mailed  a  copy  of  the  resolution,  made  him  feel  fully 
repaid  for  his  time  and  efforts.  He  served  acceptably  and  impartially  as  chief  of 
Orange  County  until  the  close  of  the  war.  Mr.  Jessurun  was  on  the  board  of  directors 
of  all  the  bond  drives,  as  well  as  all  kindred  war  drives  in  Orange  County. 

Believing  that  protection  is  the  fundamental  principle  in  American  politics, 
Mr.  Jessurun  has  always  been  a  Republican,  and  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the 
affairs  of  that  party  in  the  various  states  in  which  he  has  been  a  resident,  though 
he  has  never  aspired  to  or  wished  for  public  office,  his  time  being  entirely  taken  up 
with  his  profession.  The  family  are  members  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  and 
fraternally  Mr.  Jessurun  is  a  Knights  Templar  and  Scottish  Rite  Mason,  and  is  also 
a  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks.  Mr.  Jessurun  also  takes  much 
pleasure  and  pride  in  his  membership  in  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engi- 
neers, as  well  as  the  Association  of  French  Chemists.  He  is  a  director  in  the  Ana- 
heim National  Bank,  and  his  broad  vision  and  keen  business  experience  have  proven 
him  a  man  of  worth  in  the  community,  and  one  whose  "footprints  on  the  sands  of 
time"  are  worth  emulating. 

WILLIAM  A.  HAZEN. — A  young  man  of  estimable  qualities,  who  has  not  always 
toiled  in  the  sunshine  of  life,  but  whose  native  ability  notwithstanding,  or  perhaps 
because  of,  the  shadowy  places,  has  been  able  to  assert  itself,  is  William  A.  Hazen, 
now  residing  on  Glen  Avenue,  Tustin,  near  where  he  has  an  eight-acre  ranch  on 
Ritchey  Street,  devoted  to  budded  walnuts.  He  has  owned  the  property  since  1916,  and 
since  that  recent  date  has  worked  wonders  wifh  the  comfortable  holding. 

A  native  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  where  he  was  born  in  October,  1895,  Mr.  Hazen's 
father  was  accidentally  killed  in  a  coal  mine  at  Des  Moines  in  1897.  His  mother,  now 
Mrs.  Frank  Long,  resides  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Mr.  Hazen  was  reared  in  the  family  of 
Hugh  McQueen,  a  farmer  at  Quinter,  Kans.,  but  he  was  not  received  into  their  hearts 
and  treated  like  a  son  and  when  a  mere  youth  of  sixteen  was  thrust  out  upon  a  cold 
world  to  shift  for  himself.  His  opportunities,  therefore,  were  very  limited,  but  he 
made  the  most  of  every  favoring  wind  and  has  been  able  to  attain  both  comfortable 
affluence  and  position  with  influence  as  a  reward  for  his  steady,  honest  efforts. 

In  a  life  devoted  thus  far  for  the  most  part  to  agricultural  pursuits,  Mr.  Hazen 
migrated  to  California  in  1908,  and  located  at  Tustin,  and  there  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Will 
C.  Crawford  he  enjoyed  the  comforts  of  a  good  home.  In  addition  to  the  Ritchey 
Street  ranch  he  also  owns  five  acres  planted  to  Valencias  on  McFadden  Street,  adjacent 
to  the  Crawford  ranch.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Santa 
Ana  and  seeks  to  lead  an  exemplary  life  and  has  been  treasurer  of  the  Men's  Club 
and  Sunday  School. 

ROBERT  B.  WEITBRECHT.— A  well-educated,  well-prepared  "hustler,"  whom 
no  one  envies  the  fruits  of  his  wide-awake  labors,  is  Robert  B.  Weitbrecht,  who  took 
up  his  residence  in  Orange  in  the  early  nineties.  He  was  born  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  on 
August  27,  1885,  the  son  of  George  F.  Wfeitbrecht,  a  native  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  and  a 
graduate  of  Yellow  Springs  College,  Ohio.  He  did  graduate  work  at  Harvard  for  a 
couple  of  years,  and  then  came  to  St.  Paul,  where  he  founded  and  was  principal  of  the 
Mechanic  Arts  High  School,  one  of  the  first  high  schools  in  the  United  States  to  have 
a  department  of  manual  training  and  mechanical  drawing.  He  came  to  California  on 
his  vacations,  for  the  first  time  about  1890;  and  in  1893  he  established  his  family  in 
Orange  County,  and  he  himself  intended  to  locate  permanently  here.  However,  the 
school  he  had  founded  was  so  dear  to  him  that  each  year  he  would  return  to  it,  saying 
that  that  year  would  be  the  last  of  his  active  service;  and  being  prevailed  upon  to 
remain  as  the  principal — while  he  was  developing  it  so  remarkably  that  even  Europeans 
came  to  inspect  and  study  the  results — he  finally  died  in  the  harness,  in  February,  1916. 

Mrs.  Weitbrecht,  who  was  Miss  Mary  Beals,  a  native  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  before 
her  marriage,  continued  to  manage  the  property  on  Walnut  Avenue  where  Mr.  Weit- 
brecht had  started  improvements,  and  in  this  difficult  but  highly  interesting  work,  she 
was  assisted  by  her  childen,  of  whom  there  were  three.  Susan  resides  now  in  San 
Diego;  Robert  is  the  subject  of  our  review;  and  George  is  in  Santa  Ana.  Robert  B. 
was  reared  in  St.  Paul  until  1893,  and  it  was  on  account  of  his  frail  health  that  the 
family  moved  out  to  California  in  that  year.  His  health  luckily  improved  at  once, 
and  he  became  strong  and  hearty,  and  fit  for  any  kind  of  work.  Mrs.  Weitbrecht  died 
on  the  Orange  ranch  on  April  6,   1918. 


934  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

From  the  home  ranch,  beginning  with  1893,  Robert  went  to  the  /""^SJ,  '^^'^he 
schools,  but  at  the  end  of  six  years,  the  family  returned  East  to  St.  Paul,  i-ner 
studied  at  the  Mechanic  Arts  high  school,  and  was  graduated  in  1904  as  a  civil  ^"^.' 
neer.  He  then  entered  the  University  of  Minnesota  and  remained  until  the  close  of  nis 
junior  year,  when  he  quit  the  lecture  room  to  go  to  Idaho  and  enter  the  service  of  the 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railroad  in  their  engineering  corps.  This  was  when 
that  railroad  company  was  buHding  its  Idaho  division,  and  so  he  helped  to  construct 
the  road  from  South  Dakota  to  Seattle. 

At  the  end  of  three  hard  and  very  fruitful  years,  Mr.  Weitbrecht  resigned  from 
his  railroad  post,  and  came  back  to  Orange  for  a  visit;  but  on  looking  over  the  old 
home  ranch,  he  concluded  to  take  up  its  management,  and  he  has  remained  here  ever 
since  conducting  that  property.  He  is  engaged  in  raising  Valencia  oranges,  and  since 
his  ranch  is  under  irrigation  from  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  and  also 
the  Aid  Water  Company,  the  twenty-six  acres  at  the  corner  of  Handy  Street  and  Wal- 
nut Avenue  are  most  productive.  He  is,  naturally,  a  member  of  the  McPherson 
Heights  Citrus  Association.  The  ranch,  by  the  way,  is  owned  co-jointly  with  his 
sister,  Susan,  already  referred  to.  Mr.  W.eitbrecht  is  also  interested,  with  his  brother- 
in-law,  John  Haig,  in  heavy  trucking,  owning  a  five-and-a-half-ton  Mack  truck,  capable 
of  carrying  fifteen  tons,  with  the  aid  of  a  trailer. 

In  the  pleasant  town  of  Alhambra,  Mr.  Weitbrecht  was  married  to  Miss  Winifred 
Haig,  a  native  of  England,  having  been  born  at  Liverpool  of  Scotch  parentage.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Weitbrecht  attend  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  Mr.  Weitbrecht  is  a  Mason, 
affiliated  with  Orange  Lodge  No.  293,  F.  &  A.  M. 

DR.  JOHN  D.  THOMAS. — An  aggressive,  successful  organizer,  whose  fortunate 
handling  of  enterprises  has  made  him  exceedingly  popular,  is  Dr.  John  D.  Thomas, 
the  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Olive,  a  native  of  Philadelphia,  where  he 
was  born  on  February  8,  1850.  He  wa-s  the  son  of  Richard  W.  Thomas,  a  Methodist 
Episcopal  divine  who  filled  various  responsible  charges  at  Philadelphia  and  elsewhere 
in  the  East.  He  died  in  the  harness  of  his  Christian  ministry,  being  stricken  with 
paralysis  while  he  was  delivering  his  sermon  on  a  Sunday  morning  in  the  Fifth  Street 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Philadelphia.  He  was  forty-seven  years  old,  and  the 
father  of  six  children;  he  was  a  native  of  Philadelphia,  and  the  paternal  grandfather, 
David  Thomas,  was  born  in  Wales,  and  migrated  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  became  a 
shoe  manufacturer,  employing  from  thirty  to  forty  men.  Richard  W.  Thomas  married 
Elizabeth  H.  Rouse,  a  native  of  New  Jersey,  who  lived  to  be  eighty-three  years  of 
age.     Our  subject,  the  youngest  of  his  family,  is  now  the  only  one  to  survive. 

He  was  seven  years  old  when  his  father  died,  and  then  he  went  to  Allentown, 
Monmouth  County,  N.  J.,  to  attend  the  common  schools.  From  his  tenth  to  his  fif- 
teenth year,  he  lived  on  a  farm.  His  first  marriage  made  him  the  husband  of  Mary 
T.  Middleton,  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  Later,  he  married  Mrs.  Elsie  L.  P.  Hamuck, 
nee  Passmore,  daughter  of  William  Passmore,  owner  of  the  excellent  and  celebrated 
Passmore  ranch.     She  died  in  February,  1918. 

After  attending  the  Philadelphia  Dental  College,  from  which  he  was  duly  gradu- 
ated with  honor.  Dr.  Thomas  practiced  dentistry  in  Philadelphia  for  forty-five  years, 
during  which  time  he  filled  the  position  of  lecturer  upon  Nitrous  Oxide  Anesthesia  and 
Oral  Surgery  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  Upon  his  advent  in  Californra,  he 
retired  from  the  dental  profession.  He  resides  at  the  Passmore  ranch  on  the  Santa 
Ana  Canyon  Boulevard  immediately  above  Olive,  and  is  now  president  of  the  Olive 
Heights  Citrus  Association,  and  is  president  of  the  Olive  Improvement  Association. 
He  is  the  best  kind  of  a  "booster,"  for  his  invaluable  experience  and  common-sense 
views,  together  with  his  breadth  of  vision  and  contagious  sympathies,  enable  him 
to  niake  all  that  he  sets  in  motion  roll  on  to  the  desired-for  goal.  In  other  words, 
the  Doctor     makes  it  stick." 

THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  OLIVE.-California  may  well  be  proud 
of  the  large  number  of  financial  institutions  of  exceptional  strength  and  orosoeritv 
contributing  vastly  to  her  monumental  wealth,  but  she  is  equally  to  be  congratulated 
l^^'l  M^■""^  '■;  ?,r  ^"'"^."t'y  s°""d  and  vigorously  progressive  banks  such  as  the 
First  National  of  Olive,  which  has  done  so  much,  and  is  still  doing,  to  stabilize  and 
develop  the  commercial  hfe  of  that  part  of  the  great  commonwealth  in  which  it  i,  its 
destiny  m  particular  to  operate.  With  one  hundred  or  more  visitors  from  Orange 
Santa  Ana  Los  Angeles  and  Anaheim  as  especial  guests,  this  bank  was  opened  on 
Saturday  afternoon,  October  21,  1916,  with  a  formal  and  fashionable  Tecepdon  long 
to  be  pleasantly  remembered  by  all  who  had  the  good  fortune  to  attend 

With  Its  shining  mahogany  and  marble,  the  new  bank  presented  an  attractive  and 
stimulating  appearance  of  which  cities  much  larger  and  older  might  have  been  glad 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  937 

to  boast.  The  visitors,  therefore,  some  of  whom  were  naturally,  by  long  experience, 
more  or  less  critical,  were  greatly  impressed  with  the  inviting  air  of  the  quarters,  the 
convenience  and  liberality  of  which  promised  success. 

Not  only  was  the  interest  of  the  bank,  as  was  readily  to  be  seen,  designed  to 
satisfy  an  advanced  architectural  taste,  but  the  convenience  of  both  the  operatives  and 
the  public  was  studied  in  the  application  of  practical  and  common  sense  devices;  so 
that  in  addition  to  the  ;handsome  mahogany  and  the  marble  bases,  there  was  a  thor- 
oughly up-to-date,  spacious  vault,  containing  the  manganese  steel  time-lock  safe. 

At  noon  the  Bank  entertained  the  stockholders  and  their  wives  at  a  luncheon  at 
the  Olive  Hall,  when  some  fifty  guests  were  present.  A  delicious  chicken  dinner  was 
served  by  the  ladies  of  the  Olive  Sewing  Circle,  amid  the  most  tasteful  dcorations 
that  could  be  devised.  President  J.  D.  Thomas  made  the  opening  address  of  welcome 
and  discussed  community  development,  while  he  urged  the  broadest  and  utmost 
cooperation  for  the  advancement  in  every  way  of  Olive.  Cashier  K.  V.  Wolff  also 
spoke  with  the  same  cordiality  and  fervor,  emphasizing  business  cooperation  in  particu- 
lar, and  by  easily  understood  illustrations,  pointed  out  the  various  ways  in  which  the 
business  interests  of  the  community  are  related. 

In  every  respect,  the  reception  and  the  dinner  constituted  an  unqualified  success, 
and  reflected  the  highest  credit  upon  the  management  of  the  new  Olive  institution, 
at  the  same  time  inspiring  confidence  in  the  bank's  future.  How  well  that  confidence 
was  placed,  to  what  an  extent  the  rapidly-developing  First  National  has  realized  every 
anticipation  and  hope  of  its  backers  and  friends,  may  be  seen  from  the  attested  report 
of  its  condition  made  at  the  close  of  business  four  years  later,  on  February  28,  1920. 
According  to  that  sworn  statement  made  by  Cashier  K.  V.  Wolff  and  attested  by  the 
directors,  J.  D.  Thomas,  A.  M.  Lorenzen  and  J.  D.  Spennetta,  the  bank  had,  as  part  of 
its  resources,  loans  and  discounts,  including  rediscounts,  to  the  amount  of  $122,793.85; 
over  $23,000  of  notes  and  bills;  some  $15,000  worth  of  U.  S.  Government  securities; 
$2,250  pledged  as  collateral;  over  $14,000  in  still  other  bonds  and  securities;  $22,026.63 
cash  in  vault  and  net  amounts  due  from  other  national  banks,  and  over  $1,100  of  earned 
but  uncollected  interest,  making  a  total  resources  of  $170,682.72.  Among  its  liabilities 
are  $25,000  of  capital  stock  paid  in;  $15,000  in  outstanding  circulating  notes;  $74,447.11 
of  individual  deposits  subject  to  check;  some  $12,000  in  state,  county  or  other  municipal 
deposits  secured  by  pledge  of  the  bank's  own  assets;  over  $9,000  in  other  certificates  of 
deposits,  and  $24,371.61  in  other  time  deposits,  and  $2,000  in  bills  payable  with  the 
Federal  Reserve  Bank. 

The  high  standing  of  each  of  the  officers  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Olive, 
their  known  personal  character,  their  experience  and  their  ability,  and  the  reasonable 
conservatism  thus  far  demonstrated  in  the  progressive  programs  of  the  institution,  give 
a  double  assurance  to  patrons  and  public  alike  as  to  the  present  healthy  state  of  the 
bank,  and  its  inevitable  promising  future — a  matter  of  such  moment  to  progressive  and 
would-be  healthy  Olive  itself,  with" all  its  commendable  ambitions  requiring  cash  and 
financial  credit.  It  will  be  seen,  therefore,  to  what  an  extent  such  a  sound  and  sanely 
developed  institution  plays  in  the  history  of  a  young  town,  and  what  enviable  oppor- 
tunities for  good  are  at  the  disposal  of  the  men  at  the  guns.  Olive  is  proud  of  the 
First  National  Bank;  and  the  bank  looks  proudly  toward  the  city  of  Olive  of  tomorrow. 

KADJA  V.  WOLFF. — It  must  be  a  source  of  peculiar  satisfaction  to  Kadja  V. 
Wolff,  the  efficient  and  popular  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Olive,  to  look 
back  upon  his  uninterrupted  association  with  that  well  developed  and  substantial 
institution  of  finance;  for  he  has  served  in  his  present  official  capacity  since  the  bank 
first  threw  open  its  doors  for  business.  He  helped,  in  fact,  to  organize  the  First 
National  Bank,  in  1916,  when  its  home  was  temporarily  in  the  Olive  Mercantile  build- 
ing, directly  across  the  street  from  its  present-day  location;  the  first  bow  was  made  to 
the  public  on  the  sixteenth  day  of  August  of  that  year;  and  ever  since  the  public,  with 
encouraging  approbation,  has  been  bowing  genially  in  return. 

Mr.  Wolff  was  born  at  Morris,  Minn.,  on  September  30,  1884,  the  only  child  of 
Henry  G.  Wolff,  an  honored  and  prosperous  merchant  in  that  town,  and  who  still  lives 
there  with  his  devoted  wife,  who  was  Miss  Inez  M.  Little  before  her  marriage.  From 
Morris,  when  Kadja  was  sixteen  years  old,  the  parents  moved  over  to  Lead,  S.  D., 
and  there  he  finished  the  course  of  study  in  the  Lead  high  school,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  the  class  of  '01.  He  then  entered  the  employ  of  the  Harrison  Tele- 
phone Company,  starting  with  the  construction  gang,  and  arose  to  be  emergency  man; 
and  he  was  with  that  company  from  1901  to  1903.  He  next  went  south  to  Vosburg, 
Miss.,  where  he  busied  himself  for  a  year  as  hotel  clerk,  bookkeeper  and  cashier,  but 
in  1904  he  "saw  the  light"  and  made  straight  for  California.  He  pitched  his  tent  for 
a  while  in  the  City  of  the  Angels,  and  for  five  years  was  employed  as  cashier  in  the 
Los  Angeles  office  of  Fairbanks,  Morse  and  Company. 


938  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

On  account  of  failing  eyesight,  however,  he  left  that  employment  and  came  to 
Orange,  where  he  clerked  for  a  year  in  a  clothing  store.  There,  on  October  5,  1910, 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Helen  A.  McCarty  of  St.  Louis,  who  was  sojournmg  m  Southern 
California  with  her  cousin,  Mrs.  K.  Watson,  of  Orange.  Soon  after,  he  bought  a  ranch 
of  eight  acres,  three  quarters  of  a  mile  west  of  Olive,  and  planted  the  same  to  Valencias 
He  continued  to  ranch  for  two  or  three  years,  when  he  joined  the  National  Bank  of 
Orange,  in  1913,  and  as  teller  served  that  wide-awake  establishment  until  he  came  up 
to  Olive  and  organized  the  First  National  Bank.  He  resides,  for  the  time  bemg,  on 
one  of  his  ranches,  being  also  the  fortunate  owner  of  a  beautifully  located  farm  of 
twelve  or  more  acres,  now  coming  into  bearing,  half  a  mile  up  the  Santa  A^a  Canyon. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wolff  have  two  attractive  children— Elizabeth  or  "Bettie,"  and  Eileen. 
He  belongs  to  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks,  and  there  is  no  more  popular  member. 
The  building  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Olive  was  erected  by  its  ovvner,  H.  C. 
Myers  of  that  city,  who  is  also  a  stockholder  in  the  bank.  It  is  of  pres.^ed  brick,  two 
stories  high  and  25x50  feet  in  size.  It  has  a  modern,  reinforced  concrete  vault,  which 
houses  the  Ely  Norris  fire  and  burglar  proof  safe;  and  the  bank  is  fully  protected  by 
insurance  of  the  Royal  Indemnity  Company.  It  has  a  capital  of  $25,000,  with  $5,000 
surplus;  and  in  three  years  has  grown  from  nothing  to  be  a  strapping  youngster  with 
$225,000  in  its  pockets.  The  first  officers  in  the  history  of  this  institution  were:  Presi- 
dent, Dr.  J.  D.  Thomas,  Olive;  vice-president,  J.  D.  Spennetta,  Orange;  and  cashier, 
K.  V.  Wolff.  Its  present  officers  include  the  directors:  Dr.  J.  D.  Thomas,  J.  D.  Spen- 
netta, D.  P.  Crawford,  H.  T.  Moennich  and  A.  M.  Lorenzen. 

As  a  conservative,  yet  very  progressive  manager  of  finance,  and  as  a  public- 
spirited  citizen  very  successful  as  chairman  of  all  the  Liberty  Loan  drives,  Mr.  Wolff 
has  always  shown  his  most  marked  characteristics:  efficiency,  with  high  standards  of 
character;  deep  insight  into  economics,  of  which  he  is  a  careful  student;  philanthropic 
tendencies,  with  an  especial  leaning  toward  the  idealism  of  "home-making" — all  of 
which  have  easily  made  him  one  of  those  naturally  popular  business  men  who  could 
not  fail  of  success  if  they  would. 

CARL  W.  MARTIN.— The  United  States,  and  California  in  particular,  offers  men 
of  foreign  birth  many  opportunities  they  were  unable  to  enjoy  in  their  native  land. 
The  Golden  State  has  received  her  share  of  these  thrifty  and  enterprising  men,  who 
have  adapted  themselves  to  their  new  surroundings  and  aided  in  the  upbuilding  of 
the  horticultural  and  agricultural  interests  of  the  state. 

Carl  W.  Martin,  the  successful  rancher  of  Garden  Grove  Boulevard,  was  born  on 
March  16,  1878,  in  Rhine  Province,  Germany,  a  son  of  Ludwig  and  Catherine  Martin. 
At  an  early  age  he  developed  a  strong  desire  to  live  in  the  United  States  that  he  might 
embrace  the  splendid  opportunities  offered  here  to  ambitious  young  men.  In  1890,  he 
immigrated  to  America,  locating  in  Orange  County  the  following  year.  His  parents, 
with  their  five  living  children,  left  Germany  for  "the  land  of  the  free  and  the  home  of 
the  brave"  in  1893  and  settled  in  Los  Angeles  County.  In  1896  the  family  settled  in 
Orange  County,  where  both  parents  died  and  now  the  children  are  all  in  Los  Angeles 
County  except  Carl  W.     Of  the  twelve  children  born  in  Germany,  only  five  are  living. 

In  1912,  Mr.  Martin  purchased  ten  acres  of  unimproved  land,  his  present  home, 
and  by  hard  labor  and  close  attention  to  details  he  has  succeeded  in  bringing  the  land 
up  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and  it  now  produces  an  abundant  crop  of  the  best 
variety  of  oranges  and  walnuts.  In  addition  to  these  crops  he  has  been  successfully 
engaged  in  raising  and  selling  young  orange  trees. 

Mr.  Martin's  marriage  in  1908  united  him  with  Miss  Clara  M.  Rust,  a  native  of 
San  Francisco,  whose  parents,  Gustaf  and  Clara  Rust,  settled  in  Anaheim  in  1866. 
Fraternally,  Mr.  Martin  is  a  Mason,  being  a  member  of  Los  Angeles  Lodge,  No.  42, 
F.  &  A.  M.;  he  belongs  to  Fullerton  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  and  the  Santa  Ana  Council. 

EUGENE  S.  SARGENT.— A  public-spirited  man  who  believes  it  to  be  both  the 
duty  and  the  privilege  of  the  citizen  to  contribute  in  every  way  possible  to  both  the 
building  up  and  the  upbuilding  of  the  community,  is  Eugene  S.  Sargent,  a  native  of 
Watertown,  Jefferson  County,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  born  on  Washington's  Birthday, 
1850.  His  father,  Richard  Sargent,  was  also  born  there,  and  his  parents,  William  and 
Mary  Sargent,  were  English  folk  who  settled  in  Jefferson  County.  Richard  Sargent 
was  a  carriage  maker,  long  at  LaFargeville,  N.  Y.,  who  moved  west  to  Iowa  in  1868 
and  settled  at  Monticello,  Jones  County.  There  he  engaged  in  blacksmithing  and 
carriage  building  until  his  death,  in  1869.  Mrs.  Sargent  was  Phoebe  Sage  before  her 
marriage,  and  she  also  spent  her  last  days  in  Iowa.  They  had  two  children:  Eugene, 
the  subject  of  our  interesting  sketch,  and  his  sister,  Florence  E.  Sargent,  who  became 
the  wife  of  E.  C.  Renken,  a  druggist.  They  lived  together  in  Iowa,  until  he  passed 
on,  and  since  1907  she  has  resided  in  Orange. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  941 

Eugene  S.  Sargent  was  educated  in  the  public  grammar  schools  and  at  a  private 
academy  in  La  Fargeville,  N.  Y.,  and  in  1868  removed  to  Iowa,  where  he  learned  the 
trade  of  the  wheelwright  under  his  father.  In  1869  he  began  work  as  a  carpenter,  and 
later  clerked  for  a  while  in  a  store.  In  1876  he  removed  to  Galena,  Cherokee  County, 
Kans.,  where  he  set  up  as  a  contracting  builder;  and  he  also  went  in  for  prospecting 
and  mining  for  lead.  He  opened  several  new  mines  and  sold  them,  and  later  removed 
to  Carbondale,  Osage  County,  Kans.-,  where  as  a  contractor  he  did  general  building. 
Then  he  pitched  his  tent  at  Onaga,  Pottawatomie  County,  Kans.,  and  continued  to 
build  extensively.  He  resided  there  from  1879  until  1904,  and  was  instrumental  in 
influencing  building  laws  and  customs  of  the  state. 

In  1904  he  came  to  California  and  located  at  Anaheim,  where  he  bought  a  ranch 
devoted  to  the  cultivation  of  oranges  and  walnuts.  Three  years  later  he  sold  out  and 
located  at  Orange,  where  he  purchased  a  twelve-acre  ranch  at  the  corner  of  Tustin  and 
Walnut  streets,  and  set  it  out  to  oranges.  He  also  came  to  have  a  ranch  of  two  and 
a  half  acres  on  North  Shaffer  Avenue;  and  with  his  sister,  Mrs.  Renken,  he  owned  an- 
other ranch  of  five  acres  at  the  junction  of  Cambridge  and  Palm  avenues,  which  they 
had  set  out  to  oranges  and  walnuts.  All  these  desirable  properties  have  recently  been 
disposed  of. 

Mr.  Sargent  now  makes  his  home  with  his  sister,  Mrs.  Renken,  at  280  North 
Shaffer  Street;  and  in  his  leisure  hours  devotes  some  attention  to  politics,  marching 
under  the  banners  of  the  Republican  party.  Mrs.  Renken  is  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  and  also  of  the  P.  E.  O.  chapter  in  Orange;  and  she  belongs  to  the 
Orange  Woman's  Club. 

EUGENE  EDMUND  FRENCH.— Closely  identified  with  Huntington  Beach, 
Orange  County,  since  1906,  Eugene  E.  French  was  one  of  the  most  active  of  its  settlers 
in  its  upbuilding  until  in  March,  1920,  when  he  removed  to  Santa  Ana,  having  been 
appointed  under-sheriff  of  Orange  County.  A  native  of  Illinois,  where  he  was  born 
July  9,  1863,  at  Tuscola,  Douglas  County,  a  son  of  Wm.  T.  and  Julia  (Edmunds) 
French,  natives  of  Steuben  County,  N.  Y.,  and  Ireland,  respectively,  Eugene  French 
was  reared  in  New  York.  His  mother  died  when  he  was  but  an  infant,  and  he  was 
brought  up  by  his  grandparents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sluman  T.  French,  who  resided  near 
Corning,  Steuben  County,  in  that  state.  Here  he  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
learning  the  trade  of  a  carpenter  when  quite  young.  He  decided  to  take  up  railroad- 
ing, however,  and  followed  this  line  of  work  for  sixteen  years,  starting  in  as  a  brake- 
man  and  working  up  to  the  position  of  conductor.  During  these  years  he  was  with 
the  Chicago  and  Northwestern,  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  and  the  Burling- 
ton, Cedar  Rapids  and  Northern  railroads. 

Becoming,  the  owner  of  a  ranch  in  Carroll  County,  Ark.,  Mr.  French  located 
there  in  about  1900,  and  followed  farming  for  some  time,  later  going  to  Wagner, 
then  in  the  Indian  Territory,  where  he  took  up  his  early  trade  of  carpentering.  In 
1906  he  decided  to  try  his  fortune  in  California,  and  on  his  arrival  here  located  at 
Huntington  Beach.  This  was  shortly  after  the  town  was  started,  and  Mr.  French  thus 
became  one  of  its  pioneer  residents.  He  formed  a  partnership  with  H.  B.  Crozier, 
under  the  name  of  Crozier  and  French,  and  they  became  actively  engaged  in  contract- 
ing and  building.  This  partnership  continued  for  seven  years,  Mr.  French  after- 
wards continuing  in  the  contracting  business  alone.  He  has  always  been  very  success- 
ful in  his  business,  making  a  specialty  of  fine  residences,  and  many  of  the  beautiful 
homes  at  Huntington  Beach  stand  as  examples  of  his  superior  workmanship.  He  has, 
indeed,  been  a  big  factor  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  city. 

Mr.  French's  interest  in  his  chosen  place  of  residence  was  not  limited  to  its  mate- 
rial a'3vancement,  for  despite  his  busy  life  as  a  contractor,  he  has  always  been  keenly 
interested  in  all  the  civic  affairs  of  the  city,  and  has  taken  an  active  part  in  them. 
For  six  years  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Huntington  Beach, 
and  for  two  years  was  chairman  of  the  board,  this  office  corresponding  to  that  of 
mayor.  During  his  term  of  office  many  important  improvements  were  made;  the 
beautiful  concrete  pier  was  built,  a  sewer  system  installed,  and  many  of  the  streets 
were  paved.  Mr.  French  thus  witnessed  a  marked  change  in  the  appearance  of  the 
city  during  his  residence  there,  as  when  he  arrived  there  was  not  even  a  paved  street 
there.  He  was  also  enthusiastic  in  the  work  of  the  Huntington  Beach  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  being  one  of  its  organizers  and  serving  as  its  president  for  four  years, 
until  his  removal  to  Santa  Ana.  In  1919,  Mr.  French  resigned  his  office  as  chairman 
of  the  board  of  trustees  to  become  city  marshal  of  HuntingtoTi  Beach,  holding  this 
position  until  March  12,  1920,  when  he  was  appointed  under-sheriff  of  Orange  County 
by   Sheriff   Calvin   E.   Jackson.     This   appointment   was   a   fitting   recognition   of   Mr. 


942  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

French's  capabilities,  as  there  were  a  number  of  applicants  for  the  office,  and  he  was 
selected  as  the  man  best  fitted  for  the  post. 

Mr.  French's  marriage  united  him  with  Miss  Estelle  D.  Bradley,  who  was  a 
native  of  Edgar  County,  111.,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  five  children:  Homer 
E.  is  engaged  in  concrete  highway  construction  in  Northern  California;  Gladys  is  the 
wife  of  Roy  Labodie  of  Huntington  Beach;  John  B.  is  associated  with  his  brother 
in  highway  construction  work;  he  enlisted  for  service  during  the  World  War,  serv- 
ing for  fourteen  months  in  the  quartermaster's  department  in  France;  he  was  top 
sergeant  of  his  company,  and  at  the  time  the  armistice  was  signed  was  attending  an 
officers'  training  school  in  France;  Julia  and  Margaret  are  under  the  paternal  roof. 

Politically,  Mr.  French  has  always  been  a  stanch  adherent  of  Democratic  prin- 
ciples and  active  in  the  councils  of  that  party.  In  fraternal  affairs  he  is  prominent  in 
the  circles  of  the  Odd  Fellows,  being  a  member  of  the  Huntington  Beach  Lodge,  No. 
183,  of  which  he  is  a  past  grand;  he  has  also  served  as  District  Deputy  Grand  Master 
of  District  No.  69,  California,  and  he  is  also  a  prominent  member  of  the  Encamp- 
ment and  Canton  at  Santa  Ana.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Huntington  Beach  Lodge 
No.  380,  F.  &  A.  M.  Besides,  he  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 
Since  coming  to  Santa  Ana  he  continues  to  show  his  deep  interest  in  civic  and  busi- 
ness affairs  with  the  same  energy  he  showed  at  Huntington  Beach,  and  is  now  a 
member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

WILLIAM  E.  CLEMENT. — A  successful  business  man  who  is  also  an  experienced 
horticulturist,  and  who  in  both  undertakings  has  displayed  unmistakable  talent  as  a 
systematic  manager  operating  according  to  the  latest  and  most  approved  methods,  is 
William  E.  Clement,  one  of  the  best  city  officers  Orange  has  ever  had.  For  fourteen 
years  he  has  been  manager  of  the  Griffith  Lumber  Company,  for  ten  years  he  was  chief 
of  the  fire  department,  and  for  eight  years  he  was  responsible  for  the  town  finances. 

A  native  son  very  proud  of  his  association  from  the  beginning  with  the  Golden 
State,  Mr.  Clement  was  born  in  Garden  Grove,  Orange  County  on  December  S,  1876, 
the  son  of  Johnson  Clement,  a  native  of  Missouri,  who  came  with  his  parents  to  Cali- 
fornia, crossing  the  great  plains  as  a  boy,  and  finally  locating  in  Orange  County.  He 
married  Miss  Cassie  Morrell,  a  native  of  Texas  who  also  came  to  California  with  her 
parents,  and  settled  at  Bolsa,  where  the  Morrells  were  farmers.  The  grandfather, 
Lafayette  Morrell,  was  one  of  the  pioneer  founders  of  that  settlement.  Johnson  Clem- 
ent was  married  in  what  is  now  Orange  County,  and  with  his  devoted  wife  com- 
menced to  farm  at  Garden  Grove.  Later,  they  removed  to  Santa  Ana,  where  Mr. 
Clement  engaged  in  real  estate;  and  today  he  is  a  very  successful  realty  operator  at 
Orange.  Mrs.  Clement,  it  is  sad  to  relate,  died  at  Los  Angeles  in  1914.  They  had 
three  children — two  girls  and  a  boy;  and  of  these  William  was  the  oldest. 

Brought  up  in  Orange  County,  William  attended  the  public  grammar  school  and 
also  the  Santa  Ana  high  school,  and  then  took  a  stiff  course  at  the  Orange  County 
Business  College  in  Santa  Ana,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  honors  in  1894. 
Then  for  three  years  he  was  with  the  Newport  Lumber  Company  at  Riverside,  when 
he  returned  to  Santa  Ana,  and  was  employed  in  the  Exchange  Bank  as  a  bookkeeper, 
until  it  was  consolidated  with  the  First  National  Bank,  when  he  continued  in  the  same 
responsible   capacity. 

Having  res'igned,  Mr.  Clement  accepted  his  present  position,  on  March  IS,  1906, 
as  manager  for  the  Griffith  Lumber  Company,  at  Orange,  and  he  opened  their  yard 
here,  and  has  been  in  charge  there  ever  since.  The  yard  is  located  on  North  Cypress 
Street,  and  there  the  company  carry  lumber,  mill-work,  doors,  windows,  cement,  roof- 
ing and  wall-board.  They  also  maintain  a  planing  mill,  and  this  alone  has  proven  of 
great  service  to  the  community. 

Mr.  Clement,  while  never  an  office  seeker,  has  responded  to  the  calls  of  his  fellow 
citizens  and  has  done  his  full  duty  as  an  office  holder.  In  1910,  he  was  elected  the 
second  chief  of  the  fire  department  of  Orange,  reelected  each  year  and  served  until  he 
resigned,  on  January  1,  1920.  During  that  period,  with  the  loyal  cooperation  of  others, 
he  built  up  the  department  so  that  from  the  condition  with  only  a  hose  cart,  the  city 
now  has  a  Seagreave  combination  motor  truck  with  its  full  equipment.  In'  1912,  he 
was  elected  the  city  treasurer  of  Orange,  and  he  has  been  reelected  ever  since,'  for 
terms  of  two  years.  In  respect  to  party  preferences,  Mr.  Clement  is  a  Republican;  but 
this  party  affiliation  never  operates  to  prevent  him  from  entering  heartily  into  whatever 
seems  best  for  the  deyelopment  and  prosperity  of  the  community. 

Mr.  Clement  has  been  twice  married.  On  the  first  occasion,  the  ceremony  took 
place  at  Riverside,  and  Miss  Mabel  Russell,  a  native  of  California,  became  his  bride. 
Her  health  failing,  she  was  taken  to  the  mountains;  but  she  died  at  Riverside.    She  left 


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two  children,  Margaret  and  Virginia,  both  of  whom  are  in  the  Orange  Union  high 
school.  The  second  Mrs.  Clement,  whom  he  married  at  Orange,  was  Miss  Nora  Miller 
in  maidenhood;  she  was  a  native  of  Kansas,  and  has  become  the  mother  of  three 
children:  Lois,  Melvin  and  Clarence.  Mr.  Clement  owns  a  fine  residence  in  town, 
and  a  fine  ranch  west  of  the  town,  which  he  devotes  to  the  raising  of  Valencia  oranges, 
on  which  account  he  is  a  member  of  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association.  He 
belongs  to  the  Orange  Lodge  of  the  Odd  Fellows,  and  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks. 

WILLIAM  ABPLANALP. — In  making  mention  of  those  men  who  have  made  a 
success  of  ranching  in  Southern  California  and  who,  at  the  same  time,  have  cooperated 
in  all  movements  that  have  had  for  their  aim  the  building  up  of  the  state,  and  Orange 
County  in  particular,  William  Abplanalp  of  the  Anaheim  district  is  to  be  found 
worthy  in  every  way.  For  twenty  years  he  has  made  his  home  on  the  ranch  on  Lincoln 
Avenue,  west  from  Anaheim,  improved  the  property  from  a  barley  field,  and  has  set 
out  walnut,  peach  and  apricot  trees  that  are  now  in  full  bearing,  and  with  the  develop- 
ment of  water  in  1913,  and  the  installation  of  an  irrigating  system,  bids  fair  to  make 
of  this  eighty-acre  ranch  a  veritable  show  place  in  the  near  future.  For  thirteen  years 
he  carried  on  dry  farming,  and  even  in  that  line  of  agriculture  demonstrated  that  a 
success  could  be  made  by  the  man  of  enterprise  and  thrift.  It  is  said  by  many  who 
know  that  Mr.  Abplanalp  has  gained  a  financial  reward  through  his  own  efforts 
and  hard  work,  assisted  in  all  that  he  has  undertaken  by  his  wife  and  helpmate,  who 
shares  with  him  the  esteem  of  all  who  know  them. 

Mr.  Abplanalp  was  born  at  Sunman,  Ripley  County,  Ind.,  August  27,  1864,  the 
son  of  Jacob  and  Annie  (Stahley)  Abplanalp,  the  former  a  native  of  Switzerland  and 
the  latter  of  Indiana.  Mrs.  Abplanalp  had  two  children,  William  and  Emma,  now 
Mrs.  August  Michael,  both  of  whom  are  residents  of  Orange  County,  this  state.  When 
William  was  four  years  old  his  mother  died  and  his  father  married  again,  and  by  his 
second  marriage  was  the  parent  of  three  children.  The  father  ipade  five  trips  to  Cali- 
fornia from  his  Indiana  home — the  farm,  by  the  way,  on  which  he  is  still  Jiving  was 
improved  by  his  father  in  1852,  was  operated  by  himself  until  he  turned  it  over  to  his 
son,  who  still  conducts  it,  and  with  whom  he  makes  his  home  when  in  Indiana.  He 
spent  about  six  years  in  California  at  various  times  and  was  highly  respected  by  all 
who  came  to  know  him  for  his  kindly  manner  and  charitable  deeds. 

William  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  county,  and  followed 
farm  work  there  until  1886.  When  the  "boom"  struck  California  he  came  West,  and 
ever  since  that  time  has  been  closely  identified  with  Orange  County,  though  it  was 
a  part  of  Los  Angeles  County  when  he  first  located  at  Orange  and  worked  at  any 
honest  employment  until  he  could  make  a  stake,  which  he  did,  and  then  invested  in 
ranch  land,  believing  that  such  investment  was  the  surest  way  to  wealth,  and  so  it 
has   proven   to   him. 

On  May  25,  1895,  in  Orange  County,  William  Abplanalp  and  Miss  Ruth  Goodrich 
were  united  in  marriage.  She  was  the  adopted  daughter  of  Brainerd  and  Susan 
(Williamson)  Goodrich,  and  was  born  in  Taylorville,  111.,  in  1870.  Her  mother  died 
when  she  was  a  babe  and  she  was  taken  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Goodrich  and  reared  in 
their  home  as  a  daughter.  Her  girlhood  was  spent  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  where  she 
attended  the  public  school  until  she  was  fourteen,  then  accompanied  her  parents  to 
Orange  County,  Cal.,  and  settled  with  them  at  Orange,  where  Mr.  Goodrich  was  for 
thirteen  years  connected  with  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company  as  its  secre- 
tary, and  was  widely  known  throughout  the  entire  county.  He  died  in  1910,  leaving 
two  daughters:  Mrs.  Ruth  Abplanalp  and  Mrs.  Alice  Sproule.  Mrs.  Sproule  taught 
school  in  Orange  County  for  about  eighteen  years,  and  is  now  teaching  at  Hemet, 
Riverside  County,  her  home  since  her  marriage.  Two  children  have  come  to  bless  the 
home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Abplanalp,  Wfilton  B.  and  Lucy  A.  The  family  are  members 
of  the  Fullerton  Baptist  Church,  and  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Abplanalp  belong  to  the  Fra- 
ternal Aid  Union. 

During  the  World  War  the  family  assisted  in  every  way  to  aid  the  Allied  cause, 
Mr.  Abplanalp  spent  much  of  his  time  in  working  for  the  various  Liberty  Loan  drives, 
the  Red  Cross  and  the  Salvation  Army  drives,  and  bought  to  the  limit  of  bonds  him- 
self, even  refraining  from  making  needed  improvements  on  his  ranch  in  order  to  invest 
in  securities  of  the  government.  Mrs.  Abplanalp  and  her  daughter  worked  in  the  Red 
Cross  and  the  Junior  Red  Cross.  For  more  than  seven  years  Mr.  Abplanalp  has  shown 
his  interest  in  matters  of  education  by  serving  as  a  school  trustee,  and  in  national 
politics  he  is  a  staunch  Republican.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were  residents  here  before 
there  was  any  Orange  County,  and  they  have  watched  the  development  of  this  won- 
derful county  with  great  interest  and  have  done  their  share  to  assist  in  making  it  the 
banner  county  of  this  state. 


946  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

FRED  T.  VOLBERDING.— A  self-made  young  man  who  has  long  ago  proven  to 
his  fellow-citizens  his  qualities  as  a  loyal  American  and  an  enterprising  inan  of  busi- 
ness, intent  both  on  building  up  his  private  interests  and  also  in  contributing  what  he 
can  for  the  general  building  up  of  Orange  County,  is  Fred  T.  Volberding,  partner  in 
the  Orange  Contracting  and  Milling  Company.  He  was  born  near  Reinbeck,  Grundy 
County,  Iowa,  on  April  S,  1882,  and  reared  on  a  farm,  while  he  attended  the  public 
schools;  and  when  seventeen  years  old,  he  commenced  to  learn  the  carpenter  trade, 
also  working  on  his  father's  farm.  At  twenty-one,  he  began  working  out  at  his  trade, 
and  at  that  time  his  parents  moved  into   Reinbeck. 

In  December,  1908,  Mr.  Volberding  came  west  to  California  and  located  in  Orange 
County  where  he  was  employed  by  the  Ainsworth  Planing  Mill,  and  later  he  was  with 
the  Griffith  Planing  Mill  at  Santa  Ana.  At  the  same  time,  he  followed  contracting  and 
building,  returning  to  the  mill  when  he  had  completed  his  job.  He  built  bungalows 
and  other  structures,  and  helped  to'  finish  the  interior  of  the  St.  John's  Lutheran 
Church.  In  December,  1914,  Mr.  Volberding  became  associated  with  Messrs.  Miller  and 
Loescher,  and  they  built  a  planing  mill,  and  entered  actively  into  contracting  and 
building;  and  four  years  after  this  triple  alliance  was  formed,  Mr.  Volberding  and 
Mr.  Miller  bought  out  Mr.  Loescher,  and  since  then  they  alone  have  owned  the  Orange 
Contracting  and  Milling  Company.  They  employ  ten  men,  do  all  their  own  mill  work 
and  custom  work,  make  their  owti  designs,  and  cater  only  to  the  highest  class  trade. 

At  Orange,  Mr.  Volberding  was  married  to  Miss  Martha  Anschutz,  a  native  of 
Saginaw,  Mich.,  by  whom  he  has  had  one  child,  Helen.  The  family  belong  to  St.  John's 
Lutheran  Church,  and  Mr.  Volberding  is  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  Men's  Club,  and 
interested  in  all  that  makes  for  moral  uplift  in  the  community — an  interest  actively 
shared-  by  Mrs.  Volberding.  Orange  congratulates  itself  on  such  good  and  highly 
progressive  citizens. 

JOHN  W.  STEELE. — Garden  Grove  is  indeed  fortunate  to  number  among  its 
residents  so  capable  a  man  as  John  W.  Steele,  the  principal  contractor  and  builder 
there.  A  man  of  ability,  force  of  character  and  strict  integrity,  he  learned  his  trade 
very  thoroughly  in  his  native  England.  As  a  master  workman  in  his  line,  that  of 
interior  finisher,  in  point  of  fineness  of  work  he  has  few  equals  in  Southern  California. 

Mr.  Steele  was  born  on  December  21,  1866,  at  the  little  town  of  Hyde,  near  Man- 
chester, England,  the  son  of  Jabez  and  Rebecca  Esther  (Carrington)  Steele.  The 
father,  who  was  a  master  plumber  and  contractor,  died  when  John  W.  was  only  three 
years  of  age.  He  was  the  ninth  child  in  a  family  of  ten  children  and  the  youngest  of 
six  brothers.  The  death  of  the  father  made  it  necessary  for  the  children  to  become 
the  breadwinners  of  the  family,  so  when  John  was  but  eight  years  old  he  went  to  work 
in  a  cotton  mill  in  Hyde,  his  small  wages  going  to  support  his  mother,  and  he  continued 
to  work  in  the  mills  until  he  was  fifteen  years  old.  In  the  meantime  he  had  secured  a 
common  school  education  and  he  now  began  to  learn  the  cabinet  maker's  trade,  serv- 
ing an  apprenticeship  of  five  years.  In  England  at  that  time  the  trade  of  cabinet 
making  included  interior  finishing  and  Mr.  Steele  became  an  expert  in  that  line,, 
working  on  the  interior  woodwork  of  several  of  the  fine  churches  and  residences  at 
Barrow-in-Furness,  Lancashire. 

In  the  meantime  Mr.  Steele's  oldest  brother,  William  Steele,  had  immigrated 
to  America  and  was  foreman  for  a  large  plumbing  firm  in  New  York  City.  On  a 
visit  to  his  family  in  the  old  home  place  in  England  he  related  such  glowing  tales  of 
the  opportunities  to  be  found  in  America  that  Mr.  Steele  was  enthused  with  the  idea 
of  seeking  his  fortune  here.  Accordingly  on  June  27,  1887,  he  sailed  from  Liverpool 
on  the  S.  S.  Brittanica,  landing  at  Castle  Garden  nine  days  later.  His  brother,  mean- 
while, had  removed  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  so  Mr.  Steele  was  thrown  upon  his  own  re- 
sources. He  went  to  work  at  West  Rutherford,  N.  J.,  as  a  carpenter  and  builder,  also 
helping  do  the  finishing  work  on  one  of  the  large  churches  of  Passaic,  N.  J.  In  the 
fall  of  that  year  he  went  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  remained  there  for  more  than  a 
year.  Later  he  went  to  Salem,  Columbiana  County,  Ohio,  and  worked  at  organ  build- 
ing and  interior  finishing  for  a  period  of  about  nine  months,  when  he  returned  to 
Cleveland,  remaining  there  until  1895,  working  at  his  trade. 

In  1889  Mr.  Steele  was  married  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  to  Miss  Annie  Askin  of  that 
place.  She  was  born  and  reared  in  Sheffield,  England,  and  came  to  Cleveland  as  a 
young  lady  in  188S.  In  April,  189S,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Steele,  with  their  two  children,  re- 
moved to  California,  and  after  remaining  a  few  weeks  at  Los  Angeles,  they  came  out 
to  Katella  precinct  in  Orange  County  and  there  bought  ten  acres  of  land.  His  brother, 
William  Steele,  also  purchased  a  ten-acre  tract,  but  went  back  to  New  York,  where  he 
passed  away  four  years  later.  Mr.  Steele  improved  his  land,  planting  it  to  walnuts 
and  building  a  residence  on  it,  where  he  made  his  home  for  several  years.     He  still 


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continued,  however,  in  his  occupation  of  contractor  and  builder,  and  during  this  period 
he  became  connected  with  D.  M.  Donald  and  Son,  leading  contractors  at  Redlands. 
He  removed  there  with  his  family  and  bought  three  lots  on  which  he  erected  a  cozy 
residence  and  made  this  his  home  for  five  years.  During  this  time  he  had  charge  of 
all  the  interior  finish  work  for  all  the  fine  residences  in  Redlands  and  vicinity  made 
in  the  planing  mill  of  Donald  and  Son. 

In  1910  Mr.  Steele  moved  to  Garden  Grove  and  built  his  commodious  residence 
there  which  has  since  been  the  family  home.  During  the  ten  years  he  has  thoroughly 
established  himself  as  the  foremost  contractor  and  builder  of  this  district,  and  besides 
building  most  of  the  handsome  homes  in  Garden  Grove  and  the  surrounding  locality, 
he  has  built  the  two-story  brick  business  block  of  J.  D.  Price  on  Ocean  Avenue,  the 
Hardware  Store  block,  owned  by  A.  E.  Emerson,  the  warehouse  for  the  Garden  Grove 
Walnut  Growers  Association,  the  Vegetable  Unions'  warehouse  and  the  Lima  Bean 
Growers  warehouse. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Steele  are  the  parents  of  six  children:  Edith  is  the  wife  of  William 
Abbott,  a  rancher  living  near  Garden  Grove;  Reba  is  Mrs.  Elmer  Launders  and  lives 
at  Garden  Grove;  Clara  is  engaged  with  the  Pacific  Telephone  Company  at  Santa  Ana; 
Grace  E.  is  now  Mrs.  Wesley  Hien  and  resides  on  an  orange  ranch  at  Olive;  Ruth  is 
also  employed  by  the  Pacific  Telephone  Company  at  Santa  Ana;  John  is  a  student  at 
the  Santa  Ana  high  school.  Mrs.  Steele  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  at 
Garden  Grove.  Miss  Sarah  A.  Steele,  Mr.  Steele's  only  sister  and  relative  in  America, 
is  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles,  and  follows  the  profession  of  nursing. 

WILLIAM  E.  CASE. — The  proud  owner  of  a  fine  twenty-acre  walnut  grove  on 
Euclid  Avenue,  between  Garden  Grove  and  Anaheim,  William  E.  Case-  is  one  of  the 
early  settlers  in  this  locality,  and  he  devotes  his  entire  time  to  producing  the  best 
of  nuts  from  his  grove,  having  set  out  the  trees  with  his  own  hands,  as  well  as-  having 
made  all  the  improvements  seen  on  the  ranch. 

Mr.  Case  was  born  at  Oaks  Corners,  Ontario  County,  New  York,  on  April  10, 
1844,  and  was  a  lad  of  twelve  years  when  his  parents  moved  to  Defiance  County,  Ohio, 
consequently  he  was  privileged  to  attend  school  in  both  states.  At  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  War,  then  a  young  man  of  eighteen,  he  demonstrated  his  patriotism  by  enlist- 
ing in  the  service  of  his  country,  in  1862,  for  a  short  term,  in  the  Eighty-seventh  Ohio 
Volunteer  Infantry.  He  was  taken  prisoner  at  Harpers  Ferry,  but  was  soon  paroled, 
and  as  soon  as  his  parole  expired  he  again  enlisted,  this  time  with  the  Ninth  Ohio 
Cavalry,  Company  I,  for  "three  years  or  for  the  duration  of  the  war."  He  par- 
ticipated in  many  skirmishes  and  some  sharp  engagements,  was  with  Sherman  on  his 
famous  March  to  the  Sea,  and  at  the  close  of  hostilities  was  honorably  discharged  at 
Lexington,  N.  C,  in  1865. 

After  his  discharge  he  returned  to  Ohio,  where  he  spent  the  winter,  then  went  to 
Chicago,  where  he  was  engaged  in  various  lines  of  activity  until  1880,  when  he  removed 
to  Boone  County,  Nebr.,  and  followed  farming  until  1890,  when  he  first  came  to 
California  and  spent  a  year.  So  pleased  was  he  with  conditions  as  he  found  them 
here  that  he  returned  to  his  home  in  Nebraska,  raised  two  crops  from  his  farm,  which 
he  had  broken  from  the  original  prairie  sod,  made  arrangements  to  sell  out,  and  in 
the  spring  of  1894  again  landed  in  California  and  settled  in  Orange  County.  The 
ranch  he  bought  was  a  barley  field,  and  at  that  time  property  hereabouts  was  selling 
at  the  high  price  of  from  $100  to  $150  per  acre.  At  considerable  expense  he  has 
improved  his  holdings  until  he  has  one  of  the  best  walnut  groves  in  his  locality,  with 
a  fine  well  which  he  uses  for  domestic  purposes. 

.  In  Chicago,  111.,  on  November  2,  1870,  occurred  the  marriage  of  William  E. 
Case  with  Miss  Catherine  Spellacy,  a  native  of  Ireland.  They  have  had  five  children, 
four  now  living:  Mrs.  Alice  Reynoldson,  of  Albion,  Nebr.;  Mrs.  Louisa  Irene  Clark, 
of  Puente,  Cal. ;  John  B.,  deputy  state  oil  inspector,  with  headquarters  at  Taft,  Cal., 
and  Mrs.  Loretta  Farris,  of  Baldwin  Park,  Cal. 

As  a  man,  citizen  and  friend,  no  one  stands  higher  in  the  esteem  of  all  who  know 
him  than  does  Mr.  Case.  For  many  years  he  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity,  but  is  now  demitted;  he  is  an  esteemed  member  of  Sedgwick  Post,  No.  17, 
G.  A.  R.,  at  Santa  Ana,  and  in  political  views  votes  with  the  Republicans.  He  makes 
friends  wherever  he  goes  and  retains  them  as  well,  and  though  over  seventy-six  years 
of  age,  his  years  rest  lightly  upon  him,  and  he  is  to  be  found  in  active  management  of 
his  productive  ranch  and  wide-awake  to  anything  that  tends  to  benefit  his  community. 
In  all  his  operations  he  has  had  the  active  cooperation  of  his  good  wife,  who  has 
shared  his  joys  and  his  sorrows  for  half  a  century.  Now  in  the  evening  of  a  life  well- 
spent  they  can  look  back  upon  the  years  that  have  passed  with  but  few  regrets,  for 
they  have  lived  by  the  golden  rule  as  nearly  as  it  has  been  possible. 


950  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

DRUCE  BROTHERS.— The  poultry  ranch  of  Druce  Brothers  at  Stanton  is 
widely  known  for  its  production  of  the  finest  White  Leghorn  fowls  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. Their  strain  of  chickens  is  produced  from  the  best  laying  hens  and  finest  male 
birds,  which  have  been  carefully  selected  from  a  large  assortment  of  White  Leghorns. 
Their  selected  hens  have  a  record  of  280  eggs  per  season,  this  being  far  in  excess  of 
the  general  average  and  is  evident  proof  of  the  splendid  care  that  Druce  Brothers  give 
to  their  flock  of  2,000  to  3,000  fowls. 

The  firm  of  Druce  Brothers  consists  of  Sidney  H.  and  Campbell  H.  Druce,  natives 
of  England.  Sidney  H.  Druce,  the  older  brother,  was  born  in  London,  England,  on 
August  6,  1872,  the  son  of  Herbert  and  Louise  (Reeve)  Druce.  He  emigrated  to  the 
United  States  in  1889  and  settled  in  California.  For  four  years  he  operated  a  nursery 
of  five  acres  at  Fullerton  and  for  eight  years  filled  the  important  position  of  dairy 
inspector  for  Los  Angeles.  He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Gertrude  Fitz  Henry, 
who  passed  away  in  1912. 

Campbell  H.  Druce  was  born  in  London,  England,  on  March  20,  1878,  and  left 
his  native  land  in  1903  for  America,  coming  directly  to  Orange  County,  where  he  has 
continued  to  reside  ever  since.  In  1915  he  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Waters,  a 
native  of  Illinois,  and  they  have  been  blessed  with  one  daughter,  Mary  L. 

Druce  Brothers  are  members  of  the  Southern  California  Poultry  Producers  Asso- 
ciation and  the  Garden  Grove  Farm  Bureau,  Sidney  Druce  having  been  a  director  of 
the  former.  They  have  facilities  for  hatching  5,000  baby  chicks  and  brooders  to  accom- 
modate 3,500.  Their  plant  consists  of  four  houses  with  cement  floors;  one  is  120  by 
20;  another  110  by  20;  a  smaller  one,  is  50  by  18  and  another  20  by  40  feet.  These 
furnish  shelter  for  3,000  chickens.  The  brothers  do  their  own  grinding  and  also  raise 
their  green  feed.  Their  ranch  is  situated  in  the  city  of  Stanton,  where  it  has  been 
located  since  1908  and  it  is  one  of  the  most  important  enterprises  of  the  community. 

HARRY  JENTGES. — The  enterprising  proprietor  of  the  cement  pipe  works  at 
Garden  Grove,  Harry  Jentges,  is  a  man  whose  force  of  character  and  determination 
has  overcome  many  obstacles  in  reaping  the  success  in  life  that  is  deservedly  his.  Born 
in  the  grand  duchy  of  Luxemburg,  he  learned  to  speak,  read  and  write  the  French  and 
German  languages  in  addition  to  the  vernacular  of  his  native  country.  His  father, 
Peter  Jentges  was  a  farmer  in  the  old  country,  owned  a  twenty-acre  farm,  a  large 
amount  of  land  for  one  person  to  own  in  Luxemburg.  His  mother  was  Mary  Ann 
Engels  before  her  marriage  and  both  parents  were  born,  married,  lived  and  died  in 
Luxemburg. 

Harry  grew  up  on  his  father's  farm,  on  which  he  worked  until  he  was  twenty- 
five  yea;rs  old;  then  his  mother,  who  had  been  a  widow  eight  years,  died,  and  thinking 
to  better  his  condition  by  coming  to  America,  where  his  brother  Jack  had  preceded  him, 
he  sailed  from  Antwerp  via  England,  crossed  that  country  and  embarked  on  the  White 
Star  line  for  the  new  world,  landing  at  New  York  City  May  25,  1907.  He  brought 
$900  with  him  from  the  old  country,  $700  of  which  was  his  inheritance  from  his  parents' 
estate.  After  stopping  at  Le  Mars,  Iowa,  for  two  years,  where  he  was  employed  as 
a  farm  hand,  he  came  to  Orange  County,  Cal.,  in  1909,  and  joined  his  brother  Jack  at 
Westminster.  He  worked  for  his  brother  three  months,  and  when  the  celery  season 
came  on  loaded  celery  into  box  cars  for  the  Celery  Growers  Association.  He  worked 
out  eighteen  months,  then  rented  the  old  Trevoli  place  of  sixty  acres  at  Wintersburg, 
in  partnership  with  C.  C.  Johnson.  They  planted  eight  acres  to  celery,  twenty  acres  to 
sugar  beets,  twenty  acres  to  lima  beans,  and  put  the  remainder  in  hay.  After  the  first 
year  their  landlord  raised  the  rent,  and  they  moved  to  Los  Alamitos  and  rented  and 
farmed  ninety  acres  there  for  three  years,  putting  the  entire  acreage  into  sugar  begts. 
Mr.  Jentges  came  to  Garden  Grove  in  1916,  and  purchased  the  old  Paulson  place,  two 
miles  north  and  one  mile  west  of  Garden  Grove.  Here  he  encountered  his  first  reverse; 
his  well  gave  out,  water  for  irrigation  failed,  and  he  spent  $2,000  to  deepen  the  well  and 
get  water.    Going  into  debt,  he  was  forced  to  trade  the  place  for  160  acres  at  Barstow. 

Through  this  misfortune  he  figures  that  he  lost  $10,000.  He  then  began  to  work 
for  his  brother  Jack  in  the  cement  business,  and  in  1918  bought  the  business  from  his 
brother.  In  time  Mr.  Jentges  paid  the  last  of  his  debts,  paying  one  hundred  cents  on 
the  dollar.  He  does  a  large  business,  is  prospering,  and  employs  from  twelve  to  twenty 
men,  keeping  seven  steadily  the  year  around.  He  takes  contracts  from  the  farmers  to 
put  in  irrigation  pipe  lines,  the  cement  tiles  of  which  are  his  own  make.  In  1918  he 
laid  about  four  and  a  half  miles  of  pipe;  in  1919  he  laid  seven  miles  of  pipe  and  the 
prospect  for  1920  looks  as  if  this  year  would  be  the  banner  year.  He  is  also  a  general 
contractor,  and  builds  cement  walks,  foundations,  porches,  etc.  He  has  a  cement 
mixer,  power  for  which  is  provided  by  a  Fairbanks-Morse  gasoline  engine,  moulds  and 
cores,  and  the  necessary  appliances  for  making  the  various  sizes  of  cement  pipe,  and 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  953 

owns  a  G.  M.  C.  two-ton  auto  truck  for  hauling  the  pipes.  The  trenches  are  dug  by 
hand  labor-and  his  excellent  work  satisfies  his  many  customers,  one  job  always  bringing 
another.  Despite  reverses  Mr.  Jentges  has  made  a  success  of  the  chances  offered  him 
on  the  coast,  and  it  is  to  men  of  his  intelligence,  indomitable  courage  and  perseverance 
that  our  country  is  largely  indebted  for  its  prosperous  condition.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  lodge  at  Westminster.  A  naturalized  citizen,  he  takes 
an  active  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  country  and  the  community  in  which  he  lives. 

JOHN  B.  ZIEGLER.— In  the  passing  of  John  B.  Ziegler  on  July  17,  1919,  Ana- 
heim suffered  the  loss  of  one  of  her  most  valued  citizens — one  who  was  ever  ready 
to  give  of  his  time  and  talents  in  any  worthy  undertaking  that  would  aid  in  the  upbuild- 
ing of  the  community.  His  death  brought  to  a  close  a  life  of  usefulness,  which  reflected 
credit  not  only  upon  himself,  but  one  which  had  done  much  for  the  betterment  of  his 
fellow-citizens.  Born  on  May  1,  1863,  in  Alsace-Lorraine,  when  the  tricolor  of  France 
still  waved  over  that  little  country,  his  boyhood  days  were  spent  there.  After  the 
Franco-Prussian  War,  when  this  territory  had  unwillingly  passed  into  the  hands  of  the 
Germans,  Mr.  Ziegler  received  his  education  in  the  German  schools  established  there. 
However,  when  he  had  reached  the  age  of  seventeen  he  decided  to  seek  his  fortune  in 
the  New  World,  and  the  year  1880  found  him  in  New  York.  Here  he  entered  the 
restaurant  business  in  Maiden  Lane,  a  thoroughfare  famed  throughout  the  country  for 
its  association  with  the  jewelry  trade.  Later  Mr.  Ziegler  established  himself  in  the 
same  line  of  business  at  Paterson,  N.  J.,  the  family  making  their  home  at  Jersey  City 
Heights,  where  they  lived  for  a  number  of  years. 

In  190S  Mr.  Ziegler  came  to  Anaheim,  hoping  to  improve  the  health  of  his  son 
John,  but  this  was,  unfortunately,  unavailing,  for  the  son  later  died.  Soon  after  locat- 
ing in  Anaheim  he  purchased  the  southeast  corner  of  West  Center  and  Lemon  streets, 
on  which  the  Commercial  Hotel  stood.  After  conducting  it  for  a  number  of  years,  he 
tore  down  the  building  in  1915  and  on  the  same  site  erected  the  beautiful  new  Valencia 
Hotel,  the  finest  hotel  in  the  county,  which  opened  its  doors  to  the  public  on  April 
1,  1916.  This  hotel,  which  has  for  its  slogan,  "The  only  first-class  hotel  between  Los 
Angeles  and  San  Diego,"  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $75,000.  It  is  a  modern  four-story 
brick  structure,  which  would  be  a  credit  to  any  city,  and  has  been  a  great  factor  in 
the  rapid  growth  of  Anaheim  in  the  past  few  years,  and  was  the  impetus  that  started 
the  town  a  rolling,  and  since  then  othej-s  have  built  and  patterned  after  it.  Mr.  Ziegler 
was  also  the  first  to  build  a  residence  in  the  Deutch  tract,  and  now  it  is  already  well 
built  up.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  was  popular 
in  the  lodge  of  the  Eagles,  while  politically  he  was  an  ardent  Republican. 

'Always  far-sighted  and  progressive,  Mr.  Ziegler  was  the  first  man  to  build  when 
Center  Street  was  widened,  and  then  others  followed  his  lead.  Keenly  alive  to  the 
importance  of  improving  and  beautifying  the  city,  especially  in  the  business  district, 
he  was  the  leader  in  every  civic  movement  that  had  this  for  its  aim;  he  was  the  first 
man  to  advocate  the  use  of  the  cluster  light  system  on  the  east  side  of  Center  Street,  in 
the  business  district.  The  beautiful  hotel  he  erected  will  always  stand  as  a  monument 
to  his  memory. 

While  living  in  New  York  City,  Mr.  Ziegler  was  married  to  Mary  Murer,  who 
was  born  in  Paris,  France,  where  she  was  reared  and  educated,  and  they  became  the 
parents  of  four  children:  Lucy,  now  the  wife  of  Frank  M.  Anderson  of  Placentia; 
John,  who  is  deceased;  Elsie  and  Mabel. 

GLEN  E.  HUNTINGTON.— A  mile  and  an  eighth  east  of  Garden  Grove  is 
located  the  orange  ranch  owned  by  Glen  E.  Huntington,  an  energetic  young  man  of 
superior  business  qualifications.  Although  a  native  of  Owosso,  Mich.,  born  February 
19,  1890,  his  life  has  been  spent  in  California  whither  his  parents,  Frank  and  Cora 
(Faylor)  Huntington,  brought  him  at  the  age  of  nine  months,  settling  at  Redlands. 
His  parents  who  were  natives  of  Illinois,  were  married  in  Michigan.  When  Glen  E. 
was  seven  years  old  his  mother  was  called  to  the  Great  Beyond,  and  the  father,  who 
still  resides  at  Redlands,  married  again  and  Glen's  boyhood  days  were  clouded  by  the 
unduly  harslv  treatment  of  a  stepmother. 

Relief  from  oppression  came  in  the  friendship  of  Lewis  Dezendorf,  now  deceased, 
who  befriended  the  lad  and  saw  that  he  had  the  advantages  of  schooling.  He  attended 
the  Redlands  schools  in  his  boyhood  days  and  later  Mr.  Dezendorf  paid  his  way  to 
Woodbury's  Business  College  at  Los  Angeles,  afterwards  helping  him  secure  a  posi- 
tion, and  as  a  bank  clerk  he  held  important  positions  with  the  Citizens  National  Bank 
and  the  American  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  at  Los  Angeles,  and  also  with  the  Hollywood 
National  Bank  at  Hollywood.  The  warm  friendship  of  Lewis  Dezendorf  for  Mr.  Hunt- 
ington was  evidenced  by  the  will  he  made  bequeathing  his  young  friend  twenty  acres 


954  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

of  land,  the  ranch  upon  which  Mr.  Huntington  settled  when  he  came  to  Garden  Grove 
in  1912.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Garden  Grove  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Farm 
Center,  and  was  appointed  deputy  constable  under  Constable  Clark  of  Garden  Grove. 
He  keeps  in  touch  with  all  movements  for  the  betterment  of  Garden  Grove  and  Orange 
County  in  general  and  is  one  of  the  leading  and  progressive  citizens  among  the  younger- 
men.  He  is  planting  and  making  substantial  improvements  upon  his  property  and 
will  soon  have  a  valuable  Valencia  orange  grove. 

Mr.  Huntington's  marriage  occurred  at  Los  Angeles  in  1911,  and  united  him  with 
Miss  Louise  Nusser,  who  was  born  at  Lankershim,  and  two  years  of  whose  school  days 
were  spent  in  Garden  Grove.  They  are  the  parents  of  two  children,  Glen  E.  Jr.,  and 
Lewis  Sydney.     His  wife  is  a  social  favorite  and  shares  his  popularity  and  success. 

FRITZ  RUHMANN.— In  the  passing  away  of  Fritz  Ruhmann,  on  September  3, 
1917,  Anaheim  lost  one  of  her  earliest  settlers,  as  he  had  been  associated  with  this 
district  since  1875.  The  youth  of  Mr.  Ruhmann  was  spent  in  his  native  town  of  Etzehoe, 
Schleswig-Holstein,  Germany,  where  he  was  born  February  5,  1,838,  his  father,  Henry, 
a  gardener  by  occupation,  being  a  native  of  the  same  place.  His  mother  was  Louise 
Noritz  before  her  marriage.  In  Germany  the  family  name  was  spelled  Ruehmann,  but 
the  "e"  was  omitted  by  Mr.  Ruhmann  on  coming  to  America. 

When  scarcely  twenty  years  old,  Mr.  Ruhmann  left  his  home  and  went  to  sea  on 
a  sailing  vessel  which  plied  between  English  and  German  ports.  In  1860  he  again 
shipped  on  a  sailing  vessel,  the  Lorenzo,  bound  for  San  Francisco  by  way  of  Cape 
Horn,  and  at  the  expiration  of  this  journey  set  sail,  this  time  on  an  American  craft 
which  rounded  the  Horn  and  finally  reached  New  York  City.  After  that  he  became 
interested  in  the  coasting  trade  along  the  West  Indies  and  was  in  Galveston,  Texas, 
from  1866  to  1868.  Shortly  after  this  he  returned  to  Germany  for  a  visit  with  his 
relatives,  remaining  there  for  more  than  a  year.  On  his  return  to  America  he  came  to 
Hoboken,  N.  J.,  and  while  there  he  was  shanghaied  aboard  a  sailing  vessel  bound 
for  San  Francisco.  For  a  time  he  was  employed  in  Los  Angeles,  and  during  the  latter 
part  of  the  year  1875  he  located  at  Anaheim,  and  with  Max  Nebelung  was  associated 
with  the  Anaheim  Lighter  Company  as  a  freight  clerk,  helping  to  load  and  unload 
steamers  that  came  to  Anaheim  Landing  on  the  river.  Following  that  Mr.  Ruhmann 
worked  on  a  bee  ranch  for  some  time  and  in  1877  he  opened  up  a  liquor  store  on  North 
Los  Angeles  Street  and  called  it  "Germania  Halle,"  and  operated  it  until  1906,  when 
he  sold  out  to  J.  D.  Heitshusen,  and  retired  from  active  business. 

Mr.  Ruhmann  was  very  active  in  the  upbuilding  of  Anaheim.  He  owned  the 
block  on  North  Los  Angeles  Street  from  Chartres  to  Cypress  Street  and  on  this 
property  he  built  a  row  of  stores  which  Mrs.  Ruhmann  still  owns.  He  also  built  three 
brick  store  buildings  on  North  Los  Angeles  Street  between  Center  and  Chartres,  but 
these  were  afterwards  sold.  Generous  and  charitable,  he  gave  freely  to  the  Lutheran 
and  Catholic  Churches,  and  gave  much  help  to  the  poor  and  needy. 

In  1897,  Mr.  Ruhmann  was  married  to  Mrs.  Helena  Boege,  a  native  of  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  whose  maiden  name  was  Krein.  Mrs.  Ruhmann  is  a  daughter  of  Peter  and 
Elizabeth  (Messer)  Krein,  who  passed  away  in  New  York.  Helena  Krein  had  an 
uncle  living  in  Los  Angeles,  so  she  came  to  California  in  October,  1874,  and  there 
she  married  Henry  Boege  and  they  located  in  Anaheim  in  1876.  Mr.  Boege  was  a 
painter  by  trade  and  did  the  painting  on  the  homes  and  business  blocks  in  the  early 
days  and  was  a  prominent  man  until  his  death  in  1888.  Mrs.  Ruhmann,  who  is  an 
active  member  of  the  Catholic  Church  and  of  the  Altar  Society,  relates  many  iateresting 
incidents  of  the  pioneer  days  of  Anaheim,  when  the  streets  were  lighted  with  lamps  and 
there  were  no  pavements  nor  sidewalks.  Since  her  husband's  death  she  continues  to 
reside  at  the  old  home  surrounded  by  her  many  friends,  and  is  looking  after  the  affairs 
left  her  by  her  husband,  and  being  a  good  manager  she  is  giving  a  good  account  of  her 
stewardship. 

FRANK  E.  LAUNDERS.— As  pioneers  of  the  Southland,  Frank  E.  Launders  and 
his  wife  have  lived  at  Garden  Grove  since  1893.  Their  ten-acre  ranch  lies  a  quarter 
of  a  mile  south  of  Garden  Grove,  and  its  well-kept  acreage,  devoteti  for  the  most 
part  to  the  culture  of  lima  beans,  grown  between  the  rows  of  their  orange  trees,  be- 
speaks the  ability  and  energy  of  its  owner. 

Mr.  Launders  was  born  at  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.,  April  IS,  1864,  and  is  the  son  of 
Samuel  Launders,  a  carpenter  and  builder  by  trade,  and  Maria  (Cobb)  Launders,  a 
niece  of  Silas  Cobb,  the  Chicago  pioneer  and  millionaire  street  railway  man.  Mr. 
Launders'  grandfather  Cobb,  was  a  pioneer  of  Wisconsin,  and  the  courageous  spirit 
that  is  the  heritage  of  the  sturdy  pioneer  is  manifest  in  Mr.  Launders.  As  a  child  he 
accompanied  his  parents  when  they  removed  to  Sauk  County,  Wis.,  and  thence  to 
Mitchell  County,  Iowa,  where  the  father  farmed  and  where  young  Frank  attended  the 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  959 

common  schools,  grew  to  young  manhood,  and  from  Mitchell  County  went   to  Des- 
plaines,  Cook  County,  111. 

On  December  6,  188S,  he  was  married  at  Norwood,  111.,  to  Miss  Lena  Blass  of 
Niles,  111.,  where  they  lived  until  coming  to  Garden  Grove  in  1893.  In  1892,  her  father 
had  purchased  twenty  acres  on  which  they  lived  until  they  sold  the  west  ten  acres  in 
1909.  Mrs.  Launders  acquired  the  property  from  her  father  upon  his  death.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Launders  are  the  parents  of  nine  children  who  are  living.  Two  of  their  children 
died  in  infancy.  Raymond  is  married  and  has  four  daughters  and  follows  the  former 
trade  of  his  father,  a  lather,  and  lives  on  a  five-acre  ranch  south  of  Garden  Grove; 
Clarence  is  single,  lives  at  home  and  is  a  lather  by  trade;  Elmer,  a  carpenter  and 
builder,  is  married  and  lives  at  Garden  Grove;  Myrtle  is  the  wife  of  George  Hobbs, 
a  carpenter  and  builder  who  resides  at  Santa  Maria,  they  have  two  children;  Mildred 
married  Robert  McDonald,  a  machinist,  and  they  live  at  Garden  Grove,  they  have 
one  son;  Maimie  is  the  wife  of  Chris  Kortner,  and  they  live  at  Santa  Maria,  Cal.,  and 
have  one  daughter;  Mabel  is  at  home  and  is  attending  the  Orange  County  Business 
College,  at  Santa  Ana.  Mina  and  Marjorie,  students  in  the  grammar  school,  are  at 
home.  In  191S  Mr.  Launders  built  an  attractive  bungalow  on  his  ranch,  and  there  the 
family  have  since  made  their  home.  Politically  he  is  an  adherent  of  the  principles 
advocated  in  the  platform  of  the  Republican  party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America  at  Santa  Ana,  and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Fraternal 
Aid  Union.     The  family  are  highly  respected  in  the  community  in  which  they  live. 

ROBERT  F.  HAZARD.— A  native  son  both  of  California  and  Orange  County, 
Robert  F.  Hazard  of  Westminster  precinct  belongs  to  the  third  generation  of  the 
Hazard  family  in  this  locality,  his  grandparents,  Robert  S.  and  Betsy  Ann  Hazard, 
having  been  pioneer  settlers  of  Westminster,  a  sketch  of  the  latter,  who  still  resides  on 
on  the  old  home  place,  being  given  elsewhere  in  this  work.  Both  born  in  Erieville, 
N.  Y!,  the  grandparents  became  pioneer  settlers  of  Blackhawk  County,  Iowa,  going 
there  in  1860,  remaining  there  until  1881,  when  they  removed  to  Westminster,  Cal. 

Robert  F.  Hazard  is  the  son  of  the  late  Frank  Hazard,  a  prominent  farmer  who 
owned  120  acres  of  land  near  Westminster,  and  who  was  born  in  Blackhawk  County, 
Iowa,  coming  here  with  his  parents  in  1881.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  Marden 
of  Westminster  precinct,  who  passed  away  in  1900,  leaving  three  children:  Harry  is 
a  rancher  and  resides  near  Lancaster;  Robert  F,  the  subject  of  this  review,  who  was 
born  September  30,  1885;  and  Luella,  who  married  Giflford  Giles  and  resides  at  Santa 
Ana;  she  was  reared  by  her  grandmother,  Mrs.  Betsy  Ann  Hazard,  her  mother  having 
passed  away  when  she  was  but  two  weeks  old.  Frank  Hazard  died  January  22,  1916, 
at  the  age  of  fifty-seven  years. 

Beginning  ranching  on  his  own  account  when  but  a  young  man,  Mr.  Hazard  has 
prospered  in  everything  he  has  undertaken.  Ten  years  ago  he  purchased  the  first  forty 
acres  of  his  ranch,  which  is  attractively  located  on  the  Santa  Ana-Huntington  Beach 
Boulevard  west  of  Bolsa.  He  has  added  to  his  original  holdings  until  he  now  has 
112  acres  of  choice  land,  which  he  devotes  to  sugar  beets  and  alfalfa.  Recently  he  has 
built  a  commodious  bungalow  and  a  large  barn,  with  well,  pumping  plant  and  tank 
house,  the  improvements  in  all  costing  nearly  $10,000.  In  addition  to  his  own  holdings 
he  farms  the  forty-acre  home  place  of  his  grandmother,  Mrs.  Betsy  Ann  Hazard. 

Mr.  Hazard's  marriage,  which  occurred  in  1904,  united  him  with  Miss  Mabel 
Deakins  of  Westminster,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  three  interesting  children,  all 
boys:  Roland,  Clyde  and  Kenneth.  A  hard  and  efficient  worker,  Mr.  Hazard  is  a  very 
energetic  young  man,  never  doing  things  by  halves.  A  capable  manager,  he  has  unusual 
executive  ability,  and  his  generous,  liberal  disposition  has  won  for  him  a  host  of 
friends.  Mrs.  Hazifrd  is  in  every  way  an  excellent  helpmeet  and  shares  her  husband's 
popularity.  Politically,  Mr.  Hazard  is  an  adherent  of  the  principles  of  the  Republican 
party,  and  gives  it  his  loyal   support. 

CURTIS  HENRY  HICKMAN.— That  specialization  in  any  line  will  bring  success, 
when  accompanied  by  intelligence  and  persistence,  is  clearly  shown  in  the  experience 
of  C.  H.  Hickman,  who  has  for  the  past  seven  years  devoted  his  ranch  in  the  Bolsa 
district  to  the  production  of  sweet  potatoes,  and  has  achieved  splendid  results.  Mr. 
Hickman  was  born  in  Orange  County,  December  19,  1885,  on  the  farm  adjoining  his 
own.  His  parents  were  James  H.  and  Georgia  Ann  (Caraway)  Hickman,  the  father 
being  a  native  of  Virginia,  where  he  was  born  in  1845,  while  Mrs.  Hickman  was  born 
in  Linn  County,  Iowa,  March  14,  1854.  Her  parents,  Joseph  and  Delila  (Scott)  Cara- 
way, born  in  Ohio  and  Indiana,  respectively,  were  among  the  early  settlers  of  Linn 
County,  Iowa.  James  H.  Hickman  passed  away  in  1903  at  the  age  of  fifty-eight  years 
and  Mrs.  Hickman  still  resides  on  the  old  Hickman  place,  which  adjoins  the  farm  of 
her  son,  C.  H.  Hickman. 


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James  H.  Hickman  was  an  early  settler  of  O'Brien  County,  Iowa,  where  he  took 
up  a  homestead  and  farmed  it  for  some  time  after  his  marriage,  which  occurred  in 
1871.  About  1878,  the  family  crossed  the  plains  to  California,  and  settled  in  the  Bolsa 
district  and  Mrs.  Hickman  is  now  one  of  the  oldest  settlers  of  that  locality.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  James  H.  Hickman  were  the  parents  of  six  children:  Robert  died  at  the  age  of 
nineteen,  months;  Irene  Belle  is  the  wife  of  Frank  B.  Ireland,  a  rancher  at  Murrietta; 
Carrie  May  is  the  wife  of  John  Newell,  a  rancher  at  Stockton;  Jessie  is  the  wife  of 
Eugene  De  Vaul,  a  field  boss  for  the  Anaheim  Sugar  Co.;  Curtis  Henry,  of  this  review; 
and  Stella,  wife  of  Archie  Morgan,  a  rancher  at  Wildomar.  Henry  Hickman,  as  he  is 
popularly  known,  grew  up  on  the  home  farm,  attending  the  schools  of  the  neighbor- 
hood, at  the  same  time  learning  the  practical  side  of  agriculture.  In  February,  1919,  he 
purchased  his  present  home  ranch  of  ten  acres,  lying  three  miles  west  of  Santa  Ana  on 
the  Santa  Ana-Huntington  Beach  Boulevard,  and  here  he  has  developed  a  profitable 
and  well-kept  property.  In  addition  to  his  own  land  he  farms  his  mother's  place  of 
ten  acres,  the  land  adjoining  his,  and  both  tracts  he  devotes  to  the  production  of 
sweet  potatoes,  and  which  yield  him  attractive  returns. 

In  1909,  Mr.  Hickman  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  Galbraith,  the  daughter  of  Nelson 
L.  and  Helena  (Yeakel)  Galbraith.  One  of  a  family  of  seven  children,  Mrs.  Hickman 
came  to  Santa  Ana  with  her  parents  from  Louisburg,  Kans.,  when  but  a  year  old. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Galbraith  reside  in  Santa  Ana,  where  he  is  a  carpenter  and  builder.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hickman  have  three  children:  Helene  Marguerite,  Georgia  Blossom  and 
Walter  Henry. 

ADOLPH  DITTMER. — A  very  successful  business  man  whose  valuable  experi- 
ence, coupled  with  broad  views,  enabled  him  as  chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
Orange  to  cast  a  weighty  influence  in  favor  of  improvements,  and  so  to  help  the  grow- 
ing town  to  make  young  giant  strides  in  the  direction  of  permanent  progress,  is  Adolph 
Dittmer,  the  popular  proprietor  of  Dittmer's  Mission  Pharmacy.  He  came  to  Orange 
a  decade  and  a  half  ago,  an  advent  equally  lucky  for  himself  and  the  community. 

He  was  born  in  Chicago  in  1872,  and  three  years  later  removed  to  Fort  Dodge, 
Iowa,  where  he  was  educated  in  the  grammar  schools.  When  school  was  over,  he 
entered  the  office  of  the  Fort  Dodge  Messenger  and,  beginning  as  printer's  devil, 
worked  up  as  a  printer  in  the  job  department. 

Arrived  at  the  decisive  age  of  seventeen,  he  began  as  an  apprentice  in  a  drug 
store  in  Fort  Dodge  and  later  completed  the  study  in  the  drug  store  owned  and  con- 
ducted by  Senator  Oleson.  In  due  time  he  became  a  registered  pharmacist.  It  was 
in  1905  that  he  came  west  to  California  and  landed  at  Orange.  Here  he  started  Ditt- 
mer's Mission  Pharmacy,  in. a  building  especially  erected  for  him  at  131  South  Glassell 
Street;  and  when  the  opportunity  was  afforded,  in  1909,  to  secure  the  corner  of  South 
Glassell  and  Plaza  Square,  he  immediately  made  the  move  to  the  better  location. 
Since  that  time  he  has  conducted  a  general  drug  business  there. 

He  makes  a  specialty  of  putting  up  prescriptions,  in  which  responsible  work  he 
is  assisted  by  his  son,  who  is  a  graduate  in  pharmacy  as  well  as  a  licentiate  pharmacist; 
and  their  conscientious  application  to  what  is  more  and  more  regarded  as  of  extreme 
importance,  particularly  with  the  advance  of  science  and  the  introduction  of  new  and 
powerful  drugs,  is  fully  appreciated  by  the  patronizing  public.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  also  of  the  Los  Angeles  Retail  Druggists' 
Association. 

While  at  Fort  Dodge,  Mr.  Dittmer  was  married  to  Miss  Louise  Gunther,  a  native 
of  that  place,  by  whom  he  has  had  four  sons,  three  of  whom  are  still  living.  Adolph 
is  a  graduate  of  the  pharmaceutical  department  of  the  University  of  Southern  California, 
and  Arthur  and  Harold  are  both  attending  school.  Mr.  Dittm?r  is  a  member  of 
St.  John's  Lutheran  Church,  and  is  president  of  the  Lutheran  Men's  Club  of  Orange. 

For  six  years  he  served  the  city  of  Orange  as  a  trustee,  and  for  four  years  was 
chairman  of  the  board,  presiding  during  the  period  when  the  town  put  in  paved  streets 
and  curbs,  and  the  sewer  was  started,  the  sewer  farm  was  purchased,  and  new  water 
mains  were  added  to  the  public  works.  This  was  a  crucial  time  for  the  city,  and 
only  those  who  passed  through  the  days  and  months  of  responsibility,  when  much 
opposition  had  to  be  overcome,  and  a  good  deal  of  unpleasant  responsibility  assumed 
by  individual  citizens  for  the  public,  know  how  valuable  was  the  service  to  contem- 
poraries and  to  posterity  rendered  by  the  doughty  city  fathers.  Intensely  interested 
in  civic  and  business  affairs  he  is  a  charter  member  and  ex-secretary  of  the  Merchants 
and  Manufacturers  Association  of  Orange. 

Mr.  Dittmer  has  always  advocated  investments  in  local  realty,  and  as  an  evidence 
of  the  faith  that  is  in  him,  has  come  to  own  a  fine  orange  and  lemon  orchard  situated 
east  of  Olive  in  the  Peralta  Hill  district. 


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HISTORY  OF.  ORANGE  COUNTY  963 

HORATIO  C.  DAWES. — One  of  Santa  Ana's  best  known  citizens,  now  living 
retired  after  an  active  business  life  of  many  years,  is  Horatio  C.  Dawes,  who  has 
been  a  resident  of  that  city  since  1891.  Mr.  Dawes  is  a  Canadian  by  birth,  having 
been  born  near  London,  Ontario,  on  August  27,  1863,  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
Louise  (Allen)  Dawes.  Thomas  Dawes  was  a  physician,  prominent  in  his  profession, 
and  he  passed  away  in  1884.  Mrs.  Dawes,  who  is  still  enjoying  life  at  the  age  of 
eighty-two,  lives  at  Santa  Ana;  she  is  a  sister  of  H.  A.  Allen  of  Tustin  and  Prescott 
Allen  of  Santa  Ana. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Dawes  had  a  family  of  six  children — three  boys  and  three 
girls,  and  Horatio  was  next  to  the  eldest  of  the  family.  Enjoying  an  excellent  education 
in  the  schools  of  his  native  place,  he  began  in  early  manhood  to  make  a  place  for 
himself  in  the  world.  He  became  interested  in  the  general  merchandise  business, 
learning  it  in  all  its  details,  and  for  thirteen  years  he  was  engaged  in  this  line  of  work, 
part  of  the  time  in  London  and  later  in  Montreal,  being  associated  with  the  well 
known  firm  of  W.  E.  Sanford,  clothing  manufacturers,  in  the  retail  branches  of  their 
business.  For  some  time  having  had  a  desire  to  come  to  California  he  left  his 
native  home  in  1891,  made  the  long  trip  across  the  continent  and  located  in  Santa 
Ana,  where  he  at  once  entered  into  the  commercial  life  of  the  city.  For  six  years  he 
was  with  the  Huff  Dry  Goods. Company  and  later  with  Huff  Brothers  Clothing  Store 
for  a  period  of  two  years.  With  a  partner  he  then  engaged  in  the  clothing  business 
for  himself  under  the  firm  name  of  Dawes  and  Huffman,  and  after  five  years  he  bought 
out  his  partner's  interest  and  continued  as  sole  proprietor  until  1909,  when  he  closed 
out  his  business.  During  this  time  he  was  also  interested  in  the  Stewart-Dawes  Shoe 
Company,  of  Los  Angeles. 

In  1910  Mr.  Dawes,  accompanied  by  his  family  made  an  extended  tour  of  Europe, 
visiting  the  principal  capitals  of  the  old  world  and  the  noted  places  of  interest,  a  trip 
that  was  filled  with  many  interesting  and  pleasurable  recollections.  During  his  years 
of  business  Mr.  Dawes  was  very  successful,  and  while  now  not  actively  engaged  in 
commercial  pursuits  his  time  is  largely  occupied  in  looking  after  his  interests  prin- 
cipally in  Southern  California.  ■  For  a  number  of  years  he  has  been  a  director  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Santa  Ana.  He  also  gives  generously  of  his  time  to  civic 
affairs,  now  serving  on  the  Board  of  Education. 

Mr.  Dawes'  marriage  which  occurred  on  June  6,  1899,  united  him  with  Miss 
Florence  A.  Donahue,  a  native  of  Afton,  Iowa.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dawes  are  the  parents 
of  three  children:  Roberta  attends  Pomona  College  at  Claremont;  Truman  is  a 
student  in  the  Santa  Ana  high  school;  and  Charles.  The  family  attend  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  Santa  Ana.  In  politics  Mr.  Dawes  is  an  adherent  of  the  Republican 
party,  and  in  his  fraternal  affiliations  he  is  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks 
and  the  Independent  Order  of  Foresters. 

JOHN  M.  WARD. — The  twenty-acre  ranch  owned  by  John  M.  Ward  located  south- 
west of  Garden  Grove,  is  the  fourth  ranch  he  has  owned  and  improved  in  Orange 
County.  Mr.  Ward  was  born  February  14,  1880,  at  Glen  Elder,  Mitchell  Cwunty,  Kans. 
His  parents,  Elanson  and  Cordelia  Ward,  now  deceased,  were  natives  of  New  York 
and  Iowa,  respectively;  they  located  in  Kansas  in  1870,  and  the  father  became  the 
owner  of  two  farms,  one  comprising  160  acres  and  the  other  120  acres.  John  M.  is 
the  youngest  child  in  a  family  of  seven  children  and  his  experiences  in  early  life  were 
such  as  commonly  fall  to  the  lot  of  lads  reared  on  a  farm.  He  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools  and  graduated  from  the  high  school  at  Glen  Elder,  Kans.,  with  the 
class  of  1897. 

His  marriage,  which  occurred  in  his  native  state  in  1900,  united  him  with  Miss 
Winnifred  Weethee,  a  native  of  Ohio  but  reared  in  Kansas,  and  they  are  the  parents 
of  four  children.  Neva  and  Wilma  were  born  in  Kansas,  and  Elmer  and  Ruth  are 
natives  of  the  Golden  State.  Mr.  Ward  owned  an  eighty-acre  Kansas  farm,  and  town 
property  at  lola  and  Logan,  Kans.,  and  also  160  acres  in  Red  Willow  County,  Nebr. 
He  was  taken  ill  and  came  to  California  for  his  health,  with  the  intention  of  remain- 
ing one  year,  but  his  health  improving,  California's  charms  were  sufficient  to  cause  him 
to  settle  at  Orange,  where  he  became  the  owner  of  a  two  and  a  half-acre  place,  which 
he  improved  and  lived  upon  eighteen  months,  when  he  came  to  Garden  Grove  in  1912. 
In  addition  to  ranching  Mr.  Ward  follows  the  occupation  of  spraying,  being  a  duly 
licensed  sprayer,  in  which  he  is  the  pioneer  at  Garden  Grove.  He  has  a  portable  spray- 
ing outfit,  driven  by  a  gasoline  engine,  and  gives  the  business  his  personal  attention, 
employing  two  men  besides  himself,  and  covering  a  territory  within  a  radius  of  six 
miles  from  Garden  Grove.  He  has  sprayed  as  high  as  2,000  acres  in  a  single  year.  He 
owns  an  acre  of  land  in  Garden  Grove  just  north  of  the  grammar  school  on  which  he 
raises  nursery  stock.  He  has  1,000  Valencia  orange  trees  and  1,500  walnut  trees; 
also  has  seedlings  which  were  budded  in  1920. 


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He  has  set  his  home  place  to  Valencia  oranges  and  further  improved  the  ranch 
with  a  good  dwelling  house  and  suitable  outbuildings  for  his  needs  and  hopes  to  con- 
vert it  into  one  of  the  finest  places  west  of  Garden  Grove.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Garden  Grove  Orange  Growers  Association,  and  he  and  his  wife  are  active  members 
of  the  Mennonite  Church,  and  consistent  and  earnest  Prohibitionists.  A  man  of  good 
physique,  strong  and  muscular,  he  is  not  afraid  of  hard  work,  and  is  possessed  of 
excellent  judgment  and  business  acumen,  successfully  accomplishing  all  tasks  he  under- 
takes. His  efforts  are  ever  toward  the  advancement  of  all  movements  calculated  to 
enhance  the  general  welfare  of  Garden  Grove,  and  his  fellow-townsmen  esteem  him 
highly  for  his  many  excellent  qualities. 

WILL  C.  CRAWFORD. — One  of  the  foremost  men  of  his  day  in  the  business 
life  of  Orange  County  was  the  late  Will  C.  Crawford,  who  established  the  first 
wholesale  grocery  store  in  Santa  Ana,  and  started  the  First  National  Bank  in  Tustin, 
as  well  as  improving  lands  to  citrus  orchards.  He  was  very  liberal  and  enterprising, 
and  few  have  accomplished  more  in  the  short  space  of  time  than  he  did.  He  was 
born  near  Burlington,  Iowa,  in  1862,  the  son  and  eighth  child  of  W.  D.  and  Margaret 
(Chapman)  Crawford,  who  were  born  in  Iowa  and  England,  respectively,  although 
the   father  was   of  Scotch   descent. 

Will  C.  Crawford  received  a  good  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Iowa.  He 
was  married  at  Middletown,  Iowa,  in  1884,  to  Miss  Efiie  Lindley,  born  in  Green 
County,  Pa.,  a  daughter  of  Alvah  and  Rachael  (Van  Syoc)  Lindley,  natives  of  that 
state.  They  removed  from  the  Keystone  State  to  Iowa  in  1865,  locating  near  Middle- 
town,  where  they  followed  husbandry  until  their  death.  After  his  marriage  Will  C. 
Crawford  followed  farming  in  Iowa,  until  he  came  to  California  in  1898,  selecting 
Orange  County  as  his  permanent  home,  and  here  he  purchased  the  ranch  on  Glen 
Avenue,  which  was  improved  to  a  walnut  and  orange  grove,  where  his  widow  still 
resides.  He  purchased  land  near  Olive  and  there  improved  a  fifty-acre  orchard  to 
Valencia  oranges.  He  also  purchased  forty  acres  on  the  Newport  Road  and  Santa 
Fe  Railroad  at  the  foot  of  Glen  Avenue,  which  was  devoted  to  general  farming.  How- 
ever, this  was  not  the  limit  of  Mr.  Crawford's  capabilities,  for  he  was  a  live  business 
man  and  saw  a  great  future  for  Santa  Ana  and  Orange  County,  so  he  conceived  the 
idea  of  starting  the  first  wholesale  grocery  store  in  Santa  Ana,  ahd  incorporated  the 
Santa  Ana  Wholesale  Grocery  Company,  of  which  he  was  president  and  manager. 
He  selected  the  site  on  East  First  Street  and  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  and  built  a  large 
two-story  brick  building  with  basement,  the  largest  store  building  in  Santa  Aiaa.  He 
continued  actively  as  president  and  manager  until  his  death.  He  also  organized  and 
was  the  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Tustin,  a  position  he  filled  acceptably, 
having  the  entire  confidence  of  the  people,  putting  it  on  a  paying  basis,  a  task  more 
easily  accomplished  by  him,  for  he  was  a  man  of  tact  and  rare  business  acumen  and 
wide  influence. 

While  attending  the  Baptist  Association,  held  at  Hemet,  as  a  delegate,  he  died 
November  18,  1912,  having  been  sick  only  three  days,  mourned  by  all  who  knew  him. 
In  his  death  Santa  Ana  lost  one  of  her  most  enterprising  and  public-spirited  citizens, 
whose  place  never  can  be  filled.  Mr.  Crawford  was  intensely  interested  in  mission 
work,  and  particularly  in 'home  missions.  In  his  will  he  left  a  bequest  of  $25,000  to 
build  and  equip  a  chapel  car  for  use  on  railroads,  so  constructed  that  a  minister  or 
evangelist  and  his  wife  could  live  in  the  car,  the  other  part  being  equipped  as  a  chapel 
with  seating  capacity  for  125,  and  so  could  be  moved  by  rail  from  state  to  state.  Mrs. 
Crawford,  following  in  the  footsteps  of  her  husband's  desires,  carried  out  his  ambi- 
tion, and  has  endowed  the  chapel  car  with  a  fund,  the  interest  of  which  is  sufficient 
to  pay  the  salary  of  the  minister  or  evangelist,  as  well  as  his  expenses.  She  has 
also  endowed  a  chair  of  Ethical,  Biblical  and  Missionary  Instruction  at  the  University 
of  Redlands.  It  is  known  as  the  Will  C.  and  Effie  Crawford  chair  of  Ethical,  Biblical 
and  Missionary  Instruction. 

Mrs.  Crawford  continues  to  reside  at  the  family  home  on  Glen  Avenue,  but  has 
sold  the  other  ranches  and  made  the  endowments  stated  above.  She  still  holds  her 
interest  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Tustin,  as  well  as  in  the  wholesale  grocery 
business,  its  corporation  name  having  been  changed  to  Smart  and  Final  Company. 
Cultured  and  refined,  she  is  a  very  liberal  and  benevolent  woman,  and  is  a  devout  and 
active  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  as  well  as  its  missionary  and  women's 
societies.  Mr.  Crawford  was  a  worthy  and  ardent  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church 
of  Santa  Ana,  the  president  of  its  board  of  trustees  and  a  most  valued  member,  being 
very  active  at  the  time  of  his  death  in  the  movement  for  raising  the  funds  to  pay 
for  the  building  of  the  new  church,  so  he  was  naturally  mourned  by  a  large  circle 
when,  in  the  prime  of  life,  he  passed  to  the  beyond. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  967 

DAVID  E.  JESSEE. — An  industrious,  prosperous  rancher  and  a  citizen  of  high 
ideals,  who  has  been  blessed  with  a  worthy  helpmate  and  a  family  of  capable  children, 
is  David  Jessee,  who  owned  two  ranches,  one  place  of  twenty-nine  and  a  half  acres 
being  near  the  New  Hope  schoolhouse,  while  the  other  ranch,  which  consists  of  seven- 
teen and  a  half  acres  lies  east  of  Talbert  where  they  now  live.  A  native  of  Virginia, 
Mr.  Jessee  was  born  in  Scott  County,  October  23,  1857.  His  parents  were  Archibald 
and  Mary  Ann  (Purcell)  Jessee,  the  father  having  been  a  farmer  all  his  life,  and 
although  both  were  native  Virginians,  they  remained  loyal  to  the  Union  during  the 
Civil  War.  One  of  a  family  of  nine  children,  David  Jessee's  earliest  recollections  are 
of  the  Rebel  soldiers  foraging  and  skirmishing  near  his  home,  taking  their  corn,  hay 
and  horses  for  their  troops.  He  attended  subscription  schools  in  the  neighborhood  and 
while  still  a  lad  went  to  live  with  his  grandfather,  David  Jessee,  for  two  years,  running 
a  grist  mill  and  helping  his  grandfather  on  the  farm. 

In  1877,  he  went  to  Kansas,  settling  in  the  northwest  part  of  the  state,  in  Smith 
County.  He  remained  there  for  five  years,  farming  and  raising  stock,  and  then  went 
back  to  Virginia  to  visit  his  old  home.  He  came  back  to  Kansas  the  next  year,  and 
the  year  following,  the  young  lady  who  was  to  become  his  wife,  whom  he  had  met 
during  his  visit  at  home.  Miss  Maggie  E.  Godsey,  came  out  to  Smith  County  and  their 
marriage  occurred  there  on  October  27,  1884.  Mrs.  Jessee  was  also  a  native  of  Virginia, 
as  were  her  parents,  Samuel  and  Sarah  E.  (Morgan)  Godsey.  She  was  born  and  reared 
in  the  same  neighborhood  as  Mr.  Jessee  and  received  her  education  in  the  public 
schools  there. 

Mr.  Jessee  continued  to  farm  in  Smith  County,  Kans.,  for  eleven  years  after 
his  marriage,  selling  out  there  in  1895  and  coming  to  California,  locating  in  Orange 
County.  His  father,  Archibald  Jessee,  had  come  out  to  California  the  year  before 
and  settled  in  the  Bolsa  precinct,  where  he  lived  until  1912,  passing  away  at  the  age  of 
eighty-two  years.  In  1900  they  purchased  a  place  in  the  New  Hope  district  which  was 
then  a  salt  grass  pasture.  At  first  they  put  down  a  small  two-inch  well,  later  a  seven- 
inch  well  and  a  pumping  plant  with  a  ten-horsepower  engine,  which  furnished  from 
forty  to  seventy  inches  of  water,  an  abundance  for  the  ranch.  Mr.  Jessee  has  also  put 
in  1200  feet  of  cement  pipe  for  irrigation,  built  a  residence,  barns  and  made  many 
other  improvements.  This  ranch  was  sold  on  June  17,  1920.  On  their  other  ranch, 
which  he  also  improved  in  the  Talbert  district,  there  is  a  seven-inch  flowing  well,  and 
Mr.  Jessee  has  also  installed  a  pumping  plant  there  for  use  in  exceedingly  dry  seasons. 
He  raises  grain,  alfalfa,  sugar  beets  and  pimentos  on  his  holdings,  and  has  been 
very  successful  in  growing  the  latter.     They  also  own  property  at  Manhattan  Beach. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jessee  are  the  parents  of  fo'ur  children:  Charles  Palmer  resides 
in  Santa  Ana  and  is  in  the  transfer  business  there;  Lizzie  Ellen  is  the  wife  of  W.  O. 
Ater,  a  cotton  and  alfalfa  grower  at  BIythe,  she  is  the  mother  of  three  sons  living 
and  a  daughter  deceased;  William  is  a  plumber  at  Santa  Ana;  Earl  Randolph  is  a 
sophomore  at  the  Santa  Ana  high  school.  Mrs.  Jessee's  mother,  now  the  widow  of 
Thomas  Fowler,  makes  her  home  with  them  and  is  now  past  seventy-six  years  of 
age  and  blind.  Public  spirited  and  progressive,  Mr.  Jessee  has  for  years  taken  an 
active  interest  in  advancing  the  educational  and  material  interests  of  his  district,  and 
in  this  he  has  been  ably  seconded  by  his  wife,  a  woman  of  great  force  of  character  who 
has  proved  herself  in  every  way  a  faithful  helpmate. 

WILLIAM  LEHNHARDT. — Although  newcomers  to  Bolsa  precinct,  the  family 
of  William  Lehnhardt  have  already  made  for  themselves  a  very  definite  place  in  the 
community,  for  they  are  indeed  an  acquisition  to  the  moral,  intellectual  and  industrial 
life  of  the  neighborhood.  A  native  of  Michigan,  Mr.  Lehnhardt  was  born  at  Montague, 
Muskegon  County,  August  21,  1873.  His  parents  were  William  and  Mary  (Hendricks) 
Lehnhardt,  both  born  and  married  in  Germany,  coming  to  America  about  1865,  and  set- 
tling in  Michigan.  The  father  died  in  Muskegon,  and  when  William  was  twelve  years  of 
age  he  came  with  his  mother  and  the  rest  of  the  family  to  Chicago.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Muskegon  and  Chicago  and  then  learned  the  trade  of 
cornice  maker  and  sheet  metal  worker.  During  the  stringent  times  succeeding  the 
World's  Fair  at  Chicago  in  1893,  he  found  it  very  difficult  to  get  steady  work  there,  so 
in  1897  he  went  to  South  Dakota  and  began  working  in  a  hardware  store  at  Tyndall, 
Bon  Homme  County,  and  while  working  there  he  also  learned  the  tinsmith's  trade, 
for  many  years  he  ran  the  hardware  business  of  John  Weisser,  his  father-in-law,  after- 
wards becoming  the  proprietor  of  a  store  of  his  own,  which  he  conducted  successfully 
for  a  number  of  years. 

In  1907  he  sold  out  his  hardware  business  at  Tyndall  and  came  to  California, 
settling  at  Long  Beach,  where  he  remained  until  1908,  when  he  bought  twenty  acres 
of  land  in  the  Bolsa  district  and  here  now  owns  forty-five  acres  of  well  improved  land, 
ten  acres  being  set  to  Valencia  oranges.     He  has  made  many  improvements  here,  put- 


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ting  in  a  well  and  pumping  plant.  He  has  gone  in  quite  extensively  for  truck  gardening 
and  has  been  very  successful  in  growing  pimento  and  chili  peppers,  cabbage,  sweet 
and  Irish  potatoes.     He  also  rents  ten  acres  in  addition,  which  he  farms. 

On  April  25,  1900,  Mr.  Lehnhardt  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Weisser  of 
Tyndall,  S.  D.,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Eva  Weisser,  the  father  being  born  in  Odessa, 
Russia.  Mrs.  Lehnhardt,  received  an  excellent  education,  being  a  graduate  of  the 
Tyndall  high  school  and  after  that  a  student  for  two  years  at  the  University  of  South 
Dakota,  at  Vermillion.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Weisser  came  to  California  in  1907,  later 
settling  in  the  Bolsa  district,  Mr.  Weisser  passiiig  away  in  May,  1916,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-one  years.  Mrs.  Eva  Weisser  is  the  owner  of  a  ten-acre  ranch  just  across  the 
road  from  the  Lehnhardt  home,  and  here  she  resides,  having  recently  erected  a  fine 
bungalow  on  the  place.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lehnhardt  are  the  parents  of  nine  children: 
Robert,  a  graduate  of  the  Santa  Ana  high  school  and  now  attends  the  University  of 
Redlands;  Walter  and  Laura  attend  the  Santa  Ana  high  school;  Emma,  Elizabeth 
and  Margaret  are  in  the  New  Hope  grammar  school;  and  John  W.,  Carl  Edward  and 
Ruth  Anna  are  at  home.  Keenly  alive  to  the  importance  of  giving  the  best  possible 
educational  advantages  to  the  coming  generation,  Mr.  Lehnhardt  is  serving  as  school 
trustee  of  the  New  Hope  district.  Politically  he  inclines  to  the  principles  of  the 
Republican  party.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Baptist  Church  at  Garden  Grove. 
Intelligent,  industrious  and  progressive,  the  whole  family  are  indeed  a  welcome  addi- 
tion to  the  community.  The  excellent  education  received  by  Mrs.  Lehnhardt  is  made 
manifest  in  all  the  details  of  their  home  life,  and  she  is  a  model  wife  and  mother.  Of 
a  jovial  disposition,  Mr.  Lehnhardt  makes  friends  wherever  he  goes  and  he  is  always 
ready  to  give  of  his  time  and  energy  to  any  good  cause. 

JAMES  A.  MORRIS. — A  late-comer  to  California  and  to  Huntington  Beach  who 
has  amply  demonstrated  his  experience  and  ability  as  both  an  agriculturist  in  general 
and  a  horticulturist,  and  also  as  a  successful  business  man,  is  James  A.  Morris,  the 
resident  and  managing  superintendent  of  the  great  Huntington  Beach  Company  ranch 
of  1,500  acres,  one  and  a  half  miles  north  of  the  beach  city.  His  father  was  Thomas 
J.  Morris,  a  native  of  Northumberland  County,  Pa.,  and  a  descendant  of  Robert  Morris, 
one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and  also  Superintendent  of 
Finance  for  the  Colonies  during  the  Revolutionary  War,  He  came  to  Ohio  in  1854,  and 
was  sheriff  of  Athens  County.  He  was  also  an  extensive  coal  operator,  and  owner 
of  valuable  coal  lands.  He  married  Elizabeth  Hooper,  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  a  near 
relation  to  the  late  Rear  Admiral  Robley  D.  Evans,  the  distinguished  naval  com- 
mander. She  is  still  living  at  New  Madison,  Darke  County,  Ohio,  well  and  hearty  at 
the  age  of  seventy-eight.  Thomas  J.  Morris  died  in  1891,  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven,  the 
father  of  seven  children,  five  of  whom  are  now  living. 

James  A.  Morris,  the  second  child,  was  born  at  Athens,  Ohio,  on  September  29, 
1869,  and  in  that  city  completed  the  course  of  the  Athens  high  school.  Later  he  was 
graduated  from  the  Agricultural  Department  of  the  Ohio  State  University,  as  a 
member  of  the  Class  of  '92,  having  previously  completed  the  law  course  in  1889 — a 
choice  of  study  undertaken,  perhaps,  because  his  maternal  grandfather  was  the  well- 
known  Judge  Hooper  of  Athens  County,  Ohio.  He  was  admitted,  as  a  matter  of 
fact,  to  the  Bar  when  he  was  nineteen  years  of  age,  and  was  the  youngest  member  of 
his  class  that  graduated.  He  still  owns  his  grandfather's  law  library,  which  is  large 
and  valuable,  and  although  well  qualified  and  equipped  as  a  lawyer,  yet  the  practice 
of  law  did  not  appeal  to  him. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-one,  therefore,  he  took  the  management  of  his  father's  farm 
of  1,800  acres,  in  Hocking  County,  Ohio,  and  successfully  conducted  it,  as  long  as  his 
father  continued  to  own  it,  or  until  about  1888.  His  father  was  a  man  of  the  most 
progressive  type,  by  the  way,  and  installed  the  first  electric  drills  and  machinery 
for  mining  coal  ever  used  in  the  state  of  Ohio — as  a  result  of  which  the  miners  struck. 
The  elder  Morris  owned  and  operated  the  Morris  Coal  Company,  serving  as  its  presi- 
dent and  general  manager,  and  as  a  coal  operator  often  was  in  conference  with  John 
J.  Mitchell,  at  that  time  president  of  the  miners'  union.  He  died  in  1891,  but  as  early 
as  1888  disposed  of  his  farming  lands,  and  when  he  sold  his  coal-mining  interests, 
they  were  taken  over  by  the  Morgan  Syndicate.  He  was  always  a  stanch  Republicari 
and  active  in  Ohio  politics,  and  counted  as  his  personal  friends  President  Wm.  McKin- 
ley.  Governor  J.  B.  Foraker,  Mark  Hanna  and  other  natives  of  the  Buckeye  State  who 
were  also  of  national  repute. 

James  A.  Morris  came  west  to  California  in  1910,  and  settled  at  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  soon  established  himself  so  successfully  that  he  now  owns  two  ranches  iii 
the  San  Fernando  Valley,  and  one  in  the  San  Joaquin  Valley.  One  of  those  in  the 
San   Fernando   Valley  is   the   celebrated   "Toluca   Rancho,"   recently   disposed    of   for 


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$80,000,  consisting  of  some  200  acres  of  the  finest  fruit  land  in  the  state.  Mr.  Morris 
also  owns  a  ranch  of  forty  acres,  which  is  situated  not  far  from  Sunset  Beach,  between 
that  place  and  Huntington  Beach.  In  September,  1917,  he  had  the  great  misfortune  to 
be  accidentally  poisoned  from  arsenic  of  lead,  and  for  a  whole  year  he  was  sick  in 
consequence. 

In  1919  Mr.  Morris  became  managing  superintendent  of  the  Huntington  Beach 
Company's  ranch,  being  a  practical  as  well  as  a  professional  and  theoretical  agri- 
culturist; and  it  is  hardly  necessary  to  say  that  he  is  making  good.  This  ranch  con- 
tains 1,500  acres,  planted  mainly  to  lima  beans  and  barley.  Some  2S0  pigs  and  hogs  are 
raised  here  annually.  The  farm  is  really  one  of  the  show-places  of  Orange  County, 
and  of  Huntington  Beach  in  particular;  there  are  beautiful  drives,  lined  with  Mon- 
terey cypress  trees,  and  the  yards  are  ample  and  symmetrically  laid  out. 

Mr.  Morris  has  twice  been  married.  At  Athens,  Ohio,  he  was  joined  in  wedlock 
to  Miss  Ida  M.  Whitmore,  who  died  suddenly  from  appendicitis,  leaving  a  son,  Herrold 
Morris,  now  twenty-one  years  of  age,  assisting  his  father  on  the  Huntington  Beach 
Company's  ranch.  In  July,  1909,  Mr.  Morris  was  married  a  second  time,  his  bride 
being  Miss  Margaret  Starr  of  Lexington,  Ky.  Two  children  have  blessed  this  union- 
Helen  and  James. 

JOHN  WINTERS. — A  veteran  nurseryman,  John  Winters  is  thoroughly  con- 
versant with  the  conditions  under  which  citrus  trees  thrive  to  best  advantage,  and  has 
raised  all  the  trees  on  his  ten-acre  orange  orchard  from  seed  and  budded  the  trees  to 
Valencias,  the  first  plantings  of  which,  made  eight  years  ago,  are  now  coming  nicely 
into  bearing.     He  has  lived  on  his  ranch  near  Garden  Grove  for  seventeen  years. 

A  native  of  England,  Mr.  Winters  was  born  twelve  miles  east  of  the  city  of 
York,  famed  for  its  historic  cathedral.  His  father,  Charles,  and  his  mother,  Sarah 
(Buttle)  Winters,  lived  and  died  in  England,  the  father  dying  when  John  was  nineteen 
years  old.  The  mother  died  in  1917  at  the  age  of  ninety-two.  They  were  the  parents 
of  eleven  children,  of  whom  John  is  the  third  child  in  order  of  birth,  and  the  only 
member  of  the  family  in  California.  He  has  one  sister  living  in  Massachusetts,  and  two 
in  England.  Reared  in  his  native  county,  the  cream  of  England's  farming  section,  he 
learned  to  read,  write  and  figure  before  he  reached  the  age  of  ten,  after  which  his 
opportunities  for  schooling  ceased.  At  the  age  of  eleven  he  began  working  out  for 
his  board  and  twenty-five  dollars  the  first  year,  buying  his  clothing  out  of  this  meagre 
wage.  Notwithstanding  the  lack  of  his  early  schooling  Mr.  Winters  is  one  of  Garden 
Grove's  well-informed  men,  his  education  having  been  acquired  in  the  school  of  experi- 
ence and  actual  business  life,  supplemented  by  reading  and  studying  the  best  standard 
books,  journals,  magazines  and  other  publications,  and  a  daily  reading  of  the  Bible, 
the  greatest  of  all  books.  He  lived  in  England  until  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age, 
then  bade  farewell  to  old  associations  and  friends  and  sailed  for  America  from  Liver- 
pool on  the  Cunard  liner,  Cuba,  April  13,  1872.  After  a  pleasant  voyage  of  ten  and  a 
half  days  he  landed  at  old  Castle  Garden,  New  York  City,  April  23,  1872,  his  destination 
being  Malvern,  Iowa,  where  he  arrived  the  last  week  in  April.  The  first  season  in  his 
new  home  he  worked  on  the  farm  of  his  uncle,  John  Buttle. 

Mr.  Winters  was  married  in  Iowa  on  February  21,  1880,  to  Miss  Alice  Newman, 
a  native  of  Page  County,  Iowa,  and  daughter  of  Nelson  and  Malinda  J.  (Frady)  New- 
man, natives  of  Ohio  and  Indiana,  respectively.  Mr.  Newman  died  in  Iowa  in  1892;  his 
wife  is  living,  and  makes  her  home  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Winters.  By  a  singular  coin- 
cidence Mr.  and  Mrs.  Winters  were  married  just  twenty  years  to  a  day  after  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Newman  were  married,  and  the  same  minister  officiated  at  both  weddings.  After 
their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Winters  farmed  one  year  in  Iowa,  then  went  to  Nebraska, 
where  they  purchased  a  sixty-eight-acre  farm  in  Saunders  County,  upon  which  they  lived 
two  years,  then  bought  another  place  nearby  and  stayed  there  three  years.  Disposing 
of  the  Nebraska  property  they  went  to  Phillips  County,  Kans.,  and  purchased  a  home- 
stead of  160  acres  six  miles  southeast  of  Long  Island,  in  that  state.  Of  their  eight 
children  three  were  born  in  Nebraska  and  five  were  born  in  Kansas.  They  are: 
Charles  N.,  a  machinist  and  rancher  residing  at  Golita,  Santa  Barbara  County;  Jennie, 
the  wife  of  Purl  Talbott,  a  rancher  near  Modesto,  Stanislaus  County;  Nellie,  the  wife 
of  A.  L.  Griffin,  a  carpenter  and  builder  and  auto  salesman  residing  at  Garden  Grove; 
John  Stanley,  a  machinist  on  the  Conway  ranch  in  Glenn  County;  Fred  B.,  of  Lowell, 
Ariz.,  resigned  a  position  with  a  jeweler  and  optician  in  Los  Angeles  and  enlisted  in  the 
Coast  Artillery,  then  took  the  radio  course,  went  to  France  and  was  there  but  a  few 
weeks  before  the  armistice  was  signed.  He  reached  home,  after  an  honorable  discharge, 
in  April,  1919,  resumed  his  former  position  and  later  went  to  Lowell,  Ariz.,  where  he 
had  worked  some  years  earlier  as  a  jeweler  and  optician;  Mattie,  the  wife  of  Fred  M. 
Shumway,  a  rancher  at  Creston,  San  Luis  Obispo  County,  Cal.;  Frank  W.,  an  orange 


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and  lemon  grower  at   Garden   Grove;  and   Carrie,  who  died  in   California,   aged  five. 
There   are   thirteen   grandchildren. 

Mr.  Winters  farmed  in  Kansas  from  1886  to  1900,  then  Dr.  A.  Bennie,  of  Long 
Island,  Kans.,  who  had  come  to  California,  induced  him'  to  come  to  Santa  Ana  in  1900, 
where  he  worked  at  various  occupations,  finally  removing  in  1902  to  Garden  Grove.  At 
that  time  there  was  only  one  store,  the  postoffice  building,  about  a  dozen  houses,  and 
three  churches  in  the  place.  In  1903  Mr.  Winters  purchased  his  present  ten  acres, 
which  was  planted  to  grain,  and  a  grove  of  eucalyptus  trees.  He  was  engaged  in  the 
nursery  business  at  Garden  Grove,  and  grew  and  budded  Valencia  oranges,  lemons,  etc., 
disposing  of  his  nursery  in  1919.  Mr.  Winters  helped  organize  the  Garden  Grove 
Citrus  Association,  the  officers  of  which  are:  Milo  B.  Allen,  president;  E.  M.  Dozier, 
secretary,  treasurer  and  manager;  J.  O.  Arkley,  vice-president;  Fred  Andres,  James 
Henry,  Claude  Crosby  and  John  Winters,  directors.  Mr.  Winters'  early  experience 
developed  the  qualities  of  independence  and  self-reliance,  and  his  career  has  been 
marked  by  energy,  thrift,  frugality  and  economy.  His  ranch  is  well  equipped  with 
the  appurtenances  necessary  to  operate  it  successfully,  and  he  has  a  comfortable 
house,  and  necessary  outbuildings,  a  well  for  domestic  and  irrigation  purposes,  pumped 
by  means  of  a  centrifugal  pump  and  a  five-horsepower  gasoline  engine.  His  home  is 
presided  over  by  his  estimable  helpmate,  who  is  an  ideal  housewife,  hospitable,  motherly 
and  kind,  a  noble-minded  woman  who  makes  all  who  come  within  her  domain  welcome. 
Always  a  booster  for  Orange  County,  Mr.  Winters'  interest  in  Garden  Grove  is  demon- 
strated in  no  unmistakable  manner.  No  worthy  project  for  its  betterment  is  ever 
presented  that  does  not  receive  his  sanction  and  assistance.  His  citizenship  papers 
were  taken  out  while  he  lived  in  Kansas,  and  politically  he  is  a  Socialist. 

ED.  MANNING. — A  live,  far-seeing  and,  therefore,  an  experienced  and  suc- 
cessful business  man,  who  is  also  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Huntington 
Beach  is  Ed.  Manning,  an  Illinois  boy  who  is  now  the  oldest  business  man  in  the  town. 
He  was  born  near  Lanark,  Carroll  County,  of  the  Prairie  State,  the  son  of  Albert  Man- 
ning, also  a  native  of  Illinois,  who  was  a  Carroll  'County  farmer.  He  died  when  the 
lad  was  five  years  old.  Mrs.  Manning  was  Miss  Huldah  C.  Lindsley  before  her  mar- 
riage; she  was  born  in  Ohio,  and  is  now  living  at  Azusa,  Cal.  Grandfather  Ashley 
Manning  was  a  Carroll  County  pioneer,  widely  esteemed  for  those  sterling  qualities 
characteristic  of  the  typical  American.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  Manning  had  five  boys 
and  two  girls,  and  all  the  family,  with  the  exception  of  the  father  and  a  son,  Baden 
Manning,  a  plasterer  at  Milledgeville,  Carroll  County,  111.,  are  now  in  California. 

The  fourth  in  the  order  of  birth,  Ed.  Manning  first  saw  the  light  of  day  on  March 
20,  1872,  and  grew  up  on  a  farm  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age.  Then  he  made  a 
trip  to  Minnesota  and  Dakota,  and  returned  to  Illinois.  On  attaining  his  twentieth 
year,  he  came  farther  west  to  California,  in  the  spring  of  1892,  and  for  a  year  worked 
at  farming  at  Azusa,  Los  Angeles  County. 

When  of  age,  Mr.  Manning  went  to  Los  Angeles  and  for  three  years  served  as 
an  apprentice  to  the  plumber's  trade.  Returning  to  Azusa,  he  worked  at  his  trade  in 
the  San  Gabriel  Valley,  especially  at  Azusa  and  Covina  and  vicinities,  for  eight  years. 

In  1904  Mr.  Manning  went  to  Huntington  Beach,  a  year  ahead  of  the  "boom," 
and  having  the  foresight  to  invest,  he  now  owns  some  very  good  beach  property. 
In  his  business,  which  has  become  of  much  importance  to  the  growing  community 
he  employs  from  three  to  nine  men,  according  to  the  season. 

While  in  the  San  Gabriel  Valley,  Mr.  Manning  was  married  to  Miss  Carrie  V. 
Preston,  with  whom  he  lives  in  a  neat  bungalow  residence  at  the  corner  of  Geneva 
and  Delaware  avenues.  The  happy  couple  have  three  children— Pauline  and  Mildred, 
who  are  in  the  high  school,  and  Nona,  who  is  in  the  grammar  school. 

An  active  Republican  and  an  honored  member  of  the  Republican  County  Cen- 
tral Committee  from  Huntington  Beach,  Mr.  Manning  has  participated  considerably  in 
public  affairs,  serving  his  community  as  a  good  patriot  in  the  most  nonpartisan  fashion. 
He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  first  board  of  trustees  of  Huntington  Beach,  in  1909, 
and  served  for  three  years,  and  lately  he  has  been  appointed  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  that 
body.  During  his  early  service,  he  was  president  of  the  board  for  two  years,  a  position 
to  which  he  has  again  been  selected.  He  stands  for  good  and  better  roads,  and  has 
always  been  in  favor  of  the  various  state  and  county  bond  issues  for  improving  high- 
ways. He  helped  secure  the  municipal  pier  at  a  cost  of  $70,000,  and  favors  a  municipal 
pavilion  and  bath  house.  He  voted  for  the  issue  of  $500,000  worth  of  Newport  Harbor 
bonds,  and  in  many  other  ways  has  sought  to  express  on  all  occasions  his  public- 
spiritedness.  Fraternally  he  is  an  Odd  Fellow  and  is  past  grand  in  Huntington  Beach 
Lodge  No.  183,  and  is  a  member  of  the  California  Master  Plumbers'  Association. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  975 

STEVE  PAGE. — Three  and  one-half  miles  west  and  north  from  Garden  Grove 
is  situated  the  twenty-five-acre  dairy  ranch  of  Steve  Page,  well  known  in  and  about 
the  thriving  little  town.  He  was  born  in  Dalmatia,  Jugo-Slavia,  on  February  26,  1879, 
the  son  of  the  late  Louis  Page,  who  was  born  in  1844,  in  the  same  section  of  country, 
and  who  came  first  to  the  land  of  sunshine  and  gold  in  the  year  1860,  a  lad  of  only 
sixteen.  Upon  his  arrival  in  San  Francisco  he  went  to  work  in  a  fruit  store,  then  as 
he  became  more  familiar  with  the  English  language  and  the  ways  of  the  country, 
became  a  prospector  and  miner.  He  remained  in  America  about  twelve  years,  during 
which  time  he  became  a  naturalized  citizen,  then  returned  to  Dalmatia  to  marry  the 
girl  of  his  choice,  Miss  Annie  Andriyasevich.  He  was  then  twenty-eight  years  old. 
After  their  marriage  they  settled  down  and  were  in  Dalmatia  several  years,  and  there 
their  first  four  children  were  born.  Mr.  Page  left  his  family  at  their  home  and  once 
more  came  to  California  and  mined  for  three  years  in  Amador  County  and  was  pre- 
paring to  have  his  family  join  him  when  he  had  provided  a  home.  He  was  taken  with 
yellow  fever  and  returned  to  Dalmatia  in  1884.  After  he  had  recovered  he  became 
manager  of  copper  mines  at  Zagrab  in  Croatia,  and  he  died  there  in  1916,  at  the  age 
of  seventy-three.  He  was  a  fine  linguist,  and  had  command  of  six  languages.  His 
widow  survives  and  is  living  in  her  native  country  at  the  age  of  seventy-one.  They 
had  thirteen  children,  nine  still  living. 

Steve  Page  is  the  fourth  child  of  those  living,  and  besides  himself,  there  are  four 
brothers  living  in  Southern  California.  He  attended  the  schools  of  his  native  land  and 
in  190S  left  home  and  arrived  in  Butte,  Mont.,  where  he  was  employed  in  the  copper 
mines,  having  obtained  some  knowledge  of  that  business  under  his  father.  Eleven 
months  later  he  arrived  in  Los  Angeles  and  worked  as  a  car  repairer  for  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railway  until  1911. 

In  1909,  in  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Page  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Vice  Kurtela, 
daughter  of  Nick  and  Katie  Kurtela,  old  neighbors  of  the  Page  family  in  Dalmatia, 
where  she  was  born.  She  came  to  America  with  her  brother,  Martin  Kurtela,  now 
of  San  Francisco,  and  three  days  after  her  arrival  in  Los  Angeles  was  married.  Of 
this  union  there  are  five  children:  Louis,  Nicholas,  Mike,  Steve,  Jr.,  and  Katrina.  In 
1911  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Page  moved  to  Gardena,  where  they  ran  a  dairy  for  three  years. 
In  1914,  Mr.  Page  bought  his  present  place,  which  he  has  greatly  improved  by  putting 
in  over  2,000  feet  of  .cement  irrigating  pipe,  built  two  silos  and  stocked  the  ranch  with 
cattle  for  his  dairy.  He  had  to  level  the  ground  before  he  could  put  in  alfalfa  and 
corn  and  other  crops,  but  he  has  kept  busily  at  work  and  the  fine  condition  of  the 
place  is  seen  today  by  the  crops  produced.  In  all  his  work  he  has  had  the  cooperation 
of  his  wife  and  they  have  won  a  large  circle  of  friends  in  their  new  home.  They  are 
members  of  the  Catholic  Church.  Mr.  Page  is  a  believer  in  progressive  methods  and 
works  for  all  good  movements  that  will  build  up  Orange  County.  He  has  had  his  "ups 
and  downs"  but  is  optimistic  and  knows  every  cloud  has  its  silver  lining.  To  such 
men  and  women  of  foreign  birth  the  State  of  California  owes  a  debt  of  gratitude  for 
they  show  their  loyalty  in  the  good  work  they  do  towards  making  it  a  better  place  in 
which  to  live. 

ROYAL  B.  RICKEY. — One  of  Garden  Grove's  most  energetic  business  men  is 
Royal  B.  Richey,  who  conducts  a  prosperous  transfer  business  there,  using  two  good 
auto  trucks,  and  who  also  is  very  busy  as  field  agent  for  the  Curtiss  Corporation  of 
Long  Beach,  organizing  the  planting  and  delivering  of  pimentos  in  this  district  for 
that  company.  A  native  of  Nebraska,  Mr.  Richey  was  born  at  McCook,  Red  Willow 
County,  that  state,  on  March  21,  1879,  and  is  the  son  of  David  N.  and  Sarah  J.  (Camp- 
bell) Richey.  The  father,  who  was  born  at  Marshalltown,  Iowa,  died  when  Royal 
was  nineteen  years  of  age,  and  Mrs.  Richey  is  now  a  resident  of  Hollywood.  There 
were  seven  children  in  the  Richey  family  and  five  are  living:  Mrs.  Ed  Davis  of  Holly- 
wood; Royal  B.  of  this  review;  Mrs.  J.  R.  Hook  resides  at  Los  Angeles;  Ross  C.  lives 
at  Los  Angeles;  and  Mrs.  Jack  Hall  of  Hollywood. 

Mr.  Richey  spent  his  early  years  at  Wymore,  Nebr.,  receiving  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  there,  and  when  quite  young  he  began  railroad  work.  He  worked 
as  switchman,  brakeman  and  engine  foreman  for  the  B.  &  M.  Railroad,  living  at 
Wymore,  Nebr.,  later  becoming  yardmaster  at  Beatrice  for  the  same  system.  In  1904 
he  came  to  California,  and  settled  at  San  Bernardino,  working  for  the  Santa  Fe  as 
switchman  and  yard  foreman.  He  was  soon  transferred  to  Winslow,  Ariz.,  where  he 
held  a  like  position.  In  1907  he  was  returned  to  San  Bernardino  and  he  continued  there 
with  the  Santa  Fe  until  1910,  when  he  moved  onto  a  walnut  ranch  of  ten  acres  in  the 
Anaheim  district,  remaining  there  for  three  years.  In  1913  he  came  to  Garden  Grove 
and  started  in  the  transfer  business.  He  built  a  residence  in  Garden  Grove  where  he 
and  his  family  lived  until  he  sold  it,  and  then  purchased  five  acres  south  of  the  Pacific 
Electric  depot.  He  paid  $1,100  an  acre  for  the  raw  land  in  1914,  and  after  setting  it 
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out  to  Valencia  oranges  the  next  year  and  improving  it  with  buildings  costing  $3,500, 
he  disposed  of  it  in  December,  1919,  for  $13,500,  showing  the  rise  in  land  values  in 
this  vicinity.  He  now  owns  thirteen  acres  a  quarter  of  a  mile  north  of  Garden  Grove, 
where  the  family  make  their  home,  and  here  he  set  out  ten  acres  to  Valencia  oranges. 
He  has  spent  considerable  money  improving  this  place,  especially  for  irrigation.  He 
has  laid  much  cement  pipe  and  has  installed  a  K.  T.  valve  for  each  tree  row,  thus 
reducing  the  hard  labor  connected  with  the  irrigation  process  to  a  minimum. 

As  field  agent  of  the  Curtiss  Corporation,  Mr.  Richey  makes  contracts  with  the 
farmers  for  the  growing  of  pimento  peppers,  and  for  the  season  of  1920  he  has  650 
acres  under  contract  in  the  vicnity  of  Garden  Grove  and  Westminster,  this  having 
proved  a  very  profitable  industry  for  the  farmers.  These  peppers  are  canned  by  the 
Curtiss  Company  and  a  large  part  of  their  product  is  taken  over  by  the  big  cheese 
makers  for  flavoring  pimento  cheese.  It  is  during  the  canning  season  that  Mr.  Richey 
is  particularly  busy  and  his  two  trucks  then  run  night  and  day,  with  three  shifts  of 
men  to  each  truck.  He  has  established  the  following  central  or  receiving  stations — 
two  in  the  Bolsa  district;  one  at  Garden  Grove;  one  at  Stanton;  one  at  Artesia;  sne  at 
Norwalk;  one  at  Westminster  and  one  east  of  Artesia.  From  these  stations  he  rushes 
the  peppers  to  the  large  canning  factory  of  the  Curtis  Corporation  at  Long  Beach, 
hauling  from  ten  to  fifteen  tons  at  each  load.  His  auto  trucks  are  also  used  for  general 
hauling  and  transfer  business  after  the  press  of  the  canning  season  is  over.  In  his 
many  years  as  a  railroad  man,  Mr,  Richey  learned  the  value  of  accuracy  and  strict 
business  methods  arid  this  he  makes  use  of  to  good  advantage  in  his  growing  transfer 
business. 

Mr.  Richey's  marriage  occurred  at  Winslow,  Ariz.,  January  2,  1906,  when  he  was 
united  with  Miss  Isa  May  Rice,  a  native  of  Blue  Springs,  Nebr.,  the  daughter  of  J.  W. 
and  Phoebe  Katherine  (Pike)  Rice,  who  are  now  residents  of  Los  Angeles;  one 
brother,  Charles  Rice,  is  also  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles,  being  engaged  in  the  hay  and 
grain  business  there.  J.  W.  Rice  was  the  first  hardware  merchant  at  Blue  Springs, 
Nebr.,  and  there  Mrs.  Richey  received  her  early  education  in  the  grammar  schools, 
later  attending  the  high  school  at  Wymore,  Nebr.  She  came  to  California  in  1901  to 
attend  an  art  school  at  San  Francisco  and  was  a  student  there  for  a  year.  Her  step- 
grandparents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  G.  Godfrey  were  among  the  early  settlers  of  Tustin. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richey  are  the  parents  of  two  children — Benjamin  and  Katheryn. 

Garden  Grove  has  no  more  optimistic  and  untiring  booster  than  Mr.  Richey.  He 
was  the  moving  spirit  in  reorganizing  the  Business  Men's  Association  and  changing  it  to 
the  present  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  he  is  now  second  vice-president  of  that  organ- 
ization. He  has  also  served  as  a  trustee  on  the  Board  of  Education  since  1917.  Fra- 
ternally, he  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Foresters  and  the  local  treasurer 
of  that  lodge. 

OREL  C.  HARE. — One  of  Westminster's  rising  young  business  men  who  has  by 
his  enterprise  and  force  of  character  made  a  leading  place  for  himself  in  the  commercial 
life  of  the  community  is  Orel  C.  Hare,  proprietor  of  the  up-to-date  garage  and  machine 
shop  there.  A  native  of  Kansas,  Mr.  Hare  was  born  at  LaCygne,  Linn  County,  in  that 
state  on  June  30,  1886.  He  is  the  only  child  of  Euphrates  A.  and  Amy  (Copela-nd) 
Hare,  the  father  being  the  popular  blacksmith  at  Westminster  and  the  joint  owner 
with  O.  C.  Hare  of  a  whole  block  in  the  center  of  the  town,  the  father's  blacksmith 
shop  occupying  the  east  part  of  the  block,  while  the  machine  shop,  garage  and  office 
occupies  the  remaining  two-thirds  of  the  block. 

Euphrates  A.  Hare  was  born  in  Ross  County,  Ohio,  March  22,  1851,  his  parents 
being  Pleasant  G.  and  Susanna  (Moomaw)  Hare;  her  father  came  from  Europe  (prob- 
ably from  Holland)  and  settled  in  Pennsylvania  in  the  early  days,  later  moving  to 
Ohio,  where  he  followed  the  trade  of  a  tanner.  While  yet  a  young  man  Euphrates  A. 
Hare  moved  to  Linn  County,  Kans.,  right  near  the  Missouri-Kansas  state  line,  and  at 
Mulberry,  Mo.,  he  served  an  apprenticeship  in  the  blacksmith's  trade  workin<r  there 
for  nearly  five  years.  After  his  marriage  in  1883  to  Miss  Amy  Copeland  he  continued 
m  the  blacksmith  busmess,  and  at  the  same  time  became  the  owner  and  proprietor  of 
several  saw  nulls,  operating  three  diflferent  mills  at  various  times.  In  1891  he  removed 
to  Blame,  Wash.,  and  conducted  a  bicycle  shop  and  also  a  shop  where  he  Manufactured 
tools  and  implements  for  the  fish  canning  industry.  In  1905  he  moved  with  his  family 
to  California,  remaining  at  Los  Angeles  until  1908,  when  he  came  to  Westminster 
where  he  has  operated  his  large,  well  equipped  blacksmith  shop  ever  since  and  where 
he  may  be  found  every  day  actively  and  busily  engaged  at  his  trade,  and  although  he 
has  nearly  reached  his  three  score  years  and  ten  he  is  efficient,  strong  and  capable  and 
enjoys  perfect  health.  Mr.  Hare  is  a  Mason,  belonging  to  the  lodge  at  Huntington 
Beach.     He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows,  but  retains  his  membership  in  the 


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lodge  at  Blaine,  Wash.,  where  he  formerly  resided.  In  political  matters  he  has  always 
been  a  consistent  Democrat. 

From  his  father  Orel  C.  Hare  learned  the  blacksmith  trade  when  he  was  but  a 
young  man.  His  early  boyhood  days  were  spent  at  Blaine,  Wash.,  and  he  re- 
ceived a  good,  public  school  education.  When  the  family  came  to  Westminster 
he  soon  began  to  branch  out  for  himself  in  the  automobile  business.  He  has  the  Ford 
service  station  for  this  vicinity  and  has  a  thoroughly  equipped  machine  shop,  where  he 
is  prepared  to  repair  all  makes  of  cars,  having  in  his  employ  several  capable  machinists 
besides  himself,  at  all  times.  He  also  does  repair  and  mechanical  work  for  tractors, 
trucks,  pumps  and  engines,  all  of  which  requires  the  equipment  and  expertness  found 
only  in  first-class  machine  shops. 

Mr.  Hare's  marriage  on  August  6,  1912,  united  him  with  Miss  Marie  Larter,  a 
native  daughter  of  California,  whose  father  is  R.  E.  Larter,  a  prominent  financier  and 
capitalist  of  Westminster,  a  review  of  whose  life  is  given  elsewhere  in  this  work,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hare  are  the  parents  of  two  promising  children:  Orel  Edwin  and  Mary 
Louise.  Like  his  father,  Orel  C.  Hare  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge  at  Hunting- 
ton Beach  and  also  votes  the  Democratic  ticket. 

JOHN  H.  McCARTY. — How  much  of  the  satisfaction  felt  by  the  San  Juan  Capis- 
trano  public  with  the  splendid  service  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  is  due  to  the  ability  and 
affability  of  the  company's  agent  at  this  point,  only  those  who  have  had  personal  and 
continued  dealings  with  the  courteous  and  reliable  John  H.  McCarty,  the  representa- 
tive of  an  excellent  old  Scottish-American  family,  will  fully  realize.  He  is  unusually 
well-posted,  a  hard  worker,  and  a  most  faithful  employee,  and  is  very  naturally  highl} 
respected  at  San  Juan,  where  he  has  lived  and  served  as  station  agent  for  the  pas 
twenty  year^.  He  owns  both  a  ranch  and  some  living-house  property,  and  has,  there 
fore,  some  reward  for  his  years  of  strenuous,  prosy  application  to  daily  duty. 

He  was  born  at  Dexter,  Meigs  County,  Ohio,  on  August  29,  1856,  not  far  froii 
old  Fort  Meigs,  on  the  Western  Reserve,  the  son  of  Jonas  and  Sarah  (Jordan)  McCarty 
Jonas  McCarty  was  mechanically  inclined,  and  was  a  worker  in  wood,  iron,  brass  and 
steel.  The  McCarty  family  hailed  originally  from  Scotland,  and  Grandfather  George 
McCarty  was  born  in  Greenbrier  County,  Va. .  As  a  planter,  he  left  his  farm  to  become 
a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812;  and  having  been  honorably  discharged,  he  was  duly  pen- 
sioned. L.ater,  he  moved  from  Virginia  to  the  vicinity  of  old  Fort  Meigs  on  "the  Trail," 
before  there  were  any  regularly  traveled  roadways  from  the  Old  Dominion  to  the 
Buckeye  State,  and  he  took  shelter  under  the  eaves  of  Fort  Meigs.  He  was  thus  a 
pioneer  in  all  verity,  and  contributed  at  real  personal  sacrifice  something  for  the  wel- 
fare of  posterity  to  come  after  him.  Settling  on  land  near  Fort  Meigs,  he  became 
prominent  both  as  a  progressive  agriculturist  and,  as  a  politician  with  statesmanlike 
ideas  and  ideals.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jonas  McCarty  reared  a  family  of  ten  children — four 
boys  and  six  girls,  and  among  these  John  was  the  seventh  in  the  order  of  birth.  John 
H.  McCarty  has  only  one  living  brother.  Miles  L  McCarty,  who  conducts  a  drug  store 
at  Fallbrook,  California;  he  has  a  sister  in  Nebraska,  one  in  Wisconsin,  one  in  West 
Virginia,  and  two  in  Ohio.  Growing  up  in  Meigs  County  on  his  father's  farm,  he  so 
busied  himself  in  his  father's  workshop  and  sawmill  that  he  became  a  sawyer,  and  for 
eight  years  ran  a  portable  sawmill  for  his  father.  He  worked  alternately  in  the  mill, 
the  shop  and  on  the  farm,  saying,  laughingly,  that  when  he  did  so  he  was  only  keep- 
ing up  a  habit  he  had  formed  when  he  was  three  years  old! 

After  attending  the  common  schools  of  his  district,  he  went  to  the  Wilkesville 
Academy,  four  miles  from  his  home,  to  supplement  his  rudimentary  studies,  and  soon 
thereafter  was  married,  on  June  12,  1881,  at  Salem,  Ohio,  to  Miss  Addie  F.  Edmund- 
son  of  that  state.  Then  he  learned  telegraphy  at  the  Valentin  School  of  Telegraphy  at 
Janesville,  Wis.,  and  he  began  his  railway  career  by  working  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railway 
as  station  agent  at  Wichita,  Sedgwick  County,  Kans.  At  the  end  of  a  year,  in  1882, 
he  was  taken  ill  with  the  typhoid  fever  and  nearly  died,  as  a  result  of  which  he  went 
back  to  his  old  home  in  Ohio  to  recuperate.  On  his  recovery,  he  went  to  work  for  the 
Ohio  Central  Railroad,  and  for  a  year  held  the  position  of  station  agent  at  Carpenter, 
Ohio;  and  then,  for  twelve  years,  he  had  the  same  responsibility  at  Albany,  Ohio. 

Owing  to  Mrs.  McCarty's  impaired  health,  Mr.  McCarty  came  out  to  California 
in  1895,  and  was  first  located  at  National  City,  San  Diego  County,  as  agent  for  the 
Santa  Fe  Railroad,  and  at  the  dawn  of  the  present  century  he  was  transferred  to  San 
Juan  Capistrano,  to  his  own  satisfaction  and  that  of  those  who  could  foresee  in  him 
just  the  kind  of  a  person  of  experience  and  temperament  needed  at  this  historic  and 
much-visited  town.  And,  having  made  more  than  good,  he  has  been  here  #ver  since. 
He  is,  of  course,  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Railway  Telegraphers. 

Four  children  have  been  granted  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCarty.  The  eldest  of  the  family 
is  Earl  E.  McCarty,  trainmaster  for  the  Santa  Fe  on  .the  run  from  Needles  to  Barstow. 


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Dale  is  in  the  automobile  business,  and  is  traveling  agent  for  a  firm  in  Texas.  Fay- 
has  become  the  wife  of  LeRoy  R.  Cook,  and  Marie  A.,  the  youngest  of  the  three  children 
born  in  Ohio,  is  the  wife  of  Dr.  Charles  Swanson,  the  veterinary  and  rancher  living  in 
the  Coachella  Valley. 

Mr.  McCarty  is  a  Mason,  belonging  to  a  lodge  at  Athens,  Ohio,  and  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Odd  Fellows'  Lodge  at  Albany  in  that  state,  where  he  was  its  first 
noble  grand.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Capistrano  Camp,  W.  O.  W.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
McCarty  are  members  of  and  very  active  in  the  Community  Presbyterian  Church  at 
San  Juan  Capistrano,  for  which  the  congregation  will  soon  have  a  fine  edifice.  He  is 
a  Democrat  in  matters  of  national  politics,  but  otherwise  votes  for  the  best  man  and  the 
most  appealing  principles. 

CHARLES  E.  GUPTILL. — One  of  Garden  Grove's  highly  respected  citizens  is 
Charles  E.  Guptill,  who  came  to  this  locality  in  1912,  bringing  with  him  his  family 
and  considerable  means  from  South  Dakota.  Mr.  Guptill  is  a  native  of  Rockton, 
Winnebago  County,  111.,  born  September  22,  18S2,  of  good  old  New  England  lineage- 
His  father,  John  B.  Guptill,  was  a  native  of  Maine,  and  his  grandfather,  Amos  Guptill 
married  Miss  Hannah  Bickford  in  the  old  Pine  Tree  State,  and  migrated  to  Winnebago. 
County,  111.,  in  pioneer  days  before  the  building  of  the  railway.  John  B.  was  a  young 
man  when  the  family  came  to  Illinois  from  Maine,  and  he  married  Miss  Emily  Warren 
at  Rockton,  111.,  who  was  born  and  reared  in  Ogle  County,  in  that  state. 

Charles  E.  Guptill  was  six  years  old  when  his  father  moved  to  Shirland,  Winne- 
bago County,  III.,  and  is  the  eldest  of  a  family  of  two  boys  and  two  girls.  Velona  is 
the  wife  of  Benjamin  D.  Goldy,  and  resides  in  Florida;  Seymour  is  a  rancher  at  Palo 
Verde,  Cal.,  and  Lilly  died  at  the  age  of  sixteen;  the  father  attained  the  age  of  sixty 
before  his  demise.  Charles  E.  grew  up  on  his  father's  farm  at  Shirland,  |and  acquired 
his  education  in  the  district  school.  At  Newark,  Rock  County,  Wis.,  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Aurila  Jane  Hoyt,  a  native  of  Rock  County,  the  daughter  of  Otto 
Hoyt,  one  of  that  county's  pioneer  farmers.  After  his  marriage  Mr.  Guptill  continued 
farming  on  the  Hoyt  farm  in  Rock  County,  Wis.,  until  1888,  when  he  went  to  South 
Dakota,  then  a  territory,  and  settled  at  Canton,  Lincoln  County,  where  he  improved 
a  120-acre  farm,  and  continued  to  reside  there  until  1901.  He  then  removed  to  Spring- 
field, Bon  Homme  County,  S.  D.,  and  purchased  480  acres  of  land,  which  he  improved 
and  became  a  prosperous  and  successful  stockman.  In  1913  he  came  to  California 
and  purchased  sixty  acres  of  land  in  the  Garden  Grove  precinct;  this  he  has  since 
divided  up  among  some  of  his  children,  retaining  the  home  place  of  ten  acres. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Guptill  are  the  parents  of  six  children:  Pearl,  the  wife  of  Thomas 
J.  Kane,  a  rancher  at  Alamitos;  John  O.;  Charles  H.,  a  rancher  in  the  Palo  Verde 
Valley;  Mary,  who  is  single  and  at  home;  an^  Benjamin  A.,  who  operates  ten  acres 
three  miles  west  and  a  half  a  mile  north  of  Garden  Grove,  which  was  given  him  by  his 
father  in  1918.  He  was  born  in  Canton,  S.  D.,  July  28,  1900,  and  reared  in  Springfield, 
that  state.  Coming  to  California  with  the  family  in  1912,  he  became  a  student  at  the 
Alamitos  school,  and  still  resides  at  home  with  his  father.  The  youngest  son,  Thomas, 
died  at  the  age  of  ten.  Mr.  Guptill  has  built  a  comfortable  country  home  of  the 
bungalow  type,  with  several  attractive  features  and  thoroughly  modern.  He  is  regarded 
as  one  of  the  substantial,  and  upright  men  who  are  maintaining  the  stability  and  dignity 
of  Orange  County,  where  he  and  his  estimable  family  are  highly  regarded.  Mrs. 
Guptill  is  hospitable  and  charitable  to  a  fault,  a  Christian  woman  who  has  many 
friends  in  the  community  in  which  their  lot  is  cast.  In  politics  Mr,  Guptill  is  inde- 
pendent in  his  views. 

CYRUS  B.  PULVER.— One  of  the  substantial  men  of  his  district  who  in  his  day 
worked  untiringly  for  the  betterment  of  conditions  in  Orange  County,  and  who,  as  the 
result  of  his  foresight,  integrity  and  industry,  builded  far  better  than  he  knew,  was  the 
late  Cyrus  B.  Pulver,  a  native  of  Pine  Plains,  Dutchess  County,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was 
born  April  18,  183S,  the  son  of  Nicholas  and  Margaret  (Righter)  Pulver,  both  descended 
from  old  York  State  stock. 

When  twenty-one  years  of  age,  Cyrus  B.  Pulver  moved  to  Champaign  County, 
111.,  and  there  improved  a  farm  from  the  prairie.  In  1869  he  went  to  Tuscumbia.  Ala., 
where  he  remained  until  1872,  and  then  located  in  Coffey  County,  Kans.;  in  1876  he 
moved  to  Wichita,  Sedgwick  County,  the  same  state,  and  there  on  April  13,  1881,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Isabel  S.  Hatch,  who  was  born  in  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  the  daughter 
of  Chauncey  and  Eliza  (Huntington)  Hatch.  The  father  was  born  in  Craftsbury,  Vt., 
in  1799,  ajid  the  mother  in  Greensboro,  Vt.,  in  1808.  Chauncey  Hatch  removed  to 
Florida  in  1838,  intending  to  engage  in  orange  culture,  and  purchased  seventy  acres  of 
land  near  Mandarin,  and  began  setting  out  oranges.  But  when  the  Seminole  Indian 
War  broke  out  and  massacres  occurring  they  were   obliged  to  leave   everything  and 


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fled  to  Jacksonville,  where  Mrs.  Hatch  taught  school  and  kept  a  hotel;  later  the 
family  moved  to  Key  West  and  there  the  parents  passed  away.  Mrs.  Pulver,  the 
youngest  of  their  live  children,  and  the  only  one  now  living,  received  her  education  in 
the  private  schools  of  Key  West.  After  spending  several  years  in  the  North  and 
then  awhile  in  St.  Louis  she  came  to  Wichita,  Kans.,  in  1878,  on  a  visit,  and  it  was 
there  she  met  Mr.  Pulver,  the  acquaintance  resulting  in  their  marriage,  and  soon 
afterward  they  came  to  California. 

Mr.  Pulver  located  first  at  Newport,  where  he  remained  for  a  time,  but  in  1884 
he  removed  to  the  property  upon  which  his  widow  now  resides.  This  is  a  ranch  of 
nine  acres  which  was  brought  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation  during  Mr.  Pulver's 
life  time,  and  is  now  a  valuable  estate.  Mr.  Pulver  for  many  years  devoted  himself  to 
citrus  culture,  and  was  looked  upon  as  an  authority  upon  many  disputed  points. 

He  passed  away  in  January,  1919,  mourned  by  his  family  and  friends;  he  had 
been  for  many  years  a  faithful  and  highly  honored  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  and  was  also  a  worthy  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Santa  Ana.  Mrs.  Pulver  worthily  represents  her  pioneer  ancestry,  and  the  good  old 
town  of  Santa  Ana  which,  in  its  time,  has  welcomed  so  many  pioneers.  Like  her 
husband,  she  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  and  is  also  a  stanch 
Republican  and  member  of  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association  and  the  Santa  Ana 
Walnut   Growers  Association. 

ROBERT  J.  THOMPSON.— A  highly-progressive  rancher  of  the  type  that 
always  profits  from  experience,  and  so  enjoys  today  according  to  the  labor  of  yes- 
terday, and  while  building  for  tomorrow,  is  Robert  J.  Thompson  of  Orange  Avenue, 
Santa  Ana,  favorably  known  through  his  successful  land  dealings,  in  which  he  has 
always  operated  in  the  fairest  manner.  He  was  born  at  Romney,  Hampshire  County, 
Va.  (now  West  Virginia),  on  the  south  branch  of  the  Potomac  River,  on  March  2,  1847, 
the  son  of  Robert  Thompson,  a  farmer,  who  married  Zulemma  Taylor,  and  was  sent 
to  the  private  schools  of  that  locality,  as  there  were  then  no  public  schools  there. 
In  1865,  when  he  was  eighteen  years  old,  he  moved  near  Pawpaw,  Lee  County,  111., 
where  the  elder  Thompson  had  already  purchased  Government  land,  but  did  not  join 
his  son  until  1868.  He  finished  his  schooling  in  the  Prairie  State,  and  when  he  put 
aside  his  books,  he  engaged  in  farming  at  Pawpaw. 

In  Lee  County,  on  March  IS,  1870,  Mr.  Thompson  was  married  to  Miss  Evelyn 
L.  Flagg,  a  native  of  Vermont  and  a  daughter  of  Lucius  and  Elmyra  (Chittenden) 
Flagg,  and  the  great-granddaughter  of  Thomas  Chittenden,  the  first  governor  of 
Vermont,  and  a  grandniece  of  Martin  Chittenden,  who  was  governor  of  Vermont  in 
1813  and  1814,  and  had  attained  the  rank  of  major-general  of  militia  at  only  the  age 
of  thirty-three.  Her  parents  moved  to  Pawpaw,  Lee  County,  111.,  when  she  was  three 
years  old,  and  she  was  educated  there,  finishing  her  schooling  at  Pawpaw  Academy. 
She  taught  school  for  six  years  in  Lee  County,  prior  to  her  marriage,  and  was  thus 
able  to  assist  in  directing  the  course  of  education  in  that  part  of  the  fast-developing 
Middle  West. 

Having  added  by  purchase  to  some  land  that  he  inherited,  Mr.  Thompson  ran 
a  farm  of  310  acres,  until  he  sold  some  eighty  acres,  after  which  he  still  continued  to 
be  an  extensive  stock  feeder.  He  came  out  to  California  in  1900,  at  the  very  beginning 
of  this  century,  and  once  at  Santa  Ana,  and  familiar  with  the  superior  advantages  of 
the  country,  he  disposed  of  his  Illinois  farm  for  good.  Seven  days  later  he  purchased 
a  home  at  Santa  Ana,  at  303  Orange  Avenue,  but  he  sold  that  in  the  fall  of  1901  and 
the  next  spring  erected  the  home  at  402  Orange  Avenue,  in  which  he  has  since  resided. 

Mr.  Thompson  has  a  half-interest  in  515  acres  in  Kings  County  which  is  leased  for 
grazing.  In  1912  with  three  others  he  purchased  308  acres  west  of  Orange  and  the 
Dawn  Land  Company  was  incorporated  with  Mr.  Thompson  as  president  and  Harry  W. 
Lewis  as  secretary.  Here  they  sunk  two  wells  and  installed  pumping  plants,  sold 
seventy-two  acres  for  the  site  of  the  present  Orange  County  Farm  and  Hospital,  and 
forty  acres  to  others.  The  balance  they  divided  between  themselves  and  disincorpo- 
rated the  company.  Mr.  Thompson  had  forty-seven  acres,  and  of  this  he  set  twenty 
acres  to  oranges  and  twenty  to  walnuts  and  has  since  sold  his  orange  grove  and  now 
owns  twenty-seven  acres  of  budded  walnuts.  Thus  he  has  taken  an  important  part 
in  the  development  of  the  county.  He  belongs  to  the  Santa  Ana  Walnut  Growers 
Association  and  his  land  is  irrigated  by  a  private  pumping  plant  owned  by  a  concern 
incorporated  as  the  Dawn  Water  Company.  It  has  two  wells,  one  with  a  capacity  of 
150  inches  and  the  other  of  sixty  inches,  while  a  third,  designed  as  a  check  emergency 
well,  has  been  recently  finished,  but  not  yet  tested. 

Mrs.  Thompson,  who  passed  away  on  March  3,  1904,  was  the  mother  of  five 
children:   Guy  A.,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Illinois,  later  of  Harvard  College  and 


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still  later  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Chicago  with  a  Ph.D.  degree,  was  P"""*"^"^ 
of  English  literature  in  the  University  of  Maine  for  the  last  eighteen  years  and  no 
professor  of  English  literature  at  Occidental  College;   George  P.,  is  a  builder  at  A 
heim;   Nora  B.,  married  Seth  F.  Van  Patten  of  Los  Angeles;   Blanche  E.,   is  the  w 
of  Walter  Vandermast,  the  clothier,  of  Santa  Ana;  Edward  H.,  the  fourth  in  the  oraer 
of  birth  died  in  infancy. 

On  March  27,  1907,  Mr.  Thompson  married  Miss  Ida  May  Garrett,  a  native  of 
Iowa,  who  came  to  California  in  1903.  She  was  born  at  Brighton,  Washington  County, 
and  was  the  daughter  of  James  W.  and  Mary  C.  Garrett,  who  brought  her  to  the 
Pacific  Coast.  Her  father  lives  retired  in  Santa  Ana,  but  the  mother  passed  to  her 
eternal  reward  on  September  1,  1918.  Mrs.  Thompson  had  received  a  high  school 
training  at  Victor,  Iowa,  and  is  a  bright,  companionable  lady.  Mr.  Thompson  is  well 
read  and  this,  coupled  with  a  rententive  memory  and  an  intellectual  alertness,  makes 
him  an  interesting  conversationalist.  A  Democrat  in  matters  of  national  political 
import,  he  served  on  the  board  of  city  trustees  of  Santa  Ana  from  1907  to  1911.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  having  served  for  many  years  as  a 
trustee,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  He  was  one  of  the 
freeholders  that  framed  the  charter  for  Santa  Ana,  but  at  the  election  it  was  not  ratified 
by  the  people. 

ORVIS  U.  HULL. — A  representative  and  successful  citizen  of  Orange  County 
who  has  become  one  of  the  most  enthusiastic  "boosters"  of  this  section  of  the  state, 
is  Orvis  U.  Hull,  dealer  in  real  estate,  with  offices  in  Orange,  and  a  citrus  grower  in 
the  immediate  vicinity.  Mr.  Hull  was  born  in  Boonesboro,  Boone  County,  Iowa,  in 
18SS,  a  son  of  Philip  and  Sophronia  (Holcomb)  Hull,  natives  of  Ohio  and  Illinois, 
respectively,  who  became  residents  in  Boone  County,  Iowa,  as  early  as  1850,  before 
any  railroads  had  been  projected  into  that  state.  This  worthy  couple  had  nine  chil- 
dren, eight  of  whom  are  still  living  and  all  residents  of  California,  as  is  Mrs.  Hull, 
now  in  her  eighty-sixth  year,  hale  and  hearty  and  in  the  possession  of  all  her  faculties. 
Mr.  Hull  died  in  Iowa,  having  lived  to  see  Boone  County  grow  into  a  modern  farming 
community. 

Orvis  U.  Hull  is  the  only  member  of  the  family  living  in  Orange  County,  whither 
he  came  in  1909,  having  disposed  of  most  of  his  holdings  at  that  time  to  locate  here. 
His  boyhood  and  young  manhood  were  spent  in  Iowa,  attending  the  common  schools 
ot  his  locality  and  growing  up  on  the  farm  of  his  father  at  Boonesboro.  In  1885  he 
went  to  Lincoln  County,  Kans.,  entered  upon  a  career  of  a  stockman  and  farmer  when 
that  was  a  sparsely  settled  and  wild  country.  As  the  years  passed  he  became  closely 
identified  with  the  development  of  the  region,  saw  Lincoln  Center  grow  from  a  strag- 
gling village  to  a  city  of  fair  proportions  and  was  elected  its  mayor,  serving  one  term. 
He  also  took  great  interest  in  every  forward  movement  of  that  section  and  became 
well  and  favorably  known,  in  time  acquiring  some  2,000  acres  of  land  which  he 
farmed  and  used  as  a  stock  range.  He  went  through  some  thrilling  experiences  with 
others  of  that  part  of  Kansas — drouth  and  high  winds  that  destroyed  his  crops  and 
necessitated  his  mortgaging  his  property  to  "hang  on"  and  try  to  win  out.  He  became 
a  well  driller  and  operated  in  Nebraska,  where  people  had  money  to  pay  for  such  work, 
in  L?J^T  months  with  success,  enabling  him  to  return  and  once  more  take  up  his  work 
ine-harH^  *-°""'y-.  While  living  there  he  served  for,  years  as  a  school  director,  work- 
mg  hard  to  ma.ntam  a  high  standard  of  education, 
preceded  hl°r*\'nH''^'*  '°"^  1°  California  in  1905  to  visit  some  of  her  children  who  had 

her  Sn'rw^s'necrsa'r"  *ft?)°r''".''^'^  '""^  "'"''''  *°  -'^-"'  ^  '"  ^^'^^  *°  ^^^ 
of  others,  was  so  thrilled   l!°       u     \'°  ^°"^  °"'  ^"'^-     He  came,  and  like  thousands 

holdings  and  locate  here  perma'entlv'  TW  T'A^  '^'"'^"^  ^'  ^""'"^  '^■^P°^^  °f  ^'^ 
regret  of  that  determination      Her^    r^' n  ^e  did,  and  he  has  never  entertained  one 

he  bought  his  first  ranch  in' 1912-  thi,  rnn^^^  .^"""'y  ^^  decided  to  pitch  his  tent  and 
land  and  he  at  once  set  to  work  to  m^W^  ;.  °f  "'n^teen  and  one-half  acres  of  raw 
lemons,  and  made  of  it  a  fine  incomrpropert'^v  In'To,«''^  '',"'"^  °"*  °^^"^^^  ^"^ 
located  on  Fairhaven  Avenue,  and  this  bear.rfrn;;  ■.  i  f  ^  bought  another  ranch, 
his  ranch  interests  Mr.  Hull  has  been  dealing^  "eal  ^stl'te'^nd  ^"'^'^  '°°l'"^  "^'" 
of  many  settlers  locating  within  the  borders  of  Orange  Counfv  T  f,  u""  ^^^  "^^"" 
he  believes  in  a  square  deal,  backing  up  his  sa^es  wit^  aH  h;  "  ^"  ^''  ^'-^"^actions 
maintaining  the  confidence  of  his  cli^.ts,^ho  adt^ 'hif m'eJho^ds^To'treirfrie'n'dT'^ 

,  Mr.  Hull  was  married  in  1881,  in  Iowa,  to  Miss  Clara  R    M;t,-i.,=ii  ■  ,    ', 

state  and  daughter  of  Daniel  R.'  and  Sa;ah  (MiHer)  Mhch^U  birn'  ToV'  ''"] 
Indiana,  respectively,  but  who  became  residents  of  Polk  County  Iowa  in  18fi\°  ^Ar 
their  union  six  children  have  been  born:     Ralph  W.,  is  a  resident  of  Orange  County 


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and  the  father  of  two  children;  Flora  M.  has  become  Mrs.  Walter  Taylor  and  is  living 
in  Orange  at  the  present  writing;  she  has  two  children:  Grace  G.,  is  the  wife  of  Dr. 
R.  C.  Thompson  of  Chicago;  Daniel  R.,  was  in  the  government  service  for  nineteen 
months  during  the  World  War,  is  now  superintendent  of  the  Western  Division  of 
U.  S.  National  Parks,  a  position  that  calls  for  ability  and  tact.  He  is  the  father  of  one 
child.  Clara  R.  is  Mrs.  Harold  Girton,  and  they  reside  near  Orange;  Evangeline  is  the 
wife  of  William  F.  Kroener,  former  secretary  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  at  Orange,  but  now 
living  in  Chicago.  They  also  have  one  child.  These  children  have  been  given  every 
educational  advantage  in  the  reach  of  their  parents  and  all  have  won  recognition  for 
themselves.  A  business  man  of  progressive  ideas,  Mr.  Hull  holds  membership  in  the 
Central  Lemon  Growers,  the  Villa  Park  Orchards,  and  the  Santiago  Orange  associa- 
tions. He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and  he  and  his  good  wife 
participate  in  all' civic  enterprises  for  the  good  of  the  county,  and  have  an  ever-widen- 
ing circle  of  friends  throughout  Orange  County  who  appreciate  them  for  their  worth 
as  builders-up  of  the  community. 

Mr.  Hull  has,  for  many  years,  taken  a  firm  stand  for  national  prohibition,  as  was 
shown  in  1918,  when  the  liquor  interests  held  their  convention  in  Fresno,  at  which 
time  the  convention  took  such  action  that  every  voter  in  the  state  would  be  compelled 
to  support  a  liquor  measure  or  lose  their  right  of  franchise.  Mr.  Hull,  seeing  the 
viciousness  of  this  action,  at  once  started  a  movement  to  give  to  the  people  of  Cali- 
fornia an  opportunity  to  exercise  their  rights  and  privileges.  Because  of  his  efforts 
there  was  admeasure  called  the  "Bone  Dry"  law  placed  on  the  ballots  for  the  people 
to  vote  on.  No  petition  had  ever  been  presented  to  the  people  for  signature  that 
was  so  eagerly  signed  as  was  this  "Bone  Dry"  petition.  It  was  not  carried,  but  it  did 
defeat  the  most  vicious  measure  ever  presented  to  a  people.  This  was  largely  due  to 
the  indefatigable   efforts  of  Mr.   Hull. 

JACK  McINNES. — An  enterprising  citizen  of  Orange,  whose  great  success  in 
buying  and  selling  citrus  fruit  is  undoubtedly  due  to  his  apprenticeship  to  mercantile 
trade  in  old,  but  thorough  Scotland,  is  Jack  Mclnnes,  who  began  at  the  bottom  of  the 
ladder,  long  ago,  and  through  years  of  unremitting  industry,  worked  himself  up.  He 
was  born  at  Glasgow  on  September  5,  1865,  the  son  of  Hugh  Mclnnes,  a  native  of 
Scotland,  who  was  a  wholesale  merchant  in  Glasgow.  Jack  was  educated  in  the  schools 
of  that  city,  and  under  his  father  was  indentured  to  learn  the  wholesale  drygoods 
business.  Then  he  went  to  the  great  city  of  London  and  was  a  salesman  in  the  whole- 
sale  drygoods   establishment   of   George   Brettle   &   Son. 

In  1893,  Mr.  Mclnnes,  attracted  to  America  especially  on  account  of  the  Columbian 
Exposition  at  Chicago,  came  out  to  "the  States,"  and  after  visiting  the  World's  Fair, 
went  on  to  Edgerton,  Rock  County,  Wis.,  where  for  a  couple  of  years  he  was  in 
business  vvith  his  brother.  He  found  the  climate  too  cold,  however,  and  in  1895  came 
to  California.  He  was  fortunate  in  having  his  attention  directed  at  once  to  Orange 
County,  and  in  pitching  his  tent  at  Santa  Ana,  where  he  started  in  the  fruit  business 
with  the  Ruddick-Trench  Fruit  Company,  beginning  there  at  the  bottom,  and  master- 
ing every  detail.  In  time  he  became  a  foreman,  then  an  estimator,  then  a  buyer,  and 
later  he  was  in  the  employ  of  other  fruit  companies.  Finally  he  became  manager 
for  the  Altleand  Fruit  Company  at  Orange,  and  that  position  he  held  for  several 
years,  or  until  he  resigned  to  engage  in  business  for  himself. 

Since  then  Mr.  Mclnnes  has  been  actively  engaged  in  buying  and  shipping 
fruit,  and  has  built  up  his  present  large  trade.  He  has  an  extensive  packing  house 
along  the  Santa  Fe  tracks,  and  conducts  business  as  J.  Mclnnes,  of  which  he  is  the 
sole  owner.  The  packing  house  is  78  x  282  feet  in  size,  and  there  are  sorted,  graded 
and  packed  from  500  to  600  car  loads  of  oranges  and  lemons,  which  he  buys,  and  sells 
for  cash  F.  O.  B.  Mr.  Mclnnes  has  the  distinction  of  being  one  of  the  oldest  fruit 
men  in  Orange  County,  and  has  witnessed  the  transformation  of  the  county  in  all 
its  various  lines  of  endeavor. 

At  Los  Angeles — where  Mr.  Mclnnes  now  resides^he  married  Mrs.  Minnie  A. 
Lyon,  a  native  of  Kansas,  who  has  readily  adopted  the  Golden  State  as  her  own, 
and  is  now,   both  in  loyalty  and  good  works,   almost  a  native   daughter. 

VOLNEY  V.  TUBES. — Among  sturdy  Californians  who  have  added  to  the  great 
wealth  of  the  Golden  State  by  completing  the  improvements  on  more  or  less  raw  land 
is  Volney  V.  Tubbs,  the  rancher,  who  resides  at  Tustin  and  First  streets,  in  the  Tustin 
district,  where  he  owns  and  operates  a  fine  farm  containing  twenty  acres  devoted  chiefly 
to  oranges.  This  ranch  he  purchased  in  1889,  at  which  time  it  was  only  partially 
improved;  so  that  the  present  high  state  of  his  acreage  is  largely  due  to  his  experience 
with  and  knowledge  of  Coast  husbandry,  and  an  untiring  industry  through  which  he 
has  made  a  transformation  almost  miraculous.     He  has,  among  other  features  of  his 


988  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

excellent  plant,  a  modern  water  system,  with  a  well  220  feet  deep,  lifting  thirty-five 
inches  of  water  per  minute  and  removing  all  possibility  of  danger  from  a  scarcity 
of  water. 

Mr.  Tubbs  was  born  in  Iowa  in  1868,  the  son  of  Judge  L.  W.  Tubbs,  who  had 
married  Sibyl  J.  Wheeler,  a  native  of  Michigan.  Hailing  originally  from  Connecticut, 
Judge  Tubbs  migrated  to  California  in  1849,  and  for  the  next  three  years  tried  his 
luck  at  mining.  His  health  giving  way,  he  went  to  Hawaii  to  recuperate;  and  during 
that  time,  his  partner  cleaned  out  the  claim  and  absconded  with  the  funds.  He  then 
returned  to  Iowa,  where  he  owned  3,600  acres,  and  became  a  large  producer  of  stock 
and  grain.  He  held  the  office  of  judge  in  Mills  County,  Iowa,  for  several  years,  and 
reared  a  family  worthy  of  his  name.  The  eldest  son,  William  L.  Tubbs,  is  now 
deceased;  the  other  children  are  Mary  D.,  Hattie  M.,  Volney  V.,  Bertha  M.,  and  Ray  B. 
Tubbs,  a  physician.  The  only  one  of  the  family  who  resides  in  Orange  County,  Volney 
v.,  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native  state,  and  followed  agricultural  pursuits  all 
his  life.  He  moved  to  California  after  a  while,  settled  in  Orange  County,  and  in  1888 
located  on  his  present  place.  He  was  united  in  wedlock  to  Miss  Lillian  M.,  daughter 
of  George  H.  Dixson,  in  1890,  and  of  this  union  four  children  were  born.  Eileen  is 
now  Mrs.  C.  L.  Cotant;  and  there  are  Mabel  L.,  Margery  and  Dixson,  who  served  in 
the  World  War  and  was  commissioned  as  second  lieutenant  in  the  Field  Artillery. 
Mrs.  Tubbs,  who  is  a  native  of  Illinois,  and  an  accomplished  lady,  attends  with  her 
husband  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Tustin.  Mr.  Tubbs  is  a  charter  member  of  Santa 
Ana  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

Always  prominent  in  civic  endeavor,  Mr.  Tubbs  served  as  chairman  of  the  board 
of  exemption  during  the  late  war,  and  for  fourteen  years  was  on  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  Santiago  Orange  Association.  In  many  ways,  therefore,  Mr.  Tubbs  has  done 
much  to  advance  the  best  interests  of  California,  and  to  assist  in  developing,  as  fast 
as  possible  and  on  the  most  permanent  lines,  California's  most  favored  section,  Orange 
County. 

HON.  WALTER  EDEN.— The  dignity  and  integrity  of  the  California  Bar  have 
been  maintained  by  such  scholarly  practitioners  as  the  Hon.  Walter  Eden,  senior 
member  of  the  law  firm  of  Eden  and  Koepsel,  who  maintain  their  offices  at  411J4 
North  Main  Street  in  Santa  Ana.  Mr.  Eden  was  born  at  Sullivan,  Moultrie  County, 
111.,  on  July  14,  1862,  a  son  of  John  R.  and  Roxana  (Meeker)  Eden.  The  Hon.  John  R. 
Eden  was  a  well-known  attorney  in  Illinois  who  served  for  ten  years  in  Congress  and 
ably  represented  his  constituents.  He  is  now  deceased,  as  is  his  good  wife,  by  whom 
he  had  eight  children,  four  of  whom  are  living — three  daughters  and  one  son,  the 
subject  of  this  review,  who  was  the  fourth  in  order  of  birth.  One  of  his  sisters  is  now 
a  resident  of  Riverside,  Cal. 

A  product  of  the  public  schools,  Mr.  Eden  carried  his  studies  further  at  the 
Georgetown  University  at  Washington,  D.  C,  after  which  he  studied  law  in  his  father's 
office.  In  1889  he  was  admitted  to  the  Illinois  Bar  and  for  ten  years,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  three  years  spent  in  California,  he  practiced  his  profession  in  his  native  city. 
While  there  he  was  prominent  in  politics,  served  as  treasurer  of  Moultrie  County  for 
a  term,  and  for  two  terms  was  mayor  of  Sullivan.  It  would  seem  that  any  man  who 
could  become  mayor  of  his  own  town,  where  he  was  born  and  reared,  must  be  capable 
of  almost  any  attainment  among  strangers  later.  He  also  belonged  to  the  National 
Guard  of  Illinois.  The  next  ten  years  were  spent  in  Springfield,  where  he  made  a 
speciality  of  the  title  business,  owning  the  only  abstract  of  title  books  in  that  city,  and 
making  a  success  of  that  line  of  business.  From  the  year  1896,  having  given  up 
public  life  and  until  coming  to  California,  Mr.  Eden  devoted  himself  to  hard  work, 
and  thereby  laid  the  foundation  of  his  financial  success. 

About  thirty  years  ago  Mr.  Eden  first  came  to  California  with  his  family  and 
located  in  Fresno,  where  he  had  a  cousin  living,  and  when  that  place  was  but  a  city 
in  embryo,  and  he  was  interested  in  the  Fresno  County  Abstract  Company  for  the 
next  three  years,  when  he  sold  out  and  returned  East.  In  February,  1909,  he  once  again 
came  West  and  stopped  in  Fresno  for  a  year,  then  spent  two  years  in  Los  Angeles, 
and  in  December,  1912,  he  removed  to  Santa  Ana,  where  the  scenes  of  his  activities 
have   since  been   laid. 

As  a  Republican  in  politics  he  was  elected  in  November,  1919,  to  the  State  Assem- 
bly and  one  of  his  important  positions  was  that  of  chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Rules.  Among  the  excellent  measures  proposed  by  him  was  the  law  giving  tide  lands 
to  Newport  Beach,  and  those  outside  the  corporation  to  Orange  County;  he  also  helped 
ratify  the  Prohibition  amendment  and  the  Woman's  Suffrage  amendment.  As  a  resi- 
dent of  Orange  Couty  he  is  always  to  be  found  in  the  van  when  movements  for  the 
public  good  are  in  question,  and  to  favor  the  projects  that  mean  the  greatest  good  for 
the  greatest  number  of  citizens. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  989 

At  Tacoma,  Wash.,  in  June,  1910,  Mr.  Eden  was  married  to  Miss  Margaret  Fitz- 
gerald, a  native  of  Texas,  but  reared  in  California  from  girlhood.  She  shares  with  her 
esteemed  husband  the  good  will  of  all  who  know  them.  By  a  former  marriage  Mr. 
Eden  is  the  father  of  three  children.  The  oldest  is  Mrs.  Martha  Odiorne;  the  second 
is  John  R.,  a  newspaper  man  who  became  a  major  of  infantry  and  saw  service  in 
France  in  the  World  War  and  who  is  now  in  the  publicity  department  of  the  Firestone 
Tire  Company  of  Akron,  Ohio;  and  Walter,  former  city  editor  of  the  Springfield,  111., 
State  Register,  but  now  with  the  publicity  department  of  the  Firestone  Tire  Company. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eden  attend  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and  Mr.  Eden  is  a 
member  of  the  Lodge,  Chapter  and-  Commandery  of  Masonry  in  Santa  Ana,  and  the 
Shrine  in  Los  Angeles,  and  to  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks  in  Santa  Ana,  in  which  he  is  the 
Esteemed  Leading  Knight. 

HERMAN  ENDERLE. — When  one  considers  the  important  part  played  by 
irrigation  in  the  development  of  Southern  .California,  the  enviable  status  of  Herman 
Enderle  will  be  apparent,  for  he  is  one  of  the  well-known  citizens  of  his  district, 
honored  especially  for  his  mechanical  skill  and  its  fruits  in  the  development  of  water 
for  irrigation.  He  himself  owns  a  fine,  productive  ranch  of  twenty  acres  devoted 
to  oranges  and  English  walnuts,  which  he  purchased  in  1904,  and  he  has  been  the  means 
of  many  another  rancher  making  the  most  possible  of  his  land  holdings. 

A  native  of  Burlington,  Iowa,  Mr.  Enderle  was  born  on  April  25,  1864,  the  son  of 
William  Enderle,  a  native  of  Germany,  who  married  Miss  Barbara  Scharr,  also  a 
native  of  that  country.  Attracted  by  the  far  greater  opportunities  in  the  young  Amer- 
ican Republic,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Enderle  came  to  the  United  States  in  1846,  settled  in  Iowa 
and  bought  a  farm,  where  they  reared  a  family  of  ten  children.  Nine  of  them  are 
living,  and  six  are  Jiving  in  California — Clara,  Katherine,  Frank,  Mrs.  Rose  Shaner 
of  Los  Angeles,  Matilda  and  Herman,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Herman  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native  state  and  there  learned  the 
machinist's  trade,  which  he  followed  until  a  few  years  ago,  while  he  carried  on  his 
ranching  through  the  services  of  others.  He  came  west  to  Orange  County,  Cal.,  in 
1892  in  the  employ  of  the  Santa  Fe,  and  located  in  Santa  Ana,  where  he  operated,  for 
about  six  years,  a  foundry  and  machine  shop.  He  began  the  business  in  a  building 
opposite  where  the  City  Hall  now  stands  as  Enderle  &  Tracy,  continuing  as  stated 
above.     He  built  a  residence  at  the  corner  of  Washington  and  West  streets. 

Having  purchased  his  present  place  in  1904  he  set  to  work  to  improve  it  and 
bring  it  to  its  present  productive  condition.  How  well  he  has  succeeded  is  evidenced 
by  the  ranch  itself,  the  buildings  and  premises  generally.  A  truly  patriotic  citizen, 
Mr.  Enderle  is  a  member  of  the  Fraternal  Aid  Union,  a  worthy  organization  that  has 
accomplished  great  good. 

At  Burlington,  in  1889,  Mr.  Enderle  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Emma  Ben- 
ham,  the  daughter  of  George  W.  Benham,  who  was  born  in  Burlington,  Vt.,  and 
passed  away  at  Tacoma,  in  February,  1918,  while  visiting  their  son,  Maurice  F.  Enderle, 
when  he  was  in  the  training  camp  there.  A  graduate  of  Stanford  University,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  California  bar  in  1913,  and  is  now  practicing  law  in  Los  Angeles. 
When  the  war  broke  out  he  volunteered  his  services  to  his  country  and  was  sent  to 
the  officers'  training  camp.  .  There  he  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant  and  was  as- 
signed to  Company  E,  Three  Hundred  Sixty-second  Infantry,  and  as  such  served  in 
France  in  the  Ninety-first  Division.  For  four  successive  days  in  taking  the  Argonne 
Forest  he  fought  with  his  fellows  and  was  wounded  four  times,  but  he  still  lives  to 
tell  the  story  and  to  carry  the  scars  as  marks  of  his  courage  and  valor  on  the  field.  As 
a  proper  recognition,  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  captain,  and  as  Captain  Enderle 
is  known  both  for  his  manliness  and  his  modesty. 

HON.  JOE  CHARLES  BURKE. — From  the  very  beginning  of  Orange  County, 
when  the  sagacity,  intelligence,  common-sense  and  courage  of  its  political  leaders  and 
the  rank  and  file  of  its  citizenry  were  in  immediate  and  perpetual  demand,  the  Orange 
County  Bar  has  played  an  important  role  in  the  destinies  of  a  people  proud  of  the 
state  as  a  whole,  but  especially  enthusiastic  about  that  portion  of  the  great  common- 
wealth more  closely  associated  with  the  concept  of  home;  in  this  regard  the  career  of 
Joe  Charles  Burke  is  all  the  more  interesting,  for  his  fame  as  a  level-headed,  scholarly 
attorney  was  established  some  years  ago;  and  since  then  he  has  come  to  enjoy  more 
and  more  of  the  confidence  and  patronage  of  his  fellow-citizens. 

Joe  C.  Burke  was  born  at  Downey,  July  3,  1876,  the  son  of  Samuel  W.  and  Lizzie 
A.  (Davies)  Burke,  natives  of  Tennessee  and  Ohio  respectively.  They  came  to  Cali- 
fornia in  187S  and  in  time  four  children — one  son  and  three  daughters^made  up  the 
family.  *  The  father  died  in  November,  1912,  but  the  mother  is  still  living  at  Rivera, 
Cal.     The  oldest  child  in  the  family,  Joe  C.  Burke,  attended  the  local  public   school 


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and  then  Woodbury  Business  College.  Having  decided  to  enter  the  legal  profession, 
he  studied  law  privately  in  the  county  clerk's  office,  and  on  September  27,  1911,  was 
admitted  to  the  California  Bar.  From  1907  to  1912,  Mr.  Burke  was  deputy  county 
clerk;  but  from  1912  to  1914,  he  was  city  clerk  of  Santa  Ana.  On  November  3,  1914,  he 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  California  State  Assembly  from  the  Seventy-sixth  Dis- 
trict and  such  was  his  record  that  he  was  re-elected  in  1916.  During  these  sessions 
he  served  on  the  committees  of  Irrigation,  Oil  Production,  Municipal  Corporations, 
County  Government  and  Fish  and  Game,  and  in  many  ways  he  participated  in  sessions 
that  have  come  to  be  historic.  A  Republican  in  national  politics,  he  has  always  been 
above  blind  partisanship  when  the  question  was  the  best  man  and  the  best  measure. 

Mr.  Burke  has  been  twice  married.  His  first  wife  was  Miss  Ida  Wierbach,  a 
native  of  Illinois,  who  bore  him  two  sons — Russell  A.,  a  graduate  of  the  Whittier 
high  school  and  now  a  teller  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Whittier;  and  Marshall, 
who  attended  the  Santa  Ana  high  school  and  is  now  employed  by  the  Standard  Oil 
Company  in  their  refinery  at  El  Segundo.  Mrs.  Burke  died  in  April,  1900.  On 
August  1,  1914,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Amber  P.  Brackney,  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania  and  the  daughter  of  Frank  P.  and  Emma  A.  Brackney,  residents  of 
Santa  Ana. 

Mr.  Burke  is  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  lodge  of  Masons;  the  Santa  Ana  lodge 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Encampment  at  Anaheim;  is  Past  Exalted  Ruler  of  Santa 
Ana  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  and  District  Deputy  Grand  Exalted  Ruler  of 
California  South  of  the  Elks  and  was  a  delegate  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Elks  at  Chicago 
in  1920.  In  all  the  war  drives  he  was  an  active  participant,  served  as  a  four-minute 
man  and  a  member  of  the  County  Council  of  Defense  of  Orange  County.  In  all 
projects  for  the  upbuilding  of  the  county  he  has  always  been  a  supporter  and  worker 
and  is  one  of  the  solid  "boosters"  of  this  great  state. 

HERMAN  STERN. — A  foremost  citizen  of  Orange  County,  Herman  Stern  of 
Anaheim,  occupies  a  distinct  position  among  his  fellow-citizens  as  a  progressive, 
public-spirited  and  philanthropic  man.  He  was  born  in  Coburg,  Germany,  June  17, 
1870,  the  son  of  Marcus  and  Rosetta  (Goodman)  Stern,  who  became  the  parents  of 
nine  children,  of  whom  Herman  is  the  seventh  in  order  of  birth.  He  received  the 
benefit  of  a  high  school  and  college  education  and  lived  in  his  native  country  until 
he  was  twenty-three  years  of  age,  when,  in  1893,  he  left  to  join  his  brother,  Jacob 
Stern,  in  the  United  States,  he  having  settled  in  Fullerton  in  1888.  After  spending 
one  year  in  that  town,  in  1894,  they  opened  a  store  in  Anaheim,  conducting  business 
under  the  name  of  Stern  Brothers  until  1908.  In  that  year  Herman  purchased  the 
interests  of  his  brother,  discontinued  the  various  departments  with  the  exception  oi 
that  devoted  to  agricultural  implements,  and  this  he  expanded  by  judicious  adver- 
tising in  unique  manner.  To  meet  the  demands  of  the  ranchers  in  the  county  he 
formed  the  Pacific  Farm  Implement  Company  in  1909,  and  has  been  very  successful 
in  his  particular  line  of  business. 

To  Jacob  and  Herman  Stern  must  be  given  the  credit  for  the  development  of 
hundreds  of  acres  of  arid  desert  land  east  of  Anaheim,  and  to  his  real  estate  enter- 
prise, more  than  to  his  commercial  business,  perhaps  is  due  his  greatest  success.  The 
brothers  secured  land  that  was  practically  worthless,  extending  from  Placentia  Street 
east  to  the  foothills,  and  this  they  wanted  developed,  as  they  could  see  the  future  of 
the  little  city  depended  upon  making  a  fertile  region  out  of  bare  land,  thereby  drawing 
to  this  district  those  energetic  men  and  women  who  were  the  real  home-makers. 
They  sold  this  land  on  contract  to  any  who  would  agree  to  develop  it,  the  initial  price 
being  from  $25  to  $50  per  acre,  according  to  location.  A  very  small  amount  was  asked 
to  be  paid  down  upon  the  signing  of  the  'contract,  and  the  balance  when  the  land 
would  produce  the  necessary  products  to  enable  the  person  to'  pay  up,  Mr.  Stern  even 
advancing  the  funds,  in  many  cases,  to  clear  and  develop  it,  also  supplying  the  family 
with  groceries  and  provisions.  In  this  way  were  developed  hundreds  of  acres  that  are 
now  valued  at  from  $3,000  to  $5,000  each,  and  tracts  that  are  the  homes  of  responsible 
people,  all  of  whom  are  independent,  made  so  by  the  increased  prices  of  their  land 
and  the  wonderful  orange  groves  that  now  cover  the  arid  region  and  have  drawn  a 
host  of  home-loving  citizens  to  this  part  of  Orange  County. 

Herman  Stern,  being  young  and  vigorous,  threw  his  whole  heart  into  the  enterprise 
with  his  customary  enthusiasm,  and  has  lived  to  see  his  dream  come  true,  and  the 
friendships  that  have  resulted  from  his  generosity  are  of  the  most  lasting  kind.  Many 
of  the  original  purchasers  are  still  living  on  their  properties,  and  accord  to  Mr,  Stern 
the  credit  for  their  success.  He  has  been  one  of  the  most  public-spirited  men  of  this 
locality,  and  has  spent  his  money  with  a  liberal  hand  to  make  Anaheim  and*  Orange 
County  a  better  place  in  which  to  live.    It  was  he  who  named  Yorba  Linda,  his  brother 


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and  others  owning  the  tract.  He  started  many  enterprises  that  would  employ  labor 
and  thereby  establish  a  payroll  for  the  energetic.  Among  these  was  the  Anaheim 
Cooperative  Canning  Company,  of  which  he  was  the  first  president.  He  was  also  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  its  first  president;  also  helped  to 
organize  the  Mother  Colony  Club,  and  was  the  first  president  there;  was  instrumental 
in  starting  the  home  for  Odd  Fellows,  also  for  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  serving  as  president 
of  the  board  of  the  latter.  These  and  many  other  civic  movements  have  felt  the 
guiding  hand  of  this  experienced,  though  modest,  man.  Mr.  Stern  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  National  Guard  of  California,  and  was  captain  of  Company  E,  from  1902 
until  1908.  During  the  World  War  he  spent  his  time  in  drilling  the  recruits  from 
this  district  prior  to  their  being  sent  to  their  various  training  camps.  He  worked  in 
all  the  Liberty  Loan  drives,  and  as  captain  of  his  committee,  was  the  means  of 
taking  Anaheim  "over  the  top"  in  them  all;  he  also  served  as  chairman  of  the  Red 
Cross  and  the  Salvation  Army  drives  for  funds  for  war  purposes,  in  fact,  no  citizen 
was   more  patriotic   than   he   to   assist   those   at   the   fighting  front. 

Herman  Stern  was  married  on  June  11,  1906,  to  Miss  Marie  Nicolas,  of  Fuller- 
ton,  and  for  twelve  years  she  shared  with  her  distinguished  husband  the  esteem  and 
good  will  of  his  friends.  She  passed  away  on  August  17,  1918,  mourned  by  a  wide 
circle  of  friends.  Mr.  Stern  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Masons  in 
Anaheim.  In  politics  he  is  a  stanch  Republican.  At  all  times  he  is  ready  and  willing 
to  support  all  measures  for  the  advancement  of  the  interests  of  the  people  of  the 
county,  and  numbers  among  his  warmest  friends  the  best  element  of  the  county. 

SAMUEL  JERNIGAN. — Orange  County  has  many  popular  public  officials,  but 
none  perhaps  enjoys  a  larger  share  of  the  combined  esteem  and  good-will  of  her 
experienced  and  appreciative  citizens,  than  Samuel  Jernigan,  the  able  and  doughty 
City  Marshal  of  Santa  Ana.  A  native  of  Wayne  County,  Kentucky,  he  was  born  at 
Monticello  on  November  3,  1876 — a  fall  period  memorable  in  the  annals  of  our  country, 
as  it  marked  the  close  of  the  first  century  of  American  progress  and  the  Centennial 
Exhibition  at  Philadelphia,  at  which  Kentucky,  among  others,  had  done  herself  proud. 

Mr.  Jernigan's  father  was  James  Jernigan,  a  native  of  Illinois,  but  a  stockman 
of  Monticello  who  had  married  Miss  Betty  Bertram,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  and  the 
daughter  of  Rev.  Jacob  Bertram,  a  Baptist  minister.  Samuel  was  the  second  child  in 
a  family  of  six.  He  attended  the  ordinary  public  schools  of  his  neighborhoo'd,  and 
after  that  completed  his  education  in  the  great  school  of  experience.  From  boyhood 
he  was  active,  a  live  wire  that  made  itself  felt  and  kept  others  alive;  and  until  his 
nineteenth  year  he  remained  with  his  father  and  helped  care  for  the  stock. 

Leaving  home,  Mr.  Jernigan  went  to  Hill  County,  Texas,  and  soon  after  took  to 
police  work,  and  in  that  field  he  continued  to  advance  until  he  came  to  California  in 
1902.  He  located  at  Orange  and  there  served  as  city  marshal  until  1911.  Then  he 
resigned  to  become  under  sheriff. 

A  Republican  in  national  politics,  but  especially  broad  gauged  on  all  local  issues, 
Mr.  Jernigan  was  appointed  City  Marshal  of  Santa  Ana  in  1912  to  fill  the  unexpired 
term  of  George  Wilson;  in  1915  he  was  elected  for  a  four-year  term;  and  in  1919  he 
was  re-elected  for  another  four  years,  receiving  a  large  majority  over  two  opponents. 
Mr.  Jernigan  not  only  enjoys  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  people  at  large,  but 
he  is  well  liked  by  those  working  under  him,  perhaps  the  surest  testimonial  to  his 
real  worth.  While  in  Texas  in  1899,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Pritchett,  by 
whom  he  has  had  one  daughter — Maydell.  He  is  a  Mason,  a  member  of  the  York  Rite 
and  a  Shriner;  and  he  belongs  to  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

ROY  E.  VINCENT. — A  progressive  young  business  man,  who  now  has  the  satis- 
faction of  seeing  the  products  of  his  factory  sold  all  over  Southern  California,  is  Roy 
Everett  Vincent,  proprietor  and  manager  of  the  Vincent  Manufacturing  Company. 
He  was  born  at  Clay  Center,  Kans.,  on  August  3,  1891,  and  his  father  was  Emerson  E. 
Vincent,  born  at  Topeka,  Kans.,  president  of  the  California  National  Bank  of  Santa 
Ana.  His  mother's  maiden  name  was  Julia  Smith  and  was  a  native  of  London.  Eng- 
land, coming  to  Kansas  with  her  parents  at  the  age  of  three.  Emerson  E.  Vincent 
was  a  hardware  merchant  in  Clay  Center,  Kans.,  and  in  1908  he  brought  his  family 
to  Santa  Ana,  engaging  in  the  hardware  business  until  he  turned  his  attention  to 
banking.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Citizens  Commercial  and  Savings  Bank, 
which  later  consolidated  with  the  California  National  Bank  and  he  was  made  president 
of  this  organization. 

Roy  E.  Vincent,  the  only  child  in  the  family,  was  educated  at  the  grammar  schools, 
partly  at  the  Clay  County  Union  high  school  and  then  at  St.  Johns  Military  Academy 
at  Salina.    After  this  he  came  to  California  in  1908  and  managed  his  father's  hardware 


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store  at  Santa  Ana  for  a  number  of  years,  and  managed  it  well.  Later  he  bought  a 
half  interest  in  Dale  &  Company,  manufacturers  of  well  casing,  which  was  soon 
incorporated  as  the  Dale- Vincent  Manufacturing  Company;  then  they  bought  out  the 
well-casing  factory  of  the  Crescent  Hardware  Company  and  combined  it  with  his 
present  business,  and  in  1916  he  bought  out  his  partner,  H.  H.  Dale.  He  disincor- 
porated the  company  and  continued  the  enterprise  as  the  Vincent  Manufacturing 
Company.  The  firm  specializes  in  the  manufacture  of  water-well  casing  in  sizes  from 
four  inches  to  thirty-six  inches.  The  product  enjoys  such  a  reputation  for  excellency 
that  it  reaches  all  first-class  markets  everywhere  along  the  southern  Coast  country 
and  the  San  Joaquin  Valley  as  well.  The  factory  is  located  on  East  First  Street  and 
the  Santa  Fe  spur.  It  is  equipped  with  power  shears,  punches  and  rolls.  Each  joint 
has  to  be  fitted,  as  all  riveting  is  done  by  hand  to  accomplish  perfection.  So  extensive 
is  his  trade  that  he  employs  not  less  than  ten  men  regularly.  Republican  party  ideals 
appeal  to  Mr.  Vincent  most,  but  no  one  can  outdistance  him  in  nonpartisan  co- 
operation. 

In  Santa  Ana  on  February  5,  1912,  Mr.  Vincent  was  married  to  Miss  Ethel 
Campbell,  daughter  of  G.  D.  and  Margaret  Campbell,  a  native  of  Nebraska,  and  their 
happy  union  has  been  crowned  with  the  birth  of  one  son,  Ronald  Emerson.  Hunting 
and  fishing  are  among  the  pleasures  of  which  Mr.  Vincent  is  most  fond,  and  when  he  is 
not  in  the  great  outdoors,  he  spends  some  of  his  leisure  time  with  the  Elks,  belonging 
to  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794.  He  supports  vigorously  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

WILLIAM  WKIGHT  PENMAN.— A  splendid  example  of  the  typically  genuine 
American,  who,  despite  various  ups  and  downs,  has  finally  triumphed  over  all  obsta- 
cles, is  afforded  by  William  Wright  Penman,  senior  member  of  the  widely  known  firm 
of  William  W.  Penman  and  Sons,  Orange  County's  largest  individual  sugar-beet 
growers,  who  will  this  year  harvest  a  crop  worth,  very  probably,  $120,000.  Their  farm 
lies  three  miles  to  the  southeast  of  Tustin,  off  the  State  Highway,  and  is  a  part  of  the 
famous  great  Irvine  ranch. 

Mr.  Penman  was  born  in  Bloomsburg,  Columbia  County,  Pa.,  on  January  2,  1849, 
the  son  of  John  Penman,  a  native  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland.  He  came  to  Pennsylvania, 
and  at  Bloomsburg  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Ann  Wright.  They  had  nine  children, 
six  boys  and  three  girls,  and  William  was  the  oldest.  His  father  was  a  teacher,  and 
gave  instructions  in  manual  training  in  the  night  schools.  Later,  he  became  ah  in- 
spector of  distilleries,  and  during  the  Civil  War  he  served,  first  in  the  Pennsylvania 
State  Militia  and  then  in  a  Pennsylvania  regiment  of  the  Union  Army,  campaigning 
at  Roanoke.  He  rose  to  be  a  corporal  and  was  honorably  discharged.  He  was  a  man 
of  splendid  character — although  an  inspector  of  liquors,  he  was  a  teetotaler — -and  was 
a  thirty-second  degree  Mason.  Two  brothers  of  John  Penman  had  migrated  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1862  and  were  mining  in  Placer  County,  so  he  joined  them  in   1868. 

In  1869  William  W.  Penman  came  out  to  California  to  join  his  father,  who  was 
then  a  partner  in  the  Morning  Star  Gold  Mine  at  Last  Chance,  at  the  head  of  the 
American  River  in  Placer  County.  He  had  been  apprenticed  to  a  blacksmith  and 
carriage  maker  by  the  name  of  Andrew  Crossley  at  Bloomsburg,  Pa.,  but  when 
the  latter  failed  in  business  it  seemed  best  for  the  lad  to  come  West  and  start  again. 
He  arrived  in  Auburn,  Placer  County,  November  4,  1869,  and  was,  therefore,  one  of 
the  first  passengers  to  make  use  of  the  new  transcontinental  service  of  the  Central  & 
Union  Pacific  Railroad. 

He  went  into  the  mines  and  worked  with  his  father  at  gold-mining,  and  finally 
became  the  owner  of  a  third  interest  in  the  said  "Morning  Star"  mine,  and  at  Last 
Chance,  in  1873,  he  was  married  to  Miss  EflSe  Ann  Jansen,  a  native  daugher,  born 
at  El  Dorado  Canyon,  in  Placer  County,  and  therefore  a  member  of  California's  first 
generation  of  native  white  girls.  Her  father  and  mother  were  pioneers  of  1852.  In 
1880  Mr.  Penman  sold  his  interest  in  the  mine,  but  in  the  meantime  he  owned  and  oper- 
ated various  hotel  properties.  He  had  a  half  interest  in  the  Gold  Run  Hotel  at  Gold 
Run  and  a  quarter  interest  in  the  Independence  Hotel  on  the  borders  of  Independence 
Lake  in  Nevada  County. 

In  the  fall  of  1882  Mr.  Penman  came  to  San  Luis  Obispo  County  and  bought  a 
preemption  claim  of  160  acres  on  the  Huero,  five  miles  east  of  Paso'Robles,  engaging 
in  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  added  to  his  holdings  until  he  had  360  acres  in  this 
place,  and  also  owned  a  stock  ranch  of  about  SOO  acres  in  Keyes  Canyon,  north  of  the 
Estrella  River.  This  ranch  is  still  known  as  the  Penman  Ranch.  After  farming  in 
San  Luis  Obispo  County  for  thirty  years,  with  varying  success,  he  removed  to  Orange 
County  in  the  autumn  of  1912  and  settled  on  the  Irvine  Ranch — the  wisest  move  he 
ever  made,  although  it  did  not  at  first  seem  so.     He  was  $6,000  in  debt  when  he  came 


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here,  but  he  had  thirty  head  of  horses  and  a  full  equipment,  valued  at  $12,000,  for  the 
cultivation  of  sugar  beets.  The  very  first  year  proved  disastrous,  and  he  lost  $6,000 
more,  but  since  then  they  have  been  more  and  more  successful  each  year.  Now  the 
firm  has  625  acres  planted  to  sugar  beets  and  200  acres  to  barley  and  hay;  the  acreage 
was  mostly  all  tule  land  only  six  years  ago,  which  they  cleared  and  broke  up  and 
brought  to  a  high  state  of  "cultivation,  and  they  have  the  largest  beet  crop  in  for  the 
Santa  Ana  Sugar  Company.  In  the  operation  of  the  ranch  they  use  the  latest  improved 
machinery  and  methods,  using  a  Holt  sixty-five  horsepower  tractor,  as  well  as  a  Ford- 
son  tractor  and  a  three  and  a  half  ton  truck,  besides  twenty  head  of  horses.  A  switch 
has  been  built  through  the  district  from  the  Santa  Fe  with  a  beet  dump  adjoining  their 
place,  which  saves  much  time  in  delivering  the  beets  to  the  Santa  Ana  Sugar  Factory. 

It  is  to  men  of  Mr.  Penman's  type  that  California  owes  much  of  its  present  devel- 
opment and  greatness,  for  with  his  energy  and  optimism  he  has  always  pressed  forward, 
and,  being  a  man  who  is  never  idle,  is  never  satisfied  unless  he  is  helping  to  increase 
the  yield  of  the  soil,  thus  aiding  materially  in  the  progress  of  the  commonwealth.  Mr. 
Penman  takes  a  keep  interest  in  politics,  especially  in  such  measures  as  have  their 
bearing  on  the  development  and  maintenance  of  important  business  interests,  and  as 
might  be  expected,  he  is  a  Republican  and  a  protectionist. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Penman  have  had  nine  children  and,  with  four  of  them,  reside  on 
their  ranch.  Newton,  the  eldest,  who  is  a  partner  with  his  father,  married  Mrs.  L. 
Wallenberg,  nee  Hubbert;  Gertrude  died  three  years  ago  in  Nevada  County,  Cal. ; 
Robert  is  also  a  partner  with  his  father;  Minnie  is  a  teacher  at  Orange;  Marian  has 
become  Mrs.  Paulson,  and  lives  in  the  San  Fernando  Valley;  Lalla  became  the  wife 
of  Julian  Gray,  a  rancher  at  Lemoore,  Kings  County,  Cal.,  and  passed  away;  Viola,  the 
seventh  in  the  order  of  birth,  is  at  home;  Lawrence  died  when  he  was  twenty-six 
years  old;  and  Leland  is  at  home.     The  family  are  members  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

ABRAHAM  GUSTLIN. — A  hard-working,  highly  intelligent  man  whose  desire 
to  escape  the.  frigid  East  fortunately  led  to  his  making  for  the  Pacific  Slope  and 
landing  in  the  Golden  West,  is  Abraham  Gustlin,  now  retired  and  living  on  the 
Edgewood  Road  in  Santa  Ana.  He  was  born  in  Batavia,  111.,  on  April  S,  1855,  the  son 
of  Abraham  and  Katherine  Gustlin,  and  his  father  was  a  railroad  man  who  served 
his  country  in  the  Civil  War.  When  his  father  returned  from  the  battlefields,  he 
decided  that,  inasmuch  as  he  was  away  a  good  deal  of  the  time  railroading,  Batavia 
was  not  a  good  place  in  which  to  rear  a  boy,  and  so  Abraham,  Jr.,  was  sent  to  Tipton, 
Iowa,  to  grow  up  on  the  farm  of  Mr.  Gustlin's  sister.  Two  years  thereafter,  the 
father  brought  his  family  out  to  Webster  County,  Iowa,  and  began  to  farm  for  him- 
self; and  when,  still  later,  he  removed  to  Boone  County,  in  that  state,  our  subject 
joined  him  and  remained  at  home  helping  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age. 

It  was  then  that  Abraham  left  home  to  work  for  various  railroad  companies  in 
the  capacity  of  a  boiler  maker,  serving  the  Chicago  &  Northwestern  for  twenty  years, 
then  the  Iowa  Central  at  Marshalltown,  Iowa,  next  the  Illinois  Central  and  also  the 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  at  Dubuque,  Iowa,  during  which  time  five  years  were 
given  to  the  last  three  companies.  In  the  fall  of  1898,  Mr.  Gustlin  made  a  flying  trip 
to  California,  but  returned  East  rather  disgusted,  instead  of  charmed,  with  what  he 
saw  here. 

Luckily  for  him,  as  well  as  for  California,  in  the  autumn  of  1900  he  and  his  son 
made  a  second  trip  to  the  Coast,  and  this  time  he  spent  the  winter  working  at  his 
trade  in  San  Bernardino.  The  next  year  he  brought  the  rest  of  the  family  to  Cali- 
fornia to  enjoy  the  good  things  he  had  discovered,  and  they  took  up  their  residence 
at  Santa  Ana.  In  1902,  Mr.  Gustlin  returned  East  and  settled  his  business  affairs  by 
selling  his  estate,  preparatory  to  locating  permanently  in  the  Far  West. 

At  first  the  family  lived  at  the  corner  of  Sixteenth  and  Main  streets  in  Santa  Ana, 
but  Mr.  Gustlin  sold  his  holding  there,  and  lived  for  a  while  on  Lyon  Street.  Then 
he  removed  again  to  his  ranch  on  Greenleaf  Street,  where  he  lived  until  1900,  when  he 
turned  the  ranch  over  to  his  son,  Walter  F.,  and  purchased  a  beautiful  home  on 
Edgewood  Road.  Besides  the  site  of  his  home,  he  has  an  acre  of  land  devoted  to 
walnuts,  and  there  are  no  better,  of  the  kind,  for  miles  around. 

On  April  19,  1883,  Mr.  Gustlin  was  married  to  Miss  Lovina  Feathers,  a  native 
of  Prairie  City,  Jasper  County,  Iowa,  the  daughter  of  Otis  and  Belinda  (Record) 
Feathers,  New  York  farmer  folk,  born  and  reared  not  far  from  Saratoga,  N.  Y.  They 
had  five  sons  and  ten  daughters — six  daughters  living,  five  in  California.  Two  children 
crowned  the  blessings  of  the  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gustlin.  Clarence  A.,  the 
elder,  is  a  musician  highly  esteemed  in  Santa  Ana,  who  studied  both  in  Berlin,  and 
Florence,  Italy.  Naturally,  he  profited  greatly  from  the  advantages  which  so  long 
made  the  German  capital  one  of  the  greatest  centers  in  the  world  for  musical  culture, 


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and  he  became  especially  fond  of  the  quieter,  more  ancient  city  of  Florence,  with  its 
innumerable  traditions  and  an  atmosphere  certain  to  draw  out  of  one  any  spark  of 
genius.  Mr.  Gustlin  returned  to  America  and  Orange  County  one  of  the  accomplished 
musicians  of  the  day.  Walter  F.  Gustlin,  the  second  son,  is  an  experienced,  enter- 
prising business  man  and  is  now  living  at  the  old  homestead  on  Greenleaf  Street. 
He  keeps  abreast  of  the  times  in  all  that  pertains  to  agriculture,  and  contributes  his 
share  toward  the  development  of  the  promising  Southland.  He  is  the  father  of  a  son, 
Paul   Raymond   Gustlin. 

JOHN  LANDELL. — A  former  trusted  and  efficient  public  officer,  who  is  making 
good  as  a  rancher  and  expert  walnut  grower,  is  John  Landell,  the  pioneer,  who  also  is 
proprietor  of  the  oil  and  auto-service  station  near  Serra,  two  and  a  half  miles  south 
of  San  Juan  Capistrano,  on  the  State  Highway.  This  station  is  just  seventy-one 
miles  north  of  San  Diego  and  sixty-four  miles  south  of  Los  Angeles,  and  is  so  situated 
that  it  cannot  fail  to  be  more  and  more  in  requisition. 

He  was  born  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  the  son  of  James  Landell,  also  of  that  Quaker 
city,  a  manufacturer  of  engines  and  boilers.  His  grandfather  was  John  Landell,  a 
Philadelphian,  who  was  a  dealer  in  lumber  there;  while  his  great-grandfather  was 
Captain  Landell,  sailing  master,  a  seafaring  man  who  was  born  in  England  and  finally 
settled  in  Philadelphia.  The  maternal  ancestors  are  to  be  traced  back  to  sturdy  emi- 
grants who  ventured  into  wild  America  with  William  Penn.  Mrs.  Landell's  maiden 
name  was  Sally  Moore,  and  she  was  born  in  Philadelphia.  Originally,  the  Landells 
were  French  Huguenots,  and  their  name  was  spelled  Landelle. 

The  oldest  in  a  family  of  six  children,  four  of  whom  are  living,  John  Landell 
was  born  at  Philadelphia  on  April  2,  1866,  and  the  year  before  the  opening  of  the 
Centennial  Exposition  at  Philadelphia  came  west  to  California  with  his  parents  in 
the  fall  of  1875.  After  a  very  short  stay  in  Los  Angeles  they  located  in  Anaheim  the 
same  fall,  while  it  was  still  a  part  of  Los  Angeles  County.  John's  Grandmother  Moore 
had  married  a  second  time,  becoming  Mrs.  Hughes,  and  resided  in  Los  Angeles,  so 
for  some  time  he  lived  with  her  and  went  to  school  at  Second  and  Spring  streets. 
After  his  school  days  were  over  he  returned  to  the  home  ranch  and  took  up  farming. 
His  father,  after  a  time,  sold  his  ranch  in  Anaheim  and  purchased  one  in  Buena  Park, 
where  he  resided  until  his  death,  after  which  his  widow  made  her  home  with  her 
mother,  Mrs.  Hughes,  in  Los  Angeles  until  her  death.  Mrs.  Hughes  was  a  very 
prominent  woman  in  Philadelphia,  as  well  as  in  Los  Angeles.  In  the  former  city 
she  was  a  member  of  a  committee  in  connection  with  the  Centennial  Exposition,  and 
our  subject  now  has  a  certificate  for  one  share  of  its  stock  which  she  gave  him.  He  had 
an  uncle,  John  Landell,  who  was  a  first  sergeant  in  Company  A,  One  Hundred 
Ninety-eighth  Pennsylvania  Infantry,  in  the  First  Brigade,  First  Division,  Fifth  Army 
Corps,  and  was  a  dispatch  rider  under  General  Chamberlain.  He  came  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  served  many  years  in  the  fire  department,  and  was  also  deputy  county  assessor 
under  Smythe.  ■ 

For  a  while  he  was  city  marshal  of  Anaheim,  and  then,  for  years  he  was  deputy 
sheriff  of  Los  Angeles  County  under  Martin  Aguirre.  When  he  had  been  Anaheim's 
marshal  for  five  years,  he  went  into  the  sheriff's  office  at  Santa  Ana  under  Sheriff 
J.  C.  Nichols,  and  he  was  there  for  four  years. 

In  San  Juan-by-the-Sea,  now  Serra,  April  6,  1898,  Mr.  Landell  was  married  to 
Miss  Soledad  Pryor,  a  daughter  of  Pablo  Pryor,  a  large  landowner  at  San  Juan  Capis- 
trano, and  three  children  blessed  their  happy  union.  Charles  T.  is  a  graduate  of  the 
Santa  Ana  high  school,  and  now  helps  his  father  in  business;  and  there  are  Gladys  J. 
and  John  P.  Landell. 

Mrs.  Landell  is  a  daughter  of  Pablo  and  Rosa  (Avila)  Pryor,  and  was  born  in 
Los  Angeles.  Her  grandfather,  Nathaniel  Pryar,  was  an  eastern  gentleman  who  came 
out  to  California  in  1828  and  became  one  of  the  prominent  men  in  the  pioneer  days 
of  Los  Angeles,  where  he  was  known  as  Don  Miguel,  and  owned  a  ranch  inside  the 
limits  of  the  Pueblo.  Pablo,  or  Paul,  Pryor  owned  the  Rancho  Boca  de  La  Playa 
(Mouth  of  the  Beach  or  San  Juan-by-the-Sea),  an  area  of  7,000  acres;  most  of  it  was  sold 
after  his  death,  but  a  very  small  portion  of  this  ranch  is  still  the  proud  possession  of 
some  of  his  children,  and  on  it  are  a  few  pear  trees  still  bearing  that  are  over  100  years 
old,  having  been  set  out  by  the  natives  in  very  early  days.  Pablo  Pryor  was  also 
interested  in  the  Palo  Verdes  Rancho  at  San  Pedro,  as  well  as  the  old  Don  Miguel  place 
in  Los  Angeles.  Mrs.  Landell  is  a  sister  of  Albert  Pryor,  who  is  also  represented  in 
this  work.  A  year  after  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Landell  came  to  their  forty-acre 
ranch  at  San  Juan-by-the-Sea,  where  they  are  engaged  in  raising  walnuts.  Mr.  Landell 
is  a  popular  member  of  the  Elks  of  Santa  Ana. 

At  the  auto  service  station  Mr.  Landell  sells  canned  goods  suitable  for  lunches, 
soda  water,  tobacco  and  cigars,  while  he  carries  a  full  line  of  Eastern  and   Western 


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oils,  and  the  Union  Oil  Company's  gasoline.     He  also  has  a  large  assortment  of  tires 
and  automobilists'  sundries. 

Jack  Landell,  as  he  is  familiarly  known  by  his  friends  all  over  Orange  County, 
was  justice  of  the  peace  in  San  Juan  Capistrano  for  twelve  years,  and  is  a  trustee  of 
the  school  district,  and  also  of  the  San  Juan  Capistrano  Union  high  school,  in 
which  they  have  succeeded  in  voting  $65,000  for  a  new  high  school  building,  to  be 
started  immediately.  He  is  greatly  interested  in  the  cause  of  education,  and  as  a 
director  he  is  giving  it  much  of  his  time  and  efforts.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Landell  thoroughly 
enjoy  their  beautiful  ranch  at  San  Juan-by-the-Sea. 

CHARLES  F.  MITCHELL. — There  is  something  always  very  interesting  in  the 
success  of  both. father  and  son  in  practically  the  same  field,  and  that,  perhaps,  is  what 
makes  Charles  F.  Mitchell,  the  dealer  in  wall  paper  and  paint,  a  subject  of  more  than 
passing  moment,  for  his  father,  John  Wesley  Mitchell,  was  long  a  well-known  Santa 
Ana  contractor  in  wall  paper  and  painting.  He  was  born  in  Waverly,  Ohio,  on  Novem- 
ber 25,  1857,  the  son  of  John  Morrison  and  Sarah  (Howard)  Mitchell,  the  father'passing 
away  in  Kansas  and  the  mother  in  Illinois.  To  the  latter  state  the  family  came  from 
Ohio  in  1863,  and  there  John  Wesley  attended  school  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of 
age,  when  he  decided  to  go  in  for  farming  on  his  own  account.  Later,  for  two  years 
he  worked  a  claim  he  had  bought  in  Kansas,  and  for  four  years  he  was  engaged  as  a 
clerk  in  a  store.  In  1888  he  opened  at  Santa  Ana  a  painting  and  paper  hanging 
business,  and  soon  afterward  began  as  a  contractor;  and  still  later  he  opened  a  store 
of  his  own,  being  the  pioneer  in  that  line  in  Santa  Ana.  In  1885  he  married  Miss  Sarah 
Ella  Holly,  who  was  born  in  1866,  the  ceremony  taking  place  at  Red  Cloud,  Nebr., 
and  three  children  were  granted  the  worthy  couple,  of  whom  Charles  F.  was  the 
eldest.  John  Wesley  Mitchell  was  a  firm  believer  in  Orange  County,  and  in  many 
ways  demonstrated  his  faith  in  its  future. 

Charles  Franklin  was  born  at  Salem,  in  Jewell  County,  Kans.,  on  November  16, 
1886,  and  <:ame  to  Santa  Ana  in  January,  1888,  the  year  following  the  advent  here  of 
his  father.  When  his  schooling  was  finished,  he  engaged  in  the  paint  business  with 
his  father,  and  from  a  modest  start  he  has  developed  the  largest  business  of  its  kind 
in  the  county.  He  does  contracting  and  employs  from  fifteen  to  thirty  men.  Full  of 
public  spirit,  and  deeply  interested  in  Orange  County,  he  is  a  member  of  the  board  of 
health  and  thus  seeks  to  serve  his  fellow-men.  In  national  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
For  three  years  he  served  in  Company  L  of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  National  Guard  of 
California,  the  first  two  years  as  bugler  and  the  last  year  as  corporal. 

At  Santa  Ana  on  December  24,  1906,  Mr.  Mitchell  was  married  to  Miss  Irene 
Robinson,  by  whom  he  has  had  two  children — Veda  Irene  and  Geneva  Eleanor.  He  is  a 
Knights  Templar  Mason  and  Shriner,  belongs  to  both  branches  of  the  Odd  Fellows, 
and  is  an  Elk.  Santa  Ana  is  to  be  congratulated  on  such  a  finely  stocked  establish- 
ment, under  such  experienced  and  liberal-minded  management. 

HERMAN  J.  MACHANDER. — Among  the  many  successful  ranchers  who  have 
found  it  necessary  to  abandon  one  field  of  industry  in  order  to  enter  upon  the  one  most 
profitable  and  for  which  they  seem  destined,  is  Herman  J.  Machander,  a  resident  of 
Santa  Clara  Avenue,  where  his  flourishing  ranch  of  twelve  acres  is  devoted  to  citrus 
fruit.  He  purchased  the  land  in  1886,  when  it  was  set  out  to  vines,  but  after  the 
discovery  that  the  soil  of  the  vicinity  was  not  well  adapted  for  vineyard  purposes, 
Mr.  Machander  and  all  the  neighboring  ranchers  rooted  out  their  vines  and  set  out 
citrus  orchards  of  Navels  and  Mediterranean  Sweets  and  apricots  instead.  After  they 
were  bearing  he  found  that  more  money  could  be  made  in  Valencias,  so  reset  the 
whole  acreage  and  now  it  is  a  full-bearing  Valencia  grove.  Mr.  Machander  has  found 
by  experience  and  investigation  that  Orange  County's  climatic  and  soil  conditions  are 
the  most  suitable  for  Valencias  of  any  citrus  section  of  California.  The  Machander 
acreage  now  presents  one  of  the  finest  orange  groves  in  California,  its  yield,  in  quality 
and  quantity,  coming  up  to  his  expectations. 

It  was  in  1889,  just  after  the  great  Southern  California  "boom"  that  he  took  up 
his  residence  on  the  ranch.  A  believer  in  cooperation  he  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association  at  Orange.  Mr.  Machander  was  born  in 
Frankfort-on-the-Oder,  Prussia,  on  November  15,  1862,  the  son  of  Ludwig  Machander, 
a  native  of  Prussia  of  Scotch  parents.  At  the  time  of  the  War  of  the  Revolution  Mr. 
Machander's  grandfather,  a  native  of  Dundee,  Scotland,  whose  name  was  Mackander, 
was  serving  in  the  English  Navy,  but  did  not  believe  in  war  on  the  Colonies,  so  left  the 
English  Navy  at  Danzig  and  located  in  Prussia,  where  he  became  a  citizen  and  spelled 
his  name  with  an  h  instead  of  a  k.  Mr.  Machander's  grandfather,  as  well  as  his  father, 
was  a  farmer.  He  was  also  a  trusted  government  employee  for  several  years,  and  a 
prominent  and  influential  business  man.     Mr.   Machander's  father  was  united  in   mar- 


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riage  to  Emily  Simon,  who  survives  her  husband  and  is  now  eighty-eight  years  of  age. 
They  are  the  parents  of  eight  children,  five  of  whom  have  come  to  live  in  the  United 
States,  the  other  three  remaining  in  Germany  and  are  still  in  the  Government  service. 

Herman  J.  Machander  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native  country  and  enjoyed 
many  advantages  not  vouchsafed  his  neighbors.  He  emigrated  to  the  United  States 
in  1882  and  first  located  in  Morris,  Stevens  County,  Minn.,  where  he  resided  on  a 
farm  for  two  and  a  half  years.  In  1884  he  abandoned  farming,  came  to  San  Francisco, 
was  employed  as  ship  contractor,  worked  on  the  Cruiser  Charleston,  and  then  took  up 
mining  in  Amador  County,  Cal.,  later  cinnabar  mining  in  Lake  County  and  then  went 
to  Arizona,  where  he  mined  for  several  years  until  his  health  failed.  In  1886  he  had 
purchased  raw  land  on  Santa  Clara  Avenue,  Santa  Ana,  and  in  1889  located  there. 

In  Santa  Ana  in  1890  Mr.  Machander  was  married  to  Miss  Edna-  R.  Moyer,  who 
was  born  in  New  York  and  came  to  California  with  her  parents  in  1887.  Two  children 
have  blessed  the  union,  Ernest  R.  and  Nelda  R.  Mr.  Machander  is  a  loyal  citizen  to 
his  adopted  country,  but  is  not  afraid  to  tell  what  he  believes  to  be  the  truth,  and  as  a 
deep  thinker,  fluent  speaker  and  one  well  versed  in  ancient  European  and  American 
history,  he  is  at  all  times  entertaining  and  instructive.  In  1914  he  fulfilled  a  long-felt 
desire  to  visit  his  home,  so  he  left  New  York  in  April  for  Europe,  where  he  found  his 
mother  alive  and  spent  about  two  months  there  visiting  relatives,  returning  to  New 
York  only  two  days  before  the  assassination  of  the  Austrian  Crown  Prince.  He 
descended  from  a  long  line  of  Protestants,  and  he  favors  the  Baptist  Church,  and 
under  its  banners  seeks  to  supplement  good  civic  work  and  to  make  this  old  world 
the  better  for  having  lived  in  it. 

THOMAS  M.  ROBERTSON.— One  of  the  early  ranchers  of  California  who 
owns  a  fine  grove  of  interset  walnut  and  apricot  trees  is  Thomas  M.  Robertson,  who 
was  born  near  Pella,  Marion  County,  Iowa,  on  November  1,  1853,  the  son  of  T.  W. 
and  Clarenda  Robertson.  The  latter  passed  away  in  Iowa,  after  which  the  father, 
with  his  three  children,  in   1856,  came  west  to   California. 

For  a  while  he  farmed  in  Tulare  County,  and  then  in  1869  he  came  to  Gallatin, 
near  the  present  location  of  Downey,  and  there  engaged  in  farming.  In  1871  he 
removed  to  Delhi  and  pitched  his  tent  where  there  is  now  the  beet  sugar  factory. 
He  bought  thirty-five  acres  there,  and  raised  corn.     In  1888,  he,  too,  died. 

Thomas  had  lived  with  his  father  at  Delhi,  aiding  him  in  the  farm  enterprise, 
and  in  1897  he  removed  to  Texas,  where  at  Midland,  in  the  Panhandle,  he  engaged 
for  a  couple  of  years  in  the  cattle  business.  He  returned  to  California,'  however,  as 
thousands  of  other  folks  have  done,  in  1899,  and  purchased  forty  acres  near  Winters- 
burg,  and  there  he  raised  potatoes  and  celery.  For  four  years  he  lived  at  Wintersburg, 
and  when  he  sold  his  property  there  he  resided  for  three  years  at  Santa  Ana,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  harness  business.  This,  also,  was  disposed  of  in  time,  and  then  he 
purchased  the  ten-acre  estate  of  the  late  Paul  B.  Matthews,  on  North  Flower  Street. 

Mr.  Robertson  was  twice  married,  his  present  wife  having  been  Miss  Blanche 
M.  Matthews  before  her  marriage,  which  took  place  on  September  19,  1900.  Her 
parents  were  Paul  B.  and  Annie  M.  (Thompson)  Matthews,  and  they  were  early 
settlers  of  Salina,  Saline  County,  Kans.  Mrs.  Matthews  died  in  1892,  and  in  1894  the 
family  moved  to  Santa  Ana,  and  Mrs.  Robertson's  father  came  to  acquire  the  choice 
property  on  which  they  are  now  living.  One  daughter  and  three  sons  have  blessed 
this  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robertson.  Goldie  Florence,  James  S.  and  Gordon 
Marion  are  students  at  the  Santa  Ana  High  School,  and  Boyd  Lawrence  is  a  pupil 
in  the  grammar  school.  The  family  attend  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  of  Santa 
Ana,  and  Mr.  Robertson  prosecutes  his  national  political  work  under  the  banners  of 
the  Republicans.     He   is  also  a  member  of  the   Santa  Ana   Odd   Fellows. 

BERTRAM  C.  ROBERTS.— A  modest,  energetic  business  man  who  seeks  both 
to  create  and  to  hold  his  patronage  by  according  to  all  customers  the  "squarest"  of 
treatment,  is  Bertram  C.  Roberts,  whose  first-class  millinery  establishment  at  417  North 
Main  Street,  Santa  Ana,  is  the  Mecca  of  a  large  clientele.  He  was  born  in  Eureka, 
Humboldt  County,  on  December  1,  1870,  the  son  of  Melvin  P.  and  Chastina  Roberts', 
and  grew  up  in  an  environment  of  the  cattle  business,  in  which  field,  in  Humboldt 
County,  his  father  was  engaged.  He  was  married  in  Los  Angeles  on  October  28, 
1911,  to  Tena,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Louisa  Homan,  a  popular  belle  born  at 
Mitchell,  Iowa,  in  March,  1871.  Her  parents  were  well-to-do  Iowa  farm  people  who 
moved  to  Denver  in  188S,  where  they  are  now  living  retired.  Miss  Homan  received 
her  early  education  in  Denver,  and  there  she  attended  both  the  graded  and  the  arts 
schools. 

Bertram  Roberts  left  home  when  he  was  fourteen  to  "dig"  for  himself,  equipped 
with  only  a  district  school  training,  and  for  several  years  clerked  for  the  Wells  Fargo 


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Express  Company.  With  his  wife  he  came  to  Santa  Ana  in  August,  1914,  and  they 
then  and  there  established  a  millinery  business  that  has  since  developed  into  the  finest 
concern  of  the  kind  in  Orange  County.  The  store  is  up  to  date  in  every  respect.  Not 
only  is  it  not  possible  in  this  or  other  neighboring  cities  to  find  a  more  complete  line 
of  fine,  approved  creations,  but  the  latest  word  of  Paris  or  New  York  promptly  finds 
expression  here.  Much  of  their  success  is  due  to  the  fact  that  Mrs.  Roberts  was  an 
expert  milliner  with  twenty-six  years  of  experience  before  coming  to  Santa  Ana. 
She  first  acquired  reputation  in  Denver,  and  since  then  she  has  had  various  stores 
throughout  the  Middle  West  and  California. 

Mr.  Roberts  is  a  Republican  in  national  political  affairs,  but  a  good  community 
man,  devoid  of  partisanship,  when  something  worth  while  needs  to  be  done.  In  such 
work,  as  in  the  various  activities  of  the  recent  war  campaigns  at  home,  Mrs.  Roberts 
gives  invaluable  assistance. 

WILLIAM  F.  MENTON. — In  his  twelve  years  of  residence  at  Santa  Ana, 
William  F.  Menton  has  taken  a  distinctive  place  in  the  legal  circles  of  this  vicinity, 
and  now  occupies  the  position  of  deputy  district  attorney,  a  position  he  is  ably  qualified 
to  fill.  Mr.  Menton  is  a  native  of  Iowa,  a  state  that  has  sent  so  many  of  her  sons  to 
take  part  in  the  upbuilding  of  California.  He  was  born  at  Boone  on  September  13, 
1874,  being  the  son  of  John  and  Johanna  (O'Leary)  Menton,  both  of  whom  are  now 
deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Menton  were  the  parents  of  nine  children  and  William  was 
next  to  the  youngest  of  the  family. 

William  Menton's  early  education  was  gained  in  the  public  schools  of  Boone,  and 
after  he  had  completed  his  courses  there,  he  engaged  in  newspaper  work  for  several 
years,  working  on  the  Boone  County  Democrat  until  he  became  one  of  the  proprietors 
as  well  as  its  editor. 

In  1907  Mr.  Menton  decided  to  take  up  his  residence  in  California  and  on  Septem- 
ber 8  of  that  year  he  arrived  in  Santa  Ana,  finding  employment  on  the  Santa  Ana 
Register.  Although  he  had  a  natural  aptitude  for  journalistic  work,  his  leanings  were 
always  toward  the  legal  profession,  so  he  began  the  study  of  law,  gaining  a  wide,  com- 
prehensive understanding  of  the  subject  by  reading  and  studying  in  private  offices.  On 
July  22,  191S,  he  was  admitted  to  the  California  Bar,  and  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession in  Santa  Ana,  and  through  the  steady  integrity  of  his  work  and  his  wisdom  as  a 
counselor,  he  has  won  for  himself  an  honored  standing,  as  is  evidenced  by  his  appoint- 
ment to  the  office  of  deputy  district  attorney  on  April  1,  1917,  a  position  whose  duties 
he  has  fulfilled  to  the  satisfaction  of  everyone. 

On  October  IS,  1918,  Mr.  Menton  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Helena  F. 
Browning,  a  native  of  Tonawanda,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Menton  is  a  member  of  the  County  Bar 
Association  and  also  of  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks,  and  in  politics  he  adheres  to  the 
platform  of  the  Republican  party.  Fond  of  outdoor  life,  he  takes  a  good  part  of  his 
recreation  in  playing  golf.  While  the  greater  portion  of  his  time  and  energy  is  occupied 
by  his  legal  work,  he  is  always  deeply  interested  in  all  public-spirited  movements  that 
make  for  the  betterment  of  the  community. 

BENJAMIN  R.  FORD. — An  enterprising,  likeable  business  man  of  Santa  Ana 
who  has  readily  demonstrated  his  capacity  for  success  in  commercial  circles  of  another 
city,  is  Benjamin  R.  Ford,  the  cement  contractor  and  road  builder  of  417  West  Seven- 
teenth Street,  Santa  Ana.  He  has  one  of  the  best  equipments  for  cement  road  con- 
struction obtainable,  and  takes  orders  for,  or  gives  estimates  upon  all  kinds  of  work. 
He  was  born  at  Asheville,  N.  C,  on  April  21,  1856,  and  spent  his  boyhood  there 
amid  the  privations  of  the  Civil  War  period.  His  father  was  James  M.  Ford,  captain 
of  Company  D,  Sixtieth  North  Carolina  Regiment,  an  old-line  Whig  who  was  im- 
pressed into  the  Confederate  Army  as  a  lieutenant  and  was  promoted  to  be  a  captain; 
but  he  forced  his  way  through  to  the  Federal  lines  (taking  his  men  with  him — no  small 
compliment  to  both  them  and  him;)  and  joining  the  Northern  forces,  fought  through 
to  the  close  of  the  war  for  the  cause  of  the  Union.  When  the  war  was  over,  his 
father  entered  the  Government  revenue  service,  and  after  twenty-five  years,  under 
the  Federal  Governmnt,  died  at  his  home  in  North  Carolina.  Mrs.  Ford  was  Sarah 
Ward  before  her  marriage,  a  granddaughter  of  General  Ballew  of  North  Carolina 
and  Revolutionary  fame;  and  she  died  in  North  Carolina,  the  mother  of  eight  children, 
among  whom  our  subject  was  the  eldest. 

With  his  wife  and  children,  Benjamin  R.  Ford  migrated  west  to  Washington 
Territory  in  188S,  buying  and  selling  wool;  and  coming  to  Pasadena  in  1906,  he  re- 
mained there  and  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  on  North  Lake  Avenue.  In  1875 
he  had  been  married  at  Greenville  to  Miss  Ella  Norton  of  South  Carolina,  and  they 
became  parents  of  five  children.  Etta  is  m,arried  and  resides  in  Oregon;  Vernon 
died  in  infancy;  and  E.  H.,  M.  M.  and  C.  M.  Ford  are  in  Oregon.  Mrs.  Ford  died  at 
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Redondo  in  1916.  Mr.  Ford  married  a  second  time,  choosing  for  his  wife  Mrs. 
Matilda  C.  Boebinger,  nee  Stewart,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

It  is  only  recently  that  Mr,  Ford  has  taken  up  cement-work  contracting  and  the 
building  of  roads,  but  he  is  doing  very  well  in  the  new  field.  He  has  just  completed 
the  Magnolia  Avenue  Road  at  Buena  Park,  in  Orange  County,  and  also  one  and  three- 
quarters  miles  of  road  for  the  county  at  Los  Alamitos,  both  stretches  being  concrete; 
and  he  has  recently  built  one  and  seven-tenths  miles  of  road  at  Garden  Grove  Avenue, 
Bixby  Hill  and  Ross  Street  in  Santa  Ana,  county  contracts.  Besides  these  he  has 
completed  four  other  contracts  for  county  and  city  roads.  One  is  on  Seventeenth 
Street,  Santa  Ana;  another  on  Collins  Avenue,  Orange;  a  third,  the  highway  or  county 
road  at  Olinda;  and  the  fourth  at  Orangethorpe,  from  the  highway  on,  west  to 
Placentia  Avenue,  on  the  east.  These  2.7  miles  cost  $65,000,  and  the  county  furnishes 
the  materials;  from  which  the  reader  may  see  what  Orange  County  is  at  present 
doing  to  contribute  her  share  of  that  unsurpassed  chain  of  public  highways  which  long 
ago  made  California  a  world-paradise  for  the  tourist. 

What  makes  Mr.  Ford  as  a  successful  man  of  business  and  industrial  enterprise 
of  especial  interest  is  his  academic  preparation  and  professional  career.  He  was 
educated  in  North  Carolina  at  the  Peabody  School  and  the  State  School  at  Chapel 
Hill,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  '76,  and  later  pursued  both  law 
and  medical  courses,  and  was  duly  graduated.  He  also  practiced  medicine  successfully 
in  both  Kansas  and  Colorado.  It  is  not  surprising,  therefore,  that  he  should  have 
been  intimately  associated  with  many  persons  of  note,  including  his  particular  friend, 
Z.   B.   Vance,  once   governor  of  and  senator   from   North   Carolina. 

JOHN  H.  HARMS. — A  young  apothecary  who  has  succeeded  so  well  that  he 
has  one  of  the  finest-equipped  drug  stores  in  Orange  County,  is  John  H.  Harms,  who 
was  born  near  Lynn,  Kans.,  on  January  18,  1889.  His  parents  are  John  P.  and  Rosina 
Harms,   and  they   are   now   honored   residents   of   Orange. 

He  commenced  to  receive  his  education  in  the  grammar  schools  of  Orange,  after 
which  he  was  graduated  from  the  Orange  County  Business  College;  and  having  decided 
to  study  pharmacy,  he  took  a  night-school  course  and  also  served  as  an  apprentice 
under  K.  E.  Watson  of  Orange.  He  also  remained  in  that  well-known  pharmacy  until 
November,  1917,  when  he  purchased  the  business  and  good  will  of  the  Orange  Drug 
Company,  now  known  as  the  Harms  Drug  Company,  at  present  doing  one  of  the 
largest  volumes  of  trade  of  any  similar  house  in  the  county.  He  uses  only  the  most 
scientific,  up-to-date  methods  and  apparatus,  and  carries  only  the  purest  and  freshest 
stock  in  all  departments. 

On  March  7,  1918,  Mr.  Harms  was  married  to  Miss  Nettie  E.  Pogue,  a  daughter  of 
the  late  Mrs.  Viola  Pogue  of  Glendale,  a  charming  and  gifted  young  lady  who  came 
to  Los  Angeles  in  1908  with  her  widowed  mother.  She  received  her  early  education 
in  the  usual  graded  schools,  and  took  up  the  study  of  music  under  the  instruction  of 
Professor  Andres  of  Santa  Ana,  becoming  an  artist  on  the  piano.  On  account  of  her 
natural  gifts  and  her  willingness  to  use  her  talent  for  the  benefit  of  worthy  causes, 
she  became  widely  known,  and  as  a  musician  is  today  one  of  the  local  favorites.  Mr. 
Harms  belongs  to  the  German  Lutheran  Church,  while  Mrs.  Harms  is  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  is  a  standpat  Republican,  an  ardent  American, 
and  took  an  active  part  in  all  of  the  Liberty  Loan  drives. 

MARTIN  H.  SHIELDS.— A  resident  of  Santa  Ana  who  had  attained  prosperity, 
both  as  a  farmer  and  as  a  business  man,  and  who  has,  besides,  the  satisfaction  of 
having  reared  a  large  family,  is  Martin  H.  Shields,  who  was  born  near  Sedalia,  Pettis 
County,  Mo.,  on  January  3,  1864,  the  son  of  Edward  and  Sarah  Shields.  The  father, 
a  native  Ohian,  was  brought  up  a  farmer  and  moved  to  Missouri  in  1860.  Five  years 
later  he  moved  back  to  Ohio  and  there,  in  Susquehanna  County,  he  again  farmed. 
He  stayed  a  couple  of  years  and  then  moved  on  to  Benton  County,  Mo.  He  died 
when  Martin  was  two  and  a  half  years  old,  whereupon  his  mother  married  -John 
Wesley   Dick,  and  our  subject  was   reared  by  his   stepfather. 

He  attended  a  grade  school  in  Benton  County,  and  afterward  went  to  the  State 
Normal  School  at  Warrensburg,  Mo.,  where  he  studied  for  a  couple  of  years.  For 
the  next  two  years  he  was  employed  as  a  clerk  in  the  large  establishment  of  Blair 
Brothers,  dealers  in  clothing  at  Sedalia,  and  for  the  first  time  came  to  California  in 
1884,  settling  in  Mono  County.  He  purchased  an  alfalfa  ranch  of  240  acres,  situated  at 
an  elevation  of  5,000  feet  above, the  level  of  the  sea,  and  raised  cattle,  hogs  and  horses. 
It  was  a  cold  country  in  winter,  and  he  had  two  cuttings  a  year  from  the  alfalfa 
grown  there.  The  ranch  was  located  in  Antelope  Valley  and  at  first  his  trading 
center  was  Carson  City;  but  this  was  later  changed  to  Minion,  Nev. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1009 

On  April  11,  1887,  Mr.  Shields  was  married  to  Miss  Florence  Warfield  Crapster, 
who  was  born  near  Florence,  Md.,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Ellen  A.  Crapster. 
Her  father  was  a  graduate  of  Yale,  Harvard,  and  a  theological  college  at  Gettysburg, 
and  he  taught  for  a  while  in  Yale  College.  Afterward  he  established  a  school  of  his 
own  at  Lisbon,  Md.,  at  which  place  he  died  in  later  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shields 
had  a  dairy  of  more  than  thirty  milch  cows  of  the  Holstein  strain  on  their  Mono 
County  ranch,  and  they  bred  and  raised  their  own  stock. 

In  1911  Mr.  Shields  sold  out  and  removed  to  Santa  Ana,  and  here  he  purchased 
twenty  acres  of  open  land  on  Irvine  Boulevard,  which  he  sold  in  the  short  period  of  a 
year.  In  1919  he  bought  what  was  known  as  the  William  F.  Lutz  home,  and  this 
is  only  one  of  many  pieces  of  land  and  property  which  he  has  owned  since  coming  to 
California.  He  has  a  full-bearing  orchard  of  twenty  acres  of  oranges  in  Villa  Park 
to  which  he  gives  part  of  his  attention. 

Five  boys  and  four  girls  have  blessed  this  fortunate  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Shields:  Raymond  C.  is  at  home,  working  on  the  ranch;  Lela  F.  is  also  at  home; 
Cecil  R.  is  serving  in  the  Navy  at  Guam;  Hazel  V.  is  deputy  auditor  for  Orange 
County;  Sylvia  S.  is  employed  by  the  Southern  California  Edison  Company;  Gladys  C. 
is  at  Woolworth's  in  Santa  Ana;  Ivory  T.  is  a  high  school  student  in  the  same  town; 
Dallasy — whose  name  was  made  up  from  the  last  letter  of  the  first  name  of  each  of 
the  older  brothers  and  sisters — is  a  pupil  in  the  intermediate  schools;  and  Martin,  Jr., 
is   in  the  grammar   school. 

Cecil  R.  Shields  volunteered  for  service  at  Santa  Ana,  and  was  enlisted  at  Los 
Angeles  on  June  5,  1917.  He  trained  at  Goat  and  Mare  Islands,  and  entered  as  ship- 
yeoman,  but  was  transferred  as  an  electrician  to  the  S.  S.  "Illinois,"  at  Norfolk,  Va. 
Again  he  was  transferred  to  Philadelphia,  and  from  there  he  sailed  for  Brest,  France. 
He  did  convoy  duty  in  the  English  Channel  and  returned  to  the  United  States  on 
December  30,  1918,  landing  at  Hampton  Roads.  He  was  then  sent  to  the  submarine 
base  at  New  London,  was  transferred  to  Newport  News,  and  still  later  sent  to  the 
Island  of  Guam,  where  he  is  at  present. 

Mr.  Shields  is  a  Mason  and  also  an  Elk,  in  affiliation  with  the  lodges  at  Santa 
Ana;  he  is  a  Republican  in  matters  of  national  politics,  and  his  family  are  active  partici- 
pators in  the  work  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  of  Santa  Ana. 

HENRY  SEIDEL. — An  example  of  the  perseverance  and  determination  to  succeed 
which  overcomes  every  difficulty  is  found  in  the  life  of  Henry  Seidel  of  Santa  Ana,  who, 
by  his  own  unaided  efforts,  has  made  a  success  in  his  line  of  business.  He  was  born  in 
New  York  City  on  March  1,  1884,  the  son  of  Frank  and  Anna  (Tine)  Seidel,  the  father 
being  a  shoemaker  in  the  early  days.  In  1893,  when  Henry  was  nine  years  of  age,  the 
family  came  to  California,  locating  at  Monrovia,  and  in  1894  coming  to  Santa  Ana. 
Here  the  father  died,  leaving  a  family  of  six  small  children.  Henry  attended  the  public 
school  of  Santa  Ana,  but  his  education  was  cut  short  by  his  father's  death,  as  being 
the  eldest  of  the  family,  when  he  was  only  twelve  years  of  age  he  had  to  go  to  work, 
and  with  the  help  of  one  of  his  brothers  he  supported  the  family.  In  fact,  he  had 
already  begun  to  look  out  for  himself  when  he  was  a  small  lad  in  New  York,  having 
sold  papers  on  the  streets  of  that  city. 

From  this  time  up  until  the  year  1898  Mr.  Seidel  was  engaged  in  various  occupa- 
tions, spending  some  time  in  ranching,  working  two  years  on  a  celery  farm  and  for 
some  time  laying  sewer  pipe.  At  this  time,  because  of  an  unusually  rainy  season,  mak- 
ing outdoor  work  difficult,  he  entered  the  butcher  business,  working  under  Theodore 
Kling.  For  the  first  six  months  he  received  $3.50  a  week  and  after  that  $4.00  a  week 
for  a  few  months  and  then  gradually  more  wages,  and  here  he  continued  for  five  years, 
learning  all  the  details  of  the  business  at  first  hand.  It  was  in  1905  that  he  then  deter- 
mined to  go  into  business  for  himself,  and  with  but  little  except  indomitable  pluck  and 
the  determination  to  succeed  he  made  the  venture,  starting  in  a  little  ten-foot  room 
with  a  capital  of  only  $7.20.  His  integrity  and  strict  attention  to  business  have  won  for 
him  a  well-deserved  and  unqualified  success,  and  he  has  just  completed  one  of  the 
finest  and  most  modern  markets  in  Orange  County.  He  employs  eight  people  and  has 
the  largest  business  in  this  line  in  the  city.  In  addition  Mr.  Seidel  owns  a  market,  just 
as  well  appointed,  in  Balboa,  where  he  has  the  largest  business  in  that  seaside  resort. 
He  can  well  claim  the  title  of  the  pioneer  butcher,  for  there  is  no  other  in  his  line  of 
business  here  now  that  was  here  when  he  started  his  shop. 

Politically  Mr.  Seidel  is  a  Republican  and  in  his  fraternal  relations  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Elks  and  Odd  Fellows.  He  has  also  been  a  member  of  the  National  Guard  of 
California.  Especially  fond  of  outdoor  life,  Mr.  Seidel  finds  his  most  enjoyable  recrea- 
tion in  hunting,  fishing,  and  particularly  in  trapshooting  .  He  is  an  enthusiastic  believer 
in  the  future  of  Orange  County  and  is  ever  ready  to  aid  in  any  movement  that  makes 
for  its  progress. 


1010  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

WALTER  A.  SUTTON. — A  progressive,  practical  and  scientifically  disposed 
rancher  sure  to  attain  to  such  results  as  will  mark  some  real  progress  in  local  agricul- 
ture, is  Walter  A.  Sutton,  of  North  Flower  Street,  West  Orange,  who  was  born  there, 
a  native  son  proud  of  his  association  with  the  Golden  State,  in  the  old  Sutton  home 
on  what  was  called  the  County  Road,  on  September  19,  1886.  His  father  was  James  V. 
Sutton,  a  native  of  Adair  County,  Mo.,  where  he  was  born  on  March  18,  1848.  When 
he  was  nineteen  years  old  he  moved  to  Nebraska  with  his  parents,  and  for  two  years 
lived  in  Plattsmouth,  Cass  County,  after  which  they  migrated  to  Collins  County, 
Texas,  where  they  farmed.  In  May,  1869,  he  was  married  at  Anna,  Collins  County, 
in  that  same  state,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  C.  Talkington,  a  Kansas  girl,  and  three  years 
later,  or  in  1872,  he  came  west  to  California  and  at  Orange  built  the  fourth  house 
in  the  town  east  of  the  Santa  Ana  River.  In  1875  he  returned  to  Texas  and  there 
farmed  for  the  following  seven  years,  when  he  returned  to  Orange  and  purchased  a 
sixteen-acre  ranch,  setting  out  the  entire  acreage  to  walnuts.  This  ranch,  of  excep- 
tionally rich  soil,  is  under  the  service  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company. 
Some  years  ago  he  leased  the  farm  to  his  son  Walter,  and  now  lives  in  Orange.  Five 
children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sutton.  Alice  C,  the  eldest,  is  Mrs.  Walton  of 
Orange;  Victor  is  a  telegrapher  near  Sacramento;  Herbert  is  employed  in  the  pipe- 
organ  factory  at  Van  Nuys;  Walter  is  the  subject  of  our  sketch;  and  Sadie,  Mrs. 
Ritter,  lives  at  the  home  of  her  parents. 

Walter  Sutton  was  educated  in  the  Orange  schools  and  then  served  his  appren- 
ticeship in  mechanics  under  Ben  Davis  at  Orange,  after  which  he  worked  for  Messrs. 
Kolberg  and  Gardner  in  the  Orange  Buick  works.  On  the  last  day  of  the  year  in 
1912  he  was  married  to  Miss  Maude  Belt,  the  ceremony  taking  place  at  Garden  Grove. 
She  was  a  native  daughter,  also,  having  first  seen  the  light  at  Westminster,  and  her 
parents,  who  came  to  California  fifty  years  ago,  were  James  and  Susan  (Brown)  Belt. 
She  attended  the  common  schools  of  Garden  Grove,  and  later  graduated  from  the 
Santa  Ana  high  school.  After  their  marriage,  Mr.  Sutton  lived  at  Santa  Ana  for  five 
years,  when  he  was  with  Kolberg  and  Kenyon,  and  then  he  spent  a  year  with 
Charles  Davis  in  his  garage. 

The  next  five  years  were  given  to  the  Studebaker  Garage,  under  Mr.  Lutz,  and 
it  was  in  1918,  while  he  was  unloading  a  car  of  autos,  that  he  had  his  back  broken, 
the  result  of  an  auto  falling  and  pinning  him  down.  Everything  possible  was  naturally 
done  for  him  after  the  accident,  and  he  was  nursed  back  to  health  through  sciertific 
and  loving  care  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Belt,  in  Garden  Grove. 

Since  his  miraculous  recovery  Mr.  Sutton,  who  had  been  such  a  skilled  mechanic 
from  1904  to  1918,  has  lived  on  the  old  Sutton  ranch,  where  he  has  built  for  himself 
a  home.  Ten  acres  are  in  his  father's  title;  three  and  a  half  in  his  own;  while  another 
two  and  a  half  belong  to  his  brother,  Victor  W.  Sutton,  but  Walter  has  the  care  of 
the  entire  ranch.  He  has  there  a  pumping  plant  with  a  capacity  of  forty  inches;  and 
with  the  exception  of  three  and  a  half  acres,  which  are  set  out  to  Valencias,  all  the 
ranch  is  in  walnuts.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Orange  Walnut  Growers  Association, 
and  takes  a  keen  interest  in  its  problems. 

Two  children  were  granted  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sutton,  but  one,  Susan  Aileen,  passed 
to  the  spirit  land  when  she  was  seventeen  months  old.  The  other,  Fae  Lanaire,  is 
now  a  promising  youngster  in  her  second  year.  Mr.  Sutton  gives  some  attention  to 
the  great  game  of  politics,  but  believes  in  nonpartisan  support  of  the  best  men  and 
the  best  measures. 

CHARLES  W.  McKEEN. — A  modest,  unassuming,  but  talented  gentleman,  now 
a  successful  walnut  grower  at  San  Juan  Capistrano,  whose  family  history  is  associated 
with  interesting  chapters  in  American  annals,  and  who  was  himself  connected  with  the 
development  of  other  parts  of  the  Golden  State,  is  Charles  W.  McKeen,  who  lives  about 
two  miles  east  of  the  town  on  the  Hot  Springs  Road.  He  was  born  at  Litchfield, 
Meeker  County,  Minn.,  on  June  16,  1867,  the  son  of  John  W.  McKeen,  a  native  of 
Portland,  Maine.  His  grandfather,  John  V.  McKeen,  was  a  ship  carpenter  in  that 
famous  port,  and  as  John  W.  grew  up,  he  learned  ship  carpentering.  Mrs.  Hannah 
E.  McKeen,  the  mother  of  our  subject,  is  still  living,  on  Birch  Street  in  Santa  Ana, 
aged  seventy-four  years.  A  brother  of  Charles,  Roy  A.  McKeen,  is  agent  for  Orange 
County  for  the  Savage  Automobile  Tire  Company  with  headquarters  in  Anaheim. 

Charles  W.  grew  to  maturity  at  Litchfield,  and  when  fourteen,  went  with  his 
father  to  Dayton,  Ohio,  where  the  latter  worked  as  a  millwright.  The  young  man 
stayed  with  his  father  and  learned  the  trade  thoroughly.  He  made  Dayton,  Ohio,  and 
Indianapolis  his  headquarters  for  several  years  during  which  time  he  helped  build 
numerous  flour  mills,  from  Texas  to  Canada.  Clever  at  drafting,  he  drew  up  plans 
for  many  of  the  most  noted  mills  on  this  continent.     This  fact  may  be  readily  under- 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1013 

stood  when  it  is  known  that  Mr.  McKeen,  as  one  of  the  foremost  mill  builders  in 
America,  constructed  the  "A,"  "B"  and  "C"  mills  for  the  Washburn-Crosby  Company 
at  Minneapolis,  the  Pillsbury  "A"  Mill  at  Minneapolis,  and  the  "Palisade,"  the  "Cas- 
cade" and  "Cataract"  at  the  same  place.  He  also  put  up  the  mills  for  the  American 
Mill  Company  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  the  George  C.  Urban  Mill  Company  at  Buffalo, 
the  Dallas  Milling  Company  at  Dallas,  Texas,  and  the  Imperial  Mill  at  Duluth. 

In  1894,  Mr.  McKeen  came  to  California  and  settled  at  Bolsa,  and  there  he  em- 
barked in  the  celery  business,  owning  XHyz  acres  of  peat  lands.  About  1908,  he  went 
to  Garden  Grove,  and  there  he  bought  forty  acres  of  walnut  orchard.  His  next  move 
was  to  San  Juan  Capistrano,  where  he  expects  to  remain — for  some  time  to  come. 

At  Santa  Ana  Mr.  McKeen  was  married  to  Mrs.  Annie  A.  Davis,  and  so  became 
stepfather  to  her  one  son,  Paul  O.  Davis,  a  well-known  architect  of  Los  Angeles.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  McKeen  take  a  live  interest  in  all  that  bids  fair  to  develop  Orange  County 
permanently  and  along  the  best  lines;  and  they  are  ever  ready  to  "lend  a  hand"  when 
hard  work  needs  to  be  done  or  funds  subscribed. 

CONRAD  OERTLY. — Among  the  many  good  citizens  of  foreign  birth  Conrad 
Oertly,  who  resides  on  Euclid  Avenue,  Garden  Grove,  is  worthy  of  note.  A  native  of 
the  canton  of  Appenzell,  Switzerland,  he  was  born  November  25,  1858,  the  son  of 
Conrad  Oertly,  a  dealer  in  lumber,  who  was  born,  lived,  married  and  died  in  his  native 
country,  Switzerland.  Mr.  Oertly's  mother  was  also  a  native  of  Switzerland,  and 
before  her  marriage  was  Miss  Anna  Encler. 

Conrad  Oertly's  life  was  spent  in  his  native  country  until  the  age  of  twenty-two, 
and  there  he  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter,  afterwards  traveling  as  a  journeyman  car- 
penter. He  was  a  resident  of  Paris,  France,  one  year,  then,  in  1882,  came  to  America, 
locating  in  the  Mohawk  Valley,  at  Little  Falls,  New  York,  where  he  remained  three 
years  working  at  his  trade.  He  also  worked  in  Utica  and  Buffalo,  going  thence  to 
Covington,  Ky.,  where  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Elisa  Wiedmer,  whom 
he  first  met  in  Little  Falls,  New  York.  She  also  is  a  native  of  Switzerland,  and  was 
born  in  the  canton  of  Berne,  at  Dientigen,  the  daughter  of  Jacob  Wiedmer,  a  stock- 
man, and  her  mother  was  in  maidenhood  Magdalena  Werren.  When  twenty  years 
old,  in  1882,  just  three  months  later,  and  upon  the  same  ship,  the  "La  France,"  in 
which  Mr.  Oertly  crossed  the  ocean,  she  joined  an  older  sister  in  New  York.  After 
their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oertly  removed  to  Lexington,  Ky.,  where  he  worked  at 
carpentering  four  years,  and  there  two  of  their  children  were  born. 

In  1889  Mr.  Oertly  took  his  family  on  a  trip  to  their  old  home  in  Switzerland, 
remaining  two  and  a  half  years,  although  they  did  not  intend  to  make  so  long  a  visit. 
While  there  Mrs.  Oertly  was  injured  in  an  accident,  which  prolonged  their  stay.  Re- 
turning to  America,  they  came  at  once  to  California  and  settled  in  Los  Angeles  in 
March,  1892,  and  there  Mr.  Oertly  was  employed  at  his  trade  for  two  years;  afterwards 
he  worked  in  the  dairy  business  for  two  years,  then  engaged  in  the  dairy  business 
on  his  own  account  for  three  years.  Having  been  successful  in  this  business,  he 
purchased  nine  acres  of  land  at  the  corner  of  Figueroa  and  Forty-eighth  streets, 
Los  Angeles,  and  remained  in  that  city  until  1906,  when  he  removed  to  Garden  Grove 
and  purchased  a  twenty-acre  piece  of  property  which  he  improved  into  an  orange  and 
lemon  grove,  and  afterward  sold  to  his  son. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oertly  are  the  parents  of  four  children,  Soule  C,  who  is  mentioned 
on  another  page  in  this  work;  Bertha,  the  wife  of  J.  G.  Allen;  Bernhard,  who  died 
at  Nobleford,  Alberta,  of  the  influenza,  when  it  raged  so  relentlessly  throughout  the 
country  in  1918,  and  George  M.,  who  is  in  the  fuel  and  feed  business  at  Long  Beach, 
Cal.,  and  who  was  also  at  Nobleford,  Alberta,  from  which  place  he  entered  the  U.  S. 
service  and  trained  at  Camp  Lewis,  then  went  to  the  aero  squadron  at  Kelly  Field, 
San  Antonio,  Texas.  From  there  he  went  to  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  where  he  attended  the 
Carnegie  school  for  quick  repairing*  of  aeroplanes;  returning  thence  to  Kelly  Field 
he  entered  the  chemical  department,  and  in  time  was  promoted  to  the  head  of  the 
department.  It  was  his  duty  to  analyze  the  lubricating  oils  and  gasoline  and  O.  K. 
all  the  purchases  of  oils;  he  stood  in  line  for  promotion  to  a  lieutenancy  when  the 
armistice  was  signed.     He  is  a  well-known  football  star. 

Mr.  Oertly  has  a  clear  brain,  is  an  interesting  talker  and  a  loyal  American.  Of 
friejidly  disposition,  warm  hearted, and  genial,  he  has  led  an  active,  moral  and  useful 
life,  and  given  his  children  excellent  educational  advantages.  Gifted  and  successful, 
they  stand  among  the  most  prominent  people  in  the  county,  and  they,  as  well  as  theif 
parents,  take  an  active  interest  in  the  betterment  of  the  community  in  every  possible 
way.  In  their  religious  convictions  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oertly  are  members  of  the  Baptist 
Church  at  Garden  Grove,  where  Mrs.  Oertly  is  active  in  Sunday  School  work. 


1014  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

HANS  GATJENS. — The  popular  proprietor  of  the  Orange  County  Soda  Works 
at  Anaheim,  Hans  Gatjens,  is  a  native  of  Schleswig-Holstein,  where  he  first  saw  the 
light  of  day  July  21,  1872.  At  the  early  age  of  sixteen  he  migrated  to  America  and 
located  first  in  Iowa,  working  on  farms  in  Scott  and  Benton  counties  for  five  years. 
In  1893,  attracted  by  the  greater  opportunities  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  he  came  to  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  chose  Orange  County  as  the  scene  of  his  future  operations.  At  first 
he  found  employment  on  a  sugar-beet  ranch.  Being  very  thrifty  and  industrious,  he 
saved  his  money  and  by  1904  he  was  able  to  lease  120  acres  of  land,  upon  which  he 
raised  sugar  beets  and  successfully  continued  in   this   business   up   to   1912. 

In  1913  Mr.  Gatjens  returned  to  the  scenes  of  his  boyhood  days  in  Germany  and 
after  a  pleasant  visit  he  returned  to  Orange  County,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of 
the  Orange  County  Soda  Works,  which  was  then  located  at  Anaheim.  Being  a  man 
of  enterprise  and  initiative  he  soon  gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  soda  business 
and  in  1918  purchased  the  works«and  later  erected  a  plant  at  400  South  Claudina  Street. 
He  has  installed  new  machinery  and  otherwise  improved  the  plant  so  that  it  is  up  to 
date  in  every  way  and  capable  of  handling  his  large  and  increasing  business,  which 
now  extends  all  over  the  county.  At  present  he  makes  twenty  diflferent  kinds  of  soft 
drinks,  his  orange  flavor  being  especially  popular.  He  uses  two  auto  trucks  in  his 
business. 

During  his  first  trip  to  his  native  land,  in  1902,  Mr.  Gatjens  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Johanna  Gatjens,  a  native  of  the  same  district  in  Germany  where  Hans 
was  born,  although  not  a  relative.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gatjens  are  the  parents  of  three 
children,  all  born  in  California,  Hattie,  Effie  and  Harry.  Hans  Gatjens  is  recog- 
nized as  a  self-made  man,  of  which  honor  he  is  justly  proud.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Concordia  Society  of  Anaheim. 

W.  LESTER  TUBES. — An  interesting  representative  of  one  of  the  worthiest 
pioneer  families  of  California,  members  of  which  have  frequently  been  identified  with 
the  really  stirring  and  epoch-making  events  in  the  annals  of  the  Golden  State,  is  W. 
Lester  Tubbs,  who  was  born  at  Emerson,  Iowa,  on  July  10,  1894,  the  son  of  William 
L.  Tubbs,  a  native  of  Flowerfield,  Mich.  His  father  was  Judge  Lewis  W.  Tubbs, 
who  came  to  California  with  an  ox-team  in  1849,  leaving  Iowa  on  March  1  as  captain 
of  a  train  which  took  six  months  to  get  across  the  desert  and  mountains.  He  was  a 
native  of  New  York,  where  he  was  born  in  1829,  and  brought  with  him  from  the 
Empire  State  some  of  that  natural  spirit  of  leadership  which  led  his  fellow-citizens  to 
send  him  as  a  delegate  to  the  first  California  legislature  after  California's  admission 
to  the  Union.  Later  he  made  many  trips  back  and  forth  between  the  Coast  and  the 
Middle  West.  He  married  a  daughter  of  William  Wheeler,  of  Michigan,  who  became 
colonel  of  a  regiment  of  volunteers  that  served  the  cause  of  the  North  in  the  Civil 
War.  William  L.  Tubbs  married  Miss  Alice  N.  Tomblin,  and  coming  to  California 
in  1901,  they  lived  on  a  small  ranch  in  Tustin  for  the  first  seven  months,  after  which 
they  moved  into  Santa  Ana,  and  Mr.  Tubbs  became  one  of  the  most  active  organizers 
of  the  Santa  Ana  community.  He  was  the  first  to  be  exalted  in  Lodge  No.  794  of 
the  Santa  Ana  Elks,  and  was  a  Mason  and  a  Shriner.  When  he  passed  away,  on  July 
11,  1911,  his  going  was  mourned  by  a  large  circle  of  devoted  friends. 

W.  Lester  Tubbs  attended  the  grade  schools  of  Santa  Ana,  and  afterward  went 
to  the  Shattuck  Military  School  at  Faribault,  Minn.,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1912.  He  had  attained  the  captaincy  of  Company  C,  and  was  presented  with  a  beautiful 
silver  loving  cup  by  his  fellows  in  the  company. 

His  first  venture  in  business  was  with  the  Security  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  of 
Los  Angeles,  where  he  remained  for  three  and  a  half  years,  traveling  back  and  forth 
each  day  between  Santa  Ana  and  Los  Angeles.  He. was  in  the  loan  department  of  that 
fine  institution,  and  there  demonstrated  his  capability  in  caring  for  the  insurance. 
On  February  IS,  1917,  he  became  teller  in  the  Orange  County  Trust  and  Savings  Bank 
of  Santa  Ana.  • 

When  the  recent  war  broke  out,  Mr.  Tubbs  went  to  San  Francisco  and  took 
the  officer's  examination,  and  on  April  9,  1917,  was  recommended  for  a  cominission; 
but  he  was  later  held  back  on  account  of  being  under  weight.  On  November  2,  1917, 
he  was  finally  admitted  to  the  service,  and  served  at  Camp  Lewis  in  the  Ninety-first 
Division,  in  the  enlisted  men's  ranks.  In  August,  1915,  he  was  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  and  was  held  as  instructor  in  the  Thirteenth  Division  at  Camp  Lewis.  .On 
December  3,  1918,  he  was  honorably  discharged.  He  is  treasurer  of  Santa  Ana  Post, 
No.  131,  of  the  American  Legion.  On  his  return  to  civilian  life,  Mr.  Tubbs  resumed 
his  position  with  the  Orange  County  Trust  and  Savings  Bank.  On  June  1,  1919,  he 
accepted  the  responsibility  of  representing  the  Auto  Club  of  Orange  County  as  office 
manager   at   Santa   Ana. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1017 

On  July  5,  1919,  Mr.  Tubbs  was  married  to  Miss  Dorothy  L.  Hendrie,  daughter 
of  I.  R.  and  Alice  (Dakan)  Hendrie  of  Santa  Ana.  She  began  her  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Long  Beach  and  continued  her  studies  at  the  Santa  Ana  high  school, 
and  received  private  instruction  in  music  and  the  drama.  During  the  recent  war,  Mrs. 
Tubbs  served  as  a  nurse  in  the  Good  Samaritan  Hospital  at  Los  Angeles,  disengaging 
herself  therefrom  when  hostilities  ceased  on  November  11,  1918.  Mr.  Tubbs  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  a  life  member  of  the  Elks,  and  few  if  any  enjoy 
a  more  deserved  popularity. 

JAMES  ALLAN  KNAPP. — A  Californian  of  more  than  ordinary  interest,  both 
on  account  of  his  personality  and  his  varied  life  story,  is  J.  A.  Knapp,  one  of  the  fore- 
most citizens  of  Garden  Grove,  and  popularly  spoken  of  as  the  "Chili  King."  His 
face  and  figure  have  become  familiar  to  many  non-residents  who  have  attended  the 
afternoon  lectures  by  D.  W.  McDaniel.'the  capable  representative  of  Orange  County 
at  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

Mr.  Knapp  was  born  seventy  miles  north  of  Toronto,  Ontario,  Canada,  and  ten 
miles  northwest  of  Barrie,  the  county  seat  of  Simcoe  County,  on  his  father's  farm 
of  100  acres,  on  December  23,  1879,  the  third  child  and  the  second  son  of  Peter  B. 
Knapp,  who  had  married  Christina  M.  Livingston.  Peter  Knapp  was  of  Scotch  origin, 
and  belonged  to  the  loyal  Tory  stock  in  Pennsylvania,  who  returned  to  British  soil, 
that  is,  removed  to  Canada,  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolutionary  War.  He  was 
reared  at  Kingston,  Ont.,  and  became  a  farmer,  and  he  died  on  January  6,  1903,  aged 
fifty-two  years,  in  California,,  to  which  milder  region  he  had  come  for  his  health  in 
1898,  with  his  eldest  son,  George  Knapp.  He  had  stopped  first  at  Weiser,  Idaho,  from 
June  until  September,  1898,  and  from  there  he  came  to  Anaheim,  where  he  remained 
until  March,  1899,  when  he  went  back  to  Canada,  leaving  his  son  here.  He  straight- 
ened out  his  affairs  and  returned  to  Anaheim,  and  there  bought  land,  and  made  many 
friends;  so  that  today  he  is  favorably  remembered  in  the  neighborhood  of  his  demise. 

Seven  children  blessed  the  union  of  Peter  and  Christina  Knapp.  George  was  the 
eldest  and  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-six,  at  Anaheim;  May  is  the  wife  of  George  W. 
Dorr,  the  chief  clerk  of  the  U.  S.  Railway  Mail  Service  running  out  of  Los  Angeles 
to  El  Paso,  Texas,  and  resides  at  235  East  Adams  Street,  Eagle  Rock;  James  Allan 
is  the  subject  of  this  review;  Annie  died  at  the  age  of  twenty;  Rachel  J.  is  the  wife 
of  E.  M.  Christensen,  a  farmer  and  cement  contractor,  living  two  miles  northeast  of 
Garden  Grove,  and  Elmer  C.  and  Robert  L.  are  both  single  and  live  with  their  mother 
on  the  original  Knapp  farm  of  fifty  acres,  purchased  in  February,  1900,  and  now 
planted   to   oranges. 

James  A.  was  twenty  years  old  when  he  came  to  Garden  Grove.  He  had  attended 
the  public  schools  at  Minesing,  Canada,  and  the  Collegiate  Institute  at  Barrie,  and 
so  was  well  equipped  for  a  successful  tussle  with  the  world.  On  his  arrival  in 
California,  he  lost  no  time  in  going  to  work  as  a  farm  hand  on  an  orange  ranch  at 
eighteen  dollars  a  month.  At  the  end  of  the  month,  however,  he  quit  to  try  his  hand 
at  walnut  culture,  and  for  three-quarters  of  a  year  he  was  on  a  walnut  ranch.  Then 
he  went  to  work  on  the  home  ranch,  where  he  remained  until  he  was  thirty  years  of 
age.  While  working  at  the  walnut  grove,  he  watched  his  neighbor  grow  a  two  and  a 
half  acre  patch  of  Chili  peppers,  for  canning,  and  since  these  were  the  first  of  that 
edible  he  had  ever  seen,  the  process  interested  him  not  a  little.  His  father  had  thirty 
acres  of  idle  land,  and  Mr.  Knapp  soon  conceived  the  idea  of  utilizing  it  for  pepper 
growing.  The  following  year,  therefore,  he  and  his  father  put  in  eight  acres,  with 
good  results,  netting  them  about  $200  an  acre,  and  the  second  year  they  planted  fifteen 
acres,  and  each  year  planted  more  and  more,  until  now  Mr.  Knapp  has  1,000  acres  of 
peppers,  leased  land,  all  of  which  he  supervises  himself.  The  peppers  are  grown  on 
contract,  and  he  uses  Mexican,  Jap  and  white  labor.  In  busy  harvest  seasons  he  em- 
ploys about  500  people.  He  owns  the  largest  chili  warehouse  in  Garden  Grove,  and 
Garden  Grove  is  the  largest  and  most  important  initial  Chili  pepper  market  in  the 
United  States,  if  not  in  the  world. 

The  varieties  of  peppers  grown  from  seeds  of  Mr.  Knapp's  own  raising  are  as 
follows:  The  Mexican  type.  Chili  pod  (parent  stock  being  imported  from  Old  Mexico), 
this  type  being  first  grown  by  Mr.  Knapp  in  1907,  and  his  first  crop  was  sold  at  St. 
Louis  in  the  same  year;  the  California  long  red  pod  Chili,  which  is  native;  the  Pi- 
miento,  or  sweet  peppers,  the  seeds  of  which  were  imported  from  Spain  in  1910,  and 
brought  over  by  various  canning  companies. 

Mr.  Knapp  and  his  father  built  at  Anaheim,  in  1901,  the  first  evaporator  in  Orange 
County  used  for  drying  peppers  artificially,  and  now  he  has  a  number  of  drying  houses, 
one  plant  containing  eight  separate  buildings,  or  units.  He  has  devised  a  type  of 
evaporator,  which  has  been  very  generally  adopted   by  all   the   rest  of  the   growers. 


1018  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

The  pepper  contains  at  least  ninety  per  cent  of  water,  which  is  more  than  that  generally 
found  in  vegetables,  and  this  renders  it  necessary  to  have  a  special  form  of  dryer.  In 
1915  natural  gas  fuel  for  generating  the  necessary  heat  for  the  evaporators  was  adopted 
in  place  of  oil,  and  this  was  an  important  step  forward. 

Mr.  Knapp's  chili  warehouse  is  a  large  frame  structure,  40x100  feet,  situated  on 
the  right  of  way  of  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway,  and  was  built  by  him  in  1917.  He 
works  up  his  own  markets  for  chili  peppers,  and  has  done  so  from  the  start.  He  does 
his  own  selling,  and  ships  direct  to  his  many  customers  in  car  load  lots.  The  Latin 
races  of  California,  New  Mexico,  Arizona  and  Texas  were  the  first  to  use  chili  pep- 
pers, but  his  trade  now  includes  the  Mississippi  Valley,  and  is  traveling  rapidly  both 
East  and  North.  In  1919  he  even  invaded  New  York  City  with  a  car  load  of  that  year's 
crop,  and  this  shows  how,  under  such  splendid  leadership  as  that  of  this  captain  of 
industry,  the  pepper  market  has  been  expanded. 

In  1910  Mr.  Knapp  became  interested  in  some  other  business  affairs  in  Garden 
Grove.  The  previous  year  he  had  helped  to  organize  the  Garden  Grove  State  Bank, 
when  he  became  its  first  vice-president,  and  later  its  president,  and  this  solid  institu- 
tion has  now  become  the  First  National  Bank.  In  1916  he  was  elected  president  of 
the  Garden  Grove  State  Bank,  and  he  is  still  a  stockholder. 

Seventy  acres  of  land  belonging  to  Mr.  Knapp  are  given  up  to  Valencia  oranges, 
and  he  also  grows  beans.  He  helped  to  organize  the  Garden  Grove  Bean  Growers 
Association  in  1915,  and  has  served  as  the  president  ever  since.  In  1914  he  helped  to 
organize  the  Garden  Grove  City  Water  Company,  a  private  enterprise,  of  which  he 
is  both  president  and  manager. 

On  December  19,  1911,  Mr.  Knapp  was  married  to  Miss  Nina  Frances  Richard- 
son, of  Sibley,  Iowa,  where  she  was  born  and  reared,  the  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Catherine  (Bremmer)  Richardson,  both  of  whom  are  still  living  in  that  place,  where 
the  father  is  a  meat  packer.  She  was  educated  at  the  Sibley  high  school  and  the  State 
Teachers  College,  at  Cedar  Falls,  Iowa,  and  coming  to  California,  taught  in  the  Gar- 
den Grove  schools.  They  have  one  child,  Dorothy  Mae,  and  have  lived  at  Garden 
Grove  since  their  marriage.  They  belong  to  the  Baptist  Church  of  Garden  Grove,  and 
Mr.  Knapp  was  on  the  committee  which  had  charge  of  the  erection  of  the  fine  edifice, 
which  seats  300  people,  and  was  remodeled  in  1914.  He  is  now  chairman  of  the 
church  board  of  trustees,  and  was  also  Superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  for 
several  years,  resigning  in  1917.  Mrs.  Knapp  is  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday  school,  and 
is  an  officer  in  the  missionary  society.  Mr.  Knapp  is  a  Republican  in  national  politics, 
and  both  he  and  Mrs.  Knapp  were  participants  in  all  the  various  war  activities.'  He 
was  made  a  Mason  in  the  Anaheim  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  1907,  and  is  still  a  member 
there,  being  a  past  master. 

FRED  K.  GRESSWELL.— The  leader  in  his  line  of  work,  that  of  sign  painting, 
window  lettering,  and  the  making  of  glass  and  metal  signs,  Fred  K.  Gresswell  of 
Anaheim  is  noted  for  the  excellency  of  his  work  and  its  artistic  qualities.  A  native 
of  England,  Mr.  Gresswell  was  born  at  Grimsby  on  October  9,  1855,  but  for  many 
years  he  has  been  a  loyal  citizen  of  the  United  States,  having  taken  out  his  final  papers 
on  November  4,  1898.  He  received  his  education  in  private  schools  and  the  Methodist 
College  of  his  native  land.  In  England,  in  those  days,  the  training  of  the  trades  was 
very  thorough,  and  Mr.  Gresswell  served  as  an  apprentice  at  the  painter's  trade  for 
seven  years,  and  for  one  year  as  an  "improver"  which  is  slightly  higher  than  an  appren- 
tice, and  with  advanced  wages.  In  those  days  the  colors  for  paints  were  ground  with 
a  muller  and  stone  and  the  oil  was  taken  from  the  cake  mill  and  boiled.  This  work 
was  done  in  the  winter,  preparatory  for  the  summer  season,  and  Mr.  Gresswell  did  a 
great  deal  of  this  primitive  paint  making  and  this  thorough  grounding  in  all  the  details 
of  his  work  has  added  greatly  to  his  proficiency. 

In  1879  Mr.  Gresswell  came  to  the  United  States,  locating  in  Chicago,  where  he 
followed  his  trade  for  some  time.  He  went  back  to  England,  but  returned  to  Chicago, 
later  coming  west.  He  arrived  in  California  in  1903,  engaging  in  his  line  of  work  at  Los 
Angeles  and  Long  Beach  until  1907,  when  he  came  to  Anaheim.  Here  he  established 
himself  as  a  painting  contractor,  continuing  in  this  until  he  took  up  his  present  work 
of  sign  painting,  window  lettering  and  glass  and  metal  sign  making,  and  in  this  work 
he  has  been  most  successful.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  gold  lettering  on  glass  and  has 
done  all  the  work  of  this  kind  on  the  First  National  Bank  Building,  the  Anaheim  Na- 
tional Bank  Building  and  the  Golden  State  Bank  Building,  and  part  of  the  work  on 
the  First  National  Bank  Building  of  Fullerton  and  the  First  National  Building  of 
Victorville.  He  also  does  all  the  lettering  for  the  city  of  Anaheim.  For  a  number  of 
years  he  has  had  the  decorating  contract  for  the  Orange  Show  held  in  San  Bernardino 
each  season.  One  of  the  most  enthusiastic  boosters  Anaheim  has  ever  had,  even  during 
his  vacation  he  carries  his  paint  pot  with  him,  and  on  rocks,  fences  and  buildings  paints 


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the  number  of  miles  from  Anaheim,  which  has  proved  very  convenient  and  helpful, 
especially  to  strangers  driving  through  this  part  of  the  country.  In  addition  to  his 
own  line  of  work,  Mr.  Gresswell  has  also  been  interested  in  a  number  of  real  estate 
operations.  He  sold  the  land  on  which  the  Anaheim  Sugar  Factory  is  located  for  the 
owner,  W.  F.  Patt  of  Los  Angeles.  He  owned  twenty-four  lots  next  to  the  site,  on 
which  he  established  a  Mexican  colony,  thus  segregating  them  from  the  city  proper, 
and  at  one  time  there  w^re  300  Mexicans  living  there.  He  has  also  dealt  in  other 
Anaheim  property  and  erected  two  houses. 

During  the  war  Mr.  Gresswell  was  very  active  in  the  Liberty  Loan  drives,  helping 
Anaheim  go  over  the  top.  He  designed  the  Statue  of  Liberty  used  in  the  Third  Liberty 
Loan  and  painted  the  signs  for  the  Fourth  Loan  which  were  placed  in  the  public 
square.  Both  the  above  were  fine  and  artistic  in  their  concept  and  attracted  much 
attention.  For  his  work  in  the  Victory  Loan  he  received  a  medal  from  the  United 
States  Government.  He  has  always  been  prominent  in  the  work  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  being  a  director  and  chairman  of  the  advertising  committee  and  of  the 
exhibits.     He  designed  the  exhibit  now  being  used  in  the  Board  of  Trade  rooms. 

In  his  early  days  in  England,  Mr.  Gresswell  was  much  interested  in  natural 
history,  being  a  member  of  the  Naturalist  Society  of  Grimsby,  and  the  curator  for 
five  years  of  the  Marine  Fisheries  of  England.  In  1882  the  latter  was  taken  over 
by  the  English  government.  Fraternally,  he  is  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Lodge,  No. 
134S,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

While  still  living  in  England,  Mr.  Gresswell  was  married  to  Rebecca  Reed,  a 
native  of  that  country,  who  passed  away  in  Los  Angeles.  She  was  the  mother  of  four 
children:  Herbert,  a  bookkeeper  in  the  Los  Angeles  postoffice  is  married  and  has  two 
children;  Ada  is  Mrs.  David  Pryor  of  Huntington  Park,  and  she  is  the  mother  of 
four  children;  Clara  married  Gage  Owen  of  Pasadena  and  has  one  child;  and  Ella,  who 
is  Mrs.  William  Schmitt  of  Los  Angeles,  has  two  children.  Mr.  Gresswell  was  married 
a  second  time  to  Mrs.  Eliza  Bowles,  born  in  England,  who  passed  away  in  Long 
Beach.  In  Anaheim,  in  March,  1920,  Mr.  Gresswell  was  married  a  third  time  to  Mrs. 
Emma  G.  White,  also  a  native  of  England,  and  they  reside  at  317  Clementine  Street. 
In  national  politics  Mr.  Gresswell  is  decidedly  Republican. 

BERNARD  J.  DRESSER.— It  is  peculiar  to  Orange  County,  and  particularly  to 
Anaheim,  that  the  men  engaged  in  business  there  are  men  who  have  had  years  of 
experience  in  their  special  lines,  and  have  brought  to  this  section  the  benefit  of  their 
knowledge,  as  shown  in  the  many  fine  business  establishments  in  the  county,  equal 
to  those  in  any  of  the  larger  cities  of  the  state,  and  with  the  most  modern  methods 
used  in  carrying  on  their  various  lines.  Among  these  may  be  mentioned  that  of  Bern- 
ard J.  Dresser,  proprietor  of  the  White  Lily  Bakery,  at  307  West  Center  Street, 
Anaheim. 

Mr.  Dresser  is  a  native  of  Missouri,  born  in  Osage  County,  June  22,  1860.  The 
family  moved  to  Portland,  Ore.,  in  1874,  when  he  was  a  lad  of  fourteen,  and  there  he 
finished  his  education.  In  1884  he  and  his  father  came  to  Anaheim,  where  they  re- 
mained until  1893,  and  Bernard  J.  assisted  his  father  in  developing  his  twenty-acre 
orange  ranch,  and  also  clerked  in  grocery  stores  in  the  city.  In  1893  they  returned  to 
Portland,  and  Mr.  Dresser  became  a  member  of  the  grocery  firm  of  F.. Dresser  and 
Company,  remaining  in  the  firm  for  over  twenty  years,  during  which  time  he  became 
very  active  in  affairs  pertaining  to  the  grocery  business  in  Portland;  for  three  years 
he  was  president  of  the  Retail  Grocers  Association  of  that  city,  and  in  1908  attended 
the  National  Convention  of  Retail  Grocers  as  a  delegate,  held  in  Boston,  Mass.  He 
was  also  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Portland  Grocers  and  Merchants  Magazine,  and 
helped  to  put  it  on  a  sound  financial  basis;  the  periodical  is  still  published  and  is  now 
one  of  the  influential  and  popular  publications  of  the  northern  city. 

Anaheim  and  its  beckoning  opportunities  had  never  faded  from  his  mind,  however, 
and  in  1915  Mr.  Dresser  came  there  to  reside,  and  purchased  the  White  Lily  Bakery, 
since  which  time  he  has  built  up  an  actually  phenomenal  business  in  a  short  space  of 
time,  and  made  many  improvements.  When  he  took  over  the  business  one  baker  and 
one  helper  were  employed;  fifteen  people  are  now  employed  and  a  large  wholesale  and 
retail  trade  supplied,  three  delivery  trucks  deliver  bread  to  all  the  surrounding  towns 
in  the  valley,  and  new  agencies  are  constantly  being  added.  His  retail  trade  is  growing 
rapidly,  as  the  fame  of  White  Lily  bread  has  spread  from  household  to  household, 
and  it  is  a  case  of  "the  proof  of  the  pudding  is  in  the  eating."  A  full  line  of  cakes 
and  fancy  pastry  is  also  made,  and  this  bakery  is  the  only  one  in  the  county  with  two 
ovens,  the  combined  capacity  of  which  is  8,000  loaves  daily,  with  a  daily  output  at 
present  of  3,600  loaves.  All  the  new  and  modern  machinery  is  used;  after  the  dough  is 
put  into  the  moulds,  they  are  put  on  racks  and  wheeled  into  the  steam  room,  after 
which  they  are  ready  for  the  ovens.     The  bakery  floors  are  cement,  and  the  walls  and 


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ceilings  in  white  enamel  paint,  with  the  entire  plant  as  clean  and  sanitary  as  a  good 
housekeeper  could  keep  her  kitchen. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Dresser,  in  Portland,  Ore.,  189S,  united  him  with  Elizabeth 
C.  Heitkemper,  a  native  of  Iowa,  and  two  children  have  blessed  their  union:  Bernard 
H.,  and  Catherine.  A  true  helpmate  in  every  sense  of  the  word,  Mrs.  Dresser  has  been 
of  great  assistance  in  carrying  on  the  business,  and  like  most  women  of  today,  k^eps 
in  touch  with  current  events  and  with  the  business  and  civic,  as  well  as  the  social 
life  of  the  community.  The  family  attend  the  Catholic  Church,  and  Mr,  Dresser  is  a 
member  of  the  Anaheim  Council  No.  11S4,  Knights  of  Columbus.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Anaheim  Lodge  of  B.  P.  O.  Elks  No.  1345,  and  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
Prominent  in  business  circles  in  the  county,  he  stands  ready  at  all  times  to  aid  in  every 
way  the  best  interests  of  his  community,  and  as  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Board  of 
Trade,  and  the  Merchants  Association,  he  does  his  share  in  all  movements  for  the  fur- 
ther advancement  of  Orange  County. 

FRANK  E.  PARTRIDGE. — Among  the  bright,  far-sighted  and  promising  young 
men  of  his  district,  to  whom  Orange  County  naturally  looks  for  much  of  its  future 
development  and  prosperity,  must  be  noted  Frank  E.  Partridge,  the  progressive  rancher 
who  cultivates  a  productive  orchard  of  oranges  located  on  Fairhaven,  between  Yorba 
and  Prospect  avenues,  which  he  has  brought  to  a  high  state  of  perfection.  He  has 
owned  his  acreage  only  since  1906,  and  in  the  intervening  years  he  has  made  all  of 
the  improvements  which  mark  the  property  as  a  choice  estate. 

Of  an  old  Eastern  family,  Frank  E.  Partridge  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
September  12,  1889,  his  parents  being  Joseph  A.  and  Mary  H.  (Freeman)  Partridge,  both 
natives  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Joseph  A.  Partridge  was  well  known  in  the  mercantile 
circles  of  New  York  City,  having  established  the  firm  of  Partridge  and  Wilcox,  whole- 
sale dealers  in  notions  and  dry  goods,  the  business  still  being  conducted  under  this 
name  although  he  passed  away  over  twenty  years  ago. 

The  youngest  of  a  family  of  five  children,  three  of  whom  are  living,  Frank  E. 
Partridge  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  later  attending  the  Vermont  Military 
Academy  at  Saxton's  River,  Vt.,  for  two  years.  In  1903  the  Partridge  family  came  to 
California,  spending  a  year  at  San  Diego.  Coming  back  in  1905,  they  went  to  Pasadena 
to  look  over  property  with  a  view  to  buying,  but  returned  to  their  Eastern  home  with- 
out purchasing.  In  the  spring  of  1907  Frank  E.  Partridge  came  to  Ocean  Park  and 
then  to  Santa  Ana,  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year,  with  his  mother  he  purchased  a  tract 
of  ten  acres  on  Fairhaven  Avenue,  near  Orange.  To  this  ranch  he  has  given  intelligent 
and  careful  attention,  increasing  the  planting  from  210  to  640  Valencia  orange  trees, 
and  the  orchard  is  now  in  a  thriving  condition  and  is  an  excellent  producer. 

On  October  11,  1919,  Mr.  Partridge  was  married  to  Mrs.  Josie  (Stearns)  Jamar, 
the  daughter  of  William  and  Lillie  (Richie)  Stearns;  her  parents  were  ranchers  at 
Orange,  but  now  reside  in  Arizona.  Since  his  first  residence  here  Mr.  Partridge  has 
shown  himself  to  be  public  spirited  and  progressive  and  he  stands  high  in  the  regard 
of  the  community  for  his  willingness  to  cooperate  in  advancing  the  welfare  of  this 
section  in  all  lines.  He  is  a  member  of  the  McPherson  Heights  Citrus  Association 
and  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  and  in  political  matter  is  a  staunch 
adherent  of  "Republicanism.  While  devoted  to  business,  Mr.  Partridge  still  finds  time 
to  enjoy  outdoor  sports,  of  which  he  is  fond,  and  which  the  climate  of  California 
makes  so  attractive  the  year  "roiind. 

WILLIAM  H.  BOON. — To  be  recognized  as  a  self-made  man  is  the  honor 
accorded  to  William  H.  Boon,  the  popular  agent  for  the  Harley-Davidson  motorcycles 
at  Anaheim.  His  career  presents  a  striking  example  of  what  industry  and  resourceful- 
ness, coupled  with  thrift  and  an  indomitable  will  to  succeed,  can  accomplish  even  in 
the  face  of  seemingly  insurmountable  difficulties. 

William  H.  Boon  was  born  in  Parsons,  Kans.,  August  22,  1888.  In  1904  his 
parents  migrated  to  California,  locating  at  Randsburg,  Kern  County,  where  William 
finished  his  school  days  and  afterwards  for  a  short  time  was  employed  in  a  book 
store.  His  next  employment  was  with  the  Yellow  Aster  Mining  Company  where  he 
remained  seven  years  during  which  time  he  rendered  faithful  and  efficient  service  in 
various  capacities  until  he  worked  his  way  up  to  the  important  position  of  fireman  in 
the  large  mill. 

After  leaving  the  Yellow  Aster  Mining  Company  Mr.  Boon  was  at  Colton,  Cal., 
for  a  short  time  where  he  was  connected  with  the  Pacific  Fruit  Express  Ice  Company; 
afterwards,  for  three  months,  he  was  employed  by  the  Fontana  Company  at  Fontana' 
Cal.  During  this  time  he  formed  the  acquaintance  of  J.  W.  Smith,  who  had  the  con- 
tract for  sinking  wells  for  the  Fontana  Company  in  Lytle  Creek,  and  entered  his  employ 
for  two  years.     In   1910  Mr.  Boon  came  to  Anaheim,  in  the  interests  of  J.  W.  Smith 


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who  had  contracted  to  sink  wells  for  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company  at  Anaheim. 
While  engaged  in  this  work  in  Orange  County,  he  was  so  greatly  impressed  with 
Anaheim  as  a  business  center  that  he  determined  to  make  it  his  home  and  as  soon  as 
practicable  he  entered  into  partnership  with  John  Kemper  and  operated  a  bicycle  shop 
under  the  name  of  Boon  and  Kemper  at  205  South  Los  Angeles  Street.  Soon  after- 
wards Mr.  Kemper  sold  his  interest  to  Charles  Griffith,  who  later  sold  out  to  Fred 
Minyard.  He  remained  but  a  short  time  when  Mr.  Boon  bought  his  interest  and 
became  the  sole  owner  of  the  business. 

By  his  judicious  management,  Mr.  Boon  has  greatly  increased  the  business  and 
now  occupies  new  and  modern  quarters  at  147  South  Los  Angeles  Street.  He  has 
the  agency  for  northern  Orange  County  for  the  well  known  Harley-Davidson  motor- 
cycles, his  sales  averaging  twenty-five  new  machines  annually.  He  also  carries  in  stock 
a  line  of  American  bicycles,  does  repair  work,  has  a  complete  welding  outfit  with 
which   he   does   the  "welding   for   the   automobile   companies   of  Anaheim. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Boon  united  him  with  Launa  Whittaker,  a  native  of  Colo- 
rado, and  of  this  happy  union  three  children  were  born:  Zona  Ray  and  lola  May, 
twins;  and  Robert  Harry.  Mr.  Boon  is  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Board  of  Trade  and 
the  Merchants  Association.  Ever  since  he  was  twenty  years  of  age  he  has  made  his 
way  in  the  world  and  although  coming  to  California  originally  for  his  health's  sake, 
he  is  now  strong  and  vigorous  and  one  of  Anaheim's  successful  business  men. 

ERNEST  HENRY  RURUP.— A  successful  rancher  who  has  so  well  prospered 
in  California  that  he  is  naturally  very  devoted  to  the  Golden  State,  is  Ernest  Henry 
Rurup,  of  North  Flower  Street,  Santa  Ana,  the  fancier  of  and  authority  on  Percheron 
horses.  He.  was  born  in  Onhausen,  Prussia,  Germany,  on  June  28,  1849,  and  came  to 
America  in  Janiiary,  1866.  For  four  years  he  worked  in  Cottage  Grove,  Dane  County, 
Wis.,  and  then  leased  a  farm  in  the  same  vicinity  and  engaged  in  general  farming  for 
seventeen  years.  In  1889  he  removed  to  Nebraska,  where  he  farmed  from  300  to  400 
acres  near  Aurora,  in  Hamilton  County.  He  soon  purchased  half  a  section  of  land 
in  the  same  locality,  and  this  he  used  for  general  farming  until  1903.  While  there  he 
made  a  specialty  of  raising  short-horn  cattle  and  Percheron  horses. 

In  that  year,  having  made  up  his  mind  to  remove  to  California,  he  came  direct 
to  Santa  Ana  and  bought  twenty  acres  on  North  Flower  Street.  This  is  now  devoted 
to  choice  walnuts,  and  is  under  the  service  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Com- 
pany. The  land  has  always  been  rich,  and  since  Mr.  Rurup  has  brought  it  to  a  very 
high  state  of  cultivation,  it  makes  one  of  the  choicest  ranches  in  all  Orange  County. 

On  September  22,  1871,  Mr.  Rurup  married  Miss  Johanna  Grote,  a  native  of  the 
Duchy  of  Braunschweig,  or  Brunswick,  Germany,  who  came  to  America  with  her 
parents  in  1871,  and  settled  in  Wisconsin.  Nine  children  blessed  their  happy  union. 
Charles  L.  is  in  the  implement  business  in  Judica,  Nebr. ;  William  is  on  a  farm  in- 
Hamilton  County,  in  the  same  state;  Clara  married  Louis  Holland  and  lives  at 
Orange;  Henry  is  living  in  Arizona;  Minnie  resides  at  El  Centro;  Walter  works  in  the 
oil  field  at  Newport  Beach;  Emma  is  now  Mrs.  Miles  Hill  and  lives  at  home;  Flieda 
is  Mrs.   C.  Irwin  of  Brea;  and  Ernest  George  lives  at  Phoenix,  Ariz. 

Mr.  Rurup  takes  a  live  interest  in  civic  affairs,  losing  no  opportunity  to  set  forth 
the  advantages  of  always  choosing  the  man  best  fitted  for  office,  rather  than  standing 
by  party  candidates.  California  and  Orange  County,  therefore,  have  always  profited 
through  such  high-principled  citizens  as  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rurup,  and  no  greater ,  wealth 
has  come  to  the  great  commonwealth  than  in  such  worthy  families  as  theirs. 

WAYLAND  WOOD. — An  aggressive,  whole-hearted  and  thoroughly  public- 
spirited  citizen,  who  made  a  reputation  in  Montana  as  a  pioneer  before  he  came  to 
California  and  led  the  way  in  successful  subdivision  of  some  of  the  choicest  Santa  Ana 
property,  is  Wayland  Wood,  the  scientific  and  progressive  walnut  grower  of  1524 
North  Broadway.  He  was  born  in  Atchison  County,  Mo.,  on  January  16,  1869,  the 
son  of  William  Henry  and  Isabel  E.  Wood.  The  elder  Wood  was  a  pioneer  Baptist 
minister,  having  a  wide  circuit  in  western  Missouri;  but  this  did  not  prevent  him 
from  giving  our  subject  a  high  school  education  in  Maryville,   Nodaway  County,   Mo. 

For  twelve  or  thirteen  years  Wayland  Wood  was  busy  as  a  contractor  and  builder 
in  Maryville,  but  in  1900  he  went  to  Custer  County,  Mont.,  whither  came  also  Miss 
Delia  J.  Baker,  who  was  born  near  Maryville  on  March  25,  1870,  and  went  to  the  same 
school,  at  the  same  time,  in  that  town.  And  at  Terry,  Mont.,  on  March  25,  1900, 
they  were  married.  She  had  taught  school  in  the  vicinity  of  Maryville  for  a  number 
of  years,  and  became  an  agreeable  companion  and  a  most  helpful  mate.  As  a  happily 
married  couple,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wood  lived  together  in  Montana  until  November,  1914, 
when  they  came  west  to  California.  They  have  four  children — Carrie  E.  and  Charles 
H.,  students  in  the  Santa  Ana  high  school,  and  Mary  Margaret  and  Isabel  O.  Wood, 


1024  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

pupils  in  the  grade  schools.  Mrs.  Wood  died  in  1915  at  Santa  Ana.  The  family  attend 
the   First   Baptist   Church   at   Santa  Ana.  ,        .    ^  ,-,       j        -d-    =, 

Mr  Wood  was  the  pioneer  grain  grower  of  the  country  between  Powder  River 
and  Fallon  Creek,  in  Montana,  and  now  he  has  fifteen  acres  of  walnuts  m  two 
groves  near  Santa  Ana,  under  the  service  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Com- 
pany When  he  purchased  the  Barton  Tract  on  North  Broadway  in  1915,  he  had  the 
foresight  to  subdivide  and  develop  the  tract,  and  he  rapidly  sold  city  lots  there  and 
even  built  several  houses,  adding  greatly  to  the  value  and  the  attractiveness  of  North 
Broadway   property. 

A  Democrat  in  matters  of  national  political  import,  although  nonpartisan  in 
his  attitude  toward  local  candidates  and  measures,  Mr.  Wood  also  belongs  to  the 
Masons  and  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  among  the  most  popular  of  live-wire  fraternity 
men   in  their  circles. 

EDGERTON  B.  SPRAGUE.— An  influential  citizen  of  Santa  Ana  who  has 
worked  his  way  up  by  intelligent,  hard  and  honest  effort  and  so  has  become  prominent 
in  financial  circles,  is  Edgerton  B.  Sprague,  the  popular  cashier  of  the  Orange  County 
Trust  and  Savings  Bank  of  Santa  Ana.  He  was  born  near  the  Connecticut  River,  at 
Windsor,  in  Windsor  County,  Vt.,  on  November  25,  1880,  one  of  the  ninth  generation 
of  Spragues  descended  from  Edward  Sprague  whose  two  sons,  Ralph  and  William, 
came  from  England  to  Boston  in  1630  and  helped  to  establish  here  those  American 
branches  which  later  included  such  celebrities  as  Daniel  Chamberlain  Sprague,  the  mis- 
sionary to  the  Sandwich  Islands;  Alfred  White  Sprague,  the  scientist  and  author; 
Charles  Sprague,  the  poet;  John  Titcomb  Sprague  and  John  Wilson  Sprague,  the  sol- 
diers; Peleg  Sprague,  the  jurist;  William  Sprague,  Sr.,  and  William  Sprague,  Jr., 
governors  of  Rhode  Island;  and  William  Buel  Sprague,  the  clergyman  widely  known 
in  Europe  as  well  as  in  the  United  States,  who  collected  over  100,000  autographs  of 
note  and  published  many  interesting  volutnes  of  travel  and  essays.  Great-great  grand- 
father Jonathan  Sprague  drifted  to  Hanover  from  Massachusetts,  and  erected  there  the 
first  school  building,  out  of  which  later  grew  Dartmouth  College. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  Clarence  M.  Sprague,  the  shoe  manufacturer  at 
Windsor,  Vt.,  and  Kennebunk,  Maine,  who  later  removed  to  Grundy  Center  Iowa,  and 
became  a  farmer  and  a  stock  raiser.  He  is  still  a  resident  of  that  place,  but  lives 
retired.  He  had  married  Miss  Abbie  E.  Weston,  a  native  of  Plymouth,  Vt.,  and  a 
member  of  another  old  Massachusetts  family  proudly  tracing  its  ancestry  back  to 
Plymouth.  She  died  in  Iowa.  Grandfather  Weston  was  a  farmer  in  Vermont,  while 
Grandfather  Edgerton  Sprague  was  a  farmer  in  Vermont  and  also  owned  a  fine  tract 
of  land  in  Iowa.  Clarence  M.  Sprague  had  three  children;  two  of  whom  are  in  Iowa, 
and  one   in   California. 

The  second  eldest,  Edgerton  Sprague  was  brought  up  at  Windsor  and  at  Kenne- 
burik,  and  when  a  boy  of  four  came  to  Iowa.  He  went  to  school  at  Grundy  Center; 
assisted  his  father  on  the  farm,  and  then  entered  Cornell  College,  at  Mt.  Vernon,  Iowa, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1903  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  He  next 
entered  the  law  department  of  the  University  of  Michigan,  where  he  remained  until  his 
senior  year  when,  in  1905,  he  made  a  trip  to  California  and  the  Coast,  and  what  he  saw 
ftere,  he  liked  so  well  that  he  concluded  to  remain. 

Title  Com^ar™'f^^  ^'   ^^^^'   ^'''   ^Prague  entered   the   service   of   the   Orange   County 

Beach   wherp^^  K  ^"^'  ^^^'^'^S  previously  been  employed  in  surveying  at  Laguna 

employ  of  the  Title'^c"^  acquainted  with  Mr.  Mansur,  who  persuaded  him  to  enter  the 

only  because  of  an  affer^f^^'  ''u'^  ^"^  resigned  from  the  escrow  work  of  that  concern 

he  became  on  March  1     101?™  A       California   National   Bank,  whose  assistant  cashier 

cas 

pat 

and  .i^,c-ijicsiuent  ot  the  Home  Mutual   R,  -u"""  —  ---■-,  ■»""  «  ^lu^iviioiucr,  airector 

In  1910,  at  Santa  Ana    iTr   Sora^ue  ™^  '"^  ^°'"  Association  of  Santa  Ana. 

daughter  born  in  Sacram;nto;  and  theirWun":'^  '°  ^''^  ^^l''  ^'^S^'^^'  ^  "^tive 
through  the  birth  of  their  two  chifdren-C  arence  Edwrn  ^'  w'"  ^""^^^  blessed 
family  attend  the  Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  Mr  Snl  ^"''.^"t""  Fin'ey.  The 
Mason,  associated  with  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No  24I  Santa  A^n.'  ru^  *'"'*'^-  ^e  is  a 
Ana  Council  No.  14,  and  Santa  Ana  Commandery  No  36  K  T  ''i'l  ^°-  ^^'  Santa 
to  the  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  of  Los  An<;eles  ^^'°  ^"'°"^« 

In  addition  to  his  banking  responsibilities  Mr.  Sprague  is'interesteH  in  1        • 
and  he  has  business  property  interests  in  Santa  Ana.     He  has  owneH    "  '\°>-t><="lture, 
of  property  at  different  times,  and  has  never  failed  to   identttTi7"'°"'  P>*=«s 
helpful  manner  with  the  growing  city  and  county  '"   '^^   ™°«t 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1027 

OSCAR  ROSENBAUM.— A  highly  intelligent,  well-educated  rancher  who,  despite 
various  handicaps  inherited  through  financial  reverses  of  his  father,  has  succeeded  in 
attaining  for  himself  and  his  family  a  considerable  degree  of  affluence  and  comfort,  is 
Oscar  Rosenbaum,  the  progressive  owner  of  the  fine  acreage  on  the  State  Highway 
about  two  and  a  half  miles  north  of  San  Juan  Capistrano.  He  was  born  in  the  San 
Juan  precinct  on  May  24,  1869,  the  second  oldest  child  of  Henry  George  Rosenbaum,  a 
pioneer  cattleman  at  San  Juan  Capistrano,  contemporary  with  Don  Marco  Forster  and 
Judge  Richard  Egan,  who  came  to  California  in  18S0  around  Cape  Horn.  He  married 
Susan  Bolton,  a  native  of  England,  who  was  reared  in  Australia  and  came  to  California 
in  1861.  He  came  to  San  Juan  Capistrano  about  1868  and  had  a  rich  pioneer  experience. 
He  was  extensively  engaged  in  the  raising  of  cattle,  but  met  with  reverses,  leaving 
little  or  no  property  for  his  children,  of  whom  there  were  nine.  Broken  down,  he 
retired  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  died;  and  in  that  city,  also,  Mrs.  Rosenbaum,  a 
devoted  mother  and  wife,  passed  away,  neither  of  this  worthy  couple  having  been 
granted  the  pleasure  of  knowing  how  well  their  children  would  succeed  in  their  struggle 
with  the  world. 

Oscar  grew  up  on  his  father's  ranch  in  what  is  now  San  Juan  precinct,  near 
San  Juan  Capistrano,  and  attended  the  grammar  schools  in  that  old  town;  and  when 
sixteen  years  old,  he  left  home  and  finally  drifted  to  Colorado.  He  worked  at  anything 
that  his  hands  could  find  to  do — ranch  work  at  first,  but  later  in  the  mines;  and 
after  a  while  had  succeeded  so  well  that  he  could  take  the  next  important  step  in  life. 

He  was  married  at  San  Bernardino,  Cal.,  to  Miss  Ella  May  Brumbly;  and  their 
union,  the  happiness  of  which  was  assured  through  the  bride's  genial  and  winning 
personality  and  her  industrious  habits,  has  been  further  blessed  in  the  birth  of  eight- 
een children,  fourteen  of  whom  are  living  and  honored  as  active  American  citizens. 
Three  of  their  sons  were  in  the  war;  Clarence  Homer  who  was  in  the  Mobile  Ordnance 
department,  is  now  operating  the  Imperial  Valley  ranch;  Frank  Oscar,  who  served 
overseas  in  the  Three  Hundred  Sixty-fourth  Infantry,  is  now  attending  the  Davis  Agri- 
cultural College;  Fred  George  served  in  the  Second  Engineers  until  the  armistice  and 
is  now  in  charge  of  his  father's  upper  ranch. 

As  a  result  of  their  hard  work  and  frugality,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rosenbaum  are  now 
the  owners  of  two  excellent  ranches,  one  two  miles,  and  the  other  four  miles  north  of 
San  Juan  Capistrano,  including  a  combined  area  of  1,000  acres  besides  acreage  in  Santa 
Ana  and  Imperial  Valley.  This  last-mentioned  ranch,  further  to  the  north,  is  managed 
by  one  of  Mr.  Rosenbaum's  sons,  Fred  George.  Mr.  Rosenbaum  himself  is  both  an 
experienced  farmer  and  an  able  business  manager;  and  while  for  the  most  part  follow- 
ing stock-raising  or  mixed  farming,  he  has  planted  much  of  his  land  to  walnuts  and 
oranges,  and  is  now  developing  an  excellent  orange  grove  on  the  ranch  two  miles 
north  of  San  Juan  Capistrano.  At  the  same  time,  he  finds  it  possible  to  enlarge  his 
culture  and  keep  up  his  reading  and  general  studies  so  that  as  a  conversationalist  he  is 
always  able  to  attract  and  hold  his  own. 

WALTER  D.  LEDFORD.— Six  of  the  eight  years  that  Walter  D.  Ledford'  has 
owned  his  seven-acre  ranch,  which  he  purchased  in  1912,  has  been  devoted  to  the  busi- 
ness of  poultry  raising,  and  he  is  one  of  the  promising  and  progressive  poultrymen 
of  his  section  of  Orange  County.  The  ranch  is  situated  on  the  Santa  Ana  branch  of 
the  Pacific  Electric  Railway,  north  and  west  of  Cypress.  Mr.  Ledford  was  born  in 
CheTokee  County,  Kans.,  on  June  16,  1873,  a  son  of  Calvin  T.,  born  in  Indiana,  and 
Welmet  (Hobson)  Ledford.  The  mother  was  born  in  Iowa  and  is  a  cousin  of  Rich- 
mond P.  Hobson.  There  were  six  children  in  the  Ledford  family,  four  living  and  all 
residents  of  California,  and  two,  Walter  and  Charles,  live  in  Orange  County.  The 
father  died  in  Indiana,  in  1877,  and  when  Mrs.  Ledford  married  again  she  chose 
for  her  husband  Calvin  Luther  Newlin,  by  whom  she  had  a  daughter,  Stella  G.,  now 
the  wife  of  Espy  Hawthorn  of  Fresno  County. 

Mr.  Newlin  and  family  started  from  the  Kansas  homestead  en  route  for  California 
via  Texas,  but  stopped  two  years  in  Colorado,  from  which  place,  in  1891,  they  landed 
in  the  Golden  State.  Walter  resided  in  Redlands,  after  his  arrival  here  on  May  5, 
1891,  and  for  seventeen  years  he  worked  at  the  trade  of  carpenter.  He  had  learned 
the  trade  earlier  in  life  and  was  capable  to  do  any  and  all  kinds  of  work  in  his  line 
and  helped  to  build  up  the  city  of  Redlands  as  well  as  the  surrounding  country.  In 
1908  he  came  to  Orange  County  and  bought  his  present  ranch  and  upon  this  he  has 
placed  all  the  improvements,  ^e  began  in  the  poultry  business  in  a  small  way  and 
gradually  increased  his  production  of  eggs  and  his  broods,  now  having  some  2,000 
laying  hens  of  the  single-comb  White  Leghorn  breed.  He  raises  chicks  for  commercial 
purposes  as  well.  His  housing  pen  is  200x20  feet,  and  that  and  other  buildings  neces- 
sary for  the  conduct  of  his  business  have  been  built  by  himself,  and  it  was  here  that 


1028  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

his  knowledge  of  carpenter  work  has  stood  him  in  good  stead.     He  has  gradually  bui  t 
up  a  profitable  business  and  become  an  authority  on  raising  chickens. 

Mr.  Ledford  was  united  in  marriage  in  Parker  County,  Texas,  May  15,  ISVo, 
Miss  Martha  E.,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  B.  and  Martha  A.  (Martin)  Calhson,  the  latter 
a  cousin  of  Congressman  John  D.  Alderson  of  Virginia.  Mrs.  Ledford  was  born  in 
West  Virginia  and  came  to  California  after  her  marriage  and  this  has  since  been 
home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ledford  have  had  eleven  children,  nine  of  whom  are  'ly'"^- 
Calvin  T.,  served  in  the  World  War  in  the  heavy  artillery  and  was  in  training  at  camp 
Lewis  when  the  armistice  was  signed.  He  is  married  and  has  two  children  Margaret 
and  Elizabeth  A.,  and  the  family  live  at  Buena  Park.  The  others  are  Muriel  A.,  ^-eorge 
L.,  Walter  D.,  Carl  H.,  Gladys  M.,  Dora  L,  Grace  A.  L.,  and  Robert  C.  t^outicauy 
Mr.  Ledford  is  independent  of  party  and  casts  his  vote  for  the  men  and  measures  that 
he  deems  most  important  for  the  good  of  the  county  and  people.  He  is  a  member  ot 
the  Masonic  order,  Buena  Park  Lodge,  No.  357,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  is  held  m  high  esteem 
by  the  members  of  that  order. 

WILLET  S.  DECKER.— One  of  the  most  successful  and,  therefore,  one  of  the 
best-known  contractors  and  builders  in  Orange  County,  who  has  also  demonstrated  his 
ability  to  manage  and  maintain  a  fine  lemon  grove,  is  WiHet  S.  Decker,  who  was  born 
at  Newton  Center,  near  Scranton,  Pa.,  on  May  21,  1862,  the  son  of  Amzi  and  Sophia 
(Shoemaker)  Decker.  His  grandfather,  on  his  father's  side,  was  a  pioneer  of  Luzerne, 
later  Lackawanna  County,  Pa.,  and  had  much  to  do  with  the  history  of  Newton  ' 
Center,  being  one  of  its  leading  citizens. 

Willet  S.  Decker  learned  the  art  of  building  in  Pennsylvania,  and  as  foreman 
for  C.  F.  Ward,  Taylor  and  Company,  and  also  Conrad  Schrader,  broadened  his  ex- 
perience into  contracting.  On  June  22,  1897,  he  landed  in  California,  and  started  to 
work  for  George  E.  Preble  at  Santa  Ana,  and  in  sixty  days  he  was  made  foreman,  with 
such  satisfactory  results  all  around  that  he  remained  for  thirteen  years  with  Mr. 
Preble.  He  had  the  building  of  the  Masonic  Temple,  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
and  the  Congregational  Church,  and  in  May,  1910,  he  was  appointed  deputy  state 
engineer  and  placed  in  charge  of  the  construction  of  the  additional  buildings  at  the 
Whittier  State  School,  as  well  as  the  repair  of  the  buildings  of  that  institution.  In 
August,  1912,  he  was  appointed  building  inspector  for  the  board  of  education  of  Santa 
Ana,  and  superintended  the  erection  of  the  new  Polytechnic  high  school,  and  also  the 
Spurgeon  school,  both  of  which  were  completed  in  the   fall  of  1913. 

The  next  four  seasons,  from  1913  to  1917,  Mr.  Decker  was  house  foreman  for 
the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Walnut  Growers  packing  and  shipping  establishment,  and  spent 
from  September  to  December  in  the  packing  house,  while  he  did  contracting  and 
building  for  the  rest  of  the  year.  Since  1917  he  has  busied  himseff  mostly  with  gen- 
eral contracting.  Mr.  Decker  also  has  another  absorbing  interest,  a  beautiful  lemon 
grove  of  ten  acres,  at  Yorba  Linda,  lying  in  the  new  gusher  oil  district,  which  he 
purchased  in  January,  1912.  All  the  trees  are  about  nine  years  old  and  in  excellent 
bearing,  the  grove  having  a  record  of  being  one  of  the  best  producers  for  its  age  of 
any  in  the  district. 

On  September  23,  1897,  Mr.  Decker  was  married  to  Miss  Jettie  M.  Winslow,  the 
daughter  of  J.  B.  and  Hannah  Winslow,  who  are  at  present  residing  amid  a  circle 
of  devoted  friends  at  1119  North  Main  Street,  Santa  Ana.  While  Mr.  Decker  was 
superintending  the  construction  of  the  new  additions  to  the  Wliittier  State  School 
Mrs.  Decker  was  the  school's  popular  assistant  matron.  The  family  attend  the  Con- 
gregational Church  at  Santa  Ana,  and  Mr.  Decker  is  an  enthusiastic  Mason  havin'' 
been  made  a  Mason  in  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  241,  F.  &  A.  M.  He  is  also  a  'membeT 
of  Santa  Ana  Chapter  No.  IZ,  R.  A.  M.,  Santa  Ana  Council  No  14  R  &  s  M  Santa 
^"^^oniinandery  No.  36  K.  T  and  with  his  wife  is  a  member  of  Hermosa  Chapter 
No.  lUb,  O.  L.  S.  He  is  also  a  life  member  of  Al  Malaikah  Temple  A  \  O  X  ]M  S 
at  Los  Angeles.  One  son,  James,  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs  Decker  '  Tn 
national  politics  Mr.  Decker  is  a  Republican,  but  in  local  afifairs  he  is  nronerlv'n/n 
partisan   in  his  views.  ^fv-ny    uon- 

WILLIAM  I.  WALLER._Probably  the  largest  individual  rancher  in  Oranc^e 
County,  and  also  one  of  its  most  successful,  is  William  I.  Waller,  who  is  onVrVtin^ 
3,500  acres  at  present,  practically  the  whole  acreage  being  devoted  to  o-rain  f, 
Mr.  Waller  was  born  at  Conway,  Ark.,  August  ll  1876.  Ind  tt  folding  v'ear'X 
family. moved  to  California,  settling  near  Santa  Ana.  His  parents  were  Samuel  R 
and  Emma  (Holderfield)  Waller,  both  natives  of  Arkansas.  Samuel  R.  Waller  crnL.; 
the  plains  to  California  with  his  parents  in  1849,  afterwards  returning  to  -Vrkansaf 
When  eighteen  years  of  age  he  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  Army,  serving  in  the  Citii 
War,  durmg  which  time  he  was  wounded  in  one  of  the  battles  in  which  he  participated 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1031 

After  the  war  he  was  married  and  engaged  in  farming.  His  wife  died  in  1882  and  in 
1885  he  brought  his  children  to  California  and  he  is  still  living  and  makes  his  home 
with  the  subject  of  this  review,  who  is  the  only  one  living  of  a  family  of  two  girls 
and  two  boys. 

William  I.  Waller  started  out  at  an  early  age  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world, 
his  first  employment  being  on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch,  where  his  wages  were  twenty 
dollars  a  month.  The  years  that  followed  were  filled  with  long  hours  and  hard  work, 
but  he  finally  accumulated  sufficient  to  start  to  ranching  for  himself.  He  leased  320 
acres  of  the  San  Joaquin  ranch  and  here  he  went  through  three  dry  years  in  succession, 
an  experience  that  would  have  daunted  one  less  courageous,  but  Mr.  Waller  stayed 
right  by  his  project,  even  being  compelled  to  go  into  debt  for  his  seed.  He  then 
removed  to  the  Whiting  ranch,  farming  there  three  years,  and  in  August,  1911,  he 
leased  the  present  place,  a  part  of  the  Santa  Margarita  ranch.  As  the  years  went  on,, 
however,  he  began  to  prosper  and  gradually  added  to  his  acreage  until  he  now  cultivates 
3,500  acres,  2,000  acres  being  in  wheat  this  year.  A  large  part  of  this  acreage  is 
Trabuco  Mesa  ranch  of  Jerome  O'Neill,  ten  miles  above  El  Toro.  Each  year  Mr. 
Waller  summer  fallows  500  acres,  keeping  3,000  acres  in  grain  crops,  and  thus  the 
land  lies  fallow  one  year  in  every  seven,  in  this  way  keeping  the  soil  fertile  and  capable 
of  producing  a  full  crop. 

Mr.  Waller  has  his  places  splendidly  equipped  with  the  latest  machinery,  and  he 
has  at  least  $40,000  invested  in  horses,  mules,  tractors,  headers,  mowers,  threshers, 
etc.,  and  he  has  a  well-equipped  blacksmith  shop  that  is  ample  to  handle  all  his  work. 
He  resides  in  Trabuco  Canyon  on  the  Mesa  ranch  and  here  he  uses  a  seventy-five 
horsepower  Holt  tractor  and  a  Holt  combined  harvester  and  thresher,  besides  about 
sixty  horses  and  mules,  in  taking  care  of  his  immense  grain  crops.  The  other  ranch, 
which  is  known  as  the  Governor  Adour  ranch,  and  which  is  also  a  part  of  Santa  Mar- 
garita ranch,  consists  of  1,200  acres.  Here  Mr.  Waller  uses  two  headers  and  for  his. 
threshing  a  Rumely  separator. 

Mrs.  Waller  was  in  maidenhood  Miss  Pearl  Johnson,  a  native  daughter  of  Cali- 
fornia, who  was  born  in  Santa  Ana,  whose  parents  were  pioneers  of  Santa  Ana,  and 
she  presides  over  their  ranch  home  with  grace  and  dignity.  Two  children  have  been 
born  of  this  union:  Vivian  and  William.  By  his  first  marriage  Mr.  Waller  has  one 
child,  Eula. 

Starting  in  life  with  no  financial  assistance,  Mr.  Waller  put  in  many  years  of  hard 
work  in  order  to  get  the  capital  which  would  enable  him  to  begin  his  own  ranching 
operations,  but  he  has  made  a  splendid  success  and  now  ranks  high  among  the  pros- 
perous agriculturists  of  Orange  County.  In  politics,  Mr.  Waller  has  always  been  con- 
sistent in  his  allegiance  to  the  Democratic  party. 

GEORGE  M.  ROSS. — The  real  estate  business  presents  opportunities  for  the  exer- 
cise of  the  best  efforts  and  energies  of  representative  men  of  the  community  and  George 
M.  Ross,  secretary  of  the  Orange  County  Realty  Company  and  secretary  and  manager 
of  the  Anaheim  Walnut  Growers  Association  has  gained  a  position  of  prominence  in 
this  line  of  enterprise.  He  was  born  on  a  farm  near  Moran,  Allen  County,  Kans.,  on 
June  29,  1879,  and  is  the  son  of  William  A.  and  Ella  (Southard)  Ross,  natives  of  Ohio, 
the  father  being  reared  in  Missouri  and  Wisconsin  and  in  the  latter  state  he  was 
married  in  La  Crosse  where  his  father  and  his  grandfather,  James  H.  Ross,  were 
engaged  in  lumbering  and  logging  until  they  located  in  Allen  County,  Kans.,  and  in 
that  country  went  through  the  days  of  the  drought  and  grasshoppers.  Grandfather 
Ross  died  in  1910  at  Pasadena,  Cal.  He  had  served  in  a  Missouri  regiment  in  the  Civil 
War  and  from  there  they  moved  to  Wisconsin.  Of  Southern  lineage  the  Ross  family 
trace  their  ancestry  back  through  the  early  settlers  of  New  England  to  England  and 
Scotland.  William  A.  Ross  now  resides  in  Anaheim  and  is  president  of  the  Orange 
County  Realty  Company.  In  1903  the  family  came  to  California  and  located  at 
Anaheim. 

The  oldest  child  in  a  family  of  three  boys,  George  M.,  attended  the  rural  and 
high  schools  in  his  native  state  and  graduated  from  business  college  at  Ottawa,  Kans. 
After  this  he  was  employed  in  the  bridge  and  building  department  of  the  Missouri 
Pacific  Railroad  one  year  and  then  came  to  California  in  1903,  where  he  was  with  a 
fruit  company  at  Los  Angeles  for  six  months.  Following  this  he  went  to  Anaheim 
and  engaged  in  the  dairy  business  for  a  year  and  a  half.  Disposing  of  his  interest  in 
the  dairy  he  helped  organize  the  Anaheim  Gas  Company,  of  which  he  was  secretary 
and  manager  for  three  years.  He  then  sold  his  interest  to  the  Southern  Counties  Gas 
Company  and  engaged  in  his  present  line  of  work,  selling  realty.  After  seven  years 
in  business  in  1915  with  his  father,  William  A.,  and  brother,  Walter  J.,  he  incorporated 
the  Orange  County  Realty  Company  to  carry  on  the  business  on  a  larger  scale,  and 
of  which  he  is  secretary  and  an  active  partner.     The  firm  are  dealers  in  real  estate  and 


1032  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

build  residences  in  Anaheim  which  are  sold  to  homeseekers  and  they  have  met  with 
increasing  success.  He  is  secretary,  director  and  manager  of  the  Anaheim  Walnut 
Growers  Association  and  a  great  part  of  his  time  is  claimed  by  his  duties  in  this  capac- 
ity. He  is  also  a  director  of  the  California  Walnut  Growers  Association  and  takes  an 
active  part  in  its  deliberations. 

In  establishing  domestic  ties  he  chose  Miss  Marion  Johnston  of  Ontario,  Canada, 
as  his  life  companion,  to  whom  he  was  united  in  marriage  June  12,  1912,  the  fruit  of 
their  union  being  a  son  named  Donald  Livingston.  In  his  religious  associations  he  is 
a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Anaheim  and  was  superintendent  of  the  Sun- 
day school  for  eight  years.  He  is  also  active  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  work  and  was  treas- 
urer of  the  first  county  Y.  M.  C.  A.  organization  west  of  the  Rockies.  Politically  he 
cast.s  his  vote  with  the  Republican  party  and  in  his  fraternal  relations  is  identified  with 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
having  served  as  a  director  and  is  an  enterprising,  progressive,  public-spirited  citizen 
who  takes  a  warm  interest  in  Orange  County's  welfare  and  is  active  in  the  civic 
improvement  of  his  home  town,  where  his  sterling  integrity  has  won  the  esteem  of 
many  friends. 

ALFRED  W.  FINCH. — A  highly-esteemed  member  of  the  Maccabees  of  Santa 
Ana,  and  a  successful  rancher,  is  Alfred  Wi  Finch,  who  was  born  in  Bedford,  Ohio, 
on  June  7,  1884,  the  son  of  Charles  and  Elizabeth  I.  (Robinson)  Finch,  born  in 
Cambridgeshire,  England,  and  Cleveland,  Ohio,  respectively.  The  mother  was  the 
daughter  of  Alfred  and  Nelga  (Bruce)  Robinson,  who  trace  their  ancestry  back  to 
Robert  Bruce  of  Scotland.  Great-great-grandfather  Robinson  made  the  trip  with  ox- 
teams  and  wagons  from  Connecticut,  coming  to  the  site  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  atjd  camp- 
ing in  the  heart  of  what  is  now  that  large  and  beautifully  built-up  city.  Alfred  Rob- 
inson became  a  navigator  on  the  Great  Lakes,  and  for  many  years  sailed  as  a  cap- 
tain on  lake  vessels.  Charles  Finch,  a  brother  of  the  late  John  A.  Finch,  of  Spokane, 
Wash.,  who  became  a  millionaire  miner  in  the  Coeur  d'Alene  district,  was  a  grocery- 
man  in  Bedford,  and  when  he  removed  to  Cleveland  in  1886,  entered  the  employ  of 
the  American  Wire  and  Steel  Rolling  Mill  Company.  At  the  end  of  seven  years, 
however,  he  moved  onto  a  farm  near  Elyria,  Ohio,  and  there  Alfred  attended  school. 

The  young  man  had  other  tastes  than  those  of  agriculture,  and  so  went  in  for 
interior  decorating,  evidencing  his  talent  in  the  execution  of  commissions  in  his  home 
vicinity.  He  commenced  to  work  for  himself,  in  fact,  when  he  was  fifteen  years  old, 
and  he  remained  an  interior  decorator  in  Ohio  until  he  came  to  California,  in  1904. 
Then,  in  partnership  with  his  father,  who  had  also  come  here,  he  established  a  grocery 
and  meat  market  at  the  corner  of  Sixteenth  and  Arlington  streets,  Los  Angeles.  When 
his  father  died,  on  March  7,  1908,  Mr.  Finch  continued  the  business  alone  until  the 
following  February. 

With  his  mother  and  his  family,  he  came  to  Santa  Ana  in  1909,  and  purchased  a 
ranch  of  ten  acres,  seven  of  which  were  set  out  to  oranges  and  three  to  walnuts 
and  apricots,  interset.  They  installed  a  pumping  plant  with  a  Layne-Boller  pump 
and  a  Westinghouse  motor  having  a  capacity  of  seventy-five  inches,  for  irrigating 
their  orchard,  selling  the  surplus  to  adjoining  orchardists. 

On  February  24,  1913,  Mr.  Finch  was  married  to  Miss  Frances  Rawson,  a  native 
of  Wabasha,  Minn.,  and  the  daughter  of  George  and  Nellie  Rawson.  Mr.  Rawson 
was  a  conductor  on  the  first  train  to  pass  over  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul 
Railroad  from  Wabasha  to  Faribault,  and  he  helped  to  develop  that  valuable  system. 
After  their  marriage,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Finch  moved  onto  a  walnut  grove  of  five  acres  on 
San  Juan  Street,  Tustin;  but  a  year  later  he  removed  to  Los  Angeles  and  entered  the 
employ  of  Albert  Cohn  on  West  Washington  Street,  still  later  working  at  their  down- 
town store.  In  1914,  he  moved  back  to  Santa  Ana,  where  he  was  employed  by  the 
Santa  Ana  Sugar  Company. 

While  busied  there,  on  October  22,  1918,  Mrs.  Finch,  who  had  become  the  center 
of  a  large  circle  of  appreciative  friends,  passed  away,  and  on  the  eighteenth  of  the 
following  month,  Mr.  Finch's  mother  died,  having  succumbed  to  influenza.  One  child 
Harold  W.  Finch,  died  in  infancy.  Not  long  after  these  sudden  afflictions,  Mr.  Finch 
visited  his  wife's  people  in  Minnesota,  and  then  went  to  Utah  to  sell  a  ranch  of  240 
acres.  Since  then,  he  has  made  his  home  on  the  North  Main  Street  ranch,  livin°- 
with  his  brothers  and  sisters,  and  assists  in  managing  the  old  homestead.  Besides 
himself,  Raymond  C.  Finch  is  operating  the  home  ranch;  John  A.  is  with  the  Western 
Union  Telegraph  Company  in  Santa  Ana;  Leonard  B.  is  with  the  Beach  Manufacturing 
Company,  Los  Angeles,  and  Jennie  I.,  Mrs.  Marion  Hopkins  of  Santa  Ana  Leonard 
served  in  the  United  States  Army  auto  school  in  Los  Angeles  during  the  late  war 
Fraternally,  Mr.  Finch  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  the  Maccabees. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1035 

EDWARD  D.  MARION. — For  over  thirty  years  the  ranch  property  now  known 
as  the  E.  D.  Marion  orange  grove,  on  the  Garden  Grove-Anaheim  Boulevard,  has  been 
in  the  possession  of  the  Marion  family.  It  was  purchased  in  1887  by  E.  D.  Marion,  Sr., 
upon  the  arrival  of  the  family  here  from  Denver,  Colo.  He  had  but  limited  means  and 
this  he  invested  in  six  acres  of  unimproved  land  located  near  the  Fairview  schoolhouse, 
to  which  their  children  were  sent  until  that  district  was  discontinued  and  a  better  and 
larger  building  erected  at  West  Anaheim.  Improvements  were  immediately  started  to 
make  a  comfortable  home  by  the  erection  of  a  house,  which  at  that  time  was  the  only 
one  between  Anaheim  and  Garden  Grove,  and  they  kept  cows  and  chickens  and  did 
farming  on  a  small  scale,  at  the  same  time  adding  improvements  from  time  to  time, 
for  Mr.  Marion  believed  it  the  best  policy  to  "pay  as  you  go,"  which  he  always  did. 
He  was  a  native  of  New  York  state,  but  in  early  life  went  to  Colorado  where  he  was 
united  in  marriage,  in  Denver,  with  Miss  Mary  Davis,  a  native  of  England,  who  had 
come  to  Colorado  early  in  her  life.  In  Denver  Mr.  Marion  conducted  a  nursery  and 
greenhouse  for  many  years.  They  became  the  parents  of  four  children,  all  born  in 
Denver:  Mary,  was  married  to  James  Johnson  in  May,  1901,  in  Los  Angeles;  they  went 
to  Needles,  where  he  died  on  February'  23.  1916,  and  there  his  widow  still  lives;  Anna, 
died  on  March  31,  1894;  George  K.,  was  born  on  February  21,  1881,  and  died  May  30, 
1890;  and  Edward  D.,  of  this  review,  who  was  born  on  May  14,  1880.  The  father  died 
on  April  1,  1906,  and  the  mother  lived  about  a  year,  passing  away  in  1907,  both  highly 
esteemed  by  all  who  knew  them. 

After  the  death  of  the  father,  E.  D.,  Jr.,  began  to  make  further  improvements 
on  the  property  by  setting  out  Valencia  oranges,  having  to  go  to  San  Dimas  for  his 
stock  because  there  was  none  nearer.  His  were  the  first  trees  to  be  set  out  on  the 
Garden  Grove  highway;  soon  others  followed  and  today  this  section  has  become  the 
center  of  the  Valencia  orange  district  of  the  county.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Orange 
Growers  Association  at  Anaheim.  This  grove  has  proven  to  be  one  of  the  best  of 
producers  and  his  ranch  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  show  places  in  this  locality.  He 
replaced  the  original  house  with  a  modern  structure  in  1919  and  now  enjoys  all  the 
conveniences  of  city  life. 

Having  spent  nearly  all  his  life  in  Orange  County,  where  he  attended  the  grammar 
and  high  schools  of  Anaheim,  it  is  but  natural  that  he  should  take  a  just  pride  in  the 
advancement  of  the  locality  where  he  has  lived  for  so  many  years  and  he  has  given  his 
support  to  all  movements  for  the  betterment  of  social  and  moral  conditions  that  have 
been  brought  to  his  notice.  On  December  4,  1914,  in  Anaheim,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Pauline  Donike,  a  native  of  Iowa  and  the  daughter  of  August  Domke. 
Their  union  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  a  daughter,  Anita.  Mr.  Marion  is  a 
member  of  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  also  of  the  Masons  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  and  the  family  belong  to  the  Pres- 
byterian Church. 

ANAHEIM  FEED  AND  FUEL  COMPANY.— Among  the  old  established  busi- 
ness firms  at  Anaheim  is  that  of  the  Anaheim  Feed  and  Fuel  Company,  located  at 
242  West  Center  Street.  The  business  was  established  by  R.  W.  McClellan,  and 
was  conducted  under  his  name'until  1917,  when  W.  D.  Grafton  became  interested  in  the 
business  and  the  firm  name  was  changed  to  The  Anaheim  Feed  and  Fuel  Company. 
September  29,  1919,  A.  V.  Vail  bought  Mr.  McClellan's  interest  in  the  business  and 
became  a  partner  of  Mr.  Grafton.  The  busiriess,  established  a  number  of  years  ago, 
has  gradually  grown  to  its  present  dimensions,  and  is  the  largest  in  its  line  in  Orange 
County.  The  new  home  of  the  firm  fronts  on  Center  and  Oak  streets,  and  they  have 
the  only  public  weighing  scales  in  the  town.  They  do  a  large  business  in  orchard 
supplies,  areagents  for  the  Pacific  Guano  Fertilizer  Company,  and  also  deal  extensively 
in  seeds  and  poultry  supplies.  Both  members  of  the  firm  have  been  successful  orange 
growers  and  are  widely  known,  and  have  been  actively  connected  with  the  growth  of 
Orange  County  for  many  years. 

William  D.  Grafton,  the  son  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Grafton  of  Cambridge,  Iowa, 
was  born  in  Story  County,  Iowa,  July  6,  187S.  He  completed  his  education  at  the 
Cambridge,  Iowa,  high  school,  and  took  a  course  in  business  college  at  Des  Moines, 
Iowa.  He  was  afterward  assistant  department  manager  for  the  Harris  Emery  Com- 
pany, the  largest  department  store  in  Des  Moines.  He  was  with  the  Anaconda  Copper 
Mining  Company,  at  Anaconda  and  Bonner,  Mont.,  for  sixteen  years,  and  from  there 
came  to  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  and  engaged  in  the  hay  and  grain  business.  Later  he  came 
to  Orange  County  and  became  an  orange  grower  in  the  Orange  district,  and  in  1919 
became  a  partner  in  the  Anaheim  Feed  and  Fuel  Company.  His  marriage  with  Miss 
Lois  Newport  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  three  children,  namely,  William  W.. 
Helen  and  Nelly  Kathryn.  Fraternally  he  affiliates  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows  and  is  a  member  of  the  encampment. 
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1036  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

The  junior  member  of  the  firm,  Albert  V.  Vail,  is  a  ngtive  of  Muscatine,  Iowa, 
where  he  was  born  April  30,  1882.  His  father,  now  deceased,  was  a  native  of  New 
York  state.  His  mother,  who  survives  her  husband,  was  in  maidenhood  Bertha  Mouche. 
She  is  of  French  parentage  and  was  born  in  Austria.  The  father  came  to  California 
first  in  1886,  then  he  returned  to  the  East  and  in  1888  brought  his  family  to  California 
with  him,  arriving  at  Anaheim,  March  3,  of  that  year.  For  many-years  he  was  engaged 
in  ranching,  raising  grain  and  vegetables  in  the  Fullerton  district.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Democrat,  and  was  active  and  very  prominent  in  the  politics  of  his  party.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Orange  County  Democratic  Central  Committee. 

Albert  V.  attended  the  public  schools  of  Fullerton,  and  supplemented  this  with  a 
course  at  the  Santa  Ana  Business  College.  He  followed  the  occupation  of  farming 
and  was  engaged  in  the  transfer  business  at  Fullerton,  and  was  also  an  orange  grower 
in  the  Fullerton  district.  He  now  owns  two  orange  and  lemon  groves  on  which  oil 
is  being  developed.  He  was  the  founder  of  the  El  Camino  Water  Company,  one  of  the 
best  irrigation  systems  in  the  county,  and  September  29,  1919,  became  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  The  Anaheim  Feed  and  Fuel  Company.  His  marriage  with  Miss  Freda  Backs, 
a  native  of  Anaheim,  resulted  in  the  birth  of  two  children,  Frederick  and  Albertha,  Mr. 
Vail  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks,  and  when  the  Anaheim- 
Fullerton  lodge  of  the  order  was  instituted  he  became  a  charter  member  of  it,  and 
was  the  first  tyler  of  the  lodge. 

PERRY  MILLER. — To  develop  a  productive  and  profitable  ranch  from  desert 
land,  construct  commodious  and  substantial  buildings  and  in  every  way  to  equip  the 
place  for  successful  general  farming — to  accomplish  all  this  in  a  few  years  bespeaks  an 
enterprising  and  experienced  rancher.  This  is  an  epitome  of  Perry  Miller's  thirteen 
years  of  ranching  in  Orange  County.  He  was  born  on  February  S,  1857,  in  Sandusky 
County,  Ohio,  a  son  of  Jacob  and  Mary  Miller,  who  were  both  natives  of  Pennsylvania. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  were  the  parents  of  five  children.  Perry  being  the  only  one 
residing  in  California.  When  he  was  one  year  old  his  parents  moved  to  Michigan  and 
in  that  state  he  received  his  early  education,  and  there  his  parents  died  before  he  was 
nine  years  of  age. 

In  1889  Mr.  Miller  migrated  to  Fremont  County,  Iowa,  where  he  followed  general 
farming  until  1906,  when  he  came  to  Southern  California  and  in  1907,  located  in  Orange 
County,  Cal.  A  year  previous  he  had  purchased  fifty-six  acres  of  unimproved  land 
located  on  what  is  now  West  Orangethorpe  Avenue,  at  the  Los  Angeles  County  line. 
With  his  characteristic  energy  and  progressive  spirit  he  at  once  began  to  improve  and 
develop  the  land  until  today  he  possesses  a  splendid  homestead  as  the  fruit  of.  his 
industry  and  enterprise. 

In  Branch  County,  Mich.,  in  1883,  Mr.  Miller  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Belle  Baker,  a  native  of  Michigan,  and  the  daughter  of  John  and  Parthenia  (Dutcher) 
Baker,  natives  of  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio,  respectively.  One  son,  C.  L.,  was  born  to 
them;  he  is  married  to  Lucy  Ball  of  Downey,  Cal.,  and  two  children  have  blessed  their 
union — Dol-othy  and  Perry.  In  religious  rqatters  Mr.  Miller  is  a  Spiritualist  and  in 
politics  he  is  an  Independent,  giving  his  voice  and  vote  to  the  men  and  measures 
he  conscientiously  believes  the  best  for  the  welfare  of  the  community  and  nation. 

HARVEY  F.  HARTMAN.— One  of  the  best  posted  men  in  his  special  line  of 
endeavor,  and  a  recognized  authority  on  the  cultivation  and  propagation  of  chili  peppers 
is  Harvey  F.  Hartman,  of  Buena  Park  district.  Orange  County,  He  devotes  one-half 
of  his  thirty-acre  ranch  to  raising  the  popular  Mexican,  Anaheim  and  Pimento  chili 
peppers,  so  much  used,  in  both  their  green  and  ripe  state,  in  canning,  pickles  and 
cookery.  Mr.  Hartman  was  born  in  Toledo,  Ohio,  on  December  3,  1881,  a  son  of 
Frederick  C.  and  Anna  Hartman;  the  father  being  a  native  of  Germany,  the  mother  of 
the  Buckeye  State.  Mrs.  Hartman  passed  away  in  1882,  when  Harvey  was  but  nine 
months  old.  F.  C.  Hartman  brought  his  family  to  California  in  1894;  he  followed  the 
trade  of  a  cabinet  maker  but  in  later  years  took  up  horticulture.  He  passed  to  his 
eternal  reward  in   1911,  in  Pasadena. 

Harvey  F.  Hartman  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Ohio 
and  after  removing  to  California  attended  the  splendid  schools  of  Pasadena.  Later 
his  education  was  supplemented  by  a  special  course  in  a  correspondence  school,  after 
which  he  pursued  a  special  study  of  the  science  of  horticulture  and  seed  selection,  in 
which  he  has  attained  signal  success  and  made  for  himself  a  prominent  place  in  the 
horticultural  and  agricultural  circles  of  his  community.  In  addition  to  his  specializino 
in  chili  peppers  Mr.  Hartman  devotes  half  of  his  ranch  to  general  farming;  he  thor- 
oughly understands  the  cultivation  and  peculiarities  of  the  soil  in  this  vicinity  and 
is  an  authority  on  the  most  suitable  crops  to  be  propagated.  He  has  resided  on  his 
ranch  near  Buena  Park  since  1909  and  has  greatly  improved  the  place. 


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On  May  1,  1906,  Harvey  F.  Hartman  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Rose 
Bastady,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Imanuel  Bastady  and  this  happy  union  has  been 
blessed  with  four  children:  Rosalie  Marie,  Helen  Esther,  Ida  Mae  and  Frank  Christian. 
Mrs.  Hartman  is  a  native  of  Basel,  Switzerland.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church  of  Buena  Park.  During  his  residence  in  Orange  County,  Mr. 
Hartman  has  contributed  his  share  to  the  substantial  development  of  agriculture  and 
horticulture  in  the  county  and  is  an  honored  member  of  the  Farm  Bureau  of  Buena 
Park.  Having  been  interested  in  floriculture  while  living  in  Pasadeiia,  he  still  retains 
his  love  for  the  beautiful  by  his  membership  in  the  Floricultural  Society  of  that  city. 
Believing  there  is  a  great  future  for  the  dahlia,  he  is  beginning  the  cultivation  of  special 
varieties  on  a  small  scale  on  his  ranch. 

FRANK  R.  LAGOURGUE.— .\  successful  rancher  and  an  influential  member  of 
the  Anaheim  Citrus  Union,  Frank  R.  Lagourgue  has  more  than  one  interesting  story 
to  tell  of  the  past  as  it  afilected  either  himself  or  his  forebears.  He  was  born  in  Sac  City, 
Sac  County,  Iowa,  the  son  of  William  V.  and  Elizabeth  (Austin)  Lagourgue.  His 
father  was  born  in  Jamaica,  West  Indies,  where  the  grandfather  William  Lagourgue, 
who  was  a  native  of  France,  was  a  large  sugar  planter.  In  time  he  disposed  of  his 
holdings  in  Jamaica  and  located  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  he  was  a  lumberman  until 
his  death.  William  V.  Lagourgue  as  a  young  man  sailed  on  the  Great  Lakes,  then 
located  in  Iowa  and  was  one  of  the  first  one-half  dozen  settlers  of  Sac  County.  Here 
Frank  received  his  early  schooling  at  Sac  City,  and  when  sixteen  years  old  moved  to 
Gage  County,  Nebr.  His  father  purchased  school  land  near  Beatrice  and  also  some 
land  from  the  Otoe  Indians,  and  he  had  a  large  farm  where  he  raised  wheat  and  corn. 
Frank  continued  his  studies  for  a  while  after  coming  to  Nebraska,  and  more  and 
more  caught  the  spirit  of  the  West  which  was  to  lead  him  on  to  his  greater  accom- 
plishment on  the  shore  of  the  Pacific. 

On  November  30,  1882,  Frank  R.  Lagourgue  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Latta,  a 
native  of  Minnesota,  and  a  member  of  a  family  that  moved  to  Indiana  and  then  to 
Nebraska,  in  1880.  Her  parents  Robt.  S.  and  Mary  Latta,  natives  of  Illinois  and  Ohio, 
respectively,  came  of  splendid  old  Eastern  stock,  her  father  being  a  minister  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  very  highly  esteemed  for  his  earnestness  and  devotion  to 
his  calling.  After  his  marriage  Mr.  Lagourgue  engaged  in  the  drug  business  in  Odell, 
Nebr.,  and  later  in  Imperial,  Chase  County,  Nebr.  In  the  fall  of  1901  he  drove  overland 
with  a  team  and  wagon  to  Stillwater,  Okla.,  and  there  lived  for  a  winter.  On  April  1, 
1902,  he  came  to  Califernia  and  settled  at  Anaheim,  and  here  purchased  a  home  on 
East  Center  Street,  in  which  he  lived  for  a  few  years.  In  1908,  he  bought  ten  acres 
on  Placentia  Avenue,  cleared  the  land,  developed  water  and  set  out  Valencia  oranges. 
In  1914,  however,  he  sold  out  and  purchased  a  ranch  oti  Liberty  Lane,  north  of  Ana- 
heim, and  since  then  he  has  made  that  farm  his  home  ranch,  dispensing  there  to  all 
who  come  an  acceptable  hospitality.  All  these  years  he  has  engaged  in  contracting  and 
painting  in  Anaheim  and  vicinity,  his  work  being  most  excellent  and  highly  appre- 
ciated. Five  children  were  granted  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lagourgue:  Carl  R.  lives  in  Wasco, 
Cal.;  Alta  is  a  bank  clerk  of  Glendale,  Ariz.;  Robert  V.  resides  in  Pomona;  Bernice 
has  become  Mrs.  E.  L.  Hartwell  of  Long  Beach;  while  Frank  died  at  the  age  of  nine 
years.  Mrs.  Lagourgue  is  a  member  of  the  Free  Methodist  Church  in  Garden  Grove. 
Mr.  Lagourgue  is  vice-president  of  the  Northeast  Water  Company,  from  which  he 
irrigates  his  ranch.  A  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  he  is  affiliated  with  Anaheim 
Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M. 

Mr.  Lagourgue's  father  recalls  with  interest  the  fact  that  in  early  days  the  very 
Indians  that  massacred  the  settlers  of  New  Ulm,  Minn.,  used  his  farm  in  Iowa  as  their 
camping  ground.  H*  treated  the  Redmen  kindly,  and  they  in  turn  never  molested  him 
or  his  family.  And  when  one  of  his  horses  followed  the  Indians'  horses  as  they  took 
their  leave,  an  Indian,  discovering  the  wandering  beast,  brought  it  back  and  tied  it  in 
his   father's   yard. 

EDWARD  CHAFFEE.— The  son  of  honored  pioneers  of  Orange  County,  Edward 
Chaffee,  of  Garden  Grove,  is  a  Californian  in  all  but  birth,  having  been  a  resident  of 
the  state  since  he  was  .five  years  old.  He  was  born  on  the  Chaffee  farm  near  Elgin, 
III.,  March  16,  1876,  the  son  of  Albert  J.  and  Susan  (Ambrose)  Chaffee,  who  are  men- 
tioned elsewhere  in  this  volume.  In  1881  the  family  removed  to  California,  settling 
at  Garden  Grove,  then  Los  Angeles  County.  Here  the  lad  grew  up,  attending  the  public 
schools  at  Garden  Grove,  and  later  taking  a  two  years'  course  at  the  State  Normal 
School  at  Los  Angeles.  In  the  meantime  he  was  brought  up  to  do  hard  work  on  his 
father's  grain  and  dairy  farm,  learning  thoroughly  how  to  master  all  the  problems  that 
go  with  making  a  success  in  agriculture.  When  he  reached  manhood  he  began  farm 
ing  on  his  own  account,  and  he  is  now  the  owner  of  a  profitable  ranch  of  forty-five 


1040  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

acres,  half  a  mile  northeast  of  Garden  Grove.  In  addition  he  farms  eighty-five  acres 
of  rented  land  in  the  vicinity.  Always  progressive  in  his  ideas,  Mr.  Chaffee  has  kept 
pace  with  the  changes  brought  about  by  the  successive  steps  in  the  progress  of  the 
country.  At  one  time  he  was  interested  in  the  production  of  celery,  but  when  other 
crops  became  more  profitable  he  at  once  turned  his  attention  to  them  and  has  made 
a  marked  success  in  raising  sugar  beets,  lima  beans  and  alfalfa.  He  has  erected  a 
comfortable  country  residence  on  his  ranch,  and  also  improved  the  place  with  barns 
and  other  buildings.  Some  time  ago  he  set  out  four  acres  of  apricots  and  they  are 
now  bearing  profitably.  For  the  past  six  seasons  he  has  operated  a  bean  thresher  in 
partnership  with  R.  A.  Oldfield. 

Mr.  Chaffee's  marriage,  which  occurred  on  July  10,  1902,  united  him  with  Miss 
Carrie  S.  Pullen,  who  was  reared  at  Areola,  111.,  and  came  to  California  in  1896.  Six 
children,  all  boys,  have  been  born  to  them:  Clare  S.,  Harold  E.,  Milton  A.,  Robert  A., 
Walter  B.,  and  John  D.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
at  Garden  Grove.  Mr.  Chaffee  takes  an  active  interest  in  the  development  of  Garden 
Grove,  particularly  in  furthering  the  interests  of  the  Garden  Grove  Lima  Bean  Grow- 
ers Association,  which  he  helped  organize,  and  of  which  he  is  the  secretary.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Garden  Grove  Farm  Bureau  and  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  for  six 
years  was  secretary  for  the  Orange  County  Farmers  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company. 
Mrs.  Chaffee  justly  shares  her  husband's  popularity  in  the  community  and  the  whole 
family  is  highly  esteemed. 

FRED  DORN. — A  liberal-minded,  kind-hearted,  sterling  fellow,  who  has  proven 
both  a  builder  up  and  an  upbuilder  of  Anaheim,  is  Fred  Dorn,  who  was  born  in  Alsace- 
Lorraine,  on  March  31,  1867,  the  son  of  George  Dorn,  a  native  of  that  country  and  a 
stonemason,  and  also  a  member  of  an  old  family.  He  married  Caroline  Smith,  a  model 
woman  of  her  land  and  generation,  and  one  who  influenced  most  helpfully  the  subject 
of  our  sketch.     Both  parents  are  now  deceased. 

Fred,  the  only  one  in  the  United  States,  to  which  country  he  came  when  he  was 
fifteen,  in  1882,  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  locality,  where  he  received  a  good 
grounding  in  the  essentials  of  education.  When  he  reached  Ford  County,  111.,  he 
began  to  work  on  a  farm,  and  continued  his  schooling  in  the  winter  time.  Two 
years  later,  he  removed  to  Adams  County,  Nebr.,  where  he  continued  to  work  as  a 
farm  hand.  He  there  rented  land,  raised  grain  and  stock,  got  more  and  more  familiar 
with  American  conditions,  and  both  in  his  successes  and  failures  prepared  himself  for 
the  next  great  step  in  his  career,  his  removal  to  the  Pacific  Coast. 

This  was  efifected  in  1890,  when  he  removed  to  California  and  settled  for  a  while 
at  Fillmore,  in  Ventura  County  where  he  secured  ten  acres  and  went  in  for  general 
farming.  At  the  end  of  seven. years,  however,  he  sold  out  and  moved  south  to  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company.  He  next 
engaged  as  a  contractor  in  cement  construction,  and  for  another  seven  years  followed 
that  line  of  activity. 

In  1907  he  bought  his  present  place  of  eighteen  acres  at  Anaheim — raw  land, 
where  he  had  to  grub  out  the  eucalyptus  and  the  apricot  trees  from  three  or  more 
acres.  He  set  out  a  vineyard,  raised  stock,  had  orange  trees  which  he  budded  to 
excellent  Valencias,  so  that  with  the  exception  of  an  acre  and  a  half  of  lemons,  he  has 
devoted  much  of  his  land  to  oranges  of  that  type.  He  belongs  to  the  Mutual  Orange 
Distributors  Association,  where  his  experience  carries  weight. 

JOHN  C.  ELBINGER. — A  progressive  rancher,  who  owns  twenty  well-improved 
acres,  devoted  to  oranges  and  walnuts,  in  the  West  Anaheim  district  of  Orange  County, 
is  John  C.  Elbinger,  a  native  of  Germany,  where  he  first  saw  the  light  of  day  on 
August  24,  1849.  His  parents,  George  and  Mary  Elbinger,  were  also  natives  of  Germany 
and  their  family  consisted  of  two  children,  John  C.  and  Elizabeth.  , 

When  twenty-six  years  of  age,  John  C.  Elbinger  immigrated  to  the  United  States 
so  he  could  enjoy  a  greater  degree  of  liberty  in  the  pursuit  of  life  and  happiness  and 
where  so  many  great  opportunities  were  ofifered  to  enterprising  and  ambitious  young 
men — opportunities  such  as  they  could  never  hope  to  enjoy  in  their  native  land.  After 
his  arrival  in  this  country  Mr.  Elbinger  resided  for  a  short  time  in  Kankakee  County, 
111.,  but  in  March,  1877,  migrated  to  Nebraska,  farmed  there  four  years  in  Saunders 
County  and  in  1881  he  went  to  South  Dakota  where  he  took. up  320  acres  of  land  and 
engaged  in  general  farming  and  stockraising.  The  land  was  located  in  territory  for- 
merly occupied  by  Indians.  He  improved  the  land,  developed  the  place  into  a  good 
paying  farm  and  remained  in  South  Dakota  for  twenty  years.  Mr.  Elbinger's  superior 
business  ability  and  expert  knowledge  of  land  values  were  recognized  by  his  fellow- 
citizens  in  his  election  to  the  important  position  of  county  assessor  of  Douglas  County 
a  post  he  filled  with  credit  to  himself  and  great  satisfaction  to  the  tax-paying  public 
for  the  period  of  fifteen  years. 


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During  the  year  1901,  John  C.  Elbinger  moved  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  coming 
directly  to  Riverside  County,  Cal.,  where  he  purchased  ten  acres,  slightly  improved, 
and  devoted  the  ranch  exclusively  to  oranges.  Ten  acres  soon  became  too  small  for 
such  an  ambitious  and  progressive  man  as  Mr.  Elbinger,  he  sold  it  and  removed  to 
Orange  County  where  he  purchased  his  present  ranch  in  1908.  The  land  was  partly 
improved  when  he  took  possession,  but  he  began  more  extensive  improvements,  setting 
out  walnut  and  orange  trees  and  in  due  time  developed  his  place  into  a  most  profitable 
ranch  where  he  has  a  comfortable  house  and  most  pleasant  surroundings.  His  career 
it  but  another  illustration  of  what  thrift,  frugality  and  well-directed  effort,  coupled  with 
the  judicious  management  of  one's  financial  affairs,  can  accomplish. 

In  1877  Mr.  Elbinger  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Marguerite  England,  this 
happy  union  being  blessed  with  a  son,  George  Elbinger,  who  married  Miss  Catherine 
Haas,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  twin  girls,  Elizabeth  and  Agnes.  In  1910  Mr. 
Elbinger  was  bereft  of  his  loving  and  faithful  helpmate.  During  his  residence  in 
Orange  County  he  has  filled  minor  offices  of  trust  and  responsibility  and  always  mani- 
fested a  deep  concern  in  the  development  of  the  best  interests  of  Orange  County. 

JOSEPH  P.  MAYHEW. — A  self-made,  very  successful  man  whose  public-spirit- 
edness  has  actuated  him  to  share  with  others  some  of  his  successful  opportunities 
and,  more  than  once,  to  point  the  way  so  that  his  fellow-citizens  might  attain  to  the 
same  sort  of  prosperity  his  foresight  enabled  him  to  divine,  is  Joseph  P.  Mayhew, 
who  returned  to  Anaheim  and  the  Orange  County  country,  notwithstanding  his  good 
luck  further  east,  because  he  had  received  such  a  favorable  impression  of  Southern 
California  when  he  first  came  here  to  look  around.  He  was  born  at  Calumet,  N.  Y., 
on  December  13,  1852,  the  son  of  Mark  A.  Mayhew,  who  was  born  and  reared  in 
England,  followed  a  seafaring  life  for  sixteen  years,  and  before  he  left  Great  Britain, 
married  Miss  Sarah  Young,  also  English  by  birth.  After  their  eldest  son,  William  A. 
Mayhew,  later  a  resident  of  Danville,  III.,  had  been  born,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mayhew 
migrated  from  England,  and  in  1850  located  at  Calumet,  N.  Y.,  Mr.  Mayhew  turning 
his  hand  to  anything  which  would  enable  him  to  support  himself  and  family.  Three 
years  later,  he  moved  west  to  Illinois  and  settled  near  Sheldon,  in  Iroquois  County, 
and  there  bought  forty  acres  of  raw  land  upon  which  he  put  up  a  log  cabin.  He 
steadily  improved  his  farm  and  also  added  to  it,  until  he  had  120  acres;  prospering 
to  a -happy  degree,  save  in  the  death  of  his  devoted  wife,  in  1866.  Just  forty  years 
later,  on  April  21,  he  closed  his  own  career  in  death. 

These  worthy  British-Americans  had  six  sons  and  one  daughter,  and  Joseph 
was  the  second  in  the  order  of  birth.  He  was  reared  near  Sheldon,  attended  the 
primitive  schools  of  that  locality  and  period,  and  assisted  his  father  at  home  until  his 
twenty-first  year.  Three  days  before  Christmas,  in  1873,  at  Clifton,  111.,  he  married 
Miss  Nancy  A.  Karnes,  a  native  of  Momence,  111.,  who  was  reared  in  Illinois,  receiv- 
ing most  of  her  education  in  Kankakee  County,  111.  Her  father  was  John  Karnes, 
while  the  maiden  name  of  her  mother  was  Mary  Reynolds.  After  marrying,  they 
rented  land  for  three  years  in  Iroquois  County,  and  then  purchased  and  developed 
eighty  acres  of  prairie  land  which  Mr.  Mayhew  in  two  short  years  made  highly 
productive. 

Having  rented  his  farm,  Mr.  Mayhew  in  February,  1879  joined  the  Rinehart  family, 
his  wife's  adopted  parents,  and  removed  to  Nebraska,  where  they  located  in  Seward 
County,  and  there  for  a  while  again  rented  land.  Then  he  purchased  eighty  acres, 
which  he  improved  and  lived  upon  until  the  late  eighties.  About  that  time,  he  came 
out  to  California  and  to  Anaheim,  and  what  he  saw  here  so  favorably  impressed  him 
that  he  decided  to  remove  to  the  Coast  as  soon  as  he  could  afford  to  do  so.  He 
returned,  however,  to  Nebraska,  devoting  his  time  to  buying  and  shipping  live  stock 
to  South  Omaha  and  Chicago;  his  headquarters  were  at  Beaver  Crossing,  Nebr. ;  here 
he  continued  with  success  until  1907,  when  he  came  out  to  Anaheim  for  good. 

While  on  a  second  trip  to  California  in  1893,  Mr.  Mayhew  had  purchased  forty 
acres  of  unimproved  land,  and  on  his  return  he  bought  a  number  of  town  lots  and  a 
ranch  of  fifteen  acres  east  of  Anaheim,  now  rich  with  full-bearing  Valencia  oranges. 
When  he  started  in  Nebraska  as  a  young  man,  Mr.  Mayhew  had  less  than  ten  dollars 
in  his  pocket;  but  by  hard,  honest  work  and  care  to  look  ahead,  he  built  up  a  large 
trade  shipping  stock  and  poultry,  averaging  as  much  as  $13,000  worth  a  month.  Since 
his  advent  in  Orange  County,  Mr.  Mayhew  has  speculated  a  good  deal  in  real  estate, 
and  has  always  been  phenomenally  successful.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mayhew  are  members 
of  the  First  Christian  Church  at  Anaheim,  and  he  is  a  Mason,  retaining  his  member- 
ship in  Prudence  Lodge  No.  179,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  at  Beaver  Crossing,  Nebr.  A  brother 
of  Mrs.  Mayhew,  John  E.  Karnes,  has  been  a  well-known  business  man  of  Santa  Rosa. 


1044  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

WESLEY  C.  HEFFERN.— A  far-seeing,  well-posted  oil  man,  whose  good  judg- 
ment is  appreciated  by  all  who  have  to  do  with  him,  is  Wesley  C.  Heffern,  who  was 
born  near  Oil  City,  Venango  County,  Pa.,  on  October  6,  187S.  His  father,  George 
Heffern,  of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  was  born  near  Meadville,  Crawford  County,  Pa.,  and 
was  for  some  years  a  farmer  and  stock  raiser  engaged  in  the  wholesale  cattle  business. 
Then  he  became  an  oil  man — an  oil  producer  and  a  contractor  in  the  oil  fields,  and  still 
later,  he  took  up  the.  wholesaling  of  cattle  again,  and  made  his  headquarters  at  Oil  City 
until  he  died.  Sad  to  relate,  he  met  his  death  in  a  tragic  manner,  gored  by  an  in- 
furiated bull.  Wesley's  mother,  Rebecca  Bishop  before  her  marriage,  was  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania,  having  been  born  near  Pittsburgh;  and  she  now  resides  in  Oil  City,  the 
mother  of  fourteen  children,  thirteen  of  whom  grew  up,  while  eleven  are  still  living. 

Wesley  was  the  seventh  eldest,  and  was  sent  to  the  public  schools  of  Oil  City. 
From  a  lad,  however,  he  learned  the  oil  trade,  and  when  only  twelve  years  of  age 
entered  the  office  of  the  Standard  Oil  Company,  in  the  beginning  running  an  elevator 
in  their  first  building  in  Oil  City,  and  then  acting  as  office  boy  in  the  company's  offices. 
Then  he  went  out  to  work  on  their  lease,  beginning  with  the  wells  from  the  bottom  up. 

In  1902,  the  company  sent  Mr.  Heffern  to  Bakersfield,  Cal.,  and  for  six  years  he 
worked  for  them  in  this  state.  He  operated,  by  contract,  the  pipe  lines,  stations  and 
reservoirs  and  tanks  between  Bakersfield  and  Coalinga,  and  also  between  Bakersfield 
and  Point  Richmond  for  the  Standard  Oil  Company. 

,  In  1908  he  left  the  Standard's  service,  and  struck  out  into  the  Lost  Hills  and 
other  places,  where  he  made  several  locations  which  later  were  demonstrated  to  be  good 
gas  and  oil  territory.  Among  others,  he  located  the  land  that  eventually  came  in  as 
the  Lake  View  Gusher,  and  tried  to  interest  Bakersfield  capital;  but  they  laughed  at 
him  and  turned  him  down,  and  he  had  to  let  it  go  back — could  not  hold  it.  He  finally 
succeeded  in  selling  some  of  his  locations,  and  settled  in  San  Diego,  where  he  bought 
a  residence.  He  also  purchased  a  ranch  in  the  Imperial  Valley,  and  one  near  San 
Diego,  devoted  to  fruit  and  vegetables. 

In  1914,  Mr.  Heffern  went  to  Texas  and  leased  110,000  acres  of  land  for  oil  pros- 
pecting; but  he  could  not  get  capital  interested  in  them,  and  again  he  had  to  let  the 
opportunity  and  fortune  go,  for  wells  are  now  as  thick  as  peas  in  that  same  great 
field.  As  early  as  1912,  he  had  come  to  Orange  County  to  look  over  some  oil  property 
for  certain  San  Diego  parties;  and,  becoming  especially  interested,  he  made  several 
trips  here,  and  from  personal  observation  and  investigation,  chose  the  territory  east 
of  Placentia  as  best  of  all  for  oil  prospects. 

In  1916,  Mr.  Heffern  removed  from  San  Diego  to  Orange  County,  and  now  resides 
on  his  orange  grove  ranch  southeast  of  Placentia.  It  was  Mr.  Heffern  who  first  selected 
the  location,  and  interested  the  Union  Oil  Company  in  the  Chapman  well  area.  He 
obtained  leases  here,  and  in  1919  formed  the  Heffern  Oil  Company,  which  is  now  drill- 
ing for  and  developing  oil  on  his  own  property.  Having  thus  run  the  course  of  this 
thirteen  years  of  very  valuable  experience,  Mr.  Heffern  has  become  one  of  the  best- 
posted  oil  men  in  the  state,  and  one  in  whom  the  small  and  the  large  investor  may 
well  have  confidence. 

At  San  Diego,  Mr.  Heffern  was  married  to  Miss  Pauline  Schnepp,  a  native  of  that 
city,  and  a  lady  of  accomplishment;  and  they  have  had  three  children,  Marie,  Dick  and 
Margerie.  The  family  attend  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  Mr.  Heffern  in 
national  political  campaigns  marches  under  the  banners  of  the  Republican  party. 

CHALMERS  T.  FOSTER.— One  of  the  attractive  ranches  for  its  size  in  Orange 
County,  which  until  1910  was  a  mere  beet  field,  is  that  owned  by  Chalmers  T.  Foster, 
who  resides  on  South  Brookhurst  near  Anaheim,  where  he  cultivates  sixteen  acres 
devoted  to  citrus  fruits.  The  first  thing  that  he  did,  on  acquiring  the  land,  was  to 
set  out  orange  trees  of  the  choicest  and  most  promising  variety  he  could  find;  and 
today,  in  the  large  yield  of  the  most  luscious  products,  he  is  reaping  the  reward  of  his 
foresight,  confidence  and  intelligent  labor. 

He  is  a  native  of  Indiana,  where  he  was  born  in  1856,  a  son  of  William  L. 
Foster.  His  mother  died  when  he  was  an  infant.  He  was  reared  and  educated  in 
Indiana,  and  in  1903  removed  from  the  Hoosier  State  to  Washington,  and  there  in  the 
Palouse  country  engaged  in  mercantile  business.  Aside  from  that  venture,  Mr.  Foster 
has  always  been  identified  with  farming,  or  some  feature  of  the  agricultural  industries. 
During  his  stay  in  Washington,  for  example,  he  also  shipped  veal  and  poultry  to  the 
market,  and  this  added  considerably  to  his  experience. 

Mr.  Foster  belongs  to  that  superior,  although  unpretentious  class  of  farmers  who 
are  willing  to  make  some  sacrifice  to  establish  themselves  on  the  best  basis,  and  who 
then  take  pride  in  keeping  their  places  in  apple-pie  order.  He  has  an  adequate  well, 
sunk  to  the  depth  of  180  feet,  with  a  ten-inch  bore,  affording  seventy-five  inches  of 
water,  and  a  first-class  pumping  plant,  easily  operated  and  dependable.     He  has  a  full 


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complement  of  machinery  and  implements,  and  aims  to  keep  everything  in  the  best  of 
order.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Garden  Grove  Orange  Association,  the  Orange  County 
Produce  Association,  and  vigorously  supports  any  movement  for  the  development  of 
California  husbandry,  especially  within  his  particular  fields. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Foster  occurred  in  1881,  when  he  was  united  with  Miss 
Catherine  McClurkin,  a  native  of  Indiana,  and  three  children  have  blessed  their  fortu- 
nate union.  They  are  W.  Vern,  who  assists  his  father;  Rachel,  a  graduate  from  the  Indi- 
ana State  University  and  living  at  home;  and  Homer  Foster,  the  latter  a  teacher  in  the 
Anaheim  high  school.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Washington  State  College.  As  a 
citizen  of  standards  and  attainments,  Mr.  Foster  is  also  a  model  to  others  in  good 
citizenship. 

THOMAS  JOHN  McCARTER.— The  cultivation  of  English  walnuts  and  Valencia 
oranges,  now  among  the  important  industries  of  Southern  California,  giving  much 
promise  of  further  advancement,  has  been  greatly  promoted  by  just  such  experienced, 
aggressive  and  progressive  agriculturists  as  Thomas  J.  McCarter,  who  owns  and  oper- 
ates two  ranches  near  Santa  Ana,  one  of  fifteen  and  the  other  sixteen  acres,  devoted 
to  the  growing  of  the  above  products.  The  exclusion  of  other  products  is  due  to  Mr. 
McCarter's  conviction  that  the  heavy  rich  soil  of  the  locality  is  better  adapted  to  the 
growing  of  walnuts  and  citrus  fruits  than  the  general  run  of  deciduous  varieties. 

Thomas  McCarter  was  born  in  Guernsey  County,  Ohio,  on  July  10,  1850,  a  son  of 
Joseph  McCarter,  a  native  of  Scotland,  who  came  to  the  United  States  and  in  this 
country  married  Eleanor  Jane  Reed,  who  was  born  on  board  a  vessel  on  the  Atlantic 
Ocean  of  Scotch-Irish  parents.  They  had  three  children,  and  of  these  three,  our  subject 
and  a  sister,  Mary  Jane,  survive.,  Mr.  McCarter,  the  only  one  of  the  family  residing 
in  California,  was  reared  and  educated  in  Branch  County,  Mich.,  having  removed  there 
with  his  parents  when  quite  young.  In  1866  the  family  removed  to  Monsoe  County, 
Iowa,  and  later  to  Dade  County,  Mo.,  and  finally  to  Cloud  County,  Kans.,  in  1872. 
Here  Thomas  McCarter  homesteaded  160  acres  of  land  and  turned  the  first  furrow, 
but  the  first  crop  was  destroyed  by  grasshoppers.  Nothing  daunted,  he  persevered  and 
succeeded  in  improving  the  place  so  that  at  the  end  of  ten  years  he  sold  it  to  advantage. 
He  then  purchased  eighty  acres  near  Clay  Center,  Clay  County,  where  he  farmed  until 
1894,  when  he  sold  it  and  returned  to  Cloud  County  and  bought  a  200-acre  farm  adjoin- 
ing his  old  homestead,  where  he  continued  general  farming. 

Mr.  McCarter  and  his  wife  had  always  had  a  desire  to  make  their  home  in  Cali- 
fornia, so  in  February,  1903,  they  arrived  in  Orange  County  and  were  so  delighted  with 
the  country  that  they  sold  their  Kansas  farm  the  next  month.  Having  $4,000  to  start 
with,  he  made  a  payment  on  thirty  acres  of  raw  stubble  land  on  Ritchey  Street,  south- 
east of  Santa  Ana.  By  hard  work,  close  application  and  economy,  and  aided  by  his 
wife  and  children,  he  has  become  a  substantial  and  well-to-do  man.  He  sold  half  of 
the  acreage,  so  has  fifteen  acres  left,  which  he  has  improved  and  beautified  and  now  he 
has  a  comfortable  home,  which  with  its  surroundings  is  just  such  a  homestead  as  has 
always  been  a  show  place  for  those  wishing  to  see  what  California  can  do  for  the 
settler.  He  also  owns  sixteen  acres  on  McFadden  and  William  streets,  both  places 
being  devoted  to  raising  walnuts  and  oranges.  Aside  from  his  present  places  Mr.  Mc- 
Carter bought  and  improved  forty  acres  on  the  Newport  Road,  also  twelve  and  a  half 
acres  on  East  McFadden  Street,  as  well  as  improving  half  of  his  first  ranch,  which 
were  sold  at  a  good  profit.  In  addition  to  the  above,  Mr.  McCarter  owned  and  im- 
proved about  100  acres  located  ten  miles  northwest  of  Fresno,  where  he  resided  with 
his  family  for  about  two  and  one-half  years,  setting  it  to  figs  and  erecting  a  comfortable 
residence  as  well  as  other  necessary  buildings.  However,  having  a  decided  preference 
for  the  climate  in  Orange  County  he  sold  the  fig  garden  at  a  good  profit  and  retired 
to  his  homestead  in  1919. 

In  Dade  County,  Mo.,  in  1872,  Mr.  McCarter  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Ellen 
Dunn,  born  in  Iowa,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Tedford)  Dunn,  natives  of 
Pennsylvania  and  Tennessee,  respectively,  who  spent  their  last  days  in  comfort  with 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCarter  in  their  California  home.  The  father  died  in  October,  1919, 
at  the  age  of  ninety-two  and  a  half  years,  the  mother  preceding  him,  having  passed 
away  in  1916,  at  the  age  of  eighty-six.  Thirteen  children  blessed  the  happy  union  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCarter  as  follows:  James  Ira,  who  is  residing  in  Fresno  County;  Etta 
Dell,  deceased;  Thomas  R.  of  Whittier;  John  G.,  deceased;  twins,  who  died  in  infancy; 
Ida  May  is  Mrs.  Binkley  of  Fresno;  Frank  of  Santa  Ana;  Eugene  L.  of  Tustin;  Eliza- 
beth M.  is  Mrs.  Hatch,  who  lives  near  Tustin;  Mary,  who  assists  her  mother  in  pre- 
siding over  the  home;  Irving  of  Fresno;  while  Albert,  the  youngest,  is  manfully  assist- 
ing his  father  to  care  for  and  enhance  the  value  of'  their  ranch  property. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCarter  never  regret  having  selected  Orange  County  for  their 
permanent  home,  for  it  has  made  life  more  pleasant  to  them  and  has  not  only  crowned 


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their  efforts  with  success,  but  has  enabled  them  to  secure  for  their  children  the  educa- 
tion their  ambitions  had  planned  and  desired.  Mr,  McCarter  and  his  family  have 
always  endeavored  to  stand  for  the  highest  and  best  in  social  and  civic  life  and  are 
among  those  whose  influence  for  good  in  any  community  is  of  the  most  desirable,  for 
it  affects  not  only  the  generation  in  which  they  live  and  move,  but  also  posterity 
coming  after  and  inheriting  the  good  or  the  evil  sown  by  those  who  have  gone  before. 
A  Covenanter — that  is,  a  member  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church,  Mr.  McCarter 
has  also  been  a  prohibitionist  of  the  most  pronounced  type  and  has  never  swerved  when 
called  upon  to  do  his  duty  in  the  councils  of  the  church  and  state.  Santa  Ana  could 
not  felicitate  itself,  therefore,  with  more  assurance  and  satisfaction  than  in  the  coming 
to  Orange  County  of  this  fearless  and  broadly  progressive  pioneer. 

THOMAS  R.  MORRIS. — Ten  years',  experience  in  the  business  of  poultry  raising 
has  given  Thomas  R.  Morris,  of  Cypress  district,  a  thorough  knowledge  of  this  voca- 
tion, yet,  withal,  experience  has  taught  him  that  there  is  always  something  to  learn  in 
the  business. 

His  ranch,  situated  about  one  mile  west  of  Cypress,  comprises  ten  acres,  and  he 
owns  in  addition  eight  acres  in  another  place.  His  hens,  single-comb  White  Leg- 
horns, are  first-class  layers,  and  number  1,800,  with  sixty  males.  He  buys  his  feed  by 
the  carload,  does  his  own  grinding  and  raises  his  green  feed,  as  well  as  some  corn. 
His  houses  cover  an  area  of  5,000  square  feet.  He  sells  eggs  and  does  hatching  for 
commercial  purposes. 

Mr.  Morris,  who  is  a  native  Kentuckian,  was  born  on  February  23,  1883,  and  is 
the  only  child  of  Allen  G.  and  Henrietta  Morris.  He  acquired  his  education  in  his 
native  state,  and  has  since  been  engaged  principally  in  agricultural  pursuits.  He  came 
to  Orange  County,  Cal.,  in  1904,  and  in  1910  was  happily  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Juliett  HoBbs,  a  native  of  Texas.  Two  children,  Virginia  and  Marion  by  name,  have 
blessed  this  union.  Mr.  Morris's  love  for  the  work  in  which  he  is  engaged  has  played 
an  important  part  in  bringing  the  success  which  he  has  deservedly  won.  He  is  among 
the  progressive  poultrymen  of  his  district  and  enjoys  the  full  confidence  and. esteem  of 
his  fellow-citizens. 

MAAG  RANCH. — Whoever  is  looking  for  a  "show  place"  in  Orange  County 
will  find  himself  well  rewarded  by  a  visit  to  the  famous  Maag  Ranch,  jointly  and 
equally  owned  by  the  three  brothers,  William  H.,  Joe  A.  and  George  W.  Maag, 
widely  known  as  belonging  to  the  most  progressive  and  most  representative  of  South- 
ern Californians.  It  lies  four  miles  north  of  Olive,  on  the  Santa  Ana  Canyon  Boule- 
vard, and  includes  124  acres  in  the  Santa  Ana  Canyon. 

Joe  A.  Maag,  the  eldest  of  the  three  enterprising  young  men,  was  born  a  native 
son,  proud  of  his  association  with  the  Golden  State,  and  of  whom  California  may  well 
be  proud,  at  Orange,  on  June  20,  1890,  attended  the  usual  schools  in  Orange,  and 
completed  a  course  at  the  Orange  County  Business  College.  He  spent  his  boyhood 
days  at  home,  and  contributed  his  full  share  to  the  "life"  of  the  community  in  which 
he  grew  up.  He  could  not  fail  to  attain  social  popularity,  and  he  is  a  popular  member 
of  the  Santa  Ana  lodge  of  Elks. 

William  H.,  his  brother,  was  also  born  at  Orange,  his  birthday  falling  on  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1894,  and  having  attended  the  grade  schools  of  Orange,  he  also  went  to 
and  completed  a  course  at  the  Orange  County  Business  College,  having  in  the  mean- 
while snatched  at  and  secured  fame  in  athletic  sports.  He  ranched  with  his  father 
until  1915,  and  on  July  11,  1917,  was  married  to  Miss  Katherine  Kramer,  a  native 
of  Illinois,  who  is  a  fine  musician.  This  fortunate  union  has  been  blessed  with  one 
child,  a  little  girl,  Edwina  Mary.  Mrs.  Maag's  parents  are  residents  of  Santa  Ana, 
and  her  father,  M.  Kramer,  is  a  builder  and  carpenter  of  acknowledged  ability. 

George  William  Maag  was  born  at  Orange,  and  enjoyed  the  same  educational 
advantages  as  his  two  brothers,  and  he  also  helped  at  home  until  he  was  twenty-one 
years  of  age.  All  three  of  these  "good  fellows"  are  valued  members  of  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  in  Santa  Ana. 

Fifty  of  the  124  acres  of  the  Maag  Ranch  have  full-bearing  Valencia  orange 
trees,  while  forty  acres  are  planted  to  full-bearing  lemons.  The  wide-awake  brothers, 
who  believe  in  the  old  motto,  "In  union  there  is  strength,"  have  succeeded  because 
they  understand  modern  business  methods,  share  the  burden  of  all  responsibility,  and 
link  their  experience  with  hard  work.  Successful  disposition  of  their  crops  is  obtained 
through  the  Olive  Heights  Citrus  Association  at  Olive.  The  remaining  thirty-four 
acres  of  their  beautiful  farm  is  on  the  Santa  Ana  River,  and  is  used" for  general 
farming.  An  interesting  feature,  and  a  very  profitable  one,  is  the  source  of  thdr  irri- 
gating water.  This  is  obtained  from  three  wells,  situated  about  fifteen  to  eighteen  feet 
apart,   and  sunk  near  the   river,  which  gives   a   never-failing   supply   lifted   in   a   steady 


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stream  of  seventy-five  miner's  inches,  by  a  Gould  suction  pump,  an  indispensable 
p:\rt  of  the  farm  plant  that  is  kept  in  action  throughout  the  summer  months.  Then 
the  concrete  pipe  line  running  throughout  the  citrus  groves  evenly  distributes  the 
water.  Besides  two  head  of  horses  and  two  mules,  the  Maag  Brothers  use  a  couple 
of  up-to-date  tractors. 

William   H.   Maag  lives   in   a  beautiful   modern   bungalow,   nicely   located   on   the 
north  side  of  the  Santa  Ana  Boulevard,  with  a  yard  that  is  laid  out  symmetrically,  and  . 
is  an  ornament  to  the  place.     A  well  there  supplies  the  best  of  water  for  domestic  use. 

Orange  County  is  fortunate  in  such  progressive,  aggressive  young  citizens  as  the 
Maag  Brothers,  with  their  ambition  to  attain  only  the  highest  results  in  their  field, 
and  to  contribute  something  worth  while  to  the  development  of  the  state  in  which 
they  live  and  thrive. 

VARD  W.  HANNUM. — A  well-trained  and  thoroughly  efficient  public  official  is 
Vard  W.  Hannum,  the  city  electrician  and  superintendent  of  the  Municipal  Power  House 
at  Anaheim.  He  was  born  in  Hart,  Oceana  County,  Mich.,  on.  June  28,  1883,  and  reared 
and  educated  there,  duly  graduating  from  the  local  high  school.  Then  he  went  to 
New  York  City  and  took  the  excellent  courses  at  the  New  York  Electrical  School;  and 
from  1910  he  was  employed  in  the  electrical  department  of  the  Union  Carbide  Company 
at  Sault  Saint  Marie,  Mich.,  after  which  he  was  a  year  with  the  Algoma  Steel  Company 
on   the    Canadian  side. 

In  the  fall  of  1911,  Mr.  Hannum  came  to  California,  and  entered  the  service  of  the 
Pacific  Electric  Railroad  Company,  Los  Angeles,  giving  them  a  year  in  their  electrical 
department,  in  installation  work  at  the  substation.  On  August  12,  1912,  he  came  to 
Anaheim  and  commenced  to  work  for  the  municipality.  He  began  in  a  somewhat  sub- 
ordinate capacity,  as  one  of  the  engineers,  then  as  foreman,  and  gradually  and  properly 
worked  his  way  up  to  his  present  responsible  post,  to  which  he  was  appointed  in 
February,  1917. 

Mr.  Hannum  has  charge  of  the  operation  of  the  power  plant,  and  is  also  respon- 
sible for  electrical  inspection  of  the  city  so  that,  with  the  necessity  of  keeping 
thoroughly  apace  with  the  last  word  of  science  and  mechanics,  and  the  actual  labor  of 
installing,  repairing  and  renewing  parts  of  the  system,  it  will  be  seen  that  he  is  a  very 
busy  man.  Fortunately  for  the  city  of  Anaheim,  he  had  years  of  most  valuable  experi- 
ence before  he  came,  to  which  his  day  and  night  labors  are  constantly  adding,  and  he 
is  fond  of  hard  work,  and  both  mentally  and  physically  able  to  bear  the  strain. 

In  December,  1912,  Mr.  Hannum  was  married  to  Miss  Bessie  L.  Palmiter  of  Hart, 
Mich.,  a  charming  lady  capable  at  all  times  of  creating  for  herself  a  desirable  circle  of 
devoted  friends,  and  herself  devoted  to  others,  and  ready  for  any  good  work.  Mr. 
Hannum  belongs  to  the  Wigton  Lodge  No.  251,  F.  &  A.  M.,  at  Hart,  Mich.,  and  to 
Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345  of  the  Elks. 

THEODORE  GREGER.— A  valued  employe  of  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway  for 
many  years  who,  by  improving  a  grove  of  Valencia  orange  trees  until  it  is  now  one  of 
the  finest  for  its  size  in  the  county,  has  proven  himself  a  successful  man  in  another 
field,  is  Theodore  Greger,  who  was  born  in  West  Prussia,  Germany,  on  May  13, 
1870,  and,  after  the  death  of  his  parents,  came  to  America  at  the  age  of  nine, 
accompanied  by  his  little  sister,  then  only  seven  years  of  age.  His  father,  Arthur 
Greger,  had  followed  farming,  and  was  killed  in  a  distressing  accident  when  a  load  of 
hay  toppled  and  the  tine  of  a  fork  entered  his  body,  so  that  he  died  a  year  later,  in 
1879,  from  the  wound.  The  very  nex-t  year  after  this  disaster  befell  Mr.  Greger,  his 
wife  died  from  a  fall.  These  worthy  people  had  five  children;  and  as  Theodore  and 
Bertha  were  the  youngest,  they  were  sent  to  an  uncle,  the  other  three  coming  later. 

They  arrived  in  Baltimore  in  January,  1881,  and  then  traveled  on  to  Milwaukee, 
and  there  they  were  received  by  their  uncle,  August  Greger,  who  lived  at  Ripon,  Wis. 
They  found  a  good  home  there,  helped  what  they  could  by  day,  and  went  to  school 
at  night.  At  the  end  of  six  years,  when  Theodore  was  in  the  middle  of  his  teens,  he 
came  on  to  Washington  and  found  work  in  a  sawmill.  TJjen  he  clerked  in  a  grocery 
store  at  Tacoma,  and  after  that  went  back  east  to  Augusta,  Wis.,  and  worked  for  a 
year  as  a  clerk. 

His  riext  move  was  to  Milwaukee,  where  he  became  a  motorman  on  the  Milwaukee 
Street  Railway;  and  for  twelve  years  and  a  half  he  gave  them  his  best  service,  and 
was  lucky  in  not  having  a  single  accident.  In  1907,  he  swung  away  from  his  Wiscon- 
sin moormgs,  and  reached  Los  Angeles,  where  he  found  no  difficulty  in  obtaining  a 
post  as  motorman  on  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway.  After  six  years,  he  was  made 
assistant  depot  master  at  the  Main  Street  station;  and  that  additional  responsibility 
he  met  to  the  satisfaction  of  everyone  for  two  years. 


1050  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

On  May  1,  1917,  Mr.  Greger  resigned,  to  give  all  his  attention  to  the  ranch  of 
eight  acres  he  had  bought  in  1909,  and  had  since  handsomely  improved.  It  was  located 
at  the  corner  of  Olive  and  Sunkist  avenues  in  East  Anaheim,  and  was  raw  land  when 
he  first  took  it.  He  had  it  leveled  and  set  out  Valencia  orange  trees,  put  in  a  cement 
pipe  line  and  otherwise  improved  it,  and  during  his  busy  railroad  life,  he  never  lost  a 
tree.  He  built  a  residence,  and  was  soon  envied  by  his  friends  on  account  of  his 
trim  little  estate.  He  also  owned  a  residence  at  the  corner  of  West  Forty-eighth 
Street  and  Second  Avenue,  in  Los  Angeles.  In  addition,  he  owns  another  five  acres 
near  his  place,  which  he  also  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges,  and  ten  acres  on  North 
Street  with  Valencia  orange  trees  six  years  old. 

At  Cooperstown,  Wis.,  Mr.  Greger  was  married  to  Miss  Hulda  Voeltz,  a  native 
of  that  city,  and  their  fortunate  union  was  blessed  with  the  gift  of  four  sons.  Henry 
is  ranching  on  his  father's  place;  Arthur  is  a  conductor  on  the  Los  Angeles  Street 
Railway;  William  is  office  man  for  Richards'  Express,  in  Los  Angeles;  and  Elmer  also 
assists  his  father. 

Mr.  Greger  is  a  Lutheran  in  his  preference  for  congregational  worship,  a  Repub- 
lican in  matters  of  national  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Independent  Foresters  of 
America  in  Milwaukee;  and  first,  last  and  all  the  time,  he  is  an  American,  who  finds 
his  highest  pleasure  as  a  citizen  in  standing  for  American  institutions,  and  in  boosting 
Orange  County  and  California. 

MRS.  OTTILIE  HENNING. — A  very  interesting  woman  of  exceptional  business 
ability  who  has  unlimited  faith  in  the  future  of  Orange  County  is  Mrs.  Ottilie  Henning, 
a  daughter  of  Rev.  Adolph  and  Juliana  (Dinkier)  Weinknecht.  Her  father  was  for 
nineteen  years  a  minister  in  the  German  Lutheran  Church.  Although  a  comparatively 
young  man,  he  had  attained  some  reputation  for  unusual  ability,  and  his  death,  when 
our  subject  was  about  three  years  of  age,  was  widely  deplored.  Three  of  his  children 
grew  to  maturity,  and  among  them  Ottilie  was  next  to  the  youngest.  She  was  reared 
at  Hertzfelde  near  Berlin,  Germanv,  and  early  had  the  best  of  public  school  educational 
advantages,  and  in  1899  came  to  California  and  Anaheim,  where  she  met  and  married 
Louis  Henning.  Seven  children  resulted  from  their  union,  and  each  has  won  a  place 
in  the  hearts  of  those  knowing  them.  Walter  assists  his  mother  in  the  problems  and 
work  of  ranching.  Of  the  twins,  Henry  is  in  the  Anaheim  high  school  and  Martha 
assists  her  mother  to  preside  over  the  household;  Otto  is  also  a  student  at  the  Anaheim 
high  school;  and  there  are  Arthur,  Annie  and  Richard.  Mrs.  Henning  belongs  to  the 
Anaheim  Lutheran  Church,  and  is  active  in  the  Ladies'  Society  of  that  congregation, 
and  she  is  also  a  Republican  with  strong  Protectionist  views. 

Since  her  marriage,  Mrs.  Henning  has  been  deeply  interested  in  agriculture  and 
especially  in  horticulture,  and  she  now  owns  three  fine  ranches  devoted  to  the  culture 
of  Valencia  and  Navel  oranges,  lemons  and  walnuts — property  as  fine  as  any  highly- 
cultivated  ranchland  in  Southern  California.  On  the  home  place,  located  on  Olive 
Boulevard,  she  has  just  completed  a  large,  beautiful  modern  residence  of  mission  style 
of  architecture  built  of  concrete,  making  it  one  of  the  most  beautiful  country  homes 
in  the  county.  In  this  age  of  the  new  woman,  the  scientific  and  commercial  accom- 
plishments of  Mrs.  Henning  are  of  such  exceptional  interest  that  Anaheim  cannot 
fail  to  be  proud  of  her  as  one  of  the  representative  citizens  of  town  and  county. 

A.  F.  PLEGEL. — A  prominent  and  influential  orange  grower,  whose  success  in 
contributing  definitely  toward  the  development  of  Orange  County  is  undoubtedly  due 
to  the  investment  of  his  foresight  and  hard  labor  in  clearing  the  land  of  cactus  and 
sagebrush,  and  thereby  producing  some  very  valuable  acreage  for  orange  groves,  is  A. 
F.  Plegel,  who  came  to  Orange  County  in  the  early  nineties.  He  was  born  in  Ger- 
many in  1887,  the  son  of  a  worthy  burgher  of  that  country,  who  died  there.  Later, 
his  widow,  the  mother  of  our  subject,  brought  her  only  child  to  America,  and  arrived 
in  California  in  1892.  At  Orange,  Mrs.  Plegel  married  a  second  time,  taking  Emil 
Krueger  for  her  husband;  and  they  improved  a  ranch  and  followed  farming,  in  East 
Orange.  This  first  place  of  theirs,  where  they  now  reside,  consists  of  twenty  acres; 
and  when  they  had  made  a,  success  of  that,  they  improved  several  other  places. 

A.  F.  Plegel  was  reared  in  Orange,  attended  the  local  public  schools,  and  from 
a  lad  learned  horticulture  and  nurserying,  and  for  four  or  five  years  he  was  employed 
by  George  B.  Warner  in  Santa  Ana,  in  the  work  of  grafting  and  budding.  By  1907 
he  had  sufficiently  advanced  that  he  was  able  to  buy  his  place  of  twenty  acres  on 
Commonwealth  Avenue,  near  North;  like  so  many  other  places  hereabouts  at  that 
time,  it  was  merely  cactus  and  sagebrush,  but  he  settled  there,  built  a  dwelling, 
cleared  and  leveled  the  land,  and  sunk  a  well  which  is  now  pumped  out  by  electrical 
power,  irrigating  his  own  place  and  140  acres  more.  His  plant  has  a  stream  of  100 
inches,  and  he  has  been  able  to  raise  from  2,000  to  3,000  sacks  of  potatoes  a  year. 


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Mr.  Plegel  has  a  thorough  knowledge  of  horticulture  and  the  nursery  business, 
from  its  first  stages  up,  and  at  first  commenced  his  nursery  solely  for  himself.  His 
output,  however,  was  in  excess  of  his  needs,  and  the  reputation  he  acquired  for  skill 
traveled  abroad,  until  others  insisted  on  his  giving  them  the  benefit  of  his  experi- 
ence. He  belongs  to  the  Mutual  Orange  Distributors  Exchange,  and  is  often  a  leader 
in  its  activities. 

At  Orange,  Mr.  Plegel  was  married  to  Miss  Paula  Simon,  a  native  of  Germany, 
and  three  children  have  blessed  the  choice.  They  are  Carl,  Arnold  and  Emil,  and 
with  their  parents  they  attend  the  Anaheim  Lutheran  Church.  In  national  politics 
a  Republican,  Mr.  -Plegel  allows  no  partisanship  to  interfere  at  any  time  with  his 
"boosting"  of  local  projects  meeting  the  approval  of  the  intelligent  portion  of  the 
community. 

FRANK  NELSON  GIBBS.— The  development  of  Anaheim  and,  indeed,  neigh- 
boring towns  as  residential  and  business  centers  is  due  in  part  to  the  excellent  facilities 
for  building  afforded  by  such  concerns  as  the  Gibbs  Lumber  Yard,  of  which  Frank 
Nelson  Gibbs,  the  city  trustee,  is  proprietor.  He  was  born  in  Evanston,  111.,  on 
March  9,  1880,  and  his  father  was  Oscar  L.  Gibbs,  well  known  in  the  business  world, 
and  chairman  of  the  Evanston  Board  of  Trade.  He  had  married  Miss  Lillian  N. 
Goodenow,  a  lady  of  attractive  personality,  who  survives  him.  There  were  five  chil- 
dren in  the  family,  and  Frank  is   the  oldest  now  living. 

His  schooling  began  in  Arizona,  but  when  his  father  died  and  the  family  moved 
to  California,  he  attended  the  schools  of  Los  Angeles.  In  1893  he  began  work  in 
a  planing  mill,  and  then,  still  in  that  city,  he  went  into  the  dry  goods  business. 
Afterward,  he  took  up  the  handling  of  lumber,  and  in  1911  came  to  Anaheim,  where 
he  built  his  lumber  yard.  Sqon  afterward,  he  opened  a  yard  at  Fullerton  and  one 
at  Placentia.  He  employs  five  men,  and  they  are  kept  busy  serving  an  ever-increasing 
number  of  patrons.  The  fact  that  Mr.  Gibbs  is,  on  the  one  hand,  so  well  posted 
in  the  lumber  trade,  and  that,  on  the  other,  he  is  intensely  interested  in  the  growth 
and  expansion  of  Orange  County,  and  has  abundant  faith  in  its  future,  and  is  always 
willing  to  cooperate  in  the  advancement  of  the  region,  operate  to  his  rendering 
the  greatest  service  possible  to  his  townsmen  and  business  estjablishments  and 
movements  making  for  progress  here.  His  election,  in  1918,  to  the  city  council  for 
a  term  of  four  years  is  a  testimonial  evidencing  the  confidence  of  those  living  near 
and  dealing  with  him.  In  national  politics  a  Republican,  he  is  at  all  times  above 
petty   partisanship. 

On  September  4,  1906,  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Mr.  Gibbs  married  Miss  Elsie 
L.  Goodhue,  a  native  of  Vermont,  and  the  daughter  of  W.  T.  and  Ellen  E.  Goodhue, 
and  they  have  had  three  children — Oscar  L.,  Ellen  E.  and  Caroline  A.  The  family 
attend  the  Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  Mr.  Gibbs  is  an  elder,  and  where  as  superin- 
tendent of  the  Bible  School,  he  is  deeply  interested  in  Sunday  school  work.  He  be- 
longs to  the  Masons,  Lodge,  Chapter  and  Council,  and  the  Mother  Colony  Club. 

HENRY  MARQUART. — Among  the  Wisconsin  boys  who  are  coming  rapidly  to 
the  front  in  Orange  County,  Cal.,  is  numbered  Henry  Marquart,  a  successful  citrus 
grower  and  the  owner  of  twenty-five  acres  in  two  places  in  Olive  precinct.  He  was 
born  at  Lomira,  Dodge  County,  Wis.,  of  German  and  French  lineage.  His  grand- 
father, Peter,  was  a  tailor  in  the  old  country  and  continued  the  occupation  after 
coming  to  America.  The  father,  Ferdinand  Marquart,  was  born  in  Westphalia,  Ger- 
many, and  was  seven  years  old  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  the  New  World, 
where  they  located  in  Dodge  County,  Wis.  Ferdinand  grew  to  manhood,  was  a 
farmer,  and  married  Miss  Mary  Schultz,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  eight  chil- 
dren, five  of  whom  grew  to  maturity — three  boys  and  two  girls. 

Henry  is  the  oldest  son  in  the  Marquart  family,  and  was  reared  on  a  southern 
Wisconsin  farm.  He  passed  the  teacher's  examination  and  taught  school  in  his 
home  county  in  Wisconsin,  putting  in  his  time  between  terms  working  on  his  father's 
farm,  until  coming  to  California  in  May,  1906.  For  nine  months  he  worked  in  vari- 
ous places,  familiarizing  himself  with  orchard  work,  all  the  while  looking  for  a  good 
place  to  locate  and  buy  a  ranch.  He  saw  the  fifteen-acre  ranch  that  he  now  owns 
and  resolved  to  buy  it.  Five  acres  of  the  ranch  were  planted  to  Navel  oranges,  which 
he  has  budded  over  to  Valencias.  The  other  trees  were  at  that  time  affected  with 
the  San  Jose  scale,  and  it  took  some  time  to  get  them  back  into  bearing.  The  five 
acres  of  Valencias  are  in  good  bearing,  and  the  remainder  of '  the  place  is  planted 
to  lemons,  walnuts  and  Valencia  oranges.  In  1919  Mr.  Marquart  bought  a  ten-acre 
Valencia  grove  about  half  a  mile  from  his  fifteen-acre  home  place.  It  is  now  five 
years  old  and  is  just  coming  into  bearing.  His  place  is  in  first-class  shape,  well 
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1054  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

His  marriage  occurred  in  1917  and  united  him  with  Miss  L,illie  Schroeder,  daugh- 
ter of  Fred  Schroeder  of  Santa  Ana,  and  they  have  a  son  named  Wesley  Martin. 
Mr.  Marquart  is  a  young  man  of  excellent  educational  attainments,  and  is  giving  his 
best  efforts  to  the  citrus  and  walnut  industries.  He  is  not  afraid  of  work  and 
knows  how  to  work  to  the  best  advantage.  He  has  built  a  beautiful  and  commodious 
country  residence  upon  his  fifteen-acre  ranch,  where  he  resides  with  his  wife  and 
child.  ■  The  residence  is  located  on  the  north  side  of  Taft  Avenue,  west  of  Tustin 
Street,  in  the  very  heart  of  the  citrus  belt  of  Orange  County.  Mr.  Marquart  is  an 
indefatigable  worker  and  possesses  a  streak  of  dry  humor.  He  is  well  liked,  and 
his  quickness  of  perception  enables  him  to  see  and  to  grasp  an  opportunity  at  the 
opportune  moment.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Santiago  Orange  Association  and  of 
the  Evangelical  Church  of  Santa  Ana.     In  national  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

PHILIP  KOZINA. — A  worthy  representative  of  the  foreign-born  American  who 
is  thoroughly  Americanized,  assimilates  American  ideas  and  associates  with  American 
citizens  is  Philip  Kozina.  His  fine  twenty-acre  ranch  on  Santiago  Boulevard  in  Villa 
Park  Precinct  is  planted  to  sixteen  acres  of  Valencias,  three  acres  of  Navel  orange 
trees  and  one  acre  of  lemon  trees.  He  has  lived  on  the  property  for  the  past  seven- 
teen years,  has  prospered,  and  is  satisfied  with  his  environment  amidst  the  orange 
trees  and  roses. 

A  Czecho-SIovak,  Mr.  Kozina  was  born  in  Pilsen,  Bohemia,  February  IS,  18SS, 
the  son  of  ^  John  and  Annie  (Suckop)  Kozina,  who  were  married  in  Bohemia  and 
were  the  parents  of  four  sons.  By  a  singular  coincidence,  Philip  Kozina  is  also  the 
father  of  four  children,  all  boys.  Mr.  Kozina  received  a  good  education  in  the  local 
schools,  after  which  he  learned  the  wagonmaker's  trade.  From  the  age  or  twenty 
to  twenty-three  he  served  in  the  Austrian  army  as  a  corporal  in  the  Fourth  Heavy 
Artillery,  after  which  he  followed  the  carpenter's  trade  until  he  came  to  America  in 
1883,  and  settled  at  Portage  City,  Wis.,  where  his  uncle  and  aunt  were  residing  at 
that  time,  and  here  he  embraced  the  first  opportunity  to  become  a  naturalized  Ameri- 
can citizen.  He  worked  at  the  carpenter's  trade  five  years  in  Portage  City,  then  went 
to  Green  Bay,  Kewanee  County,  Wis.,  where  he  met  and  married  Miss  Katie  Kulhanek, 
also  born  in  Bohemia,  who  came  when  two  years  old  with  her  parents  to  Wisconsin. 
The  four  sons  resulting  from  their  union  are:  Jacob,  a  stock  raiser  at  Philipsburg, 
Mont.;  Henry,  a  rancher  in  Olive  precinct,  who  married  Mrs.  Antonia  Blazac,  and 
is  the  father  of  two  children;  Joe,  who  is  on  the  Orpheum  and  Pantages  vaudeville 
circuits,  entertaining  as  a  song  and  banjo  artist,  and  traveling  all  over  the  Union,  and 
Albert,  who  is  at  home,  and  who  was  in  the  aviation  service  from  which  he  was 
honorably  discharged. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  Kozina  continued  the  vocation  of  carpentering  at  Ash- 
land, Wis.,  and  afterwards  went  to  Stanleysville,  Kewanee  County,  Wis.,  and  took 
charge  of  the  farm  of  his  father-in-law,  who  was  getting  along  in  years.  He  operated 
the  farm  for  fifteen  years,  then  sold  out  and  came  to  California  in  1904,  first  locating 
at  Tustin.  Becoming-  acquainted  at  Villa  Park,  -he  purchased  and  located  on  his 
twenty-acre  ranch,  which  he  has  improved.  His  father-in-law,  Mr.  Matthis  Kulhanek, 
who  has  attained'  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-four,  makes  his  home  with  Mr.  Kozina. 
On  July  4,  1920,  Mr.  Kozina  was  bereaved  of  his  faithful  wife,  who  was  mourned  by 
the  family  and  friends.  Mr.  Kozina  is  a  member  of  the  Central  Lemon  Growers 
Association,  and  in  politics  affiliates  with  the  Democratic  party.  Though  reared  in  the 
Catholic  faith,  the  family  attend  the  Community  Congregational  Church  at  Villa  Park. 
They  are  gifted  musically  and  the  children  are  favorities  in  social  circles. 

DAVID  MITCHELL.— Of  Scotch  birth  and  lineage,  David  Mitchell  was  born  in 
County  of  Fyfe,  Scotland  on  January  4,  1860,  the  son  of  David  and  Elizabeth  Mitchell, 
natives  of  that  country,  who  lived  and  died  in  the  land  of  their  nativity.  Of  their 
family  of  five  children  David  is  the  only  one  living  in  California.  He  resides  south  of 
Buena  Park  on  his  forty-acre  ranch,  which  is  devoted  to  general  farming,  including  the 
raising  of  chili  peppers  and  tomatoes  and  has  the  best  of  facilities  for  realizing-  the 
greatest  returns  from  a  minimum  amount  of  labor.  There  are  two  wells  for  irrigation 
upon  the  place,  one  with  a  depth  of  500  feet,  and  the  other  250  feet. 

When  he  was  twenty-five  years  of  age,  Mr.  Mitchell  left  his  native  land  and 
went  to  Canada  where  he  worked  in  the  stone  quarries  for  about  four  years,  then  he 
made  a  visit  back  to  his  home  and  spent  the  winter.  He  then  came  to  the  "States" 
and  located  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Cleveland  Stone 
Company  for  two  years.  Leaving  there  he  next  went  to  Iowa  and  worked  for  a  St. 
Louis  firm  as  a  quarryman  until  he  migrated  to  Flagstaff,  Ariz.,  to  accept  the  position 
of  superintendent  of  the  Arizona  Sand  Stone  Company's  quarries.  This  company  was 
made  up  of  Orange  County,  Cal.,  men  and  they  had  met  Mr.  Mitchell  through  a  recom- 


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mendation  from  his  former  company  in  Cleveland.  This  company  employed  as  many 
as  eighty  men  in  their  quarries  and  they  got  out  the  stone  that  was  used  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  Orange  County  court  house,  the  I^os  Angeles  County  court  house  and 
the  city  hall  of  that  city.  The  last  big  job  that  Mr.  Mitchell  filled  was  the  stone  for 
the  present  postoffice  building  in  Los  Angeles.  The  stone  for  the  Spreckels  mansion 
in  San  Francisco  also  came  from  this  company,  in  fact  they  shipped  stone  all  over  the 
country  where  high  class  material  was  required. 

Mr.  Mitchell  became  interested  in  Orange  Country  ranch  land  through  his  visits 
to  the  members  of  the  company  by  whom  he  was  employed  and  he  bought  forty  acres, 
in  1893,  south  of  Buena  Park  and  located  his  family  on  it  and  began  developing  the 
tract.  He  made  frequent  visits  to  his  family  and  in  1910  left  the  employ  of  the  company 
and  located  permanently  on  his  ranch  and  began  development  on  a  sound  basis  and 
has  made  of  his  place  a  valuable  ranch  and  a  good  producer.  He  has  also  taken  a  live 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  county  and  can  be  counted  on  to  help  with  all  movements 
for  the  betterment  of  conditions  in  general  and  has  made  a  host  of  friends  who  appre- 
ciate his  true  worth. 

His  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  Vangendern  in  1890,  daughter  of  John  Vangendern, 
resulted  in  the  birth  of  nine  children:  David,  Tra,  John,  William,  Elizabeth,  Jennie, 
Cornelius,  Edna  and  George,  all  single  and  educated  in  the  schools  of  Orange  County. 
David  and  Ira  were  in  the  U.  S.  service  during  the  recent  World  War.  David  was 
in  constructive  work  continually  during  his  two  years'  service  with  the  Twentieth 
Corps  of  Engineers  in  France.  Tra  served  in  the  Engineers'  Corps  of  the  spruce  squad- 
ron at  Washington. 

J.  B.  HEARD. — An  experienced,  competent  man  in  the  truck-hauling  business, 
who  is  kept  busy  transporting  merchandise  to  and  from  the  oil  fields,  is  J.  B.  Heard, 
who  was  born  in  Ava,  Douglas  County,  Mo.,  in  1870,  the  son  of  John  Heard,  a  native 
of  Tennessee.  He  was  reared  in  that  state,  and  when  twenty-one,  removed  to  Missouri. 
He  campaigned  with  the  Union  Army  through  the  Civil  War,  as  a  member  of  a  Mis- 
souri regiment,  and  later  followed  farming  until  his  death.  Mrs.  Heard  was  Rachel 
Mcintosh  before  her  marriage,  and  she,  too,  was  a  native  of  Douglas  County.  There 
were  eight  children  in  the  family,  and  our  subject  was  the  fourth  eldest  in  the  order 
of  birth.  Brought  up  on  a  Missouri  farm,  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  Doug- 
las County,  after  which  he  learned  the  carpenter's  and  the  blacksmith's  trade.  Then  he 
followed  farming  on  his  own  account  in  Douglas  County,  learning  a  good  deal  that 
was  worth  while  from  the  methods  of  the  Eastern  agriculturist.  Not  until  191S  did  he 
come  to  California;  and  then  he  settled  for  a  while  at  Taft. 

He  did  some  blacksmith  work  for  the  Associated  Oil  Company,  and  then  he  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  Head  Drilling  Company  as  tool  dresser,  continuing  with  them 
for  thirteen  months.  Returning  to  Missouri,  he  brought  out  his  family  to  stay;  and  then 
he  reentered  the  employ  of  the  Head  Drilling  Company.  After  that  he  wa^with  the 
St.  Helen  Oil  Company  at  Taft. 

On  February  14,  1919,  Mr.  Heard  located  at  Orange  and  bought  three  acres  of 
land.  He  remained  a  tool  dresser  on  the  Richfield-Yorba  lease  until  May  10,  and  then 
he  entered  upon  his  latest  enterprise,  that  of  hauling  for  the  oil  companies.  He  belongs 
to  the  Oil  Workers'  Union,  and  is  already  well-posted  on  conditions  in  the  oil  fields. 

While  in  Missouri,  Mr.  Heard  was  married  to  Miss  Artie  Goforth,  a  native  of  that 
state,  and  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church,  an  accomplished  woman  capable  of  assisting 
her  husband  in  many  ways.  "They  have  had  eight  children.  Virgil  and  Clay  are  in  the 
oil  fields;  Gracie  is  Mrs.  Rhodes  of  Placentia;  Jewel  is  also  an  oil  developer;  and 
there  are  Ira,  Lester,  Floyd  and  Burrell.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Heard  are  Republicans. 

WASHINGTON  I.  CARVER.— Spending  the  retired  years  of  a  profitable  life 
amidst  the  pleasant  surroundings  of  his  orange  grove,  Washington  I.  Carver,  despite 
his  more  than  four  score  years,  is  alert,  progressive  and  up-to-date  in  his  political 
views,  keeping  abreast  with  the  times  and  holding  marked  views  on  all  the  questions 
of  the  day. 

His  parents,  Donald  and  Amanda  (Skidmore)  Carver,  were  pioneer  settlers  of 
Auburn.  Cayuga  County,  N.  Y.,  coming  there  when  this  was  considered  by  New 
Englanders  as  an  outpost  of  civilization,  the  father  engaging  in  the  grocery  and  meat 
business  there.  Washington  I.  Carver  was  born  here  on  January  18,  1839,  the  youngest 
of  a  family  of  five  children,  and  when  he  was  four  years  old  the  family  removed  to 
Wisconsin,  settling  at  Delavan,  where  they  remained  until  1850.  Going  to  Reeds- 
burg,  in  Sauk  County,  Wis.,  the  father  purchased  a  prairie  and  timberland  farm,  and 
this   was   the   family  home  until   188S. 

When  the  Civil  War  broke  out  Washington  I.  Carver  offered  his  services  in  the 
defense   of   the   Union   April    IS,    1861,   and   enlisted   in    Company    B,    Fifth   Wisconsin 


1058  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Infantry,  and  was  mustered  in  for  three  years,  taking  part  in  tlie  campaigns  of  Gen- 
erals McClellan,  Burnside,  Hooker,  Meade  and  Grant,  and  P^^^^'ng  through  many 
hard  experiences  in  those  crucial  days.  He  was  mustered  out  July  28,  1864,  as  ser- 
geant In  October,  1864,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Emily  Frances  Medbery,  the 
daughter  of  Hiram  and  Nancy  Medbery,  the  father  being  prominent  m  the  public  . 
life  of  Mrs.  Carver's  native  state,  New  York.  y\fter  his  marriage  Mr.  Carver  farmed 
in  Sauk  County  until  1884,  when  he  removed  to  Dakota  territory,  took  up  a  quarter 
section  of  land  near  Gettysburg,  Potter  County,  and  later  took  up  an  additional  tract 
of  160  acres  under  the  timber  claim  act.  He  remained  on  this  land  until  he  had 
proved  up  on  both  claims,  and  then  disposed  of  them  and  migrated  to  California. 

Coming  to  Anaheim  in  1897,  Mr.  Carver  established  a  photographic  business 
there,  his  wife  being  engaged  in  the  millinery  business,  continuing  m  this  line  untu 
1905  when  he  purchased  a  tract  of  twenty-two  and  a. half  acres  at  North  and  West 
streets,  Anaheim,  paying  only  $1,000  for  the  whole  tract,  and  this  has  since  been  the 
family' home.  Some  time  ago  he  divided  his  property,  deeding  one-third  to  his  son- 
in-law,  W.  P.  Quarton,  of  Anaheim,  and  one-third  to  L.  C.  Blake  of  Anaheim, 
another  son-in-law,  retaining  a  third  of  the  acreage  for  himself.  Since  this  division 
Mr.  Carver  has  sold  another  five  acres,  so  that  he  now  has,  two  and  a  half  acres  in 
the  home  site.    This  is  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges  and  is  a  valuable  piece  of  property 

Nine  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carver,  three  of  whom,  Irving, 
Caroline  and  Emery,  are  deceased.  Those  living  are;  Marian  C,  who  is  the  wife 
of  L.  C.  Blake  of  Anaheim;  they  are  the"  parents  of  a  daughter,  now  Mrs.  Walter 
J.  Jewell,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  elsewhere  in  this  work,  and  she  is  the  mother 
of  two  children— Richard  and  Mary;  another  daughter,  Mrs.  Helen  Perry  has  one  son, 
Raymond;  Walter  resides  in  Minnesota;  Katherine  is  the  wife  of  W.  P.  Quarton  of 
Anaheim  and  is  the  mother  of  three  children — Dale,  Irving  and  Dorothy  Fern;  Marvin 
resides  at  home;  Mrs.  Alice  Booth  has  one  son,  Eugene,  and  assists  her  mother  in 
presiding  over  the  home. 

Always  a  great  thinker  and  a  man  of  progressive  ideas,  Mr.  Carver's  prime 
interest  has  ever  been  for  the  masses  rather  than  the  classes,  and  he  has  for  some 
years  been  a  Socialist,  as  he  was  an  early  abolitionist.  A  man  of  highest  integrity,  he 
can  look  back  on  a  busy  life  that  has  been  well  spent,  and  filled  with  many  deeds  of 
kindness  for  his  fellowmen, 

FRANK  W.  WALTON. — A  pioneer  citizen  of  the  Los  Alamitos  section  of  Orange 
County  and  a  man  who  is  devoting  his  time  and  talents  to  the  study  of  Nature's  proc- 
esses in  propagating,  experimenting  with  buds  and  grafts  and  in  cross  pollenization 
to  bring  out  new  varieties  of  fruits,  is  Frank  W.  Walton,  whose  results  have  been 
phenomenal  in  the  field  of  his  chosen  endeavor. 

A  native  of  Hancock  County,  111.,  Frank  W.  was  born  on  May  22,  1869,  the  son 
of  John  _|ind  Mary  (Southwick)  Walton,  natives  of  Kentucky  and  Massachusetts,  re- 
spectively, but  long  residents  of  Illinois.  In  1884  the  family  removed  to  Kansas  and 
there  improved  a  farm,  but  not  feeling  satisfied  with  the  conditions  found  in  that 
state  the  parents  returned  to  Illinois  in  1892.  There  the  father  passed  to  his  reward 
in  1917,  at  the  age  of  eighty-five,  and  Mrs.  Walton  died  there  in  1919,  having  attained 
to  the  age  of  seventy-five.  They  were  the  parents  of  seven  children,  six  of  them  still 
living,  and  two  of  these  are  in  California.  Frank  W.  is  a  distant  relative  to  the  late 
Abraham  Lincoln,  as  his  grandmother  Walton  was  a  second  cousin  to  the  father  of 
the  martyred  president  and  she  came  from  Kentucky  to  Sangamon  County,  111.,  at  the 
same  time  Mr.  Lincoln  settled  there. 

Frank  W.  Walton  attended  school  in  Illinois  and  Kansas  and  in  his  youth  became 
a  woodworker,  doing  fine  cabinet  work  and  also  made  musical  instruments,  such  as 
violins,  guitars  and  banjos.  After  his  parents  went  back  to  Illinois  he  remained  in 
Kansas,  operating  a  fruit  farm  that  belonged  to  his  mother.  During  this  time  he  made 
several  trips  to  California,  the  first  one  in  1888,  just  after  the  big  boom.  He  spent 
some  time  at  Santa  Rosa,  then  returned  to  Kansas  and  continued  farming  until  1893. 
when  he  moved  to  Portland,  Ore.  Three  years  later  he  came  down  to  Los  Alamitos, 
Orange  County  and  secured  employment  with  the  Los  Alamitos  Sugar  Companv  as  a 
pattern  maker,  continuing  with  them  for  twenty  years.  During  all  the  years  that  he 
was  engaged  in  other  lines  of  work  he  kept  closely  in  touch  with  Nature,  for  even  as  a 
mere  youth  he  was  much  interested  in  plant  and  tree  life.  He  began  inaking  experi- 
ments in  cross  pollenization  and  he  now  sees  the  results  of  his  many  years  of  study, 
and  some  of  those  who  know  his  work  best  consider  that  he  has  even  surpassed  the 
world-renowned  wizard,  Luther  Burbank,  in  some  of  the  varieties  he  has  propagated. 
He  has  developed  a  quince,  a  cross  between  an  apple  and  a  quince,  which  can  be  eaten, 
cooked  or  treated  as  an  ordinary  apple;  his  varieties  of  pears  have  been  so  develon-' 
that  they  can  be  eaten  every  month  in  the  year  without  having  been  placed   in   cold 


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storage;  he  has  several  species  of  grapes,  propagated  by  himself,  that  surpass  the 
standard  varieties  in  point  of  excellence  of  flavor  and  they  can  be  grown  without  fumiga- 
tion or  spraying;  the  "Gold  Dollar"  apple,  his  specialty,  will  be  put  on  the  market  m 
1921;  numerous  varieties  of  peaches,  pomegranates,  figs  and  persimmons  are  all  of 
superior  quality.  Mr.  Walton  is  enthusiastic  over  the  climate  and  soil  conditions  of  this 
section  and  declares  that  nowhere  in  the  state  is  better  to  be  found  raising  pears. 

His  home  place  at  Los  Alamitos  is  systematically  and  artistically  arranged  with 
fruit  of  his  own  propagation,  and  is  the  show  place  of  the  section,  where  the  visitor  is 
well  repaid  for  the  time  spent  with  the  proprietor,  who  is  deeply  in  love  with  his  work. 
Not  having  room  enough  on  his  home  place  to  expand  his  work,  Mr.  Walton  has  his 
nursery  on  the  ranch  owned  by  C.  D.  Clarke,  near  Santa  Fe  Springs,  in  Los  Angeles 
County,  where  visitors  are  always  made  sure  of  a  warm  welcome. 

By  Mr.  Walton's  marriage  in  1891,  with  Miss  Josephine  Watson,  daughter  of 
John  and  Martha  Watson,  two  children  were  born,  a  son  and  daughter,  the  latter  dying 
in  childhood.  The  son,  Vern  H.  Walton,  is  a  mechanic  in  the  employ  of  the  Lord 
Motor  Company  in  Los  Angeles.  He  married  Miss  Dorris  Terril,  a  native  of  Arkansas, 
while  living  in  the  state  of  Washington.  Frank  W.  Walton  is  deeply  interested  in  the 
welfare  of  the  people  of  Orange  County  and  is  ever  ready  and  willing  to  support  all 
movements  for  the  public  good.  Devoted  to  his  work,  yet  he  never  shirks  the  civic 
duties  of  a  loyal  American  citizen. 

ALBERT  A.  LEE. — Among  the  men  who  have  proved  citizens  of  worth  and 
public  spirit  and  have  rendered  valuable  service  to  Villa  Park  Precinct  is  Albert  _A. 
Lee,  who  traces  his  lineage  to  old  Virginia,  and  whose  family  were  prominent  in  that 
state  among  the  F.  F.  V.'s.  Mr.  Lee  was  born  near  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  October  24, 
1862.  He  is  the  son  of  David  L.  Lee,  and  his  grandfather,  David  R.  Lee,  was  a  second 
cousin  of  the  famous  General  Robert  E.  Lee. 

Albert  A.  Lee  was  seven  years  old  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  in  their 
removal  from  Iowa  to  Kansas,  the  family  arriving  at  Baxter  Springs,  Kans.,  in 
1870.  He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  Kansas,  and  taught  three  terms  of 
school,  after  which  he  followed  carpentering  and  bridge  building.  Coming  to  Orange 
County  November  9,  1887,  Mr.  Lee  first  engaged  in  the  restaurant  business  at  Santa 
Ana.  Afterwards  he  rented  land  for  years,  then  purchased  four  acres,  which  he  dis- 
posed  of  to  advantage,  and  bought  his   present  place  of  ten  acres   at  Villa  Park. 

Mr.  Lee's  marriage,  which  occurred  in  1884,  united  him  with  Miss  Birdee  M. 
Martin,  a  native  of  Missouri,  whose  parents  migrated  to  Missouri  from  Kentucky. 
Two  children  were  born  to  them:  Edna,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Willard  Smith!  a 
prominent  rancher  of  Villa  Park,  and  George  M.,  who  served  with  the  Fourth  ammuni- 
tion train  in  France  in   1918  until  his  discharge  in  August,   1919. 

In  educational  matters  Mr.  Lee  has  rendered  m6st  valuable  service.  In  1900  le 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Villa  Park  school  district, 
serving  as  clerk  of  the  board  for  eighteen  years,  and  was  also  a  member  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  Orange  Union  high  school  for  thirteen  years.  Mr.  Lee  is  a  high- 
minded  and  useful  citizen,  who  is  highly  respected  by  his  friends  and  neighbors. 

EDWIN  J.  BROWN.— The  beautifully  located  fifteen-acre  ranch  at  the  corner 
of  Santiago  Boulevard  and  Tustin  Avenue  in  Olive  Precinct,  four  miles  northeast 
of  the  city  of  Orange,  is  owned  by  Edwin  J.  Brown.  Lying  up  against  the  foothills 
of  the  Santa  Ana  mountains,  its  sunny  situation  abundantly  justifies  the  appropriate- 
ness of  its  name,  "Rancho  Cuesta  Alegra,"  the  euphonious  appellation  given,  it  by 
Mr.   Brown's  daughter,  Clara  L. 

Mr.  Brown  was  born  near  Lansing,  Ingham  County,  Mich.,  and  is  the  son  of 
Albert  and  Josephine  (Lowe)  Brown,  of  Orange,  Cal.  Both  parents  come  from 
well-known  pioneer  families  of  Ingham  County,  Michigan,  where  they  were  for 
many  years  engaged  in  farming,  became  well-to-do  and  were  rated  among  that  large 
class  of  prosperous  people  who  till  the  soil  of  Southern  Michigan.  The  paternal 
grandfather,  Jabez  Brown,  a  native  of  England,  wTio  became  a  seafaring  man,  came 
to  America  as  a  young  man,  stopped  in  New  York  City  for  a  while,  and  satisfied  his 
taste  for  adventure  by  sailing  up  the  Great  Lakes,  finally  becoming  a  pioneer  settler 
in  Ingham  County,  Mich.  He  was  married  in  Michigan  to  Miss  Jane  Burgess,  a  native 
of  the  Empire  State.  On  tne  maternal  side  the  family  were  also  pioneers  of  Ingham 
County.  The  maternal  grandfather,  Richard  R.  Lowe,  was  born  in  New  York  state. 
He  came  to  Michigan  as  a  young  man  and  was  elected  to  be  the  first  sheriff  of  Ingham 
County.  He  and  his  brother  took  up  government  land  in  Stockbridge  Township, 
Ingham  County,  and  were  among  the  leading  citizens  of  that  neighborhood.  Lake 
Lowe,  of  that  place,  was  named  after  them  and  still  bears  their  name.  The  maternal 
grandmother's  maiden  name  was  Mahala  Newkirk,  and  she  was  a  native  of  Ohio. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 


Edwin  J.  Brown  acquired  his  education  in  the  district  schools  of  his  native 
county,  and  later  supplemented  this  with  a  business  college  course  at  Ypsilanti, 
Mich  His  marriage,  which  occurred  in  Michigan,  October  27,  1892,  united  hm  with 
Miss  Phoebe  A  Proctor,  born  in  Stockbridge  Township,  Ingham  County,  Mich.,  a 
dau-hter  of  Asa  J.  and  Alvira  (Pierce)  Proctor,  farmers  in  Michigan,  now  living 
retired  in  Pasadena.  Their  union  has  been  blessed  with  three  children:  Clara  L., 
a  student  at  Pomona  College;  Donald  A.  and  La  Verne  W.  both  attend  the  Orange 
Union  hi"-h  school  Mr  and  Mrs.  Brown  came  to  California  in  January,  1897,  and 
lived  in  the  Chula  Vista  district,  San  Diego  County,  and  in  1902  they  located  in 
Orange.  Mr.  Brown  has  built  up  and  improved  several  residence  properties  in  the 
city  of  Orange,  and  planted  and  improved  two  ranches  before  coming  to  his  present 
home  place,  which  he  purchased  in  1911.  He  has  brought  Rancho  Cuesta  Alegra 
to  a  very  high  state  of  cultivation.  Mr.  Brown  is  a  member  of  the  Villa  Park 
Orchards  Association  and  the  Lemon  Growers  Association  at  Villa  Park.  He  and 
his  family  are  members  of  the  First  Methodist  Church  at  Orange,  and  Mrs.  Brown 
is  a  pillar  of  strengtli  to  the  ladies'  aid  society  and  other  Christian  projects. 

HARVEY  H.  HOSSLER.— A  prosperous  Californian  who  is  thoroughly  able  to 
appre'ciate  the  success  with  which  his  efforts  have  been  crowned  since  he  came  to  the 
Golden  State  is  Harvey  H.  Hossler,  who  looks  back  upon  years  of  hard,  poorly- 
requited  labor  in  Nebraska  in  the  days  when  it  was  mighty  hard  to  make  a  farm  there 
pay.  He  came  from  Iowa,  where  he  was  born  in  Springville,  on  February  14,  18S7, 
the  son  of  Michael  and  Katherine  (Bowers)  Hossler,  and  his  father  was  by  trade  a 
carpenter.  He  was  sent  to  the  common  schools  at  Springville,  and  for  a  while  worked 
at  carpentering  with  his  father.  When  he  was  eighteen,  however,  he  hired  out  as  a 
farm  hand,  and  at  twenty  he  embarked  in  farming  for  himself. 

He  secured  a  quarter-section  of  school  land  in  Hall  County,  Nebr.,  and  lived 
there  for  thirteen  years.  On  September  21,  1880,  at  Aurora,  Nebr.,  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Beatrice  E.  Wheeler,  the  daughter  of  John  Thomas  and  Electa  (Palmer) 
Wheeler,  also  farmer  folk  of  that  state,  although  the  bride  was  born  in  Wisconsin. 

When  he  sold  his  school  land,  in  November,  1890,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hossler  came  to 
California,  and  he  secured  employment  on  the  Santa  Ana  and  Newport  Railroad,  serving 
for  a  time  as  fireman,  and  later  advancing  to  be  an  engineer.  He  remained  with  the 
railroad  company  for  eight  years,  and  then  he  resumed"  carpentering,  at  which  he 
worked  until  1917,  and  during  the  years  he  followed  his  trade  he  worked  on  buildings 
all  over  Orange  County,  and  for  a  period  of  three  years  followed  contracting  himself. 
In  that  year  Mr.  Hossler  entered  the  employ  of  the  Orange  County  Ignition  Works, 
one  of  the  most  important  establishments  of  its  kind  in  Southern  California,  and 
having  been  tendered  a  good  post  there  by  E.  P.  Matthews,  and  so  well  satisfied  has 
he  been  with  the  concern,  and  sa  satisfied  apparently  has  the  company  been  with  him, 
that  he  has  remained  there  ever  since. 

Five  children  have  blessed  the  union  of  this  couple.  Thomas  L.,  the  eldest,  died 
in  1902;  Hutoqua  is  Mrs.  J.  C.  Gaylord  of  South  Pasadena;  Kate  has  become  Mrs. 
Walter  Runkel  of  Los  Angeles,  and  has  two  children — Evelyn  and  Melvin;  Geneva 
who  is  Mrs.  Wilson,  lives  at  home  with  her  father  and  mother,  and  is  the  mother  of 
one  child,  a  daughter,  Ellamay,  and  Harry  is  in  the  state  of  Washington.  The  family 
are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Santa  Ana,  and  both  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hossler  are  Maccabees  of  the  same  town.  In  national  politics,  Mr.  Hossler  marches 
under  the  banners  of  the  Republican  party,  but  in  local  affairs  he  never  favors  parti- 
sanship, believing  that  it  is  detrimental  to  movements  for  the  best  men  and  the  best 
measures  for  a  small  community. 

DONALD  S.  SMILEY.— Throwing  the  energy  of  youth  and  a  resolute  spirit 
into  the  work  of  growing  citrus  fruit  successfully,  Donald  S.  Smiley  refutes  the  old 
saying  that  you  cannot  put  old  heads  on  young  shoulders.  Hi.s  choice  and  well-cared 
for  ten  acres  of  Valencia  oranges,  located  on  Alameda  Street  in  El  Modena  Precinct, 
was  purchased  in  February,  1919. 

Mr.  Smiley  is  one  of  the  native  sons  of  Santa  Ana  that  she  has  reason  to  be 
proud  of,  having  been  born  in  that  city  November  12,  1892.  He  is  the  son  of  E.  M. 
and  Hattie  L.  (Scott)  Smiley,  and  was  reared  in  Santa  Ana,  graduating  with  the' 
class  of  1911  from  the  Santa  Ana  high  school.  He  afterward  continued  his  studies 
at  Occidental  College,  where  he  pursued  an  economic  course,  graduating  from  that 
institution  in  1915  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  Two  years  later  he  established 
family  ties  by  his  marriage  with  Mi?s  Flippen,  daughter  of  T.  M.  and  M.  J  Flippen. 
A  son  has  been  born  of  their  union,  named  Donald  E.  Mr.  Smiley  is  a  member  of 
the  McPherson  Heights  Citrus  Association,  and  he  and  his  wife  are  a  distinct  addi- 
tion to  the  refining  influences  of  the  neighborhood,  and  with  others  of  like  taste  and 
culture  assist  in  forming  a  social  center  of  high  standard. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1065 

EUGENE  C.  CADY.— Among  the  pioneers  of  Buena  Park,  Orange  County,  the 
names  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eugene  C.  Cady  have  long  been  recognized  as  prominently  iden- 
tified with  every  movement  for  the  benefit  of  the  community.  Mr.  Cady  was  a  native 
of  Ohio,  born  near  Warren  on  February  17,  1847,  the  son  of  Edmond  D.  and  Marie 
(Besley)  Cady,  who  were  born  in  N^iw  York  and  Connecticut,  respectively,  and  descend- 
ants of  pioneer  Eastern  families.  Of  the  five  children  born  to  this  worthy  couple,  but 
two  are  living:  Freman  Cady  of  Los  Angeles  and  an  employe  of  that  city  for  the  past 
forty  years;  and  another  brother  of  Marion,  Ohio.  Eugene  C.  was  reared  and  educated 
in  Ohio;  early  in  life  he  learned  the  trade  of  bricklayer,  which  he  followed  intermittently 
for  fifty  years,  in  conjunction  with  farming.  He  even  did  some  brick  work  after  coming 
to  Orange  County.  He  spent  six  years  in  Virginia  and  nine  years  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
following  his  trade.  In  1893  he  went  to  Chicago,  took  in  the  Columbian  Exposition 
and  for  eleven  years  made  that  city  his  home,  coming  to  California  in  1904.  He  bought 
forty  acres  near  Buena  Park,  developed  the  property  and  farmed  it,  in  connection  with 
the  forty  acres  that  was  the  property  of  his  wife.  He  conducted  a  dairy  for  five  years, 
selling  out  on  March  9,  1920,  to  take  a -much-needed  rest  after  many  years  of  activity. 
He  and  his  wife  had  reached  Los  Angeles  and  there  he  was  taken  ill  with  pneumonia 
and  passed  away  on  March  22.  He  was  a  Mason,  having  joined  the  order  at  the  age 
of  twenty-one  in  Warren,  Ohio,  where  he  served  as  worshipful  master  of  New  Erie 
Lodge.  He  had  demitted  to  Buena  Park  Lodge  No.  357,  F.  &  A.  M.,  after  locating 
there,  and  he  was  a  past  patron  of  Buena  Park  Chapter  No.  240  O.  E.  S.  Mrs.  Cady 
served  as  worthy  matron  of  the  chapter  during  1911-12. 

Eugene  C.  Cady  was  twice  married.  His  first  marriage,  which  occurred  in  1868, 
united  him  with  Miss  Adelaide  Forbes,  of  Warren,  Ohio.  They  had  seven  children,  all 
living:  Mary  A.,  wife  of  T.  W.  Williams  of  Los  Angeles;  Florence  M.;  Edmond  D. 
of  Delta,  Utah;  Jennie  C,  widow  of  William  Noble  and  a  resident  of  Warren,  Ohio; 
Grace,  a  nurse  in  Hollywood;  Helen,  wife  of  Dr.  Frank  Cunningham,  of  Hollywood; 
and  Eugene  W.,  of  Los  Angeles.  The  latter  was  in  the  Government  service  during  the 
World  War  as  instructor  in  the  motor  department  and  stationed  in  Los  Angeles.  Mrs. 
Adelaide  Cady  died,  in  Los  Angeles  in  1904.  On  February  8,  1905,  Mr.  Cady  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Mrs.  Penelope  L.  Calder,  born  in  Nova  Scotia,  the  descendant  of 
Scotch  parents  named  Cameron,  representatives  of  the  Cameron  clan  of  Scotland.  At 
the  age  of  twelve  Miss  Cameron  was  taken  to  Boston,  Mass.,  and  there  was  reared 
and  educated,  and  there  her  first  marriage  occurred  on  April  23,  1893,  when  she  was 
united  with  Jacob  L.  Calder,  and  they  had  a  son  Alexander  James  Calder,  born  in 
Los  Angeles,  after  their  removal  to  this  state.  This  young  man,  known  by  his  intimates 
as  James  Calder,  served  a  year  in  the  Coast  Artillery  at  Fort  Scott,  during  the  World 
War.  He  is  now  living  with  his  mother  and  ranching  on  her  property,  and  with  his 
wife,  enters  heartily  into  the  social  life  of  their  section  of  the  county. 

In  April,  1894,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Calder  moved  to  Orange  County  and  bought  forty 
acres  of  bare  land  near  Buena  Park,  developed  it  and  carried  on  general  farming  until 
Mr.  Calder  died  in  1898.  They  planted  alfalfa,  put  down  three  three-inch  wells  which 
furnished  an  artesian  flow  sufficient  to  irrigate  their  property,  but  when  more  wells 
were  put  down  in  the  neighborhood  it  became  necessary  to  install  a  pumping  plant  to 
lift  the  water  to  the  ditches.  This  forty  acres  adjoined  the  forty  that  Mr.  Cady  later 
purchased,  and  after  Mr.  Cady  and  Mrs.  Calder  were  married,  Mr.  Cady  farmed  both 
tracts  and,  with  the  aid  of  his  wife,  met  with  gratifying  success. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cady  were  well  known  in  the  northern  part  of  Orange  County  and 
enjoyed  the  esteem  of  an  ever-widening  circle  of  friends.  She  is  very  active  in  all 
forward  movements  and  is  a  member  of  the  Buena  Park  Ladies'  Club.  As  a  pioneer  of 
this  section  she  is  deeply  interested  in  elevating  the  social  and  moral  plane  of  the 
citizens  and  can  be  counted  upon  to  do  her  part  in  charitable  work.  After  the  death  of 
Mr.  Cady  she  made  an  extended  visit  through  the  East,  visiting  Boston  and  other 
interesting  parts  of  the  country,  but  was  well  satisfied  to  return  to  California. 

MRS,  WILDA  BOBST.— One  of  Orange  County's  public-spirited  women,  the 
owner  of  a  splendid  grove  of  Valencia  oranges,  is  Mrs.  Wilda  Bobst,  the  widow  of  the 
late  Daniel  Bobst.  '  Mrs.  Bobst,  who  before  her  marriage  was  Wilda  Van  Hise,  was 
born  near  Pontiac,  Livingston  County,  111.,  her  parents  being  William  H.  and  Margaret 
(Cox)  Van  Hise.  Her  father,  who  was  a  well-to-do  farmer  of  Livingston  County, 
was  one  of  the  early  settlers  there.  When  Mrs.  Bobst  was  fourteen  years  of  age  she 
accompanied  her  parents  to  Thayer  County,  settling  near  Hebron,  Nebr.,  and  there 
she  finished  her  schooling,  and  it  was  during  her  residence  there  that  her  marriage 
occurred,  when  she  was  united  with  -Daniel  Bobst  on  January  27,  1878. 

Daniel  Bobst  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  his  birth  taking  place  near  Logans- 
ville,  in  Clinton  County,  October  28,  1842.  He  was  the  son  of  David  and  Elizabeth 
Bobst,   the  father   being   engaged   in   the   lumber   business   in   this    neighborhood,   and 


1066  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

here  his  boyhood  days  were  spent.  When  a  young  man  of  twenty,  Daniel  Bobst  left 
his  Pennsylvania  home  and  came  west  to  Stephenson  County,  111.,  taking  up  farm 
work  near  Freeport,  in  that  county,  and  here  his  parents  joined  him  a  few  years 
later.  Attracted  by  the  possibilities  of  the  large  tracts  of  government  land  that 
could  then  be  obtained  in  Nebraska,  Mr.  Bobst  removed  to  Thayer  County,  in  that 
state,  and  took  up  a  homestead  there.  Here  his  marriage  occurred,  and  shortly  after 
that  happy  event  the  young  couple  moved  to  Frontier  County,  Nebr.,  and  took  up  a 
preemption  claim  of  160  acres,  which  they  proved  up  on,  engaging  in  general  farming 
there  until  1897,  when  they  disposed  of  their  claim  and  came  to  California. 

Settling  in  Orange  County,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bobst  rented  a  small  ranch  southwest 
of  Anaheim,  where  they  farmed  for  the  next  three  years.  In  1900  they  purchased 
seventeen  acres  of  land  on  Burton  Avenue,  which  was  at  that  time  a  barley  field. 
They  began  at  once  to  improve  this  ranch,  and  the  entire  acreage  is  now  devoted  to 
Valencia  oranges,  seven  and  a  half  acres  being  thirteen-year-old  trees  in  full  bearing, 
while  the  remainder  is  in  young  trees.  The  place  is  all  under  irrigation  and  is  equipped 
with  an  excellent  private  pumping-  plant.  The.  whole  ranch  is  in  the  finest  condition 
and  is   producing  splendid  crops,   the  fruit   being  marketed   independently. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bobst  had  eight  children.  Irvin  was  employed  in  the  Brea  oil 
fields  and  lost  his  life  on  December  13,  1918,  while  fighting  fire  in  the  canyon; 
Delbert  is  married  and  is  a  driller  in  the  Brea  oil  fields;  Albert,  a  twin  of  Delbert, 
lives  at  home,  he  owns  an  orange  ranch  of  ten  acres  on  Broad  Street,  Anaheim; 
Raymond  was  working  at  home  when  the  United  States  entered  the  war  and  he  en- 
listed in  the  Navy  and  was  stationed  at  the  sub-bases  at  San  Pedro  and  San  Diego 
until  he  was  honorably  discharged  at  the  signing  of  the  armistice;  he  is  now  em- 
ployed as  a  mechanic  in  Los  Angeles  but  lives  with  his  mother;  Vernon  is  on  the 
home  place  assisting  his  mother;  Iva  is  the  wife  of  Harry  Allen  of  Los  Angeles; 
Cassie  married  Don  Green  of  Anaheim,  and  Arline  is  now  employed  at  Los  Angeles. 
The  family  attend  the  Christian  Church  at  Anaheim.  The  family  circle  was  saddened 
by  the  passing  on  of  the  husband  and  father  on  January  4,  1919,  his  death  occurring 
at  the  home  place;  since  his  decease  there  Mrs.  Bobst  has  taken  up  the  responsibility 
of  the  ranch,  and  with  the  aid  of  her  sons  is  carrying  on  the  work  with  encouraging 
and  increasing  success.  Loyal  to  the  state  of  her  adoption  and  deeply  interested  in 
its  development,  particularly  of  her  home  neighborhood,  despite  her  busy  life  she 
takes  an  active  interest  in  all  measures  for  the  local  advancement.  Both  Mrs.  Bobst 
and  her  husband  were  strong  advocates  of  Prohibition. 

EUGENE  M.  SALTER.— A  placer-miner  pioneer  of  the  Golden  West  who 
became  one  of  the  early-timers  of  the  Gospel  Swamp  district  and  so,  despite  the  hard 
times  of  those  path-breaking  days  here,  saw  much  of  the  "good  old  days,"  also  is 
Eugene  M.  Salter,  who  was  born  in  Maquoketa,  Jackson  County,  Iowa,  on  October 
21,  1850.  His  father  was  Horace  Salter,  and  he  had  married  Miss  Sarah  Pano-bern 
of  a  well-known  pioneer  family  of  Iowa.  They  moved  to  Shakopee  Minn  in°  ISSs' 
and  there  our  subject  attended  the  common  school  of  the  district'  while 'he  o-rew 
up  with  Indian  boys,  and  could  count  in  the  Sioux  language  as  easil'y  as  he  coufd  in 
English.  In  Minnesota  his  father  took  up  a  quarter  section  of  Government  land  but 
in  the  spring  of   1862  hfe  sold  his  relinquishment. 

Eugene  and  his  father  then  crossed  the  great  plains  with  a  company  of  white 
men,  ma  ram  of  100  wagons;  the  lad  being  then  only  twelve  years  old  and  the 
youngest  of  the  party.  No  women  were  allowed  to  join  the  train,  on  account  of  the 
hostility  at  that  time  of  the  Indians  along  the  way.  The  130  men  in  the  party  troke 
a  new  trail  from  Fort  Abercrombie,  Dakota  territory  to  Fort  Benton  whicl  at 
ttat  time  was  the  head  of  navigation  of  the  Missouri  River.  They  took  thl  Mullen 
Walfa  WalT-i  ^"^  T""'/'"^  th-ugl.  Deer  Lodge  Valley  and  Bitter  Root  ValTey  to 
Walla  Walla  Washington,  and  arrived  in  Sacramento  in  the  fall  of  1862  KuleZ 
stayed  with  his  father  until   1864,  engaging  with  him  in  placer  m  ning  ^ 

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and  the  following  year  he  sold  the  litter  of  ten  pigs  at  seventy-five  dollars  per  head 
as  soon  as  they  were  old  enough  to  be  taken  away.  He  paid  $100  for  a  sack  of  white 
fiour,  and  when  he  ran  a  dairy  farm,  in  1867-68,  he  sold  butter  at  $1.25  per  pound. 
He  paid  $6,000  for  an  eight-horse  threshing  machine,  and  charged  twenty-five  cents 
a  bushel  to  thresh  grain  grown  in  1868.  He  sold  barley  for  brewing  at  twenty-nine 
dollars  a  hundred  weight. 

In  1869  Eugene  Salter  came  to  San  Juan  Capistrano  and  rented  a  ranch;  and 
three  years  later,  his  father  having  taken  up  a  quarter-section  of  land,  he  also  took  up 
a  quarter-section  in  the  Gospel  Swamp  district,  but  eventually  they  were  beaten  out 
of  it.  In  1879  Eugene  Salter  went  to  Colorado,  where  he  stayed  until  1888,  farming 
a  homestead  in  the  Dolores  River  district.  In  1888  he  returned  to  Santa  Ana,  and 
for  the  next  seven  years  rented  a  ranch  at  El  Tore.  He  has  a  good  record  as  a 
hunter.  On  one  occasion  he  went  out  from  Capistrano  with  nine  cartridges  and  a 
44  Winchester  rifle,  returning  the  next  afternoon  with  a  deer  and  a  grizzly  bear  and 
seven  cartridges. 

In  1895  he  went  to  Benson,  Ariz.,  and  was  there  married  to  Miss  Mamie  Higgins, 
who  was  born  and  educated  in  Cumberland,  Md.  She  had  come  on  a  visit  to  Arizona, 
and  was  residing  with  her  cousins  when,  the  happy  event  took .  place.  His  wife's 
health  gave  way,  .however,  and  in  1901-02  they  spent  a  year  in  travel,  hoping  to  benefit 
her.  Despite  all  the  efforts  made,  she  passed  away  on  a  farm  twenty  miles  north  of 
Palestine,  Texas,  on  November  5,  1902. 

Mr.  Salter  returned  to  Santa  Ana  in  1904,  and  bought  three  lots  at  1221  Fair- 
view  Avenue,  where  he  has  lived  ever  since.  He  raises  a  little  domestic  stock,  and 
has  about  400  chickens.  Part  of  his  spare  time  is  devoted  to  the  study  and  dissemina- 
tion of  Socialist  doctrine,  in  which,  from  study  and  wide  observation,  he  has  come  to 
have  most  faith.  Six  children  were  born  to  honor  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eugene  Salter:  Roba 
is  now  Mrs.  Armfield  of  Los  Angeles,  and  is  the  mother  of  three  children;  Kathleen 
also  lives  in  Los  Angeles;  Jason,  Margaret  and  Jennie  are  at  home,  and  Rose  is  living 
at  Casa  Grande,  Arizona. 

LOUIS  KENNING. — A  hustling,  enterprising  and  successful  rancher  and  business 
man,  whose  far-sightedness  has  been  of  service  to  others  as  well  as  himself  in  noting 
the  trend  of  modern  affairs,- and  making  the  most  of  conditions  as  they  are,  is  Louis 
Henning,  who  came  to  Anaheim  in  1899,  having  formerly  resided  in  Chicago.  He 
engaged  in  farm  work  at  Placentia  for  some  years,  and  then  purchased  a  ranch  where 
he  was  lucky  in  producing  large  crops  of  potatoes.  In  1904  he  bought  forty-five  acres 
on  Olive  Road  and  immediately  improved  the  land  there. 

Since  then,  with  the  enterprise  for  which  he  is  now  so  favorably  known,  he  boupht 
twenty  acres  in  the  Kraemer  tract  in  1906  and  a  year  later  eighty  acres  in  the  Golden 
State  tract,  which  he  soon  cleared  of  cactus  and  brush.  He  also  leveled  the  same,  sunk 
wells  and  put  in  a  first-class  pumping  plant,  driven  by  electrical  power,  and  now  he  ha- 
a  capacity  of  125  inches  of  water.  He  raised  orange  nursery  stock  from  seeds  av^ 
budded  them  to  Valencia  oranges  and  lemons,  sufficient  to  set  out  135  acres  and  in  all 
those  operations  demonstrated  special  gifts  for  this  kind  of  scientific  work,  and  expert 
knowledge  of  the  field  of  science  of  today.  He  owned  the  entire  135  acres  which  be 
had  brought  to  a  full-bearing  orchard  in  1918,  when  he  divided  it,  giving  one-half  of  it 
to  his  wife,  retaining  sixty-four  acres,  fifty-four  acres  of  it  being  in  Valencias  and  ten 
acres  in  lemons.  He  has  given  it  excellent  care,  so  that  it  is  considered  one  of  the 
finest  full-bearing  groves  in  Orange  County.  He  uses  the  latest  and  most  modern 
equipment,  including  tractors,  in  operating  his  ranch. 

With  the  Wagner  Bros.,  Mr.  Henning  was  the  first  to  begin  to  improve  land  in 
East  Anaheim.' to  sink  wells  and  obtain  the  water  needed  for  irrigation;  they  cleared 
the  land  and  had  such  success  with  their  crops  that  they  gathered  from  100  to  ISO 
sacks  of  potatoes  to  the  acre.  Others  saw  what  they  were  accomplishing  and  also 
began  to  buy  and  improve  land  in  that  section,  and  the  land  values  were  soon  con- 
siderably raised. 

Mr.  Henning  was  one  of  the'  first  in  his  vicinity  to  set  out  oranges,  and  wa^ 
ridiculed  for  what  seemed  to  be  a  fatal  error  in  judgment;  but  despite  the  wiseacres  of 
his  time,  he  has  now  in  that  acreage  one  of  the  finest  Valencia  groves  in  the  state. 
Mr.  Henning  is  very  optimistic  for  the  future  success  of  the  oil  industry  in  this  section 
as  he  was  in  the  early  days  regarding  orange  growing,  when  he  first  set  out  his  grove. 
Thus  he  is  again  not  afraid  to  back  his  judgment  and  we  find  him  a  large  stockholder 
in  the  Placentia-Richfield  Central  Oil  Company  and  in  two  large  oil  companies  in 
Texas;  he  also  carries  a  big  oil  lease  in  San  Juan  County,  N.  M.  His  own  ranch  havine' 
splendid  indications  for  oil,  he  expects  later  on  to  form  an  oil  company  to  drill  a  well 
on  the  property.  • 


1070  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

At  Anaheim  Mr.  Henning  was  married  to  Miss  Ottilia  Weinknecht,  a  lady  of 
accomplishments  who  had  come  to  Anaheim  in  1899.  Mr.  Henning  is  a  believer  in  pro- 
tection and  nationalism  so  is  naturally  a  stanch  Republican  in  politics,  and  an  Amer- 
ican in  his  nonpartisan  support  of  everything  likely  to  build  up  the  community  in  which 
he  lives,  and  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Lutheran  Church. 

It  is  to  men  of  Louis  Henning's  type  that  Orange  County  owes  much  of  its 
present  development  and  greatness,  for  without  their  optimism  and  energy  the  trans- 
formation that  has  come  about  in  the  past  few  years  could  not  have  taken  place.  He 
was  never  afraid  to  spend  his  time  and  money  to  improve  and  develop  the  land  once 
considered  almost  worthless,  but  which  is  now  one  of  the  finest  citrus  sections  in  the 
world.  Mr.  Henning  has  always  been  a  very  hard  worker  and  has  applied  himself 
very  closely  to  the  task  of  improving  the  land  and  he  is  now  enjoying  the  reward 
of  his  years  of  labor  in  the  fortunate  ownership  of  one  of  the  finest  citrus  properties 
in  the  county,  or  for  that  matter,  in  the  whole  state. 

WILLIAM  L.  DUGGAN. — A  busy,  successful  commercial  man,  who  has  never- 
theless found  time  to  gratify  his  public-spirited  desires  and  to  serve  his  fellow-citizens 
efficiently  in  the  handling  of  a  public  trust,  is  William  L.  Duggan,  the  well-known 
and  popular  insurance  agent  of  222  South  Sycamore  Street.  He  was  born  near 
Macon,  Ga.,  on  April  13,  1862,  the  son  of  J.  B.  and  Nancy  Duggan.  His  father  was 
both  a  doctor  of  medicine  and  a  farmer;  so  that,  while  William  enjoyed  the  comforts 
of  a  well-stocked  country  home,  he  also  had  the  advantage  of  growing  up  in  a  cul- 
tured circle. 

He  was  graduated  from  Mercier  University,  at  Macon,  with  the  Bachelor  of 
Arts  degree,  and  there  engaged  in  teaching  until,  in  1893,  he  came  out  to  California. 
For  three  years,  in  the  northern  part  of  the  state,  he  worked  for  the  long-established 
New  York  Life  Insurance  Company,  and  in  1896  came  south  to  Santa  Ana.  Since 
then  he  has  made  his  home  here,  residing  at  222  South  Sycamore  Street,  where 
he  had  built  for  himself  a  home  as  early  as  190S. 

He  continued  with  the  New  York  Life  Insurance  Company,  and  his  work 
has  made  that  favorite  concern  even  more  popular  with  would-be  policyholder^. 
He  has  contributed  in  particular  something  to  stabilize  insurance  conditions  in  the  • 
county,  and  to  render  that  form  of  commercial  activity  a  far  greater  sociological 
service  than  it  ever  originally  was  dreamed  likely  to  become.  In  insurance  circles 
he  is  a  Senior  Nylic  and  a  member  of  the  $200,000   Club. 

On  April  12,  1899,  Mr.  Duggan  was  married  in  Santa  Ana  to  Miss  Clara  Clyde, 
a  native  of  Utah,  who  was  educated  in  that  state,  and  came  to  visit  relatives  in  Santa 
Ana.  She  soon  grew  to  be  a  favorite,  so  that  when  she  met  Mr,  Duggan  she  was 
already  a  popular  local  belle.  Two  daughters  have  brightened  the  Duggan  home 
and  assisted  in  extending  its  widely-appreciated  hospitality.  One  is  now  Mrs.  Roscoe 
G.  Hewitt  of  Santa  Ana,  and  the  other  is  Miss  Dorothy  Duggan,  a  high  school 
student  of  Sarita  Ana.  Mr.  Duggan  belongs  to  the  Masons,  and  is  certainly  not  the 
least  popular  in   that  representative  circle. 

A  Democrat  in  matters  of  national  politics,  but  never  partisan  when  it  comes 
to  actmg  upon  strictly  local  measures  or  men,  Mr.  Duggan  was  president  of  the 
board  of  education  of  Santa  Ana  in  the  very  formative  period  from  1911  to  1915 
and  looks  back  with  pride  to  the  work  of  the  trustees  associated  with  him  who 
then  built  the  well-constructed  and  well-equipped  Polytechnic  high  school  there.' 

FERDINAND  H.  WESSLER.-A  resident  of  the  United  States  for  close  to  a 
half  century,  Ferdmand  H.  Wessler  has  taken  a  public-spirited  interest  in  every  com-  ' 
munity  m  which  he  has  lived,  and  he  has  ever  been  glad  of  the  decision  that  led  him 
to  make  this  his  adopted  land.  Born  at  Bresen,  West  Prussia,  January  7  1848  he  is 
the  son  of  Henry  and  Paulina  Wessler,  who  were  farmers  in  that  vicinity.  Educated 
,n  the  schools  of  his  native  country  and  serving  his  allotted  term  of  enlistment  in  the 
army  Mr.  Wessler  determined  to  seek  a  land  that  offered  more  freedom  and  .Greater 
opportunity,  so  the  year  1873  saw  him  on  his  way  to  the  United  States 

For  five  years  after  his  arrival  he  worked  in  a  machine  shop  at  Philadelphia 
Pa.,  having  started  to  learn  the  trade  in  Bresen,  then  removed  to  Lincoln  County 
Kans.,  where  he  purchased  160  acres  of  railroad  land,  later  buying  another  tract  of 
160  acres  of  school  land  near  Wilson,  Kans.  Mr.  Wessler  raised  cat°  e  Ind  gra^n 
on  his  Kansas  farms  and  became  well-known  in  the  agricultural  life  of  tha  communitv 
where  he  continued  until  1897.  Coming  to  California  that  vear  hi  ^Lnf  ^  ''°"'"""'7- 
Pasadena,  locating  at  Anaheim  in  1899  ^        ^^  'P^"*  '^°  ^^"^  '" 

Purchasing  twelve  acres  on  the  Garden  Grove  road  west  of  Anaheim  Mr 
Wessler  set  to  work  to  improve  it,  and  it  now  is  a  thriving  citrus  orcha  T'  ^iv 
acres   of  it  are   m   seven-year   Valencia   oranges,   while    the   bafance   of   the   "ees    a^e 


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three  years  old.  Mr.  Wessler  has  been  unusually  successful  in  developing  his  prop- 
erty, and  he  still  does  practically  all  the  work  of  caring  for  it,  having  now  eleven 
acres.  In  1919  he  erected  a  beautiful  residence  on  his  ranch  and  here  with  his  family 
he  resides  in  comfort. 

In  May,  1879,  at  Wilson,  Kans.,  Mr.  Wessler  was  married  to  Miss  Amy  Babcock, 
the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morgan  Babcock.  She  was  a  native  of  Missouri,  where 
her  father  was  extensively  engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  the  family  later  living  in 
Illinois  and  Nebraska  before  their  removal  to  Kansas.  Four  children  were  born 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wessler:  Mabel  is  Mrs.  H.  D.  Meyer  and  resides  at  Pasadena;  she 
has  five  children;  Grace;  Verne;  Erse  is  Mrs.  Albert  C.  Meyer,  and  makes  her  home 
in  San  Gabriel.  Mrs.  Wessler  passed  away  in  1893  at  their  Kansas  home.  Five 
years  later,  on  July  2,  1898,  while  living  at  Pasadena,  Mr.  Wessler  was  there  united 
in  marriage  with  Mrs.  Lena  Blach,  a  native  of  Kansas,  who  had  been  a  resident  of 
California  some  time  before  her  marriage.  One  son,  Lloyd,  has  been  born  to  them; 
he  is  a  graduate  of  the  Anaheim  high  school  and  resides  with  his  parents.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Wessler  are  members  of  the  FuUerton  Baptist  Church. 

Always  taking  a  lively  interest  in  civic  affairs  wherever  he  has  lived,  Mr.  Wessler 
was  constable  of  Highland  Township  during  his  residence  in  Kansas,  and  later  was 
treasurer  of  the  same  township.  A  Republican  in  politics,  he  has  always  given  his 
loyal  support  to  the  candidates  of  that  party.  A  member  of  the  Cooperative  Fruit 
Association,  he  takes  an  active  part  in  every  movement  that  will  help  in  the  progress 
of  the  neighborhood  and  county,  and  his  sterling  character  and  fine  traits  of  citizen- 
ship have  made  for  him  an  assured  place  in  the  community. 

FRED  SCHLUETER.— A  prosperous  farmer  of  the  West  Orange  precinct,  who 
has  two  groves  of  such  high  standard  and  value  that  he  very  naturally  feels  he  has 
done  well  in.  America,  is  Fred  Schlueter,  who  was  born  in  North  Hanover,  near 
Bremen,  on  November  28,  1858.  His  parents  were  William  and  Sophie  Schlueter, 
steady-going  and  highly-esteemed  farmer  folk,  who  sent  the  lad  to  the  best  schools 
in  their  district  so  that,  while  he  helped  his  father  on  the  home  farm,  he  also  received 
the  foundation  of  a  good  education. 

In  1881  he  decided  to  leave  his  native  land  and  cross  the  ocean  to  America,  and 
in  March  he  landed  at  Castle  Garden.  Pushing  on  west  to  Toledo,  Ohio,  he  worked 
for  a  year  and  a  half  on  a  farm  not  far  from  that  city,  and  there  first  became  Ameri- 
canized. In  the  fall  of  1882,  however,  he  came  still  further  west,  to  California,  and 
here  worked  as  a  farmhand  on  various  ranches. 

After  a  while,  he  purchased  two  ranches  in  West  Orange,  one  made  up  of  twenty 
acres  and  the  other  having  fourteen  acres,  for  which  he  supplied  a  pumping  plant  with 
a  capacity  of  forty  inches.  In  the  former,  there  were  twelve  acres  of  walnuts,  five 
acres  of  apricots  and  three  of  oranges;  while  the  latter  was  devoted  to  walnuts  alone. 

On  July  3,  1893,  Mr.  Schlueter  married  Miss  Maria  Burfind,  who  was  born  in 
Hanover,  near  Hamburg,  and  came  to  America  in  1888  to  stay  with  her  brother  in 
Los  Angeles.  She  had  been  well  educated  in  the  schools  of  Hanover,  and  so  was  able 
from  the  start  to  be  of  the  greatest  help  to  her  husband.  Seven  children  were  born 
to  this  happy  couple.  William  F.  is  a  Lutheran  minister  in  Texas;  Sophie  and  Henry 
H.  are  at  home;  Carl  is  an  agent  for  the  F'ord  automobiles  in  Los  Angeles,  in  which 
city  Eddie  S.  is  also  employed;  Clara  is  a  high  school  student  at  Orange,  and  Arthur 
goes  to  the  parochial  school  in  the  same  city.    The  family  attend  the  Lutheran  Church. 

Mr.  Schlueter  is  a  patriotic  American,  with  preferences  for  the  Republican  party, 
and  this  spirit,,  .of  palfftofcism  h-as  also  been  shown  by  his  family  during  the  recent 
war,  and  notably  by  his  son,  Henry  H.  Schlueter,  who  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  Navy  in 
July,  1918,  and  helped  to  guard  the  great  battleships. 

ALBERT  L.  HEIM. — A  highly  intelligent,  energetic  and  progressive  young  man 
of  a  very  representative  family,  who  has  proven  himself  both  a  good  worker  and  a  good 
manager,  is  Albert  Heim,  a  native  son  whose  capital  has  been  partly  in  his  gifted 
and  equally  enterprising  wife,  also  representing  one  of  the  best  of  Orange  County 
families.  She  is  more  than  an  excellent  housekeeper- — she  has  always  been  an  invalu- 
able helpmate;  so  that  their  prosperity,  a  source  of  satisfaction  to  their  many  friends, 
is  the  result  of  their  own  common,  united  efforts. 

Mr.  Heim  was  born  at  Orange  when  his  parents  were  living  at  the  southern  end 
of  South  Glassell  Street,  where  they  rented'land.  His  father  was  Herman  F.  Heim,  a 
native  of  Germany,  who  had  married  there  Miss  Hanna  Mueller,  a  sister  of  Jacob 
Mueller,  also  well  known  in  California;  and  when  they  first  came  to  the  United  States, 
they  settted  in  the  Middle -West  Later,  .they  went ifo.Kansasv  where,  they  farmed;  and 
then,  in  1885  they  came  on  to  California.  For  a  while  they  rented  at  Orange;  then, 
while  still  renting,  Herman  Heim  came  up  to  Olive  and  bought  the  property  now  owned 


1074  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

by  his  son.  Five  children  were  born  to  the  worthy  couple.  Mary  has  become  the 
wife  of  Herman  Struck,  the  citrus  grower  living  near  Orange;  Emma  is  the  wife  of 
Andrew  Meyers,  the  citrus  and  walnut  grower  residing  on  Collins  Avenue  not  far 
from  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Struck;  Carl  O.  is  a  rancher  living  along  the  Anaheim  Boulevard, 
near  Olive,  where  he  has  an  orange  ranch  of  seventeen  acres;  Annie  is  the  wife  of 
Fred  Bandick,  the  rancher,  on  North  Main  Street,  and  Albert  L.  is  the  subject  of 
our  review. 

He  was  born  on  February  11,  1886,  and  attended  the  parochial  school  at  Orange. 
He  helped  his  father  until  he  was  married,  on  April  23,  1908,  to  Miss  Annie  Borchard, 
also  a  native  of  Orange,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Augusta  (Trettin)  Borchard,  who 
migrated  to  California  from  Minnesota,  and  followed  ranching  here  until  they  retired. 
Her  father  died  in  Orange  and  her  mother  now  makes  her  home  with  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
A.  L.  Heim.  Their  eight  children  were  as  follows:  Charles,  a  rancher  at  Orange; 
Herman  died  when  thirty  years  of  age;  Ida  died  in  Orange  at  sixteen  years;  Robert 
resides  in  Orange;  Julius  is  a  real  estate  dealer  in  Orange;  Fred  lives  in  Anaheim; 
Anna,  Mrs.  A.  L,.  Heim,  and  Martha  were  twins;  the  latter  died  when  nine  months 
old.  Mrs.  Heim  also  attended  the  parochial  school,  she  grew  up  a  popular  belle;  so 
that  their  wedding  became  one   of   the  pleasant   social   events   of  the   year. 

After  his  marriage,  Mr.  Heim  started  for  himself  in  the  orange  industry,  at  the 
end  of  a  year,  in  association  with  his  father,  buying  ten  acres  of  vacant  land  owned 
by  Gottfried  Kloth.  It  was  northwest  of  Orange,  on  the  easterly  side  of  North 
Batavia  Street,  and  when  he  had  skilfully  planted  it  to  Valencias,  he  sold  it  in  1915. 
For  a  couple  of  years  thereafter  he  rented  land;  and  finally,  in  1917,  he  bought  his 
present  place.  His  parents,  both  happily  still  living,  reside  at  Orange,  retired  from 
active  ranching. 

Mr.  Heim  has  installed  all  the  necessary  cement,  pipe  for  irrigation  and  gets 
his  supply  of  water  from  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company.  •  He  has  also 
spent  several  thousand  dollars  on  remodeling  his  residence  and  making  various  im- 
provements. He  has  five  and  a  half  acres  in  walnuts  and  the  balance,  nearly  eight 
acres,  in  Valencia  oranges.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Farm  Center,  and  is  also  a  stock- 
holder in  the  Mutual  Orange  Distributors,  which  wide-awake  organization  has  its 
own  packing  house  at  Olive. 

Mr.  and 'Mrs.  Heim  have  three  children.  Velma  is  the  eldest,  then  comes  Clara, 
and  the  youngest  is  Edna.  The  family  are  members  of  the-  Lutheran  Church  at  Olive. 
Mr.  Heim  is  a  Republican,  but  does  not  allow  partisanship  to  interfere  with  his 
duties,  either  as  a  loyal  American  citizen  or  as  a  vigorous,  unbiased  supporter  of  all 
that  IS  best  for  Orange  County  and  its  various  attractive   and  growing  communities. 

FOSTER  E.  WILSON,  M.  D.— Noteworthy  among  the  esteemed  and  influential 
citizens  of  Huntington  Beach  is  Dr.  Foster  E.  Wilson,  who  is  the  pioneer  physician 
of  Huntington  Beach  and  is  still  prominent  among  the  practicing  physicians  of  that 
city.  The  youngest  of  a  family  of  ten  children.  Dr.  Wilson  was  born  in  Davis  County, 
lovva,  March  23,  1853.  His  parents  were  born  and  married  in  Delaware,  came  west 
to  Fayette  County,  Ind.,  and  in  the  early  forties  went  to  Davis  County,  Iowa  His 
lather,  Ebenezer  Wilson,  familiarly  called  "Ebby,"  a  courageous,  God-fearin<T  man, 
met  an  untimely  death  at  the  hand  of  a  man  with  whom  he  had  a  dispute  over  forty 
acres  of  land  With  his  last  breath  he  prayed  for  the  man  who  assassinated  him. 
This  occurred  on  January  17,  1853,  before  F.  E.  Wilson  was  born.  Dr.  Wilson's 
mother,  whose  maiden  name  was  Ann  Mitten,  remarried  when  he  was  six  years  old, 
to  J.  F.  Willis,  and  the  family  continued  to  live  on  the  Wilson  farm 

When  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age  Foster  E.  Wilson  started  life  for  himself, 
but  being  determined  to  get  an  education  he  went  to  school  during  the  winters  and 


h  m  $500  ^h  ?  ..fw  •  1  •'  *:'""'  '"terested  in  this  worthy  young  man  and  loaned 
in  1875  Vnm      ulu^  *°  ?*"  ""'  Cincinnati  College  of  Medicine,  and  Surgery 

in  1875,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.,  in  1877,  at  the  a-e 
of  twenty-four  Returning  to  Pulaski,  Iowa,  he  entered  into  a  partnership  with  his 
untU   1882''"''         "  ""'    ^'"^    ""'"'    "f    ^''^''°"    ^"-i    Wilson,    continuing    there 

Van  Burl?^r^[nt^'l'°"  ^^"  "n"'''?  '?  ^'='  ^"^  ^-  ^'^^'^'  ^^o  was  born  in 
van  iJuren  County,  Iowa,  near  Birmmgham,  being  a  daughter  of  James  Richey  a 
prosperous  Iowa  farmer.  In  1887  Dr.  Wilson  removed  to  Pratt  County,  Kans  pr'at- 
ticing  medicine;   m   1892   came   to   Westminster,    Orange    County,    Gal.,   and   be^an    to 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1077 

practice.  They  are  the  parents  of  three  children,  one  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  The 
other  two  are  Chester  A.  and  Alma  Wilson.  Chester  A.,  who  is  a  successful  oil  man 
of  Austin,  Texas,  married  Miss  Adele  Hostetter  of  that  city,  and  they  are  the  parents 
of  two  children,  Mary  S.  and  Joe  F.  Miss  Alma  Wilson  is  well  known  through  her 
connection   with   the    Los    Angeles    Play    Ground    Commission. 

In  December,  1904,  Dr.  Wilson  moved  from  Westminster  to  Huntington  Beach, 
just  when  that  city  was  getting  its  start,  and  with  the  exception  of  a  few  years 
spent  at  Monrovia  between  1909  and  1914,  he  has  been  a  well-known  resident 
physician  of 'that  cSty.  In  fact,  as  stated  above,  he  was  the  first  practicing  physician 
of  Huntington  Beach.  He  maintains  offices  in  the  Olson  Building,  137  Main  Street. 
Besides  building  other  houses  Dr.  Wilson  is  completing  a  beautiful  residence  at  312 
Fifteenth   Street. 

Thoroughly  absorbed  in  his  chosen  profession,  Dr.  Wilson  never  lost  an  oppor- 
tunity to  increase  his  knowledge  along  this  line,  and  in  1900  he  took  a  post-graduate 
course  at  the  San  Francisco  Polyclinic,  and  another  at  the  Chicago  Polyclinic  in 
1902.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  and  also  of  the  State 
and  County  Medical  associations,  being  an  ex-president  of  the  latter.  Much  loved 
by  all  who  know  him  for  his  kindly  ministrations  and  upright  character,  Dr.  Wilson 
richly  deserves  the  prominent  place   he   has  attained  in  the   city  of   his   adoption. 

GEORGE  W.  ROLFE. — Prominent  among  Garden  Grove's  most  honored  citizens 
are  the  exceptionally  interesting  pioneers,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  W.  Rolfe,  for  years 
active  participants  at  the  various  departmental  and  national  encampments  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  and  widely  and  pleasantly  known  in  war-veteran  circles.  Mr. 
Rolfe  was  born  in  Calhoun  County,  Mich.,  on  September' 18,  1848, .the  son  of  Orlando 
H.  Rolfe,  civil  engineer,  surveyor  and  justice  of  the  peace.  He  was  a  native  of  New 
York  state,  and  came  to  Michigan  with  his  father,  Moses  Rolfe,  and  the  .rest  of  their 
family.  The  progenitor  of  the  family  in  America  was  John  Rolfe,  who  came  frorri  Eng- 
land, and  of  his  descendants,  George  W.  is  the  eighth  generation  in  America.  Orlando 
Rolfe  was  married  in  Michigan  to  Miss  Esther  De  Pew,  and  lived  on  the  Rolfe  place 
in  the  township  of  LeRoy,  and  he  died  about  1875  in  the  same  house  where  he  and  his 
wife  first  began  their  housekeeping.  Mrs.  Rolfe  considerably  outlived  her  husband, 
dying  about  1900.  They  had  eight  children,  and  among  them  George  W.  was  the  second 
and  the  oldest  son. 

George  W.  attended  the  common  schools  of  that  period  in  his  birthplace,  and 
when  only  sixteen  enlisted — somebody  writing  down  his  age  as  eighteen — in  Company  C 
of  the  Twentieth  Michigan  Infantry,  for  service  in  the  Civil  War.  He  was  in  the  orig- 
inal Grand  Review  that  marched  down  Pennsylvania  Avenue,  Washington,  and  fifty 
years  thereafter,  when  attending  the  National  G.  A.  R.  Encampment,  as  one  of  the 
youngest  survivors  of  the  Civil  War,  again  marched  along  the  same  broad  avenue.  He 
was  honorably  discharged  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  in  July,  1865.  He  was  stationed  with  the 
Union  forces  near  Washington  at  the  time  of  Lee's  surrender  and  Lincoln's  assassina- 
tion, and  vividly  recollects  the  eventful  hours. 

After  the  war,  until  he  was  twenty-one,  Mr.  Rolfe  remained  at  home  on  his 
father's  farm;  he  ran  a  threshing  machine  for  fourteen  years,  in  Calhoun  and  Kala- 
mazoo counties,  and  in  1873  he  was  married  to  Miss  Priscilla  J.  Hopkins,  a  native  of 
New  York,  who  wa^  reared  in  Calhoun  County.  They  had  no  children,  and  adopted  a 
daughter,  Georgina,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Tony  Nelson  of  Los  Angeles.  Mrs.  Rolfe  died  in 
Michigan,  and'  in  1876  Mr.  Rolfe  made  his  first  trip  to  California;  he  took  up  his  resi- 
dence in  Compton  in  the  winter  of  1883,  and  began  farming  on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch 
in- 1884. 

On  September  17,  1905,  Mr.  Rolfe  was  married  to  Mrs.  Amy  R.  Ford,  nee  Stevens, 
the  ceremony- being  performed  by  Bishop  Mclntyre;  she  was  a  playmate  of  his  boyhood, 
who  was  born  near  Tiffin,  Ohio,  and  came  to  Calhoun  County  with  her  parents,  Edward 
and  Mary  (Rose)  Stevens,  both  New  Yorkers.  The  former  died  at  Eagle  Rock,  aged 
ninety-two,  the  latter  in  Marengo,  Iowa.  Mrs.  Rolfe  has  a  brother  over  ninety  years, 
living  at  Eagle  Rock,  and  another  brother,  aged  over  seventy-six,  residing  at  Pasadena; 
a  sister,  Mrs.  Affa  Wickerd,  at  Glendale,  and  another  sister,  Mrs.  Julia  Garrison,  a 
widow,  of  Santa  Ana,  all-  members  of  a  family  of  nine  children.  A  brother,  John 
Stevens,  left  their  home  in  1853  and  came  to  California;  after  that  other  members  of 
the  family  migrated  to  the  West,  and  in  1904,  at  Compton,  Cal.,  a  noted  gathering  of 
seven  members  of  the  family  held  a  reunion,  the  only  time  they  had  all  been  together 
after  fifty  years  of  separation.  Mrs.  Rolfe  had  three  children  by  her  marriage  with 
Mr.  Ford:  Charles  Edward,  Effie  M.  and  Julia  G. 

Mr.  Rolfe  came  to  the  vicinity  of  Garden  Grove  about  1900,  and  came  to  own 
several  ranches.    He  has  returned  to  Michigan,  where  he  has  a  sister  and  three  brothers 


1078  HISTORY  OF  ORAxXGE  COUNTY 

living,  eight  times,  but  his  ninth  trip  across  the  continent  was  directed  toward  the 
sunny  climate  of  California.  With  his  good  wife  he  has  been  a  live  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Garden  Grove,  and  he  has  been  on  the  official  board  of 
that  congregation.  In  national  politics  a  Republican,  Mr.  Rolfe's  local  patriotism  has 
forbidden  narrow,  partisan  support,  and  he  has  worked  hard  for  the  best  men  and  the 
best  measures. 

About  1897,  Mr.  Rolfe  joined  Sedgwick  Post,  No.  17,  G.  A.  R.,  and  Mrs.  Rolfe  is  a 
member  of  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps  of  Santa  Ana,  where  she  was  installed  senior  vice- 
president  of  some  three  hundred  members.  Together  they  have  attended  every  depart- 
meiit  encampment  of  the  G.  A.  R.  held  in  California  during  the  past  twenty  years,  while 
Mr.  Rolfe  has  participated  in  four  national  encampments — one  held  at  Los  Angeles,  an- 
other at  San  Francisco,  a  third  at  Cincinnati,  and  the  fourth  at  Washington.  Of  late 
he  has  sold  all  his  land  save  his  half-acre  on  Acacia  Street,  at  Garden  Grove,  vifhere  he 
has  his  residence. 

The  Garden  Grove  News  of  January  23,  1920,  contains  an  interesting  account  of  the 
local  G.  A.  R.  activities  of  that  time.  Under  the  leading  caption,  "Two  of  Garden 
Grove's  Citizens  Are  Honored,"  it  says: 

"At  the  installation  of  officers  of  Sedgwick  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  and  the  Woman's 
Relief  Corps,  an  auxiliary  organization,  which  was  held  in  G.  A.  R.  Hall,  Santa  Ana, 
January  14th,  one  of  Garden  Grove's  most  respected  citizens — Mr.  George  W.  Rolfe — 
was  installed  as  commander  of  Sedgwick  Post.  This  position  of  honor  and  trust  con- 
veys with  it  distinction  in  the  G.  A.  R.,  Department  of  California  and  Nevada. 

"Mr.  Rolfe  was  not  alone  in  being  honored  by  his  comrades,  as  his  wife,  Mrs.  Amy 
Rolfe,  was  also  chosen  by  her  sisters  of  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps  to  fill  the  position  of 
senior  vice-president  of  that  organization.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  ceremonies.  Com- 
mander Rolfe  was  presented  with  a  beautiful  gold  G.  A.  R.  badge,  a  gift  from  his 
daughter,  Mrs.  Georgia  Nelson  of  Los  Angeles.  The  presentation  was  made  by  Judge 
E.  T.  Langley  of  Santa  Ana. 

"Mrs.  Rolfe  was  presented  by  Mrs.  Delia  Bishop  with  a  large  bunch  of  beautiful 
white  carnations,  also  the  gift  of  Mrs.  Nelson,  who,  with  her  husband,  Mr.  Tony  Nelson, 
motored  down  from  Los  Angeles  to  attend  the  installation  ceremonies. 

"Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rolfe  have  both  been  faithful  workers  in  these  patriotic  orders  for 
many  years,  and  their  home  has  been  the  scene  of  many  social  gatherings  of  post  and 
corps,  where  the  generous  hospitality  of  host  and  hostess  has  been  greatly  enjoyed." 

GEORGE  E.  RYAN. — Although  George  E.  Ryan  is  among  the  later  comers  in 
Orange  County,  he  is  a  conspicuous  example  of  a  successful  citrus  fruit  grower.  He 
came  to  California  from  York  County,  Nebr.,  in  1911,  and  in  January,  1912,  purchased 
the  splendid  ten-acre  orange  grove  on  Tustin  Avenue  where  he  resided  with  his 
family  until  he  moved  into  his  new  bungalow  in  Orange.  Two  acres  of  his  ranch  are 
planted  to  Navel  orange  trees  and  eight  acres  are  in  Valencias. 

Mr.  Ryan  was  born  near  Montezuma,  Poweshiek  County,  Iowa,  May  11,  1863. 
His  father,  W.  L.  Ryan,  who  is  hale  and  hearty  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-one, 
lives  at  Sioux  City,  Iowa.  His  mother  was  before  her  marriage  Miss  Athalia  Black, 
a  native  of  Virginia.  The  father  was  also  born  in  Virginia,  and  the  parents  were 
married  in  that  state,  migrating  to  Iowa  shortly  afterward.  Of  the  fourteen  children 
born  to  them,  ten  grew  to  maturity.  George  E.,  the  fourth  son  in  the  family,  was 
reared  on  his  father's  farm,  experienced  the  lot  that  falls  to  a  lad  brought  up  on  a 
farm-,  and:  at  the  age.  at  twelve  dtove  horses  and  plowed,  attending  the 'district  school 
m  the  meantnne.  He  remained  at  home  with  his  father  until  he  attained  his  majority 
then  went  to  York  County,  Nebr.,  and  rented  a  ninety-acre  farm.     He  raised  a  bumper 

cu°?u°\vT°,'""'  ^r'i^  °"'^  ^°*  ^'^^'  "''*^  P"  ■''"^**«1  after  hauling  it  twelve  miles  to 
bhelby,  Nebr.  He  contmued  his  agricultural  pursuits  the  following  year  and  harvested 
another  good  crop,  but  the  prices  were  below  the  cost  of  production.  He  then  went 
with  a  threshmg  gang,  got  two  dollars  per  day  for  the  work  of  his  team  and  him- 
self, and  m  that  way  paid  for  the  team  and  wagon  that  he  bought  that  spring  His 
next  venture  was  m  the  livery  business  at  Gresham,  York  County  Nebr  After 
two  years  he  sold  the  livery  business  and  went  into  the  hardware,  pump  and  windmill 
business  at  Gresham.  The  firm  was  known  as  Fuller,  Anderson  and  Company  and 
tor  hfteen  years   did   a  successful  business. 

Cr..^^  fT.-'^^p"""Af  ^*  ^^^  ^^^  °^  twenty-six,  in  1889,  while  in  business  at 
Gresham,  to  Miss  Emma  Clem,  a  native  of  Illinois,  who  came  to  Nebraska  from  her 
native  state  the  same  month  and  year  that  Mr.  Ryan  came  to  the  state.  Mrs  Ryan's 
father.was  also,  born  m  Virgmia,  and  her  mother  was  a  native  of  Ohio.  Mr.  and  Mrs 
Ryan  have  one  child,  Clarence,  who  married  Miss  Merle  Bond.  He  is  cashief  of 
the    First    National    Bank   at   Loup    City,    Nebr.,    and   is    the    fatlfer    of    two    children 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1079 

Frank  Arlyn  and  Lillian  Ann.  Mrs.  Ryan,  who  is  an  accomplished  pianist,  has  been 
greatly  benefited  by  the  genial  climate  of  California,  as  it  was  largely  on  account  of 
her  failing  health  that  the  family  removed  here.  Mr.  Ryan  has  recently  completed  a 
beautiful  bungalow  residence  at  the  corner  of  Palmyra  Avenue  and  Grand  Street  in 
the  city  of  Orange,  at  a  cost  of  $6,500,  and  is  now  prepared  to  retire  from  life's  active 
duties.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ryan  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Orange. 
Fraternally  Mr.  Ryan  is  affiliated  with  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  lodge  at  Gresham,  Nebr.,  and 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  Politically  he  is  a  Democrat  in  prin- 
ciple, but  is  not  so  hidebound  that  he  will  not  vote  for  a  man  because  he  is  not  on 
the  Democratic  ticket,  if  he  thinks  he  is  better  suited  for  the  office  than  the  Demo- 
cratic nominee.  Mr.  Ryan  is  deeply  interested  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  public  wel- 
fare, and  is  a  whole-heared,  whole-souled,  companionable  man,  endowed  with  the 
qualities  that  make  and  keep  friends.  He  is  deservedly  popular  among  his  many 
acquaintances  and  associates. 

JOAB  STANFIELD. — An  alert  and  fine  old  gentleman,  whose  many  years  of 
arduous  service,  always  of  benefit  to  others  as  well  as  himself,  have  brought  him 
many  friends,  is  Joab  Stanfield,  who  was  born  in  Indiana  on  June  14,  1847,  the  son 
of  William  W.  Stanfield,  a  native  of  eastern  Tennessee.  He  removed  to  Indiana 
and -there  married  Miss  Jemima  Wright,  and  in  time  he  was  thrice  married.  He  had 
fifteen  children  in  all,  and  Joab  was  the  third  child  by  his  second  wife.  The  Stan- 
fields  descend  from  an  interesting  English  ancestry,  and  some  of  them  were  among 
the  early  Pilgrims  who  came  to  Plymouth  and  settled  in  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony. 

Joab  migrated  with  his  parents  from  the  Hoosier  State  in  18S1,  and  for  twenty- 
three  years  lived  in  Guthrie  County,  Iowa,  sixty  miles  west  of  Des  Moines,  and  there 
he  attended  the  common  schools.  In  1874  he  came  out  to  the  Pacific  Northwest  and 
spent  the  following  four  years  in  Northern  California,  in  Humboldt,  Trinity  and 
Siskiyou  counties.  He  mined,  trapped,  worked  on  farms,  and  proved  up  on  a  home- 
stead of  160  acres  in  Humboldt  County.  These  years  spent  in  Northern  California 
were  among  the  happiest  in  our  subject's  life;  for,  having  inherited  his  love  for 
the  great  out-of-doors  from  his  father,  who  had  been  an  intrepid  pioneer  of  Indiana. 
Iowa  and  Kansas,  he  lived  on  the  frontier,  quite  unafraid  of  the  Indian,  and  enjoyed 
to  the  fullest  both  the  hunt  and  the  chase.  He  worked  on  the  ranch  of  William 
Olmstead  of  Humboldt  County,  and  handled  about  1,800  sheep  for  him.  He  finally 
got  his  patent  for  the  160-acre  tract,  and  then,  with  a  natural  desire  to  see  the  old 
home  once  more,  he  went  back  to  Iowa  in  1878. 

In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  journeyed  to  Kansas,  and  in  Osborne  County 
bought  160  acres  of  school  land.  In  Kansas  he  prospered,  as  usual;  but  in  the  summer 
of  1883  he  was  tempted  to  move  into  Benton  County,  Ark.,  and  to  try  his  luck  there. 
He  found  the  locality  malarial,  however,  and  thereupon  moved  back  to  Kansas.  With 
this  exception,  Mr.  Stanfield  lived  in  Kansas  from  the  day  when  he  left  Iowa  until  he 
decided  to  take  the  greater  step  and  locate  in  the  Golden  State. 

While  in  Kansas,  Mr.  Stanfield  was  married  to  Miss  Gulielma  Macy,  a  native  of 
Hamilton  County,  Ind.,  and  the  daughter  of  Stephen  Macy,  who  had  married  Miss 
Mary  Charles.  Mr.  Macy  was  born  in  Ohio,  became  a  farmer,  and  was  also  a  mechanic. 
Her  grandfather  was  also  named  Stephen  Macy,  and  was  a  well-known  homeopathic 
doctor.  The  Macys  were  of  English  origin,  and  settled  upon  Nantucket  Island,  where 
they  followed  whaling.  Josiah  Macy,  sea-captain,  who  died  at  Rye,  N.  Y.',  in  the 
early  seventies,  was  probably  the  mo§t  distinguished  of  this  branch  \\fhp  went  in 
for  -th«  seafaring  life.  He  had  made  a  name  for  himself  .among  Nant««ket  sea- 
captains  when  merely  a  young  man,  and  in  1812  enjoyed  the  distinction  of  bringing  to 
New  York  in  the  "Prudence,"  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  owners,  the  first  news  of 
the  declaration  of  war  between  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain.  Later  he  became 
a  very  prominent  commission  merchant  in  New  York  City.  Those  of  the  Macys 
who  removed  to  the  Central  and  Middle  West  became  farmers,  and  they  were  also 
consistent  members  of  the  Friends'  Church.  Her  maternal  grandfather,  John  Charles, 
was  a  farmer  at  Richmond,  Ind.  He  was  a  strong  Whig  and  Abolitionist,  and  played 
an  active  part  in  the  conduct  of  the  "underground  railway." 

Six  children  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stanfield;  Bertha  married  Clinton 
Bales,  a  farmer  of  Osborne  County,  Kans.,  and  has  two  children;  Stanley  is  the 
husband  of  Miss  Annie  Shipman,  and  is  a  farmer  at  Ramah,  Colo.,  and  the  father 
of  six  children;  a  daughter,  who  was  the  third  child,  died  when  she  was  three  months 
old;  Oscar,  an  Orange  County  rancher,  married  Miss  Olive  Hockett  and  has  six 
children;  Jesse  is  a  minister  in  the  Friends'  Church,  having  been  graduated  from 
Penn  College,  Iowa,  and  also  Whittier  College,  later  taking  a  four  years'  theological 
course  at  Hartford,  Conn.     He  married  Marian  Catlin,  who  died  recently,  and  he  is 


1080  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

uow  a  pastor  at  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y.  The  youngest  of  the  family  is  Alvin  Staiifield, 
also  a  neighboring  rancher,  who  married  Miss  Rose  Faris,  by  whom  he  has  had  two 
children.  It  will  be  seen,  therefore,  how  well  these  offspring  of  a  worthy  and  highly- 
esteemed  couple  have  added  honor  to  the  family  name. 

Eleven  years  ago  Mr.  Stanfield  came  to  California  from  Kansas,  to  spend  the 
balance  of  his  days,  and  now  he  resides  in  the  Olive  precinct.  Orange  County,  on 
the  west  side  of  Cambridge  Street  and  north  of  Collins  Avenue.  He  had  traded  his 
highly-cultivated  farm  of  1,000  acres  in  Kansas  for  a  splft»did  citrus  tract  of  forty  acres 
here,  twenty  acres  of  which  were  planted  as  follows:  eleven  acres  to  lemons,  six 
acres  to  Valencia  oranges,  two  acres  to  Navel  oranges,  and  the  remaining  acre  to 
walnuts  and  a  yard,  while  twenty  acres  were  left  vacant;  ten  of  these  vacant  acres  he 
sold,  and  what  was  left,  namely  ten  acres,  he  disposed  of  to  his  sons,  which  were 
planted  to  Valencias.  He  still  has  twenty  acres  in  full  bearing,  and  he  has  put  in  a 
pumping  plant  and  a  never-failing  well,  although  he  is  also  under  the  Santa  Ana 
Valley  Irrigation  Company's  ditch,  and  so  is  certain  to  be  supplied  with  water.  He  has 
remodeled  his  residence,  and  maintains  his  yards  in  fine,  symmetrical  shape. 

On  this  model  citrus  and  walnut  ranch,  therefore,  Mr.  Stanfield  lives  with  his 
devoted  wife,  the  calm  influence  of  their  peaceful  religion  giving  them  a  serene  tem- 
perament and  a  happy,  hopeful  disposition.  At  the  age  of  seventy-three,  Mr.  Stan- 
field is  in  excellent  health,  and  were  it  not  for  a  runaway  accident  of  several  years 
ago,  when  he  was  nearly  killed  and  was  in  bed  for  seven  weeks,  with  a  leg  and  foot 
permanently  crippled,  he  would  be  an  active  man  yet.  Mrs.  Stanfield,  an  excellent 
Christian  lady,  also  enjoys  the  esteem  and  thorough  good  will  of  a  very  large  circle 
of  friends,  and  is  ever  of  interest,  as  our  story  shows,  as  a  member  of  an  old-time 
American  family.  Mr.  Stanfield  has  for  years  been  a  consistent  temperance  man,  and 
is  happy  to  have  lived  to  see  the  national  prohibition  amendment  adopted. 

California,  which  has  attracted  to  its  borders  an  army  of  the  most  talented 
pioneers  in  the  world,  may  well  be  congratulated  on  claiming  as  residents  such  enter- 
prising, highly  intelligent  settlers  as  these;  while  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stanfield  may  almost 
be  envied  their  lot  and  share  in  the  wonderful  development  of  the  great  Pacific  com- 
monwealth. 

MISS  JESSIE  LEE  TOLER.— A  remarkably  successful  woman,  noted  for  her 
keen  senses  and  her  rational  judgment,  and  distinguished  as  a  representative  of  one  of 
the  best  known  pioneer  families  that  had  so  much  to  do  with  the  development  of  Cali- 
fornia, is  Miss  Jessie  Lee  Toler,  who  resides  on  a  real  landmark — the  oldest  ranch  in 
the  northern  section  of  the  county.  She  was  born  in  Madrid  Bend,  Tenn.,  and  is  the 
daughter  of  William  Henry  Toler,  a  native  of  Goldsboro,  N.  C,  who  married  Miss 
Sallie  (Hickman)  Edwards,  born  in  Madrid  Bend,  Tenn.  Grandfather  W.  C.  Edwards, 
was  of  Scotch  ancestry  and  was  a  wealthy  landowner  and  proprietor  of  Island  No.  10, 
in  the  Mississippi  River,  acquiring  thousands  of  acres  of  land  along  the  river  front, 
opposite  the  island.  He  married -Miss  Susan  Marr,  the  original  owner  of  Island  No.  10, 
so  it  was  inherited  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwards  on  Capt.  W.  C.  Edwards'  death  in  18S6. 
Sallie  Edwards  was  educated  at  the  celebrated  academy  in  Cape  Girardeau,  Mo.,  and 
married  William  H.  Toler  in  Madrid  Bend,  Tenn.  He  came  of  an  old  and  prominent 
Southern  family  and  served  as  a  major  in  the  Confederate  army  in  the  Civil  War. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.- Toler  became  owners  of  a  part  of  the  Edwards  plantation 
where  they  raised  cotton,  corn  and  stock,  which  were  shipoed  to  the  New  Orleans  and 
St.  Louis  markets.  Mrs.  Toler  died  in  Memphis,  Tenn.,  in  1874.  In  187S  Mr.  Toler 
brought  the  family  to  Orange,  Cal,  and  purchased  land  in  the  Chapman-Glassell  tract, 
and  here  he  brought  his  household  goods;  among  them  a  piano,'  the  first  brought",  to 
Orange,  which  is  still  in  the  possession  of  Miss  Toler  and  is  a  square  grand  with  pearl 
keys,  which  was  made  for  and  presented  to  her  mother  when  she  was  a  young  lady. 
In  1878,  W.  H.  Toler  traded  1,700  acres  of  Tennessee-land  for  640  acres  at  that  time  in 
Los  Angeles  County,  but  part  of  which  is  today  within  the  county  limits  of  Orange. 
Ihis  ranch  land  belongs  to  William  Worsham,  a  Kentucky  gentleman  who  came  to 
California  in  the  early  sixties,  and  there  still  stands  on  the  ranch,  close  to  the  dwelling 
and  neighbormg  buildmgs,  a  large  fig  tree  planted  by  Mr.  Worsham,  of  unusual  size 
and  bearing  large,  splendid  figs.  The  1,700  acres  of  Tennessee  land  traded  was  cov- 
ered with  timber,  whereas  on  the  640  California  acres  there  were  10,000  head  of  sheep, 
which  were  mcluded  in  the  sale.  An  old  negro  sheepherder,  named  Jim  North  was  also 
attached  to  the  ranch,  by  long  residence,  and  as  he  refused  to  leave,  he  was  allowed 
to  live  on  the  ranch  until  he  died. 

William  Henry  Toler  spent  many  of  his  early  years  in  California  in  promotincr 
excursions  to  the  Golden  State,  and  as  an  active  worker  in  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber 
ot  Lommerce,  he  was  instrumental  in  bringine  settlers  to  California,  and  especially 
in  inducing  them  to  locate  in  the  vicinity  of  Whittier  and  La  Habra.     When  he  died 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1083 

January  13,  1892,  widely  respected  for  his  high  sense  of  honor,  his  enterprise  and  his 
general  capability,  the  640  acres  were  divided  among  his  family  of  five  children,  Susan, 
Jessie  Lee,  Wm.  H.,  B.  E.  and  Annie  H.;  150  acres  fell  to  the  subject  of  our  sketch.  Miss 
Jessie  Lee  Toler,  who  had  studied  at  the  Los  Angeles  high  school  and  from  1892  to 
1900  had  enjoyed  the  advantages  of  wide  travel.  In  1900  she  began  to  make  her  perma- 
nent home  on  her  ranch,  and  eight  years  later  the  first  house  in  the  northwestern  part 
of  Orange  County  and  standing  on  the  Toler  ranch,  was  burned  to  the  ground.  This 
was  two  years  after  she  had  sold  off  fifty  acres  of  the  northern  portion. 

When  Miss  Toler  began,  in  her  characteristically  progressive  manner,  the  energetic 
development  of  the  Toler  ranch,  she  was  told  that  it  was  in  a  dry  spot  of  the  county, 
and  that  water  could  not  be  found  there.  Despite  these  predictions,  she  engaged  C.  E. 
Tower,  an  expert  driller,  and  a  well  was  started  in  1915,  and  although  the  process  proved 
slow  and  discouraging,  the  work  was  continued,  largely  through  Miss  Toler's  fortunate 
persistence,  and  at  a  depth  of  506  feet  water  was  struck,  and  when  the  sand  had  been 
pumped  out  of  the  well,  the  test  pump  showed  sixty  inches  of  the  desired-for  liquid. 
After  that,  the  flow  increased  to  100  inches;  and  when  the  well  was  finished,  people 
came  from  all  parts  of  the  county  to  see  the  attainment  of  the  well-nigh  impossible. 
The  well  is  equipped  with  a  Lane  and  Bowler  pump,  with  thirty  horsepower  electric 
motor,  and  Miss  Toller  operates  the  plant  herself.  She  has  worked  out  a  very  flexible 
irrigation  system,  covering  her  entire  ranch;  the  orchards  laid  with  ten-inch  cement 
pipe  and  all  the  hundred  acres  are  equally  watered  according  to  their  needs. 

In  1916,  Miss  Toller  set  out  1,800  Valencia  orange  trees  on  twenty-five  acres  of  the 
northern  portion  of  her  ranch,  and  now  this  grove  is  coming  into  bearing  and  promises 
rich  returns.  Three  years  later,  she  set  out  the  adjoining  twenty-five  acres  to  the  same 
popular  citrus  fruit,  leaving  the  balance  of  her  land  open  for  the  raising  of  grain  and 
hay.  Owing  to  her  remarkable, business  ability,  quite  equalling  that  of  many  successful 
men.  Miss  Toler  has  always  secured  results,  and  results  of  the  most  satisfactory  nature. 
She  takes  great  pride  and  satisfaction  in  the  development  of  her  ranch  and  making  of  it 
a  beautiful  orange  orchard  in  this  favored  section,  pronounced  the  finest  citrus  section 
in  the  world.  This  she  is  doing  to  the  memory  of  her  father  who  had  such  faith  and 
optimism  in  the  future  greatness  of  La  Habra,  and  was  one  of  the  greatest  boosters 
Southern  California  ever  had.  When  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway  was  built  through 
La  Habra  they  located  a  station  on  her  ranch  which  was  named  Toler  station. 

Miss  Toler  has  been  particularly  rewarded  in  the  excellent  prospects  for  oil  on 
her  land,  where  it  is  perceptible  in  the  well  water.  Years  ago,  the  Standard  Oil  Com- 
pany had  a  lease  there  and  sank  a  well  4,500  feet,  until  it  struck  oil;  but  for  some 
unknown  reason,  they  never  continued  the  development.  The  ranch  has  been  proven  to 
be  oil  land,  however,  and  consequently  Miss  Toler's  holdings  are  not  only  valuable,  but 
bound  to  increase  in  value  as  the  years  roll  by.  This  fact  alone  will  give  her  more  and 
more  a  desirable  position  of  leadership  and  influence,  a  fortunate  circumstance,  for 
Miss  Toler's  influence  for  good  in  the  community  is  always  of  the  best. 

ANDREW  R.  REISCH. — In  a  natural  beauty  spot  against  the  foothills  in  EI 
Modena  precinct  lies  the  attractive  ranch  of  Andrew  R.  Reisch,  who  through  his  care- 
ful management  and  industry  has  brought  his  acreage  up  to  a  very  high  state  of 
cultivation,  so  that  he  is  now  enjoying  handsome  financial  returns  from  his  years 
of  labor.  His  birthplace  was  in  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Luxemburg,  that  little  coun- 
try which  is  so  intimately  and  interestingly  associated  with  many  of  the  events  of  the 
late  war.  He  was  born  on  May  5,  1872,  the  son  of  Frank  and  Katherine  (Webber) 
Reisch.  The  father  was  a  shoe  merchant  at  Heiderscheid  and  he  still  lives  there,  hav- 
ing retired  from  active  business.  The  mother  passed  away  in  1906,  leaving  five  chil- 
dren to  mourn  her  loss. 

Andrew  Reisch  grew  up  in  Luxemburg  and  attended  the  village  schools  of  his 
native  town,  acquiring  French,  the  court  language  of  that  country,  German  and  the 
various  dialects  of  the  district.  At  the  early  age  of  thirteen  he  started  to  make  his 
own  way  in  the  world,  and  since  that  time  he  has  been  entirely  dependent  on  his  own 
efforts.  He  began  by  working  on  the  farms  in  the  neighborhood  of  his  village  home, 
continuing  at  agricultural  pursuits  until  he  was  twenty-one,  when  he  decided  to  seek 
his  fortune  in  America,  where  the  opportunities  were  greater.  He  left  Antwerp  on 
the  SS.  Slavonia,  expecting  to  land  in  New  York,  but  smallpox  broke  out  on  board 
ship,  so  that  they  were  not  allowed  to  make  landing  there,  but  were  taken  on  to  Hali- 
fax, Nova  Scotia,  where  they  disembarked  in  March,  1893.  Chicago  was  Mr.  Reisch's 
destination,  and  he  pushed  on  there  as  rapidly  as  possible,  reaching  there  the  first 
week  in  April. 

Mr.  Reisch  was  not  only  without  funds  when  he  reached  Chicago,  but  was  in 
debt,  as  he  had  borrowed  his  passage  money  from  his  father.  Nothing  daunted,  how- 
ever, he  secured  work  at  once. with  Reinberg  Brothers,  the  largest  florists  in  America. 


1084  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Brothers  they  had  forty  acres  under  glass  at  Summerdale,  a  suburb  of  Chicago.  He 
grew  much  interested  fn  the  florists'  business  and  remained  with  this  firm  for  nine 
years,  learning  the  business  thoroughly. 

In  1902  Mr.  Reisch  came  to  California  and  located  at  Los  Angeles  soon  going 
to  work  for  the  Bartlett  Nursery  at  Hollywood  In  Chicago  he  had  made  a  speciaUy 
of  carnations,  and  he  continued  in  this  line  for  the  next  eight  years,  when  the  encroach 
ment  of  an  a  ien  race  into  this  industry  made  him  decide  to  become  an  orchard.st  his 
years  of  training  eminently  fitting  him  for  this  line  of  work.  He  purchased  a  tract 
of  five  acres  of  land  on  Santiago  Boulevard  and'  Bond  Street  there  being  two  acres 
of  oranges,  one  and  a  half  acres  of  lemons  and  one  and  a  half  acres  of  loquats.  He 
erected  an  attractive  residence  of  the  bungalow  type  on  his  property,  and  here  he 
has   since  made  his   home. 

On  August  13  1910,  Mr.  Reisch  was  married  to  Miss  Edith  May  Killifer,  the 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Matilda  (Shoemaker)  Killifer;  for  many  years  well-known 
residents  of  Orange  County,  where  they  both  passed  away,  the  father  at  Orange  and 
the  mother  at  Garden  Grove.  They  were  the  parents  of  six  children:  Park  resides  in 
Los  Angeles;  Scott,  at  Corcoran;  Bert,  at  Pasadena;  Edgar  in  the  state  of  Washington; 
Edith  May  the  wife  of  Andrew  R.  Reisch  of  this  review,  and  Miss  Lydia  D.  Killiter, 
who  is  principal  of  the  Lemon  Street  School,  having  taught  in  that  school  for  twenty- 
five  years.  Mrs.  Reisch  was  born  in  Illinois,  near  East  St.  Louis,  but  has  been  a  resi-  • 
dent  of  California  since  she  was  eleven  years  old.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reisch  are  the  parents 
of  one  daughter,  Lucile  L. 

In  1919  Mr.  Reisch  invested  in  a  second  ranch  comprising  ten  acres  of  Valencia 
oranges  near  Olive,  Miss  Lydia  D.  Killifer  being  half  owner  with  him  in  this  project. 
A  loyal  and  enthusiastic  supporter  of  his  adopted  country,  Mr.  Reisch  was  made  a 
citizen  in  1902,  while  a  resident  of  Chicago.  Politically  he  is  a  believer  in  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  Republican  party,  and  in  fraternal  circles  he  is  a  member  of  the  local  lodge 
of  American  Yeomen. 

SAMUEL  S.  WILLIAMSON. — A  representative  Orange  County  man  who  has 
been  a  leader  in  developing  the  fine  acreage  along  West  Commonwealth  Avenue  is 
Samuel  S.  Williamson,  to  whose  own  far-seeing  efforts  are  due  so  many  desirable  im- 
provements both  upon  and  outside  of  his  own  ranch.  In  1907  he  built  there  a  beautiful 
home  which  is  a  credit  to  the  neighborhood  and  is  just  such  an  addition  to  realty  as 
is  certain  to  help  raise  property  values.  He  was  born  at  Phillipsburg  near  Dayton, 
Montgomery  County,  Ohio,  on  February  4,  1853,  in  a  region  to  which  his  grandfather, 
John  C.  Williamson,  came  from  Kentucky  and  his  grandmother  Mary  Croumbach,  from 
Pennsylvania  in  pioneer  days.  His  father  was  Peter  Williamson,  a  farmer,  who  died 
when  our  subject  was  less  than  three  years  old;  and  he  married  Miss  Abigail  Thomas, 
born  in  Montgomery  County,  Ohio,  a  daughter  of  Wm.  and  Mary  (Farmer)  Thomas, 
natives  of  North  Carolina,  who  were  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  Samuel  S. 
Williamson's  father  died  in  Ohio  in  December,  18SS,  and  his  mother  lived  for  many 
years  in  Kansas  and  died  tfiere  in  Wyandotte  County  in  April,  1913,  aged  eighty  years. 

The  only  child  of  this  union,  Samuel  S.  Williamson,  removed  to  Howard  County, 
Ind.,  with  his  mother,  where  he  received  a  good  education  in  the  public  schools,  making 
his  own  livelihood  from  the  age  of  twelve  ye^irs;  his  mother  having  married  a  sg.cond 
time  caused  Samuel  to  start  out  for  himself  at  such  an  early  age.  At  first  he  hired 
out  on  various  farms  in  his  neighborhood,  and  in  1879,  four  years  after  the  death  of  his 
stepfather,  he  accompanied  his  mother  to  Wyandotte  County,  Kans.,  and  settled  at 
Piper  near  Kansas  City.  He  next  became  an  officer  at  the  state  prison  at  Lansing,  and 
continued  in  that  responsible  office  for  three  and  a  half  years.  The  following  year  he 
was  foreman  of  the  brick  works  connected  with  the  penitentiary.  He  then  engaged  in 
farming  near  Lawrence  for  three  years  and  then  removed  to  Kansas  City,  where  he  was 
in  the  employ  of  the  Metropolitan  Street  Railway  for  another  period  of  three  years, 
when  he  resumed  farming  on  their  old  farm  in  Wyandotte  County. 

After  three  years  here  he  decided  to  locate  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  so  in  the  fall  of 
1903  he  moved  to  Everett,  Wash.,  and  there  passed  the  following  winter  and  in  June, 
1904,  came  to  Pasadena,  Cal.,  where  he  superintended  a  ranch  for  three  years.  During 
this  time  he  investigated  soil  and  climate  in  Southern  California  and  decided  on  Orange 
County  as  the  most  suitable  location  for  his  purpose.  In  1907  he  removed  to  Orange 
County  and  purchased  thirty-three  acres  of  vacant  land  on  West  Cftpimonwealth  Ave- 
nue with  one-half  mile  frontage,  at  tha;t  time '  overgrown  with' volunteer- hay  and  mus- 
tard;  and   when   he   had   cleared   and   graded   the   acreage,   he   planted    it   to    Valencia 


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In    1912   his    son,    Walter    Wilson    Keaa,    p  ^^^^^    ^^a  ^^^^^    bounty 

walnut  and  orange  grove  of  thirteen  ^^"  ""^^  Read  w^s  b°^"  j„  He  married 
Irth  of  Olive,  which  he  still  owns^WaUrW^  '^^ '^reducad  there.  Three 
111.,    in    1881,   and   was    a   student   at    Wheaton  ^„d  also  educa  ^^_^     ^^^ 

Mi;s  Mabel  E.  Chaffee,  who  ^-'^°\'''"^^\ff^  school    student    of    ba 
children   blessed   their   union:     Charles    *--    ^ J'°         ^ar   school.  f 

Morris  Wilson  and  Mary  Emily,  pupils  of  the  granr^  ^     ^^"^u-   "'o      William 

C.    C.    Read   adopted   two    children   m    1879      ^i"  "^  ;^  Chicago,     vyiuam 

age,  and   Emily  Manning,  a  year  younger.     She  hves   at  pre  ^^   „f   Kane  County 

C  Read  was  born  in  1870,  and  w^as  educated  in  the  <^°mmon  ^^^^^  ^^^^  ^^^  married 
111       He  spent  his  boyhood  and  youth   on  his  adopted  tatne  ^^   Kalb,   111.,  where 

on   September  22,   1894,  to   Miss   Maude  E.  Anderson,   a  native  o  ^,^,orked    at    that 

she    was    educated    in    the    local    schools.      He    took    up    painting    a  ^g^n   to   them, 

trade   until   he   came   to    California   in    1909.     Three   children   have    been 
Genevieve    C.   is   now   Mrs.    A.    McConnell   of   Santa    Ana;    Rheta   E.    is   a   stuaeiit  oi  ine 
Santa   Ana   Business   College,   and   Claude   C.   is   a  pupil   in   the   grammar   scnooi.      Wil- 
liam C.  Read  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen,  and  believes  m  the  ntness  of  man 
for  office  regardless  of  party. 

JOHN  D.  LAVIN. — A  highly-esteemed  citizen  of  Orange  County,  now  retired, 
who  has  merely  continued  to  operate  in  California  according  to  the  same  high  stand- 
ards and  approved  methods  as  characterized  him  in  former  years,  having  always  been 
a  man  of  affairs  wherever  he  has  lived,  is  John  D.  Lavin,  who  was  born  in  Ireland, 
came  to  America  with  his  parents  while  a  babe  in  arms,  lived  at  Windsor,  Ont.,  until 
he  was  thirteen  years  of  age,  and  ever  since  then  has  resided  in  the  United  States. 
He  lived  for  a  while  in  Michigan,  and  finished  his  education  at,  Bryant  &  Stratton's 
Business  College  in  Chicago. 

As  a  young  man  he  started  railroading,  in  the  service  of  the  Chicago  &  Grand 
Trunk  Railway,  and  after  a  while  became  agent  for  that  company  at  Flint,  Mich.  In 
March,  1880,  he  removed  to  South  Dakota,  and  at  Columbia,  then  120  miles-  from  a 
railroad,  established  the  first  mercantile  business  in  Brown  County,  which  he  continued 
for  fifteen  years.  He  was  mayor  of  Columbia,  and  he  also  served  as  one  of  the  com- 
missioners of  Brown  County,  part  of  the  time  acting  as  chairman  of  the  board.  He 
and  his  two  sisters  owned  1,600  acres  of  fine  farm  land  in  South  Dakota,  which  they 
leased  out  to  tenants  on  shares. 

For  twenty  years  Mr.  Lavin  was  grand  recorder  for  the  state  of  South  Dakota 
of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  with  headquarters  at  Aberdeen;  he  was 
appointed  by  Governor  Herried  as  a  member  of  the  state  board  of  charities  and  cor- 
rection, having  in  charge  all  the  state  charitable  and  penal  institutions.  He  resigned 
his  position  with  the  Workmen  in  1909  to  come  to  California  on  account  of  his  sisters' 
health.  Since  locating  in  Anaheim,  he  has  been  active  in  civic  aflfairs,  as  he  was  in 
South  Dakota,  although  retired  from  business,  merely  overseeing  the  general  man- 
asement  of  his  fine  ten-acre  ranch  in  South  Los  Angeles  Street,  which  he  set  out  to 
Valencia  oranges  in  July,  1919.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  a  director  in  the 
German-American,  now  the  Golden  State  National,  Bank  of  Anaheim,  and  he  is 
now  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Public  Library  Board,  and  was  formerly  chairman  of 
bus  and''ak^^"  A  "^,^"?h"  of  the  Catholic  Church,  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus, and   also  to  Anaheim   Lodge   No.   134S,   B.   P.   O.   Elks 

LEWIS  G    BUTT  "PT?       a 

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the  order  of  birth.     When   ten  years  nidi  ^"^   *''°'^    ^'^^'    G.    was    tl  e    I  ''"    *° 


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1088  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

the  home  farm  again.  He  disposed  of  it  finally,  when  he  had  decided  to  move  to  the 
Pacific  Coast,  in  1908.  He  arrived  in  Santa  Ana  in  the  spring,  and  a  year  later  built 
his  home  at  402  South  Birch  Street.  At  the  time  when  Mr.  Read  built  his  home 
there  the  tract  between  Birch  and  Ross  streets  was  a  barley  field,  and  his  was  the 
first  home  that  far  south  on  the  west  side  of  the   street. 

In  1912  his  son,  Walter  Wilson  Read,  purchased  from  Dr.  Samuel  Strock  a 
walnut  and  orange  grove  of  thirteen  acres  on  the  Santa  Ana  Canyon  Boulevard 
north  of  Olive,  which  he  still  owns.  Walter  W.  Read  was  born  in  Kane  County, 
111.,  in  1881,  and  was  a  student  at  Wheaton  College,  at  Wheaton,  111.  He  married 
Miss  Mabel  E.  Chafifee,  who  was  born  in  Kane  County,  and  also  educated  there.  Three 
children  blessed  their  union:  Charles  C,  a  high  school  student  of  Santa  Ana;  and 
Morris  Wilson  and  Mary  Emily,  pupils  of  the  grammar  school. 

C.  C.  Read  adopted  two  children  in  1879:  William  C.  Katten,  nine  years  of 
age,  and  Emily  Manning,  a  year  younger.  She  lives  at  present  in  Chicago.  William 
C.  Read  was  born  in  1870,  and  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  Kane  County, 
111.  He  spent  his  boyhood  and  youth  on  his  adopted  father's  farm,  and  was  married 
on  September  22,  1894,  to  Miss  Maude  E.  Anderson,  a  native  of  De  Kalb,  111.,  where 
she  was  educated  irj  the  local  schools.  He  took  up  painting  and  worked  at  that 
trade  until  he  came  to  California  in  1909.  Three  children  have  been  born  to  them. 
Genevieve  C.  is  now  Mrs.  A.  McConnell  of  Santa  Ana;  Rheta  E.  is  a  student  of  the 
Santa  Ana  Business  College,  and  Claude  C.  is  a  pupil  in  the  grammar  school.  Wil- 
liam C.  Read  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen,  and  believes  in  the  fitness  of  man 
for  office  regardless  of  party. 

.  JOHN  D.  LAVIN. — A  highly-esteemed  citizen  of  Orange  County,  now  retired, 
who  has  merely  continued  to  operate  in  California  according  to  the  same  high  stand- 
ards and  approved  methods  as  characterized  him  in  former  years,  having  always  been 
a  man  of  affairs  wherever  he  has  lived,  is  John  D.  Eavin,  who  was  born  in  Ireland, 
came  to  America  with  his  parents  while  a  babe  in  arms,  lived  at  Windsor,  Ont.,  until 
he  was  thirteen  years  of  age,  and  ever  since  then  has  resided  in  the  United  States. 
He  lived  for  a  while  in  Michigan,  and  finished  his  education  at  Bryant  &  Stratton's 
Business  College  in  Chicago. 

As  a  young  man  he  started  railroading,  in  the  service  of  the  Chicago  &  Grand 
Trunk  Railway,  and  after  a  while  became  agent  for  that  company  at  Flint,  Mich.  In 
March,  1880,  he  removed  to  South  Dakota,  and  at  Columbia,  then  120  miles-  from  a 
railroad,  established  the  first  mercantile  business  in  Brown  County,  which  he  continued 
for  fifteen  years.  He  was  mayor  of  Columbia,  and  he  also  served  as  one  of  the  com- 
missioners of  Brown  County,  part  of  the  time  acting  as  chairman  of  the  board.  He 
and  his  two  sisters  owned  1,600  acres  of  fine  farm  land  in  South  Dakota,  which  they 
leased  out  to  tenants  on  shares. 

For  twenty  years  Mr.  Lavin  was  grand  recorder  for  the  state  of  South  Dakota 
of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  with  headquarters  at  Aberdeen;  he  was 
appointed  by  Governor  Herried  as  a  member  of  the  state  board  of  charities  and  cor- 
rection, having  in  charge  all  the  state  charitable  and  penal  institutions.  He  resigned 
his  position  with  the  Workmen  in  1909  to  come  to  California  on  account  of  his  sisters' 
health.  Since  locating  in  Anaheim,  he  has  been  active  in  civic  affairs,  as  he  was  in 
South  Dakota,  although  retired  from  business,  merely  overseeing  the  general  man- 
agement of  his  fine  ten-acre  ranch  in  South  Los  Angeles  Street,  which  he  set  out  to 
Valencia  oranges  in  July,  1919.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  a  director  in  the 
German-American,  now  the  Golden  State  National,  Bank  of  Anaheim,  and  he  is 
now  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Public  Library  Board,  and  was  formerly  chairman  of 
the  same.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Catholic  Church,  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus, and  also  to  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

LEWIS  G.  BUTLER.— A  very  interesting  "old-timer"  who,  as  a  pioneer  farmer 
nurseryman  and  grower  of  citrus  fruit,  has  made  a  definite  contribution  to  the  o-rowth 
and  development  of  Southern  California,  is  Lewis  G.  Butler,  of  1211  Van  Ness  \venue 
Santa  Ana,  who  enjoys,  with  his  good  wife,  the  high  esteem  of  many  friends  He  was 
born  at  Prairie  du  Chien,  Wis.,  on  February  28,  1851,  the  son  of  George  H  and  Eliza- 
beth (Schoolcraft)  Butler,  natives  of  New  York  State  who  came  west  to' Wisconsin 
His  father  followed  agricultural  pursuits,  and  when  our  subiect  was  a  babe  his  parents 
moved  to  Iowa,  where  they  settled  on  a  farm,  and  there  the  father  died  when  Lewis  was 
only  three  years   old.  ^    w  = 

After  the  father's  death,  Mrs.  Butler  removed,  first,  to  Belvidere,  and  then  to 
Sycamore,  111.,  takmg  the  four  children,  among  whom  Lewis  G.  was  the  third  in 
the  order  of  birth.  When  ten  years  old,  he  went  to  live  with  an  uncle,  Peter  Lawyer 
a  farmer  at  Sycamore,  and  with  him  he  stayed,  working  out   on  farms  until  he  was 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1091 

eighteen.  Then  he  removed  to  Iowa  and  there  worked  for  two  years  for  another 
uncle,  also  named  Lawyer.  Another  change  brought  hnn  to  Lincoln,  Nebr.,  where  he 
labored  at  farm  work  for  a  couple  of  years. 

In  the  fall  of  1874,  he  made. still  another  change,  and  one  calculated  to  bring  him 
still  greater  prosperity  and  happiness.  He  came  out  to  California  and  settled  at 
Orange.  The  year  previous  he  had  been  married  in  Nebraska  to  Miss  Martha  K. 
Selby,  a  native. of  Ohio  and  a  daughter  of  George  Selby,  and  Mrs.  Butler  came  along 
to  the  Golden  State  to  assist  him  to  win  his  fortune  and  to  make  a  comfortable  home. 
He  worked  for  a  while  for  Lockwood  on  East  Chapman  Street,  cultivated  his 
orange  orchard  and  put  out  nursery  stock  for  him.  He  then  entered  the  employ  of 
Dr.  Beach,  who  also  had  an  orange  orchard  and  raised  nursery  stock,  besides  prac- 
ticing medicine.  Thus  Mr.  Butler  rapidly  extended  a  valuable  experience,  and  he  camo 
to  enjoy  the  reputation  of  being  the  boSs  budder  in  the  county. 

He  budded,  for  example,  the  first  \yashington  Navels  in  the  district  of  Orange, 
getting  his  buds  from  Tom  Covert  of  Riverside,  who  had  one  of  the  old  original  treei 
sent  out  from  Washington.  And  about  this  time  he  started  in  the  nursery  business  in 
Orange,  first  as  a  partner  of  Dr.  Beach;  he  planted  fifteen  acres  to  oranges  and  five 
acres  to  apricots,  and  the  results  attracted  wide  attention.  He  also  owned  twenty- 
acres  on   East  Walnut  Street  in  Orange. 

Always,  ■  too,  a  fancier  of  good  horses,  a  chance  acquaintance  with  the  late 
John  Bushard  in  the  Wintersburg  district,  resulted  in  his  turning  his  attention  to 
that  field,  so  that  he  became  a  partner  of  Mr.  Bushard  and  bought  a  ranch  of  400 
and  eighty  acres  south  and  west  of  where  Wintersburg  is  now  located.  At  the  end  of  ' 
three  years  this  partnership  was  dissolved,  and  then  Mr.  Butler  went  up  into  the 
San  Jacinto  Valley,  improved  a  ranch  and  fruit  land,  and  came  to  own  160  acres  there, 
and  there  he  prospered  for  the  ensuing  thirty  years.  In  March,  1918,  he  let  go  his 
holdings  there,  and  the  following  November  he  removed  to  Santa  Ana. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Butler  have  had  one  child,  Chester  G.,  who  died  in  September, 
1917,  at  the  age  of  thirty-five-,  leaving  a  large  circle  of  steadfast  friends.  Mrs.  Butler 
belongs  to  the  Christian  Church,  and  both  husband  and  wife  find  pleasure  in  sup- 
porting movements  calculated  to  make  California,  and  especially  Orange  County,  a 
better  place  in  which  to  live. 

NIELS  JOHNSON. — An  honest,  kind-hearted  and  highly  esteemed  citizen  of  Pla- 
centia,  who,  while  seekthg  to  live  a  retired  life,  free  from  the  cares  of  labor  or  invest- 
ment, finds  it  hard  to  keep  his  hands  off  the  plow  entirely,  and  who  therefore  may 
often  be  seen  superintending  the  work  of  the  harvest,  is  Niels  Johnson  of  East  Chap- 
man Avenue,  a  native  of  Southern  Denmark,  where  he  was  born  near  Kolding,  Novem- 
ber 5,  1847.  His  father  was  a  grain  farmer,  and  as  the  eldest  of  a  family  of  seven 
children,  Niels  had  to  go  to  work  early  in  life.  He  attended  the  ordinary  grammar 
schools,  and  when  he  grew  up,  served  in  the  Danish  army  for  the  required  term,  until 
he  had  obtained  his  honorable  discharge.  After  that  Mr.  Johnson  went  across  the 
border  into  Slesvig  to  work  at  harvesting,  as  he  received  better  wages  there  than  at  his 
old  home  in  Southern  Denmark.  He  remained  there  and  in  due  time,  met  a  young  lady, 
the  acquaintance  ripening  into  a  more  lasting  tie  and  she  became  his  wife.  She  was 
Miss  Metta  R.  Paulson,  born  in  Apenrade,  Slesvig,  a  woman  of  attractive  personality, 
and  their  union  was  indeed  a  happy  one. 

After  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson  engaged  in  farming,  but  Mr.  Johnson's 
longing  for  the  New  World  was  so  strong  that  they  decided  to  migrate  to  the  land  of 
the  Stars  and  Stripes.  When  he  had  saved  sufficient  funds  to  defray  the  expenses  of 
the  trip,  he  sailed  with  his  family  from  Hamburg,  with  New  York  as  their  destination. 
Ships  traveled  more  slowly  in  those  days,  and  it  took  fifteen  days  to  cross  the  Atlantic, 
and  fifteen  days  more  before  they  reached  San  Francisco.  A  brother-in-law  had 
already  come  to  California  and  located  in  Watsonville,  and  here  the  travelers  came. 
For  three  and  a  half  years  Mr.  Johnson  worked  at  Watsonville  in  the  lumber  yards; 
then  through  Peter  Hansen,  whose  wife  was  a  cousin  of  Mrs.  Johnson,  and  who  resided 
at  Fullerton.  Mr.  John.-'on  learned  about  Orange  County,  and  the  story  of  its  wond;rful 
possibilities  led  him  to  bring  his  family  there.  On  their  arrival,  Mr.  Johnson  purchased 
four  acres  near  Placentia,  and  in  the  follow'ng  years,  as  he  worked  for  the  Anahe'ni 
LInion  Water  Company,  he  purchased  more  land  and  brought  the  same  to  a  h'gh  state 
of  cultivation.  About  the  year  1890,  he  bought  twenty  acres  from  the  Stearns  Lund 
Company  in  the  Place_ntia  district  and  ■la.ter  bought-  eight  acres  on  East  Chapman 
Street,  which  is  now  devoted  to  oranges.  The  twenty-acre  ranch  has  been  leased  and 
successfully  exploited  for  oil,  and  he  now  derives  a  good  income  from  it;  he  has  also 
leased  his  home  place  for  oil  recently.  The  balance  of  his  land  has  been  given  to  h-s 
children.  In  1920  Mr.  Johnson  built  a  modern  bungalow  on  his  East  Chapman  Street 
property,  and  here  he  resides  with   his   eldest   dii'.ii^ht^r,   ,\rra,   v;ho   presides   over   his 


1092  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

home  ill  a  charming  manner  and  shows  her  devotion  by  looking  after  his  comfort  and 
entertaining  his  many  friends.'  The  other  living  children  are:  George,  a  rancher  at 
Placentia;  Dora,  the  wife  of  Frank  Trendle  of  Orangethorpe  Avenue;  and  Raymond, 
a  rancher  at  Placentia,  who  served  in  an  artillery  regiment  overseas  during  the  World 
War.  Mr.  Johnson  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  and  he  is 
a  charter  member  of  the  Placentia  Orange  Growers  Association. 

A  sorrow  never  to  be  effaced  came  into  the  life  of  this  happy  home  circle  in  the 
death  on  November  14,  1918,-  of  Mrs.  Johnson,  who  passed  away  after  a  short  illness 
due  to  a  fall,  in  her  sixty-fifth  year.  She  was  operated  on  at  the  Fullerton  Hospital, 
and  was  believed  to  be  progressing  toward  complete  recovery,  when  she  passed  away 
very  suddenly.  She 'meant  much  not  merely  to  her  near  of  kin,  but  to  the  community 
as  a  whole,  and  it  is  not  surprising  that  Mr.  Johnson  attributes  much  of  his  success  in 
life  to  the  inspiration  of  her  noble  character'  and  her  fidelity  as  a  loving  and  ever 
devoted  helpmate. 

ERNEST  A.  BEARD. — When  we  are  temporarily  deprived  of  the  use  of  the  tele- 
phone we  begin  to  realize  what  an  important  part  that  invention  plays  in  our  modern 
business  and  social  life.  The  telephone  system  of  Anaheim  and  Fullerton  is  under  the 
competent  management  of  Ernest  A.  Beard,  a  native  of  Ohio,  who  was  born  in  Richland 
County  in  that  state  November  16,  1877.  He  is  the  son  of  Charles  W.  and  Charity 
(Baker)  Beard.  While  living  in  the  East  the  father  was  an  insurance  agent  and  was 
also  engaged  in  the  implement  business.  The  family  came  to  Santa  Ana,  Cal.,  in  1881, 
where  the  father  engaged  in  business  and  for  a  number  of  years  was  one  of  the  city 
officials  of  Santa  Ana.     His  demise  occurred  in  1910. 

Ernest  A.,  the  youngest  child  in  a  family  of  four  children,  was  four  years  of  age 
when  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  California.  He  received  a  competent  education 
in  the  schools  of  Santa  Ana,  and  later  attended  the  Los  Angeles  Business  School,  from 
which  he  graduated.  After  taking  up  the  responsibilities  of  life  he  was  engaged  as  a 
telegraph  operator,  and  for  four  years  was  in  charge  of  the  Santa  Ana  postal  office. 
He  afterwards  went  north  and  learned  the  harness  trade,  which  he  followed  for  six 
years.  After  this  he  was  on  an  eastern  farm  for  two  years,  and  upon  returning  to  Cali- 
fornia followed  the  occupation  of  farming.  Following  this  he  engaged  in  selling  trac- 
tors and  in  the  automobile  business  for  the  next  ten  years,  and  in  1918  became  inter- 
ested with  the  Anaheiin  telephone  company,  which  is  also  in  charge  of  the  Fullerton 
system,  with  headquarters  at  Anaheim.  Since  assuming  the  management  of  the  tele- 
phone company  Mr.  Beard  has  demonstrated  his  ability  to  fill  that  important  position. 
He  still  maintains  his  \'alencia  orange  grove,  which  is  located  on  East  Santa  Ana 
Street  about  one-half  mile  east  of  town.  He  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge,  No.  1345, 
B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

His  marriage  occurred  March  8,  1906,  uniting  him  with  Miss  Anna  Morthland,  and 
they  are  the  parents  of  a  daughter  named  Loma.  Mr.  Beard,  who  is  musically  inclined, 
finds  diversion  from  the  arduous  cares  of  business  life  in  the  art  of  music  and  is  man- 
ager of  the  Anaheim  band.  He  is  also  fond  of  the  sports  of  hunting  and  fishing,  but 
■dearer  than  all  else  to  his  heart  is  his  interest  in  the  successful  growth  and  development 
of  the  county  in  which  his  lot  in  life  is  cast.  Although  a  Republican  in  principles,  he 
■does  not  allow  party  prejudice  to  influence  his  vote,  ever  seeking  to  lend  his  influence 
for  the  man  best  fitted  for  the  office,  regardless  of  party  affiliations. 

HENRY  J.  HARKLEROAD. — An  important  overseer  on  the  Irvine  ranch,  who 
has  also  become  a  successful  tenant  and  a  prosperous  landowner,  is  Henry  J.  Harkle- 
road,  foreman  of  the  Harkleroad  Camp,  or  that  portion  of  the  San  Joaquin  ranch  con- 
taining some  81S, acres  planted  to  walnut,  lemon,  orange  and  avocado  trees,  and  irri- 
gated by  means  of  wells  and  pumping  plants.  He  is  also  an  individual  tenant  on  the 
same  San  Joaquin  ranch,  leasing  200  acres  of  bean  and  barley  land  individually  and  in 
partnerships  operating  another  lease  of  600  acres  devoted  to  the  same  products. 

A  native  son,  as  one  might  suspect  from  his  aggressive  progressiveness,  Mr.  Hark- 
leroad was  born  at  Hollister  on  February  26,  1877,  the  son  of  Henry  J.  Harkleroad,  a 
native  of  Tennessee,  who  came  to  California  and  here  married  Miss  Caroline  Welborn, 
of  Maryland.  He  was  a  rancher  at  Hollister,  where  he  owned  160  acres  of  land.  He 
died  in  1884,  when  our  subject  was  only  seven  years  old;  and  Mrs.  Harkleroad  passed 
away  in  1917.  They  had  four  children:  Lucy  resides  at  San  Jose;  Henry  J.  is  the 
subject  o£  this  review;  Samuel  W.  is  the  manager  of  the  Andrew  Mattei  Commercial 
Company  of  Fresno;  and  George  A.  is  principal  of  the  high  school  at  Fall  Brook,  San 
Diego  County. 

Henry  attended  the  public  schools  at  Hollister,  but  being  the  oldest  son,  he  had 
a  great  deal  of  responsibility  thrust  upon  him  through  the  early  death  of  his  father. 
He  managed,  however,  to  get  in  a  good  course  at  the  Hollister  Business  College,  and 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1095 

when  a  young  man  he  went  to  San  Francisco  and  enlarged  his  experience  as  a  foreman 
for  three  years  in  the  Union  Iron  Works.  There  he  learned  to  handle  men — now 
unquestionably  his  forte.  He  was  foreman  in  the  chipping  departmept  of  the  cast  steel 
foundry,  many  of  their  castings  being  used  in  the  construction  of  vessels,  among  them 
the  battleships  Wisconsin  and  Ohio  and  the  cruiser  California,  as  well  as  some  of  the 
first  submarines  turned  out  for  the  government.  Next  he  was  in  the  real  estate  and 
insurance  business  at  HoUister  and  San  Jose,  through  which  activity  and  experience  he 
became  a  still  better  judge  of  human  nature.  After  that  he  was  for  several  years  in 
charge  of  his  mother's  ranch,  helping  her  to  successfully  handle  her  estate. 

On  December  1,  1908,  Mr.  Harkleroad  came  to  Orange  County  and  for  the  first 
two  years  was  eniployed  on  the  home  ranch  for  the  Irvine  Company  as  foreman  and 
since  1910  he  has  been  in  charge  of  the  Harkleroad  Camp  as  stated  above.  He  also 
owns  320  acres  in  Arizona,  eighty  acres  in  Los  Angeles  County,  five  acres  in  Orange 
County  and  ten  acres  in  Madera  County. 

On  June  30,  1906,  Mr.  Harkleroad  was  married  at  H'ollister  to  Miss  Mae  Fowler 
of  MJulberry,  San  Benito  County,  a  native  of  Portland,  Ore.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
national  politics  and  fraternally  is  a  Knights  Templar  Mason  and  a  Shriner,  as  well 
as  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks.  Mr.  Harkleroad  has  become  a  very 
enthusiastic  booster  for  Orange  County  and  the  Southland  from  observation  and  experi- 
ence, and  his  two  boys,  Henry  J.,  Jr.,  and  William  F.  Harkleroad,  bid  fair  to  display 
the  same  virtues. 

WM.  OSCAR  WILSON. — A  native  son  who  has  become  one  of  the  most  success- 
ful bean  ranchers  is  Wm.  Oscar  Wilson,  who  was  born  in  the  city  of  Ventura  on  May 
19,  1892,  the  second  son  of  William  Wilson,  the  pioneer  lima  bean  grower  on  the 
Irvine  ranch.  Oscar,  as  all  of  his  friends  call  him,  was  only  five  years  old  when,  on  an 
October  day,  he  came  to  Irvine,  where  he  .grew  up  on  his  father's  ranch,  and  had  as 
good  time  as  any  boy  in  the  county.  He  attended  the  local  public  schools  at  Irvine  and 
Tustin,  and  applied  himself  to  his  studies  sufficiently  to  make  it  worth  the  while,  later, 
to  take  a  course  in  the  excellent  Orange  County  Business  College  at  Santa  Ana,  where 
he  was  graduated  in  1909. 

His  father  had  allowed  him  a  workman's  wages  since  his  seventeenth  year,  and 
with  his  studies  ended,  he  went  in  for  some  of  this  world's  goods.  He  had  felt  very 
deeply  the  loss  in  his  fifteenth  year  of  his  mother  (who  was  Miss  Emma  Shepard,  of 
Missouri,  before  her  marriage),  but  fortunately  he  was  already  enthused  with  certain 
ideals,  and  resolved  to  make  his  way  forward  and  upward,  and  to  enjoy  success.  His 
decision  to  remain  at  home  with  his  father  until  he  himself  set  up  a  domestic  establish- 
ment was  favorable  to  the  quiet  formation  of  a  sturdy  character  such  as  those  who 
know  him  highly  esteem.  When  he  was  nineteen,  at  Santa  Ana,  June  10,  1911,  he  was 
joined  in  wedlock  to  Miss  Lenore  Brenot,  a  stepdaughter  of  Abe  W.  Johnson  of  Irvine. 
She  is  a  native  daughter,  born  at  Irvine. 

Mr.  Wilson  spent  some  time  at  Capistrano  on  his  father's  lease,  and  then  he 
worked  for  three  years  in  Santa  Ana.  He  began  farming  operations  for  himself  three 
years  ago,  and  now  he  has  under  lease  from  the  Irvine  ranch,  and  planted,  about  250 
acres.  One  hundred  forty  of  these  are  given  to  lima  beans;  sixty  to  blackeye  beans; 
and  fifty  acres  to  barley  hay.  Twelve  head  of  mules  furnish  for  him  the  motor  power 
for  which  the  mule  is  famous. 

Two  children  have  blessed  the  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oscar  Wilson,  adding 
happiness  to  their  happy  home,  a  daughter  and  a  son,  Elizabeth  Adell  and  William 
Wesley.  Fraternally  Mr.  Wilson  is  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  236,  I.  O.  O.  F. 
and  of  the  Encampment,  and  with  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Rebekahs. 

HENRY  F.  GIBBS. — An  enterprising,  thoroughly  capable  ranchman  of  Hunting- 
ton Beach,  is  Henry  F.  Gibbs,  who  resides  at  his  ranch  two  and  a  half  miles  northeast 
of  the  town,  where  he  devotes  thirty  acres  to  the  cultivation  of  sugar  beets  and  berries. 
He  was  born  on  January  9,  1880,  in  Nodaway  County,  Mo.,  the  son  of  Henry  Gibbs, 
now  the  proprietor  of  the  grocery  business  at  the  corner  of  Walnut  and  Main  streets, 
which  was  established  by  the  son.  Henry  Gibbs  was  born  on  November  22,  18S0,  at 
Tunbridge  in  Kent,  some  thirty  miles  from  London,  and  his  father  was  James  Gibbs, 
a  native  of  England  and  a  farmer  who  came  to  America  and  settled  in  Wisconsin. 
He  came  out  here  in  1857,  two  years  before  the  rest  of  his  family,  and  in  Wisconsin  was 
joined  by  his  wife  and  a  daughter  and  five  sons.  Henry  Gibbs'  mother  was  employed 
by  Queen  Victoria  as  a  housemaid,  and  in  the  performance  of  her  duties  about  the  castle, 
often  conversed  with  the  Queen.  Mrs.  Henry  Gibbs  was  Lucy  Latter,  a  native  also 
of  England.  When  James  Gibbs  came  to  Wisconsin,  he  farmed  at  Waukesha,  and 
owing  to  the  primitive  conditions  of  that  region,  Henry's  schooling  was  very  limited. 
Grandfather   Gibbs   died   when   Henry  was   nineteen   years   old,   and   three   of   the   ten 

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children  of  the  family  having  died  when  they  were  in  England,  ^''"'^J  }"'  J^day  in 
next  to  the  youngest.  Henry  Gibbs  worked  out  on  farms  at  t*'^''"^ J^^  -^^  ^^^  h^nd, 
harvest  time,  carrying  water  to  the  cradlers  and  binders— a  jug  ol  wa  binding 

and  a  jug  of  whiskey  in  the  other;  harvesting  was  then  done  by  craaimfe,, 
was  performed  by  hand.  -m     *•     r^       o    ^   native 

In  Wisconsin  Henry  Gibbs  met  and  married  J'^^nfl^  °r„,N'"^,,,'°''  eared  in 
of  Macomb  County,  Mich.,  where  she  was  born  on  March  24.  18S5  She  was  reared  m 
that  state  until  her  twelfth  year,  and  then  she  came  with  her  parents  t°  ;°"''^^^4' 
Wisconsin.  Her  father,  Leonard  Cross,  a  New  Yorker,  was  kicked  by  a  horse  and  he 
died  from  the  injury,  passing  away  a  day  after  Nett.e  was  fift^^'}^y^^«  °  "^.^  Cibb^  were 
was  Elizabeth  Woodard,  a  daughter  of  Vermont.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Gibbs  were 
married  in  1873,  and  a  year  after  they  removed  to  Nodaway  County,  Mo.,  where  they 
farmed  for  twelve  years.  ,  ,     ,  j 

In  1886,  they  came  to  California,  and  settled  in  Los  Angeles,  and  there  engaged 
in  the  sale  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries.  In  1896  Mr.  Gibbs  bought  a  ranch  of  twenty 
acres  at  Smeltzer,  Cal.,  and  in  1902,  he  went  to  Santa  Ana,  where  for  two  and  a  half 
years  he  busied  himself  with  real  estate  deals  and  the  management  of  a  restaurant. 
As  a  business  man  at  present  in  Huntington  Beach,  he  is  one  of  the  oldest  merchants 
in  the   city,   and   he   is   still  ably   assisted   in   his   business   by   his   wife. 

Henry  F.  Gibbs  was  six  and  a  half  years  old  when  he  came  to  California  with  his 
parents,  and  his  early  education  was  obtained  in  the  grammar  schools  of  Los  Angeles, 
and  a  year  in  the  Los  Angeles  high  school,  after  which  he  took  a  commercial  course  at 
the  Santa  Ana  Business  College  under  Prof.  R.  L.  Bisby.  In  1901  he  married  Miss 
Viola  M.  Stewart,  the  only  daughter  of  O.  C.  Stewart,  a  member  of  a  family  of-early 
settlers  in  what  is  now  Orange  County,  and  a  sister  of  D.  O.  Stewart  of  Huntington 
Beach.     They  have  two  children — Stewart  and  Beatrice  Nettie. 

Few  farmers  have  succeeded  better  than  Henry  F.  Gibbs  in  demonstrating  the 
qualities  of  the  soil  and  environment  of  Huntington  Beach'  for  agriculture  of  a  scientific 
and  aggressive  sort;  and  besides  the  success  thus  attained,  he  and  his  family  enjoy  the 
esteem  of  all  who  know  them. 

STETSON  R.  JUMPER.— An  exceedingly  able,  first-class  official,  and  a  public- 
spirited  citizen  in  every  respect  is  Stetson  R.  Jumper,  the  accommodating  postmaster 
at  Balboa,  who  was  born  in  Maine  on  July  23,  1859,  and  lived  in  that  fine  old  Yankee 
State  until  he  was  twenty-five.  In  1884,  he  came  to  California  and  settled  at  Riverside, 
and  there  he  kept  a  cigar  and  news  stand,  and.  was  agent  for  the  Los  Angeles  Tirhes, 
serving  that  journal  for  eight  years.  He  was  really  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  came 
to  East  Newport  in  1906  to  build  for  the  East  Newport  Town  Company,  which  made 
him  their  construction  boss.  He  assumed  much  responsibility,  overseeing,  among  other 
works,  the  erection  of  the  East  Newport  Pavilion,  now  used  for  the  Newport  Harbor 
Yacht  Club. 

After  a  while,  Mr.  Jumper  established  himself  in  business  as  an  independent  con- 
tractor and  builder,  and  succeeding  beyond  his  expectations,  he  became  the  head  of  the 
firm  of  Jumper  and  Goodcell,  building  contractors  at  Balboa  and  East  Newport,  and 
remained  in  that  relation  until  Mr.  Goodcell,  dropped  out,  and  Mr.  Jumper  continued 
alone  as  a  contractor.  He  built  the  dwelling  in  which  he  now  resides,  and  also  another 
residence   that   he   still   owns. 

This  mechanical  ability  was  doubtless  inherited,  for  his  father.  Royal  D.  Jumper, 
who  died  when  our  subject  was  only  two  years  old,  and  was  a  native  of  Maine  was 
a  machinist  of  the  genuine  American  type.  He  married  Miss  Mary  Myrick  also  a 
native  of  the  Lumber  State,  and  together  they  represented  descent  from  En°-lish  Irish 
and  Scotch  blood.  The  Jumpers  had  been  residents  of  Maine  for  three  venerations 
and  on  the  mother's  side  they  went  back  to  the  Bradford  family  made  famous  by  their 
trip  to  New  England  in  the  Mayflower.  Mrs.  Jumper  died  when  Stetson  was  ei-hteen 
years  old,  so  that  he  has  helped  himself  through  the  world  from  early  years'  He 
attended  the  common  schools  of  his  home  district,  and  also  studied  for  two  years  at 
Kent  s  Hill  Academy,  in  Maine.  .>^<"^ 

In  April,  1914,  Mr.  Jumper  was  elected  to  the  council  of  the  town  of  Balboa  and 
two  years  later,  he  was  made  chairman  or  mayor.  In  1917,  however,  he  resigned  in 
?i?  V?/"t?'  ^^'^  appointment  of  postmaster  of  Balboa,  receiving  his  commission  on 
March  16.  He  was  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
and  It  IS  not  surprising  that  he  has  almost  doubled  the  volume  of  business  of  the 
Balboa  postoffice  since  he  took  hold— a  fact  that  speaks  well  for  both  Balboa  and  it. 
postmaster.  "  "^^ 

.  ,./",.^^^^'  Mr.  Jumper  was  married  to  Miss  Ellen  Fabb,  a  native  of  England  who 
is  still  living,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  five  children  Fred  T  is  an  J\ 
man  at  Ojai.     Eva  A.  is  the  wife  of  H.  J,  Henry,  and  resides  at  Balboa      Royal  F    is  a 


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rancher  at  Shatter,  Kern  County,  Cal.  Harry  is  assistant  city  engineer  and  resides  at 
Balboa.  And  Albert  P.  is  an  automobile  mechanic  employed  by  Rodger  Bros.,  and 
was  in  France  during  the  war  in  the  One  Hundred  Forty-fourth  Artillery.  .Harry  was 
also  in  the  naval  aviation  service,  while  H.  J.  Henry  was  in  the  machine  gun  service  in 
the  Ninety-first  Division,  and  received  the  French  decoration  of  the  Croix  de  Guerre. 

Reared  a  Baptist,  Mr.  Jumper  has  been  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  since  he 
was  twenty-one,  and  has  filled  all  the  offices,  so  that  he  is  past  grand  of  Riverside  Lodge 
No.  282;  and  he  belongs  to  the  Star  Encampment  of  Riverside,  No.  li,  where  he  is 
past  chief  patriarch.  Wherever  he  is,  or  whatever  he  does,  but  especially  when  he  is 
busy  at  beautiful  Balboa,  he  is  an  optimist  of  the  most  practical  and  helpful  kind;  and 
his  faith  in  the  fortunately-situated  harbor  town  is  rock-ribbed.  "This  is  a  good  old 
world,"  he  says,  "and  I  am  going  to  stay  in  it  as  long  as  I  can." 

WILLIAM  TRAPP. — For  several  years  a  sailor  on  the  high  seas,  William  Trapp 
visited  many  of  the  principal  ports  of  the  world,  braving  the  perils  of  the  deep  and 
encountering  many  thrilling  experiences,  and  now,  in  the  quiet  of  his  Anaheim  home,  he 
can  relate  many  interesting  happenings  in  recalling  his  seafaring  days.  One  of 
Anaheim's  early  settlers,  he  has  seen  this  locality  change  from  a  barren,  cactus-covered 
plain  to  one  of  Southern  California's  beauty  spots,  with  groves  of  lemon,  orange  and 
walnut  stretching  as  far  as  the  eye  can  reach. 

A  native  of  Germany,  William  Trapp  was  born  on  February  13,  1868,  at  Dortmund 
m  Westphalia,  his  father,  Joseph  Trapp,  being  employed  in  the  mines  of  the  locality 
at  that  time.  Of  the  five  children  of  the  Trapp  family,  William  was  the  third  oldest 
and  the  only  one  to  immigrate  to  the  United  States.  He  received  a  good  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Germany,  but  when  he  grew  to  young  manhood  he  determined 
to  leave  his  native  land,  where  the  military  regulations  were  becoming  more  and  more 
oppressive.  He  landed  in  New  York  in  1888,  and  made  his  way  to  Memphis,  Tenn., 
where  he  was  employed  for  the  next  three  years.  Attracted  to  the  sea  by  its  life  of 
adventure,  he  shipped  from  New  York  as  a  sailor  oh  the  Timandria,  sailing  around  the 
Cape  of  Good  Hope  to  the  East  Indies,  visiting  Calcutta,  Madras,  Ceylon  and  St.  Helena, 
returning  to  New  York  after  a  voyage  of  thirteen  months.  His  next  berth  was  on  the 
Sterling,  bound  for  Hong  Kong,  China,  and  it  was  indeed  filled  with  perils  and  dangers. 
Mr.  Trapp  had  become  steersman  of  the  vessel,  and  while  ofif  the  coast  of  China  they 
were  caught  in  one  of  the  typhoons  which  have  dealt  such  deadly  destruction  to 
hundreds  of  ships.  In  the  midst  of  the  gale  they  lost  their  rudder  and  were  compelled 
to  put  back  to  Hong  Kong,  where  the  damage  was  repaired,  returning  to  San  Francisco 
after  a  year  at  sea.  For  a  time  Mr.  Trapp  worked  as  a  longshoreman  at  San  Pedro, 
returning  to  the  sea  again  in  the  coasting  service  between  San  Francisco  and  British 
Columbia;  he  was  on  the  first  vessel  landing  at  the  Long  Wharf  at  Santa  Monica. 

In  1894  Mr.  Trapp  met  with  an  accident  that  resulted  in  quite  a  severe  injury,  and 
lie  then  determined  to  quit  the  sea.  Coming  to  Anaheim,  he  purchased  a  small  place 
on  North  Street,  where  he  raised  apricots  and  vegetables,  remaining  here  until  1900, 
when  he  sold  the  ranch,  intending  to  go  to  Oregon,  but  was  induced  to  remain  here. 
He  then  purchased  twenty  acres  on  Sunkist  Avenue  for  the  low  price  of  thirty-five 
dollars  an  acre,  the  land  then  being  covered  with  cactus  and  sage  brush  and  giving  but 
little  promise  of  its  future  prosperity.  Mr.  Trapp  at  once  began  to  clear  and  level  the 
land,  setting  it  out  to  Valencia  oranges.  He  sunk  wells,  installed  a  pumping  plant  for 
irrigation,  improved  it  with  a  substantial  residence  and  other  buildings,  and  soon  made 
it  one  of  the  most  attractive  places  of  the  locality.  He  continued  to  reside  her-e  until 
January,  1919,  when  he  sold  the  orchard  for  $3500  an  acre,  at  that  time  the  highest 
price  that  an  orange  grove  had  brought  in  this  vicinity.  After  disposing  of  his  property 
Mr.  Trapp  traveled  north,  with  the  expectation  of  investing  in  land  in  some  other 
locality,  but  he  found  nothing  that  compared  with  the  attractive  and  productive  lands 
of  Orange  County,  so  he  returned  to  Anaheim  and  purchased  the  twenty  acres  where 
he  now  resides.  It  is  set  out  to  Navels  and  Valencias,  and  he  intends  making  it  one 
of  the  show  places  of  the  county.  He  has  already  erected  a  handsome  residence  and 
made  many  improvements,  and  with  his  long  experience  as  a  horticulturist  it  is  only 
a  question  of  time  when  it  will  be  one  of  the  most  valuable  citrus  ranches  in  this  district. 

Mr.  Trapp's  first  marriage  occurred  in  Anaheim,  uniting  him  with  Augusta 
Schreiber,  a  native  of  Bohemia.  She  died,  leaving  him  four  children,  two  of  whom 
are  living:  William  A.  is  a  cement  pipe  contractor,  and  resides  at  East  Anaheim; 
Henry  died  at  the  age  of  fifteen;  Walter  assists  his  father  on  the  home  place;  Frank 
died  in  his  first  year,  Mr.  Trapp  was  married  a  second  time,  the  ceremony  occurring 
in  San  Bernardino,  Cal,,  February  13,  1914,  when  he  was  united  with  Frieda  Schneider, 
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Karlsruhe  she  came  to  Chicago  on  a  visit  to  her  brother,  after  which  she  came  to 
Orange  County,  where  she  met  Mr.  Trapp,  and  the  acquaintance  resulted  in  their 
marriage,  a,  union  that  is  proving  very  happy  to  them  both.  Fulfilling  a  long-cherished 
desire  to  visit  the  old  world,  and  particularly  his  old  home  in  Westphalia,  Mr.  Trapp 
left  for  France  in  July,  1920.  After  visiting  Paris  as  well  as  other  important  cities,  and 
the  battlefields,  they  made  their  way  through  Lorraine  to  Germany,  where  he  visited 
the  old  home  and  traveled  all  over  the  country,  visiting  the  different  points  of  interest, 
returning  through  Holland  and  sailing  from  Rotterdam  to  New  York  City,  being  en 
route  on  the  ship  Ryndam  fourteen  days  to  New  York,  and  thence  came  immediately  to 
his  home,  delighted  to  get  back — Orange  County  looked  better  than  ever  after  seeing 
war-torn  Europe,  and  was  glad  that  destiny  had  led  him  when  a  young  man  to  the  land 
of  the  Stars  and  Stripes  and  the  state  of  sunshine  and  flowers.  In  fraternal  relations 
Mr.  Trapp  has  been  identified  with  the  Elks  for  a  number  of  years,  being  a  charter 
member  of  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345.  Politically  he  is  an  adherent  of  the  principles  of 
the  Republican  party.  A  man  of  the  highest  principles  and  unquestioned  integrity, 
he  and  his  family  are  held  in  the  highest  regard  in  the  community  that  has  been  their 
home  for  so  many  years. 

FRANK  CLAUDINA. — Decidedly  a  "live  wire,"  and  no  wonder,  for  he  is  widely 
acknowledged  to  be  one  of  the  best  livestock  buyers  in  Orange  County,   F.  Claudina, 
the  capitalist  at  Newport  Beach  was  long  and  favorably  known   at   Fullerton,   where 
for  many  years  he  had  a  well-appointed  livery  stable  and  a  fully  stocked  feed  yard. 
He  is,  in  fact,  a  most  capable  judge  of  mules  and  horses,  and  as  far  back  as  his  seven- 
teenth year  bought  cattle  on  the  O'Neill  ranch  for  his  uncle,  Frank  Claudina,  and  then 
drove  them  all  the  way  to  Los  Angeles  where  they  were  shipped  to  San  Luis  Obispo. 
He  was  born  in  East  Somerville,  near  Boston,  Mass.,  on  May  IS,  1874,  the  son  of 
Joseph  Claudina,  a  native  of  France,  who  came  to  Massachusetts  and  served  in  the  Civil 
War  and  was  a  farmer  in  the  Bay  State.     Our  subject,  therefore,  grew  up  in  the  city  of 
baked  beans  and  culture,  and  came  to  California  with  an  uncle,  Frank  Claudina,  when 
he  was  eight  years  old,  in  1882,  and  settled  in  and  grew  up  in  Tuolumne  County.     Then 
he  removed  to  Fullerton,  Orange  County,  in  1899.     He  had  married  in  San  Francisco, 
in  1894,  Miss  Mary  Martin,  a  native  of  Walnut  Creek,   Contra   Costa  County,   whose 
parents  were  pioneers  of  Walnut  Creek.     Since  coming  to  California,  he  has  made  nine 
different  trips  back  to  Boston,  where  his  mother,  who  was  Catherine  Alameda  before 
her  marriage,  resided  until  her  death,  in  1918,  in  her  seventy-third  year.     He  has  also 
traveled  through  the  United  States  and  in  Canada  from  Montreal  to  Vancouver.     He 
was   very   successful   as   a   stock  buyer,   drover   and   dealer   at    Fullerton.      During   the 
panicky  times  of  Grover  Cleveland,  Mr.   Claudina  lost  heavily;  but  it  is  eminently  to 
his  credit  that  he  paid  all  of  his  debts,  one  hundred  cents  on  the  dollar.     He  owns  a 
quarter  of  a  block  on  Spadra  Street,  Fullerton,  where  he  has  erected  a  garage  which 
he  rents,  and,  besides,  he  owns  three  residences  in  the  same  block. 

After  such  an  active  life,  full  of  hard  work,  of  benefit  to  others  as  well  as  himself, 
it  is  gratifying  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Claudina's  many  friends  that  they  are  to  take  a  well- 
earned  rest  in  beautiful  Newport  Beach  where  they  have  an  attractive  home  surrounded 
by  flowers  and  is  said  to  be  the  finest  in  town.  Mr.  Claudina's  extended  and  successful 
connection  with  Orange  County  interests  of  various  sorts  leads  one  to  wish  that  now 
that  he  has  become  a  resident  of  Newport  Beach,  he  may  further  identify  himself  with 
the  development  of  the  beach  towns. 

FRANK  P.  BORCHARD. — How  unremitting,  intelligent  industry  inevitably 
brings  its  own  reward  is  well  illustrated  in  the  careers  of  the  Borchard  family,  founded 
by  Casper  Borchard,  of  which  Frank  P.,  the  subject  of  this  review,  is  one  of  the  most 
successful  members.  His  father  came  from  Germany,  and  applied  the  lesson  of  hard 
labor  acquired  there  to  the  problems  confronting  bim  in  the  almost  primeval  country 
to  which  he  came;  and,  although  a  large  landowner  in  several  counties,  he  is  today  best 
known  in  Ventura  County,  where  he  is  still  living  at  Conejo.  The  good  mother, 
Theresa  Moring,  was  not  permitted  to  survive  and  witness  the  success  of  the  eight 
children,  each  of  whom  reflected  credit  upon  the  family  name.  Rosa  is  now  the  wife 
of  Silas  Kelley,  the  rancher,  of  Conejo;  Mary,  single,  keeps  house  for  her  father  at  the 
old  Ventura  home  ranch;  Leo's  story  is  given  elsewhere  in  this  work-  Casper  is  a 
rancher  m  Ventura  County  and  lives  near  Conejo;  Anton  is  a  rancher  at  Greenville 
Orange  County;  Frank  P.  is  now  a  resident  of  Santa  Ana;  Charles  is  a  rancher  at 
Fairview  m  Orange  County;  and  Theresa  is  the  wife  of  Ed.  Borchard,  the  rancher 
and  resides  at  Conejo. 

A-  A  ^Zl  ^*  '^T^'^°  ?"  ^"^"''  ^^'  ^^®^'  ^■'^"'^  ^^^  t^el^e  years  old  when  his  mother 
died.  When  only  eight  or  nme  years  old,  he  began  to  ride  the  range;  and  he  drove 
horses   at  farm   work  when   he   was   only   thirteen.      He   saw   the   beet   sugar   factory 


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erected  at  Oxnard,  and  is  proud  of  the  fact  that  his  father  early  raised  beets  for  the 
factory,  and  as  a  large  stockman  and  cattle  raiser  for  years,  was  one  of  the  first  in 
California  to  feed  beet  tops  to  cattle  in  order  to  fatten  them. 

When  nineteen  years  of  age,  Mr.  Borchard  started  grain  farming  in  partnership 
with  his  brother  Anton,  renting  3,000  acres  of  land  on  which  they  raised  wheat,  barley 
and  oats.  He  worked  seventy-five  head  of  horses,  and  eight  eight-horse  teams  at 
plowing,  and  thirty-two  head  of  horses  on  a  Holt  harvester,  and  he  soon  took  rank 
among  the  large  grain  growers  of  Ventura  County.  In  1909  Casper  Borchard  turned 
his  property  into  the  corporation  organized  by  him  and  known  as  the  Borchard  Land 
Company,  and  the  Borchard  holdings  were  farmed  by  that  corporation  for  about  ten 
years;  then  the  company  was  dissolved,  and  a  division  of  the  land  was  made  among 
the  sons  and  daughters.  At  one  time  his  father. had  as  many  as  900  head  of  cattle 
on  the  range,  and  when  he  came  down  to  Orange  County,  he  displayed  equally  good 
foresight  and  executive  ability  in  buying  heavily  of  "Gospel  Swamp"  lands.  He  believed 
that  the  district  could  be  drained  and  made  very  valuable,  and  the  great  task  he  accom- 
plished, assisted  by  his  sons.  Inasmuch  as  the  Borchards  understood  sugar  beet  grow- 
ing, they  raised  large  quantities;  and  more  recently  the  land  has  been  found  very 
valuable  for  the  production  of  lima  beans,  so  that  it  is  now  worth  from  $500  to  $750 
per  acre. 

In  1912,  Mr.  Borchard  was  married  to  Miss  Myrtle  Heaston,  the  wedding  taking 
place  in  the  summer  month  of  August.  She  was  a  native  of  San  Diego,  but  grew  up  in 
Los  Angeles  and  Orange  counties,  and  her  parents  still  reside  at  Huntington  Beach. 
Three  children  blessed  their  union — Alice  and  Alfred,  twins,  and  Barbara.  The  ranch 
house  at  Huntington  Beach,  where  the  Borchards  formerly  lived,  having  burned  down 
in  April,  1919,  the  family  came  to  Santa  Ana,  and  there  Mr.  Borchard  bought  a  residence 
at  415  East  Fifth  Street,  where  they  now  live.  They  attend  the  Catholic  Church,  and 
Mr.  Borchard  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  the  Elks.  Mr.  Borchard  has 
worked  very  hard  in  his  lifetime,  but  he  and  his  estimable  wife  are  at  last  able  to  enjoy 
the  fruits  of  both  labor  and  sacrifice. 

JOHN  M.  WINE. — In  point  of  continuous  service,  John  M.  Wine,  of  the  firm  of 
Wine  and  Fewell,  irrigation  contractors  and  cement  pipe  manufacturers,  is  the  veteran 
in  his  line  in  Orange  County,  having  been  engaged  in  this  work  since  1906.  A  native 
of  Tennessee,  Mr.  Wine  was  born  near  Bristol,  in  that  state,  September  25,  1874,  his 
parents  being  John  and  Ann  Wine.  The  years  of  his  boyhood  were  spent  at  the  home 
place  in  Tennessee,  where  he  had  the  advantages  of  the  public  schools  of  the  locality. 
When  he  reached  young  manhood  he  decided  to  start  out  for  himself,  and  migrated 
to  northwest  Illinois,  locating  in  the  neighborhood  of  Milledgeville,  Carroll  County, 
where  he  worked  around  on  farms  from  1894  to  1899. 

The  Pacific  Coast  had  a  strong  attraction  for  Mir.  Wine,  however,  so  he  made 
up  his  mind  to  try  his  fortune  in  California.  He  arrived  here  in  December,  1899, 
settling  first  at  El  Toro,  where  he  continued  to  do  farm  work,  later  working  at  Buena 
Park,  Orange  and  El  Modena.  In  1906  he  came  to  Santa  Ana  and  became  actively 
engaged  in  the  cement  pipe  business,  to  which  he  has  ever  since  given  his  time.  In 
1915  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Archie  Vernon  Fewell,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Wine  and  Fewell,  and  they  maintain  a  cement  pipe  manufacturing  establishinent  at 
1029  East  First  Street,  Santa  Ana.  Here  they  do  an  extensive  business,  having  laid 
about  200  miles  of  cement  pipe  for  irrigation  in  Orange  County.  They  have  done 
much  work  for  such  discriminating  patrons  as  Judge  Williams,  James  Irvine  and 
scores  of  leading  agriculturists  and  horticulturists  of  the  county.  The  firm  is  known 
far  and  wide  as  thoroughly  efficient  and  square  in  all  their  dealings.  They  manu- 
facture and  carry  a  large  stoclT  of  cement  pipes  of  all  sizes,  from  four  to  thirty-six 
inches,  and  valves,  gates  and  other  irrigation  necessities,  so  that  they  are  able  to 
handle  any  contract  satisfactorily  and  expeditiously.  They  have  handled  large  con- 
tracts at  Tustin,  San  Juan  Capistrano,  Delhi,  Harper,  Newport,  Greenville,  Laguna 
Beach  and  Santa  Ana,  and  have  also  done  a  great  deal  of  road  and  county  work  for 
Orange  County. 

In  1909  Mr.  Wine  was  married  to  Miss  Lanna  M.  Jordan,  also  a  native  of  Ten- 
nessee, and  the  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Christene  Jordan.  They  are  the  parents  of 
one  child,  Vivian.  Mr.  Wine  is  the  owner  of  an  excellent  ten-acre  walnut  ranch  on 
Ritchie  Street,  near  Santa  Ana,  which  he  planted  and  improved,  and  here  the  family 
make  their  home.  He  purchased  this  property  in  1917  and  set  out  the  whole  acreage 
to  budded  walnuts,  so  that  every  year  increases  the  value  of  the  place.  The  family 
are  members  of  the  Brethren  Church  at  Santa  Ana  and  hold  a  high  place  in  the  regard 
of  their  many  friends.  A  self-made  man,  Mr.  Wine  has  a  tremendous  capacity  for 
mental  and  physical  work,  and  he  never  tires  in  contributing  to  the  progress  of  the 
place  of  his  choice. 


1104  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

THOMAS  E.  BROADWAY.— An  American  genius  who  has  both  natural  apti- 
tude and  long,  invaluable  experience  for  his  difficult  and  important  art,  that  of  up-to- 
date  shipbuilding,  is  Thomas  E.  Broadway,  the  naval  architect  of  Newport  Beach,  who 
has  recently  organized  the  Broadway  Boat  and  Equipment  Corporation,  a  corporation 
capitalized  at  $15,000.  No  better  location  could  possibly  be  found  in  all  California  than 
picturesque,  popular  Newport  Beach,  with  its  well-protected  bay;  and  he  is  undoubtedly 
the  right  man  in  the  right  place  at  a  decisive  hour  in  the  history  of  this  expanding 
portion  of  Orange  County. 

Mr.  Broadway  was  born  in  New  York  City  on  the  thirteenth  of  November,  1876, 
just  when  the  ambitious  American  nation  was  reviewing  the  wonders  of  its  exposition 
at  Philadelphia  and  taking  stock  of  what  it  had  accomplished,  in  science  and  invention, 
in  the  course  of  the  first  century.  His  father  was  Joseph  Broadway,  a  native  of  New 
Jersey,  who  married  Miss  Mary  Creer,  also  a  native  of  the  metropolis,  n-ow  living  at 
the  age  of  seventy,  in  excellent  health,  in  West  Hoboken;  and  he  worked  at  his  ship- 
building trade  in  the  yards  around  New  York  Bay.  They  had  seven  children,  six  of 
whom — two  boys  and  four  girls — have   grown   up. 

Thomas,  the  oldest  of  these,  attended,  the  public  schools  of  Hoboken,  to  which 
city  he  was  taken  when  he  was  three  years  of  age,  and  was  graduated  from  the  high 
school  of  Hoboken,  after  wliich  he  also  went  to  work  in  the  shipyards.  He  began  with 
ordinary  boat  and  ship  work,  and  in  the  evenings  he  studied  naval  architecture  in 
the  night  schools  in  New  York.  He  was  employed  by  Messrs  Teigen  and  Lang,  at 
their  Hobo.ken  shipyards,  and  by  William  Wall,  a  ship-joiner  and  yacht-builder  at 
Hoboken  and  in  New  York;  and  he  also  worked  at  the  William  Rowland  shipyards,  in 
New  York,  the  John  English  Shipbuilding  Company,  the  Tobo  Yacht  Construction  Com- 
pany in  New  York,  and  for  the  Robinson's  Dry  Dock  Company,  and  while  thus  engaged, 
put  in  eight  months  as  one  of  the  workmen  building  the  library  and  stateroom  of  J. 
Pierpont  Morgan's  palatial  yacht,  "Corsair,"  costing  over  a  million  dollars  to  construct. 

.■\fter  that,  Mr.  Broadway  traveled  as  a  journeyman  yacht  and  shipbuilder  all  over 
the  United  States,  studying  various  methods  and  models  of  construction  as  practiced 
or  preferred  in  different  sections  of  the  country,  and  he  worked  so  hard  that  his  health 
broke  down.  As  a  consequence,  he  came  to  California  and  Newport  Beach,  in  1916,  to 
recuperate;  and  being  a  professional  yachtsman,  familiar  with  the  building  and  handling 
of  boats  and  yachts,  he  soon  became  an  enthusiastic  member  of  the  Newport  Harbor 
Yacht  Club,  and  has  helped  to  organize  and  is  a  member  of  the  Southland  Sailing 
Club  of  Balboa.  He  knows  all  about  the  manning  of  yachts,  and  has  helped  the  boys 
to  win  the  coveted  cups  and  other  prizes. 

Mr.  Broadway  has  incorporated  his  new  and  very  promising  enterprise  under  the 
name  of  the  Broadway  Boat  and  Equipment  Corporation,  with  himself  as  president  and 
treasurer;  George  Palmer,  the  mechanical  engineer  and  machinist,  as  vice-president, 
and  Joshua  Mader,  secretary;  and  the  company's  scope  will  be  to  build,  repair  and 
equip  sea-going  craft  up  to  300  feet  in  length,  turning  out  yachts,  sail  boats,  power 
boats,  and  row-boats  to  be  used  in  Newport  Bay  and  on  the  near-by  ocean.  He  has 
just  rebuilt  a  forty-foot  yacht  for  L.  N.  Merritt  of  Pasadena,  at  a  cost  of  $8  000  and 
IS  completuig  a  fifty-foot  yacht  for  W.  Starbuck  Fenton,  of  Ontario,  at  a  cost  of  $1S  000- 
and  he  was  compelled  to  turn  away  $40,000  worth  of  work  in  1920. 

At  West  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  Mr.  Broadway  was  married  to  Miss  Louisa  Oltar  a 
native  of  that  state,  by  whom  he  has  had  two  children,  Robert  E.  and  Mary  The 
famdy  attend  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  Mr.  Broadway  joins  the  Republican  party  in 
Its  campaigning  for  better  citizenship  and  better  government. 

ROBERT  WARDLOW.— An  able  business  man,  good  neighbor  and  friend,  who 
IS  rapidly  coming  to  the  fore  as  one  of  the  most  successful  farmers  and  influential 
citizens  in  he  Talbert  precmct,  is  Robert  Wardlow,  a  native  son  born  at  Downey,  Cal., 
on  July  7  1879.  His  father  was  R.  B.  Wardlow,  a  native  of  Iowa,  who  came  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1875  as  a  young  man.  At  Los  Angeles  he  married  Miss  Martha  E.  Draper. 
Both  parents  esteemed  by  all  who  know  them,  are  still  living  at  Santa  Ana. 
R.=   h  r^T   .T  ^as. always  a  farmer,  and  for  a  while  lived  in  the  vicinity  of  Long 

cZt\  7  J°tham  Bixby  ranch.     I„  1896,  he  removed  to  Fountain  Valley,   in  th! 

tW  anriTiS  ''  ^^."r  ^"'  *'^f"  ,'^'""'-  N°^  ^''^  °^"^  220  acres  of  choice  land 
grain'  farm.  '  ""'"'''  ''  "^""'"'^  ^^  ^'^  ^"^'"e-^^t  ^°"  =^=  ^  ^'°^^  and 

schol°^%\Z'''f°7rr  "^'"  ^°'  "^"^''^  ^°""ty,  and  there  attended  the  public 
and  after  ^uJ  T  ."'^  '^'  "u"'^  ^'^'^'  °^  '^'  grammar  school  at  Clearwater, 
and  after  hat,  wishing  to  perfect  himself  for  success  in  the  business  world  took  a 
commercial  course  m  the  Orange  County  Business  College  at  Santa  Ana.  in   1898 

.  r.n?h'  "^"r"^' n  '  ^*  ^°''^'  '"  ^^°°'  ^°  M'^^  L-'la  Swift,  a  daughter  of  A.  F  Swift 
a  rancher  in  the  Talbert  precmct.     He  has  spent  a  life  of  unwearying  labor,  and  ^ is  now 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1107 

well-to-do  and  widely  respected.  Five  children  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Wardlow:  Clare,  the  eldest,  now  seventeen  years  old,  is  in  the  high  school  at  Santa 
Ana;  and  the  others  in  order  of  their  birth  are  Vance  and  Gladys,  also  in  the  high 
school,  and  Muriel  and  Donald. 

Mr.  Wardlow  farms  some  140  acres,  of  which  110  are  planted  to  sugar  beets,  and 
thirty  to  alfalfa;  and  he  is  one  of  the  most  successful  sugar  beet  growers  and  dairymen 
in  the  Talbert  precinct.  He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Dairymen's  Association  and 
the  Orange  County  Farm  Bureau.  He  has  thus  been  able  to  contribute  a  valuable  and 
highly  intelligent  influence  toward  the  rapid  development  of  California's  agricultural 
interests,  and  in  particular  to  favor  the  expansion  of  the  county  in  which,  like  so  many 
others,  he  has  had  his  success. 

CLEMENT  LINCOLN  SLACK.— Interesting  as  one  of  the  really  few  men  who 
had  an  active  part  in  the  building  of  early  Santa  Ana,  Clement  Lincoln  Slack,  the 
retired  contract  teamster,  is  sure  to  be  remembered,  and  in  the  pleasantest  manner, 
by  those  who  for  many  years  come  after  him.  He  was  born  in  Rushville,  Schuyler 
County,  111.,  on  May  9,  1863,  the  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Eliza  (Berry)  Slack,  the  former 
a  graduate  of  Galesburg  Medical  College,'  who  practiced  as  a  physician,  and  was  con- 
sidered the  best  doctor  of  his  time  in  Schuyler  County.-  Faithful  in  the  defence  of  his 
country,  in  an  Illinois  regiment,  he  was  wounded  during  the  Civil  War,  and  upon 
his  recovery  was  assigned  to  hospital  work.  This  strenuous  service  on  behalf  of  the 
unfortunate   soldiers   made  him   an   experienced   surgeon   as   well. 

When  twenty  years  of  age,  in  1883,  Clement  Slack  came  to  Santa  Ana,  Cali- 
fornia, and  stayed  with  his  aunt,  Mrs.  George  Minter,  for  a  year,  working  in  the 
vineyards  near  Santa  Ana.  Then  for  a  year  he  was  with  Mr.  Halesworth.  Suffering 
from  somewhat  impaired  health,  he  had  come  to  California,  and  here  he  found  vigor 
and  happiness  again.  At  Santa  Ana,  too,  on  April  6,  1886,  he  married  Miss  Mary 
Durant,  the  daughter  of  John  Durant,  a  lady  born  in  England,  from  which  country 
her  parents  brought  her  to  the  United  States.  For  a  while  they  lived  in  New  York 
state,  and  later  near  Waukesha,  in  Wisconsin. 

After  marrying,  Mr.  Slack  went  in  for  farming,  renting  a  ranch  of  twenty  acres 
on  East  First  Street.  It  was  planted  to  grapes,  but  the  vines  died,  and  then  he 
sowed  barley  there.  Still  later  it  was  set  out  to  apricots  and  walnuts.  In  1893  he 
purchased  his  home  on  North  Broadway,  and  there  he  has  resided  ever  since.  He 
als'o  purchased  twenty  acres  on  North  Main  Street,  on  both  sides  of  the  Santiago 
Creek,  his  object  being  to  get  gravel  for  construction  work;  and  after  that  he  began 
teaming,  and  for  twenty  years  supplied  much  of  the  gravel  and  sand  used  here  in 
early  building.  He  hauled  gravel  over  the  greater  part  of  Orange  County,  and  con- 
tracted to  supply  gravel  and  sand  for  the  present  Court  House  and  for  the  Spurgeon 
Building,  and  brick  for  the  Pixley  Building  in  Orange.  From  time  to  time,  he  sold 
portions  of  these  twenty  acres,  and  at  present  he  owns  only  one  acre  between  Main 
Street  and  the  Southern  Pacific  bridge,  near  the  Santa  Ana  Creek.  His  first  wife 
died,  and  some  years  later  he  married  Miss  Ida  Seeley,  a  schoolmate  from  his  old 
home  town,  of  whom  he  was  bereaved  four  years  later. 

Public-spirited  and  willing  at  all  times  to  do  his  full  duty  as  a  citizen,  Mr.  Slack 
has  several  times  served  on  election  boards;  and  during  the  recent  war  he  partici- 
pated in  all  the  activities. 

OSCAR  H.  MARYATT.— A  citizen  of  Santa  Ana  who  has  found  that  his  late 
coming  has  been  no  barrier  to  attaining  popularity  throughout  the  county,  is  Oscar 
H.  Maryatt,  a  patriotic  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  who  is  serving  for  the  second  time  as 
commander  of  Sedgwick  Post  No.  17,  G.  A.  R.  He  was  born  in  Alleghany  County, 
New  York,  on  September  24,  1841,  the  son  of  George  W.  Maryatt,  a  tanner  of  leather 
at  Ceres,  in  Ceres  County,  Penn.,  a  pioneer  who  lived  to  be  ninety-nine  years  and  seven 
months  of  age.  He  was  a  native  of  Rhode  Island,  and  married  Polly  W.  Maxon,  also 
a  Rhode  Islander,  who  attained  her  eighty-fifth  year.  The  four  uncles  and  two  aunts 
of  the  Maryatt  family  stood  high  in  professional  life  as  doctors,  lawyers  or  novelists, 
and  all  made  names  worth  conjuring  with. 

Oscar  Maryatt  moved  to  Albion,  Dane  County,  Wis.,  and  there  attended  the  gram- 
mar schools.  He  was  graduated  from  Albion  Academy,  when  only  fifteen  years  old; 
and  from  his  thirteenth  year,  and  while  yet  a  student,  taught  penmanship  and  Latin 
at  Albion  Academy,  and  in  that  way  paid  his  way  through  college.  He  taught  school 
at  Woodstock,  111.,  and  at  Fort  Dodge,  Iowa,  where  he  was  for  two  years,  and  then 
he  went  to  Farley  in  the  same  state,  and  became  principal  of  the  schools  there. 

On  December  7,  1864,  Mr.  Maryatt  enlisted  for  service»in  the  Civil  War,  on  the 
Union  side,  and  was  made  chief  clerk  of  the  district  headquarters;  and  he  had  served 
in  that  capacity  for  six  months  before  Lee's   surrender.     Now  he  is  widely  known  in 


1108  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

G.  A.  R.  circles.  While  in  Colorado  he  presided  twice  as  commander  of  Del  Norte 
Post,  G.  A.  R.,  and  in  Santa  Ana  the  veterans  have  been  glad  to  place  him  on  the 
firing  line. 

While  teaching  school,  Mr.  Maryatt  had  put  in  his  spare  time  in  reading  law, 
under  E.  W.  Lewis,  the  attorney  at  Farley,  and  in  time  he  was  examined  for  admission 
to  the  bar  on  motion  of  the  late  Hon.  David  Henderson  of  Iowa,  and  was  examined  in 
Henderson's  ofBce,  when  he  passed  the  bar  examinations  successfully.  In  1867  he  was 
admitted  to  practice,  and  he  then  opened  up  a  Ifiw  office  at  New  Albion,  Iowa,  where 
he  became  the  attorney  for  the  C.  D.  &  M.  Railway,  continuing  in  that  capacity  for 
sixteen  years,  while  residing  at  New  Albion. 

In  1883,  Mr.  Maryatt  moved  to  Nebraska,  practiced  law  and  became  a  landowner 
in  Harlan  County,  but  ten  years  later  he  removed  to  Del  Norte,  Colo.,  where  he  engaged 
in  gold  and  silver  mining.  He  was  very  successful,  and  remained  at  Del  Norte  until 
November,  1909,  when  he  came  to  Santa  Ana.  During  six  years  of  his  residence  in 
Rio  Grande  County,  Mr.  Maryatt  was  judge  of  the  county  court.  Since  coming  to 
Santa  Ana,  he  has  served  as  city  trustee  for  four  years.  He  served,  during  1920,  as 
commander  of  the  Southern  California  Veteran  Association. 

The  first  time  Mr.  Maryatt  was  married  was  before  the  Civil  War,  when  he  and 
Miss  Josephine  C.  Ervin  of  Woodstock,  111.,  were  united  in  that  place.  They  had  two 
children:  Leonore,  now  the  wife  of  J.  A.  Bowles,  who  resides  at  Hastings,  Nebn,  and 
the  mother  of  twelve  children,'  and  George  A.,  who  married  in  Nebraska  and  died  at 
Del  Norte,  leaving  one  child,  Oscar  H.,  Jr.  Mrs.  Maryatt  died  at  Farley.  Mr.  Maryatt's 
second  marriage  took  place  at  Lansing,  Iowa,  when  the  bride  was  Mrs.  Hannah  H. 
Lindberg,  nee  Hall,  a  native  of  Vermont. 

JAMES  VERNON  McCONNELL.— An  interesting  man  of  affairs,  is  J.  V.  Mc- 
Connell,  vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the  Martin-McConnell  Poultry  Farms 
at  Garden  Grove,  the  world's  leading  breeders  of  the  celebrated  Black  Minorcas.  A 
good  conversationalist,  he  is  never  at  a  loss,  as  a  well-trained  man  of  scientific  train- 
ing, practical  ideas  and  progressive  programs,  both  to  entertain  and  to  instruct;  and 
part  of  his  enviable  capital  is  a  wide  circle  of  friends. 

He  was  born  at  Chatham  Center,  Medina  County,  Ohio,  on  August  28,  1878,  the 
son  of  S.  H.  McConnell,  who  was  a  dealer  in  lumber  and  grain,  and  operated  vvare- 
houses,  elevators  and  lumber  yards  in  Ohio  and  Kansas.  He  was  married  at  Chatham 
Center  to  Miss  Mary  F.  Whitney.  The  McConnells  had  come  to  Ohio  from  Penn- 
sylvania, where  they  settled  in  Colonial  times;  they  were  of  Scotch  ancestry,  and 
McConnellsville,  Ohio,  a  town  now  of  ISOO  people,  was  named  after  members  of  this 
branch  of  the  family,  who  settled  there  after  the  Revolutionary  War  Three  of  S  H 
McConnell's  uncles  were  killed  during  the  Revolution,  and  two  of  his  brothers  were 
killed  in  the  Civil  War.  From  this  virile,  progressive  stock  have  come  many  merchants 
and  lawyers.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  H.  McConnell  had  two  children,  the  elder  being  a 
daughter,  Bessie,  now  the  wife  of  James  Schilling,  of  Long  Beach 

bought  a  ranch  of  ten  acres  at  Westminster      J^ehl.ltl^      ^"h   ^"^   '"   '""^ 

son,  Charles  Harvey.  IruL":,  their\at;  JnTon°'  '  ""'"*"°^  '"^^  "'  ^'^^^  "^^^     O^ 

piyni''RocTs:trwifh"h;ryrtSr:xhibus"sf  ^°^  '^°""  ^^^^°^-  --^  b--«» 

ribbons,  representing  the  awards^  datiS  back  to  1889  "perc^r^^  T''"'  ^°"^^  °'  "''^ 
for  the  new  breed,  the  Black  Minorca  he  tnrneH  I  '  J ""^."'^'"g,  t^e  growing  demand 
the  problems  of  their  breeding  and  "^  Ihe  past  t went  t'°"'  ^^i^'^  ^''  '"  Kansas,  to 
the  Minorca,  so  that  he  is  now  the  wnrlHV  f  '^^"*y-t^o  y^ars  he  has  been  studying 
widely  known  as  the  McConne'l  StraTn  of  M  norc'a^of  v'^'f  *'^'  ^*"'"-  These'^ar! 
Egg  Strain,  and  the  Mc«onnell  Premie  Strab  of  Exh^KV  *^'.!r-  ^'^  '^°-'^^  ^'"^^'^ 
press,  reporting  poultry  shows  has  given  hfs.h  Exhibition  Mmorcas.  The  poultry 
adopted  it.  '  ^  '^^"  '"^  showbirds  the  latter  name,  and  he  has 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1109 

Selling  his  ten-acre  ranch  at  Westminster,  Mr.  McConnell  bought  a  walnut  grove 
of  ten  acres  near  Garden  Grove,  and  grubbed  out  the  walnuts  for  the  purpose  of  de- 
voting it  to  poultry.  He  has  built  a  bungalow  residence  there,  and  has  a  full  comple- 
ment of  incubator,  brooder,  stock  and  work  houses,  and  pens  and  chicken  houses.  To 
him  falls  the  responsibility  of  buying  all  the  feed;  he  buys  grain  by  the  carload, 
and  gpent  quite  twenty  thousand  dollars  for  feed  in  1920.  He  feeds  mainly  milo-maize, 
wheat,  barley  and  oats,  the  highest  grade  of  meat  scraps,  and  some  fish  meal,  and  to 
this,  as  to  the  other  details,  gives  the  most  conscientious  attention;  so  that  his  sales 
for  the  average  exhibition  showbirds  in  males  run  over  seventy-five  dollars,  and 
females  forty  dollars  each  for  birds  six  to  eight  months  old,  and  during  1919  he  sold 
one  hundred  birds  at  from  $100  to  $250  each.  He  has  even  sold  some  cockerels  for 
$500  each. 

The  prize-winning  qualities  of  Mr.  McConnell's  birds  are  acknowledged  through- 
out the  world,  and  it  is  no  wonder  that  he  sells  with  a  guarantee  to  win  first  place. 
For  instance,  he  will  sell  a  cockerel  to  Chicago  for  $300,  guaranteed  to  win  the  prize 
at  the  Chicago  Poultry  Show;  and  if  the  bird  fails  to  take  first  prize,  and  wins  only 
the  second,  he  will  refund  twenty  per  cent  of  the  purchase  price;  thirty  per  cent,  if 
the  bird  takes  third  prize;  and  forty  per  cent,  if  it  receives  only  the  fourth  prize.  If  it 
takes  fifth  prize  or  lower,  he  will  refund  the  entire  purchase  price  and  and  still  allow 
the  purchaser  to  keep  the  fowl.  With  these  "inducements,  he  finds  it  not  difficult  to  sell 
all  he  can  raise  of  Minorca  cockerels  a  year.  He  has  shown  at  hundreds  of  fairs  and 
poultry  shows  all  over  the  United  States  and  England,  from  the  Crystal  Palace  to  the 
Orange  County  Fair,  and  has  taken  more  first  prizes  for  Minorcas  than  any  other 
man  in  the  world.  His  stock  goes  to  England,  South  Africa,  Argentine  Confederation, 
Chili,  New  Zealand,  Australia,  Canada,  and  to  every  state  in  the  Union;  and  he  is  a 
well-known  contributor  to  leading  poultry  journals,  so  that  he  is  justly  regarded  as 
an  authority  on  Minorcas. 

By  the  organization  effected  under  the  laws  of  California  on  November  20,  1919, 
whereby  Mrs.  E.  B.  Martin  of  Downey,  the  well-known  prize  winner  on  White  Leg- 
horns, joined  Mr.  McConnell  in  business,  a  corporation  with  a  capital  of  $125,000,  has 
resulted.  The  White  Leghorns  will  be  bred  at  the  Garden  Grove  ranch,  owned  by  Mr. 
McConnell,  in  addition  to  his  Minorcas,  and  he  will  assume  the  management  of  the  new 
corporation,  of  which  Mrs.  E.  B.  Martin  is  the  president,  and  he  the  vice-president. 
Mrs.  Martin  has  developed  this  strain  of  White  Leghorns  which,  like  Mr.  McConnell's 
birds,  are  in  a  class  by  themselves.  They  are  large  and  vigorous,  superb  in  egg-pro- 
ducing qualities,  while  Mr.  McConnell's  strain  of  Minorcas  will  average  two  and  a 
half  pounds  heavier  than  the  common  strains  of  the  same  kind  of  fowl.  He  has  grown 
cockerels  that  weigh  from  twelve  and  a  half  to  fourteen  pounds. 

The  year  1920  will  see  a  great  expansion  in  this  business.  The  entire  ten  acres 
will  be  built  up  with  poultry  pens  and  poultry  houses.  His  place  is  well  drained  by 
means  of  cement  pipe  tiles  emptying  into  cesspools,  and  everything  there  is  scientifically 
laid  out.  He  has  invented  many  features  in  the  self-feeding  apparatus  and  drinking 
fountains,  and  these  have  everywhere  been  installed.  There  are  two  water  plants  on 
the  place;  one  furnishes  a  supply  for  domestic  purposes  and  for  the  chickens,  yielding 
4,000  gallons  a  day,  under  eighty  pounds  pressure,  according  to  the  Fairbanks  system, 
and  the  other  plant  which  has  a  twenty-five-horsepower  gas  engine,  supplies  the  water 
for  irrigation. 

Mr.  McConnell  employs  the  best  American  experts,  for  all  his  stock  is  line-bred 
and  trap-nested.  Records  are  carefully  kept;  and  birds  falling  below  the  high  standard 
required  are  eliminated.  He  pays  one  expert  $500  a  month;  $4,000  a  year  goes  to  his 
office  force;  and  six  men  are  kept  steadily  busy  at  outside  work.  He  is  working  under 
the  American  Poultry  Association  rule;  is  a  life  member  of  the  International  Single- 
Comb  Black  Minorca  Club,  and  National  Single-Comb  White  Leghorn  Club,  and  life 
member  of  the  American  Poultry  Association. 

JOSEPH  WARREN  CULVER.— As  an  agriculturist  Joseph  Warren  Culver  has 
attained  a  position  of  prominence  in  his  chosen  vocation.  He  is  an  extensive  and  suc- 
cessful tenant  farmer,  and  operates  120  acres  of  the  Mrs.  Mattie  A.  Nimock  ranch, 
one-half  mile  east  of  Talbert. 

Of  southern  lineage,  Mr.  Culver  was  born  in  Georgia,  August  7,  1868.  His  father, 
Augustus,  a  native  of  Georgia,  and  his  mother,  Mary  (Ensley)  Culver,  who  was  born 
in  South  Carolina,  were  married  in  Georgia  just  after  the  Civil  War,  and  Joseph  was 
an  infant  three  months  old  when  they  removed  to  Arkansas.  From  Arkansas  the  family 
went  to  Texas,  and  later,  in  1888,  removed  to  California.  Joseph  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Arkansas  and  Texas,  and  of  the  thirty-two  years  that  he  has 
resided  in  California,  thirty-one  years  of  that  time  has  been  spent  in  Orange  County. 
He  lived  one  year  at  Azusa,  going  thence  to  Westminster  precinct.   Orange   County, 


1110  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

where   for  fifteen  years   he   raised   celery   successfully.     After   -"^ing   many    years   he 
came  to  Talbert,  November,  1919,  and  rented  the  Nimock  ranch,  "'^'^h  "^  P'^"j"  ^^^ 
sugar   beets   and   beans.     An   excellent  farmer,   he   is   well   equipped   with   horses 
mai-hnierv  to  farm  the  120  acres  with  success.  .,,,.■  tj       ■      t!„^i,    ^ 

He  was  twenty-four  years  of  age  when  his  marriage  with  Miss  Bessie  Buck,  a 
native  of  Kansas  was  solemnized,  and  the  five  children  born  of  their  union  are  named 
Mvrtle    Loraine    Evelyn,  Joseph  Warren,  Jr.,  and  Dorothy.  ,,         .,  .,„ 

"^  In  po  itks  Mr.  Cuh'er  is  nonpartisan,  being  governed  by  principle  ra  her  than 
nartv  and  casting  his  vote  for  the  man  he  deems  best  fitted  to  perform  the  public 
du  es  Of  brave  Revolutionary  stock,  his  relationship  to  the  Culver  family  who  came 
fo  America  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  War,  entitles  him  to  membership  in  the  Sons 
of  rt"  Revokdon  .1  stanch  adherent  for  fairness  in  all  of  life's  transactions,  Mr. 
Culver  bellev  in  the  rule  ■'live  and  let  live,"  and  his  generosity  and  the  sterling  qual- 
kes  of  character  he  displays  in  all  business  and  social  transactions  have  won  the  con- 
fidence and  highest  esteem  of  a  large  circle  of  warm  and  admiring  friends  among 
thorn  he  sustains  the  reputation  of  the  South  for  hospitality  by  the  entertainment 
afforded  in  his  home. 

WILLIAM  A  RALPH.— A  man  of  pronounced  native  ability,  whose  years  of 
ripe  experience  have  made  him  of  exceptional  value  to  the  interests  entrusted  to  him, 
William  A.  Ralph,  the  superintendent  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irngation  Company. 
He  was  born  in  Humansville,  Mo.,  in  1864,  the  son  of  William  Ralph,  a  natn^e  of  Ten- 
nessee, who  came  to  Missouri  as  a  young  man,  and  there  became  a  farmer  He  married 
Miss  Elizabeth  Yost,  also  a  native  of  Missouri,  and  during  the  Civil  War  served  in 
the  Union  Army  as  a  volunteer  in  a  Missouri  regiment.  Nine  children  were  born  to 
this  worthy  couple,  and  William  was  the  third  oldest  in  the  family.  The  parents  both 
died  in  Missouri,  and  our  subject  and  his  brother,  Charles  F.  Ralph,  of  Porterville, 
are  the  only  two  of  the  family  in  California. 

William  was  brought  up  on  a  farm  and  educated  at  the  public  schools  of  his 
locality.  When  eighteen  years  old,  he  started  out  into  the  world  for  himself,  and  in 
1882  came  to  Nevada.  He  mined  during  the  winter,  and  then  rode  the  range,  first  on 
a  small,  and  then  on  a  large  cattle  ranch.  He  was  there,  in  the  employ  of  Mr.  Har- 
desty,  for  six  years,  and  became  foreman.  In  1888,  he  returned  to  Missouri,  and  for 
another  six  years  pursued  agricultural  work,  and  while  there  he  married  Miss  Clara 
Emmett,  a  native  of  Rogersville,  Tenn.  She  came  to  Humansville,  Mo.,  when  a  child, 
with  her  parents,  Albert  and  Elizabeth  (W.innegar)  Emmett,  who  were  also  natives  of 
Tennessee,  both  representatives  of  old  families  of  that  state. 

In  1898,  Mr.  Ralph  came  west  again  to  California,  and  settling  at  Orange,  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  with  which  corporation 
he  has  continued  ever  since.  He  began  at  the  lower  round  of  the  ladder,  and  so 
steadily  worked  up  that  in  three  years  he  became  foreman.  He  filled  that  position  with 
his  characteristic  conscientiousness,  and  at  the  end  of  eleven  years  was  made  super- 
intencient  of  the  company. 

Mr.  Ralph  gives  his  whole  time  and  energy  to  the  problems  presented,  works 
out  his  own  plans,  and  surveys  his  own  grades,  thereby  saving  the  company  hundreds 
of  dollars  yearly.  He  also  superintends  the  work  of  the  yard  where  the  concrete  pipe 
is  manufactured.  In  this  way,  he  makes  certain  of  only  the  best  product — a  matter  of 
the  greatest  import  to  both  company  and  patron. 

Four  children  have  blessed  the  fortunate  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph.  Meta 
is  Mrs.  E.  A.  Kuechel  of  Orange;  Neva  has  become  Mrs.  Geo.  Bandick,  and  also 
resides  here;  Jewel,  a  graduate  of  the  Orange  Union  high  school,  is  bookkeeper  for 
the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  and  Esther  is  still  in  the  high  school. 
The  family  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church;  Mr.  Ralph  belongs  to 
the  Orange  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World, 
and  he  and  his  devoted  wife  are  also  numbered  among  the  popular  Rebekahs. 

ROBERT  J.  WILEY. — A  native  son  of  California  whose  parents  were  among  the 
pioneer  residents  of  the  state  is  Robert  J.  Wiley,  who  for  the  past  fifteen  years  has 
been  identified  with  the  progressive  development  of  Orange  County.  The  son  of 
William  and  Elizabeth  (Simmons)  Wiley,  Robert  J.,  was  born  at  Downey.  Cal., 
February  18,  1873.  The  father,  who  was  a  native  of  Ohio,  came  to  California  in  1854 
and  in  1858  purchased  the  place  at  Downey  where  Robert  was  born.  He  was  a  suc- 
cessful farmer  and  continued  to  live  on  the  home  place  until  his  death  in  1898,  at  the 
age  of  sixty-six  years.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Wiley  was  born  in  Louisiana,  but  was  reared 
in  Texas,  where  her  parents  and  grandparents  had  settled  in  the  early  days.  In  1862 
she  came  with  her  parents  to  California  and  was  married  to  Mr.  Wiley  when  she  was 
but  nineteen  years  old.    She  is  still  living  and  resides  on  the  old  homestead  at  Downey. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1113 

The  eldest  of  a  family  of  seven  children,  all  of  whom  are  living,  Robert  J.  Wiley 
grew  up  at  Downey  and  attended  the  public  school  there.  At  the  age  of  fourteen, 
however,  he  started  out  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world,  doing  farm  work  on  the 
neighboring  ranches,  continuing  in  this  employment  until  1905,  when  he  engaged  in 
the  fumigating  business,  becoming  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Bowman  and  Wiley.  Mr. 
Wiley  is  one  of  the  veteran  fumigators  of  Orange  County  and  is  one  of  the  few  who 
lived  through  the  experimental  stages  of  the  business.  He  has  handled  tons  and  tons 
of  cyanide  of  potassium  without  ever  having  suffered  from  its  deleterious  effects,  and 
made  a  financial  success  of  this  business,  in  which  he  continued  until  1918,  when  he 
began  farming  on  the  great  San  Joaquin  ranch. 

Mr.  Wiley  is  now  raising  his  second  crop  on  the  ranch,  and  has  175  acres  planted 
to  lima  beans  and  seventy-five  acres  of  hill  land  on  which  he  raises  barley  hay,  rotating 
thi«  with  a  crop  of  blackeye  beans  which  serves  the  double  purpose  of  a  paying  crop 
and  summer  fallow  for  the  land,  thus  keeping  up  the  fertility  of  the  soil.  He  also 
leases  an  additional  sixty  acres  from  Isadore  Oliveras,  which  he  devotes  to  grain  and 
blackeye  beans.  All  of  the  tenants  on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch  own  their  own  buildings 
and  machinery  and  Mr.  Wiley  invested  $10,000  in  work  stock,  farm  implements  and 
buildings.  In  1918  he  erected  his  own  residence,  a  commodious,  up-to-date  bungalow, 
and  is  continually  adding  to  the  attractiveness  of  the  surroundings.  He  also  owns  a 
third  interest  in  a  pumping  plant  which  supplies  water  for  domestic  and  stock  use  for 
himself  and  two  neighbors. 

On  June  7,  1896,  Mr.  Wiley  was  married  to  Miss  Pilar  Ruiz,  the  daughter  of  one 
of  Southern  California's  old  Spanish  families  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  nine 
children:  Elisa  is  the  wife  of  Frank  Monroy,  a  tractor  engineer;  they  reside  at  Tustin 
and  are  the  parents  of  two  children — Sadie  and  Lawrence;  Hazel,  Robert,  Ida,  Sinyda 
died  when  seventeen  months  old;  Bertha,  Edith  died  at  the  age  of  six  months;  Glenn, 
Bernice.  Mr.  Wiley  is  prominent  in  the  ranks  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  having  been 
chancellor  commander,  his  mem.bership  being  in  the  Tustin  lodge.  He  ranks  in  the 
community  as  a  man  of  broad  intelligence  and  with  a  fund  of  solid  information  whose 
success  has  come  through  his  industry  and  thrift.  Politically  he  is  always  found  allied 
with  the  Republican  element  of  the  community  and  takes  a  public-spirited  interest  in 
all  the  movements  for  the  general  betterment  of  the  county. 

MOORE  BROS.  COMPANY. — Prominent  among  the  enthusiastic  "boosters"  for 
Orange  County,  and  among  those  most  ready  and  also  most  able  to  hasten  the  day 
when  Southern  California  shall  come  to  its  own,  are  the  energetic  gentlemen  making 
up  the  well-known  firm  of  Moore  Bros.  Company,  manufacturers  of  and  contractors  for 
cement  pipe,  who  have  had  so  much  to  do  with  the  installation  of  irrigating  systems 
of  the  latest,  scientific  patterns,  and  with  the  execution  of  substantial  and  ornate 
cement  work  of  various  kinds — the  last  word  in  one  of  the  highly  developed  industries 
of  the  West.  This  wide-awake  company  is  composed  of  John  A.  Moore  and  his  brother, 
James  F.  Moore,  two  of  a  family  of  seven  children  of  William  P.  and  Martha  (Skaggs) 
Moore,  and  it  is  quite  likely  that  it  is  their  general  reputation  for  character  and 
experience,  backing  all  that  they  claim  to  be  able  to  accomplish,  as  well  as  the  labor 
and  materials  they  offer,  which  has  spelled  for  them  their  phenomenal  success. 

John  A.  Moore  was  born  in  Barton  County,  Mo.,  on  April  5,  1884,  three  years 
earlier  than  the  birth  of  James,  on  February  2;  but  the  latter  was  the  first  to  come  out 
to  the  Pacific  Coast.  Both  attended  the  common  schools  of  their  home  district,  but 
received  a  good  part  of  their  most  valuable  instruction  for  a  wrestle  with  the  world 
in  the  "school  of  hard  knocks."  In  his  seventeenth  year,  James  pushed  westward  to 
California  seeking  broader  opportunities,  and  for  a  short  time  after  reaching  Los 
Angeles  he  again  attended  school,  at  the  same  time  working  at  anything  he  could  find 
to  do.  In  1906  John  joined  his  brother  here  and  they  went  to  Rialto,  in  San  Bernardino 
County,  where  they  worked  for  a  year  on  ranches,  when  they  made  their  way  to  the 
Imperial  Valley.  They  spent  four  years  there,  and  during  that  time  not  only  bought 
land,  but  they  developed  an  alfalfa  ranch,  which  they  later  sold  to  advantage. 

In  March,  1911,  James  F.  Moore  came  to  Fullerton,  soon  followed  by  his  brother, 
John  A.,  and  shortly  afterward  they  opened  the  first  cement  pipe-yard  here,  styling  the 
firm  Moore  Bros.  They  began  on  a  small  scale  on  West  Santa  Fe  Avenue,  and  by 
studying  the  wants  of  their  patrons,  and  giving.conscientious  attention  to  details,  they 
gradually  increased  their  volume  of  trade.  In  1913,  John  A.  Moore  went  to  Le  Grand, 
Merced  County,  bought  and  developed  property,  and  disposed  of  the  same  at  a  satis- 
factory increase;  but  he  and  James  F.  still  own  the  water  franchise  and  the  water 
system  at  that  place. 

In  January,  1918,  responding  to  the  call  of  his  country  for  active  service  in  the 
great  World  War,  James  F.  Moore  enlisted  in  the  Three   Hundred   Nineteenth   Engi- 


1114  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

neers  and  was  transferred  to  remount  station  at  Camp  Fremont,  where  he  remained 
until  he  was  honorably  discharged,  in  January,  1919.  Then  he  returned  to  resume  the 
cement  business  at  FuUerton.  In  September,  however,  he  sold  his  interest  in  the  West 
Santa  Fe  yard  to  his  brother,  E.  W.  Moore,  and  in  the  spring  of  1920,  with  his  brother, 
John  A.,  he  again  formed  a  partnership  and  commenced  the  manufacture  of  cement 
pipe  for  irrigating  at  221  East  Santa  Fe  Avenue.  The  firm  not  only  manufactures 
cement  pipes,  but  they  contract  to  install  such  irrigating  systems  as  may  be  required. 
They  are  also  well  equipped  to  do  all  kinds  of  cement  curbing,  gutters,  and  foundations, 
working  in  cooperation  in  this  department,  with  John  Osborne,  and  their  thoroughly 
satisfactory  work  has  given  them  an  enviable  reputation,  so  that  they  always  have  all 
that  they  can  do.  They  employ  from  a  dozen  to  fifteen  men  in  all  departments  of  their 
work.  Besides  the  property  at  228  East  Commonwealth  Avenue,  Fullerton,  they  own 
some  very  desirable  harbor  property  on  the  West  Basin  at  Wilmington.  » 

The  cement  industry,  carried  on  as  it  is  today  with  the  aid  of  scientific  research, 
has  come  to  mean  a  great  deal  in  the  development  of  new  towns  and  their  outlying 
neighborhoods,  and  Orange  County  is  to  be  congratulated  on  such  an  establishment 
as  that  of  the  Moore  Bros.  Company. 

HENRY  SCHAFFERT. — An  energetic,  successful  business  man  who,  although 
comparatively  young,  has  accomplished  much,  and  whose  judgment  and  advice,  there- 
fore, are  often  sought,  is  Henry  Schaffert,  well  known  at  Orange  as  the  owner  of  the 
Schaffert  Block.  Good  luck  has  followed  him,  as  the  result  of  his  integrity  and 
industry,  ever  since  in  Kansas  he  commenced  to  work  for  a  farmer  at  the  low 
wage  of  fifteen  dollars  a  month;  for,  after  only  six  years  of  steady  labor,  he  owned 
the  entire  190  acres  that  were  the  pride  of  his  first  employer. 

Mr.  Schaffert  was  born  in  Everbach,  Wurtemberg,  Germany,  and  was  reared  at 
Asberg,  near  Ludvigsburg,  his  birth  occurring  on  January  28,  1874,  the  son  of  Michael 
Schaflfert,  a  farmer,  who  had  married  Miss  Caroline  Miller.  She  died  in  1875,  leaving 
several  children.  Michael  is  in  Orange;  Louis  is  at  Youngstown,  Ohio,  as  is  also  Fred; 
while  Carl  and  Mary  remained  in  Germany.  Henry  went  to  school  at  Asberg,  but  as 
the  idea  of  military  oppression  was  distasteful  to  him,  he  decided  to  follow  his 
brothers  to  the  land  of  the  Stars  and  Stripes. 

When,  therefore,  he  was  about  sixteen  years  old,  in  the  fall  of  1890,  Mr.  Schaflfert 
crossed  the  ocean  and  pushed  west  to  Youngstown,  Ohio,  and  he  soon  found  work 
m  the  large  car  shops  as  a  car  repairer.  Hard  times,  however,  swept  over  the  coun- 
try, and  in  1893  he  continued  west  to  Rock  Creek,  Jefiferson  County,  Kans  where 
he  worked  at  farming.  He  was  not  long  in  buying  a  farm  of  eighty  acres,  on  which 
he  raised  corn  and  hogs.  He  became  a  successful  cattle  feeder  and  stock  dealer,  and 
owned  an  elevator  at  Rock  Creek  on  the  St.  Joe  branch  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad, 
gathering  and  exporting  grain. 

Mr.  Schaflfert  also  did  an  extensive  land  business,  buying  and  selling  farms.  He 
sold  much  hay  and  grain,  and  bought,  fed  and  shipped  cattle  and  hogs.  He  built  a 
^Wn.H  '/°.*'''  wr   "V'^i  ^^   '^"'"P^'^   f^°'"   the   wagons    of   the    farmers   and 

r?ed  andThen'l  ''V  T""  ^'  ^"'^  l'''^'"^  "  comfortable  stage,  Mr.  SchafJert  mar- 
rer;..n  if  I  .  '^  ^^""^  *°  ^""^""^  ^"^^  Kansas  to  visit  him,  returning  to 
fn/n  f\  K  h.s  death  occurred  in  1915.  He  was  born  in  1836,  a^d  durinc.  the 
througlirthe"  wo  ;;  l^-^  ->t"--d  "lany  interesting  developments  in  German;  and 
progrfss  "^^  privileged  to  get  a  glimpse  of  the  wonders  of  American 

Mr.  Schaflfert's  bride  was  Miss  Geneva  P.  Winslow,  a  native  of  Kansas  and  the 
at  ifintLl^'p'lT'f ";  f'*  ^^  ^"  ^°'^^  ^^^  •^"'"^  t°  Californ  a  and  had  sett  ed 

Mr.  Schaffert  now  owns  a  ranch  at  1....  .^^  out  and  selling  several  orange  groves, 
Plant,  to  alfalfa;  anrheoZtt  Schaffert  Sck  "  '^  V'^'rT''' ,7'^^  "  P"™^'"^ 
concrete  building  worthy  of  the  city  of  Orange  °"      °"*^   ^'''''"    ^*^"''   "   ^"^ 

■-respttl\'t';Tty"tirto"n?aTd'°"''  '°"*^'  ''"^'°'''  ^^-  S'^^-S"*  '--^^  ^  ^and, 

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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1117 

MARTIN  R.  HENINGER.— In  the  development  of  the  southern  section  of  the 
city  of  Santa  Ana  no  one  has  been  more  active  than  Martin  R.  Heninger,  who,  in  the 
fourteen  years  of  his  residence  here,  has  seen  a  wonderful  transformation  in  this  part 
of  the  city — a  transformation  that  he  has  had  the  greatest  part  in  bringing  about.  Mr. 
Heninger  is  a  native  of  Missouri  and  was  born  in  Monroe  County,  a  son  of  William  W. 
and  Eliza  J.  (Stalcup)  Heninger,  on  November  29,  1851,  and  was  reared  on  a  farm  and 
spent  his  early  years  in  agricultural  activities. 

.  After  his  marriage,  in  1882,  he  removed  to  Dakota  Territory  and  there  he  engaged 
in  the  retail  lumber  business  at  Ordway,  now  South  Dakota,  remaining  there  for 
one  year,  when  he  moved  to  Westport,  where  he  remained  about  twenty  years,  being 
one  of  the  town's  most  substantial  business  men.  He  also  did  the  banking  exchange 
business  of  that  town — a  boon  to  the  farmers  and  business  men,  and  owned  a  farm 
of  450  acres.  Selling  out  he  then  located  in  Aberdeen,  where  he  bought  a  third 
interest  in  the  Aberdeen  Electric  Light  and  Gas  Company,  remaining  there  until  1906. 
During  the  many  years  of  Mr.  Heninger's  residence  in  South  Dakota  he  was  very 
prominent  in  Republican  politics  and  in  the  public  life  of  the  State  and  was  a 
member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  held  at  Sioux  Falls  which  acted  in  the  ad- 
mission of  South  Dakota  to  statehood  in  1889.  He  also  served  as  clerk  of  the  district 
court  of  Brown  County  for  two  years — 1895-96.  He  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Sheldon,  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Regents  of  Education,  but  resigned  on  account 
of  his  business. 

Disposing  of  his  interest  in  the  Aberdeen  Electric  Light  and  Gas  Company,  Mr. 
Heninger  decided  to  locate  in  California,  and  arrived  at  Santa  Ana  May  15,  1906.  In 
1907,  with  his  brother,  H.  B.  Heninger,  now  deceased,  he  bought  thirty-four  acres  of 
the  Palmer  Tract,  south  of  First  Street.  They  developed  and  platted  this  tract,  planting 
trees,  putting  in  sidewalks  and  curbs;  later  they  bought  additional  tracts,  one  of  ten 
and  one  of  eighteen  acres,  which  they  platted  and  improved.  These  properties  are 
known  as.  Heninger  Additions,  Nos.  1,  2,  3  and  4.  Many  miles  of  street  paving,  side- 
walks and  curbs  were  put  in;  $10,000  being  paid  out  for  street  paving  alone  in  one  year. 

When  Mr.  Heninger  purchased  this  property  it  was  a  barley  field,  and  the  follow- 
ing year  a  combined  harvester  was  at  work  on  the  property,  cutting,  threshing  and 
sacking  the  barley.  Now  it  is  the  finest  residence  section  of  the  city,  built  up  with  fine 
homes,  all  of  which  have  been  erected  within  the  past  twelve  years.  Mr.  Heninger  and 
his  brother  have  erected  150  houses  on  the  property. 

Notwithstanding  the  labor  and  responsibility  entailed  by  his  development  opera- 
tions, Mr.  Heninger  has  also  been  very  active  in  the  development  of  citrus  groves. 
He  has  owned  three  different  tracts,  one  of  seven  acres  on,  Lincoln  Avenue,  seventeen 
acres  in  Lemon  Heights,  and  five  acres  within  the  city  limits.  Two  of  these  places  he 
has  improved  and  planted  himself,  subsequently  disposing  of  them  at  a  good  profit. 

Mr.  Heninger's  marriage  united  him  with  Miss  Mary  A.  Way,  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, their  marriage  occurring  in  1882  in  Shelbina,  Mo.  Three  daughters  have  been 
born  to  them:  Nora  L.,  Mrs.  W.  T.  Elliott;  Mabel  H.,  Mrs.  Fred  S.  Chapman,  and 
Mildred,  Mrs.  N.  S.  Rulon,  all  of  Santa  Ana.  It  is  quite  safe  to  say  that  no  other  man 
has  done  as  much  for  the  development  of  the  south  part  of  Santa  Ana  as  has  Mr. 
Heninger,  and  he  is  still  actively  at  work,  many  new  residences  being  erected  on  his 
properties.  It  is  to  men  of  the  character  and  energy  of  Mr.  Heninger  that  Orange 
County  owes  much  for  the  wonderful  progress  made  in  the  past  few  years. 

JOHN  SIMON  FLUOR. — As  a  man  prominent  in  the  upbuilding  of  Orange 
County,  John  Simon  Fluor  has  come  to  be  well  known  throughout  this  section  of  the 
state.  With  unswerving  faith  in  the  future  growth  of  the  county,  and  the  ability  and 
readiness  to  do  all  in  his  power  to  advance  its  best  interests,  he  has  been  an  important 
factor  in  the  development  of  its  resources  in  the  past  ten  years,  and  bids  fair- to  be  in 
the  future  as  in  the  past,  one  of  the  men  at  the  backbone  of  the  further  development 
of  this  garden  spot  of  California. 

Born  February  4,  1867,  Mr.  Fluor  is  a  native  of  Switzerland,  where  at  an  early 
age  he  took  up  the  trade  of  contractor  and  builder.  In  May,  1888,  he  arrived  in  the 
United  States  and  located  at  Oshkosh,  Wis.,  where  he  was  one  of  the  founders  and 
was  manager  of  the  Fluor  Brothers  Construction  Company.  This  firm  is  still  in 
existence  and  doing  business;  he  built  the  company  up  to  one  of  the  best  in  that 
section,  specializing  in  big  jobs,  such  as  factories,  warehouses,  etc.,  and  erected  a  num- 
ber of  large  manufacturing  plants  in  Wisconsin,  and  saw  and  lumber  mills  in  Florida. 

In  the  fall  of  1912  Mr.  Fluor  located  in  Santa  Ana,  where  he  has  since  followed 
construction  work  as  a  contractor  and  builder;  the  following  are  some  of  his  buildings 
erected  in  Santa  Ana:  the  fine  mausoleum  in  the  Santa  Ana  Cemetery;  the  California 
National  Bank  Building;  Taylor  Bros.'  warehouse  and  cannery;  the  D.  A.  Dale  Block; 
four  buildings  for   Oliver   Halsell,   including  a 'garage   and   business   blocks;    and   five 


1118  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

other  large  garages,  besides  other  buildings  too  numerous  to  mention.  In  Fullertou 
he  erected  two  business  blocks  for  George  Amerige;  a  group  of  high  school  buildmgs 
in  South  Pasadena;  and  a  school  at  Niland.  All  of  his  building  operations  bear  the 
stamp  of  a  master  hand,  with  thorough  attention  to  detail  and  first-class  quality  ot 
material  and  workmanship.  . 

The  marriat^e  of  Mr.  Fluor  united  him  with  Emma  Sonnenberg,  a  native  ot   Wis- 
consin, and  five  "children  have  blessed  their  union:     Peter  E^  ^ho^  saw^^service^  m^^the 


World' War  in  France  as  a  lieutenant  in  the  Aviation  Corps;  Fred  C.  in  the  U.  S.  Navy 


Santa 

the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

EDWARD  HENRY  DIERKER.— A  prominent  director  of  the  Santiago  Orange 
Growers  Association  is  Edward  Henry  Dierker,  a  rancher  who  understands  the  many 
problems  of  citrus  culture.  'He  was  born  in  Monterey,  Nebr.,  on  October  9,  1875,  the 
son  of  the  well-known  pioneer,  Henry  Dierker,  and  the  sixth  eldest  in  a  family  of  ten 

children.  ,      ,        ,        li-         i.      i 

He  was  brought  up  on  a  farm  in  Nebraska  and  went  to  the  local  public  schools; 
and  having  thus  made  an  excellent  start  in  life,  he  came  to  California  in  October,  1892. 
He  settled  at  Orange  and  attended  the  Orange  County  Business  College  in  Santa  Ana, 
and  then,  for  five  years,  he  was  a  salesman  in  the  Ehlen  and  Grote  Company's  grocery 
store.  Later,  in  1902,  he  bought  the  twenty  acres  of  bare  land  at  the  corner  of 
Lemon  and  West  Palmyra  streets,  Orange,  and  the  following  year  set  the  same  out  to 
Valencia  and  Navel  oranges.  Of  all  the  fine  ranches  hereabouts,  this  is  the  closest  in, 
and  this  fact  alone  adds  to  its  value  and  prospects.  All  in  all,  it  has  become  valuable 
property,  and  its  worth  is  largely  due  to  the  attention  and  skill  bestowed  upon  it  by 
its  owner. 

Mr.  Dierker  is  a  member  of  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association,  is  a 
director  in  the  same,  and  was  on  the  building  committee  when  the  new  packing  house, 
so  attractive  in  its  Mission  style,  was  erected.  The  committee  also  built  an  ice  plant, 
one  of  the  finest  in  the  state,  where  ice  is  made  for  precooling  the  fruit-cars,  and  for 
stocking  cars  with  ice.  He  is  also  a  director  in  the  Orange  County  Fumigating  Com- 
pany, to  which  he  also  gives  the  same  honest  and  careful  attention.  Mr.  Dierker  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Richland  Walnut  Growers  Association  and  of  the  California  Prune 
and  Apricot  Association. 

At  Orange,  August  3,  1898,  Mr.  Dierker  was  married  to  Miss  Lydia  Kogler,  a 
native  of  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  and  the  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Jacob  Kogler;  and  from  her 
third  year  she  was  reared  in  Orange.  Three  children  have  blessed  this  union:  Alvin, 
a  graduate  of  the  Orange  LInion  high  school,  who  is  attending  Stanford  University  as 
a  member  of  the  class  of  1922,  and  during  the  war  was  a  member  of  the  student  army; 
Celeste,  who  is  in  the  Orange  Union  high  school,  class  of  1921;  and  Florence.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Dierker  are  members  of  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church,  where  he  has  been  trustee 
for  fifteen  years  and  also,  for  the  last  ten  years,  as  treasurer  of  the  board,  a  position  he 
filled  during  the  building  of  the  new  church.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Lutheran 
Men's  Club,  while  Mrs.  Dierker  is  equally  active  in  the  Ladies'  Aid  and  Missionary  so- 
cieties of  the  church.  Mr.  Dierker  is  very  enterprising  and  progressive,  and  has  always 
been  ready  to  give  of  his  time  and  means  as  far  as  he  is  able  to  aid  in  the  building  up 
of  the  county's  horticultural  and  agricultural  industries.  He  also  applies  himself  to 
civic  duties,  and  from  time  to  time,  under  the  leadership  of  the  Republican  party. 

CHESTER  K.  LEE. — Among  Garden .  Grove's  foremost  citizens  and  successful 
business  "men  is  Chester  K.  Lee,  the  efficient  manager  and  secretary  of  the  Garden 
Grove  \\'alnut  Growers  Association.  Mr.  Lee  was  born  September  21,  1873,  at  Alex- 
andria, Madison  County,  Tnd.,  about  forty-five  miles  northeast  of  Indianapolis,  and  is 
the  son  of  :\.  J.  and  Lucy  J.  (Powell)  Lee.  The  father's  people  were  natives  of  North 
Carolina,  and  the  mother's  people  were  natives  of  Delaware,  but  she  was  born  and 
reared  in  Franklin  County.  Tnd.  A.  J.  Lee  owned  a  farm  of  120  acres  and  residence 
property  at  Alexandria,  Ind.  He  frequently  visited  his  children  in  Orange  County. 
Cal.,  and  in  the  sprin.Q-  of  1920  disposed  of  his  holdings  in  the  East  and  purchased 
residence  property  on  Spurgeon  Street,  at  Santa  Ana,  where  he  is  now  living  retired. 

Chester  K.  Lee  grew  up  at  Alexandria,  Ind.,  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  attended  Taylor  University,  at  Upland,  Ind.,  two  years,  afterward  being  employed 
in  the  paper  mill  at  Alexandria.  In  1902  he  married,  at  Alexandria,  Miss  Pareppa  R. 
Hon.ghton,  who  was  born  and  reared  in  Indiana,  and  in  1903  the  young  people  came 
to  Santa  Ana,  Cal.,  to  make  their  home^  They  are  the  parents  of  four  children:  Mary 
L.,   Erma   R.,   Ethlyn    B,,   and    Merle   J.     The   first   year   after   coming   to    Santa   Aria, 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1121 

Mr.  Lee  worked  for  the  Santa  Ana  Walnut  Growers  Association,  tlien  became  manager 
of  the  house.  He  is  the  second  oldest  walnut  packer  in  California,  the  one  man  older 
in  the  business  than  he  being  Mr.  Sharp,  of  Santa  Paula.  Preferring  Garden  Grove 
as  a  place  of  residence,  Mr.  Lee  purchased  property  there,  and  since  1914  his  work 
has  been  in  Garden  Grove.  .  In  that  year  he  built  the  Garden  Grove  walnut  house  after 
plans  of  his  own,  a  frame  building  5,0x80  feet  in  dimension,  located  on  the  Pacific 
Electric  right-of-way.  The  association  uses,  Mr.  Lee's  system  in  cleaning,  fanning, 
bleaching  and  sorting  the  walnuts,  and  they  are  packed  in  new  burlap  sacks  with  the 
"Diamond  Brand"  of  which  there  are  five  grades:  Fancy  Budded,  No.  1,  Golden  State, 
Jumbos  and  No.  2.  Mr.  Lee's  reputation  as  a  walnut  man  has  gone  throughout  the 
entire  state.  He  is  considered  an  authority  in  his  line,  and  is  often  called  upon  for 
articles  for  the  leading  agricultural  and  horticultural  papers  and  magazines.  He  is 
also  frequently  asked  to  go  out  to  different  places  in  California  for  the  Central  Asso- 
ciation, to  instruct  and  give  advice  to  other  walnut  growers  associations,  and  his  serv- 
ices have  often  been  sought  in  the  matter  of  devising  architectural  plans  and  building, 
and  properly  equipping  other  walnut  warehouses.  In  1913  he  remodeled  the  warehouse 
at  Santa  Ana  and  installed  the  machinery;  in  1917  he  equipped  the  Santa  Susana  ware- 
house with  adequate  machinery,  and  in  1919  installed  machinery  in,  the  one  at  Puente. 
In  1920  they  equipped  a  warehouse  complete,  in  Garden  Grove,  for  packing  budded 
nuts.  He  is  an  authority  on  bleaching,  and  in  1918,  when  the  San  Francisco  Almond 
Growers  Association  had  great  difficulty  in  properly  bleaching  the  product  Mr.  Lee  was 
sent  for  and  solved  the  matter  by  prescribing  a  bleach  which  did  the  work  satisfactorily. 
The  year  1919  was  the  most  successful  year  the  association  has  enjoyed  since 
its  organization  in  1914;  twenty-eight  members  being  added  to  its  list,  and  about 
twenty  others  were  added  in  1920.  The  outlook  for  the  association  could  scarcely  be 
brighter.  The  production  promises  to  steadily  increase,  as  many  young  groves  are 
coming  into  bearing.  The  oldest  trees  are  only  fifteen  years  old  and  are  located  on  the 
Townsend  place  two  miles  north  of  town.  As  an  illustration  of  the  quality  of  the 
walnuts  produced  in  the  Garden  Grove  district,  two  carloads  were  shipped  to  Los 
Angeles,  and  were  of  such  size  and  perfection  that  they  were  held  there  and  packed  in 
attractive  five-pound  cartons  and  sold  in  the  city  at  fancy  prices.  In  the  cull  depart- 
ment thirty  girls  are  employed  cracking  walnuts  and  preparing  the  meats  for  market. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  association  was  held  at  the  Garden  Grove  office  Saturday, 
January  24,  1920.  It  was  harmonious  and  enthusiastic,  and  all  the  officers  and  directors 
were  reelected,  viz.,  William  Schnitger,  president;  F.  E.  Farnsworth,  vice-president; 
and  C.  K.  Lee,  secretary.  The  other  directors  are  N.  I.  Rice,  Gorge  Cook  and  F.  B. 
Cleveland.  In  his  religious  association  Mr.  Lee  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church,  and 
served  as  one  of  its  trustees  for  several  years.  Politically  he  is  a  Prohibitionist  and 
he  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Garden  Grove  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

CHARLES  H.  HOWARD.— A  potent  factor  in  the  development  and  growth  of 
the  financial  and  commercial  enterprises  of  Huntington  Beach,  a  man  of  unusual 
resourcefulness  and  executive  ability,  is  Charles  H.  Howard,  a  pioneer  merchant  of  this 
thriving  beach  city  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Huntington 
Beach.  He  was  born  at  Frewsburg,  N.  Y.,  January  2,  1862,  and  there  was  reared 
and  educated.  His  school  days  being  over  he  went  to  Jamestown  in  1877,  wher;;  ne 
began  working  as  delivery  boy,  then  as  clerk,  and  later  as  a  partner  in  the  same  store. 
Thus  he  became  a  prominent  merchant  in  that  place,  residing  there' until  1893  when  he 
took  a  trip  to  the  Golden  State,  locating  for  two  years  at  Redlands,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business,  the  first  novelty  store  in  that  place.  Afterwards 
he  returned  East,  but  the  lure  of  the  land  of  sunshine  and  flowers,  with  its  equable 
climate,  was  too  strong  to  resist  longer,  so  in  1906  he  returned  to  California,  this  time 
locating  at  Huntington  Beach.  He  opened  a  grocery  store,  becoming  one  of  the  pioneer 
merchants  of  the  beach  town. 

Possessing  keen  business  foresight  and  realizing  the  potential  financial  and  com- 
mercial possibilities  of  the  then  small  town,  Mr.  Howard  became  a  stockholder  in  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Huntington  Beach,  serving  as  its  vice-president  and  one  of  its 
directors.  In  1916  Mr.  Howard  sold  his  grocery  business  and  assumed  the  active 
management  of  the  bank,  being  one  of  its  largest  stockholders.  He  continued  in  the 
banking  business  until  1918,  when  he  sold  out  his  interest,  resigned  his  position  and 
removed  to  Covina,  where  he  purchased  an  orange  grove,  remaining  there  until  the 
spring  of  1920,  when  he  returned  to  the  city  of  his  choice,  Huntington  Beach,  where  as 
of  yore,  in  the  same  optimistic  way  he  saw  the  great  commercial  opportunities  and 
realizing  this  laid  his  plans  to  again  enter  business  life.  With  his  son,  Marcus  G.,  and 
his  son-in-law,  Roy  K.  Smith,  under  the  firm  name  of  Howard  &  Smith,  he  has  estab- 
lished two  general  stores.     Store  Number  One  is  located  in  a  building  he  owns  on  the 


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corner  of  Main  and  Walnut  streets,  and  Store  Number  Two  in  a  building  he  has  just 
completed  on  the  corner  of  Eleventh  and  Orange  streets.     His  many  years  ot  ^xpe 
ence  and  successful  business  career,  in  connection  with  his  high  standing  as  a  m^n  o 
strict  integrity  and  honesty  of  purpose  enabled  him  to  immediately  establisn   a  larg 
and   ever-increasing  trade.  j   k   •]<-  tVi 

On  his  return  he  also  became  active  in  real  estate  development  and  built  tnree 
fine  residences  which  he  sold;  he  has  just  completed  a  handsome  house  overlookmg 
the  ocean,  where  he  intends  to  make  his  permanent  home.  Another  of  his  successtul 
enterprises  is  the  Princess  Theatre,  which  he  built  and  owns.  Among  the  inaiiy 
enterprises  Mr.  Howard  was  instrumental  in  founding  at  Huntington  Beach,  none  have 
given  him  as  much  real  pleasure  and  satisfaction  as  the  organizing  and  building  of  the 
First  Methodist  Church  of  Huntington  Beach,  to  which  he  gave  freely  of  his  time 
and  financial  help  and  served  as  president  of  the  church  board.  He  is  recognized  as 
one  of  the  most  public-spirited  men  of  the  city  and  is  always  ready  to  help  promote 
every  worthy  movement  that  has  as  its  ultimate  aim  the  upbuilding  and  fostering  of  the 
best  interests  of  Huntington  Beach.  Mr.  Howard  has  served  as  president  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  and  also  was  one  of  the  original  board  of  trustees  of  the  city. 

In  1886  Mr.  Howard  was  united  in  marriage  at  Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  with  Miss 
Adelaide  M.  Hazzard,  a  native  of  Little  Falls,  N.  Y.,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  four 
children:  Marcus  G.,  who  is  manager  of  one  of  the  Acme  Grocery  Stores  in  Los 
Angeles,  married  Miss  Mabel  Elf  eld  of  Huntington  Beach;  Lillian  S.  is  the  wife  of 
J.  J.  Goetz,  a  teacher  in  the  Long  Beach  high  school;  Frances  L.  is  the  wife  of  Roy  K. 
Smith,  the  general  manager  of  the  chain  of  Acme  Grovery  Stores  in  Los  Angeles; 
Virginia  is  a  student  at  the  Huntington  Beach  high  school. 

ROY  I.  LOVERING. — A  successful  Tulare  rancher  who  profited  by  his  discovery 
that,  after  all,  there  is  nothing  to  compare  with  Orange  County,  and  straightway  moved 
hither,  is  Roy  L  Lovering,  proprietor  of  the  estate  so  well  known  in  the  Orangethorpe 
district  and  a  member  of  a  family  that  has  prospered  wonderfully  in  California.  He 
was  born  in  Lucas  County,  Iowa,  on  November  26,  1882,  the  son  of  Martin  Van  Buren 
Lovering,  a  farmer  of  that  state,  and  his  good  wife  Mary.  He  came  to  California 
when  he  was  a  baby  in  1883,  so  that  for  all  practical  purposes,  so  to  speak,  he  is  a 
genuine  native  son.  At  that  time  his  father  came  to  Orangthorpe,  and  here  purchased 
eighty  acres  on  West  Orangethorpe  Avenue.  It  was  then  covered  with  wild  mus- 
tard and  sunflowers,  and  was  known  as  the  Baker-Lovering  subdivision. 

At  the  present  time  there  are  forty  acres  in  the  Lovering  homestead,  and  all  are 
in  oranges,  entirely  vmder  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company's  service.  The  ranch 
was  run  by  our  subject  until  1904,  when  he  purchased  560  acres  in  Tulare  County  for 
a  cattle  ranch,  and  for  the  next  six  years  lived  there.  Then  he  removed  to  Mexico, 
and  at  Ontagota  had  a  ranch  of  123  acres  in  grain  from  1910  to  1911.  Returning  to 
Tulare  County,  he  again  ran  his  ranch  there  until  January,  1916,  when  he  concluded 
to  return  to  the  old  homestead  at  Orangthorpe.  He  joined  the  Anaheim  Orange  and 
Lemon  Growers  Association,  and  with  his  brothers  became  especially  interested  in 
sixteen  acres  west  of  the  Emery  oil  fields. 

On  June  8,  1904,  Mr.  Lovering  was  married  in  Orangethorpe  to  Miss  Nellie 
Weaver,  a  native  of  Kansas  and  the  daughter  of  W.  W.  Weaver  who  married  Miss 
^u"'"'' ^^''"^'''i  J^^  Weavers  came  to  California  in  1887  and  settled  at  Anaheim;  and 
there  Miss  Nellie  went  to  school.  Two  children-Norma  Doris  and  Jassmine  Evelyn- 
have  blessed  the  union.  .  Fraternally,  Mr.  Lovering  is  a  member  of  the  Elks  of  Ana- 
heim; nor  IS   there  in  that  flourishing  society  a  more  active   or  popular  member. 

JESSE  B.  IRWIN.-A  faithful  public  official  whose  interest  in  Orange  County 
history  IS  second  only  to  h.s  devotion  to  duty  and  his  interest  in  the  history  of  his 
family,  now  enhanced  by  the  enviable  war  records- of  his  sons,  is  Jesse  B  Irwin  the 
popular  custodian  of  the  Orange  County  Park.  He  is  the  son  of  JameV  anTDe Sa 
(Ennis)  Irwin,  old  settlers  of  Ohio,  where  the  father  died,  and  was  bom  neaJ  Spier 
Sandusky  Wyandot  County  in  the  Buckeye  State,  on  September  27,  18S1  the  fifth  child 
in  a  family  of  nine,  six  of  whom  are  still  living,  three  sons  and  thr^e  daughters 

At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  removed  to  Monticello    T11     with  v,;=      -j 


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tural  pursuits  for  ten  years.     In  1902  he  was  appointed  deputy  county  clerk   of  Piatt 
County  and  served  until  Sept.  1,  1911,  working  under  two  administrations. 

In  September,  1911,  Mr.  Irwin  and  family  came  west  to  California,  principally 
for  his  health,  settled  in  Huntington  Beach  and  has  ever  since  worked  hard  for  the 
advancement  of  Orange  County  interests,  and  is  a  good  "booster"  for  this  section  of  the 
great  state — an  enthusiasm  and  a  work  in  which  his  wife  and  all  the  family  join. 

Nine  children  blessed  this  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Irwin,  one  child,  Nettie,  dying 
at  the  age  of  nine.  Clyde  C,  who  married  on  August  1,  1919,  lives  in.  Los  Angeles  and 
is  an  expert  caterpillar  mechanic;  Zella  was  married  in  1913  to  W.  S.  Thompson  of 
Garden  Grove,  at  present  a  rancher  with  120  acres  at  Huntington  Beach;  Marie  D., 
the  fourth  in  the  order  of  birth,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Clara  Barton  Hospital  of  Los 
Angeles,  and  was  married  August  25,  1920,  to  John  H.  Carter,  an  oil  worker  at  Brea. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  World  War;  Fay  F.  attended  the  Huntington  Beach  high 
school  and  is  now  at  home;  Fern  G.,  married  in  October,  1918,  Loraine  E.  Tarbox, 
who  is  engaged  with  his  father  in  the  hardware  business  at  Huntington  Beach;  Rachel 
is  a  senior  in  the  Orange  high  school;  Joseph  B.  in  Orange  high  school,  and  Esther, 
a  student  in  the  El  Modena  grammar  school.  Mr.  Irwin,  who  has  been  an  Odd  Fellow 
since  1884,  now  belongs  to   Huntington  Beach   Lodge. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Irwin  can  well  be  proud  of  the  war  record  of  their  sons.  Clyde 
C.  served  with  the  Ninety-first- Division  of  the  Three  Hundred  Forty-Eighth  Field 
Artillery,  and  trained  at  Camp  Lewis  from  April  26,  1918,  to  the  following  July,  when 
he  sailed  with  his  division  from  New  York  for  France.  In  the  latter  country,  he  was 
in  charge  of  munition  trucks,  and  he  also  served  in  the  Army  of  Occupation.  In  April, 
1919,  he  returned  to  California,  and  at  Camp  Kearny,  on  the  twenty-fifth  of  the  month 
was  honorably  discharged.  Fay  F.  Irwin  volunteered  in  June,  1918,  for  service  in  naval 
aviation,  and  trained  at  North  Island  until  December,  when  he  was  sent  with  his  class 
to  the  Great  Lakes  Station,  and  there  he  served,  until  he  was  honorably  discharged, 
in  April,   1919,  when  he  at  once  returned  to  California. 

HENRI  F.  GARDNER. — An  early  pioneer  of  Orange  who  had  much  to  do  with 
the  building  up  and  improving  of  that  section  was  the  late  Henri  F.  Gardner,  who  was 
born  in  Jackson  County,  Mich.,  in  1852,  descendant  of  a  prominent  and  old  Connecticut 
family.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  after  which  he  learned  the  printer's 
trade  and  then  entered  the  University  of  Michigan,  but  on  account  of  his  health  and 
wishing  to  seek  a  more  equable  climate  he  came  to  California.  He  spent  one  year 
working  on  the  Anaheim  Gazette  and  then  located  in  Orange  in  1873  and  purchased 
twenty  acres  on  South  Glassell  Street,  which  is  still  in  possession  of  his  family. 

Orange  was  then  only  a  country  cross  roads  with  a  store  and  blacksmith  shop. 
The  place  was  wild  land  and  with  his  customary  zeal  he  leveled  and  improved  it,  setting 
out  an  orchard.  He  was  very  prominent  in  and  served  as  an  officer  of  the  Santa  Ana 
Valley  Irrigation  Company,  was  secretary  of  the  company  for  some  years  and  after- 
wards became  superintendent  of  the  company  until  he  resigned.  He  bought  other 
ranches  and  improved  them  and  then  sold  them.  He  also  owned  valuable  property  on 
West  Third  Street,  Los  Angeles;  he  passed  away  in  Los  Angeles  on  October  27,  1918. 
Interested  in  the  cause  of  education,  Mr.  Gardner  was  school  trustee  in  Orange  from 
the  early  days,  serving  acceptably  for  many  years.  He  was  also  a  prominent  member 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Orange  and  helped  materially  to  shape  the  destinies  of  the 
town.  He  was,  however,  most  prominent  in  organizing  and  building  up  the  Santa  Ana 
Valley  Irrigation  Company,  and  with  his  associates  he  made  it  one  of  the  best  irrigating 
systems  in  the  state. 

Mr.  Gardner  was  married  in  Downey  in  1872,  when  he  was  united  with  Miss  Emma 
Howard,  who  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  but  educated  in  Rock  Island,  111.,  where  she 
was  a  graduate  of  the  Rock  Island  Normal.  She  came  to  San  Francisco  with  her 
mother  in  1872,  and  soon  afterwards  to  Los  Angeles,  where  she  was  engaged  in  teach- 
ing, and  it  was  here  she  met  Mr.  Gardner,  the  acquaintance  resulting  in  their  marriage. 
Mrs.  Gardner  is  a  lady  of  culture  and  refinement  and  always  encouraged  and  assisted 
her  husband  in  his  ambitions.  Their  union  was  blessed  with  seven  children:  H.  H. 
is  a  rancher  at  Villa  Park;  Dian  R.  is  an  attorney-at-law  now  residing  at  Orange; 
Vera  P.,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Michigan  with  the  degree  of  M.D.,  saw 
service  with  the  Red  Cross  overseas  and  was  in  charge  of  the  bacteriological  laboratory 
for  the  American  Commission  in  Poland,  being  stationed  in  Warsaw;  she  is  now  the 
wife  of  Dr.  A.  J.  Chesley  of  Minneapolis,  Minn.;  Mrs.  Ora  Devereaux  resides  in  Los 
Angeles;  H.  Reginald  is  superintendent  of  a  mine  in  Plumas  County,  Cal.;  Margaret  is 
a  graduate  of  Stanford  University  with  the  degree  of  A.B.;  she  afterwards  studied  law, 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  she  was  deputy  city  prosecutor  of  Los  Angeles  until  the 
war  when  she  volunteered  in  the  Red  Cross,  serving  overseas  one  year  in  France,  then 

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in  Poland,  where  she  was  head  of  the  department  of  home  communication  *°''  ^'^.^ 
American  Commission.  She  is  again  practicing  her  profession  in  Los  Angeles;  Sydnie 
is  the  wife  of  M.  M.  Fogel  of  Santa  Monica.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gardner  with  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Robt.  Tenor  were  greatly  interested  in  starting  the  first  public  library  m  Oratige, 
which  eventually  grew  and  became  the  Orange  County  Public  Library,  of  which  they 
were  the  organizers.  Mrs.  Gardner  continues  to  make  her  home  in  Los  Angeles  sur- 
rounded by  her  children,  who  assist  her  in  caring  for  the  interests  and  property  left  by 
her  husband.     She  is  now  one  of  the  few  remaining  pioneers  of  old  Orange  County. 

CLYDE  D.  BUTLER.— A  live,  progressive  factor  in  the  development  of  many 
Orange  County  interests  in  recent  years  is  Clyde  D.  Butler,  a  native  of  Goldendale, 
Wash.,  where  he  was  born  in  territorial  days  on  April  6,  1883,  the  son  of  J.  H.  and 
Lizzie  E.  (Hasty)  Butler,  born  in  New  York  and  Maine,  respectively,  who  located  in 
and  have  been  associated  with  Santa  Ana  since  1894.  When  he  was  six  months  old 
the  family  moved  to  Arapahoe,  Nebr.,  and  there  he  was  reared  until  his  eleventh  year. 
In  1894  he  came  to  California  and  Santa  Ana  and  here  finished  the  courses  of  the  Santa 
Ana  high  school.  While  still  a  student  at  the  high  school  he  was  also  in  the  office  of 
the  city  engineer  and  there  learned  enough  of  engineering  to  encourage  his  taking  an 
engineering  course  in  the  University  of  California. 

Mr.  Butler  next  became  an  assistant  in  the  city  engineer's  office  at  Santa  Ana,  and 
at  the  end  of  two  years,  when  the  Orange  County  Highway  Commission  was  formed 
and  the  bond  issue  carried  for  the  construction  of  highways  in  Orange  County,  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  commission,  first,  in  the  discharge  of  office  work,  later  as 
resident  engineer  in  the  field,  and  lastly,  as  chief  field  engineer  for  the  highway 
commission. 

When  the  new  highways  had  been  completed,  Mr.  Butler  helped  to  form  the 
Orange  County  Engineering  and  Construction  Company,  which  was  organized  on 
September  21,  1916.  From  the  very  beginning  it  proved  a  success  aiid  its  operations, 
aggressive  and  extensive,  pointing  the  way  and  raising  the  standards  of  such  work, 
had  much  to  do  with  the  rapid  and  sound  development,  not  merely  of  Santa  Ana  and 
the  immediate  outlying  districts,  but  also  with  Orange  County.  The  company  does 
general  engineering  and  survey  work,  together  with  heavy  concrete  construction,  and 
has  built  many  highways  in  the  county,  including  miles  of  concrete  paving  in  Santa 
Ana,  and  making  a  specialty  nf  both  rock  and  oil  and  asphalt  roads.  They  have  also  put 
up  some  notable  structures,  such  as  the  beautiful  Evergreen  Mausoleum  in  Oakland 
Cemetery,  which  cost  about  $125,000. 

He  was  active  in  the  affairs  of  the  company  until  January,  1920,  when,  finding  his 
other  interests  occupied  too  much  of  his  time,  he  sold  his  interest  and  resigned  and  since 
then  is  looking  after  his  own  affairs;  particularly  is  he  occupied  with  his  official  duties 
as  deputy  city  manager  of  Anaheim  as  well  as  deputy  city  surveyor  and  department 
street  superintendent  of  the  same  city.  He  still  follows  surveying  and  civil  engineering, 
making  his  home  in  Santa  Ana.  He  takes  the  deepest  interest  in  all  problems  pertain- 
ing to  the  future  of  both  city  and  county  and  is  ever  willing  to  lend  a  hand  in  the  most 
unselfish  manner  in  order  to  attain  the  desired  ends. 

u  ANDREW  J.  TEAGUE. — An  experienced,  enthusiastic,  influential  and  effective 
'booster"  for  Orange  County,  whose  services,  always  freely  given,  are  widely  appre- 
ciated, IS  Andrew  J.  Teague,  the  special  agent  for  the  Union-Oil  Company  at  Hunting- 
ton Beach  A  native  of  Missouri,  he  was  born  in  Texas  County  on  March  3,  1883, 
and  reared  on  a  Missouri  farm,  in  a  flourishing  district,  where  he  learned  a  good  deal 
about  the  best  way  of  doing  things,  according  to  the  latest  American  methods  in  agri- 
culture. He  attended  first  the  district,  and  then  the  high  school  at  Houston,  Mo  and 
was  eventually  graduated  from  the  State  Normal  School  at  Ravenden  Springs  Ark 
o"f  Arkanfas  ""^  ^  t^^<:her's  certificate  and  taught  for  six  years  in  the  rural  schools 

In  1912  Mr.  Teague  came  west  to  California  and  settled  at  Santa  Ana  equipped 
with  a  diploma  from  Draughon's  Business  College  of  Little  Rock  Ark  and  for 
three  years  he  demonstrated  his  ability  in  trade  lines  as  a  clerk  fo;  the  San  a  Ana 
Mercantde  Company.  Then  he  became  a  salesman  for  the  Standard  Oil  Companv 
and  later  acted  in  the  same  capacity  for  the  Union  Oil  Company  of  Santa  Ana 

_   Having   thus    gained   a   thorough   knowledge   of   the   commercial   side   of  'the    oil 
busmess    he  was   naturally  the  most  available  man   to  manage   the  new  plant   of   the 
Union    Oil   Company   at   Huntington    Beach,   which   was   completed    in    1917      He    has 
succeeded  well  with  this  responsibility,  both  for  the  interests  of  the  company  and  ^o 
his  own  advancement   and  his  success  is  undoubtedly  due  to  his  having  considered  th 
wants  of  the  community  as  well  as  the  wishes  of  his  employers  <:°nsmered  th 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1127 

Mr.  Teague  has  always  taken  a  live  interest  in  the  affairs  of  Huntington  Beach 
and  has  made  this  interest  "felt  in  his  work  as  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 
He  has  been  in  favor  of  everything  which  would  make  for  a  larger,  more  go-ahead  and 
still  more  prosperous  community,  and  for  the  most  desirable  conditions  likely  to  make 
Huntington  Beach  the  ideal  town;  believing  that  the  young  city  already  contains  a 
large  number  of  the  best  sort  of  families  and  the  most  public-spirited  citizens. 

When  Mr.  Teague  was  married,  he  took  for  his  bride  Miss  Essie  Ulmer  of 
Arkansas;  and  their  fortunate  union  has  been  blessed  through  the  birth  of  two  children, 
Nerna  and  Jack.  When  twenty-one  years  of  age,  Mr.  Teague  joined  the  Odd  Fellows 
in  Arkansas,  and  was  secretary  of  the  lodge  at  Imboden,  Lawrence  County;  and  now 
he  is  treasurer  of  the  Huntington  Beach  Lodge  No.  183,  of  this  order. 

ALCEDAS  B.  ROUSSELLE. — Among  the  interesting  narratives  connected  with 
early  American  history,  none  is  more  absorbing  than  the  adventures  of  the  seven 
Rousselle  brothers  who  came  over  to  Newfoundland  from  Boulogne-sur-Mer,  in  France, 
just  before  the  battle  of  Waterloo.  They  believed  in  the  principles  enunciated  by  the 
Prince  of  Peace,  and  set  out  to  make  the  mainland  of  Massachusetts;  but  they  were 
wrecked  and  got  no  further  than  the  coast  of  Newfoundland,  from  which  they  scattered 
to  Canada,  New. Orleans  and- New  England. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was  Xavier  Rousselle,  who  settled  in 
Canada,  and  his  father  was  Moise  Rousselle,  who  was  born  there,  married  there  and 
afterward  migrated  to  Connecticut.  The  Rousselles  had  been  an  aristocratic  family  in 
France,  intimately  connected  with  the  early  military  history  of  that  country,  but  op- 
posed to  the  principles  of  conquest  that  followed  in  the  wake  of  the  Napoleonic  wars; 
and  hence  their  movement  toward  the  New  World  with  its  more  promising  future. 
Moise  Rousselle,  who  was  a  farmer  in  Canada,  married  Miss  Armine  Bessette,  a  Cana- 
dian by  birth,  and  then  moved  to  Taftville,  Conn.,  where  he  continued  agricultural 
pursuits. on  a  much  large  scale.  They  had  eleven  children;  and  Alcedas,  the  youngest 
and  the  only  one  now  living,  was  born  in  Taftville,  June  17,   1878. 

When  he  was  two  years  old,  his  mother  died,  and  on  his  father's  removal  to 
Chicopee,  Mass.,  he  was  sent  to  live  with  relatives  of  his  mother  at  Worcester,  kind 
folks,  who  did  for  him  what  they  could.  Two  of  his  uncles  became  priests  and  he  lived 
with  and  was  reared  by  one  of  them — the  Rev.  J.  C.  Bessette,  for  the  past  twenty-five 
years  rector  of  Our  Lady  of  Consolation  at  Pawtucket,  R.  L  The  Bessette  family  were 
among  the  early  families  of  Canada,  and  in  France  they  had  risen  to  distinction  as 
professiorial  men  of  literary,  scholarly  pursuits,  being  for  several  generations  at  the 
head  of  college  and  church  affairs.  It  was  the  desire  of  his  relatives  in  Connecticut, 
therefore,  that  Alcedas  should  be  a  priest,  but  business  appealed  to  him  more  strongly. 

He  attended  the  public  schools,  and  after  school  hours  and  on  Saturdays  clerked 
in  a  large  clothing  store  at  Worcester,  owned  by  his  family  relations.  They  had,  in 
fact,  a  chain  of  stores  in  New  England  cities,  and  he  rose  to  be  manager  and  buyer. 
Under  this  severe  strain,  however,  his  health  broke  down,  and  this  misfortune  brought 
him  to  the  Pacific  Coast.  He  spent  his  first  year  in  Seattle,  the  next  in  San  Francisco, 
and  in  the  third  year,  or  1905,  came  south  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  engaged  in  real 
estate  transactions,  making  a  specialty  of  beach,  oil  and  mining  properties.  He  was 
at  Tonopah  and  Goldfield  for  awhile,  and  came  out  of  the  Nevada  gold  fields  a  winner. 
He  also  did  well  at  Venice,  Ocean  Park,  Santa  Monica  and  Redondo,  and  was  one  of 
the  pioneers  in  the  early  development  of  Southern  California  beaches. 

Mr.  Rousselle  came  to  East  Newport  in  1911,  and  sold  off  the  tract  of  500  acres 
belonging  to  Stephen  Townsend  of  Long  Beach,  thereby  handling  nearly  a  million 
dollars'  worth  of  East  Newport,  Balboa,  Newport  and  Newport  Heights — now  called 
Costa  Mesa — property;  and  he  also  took  over  the  unsold  holdings  of  the  Townsend- Van 
de  Water  Company  of  Long  Beach.  As  a  result  he  himself  has  invested  heavily  in  all 
parts  of  these  coast  towns  and  has  come  to  have  the  interests  of  the  vicinity  really  at 
heart,  and  to  enjoy  a  sublime  faith  in  Newport  Bay  and  Newport  Beach  and  its  en- 
virons. He  organized  the  Balboa  Chamber  of  Commerce,  was  its  first  president,  and 
is  now  a  director  and  chairman  of  its  harbor  committee.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  a  member  of  its  foreign  trade  club  and  one 
of  the  World  Traders. 

While  in  Los  Angeles,  Mf-.  Rousselle  was  married  to  Miss  Fiorina  A.  Gendron,  a 
native  of  Worcester,  Mass.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Joseph  T.  and  Domitile  (Roche- 
leau)  Gendron,  natives  of  the  Province  of  Quebec,  Canada,  of  French  parents.  Her 
maternal  grandfather,  H.  L.  Rocheleau,  became  a  large  merchant,  beginning  in  the 
Province  of  Quebec,  and  finally  establishing  the  nucleus  of  their  present  large  chain 
of  stores  in  New  England.  Joseph  T.  Gendron  was  a  prominent  architect  in  Wor- 
cester, Mass.,  until  he  retired,  when  he  spent  most  of  his  time  traveling  abroad.  Hence 
on  all  sides  they  are  among  the  early -families  of  Massachusetts.     Mrs.  Rousselle  is  a 


1128  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

cultured,   refined  woman,  her   education  having   been   completed   in   the   Sisters   of   St. 

^""^rS  Mr'^rnd'Mrs.  RoTsselle  made  an  extended  trip  to  Alaska,  and  on  their 
return  to  Seattle  took  in  Yellowstone  Park,  Niagara  Falls  and  Boston,  then  motored 
return  to  Seattle  looit  Mountains  of  New  Hampshire,  and  the  balance  of  the 

SS;iesTw°n\he  St   la^r  nee  fromX  to  Queb'ec  and  St.  Anne  de  Beau-Pre. 

wS2n  at  homTMr  and  Mrs.  Rousselle  have  likewise  participated  m  the  best  things 
Asocial  life  Hfhelped  to  organize  the  Newport  Harbor  Yacht  Club,  of  which  he  is 
stil  an  enthusiastic  member,  and  was  its  first  fleet  captain  and  a  member  of  its  first 
board  of  directors.  He  was  also  a  "booster"  for  and  among  the  first  members  of  the 
Orange  County  Country  Club,  with  its  fine  golf  links,  and  for  ten  years  has  been  a 

the  Mediterranean  and  other  countries  of  Continental  Europe  their  intention  being  o 
return  through  the  Suez  Canal  and  visit  the  Islands  of  the  Pacific  thereby  materially 
Tdding  to  a  knowledge  of  the  world  ordinarily  not  possessed  by  less  favored  men. 

DANIEL  McKINLEY.— As  the  special  agent  for  Orange  County  of  the  M.  M. 
Cobb  Company,  packers  and  shippers  of  green  vegetables,  with  headquarters  at  203 
East  Walnut  Street,  Fullerton,  Daniel  McKinley  is  numbered  among  California  s  native 
sons  who  have  achieved  success  in  business  life.  .  ,  ,,  t^-   , 

He  was  born  at  Los  Angeles,  January  19,  1884,  and  is  the  son  of  Daniel  McKinley, 
Sr  a  native  of  Ireland,  who  was  among  the  Argonauts  who  crossed  the  plains  in  the 
days  of  '49  in  quest  of  the  yellow  metal  that  lured  so  many  to  California's  shores  in 
early  days.  First  locating  in  northern  California,  the  elder  McKinley  in  later  days 
drifted  to  the  City  of  the  Angels  when  it  was  a  small  hamlet,  and  was  among  the 
pioneers  of  that  place  in  the  line  of  horticulture  before  the  day  of  the  Navel  orange. 
He  planted  an  eighty-acre  ranch  to  seedling  orange  trees  and  other  varieties  of  fruit  in 
the  South  Park  district  of  Los  Angeles,  between  Forty-seventh  and  Fifty-first  streets, 
followed  the  nursery  business  and  fruit  raising  and  lived  on  and  developed  his  ranch 
until  the  time  of  his  death. 

Daniel  McKinley,  Jr.,  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Los  Angeles,  and  in 
1905,  after  attaining  his  majority,  came  to  Fullerton  and  entered  the  employ  of  M.  M. 
Cobb,  who  had  just  completed  a  warehouse  at  Fullerton,  and  was  entering  the  vegetable 
shipping  business  in  Orange  County.  The  M.  M.  Cobb  Company  represents  one  of  the 
oldest  vegetable  packing  companies  in  California,  the  business  having  been  started  by 
M.  M.  Cobb,  who  has  been  in  the  business  over  thirty  years.  The  company  was  incorpo- 
rated as  the  M.  M.  Cobb  Company  about  1913.  Their  Fullerton  packing  house  was  the 
first  one  built  in  the  packing  house  district  of  that  place.  During  the  fifteen  years  that 
Mr.  McKinley  has  been  with  this  concern  he  has  worked  his  way  up  from  the  bottom 
until  he  has  attained  the  position  of  the  company's  special  agent,  and  his  example  of 
self-won  success  should  be  an  incentive  to  ambitious  young  men  starting  life  on  the 
road  that  leads  toward  the  goal  of  their  hopes.  Mr.  McKinley's  marriage,  in  1914, 
united  him  with  Miss  Mattie  K.  Lamb,  a  native  of  Chicago,  and  two  children  have 
been  born  to  them,  Daniel,  Jr.,  and  Alice,  both  natives  of  Fullerton.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
McKinley  have  many  warm  friends  and  are  among  Fullerton's  respected  and  honored 
citizens.     Mr.  McKinley  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge,  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

ANGUS  McAULAY. — Among  the  representative  and  progressive  business  men  of 
the  Fullerton  and  Anaheim  districts  in  Orange  County  we  find  Angus  McAulay,  whose 
reputation  as  a  "live  wire"  is  easily  demonstrated  by  his  activities  in  the  Fullerton 
Board  of  Trade  and  as  the  owner  and  proprietor  of  Fullerton's  undertaking  parlors. 
Of  foreign  birth  he  first  saw  the  light  in  Nova  Scotia  on  April  20,  1886,  and  as  his  name 
indicates  his  Scottish  lineage,  the  characteristics  usually  associated  with  that  nationality 
are  not  lacking  in  Mr.  McAulay.  A  strong  sense  of  justice,  unswerving  integrity  and 
thorough  reliability  have  won  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  associates  in  business 
and  social  life.  His  parents,  Malcolm  and  Elizabeth  (Scott)  McAulay,  in  searching  for 
a  quiet  nook  in  which  to  spend  their  declining  years  came  to  California  in  1895  and 
located  at  Anaheim  where  the  father  lives  retired  from  the  active  cares  of  life  Mr 
and  Mrs.  McAulay  became  the  parents  of  nine   children. 

Angus  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  California  and  in  the  lar-er  school 
of  experience  and  for  twelve  years  he  was  engaged' in  the  furniture  and  undertaking 
business  at  Anaheim  with  F.  A.  Backs.  In  January,  1914,  he  opened  an  establishmLnl 
m  Fullerton  and  in  19  5  erected  the  modern  building  at  411  North  Spadra  Street  "n 
which  his  parlors  are  located.  The  building  is  fully  equipped  with  all  modern  con- 
veniences for  the  conduct  of  his  business;  has  a  comfortable  chapel,  display  and  oper- 
ating rooms,  and  full  motor  equipment.    His  careful  consideration  and  efforts  to  please 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1131 

those  he  is  called  upon  to  serve  is  bringing  him  the  reward  his  sympathetic  and  kindly 
attention  deserves. 

His  marriage  October  23,  1912,  united  him  with  Miss  Suzanne  D.  Beebe  of  Ana- 
heim. The  children  resulting  from  their  union  are  named  respectively.  Pearl,  Agnes 
and  Jay.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  Mr.  Mc- 
Aulay  is  an  elder.  Politically  Mr.  McAulay  votes  the  Republican  ticket  and  fraternally 
he  holds  membership  in  several  lodges  in  Orange  County.  He  belongs  to  the  Fullerton 
Club,  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  and  is  actively  interested  in  the  growth  and 
development  of  Orange  County. 

SHERMAN  FOSTER. — A  Californian  upon  whom  Dame  Fortune  has  smiled  so 
that  now  he  is  one  of  the  most  ardent  boosters  for  the  Southland,  and  particularly  for 
Orange  County,  is  Sherman  Foster,  one  of  the  well-known  citizens  of  Orange.  He  was 
born  in  Aurora,  111.,  on  October  16,  1864,  the  son  of  George  S.  Foster,  a  veteran  of  the 
Civil  War,  a  native  of  New  York  and  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  who  came  to  Illinois  and 
set  himself  up  at  Aurora  as  a  farmer  and  blacksmith.  He  served  in  the  Civil  War  in 
an  Illinois  regiment,  and  in  that  state  married  Miss  Martha  L.  Greene,  also  a  native  of 
New  York  state.  In  1868  he  located  at  Hiawatha,  Brown  County,  Kans.,  driving  there 
with  horses  and  wagons;  and  after  a  while  he  bought  a  farm  on  the  Kickapoo  Indian 
Reservation,  eleven  miles  southwest  of  Hiawatha,  where  he  was  a  farmer  and  a  black- 
smith, and  there  both  he  and  Mrs.  Foster  died. 

The  third  eldest  of  the  four  children  in  the  family,  Sherman,  was  reared  in  Kansas 
and  attended  the  local  public  schools,  finishing  at  the  Hiawatha  Academy.  At  Fairview, 
Kans.,  on  February  11,  1894,  he  married  Miss  Nellie  Johnson,  a  native  of  Brown  County, 
Kans.,  and  the  daughter  of  Arthur  Johnson,  who  was  born  in  Wisconsin.  He  had  mar- 
ried Miss  Mary  White,  a  native  of  Missouri,  after  which  they  settled  in  Brown  County, 
Kans.  Miss  Nellie  was  the  only  child  of  this  marriage,  and  like  her  husband,  attended 
the  public  schools. 

For  a  while,  Mr.  Foster  farmed  the  old  home  ranch  of  320  acres,  planting  grain 
and  corn  and  raising  stock;  and  in  1898  he  made  a  first  trip  to  California.  He  remained 
nine  months  at  Orange,  and  bought  a  house  and  lot  on  East  Chapman  Street,  which  he 
later  sold.  In  1906,  he  came  again  to  California  and  to  Orange,  and  bought  twenty 
acres  two  miles  north  of  Orange,  on  Taft  Avenue.  It  had  fine  orchards  of  walnuts  and 
apricots,  to  which  he  gave  a  rancher's  attention  for  eighteen  months,  when  he  sold  the 
property  and  returned  to  Kansas  on  another  visit. 

In  the  fall  of  1909,  however,  Mr.  Foster  moved  to  Orange  permanently  and  bought 
the  residence  where  he  has  since  been  living.  He  also  bought  two  and  a  half  acres 
on  Walnut  Avenue,  which  he  set  out  to  oranges,  and  sold.  Then  he  bought  a  walnut 
grove  of  nine  acres  on  Fairhaven  Avenue,  managed  it  for  four  years,  and  sold  it;  after 
which  he  bought  forty  acres  at  Hemet,  which  he  later  sold.  Next  he  purchased  a  resi- 
dential place  on  North  Main  Street,  and  that  he  also  sold.  Twenty-three  acres  south 
of  Santa  Ana,  which  he  then  bought,  has  very  rich  soil  and  an  artesian  well  and  pump- 
ing plant  for  domestic  use  as  well  as  irrigation.  This  he  devotes  to  the  raising  of  sugar- 
beets,  and  has  a  record  of  the  large  yield  of  fifteen,  tons  to  the  acre.  In  partnership 
with  Mr.  King,  Mr.  Foster  also  bought  a  lot  on  South  Glassell  Street,  where  he  built  a 
business  house. 

Two  children  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Foster.  Harold  is  a  graduate  of 
the  Orange  Union  high  school  and  now  attending  Throop  Polytechnic  at  Pasadena; 
and  Gladys  is  in  the  class  of  1921,  Orange  Union  high  school.  Mrs.  Foster  is  a  member 
of  the  Christian  Church;  Mr.  Foster  joined  the  Odd  Fellows  at  Fairview  Lodge  No.  399, 
at  Fairview,  Kans.,  of  which  lodge  he  is  a  past  grand.  In  national  politics  a  Republican, 
Mr.  Foster  believes  in  the  greatest  latitude  as  to  local  affairs,  and  in  local  movements 
is  strictly  nonpartisan. 

HENRY  SCHULTZ.— The  city  of  Anaheim,  the  oldest  city  of  Orange  County, 
was  founded  and  settled  by  fifty  Germans,  all  citizens  of  the  United  States.  They 
were  a  sturdy  set  of  pioneers  and  without  their  courageous  spirit,  which  enabled  them 
to  endure  the  hardships  and  discomforts  of  pioneer  life,  the  great  commonwealth  of 
Orange  County  might  have  remained  for  many  years  longer  a  wilderness,  with  barren, 
sandy  plains.  The  fame  of  this  progressive  German  community  reached  the  Fatherland 
and  among  the  later  settlers  in  this  section  of  Orange  County  is  Henry  Schultz,  who 
was  born  in  Mecklenburg-Schwerin,  Germany,  February  12,  1847. 

To  get  away  from  military  oppression  Mr.  Schultz  immigrated  to  the  United 
States  in  1871,  locating  first  in  Shawano  County,  Wis.,  where  he  bought  timberland, 
three  forties  of  land,  fifty  of  which  he  cleared  himself.  While  living  there  he  took  out 
his  first  naturalization  papers,  and  after  removing  to  Orange  County,  in  1892,  he  took 
out  his  final  papers,  so  that  he  has  been  a  full-fledged   citizen   of  the  United   States 


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since  1892.  After  remaining  in  Anaheim  a  short  time  looking  around  for  a  location 
he  purchased  a  ranch  of  twenty  acres,  paying  at  that  time  but  $6S  an  acre.  The  land 
had  been  a  part  of  the  Stearns  Rancho  and  had  been  plowed  but  once.  He  has  made 
all  improvements  on  the  place  and  now  has  a  comfortable,  well-kept  ranch,  where  he 
engages  in  general  farming  and  also  conducted  a  dairy  business  for  many  years.  He 
sold  ten  acres  in  1916  and  on  the  balance  he  has  four  acres  of  walnuts. 

In  1878  Mr.  Schultz  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Wilhelmina  Strasman, 
also  a  native  of- Germany,  and  three  children  have  been  born  to  them:  Mrs.  Emma 
Hein  of  Brookhurst  Road  and  mother  of  five  children;  Mrs.  Sarah  Gust,  living  near 
the  Garden  Grove  Road,  who  has  three  children;  and  one  child,  who  died  in  infancy. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schultz  are  active  in  the  membership  of  the  Evangelical  Church  and  are 
highly  respected  in  their  large  circle  of  friends  and  have  been  supporters  of  all  the 
movements  that  have  helped  make  Orange  County. 

MISS  LILLIAN  E.  YAEGER.— When  one  considers  the  astonishingly  large 
number  of  women  who  are  today  using  automobiles  as  more  or  less  expert  drivers, 
often  quite  familiar  with  the  mechanism  of  their  car,  it  is  not  surprising  to  find  a  woman 
dealing  in  autos;  and  when  one  reviews  the  successful  career  of  Miss  Lillian  Yaeger, 
it  is  quite  as  natural  to  learn  that  she  is  the  agent  for  northern  Orange  County,  repre- 
seting  the  Dodge  Brothers  motor  cars.  She  was  born,  a  native  daughter  proud  of  her 
association  with  the  great  state  of  California,  at  Anaheim;  %nd  her  parents  are  among 
the  old-timers  in  that  section  where  they  were  married.  Jacob  Yaeger,  a  native  of 
Germany,  married  Miss  Stella  Kelp,  born  in  Anaheim,  and  both  are  now  living  in 
Fullerton;  they  had  five  children — four  girls  and  a  boy,  among  whom  Miss  Yaeger  was 
the  oldest  daughter.  Mr.  Yaeger  was  a  wagon  maker,  and  few  craftsmen  were  more 
skilled  in  the  technique  of  their  trade.  In  the  light  of  his  handicraft  and  its  relation 
to  the  problems  of  early  transportation,  therefore,  it  is  more  than  interesting  that  his 
gifted  daughter  should  today  carry  on,  in  a  more  advanced  stage,  that  same  work  of 
solving  the  problems  for  another  generation. 

Removing  to  Fullerton  when  she  was  a  child,  Miss  Yaeger  attended  the  public 
schools  and  even  as  a  young  girl  went  to  work.  Step  by  step  she  advanced  in  a 
knowledge  of  modern  industrial  and  trade  conditions,  and  in  1909  she  engaged  in  the 
line  in  which,  as  has  been  said,  she  has  made  such  a  pronounced  success,  notwith- 
standing that  she  started  with  very  little  capital.  Her  shrewd  insight  into  "the  great 
game,"  and  her  desire  to  serve,  please  and  accommodate,  while  dealing  justly  in  every 
respect,  has  placed  at  her  disposal  an  establishment  occupying  the  building  which  she 
erected  in  October,  1919,  carrying  a  full  line  of  accessories,  and  manned  by  no  less 
than  fourteen  highly-trained  people.  In  addition  to  representing  the  fast-selling  Dodge 
Brothers  motor  cars.  Miss  Yeager  also  maintains  the  largest  garage  in  the  county,  the 
repair  department  being  located  on  the  second  floor  and  equipped  with  modern  appli- 
ances and  machmery  to  care  for  her  growing  trade.  So  long  as  Orange  County  boasts 
°i  such  wide-awake  promoters  of  commerce  as  this  enterprising  young  woman  of 
i'ullerton,  so  long  need  the  county  have  no  worry  as  to  its  future. 

FRANK  J.  GOBAR,  M.  D.-Fullerton  has  been  unusually,  fortunate  in  the  caliber 
of  the  men  who  have  elected  to  make  that  city  their,  home  and  the  field  for  their 
professional  and  busmess  efforts.  Prominent  among  these  is  Dr.  Frank  J  Gobar  the 
physician  and  surgeon  who  has  become  well  known  in  the  practice  of  his  profession 
in  different  cities  and  now  centers  his  work  of  relieving  suffering  humanity  in  Orange 
County,  which  section  has  for  the  past  fourteen  years  had  the  benefit  of  his  knowl- 
edge and  skill.  He  was  born  m  Alma,  Buffalo  County,  Wiis.,  June  14,  1860  When  he 
was  SIX  years  old  in  1866,  the  family  removed  to  southwestern  Missouri  and  there  the 
young  lad  a  tended  the  common  schools  for  his  primary  education.  Returning  to 
Wisconsin  while  still  a  youth,  he  located  in  Durand,  and  there  clerked  in  a  "enera^ 
store,  and  studied  pharmacy;  later  he  conducted  a  drig  store  in  that  toln  ^ 

J-Jie  study  of  medicine   was   his   object,   however,   and   he   entered    Rush   Medical 
Pn°.  tf'D°  rand'tfe  "  '''''  '''.'''''"''  '"  ''''  ^'^^  ''''  degree  of  M.  D      Then  Return 
while  a  resident  thJ.T'^J'''^""  ""'^""'^  ^''  P^°f«^=i°"  i"  that  city  until  1901,  and 
Willie  a  resident  there  took  a  prominent  part  in  civic  affairs,  serving  as  mavor  of  the 

Dr    r nhnr  ^        "^^  ^  f ""''"'  °*  "^^  ^ounty  Medical  Society.     For  fifteen  vears 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1133 

In  1901,  he  removed  with  his  family  to  western  Oregon,  locating  in  Tillamook 
County,  where  he  practiced  his  profession  and  also  engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  and 
owned  a  toll  road.  In  1906,  he  sold  out  his  interests  there  and  that  year  marks  his 
arrival  in  Fullerton,  and  he  has  since  that  date  been  in  general  practice  and  specializing 
in  casualty  work.  He  is  surgeon  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  receiving  his  appointment 
in  1913,  and  his  time  is  well  filled  with  good  works  for  the  general  welfare. 

The  marriage  of  Dr.  Gobar,  which  occurred  June  10,  1885,  united  him  with  Miss 
Nellie  Hutchinson,  a  native  of  Durand,  Wis.,  where  the  ceremony  took  place,  and  the 
daughter  of  a  prominent  surgeon  there.  Eight  children  have  blessed  the  union:  George 
H.,  an  attorney  associated  with  Kemp,  Mitchell  and  Silverberg,  with  offices  in  the 
Marsh-Strong  building,  Los  Angeles;  he  was  active  in  local  war  work,  acted  as  chief 
clerk  of  the  exemption  board  at  Santa  Ana  and  also  at  Fullerton;  Elizabeth,  wife  of 
Victor  A.  Porter  of  Fullerton  and  the  mother  of  two  children,  Miriam  and  Frank; 
Frank  H.,  a  student  in  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Southern  California, 
saw  service  in  France  during  the  World  War,  acting  as  corporal  in  the  Three  Hundred 
Sixty-first  Field  Hospital  Corps,  Ninety-first  Division,  and  saw  active  service  in  the 
Argonne,  at  St.  Mihiel,  Meuse,  Lys,  Scheldt,  and  in  Belgium;  since  his  discharge  he 
has  entered  Stanford  University  to  finish  his  medical  course.  He  is  married  and  has 
one  child,  Robert  Franklin;  Julian  S.,  the  fourth  child,  remained  at  home  to  care  for 
the  Victor  Valley  ranch;  David  E.  saw  service  in  the  war,  first  as  sergeant  in  a  machine- 
gun  company,  and  later  he  was  trasferred  to  the  field  hospital  at  Camp  Lewis,  and  he 
finally  saw  service  in  France  in  the  same  company  as  his  older  brother,  the  Three 
Hundred  Sixty-first  Field  Hospital  Corps,  Ninety-first  Division,  in  the  freighting  de- 
partment with  rank  as  wagoner;  Charlotte,  a  graduate  of  the  Fullerton  high  school,  is 
a  student  at  Brownsberger  College,  Los  Angeles;  Roland  K.,  a  graduate  of  the  Fuller- 
ton  high  school;  and  Eunice,  a  student  at  the  Fullerton  grammar  school. 

In  partnership  with  his  sons.  Dr.  Gobar,  owns  a  480-acre  cattle  ranch  in  Victor 
Valley,  San  Bernardino  County;  the  venture  has  been  very  successful.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  board  of  sessions  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Fullerton,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  State  and  County  Medical  Societies.  A  man 
who  stands  out  from  the  ranks  in  many  respects.  Dr.  Gobar  has  brought  much  to  the 
community  life  of  Fullerton  and  Orange  County;  he  has  gained  the  respect  and  admir- 
ation of  all  who  have  come  in  contact  with  his  fine  personality,  and  in  rearing  and 
educating  his  typically  American  family,  he  and  his  wife  have  proven  themselves 
citizens  of  inestimable  value  to  their  country  and  the  world. 

JAMES  HERVEY  ROCHESTER.— Eminent  among  the  distinguished  citizens  of 
Orange  County  certain  to  be  depended  upon  for  the  exertion  of  a  widely-felt  and 
beneficent  influence  making  for  both  the  upbuilding  and  the  building  up  of  California, 
is  James  Hervey  Rochester,  of  Costa  Mesa,  the  branches  of  whose  family  tree  reach 
out  through  successive  generations  and  centuries  to  distant  climes  and  great  or  notable, 
people.  He  was  born  at  Owasco,  Cayuga  County,  N.  Y.,  on  April  18,  1859,  the  son  of 
James  Hervey  Rochester,  a  native  of  Bath,  Steuben  County,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  born 
on  April  19,  1819,  and  a  great-grandson  of  Nathaniel  Rochester,  who  enjoyed  the  abiding 
honor  of  establishing  the  now  great  city  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.  The  family  name, 
Rochester,  originated  from  the  city  of  Rochester,  a  place  of  great  antiquity  in  County 
Kent,  England,  about  twenty-five  miles  further  out  than  Canterbury  from  London. 
The  name  is  a  relic  of  the  days  of  Roman  occupation,  and  means  "rock  castle"  or  camp, 
and  besides  the  ever-interesting  cathedral,  which  gives  the  place  the  English  status  of 
"town,"  the  remains  of  the  castle  occupy  a  commaiiding  position  overlooking  the  river 
Medway.  The  family  of  Rochester  were  residents  in  County  Essex  in  1558  as  is  evi- 
denced by  the  Herald's  Visitations  when  the  coat  of  arms,  "or  a  fesse  between  three 
crescents"  was  confirmed,  or  allowed  to  the  family. 

Nicholas  Rochester,  the  first  member  of  the  family  to  come  to  America,  was  born 
in  Kent,  England,  in  1640;  and  having  settled  in  the  Colony  of  Virginia  in  1689,  he 
purchased,  on  Christmas  Day  of  that  year,  100  acres  of  land  in  Westmoreland  County. 
His  only  son,  William,  was  born  in  1680  and  died  in  October,  1750;  and  his  eldest  son. 
John,  was  born  in  1708  and  died  in  November,  1754.  Nathaniel  Rochester,  the  third 
son  of  John,  was  born  on  February  21,  1752,  and  died  on  May  17,  1831;  and  his  oldest 
son  was  William  Beatty  Rochester,  who  was  born  on  January  29,  1789,  and  died  on 
June  15,  1838.  James  Hervey  Rochester,  first,  eldest  son  of  William  Beatty  Rochester 
died  on  March  22,  1860. 

This  association  of  James  Hervey  Rochester,  2d,  with  his  pioneer  great-grand- 
father is  of  more  than  personal  or  temporary  importance;  it  is  a  matter  of  national 
and  historic  interest  to  recall  some  of  the  incidents  connected  with  the  founding,  by 
Colonel  Nathaniel  Rochester,  in  1810,  of  the  city  which  has  played  a  such  a  role  in  the 
development  of  the  Empire  State.     Many  monuments  have  been  erected  to  perpetuate 


1134  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

the  memory  of  eminent  men,  but  none  more  unique  and  enduring  than  this  where,  by 
the  adoption  of  the  founder's  name,  the  city  itself,  so  long  as  it  shall  endure,  will 
keep  alive  the  name  of  Colonel  Rochester. 

Nathaniel  Rochester  was  twenty-three  years  of  age  at  the  beginning  of  the  War 
of  the  Revolution,  but  before  April,  1776,  despite  his  youth  he  successively  held  the 
positions  of  members  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  of  Orange  County,  N.  C,  where  he 
then  lived,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Major  of  Militia  and  Paymaster,  and  then  Lieutenant- 
Colonel.  In  May,  1776,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  state  convention  which  adopted 
the  State  Constitution,  and  later,  the  same  year,  he  was  appointed  Commissary  Gen- 
eral of  Military  Stores — ^certainly  remarkably  rapid  promotions,  without  reference  to 
age,  and  of  especial  note  when  this  important  factor  is  considered.  Severe  illness  pre- 
vented continuous  service  in  the  Continental  Army,  but  in  1777  he  was  appointed  a 
state  commissioner  to  establish  and  operate  a  gun  factory  at  Hillsboro,  N.  C.,  for  the 
Continental  Congress. 

The  personal  history  of  this  energetic  patriot  illustrates  throughout  his  life  the 
same  active  and  efficient  connection  with  public  work.  Colonel  Rochester  was  born 
in  the  same  county  in.  Virginia  (Westmoreland)  where  twenty  years  earlier  George 
Washington  entered  upon  the  stage  of  human  affairs;  and  after  the  War  of  the  Revo- 
lution he  was  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Hillsboro,  N.  C,  and  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
but  soon  removed  to  Hagerstown,  Md.,  where  he  built  and  operated  mills  for  the  manu- 
facture of  nails  and  rope,  and  later  still  erected  a  flour  mill.  In  1788  he  married  Sophia, 
daughter  of  Colonel  William  Beatty  of  Frederick,  Md.,  and  while  living  at  Hagerstown, 
he  successively  filled  the  offices  of  Member  of  Assembly  of  Maryland,  Postmaster,  and 
Judge  of  the  County  Court,  and  in  1808  was  chosen  a  presidential  elector.  He  was 
the  first  president  and  founder  of  the  Hagerstown  Bank,  and  a  portrait  of  him  painted 
at  that  time  is  in  the  bank  at  the  present  day,  and  a  vignette  steel  engraving  of  this 
portrait  is  used  on  the  bank's  checks. 

In  1800  he  made  his  first  visit  to  the  "Genesee  country"  in  New  York  State,  where 
he  had  previously  made  a  purchase  of  640  acres,  and  in  September  of  that  year,  asso- 
ciating with  him  Major  Charles  Carroll,  Colonel  William  Fitzhugh,  and  Colonel  Hilton 
of  Maryland,  he  made  large  purchases  of  land  in  Livingston  County,  near  Dansville. 
In  1802  he  purchased  100  acres  on  the  Genesee  River  which  was  to  be  the  future  site 
of  the  city  of  Rochester.  In  May,  1810,  having  closed  up  his  business  in  Maryland,  he 
first  became  a  resident  of  western  New  York,  and  during  the  first  five  years  he  lived  at 
Dansville.  Then,  disposing  of  his  interests  there,  he  removed  to  Bloomfield,  Ontario 
County,  and  then  to  this  place  on  the  Genesee  River  at  the  Falls,  which  he  had  pre- 
viously visited,  surveying  the  land  and  laying  out  a  townsite,  which  received  the  name 
of  Rochester. 


In  1816,  Colonel  Rochester  was  a  second  time  an  elector  for  president-  and  in 
m  January,  1817,  he  was  secretary  of  the  important  convention  at  Canandaigua,  which 
urged  the  construction  of  the  Erie  Canal.  During  this  year  he  went  to  Albany  N  Y 
as  agent  for  the  petitioners  for  the  establishing  of  a  new  county  in  western  New  York, 
known  as  Monroe  County,  and  he  was  first  clerk  of  the  new  county,  and  also  its  first 
ToZlTZ  '"  '''*'  legislature  of  1821-2.     Upon  the  organization  of  the  Bank  of 

theirotesVnntTn  r'"rr?  \''"*f^  '''  president.  He  had  always  been  attached  to 
Rocirester  After' h.fn  ^'^"■"'=^,^."d  was  one  of  the  founders  of  St.  Luke's  Church  of 
Rochester     After  having  opened  his  eyes  to  the  beauties  of  this  world  in  Cople  Parish 

S  18°Il  TfL'^rron'  "^'d  ''  '?'  ?  ^°^^"^*"  °"  '"^^  '""^"•"^^  °f  the  seventeenth  of 
May,  IBJl,  after  a  long  and  most  interesting  career  of  far-reachin?  usefulness  When 
his  country  had  demanded  his  services,  he  freely  gave  them,  participating  alternately 

^usrels^rrSes'iTt^d  ■""  P^bliclfults,'^  ^artf  ^m^e^^^n:;  ^«t:b!Xd  gr^t 
^Jn -e=>=Sng  =S  ^^l^  S  ciH^r^  ^ -- 

York  State,  and  was  a  member  of  th.  Z       .'      t  ^^^^   Presidential    elector   from    New 

judge  of  the  eighTh  circ^hof  New  Yo?rr  ''"*  ^T^'^o^'     ^"  ^^^^  ^'  ^^=  appointed 

for  governor  of  New  Yo  k     In  m7   on  '  """'^^m'^  ["  ^^^^  *°  =^"^P'  'he  nomination 

at   Pensacola,   he   became  president   of  tt''°i^"',°^  '  '  ^^'"^  '^^  ^'"'  *°  P'°"da  where, 

Alabama  and   Florida  TaifroadI„ Is  8%^"^'^   °J /r\\'^'\^"^   ^   '^'^«*°^   '"   *he 
ixauroaa.     in   1B38,   he   started   for   Washington,    D.    C,   and   at 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1135 

Charleston  was  persuaded  by  his  friends,  the  Lamars,  to  accompany  them  to  Baltimore 
on  their  new  steamer  "Pulaski"  on  her  first  trip  north.  On  the  morning  of  June  14th, 
the  steamer  left  Charleston,  and  that  night  at  11  o'clock,  the  starboard  boiler  exploded, 
tearing  out  that  side  of  the  boat,  which  keeled  over  to  the  port  side  and  floated  about 
forty  minutes,  when  she  parted  and  capsized.  Judge  Rochester  seized  a  settee,  which 
hardly  buoyed  him  up;  but  after  he  had  floated  for  three  hours  or  more,  the  first  mate's 
boat  came  up  and  took  him  in.  In  endeavoring  to  effect  a  landing,  the  frail  boat  was 
capsized  by  the  heavy  surf,  and  he  was  lost  within  a  few  yards  of  the  shore.  Judge 
Rochester's  career  was  also  remarkable  for  the  rapidity  of  his  promotion  to  the  various 
offices  which  he  filled  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  all  concerned.  Genial  and  always 
fond  of  good  company,  both  as  a  young  man  and  through  life,  he  deserved  and  enjoyed 
popularity. 

William  Beatty  Rochester's  son,  James  Hervey,  was  married  on  May  14,  1846,  to 
Miss  Evelina  Throop  Martin,  a  native  of  Lyons,  Wayne  County,  N.  Y.,  where  she  was 
born  on  February  11,  1822.  She  was  a  niece  of  Enos  Thompson  Throop,  the  intimate 
friend  of  President  Martin  Van  Buren,  through  whom  he  was  made,  to  the  good  fortune 
of  New  Yorkers,  first  lieutenant-governor  and  then  governor  of  the  Empire  State,  was 
relected,  and  served  in  that  high  office  from  1829  to  1833,  when  he  was  appointed  by 
President  Jackson  naval  officer  at  the  port  of  New  York,  later  still  being  sent  by  Presi- 
dent Van  Buren  as  charge  d'affaires  of  the  United  States  to  the  kingdom  of  the  Two 
Sicilies  at  Naples.  Mrs.  Rochester,  the  mother  of  our  subject,  was  a  lady  of  rare 
accomplishment,  and  of  more  than  passing  interest,  being  a  descendant  of  Robert 
Bruce,  King  of  Scotland.  A  direct  forefather  was  William  Seaborn  Martin,  son  of 
Lieutenant  Samuel  Martin  of  New  Haven  and  Wethersfield,  Conn.,  who  was  born  in 
Devonshire,  England,  and  came  from  Plymouth  to  America  in  1640.  Samuel  Martin 
married  Phebe  Bracey;  and  inasmuch  as  their  son  William  was  born  on  shipboard,  on 
their  way  to  this  country,  he  was  called  William  Seaborn  Martin.  On  June  25,  1685, 
he  married  Abigail  Nichols,  the  daughter  of  Caleb  Nichols;  and  he  was  the  son  of 
Francis  Nichols,  who  married  Margaret  Bruce,  daughter  of  Sir  George  Bruce  of  Car- 
nock,  who  was  a  son  of  Robert  Bruce.  He  was  a  son  of  Edward  Bruce  (1565),  the 
son  of  Sir  David  Bruce  (1497),  the  son  of  Sir  David  Bruce  who  was  a  son  of  Sir  Robert 
Bruce  (1393),  the  son  of  Sir  Edward  Bruce,  who  was  a  son  of  Robert  Bruce  of  Clack- 
mana  (1367).  The  latter  was  a  son  of  King  Robert  Bruce,  who  was  born  on  March  21, 
1274,  crowned  at  Scone  on  March  27,  1306,  and  after  a  reign  of  twenty-three  years, 
seldom  equalled  and  never  excelled,  all  things  considered,  died  on  June  7,  1329.  Four 
years  after  his  marriage,  James  Hervey  Rochester,  Sr.,  came  out  to  California,  and  for 
eight  years  was  a  member  of  the  banking  firm  of  Oliver  Lees  and  Company  of  San 
Francisco.  A  brother,  William  Beatty  Rochester,  was  the  first  general  manager  of  t'.e 
Wells-Fargo  Express  Company,  and  was  stationed  at  Marysville,  the  headquarters  of  the 
company  at  that  time.  Through  his  mother  Amanda  Hopkins,  he  was  a  cousin  of  the 
late  Mark  Hopkins  of  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

James  Hervey  Rochester,  2d,  was  graduated  from  the  Auburn  Academy  in  Cayuga 
County,  N.  Y.,  in  1877,  and  as  his  inclinations  favored  an  art  career,  he  studied  under 
the  best  teachers  at  home,  and  then  at  the  National  Academy  of  Design  in  New  York. 
A  great  uncle,  Whitfield  Hatch,  was  founder  and  president  of  the  American  Banknote 
Engraving  Company  of  New  York,  and  this  circumstance  led  James  Hervey,  on  leaving 
home  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  to  take  up  engraving  as  the  most  desirable  branch  of 
art  work.  He  went  to  Buffalo  and  there  worked  with  the  Bureau  of  Illustration  and 
the  Courier  Publishing  Company;  but  wishing  a  more  extended  field,  he  went  to  New 
York  City  in  1880,  and  soon  was  busy  producing  the  finest  class  of  magazine  engravings 
for  Harper's,  Scribner's  and  the  Century.  As  some  classes  of  engraving  in  particular 
have  been  peculiarly  at  home  in  America,  Mr.  Rochester's  work  could  not  fail  of  cordial 
recognition  in  the  United  States  and  abroad;  and  he  continued  in  that  artistic  field 
until  the  constant  and  prolonged  strain  caused  for  him  serious  eye  trouble.  Through 
the  advice  of  oculists,  he  therefore  discontinued  engraving  and  since  then  has  devoted 
himself  to  portrait  and  landscape  painting.  In  March,  1908,  Mr.  Rochester  came  to 
California  and  located  at  Costa  Mesa,  in  Orange  County,  where  he  established  a  perma- 
nent residence. 

Mr.  Rochester  at  Lewiston,  Me.,  on  June  20,  1895,  married  Miss  Edith  Grensted, 
the  daughter  of  Henry  W.  Grensted,  of  Maidstone,  the  county  town  of  Kent,  situated 
on  the  right  bank  of  the  Medway.  She  grew  up  near  the  old  Gothic  archbishop's 
palace  dating  from  the  fourteenth  century;  inspired  by  an  uncle,  Frederick  Finnis 
Grensted,  canon  of  Liverpool  Cathedral  and  a  writer  of  considerable  note  on  ecclesias- 
tical subjects,  she  came  to  be  favorably  known  as  the  author  of  a  book  of  poems  on 
Southern  California  entitled  "From  Star  to  Star,"  and  another  volume  entitled,  "Fore- 
noon, Afternoon  and  Night,"  and  rich  in  the  esteem  and  affection  of  a  wide  circle  of 


1136  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

friends,  she  passed  to  the  life  eternal  on  January  18,  1920.  Two  children  blessed  this 
fortunate  union— William  Beatty  Rochester  was  born  on  April  21,  1896;  and  Nathaniel 
Norman  Rochester  on  November  8,  1897.  During  the  World  War,  Nathaniel  enlisted 
in  defense  of  his  country  and  became  sergeant  of  Company  L,  Seventh  Regiment,  Santa 
Ana,  Cal.,  later  the  One  Hundred  Sixtieth  Infantry  when  federalized  at  Camp  Kearney; 
and  as  one  of  a  replacement  unit.  Sergeant  Rochester  was  a  member  of  Company  B, 
Three  Hundred  Eighth  Infantry,  and  so  won  undying  honor  when  killed  spiritedly  fight- 
ing with  the  "Lost  Battalion"  in  the  French  Forest  of  Argonne,-  on  October  8,  1918, 
only  a  short  time,  comparatively,  before  the  armistice. 

Mr.  Rochester  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  for  the  Rochesters  have 
been  Episcopalians,  or  Anglicans,  as  far  back  as  may  be  traced.  In  Bishop  Meade's 
"Old  Churches  and  Families  of  Virginia,"  mention  is  made  of  the  great-great-grand- 
father, John  Rochester,  as  one  of  the  vestrymen  of  Cople  Parish,  Westmoreland  County, 
Va.,  serving  in  1785  with  John  A.  Washington,  an  uncle  of  the  Father  of  his  Country. 
Mr.'  Rochester  has  the  inherited  right  to  membership  in  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati, 
and  also  in  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution;  and  he  took  the  master  Mason's  degree  at  Ionic 
Lodge  No.  61,  Oviedo,  Orange  County,  Fla.,  in  1890.  In  national  political  affairs  Mr. 
Rochester  is  an  Independent. 

SAMUEL  N.  FULLER. — A  representative  citizen  of  Fullerton  who  has  aided 
much  in  developing  the  agricultural  resources  of  that  district  is  S.  N.  Fuller,  promi- 
nently identified  with  progressive  movements  in  Orange  County  as  a  dealer  in  country 
and  city  real  estate,  also  a  rancher  who  has  made  good  in  putting  many  acres  of 
unimproved  or  partly  improved  land  under  a  high  state  of' cultivation  and  then  sold  at 
a  profit  to  settlers  who  have  chosen  this  part  of  Orange  County  as  a  home. 

Mr.  Fuller  was  born  in  Greene  County,  Ind.,  February  24,  186S,  the  son  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Darling  Fuller,  farmer  folk  of  Indiana.  His  mother  died  when  he  was  a  small 
child  and  he  was  educated  in  the  rural  schools  of  his  native  state  and  the  high  school, 
and  a  commercial  college  at  Terre  Haute,  after  which  he  farmed  for  a  time.  He  came 
to  California  in  1901  and  settled  at  Fullerton  where  he  began  improving  a  ranch  by 
setting  out  an  orange  grove  and  then  selling  the  same.  This  line  of  work  has  occupied 
almost  his  entire  time  since  he  has  been  in  this  state  and  he  has  improved  many  acres 
in  this  manner.  He  has  bought  land  and  subdivided  it  and  then  sold.  With  three 
associates  Mr.  Fuller  purchased  ninety-seven  acres  of  what  was  known  as  the  Benchley 
Estate  and  this  was  subdivided  and  sold  in  small  tracts;  on  a  part  of  this  land  are  now 
located  the  Fullerton  Union  high  school  buildings,  which,  by  the  way,  Mr.  Fuller 
and  others  were  instrumental  in  having  located  in  its  present  location  and  which  -is 
one  of  the  finest  group  of  buildings  of  their  kind  to  be  found  in  the  state  and  to  which 
pvery  citizen  of  Fullerton  and  vicinity  point  with  much  pride. 

Aoril  8,  1891,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Jennie  McDermont  of  Indiana, 
the  fruit  of  their  union  being  two  sons,  both  of  whom  served  in  the  United  States  Army 
in  France  during  the  recent  World  War.  Fred  is  cashier  in  the  First  National  Bank 
at  Fullerton,  and  Lloyd  L.  had  the  distinction  of  being  wounded  while  in  the  service 
of  his  country  and  now  is  attending  a  commercial  college  in  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Fuller  is  a  director  in  the  First  National  Bank  at  Fullerton,  and  is  deeply 
interested  in  all  that  concerns  this  section  of  country.  He  was  clerk  of  the  grammar 
school  board  and  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and  Housing  Committee!  In  his 
religious  convictions  he  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  fraternally  is  a 
Royal  Arch  Mason  and  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  He  is  a  man  of  strong  and 
forceful  character,  enterprising  and  public  spirited,  and  worthily  enjoys  the  respect  and 
esteem  of  the  residents  of  Fullerton  and  vicinity. 

JOHN  R.  PARKER.— The  high  standard  of  education  long  ago  established  and 
always  maintained  in  Ontario,  Canada,  has  resulted  in  that  commonwealth  furnishing 
the  American  Republic  with  many  leaders  in  educational  work,  and  among  these  have 
been  men  and  women  who  have  for  years  helped  to  shape  the  educational  policies,  on 
broad  and  advanced  lines,  of  the  great  state  of  California.  To  this  well-trained  staflE 
belongs  Ae  district  superintendent  of  schools  of  Fullerton,  John  R.  Parker,  who  was 
born  n,  Ontario  Canada.  His  father  was  Andrew  Parker,  a  well-known  business  man 
now  deceased.  He  had  married  Miss  Margaret  Cooper,  the  daughter  of  Robert  Cooper, 
a  .Scotchman,  and  business  man  of  Ontario,  Canada.  Mrs.  Parker,  a  gifted  lady,  is 
stillliving  in  Los  Angeles.  John  was  the  only  child  of  this  happy  union,  and  enjoyed 
the  best  of  educational  advantages. 

He  attended  the  common  schools  of  Canada,  ,  and  the  Collegiate  Institute  of 
Ontario,  with  its  model  school  and  normal  school  at  Ottawa,  and  afterward  accepted 
the  principalship  of  a  school  in  Trenton,  At  the  end  of  two  years,  he  resigned  to  come 
to  i^alitornia,  in  1888.     Here,  having  taken  and  passed  the  examinations  for  both  ele- 


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mentary  and  high  school  teachers,  he  taught  in  Santa  Barbara  County  for  thirteen 
years,  and  then  for  three  years  was  principal  of  a  school  at  Clearwater,  Los  Angeles 
County.     He  next  was  principal  of  a  school  at  Long  Beach  for  two  years. 

In  1911,  he  took  charge  of  the  schools  of  Fullerton,  commencing  his  superintend- 
ency  with  seven  teachers;  and  since  then  the  schools  of  the  district  have  so  expanded 
that  there  were  twenty-four  teachers  working  under  and  with  him.  He  introducd  the 
normal  training  and  the  home  economics,  did  good  work  as  a  member  of  the  county 
board  of  education,  and  was  twice  president  of  that  board.  In  June,  1920,  Mr.  Parker 
resigned  to  devote  his  time  to  his  orange  grove  which  he  has  developed  east  of  Ana- 
heim. A  Republican  in  matters  of  national  import,  Mr.  Parker  has  never  allowed 
partisanship  to  interfere  with  a  hearty  support  of  the  best  men  and  the  best  measures 
for  local  uplift  and  development.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Men's  League  and  the  Board 
of  Trade,  and  a  member  whose  whole-souled  activity  counts. 

In  Santa  Barbara  County,  in  December,  1891,  Mr.  Parker  was  married  to  Miss 
Harriet  C.  Martin,  a  native  daughter  whose  parents  were  Edwin  and  Mary  Isabelle 
Martin,  pioneers  of  Santa  Barbara  County,  now  deceased.  Three  children — Robert, 
Isabel  and  Percy — have  been  granted  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Parker,  and  have  added  cheer  to 
the  Parker  home.  Mr.  Parker  is  both  an  Odd  Fellow  and  a  Mason,  holding  his  mem- 
bership in  the  former  in  Santa  Barbara  and  the  Masons  in  Fullerton. 

LEON  A.  SAYLES. — Well  and  favorably  known  in  banking  circles  in  Orange 
County  since  1915,  but  since  September  1,  1920,  a  valued  employe  of  the  Union  Oil 
Company  at  Brea,  where  his  influence  as  a  public-spirited  and  progressive  upbuilder  has 
been  demonstrated,  is  Leon  A.  Sayles,  a  native  of  Michigan,  where  he  was  born,  in 
Ionia  County,  on  March  S,  1880.  His  father  was  A.  W.  Sayles,  who  had  married 
Lodema  Ayres;  and  after  Mr.  Sayles'  death,  his  family  came  out  to  California.  Leon 
had  preceded  the  rest,  and  arrived  in  Los  Angeles  in  1902. 

He  enjoyed  the  helpful  instruction  of  the  Michigan  grammar  schools  and  a  first- 
class  business  college;  and  on  taking  up  his  residence  in  Southern  California  was  em- 
ployed in  the  U.  S.  postoffice  for  about  nine  years.  Then,  for  four  years,  he  had  a 
ranch  of  his  own  in  the  San  Gabriel  Valley;  and,  on  selling  out,  he  went  to  San  Diego, 
where  he  remained  until  191S. 

In  that  year,  Mr.  Sayles  came  to  Brea  and  joined  the  staff  of  the  La  Habra  Valley 
Bank  which  had  been  established  three  years  before  by  C.  R.  Thomas.  For  the  first 
year,  he  was  assistant  cashier,  and  then  he  was  appointed  to  the  responsible  position 
of  cashier.  During  the  five  years  that  he  had  charge  of  this  department  of  the  insti- 
tution's activities,  the  bank  considerably  enlarged  its  business.  On  September  1,  1920, 
Mr.  Sayles  resigned  his  office  in  the  bank  to  accept  a  very  desirable  and  responsible 
position  with  the  Union  Oil  Company  at  Brea. 

On  November  25,  1903,  Mr.  Sayles  was  married  to  Miss  Maude  B.  Stedman,  a 
member  of  a  family  well  known  in  America  on  account  of  its  varied  accomplishment. 
His  domestic  and  private  life,  therefore,  is  all  that  might  be  desired;  enhanced  with 
the  diversion  of  attention,  from  time  to  time,  to  a  flourishing  orange  grove. 

Ever  ready  to  support  any  worthy  local  movement  regardless  of  party  lines  or 
creeds,  Mr.  Sayles  is  a  Republican  in  national  politics  and  under  the  banners  of  the 
G.  O.  P.  seeks  to  contribute  somewhat  to  the  elevation  of  standards  in  citizenship.  In 
fraternal  matters,  he  is  a  Knight  of  Pythias. 

DR.  SAMUEL  STROCK.— Attracted  to  the  great  spaces  of  the  West  and  its  free, 
'out-door  life  by  his  love  of  nature,  Dr.  Samuel  Strock  has  for  the  past  eighteen  years 
been  an  enthusiastic  resident  of  the  Southland.  A' scholarly  representative  of  the  great 
science  of  medicine,  although  he  has  retired  from  its  active  practice,  he  still  takes  a 
philanthropic  interest  in  humanitarian  progress  and  public  affairs  and  devotes  much  of 
his  time  to  reading  and  research. 

A  native  of  .New  Jersey,  Samuel  Strock  was  born  at  Flemington  on  February  9, 
1857,  the  son  of  the  Rev.  James  T.  Strock,  born  in  Philadelphia,  long  honored  for  his 
faithful  work  in  the  Methodist  ministry,  who  died  in  the  harness  in  1881;  his  mother, 
who  passed  away  at  Flemington  in  1857,  was  Miss  Keziah  Lamb  before  her  marriage, 
a  native  of  Philadelphia  and  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  earliest  families  that  settled 
in  that  city.  Grandmother  Lamb  was  a  Matlack,  one  of  the  noted  Quaker  families,  who 
despite  their  religious  beliefs,  served  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution.  Nine  children 
were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  T.  Strock,  six  of  them  growing  to  maturity,  Samuel 
Strock  being  the  youngest  of  the  family. 

He  took  the  preparatory  course  of  study  at  Wyoming  Seminary,  and  for  a  couple 
of  years  was  a  student  in  the  Pennsylvania  State  College.  Then  he  matriculated  in 
the  University  of  Vermont  and  was  graduated  from  its  medical  department  with  the 
class  of  '89,  with  the  M.D.  degree.     He  practiced  at  Lake   Placid,   N.   Y.,  and   while 


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there  he  took  a  post-graduate  course  in  the  New  York  Post-Graduate  College,  where 
so  many  advant^ages  wer^e^  ope^n  to^hirn.^^^  ^^^^.^^  ^^  .^.^^   ^^.^^^^^^   ^^^^^^   p^^^^^ 

and  one  child  Samuel  Cornelius,  was  born  to  them,  living  however,  to  be  but  two 
years  of  age  Mrs.  Strock,  who  was  born  at  Bridgeport,  Conn  received  her  education 
at  Pennsylvania  State  College;  she  was  the  daughter  of  Rev.  Talmon  C  Perry,  a  grad- 
uate of  Yale  College  and  also  of  Princeton  Theological  Semmary,  and  for  many  years 
a  minister  i^  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  was  descended  from  an  old  New  England 
Lmly  and  was  closely  related  to  Commodore  Perry,  the  hero  of  Lake  Erie.  Mrs. 
Stack's  n.otT.er,  Sarah  Conger  Clark,  before  her  marr.age,  came  of  old  Knickerbocker 
stock  who  were  the  original  settlers  of  New  Amsterdam.  ,.,,,,  ,  , 

T^  satisfy  his  desire  for  the  enjoyment  of  the  out-door  hfe  and  the  grandeur  o 
the  West  Dr.  Strock,  accompanied  by  his  wife,  came  to  California  in  1902  and  located 
at  Santa  Ana  on  a  five-acre  ranch;  the  same  year  he  purchased  th.rty-six  acres  in 
Santa  Ana  Canyon,  one  and  a  half  miles  north  of  Olive,  which  was  then  a  stubble 
field  This  land  he  has  brought  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  setting  out  Valencia 
oranges  and  walnuts.  He  has  since  disposed  of  part  of  this  and  to  the  balance  he  is 
giving  most  excellent  care.  .  ,     ,        ,  ^     t~, 

Notwithstanding  the  active  part  he  takes  in  horticultural  development.  Dr. 
Strock  still  finds  time  for  intellectual  pursuits. .  Intensely  interested  m  literature,  his 
spare  moments  are  taken  up  with  a  wide  range  of  reading,  and  during  these  years  he 
has  accumulated  a  large,  well-selected  library,  to  which  he  is  constantly  adding.  Well 
informed  on  important  questions  of  the  day,  he  is  an  interesting  conversationalist,  and 
he  stands  high  in  the  esteem  of  the  community  as  a  neighbor  and  a  citizen. 

GEORGE  PAUL  ELTISTE.— A  far-seeing  and  optimistic  young  man  of  remark- 
able energy,  whose  "hustling"  spirit  of  enterprise,  contagious  to  others,  has  brought 
well-merited  success,  is  George  Paul  Eltiste,  the  well-known  horticulturist.  He  was 
born  in  Phillipsburg,  Phillips  County,  Kans.,  on  September  7,  1892,  the  son  of  M. 
Eltiste,  and  the  eldest  of  six  children,  all  of  whom  are  living.  He  was  reared  on  a  farm 
in  Kansas,  and  attended  the  local  public  schools. 

In  August,  1906,  Mr.  Eltiste  came  out  to  California  and  settled  in  Orange  County; 
and  being  still  in  his  teens,  he  continued  his  schooling,  topping  off  with  a  thorough 
course  at  the  Orange  County  Business  College  at  Santa  Ana.  Then  he  commenced 
to  work  for  J.  C.  Williams  in  his  implement  store,  and  after  that  in  a  blacksmith  shop, 
where  he  learned  the  trade.  He  next  formed  a  partnership  with  Chris  Ruehle,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Ruehle  &  Eltiste,  and  they  conducted  their  business  very  successfully  at 
their  shop  on  North  Glassell  Street. 

Selling  out  his  interest,  Mr.  Eltiste  engaged  in  ranching  and  took  care  of  his 
father's  ranch  of  twenty-three  acres.  It  was  then  only  partly  set  out,  and  he  finished 
the  planting;  and  he  conducted  it  for  four  years.  Then  he  bought  three  acres  of 
Valencia  oranges  on  East  Walnut  Street,  to  which  he  added  by  purchase  two  acres  ad- 
joining and  later  ten  acres  more,  making  him  owner  of  fifteen  acres  in  a  body.  The 
ten  acres  he  has  planted  to  Valencia  oranges,  and  the  five  to  lemons.  He  uses  an 
International  tractor  in  the  operation  of  the  two  farms,  and  otherwise  employs  up-to- 
date  machinery  and  methods.  He  belongs  to  the  Central  Lemon  Association,  and  is 
an  equally  live  wire  in  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association. 

At  Orange,  on  June  14,  1916,  Mr.  Eltiste  was  married  to  Miss  Bertha  Schmetgen, 
a  native  of  Orange  and  the  daughter  of  George  Schmetgen,  the  local  orange  grower 
now  retired.  Two  children  have  blessed  the  union— Clarence  and  Evelyn-  and  with  their 
parents  they  attend  the  Lutheran  Church.  Mr.  Eltiste  is  a  member  of  the  Lutheran 
Men's  Club.  In  national  politics,  he  is  a  Republican,  but  locally  is  independent  and  is 
always  interested  m  promoting  the  highest  American  civic  ideals. 

CARL  O.  HEIM^An  excellent  young  man  representing  one  of  the  good  German- 
American  families  of  Orange,  who  is  rapidly  forging  ahead  as  a  successful  rancher  and 
orange  and  walnut  grower,  is  Carl  O.  Heim,  of  Olive,  who  married  a  lady  from  one  of 
the  best  famihes  in  the  social  and  business  circles  of  Orange.  Their  home  therefore 
on  the  Anaheim  Boulevard,  is  a  happy  center  of  boundless  hospitality 

He  was  born  at  Bloomington,  111.,  on  September  13,  1878,  the  son  of  Herman  F 
and  Augusta  (Mueller)  Heim,  now  retired  ranchers  at  Olive.  His  father  was  then  a 
aboring  man  working  at  Bloomington,  but  he  later  removed  to  Allen   County    Kans' 

Lriil    andn84      Z  Z^'n    ^"'  "l^  ""  ''"'  °''''  ''''  f^'"'!^  «"-  ^-t"^*"  Cali^ 

ner  ons    wh ie  W  f^  '    ?'^l^''  ^.^"^   ^""^^"  ^^'^  ^°^ked  around  for  other 

persons,  while  he  rented  land  for  himself 

age  enifdTo  work  f'or'cTf''^  farm  south  of  Orange,  and  when  twenty  years  of 
age  engaged  to  work  for  C.  Lehman,  then  an  expert  auditor,  on  his  ranch  on  Tustin 


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Avenue,  east  of  the  Santa  Ana  Cemetery.  At  the  end  of  two  years,  however,  he  went 
to  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  as  a  section  hand,  and  next  became  a  clerk  in  the  grocery 
department  of  Ehlen  and  Grote's  department  store  in  Orange. 

During  the  ten  and  a  half  years  when  he  was  clerking  for  this  well-known  and 
progressive  firm,  he  married  Miss  Emma  Grote,  a  daughter  of  his  employer,  Henry 
Grote,  and  a  general  social  favorite;  and  afterward  came  up  to  Olive  where,  for  three 
years,  he  worked  on  his  father's  walnut  and  orange  ranch  of  twenty-four  acres.  During 
the  next  two  years,  he  maintained  a  partnership  with  his  brother  Albert,  and  together 
they  managed  the  home  ranch. 

In  June,  1919,  in  partnership  with  his  brother-in-law,  Alfred  Huhn,  Mr.  Heira 
bought  a  Valencia  orange  orchard  of  eleven  acres,  one  and  a  half  miles  to  the  south  of 
Olive  on  the  Olive  Boulevard;  and  this  ranch  Mr.  Heim  is  now  operating.  He  is  both 
a  stockholder  and  director  in  the  Mutual  Orange  Distributors  Association  at  Olive, 
which  has  its  own  well-equipped  packing  house,  and  is  a  stockholder  in  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Olive  as  well  as  of  the  California  Fig  Nut  Company  of  Orange. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Heim  are  the  fortunate  parents  of  four  promising  children:  Alma 
is  in  the  Orange  high  school;  Elmer,  Florence  and  Esther  attend  St.  Paul's  school  at 
Olive.  He  and  his  family  are  members  of  St.  Paul's  Lutheran  Church  at  Olive  of  which 
Mr.  Heim  is  a  trustee.  In  national  politics  a  Republican,  Mr.  Heim  is  first,  last  and  all 
the  time  an  American  and  a  "booster"  for  Olive  and  Orange  County. 

PETER  D.  HAX. — A  thoroughly  progressive,  public-spirited  man  of  business 
affairs,  who  has  attained  to  an  enviable  degree  of  popularity  and  possessing  a  wide 
and  powerful  influence,  is  Peter  D.  Hax,  of  the  Stein  Fassel  and  Hax  Mercantile 
Company  of  FuUerton.  He  was  born  at  Saginaw,  Mich.,  on  April  13,  1881,  the  son  of 
Peter  Hax,  now  deceased,  who  had  married  Miss  Catherine  Spain. 

After  spending  his  boyhood  in  Michigan,  during  which  time  he  attended  the 
grammar  and  high  schools,  he  engaged  in  accounting  and  followed  it  until  coming 
West  in  1907. 

On  locating  at  Fullerton,  he  became  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Stern  and 
Goodman  Mercantile  Company,  the  oldest  concern  of  the  kind  in  Fullerton,  with  which 
he  remained  for  eleven  years.  In  October,  1918,  the  Stein  Fassel  and  Hax  Mercantile 
Company  was  formed,  and  they  have  grown  so  rapidly  that  they  now  have  three  branch 
stores,  and  employ  fifteen  people. 

A  Republican,  with  broad  views  as  to  the  relation  of  party  politics  to  local  issues, 
Mr.  Hax  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  also  of  the  Elks.  Among  his 
out-of-door  pleasures  is  a  good  game  of  baseball. 

H.  A.  STEWART. — An  energetic,  progressive  and  very  successful  rancher  whose 
well-founded  judgment  and  conscientiousness  have  always  commended  him  to  his 
fellow-men,  who  stand  for  uprightness  and  integrity  of  purpose,  is  Henry  A.  Stewart, 
the  walnut  grower  living  one  mile  southwest  of  San  Juan  Capistrano,  where  with  expe- 
rienced methods  and  almost  perfect  system  in  his  various  operations,  he  gets  results 
such  as  ought  to  gratify  and  reward  anyone.  His  self-made  career  has  given  him  a  self- 
reliance  of  great  value  not  merely  to  himself,  but  to  those  neighborhood  interests  in 
which  his  progressive  influence  is  always  felt.  He  has  brought  his  ranch  up  to  a  high 
state  of  cultivation,  and  there  enjoys  a  good  home  presided  over  by  an  accomplished, 
devoted  wife. 

He  was  born  at  Lone  Pine,  Inyo  County,  Cal.,  on  February  10,  1873,  the  son  of 
Henry  B.  Stewart,  a  native  of  Painted  Post,  N.  Y.,  who  early  came  to  California  with 
his  brother,  driving  a  mule  team  across  the  great  plains,  and  settling  for  a  while  at 
Marysville.  From  there  he  removed  to  Lone  Pine,  where  he  entered  into  partnership 
with  John  B.  Denari,  one  of  several  brothers  who  had  made  their  mark  as  pioneer 
merchants  in  booming  San  Francisco  when  that  town  had  plenty  of  gold  with  which 
to  buy  things  and  needed  someone  of  intelligence,  honesty  and  enterprise  to  supply 
the  necessaries  of  life.  Messrs.  Denari  and  Stewart  maintained  the  best  store  at  Lone 
Pine,  and  it  was  while  they  were  doing  business  together  that  Mr.  Stewart  met  Miss 
Catherine  Calnan,  the  daughter  of  John  Calnan,  a  native  of  Cork,  Ireland,  who  came 
to  Canada  and  there  he  married  M,iss  Annie  McLellan.  Mr.  Calnan  was  in  the  South 
when  the  Civil  War  started  and  he  served  under  General  Stonewall  Jackson;  was  taken 
prisoner  at  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run  and  paroled  to  Camp  Chase,  Ohio,  where  he 
was  killed  by  the  fall  of  a  limb  from  a  tree  during  a  storm.  His  widow  married  again 
to  Norman  McLean  and  the  family  came  to  California  and  Lone  Pine,  where  Catherine 
Calnan  met  and  later  married  Mr.  Stewart. 

When  Henry  Stewart  was  only  a  year  old,  his  parents  removed  north  to  Wash- 
ington Territory,  and  there  the  father,  a  most  industrious  man  whose  health  had  become 
impaired,  died  and  left  three  children,  two  of  whom  are  living  today.     One  is  the  sue- 


1142  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

cessful  horticulturist  of  whom  we  are  writing;  the  other  i^.^is  sister    Arinie    now  Mrs. 
Grohe  of   Salem,   Ore.     Owing  to  this  break  in  their  family,   Henry  s  .e'i"<=^*'°"^;  ="  , 
vantages  were  very  limited,  and  he  has  since  had  to  reach  out  and  acquire  wnat  scnoui- 
ing  he  could  get  from  reading,  observation  and  contact  with  the  world. 

With  his  widowed  mother  and  the  other  children,  he  came  south  again,  to  ban 
Krancisco  in  1879,  and  there  Mrs.  Stewart  married  her  husband's  former  partner,  Mr. 
Denari,  a  native  of  Italy  who  was  born  near  Genoa,  of  an  old-established  Mediterranean 
family.  As  has  been  stated,  these  two  gentlemen  were  once  partners,  in  the  store  at 
Lone  Pine,  so  Mr.  Denari  was  able,  to  a  degree  not  usually  possible,  to  enter  into  the 
life  of  the  bereaved  lady  and  to.  afford  her  the  best  of  companionship  and  support. 
When,  therefore,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Denari  came  still  further  south,  to  San  Juan  Capistrano, 
where  Mr.  Denari  was  to  become  an  extensive  landowner  and  farmer,  giving  up  his 
mercantile  interests,  the  son  and  stepson  came  with  them.  Mr.  Denari  was  elected  the 
lirst  justice  of  the  peace  at  San  Juan  Capistrano,  but  he  also  continued,  with  the  able 
assistance  of  his  wife,  to  farm;  and  Henry  worked  on  the  ranch  and  very  naturally 
grew  up  a  farmer,  too. 

At  Santa  Ana,  on  July  12,  1911,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Ruth  EnEarl,  a  native 
of  Pipestone,  Minn.,  and  the  daughter  of  James  H.  and  Elizabeth  (Shaubut)  EnEarl, 
who  settled  in  San  Diego  County,  when  Ruth  was  only  five  years  old.  They  removed 
in  time  to  Anaheim,  and  from  the  excellent  high  school  of  that  pioneer  town,  the  young 
lady  was  duly  graduated.  Two  children  have  blessed  this  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Stewart.  The  elder  is  a  boy,  Henry  A.  Stewart,  Jr.,  and  the  younger  is  a~  girl,  Vir- 
ginia. James  H.  EnEarl  served  in  a  New  York  regiment  in  the  Civil  War,  serving  until 
the  close  of  the  war.  As  a  young  man  he  went  to  Minnesota  where  he  was  married. 
He  and  his  wife  now  live  in  Anaheim.  Their  children  are  Ruth,  Mrs.  Stewart; 
Katharine,  Mrs.  Chamberlain  of  Chicago;  Arnold  served  in  the  aviation  section,  U. 
S.  Army,  World  War,  and  is  now  in  business  in  Fullerton.  Mr.  Stewart  owns  some 
300  hundred  acres  of  excellent  Orange  County  land,  of  which  thirty-two  acres  are  in 
full-bearing  walnuts.  He  has  220  acres  of  lima  beans,  twenty  acres  of  blackeyed  beans, 
while  twenty-eight  acres  are  devoted  to  pasture,  yards,  etc. 

In  national  politics  Mr.  Stewart  is  a  Republican,  and  it  goes  without  saying  that 
he  is  both  an  admirer  of  and  a  warm  friend  of  Hiram  Johnson,  ex-governor  and  U.  S. 
senator,  and  the  choice  of  many  for  president.  As  a  public-spirited  citizen,  Mr.  Stewart 
has  sought  to  advance  the  interests  of  the  township  and  county  in  which  he  has  lived, 
in  every  way  possible,  and  he  has  always  labored  in  particular  for  better  roads,  believing 
that  good  highways  have  much  to  do  with   the  progress  of  a  nation. 

LYMAN  AND  MABEL  VANCE  TREMAIN.— A  distinguished  Orange  County 
couple  who  are  "one  hundred  per  cent  Americans,"  are  Lyman  and  Mabel  Vance  Tre- 
main.  Mrs.  Tremain  is  the  earliest  and  perhaps  the  most  successful  osteopath  in  the 
county,  and  her  husband,  Lyman  Tremain,  is  a  well-known  railway  man  from  the  East. 
He  is  well  connected  with  the  best  of  New  York  State  families  of  lawyers  financiers 
and  other  professional  and  business  men,  and  for  years  held  responsible  positions  with 
leadmg  railroads.  In  their  cozy  bungalow  on  the  Santa  Ana  Canyon  Boulevard  they 
are  at  present  rusticating  contentedly  and  so  enjoying  a  much-needed   rest 

Lyman  Tremain  was  born  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  is  a  grandson  of  the  late  Lvman 
Tren^ain,  judge  of  the  New  York  Court  of  Appeals.     His   mother  was   El  za   Martin 

N:w  Yo°rk^'r;  Aub^rn''''Vr  V'''°^-  °'  Tf'"  ''^  "^^  ""^'^  ^^^  --"^^  in  western 
-Ncw    1  orK,   near   AuDurn.      Mr.    iremains   fal-hpr  inrctc    ^^■,-a^,.:^■l      n^  •  r     ,  n 

known  law  firm  of  Peckham  and  Tremai;,'of^brn;,''N^  y'"  hf^rner"  RufL^W 

Grenville  Tremain,  which  occurred  when   T  vrr,,n  '^^'^''    ^^^    <^«^t^    °^ 

his  children,  moved  up  to  her  fathe^^l"  .^^  f  ''^^"  ^'^''  °'^'  ^^e  widow,  with 

children  we're  as  follows-  'hc lei^t  he  w»e°o"f  wt^r^T  And""""'  ''•  ^^  "^^  '°"^ 
New  York  City;  Lyman,  of  whom  we  wriTe  E^ilv  is  ii^the  ni'p°K;-"V",°["l^  '" 
ice   and  has   an  honorable  rernrd   f,^r   Z        '     ■     V  ^  ^-  ^-  P"bhc  Health   Serv- 

S.  Brewster,  a  son  of  Benjlmin  Brewster""",  '"  ^''r'u'  ^"^^'  '^  '^^^  ^'^^  °f  Robert 
at  Cleveland  and  later  became  cha™  oTtL  ^°^"  °-  ^°'='f«f^""'s  first  partner 
on   Company.  chairman  of  the  executive   committee  of  the   Standard 

later  ^S^Jtr^^'i^^T:!'^:^^'^  ^  °"  l\V''-.  "^A^  ^"^"-•N-  ^• 
Groton,  Mass.,  and  at  the   latter  nlace  he  It'.  '  ^f.  "'^"  *''^   ^''°t°"  School   at 


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years,  however,  he  entered  the  railroad  business  with  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Com- 
pany at  Philadelphia,  and  for  twelve  years  served  in  the  traffic  department.  He  rose  to 
be  contracting  agent,  and  made  a  wide  acquaintance  with  the  leading  Eastern  manu- 
facturers and  shippers.  Through  the  influence  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company 
he  secured  a  position  as  traffic  manager  of  the  Corn  Products  Refining  Company  of 
New  York  City  and  served  them  steadily  for  six  years,  after  which  he  resigned  and 
came  to  California  in  April,  1909,  and  went  into  the  traffic  claim  department  of. the 
Santa  Fe  Railroad,  working  out  from  their  Los  Angeles  office.  In  the  fall  of  1910,  with 
his  cousin,  James  Rochester,  he  set  out  an  apple  orchard  at  Harper,  Orange  County, 
the  first  commercial  apple  orchard  there. 

On  October  10,  1912,  Mr.  Tremain  was  married  to  Dr.  Mabel  Vance,  who  was 
the  first  regularly  licensed  osteopathic  woman  physician  and  surgeon  at  Santa  Ana. 
She  was  born  at  Mulberry  Grove,  Bond  County,  111.,  the  daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas 
Vance,  a  minister  in  the  Christian  Church.  He  had  married  Melvina  Elam,  whose 
family  belonged  to  the  old  settlers  of  that  county  and  owned  valuable  coal  lands  there. 
Of  their  five  children,  Mrs.  Tremain's  twin  sister,  Mrs.  M'ay  Reeve,  lives  at  La  Mirada; 
Dr.  A.  T.  Vance  is  practicing  at  Los  Angeles;  Anna  is  the  wife  of  James  R.  Coxen, 
state  superintendent  of  vocational  training  at  Laramie,  Wyo.;  Joy  is  the  wife  of 
William  F.  Wakefield  of  Fresno.  When  Mabel  Vance  was  twelve  years  old  her  parents 
moved  to  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  and  there  she  attended  the  high  school  and  Butler  Uni- 
versity. She. pursued  a  general  scientific  course,  and  thereby  laid  the  foundation  for 
her  excellent  professional  work.  She  then  entered  Dr.  A.  T.  Still's  School  of  Osteo- 
pathy at  Kirksville,  Mo.,  from  which  she  was  graduated  in  190S,  with  the  degree  of 
D.O.,  when  she  located  at  Oneonta,  N.  Y.,  and  for  two  years  was  successfully  engaged 
in  practice.  In  the  meantime  her  people  had  moved  to  California  and  so  she  also  came 
to  the  land  of  gold  and  sunshine  on  the  Pacific  and  located  at  Santa  Ana  in  1907, 
and  in  twelve  years  has  built  up  a  lucrative  practice.  She  is  a  charter  member  of  the 
Orange  County  Osteopathic  Society  and  also  a  member  of  the  California  State  Osteo- 
pathic Society. 

About  nine  or  ten  years  ago  Dr.  Tremain  wisely  purchased  five  acres  of  land  on 
Santa  Ana  Canyon  Boulevard,  about  two  miles  northwest  of  Olive,  which  they  have 
improved  and  set  to  Valencia  oranges  which  have  now  come  into  bearing;  and  in  this 
beautiful  orchard  they  have  built  their  residence  and  now  make  their  home. 

Mr.  Tremain,  besides  being  an  experienced  railway  manager  and  a  successful 
horticulturist,  is  a  fine  vocalist,  possesing  a  rare  tenor  voice,  very  pleasing  to  the 
ear,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church  choir  at  Santa  Ana.  In  many  ways 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tremain  have  identified  themselves  with  the  most  notable  movements 
for  the  welfare  and  uplift  of  society,  and  being  devoted  to  Orange  County,  never  tire 
of  singing  its  praises  and  contribute  in  some  way  to  its  development  every   day. 

FREDERICK  CHARLES  HEZMALHALCH.— The  efficiency  of  the  Orange 
County  public  service  is  reflected  in  the  life  and  work  of  such  well-equipped  and  faithful 
officials  as  Frederick  Charles  Hezmalhalch,  the  city  clerk  of  FuUerton,  who  was  born 
at  Leeds,  England,  an  ancient  town  probably  once  a  Roman  station,  the  largest  and 
most  flourishing  city  of  Yorkshire,  on  the  Aire,  and  the  metropolis  of  the  woolen  manu- 
facture, on  August  3,  1874.  His  father,  Thomas  Hezmalhalch,  was  born  in  Paterson, 
N.  J.,  and  educated  in  Chicago.  He  became  superintendent  of  his  father's  foundry  and 
during  the  Civil  War  moulded  shells  for  the  Government.  He  prepared  for  a  mis- 
sionary in  Leeds,  England,  and  there  he  was  married.  In  1884  the  family  came  to  Glen- 
dale,  Cal.  Later  he  went  to  South  Africa  accompanied  by  his  wife,  who  was  his  able 
assistant  and  there  they  did  splendid  work  and  had  a  very  interesting  experience. 

They  now  make  their  home  at  Monrovia.  The  mother  was  in  maidenhood  Miss 
Charlotte  Best,  a  native  of  Leeds,  and  is  a  woman  of  much  ability.  They  were  the 
parents  of  nine  children;  four  grew  up  and  are  living,  the  eldest  of  whom  is  the  subject 
of  this,  sketch.  When  ten  years  old  Fred  C.  came  to  California  with  his  parents  and 
attended  both  the  grammar  and  high  schools  at  Glendale,  while  he  also  enjoyed  certain 
private  instruction.  He  was  a  member  of  Troop  D,  Cavalry,  at  Los  Angeles  when  the 
Spanish-American  War  broke  out  and  he  enlisted  in  Company  F,  Seventh  California 
Regiment  of  Infantry,  serving  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  then  began  the  study 
of  music — both  vocal  and  instrumental — and  in  time  became  a  teacher  of  vocal  music 
with  his  studio  in  Blanchard  Hall;  for  three  years  of  this  time  he  was  the  solo  tenor 
in  St.  Vibiana's  Cathedral. 

Giving  up  the  profession  of  music  he  engaged  in  business  in  Glendale  until  De- 
cember, 1907,  when  he  located  at  Fullerton  and  for  two  years  had  charge  of  the  Harris 
ranch,  after  which  for  three  years  he  was  in  the  grocery  and  meat  business  and  then 
with  the  Metropolitan  Life  Insurance  Company  for  two  years,  until  April,  1916,  when 
he  was  elected  city  clerk  of  Fullerton,  being  reelected  in  1918  and  1920,  the  last  time 


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for  a  four-year  term,  filling  the  position  with  much  credit  and  entire  satisfaction  to  all. 
During  the  late  war  Mr.  Hezmalhalch  took  an  active  part  in  instructing  and  drilling 
the  boys  who  were  called  to  the  colors  and  served  acceptably  as  first  lieutenant  m  the 
California  Military  Reserve,  Company  Seventy-eight,  and  also  took  part  in  all  the  bond 
and  war  drives. 

At  Los  Angeles  August  23,  1903,  occurred  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Hezmalhalch  to 
Miss  Lottie  B.  Harris,  a  native  of  Orange,  the  daughter  of  Chas.  T.  and  Elida  (Hale) 
Harris,  pioneers  of  Orange,  of  which  union,  have  been  born  the  several  children: 
Frederick  H.,  Lillian  E.,  Nance  E.,  Robert  and  Charles  (twins),  Jean  O  and  William 
H.  Hezmalhalch.  The  family  attend  the  Presbyterian  Church,  where  Mr.  Hezmalhalch 
has  charge  of  the  music.  He  belongs  to  the  Odd  Fellows,  has  passed  through  all 
chairs,  and  is  a  Master  Mason,  a  member  of  Fullerton  Lodge  and  Chapter.  He  is  an 
Independent  in  politics,  is  fond  of  out-door  sports,  and  is  an  adept  in  fencing.  Public- 
spirited  by  nature,  Mr.  Hezmalhalch  could  hardly  fail,  even  were  he  not  an  incumbent 
of  office,  to  take  a  deep  interest  in  the  rapid  and  successful  development  of  so  favored 
a  section  of  the  Golden  State  as  Orange  County. 

FREDERIC  JOSEPH  WAGNER.— Among  the  ablest  machinists  in  all  of  Orange 
County  must  be  rated  Frederic  Joseph  Wagner,  who  resides  with  his  devoted  wife  at 
306^  East  Third  Street,  Santa  Ana,  having  been  born  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  on  October 
6,  1872.  His  father  was  Joseph  Wagner,  and  he  had  married  Miss  Marie  Hagstette.  'He 
came  trom  Alsace-Lorraine,  and  has  been  a  well-known  transfer-man  in  New  Orleans 
for  many  years.  There  Frederic  grew  up,  and  as  the  Hagstettes  were  machinists  from 
"  'way  back,"  when  fifteen  years  of  age  he  was  apprenticed  at  the  machinist  trade  in 
New  Orleans.  He  then  branched  out  as  an  employe  of  different  sugar  mills  in  Lou- 
isiana and  served  them  as  both  master  mechanic  and  chief  engineer. 

After  working  in  many  of  the  leading  cane-sugar  factories  of  Louisiana,  in  1899 
he  moved  north  to  Minneapolis,  to  accept  the  very  responsible  post  of  chief  engineer  of 
the  Minnesota  Beet  Sugar  Factory.  In  1904,  he  set  up  the  machinery  for  the  Chippewa 
Sugar  Company  at  Chippewa  Falls,  Wis.,  from  which  town  he  went  to  Riverside,  111., 
and  put  up  the  machinery  in  the  Charles  Pope  Sugar  Works,  continuing  with  that  con- 
cern until  he  came  out  to  California  in  1908. 

Coming  to  Orange  County  in  that  year,  he  installed  the  machinery  for  the  South- 
ern California  Sugar  Company  plant  in  the  Delhi  precinct,  and  remained  with  that 
company  for  four  years  as  chief  engineer  and  master  mechanic.  In  1913,  he  came  over 
to  the  factory  of  the  Santa  Ana  Sugar  Company,  in  the  same  precinct,  was  made  master 
mechanic,  and-  has  occupied  that  position  ever  since.  The  relative  importance  of  the 
two  important  and  successful  factories  may  be  seen  from  the  output  of  the  former,  600 
tons  of  beets  a  day,  and  that  of  the  latter,  1,000  tons  a  day.  The  intricacy  of  the  highly- 
specialized  machinery  naturally  calls  for  unusual  ability  and  wide  experience. 

The  Santa  Ana  Sugar  Factory  is  said,  indeed,  to  be  the  best-equipped  to  produce 
sugar  in  the  most  sanitary  and  economical  manner  of  any  beet-sugar  factory  in  Cali- 
fornia. It  was  erected  in  1912;  the  size  of  the  main  building  is  66  by  266  feet;  the  length 
of  all  buildings  is  971  feet;  and  they  are  equipped  with  American  machinery.  Two 
hundred  twenty-six  independent  farmers  grew  beets  for  this  factory  in  1912,  and  the 
area  of  their  beet-patches  aggregated  9,061  acres. 

At  New  Orleans,  Mr.  Wagner  was  married  to  Miss  Fredericker  Silbernagel,  a 
native  of  New  Orleans,  and  one  child  has  been  granted  them — a  son,  William  J.,  also  an 
expert  machinist,  who  is  conducting,  however,  a  general  merchandise  store  at  Delhi. 
Mr.  and  Mts.  Wagner  live  at  Santa  Ana,  and  attend  the  Catholic  Church.  Mr.  Wagner 
is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  also  of  the  Elks. 

CARL  J.  GRINNELL. — That  it  is  not  necessary  for  one  to  have  lived  long  in 
Orange  County  to  partake  enthusiastically  of  its  progressive  spirit  and  to  wish  to 
contribute  in  any  way  possible  to  its  further  development  is  demonstrated  by  Carl  J. 
Grinnell,  the  successful  citrus  grower  of  East  Orangethorpe  Avenue,  who  has  a  fine 
grove  and  keeps  it  in  excellent  condition.  He  was  born  near  Lansing,  Mich.,  on 
July  25,  1886,  the  son  of  Theron  J.  and  Cora  (Craft)  Grinnell,  natives  of  Michigan, 
whose  parents  came  from  New  York;  they  were  farmers  and  raised  grain,  cattle  and 
all  kinds  of  stock,  on  their  farm,  where  they  still  make  their  home.  Carl  J.  is  the  oldest 
of  their  two  children  and  was  graduated  from  the  Mason  high  school  at  Mason,  Mich. 
He  then  matriculated  at  the  State  Agricultural  College  at  Lansing  and  was  graduated 
with  the  class  of  '10,  with  the  degree  of  M.E.  after  which  he  took  up  the  practical  end 
of  mechanical  engineering  with  the  Detroit  Edison  Illuminating  Company. 

During  his  engagement  there,  Mr.  Grinnell  was  married  at  Kalamazoo  on  October 
26,  1911,  to  Miss  Jessie  Dean,  born  in  Rockford,  Iowa,  a  daughter  of  Rev.  J.  O.  and 
Helen  Dean,  who  had  lived  in  various  communities  in  the  Middle  States,  as  her  father 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1147 

was  a  Baptist  clergyman;  he  is  now  deceased,  while  his  widow  resides  at  Kalamazoo. 
She  received  her  training  first  in  the  public  schools  of  Michigan  and  then  at  the  State 
Normal  in  Kalamazoo,  and  for  several  years  she  was  an  instructor  in  both  the  graded 
and  high  schools  at  Fowlerville  and  Pinckney,  Mich.  After  his  marriage,  Mr.  Grinnell 
spent  three  and  a  half  years  with  his  father  on  the  home  farm  near  Mason.  In  Novem- 
ber, 1916,  he  came  out  to  California,  and  purchased  ten  acres  on  East  Orangethorpe 
Avenue.  Walnut  and  orange  trees  were  already  interset  there,  but  Mr.  Grinnell  took 
out  the  walnuts  and  put  in  Valencias  instead.  He  brought  the  land  under  the  Anaheim 
Union  Water  Company,  and  in  1917  built  his  home  on  the  ranch.  He  markets  his 
oranges  through  the  Placentia  Orange  Growers  Association. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grinnell  are  members  of  the  Baptist  Church  of  Fullerton,  and  also 
of  the  Eastern  Star.  Mr.  Grinnell  who  was  made  a  Mason  in  the  Mason  (Mich.)  Lodge, 
No.  70,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  is  now  a  member  of  Fullerton  Lodge,  No.  339,  F.  &  A.  M.; 
Fullerton  Chapter  No.  90,  and  Santa  Ana  Council,  R.  &  S.  M.  In  local  politics  he  is 
an  Independent,  preferring  to  vote  for  the  men  and  measures  irrespective  of  party. 

JOHN  OBORNE. — England  has  given  many  a  first-rate  settler  to  the  United 
States  and  especially  has  she  furnished  her  sons  and  daughters  for  the  great  work  of 
developing  the  commonwealth  of  California,  so  wondrously  rich  in  her  resources. 
Among  these  Britons  to  come  here  and  cast  their  fortunes  in  with  thousands  of  others 
willing  to  wage  in  order  to  win  is  John  Oborne,  the  successful  and  well-known  cement 
contractor  of  Fullerton  who  was  born  in  Somersetshire,  on  October  14,  1867,  the  son 
of  George  and  Amy  (Higgins)  Oborne,  who  were  the  parents  of  thirteen  children. 
From  the  boyhood  experience  of  our  subject,  who  was  the  third  child  born  to  the  enter- 
prising couple,  it  is  fair  to  assume  that  the  number  in  the  family  was  a  lucky  one, 
albeit  John  got  more  schooling  from  the  outside  world  than  he  did  from  the  class  room 
for  he  had  to  go  to  work  as  a  boy,  and  that  much  he  certainly  learned — how  to  work. 

When  only  fourteen  years  of  age,  the  lad  crossed  the  ocean  to  Canada  and  for 
two.  and  a  half  years  stopped  at  Woodstock,  Ontario;  then,  crossing  the  line  into  the 
States,  he  lived  in  Michigan  until  1904,  where  he  worked  in  timber,  camps  and  at 
farming.  In  that  year  he  came  west  to  California,  and  from  the  first  located  at  Fuller- 
ton,  although  for  two  years  he  was  in  Santa  Ana. 

For  the  past  eight  years,  Mr.  Oborne  has  been  contracting  for  all  kinds  of  cement 
work,  and  while  employing  five  men  or  more,  he  has  built  most  of  the  Fullerton  side- 
walks, and  among  other  buildings  "poured"  by  him  is  the  local  jail — as  ornate  as  it  is 
substantial  and  safe.  Besides  his  home  place  he  is  developing  a  five-acre  orange  grove 
near   Olinda. 

On  January  11,  1900,  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  Mr.  Oborne  was  married  to  Miss  Susie 
Chovin,  a  native  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  and  the  daughter  of  Frank  A.  and  Hannah  Chovin, 
farmers  near  Detroit.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church,  while  Mr.  Oborne 
clings  to  his  Anglican,  or  Episcopal  Church.  Three  children^-all  girls — have  blessed 
their  union;  and  they  bear  the  names  of  Mary  E.,  Mildred  E.  and  Edith  M.  Mr. 
Oborne  is  a  Republican,  and  also  a  Woodman  of  the  World  and  a  member  of  the 
Protected  Home  Circle  of  Detroit,  Mich.  He  and  his  good  wife  are  deeply  interested 
in  Orange  County,  and  ready  to  cooperate  in  any  civic  movement  for  the  uplift  of  the 
community,  and  the  furtherance  of  its  progress. 

LORENZO  A.  HAMPTON. — A  promising  young  rancher  whose  scientific  knowl- 
edge is  likely  to  assist  him  in  more  satisfactorily  solving  some  of  the  problems  of  hor- 
ticulture, is  Lorenzo  A.  Hampton,  a  native  of  Iowa,  where  he  was  born  near  West  Bend 
in  Buena  Vista  County  on  August  13,  1885,  the  son  of  Lindley  E.  Hampton,  a  farmer 
who  raised  stock  and  also  followed  general  agriculture.  He  had  married  Ruia  Swart- 
wout,  and  they  removed  to  Palisade,  Colo.,  when  Lorenzo  was  only  eight  years  of 
age.  He  attended  the  schools  of  that  town,  and  later  graduated  from  the  Denver  high 
school.  Lindley  Hampton  had  a  peach  grove  of  twenty  acres  near  Palisade,  and  this 
had  to  be  irrigated,  a  work  in  which  father  and  son  both  joined. 

Once  having  finished  his  studies,  Lorenzo  Hampton  cgime  to  California  in  1906 
and  studied  at  the  University  of  Southern  California,  from  which  he  was  duly  grad- 
uated in  1911  with  the  degree  of  A.B.  He  made  a  specialty  of  chemistry  and  was  em- 
ployed as  a  chemist  by  the  engineer  department  of  the  city  of  Los  Angeles.  At  the  end 
of  a  year,  he  left  municipal  service,  continuing  in  the  line  of  his  professional  work  with 
the  Federal  Chemical  Fertilizing  Company. 

In  1906  his  parents  came  out  to  California  to  live,  and  the  following  year  they 
purchased  a  ranch  of  twenty  acres  on  East  Orangethorpe  Avenue.  Part  of  the  ranch 
was  planted  to  walnuts,  but  he  took  out  the  walnuts  and  planted  orange  trees  instead. 
Now  all  of  the  ranch  but  one  acre— in  walnuts— is  devoted  to  the  culture  of  oranges. 
Lorenzo  A.  Hampton  spent  three  years  on  the  home  ranch,   from   1912  to   1915,  and 

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then  he  purchased  five  acres  from  his  father.  That  same  year  he  returned  to  the 
University  of  Southern  California,  after  which  he  taught  in  Burbank  for  a  couple  ot 
years.  His  next  move  brought  him  to  the  Los  Angeles  high  school,  and  there  he  is  at 
present  one  of  the  faculty.  He  teaches  chemistry,  and  in  his  spare  time  looks  after  his 
five  acres  of  Valencias.  He  has  a  private  pumping  plant  and  it  commands  thirty-fave 
inches  of  water.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Chemical  Society  and  aims  to  keep 
abreast  of  the  times.  .,,,.„  ,  ,  ,•' 

On  June  IS  1911,  Mr.  Hampton  was  married  to  Mjss  Katherine  Twombly,  a  native 
of  Little  Rock,  Ark,  and  the  daughter  of  Sidney  S.  and  Etta  Twombly.  Her  father 
was  professor  of  agriculture  in  the  University  of  Arkansas,  and  her  home  surroundings 
had  been  of  the  best.  Mr.  Twombly  was  made  a  professor  m  the  University  of  Utah 
and  to  that  state  they  removed.  They  came  to  California  in  1895,  and  having  settled 
in  Orange  County,  purchased  a  ranch  on  East  Chapman  Avenue,  Fullerton.  There 
were  twenty-eight  acres  in  the  ranch,  and  there  they  have  lived  ever  since.  Two  chil- 
dren blessed  the  happy  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hampton.  The  elder  is  Gordon  Francis, 
and  the  younger,  Katherine  Elizabeth.  In  national  political  affairs  Mr.  Hampton  is  a 
Republican,  but  in  local  movements  he  does  not  hesitate  to  support  heartily  the  best 
men  and  the  best  measures,  regardless  of  party. 

HUGH  CONGER  THOMSON.— A  native  son,  full  of  the  genuine  spirit  of  Amer- 
icanism, and  an  ingenious  workman  of  valuable  initiative,  capable  of  pointing  the  way 
to  others  and  leading  in  aggressive,  bold  movements,  is  Hugh  Conger  Thomson,  the 
son  of  Hugh  T.  Thomson,  the  well-known  and  popular  manager  of  the  Jotham  Bixby 
estate  in  Orange  County.  He  was  born  in  Villa  Park,  on  July  6,  1893,  and  at  that  place 
attended  the  excellent  graded  school.  Later,  in  1909,  he  put  in  a  very  profitable  year 
at  Throop  College,  Pasadena,  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  Brintnell's  ranch  at 
Guadalupe,  Cal.  He  was  also  employed,  for  a  year,  in  1911,  by  the  Jotham  Bixby  Com- 
pany, but  the  next  year  he  became  zanjero  for  the  Gray  Tract  Well  Company. 

In  1918,  Mr.  Thomson  became  foreman  for  the  Jotham  Bixby  Company,  in  which 
position  he  had  the  responsibility  of  improving  and  developing  new  acreage.  In  "the 
fall  of  1919,  he  gave  up  his  position  there  to  try  farming  for  himself,  and  he  continues 
to  ranch  on  his  home  place  in  Villa  Park,  where  he  has  five  and  a  half  acres  of  Valencia 
oranges  and  lemons  seven  years  old. 

On  November  21,  1910,  Mr.  Thomson  was  married  to  Miss  Edyth  Popplewell, 
a  schoolmate  of  days  at  Villa  Park;  and  three  children  have  blessed  their  union — 
Barbara  Edyth,  Emma  Nancy  and  Hugh  Conger,  Jr.  In  national  politics  a  Republican, 
Mr.  Thomson  is  at  all  times  ready  to  do  nonpartisan  "boosting"  for  the  community 
and  county  in  which  he  lives.  He  is  also  fond  of  sport  in  the  open,  and  enjoys  hunt- 
ing trips  to  Bear  Valley  and  other  natural  preserves  known  to  the  real  sportsman. 

WILLIAM  BAKER. — A  successful  manufacturer  and  business  man,  who  has 
proven  of  great  service  to  many  in  need  of  expert  work  in  the  mechanical  field,  is 
William  Baker,  proprietor  of  the  Santa  Ana  Machine  Works,  at  the  corner  of  First 
and  Sycamore  streets.  He  was  born  in  Ness  City,  Ness  County,  Kans.,  on  July  10, 
188S,  the  son  of  James  H.  Baker,  a  native  of  Ohio,  who  had  married  Susan  Barker, 
born  in  Clearmont,  Ky. ;  they  were  married  in  Kentucky  and  removed  to  Ness  County, 
Kans.,  where  he  was  a  stockman.  In  1904  they  brought  the  family  to  Southern  Cali- 
fornia and  engaged  in  stock  raising,  and  now  reside  in  Escondido,  San  Diego  County. 

William  attended  the  public  schools  in  Kansas  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age, 
and  during  this  time  helped  his  father  on  the  ranch,  riding  the  range  and  driving 
teams.  Breaking  away  from  home,  he  went  to  Yuma,  Ariz.,  in  1901,  arriving  with  $1.65 
as  his  entire  capital,  and  for  seven  and  a  half  years  was  in  the  mechanical  department 
of  the  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  learning  the  trade  of  machinist.  Next  he  put  in 
a  year  and  a  half  in  the  oil  fields  at  Santa  Maria,  Cal.,  and  then  went  to  Douglas,  Ariz., 
where  he  worked  for  the  El  Paso  &  South  Western  Railroad.  After  that  he  was 
master  mechanic  for  the  Copper  Queen  Company  at  Tombstone  for  three  and  a  half 
years.     He  put  in  eight  months  at  Bisbee,  Ariz.,  still  following  his  trade. 

On  April  28,  1918,  Mir.  Baker  came  to  Santa  Ana  and  bought,  from  E.  G.  Jenks, 
his  present  machine  shop,  in  which  he  installed  new  machinery,  until  it  is  now  a  fine 
establishment,  thoroughly  modern  in  every  respect,  whose  equipment  for  first-class 
work  is  such  that  it  serves  patrons  all  over  Orange  County,  and  as  far  as  Tacoma, 
Seattle,  Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  and  even  to  the  Hawaiian  Islands.  He  gives  em- 
ployment to  quite  a  number  of  skilled  mechanics,  and  the  constant  increase  in  his  trade 
has  made  it  clear  that  he  must  soon  considerably  enlarge  his  place  and  equipment.  He 
does  all  kinds  of  repair  work  on  farm  implements  and  pumping  plants,  and  among 
special  appliances  of  his  own,  makes  a  specialty,  as  a  partner  of  S.  E.  Lane  of  the 
firm  of   Lane  and   Baker,   of  the  manufacture   of   the   Lane   Rod   and  Tool   Coupling 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1151 

for  oil  well  use.  The  object  is  a  coupling  for  connecting,  detachably,  two  sections  so 
that  they  will  not  be  subject  to  accidental  disconnections;  and  in  attending  to  first- 
class  machine  work  of  all  kinds  Mr.  Baker  has  been  more  than  successful.  He  also 
manufactures  eye  benders  for  auto  springs  for  the  Kenyon  Eye  Bender  Manufactur- 
ing Company,  as  well  as  others. 

On  January  18,  1912,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Camilla  Venneman,  born  in  Chi- 
cago, 111.,  a  charming  lady  and  a  valuable  helpmate.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baker  are 
fond  of  outdoor  life,  and  in  leisure  hours  make  the  most  of  residence  in  a  state  un- 
rivalled for  its  climate,  and  in  a  progressive  city  with  the  most  improved  means  of 
communication  with  the  outside  world.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Merchants  and  Manu- 
facturers Association,  and  fraternally  is  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks. 

ABE  PRITCHARD. — A  man  of  vigorous  activities,  who  knows  how  to  persevere 
and  to  give  his  courage  and  unusual  energy  to  the  accomplishment  of  the  task  at 
hand,  Abe  Pritchard  has  for  the  past  fifteen  years  ably  guided  the  affairs  of  the  Pla- 
centia  Orange  Growers  Association,  and  his  wise  counsel  and  efficient  execution  have 
greatly  aided  in  its  upbuilding.  A  thoroughly  wide-awake,  admirably  equipped  organ- 
ization, it  has  done  much  to  advance  the  individual  interests  of  those  engaged  in  citrus 
fruft  culture,  and  which  has  thereby  also  forwarded  the  best  and  most  permanent 
interests  of  the  Fullerton  district.  During  the  season,  when  the  two  packing  houses 
of  which  Mr.  Pritchard  has  charge  are  running  to  their  full  capacity,  they  employ 
225  people,  so  that  their  operations  form  one  of  those  enterprises  for  which  any 
ambitious  and  progressive  community  would  be  glad  to  make  a  substantial  bid. 

A  Canadian  by  birth,  Mr.  Pritchard  was  born  at  Kazabazua,  Province  of  Quebec, 
on  January  17,  186S,  the  son  of  James  Pritchard,  a  farmer,  who  had  married  Miss  Eliza 
Steenson,  by  whom  he  had  ten  children,  nine  sons  and  a  daughter,  of  whom  Abe- 
Pritchard  is  next  to  the  youngest  and  the  only  one  in  California.  He  was  educated 
in  the  local  schools  of  his  birthplace,  and  assisted  his  parents  on  the  farm.  After  the 
death  of  his  parents  he  engaged  in  farming  on  the  old  home  place  in  partnership  with 
his  brother  Robert,  until  1900,  when  they  dissolved  partnership,  as  Mr.  Pritchard 
had  decided  to  try  his  fortune  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Coming  direct  to  Orange  County, 
Cal.,  in  1900  he  liked  it  so  well  that  he  decided  to  locate  here  permanently,  and  fortu- 
nately both  for  himself  and  the  young  town,  Mr.  Pritchard  early  located  at  Fullerton, 
where  he  found  work  in  packing  houses.  In  time  he  became  employed  with  the 
Benchley  Fruit  Company,  and  in  1905  he  was  made  manager  of  the  Placentia  Orange 
Growers  Association,  their  house  then  being  located  on  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad.  In 
1910  they  built  a  packing  house  at  Placentia,  and  in  1917,  completed  the  large  packing 
house  on  East  Commonwealth  Avenue,  Fullerton,  Mr.  Pritchard  being  manager  of 
both.  They  are  both  models  of  efficiency,  being  equipped  with  the  most  modern 
machinery  in  the  line  of  the  orange  trade.  In  1905,  Mr.  Pritchard's  first  year  as 
manager,  the  association  shipped  135  cars  of  citrus  fruit,  and  in  1919  the  shipment 
reached  1,280  cars,  a  wonderful  growth.  • 

Mr.  Pritchard's  many-sided  business  associations  have  awakened  in  him  an 
intense  interest  in  the  welfare  and  the  future  prospects  of  Orange  County,  and  just 
as  in  matters  of  national  political  import  he  seeks  to  do  his  full  duty  as  a  citizen  under 
the  leadership  of  the  Republican  party,  so  in  an  equally  nonpartisan  manner  he  is 
among  the  first  to  put  his  shoulder  to  the  wheel  and  to  help  along  any  worthy  move- 
ment likely  to  hasten  the  day  when  Fullerton  "comes  to  her  own."  He  is  particularly 
active  in  this  regard  through  the  channels  of  the  Fullerton  Board  of  Trade  and  the 
Fullerton  Club,  being  a  charter  member  of  the  latter  organization. 

On  November  12,  1912,  at  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Pritchard  was  married  to  Miss  Bertha 
Wilhite,  who  was  born  at  Dripping  Springs,  near  Austin,  Texas,  and  three  daughters 
have  come  to  complete  the  family  circle  and  to  further  gladden  their  lives:  Carolyn, 
Marian  Louise  and  Katherine  Elizabeth. 

BENJAMIN  H.  COLE. — Numbered  among  the  energetic  and  successful  young 
business  men  of  Olive  is  the  efficient  manager  of  the  Olive  Heights  Citrus  Association, 
Benjamin  Harrison  Cole,  who  has  resided  at  Olive  for  the  past  eight  years.  Mr.  Cole 
is  a  native  of  New  Albany,  Ind.,  born  August  21,  1888,  and  is  the  son  of  Joseph,  a  dis- 
abled Union  soldier,  and  Harriet  F.  (Moore)  Cole,  also  natives  of  Indiana,  where  the 
father  followed  the  calling  of  a  merchant.  In  1899,  when  Benjamin  was  a  lad  of  eleven, 
the  family  removed  to  California,  settling  at  Upland  in  San  Bernardino  County,  where 
the  father  died  in  1905,  survived  by  his  widow,  who  is  still  living  at  Upland. 

Benjamin  H.  acquired  a  grammar  school  education  and  at  the  age  of  twelve  went 
to  work  in  the  Upland  packing  house.  He  is  the  fourth  child  in  order  of  birth  in  the 
parental  family  of  five  children.  The  oldest  of  the  family,  Will,  is  employed  as  ticket 
agent   by  the   Pacific   Electric   Company  at   Long   Beach;   Laura   is   the   wife   of   Guy 


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Bodenheimer,  who  is  employed  by  the  horticultural  commissioner  of  Los  Angeles; 
Alma  is  the  wife  of  Charles  Perkin,  a  rural  mail  carrier  at  Upland,  Cal,  and  Roy,  the 
youngest  of  the  family,  is  with  the  North  Ontario  Packmg  Company  at  Los  Angeles. 
Benjamin  Cole  resided  at  Upland  for  thirteen  years  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  became 
foreman  of  the  packing  house,  continuing  in  the  company's  employ  until  he  came  to 
Olive  for  a  change  of  climate  on  account  of  his  health,  eight  years  ago.  He  was  in  the 
employ  of  the  Growers  Fruit  Company  at  Olive,  and  in  May,  191S,  accepted  the  position 
as  foreman  of  the  Olive  Heights  Citrus  Association,  succeeding  Mr.  White  as  secretary 
and  manager  of  the  company  in  1916.  The  company  handles  the  product  of  700  acres 
of  fruit,  principally  Valencia  oranges,  and  market  their  product  m  New  York  and 
Philadelphia,  shipping  forty  carloads  of  fruit  a  year,  aggregating  $375,000  worth  ot 
fruit  The  present  officers  are  Dr.  Thomas,  president;  C.  A.  Palmer,  vice-president; 
B.  H.  Cole,  secretary  and  manager,  and  K.  V.  Wolff,  treasurer.  The  Associations 
packing  house  is  located  on  a  switch  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railway  and  is  70x120  feet  m 
dimension,  with  a  capacity  of  four  carloads  of  fruit  per  day.  The  entire  process  ot 
taking  care  of  the  fruit,  excepting  refrigeration,  is  done  here. 

In  1907  Mr.  Cole  established  domestic  ties  by  his  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  Barton 
of  Upland,  Cal.  They  have  two  children— Marian  and  Robert  B.  Mr.  Cole  resides  on 
a  twenty-five-acre  orange  and  walnut  grove  on  the  Olive-Orange  Boulevard,  in  which 
he  has  a  half  interest.  Fraternally  he  is  affiliated  with  Anaheim  Lodge,  No.  134S,  B. 
P.  O.  Elks,  where  he  is  justly  popular. 

GUSTAVE  HEDSTROM.— Much  credit  is  due  to  those  who  have  succeeded  in 
life  solely  by  their  own  efforts,  and  among  these,  Gustave  Hedstrom,  the  enterprising 
and  up-to-date  orange  and  walnut  grower  on  the  Garden  Grove-Anaheim  Boulevard,  is 
classed  as  a  leader  and  is  in  every  way  worthy  of  the  success  he  has  achieved.  What 
he  has  in  the  way  of  worldly  goods  has  been  the  result  of  years  of  toil,  and  in  all  his 
labors  he  has  had  the  hearty  cooperation  of  his  wife,  who  shares  with  him  the  esteem 
of  all  who  know  them. 

A  native  of  Sweden,  Gustave  Hedstrom  was  born  on  May  2,  ,  1858,  the  son  of 
Charles  and  Sarah  Hedstrom,  both  natives  of  that  country,  whose  family  consisted  of 
seven  children,  only  four  of  whom  are  still  living.  Gustave  received  his  schooling  in  his 
native  country  and  in  1879,  thinking  to  be  able  to  better  his  condition  in  the  new  world, 
left  home  and  upon  arriving  in  America  located  for  a  short  time  in  Knoxville,  Tenn. 
Later  he  spent  six  months  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  then  located  in  Trenton,  N.  J.,  for  a  year. 
He  was  looking  about  for  a  place  in  which. to  cast  anchor,  and  in  1881,  he  went  west 
to  North  Dakota,  where  he  took  up  a  homestead  and  for  the  four  years  that  he  was 
proving  up  on  his  property  he  engaged  in  railroad  work  to  make  what  money  was 
necessary  for  a  living  until  he  could  raise  some  crops.  When  he  disposed  of  his  farm 
he  removed  to  Joliet,  111.,  and  for  fifteen  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness, meeting  with  success  in  his  venture. 

He  had  acquired  consicjerable  information  about  California  and  its  opportunities 
and  he  decided  to  cast  in  his  lot  with  this  commonwealth;  accordingly  he  disposed  of 
his  holdings  in  the  East  and  in  1893  located  in  Los  Angeles.  In  his  younger  days  he 
had  worked  at  the  trade  of  carpenter  and  after  his  arrival  here  he  contracted  for  build- 
ings in  Huntington  Park  for  four  years.  He  recalls  the  time  when  he  was  offered  a  lot 
where  now  stands  the  great  Hamburger  building  for  $400.  He  was  to  pay  down  $10 
and  to  pay  $10  per  month  till  it  was  paid  for,  but  on  account  of  nothing  in  the  line  of 
improvements  in  that  locality  and  being  practically  in  the  country,  he  could  not  see  the 
proposition  in  the  light  of  a  good  investment.  Orange  groves  were  then  scattered 
throughout  the  district  south  of  Tenth  Street.  He  worked  about  Los  Angeles  at  his 
trade  until  settling  on  his  tvventy-acre  ranch,  which  he  bought  in  1906,  and  ever  since 
locating  on  the  place  he  has  spent  considerable  time  at  his  trade,  in  all  working  about 
twenty-five  years  at  it  in  Los  Angeles  and  Orange  counties. 

The  place  he  owns  was  formerly  the  property  of  A.  M.  Nutt  and  was  appropriately 
called  the  Nutwood  Ranch,  which  name  is  still  in  vogue,  as  Mr.  Nutt  set  out  the  trees. 
Since  becoming  the  owner  of  this  valuable  place,  Mr.  Hedstrom  has  added  many  innova- 
tions of  labor-saving  devices  and  uses  electricity  for  his  fine  pumping  plant,  which  has 
cost  him  over  $5,000,  also  an  automatic  pumping  device,  and  continues  making  im- 
provements in  his  buildings  and  grounds  until  he  has  made  a  veritable  "show  place"  of 
the  ranch.  The  walnuts  are  interset  with  Valencia  orange  trees.  He  also  owns  a  ranch 
in  the  Imperial  Valley,  which  is  being  improved  under  his  direction. 

In  1885,  at  Joliet,  III,  Mr.  Hedstrom  and  Miss  Mathilda  Johnson,  a  native  of 
Sweden,  were  united  in  marriage  and  seven  children  have  come  to  bless  their  union: 
G.  Edward  is  running  the  Imoerial  Valley  ranch;  Jennie  M.;  Edith  and  Esther  are  both 
teaching  school  in  Orange  County;  Carl  G.  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  California  and  is  now  teaching  in  the  Anaheim  high  school.     He  served  in 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1155 

the  World  War  in  the  Naval  Officers  Training  School  at  San  Pedro  and  is  still  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Naval  Reserves;  Helen  and  Grace  are  both  attending  the  University  of 
Redlands.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Baptist  Church.  Mr.  Hedstrom  belongs  to 
the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  to  the  Fraternal  Aid  Union;  is  a  stanch  supporter 
of  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party  and  believes  in  cooperation,  holding  member- 
ship in  both  the  Walnut  Growers  Association  and  the  Orange  Growers  Fruit  Exchange 
at  Anaheim.  In  every  enterprise  that  Mr.  Hedstrom  has  engaged  in  he  has  met  with 
success  and  he  is  now  enjoying  a  well-earned  rest  after  many  years  of  toil.  He  and  his 
family  are  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  know  them  and  they  have  an  ever-widening 
circle  of  friends.  As  a  progressive  citizen  and  rancher,  Mr.  Hedstrom  tries  to  make 
this  place  a  desirable  locality  in  which  to  invite  settlers  to  help  build  up  the  county. 

WAYMAN  K.  JOHNSON. — An  experienced  and  ambitiously  aggressive  young 
farmer  of  much  promise  is  Wayman  K.  Johnson,  who  is  happily  settled  on  a  leased 
ranch  two  miles  south  of  Irvine  Station,  where,  having  recently  married,  he  is  fixing 
up  the  buildings,  and  will  soon  have  a  comfortable,  attractive  home.  He  was  born 
at  Long  Beach  on  June  9,  1900,  and  from  his  first  year  grew  up  on  the  famous  San 
Joaquin  Ranch.  He  attended  the  grade  schools  at  Irvine,  and  for  three  years  studied 
at  the  high  school  at  Santa  Ana.  He  was  then  compelled  to  abandon  his  books, 
but  he  has  always  been  a  good  observer,  of  studioiis  mind,  so  that  he  has  already 
added  much  from  practical  experience  with  the  world.  He  assisted  his  father  on  the 
farm,  and  when  he  was  only  seventeen  he  was  his  father's  foreman  and  main  assistant. 

In  1920  he  began  farming  for  himself  on  the  San  Joaquin  Ranch,  and  there  he  is 
working  out  his  agricultural  problems  not  far  from  the  State  highway.  He  is  farming, 
all  in  all,  397  acres,  sixty  being  devoted  to  the  making  of  barley  hay,  another  sixty 
to  the  growing  of  blackeye  beans,  and  250  acres  to  the  ever-popular  lima  bean.  Taking 
the  greatest  care  to  put  into  the  earth  only  the  best  quality  of  seed,  and  giving  unre- 
mitting attention  thereafter  to  coaxing  from  the  earth  those  superior  results  and 
fruits  such  as  always  gladden  the  heart  of  the  tiller,  it  is  almost  a  foregone  conclusion 
that  Mr.  Johnson  cannot  fail  to  evolve  crops  of  which  any  ranchman  might  be  proud. 

On  October  6,  1919,  Mr.  Johnson  was  married  to  Miss  Jessie  Huff,  of  Santa  Ana, 
and  a  daughter  of  Nathan  Huff  of  the  same  city.  Congenial  in  their  tastes  and  idaas, 
they  are  equally  interested  in  making  of  their  experience  as  Orange  County  ranchers 
only  what  Orange  County  guarantees  to  all  who  will  work  intelligently,  and  hope 
at  the  same  time.  Although  young,  Mr.  Johnson  seems  familiar  with  most  of  the 
many  sides 'of  modern  California  ranching;  and  what  he  does  not  know  or  at  once 
recall,  the  helpful  intuition  of  his  gifted  young,  but  studious  wife  is  likely  at  all  times 
to  supply. 

REV.  LOUIS  PHILIPPE  GENEST.— Among  the  accomplished  and  devoted 
clergy  of  Orange  County  who  have  done  so  much,  through  their  natural  gifts,  their 
industry  and  unselfish  labors,  and  their  high  ideals  and  farsightedness,  both  to  make 
Southern  California  what  it  is  as  a  desirable  home  place,  and  what  it  promises  to  be, 
more  and  more,  as  the  golden  years  roll  by,  must  be  mentioned,  and  among  the  first,  the 
Rev.  Louis  Philippe  Genest,  the  pastor  of  St.  Mary's  Catholic  Church  at  Huntington 
Beach.  He  was  born  at  Sherbrooke,  Quebec,  Canada,  on  September  14,  1890,  the  son 
of  Arthur  and  Rose  de  Lima  (Dussault)  Genest,  born  in  Quebec,  whose  parents  came 
fom  France  to  Canada  and  were  pioneers  of  Sherbrooke,  Quebec.  Reverend  Genest's 
father  was  in  the  employ  of  the  government  civil  service  for  many  years  until  he  was 
retired  with  a  pension,  and  he  and  his  estimable  wife,  now  reside  at  the  old  home  in 
comfortable  circumstances. 

Father  Genest  was  educated,  first  at  the  school  of  the  Brothers  of  the  Sacred 
Heart,  and  then  at  the  Seminary  of  St.  Charles-Borromee.  At  the  former,  he  pursued 
the  primary  studies,  and  at  the  latter  he  received  instruction  in  the  classics  and  matters 
of  theology,  according  to  the  teachings  of  the  Catholic  Church.  Both  of  these  fine  insti- 
tutions are  at  Sherbrooke,  so  that  he  was  able,  while  studyiiig,  to  remain  amid  sur- 
roundings altogether  familiar  and  helpful  in  their  congenialty  to  him.  On  June  29, 
1915,  he  was  ordained  to  the  priesthood  in  the  Cathedral  at  Sherbrooke  by  the  Rt.  Rev. 
Bishop  Paul  La  Rocque,  bishop  of  Sherbrooke,  and  then  he  was  made  assistant  pastor 
'of  churches,  first  at  Coaticook,  then  at  Richmond,  then  Weedon,  then  Asbestos  and 
finally  at  Wotton.  For  a  few  months,  also,  he  was  chaplain  of  Ursuline  Convent  at 
Stanstead,  Quebec. 

Owing  to  ill  health,  brought  about  by  overwork  in  the  devotion  to  his  duty. 
Father  Genest  obtained  leave  of  absence  and  came  to  California;  and  on  January  1, 
1920,  he  became  resident  pastor  of  St.  Mary's  Church  at  Huntington  Beach.  The  people 
from  Newport,  East  Newport  and  Balboa  are  also  attended  from  Huntington  Beach. 
Greatly  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  community,  he  took  up  the  work  here  vigorously,  and 


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has  endeavored  from  the  first  to  make  its  advancement  coincide  with  the  expansion  of 
the  town  itself — now  one  of  the  most  promising  settlements  in  Orange  County.  '  St. 
Mary's  Catholic  Church  at  Huntington  Beach  was  established  by  and  under  the  charge 
of  Rev.  J.  A.  Reardon  of  Long  Beach.  They  first  rented  a  building  and  remodeled  it 
for  their  use,  but  in  about  1912  they  purchased  the  property  they  had  under  lease  on 
the  corner  of  Tenth  and  Orange  streets,  Huntington  Beach.  The  first  resident  pastor 
was  Rev.  John  Reynolds,  then  Father  M.  J.  Slattery,  and  after  him  Rev.  Henry  O'Reilly; 
then  came  Rev.  Francis  Woodcutter,  Rev.  C.  Breitkopf  and  Father  Benson  until  the 
arrival  of  Father  Genest,  who  has  by  his  afifability,  scholarly  attainments  aiid  kindness 
greatly  endeared  himself  not  only  to  the  members  of  his  congregation,  but  to  all 
who  know  him.  Aside  from  his  duties  as  pastor  he  has  found  time  to  accept  and  fill 
the  position  of  teacher  of  French  at  the  Long  Beach  Catholic  high  school,  a  place  he  is 
filling  with  ability.  About  eighty  families  make  up  membership  of  the  church,  which  is 
constantly  growing,  and  which,  now  that  Father  Genest  has  put  his  hand  to  the  helm, 
will  be  sure  to  increase  in  the  healthiest  manner. 

CHARLES  W.  OLSON.— The  right  man  in  the  right  place  has  more  than  once 
proven  to  be  Charles  W.  Olson,  the  efficient  and  popular  foreman  for  the  Santa  Ana 
Sugar  Company,  who  was  born  at  Denver,  Colo.,  on  June  20,  1885,  the  son  of  Alfred 
and  Carrie  Olson.  He  was  sent  to  school  in  Denver,  for  his  parents,  who  came  from 
Sweden,  brought  with  them  as  a  precious  heritage,  a  high  regard  for  education.  They 
were  pioneers  in  Colorado,  and  Alfred  Olson  was  an  engineer  on  the  old  Kansas  Pacific, 
now  called  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad.  Charles  W.  Olson  came  to  California  in  1903, 
and  worked  for  six  months  on  a  ranch  west  of  Santa  Ana.  Then  he  returned  to  Colo- 
rado, and  farmed  north  of  Denver.  He  had  240  acres  devoted  to  gardening  and  dairying, 
and  was  for  ten  years  superintendent  of  that  farm. 

At  the  time  of  the  earthquake  in  1906  Mr.  Olson  was  in  San  Francisco,  and  he 
came  down  to  Southern  California  to  recuperate  after  the  hardships  and  shock  sustained 
in  that  harrowing  experience.  After  a  six-months'  stay  he  returned  to  Denver,  carrying 
with  him  such  pleasant  memories  of  the  Southland  that  in  1912  he  decided  to  locate 
here  permanently.  Arriving  here,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Santa  Ana  Sugar 
Company,  from  its  first  construction,  and  there,  his  ability  and  fidelity  more  and  more 
appreciated,  he  has  been  employed  ever  since.  For  the  past  six  years,  he  has  been 
general  foreman  of  the  entire  plant,  which  has  a  capacity  of  a  thousand  tons  of  beets 
every  twenty-four  hours;  nor  could  he  have  found  anywhere  a  more  satisfactory 
corporation  to  work  for.  The  sugar  is  marketed  through  the  Los  Angeles  brokers, 
the  company  making  beet  pulp  and  other  by-products. 

Mr.  Olson  has  always  taken  a  constructive  interest  in  everything  pertaining  to 
the  advancement  of  the  community  and  is  rated  as  one  of  its  most  dependable  citizens. 
In  fraternal  circles  he  is  a  Knight  Templar  Mason  and  a  Shriner. 

WILLIAM  J.  RICHARDSON. — An  engineer  of  wide  and  varied  experience  who 
has  proven  to  be  very  efficient  in  executive  work  as  superintendent  of  the  Orange 
Water  Works,  is  William  J.  Richardson,  who  first  came  to  California  in  1908,  two 
years  after  he  had  left  England,  his  native  country,  in  the  month  of  April.  He  was 
born  in  Somersetshire,  on  April  30,  1872,  but  reared  at  Bradford,  in  Yorkshire,  the 
son  of  William  J.  Richardson,  a  teamster  of  Bradford.  There  were  seven  children  in 
the  family,  but  William  is  the  only  one  now  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

He  attended  the  local  public  schools,  and  when  sixteen  years  of  age  was  appren- 
ticed as  an  engineer  and  machinist  to  the  manufacturers,  the  William  Ramsden  Com- 
pany. At  the  end  of  five  years,  he  entered  the  service  of  the  city  of  Bradford,  as 
engineer  of  the  fire  department,  and  later,  for  four  years,  he  was  with  the  Water-Lane 
Dye  Company,  as  hydraulic  engineer,  from  which  he  resigned  in  order  to  come  to  the 
United  States. 

Arriving  in  New  York  City  on  May  2,  1906,  Mr.  Richardson  was  made  master 
mechanic  for  the  Standard  Steel  Works  at  Burnham,  Pa.,  and  discharged  that  respon- 
sibility until  February,  1908,  when  he  resigned  and  came  west  to  California.  In  April 
attracted  by  an  offer  from  the  Modern  Manufacturing  Company  of  Orange  to  become 
their  die  maker,  he  settled  at  Orange;  and  when  the  office  of  superintendent  of  the 
water  works  became  vacant,  he  was  appointed  to  the  post,  and  accepted.  He  has  since- 
remodeled  the  plant,  which  had  become  run  down,  bringing  it  up  to  a  high  standard 
^.^nnnn"  ^^^^'  ^^^  ''}^'^^"s  of  Orange  voted  a  bond  issue  of  $50,000;  and  of  that  sum 
$30,000  was  spent  in  supplying  cast-iron  pipe  and  hydrants,  and  $20,000  for  erectin-^ 
new  reinforced-concrete  buildings  and  installing  boilers,  as  well  as  for  a  2  000  000 
gallon  pumping  engine,  and  a  600,000  gallon  reinforced-concrete  storage  reservoir 
So  wisely  was  all  selected,  and  so  successfully  installed,  that  everything  in  the  plant 
now  works  to  perfection.     During  the   day,   the   Holley   system  of   direct  pumping  is 


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employed;  but  at  night  there  is  storage  by  high  pressure  in  two  SO.OOO-gallon  tanks. 
Mr.  Richardson  devotes  all  of  his  time  to  the  responsible  work  in  hand,  and  so  is  able 
to  give   entire  satisfaction. 

Mr.  Richardson  was  first  married  in  Bradford,  England,  when  he  was  united  with 
Miss  Elizabeth  Hannah  Holmes.  At  the  Empire  Day  disaster  at  Long  Beach,  on  May 
24,  1913,  she  was  among  those  killed  when  the  approach  to  the  Auditorium  gave  way; 
at  the  time  she  was  only  thirty-eight  years  of  age  and  left  her  husband  and  two  chil- 
dren, John  William,  now  an  engineer  in  the  merchant  marine  sailing  out  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  Rose  Alice,  a  graduate  of  the  Orange  County  Business  College,  and  now 
with  the  National  Bank  of  Orange. 

At  Orange  Mr.  Richardson  was  married  a  second  time  when  he  was  joined  to 
Miss  Marie  Stine,  a  native  of  Illinois,  who  with  him  attends  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Orange  Grove  Lodge  No.  293,  and  long  ago  joined  the 
Republican  party,  and  declared  himself  for  protection. 

LEO.  M.  DOYLE. — Prominent  among  those  broad-minded,  large-hearted  citizens 
of  high  ideals  and  straightforward  ways,  whose  integrity  never  was  questioned  and 
whose  judgment  was  sought  and  advice  followed  must  ever  be  mentioned  the  late  Leo 
M.  Doyle,  the  banker  of  Santa  Ana,  a  gentleman  esteemed  for  his  thorough  knowledge 
of  banking  in  all  its  details,  and  also  for  his  ability  to  size  up  and  appreciate  fellowmen. 
He  was  born  in  Gratiot,  Wis.,  on  May  27,  1882,  the  son  of  M.  M.  and  Joanna  (Quinn) 
Doyle,  who  were  farmers  in  that  state  until  they  removed  to  Dakota  where  Mr.  Doyle 
was  a  banker.  Now  they  make  their  home  at  Hollywood,  honored  by  an  enviable 
circle  of  devoted  friends. 

Leo  Doyle  was  reared  at  Darlington,  Wis.,  where  he  attended  both  the  grammar 
and  high  schools,  and  when  seventeen  years  of  age  he  removed  with  his  parents  to 
Mitchell,  S.  D.,  where  he  matriculated  at  the  Wesleyan  University.  Having  been 
graduated  from  that  excellent  institution,  he  took  a  course  at  the  business  college  in 
Mitchell,  and  on  completing  his  studies,  entered  the  Western  National  Bank  in  that 
town,  as  teller,  both  he  and  his  father  having  become  interested  in  the  institution. 
He  was  also  interested  in  farming,  and  grew  to  be  a  successful  dealer  in  lands. 

At  Pierre,  S.  D.,  on  October  30,  1906,  Mr.  Doyle  was  married  to  Miss  Rose  Collins, 
a  native  of  Wakonda,  in  that  state,  and  the  daughter  of  William  Collins,  who  was  born 
in  Dubuque,  Iowa,  and  who  had  married  Miss  Margaret  Mulvehill.  Then  they  moved 
to  South  Dakota,  where  Mr.  Collins  was  a  business  man  in  Wakonda,  until  his  death. 
His  widow,  Mrs.  Doyle's  mother,  still  makes  her  home  there.  After  his  marriage,  Mr. 
Doyle  removed  to  Letcher,  S.  D.,  where  with  his  father  he  started  the  Citizens  Bank 
of  Letcher,  acting  as  cashier,  while  Mrs.  Doyle  was  assistant  cashier;  but  in  December, 
1913,  when  his  father  had  already  removed  to  California  and  liked  it  well,  he  sold  his 
banking  interest  and  also  came  out  to  the  Coast.  He  settled  temporarily  at  Hollywood, 
and  entered  the  Home  Savings  Bank  in  Los  Angeles  to  get  familiar  with  California. 
Then,  after  traveling  the  state  from  north  to  south,  he  selected  Santa  Ana  for  his 
permanent  location,  and  immediately  started  to  organize  the  Citizens  Commercial 
Savings  Bank,  associating  with  him  his  father,  M.  M.  Doyle  and  others. 

In  1917,  the  Citizens  Commercial  Savings  Bank  was  merged  into  the  California 
National  Bank,  and  Mr.  Doyle  was  elected  cashier;  and  he  continued  active  in  the  bank's 
management  and  on  January  1,  1920,  was  elected  its  vice-president.  Unfortunately,  the 
.  influenza  attacked  him  in  October,  1918,  and  he  had  only  partially  recovered  when  he 
went  back  to  work;  but  although  he  made  his  home  on  his  ranch  at  El  Modena,  he 
could  not  regain  his  strength.  Then  he  gave  up  regular  work  in  the  bank  and  went 
camping  in  the  mountains  for  a  while;  but  in  August  he  purchased  a  residence  in  Mon- 
rovia and  there  removed  with  his  family.  He  tried  in  vain,  however,  to  call  back  his 
old-time  strength  and  vigor,  and  on  March  16,  1920,  passed  away,  widely  esteemed  and 
beloved  by  all  who  intimately  knew  him.     His  body  was  interred  at  Calvary  Cemetery. 

Leo  M.  Doyle  was  a  devout  member  of  St.  Joseph's  Catholic  Church,  and  was 
not  only  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  but  was  for  two  terms  a 
grand  knight.  He  was  prominent  in  civic  affairs,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Merchants 
and  Manufacturers  Association  and  also  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  was  active  in 
the  bond  and  other  war  drives.  He  was  also  a  popular  member  of  the  Orange  County 
Country  Club.  On  the  day  of  his  lamented  demise,  the  Santa  Ana  Register  said  of 
him:  "Mr.  Doyle  became  well  known,  and  the  stamp  of  his  personality  has  been  left 
upon  both  business  enterprises  and  in  social  circles  in  Santa  Ana."  Since  her  hus- 
band's death,  Mrs.  Doyle  has  moved  back  to  Santa  Ana  where,  surrounded  by  her 
former  friends  and  endearing  associations,  she  is  looking  after  the  large  business  affairs 
left  by  her  husband.  A  devout  Christian,  she  is  conscientiously  directing  the  education 
of  her  four  children — Rosalie,  Dolores,  Kenneth  and  Mary  Elizabeth,  and  is  a  member 
of  St.  Joseph's  Church  and  the  Altar  Society  of  that  congregation. 


1160  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

TAMES  THOMAS  STOCKTON.-Born  in  Jacksonville,  Texas,  May  8  1862 
JamefThonL  Stockton  was  a  son  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (Bugg  Stockton  rnembers  o 
old  Southern  families  and  successful  farmers.  The  mother  died  in  Texas  '"1867,  the 
family  moved  to  Washington  County,  Ark.,  and  later  to  Ozark,- Ark.,  where  his  father 
d^d  James  was  next  to  the  youngest  of  the  children  of  this  union  and  was  reared 
a  farmerTboy  and  attended  the  public  school  in  his  district.    When  twenty-two  years  of 

age  he  began  farming  for  himself.  •   j  ^     r     „.  A    W^HIpv 

At  Ozark,  Ark.,  December  29,  1887,  Mr.  Stockton  was  married  to  Cener  A.  Had  ey, 
who  was  a  native  of  that  place,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Agnes  ^  .^.HeO  Had  ey, 
natives  of  Alabama  and  Tennessee,  respectively,  who  were  early  settlers  of  Arkansas. 
Later  they  came  to  Santa  Ana,  where  the  mother  died  The  father  went  to  Wagner, 
Okla.,  where  he  died  in  December,  1902.  There  were  three  children  born  o  this  un  on^ 
Cener  Mrs.  Stockton;  Minnie,  Mrs.  Johnston  of  Whittier;  and  L.  B.,  a  large  celery 
grower  on  Jersey  Island,  Cal.  Cener  Hadley  received  her  education  in  the  pubhc 
schools  of  Arkansas.  .  . 

After  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stockton  started  farming  and  a  year  later,  m 
1888  removed  to  Polk  County,  Ark.,  and  homesteaded  160  acres,  making  the  improve- 
men'ts  and  proved  up  on  it.  After  nine  years,  in  1897,  they  came  to  California  and 
located  in  Orange  County.  They  purchased  twenty  acres  near  Talbert  and  a  tew 
months  later  sold  it  at  a  profit.  Next,  they  bought  thirty  acres  on  the  Mesa  near 
Wintersburg  from  Mr.  Draper  and  later  traded  twenty  acres  of  this  for  twenty  acres 
adjoining  the  Draper  twenty  acres,  making  forty  acres  in  a  body,  where  they  raised 
alfalfa  and  corn.  Later  they  sold  the  original  ten  acres  at  a  good  profit  to  a  Mr. 
Preston;  then  they  bought  fifty  acres  across  the  road  from  their  home,  making  them 
ninety  acres.  In  1910  they  sold  the  original  Draper  twenty  acres  to  Walton  Blaylock 
and  afterwards  the  other  twenty  acres  to  a  Mr.  Pond.  In  the  fall  of  1910  they  moved 
to  Santa  Ana  and  bought  a  residence  on  Parton  Street  and  resided  there  over  one  year, 
in  1912  selling  the  Parton  Street  residence  and  .purchasing  fourteen  acres  on  West 
Fifth  Street,  west  of  Santa  Ana;  later  they  bought  twenty  acres  more  across  from  their 
place  on  Fifth  Street.  In  1913  they  sold  the  twenty  acres  at  a  profit  and  soon  after- 
wards also  sold  the  fourteen  acres  and  bought  a  residence  on  North  Bush  Street,  where 
they  resided  until  the  fall  of  1914,  when  they  sold  and  bought  a  residence  at  709  South 
Birch  Street  and  there  they  resided  until  the  fall  of  1916,  when  they  sold  it  and  moved 
back  to  the  ranch  and  bought  ten  acres  adjoining  it  on  the  north  and  there  they  were 
farming  when  Mr.  Stockton  died,  September  14,  1919.  , 

Mr.  Stockton  was  indeed  a  progressive  and  enterprising  man  and  was  the  first 
rancher  to  raise  sugar  beets  in  that  section.  With  his  brother  Newton  he  raised  the 
first  crop  of  lima  beans  in  his  section;  it  was  threshed  on  the  ground  and  tramped  out 
with  horses  pulling  a  disc  harrow  over  it.  In  this  way  they  showed  what  could  be 
raised.  He  was  also  one  of  the  early  celery  growers  and  was  a  good  and  successful 
farmer.  Since  her  husband's  death  Mrs.  Stockton  manages  the  sixty-acre  ranch  with  the 
assistance  of  her  son,  Everett;  she  also  owns  320  acres  in  Nevada.  She  has  lately 
moved  to  Santa  Ana,  where  she  bought  a  comfortable  bungalow  at  801  South  Sycamore 
Street,  which  she  sold  in  August,  1920,  when  she  made  a  trip  to  Oregon  and  Wash- 
ington and  on  her  return  purchased  her  present  bungalow,  506  South  Garnsey  Street, 
where  she  now  makes  her  home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stockton  had  five  children:  Everett  A. 
is  running  the  home  farm;  Effie,  Mrs.  H.  J.  Lamb  of  Santa  Ana;  Minnie,  Mrs.  E.  R. 
Porter  of  Glendora;  Eunice  T.,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Sewell  of  Berkeley;  and  Gordon  Maurice  is 
still  at  home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stockton  were  members  of  the  Church  of  Christ,  of  which 
she  has  been  a  member  since  she  was  fourteen  years  old  and  is  still  an  active  member. 

ADOLPH  T.  HAMMERSCHMIDT.— Some  very  interesting  pioneer  history  is 
recalled  in  the  story  of  Adolph  T.  Hammerschmidt  and  his  family.  He  was  born  in 
Lombard,  Du  Page  County,  111.,  on  April  29,  1883,  the  son  of  William  H.  Hammer- 
schmidt, a  farmer  and  the  proprietor  of  the  Lombard  Brick  and  Tile  Company,  as  well 
as  president  of  the  Elmhurst  Chicago  Stone  Company,  who  had  married  Miss  Elizabeth 
Burdorf.  Adolph  was  the  eldest  of.  eight  children  and  while  staying  with  his  father  on 
the  home  farm,  he  attended  first  the  common  schools  of  Lombard  and  then  the  North- 
western College  of  Naperville,  111.,  where  he  took  a  business  course.  After  that  for  two 
terms  he  pursued  the  manual  training  course  of   the  Lewis   Institute  in   Chicago. 

In  1906  he  made  a  trip  to  California,  and  at  FuUerton,  on  August  8,  1907,  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Marie  Burdorf,  the  daughter  of  Henry  and  Dorothy  (Wohler)  Burdorf. 
Her  father  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Orange  County,  and  came  from  Hanover, 
Germany,  in  1866  via  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  to  San  Francisco.  He  then  came  down 
to  Orangethorpe  and  purchased  100  acres  south  of  FuUerton  now  adjoining  the  southern 
city  limits,  and  he  built  the  first  house  outside  the  fence  at  Anaheim,  when  the  embryo 


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town  had  two  sections  of  land  fenced  in  and  it  was  decidedly  a  pioneer  venture  to  build 
in  the  "wilds"  outside  the'  paling,  there  being  no  Fullerton  at  that  time.  Since  then 
Mr.  Burdorf  has  divided  the  100  acres,  so  bare  when  he  first  acquired  them,  among 
his  sons  and  daughters;  and  then  ten  acres  Mr.  Hammerschmidt  is  now  living  on  were 
given  to  the  latter's  first  wife.  Mrs.  Hammerschmidt  was  thus  reared  and  educated  at 
Orangethorpe. 

After  their  marriage,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hammerschmidt  returned  to  Illinois  and  lived 
for  a  year  and  a  half  on  a  farm  near  Lombard,  but  his  wife  could  not  stand  the  more 
severe  climate,  and  they  came  back  to  sunnier  California.  They  settled  on  the  ten  acres 
at  Orangthorpe  near  Spadra,  and  improved  the  land  by  setting  out  trees.  They  planted 
an  acre  and  a  half  to  Navel  oranges,  three  and  a  half  acres  to  Valencias,  and  three  and 
half  acres  to  walnuts;  and  a  quarter  of  an  acre  they  devoted  to  various  other  kinds  of 
fruit,  and  in  1908  built  a  handsome  residence.  Mr.  Hammerschmidt  cultivates  with  an 
All-Work  tractor  and  markets  through  the  Fullerton  Mutual  Orange  Growers  Asso- 
ciation. He  has  a  seven-inch  well  175  feet  deep  with  a  Johnson  Marine  pump  which 
yields  forty  inches  of  water. 

On  June  20,  1913,  Mrs.  Hammerschmidt  died,  the  mother  of  four  children — Doris, 
Leonard,  Marie  and  Richard.  Mr.  Hammerschmidt's  second  marriage  united  him  with 
Miss  Annie  Gerken  of  Santa  Ana,  the  ceremony  occurring  on  August  6,  1914;  she  was 
a  native  of  Minnesota,  and  the  daughter  of  John  and  Alvina  (Eck)  Gerken,  who  came 
to  California  when  she  was  a  little  girl.  Three  children  have  resulted  from  this  second 
marriage,  and  they  bear  the  names  of  George,  Bernhard  and  Clara.  With  his  family 
he  belongs  to  the  German  Lutheran  Church  of  Anaheim  of  which  he  is  a  trustee,  and 
they  are  pre-eminent  in  patriotic  work  for  the  upbuilding,  as  well  as  the  building  up, 
of  the  community. 

In  1913,  Mr.  Hammerschmidt  entered  the  U.  S.  mail  service  and  assumed  charge 
of  Rural  Free  Delivery  Route  No.  2  leading  out  of  Fullerton.  This  covers  twenty-eight 
miles,  and  it  is  known  to  be  the  heaviest  rural  route  in  the  state,  requiring  Mr.  Hammer- 
schmidt to  handle  over  30,000  pieces  of  mail  a  month.  Not  every  man,  perhaps,  could 
hope  to  cope  with  the  problems  here  presented,  but  Mr.  Hammerschmidt  thus  far 
seems  to  have  given  satisfaction  to  everybody. 

HARRY  F.  DIERKER. — Fortunate  in  a  past  record  of  varied  and  enviable  experi- 
ence, successive,  continued  successes,  and  definite,  pronounced  progress,  Harry  F. 
Dierker  has  easily  risen  to  prominence  and  influence  in  the  short  time  in  which  he  has 
again  been  a  resident  of  the  Anaheim-Fullerton  district,  and  one  of  the  most  active 
workers  for  the  upbuilding,  as  well  as  the  building  up,  on  broad  and  permanent  lines,  of 
Orange  County.  He  was  born  at  Monterey,  Nebr.,  the  son  of  Henry  Dierker,  the 
well-known  pioneer  whose  interesting  life  story  is  given  elsewhere  in  this  historical 
work,  and  when  seven  years  of  age  came  to  California  with  his  parents.  He  attended 
both  the  grammar  and  the  high  schools  at  Orange,  and  was  graduated  from  the  Orange 
County  Business  College  at  Santa  Ana,  thereby  topping  off  an  unusually  thorough 
preparation,  at  home  and  in  the  classroom,  for  a  winning  tussle  with  the  exacting  world. 

As  a  young  man,  Harry,  who  from  boyhood  had  been  lucky  in  his  helpful  friend- 
ships, went  into  Los  Angeles,  where  he  became  the  office  boy  of  the  Pacific  Tank 
Company,  and  later  mastered  the  ins  and  outs  of  manufacturing  wooden  tanks,  and 
two  years  afterward,  while  still  advancing  with  that  concern,  he  was  transferred,  to  their 
San  Francisco  office.  When  he  had  served  them  well  for.  five  years,  the  company  sent 
Mr.  Dierker  to  Washington,  to  establish  their  factory  at  Olympia;  and  having  been 
made  general  manager,  with  the  oversight  of  200  men  or  more,  he  proved  his  capability 
in  executing  several  contracts,  some  for  as  high  as  $50,000  and  $60,000  worth  of  work, 
installing  complete  water  systems  where  wooden  tanks  and  piping  were  used.  After 
four  years  in  Washington  Mr.  Dierker  returned  to  Los  Angeles,  and  for  the  same 
period  of  time  assumed  the  management  of  the  Los  Angeles  branch  of  the  tank-making 
enterprise;  and  continuing  to  meet  with  success,  giving  entire  satisfaction  to  both  the 
company's  patrons  and  to  his  employers,  he  firmly  established  himself  in  the  business 
world.  Mr.  Dierker  next  spent  a  year  in  the  North  Yakima  country,  in  Washington, 
developing  part  of  some  land  he  had  previously  bought,  and  engaging  in  stock  raising; 
but  eventually  disposing  of  all  his  holdings  save  forty  acres,  he  returned  to  Los  Angeles 
and  organized  the  Chapman-Dierker  Company,  for  the  building  of  fine  homes  in  the 
Wilshire  district,  in  Los  Angeles,  and  he  also  associated  himself  with  the  Chas.  C.  and 
S.  J.  Chapman  Company,  as  superintendent  of  their  operations  in  building,  which  have 
had  such  a  marked  effect  on  the  development  of  the  renowned  Wilshire  district  and 
contributed  so  rapidly  and  effectually  toward  making  the  West  End  of  Los  Angeles 
one  of  the  most  desirable  residential  districts  in  all  California.     This  experience  alone, 


H66  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

i,  1.  fair  ,o  ..same,  oush,  ,o  prov.  .  ,.l..bl.  .■'«  ^^.'^f  LlmuniSrwirt'-Wch"^ 

severed  his  connection  there  and  bought  ten  acres    ot  te^y^^^  ^^^    ^^^^    Anaheun, 

in  the  Commonwealth  school  dismct  -  O^f  f^^^\°^3^if  ^  comfortable,  attractive 
effecting  the  sale  m  1919,  and  there  he  ^as  bum    o  farming    in    the   most 

home,  made  and  is  still  -^^f-^.^^^f  ^^h,  H""-^  ^^  -^'^-^-°  ^""^  =^  '^^^^  Tt' 
scientific  manner.     He  owns    besides,  a  °"^  "        ,  g   ^^^  f^^  oil  purposes,  and  he 

r  h^aitot- h^"":^  ?:-i^:^'ref  s^uitt  of  /naheim,  now  being  developed 
-^^  iri=r  Hord'count.  md  ■  the  hometown  ^of  Etoof  Hayn.,^^^^^^^ 
inventor,  who  in  the  early  nineties  f-^^^  and  constructed  here  ^^^^^^.^^  ^^^^.^^_ 
automobile  in  existence,  now  one  of  the  scientific  treasures  ot  t  ^^  ^.^^  p,^^^ 

tion  at  Washington,-on  September  25,  1907,  Mr-  JJ-^^^^^J  j^  f„„„d 

May  Kirk,  a  native  of  that  city  and  an  ^«°'?P^'=l^^f„;"t^;o  has  become  prominent 
happiness  in  sociological  and  "P^t  work  of  fj^  l?"f ;  ^"\^^°  f  eader  in  that  well- 
in   Christian   Church  circles.     Mr    Dierker  also   has   long  been  a  Boulevard 

organized  communion;  and  having  b<=^"  /"P7"*^"'l'"*,,'^,i„%^^  programs  of  the 
Christian  Church  Sunday  School,  in  Los  An       ea"^^ 

church,  he  has  already  participated  to  the  fullest  '^^^r^l.^o^^]".^'  .  .^^  Q^lden  State 
work  at  FuUerton,  doing  what  he  can  to  make  this  desirable  section  of  he  Golden  Mate 
still  more  attractive  as  a  place  in  which  not  merely  to  labor,  but  to  live. 

MRS  CATHERINE  J.  DANERI.— Interesting  and  often  inspiring,  especially  to 
youth  and  tlfe™d  that  is  Ambitious  of  attaining  all  that  the  New  West  offers  to  those 
who  will  work  and  hope,  is  the  story  of  Mrs.  Catherine  J.  Daneri,  one  °f  the  truly  dis- 
tinguished pioneers  of  Orange  County,  and  those  associated  m  one  way  or  another 
ntLately  with  her  life.  She  was  born  in  Glengarry  County,  Canada  West,  now  known 
as  the  Province  of  Ontario,  the  daughter  of  John  Calnan,  a  well  educated  and  well-to-do 
Catholic  o^  the  city  of  Cork,  Ireland.  He  came  out  to  Canada  and  there  married  Miss 
Annie  McLellan,  a  native  of  Canada  West  and  the  child  of  Scotch  P-sbyterians 
About  the  time  ^f  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  Wkr  Mrs  Calnan  7°=f^dfe^  border 
into  the  United  States  and  moved  to  WiUoughby,  twenty  niiles  east  of  Cleveland,  Ohio 
at  this  time  Mr.  Calnan  was  in  the  South  and  joining  the  forces  of  the  Confederates  m 
the  Civil  War,  he  fought  under  General  Stonewall  Jackson.  He  was  taken  prisoner  by 
the  Federals  at  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run  and  while  on  parole  at  Camp  Chase, 
Little  Miami,  Ohio,  during  a  cyclone  was  struck  by  a  falling  tree  limb,  lopped  off  by 
lightning,  and  instantly  killed  and  lies  buried  in  the  local  cemetery.  These  worthy 
parents  had  five  children— three  sisters  and  two  brothers,  all  of  whom  are  deceased 
except  the  subject,  who  was  next  to  the  youngest  in  the  order  of  birth,  and  who  was 
born  on  May  19,  1849.  .        . 

Catherine  attended  the  public  schools  of  her  district,  and  came  to  California  witn 
her  mother  and  two  brothers,  taking  the  steamer  from  Cleveland  to  Chicago,  and  the 
railroad  from  Chicago  to  Omaha,  and  a  prairie  schooner  from  Omaha  to  Lone  Pine, 
Inyo  County,  Cal.,  where  they  arrived  in  February,  1870.  They  lived  through  the 
earthquake  at  Lone  Pine,  in  1872,  losing  everything  they  had,  but  escaping  with  their 
lives;  notwithstanding  that  twenty-one  victims  were  buried  in  one  grave. 

A  general  merchandise  store  at  Lone  Pine  was  conducted  by  Messrs.  Daneri  and 
Stewart,  and  Miss  Calnan  there  became  acquainted  with  one  of  the  partners,  Henry 
B.  Stewart,  and  there  also,  on  August  3,  1870,  married  him.  He  was  a  native  of  Painted 
Post,  N.  Y.,  and  came  to  California  with  his  brother,  driving  a  large  mule  team  across 
the  plains,  and  then  freighting  to  the  various  mining  camps,  settling  for  a  while  at 
Marysville.  From  there,  he  came  to  .Lone  Pine  and  effected  the  partnership  which  was 
dissolved  in  1873,  after  the  earthquake,  when  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stewart  and  their  two  chil- 
dren moved  north  to  Washington  Territory.  There,  in  Whatcom  County,  Mr.  Stewart 
began  to  farm;  but  he  was  taken  sick,  met  with  reverses,  lost  everything  and  died  there 
in  1879,  leaving  three  children — Annie,  Henry  Alexander  and  Estella. 

Mrs.  Stewart  married  a  second  time,  at  San  Francisco,  in  October,  1879,  choosing 
for  her  husband  John  B.  Daneri,  at  one  time  Mr.  Stewart's  partner.  He  was  one  of 
several  brothers  who  were  pioneer  merchants  at  San  Francisco  and  four  other  places, 
selling  both  at  retail  and  wholesale,  before  John  B.  Daneri  came  to  Lone  Pine,  so  that 
he  was  a  man  of  practical,  valuable  experience.  He  was  born  in  Chiavari,  near  Genoa, 
Italy,  on  March  6,   1831,  and  after  having  lived  for  a  while  at  Buenos  Ayres,   sailed 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1169 

around  the  Horn,  and  reached  San  Francisco  on  Washington's  Birthday,  1849 — a 
genuine  Argonaut. 

Mr.  Denari  was,  in  fact,  a  merchant  all  his  life  until  he  went  to  the  historic  old 
Mission  town  of  San  Juan  Capistrano  in  1877  and  there  became  a  farmer,  taking  up  the 
special  line  of  the  orchardist.  He  planted  walnuts,  and  brought  his  ranch  up  to  a  high 
state  of  cultivation,  and  accumulated  and  lost  several  fortunes.  He  died,  in  1907,  while 
on  a  visit  to  his  oldest  daughter,  Mrs.  J.  N.  Grohe,  at  Sheridan,  Ore.,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-six  years  and  was  buried  in  the  Masonic  Cemetery  in  that  place.  He  left  four 
children:  Angela,  who  owns  the  beautiful  residence  at  626  South  Sycamore  Street, 
where  Mrs.  Denari  now  lives  in  Santa  Ana;  John  B.,  the  rancher  and  justice  of  the 
peace,  and  Luigi  M.  and  Achille  F.,  who  run  Mrs.  Denari's  farm  at  San  Juan 
Capistrano. 

Mr.  Denari  also  held  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  for  many  terms  until  he 
resigned,  some  years  before  his  death,  for  he  was  not  only  able  to  speak  six  languages, 
but  could  read  and  write  them  as  well,  and  was  a  well-read  man.  During  much  of  their 
residence  at  San  Juan  Capistrano,  Mrs.  Denari  attended  to  matters  of  business,  and  for 
about  twenty  years  she  managed  the  farm  she  has  now  given  to  her  children,  retaining 
only  a  life  interest,  or  lease.  She  is  a  strong  and  well-preserved  woman — a  Christian 
making  no  profession  of  special  church  association;  and  for  years  she  has  found  her 
greatest  pleasure  in  laboring  for  the  common  welfare  of  those  about  her. 

WALLACE  EDWIN  OSWALD.— One  of  Fullerton's  most  energetic  young  busi- 
ness men,  possessed  of  the  qualities  that  bring  success  in  life,  coupled  with  the  ability  , 
to  rightly  apply  them,  is  Wallace  Edwin  Oswald;  and  since  his  advent  to  FuUerton 
not  only  has  the  city  been  favored  with  an  automotive  battery  and  electrical  establish- 
ment worthy  of  such  a  progressive,  hustling  municipality,  but  the  surrounding  country 
as  well,  which  looks  to  the  Oswald  establishment  for  the  last  word  in  dependable  work- 
manship, has  never  needed  to  journey  farther  to  have  its  wants  supplied. 

Born  in  Sanborn  County,  S.  D.,  on  July  10,  1888,  and  coming  to  California  with 
his  parents  when  he  was  eleven  years  old,  Mr.  Oswald,  already  imbued  with  the  "go- 
ahead"  spirit  of  the  West,  has  kept  pace  with  his  progressive  surroundings  and  so  has 
come  to  take  his  proper  place  in  the  business  circles  of  Fullerton,  a  community  already 
widely  known  for  its  energy,  ambition  and  productivity.  He  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  Santa  Ana,  where  his  parents  had  settled,  but  soon  set  out  to  make  his  own 
way  in  the  world. 

Taking  to  mechanical  work  from  the  start,  Mr.  Oswald  spent  some  time  in 
machine  shops  and  automotive  establishments,  among  them  the  Ford  Motor  Company 
of  Los  Angeles,  thereby  gaining  a  thorough  knowledge  of  all  the  details  of  this  work 
and  the  indispeflsable  practical  experience  which  has  since  stood  him  in  good  stead. 
When  he  returned  to  Fullerton  he  opened  a  small  shop  from  which  has  grown  the 
present  large  business  establishment  opened  April  4,  191S.  He  distributes  the  Exide 
battery  and  other  motor  accessories  and  his  thorough  workmanship  and  ability  to 
handle  every  phase  of  ignition  and  electrical  trouble,  and  to  give  first-class  automotive 
service  in  every  particular,  have  brought  him  an  ever-increasing  business. 

Mr.  Oswald's  marriage  united  him  with  Miss  Pearl  L,.  Ruddock,  a  native  of  Wis- 
consin, whose  parents,  Charles  E.  and  Lila  Ruddock,  are  represented  elsewhere  in  this 
work.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oswald  have  two  children,  Una  and  Wanda.  Mr.  Oswald's 
political  preferences  are  Republican,  and  fraternally  he  is  a  Knights  Templar  Mason. 
Always  patriotic  and  public  spirited,  he  is  first,  last  and  always  for  Fullerton  and 
Orange  County. 

WILLIAM  G.  PATTILLO. — Numbered  among  the  prominent  and  rising  young 
business  men  of  Fullerton  is  William  G.  Pattillo,  proprietor  of  Pattillo's  Truck  and 
Transfer  Company.  He  was  born  at  Hopkinsville,  Christian  County,  Ky.,  August  3,  1880, 
was  reared  on  the  farm,  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  followed  the  occupation  of 
farming  with  his  father  until  1900,  the  year  he  came  to  California.  He  first  located 
at  Fullerton,  where  he  secured  employment  with  A.  V.  Smith,  general  manager  for 
F.  and  W.  Thumb  Company,  large  ranch  owners  in  the  Fullerton  district  and  in  San 
Diego  County,  and  was  engaged  in  picking  fruit  in  their  citrus  groves.  After  becoming 
thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  business  he  became  foreman,  and  was  in  the  employ  of 
the  Thumb  brothers  for  eleven  years,  six  years  of  that  time  being  foreman  of  their 
large  lemon  and  alfalfa  ranch  in  El  Cajon  Mesa,  San  Diego  County  and  later  at  Lake- 
side, the  same  county.  He  returned  to  Fullerton  in  1911,  purchased  a  team,  and  began 
business  for  himself,  taking  care  of  the  ranches  of  other  people,  some  of  whom  lived 
in  the  East.  He  did  contract  work  and  took  full  charge  of  the  development  of  the 
'groves,  irrigating,  cultivating,  fertilizing,  picking  fruit,  etc.  About  two  years  and  a 
half  ago  he  gave  up  contracting  work  and  established  a  transfer  and  trucking  business 


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at  Fullerton.  Aside  from  the  general  transfer  and  hauling  business  he  is  also  a  dealer 
in  fertilizer  and  bean  straw,  which  is  distributed  to  the  orange  growers  for  use  in  their 
groves.  His  offices  and  headquarters  are  at  314  South  Spadra  Street  and  four  large 
trucks  are  continually  in  use,  so  it  is  readily  seen  he  has  built  up  a  profitable  business. 

Mr  Pattillo's  father,  John  Pattillo,  was  a  native  Virginian  who  served  four  years  in 
a  Confederate  regiment  in  the  Civil  War;  he  was  commissioned  a  lieutenant,  saw  very 
active  service  and  was  wounded.  After  the  war  he  settled  in  Christian  County,  111. 
He  married  Lydia  Barbee  also  a  Virginian,  and  they  still  reside  at  the  old  home. 
Of  their  seven  children,  Wm.  G.  is  the  third  oldest  and  the  only  one  in  California. 

Since  coming  to  California,  twenty  years  ago,  Mr.  Pattillo  was  united  in  marriage 
in  San  Diego,  October  14,  1909,  with  Miss  Teresa  McCarthy,  a  native  of  McCook,  Nebr. 
Her  father  Thomas  McCarthy  was  a  native  of  Lewisburg,  Ohio,  and  was  married  in 
Nebraska  to  Olivia  Belle  Moore  of  Iowa.  He  engaged  in  railroading  until  1890,  when 
he  brought  his  family  to  Southern  California.  He  was  among  the  first  realtors  in  Long 
Beach;  afterwards  he  was  one  of  the  discoverers  of  the  Tungsten  mines  at  Atolia  and 
was  for  some  years  manager  of  the  Atolia  Mining  Company.  He  now  resides  at  La 
Mesa,  San  Diego  County,  his  wife  having  passed  on  in  1912.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pattillo  are 
the  parents  of  five  children:  Delia,  Robert,  Leo,  Virginia  and  Francis.  Fraternally 
Mr.  Pattillo  is  affiliated  with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 

MRS.  ELIZABETH  EISMANN.— A  straightforward,  enterprising  and  altogether 
amiable  and  estimable  woman,  who,  having  been  thrown  upon  her  own  resources, 
proved  equal  to  the  emergencies  and  today  has  a  nice  property  valued  highly,  is  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Eismann,  who  came  to  Orange  at  the  beginning  of  this  century,  and  since 
April,  1903,  has  been  conducting  the  Depot  Hotel.  She  was  born  in  Westercappen, 
Prussia,  to  which  district  her  grandparents  came  from  Holland,  the  daughter  of  Fred- 
erick Kroener,  a  native  also  of  Westercappen  and  a  baker  by  trade.  In  1865  he  carne 
to  the  United  States,  and  for  twenty-five  years  had  a  bakery  business  at  Philadelphia, 
after  which  he  removed  to  Lexington,  Mo.,  where  he  was  a  farmer,  and  where  he  died, 
in  1918,  at  the  age  of  ninety-two.  The  mother.  Marguerite  Eismann,  also  died  in 
Missouri,  aged  eighty  years.  Five  children  were  born  of  this  marriage,  among  whom 
the  subject  of  our  review  was  the  oldest. 

The  mother  and  her  children  joined  the  father  in  Philadelphia  in  1868,  and  from 
her  fourteenth  year,  Elizabeth  Kroener  was  brought  up  in  Philadelphia.  Inasmuch  as 
her  mother  was  in  ill  health,  it  was  up  to  Elizabeth  to  do  most  of  the  responsible  work 
and  otherwise  mother  the  family.  When,  therefore,  she  was  married  in  the  City  of 
Brotherly  Love  in  1874,  to  William  Eismann,  a  native  of  her  birthplace  and  a  soldier 
in  the  Franco-Prussian  War  who  had  just  come  to  Philadelphia,  she  was  equipped  with 
a  valuable  practical  experience;  and  on  their  removal  to  Pittsburgh,'  Pa.,  where  Mr. 
Eismann  was  for  eight  years  in  the  Painter  iron  works,  she  easily  established  with  him 
a  comfortable  home.  In  1882  they  pushed  still  further  west,  to  Lexington,  Mo.,  where 
they  bought  first  one,  and  then  another  farm;  and  there  they  continued  successfully 
agricultural  pursuits. 

In  190O  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eismann  came  to  Orange,  Ca!.,  and  here  hoped  to  have 
established  themselves;  but  Mr.  Eismann  was  badly  injured  in  a  runaway  accident, 
and  again  it  was  up  to  Mrs.  Eismann  to  find  a  way  to  provide  for  the  family.  In  April, 
1903,  she  purchased  the  lots  upon  which  she  now  resides,  and  there  built  the  Depot 
Hotel,  the  oldest  hostelry  in  Orange,  and  one  of  the  oldest  in  Orange  County,  for 
which  she  has  always  enjoyed  a  liberal  patronage. 

In  August,  1911,  Mr.  Eismann  died,  mourned  by  all  who  knew  him,  the  revered 
father  of  five  children.  Only  one  is  still  living— John,  a  painter  and  contractor,  who 
is  married  and  has  six  children.  Mrs.  Eismann  is  a  member  of  the  Evangelical 
Association  Church  in  Santa  Ana,  and  extends  the  moral  uplift  work  commenced  there 
in  her  civic  activities  as  a  Republican. 

MRS.  ELLEN  J.  STREECH.— The  busy,  useful  life  of  a  highly  successful  horti- 
culturist who  was  esteemed  for  both  his  integrity  and  his  industry  is  pleasantly  recalled 
in  the  story  of  Mrs.  Streech's  equally  successful  enterprises  in  continuing  to  manage  the 
estate  she  and  her  husband  had  together,  as  hard  working  helpmates,  acquired.  She  was 
born  at  Rio,  Columbia  County,  Wis.,  the  daughter  of  Frank  Gallagher  of  New  York 
State,  an  agriculturist  who  went  in  for  general  farming,  and  who  had  married  Miss  Isa- 
belle  Halpin,  born  in  Wisconsin,  and  she  attended  the  public  school  at  Rio  When  she 
was  sixteen  years  of  age,  her  parents  removed  to  Williams  County,  N  D  afterwards 
Divide  County,  and  there  in  1907  her  father  homesteaded  a  quarter  section  of  land  with 
the  result  that  for  four  years  she  experienced  the  pleasures  and  the  inconveniences 
of  pioneer  Dakota  life.  There  she  completed  her  education  and  there,  too  she  formed 
the  acquaintance  with  the  estimable  gentleman  whom  she  afterwards  married  at  Crosby 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1173 

August  9,  1911,  being  united  with  Fred  G.  Streech,  a  native  of  Minnesota,  where  he 
was  born  on  a  farm  near  Renville,  the  son  of  Fred  and  Wilhelmina  Streech.  He 
attended  the  district  school  of  his  home  place,  and  spent  his  boyhood  days  on  his 
father's  farm.  He  had  been  in  California  in  1910  and  had  purchased  ten  acres  devoted 
to  the  culture  of  Valencia  oranges  on  South  Raymond  Avenue,  south  of  FuUerton; 
and  as  this  land  was  under  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  the  grove  was  prom- 
ising in  every  respect.  Prior  to  his  marriage,  and  when  he  was  only  twenty-one,  Mr. 
Streech  had  also  taken  up  homestead  land  in  North  Dakota,  and  he  was  thus  prepared 
■to  develop  his  new  California  acquisition.  After  their  marriage  they  spent  a  few  months 
in  travel  until  January,  1912;  they  located  on  their  Fullerton  ranch  where  Mr.  Streech 
cared  for  their  Valencia  grove  and  enjoyed  the  salubrious  climate  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, but  unfortunately  he  was  not  permitted  to  see  the  culmination  of  his  ambitions, 
for  death  called  him  from  his  labors,  on  July  1,  1915.  He  had  been  a  consistent 
Methodist,  and  he  left  a  widow  and  two  children,  devoted  Catholics.  The  children  are 
Avery  V.  and  Wilbur  J.,  and  with  their  mother  they  are  comfortably  situated  on  their 
handsome  little  ranch. 

Mrs.  Streech  ha^  shown  unusual  ability  in  the  management  of  her  property,  mar- 
keting her  choice  fruit  through  the  Placentia  Orange  Growers  Association,  and  'she 
often  looks  back  with  fondness  to  the  six  months  of  travel  spent  with  her  husband 
before  they  settled  down  to  the  more  serious  responsibilities  of  life. 

WALTER  WRAY. — A  thoroughly-trained  mechanic,  whose  ambition  led  him  to 
the  higher  work  of  an  engineer,  and  whose  ability  has  been  recognized  in  his  appoint- 
ment to  a  responsible  public  office  in  California,  is  Walter  Wray,  a  native  of  Ireland, 
where  he  was  born  on  January  4,  -1868.  His  father  was  Joseph  Wray,  and  he  married 
Miss  Jane  Farel.     They  had  nine  children,  and  Walter  was  the  youngest. 

He  began  his  schooling  in  Ireland,  and  continued  it  in  the  United  States,  and 
in  both  countries  attended  the  private  rather  than  the  public  institutions.  When  the 
opportunity  came  his  way,  he  took  up  mechanical  engineering,  and  for  nineteen  years 
followed  that  line  of  work,  for  the  most  part  in  Massachusetts.  Success  attended  his 
labors  in  the  East,  but  the  lure  of  California  drew  him  more  and  more  to  the  shores 
of  the  Pacific. 

In  1909  Mr.  Wray  came  to  the  Golden  State  and  settled  at  Santa  Ana.  He 
bought  a  ranch,  and  became  a  California  orange  grower.  In  October,  1918,  the  city 
council  of  Santa  Ana  appointed  him  superintendent  of  water  and  sewers,  and  while 
still  retaining  his  orange  ranch,  he  entered  upon  his  present  responsibilities. 

Mr.  Wray's  marriage  united  him  with  Miss  Helen  Parke  Doty,  a  lady  who  has 
demonstrated  many  times  her  especial  capabilities  as  a  companion  and  helpmate.  Mr. 
Wray  is  a  Republican  in  national  political  affairs,  but  both  he  and  his  public-spirited 
wife  support  all  local  movements  for  the  betterment  of  the  community  regardless  of 
partisanship. 

A  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  he  is  a  life  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Con- 
sistory. He  is  a  Knight  Templar,  the  present  commander  of  Santa  Ana  Commandery 
No.  36,  K.  T.,  and  belongs  to  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  at  Los  Angeles. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  still  very  fond  of  music,  and  has  an 
enviable  record,  from  his  down-east  days,  as  musician  in  the  First  Light  Artillery 
of  Massachusetts. 

No  better  person  could  have  been  selected  for  the  responsible  post  of  city  water 
and  sewer  superintendent,  and  it  goes  without  saying  that  Santa  Ana  has  a  water  and 
sewerage  system  that  is  thoroughly  up-to-date  and  satisfactory  in  every  respect. 

FRED  ROHRS,  SR., — An  enterprising,  progressive  and  self-made  business  man, 
who  takes  a  very  live  interest  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  building  up  of  both  Santa  Ana 
and  Orange  County,  is  Fred  Rohrs,  the  realty  owner  and  rancher  of  1245  East  Seven- 
teenth Street,  Santa  Ana.  With  Christian  standards  to  guide  them,  he  has  reared  a 
family  such  as  would  do  honor  to  anyone;  and  is  therefore  both  a  beloved  husband 
and  father.  He  had  a  truly  historic  beginning,  if  dates  count  for  anything,  for  he 
was  born  in  Germany  on  the  birthday  of  Washington,  in  the  memorable  revolutionary 
year  of  1848.  When  eighteen  years  of  age  he  left  his  native  land,  sailing  from  Bremen 
for  New  York,  having  for  his  destination  Napoleon,  Henry  County,  Ohio.  There  he 
hired  out  as  a  farm  hand,  receiving  at  first  only  from  six  to  seven  dollars  and  his  board 
a  month.  Then  he  removed  to  Kelleys  Island,  Erie  County,  Ohio,  and  became  interested 
in  horticulture;  working  among  the  vineyards  and  fruit  orchards,  and  making  wine  for 
years.  Two  "of  his  brothers  followed  him  to  America,  and  one,  Henry  W.,  is  at 
present  in  Orange  County. 

On  April  17,  1874,  Mr.  Rohrs  married  Miss  Anna  Gobrugge,  a  native  of  Germany, 
who  had  also  come  to  America  to  better  her  conditions.    After  that,  he  took  up  a  timber 


1174  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

claim  in  the  Ohio  forests,  and  cleared  some  valuable  land  on  which  he  later  raised 
gram  and  stock.  He  was  not  phenomenally  successful,  however,,  and  could  not  be  said 
to  have  much  in  return  for  his  hard  labor.  Five  children,  however,  blessed  their  union. 
Henry  is  a  rancher  in  Orange;  Fred,  Jr.,  is  a  rancher  in  Santa  Ana;  John  also  has  a 
ranch  in  Orange;  George  is  farming  on  the  home  place,  on  Seventeenth  Street;  and 
Minnie  is  the  wife  of  Charles  Maier,  ranching  at  the  old  home.  All  the  sons  are  mar- 
ried, and  are  doing  well. 

When  Mr.  Rohrs  first  came  to  Santa  Ana  in  the  early  spring  of  1881,  when  there 
were  no  roads  and  no  fences,  he  purchased  a  barley  field  of  twenty-five  acres,  his  • 
present  home  place;  later  he  added  twenty  acres  to  the  home  place,  and  also  improved 
other  acreage  with  the  assistance  of  his  sons.  He  tried  first  to  raise  grapes,  then  grain, 
then  apricots;  but  he  finally  set  out  walnuts  and  both  Valencia  and  Navel  oranges. 
Now  he  has  many  other  important  interests  besides  his  ranch  home  on  Seventeenth 
Street,  where  he  has  a  tractor  and  horses  for  his  ranch  work,  and  has  two  residences. 
He  has  built  a  modern,  up-to-date  brick  business  block  at  the  southeast  corner  of 
Sycamore  and  Fourth  Streets,  44x100  feet  in  size,  two  stories  in  height  with  a  full 
basement,  at  a  cost  of  $30,000;  and  he  also  owns  another  brick  block,  situated  on  West 
Fourth  Street. 

For.  many  years  Mr.  Rohrs  was  a  director  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation 
Company,  and  he  is  at  present  a  member  of  the  Tri-Counties  Reforestration  Committee. 
In  national  politics  a  Republican,  in  his  religious  affiliation  Mr.  Rohrs  is  a  member  of 
the  Santa  Ana  Evangelical  Association  and  has  always  been  active  in  promoting  better 
citizenship  and  a  higher  class  of  clean  living.  When  he  came  here  he  could  ride  horse- 
back through  the  tall  mustard  to  the  one  brick  Store  in  Santa  Ana;  he  has  seen  the  town 
grow  up  and  has  taken  an  important  part  in  its  development,  having  hauled  lumber 
from  Newport  for  the  early  buildings  in  Santa  Ana;  and  has  seen  the  town  built  to  its 
present  size  and  splendor.  He  has  always  aided  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  city  and  can 
well   exclaim,   "All  of  which   I   saw  and  part   of  which    I   was." 

CHARLES  R.  NUTT. — The  popular  and  efficient  city  clerk  of  Huntington  Beach, 
Charles  R.  Nutt,  is  a  native  son,  born  August  14,  1&69,  in  Yankee  Jims,  Placer  County. 
He  is  a  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Helen  (Keeler)  Nutt,  natives  of  Ohio  and  Michigan, 
respectively.  Nathaniel  Nutt  was  a  '49er  who  crossed  the  Indian  infested  plains  to  the 
Golden  State,  where  he  engaged  in  mining.  C.  R.  Nutt  was  reared  at  Dutch  Flat  and 
at  the  e-arly  age  of  twelve  years  began  to  work.  His  occupations  during  his  career 
have  been  many  and  varied  and  include  mining,  saw  mill  and  pulp  mill  work,  railroad 
telegraph  operator  and  station  agent.  At  one  time  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
Southern  Pacific  Railway  Company  in  Placer  County;  later  he  was  with  the  San  Fran- 
cisco and  San  Joaquin  Valley  Railway,  which  afterwards  became  a  part  of  the  Santa 
Fe  system.  Mr.  Nutt  became  agent  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railway  at  Tulare,  where  he 
remamed  until  1898.  Later  he  was  associated  with  the  Power,  Transit  and  Light  Com- 
pany, stationed  at  Bakersfield.  In  1907  he  located  at  Huntington  Beach,  where  for 
three  years  he  filled  the  position  of  bookkeeper  for  the  Huntington  Beach  Company. 
Atterwards  he  opened  an  electric  shop  and  engaged  in  contract  work  and  did  the  elec- 
tric wiring  in  many  of  the  residences  and  buildings  in  Huntington  Beach. 

In  1914  Mr.  Nutt  was  elected  to  the  important  post  of  city  clerk  and  ex-officio 
assessor  of  Huntington  Beach  That  his  duties  have  been  ably  and  most  intelligently 
discharged  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  community  is  attested  by  the  fact  that  he 
rom  H^.h  '"  .-""'"t^d  to  this  office,  his  last  election  being  for  four  years.  Aside 
mlZ  ^lunZ'J  "  also  acting  as  city  tax  collector.     During  his  term  of  office 

many  important  improvements  have  been  made  in  public  works,  paving    sewers  and  a 

risic"andTaVthfH-t"%'  '""'TV--  "^^^  ^""  '^  especially' f'ond  of  rnXumental 
music  and  has  the  distinction  of  having  organized  the  Huntington  Beach  band  and 
his  artistic  rendition  of  solos,  both  on  the  saxaphone  and  melophone  have  dehghted 
the  c.t  zens  of  this  up-to-date  beach  city.  He  is  very  public  spirited  and  is  alwavs 
ready  to  give  his  assistance  to  every  worthy  movement  th",twT..-  '^f^^^^^ 
•  building  of  the  best  interests  of  Huntington  ^BeTct^Hf  is '^  member  of  thrChambe; 
of  Commerce  and  was  clerk  of  the  high  school  board  for  five  years       ^  Chamber 

■^rhJ^lfl^'^^^'  ^'  ^""  w/\""ited  in  marriage  with  Minnie  Bond,  a  native  of  Mass- 

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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1177 

HENRY  LAE. — A  native  son  of  Orange  County,  of  French  parentage,  Henry  Lae 
is  making  a  fine  success  of  ranching  near  Brea,  in  partnership  with  his  brother,  Louis 
Lae.  He  is  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Lae,  the  father  coming  to  America  in  1885 
from  the  Basses-Pyrenees,  in  the  southern  part  of  France.  Sheep  raising  is  one  of  the 
principal  means  of  livelihood  in  that  mountainous  country  and  being  accustomed  to 
that  work  Mr.  Lae  became  a  sheep  herder  on  the  ranch  of  Domingo  Bastanchury, 
known  throughout  Southern  California  as  the  largest  sheep  owner  in  this  section, 
having  as  many  as  20,000  sheep  in  the  early  days  when  this  great  industry  was  at  its 
height.  When  the  country  began  to  be  more  thickly  settled  and  the  sheep  ranges  cut 
up  into  small  ranches,  the  industry  gradually  ceased  to  exist  commercially,  and  for  a 
number  of  years  a  flock  of  sheep  has  been  a  rare  sight  in  this  county.  Like  many  others 
who  had  been  engaged  in  this  business,  Joseph  Lae  took  up  farming,  leasing  eighty 
acres  from  the  Union  Oil  Company  on  the  east  side  of  the  Fullerton-Brea  Boulevard. 
Here  with  his  sons  he  raised  large  crops  of  hay,  continuing  here  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  November,  1918,  the  mother  having  passed  away  in  1896,  at  their  home 
in  Fullerton. 

Born  at  Fullerton,  November  4,  189S,,  Henry  Lae  has  spent  all  his  life  in  this 
vicinity.  He  attended  the  Fullerton  schools,  meanwhile  assisting  his  father  in  the 
ranching  operations  and  early  learning  to  do  all  kinds  of  farm  work.  After  the  death 
of  his  father,  with  his  brother,  Louis  Lae,  he  leased  eighty  acres  of  land  from  the 
Union  Oil  Company  and  the  same  amount  from  the  Coyote  Land  Company,  this  being 
situated  on  the  Fullerton-Brea  Boulevard,  across  from  the  tract  formerly  operated  by 
the  father.  They  have  been  very  successful  in  their  work  here  and  their  yearly  crop 
of  hay  brings  them  an  excellent  price. 

Two  of  the  Lae  brothers  served  in  the  World  War,  Louis  being  for  eight  months 
in  the  Coast  Artillery,  while  Phillip  saw  twerity  months'  service  in  Headquarters  Com- 
pany of  the  Three  Hundred  Sixty-fourth  Infantry,  Ninety-first  Division,  and  went 
through  the  big  drives  of  the  war. 

GEORGE  N.  WERSEL.— Of  French  and  Dutch  ancestry,  George  N.  Wersel  has 
inherited  the  thriftiness  and  industry  that  characterize  both  of  these  nations,  and  this 
heritage  has  had  no  small  part  in  the  success  that  he  has  achieved.  Born  in  Cincinnati, 
December  14,  1861,  George  N.  is  the  son  of  Frank  and  Mary  (Wagner)  Wersel.  Mr. 
Wersel  was  born  in  Holland  and  Mrs.  Wersel  in  France,  both  of  them  coming  to 
America  when  they  were  children. 

One  of  a  family  of  five  sons  and  two  daughters,  all  of  whom  are  living,  George 
N.  Wersel  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  the  Academy  of  the  Holy  Cross  in 
Cincinnati.  His  father  had  for  years  been  engaged  in  the  upholstering  business  at 
Cincinnati,  and  after  his  schooling  was  completed  George  Wersel  took  up  this  work, 
serving  an  apprenticeship  under  his  father,  later  going  into  business  with  him,  and 
continuing  in  this  line  for  many  years. 

Coming  to  California  in  September,  1913,  Mr.  Wersel  spent  a  few  months  in  Los 
Angeles,  coming  from  there  to  La  Habra,  where  he  purchased  the  ten-acre  ranch  on 
La  Mirada  Avenue  which  is  now  his  home.  Seven  acres  of  the  ranch  are  devoted  to 
walnuts,  while  the  remaining  three  acres  is  set  to  lemons,  and  the  whole  tract  shows 
the  gratifying  results  of  intelligent  care  and  painstaking  work.  Mr.  Wersel  has  estab- 
lished an  excellent  irrigating  system,  water  being  furnished  by  the  La  Habra  Mutual 
Water  Company.  He  markets  his  walnuts  through  the  California  Walnut  Growers 
Association  of  La  Habra,  and  his  lemons  through  the  Mutual  Orange  Distributors.  In 
1914  Mr.  Wersel  built  a  beautiful  bungalow  on  his  ranch,  and  here  he  resides  with 
his   sisters,   Agnes   and   Estella  Wersel. 

Mr.  Wersel  is  held  in  high  esteem  by  the  people  of  his  locality,  who  appreciate 
his  many  excellent  qualities,  his  integrity  and  reliability.  Nonpartisan  in  his  political 
views,  he  is  nevertheless  interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  country  in  the  largest  and 
broadest  sense,  and  believes  in  casting  his  vote  for  the  best  men  and  measures.  In 
fraternal  circles  he  is  affiliated  with  the  Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus. 

GEORGE  M.  EABY. — That  a  man  need  not  own  extensive  acreage  in  order  to 
exercise  important  influence  in  a  community  is  demonstrated  by  George  M.  Eaby,  the 
proud  possessor  of  a  modest  but  enviable  grove  of  citrus  and  walnut  trees,  who  has 
had  a  hand  in  the  late  development  of  La  Habra  and  vicinity.  He  was  born  near  Laton 
Rooks  County,  Kans.,  on  May  21,  1876,  the  son  of  Aaron  S.  and  Cordelia  (Gregory) 
Eaby,  early  settlers  of  the  "Garden  of  the  West,"  the  father,  a  Pennsylvanian,  having 
moved  there  in  1874,  a  year  after  the  mother,  who  came  from  Iowa.  Aaron  Eaby  was 
a  farmer;  hence,  while  he  attended  the  local  schools,  George  spent  his  boyhood  and 
youth  on  the  home  farm.  Later,  he  attended  the  Kansas  Wesleyan  University  at 
Salina,  there  completing  his  days  of  schooling. 


1178  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

In  1896  Mr.  Eaby  came  to  California  and  settled  at  Whittier,  where  he  worked  on 
various  ranches.  The  next  year,  on  September  23,  he  was  married  to  Mrs.  Alice 
Prentice,  a  native  of  Iowa,  where  she  was  born  near  Des  Moines.  Her  maiden  name 
was  Alice  Kites,  and  she  was  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Catherine  Hites;  and  she 
attended  the  country  school  near  Des  Moines. 

In  1906  Mr.  Eaby  purchased  six  acres  on  La  Mirada  Avenue,  west  of  La  Habra, 
three  acres  of  which  were  set  out  to  walnuts;  and  the  remaining  three  acres  he  set 
out  to  Valencia  oranges.  Seven  years  later  he  built  his  own  home  there.  He  buys 
the  water  he  needs  for  irrigation  from  the  La  Habra  Water  Company,  markets  his 
walnuts  through  the  La  Habra  Walnut  Growers  Association,  and  his  oranges  through 
the  Index  Orchards  of  the  M.  O.  D,  of  Redlands. 

A  Republican  in  matters  of  national  political  import,  and  always  ready  to  advance 
the  principles  long  set  forth  by  that  great  body,  Mr.  Eaby  is  a  broad-minded  American, 
favoring  the  best  men  and  the  best  measures,  particularly  in  local  movements,  for  the 
attainment  of  ends  difficult  or  impossible  when  partisanship  prevails.  He  takes  a  keen 
interest  in  all  that  happens  at  La  Habra,  -having  the  utmost  confidence  in  the  ever- 
increasing  prosperity  of  this  highly-favored  region. 

LUCIAN  T.  ROGERS. — An  enterprising,  self-made  horticulturist,  whose  disposi- 
tion to  work  hard  when  he  works,  and  to  play  hard  when  he  plays,  has  enabled  him 
to  become  a  successful  citrus  rancher,  is  Lucian  T.  Rogers,  a  native  son  proud  of  his 
association  with  the  great  Pacific  commonwealth.  He  was  born  amid  the  excitement 
of  the  greatest  boom  Southern  California  has  ever  known,  at  Santa  Ana,  on  May  29, 
1888,  the  only  son  living  of  Joseph  C.  Rogers,  a  very  successful  lowan  who  came  to 
California  in  1884  and  now  lives,  a  retired  rancher,  at  Long  Beach.  He  had  married 
Miss  Margaret  Voris,  an  admirable  lady,  who  died  at  Fullerton  in  1908,  the  mother  of 
three  children,  of  whom  our  subject  was  next  to  the  youngest. 

He  attended  the  grammar  school  at  Fullerton,  and  then  went  to  the  Browns- 
berger  Business  College  in  Los  Angeles,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1908.  Then 
he  worked  for  Fullerton  Mutual  Orange  Association  for  over  two  years. 

When  he  took  up  ranching,  he  assumed  the  responsibility  of  managing  and  de- 
veloping a  twenty-eight  and  one-third  acre  ranch  on  East  Chapman,  the  property  of 
his  father  and,  to  facilitate  marketing,  he  joined  the  Fullerton  Mutual  Orange  Growers 
Association  of  which  his  father  was  president.  Mr.  Rogers  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Fullerton  Walnut  Growers  Association.  He  also  took  stock  in  the  Anaheim  Union 
Water  Company.  The  ranch,  mostly  devoted  to  raising  Valencia  oranges,  may  well 
be  regarded  as  a  model  for  one  of  its  size,  and  the  fruit  he  raises  is  also  of  a  superior 
quality.  Mr.  Rogers  also  owns  eight  and  half  acres  in  Yucaipa  Valley  which  he  has 
set  out  to  an  apple  orchard. 

On  June  12,  1910,  Mr.  Rogers  was  married  at  Fullerton  to  Miss  Ida  Speheger, 
daughter  of  Abraham  and  Rebecca  (Fritz)  Speheger,  farmers  of  Blufifton,  Ind.,  where 
Ida  was  born.  Her  father  died  in  August,  1918,  being  survived  by  his  widow.  Miss 
Speheger  came  to  Fullerton  on  a  visit  to  her  brother  Fred  and  here  she  met  Mr.  Rogers, 
the  acquaintance  resulting  in  their  marriage.  They  have  been  blessed  with  one  child,  a 
son,  Donald  Lucian. 

Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rogers  are  interested  in  every  worthy  endeavor  for  the  up- 
building of  a  community,  and  they  gladly  discharged  their  responsibilities  toward  the 
late  war  and  war-work.  Mr.  Rogers  was  for  some  years  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  and  a  good  "mixer"  in  every  circle  to  which  he  gives  his  time. 

JOSEPH  O'DONNELL.— A  successful  horticulturist  who  has  attained  to  still 
higher  and  better  things  in  becoming  so  widely  esteemed  for  his  sterling  character 
and  his  genial,  kindly  nature,  is  Joseph  O'Donnell,  the  progressive  orange  grower, 
who  was  born  in  Fayette  County,  Ohio,  twenty-six  miles  from  Columbus,'  on  July 
18,  1859,  the  son  of  Patrick  O'Donnell,  who  died  there,  honored  for  his'  vigorous 
participation  in  the  Civil  War,  towards  the  close  of  the  great  conflict.  He  had  married 
Bridget  Breslan,  and  she  also  died  in  Ohio. 

■  The  second  oldest  of  the  six  children  in  the  family— two  of  whom  are  living— 
and  the  only  one  in  California,  Joseph  was  taken  when  seven-  years  old  to  the  nei^^h- 
borhood  of  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  and  for  a  brief  period  sent  to  the  public  schools  He 
was  compelled,  however,  to  go  to  work  early,  and  to  get  such  instruction  as  he  could 
m  the  limited  winter  sessions  of  the  school.  When  he  was  fourteen,  his  mother  died 
and  he  began  to  "paddle  his  own  canoe." 

For  a  while,  he  worked  on  a  farm  as  a  carpenter,  and  then  for  sixteen  years  he 
was  with  F.  A.  Fletcher,  of  the  Indiana  Blooded  Stock  Company  breeders  of  fine 
Hereford  cattle,  traveling  for  that  enterprising  man  for  eight  years  and  placing  his 


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blooded  stock  for  him.  He  shipped  into  Portland,  Ore.,  thirty-four  years  ago  the 
first  Herefords  ever  consigned  there,  and  he  also  sent  cattle  of  high  grade  to  Washing- 
ton, where  they  were  disposed  of  by  auction  sale.  His  full-blooded  stock  was,  in 
Fact,  the  first  put  up  at  auction  in  Portland,  and  received  the  highest  price  of  any  up 
to  that  time. 

In  1896  Mr.  O'Donnell  resigned  and  went  to  Indianapolis,  where  he  was  on  the 
police  force  for  seven  years.  Then  he  was  with  the  Atlas  Engineering  Works  for 
another  three  years,  serving  them  as  a  machinist.  In  1906,  he  went  to  Boise  City, 
Idaho,  and  there  he  was  in  the  transfer  business  until,  in  1908,  when  he  located  here. 

He  bought  his  present  twenty  acres,  then  raw,  land,  on  Rio  Vista  Avenue,  raised 
seedlings,  which  he  budded  to  Valencia  oranges,  and  set  out  an  orchard,  consisting 
of  twenty  acres  of  rich  soil,  well  located.  With  this  wonderful  soil  as  an  almost 
magical  stimulant,  Mr.  O'Donnell  has  been  able  in  this  short  time  to  evolve  a  full- 
bearing  orchard.  When  he  bought  the  place,  he  had  only  $150  with  which  to  start, 
and  for  the  first  four  years  he  raised  sweet  potatoes.  Now  he  has  sixteen  acres  of 
Valencia  oranges,  four  acres  of  Navels,  while  the  balance  of  the  acreage  is  given  up 
to  residence  and  yards.  Naturally,  he  belongs  to  the  Mutual  Orange  Growers  Associ- 
ation in  Anaheim. 

Mr.  O'Donnell  was  married  in  Morgan  County,  Ind.,  to  Miss  Mary  Dove,  a  native 
of  that  state,  and  they  have  one  child,  Harold,  a  graduate  of  Anaheim  high  school, 
class  of  1920.  She  shares  her  husband's  interest  in  independent  political  action,  and 
is  a  devoted  member  of  the   Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

MRS.  PHOEBE  ANN  BURBANK.— A  well-read,  deep-thinking  woman  with  an 
interesting  personality,  who  has  attained,  in  the  school  of  hard  work  an  enviable  self- 
poise,  is  Mrs.  Phoebe  Ann  Burbank,  the  owner  and  manager  of  a  well  improved  orange 
and  walnut  grove  of  thirty-one  acres.  She  was  born  near  Watsonville,  Santa  Cruz,  Cal. 
Her  father  was  the  late  John  M.  Bush.,  Sr.,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  where  he  was  born 
on  April  10,  1829;  and  her  mother  had  been  Sarah  A.  Watson,  who  was  born  in  Inde- 
pendence, Mo.,  eight  years  later.  John  M.  Bush  migrated  with  his  parents  from 
Kentucky  to  Clay  County,  Mo.,  at  the  beginning  of  his  teens;  and  in  1849,  when  the 
country  was  electrified  by  the  startling  news  of  the  discovery  of  gold  in  California,  he 
sought  and  obtained  parental  permission  to  cross  the  plains,  and  soon  set  out  overland 
to  seek  his  fortune.  Having  remained  in  the  Golden  State,  he  married  in  1851;  and 
when  gold-digging  petered  out,  he  went  in  for  farming.  He  farmed  in  Santa  Cruz 
County  and  was  engaged  in  sheep  raising  until  about  1869,  when  he  located  in  Santa 
Ana  Canyon  and  purchased  a  large  ranch  and  engaged  in  sheep  raising  until  his  death 
February  8,  1913,  followed  seven  years  later,  by  Mrs.  Bush,  who  died  March  26,  1920, 
aged  eighty-four.  She  had  105  descendants — ten  children,  fifty-five  grandchildren,  and 
forty  great-grandchildren.  The  ten  children  are  Mrs.  P.  J.  Ralls,  Charles  T.  and 
Jonathan  Bush,  Mrs.  L.  J.  Stone  and  Mrs.  Lfillie  HoUoway,  all  of  Kern  County;  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Borden,  of  San  Bernardino;  and  J.  M.  and  T.  Taylor  Bush,  and  Mrs.  Phoebe 
A.  Burbank,  of  Olive,  and  Mrs.  S.  C.  Howard,  of  Long  Beach. 

Miss  Phoebe  Bush  was  reared  on  the  old  Bush  ranch  from  a  child  and  received 
her  education  in  the  public  schools.  She  was  married  in  Anaheim  to  Corri  N.  Burbank, 
a  native  of  Vermont,  where  he  was  born  on  February  28,  1865,  and  who  was  twenty-one 
when  he  assumed  the  new  responsibility.  He  had  come  out  to  California  when  a  mere 
youth,  and  settled  in  San  Diego  County,  where  he  had  an  uncle,  Mathias  Stone,  and 
for  more  than  twenty  years  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burbank  lived  an  ideal  life  until  November 
26,  1907,  when  he  died,  aged  forty-two.  Mr.  Burbank  learned  the  miller's  trade  in  the 
Olive  Mills  under  Dillen  Bros,  and  after  their  marriage  he  continued  as  miller  even 
after  the  Dillens  sold  their  interest  and  the  new  mill  was  built.  He  was  a  splendid 
miller  and  was  head  miller  when  he  quit  to  locate  on  the  thirty-one  acres  of  land  Mrs. 
Burbank  inherited  from  her  father's  estate  which  they  set  to  oranges  and  walnuts. 
Since  he  died  she  continues  to  run  the  ranch,  assisted  by  her  son  Raymond  C.  C.  She 
is  a  member  of  the  Foothill  Orange'Growers  Association.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burbank  had 
four  children,  all  of  whom  are  married  and  doing  well.  Phoebe  Frances  married 
J.  A.  Allen  by  whom  she  had  one  child,  Edith  Huldah,  who  is  at  present  fourteen 
years  old.  Now  she  is  Mrs.  A.  R.  Balok,  and  resides  at  West  Park,  Pa.  Huldah  Ann 
is  the  wife  of  G.  E.  Shell  and  resides  at  El  Segundo,  Cal.,  she  has  two  children— Ray- 
mond E.  and  Evelyn  P.  Raymond  C.  C.  Burbank  manages  his  mother's  ranch;  he  is 
twenty-six  years  of  age,  and  the  husband  of  Miss  Nellie  Shell,  of  Orange;  they  have 
two  children,  Thelma  I.  and  Curtiss  h.  Burbank.  Clarence  M.  is  a  pumper  for  the 
Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  and  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Breau  of  Long 
Beach.  They  have  two  children— Mildred  E.  and  Purl  M.  All  of  these  children  and 
grandchildren  shower  their  affection  upon  Mrs.  Burbank. 
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1182  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

ARCH  M.  EDWARDS.-Among  the  thoroughly  wide-awake  business  ."jen  of 
Orange  County  who  are  deeply  interested  in  advancing  permanently  the  best  i"'"^^ 
of  this  part  of  the  Golden  State  must  be  mentioned  Arch  M.  Edwards,  formerly  a  mem 
ber  of  the  well-known  firm  of  Edwards  and  PattiUo,  transfer  agents  of  FuUerton  tie 
was  born  on  a  farm  in  Benton  County,  Ark.,  in  September,  1884,  and  grew  up  amid  the 
sturdy  environment  of  that  state  still  so  much  in  the  making.  His  father  was  A.  J. 
Edwards,  who  had  married  Miss  Jane  Wilson,  and  they  were  devoted  parents  who 
sought  the  best  for  their  children. 

Arch,  therefore,  attended  the  rural  schools  while  he  helped  his  father  on  the 
farm;  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  when  he  had  performed  his  filial  duty,  he  left 
home.  For  a  while  he  worked  at  various  jobs,  and  finally  he  took  the  important  step 
of  migrating  west  to  California.  Later  he  returned  to  his  home  in  the  East;  but  in 
1907  he  came  back  to  Fullerton  and  for  four  years  worked  on  a  ranch  here. 

At  the  end  of  that  period,  he  bought  a  ranch  of  ten  acres  for  himself,  which  he  has 
reset  to  Valencia  oranges,  and  at  the  same  time  he  went  in  for  general  teaming  for 
other  ranchers.  He  also  began  to  care  for  orchards.  Enjoying  a  reputation  for  both 
experience  and  conscientious  industry,  Mr.  Edwards  never  had  any  trouble  to  find  all 
that  his  hands  and  a  long  day  could  do. 

In  1918,  he  formed  the  Edwards  and  Pattillo  Transfer  Company,  which  grew  with 
the  city  and  employed  seven  men  and  five  trucks,  all  their  own,  and  maintained  a 
monthly  payroll  of  about  $1,100.  He  sold  out  his  interest  in  June,  1920,  to  devote  his 
time  to  his  ranching  interests. 

On  September  1,  1906,  Mr.  Edwards  was  married  to  Miss  Lydia  Brown  of  Arkan- 
sas, like  himself  a  live  and  patriotic  citizen,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Fullerton  Club. 
A  Democrat  in  matters  of  national  politics,  Mr.  Edwards  is  above  party  and  partisan- 
ship particularly  when  it  comes  to  local  issues,  and  no  resident  of  Fullerton  lines  up 
better  as  a  consistent  "booster"  for  both  town  and  county. 

CAYETANO  CASTILLO,  JR. — An  apt  and  enterprising  young  farmer  whose 
success  is  due  in  part  to  his  very  thorough  knowledge  of  the  citrus  industry,  is  Cayetano 
Castillo,  Jr.,  the  dry-ranch  manager  of  Yorba,  highly  esteemed  for  his  upright.  Christian 
character.  He  was  born  on  April  3,  1893,  on  a  small  ranch  near  Yorba,  the  fifth  son  of 
Cayetano  Castillo,  and  Navarro,  his  devoted  wife.  Both  parents  are  living  on  their  eight 
acres  at  Yorba,  where  their  chief  crop — barley,  to  be  made  into  hay — is  secured  by 
dry  farming.  His  father  came  as  a  pioneer  from  Mexico  to  the  Yorba  district,  but  his 
mother  was  born  on  the  Irvine  ranch. 

Cayetano,  the  lad,  attended  the  school  of  the  district  and  so  grew  up  one  of  a 
family  of  eleven  children,  and  the  fifth  in  the  order  of  birth.  Teresa,  the  wife  of  A. 
Coronado,  the  rancher  at  Yorba,  is  the  eldest,  while  the  next  is  Gertrude,  now  Mrs. 
Pete  Romero,  the  walnut  and  citrus  rancher  at  the  same  place.  Alexander  married 
Miss  Adelfina  de  Ruiz;  Beranda  is  the  wife  of  Stephen  Reyes  of  Fullerton;  Edna  R., 
the  next  after  Cayetano,  is  Mrs.  Domingo  Romero,  a  rancher;  Ange  is  the  wife  of 
Celestine  Bleecker  of  Orange;  Theodore  L.  married  Jennie  Roderquez,  and  is  deceased; 
J^ rank  married  Evelyn  Robertson;  he  enlisted  in  the  great  World  War,  and  was 
nonorably  discharged  at  San  Francisco  from  the  U.  S.  Army  on  January  19,  1919; 
Helen  E.  is  at  home,  and  so  is  Natalia. 

Cayetano   Castillo,  who   is   at   present   employed   by   Herman   F.   Locke   in   citrus 


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men  of"Yorh7"i;nrwr   "=;""K»  .t°  tne   Uatholic   Church   at   Yorba.     Few,   if  any,  young 
Tan  Mr    CasHl^.   ,t^  /"T\'  '"^"  '^^'^  °*  ^^e  respect  of  their  fellow-citizens 
Mr.   Castillo,  a  standing  he  has   won  by  his   industry  and  inte<^rity 

of  the''c'tX,.^-w'Sf^rh?faYt-;^^sTd!d^f^   ™°=*   7'''^''''^'   ^"^   P°P"'-   "*-- 
a   decade,   Harrv   E    M,n  J  '     TJ/f^'^^V."'  ^  ""^^^F  °f  y^^^^-  "taking  more  than 


purchased   in   January,    1909      He   took   it  wh^rT T  '  Austin,   which   he 

straightway  set  out  his  orange  trees   and  lade     hJ'!,'"    '"   --recUim^d   state,   and 
by  hard,  steady  work  his  place  is  now  L;??  .T   ^l  ""'^'=''   >mprovements,   but 

helab^r'ed.     nfs  produ'ts\f;V\lirorangf:^d\*alL  s^^'rd-Jherr"™^   '°'  T^^^' 
in  the  county.  wamuts,  ana  there  are  none  better 

Born  in  Oskaloosa,  Mahaska  County,  Iowa    on  Ausru^it  ?8    1R=;a    i\t      ht      , 
a  son  of  Fenelon  and  Mary  (Hogin)   Mat'thews    nrtives'  respe'cS    o'f  South  7'  " 
lina   and    Maryland,   who   were   pioneer    settlers    of    Iowa,    where    Fenelon    M^t?'"" 

t^r StJs"^n^d"s7r?peTht:oL^ntet-ir;i^^^^^^^^^^  '^^^^^  ^^ 

ing  out  of  the   Civil   War,   serving  unSl'-^rX?;  ;rthJrr,^Sg"ho°no?abirS: 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1185 

charged  as  sergeant.  He  came  of  an  old  Southern  family  that  is  traced  back  to 
Welsh  and  French  descent.  Mr.  Matthews  spent  his  boyhood  in  Keokuk  County, 
Iowa,  where  his  education  was  acquired  at  the  common  schools.  When  he  first  began 
to  work  for  a  living,  after  his  school  days,  he  entered  the  mercantile  field,  and  a  mer- 
cantile career  he  continued  even  after  he  moved  to  Kiowa,  Barber  County,  Kans.,  in 
1877.  He  joined  to  it,  however,  the  enterprise  of  stock  raising,  having  acquired  320 
acres  of  land;  160  he  devoted  to  crops  and  the  remainder  to  grazing. 

For  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Matthews  was  under-sheriff  of  Barber  County,  Kans. 
He  made  a  splendid  record  as  an  officer,  and  having  an  enviable  record  as  a  citizen,  it 
is  no  wonder  that  when  his  term  of  office  expired,  he  was  offered  the  nomination  for 
the  office  of  sheriflf.  He  declined  the  office  and  the  honor,  however,  but  more  than 
ever  retained  his  popularity,  and  none  of  this  popularity  has  he  lost  since  he  came 
to  the  Golden  State.  As  he  was  in  Kansas,  so  he  is  in  California;  those  with  whom 
he  becomes  acquainted  are  his  friends. 

In  1886  Mr.  Matthews  was  united  in  marriage  at  Kiowa,  Kans.,  to  Miss  Sarah 
May,  the  daughter  of  Charles  and  Carrie  (Harding)  Rumsey,  who  were  early  settlers 
of  Barber  County,  Kans.,  and  later  also  removed  to  Tustin,  where  Mr.  Rumsey  died 
in  August,  1920,  his  widow  being  spared,  and  still  lives  at  her  home  on  Main  Street. 
The  happy  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Matthews  has  been  blessed  with  twelve  children, 
three  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  The  others  are  Gertrude,  the  wife  of  Andrew  L. 
Cock,  who  resides  at  Delhi;  Fenelon  C,  who  is  ranching  near  Tustin,  and  married 
Edith  Stearns;  Van  A.  is  a  farmer  at  Kiowa,  Kans.;  Alice  is  Mrs.  D.  C.  Kiser  of 
Tustin;-  Jessie  is  Mrs.  Verne  Maynard,  also  of  Tustin;  Carrie  E.  is  wife  of  Clyde 
Cooper,  and  resides  near  El  Toro;  George  is  serving  in  the  United  States  Navy,  while 
Frank  and  Harry  are  still  under  the  paternal  roof. 

A  Democrat  in  national  politics,  and  a  member  of  the'  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  Mr.  Matthews  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  to  which  he  -has  belonged 
for  years.  He  is  well  informed,  and,  being  a  man  of  pleasing  personality,  is  an  inter- 
esting conversationalist.  He  does  not  regret  selecting  Orange  County  for  his  home 
and  that  he  cast  his  lot  here,  for  he  finds  by  comparison  it  has  the  most  ideal  climate, 
and  is  undoubtedly  the  most  productive  and  prosperous  county  for  its  size  in  the  world. 

CHARLES  E.  HARVEY.— Well  known  throughout  Southern  California  as  a 
wide-awake  business  man  and  one  especially  well  posted  on  orange  growing  and 
development,  Charles  E.  Harvey  was  born  in  Switzerland  County,  Ind.,  March  18, 
18S6,  and  raised  on  his  father's  stock  farm  in  Jefferson  County  of  that  state.  When 
reaching  his  majority  he  located  in  Filmore  County,  Nebr.,  and  there  became  foreman 
of  a  large  ranch  for  a  period  of  three  years.  In  1880  he  came  to  Los  Angeles  and 
became  manager  for  the  Continental  Oil  and  Transportation  Company  for  five  years, 
during  which  time  he  traveled  on  the  road  as  salesman.  He  made  the  journey  back 
to  Indiana,  and  returned  to  California,  this  time  to  settle  in  Riverside,  where  he 
resided  for  twenty-seven  years,  and  had  charge  of  the  upkeep  and  development  of 
orange  groves,  also  owning  groves  of  his  own. 

On  October  7,  1913,  Mr.  Harvey  came  to  Fullerton,  and  became  special  agent 
for  the  James  F.  Jackson  Fertilizer  Company;  later  Mr.  Jackson  combined  with  two 
other  companies  and  formed  the  Southern  California  Fertilizer  Company,  dealing  in 
manure,  fertilizer,  bean  straw  and  melilotus  seed,  lime,  etc.  Mr.  Harvey's  territory 
covers  all  of  Orange  County,  the  Montebello  and  Whittier  district  and  San  Diego 
County.  In  1919  he  sold  4,000  cars  of  fertilizer,  his  customers  being  the  leading 
ranchers  in  his  territory,  and  he  has  also  sold  to  the  San  Fernando  Valley.  The 
manure  is  taken  from  the  dairy  ranches  and  stables  all  over  Southern  California, 
including  Kern  and  Imperial  counties.  The  secret  of  Mr.  Harvey's  success  as  a  sales- 
man is  his  reputation  for  honesty  and  fair  dealing,  always  giving  value  received,  and 
the  fact  that  he  is  one  of  the  best-posted  men  in  the  state  on  the  needs  of  orange 
groves,  being  a  grower  himself  and  with  many  years  of  experience  in  the  citrus  industry. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Harvey,  which  occurred  October  12,  1882,  in  Jefferson 
County,  Ind.,  united  him  with  Sarah  E.  Siebenthal,  born  in  the  same  county  in  Indiana, 
daughter  of  Ferret  F.  Siebenthal,  pioneer  miller  of  Indiana;  one  daughter  has  blessed 
their  union,  Birday  Daisy,  wife  of  William  A.  De  Moss  of  Fullerton.  Fraternally  Mr. 
Harvey  is  a  member  of  the  Jr.  O.  U.  A.  M.  Lodge  of  Riverside,  a  charter  member, 
and  has  passed  through  all  the  chairs  up  to  vice  counsel  of  the  state  of  California; 
he  has  the  ritual  of  the  order  committed  to  memory  and  has  installed  different  lodges 
of  the  order.  He  is  also  well  known  throughout  this  section  as  deputy  sheriff  of 
Orange  County,  is  the  owner  of  an  orange  grove  planted  to  Washington  Navels  in 
Riverside  County,  and  owns  his  own  home  in  Fullerton,  and  is  popular  throughout  the 
community,  interested  in  all  things  for  the  further  development  of  his  district,  and 
active  in  bringing  it  about. 


1186  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

SAMUEL  E.  TALBERT.-Not  many  men  have  the  honor  to  ^^^  ^.^^  'f  ^^"f  ^fth 
zens  of  their  districts,  or  to  have  an  embryo  town  named  after  them  as  ■=  the  case  wt 
Samuel  Edmonson  Talbert,  whose  honored  famdy  wUl  be  ^f^'^'f^^'^^^;  TK  and 
to  Talbert,  Orange  County.  He  was  born  m  Piatt  County,  111.,  °"  \^^7i^[^J^  '^^en  he 
his  father  was  James  T.  Talbert,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  who  J^^  Wedd°e  a^d  when 
was  a  young  man.  In  Piatt  County  he  was  married  to  .^'^^  f  ^^'^  \  We'i^^e  ^^^^^ 
the  Civil  War  broke  out,  he  enlisted  in  one  of  the  I">"°'%\°'""'f^.  f  ^"hjf/hf  was  in 
and  served  for  four  years  with  the  Union  Army  .  He  sent  to  his  wife  wh.le  he  was  m 
the  field,  such  money  as  he  could  save,  and  with  it  she  invested  m  forty  acres  of  ir^iatt 
County  land,  and  there  he  settled  after  the  war  „:„ht  .IniMren-     Marv 

Samuel  was  eight  years  old  when  his  mother  died,  leaving  eight  chddren  Mary 
the  oldest  is  the  wife  of  William  Piper,  and  resides  at  Deshler,  Henry  County,  Ohio 
Nett°e  became  the  wife  of  Fred  Finity  and  died  in  Los  Angeles,  leaving  a  son  named 
James;  Eva  is  the  wife  of  J.  B.  Irwin,  and  resides  '"  Orange  County  Park  Orange 
Count;,  Cal.;  Frances  married  a  Missouri  attorney,  David  McCullem,  and  died  the 
mother  of  three  children;  Lavina  resides  at  Chestnut,  111.,  and  is  the  wife  of  Joe  Miller, 
a  farmer;  Samuel  E.,  the  subject  of  our  sketch,  was  the  sixth  in  the  order  of  birth; 
T.  B.  Talbert,  the  next,  is  the  Orange  County  supervisor;  and  Henry  E.  resides  at 
Huntington  Beach,  having  married  Ella  McGowan,  by  whom  he  has  had  one  child, 
Henry  Kime. 

After  a  boyhood  and  youth  spent  in  Piatt  County,  111.,  until  he  was  eighteen, 
Samuel  left  Illinois  on  his  birthday,  accompanied  by  his  father  and  brothers,  destined 
for  California.  They  reached  Long  Beach,  where  an  uncle,  William  Talbert,  lived,  on 
February  9,  1892.  He  had  attended  the  public  schools  in  Illinois,  and  he  continued 
his  schooling  at  Lucerne,  Los  Angeles  County,  where  his  father  rented  a  ranch.  They 
went  up  to  Antelope  Valley,  but  did  not  like  it,  and  traveled  around  to  other  places; 
and  finally,  in  November,  1896,  came  down  to  Fountain  Valley  or  what  used  to  be 
called  Gospel  Swamp.  While  he  was  a  resident  at  Long  Beach,  James  T.  Talbert 
became  prominent  as  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic;  and  at  Long 
Beach  he  died  on  May  18,  1918,  in  the  seventy-seventh  year  of  his  age. 

Father  and  son  bought  320  acres  of  land,  of  which  a  cousin,  W.  O.  Afer,  took 
forty  acres,  and  now  Samuel  owns  178  acres  of  the  best  land  at  Talbert.  He  has  eleven 
flowing  wells,  one  and  two  on  each  twenty  acres,  and  a  fine  bungalow  residence,  which 
he  remodeled  about  four  years  ago;  but  it  is  rather  for  what  he  has  done  for  the 
county,  than  for  what  he  possesses,  that  he  is  best  known,  and  most  honored. 

He  was  the  main  spirit,  for  example,  in  organizing  the  Talbert  Drainage  district, 
and  made  the  first  ditch,  and  has  made  nearly  all  the  other  drainage  ditches  in  that 
district  since.  On  account  of  the  land  lying  so  low  and  near  to  the  water-level  of  the 
Pacific  Ocean,  the  question  was  asked,  whether  the  land  could  be  drained  at  all;  and 
when  many  doubted,  Mr.  Talbert  both  said  that  it  could,  and  actually  drained  it. 
Twenty-thousand  dollars'  worth  of  bonds  were  voted,  to  build  the  ditches,  which  are 
constructed  on  the  east  side  of  the  section  line,  or  the  half-section,  as  the  case  may 
be,  and  the  dirt  has  been  put  on  the  west  side  of  the  ditches,  to  throw  the  drainage 
down  toward  Newport  Bay  and  make   the  roads  in   the   district. 

The  flood  of  1916  filled  up  the  bay,  and  a  new  channel  was  cut  below  Newport 
Bay  and  Huntington  Beach.  That  filled  up  with  sand,  and  it  became  necessary  to 
put  two  S4-inch  galvanized  corrugated  iron  pipes  leading  into  the  ocean,  equipped  with 
gates  to  keep  the  water  back  during  high  tide,  at  a  cost  of  $5,000  to  Talbert  district. 
This  project  has  reclaimed  about  1,000  acres  belonging  to  the  Pacific  Gun  Club.  The 
Talbert  drainage  district  contains  15,000  acres  now  excellent  land  for  the  growing  of 
sugar  beets,  hma  beans  and  celery;  and  to  such  an  extent  has  drainage  been  the  making 
f  tor  '^'^',^'  *''^*  *^™  ^^"'^  *^^'"e  is  now  worth  as  high  as  $1,000  an  acre  and  rents 
tor  ^Zb  to  $75  an  acre,  where  formerly  there  was  only  a  swamp  covered  with  willows 
and  tules  and  could  have  been  bought  for  from  $12.50  to  $40.00  per  acre 

M"-.  Talbert  was  also  the  first  to  devise  plans  and  later  to  dig  ditches  to  keep  the 
banta  Ana  River  from  spreading  over  this  entire  delta  country.     He  sectired  a  rie-ht  of 
7.7j^%'^^^^.^"'"i  ^f*^  ^^""'"^  I  "^"^  '^^^""^'  ^°'  t^^  ^^'d  Santa  Ana  River  from  Seven- 

uccessLrv  d"g  U      ™rhr,  '""^rrir^-  *°°'^  *'^  '^°"*^^'^'  *°  ^^^  ^he  channel    and 
successtully  dug  it.     This  has  confined  the  river  to  its  new  channel,  and  protected  the 

It  T^J^"'''  *'■?'"  ^""'^  ^^^^'-  No  money  was  available  for  this  work  at  first  tt 
Newbert  Protection  District  was  organized,  bonds  were  voted  and  he  was  maSe  oVe^i^ 
dent  and  manager  and  the  success  of  the  enterprise  followed      m;=  i   made  presi- 

..d  gradrf  s„  „ll„  of  ,h.  ,„„«  f,„„  H„„,i„g,„„  Br.r,r.h"sJ„frA„.  rS 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1189 

channel,  in  twenty-eight  days,  finishing  the  job  in  two  days  less  than  the  time  stipulated 
in  the  contract.  The  distance  from  Huntington  Beach  to  Santa  Ana  is  fifteen  miles, 
and  the  performance  was  one  of  which  anyone  might  reasonably  be  proud. 

On  January  26,  1895,  Mr.  Talbert  was  married  to  Miss  Hattie  L.  Brady,  then  a 
maiden  of  fifteen  and  a  half  years  of  age,  who  was  born  at  Santa  Ana,  the  daughter 
of  John  and  Louisa  (Shrode)  Brady  of  that  city.  Her  father  was  a  butcher,  and  con- 
ducted a  butcher  shop  there  when  the  town  was  only  a  village.  The  parents  had  both 
been  born  and  married  in  Texas,  and  when  they  came  from  Texas  to  Santa  Ana,  in  the 
seventies,  they  brought  two  children  with  them.  Her  father,  therefore,  was  well  known 
to  the  pioneers  of  Santa  Ana.  He  removed  to  Long  Beach,  and  there  he  died  when 
Mrs.  Talbert  was  a  girl  of  only  eight.  Hence,  she  attended  school  in  Long  Beach. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Talbert  have  never  had  any  children  of  their  own,  but  they  have  brought 
up  several,  both  boys  and  girls,  among  them  Will  Howardson,  now  employed  by  the 
Southern  California  Edison  Electric  Company  at  Long  Beach. 

Mr.  Talbert  has  always  been  working  for  the  improvement  of  the  county  and  the 
building  up  "of  the  farming  section.  He  has  worked  honestly  and  conscientiously  for 
the  public  welfare,  thus  being  in  the  van  of  progress  for  the  great  future  he  saw  in 
store  for  his  section  of  Orange  County. 

NATHAN  E.  ALLEN. — A  successful  rancher  who  made  a  splendid  record  for 
himself  in  an  entirely  different  field  prior  to  undertaking  orange  growing,  is  Nathan  E. 
Aflen,  who  lives  at  the  corner  of  Cerritos  and  Placentia  avenues,  in  southeast  Anaheim. 
He  was  born  at  Jefferson,  Jefferson  County,  Wis.,  on  March  9,  1866,  the  son  of  Samuel 
Allen,  who  went  to  Idaho  to  engage  in  the  cattle  business,  but  died  soon  after  going 
there,  in  1872.  He  was  a  native  of  England  and  came  from  Worcestershire,  and  was 
highly  esteemed  by  all  who  knew  him;  and  he  married  a  most  estimable  lady,  Miss 
Nora  Britton,  a  native  of  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  of  an  old  New  England  family  who  also 
enjoyed  a  wide  circle  of  devoted  friends. 

Nathan  Allen  attended  the  country  schools  of  Jefferson  County,  where  he  had  to 
"dig"  for  an  education,  and  spent  his  early  years  on  a  Wisconsin  farm.  Then  he  was 
apprenticed  to  the  marine  engineer's  trade,  and  when  just  twenty-one  was  granted  a 
license  to  act  as  assistant  engineer  on  a  fresh-water  steamer.  He  therefore  sailed  on  the 
Great  Lakes  as -one  of  the  marine  engineering  staff  for  more  than  twenty-four  years. 
He  was  chief  engineer  of  the  "L.  C.  Waldo,"  once  the  third  largest  fresh-water  steamer 
afloat,  for  fifteen  years  until  he  resigned  to  come  out  to  California  in  the  winter  of 
1911.  Mr.  Allen  settled  at  Anaheim  and  purchased  thirteen  acres  of  Tom  Walton,  on 
Placentia  and  Cerritos  avenues.  It  was  bare  land;  but  he  set  it  out  to  Valencia 
oranges,  and  put  it  under  the  service  of  the  Equitable  Water  Company,  which  takes 
in  an  area  of  104  acres  in  that'  vicinity,  and  such  care  has  he  bestowed  on  it  that 
it  is  counted  one  of  the  finest  groves  in  the  section.  He  also  became  a  director  in  the 
Anaheim  Cooperative  Orange  Growers  Association. 

On  February  13,  1904,  Mr.  Allen  was  married  to  Mrs.  Mary  (Knox)  Peltier,  a 
native  of  Canada,  and  the  daughter  of  George  and  Martha  (Hansel)  Knox.  She  was 
educated  at  the  grade  schools  of  Brampton,  Ontario,  where  her  father  died,  while  her 
mother  came  to  California  and  spent  her  last  days  with  the  Aliens  on  the  ranch  and 
died  March  18,  1917.  Mrs.  Allen  belongs  to  the  Anaheim  Methodist  Church,  and  finds 
the  highest  pleasure  in  doing  good.  Mr.  Allen  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  fraternity, 
and  is  a  Knight  Templar. 

NORMAN  B.  TEDFORD.— A  visitor  to  Anaheim  cannot  help  but  be  attracted 
by  the  many  fine  homes  and  business  blocks  in  that  city,  and  also  the  beautiful  country 
places  in  its  environs,  all  evidence  of  the  wealth  and  prosperity  of  the  community, 
and  also  of  the  class  of  architects  and  builders  who  have  made  this  district  the  center 
of  their  business  interests  and  by  their  handiwork  have  beautified  one  of  Nature's 
garden  spots  of  the  world.  Prominent  among  these  men  may  be  mentioned  Norman 
B.  Tedford,  contractor  and  builder.  A  native  of  Canada,  he  was  born  at  Yarmouth, 
Nova  Scotia,  November  30,  1876,  and  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
that  country. 

When  a  lad  of  eighteen  he  started  out  to  make  his  own  way  in  life,  and  came  to 
"the  States,"  locating  in  Boston,  Mass.,  and  there  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter  with 
one  of  the  largest  and  most  prominent  contracting  firms  of  that  city,  Mitchell  and 
Sutherland,  remaining  in  their  employ  eleven  years,  during  which  time  he  assisted  in 
the  construction  of  many  residences  for  the  millionaire  colony  of  the  Back  Bay  dis- 
trict, and  was  also  foreman  for  the  company  in  the  construction  of  many  large  office 
buildings  in  Boston.  For  the  same  firm  he  went  to  Newport,  R.  I.,  and  worked  on 
some  of  the  finest  homes  there,  including  those  in  the  famous  Vanderbilt  colony. 

In  1904,  Mr.  Tedford  came  west  to  visit  the  World's  Fair  at  St.  Louis,  and  from 
there  came  to  Pasadena,  Cal.     After  working  a  short  time  in  the  latter  city  he  located 


1190  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

in  Anaheim,  and  here  entered  into  partnership  with  the  late  A.  E.  Strehle,  the  well- 
known  contractor,  under  the  firm  name  of  Strehle  and  Tedford.  In  about  four  years 
this  partnership  was  dissolved  and  Mr.  Tedford  continued  alone  as  a  contractor  and 
builder;  his  early  schooling  with  one  of  the  best  firms  in  the  country  made  him  an 
expert  in  his  line,  and  he  has  drawn  designs  for  many  of  the  homes  he  has  erected, 
and  makes  a  specialty  of  fine  residences,  having  completed  one  of  the  finest  in  Ana- 
heim, the  John  Ruther  home  on  North  Los  Angeles  Street.  Other  evidences  of  his 
craft  are  the  C.  F.  Grim  residence;  the  H.  C.  Lawrence  home;  four  residences  for 
Levi  Mann,  and  the  homes  of  Jas.  O'Brien,  J.  Hunter,  and  others  too  numerous  to 
mention,  besides  several  business  blocks  and  many  fine  homes  on  the  ranches  m  the 
Anaheim  district.  His  skill  has  made  him  well  known  in  other  parts  of  the  country, 
and  he  erected  a  theater  building  in  Yuma,  Ariz.,  and  also  has  done  work  in  Northern 
California.  The  benefits  gained  from  having  a  man  of  wide  knowledge  and  ability  in 
a  community  are  far  reaching  and  readily  seen  in  the  advancement  and  progress  made 
in  Orange  County  in  the  past  decade,  a  progress  phenomenal  even  for  this  rapidly 
growing  State  of  California. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Tedford,  which  occurred  in  Santa  Ana  on  December  24, 
1904,  united  him  with  Mae  Horslin  of  Boston,  Mass.,  and  two  children  have  blessed 
their  union:  Roma  F.  and  Harvey  L.,  both  natives  of  California.  In  fraternal  circles 
Mr.  Tedford  has  been  active  in  the  lodge  of  Eagles,  and  is  past  worthy  president  of 
Anaheim  Lodge  of  that  order.  A  man  of  broad  vision  and  keen  outlook  on  life,  he 
has  been  prominent  in  all  good  works  of  the  county,  and  has  earned  a  place  distinct- 
ively his  own  in  this  section  of  the  state. 

ORRIN  M.  THOMPSON.— Among  the  enterprises  of  Fullerton  long  looked 
upon  as  especially  serviceable  to  the  community  must  be  mentioned  the  Central  Garage, 
owned  and  conducted  by  Orrin  M.  Thompson,  at  121  North  Spadra  Street.  Its  pro- 
prietor first  saw  the  light  in  Montgomery  County,  Iowa,  in  September,  1875,  and  was 
born  into  the  family  of  W.  S.  Thompson,  a  farmer,  who  had  married  Miss  Mary  An- 
derson. Both  parents  are  now  deceased,  but  they  left  behind  them  the  precious  herit- 
age of  character,  industry  and  thrift,  three  factors  that  have  contributed  greatly  to 
Mr.  Thompson's  success,  especially  in  the  attainment  of  the  esteem  of  his  fellow- 
citizens   of   Fullerton. 

He  attended  the  rural  schools  of  his  locality,  and  grew  up  at  home  until  he  was 
twenty.  He  was  for  a  number  of  years  a  railroad  engineer  out  of  Sioux  City,  Iowa. 
In  1911  he  came  to  California,  and  the  following  August  he  located  in  Fullerton,  where 
he  started  the  business  he  is  at  present  expanding  with  such  success.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Trade,  and  one  that  never  loses  a  good  opportunity  to  advertise  the 
town,  and  to  present  it  in  its  most  attractive  but  true  light,  as  a  place  of  safe  invest- 
ments. In  1914  Mr.  Thompson  bought  land  in  the  Richfield  section,  which  is  now  pro- 
ducing oil. 

In  addition  to  the  ordinary  business  of  a  garage,  Mr.  Thompson  carries  on  the 
repairing  of  automobiles  and  the  sale  of  auto  accessories;  and  for  this  he  requires  the 
assistance  of  ten  skilled  men — a  tangible  fact  that  speaks  much  for  his  claims  to  do 
the  larger  part  of  such  trade  in  the  town. 

On  July  23,  1902,  at  Waterbury,  Nebr.,  Miss  Margaret  Herrick,  a  native  of 
Nebraska,  became  the  wife  of  Mr.  Thompson,  and  she  is  now  the  mother  of  four 
children,  Raymond,  Helen,  Janet  and  Dorothy.  The  family  attend  the  Methodist 
Church,  and  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thompson  take  a  keen  interest  in  politics,  political 
reforms  and  such  higher  standards  in  civic  life  as  can  best  be  promoted,  they  believe, 
through  nonpartisanship. 

ALBERT  CAILLAUD.— The  fumigating  department  is  one  of  the  most  important 
in  the  conduct  of  our  modern  citrus  industry.  The  introduction  of  this  system  has 
freed  the  orchards  from  infectious  diseases  and  caused  thousands  of  trees  to  bear 
bounteous  crops  that  otherwise  would  not  have  matured.  The  fumigating  depart- 
ment of  the  Placentia  Orange  Growers  Association,  at  Fullerton,  is  fortunate  In  having 
as  its  superintendent  Albert  Caillaud,  a  native  son  of  French  lineage,  born  at  Riverside! 
Cal.,  August  12,  1893.  His  father,  Alex  Caillaud,  now  deceased,  came  to  California  from 
France  in  1880.  He  located  in  Riverside  County,  where  he  conducted  a  nursery  and 
engaged  in  budding  and  pruning  citrus  orchards,  becoming  an  expert  in  this  line;  at 
one  time  he  had  a  nursery  at  San  Dimas. 

Albert  Caillaud  received  his  education  in  the  Riverside  public  schools  and  helped 
his  father  in  the  nursery  business.  In  1913  he  located  in  Orange  and  for  one  season 
worked  for  a  large  fumigating  company.  His  next  move  was  to  Pomona,  where  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Growers'  Fumigating  Supply  Company,  one  of  the  largest  in 


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the  state.  While  with  this  company  he  gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business 
and  became  so  efficient  that  he  was  made  foreman  of  the  fumigating  outfits. 

During  the  World  War,  Mr.  Caillaud  saw  twenty  months  of  service,  becoming  a 
sergeant  in  the  One  Hundred  Sixteenth  Engineers,  Forty-first  Division.  As  early  as 
November,  1917,  he  was  sent  abroad  and  remained  for  six  months  after  the  close  of 
the  war,  returning  to  the  United  States  in  July,  1919.  Owing  to  his  ability  to  speak 
French  fluently  he  was  made  an  interpreter  and  he  also  filled  the  position  of  buyer  of 
supplies  for  the  regiment.  He  spent  six  months  in  Belgium,  where  he  was  attached 
to  the  grave  registration  department,  his  duty  being  to  take  bodies  from  the  battlefield 
to  the  cemetery.  Whatever  duty  he  was  called  upon  to  perform,  Mr.  Caillaud  gave  it 
his  whole-hearted  and  loyal  support. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Caillaud  is  a  member  of  Post  142,  American  Legion,  at  Fullerton 
and  of  the  San  Dimas  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  accepted  his  present  position  with 
the  Placentia  Orange  Growers  Association  in  February,  1920.  Mr.  Caillaud  was  married 
in  March,  1920,  to  Miss  Martha  Stolle,  born  in  Missouri,  but  a  resident  of  San  Dimas. 

NEWTON  J.  PENMAN. — A  self-made,  self-reliant  American  who  has  become 
one  of  the  most  substantial  and  promising  citizens  of  Orange  County,  is  Newton  J. 
Penman,  member  of  the  firm  of  William  W.  Penman  and  Sons,  now  enjoying  the 
distinction  of  being  Orange  County's  most  extensive  individual  sugar  beet  growers. 
He  was  born  in  Nevada  County,  Cal.,  on  February  7,  1875,  and  was  reared  in  the  Paso 
Robles  section  of  San  Luis  Obispo  County,  where  he  received  a  good  education  in  the 
public  schools.  From  a  boy  he  assisted  his  father  at  farming  and  stock  raising  until 
1912,  when  the  family  came  to  Orange  County. 

On  December  24,  1915,  he  was  married  to  Mrs.  La  Venia  A.  Wollenberg,  nee 
Hubbard,  a  daughter  of  Mortimer  Hubbard,  the  Santa  Ana  pioneer,  now  the  contracting 
carpenter  and  builder  at  San  Juan  Capistrano..  She  was  born  and  reared  at  Santa 
Ana.  The  father  was  born  near  Santa  Rosa,  Cal.,  while  Mrs.  Hubbard,  who  was 
Emma  O.  Burton  before  her  marriage,  was  a  native  of  Wisconsin,  coming  from  there 
with  her  parents.  Mrs.  Penman's  first  husband,  Edmund  Wollenberg,  a  native  of 
Beecher,  111.,  was  a  business  man  in  Tustin  until  he  passed  away,  in  1914,  and  left  her 
with  two  children — Marjory  Pauline  Wollenberg  and  Dorothy  Edna  Wollenberg.  In 
national  political  affairs  a  Republican,  Mr.  Penman  is  a  devoted  citizen  of  the  county 
and  neighborhood  in  which  he  lives  and  thrives,  and  never  allows  party  politics  to 
interfere  with  his  support  of  worthy  measures   for  the   betterment  of  society. 

Messrs.  William  W.  Penman  and  Sons  are  the  most  extensive  and  therefore  the 
leading  beet  raisers  in  Orange  County,  and  they  operate  two  leases  on  the  James 
Irvine,  or  old  San  Joaquin  Ranch,  each  being  separately  located,  but  under  one  man- 
agement— that  of  William  W.  Penman,  Sr.,  and  his  two  sons,  our  subject  and  a  brother, 
John  R.  There  are  920  acres  in  the  two  leases;  the  father  lives  on  the  one  ranch,  and 
Newton  J.  Penman  resides  on  the  other. 

When  one  considers  the  ever-fast  development  of  the  sugar  beet  industry  in  'Cali- 
fornia, the  advent  of  such  young  manhood  as  that  of  Newton  J.  Penman  augurs  much 
for  the  future  contribution  of  the  state  toward  this  economic  need  of  the  world.  They 
are  members  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  Orange.  Mr.  Penman  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  while  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Pythian  Sisters,  of  which  she 
is  past  chief. 

JOSE  FRANCISCO  VELASCO.— The  absorbing  romance  of  more  than  one  early 
native  family  of  California  is  recalled  by  the  life  stories  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jose  Francisco 
Velasco,  long  among  the  leading  residents  of  the  Yorba  district,  and  the  proprietors 
of  the  one  store  or  commercial  establishment  there.  Mr.  Velasco  was  born  in  Tucson, 
Ariz.,  on  November  6,  1872,  the  son  of  Carlos  Y.  Velasco,  for  years  the  editor  of  "El 
Fronterizo,"  a  weekly  Spanish  paper  published  at  Tucson.  He  was  a  native  of 
Hermosillo,  Sonora,  Mex.,  and  was  twice  elected  a  representative  from  Sonora  to  the 
capital,  Mexico  City.  After  having  married  in  Mexico,  Miss  Beatrice  Ferrer,  also  of 
Hermosillo,  he  removed  to  Tucson,  Ariz.,  where  he  died  in  1914,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-six,  honored  not  only  as  a  man  of  ability,  but  as  a  citizen  and  neighbor  of 
generous   deeds.     Mrs.  Velasco  is   still  living,  and  is  in  her  seventy-fifth   year. 

Jose  Francisco  Velasco  is  the  oldest  son  and  the  second  child  in  a  family  of 
whom  there  are  now  only  three  living:  Dolores  resides  at  Tucson;  Jose  Francisco  is 
the  subject  of  our  sketch;  and  Carlos  is  in  business,  dealing  extensively  in  automobiles, 
at  Tucson.  Growing  up,  while  attending  the  Tucson  public  schools,  Jose  became  a 
typesetter  in  his  father's  printing  office,  and  at  the  same  time  a  writer  in  Spanish  as 
well  as  in  English.  He  founded  a  weekly  newspaper  at  Phoenix,  called  "El  Hijo  de 
Fronterizo,"  and  ran  it  for  several  months.  Later  he  became  foreman  of  that  news- 
paper office,  which  passed  into  the  hands  of  his  father  and  Benjamin  Heney,  a  brother 

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1194  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUiNTY 

of  Francis  Heney,  the  well-known  lawyer.  As  in  the  case  of  early  California  papers, 
this  newspaper  was  printed  in  both  Spanish  and  English. 

During  this  time  Mr.  Velasco  was  married  to  Miss  Amelia  L.  Davila,  the  ceremony 
taking  place  at  Yorba  on  April  21,  1897.  She  is  the  only  living  daughter  of  Pio  Quinto 
Davila,  who  married  Andrea  Elisalde  de  Yorba,  who  was  the  third  and  last  wife  and 
the  widow  of  Bernardo  Yorba,  then  owner  and  proprietor  of  the  great  Yorba  fancho. 
Mr.  Davila  was  born  in  Bogota,  United  States  of  Colombia,  and  came  from  an  eminent 
family  there.  Mrs.  Velasco  was  born  in  Los  Angeles,  as  was  her  mother,_  her  maternal 
grandmother,  and  her  great-grandmother.  She  was  educated  by  an  English  governess. 
Miss  Charlotte  Knollys,  and  by  private  tutors  in  her  father's  home  in  Los  Angeles. 
She  also  attended  the  Sisters'  School  there,  and  it  was  while  she  was  on  a  vacation  at 
Yorba  that  she  met  Mr.  Velasco.  After  marriage  they  removed  to  Arizona,  and  engaged 
in  the  general  mercantile  business;  but  finding  that  the  climate  did  not  agree  with  his 
wife,  Mr.  Velasco  came  back  to  Yorba  in  1899. 

The  following  year  he  bought  out  the  general  merchandise  store  at  Yorba  Station, 
and  since  then  he  has  been  engaged  in  commerce  and  also  in  taking  an  active  part  in 
civil  and  governmental  affairs.  Not  only  is  he  the  one  merchant  here,  but  he  has 
found  time  to  serve  as  clerk  of  the  board  of  school  trustees  for,  Yorba.  He  is  also 
deputy  county  registration  clerk,  and  has  filled  that  ofifice  with  credit  for  years.  A 
Republican  in  matters  of  national  moment,  Mr.  Velasco  is  too  broad-minded  and  too 
much  interested  in  Yorba  and  in  Orange  County  to  allow  any  form  of  partisanship'  to 
interfere  with  his  loyal  support  of  the  best  attainable  in  home  aflairs. 

Five  children  have  blessed  the  happy  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Velasco:  Josefita 
is  the  wife  of  T.  E.  Woods,  the  interior  decorator,  and  resides  in  Los  Angeles,  the 
happy  mother  of  one  child,  Thomas.  Jose  Francisco  served  for  two  years  in  the  U.  S. 
Navy,  on  the  Cincinnati,  and  is  a  third-class  quartermaster  signalman,  with  an  honorable 
discharge,  and  also  an  "honorable  mention"  to  his  credit.  By  trade  he  is  a  lapidarist, 
and  lives  in  Los  Angeles.  Victor  is  a  graduate  of  Fullerton  Union  High  School,  class 
of  1920,  now  attending  the  electrical  department  at  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Vincent  is  a 
sophomore  in  the  Fullerton  Union  High  School,  and  there  is  Louis  A.  Velasco.  Mrs. 
Velasco  is  a  woman  of  interesting  versatility,  with  a  liking  and  ability  for  the  study  of 
local  history.  Besides  bringing  up  her  childre.n,  and  attending  to  her  household  duties, 
she  has  written  for  various  publications  and  studied  both  music  and  art.  As  a  well- 
traveled  person,  she  is  the  life  of  society  at  Yorba,  where  she  is  a  general  favorite. 

CHARLES  A.  ANDRES. — A  fine  grove  of  twenty  acres,  consisting  of  Valencia 
oranges,  walnuts  and  deciduous  fruits  of  many  kinds,  is  the  reward  of  many  years  of 
hard,  diligent  efifort  on  the"  part  of  Charles  A.  Andres,  whose  ranch  is  one-half  mile 
north  of  Garden  Grove,  although  he  makes  his  home  at  1711  North  Bush  Street,  Santa 
Ana.  Born  in  Prussia,  Germany,  August  10,  1871,  Charles  A.  Andres  is  the  son  of 
Ludwig  and  Marie  (Dee)  Andres,  a  narrative  of  the  Andres  family  being  given  at 
length  in  the  sketch  of  George  Frederick  Andres,  an  elder  brother,  elsewhere  in  this 
volume.  The  death  of  the  mother  soon  after  the  family  had  come  to  Lansing,  Iowa, 
and  that  of  the  father  by  an  accidental  fall,  left  the  Andres  children  orphans  at  a  very 
early  age.  George  Frederick,  the  eldest  of  the  family,  was  taken  into  the  family  of  an 
uncle,  Gustav  Dee,  while  Charles  A.  went  to  live  in  the  home  of  another  uncle,  Theo- 
dor  Dee.  When  he  was  but  a  small  boy  he  began  working  on  his  uncle's  farm,  plowing 
when  he  was  so  srnall  that  he  had  to  reach  up  to  hold  the  plow  handles.  He  attended 
school  when  he  could,  but  his  opportunities  were  very  limited  as  the  schools  were  far 
away  and  he  was  compelled  to  wade  through  deep  snow  in  the  long  cold  winter  to 
attend,  and  much  of  the  time  he  was  expected  to  be  at  work  on  the  farm.  He  was 
determined  to  get  a  better  education,  however,  and  after  he  was  twenty-one  he  worked 
out  in  the  summers 'and  saved  his  money  so  that  he  could  attend  Nora  Springs  Semi- 
nary in  the  winters,  where  he  was  graduated  from  the  commercial  department. 

Mr.  Andres  remained  on  his  uncle's  farm  until  he  was  eighteen,  and  then  worked 
out  by  the  month  in  dififerent  places,  wherever  he  could  secure  the  best  wages.  After 
he  had  been  able  to  save  some  money,  he  went  to  Beaver  Creek,  Rock  County,  Minn., 
where  he  rented  a  half  section  of  land,  farming  it  for  three  years.  In  the  meantime 
July  3,  1901,  he  had  been  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Clara  Hoefer,  a  native  of  Rock 
County,  Minn.,  a  daughter  of  Christian  and  Rosa  (Krapf)  Hoefer,  natives  of  Wurtem- 
berg.  Germany,  born  near  Stuttgart;  coming  to  the  United  States  when  young  people; 
they  were  married  at  Cedar  Falls,  Iowa.  Afterwards  they  removed  to  and  were  early 
settlers  of  Rock  County,  Minn.,  where  they  homesteaded  160  acres  on  Beaver  Creek 
which  they  improved  and  where  they  raised  their  family.  Mr.  Hoefer  was  prominent 
in  the  Evangelical  church  as  class  leader  and  Sunday  school  superintendent.  They 
moved  to  Santa  Ana  in  the  spring  of  1902,  where  the  father  died  November  17,  1913, 
while  his  widow  still  survives.     Their  six  living  children  are  as  follows:    Mary,'  Mrs.' 


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August  Eikmeier  of  Pipestone,  Minn.;  William,  an  orange  grower  in  Santa  Ana; 
Mrs.  Clara  Andres;  Rose,  the  wife  of  Philip  Lutz  of  Santa  Ana;  Arthur  resides  at 
Owensmouth  and  Helen,  Mrs.  Steadman,  lives  in  Santa  Ana. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andres  decided  to  try  their  fortune  in  California  and  in  December, 
1903,  they  arrived  in  Santa  Ana.  In  the  spring  of  1904  he  bought  twenty  acres  on 
McFadden  Street,  in  the  southern  outskirts  of  Santa  Ana,  part  of  it  being  within  the 
corporate  limits.  It  was  an  alfalfa  field,  full  of  gopher  holes,  but  Mr.  Andres  improved 
it,  building  a  good  house  on  the  west  ten  acres,  which  he  sold.  After  building  on  the 
east  ten  acres,  he  also  disposed  of  this  and  in  the  fall  of  1912,  he  purchased  his  present 
ranch  north  of  Garden  Grove.  This  consisted  of  twenty  acres,  much  of  which  was 
unusually  rough  land.  Seven  acres  of  it  had  been  planted  to  eucalyptus  trees  and 
these  Mr.  Andres  cut  down,  pulling  out  the  stumps  with  a  stump  puller.  There  were 
two  deep  sloughs  across  it  which  he  filled  up  and  altogether  it  was  a  great  undertaking 
and  required  a  tremendous  amount  of  hard  work.  Fhially,  however,  he  had  it  leveled, 
up  and  ready  for  irrigation.  Eight  acres  were  set  to  walnuts  and  ten  acres  to  Valencia 
oranges,  all  now  bearing.  He  also  has  two  acres  in  lemons.  His  walnut  orchard  is 
interset  with  oranges,  pears,  plums,  peaches  and  apples,  and  he  also  grew  lima  beans 
in  between  the  rows  when  the  trees  were  young,  thus  helping  to  pay  expenses. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andres  are  the  parents  of  two  children:  Paul  A.,  a  graduate  of  the 
Santa  Ana  high  school  and  now  at  the  agricultural  department  of  the  University  of 
California  at  Davis;  and  Viola  E.  The  family  live  in  their  attractive  home  on  North 
Bush  Street,  Santa  Ana,  which  Mr.  Andres  erected  in  1915.  The  family  attend  the 
Evangelical  Church  at  Santa  Ana  and  Mr.  Andres  is  chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Garden  Grove  Citrus  Association,  the  Garden  Grove  Walnut 
Growers  Association  and  the  Garden  Grove  Farm  Center.  In  political  matters,  he  is 
an  advocate  of  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party.  Although  he  was  exposed  to 
many  hardships  and  temptations  in  his  early  days,  he  has  risen  above  them  all  by  his 
own  unaided  efiforts  and  now  stands  in  his  community  as  an  example  of  honest,  exem- 
plary citizenship. 

DR.  WILLIAM  M.  POPPLEWELL.— Among  the  professional  men  who  have 
retired  from  active  professional  life  and  engaged  in  the  citrus  industry  in  Orange 
County,  California,  is  Dr.  William  M.  Popplewell.  He  is  a  native  of  Missouri,  born 
at  Havana,  Gentry  County,  September  25,  1862.  His  father,  Barrett  Popplewell,  born 
in  Kentucky,  was  a  pioneer  citizen  of  Missouri,  and  his  mother,  Eliza  (Hoyt)  Popple- 
well, a  native  of  the  state  of  Maine,  were  married  in  Missouri.  The  father  served  in  the 
Union  Army  during  the  Civil  War,  and  now,  at  the  age  of  eighty-three,  with  his  wife, 
aged,  seventy-five,  still  lives  in  the  state  in  which  his  lot  in  life  was  cast  in  his  younger 
years.  Of  their  four  children  who  are  living,  two  sons  and  a  daughter  live  in  the 
Central   West. 

William  M.  is  the  oldest  child  and  was  reared  on  his  father's  farm.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  in  his  native  state,  took  a  course  in  the  Normal  School  at  Stanberry, 
Mo.,  and  taught  five  terms  in  that  state.  He  had  always  had  a  desire  to  study  medicine, 
so  he  matriculated  at  Ensworth  Medical  College,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  graduating  with  the 
class  of  1896,  receiving  the  degree  of  M.  D.  He  served  as  interne  for  fourteen  months 
at  Ensworth  Hospital,  and  after  five  years  of  successful  practice  at  New  Hampton, 
Mo.,  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New  York 
City,  specializing  in  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat.  He  afterward  returned  to  New  Hamp- 
ton and  practiced  successfully  until  he  moved  to  Santa  Fe,  N.  M.,  in  the  year  1902, 
where  he  continued  until  1905.  He  had  a  keen  desire  to  change  his  location  to  a 
country  that  had  greater  natural  resources,  and  particularly  along  the  line  of  horticul- 
ture, so  in  May  of  that  year  he  came  to  Orange  County,  Cal.,  having  learned  of  the 
great  possibilities  of  the  rich  soil  for  growing  citrus  fruits. 

His  marriage,  which  occurred  in  1889,  at  Stanberry,  Mo.,  united  him  with  Mis'j 
Nannie  Ferguson,  of  Scotch  descent,  who  was  born  in  Tennessee  and  reared  in  north- 
western Missouri.  She  was  a  student  at  Park  College,  Parkville,  Mo.,  a  Presbyterian 
school,  and  she  also  had  an  experience  as  a  teacher  to  her  credit.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Popplewell  are  the  parents  of  two  children.  Edith  married  Hugh  Conger  Thomson,  a 
rancher  in  Villa  Park  Precinct,  and  they  have  three  children.  Margery  Geiger  is  the 
wife  of  Elmer  Horace  Ball  of  Downey. 

After  coming  to  Villa  Park  Dr.  Popplewell  became  prominently  identified  with 
the  Valencia  orange  and  the  lemon  industries.  He  is  a  director  in  the  Central  Lemon 
Growers  Association,  which  he  helped  organize,  and  to  which  he  gives  his  best  ability. 
He  cooperates  with  the  other  progressive  people  of  his  community  in  all  that  pertains 
to  the  general  welfare,  especially  in  the  matter  of  water  for  irrigation  purposes  from 
Santiago  Creek  and  from  wells.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Gray  Tract  Well  Company 
and    helped   develop   the   water   for   irrigating   the    530   acres    comprised    in    this    tract. 


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They  have  drilled  two  wells  and  are  drilling  the  third  one.  This  water  is  held  in 
reserve  against  periods  of  extraordinary  drought,  and  there  is  one  share  of  water  stock 
to  each  acre  of  land. 

Dr.  Popplewell  purchased  thirty-one  and  one-half  acres  of  land  after  coming  to 
Villa  Park  Precinct,  and  afterwards  gave  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Edith  Thomson,  five  and 
one-half  acres,  and  retained  the  twenty-six  acres,  which  is  devoted  to  the  culture  of 
citrus  fruit,  upon  which  he  and  his  family  live  happily.  In  1919  Dr.  Popplewell  and 
his  wife  took  a  7,200-mile  auto  trip.  They  were  gone  three  months  and  three  days, 
traveling  in  their  own  auto,  and  visited  their  parents  and  friends  in  their  old  Missouri 
home,  the  historic  and  interesting  places  at  Santa  Fe  and  various  places  in  the  Central 
West.  While  glad  to  renew  old  associations  and  enjoy  a  visit  with  their  parents  and 
friends,  they  were  more  than  satisfied  to  get  back  to  their  cozy  Villa  Park  home.  Dr. 
Popplewell's  genial  ways,  sound  business  judgment,  and  keen  interest  in  the  progress 
of  Orange  County,  combined  with  his  earnest  endeavors  to  uplift  the  community 
morally  and  socially,  has  made  him  a  welcome  addition  to  Villa  Park.  He  has  demon- 
strated his  reliability,  public  spirit  and  rare  good  fellowship,  and  is  a  favorite  among 
his  fellow-citizens. 

PHILIP  HERMANN  KRICK.— A  broad-minded  and  liberal-hearted  resident  of 
Anaheim,  whose  splendid  foresight  and  energy  have  already  accomplished  so  much  for 
the  development  of  Orange  County  in  many  lines  is  Philip  H.  Krick,  who;  as  a 
progressive  educator,  did  much  to  lay  the  foundations  of  the  sound  educational  stand- 
ards of  the  county.  Indeed  he  has  been  active  in  all  movements  tending  to  build  up 
this  section  and  as  a  believer  in  the  excellent  doctrine  of  "live  and  let  live"  he  can 
count  his  friends  by  the  score. 

Mr.  Krick  was  born  in  Elcho,  Ontario,  Canada,  about  twenty  miles  west  of  Niagara 
Falls.  After  completing  the  grammar  schools,  he  entered  St.  Catherines  Collegiate 
Institute,  and  following  his  graduation  he  took  a  course  at  the  Hamilton  School  of 
Pedagogy.  During  the  years  of  his  college  course,  he  was  engaged  in  both  farming 
and  teaching,  and  after  graduating  he  became  a  teacher  in  high  schools  of  Ontario 
until  1894,  when  he  decided  to  migrate  to  California,  arriving  in  August  of  that  year. 
Locating  in  Placentia,  he  became  principal  of  the  Placentia  school,  a  position  which 
he  filled  continuously  until  1901,  Resigning  to  accept  a  position  as  secretary  of  the 
Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  he  ably  filled  this  position  for  the  succeeding  nine 
years.  In  the  meantime  he  purchased  city  property  on  North  Los  Angeles  Street, 
Anaheim,  and  here  he  still  resides.  He  also  iDCcame  actively  interested  in  real  estate, 
buying,  developing  and  selling  a  number  of  orange  groves  in  the  Placentia  and  Ana- 
heim districts,  and  at  present  is  the  owner  of  three  splendid  groves,  which  he  has 
developed  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation. 

In  addition  to  his  horticultural  interests,  Mr.  Krick  has  contributed  largely  to 
raising  the  dairy  stock  of  the  county  to  its  present  high  standard.  On  one  of  his 
ranches  he  maintains  a  dairy,  and  here  he  has  what  is  considered  the  finest  herd  of 
registered  pure-bred  Holstein  cattle  in  Orange  County,  comprising  fifty  head  One 
of  the  cows,  King  Pontiac  Idyl  Segis,  holds  the  Junior  four-year-old  record  for  the 
state  of  California,  having  produced  thirty-five  and  two-third  pounds  of  butter  in 
seven  days  The  registered  bull  which  heads  the  herd  comes  from  fine  producing 
stock,  his  dam  having  been  the  first  cow  in  the  state  to  produce  over  1  200  pounds 
of  biitterin  one  year.  The  herd  contains  ten  of  the  granddaughters  of  the  King  of 
the  Pontiacs,  the  greatest  Holstein  sire  in  the  world.  The  Krick  dairy  which  is 
located  on  Garden  Grove  Road,  about  one  mile  from  Anaheim,  is  modern  and  sanitary 
in  every  respect,  with  cement  floors  and  all  modern  equipment,  including  milking 
machines.  He  ,s  a  member  and  Orange  County  representative  of  the  Southern  Cali- 
fornia Holstein-Fnesian  Association  and  also  a  member  of  the  Holstein-Friesian 
Association  of  America. 

Mr.  Krick's  operations  are  not  confined  alone  to  Orange  County,  but  he  also  has 
interests  m  several  other -sections  of  California.  As  early  as  1905  he  became  interested 
in  farm  land  in  Kern  and  Tulare  counties  and  was  a  pioneer  in  the  development  of 
pumping  plants  for  irrigating  m  the  Wasco  section  of  Kern  County.  He  was  a  director 
of  the  Fourth  Extension  Water  Company,  this  company  making  the  f,rs7ZLdeSort 
i,  ^'"1^.7^"=  a"-!  ^y  ™^3"s  of  pumping  plants  put  water  on  a  larc^e  area  of  l.nH 
Mr.  Krick  improved  his  land  to  alfalfa,  also  setting  out  a  vineyard.  At  the  same  time 
he  also  >mproved  a  ranch  at  Alpaugh.  Tulare  County,  which  is  irrigated  fomflowiZ 
wells  and  where  he  raises  grain  and  alfalfa.  nowin^ 

The  marriage  6f  Mr  Krick  which  occurred  at  St.  Catherines,  Ontario  in  1891 
united  him  with  Miss  Edith  M.  Beckett,  a  native  of  that  place  and  th  dauZer  of 
Mr^and  Mrs.  William  Beckett,  the  father  being  a  well-known  manufacturer  o  °woo  ens 
of  St.  Catherines.     Two  uncles  of  Mrs.  Krick,  John  and  Alfred  Beckett,  were  ^oneers 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1203 

of  Orange  County,  coming  here  as  early  as  1876  and  locating  at  Alamitos,  where 
they  were  engaged  in  general  farming  and  horticulture.  Representatives  of  old  Penn- 
sylvania Quaker  stock,  they  took  a  leading  part  in  the  building  of  the  Friends  Church 
at  Alamitos,  and  gave  it  their  generous  support.  Familiarly  known  as  Uncle  John 
and  Uncle  Alfred,  they  both  reached  the  advanced  age  of  eighty  years,  and  were  loved 
and  esteemed  by  every  one  who  knew  them. 

Always  a  leader  in  progressive  and  constructive  movements,  Mr.  Krick  was  one  of 
the  organizers  and  a  stockholder  of  the  Anaheim  Sugar  Company.  He  was  also  a 
charter  member  of  the  Anaheim  Orange  Growers  Association,  since  changed  to  the 
Anaheim  Cooperative  Orange  Association,  and  has  served  as  president  of  the  Anaheim 
Center  of  the  Orange  County  Farm  Bureau.  Fraternally  Mr.  Krick  is  prominent  in 
Masonic  circles,  being  a  Master  Mason,  a  Knight  Templar  and  a  Shriner.  He  was 
initiated  into  Masonry  at  Wardsville,  Canada,  and  has  served  three  consecutive  terms 
as  master  of  Anaheim  Lodge,  No.  207,  F.  &  A,  M.,  and  for  three  years  was  inspector  of 
this  Masonic  district. 

In  early  days  Mr.  Krick  was  secretary  of  the  Anaheim  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
and  he  has  never  ceased  to  give  of  his  best  efforts  toward  advancing  the  interests  of 
his  community,  always  standing  for  a  high  standard  of  the  moral  betterment  of  its 
citizens.  Both  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Anaheim,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Krick  have  always  taken  an  active  part  in  its  good  works,  giving  generously  both  of 
their  time  and  means  to  its  support. 

JOHN  LESLIE  HAVER.— What  the  FuUerton  Meat  and  Grocery  store  is  doing 
for  the  comfort,  health  and  prosperity  of  the  citizens  of  that  city,  those  only  who  have 
traded  there  for  some  time  are  able  in  full  to  comprehend.  Its  proprietor  is  John 
Leslie  Haver,  who  came  from  Kansas,  where  he  was  born  at  Highland  on  December 
18,  1883,  and  brought  with  him  to  his  task  some  of  the  invaluable  Middle  West  spirit, 
the  inheritance  of  knowledge  and  traits  from  a  father  who  was  a  successful  business 
man,  and  a  go-ahead  force  of  his  own.  His  father  was  J.  H.  Haver,  who  came  from 
Pennsylvania  to  Kansas,  and  he  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Vernon,  whose  native  place 
was  also  Pennsylvania. 

The  second  in  the  order  of  birth,  John  Leslie  received  his  education  at  the 
grammar  and  high  schools  of  his  home  town,  and  in  October,  1906,  came  to  California. 
For  three  years  he  lived  at  Riverside  and  worked  for  Messrs.  Newberry  and  Parker,  and 
then  he  was  in  Santa  Ana  for  a  year.  In  1910  he  came  to  Fullerton,  and  at  the  same 
time,  in  partnership  with  A.  C.  Gerrard,  Mr.  Haver  started  the  Fullerton  Meat  and 
Grocery  Store.  In  1916  they  started  the  groceteria  at  243  North  Spadra,  known  as  the 
Fullerton  Groceteria,  but  in  April,  1917,  he  bought  out  his  associate  in  both  stores, 
and  since  then  he  has  been  conducting  the  entire  business  himself.  In  the  two  places 
he  employs  ten  people,  and  even  then  is  kept  mighty  busy  catering  to  the  wants  of  his 
many  and  increasing  patrons.     He  is  one  of  the  livest  members  of  the  Board  of  Trade. 

In  Santa  Ana,  on  October  10,  1907,  Mr.  Haver  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  E. 
Babbitt,  a  native  of  Hiawatha,  Brown  County,  Kans.,  and  the  daughter  of  Worth 
Babbitt,  who  with  his  wife  now  live  in  Santa  Ana.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haver  have  two 
children — Forrest  Elden  and  Dorothy  Jean,  and  attend  the  Christian  Science  Church.  A 
Republican  in  national  politics,  Mr.  Haver  has  never  sought  nor  accepted  public  office, 
although  extremely  public  spirited.  He  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  is  fond 
of  fishing  and  outdoor  life. 

HAROLD  ARLINGTON  WATSON.— The  long-honored  name  of  Jonathan 
Watson,  one  of  the  most  distinguished  of  Orange  County's  pioneers,  is'worthily  borne 
by  his  youngest  child,  Harold  Arlington  Watson,  who  may  himself  boast  of  an 
enviable  record  for  service  in  the  great  World  War.  As  a  rancher  he  is  a  successful 
citrus  fruit  and  walnut  grower,  operating  the  home  ranch  in  connection  with  his 
brothers.  He  was  born  in  1899,  and  was  a  junior  in  the  Orange  Union  high  school  when, 
on  the  declaration  of  war  on  Germany  by  Congress,  he  enlisted  on  April  7,  1917,  as  one 
of  the  first  to  volunteer  from  Orange  and  Orange  County — sharing  with  Percy  Atwood 
and  Earl  Granger  of  Orange  the  honor  of  being  one  of  the  first  three.  He  joined 
Company  L  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Sixtieth  California  Infantry  as  a  private,  and 
later  became  corporal,  and  after  sixteen  months'  training  at  Camp  Kearny,  sailed 
from  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  on  the  "Nestor,"  for  France.  He  landed  first  at  Liverpool,  and 
then  reembarked  for  Havre,  on  August  26,  1918.  He  trained  at  various  places  in 
France  preparatory  to  going  to  the  front,  and  at  the  time  of  the  armistice,  narrowly 
escaped  death  from  the  "flu."  He  landed  at  New  York  on  March  24,  1919,  and  was 
honorably  discharged  at  Camp  Kearny,  in  California,  on  April  16,   1919. 

Mr.  Watson  then  doffed  the  corporal's  uniform  and  went  to  work  on  his  father's 
ranch,  which  had  been  turned  over  to  the  three  boys,  Floyd  E.,  a  member  of  the  auto- 


1204  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

electrical  firm  of  Thompson  &  Watson,  Errol  Trafford  Watson  and  our  subj«t-     The 
■latter  two  sons   assume  active   control,   aided   in  various  ways   by   Floyd.      ^    ^,-^ 
oranges,   lemons   and   walnuts,   and    nowhere   for   miles    around   may    fruit   ot    ^    n'g 
quality  be  found.     Having  mastered  the  details  of  ranch  work  when  he  was   a   boy,   as 
did  his  brothers  before  him,  Mr.  Watson  has  found  no  difficulty  coping  with  the  many 
agricultural  problems  of  the  day. 

From  his  father,  whose  record  for  endurance  and  accomplishment  is  so  remark- 
able in  many  ways,  Mr.  Watson  has  inherited  not  only  his  love  for  the  great  outdoors, 
but  his  proficiency  as  a  marksman.  He  was,  therefore,  one  of  the  best  five  rifle  shots, 
with  Springfield  rifles,  in  his  regiment  of  over  3,500  men,  and  was  a  prize  marksman 
at  all  the  ranges.     He  is  a  member  of  Post  No.   132,  Atnerican  Legion,  at  Orange. 

Just  before  leaving  for  France  Mr.  Watson  was  married  to  Miss  Bernice  Wilbur, 
a  native  daughter,  of  Orange,  and  one  child  was  born  to  them,  Jeanne  M.  Mrs.  Watson, 
as  a  popular  belle,  was  the  daughter  of  Dr.  D.  F.  Royer  of  that  city.  A  most  distress- 
ing accident  deprived  these  devoted  young  parents  of  their  little  daughter,  Jeanne,  only 
fourteen  months  old.  The  little  one,  with  their  parents,  was  visiting  at  the  home  of 
the  beloved  grandfather,  when  an  automobile,  backing  out,  ran  the  child  down.  The 
baby  was  rushed  to  the  Anaheim  hospital  for  operation,  but  died  soon  after  reaching 
there.  The  tragedy  brought  the  deepest  sorrow  to  a  host  of  friends,  as  well' as  to  the 
bereaved  parents. 

JOHN  C.  KEEFE. — A  clear-headed,  able-bodied  man  of  three-score  and  fifteen 
years,  whose  mental  vitality  is  demonstrated  in  the  valuable,  patented  inventions  to 
his  credit,  and  whose  physical  vigor  is  equally  well  shown  in  his  personal  management 
of  a  forty-acre  farm,  is  John  C.  Keefe,  a  type  of  American  always  an  asset  to  any 
commonwealth,  and  especially  to  a  rapidly-expanding  empire  like  that  of  the  state  of 
California.  He  was  born  in  Chicopee,  Hampden  County,  Mass.,  on  June  27,  184S,  the 
grandson  of  a  sturdy  Irish  emigrant  who  left  the  historic  and  picturesque  County  of 
Cork  in  1798,  and  pushed  out  for  the  New  World.  He  had  a  son,  Cornelius  Keefe,  the 
father  of  our  subject,  who  married  Miss  Hannah  O'Connell  and  died  at  Chicopee 
when  John  was  five  years  old.  He  had  been  a  skilled  worker  in  the  plant  of  Ames 
Bros.,  long  better  known  as  the  firm  of  Oliver  Ames  &  Sons,  Oliver  Ames  having  been 
a  blacksmith,  who  early  acquired  reputation  in  the  making  of  shovels  and  picks.  The 
Civil  War  in  particular  gave  them  an  extensive  field  for  supplying  both  shovels  and 
swords  to  the  Federal  Government. 

After  the  death  of  her  husband,  Mrs.  Keefe  moved  from  Chicopee  to  the  upper 
part  of  New  York  City  known  as  Harlem,  where  they  lived  with  Mrs.  Keefe's  sister 
and  John's  uncle,  and  during  this  period  the  lad  had  a  chance  to  ride  on  the  first  car 
of  the  new  street  railway  running  from  New  York  City  proper  to  Harlem,  a  distance  of 
seven  miles,  and  drawn  by  mules.  In  1851,  with  his  grandfather,  Timothy  O'Connell, 
his  mother,  two  aunts  and  an  uncle,  John  traveled  further  west,  and  lived  on  a  timber 
claim  of  640  acres  in  Washington  County,  near  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  and  as  a  sturdy  boy, 
he  helped  clear  and  develop  that  land.  In  1853,  the  Black  Hawk  Indians  returned  to 
Washington  County,  and  they  had  a  tribe  pow-wow.  He  saw  a  good  deal  of  the  Red- 
skins, for  their  acreage  was  full  of  berries  and  game,  and  naturally  became  the  hunting 
grounds  of  the  savages. 

While  thus  living  in  a  log  cabin,  he  worked  during  the  summer  time  and  went 
to  school  m  wmter;  and  being  considered  a  good  studeiit,  at  eighteen  he  was  given  a 
teacher  s  certificate  and  for  a  couple  of  years  taught  school.  In  1868,  he  matriculated 
at  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1872  with  the  B  S  degree. 
I  he  next  year  .he  was  made  principal  of  the  Barton  high  school. 

ATM     ^",  ^^^b   ^^-  '"'"'"^   ""^  P"^^*«   secretary  to   William   E.   Cramer,   editor   of   the 
Milwaukee  Evenmg  Wisconsin,  and  a  year  after  that  was  made  a  reporter  on  the  paper, 

e^il     of'th"  •  ^'^^  fi"r'"^  '^''°'-     ^"^   '"   '^'   Centennial  Year  he   became   city 

!n        -.J  ,!•   '  f^"'-     ^'  ^^'  ^  splendid  flow  of  language,  is  well  read  and  traveled, 
ad  with  his  retentive  memory  ,s  an  interesting  conversationalist.     He  writes  in  an  easy 

menteron\rcrlic"s    '"  '^'"'"'  "'"^  '^  "^=  ^  ^■°"^"^'^=*'  ^^^  ^"^  ^-°-"y  com- 

.•    °"x^/.'?,*^'"^"  ^'  ^^^^'   ^'■^  K«f^  ^as  married  to  Miss   Helen  Marie   O'Neal    a 

o"r.°  J^rl^!•  !"l;^?:,^.^".^^.^-.°f  Edward  and  Hilda  (Johnson)   aN^ea^.^^^Mr^ 


O'Neal  had  been  mayor  of  Milwaukee  for  sFx  t^ms  'and  ^t'The^  me  o7  heir  marriag:" 
wa  a  banker  m  that  city.  He  sent  his  daughter  to  the  Convent  of  the  HolyXme  fii 
Mfwaukee,  and  there  she  was  given  the  education  deemed  necessary  for  a  iX  n 
pohte  society  and  a  practical  world.  ^ 

With  Mr.  O'Neal's  aid,  Mr.  Keefe  built  the  Milwaukee  Cracker  and  r:,nH,,  r^,^ 
pany,  but  in  1892,  when  it  had  so  grown  that  it  was  doing  a  business  of  a  quarter  o^ 
million  dollars  a  year,  he  sold  out  his  interest,  and  wen^  in  for  th"  making  of  metal 


^_-j<^n^  ^. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1207 

furniture  for  bank  vaults  and  offices.  He  patented  a  knife  that  would  cut  sheet  brass, 
at  the  same  time  that  it  bent  it  into  a  half-round  shape,  making  a  metal  used  in  office 
furniture  facing;  having  previously  made  two  other  notable  inventions:  a  patent  oven, 
for  quick  baking,  put  out  in  1879,  and  a  patent  bill-file,  now  extensively  used  in  offices, 
and  given  to  the  commercial-stationery  world  in  1894. 

When  Mr.  Keefe  at  length  disposed  of  his  holdings  in  this  metal-furniture  factory, 
he  spent  the  following  two  years  in  handling  realty  in  Milwaukee,  and  first  came  to 
California  and  West  Orange  in  1900.  Then  he  traded  some  iron  mine  property  in 
Northern  Michigan  for  a  ranch  of  forty  acres,  now  his  home  place,  and  there  he  himself 
has  since  planted  five  acres  of  walnut  trees,  ten  acres  of  Navel  oranges,  five  acres  of 
Valencia  oranges — now  rather  old  trees — five  acres  of  young  Valencias,  and  two  acres 
of  lemons,  leaving  the  balance  vacant  land.  He  also  built  his  own  home.  His  inventive 
faculty  has  frequently  stood  him  well  in  stead,  and  has  doubtless  inclined  him  to 
experiment  in  the  production  of  new  fruit,  among  them  a  seedless  lemon,  as  well  as 
developing  sugar  pears  and  a  new  kind  of  walnut  from  the  buds  of  the  Eureka  and 
Placentia  walnuts. 

Three  children  have  blessed  this  fortunate  union  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Keefe. 
Edward  Neil  Keefe  has  charge  of  the  branch  postoffice  at  the  corner  of  First  and 
Rowan  streets  in  Los  Angeles,  and  there  are  Clarice  and  Alice  Keefe,  the  former  named 
after  Sister  Clara  Keefe,  the  renowned  war-nurse  who,  with  the  aid  of  an  aged  man 
and  old  horse  and  wagon,  brought  in  many  wounded  soldiers  from  the  battlefield  of 
Antietam,  taking  them  into  a  hospital  at  Baltimore.  Mr.  Keefe  is  a  member  of  the 
Catholic  Church  of  Santa  Ana,  and  while  in  Milwaukee  was  the  principal  founder  of  the 
Knights  of  Wisconsin,  a  Catholic  order  begun  in  1892  and  since  developed  into  a  large 
organization.  While  not  a  spiritualist  in  the  accepted  term,  Mr.  Keefe  has  been  in 
communication  with  the  spirit  world  for  the  past  five  years. 

JOHN  PEMBERTON  BAUMGARTNER.— California  owes  much  of  her  mar- 
velous and  rapid  development  to  her  journalists,  prominent  among  whom  may  be 
mentioned  John  Pemberton  Baumgartner,  the  principal  owner,  general  manager  and 
editor  of  the  Santa  Ana  Daily  Register,  the  largest  and  leading  daily  newspaper  of 
Orange  County,  and  the  only  daily  published  at  the  county  seat.  Before  coming  to 
Santa  Ana  in  1906,  he  had  achieved  exceptional  success  in  the  development  of  newspaper 
properties  in  several  of  the  larger  Southern  California  towns.  He  published  a  model 
and  very  successful  weekly  in  Riverside  for  several  years,  and  then  consolidated  that 
paper  with  the  Riverside  Daily  Press,  of  which  he  became  part  owner  and  business 
manager.  A  few  years  later,  when  he  had  greatly  enlarged  and  improved  the  Press, 
he  sold  his  interest  and  bought  the  Pasadena  Daily  Star;  and  in  seven  years  he 
developed  the  Star  into  a  fine  newspaper  property,  which  he  then  sold.  A  few  months 
later  he  bought  a  controlling  interest  in  the  Long  Beach  Press,  and,  although  he  never 
lived  in  Long  Beach,  he  directed  the  development  of  that  property,  under  the  manage- 
ment of  C.  L.  Day,  into  one  of  the  finest  papers  of  its  class  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 
Meantime,  he  had  purchased  the  Santa  Ana  Daily  Register,  which  he  was  giving  his 
personal  attention,  and  to  which,  a  few  years  later,  when  he  had  sold  the  Long  Beach 
Press,  he  devoted  his  entire  time.  Since  the  Register  passed  into  Mr.  Baumgartner's 
control  it  has  been  developed  from  a  paper  with  a  circulation  of  800  copies  to  a  semi- 
metropolitan  publication  with  a  circulation  of  nearly  7,000,  and  it  is  conceded  by 
newspaper  men  to  be  the  biggest  and  best  newspaper  of  its  class  in  the  country. 

Mr.  Baumgartner  was  born  on  February  9,  1861,  in  Columbia,  Boone  County,  Mo., 
and  there  received  his  scholastic  training.  He  was  able  to  attend  the  public  schools 
until  he  was  twelve  years  old,  and  then  for  three  years  he  was  a  farmer  boy.  During 
the  next  two  years,  the  family  having  returned  to  town,  he  continued  his  schooling,  and 
for  a  short  time  he  was  a  student  at  the  Missouri  State  University.  It  will  thus  be 
seen  that  he  was  almost  entirely  self-educated.  In  his  early  youth  Mr.  Baumgartner 
forecast  and  laid  the  foundation  for  his  newspaper  career  by  becoming  a  newsboy;  and 
with  the  exception  of  the  three  years  he  spent  on  the  farm,  he  sold  St.  Louis  and 
Kansas  City  newspapers  on  the  streets  of  Columbia  most  of  the  time  between  the  ages 
•  of  eight  and  seventeen,  and  part  of  that  time  conducted  a  general  newsstand  there. 
When  seventeen,  on  account  of  threatened  ill  health,  he  went  to  Texas,  driving  thither 
in  a  wagon  from  his  home  in  Columbia,  to  Sherman,  in  Grayson  County.  Returning  to 
Columbia  a  few  months  later,  he  worked  as  a  reporter  on  the  Boone  County  Sentinel, 
and  soon  became  the  manager  and  lessee  of  that  paper.  In  1885  he  became  a  reporter 
on  the  St.  Louis  Chronicle,  and  in  August  of  that  year  he  married  Lida  Sexton,  a 
native  of  his  home  town.  Soon  after  his  marriage  he  returned  to  Columbia,  Mo.,  to 
assume,  in  a  large  measure,  the  editorship  and  management  of  the  Columbia  Herald,  in 
which  position  he  continued  until  August,  1887,  the  summer  of  the  great  "boom"  year, 
when  he  came  out  to  California  for  the  first  time. 


1208  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

His  first  newspaper  work  in  this  state  was  as  a  reporter  on  the  San  Diego  Union, 
and  from  there  he  went  to  Riverside,  in  the  spring  of  1891,  and  after  a  few  months  as 
editor  of  the  Riverside  Phoenix,  he  established  the  Riverside  Reflex,  a  weekly  paper 
which,  within  a  few  months,  absorbed  the  Phoenix.  His  next  progressive  step  was 
the  consolidation  of  the  Riverside  Reflex  with  the  Riverside  Daily  Press.  From  that 
time  on,  as  related  above,  Mr.  Baumgartner's  progress  as  a  California  newspaper  man 
has  been  steadily  onward  and  upward. 

Mr.  Baumgartner  has  always  been  active  in  district,  state  and  national  newspaper 
organizations.  He  was  for  five  successive  terms  president  of  the  Southern  California 
Editorial  Association,  and  in  1907,  at  the  convention  in  New  Orleans,  he  was  elected 
president  of  the  National  Editorial  Association.  The  following  year  he  presided  over 
the  convention  at  Detroit  and  took  the  National  Convention  on  an  eight  days'  excursion 
through  eastern  Canada.  By  reason  of  having  held  the  office  of  president  of  the 
National  Editorial  Association,  Mr.  Baumgartner  became  a  life  member  of  the  organi- 
zation, and  now  holds  the  office  of  past  president. 

He  is  essentially  an  all-around  newspaper  man,  being  equally  at  home  in  any 
department  of  the  business.  He  is  a  forceful  and  graceful  editorial  writer,  and  as  a 
business  builder  he  has  few  equals  in  country  newspaper  fields.  Every  paper  with 
which  he  has  ever  been  connected  has  been  not  only  a  business,  but  a  journalistic 
success.  Although  often  solicited  to  enter  public  life,  Mr.  Baumgartner  has  preferred 
to  be  just  a  newspaper  man,  and  the  only  public  office  he  has  ever  held  was  one  involving 
much  hard  work  without  pay — that  of  a  member  of  the  California  State  Conservation 
Commission. 

CHRISTIAN  ANDERSON.— A  hard-working,  self-made  man  who  has  become  a 
very  successful  rancher,  partly  perhaps  because  he  believes  in  treating  the  other  fellow 
as  he  would  like  to  be  treated  himself,  is  Christian  Anderson,  the  youngest  son  of 
Andres  and  Meta  Christina  (Jepsen)  Thygesen,  who  was  born  in  Schleswig-Holstein, 
northern  Germany,  July  10,  1865,  and  came  to  America  on  March  28,  1888.  He  went  to 
the  usual,  thorough  schools,  and  at  fourteen  was  confirmed,  so  that  he  pushed  out  into 
the  world  to  care  for  himself,  at  an  age  when  many  boys  are  still  enjoying  the  environ- 
ments,of  a  pleasant  home.     Both  of  his  worthy  parents  are  now  dead. 

Mr.  Anderson  had  California,  fortunately,  for  his  destination,  and  he  was  also 
lucky  to  come  direct  to  Fullerton.  In  the  fall  of  1892,  he  purchased  twenty  acres  of 
open  land  to  the  east  of  Fullerton,  and  for  a  while  his  chief  crop  was  cabbage;  but  in 
1894  he  began  to  set  out  citrus  trees,  and  by  fall  he  completed  the  first  five  acres,  and 
he  has  kept  setting  out  oranges  until  the  twenty  acres  was  set  to  fruit.  Then  he  pur- 
chased, in  1904,  the  twelve  acres  adjoining,  which  is  in  walnuts.  In  1900,  he 
built  for  himself  on  the  ranch  both  a  dwelling  and  the  necessary  outbuildings,  all  of 
which  are  creditably  substantial. 

Mr.  Anderson  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  and 
he  also  owns  stock  in  the  Placentia  Bank.  He  markets  his  oranges  through  the  Pla- 
centia  Orange  Growers  Association  and  his  walnuts  through  the  FuUerton-Placentia 
Walnut  Association.  A  brother,  Nels  Anderson,  has  three  wells  producing  oil  on  his 
land,  and  is  fast  becoming  interested  in  oil  prospects,  and  Tige  Anderson  of  Placentia 
IS  another  brother.  Mr.  Anderson  is  a  Republican,  and  as  such  endeavors  to  elevate 
the  standards  of  American  citizenship,  and  to  increase  the  spirit  of.  patriotism. 

PETER  STOFFEL.— The  same  qualities  of  perseverance,  industry  and  thrift 
that  made  possible  the  success  of  Peter  Stoffel  as  a  grain  farmer  and  stock  raiser  in 
Kansas  have  insured  the  gratifying  prosperity  which  has  attended  his  efforts  since  he 
ZZl  M  Jr«'t  I  ^"Saged  in  citrus  culture.  Although  not  a  native  of  the  United 
btates,  Mr.  Stoffel  has  no  recollection  of  any  home  other  than  this  country.  He  was 
IsT  'u-  ^"''"™'^°"^§^'  Germany,  July  9,  1864,  and  when  only  two  years  old,  in  April, 
1866,  his  parents  came  to  America,  locating  in  Jackson  County,  Iowa.  Here  he 
Inr. Hnf  T}^  education  in  the  public  schools.  In  1877  the  family  moved  to  Kansas. 
!°"''"5,  "\,^^'^^*\'^i^.  County  near  Wichita,  and  Peter  finished  his  education  at  a 
at  fir  Mr  Itnff  ,  r*.'-,  "'^father  was  a  large  farmer,  owning  several  farms,  and  . 
develone^th  ^^^  ^^   '""^   ^'""^   ^''    *"*^^^'    ^''^   '^'^   he    bought    160   acres    and 

and  hoJ,  A,  ""'^'  '"'°-°"'  °*  "^^  ^^''  f^™^  '"  the  county,  raising  grain,  cattle 
n^rtv  Sin  ^^^'  V'^  ^f^T  '"  P°"""'  h^  was  prominent  in  the  local  affairs  of  his 
roI,;-t  ^  a  member  of  the  Republican  Central  Committee  and  the  Congressional 
t?.^^        ;  ,  r       "  ^^"'  he  was  assessor  and  trustee  of  Attica  Township,  Sedg- 

wick County,  and  for  nmeteen  years  clerk  of  the  school  board. 


In  1880  Mr.  Stoffel  s  brother  made  a  visit  to  Anaheim,  Cal.,  and  sent  such  glowing 
,-n„.r?  f  to  his  brother  that  in  July,  1906,  he  also  came  to  Anaheim,  and  was  so 
much  pleased  with  the  country  that  he  decided  to  locate  here.     He  bought  the  Wallace 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1211 

grocery  store  on  East  Center  Street  and  enlarged  the  business,  employing  six  clerks, 
and  he  also  purchased  his  present  house  and  six  lots  at  520  West  Center  Street.  After 
four  years  he  sold  out  his  grocery  business.  In  the  meantime  he  had  bought  twenty- 
nine  acres  of  raw  land  four  miles  southwest  of  Anaheim,  and  there  he  has  developed 
one  of  the  best  fruit  ranches  in  the  district,  five  acres  being  in  lemons  and  the  remainder 
in  Valencia  oranges.  He  paid  $15,000  cash  for  this  place,  and  has  since  added  many 
improvements,  including  a  pumping  plant.  In  1920  the  grove  produced  4,000  boxes  of 
oranges.  In  July,  1919,  he  bought  twenty  acres  more  near  by,  which  he  leveled  and 
which  he  has  set  to  walnuts.  He  gives  his  personal  attention  to  the  care  of  these 
places,  and  the  hard  work  that  he  has  put  in  shows  itself  in  the  fine  grove  he  has 
developed.  He  and  his  brother  were  the  first  men  to  come  to  Anaheim  from  Sedgwick, 
Kans.,  and  with  his  enthusiasm  over  the  possibilities  of  Orange  County,  Mr.  Stofifel  has 
not  been  content  alone  to  reap  the  benefits  of  climate  and  soil,  but  has  encouraged  a 
number  of  his  former  neighbors  and  friends  in  Sedgwick  County  to  locate  here,  in 
that  way  showing  them  the  road  to  prosperity  and  at  the  same  time  helping  in  the 
development  of  the  wonderful  resources  of  the  county.  All  the  settlers  who  have 
come  through  Mr.  Stoflfel's  recommendation  are  well  pleased  with  the  locality,  and 
have  bought  ranches  and  prospered. 

Mr.  Stoflfel's  marriage  united  him  with  Mary  E.  Geiger,  a  native  of  Indiana,  and 
they  are  the  parents  of  ten  children,  eight  of  whom  are  living:  Mrs.  Johanna  Kramer 
of  Anaheim;  Bernard  A.,  who  served  his  country  during  the  war,  being  stationed  at 
Camp  Lewis  with  a  machine-gun  company;  Mrs.  Annie  E.  Volz,  deceased;  Joseph, 
deceased;  Edward  H.;  Cora  A.;  Otto  J.,  with  his  father  on  the  ranch;  Victor;  Clara; 
and  Herman  J.  They  are  also  rearing  a  grandchild,  Frank  Volz,  the  son  of  their 
deceased  daughter.  Progressive  and  enterprising,  Mr.  Stofifel  .occupies  an  honored 
position  in  the  community  for  his  sterling  and  substantial  qualities  as  a  citizen. 

ALFRED  SHROSBREE.  —  An  interesting  English-American  couple  who,  as 
pioneers  at  Huntington  Beach,  have  done  much  to  lay  broad  and  deep  the  foundations 
there,  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Shrosbree,  who  are  enjoying  their  retirement  after 
many  years  of  hard  work.  Mr.  Shrosbree  was  born  at  London,  on  February  17,  1844, 
and  grew  up  in  the  delightful  environment  of  Old  England,  under  the  inspiration  of  a 
scientifically-inclined  parent;  for  his  father,  William  Shrosbree,  was  a  taxidermist,  and 
mounted  animals  gathered  from  various  quarters  of  the  earth.  He  ran  a  taxidermist's 
store  in  the  world's  metropolis,  and  was  visited  by  globe-trotters.  He  was  born, 
married  and  died  in  London.  He  married  Miss  Maria  Webb,  also  of  London,  who 
passed  away  in  that  city.  They  had  nineteen  children,  among  whom  Alfred  Shrosbree 
was  the  fourth  child  in  the  order  of  birth,  as  he  is  the  only  one  of  the  family  now 
living,  although  nine  grew  to  maturity.     Several  of  the  brothers  were  taxidermists. 

Alfred  attended  the  common  schools  and  was  brought  up  in  the  Church  of 
England.  He  learned  the  ivory-carver's  trade  in  all  its  branches,  and  was  proficient 
in  carving,  turning  and  flat  work.  Later  he  took  up  the  trade  of  the  carpenter  and 
builder,  but  suffering  severely  from  bronchitis,  at  the  age  of  twenty-seven  he  determined 
to  seek  relief  by  a  change  of  residence  and  air — that  is,  to  come  to  America.  He  sailed 
from  Liverpool  on  August  31,  1881,  taking  passage  on  the  steamer  City  of  Brussels, 
and  landed  at  New  York  City.  At  first  he  came  west  only  as  far  as  Adams  County, 
Nebr.,  where  his  wife's  father,  Richard  Miles,  lived  and  farmed;  and  there  the  bronchitis 
left  him.     He  has  never  been  back  to  England  since. 

In  Nebraska,  in  1883,  Mr.  Shrosbree  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Miles,  a 
native  of  Oxfordshire,  England,  who  had  come  to  America  several  years  before;  and 
for  twenty  years  he  worked  as  a  contractor  and  builder,  with  headquarters  at  Blue  Hill, 
Webster  County,  Nebr.  In  1901  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shrosbree  came  to  Long  Beach  and 
lived  there  a  year;  and  then,  for  a  year,  they  lived  in  South  Pasadena.  In  1903  they 
came  to  Pacific  City,  now  Huntington  Beach,  and  at  the  new  and  promising  resort 
Mr.  Shrosbree  followed  his  trade. 

Since  coming  to  California  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shrosbree  have  witnessed  many  exciting 
events.  They  haopened,  for  example,  to  be  in  the  great  disaster  at  Long  Beach  on 
Empire  Day,  1913,  at  the  falling  of  the  approach  to  the  Auditorium,  and  they  fell  with 
the  crowd  through  the  pier  to  the  bottom.  Both  were  hurt — Mrs.  Shrosbree  sustaining 
two  broken  ankles  and  ribs,  and  Mr.  Shrosbree  having- his  nose  and  right  shoulder  and 
several  ribs  broken.  Of  the  300  people  that  went  down  thirty-seven  were  brought  out 
dead,  and  four  of  the  injured  persons  died.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shrosbree  showed  their 
magnanimity  by  not  presenting  a  claim  for  damages. 

There  was  no  school  and  no  post  office  at  what  is  now  Huntington  Beach  when 
Mr.  Shrosbree  first  pitched  his  tent  there,  and  as  as  there  was  also  no  Episcopalian 
Church,  they  joined  the  Baptist  denomination,   of  which  they  are  members.     He   is  a 


1212  HISTORY  OF  ORAxXGE  COUNTY 

naturalized  citizen,  of  course,  and  a  Republican,  but  in  local  matters  is  nonpartisan.  At 
the  age  of  seventy-seven,  he  resides  happily  with  his  w.te  and,  as  a  patriotic  pioneer, 
enjoys  the  esteem  of  a  wide  range  of  friends  and  acquaintances.  He  was  active  at  his 
trade  until  the  Long  Beach  disaster,  and  then  he  and  his  .vite  were  orced  to  retire 
Mrs  Shrosbree  is  found  in  every  good  work  intended  for  the  general  welfare^of  the 
community,  and  as  a  model  housekeeper  takes  particular  pnde  in  their  0«an  Avenue 
home,  which  abounds  with  art  and  other  evidences  of  the  -^'-d  and  culivated  mind. 
Mr.  Shrosbree  built  his  fine  bungalow  residence  of  eight  rooms  at  630  Ocean  Avenue 
and  this  is  only  one  of  several  houses  he  has  erected  at  Huntington  Beach,  and  one 
of  four  that  he  still  owns. 

TAMES  ERVIN  LUTHER.— A  well-posted  and  most  interesting  early  settler, 
who  has  not  only  contributed  something  definite  toward  the  building  up  and  improve- 
ment of  the  country,  but  is  able  to  boast  with  modest  pride  that  both  his  father  and  his 
grandfather  crossed  the  plains  in  1851  and  for  three  years  underwent  all  the  privations 
and  rigors  of  the  miner's  life  here,  is  James  Ervin  Luther,  who  was  born  in  Bennington, 
Shiawassee  County.  Mich.,  on  January  4,  18S1.  His  father,  James  Martin  Luther,  was 
a  native  of  New  York  and  was  educated  at  Granville  College  in  Ohio,  after  which  he 
married  Miss  Elizabeth  Jacobs,  who  was  born  in  New  York  State.  Grandfather  Ellis 
Luther  had  married  Amelia  Ervin  who  was  a  native  of  England,  and  the  daughter 
of  James  Ervin  a  sea  captain,  who  owned  his  own  vessel  and  also  a  large,  comfortable 
residence  on  the  ocean  front  in  New  York  City  from  which  his  family  could  always 
watch  for  his  coming.  Piloting  a  valuable  cargo,  also  owned  by  him,  he  arrived  withm 
sight  of  New  York  harbor  one  evening,  and  was  sighted  by  his  faithful  wife  and 
children,  just  as  a  severe  storm  arose;  and  the  next  morning  not  a  vestige  of  ship  or 
cargo  could  be  seen,  nor  was  the  veteran  captain  and  his  supposedly  sturdy  vessel 
ever  heard  from  again.  James  Martin  Luther,  who  traces  his  ancestry  back  to  the 
famous  German  of  the  Reformation.  Martin  Luther,  was  a  teacher  until  his  hearing 
became  affected,  when  he  became  a  clerk  on  the  Erie  Canal;  after  his  marriage  they 
resided  at  Lansing,  Mich.,  until  he  came  west.  After  mining  in  Nevada,  he  accompanied 
his  father  to  San  Francisco  and  then  back  to  the  East  by  way  of  Panama;  and  he 
did  clerical  work  and  was  postmaster  at  Northstar,  Gratiot  County.  Mich.  Later  still 
he  was  a  farmer,  and  he  spent  his  last  days  with  our  subject  in  Orange  County,  where 
he  died  in  1916.  at  the  age  of  ninety-three.  Mrs.  Luther,  his  beloved  life-companion, 
gave  joy  to  the  same  home  circle  until  1915,  when  she  passed  away  at  the  age  of 
eighty-seven.  Her  father,  Mark  Jacobs,  a  Vermonter,  became  a  farmer  in  Michigan, 
and  died  at  Brighton.  Livingston  County.  They  had  five  children,  all  of  whom  grew 
to  maturity;  and  the  eldest  of  the  family,  our  subject  is  one  of  three  still  living. 

James  Ervin  Luther  was  reared  at  North  Star,  near  Ithaca,  and  while  attending 
the  public  schools,  worked  on  a  farm,  continuing  to  assist  his  father  until  he  was 
twenty-four  years  of  age.  Then  he  came  to  California  and  arrived  at  Santa  Ana  in 
November.  1874.  The  place  was  then  a  mere  hamlet,  but  a  year  later  he  purchased  ten 
acres,  the  nucleus  of  his  present  valuable  property,  in  the  Chapman  and  Glassell  tract 
on  Yorba  Street;  and  moving  onto  it,  he  built  there  a  small  house.  Three  very  dry 
years  succeeded,  however,  and  he  had  to  work  out  to  tide  over  the  critical  period, 
while  he  did  his  best  to  improve  the  place. 

He  first  set  out  grapes,  but  they  died;  and  then  he  planted  apricots,  a  few  of 
which  are  still  standing  and  bearing.  Two  years  later,  he  bought  another  ten  acres, 
and  still  later  ten  more;  and  having  sold  five  acres,  he  now  has  a  fine  farm  of  twenty- 
five  acres.  Nine  acres  of  these  are  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges,  and  the  balance  are 
given  over  to  apricots;  and  one  year  he  had  seventeen  tons  of  dried  fruit.  He  belongs 
to  the  California  Prune  and  Apricot  Association,  and  also  to  the  Santiago  Orange 
Growers  Association,  and  in  both  of  these  excellent  organizations  he  is  appreciated  both 
for  the  quality  of  his  products  and  his  care  in  preparing  them  for  the  market. 

At  Orange,  on  March  6,  1886,  Mr.  Luther  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  McClintock, 
a  native  of  Pittsfield.  III.,  and  the  daughter  of  John  R.  McClintock,  who  was  born  in 
Indiana  of  an  old  Tennessee  family.  He  settled  in  Illinois  and  married  Nancy  Cline, 
of  Pennsylvania  parentage,  and  became  a  farmer  at  Pittsfield.  There  Mrs.  McClintock 
died,  but  Mr.  McClintock  is  still  living,  at  Long  Beach,  enjoying  life  in  the  eighty-, 
second  year  of  his  age.  There  were  seven  children  in  that  family,  and  Mrs.  Luther, 
who  was  the  eldest,  received  the  best  of  educational  advantages  in  Illinois.  In  1882, 
she  and  a  brother.  W.  O.  McClintock,  came  out  to  Los  Angeles,  and  that  same  year  she 
removed  to  Santa  Ana.  One  child.  Porter  G.  Luther,  has  blessed  this  union,  and  he 
is  foreman  for  the  gas  engine  tractor  company  in  Bakersfield.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Luther 
are  members  of  the  Christian  Science  Church  at  Santa  Ana,  and  Mr.  Luther  marches 
under  the  banners  of  the  Republican  party. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1215 

CHRIS  PAULUS. — A  liberal-minded,  kind-hearted  and  very  progressive  rancher 
virho  has  had  many  interesting,  if  not  always  agreeable,  experiences  in  a  series  of 
alternating  "ups  and  downs,"  is  Chris  Paulus,  who  has  at  length  reached  a  state  of 
independence,  with  a  fine  Valencia  orange  orchard  and  a  comfortable  home.  He  came 
to  California  in  the  late  nineties;  and  if  Mr.  Paulus  and  the  Calif ornians  have  any 
regret  in  the  matter,  it  is  that  he  did  not  settle  here  years  before.  He  was  born  in 
Washington  County,  Wis.,  in  1845,  the  son  of  Chris  Paulus,  a  farmer,  who  had  forty 
acres  there,  and  in  1848  moved  to  Ozaukee  County,  in  the  same  state,  where  he  cleared 
the  timber  land  for  a  home.  He  had  married  Miss  Catherine  Hiltz,  who  proved  to  him 
an  excellent  helpmate.  They  had  ten  children,  six  of  whom  grew  up;  and  among  them 
Chris  was  the  second  oldest  child.  He  was  reared  on  a  farm,  and  sent  to  a  log 
schoolhouse;  and  growing  up  a  good  axeman,  he  helped  to  clear  the  home  farm 
of  120  acres  of  solid  timber,  remaining  home  until  he  was  twenty-three.  Then 
he  removed  to  Cerro  Gordo  County,  Iowa,  where  he  worked  for  six  months.  He  then 
made  his  way  to  Sedalia,  Mo.,  and  took  up  farming.  Then  he  worked  for  many  years 
at  the  stock  yards  at  Sedalia,  holding  the  position  of  foreman  for  almost  three  years. 

On  February  4,  1874,  Mr.  Paulus  was  married  to  Miss  Catherine  Dexhimer,  who 
was  born  near  Cleveland,  Ohio,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Hultz)  Dex- 
himer, farmers  in  Ohio,  then  early  settlers  of  St.  Genevieve  County,  Mo.,  later  at 
Hannibal,  and  in  1868  he  located  in  Sedalia,  Mo.  After  his  marriage  Mr.  Paulus  farmed 
on  a  farm  of  eighty  acres  that  he  had  bought  in  1869.  The  drought  and  grasshoppers 
destroyed  the  crops,  and  in  the  fall  of  1874  they  returned  to  Sedalia,  where  he  began 
well  drilling,  which  he  followed  for  twelve  years,  finally  using  a  steam  well  rig.  During 
this  time  he  bought  projjerty  in  Kansas  City  and  started  a  blacksmith  shop;  but  when 
the  boom  "busted"  there,  Mr.  Paulus  again  returned  to  Sedalia  and  took  up  well 
drilling.  As  early  as  1869  he  decided  to  come  to  California;  but  he  put  it  off  until  1897, 
when  he  removed  to  San  Bernardino,  where  he  made  a  trade  for  a  ranch  of  ten  acres. 
He  built  a  residence,  dug  a  well  and  resided  upon  and  improved  the  property  for  four 
years;  but  in  the  end  he  was  beaten  out  of  it,  and  lost  all  that  he  had  invested. 

Once  again  Mr.  Paulus  began  all  over,  locating  at  Compton,  where  he  rented 
forty  acres  for  the  growing  of  beets;  but  at  the  end  of  the  year  he  was  $170  in  the  hole. 
Then  he  rented  100  acres  from  the  Seaside  Water  Company,  raising  thirty-three  sacks 
of  barley  per  acre,  but  the  second  year  the  crop  was  a  failure.  He  next  went  to 
Downey  and  rented  thirty  acres,  and  there  he  tried  to  raise  hogs;  but  he  lost  all  his 
hogs  and  traded  for  a  house  in  Los  Angeles,  where  he  worked  for  the  Lacy  Manu- 
facturing Company,  punching  washers.  He  forged  ahead,  but  was  laid  off;  and  then 
he  took  up  farming  again,  and  searched  for  months  until  he  found  his  present  property. 
He  traded  his  house  and  two  lots  for  five  acres  on  the  corner  of  Olive  and  Sunkist 
Avenues,  and  there  were  only  eighty-one  orange  trees  set  out;  he  himself  set  out  the 
rest,  all  Valencia  orange  trees,  now  in  full  bearing.  He  has  also  helped  improve  other 
orchards.  His  soil  is  superior;  he  uses  the  best  of  fertilizers,  and  plenty  of  them;  he 
has  an  excellent  pumping  plant,  originally  started  by  the  Orange  Grove  Water  Com- 
pany, and  his  highly-productive  ranch  is  now  cared  for  by  his  son,  Walter,  who  uses 
a  tractor  and  a  team,  and  follows  the  latest,  most  scientific  and  practical  methods  of 
agriculture.  An  example  of  the  increase  in  values  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  he  bought 
it  for  $1,850,  and  he  has  lately  refused  $30,000  for  it. 

Eight  children  have  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paulus:  William,  Peter 
and  Jacob  are  in  Los  Angeles;  Walter,  as  has  been  stated,  is  ranching;  Charles  is  also 
in  Los  Angeles;  Fred  is  at  McKittrick;  Katie  is  Mrs.  Robert  Law,  of  the  same  place; 
and  Elizabeth  is  Mrs.  Fred  Law,  and  lives  at  Anaheim.  The  family  are  members  of 
the   Presbyterian   Church   at   Anaheim. 

CHARLES  W.  MORROW.— A  highly  intelligent  native  son  of  California,  whose 
love  of  good  reading  has  assisted  him  in  working  for  a  higher  standard  of  citizenship, 
is  Charles  W.  Morrow,  who  was  born  in  what  is  now  Orange  County  on  April  10,  1885, 
the  son  of  George  Clinton  Morrow,  whose  sister,  Mrs.  Adaline  Wright,  crossed  the 
great   continent  in  the  famous  year  of   1849,   as   did   a  brother,   Harrison   Morrow. 

George  C.  Morrow  was  born  in  Ohio,  and  as  his  health  was  poor  he  therefore 
sought  outdoor  employment.  Going  to  Iowa  when  a  young  man,  he  farmed  there 
and  drove  a  stage,  later  driving  a  stage  in  Nebraska.  He  had  come  to  California  in  1865, 
when  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wright  made  their  second  trip,  remaining  there  but  a  short  time, 
driving  freight  teams  from  San  Pedro  to  Los  Angeles.  Upon  his  return  to  Iowa  he 
was  married  to  Sarah  Jane  Hutchings,  a  native  of  Ohio,  but  who  had  lived  in  Iowa 
from  the  age  of  nine  years.  Returning  to  California  in  1871,  Mr.  Morrow  settled  in 
Los  Angeles  County,  driving  the  stage  from  Anaheim  to  Los  Flores.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Morrow  had  eight  children:  Thomas  Benton,  George  Clinton,  Jr.,  Mrs.  Maggie  May 
Bowden,  Mrs.  Madge  Christensen,  Mrs.  Nellie  Fenton,  Mrs.  Annie  Wheeler,  Sylvester 


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and  Charles  W.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morrow  are  still  living  and  reside  in  the  Villa  Park 
district,  Orange  County,  the  father  being  eighty-five  and  the  mother  seventy-six  years 
of  age.     They  celebrated  their  golden  wedding  anniversary  on  September   IS,   1919. 

Charles  W.  Morrow  was  sent  to  what  was  then  called  the  Mountain  View  school, 
now  known  as  the  school  at  Villa  Park — the  name  having  been  changed  as  late  as 
1908-09— and  lived  to  serve  as  one  of  the  trustees  of  that  institution.  He  acquired  three 
acres  of  his  own,  which  he  has  well  improved  and  where  he  has  lately  built  a  fine 
residence;  and  he  is  the  manager  of  a  tract  of  Valencia  oranges,  owned  by  his 
father,  set  out  to  Valencias  and  lemons.  He  is  also  a  director  in  the  Gray  Tract  Water 
Association,  which  is  now  supplying  service  to  600  acres  of  citrus  land,  having  plenty  of 
wells  to  insure  against  drought.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Villa  Park  Orchards  Asso- 
ciation. On  September  15,  1908,  Mr.  Morrow  was  married  to  Miss  Mabel  Stutheit  of 
Villa  Park,  a  talented  lady,  noted  especially  for  her  accomplishment  in  music,  vvho 
came  to  California  from  Kansas  with  her  parents.  Two  children  have  blessed  the  union 
of  the  younger  couple — Lillian  Bernice  and  Hazel  May. 

Mr.  Morrow  is  a  Democrat  in  matters  of  national  political  import,  and  yet  quite 
nonpartisan  when  it  comes  to  doing  his  duty  by  local  movements.  He  belongs  to  the 
Community  Church,  and  is  honored  as  one  of  its  trustees.  All  in  all.  Orange  County  as 
well  as  Villa  Park  may  congratulate  itself  on  such  thoroughly  loyal  and  active  citizens 
as  Mr.  Morrow. 

ERROL  TRAFFORD  WATSON.— An  industrious  and  exceptionally  able  young 
man  is  Errol  Trafiford  Watson,  the  second  son  of  the  widely-known  and  well-beloved 
pioneer,  Jonathan  Watson,  who  shares  in  the  active  management  of  the  Watson  ranch, 
raising  in  particular  oranges,  lemons  and  walnuts.  He  was  born  on  June  3,  1894,  and 
twenty  years  later  graduated  with  credit  from  the  Orange  Union  high  school.  His 
father  being  a  rancher  and  horticulturist,  Errol  was  therefore  naturally  interested  in 
ranch  work,  and  so  has  easily  become  expert  in  farm  management.  Like  his  father, 
who  is  known  to  have  out-shot  Buffalo  Bill,  he  loves  hunting  in  the  great  outdoors,  and 
always  carries  a  gun  with  him  when  he  goes  for  a  walk  in  the  open.  Should  ravens, 
hawks  or  other  birds  get  too  close  to  the  chicken  yard  on  the  Watson  premises,  there- 
fore, they  invariably  suffer  the  penalty. 

On  September  6,  1916,  Mr.  Watson  was  married  to  Miss  Beatrice  Durkee,  a  native 
of  Sioux  Rapids,  Iowa,  and  the  daughter  of  Joseph  E.  and  Lucinda  (Stewart)  Durkee, 
natives  of  Iowa,  who  were  married  in  Minnesota.  Her  father  was  a  public  school 
teacher,  and  for  twenty  years  served  as  superintendent  of  schools  in  Buena  Vista 
County,  Iowa.  In  1908  they  came  to  California,  and  settled  in  Los  Angeles,  where  the 
mother  died  in  February,  1909,  leaving  three  children — Beatrice,  Florence  and  Ruth. 
The  following  month  Mr.  Durkee  removed  to  Orange  County  and  bought  a  ranch  of 
twenty  acres,  three  and  a  half  miles  to  the  northwest  of  Anaheim,  and  there  he  is 
still  living.     Two  children  have  blessed  this  happy  union,  June  and  Maxine. 

The  three  Watson  brothers,  Floyd  E.,  Errol  Trafford  and  Harold  Arlington, 
operate  the  ranch  of  one  hundred  twelve  and  a  half  acres  belonging  to  their  father, 
Jonathan  Watson,  and  cultivate  forty-five  acres  given  to  walnuts  and  the  balance 
mostly  in  oranges.  The  walnut  trees  are  from  four  to  thirty  years  old.  They  use  two 
tractors  in  operating  the  ranch,  this  being  at  least  so  far  as  the  Watsons  are  concerned, 
a  horseless  age.  This  is  all  the  more  strange  since  Jonathan  Watson,  aided  by  his 
sons,  was  noted  as  a  breeder  of  standard  and  draft  horses.  Errol  Watson  is  director 
in  the  Orange  County  Walnut  Growers  Association  at  Santa  Ana.  California  need 
not  worry  when  its  future  destiny  lies  at  the  disposal  of  such  brain  and  brawn  as  mark 
the   conservative  aggressiveness  of  these   Orange  County  young  men. 

LEE  O.  MYERS. — Among  the  wide-awake,  far-seeing  and  scientifically  operating 
ranchers  who  have  been  "doing  things"  in  Orange  County  may  well  be  mentioned  Lee 
O.  Myers,  who  is  proud  of  his  birth,  as  a  native  son,  at  Susanville,  in  Lassen  County, 
Cal.,  in  1881,  the  son  of  Cyrus  Myers,  the  blacksmith,  who  died  from  a  sad  accident 
when  our  subject  was  only  five  years  old.  He  had  married  Miss  Barbara  Scherer,  a 
native  of  Illinois,  an  amiable,  devoted  woman;  and  she  proved  a  very  lovable  mother 
and  guardian  to  her  four  children  in  their  hour  of  need.  Among  these  dependents, 
Lee  was  the  youngest.  For  nine  years  he  lived  in  Santa  Paula  with  his  uncle,  and 
until  his  seventeenth  year  he  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  of  his  district.  Then, 
for  two  years  he  was  employed  by  the  Lacy  Manufacturing  Company  of  Los  Angeles', 
and  it  goes  without  saying,  in  view  of  that  extended,  single  engagement,  that  he  made 
himself,  through  his  intelligence,  industry  and  fidelity,  invaluable  to  that  firm. 

On  November  11,  1903,  Mr.  Myers  was  married  to  Miss  Mette  Hansen,  the  young- 
est daughter  of  the  late  Charles  and  Mrs.  Mette  Hansen,  old  pioneers  in  the  Placentia 
district;  and  two  children,  Philip  Alvin  and  Charles  Richard,  have  blessed  the  union. 


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They  now  are   old  enough  to  attend   the   Placentia  grammar   school,   and  with   their 
parents  go  to  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Placentia. 

Later,  Mr.  Myers,  having  sold  six  acres  he  had  owned  in  the  Placentia  district, 
bought  twenty-five  acres  of  the  original  Charles  Hansen  tract  then  owned  by  the  Thum 
Bros.,  and  five  acres  he  afterward  disposed  of  to  accommodate  his  mother-in-law,  Mrs. 
Hansen.  Thrift  and  time  profitably  spent  on  the  ranch  have  brought  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Myers  success;  and  he  is  very  naturally  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Com- 
pany and  the  Fullerton  Walnut  Association.  Although  preferring  his  home  to  the  best 
club  in  the  world,  Mr.  Myers  was  for  some  years  an  Odd  Fellow.  He  is  out  and  out 
a  loyal,  enthusiastic  American,  and  during  the  recent  war  supported  the  work  of  the 
Red  Cross  whenever  and  however  he  was  able. 

AUGUSTUS  G.  MILLER. — A  highly-esteemed  member  of  the  Masonic  frater- 
nity of  Fullerton,  and  a  citizen  who  has  become  a  man  of  affairs  in  other  departments 
of  life,  adding  by  his  daily  labors  to  the  stability  of  institutions  and  furthering  the  aims 
of  commerce  and  finance,  is  Augustus  G.  Miller,  the  rancher  of  East  Orangethorpe 
Avenue,  and  vice-president  of  the  Placentia-Fullerton  Walnut  Growers  Association. 
He  was  born  in  Chicago,  111.,  on  June  26,  1864,  the  son  of  August  Carl  and  Rose  (Bar- 
tels)  Miller.  The  father  came  from  Hanover,  Germany,  in  1852  to  escape  military 
oppression,  and  for  six  years  was  busy  in  New  York  City  as  an  expert  sugar  boiler  in 
Havemeyer's  Sugar  Refinery.  In  18S8  they  came  on  to  Chicago,  111.,  and  continued  in 
the  sugar  industry  until  the  Civil  War  broke  out  in  1861.  He  then  offered  his  services 
as  a  soldier  in  the  Federal  Army;  but  he  was  refused  enlistment  on  account  of  a 
crippled  right  hand.  This  led  him  to  turn  to  the  mercantile  field,  in  which  he  accumu- 
lated a  small  fortune;  but  the  'Chicago  fire  of  1871  burned  up  all  of  his  holdings  and 
left  him  stranded,  penniless. 

He  then  moved  away  in  1874  into  the  valley  of  the  Des  Plaines  River,  just  west' 
of  Chicago,  where  he  leased  a  farm  of  140  acres  and  went  into  market-gardening  for 
the  Chicago  trade;  but  four  years  later  he  removed  to  a  farm  of  140  acres  near  Fort 
Scott,  Kans.,  in  1880,  and  there  in  Bourbon  County  he  raised  corn,  grain  and  cattle. 
He  was  assisted  all  this  time  by  our  subject,  who  profited  greatly  on  account  of  his 
father's  experience  and  dependable  guidance. 

In  about  1895  they  sold  out  and  joined  our  subject  at  Fullerton  and  with  him 
they  had  a  comfortable  home  until  their  death.  The  father  died  January  26,  1913,  while 
the  mother  survived  until  the  following  March.  Of  their  three  children  Augustus  is  the 
only  son  and  the  second  oldest  of  the  family;  his  two  sisters  are  Mrs.  Bertha  Leaton 
and  Mrs.  Mathilda  Greenwalt  of  Los  Angeles.  Augustus  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Chicago  although  his  advantages  were  somewhat  limited  on  account 
of  having  to  work  to  assist  his  father  make  a  living,  after  the  total  loss  in  the  Chicago 
fire.  However,  by  self  study,  reading  and  business  experiences  he  has  become  a  well- 
informed  man. 

On  October  19,  1889,  Augustus  Miller  was  married  at  Uniontown,  Kans.,  to  Miss 
Minnie  Teague,  a  native  of  Bourbon  County,  Kans.,  and  the  daughter  of  Calvin  T. 
Teague  and  Mary  Holt,  his  wife.  Both  the  Teague  and  Holt  families  were  early  settlers 
in  Kansas,  and  Joab  Teague,  Mrs.  Miller's  grandfather,  rode  250  miles  on  horseback 
carrying  from  Jefferson  City,  Mo.,  the  first  apple  trees  brought  to  Uniontown,  Kans. 
He  planted  the  trees  there  and  took  the  gold  medal  in  1876  with  apples  from  the  trees 
exhibited  at  the  Centennial  Exposition  at  Philadelphia.  Mrs.  Miller's  father  taught 
school  in  Kansas  in  the  log-cabin  schoolhouse  days,  and  first  directed  the  course  of 
many  who  afterward  attained  prominence  in  the  western  wortd. 

Just  after  the  great  "boom"  in  Southern  California  realty,  Mr.  Miller  came  to 
California  in  February,  1891,  and  was  made  superintendent  of  the  Gordon  Ranch  in  the 
San  Joaquin  Valley,  near  Hanford  in  Tulare  County;  and  there  he  remained  until  1894. 
In  that  year  he  removed  to  Riverside,  and  became  superintendent  of  the  San  Jacinto 
Land  Company.  He  had  800  acres  under  his  charge,  and  600  acres  of  these  he  laid 
out  and  planted  to  oranges  and  lemons.  The  land  was  hilly,  and  the  laying  out  of 
the  rows  of  trees  was  difficult  in  the  extreme;  he  superintended  the  care  of  them  for 
eight  years  and  today  it  is  a  very  valuable  orchard. 

As  early  as  1899  Mr.  Miller  purchased  eighteen  acres,  which  he  improved  while 
superintendent  of  the  San  Jacinto  Ranch.  Half  of  this  acreage  is  set  out  to  Valencia 
orange  trees  and  half  to  walnuts,  and  the  whole  is  under  the  Anaheim  Union  Water 
Company.  In  February,  1913,  he  purchased  twenty  acres  at  Woodlake  in  Tulare 
County  which  he  developed  by  setting  out  oranges  and  olives,  and  now  he  has-  a  fine 
grove  there  of  five-year-old  trees  in  a  frostless  belt. 

Of  the  two  children  granted  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller,  Mamie  became  the  wife  of 
Rufus  G.  Killian  and  resided  at  Woodlake  until  she  passed  away  June  25,  1919.    Merrill 


1220  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

H  is  a  graduate  of  Fullerton  high  school,  now  with  the  Union  Oil  Company.  The 
family  attend  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Miller  is  a  Repubhcan  m  national  political 
affairs  but  nonpartisan  when  it  comes  to  local  movements;  he  is  an  original  stock- 
holder in  the  Standard  Bank  of  Orange  County  in  Fullerton,  a  director  m  the  Anaheim 
Union  Water  Company,  and  a  member  and  director  of  the  Anaheim  Orange  and  Lemon 
Growers  Association.  He  is  also  a  past  master  of  Fullerton  Lodge,  No.  191,  F.  &  A.  M. 
and  was  a  prime  mover  in  the  building  of  the  new  Masonic  temple  of  which  he  is 
trustee  He  is  also  a  member  of  Fullerton  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  in  which  he  is  serving 
as  chaplain  and  is  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Council,  R.  &  S.  M.  He  is  at  present  serving 
his  second  term  as  patron  of  the  Eastern  Star,  to  which  excellent  organization  Mrs. 
Miller  also  belongs.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  were  active  in  all  the  recent  war  and  Red 
Cross  drives,  Mr.  Miller  being  captain  of  the  local  bond  drive  committee. 

JOHN  R.  PORTER. — .\  leading  financier  of  Orange  County  whose  influence 
among  .the  old-timers  of  both  Santa  Ana  and  Orange  is  continually  felt,  and  for  the 
best,  is'john  R.  Porter,  a  man  known  to  attend  strictly  to  his  business,  to  drive  the 
same  along,  and  never  to  allow  his  business  affairs  to  drive  him  along.  He  is  cashier 
of  the  National  Bank  of  Orange,  and  though  primarily  most  devoted  to  that  well- 
established  and  prosperous  institution,  he  is  ever  ready  to  give  a  helping  hand  to  any 
other  establishment  of  value  to  the  Orange  County  communities.  He  was  born  in 
Galesburg,  111.,  in  1867,  and  was  educated  at  Knox  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.  S.  in  1886.  Then  he  came  out  to  California,  and  at 
Santa  Ana  was  soon  employed  by  the  Commercial  Bank  as  bookkeeper.  When  the 
Bank  of  Orange  was  opened  in  the  boom  year  of  1887,  he  removed  to  Orange  and 
became  the  new  bank's  bookkeeper.  The  bank  bought  their  present  corner  on  the 
Plaza  and  then  erected  their  imposing  building,  and  from  the  first  they  have  enjoyed 
an  excellent  patronage. 

In  1889,  however,  Mr.  Porter  resigned  his  position  in  the  Orange  bank  and 
returned  to  Santa  Ana,  having  been  elected  the  first  tax  collector  of  Orange  County; 
and  in  January,  1890,  he  entered  upon  the  duties  of  the  office.  A  year  of  the  work 
satisfied  him,  especially  as  the  First  National  Bank  of  Santa  Ana  offered  him  the 
tellership;  and  so  he  resigned  to  work  for  that  banking  house.  In  1893  he  resigned 
again,  having  purchased  an  interest  in  a  new  shoe  store  in  Santa  Ana;  and  there  he 
continued  until  July,  1895,  when  he  returned  to  Orange,  as  cashier  of  the  Bank  of 
Orange — a  position  of  increasing  responsibility  which  he  has  filled  with  signal  ability. 

In  1906  the  bank  was  nationalized  and  named  the  National  Bank  of  Orange, 
starting  thus  with  a  capital  of  fifty  thousand  dollars;  and  later  the  capital  of  the  bank 
was  increased  to  $100,000.  Now  the  deposits  total  over  $1,250,000.  In  1906  was  also 
started  the  Orange  Savings  Bank,  affiliated  with  the  National  Bank  of  Orange,  and  of 
this  Mr.  Porter  has  also  since  been  cashier.  ,  Undoubtedly,  both  of  these  splendid 
institutions  owe  much  of  their  progress  and  prosperity  to  Mr.  Porter's  conservative, 
policy  and  careful  management,  for  it  is  looked  upon  as  one  of  the  strongest  banks  in 
Orange  County.  The  character  of  its  officers  has  had  much  to  do  with  favoring  it  with 
the  confidence  of  the  public;  and  never  yet  has  that  confidence  been  shaken. 

Some  time  ago  Mr.  Porter  improved  ten  acres  of  orange  grove  on  Batavia  Street, 
but  this  excellent  property  he  has  recently  disposed  of.  He  now  owns  a  walnut  orchard. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association,  and  most  emphatically 
believes  that  it  is  the  cooperation  of  the  growers,  there  brought  about,  that  spells 
the  success  of  the  enterprise. 

Mr.  Porter  was  mMe  a  Mason  in  Santa  Ana  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  is  now  a 
member  of  Orange  Grove  Lodge,  No.  293,  F.  &  A.  M.  He  belongs  to  Orange  Grove 
Chapter,  No.  99,  R.  A.  M.,  and  to  the  Santa  Ana  Commandery,  No.  36,  K.  T.  He  is 
also  a  life  member  of  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  and  a  member  of  the 
Santa  Ana  lodge  of  the  Elks. 

DILLARD  E.  FORD  AND  RAY  FORD.— The  Ray  Ford  Company  of  Santa 
Ana,  the  popular  and  well-known  dealers  in  hay,  grain  and  feed,  is  composed  of  Ray 
Ford  and  his  father,  Dillard  E.  Ford.  Ray  Ford  is  a  native  son,  born  at  Fullerton, 
August  30,  1897;  his  father  is  a  native  of  Missouri,  while  his  mother,  who  in  maiden- 
hood was  Polly  Steele,  was  born  in  Georgia.  They  are  the  parents  of  seven  children: 
Helena,  Ray,   Le  Roy,   Richard,   Russell,   Mary  and   Eleanor. 

Dillard  E.  Ford  located  in  Fullerton  in  1895,  where  he  was  engaged  with  the 
St.  Helena  Ranch  Company,  north  of  Fullerton,  and  planted  walnut  trees  which  were 
among  the  first  planted  in  that  district.  Later  he  purchased  land  near  Placentia,  part 
of  which  he  sold,  and  on  this  same  land  oil  is  now  being  developed.  Afterwards  Mr. 
Ford  located  at  Huntington  Beach,  being  one  of  the  pioneers  of  that  thriving  beach  city, 
having  been  there  when  the  town  was  laid  out,  and  became  foreman  of  the  Huntington 


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Beach  Company.  He  was  also  foreman  of  the  Bolsa  Ranch,  then  owned  by  Robert 
Norton.  For  three  years  Mr.  Ford  was  engaged  in  raising  celery  in  the  peat  land 
section  of  Orange  County.  Later  he  became  buyer  for  the  Interstate  Fruit  Distributors 
Association,  the  first  association  to  ship  fruit  and  vegetables  out  of  Orange  County. 

In  1912,  when  the  Holly  Sugar  Factory  at  Huntington  Beach  was  built,  Mr. 
Ford  entered  their  employ  and  so  efficient  has  been  his  service  that  he  is  still  with 
the  company  and  now  fills  the  important  post  of  agriculturist.  On  Fairview  Avenue, 
south  of  Santa  Ana,  Mr.  Ford  owns  a  five-acre  ranch  set  to  young  walnut  trees,  and 
here  he  also  engages  in  poultry  raising,  having  SOO  chickens  in  his  flock.  He  has  always 
taken  an  active  interest  in  the  growth  and  development  of  Orange  County  and  at  one 
time  was  the  owner  of  fifty-five  acres  near  the  race  track,  south  of  Santa  Ana,  which 
he  devoted  to  sugar  beets.  Fraternally  Mr.  Ford  is  an  Odd  Fellow,  a  member  of 
Downey  Lodge. 

Ray  Ford  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Huntington  Beach 
and  Santa  Ana,  after  which,  for  a  year  and  a  half,  he  looked  after  his  father's  ranch. 
His  next  employment  was  as  storekeeper  for  the  Holly  Sugar  Factory  at  Huntington 
Beach.  During  the  World  War  he  valiantly  responded  to  the  call  of  his  country,  en- 
listing June  29,  1918,  in  the  U.  S.  Navy  as  a  seaman  gunner.  He  was  attached  to  the 
U.  S.  Mine  Carrier  Lakeview,  and  saw  fourteen  months  of  service,  receiving  his  honor- 
able discharge  August  16,  1919.  After  leaving  the  Navy  Mr.  Ford  returned  to  Santa 
Ana,  where,  in  partnership  with  his  father,  they  bought  the  feed  store  of  R.  S.  Smith 
on  North  Birch  Street.  They  deal  in  hay,  grain,  mill  feed,  fuel,  seeds  and  poultry 
supplies.     Mr.  Ford  is  making  a  splendid  success  in  his  new  enterprise. 

On  January  14,  1920,  Ray  Ford  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Florence  N. 
Cary,  born  at  Talbert,  a  daughter  of  Robert  J.  Cary,  who  was  formerly  a  rancher 
there  but  is  now  a  resident  of  San  Bernardino  County. 

DENNIS  J.  McCarthy.— A  well-traveled  and  well-informed  rancher  who  is 
particularly  familiar  with  Alaska,  having  visited  and  thoroughly  explored  that  country 
several  times,  is  Dennis  J.  McCarthy,  at  present  farming  to  the  northeast  of  Anaheim. 
He  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  on  February  5,  1857,  the  son  of  Jeremiah  McCarthy, 
a  railroad  man,  who  had  married  Mary  Holland.  They  were  both  born  in  County 
Cork,  Ireland,  but  were  married  in  England  and  there  they  followed  farming  until  1854, 
when  they  came  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  During  the  Civil  War  Jeremiah  McCarthy  was 
in  the  government  employ  as  a  wagon  maker. 

In  1865  they  removed  to  Osgood,  Ripley  County,  Ind.,  where  they  purchased  a 
farm  and  resided  there  until  their  demise.  This  worthy  couple  had  seven  children 
Dennis  J.  being  the  second  oldest.  The  lad  attended  the  Ripley  County  schools,  and 
just  how  hard  he  had  to  strive  for  what  educational  advantages  he  enjoyed  may  be 
gathered  from  the  fact  that  he  walked  four  miles  to  the  schoolhouse,  which  was  opened 
for  only,  four  months  in  the  year.  Like  his  father,  he  took  up  railway  work,  and  it 
was  not  long  before  his  services  were  fully  appreciated  by  those  employing  him. 

In  1881  he  came  west  to  Colorado  for  railroad  construction,  and  the  next  spring 
to  Wyoming  and  in  the  fall  of  1882  proceeded  on  to  San  Francisco,  Cal.  For  a  short 
time  he  was  busy  in  railroad  building  in  San  Francisco  and  vicinity,  and  then  he  re- 
moved to  Idaho  and  settled  at  Pocatello,  where  he  took  up  bridge  building.  From 
Pocatello,  he  worked  for  the  Oregon  Short  Line  out  toward  Butte,  Mont.,  and  Hunt- 
ington, Ore.,  Granger,  Wyo.,  and  Ogden,  Utah,  and  he  assisted  in  erecting  some  of  the 
most  notable  bridges  along  the  great  railway  lines. 

In  1902,  Mr.  McCarthy  returned  to  California  and  settled  in  Anaheim,  where  he 
purchased  ten  acres  at  the  corner  of  North  and  Sunkist  avenues.  It  was  bare  land 
when  he  acquired  possession;  but  in  1914  he  set  out  a  fine  grove  of  Valencia  trees,  and 
now  he  owns  one  of  the  handsome,  promising  orchards  of  the  county.  His  land  is 
served  by  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  and  he  markets  through  the  Red  Fox 
Packing  House. 

Mr.  McCarthy  is  an  authority  on  Alaska,  although  he  speaks  with  modesty  of 
what  he  has  seen  and  accomplished  there,  having  made  no  less  than  five  trips  to  the 
land  of  the  Midnight  Sun.  He  first  went  there  in  1898,  at  the  time  of  the  rush  to  the 
Klondike  for  gold,  and  in  partnership  with  S.  W.  Evans  went  over  the  White  Pass, 
leaving  Skagway  February  1,  over  the  snow.  They  took  3,500  pounds  of  provisions, 
as  well  as  tools,  and  used  one  horse  and  two  sleds  on  this  trip  and  camped  on  snow 
over  forty  feet  deep.  In  1899,  he  made  a  second  trip,  and  the  next  year  a  third.  In 
1916  he  went  to  Anchorage,  Alaska,  and  the  next  year  to  Juneau.  He  was  an  eye- 
witness to  stirring  events  in  historic  days,  and  took  an  active  part  of  the  making  ot 
history  in  Alaska.  It  is  no  wonder,  therefore,  that  he  is  nonpartisian  in  politics,  and 
decidedly  believes  in  selecting  men  fit  for  office  regardless  of  party. 


1224  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

HENRY  DEAN  POLHEMUS.— An  interesting  representative  of  a  fine  old  Ca^- 
fornia  family  long  identified  with  the  pioneer  history  of  Orange  County,  is  J^^"",^  ^j 
Polhemus,  who  was  born  on  the  old  Polhemus  ranch  on  the  State  Highway,  sour 
Anaheim,  April  27,  1890,  the  son  of  Henry  D.  and  Emma  M.  (Hanna)  ^"^'f^TZ' 
Henry  D.  Polhemus,  Sr.,  was  born  in  Valparaiso,  Chili,  October  13,  1843.  His  i^-inc 
John  Hart  Polhemus,  was  the  American  minister  to  Chili  at  the  time,  serving  a""  ^ 
President  Tyler's  administration.  In  1849  they  made  the  voyage  back  to  the  btates, 
locating  at  Mt.  Holly,  Burlington  County,  N.  J.,  where  Henry  D.  received  his  prepa- 
ration for  college  and  entered  the  Jersey  Collegiate  Institute.  After  completing  a 
course  there  he  entered  a  pharmacy,  continuing  until  August  26,  1862,  when  fired  by 
patriotism  he  enlisted  in  the  Twenty-third  New  Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry  and  rose  to 
the  rank  of  hospital  steward.  He  was  in  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  December  13, 
1862.  He  continued  in  service  until  June  27,  1863,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged 
by  reason  of  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment. 

In  August,  1863,  he  migrated  to  California  via  Panama  and  made  his  way  on  to 
Empire  City,  Nev.,  where  he  was  assayer  for  the  Silver  State  Reduction  Works  for 
one  year  wlien  he  returned  to  San  Francisco  and  became  agent  for  the  San  Francisco 
and  San  Jose  Railroad  until  the  fall  of  1868,  when  he  resigned  and  came  with  the 
Los  Angeles  and  San  Bernardino  Land  Association  with  whom  he  continued  for  several 
years.  In  February,  1876,  he  became  agent  at  San  Rafael  for  the  North  Pacific  Coast 
Railroad  and  in  May,  1877,  he  assumed  the  same  position  for  the  company  at  Tomales. 
In  1880  he  came  to  Anaheim  and  purchased  thirty-five  acres  on  what  is  now  the  State 
Highway  at  Flores  station  on  the  Southern  Pacific  where  he  was  agent  for  a  time. 
However,  he  soon  engaged  in  farming  and  improved  the  place  to  walnuts.  He  died 
in  1900.  His  widow  survives  him  and  resides  in  Artesia;  she  was  born  at  Clintonville, 
Va.,  November  S,  1852.  Her  father,  John  Hanna,  was  also  a  pioneer  of  Orange  County 
and  had  a  thirty-five-acre  ranch  on  the  State  Highway,  having;  located  in  this  section 
as  early  as  1862. 

Henry  D.  Polhemus  was  sent  to  the  grammar  schools  of  Katella,  and  later  attended 
the  Harvard  Military  School  at  Los  Angeles.  On  September  21,  1912,  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Christine  Joens,  a  native  of  Oakland,  and  the  daughter  of  John  and  Sophia 
(Hansen)  Joens,  who  were  early  settlers  of  Oakland.  Her  father  was  a  merchant  of 
Oakland,  and  he  came  to  Los  Angeles  and  was  prominent  as  a  produce  merchant  there 
at  the  time  of  the  marriage.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joens  now  reside  at  the  Polhemus  home. 
Two  children  have  blessed  the  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Polhemus,  and  they  bear  the 
pretty  names  of  Evelyn  Martha  and  Henry  Dean,  Jr.  Mr.  Polhemus  took  an  appren- 
tice's course  in  electrical  work  in  the  International  Correspondence  School,  and  was 
engaged  by  the  Los  Angeles  Railroad  as  an  electrician  up  to  1907.  Then  he  went  with 
the  Southern  California  Edison  Company  as  operator  at  the  Katella  Station,  and  was 
with  them  for  over  three  years.  He  resigned  and  in  1911  was  engaged  by  the  Union 
Oil  Company  as  chief  electrician  and  has  had  charge  of  their  electrical  work  in  the 
Southern  division,  extending  from  Santa  Paula  in  Ventura  County  to  San  Juan  Capis- 
trano  and  he  also  had  charge  of  their  telephone  line  as  well  as  all  construction  work. 

On  his  twenty-first  birthday,  Mr.  Polhemus  was  given  by  his  mother  ten  acres  of 
land  on  Placentia  and  Cerritos  avenues,  and  although  it  was  barren  then,  he  has  since 
set  it  out  to  Valencia  orange  trees  now  bearing.  He  has  a  trim  ranch,'  and  markets 
through  the  Anaheim  Mutual  Orange  Distributors  Association.  Mr  Polhemus  was 
made  a  Mason  m  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  207,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  politically  he  votes  for 
the  best  man  irrespective  of  party. 

WILLIAM  L.  YORK.— A  successful  horticulturist  and  a  conservative,  yet  pro- 
gressive financier  of  philanthropic  tendencies,  distinguished  as  one  of  the  public-spirited 
citizens  in  the  La  Habra  Valley,  and  certainly  one  who  has  inspired  others  to  do  their 
best  for  society  and  m  particular  for  their  home  district,  William  L.  York  occuoies 
an  enviable  position  in  Orange  County.  He  was  born  in  Aledo,  Mercer  County  111  in 
1865,  the  only  son  of  Charles  York,  a  Kentuckian,  who  migrated  to  Illinois  and  there 
did  yeoman  service  as  a  pioneer.  He  owned  many  head  of  oxen,  and  took  uo  the 
work  of  a  prairie  breaker,  hiring  out  his  ox  teams.  Once,  long  ago,  he  visited  Cali 
forma,  but  he  never  settled  here.  He  owned  a  farm  of  320  acres,  where  he  raised  sTock 
and  grain  and  he  served  his  fellow-citizens  as  tax  collector  of  his  township  for  many 
terms  This  farm  had  been  preempted  by  the  maternal  grandfather,  Zachariah  Landreth 
troni  the  U,  S  Government  when  that  state  was  a  territory,  and  he  sold  it  to  Charles 
York,  and  on  this  farm  both  Charles  York  and  his  wife  died.  Some  of  the  appfe  trees 
on  the  place  are  from  seventy  to  eighty  years  old,  and  when  our  subject  and  his  wife 
made  a  trip  East  last  year,  they  found  the  farm  still  kept  up  to  its  normal  conditTon 

wt     ^''n     7u        "^^^  ^'''  J'"'  Landreth,  a  native  of  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  bu 
born  of  English  parentage. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1227 

William  York  attended  the  district  school,  and  then  studied  for  a  term  at  Heding 
College;  and  when  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  he  assumed  the  management  of 
the  farm.  Later,  during  the  winter  months,  he  taught  school.  On  March  20,  1890,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Clara  Bell  Tenney,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  H.  Tenney, 
pioneer  agriculturists  in  Mercer  County,  111.  She  also  was  a  pupil  of  the  common 
schools  of  her  district,  afterward  attended  Simpson  College,  and,  when  sixteen  years 
old,  taught- the  district  school.  In  fact,  for  a  term  after  their  marriage,  both  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  York  taught  school. 

Mr.  York  farmed  in  Illinois  until  1902,  and  for  three  terms  he  was  a  justice  of 
the  peace  in  Mercer  County.  When  he  came  West,  his  destination  was  Whittier,  and 
there  he  paid  the  record  price  up  to  that  time  for  ten  acres  of  citrus  fruit.  In  1911  he 
sold  his  Whittier  holdings  and  bought  seventeen  acres  of  year-old  Eureka  lemons  at 
La  Habra.  He  is  a  member  of  the  La  Habra  Valley  Water  Company,  and  is  vice- 
president  of  the  La  Habra  Citrus  Association.  He  is  also  president  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  La  Habra,  which  is  operated  in  connection  with  the  Federal  Reserve. 

Two  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  York:  Frank  Albert  enlisted 
November  17,  1917,  in  the  Twenty-sixth  Engineers,  as  a  private  of  the  first  class,  and 
was  trained  at  Camp  Dix.  He  was  overseas  for  nine  months,  and  during  that  time  was 
on  the  front  for  seven  months,  and  participated  in  the  Argonne  and  the  Meuse  offen- 
sives, and  fought  at  Chateau  Thierry  and  at  Metz.  In  April,  1919,  he  was  honorably 
discharged  from  Camp  Fremont.  After  leaving  the  army  he  married  Miss  Clara  Bald- 
win, and  they  have  one  daughter,  Willa  Jane.  He  is  engaged  in  the  oil  production  busi- 
ness as  a  driller.  Maribel,  the  second  child,  is  the  wife  of  David  F.  Lemke,  the  rancher 
at  Placentia,  and  now  has  three  children,  Cloise  Dudley,  John  York  and  Robert  Lewis. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  York  and  family  are  Methodists,  and  Mr.  York  is  a  church  trustee.  In 
national  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  but  in  local  movements  decidedly  nonpartisan. 

H.  FRED  TOWNER. — A  man  who  believes  in  turning  out  only  the  highest  stand- 
ard of  work  is  H.  Fred  Towner,  the  well-known  manufacturer  of  agricultural  imple- 
ments and  tractor  attachments  at  Santa  Ana.  He  was  born  at  Santa  Ana  on  September 
26,  1882,  the  son  of  A.  J.  Towner,  who  had  married  Mrs.  Augusta  E.  Hamilton.  His 
parents-  came  from  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  in  1880,  and  settled  at  Santa  Ana,  where  they 
ranched.  A.  J.  Towner  was  a  gunsmith  by  trade  and  also  conducted  a  sporting  goods 
store.  Fred's  grandfather,  Judge  James  William  Towner,  an  attorney  by  profession, 
was  the  first  judge  of  the  Superior  Court  in  Orange  County  and  when  he  resigned  in 
1897  he  was  presented  with  a  gold-headed  cane  by  the  Orange  County  Bar.  This  cane 
is  now  a  prized  heirloom  in  the  possession  of  our  subject.  A.  J.  Towner  died  in 
Santa  Ana,  while  his  wife  passed  away  at  the  home  of  a  daughter  in  New  York.  Their 
daughter  Xarifa  succumbed  to  influenza  while  on  a  visit  to  Michigan. 

Tiring  rather  early  of  the  tasks  at  the  public  school,  H.  Fred  Towner  left  his 
books  because  he  preferred  to  work.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  began  to  learn  the 
blacksmith  trade  under  W.  C.  Young,  a  pioneer  blacksmith  of  Santa  Ana,  working 
for  wages  until  October,  1914.  The  following  year  he  built  the  first  part  of  his  present 
place  and  in  1920  he  erected  a  larger  building  adjoining  and  now  has  a  building  100 
by  90,  and  on  the  rear  of  his  lots  a  warehouse  30  by  90.  His  establishment  is  splen- 
didly fitted  out  with  modern  machinery  and  he  employs  about  twenty-one  men,  each  of 
them  skilled  in  his  particular  line.  The  factory  is  located  at  105-07-09-11  North  Main 
Street  and  it  is  Mr.  Towner's  intention  to  continue  to  ettlarge  his  plant  and  to  give 
work  to  a  still  larger  force  of  employees. 

The  establishment  is  equipped  as  an  up-to-date  machine  shop,  with  lathes,  shapers, 
high-speed  drills,  power  punches,  shears,  automatic  thread  cutters  and  triphammers, 
as  well  as  hacksaws  and  emery  stands,  the  whole  being  operated  by  electric  power  from 
motors  of  a  combined  capacity  of  thirty-two  and  a  half  horsepower  and  it  is  the  con- 
sensus of  opinion  that  it  is  the  best-equipped  machine  shop  in  the  county.  He  is  the 
largest  manufacturer  of  agricultural  implements  in  the  county  and  is  equipped  to  do 
all  kinds  of  work  in  this  line.  His  motto  is,  "If  nobody  else  will  build  it  we  will,"  and 
he  has  handled  a  number  of  jobs  that  no  one  else  on  the  coast  would  attempt  and 
has  made  a  success  of  them  because  of  his  initiative  and  experience. 

Mr.  Towner's  specialty  is  the  building  to  order  of  farm  implements,  such  as  sub- 
soil plows,  cyclones,  bean  planters,  bean  cutters,  cultivators,  furrowers,  gang  plows 
and  other  farm  machinery.  He  has  patented  a  subsoil  plow  which  has  an  oscillating 
standard,  and  has  taken  out  a  second  patent  on  this  subsoiler,  which  oscillates  below 
the  frame  instead  of  in  the  frame;  he  has  taken  this  out  to  protect  his  first  patent  and 
they  are  the  only  oscillating  subsoilers  on  the  market  that  one  can  back  up  with.  He 
also  has  a  third  patent  on  the  subsoiler  called  the  Perfection  subsoiler,  an  attachment 
to  the  Oliver  plow,  and  it  is  an  exclusive  Fordson  automatic  tool.  He  has  also  in- 
vented and  manufactures  a  patent  hitch  for  Fordson  and  Samson  tractors  and  a  patent 


1228  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

roller  hitch  for  them  and  tractors  of  similar  construction.  At  the  present  time  Mr. 
Towner  furnishes  all  the  extension  grousers  for  Fordson  tractors  for  all  the  Pacific 
Coast  states  and  all  the  extension  grousers  for  the  Samson  tractors  in  the  state  of 
California.  He  also  carries  a  large  stock  of  steel,  heavy  and  light  bolts  and  nuts,  as 
well  as  coal  and  general  blacksmith's  supplies  for  the  retail  trade. 

On  May  14,  190S,  Mr,  Towner  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  Schlasman,  the  cere- 
mony taking  place  at  Orange.  Three  sons  blessed  the  union:  James  William,  who 
died  when  he  was  fourteen  months  old;  H.  Frederick  and  Rutherford  Glenn.  The 
family  occupy  their  own  home  at  833  North  Baker  Street,  on  the  corner  of  Towner 
Street,  named  for  his  father.  Mr.  Towner  belongs  to  the  Maccabees  and  is  a  life 
member  of  the  Elks.  While  a  Democrat  in  national  politics,  in  local  matters  he  is  a 
man  above  mere  party  lines.  He  is  a  believer  in  church  and  educational  institutions 
and  is  always  ready  to  contribute  his  share  toward  worthy  enterprises  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  Mr.' Towner  was  a  member  of  the  old  Santa  Ana 
Volunteer  Fire  Department  and  for  some  years  served  as  its  vice-president. 

EDMUND  E.  KNIGHT.— After  an  interesting  life,  many  years  of  which  were 
spent  in  a  foreign  land,  Edmund  E.  Knight,  the  proprietor  of  the  well-known  Guatemala 
Avocado  Nursery,  located  in  Orange  County  in  1914,  purchasing  a  tract  of  five  acres 
on  North  Eureka  Avenue,  Yorba  Linda,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home.  Born  at 
Utica,  Mich.,  May  4,  1860,  Mr.  Knight  was  the  son  of  Philip  Atwood  Knight,  who  was 
a  member  of  one  of  the  earliest  classes  to  graduate  from  the  University  of  Michigan 
at  Ann  Arbor.  For  fifty  years  he  was  a  prominent  physician  and  surgeon  at  Utica, 
passing  away  there  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven. 

Educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  his  native  town,  Mr.  Knight  remained 
there  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age,  when  he  came  West  with  an  uncle,  and  for 
five  years  remained  in  Nevada  and  San  Francisco.  In  1885  he  went  back  to  the  old 
home  in  Michigan  on  a  visit  and  was  returning  to  San  Francisco  by  way  of  Panama 
when  he  decided  to  stop  off  at  Guatemala,  and  he  remained  in  Mexico,  Central  and 
South  America  for  a  period  of  thirty  years.  He  established  himself  as  a  railroad 
contractor  in  difi^erent  parts  of  those  countries,  and  a  part  of  the  time  was  engaged  in 
general  merchandising  and  farming.  At  the  time  of  his  leaving  there  he  was  the  oldest 
American  resident  in  point  of  years  of  continuous  sojourn  in  Guatemala.  During  his 
residence  there  he  married  into  a  well-known  old  Spanish  family,  and  two  children,  a 
son  and  a  daughter,  were  born  to  this  union:  Alfred  is  a  train  dispatcher  in  Honduras; 
Ellen,  Mrs.  Martina  Vernon,  resides  at  the  family  home  at  Yorba  Linda.  Mrs.  Knight 
passed  away  in  Guatemala. 

Mr.  Knight  had  made  numerous  trips  to  the  States,  and  on  his  trips  to  California 
came  to  the  conclusion  there  was  a  splendid  opening  here  for  raising  avocados.  At  the 
time  of  the  first  Balkan  War  railroad  building  in  Central  America  ceased  because  the 
companies  could  not  borrow  the  money  to  finance  their  building,  so  Mr.  Knight  sold  his 
holdings  and  came  to  Los  Angeles.  After  looking  over  different  portions  of  Southern 
California,  he  selected  Yorba  Linda  as  the  most  suitable  because  it  is  practically 
frostless  and  has  an  abundance  "of  good  water.  So,  in  March,  1914,  Mr.  Knight  began 
an  extensive  planting  of  avocado  seedlings  on  his  ranch  at  Yorba  Linda,  and  shortly 
afterward  went  direct  to  Guatemala,  Central  America,  to  procure  avocado  buds  from 
the  best  trees  fruiting  in. that  country,  famed  for  the  finest  avocados.  It  was  necessary 
for  him  to  obtain  a  special  permit  from  the  United  States  Government  to  import  these 
buds,  and  in  order  to  insure  them  arriving  in  proper  condition  he  had  a  special  refrigera- 
tor box  built  on  board  ship  to  preserve  the  buds  in  their  dormant  state.  Returning  to 
the  United  States,  he  brought  with  him  the  first  successful  shipment  of  the  famous 
Guatemala  hard-shell  avocado,  comprising  41,000  buds,  and  from  these  he  was  able  to 
grow  eighty-one  sturdy  trees.  He  is  the  only  individual  that  has  imported  avocado 
buds  into  the  U.  S.  from  Guatemala  and  made  them  grow,  and  this  two  years  before 
the  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  at  Washington  did  it 
successfully.  From  the  beginning  Mr.  Knight  was  quick  to  see  the  wonderful  possi- 
bilities in  the  avocado  industry  in  the  United  States,  and  his  thorough  study  of  all 
angles  of  this  comparatively  new  branch  of  horticulture  has  made  him  one  of  the 
authorities  in  this  part  of  the  country,  and  he  has  contributed  largely  toward  putting 
the  industry  on  a  successful  commercial  basis.  He  has  developed  Linda,  Queen,  Kist 
and  Knight  varieties,  all  of  them  the  choicest  qualities,  and  he  finds  a  ready  market 
for  all  the  fruit  he  grows.  He  was  a  pioneer  in  the  use  of  the  overhead  or  spray 
system  of  irrigation,  and  also  was  the  first  to  demonstrate  that  the  avocado  thrives 
best  where  the  ground  around  is  not  cultivated.  In  addition  to  his  choice  nursery  of 
avocados,  he  has  an  orchard  of  600  to  700  trees,  it  being  the  first  close-set  orchard  of 
avocados  in  California. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1229 

Mr.  Knight's  second  marriage  occurred  at  Los  Angeles  on  April  29,  1919,  when 
he  was  united  with  Mrs.  Florence  (Wade)  DeVries.  She  was  born  at  Fremont,  Mich., 
a  daughter  of  Warren  and  Jennie  Wade.  Her  father"  was  a  lumberman,  being  president 
of  the  Michigan  Lumber  Company.  He  died  in  1910,  being  survived  by  his  widow. 
Mrs.  Knight  is  a  graduate  of  the  Ypsilanti  State  Normal  and  was  supervisor  of 
manual  training  of  the  Pontiac  schools  for  twelve  years.  She  has  one  son  by  her  lirst 
marriage.  Wade  DeVries,  a  senior  at  the  University  of  Michigan.  Mr.  Knight  was 
made  a  Mason  in  California  Lodge  No.  1,  F.  &  A.  M.,  San  Francisco,  and  is  a  charter 
member  of  Yorba  Linda  Lodge  No.  469,  F.  &  A.  M.,  as  well  as  Fullerton  Commandery, 
K.  T.,  and  with  his  wife  is  a  member  of  Yorba  Linda  Chapter,  O.  E.  S.  A  charter 
member  of  the  California  Avocado  Association,  Mr,  Knight  is  one  of  its  most  enthusi- 
astic members,  and  never  misses  a  meeting  of  the  organization.  A  liberal  in  politics, 
he  is  interested  in  ?11  the  progressive  movements  of  the  locality.  Fond  of  outdoor 
life,  he  finds  much  recreation  in  exploring  the  high   Sierras. 

A.  K.  CRAVATH. — A  public-spirited  official  who  has  labored  long  and  accom- 
plished much  at  his  own  private  expense  for  the  benefit  of  the  mass  of  his  fellow- 
citizens,  is  A.  K.  Cravath,  the  wide-awake  and  popular  deputy  sheriff  of  Orange  County, 
who  vjas  born  in  Chesterville,  Knox  County,  Ohio,  eight  miles  from  Mount  Vernon, 
on  April  23,  18S2.  His  father,  Samuel  P.  Cravath  born  in  Genesee  County,  X.  Y.,  was 
a  cabinet  maker,  with  his  own  shop  and  trade;  and  he  had  married,  in  Pennsylvania, 
Miss  Katherine  Freeman,  born  in  Crawford  County,  Pa.  They  moved  to  Will  County, 
111.,  in  185S,  and  there  Mr.  Cravath  rented  a  farm  for  three  years;  after  which  they 
removed  to  Worth  County,  Iowa,  where  t.:ey  purchased  a  quarter-section  farm  lying 
along  the  Minnesota  state  line,  which  they  devoted  to  corn  and  stock. 

The  lad,  A.  K.,  was  educated  at  the  district  school  at  North  Wood  and  finished 
his  studies  in  the  Baptist  Seminary  at  Osage,  Iowa.  Then  he  returned  to  the  home 
farm  and  continued  to  assist  the  folks  at  home  until  June,  1872.  In  that  year  he  came 
to  California  with  his  sister,  Mrs.  C.  C.  Watson  and  her  husband,  a  Civil  War  veteran 
who  had  lost  an  arm,  and  settled  in  San  Diego  County,  where  Mr.  Watson  purchased 
a  ranch  of  320  acres  in  Powey  Valley,  which  he  devoted  to  dry  farming  and  stock 
raising.  Mr.  Cravath  continued  to  live  and  work  in  San  Diego  County  until  he  acquired 
880  acres  in  one  tract  in  Powey  Valley,  and  870  acres  in  another  tract  in  Bernardo, 
half  way  between  Powey  and  Escondido.  The  home  place,  however,  he  sold  in  1886, 
and  then  he  became  assistant  manager  in.  the  Escondido  Land  &  Town  Company, 
which  was  operated  by  San  Diego  capital,  and  with  that  company  he  remained  for 
eight  years. 

When  he  sold  out  his  interest  in  1894,  he  removed  to  Santa  Ana,  and  he  has  lived 
in  the  latter  town  ever  since,  serving  as  deputy  sheriff  for  eight  years  under  Lacy  and 
for  four  years  under  Jackson,  at  the  present  time  being  associated  with  the  district 
attorney's  office  as  special  investigator.  Nearly  all  the  time  he  has  been  connected  with 
the  police  and  constable  departments.  In  national  politics  a  Progressive  Republican, 
Mr.  Cravath  has  endeavored  most  conscientiously  to  discharge  his  duties  as  a  citizen 
in  favor  of  the  highest  civic  standards,   independent   of  all  partisan   considerations. 

Mr.  Cravath  may  be  said  to  be  the  father,  in  many  respects,  of  Escondido,  where 
he  built  the  first  home  and  the  first  business  block — at  the  corner  of  Grand  Avenue 
and  Lime  Street — then  known  as  the  Escondido  Bank  block  and  now  familiar  as  the 
home  of  the  Escondido  National  Bank,  which  he.  organized  in  the  boom  year,  1887;  a 
prime  mover  in  incorporating  the  city  of  Escondido  he  was  a  member  and  chairman 
of  its  first  board  of  trustees.  He  built,  in  fact,  many  of  the  best  homes  in  Escondido, 
and  spent  the  best  years  of  his  life,  and  the  best  part  of  his  private  capital,  in  develop- 
ing, first  the  water  system  of  Escondido,  and  then  the  water  supply  in  the  neighboring 
valley,  thereby  bringing  to  a  high  state  these  much-needed  pubic  utilities.  He  brought 
the  water  down  from  the  San  Luis  Rey  River,  from  what  is  known  as  Palomar  in  the 
Smith  Mountains,  accomplishing  a  great  engineering  feat,  by  means  of  tunnels,  ditches 
and  flumes,  in  leading  the  water  across  intervening  ridges.  One  tunnel  of  640  feet 
through  solid  rock,  at  San  Luis  Rey  River,  connected  with  a  flume  and  then  a  ditch, 
carried  the  flow  for  sixteen  miles  through  what  are  known  as  horseshoe  bends,  to 
Valley  Center  and  after  that  through  another  tunnel  470  feet  long,  emptying  the  water 
into  a  reservoir  in  Little  Bear  Valley,  from  which  the  supply  was  sent  to  various  parts 
of  the  valley.  This  work  was  completed  in  the  fall  of  1893,  and  has  ever  since  proven 
one  of  the  most  useful  public  utilities  in  Southern  Californ'a.  The  cost  of  the  d!tch 
line  was  first  estimated  by  the  consulting  engineer,  John  D.  Schuyler,  to  be  sure  to 
approximate  a  round  quarter  of  a  million  dollars;  but  it  only  cost  $93,000,  a  matter  of 
congratulation  to  all  concerned.  He  was  twenty  years  ahead  of  his  time  and  had  a 
hard  time  getting  the  people  interested  and  to  see  the  vast  benefit  of  own'ng  the  water 
rights.     Mr.   Cravath  was  sheriff  of  San   Diego  County,  filling  the  unexpired   term   of 


^230  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

John    L.    Folk,    filling   the    offi", '"^^'i%\^^„f  ^%\^S^e^fo\  TeTectioJ'^  exacting 

Court.     He  completed  the  term  .''"    -^^^j;"*  Ld  he  has  long  enjoyed  the  reputation  of 
work  made  him  fam.har  with  "'"^'"^^o'^'thern  California  criminal  affairs, 
being  among  the  '-^t-posted  men  on  Southern  Ca    ^.^^    ^^    ^.^^    Kate    Sikes     a    native 
On    December    1,    1877     Mr.    Cravatn   wd.  educated  at  the  district 

daughter  who  first  saw  the  light  '"  ^an  a  C  a-   where  s  ^^^^^^  ^^^^^  ^^00  acres 

school.  Her  parents  were  l^^'^^^^^^^^'^^'X  M  ^^  P^-^ased  after  he  had  come 
of  the   Bernardo  ranch  in   Sa"  °'ego   ^"""t^  ^^^  ^.^  daughters,  were  born  to 

from  Santa  Clara  m  1872.     Nine  cnuaren,  t  tt_.,j   Welch  and  she  died    n  Colo- 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cravath^  Benh^^was  ^he  wif  ^^^^^^^^J^^ZltLi  from  a  babe; 
So°wa  dT'is'a  d"u.^  sT  t  Bak^eTsfield;  Clifford  C.  resides  at  Laguna  Beach,  and  is 
t^e  manager  of  the°Philadelphia  "Nationals"  baseball  team;  Gertrude  R.  is  deptity 
the    manager   01    in  ^^^  j;     j^    ;     assistant  secretary  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 

mTce'of  Santa  Jna  I^^  r'e'sides  with  her  parents;  Verian  is  employed  in  the  Unique 
nothine  S?ore  at  Santa  Ana;  Muriel  D.  is  the  stenographer  of  Messrs  Koepsel  and 
Eden  at'san°ta  Ana,  and  Bert  S.  is  employed  by  the  US.  Government  in  Arizona,  devel- 
oping water  wells  for  the  Navajo  and  Hopi  Indian  Reservation. 

TCHM   HFNTJY   LANG    M.  D.— Since   1911   Dr.  John  Henry  Lang  has  been  a 

gfs  fltLrrEln^w^^de^lYetand'^moth';^,  M^ry  C.  (Schultz)  Lang  were  farmers 
and  of  their  famiy  of  nine  children  John  Henry  was  the  seven  h  child  m  order  of 
Wh  He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state 
and  at  The  State  Normal  school  at  Cape  Girardeau,  and  in  choosing  a  profession  in 
Hfe  chose  that  of  his  grandfather,  David  Lang,  a  prominent  M.  D  in  his  day  and 
^eneradon  Dr  J.  H.  Lang's  professional  training,  which  has  placed  him  among  the 
foremos°  Exponents  of  the  science  of  surgery  and  medicine  wherever  he  has  prac- 
t°ced  was  acquired  at  the  St.  Louis  University  Medical  Department,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1906  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  In  selectmg  a  place 
to  begin  the  practice  of  his  profession  he  chose  Centertown,  Mo.,  where  he  practiced 
successfully  for  five  years  before  locating  at  FuUerton,  Cal.,  in  1911.  His  surgical 
work  is  generally  performed  at  the  Fullerton  Hospital.  On  two  different  occasions 
he  took  post-graduate  courses  at  St.  Louis  and  Chicago.  .     t,i        u 

His  marriage  occurred  October  17,  1906,  uniting  him  with  Miss  Carrie  Blanche 
Milster,  a  native  of  Perry  County,  Mo.,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  three  children: 
Beatrice  Lucile,  Helen  Dale  and  Howard  Milster.  Dr.  Lang  is  a  member  of  both 
state  and  county  medical  societies  and  vice-president  of  the  latter.  He  was  chief 
examiner  of  the  exemption  board  for  northern  Orange  County  during  the  World 
War,  and  is  the  present  city  health  officer.  He  is  a  director  in  the  Standard  Bank  of 
Orange  County,  as  well  as  the  Home  Builders  of  Fullerton,  and  is  interested  m 
citriculture,  owning  a  Valencia  orange  grove.  In  his  religious  associations  he  is  a 
Methodist,  and  in  national  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  In  local  issues  he  lends  his 
influence  toward  electing  the  man  best  fitted  for  the  office,  regardless  of  party  affilia- 
tions, and  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade.  Fraternally,  in  his  Masonic  connec- 
tions he  is  a  member  of  Fullerton  Lodge  No.  339,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Fullerton  Chapter 
R.  A.  M.,  of  which  he  is  past  high  priest,  and  is  a  charter  member  of  Fullerton 
Commandery  No.  55,  K.  T.,  and  with  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Eastern  Star,  in  which 
order  they  are  both  past  officers.  Dr.  Lang  is  also  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Council 
R.  &  S.  M.,  and  is  a  past  chancellor  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  of  Fullerton,  as  well 
as  affiliated  with  various  other  fraternal  orders.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Fuller- 
ton  Club.  His  advice  and  opinion  carry  the  weight  of  influence  and  authority  in  all 
of  the  societies  with  which  he  is  connected,  and  his  painstaking  professional  efforts 
arid  maintenance  of  high  medical  ethics  render  him  an  invaluable  addition  to  the 
medical   fraternity  of  Orange   County. 

BENJAMIN  J.  FOSS.— Believing  that  the  solution  of  the  labor  problem  is  not 
in  the  continual  reduction  of  hours,  but  rather  by  increasing  production  by  applying 
more  hours  to  work,  Benjamin  J.  Foss  has  put  his'  theories  into  practice  by  developing 
his  fourteen-acre  ranch  at  Yorba  Linda  while  pursuing  his  duties  as  a  conductor  on 
the  Paci.fic  Electric  Railway  at  the  same  time,  and  he  attributes  his  success  to  the  fact 
that  he  gets  the  same  recreation  out  of  his  ranch  as  he  would  from  any  outdoor  sport. 

A  native  of  Norway,  Beniamin  J.  Foss  was  born  at  West  Toten  in  that  northern 
country  on  September  27,  1885.  His  parents  were  John  and  Lina  (Evenson)  Foss, 
the  father  being  a  merchant  in  this  Norwegian  town.  One  of  a  family  of  thirteen 
children,   Benjamin  spent  his  boyhood  days  in  the  region  of  his  birthplace,   attending 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1233 

the  public  schools  there.  Before  he  had  reached  the  age  of  fifteen  he  decided  to 
emigrate  to  America,  and  he  arrived  here  on  April  8,  1900,  going  to  Boyd,  Minn., 
where  an  uncle,  A.  A.  Roseth,  resided.  After  working  for  several  years  in  the  lumber 
mill  of  his  uncle,  he  decided  to  secure  a  better  education,  so  he  went  to  Montevideo, 
Minn.,  where  he  attended  the  public  school  for  two  years,  and  one  year  in  high  school, 
getting  a  general  business  education,  which  has  since  been  of  the  greatest  value  to  him. 
For  a  short  time  he  worked  as  an  apprentice  in  the  paint  business,  but  in  1904  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Twin  City  Transit  Company  at  Minneapolis  as  a  conductor, 
continuing  with  this  company  for  five  years. 

Coming  to  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  in  1909,  Mr.  Foss  the  next  day  after  his  arrival 
obtained  employment  with  the  Pacific  Electric  Company  as  a  conductor,  through  the 
credentials  which  he  had  earned  in  the  East.  For  ten  years  he  gave  the  company 
efficient  service  on  the  Los  Angeles-La  Habra-Yorba  Linda  line.  During  that  time  he 
was  frequently  consulted  in  making  improvements  on  the  time  schedule,  one  of  the 
most  beneficial  being  the  tying  up  of  his  car  at  Yorba  Linda  at  night,  thus  giving  the 
people  of  this  locality  the  advantage  of  a  late  car  out  of  Los  Angeles  and  an  early  car 
in  the  morning. 

In  1913  Mr.  Foss  purchased  fourteen  acres  of  open,  barren  land  at  Yorba  Linda, 
and  here  he  set  about  to  develop  his  tract  in  his  spare  moments  off  duty.  He  set  out 
a  large  part  of  the  acreage  to  citrus  trees  and  established  a  well  laid  out  system  of 
irrigation.  .  In  1915  he  erected  a  fine,  comfortable  residence  on  the  ranch,  and  since 
that  time  has  made  it  his  home.  He  has  recently  sold  four  acres  of  his  holdings,  and 
he  has  leased  his  ranch  for  oil  development,  and  as  an  oil  well  is  now  in  process  of 
drilling  with  good  prospects,  Mr.  Foss  may  realize  a  handsome  addition  to  his  income 
from  this  source.  In  1919  he  resigned  his  position  with  the  Pacific  Electric  and  is 
now  with  the  General  Petroleum  Oil  Company. 

On  June  30,  1915,  Mr.  Foss  was  married  to  Miss  Julia  Bond,  a  native  daughter 
of  the  Golden  West,  the  ceremony  being  performed  in  Orange  County  Park.  Her 
parents  are  B.  F.  and  Laura  May  (Holladay)  Bond,  her  father  being  one  of  Long 
Beach's  pioneer  realty  dealers.  Mrs.  Foss,  who  is  a  woman  of  many  accomplishments, 
was  educated  at  the  Huntington  Park  Training  School  and  Long  Beach  high  school. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Foss  are  the  parents  of  one  son,  Norman  Olaf.  They  attend  the  Friends 
Church  at  Yorba  Linda.  In  1912  Mr.  Foss  returned  to  his  native  land  for  a  visit,  and 
four  months  were  spent  there  and  in  touring  Europe,  when  he  returned  to  America, 
more  than  ever  enthusiastic  over  the  land  of  his  adoption.  He  received  his  final 
naturalization  papers  on  July  21,  1915,  and  is  one  of  Orange  County's  most  loyal 
citizens,  ever  ready  to  give  of  his  time  and  means  to  every  movement  for  the  public 
good.  In  1916  Mr.  Foss  was  elected  to  the  directorate  of  the  Yorba  Linda  Citrus 
Association,  a  post  he  still  occupies.  In  political  matters  he  is  a  strong  adherent  of 
the  Republican  party. 

HENRY  W.  DANIELS. — -Beginning  a  meritorious  career  as  an  educator  at  the 
early  age  of  sixteen,  Henry  W.  Daniels  is  now  enviably  esteemed  as  a  pedagogue  of 
longer  continuous  experience  that  any  member  of  the  Fullerton  high  school  faculty. 
Michigan  was  Mr.  Daniels'  native  state,  and  there  he  was  born  at  Onstead,  on  December 
18,  1861,  the  third  oldest  of  five  children  born  to  Calvin  and  Mary  (Monagin)  Daniels. 
The  father  was  a  native  of  Painted  Post,  Steuben  County,  N.  Y.,  while  the  mother 
came  to  New  York  state  from  her  native  land,   Ireland,  when  a  child  of  three  years. 

After  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daniels  came  west  to  Michigan,  settling  in 
Lenawee  County,  and  here  Henry  W.  Daniels  spent  his  early  years  on  his  father's 
well-kept  farm.  When  sixteen  years  of  age  he  obtained  a  teacher's  certificate  and  for 
two  years  taught  a  district  school.  He  then  entered  Adrian  College,  making  his  way 
through  his  own  efforts,  and  after  two  years  in  college  he  resumed  teaching,  the  next 
ten  years  being  spent  in  the  high  schools  at  Ridgeway,  Rome  and  Clinton,  Mich.  He 
then  entered  the  University  of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor,  graduating  from  there  in 
1898  with  the  degree  of  B.  S.,  C.  E.,  and  B.  P.  The  following  year  the  degree  of  M.  S. 
was  conferred  on  him  by  Adrian  College. 

Following  his  graduation  from  the  university,  Mr.  Daniels  became  the  principal 
of  the  high  school  at  Newago,  Mich.,  remaining  there  two  years,  when  he  became 
superintendent  of  schools  at  St.  Louis,  Gratiot  County,  Mich.,  resigning  there  after  a 
period  of  five  years  to  come  to  California.  In  the  fall  of  1905  he  came  to  Palo  Alto, 
where  for  six  months  he  did  graduate  work  at  Stanford  University,  and  after  that  he 
was  instructor  of  chemistry  for  a  semester  at  Pomona  College.  At  the  end  of  the 
school  year  he  came  to  Fullerton  and  was  made  head  of  physics  and  chemistry  in  the 
high  school  there.  Four  years  later  he  was  made  head  of  physics  and  mathematics, 
continuing  until  1919,  when  he  was  relieved  of  physics,  so  that  he  could  devote  all  his 
time  as  head  of  mathematics. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1237 

MURRAY  A.  PATTON,  D.D.S. — A  dentist  who  has  done  much  to  elevate  and 
preserve  a  high  standard  of  ethics  for  the  profession  in  Orange  County,  is  Murray  A. 
Patton  of  Santa  Ana,  who  was  born  in  Adams  County,  Nebr.,  on  March  3,  1879.  His 
father  was  M.  B.  Patton,  now  deceased,  and  he  married  Miss  Alice  Hossler.  As  parents 
having  the  best  interests  of  their  children  at  heart,  they  afforded  such  educational 
advantages  as  were  possible  to  the  lad,  who  grew  up  on  a  Nebraska  farm. 

When  he  was  fifteen,  the  family  came  west  to  California,  and  at  Santa  Ana 
he  continued  his  schooling,  first  in  the  grammar  grades  and  then  at  the  Santa  Ana 
high  school,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1900. 

Going  to  Chicago,  he  took  his  professional  courses  at  the  dental  school  of 
the  Northwestern  University  and  graduated  with  the  Class  of  '03.  He  might  have 
found  a  lucrative  field  in  the  East,  but  he  preferred  California  and  so  came  to  Santa 
Ana.  On  May  6,  1906, "Dr.  Patton  was  married  to  Miss  Etta  McNeil.  Their  union  has 
been  a  fortunate  one,  and  has  been  blessed  in  the  birth  of  two  children,  Thelma  Chris- 
tine and  Murray  McNeil. 

Dr.  Patton,  who  is  fond  of  hunting,  golf  and  mountain  climbing,  belongs  to  the 
Lodge,  Council,  Chapter  and  Commandery  in  Masonry  and  the  Elks  and  in  the  circle 
of  each  enjoys  an  enviable  popularity.  He  is  deeply  interested  in  his  home  district, 
and  ever  ready,  as  a  member  of  the  Rotary  Club,  to  "boost"  any  reasonable  movement 
for  local  advancement. 

ROY  CHARLES  PETERSON.— Probably  there  never  was  a  time  when  it  was 
equally  a  matter  of  interest  as  to  the  character  and  experience  of  the  men  in  charge 
of  the  American  shoe  trade,  and  that  may  be  one  reason  why  success  has  rewarded  the 
efforts  of  Roy  Charles  Peterson  to  serve  the  public,  as  proprietor  of  Peterson's  Shoe 
Store,  to  the  best  of  his  ability.  In  Canada,  where  he  was  born,  at  Waterville,  in 
Quebec,  he  laid  the  foundations  on  which  he  has  subsequently,  as  a  typically  enter- 
prising American,  so  handsomely  built.  His  father  was  Charles  O.  Peterson,  and  the 
maiden  name  of  his  mother  was  Margaret  Porteous. 

The  family  came  to  Santa  Ana  in  1907,  and  there  the  father  engaged  in  the  selling 
of  shoes,  and  soon  established  an  enviable  reputation  for  both  his  judgment  in  selection 
and  his  ability  to  outdistance  his  competitors  in  prices.  After  a  while  he  disposed  of 
his  interests,  and  retired.  He  died  in  January,  1920,  at  Santa  Ana,  and  his  good  wife 
preceded  him,  passing  away  April  17,   1912. 

Educated  at  the  public  schools  in  Canada,  Roy  was  fortunate  in  being  sent  to 
the  preparatory  school  for  Dartmouth  College  at  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.  Later,  as  a  com- 
mercial representative,  he  traveled  through  the  Canadian  Northwest  for  several  years, 
and  when  he  joined  his  father  at  Santa  Ana  in  1907,  it  was  to  bring  the  fruits  of  wide 
wandering  and  varied  experience  for  the  benefit  generally  of  the  new  business.  In 
June,  1912,  Mr.  Peterson  opened  an  establishment  on  Sycamore  Street  but  as  the  busi- 
ness grew  he  moved  to  his  new  location,  215  West  Fourth  Street  in  June,  1920. 

Notwithstanding  these  pressing  obligations,  Mr.  Peterson  responded  to  his  coun- 
try's call  during  the  great  World  War,  and  on  October  30,  1918,  enlisted  in  the 
Twenty-fifth  Regiment,  U.  S.  Heavy  Artillery.  He  was  keyed  up  for  action  and 
sacrifice;  but  the  arrhistice  prevented  him  seeing  the  service  he  had  hoped  to  engage  in. 
He  therefore  resumed,  as  an  American  and  a  Republican,  such  work  as  has  been  possible 
for  him  to  perform  in  elevating  the  standard  of  good  citizenship. 

Mr.  Peterson's  wife  was  named  Alice  Norton  before  her  marriage,  and  she 
shares  with  him  an  agreeable  popularity  in  the  circles  where  they  are  known.  He  is 
a-  Royal  Arch  Mason  and  a  member  of  the  Elks  Lodge,  where  he  is  the  Exalted  Ruler 
(1920).  Fond  of  fishing  and  other  healthful  diversions,  Mr.  Peterson  loses  no  oppor- 
•  tunity  to  "boost"  Santa  Ana  and  all  Orange  County,  and  so  is  naturally  a  livewire  in 
the   Santa   Ana  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

MRS.  ADELINA  CARRILLO. — A  charming  and  most  interesting  representative 
of  one  of  California's  most  celebrated  native  families  is  Mrs.  Adelina  Carrillo,  a  sister 
of  Felipa  Dominguez,  a  daughter  of  Prudencio  Yorba,  a  granddaughter  of  Bernardo 
Yorba,  and  a  great-granddaughter  of  Antonio  Yorba,  who  came  direct  from  Spain  to 
the  Pacific  Coast.  Although  of  refined  temperament  and  gentle  demeanor,  Mrs.  Carrillo 
is  a  successful  rancher  and  has  very  well  managed  her  several  properties,  thanks  in 
part  to  the  assistance  of  her  children.  She  owns  a  fine  home  ranch  of  207  acres,  and 
a  grain  ranch  of  141  acres  at  Corona,  in  Riverside  County,  but  makes  her  home  on  the 
ranch  at  Esperanza. 

She  was  born  at  Yorba,  then  Los  Angeles  County,  November  20,  1853,  and  as  a 
child,  attended  the  public  school  at  Peralta,  and  then,  to  finish  her  education,  she  went 
to  the  Academy  of  Sisters  of  Charity  in  Los  Angeles.  On  January  19,  1884,  she  was 
married  to  Joseph  R.  Carrillo,  born  in  Los  Angeles.     Seven  children  blessed  the  union. 


1238  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Two  were  lost  in  infancy,  and  one  has  passed  away  of  late.  The  other  four  are. 
Esperanza,  who  graduated  from  both  the  Corona  high  school  and  the  State  Umversi  y 
at  Berkeley,  is  now  a  teacher  in  the  Hollywood  High  School;  Edelfrida,  also  a  graduate 
of  the  Corona  high  school,  is  the  wife  of  Homer  Pate,  a  farmer  at  Corona;  Eutimio,  tne 
next,  manages  his  mother's  home  ranch  of  207  acres;  and  Elena  is  the  wife  of  J^°™^" 
Reeves,  the  oil  man  living  at  Esperanza.  Eutimio  served  in  the  great  World  war, 
and  joined  the  provost  guard  at  Camp  Kearny;  and  after  serving  with  honor  in  tne 
infantry,  he  was  discharged  with  the  coveted  credentials  on  January  9,  l^iy,  at  (..-amp 
Kearny.     He  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus. 

Audel,  the  fourth  oldest,  was  assisting  in  operating  his  mother's  ranches  when 
a  mournful  tragedy  disturbed  the  otherwise  placid  waters  of  the  Carrillo  family  lite 
a  tragedy  whose  one  consolation  was  the  evidence  of  the  old  heroic  Yorba  spirit  that 
had  animated  the  family  for  generations.  On  May  26,  1919,  Audel  Carrillo,  visiting  the 
Corona  ranch,  suddenly  came  upon  two  Mexican  bandits  who  had  broken  into  the  ranch 
house  and  they  shot  him  in  cold  blood — first,  two  inches  below  the  heart  and  secondly 
in  the  back.  With  wonderful  nerve  and  fortitude,  the  wounded  young  man,  although 
bleeding  profusely,  drove  his  automobile  to  Corona  at  a  speed  of  forty-five  miles  an 
hour,  in  quest  of  medical  aid;  and  after  personally  reporting  his  case  to  the  police,  he 
went  to  the  Riverside  Hospital.'  There  he  was  operated  upon  and  made  a  brave  fight 
for  life;  and  although  he  lived  from  ten  o'clock  that  morning  until  eight  o'clock  the 
following  evening,  he  died  on  May  27,  in  his  .twenty-seventh  year.  He  was  powerfully 
built  and  had  been  not  only  an  indefatigable  worker,  but  had  played  fullback  on  the 
Corona  high  school  football  team.  He  was,  therefore,  a  general  favorite — loved  by 
everyone  who  knew  him;  and  when  he  was  buried  at  the  Yorba  Cemetery,  his  remains 
were  followed  to  their  last  resting  place  by  a  large  concourse  of  friends. 

E.  MARTIN  CHRISTENSEN.— An  upright,  energetic  and  thoroughly  capable 
young  man  who  has  already  had  a  broad  and  valuable  experience  in  life,  is  E.  M. 
Christensen,  known  to  his  friends  as  "Martin,"  a  native  son,  having  been  born  in  Los 
Angeles  on  November  20,  1884.  His  father  was  S.  Christensen,  a  native  of  Denmark, 
who  had  married  Johanna  Christine  Johnson,  of  Sweden.  They  were  made  man  and 
wife  in  California,  and  came  to  Orange  County  in  1890.  He  had  been  foreman  for 
the  Griffith  Lumber  Company  in  Los  Angeles,  where  he  also  built  up  a  transfer  busi- 
ness in  the  early  eighties;  and  was  employed  by  that  firm  to  come  to  Santa  Ana, 
lay  out  their  yard  here,  and  start  their  business.  He  is  now  an  orange  grower  and 
has  a  ranch  of  forty-seven  acres  in  the  Garden  Grove  precinct,  and  there  he  and  his 
good  wife  are  among  the  most  respected  residents.  Eight  children — five  boys  and  three 
girls — were  born  of  this  union;  one  boy  died  in  1886,  and  a  daughter  married  Samuel 
Gibson  and  died  on  January  13,  1920. 

S.  Christensen  having  moved  with  his  family  direct  to  his  ranch  at  Garden  Grove 
in  1890,  Martin  Christensen's  schooling  was  obtained  in  the  Garden  Grove  district.  He 
worked  on  the  home  farm  until  he  was  sixteen,  and  then  he  went  north  to  Alaska, 
to  seek  his  fortune.  At  Seward  he  worked  with  a  construction  gang  for  eleven  months, 
when  he  was  kicked  by  a  horse  and  so  severely  injured  that  he  was  laid  up  in  the 
hospital  and  lost  his  hearing  in  the  left  ear  for  fourteen  years.  Of  late  he  has  been 
slowly  recovering  the  use  of  the  injured  organ,  thanks  to  scientific  skill  and  the  patient 
ministrations  of  a  devoted  doctor. 

From  Alaska  Mr  Christensen  came  back  to  the  States  and  followed  construction 
work  m  Oregon  and  San  Francisco  as  a  cement  finisher.  He  reached  San  Francisco 
^"!  ur  u'j^^-  ^^"^[J^J^ake,  and  the  following  year  settled  in  Garden  Grove,  where  he 
established  himself  as  a  cement  contractor  and  manufacturer  of  cement  pipes  for  irri- 
hn  l'.°nn  ,     "°  ^^'^^'.^''^  '"  demonstrating  his  ability  in  his  chosen  field,  and  soon 

Mr    Chrtt^nT  '  ''  .'"  P^pe-making  and  the  installing  of  irrigation  systems. 

•     .u     n    C^h^^tf  "^'^^  ^  "m^"t  P'Pe  plant  is  located  on  the  ten  acres  which  he  bou-ht 
in  the  Garden  Grove  precinct  in  November,  1919,  and  where  he  has  alu  11  cor^pkmen 
of  machinery  and  tools,  with  a  mixer  run  by  a  two-horse  power  electric  i^Zr      He 

Too  mifefjf'pi;."''"  '"'''"'"'  '''''  ^"'  '"  *''^  ^"''°"  ^'°-  ha^lTd  abou^ 

Besides  this  property,  Mr.  Christensen  owns  ten  acres  in  thp  K^t^u^ 
cinct,  where  he  resides,  and  two  houses  and  lots  in  GaXn  G"rove'     H     bdonTfoX 
Orange  Growers  Association  at  Garden  Grove,  to  the  Walnut  Grower,   a!c      ■  .• 
Anaheim    and  to  the  Central  Lemon   Growers' AssocLtVon  at  VilaTa.kbdrgrtef 
ested  in  the  culture  of  all  three  of  these  fruits  ^ 

T    A   *^"  ^^"\^'  ^^l^',^-"-  Christensen  was  married  to  Miss  Rachel  Knapp    a  sister  of 
ti=t  r^"'f '     ;  ^^"-known  "Chili  King.''     He  and  his  good  wife  belong  io  the  Ban 
tist  Church    and  under  the  leadership  of  the  Republican  party,  he  votes  for  the  mHn' 
ciples  and  the  men  representing  them  most  appealing  to  his  conscience  "^ 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1241 

MRS.  FELIPA  y.  DOMINGUEZ.— A  very  interesting  and  distinguished  repre- 
sentative of  one  of  the  noblest  of  Southern  California  families  is  Mrs.  Felipa  Dominguez, 
the  well-to-do  widow  of  the  late  Pablo  Dominguez,  and  a  successful  rancher  at  Esper- 
anza,  six  miles  east  of  Placentia  in  the  Santa  Ana  Canyon.  She  always  has  a  story  to 
tell  that  is  well  worth  the  hearing;  and  those  who  are  thus  favored  never  forget  the 
charm  of.  her  sympathetic  and  genial  personality,  as  a  delightful  souvenir  of  "the  good 
old  days"  of  California  hospitality. 

The  parents  of  Mrs.  Dominguez  were  Prudencio  Yorba  and  his  good  wife,  who 
was  Dolores  Ontiveros  before  her  marriage,  and  they  had  twelve  children:  Felipa, 
our  subject,  was  the  eldest,  and  attended  the  Sisters  School  at  Los  Angeles;  Adelina, 
the  next  in  the  order  of  birth,  is  now  Mrs.  Carrillo  and  owns  a  ranch  of  207  acres  in 
the  Yorba  precinct,  in  which  district  David,  unmarried,  also  lives;  Angelina  is  the  wife 
of  Samuel  Kraemer  and  resides  in  Placentia;  Prudencio  S.  is  also  a  rancher  of  the 
Yorba  precinct;  Zoraida  is  the  widow  of  Coleman  Travis,  long  a  neighboring  Yorba 
rancher,  and  Ernest  is  also  a  Yorba  farmer;  Dolores  and  her  husband,  Joseph  Ruiz, 
reside  in  Santa  Maria;  Esperanza  lived  to  see  her  fifteenth  year,  and  the  other  children 
passed  away  at  a  very  early  age.  Esperanza,  the  freight  station  on  the  Santa  Fe,  which 
has  proven  of  such  convenience  in  the  dispatching  of  fresh  fruit  and  other  farm 
products,  was  named  after  the  lamented  daughter.  Mrs.  Dominguez  was  born  at 
Yorba,  August  24,  18S2,  and  is  now,  therefore,  one  of  the  oldest  settlers  in  what  is  now 
Orange  County. 

Mrs.  Dominguez  was  unusually  fortunate  in  her  ancestry  and  may  be  pardoned 
for  especial  pride  in  her  family  associations  with  the  historic  past.  Her  great-grand- 
father was  Antonio  Yorba,  a  native  of  Catalonia,  Spain,  who  came  to  the  Pacific  Coast 
as  a  soldier  under  the  Spanish  commander  Pages.  He  landed  at  Monterey,  and  stopped 
for  a  while  at  the  famous  Monterey  Mission.  Being  full  of  adventure,  however,  he 
explored  nearly  all  of  Southern  California  lying  south  of  Yerba  Buena,  and  fell  in  love 
particularly  with  that  portion  of  the  country  which  was  drained  by  the  Santa  Ana 
River  and  the  Santiago  Creek.  He  obtained  a  grant  to  this  land,  which  included  all 
the  lands  from  San  Bernardino  drained  by  the  Santa  Ana  River  and  the  Santiago 
Creek,  to  the  Pacific  Ocean;  and  under  his  hand  this  vast  area  became  a  very  celebrated 
rancho.  Legally,  it  was  known  as  "El  Canon  de  San  Antonio  de  Santa  Ana  de  los 
Yorba;"  and  after  the  death  of  Antonio  Yorba,  the  title  passed  to  his  son,  Bernardo 
Yorba.  The  latter  improved  the  property  in  many  respects,  and  built  thereon  a  mag- 
nificent adobe  of  90  rooms,  which  was  the  scene  of  many  elaborate  social  functions.  It 
had  a  dance  hall  with  a  polished  floor,  where  fandango  after  fandango  furnished  enjoy- 
ment to  the  wide-awake_  young  people.  The  third  wife  of  Bernardo  Yorba  was  a  very 
ambitious  and  progressive  woman,  and  she  induced  Bernardo  to  establish  various  kinds 
of  shops  and  mills,  where  leather  was  tanned,  and  shoes,  harness,  saddles,  lariats,  tools, 
woolen,  etc.,  mere  manufactured.  Utensils  of  iron  and  copper,  axes,  picks,  shovels, 
locks  and  keys  were  among  the  things  made,  and  many  of  these  products  are  still 
known  to  exist.  The  ruins  only  of  the  spacious  old  adobe  still  stand;  it  was  of  two 
stories,  the  walls  were  twenty-six  inches  thick,  and  they  were  finished  with  white 
plaster.  Rancho  Yorba  became  one  of  the  richest,  as  it  was  also  one  of  the  most  cele- 
brated Spanish  grants  in  Southern  California.  Bernardo  Yorba  lived  to  be  fifty-eight 
years  of  age.    Prudencio  Yorba  died  July  3,  1885,  and  his  wife,  on  November  24,  1894. 

Mrs.  Dominguez  is  also  related,  in  a  very  interesting  way,  to  one  of  the  notable 
families  of  the  North.  She  is  a  niece  of  Abraham  Ontiveros,  of  Santa  Maria,  who  was 
born  on  the  San  Juan  Cajon  rancho,  on  April  S,  1852,  and  was  educated  by  Spanish 
tutors  and  in  the  public  schools.  He  grew  up  on  the  Tepesquet  ranch,  and  upon  his 
father's  death,  inherited  2,000  acres  of  valuable  land.  Being  decidedly  progressive,  he 
introduced  the  most  up-to-date  methods  and  machinery  in  the  raising  of  his  grain  and 
stock;  his  horses  became  his  pride;  and  to  properly  irrigate  his  land,  he  built  a  reservoir 
with  a  capacity  of  200,000  gallons,  on  an  elevation  150  feet  high.  After  a  residence  of 
more  than  fifty  years  on  his  hoftie  ranch,  Mr.  Ontiveros  abandoned  farm  life  and  moved 
into  the  town  of  Santa  Maria.  His  two  marriages  united  him  with  the  well-known,  long 
established  Spanish  families  of  Vidal  and  Arellanes. 

Pablo  Dominguez  was  born  at  Peralta,  Orange  County,  in  1836,  descended  from 
an  old  family  of  California.  After  his  marriage  to  Felipa  Yorba,  they  engaged  in 
farming  at  Peralta  until  his  death  in  1895,  after  which  Mrs.  Dominguez  moved  to  her 
ranch  at  Esperanza  which  she  inherited  from  her  father,  where  she  reared  and  educated 
her  children.  Mrs.  Dominguez's  414  acres  of  land,  was  devoted  largely  to  viticulture. 
When  it  became  apparent  that  the  nation  would  "go  dry,"  the  vines  were  grubbed  out 
and  in  1919  twenty-five  acres  of  Valencia  oranges  planted  in  their  stead.  A  Fordson 
tractor  is  used  for  plowing,  and  eight  horses  assist  in  the  cultivating.  Mrs.  Dominguez 
makes  use  of  a  Paige  automobile,  and  thus  rapidly  moves  about  where  her  distinguished 


1242  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

ancestors    journeyed    in    more    leisurely    fashion.      Two    hundred    acres    are    planted    to 
barley,  and  sixty  acres  to  lima  beans. 

Five  children  blessed  the  union  of  Pablo  and  Felipa  Dominguez:  Dorinda  is  the 
wife  of  Adolph  Marzo,  he  is  the  proprietor  of  the  tomato  cannery  at  Placentia,  and 
resides  at  Peralta;  Arnulfo  Orlando,  manages  his  mother's  ranch,  he  also  owns  eighteen 
acres  of  budded  walnuts  on  the  south  side  of  the  Santa  Ana  River,  which  he  himself 
planted  six  years  ago;  Lydia  married  Julian  Yorba,  the  Puente  rancher;  Carlos  N.  helps 
to  run  the  ranch,  he  joined  the  United  States  infantry,  and  was  on  the  way  to  New 
York,  to  sail  for  France,  when  the  train  was  wrecked  at  Geneva,  111.,  and  he  suffered 
a  co.mpound  fracture  of  the  right  leg,  as  the  result  of  which  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged; Pablo  Vicente  is  married  to  Laura  Irene  ICnowlton  and  resides  in  Anaheim,  but 
he  also  assists  his  mother  to  operate  the  Dominguez  ranch.  The  family  attend  the 
Catholic  Church  at  Yorba,  and  enjoy  their  reunions  m  the  handsome  eight-room 
residence  erected  by  Mrs.  Dominguez  in  1908. 

JOSEPH  NUSBAUMER. — An  able  and  all-around  excellent  young  man  is  Joseph 
Nusbaumer,  son  of  the  late  Joseph  Nusbaumer,  the  well-known  pioneer  who  came  to 
what  is  now  the  Newport  precinct,  then  Los  Angeles,  now  Orange  County,  as  early  as 
1882.  The  elder  Nusbaumer  was  born  in  Alsace,  France,  April  25,  1847.  He  served  in 
the  French  army  in  the  Franco-Prussian  War.  Immediately  after  the  close  of  the  war 
he  came  to  Reno,  Nev.,  and  there  he  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Britton,  a  native  of 
Dayton,  Ohio.  She  came  to  Nevada  with  friends,  where  she  met  Mr.  Nusbaumer,  and  in 
September,  1882,  they  located  in  Newport  precinct  and  purchased  twenty  acres  which  is 
still  held  by  the  family.  Mr.  Nusbaumer  brought  with  him  some  of  the  most  desirable 
qualities  of  the  hard-working  European;  and  these  virtues,  with  those  of  the  accom- 
plished and  ambitious  American  wife,  were  happily  transmitted  in  their  one  child,  the 
subject  of  our  interesting  sketch,  who  had  the  good  fortune  to  be  born  a  native  son, 
at  Santa  Ana,  Cal.,  on  November  9  of  the  year  when  his  parents  took  up  their  residence 
here.     The  father  died  on  July  24,  1917,  but  his  widow  is  still  living. 

On  March  16,  1911,  Joseph  Nusbaumer  was  married  at  Santa  Ana  to  Miss  Beulah 
Lawrence,  a  charming. and  devoted  lady,  who  was  reared  in  the  pleasant  environment 
of  Sherman,  Texas.  Together  they  have  striven  and  worked;  and  as  a  natural  reward 
for  intelligent  operation,  they  enjoy  a  handsome  return  from  all  their  investments. 

Mr.  Nusbaumer  is  a  Republican  in  matters  of  national  political  import,  but  he 
does  not  allow  partisanship  to  interfere  with  his  supporting  the  best  men  and  the 
most  reasonable  measures.  This  is  particularly  the  case  in  local  affairs.  He  and  his 
broad-minded  wife  take  a  keen  interest  in  popular  education,  and  he  is  a  trustee  of 
the  Diamond  school  district,  situated  two.  miles  southwest  of  Santa  Ana. 

FRED  BOOSEY. — No  district  in  Orange  County,  perhaps,  has  been  more  noted 
than  Tustin  for  its  many  busy  ranchers,  among  whom  Fred  Boosey  must  be  mentioned 
as  having  made  for  himself  a  high  place  in  the  esteem  of  all  who  know  him.  He  owns 
a  well-cultivated  ranch  of  ten  acres  devoted  to  citrus  fruit,  although  he  is  also  exten- 
sively engaged  in  bean  growing.  He  formerly  worked  as  high  as  SOO  acres  in  a  season, 
but  at  present  he  is  operating  300  acres  in  conjunction  with  his  orange  ranch. 

Mr.  Boosey  was  born  in  Kansas  on  December  6,  1883,  and  is  the  son  of  Oliver 
and  Sarah  (Sherbet)  Boosey,  natives  of  the  state  of  Vermont.  The  father  served  in 
a  Vermont  regiment  in  the  Civil  War,  havmg  enlisted  when  seventeen  years  of  age 
They  migrated  to  Riley  County,  Kans.,  at  an  early  day  in  the  history  of  that  state  and 
settled  there  as  homesteaders;  and  they  now  reside  at  Clay  Center  Kans  To  them 
were  born  fifteen  children,  and  twelve  are  living,  among  whom  our  subject  is  the  elev- 
enth in  the  order  of  birth.  Five  of  this  number  are  in  California,  and  two  in  Orange 
County— Henry  and  Fred.     Howard,  another  brother,  served  in  the  World  War 

Fred  Boosey  was  reared  and  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state 
and  a  ways  confined  himself,  until  1901,  to  agricultural  pursuits.  In  1901  he  mi-^rated 
to  California,  and  since  1904  he  has  been  in  Tustin,  OrLge  County,  engaged  in  beaJ 
growing.  In  1917  he  bought  the  ten  acres  on  Yorba  Street  which  he  devotes  to  Valencia 
oranges.  As  the  lesult  of  his  thorough  way  of  carrying  through  any  work  undertaken 
Mr.  Boosey  has  never  failed  with  a  good  understanding  of  the  local  field,  and  by  the 
application  of  the  "last  word"  in  science,  to  get  high  results 

In  February,  1917  Mr.  Boosey  was  happily  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Celina 
Dalton,  the  daughter  of  Adolph  and  Emma  (Hunt)  Dalton,  born  in  Montreal  Canada 
but  married  in  Massachusetts.  A  native  of  Chicago,  111.,  she  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  St  Anne's  Academy.  She  is  delighted  with  Southern  California;  is  a  lover 
of  nature  and  therefore  enjoys  the  flowers  and  the  birds  of  the  Golden  State  and  could 
not  be  induced  to  return  to  the  "windy  city"  by  the  lakes.  Mr.  Boosey  is  a  believer  n 
cooperation  and  is  a  member  of  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association  at  Oran<^e 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1245 

CHARLES  F.  CROSE. — It  is  true  that  when  an  individual  is  endowed  by  nature 
with  the  valuable  traits  of  determination  and  perseverance  their  success  in  life  is 
usually  a  foregone  conclusion.  These  characteristics  were  dominant  in  the  character 
of  the  late  Charles  F.  Crose,  who  was  widely  esteemed  for  his  active  participation  in 
interests  of  a  public  nature,  while  he  lived  the  few  years  granted  him  to  be  a  citizen 
of  Orange  County. 

Intimately  associated  witli  the  early  history  of  Shenandoah,  Iowa,  Charles  F. 
Crose  was  born  in  a  log  cabin  at  Sidney,  Fremont  County,  Iowa,  on  March  16,  1856, 
the  son  of  W.  F.  Crose,  who  was  a  native  of  Bourbon  County,  Ky.,  where  he  was  born 
in  1824,  and  Eliza  J.  (Van  Eaton)  Crose,  his  wife,  a  native  of  Union  County,  Ind., 
born  in  182S.  They  were  married  in  1845  and  became  early  settlers  in  Iowa  where  they 
developed  a  farm  from  the  virgin  prairie.  They  lived  there  at  a  time  when  Indians 
roamed  at  will  over  that  frontier  state  and  had  many  interesting  experiences  while 
developing  their  farm.  The  elder  Crose  died  in  1895,  after  a  long  and  useful  career. 
His  widow  survived  him  until  January  17,  1904. 

Charles  F.  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  was  reared 
to  farm  life  until  he  was  about  fiifteen,  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  his  elder 
brother,  R.  B.  Crose,  who  was  a  general  merchant  at  Manti,  before  Shenandoah  had 
been  started.  The  young  man  was  ambitious  and  he  left  the  employ  of  his  brother  and 
started  to  study  medicine,  but  after  a  year  he  gave  it  up  and  entered  Bryant  and 
Stratton's  Business  College  in  Chicago,  where  he  pursued  a  commercial  law  and  a 
business  course  for  about  nine  months  and  graduated  with  second  honors  in  a  class  of 
over  ISO.  He  moved  his  stock  of  merchandise  on  wagons  from  Manti  to  the  new  town 
of  Shenandoah  and  there  became  one  of  the  pioneer  merchants.  In  March,  1881, 
Charles  F.  bought  an  interest  in  the  business  and  thereafter  gave  his  personal  atten- 
tion to  the  management  of  the  concern,  and  made  of  it  an  unqualified  success. 

While  connected  with  the  mercantile  interests  of  the  town  he  was  active  in  the 
affairs  of  the  Republican  party  and  finally  was  persuaded  to  become  a  candidate  for 
the  general  assembly,  being  elected  in  1903  and  serving  for  two  terms,  being  reelected 
to  succeed  himself.  For  twelve  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  school  board,  six  years 
as  it  secretary;  was  secretary  of  the  Shenandoah  Fair  Association;  director  of  the 
Shenandoah  National  Bank;  prominent  in  the  organization  and  management  of  the 
cannery  and  the  creamery  there,  and  in  all  other  activities  for  the  building  up  of  the 
growing  city.  He  also  served  as  one  of  two  trustees  for  the  original  donors  of  the 
Western  Normal  College.  He  had  wisely  invested  in  realty  there  and  owned  a  farm 
and  considerable  business  and  residence  property  in  Shenandoah.  On  account  of  the 
ill  health  of  his  wife  he  decided  he  would  locate  in  California,  in  consequence  of  which 
he  disposed  of  his  holdings  and  in  1910  settled  in  Santa  Ana  in  a  beautiful  home 
which  they  erected  on  the  corner  of  Cypress  and  Pine  streets.  He  had  purchased  a 
walnut  grove,  on  which  his  daughter  and  her  husband  settled,  and  to  this  he  gave 
much  of  his  attention.  He  became  interested  in  the  Santa  Ana  Walnut  Growers 
Association,  which  had  suffered  many  set-backs  and  he  was  induced  to  become  its 
secretary  and  manager  of  the  packing  house.  He  threw  himself  into  the  reorganiza- 
tion of  this  concern  with  his  accustomed  vigor  and  soon  had  it  on  a  sound  basis.  He 
was  also  identified  with  the  Orange  County  Farmers'  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company, 
and  was  president  of  the  State  Mutual  Insurance  Association..  In  this  county,  while  he 
lived,  he  continued  to  take  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs  and  was  a  staunch  Repub- 
lican, though  his  father  was  a  Democrat.  He  was  a  Knights  Templar  Mason  and  a 
Shriner,  also  a  past  patron  of  the  Eastern  Star  Chapter;  was  also  a  member  of  the 
B.  P.  O.  Elks,  and.  an  Odd  Fellow,  the  latter  membership  being  retained  at  his  old 
home  in  Iowa.  For  years  he  was  a  consistent  member  of  the  Congregational  Church 
and  a  worker  in  its  causes.  No  worthy  cause  was  ever  presented  to  his  notice,  either 
in  his  Iowa  or  his  California  home  that  he  did  not  give  it  his  support. 

At  Afton,  Union  County,  Iowa,  on  June  2,  1880,  Mr.  Crose  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Nina  Nixon,  who  was  born  in  Morgatitown,  W.  Va.,  daughter  of  Rev. 
George  J.,  a  M.  E.  preacher,  and  Sarah  (Bruen)  Nixon,  who  settled  in  Iowa  when 
their  daughter  was  eight  years  old.  She  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  in 
Simpson  College  of  Indianola,  Iowa,  and  thus  was  well  qualified  to  be  a  worthy  help- 
mate for  her  gifted  husband;  she  entered  heartily  into  all  his  plans  and  assisted  him 
with  his  work  and  soon  became  a  leader  in  social  circles  in  Shenandoah.  She  was  a 
member,  and  the  president  for  some  years,  of  the  Kappa  Delta  Club,  also  a  district 
secretary  for  some  time;  for  ten  years  she  was  president  of  the  missionary  society  of 
the  Congregational  Church,  and  soon  after  settling  in  Santa  Ana,  Cal.,  was  elected 
to  the  same  position  here  and  has  served  for  seven  years,  being  still  in  office;  she  is  an 
ex-president  of  the  Ebell  Club  of  Santa  Ana,  which  has  a  membership  of  over  300,  and' 
is  on  the  executive  board;  is  president  of  the  County  Federated  Clubs;  has  held  offices 


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in  the  Woman's   Club;  and  is  on  the  executive  board  of  the  southern  ^^^"'^h   of  the 
Woman's  Board  of  Missions  of  the  Pacific.     During  the  World  War  she  was  active 
Red  Cross  and  other  allied  activities,  and  still  retains  her  interest  in  the   ^f^^         ' 
and  was   chairman  of  the   educational  department  of  the   County   Council   ot   uei 
of  Orange  County.     She  is  a  member  of  the  Eastern  Star  Chapter  of  Santa  Ana. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crose  became  the  parents  of  a  daughter,  Mabel  C,  now  the  wi  e 
of  Fred  C.  Rowland,  a  prosperous  rancher  of  McClay  Street,  and  they  have  two  ^"^'■™' 
ing  daughters,  Nina  Jeannette  and  Barbara  Ruth.  A  man  of  broad  mentality  and  strict 
integrity,  who  can  well  be  called  a  self-made  man,  Charles  F.  Crose  was  called  by  the 
grim  reaper  on  January  11,  1917,  and  there  was  left  to  mourn  his  passing  a  wide  '^"''^'^ 
of  friends  in  Orange  County  as  well  as  in  his  former  Iowa  home,  all  of  whom  valued 
him  for  his  worth  as  a  citizen  and  friend. 

GEORGE  J.  COCKING. — An  enterprising  and  progressive  native  son  who  is 
making  a  decided  success  of  the  plumbing,  heating  and  sheet  metal  business  in  Santa 
Ana,  is  George  J.  Cocking.  He  was  born  at  Colton,  Cal.,  August  28,  1888,  a  son  of 
Isaac  and  Annie  (Drown)  Cocking,  natives  of  England.  Isaac  Cocking  came  to  Cali- 
fornia in  the  early  eighties,  locating  at  Colton,  where  he  became  manager  for  the 
corporation  which  purchased  the  large  hill  of  lime  rock  near  Colton,  and  which  the 
company   demolished   for  making   building   lime. 

George  J.  Cocking  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Colton 
and  Redlands.  At  Riverside  he  was  employed  by  Copley  Brothers,  with  whom  he 
learned  the  trade  of  a  sheet  metal  worker.  Returning  to  Redlands  he  worked  for 
Worthington,  the  plumber,  also  Kline  and  Underwood.  In  1908  Mr.  Cocking  moved  to 
Pasadena,  where  he  was  employed  by  the  Pacific  Sheet  Metal  Works  and  the  Warren 
and  Foss  Company.  The  year  1912  marked  his  advent  into  the  business  life  of  Santa 
Ana,  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  McFadden  Hardware  Company  and  built 
up  their  department  for  sheet  metal  work  and  became  manager.  During  his  con- 
nection with  the  McFadden  Hardware  Company  he  installed  the  sheet  metal  work  for 
the  Santa  Ana  high  school,  the  Athletic  Club  and  the  Yost  Theater;  also  the  high 
school  building  at  Orange.  Mr.  Cocking  also  installed  the  heating  and  ventilating 
plants  in  the  following  buildings:  the  Methodist  and  Congregational  churches  in  Santa 
Ana;  Anaheim  Public  Library;  other  business  blocks  and  fine  residences  at  Anaheim. 

In  April,  1918,  Mr.  Cocking  decided  to  enter  into  business  for  himself  and  since 
then  he  has  been  conducting  his  chosen  line  of  work  most  successfully.  He  can  point 
with  pride  to  the  following  buildings  where  he  has  done  the  plumbing  or  installed  the 
heating  plants:  at  the  Crawford  Marmalade  Factory,  Anaheim,  he  installed  their  steam 
heating  plant;  installed  the  plumbing  in  the  fine  residence  of  C.  V.  Davis  at  Santa 
Ana;  bungalow  court  at  First  and  Court  streets;  the  McCormick  Apartments;  four 
houses  for  J.  W.  Sackman;  an  apartment  house  for  Mrs.  Lowman  on  South  Birch 
Street;  and  a  number  of  houses  built  by  George  Barrows. 

On  February  2,  1912,  Mr.  Cocking  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Bertha  J. 
Simpson  of  Kansas,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  one  son,  George  Richard. 

JWILLIAM  J.  SAUNBY.— Flourishing  and  promising  Tustin  numbers  in  its  citi- 
zenship many  progressive  men,  and  one  of  the  most  pronounced,  both  in  ability  and 
accomplishment  is  William  J.  Saunby,  who  owns  twenty-five  acres  of  land,  twenty  of 
^ere   and  mn  ^°  °""ps jind  five  to  walnuts.     For  eighteen  years  he  has  resided 

ment'of  his  town       "'°''  contributed  to  the  growth,  improvement  and  develop- 

1859  ^-ThfrTln^'n ''  ^"^*'^^°f  Ontario,   Canada,  where   he  was   born   on   October   S 

gratitude  and  hope.     The  father  of  Mr.  Saunby  wa    Joseph  D    Saun'h  ^'^°^'^^  ^'*'^ 

Province  of  Quebec,  and  he  married  Miss  Elizabeth  B^rH  KU      ^^""'^y'  ^  native  of  the 
of  John  and  Mary  Elson  whose  familV'like     helaunby's^  rikld^S";  '  ^'"f  *7 

the  dilitro^?e"rv' Thl:f?ol^rd'Th?.:rb""'^V°  f'''  ^'^  ^-^-'1. 
land,   of  a   splendid   old    North   nf   P      1      ^  ^      .,      ^  ^"^  '"  Northamptonshire,  Eng- 


^Raj-i^\^  . 


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cities  in  Ontario  for  over  fifty  years,  until  his  death.  In  Ontario  he  was  also  married, 
being  united  with  Nancy  Hartman  of  that  native  heath.  Reverend  Cosford  was  a  man 
much  loved  in  the  communities  where  he  preached  for  his  mild  and  charitable  disposi- 
tion as  well  as  for  his  straightforwardness  and  fearlessness  in  speaking  the  truth. 
From  the  fortunate  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Saunby  have  been  born  five  children,  four  of 
whom  grew  up.  Sidney  during  the  recent  great  war  served  as  a  member  of  the  U.  S. 
forces.  He  studied  electricity  and  especially  ignition  at  the  government  quarters  in 
Los  Angeles  that  he  might  become  proficient  as  an  automobile  expert.  Previous  to  the 
outbreak  of  the  war  he  was  with  the  Edison  Company  and  he  is  now  assisting  his 
father  in  operating  the  ranch;  Dora  is  a  graduate  nurse,  now  with  the  Michael  Reese 
Hospital  in  Chicago;  Alice  is  a  student  nurse  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Hospital  in 
Los  Angeles;  while  Ernest,  the  youngest,  is  attending  Santa  Ana  high  school. 

Mr.  Saunby  is  a  believer  that  cooperation  is  the  only  successful  method  of  mar- 
keting citrus  and  walnut  crops,  so  is  very  naturally  a  member  of  the  Santiago  Orange 
Association  and  the  Santa  Ana  Walnut  Growers  Association,  being  a  member  of  the 
board  of  directors  in  the  former.  Both  he  and  his  estimable  wife  are  devout  Metho- 
dists holding  membership  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  Santa  Ana  where  he 
is  a  member  of  the  official  board,  and  liberally  inclined,  they  take  an  active  part  in  the 
benevolences  of  the  church.  Strong  advocates  of  temperance,  they  did  all  they  could  to 
fight  the  demon  rum  and  abolish  the  saloon  as  well  as  working  for  the  success  of 
national  prohibition.  They  have  lived  noble  and  useful  lives  and  by  their  helpfulness 
and  many  charities  have  endeared  themselves  to  the  people  of  their  community  who 
appreciate  them  for  their  worth  and  integrity.  Tustin  would  gladly  welcome  citizens 
and  their  families   of   the   Saunby  type. 

IRVIN  LIVENSPIRE. — A  contractor  very  naturally  in  constant  demand  because 
of  his  technical  knowledge  of  every  kind  of  brick  masonry,  is  Irvin  Livenspire,  who 
was  born  in  Wyandot  County,  Ohio,  on  January  23,  1867.  He  was  the  son  of  a  mer- 
chant, Charles  LivenspTre,  and  so  came  to  get  an  insight  early  in  life  into  business 
ways  of  the  world.  He  was  also  fortunate  in  the  character  and  devotion  of  his  mother, 
who  was  Catherine  Kellogg  before  her  marriage,  and  owed  much  to  her  in  his  prepa- 
ration for  the  responsibilities  of  later  years.  Both  parents,  well  known  for  their  stand- 
ing in  Ohio  communities,  are  now  dead. 

Irvin  attended  the  public  schools  of  Ohio,  among  the  best  in  the  United  States, 
and  when  he  was  old  enough  to  profit  from  apprenticeship,  he  Jearned  the  brickmason's 
trade.  He  was  successful  from  the  beginning  in  the  opportunities  to  work  where  he 
developed  rapidly;  and  when  he  came  to  California  in  1902,  he  was  prepared  to  stand 
shoulder  to  shoulder  with  the  best  artisans. 

For  five  years  Mr.  Livenspire  worked  in  Los  Angeles,  but  in  1907  he  removed  to 
Santa  Ana,  and  since  then  his  reputation  for  both  skill  and  honesty,  as  well  as  rea- 
sonable terms,  has  made  him  much  in  demand.  Among  important  commissions,  he  did 
the  mason  work  on  the  Masonic  Temple,  the  Spurgeon  Building,  the  West-End  Thea- 
ter, and  the  Rutherford  Building,  and  of  course  a  great  deal  of  other  excellent  work 
throughout  the  county.  He  is  in  partnership  with  Henry  Walters,  and  the  firm  name  is 
Livenspire  and  Walters.     On  an  average,  they  employ  twelve  men. 

Mrs.  Livenspire  was  Miss  Ida  Blake  before  her  marriage,  and  she  is  the  mother 
of  a  son,  Ralph,  who  is  associated  in  business  with  Mr.  Livenspire,  and  a  daughter, 
Mildred.  Mr.  Livenspire  is  a  Democrat,  but  first,  last  and  always  an  American,  and 
when  it  comes  to  "boosting"  Santa  Ana  or  Orange  County,  he  forgets  all  about  the 
narrowness  of  party  lines,  and  seeks  to  support  only  the  best,  be  it  in  men  or  measures 
designed  to  help  the  community  to  higher,  broader  and  better  things. 

THOMAS  C.  H.  De  LAPP.— An  efficient  and  popular  public  official  of  Huntington 
Beach,  who  has  earned  the  confidence  of  his  fellow-citizens  and  the  honors  bestowed 
upon  him  by  the  Government,  is  Thomas  C.  H.  De  Lapp,  the  postmaster.  He  was  born 
in  Jacksonville,  Morgan  County,  111.,  on  September  5,  1866,  the  son  of  John  M.  De  Lapp, 
a  native  of  Cape  Girardeau,  Mo.,  a  descendant  of  French-Huguenot  stock,  also  a  Mexican 
War  veteran  with  the  rank  of  sergeant  and  he  helped  to  gain  possession  of  California 
for  the  United  States.  He  married  Mary  F.  Headen,  who  was  born  in  Mooresville, 
Tenn.  For -a  while  the  parents  rented  a  farm  in  Morgan  County,  111.,  and  there  they 
became  esteemed  as  industrious,  progressive  and  altogether  estimable  folk. 

It  thus  happened  that  Thomas  grew  up  to  farm  work,  learning  thoroughly  first 
how  to  do  the  usual  chores,  and  secondly  the  methods  of  agriculture  then  in  vogue  in 
that  part  of  the  country.  When,  however,  he  was  twenty-three  years  of  age,  he  removed 
.to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  there  worked  at  various  occupations.  He  found  employment  in 
planing  mills,  and  for  the  remainder  of  five  years  or  so  was  in  the  car  factories  of  that 
city.     He  proved  competent  in  every  way  until  he  broke  his  wrist,   and  then  he  was 


1250  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

forced  to  seek  different  employment.  Having  become  known  to  the  street  car  author- 
ities, he  was  made  a  conductor  on  the  Lindell  Avenue  Railway,  and  for  another  five 
years  had  charge  of  passenger  traffic. 

While  in  St.  Louis  on  July  2,  1892,  Mr.  De  Lapp  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Eliza- 
beth Boggs,  a  relative  of  the  pioneer,  Lilburn  W.  Boggs,  a  Kentuckian  born  in  1798, 
who  removed  to  Missouri,  was  elected  governor  in  1836,  and  took  a  prominent  part  m 
the  expulsion  of  the  Mormons.  In  1846  he  migrated  to  California,  and  from  1847  to 
1849  was  alcalde  of  the  Sonoma  district,  where  he  became  somewhat  famous  for  the 
administration  of  office  during  a  trying  period  of  the  interregnum,  and  so  is  deservmg 
of  prominence  in  the  annals  of  California.  Mrs.  De  Lapp  was  reared  in  Missouri,  and 
later  came  to  the  Pacific  Coast.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  De  Lapp  have  two  children:  George  T., 
who  is  a  student  in  the  high  school;  and  Margaret  F.  E.,  who  is  still  attending  the 
grammar  school. 

In  November,  1899,  Mr.  De  Lapp  came  out  to  California,  and  engaged  with  the 
Los  Angeles  Traction  Company  as  a  conductor;  and  for  a  year  he  resided  in  the  metrop- 
olis of  the  Southland.  Next  he  put  in  six  years  with  the  San  Dimas  Citrus  Association, 
thereby  acquiring  a  still  better  knowledge  of  the  resources  of  the  Golden  State.  In 
1906  he  came  to  Huntington  Beach,  and  here  he  bought  acreage  and  city  property.  For 
two  years  he  was  manager  of  the  Tent  City,  and  ever  since  he  has  been  a  genuine 
"booster"  for  the  town.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to  see  the  importance  of  good  roads 
to  the  district,  and  to  advocate  building  the  same.  For  four  years,  too,  Mr.  De  Lapp 
farmed  hereabouts  and  raised  sugar  beets,  and  in  course  of  time  he  helped  to  get  the 
Huntington  Beach  Sugar  Factory,  that  is,  to  induce  the  Holly  Sugar  Corporation  to 
build  their  establishment.  To  make  the  venture  a  success,  he  undertook  to  grow  the 
sugar  beet  on  a  large  scale,  and  for  a  while  he  had  forty  acres  planted  to  beets. 

In  January,  191S,  Mr.  De  Lapp  was  appointed,  as  a  Democrat,  postmaster  at 
Huntington  Beach,  a  position  of  responsibility,  as  the  office  there  handles  a  large 
amount  of  mail.  This  is  due  largely  to  the  presence  of  many  tourists  or  visitors  in 
the  bathing  season,  a  moving  class  difficult  to  cater  to.  He  was  reappointed  to  serve 
a  second  term  on  August  IS,  1919.  Two  assistants  aid  the  postmaster — Miss  Abagail 
Crum,  who  is  the  assistant  postmaster,  and  a  clerk,  Mrs.  Anna  Rowland-Taylor.  There 
is  also  a  village  carrier,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  M.  Hoge,  and  a  rural  carrier,  Samuel  M.  Hosack. 

Mr.  De  Lapp  was  made  a  Mason  some  years  ago,  and  belongs  to  Huntington 
Beach  Lodge  No.  383,  F.  &  A.  M.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  De  Lapp  are  members  of  the 
Eastern  Star.  For  nine  years  Mr.  De  Lapp  was  superintendent  of  the  Christian  Svmday 
school,  and  he  helped  with  a  generous  hand  to  build  the  Christian  Church  at  Huntington 
Beach.  Now  Mr.  and  Mrs.  De  Lapp  and  their  family  belong  to  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  over  the  Sunday  school  of  which  he  has  presided  for  one  year  as 
superintendent. 

HENRY  A.  SKILES. — An  industrious,  frugal  man  who  credits  his  success  in 
business  life  largely  to  his  having  endeavored  to  lead  a  devout,  Christian  life,  and  his 
good  health,  enabling  him  at  the  age  of  seventy-two,  to  ride  a  motorcycle  daily,  is 
Henry  A.  Skiles,  the  well-known  building  contractor  of  912  Orange  Avenue  He  was 
born  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  Ind.,  on  July  28,  1848,  the  son  of  Henry  Skiles,  a  native  of  Penn- 
sylvania. He  came  of  a  family  of  farmers,  and  was  an  early  settler  and  builder-up  of 
Mt.  Pleasant,  Ind.  He  had  married  Jane  Andrews,  a  native  of  Ireland,  who  came  to 
America  with  her  parents.  Henry  is  the  fifth  son  in  a  family  of  seven  children  honoring 
this  worthy  couple.  ° 

WeurfcZr!!^  7^'  ^'^^A  i'"f  f^'  ^''^  J^"'"'"  removed,  first  to  Lee  and  then  to 
Henry  County,  Iowa,  and  the  lad  attended  a  log-cabin  school  in  the  winter  while  he 
was  being  mitiated  into  the  details  of  farming,  for  which  he  early  showed  T  1  kin<. 
His  father  had  a  good  farm  of  160  acres,  where  he  raised  grain  and  stock  so  that  he 
had  the  best  opportunity,  under  his  guidance,  to  learn.  AiL  the  Civ  W^r  h's  folts 
removed  to  Johnson  County,  Mo.,  within  fifty  miles  of  Kansas  City,  where  they  con 
Unued  to  farm;  and  at  agricultural  pursuits,  in  the  service  of  other^  i  '  Iowa  and 
Kansas  and  Missouri,  he  continued  until  he  was  twenty-one 

nf  ,J^l  "^";iage  of  Mr.  Skiles  united  him  with  Miss  Sarah  Thompson,  a  dau<.hter 
of  the  Rev.  R.  G.  Thompson  of  Kingsville,  Mo.,  and  there,  he  took  up  farming 
with   eighty  acres    raising  grain   and   stock.     Mrs.   Skiles'   mother  was   Sarah   LeTand 

He-Iie/at-tL^lgto^s^vrtytii;:.^^-  ^'°'"^^°"  ^'^''^^  ""^  ^^^  Pentsy^tnia' 
In  1874,  Mr.  Skiles  came  West  with  his  family  to  Oakland,  and  there  did  -eneral 

Jame's  Sa'dd^r"!''  '^  T  ^'"'  "'"^  ""''  ""'^^^^  ^-^^  Brown.  Meeting  wth 
n^R78  A'^c''"  *''!  '^""  ^""^^  t°  Oakland,  he  decided  to  come  south -Tnd 

L\  ^  T!  °  Santa  Ana,  shipping  his  eflfects  by  boat  to  Newport  From  the 
first,  he  undertook  general  building  and   contracting,  and  with  plentfof  goodhelp 


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he  soon  put  up  a  number  of  the  better  residences,  and  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  was 
Santa  Ana's  leading  building  contractor. 

Mr.  Skiles  has  three  acres  of  orchard  at  his  home  place,  purchased  in  1900,  and 
ten  acres  of  apricots  at  Hemet.  Seven  children  have  assisted  in  the  daily  toil,  besides 
adding  to  the  pleasures  of  domestic  life.  Robert,  who  married  Katharine  Brown,  is 
deputy  assessor  of  Orange  County,  and  has  two  children,  Dorothy  and  Corinne;  Leland 
married  E.  C.  Baer  and  is  ranching  at  Hemet;  they  have  two  children,  Rolston  and 
Lois;  Edna  is  the  wife  of  A.  E.  Cox,  a  rancher  living  at  Huntington  Park;  their  two 
children  are  Carmen  and  Elwood;  Leslie  is  also  a  farmer  at  Hemet,  his  wife  was 
Frances  Armstrong,  and  they  have  one  child,  Denton  A.;  Ira  is  a  plumber  at  Long- 
Beach,  and  is  married  to  Lea  Snyder;  Earl  is  the  husband  of  Louise  Riley  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  father  of  two  children,  Margaret  and  June;  and  he  is  the  private  secretary 
of  the  estate  of  E.  T.  Earl  of  Los  Angeles;  Bruce  married  Miss  Grace  Doty,  and  is 
employed  by  J.  Tubbs  of  the  Santa  Ana  Commercial  Company  and  they  have  one  child, 
Helen.  Mr.  Skiles  is  a  Prohibitionist  in  national  political  affairs,  and  a  good  "booster" 
in  everything  pertaining  to  Santa  Ana  and  Orange  County.  He  and  his  family  are 
consistent  church  members. 

FRANK  SAWYER. — A  successful  garage  manager  who  thoroughly  understands^ 
the  many-sided  problems  of  the  autoist  and  the  tourist,  is  Frank  Sawyer,  the  popular 
proprietor  of  the  West  End  Garage  at  Santa  Ana.  He  was  born  in  Pawnee  City, 
Pawnee  County,  Nebr.,  on  October  24,  1893,  the  son  of  J.  B.  Sawyer  who  had  married 
Elizabeth  A.  Karnes  by  whom  he  came  to  have  six  children,  three  sons  and  three  daugh- 
ters. He  brought  his  family  to  California  in  December,  1912,  and  located  at  Long 
Beach;  and  both  parents  are  still  enjoying  the  salubrious  climate  of  sub-tropical 
California. 

Frank  got  all  he  could  out  of  the  excellent  public  schools  of  his  neighborhood, 
and  followed  this  elementary  training  with  a  course  of  technical  studies  at  Highland 
Park  College  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  Appreciating  the  ever-expanding  field  of  service 
for  the  motorist,  since  1907  he  has  followed  the  mechanism  of  automobiles,  and  since 
coming  to  California  in  1912  he  continued  in  the  automobile  business  and  has  now  well 
established  himself  as  one  of  the  indispensables  in  Santa  Ana. 

In  1919,  Mr.  Sawyer  bought  his  present  plant  and  spared  neither  pains  nor  ex- 
pense in  providing  for  his  patrons  the  most  modern  machinery  and  appliances.  He  is 
thus  able  to  execute  all  kinds  of  repair  work,  and  his  fame  for  doing  that  which  so 
many  are  unable  to  tackle  having  extended  even  beyond  the  confines  of  Orange  County, 
he  has  all  the  commissions  which  any  man  would  care  to  undertake  with  some  leisure 
and  comfort  to  himself.  He  employs  four  men  regularly,  each  like  himself  an  expert 
in  every  kind  of  auto  or  motor  renovating.  Only  the  best  of  materials  are  used,  and 
satisfaction  to  the  customer  is  thus  easily  guaranteed.  The  West  End  Garage  has 
become  one  of  the  most  popular  repair  shops  in  the  county. 

On  December  IS,  1914,  Mr.  Sawyer  married  Julia  Ruth  Walker,  a  native  daughter 
of  Orange  County,  born  near  Santa  Ana;  and  they  have  one  child,  Margaret  Ellen. 
Besides  taking  an  active  part  in  the  work  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  to  which 
Mr.  Sawyer  belongs,  and  participating  with  fellow  Republicans  in  civic  reforms, 
Mr.  Sawyer  belongs  to  the  Elks,  being  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794. 

HARVEY  GARBER. — That  great  progress  has  been  made  in  the  manufacture  of 
brick  is  clearly  demonstrated  by  Harvey  Garber,  one  of  the  most  aggressively  pro- 
gressive leaders  in  that  field  in  Southern  California,  and  a  prominent  business  man 
of  Santa  Ana.  He  was  born  in  Emmet  County,  Mich.,  on  March  28,  1879,  the  son  of 
Jacob  M.  Garber,  a  native  Ohian,  still  happily  living.  The  good  mother  born  in  Indiana, 
now  among  the  silent  majority,  was  Libbie  Shrock  before  her  marriage,  and  gave  early 
guidance  to  three  children,  among  whom  Harvey  was  the  youngest. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  in  northern  Indiana,  while  being  raised  on  a  farm, 
but  had  to  lay  aside  his  books  all  too  early,  so  that  much  of  his  real  schooling  came 
through  contact  with  the  outside,  exacting  world.  At  the  age  of  twenty,  he  had 
learned  the  pressfeeder's  trade,  but  a  year  later  took  up  carpentering  and  followed  that 
by  preference. 

On  January  13,  1914,  he  came  to  California;  and  having  had  five  years'  experience 
as  a  contractor  at  South  Bend,  Ind.,  he  established  himself  in  Orange  County  in 
general  contracting,  with  his  residence  at  Orange.  He  built  the  grammar  school  in 
Huntington  Beach,  the  Alfred  Huhn  Building  at  Orange,  a  brick  block  at  Newport 
Beach,  the  Greenville  School,  the  L.  B.  Resh  brick  block  at  Anaheim,  and  many  fine 
residences  in  various  towns  in  the  county.  In  August,  1919,  he  bought  the  brick  plant 
at  Santa  Ana,  and  since  then  he  has  devoted  all  his  time  to  the  manufacture  of  brick 
of  all  grades.     He  employs  twenty-five  men,  and  pays  out  over  $500  weekly  for  wages. 


1254  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Mr.  Garber  has  always  taken  a  live  interest,  as  a  Republican,  in  America  national 
politics,  ever  ready  to  elevate  the  standard  of  patriotic  citizenship,  and  has  participatea 
in  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  other  "boosting"  and  developing  work;  and  during  tne 
war  he  had  been  notified  of  his  recommendation  for  a  first  lieutenancy  in  the  construe 
tion  division  of  the  quartermaster  department,  but  the  commission  was  never  t°''^^^'^°^° 
because  of  the  signing  of  the  armistice.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
and   the   Merchants  and   Manufacturers  Association,   and   also  belongs   to   tne   urange 

County  Commercial  Club.  .       .„      ,      „     t-  .,  j    ti,o;,- 

On  June  2  1909,  Mr.  Garber  was  married  to  Miss  Freda  B.  Kelley;  and  tneir 
marriage  has  brought  them  the  inestimable  blessing  of  an  attractive  daughter  Marian 
Elizabeth.  Mr.  Garber  is  a  Scottish  Rite,  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  and  also  a 
Shriner;  and  Mrs.  Garber  shares  his  popularity  in  fraternal  circles.  Both  are  fond  of 
outdoor  life,  and  glad  to  be  in  California,  the  land  of  outdoors. 

ARCHIE  M.  ROBINSON. — Since  every  other  important  line  of  industry  in  the 
world  centers  around  the  occupation  of  tilling  the  soil  the  rancher  may  truthfully  be 
called  the  Hub  of  the  World.  One  of  the  industrious,  progressive  and  self-made 
orange  growers  of  Orange  County,  CaL,  is  Archie  M.  Robinson,  a  native  of  Delhi, 
-  Delaware  County,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  born  October  21,  1871.  His  father,  Buel  VV., 
and  mother,  Jane  (Christie)  Robinson,  also  natives  of  the  Empire  State,  were  the 
parents  of  seven  children,  of  whom  A.  M.  Robinson  is  the  only  one  residing  in  Cali- 
fornia. The  father,  Buel  W.,  now  deceased,  served  as  a  volunteer  during  the  Civil 
War  in   Company  C,  One   Hundred  Fourty-fourth   New  York  Volunteer   Regiment. 

Archie  M.  Robinson  received  a  common  school  education  and  resided  in  his 
native  state,  following  general  farming  until  1901,  when  the  call  of  the  West  caused 
him  to  turn  his  face  toward  the  shores  of  the  Golden  State,  and  since  then  he  has  been 
a  resident  of  Orange  County.  The  first  year  in  his  new  home  he  worked  on  a  ranch, 
cleared  $300  and  invested  it  in  a  twenty-five-acre  ranch  on  Prospect  Avenue,  which 
he  improved,  owned  for  two  years  and  sold.  He  then  purchased  his  present  twenty- 
six-acre  ranch  on  Fairhaven  Avenue,  which  is  devoted  exclusively  to  the  culture  of 
oranges.  The  property  was  formerly  planted  to  oranges  and  apricots,  the  latter  being 
reset,  so  now  the  whole  acreage  is  producing  fine  Valencia  oranges.  During  the  earlier 
years  of  Mr.  Robinson's  residence  in  Orange  County  he  experienced,  in  common  with 
other  ranchers,  the  scarcity  of  water.  Necessity  caused  the  combination  of  their 
forces  and  a  company  was  formed  to  overcome  the  dilBculty  by  developing  water..  In 
1913  wells  were  sunk  to  the  depth  of  300  feet,  resulting  in  an  abundant  flow  of  water, 
■which  insured  the  crops  and  increased  the  value  of  land  immeasurably.  He  has  been 
a  director  in  the  Tustin  Hill  Citrus  Association  from  its  organization  in  1909. 

In  1910  Mr.  Robinson  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Elizabeth  Pilcher,  a 
native  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  daughter  of  William  Pilcher.  Two  daughters  have  been 
born  of  their  union,  Elizabeth  and  Dorothy  by  name.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robinson  are 
members  of  the  Baptist  Church  of  Santa  Ana,  being  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees, 
and  fraternally  Mr.  Robinson  affiliates  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows! 
his   membership   being  in  the   Santa  Ana  Lodge. 

JOHN  C.  HAYDEN.— A  Philadelphian  of  extraordinary  business  ability  who  is 
"making  good"  in  Orange  County  as  district  superintendent  of  the  Southern  Counties 
Gas  Company,  is  John  C.  Hayden,  popular,  with  his  family,  in  the  best  social  circles. 
He  was  born  in  the  City  of  Brotherly  Love  on  November  27,  1888,  and  grew  up  in  that 
center  of  Pennsylvania  life.     His  father,  now  deceased,  was  Michael  J    Hayden    a  very 

H"''n.ber  p'  " r    ;^'^°,,  '^"k  '.  '"T   °^  "'^"   Stationery  stores   in   Philadelphia. 

His  mother  was  Rose  G.  Deehan  before  her  marriage;  and  she  is  also  deceased  There 
were  three  boys  and  a  girl  in  the  family,  and  John  was  the  youngest  of  them  all  \ 
sister,  Mrs.  Mane  Warke  resides  in  Los  Angeles,  and  they  afe  he  on  "  two  in 
^  1  i."'^-  ?^  attended  the  Gesu  Parochial  School  and  St.  Joseph's  Colle<.e  at  PhH- 
adelphia,  and  then  entered  the  stationery  business  of.  his  father,  his  niother  having  dkd 
when  he  was  nme  years  old.  Michael  Hayden  made  a  visit  to  Los  \n^des  and  other 
h:re%o  rEfdf'  "   '''''  ^"'  '°"''  ^^^"  ^^*"'  accompanied  by  John    he  Tame  out 

At  that  time  our  subject  entered  the  employ  of  the  Gillespie  Book  and  Stationerv 
Store,  Los  Angeles,  and  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  book  department  and  there 
foVt^T^^.^'  r'  years.  In  September,  1916,  he  came  to  Santa  Ana  as '  chief  clerk 
for  the  Southern  Counties  Gas  Company,  and  he  rose  to  be  commercial  agent  hold^n^ 
that  post  until  he  was  promoted  to  be  district  superintendent  on  December  1    1919 

At  Santa  Ana  in  1913,  Mr.  Hayden  was  married  to  Miss  Gladys  Starkey'  of  Los 
Angeles;  and  one  child^a  boy  named  Herbert  Hughes  Hayden,  has  come  to  bkss  the" 
tortunate  union.     Mr.  Hayden  is  prominent  in  the  Elks  Lodge  No.  794    at  Santa  Ana 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1257 

and  also  in   the   Rotary   Club   of  that   city,   whose  motto   is:     "He   profits   most  who 
serves  best." 

The  Southern  Counties  Gas  Company  is  a  very  important  utility  corporation, 
supplying  both  domestic  and  industrial  consumers.  The  general  meter  shop,  for  the 
whole  system  of  California,  is  located  on  East  First  Street  in  Santa  Ana,  where  is  also 
the  automobile  shop  and  the  general  store-rooms  employing  some  sixty-five  persons. 
Four  districts  and  eight  divisions  represent  the  business  interests  of  this  corporation. 
The  eastern  district  comprises  Orange  County  division,  which  includes.  Santa  Ana, 
Orange,  Tustin,  Anaheim,  El  Modena,  Fullerton,  Garden  Grove,  Placentia,  Buena  Park, 
along  the  route  from  Garden  Grove  to  Huntington  Beach;  the  Whittier  division  com- 
prising Whittier,  La  Habra,  Monterey  Park  and  the  adjacent  territory;  the  Monrovia 
division  includes  Monrovia,  Arcadia,  Sierre  Madre,  South  Santa  Anita  and  El  Monte; 
while  the  remaining  division  of  Pomona  is  made  up  of  Pomona,  Claremont,  Spadra, 
LaVerne,  Glendora,  Chino,  Ontario,  Uplands,  Azusa,  San  Dimas  and  Baldwin  Park. 
Mr.  Hayden  has  supervision  of  the  Orange  County  division. 

WILLIAM  KLAUSING.'— An  .old-timer  who,  by  improving  the  soil  of  a  barren 
waste,  has  developed  a  splendid  orchard  and  in  so  doing  has  not  only  acquired  property 
worth  the  whole  for  himself,  but  has  added  to  the  wealth  of  an  already  rich  country,  is 
William  Klausing,  who  was  born  in  Troy,  Madison  County,  111.,  on  June  IS,  1864,  the 
son  of  Henry  Klausing,  a  farmer  of  that  state  who  died  there  in  1870.  He  had  married 
Miss  Mary  Taake,  and  she  died  in  1886.  They  had  four  children,  of  whom  three  grew 
to  maturity,  and  of  these,  William  is  the  second  eldest.  He  was  brought  up  on  the 
home  farm,  while  he  attended  the  local  schools;  and  until  he  was  seventeen,  assisted  his 
mother  with  the  farm  work.  Then  he  went  out  to  work  for  others  as  an  experienced 
farm  hand. 

During  the  great  "boom"  in  Southern  California  realty,  Mr.  Klausing  came  west  to 
Los  Angeles,  in  1887,  then  pretty  small  and  provincial,  and  secured  an  engagement  to 
work  for  Mrs.  Hollenbeck  on  Boyle  Heights.  At  the  end  of  two  years,  he  entered  the 
employment  of  William  H.  Perry,  and  then  he  was  with  Dr.  Gray  and  also  Judge 
Gardener,  on  West  Adams  Street.  At  the  end  of  two  years  there,  he  traveled  north  to 
San  Francisco,  where  he  worked  for  eighteen  months  for  George  D.  Toy  at  San  Mateo; 
and  after  that  he  was  in  the  service  of  Andrew  Harrell  of  Visalia,  with  whom  he  con- 
tinued for  four  years. 

In  July,  1897,  Mr.  Klausing  returned  east  on  a  visit  to  Missouri  and  Illinois,  but 
the  lure  of  California  still  holding  him,  he  came  back  here  in  1898,  and  with  a  brother 
rented  a  ranch  for  a  year  in  Eagle-  Rock.  They  were  not  very  successful,  and  they  dis- 
solved their  partnership.  Then  his  attention  was  directed  to  Anaheim,  and  in  1899  he 
located  here.  At  first  he  was  in  the  employ  of  John  Brunworth,  as  zanjero  for  the 
water  company,  and  assisted  him  also  on  his  ranch;  but  in  1901  he  bought  his  present 
place  on  Sunkist  Avenue  in  West  Anaheim,  which  was  raw  land,  covered  with  cactus 
and  bushes.  He  paid  thirty-five  dollars  an  acre;  and  while  he  continued  with  Mr.  Brun- 
v-orth  for  eight  years,  he  cleared,  leveled  and  otherwise  improved  his  own  property.  In 
190S  he  set  out  orange  and  walnut  trees,  and  two  years  later  he  built  his  residence. 

Now  he  has  twelve  and  a  half  acres  in  Valencia  oran.ees,  and  seven  acres  in  wal- 
nuts, and  is  probably  the  oldest  orange  rancher  in  the  district,  with  property  on  which 
he  worked  verv  hard,  in  the  beginning,  to  grow  chili  peppers.  He  also  owns  fortv  acres 
in  the  Palos  Verde  Valley,  which  is  devoted  to  the  raising  of  cotton,  and  he  has  ten 
acres  in  the  Golden  State  tract  which  he  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges.  Of  course,  he 
is  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Orange  and  Lemon  Association  and  the  .\naheim  Walnut 
Growers  Association. 

At  Anaheim  Mr.  Klausing-  was  married  to  Miss  Dora  Dieckoflf,  a  native  of  Ger- 
many, and  two  children  have  further  blessed  their  union — Gertrude  and  Henry.  Mr. 
Klausing  is  a  Reoublican;  and  he  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  Anaheim  Lutheran 
Church,  of  which  he  was  formerly  a  trustee. 

PHRANDA  A.  ROBINSON. — A  pioneer  railroad  and  livestock  man  who  is  replete 
with  interesting  stories  of  early  days  on  various  frontiers,  is  Phranda  A.  Robinson,  a 
native  of  the  Empire  State,  where  he  was  borri,  in  St.  Lawrence  County  on  August 
21.  1851.  His  father  was  William  A.  Robinson,  a  farmer  and  a  contractor,  and  a  true 
Wisconsin  pioneer,  and  he  married  Miss  Almira  Davis,  by  whom  he  had  six  children. 

The  eldest  in  the  order  of  birth,  Phranda  attended  the  common  schools  of  Wis- 
consin, to  which  state  the  family  moved  when  he  was  only  four  years  of  age.  Growing 
up,  he  made  his  way  to  Colorado  and  for  a  while  worked  with  a  railroad  contractor 
in  constructing  the  first  three  railroads  built  into  Denver.  This  was  at  the  beginning 
of  the  seventies.  At  the  end  of  two  years  he  removed  to  Ellis  County,  Kans..  and 
there,  for  seven  years,  he  homesteaded  and  engaged  in  the  cattle  business.     The  west- 


1258  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

ern  part  of  the  state  was  then  the  hunting  grounds  of  the  Indians,  and  he  hauled  sup- 
plies to  them  for  the  Government.  Buffalo  were  plentiful,  and  one  could  buy  plenty 
of  buffalo  hides  at  five  dollars  a  pelt.  Taking  up  his  residence  in  Wisconsin  again, 
he  engaged  for  seven  years  in  mercantile  trade  at  Antigo,  and  selling  out,  he  spent 
ten  years  in  southern  Wisconsin  at  Clinton  Junction.  After  that  he  removed  to  Gray's 
Lake,  III.,  where  he  was  in  the  banking  business  for  seven  years,  also  building  several 
houses  there.  In  1906  he  came  to  Berkeley,  Cal.,  built  houses  and  sold  them;  and 
four  years  later  he  removed  to  Santa  Ana.  Since  coming  here,  he  has  erected  over 
fifty  of  the  most  desirable  houses  in  the  city. 

Mr.  Robinson  married  Ida  Lusk,  a  native  of  Wisconsin.  He  is  the  father  of  three 
children— Caroline,  Charles  and  Harriet,  and  grandfather  to  five.  The  family  attend 
the  Methodist  Church.  Mr.  Robinson  belongs  to  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  is 
ever  ready  to  aid  any  reasonable  movement  likely  to  make  for  the  growth  or  the 
betterment  of  the  community.  He  is  a  standpat  Republican,  and  yet  never  draws  the 
■party  line  in  seeking  to  elevate  the  standard  of  local  civic  pride.  Keenly  alive  to  public 
questions  of  moment,  he  has  never  accepted  any  of  the  invitations  to  stand  for  public 
office,  and  still  pursues  his  quiet  way  as  a  private,  if  thoroughly  wide-awake  citizen, 
interested  at  all  times  in  Orange  County  and  its  rapid  development. 

GEORGE  FREDERICK  ANDRES.— A  prosperous  rancher  who  has  by  his  own 

efforts  and  the  able  assistance  of  his  capable  wife  developed  an  excellent  orange  and 
walnut  grove  northeast  of  Garden  Grove  is  George  Frederick  Andres,  popularly  known 
to  his  large  circle  of  friends  as  "Fred"  Andres.  This  forty-acre  ranch  is  on  the  Garden 
Grove  Road  and  twenty  acres  of  it  is  planted  to  Valencia  oranges  and  the  remainder  to 
walnuts.  Mr.  Andres  also  owns  fifteen  acres  within  the  city  limits  of  Santa  Ana,  which 
is  set  out  to  ten-year-old  budded  walnuts.  He  also  maintains  a  chicken  ranch  on  the 
Santa  Ana  property  and  has  ISOO  White  Leghorn  fowls  on  it  at  present. 

Born  on  October  1,  1868,  in  Germany,  about  fifty  miles  west  of  Berlin,  Mr.  Andres 
was  the  eldest  of  a  family  of  five  children,  four  of  whom  were  born  in  Germany  and 
one  in  Iowa.  His  parents  were  Ludwig  and  Marie  (Dee)  Andres.  The  father  was 
a  stone  and  brick  mason  and  stone  cutter,  having  learned  his  trade  very  thoroughly 
in  Berlin,  and  he  could  do  the  finest  kind  of  stone  work,  even  to  lettering  on  marble 
and  stone  monuments.  The  whole  family  sailed  from  Hamburg  on  the  S.  S.  Wieland 
of  the  Hamburg  Line,  landing  in  New  York  the  first  week  of  April,  1875.  They  went 
on  to  Lansing,  Iowa,  where  they  settled.  In  September  of  that  year,  Winnifred,  the 
youngest  child  was  born,  and  the  mother  passed  away  the  next  month,  the  arduous 
conditions  of  the  new  life  and  homesickness  for  the  ,old  home  proving  fatal  to  her.  A 
year  or  so  afterward  the  father  married  again,  being  united  to  Mary  Laaps,  and 
one  child,  William  was  born  to  them.  The  family  remained  at  Lansing  for  two  years, 
then  went  to  Waukon,  and  later  to  Village  Creek,  Iowa.  While  living  here  Ludwig 
Andres  went  to  Minneapolis  to  work  as  a  stone  mason  on  the  great  Pillsbury  Mills, 
and  here  he  was  instantly  killed,  when  a  scafifolding  on  which  he  was  working  gave 
way.  The  loss  of  both  father  and  mother  filled  the  young  lives  of  the  Andres  children 
with  sadness  as  it  meant  their  separation.  Fred,  who  at  that  time  was  only  ten  years 
old,  was  taken  by  his  uncle,  Gustav  Dee,  while  his  younger  brother,  Charles  A.,  went 
to  live  with  another  uncle,  Theodore  Dee,  both  farmers  in  Allamakee  County,  Iowa, 
and  for  three  years  the  brothers  did  not  see  each  other.  Fred  remained  with  his 
uncle  until  he  was  seventeen  years  old  and  then  hired  out  at  the  rate  of  five  dollars 
a  month  during  the  winter,  in  the  meantime  securing  what  schooling  he  could.  He 
kept  working  out  by  the  month  and  saved  his  money  and  for  two  years  was  in  Western 
Iowa,  still  working  out,  also  farmed  for  himself  there  and  then  broke  up  160  acres 
in  Adrian,  Minn.,  which  he  later  sold  and  in  1894  went  to  Rock  County,  Minn.,  and 
began  renting  land  near  Luverne.-  Like  many  other  pioneer  farmers  of  that  region, 
Mr.  Andres  at  times  suffered  may  discouraging  reverses;  one  year  his  crops  were  a 
total  failure,  so  that  he  could  not  even  pay  his  rent,  and  he  was  compelled  to  borrow 
corn  to  feed  his  horses,  which  he  afterward  repaid  at  the  rate  of  two  bushels  for  one. 
In  1903  he  moved  to  Hutchinson  County,  S.  D.,  where  he  bought  320  acres  of  land  and 
raised  thfee  crops,  and  from  there  he  removed  to  California  in  1906.  His  brother, 
Charles  A.,  had  already  located  at  Santa  Ana,  and  Mr.  Andres  in  the  meantime  had 
purchased  his  present  home  ranch  of  forty  acres,  at  that  time  alfalfa  land,  paying 
$300  an  acre  for  it. 

After  his  removal,  Mr.  Andres  at  once  began  the  improvement  of  his  land,  raising 
alfalfa,  horses  and  hogs.  He  bred  fine  Percheron  horses  for  a  number  of  years  from 
some  full-blooded  Percheron  stock  which  he  brought  with  him.  He  continued  general 
farming  and  stockraising  until  1911,  when  he  began  to  set  out  walnut  trees;  the  next 
year  setting  out  his  Valencia  orange  grove.  Since  that  time  he  has  given  his  time  to 
developing  his  orchards  to  a  high  state  of  productivity  and  he  is  meeting  with  gratify- 


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ing  success.  He  has  a  never-failing  well  and  lias  installed  an  electric  pumping  plant 
and  laid  over  5,000  feet  of  cement  pipe  for  irrigation.  He  has  remodeled  his  residence 
and  the  whole  place  reflects  the  intelligent  care  of  its  owners,  as  Mrs.  Andres  has  been 
a  true  helpmate  to  him,  aiding  and  encouraging  him  in  all  his  undertakings.  During 
his  residence  in  Iowa  Mr.  Andres  and  John  Gephardt  owned  and  operated  a  Case 
threshing  outfit  and  became  quite  expert  in  this  line  of  work.  With  William  E.  and 
Arthur  A.  Schnitger  he  has  run  two  threshing  machines  in  Orange  County,  using  them 
to  thresh  beans,  converting  the  machines  themselves  into  bean  threshers. 

The  five  brothers  and  sisters  had.  not  all  teen  together  since  their  mother  died 
until  the  time  of  the  Exposition  at  Portland,  Ore.,  when  they  had  a  family  reunion. 
The  three  sisters  had  been  reared  by  diflferent  families  in  Iowa  and  took  the  names  of 
their  adopted  parents.  They  are:  ^Elsie,  now  the  wife  of  Dr.  F.  G.  Ulman  of  Enum- 
claw.  Wash.,  who  was  a  captain  in  the  United  States  Army  in  the  late  war;  Miss  Marie 
Rockwell,  formerly  a  high  school  teacher  in  Salem,  Ore.,  is  now  a  stenographer  and 
bookkeeper  at  Portland,  Ore.;  and  Winnifred,  who  is  the  wife  of  Rev.  J.  V.  Knoll  of 
Lansing,  Iowa. 

On  October  17,  1896,  when  farming  ,in  Rock  County,  Minn.,  Mr.  Andres  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Ora  Luvan  Savage,  the  daughter  of  Oliver  and  Eliza 
(Young)  Savage,  the  father  being  a  native  of  New  York,  while  the  mother  was  born  near 
Chicago,  111.  They  were  married  in  Wisconsin,  moving  later  to  Dodge  County,  Minn.,  , 
where  Mrs.  Andres  was  born.  There  were  three  daughters  in  the  Savage  family: 
Emma  is  the  wife  of  L.  H.  Owen  of  Pomona;  Ora  is  Mrs.  Andres;  and  Susie  became 
the  wife  of  Frank  Welker,  a  merchant  of  Beaver  Creek,  Minn.,  where  she  died.  By  a 
former  marriage  Mr.  Savage  had  two  sons:  Gibson,  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles,  passed 
away  in  1917;  and  Elmer,  who  is  a  farmer  at  Waupun,  Wis.  Mrs.  Andres  was  educated 
in  Iowa,  and  afterwards  became  a  school  teacher,  teaching  four  years  in  Rock  County, 
Minn.,  where  she  met  Mr.  Andres,  and  one  year  in  Minnehaha  County,  S.  D,  Three 
children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andres:  Floyd  E.,  a  graduate  of  the  Santa 
Ana  high  school  in  the  class  pf  1919  is  now  a  student  at  the  U.  C.  at  Berkeley;  Marie 
Lillian  died  in  1904  at  the  age  of  seven  years;  and  Charles  Frederick.  They  are  also 
rearing  an  adopted  daughter,  Ruth  Estella  Andres. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andres  are  active  in  the  membership  of  the  Methodist  Church  at 
Garden  Grove,  Mr.  Andres  being  a  member  of  the  official  board,  while  Mrs.  Andres  is 
a  teacher  in  the  Sunday  School  and  president  of  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society;  she  was  also 
prominent  in  Red  Cross  work  during  the  war.  Mr.  Andres  is  a  member  of  the  Garden 
Grove  Walnut  Growers  Association,  the  Garden  Grove  Orange  Growers  Association 
and  the  Garden  Grove  Farm  Center,  being  a  director  and  one  of  the  moving  spirits 
of  the  latter.  Politically  he  is  inclined  to  be  non-partisan  in  his  views,  considering  the 
best  men  and  principles  when  voting,  but  always  a  firm  advocate  of  temperance.  Self- 
taught  and  self-made,  he  is  a  man  of  true  worth,  and  both  he  and  his  estimable 
wife  are  popular  in  the  community  because  of  their  generous,  liberal  views. 

JOHN  HUHN. — A  veteran  of  the  Civil  War  and  a  resident  of  the  United  States 
since  he  was  eight  years  of  age,  John  Huhn,  whose  ranch  lies  on  the  Garden  Grove 
Road,  west  of  Anaheim,  has  contributed  his  share  to  the  development  of  this  section 
since  his  removal  here  in  1898.  He  was  born  in  Brunswick,  Germany,  August  18,  1844, 
and  in  1852  he  migrated  to  America  with  his  parents,  William  and  Anna  Huhn.  The 
father  was  a  building  contractor  in  his  native  land  and,  after  coming  to  America,  he  con- 
tinued in  this  line  of  work  at  St.  Louis,  where  the  family  located  shortly  after  arriving 
in  this  country.  Loyal  to  the  land  of  his  adoption,  William  Huhn  served  in  the  home 
guards  during  the  period  of  the  Civil  War. 

The  early  years  of  John  Huhn  were  spent  in  St.  Louis,  where,  as  soon  as  old 
enough,  he  engaged  with  his  father,  learning  the  trade.  Although  but  seventeen  years 
old  when  the  Civil  War  broke  out,  he  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army  in  Company  F, 
Seventeenth  Regiment  Missouri  Volunteer  Infantry  and  served  for  three  years  under 
General  Sherman,  where  he  passed  through  many  dangers  and  hardshi^ss  in  the  hard- 
fought  campaigns  of  that  great  leader.  After  the  war  "was  over  he  took  up  farming, 
settling,  in  1870,  in  Montgomery  County,  111.,  and  it  was  during  his  residence  here  that 
his  marriage  occurred,  when  he  was  united  with  Miss  Louisa  Struck  on  May  17, 
18,83,  at  her  home  near  Hillsboro,  111.  She  was  also  a  native  of  Germany,  born  at  Peine, 
near  Hanover,  the  daughter  of  Henry  and  Wilhelmina  (Stenzig)  Struck,  the  father  being 
employed  at  the  iron  foundry  at  Peine.  Mrs.  Huhn  came  to  America  in  1881  and  made 
her  home  with  an  uncle,  near  Hillsboro',  111.,  until  her  marriage. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  Huhn  located  on  an  eighty-acre  farm  near  Raymond,  111., 
and  here  he  farmed  successfully,  raising  wheat,  corn  and  hogs,  remaining  here  until 
1898,  when  he  removed  to  California.  Locating  in  Orange  County,  he  purchased  ten 
acres  west  of  Anaheim  and  here  he  has  since  made  his  home.     In  1919  he  sold  half  of 


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this  tract  and  the  remaining  five  acres  is  a  fine  walnut  grove,  which  is  irrigated  by 
the  Ideal  Water  Company's  pumping  plant.  Mr.  Huhn's  ranch  is  a  good  producer  and 
brings  him  in  an  excellent  income.     He  markets  his  product  independently. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Huhn  are  the  parents  of  four  children:  Alice  S.  is  a  chiropractor 
with  a  growing  practice  in  the  vicinity  of  Anaheim;  William  Henry  is  at  home,  he  is 
married  and  has  three  children,  L,eona,  Mildred  and  William;  Irma  is  also  at  home; 
Albert  E.  is  a  rancher  at  Red  Blufif,  Tehama  County,  Cal.  The  family  attend  the 
Lutheran  Church  at  Anaheim.  A  resident  of  the  United  States  for  sixty-eight  years, 
Mr.  Huhn  became  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  its  institutions  in  his  early  boyhood,  and 
since  he  has  reached  man's. estate  has  been  a  stanch  Republican,  giving  his  influence 
and  vote  to  the  nominees  of  that  party.     He  belongs  to  the  Fullerton  G.  A.  R.  Post. 

GEORGE  A.  BARROWS.— The  prosperous,  s'ubstantial  district  of  Groton,  Tomp- 
kins County,  N.  Y.,  claims  the  birth  of  George  A'.  Barrows,  the  general  contractor  and 
builder,  who  first  saw  the  light  there  on  May  18,  in  the  historic  Centennial  Year  of 
1876.  His  father  was  Theodore  Barrows,  a  farmer  well  known  to  Tompkins  County 
agriculturists;  and  he  had  married  Sarah  L.  Wood,  by  whom  he  had  six  children.  Both 
parents  are  now  dead. 

The  fifth  child  in  the  order  of  birth,  George  attended  the  well-appointed  grammar 
and  high  schools  of  Groton,  and  for  a  while  stuck  by  the  home  farm,  which  he  also 
■  took  charge  of  at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  when  his  father  died.  He  added  to  his  ex- 
perience some  four  years  in  a  creamery  and  during  these  years  he  was  also  engaged  in 
raising  fancy  poultry,  but  early  worked  at  carpentering,  for  which  he  had  unmistakable 
talent,  and  which  he  liked  best  of  all. 

In  March,  1911,  Mr.  Barrows  settled  in  Santa  Ana,  and  from  that  date  has  given 
all  of  his  time  and  attention  to  contracting  and  building,  undertaking'  many  notable 
works.  He  has  erected  some  of  the  finest  residences,  and  has  also  built  some  of  the 
best  structures  in  the  business  and  manufacturing  district  of  the  city,  and  has  long 
employed  from  ten  to  fifteen  men  for  his  varied  and  responsible  operations.  A  thorough 
student  of  the  latest  methods  both  in  construction  and  device,  Mr.  Barrows  easily 
demonstrates  his  entire  familiarity  with  modern  building  problems,  and  his  advantage 
in  experience  and  equipment  for  extensive  and  artistic  work  over  his  competitors.  By 
his  close  application,  honest  and  conscientious  method  of  carrying  out  the  various  con- 
tracts, he  has  become  singularly  successful  and  as  a  result  his  business  has  grown  to 
large  proportions. 

At  Groton,  N.  Y.,  on  Washington's  Birthday,  1899,  Mr.  Barrows  was  married  to 
Lucy  Mae  Harrington,  a  charming  woman  known  for  her  good  works.  With  her  hus- 
band, she  attends  the  Methodist  Church.  They  have  one  son,  Howard.  Mr.  Barrows 
is  much  interested  in  the  purification  and  elevation  of  party  politics,  and  therefore 
a:knowledges  no  slavish  adherence  to  any  of  the  political  organizations. 

FRANCIS  M.  THOMAS. — An  enterprising  rancher  who  by  years  of  unremitting 
industry  and  the  maintenance  of  a  high  sense  of  honor,  always  pursuing  a  conservativel3' 
progressive  program  toward  a  definite,  laudable  goal,  is  Francis  M. "Thomas,  of  914 
South  Main  Street,  Santa  Ana,  where  he  resides  in  a  beautiful  two-story  frame  structure, 
in  the  full  enjoyment  of  his  interesting  family.  He  was  born  in  Lee  County,  Va.,  near 
Rose  Hill,  on  January  29,  1862,  the  son  of  Josiah  Clemmens  Thomas,  a  native  of  Powels 
Valley,  Lee  County,  where  he  was  born  on  January  12,  183S.  The  latter  grew  up  on  a 
farm  east  of  Cumberland  Gap,  some  twelve  miles  west  of  the  county  seat,  Jonesville, 
with  little  educational  opportunity,  owing  to  the  modest  circumstances  of  his  parents 
and  the  dearth  of  public  schools  there.  When  nineteen  years  old,  he  undertook  farm- 
ing for  himself,  and  the  first  summer  managed  to  make  about  nine  dollars  a  month  and 
his  board,  and  the  second  summer  eleven  dollars.  Then  he  went  to  a  private  school 
;ind  studied  reading,  writing  and  arithmetic.  When  twenty-one,  he  crossed  over  the 
mountains  into  Kentucky  and  for  three  years  worked  on  a  farm,  where  his  cash  allow- 
ance was  frorn  ten  to  twenty  dollars  a  month.  By  saving  his  money,  he  was  able  to 
get  back  to  the  old  home  in  Virginia,  and  there,  on  November  18,  1859,  he  was  joined 
in  holy  matrimony  with  Nancy  Bartley.  After  farming  there  for  three  years,  they 
moved  with  their  family  to  Grant  County,  Ky.,  where  they  lived  on  a  farm  for  four 
years.  The  third  year  he  purchased  a  farm,  and  the  fourth  year  he  was  able  to  dispose 
of  it  again  for  practically  double  the  price  which  he  gave  for  it. 

Dropsy,  however,  sorely  afiflicted  him,  and  with  his  family  he  moved  back  to 
Lee  County,  Va.,  toward  Christmas,  186S  and  there  found  relief  in  a  cure  effected  by 
Dr.  Henly  Robinson;  but  while  he  was  still  ill,  his  good  wife  died  of  typhoid  fever, 
her  demise-  occurring  on  March  26,  1866.  She  left  him  four  children,  and  a  year  later 
he  married  Miss  Sarah  E.  Johnson,  after  which,  taking  his  household,  he  moved  back 
to  Grant  County,  Ky..  purchased  some  timber  land,  and  went  to  work  for  a  year  on  a 


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neighboring  farm.  Failing  health  induced  him  to  make  another  change  and  to  trade 
what  he  had  for  a  stock  of  general  merchandise  in  Pendleton  County,  Ky.;  but  after  a 
year,  he  moved  his  family  to  Hiawatha,  Kans.,  and  in  January,  1869,  purchased  a  farm 
one  mile  east  of  the  town.  At  the  end  of  another  year,  half  eaten  out  by  grasshoppers, 
he  sold  his  holdings,  and  purchased  160  acres  of  land  on  the  Kickapoo  Reservation, 
and  there  for  four  years,  he  labored  hard  to  improve  it.  Then,  selling  out,  he  moved 
into  Hiawatha  and  there  formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother,  A.  H.  Thomas,  for 
ihe  transaction  of  mercantile  business.  They  succeeded,  as  anyone  who  knew  them, 
their  standards  and  their  personalities,  would  have  expected,  and  then  they  sold  out. 
In  the  meantime,  Josiah  C.  Thomas  had  bought  one  after  another  of  four  fine  farms 
near  Hiawatha,  improved  them  and  later  sold  them  at  a  profit. 

In  the  early  summer  of  1883,  Mr.  Thomas  made  a  trip  to  California,  on  account 
of  renewed  illness,  and  taken  with  the  climate  and  the  prospects  of  Orange  County,  he 
bought  200  acres  of  land  two  miles  southeast  of  Santa  Ana.  Returning  to  Hiawatha, 
he  brought  his  family  from  Kansas  to  the  Coast,  and  for  a  couple  of  years  improved  the 
new  home  farm.  He  then  moved  into  Santa  Ana,  on  Spurgeon  Street,  and  there  he 
died,  in  September,  1913.  The  four  children  left  him  by  his  first  wife  were:  Melville 
C,  Francis  M.,  our  subject,  Alice  and  Charles  L.  Thomas.  Melville  died  by  drowning 
in  the  Galveston  flood,  he,  his  wife,  their  one  child  and  their  home  having  been  swept 
away  by  the  angry  waters.  He  was  a  railroad  man,  and  for  years  had  worked  in  the 
railway  yards  at  Galveston.  Alice  is  the  wife  of  Otis  Bridgeford,  the  rancher;  she 
was  formerly  Mrs.  L,.  Hiskey,  and  is  the  mother  of  Walter  E.  Hiskey,  a  rancher  in 
the  Delhi  district  of  Orange  County.  The  last  or  youngest  is  Dr.  Charles  L.  Thomas, 
the  dental  surgeon,  of  Los  Angeles,  who  owns  extensive,  valuable  citrus  property  at 
El  Modena. 

Francis  M.  Thomas  left  Virginia  with  his  parents  when  he  was  five  years  old  and 
for  two  years  lived  in  Kentucky,  then  removed  to  Kansas,  where  he  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Hiawatha.  With  his  older  brother  he  looked  after  the  farm,  while 
his  father  bought  and  sold  farms  and  dealt  in  dry  goods  and  groceries.  He  was  twenty- 
two  years  of  age  when,  in  the  spring  of  1884,  he  came  out  to  California  and  settled 
at  Santa  Ana.  He  worked  out  for  a  year  or  two,  getting  used  to  the  climate  and  the 
ways  of  the  country. 

At  Santa  Ana,  August  IS,  1886,  Mr.  Thomas  was  married  to  Miss  Zoura  Kerr,  a 
native  of  Mexico,  Audrain  County,  Mo.,  who  came  to  Santa  Ana  in  March,  1886,  with 
her  mother,  Mrs.  Serilda  (Bates)  Kerr,  a  native  of  Lee  County,  Va.,  who  came  to  visit 
her  brother,  A.  T.  Bates,  whom  she  had  not  seen  for  forty-two  years.  Mr.  Bates  had 
crossed  the  plains  during  the  gold  rush  and  was  an  early  settler  near  Santa  Ana.  Mrs. 
Thomas'  father,  William  Kerr,  was  born  near  Rockbridge,  Va.,  later  coming  to  Mis- 
souri, where  he  engaged  in  farming,  passing  away  there  when  Mrs.  Thomas  was  nineteen 
years  of  age.  Mrs.  Kerr  died  at  the  Thomas  ranch  August  7,  1910,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-nine,  the  mother  of  nine  children,  seven  of  whom  are  living. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  are  the  parents  of  six  children:  Lester  R.  is  a  mechanic 
with  a  specialty  of  automobiles  and  resides  at  Phoenix,  Ariz.;  Lelah  married  Clyde 
Deardorff,  a  tenant  on  Mr.  Thomas'  ranch;  they  have  one  child,  Beverly  June;  Beulah 
is  the  wife  of  Harold  Bullock,  a  tenant  on  her  father's  ranch  and  a  partner  with  Mr. 
Deardorff;  Gladys  is  an  accomplished  musician  and  resides  at  home;  Eugene  and 
Semone  attend  the  Santa  Ana  high  school.  Mrs.  Thomas  is  a  member  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Santa  Ana. 

Mr.  Thomas  had  ranched  a  number  of  years  in  Orange  County  when  he  bought 
his  first  farm  and  this  was  added  to  until  he  has  140  acres  in  one  body  that  he  still 
owns.  It  is  a  very  valuable  ranch,  devoted  largely  to  the  raising  of  citrus  fruit  and  to 
mixed  farming.  He  set  out  orchards  of  walnuts  and  oranges  to  the  extent  of  about 
fifty  acres.  For  many  years,  he  also  followed  dairy  farming.  In  the  early  days  of 
1885  he  ran  a  self-binder  over  the  southern  part  of  the  city  of  Santa  Ana  that  is  now 
all  built  up  and  so  he  has  cut  and  reaped  grain  on  the  spot  where  his  residence  now 
stands  on  South  Main  Street.  He  is  a  Republican  in  matters  of  national  politics,  but 
never  permits  a  narrow  partisanship  to  interfere  with  a  hearty  support  of  local  measures 
and  local  men. 

"Sarah  Bartley,  Mr.  Thomas'  maternal  grandmother,  died  at  Grand  Prairie,  Brown 
County,  Kans.,  on  December  10,  1889,  aged  eighty-two  years.  She  was  born  in  Wash- 
ington County,  Va.,  on  May  22,  1807,  and  with  her  parents  removed  to  Lee  County, 
Va.,  in  1828,  her  father  being  a  Methodist  minister.  In  1829,  Miss  Sarah  Speak  mar- 
ried James  Bartley  of  Lee  County,  Va.  This  was  indeed  a  happy  marriage;  for  over 
sixty  years  they  walked  side  by  side,  and  during  this  time  they  were  trusting  God. 
Their  home,  until  they  moved  to  Kansas  in  1884,  was  the  home  of  the  itinerant  preacher, 
who  always  found  a  welcome  and  a  share  in  the  best  of  home  comforts.  This  family 
was  wonderfully  blessed  with  good  health— onlv  one  death  m  sixtv  vears.    One  Hauffhter 


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passed  on,  but  nine  children  survive  her,  all  having  homes  of  their  ovirn  and  enjoying 
prosperity.  The  last  year  of  her  life  was  passed  in  Kansas,  that  she  and  her  husband 
might  be  with  their  children.  She  was  a  great  sufiferer  during  that  year,  and  death, 
when  it  came,  was  welcome,  for  she  passed  away  in  the  triumph  of  faith.  Her  husband, 
eighty-three  years  of  age,  yet  survives."  Such  is  part  of  an  obituary  notice,  honoring 
this  widely-honored  lady.  Another  obituary  notice  bearing  upon  the  story  of  Mrs. 
Thomas'  life  reads  as  follows: 

"William  H.  Kerr,  Esq.,  of  Milo,  Vernon  County,  whose  remains  were  interred 
in  Deepwood  Cemetery,  Wednesday,  was  born  in  Augusta  County,  Va.,  in  1819.  He 
moved  to  this  state  (Missouri)  in  1840,  and  has  lived  here  ever  since.  He  united 
with  the  Presbyterian  Church  when  he  was  nineteen  years  old,  and  has  been  an  honored 
and  faithful  member  for  nearly  half  a  century.  He  married  Serilda  Bates  in  January, 
1846,  and  leaves  nine  children.  It  is  a  remarkable  fact  that  in  so  large  a  family,  there 
has  not  been  a  death  these  forty-one  years.  A  good  man  has  gone,  and  few  have  left 
behind  them  a  more  worthy  life  record  for  the  comfort  and  imitation  of  their  children." 

EARL  A.  GARDNER.— One  of  the  younger  generation  of  ranchers  of  Orange 
County,  Earl  A.  Gardner,  is  rapidly  forging  to  the  front  and  developing  into  a 
"bonanza"  farmer.  Practically  all  of  Mr.  Gardner's  life  has  been  spent  in  California, 
as  he  came  here  when  but  a  lad  of  eight  years.  Born  in  Cherry  County,  Nebr.,  August  9, 
1886,  his  parents  were  David  D.  and  Sarah  (Hetzl-er)  Gardner,  who  were  successful 
farmers  in  Nebraska  for  a  number  of  years,  and  there  their  six  children  were  born: 
Adam  is  in  business  in  San  Francisco;  Allen  is  a  resident  of  Talbert;  Ralph  is  a  rancher 
at  Oakdale;  David  D.  lives  near  Huntington  Beach;  Earl  A.,  of  this  review;  and  Lyda, 
wife  of  Frank  Benton,  of  Orange  County.  In  1891  the  Gardner  family  moved  to  Utah, 
remaining  there  three  years,  and  coming  overland  by  wagons  from  Ogden  to  California 
in  1894.  They  stopped  some  three  months  at  Clearwater,  coming  to  Wintersburg  in  the 
fall  of  that  year,  and  since  that  time  members  of  the  family  have  been  continuously 
connected  with  the  ranching  interests  of  Orange  County. 

Since  his  father  farmed  on  rented  land  in  different  localities.  Earl  A.  Gardner 
attended  the  public  schools  in  several  places,  among  them  the  Fullerton,  Orangethorpe 
and  Ocean  View  districts.  David  D.  Gardner,  Sr.,  died  in  1903,  at  the  age  of  fifty-three 
years,  so  that  Earl  was  thrown  upon  his  own  resources  at  an  early  age.  With  a  genuine 
interest  in  and  liking  for  agriculture,  he  entered  with  energy  and  enthusiasm  into  ranch- 
ing and  soon  branched  out  for  himself  as  a  tenant  farmer.  By  hard  work  and  excellent 
business  management  he  has  become  one  of  the  largest  farmers  in  the  Bolsa  precinct, 
and  has  succeeded  so  well  that  now,  at  the  age  of  only  thirty-four,  he  is  the  owner  of 
eighty  acres  of  choice  land,  and  an  equipment  of  horses,  two  caterpillar  tractors  and  a 
full  complement  of  up-to-date  implements  and  wagons  with  which  he  operates  in  all 
750  acres  of  land,  as  besides  his  own  farm  he  leases  670  acres  from  eight  different 
landlords.  The  value  of  his  crops  will  aggregate  $85,000  per  year,  and  his  tools  and 
implements  of  necessity  are  of  a  large  orange,  variety  and  number,  since  his  farming 
operations  include  the  production  of  the  following  crops:  lima  beans,  of  which  he  will 
have  thirty  acres  in  1920;  550  acres  of  sugar  beets,  celery,  barley,  oats  and  alfalfa  hay. 
His  equipment  is  worth  $20,000  in  money  actually  invested,  and  he  keeps  five  men  the 
year  around  and  during  the  busy  season  has  forty-five  men  on  his  pay  roll. 

In  1908,  Mr.  Gardner  was  married  at  Los  Alamitos  to  Miss  Fern  Shutt,  daughter 
of  J.  D.  Shutt,  a  very  attractive  and  accomplished  young  lady  who  was  a  member  of  the 
first  high  school  class  in  the  high  school  at  Huntington  Beach.  Three  interesting  chil- 
dren have  come  to  enliven  their  home:  Bessie  A.,  Margaret  E.  and  Myrtle  L.  They 
reside  on  one  of  Mr.  Gardner's  rented  ranches  one-half  mile  south  of  Bolsa.  Mrs. 
Gardner  is  a  Congregationalist  and  is  very  popular  in  church  and  social  circles.  In 
politics  Mr.  Gardner  favors  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party  and  in  fraternal  cir- 
cles is  a  popular  member  of  the  Elks  Lodge  at  Santa  Ana.  Mr.  Gardner's  mother,  Mrs. 
Sarah  Gardner,  is  still  living  and  makes  her  home  on  one  of  the  farms  leased  by  him. 

MRS.  GRACE  O.  BOOSEY.— An  excellent  example  of  what  a  highly-intelligent, 
resolute,  idealistic  woman  can  do  when  thrown  upon  her  own  resources  is  afforded 
in  the  life  and  success  of  Mrs.  Grace  O.  Boosey  who  operates  275  acres  on  the  Irvine 
ranch,  and  in  so  doing  enjoys  the  confidence  and  esteem,  to  an  exceptional  degree,  of 
all  in  the  community.  A  widow  for  the  past  five  years,  she  has  continued  the  business 
interests  committed  to  her,  maintained  her  cheerful  and  hospitable  home,  and  reared 
her  family  of  interesting  children,  and  has  accomplished  more,  in  various  ways,  than 
many  men  have  done. 

Before  her  marriage,  Mrs.  Boosey  was  Miss  Grace  O.  Chafifee,  born  in  Riley 
County,  Kans.,  and  her  parents,  now  both  deceased,  were  Robert  and  Ann  (Shields) 
Chaffee,   who  were   early   settlers   of   Riley   County,   Kans.,   he   a   native    New   Yorker, 


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and  she  a  native  of  England.  They  had  eight  children,  and  Mrs.  Boosey  was  the 
youngest  of  them  all.  After  completing  the  course  in  the  public  school  she  obtained 
a  teacher's  certificate  at  the  age  of  seventeen  and  then  taught  school  for  four  years. 
On  February  17,  1897,  she  was  married  to  George  Boosey,  who  was  also  born  in  Riley 
County,  Kans.  His  parents  were  Vermonters,  the  father  having  served  in  the  Civil 
War.  They  also  were  very  early  settlers  of  Riley  County  and  there  George  Boosey 
was  reared  on  the  frontier  farm  and  there  after  their  marriage  they  farmed  until  in 
1909,  they  came  to  California. 

Luckily,  they  early  found  their  way  to  smiling  Orange  County;  and  on  the  Irvine 
ranch  they  settled  as  tenant  farmers.  Having  mastered  the  ins  and  outs  of  agriculture 
in  one  of  the  greatest  of  all  farm  states  in  the  Union,  Mr.  Boosey  had  no  difficulty 
in  succeeding  as  a  rancher  here;  not  merely  accomplishing  interesting  things  for  him- 
self,  but  pointing  the  way  to  others  less  able  to  master  the  difficulties  of  new,  un- 
developed environment.  A  loss  to  the  county  in  which  he  had  made  such  strides  for- 
ward and  where  he  would  have  undoubtedly  continued  to  be  a  leader  among  aggres- 
sively progressive  cultivators,  Mr.  Boosey  died  on  November  9,   1915. 

Now  Mrs.  Boosey  plants  twenty-five  acres  to  black-eye  beans,  and  200  acres  to 
lima  beans,  and  sows  fifty  acres  to  hay;  nor  do  other  ranches  yield  a  crop  of  superior 
quality  than  hers.  She  is  assisted  by  her  son,  Raymond,  the  second-born,  while  her 
eldest  child,  Ramona,  is  employed  in  L,os  Angeles,  and  Florence,  Robert  and  Cora 
are  at  home. 

M.  RUSSELL  SCOTT. — A  business  man  who  has  been  able  to  turn  his  experi- 
ence to  good  account,  both  for  his  own  benefit  and  that  of  others,  by  engaging  in 
real  estate  operations  such  as  contribute  to  the  development  of  the  locality,  is  M. 
Russell  Scott,  who  was  born  in  Appanoose  County,  Iowa,  on  September  17,  187S.  His 
parents  were  John  E.  and  Sarah  J.  (Wright)  Scott,  the  former  a  native  of  Iowa  and 
the  latter  of  Indiana.  The  family  were  pioneers  of  Iowa,  and  in  that  state  they  became 
prominent.  They  had  three  children,  and  the  youngest  is  the  subject  of  our  review. 
John  E.  Scott  died  on  February  3,  1916,  but  the  mother  is  still  living  at  Santa  Ana. 

Russell  Scott  attended  the  public  school  at  Glenwood,  Iowa,  and  Shenandoah 
College,  and  then  engaged  in  the  merchandise  business  in  partnership  with  his  father, 
remaining  in  Glenwood,  Iowa,  for  ten  years.  When  he  sold  out,  he  came  to  California 
and  soon  located  at  Santa  Ana. 

Here  he  bought  the  old  Ford  Ranch  of  forty  acres,  devoted  to  walnuts  which  he 
still  owns.  All  these  years  he  has  been  engaged  in  real  estate  ventures,  and  as  an 
experienced  dealer  has  owned  and  traded  land  all  over  California.  Now  he  resides  at 
123  North  Orange  Grove  Avenue,  Pasadena,  with  his  devoted  wife,  who  was  Blanche 
L.  Lingo  before  her  marriage,  which  took  place  on  May  9,  1906.  She  is  a  native  of 
Belmont  County,  Ohio,  whose  father  was  born  in  Virginia,  her  mother  being  a  native 
of  Maryland.  By  a  former  marriage,  Mr.  Scott  had  three  children — Gruba  Leonora, 
Walter  B.,  and  Josephine  L.    The  family  attend  the  First  Presbyterian  Church. 

Mr.  Scott  is  an  Elk,  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  also  belongs 
to  the  Golf  Club,  while  he  is  especially  fond  of  quail  hunting.  In  national  politics  he 
is  a  Republican,  but  in  all  local  affairs  for  the  making  of  a  better  community,  and  the 
more  rapid  and  permanent  development  of  Orange  County,  he  is  a  first-class  "booster," 
first,  last  and  all  the  time. 

THOMAS  JAMES  WILSON.— One  of  our  most  eminent  poets  immortalized  the 
blacksmith  trade  in  his  poem,  "The  Village  Blacksmith."  However,  the  present  day 
blacksmith  shop,  with  its  modern  machinery,  is  quite  another  affair  from  Longfellow's 
"village  smithy  which  stood  under  a  spreading  chestnut  tree." 

Thomas  J.  Wilson,  of  Tustin,  Orange  County,  is  engaged  in  general  blacksmithing 
business,  and  owns  a  shop  equipped  with  all  the  modern  and  improved  machinery  for 
the  speedy  output  of  all  class  of  work.  Although  among  the  newer,  residents  of  Tustin, 
by  his  skill  as  a  mechanic  and  his  courteous  and  gentlemanly  treatment  of  his  cus- 
tomers he  has  won  the  favor  of  his  numerous  patrons  and  built  up  a  profitable  anjl 
permanent  business.  While  he  first  came  to  California  in  1901  he  did  not  locate  in 
Orange  County  until  1918. 

Mr.  Wilson  was  born  in  Boise  City,  Idaho,  October  6,  1883,  and  is  the  son  of 
James  and  Walburga  (Jehle)  Wilson,  natives  of  Ireland  and  Germany,  respectively. 
Reared  and  educated  in  his  native  state  until  1897,  he  began  to  learn  the  horseshoer's 
trade  in  Omaha  and  later  also  took  up  general  blacksmithing,  which  he  has  continued 
up  to  the  present  time. 

During  the  Spanish-American  War  he  served  in. the  U.  S.  Navy  as  a  blacksmith. 
He  was  first  on  the  armored  cruiser,  Brooklyn,  which  was  conspicuous  in  the  battle  of 
Santiago  as  Captain  Schley's  flag  ship;  later  he  served  on  the  cruiser  New  York  in  the 
Philippines  and  was  also  in  the  Boxer  uprising  in  China,  and  during  his  term  of  service 


1272  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

his  vessel  touched  at  nearly  every  important  port  in  the  Orient.  After  the  expiration 
of  his  three  years'  enlistment  he  was  returned  to  San  Francisco  where  he  was  honor- 
ably discharged  as  first  chief  petty  officer.  He  then  located  at  Moore,  Mont,  and 
engaged  in  the  blacksmith  business. 

On  September  12,  1915,  Mr.  Wilson  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Alice  M. 
Robinson,  born  in  Buffalo  County,  Nebr.,  a  daughter  of  Charles  L.  and  Mertie  (Owen) 
Robinson,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  a  daughter,  Mertie  Marie.  In  their  political 
views  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson  are  Republicans,  and  religiously  are  consistent  members 
of  the  Christian  Church.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and 
the  Odd  Fellows. 

BYRON  ASA  CRAWFORD.— The  efficient  manager  of  the  Tustin  Hill  Citrus 
Association,  Byron  Asa  Crawford,  has  held  this  position  since  1915.  He  was  born  in 
Ripon,  Wis.,  April  10,  1878,  and  is  the  son  of  Wm.  F.  and  Ella  J.  (Newell)  Crawford, 
natives  of  Connecticut  and  New  York,  respectively.  There  were  two  children  in  the 
parental  home,  Byron  A.  and  Alice  E.  The  father  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  and 
served  from  its  inception  until  the  close.  He  enlisted  twice;  the  first  time  in  the 
Twenty-second  Connecticut  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  the  second  time  in  the  Forty- 
fourth  Wisconsin  Volunteer  Infantry,  serving  until  the  close  of  the  war,  and  was  com- 
missioned second  lieutenant.  After  the  war  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  flour, 
becoming  proprietor  of  the  Ripon  Flour  Mills.  The  family  came  out  to  Tustin,  Cal.,  in 
1888,  and  he  died  in  1912,  while  living  in  Santa  Ana;  his  widow  survives  him  and  resides 
in  Los  Angeles.     He  was  popular  in  G.  A.  R.  circles. 

Byron  A.  Crawford  received  his  education  in  the  Tustin- grammar  school  and  then 
entered  the  Santa  Ana  high  school,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1897.  After  his  school 
days  were  over  he  began  his  active  connection  with'  the  marketing  department  of  the 
citrus  industry,  finally  entering  the  employ  of  the  Ruddock  Trench  Company,  becoming 
their  foreman.  From  1902  till  1905  he  was  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  in  Los 
Angeles,  after  which  he  made  a  trip  to  Nevada,  where  he  operated  a  stage  and  freight 
line  out  of  Searchlight.  Returning  to  California,  he  became  manager  for  the  lomosa 
Foothill  Association  at  Cucamonga  until  1913,  when  he  returned  to  Orange  County  and 
■  was  with  the  San  Joaquin  Fruit  Company  until  1915,  then  accepting  his  present 
position  as  manager  of  the  Tustin  Hill  Citrus  Association. 

Mr.  Crawford  has  been  in  the  citrus  business  for  almost  twenty-five  years,  and  is 
thoroughly  competent  for  the  responsible  position  he  holds  as  manager  of  the  Citrus 
Association.  Since  he  has  been  in  charge  the  directors  have  had  no  cause  to  complain 
of  lack  of  interest  on  his  part,  and  the  growth  of  the  institution  under  his  capable  man- 
agement is  sufficient  evidence  of  his  efficiency.  The  Tustin  Hill  Citrus  Association  was 
organized  in  1909  by  M.  Atkin,  H.  Sharpless,  A.  J.  Padgham  and  R.  Brinsmead.  The 
plant  is  located  on  the  Newport  road  and  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  so  has  splen- 
did shipping  facilities.  The  plant  has  a  large  capacity,  with  plans  for  enlargement. 
The  following  are  directors:  A.  E.  Bennett,  president;  A.  M.  Robinson,  first  vice-presi- 
dent; J.  A.  McFadden,  second  vice-president;  A.  G.  Finley,  F.  B.  Browning,  C.  J.  Klatt 
and  Perry  Lewis. 

On  February  22,  1906,  occurred  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Crawford,  when  he  was  united 
with  Miss  Violet  L.  Forney,  daughter  of  T.  D.  and  Elizabeth  Forney,  Denver,  Colo., 
being  her  birthplace.  Four  children  have  come  to  bless  their  union:  Dudley  F.,  Wm.  F., 
Janet  E.,  and  Kenneth  B.  Politically  Mr.  .Crawford  is  an  ardent  Republican,  and  fra- 
ternally is  affiliated  with  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks  and  the  Tustin  Lodge  of  Knights 
of  Pythias. 

FENELON  C.  MATTHEWS.— A  self-made  young  man  of  far-sighted  and  bustling 
enterprise,  whose  success  as  a  sugar  beet  grower  and  also  as  a  breeder  of  the  highest 
grade  of  Duroc-Jersey  red  swine  has  been  notable,  encouraging  others  to  follow  where 
he  has  led,  is  Fenelon  C.  Matthews,  son  of  H.  E.  Matthews  of  Tustin,  and  junior 
partner  in  the  firm  of  Stearns  and  Matthews.  He  was  born  in  Kansas  on  September 
2,  1889,  and  grew  up  on  his  father's  Kansas  farm  where  he  had  the  greatest  advantage 
in  studying  agriculture  according  to  the  most  approved  Middle  West  usages.  At  the 
early  age  of  nineteen,  however,  his  ambition  urged  him  to  push  out  into  the  world 
for  himself;  and  coming  to  California  in  1908,  he  took  up  his  quarters  on  the  Irvine 
ranch,  and  since  then  he  has  been  a  part  of  the  history  of  Orange  County.  The  Golden 
State  offered  him  a  rich  reward  for  his  exertions  and  sacrifices;  and  the  challenge  made 
him  self-reliant. 

Mr.  Matthews  owns  a  forty-acre  hog  ranch,  one  and  a  half  miles  southwest  of 
Tustin,  and  there  for  the  past  year  he  has  been  breeding  registered  Duroc-Jersey 
red  swine.  The  original  stock  was  the  best  he  could  obtain,  having  bfeen  brought  from 
Iowa  bought  from  breeders  who  have  the  finest  registered  Duroc-Jersey  hogs  in  the 


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United  States.  Mr.  Matthews  is  breeding  both  for  the  stock  markets  as  well  as  breed- 
ers. He  is  a  very  naturally  a  member  of  the  National  Duroc-Record  Association,  and 
the  San  Joaquin  Lima  Bean  Association.  For  the  past  twelve  years,  Mr.  Matthews 
has  grown  sugar  beets,  and  he  leases  205  acres  of  the  Irvine  ranch  all  under  irriga- 
tion, ISO  acres  of  which  he  has  planted  to  sugar  beets,  and  fifty-five  acres  to  lima 
beans.  No  better  quality  of  beets  or  beans  could  well  be  found,  for  in  addition  to 
what  he  naturally  acquires  from  his  instructing  personal  experience,  Mr.  Matthews 
keeps  abreast  of  the  times  and  profits  by  the  researches  of  those  whose  life  work  is 
to  aid  the  farmer. 

On  this  leased  ranch  Mr.  Matthews  resides  with  his  wife  and  child,  Harold  Eugene, 
a  happy  family,  if  one  is  to  be  seen  anywhere.  Mrs.  Matthews  was  Miss  Edith  Stearns, 
■a  daughter  of  Mr.  Matthews'  partner,  before  her  marriage,  and  their  wedding,  one 
of  the  pleasant  social  affairs  of  the  time,  took  place  at  Tustin  in  1914.  Mr.  Matthews 
belongs  to  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  and  also  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
in  Tustin  and  in  politics  of  national  import  he  is  an  Independent  Democrat.  As  might 
be  surmised,  this  independence  of  view  and  action  never  permits  partisanship  to  stand 
in  the  way  of  his  giving  hearty  support  to  local  measures  well  endorsed. 

BARNEY  P.  CLINARD. — One  of  Orange  County's  progressive  and  wealthy 
ranchers  is  Barney  P.  Clinard,  who  raises  grain  on  an  extensive  scale  in  the  El  Toro 
neighborhood,  now  having  under  cultivation  more  than  2,000  acres  of  land  devoted 
to  barley,  wheat  and  beans.  North  ^Carolina  was  Mr.  Clinard's  birthplace,  the  Clinard 
family  at  that  time  residing  near  Thomasville  in  Davidson  County,  that  state.  The 
date  of  his  birth  was  July  21,  1870,  and  he  was  the  next  to  youngest  of  six  children 
born  to  Randall  and  Jane  (Payne)  Clinard.  Grandfather  Clinard  was  born  in  Ireland, 
coming  to  North  Carolina  where  he  became  a  well-known  farmer  in  Davidson  County. 
During  the  Civil  War  Randall  Clinard  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  Army  and  saw 
active  service  in  that  four  years  of  terrible  fighting.  Barney  Clinard  remained  at  the 
old  home  in  North  Carolina  until  he  was  of  age,  helping  his  father  in  the  work  on  the 
farm,  but  in  1893  he  decided  to  locate  in  the  Far  West,  as  he  felt  that  the  opportunities 
for  success  were  greater  than  in  his  home  state,  which  was  still  suffering  from  the 
ravages  of  war. 

Mr.  Clinard  arrived  in  California  January  17,  1893,  and  soon  began  working  on 
ranches  in  the  southern  part  of  Orange  County,  spending  several  seasons  with  threshing 
crews  in  that  locality.  In  1904  he  began  ranching  operations  on  his  own  account  on 
the  Lewis  F.  M'oulton  ranch  at  El  Toro.  He  began  in  a  modest  way  but  was  success- 
ful from  the  start  and  has  expanded  his  operations  until  he  now  leases  and  cultivates 
2,200  acres  of  this  ranch.  For  the  season  of  1920  he  has  2,000  acres  in  barley,  eighty  in 
wheat  and  150  in  beans.  He  produces  an  unusually  large  yield  of  all  these  crops  and 
owns  and  operates  his  own  bean  thresher.  In  addition  to  this,  Mr.  Clinard  is  the  owner 
of  a  thriving  40-acre  walnut  orchard  on  Halladay  Street,  Santa  Ana,  and  also  has  a 
half  interest  in  still  another  ranch  at  Irvine;  Walter  Cook,  his  partner  in  this  enter- 
prise, is  in  charge  of  the  place.  It  consists  of  141  acres,  of  which  101  acres  are  set  to 
budded  walnuts,  twenty  to  oranges  and  twenty  to  lemons.  The  whole  is  irrigated  by 
means  of  two  electric  pumping  plants.  In  addition,  Mr.  Clinard  also  raises  live 
stock  and  at  the  present  time  he  is  the  owner  of  over  100  head  of  horses,  mules  and 
colts  and  fifty  head  of  hogs. 

A  wide-awake,  progressive  and  scientific  farmer,  Mr.  Clinard  richly  deserves  the 
splendid  financial  success  that  he  has  made,  as  it  is-  due  to  his  industry  and  intelligent 
work  alone,  as  all  the  capital  he  had  when  he  reached  California  amounted  only  to  a 
few  hundred  dollars.  A  man  of  powerful  physique,  Mr.  Clinard  is  the  personification 
of  energy  and  his  genial  nature  makes  him  popular  among  a  wide  circle  of  friends. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks. 

JASPER  N.  TRICKEY. — A  merchant  with  many  years  of  valuable  experience  to 
his  credit,  who  has  become  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  Balboa,  is  Jasper  N. 
Trickey,  a  doubly  interesting  personality  on  account  of  his  wonderful  vitality  and  daily 
activity  at  the  age  of  eighty-two.  He  was  born  at  Exeter,  Maine,  on  September  25, 
1838,  the  son  of  William  H.  Trickey,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire  who  was  in  the  shoe 
business.  He  had  married  Miss  Abagail  Nudd,  also  a  native  of  the  Granite  State,  who 
lived  to  be  fifty — or.  twenty-two  years  younger  than  her  husband,  when  he  died — and 
left  eight  children.  Originally,  the  Trickeys  came  from  Exeter,  England,  in  1640.  They 
were  shipbuilders  and  manufacturers,  and  settling  at  Portsmouth,  Mass.,  did  much  to 
establish  what  in  its  time  was  one  of  the  greatest  of  all  American  industries. 

Leavijig  Maine  when  he  was  seventeen  years  old,  Mr.  Trickey  came  to  California 
via  Panama  and  landed  at  San  Francisco  in  April,  1856.  He  went  up  to  Oroville  and 
for  two  years  ran  a  fruit  business  there.  Then  he  moved  on  to  Victoria,  B.  C,  where 
he  transacted  business  for  four  years;  and  for  another  four  years  he  was  on  the  Eraser 


1276  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

River  eno-ao-ed  at  the  same  time  in  merchandise  business.  He  was  later  still  a  mer- 
chant' in  Salt  Lake  City,  and  while  there  he  saw  the  last  rail  laid  and  golden  spike 
driven  at  Promontory   Point,   1869,   connecting  up  the  Union  Pacific  with   the   Central 

Pacific  Railroad.  .   u    -i^ 

When  he  left  Salt  Lake,  he  returned  east  to  Wichita,  Kans.,  and  he  helped  build 
up  that  city.  During  the  same  period,  he  went  to  Clinton  County,  Mo  and  was  married 
to  Miss  Harriet  Stover,  a  native  of  Ohio.  He  spent  thirty  years  in  Sedgwick  Couny 
Kans.,  and  gave  of  his  best  to  help  build  up  Wichita  and  other  places,  all  the  while 
engaged  in  general  merchandising. 

In  1899  Mr  Trickey  returned  to  California  and  settled  at  Santa  Ana;  and  there, 
at  the  corner  of  Fourth  Street  and  Broadway,  he  had  one  of  the  choicest  grocery 
stores  in  Orange  County.  He  bought  a  residence  at  Santa  Ana,  and  this  he  still  owns.- 
On  selling  out,  he  came  to  Balboa  in  November,  1914,  and  here  he  has  conducted  a 
first  class  grocery  ever  since.  He  also  owns  good  residence  property  at  Balboa.  As 
a  representative  business  man  of  so  many  years  experience,  Mr.  Tnckey's  choice  of  the 
political  creeds  of  the  Republican  party  is  interesting. 

Six  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Trickey's  children  are  still  living,  although  the  eldest  child, 
Clarence  died  in  1919  at  Mesa,  Ariz.,  where  he  ran  a  large  furniture  store.  He  left 
a  wife  Lunette  Turner,  and  two  children,  Helen  and  Margaret.  Frank  is  married  to 
Ethel  Newman  of  Kansas  and  has  two  children— Phyllis  and  Keith;  he  has  been  deputy 
city  clerk  at  Mesa,  Ariz.,  for  the  past  two  years.  Paul  is  with  Smart  and  Final  Com- 
pany, wholesale  grocers,  at  Santa  Ana.  He  married  Flossie  Talcott  and  has  four  chil- 
dren—Evelyn, Beverly,  Pauline  and  Virginia.  Lawrence  clerks  for  the  Spurgeon  Furni- 
ture Company,  and  resides  at  Santa  Ana  with  his  wife,  who  was  Ethel  Rose,  and  has 
one  child— Lawrence  L.,  Jr.;  Melvin  lives  with  his  wife,  Maxine,  at  Pomona;  John  and 
Hope  assist  their  father.  Mr.  Trickey  is  a  .Knight  Templar,  being  a  member  of  the 
Santa  Ana  Commandery;  nor  has  that  worthy  organization  a  worthier  member  or  one 
more  devoted. 

LINCOLN  JOSEPH  GARDEN.— One  of  the  best-informed  men  in  the  busy 
realty  world  of  Santa  Ana,  and  therefore  one  of  the  most  optimistic  regarding  the 
future  of  Orange  County  property  of  every  description,  is  Lincoln  Joseph  Carden,  for 
the  past  sixteen  years  engaged,  as  few  have  been,  including  even  the  most  enthusiastic 
native  sons,  in  "boosting"  this  favored  section  of  the  rich  and  promising  Golden  State. 
He  was  born  in  Danville,  Iowa,  on  January  IS,  1860,  the  son  of  William  Carden,  whose 
birthplace  was  sixteen  miles  from  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  who  grew  up  a  farmer.  He 
came  west  to  Iowa  in  1855,  pioneered  in  Des  Moines  County,  farmed  extensively  at 
Danville,  and  died  in  1866,  at  the  age  of  thirty-seven.  He  had  married  Miss  Elizabeth 
Miller,  a  native  of  Ohio,  who  died  in  Iowa  in  1890.  They  had  eight  children — seven 
boys  and  a  girl — and  all  are  living  save  the  daughter  and  a  son. 

The  fourth  youngest  and  the  only  one  in  California,  Lincoln  Joseph,  was  brought 
up  on  the  home  farm  and  attended  Howes  Academy  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  Iowa,  after  which 
he  studied  at  Christian  College  in  Oskaloosa,  Iowa.  Then  he  taught  school  in  Des 
Moines  County  for  five  years,  after  which  he  married  Miss  Minnie  A.  Lyons,  a  native  of 
Winfield,  Iowa,  and  the  daughter  of  Hugh  and  Elizabeth  Lyons.  As  an  old  settler,  her 
father  was  an  extensive  farmer,  prominent  in  Iowa  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  assem- 
bly in  the  Iowa  legislature. 

Following  their  marriage,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carden  removed  to  Henry  County  and 
engaged  in  the  hardware  and  implement  business;  and  there  they  continued  until  1904, 
when  they  came  to  California  and  Santa  Ana,  and  for  a  year  Mr.  Carden  was  in  the 
general  merchandise  business.  Then  he  began  his  career  as  a  realtor,  and  such  has  been 
his  success  in  this  field,  that  he  has  continued  in  it  ever  since.  He  is  now  the  senior 
member  of  Carden,  Liebig  &  Seamans,  who  have  their  offices  at  307  North  Main- 
Street.  They  handle  both  city  and  country  property,  and  make  a  specialty  of  ranches. 
Mr.  Carden  himself  is  interested  directly  in  horticulture,  having  owned  and  improved 
several  ranches,  and  so  is  able  personally  to  judge  of  many  points  at  issue  in  the  selling 
and  buyifig  of  farm  property.  He  is  an  ex-director  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and 
a  stockholder  and  a  director  in  the  Orange  County  Trust  and  Savings  Bank.  A 
Republican  in  matters  of  national  politics,  he  has  not  allowed  partisanship  to  influence 
him  in  his  willing  service  as  a  member,  for  a  term,  on  the  board  of  education. 

Three  children  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carden;  Jessie  has  become  Mrs. 
Jabe  Hill  of  Santa  Ana,  her  husband  being  a  member  of  Hill  &  Carden,  the  clothiers; 
Lester  T.  is  the  other  member  of  that  firm;  and  Helen  is  at  home.  Mr.  Carden  was  made 
a  Mason  in  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  241,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  he  also  belongs  to  the  Santa  Ana 
Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows.  The  family  are  members  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
where  Mr.  Carden  has  been  a  trustee  for  the  past  twelve  years. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1279 

FRANK  W.  MILLEN. — The  right  man,  in  the  right  place,  at  the  right  hour  would 
seem  to  be  Frank  W.  Millen,  of  the  well-known  firm  of  Millen  and  Lampman,  dealers 
in  sand  and  gravel,  who  are  doing  as  much  as  any  one  in  Orange  County  to  solve  the 
vexing  problems  attending  the  dearth  of  houses  and  the  urgent  demand  for  buildings 
and  building  materials.  He  is  a  man  of  wide  experience,  excellent  judgment  and  con- 
scientious attention  to  business;  and  is  very  popular  with  all  who  have  occasion  to 
have  dealings  with  him. 

Mr.  Millen  was  born  in  Henderson  County,  111.,  on  May  8,  1872,  the  son  of  John 
and  Sarah  (Gordon)  Millen.  His  father  was  born  in  Indiana  and  married  in  Illinois; 
and  in  that  latter  state  both  his  mother  and  he  himself  were  born,  on  the  same  old 
family  farm.  He  grew  up  in  the  vicinity  of  his  birth,  and  not  far  from  his  birthplace 
served  his  apprenticeship  to  the  carpenter's  trade. 

In  1906  Mr.  Millen  came  out  to  California  and  settled  in  Santa  Ana;  he  worked 
at  his  trade  for  about  one  year,  then  took  up  the  contracting  business  on  his  own 
responsibility  and  built  many  residences  during  the  nine  years  he  followed  the  business. 
Santa  Ana  has  been  his  home  ever  since,  with  the  exception  of  two  and  a  half  years 
when  he  and  his  partner  were  cement  contractors  at  San  Pedro.  In  1917,  Messrs. 
Millen  and  Lampman  removed  from  the  harbor,  and  recently  they  have  further  ex- 
panded by  leasing  a  tract  of  five  acres  on  the  Long  Beach  road,  one  quarter  of  a  mile 
west  of  the  County  Hospital.  There  they  have  installed  a  hoist  and  screen  drawn  by 
an  eight-horse  power  gas  engine;  and  this  is  perhaps  the  largest  deposit  of  pea  gravel 
and  clean  sand  to  be  found  in  Orange  County.  A  careful  analysis  has  shown  it  to  be 
free  from  dirt — an  advantage  that  only  the  builder  appreciates.  The  carefully-wrought 
screens  sort  out  four  grades,  all  the  way  from  plastering  sand  to  pea  gravel  for  foun- 
dations, curbs,  gutters  and  sidewalks.  Their  product  is  delivered  to  the  contractors  in 
Orange  County  and  adjacent  territory  by  truck.  Their  capacity  now  averages  fifty  yards 
daily  and  they  are  rapidly  increasing  their  plant. 

Both  Mr.  Lampman  and  Mr.  Millen  are  experienced,  energetic  and  highly  progres- 
sive operators;  and  in  view  of  the  growing  markets  touching  their  field,  it  is  safe  to 
predict  for  them  a  constantly  increasing  trade.  Already  they  are  one  of  the  elements 
of  strength,  and  most  promising,  in  the  Santa  Ana  commercial  world. 

HENRY  W.  WITMAN. — A  ranchman  who  has  had  an  extensive,  varied  experi- 
ence, and  has  so  well  succeeded  that  he  has  become  an  excellent  beet  grower,  a  public- 
.spirited  citizen  and  a  good  neighbor,  is  Henry  W.  Witman,  at  present  operating  ISO 
acres  on  the  Irvine  ranch.  He  was  born  at  Catlettsburg,  Ky.,  July  13,  1860,  situated 
on  the  Ohio  and  Big  Sandy  Rivers,  and  was  reared  in  the  oil  fields  of  West  Virginia.  . 
His  father  was  Charles  Witman,  a  pioneer  West  Virginia  oil  operator,  who  at  one  time 
had  100  pumping  wells.  He  was  married  in  Kentucky  to  Miss  Ann  McMillan,  a  native 
of  Aberdeen,  Ohio,  and  the  daughter  of  Wm.  McMillan,  a  Scotch-Irish  millwright.  The 
Witmans  during  several  generations  were  identified  with  Pennsylvania,  and  Henry 
Witman,  a  brother  of  Charles,  was  alsoa  pioneer  in  the  oil  enterprise  and  made  a 
specialty  of  the  manufacture  and  vending  of  tools  and  machinery  for  sinking  oil  wells, 
his  headquarters  "being  at  Parkersburg,  W.  Va.  Mr.  and  Mts.  Charles  Witman  came 
to  California  in  1885,  and  they  both  died  at  Los  Angeles,  having  each  reached  the  ripe 
old  age  of  eighty-one. 

As  Henry  Witman  grew  up,  he  also  got  into  the  oil  game,  and  at  twenty-one  in 
Volcano,  W.  Va.,  September  21,  1881,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  C.  Mudge,  a  native 
of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  but  a  resident  of  Parkersburg,  W.  Va.,  and  a  graduate  of  the  Lees- 
burg,  Va.,  Seminary.  Mr.  Witman  himself  was  a  graduate  of  the  celebrated  Eastman 
Business  College  at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  Mrs.  Witman  is  a  daughter  of  Daniel  C.  and 
Emily  (Carr)  Mudge,  born  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y.,  and  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  respectively. 
As  a  young  man  Mr.  Mudge  was  located  at  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  with  a  firm  of  Indian 
traders.  Returning  East  he  was  married  in  Virginia  after  which  he  was  with  Hood, 
Bonbright  and  Company,  an  importing  firm  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Later  he  was  super- 
intendent of  coal  mines  in  Pennsylvania  and  then  in  West  Virginia.  After  he  retired 
they  resided  in  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  until  their  death.  On  her  mother's  side  Mrs.  Witman's 
ancestors  fought  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

After  his  marriage,  Mr.  Witman  took  up  the  lumber  business  in  the  great  saw 
mills  of  the  Alleghany  Mountains,  in  West  Virginia,  and  for  two  and  a  half  years 
was  in  the  service  of  a  Baltimore  Lumber  Company.  In  1887,  however,  during  the 
great  "boom"  in  realty  here,  he  came  out  to  California  and  settled  at  Hueneme,  in 
Ventura  County,  where  he  engaged  in  hardware  and  plumbing  until  1900,  when  the 
Oxnard  Sugar  Factory  started  up,  and  he  removed  his  business  to  Oxnard  where,  aside 
from  his  hardware  and  plumbing  business,  he  was  associated  with  E.  A.  Chambers  in 
drilling  artesian  wells.     For  twelve  years  he  continued  in  business  and  under  President 


1280  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

McKinley  and  President  Roosevelt  he  served  as  postmaster  of  Oxnard.  He  was  also 
secretal-y  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Oxnard  Union  high  school  for  ten  years. 

In  1908,  with  the  same  partner,  E.  A.  Chambers,  now  deceased,  he  leased  a  ranch 
of  700  acres  at  Tomato  Springs  on  the  Irvine  ranch,  Orange  County,  and  for  five 
years  farmed  to  lima  beans.  Then  his  partner  died,  and  Mr.  Witman  then  turned  over 
the  lease  to  his  son,  H.  W.  Witman,  Jr.,  who  is  still  farming  there.  In  1913  he  dis- 
posed of  his  interests  in  Ventura  County  and  moved  to  Orange  County  and  took  his 
present  lease  on  the  Irvine  ranch. 

Mr  Witman  has  wrought  a  magical  transformation  in  the  ISO  acres  he  is  oper- 
ating. He  devotes  100  acres  to  sugar  beets,  and  fifty  acres  to  barley_  hay,^  and  it  is 
safe°to  say  that  there  are  no  more  attractive  fields  anywhere  in  the  Aliso  district,  the 
whole  presenting  a  very  different  sight  from  that  beheld  by  him  and  W.  G.  Mitchell, 
manager  of  the  Irvine  Company,  with  whom  he  drove  through  there  seven  years  ago. 
Then  there  was  such  a  morass  of  wild  mustard  and  sunflowers  that  they  had  to  stand 
up  in  their  wagon  to  see  where  they  were.  He  put  the  first  plow  in  the  soil  and  the 
land  is  now  a  choice  beet  and  market  garden  district,  recently  drained  by  the  Irvine 
Company,  which  supplies  all  the  water  needed,  from  wells  pumped  by  electricity. 

Five  children  have  blessed  this  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Witman.  Roy  B.,  the 
eldest,  is  in  the  furniture  and  plumbing  business  at  Oxnard.  Mary  M.  is  the  wife 
of  Harry  C.  Bohlander,  a  beet  grower  on  the  Irvine  ranch.  Ellen  B.,  the  third  born, 
became  the  wife  of  L.  L.  Edmunds,  chief  engineer  of  the  Crockett  Sugar  Refinery, 
residing  at  Crockett,  and  died  on  May  8,  1920,  leaving  two  children:  H.  W.,  Jr.,  already 
referred  to,  is  the  lima  bean  grower  on  the  Irvine  ranch,  and  Daniel  Phillip,  who  grad- 
uated from'  the  Harvard  Military  School  at  Los  Angeles,  in  June,  1920,  is  farming  beets 
on  the  Irvine  ranch  with  his  father. 

A  Republican  in  national  politics,  Mr.  Witman  was  for  years  active  in  Ventura 
County  politics  as  central  committeeman  and  delegate  to  county  conventions.  Fra- 
ternally he  was  made  a  Mason  in  Volcano  Lodge  in  West  Virginia,  in  1881  and  on 
coming  to  California  was  a  charter  member  of  Hueneme  Lodge  No.  341,  F.  &  A.  M., 
which  was  afterwards  removed  to  Oxnard  and  named  Oxnard  Lodge  No.  341,  and 
there  he  was  the  second  master.  He  is  a  member  of  Oxnard  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  and  of 
Ventura  Commandery  No.  4,  K.  T.  and  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  Los 
Angeles.  He  is  also  a  life  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks  and  a  member  of 
the  Eagles  of  Oxnard.  Mrs.  Witman  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church  as  well  as 
the  Ebell  Club  of  Santa  Ana  and  both  took  an  active  part  in  the  Red  Cross  and  war 
drives  in  the  Irvine  district. 

WILLIAM  HENEKS. — Descended  through  the  paternal  genealogy  from  sturdy 
residents  of  Holland,  that  little  country  famed  for  its  thrift  and  frugality,  William 
Heneks  has  inherited  many  of  the  sterling  qualities  of  his  forbears,  and  these,  com- 
bined with  his  own  initiative  and  determination,  have  brought  him  a  large  degree  of 
success.  Mr.  Heneks  was  born  in  Montgomery  County,  Pa.,  in  1844,  his  parents  being 
John  and  Mary  (Treichler)  Heneks.  The  father,  who  combined  the  occupation  of 
blacksmith  with  agricultural  pursuits,  was  also  a  native  of  that  state.  Grandfather 
Heneks  having  settled  in  eastern  Pennsylvania  shortly  after  coming  over  from  Holland. 
Eight  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Heneks:  John  Parker,  Lydia  Ann; 
Effinger,  who  lives  in  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa;  Joseph;  David;  Elizabeth,  who  resides  at 
Santa  Ana  with  her  brother  William;  Mary,  who  died  in  Iowa;  and  William. 

Up  to  the  age  of  twelve  years,  William  Heneks  resided  on  the  old  home  farm  in 
Pennsylvania,  attending  the  local  schools  of  the  community.  In  1855  the  Heneks 
family  removed  to  Cedar  County,  Iowa,  and  here  he  received  but  little  opportunity  for 
any  further  education,  as  he  early  began  to  do  farm  work,  helping  establish  the  family 
home  in  the  new  country,  as  the  locality  now  occupied  by  large  towns  and  rich  farms 
was  as  yet  comparatively  sparsely  settled  and  the  magnitude  of  its  present  prosperity 
as  yet  undiscerned.  By  dint  of  industry  and  good  management  he  became  the  owner 
of  a  good  farm  of  120  acres  and  this  he  farmed  with  splendid  results  for  a  number  of 
years,  also  being  associated  with  his  sister.  Miss  Elizabeth  Heneks,  in  the  cultivation 
of  the  eighty-acre  farm  she  had  acquired. 

An  older  brother,  John  Parker  Heneks,  came  to  California  about  1898,  his  health 
requiring  a  milder  climate;  he  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  having  participated  in 
Sherman's  famous  march  to  the  sea  and  the  many  hardships  he  had  undergone  had- 
sadly  impaired  his  health.  Although  comparatively  an  invalid  and  unable  to  take  any 
active  part  in  business  he  was  much  impressed  with  the  wonderful  possibilities  apparent 
in  this  beautiful  country,  and  he  wrote  to  his  brothers  and  sisters,  urging  them  to  come 
to  Orange  County  and  enjoy  its  wonderful  climate  and  take  advantage  of  its  oppor- 
tunities.   At  the  time  of  his  death,  1900,  William  Heneks  and  his  brother  Effinger,  now 


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ninety-three  years  old,  came  to  Santa  Ana  and  even  during  their  short  stay  at  that 
time  they  were  much  impressed  with  this  part  of  the  country.  In  1903  William  and  his 
sister  Elizabeth  disposed  of  their  farming  interests  in  Iowa  and  came  to  Santa  Ana. 
For  a  year  and  a  half  they  lived  on  Pine  Street,  removing  from  there  to  1406  East  First 
Street,  where  they  purchased  a  twenty-acre  walnut  ranch.  Mr.  Heneks  at  once  set 
to  work  to  improve  the  place  in  every  possible  way,  putting  in  cement  pipe  lines  for 
irrigation  and  bringing  the  whole  ranch  up  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  so  that  it 
became  one  of  the  best  paying  properties  in  the  vicinity.  In  January,  1920,  they  dis- 
posed of  this  ranch  at  a  handsome  figure  and  Jie  and  his  sister  now  reside  at  their 
beautifulf  home  at  702  South  Broadway,  Santa  Ana,  one  of  the  south  side's  most  attrac- 
tive places,  with  its  well-kept  lawn,  walks,  arbors  and  flowers,  and  here  they  enjoy 
the  fruits  of  their  useful  and  industrious,  lives.  They  enter  heartily  into  the  spirit  of 
Santa  Ana's  progress  and  the  community  is  indeed  fortunate  to  have  gained  such 
worthy  and  estimable   residents. 

JUAN  GARIBALDI  CARILLO.— The  name  of  Carillo  is  one  that  is  well  known 
in  Southern  California,  the  family  having  been  among  the  largest  landowners  in  this 
section,  and  prominent  in  the  history  of  its  early  days.  J.  G.  Carillo,  or  Garibaldi,  as 
he  is  familiarly  known  by  his  friends,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  is  the  son  of  Jose  R. 
and  Vincenta  (Sepulveda)  Carillo,  the  latter  being  the  daughter  of  Francisco  Sepulveda, 
who  was  the  owner  of  a  large  rancho  west  of  Olive.  At  the  time  of  her  marriage  to 
Jose  R.  Carillo  she  was  the  widow  of  Thomas  Yorba,  of  the  well-known  Spanish  family 
whose  name  is  linked  with  the  early  days  of  Orange  County. 

Jose  R.  Carillo  was  the  owner  of  a  large  Spanish  grant  in  San  Diego  County, 
now  called  Warner's  ranch.  It  was  three  miles  square  and  comprised  5,760  acres.  He 
also  owned  the  Rancho  San  Jose,  adjoining  Warner's  ranch,  a  tract  of  over  25,000  acres. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carillo  were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  six  daughters  and  three  sons. 
Garibaldi  being  the  youngest  in  order  of  birth.  He  was  born  on  the  Carillo  ranch  in 
San  Diego  County,  May  19,  1861.  His  father  died  in  1864,  having  been  shot  from 
ambuscade  at  Cucamonga  Creek.  Garibaldi  then  lived  with  his  mother  on  Warner's 
ranch  until  1870,  when  they  moved  to  Anaheim,  where  he  went  to  school  and  also 
worked  out  on  farms  to  help  his  mother.  When  sixteen  years  of  age,  he  with  twelve 
others  drove  900  head  of  horses  belonging  to  Don  Juan  Forster  to  Utah,  remaining  there 
two  years,  when  he  returned  home.  He  farmed  near  Corona,  Riverside  County,  for  five 
years,  and  then  became  foreman  for  Don  Marco  Forster  at  Capistrano,  which  position 
he  filled  five  years;  then  as  foreman  for  Richard  O'Neill  an  additional  five  years,  when 
he  resigned  to  go  to  Nicaragua,  Central  America,  in  1893;  for  two  years  he  dealt 
in  coffee,  rubber  and  hides,  shipping  to  New  York  City,  when  he  was  taken  sick  and 
returned  to  California  in  1895.  He  then  became  foreman  for  James  McFadden,  a  posi- 
tion he  filled  with  ability  for  five  years,  when  he  quit  and  located  a  homestead  of  160 
acres  near  Hot  Springs,  Riverside  County,  where  he  resided  and  brought  it  to  a  high 
state  of  cultivation.  He  then  returned  to  Santa  Ana  and  spent  one  year  as  a  foreman 
and  then  quit  to  engage  in  partnership  in  cattle  raising  vyith  James  McFadden  on  the 
place  he  is  now  on,  known  as  the  Aliso  ranch  of  1,487  acres — five  miles  east  of  El  Toro, 
and  the  next  year  .he  leased  the  ranch  and  since  then  has  engaged  in  farming  and  raising 
cattle,  horses,  mules  and  hogs,  in  which  he  has  been  very  successful,  being  a  member  of 
the  California  Cattle  Growers  Association.  He  is  also  the  owner  of  a  ranch  of  160 
acres  in  Riverside  County  and  this  he  devotes  to  stock  raising,  having  for  the  past 
fifteen  years  used  the  Forest  Reserve  for  a  stock  range. 

In  San  Luis  Rey,  March  4,  1900,  Juan  G.  Carillo  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Petra  Ortega,  who  is  also  a  descendant  of  two  distinguished  Spanish  families.  She  is 
the  daughter  of  Juan  D.  and  Eduvige  (Tico)  Ortega,  and  both  parents  are  still  living, 
the  father  being  the  manager  of  the  James  McFadden  ranch  at  Santa  Ana.  Grand- 
father Miguel  Emidio  Ortega,  who  owned  the  Ortega  grant  in  Santa  Barbara  County, 
covering  two  leagues,  married  Concepcion  Dominguez,  who  died  in  1909  at  Ventura  at 
the  age  of  ninety-seven  years,  after  an  eventful  life  covering  a  long  vista  of  years,  in 
which  she  saw  the  country  grow  from  the  small  settlement  clustered  about  the  Mission 
to  a  thriving  city  and  prosperous  countryside.  The  old  Ortega  'homestead,  where  she 
passed  so  many  years  of  her  life,  has  long  occupied  a  place  among  the  interesting  land- 
marks of  Ventura  and  its  reproduction  on  paper  has  become  familiar  to  thousands 
throughout  the  United  States  and  foreign  lands,  as  it  is  used  as  a  trademark  by  E.  C. 
Ortega,  the  wealthy  owner  and  founder  of  the  Pioneer  Chile  Packing  Company  of  Los 
Angeles,  a  son  of  Dona  Concepcion  Dominguez  Ortega. 

Mrs.  Petra  Carillo  is  descended  from  the  Tico  family  through  her  mother,  whose 
brother,  J.  J.  Tico,  was  one  of  Ventura's  oldest  residents,  his  death  occurring  there  in 
1919.    His  father,  Fernando  Tico,  who  married  Maria  Jesus  Ortega,  was  given  the  Ojai 


1284  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

grant,  covering  four  Spanish  leagues,  by  Governor  Juan  D.  Alvarado,  the  Ticos  being 
among  the  first  Spanish  families  to  settle  in  Ventura  County.  vJnrenta  at- 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carillo  are  the  parents  of  seven  children:     Carlos  f,"d  Vincenta^a^ 
tend  the  Capistrano  Union  high  school  and  Vincenta  took  the  prize  in  the  Uberty 
speakers'  contest  at  Trabuca   school  in   1919;   Juanita,   Bennie,  Jerome,   R^^dolpn 
George.     Identified  with  this  locality  for  half  a  century,  Mr.  CariUo  stands  h.gni^^^^ 
esteem  of  a  large  circle  of  friends  and  with  his  interesting  famdy  takes  an  active  i  ^^ 

in  all  that  pertains  to  the  welfare  of  th£  community.     The  family  are  communicai 
the  Catholic  Church  at  El  Toro  and  in  politics  Mr.  Carillo  is  a  Republican. 

>> 

HARVEY  F.  BENNETT.— The  son  of  one  of  Orange  County's  best  known 
pioneer  citizens  who  contributed  much  to  the  advancement  of  the  vital  interests  o 
the  county,  especially  in  the  early  days,  Harvey  F.  Bennett  is  himself  a  native  son  o 
the  Golden  State.  The  Bennett  family  traces  its  ancestry  back  to  the  earlist  colonial 
days,  some  of  that  name  being  among  the  first  groups  of  those  brave  souls  who  risked 
the  dangers  of  the  deep  and  the  barren  conditions  of  a  new  land.  They  were  identified 
with  the  early  agricultural  upbuilding  of  this  country  and  fought  valiantly  in  its  wars 
and  were  always  prominent  in  its  public  affairs. 

Charles  F.  Bennett,  the  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  at  Kent, 
Litchfield  County,  Conn.,  April  23,  1842,  his  parents  being  William  and  Sarah  (Brun- 
sen)  Bennett.  William  Bennett  was  engaged  in  various  manufacturing  enterprises  at 
Litchfield,  but  in  18S1  he  removed  with  his  family  to  the  then  sparsely  settled  regions 
of  LaSalle  County,  111.,  settling  near  Deerpark,  where  he  took  up  a  tract  of  virgin  land, 
which  he  brought  under  cultivation,  at  the  same  time  devoting  some  attention  to  manu- 
facturing various  articles.  Charles  F.  Bennett  received  his  early  education  at  the  old 
Connecticut  home,  where  as  a  small  boy  he  had  the  great  fortune  to  come  under  the 
personal  influence  of  Wendell  Phillips  and  William  Lloyd  Garrison,  so  that  he  was 
from  a  child  inculcated  with  the  principles  of  abolition,  and  in  later  years  this  was 
increased  by  a  personal  acquaintance  with  Abraham  Lincoln  and  John  C.  Fremont. 
Coming  with  his  parents  to  Illinois,  his  boyhood  was  spent  on  the  home  farm  in 
LaSalle  County,  and  even  then  he  was  identified  with  many  stirring  scenes  in  aiding 
slaves  in  their  flight  toward  liberty.  When  the  Civil  War  broke  out  he  was  taking  a 
preparatory  course  in  the  Chicago  University,  and  he  soon  enlisted.  In  August,  1862, 
he  was  assigned  to  the  Douglas  Brigade,  participating  in  thirty-two  engagements  with 
this  organization,  among  them  the  battles  of  Shiloh  and  Vicksburg.  He  had  charge 
of  the  guard  at  General  Sherman's  headquarters  during  the  famous  march  to  the  sea 
and  vividly  recalls  the  consultation  between  Sherman,  Grant  and  Logan  regarding  the 
decision  to  take  this  line  of  action,  which  proved  to  be  the  turning  point  of  the  war. 
Mr.  Bennett  was  slightly  wounded  several  times  and  had  many  narrow  escapes,  being 
grazed  with  bullets  on  a  number  of  occasions.  When  he  received  his  honorable  dis- 
charge, with  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant,  at  the  close  of  the  war,  the  hardships  and 
privations  had  greatly  impaired  his  health,  but  after  two  years  he  was  again  suffi- 
ciently restored  in  strength  to  take  up  active  work.  For  a  number  of  years  he  engaged 
in  teachmg  school  in  various  parts  of  Illinois,  and  was  also  interested  in  stock  raising 
near  the  old  Bennett  homestead. 

.U^  f"„^f^  CF^  Bennett  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Helen  Beach,  who  was 
treat  Plains  of1h?We'r""H'  ""'  '"  '^'/  *^'^  ^'"'''''  '°  ^^^^  ^^eir  fortune  on  the 
flHnlif  r:  or   ir  e'Tc^^'r'  =V:T!!^„i?  _N_i^.'--'^^.'  ^^^^."^  t'-.'°n»-  iourney  from 


became  too  ,in.ited  through  the  sTtVling  up  of  thT^rntry.  '^He  th^n^^^t^tle^d  al  ArlpThT 
t^o^Caiif^l^nt  ■n\lstT.;\:niTLll  altn^Di Jgo°^^  ^erchandise^rf^fs.^  C^nl^^g 
railroad  to  that  point  ha'd  not^yet  ^eln^u  It.  ^Tlfe";  rem^^nelTer^'but'V  h  \^^- *'^ 
commg  up  the   coast  to   Oceahside,  where   they  purchaTeH   f  fl.t  ^n^°/*  '""^' 

During  the  boom,  they  disposed  of  their  holdin<.s  at  .  nrofir  '^"r'"'  *''""'^"  ^^'"'"• 
where  he  purchased  ten  acr'es,  subsequently  dS^ping  it'  n'd  making  T  J°  '"TI"' 
choice  properties  of  that  locality;  he  now  has  twenty-two  acres  in   Tn=.  .°l   ""^ 

t^cou'n^yX.Ve'n^In  instTir:d\l^o'fThe°fe  °"^-  V'^  ^^^^^^"^^^^^^^^ 
taking  water  from  Aliso\  Crti;,^ti:o7u;  i!:\\"el'l"a;TpuSrp.T„f -^  ^^  ^oro 
interest  in  promoting  irrigation  movements  had  much  +^  T       ?,    .,      '  _,  ^  '"*  ^'^tive 

'^"  M^rnd  lire'  r^:^'  ^^^^r:^^'^^^:^^:^----^  - 

Charlfs^^ranTSa^ve^y  J  Tefr  o^^lfghr  V^^^^S::!^''—^^'^^^^  ^^^■• 
years  ago.  Harvey  F.  Bennett  was  born  at  TuTt  i  „„  OctoberSTTsgl"'^/""'^ 
reared  on  the  Bennett  homestead  there.  He  received  a  ^onH  pHn.of  '  •  u  '  ^""^  ^""^ 
school  at  Tustin  and  at  the  Santa  Ana  high  scho^rbut  !^/':^^:::S'J:^Z'Z 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1287 

get  a  start  for  himself  he  began  farming  while  he  was  in  his  senior  year  at  high  school. 
He  located  at  El  Toro  in  1911,  and  as  a  reward  for  the  thrift  and  industry  of  his  early 
years  he  is  now  the  owner  of  a  choice  ranch  of  twenty  acres  half  a  mile  southeast  of 
El  Toro,  ten  acres  of  which  is  in  budded  walnuts,  now  twelve  years  old,  the  other  half 
of  his  acreage  being  set  to  three-year-old  Valencia  oranges.  In  addition  to  this  Mr. 
Bennett  manages  the  sixty-acre  ranch  belonging  to  his  father,  thirty  acres  of  which  is 
in  walnuts,  the  remaining  thirty  being  planted  to  apricots,  interspersed  with  walnuts. 
The  management  of  both  holdings,  comprising  eighty  acres,  naturally  brings  with  it 
much  responsibility  and  hard  work,  but  Mr.  Bennett  is  making  a  splendid  success, 
which  is  richly  deserved. 

Mr.  Bennett's  marriage,  which  occurred  in  1914,  united  him  with  Miss  Frances 
Lillian  McDonald,  a  daughter  of  T.  F.  McDonald,  the  well-known  carpenter  and  builder 
of  Santa  Ana.  Two  little  girls  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bennett — Helen  Marie 
and  Beverly  Ellen.  Mrs.  Bennett  is  a  social  leader  in  the  community  and  in  the 
circles  of  the  Episcopal  Church  at  El  Toro,  where  she  teaches  in  the  Sunday  School 
and  is  prominent  in  the  work  of  the  ladies'  aid.  While  Mr.  Bennett  is  inclined  to  the 
political  policies  of  the  Democratic  party,  he  is  broad  minded  and  nonpartisan  in  local 
affairs,  believing  the  interests  of  the  community  are  best  conserved  by  voting  for  the 
best  men  and  measures. 

JOHN  H.  WARNE. — A  well-to-do  rancher  of  the  Bolsa  district,  who  has  won  his 
success  entirely  through  his  own  industry  and  enterprise,  is  John  H.  Warne.  One  of 
England's  sons,  he  was  born  in  the  County  of  Cornwall,  March  8,  1870,  the  son  of  John 
and  Betty  (Pascoe)  Warne.  The  parents  were  substantial  farmers,  the  home  place 
being  near  Truro,  and  there  they  both  lived  and  died.  Besides  John  H.,  they  were  the 
parents  of  one  daughter,  Mary  E.,  now  widowed,-  and  who  is  a  resident  of  England.  He 
attended  the  common  schools  of  his  birthplace  and  was  brought  up  in  the  Wesleyan 
faith,  his  parents  being  devoted  members  of  that  denomination.  Up  to  the  age  of 
seventeen  he  lived  on  the  home  farm,  where  he  assisted  his  father  in  all  the  labor  about 
the  place,  getting  the  foundational  training  for  the  life  of  a  rancher  which  he  has  led  in 
recent  years.  In  the  fall  of  1887,  however,  he  determined  to  strike  out  for  himself, 
encouraged  by  the  stories  he  had  heard  of  the  greater  opportunities  awaiting  young  men 
in  America.  After  a  very  stormy  voyage  on  the  SS.  Celtic,  he  landed  at  Castle  Garden, 
October  9  of  that  year.  He  went  directly  to  Ishpeming,  Mich.,  and  at  once  obtained 
employment  in  the  iron  mines  there.  It  was  hard,  unpleasant  work,  for  the  most  part 
underground,  but  Mr.  Warne  remained  there  for  three  years,  in  the  meantime  practic- 
ing thrift  and  economy  and  saving  as  much  of  his  wages  as  possible. 

In  1890  he  decided  to  move  on  westward,  and  so  made  the  journey  to  Los  Angeles, 
going  later  to  Hanford,  Kings  County,  where  he  secured  work  on  farms  in  that  locality. 
After  eight  years  in  Hanford,  he  returned  to  Ishpeming,  remaining  there  for  two  years, 
coming  back  to  California  in  1900  and  locating  this  time  at  Santa  Ana.  He  ourchased 
forty  acres  of  land  in  the  vicinity  of  Bolsa  and  has  since  made  it  his  home.  He  started 
in  at  once  to  cultivate  his  holdings  and  has  continued  to  make  improvements  from 
year  to  year.  He  has  developed  several  flowing  wells  on  his  place  and  installed  an  up- 
to-date  pumping  plant,  and  has  $5,000  worth  of  cement  pine  and  open  ditches  for  irriga- 
tion. He  has  also  erected  an  attractive  bungalow,  a  fine  large  barn  and  other  buildings 
and  the  whole  ranch  has  the  well-kept,  prosperous  appearance  that  betokens  the 
progressive  farmer.  He  has  added  to  his  first  holdings  by  three  subsequent  purchases 
and  now  has  162  acres,  all  in  a  body. 

Mr.  Warne  was  united  in  marriage  on  September  20,  1905,  to  Miss  Sarah  E.  Mc- 
Garvin,  a  daughter  of  Richard  and  Nettie  (Vance)  McGarvin,  natives  of  Missouri,  com- 
ing to  Los  Angeles  County  in  1875,  settling  in  the  New  Hope  section,  then  called 
Gospel  Swamp,  but  both  now  deceased.  Mrs.  Warne  was  born  in  Orange  County  and 
was  reared  and  educated  in  the  Garden  Grove  district.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Warne  have  three 
sons:  John  L.,  Henry  William,  and  Thomas  Wesley.  Generous  and  kindly  to  all,  Mr. 
Warne  is  always  progressive  in  his  ideas  and  gladly  conforms  to  the  best  thought  and 
reform  movements  of  the  day,  and  his  life  under  two  flags  has  broadened  his  views  and 
widened  his  sympathies  for  common  humanity. 

DEMPSEY  W.  GOULD.— Fulton  County,  111.,  was  the  birthplace  of  Dempsey 
W.  Gould,  his  birth  occurring  near  Lewistown  in  that  state  on  January  21,  1876,  his 
parents  being  Thomas  and  Christina  (Wadkins)  Gould — born  in  Browne  County,  Ohio, 
and  Fulton  County,  111.,  respectively.  Thos.  Gould  when  a  youth  enlisted  as  a  drummer 
boy  in  Company  I,  One  Hundred  Forty-sixth  Ohio  Regiment  of  Infantry,  rising  to  the 
rank  of  first  lieutenant.  He  came  out  to  Illinois  where  be  became  a  well  known 
veterinary  surgeon,  and  was  also  engaged  in  agriculture,  the  home  place  being  situated 
about  seventeen  miles  south  of  Lewistown.  Grandfather  Samuel  Gould  was  born  in 
Scotland   and   came   to  America  when  but  a  boy,   settling  in    Ohio   at   first   and   later 


1288  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

coming  to  Illinois,  where  he  was  a  pioneer  in  Fulton  and  Schuyler  counties.  He  pre- 
empted land  here  in  the  early  days  and  engaged  in  farming  on  the  virgin  prairie  soil. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Gould  were  the  parents  of  ten  children;  six  daughters 
and  two  sons  are  still  living.  The  fifth  child  in  order  of  birth,  Dempsey  W.  Gould 
is  the  only  one  of  the  family  residing  in  California.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  country  schools  of  the  neighborhood  and  from  the  age  of  fifteen  he  has 
made  his  own  way  in  the  world  without  financial  assistance  from  others.  For  a  time 
he  worked  out  on  farms  in  the  locality,  later  engaging  in  farming  on  rented  land  in  the 
county  of  his  birth.  In  March,  1907,  with  thirteen  other  young  men  from  Fulton 
County,  he  went  to  Payne  County,  Okla.,  to  engage  in  raising  cotton.  The  experiment 
was  a  disastrous  one,  however,  and  they  lost  everything  they  had  invested.  Without 
financial  resources  and  with  a  wife  and  two  children  depending  upon  him  for  support, 
one  less  resolute  than  Mr.  Gould  would  have  given  away  to  discouragement,  but  he 
has  always  met  reverses  with  a  courageous  smile  and  wrested  success  from  circum- 
stances that  would  have  daunted  one  of  less  determination  and  energy. 

Borrowing  the  sum  of  $100,  Mr.  Gould  brought  his  family  from  Oklahoma  to  Cali- 
fornia and  took  a  job  as  track  man  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  at  Capistrano,  at  a  dollar 
and  a  half  per  day.  He  continued  to  work  for  the  Santa  Fe  for  nearly  two  years, 
becoming  an  extra  section  foreman.  It  was  natural,  however,  for  one  of  his  agricultural 
training  to  gravitate  back  to  the  land,  so  he  worked  with  a  threshing  crew  for  a  season. 
In  1912  he  came  to  El  Toro,  and  leased  250  acres  of  land  and  this  amount  he  has 
increased  from  time  to  time  until  he  now  operates  700  acres  on  the  O'Neill  or  Santa 
Margarita  ranch,  southeast  of  El  Toro.  Here  he  engages  in  grain,  farming  on  an 
extensive  scale,  the  larger  part  of  his  acreage  being  devoted  to  barley.  Mr.  Gould 
owns  the  house  and  other  buildings  and  a  full  complement  of  farm  implements  and 
has  forty-two  head  of  mules,  horses  and  colts. 

On  June  6,  1901,  at  Havana,  Mason  County,  111.,  Mr.  Gould  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Lillian  Trapp,  who  was  also  born  near  Eewistown,  111.,  the  daughter  of 
John  Trapp  born  in  Illinois,  a  prominent  Fulton  County  farmer  who  is  now  deceased; 
her  mother  was  Elizabeth  Freeman  who,  at  the  age  of  eighty-one,  is  living  in  El  Toro. 
Of  their  nine  children  Mrs.  Gould  is  the  youngest. 

Two  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gould — Bruce  M.  who  assists 
his  father  on  the  farm,  and  Feme,  and  both  are  social  favorites.  A  Republican  in 
politics,  Mr.  Gould  takes  a  lively  interest  in  the  questions  of  the  day,  is  a  good  talker, 
and  his  affability  has  made  for  him  a  large  circle  of  friends. 

MRS.  IDA  B.  KING.— California,  justly  appreciative  of  both  her  sons  and  her 
daughters,  is  especially  proud  of  those  women  who,  called  upon  to  assume  the  serious 
responsibilities  of  life  in  a  world  still  largely  managed  by  the  stronger  sex,  have  dis- 
played such  signal  fitness  for  their  work  that  they  have  not  only  held  their  own,  but 
have  often  pointed  the  way,  and  perhaps  by  far  better  routes  or  means  of  travel  to 
others  with  even  longer  experience.  Such  a  leader  in  the  feminine  world  in  the  mana^-e- 
ment  of  important  affairs  is  Mrs.  Ida  B.  King,  widow  of  the  late  Charles  H  'King 
and  daughter  of  the  well-known  pioneer  of  Santa  Ana,  Samuel  Ross  For  twenty-six 
years  past  she  has  been  a  tenant  on  the  Irvine  ranch,  probably  the  oldest  tenant  there- 
fore, on  the  historic  San  Joaquin;  and,  as  one  of  the  first  generation  of  Orange  County 
CaUfornia        "  "^   ™°''   interesting   association    with    the    history    of    Southern 

Growing  up  in  the  city  and  county  of  her  birth,  Mrs.  King  was  married  in  1894 
187?t'h"so^-  ^'s^'  '  r*".%°'  Waitsburg^Wash.,  where  he  wa'^s  born  on  Suary  19 
873    the  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  Ann  King,  who  early  came  to  Washington       \fter 
he  had  braved  the  dangers  of  the  great  plains  and  had  helped  to  estahl  =lf  i,  T 

and  civilization  in  the  North,  Mr.  King  came  south  to  Oraig     County   aidslt^'rfi't 
at  Orange  and  later  at  Garden  Grove.    Charles  was  reared  an'd  educated  in  that  vicinitv 
and  as  his  father  was  a  rancher,  he  took  naturally  to  the  life  of  the  agriculturist    and 
after   a   while    commenced    to    raise    grain    for    himself    on    the    Freeman    ranch    near 
inglewood.  laucn    near 

Encouraged  by  his  success,  he  branched  out  in  1891  on  a  larger  scale  h.r  n„  • 
to  Orange  County  and  leasing,  on  shares,  320  acres  on  the  San  Jo^aquin  anch  S 
to  his  coming  there,  no  one  had  ever  attempted  to  raise  barley  and  beans  on  the  San 
Joaquin  ranch;  and  neighbormg  farmers  watched  his  venture  with  scientific  iuLJt? 
He  demonstrated  that  he  knew  what  he  was  about  not  only  in  the  quality  of  the  beans 
he  raised,  but  in  the  fifteen  or  more  sacks  yielded  by  each  acre  at  the  harvest  Hp 
was  among  the  first  to  purchase  a  gasoline  traction  engine  to  plow  his  land,  and  that 
innovation  alone  made  him  locally  famous,  for  he  could  turn  up  from  ten  to  fifteen 
acres  of  the  soil  a  day,  and  go  twelve  inches  deep  for  his  beans,  which,  with  horses 
or  mules,  is  a  very  difficult  task.  .   «  uu  norses 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1291 

Mr.  King  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  took  a  very  live  interest  in  local 
political  happenings.  He  was  a  deputy  registration  clerk  on  the  Myford  board  at  every 
election,  represented  his  precinct  at  county  conventions,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
county  central  committee.  Affiliated  with  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  142,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  he  also  belonged  to  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  E.  He  died  on 
May  14,  1911.  Since  his  death,  Mrs.  King  has  continued  to  manage  and  develop  the 
estate,  and  she  has  done  so  with  rare  ability.  She  now  operates  300  acres  of  the 
James  Irvine,  or  San  Joaquin  ranch,  of  which  fifty  acres  are  devoted  to  the  making  of 
hay  and  250  to  the  growing  of  lima  beans.  She  also  owns  ten  acres  at  Tustin,  now 
planted  to  oranges,  upon  which  she  intends  soon  to  build. 

Three  children  give  joy  and  solace  to  this  admirable  woman,  whose  life  is  lived 
in  part  for  the  advancement  of  the  best  and  most  permanent  interests  of  Orange  County 
and  the  promising  Southland.  Mildred  is  the  wife  of  Joe  Branson  and  resides  at  Madera. 
Ruth  has  become  Mrs.  Fred  Rising,  and  lives  at  Los  Angeles.  And  Herald  is  at  home, 
at  the  interesting  age  of  fifteen.  Another  son,  Roscoe,  died  when  eight  years  of  age. 
She  is  also  rearing  a  grandchild,  Lamar  Hossler,  to  whom  she  also  gives  her  motherly 
care  and  devotion. 

MIGUEL  ERRECA. — One  of  the  pioneer  stockmen  of  Southern  California, 
Miguel  Erreca  was  born  near  Aldudes,  Basses  Pyrenees,  on  the  line  between  France 
and  Spain,  August  10,  1854,  a  son  of  Juan  and  Marie  Erreca,  who  were  well-to-do 
farmers,  owning  a  place  of  500  acres,  but  both  passed  away  before  Miguel  left  that 
country.  They  had  three  children,  two  of  whom  grew  up,  our  subject  being  the  only 
one  now  living.  His  brother  Juan  came  to  California  with  Miguel  and  they  were 
partners  for  eleven  years,  when  Juan  returned  to  France  and  died  two  years  later. 

Miguel  Erreca  was  brought  up  on  the  home  farm,  and  this  place  he  still  owns 
in  partnership  with  a  nephew.  Having  heard  good  reports  of  splendid  opportunities 
awaiting  young  men  who  were  not  afraid  to  work  he  came  to  California  in  1873  and 
made  his  way  by  the  Overland  stage  from  Los  Angeles  to  San  Juan  Capistrano,  where 
he  had  a  cousin,  Bernardo  Erreca,  who  was  engaged  in  the  sheep  business.  He  had 
arrived  in  the  old  mission  town  at  one  o'clock  one  February  morning.  The  next  morn- 
ing he  got  up  a  little  late  and  looked  out  to  see  what  the  place  was  like.  He  saw  a 
band  of  vaqujros,  all  horseback;  they  had  long  whiskers  and  long  hair  that  covered 
their  ears  and  eyes  and,  as  he  says,  looked  like  a  band  of  goats.  Big  pistols  were 
hanging  at  their  sides  and  big  knives  in  their  belts.  He  was  at  first  a  little  frightened 
but  when  he  got  outside  and  up  closer  he  heard  them  talk  Spanish  and  entered  into 
conversation  with  them.  They  were  half  Mexicans  and  half  In-dians  but  all  turned 
out  to  be  good  fellows.  He  lived  eleven  years  in  San  Juan  Capistrano  among  those 
people  and  found  them  square  and  reliable.  After  working  two  months  for  Chas. 
Landell  he  went  to  work  for  his  cousin,  Bernardo  Erreca,  and  continued  with  him  for 
seven  years  and  six  months.  Bernardo  Erreca  had  four  partners,  among  them  two 
Orroqui  brothers;  one  of  them  is  now  dead,  but  the  other,  Juan  Orroqui,  is  still  living 
and  was  one  of  Miguel's  first  bosses;  he  now  resides  on  Garnsey  Street,  Santa  Ana, 
eighty-two  years  of  age  and  totally  blind — but  Miguel  still  visits  him  and  tries  to  bring 
him  comfort  and  cheer  in  his  unfortunate  condition. 

After  working  for  Bernardo  Erreca  for  over  seven  years,  Miguel  and  his  brother 
purchased  a  half  interest  and  they  continued  together  successfully.  Two  years  later 
they  bought  more  sheep  from  Erreca's  old  partners  and  leased  all  of  the  Trabuco  ranch 
and  ran  20,000  head  of  sheep.  About  two  years  later  Miguel  and  his  brother  bought 
Bernardo's  interest  and  ran  the  whole  ranch  and  flocks.  They  did  well  and  their  flt)cks 
increased.  There  was  no  market  for  the  sale  of  sheep  to  speak  of  in  Southern  California 
at  that  time,  so  once  every  two  years  they  would  drive  two  flocks  of  about  2,500  head 
each  to  San  Francisco  and  dispose  of  them,  the  entire  trip  and  return  consuming  about 
three  months.  Sheep  at  that  time  sold  from  $1.50  to  $2.50  a  head,  including  the  wool. 
Later  on  Miguel  bought  his  brother's  interest  and  continued  business  alone  with'  his 
headquarters  on  the  Trabuco  ranch  of  26,000  acres. 

It  was  the  custom  of  the  ranchers  in  those  days  to  go  to  San  Juan  Capistrano  to 
buy  their  supply  of  groceries.  They  would  hitch  their  horses  in  front  of  the  store 
and  be  all  loaded  up  when  they  would  go  in  to  have  a  final  smile  and  then  they  would 
keep  on  smiling  till  supper  was  announced,  and  after  supper  again  had  to  have  a. few 
more  rounds,  and  so  the  horses  stood  hitched  outside  until  after  midnight.  They  never 
found  anything  missing  from  the  wagons  in  those  days  for  they  were  all  good,  honest 
and  reliable  people.  They  would  then  start  for  their  homes,  arriving  in  the  wee  sma" 
hours  of  the  next  morning. 

Mr.  Erreca  was  offered  the  whole  of  the  Trabuco  ranch  for  $4.00  per  acre  and  a 
banker  in  Los  Angeles  advised  him  to  buy  it  and  said  he  would  furnish  him  the  mone;, 
and  give  him  all  the  time  he  wanted,  but  Miguel  was  too  conservative  and  would  not 


1292  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

risk  it,  but  afterwards  saw  he  had  made  the  mistake  of  his  life.  A  couple  of  years 
later  Richard  O'Neill  bought  the  ranch  and  he,  of  course,  lost  the  lease  of  it.  Mr. 
Erreca  then  leased  a  part  of  the  Irvine  ranch,  a  tract  6,000  acres,  which  extended 
from  Newport  to  Tustin;  here  he  ran  sheep  for  nine  years  and  then  sold  out.  Mean- 
time, in  1883,  he  had  purchased  four  acres  on  Hickey  and  Sixth  streets,  between  Olive 
and  Baker  streets,  Santa  Ana,  built  a  residence  and  made  it  his  home.  He  then  began 
farming  on  the  James  McFadden  ranch  and  then  leased  land  in  various  parts  of 
Orange  County.  One  year  he  had  3,700  acres  in  grain;  one  season  he  lost  about 
$50,000  but  he  kept  on  and  finally  paid  the  debt  one  hundred  cents  on  the  dollar;  he 
later  farmed  1,700  acres  on  the  Moulton  ranch  for  seven  years.  In  1917  he  quit  farming 
and  sold  his  outfit.  He  now  makes  his  residence  on  his  four-acre  tract  that  he  has  set 
to  Valencia  oranges. 

Mr.  Erreca  was  married  in  Los  Angeles,  where  he  was  united  with  Miss  Marie 
Oronos,  born  in  Bigorre,  France,  an  estimable  woman  of  a  lovable  disposition  of  whom 
he  was  bereaved  on  February  6,  1894.  She  left  him  two  children:  Juanita,  a  graduate 
of  the  Orange  County  Business  College  is  now  the  wife  of  Lem  Conkle,  who  resides 
with  Mr.  Erreca  and  she  presides  gracefully  over  her  father's  home  and  ministers 
devotedly  to  his  comfort;  Marcelina  is  the  wife  of  Chas.  Eckles  of  Santa  Ana;  Lem 
Conkle  was  in  the  U.  S.  Navy  during  the  World  War,  serving  overseas  for  eighteen 
months.  Mr.  Erreca  is  one  of  the  oldest  settlers  of  this  section  of  California,  is  a  highly 
respected  man  whose  veracity  and  integrity  have  never  been  questioned.  As  a  young 
man  he  was  noted  for  his  great  strength,  activity  and  endurance.  In  1887  he  made  a 
trip  back  to  his  old  home  in  France  and  had  an  enjoyable  time  but  was  glad  to  get  back 
to  the  land  of  gold  and  sunshine.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Catholic  Church  in  Santa 
Ana  and  politically  is  a  Republican. 

HOMER  L.  COLE.— The  eldest  child  of  M.  C.  and  Ella  (Delavan)  Cole,  pioneers 
of  Orange  County,  Homer  L.  was  born  at  Deansboro.  N.  Y.,  on  December  22,  1878. 
He  attended  the  public  and  high  schools  at  Oneida,  N.  Y.,  coming  to  California  with 
his  parents  in  1898.  On  June  IS,  1905,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Jessie  M.  Hoffman,  who 
was  born  at  Mendota,  La  Salle  County,  111.,  one  of  seven  children  born  to  John  B. 
and  Mary  J.  (Thomas)  Hofifman,  the  latter  of  whom  is  still  living  at  521  East  Pine 
Street,  Santa  Ana.  Grandfather  Hoffman  was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  LaSalle 
County,  III.,  and  a  large  landowner  there. 

Homer  L.  Cole  is  well  known  as  a  successful  contractor  and  builder,  having  been 
engaged  in  this  line  of  work  since  1910.  In  1913  the  firm  of  Bishop  and  Cole  was 
formed,  continuing  until  1918,  and  they  specialized  in  the  erection  of  walnut  ware- 
houses and  in  the  invention  of  machinery  for  use  in  these  warehouses.  Among  the 
buildings  for  which  they  were  contractors  are  the  following:  Fullerton-Placentia 
warehouse  at  Fullerton;  Irvine  Association's  building  at  Tustin;  the  Capistrano  Asso- 
ciation building  at  San  Juan  Capistrano;  and  the  Saticoy  Association's  house  at.Ventura. 
Messrs.  Bishop  and  Cole  also  perfected  the  walnut  vacuum  machine  which  sorts  out 
the  worthless  or  "blank"  walnuts  and  is  in  use  in  many  of  the  large  walnut  ware- 
houses. They  also  invented  a  machine  for  cleaning  the  mold  from  walnut  meats  which 
has  been  found  a  most  useful  adjunct  to  the  industry.  Mr.  Cole  is  also  an  experienced 
walnut  grower  and,  previous  to  taking  up  the  work  of  contracting  and  building,  he 
operated  the  forty-acre  ranch  of  his  uncle,  Directus  Cole  at  Anaheim.  He  now  man- 
ages the  sixty-acre  walnut  ranch  of  his  mother  in  Wintersburg  precinct,  and  under  his 
expert  attention  it  is  showing  handsome  returns.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Homer  Cole  are  the 
parents  of  one  son,  Clifford  Delavan  Cole. 

BENNIE  W.  OSTERM AN.— Preeminent  among  the  most  perfectly  arranged  and 
scientifically  managed  ranches  in  all  Orange  County,  if  not  in  the  entire  state,  must  be 
mentioned  the  two  important  holdings  of  Messrs.  Osterman  and  Osterman,  the  bonanza 
farrners  near  El  Toro,  whose  junior  member  is  the  subject  of  our  sketch.  A  native 
son  with  plenty  of  pride  in  the  Golden  State,  Mr.  Osterman  was  born  at  Newport 
Beach  on  November  4,  1896,  where  his  mother  was  then  visiting,  for  his  parents  lived 
on  their  noted  ranch  in  the  Trabuco  Canyon.  His  father  is  John  Osterman,  who  first 
came  to  California  in  1890,  and  five  years  later  took  the  decisive  step  of  acquiring  by 
purchase  the  fine  property  referred  to.  He  was  born  in  Price  County,  northern  Wis- 
consin, on  October  18,  1872,  the  son  of  Peter  and  Hannah  (Andrews)  Osterman.  His 
father  was  a  pioneer  woodsman,  and  at  the  early  age  of  twelve,  John  began  to  swing 
an  axe  in  the  lumber  camps  on  the  Wisconsin  River,  abandoning  the  Wisconsin  lumber 
field  only  in  1890,  when  he  determined  to  come  to  California. 

He  found  work  on  a  ranch  near  Redondo,  and  soon  secured  a  better  engagement 
on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch,  where  he  remained  for  about  a  year.  In  the  autumn  of 
1893  he  came  to  Orange  County,  and  in  Trabuco  Caftyon  hired  himself  out  for  wages 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1293 

to  do  farm  work.  At  the  end  of  two  years,  he  had  saved  enough,  and  had  also  become 
sufficiently  posted  on  ranch  property  values,  to  be  able  to  buy  his  first  eighty  acres, 
to  which  he  soon  added  another  one  hundred  sixty.  The  land  was  in  poor  shape  when 
he  took  hold  of  it;  but  he  set  out  fruit  and  other  trees,  made  various  improvements,  and 
transformed  it,  by  his  own  exhausting  efforts,  into  the  showplace  it  became.  He  set 
out  in  particular  olive  trees,  peaches  and  apricots,  and  reserved  the  remainder  of  the 
land  for  pasturage.  His  public-spiritedness  was  soon  evident  to  his  fellow-citizens, 
who  elected  him  road  superintendent,  and  for  years  he  waS  entitled  to  much  of  the 
credit  for  the  excellent  roads,  both  built  and  repaired  during  his  administration. 

Besides  managing  his  own  homestead  ranch,  Mr.  Osterman  in  partnership  with 
William  J.  Waller,  leased  2,000  acres  of  the  Whiting  ranch  near  El  Toro,  and  before 
long  had  1,600  acres  under  cultivation,  all  in  barley,  of  which  in  1909  they  gathered 
some  14,000  sacks.  Naturally  a  mechanic,  Mr.  Osterman  invested  heavily  in  farm 
machinery,  and,  besides  harvesting  for  himself,  he  contracted  to  gather  in  the  crops 
of  other   ranchers. 

John  Osterman  was  twice  married.  His  first  marriage,  in  1895,  united  him  with 
Miss  Sadie  Havens  of  Trabuco  who  died  in  1901  and  left  him  two  sons — Bennie  W.  and 
George  D.,  a  cement  contractor  of  Santa  Ana.  Through  his  second  marriage,  in  1903, 
a  sister  of  his  deceased  wife.  Miss  LilHe  Havens,  became  his  life  companion,  and  two 
children,  Ethel  and  Elmer,  blessed  that  union.  A  third  Miss  Havens,  Rose  E.,  became 
the  wife  of  William  E.  Adkinson,  the  rancher  and  game  warden  of  the  Trabuco  district. 
.These  ladies  were  the  daughters  of  George  F.  Havens,  now  well  known  as  a  resident  of 
Santa  Ana,  aged  eighty-three,  and  a  native  of  Pennsylvania.  He  served  four  years  in 
the  Union  Army,  and  married  Miss  Millie  Copeland,  who  died  in  1894.  The  Havens 
came  from  Texas  to  California  in  1883,  and  had  eight  children. 

Bennie  W.  Osterman  was  sent  to  the  El  Toro  grammar  school  and  then  was 
graduated  from  the  high  school  at  Santa  Ana,  a  member  of  the  class  of  '14,  and  five 
years  later,  on  April  2,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Cynthia  Munger  jof  El  Toro.  In  time, 
he  became  the  junior  member  of  Messrs.  Osterman  and  Osterman,  the  partner  being 
his  father.  They  have  two  large  ranches  near  El  Toro,  and  our  subject  resides  on 
the  Whiting  ranch  of  1,200  acres  on  the  Trabuco  Road,  where  900  acres  are  under 
the  plow,  and  300  are  in  rough  pasture  range.  The  other  farm  they  operate  consists 
of  840  acres,  and  is  a  part  of  the  E.  F.  Moulton  and  Company's  ranch.  In  addition, 
John  Osterman  owns  an  orange  orchard  in  Tustin  where  he  resides. 

Messrs.  Osterman  and  Osterman  have  $50,000  worth  of  equipment,  consisting  of 
buildings  on  rented  ranch  land,  two  threshing  machines,  one  a  grain  separator  of  the 
Case  make,  and  the  other  a  bean  thresher.  They  also  own  a  Holt  75  tractor,  and  two 
headers,  which  they  use  in  harvesting.  They  usually  have  about  1,700  acres  in  crop 
each  year.  Mr.  Osterman  is  a  Republican  in  national  politics,  although  too  broad 
minded  to  allow  partisanship  to  affect  his  attitude  toward  local  issues  and  movements 
properly  endorsed,  and  fraternally  he  is  an  Elk — of  the  type  all  lodges  are  anxious 
to  have  among  their  number. 

NEWTON  HARRIS  PIERCE. — It  is  not  given  to  many  men  to  leave  behind 
them  such  an  enviable  record  for  specific  accomplishment  in  a  new  field  as  that  of  the 
late  Newton  Barris  Pierce,  the  widely-known  vegetable  pathologist,  who  conceived  the 
magnificent  idea  of  collecting  and  developing  the  wild  flowers  of  the  earth,  and  who 
identified  modest  little  Santa  Ana  with  his  pretentious  undertaking  and  almost  unhoped 
for  attainment.  He  was  born  at  Brockport,  N.  Y.,  on  September  26,  1856,  the  son  of 
Franklin  B.  and  Melissa  (Hinman)  Pierce,  his  forebears  on  the  father's  side  having 
been  Bostonians  of  an  old-established  line,  and  doubtless  related  to  the  family  of  Presi- 
dent Franklin  Pierce,  and  on  the  mother's  side  coming  from  New  York  State,  and 
probably  related  to  the  Hinmans  of  Connecticut,  recalling  Americans  distinguished  as 
soldiers,  scholars  and  educators.  He  attended  the  common  and  high  schools  of  New 
York,  Wisconsin  and  Michigan,  and  later,  in  1882-83,  entered  Harvard  College  at  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  where  he  studied  in  the  Museum  of  Entomology.  Then  he  went  to  Ann 
Arbor.  Mich.,  and  finished  the  course  of  vegetajjle  pathology,  giving  the  two  years  in 
that  well  equipped  institution  between   1887  and   1889. 

At  Ludington,  Mason  County,  Mich.,  Mr.  Pierce  had  a  private  laboratory  from 
1876  to  1889,  and  there  he  applied  himself  to  collecting  and  studing  insects.  In  1890 
he  was  commissioned  to  come  to  Southern  California  and  study  the  grapevine  disease; 
locating  at  Santa  Ana.  After  a  few  months  here,  he  concluded  to  go  to  Southern 
Europe  and  Northern  Africa,  where  the  trouble  was  said  to  have  originated.  The 
next  year,  he  returned  to  California  and  Santa  Ana,  rich  in  added  experience. 

On  March  11,  1897.  Mr.  Pierce  married  Miss  Maude  B.  Lacy,  the  daughter  of 
Dr.  John  McClelland  and  Eliza  (Bean)  Eacy,  pioneers  of  Santa  Ana,  where  Dr.  Lacy 
was  a  prominent  and  well-known  physician  and  surgeon.     One   child,   Newton   Lacy 


1294  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Pierce,  now  a  sophomore  in  the  Santa  Ana  high  school,  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Pierce. 

As  far  back  as  1874  in  Michigan,  Mr.  Pierce  was  a  lumber  inspector,  a  partner  in 
the  firm  of  Pierce  Bros.,  who  established  an  office  in  Ludington  in  1876,  which  they 
kept  open  until  1895.  In  time,  he  became  connected  with  the  sinking  of  early  salt 
wells  in  Western  Michigan.  When  the  California  grapevine  disease  threatened  the 
industry  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  David  Hewes  sent  to  Washington  for  aid,  and  the  au- 
thorities at  the  Federal  capital  sent  to  Michigan  for  a  competent  man;  and  as  the  result 
of  special  recommendation,  Mr.  Pierce  was  appointed  by  the  U.  S.  Agricultural  Depart- 
ment to  find  a  way  to  fight  the  disease. 

In  1889,  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  vegetable  pathology  for  the  United  States 
Department  of  Agriculture,  and  three  years  later  established  the  wild  plant  improve- 
ment gardens.  'He  became  a  life  member  of  the  American  Association  for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Science,  a  member  of  the  International  Association  of  Botanists,  the  American 
Association  of  Bacteriologists,  and  a  life  member  of  the  Michigan  and  Illinois  Hor- 
ticultural societies.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  California  Entomological  Club  and 
of  the  California  Viticultural  Club.  In  religion  he  was  a  consistent  member  of  the 
First  Presbyterian   Church  of  Santa  Ana. 

Mr.  Pierce,  who  was  a  true  and  reverent  scientist,  established  an  exchange  bureau 
with  various  misssionaries  throughout  the  world,  thereby  obtaining  wild  plants  from 
all  over  the  globe,  and  this  important  work  is  now  being  carried  on  by  a  special  branch 
of  the  United  States  Agricultural  Department.  When  he  passed  away,  on  October 
13,  1916,  to  the  sorrow  of  many  besides  his  personal  friends,  he  had  given  his  name  as* 
author  to  several  interesting  books  and  numerous  papers  on  plant  disease,  including: 
"California  Vine  Disease,"  edited  in  1892,  and  "Peach  Leaf  Curl,"  a  work  produced 
eight  years  afterward. 

FREDERICK  E.  BANGS.— A  successful  California  rancher  who  may  look  back 
with  satisfaction  to  a.  long  and  enviable  record  as  a  distinguished  educator  in  the  East, 
is  Frederick  E.  Bangs,  of  701  Orange  Avenue,  Santa  Ana.  He  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Groton,  Tompkins  County,  N.  Y.,  on  July  27,  1848,  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Eliza  (Berry) 
Bangs,  farmer  folk  in  a  dairy  country.  They  moved  to  Cayuga  County  when  Frederick 
E.  was  a  year  and  a  half  old,  and  purchased  a  farm  there  of  160  acres.  The  lad  was 
therefore  brought  up  on  a  farm,  and  until  he  was  fourteen,  sent  to  the  district  school. 
Then  he  continued  his  studies  at  Cortland  Academy,  Homer,  N.  Y.,  and  later  attended 
Lawrence  University  at  Appleton,  Wis.,  from  which  he  was  duly  graduated  with  honors. 

He  taught  school  for  three  winters  and  a  summer  near  Oshkosh,  at  the  same  time 
keeping  up  his  college  work,  and  afterward  attended  Yale  University,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  with  the  Class  of  '76,  in  the  Centennial  year  of  the  Republic.  He  had 
received  his  degree  of  B.S.  at  Lawrence,  and  when  he  obtained  his  B.D.  degree  from 
Yale,  he  was  given,  automatically,  the  M.A.  degree  of  Lawrence  University.  After  that, 
he  went  into  the  mission  field  at  Farmington,  Iowa,  for  a  year. 

Then  he  was  appointed  principal  of  the  five  grammar  schools  in  Wooster  district, 
at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  there  he  remained  from  1877  until  1894.  Prior  to  beginning 
his  teaching — that  is,  at  New  Haven  on  May  18,  1876 — Mr.  Bangs  was  married  to  Miss 
Edith  Seaver  Day,  the  daughter  of  Horace  and  Sarah  (Seaver)  Day,  her  father,  a 
scholarly  man,  being  secretary  of  the  Board  of  Education  of  New  Haven,  serving  forty 
years.  She  proved  an  invaluable  helpmate,  but  passed  away  on  February  28,  1884.  A 
second  time,  four  years  later,  on  May  3,  Mr.  Bangs  married,  this  time  choosing  Miss 
Augusta  Crane,  a  native  of  East  Orange,  N.  J.  The  ceremony  took  place  at  Little  Falls 
in  that  state.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Charles  and  Louisa  (Munn)  Crane,  and  her 
father  was  a  dealer  in  general  merchandise  at  Orange.  Both  the  Munn  and  Crane 
families  trace  their  ancestry  back  to  colonial  times.  She  was  first  sent  to  the 
Orange  grammar  schools,  and  later  to  the  New  Jersey  State  Normal  at  Trenton,  where 
she  was  graduated  in  the  advanced  courses.  She  taught  one  year  at  Vineland,  then  she 
was  an  instructor  in  the  schools  at  East  Orange  from  1876  to  1879  under  C.  F.  Carroll. 
Then  she  was  called  to  New  Haven  -W  S.  T.  Dutton  and  taught  for  two  years^in  the 
Eaton  school  under  him,  and  in  1880  she  served  as  first  assistant  teacher  to  Mr.*Bangs 
at  New  Haven,  and  continued  to  teach  there  until  she  was  married. 

After  having  had  charge  of  the  Wooster  schools  for  seventeen  years,  Mr.  Bangs 
retired  from  teaching  in  1894,  and  returned  to  the  old  homestead  at  Groton,  where  he 
engaged  in  general  farming.  In  1901  he  disposed  of  his  holding  and  came  west  to 
California  and  Santa  Ana.  Here  he  purchased  a  ranch  of  eleven  and  a  quarter  acres 
on  Orange  Avenue,  which  was  at  one  time  the  southwest  part  of  the  old  Stafford 
estate,  and  later  he  sold  four  and  a  half  acres  lying  east  of  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway. 
Now  he  has  about  six  acr6s,  interset  with  oranges  and  walnuts,  and  thriving  well  under 
the  service  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Companj'. 


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In  national  politics  a  Republican,  Mr.  Bangs  endeavors  to  perform  his  civic  duties 
in  local  affairs  without  restricting  partisanship  and  in  the  broad  spirit  most  likely  to 
make  for  the  best  standards  in  citizenship.  Naturally,  he  is  an  advocate  of  popular 
education,  and  leaves  no  stone  unturned  to  advance  and  strengthen  one  of  the  most 
aggressive  and  most  beneficent  of  American  institutions. 

Two  children  have  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bangs:  Marguerite  Louise 
is  now  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Stearns  of  Santa  Ana  and  the  mother  of  two  sons — Oliver 
Charles,  born  January  22,  1916,  and  Frederick  Edward,  born  May  S,  1918.  She  gradu- 
ated from  Pomona  College  with  the  Bachelor  of  Arts  degree,  and  also  received  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from  the  University  of  Southern  California.  She  was  a  high 
school  teacher  at  Bishop,  Cal.,  for  a  year,  and  for  another  year  at  Visalia.  Edward 
Crane  Bangs  is  also  a  graduate  of  Pomona  College  with  the  degree  of  B.A.,  and  is  an 
alumnus  of  the  University  of  California,  having  majored  at  Berkeley  in  chemistry.  He 
was  teaching  in  the  high  school  at  Areata,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Army 
in  February,  1918,  as  a  member  of  the  Three  Hundred  Nineteenth  Engineers  Corps,  and 
was  sent  to  Camp  Fremont.  In  April,  he  was  sent  to-  the  officers'  training  school  at 
Camp  Eee,  Va.,  and  in  the  following  month  of  May  was  commissioned  a  second  lieu- 
tenant. He  proved  one  of  the  ablest  of  the  class,  and  was  needed  in  the  chemical  de- 
partment of  the  army.  He  was  then  sent  to  the  gas  defense  school,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  July,  1918.  After  that,  he  was  despatched  to  Camp  Grant,  to  become 
instructor  in  gas  to  the  entire  camp;  and  when  it  transpired  that  this  camp  was  not 
ready  for  his  work,  he  was  sent  on  to  Sparta,  Wis.,  as  the  instructor  to  the  artillery 
stationed  there.  He  later  returned  to  Camp  Grant  and  took  charge  of  the  instruction 
in  defense  work,  and  rose  to  the  rank  of  chief  gas  officer.  On  February  17,  1919,  he 
was  honorably  discharged  at  Camp  Grant,  and  returned  to  his  home  state,  where  he 
is  now  engaged  as  a  high  school  teacher. 

JO  LOWELL. — An  industrious,  successful  man  of  comfortable  affluence  is  Jo 
Lowell,  the  rancher  of  1108  West  Fifth  Street,  Santa  Ana,  whose  modest  disposition, 
despite  his  useful,  influential  life,  draws  to  him  a  circle  of  devoted  friends.  He  was 
born  at  Sacramento  on  M'ay  10,  1872,  the  son  of  William  Henry  and  Mary  Lowell.  The 
father  was  an  employe  of  the  Wells  Fargo  Express  Company,  before  the  advent  here 
of  the  railroad,  and  had  charge  of  one  of  the  wagon  routes.  The  mother  died  when 
Jo  was  ten  years  old,  and  at  that  tender  age  he  set  out  to  seek  his  own  fortune. 

He  went  into  Kern  County,  on  the  south  fork  of  the  Kern  River,  and  worked  on 
T.  S.  Smith's  stock  ranch  of  one  thousand  acres;  and  for  twenty  years  he  was  in  the 
employ  of  the  same  man.  In  the  fall  of  1903  he  came  to  Santa  Ana;  and  on  November 
18  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mabel  T.  Townsend,  a  native  daughter  born  in  San  Ber- 
nardino, whose  parents  were  B.  F.  and  Anna  Townsend.  They  came  to  Garden  Grove 
when  she  was  two  years  old,  and  became  pioneers  of  Orange  County,  so  that  Mabel 
was  sent  to  the  Garden  Grove  district  school.  Later,  she  continued  her  studies  at  a 
preparatory  school  at  Orange  and  in  time  was  graduated  from  Stanford  University. 
Their  wedding  took  place  at  Santa  Ana,  and  was  one  of  the  quiet,  pleasant  events  of 
the  year.  For  a  while  thereafter,  while  they  made  Santa  Ana  their  home,  Mr.  Lowell 
worked  on  ranches  in  the  vicinity. 

In  1906  he  went  to  San  Diego,  Texas,  and  ranched  sixteen  miles  to  the  southwest 
of  that  town  until  1909  on  2,300  acres.  On  his  return  to  California,  he  farmed  260 
acres  near  Stockton,  raising  barley  and  potatoes.  In  1912,  he  came  back  to  Santa  Ana, 
to  take  care  of  his  fourteen  and  a  half-acre  ranch,  ten  acres  of  which  were  devoted  to 
Valencia  oranges,  and  four  and  a  half  acres  to  walnuts.  This  neat  little  ranch  was 
purchased  by  B.  F.  Townsend,  Mrs.  Lowell's  father,  in  1886,  and  as  he  died  in  May, 
1917,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lowell  inherited  it.  They  have  also  inherited  2,300  acres  in  Texas, 
once  owned  by  Mr.  Townsend,  as  well  as  the  latter's  home,  at  1108  West  Fifth  Street, 
Santa  Ana. 

Three  children  have  come  to  make  still  happier  the  delightful  home  life  of  these 
thoroughly  American  folks.  Kenneth  Townsend  Lowell  is  a  high  school  student  at 
Santa  Ana;  Virginia  May  is  in  the  intermediate  school;  and  so  is  Charline  Elizabeth. 
Fraternally,  Mr.  Lowell  is  a  Mason;  in  national  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

RODGER  BROS. — Conspicuous  among  the  most  properous  and  interesting  indus- 
trial establishments  of  Balboa  is  that  of  the  auto  and  shipbuilding  firm  of  Rodger  Bros., 
composed  of  C.  G.  and  E.  D.  Rodger,  who  own  a  first-class  garage,  machine  shop 
and  ship  ways,  are  always  active  in  promoting  the  best  interests  of  the  tourist,  and  who 
have  added  to  the  attractiveness  of  Balboa  as  a  harbor  resort  by  keeping  well-equipped 
boats  for  charter. 

C.  C.  Rodger,  popularly  known  as  Cordie  Rodger,  was  born  in  Iowa,  in  April. 
1876,  while  E.  D.  Rodger  was  also  born  in  Iowa,  in  August,  1878.  They  were  both 
the   sons   of   Glaud   H.   and   Nancy   M.    Rodger,   who   came   from    Iowa   to    California, 


1298  HISTORY  OF  ORAX'GE  COUNTY 

although  the  father  had  been  here  before,  and  was  in  many  ways  a  thorough,  typical 
Californian.  Grandfather  Gland  Rodger  was  a  native  of  Glasgow,  Scotland,  who  had 
married  Miss  Matilda  Clark,  a  native  of  Liverpool,  England.  They  crossed  the  great 
American  plains  in  1852,  and  stayed  at  Salt  Lake  over  winter,  and  there  their  child, 
Glaud  H  was  born.  The  following  season  they  came  on  to  California  and  settled  at 
San  Bernardino.  The  grandfather  was  a  farmer,  and  Glaud  H.  grew  up  to  follow 
agriculture.  He  went  back  to  Iowa,  and  when  twenty-two  years  old  married  Miss 
Nancy  M.  Sutherland,  the  ceremony  taking  place  in  Decatur  County,  Iowa. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rodger  lived  in  Iowa  for  thirteen  years,  and  then  they  came  to 
California  in  the  spring  of  1887,  and  settled  at  what  is  now  Laguna  Beach.  Later 
they  went  to  El  Toro  and  farmed  on  the  Moulton  Ranch— in  fact  Mr.  Rodger  did  the 
first  grain  farming  on  the  great  Moulton  acreage,  and  he  bought  and  operated  the  first 
header  ever  brought  on  to  that  place.  Now  he  and  his  devoted  wife  are  both  living  in 
their  comfortable  residence  at  Balboa.    They  belong  to  the  reorganized  L.  D.  S.  Church. 

Of  their  nine  children,  six  grew  to  maturity,  three  having  died  in  fancy.  Jessie 
married  William  Woodhouse,  -a  rancher  at  El  Toro;  but  she  died  four  years  ago, 
mourned  by  many.  C.  G.  and  E.  D.  Rodger,  the  subjects  of  this  instructive  review, 
have  materially  advanced  the  importance  of  Balboa  in  its  relation  to  the  outside  world 
and  as  an  attractive  place  for  outsiders  to  come  to  and  settle  in.  Fred  is  a  rancher  at 
El  Toro.    Dolly  is  the  wife  of  William  Cubben,  the  machinist;  and  Ethel  is  at  home.  _ 

Twelve  years  ago,  E.  D.  Rodger  came  to  Balboa  and  went  to  work  as  a  machinist 
for  W.  S.  Collins  at  the  Collins  shipyard  in  Balboa,  and  later  he  founded  the  firm  of 
Rodger  Bros.,  wliich  got  along  at  first  with  a  building  35x126  feet  in  size,  now  adjoin- 
ing on  the  east  their  newer  structure  of  1920,  35x136  feet  in  size.  They  have  built  and 
equipped  many  boats,  among  them  the  Limit,  constructed  in  1916,  and  the  Harriet  N., 
1918 — both  fine  specimens  of  naval  architecture;  and  they  repair  much  of  the  craft 
used  on  the  bay  and  the  ocean.  Even  as  boys,  both  of  the  Rodgers  were  apt  machinists, 
and  it  is  not  surprising  that  their  patrons  come  from  miles  around.  They  make  a 
specialty  of  motion  picture  water  work — now  one  of  the  departments  of  a  most  impor- 
tant modern  undertaking,  with  its  effect  on  the  civilization  of  the  four  quarters  of  the 
globe.  In  1900,  E.  D.  Rodger  was  married  at  El  Toro  to  Miss  Viola  Zimmerman,  a 
lady  of  talents  and  the  capacity  of  cooperation,  who  also  has  her  circle  of  friends. 

EARL  L.  MATTHEWS. — An  admirable  example  of  the  man  who  can  accomplish 
much  entirely  through  his  own  initiative  and  determination  to  succeed  is  found  in 
Earl  L.  Matthews,  the  president  of  the  Orange  County  Ignition  Works,  Inc.,  the  largest 
business  of  its  kind  in  the  county,  and  his  reputation  for  thorough  workmanship  and 
absolutely  reliable  service  has  brought  him  a  lucrative  patronage  that  is  in  every  way 
well  deserved.  His  career,  in  its  practical  results,  is  an  encouragement  to  every  strug- 
gling young  man  who  has  ambition  and  genius  and  is  willing  to  make  sacrifices  and 
endure  long  hours  of  hard  work. 

Earl  L.  Matthews  is  a  native  of  Ohio,  being  born  at  Toledo  on  April  23,  1888.  His 
parents  are  William  H.  and  Frances  (West)  Matthews  and  they  left  their  Ohio  home  in 
1906  and  came  to  California  to  reside.  They  located  first  at  Porterville  in  Tulare 
County,  remaining  there  for  two  years,  then  removing  to  Long  Beach,  where  they  re- 
sided for  another  period  of  two  years,  coming  to  Santa  Ana  in  1910,  and  they  still 
make  their  home  there.  The  only  child  of  his  parents,  Earl  L.  Matthews  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  and  later  took  a  commercial 
course  in  the  Toledo  Business  College.  Always  of  a  mechanical  turn  of  mind,  after 
coming  to  California  in  1906  Mr.  Matthews  became  interested  in  auto  electrical  work 
and  very  wisely  decided  that  the  surest  way  to  success  was  to  begin  at  the  bottom  and 
master  every  angle  of  the  business.  Accordingly  he  spent  considerable  time  in  some  of 
the  largest  shops  in  Los  Angeles,  learning  all  the  details  of  the  work  and  gaining  a 
most  valuable  practical  experience. 

On  coming  to  Santa  Ana  in  1910,  Mr.  Matthews  started  the  nucleus  of  his  present 
large  business,  beginning  in  a  small  store  building  at  414  West  Fourth  Street,  and  by 
well-directed  effort  the  business  increased  so  rapidly  that  he  saw  the  need  of  expansion, 
and  so  occupied  three  other  locations  before  coming  to  his  present  place  at  the  corner 
of  Fifth  and  Spurgeon  streets.  In  1916  he  incorporated  his  business  as  the  Orange 
County  Ignition  Works  and  since  that  time  he  has  built  up  a  wonderfully  successful 
business,  employing  over  thirty  people,  and  havifig  branch  houses  at  Fullerton  and 
Orange.  At  both  of  these  places  he  occupies  fireproof  buildings,  which  have  been  erect- 
ed according  to  his  own  designs  and  needs.  He  handles  the  Willard  storage  battery 
and  specializes  in  electrical  apparatus  pertaining  to  automobiles,  confining  his  business 
to  this  line  of  work.  He  maintains  a  thoroughly  equipped  electrical  repair  department 
which  is  fully  prepared  to  handle  ignition  and  electrical  trouble  on  every  make  of  auto- 
mobile and  particular  attention  is  paid  to  electrical  trouble  on  trucks  and  farm  tractors, 


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thus  giving  assistance  and  immediate  aid  to  ranchers  and  transportation  men  in  the 
fields  and  remote  highways. 

Mr.  Matthews'  marriage  at  Los  Angeles  on  April  28,  1909,  united  him  with  Miss 
Letitia  Hennessey  of  Santa  Ana  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  children,  Russell  P. 
and  Marjory  F.  The  family  attend  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  In  politics  Mr. 
Matthews  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  Republican  party  and  in  fraternal  circles  he  is 
prominent  in  the  ranks  of  the  Elks  ai^d  is  a  Knights  Templar  Mason.  To  further  the 
interests  of  his  own  line  of  work  he  is  a  member  and  vice-president  of  the  Orange 
County  Auto  Trades  Association,  and  he  is  no  less  zealous  in  aiding  in  the  work  of  the 
Merchants  and  Manufacturers  Association  and  the  Santa  Ana  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
holding  membership  in  both  of  these  organizations.  He  finds  much  enjoyment  in  out- 
door life  and  is  particularly  fond  of  fishing.  Generous  and  liberal,  he  is  one  of  Orange 
County's  loyal  boosters  and  can  always  be  counted  upon  to  support  all  movements  for 
the  public  good. 

JAMES  ARTHUR  ROSS. — A  most  interesting  representative  of  a  long-honored 
pioneer  Santa  Ana  family  is  J.  Arthur  Ross,  familiarly  known  by  his  friends  as  Ott 
Ross,  a  son  of  Samuel  Ross,  who  crossed  the  great  plains  in  the  middle  sixties,  accom- 
panied by  his  bride  of  a  few  weeks,  to  whom  he  had  been  married  in  Ross  Township, 
111.  This  Samuel  Ross  became  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  at  Santa  Ana,  and  Ross 
Street  was  named  after  a  brother,  Jacob  Ross,  who  was  county  tax  collector  and 
assessor  in  early  days.  Mrs.  Ross  was  Catherine  Leonard  before  her  marriage,  and 
she  died  when  J.  Arthur  was  nine  years  old.  Ott  Ross  was  born  at  Santa  Ana  on 
January  IS,  1881,  and  grew  up  in  that  town,  one  of  eleven  children,  six  of  whom  are 
still  living.     He  attended  the  public  grammar  schools  and  learned  to  be  a  farmer. 

When  he  was  married,  he  chose  for  his  wife  Mrs.  Jennie  (Smith)  Right  of  Santa 
Ana,  a  native  of  Madison,  Ga.,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Carrie  (Reid)  Smith,  also 
of  that  state.  The  father  served  in  the  Confederate  Army  in  the  Civil  War  and  died 
when  Mrs.  Ross  was  a  child;  she  was  reared  and  educated  in  Georgia.  Her  uncle, 
Capt.  John  G.  Smith,  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Birmingham,  Ala.,  and  was  a  promi- 
nent.veteran  of  the  Confederacy  and  a  Mason  and  laid  the  cornerstone  for  the  Masonic 
temple  at  Birmingham.  She  is  the  youngest  of  three  children:  the  eldest  was  Henry 
who  died  in  Box  Springs,  Ga.,  and  Wm.  Eugene  is  an  extensive  cotton  buyer  at 
Madison,  Ga.  In  1899  Mrs.  Ross  came  to  Santa  Ana  with  her  mother  where  she  met 
Ott  Ross,  the  acquaintance  resulting  in  their  marriage  and  she  has  proven  the  most 
helpful  of  helpmates.  Her  mother  died  here  in  1915.  They  have  four  children — 
Catherine,  Lula,  Christy  and  Leonard.  Mr.  Ross  has  engaged  in  farming  in  the  district 
south  of  Santa  Ana  for  twenty  years  and  since  1918,  farming  on  the  Irvine  ranch. 

Notwithstanding,  a  serious  set-back  in  1919,  such  as  might  well  discourage  many, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  are  succeeding  and,  little  by  little,  attaining  their  goal.  In  that 
year,  a  mysterious  fire  burned  down  their  barn,  shed  and  other  outbuildings,  and  de- 
stroyed, among  other  things,  a  great  quantity  of  hay.  It  was  a  severe  blow,  for  Mr. 
Ross  had  little  or  no  insurance.  He  bravely  rebuilt,  however,  for  like  the  other  tenants 
on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch,  he  owns  his  own  buildings  and  equipment.  He  is  energetic 
and  persistent;  Mrs.  Ross  is  cheerful  and  optimistic;  and  it  is  not  surprising  that  he 
and  his  family  live  happily,  and  that  those  who  know  them,  expect  great  things  from 
them  in  the  years  to  come.  He  leases  270  acres,  where  he  devotes  about  200  acres 
to  lima  beans;  the  balance  to  hay  and  blackeye  beans.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  are  believers 
in  protection  for  Americans  and  are  naturally  strong  Republicans. 

ASBURY  J.  SHAW. — Numbered  among  the  successful  ranchers  of  the  El  Toro 
district  is  Asbury  J.  Shaw,  who  is  equally  proficient  as  a  machinist,  as  he  does  a  great 
deal  of  work  on  automobiles,  gasoline  engines,  threshers  and  all  kinds  of  farm  machin- 
ery, maintaining  a  well-equipped  blacksmith  shop  on  his  place.  A  native  son  of  Cali- 
fornia, Mr.  Shaw  was  born  on  the  original  El  Toro  ranch  in  Aliso  Canyon  on  October 
2,  1891.  His  parents  were  R.  L.  and  Catherine  Ellen  (Little)  Shaw,  natives,  respectively, 
of  Texas  and  Georgia.  Besides  the  subject  of  this  review,  a  daughter,  Fannie  Pearl, 
was  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shaw  and  she  is  now  the  wife  of  Albert  Gibson,  a  rancher 
on  the  Irvine  ranch.  R.  L.  Shaw  was  twice  married;  by  his  first  marriage  he  had  two 
children,  one  of  whom  is  living,  Frank  Shaw  of  Laguna  Beach.  Catherine  Ellen  Little 
was  also  married  twice,  her  first  husband  being  Peter  Eraser  Groover,  who  was  born  in 
Georgia.  They  came  to  California  about  1872,  and  located  in  Fresno  County,  where 
they  were  engaged  in  sheep  raising;  afterwards  they  came  to  Gospel  Swamp, "now 
Talbert,  and  later  to  Aliso  Canyon,  where  they  homesteaded  and  farmed.  Mr.  Groover 
died  at  Downey  m  1881.  Of  this  marriage  there  were  five  children:  Frank,  who  is  a 
mechanic,  resides  in  Arizona;  H.  L.,  also  a  mechanic,  makes  his  home  in  Santa  Ana; 
F.  E.  farms  on  the  Irvine  ranch;  Hattie  Gertrude  is  Mrs.  Boxley  of  Los  Angeles-  V    D 


1302  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

also  farms  on  the  Irvine  ranch.  About  three  years  after  her  husband's  death  Mrs. 
Groover  married  Robert  L.  Shaw,  who  came  with  his  parents  across  the  pla:ins  m  an 
ox-team  train,  in  the  early  fifties.  He  followed  ranching  in  Los  Angeles  and  Orange 
counties  and  he  and  Mrs.  Shaw  still  make  their  home  in  Orange  County. 

Asbury  J  Shaw  spent  his  boyhood  days  on  the  Aliso  Canyon  ranch,  and  early  m 
life  started  to  earn  his  own  way,  working  out  as  a  farm  hand  on  the  neighboring 
ranches,  earning  at  first  only  ten  dollars  a  month.  He  became  expert  at  handling  mules 
when  he  was  only  a  boy  and  this  helped  him  to  get  employment  in  hauling  cement 
and  other  heavy  freight  at  the  time  of  the  building  of  the  great  Los  Angeles  Aqueduct. 
He  was  considered  one  of  the  best  drivers  on  the  entire  job  and  handled  a  team  of 
twelve  mules  perfectly.  ■       ,       •         i  en 

In  1913  Mr.  Shaw  began  ranching  operations  for  himself  by  leasing  IM  acres 
of  the  Santa  Margarita  ranch,  the  property  of  James  O'Neill.  Since  then  he  has 
added  to  his  acreage  and  now  has  275  acres,  all  plow  land,  which  he  devotes  to  gram, 
barley  and  hay  being  his  principal  crop.  He  has  a  $5,000  equipment  on  his  place,  owning 
ten  head  of  horses,  six  mules,  a  twelve-foot  Deering  header,  a  fifteen  horsepower  Fair- 
banks-Morse portable  engine  and  a  separator  for  threshing  either  gram  or  beans. 
Recently  he  has  been  engaged  in  rebuilding  a  Ventura  threshing  machine  and  putting 
a  gasoline  engine  in  shape,  and  with  this  combination  he  will  thresh  his  own  crop  of 
barley  and  beans,  as  well  as  threshing  for  others  in  the  neighborhood.  Mr.  Shaw's 
blacksmith  shop  is  also  equipped  with  wood-working  machinery  and  with  his  natural 
aptitude  toward  everything  mechanical  he  does  considerable  work  in  this  line.  For 
several  months  he  was  at  Yuma,  Ariz.,  where  he  was  engaged  in  running  a  gasoline 
hoist  at  the  old  Pecachio  gold  and  silver  mines. 

Mr.  Shaw's  marriage,  which  occurred  in  October,  1916,  united  him  with  Miss 
Ruby  Leona  Alsbach  and  one  child,  Marion  Lucine,  has  added  to  their  happy  home 
life.  Of  a  genial  disposition,  Mr.  Shaw  has  many  friends  who  admire  him  for  his 
integrity  and  his  sterling,  industrious  character.  While  generally  voting  the  Democratic 
ticket  in  national  elections,  Mr.  Shaw  is  broad-minded  and  nonpartisan  in  local  affairs, 
aiming  to  vote  for  the  best  men  and  measures. 

THEODORE  ROBERTS.— Orange  County  has  drawn  its  leading  citizens  from 
many  countries,  and  the  opportunities  to  be  found  here  have  attracted  men  of  character 
and  with  the  progressive  ideas  which  make  for  success  in  any  country.  Among  these 
may  be  mentioned  Theodore  Roberts,  prominent  in  business  circles  in  Anaheim,  where 
he  is  the  leading  jeweler  and  optometrist.  A  native  of  Germany,  Mr.  Roberts  was 
born  in  Danzig,  West  Prussia,  February  12,  1882.  There  he  learned  the  trade  of  watch- 
maker and  jeweler  and  worked  at  his  profession  in  the  large  cities  of  Germany, 
Switzerland,  France  and  Belgium.  When  he  landed  at  Boston,  -in  1905,  he  could  not 
speak  a  word  of  English,  but  gradually  acquired  the  language  and  after  visiting  New 
York  he  went  to  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  where  he  secured  work  on  a  farm  at  a  wage  of 
one  dollar  per  day. 

Although  intending  to  make  farming  his  occupation  in  the  new  country,  the  young 
traveler  soon  gave  up  that  intention,  and  in  1907  he  came  to  California,  settling  in  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  took  up  his  trade,  and  also  studied  optometry.  After  working  in 
leading  jewelry  stores  in  that  city,  he  sought  new  fields,  and  in  1911  he  came  to 
Anaheim  and  opened  a  small  jewelry  store  at  113  East  Center  Street.  As  his  busi- 
ness grew  he  enlarged  his  quarters,  and  in  1915  he  moved  into  larger  quarters  at  105 
East  Center  Street.  In  1918  he  purchased  a  large  piece  of  property,  including  the 
block  between  Lemon  and  Clementine  and  Helena  and  Palm  on  West  Center  Street,  a 
part  of  the  old  Deutch  property.  He  has  erected  a  building  on  the  whole  of  the  block 
from  Lemon  to  Clementine  on  Center,  making  twelve  stores  and  a  large  garage,  and 
he  also  erected  a  building  on  West  Center  between  Helena  and  Palm,  and  is  now  starting 
work  on  the  erection  of  the  Roberts  Theater  on  West  Center  and  Clementine  streets, 
which,  when  completed,  will  be  the  largest  theater  building  in  Orange  County.  So  it  is 
readily  seen  that  in  a  few  years  he  has  accomplished  much  and  thus  has  done  more  than 
his  share  in  the  building  up  of  Anaheim.  In  1920  he  moved  his  store  to  223  West 
Center  Street,  where  he  has  a  thoroughly  up-to-date  establishment  with  a  large  and 
carefully  selected  stock. 

From  the  beginning  of  his  residence  here  Mr.  Roberts  has  taken  a  keen  interest 
in  the  upbuilding  of  the  city,  and  he  was  one  of  the  first  merchants  to  advocate  the 
widening  and  improving  of  Center  Street,  and  in  fact  started  the  movement. 

A  self-made  man  in  every  respect,  for  he  came  to  a  new  land,  not  knowing  a  word 
of  its  language  nor  with  anything  but  his  own  brain  and  muscle  to  help  carve  a  future, 
Mr.  Roberts  can  rightfully  be  called  a  representative  citizen  of  his  adopted  country,  and 
serving  its  best  interests  as  he  serves  his  own. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1305 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Roberts  united  him  with  Ella  B.  Stroka,  a  native  of  Austria, 
and  two  sons  have  blessed  their  union:  Theodore,  Jr.,  and  Joseph,  both  natives  of  Ana- 
heim. Fraternally,  Mr.  Roberts  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  in  business 
circles  he  is  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  is  also  interested 
in  horticulture,  owning  an  orange  grove  in  the  Placentia  district,  while  professionally 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Retail  Jewelers  Association  of  California  and  the  State  Associa- 
tion of  Optometrists. 

C.  E.  UTT. — A  man  of  much  enterprise  and  force  of  character,  a  native  son  and 
the  son  of  a  '49er,  is  C.  E.  Utt,  the  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Tustin,  who 
for  the  long  period  of  forty-six  years  has  been  identified  with  this  place.  His  father, 
Lysander  Utt,  was  a  native  of  Virginia,  of  Dutch  ancestry,  and  he  came  here  with  the 
early  gold  seekers  of  the  Argonaut  days.  While  in  the  gold-mining  country  he  met 
and  married  Miss  Arvilla  Piatt,  a  native  of  New  York  who  had  come  to  California  with 
her  parents  when  a  girl.  Lysander  Utt'crossed  the  Santa  Fe  trail  a  number  of  times 
before  the  Mexican  War  and  made  and  lost  several  fortunes.  In  1874  he  brought  his 
family  to  Tustin,  driving  overland  all  the  way  from  Placer  County.  The  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  was  then  just  being  constructed  to  Los  Angeles,  which  was  a  town  of 
about  8,000  people.  Santa  Ana  was  a  hamlet  of  perhaps  a  dozen  houses,  while  a  little 
duster  of  half  a  dozen  cottages  constituted  the  present  town  of  Tustin.  It  was  at 
that  time  still  a  cattle  and  sheep  country,  agriculture  being  yet  in  its  infancy,  as  not 
more  than  two  per  cent  of  the  county  had  even  been  plowed.  Here  Lysander  Utt 
engaged  in  the  merchandise  business,  buying  the  stock  of  H.  H.  Dickerman,  who  had 
started   the  first  store   in  Tustin  two  years  before,   and   died. 

C.  E.  Utt  was  the  only  child  of  his  parents  and  was  but  eight  years  old  when  the 
family  came  to  Tustin.  They  made  their  home  in  the  store  building  and  he  naturally 
grew  up  with  the  business  from  his  childhood,  and  when  he  was  twe"nty-one  years  of 
age  he  took,  charge  of  the  store.  From  that  time  until  1893,  he  continued  in  the 
general  merchandise  business,  giving  it  up  at  that  time  to  engage  in  ranching,  and  this 
he  has  pursued  ever  since  with  great  success.  With  the  exception  of  sugar  beets,  he  has 
grown  practically  every  crop  known  to   Orange  County. 

Mr.  Utt  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  San  Joaquin  Fruit  Company,  and  has 
been  its  president  since  its  inception.  This  company  owns  1,000  acres  of  land  adjacent 
to  Tustin,  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges,  lemons  and  walnuts,  and  now  produces  several 
hundred  carloads  of  fruit  and  nuts  every  year.  There  are  three  packing  houses  on  the 
ranch  and  a  spur  from  the  Santa  Fe  tracks  runs  up  to  their  packing  houses  in  the 
middle  of  the  ranch. 

In  1894  Mr.  Utt  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  M.  Sheldon  of  Tustin,  the 
daughter  of  an  old  pioneer  family.  Mrs.  Utt  passed  away  in  1918,  leaving  five  children: 
Mrs.  Gertrude  Hess  of  Victbrville;  Mrs.  Dorothy  Robertson  of  Los  Mochis,  Mexico; 
James  B.  of  Tustin;  Louise  and  Elizabeth.  The  family  attend  the  Presbyterian  Church 
and  politically  Mr.  Utt  was  a  strong  Prohibitionist;  since  the  passage  of  the  Eighteenth 
Amendment  he  affiliates  with  the  Republican  party.  In  addition  to  his  duties  as  presi- 
dent of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Tustin  he  is  also  treasurer  of  the  Haven  Seed  Com- 
pany. A  self-made  man,  he  has  won  his  success  by  hard  work  and  good  management 
and  he  enjoys  the  confidence  and  good  will  of  the  whole  community. 

WILLIAM  G.  KOTHE. — One  of  the  most  enterprising  horticulturists  of  the  dis- 
trict in  which  his  orchard  is  situated  is  William  G.  Kothe,  whose  well-cultivated  orange 
grove  of  eight  acres  is  devoted  exclusively  to  Valencias.  He  has  been  a  resident  of 
Orange  County  for  over  twenty  years,  and  to  him  there  is  no  other  section  of  the 
Golden  State  he  finds  so  well  adapted  for  citrus  culture.  Like  many  another,  he  began 
at  the  bottom  of  the  ladder;  but  by  hard  work  of  untiring  brain  and  muscle,  he  has 
won  his  way  to  a  favorable  place  in  the  horticultural  world. 

Mr.  Kothe  is  a  native  of  Hanover,  Germany,  where  he  was  born  on  August  2, 
1877,  and  his  parents  were  William  and  Sophie  Kothe,  also  natives  of  Hanover.  There 
were  three  children  in  the  family,  and  they  all  came  to  reside  in  the  West.  Mary,  Mrs. 
Riggers,  is  in  Idaho;  Annie,  Mrs.  Hiestermann,  in  Kansas,  and  William  G.,  our  subject, 
is  the  eldest  of  the  family.  The  father  died  in  Germany  in  1883,  and  in  time  Mrs.  Kothe 
remarried  to  Henry  Ohlde,  and  three  children  were  born  of  her  second  marriage. 

In  1885  the  entire  family  migrated  to  the  United  States,  and  settled  in  Washington 
County,  Kans.  William  was  then  seven  years  of  age,  and  he  was  reared  and  educated 
in,  as  the  Kansans  say,  the  "Garden  of  the  West."    Then,  until  1900,  he  followed  farming. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  century,  he  migrated  to  Orange  County,  Cal.,  and  began 
his  experience  in  orchard  work.  In  1904  he  made  a  trip  back  to  his  old  Kansas  home 
and  while  there  vved  Miss  Minnie  Heitman  who  had  come  to  Kansas  to  visit  her 
brother,  the  acquaintance  resulting  in  their  marriage  at  Washington,  Kans.,   May  25, 


1306  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

1904.  She  was  the  accomplished  daughter  of  William  and  Dorathea  Heitman,  and 
was  also  born  in  Hanover,  Germany,  coming  in  1893  to  the  United  States.  She  was 
one  of  twelve  children,  the  others  still  living  being  William,  Mary,  Freda,  Ernest, 
Henry,  Emma,  George,  Olga  and  Louis. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  Kothe  returned  with  his  bride  to  Orange  County  and 
engaged  in  horticulture.  In  1909  he  purchased  their  present  place  of  eight  acres  on 
Tustin  Avenue  near  Fairhaven,  which  he  has  improved  to  a  splendid  Valencia  orange 
orchard.  Aside  from  his  own  place  he  also  cares  for  twenty  acres  of  orange  groves 
for  others.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  and  the 
Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association.  He  has  lately  completed  a  seven-room  bunga- 
low, which  is  much  enjoyed  by  his  family.  Their  four  children  are  Elsie,  who  attends 
Orange  Union  high  school;  Arnold,  Dorathea  and  Martin.  With  his  family,  Mr.  Kothe 
:s  a  member  of  St.  John's  -Lutheran  church  at  Orange.  Mrs.  Kothe  has  been  of  great 
aid  to  her  husband  by  encouraging  him  in  his  ambitions,  and  he  in  turn  appreciates 
and  acknowledges  her  assistance. 

HAROLD  EDWARD  WAHLBERG.— A  scientifically  trained  agriculturist  whose 
advice  has  come  to  be  recognized  as  of  such  value  that  he  devotes  his  time  professionally 
to  studying  other  agriculturists's  problems  and  to  counseling  the  less  experienced  in 
the  way  they  would  better  go,  is  Harold  Edward  Wahlberg,  a  native  of  the  state  of 
Washington.  He  was  born  at  Seattle,  on  July  18,  1890,  and  his  father  was  Hans  Chris- 
tian Wahlberg.  He  had  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Swedberg,  by  whom  he  had  four  chil- 
dren— one  girl  and  three  boys.  The  parents  are  now  living  retired  at  San  Francisco, 
lionored  by  all  who  have  the  pleasure  of  knowing  them. 

The  eldest  in  the  family,  Harold  attended  both  the  grammar  and  high  schools 
of  the  vicinity  in  which  he  grew  up,  and  later  pursued  courses  of  study  at  the  Oregon 
Agricultural  College.  In  1910  he  was  graduated  from  that  institution  with  the  degree 
oi  Bachelor  of  Science. 

For  a  year  he  served  as  the  first  superintendent  of  the  Eden  Valley  Orchards  of 
Medford,  and  then  he  removed  to  Woodland,  Cal.,  where  he  was  superintendent  of  the 
Yolo  Orchard  Company  for  two  and  a  half  years.  After  that  he  put  in  about  three 
years  with  the  Sycamore  Ranch  Company  at  Los  Molinos,  Cal.,  where  he  was  general 
manager,  and  then  for  a  year  and  a  half  he  was  on  the  horticultural  commission  for 
Glenn  County.     Since  August,  1918,  he  has  been  farm  adviser  for  Orange  County. 

Mr.  Wahlberg  is  a  Democrat,  and  under  Democratic  banners  he  has  been  a 
live  wire,  when  needed,  in  national  political  affairs;  but  he  believes  in  nonpartisan- 
ship  in  local  civic  movements,  and  has  ever  been  ready  to  help  along  the  community 
in  which  he  has  cast  his  lot.  Very  naturally,  he  is  deeply  interested  in  the  problems 
of  development  in  Orange  County,  nor  could  he  have  a  more  fruitful  soil  upon  which, 
actually  and  figuratively  speaking,  to  spend  his  energies.  On  March  17,  1920,  Mr.  Wahl- 
berg was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Bertha  Wing,  born  in  New  England,  but  a  resi- 
dent of  California  for  several  years,  and  they  make  their  home  in  Santa  Ana. 

The  Masons  and  Elks  claim  Mr.  Wahlberg  as  a  member,  and  as  a  devotee  of 
both  boating  and  chess,  he  seeks  the  invigorating  pleasure  of  outdoor  life,  and  the 
stimulating  pastimes  of  the  quiet  corner. 

H.  E.  DUNGAN. — The  proprietor  of  the  oil  station  at  the  corner  of  Euclid  and 
Stanford  avenues,  at  Garden  Grove,  H.  E.  Dungan,  is  a  man  who  has  seen  much  of  life 
in  the  various  countries  of  the  New  and  Old  World  that  he  has  visited.  An  ex-soldier 
on  the  retired  list,  he  was  born  near  Muscatine,  Iowa,  May  2,  1869.  His  parents,  John 
B.,  and  Anna  (Pratt)  Dungan,  were  farmers,  and  after  his  birth  removed  to  Illinois, 
going  thence  to  Clay  Center,  Clay  County,  Kans.,  where  they  settled  on  a  farm.  Mr. 
Dungan's  earliest  recollections  are  associated  with  the  Kansas  farm  where  he  lived  until 
he  was  fourteen  years  old.  He  then  returned  to  Illinois,  and  from  there  went  to  Texas 
and  thence  to  the  territory  of  Washington.  Returning  to  Texas  he  gave  up  ranchino- 
in  1891,  went  to  Dallas,  Texas,  and  enlisted  in  the  Twenty-third  Infantry  of  the  U.  s". 
Army  for  a  term  of  three  years.  After  his  term  of  service  expired  he  entered  the 
Quartermaster's  department  at  Laredo,  Texas,  and  served  in  that  department  eighteen 
months.  He  then  drifted  to  old  Mexico  and  Central  America,  working  at  mining  and 
railroading,  and  when  the  Spanish  war  broke  out  in  1898  was  near  Gorgetown,  Central 
America.  Losing  no  time  he  took  the  first  boat  out,  went  to  Cuba  and  enlisted  with 
the  Fifteen  U.  S.  Regulars  for  a  term  of  three  years.  He  was  in  Cuba  fourteen 
months,  and  during  this  time  was  in  numerous  skirmishes.  Returning  to  the  United 
States,  he  was  stationed  in  Vermont  six  months,  and  was  then  ordered  to  San  Fran- 
cisco. Leaving  there  under  sealed  orders,  when  they  reached  Nagasaki,  Japan,  they 
were  ordered  on  to  China.  Transferred  to  another  steamship  they  landed  at  Taku 
China,  and  Mr.  Dungan  was  all  through  the  Box^r  troubles,  from  Tientsin  on  to  Pekin' 


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China.  After  this  campaign  was  over  he  was  transferred  to  the  Philippines,  and 
served  at  Tabaco,  Pandan  and  Samar  Island.  His  term  of  service  expiring  in  the 
Philippines  he  went  to  the  constabulary  and  severed  nine  years  at  different  places  and 
on  different  islands  in  the  Philippines.  In  1911  he  resigned  and  came  back  to  the  army 
in  order  to  be  retired,  and  was  first  sergeant  when  he  was  placed  on  the  retired  list 
ill  1912.  He  came  to  Garden  Grove  in  that  year  and  bought  two  and  a  half  acres, 
which  he  afterward  sold. 

In  1914  he  was  married  at  Riverside  to  Miss  Marie  Rich,  a  native  of  France  who 
came  to  California  from  her  native  country  when  a  girl  of  fifteen.  Two  children  have 
been  born  of  their  union,  Frances  and  Donald  by  name.  In  1917  Mr.  Dungan  was 
called  back  to  active  service  and  was  engaged  in  the  recruiting  service  at  Los  Angeles 
and  in  Arizona  and  Southern  California,  until  the  close  of  the  war  with  Germany.  He 
says:  "The  American  soldier  is  the  best  soldier  on  earth."  He  has  been  around  the 
world  once  and  has  made  four  trips  to  the  Philippines.  He  owns  the  acre  and  a 
half  at  Garden  Grove,  on  which  his  oil  station  and  residence  are  located,  and  deals  in 
the  Standard  Oil  .Company's  products,  handling  gasoline  and  lubricating  oils.  In  poli- 
tics a  Republican,  he  is  a  humanitarian  in  his  view  of  life,  and  is  a  man  of  reliability 
and  rectitude.  He  has  lived  a  clean  and  consistent  life,  and  is  justly  entitled  to  the 
competency  he  has  earned,  and  to  the  respect  accorded  him  by  his  intimate  friends 
and  acquaintances. 

HENRY  MEIER. — An  industrious  young  man  of  exceptional  ability  who  has 
naturally  "made  good"  and  is  the  admiration  of  many,  is  Henry  Meier,  who  was  born 
in  Belvue,  Pottawatomie  County,  Kans.,  in  August,  1879.  His  father,  George  Meier, 
was  a  native  of  Germany  and  as  a  young  man  came  out  to  the  United  States.  He 
stopped  in  Illinois  and  for  years  worked  at  farming  for  a  James  Short.  Then  he  moved 
to  Kansas  and  became  an  early  settler  in  Pottawatomie  County.  He  bought  railroad 
land,  was  the  first  to  break  up  much  of  the  soil,  and  he  engaged  in  raising  corn  and 
stock.  In  1895,  however,  he  rented  out  his  farm  and,  coming  west  to  California,  pitched 
his  tent  at  Orange  for  a  couple  of  years.  Then  he  bought  a  ranch  of  thirty-nine  acres 
on  East  Chapman  Avenue  and  engaged  in  general  farming  and  the  raising  of  vegetables. 
He  also  set  out  walnuts.  In  1904,  full  of  years  and  blessed  with  many  friends,  Mr.  Meier 
died,  at  the  age  of  sixty-nine.  His  wife  was  Mary  Grote  before  her  marriage,  the 
sister  of  Henry  Grote,  another  well-known  pioneer  of  Orange,  and  she  is  now  in  her 
seventieth  year,  the  mother  of  four  children:  Amelia  is  Mrs.  J.  F.  Stone  of  McPherson; 
Henry  and  Annie  are  twins,  and  the  latter  lives  at  Los  Angeles;  and  Bertha  is  Mrs. 
Bogart  of  San  Jacinto. 

Brought  up  in  Kansas,  Henry  attended  the  public  schools  and  first  came  to  Cali- 
fornia in  his  sixteenth  year,  when  he  completed  his  schooling.  Then  he  helped  his 
lather  on  the  home  farm,  and. after  a  while  he  ran  the  place,  and  he  has  continued  the 
management  of  the  estate,  at  the  same  time  conducting  his  own  ranching  enterprises. 
The  home  place  consists  of  twenty-eight  acres,  and  he  himself  owns  eleven  acres  ad- 
joining. The  old  place  is  used  for  the  growing  of  oranges  and  lemons,  on  trees  grown, 
in  his  own  nursery  and  set  out  and  cared  for  by  himself;  for  twelve  years  ago  he  began 
the  nursery,  making  a  specialty  of  Valencia  orange  trees,  as  well  as  lemons  and  walnuts, 
and  he  is  still  raising  nursery  stock,  in  what  is  widely  and  favorably  known  as  the  H. 
Meier  Nursery.  He  also  owns  another  six  acres  of  citrus  orchard,  giving  him  sixteen 
acres  of  citrus  fruit,  and  this  acreage,  under  his  experienced  eye  and  hand,  approaches 
very  nearly  to  the  ideal  of  a  true  "show  place."  As  might  be  expected  of  one  known 
to  understand  the  problems  of  citrus  growing  and  to  favor  every  sensible  measure  likely 
to  develop  the  industry  in  California,  Mr.  Meier  is  an  active  member  of  the  Central 
Lemon  Association  and  the  McPherson  Heights  Orange  Growers  Association.  In  1919 
his  nine-year-old  trees  had  the  record  crop  of  this  association  for  heaviest  yield  per 
acre.  The  Kansas  farm,  still  owned  by  George  Meier  when  he  died,  was  sold  by  the 
family  in  January,  1919. 

Mr.  Meier  was  married  at  Los  Angeles,  May  16,  1912,  to  Miss  Amy  West,  a  native 
of  California,  born  in  Orange,  and  the  daughter  of  Henry  West,  an  esteemed  pioneer  of 
Orange;  a  clever  young  lady  of  present-day  training  and  enterprise.  After  completing 
with  credit  a  commercial  course  at  the  Orange  County  Business  College  in  Santa  Ana, 
she  entered  the  employ  of  the  National  Bank  of  Orange,  continuing  there  for  eight 
years  until  her  resignation,  when  she  married.  She  is  capable,  therefore,  of  cooperating 
.with  Mr.  Meier  in  a  very  helpful  way. 

Mr.  Meier  is  very  enthusiastic  for  the  future  of  this  region  and  is  not  averse  to 
putting  his  shoulder  to  the  wheel  and  "boosting"  Orange  and  Orange  County,  for  which 
he  sees  a  bright  future,  and  he  is  always  ready  to  work  for  its  upbuilding  and  enhancing 
the  importance  of  the  commonwealth. 
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OTTO  R.  HAAN. — A  native  of  Michigan,  who  has  been  privileged  to  contribute 
much  toward  the  development,  along  the  most  desirable  and  permanent  of  lines,  of 
the  youthful  county  of  Orange,  is  Otto  R.  Haan,  who  was  born  at  Grand  Rapids  on 
January  7,  1879,  the  eldest  of  two  children  born  to  Rudolph  and  Gertrude  (Smith)  Haan. 
Mr.  Haan  attended  the  common  school  and  received  the  usual  training  for  a  tussle 
with  the  exacting  world.' 

For  seven  years  he  was  news  agent  on  the  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern 
Railroad,  the  Michigan  Central  Railroad,  the  Pere  Marquette,  as  well  as  the  Wabash 
system  and  step  by  step  he  advanced  until  he  became  superintendent  of  the  news 
service  for  Fred  Harvey  on  the  Santa  Fe  system,  a  post  he  continued  to  fill  for  twenty 
■  years.  This  association  with  one  of  the  best-known  purveying  concerns  in  the  country 
caused  him  to  travel  widely  and  to  reside  from  time  to  time  in  various  places,  and  he 
lived  in  particular  at  Albuquerque  and  Los  Angeles. 

On  coming  to  Santa  Ana  in  1917,  Mr.  Haan  bought  out  H.  H.  Kelley's  Cadillac 
agency,  later  incorporating  the  Cadillac  Garage  Company,  of  which  he  is  president 
and  manager.  The  business  has  grown  very  rapidly  and  it  now  requires  the  services  of 
fifteen  men.  It  is  located  at  the  corner  of  Second  and  Main  Stree'ts.  Mr.  Haan  is 
active  in  automobile  circles,  is  a  member  of  the  Orange  County  Auto  Trade  Associa- 
tion, of  which  he  is  president  and  is  now  vice-president  of  the  California  Auto  Trade 
Association.  Intensely  interested  in  Orange  County,  he  is  an  active  member  of  the 
Merchants  and  Manufacturers  Association  and  the  Santa  Ana  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
and  gives  them,  whenever  possible,  the  best  support. 

On  August  7,  1913,  Mr.  Haan  was  married  at  Chicago,  111.,  to  Miss  Dora  May 
Dazey,  a  native  of  Chicago  and  the  daughter  of  Frank  L-  and  Eva  L.  (Dove)  Dazey, 
who  shares  his  love  of  outdoor  life.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Knights  Templar  Mason  and 
a  Shriner,  as  well  as  an  Elk,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Orange  County  Country  Club  and 
counts  his  friends — one  of  the  best  of  all  business  assets — among  all  social  and  com- 
mercial circles.  Both  Santa  Ana  and  Orange  County  may  be  congratulated  on  the 
success  attained  here  under  their  fostering,  favorable  conditions,  of  this  aggressive  and 
progressive  leader  in  the  business  world. 

CHARLES  E.  HOUSER.— With  California  as  his  birthplace,  Charles  E.  Houser 
is  a  typical  representative  of  the  native  sons  of  the  Golden  West,  and  is  enjoying  the 
prosperity  that  has  come  to  him  solely  as  the  result  of  his  own  unaided  efforts.  Mr. 
Houser  was  born  in  Los  Angeles,  March  25,  1886,  the  son  of  Benjamin  F.  and  Jennie 
(Lewis)  Houser.  The  father  is  a  native  of  Indiana,  but  went  when  a  young  man  to 
Kansas,  where  he  was  married,  residing  there  until  1884,  when  he  and  his  wife  came 
to  Los  Angeles.  Mrs.  Houser  is  deceased,  but  Benjamin  F.  Houser  is  still  living  and 
is  engaged  in  ranching  at  Corcoran,  Cal. 

The  eldest  of  a  family  of  five  children,  Charles  E.  Houser  grew  up  in  the  Fountain 
Valley  district  in  Orange  <^ounty,  where  his  father  had  leased  land  and  engaged  in 
farming.  Early  in  life  he  began  to  work  on  the  home  farm  and  later  on  the  neighboring 
ranches,  acquiring  a  valuable  knowledge  of  agricultural  methods,  especially  those  appli- 
cable to  the  soil  and  climate  of  Southern  California.  In  1909  he  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Golden  West  Celery  and  Produce  Company  working  as  a  teamster  for  eighteen 
months,  later  becoming  warehouseman,  having  in  charge  the  extensive' warehouse  of 
the  company  in  Westminster  for  four  years;  with  one  exception  this  is  the  largest 
warehouse  in  Orange  County,  having  a  capacity  of  60,000  sacks.  During  the  palmy 
days  of  the  Golden  West  Celery  and  Produce  Company,  Mr.  Houser  contributed 
largely  to  its  success  and  he  remained  its  foreman  until  the  company  sold  out,  April 
12,  1919.  He  at  once  entered  the  employ  of  R.  L.  Draper  as  head  foreman,  a  position 
that  his  experience  and  ability  eminently  qualifies  him  to  fill.  The  Draper  ranch  is  one 
of.  the  most  extensive  in  this  region,  consisting,  besides  Mf.  Draper's  own  farm  of  160 
acres,  of  565  acres  owned  by  the  Aldrich  Land  Company,  formerly  the  Golden  West 
Company's  ranch.  The  Draper  place  is  largely  devoted  to  growing  sugar  beets  and 
lima  beans,  which  have  become  a  leading  industry  of  Orange  County,  and  Mr.  Houser 
is  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  latest  and  most  successful  methods  in  their  suc- 
cessful production. 

Mr.  Houser  was  married  in  1917  to  Miss  Annie  Nankervis  and  one  child,  a  daugh- 
ter Geraldine,  has  been  born  to  them.  Mrs.  Houser  is  likewise  a  native  daughter,  her 
parents  being  Richard  and  Caroline  (Buzza)  Nankervis,  pioneer  settlers  of  West- 
minster. The  father  was  born  in  England,  but  came  to  America  when  a  young  man, 
settling  in  Philadelphia,  where  his  marriage  occurred.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nankervis 
came  to  California,  settling  first  in  Nevada  County,  and  coming  to  what  is  now  Orange 
County  in  1885.  They  are  the  parents  of  nine  children,  all  living:  Thomas  is  a  rancher 
at  Westminster;  Carrie  is  the  wife  of  William  Olson,  an  engineer  on  the  Southern 
Pacific,  they  reside  at  El  Paso,  Texas;  Agnes  is  the  wife  of  James  Rogers,  manager  of 


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the  packing  house  at  Azusa;  John  is  a  rancher  and  owns  the  old  Nankervis  place  west 
of  Westminster;  Vinnie  is  the  wife  of  Harry  Bray,  the  proprietor  of  a  meat  market  at 
Oakland;  Richard,  Jr.,  is  in  the  employ  of  the  E.  K.  Wood  Lumber  Company  of  Los 
Angeles;  Jennie  makes  her  home  with  her  brother,  Thomas;  Will  is  a  rancher  at 
Westminster;  and  Annie  is  the  wife  of  Charles  E.  Houser,  of  this  review.  Both  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Richard  Nankervis  are  living  and  reside  with  their  oldest  son,  Thomas 
Nankervis. 

In  fraternal  circles,  Mr.  Houser  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  For- 
esters at  Westminster  and  of  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks  of  Santa  Ana.  Well  informed,  kindly 
disposed  and  generous,  he  has  host  of  friends  throughout  the  county.  Mrs.  Houser 
shares  with  her  husband  a  just  popularity  in  the  social  circles  of  Smeltzer  and 
Westminster. 

JOHN  UTZ. — An  unusually  interesting,  fine  old  gentleman,  whose  mental  and 
physical  powers  command  admiration,  and  whose  interesting  personality  has  brought 
him,  with  the  passing  years,  a  host  of  steadfast  friends,  is  John  Utz,  a  native  of  Jeffer- 
son, Clinton  County,  Ind.,  where  he  was  born  on  November  4,  1837.  His  father,  Jacob 
Utz,  was  a  native  of  Maryland,  and  in  that  state  he  was  married  to  Miss  Matilda  Koontz, 
also  a  Marylander.  They  migrated  to  Clinton  County,  Ind.,  and  as  Mr.  Utz  was  a  car- 
penter by  trade,  he  started  a  wagon  shop  in  Jefferson,  and  continued  to  manage  it  until 
he  was  forced  to  retire  on  account  of  a  stroke  of  paralysis.  He  died  in  1863,  and  his 
good  wife  followed  him  to  the  grave  ten  years  afterward.  They  had  three  children: 
John  was  the  eldest;  then  came  Joseph  H.,  who  resides  at  Newport  Beach,  Cal.;  while 
the  youngest  was  Lydia  Ann,  now  Mrs.  Timmons  of  Los  Angeles. 

Brought  up  at  Jefferson,  Ind.,  John  attended  the  grammar  schools  three  months  a 
year,  and  from  his  tenth  year,  worked  on  a  farm,  especially  in  summer  time.  At  first 
he  received  only  $4.50  a  month,  with  his  board;  then,  after  he  was  fifteen,  $9;  and  later, 
$13;  and  for  these  meager  wages,  regarded  at  that  time  as  good,  he  worked  from  before 
daylight  until  dark.  When  he  reached  his  twenty-first  year,  he  leased  a  farm  in  Perry 
township,  bought  an  outfit,  and  went  in  for  raising  grain  and  stock. 

Mr.  Utz  was  first  married  in  Perry  township,  Clinton  County,  in  1862,  to  Miss 
Phoebe  Jane  Lane,  a  native  of  that  county;  and  there,  after  twelve  years  of  happy  mar- 
ried life,  she  died.  There  he  became  owner  of  a  farm  of  ninety-one  and  a  half  acres, 
which  he  cleared,  ditched,  tiled  and  planted  to  grain  and  supplied  with  stock;  in  other 
ways  he  improved  the  property,  and  he  erected  the  necessary  farm  buildings.  Mr.  Utz's 
second  marriage  took  place  at  Oakland,  in  Coles  County,  111.,  in  1875,  and  then  Miss 
Ellen  Street  became  his  wife.  She  was  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  the  daughter  of  Aaron  and 
Sarah  (Sinkey)  Street,  also  of  the  Buckeye  State.  Mr.  Utz  leased  his  land  and  moved 
to  Colfax,  Ind.,  and  became  a  merchant.  After  ten  years,  however,  he  returned  to  the 
farm  and  operated  it  once  more;  and  getting  it  into  good  shape,  sold  it  in  1906. 

On  account  of  his  health,  he  then  came  to  California  and  bought  a  ranch  of  ten 
and  a  half  acres  in  the  Tustin  district  of  Orange  County,  which  was  already  planted  to 
apricots  and  walnuts.  He  took  out  the  former  and  planted  oranges  instead,  and  this  he 
operated  until  1917,  when  he  leased  it  for  a  couple  of  years,  and  in  March,  1919,  sold  it. 
In  1917  he  moved  to  Orange  and  bought  the  residence  that  is  now  his  home.  By  his 
first  marriage,  he  had  a  daughter,  Clara  E.  Utz,  who  became  Mrs.  James  H.  Worrell 
and  now  resides  at  Salt  Lake  City,  and  the  mother  of  four  children.  By  the  second 
marriage  two  children  were  born,  but  they  died  in  infancy.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Utz 
are  members  of  the  Methodist,  Episcopal  Church;  and  Mr.  Utz  is  a  Republican,  with 
broad  views  and  sympathies  as  to  the  relation  of  politics  to  local  movements  and  the 
development  of  the  community.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Plumb  Lodge  No.  472,  A.  F^ 
&  A.  M.,  at  Colfax,  Ind.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Utz  were  members  of  the  Eastern  Star,  in 
which  she  was  worthy  matron  two  terms  in  Colfax. 

ALEXANDER  P.  NELSON.— Although  Alexander  P.  Nelson  did  not  come 
to  California  until  1914,  when  he  settled  at  Santa  Ana,  he  has  been  a  prominent  man  in 
the  affairs  of  the  city  of  his  adoption  since  that  time.  Born  in  Barnet,  Vt.,  July  9, 
1866,  he  is  the  son  of  W.  H.  and  Margaret  (Monteith)  Nelson,  who  were  the  parents 
of  twelve  children,  Alexander  P.  being  the  eleventh  in  order  of  birth.  Mrs.  Nelson  is 
now  living  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-one  years,  Mr.  Nelson  having  passed  away. 
Alexander  P.  Nelson  received  an  unusually  good  education,  having  attended  the  public 
schools  and  later  Dartmouth  College,  being  graduated  from  the  latter  institution  with 
the  degree  of  A.  B.  Afterwards  he  studied  privately  and  attended  a  course  of  lectures 
on  law,  being  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1891  in  the  state  of  Vermont. 

He  practiced  his  profession  for  five  years  in  Vermont,  went  to  Boston,  Mass.,  and 
from  Boston  to  Alaska,  where  he  stayed  for  three  years,  not  practicing  during  his 
sojourn  there.  On  his  return,  he  practiced  law  in  New  Hampshire  and  then  in  1914, 
he  came  to  Santa  Ana  where  he  wrote  law  for  three  years,  being  elected  to  the  office 


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of  deputy  district  attorney  on  January  1,  1919,  a  position  he  is  filling  ably.  During  his 
years  in  the  East,  he  was  city  attorney  at  Medford,  Mass.,  and  later  held  the  same 
office  at  Huntington  Beach,  Cal. 

On  November  25,  1914,  Mr.  Nelson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Frances  Read  and 
the  couple  are  well  known  in  the  social  circles  of  Santa  Ana.  They  attend  the  Chris- 
tian Science  Church. 

In  politics  Mr.  Nelson  is  a  Republican.  He  is  fond  of  hunting  and  all  out-of-door 
life,  being  greatly  interested  in  the  development  of  the  orange  industry  in  California. 
Santa  Ana  surely  has  no  adopted  son  more  public-spirited  and  anxious  for  the  future 
greatness  of  that  thriving  city  than  Alexander  P.  Nelson. 

DR.  CLIFFORD  HUGH  BROOKS.— Since  his  location  at  Santa  Ana  in  1911, 
Dr.  Clifford  Hugh  Brooks  has  quickly  risen  to  a  place  of  prominence,  not  only  in  the 
city  of  his  residence,  but  throughout  a  large  radius  of  the  surrounding  country.  Born 
at  Vinton,  Benton  County,  Iowa,  on  June  12,  188S,  Dr.  Brooks  is  the  son  of  Chester  B. 
and  Sophia  (Pratt)  Brooks.  The  parents  are  prominent  farmers  there,  where  they  have 
resided  for  many  years  and  both  are  still  living.  Of  their  nine  children,  Clifford  Hugh 
was  the  fifth  in  order  of  birth.  He  was  fortunate  in  receiving  an  excellent  early  train- 
ing in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  his  native  .place,  and  this  he  continued  with  a 
course  at  the  University  of  Iowa  at  Iowa  City,  where  he  graduated  from  the  Medical 
Department  in  1910.  He  also  had  the  additional  benefit  of  post-graduate  courses  at  the 
University  of  Iowa  and  at  New  York  and  Chicago. 

Dr.  Brooks  first  began  his  practice  in  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  but  having  a  strong 
desire  to  make  California  his  home  he  came  to  Santa  Ana,  and  began  his  work  as  a 
specialist  in  diseases  of  the  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat.  Gifted  with  unusual  medical 
skill,  and  with  his  years  of  scientific  training.  Dr.  Brooks  has  met  with  marked  success 
in  the  special  branches  to  which  he  confines  his  practice — a  success  that  has  rapidly 
established  his  preeminence.  He  has  made  an  especial  study  of  the  tonsils,  and  has 
become  an  authority  in  this  line  and  probably  has  few  equals  west  of  the  Mississippi. 
Even  during  his  college  days.  Dr.  Brooks'  grasp  of  his  subject  was  such  that  he  was 
made  assistant  professor  of  Opthalmology  at  the  University  of  Iowa,  holding  this  chair 
for  three  years,  so  that  his  ability  was  early  recognized. 

From  the  beginning  of  his  residence  in  Santa  Ana,  Dr.  Brooks  has  taken  an  active 
interest  in  the  civic  affairs  of  the  community,  and  despite  his  busy  professional  life, 
finds  time  to  enter  into  the  progressive  movements  that  are  promoting  its  growth. 
With  a  personality  wholesome  and  kindly  and  a  sympathy  that  is  genuine,  he  has  won 
his  enviable  position  through  his  consistent  upholding  of  the  best  ethics  of  his  pro- 
fession. In  his  professional  associations  he  is  active  in  the  work  of  the  various  medical 
societies,  being  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  State  and  County 
Medical  Societies,  the  Pacific  Coast  Opthalmological  Society,  and  the  Los  Angeles 
Medical  Society. 

ARTHUR  C.  STANLEY.— A  North  Carolina  boy  who  has  made  good  as  a  Val- 
encia orange  grower  at  Garden  Grove,  is  Arthur  C.  Stanley,  the  popular  president  of 
the  Garden  Grove  Farm  Center.  After  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  in  the  postal 
service  he  has  settled  down  to  ranch  life,  bringing  with  him,  in  the  performance  of  his 
new  civic  duties,  a  most  valuable  experience  likely  to  benefit  his  fellow-citizens  as  well 
as  himself.  He  was  born  at  Colfax,  in  Guilford  County,  on  June  18,  1873,  the  son  of 
James  Stanley,  also  a  North  Carolinan,  and  a  planter  by  occupation,  who  married  in 
that  state  a  daughter  of  North  Carolina,  Miss  Laura  Pegg. 

Arthur  C.  Stanley  grew  up  in  North  Carolina,  and  in  time  attended  Guilford 
College.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he  entered  the  railway  mail  service,  and  for  years 
traveled  on  the  Southern  Railway  Seaboard  Air  Line;  he  was  also  stationed  at  Jack- 
sonville, Fla.,  for  several  years,  and  at  Washington,  D.  C.  His  coming  to  Orange 
County  was  for  the  purpose  of  visiting  his  father,  who  had  moved  here  in  1897;  the 
father  had  become  a  rancher,  but  the  mother  had  died  in  North  Carolina  when  Arthur 
was  three  or  four  years  old.  In  1901  his  father  died  near  Santa  Ana,  at  the  age  of 
fifty-seven. 

While  in  California,  Mr.  Stanley  met  the  lady  who  was  to  become  his  helpmate 
for  life— Miss  Lillian  Agnes  Ware,  the  daughter  of  the  late  Edward  G.  Ware;  and  they 
were  married  at  Garden  Grove  on  August  24,  1905.  He  was  then  in  the  railway 
service,  and  lived  at  Jacksonville,  Fla.;  and  hither  he  took  his  bride.  Later  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  Washington,  and  later,  still,  to  San  Francisco;  and  from  that  city  he  ran  out 
on  the  Santa  Fe  system  for  eight  months.  Then  he  resigned  having  a  very  enviable 
record  of  twenty-four  years  in  the  U.  S.   Railway  Mail   Service. 

Mr.  Stanley  now  farms  the  forty-acre  ranch  belonging  to  Mrs.  Stanley,  where 
they  have  three  acres  of  Navel  oranges,  ten  acres  of  Valencias,  and  sixteen  and  a  half 


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acres  of  walnuts.  In  1918,  he  remodeled  the  residence  making  it  a  modern  dwelling 
and  strictly  to-to-date.  Having  been  reared  in  the  church  of  the  Friends,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Stanley  still  remain  devoted  to  that  denomination  and  its  excellent  and  many 
good  works.  They  have  one  child,  Emerson,  the  ninth  generation  on  the  Ware  side 
in  America. 

Mr.  Stanley  is  the  president  of  the  Garden  Grove  Farm  Center,  having  been 
elected  to  that  responsible  office  at  a  regular  meeting  held  at  Garden  Grove  on  January 
26,  1920,  concerning  which  the  Garden  Grove  News  of  January  30  had  a  flattering 
report.  One  hundred  and  forty  members,  so  it  said,  representing  an  increase  of  ISO 
per  cent  over  the  previous  year,  was  the  strength  of  the  Center  reported  by  Secretary 
Oldfield.  The  farm  adviser  commented  on  the  success  of  the  membership  drive,  and 
predicted  that  the  Farm  Center  could  be  the  leader  of  progress  and  development  in  the 
community,  if  the  members  would  accept  the  opportunity  that  is  within  their  reach. 
The  Farm  Center  has  become  a  strong  institution  in  Garden  Grove,  and  is  looked  to, 
each  month,  as  the  forum  for  the  expression  of  local  sentiment  on  all  local  pertinent 
issues.  According  to  Carl  Nichols,  formerly  farm  adviser  of  Contra  Costa  County, 
and  a  rancher  in  Garden  Grove,  the  centers  in  the  north  having  the  largest  member- 
ship and  displaying  the  greatest  interest  in  the  work  are  those  that  bring  the  entire 
family  out.  The  officers  elected  on  this  occasion- are:  president,  Arthur  C.  Stanley; 
vice-president,  E.  R.  Stillens;  secretary  and  treasurer,  Waldo  Tournat;  director,  J.  O. 
Arkley;  vice-director,  Carl  Nichols. 

FREDERICK  BASTADY.— Of  Swiss  parentage,  Frederick  Bastady,  the  well- 
known  rancher,  whose  residence  is  south  of  Buena  Park,  has  been  identified  with  this 
locality  since  1906.  His  parents,  Emanuel  and  Anna  B.  Bastady,  eager  to  found  a  home 
for  their  family  in  the  New  World,  left  their  native  Switzerland  and  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1884,  locating  in  New  York  City,  where  they  lived  for  sixteen  years.  It  was 
during  their  residence  there,  on  June  6,  1885,  that  Frederick  was  born  on  Long  Island, 
the  other  children  being  born  in  Switzerland.  Here  he  was  reared  and  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  New  York  City,  making  splendid  use  of  his  early  opportunities. 

In  1900,  attracted  by  the  wonderful  climate  and  possibilities  of  California,  they 
crossed  the  continent  and  located  in  Pasadena,  and  here  they  resided  until  1906,  when 
they  removed  to  Buena  Park,  where  they  have  since  made  their  home.  Emanuel  Bastady 
passed  away  here  on  July  1,  1912;  Mrs.  Bastady  died  at  the  old  homestead  on  February 
29,  1920.  The  original  Bastady  ranch  consisted  of  sixty  acres,  but  through  purchases 
made  by  the  children  the  holdings  increased  to  103  acres,  which  is  devoted  to  general 
farming.  When  the  family  settled  upon  this  land  it  was  a  barley  field  and  pasture, 
but  through  diligent  and  painstaking  labor  it  has  been  transformed  into  a  valuable, 
prosperous  property. 

Frederick  Bastady  was  united  in  marriage  on  October  3,  1907,  with  Miss  Nellie 
M.  Ruedy,  a  native  of  Iowa,  and  the  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Elizabeth  Ruedy,  and  they 
are  the  parents  of  three  children:  Harriet  Lillian,  Edwin  Frederick  and  Barbara  Marie. 
His  brother,  Emanuel,  married  Miss  Lydia  E.  Ruedy,  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Bastady,  and  they 
have  four  children:  Carl  A.,  Ernest  E,  Ruth,  and  Albert.  The  sister.  Rose,  who  became 
the  wife  of  Harvey  Hartman,  is  the  mother  of  four  children:  Rosalie  M.,  Helen  E., 
Ida  M.  and  Frank  C.  The  oldest  brother,  Adolph,  died  six  months  after  arriving  in 
California. 

Held  in  high  esteem  as  a  useful  and  progressive  member  of  his  community,  Mr. 
Bastady  has  been  honored  with  the  office  of  president  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of 
Buena  Park;  he  was  chairman  of  the  school  board,  holding  this  office  from  1913  until 
1919,  and  chairman  of  the  Buena  Park  Farm  Center  for  two  years.  The  family  are 
members  of  the  Congregational  Church. 

GEORGE  AHLEFELD. — One  of  the  best-known  and  most  respected  citizens  of 
the  district  in  which  he  has  resided  since  1894  is  George  Ahlefeld,  who  then  purchased 
five  acres  of  land,  with  comparatively  few  improvements,  for  $1,000.  In  1909  he  added 
five  more  acres  to  his  first  block,  and  now  he  has  a  ranch  as  large  as  he  wishes  to 
handle,  and  quite  sufficient  for  his  maintenance:  This  ranch  is  located  southeast  of 
Orange,  but  is  in  the  Tustin  district.  It  is  in  a  fine  state  of  cultivation,  and  shows 
that  a  master  hand  guides  the  plow  of  progress. 

Mr.  Ahlefeld  is  a  native  of  Hanover,  Germany,  where  he  was  born  in  1861,  a 
son  of  Frederick  Ahlefeld  and  Louisa  (Wilkins)  Ahlefeld,  also  natives  of  that  country. 
Our  subject,  therefore,  received  his  early  training  in  his  native  country,  and  grew 
up  with  the  attraction,  buoying  up  the  rest  of  the  family,  of  early  migrating  to  the 
freer  American  Republic.  As  fast  astheir  finances  permitted,  one  by  one  these  subjects 
of  a  despotic  government  left  for  the  United  States,  and  one  by  one  they  became 
naturalized.     The  other  children  were  Louis,  who  now  resides  in  Canada;  Mary,  who 


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is   in   Illinois;   August,  who  is   in   Oklahoma,  and   Frederick,  who  is   with   his   brother 
George  in  California. 

Coming  to  Illinois  in  1879,  George  Ahlefeld  began  life  in  this  country  with  prac- 
tically nothing,  but  by  close  application  to  work  and  strict  economy,  he  paid  for  his 
several  holdings.  In  1896  he  came  to  Orange  County  and  now  he  has  all  the  comforts 
and  many  of  the  luxuries  of  life  as  a  reward  for  industry  in  his  young  days. 

In  1886  Mr.  Ahlefeld  was  joined  in  marriage  to  Miss  Louisa  Stauch,  also  a  native 
of  Germany,  who  came  to  Illinois  in  1881,  and  by  whom  he  had  six  children.  The 
eldest,  George,  is  now  deceased;  then  came  Frederick  and  Otto,  and  after  them  Ralph 
and  Harry,  who  are  also  both  dead;  while  the  youngest  was  Ethal.  The  family  are 
Lutherans. 

Mr.  Ahlefeld  resided  in  Du  Page  County,  111.,  for  twenty-five  years  before  coming 
to  Orange  County,  and  while  there  he  busied  himself  with  agricultural  pursuits.  Otto 
has  followed  the  example  of  his  father,  and  has  purchased  a  five-acre  ranch  which  he 
devotes  to  citrus  culture.  He  married  Miss  Verona  Strong,  daughter  of  Carl  Strong, 
and  they  are  the  parents  of  one  son,  Karl  George. 

THOMAS  L.  PARIS. — The  value  of  experience  and  integrity  in  the  conducting 
of  any  business,  and  especially  in  the  handling  of  hay,  grain  and  feed,  has  never  better 
been  shown,  perhaps,  than  in  the  history  of  the  establishment  at  Orange,  owned  and 
managed  by  Thomas  L.  Faris,  a  native  of  Bloomington,  Monroe  County,  Ind.,  where  he 
was  born  in  the  eventful  year  of  1868.  His  father  was  J.  M.  Faris,  a  farmer  in  Indiana 
but  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  his  mother  before  her  marriage  was  Margaret  Smith,  a  native 
of  Indiana. 

Thomas  L.  Faris  is  a  product  of  the  splendid  American  rural  school  which,  no 
matter  what  its  other  shortcomings  may  be,  generally  sets  the  lad  fortunate  in 
attendance  there  going  in  the  right  way  in  the  world.  The  comforts  and  pleasures  of 
home  were  accorded  him  until  he  was  twenty-one  years  old,  and  then  he  engaged  in 
the  grocery  and  feed  business,  remaining  in  Bloomington,  Indiana.  After  that  he  went 
to  Greeley,  Colo.,  and  for  six  years  was  a  contractor  in  cement  work. 

Reaching  California  in  1912,  Mr.  Faris  settled  first  at  Santa  Ana,  from  which 
place  he  removed  to  Orange.  The  year  1914  saw  him  one  of  the .  progressive  mer- 
chants of  Orange,  and  in  his  present  business,  and  three  years  later  he  had  established 
another  store  at  Fullerton.  Little  by  little  he  has  built  up  a  trade  that  requires  the 
daily  work  of  five  men  to  handle.  The  best  of  everything  offered,  by  the  fairest  weight 
at  the  lowest  price  possible,  promptly  and  cheerfully  delivered — these  features  of  Mr. 
Faris'  management  could  not  fail  to  win  for  him  the  loyal  and  grateful  support  of  a 
wide  public. 

In  Bloomington,  Ind.,  1892,  Mr.  Faris  was  married  to  Miss  Haddie  Curry,  also  a 
native  of  Bloomington,  Ind.,  whose  parents  were  J.  H.  and  Lizzie  (Moore)  Curry,  of 
that  place,  and  by  her  he  has  had  two  children^-Margaret  and  Dwight.  The  family 
are  members  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  he  is  an  elder  and  is  an 
active  member  of  Orange  Merchants  and  Manufacturers  Association. 

VICTOR  W.  LA  MONT. — Among  those  who  have  endeavored  to  set  a  high  civic 
standard  for  fast-developing  Anaheim  must  be  mentioned  Victor  W.  La  Mont,  the 
enterprising  owner  of  the  Colonial  Apartment  Building  at  149  North  Lemon  Street, 
one  of  the  most  agreeable  in  design  and  best-appointed  of  all  the  apartment  houses, 
not  only  in  the  town,  but  in  Orange  County  as  well.  He  was  born  at  Perth  Amboy 
in  New  Jersey  on  May  27,  1882,  the  son  of  Louis  La  Mont,  a  terra  cotta  maker  who  built 
the  first  kiln  for  firing  that  kind  of  unglazed  pottery  in  Canada.  He  married  Miss 
Emily  Wildhen,  and  the  family  came  to  Los  Angeles  in  1903.  There  were  three  chil- 
dren, and  Victor  is  the  second  child.    Mr.  La  Mont  is  now  dead. 

Victor  attended  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Illinois,  and  for  a  while  worked 
in  photography.  Then  he  learned  the  machinist's  and  engineer's  trades,  and  followed 
them  for  six  years;  after  that  he  was  in  the  postal  service  for  six  years.  In  Auo-ust 
1912,  he  came  to  Orange  County  and  then  he  went  into  the  wholesale  liquor  business. 
His  most  recent  enterprise  is  a  strictly  modern  apartment  house,  with  eleven  sino^le 
and  nineteen  double  apartments — a  very  desirable  and  viseful  addition  to  the  town. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

Mr.  La  Mont  was  married  on  June  28,  1910,  at  Anaheim  to  Miss  Clara  Fischer,  a 
native  of  this  city,  whose  parents,  William  and  Clara  Fischer,  were  pioneers  of  Anaheim. 
Two  sons,  Victor  C,  and  Allan  W.  La  Mont,  have  been  born  to  this  union.  Mr. 
La  Mont  is  a  member  of  the  Elks  and  the  Masons. 

In  national  politics  a  Republican  and  a  citizen  with  a  good  record  for  volunteer 
service  in  the  state  militia  of  Illinois,  Mr.  La  Mont  has  never  neglected  an  opportunity 
for  the  uplift  of  the  community  or  district  in  which  he  lives. 


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CHARLES  C.  BENNETT, — An  experienced,  highly-esteemed  walnut  rancher  who 
as  proven  thoroughly  reliable  as  foreman  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company, 
I  Charles  C.  Bennett,  who  was  born  near  Humansville,  Polk  County,  Mo.,  on  June  6, 
871,  the  son  of  Samuel  Bennett,  a  native  of  Ohio,  who  settled  in  Missouri  in  1866. 
Vhile  a  resident  of  the  Buckeye  State,  he  enlisted  for  service  in  the  great  war  for  the 
fnion  and  joined  the  Sixty-fifth  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  with  honorable 
lention  until  discharged  from  service.  In  1866,  while  still  a  young  man,  he  removed, 
rst  to  Illinois  and  then  to  Missouri;  and  in  the  latter  state  married  Miss  Harriet  A. 
:entfrow,  a  native  of  Missouri.  He  worked  at  agricultural  pursuits  until  1900,  when  he 
tid  his  devoted  wife  came  to  California,  and  located  a  mile  east  of  Orange.  -He  bought 
farm,  which  he  operated  for  five  years;  and  when  he  sold  it,  they  moved  to  Orange, 
here  he  died,  in  December,  1909,  a  member  of  Gordon  Granger  Post  of  the  Grand 
.rmy  of  the  Republic.  Mrs.  Bennett  passed  away  in  August,  1919,  the  mother  of  four 
bildren,  two  of  whom  are  still  living.    The  other  son  is  F.  M.  Bennett  of  Orange. 

Reared  on  a  farm,  Charles  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  locality,  and  when 
(venty-two,  entered  into  partnership  with  his  father,  buying  a  store  at  Rondo.     There, 
30,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Maude  G.  Pollard,  a  native  of  Caldwell  County,  Mo.,  after- 
'hich  he  continued  in  mercantile  business.     He  enjoyed  the  confidence   of  the  com- 
lunity  to  that  extent  that  he  was  also  made  postmaster  of  Rondo. 

In  1903  he  came  to  Orange  in  the  employ  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Com- 
any,  and  continued  with  them  from  June  until  November;  then  he  returned  to  Missouri 
nd  bought  a  farm  of  120  acres  near  Rondo.  He  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising, 
nd,  also  acted  as  school  trustee;  but,  resigning  from  that  pleasureable  responsibility,  he 
old  his  property,  in  1908,  and  on  account  of  his  wife's  health,  returned  to  California 
nd  located  at  Orange.  At  first,  however,  for  a  year  he  tarried  at  Oro  Grande,  or  until 
is  wife  died,  in  May,  1909. 

In  March,  1910,  Mr.  Bennett  again  entered  the  employ  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley 
rrigation  Company,  and  in  January,  1913,  he  was  made  foreman  of  all  construction 
rork — a  position  he  has  held  with  credit  to  himself  and  advantage  to  the  company  ever 
ince.  He  has  also  been  able  to  acquire  a  ten-acre  ranch  of  walnuts  one  and  a  half 
liles  southwest  of  Orange — a  choice  piece  of  property,  sure  to  appreciate  in  the  future. 

By  his  first  marriage,  Mr.  Bennett  had  two  children — Clyde,  who  is  in  the  Medical 
Leserve  Corps  of  the  United  States  Army,  and  Grace,  who  is  attending  high  school.  A 
econd  marriage  made  him  the  husband  of  Miss  Hattie  B.  Tompkins,  at  Santa  Ana,  a 
harming'  lady  who  shares  with  him  his  responsibilties  and  his  ambitions,  and  attends 
le  Methodist  Church.  She  is  a  native  of  Ohio,  born  near  Jefferson,  Ashtabula  County, 
nd  came  to  Missouri  when  only  two  and  a  half  years  old  with  her  parents,  James  H. 
nd  Maggie  I.  (Noble)  Tompkins,  also  natives  of  Ohio,  where  her  father  died.  Her 
lother  now  makes  her  home  in  Orange.  Mr.  Bennett  belongs  to  the  Woodmen  of  the 
Vorld — and  there  is  no  more  popular  member  in  the  order. 

DR.  PERYL  B.  MAGILL. — A  thoroughly  competent  representative  of  one  of  the 
uportant  branches  of  modern  medical  science.  Dr.  Peryl  B.  Magill  has  done  much,  not 
nly  to  alleviate  suffering  and  to  prolong  health  and  life,  but  to  dissipate  certain 
rejudice  now  generally  recognized  as  one  of  the  greatest  barriers  to  human  progress. 
Ihe  was  born  near  St.  John's,  Stafford  County,  Kans.,  the  daughter  of  Cyrus  N.  Magill, 
farmer  who  proved  his  devotion  to  the  cause  of  the  threatened  Union  by  serving  in 
he  First  Wisconsin  Heavy  Artillery  during  the  Civil  War.  He  had  married  Margaret 
irady,  and  they  had  four  children,  Peryl  being  the  second  in  the  order  of  birth.  The 
amily  came  west  to  California  in  1890,  and  Cyrus  N.  Magill  purchased  a  ranch  near 
lanta  Apa. 

Peryl  Magill  attended  the  Orange  grammar  and  high  schools,  from  which  she  was 
fraduated  in  1909,  after  which  she  went  in  for  professional  training  at  the  Los  Angeles 
'ollege  of  Osteopathy,  from  which  well-known  institution  she  was  graduated  in  June, 
912.  The  following  March  she  commenced  to  practice  at  Santa  Ana;  and  here  ever 
ince  then  she  has  been  steadily  acquiring  an  enviable  reputation.  Her  suite  of  offices 
s  in  the  Rowley  Building,  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Main  Streets,  and  she  has  been 
nore  than  successful  in  securing  and  holding  a  satisfied  patronage. 

Fond  of  out-of-door  life.  Dr.  Magill  also  finds  it  agreeable  to  participate  in  the 
vork  and  social  activities  of  such  organizations  as  the  Ebell  Club,  the  Daughters  of 
/eterans,  the  Present  Day  Club,  and  the  Women's  Osteopathic  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 
;he  is  president  of  Orange  County  Osteopathic  Association  as  well  as  a  member  and 
rustee  of  the  California  Osteopathic  Association.  In  politics,  she  is  decidedly  a  woman 
ibove  party,  and  lends  her  support  only,  in  the  most  nonpartisan  manner,  to  those 
nen,  women  and  measures  she  believes  to  be  for  the  public  weal. 


1322  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

WILLIAM  FRANKLIN  WINTERS.— A  hard-working,  liberal-minded  and  justly 
popular  young  man  of  exceptional  merit  and,  therefore,  of  interesting  promise,  is  Wil- 
liam Franklin  Winters,  a  native  of  Phillips  County,  Kans.,  where  he  was  born  on 
October  30,  1894.  His  father  is  John  Winters,  now  a  successful  rancher  near  Garden 
Grove,  who  married  Mary  Alice  Newman,  also  living  to  gladden  all  who  know  her. 

When  five  years  of  age,  Frank  came  to  California  and  Orange  County  with  his 
parents,  and  began  to  attend  the  local  school  at  Garden  Grove.  In  July  and  August, 
1909,  he  commenced  to  work  by  the  day  for  others,  and  ever  since  then  he  has  made 
his  way  in  the  world  largely  by  his  own  efforts. 

In  1914  he  was  married  to  Miss  Eva  Loretta  DeVaul,  the  daughter  of  Jasper  N. 
and  Mary -(Holt)  DeVaul,  and  by  her  he  has  had  two  children,  Eugene  Newton  and 
Glenn  Franklin.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Winters  are  consistent  members  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church  at  Garden  Grove;  and  in  their  endeavor  to  elevate  civic  standards,  work 
and  vote  for  the  best  men  and  women,  and  the  best  measures. 

Mr.  Winters  owns  in  his  home  place,  half  a  mile  north  and  a  quarter  of  a  mile 
east  of  Garden  Grove,  a  nice  little  ranch  of  five  acres  of  Valencias.  He  bought  the  land 
in  1914,  and  set  it  out  himself.  In  November,  1918,  he  purchased  another  ten  acres  and 
.  set  that  out  to  Valencias;  and  inasmuch  as  this  second  ranch  is  at  the  very  edge  of  the 
town,  it  must  be  regarded  as  unusually  choice  property.  He  owns  still  another  ranch 
of  five  acres,  which  he  bought  just  one  year  later,  and  that  is  in  full  bearing,  a  quarter 
of  a  mile  to  the  south;  and  to  each  of  these  he  has  given  the  touch  of  the  experienced 
horticulturist,  so  that  they  bid  fair  to  add  materially  to  the  show  places  of  which,  more 
and  more,  Garden  Grove  may  boast. 

Mrs.  Winters,  esteemed  by  her  wide  circle  of  friends  as  a  very  attractive  and 
agreeable  lady,  and  a  most  helpful  neighbor  and  friend,  enters  heartily  into  the  various 
projects  of  her  husband,  and  so  proves  to  him  the  best  of  helpmates,  and  to  the  com- 
munity, the  most  progressive  of  citizens. 

JOHN  O.  GUPTILL. — An  energetic  young  man  with  ability  as  a  machinist,  and 
an  agriculturist,  John  O.  Guptill  is  a  son  on  Charles  E.  Guptill,  whose  sketch  appears 
elsewhere  in  this  work.  Born  near  Shirland,  Winnebago  County,  111.,  December  13, 
1880,  he  accompanied  his  parents  when  they  removed  to  his  maternal  grandfather's 
farm  in  Rock  County,  Wis.,  and  was  seven  years  old  when  the  family  migrated  to 
Canton,  Lincoln  County,  S.  D.,  and  he  was  reared  on  his  father's  120-acre  Dakota  farm, 
where  he  assisted  his  father  in  his  farming  and  stock  raising  operations.  Later  he 
moved  with  his  father's  family  to  Springfield,  S.  D.,  where  they  resided  from  1901  to 
1909.  In  the  latter  year  he  came  to  L'os  Angeles,  Cal.,  where  he  worked  at  various 
pursuits  until  he  came  to  Garden  Grove  in  1913. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Guptill,  which  occurred  in  January,  1917,  united  him  with  ' 
Miss  Elizabeth  Trumpy,  who  was  born  at  Ramona,  near  Madison,  S.  D.,  and  they  have 
one  child,  John  O.,  Jr.  In  addition  to  managing  his  ten  acres  Mr.  Guptill  carries  on  a 
prosperous  freight  and  transfer  business,  and  is  the  owner  of  a  ton-and-a-half  truck, 
which  he  uses  in  his  business.  He  is  a  helpful  factor  in  local  affairs  at  Garden  Grove, 
where  he  and  his  wife  are  welcome  in  social  circles,  and  are  forming  an  ever-widening 
circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances.  It  is  to  such  young  Americans  as  John  O.  Guptill 
that  our  country  looks  for  its  future  advancement  and  betterment,  socially  and 
financially,  and  his  public  spirit  and  interest  in  the  upbuilding  of  Garden  Grove  is  an 
evidence  of  his  faith  in  the  future  of  the  community. 

E.  A.  PEARSON. — In  the  history  of  the  country  no  industry  has  taken  greater 
strides  than  the  automobile  business,  and  about  the  busiest  place  in  Garden  Grove  is 
Pearson  and  Butler's  garage  on  Euclid  Avenue.  Mr.  Pearson  is  a  native  of  Philadelphia, 
and  was  born  in  the  City  of  Brotherly  Love,  September  7,  1888.  Educated  in  the  public 
schools,  supplemented  with  a  business  college  course,  he  learned  the  machinist's  trade 
as  a  young  man,  and  with  wise  foresight  as  to  future  conditions  became  an  expert  in 
the  automobile  line.  He  came  direct  from  his  native  state  to  Santa  Ana,  Cal.,  going 
thence  to  Hollywood,  where  for  several  years  he  was  engaged  at  his  trade.  There  he 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Geneva  Ball,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  a  daughter, 
Elizabeth. 

In  1917  Mr.  Pearson  located  at  Garden  Grove,  and  in  June  of  that  year  engaged 
in  the  automobile  business  with  Mr.  Butler,  under  the  firm  name  of  Pearson  and 
Butler.  Mr.  Pearson  has  made  good  at  every  step  of  his  business  career,  and  in  the 
Garden  Grove  garage  the  young  men  are  prepared  to  do  repair  work  on  all  makes  of 
autos,  trucks  and  tractors.  Vulcanizing  is  well  and  expeditiously  done,  and  they  deal 
in  Fisk,  Goodrich  and  Oldfield  tires.  Ford  parts,  and  keep  a  well  selected  line  of  other 
auto  parts  and  accessories.  Thorough  machinists  and  auto  men,  their  efficient  service 
courteous  treatment  and  square  business  methods  have  won  so  large  a  patronage  that 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1323 

the  first  Euclid  Avenue  shop  became  too  small  to  accommodate  their  large  and  increas- 
ing business,  and  they  have  made  arrangements  for  a  long  lease  on  a  building  erected 
to  accommodate  their  trade,  where  is  to  be  found  one  of  the  finest  and  most  up-to-date 
garage  buildings  in  Orange  County.  In  recognition  of  their  high  standing  among  auto- 
mobilists  Messrs.  Pearson  and  Butler's  new  place  is  the  garage  for  the  Southern  Cali- 
fornia Auto  Club  at  Garden  Grove. 

Mr.  Pearson  is  an  enthusiastic  member  of  the  Garden  Grove  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, and  has  entered  whole-heartedly  into  the  advancement  of  the  community  in 
which  his  lot  is  cast,  and  the  people  have  reciprocated  by  making  him  thrice  welcome 
to  Garden  Grove,  and  fully  appreciate  their  advantage  in  having  a  mian  in  their  midst 
who  is  accounted  one  of  the  best  informed  automobile  experts  in  the  country. 

SOULE  C.  OERTLY. — The  attractive  twenty-acre  ranch  located  on  Euclid  Ave- 
nue half  a  mile  north  of  Garden  Grove,  and  owned  by  Soule  C.  Oertly,  is  of  note  among 
the  many  well-cared  for  places  on  that  thoroughfare.  Mr.  Oertly  was  born  at  Lex- 
ington, Ky.,  February  28,  1887,  and  was  five  years  old  when  he  accompanied  his  parents, 
Conrad  and  Eliza  (Widmer)  Oertly  to  California.  The  parents,  natives  of  Switzerland, 
are  mentioned  on  another  page  of  this  work. 

When  Soule  Oertly,  who  is  the  oldest  child  of  his  parents,  was  three  years  old 
he  accompanied  his  parents  on  a  trip  to  their  old  home  in  Switzerland,  and  remained 
in  that  country  until  he  was  five  years  of  age.  Returning  to  the  United  States  the 
family  settled  in  Los  Angeles,  and  in  1907  removed  to  Garden  Grove.  Soule  attended 
kindergarten  in  Switzerland  and  also  in  Los  Angeles,  afterwards  attending  the  Los 
Angeles  public  schools.  He  was  twenty  years  old  when  he  came  to  Garden  Grove, 
where  he  assisted  his  father.  His  marriage  occurred  at  Garden  Grove  in  1912,  uniting 
him  with  Miss  Dorothy  Head,  a  native  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  and  daughter  of  George  and  - 
Elizabeth  (West)  Head  of  Garden  Grove,  who  was  educated  in  the  Garden  Grove,  Los 
Angeles  and  Santa  Ana  schools.  Mr.  and  Mts.  Oertly  are  the  parents  of  three  children, 
Ellen  E.,  George  C,  and  John  W.,  who  was  born  in  Alberta,  Canada. 

Mr.  Oertly  formely  conducted  a  cement  pipe  manufacturing  business  at  Garden 
Grove  and  at  the  same  time  engaged  as  an  irrigation  contractor,  putting  in  irrigation 
systems  for  different  ranchers  in  the  vicinity.  He  is  considered  an  authority  on  irriga- 
tion, and  on  laying  out  orange  and  lemon  groves.  For  two  and  a  half  years  he  had 
charge  of  Dr.  Johnston's  Rancho  Vista  Del  Rio,  above  Olive,  laid  out  the  ranch,  put 
in  the  irrigation  system  and  planted  the  place  to  Valencias  and  lemons.  In  1916  Mr. 
Oertly  and  his  family  went  to  Canada,  where  he  became  acquainted  with  Mr.  C.  S. 
Noble,  and  for  six  months  was  engaged  as  a  traction  engineer.  He  did  his  work  so 
competently  that  he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  Mr.  Noble's  Grand  View  farm  of 
four  and  a  half  sections,  and  engaged  in  raising  wheat,  cattle,  hogs,  and  in  dairying. 
He  remained  in  Alberta  until  after  his  brother  Bernhard's  death,  then  resigned  his 
position  and  returned  to  Garden  Grove,  where  in  1919,  he  purchased  his  present  ranch. 
In  addition  to  caring  for  his  sixteen  acres  of  young  orange  trees  and  four  acres  of 
lemons,  which  is  interplanted  with  lima  beans,  he  does  a  great  deal  of  grading  and 
putting  ranches  in  shape.  He  also  cultivates  and  cares  for  H.  A.  Lake's  seven  and  a 
half-acre  ranch. 

In  their  religious  convictions  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oertly  are  members  of  the  Baptist 
Church  and  Mr.  Oertly  is  one  of  the  active  workers  in  and  standbys  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
at  Garden  Grove.  He  has  many  warm  friends  at  Garden  Grove  and  enjoys  an 
enviable  reputation  for  his  public  spirit  and  integrity. 

HARRY  C.  FULTON.— Among  the  later  comers  to  the  Talbert  district  of 
Orange  County,  Cal.,  is  Harry  C.  Fulton,  son  of  W.  T.  Fulton,  owner  of  .the  townsite  at 
Camarillo,  Ventura  County,  and  for  the  past  thirty-five  years  a  well-known  and  leading 
citizen  of  his  section. 

Harry  C.  Ftilton  owns  the  highly  cultivated  forty-acre  ranch  located  one-half  mile 
west  of  Talbert,  and  is  a  native  son  of  California,  born  near  Camarillo  in  Ventura 
County,  November  S,  1891.  He  is  one  of  several  Ventura  County  boys  who  have  made 
a  success  in  western  Orange  County.  When  an  infant  three  weeks  old  he  was  made  a 
half  orphan  by  the  death  of  his  mother.  His  education  was  acquired  in  the  public 
schools  and  at  Brownsberger  Business  College,  Los  Angeles,  after  which  he  entered 
the  United  States  postal  service  as  a  rural  mail  carrier  in  his  native  county.  He  was 
the  first  mail  carrier  who  ever  carried  mail  out  from  Camarillo,  and  he  served  Uncle 
Sam  efficiently  eight  years  and  seven  months  before  he  resigned  from  the  position. 
During  the  latter  part  of  his  service  as  mail  carrier  he  farmed  forty  acres  in  Ventura 
County,  and  found  ranching  to  be  profitable,  thoroughly  learning  the  business  of  grow- 
ing lima  beans  successfully.  Mr.  Fulton  purchased  the  ranch  near  Talbert  in  1917,  and 
has  grown  two  crops  of  lima  beans,  in  1918-19,  with  splendid  success  and  good  profit. 


1324  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

His  marriage  was  solemnized  in  1913,  and  united  him  with  Miss  Mildred  E.  Sten- 
strom,  a  native  of  Tacoma,  Wash.,  who  was  reared  in  her  native  state  and  in  Ventura 
County,  Cal.  She  is  a  most  estimable  woman,  an  excellent  helpmate  to  her  devoted 
husband  and  a  fine  mother  to  their  two  interesting  children,  Harry  Charles,  and  Char- 
lotte. Mr.  Fulton  inherits  from  his  sturdy  pioneer  ancestry  the  independence  and 
self-reliance  that  is  developed  through  strenuous  experience  with  hardship  in  a  new  and 
undeveloped  country.  Successful  in  his  chosen  vocation  he  may  confidently  hope  for 
the  future  success  in  life  that  attends  maturer  years  and  rightly  directed  energy. 

FLOYD  B.  KEALIHER. — A  large  and  important  industry  of  Orange  County,  one 
not  so  generally  known  as  the  orange  and  oil  enterprises,  is  the  growing  and  marketing 
of  chili  peppers,  which  has  developed,  in  less  than  twenty-five  years,  into  a  million 
dollar  industry,  and  statistics  show  that  Orange  County  grows  more  than  three-fourths 
of  all  the  peppers  consumed  in  the  United  States. 

The  grinding  and  shipping  of  chili  peppers  has  become  an  important  business  in 
the  county  and  among  the  most  prominent  and  successful  men  engaged  in  this  special 
enterprise  is  F.  B.  Kealiher,  whose  plant  is  located  just  outside  of  the  city  of  Anaheim, 
to  the  southwest,  where  he  has  for  twenty-three  years  been  successfully  engaged  in  this 
work.  He  is  a  native  of  Illinois,  born  in  Bureau  County,  July  24,  1876,  a  son  of  Hugh  F. 
and  Daisy  (Murdock)  Kealiher.  Hugh  F.  Kealiher  was  born  in  Maine  in  1843,  a  son 
of  Sewall  and  Jane  Kealiher,  natives  of  Maine  and  Ireland,  respectively.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Sewell  Kealiher  were  the  parents  of  twelve  children,  six  of  whom  are  living,  Hugh  F. 
being  the  sixth  child  in  order  of  birth.  He  was  reared  in  Maine  and  Missouri,  his  parents 
having  migrated  to  the  latter  state  in  1857.  In  1862,  Hugh  F.  Kealiher  enlisted  in  the 
Union  Army  and  was  mustered  into  the  First  Missouri  Cavalry.  His  three  brothers, 
■  John,  William  and  Amos,  were  also  in  the  Union  Army  during  the  Civil  War. 

Upon  his  return  home  after  the  war,  Hugh  F.  Kealiher  settled  in  Michigan,  where 
he  followed  the  trade  of  a  builder  and  continued  his  work  along  that  line  until  recent 
years.  He  moved  to  California,  locating  in  Anaheim  in  1894,  and  is  a  member  of  Sedg- 
wick Post,  G.  A.  R.,  of  Santa  Ana.  In  1875,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Daisy  L.  Murdock, 
and  of  this  union  one  child,  F.  B.  Kealiher,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born.  In  1918, 
Mrs.  Kealiher  passed  away.  Mr.  Kealiher's  second  marriage,  which  occurred  on  August 
12,  1919,  united  him  with  Mrs.  Mary  McCain,  widow  of  John  R.  McCain;  she  is  promi- 
nent in  the  circles  of  the  Women's  Relief  Corps,  being  past  president  of  the  organi- 
zation at  Santa  Ana. 

Floyd  B.  Kealiher  was  reared  and  educated  in  Nebraska,  whither  his  parents 
moved  in  1878.  In  1894  he  came  to  California,  and  in  1897  engaged  in  growing  chili 
peppers,  and  in  1900  he  began  to  ship  independently.  The  demand  for  ground  chili 
caused  him  to  install  a  mill  in  1904,  being  the  only  one  in  the  county.  The  extensive- 
ness  of  his  business  can  better  be  understood  when  one  realizes  that  he  ships  100  tons 
of  ground  chili  per  season,  which  is  shipped  from  Anaheim,  and  from  300  to  400  tons  of 
pod  chili,  which  is  shipped  from  his  warehouse  in  Garden  Grove,  from  which  place,  in 
1919,  he  shipped  approximately  600  tons.  In  the  operation  of  his  plant  he  uses  a  fifteen- 
horsepower  gas  engine,  and  his  product  is  shipped  throughout  the  United  States,  where 
it  is  extensively  used  by  large  canning  companies. 

In  1904,  F.  B.  Kealiher  was  united  in  marriage,  at  Long  Beach,  with  Miss  Anna 
Belle  Beach,  a  native  of  Minnesota,  and  of  this  union  one  child  was  born,  Vernon,  who 
is  now  deceased.  Mr.  Kealiher  was  bereaved  of  his  wife  on  April  30,  1918.  Fraternally, 
he  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  199,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  of  Anaheim  Lodge  No. 
1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

FRANK  WARREN  CROUCH.— Among  the  successful  ranchers  of  the  Garden 
Grove  district  is  Frank  W.  Crouch,  who  was  born  at  Potosi,  Grant  County,  Wis., 
November  30,  1867,  and  was  four  years  old  when  his  parents,  R.  M.  and  Maria  A. 
(Foltz)  Crouch,  removed  to  Plymouth  County,  Iowa,  where  his  father' filed  and  proved 
up  on  a  homestead  of  160  acres.  The  father  is  a  native  of  Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  and  was 
twelve  years  old  when  he  went  to  Wisconsin,  where  he  grew  to  manhood.  i\t  the 
breaking-out  of  the  Civil  War  he  enlisted  in  Company  I  of  the  Twenty-fifth  Wisconsin 
Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  a  year  and  a  half  when  he  was  discharged.  There  were 
three  children  in  the  paternal  family:  Frank  Warren,  of  Garden  Grove;  Lillie  M.,  the 
wife  of  W.  H.  McNeill,  residing  at  Hollywood;  and  A.  Blaine,  a  barber  at  Early,  Iowa. 
R.  M.  Crouch  and  his  wife  live  at  Hollywood,  Cal. 

Frank  W.  was  reared  in  his  native  state  and  acquired  his  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools,  afterward  attending  the  Normal  School  for  a  short  time.  He  followed 
farming  in  Iowa,  and  became  the  owner  of  120  acres,  which  he  disposed  of  in  1900  and 
joined  his  father,  who  was  conducting  the  Bank  of  Hinton  at  Hinton,  Iowa.  Frank 
became  cashier  of  the  bank,  and  remained  with  the  institution  six  years. 


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In  1893  he  married  Miss  Effie  Patterson,  in  Iowa,  a  native  of  Peotone,  Will 
County,  111.,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  a  son  named  Kenneth  W.,  whose  ill 
health  caused  Mr.  Crouch  to  dispose  of  his  Iowa  interests  in  1906,  and  come  to  Cali- 
fornia. The  lad  regained  his  health  in  the  genial  California  climate,  and  graduated  from 
Leland  Stanford  University,  and  is  now  employed  by  the  Standard  Oil  Company  in 
San  Francisco.  With  wise  foresight,  Mr.  Crouch  planted  eighteen  acres  of  his  twenty- 
eight-acre  ranch,  one  and  a  half  miles  west  of  Garden  Grove,  to  a  eucalyptus  grove,  and 
is  now  cutting  the  timber,  which  yields  fifty  cords  of  stove  wood  to  an  acre.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  lodge  of  Masons,  and  also  belongs  to  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America  Camp  in  that  city.  H'e  is  a  member  of  the  Garden 
Grove  Farm  Center,  and  of  the  Walnut  Growers  Association,  and  in  his  service  as  a 
member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Alamitos  grammar  school  has  been  helpful  to 
the  best  interests  of  that  school  district.  A  broad-minded,  enterprising  man,  he  is  ever 
ready  for  the  advancement  of  his  section  of  country,  and  his  courteous  friendliness  as 
a  host  is  supplemented  by  the  cordial  welcome  extended  by  his  wife  to  those  who  are 
privileged  to  partake  of  their  hospitality.  They  have  many  warm  friends  and  are  highly 
respected  in  the  community. 

GEORGE  P.  WILSON. — Prominent  among  the  men  of  affairs  who  have  helped 
to  make  Balboa  what  it  is  today — one  of  the  really  important  centers  in  Orange  County, 
and  a  community  full  of  promise  for  the  future — must  be  mentioned  George  P.  Wilson, 
the  pioneer  business  man  there.  He  was  born  at  Fairmount,  Minn.,  on  August  28,  1883, 
the  son  of  J.  R.  Wilson,  a  native  and  a  pioneer  of  that  state,  who  also  became  well 
known  to  Santa  Ana,  where  he  settled  with  his  family  in  1899.  He  was  a  contracting 
builder  and  carpenter  used  to  undertaking  large  and  important  commissions;  and  he  died 
at  Santa  Ana,  about  five  years  ago,  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven,  having  completed  a  life 
•of  hard  work  and  very  useful  activities.  He  had  married  in  Minnesota  Miss  Ella  Cham- 
berlain, a  native  of  the  same  state  as  himself,  and  a  lady  who  made  many  friends 
wherever  she  resided. 

Mr.  Wilson  came  to  California  first  in  1897,  and  at  first  stopped  at  Glendora  for 
a  year.  Then  he  moved  to  Santa  Ana,  and  later  went  to  Garden  Grove,  where  he 
finished  his  schooling.  Then  he  came  back  to  Santa  Ana.  and  for  a  while  had  a  cigar 
and  confectionery  store  in  Santa  Ana. 

When  he  took  up  his  residence  in  the  undeveloped  Balboa,  he  worked  for  a  while 
for  the  Newport  Bay  Investment  Company,  now  the  Balboa  Land  and  Water  Com- 
pany, and  he  helped  to  build  the  roads  leading  to  Balboa.  He  also  ran  on  the  Bay 
a  pleasure  boat  of  his  own,  named  the  Comet;  and  later  on  he  managed  the  boat  for 
the  Balboa  Land  and  Water  Company.  He  also  worked  for  a  while  with  Boswell,  the 
cement  contractor  there,  in  each  engagement  acquiring  a  more  varied  experience  and 
getting  better  and  better  posted  on  Balboa  and  its  possibilities. 

Eight  years  ago,  he  embarked  in  business  for  himself,  and  now  he  has  an  attractive 
establishment  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  Bay  avenues,  where  he  deals  in  stationery, 
papers,  soda  water  and  confectionery.  His  honesty  and  his  willingness  to  try  to  accom- 
modate and  serve  have  been  decided  factors  in  securing  for  him  a  good  patronage,  and 
in  keeping  the  patrons  once  so  secured. 

In  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Wilson  was  married  to  Mrs.  Chloe  Saunders,  nee  Baker,  a 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cana  Baker.  With  his  wife  he  enters  heartily  into  the  social 
as  well  as  the  business  and  political  life  of  Balboa,  and  besides  belonging  to  the  Balboa 
Yacht  Club,  and  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Newport  Beach,  is  also  a  member  of 
Santa  Lodge  of  Elks.  He  was  elected  to  the  city  council  of  Newport  Beach,  served 
four  years,  was  reelected,  and  after  serving  two  years  of  his  second  term,  resigned, 
having  given  six  years  to  the  public  service  in  the  capacity  of  city  father,  and  during 
that"  time  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  his  fellow-citizens  so  much  so  that  when  a  vacancy 
occurred  October  4,  1920,  he  was  again  appointed  a  trustee  and  is  again  serving  the 
city  with  some  of  his  old  colleagues. 

GEORGE  TOURNAT. — The  well-known  and  highly  respected  citizen,  George 
Tournat,  whose  twenty-acre  ranch  lies  northwest  of  Garden  Grove,  migrated  from 
Texas,  his  native  state,  to  California  in  the  fall  of  1909,  and  for  ten  years  has  resided 
on  his  well-improved  acres,  which  are  devoted  to  the  culture  of  citrus  fruit  and  walnuts. 
His  father,  H.  Tournat,  preceded  him  to  California  in  1906,  and  settled  in  Santa  Monica 
where  he  died,  his  mother  passing  away  when  he  was  eighteen  years  old. 

Mr.  Tournat  was  born  July  17,  1865,  near  San  Antonio,  and  his  early  life  was 
passed  on  his  father's  Texas  farm.  Educated  in  the  common  schools  he  afterward  went 
to  Virginia,  where  he  attended  the  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College  at  Blacksburg 
one  year.  Returning  to  Texas,  he  was  married  in  1891  to  Miss  Lillie  Bundren,  a 
native  of  Mississippi  and  eight  children  have  been  born  to  their  union,  of  whom  the 


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seven  now  living  were  born  in  Texas:  Clara,  is  the  wife  of  Monte  Preston,  a  druggist 
at  Downey,  Cal.;  Thomas  E.  is  operator  at  the  Pacific  Electric  sub-station  at  Stanton, 
he  was  a  musician  in  the  artillery  during  the  late  war;  Waldo  E.,  secretary  of  the 
Garden  Grove  Farm  Center,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Santa  Ana  high  school  and  later 
attended  Leland  Stanford  University,  enlisting  from  there  into  the  U.  S.  Navy,  in 
which  he  served  until  the  close  of  the  late  war;  Georgia  is  a  graduate  of  the  Orange 
County  Business  College  at  Santa  Ana;  Stella  is  a  graduate  of  the  Santa  Ana  high 
school  and  now  attending  Junior  College;  and  Leigh  is  a  student  in  the  Santa  Ana 
high  school;  Grace  is  in  the  Garden  Grove  grammar  school,  and  Mary,  who  was  born  at 
Garden  Grove,  died  at  the  age  of  three.  After  his  marriage  Mr.  Tournat  continued  the 
occupation  of  farming,  and  became  the  owner  of  166  acres  near  San  Antonio,  Bexar 
County,  Texas. 

Mr.  Tournat  has  planted  and  improved  his  Garden  Grove  ranch,  and  has  five 
acres  in  Eureka  lemons,  five  acres  in  Mavel  oranges,  five  acres  in  Valencias,  and  five 
acres  in  walnuts.  He  built  a  beautiful  bungalow  home  on  the  ranch,  and  the  property 
is  well  equipped  with  barns,  sheds  and  wells  for  irrigation.  He  has  installed  a  pumping 
plant  and  has  a  new  up-to-date  air-pressure  automatic  pump  run  by  electric  power. 
Ever  ready  to  embrace  modern  conveniences  that  tend  to  the  lessenmg  of  labor,  his 
ranch  is  not  only  equipped  outside  with  these  latest  adjuncts,  but  in  his  attractive  and 
up-to-date  home  he  has  an  electric  cooking  range.  In  addition  to  his  ranch  Mr. 
Tournat  owned  twelve  acres  of  unimproved  land,  which  he  gave  to  his  sons,  Thomas 
and  Wlaldo,  to  assist  them  in  getting  a  start  in  life.  The  boys  are  engaged  in  the 
nursery  business,  budding  and  raising  Valencia  orange  trees  for  nursery  stock,  and 
are  meeting  with  deserved  success  in  their  new  venture. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tournat  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Garden 
Grove,  and  their  interest  is  ever  to  advance  the  general  welfare  of  the  community, 
among  whom  they  are  social  favorites  and  are  warmly  esteemed  by  their  large  circle- 
of    friends. 

FRANK  J.  BUCHHEIM. — A  wide-awake  young  native  son  who,  as  a  progressive 
rancher  employing  up-to-date  apparatus  and  scientific  methods,  promises  to  make  his 
way  rapidly  in  the  agricultural  world,  is  Frank  J.  Buchheim,  who  resides  on  East 
Seventeenth  Street,  Santa  Ana,  on  a  nine-acre  ranch,  part  of  the  original  thirty-acre 
tract  purchased  by  his  father,  Frank  S.  Buchheim,  in  1880,  and  now  devoted  to  the 
culture  of  walnuts  and  oranges.  The  father  was  born  in  Austria  in  1844  and  emigrated 
to  the  United  States  with  his  parents  in  1856,  when  he  was  only  twelve  years  of  age. 
He  located  in  Faribault,  Minn.,  and  there  prospered  as  a  young  agriculturist,  leaving  the 
plow  only  to  serve  his  adopted  country  in  the  Civil  War,  but  he  was  spared  the  roughest 
experiences  owing  to  the  near  close  of  the  struggle. 

From  Minnesota,  Mr.  Buchheim  removed  to  California  in  1880,  and  on  arriving 
here  purchased  thirty  acres  of  waste  or  barren  land,  in  the  development  of  which  he 
had  many  and  varied  experiences.  He  made  numerous  improvements  and  these  were 
added  to  by  his  heirs,  for  he  had  twelve  children,  ten  of  whom  are  still  living.  In 
Minnesota  he  married  Miss  Caroline  Zymon,  a  native  of  Germany,  who  came  to  Min- 
nesota when  she  was  a  girl  of  nineteen.  Frank  S.  Buchheim  was  a  successful  horti- 
culturist in  Santa  Ana  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1904,  when  he  was  sixty  years 
of  age,  while  his  wife  passed  away  when  almost  sixty-nine  years  of  age.  Her  mother, 
Mrs.  Beatrice  Zymon,  also  came  to  California,  spending  her  last  days  with  the  Buch- 
heims,  passing  away  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-three  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Buchheim 
were  the  parents  of  twelve  children:  Lydia,  Mrs.  Hemenway,  lives  near  El  Toro; 
Aaron  at  San  Juan  Capistrano;  John  at  Garden  Grove;  Jacob  is  at  Downey;  Henry  at 
Capistrano;  Josie,  Mrs.  Whisler,  at  El  Toro;  Paul  at  Capistrano;  Frank  J.,  the  subject 
of  our  review;  Emile,  also  at  Capistrano;  and  Minnie,  Mrs.  Hoefifner,  of  Bloomfield, 
Nebr.;  all  are  successful  farmers.     Emma  and  Frederick  are  deceased. 

Frank  J.  spent  his  boyhood  on  the  farm,  attending  the  public  school  in  Santa  Ana, 
and  from  a  lad  on  assisted  his  father  on  the  home  place.  On  the  death  of  his  father  he 
took  charge  of  the  ranch  for  his  mother  until  her  death,  when  he  purchased  nine  acres 
of  the  ranch,  with  the  home  residence,  and  continues  to  make  his  home  here,  while  he 
also  owns  seven  and  a  half  acres  on  Santiago  Creek,  at  El  Modena,  his  ranches  being 
devoted  to  growing  oranges,  lemons  and  walnuts.  In  Santa  Ana,  on  December  1,  1915, 
occurred  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Buchheim,  when  he  was  united  with  Miss  Annie  Barg- 
sten,  born  in  Hanover,  Germany,  the  daughter  of  Claus  and  Margreta  (Jers)  Bargsten, 
who  were  farmer  folk  in  Hanover.  Mrs.  Buchheim  came  to  Orange,  Cal.,  with  her 
uncle,  Jacob  Bargsten,  in  1912,  as  he  was  returning  from  a  visit  home.  Jacob  Bargsten 
was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Orange.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Buchheim  have  been  blessed 
with  two  children;  the  younger,  Robert  Frank,  is  living.  They  attend  the  Lutheran 
Church  and  take  pjrt  in  all  of  its  benevolences. 


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Having  a  desire  to  see  his  parents'  pioneer  home  in  Minnesota,  Mr.  Buchheim 
has  made  two  trips  back  to  that  state  and  also  extended  his  travel  to  the  Atlantic 
Coast,  visiting  New  York  City  and  other  Atlantic  ports.  Although  he  was  charmed 
with  the  country  in  the  East,  yet  in  his  estimation  it  does  not  equal  California,  and 
Orange  County  in  particular. 

Mr.  Buchheim  is  a  good  example  of  the  efficient  builders  of  the  California  of 
today,  who  not  only  bring  to  bear  the  experience  and  wisdom  of  yesterday  in  the 
mheritance  of  pioneer  brawn  and  brain,  but  who  are  fortified  with  something  of  value 
originating  in  a  foreign  land,  and  adapted  to  the  institutions  of  our  own  country. 

CHARLES  J.  SEGERSTROM.— A  rancher  whose  carefully  planned  years  of  hard 
work  has  netted  him  and  his  equally  able  wife  and  industrious  family  handsome  returns, 
is  Charles  J.  Segerstrom,  one  of  the  most  successful  farmers  in  the  Greenville  district. 
He  was  born  at  Sodermanland  Lan,  near  Stockholm,  Sweden,  on  June  29,  1856,  the 
son  of  Gustav  Adolph  Segerstrom,  who  came  from  a  long  line  of  military  heroes,  and 
Anna  Charlotta  Anderson,  whose  family  were  seafaring  merchants.  The  good  parents 
had  seven  children,  all  of  whom  are  deceased  except  two  daughters,  who  are  now 
living  in  Chicago,  and  Charles.  Gustav  Adolph  Segerstrom  died  in  Sweden  in  1876  and 
his  vvife  died  in  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  in  1884. 

Charles  passed  his  early  life  in  Sweden,  where  he  enjoyed  the  usual  advantages  of 
the  excellent  elementary  schools.  After  graduating  from  school  he  took  a  course  in 
agriculture  under  the  best  Government  experts,  and  at  an  early  age  began  farming  for 
himself,  and  since  then  has  made  his  own  way  in  the  world. 

On  May  30,  1878,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Bertha  Christine  Anderson,  who 
since  has  proven  such  a  valuable  helpmate  in  Mr.  Segerstrom's  ventures  in  the  new 
world.  In  1882  he  and  his  wife  and  three  children  sailed  from  Gothenburg,  crossing  the 
North  Sea  to  Hull,  England,  from  there  to  Glasgow,  where  they  went  aboard  the 
Fornecia^  the  largest  toat  then  used  in  crossing  the  Atlantic.  After  fourteen  days  of 
stormy  voyage  they  landed  at  Castle  Garden  on  May  20,  1882,  and  soon  after  left  for 
Chicago.  Arrived  in  the  metropolis  by  the  lakes,  Mr.  Segerstrom  secured  employment 
with  Libby,  McNeil  and  Libby,  the  packers,  and  lost  no  time  in  entering  on  the  great 
work  of  adapting  himself  to  his  America  environment. 

After  a  year  spent  in  Chicago,  they  moved  to  Prentice,  Wiis.,  where  they  spent 
two  years  in  the  heart  of  the  great  pine  forests  as  pioneers.  The  family  next  moved  to 
St.  Paul,  Minn.,  and  here  Charles  was  naturalized.  He  was  engaged  in  the  railroad 
business  for  thirteen  years  and  as  a  result  he  received  the  best  of  recommendations 
from  the  railroad  company. 

In  1898  lured  by  the  reports  of  still  greater  opportunities  in  the  West  the  family 
moved  to  California.  They  located  at  Orange,  first  leasing  a  twenty-acre  orange  ranch 
from  Mr.  Riley.  While  there  they  took  a  pleasure  trip  to  Newport  Beach  and  passing 
through  Old  Newport  were  so  pleased  with  -the  locality  they  decided  to  locate  there. 
The  first  purchase  was  a  forty-acre  tract  belonging  to  Ben  Fallert,  where  they  engaged 
in  dairying  and  alfalfa  raising.  The  holdings  have  been  increased  extensively,  one  of 
the  purchases  being  the  Brooks  ranch,  in  1912,  where  a  modern  residence  has  been 
erected  and  is  now  the  family  home. 

For  the  past  five  years  Mr.  Segerstrom  and  his  sons  have  engaged  in  dairying 
and  the  growing  of  lima  beans  and  have  enjoyed  good  and  profitable  results,  the  ranch 
now  being  equipped  with  all  modern  buildings  and  machinery.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Seger- 
strom have  been  blessed  with  eleven  children,  all  living  except  Clara  who  died  in  1912. 
The  girls  are:  Christine,  Anne,  Ida  and  Esther.  The  boys  are:  Charles  Jr.,  Eric 
William,  Anton,  Fred  and  Harold. 

FRANK  ULRICH. — An  expert  blacksmith  who  has  become  a  clever  and  success- 
ful inventor,  is  Frank  Ulrich,  in  more  respects  than  one  a  citizen  of  worth.  He  was 
born  in  Fayette  County,  111.,  on  February  19,  1876,  the  son  of  Fred  Ulrich,  who  had 
married  Martha  Walker.  After  Frank  was  born,  his  parents  moved  with  him,  then  their 
only  child,  to  Barton  County,  Mo.,  and  there  the  lad  grew  up  in  the  public  schools, 
topping  off  his  studies  with  a  course  at  the  Polytechnic  high  school  at  La  Mar,  Mo. 
In  the  same  town  he  served  a  three  years'  apprenticeship  at  the  trade  of  a  blacksmith, 
and  there  the  other  four  children  of  the  family  were  born. 

In  1896  Mr.  Ulrich  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  Ainscough,  a  native  of  Barton 
County,  and  four  years  later  he  came  west  to  California,  and  settled  for  a  while  in 
San  Bernardino,  where  he  worked  in  the  railway  shops  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railway.  Then 
he  went  to  Banning  and  put  in  two  and  a  half  years  in  a  blacksmith  shop  there.  Then 
he  shifted  to  Smeltzer,  and  worked  for  John  McMillan,  who  then  ran  the  blacksmith 
shop  at  that  place,  and  continued  with  him  for  about  six  months,  until  he  sold  out. 


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After  that  Mr.  Ulrich  pitched  his  tent  in  Wintersburg  and  once  he  had  decided  to 
stay,  he  bought  of  James  Kane  the  shop  built  by  the  latter.  It  is  a  one-story  frame 
structure,  24x72  feet  in  size,  fitted  up  with  an  electric  motor  and  an  electric  blower,  as 
well  as  a  trip-hammer,  an  emery  wheel,  a  drill  and  a  power  hacksaw,  and  also  two 
forges.     In  1909,  Mr.  Ulrich  built  his  residence,  a  pretty  bungalow. 

Mr.  Ulrich  does  a  general  blacksmithing  business,  which  includes  horse-shoeing  and 
horse-clipping,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  oxy-acetylene  welding,  and  he  employs  at  least 
one  man  the  year  around.  He  builds  beet  plows,  cyclones  and  a  so-called  Swedish 
harrow,  and  manufactures  celery  growers'  tools.  He  has  invented  a  tubing  drainer,  for 
pumping  oil  out  of  oil  wells,  which  he  patented  in  1918,  and  two  of  his  inventions  are 
on  trial  in  the  Midway  oil  field  at  Taft,  on  the  Santa  Fe  and  the  Hondo  Oil  Company's 
leases.     They  give  entire  satisfaction  and  are  well  spoken  of. 

As  a  progressive,  patriotic  citizen,  Mr.  Ulrich  has  found  pleasure  in  serving  on 
the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Ocean  View  School,  and  he  was  on  both  the  board  and 
the  building  commission  when  that  school  was  erected.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America,  and  served  as  worthy  council;  Mrs.  Ulrich  attends  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  Church. 

CHARLES  TREULIEB. — The  pioneer  blacksmith  of  Cypress,  Orange  County, 
Charles  Treulieb  is  a  public-spirited  citizen,  who  has  done  his  share  to  aid  in  the  up- 
building of  his  section  of  the  county  by  giving  his  hearty  support  to  all  movements 
for  the  public  good  and  thereby  has  gained  an  enviable  reputation  among  his  fellows, 
who  appreciate  his  good  qualities. 

A  native  of  Russia,  he  was  born  in  Courland,  Dondangen,  February  28,  1865,  the 
son  of  Charles  and  Julia  Treulieb,  both  natives  of  that  country  and  the  parents  of  four- 
teen children,  four  of  whom  came  to  America,  and  two  of  these  are  living  in  Orange 
County — Charles  and  his  sister,  Mrs.  Margaret  Yudis.  His  brother,  Christ,  lives  in 
Alameda,  Cal.,  and  August  is  a  resident  of  New  York.  Both  parents  died  in  their 
native  land  after  living  useful  lives  among  their  neighbors.  ■ 

Charles  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  when  he  was  eighteen 
he  was  apprenticed  to  a  blacksmith  for  five  years  to  learn  that  trade.  After  he  had 
mastered  it  he  traveled  in  various  parts  of  the  old  world  and  then  came  to  America  to 
broaden  his  education  and  to  master  English  by  personal  contact  with  the  people,  first 
stopping  for  a  few  months  in  Rio  Janeiro,  where  he  worked  for  a  short  time.  This  was 
in  1893,  and  it  was  that  same  year  that  he  landed  in  New  York,  going  thence  to  the 
West  Indies;  later  he  came  back  to  America  and  stopped  in  Maine  for  a  time.  The 
West  seemed  to  hold  a  fascination  for  him  and  he  came  to  Arizona,  where  for  some 
years  he  worked  at  his  trade  in  Jerome.  He  became  an  American  citizen  at  Prescott 
in  1903  and  ever  since  has  been  among  the  most  loyal  of  citizens  of  the  country  he 
adopted  as  his  home.  In  190S  he  arrived  in  Los  Angeles,  but  very  soon  came  to  Los 
Alamitos  and  was  employed  as  a  machinist  at  the  sugar  factory  until  1905,  when  he 
opened  his  present  blacksmith  shop  at  Cypress,  where  he  has  catered  to  the  wants 
of  the  locality  ever  since.  He  has  seen  this  part  of  the  county  grow  from  an  almost 
unproductive  section  to  one  of  diversified  farming  and  a  very  rich  and  productive  cen- 
ter; in  fact,  as  one  of  the  pioneers  here,  he  has  aided  every  movement  that  meant  ad- 
vancing the  interest  of  the  people.  Besides  a  well-equipped  shop,  where  he  does  all 
kinds  of  blacksmithing,  he  conducts  an  oil-filling  station  and  sells  motor  supplies;  in  both 
lines  of  activity  he  is  meeting  with  well-deserved  success.  His  obliging  manner  and 
cheery  disposition  have  made  him  many  friends.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of 
the  World  and  politically  is  a  broad-minded  man  who  believes  in  living  and  letting  live. 

ROCH  COURREGES. — A  pioneer  rancher  who  has  become  prosperous  and  influ- 
ential, and  who,  while  forging  ahead  to  affluence,  has  never  failed  to  encourage  any 
movement  worth  the  while  for  the  development  of  Huntington  Beach,  and  has  thereby 
been  privileged  to  assist  in  establishing  there  most  of  its  important  industries  and 
institutions,  is  Roch  Courreges,  who  owns  a  fine  ranch  of  sixty  acres  on  the  Talbert- 
Huntington  Beach  Road,  a  mile  west  of  Talbert.  He  was  born  at  Bruges,  in  the 
Basses-Pyrenees,  France,  on  November  3,  1850.  His  father  was  Joseph  Courreges,  a 
well-to-do  landowner  at  Bruges,  who  conducted  a  lumber  business;  he  married  Justine 
Laroze,  and  they  both  lived  and  died  in  France.  Roch  first  came  to  the  United  States 
in  1867,  coming  via  Panama  and  landed  in  San  Francisco  on  February  12;  he  started 
out  into  the  world  equipped  with  a  good  French  grammar  school  education,  and 
acquired  English  after  he  settled  in  America.  Indeed,  he  is  fond  of  admitting  that  he 
learned  many  a  lesson  in  the  language  of  his  adopted  country  while  talking  with  his 
children,  or  perusing  their  school  books. 

Mr.  Courreges'  first  work  in  California  was  milking  cows  on  dairy  farms  in  San 
Francisco  and  in  Monterey  County,  after  which,   for  a  while,   he  went  to   the  placer 


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mines  in  Tuolumne  County.  Then  he  came  back  to  San  Francisco  and  worked  in  a  tripe 
factory.  At  the  end  of  five  years,  he  gave  that  up  and  for  a  year  kept  a  boarding 
house.  He  then  became  a  partner  in  the  tripe  factory,  but  sold  his  interest  in  1877.  The 
following  year  he  came  to  Los  Angeles  County,  and  since  then  he  has  experienced  a 
great  deal  and  has  seen  many  changes. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Courreges  took  place  at  Bolso  Chica,  in  1880,  when  he  was 
united  with  Mrs.  Magdalena  Smith,  nee  Mogart,  a  native  of  Lower  California  and  a 
member  of  an  old  Spanish  family.  Thirty-seven  years  later,  on  November  29,  she  died, 
aged  sixty-four  years.  By  her  first  husband,  she  had  had  two  children,  Josephine  Smith 
and  Walter  Smith;  while  through  her  second  marriage,  she  was  the  mother  of,  besides 
three  who  died  young,  the  following  offspring:  Joseph,  who  married  Maria  Ramariz,  and 
is  a  rancher,  operating  the  place  owned  by  Mr.  Courreges,  and  residing  there,  in  part- 
nership with  his  younger  brother  John;  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  Peter  Lacabanne,  a 
resident  of  Los  Angeles;  Philippine,  the  wife  of  Henry  Lacabanne,  the  rancher  of  this 
place;  Justine,  who  gracefully  presides  over  her  father's  home;  and  John,  who  was  in 
the  field  artillery  service  in  France  for  three  months.  He  was  honorably  discharged, 
and  he  is  now  farming  at  home,  as  has  been  stated,  in  partnership  with  Joseph. 

Mr.  Courreges  came  to  Bolsa  Chica  on  December  15,  1878,  as  a  sheep  raiser,  for 
this  was  then  a  sheep  country.  This  section  at  that  time  was  in  Los  Angeles  County, 
and  there  were  no  railroads,  steam  or  electric.  Six  years  before  that,  or  in  1872,  settlers 
had  made  their  inroads  and  had  squatted  here,  or  taken  the  land  without  authority,  but 
they  were  disturbed  by  the  Stearns  Ranch  Company  in  1880.  In  1883,  the  Secretary  of 
the  Interior  rendered  his  decision,  but  the  squatters  retained  possession  until  1890,  when 
they  were  ousted  for  good.  In  April,  1883,  Mr.  Courreges  established  his  sheep  camp 
on  the  spot  where  his  house  now  stands;  and  when  he  first  rented  pasture  land,  he 
leased  from  the  Stearns  Ranch  Company,  and  when  he  came  to  the  site  of  his  present 
farm  in  1882,  it  was  also  as  a  tenant  of  the  said  Stearns  Comlpany. 

At  first,  Mr.  Courreges  was  a  partner  in  the  sheep  business  with  Roch  Sarrail,  and 
they  herded  sheep  at  Bolsa  Chica,  as  well  as  at  Bolsa  Grande,  two  places  named  in 
the  terminology  of  the  miner,  "small  pocket"  and  "large  pocket."  They  kept  high 
grade  merinos,  and  when  they  separated  in  1882  they  had  6,000  head.  Mr.  Courreges 
took  charge  of  the  camp  at  Bolsa  Grande,  and  continued  in  that  line  for  twenty-one 
years,  and  at  one  time  he  had  8,500  head  of  sheep. 

It  was  in  1896  that  Mr.  Courreges  bought  some  eighty  acres,  including  his  present 
ranch,  from  the  Stearns  Company,  of  which  he  later  sold  twenty  acres  to  his  son-in- 
law,  Henry  Lacabanne;  and  in  company  with  his  oldest  son  he  went  into  farming.  At 
first,  he  raised  potatoes,  corn,  pumpkins,  and  alfalfa,  and  he  kept  a  few  cows;  and  for 
many  years  he  raised  sugar  beets  in  the  rich  bottom  lands,  which  make  up  his  farm 
for  the  most  part.  He  encouraged  the  establishing  of  the  Holly  Sugar  Corporation, 
but  two  years  ago,  he  planted  some  lima  beans,  and  in  1919  and  1920  he  has  had  the 
entire  sixty  acres  planted  to  limas.  His  first  house  burned  down  five  years  ago;  and 
since  then  he  has  built  a  beautiful  bungalow  home  on  the  mesa.  He  has  a  couple  of 
good  wells  and  a  tank  house,  furnishing  and  retaining  a  good  supply  of  water;  and 
irrigation  is  carried  on  by  his  own  pumping  plant. 

Mr.  Courreges  has  ever  been  a  public-spirited  citizen,  and  he  has  helped  in  every 
way  to  establish  good  roads.  He  worked  for  the  state  highway,  and  voted  for  county 
road  bonds.  He  donated  the  right-of-way  through  his  land  for  county  roads,  giving 
a  deed  therefor,  and  has  paved  the  county  road  past  his  home.  He  also  worked 
hard  for  the  cannery  at  Huntington  Beach,  but  it  failed,  and  he  lost  $7,000  as  the 
result.  He  invested  $15,000  in  twenty-nine  lots  at  Huntington  Beach,  and  he  still  owns 
the  same.  He  helped  to  established  the  Linoleum  Company  at  Huntington  Beach,  and 
also  to  bring  about  the  "Tent  City."  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Huntington  Beach,  and  owns  fifty  shares  of  its  stock;  and  was  a  director  from 
its  organization  and  has  been  the  vice-president  of  the  bank  for  the  past  five  years. 
He  also  interested  himself  in  the  coming  here,  north  of  Huntington  Beach,  of  the 
peat-fuel  company,  and  in  encouraging  in  every  way  the  operations  of  the  Southern 
Pacific,  the  Santa  Fe  and  the  Pacific  Electric  railways. 

HENRY  LACABANNE. — A  hard-working  and  progressive  farmer,  whose  attrac- 
tive and  equally  industrious  wife  shares  with  him  the  good  will  and  esteem  of  a  large 
circle  of  friends,  is  Henry  Lacabanne,  the  son-in-law  of  Roch  Courreges,  the  pioneer. 
He  was  born  in  Estialesq,  France,  on  October  9,  1873,  the  son  of  Pierre  Lacabanne,  a 
farmer,  who  had  married  Catherine  Lagrave.  They  were  owners  of  valuable  land,  and 
lived  and  died  in  their  native  country.  They  had  six  children,  all  sons,  among  whom 
Henry  was  the  fourth  in  the  order  of  birth.  Two  of  the  boys,  besides  Henry,  came  out 
to  California;  Jean  is  a  rancher  at  Huntington  Beach,  and  Pierre  is  employed  by  the 
Houser  Packing  Company  at  Los  Angeles.     Three  sons  are  in  France;  the  youngest, 


1336  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Auguste  Lacabanne,  served  throughout  the  late  war,  or  until  he  was  taken  prisoner,  in 
July,  1918,  but  is  still  alive  and  in  France. 

Henry  attended  the  excellent  Frenc"h  grammar  schools,  and  later  worked  on  his 
father's  farm.  In  1892  he  resolved  to  come  to  America,  and  in  the  latter  part  of  May 
landed  in  New  York  City.  On  June  6,  he  reached  the  capital  of  California's  Southland, 
Los  Angeles.  For  a  while  he  worked  at  hay-baling,  and  then  he  went  to  Ventura 
County,  and  in  October  began  a  five  years'  engagement  as  a  sheep  herder.  After  that 
he  bought  a  band  of  sheep  and  with  his  older  brother,  Jean,  as  partner,  came  to  San 
Joaquin  ranch  in  Orange  County.    He  prospered,  and  remained  there  until  his  marriage. 

This  interesting  event  occurred  in  1905,  when  he  married  the  second  daughter  and 
third  child,  Philippine  Courreges,  of  the  well-known  pioneer.  Once  established  as  the 
head  of  a  family,  he  bought  ten  acres  at  Katella,  which  he  planted  as  a  walnut  orchard. 
At  the  proper  time  for  a  good  deal,  he  sold  this  and  came  to  the  other  locality  in 
Orange  County,  where  he  now  resides.  In  1910,  he  bought  the  twenty  acres  he  manages 
as  a  home  farm,  purchasing  from  his  father-in-law,  and  by  hard  work  converted  it 
from  the  bare  land,  and  has  brought  it  up  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  built  a  modest 
but  very  comfortable  home,  and  has  paid  for  all  the  improvements,  including  a  large 
barn,  a  good  well,  and  a  first  class  pumping  plant. 

In  1910,  also,  Mr.  Lacabanne  took  out  his  last  papers,  and  now  as  an  American 
citizen,  and  a  patriotic  Republican,  he  seeks  to  do  his  civic  duty  in  every  respect.  He 
lives  on  the  Talbert  Road,  a  finely-paved  county  thoroughfare,  and  in  his  well-kept 
ranch  has  something  to  display  as  the  evidence  of  a  life  of  intelligent  industry. 

HERMAN  F.  RUTSCHOW.— Born  in  Ganschendorf,  Pomerania,  Germany,  on 
September  5,  1868,  Herman  F.  Rutschow  was  reared  there  until  in  his  fourteenth  year. 
On  April  S,  1882,  he  emigrated  with  his  parents,  Carl  and  Wilhelmina  Rutschow,  to  the 
United  States  and  located  at  Alma,  Buffalo  County,  Wis.  Here  Carl  Rutschow  engaged 
in  railroading  for  a  time  until  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  brewery  in  Alma,  .where 
he  became  brewmaster.  In  1898  he  removed  to  Seattle,  Wash.,  and  was  brewmaster 
for  Heinrich  Bros.  Brewery  until  he  was  retired  on  a  pension;  he  died  in  Seattle  in 
1917,  while  his  wife  had  preceded  him,  dying  in  1904.  Of  their  seven  living  children 
Herman  F.  is  the  second  oldest  and  received  a  good  education  in  the  schools  of  his  old 
home  town  and  was  confirmed  just  before  he  left  for  Wisconsin,  where  he  continued 
his  education. 

When  eighteen,  Mr.  Rutschow  began  to  learn  the  brewer's  trade  and  on  com- 
pleting it  in  1892  he  migrated  to  Washington  where  he  was  foreman  of  the  bottling 
department  for  the  Bay  View  Brewing  Company  at  Pt.  Townsend;  thence  to  Vancouver, 
B.  C,  where  he  filled  the  same  position  in  the  Red  Cross  Brewery  for  one  year,  then 
he  returned  to  Seattle  and  was  employed  in  the  Rainier  Brewery  owned  by  Heinrich 
Bros,  (one  of  them,  Alvin  Heinrich,  was  Mr.  Rutschow's  brother-in-law).  He  continued 
with  them  as  a  brewer  for  many  years  and  during  this  time  took  a  course  in  Wilson's 
Business  College  in  Seattle.  After  many  years  in  the  above  responsible  position  he 
resigned  and  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  account  in  Seattle  for  five  years  He 
built  a  brewery  in  Aberdeen,  which  he  called  Gray's  Harbor  Brewery  and  Malting 
Company  and  later  sold  it  to  Alvin  Heinrich  and  then  purchased  another  brewery  which 
he  managed  for  eighteen  months,  then  sold  it  at  a  good  profit.  Next  he  took'  a  trip 
to  Calgary,  Canada,  where  he  took  up  a  farm  of  320  acres  of  land,  but  the  promised 
government  loan  failed  to  materialize  so  he  gave  it  up  six  months  later  and  returned  to 
Seattle  and  became  foreman  of  the  bottling  department  for  the  Aberdeen  Brewing  Com 
pany  a  position  he  filled  very  ably  for  a  period  of  seven  years  when  the  state  of 
Washington  went  dry.  He  then  ran  a  stage  between  Montesano  and  Aberdeen  for 
eighteen  months,  then   was   employed   in   the   shipyards   at  Aberdeen   for   six   months 

clTs.  ?rch\nrcVmp!ry."^^"=^^^°'  "^'•'  ^^"^  '^^  ^^^  -^'"-'^  ^^^^  -°-hs  with 
In  1917  he  came  to  Anaheim  as  brewer  for  the  Anaheim  Brewing  Company  and 
one  year  later  was  made  brewmaster,  a  position  he  filled  till  September  1919  when  le 
resigned  to  take  the  agency  of  the  E.  &  A.  Extract  manufactured  by  tie  North  Coast 
Products  Cornpany  of  Aberdeen,  Wash.,  and  is  representing  them  in  the  ten  counties 
of  Southern  Ca  ifornia  havmg  established  local  agencies  in  most  of  the  towns  hi 
headquarters  being  at  118  North  Thalia  Street,  Anaheim.  ' 

Antn.^'''/"'r''T  """  T"""^^  in  Seattle  when  he  was  united  with  Miss  Margaret 
Antonia  Koch,  who  was  born  in  Zittau,  Saxony,  Germany,  and  they  have  one  cWM 
Frederick,  who  is  now  learning  the  automobile  machinist's  trade  in  a  city  Lar  Zittau' 
SrXe  t  ■  ?"*';^°"  ''  enterprising  and  progressive  and  is  always  wilHng  to  do 
his  share  toward  aiding  enterprises  that  have  for  their  aim  the  building  up  of  the 
community  in  which  he  lives.  ^      ^  "^"^ 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1339 

JOSHUA  O.  PYLE. — Ability  and  industry,  combined  with  a  good  practical  head 
for  business,  are  among  the  qualities  that  have  brought  success  in  life  to  J.  O.  Pyle, 
rancher  near  Smeltzer,  and  an  able  machinist  as  well  as  an  agriculturist. 

Mr.  Pyle,  a  young  man  of  striking  personality,  was  born  in  Washington  County, 
Pa.,  December  S,  1880.  His  parents,  William  Wesley,  and  Laura  (Scott)  Pyle,  pioneer 
farmers  of  that  section  of  country,  were  natives  of  Pennsylvania  and  Iowa,  respectively. 
The  father  died  in  1905  and  the  mother  in  1910.  Mr.  Pyle's  uncle,  Joshua  J.  Pyle,  is 
a  well-to-do  pioneer  rancher  of  the  Westminster  precinct  of  Orange  County,  and  the 
youngest  and  only  surviving  member  of  a  family  of  three  brothers  and  three  sisters. 

Joshua  O.  Pyle  comes  of  an  historic  and  long-lived  family.  His  paternal  great- 
great-grandfather  on  the  maternal  side,  William  Lyons,  attained  the  advanced  age  of 
ninety.  His  great-grandfather,  and  great-grandmother,  who  was  a  cousin  of  General 
Robert  E.  Lee  of  Civil  War  fame,  each  lived  to  be  eighty-four  years  old.  His  grand- 
father, William  Pyle,  who  in  early  life  followed  the  occupation  of  a  carpenter  and  later 
the  occupation  of  tilling  the  soil  in  western  Pennsylvania,  lived  to  be  seventy-seven 
years  old,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Home  Guard  and  captain  of  the  Black  Horse 
Cavalry  Company. 

Joshua  O.  first  started  in  life  as  a  machinist.  He  was  fireman  on  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad  for  two  and  a  half  years,  and  afterwards  a  locomotive  engineer  for  one 
year.  In  1906,  at  the  age  of  twenty-six,  he  went  to  Alberta,  Canada,  and  engaged  in 
running  a  steam  plow  and  threshing  outfit.  Three  years  later,  in  1909,  he  came  to 
California,  and  worked  for  a  time  for  the  old  California  sugar  factory,  finally  settling 
at  Smeltzer.  He  holds  a  lease  on  eighty  acres  of  land  owned  by  the  Anaheim  Sugar 
Company,  the  forty  acres  on  which  he  lives,  and  another  forty  acres  north  of  Smeltzer. 
Twenty-five  acres  of  the  land  is  planted  to  sugar  beets,  and  he  will  plant  the  remainder 
largely  to  lima  beans.  He  planted  sixteen  acres  of  land  to  oranges  in  the  Garden  Grove 
district,  which  he  disposed  of  to  good  advantage. 

In  1910  Mr.  Pyle  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Minnie  Keseman,  a  native 
daughter  of  San  Bernardino  County,  Cal.  Politically  Mr.  Pyle  casts  his  vote  with  the 
Republican  party.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Huntington  Beach  Lodge  No.  380, 
F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which  he  is  past  master;  belongs  to  Santa  Ana  Chapter  No.  Ti,  R.  A.  M., 
Santa  Ana  Council  No.  14,  R.  &  S.  M.,  and  to  Santa  Ana  Commandery  No.  36,  Knight 
Templars  and  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.„  of  Los  Angeles,  and  is  held  in 
high  esteem  by  his  brother  Masons.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Order  of 
Eastern  Star,  of  which  she  is  past  matron  and  he  is  past  patron.  Generous  and  hos- 
pitable, Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pyle  are  justly  popular  among  their  friends  and  neighbors. 

ARTHUR  A.  SCHNITGER.— A  thoroughly  practical  agriculturist  who  has  been 
able  to  transform  rough  grain  fields  into  beautiful  gardens  and  orchards,  and  to  create 
one  of  the  finest  ranches  in  his  neighborhood,  is  Arthur  A.  Schnitger,  proprietor  of 
twenty  choice  acres  on  Euclid  Avenue,  one  mile  north  of  Garden  Grove.  He  was  born 
at  Watertown,  Jefferson  County,  Wis.,  on  April  13,  1879,  the  youngest  son  in  a  family 
of  nine  children,  including  two  brothers  and  six  sisters.  His  father  was  Adolph  F. 
Schnitger,  who  came  here  from  Watertown  in  1892,  and  bought  the  forty  acres  known 
as  the  Langenberger  Place.  It  was  planted  to  a  vineyard,  and  fenced  around  with 
lattice — ^but  the  vineyard  died  out,  and  Mr.  Schnitger  turned  it  into  an  alfalfa  ranch. 
He  became  well  and  favorably  known  in  and  around  Anaheim  and  Garden  Grove  as  a 
man  in  every  way  of  sterling  worth;  and  when  he  died,  in  1913  at  the  age  of  sixty-six, 
he  was  widely  mourned.  Mrs.  Schnitger  was  Caroline  Hager  before  her  marriage,  and 
she  is  still  living  at  Anaheim.  Mary,  the  eldest  child,  married  the  Rev.  J.  Schneider, 
and  now  resides  at  Oakland;  Edwin  expects  to  remove  from  Watertown  to  California; 
Vvilliam  E.  is  the  president  of  the  Garden  Grove  Walnut  Growers  Association;  Lydia 
is  the  wife  of  Martin  Fisher  of  Anaheim;  Arthur  Albert  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
Pauline  became  the  wife  of  H.  C.  Meiser,  orange  grower  and  nurseryman  at  Fuller- 
ton;  Ella  died  at  the  age  of  eleven;  Esther,  a  seamstress,  shares  the  home  life  of  her 
mother  at  Anaheim;  and  Hattie,  who  married  Henry  G.  Carl,  resides  at  Salem,  Ore. 

Arthur  Schnitger  attended  the  district  schools  in  Jefferson  County,  Wis.,  and 
continued  his  studies  at  Garden  Grove,  where  he  was  graduated  from  the  grammar 
school.  In  1906  he  bought  the  twenty  acres  he  has  so  handsomely  developed — an 
unattractive  stretch  of  grain  land,  with  not  a  tree  upon  it;  now  he  has  fourteen  and  a 
half  acres  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges,  five  acres  planted  to  walnuts,  and  maintains  a 
very  good  family  orchard  and  vegetable  garden.  He  has  a  fine  well  149  feet  deep,  with 
a  fifty-foot  lift,  driven  by  a  powerful  electric  dynamo.  His  ranch  ha&  already  reached 
the  horseless  stage,  where  a  touring  car  and  a  Cleveland  tractor  do  it  all,  and  there 
is  not  a  horse  to  be  seen.  He  has  also  a  good  blacksmith  and  machine  shop  on  his 
place,  and  there  he  does  nearly  everything  needed  in  the  mechanical  line. 


1340  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

The  first  improvement  effected  by  Mr.  Schnitger  on  his  place  was  his  barn, 
after  which  came  the  sinking  of  a  well  and  the  building  of  a  water  tank.  In  1916,  with 
the  assistance  of  the  late  Benjamin  Oertly  of  Garden  Grove,  he  built  his  attractive 
bungalow  without  the  help  of  any  other  carpenters  or  mechanics.  The  two  friends  not 
only  did  every  part  of  the  carpenter  work,  but  also  the  porches,  steps,  chimney  and 
other  cement  and  brick  work,  and  they  executed  all  so  well  that  the  house  is  strikingly 
attractive  and  embraces  many  modern  conveniences,  provided  in- plans  drawn  lo  a 
scale  by  Mr.  Schnitger  and  his  talented  wife. 

For  several  years  Arthur  Schnitger,  with  others,  ran  a  bean  threshing  outfit,  and 
v/hile  his  partners  sold  out  from  time  to  time  he,  himself  was  interested  in  the  business 
longer  than  the  others.  With  the  Belle  City  and  the  Rumely,  both  rebuilt  machines, 
the  men  did  a  good  business  in  their  lines  from  Tustin  to  Buena  Park  and  south  to 
Wintersburg.  W.  E.  Schnitger,  assisted  by  Arthur  A.  Schnitger  rebuilt  and  converted 
a  steam  threshing  machine  into  a  traction  thresher  using  gasoline.  The  various  men 
who  at  different  times  composed  the  partnership  in  threshing  were  Messrs.  Dozier, 
Schnitger,  Andres  and  Gibson. 

At  Garden  Grove  Mr.  Schnitger  was  married  to  Helen  Schneider,  born  in  Missouri, 
by  whom  he  has  had  two  children,  twins,  Barbara  Joy  and  Fern  Lucile.  Leading 
upright,  industrious  lives,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schnitger  find  time  for  something  beside  the 
acquisition  of  material  wealth,  and  take  especial  pleasure  in  active  participation  in  all 
the  work  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Garden  Grove. 

VERNON  H.  KING. — Among  the  ablest  and  most  successful  newspaper  editors 
and  proprietors  of  California,  and  one  deserving  in  full  the  popularity  he  enjoys  in  his 
own  and  neighboring  communities,  must  be  rated  Vernon  H.  King,  the  live  wire  manip- 
ulating the  well-conducted  Garden  Grove  News.  He  was  born  at  Little  Rock,  Iowa, 
on  May  7,  1884,  the  son  of  Charles  H.  King^  who  is  still  living  and  resides  with  the 
subject.  Mrs.  King,  the  mother,  was  Huldah  Beeman  before  her  marriage,  and  she  died 
at  Bellflower,  Cal.,  two  years  ago.  These  good  parents  had  nine  children,  and  six  are 
living  today:  Everett,  the  eldest,  was  until  recently  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Covina 
Citizen,  and  now  resides  at  Los  Angeles;  Vernon  was  the  second  in  the  order  of  birth; 
Ethel  has  become  the  wife  of  Judge  Hall,  county  judge  of  Brookings  County,  S.  D.; 
Charles  is  the  superintendent  of  the  Los  Angeles  Creamery;  Laura  is  the  wife  of 
Wallace  Cornman,  and  lives  at  Los  Angeles;  Leonard  is  employed  by  the  Union  Oil 
Company  at  Los  Angeles.  Charles  H.  King  was  a  native  of  Maine;  and  Mrs.  King  a 
native  of  Iowa.  The  father  was  a  farmer  and  stockman,  and  moved  from  Lyon  County, 
Iowa,  to  Grant  County,  S.  D.,  where,  from  1891  to  1896,  he  was  located  at  Summit. 

His  first  actual  "newspaper  work  was  done  on  the  Pipestone  Leader,  when  he  was 
for  a  while  the  "devil,"  or  boy-of-all  work,  and  incidentally  learned  to  set  type.  He 
worked  on  both  of  the  newspapers  there,  also  the  Brookings  Press  and  the  Brookings 
Leader,  and  added  rapidly  to  his  experience;  and  when  the  Minneapolis  and  St.  Louis 
Railway  was  building  through  South  Dakota,  he  bought  lots  at  Florence,  S.  D.,  pur- 
chased presses  and  other  necessary  equipment  for  a  newspaper  office,  and  put  in  his 
printing  plant  before  the  rails  had  been  laid  to  Florence.  That  was  in  1906;  and  at 
Florence  he  established  the  Florence  Forum,  and  later  bought  the  Wallace  Wbrld  and 
also  the  Crocker  Tribune,  making  three  newspapers  of  which  he  was  editor  and  pro- 
prietor, at  the  same  time.  He  continued  to  live  in  South  Dakota  until  he  sold  out  his 
newspapers  to  come  to  California,  in  1912. 

Settling  in  the  Imperial  Valley,  in  1914  he  established  the  Niland  Review  at  Niland, 
formerly  called  Imperial  Junction,  and  that  was  the  first  newspaper  there.  He  con- 
ducted the  Review  until  1916,  when  he  came  to  Garden  Grove  and  bought  out  Walter 
Potter,  the  owner  of  the  Garden  Grove  News.  A  most  loyal  American,  first,  last  and 
all  the  time,  and  a  Republican  whose  counsel  is  often  sought  by  the  local  party  leaders 
Mr.  King  contributes  what  he  can  toward  both  a  better  citizenship  and  to  the  welfare 
of  the  community.  He  was  chairman  of  the  League  to  Enforce  Peace,  and  participated 
actively  in  all  war  work.  From  1917  to  1918  Mr.  King  was  the  wide-awake  secretary  of 
the  Garden  Grove  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  it  is  no  wonder  that  the  circulation  of  the 
News  has  doubled  since  he  took  hold  of  the  paper.  His  printery  includes  all  the 
equipment  necessary  for  any  variety  of  high  class  j6b  and  newspaper  work. 

In  1908  Mr.  King  was  married  to  Miss  Belle  R.  Ohnstad,  a  native  of  Codington 
County,  S.  D.,  and  a  daughter  of  the  late  L.  K.  Ohnstad,  who  died  in  South  Dakota  in 
1918.  She  attended  high  school  at  Waubay  and  at  Watertown,  S.  D.,  and  there  was 
well  prepared  for  the  duties  of  life.  Two  children  have  blessed  the  fortunate  union, 
Orville  and  Velma.  Upon  coming  to  Garden  Grove,  four  years  ago,  Mr.  King  pur- 
chased five  acres,  planted  to  Valencias,  at  present  in  a  handsome  stage  of  their  growth- 
and  recently  he  has  bought  residential  property  on  Ocean  Avenue. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1343 

GUSTAVE  J.  CALLENS. — An  excellent  illustration  of  the  advantages  of  coopera- 
tion in  industry,  especially  among  near  of  kin  understanding  each  other  and  impelled 
by  common,  unselfish  motives,  is  afforded  in  the  operations  of  the  Callens  Brothers, 
Belgian-Americans,  who  have  made  good  since  they  established  themselves  in  Cali- 
fornia. The  eldest  of  these  is  Gustave  J.  Callens,  the  rancher,  who  resids  five  miles 
to  the  north  of  Irvine  Station.  He  was  born  near  Kortryk  in  Flanders,  Belgium,  on 
November  13,  1879,  the  son  of  Henry  Callens,  a  farmer,  who  was  born  and  married 
in  Belgium,  and  is  still  farming  there.  He  had  married  Mathilda  Seurinck,  a  worthy 
daughter  of  that  country,  whose  fidelity  as  wife  and  mother  was  such  that  her  end, 
in  being  run  over  and  killed  by  an  enemy  truck,  was  pathetic  in  the  extreme.  They 
had  eight  children,  two  of  whom  died;  and  the  other  two  who  came  to  America  are 
Adolphe  and  Joseph  Albert.  Adolphe  was  born  about  1884,  married  Miss  Alice  Vander- 
beke,  a  resident  of  Anaheim  but  a  native  of  Belgium.  During  1920  they  returned  to 
Belgium  for  a  visit,  being  among  the  few  thus  favored  in  early  seeing  the  devastated, 
but  still  beautiful,  country.  The  third  brother  of  the  group  is  Joseph  Albert,  whose 
birth  occurred  about  1890,  also  in  Belgium.  All  three  of  these  sturdy  boys  grew  up 
in  their  native  country,  and  enjoyed  the  usual  educational  advantages  for  which  Bel- 
gium is  widely  known,  studying  in  particular  foreign  languages,  so  that  they  read, 
write  and  speak  Flemish,  the  language  of  the  people,  French,  which  is  more  generally 
used  in  business  and  officially,  and  English,  now  especially  such  a  requisite  in  inter- 
course with  the  outside  world. 

Adolphe  Callens  was  the  first  of  the  brothers  to  tome  to  California,  in  1907, 
and  he  was  followed  the  next  year  by  Gustave  and  Joseph  Albert.  They  had  many 
relatives  in  Oxnard,  Ventura  County,  and  there  for  a  while  they  worked  around  on 
ranches;  and  in  1911  they  came  south  to  Orange  County,  where  they  began  to  rent 
six  hundred  acres  of  their  present  ranch.  Since  then,  they  have  augmented  the  area 
of  their  valuable  lease  by  clearing  up  and  bringing  under  the  plow  a  lot  of  land  that 
previously  was  waste. 

They  are  renting,  in  fact,  two  farms — one  of  nine  hundred  sixty-seven  acres,  and 
another  of  six  hundred  acres,  making  over  fifteen  hundred  acres  in  all  which  they 
are  operating.  They  also  own  a  fine  ranch  of  eighty  acres  at  Greenville,  in  Orange 
County,  devoted  to  the  culture  of  lima  beans,  and  a  forty-acre  walnut  grove  at  Ana- 
heim. Of  the  967  acres  rented  from  James  Irvine,  one  hundred  sixty-five  acres  are 
set  aside  for  lima  beans,  three  hundred  acres  for  black-eye  beans,  one' hundred  fifty-five 
acres  for  wheat,  and  one  hundred  fifty  acres  for  barley.  The  balance  is  in  pasture,  or 
rough  land,  for  this  ranch  lies  close  to  the  foothills.  The  scientific,  economic  and 
progressive  manner  in  which  these  experienced  ranchers  handle  their  crops  has  been 
a  source  of  instructive  interest  to  fellow  ranchers,  and  no  one  in  the  vicinity  stands 
higher  than  the   three   Callens   brothers. 

Gustave  Callens,  besides  being  a  successful  rancher,  with  something  definite  to 
show  for  his  intelligent  industry,  also  has  a  war  record  of  which  anyone  might  be 
proud.  In  1914,  having  returned  to  Belgium,  he  was  impressed  for  military  service; 
and  having  previously  performed  three  years  of  military  drill,  he  went  into  the  front 
lines  as  a  seasoned  soldier.  He  campaigned  for  four  and  a  half  years  in  Belgium  and 
France,  and  was  in  many  very  bloody  engagements;  but,  luckily,  he  was  never 
wounded.  After  a  year's  service  in  the  Belgian  infantry,  he  was  transferred  to  the 
commissary  department,  in  which  he  served  as  first  sergeant  during  the  last  three 
and  a  half  years  of  the  war.  The  first  year  he  was  in  the  Third  Company,  Seventh 
regiment  of  infantry. 

While  in  Belgium,  on  May  1,  1919,  Mr.  Callens  was  married  to  Miss  Elie  Devlies, 
who  returned  with  him  to  California,  and  was  nicely  settled  on  the  San  Joaquin 
ranch,  at  the  head  of  an  ideal  country  home,  but  she  died  on  June  22,  1920,  mourned 
by  all  who  had  come   to  know  her. 

ADOLPHE  CALLENS. — An  energetic,  able,  "get-there"  type  of  young  man 
whose  success  has  been  phenomenal,  is  Adolphe  Callens,  one  of  the  three  well-known 
brothers,  bonanza  ranchers  on  the  San  Joaquin,  and  the  first  one  to  come  to  America 
and  to  lead  the  way  for  the  other  boys  to  reach  California.  He  was  born  in  West 
Flanders,  Belgium,  on  August  6,  1884,  the  son  of  Henry  and  Mathilda  (Seurinck) 
Callens,  worthy  farmer  folks,  who  gave  themselves  to  years  of  honest,  exhausting  toil. 
The  father  is  still  living  in  Belgium  at  the  age  of  seventy-six;  but  the  mother  was 
killed  during  the  World  War  when  run  over  by  a  truck  of  the  enemy.  They  had  eight 
children  and  seven  are  living. 

Adolphe's  early  life  was  spent  in  his  native  land,  where  he  was  given  the  best 
of  public  school  educational  advantages,  especially  in  the  matter  of  modern  tongues, 
so  that  he  learned  French  and  Flemish  before  leaving  for  abroad,  and  for  some  time 
he  worked  on  his  father's  farm. 


1344  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

He  first  came  to  America  in  1907,  and  proceeded  west  to  Ventura  County,"  Cal., 
and  the  following  year  he  was  joined  there  by  his  brothers,  Gustave  and  Joseph.  The 
three  were  not  long  in  hiring  themselves  out  to  work  on  farms,  and  being  intelligent, 
strong  and  willing,  they  became  favorites  with  those  who  employed  them.  In  1910  he 
came  down  to  his  present  locality,  and  in  partnership  with  his  brothers  rented  a  ranch 
from  Mr.  Irvine.  Now  they  are  operating  two  large  ranches  on  the  San  Joaquin, 
and  they  also  own  an  excellent  ranch  of  eighty  acres  at  Greenville,  Orange  County, 
on  which  they  grow  lima  beans,  and  they  own  and  operate  a  grove  of  walnuts  forty 
acres   in  size,  near  Anaheim. 

At  Anaheim  in  1916,  Mr.  Callens  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  Vanderbeke,  a  native 
of  Belgium  and  the  daughter  of  Angelus  Vanderbeke,  who  was  actively  engaged  in 
farming  until  he  was  eighty-two  and  now  lives  retired  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety- 
two  years.  His  devoted  wife,  who  was  formerly  Juliana  Vermeerch,  passed  away 
April  8,  1919,  in  her  seventy-fourth  year,  leaving  thi;ee  children:  Adiel,  a  farmer  in 
Orangethorpe;  Alice,  Mrs.  Callens,  and  Adila,  who  presides  over  her  father's  home. 

After  completing  her  education  in  Flanders,  Mrs.  Callens  came  to  Newton,  Jasper 
County,  Iowa,  in  1910,  and  in  1911  came  oh  to  Anaheim,  Cal.,  arriving  July  4  of  that 
year.  She  graduated  as  a  nurse  from  the  Anaheim  Hospital,  where  she  practiced  her 
profession  until  her  marriage.  Three  daughters  have  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Callens,  and  they  are  named,  Angela,  Agnes  and  Anita.  Mr.  Callens  is  a  member 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  affiliated  with  the  Santa  Ana  branch. 

During  1920,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Callens  made  a  trip  to  Belgium  to  see  the  familiar 
spots  and  faces,  or  such  as  were  left  of  them,  again.  On  their  return  they  landed  at 
New  York  City  on  the  Fourth  of  July;  but  they  soon  embarked  for  the  West  and  made 
such  good  time  that  they  arrived  in  their  favorite  home  place  in  California  on  July  8. 

AUGUST  L.  MARTEL. — A  French-American  with  an  interesting  history  and 
experience  having  to  do  with  both  the  Old  World  and  the  New,  and  with  both  North- 
ern and  Southern  California,  is  August  L.  Martel,  the  livestock  man,  butcher  and  land- 
owner of  Talbert.  He  was  born  at  Gap,  in  the  Hautes-Alpes,  in  the  southeastern  part 
of  France,  on  February  4,  1865,  and  had  the  good  educational  opportunities  of  that 
country.  His  father,  Louis  Martel,  was  a  farmer  and  a  stockman,  who  married 
Veronica  Boudoir,  their  birth  and  marriage,  as  well  as  their  death,  taking  place  in 
their  native  France.  They  had  four  children — three  girls  and  a  boy — among  whom  our 
subject  was  the  second  in  the  order  of  birth. 

At  nineteen  years  of  age,  he  came  to  San  Francisco  in  1884,  where  he  served  an 
apprenticeship  as  chef  and  when  he  was  proficient  he  served  in  that  capacity  for  the 
celebrated  Bohemian  Club,  of  San  Francisco,  and  also  for  the  Palace  Hotel  and  Maison 
Dore,  and  coming  south  to  Bakersfield,  he  also  was  chef  for  the  old  Southern  Hotel, 
and  was  there  when  the  city  and  the  old  hotel  burned.  He  then  ran  a  restaurant  there 
for  several  years.  Removing  to  Los  Angeles,  he  displayed  his  culinary  art  to  the  patrons 
of  the  old  Hollenbeck  Hotel,  and  thousands  knew  of  his  tasteful  dinners  and  lunches, 
and  his  skill  in  manipulating  great  banquets. 

Three  years  before  he  came  to  Los  Angeles,  or  about  twenty-two  years  ago, 
Mr.  Martel  went  down  to  Fountain  Valley  and  immediately  he  bought  his  ten  acres,°of 
which  he  has  since  had  such  good  reason  to  be  proud.  Thereon  he  has  erected  a 
store  building,  which  contains  his  meat  market  and  grocery,  residence  and  barns,  and 
where  he  employs  three  men  in  the  business.  The  balance  of  the  acreage  he  has 
brought  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  Always  a  hard  worker,  he  has  reaped  the  usual 
fruits,  in  success  of  intelligent,  persistent  labor.  He  takes  a  live  interest  in  the  duties 
of  a  citizen,  and  while  voting  on  national  issues  under  the  principles  of  the  Republican 
party,  he  casts  aside  partisanship  in  local  campaigns,  and  supports  whatever  or  who- 
ever is  best  for  the  community.  Besides  dealing  in  staple  and  fancy  groceries— the 
finest  and  best  are  none  too  good  for  him — and  fresh  and  salt  meats,  in  the  selection  of 
which  he  is  naturally  an  expert,  he  buys  and  sells,  and  also  butchers,  beeves,  hogs,  sheep 
and  calves. 

While  living  at  Bakersfield,  Mr.  Martel  was  married  to  Miss  Mamie  Lincoln  by 
whom  he  had  one  child,  who  passed  away;  and  in  Fountain  Valley  this  good  companion 
passed  away.  He  was  married  a  second  time,  in  Los  Angeles,  January  24  1910  to 
Mrs.  Millie  Mueller,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Lou  F.  (Motley)  Heaston  who  are  now 
residmg  at  Huntington  Beach,  honored  as  among  the  oldest  pioneers  in  this  western 
part  of  Orange  County.  Mr.  Heaston,  who  was  born  in  Missouri,  is  now  eighty-two 
years  of  age,  and  Mrs.  Heaston,  who  hails  from  Old  Virginia,  has  attained  her  sixty- 
second  year.  Mrs.  Martel  was  born  near  Richmond,  and  lived  there  until  she  was  seven 
Then,  after  a  couple  of  years  spent  in  Missouri,  she  came  west  to  California  and  "-rew 
to  young  womanhood  in  San  Diego  County.  There  she  met  her  first  husband  Emil 
Mueller,   D.D.S.,  a  graduate  of  the   dental   department  of  the   University   of   Southern 


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HISTORY  OF'  ORANGE  COUNTY  1347 

California  at  Los  Angeles.  He  practiced  dentistry  at  Spring  and  Fourth  streets,  Los 
Angeles,  and  at  the  same  time  was  professor  of  dental  surgery  at  the  University  of 
Southern  California  until  the  time  of  his  death,  at  the  age  of  thirty-eight,  in  1906.  She 
had  one  child  by  her  first  husband,  Mary,  now  nineteen  years  old  and  a  graduate  of  the 
Huntington  Beach  high  school,  now  Mrs.  Emil  Keslenholtz  of  Anaheim.  Mrs.  Martel 
has  six  brothers  and  sisters,  all  of  whom  have  been  prosperous.  One  is  Mrs.  George 
Bushard;  another,  James  Heaston,  who  resides  at  Los  Alamitos;  a  third,  Cleve,  who 
is  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles;  a  sister,  Mrs.  Frank  P.  Borchard,  of  Santa  Ana;  a  brother 
named  Fields  M.  Heaston,  a  rancher  of  Lancaster,  Los  Angeles  County;  and  the 
youngest  of  the  family,  John  W.  Heaston,  a  rancher  of  Kern  County. 

ROBERT  L.  KNAPP. — Numbered  as  one  of  the  ambitious,  industrious  and 
progressive  men  of  the  younger  generation  of  ranchers  in  Orange  County,  Robert 
L.  Knapp  is  rapidly  advancing  to  the  front  rank  of  successful  orchardists  in  the 
Anaheim  district,  his  ranch  being  located  on  Nursery  Avenue  in  the  Katella  school 
district.  He  was  born  in  Canada  on  December  6,  1896,  the  son  of  the  late  Peter 
B.  Knapp,  who  came  to  California  and  located  in  Los  Angeles  County,  as  there  was 
no  Orange  County  at  that  date — 1888.  The  mother  was  in  maidenhood,  Christine 
Livingston,  who,  like  her  husband,  was  a  native  of  Canada.  There  were  seven  chil- 
dren in  the  Knapp  family,  all  born  in  Canada,  and  five  of  them  are  living:  Mary  M., 
Mrs.  G.  W.  Dorr;  J.  Allen;  Rachel  J.,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Christensen;  Elmer  C;  and  Robert 
L.  George  and  Annie  are  both  deceased.  Mr.  Knapp  died  in  1903  and  his  widow  still 
lives  on  {he  home  place  with  her  son  Robert  L.  After  Peter  B.  Knapp  and  his  son 
George  had  been  in  Orange  County  about  twelve  years  the  other  members  of  the 
family  came  here  to  join  them  in  1900,  and  they  moved  on  the  ranch  where  the  family 
now  lives. 

Robert  L.  Knapp  attended  the  public  schools  in  Orange  County,  and  he  at  once 
began  making  improvements  on  the  ranch  after  the  death  of  his  father.  Under  his 
skillful  hands,  assisted  by  his  brother,  Elmer  C,  who  was  born  in  Canada  on  May  20, 
1894,  the  thirty-acre  ranch  has  been  set  to  Valencia  oranges  and  lemons.  While 
the  trees  were  maturing  they  raised  beans  and  peppers  between  the  rows  to  meet  ex- 
penses. The  trees  are  now  in  a  very  thriving  condition  and  much  is  expected  from 
the  );nodel  ranch  as  the  years  pass.  With  the  exception  of  the  buildings  on  the  place, 
every  improvement  has  been  placed  thereon  by  the  Knapp  Brothers,  and  is  being  oper- 
ated by  them,  they  having  bought  the  property  from  their  mother  and  each  looks 
after  his  portion.  Robert  is  public-spirited  and  lends  his  aid  to  all  movements  for  the 
betterment  of  conditions  and  the  upbuilding  of  the  county,  and  his  friends  repose  the 
highest  confidence  in  his  integrity,  and  his  standing  in  the  community  is  deservedly  the 
highest.  It  is  in  the  hands  of  such  men  that  the  future  of  Orange  County  is  placed 
and  the  results  they  will  obtain  are  certain  to  be  of  the  highest  order. 

HUNTINGTON  BEACH  UNION  HIGH  SCHOOL.— Few  institutions  of  learn- 
ing in  California  have  done  more  to  help  shape  the  destiny  of  the  younger  and  fast- 
growing  communities  than  has  the  Huntington  Beach  Union  High  School,  whose 
excellent  standing  as  an  accredited  high  school,  admitting  to  colleges  and  universities 
without  further  examination,  is  due  in  part  to  the  scholarly,  thorough,  work  of  Mc- 
Clelland G.  Jones,  its  principal.  The  grounds  include  ten  acres,  a  mile  northwest  of 
the  business  center  of  the  beach,  while  among  the  buildings  on  that  site  is  the  two- 
story  brick  and  concrete  structure  devoted  to  manual  arts  work.  There  are  excellent 
facilities  for  athletics,  including  a  basket  ball  ground  and  three  tennis  courts,  together 
with  a  football  and  baseball  field,  and  fields  and  track  for  general  athletics.  The  high 
school  course  includes  four  years  of  work  beginning  with  the  ninth  and  extending 
through  the  twelfth  grade;  and  there  is  also  an  opportunity  for  graduate  work.  As  in 
most  modern  high  schools  the  program  includes  a  commercial  department  and  a  depart- 
ment of  domestic  science;  as  well  as  courses  in  art,  music  and  agriculture.  The  precinct 
of  the  high  school  takes  in  all  the  beach  and  coast  from  Seal  to  Newport  Beach,  and  the 
school  furnishes  transportation  for  those  pupils  coming  from  the  cities  and  places  on 
the  line  of  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway,  namely,  Balboa,  Newport  Beach,  Sunset  Beach 
and  Seal  Beach.  The  school  also  operates  two  auto  busses,  gathering  up  the  pupils 
from  the  outlying  country  districts.  The  enrollment  December,  1919,  was  163  pupils, 
and  there  are  twenty-three  seniors  in  the  class  of  '20.  The  average  daily  attendance 
is  15S  pupils. 

The  board  of  directors  of  the  Union  high  school  are:  President,  E.  R.  Bradbury; 
clerk.  C.  A.  Johnson;  and  the  balance  of  the  trustees,  W.  T.  Newland,  Sr.,  R.  E.  Larter, 
and  H.  L.  Heftner.  Meetings  of  the  board  are  held  the  second  Friday  in  each  month. 
The  principal,  as  has  been  stated,  is  McClelland  G.  Jones;  and  the  remainder  of  the 
faculty  is  as  follows:     Miss  Nettie  Owen,  Mrs.  T.  B.  Talbert,  Miss  Ruth  Munro,  Miss 


1348  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

secretary  to  the  principal.  r^„nt-,r    N    Y     on  December 

Principal  Jones  was  born  at  Delevan,   Ca"^';^"f"^,C°""ty'  ^l-J^e^n   educator, 
14,   1885,  the  son  of  Evan  Jones,  who  was  born   in  Wales.     He   became  an   ea 
having  migrated   to   America,   and  was   S-'^duated     rom   the   Geneseo,    N. J.,  ^^ 

School,  after  which  he  taught  school  m  western  New  York  f°;  ^^^^f "'      '  er  and 
went  i^to  business  in  the  same  region  and  engaged  m  the  manufacturing  of  butwr 
cheese.     Mrs.  Jones,  now  deceased,  was  also   a  native   of  the   Empire  State   ana 
popular  as  Miss  Adda  Gibby;  she  graduated  from  the  Frankhnv.Ue  Academy    and  was 
a  teacher  before  her  marriage.     In  the  spring  of  1914  she  passed  .away,  mourned  by  five 
children,  among  whom  the  subject  of  our  interesting  review  was  the  second  m  oraer 

°^  '"'McClelland  Jones  was  graduated  with  the  class  °f'04  from  the  Delevan,  N_Y 
high  school,  and  for  three  years  engaged  in  business.  Then  he  entered  the  the  Liberal 
Arts  department  of  the  University  of  Michigan,  and  was  graduated  m  June,  1911,  v^ith 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  He  served  as  principal  of  the  high  school  at  Owosso, 
Mich  from  1911  to  1915,  in  all  four  and  one-half  years,  when  he  was  advised  by  phy- 
sicians to  seek  out-of-door  life;  but  remaining  in  central  Michigan  until  January,  1918, 
he  suffered  a  complete  breakdo%vn.  -r         a         i  j  f 

On  March  7  of  the  following  year  Mr.  Jones  came  west  to  Los  Angeles,  and  tor 
several  months  he  pursued  graduate  work  in  the  University  of  Southern  .California. 
On  July  1  of  the  same  year,  he  entered  upon  his  present  position. 

While  in  western  New  York,  Mr.  Jones  was  married  to  Miss  Mabel  Cheney,  a 
native  of  Bradford,  Pa.;  although  at  the  time  of  her  marriage,  a  resident  of  Delevan. 
N  Y  She  is  a  graduate  of  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  high  school,  one  of  the  best  of  New  York  s 
secondary  institutions,  and  has  thus  been  able  to  enter  intensively  into  the  work  of 
her  husband. 

JAMES  E.  BROWN.— Among  the  well-known  residents  of  the  Bolso  voting 
precinct.  Orange  County,  is  James  E.  Brown,  a  representative  of  that  very  important 
class  of  American  farme'rs  who  have  won  success  through  industry,  frugality  and  selt- 
denial  Beginning  life  handicapped  by  many  disadvantages  he  has  made  a  success  and 
his  sterling  traits  of  character  have  won  recognition  among  his  associates  in  the 
twenty-four  years  of  his  residence  in  Orange  County. 

Mr.  Brown  is  a  native  of  Virginia,  born  near  Middletown,  Warren  County, 
February  22,  1869.  His  father,  James  E.,  for  whom  he  was  named,  served  as  a  soldier 
in  the  Confederate  army,  and  died  when  his  son  James  was  but  a  year  old.  The 
widowed  mother  moved  with  her  three  children  to  Lincoln  County,  Mo.,  where  she 
married  William  Swiger,  a  farmer.  James  grew  up  on  the  home  farm  in  Lincoln 
County,  and  his  educational  advantages  were  limited  to  the  short  time  in  winter  when 
it  was  too  cold  to  work.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  began  to  work  out  on  the  neigh- 
boring farms  by  the  month,  and  afterwards  went  to  Pike  County,  111.,  where  he  was 
married,  August  2,  1891,  to  Miss  Mary  C.  Helm,  a  native  of  that  county,  whose  father, 
William  Helm,  was  a  native  of  England,  and  whose  mother,  Elizabeth  (Reeder)  Helm, 
was  born  in  Scott  County,  111.  Her  father  was  a  carpenter,  who  followed  farming  after 
his  marriage,  and  she  is  the  second  child  in  a  family  of  three  daughters  and  one  son. 
Her  mother  died  when  she  was  six,  and  when  sixteen  death  claimed  her  father. 

Mr.  Brown  rented  land  for  four  years  in  Pike  County,  111.,  and  farmed  until  he 
came  to  California  in  1896  and  purchased  the  home  place  of  ten  acres.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Brown  have  three  living  children:  Eliabeth  J.  graduated  from  the  Santa  Ana  high  school 
in  1917;  she  is  a  stenographer  and  a  very  capable  employe  of  the  First  National  Bank 
at  Garden  Grove;  Virgil  E.  is  a  graduate  of  the  Santa  Ana  high  school,  class  of  1914, 
and  also  graduated  from  the  agricultural  department  of  the  University  of  California  at 
Davis  in  1917;  Harriet  M.  graduated  from  the  Santa  Ana  high  school  with  the  class  of 
1917,  and  is  now  a  senior  in  the  University  of  Southern  California.  She  also  graduated 
from  the  Junior  College  at  Santa  Ana  in  1919;  Virgil  enlisted  in  the  Twenty-first  Com- 
pany of  the  National  Guard  of  the  Coast  Artillery,  July  23,  1917,  trained  at  Fort  Mc- 
Arthur,  was  transferred  to  the  Fifty-fifth  Ammunition  Train,  Company  C,  and  sailed 
from  New  York,  September  8,  1918,  landing  at  Brest,  France,  September  21  of  that 
year.  He  was  at  Clufifes,  France,  when  the  armistice  was  signed,  and  remained  in 
France  until  February,  1919,  being  honorably  discharged  at  Camp  Kearny,  San  Dleoo, 
March  17,  1919.  Virgil  and  his  father  jointly  own  thirty-four  acres  adjoining  the  fortv 
acres  owned  by  Mr.  Brown,  which  they  purchased  January,  1920.  The  father  takes  ten 
acres  of  this  property  and  the  son  retains  the  other  twenty-four.  They  leveled  the 
property  and  planted  ten  acres  of  it  to  Valencia  oranges  in  1920,  and  expect  to  plant  the 
remainder  of  it  to  Valencias.     Mr.  Brown  gro%vs  beans,  peppers  and  sugar  beets. 


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Although  Mr.  Brown  through  unfortunate  circumstances  was  denied  the  advan- 
tages of  a  good  education  in  his  boyhood  days,  he  is  a  stanch  champion  for  good 
public  schools,  and  is  now  serving  his  fourth  three-year  term  as  clerk  of  the  Garden 
Grove  grammar  school,  one  of  the  best  schools  of  its  kind  in  Southern  California. 
While  carefully  conserving  the  public  funds  he  is  liberal  and  generous,  and  the  school 
children  of  this  favored  district  reap  the  advantages  thus  afforded.  He  is  an  honest, 
upright,  straightforward,  common  sense  man,  frank  and  honorable  in  every  deal,  and 
his  life  will  ever  remain  an  encouragement  to  all  who  are  compelled  to  start  life  under 
the  handicap  of  limited  means  and  lack  of  opportunity.  He  has  been  ably  assisted  in 
his  battle  through  life  by  his  true  and  loyal  wife,  a  woman  of  splendid  good  sense  and 
strong  character,  and  a  dutiful  and  loving  wife  and  mother.  Mr.  Brown's  daughters 
are  members  of  the  Garden  Grove  Methodist  Church,  and  in  his  fraternal  affiliations 
Mr.  Brown  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 

E.  C.  MILES. — Cooperation  having  come  to  be  recognized,  more  and  more,  as 
one  of  the  most  indispensable  requisites  of  success  in  modern  industry,  it  is  not  sur- 
prising to  find  in  Fullerton,  which  has  already  set  the  high  water  mark  in  various 
fields  of  endeavor,  an  organization  of  such  merit  as  the  Fullerton  Mutual  Orange 
Association,  whose  efficient  secretary  and  manager  is  E.  C.  Miles.  Not  less  than  thirty- 
five  people  are  employed  to  carry  on  a  work  directed  for  the -past  seven  years  by  him. 
Mr.  Miles  was  born  in  Keokuk  County,  Iowa,  on  January  13,  1867,  the  son  of  Daniel 
Miles,  a  farmer  well  known  in  Iowa  for  the  common  sense  and  thorough  methods  he 
employed  in  tilling  the  soil  and  harvesting.  He  was  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  married 
Miss  Deliah  Fear,  who  was  born  in  Iowa.  When  the  Civil  War  threatened  to  divide 
these  United  States,  Mr.  Miles  enlisted  for  the  cause  of  the  Union,  and  for  three  years 
served  with  the  Thirty-third  Iowa  Regiment.     Both  parents  are  now  dead. 

The  oldest  of  eleven  children,  E.  C.  Miles  was  educated  at  a  rural  school  and 
later  attended  a  business  college  at  Trinidad,  Colo.,  which  gave  him  a  valuable  drill  in 
the  methods  of  commerce  and  industry.  He  had  remained  at  home  with  his  father 
until  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  and  then  located  at  Trinidad,  Colo.,  where  he 
was  in  the  wholesale  grocery  business  for  seven  years.  In  Denver,  the  dry  goods 
business  attracted  him  for  three  years,  and  then,  at  the  beginning  of  this  century,  he 
came  to  California. 

Settling  for  a  while  at  Monrovia,  Mr.  Miles  went  into  the  packing  business;  and 
later  he  was  engaged  in  contracting  and  building  for  ten  years.  In  1911  he  removed 
to  Fullerton,  and  bought  an  orange  grove;  and  soon  after  he  assumed  his  present 
position  with  the  Fullerton  Mutual  Orange  Association.  Very  naturally,  Mr.  Miles 
is  a  member  and  greatly  interested  in  the  Fullerton  Board  of  Trade.  Mr.  Miles  is 
also  interested  in  developing  a  ranch  in  Tulare  County,  devoted  to  vineyard,  as  well 
as  a  lumber,  hardware  and  building  material  business  at  Venice   Hill,  Tulare   County. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Miles  and  Miss  Alice  Richardson  occurred  at  Trinidad,  Colo., 
on  June  14,  1892,  and  this  union  has  been  blessed  with  the  birth  of  two  children: 
C.  Neal  is  a  rancher  in  Tulare  County;  and  Bessie  is  the  wife  of  Foster  E.  Chambers  of 
Orange.  Mrs.  Miles  was  born  in  Illinois.  Neal  Miles  has  proven,  as  a  soldier  who 
went  to  the  denfense  of  his  country,  a  son  such  as  any  parent  might  be  proud  of.  He 
enlisted  in  the  United  States  Coast  Artillery,  and  was  made  a  sergeant  of  the  first 
class.  A  Republican  always  desirous  of  doing  his  full  civic  duty,  Mr.  Miles  is  a  Mason, 
a  Modern  Woodman,  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  a  Yeoman.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  Bank  of  Fullerton,  and  is  a  member  and 
financial  supporter  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  that  place.  Fond  of  hunting  and 
fishing,  he  rejoices  with  thousands  of  others  that  California  affords  such  sport  in  both 
of  these  fields. 

J.  M.  WOODWORTH. — Orange  County  will  never  forget  the  important  and 
necessary  part  played  by  the  far-sighted,  experienced  and  conservative  bankers  in  her 
agricultural,  commercial,  philanthropic  and  even  social  development  through  which  she 
has  come  to  take  a  front  place  of  honor  and  influence  in  the  Californian  conclave  and 
prominent  among  the  agencies  which  have  made  for  the  greatest  progress  in  the  South- 
land must  be  mentioned  the  First  National  Bank  of  Garden  Grove,  now  one  of  the 
healthiest  ten-year-olds  in  the  state.  Its  success  is  undoubtedly  due,  in  part,  to  the 
conviction  of  the  wide-awake  people  in  the  community  it  tries  to  serve  that  it  possesses 
every  banking  facility  and  meets  every  local  requirement;  while,  on  the  other  hand,  its 
increased  working  capital,  together  with  recent  physical  changes  in  the  bank's  interior, 
adding  to  the  convenience  and  general  satisfaction  of  the  patrons,  has  widened  its 
territory,  added  rapidly  by  new  acquisitions  to  the  number  of  its  depositors,  and  enabled 
it  to  do  business  on  a  broader  and  more  liberal,  if  at  the  same  time  thoroughly  con- 
servative  basis.     Much   of   these    innovations   and   improvements    and    this    additional 


1352  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

growth  is  due  to  the  personal  attention  to  every  detail,  and  the  hard,  conscientious 
work  by  J.  M.  Woodworth,  the  Iowa  banker  who  settled  here  in  1918  and  purchased  a 
controlling  interest,  through  which  he  was  made  president  and  came  to  assume  the 
active  management. 

For  twenty-five  years  or  more  Mr.  Woodworth  was  interested  in  three  or  four 
banks  in  Iowa,  and  came  from  the  well-known  town  of  Grinnell  thoroughly  familiar 
with  the  conditions  of  investment  he  was  to  deal  with  here.  He  associated  with  him 
as  officers  Vice-President  C.  B.  Scott,  Jr.,  and  Cashier  F.  A.  Monroe,  and  made  up  a 
board  of  directors  composed  of  himself,  Mr.  Scott,  H.  C.  Head  and  W.  S.  Fawcett.  The 
latter,  now  a  large  rancher  in  the  Imperial  Valley,  was  a  boyhood  friend  of  Mr.  Wood- 
worth,  and,  as  a  frequent  caller  at  Garden  Grove,  keeps  in  intimate  touch  with  the 
progress  of  local  affairs  and  the  management  of  the  bank,  although  he  also  discharges 
the  responsibility  of  a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  El  Centro  as  well  as 
the  Southern  Trust  Company  of  San  Diego.  It  is  no  wonder  that  the  First  National 
Bank  enjoys  the  entire  confidence  of  the  people  of  this  section,  for  it  has  become  a 
member  of  the  great  Federal  Reserve  System,  and  as  such  is  sure  to  provide  the  best 
of  banking  conditions  through  good  times  and  bad. 

It  was  really  early  in  1909  that  a  few  men — those  men  of  both  vision  and  faith 
who  work  miracles,  expand  communities  and  develop  commonwealths — seeing  the  neces- 
sity for  a  financial  institution,  especially  when  Garden  Grove  was  mostly  a  postoffice 
among  merely  barley  patches,  but  patches  and  fields  of  the  greatest  promise,  estab- 
lished the  Bank  of  Garden  Grove.  That  fall  it  was  opened  for  business  under  a  state 
charter,  and,  as  the  policy  of  the  institution  from  the  beginning  was  to  work  for  the 
best  interests  of  the  district,  the  bank  grew  rapidly  and  strongly  with  the  community 
and  the  town.  In  September,  1918,  it  was  converted  into  "The  First  National  Bank  of 
Garden  Grove,"  and  since  that  date  its  growth  has  been  especially  gratifying.  Indeed, 
at  the  last  call  from  the  Comptroller  for  a  statement  of  its  actual  condition,  it  showed 
a  working  capital  of  $50,000,  and  total  resources  of  over  one-half  million  dollars.  It 
has  assisted  Garden  Grove  to  rise  from  a  grain  field  of  uncertain  quantity  to  productive 
acres  bringing  cash  returns  of  $1,000  each  in  a  short  space  of  ten  years.  Therfe  were 
actually  shipped  from  Garden  Grove  station  over  700  carloads,  valued  at  over  two 
millions  of  dollars,  miscellaneous  products  grown  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  Garden 
Grove  for  the  year  1919,  and  Garden  Grove,  properly  appreciative,  has  assisted  to  give 
the  bank,  by  its  generous,  good-willed  patronage,  all  the  stability  that  could  be  desired. 
Thus  not  only  have  soil,  water  and  climate  lavished  blessings  to  all  who  would  partake, 
but  the  courage,  ambition  and  knowledge  of  the  settlers  have  been  liberally  rewarded, 
and  all  have  gained  immensely  who  had  faith  and  vision  to  invest  and  work  out  results. 

With  a  general  bank  equipment  the  equal  of  any  country  bank  in  the  county,  and 
a  management  and  expert  force  ready  and  anxious  to  serve  customers  within  and  from 
without  the  community,  the  bank  has  a  fireproof  vault  in  which  can  be  stored  at  small 
cost  valuable  papers  and  records,  and  a  complete  set  of  maps  showing  all  platted  lands 
and  ownership  in  the  community,  which  maps  are  always  at  the  service  of  the  public. 

PAUL  BENJAMIN  ROY.— A  dependable  citizen  of  Garden  Grove,  a  locality 
chosen  by  him  for  residence  and  work  as  the  most  attractive  he  ever  found  anywhere 
in  his  wide  travels,  is  Paul  Benjamin  Roy,  who  has  attained  to  his  present  position  of 
affluence  and  influence  after  an  interesting  development  in  varied  lines  of  endeavor 
He  was  born  in  the  city  of  Montreal,  Canada,  on  July  4,  1866,  the  son  of  Benjamin  Roy, 
a  French-Canadian  who  was  also  a  native  of  Montreal  and  became  a  steamboat  mari  - 
on  the  Great  Lakes  and  the  St.  Lawrence,  where  he  piloted  the  important  steamers  of 
the  mail  line,  and  made  railway  time  between  Montreal  and  Hamilton.  He  was  so 
expert  that  he  could  pilot  the  rapids  of  the  Thousand  Isles,  the  Long  Sioux  Rapids 
the  Cascades,  the  Shoat  a  Balom  Rapids,  as  well  as  the  rapids  beneath  the  Victoria 
Bridge.  He  was  married  in  Montreal  to  Miss  Annie  Sweeney,  a  native  of  England 
whose  father  and  brother  were  marine  engineers  under  the  British  government  and 
who  grew  up  in  Montreal.  Eleven  children  were  born  to  them,  and  three  are'  now 
living.  Sarah  is  the  wife  of  John  Olszewski,  a  hotel  chef  who  resides  in  Los  Ancreks" 
Paul  Benjamin  is  the  subject  of  our  review;  and  Adeline  is  the  wife  of  William  Roy- 
no  relative  of  P.  B.  Roy— and  lives  at  Montreal,  where  her  husband  is  boss  in  a  cotton 
mill  Benjamin  Roy,  at  the  age  of  thirty-seven,  was  one  of  twenty-two  persons-  lost 
on  Lake  Ontario  m  November,  187S,  when,  at  ten  o'clock  at  night,  his  steamer  cau<^ht 
^m/"  ^^^^,  ^"f  passengers  were  drowned.  Mrs.  Roy,  the  mother,  lived  with  her 
children,  Paul  and  Sarah,  until  she  died  in  California  at  the  age  of  seventy 

When  thirteen  years  old,  Paul  Benjamin  entered  the  service  of  the  same  line  by 
which  his  father  had  been  employed,  when  he  was  pilot  for  the  Spartan  and  the  Cor- 
inthian, working  for  two  years  as  a  mess-room  boy.  When  he  left  the  Richelieu  line 
he  went  on  the  propeller  boat  Prussia  as  head  porter,  and  for  several  seasons  remained 


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with  this  merchant  line  which  carried  passengers  between  Montreal  and  Chicago.  The 
second  year  he  was  transferred  to  the  St.  Catherine  and  was  on  that  ill-fated  vessel 
when,  at  three  o'clock  in  the  morning,  it  was  struck  amidships  and  sunk  by  an  American 
vessel.  The  passengers  and  all  hands  save  a  fireman  escaped,  but  the  vessel  went 
down  within  thirty  minutes. 

For  eight  years  Mr.  Roy  followed  steamboating,  next  going  on  a  freight  boat 
of  the  Ward  line  running  out  of  Detroit,  and  between  Duluth  and  Buffalo,  on  which 
line  he  remained  for  two  seasons,  acting  as  lookout  man  or  second  mate.  The  next 
season  he  followed  Captain  Will  Compo  on  the  Northwest,  a  vessel  of  the  Great 
Northern  Steamship  Company  and  at  that  time  the  finest  fresh  water  boat,  plying 
between  Duluth  and  Buffalo.  In  the  meantime,  too,  he  had  ventured  into  the  barber's 
business,  and  for  a  couple  of  years  ran  a  barber  shop  in  West  Superior,  Wis.,  so  that 
when  he  came  to  California  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago,  he  was  so  well  equipped 
with  experience  that  he  soon  became  the  leading  tonsorial  proprietor  of  Los  Angeles. 
He  owned  the  Metropolitan  Barber  Shop  at  219  West  Third  Street,  which  had  a  full 
equipment  for  Turkish  and  other  baths,  then  the  largest  and  finest  barber  shop  in  the 
world.  During  his  long  and  eventful  career  in  steamboating,  Mr.  Roy  met  many  famous 
men  and  women.  Among  them  was  the  Prince  of  Wales,  later  King  Edward  of  Eng- 
land, and  he  shook  hands  with  the  Princess  of  Wales,  and  chatted  with  her  for  several 
minutes. 

Mr.  Roy  has  owned  and  improved  several  ranches,  among  them  one  of  200  acres 
devoted  to  apples  and  alfalfa  in  Victorville,  and  from  there  he  went  to  Ferris,  River- 
side County,  and  engaged  in  raising  alfalfa,  purchasing  a  ranch  of  eighty  acres.  For  a 
while  he  lived  in  San  Diego  County,  where  he  was  proprietor  of  the  Kilkenny  Hotel,  at 
the  same  time  that  he  developed  a  lemon  grove  of  twenty  acres  four  miles  east  of  San 
Diego.  When  he  sold  his  alfalfa  ranch  at  Ferris  in  1919,  he  removed  to  Garden  Grove, 
where  he  owns  a  ranch  of  twenty  acres,  largely  a  Valencia  orange  grove.  Eighteen 
years  ago  he  bought  100  acres  of  raw  land  at  Anaheim,  but  disposed  of  it  later  at  an 
advanced  price.  He  set  out  walnut  trees,  and  the  grove  is  now  known  as  the  Cleveland 
ranch.  He  also  built  up  and  replanted  the  Big  Four  ranch  at  North  Rialto  in  San 
Bernardino  County,  and  this  is  still  known  as  the  "Roy"  ranch. 

When  Mr.  Roy  married,  in  1888,  he  took  for  his  bride  Miss  Amelia  Provost,  a 
native  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  who  is  as  enthusiastic  concerning  Garden  Grove  as  he  is 
himself.  One  daughter  blessed  their  union,  and  she  is  now  Mrs.  W.  L.  Christian  of 
Los  Angeles.  Mr.  Roy  is  a  naturalized  American,  and  an  active  Republican.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Roy  have  been  extensive  travelers,  having  been  through  Europe,  Japan,  Australia 
and  Philippines. 

Mr.  Roy  is  a  good  deal  of  a  sport,  and  has  something  to  show  for  it.  While  a 
boatman,  he  became  an  expert  swimmer  arid  camie  to  boast  of  the  world's  championship 
medal  for  long  distance  swimming.  Through  this  prowess  he  really  first  came  to 
California;  for  he  intended  to  swim  from  Catalina  to  the  mainland — a  feat  he  never 
undertook,  after  all.  He  also  drove  the  first  automobile — a  steam  car  which  he  himself 
owned — seen  in  the  streets  of  Santa  Ana,  and  made  early  record  trips  from  San  Diego 
to  Los  Angeles,  and  from  Los  Angeles  to  Santa  Barbara.  In  the  first  case,  on  country 
roads  he  covered  the  ground  in  six  hours  and  six  minutes;  while  on  the  run  to  Santa 
Barbara  he  motored  about  four  hours.  He  has  put  from  $50,000  to  $60,000  into  his 
present  estate  at  Garden  Grove,  and  still  plans  other  improvements.  He  is  a  member 
of  numerous  fraternal  orders  and  clubs. 

AMOS.  B.  EVERETT. — Numbered  among  the  respected  citizens  of  Buaro  pre- 
cinct is  Amos  B.  Everett,  a  man  who  despite  the  hardships  and  tragedies  encountered 
in  his  earlier  life  has  maintained  his  poise,  and  now  enjoys  a  tranquil  life  on  a  walnut 
grove  in  Buaro  precinct.  Eight  acres  of  the  twenty  he  owns  is  planted  to  twelve-year- 
old  walnut  trees,  two  acres  to  two-year-old  budded  walnut  trees,  eight  acres  to  budded 
trees,  and  he  has  two  acres  for  a  family  garden. 

Mr.  Everett  was  born  in  Trumbull  County,  Ohio,  June  23,  1852,  a  son  of  Benjamin 
and  Catherine  (Lowery)  Everett,  natives  of  New  York  State  and  Ohio,  respectively. 
The  father  was  a  farmer  and  went  to  Illinois  when  Amos  B.  was  only  two  years  old, 
settling  at  Knoxville,  Knox  County,  where  Amos  was  reared  on  his  father's  farm  and 
assisted  him  with  the  farm  work  while  two  of  his  brothers  served  in  the  Union  army 
during  the  Civil  War.  He  began  working  on  the  farm  when  very  young,  drove  a  team 
and  plowed  when  nine  years  old  and  had  to  stand  on  a  box  in  order  to  harness  the 
horses.  When  he  was  twenty-one  years  old  he  began  to  work  for  wages,  and  migrated 
from  Illinois  to  Kansas,  settling  near  Hutchinson  where  he  took  a  tree  claim  and 
proved  up  on  it,  and  lived  in  Kansas  twenty-five  years.  From  Kansas  he  went  to 
Nebraska,  where  he  was  married  to  Emma  Pearson,  and  there  in  Cherry  County  was 
in  the  stock  business  five  years,  when  a  disastrous  prairie  fire  overtook  his  wife  when 


1354  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

s.e  was  out  driving,  and  she  lost  He;"  ^fe^^  By  a  st.an.e  '^^^^^^J^^^'ts^l 
time  she  had  ever  left  her  little  daughter  at  .h°"e  alone.  ^^^  ^j 

th"  wife  of  Fay  Brown    a  farmer  °^ .^^f^^^^^'^^^^^^J^f  Zlt  100  head  of  cattle  be- 
daughter  named  Edith.   The  same  praine  fire  ^1=°  d^™^"^^        ^^  his  environment 

fonging  to  Mr.  Everett.     Alone  ^f  .f --^f^^cJifornialn  1903.     Three  years  before 
and  went  to  Kansas,  from  whence  he  eame  t°  ^aliio  ^^^  ^^^  Miss 

coming  to  California  Mr.  Everett  was  married  ^^^^'^^^'^s  r.^r.d  in  Kansas.     They 
rr':?he°prenrof%'l^^^ch-rd™n^^'LesteTr  °Eir;Vorl.  at  Santa  Ana;  WiUiam,  Ada, 
°'"^Mr.tvtr:u  iTre^g^d  by  all  as  a  man  o^strict^n^egrity    and  his^^^^^^^^^^^ 
r  rf^c^r^^  OaX^^r  ^:^t™^^.^^vL^^^:  a  Ke^bUcan. 
r.TP    TOHTJ  T   CLARK  —From  the  time  of  the  founding  of  our  great  republic    and 

Si.:;rnUd  s^entL  as  Dr.  Jf^/^-^^^larU    the  physician  ad  s,^^^^  3.l^,He 

Tinlam^rS,  a^lrm"  ^nd^sto^lfm^a^n-wh^'marri-ed  Miss  Mary  E.  Kennedy,  and 
when  the  time  came  that  the  North  and  the  South  faced  each  other  in  the  awful  Cm 
War!  he  s  rved  his  country  faithfully  in  the  Federal  Army.  They  were  the  Pa-nts  o 
five  children— three  boys  and  two  girls— among  whom  our  subject  was  second  m  the 
order  of  birth  Both  parents  are  now  dead.  Having  attended  the  grammar  schools 
at  Cra^  vlhile  he  grew  up  on  his  father's  farm,  and  been  graduated  from  the  high 
hool  IheTe  John  Clark  matriculated  at  the  Rush  Medica  College  -  Ch-ago,  and 
graduated  from  that  famous  institution  with  the  class  of  1897  with  degree  ot  MU 
Then  he  became  an  interne  at  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  in  Chicago,  where  he  began 
to  acquire  his  first  valuable  practical  experience.  ,    •  ^,     ,  ,.     a   f^r-  .   ^i^^r 

Once  equipped  to  follow  his  professional  work,  Dr.  Clark  Practiced  for  a  year 
at  Crai"  Nebr  ,  and  then  continued  his  practice  for  four  years  at  Idaho  Springs,  Colo. 
His  fortunate  geographical  location  brought  him  soon  into  contact  with  many  from 
di  tant  as  well  as  near  by  points,  and  so  his  reputation  rapidly  developed.  On  coming 
to  Santa  Ana  in  May  1904,  Dr.  Clark  established  himself  with  ease;  and  it  was  not  long 
lefore  he  was  a  director  in  the  Santa  Ana  Hospital.  More  and  more  he  enjoyed  the 
entire  confidence  of  his  fellow-citizens;  and  for  twelve  years  he  was  city  health  officer. 
In  national  politics  a  Republican,  he  has  never  failed  to  participate  without  partisanship 
in  all  civic  discussions  and  endeavors  for  the  public  good.  ^    '  ' 

At  Craig  Nebr.  on  April  6,  1898,  Dr.  Clark  was  married  to  Miss  Mollie  D.  Clark, 
an  estimable  lady  of'  no  relationship,  the  daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  W.  Clark  of  Iowa; 
and  since  then  Mrs.  Clark  has  participated  in  the  deep  interest  of  her  husband  in  the 
development  of  the  community  in  which  they  have  lived,  and  in  his  outdoor  life  with 
golf  and  fishing.  He  belongs  to  the  Masonic  order  being  a  Knight  Templar  and 
Shriner,  his  membership  in  the  latter  being  in  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S., 
Los  Angeles.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks  and  of  the  Orange 
County  Country  Club. 

As  might  be  expected  of  one  so  favorably  known  as  a  highly-trained  practitioner. 
Dr.  Clark  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  State,  Southern  Cali- 
fornia and  the  County  Medical  societies;  and  his  activity  in  these  organizations  con- 
stantly helps  to  maintain  Orange  County  in  pleasant  association  with  the  outside 
scientific  world. 

ANDREW  MEYER. — The  excellent  cultivation,  tillage  and  good  management 
expended  in  the  care  of  the  property  operated  by  Andrew  Meyer,  lying  two  miles 
northwest  of  Orange,  bespeaks  the  thrift  and  good  judgment  of  the  owner.  Mr.  Meyer 
has  four  acres  in  Valencia  oranges  and  six  acres  of  walnuts,  and  takes  a  just  pride  in 
the  neat  appearance  of  his  acreage.  He  was  born  in  Clinton  County,  111.,  August  24, 
1880,  and  when  five  years  old,  in  1885,  accompanied  his  parents,  August  and  Fredericka 
(Pfeififer)  Meyer  to  Neosho  County,  Kans.,  where  the  father  became  the  owner  of  a 
160-acre  farm.  The  parents  and  their  seven  children  are  living,  and  Andrew  js  the 
youngest  son  and  fifth  child  in  order  of  birth  in  the  parental  family.  He  early  became 
accustomed  to  ranch  work,  plowing  when  only  ten  years  of  age,  and  grew  to  young- 
manhood  on  the  home  farm,  assisting  in  the  various  duties  that  pertain  to  life  on  a 
farm.  He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  his  home  district,  and  in  1906  went 
to  Idaho  and  Washington,  returning  after  eight  months  to  his  Kansas  home.  The  next 
vear  he  removed  to  northwestern  Kansas  where  he  remained  three  and  a  half  years. 


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He  was  associated  with  his  brother  George  in  this  venture,  and  they  purchased  320 
acres  of  land,  which  they  afterward  traded  for  480  acres.  From  1906  to  1912  they 
ran  from  eighty  to  one  hundred  head  of  cattle  and  about  the  same  number  of  swine 
on  their  property. 

In  1913  Mr.  Meyer  went  to  Wichita  Falls,  Texas,  where  he  worked  at  the  carpen- 
ter's trade  for  one  year.  He  then  tried  his  fortune  in  central  Kansas,  continuing  the 
same  occupation,  and  afterwards  went  to  northwestern  Kansas  and  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business  for  one  and  a  half  years.  Then  California's  charms  appealed  to  him  and 
he  decided  to  cast  his  lot  in  that  state.  He  came  to  the  Pacific  Coast  in  1915,  and  in 
November  of  that  year  established  domestic  ties  by  his  marriage  with  Mrs.  Emma 
Struck,  born  in  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Herman  Heim  of  Orange  and  widow  of  the 
late  Max  Struck,  who  was  well  and  favorably  known  to  the  community.  As  a  child 
Mrs.  Struck  came  to  Kansas  with  her  parents,  and  later  the  family  removed  to  Orange, 
Cal.  She  is  the  sister  of  Albert  and  Carl  O.  Heim,  whose  sketches  appear  elsewhere 
in  this  work.  At  the  age  of  twenty-two  she  married  Max  Struck,  whose  death  occurred 
in  1908  as  the  result  of  an  accident.  Mr.  Struck  owned  the  ten  acres  that  Mr.  Meyer 
now  operates  and  which  continues  to  be  their  home.  Mrs.  Meyer  is  noted  for  her 
housewifely  qualities  and  fortunate  indeed  is  the  passing  stranger  or  the  friend  who 
is  invited  to  share  the  hospitality  of  the  genial  host  and  hostess  in  their  model  and 
excellent  home.  Mr.  Meyer  enjoys  to  an  exceptional  degree  the  esteem  and  confidence 
of  his  associates,  and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Lutheran  Church  at  Orange, 
and  have  many  warm  friends. 

JOSEPH  BRICKE. — The  spirit  that  prompted  our  forefathers  to  leave  their  native 
land  to  carve  out  their  fortunes  in  a  new  world  has  its  counterpart  in  this  generation 
in  many  who,  animated  by  a  desire  to  avail  themselves  of  broader  opportunities,  have 
left  the  older  civilization  to  seek  the  newer  fields  of  untried  possibilities.  That  this 
spirit,  coupled  with  industry  and  perseverance,  will  almost  invariably  succeed  is  mani- 
fested in  the  life  of  Joseph  Bricke,  the  citrus  grower  of  Orange,  who  is  the  owner  of 
two  prosperous  ranches. 

Born  in  Bavaria,  Germany,  June  10,  1872,  Joseph  Bricke  is  the  son  of  Joseph  and 
Mary  (Knoth)  Bricke,  the  father  being  engaged  in  the  undertaking  business  and  having 
agricultural  interests  as  well.  Joseph  remained  at  home  until  he  was  twenty-one  years 
of  age,  when  he  left  the  old  home  for  America,  landing  at  Philadelphia  on  August  27, 
1893.  He  soon  located  in  the  vicinity  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  remaining  there  for  thirteen 
years,  engaged  in  farming. 

In  190S,  Mr.  Bricke  decided  to  seek  his  fortune  in  the  milder  climate  of  California 
and  that  this  decision  was  a  wise  one  is  evidenced  by  the  splendid  success  he  has  made 
as  a  rancher.  For  a  time  after  arriving  in  Orange  County  Mr.  Bricke  worked  out  on 
the  farms  of  others,  gaining  experience  in  the  agricultural  modes  of  this  part  of  the 
country  and  accumulating  capital  to  embark  in  the  ranching  business  for  himself.  He 
is  now  the  owner  of  two  ten-acre  citrus  ranches,  which  he  has  planted  and  developed 
himself,  and  which  he  has  brought  up  to  a  high  state  of  productivity,  so  that  both 
ranches  now  bring  him  a  handsome  income.  His  home  ranch  is  situated  two  and  a 
half  miles  northeast  of  Orange  and  here  he  has  resided  since  1908.  His  other  place 
is  located  on  Seventeenth  Street,  Santa  Ana,  and  his  time  is  busily  occupied  in  looking 
after  these  properties. 

Mr.  Bricke  was  married  January  S,  1911,  to  Miss  Ethel  House,  who  was  born  in 
Arizona,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  one  son,  Donald  Earl,  born  July  31,  1914.  Mrs. 
Bricke  is  descended  from  two  generations  of  California  pioneers,  both  her  father  and 
grandfather  having  been  among  the  early  settlers  of  the  state.  Her  parents  are  Edmond 
Shirley  and  Alice  Henrietta  (Grimes)  House,  who  are  both  still  living,  the  father  at  the 
age  of  eighty-one  years,  and  since  October,  1919,  they  have  resided  with  their  son, 
Edmond  H.  House,  on  a  part  of  the  Irvine  ranch  at  the  head  of  Peters  Canyon,  in 
Silverado  precinct. 

Edmond  Shirley  House  was  born  in  Stoddard  County,  Mo.,  in  1840,  his  parents 
being  Henry  and  Kitty  House.  He  was  the  youngest  of  a  family  of  four  girls  and  three 
boys  and  when  a  lad  of  ten  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Texas,  where  he  received 
his  early  education  in  the  district  schools  there.  He  remained  there  until  he  was  nine- 
teen years  old,  when  he  made  the  overland  journey  to  California,  arriving  at  El  Monte 
in  the  fall  of  1859.  The  next  spring  he  went  to  Salinas  and  went  to  stock  raising 
there,  very  little  grain  farming  being  carried  on  at  that  time.  The  next  twenty  years 
he  spent  in  stock  raising,  in  which  he  made  good  success,  meanwhile  acquiring  the 
Spanish  language,  which  lie  found  a  decided  asset  in  his  transactions  with  the  native 
settlers.  In  1880  Mr.  House  removed  to  San  Benito  County,  where  he  took  up  two 
government  claims,  raising  stock  on  this  land.  After  two  years  he  went  to  San  Luis 
Obispo  County  and  bought  forty  acres  which  he  devoted  to  drv  farming:.     This  did 


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not  prove  entirely  successful,  however,  so  he  came  to  Orange  County  in  1884,  bought 
forty  acres  of  peat  land  near  Westminster  and  continued  his  agricultural  operations. 
He  was  always  a  very  successful  farmer,  and  notwithstanding  the  low  prices  of  farm 
products  in  those  days  he  was  able  to  amass  considerable  means. 

In  1889  he  moved  to  Arizona,  spending  one  season  there,  and  it  was  during  this 
time  that  Mrs.  Bricke  was  born.  Later  he  went  to  Honolulu,  and  with  his  family  spent 
two  years  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  and  on  his  return  to  the  United  States  settled  at 
Redlands,  where  he  resided  until  the  fall  of  1919,  when  he  went  to  live  with  his  son  on 
the  Irvine  ranch.  . 

Mr.  House  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Alice  Henrietta  Grimes  in  1869  at 
Salinas,  Cal.,  her  parents  being  California  pioneers.  Of  their  six  children,  four  are 
living:  Margaret  is  the  wife  of  Charles  Wheaton,  a  rancher  at  Redlands;  Edmond  H. 
married  Bessie  Whisler  and  resides  on  the  Irvine  ranch;  Ethel  is  the  wife  of  Joseph 
Bricke,  of  this  review;  John  Earl  is  a  ranch  foreman  at  El  Toro.  An  interesting  talker, 
Mr.  House  has  indeed  lived  a  useful  and  successful  life,  full  of  varied  experiences,  and 
he  and  his  good  wife,  after  fifty-one  years  of  companionship,  are  still  in  the  enjoyment 
of  good  health  and  the  devoted  friendship  of  a  large  circle  of  friends. 

JOHN  P.  HOEPTNER.— A  splendid  example  of  what  the  larger,  freer  oppor- 
tunities of  America  may  afford  is  furnished  by  the  now  well-to-do  family  of  John  P. 
Hoeptner,  who  rose  from  the  laboring  classes  of  Prussia,  came  to  the  United  States, 
and  was  able,  through  hard  work  and  frugality,  to  establish  a  home  and  bring  up  a 
large  family  in  the  most  intelligent  and  loyal  manner.  He  was  born  in  Prussia  on 
May  12,  186S,  and  when  twenty-seven  was  married  to  Miss  Ida  Minach.  Three  years 
after  their  marriage,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hoeptner  came  from  Germany  to  California  with 
their  two  children,  and  at  once  located  in  Los  Angeles  County,  and  there  he  lost  no 
time  in  buying  land  and  establishing  a  more  permanent  home.  He  purchased  twenty 
acres  of  the  Dominguez  Ranch  near  Long  Beach,  in  that  county,  and  this  was  the 
place  where  the  worthy  couple  reared  their  children,  and  where  they  still  maintain 
their  home.     He  has  a  fine,  up-to-date  residence,  which  he  himself  ordered  built. 

In  191S,  Mr.  Hoeptner  bought  another  ranch  of  forty  acres  at  Talbert,  in  Orange 
County,  which  he  still  owns  and  operates,  and  which  was  known  as  the  John  McDowell 
ranch.  He  raises  beets  and  beans,,  and  has  had  very  good  crops.  He  is  far-seeing 
in  his  operations,  untiring  in  his  attention  to  the  work  of  the  hour,  and  so  carries  out 
a  program  almost  sure  of  success. 

Eight  children  have  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hoeptner,  bringing  out 
the  best  traits  of  the  parents,  and  evidencing  the  best  of  devotion  from  sons  and  daugh- 
ters. Bertha  is  in  the  government  service  as  a  trained  nurse  at  the  March  Field  Aviation 
Camp  at  Riverside;  Max,  a  rancher,  farms  eighty-five  acres  of  rented  land  at  Talbert, 
and  lives  on  the  forty-acre  ranch  of  his  father;  Herbert  served  in  the  California  National 
Guard  and  served  on  the  Mexican  Border,  receiving  a  medal  for  bravery.  When 
America  entered  the  World  War  he  enlisted,  and  served  until  the  armistice,  when  he 
was  honorably  discharged  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant.  He  married  Miss  Clara  Ball 
of  National  City,  and  is  now  with  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  at  Santa  Barbara.  Hazel, 
who  graduated  "from  the  McKay  Business  College  at  Los  Angeles,  is  a  stenographer  in 
that  city;  Irene  had  the  same  training  and  is  also  similarly  employed.  Frederick  is 
another  graduate  from  this  excellent  institution,  and  is  a  bookkeeper  for  the  McCor- 
mick  Lumber  Company  at  San  Pedro;  Lincoln  is  at  home  with  his  father,  and  Louise 
is  in  the  Compton  High  School.  , 

A  Republican  in  national  politics,  Mr.  Hoeptner  and  his  family  are  preeminently 
Americans,  and  not  only  aided  in  the  Red  Cross  work  to  the  extent  of  their  ability,  but 
also  bought  Liberty  Bonds  to  their  full  capacity. 

JEROME  T.  LAMB. — One  of  the  most  prosperous  and  successful  walnut  growers 
of  Orange  County  but  now  living  retired  at  Huntington  Beach,  Jerome  T.  Lamb  is 
related  to  two  distinguished  American  families,  the  Grant  and  Fillmore  families.  Mr. 
Lamb  is  a  native  of  Wisconsin,  born  at  Waukesha,  December  17,  18S4,  a  son  of  Jarnes 
and  Mary  J.  (Fillmore)  Lamb,  both  natives  of  the  state  of  New  York.  The  father  of 
Mrs.  Lamb,  Daniel  Fillmore,  was  a  cousin  of  President  Millard  Fillmore,  while  her 
mother  was  Thankful  Ann   Grant,  a  cousin  of  President  U.   S.   Grant. 

When  James  Lamb  was  a  lad  of  fourteen  years,  he  ran  away  from  home  and 
became  a  sailor  on  a  whaling  vessel,  following  the  adventurous  life  of  a  sailor  for 
eleven  years,  afterward  returning  to  Wisconsin  where  he  married  and  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. During  the  year  1848,  he  made  the  trip  around  Cape  Horn,  and  up  to  California, 
returning  to  Wisconsin  in  1852.  In  1857,  with  his  family,  he  joined  an  overland  train, 
consisting  of  eighty  covered  wagons,  bound  for  Oregon.  The  emigrant  train  started  on 
its   long   and   perilous  journey   the   year    of   the   Mountain   Meadow   massacre    and    in 


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crossing  the  Indian-infested  plains  they  were  also  attacked  and  lost  all  their  cows 
and  oxen.  The  party  reached  Utah  through  Echo  Canyon,  and  Mr.  Lamb  was  obliged 
to  remain  in  the  canyon  for  six  years,  where  he  was  engaged  in  cutting  timber  for 
saw"  mills.  The  original  idea  of  going  to  Oregon  was  abandoned  and  instead  Mr. 
Lamb  and  his  family  took  the  southern  route,  and  in  course  of  time  reached  San 
Bernardino,  Cal.,  in   1865. 

In  1871  the  family  moved  to  Los  Angeles  County  and  located  on  the  Brea  ranch, 
farming  the  land  where  the  oil  wells  were  afterwards  found.  James  Lamb  died  in 
1908  in  San  Diego  County  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-one  years;  his  wife  returned 
to  Los  Angeles  County,  where  she  passed  away  in  1910  at  the  age  of  seventy-one. 
They  were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  eight  of  whom  reached  maturity. 

Jerome  T.  Lamb  was  the  eldest  child  and  was  but  three  years  of  age  when  the 
family  started  on  their  long  overland  journey  across  the  plains.  He  grew  up  in  San 
Bernardino  and  Los  Angeles  counties,  following  farming  in  the  latter  county.  In  1912 
he  located  in  Orange  County,  settling  in  Buaro  precinct  where  he  purchased  twenty 
acres  of  land,  fourteen  of  which  he  planted  to  walnuts  and  one  and  a  fourth  acres  to 
oranges.  He  installed  a  pumping  plant  and  has  developed  his  place  into  one  of  the 
most  productive  walnut  groves  in  the  district. 

On  November  13,  1879,  Jerome  T.  Lamb  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Clara 
E.  Short,  daughter  of  John  E.  and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Hardy)  Short,  natives  of  Illinois, 
the  ceremony  being  solemnized  at  Pomona.  Mrs.  Lamb  was  left  an  orphan  at  the  age 
of  twelve  years,  after  which  she  made  her  home  with  an  uncle,  Thomas  Short,  a  farmer 
at  Percy,  111.,  When  nineteen  years  old  she  came  with  a  married  sister  to  Los  Angeles 
and  was  married  to  Mr.  Lamb  the  following  year.  Of  this  happy  union  two  children 
were  born:  Mary  Adella  is  the  wife  of  Earl  W.  Jonas,  bridge  inspector  for  the  Salt 
Lake  Railway  Company,  and  they  have  four  children — Helen  I.,  Thelma  M.,  Earl  W. 
and  Margaret;  Walter  T.  Lamb,  the  second  child,  is  a  civil  engineer  at  Los  Angeles  and 
was  born  at  Pasadena,  August  22,  1883.  He  is  in  the  engineering  department  of  the 
Pacific  Electric  Railway  and  lives  in  Los  Angeles.  He  was  married  August  27,  1912, 
to  Miss  Agnes  Nast  of  Los  Angeles  and  they  are  the  parents  of  three  children — Audrey 
E.,  Mildred  and  Dorothy.  Jerome  T.  Lamb  is  a  member  of  Palms  Lodge  No.  422, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  while  with  his  wife  he  is  a  member  of  Acacia 
Rebekah  Lodge  No.  314,  Huntington  Beach. 

WENDELL  P.  READ. — Well  adapted  for  the  prominent  and  important  position 
he  holds  as  principal  of  the  El  Modena  grammar  school,  Wendell  P.  Read,  is  recog- 
nized by  all  as  a  competent,  successful  and  popular  teacher.  Mr.  Read  was  born  in  a 
log  cabin  on  a  Kansas  homestead  at  Council  Grove,  Kans.,  October  8,  1876,  and  is  the 
son  of  Dwight  R.  Read,  a  native  of  Oswego,  New  York,  and  an  old  time  abolitionist 
who  enlisted  in  Company  H  of  the  One  Hundredth  New  York  Volunteer  Infantry, 
serving  valiantly  throughout  the  entire  Civil  War.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he  was 
married  at  Atchison,  Kans.,  to  Miss  Mary  Elizabeth  Ingersoll,  who  was  born  in  Indiana 
and  reared  in  Iowa,  and  was  a  distant  relative  of  the  late  Colonel  Ingersoll — about  a 
fourth  cousin.  After  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Read  went  to  Morris  County,  Kans., 
and  homesteaded  a  piece  of  property,  and  upon  this  homestead  their  three  children 
were  born:  Dwight,  who  is  now  the  editor  of  the  "Milton  Gazette,"  at  Milton,  Fla.; 
Lilly,  who  is  the  wife  of  Harvey  Short,  a  business  man  of  Wyoming;  and  Wendell 
Phillips.  The  parents  continued  to  farm  until  the  father's  health  failed.  They  then 
retired  to  Fredonia,  Kans.,  where  he  passed  to  the  Great  Beyond,  in  1896,  aged  seventy- 
three.  The  mother  came  to  California  in  January,  1919,  and  died  at  Mr.  Read's  home 
at  El  Modena,  at  the  age  of  eighty-four. 

Wendell  P.  grew  up  on  the  Kansas  farm,  attended  the  district  schools  of  the 
locality  in  winter  and  spent  his  summers  doing  farm  work.  At  seventeen  he  passed  a 
teacher's  examination  and  taught  school  in  Wilson  County,  Kans.  He  afterward  be- 
came a  student  at  the  Kansas  State  Normal  at  Emporia,  where  he  pursued  the  regular 
three  years'  pedagogical  course.  He  finished  the  course  in  1902,  and  was  listed  with 
the  1903  class.  His  first  experience  in  school  work  after  graduating  was  as  the  principal 
of  the  Williamsburg  grammar  school,  Fremont  County,  Colo.,  in  1902-3. 

Mr.  Read's  marriage,  which  occurred  at  Fredonia,  Kans.,  June  8,  1902,  united  him 
with  Miss  Pearl  Souders,  a  native  of  Ohio.  Her  parents  John  and  Amelia  (Bonham) 
Souders,  are  now  living  retired  at  Hollywood,  Cal.  Mrs.  Read  also  graduated  from  the 
Kansas  State  Normal.  Three  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Read,  namely, 
Ruth,  Paul  I.  and  Lois  A.  Mr.  Read  farmed  in  Kansas  until  1911,  then  went  to  Florida 
and  purchased  a  forty-five-acre  plantation.  He  again  enlisted  as  a  teacher  and  organ- 
ized and  became  the  principal  of  the  Parish,  Fla.,  high  school.  Attacked  with  the 
malady  so  common  to  the  southern  states,  malaria,  he  returned  to  Kansas  and  became 
superintendent  of  the  city  schools  at  Cunningham,  Kans.,  serving  one  year,  1913-14.     In 


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the  spring  of  1914  he  came  to  Los  Angeles  and  entered  the  summer  school  of  the 
University  of  Southern  California,  completing  the  course  in  the  summer  of  1916  with 
the  degree  of  A.M.  In  1914  he  came  to  El  Modena  and  took  charge  of  the  El  Modena 
grammar  school,  an  up-to-date  school  of  eight  grades,  which  gives  manual  training 
to  the  boys  and  girls,  has  a  string  orchestra,  etc.  Mr.  Read  is  the  owner  of  a  ranch  at 
El  Modena.  He  bought  the  eight  acres  with  the  comfortable,  modern  bungalow  upon 
it,  January,  1919,  and  recently  added  another  two  acres  to  his  possession,  giving  him  a 
fine  ten-acre  ranch.  He  also  owns  a  fifty-seven-acre  ranch  at  San  Jacinto.  He  finds 
recreation  from  the  arduous  mental  labor  as  a  teacher  in  taking  care  of  the  El  Modena 
ranch,  which  is  devoted  to  the  culture  of  citrus  fruit,  working  evenings  and  Saturdays. 
Mr.  Read  enters  heartily  into  community  affairs  and  was  elected  president  of  the  Farm 
Center  at  El  Modena,  January,  1920.  A  firm  advocate  of  national  prohibition,  he  is  a 
consistent  Christian,  he  and  his  wife  being  members  of  the  Friends  Church  at  EI 
Modena.  A  man  of  fine  character,  a  clear  thinker,  broad-minded  and  original,  his  con- 
versation is  spiced  with  dry  wit  and  humor  and  he  has  a  keen  desire  for  the  community's 
betterment,  morally,  commercially  and  educationally. 

SAMUEL  A.  MARSDEN,  M.D. — A  physician  of  pleasing  personality  who  is 
meeting  with  merited  success,  is  Dr.  Samuel  A.  Marsden,  popular  with  his  patients  and 
fellow-citizens.  He  was  born  at  Centerville,  Iowa,  March  17,  188S,  where  he  spent  the 
first  twelve  years  of  his  life,  after  which  he  came  to  Oregon  with  his  parents  in  1897, 
and  made  his  home  at  Portland.  On  completing  the  courses  at  the  Marshfield  high 
school,  he  entered  Portland  Academy,  from  which  in  due  time  he  was  graduated  with 
honors;  and  then  he  became  a  clerk  in  a  drug  store,  and  for  some  years  continued 
active  in  the  drug  business  at  Portland  and  at  Marshfield,  Ore.  From  a  boy,  however, 
he  had  had  the  desire  to  study  medicine  and  surgery,  and  finally  the  way  was  opened 
to  his  reaching  that  goal.  Having  come  south  to  Orange,  he  entered  the  premedical 
department  of  the  University  of  Southern  Calfornia,  and  there  continued  the  study  of 
medicine  until  his  graduation,  in  1917,  with  the  degree  of  M.D.  He  then  put  in  eighteen 
months  as  interne  at  the  Los  Angeles  County  Hospital. 

A  month  later,  Dr.  Marsden  volunteered  his  services  to  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment, and  was  commissioned  a  first  lieutenant  in  the  U.  S.  Medical  Crops.  He  was 
sent  to  the  training  camp  for  medical  officers  at  Fort  Riley,  Kans.,  and  at  the  end  of 
sixty  days  was  transferred  to  Camp  Kearny,  where  he  was  stationed  until  the  armistice. 
On  December  10,  1918,  he  was  honorably  discharged,  and  three  days  later  began  his 
medical  practice  in  Orange,  associating  himself  as  a  partner  with  Dr.  Domann,  the 
firm  becoming  Domann  and  Marsden.  He  was  made  deputy  county  physician,  and  has 
since  been  unusually  active  in  responding  to  the  many  demands  for  his  services.  He 
holds  a  two-hour  free  clinic  at  the  Social  Science  League  in  Santa  Ana  each  week,  on 
Tuesdays,  and  there  performs  a  philanthropic  service  that  is  of  growing  importance. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  State  Medical  Society, 
Southern  California  Medical  Society,  and  the  Orange  County  Medical  Association  and 
the  Association  of  Military  Surgeons  of  the  United  States. 

Dr.  Marsden  was  made  a  Mason  at  Blanco  Lodge  No.  48,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  at  Marsh- 
field, Ore.,  and  belongs  to  Arago  Chapter  No.  22,  R.  A.  M.,  at  Marshfield.  'He  is  also 
affiliated  with  the  San  Diego  Consistory  of  the  Scottish  Rite  Masons,  Al  Malaikah 
Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  Los  Angeles,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Doric  Chapter 
No.  53,  O.  E.  S.,  at  Marshfield,  Ore.,  where  he  is  a  past  patron.  In  college,  he  belonged 
to  the  Phi  Rho  Sigma,  and  is  a  member  of  the  local  chapter  of  the  American  Legion. 

REO  C.  ADAMS.— Among  the  old  colonial  families  of  America  the  name  of 
Adams  stands  preeminent  for  physical  and  mental  strength,  virility,  versatility  and 
many  other  excellent  qualities  that  have  aided  in  large  measure  to  develop  our  com- 
monwealth. A  worthy  exponent  of  his  branch  of  this  most  estimable  family  is  Reo 
C.  Adams,  prominent  citrus  rancher  of  Alameda  Street,  at  El  Modena,  Cal  who  was 
born  of  good  old  New  England  Adams'  stock  at  Dublin,  N.  H.  December  13  1879 
His  parents,  John  L.  and  Abbie  J.  (Wheeler)  Adams,  are  natives  of  New  Hampshire' 
where  the  father  owned  a  farm.  They  are  now  living  at  Pomona,  Cal  and  the  father 
owns  a  walnut  ranch.  Reo  C.  is  the  second  child  in  a  family  of  three  children-  Willis 
J  a  rancher  died  m^  California  in  1919;  George  A.  resides  at  Monrovia  and  is  in 
the  employ  of  the  Edison  Electric  Company. 

Reo  C.  came  to  California,  a  lad  about  ten  years  of  age,  with  his  parents,  who  first 
located  at  Los  Angeles,  where  they  lived  two  and  a  half  years.  They  afterwards  spent 
five  years  at  Duarte,  then  returned  to  Los  Angeles  for  five  months  before  they  settled 
m  Bolsa  precinct.  Orange  County,  in  1896.  Reo  attended  the  public  schools  of  Duarte 
and  before  his  marriage  worked  for  Raitt's  Banner  Dairy  at  Santa  Ana  for  two  years' 
He  then  engaged  with  the  Los  Angeles  Street  Railway  as  motorman  at  Los  Angeles" 


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remaining  with  the  company  two  years.  His  marriage  occurred  June  25,  1902,  and 
united  him  with  Miss  Etta  Clark,  daughter  of  the  late  William  C.  Clark  of  Santa  Ana. 
Mrs.  Adams  was  born  in  Nebraska  and  was  fifteen  years  old  when  she  accompanied 
her  parents  to  California.  Two  daughters  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adams, 
May  Etta  and  Eva  Minnie,  by  name. 

Mr.  Adams'  five-acre  ranch  is  located  on  Alameda  Street.  He  has  lived  on  and 
operated  the  place  for  the  past  thirteen  years,  purchasing  it  about  five  years  ago.  He 
has  lived  in  California  for  thirty  years,  and  twenty-three  years  of  that  time  his  home 
has  been  in  Orange  County.  His  enthusiastic  and  optimistic  nature  makes  many  friends 
and  his  efficiency  and  energy  as  a  worker  have  brought  excellent  results  in  the  success 
he  has  attained  financially.  Fraternally  he  affiliates  with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America,  and  in  his  political  convictions  he  is  a  consistent  Republican.  He  and  his 
wife  are  members  of  the  First  Methodist  Church  at  Santa  Ana. 

U.  G.  LITTELL,  D.  O. — Prominent  among  the  Orange  County  physicians  of  note 
who  have  done  much  to  advance  not  only  medical  science  but  the  proper  appreciation 
of  the  possibilities  of  osteopathy  must  be  mentioned  Dr.  U.  G.  Littell,  whose  offices  at 
317-18  W.  H.  Spurgeon  Building,  Santa  Ana,  have  become  a  mecca  for  many  suffering 
from  various  human  ills.  He  was  born  at  Odon,  Daviess  County,  Ind.,  on  June  28, 
1864,  the  son  of  William  N.  Littell,  a  minister  in  the  Church  of  Christ,  who  had  married 
in  Indiana  Miss  Mary  E.  Johnson,  like  himself  a  native  of  the  Hoosier  State,  and  a 
charming,  good  woman,  whose  life  blessed  all  who  came  in  contact  with  her. 

The  subject  of  our  sketch  lived  at  home  until  he  was  twenty-one,  attending  both 
the  schools  of  his  district  and  the  Normal  School  at  Owensburg;  and  having  been  grad- 
uated by  the  latter  institution  of  note,  he  received  a  teacher's  certificate  and  taught  for 
a  year,  in  Indiana.  He  then  removed  to  Nebraska  and  there  taught  school  for  six 
years,  after  which  he  continued  his  teaching  for  a  year  in  Iowa.  If  he  had  made  no 
other  progress  than  to  acquire  his  first-hand  knowledge  of  human  nature  thus  obtained, 
he  would  have  accomplished  much. 

In  1891  he  accomplished  the  equally  great  step  of  migrating  to  California  and 
getting  acquainted  with  the  great  Pacific  commonwealth  at  one  of  its  most  important 
periods  of  development,  settling  in  what  is  now  the  Winterburg  Precinct,  Orange 
County.  Here  he  farmed,  and  for  a  while  also  worked  at  the  carpenter's  trade.  In 
Orange  County,  too,  on  August  25,  1893,  Mr.  Littell  married  Miss  Mary  E.  Blaylock,  a 
sister  of  W.  W.  Blaylock  of  the  Ocean  View  school  district,  and  thus  happily  set  up 
his   domestic    establishment. 

Public  spirited  to  an  admirable  degree,  Mr.  Littell  in  1898  became  a  candidate 
for  the  office  of  county  auditor;  but,  after  a  live  campaign  in  which  he  made  an  excellent 
run,  he  was  defeated  by  Captain  Hall,  who  obtained  a  small  majority  of  the  votes. 

In  1903  Mr.  Littell  matriculated  at  the  Pacific  College  of  Osteopathy  in  South 
Pasadena,  from  which  he  graduated  with  honors  in  June,  1906,  in  Los  Angeles.  After 
graduation,  he  settled  at  Santa  Ana  where  he  has  since  practiced  with  great  success. 
Their  residence  at  635  Parton  Street  is  the  center  of  a  generous  hospitality.  Besides 
belonging  to  the  National,  State  and  County  Osteopathic  associations.  Dr.  Littell  is  a 
member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Chamber  of  Commerce.  Both  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Littell  belong 
to  the  Church  of  Christ  at  the  corner  of  Broadway  and  Walnut  streets,  and  the  Doctor 
is  also  a  Modern  Woodman  of  America.  Dr.  Littell  is  always  a  good  "booster,"  be- 
lieving in  Santa  Ana  and  Orange  County,  first,  last  -and  all  the  time. 

CHAS.  E.  SMILEY.— The  beautiful  residence  and  home  of  Chas.  E.  Smiley, 
located  on  Collins  Avenue  near  Tustin  Street,  attracts  the  attention  of  all  who  pass 
on  the  thoroughfare.  The  property  is  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and  five  of 
the  ten  acres  comprised  in  the  place  are  planted  to  Valencia  oranges,  the  remainder 
being  planted  to  lemons.  Mr.  Smiley  was  born  near  Ithaca,  Tompkins  County,  N.  Y., 
on  May  16,  1862,  and  grew  up  on  the  home  farm  there.  His  father,  Artemas  L.,  and 
mother,  Emily  (George)  Smiley,  were  members  of  old  New  York  State  families  and 
were  the  parents  of  five  children,  two  girls  and  three  boys,  only  two  of  whom  survive — 
Mr.  Smiley  and  his  sister,  Mary,  the  wife  of  George  W.  Sutfin,  who  resides  at  Dryden, 
N.  Y.,  aged  seventy-three.  The  other  brothers  and  sister,  who  were  all  married,  are 
survived  by  children.  The  celebrated  Dr.  N.  K.  Foster  of  Oakland,  is  the  surviving 
husband  of  Mr.  Smiley's  sister,  Jennie,  who  died  in  1893.  Dr.  Foster  served  two  terms 
in  the  California  legislature  and  for  ten  years  was  secretary  of  the  state  board  of 
health.  He  has  one  child,  a  son.  Dr.  H.  E.  Foster,  a  young  and  progressive  physician 
of  Oakland. 

Chas.  E.  Smiley  received  a  good  education  in  the  public  schools  of  the  Empire 
State  and  at  the  age  of  twenty  left  home  to  join  his  two  brothers,  Robert  A.  and  John 
G.,  who  were  extensive  sheep  growers  at  Rawlins,  Wyo.,  where  he  arrived  in  1882.    His 


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brothers  owned  15,000  head  of  sheep  and  Chas.  E.  worked  for  them  about  three  years, 
afterwards  engaging  in  the  cattle  business  for  himself  in  1885.  His  home  was  in 
Rawlins,  Wyo.,  but  he  made  his  headquarters  in  the  foothills  of  Elk  Mountain,  near 
Fort  Steele,  Wyo.,  and  his  brand  was  Y  3.  He  ran  from  400  to  500  head  of  cattle  on 
the  range  for  several  years  and  in  1892  disposed  of  his  ranch  and  engaged  in  wool 
growing.  Purchasing  a  band  of  sheep  he  ranged  them  on  the  desert  and  in  the  moun- 
tains increasing  his  numbers  until  he  had  9,000  head.  He  afterward  drove  his  sheep 
to  Bellefourche,  S.  D.,  where  he  disposed  of  them  in  the  fall  of  1905  and  in  the  fall 
of  1906  he  came  to  Southern  California.  To  him  the  change  from  the  plains  of  Wyo- 
ming to  the  citrus  section  of  Southern  California  was  rather  extreme  in  one  particular, 
to  say  the  least.  In  Wyoming  he  had  left  plenty  of  land  that  could  be  purchased  at 
fifty  cents  an  acre  and  here  he  found  orange  and  lemon  orchards  selling  from.  $2,000 
to  $3,000  an  acre  and  this  made  him  desirous,  first,  to  get  an  insight,  not  only  in  the 
care  of  the  orchard,  but  income  derived  from  same,  so  he  put  in  the  first  few  months 
working  on  the  large  Leiiingwell  ranch  and  there  acquired  considerable  knowledge  of 
citrus  growing  as  well  as  the  method  of  marketing  the  crops. 

In  the  spring  of  1907  he  purchased  an  orange  grove  at  Covina,  and  selling  it  in 
1911  he  purchased  his  present  ten-acre  orange  orchard  on  Collins  Avenue,  Orange, 
which  he  has  brought  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and  bearing.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Villa  Park  Orchard  Association  and  the  Central  Lemon  Association  of  Villa  Park.  In 
Wyoming  he  was  prominent  in  politics  and  in  1902  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
state  legislature  of  Wyoming  on  the  Republican  ticket  serving  during  the  session  of 
1903;  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  session  and  secured  the  passage  of  several  bills 
in  the  interest  of  stockmen  and  other  needed  legislation. 

His  marriage  occurred  at  Fort  Steele,  Wyo.,  in  1898,  and  united  him  with  Miss 
Mary  Nelson,  a  native  of  England,  who  was  reared  in  Ontario  from  the  age  of  six 
years  until  she  attained  the  age  of  sixteen,  when  she  came  to  Wyoming  with  her  sister. 
In  his  fraternal  relations  he  is  a  life  member  of  Rawlins- Lodge  No.  609  of  the  Elks. 
Mrs.  Smiley  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  at  Orange,  which  he  also 
attends  and  supports. 

CARL  E.  DURNBAUGH. — A  self-made  man  who  has  become  a  prosperous  dairy- 
man is  Carl  E.  Durnbaugh,  who  lives  at  the  corner  of  Yorba  and  Chapman  Streets,  in 
Orange.  He  was  born  near  Seward,  Nebr.,  on  March  7,  1893,  the  son  of  George  E.  and 
Laura  Durnbaugh,  prosperous  farm  folks.  Mrs.  Durnbaugh  died  in  1896,  and  then  her 
husband  sold  his  Nebraska  farm  and  purchased  several  thousand  acres  in  Osborne  Coun- 
ty, Kans.,  on  which  he  raised  stock,  wheat,  corn,  cattle  and  hogs.  He  aimed  to  keep 
seven  or  eight  carloads  of  both  cattle  and  hogs  if  the  season  was  good,  and  less  if  the 
year  was  dry. 

In  1900,  however,  George  Durnbaugh  sold  out  and  came  to  Orange  County,  Cal., 
and  settled  at  the  corner  of  Tustin  and  Collins  avenues,  in  Orange,  where  he  pur- 
chased fifteen  acres,  set  out  to  oranges  and  apricots.  After  ten  years,  he  sold  this  land 
and  bought  property  in  the  city  of  Orange.  Tiring  of  this,  after  three  years,  he  dis- 
posed of  his  Orange  holding  and  removed  to  Madera,  where  he  bought  a  grocery  busi- 
ness. After  another  three  years,  Mr.  Durnbaugh  moved  to  Inglewood,  Los  Angeles 
County,  where  he  at  present  lives,  hale  and  hearthy  at  the  age  of  sixty-five. 

Carl  Durnbaugh  lived  at  home  until  he  was  married,  in  Orange,  to  Miss  Veva  H. 
Pierce,  a  Michigan  girl  born  near  Langsburg,  the  daughter  of  Frank  J.  and  Myrtle  R. 
Pierce,  old  settlers  of  the  state.  She  came  to  California  with  her  parents  in  1906,  but 
after  a  year  here  moved  back  to  Michigan  for  a  couple  of  years.  The  never-fa'ilin.^ 
spell  of  California  brought  her  family  again  to  the  Golden  West,  and  they  made  their 
home  in  Orange;  and  here,  on  March  7,  1919,  her  father  died. 

Immediately  after  marrying,  Mr.  Durnbaugh  engaged  in  teaming,  continuino-  in 
that  field  for  a  couple  of  years.  In  the  fall  of  1913,  he  started  a  dairy  on  Cambrtd°-e 
Street,  and  for  three  years  followed  that  industry.  When  he  sold  out,-  he  bouo-ht  fif°y 
acres  of  alfalfa  land  m  Perns  Valley,  Cal,  where  he  raised  hogs,  cattle  turk^eys  and 
chickens.  After  a  short  time,  he  sold  that  and  purchased  a  lemon  grove  of  twelve  acres 
m  East  Villa  Park.  He  lived  there  until  the  latter  part  of  1917,  when  he  disposed  of 
the  lemon  grove  and  established  his  dairy  at  the  corner  of  Yorba  Street  and  Chapman 


Avenue.  He  has  twenty-one  head  of  milch  cattle,  mostly  Jerseys,  scattered  over  the 
three  acres;  he  has  remodeled  his  house,  and  built  a  barn  and  a  milk  house  He  sells 
his  dairy  product  at  retail,  from  house  to  house;  he  intends  soon  to  plant  Valencia 
oranges  on  his  place. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Durnbaugh  are  the  proud  parents  of  a  bouncing  boy,  Oscar  Carl 
year  old.    They  belong  to  the  First  Methodist  Church,  have  worked  for  the  war  loans" 
and  maintain  their  interest  in  community  welfare,  and  independence  in  politics 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1369 

THEODORE  E.  STOLT. — A  patriotic  x\merican  gentleman  who  has  "made  good" 
with  little  or  no  external  assistance  is  Theodore  E.  Stolt,  of  Anaheim,  who  was  born 
near  New  London,  Wis.,  on  September  2,  1872,  the  son  of  William  F.  and  Bertha  Stolt, 
both  natives  of  Germany,  from  which  country  they  emigrated  as  children  to  the  United 
■States,  after  which  they  met  and  married  here.  Five  children  were  granted  them, 
although  only  four  are  still  living;  and  of  these,  our  subject  and  Edward  E.  are  the  only 
ones  of  the  family  now  in  California. 

While  Theodore  was  a  boy,  his  parents  removed  to  Westpoint,  Cuming  County, 
Nebr.,  and  there  he  was  reared  and  educated,  remaining  in  that  state  until  he  was 
twenty-one.  He  had  a  varied  experience  as  a  manufacturer  and  a  dealer  in  brick  and 
paper,  and  then  he  took  up  photography,  continuing  in  that  field  for  six  years.  After  a 
while  he  went  back  to  Wisconsin;  but  not  finding  there,  after  all,  just  what  he  wanted  as 
a  life  environment,  he  determined  to  come  west,  to  the  "jumping  off"  place. 

In  February,  1910,  Mr.  Stolt  came  to  California,  and  in  Orange  County  he  secured 
a  pasture  range  which  he  has  so  improved,  through  the  fruits  of  his  past  experience  and 
hard,  unremitting  labor,  that  it  is  now  a  festst  to  the  eye,  and  frequently  visited  by  those 
who  travel  miles  to  see  a  model  ranch.  Ke  now  owns  forty  acres,  twenty-six  of  which 
are  devoted  to  oranges,  while  seven  acres  are  given  to  lemons,  his  trees  being  nine  years 
old,  and  they  are  situated  conveniently  and  advantageously  on  the  county  highway  three 
miles  west  of  Anaheim.  He  did  own  sixty  acres,  but  sold  twenty  and  these  acres  he 
partly  improved.  Mr.  Stolt  devotes  his  best  energies  and  most  careful  thought  to  apply- 
ing the  latest  word  of  science  in  the  operation  of  this  ranch  by  the  most  approved 
methods  and  with  the  most  up-to-date  appliances;  and  it  is  natural  that  he  should  be 
a  member  of  the  Orange  and  Lemon  Growers  Association  at  Anaheim.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican. 

In  1910,  the  same  year  in  which  he  showed  his  wise  discrimination  by  the  purchase 
of  his  land,  Mr.  Stolt  took  another  step  most  wisely,  and  was  united  in  matrimony  to 
Miss  Helen  M.  Hein,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Hein,  a  native  of  Nebraska, 
where  she  was  as  much  of  a  favorite  as  she  has  been  in  a  wide  circle  since  she  came  to 
Anaheim.  They  have  a  comfortable,  cheery  home,  and  dispense  a  modest,  but  satisfying 
hospitality;  just  such  a  home  as  makes,  for  example,  for  the  wealth,  endurance  and  last- 
ing happiness  of  a  commonwealth.  Anaheim  is  pleased  that  Mr.  Stolt  chose  to  pitch  his 
tent  under  such  favoring  conditions;  and  Mr.  Stolt — well,  ask  him  if  he  ever  regretted 
coming  to  Orange  County. 

J.  F.  KAUFMAN. — An  expert  mechanic  who  by  personal  attention  to  the  work 
in  his  machine  shop  and  the  installation  of  thoroughly  up-to-date  machinery,  has  fast 
built  up  a  very  profitable  patronage,  is  J.  F.  Kaufman,  the  proprietor  of  the  Eureka 
Garage  Repair  Shop.  He  was  born  on  a  farm  near  Ithaca,  Mich.,  on  May  26,  1892,  the 
son  of  Franklin  D.  and  Maria  E.  Kaufman,  and  received  his  schooling  in  Stanton  and 
Belding,  in  that  state.  His  father  was  a  Free  Methodist  minister,  and  like  his  col- 
leagues, moved  about  the  country  a  good  deal  with  his  family. 

Our  subject  worked  in  the  Oldsmobile  automobile  factory  for  five  years,  becoming 
chief  inspector  of  the  outside  department,  which  then  had  charge  of  smoothing  up  the 
gears  and  other  mechanism  of  all  the  cars  before  they  were  placed  on  the  market;  and 
during  the  three  years  that  he  was  associated  with  the  Oldsmobile  production,  he  amply 
demonstrated  his  ability  and  contributed  toward  making  that  car  one  of  the  most 
dependable  on  the  market.  Then  he  moved  back  to  Belding  and  in  1913  went  into 
business  for  himself.  He  maintained  a  garage  and  repair  shop,  and  when  he  sold 
out  at  the  end  of  the  year,  he  did  so  planning  to  come  out  to  California.  He  was 
advised,  however,  that  conditions  here  were  none  too  favorable  at  that  time,  and  so  he 
moved  to  Lansing,  where  he  worked  in  the  Reo  factory,  giving  two  active  years  to 
their  service  department. 

\t  last,  in  the  fall  of  1916,  Mr.  Kaufman  came  out  to  California,  landing  here  on 
the  last  day  of  October,  when  he  started  working  for  the  Libby  Motor  Company;  with 
which  concern  he  continued  until  the  following  January.  Then  he  entered  the  employ 
of  Layton  Bros.,  in  the  same  building  he  himself  now  occupies.  On  October  IS,  1918, 
he  bought  out  Layton  and  formed  a  partnership  with  L.  J.  Fremeau.  The  next  sum- 
mer, on  August  1,  he  purchased  the  interest  of  the  partner  and  became  sole  proprietor. 

Now  Mr.  Kaufman's  business,  which  has  kept  pace  with  the  growth  of  the  auto 
industry  of  the  town  and  vicinity,  embraces  the  reboring  of  cylinders  and  the  fitting  of 
pistons;  general  machine  work,  with  the  latest  appliances,  and  all  kinds  of  miscellaneous 
repairs  oh  all  kinds  of  machines.  This  requires  the  services  of  no  less  than  five  expert 
mechanics,  for  among  other  specialties,  the  Kaufman  garage  maintains  a  service  station 
for  the  Maxwell  Motor  Car. 

Mr.  Kaufman's  father  died  in  Michigan  on  February  6,  1905,  and  six  years  later 
the  mother  of  our  subject,  together  with  a  daughter,  came  to  Santa  Ana,  where  they 
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now  live.  This  sister,  Miss  Stella  Kaufman,  has  been  for  years  engaged  in  school  work, 
of  late  instructing  in  the  Spurgeon  school.  On  May  26,  1910,  Mr.  Kaufman  was  married 
to  Miss  Anna  Kamans,  a  native  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  and  the  daughter  of  Anthony 
Kamans  and  his  wife,  Catherine.  She  was  educated  in  the  fine  public  schools  °\y^^"^ 
Rapids,  while  she  enjoyed  the  home  life  of  her  parents,  comfortable  farmer-tolk  wno- 
had  come  to  Grand  Rapids  to  retire.  One  child,  Richard  h-,  has  blessed  this  union. 
The  family  reside  at  814  East  Sixth  Street,  in  a  dwelling  purchased  by  Mr.  Kautman 
as  his  future  home,  and  attend  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Kaufman  is  a  Mason, 
and  also  an  independent  Republican,  refusing  to  be  trammeled  by  partisanship  it  tne 
candidate  or  the  measure  is  unfit  or  unsatisfactory. 

FENN  B.  FIELD  AND  MRS.  LOUISE  W.  FIELD.— An  exceptionally  apt  young 
rancher  who  has  demonstrated  again  and  again  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  details 
of  the  citrus  industry,  is  Fenn  B.  Field,  who  was  born  at  Sioux  Falls,  S.  D.,  on  July 
23,  1885.  His  father  was  the  late  Samuel  I.,  and  his  mother,  Louise  W.  Field,  bhe 
was  born  at  Taylor,  Cortland  County,  N.  Y.,  .on  July  14,  1843,  the  daughter  of  Augustus 
Wire,  of  Goshen,  Conn.,  who  had  married  Louise  Neal,  of  Litchfield,  the  same  state. 
Thomas  Wire,  the  great-grandfather,  fought  seven  years  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 
Augustus  Wire  was  a  prosperous  farmer,  both  raising  the  necessaries  of  life  and  weav- 
ing cloth  for  clothing,  thereby  maintaining  himself  independently.  Mrs.  Field  attended 
the  district  school,  and  afterward  the^cademy  at  Cincinnatus,  N.  Y.,  and  at  the  age  of 
twenty-five  removed  to  Winslow,  III,  where  she  lived  with  her  two  brothers,  Ithamar 
and  Augustus.     Next  to  the  youngest  in  a  family  of  eight,  she  is  the  only  survivor. 

For  three  years.  Miss  Wire  lived  in  Illinois,  and  then  she  went  back  to  Taylor, 
N.  Y.,  where  on  December  1,  1868,  she  was  married  to  Samuel  I.  Field.  The  date  of 
his  birth  was  January  13,  1831,  and  he  first  saw  the  light  in  Tompkins  County,  N.  Y. 
His  father  was  Augustus,  and  his  mother  Mary  Field,  and  they  were  both  natives 
of  Massachusetts.  Samuel  Field  was  brought  up  on  the  home  farm,  and  was  educated 
at  the  district  school.  He  was  early  attracted  to  Iowa,  and  for  a  while  he  farmed  near 
Waterloo.  He  soon  moved  on  to  Colorado,  where  he  mined  for  gold  and  was  a  hotel- 
keeper  at  Fall  River,  Colo.,  but  in  1868  he  returned  to  New  York  for  his  bride.  Imme- 
diately after  that,  he  went  to  Green  River,  Wyo.,  where  Mrs.  Field  was  one  of  the 
only  three  women  there  at  that  time,  when  the  country  was  in  the  making.  He  saw,  in 
fact,  the  development  of  Wyoming,  for  in  1869  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  from  Green 
River  to  Ogden  was  united  at  the  latter  place  with  the  Central  Pacific. 

At  Green  River,  Mr.  Field  secured  a  patent  on  160  acres,  the  land  on  which  now 
stands  the  switch  yards  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railway.  Mr.  Field  was  a  merchant  at 
Green  River,  and  also  the  proprietor  of  the  restaurant  serving  the  passengers  from  the 
East  each  morning,  and  from  the  West  each  evening.  When  the  first  original  eating- 
house  burned  down  in  1873,  Mr.  Field  rebuilt  on  a  larger  scale,  and  was  proprietor  of 
the  new  restaurant  for  three  years.  He  also  built  the  first  district  school  house  at 
Green  River  at  his  own  expense.  It  was  from  Mr.  Field's  place  that  the  distinguished 
Major  John  Wesley  Powell  started  on  his  explorations  for  the  Smithsonian  Institute 
down  the  Green  River  and  Grand  Canyon  of  the  Colorado  River.  In  1918,  Mrs.  Field 
returned  to  Green  River  and  was  honored  by  being  invited  to  christen  the  monument 
erected  in  memory  of  Major  Powell.  W^ter,  and  not  champagne  was  used  in  the 
ceremony,  and  the  crystal  liquid  was  brought  up  4,500  feet  from  springs  below  by 
devoted  Indians. 

After  nine  years  in  Green  River,  during  which  time  Mr.  Field  was  the  leading 
merchant  there,  he  sold  out  his  business  and  moved  to  Kansas  where  he  lived  for  six 
years.  He  then  moved  to  Sioux  Falls,  where  he  spent  another  six  years  in  that  South 
Dakota  town.  In  1890,  Mr.  Field,  longing  for  the  rich  lands  of  California,  came  out 
to  McPherson  where,  at  that  time,  the  main  industry  was  the  culture  of  raisins.  The 
grapevines  gradually  died  from  blight,  and  orange  trees  took  the  place  of  the  vines. 
Ever  since  then,  Mrs.  Field  has  lived  at  McPherson. 

Nine  children  were  born  to  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Field,  seven  of  whom  are  still  living: 
Samuel  W.  resides  at  Kimberly,  Minn.;  David  Dudley  lives  on  a  ranch  on  Seventeenth 
Street,  in  Orange;  Louisa  has  become  Mrs.  B.  F.  Merrill,  of  Nuevo,  Riverside  County; 
Gary  M.  is  a  citrus  rancher  of  Olive;  Guy  I.  ranches  at  McPherson;  Foss  is  on  a  dairy 
and  vineyard  at  Hanford;  and  Fenn  B.  is  foreman  of  the  Guthrie  ranch  on  Le  Veta 
Avenue,  Orange.  The  deceased  children  are:  Huldah,  who  died  at  Green  River,  when 
she  was  a  year  old,  and  Mary  V.  who  attained  the  age  of  nineteen. 

Fenn  B.  Field  came  to  McPherson  with  his  parents  in  1889,  and  attended  the 
Santiago  grammar  school.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  first  class  to  graduate  from 
the  new  Orange  Union  high  school  in  1906.  During  1907  and  1908,  he  attended  Pomona 
College,  where  he  took  the  general  course;  but  in  1909  he  went  to  Mexico  with  his 
brother  Foss,  and  there  leased  a  mine,  spending  a  year  in  mining  for  gold  and  silver. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1373 

GEORGE  McGUIRE. — To  develop  twenty  acres  of  raw  land  into  a  highly  de- 
veloped orange  orchard  is  an  achievement  anyone  might  be  proud  to  claim.  This  may 
be  said  of  George  McGuire,  the  owner  of  one  of  the  best  developed  groves,  for  its  size 
and  age,  on  the  County  Highway,  being  about  three  miles  west  of  Anaheim. 

George  McGuire  was  born  in  Gallatin,  Mo.,  November  23,  1868,  the  son  of  Thomas 
and  Frances  (Lutz)  McGuire,  natives  of  Ireland  and  Missouri,  respectively.  Five 
children  were  born  to  them,  four  residing  in  California,  two  of  them  in  Orange  County. 
Thomas  McGuire  was  brought  to  the  United  States  by  his  parents  when  he  was  a  lad 
of  nine  and  he  grew  up  in  this  country  and  was  one  of  its  most  loyal  citizens  while  he 
lived.  He  first  came  to  California  in  the  early  '60s,  via  Cape  Horn,  to  join  an  older 
brother  who  had  already  located  in  this  state.  Like  the  greater  majority  of  immi- 
grants he  mined  for  a  time,  but  did  not  find  the  fortune  he  expected  and  later  he  joined 
a  train  bound  for  the  East,  the  party  consisting  of  his  older  brother,  a  sister  and  her 
husband  and  his  mother.  When  crossing  through  Nebraska,  they  were  attacked  by 
Indians,  who  ran  off  all  their  stock,  leaving  them  but  two  scrub  teams  with  which  they 
made  their  way  eastward,  the  men  having  to  walk  the  entire  distance.  Some  time 
after  his  marriage,  when  George  was  ten  years  of  age,  the  family  moved  to  Washington 
County,  Kans.,  where  the  father  farmed.  The  wife  and  mother  died  in  Missouri  in 
1878,  and  Mr.  McGuire  married  again,  choosing  for  his  wife  a  sister  of  his  first  wife, 
and  by  her  a  daughter  was  born,  who  is  now  living  in  California.  This  wife  died  soon 
after  and  he  was  married  a  third  time. 

The  McGuire  family  subsequently  moved  to  Western  Texas  and  here  the  father 
and  his  four  sons  engaged  in  stock  raising  and  farming  in  a  partnership  arrangement. 
The  father  came  to  California  in  1895,  leaving  his  sons  to  carry  on  the  ranching  opera- 
tions in  Texas,  but  he  made  a  trip  back  there  and  soon  sold  out  to  them  and,  returning 
to  California,  made  his  permanent  home  in  Orange  County,  where  he  owned  twenty 
acres  of  land  three  miles  west  of  Anaheim.  He  died  in  Los  Angeles  in  1912,  mourned 
by  a  wide  circle  of  devoted  friends. 

George  McGuire  made  a  visit  to  see  his  father  in  Orange  County  in  190S,  and  so 
well  impressed  was  he  with  the  country  that  he  decided  to  locate  here  and  he  returned 
to  Texas  and  by  1909,  after  having  lived  twenty  years  in  Texas,  disposed  of  his  interests 
there  and  located  in  Orange  County  on  the  twenty-acre  ranch  he  now  owns  and  which 
he  developed  from  a  barley  field  into  one  of  the  finest  orange  groves  in  this  section  of 
the  county.  He  grew  the  nursery  stock  and  set  out  the  trees,  leveled  the  land  and  made 
it  possible  to  irrigate  the  entire  tract.  While  his  orchard  was  developing  he  raised 
beans  and  other  products  between  the  rows  until  now  he  can  depend  upon  a  steady 
income  from  his  fine  trees.  What  he  now  owns  has  been  the  result  of  hard  work,  in- 
dustrious efforts  and  good  management.  In  all  his  operations  he  has  had  the  coopera- 
tion of  his  devoted  wife,  who  shares  with  him  the  esteem  of  a  wide  circle  of  friends. 

In  1896  Mr.  McGuire  was  married  to  Miss  Chassie  Bowser,  a  native  of  Brown 
County,  Texas,  the  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Mary  (Kemp)  Bowser,  the  ceremony 
occurring  in  Brownwood,  Texas.  Five  children  have  been  born  to  them:  George  D.. 
deceased;  Mary  Frances,  Mabel,  Thomas  and  James  A.  Mr.  McGuire  has  shown  his 
interest  in  educational  matters  by  serving  as  a  school  trustee  in  his  district,  and  has 
given  much  satisfaction  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties.  He  and  his  wife  are  members 
of  the  Christian  Church  of  Anaheim,  Mr.  McGuire  being  a  deacon  of  the  church  and 
prominent  in  its  activities. 

WILLARD  C.  Dubois,  M.  D.— Since  locating  in  Santa  Ana,  his  boyhood  home, 
in  1914,  Dr.  Willard  C.  DuBois  has  attained  a  high  position  as  a  successful  practitioner. 
The  son  of  a  prominent  Orange  County  family,  Willard  C.  DuBois  was  born  at  Grant 
City,  Mo.,  August  25,  1882.  His  parents  are  Valentine  and  Sarah  (Alexander)  DuBois, 
both  natives  of  Indiana.  The  father  spent  his  early  days  on  a  farm  in  that  state, 
acquiring  a  thorough  knowledge  of  farming  while  yet  in  his  youth,  so  that  he  was  able 
to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world  when  many  other  lads  of  his  age  were  still  at  their 
studies.  Migrating  to  Missouri,  he  farmed  there  for  four  years,  going  later  to  the 
Northwest,  where  he  was  employed  near  Tacoma,  Wash.,  for  about  four  years.  Com- 
ing down  to  California,  he  settled  near  San  Jose,  and  for  five  years  devoted  his  time 
to  farming  there,  until  1895,  when  he  located  at  Santa  Ana,  and  here  he  has  since  made 
his  home.  During  the  intervening  years  Mr.  DuBois  acquired  several  tracts  located  in 
.  the  vicinity  of  Santa  Ana,  accumulating  a  competence  solely  by  his  good  judgment 
and  tireless  energy.  Rated  among  the  prosperous  citizens  of  Orange  County,  he  and 
his  wife  are  now  living  retired  at  their  Santa  Ana  home. 

Three  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Valentine  DuBois:  Gertrude  is  now  the 
wife  of  Walter  D.  Lamb,  the  well-known  rancher  of  Talbert;  Dr.  Willard  C.  Dubois  of 
this  sketch;  and  Cecil  DuBois,  now  deceased.  A  resident  of  Santa  Ana  since  his  tenth 
year,  Dr.  DuBois  attended  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Santa  Ana,  and  then  entered 


1374  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Louisville  University  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  where  he  spent  three  years.  Entering  the 
University  of  Denver  at  Denver,  Colo.,  he  completed  his  medical  course  there,  grad- 
uating in  1910.  Receiving  an  appointment  as  interne  at  St.  Luke's  Hospital  at  Denver, 
Dr.  DuBois  spent  a  year  and  a  half  there,  profiting  greatly  by  the  valuable  experience 
gained  in  that  famed  institution,  which  ranks  high  among  the  hospitals  of  the  West. 
Subsequently  he  spent  some  time  with  a  mining  company  in  Arizona. 

Locating  in  Santa  Ana  in  1914,  Dr.  DuBois  at  once  entered  into  the  active  prac- 
tice of  medicine  and  surgery  and  his  genuine  talent  for  materia  medica,  combined  with 
his  thorough  preparation  for  his  life-work  under  skilled  instructors,  have  given  him  a 
place  of  high  standing  in  the  community.  Despite  his  busy  professional  life,  Dr.  Du- 
Bois is  exceedingly  public  spirited  and  ready  to  give  of  his  time  and  interest  to  all 
movements  for  the  betterment  of  the  town  and  county,  furthering  this  by  membership 
in  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  A  firm  believer  in  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party. 
Dr.  DuBois  gives  his  political  influence  to  that  organization.  Fraternally  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Santa  Ana  Lodge  of  Elks  and  during  the  war  served  on  the  examining  board 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Reserve  Medical  Corps. 

ROY  HUNTER  MITCHELL. — Among  the  young  men  who  are  contributing  to 
the  growth  and  development  of  Brea  is  Roy  Hunter  Mitchell,  who  is  with  the  Standard 
Oil  Company.  A  native  of  New  York,  Mr.  Mitchell  was  born  at  Rock  City,  in  that 
state,  on  March  28,  1882.  His  parents  were  William  and  Mary  (Leyda)  Mitchell,  and 
they  are  now  both  living  in  Pennsylvania.  William  Mitchell  has  been  in  the  oil  busi- 
ness as  an  oil  ganger  for  many  years,  working  in  the  different  fields  of  the  East.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Mitchell  were  the  parents  of  nine  children  and.  Roy  is  the  sixth  in  order  of 
birth.  He  was  fortunate  in  receiving  a  good  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Penn- 
sylvania, graduating  from  the  high  school  at  Titusville. 

Following  in  his  father's  footsteps,  Mr.  Mitchell  went  into  the  oil  business,  work- 
ing in  the  Eastern  fields  until  1910,  when  he  decided  to  seek  his  fortune  in  California. 
For  some  time  previous  to  his  coming  West  he  had  been  in  the  employ  of  the  Standard 
Oil  Company,  and  he  still  continues  with  them,  having  now  a  record  of  fifteen  years 
of  faithful  service  with  them.  Wide-awake  and  progressive  in  his  ideas,  Mr.  Mitchell 
is  a  firm  believer  in  the  future  of  Orange  County,  and  is  especially  interested  in  the 
dvelopment  of  Brea.  When  this  place  was  incorporated,  he  was  elected  a  trustee,  and 
in  1918  he  was  reelected,  and  is  now  serving  a  four-year  term. 

Mr.  Mitchell's  marriage  occurred  on  March  9,  1910,  when  he  was  united  with  Miss 
Estella  Ash  ton;  they  have  one  daughter,  Kathryn  L.  The  family  attend  the  Congre- 
gational Church.  Mr.  Mitchell  is  a  member  of  the  Elks  of  Whittier,  and  in  politics  is 
a  believer  in  the  principles  of  the  Democratic  party. 

BURLEIGH  L.  GOODRICH. — Among  the  in4ustries  represented  in  the  pros- 
perous and  progressive  city  of  Fullerton  plumbing  is  profninently  identified  with  the 
city's  steady  advancement  toward  metropolitan  proportions.  Burleigh  L.  Goodrich, 
FuUerton's  well-known  plumbing  contractor,  was  born  at  Bangor,  Van  Buren  County, 
Mich.,  November  25,  1883.  His  parents,  Leander  and  Alpha  (Herrington)  Goodrich, 
also  natives  of  Michigan,  were  farmers,  and  in  1890  removed  to  California,  where  they 
engaged  in  ranching  at  Artesia,  Los  Angeles  County.    They  now  reside  at  Los  Angeles. 

In  a  family  of  four  brothers,  Burleigh  L.  was  the  eldest,  and  was  but  seven  years 
of  age  when  his  parents  came  to  California.  He  received  a  public  school  education  and 
assisted  his  father  on  the  ranch  until  he  attained  the  age  of  fifteen,  when  he  learned 
the  plumbing  trade  under  M.  T.  Cunniflf  at  Riverside,  Cal.  He  was  engaged  as  a 
journeyman  plumber  in  Riverside  until  1911,  when  he  entered  business  under  the  firm 
name  of  Armbrust  and  Goodrich,  plumbing  contractors  at  Anaheim.  He  continued  the 
Anaheim  business  for  seven  and  a  half  years  and  then  sold  his  interest  to  his  partner, 
and  in  January,  1919,  removed  to  Fullerton,  where  he  started  in  the  same  business. 
He  has  rapidly  assumed  the  lead  as  an  expert  in  his  line  of  business.  During  the 
busy  season  he  employs  six  men,  all  competent  workmen  and  guaranteeing  satisfac- 
tion in  every  particular.  Among  specimens  of  his  work  may  be  cited:  The  Municipal 
Building  in  the  City  Park,  the  City  Jail,  the  Roberts  Apartments  in  Anaheim,  the  resi- 
dences of  E.  K.  Benchley,  P.  E.  Huddleson  and  Frank  Benchley.  While  in  Anaheim 
he  did  the  plumbing  work,  on  the  Valencia  Hotel,  Central  Building,  several  buildings 
for  the  Bastanchury  ranch  and  many  other  fine  residence  in  both  cities.  He  also  carries 
a  full  line  of  plumbing  supplies  at  his  location,  US  West  Commonwealth  Avenue. 

At  Riverside  in  1908,  Mr.  Goodrich  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Nellie  Glim, 
a  native  of  Sweden,  who  was  reared  in  Illinois  from  the  age  of  two  years  and  came  to 
Riverside  in  1903,  and  their  union  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  two  sons.  Burton 
and  Robert.  Mr.  Goodrich  was  a  volunteer  in  the  Riverside  Fire  Department  for 
thirteen  years.     He  became  a  member  of  the  Volunteer  •  Fire  Department  in  Anaheim, 


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serving  as  assistant  chief  for  one  year  and  then  chief  of  the  department  for  a  year,  when 
he  resigned  on  moving  to  Fullerton.  In  Riverside  also  he  was  a  member  of  Company 
M,  Seventh  Regiment  California  National  Guard,  being  called  to  San  Francisco  at  the 
time  of  the  big  fire  in  1906. 

While  not  associated  with  any  political  party  he  casts  his  ballot  for  the  man  whom 
he  considers  best  qualified  for  official  duties.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Anaheim  Lodge,  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  as  well  as  Fuller- 
ton  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  with  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Yeomen.  He  is  a  ' 
member  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and  is  a  public-spirited  citizen,  thoroughly  interested 
in  the  welfare  and  development  of  Orange  County. 

WILLIAM  A.  DOLAN. — It  has  been  fortunate  for  Anaheim  that  such  men  of 
character  and  experience,  good  judgment  and  foresight  as  William  A.  Dolan,  president 
of  the  Anaheim  National  Bank,  have  been  at  the  head  of  its  financial  affairs,  for  thereby 
has  not  only  banking  been  stabilized,  but  commerce  and  all  that  is  associated  with  it 
have  taken  on  a  healthier  tone.  A  native  of  Nebraska,  where  he  was  born  at  Exeter, 
in  Fillmore  County,  on  November  S,  1878,  Mr.  Dolan  has  made  his  influence  felt  in 
many  circles,  and  always  for  positive  good,  since  he  first  permanently  identified  himself 
with  California. 

His  father  was  James  W.  Dolan,  a  native  of  Ireland  and  a  banker  of  Nebraska, 
who  came  to  Los  Angeles  in  1904.  His  wife  was  Miss  Ida  M.  Hager  before  her  mar- 
riage, and  was  a  native  of  Illinois.  They  are  both  living,  honored  of  ten  children, 
among  whom  William  is  the  second  child. 

Having  attended  the  grammar  schools  of  his  locality,  Mr.  Dolan  was  graduated 
from  the  high  school  at  Indianola,  Red  Willow  County,  Ne.br.,  with  the  class  of  '96, 
and  later,  for  a  year  attended  the  State  University  at  Lincoln.  Then,  in  1897,  in  Indian- 
ola, Nebr.,  he  entered  his  father's  bank,  and  for  three  years  he  was  bookkeeper  and 
assistant  cashier  there,  and  then  for  sixteen  years  was  cashier. 

In  March,  1917,  Mr.  Dolan  came  to  Anaheim  and  bought  out  the  interest  of  F.  C. 
Krause  in  the  Anaheim  National  Bank;  he  is  ex-president  of  the  Orange  County 
Bankers  Association;  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade;  is  a  Republican,  with  broad 
views  as  to  party  influence  in  local  affairs,  and  has  served  as  mayor  of  the  city  of 
Indianola,  Nebr.  During  the  Spanish-American  War,  he  served  under  Colonel  William 
Jennings  Bryan  as  a  member  of  the  Third  Regiment,  Nebraska  Volunteer  Infantry. 

On  Independence  Day,  1900,  Mr.  Dolan  was  married  at  Indianola,  Nebr.,  to  Miss 
Louise  W.  Beardslee,  the  daughter  of  I.  M.  and  Laura  (Post)  Beardslee,  natives  of 
Illinois;  and  they  have  had  three  children — Geraldine,  Isabel  and  William  James.  He 
belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  the  Elks,  the  Mother  Colony  Club,  the  Newport 
Yacht  Club,  and  the  Hacienda  Country  Club. 

RILEY  B.  WARNE. — A  public-spirited  man  and  a  worthy  representative  of  one 
of  the  well-known  pioneer  families,  Riley  B.  Warne,  who  came  to  La  Habra.  with  his 
parents  in  1894,  among  the  first  settlers  in  the  valley,  is  naturally  a  warm  advocate  of 
the  preservation,  in  county  history  form,  of  the  historical  data  of  the  community.  His 
father  was  Thomas  P.  Warne,  who  married  Miss  Barbara  Flory,  a  native  of  Ohio  and 
a  kind  and  generous  mother.  Mr.  Warne  was  a  native  of  New  York  State,  and  as  a 
farmer,  he  turned  the  first  furrows  in  320  acres  of  Douglas  County  soil  in  the  great 
state  of  Kansas.  There  our  subject  was  reared,  attending  the  district  school,  the  sixth 
in  a  family  of  nine  sons,  while  Mr.  Warne  served  as  trustee  of  the  high  school  board 
of  Douglas  County.  After  Riley  had  remained  at  home  on  his  father's  farm  until  he  was 
twenty-one  his  father  passed  away,  in  1908,  at  the  end  of  a  year's  illness,  and  soon  after 
Riley  bought  ten  acres  on  Central  Avenue  improved  it  and  sold  in  1912.  As  an  illus- 
tration of  the  advance  in  land  values  since  the  time  when  Thomas  Warne  first  acquired 
his  tract  of  100  acres,  it  may  be  stated  that  Riley  Warne  sold,  in  1914,  a  strip  sixty 
feet  wide,  running  through  his  ranch,  for  the  price  paid  for  the  entire  tract. 

On  June  7,  1917,  Mr.  Warne  was  married  to  Miss  Pansy  B.  Remington,  a  daughter 
of  H.  M.  Remington,  the  pioneer  photographer  of  Fullerton,  a  lady  well  and  favorably 
known  throughout  the  country  for  her  interest  in  and  work  for  the  Christian  Endeavor 
movement  and  also  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Red  Cross  of  the  La  Habra  branch 
of  the  Fullerton  Chapter.  In  1912  Mr.  Warne  bought  one  and  a  half  acres  on  the 
State  Highway,  and  later  purchased  five  acres  on  Cypress  Avenue,  part  set  to  oranges, 
and  some  lemons,  and  where  they  are  planning  to  erect  their  home. 

Mr.  Warne  is  a  member  of  the  La  Habra  Citrus  Association,  and  a  member  and 
stockholder  in  the  La  Habra  Water  Company,  and  he  also  owns  bank  stock.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  matters  of  national  political  import  and  a  nonpartisan  supporter  of  the 
best  men  and  the  best  measures  for  the  locality.  He  endeavors  to  live  according  to  the 
Golden  Rule,  and  he  has  supported  vigorously  the  work  of  the  Red  Cross. 


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ANTON  KLUEWER. — Prominent  in  business  circles  in  Anaheim,  and  meeting 
with  the  success  attendant  upon  years  of  experience  in  his  line,  Anton  Kluewer  is  well 
known  throughout  Southern  California.  A  native  of  Hamburg,  Germany,  his  birth 
occurred  March  10,  1873,  and  he  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that 
country.  On  finishing  his  schooling,  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  trade  of  window  trimmer, 
paying  for  his  instruction  at  a  private  school,  and  was  obliged  to  serve  four  years  there 
before  following  his  trade  elsewhere.  He  then  served  two  years  in  the  German  army 
and  spent  the  next  year  working  at  his  trade  in  Germany. 

In  1900  the  young  man  sought  greater  opportunities,  and  came  across  the  sea  to 
the  City  of  Mexico,  and  secured  a  position  as  window  trimmer  with  the  large  depart- 
ment store  of  J.  Albert  Company,  remaining  with  that  concern  five  years.  At  the  end 
of  that  time  he  came  to  Los  Angeles,  and  became  cashier  and  steward  of  the  Turner 
Hall  cafe  on  South  Main  Street.  After  six  years  with  them  he  was  steward  and  cashier 
of  the  Louvre  Cafe  on  South  Spring  Street  for  two  years. 

In  1911  Mr.  Kluewer  located  in  Anaheim,  and  started  a  cafe  and  grill  at  154  West 
Center  Street,  where  he  now  has  one  of  the  best  appointed  grills  in  the  county,  which 
is  noted  for  a  decided  novelty  in  the  shape  of  two  private  dining  rooms  patterned  after 
large  wine  casks,  and  seating  twelve  guests  each,  an  idea  Mr.  Kluewer  got  from  a  Paris 
restaurant  he  visited  some  twenty  years  ago.  He  has  splendid  cooks  and  serves  only 
the  best  foods,  maintaining  a  first  class  and  well  appointed  establishment  and  has  met 
with  deserved  success  in  his  business.  In  addition  to  his  other  business  interests  Mr. 
Kluewer  has  bought  and  sold  real  estate  in  Anaheim,  and  at  one  time  was  the  owner  of 
a  ten-acre  orange  grove  at  Fullerton. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Kluewer  which  occurred  in  September,  1919,  united  him  with 
Miss  Louise  Russmueller,"a  native  of  Chicago.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Red 
Men,  and  is  past  chief  in  the  lodge  at  Anaheim.  With  the  best  interests  of  his  city 
and  country  at  heart,  Mr.  Kluewer  has  entered  whole-heartedly  into  all  projects  for 
advancing  their  welfare,  and  his  broad-minded  and  generous  aid  have  been  of  material 
help  in  the  general  progress  of  this  section  of  California.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ana- 
heim Chamber  of  Commerce  and  of  the  Merchants  Association. 

WILLIAM  A.  GULP. — How  much  Californians  have  accomplished  both  to  ad- 
vance the  state  of  husbandry  and  also  to  make  this  part  of  the  coast  areas  fruitful  and 
attractive  to  the  rest  of  the  world,  is  well  illustrated  in  the  life  and  accomplishment  of 
William  A.  Culp,  the  orchardist  of  Brea.  He  is  a  Pennsylvanian  by  birth,  having  been 
born  in  Clarion  County  of  the  Keystone  State  on  December  18  of  the  Centennial  Year; 
.and  his  parents  were  J.  C.  and  Louise  (Lineman)  Culp.  His  father  was  an  oil  man,  and 
had  an  interesting  association  with  the  development  of  one  of  the  great  industries  of 
Pennsylvania.  They  were  the  parents  of  four  children.  Mr.  Culp  is  deceased  and  Mrs. 
Culp  resides  in  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

William  A.  Culp  attended  the  grainmar  and  high  schools  at  Meadville,  and  early 
got  into  the  oil  business,  which  he  followed  in  the  East  and  after  coming  West  in  1911. 
Three  years  later,  he  had  entered  another,  field,  that  of  growing  citrus  fruits  and  still 
later  became  the  owner  of  the  Brea  Garage,  and  is  now  erecting  a  modern  cement  block 
building  for  a  moving  picture  theater.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  and  leaves  no  stone  unturned  to  contribute  to  the  growth  of  Brea  and  its 
flourishing  county. 

On  August  29,  1900,  Mr.  Culp  was  married  to  Miss  Edith  Goodwin,  who  has 
proven  a  valuable  helpmate,  sharing  enthusiastically  in  his  enterprises.  His  children, 
Helen,  Lura,  Julia,  Margaret  and  "Sarah,  have  always  enjoyed  a  large  measure  of 
popularity.  Although  a  "standpat"  Democrat  in  matters  of  national  politics,  Mr.  Culp 
is  broad-minded  and  free  in  his  support  of  local  issues.  He  has  been  honored  with  the 
presidency  of  the  school  board,  and  also  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

GEORGE  RAYMOND  JONES.— Another  representative  business  man  of  Fuller- 
ton  who  has  brought  to  bear,  in  the  discharge  of  his  responsibilities,  a  valuable  expe- 
rience and  a  never-failing  energy,  so  that  the  community  in  which  he  has  cast  his  lot 
has  come  to  feel  and  benefit  from  his  healthy  influence,  is  George  Raymond  Jones,  of 
the  well-known  firm  of  C.  C.  and  G.  R.  Jones,  agents  for  the  Oakland  Motor  Car.  He 
was  born  at  Jacksonville,  Texas,  on  March  4,  1895,  the  son  of  J.  E.  Jones,  who  was 
once  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Fullerton,  but  is  now  retired.  His  wife 
was  Texanna  Crosby  Brooks  before  her  marriage,  and  she  and  her  worthy  husband 
are  still  living,  blessed  by  their  five  children. 

The  third  child,  George  Raymond,  came  to  California  in  1914,  having  been  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  of  Arkansas,  after  which  he  went  to  the  University  of  Michigan  at 
Ann  Arbor.  Returning  to  Fullerton,  Mr.  Jones  was  for  a  while  in  the  Fullerton  National 
Bank  as  assistant  cashier.     When  the  opportunity  presented  itself,  Mr.  Jones  bought 


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HISTORY  OF  ORAXGE  COUNTY  1379 

into  the  Wickersheim  Company  and  acted  as  its  secretary  for  two  and  a  half  years, 
at  the  end  of  which  time  he  sold  out  to  Mr.  Wiickersheim,  and  organized  the  company 
he  is  at  present  associated  with;  They  have  the  north  end  of  Orange  County,  as  their 
territory  for' the  Oakland  car,  own  modern  buildings  and  maintain  a  show  room,  and 
employ  six  men.  Mr.  Jones  belongs  to  the  Fullerton  Board  of  Trade  and  cooperates 
loyally  in  promoting  the  best  interests  of  the  town  in  which  he  enjoys  his  prosperity. 
At  Fullerton,  in  July,  1915,  Mr.  Jones  was  married  to  Miss  Frances  Jane  Sturte- 
vant,  a  native  of  Michigan  and  the  daughter  of  Frank  Sturtevant.  One  child,  Frances 
Jane,  has  been  granted  the  fortunate  couple.  Mr.  Jones  finds  the  standards  of  the 
Republican  party  most  to  his  liking  in  matters  of  political  moment,  and  he  enjoys  the 
social  life  of  both  the  Elks  and  the  Fullerton  Club. 

IRA  W.  POLING. — What  Southern  California  has  done  and,  therefore,  what  she 
may  do  again  for  the  orange  growers,  is  well  illustrated  in  the  success  attained  by  Ira 
W.  Poling,  who  came  to  California  a  little  over  a  decade  ago.  He  was  born  near  Ke- 
wanna,  Fulton  County,  Ind.,  on  March  18,  1852,  the  son  of  Arnold  and  Lydia  (Hudkins) 
Poling,  born  in  Virginia,  who  removed  to  Indiana  and  became  farmers  there,  Ira  W. 
grew  up  on  the  home  farm  until  he  was  twenty-three  years  of  age.  Then,  in  1875,  he 
removed  to  Pawnee  County,  Nebr.,  where  he  bought  a  quarter-section  of  land  near 
Pawnee  City,  which  he  improved  and  brought  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  Selling 
out,  he  went  to  Jackson  County,  Kans.,  near  Holton,  and  there  bought  eighty  acres, 
which  he  farmed  for  a  short  time.  Once  more  selling  out,  he  removed  to  Shawnee 
County,  in  the  same  state,  and  there  secured  a  quarter-section  of  land  near  Topeka, 
which  he  farmed  and  afterward  traded  for  a  quarter-section  near  Oklahoma  City, 
Okla.,  where  he  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  for  fourteen  years.  In  Kansas  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Farmers  Alliance,  and  both  profited  and  contributed  toward  the  asso- 
ciation with  others  in  the  same  field. 

In  the  fall  of  1906,  Mr.  Poling  came  to  Pomona,  where  he  purchased  an  orange 
grove  on  San  Bernardino  Avenue,  consisting  of  nine  and  a  third  acres,  which  he  after- 
wards sold.  Then  he  bought  an  orange  ranch  of  ten  and  a  third  acres  on  East  Kingsley 
Avenue.  He  erected  a  fine  residence  and  other  desirable  buildings,  and  otherwise 
greatly  improved  the  property;  and  after  he  had  introduced  the  most  scientific  methods 
in  its  management,  he  took  in  1913  about  $9,000  worth  of  fruit  from  the  farm.  Since 
then  he  has  demonstrated  that  in  good  years  his  ranch  will  produce  6,000  boxes  of 
fruit.  He  also  bought  a  fine  grove  on  East  Holt  Avenue  of  eight  and  a  half  acres.  As 
might  be  expected  of  so  enterprising  and  representative  an  orange  grower,  Mr.  Poling 
identified  himself  with  the  Pomona  Fruit  Growers  Exchange  and  also  with  the  Palo- 
mares  Irrigation  Company. 

In  Pawnee  County,  Nebr.,  on  March  26,  1878,  Mr.  Poling  was  married  to  Miss 
Myra  E.  Ennefer,  a  native  of  Eureka,  Woodford  County,  111.,  and  the  daughter  of 
William  and  Rebecca  (Carpenter)  Ennefer,  born  in  England  and  Ohio,  respectively. 
They  removed  from  Illinois  to  Nebraska  in  1876.  The  father  died  in  Jackson  County, 
Kans.,  being  survived  by  his  widow,  who  is  now  eighty-four  years  old.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Poling  have  had  five  daughters,  all  popular  in  their  circles.  Lulu,  the  eldest,  and  Esther, 
the  youngest,  are  at  home;  Nellie  is  the  wife  of  C.  F.  Compton  of  Los  ."Vngeles  and  the 
mother  of  two  children;  Minnie  is  the  wife  of  E.  C.  Beesley  of  Ontario;  and  Eva  has 
become  Mrs.  O.  C.  Williams  of  Pomona  and  is  the  mother  of  three  children. 

Mr,  Poling  sold  his  orchards  in  Pomona  in  1919,  and  removed  to  x\naheim,  where 
he  purchased  twenty-four  acres  on  East  Center  Street,  which  is  devoted  to  raising 
Valencia  oranges,  and  he  is  now  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Citrus  Fruit  Association. 
With  his  family  he  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church  in  Anaheim. 

TAYLOR  R.  REID. — The  advanced  state  of  electrical  science  and  technology  is 
daily  illustrated  in  the  work  of  the  Reid  and  Farley  Electrical  Company,  the  senior 
member  of  which  is  Taylor  R.  Reid,  a  native  of  Indianapolis,  where  he  was  born  on 
March  IS,  1889.  His  parents  were  Joseph  T.  and  Elina  (Dale)  Reid.  To  this  worthy 
couple  w.ere  granted  ten  children.  Taylor  was  the  seventh  in  the  order  of  birth,  and 
he  was  educated  at  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Indianapolis. 

Having  finished  his  studies,  he  learned  the  tinsmith's  trade  and  for  a  while  worked 
as  a  journeyman  in  that  field.  In  1907  he  first  came  to  California,  and  after  looking 
over  Southern  California,  located  at  Los  Angeles,  where  he  was  with  the  Pacific  Elec- 
tric for  four  years.  He  then  located  in  Downey  where  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Downey  Light  and  Power  Company,  where  for  four  years  he  had  charge  of  the  con- 
struction work,  after  which  he  returned  to  Los  Angeles  and  started  in  the  electrical 
business.  He  continued  there  until  1916,  when  he  located  in  Fullerton,  v^liere  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  his  present  business.  In  1917  he  enlisted  in  the  electrical  department 
of  the  aviation  section  of  the  U.  S.  Army,  serving  overseas  until  he  returned  to  New 


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York  where  he  was  mustered  out  in  Febraury,  1919,  and  he  immediately  returned  to 
Fullerton.  During  this  time,  the  business  was  conducted  by  J.  J.  Farley.  On  Mr. 
Reid's  return,  after  a  year  abroad,  the  two  men  formed  a  partnership  as  Reid  and 
Farley  Electrical  Company,  and  now  they  keep  seven  men  employed  steadily  doing 
the  electrical  work  committed  to  their  care.  They  carry  a  full  line  of  electrical  equip- 
ment and  household  appliances,  and  have  done  the  electrical  work,  some  of  it  intricate 
and  difficult,  in  all  the  principal  buildings  in  Fullerton  and  vicinity. 

Mr.  Reid,  who  enjoys  a  wide  and  pleasing  popularity,  belongs  to  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  and  the  Elks,  and  to  the  Fullerton  Club,  and  few  men,  if  any,  are  more  welcome 
in  fraternal  circles. 

ARTHUR  W.  LINDLEY. — A  highly  intelligent,  industrious  and  expanding 
rancher,  whose  enterprise  and  ambition  enable  him  to  cultivate  more  land  than  he 
really  owns,  is  Arthur  W.  Lindley,  resident  on  Brookhurst  Street.  He  was  born  in 
Orange  County,  Ind.,  on  December  10,  1881,  the  son  of  J.  A.  and  Helen  S.  (Webb) 
Lindley,  also  of  the  Hoosier  State,  who  had  five'  children.  Arthur  was  the  third  in  the 
order  of  birth,  and  he  was  reared  and  educated  in  Indiana,  where  he  grew  up  to  become 
especially  familiar  with  the  problems  of  agriculture.  He  has  resided  in  the  Golden 
State  since  1907,  and  is  the  only  member  of  the  family  in  Orange  County. 

He  lived  for  a  while  in  Los  Angeles,  and  for  eight  years  was  in  the  employ  of  a 
creamery  company  where  his  sales  averaged  $200  per  day.  Attractive  as  this  activity 
was,  he  saw  still  greater  possibilities  before  him  as  a  rancher  operating  for  himself; 
and  as  soon  as  the  opportunity  presented  itself,  he  acquired  about  twenty  acres  of  the 
best  land  he  could  find.  He  devoted  this  to  truck  farm  produce,  and  with  such  gratify- 
ing returns,  that  he  rented  twenty-five  acres  in  addition,  also  for  the  cultivation  of 
garden-truck. 

In  1917  Mr.  Lindley  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nellie  Long,  the  accomplished 
daughter  of  Thomas  Y.  and  Melissa  A.  Long;  they  have  one  daughter,  Mary  Jane.  Mr. 
Lindley  joined  the  Modern  Woodmen  as  well  as  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 

Work  is  nothing  to  Mr.  Lindley  unless  it  is  planned  and  carried  out  with  reason- 
able intelligence  and  detailed  attention,  profiting  today  from  the  experience  of  yester- 
day; and  that  is  why,  very  likely,  when  Mr.  Lindley  totals  up  the  outcome  of  his 
thoughtful  efforts,  he  invariably  has  something  to  show  for  them. 

JOSEPH  WALTER  RAIKES.— One  of  the  busiest  men  in  Fullerton  is  Joseph 
Walter  Raikes,  who  has  entire  charge  of  the  pumping  plant  of  the  Anaheim  Union 
Water  Company.  He  was  born  in  Fall  River,  Mass,  July  3,  1874,  the  son  of  Walter 
Raikes,  a  stonemason  who  had  a  leading  hand  in  the  building  of  modern  Fall  River. 
He  married  Miss  Ellen  Hathaway,  and  in  1882  they  removed  west  to  Boulder,  Colo., 
where  he  followed  his  trade.  Joseph  therefore  attended  school  in  Boulder,  but  when 
he  was  thirteen  years  of  age,  he  started  to  support  himself. 

He  chose  his  father's  trade,  and  became  both  a  stonemason  and  a  cement  worker, 
and  such  was  the  quality  of  his  work  that  he  engaged  in  contracting  stone  and  cement 
work.  Among  others  he  built  the  Physicians'  Block,  the  Elks  Building,  the  Washington 
School,  and  many  of  the  finest  homes  of  Boulder. 

While  in  that  city,  too,  on  November  IS,  1895,  Mr.  Raikes  was  married  to  Miss 
Clara  A.  Atteberry,  a  native  of  Missouri,  where  she  was  born  near  Mt.  Maria.  Her 
parents  were  T.  B.  and  Mary  Atteberry,  and  her  father  was  a  farmer  in  the  Iron  State. 
He  came  to  Colorado  for  his  health,  and  there  followed  gold  and  silver  mining.  Mrs. 
Raikes  went  to  school  in  Boulder,  and  grew  up  to  claim  two  states  as  her  homes. 

In  1918  Mr.  Raikes  came  to  California  and  settled  in  Anaheim;  and  he  did  the 
cement  work  for  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company  and  also  for  the  Telephone 
Company.  On  September  1,  1919,  he  was  persuaded  to  take  the  position  as  engineer  in 
charge  of  the  pumpmg  plant,  and  now  he  has  complete  charge  of  the  two  wells— Well 
No.  2  with  a  capacity  of  SOO  inches,  and  Well  No.  4  with  a  flow  of  300  inches  As 
part  of  his  responsibility,  he  has  the  care  of  a  Booster  pump  of  400  inches  capacity 
that  forces  the  water  of  the  local  reservoir  into   the   distributing  reservoir. 

On  December  1,  1919,  the  saddest  of  calamities  befell  Mr.  Raikes,  eliciting  the 
warmest  sympathy  of  all  who  had  so  esteemed  him  and  his  charming  wife  That 
estimable  lady  died  after  a  severe  attack  of  influenza  and  pneumonia,  leaving  four  chil- 
dren. Glen  O  Raikes,  the  eldest,  is  married  and  lives  in  Long  Beach;  while  Dean 
Horace,  Harold  Edwin  and  Ruth  Charlotte  live  at  home.  The  family  attend  the  Baptist 
Church  Since  Mrs.  Raikes  demise,  the  father  and  mother  of  her  lamenting  husband 
are  making  their  home  where  she  once  was  the  center  of  an  admiring  circle  Mr 
Raikes  IS  a  Republican,  but  never  allows  partisanship  to  interfere  with  his  energetic 
support  of  the  best  men  and  measures  for  local  advancement  and  uplift. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1381 

SIEGFRIED  M.  CHRISTIANSEN. — A  far-seeing,  hard-working  rancher  who  has 
reaped  in  his  success  a  splendid  reward  for  his  labors  is  Siegfried  M.  Christiansen,  of 
East  Commonwealth  Avenue,  FuUerton,  who  was  born  in  Schleswig,  on  Fohr  Island, 
on  August  19,  18S8,  the. son  of  Jens  D.  and  Louise  (Bohn)  Christiansen.  His  father 
was  a  farmer,  and  he  worked  industriously  to  afford  a  comfortable  home  for  his  family, 
and  to  give  them  the  best  of  advantages  within  his  reach;  with  the  result  that  the  lad 
received  an  excellent  public  school  education. 

In  187S  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  alone  and  landed  at  the  historic  Castle  Garden, 
New  York  City,  N.  Y.,  and  continuing  his  journey  west  to  Illinois,  he  settled  in  Cook 
County,  where  he  worked  for  four  years  on  a  farm.  Whatever  else  he  profited  by  in 
this  Middle  West  experience,  he  learned  there  the  spirit  of  American  institutions  and 
also  a  few  wrinkles  as  to  the  American  methods  of  agriculture.  In  1879  he  came  on 
west  to  California,  being  employed  on  ranches  near  Wheatland,  Yuba  County.  Indeed, 
he  continued  in  the  north  near  that  city  for  fourteen  years,  when  he  returned  East  and 
for  fifteen  years  lived  in  Chicago. 

In  1882,  Mr.  Christiansen  recrossed  the  ocean  to  see  the  old  folks  at  home,  and 
there  he  tarried  for  six  months  before  he  returned  to  America.  One  attraction  or 
another  drew  him  back  to  the  Old  World  five  years  later,  and  on  December  20,  1887, 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Thomasin  Knudtsen,  the  daughter  of  Thomas  J.  Knudtsen,  who 
had  married  Miss  Rebecca  Breckling,  a  native  of  Tonsberg,  Norway.  He  was  for  years 
captain  of  the  sailing  vessel,  "John  Bertram,"  carrying  passengers  between  Hoboken, 
N.  J.  and  Hamburg,  Germany;  and  with  that  trim  craft  he  made  the  record  of  the 
fastest  trip  in  fourteen  days.  When  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Christiansen  came  to  America 
together,  they  lived  for  a  while  in  Chicago,  where  Mr.  Christiansen  engaged  in  teaming. 

When  he  came  back  to  California  for  good  in  1909,  he  settled  at  Fullerton  and 
purchased  ten  acres  on  East  Commonwealth  Avenue,  part  of  which  he  set  out  to  Valen- 
cia oranges.  Three  of  these  acres  had  already  been  given  to  walnuts,  but  the  remaining 
seven  are  due  to  his  industry.  The  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company  supplies  the  water 
be  needs,  and  he  has  the  services  of  the  Placentia  Orange  Growers  Association  in  the 
marketing  of  his  fruit.  In  1909  he  built  a  home  on  his  ranch.  He  belongs  to  the  Mac- 
cabees, is  a  Republican  in  national  politics,  and  the  family  attend  the  Lutheran  Church 
of  Anaheim. 

Three  children  have  blessed  the  home  life  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Christiansen,  although 
all  are  now  away  from  the  family  hearth:  John  is  living  in  Arizona;  William  is  in  the 
Fullerton  oil  fields;  and  Bettie  is  at  the  Bronson  Vocal  Studio  of  Los  Angeles,  making 
voice  culture  her  aim.  John  served  overseas  as  sergeant  in  the  U.  S.  Army,  being 
stationed  at  Brest,  France.  Wm.  E.  also  served  overseas,  a  member  of  the  U.  S. 
Marines,  taking  an  active  part  at  the  front  at  St.  Mihiel  and  the  Argonne,  where  he 
was  twice  wounded,  receiving  a  decoration  from  the  French  government. 

JOACHIM  QUEYREL. — California  offers  men  of  foreign  birth  opportunities 
they  were  unable  to  enjoy  in  their  native  lands,  and  the  career  of  Joachim  Queyrel 
furnishes  a  striking  example  of  what  energy  and  resourcefulness  can  accomplish  when 
wisely  directed  and  coupled  with  judicious  management  of  one's  financial  affairs. 
Arriving  in  Los  Angeles  in  1907,  a  poor  boy  with  only  twenty-five  cents  as  his  financial 
assets,  but  with  a  stout  heart,  good  character,  a  desire  to  work  and  a  definite  goal  in 
life,  Mr.  Queyrel  has,  in  a  few  years,  become  eminently  successful  in  business  and  is 
now  the  owner  of  a  business  building  in  the  growing  town  of  Placentia. 

Joachim  Queyrel  is  a  native  of  Gap,  Hautes  Alps,  France,  where  he  was  born 
November  28,  1887.  His  parents  were  farmers,  their  home  place  being  situated  in  the 
picturesque  high  Alps.  Joachim  was  reared  on  the  home  farm,  where  he  worked 
hard,  early  and  late,  assisting  his  father  in  the  raising  of  the  various  crops,  caring  for 
the  cattle  and  sheep  and  doing  the  many  chores  that  form  the  every-day  duties  of 
an  active  farmer  and  attending  the  excellent  schools  in  that  country.  Joachim  had 
friends  in  Los  Angeles,  and  no  doubt  they  had  written  him  glowing  accounts  of  this 
land  of  sunshine  and  of  its  wonderful  opportunities  for  young  men,  so  he  concluded 
to  cast  in  his  lot  on  the  Pacific  Coast  and  April,  1907,  found  him  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
His  financial  condition  made  him  seek  employment  at  once  and  he  soon  found  work 
with  the  Los  Angeles  Gas  Company.  Afterwards  he  secured  work  on  farms  in  Los 
Angeles  County,  and  for  two  years  followed  farm  work  for  wages.  Being  thrifty  and 
economical  in  his  living,  Mr.  Queyrel  at  the  end  of  two  years  had  saved  enough  money 
to  lease  a  tract  of  land  at  Norwalk,  which  he  planted  to  grain. 

In  1909,  where  the  thriving  town  of  Placentia  now  stands,  was  a  barley  field. 
Mr.  Queyrel  leased  200  acres  of  the  Mesmer  ranch,  which  included  the  land  recently 
made  famous  as  the  location  of  the  celebrated  Chapman  oil  gusher;  this  land  he  farmed 
for  one  year  to  oats  and  barley.  With  the  money  he  made  from  his  crops  he  purchased 
a  business  lot  on  East  Santa  Fe  Avenue,  Placentia,  in   1911,  when   the  townsite  was 


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just  being  laid  out,  his  purchase  being  the  second  lot  sold  in  the  new  town.  After- 
wards he  bought  two  lots  adjoining,  making  seventy-five  oot  frontage.  Upon  his  lot 
he  erected  a  Lall  frame  building  and  opened  a  little  bakery.  He  hired  experienced 
bakers,  who  taught  him  the  busmess,  and  as  the  town  gre^  his  business  expanded^ 
Possessing  keen  business  foresight,  Mr.  Queyrel  bui  t  a  two-story  brick  business  block 
west  of  his  shop,  which  is  now  occupied  by  his  retail  store.  Mr.  Queyrel  has  recently 
remodeled  his  bakery,  installed  up-to-date  machinery,  and  new  ovens  equipped  with 
new  fixtures  and  made  many  improvements,  so  now  the  famous  "Placentia  Bread"  is 
known  far  and  wide  in  this  section  of  the  county.  Fraternally  Mr.  Queyrel  is  a  member 
of  Anaheim  Lodge,  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks.  In  Placentia  Mr.  Queyrel  was  married 
to  Miss  Linda  Haase,  a  native  of  Texas,  born  near  San  Antonio,  where  she  was  reared 
and  educated.  Mr.  Queyrel  has  seen  the  town  of  Placentia  develop  from  a  barley  field 
and  has  contributed  his  share  towards  the  upbuilding  of  this  progressive  and  thriving 
town  and  the  surrounding  district. 

ROBERT  L.  DRAPER. — No  man  has  contributed  more  to  the  growth  and  pros- 
perity of  Smeltzer  than  Robert  L.  Draper,  who  rightfully  occupies  the  position  accorded 
him  as  leading  citizen  of  Smeltzer.  His  progressive  energy  is  apparent  in  all  his  enter- 
prises, and  in  addition  to  farming  his  own  165  acres  he  leases  in  addition  the  565  acres 
known  as  the  Golden  West  Company's  ranch,  now  owned  by  the  Aldrich  Land  Com- 
pany and  formerly  the  property  of  the  Golden  West  Celery  Produce  Company. 

Mr.  Draper  is  of  English  extraction,  and  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  the  Drapers 
of  early  colonial  days  in  New  England,  who  came  over  in  the  Mayflower.  He  was  born 
in  Texas,  October  21,  1871,  and  was  an  infant  in  his  mother's  arms  when  the  family 
removed  to  Oklahoma  and  settled  in  the  Choctaw  nation,  going  thence  to  Arkansas. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  in  Arkansas,  but  is  a  self-educated,  self-made  man.  At 
the  age  of  eighteen  he  went  to  the  Choctaw  country  in  Oklahoma  and  leased  large  tracts 
of  Indian  lands  and  engaged  extensively  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  was  married 
in  Oklahoma  in  1893  to  Miss  Emma  A.  Gregory,  a  native  of  Tennessee,  and  they  became 
the  parents  of  three  children:  Frank,  Bessie  and  Flossie.  After  meeting  with  reverses 
in  Oklahoma,  the  family  removed  from  the  Cherokee  country  and  came  to  California. 
With  his  wife  and  two  children,  and  but  eighteen  dollars  and  ten  cents  in  his  pocket, 
he  arrived  at  Los  Alamitos,  Cal.,  Saturday  night,  October  2,  1897,  and  the  following 
Monday  morning  began  working  in  the  Los  Alamitos  Sugar  Mill.  He  has  resided  in 
Smeltzer  since  1906,  and  during  that  time  has  been  engaged  in  ranching.  He  raises 
sugar  beets  and  lima  beans,  sells  his  beets  to  the  Santa  Ana  Sugar  Company,  formerly 
the  Co-operative  Sugar  Company,  and  to  the  Anaheim  Sugar  Company.  During  the 
busiest  season  Mr.  Draper  employs  as  high  as  eighty  men.  He  owns  two  forty-five- 
horsepower  Holt  tractors,  and  fourteen  head  of  horses  arid  mules.  He  has  irrigation 
water  from  flowing  wells,  and  in  addition  to  his  other  enterprises  is  a  well-borer.  He 
has  bored  several  of  his  own  wells.  He  also  owns  200  acres  of  land  near  Orland.  in 
Glenn  County.  Fraternally,  he  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge  No  207  F  &  A.  M 
and  is  a  life  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks.     Politically    his  in- 

IrhfeJ^rr%'n'°""*^^''^*'  ^"^  "^''""^'^  P°''*'"'  =^"'i  '^^  t^kes  a  just  pride  in  the 
prominent  n  °  w^^^'  County  A  man  of  great  force  of  character,  'he  is  necessarily 
manv  ve.r,  nf  '^^V^^^  ""^ertakes,  and  the  good  financial  results  realized  from  his 
,^  wLvr,.  f,^"^';?;''.'^  '^b"--  and  his  efforts  toward  the  betterment  of  the  community 
in  which  his  lot  in  life  is  cast  entitle  him  to  the  esteem  and  popularity  he  eniovTrmon- 

f  ndTom  $200  to' $1  SoT""*'"""  ."i''  ^'^'r  ^^^^«"  the  increaL  in  value  ofZm 
land  from  $200  to  $1,500  per  acre  and  he  has  done  his  part  to  aid  in  this  development. 

are  ex^p^f IftrS-S-m^en  cfn  rn^^liS.-Klb^'^l^E^ufyrrlfT  fi''° 
of  Queyrel   and  Piepenbrink,  Federal  Trucking  Company,  at   pTacEitia' 

Mr.  Queyrel  was  born  at  Dauphjne,  France,  in  the  high  Alps    March  IS    IRRQ      H' 
paren  s  were  farmers  and  he  was  reared  on  the  home  place  and  educated  '  ' 


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They  made  their  home  at  Placentia,  and  walked  to  and  from  their  work  each  dav  "  He 
afterwards  worked  for  his  brother  in  the  Placentia  bakery.  He  became  manager  of  t^e 
ZlUyrV^-"^'  '^"'^  of  his  father-in-law,  A.  Piepenbrink,  and  helped  deve  op  and 
with  hi  J  ^rVf"^"/,".^  ^""^  ''  *°  ""  ^'^^  ^'at^  °f  cultivation;  then  in  parti^ershb 
with  his  brother  he  leased  350  acres  at  Yorba,  devoted  to  raising  hay  and  potatoes      He 

pl"nrK      f^'^'^"  y^^-?  .^"d  th^"  f°™ed  a-partnership  with  his  brother-in-law    Ouo 
Piepenbrink,  and  engaged  in  the  trucking  business.     They  own  two  Federal  thr^e-and 
a-half-ton  trucks  and   one  Mack  two-and-a-half-ton   truck  and   are   doing  a   large  and 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1385 

lucrative  business  in  all  kinds  of  heavy  trucking,  such  as  hauling  oil  well  supplies, 
fertilizer,  oranges,  cement,  etc.,  and  had  the  contract  to  haul  the  1920  crop  of  oranges 
and  lemons  for  two  Placentia  packing  companies,  the  Placentia  Orange  Growers  Asso- 
ciation, and  the  Placentia  Mutual  Orange  Association.  Mr.  Queyrel  bought  one  of  the 
first  residence  lots  sold  in  Placentia,  on  North  Bradford  Avenue,  and  built  a  modern 
bungalow  in  which  the  family  reside. 

Mrs.  Queyrel,  who  was  Elizabeth  Piepenbrink  before  her  marriage,  is  a  native 
of  San  Marcos,  Texas,  and  the  mother  of  two  children,  Albert  E.  Jr.,  and  Leah.  Mrs. 
Queyrel  is  the  daughter  of  August  and  Emmy  Piepenbrink,  who  came  to  California  in 
1909.  Albert  Queyrel's  experience  since  coming  to  California  illustrates  what  a  young 
man  without  means  and  imbued  with  sufficient  determination  to  overcome  obstacles, 
can  accomplish  in  gaining  a  competency  and  establishing  himself  as  a  worthy  citizen 
who  enjoys  to  an  unusual  degree  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  fellow-townsmen. 
He  is  an  enthusiastic  booster  for  Orange  County,  and  one  of  its  prosperous  and  suc- 
cessful citizens. 

HARVEY  SYLVESTER  GAINES.— One  of  the  best  known  lumber  men  of 
Southern  California,  Harvey  Sylvester  Gaines  has  twenty  years'  of  experience  in  that 
business  to  his  credit,  and  brings  to  his  responsible  position  in  Placentia,  Orange 
County,  the  knowledge  gained  by  practical  application  as  well  as  a  thorough  education. 
He  is  a  native  of  Illinois,  born  in  Henry  County,  August  11,  1868,  and  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state,  and  also  in  Grinnell  University, 
Grinnell,  Iowa,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1886. 

Coming  to  Southern  California  in  1887,  Mr.  Gaines  located  in  Los  Angeles,  and 
for  seven  years  was  traveling  auditor  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railway.  He  then  went  to 
Redlands,  and  for  the  next  twenty  years  was  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in  that 
city,  first  as  manager  of  the  Newport  Lumber  Company;  next  as  manager  of  the  Russ 
Lumber  and  Mill  Company,  remaining  with  them  eight  years;  he  was  one  of  the 
organizers  and  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Fox  Woodson  Lumber  Company  of  Redlands 
and  remained  with  them  for  eight  years.  In  October,  1919,  he  accepted  the  position 
of  manager  of  the  Gibbs  Lumber  Company  at  Placentia. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Gaines,  which  occurred  at  Riverside,  Cal.,  united  him  with 
Mrs.  Nellie  (McNulty)  Tracy,  a  native  of  Canada,  and  two  sons  have  been  born  to  them 
— Nelson  and  Richard.  Fraternally  Mr.  Gaines  is  a  member  of  the  Redland  Lodge, 
No.  583,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  and  of  the  Masons  and  Knights  of  Pythias  of  that  city.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Southern  California  Retail  Lumber  Dealers  Association  and  served  as 
a  director  of  that  organization  for  a  number  of  years. 

CHARLES  W.  SADLER. — A  recent  settler  in  Orange  County  who  has  seen 
enough  of  the  phenomenal  advance  in  citrus  ranching  in  La  Habra  and  vicinity  to 
become  enthusiastically  interested  in  a  still  more  rapid  and  permanent  development  of 
the  region,  is  C.  W.  Sadler,  who  was  born  near  Ottosen,  Humboldt  County,  Iowa,  on 
October  IS,  1893,  the  son  of  John  Wesley  Sadler,  who  had  married  Mary  M.  Sharp,  a 
direct  descendant  of  old  Grandmother  Sharp,  the  only  survivor  of  the  notorious  "Spirit 
Lake  Massacre."  John  W.  Sadler,  therefore,  was  an  early  settler  of  Iowa,  where  he 
purchased  a  relinquishment  of  Government  land  and  became  a  very  successful  farmer. 
C.  W.  Sadler  attended  the  county  schools  near  Ottosen  and  helped  his  father  on  the 
home  farm  up  to  the  time  when  he  came  to  California.  They  bred  thoroughbred,  short- 
horn cattle  and  Duroc-Jersey  swine,  and  J.  W.  Sadler  still  has  some  of  the  finest  stock, 
purchasing  his  breeders  in  the  East. 

In  1911  father  and  son  came  to  California  and  stayed  a  short  time  in  Whittier, 
when  the  father  returned  to  Iowa;  but  C.  W.  Sadler  remained  to  work  on  various 
farms.  On  November  27,  1913,  he  was  married  in  Los  Angeles  to  Miss  Lulu  Box,  a 
native  of  Hanford,  and  the  daughter  of  John  K.  and  Eliza  J.  (Pratt)  Box.  Her  folks 
came  to  California  in  1885  and  settled  in  Kings  County,  then  a  wild  country;  and 
Mrs.  Sadler  went  to  the  grade  schools  of  Hanford.  After  their  marriage,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Sadler  made  their  home  at  Whittier,  while  he  engaged  in  the  care  and  pruning 
of  orchards.     They  have  one  child,  Harold  Eugene  Sadler. 

In  April,  1919,  Mr.  Sadler  purchased  fifteen  acres  near  La  Habra,  eleven  acres  of 
which  were  devoted  to  Valencia  oranges,  one  acre  to  lemons  and  three  acres  to  walnuts; 
and  in  May  his  father  purchased  fifteen  acres  adjoining  that  of  his  son  on  the  west. 
Twelve  acres  of  the  latter  tract  were  in  lemons,  and  three  in  oranges.  Water  for 
irrigation  is  supplied  by  the  La  Habra  Domestic  Water  Company,  and  the  La  Habra 
Citrus  Association  markets  his  products. 

Mr.  Sadler  believes  in  independent  action,  rather  than  according  to  party  leanings, 
and  decidedly  favors  trying,  irrespective  of  partisanship,  to  get  the  right  men  for  the 
right  place,  and  to  endorse  only  the  best  measures. 


1386  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

C.  G.  ANDERSON. — The  life  which  this  narrative  sketches  began  in  far-away 
Stockholm,  Sweden,  on  January  26,  1880.  When  C.  G.  Anderson,  the  successful  paint- 
ing and  decorating  contractor  of  Fullerton,  was  sixteen  years  old  he  was  apprenticed 
for  four  years  to  a  painter  to  learn  the  art  of  decorating  and  house  painting.  While 
learning  the  trade  the  wages  received  by  an  apprentice  are  very  small,  but  the  knowl- 
edge he  gains  of  mixing  colors  and  important  pointers  about  the  art  of  decorating  is 
very  thorough  and  extensive. 

Mr.  Anderson  followed  his  trade,  in  Sweden  until  1903,  when  he  left  his  native 
land  for  America,  landing  in  Boston,  Mass.,  where  he  secured  employment  with  the 
American  Decorating  Company,  the  leading  painting  contractors  of  the  Hub  City, 
remaining  with  them  two  years,  and  while  there  did  work  on  many  of  the  finest  homes 
in  the  Back  Bay  district  of  Boston.  Possessed  of  a  desire  to  see  more  of  the  United 
States,  and  especially  of  the  Far  West,  he  came  to  Orange  County,  Cal.,  in  1905  and 
for  a  time  located  in  Anaheim,  where  he  was  employed  by  J.  L.  Abbott.  In  the  fall 
of  1905  Mr.  Anderson  came  to  Fullerton,  where  he  has  resided  since,  and  it  was  here 
that  he  engaged  in  the  painting  and  contracting  business  for  himself.  He  has  decorated 
many  of  the  business  blocks  and  many  of  the  hne  residences  in  Fullerton.  Seven  years 
ago  he  purchased  four  acres  of  land  on  West  Commonwealth  Avenue.  At  that  time  the 
land  was  in  a  raw  state,  but  through  the  energetic  efforts  of  Mr.  Anderson  the  place  has 
been  brought  under  cultivation,  and  is  planted  to  Valencia  oranges,  now  six  years  old 
and  in  fruitful  condition,  and  here  he  now  makes  his  home. 

In  Fullerton,  Mr.  Anderson  was  united  in  marriage  with  Signe  E.  Holm,  also  a 
native  of  Sweden,  and  of  this  union  two  children  were  born,  Robert  and  Edna.  Mr. 
Anderson's  success  has  been  due  entirely  to  his  own  efforts  and  especially  in  following 
a  definite  course  in  life,  which  he  planned  when  a  lad  of  sixteen,  when  he  was  appren- 
ticed to  learn  the  painter's  trade. 

BYRON  B.  CORBIT. — Many  years  of  practical  experience  in  the  fruit  packing 
industry  has  especially  fitted  Byron  B.  Corbit  for  the  important  position  of  foreman  of 
the  orange  department  of  the  L,a  Habra  Citrus  Association  packing  house.  He  is  a 
native  of  the  Buckeye  State,  born  in  Coshocton  County,  Ohio,  April  21,  1882,  a  son  of 
Edward  and  Eleanor  Corbit.  When  eighteen  months  old  his  parents  migrated  to  Cald- 
well County,  Mo.,  where  he  was  reared  and  educated.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  went 
to  Cameron,  Mo.,  to  live,  following  farming  there  until  1905. 

Fifteen  years  ago  Mr.  Corbit  came  to  California,  locating  in  Riverside  County 
where  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Rubidoux  Fruit  Company  and,  while  with  this 
well-known  company,  by  his  constant  fidelity  to  duty  he  gained  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  the  packing  business  in  all  of  its  varied  branches.  After  severing  his  connection  with 
this  company,  Mr.  Corbit  became  foreman  of  the  Pinkham-McKevitt  Packing  Company 
at  Riverside,  and  later  on  accepted  a  like  position  with  the  Bradbury  Estate  Packing 
House  at  San  Gabriel.  His  next  move  brought  him  to  Fullerton,  where  he  accepted 
the  position  of  foreman  of  the  Benchley  Fruit  Company's  packing  house  and  subse- 
quently he  became  the  foreman  of  the  R.  T.  Davies  Packing  Company  of  Placentia. 
After  leaving  Placentia  Mr.  Corbit  spent  two  years  in  the  oil  fields  in  the  Brea  dis- 
trict. Orange  County.  On  May  15,  1919,  he  accepted  his  present  important  post,  as 
department  foreman  of  the  La  Habra  Citrus  Association.  He  is  an  Orange  County 
enthusiast  and  always  ready  to  help,  to  the  extent  of  his  ability,  all  movements  that 
tend  toward  the  upbuilding  of  the  county's  best  interests.  On  August  16,  1916,  Mr. 
Corbit  and  Miss  Ruby  Mareen  Hickok  were  united  in  marriage;  she  is  a  native  daugh- 
ter of  California  and  their  union  has  been  blessed  by  a  son,  Wayne  Corbit. 

WILLIAM  T.  WALLOP.— The  earliest  recollections  of  William  T.  Wallop,  able 
superintendent  of  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  is  associated  with  California, 
where  he  has  resided  since  he  was  a  year  old.  He  was  born  at  Horntown,  Accomac 
County,  Va.,  February  14,  1882,  and  his  parents,  Asher  T.  and  Eliza  H.  (Tuffree) 
Wallop,  born  in  Virginia  and  Philadelphia,  respectively,  were  planters  in  Virginia.  They 
came  to  Placentia,  Cal.,  in  1883,  where  the  father  was  engaged  in  business  until  he 
retired;  his  wife  died  October  31,  1908. 

The  fifth  child  in  a  family  of  seven  children,  William  T.  was  educated  in  the 
public  and  high  schools  at  Anaheim,  and  attended  a  business  college  in  Oakland,  grad- 
uating in  1901.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  was  in  an  office  in  Oakland,  where  he 
remained  two  years;  he  then  spent  two  years  in  Honolulu  in  office  work,  and  was 
later  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  at  Anaheim  for  five  years.  Disposing  of  his 
interest  in  this  business  he  became  manager  of  the  Anaheim  Gas  Company  for  a  year, 
and  following  this  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Wells  Fargo  Express  Company  three 
years.  In  1912  he  assumed  the  position  of  secretary  with  the  Anaheim  Union  Water 
Company,  and  in  1919  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  company  by  the  directors. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1387 

He  is  also  interested  in  the  citrus  industry,  and  is  the  owner  of  a  ten-acre  orange 
grove  on  Anaheim  Road  and  his  home  place  of  ten  acres  on  South  Walnut  Street. 
He  is  also  secretary  of  the  Eucalyptus  Water  Company. 

Mr.  Wallop's  marriage  with  Miss  Ella  Rea  was  solemnized  May  19,  1909.  She  was 
born  in  El  Cajon,  Cal.,  a  daughter  of  J.  B.  and  Margaret  (Wilkie)  Rea,  born  in  Ontario, 
Canada.  Mr.  Rea  settled  in  El  Cajon  in  1872,  and  in  1896  he  located  near  Anaheim, 
where  he  set  out  the  Katella  orchard,  naming  it  for  his  two  daughters,  Kate  and  Ella. 
He  died  in  Anaheim,  where  his  widow  still  resides.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wallop  are  members 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  Anaheim,  in  which  he  is  a  trustee.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Anaheim  Masonic  Lodge,  of  Fullerton  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  and  Santa  Ana  Council, 
R.  &  S.  M.  Politically  he  is  a  Democrat.  He  has  a  large  circle  of  warm  friends,  and 
holds  a  position  among  the  progressive  men  of  Anaheim,  to  whose  energy  and  resource- 
fulness Orange  County's  rapid  strides  may  be  ascribed. 

ALBERT  JOHN  HANIMAN.— A  recent  comer  to  Orange  County  whose  interest 
in  things  Californian  has  been  intensified  through  the  associations  of  his  father,  who 
was  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  influential  business  men  in  Los  Angeles  in  early 
days,  is  Albert  John  Haniman,  who  was  born  in  the  "City  of  the  Angels"  on  May  3,  1883, 
the  son  of  Albert  and  Lena  Haniman.  His  father  was  a  native  of  Michigan,  who  came 
to  California  from  Detroit  a  few  years  after  the  first  discovery  of  gold,  and  while  busy 
as  a  merchant  in  Los  Angeles,  founded  the  Haniman  Fish  Company  in  operation  today. 
Albert  attended  the  Los  Angeles  schools,  and  although  he  lost  his  father  when  he  was 
only  nine  years  old,  he  succeeded  in  studying  at  the  high  school. 

The  death  of  his  father,  however,  affected  his  fortunes  to  the  extent  that  he  struck 
out  for  himself  while  in  his  teens,  and  in  1892  he  removed  to  St.  Paul,  where  he  started 
a  cafe.  Success  rewarded  his  efforts  from  the  start,  and  for  twenty-five  years  he  was 
noted  as  one  of  the  ablest  caterers  of  that  city.  Many  of  the  leading  citizens  of  that 
city  so  famous  for  its  contact,  through  travel,  with  both  the  East  and  the  West,  used 
to  regale  themselves  regularly  at  Al  Haniman's  well-kept  restaurant,  and  it  may  well 
be  said  that  he  thus  identified  himself  in  one  of  the  pleasantest  manners  possible,  with 
the  history  of  that  growing  town. 

On  Christmas  Eve,  1908,  Mr.  Haniman  was  married  at  Los  Angeles  to  Miss  Stella 
Grace  Ketchem,  a  native  of  Iowa,  who  came  with  her  parents  to  California  when  she 
was  three  years  old.  After  this  eventful  step,  Mr.  Haniman  returned  to  St.  Paul  and 
continued  in  the  cafe  business.  In  1918,  however,  he  sold  out  his  Minnesota  interests 
and  came  on  to  California.  Since  then,  Mr.  Haniman  has  been  in  the  commissary  de- 
partment of  the  Standard  Oil  Company,  which  department  is  charged  with  caring  for 
the  meals  and  other  comforts  of  the  men  employed  by  the  Standard  Murphy  Coyote 
■Company,  southwest  of  La  Habra.  He  makes  his  home  on  La  Mirada  Avenue  on  the 
Harris  ranch,  and  is  always  "on  the  job." 

Mr.  Haniman  has  long  belonged  to  the  Modern  Woodmen,  the  Masons  and  the 
B.  P.  O.  Elks,  while  in  political  affairs  he  believes  in  emphasizing  the  fitness  of  the 
man  above  the  claims  of  party. 

W.  R.  ROGERS. — Among  the  most  progressive  grovvers  of  sugar  beets  and  lima 
beans  in  Orange  County,  and  decidedly  a  leader  among  those  who,  while  operating  for 
themselves,  have  also  helped  to  open  the  field  to  others,  is  W.  R.  Rogers,  the  president 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Diamond  school  district.  He  has  for  years  been  impelled 
forward  in  his  successful  career  by  up-to-date  ideas,  and  in  fact  has  often  had  the 
vision  and  the  courage  of  action  to  anticipate  and  outrun  his  competitors,  while  his 
generous  impulses  have  won  him  a  host  of  admiring  friends. 

He  was  born  in  New  Madrid  County,  Mo.,  on  March  S,  1880,  the  son  of  W.  S. 
Rogers,  who  was  a  farmer  and  a  lumberman  that  contracted  to  supply  the  Government 
with  cypress  piling  in  southeastern  Missouri.  He  married,  in  Missouri,  Miss  Sallie  La 
Valley,  like  himself  a  native  of  that  state.  He  died  in  Missouri,  to  which  he  had  returned 
after  a  visit  to  California;  but  Mrs.  Rogers  passed  away  in  Orange  County.  They 
had  three  children:  Estella  resides  at  Santa  Ana;  Ruth  became  the  wife  of  John  L. 
Taylor  and  died  at  Los  Angeles  in  1905,  leaving  one  child,  Merl;  while  the  third  in  the 
order  of  birth  is  William  Reginald,  the  subject  of  our  sketch. 

When  he  was  eight  years  old,  he  came  out  to  California  with  his  parents,  and 
for  a  short  time  lived  at  Ballard,  in  Santa  Barbara  County.  About  1890  his  folks  came 
down  to  Santa  Ana,  and  they  bought  the  ten  acres  upon  which  he  is  now  living  and 
which  is  owned  by  Miss  Estella  Rogers  and  himself.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
and  grew  up  to  know  a  deal  about  California  farming.  These  ten  acres  are  devoted 
mainly  to  the  culture  of  sugar  beets,  and  they  are  on  Brystol  Street. 

As  one  of  the  most  successful  growers  of  lima  beans  and  sugar  beets  south  of 
Santa  Ana,  Mr.  Rogers  also  rents  and  farms  ten  acres  half  a  mile  to  the  west,  and  five 


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acres  to  the  south,  both  of  which  tracts  he  devotes  to  sugar  beets,  and  five  acres  imme- 
diately west,  where  he  grows  lima  beans.  He  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Fickas  and 
Rogers,  and  they  rent  of  the  Haven  Seed  Company  forty  acres  for  beet  growing. 

Four  children  make  still  more  glad  the  happy  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rogers.  They 
are  Reginald  W.,  Edwin,  EUene,  and  Noma,  and  they  stimulate  Mr.  Rogers'  interest 
in  all  the  children  of  the  neighborhood.  In  1919  he  was  elected  president  of  the  board 
of  education  of  the  Diamond  school  district,  and  ever  since  he  has  worked  for  the  best 
educational  advantages  for  the  little  ones. 

H.  PERCY  THELAN. — A  hard-worker,  who  keeps  healthily  active  for  the  love 
of  labor  and  not  on  account  of  the  necessity  of  the  thing,  is  H.  Percy  Thelan,  known 
widely  as  not  only  having  "made  good"  as  deputy  game  warden,  but  as  having  set  an 
excellent  example  of  just  how  such  a  responsible  office  ought  to  be  conducted.  A 
native  son,  he  was  born  in  Santa  Ana  at  the  home  of  his  father,  a  pioneer  saddler  and 
harness  maker  of  Santa  Ana,  who  then  owned  the  house  and  resided  at  the  corner  of 
First  and  West  streets,  now  the  corner  of  First  and  Broadway.  He  first  saw  the  light  of 
day  on  June  5,  1879,  and  was  lovingly  cared  for  by  his  parents,  Charles  Columbus  and 
Emma  (Palmer)  Thelan,  and  welcomed  into  this  world  by  the  late  pioneer,  Noah 
Palmer,  his  esteemed  grandfather.  Noah  Palmer  came  to  Santa  Ana  in  1874,  and  C.  C. 
Thelan  followed  two  years  later.  He  died  on  October  16,  1897;  and  Mrs.  Thelan,  be- 
loved by  all  who  have  ever  known  her  mind  and  heart,  remarried  and  is  now  Mrs. 
George  J.  Mosbaugh. 

H.  Percy  Thelan  finished  his  studies  in  the  grammar  school  now  historic  as  the 
oldest  in  Santa  Ana,  and  then  took  a  commercial  course  under  Prof.  R.  L.  Bisby  in  the 
Orange  County  Business  College.  In  1898  he  left  Santa  Ana  to  work  in  Kern  County 
during  the  "boom"  in  the  oil-fields,  and  there  he  continued  for  four  years.  He  was  a 
tool  dresser  on  the  Monte  Cristo  lease  at  Maricopa,  and  going  to  San  Francisco,  he  had 
no  difficulty  securing  a  good  engagement  with  Messrs.  McNabb  &  Smith,  foundrymen 
and  machinists,  as  a  machinist's  helper,  which  post  he  held  for  another  three  years. 

.  He  then  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Thelan  &  Merrit,  proprietors  of  the 
garage  at  Twelfth  and  Oak  streets,  Oakland,  running  that  successfully;  but  he  came 
back  to  Santa  Ana  in  1910  and  two  years  later  started  the  Thelan  Machine  Shop  and 
Garage,  now  the  Mayo  Machine  Shop,  on  East  Fourth  Street.  When  he  sold  out,  he 
became  deputy  county  game  warden  for  a  couple  of  years. 

Mr.  Thelan  then  bought  a  couple  of  fishing  and  towing  outfits  at  Newport  Beach, 
and  is  now  the  owner  of  the  popular  boats,  "Ray  II,"  a  tug-boat,  fifty  feet  long,  and  the 
"O.  U.  I.,"  a  fishing  trawler  thirty  feet  in  length.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  at  Santa  Ana,  as  he  is  now  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  at 
Newport;  and  with  plenty  of  faith  in  the  beach  towns,  he  remains  one  of  the  most  ener- 
getic and  loyal  of  all  "boosters"  for  Orange  County.  He  owns  a  business  block  at 
Laguna  Beach. 

In  1911,  Mr.  Thelan  was  married  to  Miss  Edith  Yost,  a  daughter  of  W.  R.  Yost, 
of  Santa  Ana;  and  they  have  one  child,  Ray  Palmer  Thelan.  Mr.  Thelan  owns  the  resi- 
dence in  which  he  lives  at  632  North  Broadway,  and  has,  besides,  a  summer  home  at 
Laguna.  A  desire  to  be  most  useful  to  society,  therefore,  impels  him  to  daily  toil, 
through  which  he  keeps  himself  thoroughly  in  touch  with  the  rest  of  the  world. 

EUGENE  O.  AHERN. — Among  the  most  progressive  and  prosperous  grain  farm- 
ers of  Southern  California  must  be  rated  Eugene  O.  Ahern,  for  fifteen  years  past  one 
of  the  principal  tenants  on  the  Lewis  F.  Moulton  and  Company  ranch,  two  miles  south- 
east of  El  Toro,  where  he  owns  the  farm  buildings  and  all  the  necessary  harvesting 
machinery  for  handling  the  2,000  acres  which  he  has  under  lease.  A  native  son  of  Cali- 
fornia, he  was  born  near  Saticoy  in  Ventura  County,  April  28,  1874,  the  son  of  Thomas 
Ahern,  a  native  of  Ireland,  who  came  to  America  from  the  Emerald  Isle,  and  direct  to 
California,  when  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age.  He  married  Miss  Honora  Purcell,  also 
Irish  by  birth,  and  they  had  fourteen  children,  among  whom  Eugene  was  the  sixth. 
Mr.  Ahern  has  gone  to  his  eternal  reward;  but  the  mother  still  lives  at  Anaheim. 

Eugene  Ahern's  boyhood  days  were  spent  in  Los  Angeles,  when  the  present 
metropolis  was  comparatively  a  small  place,  receiving  his  education  in  the  public 
schools.  When  nineteen  years  of  age,  he  came  to  Orange  County  in  1893  and  began 
working  on  farms  in  the  vicinity  of  El  Toro  and  by  experience  and  contact  with  the 
world,  and  through  keeping  his  eyes  and  ears  open  he  has  become  a  well-informed  man. 
His  father  ranched  at  various  times  in  Contra  Costa,  Ventura,  Los  Angeles  and  Orange 
counties,  and  very  naturally  Eugene  gave  him  the  greatest  assistance  he  could,  mastering 
at  the  same  time  all  kinds  of  ranch  work.  Finally  at  Santa  Ana  he  was  married, 
Februry  2.  1899,  to  Miss  Margaret  Anna  Kelly,  born  in  New  Zealand,  the  daughter  of 
Wm.  and  Margaret  (Nichols)  Kelly,  born  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  and  the  Isle  of  Man, 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1391 

respectively.  Her  father,  Capt.  Wm.  Kelly,  was  a  seafaring  man  and  rose  to  master  of 
the  vessel.  For  some  years  he  made  his  headquarters  in  New  Zealand.  It  was  in  1884 
he  came  to  Newport,  Cal.,  where  he  became  particularly  well  known,  piloting  vessels 
over  the  bar.  Captain  Kelly  and  his  good  wife  now  live  in  Santa  Ana.  Mrs.  Ahern  is 
the  third  oldest  of  eight  living  children  and  she  was  reared  and  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Orange  County.  Two  children  came  to  add  to  their  marital  happiness: 
Laura  who  married  Drennan  Krauchi,  now  deceased,  and  now  resides  at  the  Ahern 
home  at  Tustin;  and  Juanita. 

As  has  been  said,  Mr.  Ahern  began  his  acquaintance  with  the  life  and  problems 
of  the  farmer  on  the  ranch  of  his  father,  who  at  one  time  was.  engaged  in  farming 
leased  land  on  the  Irvine,  or  the  San  Joaquin  ranch  at  Irvine.  Later  on,  he  came  down 
to  El  Toro  and  worked  on  the  Twist  ranch.  He  rose  to  be  Mr.  Twist's  foreman,  and 
held  that  position  for  a  number  of  years;  about  fifteen  years  ago  he  began  farming 
operations  on  his  own  account.  At  the  present  Mr.  Ahern  has  1,600  acres  planted  to 
grain,  of  which  250  acres  are  in  wheat,  and  1,350  acres  are  in  barley  grain.  He  has 
200  acres  of  hay,  and  200  acres  of  beans.  He  resides  with  his  family  at  Tustin,  where 
he  owns  a  ranch — a  trim  little  farm  of  twenty  acres,  seventeen  of  which  are  set  out  to 
budded  walnuts,  while  three  acres  are  in  Valencia  oranges. 

Mr.  Ahern  is  serving  as  school  trustee  in  the  El  Toro  district,  and  is  interested  in 
the  proper  education  of  the  rising  generation,  believing  that  every  boy  and  girl  should 
have  the  best  of  educational  opportunities.  In  national  politics,  he  is  a  Democrat,  but 
he  aims  to  study  and  to  act  upon  the  great  questions  of  the  day  in  the  broadest,  most 
nonpartisan  spirit.  He  and  his  gifted  wife  still  continue  to  apply  themselves  closely 
to  their  life  work  and  to  give  the  most  conscientious  attention  to  every  detail  in  busi- 
ness; and  they  enjoy  the  highest  respect  of  a  large  circle  of  friends. 

GEORGE  H.  HANSEN. — An  enterprising,  successful  rancher  with  an  enviable 
record  as  an  expert  oil  driller,  whose  prosperity  has  stimulated  his  iriterest  in  local 
affairs  of  every  sort,  is  George  H.  Hansen,  who  was  born,  a  native  son,  in  Placentia, 
Cal.,  on  May  25,  1882.  He  is  the  eldest  son  of  the  well-known  and  highly  respected 
citizen  of  Placentia,  Peter  Hansen,  and  from  childhood  enjoyed  the  advantages  of  a 
comfortable  home,  while  he  attended  the  district  school  at  Placentia.  Later  he  grad- 
uated, as  a  member  of  the  class  of  '97,  from  the  Orange  County  Business  College  at 
Santa  Ana. 

Entering  the  employ  of  the  Union  Oil  Company  at  Maricopa,  in  Kern  County, 
Mr.  Hansen  was  for  four  years  an  expert  driller  in  that  company's  service,  acquiring 
practical  experience  which  proved  very  profitable.  Then  in  1913  he  took  up  ranching, 
on  his  nine  acres  devoted  to  Valencia  oranges.  It  is  under  the  service  of  the  Anaheim 
Uniori  Water  Company  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Placentia  Orange  Growers  Associa- 
tion.    In  1918,  he  built  a  handsome  residence  on  his  ranch. 

Mr.  Hansen  has  been  married  twice.  His  first  wife,  Ceola  D.  Boswell,  before  her 
marriage,  died  in  1917,  the  mother  of  three  children — Christine  May,  Ernest  and  Robert. 
Ernest  served  a  year  and  a  half  in  the  merchant  marine,  and  at  San  Francisco  was 
honorably  discharged,  and  now  he  is  an  expert  baker  at  Portland.  His  second  marriage 
made  him  the  husband  of  Miss  Bertha  L.  Herman,  the  daughter  of  R.  B.  Herman, 
the  rancher  of  Anaheim.  She  was  a  trained  nurse,  and  is  now  a  great  helpmate;  and 
she  is  the  mother  of  one  child,  George  Hansen,  Jr.  In  national  politics,  Mr.  Hansen 
is  a  Republican;  but  he  is  first,  last  and  all  the  time  American,  and  ready  to  work  for 
America  and  her  ideals. 

WARREN  M.  GRAY. — An  industrious,  progressive  and  self-made  young  man 
conspicuous  among  those  who  are  "making  good"  is  Warren  M.  Gray,  naturally  a 
mechanic,  through  training  an  expert  machinist,  and  very  experienced  in  the  handling 
and  directing  of  men.  He  is  the  owner  of  an  excellent  ranch  about  a  mile  and  a 
quarter  east  of  El  Toro,  in  whose  community  he  and  his  promising  family  are  highly 
rated  for  their  citizenship  and  neighborliness. 

He  was  born  in  Boone  County,  Iowa,  on  July  8,  1886,  the  youngest  of  five  children 
born  to  J.  M.  and  Frances  (Westlake)  Gray,  and  he  came  to  California  in  1891  with 
his  parents  and  the  rest  of  the  children.  They  settled  first  at  San  Juan  Capistrano,  and 
there  Warren  grew  up  and  attended  the  public  schools.  When  thirteen  years  old  he 
began  to  work  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railway,  helping  to  construct  and  repair,  and  laboring 
especially  at  the  laying  of  track.  Three  years  later,  he  was  made  section  foreman,  and 
in  that  capacity  he  continued  with  the  Santa  Fe  for  thirteen  years.  His  father  was  a 
track  and  construction  man  for  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railway  in  Iowa  for 
twenty-three  years  and  seventeen  years  for  the  Santa  Fe  at  Capistrano;  he  now  resides 
with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Alfred  Trapp  at  El  Toro,  in  the  eighty-fourth  year  of  his  age, 
the  mother  having  passed  away  there  in  1910. 


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1392  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Warren  M  Gray  took  up  mechanical  engineering  through  the  International 
Correspondence  School  at  Scranton,  Pa.,  which  gave  him  the  necessary  insight,  since 
which  time  he  has  fortified  himself  through  actual,  valuable  experience.  He  is  very 
efficient  in  repairing  automobiles,  is  a  good  separator  man,  and  vvith  A.  U  Uarie  n 
owns  a  complete  and  dependable  threshing  outfit.  Some  time  ago  Mr.  Gray  purchaseQ 
twenty  acres  of  rich  land,  his  present  home  place,  and  he  has  smce  set  it  out  to  walnuts, 
making  it  a  very   productive   ranch.  •  r   t-.  1    a/t,,    ;„    Qan 

In  1910  Mr  Gray  was  married  to  Miss  Rosie  Zarn,  a  native  of  Del  Mar,  in  San 
Diego  County;  and  they  have  two  attractive  children,  as  one  might  expect  who  knows 
Mrs.  Gray's  charming  personality.     They  are  named  Catherine  and  Carrie. 

ALFRED  HUHN. — A  far-seeing  business  man  of  winning  personality  who  has 
repeatedly  demonstrated  that  he  has  marked  ability,  is  Alfred  Huhn,  president  and 
manager  of  the  Ehlen  and  Grote  Company.  He  was  born  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  on  No- 
vember 18,  1875,  the  son  of  Peter  and  Lena  (Theiss)  Huhn  of  St.  Louis,  where  her 
father  was  a  prominent  merchant  for  many  years.  There  were  four  children  in  the 
family,  and  three  are  now  living;  and  Alfred  is  the  only  one  in  California.  Both 
Peter  Huhn  and  his  good  wife  are  now  dead. 

Alfred  was  reared  in  St.  Louis  and  educated  in  the  local  schools,  after  which  he 
entered  Walther  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  Bachelor  of  Arts 
degree.  Soon  after  this  he  entered  the  Third  National,  now  the  First  National  Bank 
of  St.  Louis,  following  banking  until  1901,  when  he  resigned  his  position  and  came 
west  to  California.  He  looked  over  the  Southland  and  was  not  long  in  locating  in 
Orange.  Soon  after  his  arrival,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Ehlen  and  Grote  Com- 
pany, and  for  some  years  continued  with  them  as  a  clerk.  When  the  business  was- 
incorporated  in  1906,  Mr.  Huhn  became  a  stockholder  and  was  elected  secretary  and 
director;  and  in  that  capacity  he  remained  until  Mr.  Ehlen  sold  his  interest  in  1910, 
when  Mr.  Huhn  was  made  president  and  manager;  and  these  positions  he  has  filled 
to  everyone's  satisfaction  since  1910.  Through  the  excellent  management  accorded 
by  Mr.  Huhn  and  his  associates,  the  firm  retains  its  old-time  prestige  of  being  the 
largest  retail  grocery  in  Orange  County,  and  very  naturally  Mr.  Huhn  is  a  livewire  in 
the  Orange  Merchants  and  Manufacturers  Association. 

Mr.  Huhn  is  interested  in  horticulture,  and  owns  an  orange  ranch  near  Olive. 
He  also  owns  business  property  in  Orange  and  in  Los  Angeles.  He  is  a  director  and 
secretary  of  the  California  Fig  Nut  Company,  which  maintains  factories  for  the  prepa- 
ration of  breakfast  food  known  as  "Fig  Nuts"  made  from  figs,  nuts  and  whole  wheat, 
a  superior  article  rapidly  coming  to  the  front;  the  demand  has  increased  so  rapidly 
the  company  is  enlarging  the  capacity  and  also  making  plans  for  materially  enlarging 
the  plant.     He  is  also  a  stockholder  in  the  National  Bank  of  Orange. 

At  Orange  Mr.  Huhn  was  married  to  Miss  Sophie  Grote,  a  native  of  Kansas,  and 
the  daughter  of  Henry  Grote,  the  pioneer.  Two  children  have  brightened  their  home, 
and  their  names  are  Alfred,  Jr.,  and  Lester. 

The  family  are  members  of  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church,  and  Mr.  Huhn  is  a 
member  of  the  Lutheran  Men's  Club,  as  well  as  the  Commercial  Club  of  Orange.  Both 
rr^I;f "  f  ^""  "!?  """^  intensely  interested  in  the  broadest  and  most  enduring  develop- 
S^ard  those"^^d  '""^  ^''^  ^^^^^  '"PP°'''"^   °^  ^^^^  go°d  movement  tending 


Ernes^l^  M^J  ^-   MORRISON.-One   of    the   prosperous    ranchers    of   Santa    Ana   is 

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the  Farmers  Fire  Insurance  Company  o  Cedar  Rap  dsIow^^fmi?.^•"'  f^P'""^"*-^ 
at  first  to  Cedar  and  Jones   counties^  but  later   specia  '  age^t '  ren  T  ^'\t""t°ry 

state.  He  next  purchased  various  strips  of  timLrbnTlndTuilt  a'sawm  mfn  't''  ^"''^"^ 
his  own  timber,  and  sold  cordwood,  railrqad  ties  and  lumber  He^^l  ^  V'  "''' 
m  Cedar  Rapids,  and  bought  and  sold  property  there  He  had  a  H.H  LT^"''  ;^°"'" 
farm  of  twenty  acres  near  Cedar  Rapids,  suitable  for  the  life  of  I  nn  ^^  '  suburban 
and  a  farm  of  180  acres  in  Cedar  County  devoted  to  general  agriculture  Ir^'f^T^"' 
time  while  he  owned  this  ranch  property   he  had  a  tenant  on  Xf  ^"^"^  °^  ^^'^ 

gave  his  attention  to  the  insurance  business  ^  ^''"'  ^""^  ^^  '^'"^^'f 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1395 

In  1908,  Mr.  Morrison  sold  his  interests  in  Iowa,  including  some  stock  in  the 
Farmers  Fire  Insurance  Company,  and  came  out  to  California  on  a  six  months'  tour 
of  inspection;  and  having  looked  the  state  over  pretty  well,  he  located  in  Santa  Ana. 
He  built  a  home  at  530  East  Seventeenth  Street,  and  there  made  his  home  until  he 
sold  the  place  in  1916.  In  April  of  that  year,  he  bought  a  five-acre  grove  of  Valencia 
oranges  on  Santiago  Street,  which  is  well  watered  by  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation 
Company.  In  February,  1920,  Mr.  Morrison  purchased  twenty  acres  from  R.  J.  Thomp- 
son of  Santa  Ana,  lying  west  of  the  County  Hospital,  for  which  he  has  a  private  pump- 
ing plant — that  of  the  Dawn  Company,  Inc.,  which  has  a  capacity  of  200  inches.  He  . 
bought  his  present  home  at  116  South  Birch  Street  in  April,  1919.  He  is,  very  naturally, 
a  member  of  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association. 

On  October  14,  1886,  Mr.  Morrison  was  married  to  Miss  Martha  A.  Jeffries,  who 
was  born  near  Cedar  Rapids  and  educated  at  both  the  high  school  and  the  commercial 
college  of  that  city,  in  the  district  in  which  the  Jeffries  were  early  settlers.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Morrison  are  members  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Santa  Ana,  and  Mr. 
Morrison  is  one  of  the  trustees  of  that  congregation.  He  was  formerly  a  director  in 
the  California  National  Bank.  In  national  politics  a  Republican,  Mr.  Morrison  is  too 
broad-minded  to  be  partisan  in  his  "boosting"  of  local  projects,  and  therefore  supports 
heartily  any  movement  deemed  worthy  for  the  betterment  of  the  community  or  the 
county  in  which  he  lives,  labors  and  prospers. 

HARRY  BARTER. — For  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  Harry  Barter,  the  pro- 
gressive rancher  of  Magnolia  Avenue,  Stanton,  has  resided  on  the  same  place  where 
he  now  lives.  The  ranch  was  purchased  by  his  father,  Alfred  Barter,  from  the  Stearns 
Rancho  Company  and  at  that  time  was  a  sheep  pasture. 

Harry  Barter  was  born  in  Virgil  City,  Vernon  County,  Mo.,  April  17,  1884,  the 
son  of  Alfred  and  Annie  (Swartz)  Barter.  The  family  consisted  of  six  children,  three 
of  whom  are  living,  two  being  residents  of  Los  Angeles  County.  Alfred  Barter  was 
an  extensive  farmer  who,  in  conjunction  with  general  farming,  conducted  a  nursery 
for  many  years  in  Orange  County.  He  passed  away  in  1897  and  his  widow  now  resides 
at  Eong  Beach. 

Although  born  in  Missouri,  Harry  BJirter  was  reared  and  educated  in  Orange 
County  and  has  always  followed  agricultural  pursuits.  His  ranch  of  eighteen  acres  is 
devoted  to  general  farming  and  is  highly  cultivated  and  very  productive. 

In  1911,  Mr.  Barter  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  F.  Hooven,  a  native 
of  Wyoming  Valley,  Pa.,  and  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  Tillie  Hooven.  Mr.  Barter  is  an 
enterprising  and  progressive  rancher  and  is  most  highly  respected  for  his  integrity  and 
high  ideals  of  citizenship. 

CHARLES  PRINSLOW.— A  self-made,  self-reliant,  substantial  and  well-to-do 
rancher,  who  has  worked  hard  for  every  dollar  that  he  possesses,  is  Charles  Prinslow, 
the  orchardist,  whose  trim  fifty  acres  near  the  Costa  Mesa  postoffice  are  well  known 
to  other  California  farmers.  He  was  born  at  Brandenburg,  Germany,  on  September  28, 
1853,  the  son  of  Martin  and  Wilhelmina  (Fredericks)  Prinslow,  farmers  and  landowners, 
who  migrated  with  their  eight  children  to  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.,  in  1869,  and  there  con- 
tinued agricultural  pursuits.  The  second  son  and  third  child,  Charles,  was  then  sixteen 
years  of  age,  and  therefore  he  was  educated  partly  in  his  native  land  and  partly  in 
Wisconsin. 

When  twenty-three  years  of  age,  he  struck  out  for  himself  and  first  pulled  up  in 
Lincoln  County,  Dakota  Territory.  There  he  took  up  a  homestead  of  160  acres  and 
also  a  timber  claim  of  the  same  extent,  and  proved  up  on  both;  and  this  land  he  still 
owns,  and  a  section  more. 

In  1881,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Nina  Ireland,  born  near  Randolph,  Wis.,  and  a 
daughter  of  James  Ireland,  who  became  a  farmer  near  Centerville,  where  our  subject 
then  lived.  And  after  his  marriage  he  raised  wheat,  corn,  hay  and  barley,  as  well  as 
stock,  so  that  he  became  a  cattle  feeder.  Indeed,  he  fed  thousands  of  cattle  for  the 
Chicago  market,  and  was  favorably  known  as  one  of  the  extensive  cattle  feeders  of 
southeastern  South  Dakota.     He  bought  more  land,  and  in  every  way  prospered. 

In  1915,  Mr.  Prinslow  came  out  from  South  Dakota,  took  in  the  two  expositions 
at  San  Francisco  and  San  Diego,  and  returned  to  his  farm  of  960  acres  in  Brooklyn 
Township,  Lincoln  County,  and  the  following  spring  came  back  to  California  with 
Mrs.  Prinslow.  After  looking  over  various  attractive  localities,  they  bought  a  five-acre 
home,  to  which  they  moved  with  their  family,  in  January,  1916.  They  still  retain  their 
fine  Dakota  farm,  worth,  according  to  a  conservative  estimate,  at  least  $300,000,  and 
since  their  coming  here  they  have  made  a  trip  to  South  Dakota  each  year.  Mr. 
Prinslow  has  identified  himself  in  many  ways  with  the  life  and  progress  of  Orange 
County,  and  is  known  at  Newport  Heights  as  president  of  the  Newport  Heights  Irri- 


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gation  District,  wliich   owns  three  artesian  wells   on  twenty  acres  of  ground  bought 
from  James  Irvine. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Prinslow  have  had  eight  children — the  same  number  as  made  up  the 
family  of  which  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  member.  Mabel  is  the  wife  of  William 
losty,  a  farmer  at  Centerville,  S.  D.;  and  Elmer,  the  second  born,  is  also  farming 
nearby;  Lewis  was  a  sergeant  in  the  United  States  Army,  now  a  barber  at  Marysville, 
Cal.;  Frank  died,  unmarried,  when  he  was  twenty-two  years  old;  Minnie's  husband  is 
John  Boyd,  the  rancher  and  orchardist  in  Harper  Precinct  and  they  have  a  son,  William; 
.and  Charles  is  a  farmer  in  Lincoln  County,  S.  D.;  Alice  married  John  Jones,  a  fumi- 
gator  residing  at  Costa  Mesa,  and  they  have  one  child,  Robert;  Clarence,  who  has 
reached  his  seventeenth  year,  lives  at  home. 

Mr.  Prinslow  is  a  Republican  according  to  his  party  preferences;  but  he  endeavors 
to  put  aside  partisanship  when  local  movements  and  measures  are  up  for  support  or 
defeat,  and  in  that  way  works  for  the  best  interests  of  the  community  in  which  hie 
lives  and  prospers. 

ROBERT  L.  BLANCHAR. — A  far-seeing,  progressive  agriculturist,  who  leads  a 
quiet  but  very  fruitful  life,  operating  with  excellent  results  some  twenty  acres  on  North 
Flower  Street,  is  Robert  L.  Blanchar,  among  the  most  successful  of  Orange  ranchers. 
He  was  born  near  Windsor,  Wis.,  on  August  24,  1877,  the  son  of  Harvey  C.  and  Mary 
Blanchar,  and  grew  up  in  a  circle  of  refinement  and  education  such  as  might  be 
expected  from  the  fact  that  his  father  was  a  student  at  the  University  of  Wisconsin. 

In  1900  Robert  moved  to  Faribault  County,  Minn.,  with  his  parents,  and  there 
purchased  a  farm  of  200  acres  of  prairie  land,  which  he  devoted  to  the  raising  of  cattle, 
horses,  sheep  and  grain.  He  lived  nine  years  in  Minnesota,  and  then  sold  out  his  hold- 
ings. In  the  meantime,  in  1908,  his  parents  moved  to  town.  In  that  same  year,  also, 
our  subject  was  married,  on  July  2,  to  Miss  Grace  Rorman,  the  ceremony  taking  place 
at  Winnebago,  Minn. 

In  December,  1909,  Harvey  Blanchar  came  to  California  and  located  on  North 
Flower  Street,  in  Santa  Ana,  later  returning  to  Minnesota.  In  the  spring  of  the  fol- 
lowing year  he  and  his  wife,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  L.  Blanchar,  moved  out  to 
California  for  good.  This  North  Flower  Street  ranch  consists  of  twenty  and  a  half 
acres,  five  of  which  are  set  out  to  apricots,  two  and  a  half  to  oranges,  and  thirteen  to 
walnuts.  Our  subject  set  out  the  apricots  and  oranges  himself,  but  the  walnut  trees 
were  already  there.  He  has  ten  acres  under  the  service  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irriga- 
tion Company,  and  also  a  private  pumping  plant  with  a  capacity  of  forty  inches.  He 
uses  an  electric  motor  of  fifteen  horsepower,  and  a  number  four  pump.  In  1910  he 
built  the  home  in  which  his  mother  now  lives.  His  father  died,  ripe  with  the  honors 
of  seventy-one  years,  on  June  29,  1917.  Robert  Blanchar  belongs  to  the  Orange  Lodge 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  Santa  Ana. 

Mrs.  Blanchar  was  born  at  Delavan,  Faribault  County,  Minn.,  the  daughter  of 
Will  and  Kate  Rorman,  natives  of  Minnesota,  who  continue  to  reside  in  that  state. 
She  attended  the  grammar  schools  of  the  district,  and  also  studied  at  the  high  school 
in  Winnebago.  Four  children  have  blessed  their  union.  Helen  E.,  Eunice  D.  and 
Vivian  M.  are  pupils  of  the  grammar  school;  and  Robert  L.,  Jr.,  is  at  home.  The  family 
belongs  to  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Santa  Ana. 

JOSEPH  E.  DURKEE. — That  a  professional  man  may  become  a  successful  and 
prosperous  rancher,  under  the  benign  influence  of  sunny  California,  is  clearly  demon- 
strated in  the  career  of  J.  E.  Durkee  of  Orangethorpe,  where  he  owns  twenty  acres 
devoted  to  oranges  and  walnuts.  For  twenty  years  he  taught  school  in  Iowa,  and  for 
eleven  years  he  was  superintendent  of  schools  of  Buena  Vista  County,  in  that  state 

Mr.  Durkee  was  born  January  6,  1862,  in  Leeds,  Wis.,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Edna 
(Webb)  Durkee.  In  18SS  the  parents  moved  to  Wisconsin,  and  from  there  the  father 
enlisted  in  the  Civil  War  and  was  killed  at  Yorktown.  Later  the  family  moved  to 
Iowa,  where  J.  E.  received  his  early  education  in  the  excellent  public  schools  of  his 
locality.  Subsequently  he  attended  the  Agricultural  College  of  Iowa  at  Ames  from 
which  institution  he  was  graduated  in  1889;  he  then  took  up  teaching  as  a  profession 
and  for  which  he  was  admirably  qualified. 

In  1909  Mr.  Durkee  came  to  California,  and  after  spending  one  year  in  Los 
Angeles,  he  purchased  his  present  ranch  in  Orange  County,  where  he  has  since  resided 
At  the  time  of  purchase  the  ranch  was  mostly  unimproved,  but  Mr.  Durkee  with  his 
characteristic  enterprise  and  spirit  of  progress,  began  at  once  to  improve  and  develop 
the  place,  and  after  expending  much  money  and  labor  he  has  brought  the  ranch  up  to 
a  high  state  of  productiveness  and  has  made  of  it  a  beautiful  homestead. 

Mr.  Durkee's  marriage  occurred  in  1892,  when  he  was  united  with  Miss  Lucinda 
Stewart  of  Floyd,  Iowa.     Five  children  have  been  born  to  them,  three  of  them  living 


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Beatrice,  wife  of  E.  T.  Watson  of  Orange,  Florence  and  Ruth.  Mrs.  Durkee  died  in 
Los'  Angeles  in  1910.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Durkee  is  a  Mason,  a  member  of  Sioux  Rapids, 
Iowa,  Lodge  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  a  member  of  the  Chapter  of  that  city;  he  is  also 
affiliated  with  the  Odd  Fellows. 

In  these  days  of  scientific  farming  a  man  of  education  and  attainments  is  a  valu- 
able asset  to  any  community.  That  Mr.  Durkee's  capabilities  have  been  recognized  by 
his  fellow  citizens  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  he  has  been  made  a  school  director 
of  his  district  and  he  wields  a  broad  influence  in  shaping  its  educational  policy,  as  he 
is  an  enthusiastic  supporter  of  every  movement  for  the  widening  of  the  educational 
facilities  of  the  community. 

MRS.  MINNIE  M.  DIETRICH. — An  enterprising,  liberal  and  kind-hearted  woman 
who  has  spent  many  years  of  her  life  in  Santa  Ana,  where  she  is  well  liked  and  highly 
esteemed  is  Mrs.  Minnie  M.  Dietrich,  who  was  in  maidenhood  Minnie  M.  Buchmann,  a 
native  of  Berlin,  Germany,  born  in  1856,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Rosina  (Seidel)  Buch- 
mann, who  brought  their  family  of  children  to  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  in  1860,  where  after  .a 
residence  of  four  years  they  removed  to  Richardson  County,  Nebr.  There  they  became 
successful  farmers  and  there  both  spent  the  remainder  of  their  lives. 

Minnie  Buchmann  spent  her  teens  in  Richardson  County  and  received  a  good 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  county,  and  at  Fall  City,  Nebr.,  she  was 
married,  January  21,  1872,  when  Penrose  C.  Dietrich  became  her  husband.  He  was  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania,  born  at  Kutztown,  May  24,  1840.  His  father,  Daniel  Dietrich, 
was  also  born  in  Pennsylvania  and  was  a  farmer  near  Kutztown,  where  he  and  his 
estimable  wife  died.  Penrose  Dietrich  after  completing  the  public  schools  of  his 
locality  came  out  to  Iowa  when  seventeen  years  of  age  and  soon  afterwards  stiU  farther 
west,  locating  at  Fall  City,  Nebr.,  where  he  met  Miss.  Buchmann,  the  acquaintance 
resulting  in  their  marriage.  The  young  couple  then  located  on  a  Nebraska  prairie  farm 
which  they  improved,  growing  corn,  wheat  and  oats.  In  about  1895  they  removed  to 
Long  Island,  Phillips  County,  Kans.,  where  they  purchased  and  improved  a  farm  and 
became  successful  stock  raisers  and  feeders.  They  met  with  splendid  returns  and 
became  owners  of  a  400-acre  farm. 

In  1900  they  made  their  first  trip  to  Santa  Ana,  Cal.,  and  after  remaining  a  year, 
returned  to  their  Kansas  farm,  but  the  lure  of  the  balmy  climate  was  too  great  and  they 
responded  to  the  call  of  the  West,  so  in  April,  1905,  sold  their  Eastern  holdings  and 
located  in  Santa  Ana.  They  purchased  the  place  Mrs.  Dietrich  still  owns,  between  four 
and  five  acres,  on  Grand  Avenue.  They  also  owned  the  old  Renter  place  on  Depot 
Street,  where  they  first  made  their  home  until  he  sold  it.  They  journeyed  back  East  for 
a  visit  and  there  he  was  taken  ill,  but  so  strong  was  his  desire  to  return  to  California, 
the  state  of  his  adoption,  that  he  made  the  trip  back,  but  died  six  or  seven  months 
later,  on  April  11,  1918. 

After  his  death  Mrs.  Dietrich  spent  some  time  in  Los  Angeles  at  her  residence, 
1231  West  Forty-first  Street,  but  now  she  makes  her  home  on  the  Grand  Avenue 
ranch,  surrounded  by  her  children  and  many  friends.  Her  seven  children  are  as  follows: 
Annie  is  the  wife  of  John  Hasenyager  of  Santa  Ana,  and  they  have  two  children; 
Wm.  married  Leola  Wagner  of  Santa  Ana;  Edward  is  a  rancher  in  Tustin,  and  married 
Miss  Maude  Skelton  of  Kansas;  Frank  married  Miss  Bessie  Killebrew  of  Kansas; 
Albert  and  Carrie  are  deceased;  and  Elmer  is  assisting  his  mother  in  the  care  of  the 
ranch.  Mrs.  Dietrich  is  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  Church  in  Santa  Ana  and  is  very 
charitable  in  her  donations  for  its  upkeep. 

JOSEPH  POLLOCK. — A  very  successful,  influential  rancher  whose  busy  life  has 
been  fruitful,  ever  since  his  advent  here,  in  advancing  the  best  interests  of  Orange 
County,  is  Joseph  Pollock,  who  lives  on  Santa  Clara  Avenue,  in  Santa  Ana,  where  he 
devotes  his  time  exclusively  to  the  culture  of  oranges,  and  where  he  has  operated  since 
1911  buying  and  selling  real  estate,  encouraging  others  to  come  to  Santa  Ana  and 
vicinity  to  settle,  and  proving  the  magnet  through  which  many  have  found  their  way 
to  Southern  California  and  fortune. 

Mr.  Pollock  was  born  in  Washington  County,  New  York  state,  on  June  10,  1849, 
the  son  of  William  and  Rheuamy  (Kinney)  Pollock,  natives,  respectively,  of  Ireland 
and  New  York.  He  was  one  of  eight  children,  all  of  whom  grew  to  maturity,  while 
six  are  now  living;  and  he  is  the  only  one  residing  in  California.  He  was  reared  in  the 
Empire  State  and  there  educated  at  its  excellent  public  schools;  and  when  the  time 
came  for  such  a  decision,  he  himself  chose  to  be  a  farmer. 

In  1864,  however,  as  a  lad  of  fifteen,  when  the  Civil  War  was  in  full  swing,  he 
enlisted  as  a  volunteer  in  the  United  States  Navy  and  was  assigned  to  the  Albert  Lee 
squadron,  in  which  he  served  on  the  old  frigate  Minnesota,  at  Fortress  Monroe,  and 
afterwards  on  the  Agawam,  at  Deep  Bottom,  on  the  James  River,  where  the  second 


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officer  was  Lieutenant  George  Dewey,  in  more  modern  times  Admiral  Dewey,  the  hero 
of  Manila  Bay.  After  extended,  active  service  along  the  Atlantic  Coast,  Mr.  Pollock 
was  honorably  discharged  at  Norfolk,  Va.,  in  July,  1865,  when  he  returned  to  New  York. 

He  then  started  West  and  traveled  in  most  of  the  Middle  and  Western  States,  as 
far  as  Colorado,  Wyoming  and  Utah,  where  he  followed  mining;  and  then  he  came 
back  to  Hinkley,  111.,  and  on  November  30,  1876,  was  married  to  Miss  Amanda  Strever, 
the  daughter  of  John  Strever,  a  lady  of  accomplishment  and  a  member  of  a  family 
long  highly  esteemed  in  their  locality.  Then  he  resolved  to  settle  down;  and  in  the 
spring  of  1877  he  removed  to  Austin,  Mower  County,  Minn.,  where  he  remained  for 
thirty  years,  and  where  he  owned  an3  cultivated  a  farm  of  220  acres. 

In  190S,  he  removed  to  Orange  County,  Cal.,  and  more  than  ever  he  has  prospered 
in  his  latest  environment.  He  came  here  with  some  $15,000,  and  this  he  has  invested 
so  wisely  that  it  has  multiplied  materially.  Besides  his  home  ranch  on  Santa  Clara 
Avenue,  Mr.  Pollock  has  another  farm  of  twenty  acres  near  Anaheim,  upon  which  he 
has  placed  his  son,  Roy  Pollock,  who  cultivates  both  oranges  and  lemons. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pollock  have  had  two  children,  but  only  one  has  survived.  Roy 
married  Miss  Carrie  White,  by  whom  he  has  had  four  children,  three  of  whom  are  still 
living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pollock  are  members  of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at 
Santa  Ana,  and  politically  are  staunch  Republicans,  and  he  is  naturally  a  worthy  member 
of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  at  Orange. 

HANS  VICTOR  WEISEL.— Prominent  among  the  attorneys  of  Orange  County 
is  Hans  Victor  Weisel,  of  Anaheim,  where  he  maintains  offices  in  the  Golden  State 
Bank  Building.  Although  not  a  native  of  this  state,  Mr.  Weisel  has  spent  much  of  his 
life  here, -coming  here  with  his  parents  when  he  was  a  lad  of  but  nine  years.  His  birth 
occurred  in  Milwaukee,  Wis., .  November  6,  1883,  and  he  is  of  German  and  French 
descent,  his  parents  being  Peter  and  Josephine  (Cordes)  Weisel,  the  latter  a  native  of 
Milwaukee,  Wis.  Both  parents  are  now  deceased.  The  family  came  to  California  in 
1892,  and  Hans,  who  was  the  seventh  child  in  order  of  birth  of  the  nine  children,  re- 
ceived the  greater  part  of  his  early  education  in  the  grammar  and  high  schools  here. 

Later  he  attended  Rose  Polytechnic  Institute  at  Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  where  for  two 
years  he  gave  his  time  and  attention  to  the  study  of  electrical  and  chemical  engineering. 
However,  having  decided  upon  a  career  in  the  legal  profession,  he  returned  to  California 
and  entered  the  College  of  Law,  University  of  Southern  California,  where  he  graduated 
in  1907.  Coming  to  Anaheim,  he  entered  the  practice  of  law,  and  after  three  years  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  Roger  C.  Dutton,  under  the  firm  name  of  Weisel  &  Dutton. 
This  partnership  continued  until  1915,  and  since  that  time  Mr.  Weisel  has  maintained 
■  his  own  offices. 

Taking  a  deep  interest  in  politics,  Mr.  Weisel  was  honored  by  election  to  the 
House  of  Representatives  of  the  State  Legislature  of  California,  serving  in  1912-14.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican  and  was  a  firm  supporter  of  Roosevelt  and  Johnson.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  an  Elk  and  a  member  of  the  Alpha  Tau  Omega. 

On  September  25,  1910,  occurred  Mr.  Weisel's  marriage  to  Miss  Evangeline  C. 
Gentry,  a  native  daughter  of  California,  and  two  children  have  been  born  to  them" 
Victor  G.  and  Anita  E.  Their  home  is  at  Brookhurst  and  Mr.  Weisel  is  also  the  owner 
of  an  orange  grove.  Fond  of  outdoor  life,  he  enjoys  especially  the  sports  of  hunting 
and  fishing.  Deeply  interested  in  all  matters  of  local  import,  he  is  progressive  and 
wide  awake  in  his  views  and  a  firm  believer  in  the  future  of  this  part  of  the  state. 

MISS  BELLA  J.  WALKER.-Among  the  educators  of  Orange  County  who  are 
entitled  to  the  highest  confidence  and  esteem,  partly  because  of  their  character  and 
personality,  and  partly  on  account  of  the  high  standards  they  have  set  and  attained 
m  their  academic  work,  may  be  named  Miss  Bella  J.  Walker,  the  head  of  the  department 
of  English  m  the  Anaheim  Union  high  school.  She  comes  of  a  family  well  known  for 
Its  identification,  through  her  father  and  brothers,  with  the  Christian  ministry  and  is 
herself  rated  as  a  brilliant  instructor.  She  enjoys  a  popularity  not  only  complimentary 
m  the  highest  degree  to  herself,  but  helpful  to  the  institution  in  which  under  the 
general  leadership  of  its  able  principal,  she  has  the  honor  to  teach 

Miss  Walker  was  born  in  Cayuga,  in  the  province  of  Ontario,  Canada  and  is  the 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  J.  L.  Walker,  a  Methodist  minister  who  wa;  born  in  Aberdeen 
Scotland  and  came  out  to  Canada  when  he  was  ten  years  old.  He  married  Miss  Elizal 
?f  T^•.^  qTT'  ^"'^/'^f"  T  ^"^Jf-^t^^^^  '"her  third  year,  they  crossed  the  line  into 
the  United  States  and  settled  at  Columbus.  At  the  end  of  two  years  according  to  the 
custom  in  the  Methodist  Church,  Mr.  Walker  went  on  to  the  L'Anse  Indian  Mpssion  i,' 
the  Northern  Peninsula,  and  for  many  years  presided  over  various  charges  in  Michigan 

Miss  Walker  received  the  best  trainmg  possible  in  the  grade  schools,  considering 
that  she  was  compelled  so  often  to  change  her  schools  and  teachers,  and  in  1893  was 


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graduated  from  the  Ypsilanti  Normal  College.  Then,  for  seven  years,  she  taught  in 
the  high  school  of  Republic,  Mich.  After  that,  in  1902,  she  studied  at  the  University 
of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor,  and  then,  for  two  years,  she  was  both  principal  and  in- 
structor in  the  high  school  at  Petoskey,  Mich.  In  1904,  she  went  to  Owosso,  in  the 
same  state,  and  became  an  instructor  in  the  County  Teachers'  Training  School;  and 
she  was  there  until  1907. 

In  that  year.  Miss  Walker  journeyed  west  to  California,  to  visit  her  brother,  J. 
Franklin  Walker,  who  was  principal  of  the  Anaheim  Union  high  school;  and  during  her 
visit  she  purchased  five  acres  on  North  Street.  She  went  back  to  Michigan,  howiever, 
and  taught  for  a  year;  and  in  1908  she  returned  to  the  Golden  State  with  her  father 
and  sister,  Margaret.  She  built  a  home  on  her  ranch,  and  within  a  year  the  trio  moved 
onto  the  five  acres.  Her  beloved  mother  had  passed  away  in  Michigan,  and  her  father 
went  to  his  eternal  reward,  rich  in  the  works  of  eighty-four  years,  in  1916  while  residing 
in  California. 

Having  once  established  herself  as  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  community.  Miss 
Walker  joined  the  stafif  of  the  Anaheim  high  school  and  was  made  head  of  the  English 
department;  and  in  that  very  responsible  position  she  has  served  the  commonwealth 
ever  since,  contributing  what  she  could  toward  the  highest  efficiency  in  the  study  of 
English,  both  for  the  present  and  the  opening  years  to  come.  When  she  first  saw  the 
high  school  at  Anaheim,  her  brother  as  principal  was  in  charge  of  seventy-nine  pupils; 
and  now  the  school  has  four  hundred.  A  sister,  Miss  Margaret  Walker,  married  J.  K. 
Langdon,  and  lives  in  Anaheim;  and  this  social  relation,  together  with  such  activity 
as  Red  Cross  work  during  the  progress  of  the  late  war,  has  added  to  the  happiness  of 
Miss  Walker's  residence  in  the  early  Orange  County  town. 

The  Reverend  Mr.  Walker  found  cactus  and  brush  on  the  land  on  North  Street 
purchased  when  they  came,  and  he  developed  the  waste  into  splendid  acreage.  Now 
it  is  devoted  to  the  cultivation  of  citrus  fruit,  and  supports  seven  and  eight-year-old 
Valencia  orange  trees,  irrigated  by  Section  No.  2  of  the  Water  Company.  The  success 
of  his  labors  there  was  but  such  as  one  might  have  expected  who  had  followed  his  long 
and  successful  harvesting  as  a  reaper  of  souls. 

JACOB  S.  SWINDLER.— About  two  miles  south  of  Anaheim  is  the  highly  culti- 
vated and  well-kept  walnut  grove  and  orange  orchard  of  Jacob  S.  Swindler.  He  was 
born  on  October  6,  18S2,  in  Montgomery  County,  near  Crawfordville,  Ind.,  in  a  log 
house,  and  when  quite  young  his  parents  moved  to  Missouri  where  he  was  reared  and 
educated. 

His  parents,  Joseph  S.  and  Salina  (Lyter)  Swindler,  had  a  family  of  eleven 
children,  nine  of  whom  grew  to  maturity,  and  six  are  now  living.  Jacob  S.  is  the  only 
member  of  the  family  living  in  California.  During  most  of  his  life  he  has  followed 
farming  although  he  learned  the  trade  of  a  carpenter,  which  he  had  found  of  great 
benefit  to  him,  even  in  ranching,  as  the  knowledge  of  the  trade  enables  him  to  do  his 
own  carpenter  work,  and  at  times  he  has  done  work  for  his  neighbors.  Mr.  Swindler 
resided  in  Missouri  until  1900,  when  he  went  to  Idaho,  bought  a  ranch  of  160  acres  near 
Lewiston,  where  he  remained  until  coming  to  California  in  1911. 

Mr.  Swindler  has  been  married  three  times;  his  first  wife  was  Miss  Catherine 
Davis  of  Missouri,  to  whom  he  was  united  in  February,  1879,  and  of  this  union  three 
children  were  born,  two  of  whom  are  living:  Virgil  C;  and  Laura,  Mrs.  Alfred  Edwards 
of  Missouri.  Mrs.  Swindler  passed  away  in  1883.  On  October  22,  1886,  he  was  united 
in  -marriage  with  Miss  Maggie  Boyd,  she  died  in  April,  1913,  in  Orange  County.  Mr. 
Swindler's  present  wife,  before  her  marriage,  was  Mrs.  Mary  (Williams)  Wiley.  She 
and  Mr.  Swindler  were  married  on  June  13,  1914,  and  one  daughter,  Dorothy  Elizabeth, 
has  been  born  to  them.  Mrs.  Swindler  is  a  native  of  Ohio,  of  Welsh  parents,  and  is 
the  mother  of  three  living  children  by  her  former  marriage:  Fannie,  Ethel  and 
W.  Victor  Wiley.  Mrs.  Swindler  has  lived  in  California  since  a  year  old.  Her  parents 
came  to  what  is  now  Orange  County  in  1876,  and  settled  in  Gospel  Swamp,  where  they 
have  since  lived.  She  was  reared  and  educated  here,  and  in  1900  was  married  to  Victor 
L.  Wiley.  She  spent  six  years  in  Iowa  after  her  marriage,  but  came  back  to  California, 
where  Mr.  Wiley  died  in   1908. 

Mrs.  Swindler  is  the  owner  of  a  ranch  of  ten  and  one-third  acres  which  is  well 
improved,  and  since  her  marriage  to  Mr.  Swindler  he  has  given  it  his  especial  attention, 
making  many  improvements  which  have  enhanced  the  value  and  attractiveness  of  the 
property  by  setting  out  six  acres  of  Valencia  oranges  and  four  acres  of  walnuts.  Mr. 
Swindler  owns  eleven  and  one-quarter  acres  of  walnuts  near  by,  all  of  which  he  looks 
after  in  person.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Swindler  are  members  of  the  Christian  Church  and  are 
highly  respected  citizens  of  the  community,  where  they  have  many  warm  friends.  In 
politics  they  are  Republicans. 


1402  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

HERMAN  F.  MEYER.— An  industrious  and  enterprising  orange  grower,  residing 
on  Katella  Road  and  Palm  Avenue,  in  the  Anaheim  district,  is  Herman  F.  Meyer,  the 
owner  of  a  five-acre  orange  orchard,  about  seven  years  old.  His  ranch  is  well  improved 
and  a  modern  residence  adds  to  its  attractiveness-  Mr.  Meyer  was  born  on  September 
S,  1857,  at  Chicago  111.,  a  son  of  Herman  and  Wilhelmina  Meyer,  natives  of  Germany. 
Herman  Meyer,  Sr.,  learned  the  trade  of  a  shoemaker  in  Germany  but  after  emigratmg 
to  the  United  States  he  followed  agricultural  pursuits.  The  family  settled  in  Iowa, 
where  the  father  engaged  in  farming  until  he  passed  away  in  1900.  After  the  death  of 
her  iiusband,  Mrs.  Meyer  moved  to  California  in  1907,  with  her  son  Herman  F.,  and 
she  passed  away  at  Los  Angeles  in  1911.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Meyer  were  the  parents  of 
eleven  children,  seven  of  whom  are  living,  and  four  brothers,  Henry,  August,  Charles 
and  Herman  F.,  reside  in  California. 

When  Herman  F.  Meyer  came  to  California  in  1907  he  went  to  Santa  Cruz,  where 
he  lived  for  six  and  one-half  years,  subsequently  going  to  Aromas,  San  Benito  County, 
where  he  owned  about  sixty  acres  which  he  devoted  to  general  farming  and  fruit 
raising.  In  1918  he  removed  to  Orange  County  and  located  on  his  present  place,  and 
as  a  result  of  his  diligent  work  he  has  become  one  of  the  successful  ranchers  there. 

On  June  4,  1896,  Mr.  Meyer  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Anna  M.  Rudolph, 
daughter  of  Valentine  and  Catherine  Rudolph,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of 
six  children:  Edgar,  Marie,  Carl,  Albert,  Merten  and  Herman.  Mrs.  Meyer  is  a  native 
of  Cedar  Lake,  Ind.,  where  she  was  born  on  December  21,  1870.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Meyer 
are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and  politically  they  support  the 
Republican  ticket.  A  former  marriage  of  Mr.  Meyer,  in  1884,  united  him  with  Miss 
Sophia  Frevert,  and  two  children  were  born  to  them,  Hulda  of  Santa  Rosa,  and  Esther, 
who  is  now  deceased. 

EDWARD  KARLOFF. — An  enterprising,  successful  orange  grower  who  is  known 
as  a  liberal-minded,  public-spirited  citizen,  ready  at  all  times  to  do  what  he  can  both 
to  build  up  the  town  and  the  county  and  also  to  help  in  the  great  work  of  upbuilding, 
or  improving  things  socially  and  educationally,  is  Edward  KarlofI,  who  was  born  in 
Posen,  German3'-,  on  March  S,  1868,  and  there  attended  the  public  schools.  As  early 
as  1891  he  was  fortunate  in  being  able  to  come  out  to  America  and  to  Chicago,  and 
there  he  soon  found  work  in  the  great  stockyards.  Then  he  took  to  gardening,  and 
made  a  success  of  that;  and  when  he  decided  to  push  on  still  further  to  the  West,  he 
was  ready  for  the  new  and  severer  problems  awaiting  his  attention. 

In  1894  he  arrived  at  Anaheim  and  at  once  went  to  work  on  a  ranch  as  a  farm 
hand,  getting  one  dollar  and  a  quarter  a  day  for  from  twelve  to  fifteen  hours  of  labor, 
and  boarding  himself.  He  was  frugal,  however,  notwithstanding  these  adverse  condi- 
tions, and  by  1902  had  saved  enough  to  be  able  to  buy  his  present  place  of  ten  acres  on 
Ball  Road.  It  was  raw  land  then;  but  his  industry,  guided  by  intelligent  reflection,  soon 
transformed  it  into  improved  land,  and  there  he  set  out  Valencia  oranges,  interset  with 
walnuts  which  his  enterprise  had  raised  independently  of  the  nurseries,  and  today  all 
are  bearing  finely. 

While  in  Germany,  Mr.  KarlofiE  was  married  to  Miss  Louisa  Kroeger,  a  native 
of  Posen  and  a  woman  with  the  desirable  domestic  virtues  and  accomplishments  for 
which  Germans  are  so  favorably  known;  and  they  have  three  bright  children — Elsa, 
Bertha  and  Walter.  The  family  attend  the  Anaheim  Lutheran  Church;  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Karloff,  intense  in  their  patriotic  Americanism,  subscribe  to  the  political  creeds 
of  the  Republican  party,  although  in  supporting  desirable  local  projects  they  are  non- 
partisan in  the  extreme.  Mr.  Karloff  thinks  that  Orange  County  can  have  only  a 
brilliant  future;  and  Orange  County  naturally  expects  but  one  result  from  the  hard  work 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Karloff  to  make  a  happy  home  and  a  prosperous  ranching  estate. 

JOHN  F.  GUTHRIE, — Descended  from  Scotch  ancestors  who  were  early  settlers 
of  Virginia,  John  F.  Guthrie  is  himself  a  native  of  the  Old  Dominion.  He  was  born 
October  14,  1874,  near  Nathalie,  in  Halifax  County,  Va.,  his  parents  being  Thomas  and 
Sallie  Guthrie.  His  father,  who  was  also  a  native  of  Virginia,  was  the  owner  of  a 
400-acre  tobacco  plantation  in  Halifax  County,  and  here  John  F.  spent  his  boyhood 
days,  receiving  his  education  in  the  schools  at  Nathalie.  When  he  was  twenty-two 
years  of  age  he  took  an  extensive  trip  through  the  Southern  States  and  also  made  a 
visit  to  Cuba  and  Porto  Rico.  During  the  year  1897  he  farmed  in  Florida,  near  Braden- 
town  on  the  Manistee  River.  The  following  year,  when  the  Spanish-American  War 
broke  out  he  enlisted  for  service  and  was  in  the  quartermaster's  department  of  the 
U.  S.  Army,  being  stationed  both  in  Cuba  and  Porto  Rico. 

Returning  to  his  old  home  in  Virginia  at  the  close  of  the  war,  he  farmed  there 
for  two  years,  but  the  trips  that  he  had  taken  gave  him  a  taste  for  travel  and  a  keen 
desire  to  see  more  of  the  world.     Accordingly  he  set  out  for  California,  and  arriving 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1405 

at  L,os  Angeles,  engaged  in  various  kinds  of  work,  being  for  a  time  with  the  Kerckhoff- 
Cuzner  Lumber  Company  and  later  spending  a  short  time  on  a  ranch  near  Compton. 

On  April  2,  1907,  Mr.  Guthrie  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Ahrens,  the  ceremony 
being  solemnized  at  Los  Angeles.  She  is  a  native  daughter  of  California,  her  parents, 
Fred  and  Caroline  Ahrens,  residing  at  Main  and  Nineteenth  streets  at  the  time  of  her 
birth.  Mr.  Ahrens,  who  was  a  cabinet  maker  by  trade,  came  to  California  from 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  in  1886,  following  his  trade  after  locating  in  Los  Angeles.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Guthrie  are  the  parents  of  two  sons,  Randolph  and  Arthur. 

Shortly  after  his  marriage  Mr.  Guthrie  removed  to  San  Mateo,  where  he  spent 
six  years  with  the  Wisdom-Loop  Lumber  Company,  as  foreman  of  their  San  Mateo 
yards.  He  then  gave  up  lumber  yard  work  and  came  to  Orange  County,  purchasing 
ten  acres  of  land  on  Magnolia  Avenue  in  1912.  At  the  time  he  bought  it,  it  was  barren 
cactus  land  and  he  set  to  work  to  develop  it,  setting  it  out  to  Valencia  oranges.  He  has 
used  the  most  up-to-date  methods  in  his  ranch  work  and  has  been  very  successful,  the 
inc6me  from  his  orchard  increasing  steadily  each  year.  Mr.  Guthrie  has  a  private 
pumping  plant  on  his  ranch  and  has  one  of  the  best  pipe  systems  in  the  vicinity,  having 
three  sets  of  valves  across  the  property.  Besides  caring  for  his  own  ranch  Mr.  Guthrie 
rents  from  50  to  100  acres  of  land  each  year  on  which  he  does  truck  gardening,  raising 
corn,  tomatoes,  beans,  etc. 

Mr.  Guthrie  takes  an  active  interest  in  all  civic  afifairs  and  has  served  on  the 
school  board  as  a  trustee.  A  believer  in  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party,  he 
gives  his  support  and  vote  to  the  nominees  of  that  party.  Fraternally  he  is  affiliated 
with  the  Masonic  order  and  with  his  wife  attends  the  Grace  Lutheran  Church  at  Ana- 
heim. During  his  residence  in  San  Mateo  Mr.  Guthrie  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Gillett  to  fill  a  vacancy  on  the  sanitation  committee  of  the  hospital  in  that  vicinity,  and 
he  discharged  the  duties  of  this  office  to  the  satisfaction  of  everyone. 

MISS  MABLE  McGEE. — One  of  the  most  capable  and  successful  business  women 
of  Brea,  and  one  who,  in  fact,  has  the  distinction  of  having  filled  four  city  offices,  is 
Miss  Mable  McGee,  dealer  in  real  estate,  insurance,  investments,  bonding,  etc.  She  is 
a  native  of  Page  County,  Iowa,  and  received  her  early  education  in  the  grammar 
and  high  schools  of  Coin,  Iowa,  which  was  supplemented  with  a  special  commercial 
course  in  Amity  College,  and  subsequently  a  business  and  commercial  course  in  the 
Omaha  Business  College,  at  Omaha,  Nebr.  She  fitted  herself  for  the  vocation  of  a 
stenographer,  and  she  held  positions  of  responsibility  in  this  line  of  work  in  Omaha, 
Nebr.,  Denver,  Colo.,  Wyoming  and  New  Mexico. 

In  1912,  Miss  McGee  came  to  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  and  in  1914  located  in  Brea,  soon 
after  this  thriving  little  town  had  started.  For  three  and  a  half  years  she  was  in  the 
employ  of  Stern  and  Goodman  and  Ray  Brothers,  and  later  became  stenographer  for 
the  firm  of  Salveson-Brown;  afterwards  she  was  stenographer  for  the  city  attorney:  of 
Brea,  Albert  Launer.  While  in  the  latter  office  she  decided  to  seek  the  position  of 
clerk  of  Brea,  and  at  the  polls  was  duly  elected  to  that  important  office  in  1918  for  a 
two-year  term,  ending  in  April,  1920.  That  she  ably  filled  the  office  to  the  utmost 
satisfaction  of  the  citizens  of  Brea  is  attested  to  by  the  fact  of  her  appointment  to  the 
additional  positions  of  city  recorder,  city  assessor  and  deputy  tax  collector. 

In  addition  to  her. many  civic  duties  Miss  McGee  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and 
insurance  business,  is  notary  public  and  public  stenographer.  The  busy  and  successful 
career  of  this  young  business  woman  furnishes  a  splendid  example  of  what  can  be 
accomplished  by  women  who  are  specially  trained  for  their  specific  lines  of  business. 
By  her  splendid  achievements  in  the  civic  life  of  Brea,  Miss  McGee -has  won  for  herself 
a  prominent  place  among  the  citizens  of  this  growing  and  prosperous  little  city. 

FRED  BENTJEN. — A  very  successful  horticulturist,  who  attributes  much  of  his 
progress  to  the  ambition,  striving  and  self-denial  of  his  good  wife,  is  Fred  Bentjen, 
rated  by  all  who  know  his  warm  advocacy  of  both  popular  and  advanced  education  as 
one  of  the  truest-hearted  of  Americans.  He  was  born  in  Germany  on  February  4,  1863, 
the  son  of  Dietrich  and  Helen  (Janscen)  Bentjen,  farmer  folk  in  that  country,  noted  for 
their  intelligence  and  up-to-date  ideas,  and  he  was  twenty-three  years  old  when  he  left 
home  to  come  to  America.  He  sailed  from  Bremen  for  New  York,  and  then  went  on  to 
Nebraska.  While  at  home,  he  had  helped  his  father  with  the  farm  work,  and  in  the 
new  West  he  always  found  engagements  enough,  continuing  for  nine  years  as  a 
laborer  on  a  farm.  Once  he  went  back  to  his  native  country;  but  it  was  only  for  a 
visit  and  he  not  only  returned  to  the  United  States,  but  he  married  at  Pender,  Thurston 
County,  Nebr.,  on  March  29,  1895,  Miss  Helen  Wolflfe,  also  a  native  of  Germany. 

Selling  out  his  interests  at  Pender,  he  moved  to  Boone  County,  in  the  same  state, 
where  he  went  in  for  general  farming,  raising  in  particular  on  his  200  acres  grain  and 
stock,  and  also  potatoes.    In  1909  he  came  west  to  California  and  for  three  years  lived 


1406  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

at  Richfield;  and  in  1912  he  removed  to  West  Anaheim..  There  he  planted  fourteen 
acres  of  citrus  trees  now  six  years  old  and  full  bearing,  and  three  acres  of  walnuts; 
joined  the  Farm  Center,  became  active  in  civic  work  under  the  banners  of  the  Repub- 
lican party,  and  also  became  a  stockholder  in  the  Anaheim  Orange  and  Lemon  Growers 
Association  He  bought  into  a  well  company  having  a  plant  pumping  100  inches  and 
serving  twerity  ranchers,  and  he  assumed  charge  of  the  well  and  the  pump,  which  are 
located  on  his  ranch. 

Six  children  have  blessed  the  fortunate  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bentjen.-^  Anna 
is  now  the  wife  of  Otto  Rohrs,  the  rancher  of  Orange,  and  has  one  child;  Tdlie  is 
married  and  is  the  wife  of  Dick  Heitshusen,  an  oil  man  of  Brea,  the  ceremony  having 
taken  place  in  July,  1920;  Fred  entered  the  army  in  defense  of  his  country,  but  was  not 
sent  to  the  front  on  account  of  the  armistice,  and  now  he  is  ranching  and  living  at 
home;  Ida  is  the  wife  of  Raymond  Grimm,  a  rancher  of  Anaheim;  Lena  resides  at  home, 
and  so  does  Mary.  All  the  children  were  born  in  Nebraska,  and  confirmed  mthe 
Lutheran  faith.  Mr.  Bentjen  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  the  Anaheim 
German  Parochial  School. 

DAVID  D.  GARDNER.— An  expert  celery  grower  who  is  also  a  good  business 
man  is  David  D.  Gardner,  who  owned  ten  acres  three  and  a  half  miles  riortheast  of 
Huntington  Beach,  and  grows  twenty  acres  of  celery  on  rented  land.  He  is  a  partner 
with  his  brother-in-law,  Wallace  W.  Blaylock,  and  together  they  are  widely  known  as 
celery   experts. 

He  was  born  in  Madison  County,  Nebr.,  on  March  2,  1884,  the  son  of  David 
Gardner,  a  rancher,  who  had  married  Miss  Sarah  Hetzler.  In  1892  they  removed  to 
California,  taking  with  them  their  family  of  six  children.  Here  the  father  passed  away, 
in  1906,  and  the  mother  is  now  living,  retired,  in  the  La  Bolsa  district,  in  Orange 
County.  Adam  Gardner,  who  is  in  business  in  San  Francisco,  was  the  first  born  of  the 
family;  then  came  Al,  who  lives  at  home;  after  that  Ralph,  the  rancher  at  Oakdale;  then 
David,  our  subject;  next  Earl,  who  owns  twenty  acres  and  rents  seven  hundred,  and 
lives  a  quarter  of  a  mile  from  Bolsa;  and  finally,  Lida,  the  wife  of  Frank  Burton,  the 
rancher,  of  Stanton,  Orange  County. 

David  was  eight  years  old  when  he  came  to  Orange  County,  and  in  1907  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Johnnie  Girdner  Horton,  a  native  of  Arkansas,  and  the  daughter  of 
Warren  H.  and  Laura  Horton.  The  former  died  here  in  1907.  Mrs.  Gardner  is  a  near 
relative  of  Dr.  Girdner  of  New  York.  Four  children  blessed  this  union:  Hayden, 
Mabel,  Geraldine  and  David. 

Mr.  Gardner  planted  his  farm  of  ten  acres  to  beans  and  beets,  and  this  alone 
affords  him  a  good  living.  He  has  a  good  partner,  and  some  of  their  celery  vvill 
bring  $1,500  an  acre,  netting  each  partner  a  handsome  income.  As  a  family,  the 
Gardners  have  valuable  connections  and  many  friends,  being  highly  esteemed  for  their 
ideals  and  public  spirit. 

WALLACE  W.  BLAYLOCK.— The  successful  culture  of  celery  in  Orange  County 
owes  much  to  Wallace  W.  Blaylock,  like  his  partner,  David  D.  Gardner,  a  noted  celery 
expert.  He  lives  with  his  interesting  family  on  his  ranch  of  twenty  acres  in  the  Talbot- 
Wintersburg  district,  where  he  is  known  and  respected  as  a  very  successful  farmer.  In 
national  politics,  he  has  always  supported  the  Democratic  platforms;  but  he  has  cast 
aside  partisanship  in  endorsing  the  best  men  and  the  best  measures  for  local  develop- 
ment, with  the  result  that  today  he  enjoys  life  in  one  of  the  most  favored  areas  in  all 
the  Golden  State. 

He  was  born  in  Franklin  County,  Ark.,  in  the  Ozark  country,  famous  for  its  large, 
red  apples,  on  September  11,  1863,  and  there  attended  the  public  schools.  His  father 
was  Robert  Blaylock,  a  native  of  Georgia  and  a  member  of  a  fine  old  English  family 
that  had  settled  in  the  South;  and  his  mother  was  Agnes  Blaylock,  who  was  born  in 
Tennessee.  They  married  in  Arkansas,  and  there  Robert  Blaylock  died  when  Wallace 
was  only  twelve  years  of  age.  Mrs.  Blaylock  lived  to  be  seventy-six,  and  died  in 
California.  Five  of  their  children  grew  up;  and  among  them  Wallace  was  the  second 
in  the  order  of  birth.  Mrs.  Blaylock  came  of  Scotch  ancestry,  and  Grandfather  Blay- 
lock reached  the  grand  old  age  of  103;  Wallace,  therefore,  has  very  naturally  inherited 
exceptional  virility. 

When  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  Mr.  Blaylock  came  west  to  California  and 
settled  at  EI  Monte,  in  Los  Angeles  County;  and  in  1900  he  returned  to  Arkansa.s 
There  he  married  Miss  Emma  Horton,  a  sister  of  Mrs.  D.  D.  Gardner.  Mrs  Blaylock'f 
tincle  was  the  noted  New  Yorker,  Dr.  Girdner. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Blaylock  have  five  children;  Both  Frances  and  Charles  are  in  thr 
high  school  at  Huntington  Beach;  while  Julienne,  William  and  Wallace,  twins,  an- 
attending  the  grammar  school  of  the  Wintersburg  district. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1407 

EARL  CHESTER  DUTTON.— The  Buckeye  State  claims  Earl  C.  Button,  the 
progressive  young  rancher  of  the  Anaheim  district,  as  a  native  son.  He  was  born  in 
Albany,  Athens  County,  Ohio,  on  July  11,  1882,  a  son  of  W.  H.  and  Ida  (Linscott) 
Button.  They  were  the  parents  of  two  children,  C.  Clifford  and  Earl  Chester  Button, 
the  subject  of  this  review. 

W.  H.  Button  was  born  in  Harrison  County,  Ohio,  in  1858  and  followed  the 
jewelry  business  from  boyhood,  his  father  having  been  a  pioneer  jeweler  in  Ohio.  In 
1891,  he  migrated  with  his  family  to  California,  where  he  engaged  in  the  jewelry  busi- 
ness at  Los  Angeles,  remaining  there  until  1908,  when  the  family  moved  to  their  present 
home  place  in  Orange  County.  At  that  time  the  land  was  unimproved.  Three  months 
after  locating  on  his  ranch  of  ten  acres,  W.  H.  Button  passed  away;  his  son  Earl  took 
charge  of  the  estate,  and  has  made  all  the  improvements  and  spared  neither  labor  or 
expense  in  bringing  the  place  up  to  its  present  day  high  state  of  production.  His 
indefatigable  labors  and  enterprising  efforts  have  been  amply  rewarded  by  bountiful 
crops,  -seven  acres  being  devoted  to  oranges  and  three  to  avocados.  He  makes  a 
specialty  of  the  Button  avocado,  originated  by  himself  on  his  ranch  and  which  has 
prov.gn  of  great  value  because  it  ripens  in  winter.  This  is  a  widely  planted  variety, 
calls  having  come  from  Florida  and  the  Hawaiian  Islands  for  the  budded  variety. 
Mr.  Button  is  a  member  of  the  California  Avocado  Association.  For  ten  years  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Orange  County  Republican  Central  Committee  and  taken  an 
active  interest  in  political  affairs  in  the  county  and  state. 

On  September  21,  1906,  Mr.  Button  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mildred  C. 
Cottrell,  and  four  children  have  been  born  to  them:  William  K.,  John  C,  Margaret  C, 
and  Ruth  B.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Button  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Eagles,  being  the 
past  president  of  Anaheim  Aerie  No.  947,  and  also  holds  membership  in  the  American 
Genetic  Society.  He  and  his  family  are  highly  esteemed  in  the  community  for  their 
high  ideals  of  character  and  citizenship. 

FERDINAND  KEYING. — A  poultry  fancier  who  is  unusually  successful  in  rais- 
ing prize  show  birds,  as  well  as  in  maintaining  a  fine  orange  ranch,  is  Ferdinand  Heying, 
whose  home  is  on  Loara  Road,  west  of  Anaheim.  Missouri  was  Mr.  Heying's  native 
state,  and  he  was  born  there  on  June  3,  1866,  at  Rhineland,  Montgomery  County.  His 
parents  were  Bernhard  and  Alida  (Struttman)  Heying,  the  father  having  come  from 
Germany  in  1844,  and  was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Montgomery  County,  Mo.  He 
was  a  well  known  farmer  there  for  many  years,  owning  120  acres,  most  of  which  was 
Missouri  River  bottom  land.  When  the  Civil  War  broke  out  he  enlisted  in  the  Union 
Army  and  served  valiantly  for  his  adopted  country. 

The  early  days  of  Ferdinand  Heying  were  spent  on  the  home  place,  where  he 
obtained  such  education  as  the  schools  of  that  time  and  place  afforded,  but  as  the  terms 
were  short — only  four  months  a  year — he  had  to  gain  most  of  his  schooling  through 
his  own  efforts.  Part  of  their  farm  was  timberland  and  this  he  helped  his  father  clear, 
raising  a  few  acres  of  tobacco  here,  and  devoting  the  remainder  to  corn,  wheat  and 
stock.  One  of  the  happiest  memories  of  Mr.  Heying's  youthful  days  is  his  member- 
ship in  the  Rhineland  Brass  Band.  This  little  organization  made  quite  a  reputation  for 
itself,  being  called  upon  to  play  for  every  notable  gathering  in  that  part  of  the  country, 
for  every  rhember  of  the  band  was  a  good  performer  on  his  particular  instrument  and 
with  their  zealous  hours  of  practice  they  were  able  to  play  music  quite  in  advance  of 
the  usual  village  band.  Mr.  Heying  was  one  of  the  leading  performers,  playing  the 
E-flat  cornet  in  the  band  and  the  B-flat  cornet  in  the  orchestra  work. 

Mr.  Heying  remained  on  his  father's  farm  until  he  was  of  age,  when  he  engaged 
in  the  lumber  business,  sawing  the  rough  lumber  for  the  farm  buildings  of  the  vicinity 
at  his  mill.  He  handled  walnut,  oak,  elm,  sycamore,  maple  and  Cottonwood  lumber, 
and  when  the  Missouri,  Kansas  and  Texas  Railroad  was  built  through  that  part  of 
Missouri  he  furnished  ties  for  the  company.  Mr.  Heying  also  acquired  an  eighty-acre 
farm  near  Rhineland,  sixty-five  acres  being  bottom  land  and  fifteen  acres  upland,  and 
here  he  set  out  a  fine  apple  orchard,  Winesaps,  Zanos,  Jonathans  and  Arkansas  Blacks 
being  among  the  varieties  that  he  grew;  in  addition  he  also  had  a  good  sized  orchard 
of  peaches  and  pears. 

In  1902  Mr.  Heying  came  to  California  and  settled  at  Anaheim,  where  for  some 
time  he  was  engaged  at  various  occupations.  Later  he  purchased  thirteen  acres  of  land 
near  Fullerton,  north  of  the  Burdoff  ranch;  this  was  vacant  land  at  the  time  and  Mr. 
Heying  began  at  once  to  improve  it,  setting  it  out  to  walnuts  and  bringing  it  up  to  a 
high  state  of  cultivation.  He  still  owns  this  property,  which  is  producing  a  fine 
yield,  and  he  markets  his  walnuts  at  the  Benchley  Packing  House.  In  November, 
1916,  he  purchased  five  acres  on  Loara  Road,  west  of  Anaheim,  and  here  he  now 
makes  his  home.  The  place  is  set  to  Valencia  oranges  and  it  is  irrigated  by  water 
from   the  pumping  plant  of  John   Eells,  who   has   one   of   the   finest   wells   in   Orange 


1408  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

County.  Mr.  Keying  is  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Citrus  Exchange,  and  of  course, 
markets  his  oranges  through  that  organization.  Since  coming  to  his  Anaheim  ranch 
Mr.  Haying  has  developed  a  thriving  poultry  business  on  his  ranch,  specializing 
in  prize  show  birds  of  the  Rhode  Island  Red  variety.  He  has  made  a  special  study  of 
this  branch  of  the  poultry  business  and  has  mastered  the  secrets  of  its  success;  he 
now  has  about  300  birds. 

The  marriage  of-Mr.  Heying  occurred  on  June  24,  1888,  when  he  was  united  with 
Miss  Emma  Dyckman,  who  like  himself  was  born  in  Montgomery  County,  Mo.  They 
are  the  parents  of  four  children:  Alfred  and  Oscar,  are  both  graduate  pharmacists  and 
have  a  splendid  business  at  Anaheim;  Alfred  graduated  from  the  San  Francisco  School 
of  Pharmacy  and  on  account  of  his  brilliant  work  there  won  a  scholarship  that  entitled 
him  to  an  additional  year  of  study;  Edward  G.  lives  at  Fillmore,  where  he  also  has  a 
drug  store;  Ernest  B.  is  attending  a  dental  college  at  Los  Angeles.  Oscar  and  Edward 
trained  at  Camp  Lewis;  the  former  went  to  France  and  the  latter  was  in  the  gas  detail 
in  the  United  States  where  the  gas  was  manufactured.  Ernest  attended  the  dental  col- 
lege under  government  regulation  until  the  armistice  was  signed.  A  Republican  in 
national  politics,  Mr.  Heying  is  nonpartisan  in  his  political  views  where  local  issues  are 
concerned,  believing  the  best  interests  of  the  community  are  conserved  by  putting  the 
best  man  in  office,  regardless  of  party  ties. 

EUGENE  L.  McCARTER.— A  resident  of  Orange  County  since  1903  and  now 
an  enthusiastic  horticulturist  in  the  Tustin  district  is  Eugene  L.  McCarter,  who  was 
born  near  Clay  Center,  Clay  County,  Kans.,  April  S,  1888,  a  son  of  Thos.  J.  McCarter 
who  is  represented  on  another  page  in  this  work.  Eugene  L.  was  reared  on  the  farm 
in  Kansas  and  attended  the  public  school  of  his  district.  Coming  with  his  parents  to 
Orange  County  when  he  was  in  his  fifteenth  year,  he  completed  the  grammar  school 
and  then  entered  the  Santa  Ana  high  school  where  he  was  graduated  in  1910. 

He  then  followed  ranching  for  a  time  to  earn  the  money  to  pay  his  way  through 
the  Brownsberger  Business  College  in  Los  Angeles.  After  graduating  from  this  insti- 
tution he  became  bookkeeper  for  a  Los  Angeles  Grocery  Company  where  he  con- 
tinued for  eighteen  months.  But  the  call  of  the  farm  was  too  strong  so  he  returned  to 
Orange  County  to  begin  ranching.  He  purchased  ten  acres  oh  the  Newport  Road  and 
also  leased  land  and  engaged  in  horticulture  as  well  as  raising  beans.  Two  years  later 
he  sold  his  place  at  a  good  profit  and  bought  a  ten-acre  walnut  grove  on  the  Red  Hill 
Road  in  Tustin  which  was  interset  with  Valencia  oranges.  Four  years  later  he  sold 
it  at  a  big  profit  and  then  he  bought  two  ranches,  one  of  ten  acres  on  Red  Hill  and 
San  Juan  streets,  devoted  to  walnuts  and  the  other  of  eleven  acres  set  to  Valencia 
oranges,  located  on  Prospect  Avenue,  both  lying  in  the  Tustin  district.  Meantime  he 
also  purchased  ten  acres  at  West  Acres  adjoining  the  Forkner  Fig  Gardens  in  Fresno, 
which  he  set  to  figs  and  two  years  later  sold  it  at  a  profit. 

Aside  from  his  own  ranches  he  has  helped  to  develop  and  set  out  several  other 
ranches  to  orange  and  walnut  groves.  During  this  time  he  has  been  a  close  student 
of  horticulture,  so  much  so  that  he  has  become  a  well  posted  and  successful  horticul- 
turist. He  is  also  the  owner  of  a  valuable  corner  in  Seattle,  Wash.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Walnut  Growers  Association  and  the  Tustin  Hill  Citrus  Asso- 
ciation. Mr.  McCarter  makes  his  home  on  Prospect  Avenue,  where  he  has  a  comfort- 
able residence  and  resides  with  his  wife  and  three  children,  Barbara,  Eugene  L.,  Jr., 
and  Gwendolyn. 

His  marriage  in  Santa  Ana,  February  28,  1916,  united  him  with  Miss  Minnie  Mae 
Montgomery,  born  in  Hereford,  Texas.  She  came  with  her  parents,  Lyman  A.  and 
Kate  (Mercer)  Montgomery,  to  Santa  Ana;  they  were  natives  of  Iowa  and  Mr  Mont- 
gomery died  here.  Mrs.  Montgomery  is  a  graduate  of  the  San  Diego  State  Normal  and 
has  been  engaged  m  educational  work  for  many  years  and  now  teaching  at  West- 
mmster.  Mrs.  McCarter  was  graduated  from  Santa  Ana  high  school  in  1914  The 
1^.""'/.  ^"^""^  }^l  ^''^^  Presbyterian  Church  of  Santa  Ana.  In  national  principles 
Mr.  McCarter  believes  m  the  policy  of  protection  and  is  a  stanch  Republican. 

^  Z"^™.^  BELDEN  McCORD.-The  history  of  the  banking  institutions  of 
Southern  California  is  interesting,  and  their  soundness  and  stability  are  due  to  the  tried 
and  true  inen  at  the  helm,  enabling  them  in  the  past  to  weather  many  a  storm  in  which 
older  established  Eastern  banks  have  been  less  fortunate. 

The  competent  and  popular  cashier  of  the  Anaheim'  National  Bank  is  a  native  of 
^-  ^^"/."u^"^  ''"T.  September  1,  1882.  His  parents,  George  A.  and  Lethia  (Hazel- 
rigg)  McCord,  are  living  in  Los  Angeles,  where  the  father  is  a  contractor 

Arthur  Belden  is  the  oldest  child  in  a  family  of  eight  children,  and  received  a 
public  school  education  supplemented  with  a  business  college  course  and  a  course  at 
the  Central  Normal  School  at  Danville,  Ind.,  after  which  he  taught  school  for  three 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1411 

years  at  Fairbanks,  that  state.  His  first  step  in  the  business  world  was  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Terre  Haute  Traction  and  Light  Company,  in  their  purchasing  depart- 
ment, in  which  position  he  remained  two  years.  After  coming  to  California  he  was 
connected  with  the  Commercial  National  Bank  at  Los  Angeles,  for  five  years,  and  was 
assistant  cashier  of  the  Traders  Bank  in  that  city,  two  years.  He  then  accepted  a  posi- 
tion as  cashier  of  the  German  American  Bank  of  Anaheim,  and  from  there  went  to. 
the  Anaheim  National  Bank  as  cashier,  his  present  position. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  McCord  occurred  April  30,  1905,  and  united  him  with  Miss 
Ellen  Mahaney  of  Indiana.  Mr.  McCord  belongs  to  the  Christian  Church  and  politically 
is  a  stanch  Republican.  He  is  associated  fraternally  with  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  and  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  is  fond  of  hunting, 
fishing  and  motoring,  recreations  in  which  he  finds  relaxation  from  the  cares  of  busi- 
ness life.  He  is  very  active  in  Anaheim  civic  aflfairs,  and  is  a  man  of  standing  and 
influence  in  the  community,  where  he  is  esteemed  not  only  for  his  personal  worth  but 
for  the  public  spirit  he  manifests  and  his  interest  in  all  things  pertaining  to  the  welfare 
of  Orange  County. 

FRANCIS  M.  BENNETT. — A  rancher  who  has  farmed  in  various  sections  of 
Orange  County  and  is,  therefore,  well  posted  as  to  soil  and  climatic  conditions  in  this 
favored  part  of  the  Golden  State,  is  F.  M.  Bennett  who  is  at  present  yard  foreman  for 
the  Orange  County  Fumigating  Company.  He  was  born  near  Rondo,  Polk  County, 
Mo.,  on  August  24,  187S,  and  his  parents  were  Samuel  and  Harriet  A.  Bennett,  farmers 
in  the  Iron  State.  The  lad  attended  the  district  school  at  Rondo,  and  worked  at  home 
until  after  he  was  of  age. 

On  attaining  his  twenty-first  year,  he  started  out  into  the  world  for  himself,  taking 
up  farming  as  a  means  for  a  livelihood.  On  May  18,  1897,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Catherine  Marsh,  who  was  born  in  northern  Missouri,  the  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Elizabeth  Marsh,  also  farmers;  and  they  came  to  California  and  remained  two  years, 
during  which  time  their  only  child,  Jesse  D.,  was  accidentally  burned  at  Orange,  and 
died  from  its  injuries.  Later,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bennett  returned  to  Missouri,  and  there, 
in  1899,  Mrs.  Bennett  died. 

Once  again  Mr.  Bennett  came  out  to  California,  and  this  time  he  brought  with 
him  his  father  and  mother.  They  settled  on  East  Chapman  Avenue  in  Orange,  and 
there  purchased  ten  acres  for  $3,500.  At  the  end  of  two  years,  however,  they  disposed 
of  their  holding-  and  moved  into  Orange.  In  1909,  Mr.  Bennett's  father  died,  and  just 
ten  years  later,  his  mother  passed  away. 

On  November  15,  1905,  Mr.  Bennett  married  a  second  time,  choosing  for  his  wife 
Miss  Alice  Ferguson,  a  native  of  Iowa  and  the  daughter  of  Chauncey  and  Laura  Fergu- 
son; and  since  then  have  been  farming,  for  the  most  part  near  Santa  Ana,  Orange  and 
Anaheim.  In  1912,  he  had  a  boarding  house  at  Camp  No.  7,  Big  Creek,  in  the  Sierras, 
about  seventy-five  miles  from  Fresno;  but  after  spending  a  year  there  in  the  mountains, 
he  left  and  went  to  Texas,  settling  some  sixty  miles  from  San  Antonio.  He  ran  an 
express,  and  farmed  eighty  acres  of  land.  The  lure  of  California  drew  him  back  to 
Orange  County  in  1914,  and  then  he  worked  as  yard  foreman  for  the  Orange  County 
Fumigating  Company.  He  next  removed  to  Buena  Park  and  ranched  for  a  while,  and 
then  was  overseer  of  the  Holton  ranch,  forty  acres  of  which  are  devoted  to  oranges, 
and  forty  to  walnuts.  While. in  Texas,  Mr.  Bennett  bought  twenty  acres  near  proven 
oil  lands.  Mr.  Bennett  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church  at  Anaheim,  in  politics  is 
a  Republican,  and  fraternally  belongs  to  both  the  Odd  Fellows  and  Masons  of  Orange. 

G.  RAYMOND  FRANKLIN. — Interesting  and  varied  have  been  the  life  experi- 
ences of  G.  Raymond  Franklin;  an  extensive  traveler,  soldier  of  fortune  and  now  a 
successful  business  man,  makes  an  unusual  combination,  and  goes  far  to  show  the 
versatility  of  this  patriotic  American.  Instead  of  turning  his  attention  to  politics  on 
leaving  the  army,  as  the  hero  of  San  Juan,  Roosevelt,  did,  he  has  "thrown  his  hat" 
into  the  business  ring,  and  the  mettle  of  the  man  insures  success.  Born  in  Dwight, 
Livingston  County,  111.,  May  30,  1878,  he  is  a  son  of  James  L.  and  Dora  (Schuman) 
Franklin,  both  natives  of  Illinois,  and  the  father  conducted  the  largest  general  store 
at  Dwight  for  many  years. 

The  son  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  home  town,  and  the 
Dwight  high  school,  and  when  a  young  man  took  a  trip  to  Europe,  traveling  exten- 
sively and  visiting  nearly  all  the  principal  cities  all  over  the  continent.  In  1898,  when 
the  Spanish  War  broke  out,  he  enlisted  in  the  Thirteenth  Infantry  of  Regulars,  as  a 
private,  and  rose  to  the  position  of  first  lieutenant.  His  regiment  was  the  third  to 
land  in  Cuba,  and  saw  active  service  all  through  the  Cuban  campaign,  taking  part  in 
the  battle  of  San  Juan  Hill,  at  which  time  Mr.  Franklin  was  sergeant.  He  arrived  in 
the  Philippine  Islands,  May  30,  1899,  and  saw  four  years'  service  there,  taking  part  in 


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many  skirmishes  and  engagements,  serving  under  General  L,awton,  and  was  near  that 
brave  soldier  when  he  was  shot  from  his  horse,  and  wounded  in  the  arm,  at  the  capture 
of  San  Fabian.  Besides  becoming  an  officer  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  the  young 
soldier  served  as  interpreter,  speaking  Spanish  fluently.  On  returning  to  the  United 
States  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  military  prison  at  Alcatraz  Island,  San  Francisco 
Bay.     He  resigned  from  the  army  in  1905,  after  seven  years  of  faithful  service. 

His  first  civilian  occupation  after  military  life  was  as  bookkeeper  and  cashier  with 
the  Pacific  Implement  Company  of  San  Francisco,  and  he  later  held  the  same  position 
with  the  Standard  Hardware  Company  of  that  city.  He  next  went  down  into  Mexico 
and  became  forwarding  agent  with  the  Southern  Pacific  Railway  during  the  construc- 
tion of  the  line  from  Guaymas  to  Tepic,  on  the  west  coast.  After  his  work  in  Mexico, 
he  became  purchasing  agent  for  the  U.  S.  Smelting  Company  of  Kingman,  Ariz.,  for 
three  years,  and  then  engaged  in  business  for  himself  in  Kingman,  selling  mining 
machinery  and  automobiles,  for  five  years.  During  the  World  War  he  served  for  six 
months,  receiving  a  captain's  commission  from  Washington  and  was  sent  to  Camp 
Fremont,  where  he  was  general  instructor  at  the  officers'  training  camp. 

In  April,  1919,  Mr.  Franklin  came  to-  Anaheim  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the  Orange  County  Auto  Company,  becoming  secretary  and  manager  of  the  concern, 
J.  L.  Finley  of  Pasadena  being  the  president.  The  company  occupied  a  large  and 
modern  garage  and  show  room  at  111-113  North  Lemon  Street  and  did  a  flourishing 
business  handling  several  makes  of  cars.  On  June  1,  1920,  Mr.  Franklin  severed  his 
connection  with  the  company  and  took  the  agency  for  the  Auburn  Beauty  Six  and 
Gardner  Four  and  is  located  on  West  Center  Street  where  he  meets  his  many  friends 
in  his  usual  genial  manner. 

The  marriage  of  G.  R.  Franklin  united  him  with  Ethel  M.  Jeans,  a  native  of  San 
Francisco,  and  they  have  one  daughter,  Barbara.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Franklin  is  a 
member  of  Anah-eim  Lodge  No.  1345,  having  demitted  from  Kingman  (Ariz.)  Lodge 
No.  468,  B.  P.  O.  Elks.  Since  he  has  elected  to  make  Anaheim  his  home  he  has  become 
interested  in  all  movements  that  have  for  their  aim  the  betterment  of  the  community 
and  is  rapidly  building  up  a  reputation  among  the  business  men  of  the  county. 

HARRY  J.  NYLEN. — Numbered  among  the  newer  residents  of  Orange  County 
who  are  making  a  success  of  citrus  culture  is  H.  J.  Nylen,  whose  ranch  is  located  on 
Orange  Avenue,  near  Anaheim.  Although  he  has  lived  in  Orange  County  but  a  short 
time,  Mr.  Nylen  is  no  stranger  to  California,  as  he  previously  resided  at  Whittier, 
where  his  father's  family  located  in  1900. 

H.  J.  Nylen  was  born  in  Corry,  Erie  County,  Pa.,  on  May  30,  1872,  the  son  of 
J.  T.  and  Olive  Nylen,  whose  family  consisted  of  five  children,  three  of  whom  are 
living  in  California.  The  mother  passed  away  on  January  21,  1917;  the  father  still 
resides  at  Whittier.  H.  J.  Nylen  followed  the  barber's  trade  in  Whittier  for  nine  years, 
after  which  he  engaged  in  agriculture  and  citrus  culture  and  then  went  to  Hemet,  bought 
twenty  acres  and  set  it  but  to  peaches  and  apricots.  Seven  years  later  they  sold  out  and 
spent  one  year  in  Santa  Ana.  In  1916  he  located  on  a  ranch  in  West  Anaheim,  which 
he  devoted  to  citrus  growing,  and  where  he  made  many  needed  improvements  by. 
setting  out  Valencia  oranges.  He  sold  the  ranch  in  January,  1920,  and  took  up  his 
residence  in  Anaheim. 

On  October  10,  1907,  Mr.  Nylen  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mary  Elizabeth 
Lark,  a  native  of  Illinois,  born  in  McDonough  County,  and  the  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Caroline  Lark,  who  came  to  California  in  1900.  One  son,  John,  now  deceased,  was 
born  to  them.  Fraternally  Mr.  Nylen  has  been  an  Odd  Fellow,  and  also  a  member  of 
the  Modern  Woodmen  lodge  at  Hemet.    He  and  his  wife  belong  to  the  Christian  Church. 

WILLIAM  EDWARD  DUCKWORTH.— An  experienced  merchant  who  has 
attended  strictly  to  business,  and  in  doing  so  has  established  a  flourishing  trade  in  feed, 
fuel,  seeds  and  ice,  as  well  as  all  kinds  of  poultry  supplies,  is  William  Edward  Duck- 
worth, who  was  born  at  Hutchinson,  Kans.,  on  November  26,  1885.  His  father  was 
John  W.  Duckworth,  born  in  Iowa,  while  his  mother  was  Emma  Handy  before  her 
marriage,  and  a  native  of  Illinois.  They  now  live  retired  in  Anaheim,  and  of  their  three 
children  Wm.  E.  is  second  oldest.  The  oldest  is  Guy  E.,  a  merchant  in  Honolulu. 
The  youngest  is  Mrs.  Lola  Pendleton  of  Pasadena. 

When  William  was  still  a  child,  the  family  came  to  California  in  1895  and  under 
the  mspirmg  environment  of  the  Golden  State  he  was  reared  and  educated  He  first 
attended  the  grammar  and  then  the  high  school  of  Anaheim;  and  after  that  for  several 
years,  assisted  his  father  in  mercantile  business.  Then  he  engaged  in  blacks'mithing  and 
the  sale  of  nnplements;  and  in  each  of  these  endeavors  he  proved  his  ability  to  under- 
stand the  wants  of  the  public,  and  to  please  and  give  convenience  to  his  patrons  by 
anticipating  their  desires. 


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In  1907  Mr.  Duckworth  established  his  present  business,  in  which  he  has  been  very 
successful,  being  now  the  largest  individual  business  of  the  kind  in  Anaheim.  He 
belongs  to  the  Board  of  Trade  and  the  Merchants  Association,  and  whenever  there  is 
anything  to  be  done  under  their  leadership,  William  Duckworth  is  one  of  the  first  to 
volunteer  to  put  his  shoulder  to  the  wheel. 

When,  on  August  16,  1904,  Mr.  Duckworth  was  married,  he  took  for  his  bride 
Miss  Gertrude  Crippen  of  Anaheim;  and  two  children  have  blessed  their  fortunate 
union,  John  and  Guy  Duckworth.  The  family  attend  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr. 
Duckworth  is  a  Republican  in  national  politics,  and  greatly  interested  in  civic  duty  and 
reforms.  He  is  an  Elk,  and  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Woodmen  of 
the  World. 

BERNARD  R.  MASTERS. — Among  the  enterprising  and  successful  young  ranch- 
ers of  the  Anaheim  district,  one  who  has  been  a  citizen  of  Orange  County  from  a 
young  lad,  is  Bernard  R.  Masters,  lessee  of  a  ten-acre  ranch  on  Dale  Street,  one- 
quarter  of  a  mile  north  of  the  County  Road. 

He  is  a  native  of  Nebraska,  born  at  College  View,  March  6,  1892,  the  son  of 
John  and  Bettie  Masters,  natives  of  Illinois  and  Norway,  respectively.  John  Masters 
was  by  trade  a  wagonmaker  and  followed  this  occupation  most  of  his  lifetime.  In 
1898  John  Masters  migrated  to  California  and,  after  spending  two  years  in  the  Golden 
State,  sent  for  his  family  to  join  him  in  the  land  of  sunshine  and  flowers.  In  1900  he 
purchased  the  place  now  operated  by  his  son,  Bernard  R.  Masters.  John  Masters  is  still 
living  and  resides  at  his  ranch;  his  loving  and  faithful  wife  passed  away  to  the  Great 
Beyond  in  1916.  Their  family  consisted  of  eight  children,  seven  of  whom  are  living,  and 
residents  of  California. 

In  1900,  when  Mr.  Masters  purchased  his  present  ranch,  the  land  was  used  as  a 
barley  field  and  possessed  a  flowing  well.  Since  that  time  rriany  improvements  have 
been  made,  the  land  set  out  to  citrus  fruit  and  appropriate  buildings  erected.  The 
original  well  finally  failed  to  supply  the  much-needed  water  for  the  development  of  the 
ranch,  but  another  well,  with  a  seven-inch  bore  sunk  127  feet,  supplies  sufficient  water, 
by  a  powerful  pumping  plant,  to  irrigate  the  entiire  place. 

Bernard  R.  Masters  received  his  early  education  in  the  splendid  public  school  of 
his  district  and  has  grown  to  manhood  in  this  community  where  he  is  highly  esteemed 
for  his  manly  qualities  and  loyal  support  of  all  worthy  movements  for  the  development 
of  the  county's  best  interests. 

Disregarding  the  superstitution  of  Friday  the  thirteenth,  Bernard  R.  Masters  was 
united  in  marriage  on  Friday,  December  13,  1918,  with  Miss  Catherine,  daughter  of 
Mrs.  Mary  McDougall.  She  is  a  native  daughter,  born  at  Lancaster,  Los  Angeles 
County,  and  they  have  one  daughter,  Bettie  Mary  Masters.  The  McDougall  family 
moved  to  California  the  same  year  in  which  the  Masters  located  in  Orange  County. 
Mr.  McDougall  was  a  prominent  stockman  and  passed  away  in  Lancaster.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Bernard  Masters  have  a  large  circle  of  warm  friends  in  their  community.  In 
politics  Mr.  Masters  is  a  Republican. 

EDWARD  W.  LEHMBERG. — Thrift  and  frugality  are  characteristics  which 
usually  bring  success  to  the  man  who  consistently  practices  them  in  his  business.  It 
is  to  these  traits  of  character  that  can  be  attributed  the  rapid  strides  that  Edward  D. 
Lehmberg  has  made  in  the  citrus  industry  since  coming  to  Orange  County,  when  his 
financial  assets  amounted  to  but  two  dollars  in  cash.  At  the  present  time  he  is  the 
owner  of  a  ten-acre  ranch  devoted  to  citrus  fruit,  located  on  Brookhurst  Road,  in  the 
Anaheim  district. 

This  progressive  young  rancher  was  born  in  Illinois  on  June  S,  1893,  and  is  the 
adopted  son  of  William  and  Annie  Miller.  His  mother  died  when  he  was  but  an 
infant,  but  his  foster  parents  gave  him  the  same  loving  care  and  attention  as  though  he 
had  been  their  own  child.  In  subsequent  years,  after  learning  that  his  father  was  living, 
and  that  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  were  his  foster  parents,  he  took  the  surname  of  his 
father,  Lehmberg. 

Edward  W.  Lehmberg  was  reared  and  educated  in  Illinois  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller 
and  when  old  enough  he  chose  agriculture  for  his  vocation.  In  1911  he  left  their  home 
to  seek  his  fortune  in  the  West,  locating  that  year  in  Orange  County,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  At  first  he  was  employed  on  a  ranch,  but  being  thrifty  and  possessed 
of  a  progressive  spirit  he  wisely  saved  his  money  and  today  is  the  owner  of  a  well 
kept  and  profitable  citrus  orchard. 

On  February  24,  1916,  Mr.  Lehmberg  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Lillian 
Otte,  a  native  of  Iowa,  and  the  daughter  of  Claus  and  Catherine  Otte,  who  have  lived 
in  the  Olive  district  of  Orange  County  since  1906.  Two  children  have  beeil  born  to 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lehmberg:  Lola  C.  and  Roger  W.  They  attend  the  Lutheran  Chtirch 
and  are  highly  respected  among  their  ever  widening  circle  of  friends. 


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HUGO  J.  LAMB. — A  favorite  son  of  western  Orange  County  who  is  fast  rising 
into  prominence  and  influence,  is  Hugo  J.  Lamb,  who  is  also  a  very  successful  beet 
and  bean  raiser,  operating  his  ranch  of  144  acres,  but  resides  in  Santa  Ana.  He  was 
born  at  New  Hope,  in  Orange  County,  on  December  9,  1888,  the  fourth  of  the  five  living 
children  of  the  late  W.  D.  and  Elizabeth  (Holt)  Lamb.  The  other  four  children  are: 
Mrs.  E.  J.  Levengood,  of  Pomona;  Walter  D.  Lamb,  who  resides  at  415  West  Walnut 
Street,  in  Santa  Ana;  Mrs.  G.  L.  Harper,  the  wife  of  the  rancher  living  on  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth Lamb's  ranch;  and  Earl  A.  Lamb,  also  a  rancher.  Hugo  j.  grew  up  in  western 
Orange  County,  and  saw  the  Gospel  Swamp,  as  the  country  used  to  be  called,  in  its 
native  state  of  jungle,  tules,  willows  and  peat  bogs.  He  attended  the  Talbert  grammar 
school,  which  is  known  by  the  name  of  the  Fountain  Valley  grammar  school;  and 
being  ambitious  of  obtaining  as  good  an  education  as  was  possible,  he  also  pursued  the 
courses  of  the  Huntington  Beach  high  school. 

At  the  age  of  twenty,  March  3,  1909,  Mr.  Lamb  was  married  at  Santa  Ana  to 
.Miss  Effie  Stockton,  born  in  Arkansas,  a  daughter  of  the  late  J.  T.  Stockton  of  Winters- 
burg.  Their  union  has  been  a  singularly  happy  one,  and  was  blessed  with  the  birth  of 
two  children,  Lois  and  Alice.  Mr.  Lamb  belongs  to  Santa  Ana  Lodge,  No.  794,  B.  P. 
O.  Elks,  and  in  politics  aims  to  support  only  the  best  men  and  the  best  principles.  He 
is  serving  as  a  member  of  the  Orange  County  grand  jury.  Foresight  and  the  appli- 
cation of  the  last  word  in  science  to  the  problems  of  agriculture  characterize  the  manner 
in  which  Mr.  Lamb  operates.  He  uses  twenty  horses  for  his  farm  work,  and  both  a 
Holt  forty-five  horsepower  tractor  and  a  tractor  of  the  Sampson  make.  All  the  other 
appliances  of  his  well-kept  farm  are  thoroughly  up  to  date.  Although  still  operating 
the  farm  he  resides  with  his  family  in  his  residence  at  530  South  Sycamore  Street, 
Santa  Ana. 

RUDOLPH  MEGER. — A  progressive,  successful  rancher  whose  home-place  im- 
provements have  added  materially  both  to  the  wealth  and  the  attractiveness  of  Orange 
County,  is  Rudolph  Meger,  who  owns  and  operates  ten  acres  devoted  to  choice  oranges, 
a  quarter  of  a  mile  south  of  Broadway  and  east  of  Brookhurst  Street,  Anaheim.  When 
he  purchased  the  property,  in  1913,  it  was  in  a  very  unimproved  condition;  but  it  was 
not  long  before  he  had  set  out  300  trees  which  will  soon  be  in  full  bearing  condition. 
He  continued  his  labors  and  experiments,  and  he  has  been  able  to  make  many  other 
desirable  improvements  on  his  ranch,  converting  the  land  into  a  most  desirable  country 
estate.  Mr.  Meger  was  born  in  Russia-Poland,  on  March  10,  1884,  and  is  the  son  of 
Gotlieb  and  Elvina  Meger,  natives  of  the  same  northern  country.  No  less  than  eleven 
of  the  fourteen  children  born  to  his  parents  are  now  in  America,  and  of  these,  nine 
are  in  California  and  seven  are  in   Orange   County. 

As  early  as  1902  Mr.  Meger  came  to  Orange  County,  and  having  always  followed 
agricultural  pursuits,  he  had  less  difficulty  than  many  in  establishing  himself  amid  new 
environments.  He  has  also  always  worked  hard,  and  as  a  reward  he  has  seen  a  profit- 
able homestead  spring  into  existence  for  himself  and  family,  if  not  in  a  single  night, 
then  by  such  steady  degrees  as  give  heart  and  satisfaction  to  the  worker.  What  he 
and  his  worthy  family  have,  they  may  fairly  be  said  to  have  made  with  their  own 
hands,  and  so  should  be  credited  with  the  favorable  results. 

Successful  and  assured  of  even  more  success,  smiling  at  a  world  that  beamed  and 
smiled  at  him,  Mr.  Meger  on  July  3,  1912,  was  married  to  Miss  Tina  Edinger,  the 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  Edinger;  and  three  children  have  blessed  their 
fortunate  union.  They  are  Ruth,  Edward  and  Henry.  Mrs.  Meger  was  also  born  in 
Russia,  in  1890,  and  was  a  mere  babe  when  she  came  to  the  United  States,  so  that  she 
has  grown  up  under  the  Stars  and  Stripes. 

WALTER  A.  LUCE. — A  young,  enterprising  rancher  of  the  type  which  can  never 
be  restrained  from  forging  ahead  and  making  for  itself  a  most  honorable  place  in  the 
agricultural  world,  is  Walter  A.  Luce,  who  has  been  a  resident  of  California  since  1906. 
He  is  a  native  of  Hazardville,  Conn.,  where  he  was  born  on  October  30,  1886,  and  is 
the  son  of  Walter  and  Mary  Luce,  the  former  a  native  of  Connecticut,  the  latter  having 
first  seen  the  light  in  Germany.  Besides  our  subject,  these  worthy  folks  had  another 
son,  Frank,  who  is  now  a  painting  contractor  in  Anaheim.    ' 

The  family  migrated  to  Nebraska  when  Walter  was  a  small  boy,  and  there  he 
was  educated,  enjoying  the  advantage  of  both  a  grammar  school  and  a  high  school 
training.  Early  in  life,  he  entered  the  dry  goods  trade  in  Omaha,  and  in  time  he 
specialized  in  millinery.  He  served  as  a  clerk  in  Omaha,  then  became  a  millinery 
buyer  there,  in  the  store  where  he  was  employed,  then  went  to  Houston,  Texas,  in  the 
same  capacity;  later  he  went  to  New  York  City  and  from  there  came  to  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  in  1906,  as  millinery  buyer  for  the  Broadway  Department  Store.  He  followed  this 
business  until  coming  to  Anaheim  in  1917  to  take  charge  of  the  orange  and  lemon  ranch 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1417 

that  had  been  purchased  by  his  mother,  three  miles  west  of  Anaheim  on  the  boulevard, 
in  that  year,  and  since  that  time  he  has  applied  himself  steadily  to  the  task  of  making 
the  place  a  paying  proposition  and  how  well  he  has  succeeded  is  shown  by  the  returns 
from  the  acreage.  He  was  married  in  1914  to  Miss  Caroline  Hartman.  Mr.  Luce's 
father  died  in  1891  and  the  widow  is  making  her  home  in  Anaheim. 

The  Luces  have  brought  their  acreage  up  to  a  high  and  very  creditable  state  of 
production,  and  no  doubt  their  excellent  well  and  pumping  plant,  installed  according 
to  the  most  up-to-date  plans,  have  had  much  to  do  with  the  development.  The  well  is 
250  feet  deep  with  a  ten-inch  bore,  affording  a  capacity  of  eighty  inches  of  water;  and 
the  pump  is  one  of  the  best  pieces  of  machinery  for  miles  around  and  operated  by 
electricity.  Anaheim  has  always  welcomed  such  progressive  citizens  as  Mr.  Luce  and 
his  near-of-kin,  and  well  may  they  be  proud  of  them,  for  they  are  the  sort  that,  in 
building  for  themselves,  also  build  and  upbuild  for  others. 

GEORGE  McNeil. — A  resident  of  Buena  Park,  where  he  owns  and  operates  a 
fruit  ranch  on  Orangethorpe  Avenue,  George  McNeil  has  been  a  valued  citizen  of 
Orange  County  for  the  past  fourteen  years.  Mr.  McNeil  comes  from  good  old  New 
England  stock,  being  born  in  Deering,  Hillsboro  County,  N.  H.,  June  2,  1863,  the  son 
of  William  and  Elizabeth  (McQuesten)  McNeil,  who  were  also  natives  of  that  state 
and  both  passed  away  there.  To  them  were  born  four  children,  and  two  of  them  are 
still  living — a  sister,  Anna,  who  still  resides  in  the  East,  and  George,  the  subject  of  this 
review.  He  was  reared  in  his  native  state  and  after  he  had  completed  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  his  locality,  he  spent  several  years  as  a  clerk  in  a  mercantile  establish- 
ment. When  he  became  of  age,  however,  he  decided  to  try  his  fortune  in  the  great 
western  country,  of  which  he  had  heard  such  glowing  tales.  Accordingly  he  made  the 
long  journey  across  the  continent,  reaching  California  in  1894.  Locating  in  Los  Angeles, 
he  spent  five  years  as  clerk  in  a  store,  but  with  the  exception  of  that  period,  all  his 
time  has  been  spent  in  agricultural  pursuits. 

In  1906,  Mr.  McNeil  decided  to  locate  in  Orange  County,  being  attracted  there 
by  the  wonderful  successes  being  made  in  fruit  growing.  He  purchased  a  place  of  nine 
acres  on  Orangethorpe  Avenue,  and  he  has  ever  since  made  this  his  home.  His  ranch 
is  at  present  devoted  to  oranges,  walnuts,  and  fruits  in  general.  He  is  working  to  the 
end,  however,  of  devoting  all  his  acreage  to  the  citrus  industry.  All  the  improvements 
on  the  place  have  been  made  by  himself. 

Mr.  McNeil's  marriage  occurred  in  1900,  in  Los  Angeles,  when  he  was  united  to 
Miss  Lillie  E.  Tubbs,  also  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  and  the  daughter  of  Alvin  and 
Jennie  Tubbs.  Their  home  has  been  blessed  with  a  son  and  a  daughter,  Alvin  G. 
and  Ethel  C,  attending  Pomona  College.  Mr.  McNeil  is  prominent  in  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity, where  he  holds  the  office  of  master  in  Buena  Park  Lodge  No.  357,  F.  &  A.  M. 
He  has  also  been  honored  with  a  seat  on  the  school  board,  which  he  has  held  since 
1912.  He  is  a  Republican  in  national  politics.  He  is  a  worthy  citizen  who  has  won  the 
entire  confidence  of  a  large  circle  of  friends  through  his  genial  personality. 

FRED  PEITZKE. — Among  the  successful  growers  of  oranges  and  walnuts  in  the 
Anaheim  district  is  Fred  Peitzke,  whose  home  is  on  Stanton  Street,  near  the  County 
Highway.  Mr.  Peitzke  is  a  native  of  Southern  Iowa,  where  he  was  born  on  August 
24,  1877,  a  son  of  William  and  Ruah  Peitzke.  The  family  of  William  Peitzke  consisted 
of  twelve  children,  and  when  Fred  was  one  year  of  age  his  parents  removed  to  Wright 
County,  Iowa,  where  he  was  reared  and  educated.  During  his  younger  days  he  followed 
the  cattle  business  from  the  age  of  eight  until  he  was  seventeen;  Endowed  by  nature 
with  an  unusually  large  and  virile  physique,  fearless  and  courageous  of  spirit,  it  is  not 
strange  that  such  a  man  should  be  sought  to  fill  the  position  of  city  marshal  of  Kaw 
City,  Okla.  In  the  early  days  in  this  territory,  men  were  not  chosen  for  this  hazardous 
position  because  of  political  affiliations  or  social  relations,  the  chief  requisite  being  a 
good  shot  and  one  who  could  get  his  man.  While  filling  this  position  Mr.  Peitzke, 
although  equipped  with  the  usual  allotment  of  arms  and  ammunition  while  on  duty, 
seldom  resorted  to  their  use  in  capturing  his  man,  but,  with  his  firm  grip  on  the  person 
of  the  lawbreaker,  the  criminal  always  submitted.  Mr.  Peitzke  always  considered  his 
powerful  hands  his  best  weapons  at  close  range. 

In  1913  Mr.  Peitzke  migrated  to  California  and  took  up  his  residence  near  Ana- 
heim, Orange  County,  on  Stanton  Street  on  his  father's  property.  He  bought  five 
acres  where  he  now  lives  and  made  all  the  improvements.  Here  he  has  successfully 
and  most  profitably  cultivated  oranges;  some  of  his  orange  trees  are  now  six  years  old. 

Mr.  Peitzke's  marriage  occurred  in  1903,  when  he  was  united  with  Miss  Ellen 
FuUington.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Ridgely  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  at  Black- 
well,  Okla.,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Orange  and  Walnut  Growers  Associations  of 
Anaheim.  Mr.  Peitzke's  father  and  family  came  to  California  in  1910,  and  three  sons 
and  a  daughter  are  now  residents  of  Southern  California. 


1418  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

DR.  WILLIAM  M.  CHAMBERS.— A  retired  dentist,  who  successfully  practiced 
his  profession  many  years  in  Mexico  and  Central  America,  Dr.  William  M.  Chambers 
owns  and  operates  a  fine  ranch  of  forty-one  acres  situated  one.  quarter  mile  west  of  the 
State  Highway,  on  Katella  Road,  in  the  Anaheim  section  of  Orange  County.  His 
ranch  is  devoted  to  walnuts  and  oranges  and  was  settled  by  his  father,  Dr.  William 
Chambers,  in  1890,  who  purchased  the  land  in  its  virgin  state  from  John  Hannah. 

Dr.  William  M.  Chambers,  of  this  review,  is  a  son  of  William  and  Martha  Cham- 
bers, natives  of  Pennsylvania,  who  lived  near  Philadelphia  and  were  descendants  of 
Quaker  families.  William  Chambers,  St.,  was  a  dentist  of  high  repute  and  practiced  his 
profession  many  years  in  Bogota,  Colombia,  South  America,  where  he  located  in  1852, 
and  here  Dr.  Chambers  was  born  in  1866.  His  father  moved  to  California  in  1890, 
locating  on  the  ranch  now  occupied  by  his  son,  and  here  he  passed  away  in  1893;  his 
widow  still  survives  and  is  now  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles.  Dr.  Chambers  was  edu- 
cated at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  from  which  institution  he  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  D.D.S.,  in  1886.  Afterwards,  for  nine  years,  he  practiced  his  profession  in 
Guatemala  City,  Central  America,  and  from  1898  to  1911  he  was  located  at  Puebla, 
Mexico,  where  he  practiced  dentistry  and  was  for  ten  years  the  consular  agent  for  the 
United  States,  being  the  predecessor  of  William  O.  Jenkins,  whose  imprisonment  by  the 
Mexican  authorities  caused  such  widespread  discussion. 

In  1911,  Dr.  Chambers  returned  to  the  United  States  and  settled  on  the  old  home- 
stead near  Anaheim.  He  made  many  improvements,  set  out  trees,  installed  a  water 
system  for  irrigation  and  erected  a  modern  residence,  which  has  added  much  to  the 
attractiveness  of  the  place.  In  addition  to  raising  walnuts  and  oranges,  Dr.  Chambers 
is  deeply  interested  in  breeding  pure-blooded  Chester-White  hogs,  his  stock  being 
acknowledged  by  experts  among  the  best  in  the  state. 

Dr.  Chambers  was  married  in  1889  to  Miss  Jennie  Berley,  a  native  of  Lousiana, 
and  four  children  have  been  born  to  them,  and  three  of  them  are  now  living:  Olive, 
Fenner  and  Amanda. 

CHARLES  S.  COX. — Among  the  citrus  fruit  growers  of  California  can  be  found 
men  from  every  state  in  the  Union — men  of  virility  and  strength  of  purpose  who  have 
had  the  courage  and  energy  to  seek  new  fields  in  which  to  make  their  homes  and 
fortunes.  A  native  of  Hendricks  County,  Ind.,  Charles  S.  Cox,  who  now  has  an  orange 
and  lemon  grove  east  of  Cypress,  migrated  to  California  in  1897.  His  parents,  Daniel 
and  Elizabeth  Cox  were  both  natives  of  Indiana  and  there  their  eleven  children  were 
born.  The  father  died  in  1890,  but  Mrs.  Cox  is  still  living,  aged  eighty-eight  years. 
Charles  S.,  who  was  born  in  January,  1857,  is  the  only  member  of  the  family  in 
the   State   of  California. 

On  coming  to  California  Mr.  Cox  first  located  near  Morgan  Hill  in  Santa  Clara 
County,  where  he  purchased  a  forty-acre  ranch  devoted  exclusively  to  prunes.  He 
remained  in  Santa  Clara  County  until  February,  1907,  when  he  removed  to  Madera 
County  and  one  year  later  moved  to  Los  Angeles  County  and  then,  in  1909,  located  on 
his  present  holdings  near  Cypress,  Orange  County.  When  Mr.  Cox  bought  this  ranch 
of  twenty  acres  the  land  was  in  a  barren  state,  and  while  the  soil  was  rich  and  produc- 
tive, it  required  steady,  hard  and  intelligent  work  on  the  part  of  Mr.  Cox  to  bring  it 
up  to  its  present  state  of  cultivation.  He  has  devoted  his  holdings  to  the  production  of 
oranges  and  lemons,  and  some  of  the  trees  are  now  bearing  abundantly,  bringing  him 
well  deserved  returns.  Mr.  Cox  has  an  interest  in  the  Wilcox  well,  which  has  a 
sixteen-inch  bore,  and  is  capable  of  furnishing  irrigation  for  several  ranches.  From  this 
well  he  expects  to  draw  an  extra  supply  of  water,  if  it  should  ever  be  necessary. 

In  Hendricks  County,  Ind.,  August  19,  1879,  Mr.  Cox  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Flora  Ader,  also  born  in  Indiana,  whose  parents  were  William  and  Julia  Ader 
Four  children  have  been  born  to  them:  Bernard  is  a  structural  iron  worker  and  resides 
in  Portland,  Ore.;  during  the  World  War  he  served  in  the  Spruce  Division  of  the 
A.viation  Corps;  Ernest  is  a  shipfitter  and  marine  engineer  and  is  employed  on  a  vessel 
in  the  Pacific  trade;  Walter  is  a  guarantee  marine  engineer  and  during  the  war  was 
mspector  for  the  U.  S.  Shipping  Board  at  Seattle,  Wash.;  and  Herbert  is  a  graduate  in 
the  first  class  with  eight  members  from  the  State  Polytechnic  at  San  Luis  Obispo-  he 
IS  an  electrician  in  the  employ  of  the  Edison  Company  and  lives  with  his  wife  and  son 
James  Leslie,  in  Eagle  Rock.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cox  are  entitled  to  much  praise  for  the 
progress  their  sons  have  made  m  their  chosen  pursuits,  since  their  home  training  and 
education  have  fitted  them  in  a  high  degree  for  the  advancement  they  are  making 
Mr.  Cox  IS  a  member  of  the  Cooperative  Orange  Growers  Association  at  Anaheim  For 
more  than  thirty-six  years  he  has  consistently  voted  the  Prohibition  ticket  and  has 
supported  all  uplift  movements  in  the  county  that  have  been  brought  to  his  notice 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1421 

JOHN  C.  CORDES. — Orange  County  is  fortunate  in  the  number  of  its  real  estate 
representatives  who  themselves  own  and  operate  property,  so  that  they  are  the  better 
able  to  judge  of  realty  values  and  rightly  and  honestly  to  forecast  the  future  of  one  of 
the  most  favored  and  promising  sections  in  the  entire  state.  Such  a  man  is  John  C. 
Cordes,  who  was  born  near  Bremen,  in  Hanover,  Germany,  on  May  25,  1863,  and  reared 
on  a  fruitful  North  German  farm  until  he  came  out  to  the  still  more  alluring  America. 
He  was  about  twenty-iive  when,  in  1888,  he  first  began  to  assimilate  himself  with  the 
life  and  ideals  of  the  young  Republic;  and  for  a  while  l^e  worked  for  a  farmer  in 
Iowa.  L,ater,  he  bought  285  acres  in  Iowa  County,  Iowa,  which  he  so  improved  that 
he  easily  became  one  of  the  most  successful  farmers  of  that  county. 

In  1904  he  came  to  California  and  Anaheim,  and  soon  after  pitching  his  tent  here, 
entered  the  field  of  realty,  and  so  welcome  was  he  in  an  environment  very  congenial 
to  him  from  the  first,  that  he  has  ever  since  handled  Anaheim  and  other  real  estate. 
He  really  came  to  California  for  his  health;  but  he  found  that,  after  opening  his  office 
at  171  West  Center  Street,  his  activities  contributed  to,  rather  than  mitigated  against, 
his  improvement,  and  he  found  recreation  in  a  line  of  trade  in  which  he  had  a  chance 
to  contribute  toward  both  the  building  up  and  the  upbuilding  of  the  town. 

Mr.  Cordes  also  owns  the  famous  Captain  Henry  estate,  one  of  the  well-known 
show-places  hereabouts — a  ten-acre  ranch  located  on  the  County  Road,  and  highly 
improved  with  Valencia  oranges.  He  had,  besides,  five  and  a  half  acres  of  an  orange 
grove  within  the  city  limits,  on  West  Street.  This  is  one  of  the  best  producers  in  the 
county,  and  he  sold  it  for  $35,000,  the  highest  price  paid  for  a  five-acre  tract  thus  far. 
The  1919  crop  was  about  3,000  boxes.  He  owned  the  brick  block  on  East  Center 
Street  now  occupied  by  the  Puritan  Dry  Cleaning  Company,  but  he  traded  it  for  the 
five  and  a  half  acres  just  described.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Anaheim  Citrus  Fruit 
Association,  and  also  in  the  Mutual   Orange  Distributors  Association. 

While  in  Germany,  Mr.  Cordes  was  married  to  Miss  Annie  Steurman,  who  died 
in  1919,  leaving  many  to  mourn  her  demise.  They  had  ten  children,  and  nine  are  still 
living — Lena,  Herman,  Henry,  Katie,  Alfred,  William,  Annie,  Alma  and  Linda.  Mr. 
Cordes  has  for  years  been  president  of  the  Concordia  Singing  Society,  and  he  is  now 
an  alderman  in  the  Zion  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church.  He  belongs  to  Anaheim 
Lodge  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks.  In  every  way,  Mr.  Cordes  and  his  family  have  been 
progressive,  public-spirited,  patriotic  citizens,  proving  themselves  splendid  examples  of 
the  combination  of  ideals  and  attainments  in  more  than  one  race  or  people. 

JOHN  A.  CRANSTON. — For  her  substantial  fame  as  one  of  the  most  desirable 
of  all  places  for  residence,  Santa  Ana  owes  much  to  Professor  John  A.  Cranston,  super- 
intendent of  the  public  schools  of  that  city,  who  has  done  much,  since  his  advent  here 
nearly  a  decade  and  a  half  ago,  to  advance  the  cause  of  popular  education  in  Orange 
County.  He  was  born  at  Madrid,  an  interesting  town  in  St.  Lawrence  County,  N.  Y., 
on  June  14,  1863 — a  very  notable  day  in  Civil  War  history,  for  the  Confederates  in- 
vested Winchester,  the  Federals  fought  their  way  out  with  a  loss  of  three  thousand 
men.  Confederate  cavalry  invaded  Maryland  and  Pennsylvania,  and  fortifications  were 
thrown  up  around  Pittsburgh;  he  came  of  a-  family  distinguished  through  various 
branches,  numbering  as  it  does  Henry  Young  Cranston,  the  Rhode  Island  lawyer, 
Robert  Bennie  Cranston,  his  brother,  who  bequeathed  $75,000  to  those  poor  of  Newport 
"too  honest  to  steal  and  too  proud  to  beg,"  and  long  before  their  day,  John  and  Samuel 
Cranston,  both  presidents  of  the  Little  Rhody  commonwealth.  The  family  has  also 
left  its  impress  in  the  familiar  history  of  the  Hudson. 

Mr.  Cranston's  father  was  John  Cranston,  a  farmer,  of  Madrid,  N.  Y.,  and  he 
married  Mary  Ann  Weatherston,  who  came  from  Scotland  with  her  parents  when  she 
was  three  years  of  age.  Both  are  now  dead.  There  were  seven  children,  two  daughters 
and  five  sons,  in  the  family;  and  our  subject  was  the  fifth  child  in  the  order  of  birth 
and  the  eldest  of  the  three  children  living.  John  A.  Cranston  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  district  and  the  Canton  Academy,  and  in  1887  was  graduated  from  the 
University  of  St.  Lawrence,  when  he  received  the  B.S.  degree. 

Having  chosen  the  career  of  a  pedagogue,  Mr.  Cranston  accepted  the  principal- 
ship  of  a  grade  school  at  Helena,  Mont.,  but  after  a  short  time  there,  resigned  to 
travel.  In  the  fall  of  1888,  he  went  to  Phoenix,  Ariz.,  where  he  taught  school  one 
term,  and  in  the  following  spring  went  to  Minnesota  as  superintendent  of  schools. 
From  1889  until  1893,  he  was  at  Wadena;  from  1893  to  1898  at  Elk  River;  from  1898 
to  1902  at  Alexaiidria;  from  1902  to  1906  at  St.  Cloud;  and  since  1906  he  has  been  at 
Santa  Ana.  Some  idea  of  the  growth  of  the  school  in  Santa  Ana  is  noted  that  in  1906 
there  were  fifty-four  teachers  and  1,400  pupils,  and  now  there  are  140  teachers  and  about 
4,000  pupils  enrolled — this  includes  kindergarten,  elementary,  high  school  and  junior 
college.  A  Republican  in  matters  of  national  political  import,  Mr.  Cranston  was  chair- 
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1422  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

man  of  the  Juvenile  Home  Committee  for  nine  years,  and  for  seven  years  he  was  also 
on  th-e  California  council  of  education.  He  belongs  to  the  California  Teachers  Associa- 
tion, and  was  president  of  the  Southern  section  in  1912,  and  a  member  of  the  National 
Education  Association  since  1902. 

At  Canton,  N.  Y.,  in  1891,  Mr.  Cranston  was  married  to  Miss  Gertrude  Gulley,  a 
native  of  Canton,  N.  Y.,  and  the  daughter  of  Argalous  D.  and  Caroline  (Curler)  Gulley, 
Vermonters  who  settled  in  New  York.  Two  children  have  blessed  their  happy  union: 
Alice  has  become  Mrs.  J.  Baxter  Jouvenat,  Jr.;  and  Rena  Gertrude,  who  was  married  in 
June,  1920,  to  E.  T.  Borchard  of  Long  Beach,  Cal. 

Mr.  Cranston  is  fond  of  tennis  and  out-of-door  sports  generally;  and  his  close 
touch  with  Nature  makes  him  more  and  more  interested  in  both  the  past  and  the  future 
of  Orange  County.  He  has  put  his  whole  energy,  and  devoted  a  great  part  of  his  time 
to  the  important  school  interests  entrusted  to  him;  and  among  other  things  to  which 
fie  may  point  as  more  or  less  monuments  to  his  life  and  work  may  be  mentioned  the 
new  high  school  buildings  erected  in  1913,  under  his  incentive  and  supervision,  the 
high  school  plant  being  considered  one  of  the  finest  in  the  state  and  naturally  a  pride 
to  the  residents  of  Santa  Ana. 

DALE  R.  KING. — The  increase  in  the  acreage  devoted  to  .growing  citrus  fruits 
has  caused  the  establishment  of  many  associations  and  more  district  exchanges  in 
various  sections  of  the  country  for  handling  the  product  of  the  orange  and  lemon 
groves.  The  Northern  Orange  County  Citrus  Exchange  was  established  August  1, 
1917,  and  is  under  the  competent  management  of  Dale  R.  King,  a  native  of  Knights- 
town,  Ind.,  born  March  26,  1887.  He  is  the  son  of  William  F.,  now  deceased,  and 
Ella  (Reeves)  King.  In  the  parental  family  of  six  boys  and  five  girls.  Dale  R.  was 
the  fourth  child  in  order  of  birth.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools 
of  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  a  city  noted  for  the  excellency  of  its  schools.  After  completing 
his  education  he  followed  various  vocations,  among  others  the  commission  business, 
which  he  first  engaged  in  at  Indianapolis.  He  was  in  the  sales  department  of  the 
California  Fruit  Growers  Exchange  for  ten  years,  being  located  at  Indianapolis,  Chicago 
and  San  Francisco,  going  thence  to  Orange  County,  Cal.,  to  assume  the  management  of 
the  Northern  Orange  County  Citrus  Exchange  on  its  organization  in  August,  1917. 

On  August  11,  1909,  Mr.  King  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mis,s  Vie  Barnes,  and 
they  are  the  parents  of  two  children,  Jeanne  and  Lois.  Politically  Mr.  King  casts  his 
ballot  with  the  Republican  party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Fullerton  Club  and  the 
Board  of  Trade  and  takes  an  active  and  helpful  interest  in  the  development  of  Orange 
County.  He  has  business  acumen  and  the  ability  to  grasp  an  opportunity,  and  is 
making  a  name  for  himself  in  the  community  in  which  he  lives,  and  in  which  he  is 
esteemed  as  an  upright  and  progressive  citizen. 

RAYMOND  N.  JOHNSON.— An  enterprising  young  rancher  who  is  a  good 
"booster"  for  Placentia,  having  learned,  after  an  automobile  ride  of  2,000  miles  in 
Northern  California  that  there  is  "no  place  like  home" — when  that  home  is  in  Orange 
County — is  Ray  Johnson,  of  Placentia  Drive,  who  was  born,  a  native  son,  in  Placentia, 
September  S,  189S.  He  is  the  youngest  son  of  Nels  Johnson,  the  pioneer  rancher  of 
Orange  County,  who  married  Miss  Martha  Paulson,  who  proved  just  the  right  kind  of 
a  helpmate.  Eight  children  were  born  to  the  sturdy  parents,  four  of  whom  are  living, 
and  all  reflected  creditably. on  the  family  name.  Ray  attended  the  grammar  school  and 
meanwhile  worked  on  his  father's  ranch  until  he  was  fourteen  years  of  age.  And 
then,  although  still  in  his  teens,  he  commenced  to  ranch  for  himself.  He  began  by 
farmmg  the  thirty-two  acres  of  his  father's  land  and  now  owns  fourteen  acres.  He 
uses  the  tractor  and  other  machinery  exclusively,  and  no  longer  employs  the  horse. 

In  March,  1918,  Mr.  Johnson  enlisted  in  the  Aviation  Section  of  the  Signal  Corps, 
and  was  sent  to  North  Isle,  San  Diego.  From  there  he  was  transferred  to  the  One 
Hundred  Forty-fifth  Field  Artillery,  and  within  less  than  five  weeks,  he  was  on  his  way 
with  the  troops. to  France.  Genuinely  pleased  at  the  chance  to  get  to  the  front  he 
served  overseas  for  .five  months,  and  on  his  return  to  the  Presidio  at  San  Francisco 
received  his  honorable  discharge.     He  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Post,  American  Legion 

When  Mr.  Johnson  married,  he  took  for  his  wife  Miss  Olive  Schumacher,  daughter 
of  Oliver  Schumacher  of  Placentia,  a  life-long  friend  and  schoolmate  of  boyhood  days- 
and  the  happy  couple  now  reside  on  the  old  home  ranch,  built  many  years  ao-o  where 
they  have  a  very  comfortable  home.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Placentia  Orange  (growers 
and  the  Placentia  Walnut  Growers  associations,  and  a  stockholder  in  the  Anaheim 
Union  Water  Company,  and  he  profits  from  their  combined  services  In  national 
politics  a  Republican,  Mr.  Johnson  is  too  much  interested  in  the  upbuilding  as  well 
as  the  building  up,  of  the  community  to  allow  partisanship  to  interfere  with  his  hearty 
support  of  men  or  measures  wanted  for  the  public  good. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1423 

WALTER  E.  WHITACRE. — How  valuable  may  be  the  services  rendered  by  an 
experienced  representative  of  a  well  organized  association  is  clearly  illustrated  in  the 
relations  of  Walter  E.  Whitacre,  the  Orange  County  agent  of  the  California  Vegetable 
Union,  to  that  influential  and  progressive  movement,  now  known  as  one  of  the  great 
forces  for  promoting  the  best  interests  of  the  Golden  State  agriculturist.  He  was  born 
at  Shelbyville,  111.,  on  February  2,  1881,  the  son  of  George  B.  Whitacre,  a  physician 
and  surgeon,  long  resident  at  Shelbyville,  who  married  Miss  Nettie  Kelly,  also  a  native 
of  Illinois.  Three  children,  two  sons  and  a  daughter,  were  born  to  this  worthy  couple; 
and  Walter,  the  only  one  now  living  of  all  the  family,  was  the  second  child  in  the 
order  of  birth.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  also  attended  the  Austin 
College  at  EfKngham,  111.,  after  which  he  engaged  in  clerical  work  from  1899  to  1906. 

In  1912  he  was  fortunate  in  coming  west  to  California,  and  for  a  while  he  located 
at  San  Diego,  where  he  bought  a  ranch  which  he  operated  for  three  years.  When  he 
sold  out,  he  went  to  work  for  the  California  Vegetable  Union.  At  first,  he  was  assigned 
to  Sacramento  for  a  couple  of  months,  but  in  April,  1914,  he  came  to  Fullerton.  With 
this  city  as  his  headquarters,  Mr.  Whitacre  was  given  the  whole  of  Orange  County 
as  his  district;  nor  could  a  more  desirable  field,  considering  both  the  character  of  the 
people  he  may  deal  with  and  the  nature  of  the  country,  anywhere  be  found.  After  these 
years  of  energetic  operation  here,  Mr.  Whitacre  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and 
the  Fullerton  Club,  and  a  very  "live  wire"  associate,  also. 

On  June  8,  1904,  Mr.  Whitacre  was  married  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  to  Miss  Marie  C. 
Brendle,  a  native  of  Edwardsville,  III.  One  child,  Kenneth  L.  Whitacre,  has  blessed 
the  union.  Mr.  Whitacre,  a  Republican,  is  also  an  Elk  and  is  known  for  his  fondness 
for  fishing  and  many  phases  of  out-of-door  life. 

JOHN  H.  HINCKLEY.— The  enviable  ppsition  of  Fullerton  today,  as  a  kind  of 
magnetic  center  drawing  to  it  thousands  from  far  and  wide,  is  largely  due  to  such  far- 
sighted,  level-headed,  venturesome  yet  conservative  men  of  experience  and  integrity  as 
John  H.  Hinckley,  a  general  broker.  He  was  born  at  Waukegan,  111.,  on  January  14, 
1873,  the  son  of  G.  L.  and  Mary  (Clarkin)  Hinckley.  These  worthy  parents  had  two 
children,  and  of  these  two,  John  was  the  elder. 

He  enjoyed  the  excellent  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Chicago,  and  for  three 
and  a  half  years  he  was  at  the  University  of  Illinois,  a  student  in  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  Chicago.  Because  of  poor  health,  however,  he  had  to 
give  up  his  studies,  and  then  coming  West,  he  engaged  in  San  Francisco  in  the  stock 
and  bond  business,  at  which  he  remained  for  four  years.  In  the  same  city,  he  took  up 
advertising,  and  for  two  to  three  years  he  was  in  Los  Angeles,  where  he  worked  on 
subdivisions  in  the  Imperial  Valley. 

In  the  fall  of  1916,  impressed  with  the  advantages  ofJered  by  Fullerton  and  its 
environs,  he  removed  to  this  town  and  established  himself  in  the  real  estate  field.  In 
May,  1917,  he  formed  the  partnership  of  Porter  and  Hinckley  which  has  proven  so 
successful,  and  of  such  a  benefit  to  the  realty  interests  of  the  town.  "In  March,  1920, 
they  dissolved  partnership  since  which  time  Mr.  Hinckley  has  been  engaged  in  the 
general  brokerage  business. 

On  August  27,  1907,  at  Eureka,  Cal.,  Mr.  Hinckley  was  married  to  Miss  Alice 
McConnell;  a  native  of  Eastern  Canada.  A  man  above  party,  under  any  and  all  circum- 
stances, Mr.  Hinckley  is  decidedly  a  Progressive  and  seeks  to  vote  for  the  best  man 
and  the  best  measures. 

OLBERT  ARVEL  HALEY. — A  native  of  Missouri  who  may  have  come  West  to 
be  "shown,"  but  who  has  made  good  in  the  showing  to  others  of  much  worth  the 
observing,  is  Olbert  Arvel  Haley,  proprietor  of  the  well-equipped  O.  A.  Haley  Garage, 
the  authorized  agency  for  Dodge  Brothers  motor  cars,  who  was  born  at  Macon  City, 
on  September  17,  1873.  His  father  was  H.  C.  Haley,  a  business  man,  now  deceased, 
who  had  married  Miss  Maria  Fletcher,  a  native  of  Macon  County,  Mo.;  the  latter  now 
makes  her  home  in  Rice,  Wash.  The  union  was  blessed  with  the  birth  of  two  children, 
the  elder  of  whom  was  the  subject  of  our  sketch. 

Olbert  A.  Haley  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  locality,  and  afterwards  studied 
at  the  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  Commercial  College.  Then  he  went  into  the  grocery  trade 
and  followed  that  in  Arkansas  and  at  Seattle.  In  the  latter  city  he  owned  five  stores; 
but  he  sold  out  in  May,  1912.  He  next  opened  an  auto  business  at  Everett,  Wash., 
which  he  continued  to  manage  for  four  years.  Coming  to  Santa  Ana  in  1916,  Mr.  Haley 
established  the  factory  distributing  agency  for  Orange  County  for  the  Dodge  Brothers 
motor  cars;  and  so  successful  has  he  since  been  that  he  employs  nine  salesmen  to  assist 
him  in  taking  care  of  the  business  in  Orange  County. 

The  O.  A.  Haley  Garage  is  located  on  the  northeast  corner  of  Fifth  and  Bush 
streets,  fully  equipped  for  sales  and  service.     He  also   owns  the  southwest   corner   of 


1424  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Fifth  and  Bush,  known  as  the  Haley  apartments,  where  he  intends  soon  to  build  a  large 
modern  two-story  garage.  His  business  has  grown  to  be  very  large  in  the  county.  He 
has  a  salesroom  in  Orange  and  has  a  subdealership  at  Anaheim  conducted  by  Charles 
Mann,  and  one  at  Fullerton  conducted  by  Miss  Lillian  Yaeger.  Mr.  Haley  was  president 
of  the  Auto  Trades  Association  of  Orange  County  for  1918-19,  and  is  today  an  active 
member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  a  director  in  the  Automobile  Club  of 
Orange  County.  These  honors  are  in  keeping  with  the  extent  and  elaborate  complete- 
ness of  his  garage,  with  its  fine  display  rooms  and  its  thoroughly  modern  workshop. 
He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  California  National  Bank  of  Santa  Ana. 

On  September  17,  1902,  Mr.  Haley  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Ellen  O'Conner, 
the  ceremony  taking  place  at  Toledo,  Wash.  The  bride,  who  was  born  in  Toledo,  is 
the  daughter  of  W.  W.  and  Mary  O'Conner  of  that  place,  and  now  has  two  children, 
Hugh  Warren  and  Margaret.  She  shares  with  her  husband  his  public-spiritedness  and 
interest  in  civic  movements.  He  is  president  of  the  Kiwanis  Club  of  Santa  Ana,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  local  lodge  of  Masons  and  the  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  and  a  life 
member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

FRED  W.  TIMKEN.— A  straightforward  citizen  who  feels  a  keen  interest  in  all 
that  pertains  to  the  rapid  and  permanent  development  of  Orange  County,  and  who 
leaves  no  stone  unturned  to  promote,  when  possible,  the  general  welfare,  is  Fred  W. 
Timken,  the  well-known  rancher  residing  on  the  Anaheim  Boulevard  at  Olive.  He  was 
born  in  McPherson  County,  Kans.,  on  December  27,  1883,  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Metha 
Timken,  of  Coal  Camp,  Mo.,  and  was  the  second  eldest  of  five  living  children  of  this 
union.  His  three  brothers  are  Jacob  G.,  Walter  L.  and  Henry  Tixnken,  and  he  has  a 
sister,  Mrs.  R.  H.  Paulus  of  Olive. 

When  our  subject  was  one  year  old,  his  parents  removed  to  Lo's  Angeles,  Cal., 
from  which  place  they  went  to  Acton,  where  Mr.  Timken  mined  for  gold  for  a  year. 
Then  he  changed  his  residence  to  San  Luis  Obispo  County,  and  there  engaged  in  grain 
farming.  He  had  some  180  acres,  and  devoted  the  same  to  small  grain,  fruit  and  grapes. 
Fred  early  learned  to  make  himself  useful,  and  finally  became  invaluable  in  farm  work. 
In  1902  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Orange. 

In  1919,  Mr.  Timken  went  to  Texas  and  on  March  6  of  that  year  married  at 
Mercedes,  the  home  of  the  bride.  Miss  Elda  M.  W.  Schroeder,  the  daughter  of  Conrad 
and  Dora  Schroeder.  This  lady  was  born  in  Illinois  on  March  22,  189S,  and  on  October 
13,  1911,  arrived  in  California  with  her  parents.  The  family  lived  at  Olive  for  ten 
months,  when  a  change  to  the  climate  of  Texas  was  advised  on  account  of  the  health 
of  her  father.  They  removed  to  Mercedes,  therefore,  in  August,  1912,  and  there  she 
lived  at  home  until  her  marriage.  In  April,  1919,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Timken  came  to  Cali- 
fornia and  settled  at  Olive. 

Together  with  his  brother,  Henry,  Mr.  Timken  owns  twelve  acres  on  the  Anaheim 
Boulevard,  one-half  of  which  is  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges,  while  the  other  half  is 
planted  to  walnuts.  Mr.  Timken  owns  twelve  shares  of  stock  in  the  Santa  Ana  Valley 
Irrigation  Company,  and  his  land  is  watered  from  that  company's  ditch.  This  land 
is  also  included  in  the  Samuel  Camphouse  oil  lease,  the  object  of  which  is  to  test  the 
land  for  oil.  One  test  well  is  now  being  sunk  by  the  Olive  Petroleum  Company. 
Seven  hundred  acres,  the  property  of  many  owners,  is  included  in  this  Camphouse  lease, 
of  such  importance  to  Olive  and  vicinity;  at  last  accounts,  the  oil  well  had  been 
sunk  3,300  feet,  with  good  indications  of  success,  so  that  much  is  expected  from  the 
venture.  Mr.  and.  Mrs.  Timken  are  devoted  members  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran 
Church  at  Olive,  and  equally  enthusiastic  as  Americans  interested  in  civic  efforts. 

SALVADOR  LABAT.— A  resident  of  California  since  1883,  Salvador  Labat  was 
born  at  Hasparren,  Basses-Pyrenees,  France,  March  19,  186S,  the  son  of  Martin  and 
Marie  (Cassou)  Labat,  farmer  folk  in  that  picturesque  corner  of  France.  There  the 
mother  passed  away,  after  which  the  father  came  to  California,  arriving  here  in  the 
early  days  of  1870.  He  first  engaged  in  sheep  raising  in  California  and  Nevada,  later 
on  making  his  headquarters  in  Bakersfield,  Kern  County.  From  there  he  came  down 
to  San  Juan  Capistrano,  then  the  center  of  a  great  sheep  district,  and  there  he  became 
superintendent  for  Oyharzabal  Brothers,  remaining  with  them  until  his  death,  in  1902. 
He  was  the  father  of  three  sons:  G.  P.  died  in  1914;  Salvador,  of  whom  we  write;  and 
Peter,  who  is  with  our  subject. 

Salvador  Labat  was  reared  in  France  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age,  receiving 
a  good  education  there.  He  came  to  California  in  1883  and  was  employed  by  Oyharz- 
abal Brothers,  running  sheep  in  the  mountains.  He  next  went  to  Ventura,  where  his 
father  was  interested  in  the  sheep  business  and  continued  there  with  him  until  1890 
when  he  sold  his  sheep  and  came  to  San  Juan  Capistrano.  With  his  brother  Peter  he 
purchased  a  place  and  engaged  in  farming  and  also  in  carpentering  and  building  for  a 


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short  time  until  he  opened  a  meat  market  near  the  Mission  in  San  Juan  Capistrano; 
in  this  venture  he  was  very  successful,  establishing  a  large  trade  which  continued  to 
grow,  until  he  sold  out  in  1917,  after  a  period  of  eighteen  years  in  business. 

In  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Labat  was  married  to  Miss  Ysabel  Arambell,  also  a  native  of 
Hasparren,  France,  who  came  here  when  a  girl.  She  passed  away  in  1912,  deeply 
mourned  by  her  family  and  friends,  leaving  a  son,  Edward  Labat.  Mr.  Labat  is  very 
progressive  and  is  a  highly  respected  citizen,  well  and  favorably  known  for  his  liberality 
and  enterprise.  He  is  a  member  of  the  W.  O.  W.  in  Capistrano  and  is  a  Republican 
in  national  politics. 

Peter  Labat  was  born  on  March  1,  1868,  and  came  to  California  in  1883  with  his 
father  to  San  Juan  Capistrano,  residing  here  and  at  Ventura  ever  since.  He  married 
Helene  (Daguerre)  Luc,  also  a  native  of  Bigorre,  France;  she  came  to  California  in 
1906.  By  this  union  they  have  one  ahild,  Juanita;  by  her  former  marriage,  Mrs.  Labat 
has  two  children,  John  Luc  and  Dominic  Luc.  Mr.  Labat  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen 
of    the    World. 

G.  A.  SCHWEIGER. — A  decided  lover  of  travel,  history  and  tradition,  who  has 
done  much  to  induce  thousands  of  other  folks  to  travel  to  and  through  California,  is 
G.  A.  Schweiger,  the  efficient,  genial  and  exceedingly  popular  proprietor  and  manager 
of  the  Modjeska  Inn  at  the  Modjeska  Ranch,  which  was  the  home  of  the  world-famous 
Shakespearean  actress,  Madame  Helena  Modjeska,  for  a  period  of  twenty-seven  years. 
He  was  born  on  August  3,  1884,  at  Semmering,  Austria,  in  the  Tyrolean  Alps,  the  son 
of  Swiss  parents  resident  there.  He  had  a  normal  school  education,  and  left  home 
when  he  was  nineteen,  after  which  time  he  spent  his  years  in  travel  and  business 
pursuits,  thus  adding  to  his  store  of  knowledge. 

Going  to  England,  he  passed  two  years  in  London,  at  Brighton  and  in  Wales, 
and  then  spent  two  years  in  France,  where  he  was  also  in  the  hotel  business.  He 
had  charge  of  Chateau  Royale  d'Ardenne,  which  was  the  castle  of  King  Leopold  of 
Belgium,  and  after  two  years  in  France,  he  spent  a  season  at  the  Ghezireh  Palace, 
which  overlooks  the  Nile,  at  Cairo,  Egypt.  The  next  season  he  found  himself  at  Ger- 
many's delightful  resort,  Baden-Baden,  and  from  there,  in  1907,  he  came  to  the  United 
States,  since  then  the  scene  of  his  operations. 

For  a  year  he  was  employed  in  New  York  City  at  the  St.  Regis  hotel,  and  then 
he  went  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  had  charge  of  a  department  at  "The  Antlers" 
for  a  couple  of  seasons.  He  spent  the  following  year  mining  in  Arizona,  on  the 
Union  Pass,  old  Fort  Mojave  Road,  and  after  that  he  came  to  Los  Angeles,  where 
he-  was  assistant  manager  of  the  Alexandria  dining  room  until  he  leased  Madame 
Modjeska's  Inn  in  1918,  immediately  taking  charge,  and  a  few  months  later,  in  order 
to  more  thoroughly  carry  out  his  plans  for  development,  he  acquired  the  property. 

In  France,  in  May,  1905,  Mr.  Schweiger  was  married  to  Mile.  C.  Cuervo,  by  nature 
especially  qualified  to  assist  him  in  his  responsible  labors,  and  they  have  had  three 
children.  Joseph,  born  in  France,  came  alone,  at  the  age  of  only  nine,  to  America, 
to  join  his  parents  here,  and  at  present  he  is  a  student  at  the  Santa  Ana  high  school. 
The  other  two  children  are  Amadeen  and  Marcell,  both  born  in  Los  Angeles,  and 
attending  the  Silverado  School. 

It  is  well  known  that  the  Modjeska  Ranch,  through  the  association  of  the  late 
tragedienne,  has  attained  a  celebrity  that  is  not  only  nation-wide,  but  international. 
So  it  is  naturally  Mr.  Schweiger's  sole  ambition  and  desire  to  retain  Madame  Mod- 
jeska's Forest  of  Arden  and  the  home  in  all  of  its  original  splendor  and  beauty,  keep- 
ing it  open  to  the  public  as  a  first-class  mountain  resort  equal  to  any  of  the  famous 
Swiss  resorts,  thereby  doing  his  share  towards  the  upbuilding  of  the  hotel  industry, 
not  only  in  Orange  County  but  the  state  of  California  as  well. 

GOTLIEB  MEGER. — A  citizen  who  is  thoroughly  loyal  to  his  adopted  country 
because  it  has  given  to  him  much  that  he  never  could  secure  in  his  native  land,  is 
Gotlieb  Meger,  who  is  living  on  his  highly  improved  ranch  of  twenty  acres  west  of 
Anaheim  at  the  corner  of  Lincoln  Avenue  and  the  Garden  Grove  Boulevard.  He  is  a 
native  of  Russia-Poland  and  was  born  July  25,  1850,  the  son  of  parents  who  were 
also  born  in  that  country.  Gotlieb  was  educated  and  reared  in  his  own  country  and 
lived  there  until  1900,  when  he  felt  that  he  could  better  his  condition  by  coming  to 
the  United  States,  and  begin  life  amidst  new  surroundings.  With  his  wife  and  nine 
children  he  arrived  in  this  country  and  spent  one  year  in  Michigan,  then  came  on  to 
California  and  bargained  for  the  property  that  is  now  his  home.  At  that  time  it  was 
unimproved  and  was  covered  with  stumps  of  eucalyptus,  cypress  and  pepper  trees 
and  was  used  as  a  pasture.  With  his  characteristic  energy  he  set  to  work  and  cleared 
the  land  and  in  time  he  had  as  good  a  ranch  as  was  to  be  found  in  the  locality  and 
where  he  set  out  oranges  that  are  in  fine  condition.     He  later  bought  fifty  acres  on  the 


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Ball  Road  and  there  he  farmed  and  also  set  out  Valencia  oranges.  Later  he  sold  off 
twenty  acres.  On  his  home  place  he  erected  a  set  of  good  farm  buildings  which  are  in 
harmony  with  his  well-tilled  fields  and  which  bespeak  the  successful  owner. 

Mr.  Meger  has  been  married  twice;  by  his  first  wife,  who  was  Miss  Ernstina 
Ricka,  he  had  one  son,  Edward,  now  a  farmer  in  Oklahoma.  His  second  wife  was 
Malvina  Evert  and  they  became  the  parents  of  the  following  children  who  are  still 
living:  Rudolph,  Theodore,  Martha,  Helena,  Augusta,  Emma,  Hulda,  Olga,  Otto  and 
Lydia.  Rudolph  married  Tena  Edinger  and  they  have  three  children:  Augusta  became 
the  wife  of  Emil  Smith  and  they  have  two  children;  Martha,  married  William  Everett 
and  three  children  have  been  born  to  them.  Amelia,  the  oldest  daughter  and  child  in 
the  family,  died  in  1905  leaving  four  children,  two  of  whom  are  still  with  their  father, 
and  two,  Elsie  and  Victor,  were  taken  by  Mr.  Meger  and  his  wife  to  rear.  Mrs.  Meger 
passed  away  in  1916,  mourned  by  her  children  a>nd  husband  and  by  her  large  circle 
of  friends.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Baptist  Church  of  Anaheim  and  are  highly 
respected  by  all  who  know  them.  Mr.  Meger  has  educated  his  children  in  the  public 
schools  of  the  county  and  in  business  college  to  fit  them  for  their  places  in  life  and  he 
is  a  loyal  supporter  of  all  American  institutions  that  help  to  build  up  the  government. 

FRANK  C.  STEARNS. — An  enterprising  agriculturist  whose  strict  attention  to 
the  problems  he  has  had  before  him  has  enabled  him  to  advance  rapidly,  according  to 
the  most  scientific  and  progressive  methods,  as  one  of  the  noted  raisers  of  pure-bred 
swine,  is  Frank  C.  Stearns,  the  resident  manager  of  the  firm  of  Matthews  and  Stearns, 
and  the  partner  of  F.  C.  Matthews,  also  well  known  in  Orange  County.  He  was  born 
at  Canisteo,  Steuben  County,  N.  Y.,  on  January  8,  1866,  and  left  the  Empire  State  with 
his  parents  for  Traverse  City,  Grand  Traverse  County,  Mich.,  where  he  grew  up  until 
his  sixteenth  year.  Then  he  removed  to  Kansas  and  lived  there  for  six  years,  and  after 
that  he  went  to  Trinidad,  Colo.,  where  he  was  married  to  Miss  Elva  A.  Ingle,  a  native 
of  Greenwood,  Kans.  Their  two  oldest  children  were  born  at  Trinidad,  and  they  are 
Edith,  who  is  Mrs.  F.  C.  Matthews;  and  Eva,  the  wife  of  C.  A.  Tucker,  who  is  also 
engaged  in  farming.  A  third  daughter  is  Gladys,  a  native  of  California,  and  she  is  the 
wife  of  Lisle  Farquhar,  formerly  a  banker  at  Orient,  Iowa,  now  residing  at  Tustin. 
Mrs.  Steam's  father  was  Enos  Ingle,  a  native  of  Piqua,  Ohio,  in  which  state  he  was 
married  to  Marietta  Freeman.  The  father  of  F.  C.  Stearns  is  John  H.  Stearns  also  born_ 
in  Steuben  County,  N.  Y.,  a  lumberman  living,  in  Wellington,  Kans.,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
two.  His  wife  was  Demaris  Batchelder,  of  New  Hampshire,  and  as  the  representative 
of  an  old  New  England  family,  lived  to  be  seventy-two. 

Having  already  established  himself  in  the  cattle  business,  Mr.  Stearns  came-  to 
California  in  1897  with  his  family  and  settled  at  Tustin.  He  took  up  the  work  of  a 
sprayer  of  trees,  and  built  up  an  extensive  and  lucrative  patronage  in  assisting  ranchers 
to  save  their  fruit.  At  present,  he  directs  the  fast-growing  interests  of  Messrs. 
Matthews  and  Stearns,  breeders  of  pure-bred  and  high-grade  Duroc-Jersey  hogs  upon 
Mr.  Matthews'  ranch  of  forty  acres;  and  being  widely  known,  partly  as  the  former 
proprietor  of  the  Tustin  Manufacturing  Company,  he  has  no  difficulty  in  disposing  at 
fancy  figures  of  all  of  their  stock.  His  studious  inclinations,  and  his  hard,  steady,  sys- 
tematic work  combine  to  assist  Mr.  Stearns  to  produce  only  the  most  desirable  of 
breeds;  so  that,  apart  from  his  business  success,  he  is  rendering  a  patriotic  service  in 
thus  scientifically  seeking  to  attain  a  high  goal  for  the  benefit  of  thousands  of  the 
morrow  as  well  as  of  today. 

H.  M.  PETERSON. — A  gentleman  of  enterprise  and  progressive  ideas  who  has 
entered  heartily  into  the  Orange  County  spirit  and  has  been  doing  his  share  to  advance 
the  horticultural  interests  of  the  Golden  State,  is  H.  M.  Peterson,  the  wide-awake 
rancher,  whose  trim-appearing  orchard  is  on  the  Katella  Road,  near  the  State  Highway 
about  one  mile  south  of  Anaheim.  He  was  born  near  New  Hartford,  Grundy  County, 
Iowa,  on  June  2,  1884,  the  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Nelson)  Peterson,  who  located  in 
Grundy  County  in  1869,  and  became  owner  of  a  330-acre  farm,  which  they  improved 
and  engaged  in  raising  grain  and  stock.  The  mother  died  at  Cedar  Falls,  November 
22,  1917,  while  the  father  now  makes  his  home  with  his  son,  H.  M.  Peterson  in  Orange 
County.  This  worthy  couple  had  seven  children,  our  subject  being  the  eldest.  Spending 
his  childhood  on  the  farm  he  attended  the  local  schools  and  later  the  private  academy 
at  Stewart,  in  the  same  state. 

,  When  old  enough  to  push  out  into  the  world,  Mr.  Peterson  took  up  traveling  for 
the  United  Neckwear  Manufacturing  Company  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  and  as  their  repre- 
sentative, covered  Iowa,  Minnesota  and*  part  of  Nebraska.  On  June  2,  1917,  at  Mus- 
kogee, Okla.,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Myrtle  Ward,  a  native  of  Kansas,  in  which 
hustling  Middle  West  state  she  was  born  at  Abilene.  Her  father  was  William  Ward, 
and  he  was  born  in  Ohio,  afterwards  removing  to  Princeton,  111.,  and  later  to  Abilene, 


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Kans.,  where  they  were  farmers;  he  had  married  Ida  Bricker  and  they  now  live  in 
Marshalltown,  Iowa.  Mrs.  Peterson  is  the  fourth  youngest  of  their  six  children.  For 
a  time  Mrs.  Peterson  attended  the  Iowa  Teachers  College  at  Cedar  Falls,  and  afterwards 
the  A.  N.  Palmer  School  of  Penmanship  in  the  same  city  and  after  her  graduation 
became  supervisor  of  penmanship  in  the  Muskogee,  Okla.,  schools,  for  a  period  of 
three  years,  up  until  her  marriage,  and  soon  after  this  they  removed  to  Lamar, 
Prowers  County,  Colo.,  and  there  Mr.  Peterson  engaged  in  contracting  and  building. 
At  the  end  of  five  months,  however,  he  decided  to  come  to  California,  and  the  step 
proved  the  wisest  he  had  made. 

On  November  30,  1918,  he  arrived  in  Anaheim,  and  soon  purchased  a  five-acre 
grove  of  Valencia  oranges  on  the  Katella  Road,  west  of  the  State  Highway.  He 
obtains  the  water  he  needs  for  irrigating  his  orchard  from  a  private  pumping  plant, 
and  he  is  fortunate  in  having  one  of  the  best  irrigation  supplies  available  to  anyone 
hereabouts.  He  is  also  engaged  in  contracting  and  building.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peterson 
are  members  of  the  Christian  Church  of  Anaheim,  and  participate  eagerly  in  any  sensi- 
ble work  likely  to  uplift  the  community.  They  are  Republicans  in  matters  of  national 
politics,  and  ever  ready  to  aid  in  advancing  civic  standards.  They  are  delighted  with 
Orange  County  as  a  home  place  with  future  prospects,  and  Orange  County  and  the 
Katella  district  are  satisfied  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peterson,  and  confident  in  respect  to 
their  coming  prosperity.     Mrs.  Peterson  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Chapter,  P.  E.  O. 

RICHARD  FISCHLE.— The  life  story  of  Richard  Fischle  is  a  fine  example  of 
what  can  be  accomplished  by  one  man,  providing  he  has  the  will  to  succeed  and  the 
energy  and  perseverance  to  carry  him  along  to  the  goal  he  has  set  for  himself.  He  is 
a  native  of  Germany,  born  at  Reutlingen,  Wurtemberg,  May  20,  1879,  a  son  of  Chris- 
tian F.  and  Bertha  (Wi'alz)  Fischl'e,  also  born  in  Reutlingen.  The  father  was  a  deco- 
rator of  ability,  and  was  very  prominent  in  the  local  fire  department,  serving  as  chief 
of  the  department  for  thirty-six  years. 

Richard  was  educated  in  the  local  school,  and  as  was  the  custom  in  that  country, 
when  he  reached  the  age  of  fourteen  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  trade.  He  chose  the  con- 
fectionery trade,  and  so  learned  to  make  candy  and  French  pastry,  completing  a  three 
years'  course,  and  paying  for  his  tuition  in  a  private  school  where  he  also  studied 
both  German  and  French.  At  the  end  of  the  three  years  he  had  to  pass  a  rigid 
examination  as  to  his  ability  before  he  was  allowed  to  work  at  his  trade.  He  worked 
in  the  leading  cities  of  Germany,  Switzerland  and  France,  and  during  this  time  served 
two  years  in  the   German  army. 

Mr.  Fischle  had  a  brother-in-law,  Chas.  Lange,  residing  in  Anaheim,  Cal.,  and 
in  1903  he  came  here  to  live.  On  May  4,  1904,  he  opened  his  first  candy  store,  with 
a  capital  of  fifty  dollars,  establishing  his  business  in  a  small  store  just  east  of  what 
is  now  the  First  National  Bank  building.  The  store  was  divided  into  two  front 
rooms,  on  one  side  was  the  first  Public  Library  of  Anaheim,  and  on  the  other  side 
Mr.  Fischle  carried  on  his  candy  store,  and  had  charge  of  the  library  in  connection, 
making  him  the  first  librarian  in  Anaheim.  He  divided  his  time  making  and  selling 
candy,  and  attending  to  the  library  patrons,  and  it  is  interesting  to  know  that  his 
first  day's  sales  amounted  to  five  dollars;  -some  days  the  receipts  would  drop  to  three 
dollars,  and  when  his  day's  tally  showed  eight  dollars,  business  was  good! 

Later  Mr.  Fischle  moved  to  a  larger  store  a  few  doors  east,  taking  the  library 
with  him.  In  1914  he  moved  to  his  present  modern  store  at  118  West  Center  Street, 
where  he  does  a  large  and  profitable  business;  much  of  his  confectionery  is  made 
by  himself  in  his  own  factory  in  the  rear  of  his  store,  and  he  also  caters  to  dances, 
parties  and  receptions.  The  growth  of  this  establishment  shows  what  can  be  accom- 
plished in  a  few  years  by  a  man  whose  traits  of  character  would  make  for  success  in 
any  field  of  endeavor. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Fischle  united  him  with  Elizabeth  Whitefield,  a  native  of 
New  York  State,  and  four  children  have  blessed  their  union:  Frederick  C,  Richard 
W.,  Charles  W.  and  Edward.  Fraternally  Mr.  Fischle  is  a  member  of  Anaheim 
Lodge  No.  134S,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  the  Odd  Fellows  and  Woodmen  of  the  World.  In 
civic  affairs  he  belongs  to  the  Anaheim  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  to  the  Merchants 
Association.  For  the  past  ten  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Fire 
Department,  serving  through  the  different  offices,  and  in  1918  he  was  appointed  chief  of 
the  Department.  From  the  time  he  was  a  small  boy  he  had  been  intensely  interested 
in  fire  department  life,  and  nothing  kept  him  from  running  to  the  fires  in  his  old 
home  where  his  father  was  the  chief,  so  his  appointment  gave  him  the  incentive  to 
give  to  the  Department  the  same  careful  attention  he  does  to  his  business,  and  the 
result  is  shown  in  its  growth  and  efficiency;  and  the  citizens  show  their  appreciation 
by  his  being  reelected  chief  in  ,1919,  and  again  in  1920,  an  honor  of  which  he  can  justly 
feel  proud. 


1432  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

LE  ROY  R.  COOK. — An  expert  machinist  who  is  also  a  successful  farmer  and 
walnut  grower  is  Le  Roy  R.  Cook,  who  lives  one  mile  east  of  Capistrano  on  the  Hot 
Springs  Road.  His  father  was  R.  B.  Cook,  the  well-known  pioneer  of  San  Juan  Capis- 
trano, who  married  Miss  Hattie  Congdon,  and  they  live  at  402  East  Sixth  Street,  Santa 
Ana.  Her  father  was  J.  R.  Congdon,  who  died  at  Santa  Ana,  four  years  ago;  he'  came 
to  California  from  Hartford,  Conn.,  when  he  was  sixteen  years  old.  He  married  Miss 
Mary  Rouse,  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Albert  Fuller,  and  a  native  of  the  East,  who  crossed 
the  plains  with  her  parents,  while  she  was  yet  a  little  girl.  The  Rouses  settled  at 
first  at  San  Bernardino,  where  she  grew  up,  met  and  married  Mr.  Congdon.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  first  had  a  ranch  in  the  mountains  of  San  Bernardino  County;  and  there  two 
of  their  children  were  born,  while  seven  first  saw  the  light  here,  Mrs.  R.  B.  Cook  being 
the  oldest  of  the  family.  The  Fullers  and  the  Congdons  came  West  together  and  took 
up  a  homestead  about  one  and  a  quarter  miles  south  of  the  Mission.  Grandfather 
Congdon  planted  the  first  walnut  orchard  in  what  is  now  Orange  County,  in  1871,  and 
it  was  the  second  one  planted  in  Southern  California.  Though  living  retired  at  Santa 
Ana,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cook  own  a  ranch  of  forty  acres  below  San  Juan  Capistrano,  oper- 
ated by  their  younger  son,  Congdon  Russell  Cook,  who  lately  returned  from  France, 
where  he  served  for  twenty  months  in  the  aviation  section  of  the  U.  S.  Army. 

Le  Roy  R.  Cook  was  born  at  San  Juan  Capistrano  on  April  21,  1884,  and  bought 
fiis  present  homeplace  four  years  ago,  becoming  a  member  and  stockholder  of  the 
Capistrano  Walnut  Growers  Association  at  San  Juan  Capistrano.  His  father  had  come 
down  to  San  Juan  Capistrano  from  the  San  Mateo  Valley,  and  so  had  early  identified 
himself  with  the  development  of  this  section.  The  lad  attended  the  common  schools 
at  San  Juan  and  Santa  Ana,  and  then  worked  in  the  railway  shops  at  San  Bernardino, 
continuing  there  for  four  years.  After  purchasing  his  ranch,  eighty-five  acres  devoted 
principally  to  raising  walnuts  and  Valencia  oranges,  he  remodeled  the  residence  and 
buildings,  and  made  it,  in  accordance  with  his  riatural  ambition,  one  of  the  best  ranches 
of  its  size  for  miles  around. 

At  Santa  Ana,  on  June  12,  1903,  Mr.  Cook  was  married  to  Miss  Fay  McCarty,  a 
daughter  of  John  H.  and  Addie  F.  McCarty  and  a  native  of  Athens  County,  Ohio. 
When  nine  years  old,  she  came  to  Eos  Angeles  with  her  father,  who  for  twenty  years 
has  been  the  agent  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railway  at  San  Juan  Capistrano,  and  since  then 
she  has  graduated  from  the  San  Diego  State  Normal  School.  She  is  popular  as  a  clever, 
captivating  lady,  and  so  are  her  children — Le  Roy  Glenn,  a  sophomore  in  the  Santa  Ana 
Polytechnic  high  school,  and  Florence  Lenore,  Elmer  R.,  and  Hilah  Marie.  Mr.  Cook 
is  a  Republican  in  national  political  affairs,  and  has  served  as  judge  of  election. 

DR.  CONRAD  RICHTER.— Although  he  has  spent  many  years  in  the  successful 
practice  of  medicine  and  surgery  and  obtained  a  competency,  Dr.  Conrad  Richter  is  still 
active  in  his  profession,  preferring  to  continue  in  practice  from  the  love  of  his  profession 
and  the  enjoyment  in  alleviating  pain  and  suffering.  Driven  by  wanderlust  and  a  desire 
for  the  climate  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  he  came  to  San  Francisco  in  1903  from  Milwaukee, 
Wis.,  where  he  had  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  on  the  shores  of  the  Great 
Lakes.  In  time  he  became  chief  surgeon  for  the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company  of 
San  Francisco  and  in  that  capacity  visited  the  Orient,  including  Japan,  China,  the  Malay 
Peninsula  and  India. 

In  1916,  with  his  wife,  formerly  Miss  Rietta  Ring  of  New  Orleans,  La.,  he  located 
in  Balboa,  where  they  find  much  pleasure  in  their  comfortable  home  on  Bay  Island.  Dr. 
Richter,  aside  from  his  practice,  finds  time  to  encourage  civic  improvements  and  thus 
we  find  him  an  active  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Newport  Beach,  as  well  as  of 
the  school  board.  He  was  an  organizer  and  is  a  director  in  the  Newport  Yacht  Club, 
and  is  one  of  its  most  enthusiastic  members,  the  club  having  increased  its  membership 
from  sixty-five  to  over  three  hundred.  Dr.  Richter  himself  a  world  traveler,  having 
visited  every  continent  on  the  globe,  says  that  with  perhaps  the  exception  of  Honolulu, 
he  has  never  seen  a  more  perfect  climate  than  that  of  Newport  Beach. 

GEORGE  M.  TAYLOR:— The  popular  city  marshal  of  the  hustling  city  of  Hunt- 
ington Beach,  George  M.  Taylor,  was  born  on  a  farm  near  Ozark,  Ark.,  December  8, 
1883.  At  the  tender  age  of  twelve  years,  he  began  to  make  his  way  in  the  world,  his 
first  work  being  in  the  coal  mines  of  western  Arkansas.  He  was  employed  by  the 
following  concerns:  The  Stewell  Mining  Company,  Kemp-Small  Mining  Company;  H. 
Devine  Company,  and  the  Western  Coal  Mining  Company.  After  a  time  spent  in  the 
mines  Mr.  Taylor  decided  to  try  some  other  kind  of  employment  and  subsequently 
located  in  East  St.  Louis,  111.,  where  he  secured  work  with  the  Swift  Packing  Company 
and  the  Nelson  Morris  Packing  Company,  and  later  on  returned  to  his  native  state. 

In  1900  Mr.  Taylor  came  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  on  December  23,  located  at 
Smeltzer,  Orange  County.    He  secured  a  position  on  a  ranch  for  several  years  and  then 


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became  stationary  engineer  at  the  La  Bolsa  Tile  Works  and  later  was  employed  by 
I.  J.  Clark,  who  operated  a  tile  ditching  machine.  In  time  George  Taylor  purchased  a 
Buckeye  tractor  ditching  machine  and  engaged  in  business  for  himself,  contracting 
for  drainage  ditches,  and  he  has  made  many  thousand  feet  of  ditches  in  Smeltzer  and 

"Greenville  districts.  In  1917  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Huntington  Beach,  where  he 
is  still  engaged  in  contract  ditch  and  track  work.  On  March  IS,  1920,  he  was  appointed 
city  marshal  of  Huntington  Beach;  he  also  fills  the  positions  of  superintendent  of 
streets,  pound  master  and  truant  officer.  Mr.  Taylor  is  chairman  of  the  housing  com- 
mittee for  the  Orange  County  Fair  Association  which  is  held  annually  at  Huntington 
Beach,  and  has  full  charge  of  the  grounds  and  buildings. 

In  Santa  Ana,  Mr.  Taylor  was  united  in  marriage  with  Rhoda  Justice,  a  native 
daughter  and  member  of  the  pioneer  Justice  family  of  Orange  County.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Taylor  are  the  parents  of  four  children:  L,eslie  George,  Lorna  May,  Ruby  Viola  and 
Laddie  Justice.  Mr.  Taylor  is  a  worthy  and  highly  respected  citizen  and  is  making 
good  in  his  responsible  post  of  city  marshal.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Hunt- 
ington Beach  Lodge  No.  133,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  with  his  wife  is  popular  in  the  membership 
of  the  Rebekahs. 

ARTHUR  H.  T.  OSBORNE.— As  manager  for  the  American  Fruit  Growers, 
Incorporated,  buyers  and  shippers  of  fruits  and  vegetables,  with  headquarters  in  Fuller- 
ton,  Orange  County,  Arthur  H.  T.  Osborne  is  filling  a  position  for  which  he  is  by 
natural  ability  and  years  of  experience  along  that  particular  line  of  industry,  peculiarly 
fitted.  A  Canadian  by  birth,  he  is  a  native  of  Thorold,  Ontario,  born  November  6, 
1871.  He  later  resided  in  Toronto,  and  in  October,  1887,  arrived  in  Los  Angeles,  a  youth 
of  sixteen,  with  the  responsibilities  of  a  livelihood  already  on  his  young  shoulders.  He 
secured  employment  as  clerk  in  a  dry  goods  store,  and  later  entered  into  the  business 
of  shipping  fruit  and  produce,  and  for  twenty-four  years  has  followed  the  business, 
learning  it  from  the  bottom  up  to  all  of  its  branches  and  becoming  expert  in  the 
practical  application  of  his  knowledge. 

First  in  the  employ  of  the  Earl  Fruit  Company  in  Los  Angeles,  in  1900,  Mr. 
Osborne  located  in  Fullerton,  with  the  Golden  West  Celery  and  Produce  Company,  a 
part  of  the  California  Vegetable  Union.  For  many  years  he  was  district  manager  for 
them.  Later,  he  was  again  with  the  Earl  Fruit  Company,  and  went  on  the  road  for 
them,  buying  green  fruit,  with  headquarters  in  Sacramento.  Returning  to  Fullerton, 
he  became  district  manager  for  the  Benchley  Fruit  Company,  and  Mr.  Osborne  is  now 
district  manager  for  the  American  Fruit  Growers,  Incorporated,  an  extensive  corpo- 
.ration,  buying  and  shipping  dried  and  citrus  fruits,  vegetables  and  walnuts,  with  ware- 
houses all  over  the  state.  One  of  the  best  informed  men  in  Southern  California  on  the 
fruit  and  vegetable  industry,  and  fitted  by  nature  with  the  thoroughgoing  methods  and 

'  perseverance  for  which  his  nation  is  famed,  Mr.  Osborne  is  recognized  as  an  expert  in 
the  marketing  and  distribution  of  these  products,  which  are  the  backbone  of  California's 
prosperity. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Osborne,  which  occurred  in  Los  Angeles,  December  9,  1896, 
united  him  with  Malta  Dupuy,  a  native  of  Illinois,  and  two  children  have  been  born 
to  them:  Harold,  who  for  eight  months  saw  service  in  France  in  the  U.  S.  Heavy 
Artillery,  and  acted  as  interpreter,  speaking  both  Spanish  and  French;  he  is  now  farm- 
ing on  the  Irvine  ranch;  and  George,  attending  Fullerton  Union  high  school.  Frater- 
nally, Mr.  Osborne  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  134S,  Elks,  and  is  chaplain  of 
that  order;  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Foresters.  Since  his  first  arrival  in  California 
he  has  been  active  in  the  development  of  the  state's  most  important  industries,  and 
devotes  his  time  and  energy  to  further  progress  along  those  lines. 

CHARLES  J.  BAGNALL. — Among  the  many  men  of  ability  who  have  been 
attracted  to  Southern  California  by  her  wonderful  resources  and  phenomenal  growth 
is  Charles  J.  Bagnall,  the  efficient  general  foreman  of  The  American  Fruit  Growers, 
Inc.,  at  Fullerton.  Mr.  Bagnall  is  a  native  Californian,  and  was  born  January  14, 
1880,  at  Sacramento.  He  is  the  son  of  Cornelius  and  Mary  Jane  (Phillips)  Bagnall, 
natives  of  England.  His  father,  one  of  California's  pioneers,  now  deceased,  crossed  the 
plains  by  ox-team  in  ISSS  and  followed  the  occupation  of  farming  in  the  Sacramento 
Valley  and  in  Northern  California.  His  mother  is  still  living.  Charles  J.  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Sacramento,  and  as  a  young  man  entered  the 
fruit  and  vegetable  business,  which  he  has  followed  ever  since.  He  was  first  employed 
with  the  W.  R.  Strong  Company  of  Sacramento,  pioneers  in  shipping  vegetables,  who 
shipped  the  first  carload  of  vegetables  out  of  the  state.  Mr.  Bagnall  was  with  the 
company  eight  years,  and  worked  in  the  various  departments  of  seed,  flower,  fruit  and 
vegetables.  At  the  time  he  severed  his  connection  with  the  company  he  was  district 
manager  of  the  seed  department.  Afterwards  he  engaged  with  the  Earl  Fruit  Company, 
with  whom  he  remained  five  years.     He  was  the  company's  district  agent  in  El  Dorado 


1434  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

County,  engaged  in  buying  and  shipping  fruit,  with  headquarters  in  that  county.  The 
next  three  years  he  held  the  same  position  with  the  Producers  Fruit  Company  in  El 
Dorado  County,  and  then  became  allied  with  the  Pioneer  Fruit  Company  of  Sacramento 
as  district  deputy  agent  for  the  northern  counties,  in  charge  of  packing  and  shipping 
fruit.  In  1914  he  came  to  Southern  California  and  was  house  manager  for  the  American 
Fruit  Distributors  at  Redlands.  Afterward,  for  one  year,  he  was  house  manager  for  the 
Placentia  Mutual  Orange  Association,  at' Placentia.  In  1917  he  became  associated 
with  the  Benchley  Fruit  Company  until  the  fall  of  1918,  when  the  American  Fruit 
Growers,  Inc.,  started  their  plant  at  Fullerton,  and  he  came  with  them  in  the  capacity 
of  foreman. 

Mr.  Bagnall's  marriage  united  him  with  Miss  Nina  B.  Mack,  a  native  of  Illinois. 
Fraternally  he  is  affiliated  with  the  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  and  the 
Suisun  Lodge  of  Eagles.  Mr.  Bagnall's  success  is  due  to  industry,  intelligent  energy 
rightly  directed  and  integrity.  These  qualities,  coupled  with  wide  experience  gained 
in  the  many  important  positions  he  has  held  during  his  business  career,  have  placed 
him  in  the  front  rank  among  the  experts  in  his  line  of  business. 

WILLIAM  W.  CROSIER. — A  prominent  Orange  County  dealer  in  lumber  who 
has  had  the  advantage  of  having  had  a  valuable  experience  in  other  important  lines  of 
activity,  is  William  W.  Crosier,  partner  with  Fred  J.  Crosier  in  the  Newport  Beach 
Lumber  Company  firm,  and  a  thoroughly  dependable  "booster"  for  Newport  Beach.  He 
was  born  in  Battle  Creek,  Mich.,  on  August  12,  1854,  and  left  his  native  sfate  when 
he  was  ten  years  old,  moving  to  Ontario  County,  N.  Y.,  where  his  father  farmed.  He 
was  Jefferson  Crosier,  a  native  of  New  York,  who  was  both  born  and  married  in  the 
Empire  State,  choosing  for  his  wife  Miss  Helen  Blodgett.  After  their  marriage,  they 
moved  to  Battle  Creek,  Mich.;  and  then  they  returned  to  New  York  state.  William 
thus  attended  the  public  schools  in  both  Michigan  and  New  York. 

When  old  enough  to  push  out  into  the  world  for  himself,  he  took  up  office  work  in 
the  freight  department  of  the  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern  Railroad  at  Cleveland; 
and  later  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Santa  Fe,  their  officials  in  Cleveland  inducing  him, 
at  the  height  of  the  boom  in  1888,  to  come  out  to  California  and  Los  Angeles.  He  had 
previously  married,  at  Cleveland,  Miss  Millie  Mount,  and  he  was  the  head  of  a  family  of 
two  children  when  he  first  saw  the  City  of  the  Angels.  Later,  he  came  to  Santa  Ana, 
as  agent  for  the  Santa  Fe;  and  until  three  years  ago,  he  made  his  home  there,  although 
fifteen  years  ago  he  quit  railroading  and  embarked  in  lumbering  instead,  to  the  great 
benefit  and  satisfaction  of  Balboa,  Newport  Beach  and  Harper  precinct,  all  of  which 
places,  thanks  in  part  to  the  Newport  Beach  Lumber  Company,  are  building  up  rapidly 
and  at  the  greatest  economic  advantage.  Three  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crosier's  children  are 
still  living,  and  they  are  Mildred  I.,  Florence  B.  and  Fred  J.  Crosier,  and  with  their- 
parents  they  live  at  Balboa.  They  attend  the  First  Baptist  Church  at  Santa  Ana,  mem- 
bership in  which  Mr.  Crosier  has  had  for  years,  and  where  he  is  and  has  long  been 
a  deacon. 

The  Newport  Beach  Lumber  Company  has  had  an  interesting  history  with  a 
significance  greater  than  that  of  mere  commercial  interest.  Originally,  the  yard  was 
started  by  the  Griffith  Lumber  Company  and  the  Pendleton  Lumber  Company,  who 
owned  it  jointly;  and  in  1915  Mr.  Crosier  bought  out  the  half-interest  of  the  Griffith 
concern,  and  two  years  later  the  other  half-interest  of  the  Pendleton  Company.  It  is 
the  only  yard  at  Newport  Beach,  and  in  its  supplying  of  lumber,  roofing,  cement,  stucco, 
and  builders  supplies  generally  it  renders  an  invaluable  service  to  residents  and  mer- 
chants  for  miles  around. 

VERNON  C.  MYERS.— One  of  the  most  popular  city  officials  of  Fullerton, 
Vernon  C.  Myers,  the  fearless  and  courageous  city  marshal,  is  a  native  of  Saint  Joseph, 
Mich.,  where  he  was  born  March  20,  1885.  In  1900  he  came  to  California  and  during 
his  boyhood  days  was  engaged  as  a  bell-boy  in  various  hotels  in  California,  principally 
in  the  cities  of  Stockton,  Sacramento  and  Fresno. .  In  1901  he  became  possessed  of  a 
desire  to  see  more  of  the  world,  to  engage  in  a  more  adventurous  life,  and  to  fulfill  his 
earnest  longing  for  a  complete  change  of  environment  took  a  trip  to  Dawson,  Alaska, 
where  he  remained  for  one  year  and  then  returned  to  California.  In  1902  he  became  a 
professional  jockey  and  was  engaged  in  horse  racing  at  Emeryville,  Cal.,  and  at  Port- 
land, Ore.  Among  the  well-known  sportsmen  who  employed  him  were  Billy  Murray 
and  Walter  Jennings.  In  the  course  of  time  he  became  too  heavy  for  a  jockey  and  so 
gave  up  the  sport  and  sought  other  employment,  accepting  a  position  with  the  Los 
Angeles  Gas  Company  for  a  time,  after  which  he  was  appointed  to  a  place  on  the 
police  force  of  Los  Angeles,  becoming  a  motorcycle  officer,  patrolling  the  highways  in 
search  of  speeders.  He  spent  five  years  in  the  service  of  the  police  department,  two  of 
which  he  was  located  in  the  Sawtelle  district. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1437 

In  the  spring  of  1917,  Mr.  Myers  resigned  to  accept  his  present  responsible  post  as 
city  marshal  of  Fullerton,  where  he  has  been  eminently  successful  in  the  discharge  of 
his  duties  and  has  by  his  undaunted  spirit  and  intrepid  action  freed  Fullerton  of 
criminals,  to  a  large  extent,  and  reduced  the  city's  record  of  crimes  to  a  minimum.  Mr. 
Myers  conducts  the  afifairs  of  his  office  along  the  latest  methods  established  in  police 
departments  of  large  cities.  He  has  introduced  into  the  Fullerton  department  the 
finger  print  system  of  identification,  as  well  as  the  photographing  of  criminals.  Few 
towns  the  size  of  Fullerton  can  boast  of  having  such  an  up-to-date  system.  Among 
notorious  holdup  men  Marshal  Myers  succeeded  in  capturing  were  Joe  Marino  and 
Ralph  Carvornal.  Mr.  Myers  is  the  owner  of  a  pair  of  English  bloodhounds,  from  the 
celebrated  Rockwood  Kennels  at  Lexington,  Ky.  He  is  training  these  dogs  to  become 
experts  in  tracking  criminals  and  believes  that  ninety  per  cent  of  Orange  County 
criminals  could  have  been  apprehended,  if  bloodhounds  had  been  used.  Mr.  Myers  has 
already  made  a  name  for  himself  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties. 

In  1911,  Mr.  Myers  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Alma  J.  Finch  of  Minne- 
apolis, Minn.,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  three  children:  James,  Delta  and  Luella. 
Fraternally  Mr.  Myers  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks  and 
of  Fullerton  Lodge  of  the  Odd  Fellows. 

SAMUEL  W.  WHIPPO.— The  efficient  and  successful  foreman  of  the  Fullerton 
Mutual  Orange  Distributors  Association,  S.  W.  Whippo,  was  born  at  Parkers  Landing, 
Pa.,  January  27,  1889,  a  son  of  G.  W.  and  Mary  D.  Whippo.  The  father  was  a  rig 
building  contractor  principally  in  Butler  and  Armstrong  counties  and  was  among  the 
pioneers  of  that  section  of  the  Pennsylvania  oil  fields.  After  finishing  his  school  days, 
Samuel  assisted  his  father  in  the  construction  of  oil  rigs.  Like  many  another  ambitious 
young  man  seeking  greater  opportunities  for  his  abilities,  Mr.  Whippo  migrated  to  ' 
the  Golden  State,  arriving  in  Orange  County  in  June,  1908,  where  he  immediately 
secured  employment  with  the  Birch  Oil  Company,  on  the  Birch  lease  in  Brea  Canyon, 
later  for  the  West  Coast  Oil  Company  at  Olinda. 

After  spending  five  years  in  the  oil  fields,  on  January  1,  1914,  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Fullerton  Mutual  Orange  Distributors  Association  and  worked  in  all 
the  departments  of  the  packing  house  until  he  gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
business.  At  the  expiration  of  four  years,  his  service  had  been  so  efficient  and  loyal 
to  the  company  that  his  abilities  were  recognized  and  on  January  1,  1917,  he  was 
appointed  to  the  responsible  position  of  foreman  of  the  plant.  His  close  attention  to 
details  and  natural  executive  ability  gained  for  him  this  position  as  an  overseer  of  a 
large  number  of  employes,  in  whose  welfare  he  takes  the  greatest  interest  and  dis- 
charges his   duties  with  justice  and  impartiality  to  all. 

In  Anaheim,  Mr.  Whippo  was  married  to  Miss  Bertha  Rickenberg,  a  native  of 
Illinois.  This  union  has  been  blessed  with  two  children:  Irene  Alberta  and  Donald 
Leon.    Mr.  Whippo  is  a  member  of  the  First  Methodist  Church  of  Fullerton. 

ALEX.  HENDERSON. — With  all  the  sturdy  characteristics  of  his  Scottish  an- 
cestors, Alex.  Henderson  Has  made  his  way  in  life  with  no  further  aid  than  his  own 
determination  to  succeed,  and  the  perseverance  and  steady  application  which  make  for 
success  in  any  walk  of  life.  Born  in  the  Parish  of  Leslie  in  Aberdeenshire,  Scotland, 
March  31,  1866,  when  five  years  of  age  his  parents,  Peter  and  Margaret  Henderson, 
brought  him  to  Ontario,  Canada,  locating  in  Winterburn,  and  there  he  was  reared  on 
the  farm  and  educated  in  the  public  schools.  When  nineteen  years  of  age  he  was 
apprenticed  to  the  blacksmith's  trade  under  Fleming  Brothers  at  Ravenna,  Gray  County, 
Ontario,  where  he  received  able  instructions  for  a  period  of  three  years.  After  this 
he  followed  the  trade  in  Pt.  Dover,  then  in  Kitchener  and  next  in  Breslau.  He  had  a 
brother,  Peter  Henderson,  who  was  employed  by  one  of  the  pioneer  oil  companies  in 
the  Puente  field  in  California  and  through  correspondence  he  became  much  interested 
in  the  Pacific  Coast  country  and  concluded  to  cast  in  his  lot  in  the  land  of  sunshine 
and  flowers.  Thus  seeking  new  fields  for  his  labors,  in  January,  1892,  Mr.  Henderson 
arrived  in  Fullerton,  Orange  County,  Cal.,  and  here  opened  up  a  blacksmith  shop  on 
Spadra  Street.  He  was  advised  by  the  people  round  about  that  a  shop  would  not  pay 
in  that  location,  but  he  thought  otherwise  and  his  foresight  proved  his  business  sagacity, 
for  success  attended  his  labors  and  for  twenty-six  years  he  was  in  business  in  Fuller- 
ton.  In  1912  he  had  invested  in  eighteen  acres  of  raw  land  on  East  Orangethorpe 
Avenue,  which  he  planted  to  Valencia  oranges;  here  he  built  his  home,  a  fine  two-story 
structure,  and  can  spend  the  rest  of  his  days  enjoying  the  beautiful  surroundings  made 
possible  by  earlier  years  of  energy  and  thrift.  He  also  owns  a  five-acre  walnut  grove 
on  South  Highland  Avenue,  and  other  town  property  in  Fullerton.  At  the  time  he 
retired  from  business,  in  1914,  he  was  one  of  the  oldest  blacksmiths  in  the  county  and 
though  he  was  still  hale  and  hearty  he  quit  to  devote  his  time  to  his  orange  and 
walnut  orchards. 


1438  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

In  Ontario  occurred  Mr.  Henderson's  marriage  to  Miss  Jessie  Watt,  a  native  of 
Ontario,  and  one  child  has  blessed  this  union,  James,  attending  school  in  Fullerton. 
She  is  also  of  Scotch  descent,  the  daughter  of  Lawrence  and  Jessie  (Smith)  Watt,  born 
in  Aberdenshire,  Scotland,  who  settled  in  Canada.  By  his  former  marriage  Mr.  Hen- 
derson had  two  daughters:  Agnes  Jessie,  who  died  at  18;  and  Edith,  Mrs.  Anderson,  of 
Los  Angeles.    The  family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Fullerton. 

Mr.  Henderson  was  made  a  Mason  in  Anaheim  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  was  a 
charter  member  of  Fullerton  Lodge  No.  339,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Foresters.  A  warm  friend  and  colleague  of  the  late  Chas.  L.  Ruddock,  he  served  for 
some  time  under  him  as  deputy  city  marshal  of  Fullerton  and  was  pronounced  a  very 
able  officer.  He  has  from  his  first  residence  in  Orange  County  been  public-spirited  to 
a  high  degree,  always  interested  in  whatever  meant  the  forwarding  of  the  welfare  of 
his  home  community,  and  ready  to  back  his  interest  with  substantial  help  and  the  time 
necessary  for  furthering  such  projects.  Coming  to  this  section  of  California  at  the 
beginning  of  its  upward  climb,  he  has  watched  its  development  from  small  beginnings 
just  as  his  own  affairs  have  prospered,  with  a  just  pride  in  both  his  own  unaided 
achievements  and  the  growth  and  advancement  of  his  town  and  county. 

THOMAS  EADINGTON. — Another  one  of  the  many  Englishmen  who  have  con- 
tributed so  much,  in  one  way  or  another,  to  the  development  of  the  best  interests  of 
California,  is  Thomas  Eadington,  the  efficient  and  affable  buyer  and  shipper  of  citrus 
fruit  located  at  Placentia.  He  was  born  at  Lancaster,  England,  September  26,  1886,  and 
grew  up  on  the  banks  of  the  Lune,  not  far  from  its  entrance  into  the  sea,  near  the  hill 
upon  whose  summit  is  the  castle  fortress,  erected  by  John  of  Gaunt.  His  birthplace 
.  is  doubly  interesting  as  the  city  which  affords  the  title  of  Duke  to  the  Prince  of  Wales. 
Mr.  Eadington's  father  was  George  Eadington,  a  business  man  and  contractor  of  Lan- 
caster, who  married  Mary  E.  I'Anson.     Both  parents  are  now  dead. 

Having  attended  the  excellent  common  schools  of  England,  Thomas,  at  the  age 
of  eighteen,  took  up  stock  brokerage  in  his  native  city,  and  continued  a  broker  for 
several  years.  In  1911,  he  migrated  to  the  United  States,  and  almost  immediately  came 
to  California.  At  Los  Angeles  he  joined  a  firm  of  engineers  and  contractors  as  secre- 
tary and  treasurer,  but  in  1915  he  came  to  Fullerton  as  the  secretary  of  the  Benchley 
Fruit  Cornpany,  in  time  becoming  also  treasurer  and  manager  of  the  concern,  which 
prospered  greatly  under  his  initiative  and  at  the  same  time  was  an  active  member  of 
the  Fullerton  Board  of  Trade.  In  1920  he  resigned  and  established  himself  as  a  fruit 
shipper  under  the  name  of  Placentia  Packing  Company,  with  packing  houses  in  Pla- 
centia, where  as  an  independent  shipper  he  makes  a  specialty  of  shipping  all  citrus 
fruits,  i.  e.,  oranges,  lemons  and  grapefruit.  He  has  remodeled  his  packing  house,  so 
now  it  is  most  modern  and  up  to  the  minute  for  grading  and  packiiig  citrus  fruits. 

On  July  22,  1913,  at  Greeley,  Nebr.,  Mr.  Eadington  was  married  to  Miss  Mary 
W.  Cottam,  also  a  native  of  Lancaster,  England,  and  the  daughter  of  James  and  Susanna 
Cottam;  and  four  children  have  blessed  the  union  and  added  to  the  delightful  social 
ties  of  the  family.  They  are  Thomas  J.,  Mary  W.,  Margaret  E.  and  Grace  M.  Eading- 
ton. The  family  attend  the  Roman  Catholic  Church;  Mr.  Eadington  belongs  to  the 
Knights-  of  Columbus,  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Elks  of  Anaheim,  as  well  as  of 
the  Fullerton  Club.  Fond  of  fishing  and  tennis — for,  as  an  Englishman,  he  must  needs 
have  some  sport — Mr.  Eadington  rejoices  in  outdoor  life;  so  that  it  is  perfectly  natural 
that  he  should  be  appreciative  of  all  that  Orange  County,  above  all  other  counties, 
affords  to  the  nature  lover  and  the  health  seeker,  and  always  ready  to  "boost"  it  when 
he  can.  It  is  also  natural  that  he  should  look  upon  Fullerton,  where  he  makes  his 
residence,  as  the  choicest  home  spot  in  the  county. 

ELDO  R.  WEST. — The  life  of  Eldo  R.  West,  the  efficient  superintendent  of  the 
Yorba  Linda  Water  Company,  and  a  prominent  citrus  grower  of  Yorba  Linda,  began 
in  Jennings  County,  Ind.,  where  he  was  born  September  27,  1879.  He  was  reared  on  a 
farm  and  educated  in  the  country  schools,  afterwards  attending  the  Indianapolis  Normal 
School.  He  taught  school  in  Indiana,  and  in  the  spring  of  1909  came  to  California, 
locating  on  a  ranch  at  Whittier,  where  he  resided  two  years.  He  is  a  pioneer  of  the 
Yorba  Linda  district,  and  came  there  before  the  town  of  Yorba  Linda  was  in  existence. 
He  purchased  a  ten-acre  ranch,  planted  it  to  lemons  and  sold  it  in  two  years'  time. 
After  coming  to  Yorba  Linda  he  began  working  for  the  Yorba  Linda  Water  Com- 
pany, and  m  1913  was  made  superintendent.  The  officers  of  the  company  are:  J.  H. 
Barton,  president;  E.  R.  Walker,  vice-president;  J.  W.  Murray,  secretary  and  treasurer. 
Directors:  G.  W.  Wells,  G.  F.  Collins,  Arthur  Staley,  Thomas  Hughes  and  E.  J.  Her- 
bert. The  company  furnishes  water  for  irrigation  and  domestic  use,  and  serves  nearly 
3,000  acres.  It  started  with  one  well  and  two  booster  pumps,  and  now  has  four  wells 
and  five  booster  pumps.     The  wells   are  360  feet  deep  and  water   is   forced   through 


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pipes  under  pressure.  The  main  reservoir  holds  4,500,000  gallons  of  water  and  the 
second  reservoir  holds  1,000,000  gallons.  The  water  is  changed  every  twenty-four  hours 
and  is  of  excellent  quality  and  in  fine  condition.  The  company's  main  pipes  are  of 
reinforced  steel,  and  they  have  thirty-five  miles  of  pipe  line.  A  240-horsepower  gas 
engine  and  new  booster  pump  have  recently  been  installed.  Water  for  domestic  pur- 
poses is  placed  in  the  homes  and  measured  by  meter  with  a  100-pound  pressure.  The 
company  have  also  installed  fire  hydrants.  The  two  reservoir  sites  are  leased  to  the 
General  Petroleum  Oil  Company  and  the  first  well  is  a  producer,  thus  adding  a  choice 
asset  to  the  company. 

Mr.  West  married  Miss  Grace  A.  Milhous,  of  Indiana,  and  four  children  have 
been  born  to  them:  M.  Jessamyn,  Myron  E.,  Clara  Carmon  and  Merle.  Mr.  West 
built  the  Yorba  Linda  garage  building,  in  which  he  was  a  half  owner  until  he  disposed 
of  his  interest.  He  owns  a  five-acre  ranch  planted  to  Valencia  oranges  and  grapefruit. 
In  his  religious  convictions  he  is  a  member  of  the  Friends  Church  at  Yorba  Linda,  and 
fraternally  is  a  Mason,  member  of  Yorba  Linda  Lodge  No.  469,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  of 
FuUerton  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  and  with  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Eastern 
Star.  He  is  respected  for  his  integrity  and  all  who  know  him  appreciate  him  for  the 
qualities  of  citizenship  he  has  displayed  during  his  residence  at  Yorba  Linda. 

WAIGHTSTILL  A.  MOORE.— Occupying  an  important  position  with  the  Stand- 
ard Oil  Company,  Waightstill  A.  Moore,  the  company's  special  agent  at  Fullerton, 
Cal.,  was  born  in  Caldwell  County,  North  Carolina,  October  4,  1872.  He  acquired  his 
education  in  one  of  the  private  academies  common  to  the  South  in  those  days,  and  in 
1890,  when  eighteen  years  old,  located  at  Manhattan,  Kans.,  where  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railroad.  He  continued  in  the  railway 
business  fourteen  years,  working  his  way  through  the  various  branches  of  road  work 
up  to  the  position  of  conductor,  then  gave  up  railroading  and  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business  at  Manhattan,  Kans.,  following  the  occupation  three  years  in  that  city.  No- 
vember 22,  1910,  Mr.  Moore  came  to  California,  locating  at  Los  Angeles,  where  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Standard  Oil  Company  as  warehouseman,  rising  rapidly  to 
more  important  positions  with  the  company.  He  was  their  special  agent  at  Santa 
Ana  for  two  years,  1911  and  1912,  and  occupied  the  same  position  in  Pasadena  one 
year,  going  thence  to  Slauson  Junction  station  in  the  same  capacity.  He  came  to 
Fullerton  in  1917. 

His  marriage  with  Miss  Nancy  Witten,  a  native  of  Trenton,  Mo.,  resulted  in  the 
birth  of  two  winsome  children,  Nancy  E.  and  Mary  Nell.  Fraternally  Mr.  Moore  is  a 
Blue  Lodge  Mason,  a  member  of  the  Chapter  and  the  Commandery,  and  a  Shriner. 
He  is  further  associated  fraternally  with  the  Trenton,  Mo.,  Lodge  No.  801,  B.  P.  O. 
Elks,  and  is  not  only  one  of  Fullerton's  successful,  public  spirited  citizens,  keenly 
interested  in  Orange  County,  but  a  young  man  of  more  than  ordinary  ability  who  has 
won  the  well-merited  success  that  attends  the  earnest  efforts  of  a  self-made  man. 

PHILIP  W.  DAMON. — As  treasurer  and  manager  of  the  Yorba  Linda  Citrus 
Association  at  Yorba  Linda,  Cal.,  Philip  W.  Damon  has  ably  demonstrated  his  ability 
as  an  executive  and  his  good  business  judgment.  He  was  born  December  27,  1888,  at 
Concord,  Mass.,  a  city  of  interest  from  an  historical  standpoint  and  from  the  associa- 
tions connected  with  it  as  the  home  of  renowned  literary  celebrities  of  past  days. 
Young  Philip's  education  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city  and  supple- 
mented with  a  course  at  business  college.  His  first  actual  business  experience  was 
acquired  in  Boston,  Mass.,  where  he  held  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  Old  Colony  Trust 
Company  and  remained  three  years.  He  came  to  California  in  1914  and  started  as  an 
orange  picker  in  the  orange  groves  at  Uplands,  San  Bernardino  County.  After  two 
years  at  Uplands  he  removed  to  San  Dimas,  Los  Angeles  County,  and  followed  the 
same  line  of  business,  doing  packing  house  work  with  the  San  Dimas  Lemon  Associa- 
tion. He  then  became  manager  of  the  Fallbrook  Citrus  Association  packing  house  at 
Fallbrook,  Cal.,  and  in  the  fall  of  1918  came  to  Yorba  Linda,  where  he  became  asso- 
ciated with  the  Yorba  Linda  Citrus  Association.  He  was  with  the  company  six  months 
when  he  enlisted  in  the  World  War  and  became  a  member  of  the  Three  Hundred  Forty- 
eighth  Field  Artillery,  Ninety-first  Division.  He  trained  at  Camp  Lewis,  accompanied 
his  division  overseas  and  trained  in  France.  His  regiment  was  just  ready  to  go  into 
action  when  the  armistice  was  signed  and  was  only  six  miles  behind  the  line  during 
the  fighting.  Then  he  spent  three  months  with  the  Army  of  Occupation  at  Coblenz,  Ger- 
many, until  he  returned  to  New  York  in  April,  1919,  and  was  honorably  discharged  at 
Camp  Devens,  Mass.,  the  same  month.  After  his  discharge  from  the  service  he  became 
manager  of  the  Alta  Loma  Citrus  Association  at  Alta  Loma,  holding  the  position  four 
months  and  going  thence  to  Fullerton  to  become  assistant  district  manager  of  the 
Northern  Orange  County  Fruit  Exchange.    He  returned  to  Yorba  Linda,  November  IS, 


1442  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

1919,  and  was  appointed  secretary,  treasurer  and  manager  of  the  Yorba  Linda  Citrus 
Association,  the  position  he  now  holds.  This  company  shipped  250  cars  of  fruit  in 
1919,  and  are  members  of  the  California  Fruit  Growers  Exchange.  Its  officers  are: 
L.  B.  Pike,  president;  E.  Albertson,  of  Whittier,  vice-president;  and  P.  W.  Damon, 
treasurer  and  manager.  Directors:  V.  C.  Dillingham,  B.  F.  Foss,  G.  W.  Wells,  E. 
Jones,  and  W.  E.  Swain,  all  of  Yorba  Linda.  Fraternally  Mr.  Damon  was  made  a 
Mason  in  Corinthian  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Concord,  Mass.,  as  well  as  Concord- 
Chapter,  R.  A.  M.  A  young  man  of  ability  and  energy,  his  wide  experience  in  the 
citrus  industry  and  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business  make  him  an  able  and  valuable 
man  for  the  position  he  occupies. 

SYLVESTER  W.  MORROW.— A  native  son  of  Orange  County  and  the  son  of 
one  of  its  most  esteemed  early  settlers,  George  C.  Morrow,  Sylvester  W.  Morrow  is 
justly  proud  of  his  father's  pioneer  history,  for  it  is  due  to  the  courageous  spirit  of 
those  who  were  identified  with  the  early  days  of  this  vicinity  that  the  present  generation 
enjoys  much  of  its  prosperity.  Sylvester  W.  Morrow  was  born  on  the  old  family  ranch 
in  Villa  Park  precinct,  June  28,  1882,  and  has  grown  up  in  the  environment  of  his 
cKildhood  days.  He  attended  what  was  then  known  as  the  Mountain  View  school,  now 
the  Villa  Park  grammar  school.  Being  reared  in  a  locality  so  largely  given  over  to 
citrus  and  walnut  culture  it  was  but  natural  that  he  early  acquired  a  practical  and 
thorough  knowledge  of  these  industries  and  he  now  occupies  the  responsible  position 
of  foreman  of  the  ISO-acre  ranch  of  Ed  Farnsworth,  the  Santa  Ana  banker  and 
financier.  This  choice  property,  which  is  devoted  to  oranges  and  walnuts,  is  now  in 
full  bearing;  until  the  present  year  it  was  part  of  the  great  Jotham  Bixby  ranch  and  is 
one  of  the  most  valuable  acreages  in  this  district,  and  under  the  efficient  and  capable 
supervision  of  Mr.  Morrow  it  will  undoubtedly  yield  even  more  handsome  returns. 

On  November  20,  1918,  Mr.  Morrow  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Flossie 
Essick,  who  was  born  and  reared  in  Iowa,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  one  son,  William 
W.  They  make  their  home  on  the  Farnsworth  ranch,  six  miles  northeast  of  Orange. 
In  1909  Mr.  Morrow  was  appointed  state  fire  warden  and  he  has  served  continuously 
ever  since  and  has  often  been  called  upon  to  take  an  active  part  in  fighting  forest  fires. 
Able,  eflScient  and  energetic,  Mr.  Morrow  stands  high  in  the  regard  of  the  community 
as  do  all  the  members  of  his  family.  In  fraternal  circles  he  is  a  member  of  the  Odd 
Fellows  Lodge  at  Orange. 

JULIAN  E.  THOMAS. — A  rancher  who  is  a  decided  credit  to  the  FuUerton  com- 
munity, first  because  of  his  character,  his  public-spiritedness  and  his  willingness  to  par- 
ticipate large-heartedly  in  all  worthy  local  movements,  and  secondly  on  account  of  his 
handsome  orange  grove  which  attests  the  owner's  knowledge  and  care,  is  Julian  E. 
Thomas,  who  was  born  at  Hendersonville,  N.  C,  on  October  28,  1860,  the  son  of  William 
R.  Thomas  who  had  married  Miss  Minerva  Dawson.  Great-grandfather  Thomas  came 
from  Wales  and  settled  in  New  Orleans;  and  Julian's  grandfather  was  born  in  Orange- 
burg, S.  C,  while  his  grandmother  came  from  Newberry,  S.  C.  Julian  studied  at  the 
Byers  Academy  near  Hendersonville  and  at  the  Hendersonville  College,  while  he  stayed 
at  home  and  helped  his  father  on  his  plantation.  Then,  on  September  26,  188S,  he  was 
married  near  that  town  to  Miss  Emma  Hollingsworth,  who  was  born  and  reared  in 
that  vicinity  and  attended  the  same  schools  to  which  Julian  had  gone.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Katherine  Hollingsworth,  and  grew  up  to  become  an  artist  in 
the  designing  of  dresses  and  millinery.  The  couple  lived  on  the  old  Thomas  plantation 
until  April  5,  1888,  and  then  they  came  out  to  the  Northwest  and  settled  at  Ellensburg, 
Wash.  There  they  engaged  in  cattle  raising  and  general  farming  on  a  ranch  of  eighty 
acres,  and  for  sixteen  years  they  pursued  agriculture  in  that  state. 

In  1905,  Mr.  Thomas  sold  his  Washington  farm  and  came  south  to  Fullerton;  and 
while  making  his  home  here,  he  followed  carpentering  for  five  years.  He  helped  to 
erect  the  Dean  Block,  the  Shumaker  Building  and  other  notable  structures,  and  with 
C.  H.  Smith,  the  contractor,  he  engaged  in  building  St.  Agnes  Church  at  the  corner  of 
Vermont  and  West  Adams  streets,  Los  Angeles. 

In  1907,  Mr.  Thomas  bought  a  ranch  on  West  Orangethorpe  Avenue— seventeen 
and  a  half  acres  near  the  Christlieb  ranch;  and  when  he  had  set  out  some  two  acres 
with  oranges,  he  sold  the  ranch  to  Stern  and  Goodman.  In  turn,  he  purchased  from 
Mr.  Goodman  six  acres  of  vacant  land  on  West  Commonwealth  and  Nicholas  avenues, 
which  he  has  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges.  He  built  his  own  home  on  the  ranch  and 
there  he  lives  in  comfort,  applying  with  his  good  wife  the  teachings  of  Christian 
Science  faith  and  practice.  Two  children  have  brought  added  happiness  to  this  worthy 
couple:  Ralph  is  m  business  in  Seattle;  and  Florence  is  employed  at  the  Farmers  and 
Merchants  Bank  of  Fullerton.  Mr.  and 'Mrs.  Thomas  take  great  pride  in  community 
development  work,  and  are  always  among  the  first  to  support  good  works,  good  schools 
and  other  needed  and  possible  reforms   or  progress. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1443 

FRED  C.  KRAUSE. — An  Orange  County  financier  influential  in  banking  and 
commercial  circles  because  of  his  exceptional  character,  valuable  experience  and  wise 
leadership  making  for  expansion  and  development  on  rational  and  permanent  lines,  is 
Fred  C.  Krause,  the  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Fullerton,  who  was  born 
at  Sumner,  Iowa,  on  July  IS,  1868.  His  father  was  Fred  Krause,  a  native  of  Germany 
who  left  the  land  of  his  birth  because  of  the  tyranny  of  military  service,  and  who 
pioneered  in  Iowa  as  a  rancher.  The  parents  are  both  deceased,  but  they  are  pleasantly 
recalled  in  the  community  in  which  they  lived  and  labored,  as  among  the  builders  of 
the  state  they  adopted  as  their  own. 

The  youngest  child,  Fred,  enjoyed  such  advantages  as  the  public  school  offered, 
supplemented  by  three  years  in  Upper  Iowa  University  at  Fayette,  and  four  years  in 
the  Northwestern  College  at  Naperville,  111.,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1895,  with 
the  degree  of  A.B.  Three  years  of  additional  study  at  the  Pacific  Theological  Seminary 
at  Oakland  gave  him  his  Bachelor  of  Divinity  parchment  in  1899,  after  which  he  spent 
seven  years  in  the  ministry  of  the  Congregational  Church,  being  pastor  at  East  Oakland 
and  afterwards  at  Spokane,  Wash.  He  then  went  to  Southeastern  Alaska,  where  he 
was  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  at  Douglas  Island  for  one  year  and  was 
then  appointed  United  States  Commissioner  at  Fairbanks,  filling  the  office  almost  four 
years,  when  he  resigned  to  enter  the  banking  circles  of  Newport,  Wash.,  where  he 
organized  the  Security  State  Bank,  of  which  he  was  president  for  three  years. 

Selling  out  his  Washington  interests,  he  came  south  to  California  and  Orange 
County,  and  in  1911,  bought  a  ranch  at  Anaheim,  associated  with  Charles  H!  Eygabrood. 
There  he  became  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Anaheim  National  Bank,  of  which  he 
was  cashier  and  later  president  for  five  years.  During  this  time,  being  interested  in 
civics,  he  served  as  president  of  the  Associated  Chambers  of  Commerce  of  Orange 
County  for  one  term.  In  March,  1917,  he  sold  his  interest  in  the  bank,  and  then  gave 
his  attention  to  his  ranch  and  taking  a  prominent  part  in  the  different  war  drives, 
serving  as  chairman  of  the  local  chapter  of  the  American  Red  Cross. 

In  April,  1918,  Mr.  Krause  purchased  a  large  interest  in  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Fullerton,  of  which  he  is  the  president,  giving  it  all  of  his  time  and  contributing 
materially  to  the  wonderful  growth  of  the  institution.  He  is  also  president  of  the 
Fullerton  Savings  Bank,  an  affiliated  institution.  He  is  still  interested  in  horticulture, 
having  five  different  groves  in  Orange  County,  most  of  them  in  the  Richfield  district. 

On  July  17,  1894,  Mr.  Krause  was  married  at  Dubuque,  Iowa,  to  Miss  Adelaide 
V.  Beck,  a  native  of  Iowa,  who  was  a  student  at  Northwestern  College  when  they 
first  met,  and  has  been  the  truest  kind  of  a  helpmate  ever  since.  Two  children  were 
born  to  them:  Howard  A.  Krause  is  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Fullerton; 
and  Lucile  is  a  student  at  the  University  of  California  at  Berkeley.  The  family  are 
members  of  the  Congregational  Church,  and  Mr.  Krause  belongs  to  the  Fullerton 
Club  and  the  Hacienda  Country  Club  at  La  Habra.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Odd 
Fellows  and  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  as  well  as  a  Shriner,  When  Mr.  Krause 
was  a  student  at  Upper  Iowa  University,  he  belonged  to  the  National  Guard,  and  as 
a  Republican  he  has  sought  to  raise  the  standards  of  civic  life,  having  rounded  out  a 
career  that  will  prove  a  model  and  an  incentive  for  the  emulation  of  young  men. 

WILLIAM  E.  SCHNITGER. — A  painstaking,  scientific  grower  of  effective  execu- 
tive force  and  a  worker  in  mechanical  lines,  so  that  he  can  help  not  only  himself  but 
others  in  difficult,  everyday  problems,  is  William  E.  Schnitger,  the  owner  of  twenty 
acres  of  the  finest  land  near  Garden  Grove,  devoted  to  oranges  and  walnuts  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Garden  Grove  Walnut  Growers  Association.  He  was  born  near  Water- 
town,  in  Jefferson  County,  Wis.,  on  September  S,  1874,  the  son  of  Adolph  Schnitger, 
who  had  married  Caroline  Hager.  He  attended  the  common  schools  of  his  neighbor- 
hood and  grew  up  on  his  father's  farm,  where  he  worked  hard  and  faithfully,  and  early 
developed  his  talents  with  all  kinds  of  tools.  When  about  twenty  years  old  he  accom- 
panied his  parents,  and  a  brother  and  six  sisters,  to  California,  traveling  hither  on  the 
last  excursion  train  out  of  Chicago  over  the  Santa  Fe,  in  November,  1893.  Adolph 
Schnitger  had  been  in  California  the  year  previous  and  had  bought  forty  acres  now 
situated  across  the  road  east  of  William  Schnitger's  property,  known  as  the  Langen- 
berger  Place;  and  there  all  went  to  work  with  a  will.  Within  a  week,  however,  a 
younger  sister,  Ella,  was  suddenly  taken  sick  and  died;  and  since  then  his  father  has 
passed  to  the  Great  Beyond.  Mrs.  Schnitger  is  still  living,  the  center  of  a  circle  of 
devoted  friends,  at  Anaheim.  There  were  nine  children  in  the  family:  Mary,  the  wife 
of  Rev.  J.  Schneider,  of  Oakland;  Edwin,  of  Watertown,  Wis.,  who  contemplates  re- 
moving to  California;  William  E.,  the  subject  of  our  review;  Lydia,  the  wife  of  Martin 
Fisher,  a  gardener  at  Anaheim;  Arthur  Albert,  who  married  Miss  Helen  Schneider,  of 
Garden  Grove;  Pauline,  the  wife  of  H.  C.  Meiser,  the  orange  grower  and  nurseryman 
at   Fullerton;   Ella,  who   died  when   she  was   eleven  years   old;   Esther,   a   seamstress, 


1444  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

residing  with  hef  mother  at  Anaheim;  and  Hattie,  who  resides  at  Salem,  Ore.,  and  is 
the  wife  of  Henry  G.  Carl,  a  contracting  carpenter  and  builder. 

In  November,  1897,  Mr.  Schnitger  was  married  to  Geneva  E.  Sherwood,  born  in 
Illinois.  Not  having  children  of  their  own  they  have  adopted  two  boys,  Ralph  Merl, 
and  Donald  Lincoln  Schnitger.  Following  his  marriage,  for  three  years  he  rented,  then 
purchased  his  father's  place  of  fifty  acres,  one  and  one-quarter  miles  northeast  of  Garden 
Grove,  and  there  he  lived  until  selling  out,  when  he  purchased  his  present  place  about 
1904.  Having  come  to  possess  exceptional  common  sense  and  good  judgment,  partly 
as  the  result  of  his  self-development,  Mr.  Schnitger  made  no  mistake  in  choosing  the  land 
lying  on  the  north  side  of  the  road  running  east  to  Orange,  only  five  miles  away,  and 
within  twenty-five  minutes'  walk  of  Garden  Grove.  Here  he  has  planted  Valencia 
oranges  and  walnuts,  and  has  brought  his  place  up  to  a  very  high  state  of  cultivation. 
Using  scientific  and  up-to-date  methods,  and  being  systematic,  he  naturally  reaps  the 
desired-for  results.  He  has  built  a  very  good  country  residence,  and  there  he  and  his 
good  wife  dispense  a  generous  hospitality.  Both  his  weedless  ranch,  his  symmetrical 
yards  and  his  clean  and  well  'kept  buildings  speak  of  the  orderly  habits  of  the  owner, 
and  his  belief  in  what  makes  for  advancement  and  progress. 

The  qualities  that  made  him  so  successful  in  matters  of  business,  doubtless  had 
much  to  do  with  his  selection  as  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Garden  Grove  Walnut 
Growers  Association,  of  which  he  was  first  a  vice-president  and  then  president.  To 
the  latter  office  he  was  elevated  in  1919;  and,  concerning  the  deserved  honor  of  re- 
election, the  Garden  Grove  News  of  January  30,  1920,  has  this  to  say: 

"The  Garden  Grove  Walnut  Association  held  the  annual  election  of  directors 
at  the  packing  house  Saturday  afternoon.  All  the  old  directors  were  reelected, 
the  roster  for  the  ensuing  year  being  as  follows:  William  Schnitger,  F.  E.  Farns- 
worth,  N.  I.  Rice,  George  Cook  and  F.  B.  Cleveland.  The  directors  reelected 
officers  as  follows:  William  Schnitger,  president;  F.  E.  Farnsworth,  vice-presi- 
dent; C.  K.  Lee,  secretary  and  manager;  George  Cook,  representative  to  the  Cali- 
fornia Walnut  Growers  Association. 

"The  Association  is  fortunate  in  having  exceptionally  efficient  officers,  and 
the  business  is  being  handled  in  a  capable  and  thoroughly  satisfactory  manner." 

VICENTE  G.  YORBA. — Among  the  most  progressive  and,  therefore,  the  most 
influential,  of  all  the  descendants  bearing  the  time-honored  name  of  Yorba,  should 
be  mentioned  Vicente  G.  Yorba,  the  road  overseer,  rancher  and  storekeeper  at  Peralta, 
the  picturesque  country  village  with  its  type  of  the  Spanish  settlement,  on  the  Santa 
Ana  Canyon  Boulevard  Road,  about  five  miles  northeast  of  Olive,  in  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  scenic  portions  of  Orange  County.  He  comes  of  the  proud  old  Catalonian 
family  who  once  owned  the  extensive  Yorba  Rancho. 

He  was  born  at  Peralta,  and  is  a  son  of  the  late  Vicente  Yorba,  and  a  grandson 
of  Bernardo  Yorba,  whose  family  originated  in  Catalonia,  Spain;  he  first  saw  the 
light  on  December  13,  1874.  He  attended  the  Peralta  district  school,  and  was  married 
in  San  Diego  to  Miss  Theresa  Marron,  a  native  of  that  city,  and  they  have  had 
four  children:  Sophia,  Rowena,  Leonzio  and  Horace,  all  of  whom,  with  himself,  attend 
the  Catholic  Church.  Mr.  Yorba's  mother  was  Anita  Peralta,  a  daughter  of  Rafael 
Peralta,  one  of  the  owners  of  the  Rancho  Santa  Ana  de  Santiago,  an  historical  cir- 
cumstance the  more  interesting  because  of  the  Yorba  associations.  The  Yorba  family 
owned  the  great  Spanish  Grant  known  as  the  Rancho  Yorba,  comprising  167,000 
acres,  and  extending  from  the  Santa  Ana  Mountains  to  the  Pacific  Ocean.  V.  G. 
Yorba's  mother  was  Vicente  Yorba's  first  wife,  and  when  our  subject  was  about 
fifteen  years  old,  she  '  died,  leaving  two  children — Philippa,  now  the  wife  of  Juan 
Farias,  a  rancher  at  Santa  Monica,  and  Vicente  G.  The  father  married  again,  choosing 
Erolinda  Cota  of  Santa  Monica  as  his  wife,  by  whom  he  had  six  children — two  boys 
and  four  girls.  She  is  still  living,  and  is  active  as  a  rancher  on  the  Santa  Ana  Canyon 
Road,  northeast  of  Olive.    Vicente  Yorba,  the  father,  died  in  1903,  aged  sixty-five. 

When  the  father  remarried,  V.  G.  Yorba  pushed  out  into  the  world  for  himself, 
and  so  early  embarked  upon  that  career  which  has  made  him  so  self-reliant.  He  first 
purchased  the  ranch  he  now  owns,  a  very  valuable  place,  beautifully  located  upon 
the  highway,  and  there  he  has  built  a  fine  bungalow  country  house,  in  which  he  and 
his  excellent  family  enjoy  all  the  advantages  of  up-to-date  American  life.  There  are 
thirty-one  acres  in  the  ranch,  devoted  to  Valencia  oranges  and  walnuts.  He  also 
bought  a  ranch  at  Yorba  which  he  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges,  now  bearing,  which 
he  still  owns.  He  is  also  the  owner  of  a  general  merchandise  store  at  Peralta,  as 
well  as  a  ranch  at  Pomona.  He  is,  besides,  the  popular  road  overseer,  and  is  serving 
under  Supervisor  N.  T.  Edwards.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Peralta  school  district,  and 
for  many  years  has  been  clerk  of  the  school  board.  In  national  politics  he  is  a 
Republican. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1447 

HAROLD  L.  WILKINS,  V.  S.— Though  a  native  of  a  far-off  Eastern  state,  Harold 
L-  Wilkins  has  spent  most  of  his  youth  and  mature  life  in  Orange  County,  and  has 
returned  from  his  military  experience  with  fresh  enthusiasm  for  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  his  home  environment.  Born  in  the  town  of  Saint  Clair,  Mich.,  August 
24,  1890,  when  he  was  seven  years  old  the  family  moved  to  Oklahoma,  and  in  1910, 
located  in  Anaheim.  Mr.  Wilkins  obtained  his  education  in  the  public  schools  and 
finished  with  a  course  in  the  high  school  at  Anaheim,  and  in  Throop  College,  Pasadena. 

Deciding  on  the  profession  of  veterinary  surgeon,  he  entered  the  San  Francisco 
Veterinary  College,  and  after  a  three-year  course,  graduated  from  that  institution  in 
1917.  While  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  San  Francisco,  he  answered 
the  call  of  his  country,  and  enlisted  in  the  Twenty-fourth  Veterinary  Unit,  Veterinary 
Reserve  Corps,  and  was  called  into  service  just  as  the  armistice  was  signed  and  the 
World  War  brought  to  an  end.  He  then  resumed  his  practice  in  San  Francisco,  and 
in  June,  1919,  returned  to  Orange  County  and  started  his  practice  in  Anaheim  and 
Fulferton,  with  offices  at  219  Chestnut  Street,  Anaheim,  and  at  the  Eureka  Stables,  201 
South  Spadra  Street,  Fullerton,  as  a  surgeon  and  dentist,  treating  horses,  cattle,  dogs 
and  cats,  and,  being  a  lover  of  animals  and  understanding  them,  he  has  met  with 
splendid  success  in  his  work  in  their  behalf. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Wilkins,  which  occurred  in  Anaheim,  united  him  with  Mary 
Ranker,  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  one  daughter  has  blessed  their  union,  Virginia.  Mr. 
Wilkins  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Post,  American  Legion,  and  with  true  American 
spirit  does  his  share  toward  promoting  the  welfare  of  his  home  county. 

HOWARD  A.  KRAUSE. — A  very  aggressive  young  banker,  from  whose  inspiring 
leadership  much  may  be  expected  for  the  future  progress  of  Fullerton,  is  Howard  A. 
Krause,  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Fullerton  and  son  of  Fred  C.  Krause,  the 
bank's  president,  whose  interesting  career  is  elsewhere  sketched  in  detail  in  this  volume. 
His  father,  who  had  been  a  clergyman  of  the  Congregational  Church,  and  had  spent 
some  time  in  Alaska  as  a  United  States  Commissioner,  finally  took  up  banking  in 
Washington,  and  organized  and  presided  over  the  Security  State  Bank  at  Newport;  and 
so  it  came  about  that  Howard  was  born  at  Hood  River,  Ore.,  on  July  9,  1896.  His 
mother  was  Miss  Adelaide  V.  Beck  before  her  marriage,-  a  native  of  Iowa  and  a  fellow 
student  at  one  time  with  Mr.  Krause  at  Northwestern  College,  the  latter  having  also 
hailed  from  Iowa. 

The  public  schools,  including  a  first-class  high  school,  helped  Howard  to  prepare 
for  his  part  in  the  world,  and  two  years  at  Pomona  College  finished  his  academic 
career.  Entering  the  bank  with  his  father,  he  made  progress  quite  as  rapidly  in  winning 
friends  for  himself  and  the  institution  as  in  mastering  the  many  and  intricate  details 
of  financial  and  commercial  and  banking  procedure.  Few,  if  any,  young  men  in 
Fullerton  enjoy  a  more  deserved  popularity. 

On  April  10,  1917,  Howard  Krause  was  married  to  Miss  Lila  G.  Foss,  the  cere- 
mony taking  place  at  Anaheim;  the  bride  is  a  native  of  Corona,  Cal.  One  child, 
Harriett,  has  gladdened  the  parents'  hearts. 

Mr.  Krause  is  a  Republican  in  national  political  affairs,  though  admirably  non- 
partisan as  to  local  issues,  and  ready  at  all  times  to  cooperate  in  work  for  the  advance- 
ment of  the  nation,  the  state,  the  county  or  the  town.  He  belongs  to  the  Masons,  and 
there  enjoys  the  popularity  natural  for  one  of  his  affability  and  progressiveness. 

WILLIAM  H.  ROBINSON. — A  well-known  and,  what  is  infinitely  more  desirable, 
a  well-liked  citizen,  William  H.  Robinson,  the  rancher  of  East  Orangethorpe  Avenue, 
has  enjoyed  an  enviable  association  with  Fullerton  so  that  he  is  indeed  a  part  of  the 
history  of  the  town.  He  was  born  near  Barrie,  Ontario,  Canada,  on  November  14,  1879, 
the  son  of  Moses  Robinson,  a  native  of  the  North  of  Ireland  who  came  to  Canada 
when  he  was  two  years  old,  and  who  eventually  married  Miss  Matilda  Lockard  of 
Scotland.  She  died  when  William  was  six  years  of  age,  and  his  education  in  Ontario 
was  continued  without  her  guiding  care.  His  father  now  makes  his  home  in  Barrie. 
When  thirteen  years  of  age  William  began  to  earn  his  own  livelihood,  continuing  on 
farms  until  1896,  when  he  came  to  New  York  State.  From  1896  to  1900,  he  spent  four 
years  in  the  restaurant  business  in  Rochester.  In  1900  he  went  to  New  .York  City  and 
acted  as  cashier  in  hotels  for  three  years,  and  for  a  summer  he  was  dining  room  cashier 
on  the  coastwise  steamer,  Shinnecock.  In  1903,  he  journeyed  to  Detroit  to  attend  the 
'  wedding  of  a  brother,  and  from  there  he  reached  Chicago,  where  he  spent  a  year.  Then 
he  went  to  St.  Louis  and  worked  in  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel  during  the  Exposition. 

In  1904,  Mr.  Robinson  came  to  Los  Angeles  on  a  tour  to  see  California,  and  he 
has  since  made  this  state  his  home.  At  first  he  opened  a  cigar  business,  but  it  satis- 
fied him  for  only  a  year.  Then  he  came  to  Fullerton,  and  for  ten  years  worked  for 
Cline  Bros.,  the  grocers.     He  purchased  four  and  a  half  acres  on  West  Amerige  Ave- 


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nue,  but  in  1919  subdivided  a  part  into  lots,  continuing  Wilshire  Avenue  through  it,  and 
sold  the  balance  to  the  Fullerton  Home  Builders,  to  be  subdivided  into  lots.  On 
November  25  of  the  same  year  he  bought  a  ranch  of  twenty  acres  on  East  "range- 
thorpe  Avenue,  near  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  and  on  December  4  he  inoved  onto  the 
farm.  Six  acres  are  devoted  to  lemons,  five  to  Valencia  oranges,  and  nme  acres  to 
walnuts;  and  from  a  rundown  ranch  he  has  made  it  a  first  class  grove.  He  owns 
nineteen  shares  in  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company. 

At  Fullerton  on  October  31,  1906,  Mr.  Robinson  was  married  to  Miss  Ida  Morn- 
son,  a  native  of  Ontario.  She  lived  with  her  aunt,  Mrs.  Harry  Scott,  in  Buffalo,  JN.  Y., 
and  as  Mr.  Scott  was  a  prominent  citizen  and  an  equally  prominent  Mason,  she  en- 
joyed various  advantages.  Two  children  blessed  this  fortunate  union;  the  elder  is 
Edith  Matilda,  the  younger  Harry  William  Robinson;  and  they  both  attend  the 
Fullerton  grammar  school.  The  family  attend  the  Christian  Church  at  Fullerton  and 
Mr.  Robinson  is  a  member  of  Fullerton  Lodge  No.  339,  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Fullerton  Chap- 
ter No.  90,  R.  A.  M.,  and  Santa  Ana  Council  No.  14,  R.  &  S.  M.,  and  political  y  is  a 
Republican,  with  decided  preferences  as  to  the  fitness  of  men  for  office  regard  ess  of 
party  ties.  Mrs.  Robinson  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Eastern  Star  and  the  EbellClub, 
Fullerton.  During  the  ten  years  in  which  Mr.  Robinson  was  with  Cline  Bros.,  he 
served  on  the  Volunteer  Fire  Department  of  Fullerton,  serving  as  assistant  chief  for 
three  years,  and  six  months  he  filled  the  chief's  place,  and  he  has  the  record  of  having 
been  the  promptest  member.  He  also  served  as  truant  officer  of  the  Fullerton  grammar 
school,  and  from  191S  to  1919  was  the  town's  deputy  marshal. 

HARRY  V.  WILLIAMS.— The  favoring  conditions  in  both  the  industrial  and 
commercial  fields  of  Fullerton,  together  with  its  growing  importance  as  a  residential 
town  and  educational  center,  have  attracted  to  the  city  financiers  of  ability  and  ambi- 
tion, and  among  the  gifted  and  most  promising  is  Harry  V.  Williams,  the  popular 
assistant  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank.  He  was  born  at  Port  Hope,  in  Canada, 
on  October  12,  1874,  but  was  reared  at  Brantford.  His  father  was  George  Williams,  a 
meat  merchant,  who  married  Lucy  Jull,  a  native  of  Kent,  England;  they  were  the 
parents  of  seven  children.    .Both  parents  are  now  dead. 

Educated  in  the  schools  of  Brantford,  to  which  town  the  family  had  moved  when 
our  subject  was  six  years  of  age,  Harry,  the  youngest  child  in  the  family,  later  attended 
the  Collegiate  Institute  there.  After  leaving  school,  he  grew  up  on  the  home  farm,  and 
there  he  assisted  until  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age. 

His  first  move,  in  breaking  away  from  home,  was  the  long  stride  to  the  Pacific; 
he  first  came  to  California,  in  1895,  but  located  permanently  here  in  1903.  He  luckily 
wended  his  way  to  Pomona,  where  he  found  employment  for  five  years  in  the  orange 
industry.  Then,  for  ten  years,  he  was  with  E.  E.  Armour's  Drug  Store  at  Pomona. 
In  September,  1915,  attracted  by  the  more  favorable  prospects  in  Fullerton,  he  removed 
to  the  town  in  which  he  is  now  so  well  known. 

For  two  years  Mr.  Williams  was  interested  in  the  drug  business  as  proprietor  of 
the  Corner  Drug  Store,  but  selling  out,  he  entered  the  First  National  Bank  as  book- 
keeper, and  was  later  advanced  to  be  assistant  cashier.  Since  then,  he  has  become  more 
and  more  identified  with  the  growing  town.  He  has  been  active  as  a  Republican  in 
national  political  movements,  and  as  a  nonpartisan  in  local  affairs,  has  participated  in 
the  uplift  work  "of  the  Christian  Church,  of  which  he  is  a  member,  and  has  gotten  his 
share  of  deserved  popularity  among  the  Masons  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  On  June 
10,  1903,  Mr.  Williams  was  married  to  Miss  Fanny  Mae  Varcoe,  a  native  of  Dungannon, 
Ontario,  and  the  daughter  of  Wm.  and  Sophia  Varcoe,  now  of  Pomona.  One  child  has 
blessed  their  union,  a  daughter,  Dorothy  Grace. 

JAMES  H.  WHITAKER. — Among  the  old  residents  and  business  men  in  Orange 
County  is  James  H.  Whitaker,  a  native  Chicagoan  who  has  long  been  identified  with 
Southern  California,  so  that  Orange  County  seems  his  natural  home.  He  was  born 
on  December  19,  1864,  a  date  memorable  in  American  history,  for  or  that  very  day 
President  Lincoln  called  for  300,000  more  volunteer  soldiers.  His  father  was  Andrew 
Whitaker,  a  farmer,  who  came  to  California  in  1887,  and  located  in  Anaheim.  He  had 
married  Miss  Mary  Cox,  a  native  of  Connecticut,  and  the  family  came  West  in  1887; 
both  parents  are  now  dead. 

There  were  four  boys  in  the  family,  all  of  whom  are  living,  and  James  was  the. 
second  child.  He  went  to  the  local  public  school  and  the  Lake  Forest  University  and 
on  completing  the  course  he  came  to  California  in  1884  with  an  uncle,  James  Whitaker, 
who  laid  out  Buena  Park  in  Orange  County.  For  some  time  uncle  and  nephew  worked 
together,  and  then  our  subject,  with  Tom  Deering,  bought  out  a  general  merchandise 
establishment  at  Buena  Park,  at  which  place  he  was  in  business  until  1909.  He  was  the 
first  postmaster  at  that  place,  and  he  remained  there  for  about  twenty  years. 


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On  removing  to  Anaheim,  Mr.  Whitaker  edited  the  paper  called  The  Derrick, 
after  which  he  was  with  Mr.  Yungbluth  in  the  clothing  and  furnishing  business  for 
three  years.  On  January  1,  1917,  he  became  secretary  of  the  Anaheim  Board  of  Trade — 
a  happy  appointment,  for  never  did  the  organization  flourish  so  well  as  during  Mr. 
Whitaker's  assignment  to  the  wheel.  Having  become  interested  in  the  Orange  County 
Rock  and  Gravel  Company,  Mr.  Whitaker  resigned  as  secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trade 
in  July,  1920,  to  devote  his  time  to  his  personal  interests.  He  is  secretary  of  the 
Mother  Colony  Club,  is  an  influential  Republican,  is  a  Knights  Templar  Mason  and  an 
Elk.     In  Chicago,  he  was  a  loyal  member  of  the  National  Guard. 

At  Buena  Park  on  September  1,  1891,  Mr.  Whitaker  was  married  to  Miss  Lillian 
Whitaker,  also  born  in  Chicago,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  four  children:  Madeleine 
is  Mrs.  Ralph  Maas;  and  there  are  three  sons,  Loring,  Gerald  and  James.  The  family 
attend  the  Episcopal  Church,  of  which  Mr.  Whitaker  is  a  vestryman. 

ELMER  ORVAL  HOOKER. — Prominent  among  the  interesting  pioneers  of 
Orange  County  who  have  contributed  something  worth  while  toward  the  development 
of  the  section  in  which  they  have  lived  and  toiled,  must  be  mentioned  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Elmer  O.  Hooker,  identified  in  an  enviable  way  with  the  introduction  of  the  sugar 
beet  into  Los  Alamitos.  He  was  born  at  Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  on  January  18,  1873,  the 
son  of  William  O.  and  Elizabeth  (Ratts)  Hooker,  natives  of  Virginia  and  Indiana, 
respectively,  and  when  three  years  of  age  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  Phillips 
County,  Kans.  There  his  father  raised  wheat,  corn,  rye  and  oats;  and  while  he  strove 
for  a  common  school  education,  he  helped  on  the  home  farm.  Of  their  six  children, 
four  of  whom  are  living,  our  subject  is  the  third  eldest. 

In  1894,  Mr.  Hooker  came  out  to  California,  and  that  same  year  he  took  up  farm- 
ing at  Pomona.  Three  years  later,  he  removed  to  Los  Alamitos,  settling  there  early 
enough  to  build  one  of  the  first  houses,  and  to  become  one  of  the  first  sugar  beet  grow- 
ers in  that  vicinity.  He  helped  on  the  construction  of  the  sugar  factory,  and  he  also 
became  one  of  the  foremen  for  the  five  following  years  of  the  Los  Alamitos  Sugar  Re- 
finery and  helped  to  make  its  reputation  for  a  superior  product.  He  was  manager  of 
the  Los  Alamitos  Beet  Growers  Association  for  a  number  of  years,  and  set  the  pace  in 
growing  beets  by  the  latest,  most  up-to-date  methods.  He  operated  from  ISO  to  500 
acres  planted  to  sugar  beets,  but  in  1919  he  gave  up  raising  sugar  beets  and  located 
on  a  ranch  of  forty-seven  acres  he  had  purchased  in  Santiago  Canyon  in  1917.  The 
ranch  was  formerly  a  part  of  the  Madame  Modjeska  ranch,  and  has  over  3,000  olive 
trees  planted  by  the  distinguished  Polish  actress  over  twenty  years  ago  which  he  is 
grubbing  out  so  that  he  may  plant  the  land  to  alfalfa  and  walnuts.  Besides  seven  head 
of  horses  and  eight  of  cattle,  he  follows  the  chicken  industry  as  a  side  issue.  He  also 
improved  and  still  owns  valuable  residence  and  business  property  at  Seal  Beach,  Los 
Alamitos  and  Huntington  Beach. 

At  Los  Alamitos  on  September  12,  1915,  Mr.  Hooker  was  married  to  Mrs.  Adelina 
S.  Upperman,  a  southern  lady  born  at  Macon,  Ga.,  the  daughter  of  Harry  I.  and  Laura 
A.  (Alverson)  Joy,  natives  of  Ellsworth,  Maine,  and  Macon,  Ga.,  respectively.  Harry 
Joy  served  in  a  Maine  regiment  during  the  Civil  War,  after  which  he  married  a 
southern  woman  and  engaged  in  farming  until  his  death;  his  widow  now  lives  in  Evans- 
ville,  Ind.  Adelina  Joy  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Macon,  Ga.,  and  there,  too,  she 
married  William  Upperman  and  they  removed  to  Saskatchewan,  Canada,  where  he  was 
employed  as  railroad  engineer  on  the  Canadian  Pacific  until  he  was  killed  in  a  train 
wreck.  After  his  death  his  widow  engaged  in  railroad  Y.  M.  C.  A.  work  until  she  came 
to  California  in  February,  1915,  and  in  September  of  the  same  year  changed  her  name. 

Besides  ranching  so  successfully,  Mr.  Hooker  has  had  both  public  office  experience 
and  done  good  civic  work.  He  was  in  charge  of  the  road  improvement  work  in  his 
district  for  years,  and  has  served  for  a  season  on  the  jury.  He  is  what  might  be 
termed  an  exceedingly  useful  citizen,  both  doing  things  and  setting  an  inspiring,  con- 
tagious example  to  others. 

O.  T.  JOHNSON. — Among  the  highly-respected  citizens  now  residing,  retired,  at 
Santa  Ana  are  Mn  and  Mrs.  O.  T.  Johnson,  who  were  long  prosperous  farmers  in 
Iowa,  and  reside  S  their  comfortable  bungalow  at  Washington  and  French  streets  in 
Santa  Ana.  They  have  been  privileged  to  rear  a  family,  all  of  whom  have  married  well 
and  are  in  turn  occupying  positions  of  responsibility  and  esteem  in  the  world. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  born  in  Holmes  County,  Ohio,  on  February  6  of  the  historic 
year,  1848,  and  eight  years  later  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Cedar  County,  Iowa. 
There  he  grew  up  and  became  the  owner  of  a  well  improved  farm  of  one  hundred  sixty 
acres.  There,  too,  on  New  Year's  Day,  1873,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Elijah,  a 
native  of  Delaware  County,  N.  Y.,  who  came  West  and  became  a  resident  of  the  Hawk- 
eye  State.     They  joined  the  Methodist  Church,  and  have  been  consistent  Methodists 


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ever  since.  In  1908,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson  bade  good-bye  to  their  Middle  West  home 
and  came  out  to  sunnier  California,  locating  in  Santa  Ana,  where  they  have  since  made 
their  home.  And  every  day  in  the  happy  years  intervening,  they  have  been  busy  adding 
to  their  cherished  memories  of  devoted  friends  or  pleasant  places  or  occasions. 

Four  children  have  blessed  their  uninterruptedly  happy  home  life.  William  E. 
Johnson  is  employed  by  the  Pomona  Valley  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Union,  and  is 
the  father  of  eight  children;  he  married  Miss  Jessamme  Coe,  of  Clarence,  lovifa,  who 
passed  to  the  Great  Beyond  in  April,  1917:  Myrtie  is  the  wife  of  W.  W.  Wasser,  the 
secretary  of  the  Santa  Ana  Elks;  Clare  was  for  fourteen  years  mechanical  foreman  for 
the  Santa  Ana  Register,  he  lives  in  Santa  Ana,  but  is  ranching  near  Anaheim;  and 
Mildred  is  the  wife  of  Fred  D.  Stever,  the  well-known  realty  man  of  Santa  Ana,  just 
returned  from  an  eight  months'  service  in  France.  Her  first  husband  was  Walter 
Galbraith,  a  native  son  of  Santa  Ana's  first  generation;  but  he  died  in  1917,  leaving 
one  child,  De  Mont  Galbraith. 

NORTON  W.  HATFIELD. — A  worthy  representative  of  a  fine  old  pioneer  family 
naturally  proud  of  its  record  of  useful  and  successful  activity  in  two  states  is  Norton 
W.  Hatfield,  who  was  born  near  Maquoketa,  Jackson  County,  Iowa,  on  August  22, 
1884,  the  son  of  George  Henry  Hatfield  who  was  then  a  prosperous  farmer  in  the 
Hawkeye  State.  He  distributed  milk  and  dairy  products  in  the  county,  and  also  had 
charge  of  one  of  the  rural  delivery  routes  of  the  U.  S.  mail  service.  In  1885  he  removed 
to  California  and  purchased  forty  acres  on  the  Garden  Grove  Road,  at  that  time  cactus 
and  sagebrush;  but  with  the  assistance  of  his  good  wife,  who  was  Helena  A.  Fuller 
before  her  marriage,  and  his  son  Norton,  for  a  while  a  pupil  of  the  Orangethorpe 
school,  he  cleared  the  cactus  and  sagebrush  and  planted  the  land  to  grapes.  The  grapes 
died,  however,  and  then  the  vines  were  grubbed  out  and  apricots,  peaches  and  walnuts 
were  set  out  instead.  These  in  turn  were  pulled  out,  and  some  of  the  forty  acres  have 
since  been  sold.  Now  his  sister,  Mrs.  Parrett,  owns  eleven  acres,  five  acres  belongs 
to  the  mother  of  the  subject  of  our  sketch,  and  ten  acres  to  him. 

Norton  Hatfield's  acreage  is  devoted  to  Valencia  oranges,  and  is  under  the  service 
of  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  although  he  also  receives  water  from  the 
Browning  pumping  plant,  which  commands  a  well  of  fifty  inches;  and  the  grove  is 
properly  rated  as  one  of  the  most  attractive,  as  it  is  one  of  the  most  fruitful  and 
profitable,  in  Orange  County.  The  ranching  is  carried  on  according  to  the  latest  guid- 
ance of  scientific  research,  and  only  the  most  up-to-date  methods  and  machinery  are 
employed.  He  markets  his  fruit  through  the  Mutual  Orange  Distributors  Association 
in  Fullerton  in  which  he  is  a  director. 

On  December  28,  1908, -Mr.  Hatfield  was  married  to  Miss  Hattie  Kaminske,  a 
native  of  Burlington,  Iowa,  and  the  daughter  of  Charles  K.  Kaminske,  who  had  married 
Miss  Louise  Bruns.  He  was  a  talented  musician,  but  he  gave  up  his  profession  for  farm 
work;  he  died  in  Iowa  and  his  widow  with  her  daughter,  Hattie,  came  to  California  in 
the  fall  of  1907.  Two  children  came  to  brighten  the  Hatfield  fireside,  and  they  are 
Ruth  and  George.  Mr.  Hatfield  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O. 
Elks,  and  Mrs.  Hatfield  belongs  to  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  the  same  place. 

JOHN  T.  JOHNSON. — An  interesting  rancher  of  the  class  always  sought  for 
by  every  new  community,  their  lives  speaking  for  themselves,  and  each  year  of  their 
activity  bearing  more  and  more  desirable  fruit,  is  John  T.  Johnson,  who  was  born 
near  Uniontown,  Bourbon  County,  Kans.,  on  September  7,  1886,  the  son  of  J.  D.  John- 
son, a  farmer  of  that  state,  who  was  born  in  Missouri  and  came  to  Kansas  when  he  was 
three  years  old.'  In  time,  he  married  Miss  Mina  E.  Griffith,  a  lady  of  accomplishment, 
wTio  proved  a  devoted  wife  and  an  affectionate  mother.  'They  are  still  living.  J.  D. 
Johnson  raised  stock  and  grain;  and  so,  while  he  was  attending  school  in  Allen  and 
Neosho  counties,  John  spent  the  first  nineteen  years  of  his  life  at  home,  assisting  his 
father  on  the  farm.  In  1905  he  came  west  to  California  and  struck  out  for  himself. 
For  two  years  he  worked  at  the  packing  house  of  the  Leffingwell  ranch  at  Whittier, 
and  after  that  he  put  in  a  year  at  the  Escondido  packing  house.  He  next  went  to  Ven- 
tura County  and  for  three  years  worked  in  a  packing  house  at  Fillmore,  and  while 
still  there,  he  started  to  ranch  in  his  fourth  year.  He  purchased  seven  acres  near 
Fillmore,  and  devoted  all  of  the  land  to  Navel  oranges. 

When  Mr.  Johnson  sold  out  in  1914,  he  came  to  Orange  County  and  settled  in 
Anaheim,  and  at  first  he  purchased  five  acres  on  South  Los  Angeles  Street,  just  outside 
of  Anaheim.  There  were  three-year-old  Valencia  orange  trees  on  the  farm,  and  he  had 
a  good  chance  to  experiment  in  cultivating  citrus  fruit.  In  July,  1918,  he  also  purchased 
seven  acres  on  Anaheim  Road  and  Placentia  Avenue,  all  set  out  to  Valencias,  and  in 
October,  1919,  he  sold  his  five-acre  ranch.  He  put  up  a  house  and  such  barns  and 
other  buildings   as   were   necessary,   and   on   his   seven   acres   he   is   living   today.     In 


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November,  1919,  Mr.  Johnson  purchased  a  ranch  at  the  corner  of  Broadway  and  West 
Street,  and  he  thereby  added  to  his  holdings  nine  acres  of  full-bearing  orange  trees, 
surrounded  by  a  row  of  walnuts.  About  three  acres  are  devoted  to  Navel  and  sweet 
oranges,  and  some  six  acres  to  Valencias.  He  receives  his  water  from  a  private  irriga- 
tion plant,  and  markets  his  products  through  the  California  Fruit  Growers  Exchange. 
At  Santa  Ana  on  December  2,  1909,  Mr.  Johnson  was  married  to  Miss  Minnie 
E.  Hodge,  a  native  of  Tennessee,  where  she  was  educated  in  private  schools.  Her 
grandparents  were  pioneers  in  northeastern  Tennessee,  and  her  father  was  a  Southern 
planter,  and  a  man  of  progressive  ideas  and  wide  influence  in  his  district.  Mr.  Johnson 
is  a  Mason,  affiliated  with  Anaheim  Lodge  Xo.  207,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  there  is  no  more 
popular  member  in  that  order. 

NATHAN  C.  STOCKWELL.— An  up-to-date,  thoroughly  progressive  and  suc- 
cessful rancher,  Nathan  C.  Stockwell,  the  well-known  citrus  grower  north  of  Anaheim 
is  a  tine  representative  of  the  Buckeye  State,  where  he  was  born,  near  Willoughby,  in 
the  vicinity  of  Cleveland,  on  September  16,  1871.  His  father  was  Joseph  E.  Stockwell, 
an  extensive  manufacturer  of  brick  in  Nebraska,  who  had  the  first  machine  for  moulding 
bricks  in  Lincoln;  and  he  had  married  Miss  La  Villa  Henderson.  She  died  on  the  ranch 
at  North  Anaheim,  in  October,  1919,  mourned  by  all  who  had  been  attracted  by  her 
charming  personality  as  a  neighbor  and  a  friend;  Joseph  E.  Stockwell  sustained  serious 
injuries  in  an  auto  accident,  which  impaired  his  otherwise  sturdy  constitution,  upon 
which  he  had  relied  for  years,  although  he  is  still  astonishingly  active.  These  good 
parents  moved  to  Lincoln  jvhen  Nathan  was  ten  years  old;  and  near  that  city  he  was 
educated  in  a  country  school.  He  thus  grew  up  to  help  his  father  in  the  brickyard;  and 
when  the  latter  left  Nebraska  and  removed  to  Tacoma,  Wash.,  he  accompanied  him 
and  shared  his  varied  and  varying  fortunes  there  for  four  or  five  years.  In  1905,  they 
came  to  Southern  California  and  purchased  sixty  acres  north  of  Anaheim;  it  was 
covered  with  cactus  and  sand,  and  was  declared  by  the  old  residents  to  be  worthless 
or  at  least  undesirable  acreage. 

With  the  assistance  of  his  father,  however,  he  cleared  the  land,  sunk  a  well  and 
installed  a  pumping  plant;  and  having  set  the  land  out  to  lemons  and  oranges,  it  is 
today  valuable  to  a  high  degree.  From  time  to  time,  he  has  sold  some  of  the  area; 
but  father  and  son  still  have  sixteen  acres  devoted  to  raising  Valencia  oranges,  served 
by  a  fine  pumping  plant  tapping  seventy-five  inches  of  water,  raised  by  a  Krow  pump. 

Joseph  E.  Stockwell  is  a  member  and  director  of  the  Anaheim  Cooperative  Orange 
Growers  Association;  he  marches  under  the  banner  of  the  Republicans,  and  Nathan 
Stockwell  is  a  live  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  Both  father  and  son 
belong  to  that  highljr  desirable  class  of  settlers  who,  when  they  have  once  pitched 
their  tent,  never  break  camp  without  effecting  some  improvement  in  the  neighborhood 
worth  the  while. 

C.  S.  BUNDSCHUH. — The  city  of  Huntington  Beach  and  the  surrounding  coun- 
try are  fortunate  indeed  to  have  such  an  efficient  and  considerate  funeral  director  as  is 
found  in  the  person  of  C.  S.  Bundschuh,  master  of  the  art  of  embalming  and  numbered 
among  the  most  able  and  successful  business  men  of  Huntington  Beach.  He  was 
born  March  31,  1873,  in  Olmstead,  in  Pulaski  County,  111.,  a  son  of  August  and  Catherine 
(Lilley)  Bundschuh.  August  Bundschuh  passed  away  in  Olmstead,  111.;  his  widow,  now 
in  her  eighty-first  year,  is  well  and  active  and  resides  in  Huntington  Beach.  Mr. 
Bundschuh's  early  life  was  .spent  on  the  home  place  in  Pulaski  County,  and  here  he 
received  his  education. 

In  1898  Mr.  Bundschuh  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  Hanna,  who  was 
also  a  resident  of  Illinois.  She  passed  away  five  years  later,  in  1903,  leaving  two  chil- 
dren, both  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  His  second  marriage  occurred  in  1904,  when 
he  was  united  with  Miss  Alice  Cockrum,  of  Arkansas,  the  ceremony  being  solemnized  at 
Cairo,  111.  This  union  has  been  blessed  with  four  children:  George,  a  student  at 
Huntington  Beach  high  school;  Alice  Louise,  Grace  and  Norbit.  Mr.  Bundschuh 
first  engaged  in  the  undertaking  business  at  Ullin,  Pulaski  County,  III.  After  several 
years  there  he  sold  his  business  in  1910  and  moved  to  Chicago,  locating  at  1625  Wells 
Street,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  undertaking  business  until  1912.  While  living  in 
Chicago  Mr.  Bundschuh  had  the  proud  distinction  of  owning  and  operating  the  first 
auto  hearse  in  that  city,  and  also  said  to  have  been  the  second  one  in  use  in  the 
United  States. 

In  1912  Mr.  Bundschuh  came  to  California,  locating  at  Huntington  Beach,  where 
he  purchased  six  lots  at  the  corner  of  Seventh  and  Main  streets,  and  here,  during  the 
year,  he  built  his  residence.  The  following  year  his  undertaking  establishment  and 
funeral  chapel  were  built.  Mr.  Bundschuh  becoming  the  pioneer  undertaker  of  Hunt- 
ington Beach.     His  establishment  is  a  model  one  in  every  respect,  the   chapel  seating 


1454  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

140  persons.  In  order  to  perfect  himself  in  his  profession  he  took  a  course  in  embalm- 
ing at  Williams  College,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  in  1905,  and  supplemented  his  training  with 
a  post-graduate  course  in  1906,  at  the  College  of  Embalming  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Fra- 
ternally, Mr.  Bundschuh  is  a  Mason,  being  past  master  of  Huntmgton  Beach  Lodge 
No.  380,  F.  &  A.  M.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  of  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  In  addition  to  his  business  at  Huntington  Beach,  he 
is  a  partner  in  the  Coachella  Valley  Undertaking  Company  at  Thermal,  Cal.  Ever 
since  locating  at  Huntington  Beach,  Mr.  Bundschuh  has  taken  an  active  interest  in 
all  the  affairs  of  the  community  and  with  his  family  enjoys  a  justly  deserved  popularity. 

PALITO  ARBALLO.— A  carefree,  willing  and  devotedly  conscientious  laborer, 
whose  simple,  upright  life  and  an  attractive  temperament,  doubtless  inherited  from  his 
worthy  parents,  have  made  him  justly  popular  among  his  associates,  is  Palito  Arballo, 
the  rancher  and  assistant  road  overseer  at  Yorba  Station.  He  was  born  at  Anaheim, 
the  son  of  Francisco  Arballo,  the  farmer  of  that  vicinity,  and  married  Mrs.  A.  Frances 
Ruiz,"  widow  of  the  late  Francisco  Ruiz,  a  native  of  Anaheim.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Francisco  Lopez,  who  had  married  Ruth  Urius.  By  her  first  union,  Mrs.  Arballo  had 
four  children:  Albertine  is  now  the  wife  of  William  Vasquez,  and  lives  across  the 
street  from  her  parents  on  the  same  ranch;  Ruby  Ruiz  is  sixteen;  Lily  thirteen;  and 
Jo'sephine  seven  years  old.     The  children  attend  the  Yorba  grade  school. 

Mrs.  Arballo  owns  the  ranch  of  five  acres  in  the  Yorba  precinct  where  they  make 
their  home.  It  is  devoted  to  walnuts,  and  as  the  grove  is  now  about  twelve  years  old, 
is  in  fine  shape.  Mr.  Arballo's  regular  line  of  work  Ifts  been  teaming  and  farming,  but 
of  late  he  has  been  appointed  to  the  position  for  which  he  is  so  well  prepared  by 
experience  and  enterprise,  that  of  assistant  road  overseer  under  V.  G.  Yorba.  In 
national  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  but  this  party  preference  never  interferes  with  his 
cordial  support  of  whatever  seems  to  be  best  for  the  community. 

J.  VALENTI. — A  young  man  who  served  in  a  California  regiment  in  the  World 
War  is  J.  Valenti,  who  was  born  near  Palermo,  Sicily,  May  16,  1892,  where  he  received 
a  good  education  in  the  public  schools.  At  the  age  of  twelve  years  he  was  apprenticed 
tb  the  shoemakers'  trade  and  on  completing  the  trade  at  the  age  of  seventeen  he  started 
a  shop  in  his  native  town.  He  served  three  months  in  the  Italian  army  when  he  was 
taken  ill  and  was  duly  honorably  discharged.  In  1913  he  came  to  New  York  City, 
where  he  worked  at  his  trade.  Having  always  had  a  desire  to  see  California  and  to 
try  his  luck  in  the  land  of  gold  and  sunshine  he  came  to  the  Pacific  Coast  in  1914, 
locating  in  San  Bernardino,  where  he  was  employed  at  his  trade  until  Congress  declared 
war  on  Germany. 

Being  anxious  to  join  the  colors  of  the  Stars  and  Stripes, he  immediately  took 
out  his  first  papers  and  on  May  29,  1917,  he  enlisted  in  the  Coast  Artillery  Band.  He 
was  stationed  at  Fort  McArthur  and  later  transferred  to  the  Quartermaster's  depart- 
ment as  corporal  and  was  stationed  at  San  Pedro  until  February  24,  1919,  when  he 
received  his  honorable  discharge.  Looking  for  a  location  he  was  so  well  pleased 
with  conditions  in  Orange  he  located  here  and  opened  his  present  place  of  business 
for  the  repairing  and  making  of  shoes,  having  the  latest  machinery,  all  operated  by 
electric  power  and  thus  has  acquired  a  large  and  paying  business  in  a  short  time. 

In  San  Bernardino  occurred  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Valenti  with  Josephine  Valord, 
who  was  born  in  Texas  and  they  have  one  child,  Mary  Grace.  Mr.  Valenti  is  a  very 
liberal  and  enterprising  young  man  and  is  ready  at  all  times  to  aid  movements  for  the 
upbuilding  of  his  adopted  country.     In  political  views,  Mr.  Valenti  is  a  Republican. 

CHARLES  L.  CRUMRINE.— A  native  son  who  has  made  an  enviable  record  as 
the  manager  of  the  La  Habra  Citrus  Association,  one  who  is  very  progressive  and 
believes  in  adopting  the  latest  methods  that  make  for  business  advancement,  is  Charles 
L.  Crumrine.  He  was  born  in  Ventura  County,  May  30,  1881,  a  son  of  Harrison  and 
Mary  (Trotter)  Crumrine,  natives  of  Pennsylvania  and  Illinois,  respectively. 

Harrison  Crumrine  is  a  pioneer  of  Ventura  County,  having  located  there  in  1869. 
Charles  was  educated  in  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Ventura,  and  since  entering 
the  business  world  has  followed  the  citrus  packing  industry  very  closely  and  by 
centralizing  his  efforts  along  a  single  line  he  has  achieved  marked  success  as  a  manager 
For  six  years  he  was  manager  of  the  Santa  Paula  Citrus  Association  and  in  1911  became 
manager  of  the  Leffingwell  Packing  House,  on  the  Leffingwell  ranch  near  La  Habra. 
It  was  in  1915  that  Mr.  Crumrine  accepted  the  position  of  manager  of  the  La  Habra 
Citrus  Association.  This  plant  is  now  the  largest  in  Orange  County,  and  its  phenom- 
enal growth  in  business,  since  Mr.  Crumrine  took  charge,  emphasizes  his  fitness  for 
such  an  important  post.  The  excellent  business  judgment  and  fidelity  to  details  he  has 
exhibited  and  his  wise,  tactful  and  courteous  treatment  of  the  employes  is  conclusive 
proof  that  the   directors   of  the   association   made   no   mistake  when   they   chose   Mr. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1457 

Crumrine  as  their  manager.  There  was  but  one  section  to  the  plant  when  he  took 
charge;  now  there  are  four.  One  hundred  forty  cars  each  of  lemons  and  oranges  Was 
the  maximum  shipment  in  a  season,  but  through  his  efficient  management  there  were 
packed  during  1919,  425  cars  of  lemons  and  375  cars  of  oranges.  He  predicts  that  the 
next  three  years  will  see  800  cars  of  lemons  and  600  of  oranges  packed  and  shipped 
each  year  by  this  association.  The  management  contemplates  the  building  of  a  new 
orange  house  in  1921,  to  care  for  its  anticipated  increase  in  business. 

The  La  Habra  Citrus  Association  is  composed  of  170  growers,  who  represent 
2,000  acres  of  land  devoted  to  citrus  culture,  and  it  maintains  a  fumigating  and  picking 
department.  A  Mexican  colony  has  been  established  by  the  association  for  the  comfort 
and  benefit  of  its  pickers;  a  settlement  worker  is  located  in  the  colony,  who  looks  after 
the  morale  of  its  members  and  the  general  welfare  of  the  colony.  The  citrus  district  of 
La  Habra  is  one  of  the  most  productive  in  the  county,  its  soil  being  especially  adapted 
to  the  growing  of  a  fine  quality  of  fruit,  which  commands  the  highest  price  in  the 
Eastern  market.  The  officers  and  directors  of  the  association  are:  A.  M.  Otis,  presi- 
dent; W.  L.  York,  vice-president;  C.  L.  Crumrine,  secretary  and  manager;  and  the 
following  brands  are  packed  La  Habra,  Shepherd,  Reliable  Sunkist  brands,  and  Rex  and 
Bengal,  choice  brands. 

On  June  30,  1903,  at  Santa  Paula,  Mr.  Crumrine  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
May  Brookhouser,  and  this  union  has  been  blessed  with  a  daughter,  Pauline  May. 
Fraternally  Mr.  Crumrine  is  a  Mason,  a  member  of  Whittier  Lodge  No.  323,  F.  &  A.  M., 
at  Whittier,  Cal.  In  addition  to  the  responsibilities  of  his  position,  Mr.  Crumrine  is 
the  owner  of  a  citrus  orchard  in  the  La  Habra  Heights  Addition,  which  he  has  himself 
developed. 

GEORGE  DUNTON. — A  progressive  young  man  of  superior  business  qualifica- 
tions who  has  been  identified  with  the  automolDile  business  since  he  was  eighteen 
years  of  age,  George  Dunton  has  made  for  himself  a  distinct  place  in  Anaheim's  busi- 
ness circles.  Quick  to  discriminate"  and  swift  to  grasp  the  opportunity  for  success, 
his  selection  of  Orange  County  as  the  scene  of  his  operations  in  the  automobile  field 
has  been  well  rewarded. 

He  was  born  in  Chicago,  111.,  November  27,  1888,  the  only  child  of  William  B. 
and  May  B.  (Keeler)  Dunton,  natives  of  Belvedere,  111.  The  father  was  engaged  in 
the  grain  business  in  Chicago  until  1914,  when  he  decided  to  locate  in  California,  and 
he  has  since  been  engaged  in  orange  growing  at  Anaheim.  George  Dunton  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Chicago  and  at  the  Athenaeum  in  that  city,  and  upon 
embarking  in  business  Ife  was  engaged  with  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  and 
the  Southern  Pacific  for  a  period  of  tvvo  years.  In  1906  he  entered  the  automobile 
business  in  Chicago,  continuing  there  until  he  came  to  California  in  1911,  where  he 
was  at  first  with  the  Stromberg  Carburetor  Company.  In  1912  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Ford  Motor  Company  at  Los  Angeles,  continuing  with  them  for  six 
years  and  becoming  their  sales  manager.  Wishing  to  engage  in  business  for  himself, 
in  1918  he  purchased  his  present  business,  the  Ford  Agency  at  Anaheim,  from  G.  T. 
Ingram,  and  also  added  the  agency  for  the  Fordson  tractor  for  Orange  County, 
which  he  held  until  the  agency  for  the  tractor  was  divided  among  the  Ford  agents 
of  the  county.  His  territory  is  Anaheim  and  vicinity,  including  Garden  Grove  and 
Los  Alamitos.  His  business  has  rapidly  increased  until  he  now  employs  twenty-six 
people,  and  finds  that  his  thorough  business  experience  in  the  East  in  the  automobile 
field  is  of  great  advantage  to  him.  He  occupies  a  large  garage,  60x110,  located  at 
North  Los  Angeles  and  Cypress  streets,  and  besides  has  a  warehouse  on  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad.  Up  until  October  1,  1920,  at  the  end  of  the  first  two  years'  sales, 
he  has  delivered  344  tractors,  a  surprisingly  large  number,  even  outnumbering  the 
sale  of  Ford  automobiles  during  the  same  period,  showing  the  wonderful  popularity 
of  the  Fordson  tractor. 

Mr.  Dunton's  marriage,  on  June  15,  1914,  at  White  Bear  Lake,  Minn.,  united 
him  with  Miss  Ruby  Matthews  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  and  two  daughters  have  been 
born  to  them,  Elizabeth  and  Barbara.  Mr.  Dunton  is  a  member  of  the  Orange  County 
Automobile  Trades  Association,  and  is  popular  in  the  circles  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Athletic  Club,  the  Orange  County  Country  Club  and  the  Hacienda  Country  Club  of 
La  Habra,  in  all  of  which  he  holds  membership.  In  fraternal  circles  he  is  a  Knight 
Templar  Mason  and  a  Shriner,  belonging  to  Al  Malaikah  Temple  at  Los  Angeles, 
and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Lodge  of  Elks. 

Mr.  Dunton  finds  recreation  from  the  arduous  cares  of  business  in  golf  and 
tennis,  and  his  deep  interest  in  Orange  County  is  manifested  in  the  enthusiasm  with 
which  he  furthers  all  measures  or  organizations  that  tend  toward  the  development  of 
the  county  and  for  the  public  weal. 


1458  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

CHARLES  EBERTH. — A  thorough  workman  who  has  done  much  to  perfect  the 
manufacture  of  auto  tops  and  to  improve  the  methods  of  auto  painting,  is  Charles 
Eberth,  the  expert  upholsterer  of  Orange,  who  is  a  familiar  figure  in  the  social  life 
of  his  home  town,  Santa  Ana.  He  was  born  in  Vienna,  Austria,  in  18S9,  educated  in  the 
excellent  public  schools  of  that  country,  also  attending  the  gymnasium,  and  there 
learned  the  trade  of  an  upholsterer  and  a  cabinetmaker.  For  five  years  he  served  in 
the  Austrian  army,  as  a  member  of  the  Sixth  Hussar  Regiment,  in  which  he  was  ser- 
geant, and  campaigned  at  the  front  in  the  Turkish-Russian  War  of  1878-79,  taking 
part  in  the  battles  of  Serreava  and  Burtscka,  and  was  wounded  in  the  thigh  in  the 
latter  struggle.  He  obtained  a  furlough;  and  while  on  the  reserve  list  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1881,  and  went  to  work  at  his  trade  in  New  York. 

In  1894,  he  removed  to  Chicago  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Pullman  Car 
Works;  and  for  thirteen  years  he  was  one  of  their  most  accomplished  upholsterers.  In 
1907,  he  came  out  to  the  Northwest,  and  for  five  years  followed  his  trade  at  Portland. 
His  natural  gifts,  his  developed  technical  skill  and  his  superior  taste,  together  with  his 
known  determination  never  to  deliver  any  work  that  was  not  finished  in  every  respect, 
all  combined  to  bring  him  all  the  patronage  that  he  could  take  care  of. 

In  1912,  he  came  South  to  Los  Angeles  and  was  soon  engaged  by  Barker  Bros, 
as  upholsterer.  Next  he  removed  to  Pasadena  and  worked  for  Knowles  and  Phillips 
in  the  same  line.  In  1915  he  located  in  Santa  Ana,  where  he  bought  a  residence  and 
followed  his  trade,  making  a  specialty  of  automobile  tops  and  other  motor  upholstery. 
In  1919  he  sold  out  and  started  the  same  business  at  Orange,  making  tops  and  uphols- 
tering. He  also  went  in  for  automobile  painting  at  the  corner  of  Olive  and  North 
Glassell  streets;  and  his  advent  into  Orange  was  followed  by  an  immediate  increase  in 
profitable  trade. 

Twenty-five  years  ago,  at  Seattle,  Mr.  Eberth  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  Studavil, 
a  native  of  Galveston,  and  a  lady  with  a  strong,  winning  personality.  They  have  had 
twelve  children,  and  six  are  still  living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eberth  belong  to  the  Baptist 
Church  in  Santa  Ana,  and  are  active  in  all  good  "works  in  time  of  war  as  well  as  in 
times  of  peace. 

EDSON  JOEL  BALL. — An  experienced,  well-posted  realty  dealer  of  Orange, 
California,  whose  prosperity  has  very  naturally  made  him  an  enthusiastic  booster  and 
loyal  citizen  of  Orange  County,  is  Edson  J.  Ball,  who  was  born  in  Petersburg,  Monroe 
County,  Mich.,  December  24,  1850.  His  father  was  Wesley  Ball,  a  native  of  Rochester, 
N.  Y.,  who  came  with  his  father,  Joel  Ball,  a  farmer,  to  Michigan,  where  the  latter 
lived  and  labored,  and  died  at  the  age  of  ninety-four.  The  Ball  family  are  of  Puritan 
stock,  closely  related  to  Mary  Ball,  the  mother  of  George  Washington,  and  were  long 
residents  of  Massachusetts.  Wesley  Ball  cleared  a  farm  from  the  timber  at  a  time 
when  there  were  only  cow  paths  and  Edson  J.  could  often,  as  a  boy,  see  bear  tracks 
near  their  cabin.    There  were  six  children  in  the  family,  but  only  two  now  living. 

Edson  J.,  the  third  eldest,  was  brought  up  on  a  farm  when  for  a  time  there  was 
no  public  school,  and  finally  a  log  schoolhouse  was  put  up,  with  a  teacher  who 
"boarded  'round,"  and  he  continued  at  home  with  his  father  until  he  was  eighteen 
years  old.  He  then  struck  out  for  himself  and  started  to  learn  the  butcher  business, 
buying  cattle  and  hogs  and  wholesaled  meat  in  Toledo,  Ohio.  There  were  no  railroads 
over  which  to  ship  stock  and  he  drove  them  through  from  Southern  Michigan  to 
Toledo,  and  having  no  scales  at  that  time,  he  had  to  guess  at  the  weight  hitting  the 
mark,  generally,  within  a  few  pounds.  As  he  paid  cash  for  the  stock  he  was  able  to 
sell  then  to  good  advantage.  Many  a  time  he  bought  A-No.  1  beef  cattle  for  from 
$14  to  $16  per  head,  selling  the  entire  carcass  for  three  and  one-half  cents  per  pound- 
some  difference  in  prices  compared  with  the  present  time  when  the  high  cost  of  living 
IS  the  principal  topic  of  conversation.  Mr.  Ball  met  with  good  success  in  his  ventures 
and  m  1876  added  dairying  to  his  stock  business  in  Petersburg,  along  the  stamping 
grounds  of  General  Custer,  who  was  reared  only  seventeen  miles  from  the  home  o1 
the  Balls,  so  that  they  saw  much  of  him  as  a  boy. 

It  was  while  Mr.  Ball  was  living  in  Petersburg  that  he  became  city  marshal  and 
street  commissioner  of  the  town.  There  was  a  bad  element  at  large  in  the  town  and 
he  made  it  his  first  duty  to  clean  up  the  place  and  make  it  safer  for  the  people  who 
beheved  m  law  and  order.  He  had  the  entire  confidence  of  the  citizens,  and  was 
known  by  the  rough  element  to  be  absolutely  fearless  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  as 
an  officer  and  many  a  desperate  man  did  he  take  to  the  penitentiary  without  usino- 
bracelets,  nor  did  they  attempt  to  escape  for  they  well  knew  the  results  Mr  Ball 
often  says  that  the  Lord  must  have  spared  him  for  some  particular  purpose  as  he 
took  his  life  in  his  own  hands  many  times. 

In  1905  Mr.  Ball  went  to  Spokane,  Wash.,  and  was  made  meat  inspector  for  that 
city,   remaining  m  that  position  two  years,   or   until   a   government   inspector  was   in- 


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stalled.  After  that  he  was  called  many  times  to  render  expert  opinion  on  practical 
subjects.  While  meat  inspector  he  made  better  the  working  conditions  for  employes 
of  the  slaughter  houses,  the  handling  of  meat  more  sanitary,  thereby  rendering  a 
distinct  service  to  the  consumers.  He  was  appointed  deputy  city  assessor  of  Spokane 
and  held  the  office  until  1911,  when  he  resigned  to  come  to  California.  On  looking 
about  the  southern  part  of  the  state  he  finally  selected  Orange  as  a  satisfactory  place 
to  settle  and  he  at  once  established  himself  in  the  real  estate  business,  selling  city  and 
ranch  properties,  writing  insurance — representing  the  German-American  and  the  Spring- 
field companies — and  negotiating  loans,  in  all  of  which"  he  has  been  singularly  successful 
and  has  been  a  real  benefactor  to  the  city  and  county. 

In  1876,  Mr.  Ball  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Jennie  Hill,  born  in  Peters- 
burg, Mich.,  the  daughter  of  Horace  C.  Hill,  a  Vermonter  by  birth  and  attorney  by 
profession,  who  drove  to  Michigan,  with  his  first  wife  and  five  children,  with  an  ox- 
team.  Mrs.  Hill,  who  was  before  her  marriage,  Amelia  Trumley,  died  in  Michigan; 
for  a  second  wife  he  married  Miss  Julia  Bowen,  by  whom  he  had  seven  children.  He 
practiced  law  in  Monroe  County  and  there  both  he  and  his  wife  died.  Seven  of  the 
two  families  of  children  are  still  living.  The  Hill  and  Ball  families  were  among  the 
very  earliest  settlers  in  Monroe  County  and  Jennie  Hill  and  Edson  Ball  grew  up  to- 
gether as  children.  Six  children  were,  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ball:  Harry,  a  farmer  of 
Jackson,  Mich.,  has  three  daughters,  Josephine,  Mabel  and  Winnifred;  Mable  Ball  be- 
came the  wife  of  Dr.  E.  T.  Lamb,  of  Alma,  Mich.,  and  they  have  two  sons,  Woodburn 
and  Gordon;  Iva  Lena,  is  a  graduate  of  Alma  College  and  taught  school  for  some 
years,  she  married  Cleve  Best  and  they  have  a  daughter,  Ruth,  and  live  at  Flint,  Mich.; 
Bernice  is  Mrs.  G.  W.  Moore  and  the  mother  of  two  daughters,  Marian  and  Lucile,  they 
reside  in  Hollywood,  Cal.;  Everell  J.,  lives  in  Montana,  is  married  and  has  a  daughter, 
Audrey;  George  Ball,  the  youngest,  also  makes  his  home  in  Montana,  is  married  and 
has  a  son  Norwood  Dickerson  Ball,  who  bears  a  striking  likeness  to  his  grandfather. 
George  was  commissioned  a  captain  during  the  World  War  and  was  stationed  at 
Quantico,  Va.,  as  supervisor  of  the  officers'  training  school  there.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Officers'  Reserve  and  subject  to  call  should  his  services  be  needed. 

The  Ball  family  attend  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Orange,  and  Mr.  Ball  marches 
with  the  Republicans  in  national  affairs,  but  in  local  issues  he  supports  the  men  and 
measures  he  deems  best  suited  for  the  town  and  county  regardless  of  party  lines.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ball  have  an  ever-widening  circle  of  friends  and  well-wishers  in  Orange  and 
the   county. 

G.  W.  STRUCK. — An  enterprising  Californian  who  has  been  very  successful,  but 
who,  while  attaining  prosperity  for  himself,  did  not  fail  to  do  his  best  to  help  build  up 
Orfinge  and  the  surrounding  locality,  is  G.  W.  Struck,  who  came  to  Orange  County  in 
the  early  eighties.  He  was  born  in  Pomerania,  Germany,  in  1866,  and  when  only  four 
years  of  age  was  brought  across  the  ocean  to  Minnesota.  His  father,  Carl  Struck, 
settled  near  Zurnbrota,  Minn.,  and  from  1870  to  1878  was  a  farmer  there;  then  he 
removed  to  near  Austin,  the  county  seat  of  Mower  County,  in  the  same  state,  where 
he  remained  for  four  years.  Li  December,  1882,  he  came  west  to  California  and  at 
Orange  was  a  raiser  of  fruit  until  he  died,  on  October  4,  1917,  in  his  seventy-eighth 
year.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Lutheran  Church  at  Orange,  and  was  on 
its  board  of  trustees.  Mrs.  Struck,  the  mother,  was  Amelia  Kamrath  before  her  mar- 
riage, and  she  died  at  Orange  in  November,  1892,  aged  fifty-three  years.  She  was  the 
mother  of  four  children — Fred,  G.  W.  and  Herman  Struck,  all  now  in  Orange,  and' 
Max    Struck,   who    died   in    1908. 

,  From  the  early  seventies  until  1882  G.  W.  Struck  was  reared  in  Minnesota,  where 
he  attended  the  local  schools;  and  when  he  came  to  California  in  1882,  he  went  to 
work  at  teaming  and  at  farming.  He  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade  at  Jack  Goodin's 
shop  in  Los  Angeles,  on  old  Fort  Street,  now  Upper  Broadway,  and  when  Goodin 
sold  out  and  removed  to  Sespie  as  a  contractor  in  the  stone  quarry,  he  went  with 
him,  and  worked  as  a  driller  and  a  blacksmith.  After  six  months,  Goodin  removed  to 
Oakland,  and  again  Mr.  Struck  went  along  in  his  service,  and  took  up  teaming.  Still 
again,  when  Goodin  went  to  Telluride,  Colo.,  to  work  in  the  mines,  he  shared  his 
venture,,  and  while  Goodin  ran  the  blacksmith  end  of  the  enterprise,  Struck  ran  a  pack 
train  of  burrows,  from  Marshall  Pass  to  the  end  of  the  railroad  at  Bridal  Veil  Falls. 
Then  he  went  to  Cripple  Creek,  Colo.,  when  there  were  all  tent  houses  in  that  section, 
and  located  some  claims  and  worked  as  a  blacksmith;  but  the  sickness  of  his  mother 
compelled  him  to  return,  after  three  years'  absence  from  the  state. 

He  bought  a  shop  at  the  northeast  corner  of  Chapman  and  Orange  streets,  and 
started  in  at  blacksmithing  and  carriage-making  and  repairing  with  A.  Albrecht,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Albrecht  and  Struck,  and  built  up  an  extensive  business;  and  later  they 
removed  the  shop  to  its  present  location,  at  the  south  side  of  Chapman,  between  Grand 


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and  Orange  streets,  and  extended  the  variety  of  business  undertaken.  Later,  Mr.  Struck 
bought  Mr.  Albrecht  out,  and  for  six  or  eight  years  ran  the  business  alone,  when  he 
sold  it  to  Frank  Wheeler. 

While  blacksmithing,  Mr.  Struck  had  bought  ten  acres  on  Batavia  Street,  near 
Taft,  set  out  to  apricots  and  walnuts,  which  he  afterward  sold,  but  not  before  he  had 
purchased  his  present  place  of  ten  acres  at  621  North  Glassell  Street.  It  had  at  first 
only  a  few  orange  trees;  but  he  improved  it,  and  set  it  out  to  Valencia  oranges.  He 
also  owns  two  other  valuable  orange  orchards.  He  still  owns  the  buildings  where  he 
had  his  shop,  and  also  built  a  garage,  60x100  feet  in  size,  next  to  his  shop. 

At  Orange,  Mr.  Struck  was  married  to  Miss  Clara  Boese,  a  native  of  Wisconsm, 
who  died  here  in  1913,  leaving  one  son,  George  M.  Struck,  who  assists  his  father.  In 
1917  Mr.  Struck  married  a  second  time,  the  ceremony  also  taking  place  at  Orange; 
his  bride  being  Miss  Minnie  Maas,  a  native  of  Norfolk,  Nebr.  Mr.  Struck  belongs  to 
the  Lutheran  Church  and  the  Lutheran  Men's  Club,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Foothill 
Valencia  Orange  Growers  Association,  and  also  a  director  in  the  same. 

LEO  BORCHARD. — Among  those  whose  exceptional  enterprise  and  movements 
for  progress  have  given  them,  more  and  more,  an  enviable  rank  among  the  leading 
ranchers  of  Orange  County,  may  be  mentioned  Leo  Borchard  of  Santa  Ana,  who  with 
his  brother,  Frank  P.,  owned  a  fine  tract  of  over  900  acres  on  the  Talbert  Road,  four 
miles  south  of  Huntington  Beach,  which  they  reclaimed  from  tule  and  swatnp  land 
until  it  was  one  of  the  most  productive  ranches  in  the  county,  farming  it  until  they 
disposed  of  the  larger  part  of  it.  They  are  the  sons  of  Casper  Borchard,  a  native  of 
Germany  and  a  pioneer  of  what  is  now  western  Orange  County,  residing  at  Conejo, 
Cal.,  where  he  is  successful  and  respected.  The  maiden  name  of  the  mother,  Mrs. 
Borchard,  was  Teresa  Maring,  and  she  died  when  the  lad  Leo  was  seventeen.  Casper 
Borchard  was  a  stockman  and  a  farmer,  and  came  to  own  4,000  acres  in  Ventura 
County,  and  2,700  acres  in  Madera  County,  as  well  as  several  fine  ranches  in  Orange 
County.  In  recent  years  he  has  disposed  of  his  lands  to  his  children,  and  Borchard 
Bros,  were  among  the  largest  landowners  in  the  city  of  Huntington  Beach.  Casper 
Borchard  settled  on  land  hitherto  untouched  by  the  hand  of  man,  and  cleared  it  of  the 
underbrush  with  which  it  was  covered,  plowed  it,  and  otherwise  prepared  it  for  culti- 
vation. He  was  indeed  a  true  pioneer,  for  he  was  the  first  man  to  plow  the  soil  south 
of  the  Santa  Clara  River  in  Ventura  County,  and  was  a  pioneer  cattle  and  grain  rancher. 

The  eldest  son  of  a  family  of  five  boys  and  three  girls,  Leo  Borchard  was  born  on 
a  ranch  two  and  a  half  miles  northeast  of  what  is  now  Oxnard,  in  Ventura  County,  on 
December  16,  1879,  and  there  he  was  reared,  remaining  in  Ventura  County  until  1900, 
when  he  came  to  this  vicinity,  very  properly  called  the  Swamp.  Being  apt,  and  clever 
in  the  use  of  machinery,  he  was  given  the  job  to  run  the  big  excavator  or  ditch-digging 
machine  owned  by  his  father,  W.  T.  Newland  and  W.  D.  Lamb.  That  was  the  first 
work  of  importance  that  he  ever  did  and  he  continued  at  it  until  two  large  ditches  were 
constructed.  The  well-drained  country,  the  great  ditches  through  the  Swamp,  and  the. 
graded  Talbert  Road  bear  testimony  to  his  judgment  and  thoroughness.  Prior  to  that 
he  had  attended  the  public  schools  at  Newbviry  Park,  but  his  educational  advantages 
were  limited,  for  as  the  eldest  boy,  it  was  necessary  for  him  to  work. 

Under  his  father,  Mr.  Borchard  not  only  helped  to  build  the  drainage  ditch  and 
the  Talbert  Road,  but  he  assisted  in  clearing  it  of  willows  and  reclaiming  large  stretches 
of  the  Swamp,  covered  also  with  tules,  and  turning  the  morass  into  a  veritable  garden 
spot.  To  his  energy  and  handiwork  may  be  credited  the  many  improvements  on  his 
own  home  ranch — a  good  bungalow  residence,  large  barns,  a  tank  house,  a  garage,  a 
windmill,  good  yards  for  livestock,  and  a  fine  yard,  besides  a  ten-inch  well  and  three 
twelve-inch  wells  all  flowing.  With  his  brother  Frank,  their  holdings  were  divided 
into  the  following  excellent  ranches:  316  acres  and  160  acres  on  the  west  side  of  Santa 
Ana.  200  acres  south  of  Huntington  Beach,  118  acres  on  the  Mesa,  252  acres  in  the 
bottoms,  and  seventy-six  acres  at  Fairview.  Mr.  Borchard  also  owns  cojointly  with 
his  four  brothers  a  twenty-acre  tract  at  Garden  Grove,  while  these  same  brothers  own 
a  half-interest  with  W.  T.  Newland,  Sr.,  in  sixty  acres  on  the  southeast  of  Newland 
ranch  in  the  Huntington  Beach  district.  In  1920  the  two  brothers  sold  over  800  acres 
for  $335,000,  a  vast  difference  from  the  orignal  purchase  price  when  it  was  swamp  land, 
showing  what  well  directed  energy  and  perseverance  can  do. 

Mr.  Borchard  and  his  brothers  were  well  known  as  breeders  of  Percheron-Nor- 
man  horses  and  also  mules.  They  brought  in  here  some  of  the  best  Percheron  stallions 
ever  imported  to  Orange  County,  and  have  raised  draft  horses  weighing  from  1800  to 
2000  pounds.  They  own  the  celebrated  jack,  "Burr  Oak,"  which  cost  $3,000.  Mr. 
Borchard  was  one  of  the  first  in  western  Orange  County  to  use  tractors  in  farming 
operations,  and  he  has  owned  three  Holt  caterpillars,  two  of  forty-five,  and  one  of 
sixty-five  horsepower.    His  experience  on  road  building  and  drainage  is  extensive.     He 


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has  served  as  a  director  in  the  Newbert  protection  district,  and  he  was  also  a  director 
in  the  Talbert  drainage  district.  Since  selling  his  ranches  he  has  retired  to  Santa  Ana, 
where  he  purchased  a  bungalow  at  802  South  Broadway  where,  with  his  wife,  he  makes 
his  home.  He,  still  owns  valuable  lands  in  Huntington  Beach  as  well  as  near  Newport, 
besides  an  orange  grove  on  the  Santa  Ana  Canyon  Boulevard.  He  is  a  stockholder  in 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Santa  Ana  and  also  a  stockholder  in  the  Old  Colony  Oil 
Company,  operating  in  Wichita  Falls,  Texas,  that  has  fourteen  producing  wells.  He 
owns  land  near  Tampico,  Texas,  and  is  interested  in  copper  and  silver  mines  (the 
Midnight  mine  and  Tidal  Wave  mine)   in  New  Mexico. 

In  1904  Mr.  Borchard  was  married  to  Miss  Marie  Hauptman,  a  native  of  Connells- 
ville.  111.,  who  came  to  California  with  her  parents,  Henry' J.  and  Margaret  Marie 
Hauptman,  when  she  was  a  girl  of  sixteen.  She  has  been  a  great  encouragement  to 
him  in  his  ambition  and  a  great  helpmate  to  him.  Mr.  Borchard  has  traveled  not  only 
over  the  Pacific  Coast  states  but  into  Texas  and  Mexico  and  the  Mississippi  Valley 
as  far  east  as  Chicago,  but  on  investigation  he  has  found  nothing  to  equal  Southern 
California  and  particularly  Orange  County.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  at  Santa  Ana,  and  is  a  stanch  Republican,  and  a  member  of  Santa  Ana 
Lodge,  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

WILLIAM  E.  STORK. — A  wide-awake  young  man,  fortunate  in  a  thorough  un- 
derstanding of  both  the  lumber  and  the  building  trades,  and  therefore  unusually  well 
equipped  for  the  responsibilities  of  a  superintendent,  is  William  E.  Stork,  manager  of 
the  Orange  Branch  of  the  Hammond  Lumber  Company.  He  was  born  at  Hartford, 
in  Lyon  County,  Kans.,  July  14,  1889,  the  son  of  Phillip  Stork,  a  contractor  and  builder 
of  that  town,  who  now,  after  a  strenuous  life,  is  enjoying  the  milder  climate  of  Cali- 
fornia while  residing  with  the  subject  of  our  interesting  sketch.  He  had  married  Miss 
Etta  Garrett;  but  she  died  in  Kansas,  the  mother  of  three  boys  and  a  girl,  among  whom 
William  was  next  to  the  youngest. 

He  was  sent  to  the  grammar  schools  and  then  to  the  Hartford  high  school,  from 
which  he  was  duly  graduated,  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  telephone  company, 
wTiere  he  remained  for  two  or  three  years.  After  that  he  learned  the  carpenter's 
trade;  and  as  he  was  apprenticed  under  his  father,  he  learned  the  trade  well. 

In  1913  Mr.  Stork  came  west  to  California  and  at  Orange  hired  out  as  a  carpenter 
for  a  year,  when  he  accepted  an  offer  from  the  Orange  Lumber  Company  as  yard 
foreman,  and  as  such  continued  until  1916.  Then  the  Hammond  Lumber  Company 
bought  out  the  Orange  Lumber  Company,  and  he  continued  with  them  as  bookkeeper. 
In  1918,  the  company,  recognizing  both  his  special  qualifications  and  his  fidelity,  made 
Mr.  Stork  manager  of  their  plant,  which  is  at  230  North  Lemon  street;  and  today,  as 
a  member  of  the  Southern  California  Retail  Lumber  Dealers'  Association,  he  is  one  of 
the  influential  factors  in  that  live  and  useful  organization. 

Since  coming  to  Orange  in  1914,  Mr.  Stork  was  married  to  Miss  Ethel  Shields,  a 
native  of  Hutchinson,  Kans.,  and  they  have  one  child,  Maurine.  He  was  made  a  Mason 
in  Hartford  Lodge  No.' 193,  at  Hartford,  Kans.,  and  still  retains  an  affectionate  loyalty 
for  the  society  and  its  fraternal  associations. 

The  Hammond  Lumber  Company,  from  its  entrance  into  this  local  field,  has  left 
undone  nothing  possible  to  anticipate  the  wants  of  the  community,  and  to  satisfy  the 
many  and  sudden  demands  of  builders  and  arjhitects;  with  the  result  that  Orange, 
known  far  and  wide  as  a  well-built  town,  has  responded  and  given  in  turji  to  this  con- 
cern an  enviable  and  constantly  growing  patronage. 

FRED  C.  BAIER. — A  successful  business  man,  using  only  modern  machinery  and 
up-to-date  methods  and  fortunate  in  the  assistance  afforded  him  by  his  gifted  wife,  is 
Fred  C.  Baier,  who  came  to  Orange  in  1909  and  the  next  year  began  cement  con- 
tracting. He  was  born  at  Caledonia,  in  Huston  County,  Minn.,  in  1885,  the  son  of 
William  and  Caroline  Baier,  'pioneer  settlers  and  farmers  there  who  resided  in  Minne- 
sota until  1920,  when  they  sold  out  to  live  at  Orange.  They  have  seven  children: 
William  is  a  farmer  in  Dakota;  Kate  Has  become  Mrs.  Flynn  and  lives  in  Wisconsin; 
Mary  is  Mrs.  Rudisuhle,  and  lives  at  LaCrosse;  George  is  a  business  man  in  Orange; 
Louis,  who  also  resides  in  Orange,  was  in  the  United  States  Army  and  served  overseas 
in  the  World  War;  and  Edward  was  in  the  U.  S.  Navy  and  served  on  the  Wyoming. 

Fred  C.  Baier  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  at  thirteen  began  to  paddle 
his  own  canoe.  In  1898  he  moved  west  to  Seattle  and  was  there  employed  in  the  great 
lumber  yards.  He  also  took  up  farming,  and  in  each  field  he  demonstrated  his  ability  to 
master  the  problems  of  the  hour.  At  Spokane,  in  1905  he  learned  the  cement  trade, 
and  learned  it  thoroughly. 

Four  years  later  Mr.  Baier  moved  south  to  California,  and  the  next  year  started 
to  contract  for  cement  pipe  work.     He  then  manufactured  everything  by  hand,  and  he 


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also  gave  his  personal  attention  to  putting  down  the  cement  pipe.  The  high  quality  of 
both  his  labor  and  his  materials,  resulting  in  a  strictly  first  class  product,  was  soon 
appreciated,  and  before  he  knew  it,  he  had  more  than  he  alone  could  do. 

Now  Mr.  Baier  uses  a  McCracken  cement  pipe  machine,  the  first  ^et  up  in  Cali- 
fornia, and  is  proud  of  having  done  the  first  centrifugal  force  pipe  work  in  the  state. 
He  has  also  installed  at  Orange  a  rock  crusher,  with  which  he  is  able  to  provide  a 
much  better  grade  of  rock  for  the  cement  used  in  pipes — a  volcanic  rock  otherwise  not 
at  the  service  of  every  cement  worker.  He  makes  this  pipe  in  all  sizes,  and  some 
capable  of  withstanding  such  pressure  that  it  easily  replaces  the  steel  pipe  once  in  such 
demand.  He  sells  his  pipe  from  Oceanside  to  Riverside,  hauling  it  in  trucks  within  a 
radius  of  fifty  miles,  doing  more  than  half  of  his  business  as  a  wholesaler,  and  has 
laid  it  under  thousands  of  acres.  He  organized  the  Southern  California  Associated 
Concrete  Pipe  Manufacturers,  of  which  he  was  president  until  he  resigned  in  May, 
1920,  and  is  also  a  prominent  member  of  the  Associated  Concrete  Pipe  Manufacturers' 
Association  of  Northern  California. 

At  Spokane,  Wash.,  on  June  12,  1907,  Mr.  Baier  was  married  to  Miss  Rebecca 
Adley,  a  native  of  Melrose,  Minn.,  and  the  daughter  of  Napoleon  and  L,ydia  (Eaton) 
Adley,  who  had  been  born  in  Maine  and  New  Hampshire,  respectively,  and  were  mar- 
ried in  Minnesota.  As  a  young  man,  Mr.  Adley  enlisted  in  a  Maine  Regiment  and 
fought  through  the  Civil  War;  and  later  he  migrated  to  Minnesota,  and  there  became 
a  stockdealer.  Then  he  moved  to  Spokane  and  was  in  the  dairy  business  in  that  place 
until  he  died,  in  1904.  Her  mother  lived  with  Mrs.  Baier  in  Orange,  and  died  in  1918. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adley  had  six  children,  Christopher,  a  farmer  at  Seattle,  being  the  oldest. 
Helen,  now  Mrs.  Bisbee,  of  Spokane,  comes  next,  and  Leigh  is  also  a  farmer  at  Spokane, 
as  is  his  brother,  Arichibald.  John  was  accidentally  killed  while  threshing  near  Spo- 
kane. Rebecca,  the  fifth  in  the  order  of  birth,  was  graduated  from  the  Spokane  High 
School  and  also  from  the  Northwestern  Business  College  of  that  place.  One  child,  a 
daughter,  Dorothy,  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baier. 

FRANK  BLAIR  DALE. — An  interesting  couple  who  have  just  completed  a  new 
and  beautiful  home,  and  who  in  many  other  ways  have  contributed  to  the  building  up 
of  Orange,  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Blair  Dale.  A  man  of  wide  experience  and  a  valu- 
able fund  of  information,  Mr.  Dale  is  good  company  as  a  conversationalist  and  an 
appreciated  adviser  to  many  in  need  of  one  kind  or  another  of  guidance;  while  Mrs. 
Dale  is  no  less  attractive  to  those  who  know  her  in  the  encouragement  she  has  always 
given  her  husband  in  his  ambitions  and  arduous  labors. 

Mr.  Dale  was  born  at  Carthage,  Hancock  County,  111.,  on  April  30,  1870,  the  son 
of  William  Dale,  a  native  of  the  same  county,  and  a  grandson  of  Andrew  Dale,  one  of 
the  sturdiest  of  pioneers  there.  He  owned  a  farm,  and  built  a  grist  mill  on  the  river 
east  of  Carthage;  and  he  also  had  a  carding  mill,  a  saw  mill,  and  a  furniture  factory. 
He  served  throughout  the  Civil  War  in  an  Illinois  regiment,  and  died  at  the  scene  of 
his  honorable  activities.  William  Dale  was  also  a  farmer,  and  resided  at  the  old 
homestead.  He  had  married  Miss  Mary  Wood,  a  native  of  Illinois  and  the  daughter 
of  Nathan  Wood,  who  migrated  from  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  born,  and  became 
a  farmer  in  Illinois.  Mrs.  William  Dale  enjoyed  life  for  a  while  in  California,  and  died 
at  Orange.     She  was  the  mother  of  five  children,  four  of  whom  are  now  living. 

The  eldest  in  the  family,  Frank  was  brought  up  on  the  home  farm  and  from 
there  went  to  the  public  schools.  When  he  had  finished  with  school  books  he  came 
west  to  Denver,  in  1890,  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 
pany, and  for  a  while  ran  as  fireman  out  of  Denver.  Later,  he  became  an  engineer,  but 
in  1896  he  quit  railroading,  and  went  to  Kansas.  He  located  near  Chanute,  in  Neosho 
County,  and  having  taken  up  farming,  continued  there  for  about  eight  years. 

On  migrating  to  California,  Mr.  Dale  located  at  Orange,  where  he  built  a  residence 
on  South  Grand  Avenue.  He  first  built  south  of  Palmyra  Avenue,  in  an  orange  grove; 
then  he  worked  as  a  carpenter  and  bought  a  ranch;  but  at  the  end  of  two  years  he 
returned  to  carpentering.  Then  he  purchased  a  ranch  west  of  Santa  Ana,  but  at  the 
end  of  two  years  returned  to  Orange. 

Here  he  took  up  contracting  and  building,  having  a  partner,  O.  A.  Long;  but 
when  the  latter  removed  from  the  district,  he  continued  in  business  alone  until  1917, 
when  he  made  a  partnership  with  C.  W.  Riggle,  under  the  firm  name  of  Dale  &  Rigglei 
and  undertook  general  contracting— the  erection  of  houses  and  the  laying  of  first-class 
cement.  Among  the  many  fine  residences  put  up  by  this  firm  may  be  mentioned  Henry 
Terry's  residence  on  East  Chapman  Avenue,  and  the  Ryan  residence  at  Villa  Park,  as 
well  as  numerous  artistic  bungalows.  They  remodeled  the  City  Hall,  Mr.  Dale  making 
the  drawings  himself;  and  he  has  now  just  completed,  for  the  eighth  time,  a  residence 
for  himself — at  the  corner  of  Center  and  Almond  Streets.  He  belongs,  very  naturally, 
to  the  important  organization,  the  American  Contractors'  Association. 


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On  December  9,  1915,  Mr.  Dale  was  married  at  Oceanside  to  Mrs.  Nina  (Robinson) 
Frankforther,  a  native  of  Topeka,  Kans.,  and  the  adopted  daughter  of  Miss  Kate 
Hubbard,  now  of  Orange,  but  formerly  of  Glasco,  Kans.  Miss  Hubbard  was  born 
near  Dixon,  111.,  the  daughter  of  Thomas  S.  Hubbard,  a  native  of  New  York  City,  who 
came  to  Illinois  in  1837,  and  there  married  Miss  Catherine  Kessler,  a  native  of  Reading, 
Penn.,  who  came  out  to  Illinois  with  a  married  sister.  After  farming  there  for  a  few 
years,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hubbard  in  1846  removed  to  Independence,  Buchanan  County, 
Iowa,  and  bought  land,  which  he  improved  and  made  into  a  farm.  Four  years  later 
he  removed  to  near  Monticello,  Jones  County,  Iowa,  where  he  was  a  farmer  and  a 
justice  of  the  peace.  In  1879  he  and  his  family  moved  again,  tfiis  time  to  Glasco, 
Cloud  Count5',  Kans.,  where  he  was  a  farmer  until  he  died,  in  1900,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
five  years.  Mrs.  Hubbard  died  in  Kansas  in  1907,  at  the  age  of  eighty-nine,  the  mother 
of  four  children — Catherine,  or  Kate,  and  Victor,  who  reside  in  Orange;  Florence,  now 
Mrs.  Lawrence  of  Dixon,  111.,  and  Charles,  who  lives  at  Ontario.  Miss  Hubbard  came 
in  1879  to  Kansas,  where  her  father  had  a  farm;  and  in  1908  she  located  at  Orange  and 
bought  the  corner  where  she  has  lived,  highly  honored  by  all  who  know  her,  ever  since. 
.She  has  reared  and  adopted  three  daughters:  Hester,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Alfred 
Rogers,  of  Glasco,  Kans.;  Nina,  the  wife  of  F.  B.  Dale  of  Orange;  and  Gladys,  or 
Mrs.  Joseph  McDonald,  who  lives  near  Santa  Ana.  Mrs.  Dale  was  married  the  first 
time  in  Kansas  to  Levi  Frankforther,  who  was  the  editor  of  the  Glasco  Sun  until  his 
death;  and  they  had  one  child,  Nina  Catharine.  After  Mr.  Frankforther's  demise,  she 
came  to  Orange,  to  join  her  adopted  mother,  who  had  moved  there. 

Mr.  Dale  is  a  member  of  Orange  Lodge  No.  225,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  where  he  is  a  past 
grand,  and  of  Santa  Ana  Encampment,  and  with  Mrs.  Dale  belongs  to  the  Rebekahs, 
in  which  organization  she  is  a  past  noble  grand.  She  is  also  a  member  of  the  Yeomen 
and  the  Royal  Neighbors,  and  she  belongs  to  the  Christian  Church.  Mr.  Dale  is  a 
Republican,  but  nonjpartisan  in  local  issues. 

CHARLES  W.  RIGGLE. — A  progressive  carpenter  and  builder,  whose  ideals 
and  methods  have  been  such  that  he  could  hardly  have  escaped  success  if  he  would, 
is  C.  W.  Riggle,  a  native  of  Coshocton,  O.,  where  he  was  born  in  1873.  His  father 
was  Edward  Riggle,  a  thoroughly  patriotic  American,  who  served  in  the  One  Hundred 
and  Twenty-second  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry  Regiment  during  the  Civil  War,  and  was 
wounded  at  Cold  Harbor.  After  the  great  conflict,  he  took  up  agriculture,  and  for  a 
while  farmed  at  Macon  City,  Mo.;  and  now  resides  near  Springfield.  Mrs.  Riggle  was 
Mary  Lyons  before  her  marriage,  and  she  died  in  Missouri  in  1919.  She  was  the  mother 
of  five  boys,  and  among  them  C.  W.  Riggle  was  the  eldest. 

He  was  brought  up  in  Missouri,  and  attended  the  public  schools  of  Macon  County. 
Later,  he  learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  and  when  twenty  years  of  age,  came  out 
to  Kansas  City,  and  was  made  foreman  for  an  important  construction  company,  which 
was  constantly  erecting  extensive  business  blocks,  and  his  opportunities  for  experience 
of  a  varied  kind  were  exceptional. 

Having  been  well  equipped,  therefore,  for  original  work,  Mr.  Riggle  came  to 
California  in  1913  and  located  at  Orange,  where  he  began  on  his  own  account  as  a 
contractor  and  builder;  and  three  years  ago  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Frank  Dale, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Riggle  &  Dale.  They  not  only  make  their  own  designs,  but 
furnish  working  plans  for  others.  Both  the  style  and  the  quality  of  their  work  being 
such  as  to  appeal  to  the  intelligent  patron  looking  for  the  best,  they  have  been  more 
and  more  sought,  especially  for  building  enterprises  involving  risk  and  responsibility. 

At  Kansas  City,  Mr.  Riggle  was  married  to  Miss  Dovie  Barnett,  a  native  of  that 
municipality,  and  they  have  been  blessed  with  two  children.  Harvey,  who  is  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Orange  high  school,  is  attending  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  school  of  Los  Angeles, 
and  is  taking  a  mechanical  course;  and  Mary  is  still  in  the  high  school.  Both  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Riggle  are  members  of  the  Baptist  Church  at  Orange,  of  which  Mr.  Riggle  is  a 
trustee.  Mr.  Riggle  is  a  Mason,  having  been  initiated  in  Mountain  Dale  Lodge  No. 
554,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  at  Seymour,  Missouri. 

JOHN  F.  RICHARDS. — An  interesting  Californian  of  the  genuinely  American 
type  is  John  F.  Richards,  who  was  born  near  Manhattan,  Kans.,  in  1872,  the  son  of 
A.  and  Adeline  Richards,  the  former  a  native  of  Kentucky,  who  in  1857  became  an 
early  settler  of  Pottawatomie  County,  Kans.,  and  there  improved  a  farm  which  was 
originally  a  raw  prairie.  He  engaged  in  stock  raising  and  was  so  successful  that  he 
came  to  own  5,000  acres  of  land.  He  is  now  living  retired  at  Orange,  his  good  wife 
and  companion  having  died  in  Kaiisas.  They  had  nine  children,  and  John  was  the  third 
youngest  of  them  all. 

After  completing  the  courses  of  the  public  schools,  he  took  a  course  at  the  .State 
Agricultural  College  at  Manhattan,  after  which  he  entered  Pond's  Business  College  at 


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Topeka,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1890,  attaining  the  highest  honors.  He  then 
engaged  in  mercantile  business  at  Blaine,  Kans. 

At  Fostoria,  in  1893,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Annie  Price,  a  native  of  Missouri, 
and  at  once  took  up  stock  raising.  He  established  headquarters  at  Olsburg,  Potta- 
watomie County,  and  for  seventeen  years  was  extensively  engaged  in  buying  and  feeding 
cattle,  running  from  500  to  1,000  head  a  season.  He  raised  hundreds  of  acres  of  corn, 
and  bought  thousands  of  bushels  of  corn,  to  feed  the  cattle  he  bought  as  feeders,  and 
he  had  his  feeding  yards  not  only  as  Olsburg,  but  also  at  Fostoria  and  Blaine,  becoming 
the  owner  of  some  2,000  acres  of  land  in  that  county.  He  shipped  to  Kansas  City, 
Chicago  and  New  York,  and  some  of  his  cattle  sent  to  New  York  were  reshipped  for 
the  foreign  trade. 

During  this  time  he  was  engaged  in  general  merchandising  in  Olsburg,  as  well 
as  at  Blaine,  and  after  disposing  of  these  establishments  he  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business  in  Olsburg  until  he  came  away.  He  also  organized  the  Farmers  State  Bank 
of  Olsburg,  of  which  he  was  vice-president  until  he  resigned  to  come  to  California. 

Mr.  Richards  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  four  years  in  Pottawatomie  County 
until  he  resigned,  and  he  also  showed  his  public  spiritedness  by  serving  as  a  school 
trustee.  In  1910,  he  sold  his  interets  in  Kansas  and  located  in  Orange,  California, 
where  he  resides  on  East  Chapman  street.  He  owns  forty-nine  acres  in  Santa  Ana 
Canon,  devoted  rriostly  to  the  culture  of  oranges,  the  balance  being  in  walnuts;  and 
this  splendid  orchard  property  he  himself  superintends.  His  ranch  is  fortunately  situ- 
ated in  a  field  of  oil  development,  and  although  he  has  had  some  flattering  offers  for 
a  lease,  the  adjoining  farms  being  already  leased,  he  has  refused  to  lease  it,  preferring 
when  the  time  is  ripe  to  handle  the  proposition  himself. 

He  is  interested  in  the  Liberty  Petroleum  Company  at  Newport  in  the  Heffern 
Oil  Company  at  Richfield  and  in  the  Mid-Central  Oil  Company  at  the  same  place,  as 
well  as  other  oil  companies  here  and  in  Texas.  Two  children  have  blessed  the  for- 
tunate union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richards:  Frances  May  is  Mrs.  Mix  of  Orange;  and 
Lyde  assists  his  father.  Mr.  Richards  is  a  member  of  Manhattan  Lodge  No.  1185,  of 
the  B.  P.  O.  E.,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  of  Orange.  He  is  also  a 
Republican.     Mrs.  Richards  belongs  to  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

RODOLFO  C.  MARQUEZ.— A  hard-working  and  trustworthy  citizen,  of  con- 
servative bachelor  habits,  but  fortunate  in  his  genial  temperament,  is  Rodolfo  C. 
Marquez,  who  lives  on  his  own  beautiful  ranch  of  three  and  a  half  acres,  planted  to 
olives,  Valencias  and  walnuts,  six  miles  to  the  northeast  of  Olive.  He  shares  it  with 
a  brother,  Feljz  C.  Marquez,  and  a  sister,  Aristea,  all  of  them  fit  representatives  of 
one  of  the  finest  of  old-time  Spanish  families. 

His  father,  Jose  R.  Marquez,  was  born  at  San  Jose  del  Cabo,  in  Lower  California, 
came  here  in  1847,  and  was  married  in  Los  Angeles  in  1861,  when  he  was  joined  to 
Trinidad  Peralta,  who  was  born  here  on  the  Rancho  Santiago  de  Santa  Ana — a  famous 
farm  beautifully  located  in  the  foothills  of  the  Santa  Ana  Mountains,  on  the  Santa 
Ana  Canyon  Boulevard,  which  runs  right  along  the  irrigation  ditch  of  the  Santa  Ana 
Valley  Irrigation  Company.  She  was  one  of  the  heirs  to  the  above  ranch,  being  a 
granddaughter  of  Juan  Pablo  Peralta,  the  owner  of  the  grant. 

The  original  grantee  of  the  Rancho  Santiago  de  Santa  Ana  was  Juan  Pablo 
Grijalva,  who  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  Spanish  army  who  had  come  to  San  Diego; 
hi«  daughter  married  Pedro  Peralta,  also  a  lieutenant  in  the  Spanish  army,  and  their 
child,  Juan  Pablo  Peralta,  inherited  the  above  rancho,  and  in  time  located  on  it  and 
eventually  built  his  residence  at  what  is  now  Olive,  where  he  died,  leaving  his  vast 
estate  to  his  children. 

Jose  R.  Marquez  conducted  the  general  store  at  Peralta,  and  later  one  at  Yorba, 
where  he  was  in  partnership  with  Prudencio  Yorba.  After  dissolving  this  partnership 
he  was  again  in  business  at  Peralta.  He  died  about  1900,  aged  eighty-four  years,  having 
survived  his  wife  ten  years.  They  had  ten  children,  but  only  seven  grew  up,  and 
three  are  now  living. 

A  brother  of  Rodolfo  was  Romualdo  P.  Marquez,  who  was  one  of  the  first 
justices  of  the  peace  of  Fullerton  Township,  what  is  now  Yorba  Township  being  a 
part  of  It,  holdmg  the  ofifice  until  he  died.  He  was  also  a  trustee  of  Peralta  district 
for  eighteen  years. 

Rodolfo  C.  Marquez  was  born  at  Yorba  January  29,  1866;  he  received  a  good 
education  m  the  public  schools,  and  also  made  himself  useful  in  the  store  thus  becom- 
ing familiar  with  the  mercantile  business,  assisting  his  father  after  they  moved  to 
Peralta,  where  he  is  now  among  the  old  settlers.  The  place  is  still  known  as  "Peralta  " 
and  It  has  a  number  of  residences  so  favorably  located  that  they  overlook  the  Santa 
Ana  Valley.  He  has  built  a  quaint,  good-sized  adobe  house  for  a  storeroom,  which 
stands  as  a  landmark.     The  Peralta  School  is  an  up-to-date  school  near  by,  and  well 


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serves  the  district  in  which  it  is  placed.  Mr.  Marquez  was  trustee  there  for  several 
years,  as  he  was  also  justice  of  the  peace  of  Yorba  judicial  township  for  two  terms. 
Always  a  Republican,  as  was  his  father  before  him,  he  is  a  member  of  the  Catholic 
Church,  at  San  Antonio  Mission.  With  others  he  succeeded  in  getting  the  suburban 
telephone  built  up  the  Valley  to  accommodate  the  farmers.  Mr.  Marquez  has  always 
stood  for  progress  and  has  done  his  share  towards  any  movement  for  improvement 
in  his  section.  During  the  World  War  he  was  appointed  by  the  United  States  govern- 
ment a  licensing' agent  of  explosives  through  the  Explosives  Bureau  of  the  Department 
of  Mines. 

As  an  experienced  apiarist,  with  some  115  stands  of  bees,  Mr.  Marquez  derives 
a  substantial  profit  from  the  sale  of  honey.  He  has  been  active  in  that  field  for  over 
forty  years,  and  in  the  science  of  bee  culture  in  Orange  County  owes  something  today 
to  his  unwearying  experiments  and  efforts  to  reach  the  highest  standards. 

CHARLES  F.  RAMSEY. — An  old-timer  in  Southern  California,  long  prominent 
in  politics  as  a  Democratic  leader  and  honored  as  both  an  efficient  and  conscientious 
officeholder,  is  Charles  F.  Ramsey,  the  representative  of  a  fine  old  family  in  the  South, 
with  interesting  progenitors  on  both  the  paternal  and  maternal  side.  His  great  uncle 
was  James  Gattys  McGregor  Ramsey,  the  well-known  author,  who  was  born  in  Knox 
County,  Tenn.,  in  1796,  and  died  at  Knoxville  in  1884.  He  was  the  son  of  Francis  A. 
Ramsey,  who  had  emigrated  to  the  West  when  a  young  man,  and  had  become  secretary 
of  the  state  of  Franklin,  which  was  subsequently  admitted  to  the  Union  under  the 
name  of  Tennessee.  While  becoming  trained  both  as  an  M.  D.  and  a  banker,  James 
Ramsey  began  to  collect  materials  for  a  history  of  Tennessee;  and  at  Charleston,  S.  C, 
in  1853,  he  published  the  "Annals  of  Tennessee  to  the  End  of  the  Eighteenth  Century." 
He  also  founded  the  first  historical  society  in  the  state.  He  joined  the  Confederate 
Army  on  its  retreat  from  Knoxville,  and  in  his  absence  his  house  was  burned  and  all 
the  valuable  historical  papers,  as  well  as  much  other  property,  were  destroyed. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  who  was  a  regimental  commander  in  a  Tennessee  regi- 
ment during  the  Civil  War,  was  also  named  Frank  A.  Ramsey.  He  spent  eight  years 
in  California  and  then  went  back  to  Missouri,  where  he  married  Mary  Kaylor,  a  native 
of  Virginia  and  the  representative  of  a  well-known  family  in  that  state.  She  now 
resides  with  Charles  F.  Ramsey,  the  center  of  a  circle  of  admiring  friends,  and  the 
mother  of  seven  children,  among  whom  Charles  F.  is  the  fourth  in  the  order  of  birth. 

He  was  brought  up  at  Cameron,  Mo.,  where  he  attended  the  grammar  schools  and 
eventually  graduated  from  the  Cameron  high  school,  after  which  he  attended  Fayette 
College.  In  1896  he  came  to  Los  Angeles,  and  for  a  while  followed  various  lines  of 
business,  engaging,  in  the  end,  in  real  estate  and  brokerage. 

In  1919,  Mr.  Ramsey  came  to  Orange  and  bought  the  Colonial  Theater,  which  he 
remodeled  and  enlarged  and  managed  it  for  a  little  more  than  a  year.  In  May,  1920, 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  J.  E.  Coe,  under  the  firm  name  of  the  Coe  Realty  Com- 
pany, and  which  does  a  general  real  estate  brokerage  business.  Their  office  is  located 
at  111  South  Glassell  Street.  A  live  wire  for  the  upbuilding  of  Orange  County,  Mr. 
Ramsey  is  a  member  of  the  Merchants  and  Manufacturers'  Association. 

At  Los  Angeles  Mr.  Ramsey  was  married  to  Miss  Hazel  Wright,  a  native  daughter 
from  Napa,  Cal.,  and  their  fortunate  union  has  been  blessed  with  two  children — Virginia 
and  Eunice.  The  family  attends  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  Mr.  Ramsey  is 
a  member  of  Redlands  Lodge  No.  583,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

EDWARD  HARTMAN. — Among  the  progressive  citizens  of  Stanton,  Orange 
Cotmty,  is  Edward  Hartman,  owner  of  a  highly  improved  ranch  of  ten  acres  located 
on  Magnolia  Avenue,  and  devoted  to  the  growing  of  oranges  and  walnuts.  The  prop- 
'erty  is  improved  with  good  buildings  and  a  pumping  plant  that  supplies  sufficient  water 
for  all  purposes.  The  land  was  purchased  by  Mr.  Hartman  in  1909,  and  was  a  part  of 
a  large  ranch  and  unimproved  in  any  way,  so  that  when  he  became  the  owner  he  at 
once  leveled  and  prepared  the  land  for  his  oranges  and  walnuts.  The  trees  are  in  a 
splendid  condition  and  bearing  more  and  more  with  each  succeeding  year,  and  he  is 
adding  needed  improvements  as  his  means  will  permit. 

Edward  Hartman  was  born  in  Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt,  Germany,  on  May  15, 
1852,  the  son  of  Henry  and  Sophia  (Seidel)  Hartman,  also  natives  of  that  locality, 
where  their  five  children  were  born.  The  father  died  in  1870,  and  in  1872  Mrs.  Hart- 
man and  other  members  of  her  family  came  to  America  to  join  her  eldest  son,  our 
subject,  who  had  come  here  in  1868  and  settled  in  Green  Bay,  Wis.  Upon  his  arrival 
in  America,  Edward  was  engaged  in  making  building  bricks  until  1873,  the  year  of 
financial  depression,  when  it  became  impossible  to  dispose  of  their  product,  so  he 
decided  he  would  begin  farming.     He  bought  forty  acres  of  land  at  Glenmore,  Wis., 


1470  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

and  blasted  out  the  stumps  with  dynamite,  for  it  was  a  timber  slashing.     He  produced 
some  wonderful  crops  from  the  land,  and  also  engaged  to  clear  land  from  the  stumps 
for  others  under  contract,  clearing  in  all   over  300  acres.     After  farming  successfully 
for  many  years,  in  1906  he  decided  to  come  to  California,  and  he  landed  in  Anaheim.  • 
Six  years  later  he  located  on  his  present  property  and  is  content  to  remain  here. 

In  1884  Mr.  Hartman  married  Miss  Eline  Sitzeman,  a  native  of  Wisconsin.  They 
have  had  ten  children,  seven  of  whom  survive:  Matilda,  Mrs.  August  Schumacher; 
Frederick,  a  railway  mail  clerk  in  Arizona;  Theodore  and  Edward  are  ranching  to- 
gether; Alfred,  Emiel  and  Madeline  are  still  at  home.  Theodore  served  as  a  member 
of  the  Three  Hundred  and  Sixty-eighth  Field  Artillery  in  France  and  for  his  excellent 
record  was  made  a  corporal.  Mr.  Hartman  is  a  member  of  the  Fullerton  Walnut 
Growers'  Association,  and  both  himself  and  wife  belong  to  the  Zion  Lutheran  Church 
in  Anaheim.  They  are  Republicans  and  have  a  large  circle  of  friends  who  appreciate 
their  worth  as  citizens. 

EDWARD  M.  DOZIER.— The  Garden  Grove  Citrus  Association  is  fortunate  in 
having  an  able  secretary  and  manager  in  the  person  of  Edward  M.  Dozier,  who  not 
only  possesses  unusually  good  business  judgment,  but  has  also  an  extensive  and  thor- 
ough knowledge  of  the  citrus  industry.  He  was  born  in  the  state  of  Iowa,  near  Argonia, 
Hardin  County,  June  19,  1878,  and  is  the  son  of  Thomas  E.  and  Caroline  Dozier,  natives 
of  North  Carolina,  who  emigrated  from  Iowa  to  California  in  1885,  when  their  son 
Edward  was  seven  years  old.  These  parents  had  three  sons:  Ray  is  married,  has  three 
sons,  and  lives  in  Los  Angeles  County;  Edward  M.,  and  Ernest.  For  some  years  the 
father  has  been  in  the  real  estate  business  at  Orange,  where  he  has  made  his  home 
for  the  past  fifteen  years. 

The  Garden  Grove  Citrus  Association  was  organized  November  3,  1915,  with  Mr. 
J.  O.  Arkley  as  its  president.  It  has  grown  steadily  since  its  organization,  and  the 
iirst  year  shipped  ten  and  one-half  carloads  of  fruit,  the  second  year  thirty-seven  car- 
loads were  shipped;  in  1919,  107  carloads,  and,  in  1920,  175  carloads.  The  association 
employs  upward  of  thirty-five  hands,  its  building  covers  nearly. an  acre  of  ground,  and 
has  9,750  square  feet  in  its  ground  floor.  The  association  has  everything  in  its  favor 
in  possessing  the  trees,  the  fruit  and  the  right  kind  of  men  behind  it,  to  make  it  an 
unprecedented  success.  Milo  B.  Allen  is  now  president,  and  has  an  able  second  in  the 
popular  secretary  and  manager.  ,  Mr.  Dozier  bought  nineteen  acres  of  raw  land  which 
he,  himself,  set  to  oranges  and  walnuts,  owned  the  ranch  thirteen  years  and  sold  in 
January,  1920,  at  a  handsome  advance  over  the  purchase  price. 

Mr.  Dozier's  marriage,  which  occurred  in  1904,  united  him  with  Miss  Elva  Boden- 
hamer,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Bodenhamer,  and  their  union  has  been  blessed  by 
the  birth  of  three  sons:  Paul  Melvin,  Leslie  Myron  and  Stanley  Robert.  Mr.  Dozier  is 
a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Garden  Grove. 

LOUIS  ABACIHERLI. — One  of  the  largest  dairymen  of  Orange  County  is  Louis^ 
Abacherli  of  Hansen  Station.  His  dairy  consists  of  200  head  of  three-quarters  Holstein 
stock,  and  in  addition  to  this  he  owns  100  head  of.  young  heifers.  In  each  herd  he  has 
a  sprinkling  of  Jerseys  to  raise  the  quality  of  the  milk.  His  ranch  embraces  200  acres 
and  he  produces  almost  3,040  pounds  of  milk  per  day,  which  he  markets  in  Los  Angeles. 
He  installed  modern  milking  machines  and  employs  two  milkers. 

Mr.  Abacherli  is  a  native  of  Switzerland,  where  he  was  born  in  the  Canton  Ob- 
walden,  May  28,  1872.  He  is  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Josephine  (Ambiel)  Abacherli,  who 
were  the  parents  of  four  children,  three  of  whom  are  living,  Adelheid  and  Theresa 
being  the  daughters.  Louis  is  the_only  one  in  the  United  States.  Accompanied  by  his 
wife  he  came  to  this  country  in  November,  1912,  and  when  they  came  to  Orange  County 
they  settled  at  Los  Alamitos.  In  1915  Mr.  Abacherli  leased  his  present  ranch  of  Mrs. 
Hansen  of  Long  Beach,  and  he  has  built  up  a  successful  and  prosperous  business  through 
his  own  efforts,  being-  well  qualified  for  an  undertaking  of  this  magnitude.  He  also- 
leases  considerable  land,  having  in  1920  about  800  acres,  110  acres  planted  to  beets,  the 
balance  being  in  barley,  corn  and  alfalfa. 

Mrs.  Abacherli  is  also  a  native  of  Switzerland,  and  before  her  marriage,  which 
occurred  on  November  25,  1894,  she  was  Rosalia  Abacherli,  the  daughter  of  Balz  and 
Mary  (Rathlin)  Abacherli.  Four  children  have  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Abacherli,  and  three  of  them  are  living:  Arnold,  Louis  and  John,  all  living  at  home! 
Rosalie,  the  eldest  child,  died  aged  twenty-one  years,  November  20,  1916.  They  took  a 
little  girl,  Helen  Ambiel,  when  five  months  old,  and  are  rearing  her  as  one  of  their 
own  children.  She  is  six  years  old  and  is  attending  school.  The  family  are  members 
of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  of  Anaheim. 


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AUGUST  LEMKE. — A  good  ranch  manager,  prudent  alike  as  to  his  investment 
of  money  and  time,  who  is  not  only  a  lovable  father  and  an  ideal  husband,  but  is  also 
in  every  respect  a  public-spirited  citizen,  is  August  Lemke,  the  walnut  and  citrus  fruit 
grower,  owning  a  handsome  ranch — his  home  place — of  twenty  acres  on  the  Santa  Ana 
Canyon  Boulevard,  two  and  a  half  miles  northeast  of  Olive,  in  one  of  the  choicest  and 
most  promising  sections  of  Orange  County.  He  was  born  at  L,iptno  in  Russia  Poland 
on  February  13,  1874,  and  there  attended  local  schools  in  which  he  was  taught  to  read 
both  the  Russian  and  the  German  languages.  He  was  also  confirmed  in  the  German 
Lutheran  Church  there.  His  parents  were  Carl  and  Minnie  (Zoidtke)  L,emke,  both 
natives  of  Russia  Poland,  in  which  country  they  married.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
attracted  by  the  greater  opportunities  in  the  United  States,  came  to  America  and  the 
Golden  State.  They  had  five  children,  all  of  whom  are  still  living.  Mrs.  Lemke  passed 
away  in  California  in  1900,  and  her  husband  is  still  enjoying  life,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
three,  in  the  home  of  our  subject.  When  Carl  Lemke  left  Russia  in  1886,  he  sailed  for 
New  York,  and  then  spent  a  couple  of  months  in  Philadelphia.  On  arriving  in  Cali- 
fornia in  1887,  he  went  to  Placentia;  and  such  was  his  remarkable  industry,  that  in 
two  years  he  was  able  to  send  money  back  to  Russia,  to  pay  for  the  passage  of  his  two 
sons,  William  and  August. 

The  young  men  then  sailed  from  Hamburg  and  landed  in  New  York  City  in 
January,  1890.  They  were  also  not  long  in  reaching  Placentia,  where  they  went  to 
work  immediately  as  farm  hands.  They  were  a  year  and  half  in  the  service  of  the 
Santa  Fe  Asphaltum  Company,  making  asphaltum  pipe,  and  building  culverts,  and  then 
August  Lemke  worked  for  nine  months  as  a  section  hand  at  Olive,  at  $1.25  a  day.  For 
two  and  a  half  years,  also,  he  was  zanjero  for  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Com- 
pany, but  otherwise,  he  has  always  been  employed  at  ranch  and  orchard  work. 

On  November  3,  1896,  Mr.  Lemke  voted  for  William  McKinley,  and  having  per- 
formed one  good  deed,  the  next  day  he  was  married  to  Auguste  Lemke,  also  a  native 
of  Russia  Poland,  who  came  to  California  on  January  1,  1890.  Her  parents  Christian 
and  Julia  Meilke  Lemke,  were  farmer  folks  in  their  native  country.  Christian  Lemke 
migrated  to  the  land  of  the  Stars  and  Stripes  in  the  fall  of  1888,  intending  if  he  liked 
it  to  send  for  his  family.  After  stopping  a  few  months  in  Denver,  Colo.,  he  came  on 
to  Anaheim  where  his  three  brothers,  Charles,  August  and  John,  were  residing,  and 
here  his  wife  and  five  children  joined  him  in  January,  1890.  He  engaged  in  farming, 
eventually  improving  a  ranch  of  twenty-five  acres  on  the  Santa  Ana  Canyon  Boulevard, 
where  he  resided  until  his  demise  in  March,  1909,  being  survived  by  his  widow,  who 
resides  in  Olive.  This  worthy  couple  were  the  parents  of  eleven  children,  eight  of 
whom  are  living,  Auguste  being  the  oldest  of  all;  she  came  to  Orange  County  when 
she  was  twelve  years  old,  thus  having  the  satisfaction  of  completing  her  education  in 
the  Placentia  and  Orange  schools.  Seven  children  blessed  this  union:  George  K.  C. 
Lemke  was  in  the  U.  S.  Navy  during  the  late  war,  was  honorably  discharged,  and  is 
now  at  home.  A  twin  brother,  John  Benjamin  H.  Lemke,  married  Ada  Schmadeke,  ol 
Iowa,  and  assists  his  father  on  the  ranch.  Alma,  the  third  in  the  order  of  birth,  is  the 
wife  of  Walter  Timken,  the  rancher,  in  the  Olive  precinct,  and  has  one  child,  Law- 
rence. Emil  A.  E.  Lemke  attends  Concordia  College  in  Oakland,  and  Minnie,  Edwin 
and  Arthur  are  at  home.     One  child  died  at  birth. 

Endeavoring  to  be  thoroughly  consistent  in  religious  matters,  Mr.  Lemke  helped 
to  organize  the  Lutheran  Church  at  Olive,  and  now  serves  that  useful  body  as  one  of 
its  trustees.  He  has  also  been  elected  justice  of  the  peace  for  Yorba  township  four 
times  and  is  now  serving  his  fourth  term  in  that  office — and  while  a  Republican  in  mat- 
ters of  national  politics,  is  a  good  nonpartisan  "booster"  in  and  for  everything  that  per- 
tains to  the  development  and  advancement  of  Orange  County.  He  helped  to  start  the 
First  National  Bank  at  Olive,  and  is  one  of  its  stockholders,  and  is  also  a.  member  of 
Olive  Hillside  Groves  Association  at  Olive.  Besides  his  fine  home  ranch,  he  owns 
two  other  ranches  in  the  same  canyon — one  of  seven  acres  devoted  to  Valencia  oranges, 
and  a  third  ranch  of  thirteen  acres  devoted  to  Valencias  and  walnuts. 

HERMAN  LEMKE. — An  honest,  studious,  hard,  working  and  self-reliant  rancher, 
who  has  become  a  highly  respected  citizen,  is  Herman  Lemke,  who  owns  eleven  and 
a  half  acres  of  as  fine  and  well  bearing  land,  planted  by  himself  in  1906,  1908  and  1916, 
as  can  be  found  anywhere  in  Orange  County.  He  was  born  in  Russia-Poland  on  Sep- 
tember 22,  1880,  one  of  a  family  of  nine  children,  eight  of  whom — four  boys  and  four 
girls — are  still  living,  and  is  the  eldest  son,  and  the  second  eldest  child  of  the  widow, 
Julia  Lemke,  who  owns  an  excellent  ranch  of  eleven  acres  in  the  Yorba  pr-ecinct,  but 
lives  in  Olive,  enjoying  life  at  the  ripe  age  of  sixty-three.  The  father  of  our  subject. 
Christian  Lemke,  died  in  his  fifty-sixth  year  at  the  home  ranch  in  the  Yorba  precinct. 
The  parents  were  both  born  and  married  in  Russia-Poland,  and  came  to  California 
with  their  five  children  in  1890.  They  settled  first  at  Placentia,  then  went  to  Orange 
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for  a  couple  of  years,  and  next  lived  for  five  years  at  Villa  Park;  from  which  place 
Mr.  Lemke  came  to  the  Santa  Ana  Canyon  and  bought  his  twenty-six  acres  of  barley 
stubble  land,  which  he  set  out  and  improved. 

The  lad  Herman  attended  the  German  Lutheran  School  at  Orange  and  the  gram- 
mar school  at  Placentia,  at  the  same  time  that  he  worked  on  his  father's  ranch.  He 
also  served  for  three  years  in  Company  E  of  the  Anaheim  Home  Militia.  He  was 
married  in  1906  to  Miss  Emma  Kolberg,  a  native  of  Orange  and  a  daughter  of  the 
late  Wm.  Kolberg,  the  rancher;  her  mother,  Joanna  (Beske)  Golberg  died  in  1912.  Since 
marrying,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lemke  have  built  a  house  on  their  ranch  three  miles  northeast 
of  Olive  on  the  Santa  Ana  Canyon  Boulevard,  and  they  have  continued  active  as  mem- 
bers of  the  Lutheran  Church  at  Olive.  In  national  politics  a  Republican,  Mr.  Lemke 
lends  his  most  cordial  support  to  every  good  local  movement  and  in  doing  so,  excludes 
partisanship  altogether. 

Progressive  to  a  high  degree  in  every  way,  Mr.  Lemke  uses  a  Cleveland  tractor, 
and  a  Buick  roadster.  He  informs  himself  as  to  the  latest  scientific  methods,  and  so 
operates  according  to  the  most  approved  and  up-to-date  ways.  Naturally,  he  has  not 
only  succeeded  in  his  own  affairs,  but  he  has  pointed  the  way  to  others. 

ROBERT  LEMKE. — The  identification  of  the  Lemke  family  with  the  development 
of  the  agricultural  interests  of  Orange  County  dates  back  to  1890,  when  Christ  and 
Julia  (Mielke)  Lemke,  immigrated  from  Russia-Poland  to  the  United  States  and 
settled  near  Olive,  Cal.,  where  Mr.  Lemke  purchased  twenty-five  acres  of  land.  He 
followed  ranching  in  this  section  until  1909,  when  he  passed  away.  His  widow  still 
resides  at  Olive.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lemke  were  the  parents  of  nine  children:  Herman, 
Augusta,  Millie,  Ernest,  Robert,  Lena  and  Gustaf,  twins,  Henry  and  Tillie. 

Robert  Lemke,  the  subject  of  this  review,  was  born  in  Russia-Poland,  February 
8,  1888,  and  when  in  his  second  year  he  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  America.  He 
was  reared  in  the  neighborhood  of  Olive  and  attended  the  splendid  public  schools  of 
Orange,  from  which  he  subsequently  graduated.  From  boyhood  he  had  always  followed 
farming  and  he  now  owns  and  operates  a  splendid  ranch  of  ten  acres  on  South  Magnolia 
Avenue,  near  Anaheim,  which  he  devotes  to  Valencia  oranges.  His  trees  range  from 
three  to  nine  years  of  age,  the  place  formerly  being  known  as  the  Kennedy  ranch. 

In  1917,  Mr.  Lemke  was  happily  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Emma  Paulus,  a 
native  of  San  Luis  Obispo  County,  the  daughter  of  David  and  Marie  Paulus,  born  in 
Port  Washington  and  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  respectively,  who  located  in  San  Luis  Obispo 
County  in  1888  and  in  1908,  moved  to  Orange  County  and  there  spent  the  remainder 
of  their  days.  One  son,  Elmer  H.,  has  been  born  to  them.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lemke  are 
members  of  the  Lutheran  Church  at  Olive,  and  politically,  Mr.  Lemke  is  a  supporter  of 
the  Republican  party.  He  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  successful  ranchers  of  his  com- 
munity, where  he  is  held  in  high  esteem  for  his  integrity  of  character. 

MANLEY  C.  CHASE. — A  resident  of  Cypress,  well  known  throughout  Orange 
County,  not  alone  because  of  his  business  dealings,  which  were  extensive,  but  also 
because  of  his  sterling  worth  as  a  citizen,  is  Manley  C.  Chase.  A  native  of  Maine, 
he  was  born  at  Bingham,  Somerset  County  on  May  16,  1852,  the  son  of  Calvin  S.  and 
Martha  J.  (Andrews)  Chase,  both  old  residents  of  Maine,  where  the  father  died  in 
I8SS,  when  Manley  C.  was  a  lad  of  three  years.  Three  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Chase,  two  of  whom,  Manley  C.  and  his  sister,  Mrs.  Mary  Hollister,  are  residents 
of  Orange  County.  Mrs.  Martha  Chase  married  for  her  second  husband,  B.  J.  Hanna- 
ford,  and  soon  after  they  went  to  Pawnee  County,  Nebr.,  where  they  lived  and  where 
Mrs.  Hannaford  died  in  1868.     She  had  six  children  by  this  marriage. 

In  1861,  M.  C.  Chase  located  in  Waupun,  Wis.,  then  seven  years  later  he  went  with 
the  family  to  Kansas.  He  later  spent  some  time  in  Mexico,  1891  to  1894,  when  he  was 
a  director  in  the  Kansas  Investment  Company,  under  whose  improvements  the  American 
Colony  was  fostered.  The  work  of  the  company  was  to  develop  water  for  the  colonists. 
In  those  days  conditions  were  fairly  well  settled  compared  to  the  present,  and  American 
capital  was  finding  its  way  there  in  the  development  of  a  number  of  projects.  While 
living  in  Kansas;  Mr.  Chase  served  as  a  deputy  sheriff  of  Osborn  County,  also  as  a 
constable.  He  has  always  been  intensely  interested  in  school  matters  and  served  as  a 
trustee  for  many  years. 

For  about  twenty-five  years  Mr.  Chase  has  been  interested  in  drilling  water  wells 
in  California  and  Nevada.  For  a  few  years  he  was  in  partnership  with  Dr.  Gobar, 
though  he  personally  superintended  the  work  in  hand.  He  has  sunk  many  wells  that 
have  meant  so  much  to  the  settlers  in  both  states  where  water  is  "king."  Since  settlinn- 
in  California  he  has  been  an  eyewitness  to  the  wonderful  changes  that  have  been  enacted 
in  Southern  California  and  has  profited  by  the  increase  in  land  values. 

Unfortunately,  however,  in  the  year  1918  Mr.  Chase  met  with  an  accident  which 
incapacitated  him  for  active  service  in  the  field  of  work  to  which  he  had  given  so  many 


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years  of  his  time  and  endeavor,  but  he  at  once  turned  his  attention  to  the  poultry 
business  at  Cypress,  where  he  has  lived  since  1912.  He  has  a  thriving  flock  of  a  thousand 
fowls,  equally  divided  between  Rhode  Island  Reds  and  White  Leghorns.  He  has  suffi- 
cient land  to  raise  all  the  green  feed  necessary  for  his  flock,  and  buys  grain  by  the 
carload  for  feeding.  He  formerly  owned  a  forty-acre  ranch  north  of  his  present  resi- 
dence, but  this  he  sold  in  1918. 

In  1879  Mr.  Chase  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Sarah  L.  Reed,  a  native 
of  the  state  of  Missouri,  the  daughter  of  Levi  and  Mary  Reed,  and  three  daughters 
have  blessed  their  home:  Nellie,  Mrs.  S.  J.  Scally,  living  in  Orange  County;  Stella, 
wife  of  J. ..A.  Hollingsworth  of  this  county;  and  Luella,  wife  of  M.  W.  Sawdey,  and  they 
live  in  Anaheim.  Mr.  Chase  is  a  man  who  stands  high  in  the  estimation  of  his  fellow 
citizens,  rising,  as  he  has,  by  his  own  efforts,  coupled  with  honesty  and  integrity. 

JOHN  W.  STUCKENBRUCK.— A  well-known  and  highly  respected  citizen  of 
Orange  County  who,  as  a  pioneer  at  Newport  Beach,  has  the  utmost  faith  in  this 
resort  for  the  future  and  is  therefore  influential  frequently  in  inducing  others  to  share 
his  optimism  and  to  pitch  their  tents  in  this  most  favored  spot,  is  John  W.  Stucken- 
bruck,  who  was  born  in  Mansfield  Ohio,  on  December  31,  1852,  and  was  taken  to  Iowa 
when  he  was  .two  years  of  age  by  his  parents,  Frederick  and  Jane  (Sperry)  Stucken- 
bruck.  For  the  second  time  his  mother  became  a  widow,  and  she  is  now  living,  in 
good  health  and  active,  at  Lodi  in  her  ninetieth  year. 

Mr.  Stuckenbruck  grew  up  in  Tipton,  Cedar  County,  Iowa,  remaining  home  until 
seventeen  years  of  age  and  then  worked  two  years  on  farms  and  after  that  for  seven 
years  clerked  for  one  man,  J.  L.  Sherman,  the  storekeeper  at  Tipton  in  that  state. 
There,  too,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  D.  Wirick,  a  native  of  Iowa  who  died  at 
Tustin  twenty-seven  years  ago,  esteemed  and  beloved  by  many  as  an  excellent  woman, 
a  devoted  mother  x>i  two  children.  Eva  E.  became  Mrs.  A.  J.  Hadley,  the  rancher  at 
Tustin,  and  the  mother  of  three  children — Emma,  Johnny  and  Woodrow  W.;  while 
Allie  May  is  the  wife  of  B.  C.  Killifer,  the  section  foreman  for  the  Salt  Lake  Railroad 
Company,  an  old  and  trusted  employe  at  Pasadena.    They  have  one  child,  Allie  May. 

When  Mr.  Stuckenbruck'  came  to  Newport  Beach  in  1887,  it  was  only  a  sand- 
spit;  and  the  next  year  he  worked  for  James  McFadden,  then  a  butcher,  and  drove  the 
meat  wagon  and  attended  to  customers  in  the  meat  market.  Now  he  owns  the  building 
where  the  Newport  Restaurant  is  located,  and  also  the  house  at  the  rear,  and  he  will 
soon  put  in  a  substantial  store  building  with  a  brick  front.  In  making  such  an  invest- 
ment as  this,  he  is  giving  proof  of  the  faith  long  in  him  that  Newport  Beach  has 
natural  attractions,  and  enjoys  a  superior  location  bound  to  make  it  one  of  the  great 
summer  and  winter  resorts  along  the  Coast,  as  it  is  now  the  favorite  with  those  familiar 
with  its  advantages.  He  was  elected  and  served  as  the  first  city  marshal  of  Newport 
Beach,  and  he  is  now  the  oldest  settler  living  here,  having  been  here  many  years  before 
the  town  was  started. 

HENRY  G.  HEINEMANN. — Not  everybody  has  been  able  to  bring  along  to 
California  such  a  neat  sum  as  that  of  Henry  G.  Heinemann,  $35,000  available,  when  he 
migrated  hither  from  Nebraska,  nor  has  everyone  shown  equal  courage  and  common 
sense  in  investing  what  he  had  at  Olive,  among  the  most  rapidly  developing  communi- 
ties of  promising  Orange  County.  Now  he  owns  an  excellent  orange  ranch  of  nine- 
teen acres  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  and  lives  in  a  beautiful  new,  up-to-date 
bungalow,  erected  in  1920  at  a  cost  of  some  $5,000.  He  was  born  in  the  ancient  town 
of  Oldenburg,  the  capital  of  the  grandduchy  of  that  name,  not  so  very  far  from  the 
seaport  of  Bremen,  on  October  26,  1860,  the  son  of  Henry  G.  Heinemann,  a  well-to-do 
farmer  who  had  married  Miss  Elise  Looschen.  They  lived  and  died  where  they  had 
established  their  comfortable  home.  They  had  ten  children,  among  whom  Henry  was 
the  fourth  child  and  the  second  son. 

He  enjoyed  a  common  school,  but  excellent  education,  and  was  brought  up  in  the 
German  Lutheran  Church.  For  a  while  he  worked  at  farming  on  the  home  ranch,  and 
after  that  entered  the  service  of  a  distillery  at  Delmenhorst,  in  time  coming  to  know 
how  to  distil  himself.  About  that  time  some  friends,  who  had  been  in  America  visited 
his  home  town;  they  were  very  enthusiastic  about  the  United  States,  and  such  was  the 
effect  of  their  reports  upon  him,  that  when  twenty-eight  years  of  age,  Mr.  Heinemann 
decided  to  cross  the  ocean  himself.  This  decision  was  made  in  face  of  the  fact  that  he 
had  always  done  well  at  home,  and  had*  valuable  connections  there.  He  had  become 
an  accountant  and  scrivener,  for  example,  in  a  local  government  office,  and  had,  besides, 
a  three-year  military  service  and  training.  He  attended  an  officers'  training  school, 
and  rose  to  the  rank  of  sergeant  in  the  German  army.  He  was,  therefore,  well  up  on 
military  science  and  tactics.  During  the  late  war,  he  had  a  brother-in-law  and  seven- 
teen nephews  among  the  Germans,  and  four  nephews  were  killed  and   six  wounded. 


1478  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Mr.  Heinemann  sailed  from  Bremerhaven  on  the  steamship  "Saale"  of  the  North 
German  Lloyd,  and  landed  at  Castle  Garden  in  New  York  on  March  1,  1889.  He  came 
on  west  to  Hooper,  Nebr.,  and  for  two  years  worked  out  as  a  farm  hand,  for  three 
years  rented  land,  and  after  that  bought  there  240  acres.  In  Nebraska,  too,  in  1891,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Gesine  Rehling,  also  a  native  of  Oldenburg,  who  was  nine  years 
old  when  she  came  to  America  accompanied  by  her  parents.  They  were  August  and 
Margaret  (Bulter)  Rehling,  and  her  father  was  a  blacksmith.  She  saw  New  York  for 
the  first  time  in  1881,  and  after  her  ninth  year,  grew  up  in  Dodge  County,  Nebr. 

After  their  marriage,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Heinemann  farmed  in  that  state,  and  by  very 
hard  work,  prospered  so  that  they  became  owners  of  a  well  improved  and  very  valuable 
Nebraska  farm  of  240  acres.  Having  borne  the  burden  and  heat  of  such  labor  under  the 
vicissitudes  of  the  Nebraska  climate  for  so  many  years,  Mr.  Heinemann's  health  broke 
down,  as  he  became  a  sufferer  from  asthma  and  rheumatism.  He  made  his  first  visit  to 
California  in  the  spring  of  1908,  with  the  intention  of  establishing  a  home  here,  but  the 
conditions  in  Orange  County  were  so  radically  different  that  he  became  homesick  for 
Nebraska,  to  which  state  he  returned  and  continued  for  a  year  and  a  half. 

In  the  fall  of  1909,  however,  his  thoughts  were  again  directed  Cailfornia-ward, 
and  he  speedily  sold  his  excellent  farm  of  240  acres  to  a  neighbor  for  $110  per  acre, 
and  in  December  of  that  year  came  out  to  California  with  his  entire  family,  and 
settled  at  Olive.  He  bought  twenty-four  acres,  in  reality  two  places,  at  Olive,  and 
immediately  began  making  substantial  improvements.  In  1919,  he  sold  five  acres  of 
his  holdings,  and  during  the  same  winter  made  preparations  to  build  a  beautiful  bunga- 
low residence,  to  cost  $5,000.     It  was  completed  in  1920. 

In  October,  1903,  Mr.  Heinemann  returned  to  Germany  and  paid  a  visit  to  his  old 
home  at  Oldenburg.  His  father  was  then  dead,  but  his  mother  was  alive  at  the  age  of 
seventy-five.  She  lived  to  be  ten  years  older,  and  passed  away  in  July,  1914.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Heinemann  have  five  children:  August,  the  rancher  of  Orange,  married  Amanda 
Guenther;  Ella  is  the  wife  of  August  Matthes,  who  recently  came  to  reside  in  Orange 
County,  moving  from  Nebraska,  where  he  has  a  fine  farm  of  640  acres;  Freda  married 
Walter  Lieffers,  the  rancher,  and  lives  near  Orange;  William  H.  is  the  husband  of 
Fanny  Wurl,  and  is  a  farmer  in  Cheyenne  County,  Nebr.;  he  served  in  the  late  war, 
and  was  honorably  discharged  from  military  service;  George  A.  Heineman  is  at  home. 

In  national  politics  a  Republican,  it  is  as  a  thorough  American  that  Mr.  Heine- 
mann works  to  elevate  civic  standards,  and  to  promote  public-spiritedness.  He  loves  the 
adopted  country  of  his  choice,  and  has  endeavored  to  do  as  much  for  it,  as  it  has  done 
for   him;    and   no    citizen    could    set   before    him   a   more   laudable    or    practical    ideal. 

A.  F.  STOHLMANN. — An  honest,  capable,  self-made  and  successful  citrus  rancher 
is  A.  F.  Stohlmann,  who  is  also  a  clever  and  experienced  carpenter,  well  known  for  his 
activity  in  local  affairs,  particularly  in  his  support  of  the  various  loan  drives  and  other 
campaign  movements  in  the  recent  war.  He  was  born  at  Williamsburg,  Iowa,  on 
January  10,  1883,  the  son  of  Frank  Stohlman,  a  native  of  Germany,  who  came  from 
Europe  direct  to  Williamsburg  in  the  far-away  spring  of  1867.  He  bought  160  acres 
there,  and  set  to  work,  in  accordance  with  his  native  industry  and  sagacity,  to  bring  it 
up  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation. 

Soon  after  his  arrival  here,  too,  Mr.  Stohlmann  married  in  Iowa,  Miss  Lenora 
Kleinmeyer,  also  a  native  of  Central  Germany,  but  one  who  came  out  to  the  United 
States  with  her  parents  when  she  was  a  mere  girl.  Together,  they  formed  a  model 
home;  and  Mr.  Stohlmann  became  one  of  the  very  successful  farmers  of  the  Hawkeye 
State,  and  when  he  had  made  his  valuable  contribution  as  a  foreigner  to  the  develop- 
ment of  the  great  American  West,  he  passed  on  to  his  eternal  reward,  at  the  rather  ripe 
age  of  sixty-six. 

A.  F.  Stohlmann,  the  subject  of  our  sketch,  enjoyed  the  best  common  school  edu- 
cation that  the  country  schools  of  his  district,  supplemented  by  the  help  his  parents 
gave,  could  afford,  and  becoming  early  interested  in  carpenter  work,  he  soon  learned 
the  carpenter's  trade  under  the  supervision  of  a  brother-in-law.  At  that  time  he  worked 
for  a  dollar  a  day  and  his  board,  and  it  is  safe  to  say  that  he  earned  every  penny  of  it 

He  was  not  satisfied,  hovvever,  to  stay  at  home,  and  when  the  first  opportunity 
to  come  out  to  the  Pacific  Coast  presented  itself,  he  was  wide-awake  to  avail  himself 
of  the  chance.  He  accompanied  a  rich  uncle,  who  was  a  shipper  and  raiser  of  stock  and 
landed  in  Los  Angeles  in  the  spring  of  1904.  This  uncle  was  E.  F.  Kleinmeyer, 'who 
continued  to  deal  heavily  in  livestock,  and  he  worked  for  him  at  carpentering. 

In  1906  he  purchased  the  sixteen-acre  ranch  which  he  has  since  greatly  improved 
and  he  also  took  water  stock  in  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company.  Now  he 
has  ten  acres  of  Valencia  oranges  in  full  bearing  and  the  balance  in  walnuts.  He  uses 
a  tractor  and  other  up-to-date  farm  implements  and  machinery.  This  ranch  work 
monopolizes  all  his  time  and  attention,  which  is  rather  a  pity,  for  Mr.  Stohlmann  is  a 


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contractor  and  builder  of  no  mean  order  and  has  again  and  again  demonstrated  his 
superior  ability. 

On  April  28,  1910,  Mr.  Stohlmann  was  married  to  Miss  June  Baker,  a  native 
daughter  born  at  Orange  on  June  17,  1893.  Her  father  was  M.  A.  Baker,  a  rancher  at 
Fairview,  in  Orange  County,  and  at  Fairview  she  was  educated.  Five  children  were 
granted  this  worthy  couple,  and  three  in  God's  providence  have  survived:  Frank 
Martin  is  deceased,  having  passed  away  on  March  31,  1918;  Alton  Theo;  Melvina  May; 
Lorina  June,  born  on  December  23,  1916,  died  on  May  1  of  the  following  year;  and 
Alvin  Laverne.  The  family  are  active  members  of  the  Lutheran  Church  at  Olive,  and 
reside  in  a  beautiful  home  erected  in  1910,  where  they  dispense  a  hospitality  thoroughly 
Californian.  Mr.  Stohlmann  is  a  Republican  in  matters  of  national  political  import,  but 
first,  last  and  all  the  time  an  American.  As  a  result,  he  and  his  family  did  their  full 
duty  as  American  citizens  in  the  recent  trying  times  of  the  World  War. 

PAUL  JOHN  LOTZE. — There  is  ample  opportunity  in  FuUerton  for  the  exercise 
of  the  energies  of  those  engaged  in  the  plumbing  business,  and  the  proprietor  of  the 
Plumbing  and  Sheet  Metal  Works,  in  that  city,  Paul  John  Lotze,  is  well  known  as  a 
superior  workman  in  this  industry.  A  native  of  Germany,  he  was  born  November  29, 
1884,  and  is  the  fourth  child  in  order  of  birth  in  William  M.  and  Augusta  (Simnig) 
Lotze's  family  of  seven  children.  The  father,  an  engineer  by  occupation,  brought  his 
family  to  California  from  Germany  in  1900,  his  son  Paul  John  having  preceded  him 
to  America  a  year  previous. 

Paul  John  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Germany,  and  at  the 
age  of  fifteen,  in  1899,  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  locating  first  in  Kansas,  where 
he  rerhained  three  years  working  on  a  farm  and  during  the  winter  attending  school. 
He  then  journeyed  west  to  San  Bernardino,  Cal.,  in  1902,  where  he  remained  six  years, 
and  in  the  meantime  learned  the  plumbing  and  sheet  metal  trades.  In  January,  1908, 
he  located  at  Fullerton,  Cal.,  and  established  his  business,  beginning  on  a  small  scale 
and  has  grown  and  prospered  ever  since  its  inception,  and  in  which  he  keeps  three 
people  employed.  Among  the  excellent  work  he  has  done  may  be  mentioned  the 
plumbing  in  the  Fullerton  high  school,  and  in  the  Evangelical  Association  Church  at 
Anaheim,  the  plumbing  in  the  residences  of  H.  C.  Ruggles,  George  L.  Vance,  J.  R.  Car- 
hart,  C.  C.  Chapman,  and  many  other  of  the  best  residences  in  the  community,  as  well 
as  doing  work  for  the  city  of  Fullerton.  In  1920,  Mr.  Lotze  erected  a  very  modern 
business  establishment  on  a  lot  that  he  owned  at  124  West  Commonwealth  Avenue. 
Here  he  has  his  office  and  display  room,  as  well  as  his  workshop.  The  work  done  by 
Mr.  Lotze  is  his  best  advertisement  and  he  is  desirous  of  satisfying  his  patrons. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Lotze  on  June  30,  1910,  united  him  with  Miss  Amelia 
Matilda  Holve,  a  native  of  Germany,  who  came  to  California  to  make  her  home  in 
1907.  They  are  the  parents  of  three  children — Clarence,  Walter  and  Lucille.  The 
family  home  is  located  on  an  acre  of  ground  on  South  Highland  Avenue,  Fullerton, 
and  the  land  is  a  fine  orange  grove  in  full  bearing.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lotze  are  members  of 
the  Evangelical  Association.  In  politics  Mr.  Lotze  is  an  independent  voter,  supporting 
the  best  men  and  measures.  Fraternally  he  belongs  to  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood.  Not 
a  little  of  the  success  achieved  by  this  enterprising  business  man  is  the  result  of  the 
encouragement  and  cooperation  of  his  wife,  to  whom  he  readily  gives  much  credit. 
Honorable  in  his  dealings,  industrious  in  disposition,  his  influence  is  ever  used  un- 
sparingly in  promoting  the  welfare  of  Fullerton,  and  his  many  friends  esteem  him  for 
his  public  zeal  and  his  many  excellent  characteristics. 

ST.  PAUL'S  LUTHERAN  CHURCH,  OLIVE.— Prominent  among  the  agencies 
making  for  permanent  uplift  in  Orange  County  must  be  mentioned  St.  Paul's  Lutheran 
Church  at  Olive,  now  under  the  able  direction  of  Rev.  William  A.  Theiss,  U.  A.  C.  of 
the  Missouri  Synod.  A  native  son,  and  therefore  an  American  thoroughly  familiar  with 
California  conditions,  Mr.  Theiss  was  born  at  Oakland  on  November  9,  1889,  the  son 
of  Professor  J.  G.  and  Lena  (Bahls)  Theiss  of  that  city,  and  received  his  early  education 
at  the  Parochial  School  in  Oakland,  presided  over  by  his  father.  He  then  studied  at 
Concordia  College  at  Milwaukee,  preparatory  to  his  final  course  at  Concordia  Seminary 
at  St.  Louis. 

When  he  was  married,  at  the  home  of  the  bride  in  Milwaukee  on  August  19,  1913, 
Mr.  Theiss  chose  for  his  wife  and  helpmate  Miss  Emma  Juds,  the  daughter  of  August 
and  Bertha  Juds  of  Milwaukee.  In  that  city  she  was  born  on  January  24,  1887,  and 
there  she  was  educated,  living  at  home  with  her  parents  until  she  was  married. 

The  first  charge  of  Rev.  Mr.  Theiss  was  at  Petaluma,  where  he  continued  until 
1916.  and  then  he  came  to  Olive  and  has  since  been  the  indefatigable  pastor  of  the 
St.  Paul's  Lutheran  Church.  Two  living  children,  Eleanor  M.  and  Waldemar  A., 
have   blessed   the   home   life   of   Reverend   and    Mrs.   Theiss;    and   in   the   busy  world 


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this  estimable  pair  have  found  congenial  work  in  vigorously  supporting  the  'Liberty 
Loan  and  Red  Cross  drives,  during  the  late  World  War. 

The  history  of  St.  Paul's  Church  is  full  of  interest.  In  1907  ten  active  members 
of  the  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church  at  Orange,  all  residing  at  Olive,  asked  their  release 
in  order  to  found  a  Lutheran  Church  at  Olive;  and  this  request  having  been  granted 
by  the  congregation  of  St.  John's,  St.  Paul's  was  founded  when  the  present  school 
building  served  as  the  main  church  edifice.  On  November  3,  1912,  the  corner  stone 
of  the  new  church  was  laid,  and  that  year  saw  the  completion  of  the  edifice.  From 
the  small  beginning  noted,  the  church  has  grown  until  there  are  now  140  communi- 
cants, of  whom  forty-nine  are  voting  members. 

Important  among  the  various  activities  of  the  church  should  be  noted  the  thorough 
and  patriotic  work  done  by  the  Parochial  School,  with  forty-eight  pupils,  under  Prin- 
cipal A.  W.  Schmid.  The  sessions  are  held  in  the  old  church  building,  and  the  attend- 
ance is  on  the  steady  increase. 

JOHN  LE  BARD. — For  the  past  thirteen  years  John  Le  Bard  has  been  a  resident 
of  Orange  County.  He  is  an  experienced  rancher  of  the  San  Joaquin  precinct,  where 
he  operates  a  500-acre  ranch  devoted  to  the  culture  of  beans.  He  employs  from  fifteen 
to  twenty  hands  on  the  ranch,  and  some  years  the  ranch  has  yielded  as  high  as  twenty 
sacks  of  beans  per  acre. 

He  is  a  native  of  Milton,  Union  County,  Pa.j  where  he  was  born  October  29,  1861, 
and  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native  state  and  county.  When  eighteen  he  migrated 
to  Ft.  Dodge,  Kans.,  where  he  rode  the  range  on  a  large  cattle  ranch,  the  "R  Bar  S," 
becoming  adept  at  roping  and  riding.  Afterwards  he  was  in  the  employ  of  government 
contractors  hauling  and  delivering  goods  between  Camp  Supply,  Indian  Territory,  and 
Ft.  Elliot  before  the  time  of  railroads  across  the  continent,  and  he  is  full  of  remini- 
scences of  many  interesting  experiences  that  occurred  during  the  seven  years  he  was 
thus  engaged. 

In  1891  he  removed  to  California  and  located  near  Fillmore  in  Ventura  County 
and  engaged  in  farming,  and  in  1906  came  to  Orange  County,  where  he  has  since  resided. 
He  is  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Le  Bard.  The  father,  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War, 
serving  in  a  Pennsylvania  regiment,  was  wounded  while  in  the  service  of  his  country. 
In  his  youth  the  father  followed  a  seafaring  life  for  a  number  of  years.  Of  the  parental 
family  of  eight  children  five  are  living,  and  three  of  the  number  are  residents  of  Cali- 
fornia:    James,  R.  B.  and  John,  our  subject. 

On  April  3,  1893,  Mr.  Le  Bard  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  J.  Mc- 
Donald, born  in  Truro,  Nova  Scotia;  she  was  a  daughter  of  Wm.  and  Lillian  (Suther- 
land) McDonald.  The  father  died  in  Nova  Scotia  and  Mary  came  to  California  with 
her  mother  when  she  was  nineteen  years  old.  Mrs.  McDonald  spent  her  last  days  with 
Mrs.  Le  Bard,  passing  away-  in  1918.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Le  Bard's  union  has  been  blessed 
with  ten  children,  eight  of  whom  are  living:  Adam  served  in  the  Third  Supply  Train 
in  the  World  War  and  now  resides  in  Santa  Ana;  Viola,  a  graduate  nurse  also  lives  in 
Santa  Ana;  Aubrey  served  at  Camp  Lewis,  and  is  now  assisting  his  father;  Thomas 
served  overseas  in  the  World  War  and  is  also  assisting  on  the  home  farm;  Harry,  Roy, 
Hugh  and  Grace.  Mr.  Le  Bard  is  a  Republican  and  fraternally  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias. 

S.  L.  PUGH. — A  well-posted,  successful  oil  man  who  thoroughly  understands  his 
business  is  Solomon  Leonard  Pugh,  the  former  superintendent  of  the  Heflfern  Oil 
Company,  now  connected  with  the  Orange  County  Drilling  Company,  a  contracting 
concern;  he  is  also  growing  oranges  on  his  splendid  nine-acre  orchard,  thereby  demon- 
strating his  knowledge  of  horticulture  as  well  as  of  oil.  He  was  born  in  Romney, 
Hampshire  County,  W.  Va.,  on  July  2S,  1880,  the  son  of  J.  W.  Pugh,  a  farmer  who 
came  to  Missouri  and  now  resides  at  Mansfield  in  that  state.  He  had  married  Miss 
Lillian  Burkheimer,  a  West  Virginian,  and  she  also  is  living.  Our  subject  is  the  oldest 
of  the  seven  surviving  children,  and  was  brought  up  in  Virginia  until  four  years  of  age. 

Going  to  Missouri  with  his  parents,  he  attended  the  public  schools  there,  and  in 
that  same  state,  on  September  16,  1902,  was  married  to  Miss  Lena  B.  Christner,  after 
which  he  followed  farming.  He  purchased  a  farm  in  Douglas  County  and  operated  it 
with  success  until  he  came  to  California  in  1910. 

Landing  at  Bakersfield,  he  entered  the  oil  business,  first  for  the  Howell  and  Davies 
Oil  Company,  and  then  for  several  companies  in  Taft.  He  next  entered  the  service 
of  the  Head  Drilling  Company,  and  after  that  with  the  Associated  Oil  Company  in 
Taft.  In  1917,  he  removed  to  Brea,  to  work  for  the  Amalgamated  Company,  and  then 
he  helped  drill  four  wells  for  the  Head. Drilling  Company. 

In  1919,  Mr.  Pugh  became  superintendent  of  the  Hefifern  Oil  Company,  and  he 
was  also  made  a  stockholder  and  a  director.    They  have  about  300  acres  in  their  lease 


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so  that  he  had  a  position  of  much  responsibility.  He  belongs  to  the  Oil  Workers' 
Union,  and  is  likely  to  do  his  fnll  share  in  the  development  of  Orange  County's  hidden 
and  untold  liquid  wealth. 

Three  children  were  granted  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pugh,  two  still  living — Thelma  Marie 
and  Everett  Fowler.  Mary  Lillian  died,  aged  two  years  and  eight  months.  Mrs. 
Pugh  attends  the  Baptist  Church;  Mr.  Pugh  belongs  to  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America,  and  has  been  affiliated  with  that  organization  since  he  was  eighteen  years  old. 
In  national  politics  he  is  a  Democrat;  but  he  does  not  favor  party  politics  in  local 
movements.  In  1918  he  traded  his  Missouri  farm  for  a  nine-acre  ranch,  set  out  to 
Valencia  oranges;  he  has  a  fine  home  there  and  enjoys  the  alternation  of  ranching  with 
his  oil  interests. 

RAYMOND  C.  FINCH. — A  well-educated,,  progressive  and  highly  successful 
young  orchardist,  operating  according  to  the  last  word  of  science  and  with  the  most 
approved  methods  and  appliances  anywhere  to  be  obtained,  is  Raymond  C.  Finch, 
tenant-proprietor  of  the  celebrated  Finch  ranch,  well  situated  on  North  Main  Street, 
about  midway  between  Santa  Ana  and  Orange.  He  was  born  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  on 
April  14,  1890,  and  grew  up  in  that  city  until  the  beginning  of  his  teens,  when  he  came 
to  California  with  his  parents.  His  father,  Charles  Finch,  engaged  in  the  oil  business 
at  Bakersfield  and  later  conducted  a  meat  market  at  Los  Angeles,  where  he  died  in 
1907.  He  acquired  ten  acres  of  excellent  land  at  the  above  mentioned  site,  and  it  is  this 
ranch  of  walput,  apricot,  Valencia  and  Navel  orange  trees  belonging  to  the  Finch  estate 
which  Mr.  Finch  is  now  managing. 

Mrs.  Finch,  whose  maiden  name  was  Elizabeth  I.  Robinson,  died  on  the  home 
ranch  in  the  month  of  November,  1918,  at  the  age  of  fifty-eight,  much  loved  by  her  family 
and  friends.  She  left  five  children,  Alfred  W.,  Raymond  C,  Jennie,  John  and  Leonard, 
all  of  whom  have  succeeded  in  the  world. 

Raymond  Finch  enjoyed  the  superior  advantages  of  an  educational  training  at  the 
Harvard  Military  School  in  Los  Angeles,  and  in  1911  he  began  to  farm.  Since  then  he 
has  been  attaining  more  and  more  success,  and  consequently  more  and  more  enjoying 
the  esteem  of  fellow  ranchers  who  like  to  see  enterprise  and  common  sense  operations 
in  their  field.  Mr.  Finch  takes  a  live  interest  in  the  various  political  and  sociological 
questions  of  the  day,  and  stands  ready  at  all  times  to  "lend  a  helping  hand." 

WILLIAM  J.  GELKE. — The  fumigating  of  orange  groves  has  developed  into  one 
of  the  important  adjuncts  of  citrus  growing  in  Southern  California,  and  the  men,  expert 
in  this  line  of  business,  are  indispensable  to  the  productiveness  of  this  principal  indus- 
try of  Orange  County.  Among  these,  William  J.  Oelke  is  well  known  throughout  the 
district  and  is  kept  busy  by  an  ever-increasing  demand  for  his  services. 

Born  in  Summit,  Essex  County,  N.  J.,  June  14,  1891,  when  a  lad  he  learned  the 
trade  of  carpenter  and  followed  that  occupation  in  his  native  town  until  he  located  in 
Anaheim,  in  1909.  For  four  years  after  his  arrival  here  he  worked  in  the  oil  fields, 
doing  rig  building  and  carpenter  work.  In  1913  he  started  in  as  a  fumigator  and  became 
foreman  for  the  two  leading  fumigators  in  Orange  County,  Mr.  Coffman  and  Mr.  Bon- 
kosky.  He  had  charge  of  the  crews  for  these  contractors  and  gained  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  business.  In  the  summer  of  1919  he  decided  to  go  into  the  fumigating 
contracting  business  for  himself,  and  in  partnership  with  his  brother,  Carl  F.,  formed 
the  firm  of  Oelke  Bros.,  which  continued  one  year  and  proved  very  satisfactory,  in  fact, 
they  had  more  work  than  they  could  handle  with  their  equipment.  In  January,  1920, 
W.  J.  Oelke  became  sole  owner  and  he  has  been  adding  enough  equipment  to  enable 
him  to  take  care  of  the  rapidly  growing  business.  The  first  season  Oelke  Bros,  treated 
70,000  trees,  their  territory  covering  the  entire  citrus  belt  of  Orange  County;  Mr. 
Oelke  contracts  work  by  the  tree  and  the  gas  is  paid  for  by  the  owner  of  the  grove. 

William  J.  Oelke  has  made  a  thorough  study  of  tree  fumigating  and  is  one  of  the 
best  informed  men  in  that  line  in  the' county.  He  is  the  first  man  in  the  Anaheim, 
Fullerton  and  Orange  districts  to  do  daylight  fumigating,  heretofore  all  the  work  being 
done  at  night,  and  has  been  very  successful  with  daylight  work.  When  he  entered  the 
business  the  work  was  done  on  the  trees  every  other  year;  now  many  of  the  growers 
are  fumigating  every  year.  Mr.  Oelke  states  that  fumigating  stimulates  the  tree  and 
adds  to  its  growth  and  advocates  yearly  fumigating.  In  connection  with  his  work  he 
advises  with  the  grower,  examines  the  grove,  and  in  other  words,  acts  as  a  "tree 
doctor."  He  has  gained  many  friends  among  the  growers  and  takes  pride  in  having 
them  find  his  work  always  thorough  and  satisfactory. 

The  marriage  of  William  J.  Oelke  united  him  with  Miss  Osa  A.  Pontius,  a  native 
of  Indiana,  and  one  daughter.  Coral,  has  blessed  their  union.  Mr.  Oelke  is  a  member 
of  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  134S,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 


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ESTABAN  AND  PETER  OYHARZABAL.— Among  the  enterprising  ranchers 
of  San  Juan  Capistrano  are  Estaban  and  Peter  Oyharzabal,  natives  of  Basses-Pyrenees, 
France,  born  in  Canton  Hasparren,  Arrondissement  Bayonne,  in  1877  and  1882,  respec- 
tively. Their  father,  Jean  Oyharzabal,  was  a  business  man  and  farmer,  and  died  in  that 
country.  Their  mother,  who  was  Graciosa  Amestoy,  is  still  living  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
old  home,  the  mother  of  seven  children,  three  of  whom  are  in  California;  Domingo,  a 
sheep  raiser  at  Bakersfield,  and  the  two  brothers  in  Capistrano.  The  Oyharzabal  boys 
were  brought  up  in  the  region  of  the  Pyrenees,  receiving  a  good  education  in  the  local 
schools  and  at  the  college  in  Mauleon,  and  later  at  Larressore.  When  sixteen  years  of 
age  Peter  left  for  South  America  with  a  sister.  Arriving  at  Buenos  Ayres,  he  found  em- 
ployment, and  in  1899  his  brother  Estaban  joined  him.  They  had  two  uncles,  Domingo 
and  Estaban  Oyharzabal,  who  were  early  settleirs  of  San  Juan  Capistrano,  where  they 
were  prominent  merchants,  so  they  resolved  to  migrate  to  California,  and  in  1904  the 
two  brothers  came  on  to  San  Juan  Capistrano,  where  they  entered  the  employ  of  their 
uncles,  riding  the  range  and  became  proficient  in  the  care  of  cattle,  learning  to  rope  and 
brand.  Later  Peter  entered  his  uncles'  store  as  a  clerk  and  Estaban  became  manager 
of  the  Oyharzabal  ranch  of  4,000  acres  and  they  continued  in  their  respective  capacities 
until  May,  1920,  when  the  two  brothers  formed  a  partnership,  leased  their  uncles' 
ranch   and    engaged   in    ranching. 

The  two  brothers  own  a  fine  ranch  of  seventy-four  acres  on  the  Capistrano 
River,  twenty-five  acres  being  in  walnuts.  They  also  lease  and  operate  a  part  of  the 
E.  Oyharzabal  ranch,  which  they  devote  to  raising  grain,  alfalfa  and  wjalnuts.  The 
whole  is  under  irrigation  from  their  individual  pumping  plant  and  thus  they  are  en- 
gaged in  general  farming.  Peter  Oyharzabal  was  married  in  Capistrano  on  April  24, 
1911,  to  Miss  Crecencia  Leon,  a  native  daughter  of  San  Juan  Capistrano,  the  daughter 
of  Don  Incarnacion  and  Juana  (Mendes)  Leon,  born  in  Sonora,  Mexico,  who  were 
early  settlers  of  Capistrano,  where  Mrs.  Oyharzabal  was  reared  and  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  Mr.  Oyharzabal  is  a  member  of  the  Walnut  Growers  Association  and 
in  politics  favors  Republican  principles. 

G.  FRED  PRESSEL. — A  self-made  man,  and  public-spirited  as  are  all  men  of  the 
calibre  to  succeed  against  obstacles,  G.  Fred  Pressel  is  numbered  among  the  early 
pioneers  of  Anaheim,  where  he  has  prospered  with  the  growth  of  the  community  and 
has  reached  a  position  of  real  success  in  life.  A  native  of  Obermetzbach,  Bavaria, 
Germany,  he  was  born  December  22,  1855,  and,  after  finishing  his  schooling,  served 
three  years  in  the  army.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  began  the  trade  of  a  blacksmith 
under  his  father,  John  Pressel,  and  followed  this  work  in  his  native  land  until  after 
his  father's  death. 

Coming  to  California  in  1887,  Mr.  Pressel  went  direct  to  Anaheim,  and  after  his 
arrival  worked  one  year  for  Boetticker,  the  blacksmith,  on  the  spot  on  West  Center 
Street  where  he  now  owns  his  own  blacksmith  shop.  He  then  located  in  Portland, 
Ore.,  and  worked  for  four  and  a  half  years  in  a  machine  shop.  Returning  to  California, 
he  operated  a  shop  of  his  own  in  Monrovia  for  a  year;  then  selling  out,  in  1891,  he 
went  back  to  Anaheim  with  $300  capital,  with  which  he  bought  out  his  old  employer 
and  continued  the  business  at  218  West  Center  Street.  In  1910  he  took  his  son  Carl 
in  as  a  partner  and  built  a  new  shop,  and  was  actively  engaged  there  until  September, 
1915,  when  he  retired  on  account  of  an  injury  to  his  right  arm.  Since  then  he  has 
remodeled  his  building  for  a  garage,  now  occupied  by  the  Franklin  Motor  Company.  A 
man  of  strict  business  integrity  and  farsighted  in  his  selection  of  a  site  for  future 
endeavors,  he  has  increased  his  original  capital  over  one  hundred  times,  and  has  in  the 
meantime  taken  an  active  part  in  the  civic  and  business  growth  of  the  community.  At 
one  time  he  owned  a  twenty-acre  orange  grove  at  Placentia,  which  he  sold.  He  now 
makes  his  home  at  403  East  Broadway,  and  also  owns  an  orange  grove  of  three  and  a 
half  acres  at  300  West  Santa  Ana  Street.  On  retiring,  Mr.  Pressel  sold  his  business  to 
his  son,  who  is  carrying  on  the  enterprise  on 'Oak  and  Clementine  streets,  with  the 
characteristic  attention  to  details,  which  makes  for  success. 

Twice  married,  Mr.  Pressel's  first  wife  was  Margaret  Mueller,  a  native  of  Ger- 
many, and  she  passed  away  in  1914,  leaving  three  children:  Carl,  who  carries  on  the 
blacksmith  business,  is  an  Odd  Fellow  and  an  Elk;  Margaret  is  the  wife  of  Thomas 
L.  Hoag;  and  Kate,  the  wife  of  C.  O.  Vannatta;  both  sons-in-law  are  Masons.  An 
example  of  Mr.  Pressel's  fine  spirit  may  be  found  in  the  fact  that  he  has  built  three 
fine  houses,  one  for  each  of  his  children,  on  South  Clementine  Street,  and  presented  to 
them  as  wedding  gifts.    The  family  are  members  of  Zion's  Lutheran  Church  at  Anaheim. 

Mr.  Pressel's  second  marriage  took  place  in  San  Francisco,  when  he  was  united 
with  Mrs.  Alma  (Gerick)  Miller,  a  union  that  has  proven  very  happy  to  them  both. 
She  was  born  in  Berlin,  Germany,  and  came  to  Illinois  with  her  parents,  later  removing 


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to  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa>  Her  parents  afterwards  returned  to  Chicago,  where  they 
resided  until  their  death.  Alma  Gerick  attended  school  in  Council  Bluffs,  and  it  was 
in  the  former  metropolis  that  she  married  Mr.  Miller,  who  was  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business  in  Janesville,  Wis.;  he  also  built  and  owned  eight  bowling  alleys  in 
southern  Wisconsin  and  northern  Illinois.  In  1909  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  came  to  Cali- 
fornia and  were  among  the  first  settlers  of  Brea,  building  one  of  the  first  two  houses 
erected  in  that  place.  They  also  built  two  stores  and  the  first  livery  barn,  and  pur- 
chased a  ranch  at  Inglewood.  They  returned  to  Janesville,  Wis.,  in  1912,  and  there  Mr. 
Miller  passed  away  in  1916.  After  settling  her  affairs  there  Mrs.  Miller  came  back  to 
California  to  look  after  her  property,  and  located  at  Anaheim,  from  which  place  she 
superintended  her  interests,  and  she  still  owns  her  business  property  at  Brea.  In 
Anaheim  she  met  Mr.  Pressel  and  the  acquaintance  resulted  in  their  marriage  May  12, 
1919.  She  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Janesville  Rebekah  Lodge  No.  171,  and  a 
past  noble  grand,  and  was  representative  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Wisconsin.  She  is  now 
a  member  of  Lois  Rebekah  Lodge  of  Anaheim,  as  well  as  the  Royal  Neighbors,  and 
takes  much  pleasure  in  her  membership  in  the  Ebell  Club.  She  is  also  a  member  of  the 
ladies'  society  of  Zion's  Lutheran  Church  and  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps,  while  politic- 
ally Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pressel  are  both  strong  Republicans.  Mrs.  Pressel  is  a  cultured, 
refined  woman,  her  taste  for  the  beautiful  finding  expression  in  her  work  as  an  artist, 
in  which  she  shows  much  ability,  her  home  being  replete  with  her  own  handiwork  of 
paintings  on  canvas  and  china  and  water-color  work. 

In  1909,  Mr.  Pressel,  accompanied  by  his  two  daughters,  made  a  six  months'  trip 
to  Europe,  where  he  visited  the  old  home  and  many  other  places  of  interest  on  the 
continent,  but  returned  to  Anaheim  more  pleased  than  ever  with  his  adopted  land. 

FELIX  STEIN. — One  of  the  enterprising  merchants  of  Orange  County,  Felix 
Stein  has  progressed  with  the  growth  of  this  section,  and  has  reached  an  assured 
position  in  the  community.  His  birth  took  place  many  miles  away,  in  Barton,  Ger- 
many, February  8,  1888.  When  a  youth  of  sixteen  he  landed  in  New  York  City,  in  the 
year  1904,  and  for  a  few  years  he  was  in  the  employ  of  a  wholesale  clothing  company 
there.  The  year  1908  marked  the  arrival  of  Mr.  Stein  in  Fullerton,  Cal.,  and  in  the 
spring  of  that  year  he  entered  the  employ  of  Stern  and  Goodman,  mercantile  firm,  as 
a  clerk.  Later  he  was  manager  for  their  branch  stores  at  Anaheim  and  Olinda  for  a 
time.  Then,  in  partnership  with  Mr.  William  Fassel  he  bought  out  the  branch  stores,  of 
Stern  and  Goodman  in  Olinda,  Placentia  and  Yorba  Linda,  operating  the  three  stores 
under  the  firm  name  of  Stein  and  Fassel.  In  1918  they  took  over  the  Stern  and 
Goodman  store  in  Fullerton,  and  Mr.  Hax  became  a  member  of  the  firm  in  that  city, 
and  under  the  firm  of  Stein,  Fassel  and  Hax  they  operate  a  modern  and  up-to-date 
grocery  and  hardware  establishment  at  100  South  Spadra  Street;  they  have  put  a  new 
front  in  the  store  and  in  keeping  with  the  other  mercantile  establishments  in  Fullerton, 
maintain  a  high  grade  of  merchandise  handled  with  the  efficiency  and  good  management 
of  men  experienced  in  their  line  of  business. 

Mr.  Stein  has  also  interested  himself  with  the  horticultural  development  of  the 
county,  and  has  bought  and  sold  orange  and  lemon  groves;  at  the  present  time  the 
firm  own  two  orange  and  lemon  ranches  in  this  section. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Stein,  which  occurred  at  Fullerton,  united  him  with  Claire 
Nicolas,  a  native  of  Fullerton,  and  the  daughter  of  Pierre  Nicolas,  one  of  the  pioneers 
of  the  city.  Two  children  have  blessed  their  union,  Babette  and  Paul.  Mr.  Stein  has 
joined  in  the  fraternal  life  of  the  county,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Lodge  No. 
1345,  Elks,  and  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  of  Fullerton.  A  believer  in  progress  and  a 
"booster"  for  his  section,  he  sees  even  greater  advancement  for  Orange  County  in 
the  future  than  has  taken  place  in  the  past,  and  is  willing  at  all  times  to  do  his  share 
toward  the  further  upbuilding  of  the  section  where  he  makes  his  home  and  carries 
on  his  business  interests. 

WALTER  J.  JEWELL. — An  enterprising  operator  on  a  large  scale  in  Orange 
County  real  estate  who  has  done  much  to  make  known  to  the  outside  world  the  attrac- 
tions and  advantages  of  this  flourishing  county,  thereby  encouraging  many  substantial 
people  to  settle  here  and  establish  themselves  comfortably,  is  Walter  J.  Jewell,  who  is 
coming  to  be  one  of  the  best  known  realtors  in  the  county.  Michigan  is  Mr.  Jewell's 
native  state,  and  here  he  was  born  at  Ann  Arbor  on  May  13,  1881;  his  parents  are 
Richard  and  Mary  (Hall)  Jewell,  the  father  a  native  of  England,  and  they  came  to  this 
part  of  Michigan  when  the  country  was  new  and  but  sparsely  settled. 

Walter  J.  Jewell  was  educated  in  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Ann  Arbor, 
following  this  with  a  business  course  in  Flint  College,  at  Flint,  Mich.,  which  in  subse- 
quent years  he  has  found  to  be  of  much  benefit.  Remaining  at  Flint  he  went  to  work 
for  the   Buick  automobile  factory,   and  for   three   years  was  employed  in   their   great 


1492  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

plant  there.  In  1906  Mr.  Jewell  came  to  California,  locating*!  Brea,  and  later,  for  five 
years  he  was  a  partner  in  the  Brea  Machine  Works  there.  During  the  war  he  helped 
back  up  the  Government's  shipbuilding  program  by  working  at  the  shipyards  at  Long 
Beach,  spending  a  year  there.  Coming  back  to  Anaheim  after  the  close  of  the  war, 
Mr.  Jewell  organized  the  W.  J.  Jewell  Realty  Company  and  from  the  beginning  he  has 
been  most  successful.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  ranch  lands  and  leases  and  his  realty 
operations  now  extend  over  practically  the  entire  county.  A  close  observer  of  land 
values  in  the  years  of  his  residence  here,  Mr.  Jewell's  judgment  in  matters  of  this 
sort  is  highly  regarded  and  this,  combined  with  thorough  honesty  and  justness  in  his 
business  transactions,  has  enabled  him  to  close  some  important  deals. 

Mr.  Jewell  has  also  shown  his  faith  in  Orange  County's  prosperity  by  purchasing 
a  ten-acre  ranch  four  miles  west  of  Anaheim;  he  has  developed  this  tract  into  a  fine 
Valencia  orange  grove,  doing  a  large  part  of  the  work  himself,  and  has  installed  a 
private  pumping  plant.  The  grove  is  m  a  thriving  condition  and  bids  fair  to  be  one 
of  the  most  profitable  producers  in  the  vicinity. 

On  June  17,  1904,  Mr.  Jewell  was  married  at  Anaheim  to  Miss  Lois  M.  Blake  of 
that  city,  a  native  of  Reedsburg,  Wis.,  the  daughter  of  L.  C.  and  Marian  (Carver) 
Blake,  Mr.  Blake  being  connected  with  the  Fullerton  Tribune.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jewell 
are  the  parents  of  two  children,  Richard  and  Mary,  and  make  their  home  in  their 
attractive  residence  on  their  ranch,  while  Mr.  Jewell  maintains  his  ofifice  at  136  North 
'Los  Angeles  Street,  Anaheim.  Mrs.  Jewell  is  a  granddaughter  of  Washington  L 
Carver,  one  of  Anaheim's  oldest  and  most  highly  respected  citizens,  a  review  of  his 
life  appearing  upon  another  page   of  this   history. 

WILLIAM  DEVENNEY. — A  successful  rancher  whose  experiments  on  a  large 
scale  have  contributed  to  advancing  the  science  of  sugar  beet  culture  in  California,  is 
William  Devenney,  who  owns  a  valuable  farm  near  Talbert,  and  also  has  120  acres  of 
sugar. beets  on  rented  land.  He  is  a  son  of  a  California  pioneer  who  married  one  of 
the  excellent  daughters  of  Orange  County;  and  as  a  chip  off  the  old  block,  he  is  a  live 
wire,  and  a  very  likeable  fellow. 

He  was  born  in  Sonoma  County,  Cal.,  on  March  8,  1874,  the  son  of  John  Devenney, 
born  in  Iowa,  who  was  once  deputy  sheriff  of  Orange  County  and  died  at  Seal  Beach 
in  1914,  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight,  when  he  was  manager  for  the  Stanton  Bayside  Land 
Company.  He  was  married  in  Iowa  to  Miss  Eliza  McDonald,  a  native  of  that  state,  and 
came  from  Iowa  to  California.  For  a  while  he  and  his  good  wife  lived  in  Sonoma 
County,  and  then,  for  a  short  period,  they  moved  down  to  San  Ber.nardino  County,  and 
after  that  came  to  Los  Angeles,  now  Orange  County,  where  Mr.  Devenney  bought  a 
farm  of  forty  acres  near  old  Newport.  He  was  elected  road  overseer  for  twelve  years 
in  succession,  and  this  fact  speaks  well  for  his  standing  in  the  communities  in  which 
he  moved.  Mrs.  Devenney  died  in  1918,  also  highly  esteemed  by  those  who  knew  her 
worth.  Two  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Devenney's  children  died  in  infancy;  the  other  eight  are: 
Annie,  the  eldest;  William,  the  subject  of  our  review;  and  Maggie,  who  is  the  wife  of 
Jean  Lytton,  and  resides  at  Orange;  Henry  is  the  fourth  in  order;  and  Sadie  married 
Tom  Harlan,  of  the  San  Joaquin  ranch;  Fred  is  foreman  at  the  Southern  California 
Sugar  Factory;  Inez  is  the  wife  of  Walter  Stark,  and  resides  at  Seal  Beach.  The 
youngest  of  the  family  is  Lou  Devenney. 

William  Devenney  was  only  two  years  old  when  he  came  with  his  parents  to  what 
is  now  Orange  County  and  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  home  district.  In 
his  youth,  he  was  a  noted  sprinter,  and  held  the  Pacific  Coast  amateur  record  for  220 
yards,  and  won  his  laurels  on  the  association  race  track  south  of  Santa  Ana.  Later, 
he  worked  for  the  Flood  brothers,  grain  farmers  on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch;  and  now, 
while  he  rents  out  his  own  land,  he  farms  seventy  acres  which  he  rents  from  the 
Southern  California  Sugar  Company,  and  another  fifty  acres  which  he  leases  from  a 
private  individual,  so  that  he  has  120  acres  in  sugar  beets.  To  operate  this  acreage,  he 
uses  ten  head  of  horses  and  mules.  On  his  fifty-acre  ranch  in  the  Talbert  precinct,  he 
grows  chili  peppers  as  well  as  sugar  beets. 

In  May,  1900,  Mr.  Devenney  was  married  at  Santa  Ana,  to  Miss  Martha  Williams, 
an  accomplished  lady,  who  shares  in  his  popularity.  She  is  a  native  of  Orange  County 
and  the  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Williams)  Williams,  natives  of  Wales, 
whe^'e  they  were  married  and  afterwards  migrated  to  Ohio,  residing  there  until  about 
1880,  when  they  migrated  to  California  and  located  near  Santa  Ana,  where  they  have 
since  successfully  engaged  in  farming  at  New  Hope.  This  worthy  couple  have  fifteen 
children  that  are  living,  Mrs.  Devenney  being  the  third  oldest;  she  was  born  at  New 
Hope,  Orange  County,  and  there  she  received  her  education  in  the  public  schools.  She 
is  endowed  with  much  ability  in  business  affairs  and  is  of  great  assistance  to  her 
husband  in  his  farming  enterprises,  a  credit  he  proudly  accords  her. 


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WILLIAM  F.  SPEER. — A  splendid  example  of  an  enterprising,  progressive  man 
who,  assisted  by  his  faithful  and  gifted  wife,  is  well  rewarded  for  the  attention  and 
energy  expended  in  developing  an  orange  ranch,  is  afforded  by  William  F.  Speer,  who 
was  born  in  Essex  County,  N.  J.,  m  1888.  His  father  was  Charles  T.  Speer,  a  native 
of  Montclair,  N.  J.,  who  was  a  contractor  and  builder,  first  at  Montclair,  then  at 
Orange,  and  who  made  trips  to  California.  He  had  married  Miss  Amelia  Small,  also 
a  native  of  New  Jersey,  a  lady  of  enviable  traits,  who  died,  rich  in  friends,  in  December, 
1919.  They  had  six  children,  three  boys  and  three  girls;  and  among  these  William  was 
the  third  child. 

He  was  brought  up  at  Orange,  N.  J.,  attended  the  grammar  and  the  high  school 
there,  and  was  duly  graduated  from  the  latter  institution,  after  which  he  went  into 
New  York  City  and  entered  the  service  of  Topping  Bros.,  wholesalers  in  hardware  and 
furniture,  working  in  their  offices  for  six  years.  He  acquired  an  excellent  idea  of  busi- 
ness as  conducted  in  one  of  the  great  cities  of  the  world,  and  in  a  practical  way  supple- 
mented his  schooling  so  that  he  was  well  prepared  for   commercial  work  anywhere. 

In  1911  he  came  out  to  California  and  settled  in  Orange  County,  entering  the 
horticultural  field  and  commencing  to  grow  oranges;  and  the  same  year  he  bought 
ten  acres  of  land,  raw  as  could  be  found,  in  the  Commonwealth  district,  which  he 
cleared,  leveled  and  otherwise  improved.  With  others,  he  invested  in  an  electrical 
pumping  plant;  and  then  set  out  his  land  to  Valencia  oranges.  He  also  bought  five 
acres  which  he  set  out  to  lemons,  and  then  sold.  He  joined  the  Placentia  Mutual 
Orange  Growers  Association,  and  both  derived  benefit  from  the  same  and  also  con- 
tributed to  its  success. 

During  the  year  1918,  at  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Speer  was  married  to  Miss  Augusta 
Hein;  and  they  have  one  child,  a  daughter,  Ruth.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Speer  are  Republicans 
in  their  preference  for  national  political  creeds;  but  they  are  broad-minded  when  it 
comes  to  supporting  local  measures,  and  especially  interested  in  forwarding  the  best 
interests  of  Orange  County  first,  last  and  all  the  time. 

JOHN  W.  MAAG. — Among  the  men  of  the  younger  generation  of  the  vicinity  of 
Orange,  John  W.  Maag  is  rapidly  forging  to  the  front  rank  as  a  successful  citrus 
grower.  His  twenty-two  and  a  half  acre  ranch,  which  he  purchased  in  1906,  is  planted 
to  fourteen  acres  of  bearing  Valencia  oranges,  four  acres  of  one-year-old  Valencias  and 
four  acres  of  walnuts. 

He  was  born  in  Humphrey,  Platte  County,  Nebr.,  April  27,  1885,  and  came  with 
his  parents  to  California  in  March,  1891,  stopping  four  months  in  Los  Angeles  before 
coming  to  Orange,  where  the  father  bought  thirty-one  acres  on  Fairhaven  Avenue,  a 
mile  and  a  quarter  south  of  the  city  of  Orange,  on  which  he  is  still  living.  The  father, 
J.  A.  Maag,  was  born  in  Germany,  and  the  mother,  Catherine  (Steflfes)  Maag,  is  a 
native  of  Michigan.  John  W.  has  seven  brothers  and  two  sisters  living.  Two  of  the 
twelve  children  comprising  the  parental  family  died  in  infancy  in  Nebraska.  Mr.  Maag 
attended  school  at  Orange  and  completed  the  eighth  grade,  afterward  taking  a  com- 
mercial course  in  the  Orange  County  Business  College  at  Santa  Ana. 

He  established  domestic  ties  by  his  marriage,  in  Santa  Ana,  April  IS,  1913,  with 
Miss  Anna  Lypps,  a  native  of  Hart,  Oceana  County,  Mich.,  who  was  reared  in  her 
native  state  and  was  grown  when  she  came  to  Santa  Ana,  Cal.  Their  union  has  been 
blessed  by  the  birth  of  two  children,  Robert  V.  and  Lucena  Marie.  He  is  a  member 
of  Olive  Heights  Citrus  Association  and  of  Richmond  Walnut  Growers  Association  of 
Orange.  He  is  a  communicant  of  the  Catholic  Church,  and  in  his  fraternal  affiliations 
is  associated  with  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  Upright  in  character,  and  enterprising  in 
disposition,  perhaps  there  is  no  trait  more  noticeable  in  his  life  than  that  of  energy. 
These  valuable  assets  give  promise  of  bearing  rich  fruitage  in  acquiring  a  comfortable 
compfetency  and  in  placing  him  in  the  front  rank  among  the  leaders  of  Orange  County. 

RICHARD  A.  BIRD. — A  first  class  caterer,  very  experienced  in  the  management 
of  both  restaurants  and  hotels,  whose  care  for  the  demands  of  high  grade  trade  has 
made  him  justly  popular  with  the  community  as  well  as  the  traveling  public,  is  Richard 
A.  Bird,  one  of  the  latest  comers  to  San  Juan  Capistrano  and  Orange  County.  He 
owns  and  operates  the  celebrated  "Palm  Cafe"  at  this  place,  cleverly  advertised  before 
the  eye  of  the  motorist  for  miles  along  the  Southern  California  highways,  and  also 
conducts  the  Los  Rosas  Hotel,  which  he  manages  under  a  lease.  Everything  about  his 
establishment  is  clean,  sanitary,  up-to-date  and  appetizing  in  every  respect;  and  as  he  is 
ably  assisted  by  his  wife  and  three  sons,  he  is  "making  good"  in  such  a  manner  that 
no  one  can  doubt  his  success. 

Mr.  Bird  was  born  in  Columbia  County,  Ark.,  on  October  22,  1870,  and  in  that 
state  grew  to  maturity.  There,  too,  in  1896,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Thompson, 
of  the  same  state.     In  1906  he  removed  to  Seattle,  where  he  acquired  a  residence  and 


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property  interests.  On  December  11,  1919,  Mr.  Bird  came  south  to  California;  and  liking 
San  Juan  Capistrano,  with  its  historic  old  Mission,  and  seeing  the  business  possibilities 
through  providing  for  the  public  bound  to  pass  thjt  way  the  best  service  possible  for 
their  comfort,  at  the  most  reasonable  prices,  bought  the  building  in  which  he  now  has 
his  cafe,  a  roomy,  mission  style  structure  102x193  feet  in  size,  and  set  to  work  to  give 
San  Juan  Capistrano  what  it  had  never  had  before — a  first  class  restaurant,  within  the 
reach  of  everybody.  That  the  public,  a  good  percentage  of  which  is  not  merely  trans- 
ient, but  passes  through  the  town  and  stops  repeatedly,  appreciates  what  the  Palm  Cafe 
and  the  Los  Rosas  Hotel  have  to  offer,  is  shown  by  the  amount  of  business  he  does 
almost  daily.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Seattle  Lodge  No.  92  of  Elks,  his  member- 
ship dating  from  Pine  Bluff  Lodge,  Arkansas. 

AH  of  Mr.  Bird's  children  were  born  in  Arkansas,  and  all  are  at  home.  Richard 
Bernard  served  in  the  war  for  twenty-four  months,  becoming  sergeant  of  the  Fourth 
Aircraft  Medical  Corps,  and  was  in  France;  and  he  married  Miss  Gertrude  La  Grave 
of  Seattle.    The  other  boys  are  Jennings  and  Thomas  D.  Bird. 

FRANK  KYLE  KIRKER. — A  prosperous  rancher  with  the  advantage  of  a  valu- 
able experience  as  a  mechanical  engineer  and  successful  business  man  is  F.  K.  Kirker, 
of  East  Orangethorpe  Avenue,  Fullerton,  who  has  attained  his  present  success  by  very 
hard  work  and  may  therefore  the  more  enjoy  what  he  possesses  in  his  promising  family 
and  handsome  farm.  He  was  born  in  Catlettsburg,  Boyd  County,  Ky.,  on  April  1,  1868, 
the  son  of  James  M.  Kirker,  the  captain  of  a  steamboat  on  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi 
rivers.  He  attended  the  grammar  school  of  Catlettsburg  and  later  graduated  from  the 
high  school  at  Ironton,  Ohio,  just  across  the  line,  at  the  same  time  that,  as  a  youngster, 
he  worked  as  engineer  with  his  father  on  the  steamboat. 

Later,  Mr.  Kirker  studied  the  science  of  refrigeration  and  for  years  traveled  for 
the  York  Manufacturing  Company  of  York,  Pa.,  selling  and  installing  large  refrigeration 
plants.  He  sold  to  the  Home  Ice  and  Cold  Storage  Cornpany,"  for  example,  in  1905,  the 
100-ton  plant  still  located  on  Alameda  and  Sixth  streets,  Los  Angeles,  and  in  his  travels 
he  covered  the  entire  West,  installing  notable  plants  in  Winslow  and  Tucson,  Ariz.;  San 
Francisco,  Santa  Rosa  and  Sacramento,  Cal.  In  1907,  wishing  to  establish  for  himself 
a  permanent  home,  Mr.  Kirker  purchased  twenty  acres  on  East  Orangethorpe  Avenue, 
eight  acres  of  which  were  already  planted  to  walnuts;  and  resetting  these  to  oranges,  he 
planted  the  entire  area  to  citrus  trees,  making  a  specialty  of  the  Valencia.  The  same 
year,  he  built  a  fine  residence  on  the  ranch;  and  superintending  personally  the  various 
improvements,  he  attained  results  not  generally  seen  hereabouts.  He  has  a  turbine 
pumping  plant  with  a  capacity  of  100  inches,  although  he  also  owns  eighteen  shares 
of  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company  stock.  He  markets  his  fruit  through  the  Placentia 
Orange  Growers  Association  of  Fullerton,  and  is  justly  proud  of  the  fine  products  sent 
by  him  to  market.  At  present  he  has  five  acres  of  Navel  oranges,  two  acres  of  walnuts, 
and  thirteen  acres  of  Valencia  orange  trees,  all  in  bearing. 

On  January  1,  190S,  and  at  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Kirker  was  married  to  Miss  Harriet 
H.  Schwinge,  a  native  of  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  and  the  daughter  of  A.  H.  and  Helen 
(McVicker)  Schwinge.  Her  father  was  of  old  Knickerbocker  stock  and  her  mother  of 
Scotch  descent.  Her  father  was  a  business  man  in  Indianapolis,  and  had  one  of  the 
largest  and  most  thriving  groceries  there.  Three  children  have  resulted  from  this 
fortunate  marriage:  James  M.  is  the  elder;  and  Catherine  H.  is  the  younger  of  the  two 
still  surviving;  Helen  L.  died  in  infancy.  Mr.  Kirker  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Scottish 
Rite  Mason  belonging  to  the  Los  Angeles  Consistory.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in 
Hampton  Lodge  No.  235,  A.  F.  A.  M.,  at  Catlettsburg,  Ky.,  but  he  is  now  a  member  of 
Fullerton  Lodge  No.  339,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Fullerton  Chapter  No.  90,  R.  A.  M.,  and  a 
member  of  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  Los  Angeles. 

SCOTT  R.  WALTER. — A  broad-minded,  enterprising  business  man  whose  knowl- 
edge of  the  wants  of  the  community  in  which  he  operates,  together  with  his  evident 
ambition  not  merely  to  satisfy  the  needs  of  the  public,  but  to  anticipate  them,  have 
undoubtedly  spelt  much  of  his  enviable  success,  is  Scott  R.  Walter,  the  proprietor  of  the 
Anaheim  Vulcanizing  Works  at  156  South  Los  Angeles  Street,  Anaheim.  He  was  born 
at  Leadville,  Colo.,  on  October  20,  1884,  the  son  of  Samuel  Walter,  a  native  of  Ohio, 
who  married  Miss  Ida  Roland,  who  was  born  in  Maryland.  When  Scott  was  a  youth 
his  folks  moved  to  Iowa,  and  there  he  was  sent  to  the  public  schools  in  Polk  and  Benton 
counties.  His  parents  soon  after  died,  and  he  was  thrown  upon  his  own  resources  when 
hardly  mature  enough  to  be  expected  to  accomplish  much. 

He  later  became  a  traveling  salesman  and  during  the  fourteen  years  that  he  was 
on  the  road,  he  demonstrated  repeatedly  the  real  stuff  that  was  in  him.  At  first  he 
represented  the  International  Harvester  Company,  and  later  he  traveled  for  a  whole- 
sale  house  handling  electrical   supplies  and   mining  machinery.     He   started   from   St 


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Louis  and  Chicago,  and  journeyed  throughout  the  Western  States  and  as  far  as  Alaska. 
In  1912,  he  gave  up  traveling,  and  located  in  Des  Moines,  where  he  was  city  salesman 
for  the  largest  auto  supply  house  west  of  Chicago. 

In  191S,  he  drove  his  auto  out  to  California  to  take  in  the  Expositions,  and  he 
has  been  here  ever  since.  The  same  year  he  located  at  Anaheim,  but  not  before  he 
had  traveled  over  the  state,  and  was  thoroughly  convinced  of  the  superior  attractions 
of  this  part  of  Orange  County,  and  the  next  year  he  purchased  a  small  auto  tire  shop 
at  156  South  Los  Angeles  Street.  To  this  he  has  added  modern  machinery  for  repair 
work,  and  made  many  other  improvements;  at  the  same  time,  he  bought  the  lot  and 
building,  and  added  a  ninety-foot  addition,  as  one  result  of  which  he  has  more  than 
trebled  his  tire  business.  He  carries  the  largest  and  most  complete  line  of  tires  and 
tubes  in  Orange  County,  and,  of  course,  the  public  know  it,  and  appreciate  the  fact. 

He  has  in  stock  the  United  States  tires,  the  Goodrich,  the  Firestone,  and  the 
Goodyear,  and  in  the  spring  of  1919  he  added  the  Exide  Battery  equipment,  for  re- 
building and  recharging  batteries.  He  sees  to  it  personally  that  his  warerooms  offer 
everything  in  the  auto  electric  line,  and  having  installed  the  first  retreading  mold  in 
Orange  County,  he  is  able  to  give  satisfaction  to  those  who  might  otherwise  need  to 
journey  far  for  relief.  While  in  Des  Moines,  he  helped  to  organize  the  Iowa  State 
Auto  Trade  Association,  he  assisted  in  organizing  the  Orange  County  Automobile 
Association,  and  he  is  now  a  live-wire  in  both  the  Board  of  Trade  and  the  Merchants 
Association  of  Anaheim,  ready  at  all  times  to  help  "boost"  town  and  county. 

While  in  Iowa,  Mr.  Walter  married  Miss  Grace  M.  Brewer  of  that  state;  and 
they  have  one  son,  Scott  R.  Walter,  Jr.  Mr.  Walter  is  a  Mason,  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  and  of  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  134S,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

JOHN  A.  FRIDD. — The  orchardist  has  long  played  an  important  role  in  the 
development  of  Fullerton  and  the  industrial  and  commercial  interests  of  its  environs,  as 
may  be  judged  from  such  successful  careers  as  that  of  John  A.  Fridd,  who  came  here 
about  a  decade  ago.  He  was  born  in  Winnebago  County,  Wis.,  on  October  23,  1850, 
the  son  of  John  W.  Fridd,  a  farmer  and  also  a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  who  was  a  native 
of  England.  He  had  married  Miss  Mary  Lathrop,  who  was  born  in  New  York,  and  they 
had  seven  children.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fridd  are  now  dead. 

John  A.  Fridd  was  the  third  child  in  the  order  of  birth,  and  was  educated  in  the 
local  public  schools,  and  at  Ripon  College,  in  Fond  du  Lac  County;  and  after  finishing 
his  studies,  he  remained  at  home  until  he  was  twenty-two  years  of  age.  In  1872  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Addie  Atkins,  a  native  of  Wisconsin  and  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Caroline  Atkins.  Of  this  union  one  daughter  has  been  born,  Grace,  now  the  wife  of 
Dr.  Jesse  Chilton  of  Fullerton. 

Mr.  Fridd  farmed  for  over  two  score  years  in  Wisconsin,  all  of  the  time  in  Winne- 
bago County,  where  he  became  prominent  in  Republican  politics.  He  served  as  a 
member  of  the  town  board  of  his  township  for  eleven  years;  also  as  a  member  of  the 
state  assembly  from  the  third  district  during  the  sessions  of  1903-1905,  two  terms;  and 
of  the  state  senate  from  the  nineteenth  district  for  the  session  1907-1909.  He  had  made 
a  visit  to  Orange  County  in  1908  and  then  determined  that  he  would  eventually  make 
this  his  home  and  accordingly,  in  1910,  he  and  his  wife  moved  to  Fullerton  where  they 
now  live  and  where  they  have  become  closely  identified  with  the  best  interests  of  this 
home  city. 

Fond  of  social  life,  Mr.  Fridd  is  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Masons, 
being  a  thirty-second  degree  Scottish  Rite  Mason  and  a  Shriner.  He  holds  his  Con- 
sistory membership  in  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  and  the  Al  Malaikah  Shrine  in  Los  Angeles 
claims  his  allegiance.  The  other  branches  of  the  order  of  which  he  is  a  member  are 
in  Fullerton.    He  is  a  charter  member  and  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Fullerton  Club. 

CHAUNCEY  S.  ORTON.— The  founder  and  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Fuller- 
ton  Ice  Company,  Chauncey  S.  Orton,  one  of  Fullerton's  most  progressive  and  enter- 
prising citizens,  has  had  a  broad  and  interesting  experience  as  a  mechanical  engineer. 
He  was  born  July  9,  1880,  in  Cass  County,  Nebr.,  and  received  his  education  in  his 
native  state,  graduating  as  a  mechanical  engineer  from  the  University  of  Nebraska  in 
1902.  For  one  year  after  graduating  he  was  associated  with  the  Westinghouse  Machine 
Company  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  and  in  1903  moved  to  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  where  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Allis-Chalmers  Company,  manufacturers  of  engines  and  electrical 
machinery.  While  associated  with  this  well-known  firm  Mr.  Orton  had  charge  of 
erecting  and  installing  the  following:  A  2S00-horsepower  engine  in  the  paper  mill  of 
the  Barret  Manufacturing  Company  of  Peoria,  111.;  a  large  air  compressor  for  the 
Armour  Company,  Chicago,  and  he  assisted  in  the  installation  of  a  20,000-horsepower 
plant  for  the  Union  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company  of  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

In  1905,  Mr.  Orton  formed  a  partnership  with  S.  C.  Campbell  and  D.  L.  McDonald 
and  they  established  an  ice  manufacturing  plant  at  Rock  Hill,  S.  C.     Two  years  later. 


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Mr.  Orton  resigned  his  position  with  the  Allis-Chalmers  Company  and  located  at 
Rock  Hill,  so  that  he  might  be  better  able  to  superintend  his  interests  in  the  Rock 
Hill  Ice  Company.  In  1909  he  sold  his  interest  in  the  ice  company  and  came  to  Fuller- 
ton.  Realizing  that  this  thriving  city  needed  an  ice  company,  Mr.  Orton,  in  partner- 
ship with  W.  R.  Davis  and  R.  R.  Davis,  organized  the  Fullerton  Ice  Company,  in  1910, 
this  being  the  first  ice  manufacturing  plant  located  in  the  northern  part  of  Orange 
County,  and  the  third  erected  in  the  county.  It  has  a  daily  capacity  of  twenty  tons 
and  'the  company  contemplates  erecting  in  the  near  future  a  cold  storage  plant  to  be 
operated  in  connection  with  the  ice  business.  In  addition  to  the  manufacturmg  of  ice 
the  compariy  owns  an  orange  grove.  t    .      ta     • 

On  October  23,  1906,  Mr.  Orton  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Lulu  Davis, 
a  native  of  Nebraska,  and  this  happy  union  has  been  blessed  with  three  children: 
William,  Chauncey  S.,  Jr.,  and  Mary.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Orton  is  a  member  of  Fullerton 
Lodge  No.  294,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  of  the  Board  of  Trade.  During  the  World  War 
he  was  a  member  of  the  California  Home  Guards  of  Fullerton  and  deeply  interested  in 
war  work. 

JOHN  E.  WAGNER. — A  very  successful  business  man  highly  esteemed  for  his 
conservative,  yet  sane  methods  and  for  his  ideals  and  exemplary  walk  as  a  public- 
spirited  citizen,  is  John  E.  Wagner,  who  enjoys  not  only  the  natural  rewards  for  his 
own  foresight  and  labors,  but  the  benefits  accruing  from  the  life  and  accomplishment 
of  both  his  father  and  his  step-fathers,  who  previously  brought  his  rancho  to  a  high 
state  of  development.  With  his  twin  brother,  Joseph  E.,  he  was  born  in  the  Placentia 
district,  April  20,  1880,  the  son  of  Charles  Wagner,  an  early  settler  there,  and  a  descend- 
ant of  pioneers  at  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  He  had  married  Miss  Josie  Andrada,  whose 
family  has  always  been  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  representative  Spanish-American 
families  in  this  part  of  California.  Charles  Wagner  was  noted  in  his  day  as  the  owner 
of  vast  sheep  herds,  thousands  of  his  sheep  grazing  in  and  about  the  city  of  Los  Angeles, 
at  that  time  more  or  less  of  a  sheep  corral.  Five  children  have  survived  of.  those  who 
were  born  to  this  distinguished  ranching  couple;  Lucy  is  the  wife  of  James  J.  Ortega; 
Josephine  has  become  Mrs.  William  Berkenstock;  Charles  C.  is  a  rancher  at  Placentia; 
Joseph  E.  is  also  a  rancher  near  by;  and  John  E.  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

His  able  father  died  when  John  was  two  months  old,  and  he  attended  the  grammar 
school  at  Placentia,  and  for  sixteen  years  he  worked  for  his  mother  and  the  estate.  In 
Placentia,  November,  1902,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Lena  Hansen,  a  schoolmate  and  the 
daughter  of  Chas.  and  Mette  Hansen,  of  Placentia;  she  also  was  born  in  Placentia. 
Two  children  have  resulted  from  this  marriage:  Wilton  C.  attends  the  high  school 
at  Fullerton;  Ardeth  attends  the  Placentia  school. 

For  some  years,  Mr.  Wagner  leased  land  and  farmed  grain,  cabbage  and  corn 
under  what  has  been  known  as  dry  farming,  and  in  190S  he  became  the  owner  of  twenty 
acres  of  a  citrus  grove,  where  he  took  out  eight  acres  of  walnuts  and  planted  his  own 
nursery  stock  setting  out  Valencia  orange  trees.  With  this  ranch,  he  has  done  very 
well,  solving  his  irrigation  problems  through  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  and 
marketing  through  the  Placentia  Orange  Growers  Association.  Later,  he  became  inter- 
ested in  transportation  as  a  public  service,  and  organized  the  Wagner  heavy  hauling 
and  transfer  service,  which  operated  six  F.  W.  D.  trucks  and  trailers.  This  business  he 
sold  to  others,  some  time  ago. 

Mr.  Wagner  erected  a  very  substantial  two-story  residence  on  his  ranch  about 
twelve  years  ago,  and  this,  the  center  of  a  generous  hospitality,  has  been  the  mecca  of 
many  ever  since,  at  joyous  social  engagements.  With  his  good  wife,  he  supported 
vigorously  all  the  war  loans  and  other  activities  of  the  various  drives,  and  in  times  of 
peace  he  endeavors,  as  an  enthusiastic  Republican,  to  stimulate  a  higher  regard  for 
civic  duty  and  true  Americanism.  His  own  life  has  been  affected  in  an  interesting 
manner  by  the  fortunes  of  his  beloved  mother,  who  passed,  away  in  October,  1901, 
having  reared  and  educated  her  children  and  left  a  nice  estate.  Many  were  the  hard- 
ships undergone  by  the  family  in  those  early  pioneer  days,  in  order  to  win  out  for  a 
golden  future.  The  estate  left  by  Mrs.  Wagner  was  settled  three  or  four  years  after  her 
death,  agreeable  to  all  of  the  five  heirs,  who  were  mutually  benefitted. 

Mr.  Wagner  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Anaheim  Elks,  Lodge  No.  134S  of  the 
B.  P.  O.  E.,  and  it  is  needless  to  say  is  among  the  most  popular  and  welcome  visitors 
there.  He  maintains  a  horseless  ranch,  a  fact  of  the  more  interest  in  comparison  with 
the  early  history  of  the  land,  and  all  the  work  there  is  done  by  tractor  power.  Two  years 
ago  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Robert  Edens  under  the  firm  name  of  the  Orange 
County  Fertilizer  Company,  located  at  Fullerton.  They  are  also  extensively  interested 
in  the  realty  business,  maintaining  an  office  in  Fullerton,  and  are  engaged  in  leasing 
and  subleasing  oil  lands  at  Huntington  Beach,  Ventura  and  San  Diego.  Mrs.  Wagner 
is  a  member  of  the  Ebell  Club  of  Fullerton. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1503 

FRANCISCO  ERRECARTE.— Another  couple  from  the  Basses-Pyrenees  wht 
have  contributed  something  definite  toward  the  development  of  Orange  County,  and 
in  thus  "making  good"  with  their  own  enterprises,  have  deserved  the  highest  respect  of 
their  fellow  citizens,  is  Francisco  Errecarte  and  his  good  wife,  a  compatriot  with  him 
and  an  able  helpmate  in  his  California  ventures.  He  was  born  at  Navarra,  Spain,  fifty- 
two  years  ago,  and  came  to  America  when  he  was  nineteen  years  old,  having  grown 
up  in  Spain  on  his  father's  farm.  He  already  understood  farming  and  stock  raising, 
and  when  he  settled  at  San  Juan  Capistrano  he  had  no  difficulty  in  making  himself 
valuable  to  E.  Oyharzabal,  for  whom  he  herded  sheep  and  cattle  for  twenty-two  years. 

When  he  married,  he  took  for  his  wife  Miss  Juanita  Espinal,  who  was  also  born 
in  the  Basses-Pyrenees  and  came  to  America  when,  like  himself,  just  nineteen  years 
old  and  full  of  ambition  and  hope.  Seven  children  came  to  them — Cipriano,  Mary, 
Julia,  Stephen,  Margaret,  Pedro  arid  Joaquin.  All  are  bright  and  interesting,  and  give 
promise  of  useful,  successful  lives. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Errecarte  have  a  valuable  ranch  of  twenty-three  acres  conveniently 
located  about  two  miles  east  of  Capistrano,  on  the  Capistrano  Hot  Springs  Road.  They 
take  comfort  in  their  modest  home,  and  look  back  complacently  to  the  years  of  hard 
work  when  Mr.  Errecarte  ranged  the  hills  for  years,  and  Mrs.  Errecarte  worked  at  the 
old  Mission  Inn  Hotel,  and  for  private  families,  and  both  learned  the  value  of  frugality 
with  industry.  Ten  acres  of  their  ranch  is  set  out  to  walnuts,  and  he  uses  three  horses 
in  the  processes  of  farming. 

HARRY  LEE  WILBER.— No  field  of  healthful  entertainment  has  developed  so 
extraordinarily  in  the  past  half  century  as  has  the  motion  picture  industry,  for  the 
extension  of  which  the  eager  public  is  indebted  to  such  enterprising  men  as  Harry  Lee 
Wilber,  the  secretary  of  the  Fullerton  Board  of  Trade,  a  native  of  Albion,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  was  born  on  June  20,  1875.  His  father,  Jerome  J.  Wilber,  was  a  newspaper  man 
connected  with  the  Associated  Press  at  Washington,  and  he  married  Miss  Alice  Lee,  a 
gifted  lady  of  Denver.  Harry  was  an  only  child,  and  he  came  with  the  family  to 
California   in   1885. 

Having  attended  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  San  Diego,  Mr.  Wilber  grew 
up  in  Denver  to  engage  in  editorial  work  there.  He  was  in  turn  city  editor  of  the 
Rocky  Mountain  News,  the  Denver  Post  and  the  Denver  Times,  and  in  each  position 
of  responsibility  he  proved  the  man  for  the  job;  but  he  was  far-seeing  enough  to 
recognize  the  great  possibilities  in  the  motion  picture  industry,  and  in  1914  moved  to 
San  Diego,  where  he  and  his  partner  maintained  two  of  the  best  moving  picture 
theaters  the  city  has  ever  had.  At  the  end  of  three  years,  he  came  north  to  Fullerton, 
and  since  then  he  has  enjoyed  unprecedented  support  of  a  venture  made  upon  edifying 
lines.  As  secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  Mr.  Wilber  has  been  as  generous  to  others 
as  the  public  is  generous  to  him,  and  has  left  unturned  no  stone  needed  to  advance 
the  commercial  or  other  interests  of  the  community  generally. 

At  Golden,  Colo.,  on  March  23,  1897,  Mr.  Wilber  was  married  to  Miss  Nellie 
Wilmot,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  D.  Wilmot.  They  have  two  children:  Winifred, 
now  attending  the  University  at  Berkeley;  and  Alice,  at  Fullerton  Junior  College. 
Formerly  president  of  the  Denver  Press  Club,  Mr.  Wilber  now  confines  his  club  life 
largely  to  the  circle  of  the  Elks  and  the  Fullerton  Club  of  which  he  is  a  director. 

JOHN  FRANKLIN  WALTON.— A  highly  respected  citizen  whose  family  has 
been  in  Orange  County,  and  closely  identified  with  its  development,  for  so  many  years 
that  they  have  seen  many  changes,  is  John  Franklin  Walton,  the  rancher  of  Placentia 
Avenue,  Anaheim.  He  was  born  in  Carthage,  Mo.,  on  February  21,  1866,  the  son  of 
John  Q.  A.  and  Katherine  (Snodgrass)  Walton.  His  father  was  a  building  con- 
tractor and  erected  the  first  court  house  that  Carthage  ever  had — a  historic  edifice, 
since  it  was  burned  down  during  the  Civil  War.  His  father  joined  the  Confederate 
Army,  and  saw  hard  service  under  Colonel  Joe  Shelby. 

When  John  was  a  year  old,  his  parents  removed  to  Washington  County,  Ark., 
and  there  his  father  had  a  farm,  although  he  generally  worked  at  his  trade.  John 
was  sent  to  the  graded  schools  of  Washington  County  and  received  a  good  start  for 
the  battle  of  life.  Two  of  his  brothers,  D.  H.  and  W.  T.,  having  gone  to  California  in 
1884,  John,  accompanying  his  father  and  a  sister  came  out  in  the  great  boom  year  of 
1887.  Their  mother  was  to  have  come  with  them,  but  she  died  just  prior  to  the  time 
of  their  moving. 

The  elder  Walton  came  to  Santa  Ana  and  made  that  town  his  home  for  a  couple 
of  years,  and  six  months  after  their  arrival  the  daughter  Maggie  died;  while  the  father 
lived  until  February,  1908,  when  he  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-six  years.  John  left  home 
and  worked  out  for  two  years  in  San  Bernardino  County.  During  the  following  three 
years,  he  farmed  with  his  brother,  W.  T.  Walton,  on  the  Irvine  Ranch;  but  in  1896 


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he  went  to  the  state  of  Washington,  and  at  Oakesdale,  Wash.,  he  was  married  on  July 
23,  1896,  to  Miss  Alice  Skidmore,  a  native  of  Morgan  County,  Ala.,  where  she  was  born 
near  Hartsell,  the  daughter  of  Robt.  A.  and  Susan  (Lassiter)  Skidmore.  Her  father 
was  a  planter,  and  raised  much, cotton.  Her  folks  moved  to  Washington  County,  Ark., 
and  settled  in  the  vicinity  of  Mr.  Walton's  home;  and  so  the  well-mated  couple  were 
educated  in  the  same  school.  Then  her  parents  moved  on  to  Oakesdale,  and  there  she 
lived  until  she  was  married. 

After  their  marriage,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walton  settled  in  Redlands,  Cal.,  where  they 
resided  for  five  years;  and  then  they  spent  another  five  years  in  Los  Angeles  and 
vicinity.  In  1906  they  purchased  from  the  Stearns  Rancho  Company  eighteen  acres  on 
Placentia  Avenue,  all  bare  land;  they  cleared  and  leveled  it  and  twelve  acres  they  set 
out  to  Valencia  oranges,  and  three  and  a  half  acres  to  walnuts.  This  season,  the  balance 
will  be  set  out  to  oranges  and  he  markets  through  the  Anaheim  Cooperative  Orange 
Association  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Richland  Walnut  Association  of  Orange. 

Four  children  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walton:  Robert,  Wallace  and 
Kitty  are  students  in  the  high  school  at  Anaheim,  and  Marvin  is  in  the  grammar  school. 
The  family  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Church,  South,  of  Santa  Ana,  Mr.  Walton 
being  a  member  of  the  official  board,  and  he  endeavors  under  the  leadership  of  the 
Democratic  Party  to  effect  whatever  civic  reforms  are  possible.  He  was  here  at  the 
time  of  the  county  division  and  voted  for  the  organization  of  the  county. 

EARL  D.  GAGE. — A  successful,  home-loving  rancher,  who  attributes  much  of 
his  success  to  his  clever,  devoted  wife,  and  who  has,  as  a  Republican  advocating  the 
prohibition  of  alcohol,  lived  to  see  many  of  his  dreams  and  wishes  realized,  is  Earl  D. 
Gage,  of  FuUerton,  who  was  born  in  Nemaha  County,  Kans.,  the  only  son  of  Charles 
Gage,  a  farmer,  who  had  married  Mary  Walker  and  they  now  make  their  home  at 
Fullerton.  Earl  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  home  district;  but  his  education  was 
more  or  less  interfered  with  by  the  hard  work  of  the  farm,  for  his  father's  farm  of 
eighty  acres  along  the  military  road  between  East  and  West  Kansas  was  devoted 
mostly  to  the  raising  of  corn,  and  the  crop  had  to  be  attended  to  with  religious 
punctuality. 

In  1890,  Mr.  Gage  came  west  to  Fullerton,  and  for  a  while  was  employed  at 
horticultural  and  orchard  work.  A  year  later,  he  was  instrumental  in  assisting  his 
parents  to  dispose  of  their  holdings  in  Kansas,  and  to  bring  them  out  to  the  sunnier 
conditions  of  Southern  California.  After  working  for  other  folks  for  eight  or  ten  years, 
Mr.  Gage  in  1900  purchased  thirty  acres  of  Edward  Atherton,  at  one  time  the  caretaker 
of  the  California  Ostrich  Farm,  which  he  set  out  to  citrus  trees.  He  had  his  own 
nursery;  but  he  also  sold  many  buds  and  trees.  He  planted  three  and  a  half  acres  of 
avocados,  and  as  they  are  practically  in  the  frostless  belt,  they  are  doing  very  well. 
He  joined  the  Placentia  Orange  Growers  Association,  and  in  1916  he  erected  a  fine 
residence  on  his  ranch.    He  also  took  stock  in  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company. 

On  January  11,  1909,  Mr.  Gage  was  married  to  Miss  Mayme  Clark,  a  native 
daughter  of  California,  who  was  born  in  Los  Angeles.  Two  children,  Lydia  and 
Mildred,  blessed  their  union,  and  attend,  with  their  parents,  the  First  Baptist  Church 
where  Mr.  Gage  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees.  During  the  recent  war,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Gage  liberally  supported  all  the  loan  and  Red  Cross  drives,  and  they  are  ever 
ready  to  assist  in  all  that  makes  for  the  upbuilding  and  improvement  of  the  community. 

MARY  E.  WRIGHT,  D.  O. — An  osteopathic  physician  and  surgeon  of  marked 
ability,  who  is  making  a  splendid  success  in  her  profession  in  Santa  Ana,  is  Dr.  Mary 
E.  Wright,  a  graduate  of  the  College  of  Osteopathic  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  Los 
Angeles,  who,  before  locating  in  Santa  Ana,  practiced  her  profession  in  Los  Angeles 
and  Pomona. 

Dr.  Wright  was  born  near  Danville,  111.,  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  Browning,  a 
native  of  England.  Mr.  Browning  was  an  early  settler  of  Placer  County,  Cal.,  where 
he  was  engaged  in  fruit  growing.  Dr.  Wright  received  her  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Oakland,  which  was  supplemented  by  a  Normal  School  course  in 
Stockton,  after  which  she  taught  school  for  a  number  of  years  in  the  northern  part 
of  California.  She  is  deeply  interested  in  the  science  of  osteopathy,  which  has  accom- 
plished such  wonderful  and  restorative  results  and  alleviated  suffering  humanity  after 
many  other  systems  have  failed,  and  has  established  a  large  and  appreciative  clientele 
since  her  coming  to  Santa  Ana,  only  two  years  ago. 

Dr.  Wright- is  a  member  of  the  State  and  County  Associations  of  Osteopaths,  as 
well  as  the  Women's  Osteopathic  Club  of  Los  Angeles.  She  keeps  abreast  of  the 
times  in  literary  and  civic  circles  and  is  an  honored  member  of  the  Ebell  Club  of 
Santa  Ana,  a  member  of  the  Present  Day  Club  and  the  Book  Review  Club  of  Santa  Ana. 
During  the  World  War  her  three  sons,  Frank  B.,  Chester  M.  and  Lawrence  C.  Wright, 
served  their  country  with  the  American  Expeditionary  Force  in  France. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1507 

D.  B.  GREGORY.— Born  near  Jackson,  Mich.,  on  December  17,  1868,  D.  B. 
Gregory  is  the  son  of  Halsted  and  Agnes  Gregory.  His  grandfather  was  a  pioneer  of 
the  pioneers  of  Michigan,  where  he  took  up  Government  land,  and  our  subject  has  to 
this  day  his  grandfather's  deed.  His  father,  therefore,  was  a  prosperous  Michigan 
farmer.  D.  B.  Gregory  was  sent  to  the  grade  country  school  near  Jackson,  and  later 
he  studied  at  the  Cleary  Business  College  of  Ypsilanti,  while  he  spent  his  early  days 
on  his  father's  farm. 

On  November  29,  1897,  Mr.  Gregory  was  married  to  Henrietta  Hudson,  who  was 
born  near  Lansing,  Mich.,  the  granddaughter  of  an  Englishman  who  migrated  from 
England  to  the  United  States  and  settled  in  Michigan.  They  belonged  to  the  famous 
Hudson  family  of  the  British  Isles,  and  traced  his  lineage  proudly  back  to  the  well 
known  explorer  so  intimately  connected  with  American  history,  Henry  Hudson. 

After  his  marriage,  Mr.  Gregory  assumed  the  responsibility  of  running  his  father's 
farm  of  240  acres,  which  he  devoted  to  general  farming;  and  when  he  came  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1907  and  settled  near  Los  Nietos,  he  purchased  twenty-seven  acres  of  walnuts. 
For  five  years  he  lived  on  that  ranch,  and  then  he  sold  it  and  purchased  his  present 
fifteen  acres  on  the  State  Highway,  twelve  acres  of  which  have  been  set  out  to  wal- 
nuts; and  three  to  oranges.  He  has  a  private  pumping  plant  affording  a  capacity  of 
seventy-five  inches,  and  is  a  member  of  both  the  Anaheim  Walnut  Growers  Asso- 
ciation and  the  Anaheim  Citrus  Fruit  Association.  A  Democrat  in  matters  of  national 
politics,  Mr.  Gregory  belongs  to  the  Odd  Fellows,  among  whom  he  enjoys  an  enviable 
popularity. 

ROY  R.  DAVIS. — The  extent  to  which  modern  conveniences  have  added  attrac- 
tion, particularly  to  American  life,  is  shown  in  such  service  as  that  of  the  Fullerton 
Ice  Company,  directed  in  part  by  the  city  trustee,  Roy  R.  Davis,  one  of  the  firm's 
energetic  members.  He  is  another  native  of  Nebraska  who  has  made  good  in  California, 
and  in  succeeding  after  the  fashion  so  satisfactory  to  the  world,  has  made  the  world 
itself  a  deal  better  for  his  having  living  and  worked  in  it. 

He  was  born  in  Cass  County  on  June  S,  1881,  the  son  of  William  R.  and  Mary 
Emma  (Harmon)  Davis,  who  settled  in  Nebraska  in  18S6,  and  who  came  to  California 
about  a  decade  ago,  and  are  now  living  at  Fullerton,  where  they  arrived  in  March,  1910. 
They  were  granted  seven  children,  four  of  them  living,  the  first  born  being  the  subject 
of  our  sketch. 

Roy  attended  the  grammar  and  high  schools  at  Weeping  Water,  Nebr.,  and  then 
farmed  until  he  was  twenty-eight.  Since  coming  to  California  in  March,  1910,  he  has 
been  engaged  in  the  manufacturing  of  ice;  and  after  an  extended  experience,  following 
the  most  recent  developments  and  methods  in  that  field,  the  company  now  employs 
fifteen -men,  and  none  of  them  are  ever  idle,  caring  for  a  steadily  increasing  business. 
A  man  above  his  party,  Mr.  Davis  knows  how  to  combine  business  with  politics;  he  is 
public-spirited  and  inclined  to  cooperate  to  a  marked  degree,  and  is,  therefore,  widely 
respected  and  enjoys  the  good  will  of  all  who  are  fortunate  to-  know  or  know  about 
him.  He  is  a  member  of  the  California  national  reserves,  and  was  appointed,  in  1917, 
to  fill  a  vacancy  in  the  city  council,  to  which  he  was  elected  in  1918,  also  being  chief  of 
the  fire  department  of  twenty  members.  He  belongs  to  the  Board  of  Trade  and  the 
Fullerton  Club. 

In  August,  1909,  occurred  the  wedding,  at  Pasadena,  of  Mr.  Davis  and  Miss 
Harriett  Inez  Hesser,  the  daughter  of  Wm.  Hesser,  who  had  the  first  greenhouse  in 
Nebraska.  He  died  in  Pasadena  in  1917.  Mrs.  Davis  was  born  at  Murray,  Nebr.  Two 
sons,  William  R.  and  Wesley  A.,  have  blessed  this  union.  Mr.  Davis  is  a  member  of 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 

LEO.  F.  DOUGLASS. — A  highly  progressive  rancher  who  has  spent  most  of  his 
life  in  the  vicinity  of  Orange  and  not  only  has  come  to  be  intimately  acquainted  with 
.the  development  of  this  part  of  California,  but  has  himself,  in  his  own  skilful  handling 
of  his  ranch,  contributed  toward  the  enriching  of  the  commonwealth,  is  Leo  F.  Doug- 
lass who  was  born  in  Ottumwa,  Iowa,  on  October  26,  1892,  the  son  of  B.  R.  and  Lillie 
M.  Douglass.  His  father  was  an  Iowa  farmer,  and  came  west  to  El  Modena,  Cal., 
when  our  subject  was  eight  years  old.  And  there,  for  a  number  of  years,  he  owned  and 
ran  the   El  Modeija  store. 

Leo  attended  the  common  schools  of  El  Modena  and  also  the  high  school  at 
Orange,  and  later  took  up  ranching  with  his  father  on  160  acres  in  San  Bernardino 
County.  At  the  end  of  the  year,  they  sold  out;  and  then  his  father  moved  back  to 
Orange  and  made  that  town  his  home. 

With  his  father,  Mr.  Douglass  then  purchased  forty-five  acres  in  the  Katella  pre- 
cinct between  the  Santa  Ana  River  and  Placentia  Avenue,  and  together  they  cleared 
the  land,  graded  and  leveled  it,  and   set  it  out  to  Valencia  oranges,   which   are  well 


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watered  by  a  private  pumping  plant  having  a  capacity   of  eighty  inches   flow.      Since 
then  the  elder  Douglass  has  sold   off  ten  acres,  leaving  thirty-five   in  the   ranch. 

On  September  22,  1914,  Mr.  Douglass  was  married  to  Miss  Gertrude  Perry,  a 
native  of  Nebraska,  where  she  was  born  near  Maynard,  the  daughter  of  W.  W.  and 
Hattie  Perry.  Her  father  came  to  California  and  purchased  an  orange  grove  on  Collins 
and  Tustin  avenues,  and  there  Mrs.  Douglass  was  living  at  the  time  of  her  marriage. 
Two  children  blessed  the  union,  Herbert  P.  and  Theodore  R.  Douglass.  Mrs.  Douglass 
is  a  member  of  the  Orange  Methodist  Church,  and  as  such  takes  pleasure  in  participating 
in  whatever  makes  for  the  uplift  of  the  community;  and  Mr.  Douglass,  as  a  loyal  Re- 
publican and  a  still  more  loyal  American,  endeavors  to  elevate  the  standard  of 
citizenship. 

JOSEPH  E.  WAGNER.— A  native  son  of  California,  born  at  Placentia,  April 
20,  1880,  Joseph  E.  Wagner  is  a  son  of  Charles  and  Josephine  (Andrada)  Wagner,  who 
were  born  in  Germany  and  Elizabeth  Lake,  Cal.,  respectively.  His  maternal  grand- 
father was  also  born  in  California  and  still  lives  at  Elizabeth  Lake,  almost  eighty-eight 
years  of  age.  Charles  Wagner,  on  emigrating  to  the  United  States,  first  located  in 
Michigan,  where  he  followed  mining  until  the  discovery  of  gold  in  California  when  he 
joined  the  rush  to  the  new  Eldorado,  crossing  the  plains  in  1849  in  an  ox-team  train 
to  California.  Later  he  was  attracted  to  the  stock  business  in  the  Elizabeth  Lake  coun- 
try of  Southern  California,  where  he  engaged  in  sheep  raising  and  where  he  was  married. 
In  the  early  seventies  they  located  at  Placentia  and  engaged  in  sheep  raising  in  the 
Brea  Canyon  district.  He  was  accidentally  killed  while  hauling  brick  from  Anaheim 
Landing  to  his  ranch  when  our  subject  was  two  months  old,  in  June,  1880. 

The  mother  continued  farming  and  stock  raising  and  afterwards  married  John 
Wagner,  a  brother  of  her  first  husband.  They  bought  seven  acres  in  Placentia  which 
they  improved  to  oranges  and  where  they  made  their  home.  Afterwards  they  pur- 
chased eighty-six  acres  in  the  northeast  part  of  Placentia  which  they  first  set  out  to 
vineyard,  but  when  the  vines  died  they  set  out  Valencia  oranges  and  walnuts  and  later 
on  the  walnuts  were  dug  out  and  the  land  set  to  Valencia  oranges.  John  Wagner  died 
in  1898  and  Mrs.  Wagner  passed  on  in  1899.  Her  only  children  were  by  the  first 
marriage,  five  in  number  as  follows:  Chas.  C.  a  rancher  at  Placentia;  Lucy,  Mrs. 
Ortega  of  Fullerton;  Josephine,  Mrs.  Berkenstock  of  Placentia;  and  John  E.  and 
Joseph  E.,  twin  brothers  who  reside  on  their  ranches  in  Placentia. 

Joseph  E.  Wagner  from  a  lad  learned  farming  and  received  a  good  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  the  Placentia  district.  During  these  years  he  assisted  his  mother 
to  improve  the  ranch  and  he  was  nineteen  years  of  age  when  she  passed  away.  A  year 
later  he  became  possessor  of  twenty-seven  acres  of  the  old  home,  which  is  located  on 
the  Yorba  Linda  Road  and  which  was  devoted  to  Valencias,  Mediterranean  sweets  and 
Navel  oranges  and  walnuts.  Since  then  he  has  dug  out  the  walnuts  and  set  Valencia 
oranges  and  has  budded  the  Mediterranean  sweets  and  Navels  to  Valencias,  making  a 
very  valuable  and  choice  orchard.  Later  he  sold  twelve  acres,  so  he  has  fifteen  acres 
left.  In  1920  he  completed  a  large  and  beautiful  residence  of  Swiss  chalet  design  and 
his  is  one  of  the  show  places  of  the  vicinity. 

Mr.  Wagner  was  married  in  Placentia,  being  united  with  Miss  Emily  Heinzman, 
born  in  Indiana,  who  came  to  Anaheim  when  four  years  of  age,  where  she  attended 
school  and  two  children  have  blessed  their  union,  Elmer  James  and  lone  Olive  Fra- 
ternally he  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge  of  Masons  and  is  a  charter  member  of 
Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks.  Believing  in  cooperation,  Mr.  Wagner  is  a 
member  of  the  Placentia  Orange  Growers  Association  and  is  a  decided  protectionist 
and  Republican. 

JOSEPH  OLIVERAS.-A  native  son  of  the  Golden  West,  Joseph  Oliveras  was 
born  in  San  Juan  Capistrano,  December  26,  1886,  where  he  grew  to  m£nhood  receiving 
his  education  m  the  public  schools.  From  a  lad  he  worked  on  the  ranches  and  learned 
to  drive  the  big  teams  m  the  grain  fields;  when  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty  he  began 
to  ride  the  range  after  cattle  on  the  O'Neill  ranch  and  became  adept  at  riding,  roping 
and  branding  He  continued  to  advance  steadily  and  in  due  time  became  foreman  of 
cat  le  on  the  San  Mateo  ranch  for  Mr.  O'Neill  and  filled  the  position  faithfully  and  well 
In  1919  he  was  transferred  to  Mission  Vejar  ranch  near  San  Juan  Capistrano,  where  he 
IS  filling  the  same  position  and  there  he  makes  his  home  with  his  wife  and  his  family 
of  seven  children.   .  <.■  "  =  jimuy 

Mr.  Oliveras  was  married  in  Santa  Ana,  being  united  with  Miss  Vivian  Record 
who  was  born  in  San  Juan  Capistrano.  He  is  a  lover  of  fine  horses  and  has  trained 
several  thoroughbreds  for  polo  horses  and  disposed  of  them  at  a  good  price.  In  his 
hne  of  work  he  is  held  m  high  regard  by  his  employer.  In  national  politics  he  is  a 
Republican,  while  fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus 


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JOSEPH  HILTSCHER.— A  rancher  with  an  interesting  family  history  is  Joseph 
Hiltscher,  of  Romneya  Drive,  to  the  southwest  of  Fullerton.  He  was  born  in  Stern- 
berg, in  Mehren,  Austria,  on  February  24,  1873,  the  son  of  a  weaver  by  trade  who  made 
the  finest  kind  of  linen,  especially  for  the  table.  His  name  was  August  Hiltscher,  and 
he  had  married  Frederika  Bockisch.  He  used  to  sell  his  linen  in  America,  and  having 
heard  so  much  about  the  New  World,  he  decided  to  come  out  to  the  United  States. 
They  had  five  sons,  and  Joseph  was  the  middle  one  and  attended  the  usual  graded 
schools  of  his  native  country. 

In  1886,  the  family  crossed  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  sailing  from  Hamburg  on  the 
steamer  Retzia,  and  landed  at  Castle  Garden,  New  York,  from  which  city  they  came 
direct  to  California  and  Anaheim.  Here  August  Hiltscher  purchased,  only  three  weeks 
after  his  arrival,  twenty  acres  on  Orangethorpe  and  Nicholas  avenues.  It  had  been  a 
vineyard,  but  at  the  time  of  the  blight,  the  vines  were  rooted  out.  The  newcomers 
planted  ten  acres  to  apricots  and  peaches,  and  ten  acres  were  left  for  general  farming 
and  the  raising  of  corn  and  stock.  Later,  these  open  ten  acres  were  planted  to  walnuts. 
Since  that  time,  the  apricots,  peaches  and  walnuts  have  been  pulled  out,  and  the  entire 
twenty  acres  is  now  devoted  to  Valencia  oranges.  August  Hiltscher  died  in  1891;  his 
widow,  with  the  aid  of  her  son,  Joseph,  made  the  above  improvements  and  she  died 
while  on  a  pleasure  trip  in  the  Yosemite  Valley  in  August,  1919,  aged  sixty-nine. 

On  May  29,  1899,  Joseph  Hiltscher  was  married  to  Miss  Flora  Weisel,  a  native 
of  Wisconsin,  where  she  was  born  in  Milwaukee,  the  daughter  of  Peter  and  Josephine 
Weisel.  Her  father  was  a  manufacturer  of  ice-cooling  and  refrigerating  systems,  and 
installed  cooling  plants  in.  breweries  and  packing  houses.  In  1892  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Weisel 
brought  their  family  of  nine  children  to  California,  and  in  their  later  years  enjoyed  a 
balmier  climate.  Mrs.  Hiltscher  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Milwaukee  and  in  Ana- 
heim. Six  children  have  blessed  the  happy  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hiltscher.  They  are 
Peter,  Josephine,  Alphons,  Carl,  Frederika  and  Max;  and  they  all  attend  the  Catholic 
Church  at  Anaheim. 

Mr.  Hiltscher  and  his  brother  engaged  in  the  meat  business  in  Fullerton  for  twelve 
years  and  had  the  finest  market  in  town;  they  killed  their  own  beef,  pork,  lamb  and 
mutton,  but  when  the  packers  got  control,  they  discontinued  their  own  slaughter.  Mr. 
Hiltscher  sold  his  interest  in  the  market  in  1908  and  purchased  twenty-one  acres  on  the 
Romneya  Drive,  and  himself  set  the  land  out  to  Valencia  oranges.  Later  he  purchased 
ten  acres  adjoining,  also  devoted  to  raising  Valencia  oranges.  He  also  owns  four  acres 
of  the  old  home  place,  making  thirty-five  acres  in  all.  Aside  from  setting  out  his  own 
and  his  mother's  orchard  he  has  set  out  for  several  other  ranchers,  or  more  than  300 
acres  in  all.  He  is  an  experienced  orchardist  and  particularly  of  citrus  fruits  and  his 
advice  and  ideas  are  sought  by  others.  He  also  helped  to  make  roads  and  clear  and 
break  up  much  land  here.  He  receives  water  for  his  irrigation  from  a  community 
pumping  plant,  and  profits  by  the  supply  of  seventy  inches  in  the  well.  He  built  the 
home  on  his  ranch  himself — and  it  goes  without  saying  that  it  is  a  comfortable  dwelling. 
He  markets  his  oranges  through  the  Placentia-Fullerton  Orange  Growers  Association, 
and  as  he  is  a  hard  worker  his  grove  shows  the  best  of  attention. 

BAUTISTA  DUHART.— A  resident  of  California  since  1878,  when  he  located  at 
San  Juan  Capistrano,  is  Bautista  Duhart,  born  in  Hasparren,  Basses  Pyrenees,  France, 
January  20,  1856,  a  son  of  Jean  and  Marie  Duhart,  farmer  folk,  now  both  deceased. 
Of  their  ten  children  Bautista  is  the  eighth  in  order  of  birth  and  received  a  good  educa- 
tion in  the  schools  of  his  native  place  where  he  was  brought  up  on  the  farm.  In  1878 
he  came  to  California  locating  at  San  Juan  Capistrano  and  immediately  went  to  work 
for  Oyharzabal  Bros. 

He  continued  with  them,  caring  for  their  stock  for  seven  years  when  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  Pierre  Daguerre,  purchasing  a  flock  of  sheep  and  they  continued 
together  about  five  years,  when  he  sold  his  interest  to  Mr.  Daguerre  and  then  became 
associated  with  D.  Oyharzabal,  raising  sheep  for  nine  years,  when  he  sold  out  and 
located  in  Santa  Ana  and  purchased  a  ranch  on  McClay  Street  which  he  set  out  to 
walnuts.  Two  years  later  he  also  purchased  his  present  place  of  four  acres  on  Hickey 
and  Baker  streets,  Santa  Ana,  where  he  raises  walnuts,  oranges  and  lemons  and  where 
he  has  a  comfortable  residence  from  which  place  he  operates  his  other  ranch. 

In  Los  Angeles  in  1889  occurred  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Duhart  when  he  was  united 
with  Miss  Marie  Ydelaray,  who  was  also  born  in  Basses  Pyrenees,  France,  and  this 
union  was  blessed  with  seven  children:  Leona,  deceased;  Stephen  assists  his  father  on 
the  ranch;  Peter  resides  at  Taft;  Henrietta  is  Mrs.  Crowell  of  Santa  Ana;  Helen  and 
Miguel  are  deceased;  and  Josephine  is  the  youngest.  Mr.  Duhart  is  a  member  of  the 
Tustin  Lemon  Growers  Association  and  of  the  Santa  Ana  Walnut  Growers  Asso- 
ciation. With  his  family  he  is  a  member  of  St.  Joseph's  Catholic  Church  in  Santa  Ana, 
while  politically  he  is  a  decided  Republican. 


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CARL  G.  GUTZMAN.— The  proprietor  of  the  popular  Bon  Ton  Bakery,  at  310 
West  Fourth  Street,  Santa  Ana,  Carl,  G.  Gutzman  was  born  in  Pembroke,  Ontario, 
Canada,  on  December  28,  1890.  He  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  attended  the  rural 
schools  of  his  district.  In  1912  Mr.  Gutzman  came  to  California  and  located  at  Ana- 
heim, where  he  learned  the  trade  of  a  baker  with  the  Wilson  Bakery.  In  1914,  in 
partnership  with  his  brother,  Albert,  he  opened  a  bakery  at  La  Habra,  where  he 
remained  until  1915,  when  he  sold  his  interest  and  followed  his  trade  in  various  places 
in  Southern  California  until  he  came  back  to  Santa  Ana  in  1916.  At  first  he  entered 
the  employ  of  D.  F.  Cook,  proprietor  of  the  Bon  Ton  Bakery,  and  continued  as  an 
employee  until  January  1,  1919,  when  he  purchased  it  and  became  the  sole  owner. 

The  Bon  Ton  is  the  largest  and  most  modern  bakery  in  Santa  Ana,  and  is  strictly 
sanitary  in  all  its  appointments;  the  floors  are  of  hardwood,  the  kitchen  is  light  and 
airy;  the  huge  oven  is  of  the  latest  model,  with  white  pressed  brick  front,  arid  gas 
is  used  for  fuel.  The  most  modern  machinery  is  installed  for  making  bread  and  pastry. 
Mr.  Gutzman  buys  his  flour  in  carload  lots,  and  before  putting  it  into  the  mixer  every 
sack  is  poured  into  the  sifter,  where  it  is  both  cleaned  and  screened,  thus  assuring  the 
sanitation  of  every  pound.  The  Bon  Ton  is  one  of  the  few  bakeries  in  the  county  that 
uses  this  extra  precaution.  "Bon  Ton  Bread"  has  always  been  very  popular  with  the 
people  of  Santa  Ana,  and  their  pastry  and  fancy  cakes  are  also  sold  in  large  quantities. 
The  average  output  of  the  bakery  is  600  loaves  daily.  Mr.  Gutzman  is  an  enterprising 
and  up-to-date  business  man  and  is  making  a  great  success  of  his  business. 

In  Santa  Ana  in  1914,  Mr.  Gutzman  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Rosa  Ana 
Krock,  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  children:  Dorothy  Mildred 
and  Oscar  Eugene.  He  has  much  civic  pride  and  is  deeply  interested  in  the  Merchants 
and  Manufacturers'  Association  of  Santa  Ana. 

ARNOLD  F.  PEEK. — In  applying  himself  to  the  solution  of  the  important  prob- 
lem, "What  does  the  public  really  want?"  Arnold  F.  Peek,  proprietor  of  the  Fourth 
Street  Meat  Market,  has  not  only  rendered  good  service  to  the  community,  but  he  has 
undertaken  to  do  what  was  certain  of  bringing  its  own  reward,  and  spelling  for  Mr. 
Peek  unqualified  success.  He  was  born  at  White  Cloud,  Doniphan  County,  Kans.,  on 
July  21,  1892,  and  so  came  to  California  rather  late — in  1904. 

His  father,  W.  S.  Peek,  was  a  dealer  in  furniture  and  hardware,  and  had  a  suc- 
cessful career,  also,  so  that  he  was  able  to  retire.  He  passed  away,  however,  leaving 
a  widow,  who  was  Jennie  Arnold  before  her  marriage,  and  she  is  still  breathing  the 
balmy  air  of  the  Golden  State. 

Arnold's  education  was  obtained  at  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  his  native 
state,  and  also  at  the  State  Polytechnic  at  San  Luis  Obispo.  When  able  to  assume 
the  responsibilities  of  a  business  he  formed  a  partnership  and  bought  the  Chicago 
Market  at  318  East  Fourth  Street.  Later  he  sold  out  his  interest  to  his  partner, 
and  on  November  1,  1916,  he  purchased  full  title  to  the  Fourth  Street  Market,  one  of 
the  oldest  in  the  county.  He  has  completed  the  furnishing  in  a  thoroughly  modern 
fashion,  and  by  diligent  attention  to  his  patrons,  both  anticipating  their  needs  and 
striving  in  all  cases  to  satisfy  their  desires,  he  has  built  up  a  trade  demanding  the 
employment  regularly  of  no  less  than  five  men.  He  belongs  to  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  the  Merchants  and  Manufacturers'  Association,  and  lends  his  influence 
in  all  cases  to  forwarding  the  permanent  interests  of  both  city  and  county. 

On  July  20,  1912,  Mr.  Peek  was  married,  to  Miss  Ionia  Tunison,  and  they  have 
three  children:  Stewart,  Damaris  and  Gordon.  He  takes  a  keen  interest  in  national 
politics,  working  with  the  Republicans,  and  prides  himself  that  in  local  aflfairs  he 
knows  no  party  lines. 

MERTON  BLACKFORD.— The  choice  for  the  office  of  postmaster  is  not  always 
wisely  made,  even  after  counselling  and  deliberation,  but  few  if  any  commuities  in  all 
California  have  greater  reason  for  congratulation  on  account  of  the  incumbent  in  the 
Federal  office  than  has  Fullerton,  which  is  so  well  served  by  the  Hon.  Merton  Blackford 
a  native  of  Illinois,  but  for  years  a  thorough  Californian.  He  was  born  at  Hoopeston' 
Vermilion  County,  on  January  14,  1878,  the  son  of  James  A.  Blackford,  a  sturdy  farmer 
who  had  married  Miss  Lucinda  Thomas,  the  latter  of  Welsh  descent  while  the  former's 
parents  were  from  Kentucky  and  migrated  to  Indiana  in  an  early  day.  They  had  five 
children,  and  Merton  was  the  fourth  in  the  order  of  birth.  Both  parents  are  now 
among  the  silent  majority  of  mankind. 

When  he  was  still  a  child,  the  Blackfords  moved  to  Holton,  Jackson  County 
Kans.,  and  there  the  lad  continued  his  schooling.  Afterward,  he  worked  on  a  farm! 
and  then  for  a  couple  of  years  he  was  busy  with  railroad  express  work. 

Coming  to  California  in  1901,  Mr.  Blackford  located  at  Fullerton  and  took  up 
one  kind  of  occupation  after  another,  in  each  case  proving  the  man  for  the  place.     As 


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a  Democrat,  he  received  the  political  support  necessary  for  nomination  as  postmaster, 
and  was  appointed  by  President  Wilson  on  February  15,  1916.  Since  that  date  the 
office  has  been  conducted  in  the  most  approved  manner,  worthy  of  both  the  nation 
and  the  city,  and  in  accord  with  the  modern  American  spirit  that  insists  on  faithful 
and  disinterested  service,  so  much  so  that  on  June  4,  1920,  he  was  renominated  and 
again  appointed  for  another  term  by  President  Wilson. 

At  Anaheim  Mr.  Blackford  was  married  to  Miss  Edna  M.  Moss,  a  native  of 
Kansas  and  the  daughter  of  W.  R.  and  Susan  Moss  of  Olinda,  by  whom  he  has  had 
three  children:  Alvin,  Buford  and  Nina.  Fond  of  outdoor  life  and  baseball,  Mr. 
Blackford  also  finds  recreation  and  stimulation  with  his  fellows  in  the  Masons  and  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World. 

JAMES  H.  LATOURETTE. — A  rancher  who  succeeded  in  converting  an  area  of 
cactus  and  brush  into  one  of  the  choice  citrus  groves  of  Orange  County  is  James  H. 
Latourette,  who  thereby  discovered  the  true  field  for  the  exercise  of  his  initiative  and 
enterprise,  that  of  hatching  out  baby  chicks.  He  was  born  at  Long  Valley,  Morris 
County,  N.  J.,  on  January  16,  1865,  the  son  of  Obadiah  and  Martha  (Apgar)  Latourette, 
born  in  New  Jersey.  On  his  father's  side  he  is  descended  from  old  French  Huguenot 
stock,  who  were  early  settlers  on  Long  Island  and  later  in  New  Jersey.  James  H.  grew 
up  to  assist  his  father,  who  was  a  miller  by  trade  but  did  general  farming.  He  attended 
a  private  school  at  Long  Valley,  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  took  a  trip  to  Omaha,  where 
he  worked  at  carpentering.  He  thus  gradually  ventured  into  contracting  and  building, 
and  in  that  line  busied  himself  for  the  next  five  years  in  Omaha.  Then  he  removed  to 
North  Dakota,  and  settled  in  the  new  town  of  Amenia,  in  Cass  County.  He  continued 
to  contract  for  building,  and  he  did  all  the  building  for  the  Amenia-Sharon  Land 
Company,  erecting  grain  elevators,  farm,  buildings  and  farm  homes.  The  Amenia- 
Sharon  Company  had  62,000  acres  of  North  Dakota  land,  and  they  undertook  to  build 
a  complete  set  of  farm  buildings  on  each  section  of  land,  after  which  they  rented  the 
same  out  to  tenants;  and  so  satisfactory  were  his  dealings  with  that  go-ahead  concern, 
that  he  remained  in  their  service  for  fifteen  years.  To  accomplish  this  he  ran  a  crew 
of  from  ten  to  forty  men. 

In  1910,  Mr.  Latourette  came  to  California  with  his  family  and  settled  at  Anaheim, 
and  here  he  purchased  five  acres  on  North  Street,  which  he  set  out  to  Valencia  orange 
trees.  Needing  fertilizer  for  his  grove,  he  started  raising  poultry;  establishing  the 
Latourette  Rhode  Island  Red  Hatchery;  and  so  successful  has  he  been  in  this  field  that 
during  the  past  season  he  has  hatched,  raised  and  sold  some  17,000  baby  chicks.  His 
specialty  is  Rhode  Island  Reds,  and  he  has  at  last  reached  that  degree  of  prosperity 
that  his  name  is  a  guarantee  for  anything  sold  or  shipped  by  him.  He  keeps  the  finest 
stock  obtainable  and  thus  gets  good  results. 

On  Christmas  Day,  1906,  Mr.  Latourette  was  married,  at  St.  Paul,  to  Miss  Char- 
lotte Crawford,  a  native  of  Ridgeway,  Winneshiek  County,  Iowa,  and  a  lady  of  natural 
accomplishments  who  was  educated  in  that  state.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Marjorie  (Mcintosh)  Crawford,  born  on  the  Isle  of  Man  and  Wellsville,  Ohio,  respect- 
ively, who  were  settlers  in  Winneshiek  County,  Iowa,  as  early  as  1854,  where  Mr. 
Crawford  died;  his  widow  survives  him  and  now  resides  on  her  orange  ranch  on  Pla- 
centia  Avenue  near  Anaheim.  Mrs.  Latourette  received  her  education  at  the  Decorah 
Institute,  after  which  she  was  engaged  in  educational  work  until  she  removed  to  North 
Dakota,  where  her  brother,  John  Crawford,  was  a  farmer  and  there  she  met  and  married 
Mr.  Latourette.  He  gives  no  small  amount  of  credit  for  his  success  to  his  devoted 
wife  who  has  been  a  constant  helpmate  and  an  enthusiastic  encouragement  to  him  in  his 
ambitions.  They  have  two  daughters,  Marjorie  Janet  and  Mildred  Helen,  both  students 
in  the  Anaheim  schools,  and  parents  and  children  attend  the  Methodist  Church  of 
Anaheim.  Mr.  Latourette  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Yeoman  Lodge  of  Amenia,  and 
was  formerly  an  Odd  Fellow. 

LEO  J.  SHERIDAN. — There  is  always  room  at  the  top  of  the  ladder  for  the 
climber  who  is  anxious  to  reach  that  goal,  and  Leo  J.  Sheridan,  the  efficient  secretary 
of  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  is  an  example  of  what  may  be  accomplished 
by  a  young  man  who  applies  himself  energetically  to  his  work,  fulfills  his  duties  to  the 
best  of  his  ability,  and  brings  out  the  best  that  is  in  him. 

Mr.  Sheridan's  native  state  is  South  Dakota,  where  he  was  born  at  Columbia, 
August  8,  1887.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  his  native  city,  where  he  acquired 
a  good  education,  and  continued  his  studies  for  three  years  at  St.  Johns  University, 
Collegeville,  Minn.  Returning  to  his  native  state,  he  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits, 
working  in  establishments  at  Columbia  and  at  Mt.  Vernon,  S.  D.  He  came  to  Anaheim, 
Gal.,  in  1911,  and  for  three  years  was  engaged  with  the  Elliott  and  Bushard  Realty 
Company  as   salesman.     He  then   entered   the   employ  of  the  Anaheim  Union   Water 


1516  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Company,  starting  at  the  bottom  of  the  ladder.  He  worked  in  the  company's  pumping 
plants,  gained  a  general  knowledge  of  the  business,  and  was  appointed  zanjero,  holding 
this  position  for  four  years.  He  was  detailed  to  office  work  in  Anaheim  one  month  of 
each  year,  and  when  a  vacancy  occurred  in  the  office  force  in  the  fall  of  1919  he  was 
appointed  secretary  of  the  company. 

His  marriage  united  him  with  Miss  Evelyn  River  of  Iowa,  and  their  union  has 
been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  one  child,  a  daughter,  named  Kathleen.  Mr.  Sheridan  is 
a  communicant  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church,  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus, and  is  further  affiliated  fraternally  with  Anaheim  Lodge,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

ALBERT  BINER. — A  very  energetic  and  successful  young  business  man,  who 
has  by  his  efficient  management  become  one  of  the  largest  manufacturers  of  soft 
drinks  in  Southern  California,  is  Albert  Biner,  proprietor  of  the  Santa  Ana  Soda 
Works,  807  West  First  Street.  He  first  saw  the  light  of  day  at  Miles  City,  Mont., 
January  31,  1885,  a  son  of  Theophile  and  Julia  (Trufier)  Biner,  natives  of  the  Republic 
of  Switzerland,  who  settled  at  this  Montana  town.  The  father,  who  was  engaged  in 
the  contracting  business  there,  is  now  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles. 

Albert  Biner's  early  education  was  received  in  the  public  schools  of  Montana 
and  British  Columbia,  which  was  supplemented  by  a  course  in  the  Seattle  Business 
College.  In  1905,  in  company  with  his  father  and  brothers,  he  established  the  Phoenix 
Brewing  Company  at  Phoenix,  B.  C,  where  he  continued  in  business  for  nine  years; 
after  retiring  from  the  brewing  company  he  located  in  Santa  Ana  in  1915,  where  he 
established  the  Biner  &  McKay  Bottling  Works.  The  next  year,  having  bought  out 
his  partner,  Mr.  Biner  purchased  the  Santa  Ana  Soda  Works  from  G.  W.  Wells,  the 
pioneer  soda  manufacturer  of  Orange  County,  who  had  been  engaged  in  the  business 
here  for  fifteen  years.  Mr.  Biner  enlarged  and  greatly  improved  the  plant,  installing 
new  machinery,  so  that  it  is  now  one  of  the  best  equipped  plants  of  its  kind  in  the 
state.  He  also  installed  a  Lowe  hydro  bottle  sterilizer  and  automatic  filling  machine. 
The  "Jester  Brand"  is  the  trade  mark  of  his  products,  his  specialties  being  grape, 
orange  and  ginger  ale,  which  he  manufactures  from  his  private  formulae,  and  con- 
noisseurs pronounce  them  superior  to  the  average  soft  drinks  of  this  class.  In  addi- 
tion, to  his  own  soda  business  Mr.  Biner  has  the  agency  for  Los  Angeles  and  Orange 
County  for  the  new  soft  drink.  Ward's  Orange  and  Lemon  Crush,  a  plant  for  manu- 
facturing these  popular  beverages  having  just  been  completed  in  Los  Angeles.  Mr. 
Biner  is  also  Orange  County  agent  for  East  Side  Zest. 

The  extensiveness  of  Mr.  Biner's  business  operations  is  better  understood  when 
one  realizes  that  it  requires  five  large  trucks  to  deliver  his  products  throughout  the 
county.  The  great  increase  in  his  business  has  made  it  necessary  for  him  to  install 
another  filling  machine.     The  capacity  of  the  plant  is  now  1,000  cases  daily. 

In  1910  Mr.  Biner  was  united  in  marriage  with  May  Kreider,  the  ceremony  being 
solemnized  at  Olympia,  Wash.,  and  this  union  has  been  blessed  with  four  children: 
Marjorie,  Genevieve,  Carolyn  and  Leo.  Mr.  Biner's  enterprising  spirit  is  shown  by  his 
membership  in  the  Santa  Ana  Merchants  and  Manufacturers  Association  and  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  of  that  city. 

ALVIN  F.  NOWOTNY. — A  rising  young  man  in  Anaheim  and  vicinity  is  Alvin 
F.  Nowotny,  who  came  very  naturally  and  honestly  by  his  special  gifts,  for  his  father 
was  one  of  the  men  in  the  early  days  of  Texas  capable  of  filling  public  office  and  assum- 
ing a  progressive  and  an  aggressive  leadership.  Our  subject  was  born  in  New  Braun- 
fels,  Texas,  on  March  2,  1887,  the  son  of  Frank  and  Mary  Nowotny,  and  from  his  boy- 
-  hood  he  profited  by  all  the  advantages  arising  from  the  fact  that  his  father,  when  he 
was  only  twenty-four  years  of  age,  had  been  elected  city  marshal,  which  office  he 
filled  with  signal  ability  until  the  time  of  the  Civil  War.  Then  he  enlisted  for  active 
service  at  the  front,  but  was  discharged  on  account  of  physical  disability  and  made 
sheriff,  which  office  he  held  till  1870;  that  year  and  for  the  following  two  years,  he, 
served  as  a  Texas  ranger  and  helped  to  drive  the  Indians  out  of  Texas.  In  the  early 
seventies  he  purchased  his  ranch  near  New  Braunfels,  and  there  he  reared  his  family. 
Having  come  from  Bohemia,  Austria,  when  he  was  sixteen  years  old,  and  settled  in 
Texas,  Frank  Nowotny  brought  with  him  some  of  the  best  Old  World  blood  and 
spirit  of  thrift  and  endurance;  and  his  wife  was  equally  fortunate  in  her  inheritance, 
for  she  was  born  in  Luxemburg,  and  came  to  America  with  her  parents  when  she  was 
three  years  old. 

Alvin  Nowotny  was  sent  to  the  grade  school  in  New  Braunfels,  but  having  lost 
his  mother  when  he  was  twelve  years  old,  he  started  to  work  in  a  grocery  store,  and 
ever  since  then  he  has  been  working  for  himself.  He  spent  fifteen  years  in  the  grocery 
trade,  and  then  he  embarked  in  insurance.  He  also  had  a  "try"  at  the  hotel  management, 
which  if  it  did  nothing  else  for  him,  enlarged  considerably  his  knowledge  of  human 
nature.     In  1908  he  came  out  to  Anaheim  and  entered  the  mercantile   field  with  Fred 


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Ahlborn;  and  he  remained  with  him  until  1913.  In  1914,  he  tried  his  luck  at  men's 
furnishings,  but  after  a  year,  he  sold  out.  Then,  in  1915,  he  went  into  the  grocery  busi- 
ness with  Fred  Marsh,  but  since  then  he  has  been  occupied  in  extending  the  ever- 
enlarging  field  of  the  Metropolitan  Insurance  Company  of  New  York,  as  assistant 
superintendent  of  the  Anaheim  district. 

Mr.  Nowotny  not  only  made  his  home  in  Anaheim  since  coming  to  California,  but 
in  April,  1920,  he  purchased  his  ranch  of  five  acres  on  East  North  Street.  It  was  set 
out  to  Valencia  orange  trees,  six  and  eight  years  old;  and  this,  with  his  customary 
foresight  and  enterprise,  he  has  brought  to  a  still  higher  state  of  cultivation.  His  land 
is  watered  from  Pumping  Plant,  Section  No.  2.  He  belongs  to  the  Anaheim  Cooperative 
Orange  Association,  and  contributes  as  far  as  he  is  able  to  its  excellent  work. 

On  June  S,  1907,  Mr.  Nowotny  was  married  to  Miss  Ella  Riley,  who  was  born  in 
the  vicinity  of  New  Braunfels,  the  daughter  of  John  Riley  who  had  married  Johanna 
Kloepper.  The  Kloepper  family  came  to  Texas  in  1849,  while  the  Rileys  came  to  the 
Lone  Star  State  nineteen  years  before.  Mrs.  Nowotny,  attended  the  grade  schools  of 
New  Braunfels.  Two  children  blessed  this  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nowotny — Raymond 
A.  and  Alvin  Wilbur.  Mr.  Nowotny  is  a  Democrat;  is  a  member  of  the  Lutheran 
Church  of  Anaheim;  and  belongs  to  the  Masons  and  the  Elks. 

ERNEST  S.  GREGORY.— The  success  that  has  attended  Ernest  S.  Gregory  in  his 
vocation  of  building  contractor  is  due  to  honest  dealing,  thorough  workmanship,  artistic 
ability  and  an  earnest  effort  to  give  satisfaction  to  his  patrons. 

Mr.  Gregory  is  a  native  of  the  Old  Dominion,  and  was  born  March  3,  1881,  in 
Chesterfield  County,  Va.  Reared  on  a  farm,  he  attended  the  country  schools,  and  at 
the  age  of  nineteen  sought  a  wider  field  for  his  ambition  and  talents  in  California, 
locating  at  Fullerton,  where  he  learned  the  carpenter's  trade  with  contractor  C.,H. 
Smith.  This  was  supplemented  by  a  course  at  Throop  Polytechnic  Institute  at  Pasa- 
dena, and  a  course  in  the  International  Correspondence  School  at  Scranton,  Pa.,  in 
mathematics  and  drafting,  for  which  he  received  a  diploma.  After  two  years  at  Fuller- 
ton  he  went  to  Los  Angeles  and  became  foreman  of  one  of  the  largest  building  concerns 
in  that  city,  erecting  over  3,000  bungalows  for  this  company  in  eleven  years.  During 
these  years  he  used  to  make  short  visits  to  Fullerton,  where  he  built  three  or  four 
houses  a  year,  and  in  the  spring  of  1919  he  located  permanently  at  Fullerton.  The 
character  of  the  people  who  have  chosen  Fullerton  as  their  home  is  such  as  to  demand 
for  the  individual's  comfort  the  very  best  that  can  be  procured  for  the  money  expended, 
and  Mr.  Gregory  caters  to  the  middle  class  of  people  who  want  to  own  their  own 
homes.  He  purchases  lots,  draws  his  own  plans,  endeavors  to  make  each  one  a  little 
different  from  the  others,  builds  bungalows  and  sells  them  on  the  installment  plan. 
In  1919  he  erected  thirty  bungalows,  and  in  1920  has  averaged  one  home  a  week.  Among 
the  artistic  work  he  has  done  may  be  mentioned  some  of  the  homes  at  Ramona,  and 
homes  in  the  Home  Builders  and  Victoria  Square  tracts.  A  prominent  banker  at 
Fullerton  recently  said  that  E.  S.  Gregory  had  done  more  to  upbuild  the  city  of 
Fullerton  the  past  two  years  than  any  other  man  in  the  place.  The  conception  of 
Mr.  Gregory's  bungalows  are  especially  artistic,  and  they  sell  readily,  many  of  them 
having  added  charm  by  reason  of  their  situation  among  the  orange  and  walnut  orchards. 

Mr.  Gregory's  marriage  united  him  with  Miss  Laura  E.  Gage,  a  native  of  Kansas, 
and  of  their  union  have  been  born  two  children,  Esther  and  Ellsworth.  Mr.  Gregory 
has  realized  his  ambition  to  secure  a  solid  and  substantial  start  in  the  world  to  a 
gratifying  extent,  and  Fullerton  is  deeply  indebted  to  this  broad-gauged,  self-made 
man,  who  has  added  so  much  to  the  material  comfort  of  her  citizens  and  the  wealth 
and  artistic  beauty  of  the  city.  With  his  wife  Mr.  Gregory  holds  a  high  position 
among  the  residents  of  Fullerton,  and  they  number  the  most  intelligent  and  cultured 
people  of  the  place  among  their  friends.  Mr.  Gregory  is  a  member  of  the  Fullerton 
Club  and  the  Board  of  Trade. 

REV.  ARTHUR  T.  O'REAR.— Coming  to  Santa  Ana  on  January  1,  1916,  to  take 
the  pastorate  of  the  Spurgeon  Memorial  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Rev.  Arthur 
T.  O'Rear  has  become  closely  identified  with  all  the  movements  that  aim  to  encour- 
age, foster  and  strengthen  the  moral  and  uplifting  forces  of  the  community.  Not  alone 
has  his  church  shown  a  steady  growth,  both  in  members  and  influence,  but  Reverend 
O'Rear  has  also  given  much  of  his  time  to  activities  of  a  civic  and  public  nature. 
During  the  war  he  was  especially  active  in  all  the  local  work,  taking  a  prominent  part 
in  all  the  Liberty  Loan  drives  and  serving  as  vice-president  of  the  County  Council  of 
Defense.  At  present  he  is  a  member  of  the  Reconstruction  Committee;  executive 
secretary  of  the  Near  East  Relief  Association;  a  director  of  the  Social  Service  Board; 
treasurer  of  the  newSanta  Ana  Hospital  Association;  chairman  of  the  Inter-Church 
World  Conference  for  Orange  County,  and  president  of  the  Santa  Ana  Ministerial 
Association. 


1520  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

A  native  of  Virginia,  Arthur  T.  O'Rear  was  born  at  Glade  Spring,  Washington 
County,  October  6,  1878.  His  parents  were  John  C.  and  Martha  C.  (Brooks)  O'Rear, 
the  former  born  at  Winchester,  Tenn.,  and  the  latter  in  Tazewell  County,  Va.  A 
descendant  of  old  Revolutionary  stock,  Arthur  O'Rear  is  eligible  to  membership  in 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.  For  generations  many  members  of  his  family 
have  stood  high  in  professional  circles,  numbering  among  them  judges,  ministers  and 
educators,  one  cousin  being  for  eight  years  chief  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Kentucky. 

Educated  in  his  early  years  in  the  public  schools  of  Virginia,  Reverend  O'Rear 
later  attended  the  Glade  Spring  Military  Academy  for  four  years.  Glade  Spring  is  a 
Methodist  community  and  he  became  a  member  of  this  denomination  when  a  young 
man.  Later  he  took  a  four  years'  course  at  the  Emory  and  Henry  Methodist  College, 
at  Emory,  Va.,  a  famous  ministerial  college  of  the  South,  graduating  in  1898.  He  then 
entered  Vanderbilt  University  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  where  he  took  a  post-graduate 
course.  Taking  up  missionary  work,  he  spent  four  years  in  the  mountains  of  North 
Carolina,  having  headquarters  at  Asheville,  and  also  taught  school  in  West  Virginia. 

In  1904  Reverend  O'Rear  joined  the  Methodist  Conference,  his  first  charge  being 
at  Eminence,  Ky.,  later  serving  the  churches  at  Woodlawn,  Ky.,  Covington,  Ky.,  for 
two  years,  and  Cynthiana,  Ky.,  for  four  years.  Following  this  he  joined  the  West 
Viriginia  Conference,  occupying  the  pastorate  of  St.  Paul's  Church  at  Parkersburg, 
W.  Va.,  for  four  years. 

In  1916  Reverend  O'Rear  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Spurgeon  Memorial 
Church,  at  Santa  Ana,  and  here  his  ministry  has  indeed  been  crowned  with  success, 
pastor  and  congregation  working  together  in  closest  harmony  in  promoting  the  affairs 
of  the  church  and  in  enriching,  the  spiritual  life  of  the  community.  His  marriage, 
which  occurred  June  IS,  1904,  united  him  with  Miss  Ailene  Parsons,  who  was  born 
in  Kentucky,  but  reared  in  Marion,  Ind.,  One  son,  Edward,  was  born  to  them  during 
their  residence  in  Covington,  Ky. 

DEIDERICH  KLANER. — A  self-made  man  who  enjoys  the  satisfaction  of  having 
been  able  both  to  acquire  excellent  property  for  himself  and  family  and  to  contribute 
something  for  the  common  weal,  is  Deiderich  Klaner,  for  years  a  hard-working  man 
in  Nebraska,  where  he  improved  a  farm  of  160  acres  and  was  esteemed  by  all  who 
knew  him  as  a  patriotic  American  ready  to  lend  a  helping  hand  to  every  good  cause. 
He  was  born  about  twenty-seven  miles  from  Bremen,  Germany,  in  Oldenburg,  a  quiet 
and  pleasant  town  on  the  River  Hunte,  on  September  9,  1864,  and  in  his  native  land 
he  was  married  to  Katherine  Wieker,  in  time  the  mother  of  five  children.  The  family 
attend  the  Lutheran  Church  at  Orange,  and  interest  themselves  in  all  good  work,  within 
and  without  that  congregation's  activities,  for  the  religious,  social  and  civic  betterment 
of  the  community. 

Mr.  Klaner  came  to  Orange  from  Nebraska  fifteen  years  ago,  and  bought  his 
twenty  acres  in  the  Olive  precinct.  It  was  then  for  the  most  part  bare  land,  with  a 
small  patch  of  alfalfa;  and  its  present  high  state  of  cultivation  is  due  largely  to  his 
experience,  industry  and  foresight.  In  time,  he  built  his  beautiful,  up-to-date  bungalow 
residence  at  224  South  Olive  Street,  Orange.  He  also  owns  an  excellent  citrus  ranch 
of  twenty  acres  on  North  Tustin  Street,  somewhat  south  of  Taft  Avenue,  which  he  has 
improved,  and  which  is  one  of  the  best  of  its  size  in  all  the  county. 

Orange  County  has  been  fortunate,  all  in  all,  in  the  class  of  its  incoming  citizens, 
and  it  has  been  through  such  intelligent,  industrious  and  honest  burghers  as  Deiderich 
Klaner  and  his  family  that  much  of  the  present  prosperity  of  the  county  has  been 
brought  about. 

IRVING  ALFRED  THOMPSON.— A  native  son  in  all  but  birth,  having  come  to 
California  with  his  parents  in  the  first  year  of  his  life,  Irving  Alfred  Thompson  was 
born  near  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  March  26,  1874.  His  parents  having  located  at  Laguna  Beach 
in  1875,  that  is  the  scene  of  his  first  recollection  and  there,  too,  he  attended  school. 
From  a  youth  he  made  himself  generally  useful  on  the  farm  and  learned  to  drive  the 
big  teams  in  the  grain  fields. 

In  1889  Mr.  Thompson's  parents  moved  to  El  Toro,  and  there  he  continued  to 
farm  until  his  marriage  in  Los  Angeles,  when  he  was  united  with  Wilmuth  Newland 
who  was  born  in  Illinois,  the  daughter  of  Wm.  T.  Newland,  the  pioneer  of  Huntington 
Beach.  For  a  time  the  young  couple  lived  in  San  Diego,  but  soon  purchased  a  ranch 
of  sixty  acres  near  Huntington  Beach  and  engaged  in  raising  celery.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  to  raise  celery  in  that  section  and  was  a  member  of  the  California  Celery  Growers 
Association;  he  was  also  one  of  the  early  beet  growers.  Having  sold  his  ranch  in 
1911  he  removed  to  Madera  County  and  purchased  320  acres  four  and  a  half  miles  north 
of  Skaggs  Bridge  and  in  February,  1912,  moved  on  the  place  with  his  family.     He  sunk 


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wells  and  installed  an  electric  pumping  plant,  leveled  and  checked  the  land  and  planted 
sixty  acres  of  alfalfa.  He  also  engaged  in  raising  grain  and  stock  and  bought  and  fed 
cattle  and  hogs  for  the  market,  in  all  of  which  he  was  successful. 

In  1919  Mr.  Thompson  sold  the  ranch  to  advantage  and  came  to  El  Toro,  where 
he  now  resides.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thompson  are  the  parents  of  five  children:  Howard, 
Clara,  Lawrence,  Juanita  and  Irene.  Fraternally  Mr.  Thompson  is  a  member  of  the 
Odd  Fellows  Lodge  at  Huntington  Beach,  and  with  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the 
Rebekahs.    In  national  politics  he  is  a  decided  Republican. 

JOHN  W,  TUBES. — The  phenomenal  growth  of  the  automobile  industry  in  the 
past  few  years  has  attracted  to  this  field  many  of  the  country's  most  capable  men, 
and  prominent  among  these  in  Santa  Ana  is  John  W.  Tubbs,  now  the  manager  of  the 
Santa  Ana  branch  of  the  White  Auto  Company  of  Los  Angeles,  dealers  in  the  popular 
Stephens  Salient  Six  and  White  trucks,  in  addition  acting  as  local  representative  of 
the  Motor  Transit  Company.  The  latter  is  one  of  the  largest  stage  companies  in 
the  United  States,  as  they  operate  along  the  Pacific  Coast  from  San-  Diego  to  San 
Francisco,  with  connecting  lines  into  Oregon,  Arizona  and  the  Imperial  Valley. 

Iowa  was  Mr.  Tubbs'  native  state,  and  there  he  was  born  at  Emerson,  in  Mills 
County,  on  October  g,  1881.  His  father  was  William  L.  Tubbs,  who  was  born  at 
Three  Rivers,  Mich.,  and  his  mother,  before  her  marriage  Miss  Alice  Tomblin,  was  a 
native  of  Piano,  111.  After  a  successful  period  as  a  farmer  in  Iowa,  William  L.  Tubbs 
disposed  of  his  interests  there  and  located  in  Santa  Ana,  where  he  lived  retired  until 
his  death,  being  survived  by  his  good  wife,  the  mother  of  three  boys,  among  whom 
John  was  the  second-born.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  the  vicinity  of  his 
Iowa  home,  and  growing  up,  followed,  for  a  while,  all  kinds  of  mercantile  work.  Then 
he  studied  pharmacy  and  passed  his  examinations  as  a  druggist,  but  never  followed 
that  line  of  professional  work. 

After  coming  to  California  he  was  engaged  in  the  general  mercantile  business 
with  Joe  Parsons  at  Talbert  for  two  years.  He  then  came  to  Santa  Ana,  where  for 
the  next  twelve  years  he  was  identified  with  the  Santa  Ana  Commercial  Company, 
one  of  the  best-known  manufacturing  organizations  in  Southern  California.  Espe- 
cially during  the  three  latter  years  of  his  connection  with  the  company  he  directed 
much  of  the  important  activity  having  to  do  with  its  development,  filling  the  important 
posts  of  secretary,  treasurer  and  manager,  and  continuing  with  them  until  September 
1,  1920,  when  he  resigned  to  enter  his  new  field  of  endeavor.  His  new  place  of  busi- 
ness is  at  415-17-19  East  Fourth  Street,  where  he  occupies  a  fine  fireproof  building, 
75  by  132  feet.  With  the  -pleasing  personality  that  has  won  for  him  a  host  of  friends, 
and  is  the  open  sesame  of  his  success,  it  is  a  foregone  conclusion  that  the  progressive 
spirit  that  has  always  been  one  of  his  leading  characteristics  will  be  increasingly 
manifest.  His  general  ability  and  peculiar  fitness  for  responsibility  having  been  widely 
recognized,  Mr.  Tubbs  was  elected  a  city  trustee  in  April,  1915;  and  at  the  end  of  four 
years  of  faithful  and  effective  service,  during  which  time  he  carried  through  various 
reforms  and  meritorious  projects,  he  was  reelected  in  1919  for  another  four  years.' 
In  national  politics  Mr.  Tubbs  is  a  Republican,  but  his  views  and  sympathies  are  too 
broad  to  permit  of  any  narrow  partisanship,  particularly  when  matters  of  purely  local 
moment  are  at  stake. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Tubbs  to  Miss  Stella  Brock  occurred  at  Santa  Ana  on  April 
12,  1904,  and  was  one  of  the  pleasant  social  events  of  the  season.  Her  parents,  D.  E. 
and  Clara  Brock,  were  for  years  well-known  residents  of  Santa  Ana.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Tubbs  are  the  parents  of  a  daughter,  Gwendolyn.  Mr.  Tubbs  is  a  life  and  charter 
member  of  the  Elks,  and  also  belongs  to  the  Orange  County  Country  Club,  and  he  is 
fond  of  outdoor  life — hunting,  fishing  and  golf. 

MRS.  C.  ELLA  WEAVER.— A  resident  of  California  since  1902,  Mrs.  C.  Ella 
Weaver,  proprietor  of  the  Santa  Ana  Rug  Factory,  was  born  near  Carney,  Hamilton 
County,  Ind.,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Rachel  (Newby)  Wilson,  born  in  North 
Carolina  and  Indiana,  respectively.  Her  father  was  a  saddler  and  later  a  contractor 
and  builder  and  also  followed  farming.  Later  on  the  family  moved  to  Wilsall,  Mont., 
and  there  the  father  died.  His  widow  came  to  Santa  Ana  in  1898  and  she  died  here  in 
September,    1918,   aged   eighty-two   years. 

Ella  Wilson  was  the  oldest  of  their  five  children  and  is  the  only  one  of  the  family 
residing  in  Santa  Ana.  Her  parents  moved  to  Iowa  when  she  was  eight  years  of  age 
and  she  completed  the  normal  course  in  Albion  Seminary,  after  which  she  engaged  in 
teaching.  For  sixteen  years  she  taught  in  different  counties,  including  Marshall,  Story, 
Grundy,  Shawnee  and  Hardin  counties,  Iowa,  finally  becoming  principal  of  the  Walnut 
Hill  school  in  the  suburbs  of  Des  Moines.  After  this  she  removed  to  Topeka,  Kans., 
and  taught  for  two  years;  she  also  attended  the  Friends  University  at  Wichita,  Kans. 


1522  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Miss  Wilson  was  married  at  Newkirk,  Okla.,  in  1900,  where  she  became  the  wife 
of  Samuel  K.  Weaver  who  was  born  near  New  Enterprise,  Pa.,  and  who  was  a  traveling 
salesman  in  Kansas  until  1902,  when  they  located  in  Santa  Ana  whither  her  mother  had 
come  four  years  before  and  Mrs.  Weaver  joined  her  mother  who  was  making  rugs  and 
was  desirous  of  making  carpets.  The  rugs  were  originally  made  by  Miss  Esther  Hill 
and  Lou  Burner  on  West  First  Street  across  the  street  from  their  present  location, 
when  her  mother  took  the  embryo  business  over  and  they  continued  the  undertaking. 
In  the  spring  of  1909,  her  brother,  M.  C.  Wilson,  joined  them  and  they  started  the  new 
place;  he  was  a  carpenter  and  made  the  looms  and  other  machinery  and  they  then 
named  it  the  Santa  Ana  Rug  Factory.  Since  1918  Mrs.  Weaver  has  been  the  sole 
proprietor. 

Mrs.  Weaver  still  preserves  the  first  loom  made  and  used  in  Santa  Ana.  Her 
mother  had  the  first  fiy  shuttle  loom  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  She  now  has  power  looms, 
cutters,  frayers  and  twisters,  run  by  electric  power,  manufacturing  carpets  of  all  sizes 
up  to  eleven  and  a  half  feet  in  width  and  is  the  largest  rug  factory  in  the  county. 
Her  displays  at  the  various  Orange  County  fairs,  as  well  as  the  Glendale  Bazaar,  has 
taken  its  share  of  prizes.  She  was  bereaved  of  her  husband  July  20,  1919.  Mrs.  Weaver 
is  a  member  of  the  Friends  Church  in  El  Modena,  as  were  her  parents,  and  is  a  strong 
advocate  of  the  principles  of  Prohibition. 

JOHN  M.  ORTEGA. — A  prosperous  young  rancher  whose  family  is  intimately 
associated  with  the  early  history  of  Orange  County,  is  John  M.  Ortega,  of  East  Com- 
monwealth Avenue,  FuUerton,  in  which  town  he  was  born  on  April  2,  189S,  the  son 
of  James  J.  and  Lucy  (Wagner)  Ortega.  His  father  was  born  and  reared  in  San 
Gabriel,  and  was  one  of  the  Ortegas  so  favorably  known  in  California  history;  while 
the  Wagners  came  West  so  early  that  two  of  the  brothers  made  two  trips  across  the 
plains,  traveling  with  ox  teams,  and  fighting  their  way  through  the  Indian  country  at 
every  step.  The  Wagners  engaged  in  stock  raising  and  ranged  their  sheep  over  the 
acres  of  land  now  active  as  oil  fields  and  could  have  purchased  it  for  fifty  cents  an 
acre,  but  like  hundreds  of  others  could  not  see  its  value  then;  however,  later  on  they 
purchased  some  land  in  the  same  vicinity  and  set  out  orange  and  walnut  orchards,  and 
then  divided  it  among  the  children. 

John  M.  Ortega  went  to  school  in  Placentia  and  graduated  from  the  high  school 
at  Fullerton,  and  he  also  attended  the  Fullerton  Junior  College.  During  these  youthful 
days,  he  lived  on  his  father's  ranch;  but  on  April  8,  1916,  he  took  the  momentous  step 
of  establishing  his  own  household  and  was  married  to  Miss  Margaret  Chapman,  a 
daughter  of  Fred  Chapman  of  Fullerton.  The  gifted  lady  was  born  in  Chicago,  111., 
but  came  to  California  when  a  child;  and  here  she  attended  the  same  educational 
institutions  as  had  imparted  instruction  to  her  husband. 

In  the  fall  of  1919,  Mr.  Ortega  purchased  six  acres  of  walnuts  and  six  acres  of 
Valencia  oranges  on  East  Commonwealth  Avenue,  under  the  service  of  the  Anaheim 
Union  Water  Company,  having  before  that  owned  a  ranch  of  eleven  acres  in  North 
Whittier  Heights  which  he  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges.  At  the  end  of  two  and  a  half 
years  he  sold  the  property  which  he  had  secured  as  an  investment. 

One  child  has  resulted  from  the  happy  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ortega — Charles 
Bille.  They  are  members  of  the  Christian  Church  of  Fullerton,  and  Mr.  Ortega  exer- 
cises his  rights  as  a  free  citizen  at  the  polls  without  party  dictation  and  strictly  in 
favor  of  the  right  man  for  the  best  place. 

ARGUS  ADAMS. — A  successful  California  rancher  who  made  no  less  than  four 
trips  to  the  Pacific  Coast  before  he  was  persuaded  that  he  had  really  found  the  Golden 
State,  and  yet  a  representative  man  of  affairs  in  Orange  County  today  who  has  neVer 
regretted  that  he  pitched  his  tent  here,  is  Argus  Adams,  a  director  in  both  the  Fuller- 
ton  Mutual  Orange  Growers  Association  and  the  Loma  Vista  Cemetery,  and  a  resident 
on  South  Acacia  Avenue,  Fullerton.  He  was  born  at  Allendale,  Worth  County,  Mo., 
on  December  27,  1867,  the  son  of  James  Adams,  who  is  still  living,  at  the  age  of 
ninety-four,  in  Anaheim,  one  of  the  oldest  men  in  Orange  County,  having  been  born  in 
Missouri.  He  married  Miss  Ruth  W.  Cowan,  who  passed  away  a  couple  of  years  ago, 
also  at  an  advanced  age. 

Argus  went  to  the  Allendale  schools,  and  afterwards  attended  the  normal  school 
at  Stanberry,  in  Gentry  County,  at  the  same  time  growing  up  on  his  father's  farm 
where  he  learned  to  make  himself  useful.  When  twenty-two  years  of  age,  he  started 
out  to  do  for  himself,  and  for  a  while  he  rented  a  farm  in  Missouri.  Then  he  pur- 
chased 230  acres,  which  he  devoted  to  general  farming. 

At  Grant  City,  Mo.,  on  January  27,  1892,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Dale  Scott, 
who  was  born  near  that  town,  the  daughter  of  George  P.  Scott,  a  farmer  who  had 
married  Miss  Jane  Ross.     She  attended  the  graded  schools  near  Grant  City  and  grew 


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up  to  be  very  familiar  with  Missourian  and  Middle  West  life.  Six  years  after  his  mar- 
riage, Mr.  Adams  came  out  to  California  for  the  first  time;  but  after  a  stay  here  of 
fifteen  months,  he  returned  to  Worth  'County.  In  1905,  he  was  back  in  the  Southland 
and  for  a  year  and  a  half  lived  at  Anaheim;  but  once  more  he  journeyed  back  to 
Worth  County. 

On  January  1,  1912,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adams  came  to  California  to  stay,  and  at 
Fullerton  they  purchased  twenty-three  acres  on  Acacia  Street,  where  they  set  out 
Valencia  orange  trees  now  eight  years  old.  The  land  is  under  the  Anaheim  Union 
Water  Company,  and  Mr.  Adams  markets  through  the  Fullerton  Mutual  Orange  Grow- 
ers Association,  in  which  he  is  also  a  director.  Four  children  have  added  joy  and 
comfort  to  the  lives  of  this  worthy  couple.  Earl  W.  married  Miss  Frances  McCloskey; 
they  have  two  children,  Evelyn  and  Wayne,  and  they  live  in  Terrabella,  Tulare  County; 
Wayne  H.  resides  on  South  Acacia  Avenue,  southeast  of  Fullerton;  Blanche  is  Mrs. 
Ernest  Purbeck  of  Oakland;  and  Loman  H^  is  at  home.  Mr.  Adams  is  a  Mason,  being 
a  member  of  the  lodge,  chapter  and  council  and  in  politics  believes  in  independent 
action  by  each  voter,  irrespective  of  party  lines. 

Wayne  H.  Adams  was  born  near  Allendale,  Mo.,  on  November  23,  1897,  and 
attended  the  local  district  schools.  When  he  came  to  California  in  1912,  he  continued 
his  schooling  at  Fullerton  and  was  duly  graduated  from  the  high  school  in  that  town. 
Meanwhile  he  helped  his  father  with  ranch  work,  and  when  he  was  able,  he  purchased 
from  him  five  acres.  This  was  in  1918,  and  since  then  he  has  been  busy  there  develop- 
ing the  land  and  cultivating  Valencia  oranges.  He  has  the  service  of  the  Anaheim 
Union  Water  Company,  and  his  four-year-old  trees  are  therefore  well  irrigated.  On 
June  20,  1918,  Mr.  Adams  was  married  to  Miss  Juanita  Owens,  a  native  of  Waxahatchie, 
Ellis  County,  Texas,  and  the  daughter  of  L.  A.  Owens.  One  child,  Donald  Adams,  has 
blessed  this  union,  and  gives  promise  of  carrying  onward  an  already  honored  name. 

NORMAN  LE  MARQUAND. — Representative  of  the  younger  business  men  of 
Orange  County  is  Norman  Le  Marquand,  the  wide-awake  manager  of  the  Fullerton 
Lumber  Company,  to  whose  wholesome  expansion  is  traced  the  experienced  guiding 
hand  of  our  subject.  He  was  born  in  Mount  Forest,  Ontario,  Canada,  October  18,  1882, 
the  son  of  John  and  Maria  Margaret  (Pilcher)  Le  Marquand.  John  Le  Marquand  was 
born  on  the  Island  of  Jersey  and  he  was  later  a  fruit  merchant  in  Canada;  after 
settling  in  California  he  engaged  in  the  restaurant  business  in  Los  Angeles.  Mrs.  Le 
Marquand  was  born  in  Mount  Forest  and  was  the  daughter  of  Joseph  Pilcher. 

Norman  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Ontario  and  early  in  life 
became  associated  with  the  lumber  trade  in  his  native  province.  Soon  after  the  family 
located  in  California  he  became  an  employe  of  the  Southern  California  Lumber  Com- 
pany in  Los  Angeles,  remaining  with  that  concern  from  1899  until  1905;  when  he 
removed  to  Fullerton  in  December,  1906,  it  was  to  become  assistant  manager  of  the 
Brown  and  Dauser  Lumber  Company  with  whom  he  remained  for  three  years,  then 
returned  to  Los  Angeles.  In  1910  he  again  came  to  Fullerton  and  ever  since  he  has 
been  connected  with  the  Fullerton  Lumber  Company  here  and  has  very  materially 
engineered- its  growth  in  this  section  of  the  county.  By  his  close  attention  to  business 
affairs  he  has  gained  a  wide  circle  of  friends  and  also  built  up  a  substantial  business 
for  his  company. 

Mr.  Le  Marquand  served  two  years  as  secretary  of  the  Fullerton  Board  of  Trade, 
and  he  is  one  of  the  board's  delegates  to  the  Associated  Chambers  of  Commerce  of 
Orange  County — and  no  better  could  be  found,  considering  his  public-spiritedness.  He 
is  a  charter  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  of  the  Fullerton  Club,  of  which  he  . 
was  one  of  the  organizers  and  its  first  secretary.  Politically  he  is  a  Progressive.  In 
many  ways  he  has  contributed  to  the  welfare  of  the  community  with  which  he  has  been 
closely  identified  for  nearly  fifteen  years,  during  which  time  he  has  witnessed  the  won- 
derful development  of  the  whole  of  Southern  California. 

CLARENCE  R.  VANDERBURG.— A  far-sighted,  progressive  young  rancher  who 
worthily  represent  ones  of  the  sturdy  pioneers  to  whom  the  United  States  owes  so 
much  for  the  expansion  of  a  great  empire,  is  Clarence  R.  Vanderburg,  who  was  born 
at  Cushing,  Nebr.,  on  September  6,  1893.  His  parents  are  Lester  C.  and  Jennie 
(Hiserodt)  Vanderburg,  prosperous  farmers  in  Nebraska  before  they  came  out  to 
California  in  1894  and  purchased  fifteen  acres  in  Orangethorpe,  five  acres  of  which 
were  set  out  to  walnuts  and  some  orange  trees,  while  the  balance  was  vacant  land.  In 
1908,  however,  Mr.  Vanderburg  sold  his  ranch  and  moved  to  Montebello;  and  there 
he  bought  ten  acres  devoted  to  oranges,  some  deciduous  fruit  trees  and  truck  gardening. 
In  1914,  Mr.  Vanderburg  again  sold  his  holdings,  and  carhe  to  Fullerton,  having  bought, 
the  year  previous,  ten  acres  in  the  Orangethorpe  district. 

On  account  of  these  successive  movings  of  the  family,  Clarence  Vanderburg 
attended  the  school  at  Orangethorpe  for  five  years  and  then  the  school  at  Fullerton 


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for  another  three,  and  afterward  went  to  the  Montebello  high  school,  where  he  was  a 
student  the  first  year  the  high  school  was  organized,  and  he  graduated  from  the 
Montebello  high  school  in  1913.  On  May  11,  1916,  he  married  Miss  Hilda  Richards, 
who  was  born  in  the  famous  cathedral  town  of  Salisbury,  England,  the  daughter  of 
Herbert  R.  and  Alice  M.  (Johnson)  Richards.  Her  father  was  a  florist  in  England 
and  edited  floral  journals;  and  having  removed  to  Bristol,  Mrs.  Vanderburg  attended 
the  parochial  schools  there.  In  1906,  her  folks  came  out  to  Toronto,  where  her  father 
spent  a  few  months,  coming  on  to  Chicago  in  December,  still  interested  in  the  floral 
trade;  and  to  that  city  his  family  followed.  Mr.  Richards  remained  in  Chicago  for 
five  years,  both  conducting  a  florist  business  and  representing  the  "American  Florist"; 
and  during  that  time  Mrs.  Richards,  esteemed  by  all  who  had  come  to  know  her,  passed 
away.  In  1910  Mr.  Richards  came  west  to  California  and  two  years  later  settled  in 
Montebello;  and  there  he  still  lives,  active  as  a  florist. 

After  his  marriage,  Mr.  Vanderburg  continued  on  his  father's  ranch,  caring  for  the 
ten  acres,  five  of  which  he  had  purchased,  and  he  also  built  a  home  there.  The  ten 
acres  are  devoted  to  the  culture  of  Valencia  and  Navel  oranges,  and  though  under 
the  service  of  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  there  were  eight  neighboring 
ranchers  who  joined  together  and  put  down  a  well,  having  a  fourteen-inch  flow,  suitable 
for  irrigating  their  various  properties.  Mr.  Vanderburg  markets  his  oranges  through 
the  Fullerton  Mutual  Orange  Growers  Association,  and  sends  to  market  some  of  the 
choicest  fruit  raised  hereabouts. 

A  son,  Raymond  Lester,  has  blessed  the  happy  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vanderburg, 
who  attend  the  Methodist  Church.  Mr.  Vanderburg  for  years  was  a  Prohibitionist,  but 
now  that  the  desired-for  goal  has  been  reached,  he  believes  that  attention  should  be 
concentrated  on  the  fitness  of  the  candidate  for  office. 

THEODORE  A.  MEYER. — A  progressive,  successful  rancher  who  has  had  the 
advantage  of  wide  travel  and  a  varied,  extensive  experience  in  other  fields,  is  Theodore 
A.  Meyer,  a  native  of  the  city  of  Hanover,  Germany,  where  he  was  born  on  May  24, 
1860,  the  son  of  John  C.  and  Albertine  (Ash)  Meyer.  Theodore  received  a  good  edu- 
cation in  the  excellent  schools  of  that  country,  completing  his  college  course  at  the 
gymnasium  in  Hanover,  after  which  he  served  in  the  German  army  from  which  he 
retired  with  a  commission.  His  father  was  an  educator  who  attained  prominence  and 
was  well  known  beyond  the  confines  of  Germany  for  his  furthering  of  commerce;  and 
perhaps  it  was  because  of  his  early  familiarity  with  distant  lands  that  led  our  subject, 
when  he  was  only  eighteen  years  of  age,  to  leave  home  and  go  to  South  Africa,  where 
he  engaged  in  plantation  work.  When  the  Zulu  War  broke  out,  he  joined  the  Colonial 
forces  and  served  throughout  the  campaigns  as  a  first  lieutenant.  He  purchased  provi- 
sions and  cattle  from  the  Boers  for  the  use  of  the  Imperial  troops,  and  so  aided  in 
British  victory. 

After  the  war,  he  made  a  small  fortune  in  the  diamond  fields  of  South  Africa,  and 
later  he  took  a  trip  to  the  West  Coast.  He  spent  two  years  in  Africa,  and  then  sailed 
for  India.  He  was  some  time  in  Calcutta  and  later  in  Ceylon;  and  he  had  charge  of 
government  billets  in  India.  After  a  year  in  India,  he  went  on  to  Australia,  and  there 
he  settled  in  Adelaide;  and  so  well  was  he  pleased  with  that  country,  that  he  spent 
thirty  years  there.  He  made  up  an  expedition  to  explore  the  continent,  intending  to 
cross  from  the  south  to  the  north,  about  midway  east  and  west;  but  he  struck  hardships, 
all  his  natives  left  him,  and  with  another  white  companion  he  nearly  died  of  thirst  while 
crossing  the  arid  regions.  On  this  trip  he  discovered  a  gold  mine  that  nine  years  later 
proved  to  be  very  productive  of  the  coveted  metal.  While  in  Australia,  he  was  an 
importer  of  house-furnishing  goods,  and  he  was  also  captain  of  the  mounted  police  in 
the  vicinity  of  Tanunda  and  he  was  postmaster  for  seven  years  at  Tanunda.  He  intro- 
duced irrigation  into  southern  Australia,  but  had  to  overcome  the  stupid  obstinacy  of 
the  natives,  who  were  slow  to  take  up  new  ideas. 

In  1911,  Mr.  Meyer  came  to  California  and  settled  at  Upland,  where  he  purchased 
six  and  a  half  acres  of  oranges  and  for  six  years  made  that  neighborhood  his  home. 
In  1917,  fie  sold  out  and  came  to  Orange  County.  Now  he  has  a  twenty-acre  ranch 
on  Anaheim  Road,  near  Sunkist  Avenue,  with  four-year-old  trees,  which  are  developing 
splendidly  in  a  rich  soil.  He  receives  the  irrigation  water  needed  from  a  private  pump° 
ing  plant  known  as  the  Eucalyptus  Water  Company. 

Mr.  Meyer  has  been  twice  married.  He  was  wedded  to  his  first  wife,  Miss  Emily 
Edmonds,  in  Australia,  a  native  of  England  who  had  come  to  Australia  when  she  was  a 
mere  child.  And  in  Australia  -the  estimable  lady  died  in  1906,  the  mother  of  five  chil- 
dren, three  of  whom  are  still  living:  Mary  is  Mrs.  Martin  of  Pasadena;  Emily  is  Mrs. 
Muir  of  Los  Angeles;  and  there  is  Theodore  J.  who  served  in  the  great  World  War 
with  the  regular  army  as  one  of  the  Thirteenth  Field  Artillery,  Fourth  Division      He 


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went  through  all  the  major  offensives  in   France,  and  returned  home  to  civilian  life 
in  September,  1919. 

In  February,  1917,  in  the  city  of  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Meyer  was  married  to  Mrs. 
Maud  (Farnham)  Clay,  born  in  Sanbornton,-  Belknap  County,  N.  H.,  a  daughter  of 
Horace  and  Anna  B.  (Pike)  Farnham,  born  in  Maine  and  New  Hampshire,  respectively. 
Her  maternal  great-grandfather  Clark  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  Horace  Farn- 
ham was  an  expert  temperer  of  tools  and  watch  springs.  He  passed  away -while  on 
a  trip  to  Maine  while  his  wife  died  in  New  Hampshire.  Maud  Farnham  was  reared  in 
St.  Lawrence  County,  N.  Y.,  where  she  specialized  in  bookkeeping  and  when  eighteen 
years  of  age  went  to  New  York  City  where  she  was  a  bookkeeper  for  different  com- 
mercial enterprises.  In  that  city,  too,  she  was  married  the  first  time,  being  united  with 
Myron  Clay.  She  came  to  California  in  1907,  and  became  the  pioneer  settler  in  the 
Golden  State  tract  on  the  Anaheim  Road  in  Orange  County.  When  she  purchased  this 
twenty  acres  it  was  overgrown  with  cactus  and  brush,  which  she  had  cleared  and 
improved  for  farming  and  she  is  now  the  only  one  left  of  the  original  settlers  on  the 
tract.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Placentia  Presbyterian  Church  as  well  as  active  in  its 
Missionary  Societies  and  Ladies'  Social  Circle.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Meyer  are  both  enter- 
prising; are  believers  in  protection  and  Republicans. 

EDGAR  W.  MOORE.— When  the  early  settlers  of  California  realized  the  advan- 
tage and  oftimes  the  necessity  of  irrigating  their  crops,  they  naturally  chose  the 
easiest  method  of  accomplishing  this — the  open-ditch  system;  but  as  the  country  became 
more  thickly  settled  and  the  water  problem  grew  more  acute,  the  wastefulness  of  this 
primitive  means  was  recognized,  and  thus  the  opportunity  for  a  new  industry  was 
created,  that  of  the  manufacture  of  concrete  pipe.  In  this  business  Edgar  W.  Moore 
has  been  successfully  engaged  since  coming  to  Fullerton  in  1914.  A  native  of  Missouri, 
Mr.  Moore  was  born  at  Knobnoster,  in  that  state,  on  April  24,  1881.  His  parents  were 
William  P.  and  Martha  (Skaggs)  Moore,  and  of  their  seven  children,  Edgar  was  the 
third  in  order  of  birth.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  the  locality 
and  in  the  hard  school  of  experience.  At  an  early  age  he  began  working  on  the  farm 
and  this  he  continued  through  the  years  of  his  young  manhood. 

In  1907,  desiring  to  seek  broader  opportunities  for  advancement,  Mr.  Moore, 
accompanied  by  his  mother,  came  to  California,  and  locating  at  San  Bernardino,  became 
overseer  of  a  large  tract  of  land,  remaining  there  for  six  years.  He  then  came  to  Fuller- 
ton  and  with  his  brother  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  concrete  pipe  at  202  West  Santa 
Fe  Avenue.  In  1919  he  bought  out  his  brother's  interest,  and  is  making  a  splendid 
success  of  his  business  in  which  he  employs  about  ten  men.  He  finds  a  market  for 
practically  all  of  his  output  in  the  vicinity;  in  addition,  he  also  contracts  to  install  the 
pipe  in  orchards,  as  well  as  doing  a  general  cement  contracting  business. 

On  June  6,  1918,  Mr.  Moore  was  married  to  Margaret  Wix  Haffly,  and  a  little 
daughter,  Mary  Margaret,  has  come  to  bless  their  home.  The  family  attend  the  Baptist 
Church,  and  in  politics  Mr.  Moore  is  a  Democrat.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Fullerton 
Board  of  Trade.  With  a  deep  interest  in  all  that  concerns  the  future  of  Orange  County, 
particularly  of  Fullerton,  Mr.  Moore  can  be  counted  upon  to  take  an  active  part  in 
every  worthy  civic  project. 

ALEXANDER  J.  CHRISTLIEB.— A  citrus  rancher  who,  through  his  thorough 
and  exceedingly  valuable  knowledge  of  citrus  nursery  stock,  and  his  scientific  experi- 
ments with  trees,  has  done  much  to  advance  horticulture  in  Orange '  County,  is  Alex- 
ander J.  Christlieb,  the  rancher  of  West  Orangethorpe  Avenue,  who  was  born  in  Long 
Lake,  Minn.,  on  August  1,  1882.  His  father  was  I.  A.  Christlieb,  a  farmer  known  for 
his  progressive  methods,  and  he  had  married  Miss  Mary  E.  Clasen.  In  1897  he  came  to 
Xos  Angeles  to  live. 

Alexander  grew  up  on  his  father's  farm,  while  he  attended  the  common  schools 
of  his  home  district,  and  in  1900  he  fellowed  his  father  to  California.  The  latter  pur- 
chased forty-nine  acres  on  Brookhurst  Road  and  Orangethorpe  Avenue,  and  at  that 
time  it  was  vacant  mesa  land;  and  Alexander  and  his  brother,  B.  H.,  helped  to  develop 
the  acreage,  which  is  devoted  exclusively , to  oranges.  They  have  a  private  pumping 
plant  with  a  capacity  of  ninety  inches  of  water,  and  so  have  already  solved  the  irrigation 
problem.  I.  A.  Christlieb  passed  away  in  1917,  esteemed  and  lamented  by  all  who 
knew  him. 

Mr.  Christlieb  is  also  interested  with  his  brother  in  a  half-section  of  land  in  the 
Imperial  Valley;  it  is  agricultural  land,  but  at  present  has  no  water  supply.  He  expects 
to  prove  up  on  it,  however,  and  had  it  under  what  is  known  as  the  Relief  Act.  On  his 
Fullerton  ranch  he  is  digging  large  pits,  three  to  four  feet  deep,  and  putting  in  a 
heavier  soil,  and  thereby  hopes  to  get  orange  trees  of  greater  strength  and  growth. 
Mr.  Christlieb  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  of  Anaheim,  and  the 
Anaheim  Exchange. 


1530  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

JESSE  GOODWIN. — A  farmer  whose  prosperity  and  good  taste  are  attested  by 
the  magnificent  home  he  has  recently  erected  on  his  ranch  at  the  corner  of  East 
Orangethorpe  and  Raymond,  a  modern  structure,  by  the  way,  notable  as  one  of  the 
finest  country  residences  in  Orange  County,  is  Jesse  Goodwin,  who  was  born  near 
Stockton  in  San  Joaquin  County  on  April  6,  1876,  the  son  of  Almon  Goodwin,  also  a 
native  of  San  Joaquin  County,  and  a  nephew  of  Major  Goodwin,  the  right  hand  man  of 
General  Fremont  on  his  perilous  expedition  into  California.  Almon  Goodwin  was  a 
playmate  with  Gov.  James  H.  Budd  in  their  boyhood  days,  and  with  his  brother  George 
took  over  the  ranch  of  their  father,  who  came  from  St.  Lawrence  County  in  New 
York  State.  He  married  Miss  Katherine  Vilinger,  and  became  a  man  notable  in  Orange 
County  for  his  association  with  its  rapid  development. 

Jesse  Goodwin  was  four  years  old  when  his  parents  came  to  Southern  California; 
he  grew  up  on  the  farm  and  attended  the  public  schools  at  Tustin  and  Santa  Ana. 
From  a  lad  he  assisted  on  the  ranch  and  became  an  adept  at  farming.  In  1897  he  en- 
gaged in  raising  sugar  beets  near  Buena  Park,  but  that  year  proved  a  dry  season,  and 
he  decided  to  discontinue  the  venture.  From  1898,  for  a  year  and  a  half  he  was  em- 
ployed by  the  Buena  Park  Creamery,  after  which  he  came  to  Orangethorpe  and  began 
his  career  as  a  citriculturist  by  improving  a  nineteen-acre  orange  grove  now  in  full 
bearing.  However,  he  has  disposed  of  all  but  nine  acres  fronting  on  East  Orange- 
thorpe Avenue  devoted  to  raising  Valencia  oranges,  having  brought  the  grove  to  a  high 
standard  as  a  producer  both  as  to  quantity  and  quality  of  the  fruit,  ample  water  for 
irrigation  being  obtained  from  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company.  The  elegant 
residence  already  referred  to  was  completed  in  December,  1919,  where  the  family 
generously  dispense  the  old-time  California  hospitality. 

In  November,  1897,  Mr.  Goodwin  was  married  at  Buena  Park  to  Miss  Rose 
Hickey,  born  near  Montgomery,  Ala.,  and  the  daughter  of  Richard  and  Jane  (Weathers) 
Hickey.  They  came  to  California  when  Mrs.  Goodwin  was  ten  years  old,  so  that  she 
almost  regards  herself  as  a  native  daughter.  Six  children  have  been  granted  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Goodwin.  Ina  graduated  from  the  Fullerton  high  school  and,  marrying,  became 
Mrs.  Jesse  C.  Michaeli  of  this  vicinity;  Almon  is  also  a  graduate  of  the  Fullerton  high 
school,  while  Alice  I.  is  still  a  student  there.  The  other  children,  Herbert,  James  and 
Donald,  are  pupils  at  the  grammar  schools.  Mr.  Goodwin  was  made  a  Mason  in 
Fullerton  Lodge  No.  339,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  was  exalted  in  Fullerton  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.; 
he  is  also  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Council,  R.  &  S.  M.  and  the  Fullerton  lodge  of 
Odd  Fellows,  being  a  past  grand  in  the  latter.  With  his  wife  he  is  a  member  of  both 
the  Eastern  Star  and  the  Rebekahs.  Mrs.  Goodwin  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Church  in  Fullerton  while  Mr.  Goodwin  is  a  firm  believer  in  protection  and  naturally 
a  decided  Republican. 

LORON  W.  EVANS. — The  prominent  citizen  and  prosperous  rancher,  Loron  W. 
Evans,  whose  property  lies  about  one  mile  north  of  El  Modena,  is  not  only  a  good 
horticulturist,  but  a  most  excellent  manager.  His  thrift  and  progressive  ideas  make  him 
a  leader  among  El  Modena's  citizens,  and  in  the  seventeen  years  of  his  residence  in 
this  locality  he  has  prospered  and  is  now  enjoying  the  fruit  of  his  arduous  labor  of 
past  years.  His  home  ranch  comprises  sixteen  and  one-half  acres,  and  this  in  con- 
junction with  the  ranch  of  his  sister,  M.  Lulu  Evans,  makes  thirty-five  acres  under  his 
care.^  With  the  exception  of  two  acres  Mr.  Evans  set  out  the  entire  thirty-five  acres 
to  citrus  fruit,  starting  his  groves  from  the  seed  and  afterward  budding  them  to 
Valencia  oranges  and  lemons,  of  which  latter  he  has  five  acres. 

Mr.  Evans  is  a  native  of  Iowa,  having  been  born  near  Ackley,  August  8,  1870. 
His  father  Owen,  was  born  in  Reading,  Pa.,  and  his  mother,  who  in  maidenhood  was 
Emily  L.  Andrews,  was  a  native  of  Southern  Ohio.  His  parents  were  married  in  Iowa 
and  the  father  followed  the  occupation  of  a  house  painter,  decorator  and  carriage 
painter.  The  paternal  grandfather,  Owen  Evans,  who  was  a  native  of  Wales  was 
an  iron  worker  and  foundryman,  and  built  one  of  the  first  blast  furnaces  ever  erected 
m  Pennsylvania.  He  was  married  in  his  native  country  to  Annie  Pereoreen  Mr 
Evans  is  the  second  child  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  five  children,  namely  M 
Lulu,  Loron  W.,  Jessie  M.,  Frank  Uriah,  and  Myrtle,  the  latter  three  being  deceased! 

Loron  W.  was  four  years  of  age  when  his  parents  removed  to  Firth  Lancaster 
County,  Nebr.,  in  1874,  and  the  family  shared  incidentally  in  the  vicissitudes  that  came 
to  that  section  of  country  through  the  grasshopper  scourge  in  those  years.  The  elder 
Evans  followed  his  trade  of  house  and  carriage  painter  at  Firth,  and  when  Loron 
was  a  lad  of  fourteen  the  family  moved  to  Dawes  County,  Nebr.,  170  miles  from  the 
railroad,  and  homesteaded  a  piece  of  land.  Loron  helped  turn  the  virgin  sod  of  Ne- 
braska and  attended  the  district  schools,  later  becoming  a  student  in  the  State  Normal 
at  Pe™,  Nebr.  He  passed  the  teachers'  examination  and  taught  school  in  Dawes 
County,  Nebr.,  and  in  1903  accompanied  his  father,   mother  and  sister  to   California 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1533 

settling  in  EI  Modena  precinct,  on  the  east  side  of  Alameda  Street.  The  father  pur- 
chased twenty-one  and  a  half  acres  of  land  and  later  added  to  this  by  the  purchase  of 
another  twenty  acres.  The  father  died  at  El  Modena  in  1908,  aged  sixty-three;  the 
mother  was  sixty-seven  at  her  demise  in  1914.  In  1901-2  Loron  W.  made  a  trip 
to  Oregon  and  engaged  in  the  vocation  of  carpentering  at  Corvallis,  remaining  there 
a  little  over  a  year.  He  returned  to  Orange  County  when  his  father  purchased  the 
present  home  place,  February  19,  1904.  His  marriage  in  1907,  united  him  with  Miss 
Rosa  B.  Robinson,  daughter  of  Fletcher  Robinson  of  North  Carolina,  in  which  state 
Mrs.  Evans  was  also  born.  She  came  to  California  about  the  same  time  that  her  hus- 
band came  to  the  state.  Two  children  have  been  born  to  them — Norol  Owen  and 
Richard  Fletcher  by  name. 

For  m'any  years  Mr,  Evans  has  been  associated  with  the  John  T.  Carpenter  Water 
Company,  which  furnishes  water  for  irrigation.  He  was  first  a  stockholder  in  the 
company,  then  became  a  director  and  in  1908  was  elected  its  president,  in  which  capacity 
he  has  served  continuously  ever  since.  The  company  served  about  1,100  acres  of 
citrus  land  and  obtained  the  water  from  Santiago  River  wells.  Mr.  Evans  is  a  trustee 
from  El  Modena  precinct  on  the  Orange  Union  high  school  board,  and  has  served  on 
the  election  board  and  as  juryman  in  the  district  court  at  Santa  Ana.  He  is  a  stock- 
holder in  the  National  Bank  of  Orange,  is  a'  member  of  the  Central  Lemon  Growers 
Association  at  Villa  Park,  is  director  and  vice-president  in  the  McPherson  Heights 
Orange  Growers  Association  and  also  a  director  and  president  of  the  Orange  County 
Fumigation  Company  from  its  organization.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican  in  national 
issues,  but  in  local  matters  is  governed  by  principle  and  votes  for  the  man  he  thinks 
best  qualified  for  the  public  office.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Evans  are  members  of  the  First 
Methodist  Church  at  Orange. 

ANTONE  BORCHARD. — This  enterprising,  successful  rancher  was  born  near 
what  is  now  Oxnard,  where  the  well-known  sugar  beet  factory  is  located,  on  September 
6,  1883,  the  son  of  Casper  Borchard,  a  native  of  Hanover,  Germany,  who  is  still  living 
and  resides  at  Newbury  Park,  Ventura  County.  His  wife,  who  was  Theresa  Maring, 
also  a  native  of  Hanover,  died  when  Anton  was  in  his  fourteenth  year.  The  father 
never  remarried,  but  he  divided  his  lands  among  his  children,  and  now  has  the  satis- 
faction of  seeing  all  of  his  family  useful,  prosperous  and  honored  citizens.  He  and 
his  good  wife  were  hard-working,  frugal  people,  and  they  became  large  landowners  in 
Ventura,  Madera  and  Orange  counties. 

When  Casper  Borchard  first  came  to  California,  the  livestock  business  was  the 
one  great  occupation  which  engaged  nearly  all  of  the  white  settlers  in  the  state,  and 
he  soon  began  to  raise  cattle,  horses,  mules,  some  sheep  and  even  goats.  He  was  from 
the  beginning  well  supported  by  his  five  sons  and  three  daughters,  the  boys  caring  for 
the  cattle  on  the  hills  of  Ventura  County  from  the  time  they  were  old  enough  to  ride 
a  horse.  For  a  while,  Casper  had  a  herd  of  about  900  cattle,  and  he  became  the  owner 
of  more  than  3,000  acres  in  Ventura  County,  and  of  about  as  wide  a  stretch  in  Madera 
County.  He  came  down  to  Orange  County,  and  with  his  excellent  judgment  of  soil 
and  farming  lands  bought  extensively  in  the  Gospel  Swamp  south  and  east  of  what 
is  now  Huntington  Beach.  He  added  to  his  original  purchases  from  time  to  time, 
until  he  became  one  of  the  large  landowners  in  Orange  County,  while  he  also  retained 
his  large  holdings  in  Ventura  and  Madera  counties. 

These  worthy  parents  reared  eight  children.  Rosa  is  now  the  wife  of  Silas  Kelley, 
the  rancher  of  Ventura  County,  and  resides  at  Newbury  Park;  M.ary  presides  over  her 
father's  house;  Leo  was  an  extensive  rancher  near  Huntington  Beach,  now  retired  in 
Santa  Ana;  Casper,  Jr.,  is  a  rancher  near  Newbury  Park;  Antone,  the  fifth  in  the  order 
of  birth,  is  the  subject  of  this  review;  Frank  P.  is  another  large  landowner  residing  in 
Santa  Ana;  Charles  is  a  rancher  at  Fairview,  Orange  County;  and  Theresa  is  the  wife 
of  Ed  Borchard,  a  rancher  at  Newbury  Park. 

Antone  Borchard  began  riding  the  range  with  his  father,  making  himself  generally 
useful  about  his  father's  extensive  grain  and  stock  farm,  and  so  well  did  he  early  learn 
to  handle  horses  that  he  was  able  to  drive  two,  four,  six,  eight  or,  finally,  even  thirty- 
two  horses  on  the  great  Holt  combined  harvester  and  thresher  used  by  the  Borchards  in 
reaping  the  golden  grain  of  Ventura  County.  He  saw  the  establishing  of  the  great 
Oxnard  Sugar  Factory;  and  as  the  Borchard  land  was  well-suited  to  the  growing  of 
sugar  beets,  they  became  interested  in  that  industry  and  took  rank  among  the  leading 
beet  growers,  as  they  had  previously  led  in  the  livestock  and  grain  farming  industries. 

When  twenty-two  years  of  age,  in  partnership  with  his  younger  brother,  Frank 
P.  Borchard,  he  rented  his  father's  grain  ranch  of  3,000  acres  in  Ventura  County,  and 
for  four  years,  or  until  he  married,  the  brothers  farmed  it  successfully  together.  In 
1911' Mr.  Borchard  was  married  in  that  county  to  Miss  Anna  Kellner,  a  young  lady  of 
German  birth  who  has  proven  a  most  excellent  wife  and  helpmate.     She  was  born  in 


1534  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

the  ancient  town  of  Duderstadt,  Hanover,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Amalia  (Adler) 
Kellner,  farmers  who  also  had  a  bakery  and  a  restaurant,  and  who  because  of  their 
industry  and  enterprise,  became  prosperous.  Her  father  had  been  a  schoolmate  with 
Casper  Borchard;  and  when  the  latter  returned  to  California  from  a  visit  to  Germany 
in  1906,  Miss  Kellner  and  several  other  young  women  and  men  of  Duderstadt  accom- 
panied him.  Her  parents  both  lived  and  died  in  Germany,  and  she  still  has  four  sisters 
and  two  brothers  living  in  that  country.  They  duly  landed  in  New  York  after  an  un- 
eventful voyage  across  the  Atlantic,  and  on  August  24,  1906,  reached  Oxnard.  Since 
her  advent  in  the  Golden  State,  Mrs.  Borchard  has  thoroughly  adopted  American  and 
Californian  ways,  and  she  is  in  perfect  accord  with  their  institutions.  Physically  and 
mentally  well-endowed,  she  is  among  the  busiest  of  women,  caring  conscientiously  for 
her  household  and  her  four  children — Vincent,  Frances,  Bernice  and  Wilma. 

For  four  years  Antone  farmed  with  his  brother,  Frank  P.,  and  then  for  four  years 
he  was  in  partnership  with  another  brother,  Casper,  Jr.  After  his  marriage,  the 
partnership  was  dissolved;  but  Antone  continued  to  operate  one-half  of  the  Borchard 
holdings  in  Ventura  County  until  1914,  when  he  came  down  to  Orange  County,  where 
the  father,  Casper  Borchard,  already  owned  much  land,  and  bought  the  Ed  Farnsworth 
ranch  of  245  acres.  This  he  has  well  improved  by  building  a  beautiful  country  resi- 
dence in  bungalow  style,  with  barns,  water  wells,  a  tank  house  and  other  desirable 
accessories.  It  is  commandingly  situated  on  the  east  side  of  the  county  highway, 
running  from  Santa  Ana  to  Greenville,  about  four  miles  south  of  Santa  Ana. 

Mr.  Borchard  has  never  been  afraid  of  hard  work,  and  is  never  idle,  and  he  has 
certainly  succeeded  in  the  raising  of  livestock,  grain  farming,  and  the  cultivation  of 
sugar  beets,  as  well  as  lima  beans.  His  land  is  exceptionally  adapted  to  the  latter, 
and  produces  as  many  as  twenty-two  sacks  to  the  acre.  In  1918  he  helped  to  organize 
and  is  an  officer  in  the  Greenville  Bean  Growers  Warehouse.  The  company  has  erected 
a  fireproof  cement  warehouse,  on  the  line  of  the  Pacific  Electric  at  Greenville,  and  they 
have  installed  up-to-date  machinery  for  cleaning  and  sorting  the  beans,  and  are  handling 
approximately  half  a  million  dollars'  worth  of  beans  annually. 

Although  a  man  who  has  succeeded  beyond  the  majority  of  men,  so  that  he  is 
now  a  man  of  wealth  and  affluence,  Antone  Borchard  still  actively  farms  his  own  place, 
and  can  be  seen  any  day  superintending  the  place  and  doing  what  is  necessary  to  be 
done  around   the  ranch,  where  he  is  constantly  making  improvements. 

HERBERT  ANDREW  FORD,  D.  D.  S.— The  distinction  of  being  a  native  Cali- 
fornian, and  the  son  of  a  California  pioneer  belongs  to  Herbert  Andrew  Ford,  D.  D.  S., 
of  Fullerton.  He  was  born  at  Fullerton,  Cal.,  June  27,  1895,  and  is  the  son  of  Herbert 
Alvin  and  Carrie  (McFadden)  Ford.  His  father,  who  is  deceased,  followed  the  occu- 
pation of  ranching  during  his  lifetime.  The  mother  is  still  living,  and  Herbert  A.  is  the 
youngest  of  her  three  children. 

He  received  a  good  public  and  high  school  education,  which  was  supplemented 
with  a  professional  course  in  the  dental  department  of  the  University  of  Southern 
California,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1918  with  the  above  degree.  He  saw  service  in 
the  Medical  Corps  of  the  U.  S.  Army,  stationed  at  Camp  Greenleaf,  Ft.  Oglethorpe,  Ga., 
and  upon  being  discharged  he  opened  his  practice  in  Fullerton.  He  is  a  young' man 
of  fine  characteristics,  standing  on  the  threshold  of  a  promising  future,  and  has  become 
substantially  identified  with  the  dental  profession  at  Fullerton,  in  which  he  has  built 
up  a  lucrative  practice.  He  is  a  member  of  Los  Angeles  County  Dental  Association 
Southern  California  Dental  Association  and  the  National  Dental  Association  and  also 
of  the  Delta  Sigma  Delta  Fraternity.  ' 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  Fullerton;  politically  he  is 
nonpartisan;  and  fraternally  he  affiliates  with  Anaheim  Lodge  1345  of  Elks-  is  a  member 
of  the  Fullerton  Club  and  the  Hacienda  Country  Club  of  La  Habra  as  well'as  the  Board 
of  Trade,  and  takes  a  warm  interest  in  the  general  welfare  of  Orange  County. 

PLEASANT  B.  LEE.— One  of  the  enterprising  ranchers  of  Orange  County  Cal 
engaged  exclusively  in  growing  lima  beans  and  deeply  impressed  with  the  great  possi- 
bilities of  the  soil  and  climate  is  Pleasant  B.  Lee,  a  native  of  Tennessee,  where  he  was 
^?^u-  ^\.^°°^V^}^'  P"'°^"  County,  February  26,  1884.  His  parents  Nathaniel  and 
Millisa  (Myatt)  Lee  were  also  natives  of  Tennessee,  and  of  their  family  of  nine  children 
seven  are  living.  Pleasant  B.  is  the  eldest  and  the  only  one  of  the  family  in  California' 
The  other  children  are:  William,  Eldridge,  Alfred,  Everett,   Clinton  and  Naomi 

From  a  lad  Pleasant  B.  cheerfully  learned  the  tasks  necessary  for  making  a  suc- 
cess of  farming  as  earned  on  in  Tennessee  and  meanwhile  obtained  a  good  education 
in  the  grammar  school  in  his  neighborhood.  He  assisted  his  parents  on  the  home 
farm  until  he  came  to  Orange  County,  Cal.,  in  1906.  For  three  years  he  was  in  the 
employ  oi  Mr  Zemeau,  a  retail  oil  merchant  in  Santa  Ana,  then  for  two  years  with  the 
Pioneer  Truck  Company  after  which  he  had  a  position  with   the  Standard  Oil  Com- 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1537 

pany  until  he  resigned  in  1915  to  become  foreman  on  the  present  ranch  of  W.  A.  Cook 
until  1919,  when  he  took  over  the  lease  of  200  acres,  which  he  devotes  to  raising  lima 
beans.  He  is  an  energetic  and  progressive  young  man  of  the  type  that  makes  a  suc- 
cess in  life.  He  established  domestic  ties  by  his  marriage  in  Santa  Ana,  February  14, 
1907,  to  Miss  Margaret  L.  Matthew,  a  native  of  Santa  Ana  and  a  daughter  of  Oscar  and 
Cora  (Ratcliffe)  Matthew,  born  in  Forest  Hill,  Cal.,  and  Bellefontaine,  Ohio,  respec- 
tively, who  were  married  at  Downey,  Cal.,  where  they  were  farmers;  they  now  make 
their  home  in  Santa  Ana.  Mrs.  Lee  is  the  eldest  of  their  five  children  and  received  her 
education  in  the  public  schools.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lee  are  consistent  members  of  the 
Christian  Church  and  fraternally  Mr.  Lee  is  affiliated  with  the  order  of  Maccabees. 

THOMAS  BLACKLOCK  WELCH.— For  many  years  well  known  in  the  Eastern 
markets  through  his  association  with  the  mercantile  business,  Thomas  B.  Welch  has 
spent  the  past  ten  years  of  his  life  as  a  citrus  rancher.  Mr.  Welch  was  born  at  Bots- 
ford,  Westmoreland  County,  New  Brunswick,  April  21,  18S0,  his  father  being  the  Hon. 
E.  A.  Welch,  a  prominent  "attorney,  who  was  also  interested  in  agriculture  and  lumber- 
ing. His  mother  was  Jean  (Blacklock)  Welch.  They  were  natives  of  Ecclefechen, 
Dumfriesshire,  Scotland,  and  were  members  of  old  Presbyterian  families  who  were 
prominent  in  Scotch  history.  Mr.  Welch  was  the  eldest  of  eight  children,  only  three 
of  whom  now  survive.  He  was  educated  in  the  pay  schools  of  his  home  locality 
and  assisted  on  the  home  farm  and  in  lumbering.  .When  a  young  man  of  sixteen 
he  apprenticed  to  the  dry  goods  business  serving  three  years,  when  he  joined  an  im- 
porting house  in  St.  John,  New  Brunswick.  In  1877,  the  city  of  •  St.  John  suffered  a 
disastrous  fire  and  Mr.  Welch  had  the  misfortune  of  seeing  his  home  and  interest  in  the 
business  wiped  out.  The  following  year  he  brought  his  family  to  the  States,  and 
settled  at  Boston,  Mass.  For  many  years  he  was  foreign  buyer  of  fine  fabrics,  linens 
and  laces  for  a  number  of  exclusive  importing  firms  in  Boston,  then  St.  Louis,  then 
Chicago,  where  he  was  with  Mandel  Bros,  for  nine  years,  then  New  York  City  with  Lord 
and  Taylor,  continuing  for  thirteen  years.  He  made  numerous  trips  abroad  in  this 
connection  and  traveled  extensively  throughout  all  the  large  European  countries. 

In  1910,  Mr.  Welch  retired  from  active  commercial  life  and  came  with  his  family 
to  California,  and  on  April  21  of  that  year  he  purchased  a  tract  of  twenty  acres  at 
Yorba  Linda  which  he  named  the  Valley  View  ranch.  He  at  once  began  experimenting 
in  citrus  culture  and  in  this  he  has  been  very  successful  and  his  ranch  is  now  one  of  the 
most  attractive  places  in  the  district.  When  he  settled  at  Yorba  Linda,  ten  years  ago, 
there  were  only  a  couple  of  houses  in  sight  and  Mr.  Welch  has  taken  a  leading  part 
in  the  development  of  this  thriving  place.  He  was  instrumental  in  organizing  the 
Yorba  Linda  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  served  as  its  president  for  the  first  two  years 
of  its  existence.  As  president  of  the  Yorba  Linda  Water  Users  Association  he  was 
one  of  the  most  active  in  their  litigation,  and  finally  won  out  in  the  courts  over  the 
■  investment  company  that  was  endeavoring  to  float  a  bond  issue.  An  enthusiast  on  the 
subject  of  goods  roads,  he  was  an  earnest  supporter  of  the  bond  issue  to  build  the 
boulevard  in  that  locality. 

In  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  on  November  18,  187S,  occurred' Mr.  Welch's  marriage, 
when  he  was  united  with  Miss  Julia  A.  Crook,  a  native  of  St.  John,  N.  B.,  the  daughter 
of  Capt.  Isaac  and  Maria  (Canton)  Crook,  the  father  being  interested  in  a  number  of 
merchant  vessels  sailing  out  of  Halifax.  Mrs.  Welch  was  reared  in  Halifax  and  given 
an  excellent  education  in  the  Misses  Crawford's  School.  She  spent  many  interesting 
days  on  board  her  father's  vessels,  while  on  their  cruises.  Since  coming  to  California, 
Mrs.  Welch  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  all  the  community  affairs  at  Yorba  Linda, 
was  president  of  the  Woman's  Club,  and  it  was  through  her  instrumentality,  associated 
with  Mrs.  Carl  Seaman,  that  the  custom  of  holding  the  beautiful  Easter  sunrise  service 
there  was  established  and  it  was  she  who  had  the  cross  erected  on  the  hill  where  this 
service  is  held. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Welch  are  the  parentis  of  five  children:  Jessie  M.  is  the  wife  of 
Frederick  B.  Murlock,  superintendent  of  the  Memorial  Hospital  at  Richmond,  Va.; 
Edward  A.  is  owner  and  manager  of  the  Medford  Wholesale  Grocery  Company  at 
Medford,  Ore.;  Emma  V.  is  the  wife  of  Nelson  P.  Young  of  Los  Angeles;  Edith  G.  is 
the  wife  of  Charles  R.  Selover  of  Yorba  Linda.  It  was  through  Mrs.  Selover's  initiative 
that  the  Yorba  Linda  Public  Library  was  started,  and  she  supplied  the  first  books  for 
the  shelves.  The  youngest  son,  Harold  C,  is  the  manager  of  a  ranch  of  eighty  acres 
at  La  Habra.  Mr.  Welch  is  devoted  to  the  land  of  his  adoption  and  gave  freely  of 
his  time  and  means  in  all  the  Red  Cross  work  and  loan  campaigns  during  the  recent 
war.  In  politics  he  is  a  stanch  adherent  of  the  Republican  party.  The  family  are 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  their  comfortable  home  is  a  center  or 
hospitality  for  the  community. 
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1538  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

ARTHUR  WALDO  PURDY. — From  good  old  "down  East"  Nova  Scotia  have 
come  much  of  the  brawn  and  brain  which  at  times  have  proven  so  efficacious  in  pro- 
moting needed  enterprises  in  the  Golden  State  along  the  most  rational  and  successful 
lines  and  Nova  Scotians  settling  in  California  have  taken  a  promment  part,  m  particular, 
in  the  development  of  California  agriculture.  Arthur  Waldo  Purdy  is  a  living  repre- 
sentative, in  his  aggressive  operations  as  owner  of  the  Fullerton  Sanitary  Dairy,  of  just 
what  the  thoroughly-trained  farmer  from  that  favored  section  of  America  may  do,  given 
the  almost  unlimited  opportunities  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

He  was  born  in  Digby  County,  N.  S.,  on  August  28,  1882,  the  son  of  Albert  H. 
Purdy,  a  farmer,  who  married  Miss  Sophia  Potter,  by  whom  he  had  twelve  children. 
Arthur  was  the  ninth  in  the  order  of  birth,  and  was  educated  partly  in  Nova  Scotia, 
partly  in  New  Hampshire,  to  which  Yankee  State  he  had  gone  when  fourteen  years  of 
age  Later  he  attended  the  high  school  at  Wilton,  N.  H.,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated with  the  class  of  '02,  and  after  that  he  took  a  course  at  a  first-class  business 
college  in  Boston.  Mr.  Purdy,  therefore,  is  in  part  the. product  of  American  institu- 
tions, as  he  is  today  the  most  intense  and  loyal  of  American  citizens. 

For  a  while  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  with  a  brother,  taking  up  all  sides 
of  it,  even  to  the  running  of  a  sawmill,  and  then,  for  fourteen  years,  he  was  dairying, 
for  six  years  caring  for  the  estate  of  J.  E.  Devlin  at  Wilton.  On  the  first  of  December, 
1915,  he  came  to  Fullerton,  and  here  he  again  engaged  in  dairying.-  Since  that  time  he 
has  developed  his  interests  so  that  he  now  has  three  milk  wagons  and  supplies  the 
highest  grade  of  milk  to  Placentia,  Brea  and  Fullerton.  When  he  started  in  the  busi- 
ness here,  he  had  fifteen  cows  and  employed  one  assistant;  now  he  keeps  seven  people 
busy  caring  for  his  ISO  cows.  In  the  beginning,  years  ago,  he  handled  forty  gallons 
of  milk  a  day;  now  the  output  is  300  gallons.  In  the  spring  of  1920  he  consolidated 
his  business  with  the  Excelsior  Creamery  Company,  Santa  Ana,  of  which  company  he 
is  now  a  stockholder  and  director.     Naturally,  he  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade. 

On  June  17,  1906,  the  wedding  of  Mr.  Purdy  and  Miss  Evelyn  G.  Chesley,  a  native 
of  Milton  Mills,  N.  H.,  took  placeat  Farmington,  N.  H.,  and  they  are  blessed  with  one 
son,  Roland  C.  Purdy. 

LE  ROY  E.  LYON. — A  well-educated,  well-read  and  altogether  interesting  gen- 
tleman whose  enterprise  and  foresight  have  frequently  been  demonstrated  in  a  striking 
manner,  is  Le  Roy  E.  Lyon,  who  was  born  in  Wilmington,  Lake  County,  111.,  on  Sep- 
tember 20,  188S.  His  father  was  Edward  S.  Lyon,  also  a  native  of  the  Prairie  State,  and 
he  was  a  college  graduate  and  an  educator.  He  removed  to  Atwood,  Rawlins  County, 
Kans.,  and  there  became  influential  as  a  professor  until  his  health  failed,  when  he 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business.  Disappointed,  that  with  the  new  indoor  activity,  his 
health  did  not  improve,  he  went  in  for  cattle  raising  and  ranching  in  western  Kansas 
and  eastern  Colorado;  and  thus  occupied,  he  continued  until  his  death.  He  had  married 
Miss  Julia  Hegar,  a  native  of  Wisconsin;  and  of  their  three  children — LeRoy  is  the 
oldest  and  the  only  one  of  the  family  in  California. 

Le  Roy  was  brought  up  in  Kansas  and  attended  the  grammar  school  until  his 
twelfth  year,  when  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  North  Park,  Colo.,  and  there  attended 
the  high  school  at  Boulder.  Having  been  graduated  from  the  latter,  he  matriculated  in 
the  law  department  of  the  University  of  Colorado  at  Boulder,  and  continued  to  study 
there  until  his  junior  year;  but  on  account  of  the  bad  effect  upon  his  health  by  the  con- 
finement, he  abandoned  the  law  course,  and  in  1911  came  out  to  California  to  seek  a 
permanent  location. 

During  vacations,  Mr.  Lyon  assisted  his  father  and  rode  the  range,  and  this  gave 
him  an  excellent  opportunity  to  practice  shooting,  so  that  he  became  very  adept. 
When  he  started  in  high  school,  he  continued  shooting,  and  in  the  state  matches  won 
the  Colorado  state  championship.  Then  as  a  member  of  the  state  team  he  represented 
Colorado  in  national  matches,  and  for  three  years  his  team,  and  he  also  personally, 
won  many  honors.  In  the  report  of  the  National  Rifle  and  Revolver  Association  of 
America  both  his  portrait  and  pictures  of  the  cups  he  won  grace  the  volumes,  and  some 
of  these  cups  he  now  has  in  his  home.  Mr.  Lyon  has  won  over  seventy  medals  for 
expert  shooting,  some  of  them  very  difficult  to  attain. 

He  holds  two  seventy-five-yard  revolver  records — world  attainments — having  made 
ninety-three  points  out  of  one  hundred,  and  also  the  world's  fifty-yard  record,  where 
he  made  forty-nine  out  of  fifty.  By  being  an  expert  shot  he  put  himself  through  high 
school  and  college  in  this  manner,  nor  need  he  apologize  for  the  means  he  provided, 
especially  considering  the  educational  target  he  was  aiming  at.  In  1912  Mr.  Lyon  went 
back  from  California  to  Colorado  to  participate  in  the  state  championship  match,  and 
it  was  then  that  he  made  this  wonderful  record  in  shooting,  and  for  the  third  time. 

When,  in  1911,  he  bought  his  present  place  of  eighteen  and  one-half  acres  in  the 
Commonwealth  school  district  it  was  undeveloped  land,  partially  covered  with  cactus. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1541 

This  he  cleared  off  and  leveled  the  land;  then  he  bought  an  interest  in  a  water  com- 
pany, and  with  others  developed  water  and  installed  an  electrical  pumping  plant, 
distributing  the  water  by  means  of  cement  pipe  lines.  The  plant  was  incorporated  as 
the  Pilot  Water  Company,  and  of  this  organization  Mr.  Lyon  is  secretary  and  treasurer, 
and  a  director.  It  irrigates  already  158  acres  of  citrus  groves,  so  that  it  probably  has 
an  interesting  future.  Mr.  Lyon  set  out  the  nursery  stock,  and  budded  them  to  Valencia 
oranges,  and  thus  himself  made  his  eighteen  and  a  half  acres  a  fine  Valencia  orange 
grove,  now  in  good  bearing.  Until  he  got  well  started  with  his  citrus  industry,  he  raised 
vegetables  of  various  kinds,  particularly  potatoes.  He  operates  the  ranch  with  a  Ford 
tractor,  and  all  his  other  machinery  and  implements  are  of  the  latest  and  best  design. 
He  is  a  member,  and  a  very  interested,  progressive  one  at  that,  of  the  Placentia 
Mutual  Orange  Association,  and  supports  its  programs  vigorously. 

In  San  Bernardino  County,  Cal.,  Mr.  Lyon  was  married  to  Miss  Mildred  Laney, 
a  native  of  Missouri  who  came  to  California  with  her  parents.  She  attended  the  Ana- 
heim high  school,  and  grew  up  in  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Lyon  is  clerk  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  Commonwealth  school  district,  and  in  national  politics  he  is  a 
Republican. 

JUAN  D.  ORTEGA.- — An  interesting  representative  of  one  of  California's  oldest 
and  proudest  families  is  Juan  D.  Ortega,  the  experienced,  efficient  and  genial  manager 
of  the  famous  James  McFadden  ranch  south  of  Santa  Ana,  who  is  also  related  by  mar- 
riage with  another  celebrated  early  house,  that  of  Tico.  He  was  born  at  Santa  Bar- 
bara on  March  8,  1843,  the  son  of  Emidio  Ortega,  who  owned  the  Ortega  grant  of  two 
leagues  in  Santa  Barbara  County.  His  father,  the  grandfather  of  our  subject,  was 
also  Juan  Ortega,  a  Spanish  soldier  who  was  captain  of  the  troops  at  San  Gabriel, 
where  he  died.  The  wife  of  Emidio  Ortega  was  Concepcion  Dominguez  before  her 
marriage,  also  a  member  of  a  very  well-known  Spanish  family  here,  and  she  lived  to 
be  ninety-seven  and  a  half  years  old. 

Juan  D.  Ortega  grew  up  in  Santa  Barbara  County,  and  was  married  in  Ventura 
to  Eduvige  Tico,  the  ceremony  occurring  in  1866;  and  she  is  happily  still  living,  the 
mother  of  six  children.  Carlos  B.  was  the  eldest  and  kept  the  hotel  on  the  Irvine 
ranch;  he  died  on  March  3,  1920,  leaving  a  widow  and  two  children.  He  formerly 
resided  in  San  Diego  County,  where  he  was  deputy  sheriff.  Juan  B.  is  a  rancher  at 
Carlsbad,  San  Diego  County.  Frank  is  married  to  Miss  Lillie  Kelly,  a  native  daugh- 
ter, and  they  assist  their  father  on  the  ranch.  Otilia  is  the  wife  of  Frank  Carpenter, 
and  lives  at  Carlsbad.  Maria  A.  is  the  wife  of  Phil  Rutherford,  the  rancher,  and 
they  reside  at  Turlock,  in  Stanislaus  County,  and  Petra  is  the  wife  of  Juan  J.  Carillo, 
the  rancher,  at  El  Toro,  in  Orange  County. 

In  1869  Mr.  Ortega  came  to  San  Diego  County  and  there  commenced  a  ranching 
experience  of  fifty  years,  during  which  time  he  knew  Ernest  Erastus  Horton,  the 
Spreckels  and  other  leading  men  of  the  city  and  county  of  San  Diego.  For  the  past 
three  and  a  half  years  he  has  managed  the  James  McFadden  ranch,  which  is  a  land- 
mark at  Santa  Ana,  being  devoted  to  general  or  mixed  farming.  It  was  owned  by 
the  late  James  McFadden,  the  pioneer,  who  built  the  railroad  to  Newport  Beach  and 
owned  the  steamboat  plying  between  San  Francisco  and  Newport,  and  had  much  to 
do  with  the  building  up  of  Santa  Ana  and  other  parts  of  the  Southland.  His  widow 
and  daughter  still  own  the  ranch,  and  live  at  Altadena,  and  the  family  name  is  every- 
where held  in  esteem. 

Mr.  Ortega  has  always  been  as  hard-working  as  he  has  been  successful,  and  his 
foresight,  industry  and  prosperity  have  entitled  him  to  a  reputation  such  as  anyone 
might  envy. 

J'OHN  KNOWLTON  BROWN.— A  studious  agriculturist  who,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-one,  is  still  active  in  California  horticultural  circles  as  the  owner  of  three  trim 
ranches,  is  John  Knowlton  Brown,  the  philanthropist  of  Anaheim,  who  was  born  on 
May  22,  1840,  at  Liberty,  Waldo  County,  Maine.  His  father  was  the  late  Dr.  Joab 
Brown,  physician  and  surgeon,  and  formerly  medical  examiner  for  the  U.  S.  Army, 
one  of  a  continuous  line  of  successful  men  and  women  whose  ancestry  leads  back  to 
Revolutionary  War  periods.  Dr.  Joab  Brown  married  Ann  Knowlton,  and  John's 
grandfather,  John  Knowlton,  was  a  seafaring  man  and  became  master  of  his  own 
vessel.  When  he  married  he  quit  the  sea  and  located  on  Lake  George,  Waldo  County, 
Maine,  where  he  bought  several  thousand  acres  of  Government  land  and  founded  the 
town  of  Liberty  where  he  built  saw  mills,  stave  and  heading  mills  and  also  a  woolen 
and  grist  mill;  he  had  eleven  children  and  gave  each  of  Them  a  farm.  He  died  at 
seventy-two  years  while  his  wife  lived  to  be  ninety-four  years  old.  Dr.  Brown  practiced 
medicine  and  was  a  very  prominent  man  and  leader  in  local  affairs  until  his  death,  at 
eighty-six  years,  his  wife  surviving  him  and  died  at  ninety-one.  J.  K.  is  second  oldest 
of  their  four  children. 


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Grandfather  Joab  Brown,  born  in  Massachusetts,  was  a  physician  and  also  a 
preacher;  he  also  located  in  Waldo  County,  Maine,  and  purchased  a  large  tract  of 
land  where  the  city  of  Camden  now  stands.  He  married  a  Miss  Ingraham  of  Rock- 
land, Maine,  the  second  eldest  of  a  family  of  four  children.  When  sixteen  years  of 
age,  John  K.  Brown  finished  his  schooling,  and  although  his  father  tried  to  persuade 
him  to  study  either  the  law  or  medicine,  he  declined  and  commenced,  instead,  to  earn 
his  own  support,  and  maintain  himself.  He  even  later  turned  down  positions  offered 
him  as  instructor  in  the  city  schools.  Then  he  went  to  Haverhill,  Mass.,  and  was 
apprenticed  to  a  shoe  manufacturer.  He  worked  and  saved,  wisely  keeping  his  eye 
on  the  future;  but  his  desire  to  get  into  more  comfortable  circumstances  did  not 
prevent  him  from  offering  his  services  patriotically  to  the  Government  when  his  coun- 
try needed  help.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one,  he  served  as  captain  of  the  Home  Militia 
of   Liberty,    Maine. 

Mr.  Brown  next  took  up  photography,  made  a  business  of  it,  and  succeeded  so 
well  that  he  was  active  in  that  field  for  three  years;  and  having  accumulated  a  small 
fortune,  he  entered  the  retail  shoe  business  at  Lawrence,  Mass.,  but  he  soon  sold  and 
located  in  Worcester,  Mass.  Whatever  he  did,  seemed  to  prosper;  he  conducted  at 
one  time  as  many  as  four  stores;  and  he  has  owned  and  sold  fifty-one  mercantile 
establishments.  In  1887  he  was  a  prime  mover  in  the  organization  of  the  Retail  Shoe 
Dealers'  National  Association  of  the  United  States,  and  its  first  president,  during  which 
time  he  was  the  father  of  the  standard  last  measurement  for  shoes,  which  was  adopted 
by  the  association.  After  he  quit  the  retail  business  Mr.  Brown  traveled  extensively 
over  the  United  States  for  wholesale  shoe  houses.  In  1909  he  made  his  first  trip  to 
California  and  finally  located  in  Los  Angeles.  In  1914  he  purchased  an  orange  grove 
and  later  bought  another  on  West  Broadway,  Anaheim,  where  he  makes  his  home. 
In  1917  he  quit  traveling  and  devotes  all  of  his  time  to  his  orchards. 

How  successful  he  has  been  may  be  judged  from  the  fact  that  he  has  been  offered 
$70,000  for  his  ten  and  one-third-acre  grove  of  citrus  trees,  and  refused  the  ofifer.  He 
assisted  to  start  the  Anaheim  Lemon  and  Orange  Association,  and  is  still  a  member 
of  the  same.  Besides  his  California  holdings,  Mr.  Brown  also  owns  a  farm  of  320  acres 
in  Mainfe  and  several  business  and  residence  lots  in  Los  Angeles;  and  he  has  some  real 
estate  in  Worcester,  Mass. 

On  March  23,  1861,  Mr.  Brown  was  married  to  Miss  Ida  P.  Kincaid,  a  native  of 
Skowhegan,  Maine,  and  the  daughter  of  George  Washington  and  Lucy  Ann  (Nichols) 
Kincaid,  whose  ancestors,  both  paternal  and  maternal,  came  early  to  the  coast  of  Maine 
from  Scotland.  Their  older  child,  Walter  L.  Brown,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Worcester 
Academy,  and  married  a  Miss  Hale,  a  Canadian  lady,  by  whom  he  has  had  one  child, 
Norman  Brown.  At  present,  he'  is  representing  C.  H.  Baker,  the  shoe  manufacturer, 
at  Los  Angeles.  Alice  Rose  Brown,  the  younger  child,  has  become  the  wife  of  Dr. 
B.  Paul  Simpson,  the  dental  surgeon  of  Maiden,  Mass.  Mr.  Brown  is  a  Republican, 
and  cast  his  first  vote  for  Abraham  Lincoln.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown  are  members  of 
First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Anaheim,  and  loyally  supported  the  war  work  in  the 
recent  chaos  of  nations,  and  have  been  especially  devoted  to  the  Red  Cross. 

PETER  JACOBSEN. — A  hard-working  rancher  who  owes  his  success  largely  to 
his  own  honest  efforts  and  unremitting,  fatiguing  toil,  is  Peter  Jacobsen,  of  East 
Orangethorpe  Avenue,  who  was  born  on  the  Island  of  Taasinge,  northern  Denmark,  on 
March  17,  1871,  the  son  of  Jacob  Petersen,  who  had  married  Miss  Marie  Hansen.  His 
father  had  a  dairy  on  the  little  island  of  Taasinge,  a  region  devoted  entirely  to  dairying, 
and  was  highly  respected  as  a  progressively  industrious  farmer.  According  to  Danish 
custom,  our  subject  changed  his  name  in  a  manner  rather  puzzling  perhaps  to  Amer- 
icans, but  perfectly  understandable  to  the  Dane. 

He  attended  the  excellent  graded  schools  of  Denmark,  and  up  to  his  eighteenth 
year  remained  at  home  on  the  farm.  Then  he  struck  out  for  himself  and  came  to  the 
United  States;  and  having  caught  a  glimpse  of  the  East,  pushed  on  to  Lakeview, 
Pierce  County,  Wash.,  about  ten  miles  from  Tacoma,  where  he  spent  about  one  year 
on  his  uncle's  farm.  Then  he  worked  for  a  couple  of  years  in  the  brickyards  on  Ander- 
son Island  in  Puget  Sound,  after  which  he  came  down  to  Southern  California  in  1892. 
Here' he  entered  the  employ  of  Charles  C.  Chapman  and  soon  became  the  head 
orange-grader  for  the  Chapman  Packing  House  at  Placentia.  He  gave  such  satisfac- 
tion, and  was  himself  so  well  satisfied  with  the  Chapman  methods  of  industry  and 
trade  that  he  remained  with  that  famous  establishment  for  twenty-one  years,  and  left 
them  only  when  he  determined  to  found  a  home  place  for  himself. 

,.■  J"?  ^^'^^.}L^^'^  purchased  two  acres  of  land  on  East  Orangethorpe  Avenue  for 
which  he  paid  $150  an  acre,  and  in  1919  he  sold  the  same  for  $7,500,  a  price  showing  a 
phenomenal  increase  m  value  in  a  single  decade.  In  1917  he  had  bought  five  acres 
lying  opposite  to  the  two  he  had  sold,  and  since  then  he  has  been  developing  this  land 
in  accordance  with  his  careful  methods  and  now  has  a  splendid  Valencia  orange  grove 


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As  a  part  of  the  improvement,  he  has  erected  there  a  modest,  but  comfortable  home, 
adding  decidedly  to  the  attractiveness  of  the  property.  Besides  caring  for  his  own 
five  acres,  Mr.  Jacobsen  is  also  a  grader  of  oranges  for  the  Placentia  Mutual  Orange 
Growers  Association. 

On  December  2,  1903,  Mr.  Jacobsen  was  married  in  Santa  Ana  to  Miss  Mary 
Petersen,  who  was  born  in  Denmark  in  the  vicinity  of  his  own  birthplace  and  attended 
there  the  same  school  to  which  he  had  gone.  She  was  left  an  orphan  when  ten  years  of 
age.  In  1903  she  carte  to  Orange  County,  having  met  Mr.  Jacobsen  at  the  time  of  his 
visit  to  his  home  in  1899-1900.  Two  children  were  born  of  this  union:  Alfred  J.,  who 
is  with  his  father  on  the  ranch  and  who  also  works  in  the  packing  house,  and  Mamie 
K.,  a  most  attractive  girl  who  passed  away  on  December  13,  1919,  just  three  days  after 
her  thirteenth  birthday.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacobsen  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Church 
of  Fullerton. 

WILLIAM  W.  KAYS. — An  architect  who  has  done  much  to  elevate  the  standard 
of  common  sense  taste  in  architectural  art  in  Orange  County,  and  to  increase  the  safe-  ; 
guards  to  life  and  property  through  other  common  sense  measures  and  devices,  is 
William  W.  Kays,  a  native  of  Old  Kentucky,  where  he  was  born  at  Nicholasville, 
Jessamine  County,  on  November  10,  1872.  His  father,  George  W.  Kays,  was  a  pros- 
perous farmer,  who  had  married  Miss  Miranda  Corman.  They  had  eleven  children,  and 
William  was  the  fifth  in  the  order  of  birth.  Both  parents  are  now  deceased,  but  still 
remembered  and  honored  by  many  for  the  usefulness  and  beauty  'of  their  lives. 

William  mastered  thoroughly  all  that  he  was  asked  to  do  in  the  practical  public 
schools  of  his  home  district,  and  later  took  a  course  at  the  Alexander  Hamilton  Insti- 
tute in  New  York  City..  From  a  youth  off  and  on  he  was  employed  in  a  planing  mill, 
and  for  five  years  made  furniture.  After  that,  with  some  older  brothers  he  was  in  the 
building  line  until  1895.  In  March  of  that  year  he  came  to  California  and  located  at 
Los  Bajios,  where  he  did  construction  work  for  Miller  and  Lux.  For  a  year  he  followed 
civil  engineering  in  the  same  county,  and  then  he  went  to  Fresno  and  for  a  year  and 
a  half  engaged  in  building  there.  Next,  fttr  four  years,  or  until  1910,  Mr.  Kays  was  the 
manager  of  the  Union  Lumber  Company's  mill,  and  after  that  manager  of  the  manu- 
facturing department  of  the  Pacific  Tank. 

In  the  fall  of  1910  Mr.  Kays  came  to  Santa  Ana  and  assumed  the  responsibilities 
of  managing  the  Pendelton  Lumber  Company.  He  also  engaged  in  architectural  work. 
In  April,  1917,  he  sold  out  his  other  interests  and  confined  himself  to  the  designing 
and  supervising  of  new  buildings.  Since  then  he  has  erected  many  of  the  most  notable 
structures  in  Orange  County.  He  designed,  for  example,  the  athletic  building  of  Poly- 
technic high  school,  Santa  Ana,  as  well  as  the  Bolsa  grammar  school,  the  John  C. 
Tuffree  residence,  the  Cross  home  at  Fullerton,  the  Kraemer  residence  at  Placentia, 
the  D.  Woodward  dvvelling  at  Loftus  Station,  the  John  Ruther  home  at  Anaheim, 
the  Bergerhof  residence  at  Garden  Grove,  the  home  of  Sherman  Steven  at  Tustin,  Fred 
Rohrs'  building  and  store  fittings  for  Spier  and  Company,  as  well  as  the  fixtures  in  the 
American  National  Bank  of  Santa  Ana,  and  numerous  other  buildings  more  or  less 
costly  in  construction;  these  he  both  made  the  plans  for  and  supervised,  while  they  were 
being  constructed.  As  his  business  has  grown  and  branched  out,  he  has  for  convenience, 
opened  an  office  and  sales  service  in  the  Pantages  building,  Los  Angeles,  so  he  divides 
his  time  between  the  two  places. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Kays  took  place  on  April  21,  J914,  when  he  chose  for  his 
wife  Hazel  A.  Kenyon  of  Iowa.  Mr.  Kays  is  both  an  Odd  Fellow  and  an  Elk,  and  in 
national  politics  is  a  Republican.  Both  he  and  Mrs.  Kays,  however,  are  active  in  the 
support  of  all  worthy  movements  for  local  uplift  and  development,  and  in  such  com- 
munity endeavors  know  no  partisanship,  but  endorse  and  work  for  the  best  men  and 
women,  and  the  best  measures. 

WALTER  H.  KIDD. — One  of  the  leading  and  most  successful  plastering  con- 
tractors of  Orange  County,  Walter  H.  Kidd  is  a  native  of  Vernon  County,  Mo.,  where 
he  was  born  April  3,  1883,  a  son  of  James  and  Nancy  Jane  Kidd.  When  one  year  old, 
his  parents  moved  to  Oregon,  locating  in  Union  County,  and  in  the  public  schools  of 
that  state  Walter  received  his  early  education.  In  1899  he  came  to  California  .to  live, 
locating  in  Los  Angeles,  and  while  there  learned  the  trade  of  a  plasterer  with  the 
well-known  contractors,  Engstrom  and  Company.  While  in  their  employ  Mr.  Kidd 
worked  as  a  plasterer  on  a  number  of  large  and  important  buildings  in  Los  Angeles, 
among  which  mention  is  made  of  the  following:  County  Hall  of  Records,  New  Orpheum 
Building,  Los  Angeles  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  and  the  new  Jail  Building. 

Since  1911  Mr.  Kidd  has  been  engaged  in  contract  plastering  for  himself  at  Ana- 
heirn.  He  has  been  very  successful  in  his  chosen  line  of  work  and  has  done  an  exten- 
sive business,  both  in  exterior  and  interior  plastering.     Being  a  man  of  unquestioned 


1546  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

integrity  of  character  in  iiis  business  relations,  Mr.  Kidd  believes  in  putting  his  best 
efforts  in  every  piece  of  work,  regardless  of  its  being  a  large  or  small  contract,  and 
he  thus  has  attained  an  enviable  reputation  for  satisfactory  workmanship.  Among  the 
important  buildings  in  Orange  County  for  which  he  received  the  plastering  contract 
are  the  following:  German-American  Bank  Building  and  St.  Boniface  Catholic  Church, 
Anaheim;  La  Habra,  Olive  and  Bolsa  school  buildings.  He  also  had  the  contract  for 
the  plaster  and  cement  work  on  the  Polytechnic  Building  of  the  Fullerton  Union  high 
school,  on  which  he  put  5,000  feet,  of  cement  moulding.  Among,  the  high-class  houses 
plastered  by  this  enterprising  contractor  are  the  beautiful  residences  of  Charles  H. 
Eygabroad  and  Alexander  H.  Witman,  Jr.,  in  Anaheim;  but  the  greater  part  of  his 
work  has  been  done  on  the  new  ranch  homes  located  in  the  Fullerton,  Placentia  and 
La  Habra  districts.     His  extensive  operations  keep  a  crew  of  thirteen  men  busy. 

Mr.  Kidd's  marriage  occurred  in  Los  Angeles  when  he  was  united  with  Miss 
Juletta  Vivian,  a  native  of.  England.  Two  sons,  James  and  Herbert,  have  been  born 
to  them.     The  family  attend  the  Seventh  Day  Adventist  Church. 

JACOB  RUEDY. — A  prosperous  orange  grower  who  previously  had  made  an 
equal  success  as  a  planter  in  Virginia,  raising  peanuts,  is  Jacob  Ruedy,  of  East  Orange- 
thorpe  Avenue,  near  Raymond,  Fullerton,  who  was  born  at  the  famous  Falls  of  the 
Rhine,  Schaffhausen,  Switzerland,  on  October  27,  1858,  the  son  of  J.  J.  and  Annie 
Ruedy.  His  father  was  a  farmer,  and  our  subject  assisted  him  while  he  pursued  his 
grammar  and  high. school  studies. 

In  1879  he  came  to  America  and  joined  a  sister,  Mrs.  Annie  Weber,  at  Pittsburgh, 
Pa.,  with  whom  he  lived  for  a  couple  of  years,  and  in  1882  he  removed  to  the  vicinity 
of  Petersburg,  Va.  There  he  purchased  a  farm  of  600  acres,  and  he  raised  peanuts  and 
cotton  and  stock.  This  ranch  was  near  where  the  present  Camp  Lee  is  located;  and 
there  he  lived  for  thirty-five  years. 

At  Petersburg,  on  March  7,  1882,  Mr.  Ruedy  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Vogel, 
who  was  also  born  in  Schaffhausen  in  Switzerland,  and  was  reared  and  educated  there. 
In  1915  the  San  Francisco  Fair  drew  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ruedy;  and  after  they  had  seen 
the  Golden  State,  they  returned  to  Virginia  and  sold  their  interests  there.  Then  they 
came  to  California,  bought  five  acres  on  East  Orangethorpe,  Fullerton,  and  also  six 
acres  on  Placentia  Avenue,  in  Placentia.  Both  have  Valencia  orange  trees,  and  both 
are  under  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ruedy  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Church  of  Fullerton,  and 
delight  in  taking  part  in  good  works  for  their  neighbors  and  the  community  generally. 
They  have  also  done  what  they  could  to  maintain  a  high  civic  standard,  and  to  instill 
patriotism,  and  during  the  recent  war  they  did  good  war  work. 

FRANK  J.  DAUSER. — The  ever-interesting  pioneer  history  of  California  is 
recalled  in  the  story  of  Frank  J.  Dauser  and  his  family,  of  East  Commonwealth  Avenue, 
Fullerton,  for  his  father  came  here  when  the  land  was  covered  with  wild  mustard,  sage 
and  cactus,  and  he  was  among  the  earliest  to  demonstrate  that  raisin  grapevines  have 
a  longer  endurance  than  those  designed  for  the  production  of  wine.  The  grandfather 
of  Mrs.  Dauser  was  also  an  early  settler  in  the  Golden  State;  hence,  California  and  its 
stijring  past  has  ever  been  a  theme  in  the  Dauser  circle,  where  the  brilliant  and  certain 
future  of  the  state  has  also  been  present  to  inspire  to  renewed  activity. 

Mr.  Dauser  was  born  on  December  29,  1877,  near  Faribault,  Rice  County,  Minn., 
the  son  of  Francis  X.  and  -Mary  (Stueckle)  Dauser,  and  his  father,  a  farmer,  was  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania  who  removed  first  to  Wisconsin  and  then  to  Minnesota.  There 
he  raised  for  the  most  part  wheat,  and  being  a  progressive  agriculturist,  prospered;  but 
attracted  by  the  still  greater  advantages  of  California,  he  and  his  good  wife  came 
out  here  when  Frank  was  seven  years  old. 

Settling  in  what  is  now  Fullerton  they  purchased  within  six  months  after  their 
arrival  some  twenty  acres  on  Cypress  Avenue,  east  of  Fullerton,  which  they  planted 
to  raisin  grapes;  and  such  was  the  greater  hardihood  of  the  vines,  as  compared  with 
some  of  the  wine  grapes,  that  they  continued  to  yield  for  five  years  after  their  period 
of  full  bearing.  As  the  grapes  died  out,  Mr.  Dauser  sensibly  planted  Valencia,  Navel 
and  St.  Michael  orange  trees,  setting  out  one  tree  for  every  twenty-four  feet,  and 
around  the  edge  of  the  grove  placed  a  row  of  walnut  trees. 

Frank  J.  Dauser  went  to  the  Placentia  schools,  there  being  no  Fullerton  at  that 
time,  and  remained  at  home  on  his  father's  farm  until  he  was  twenty-two  years  of 
age.  Then,  on  February  19,  1901,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Pratt,  the  ceremony 
taking  place  in  Anaheim.  She  was  born  in  Kankakee,  111.,  and  came  to  California  and 
West  Anaheim  with  her  parents  when  she  was  thirteen  years  old.  Her  father  was 
John  Pratt  and  the  maiden  name  of  her  mother  was  Louise  Emling;  and  the  Emlings, 
as  well  as  the  Pratts  were  well  known  as  pioneers  in  Illinois.     She  attended  schooMn 


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Kankakee  arid  also  in  Anaheim,  and  so  saw  the  life  of  two  great  and  distinetive  regions 
of  the  United  States. 

After  their  marriage,  Mr.  Dauser  was  employed  for  a  while  in  the  planing  mills 
at  Fullerton,  for  Brown  and  Dauser  Company,  in  time  becoming  foreman  of  the  yard, 
serving  in  that  capacity  until  he  decided  to  engage  in  ranching,  after  sixteen  years 
with  that  company.  He  then  was  given  charge  of  the  Brown  ranch  of  20  acres  in  La 
Habra  which  he  set  to  Valencias  and  lemons,  continuing  there  for  four  years,  when 
he  located  on  his  own  ranch  purchased  from  his  father.  It  comprises  10  acres  or  one- 
half  of  the  original  estate,  which  is  devoted  to  raising  oranges.  His  land,  unusually 
rich  and  fertile,  is  under  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company,  and  he  markets  througia 
the  Fullerton  Mutual  Orange  Growers  Association. 

Five  children  are  the  pride  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dauser:  Cyril  J.  has  already  grad- 
uated from  the  high  school  at  Fullerton,  now  attending  Woodbury's  Business  College 
in  Los  Angeles;  Mildred  attending  Fullerton  high,  and  Clarence,  Vincent  and  Dorothy 
are  pupils  in  the  grammar  school. 

GARDNER  W.  CLOSSON,  D.  V.  S.— As  county  livestock  inspector  of  Orange 
County  and  veterinary  surgeon  of  Anaheim,  G.  W.  Closson,  D.  V.  S.,  is  carrying  on  a 
work  of  much  importance  to  the  prosperity  and  growth  of  the  district,  and  his  con- 
scientious attention  to  his  duties  has  won  him  the  respect  and  admiration  of  his  fellow 
citizens  in  the  county.  A  native  of  Kansas,  he  was  born  in  Smith  County,  July  4,  1881. 
When  six  years  old  he  was  brought  to  Lincoln,  Nebr.,  and  there  attended  the  public 
schools.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  migrated  to  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  and  for  two  years 
worked  in  the  stock  yards  there.  He  then  returned  to  Missouri  and  attended  the 
Kansas  City  Veterinary  College,  graduating  in  1905. 

That  same  year  Dr.  Closson  came  to  California,  and  opened  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Santa  Ana,  since  which  time  he  has  been  in  active  practice  in  Orange 
County  and  very  successful  in  his  methods  of  treatment,  being  the  oldest  veterinary 
in  point  of  service  now  in  the  county.  For  the  past  eight  years  he  has  been  county 
livestock  inspector  and  has  accomplished  much  good  during  this  term  of  service,  among 
other  things  has  driven  out  the  Texas  fever  tick,  and  made  the  county  reasonably  free 
of  glanders.  In  addition  to  his  professional  duties.  Dr.  Closson  maintains  a  forty-cow 
dairy  one  and  one-half  miles  east  of  Anaheim. 

The  marriage  of  Dr.  Closson  united  him  with  Miss  Wilma  Crevling,  a  native  of 
Iowa.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks  and 
professionally  he  is  a  member  of  the  American  Veterinary  Medical  Association  and  the 
state  association  and  of  the  Southern  California  branch  of  that  order,  of  which  he  is  a 
past  president  and  he  is  past  president  of  the  Los  Angeles  Veterinary  Medical  Asso- 
ciation. In  politics  he  is  a  stanch  Republican.  His  years  of  experience  and  practical 
knowledge  have  been  of  great  benefit  to  the  ranchers  in  Orange  County,  and  combined 
with  his  scientific  studies,  it  would  be  hard  to  find  a  man  more  fitted  for  the  position 
he  occupies  in  the  community. 

LEONARD  PARKER. — A  sturdy  pioneer  who  in  early  days  saw  active  service 
in  helping  to  quell  the  Indian  outbreaks  in  Nebraska,  and  who  has  been  identified  with 
the  development  of  important  interests  in  California  since  the  middle  of  the  nineties, 
is  Leonard  Parker,  who  was  born  at  Racine,  Wis.,  on  May  16,  1851,  the  son  of  Fletcher 
and  Priscilla  Parker,  farmer-folk  and  among  the  first  settlers  of  Racine.  They  moved 
to  Eden,  Fayette  County,  Iowa,  in  the  fall  of  1854,  that  is,  the  mother  and  the  elder 
brother  of  our  subject  went  there,  following  the  death  of  the  father  in  Wisconsin,  and 
the  former  purchased  120  acres  of  Government  land,  where  they  raised  stock  and  grain. 
Leonard  attended  the  common  schools  of  Iowa  when  school  was  kept  and  work  per- 
mitted, and  by  industry  snatched  such  education  as  he  could. 

When  he  was  seventeen,  he  and  his  brother  Samuel  moved  on  to  Jefiferson  County, 
Nebr.,  and  near  Meridian  the  brother  took  up  160  acres  of  prairie  land,  which  he  devoted 
to  wheat,  barley  and  corn.  He  joined  Company  C  of  the  Nebraska  Militia  and  soon 
had  a  hand  in  quieting  the  Indians.  On  October  IS,  1879,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Mary  McKenna,  who  was  born  near  New  York  City,  and  the  daughter  of  Patrick  and 
Margaret  McKenna  who  came  to  Nebraska  in  1859. 

In  1881,  Mr.  Parker  moved  to  Pueblo,  Colo.,  and  there  he  was  employed  by  the 
Colorado  Coal  and  Iron  Company,  for  the  following  three  years.  When  he  moved 
back  to  Nebraska,  he  settled  in  Scotts  Bluff  County,  and  taking  up  a  quarter  section  of 
homestead  land,  raised  grain.  He  stayed  two  years  on  the  Nebraska  homestead,  and 
then  he  removed  to  Portland,  Ore.,  in  1888.  He  went  into  well  drilling,  and  for  seven 
years  helped  to  develop  the  water  resources  of  that  state. 

On  November  29,  1895,  Mr.  Parker  came  to  California,  landing  first  at  Newport 
Beach  but  soon  coming  on  to  Santa  Ana.  He  made  this  town  his  home,  but  worked 
in  various  oil  fields,  including  those  at  Bakersfield,  Brea,  Fullerton  and  Los  Angeles, 


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as  well  as  Whittier.  In  1904,  he  purchased  a  ten-acre  farm  on  South  Sullivan  Street, 
which  he  used  for  truck  farming,  raising  in  particular  cabbages  and  squash;  and  his 
success  in  this  new  undertaking  demonstrates  his  capability   in  general. 

Five  children  have  come  to  bless  the  fortunate  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Parker. 
Ethel  is  Mrs.  James  E.  Hone  of  Los  Angeles;  Orlando  lives  on  the  ranch  west  of 
Santa  Ana;  Llewellyn  is  on  the  Irvine  ranch;  Roy  is  ranching  west  of  Santa  Ana. 
And  last,  but  by  no  means  least,  Clarence  is  ranching  on  Buena  Vista  Avenue.  For 
years,  with  the  Jones  Brothers  shows,  he  followed  the  circus,  traveling  throughout  the 
United  States  and  Canada  doing  a  contortion  act,  trapeze  work  and  barrel  jacking;  but 
having  recently  leased  some  choice  land  on  Buena  Vista  Street,  he  has  resumed  agri- 
cultural pursuits.  On  Washington's  Birthday,  1919,  he  married  Miss  Viola  Kaldenberg, 
a  native  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  who  came  to  California  to  live  with  her  sister,  Mrs. 
Pittman,  at  Santa  Ana.  They  have  been  blessed  with  a  daughter,  lone  Dora.  Mr. 
Parker  is  a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Fraternal  Union,  in  which  he  is  a 
favorite,  esteemed  for  his  -ijride  experience  and  practical  common  sense. 

WILBUR  W.  WASSER. — Few  among  the  popular  officials  of  fraternities  so  well 
deserve  the  good  will  showered  upon  them  as  Wilbur  W.  Wasser,  the  able  secretary  of 
the  B.  P.  O.  Elks  Lodge  No.  794,  at  Santa  Ana.  He  comes  from  the  Hawkeye  State, 
where  he  was  born  in  Cedar  County,  on  January  29  of  the  famous  Centennial  Year. 
His  father  was  J.  S.  Wasser,  a  cigar  manufacturer,  although  he  was  originally  a  farmer. 
He  came  to  Santa  Ana  in  1902,  and  opened  a  modest  factory;  and  later  he  retired,  and 
is  still  living  at  this  place.  Mrs.  Wasser  was  Alice  Riser  before  her  marriage,  and  she 
became  the  mother  of  three  children,  among  whom  Wilbur  was  the  only  boy.  The 
good  mother  is  now  dead. 

Wilbur  enjoyed  the  advantages  of  both  the  grammar  and  the  high  schools  at  Tip- 
ton, Iowa,  but  later  had  to  supplement  his  studies  in  the  much  harder  school  of 
practical  world  experience.  He  remained  with  his  father  on  the  farm  until  he  married, 
and  then  he  farmed  for  himself.  On  January  2,  1904,  he  came  to  Santa  Ana,  and  soon 
after  bought  the  livery  business  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  French  streets,  which  he 
conducted  for  ten  years.  Then  he  purchased  an  orange  ranch,  which  he  managed  for 
a  year  and  still  owns.  Here  he  enlarged  his  experience  greatly,  particularly  in  the 
study  of  human  nature — a  very  valuable  asset  in  his  present  position  of  responsibility, 
requiring  foresight,  tact  and  common  sense. 

In  1915,  Mr.  Wasser  became  secretary  for  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  having  the  honor 
to  be  the  first  secretary  in  the  Elks'  new  home.  He  allows  nothing  to  interfere  with  his 
giving  the  duties  of  that  post  his  first  consideration;  but  he  is  still  interested  in  the 
culture  of  oranges,  and  is  a  lover  of  outdoor  life  and  sport. 

In  Cedar  County,  Iowa,  on  August  2S,  1897,  Mr.  Wasser  was  married  to  Miss 
Myrta  L.  Johnson,  by  whom  he  had  had  two  attractive  children — Alice  E.  and  Donald 
W.  Wasser.  Besides  belonging  to  the  Elks,  Mr.  Wasser  is  a  Knights  Templar  Mason, 
a  member  of  the  Eastern  Star  and  also  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  In  national  politics 
a  Democrat,  Mr.  Wasser  knows  no  partisanship  .when  it  comes  to  local  issues  and 
always  works  for  the  best  men  and  the  best  measures. 

RAYMOND  T.  DIXON. — An  enterprising  business  man  is  Raymond  T.  Dixon, 
the  owner  of  Dixon's  Pump  Works  at  Santa  Ana.  He  comes  from  the  Hoosier  State, 
at  Vincennes,  where  he  was  born  on  March  10,  188S,  and  belongs  to  that  army  of 
Indianans  who  have  contributed  so  much  to  the  broad  and  permanent  development  of 
the  Golden  State. 

He  obtained  only  the  usual  grammar  school  education  in  his  home  district,  and 
came  to  California  in  1911,  following  a  year  after  his  parents,  Charles  E.  and  Mollie 
(Hobb)  Dixon.  Before  coming  West,  he  had  worked  at  railroading  for  the  Chicago, 
Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railroad  out  of  Caldwell,  Kans.,  for  a  couple  of  years  and  then 
engaged  in  the  automobile  and  garage  business  in  Caldwell  for  four  years. 

On  arriving  in  Santa  Ana,  Cal.,  1912,  he  entered  the  field  of  irrigation  machinery, 
and  in  191S  established  himself  in  business  in  Santa  Ana  handling  and  installing  irriga- 
tion machinery  beginning  with  a  modest  capital.  Two  years  later  he  built  his  present 
large  factory,  which  has  a  floor  space  150x150  feet  in  size,  located  at  corner  of  Fifth  and 
Garnsey  streets.  He  employs  twenty-four  men  in  the  making  and  repairing  of  irriga- 
tion machinery,  makes  a  specialty  of  the  Dixon  centrifugal  turbine  pump — one  of  the 
best  in  the  country — which  he  invented  and  patented,  and  does  work  for  all  parts  of 
Southern  California.  In  addition  he  also  built  a  foundry  to  his  plant,  where  he  manu- 
factures cast  iron,  brass  and  bronze  castings,  thus  making  everything  for  his  pumps  but 
the  pipe  and  shafting,  and  throughout  the  factory  has  a  large  capacity  which  he  is 
steadily  increasing.  He  has  also  invented  and  patented  a  front  wheel  flange  for  the 
Samson  and  Fordson  tractors  which   is   shipped  to  the  various  agencies   in  the   state. 


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His  machine  shop  is  equipped  with  the  most  modern  and  up-to-date  machinery  run  by 
electric  power  and  he  is  the  largest  manufacturer  of  his  special  line  of  irrigation  machin- 
ery in  Southern  California. 

On  August  17,  1906,  Mr.  Dixon  and  Faith  Seeber  were  married;  and  now  they  have 
an  attractive  family  of  four  children — Louis,  Raymond,  Vincent  and  Dorothea.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Dixon  are  Christian  Scientists.  In  national  politics  a  Republican,  Mr.  Dixon 
at  all  times  works  for  the  best  men  and  the  best  measures  when  local  issues  are 
involved,  and  casts  aside  partisanship  to  secure  the  best  ends. 

Mr.  Dixon  was  made  a  Mason  in  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  241,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  was 
exalted  in  Santa  Ana  Chapel  No.  73,  R.  A.  M..,  and  is  also  a  member  of  Santa  Ana 
Council  No.  14,  R.  &  S.  M.,  as  well  as  an  active  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794, 
B.  P.  O.  Elks.  Enterprising  and  progressive  he  takes  a  keen  interest  in  his  membership 
with  the  Merchants  and  Manufacturers  Association  as  well  as  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce. Though  proprietor,  of  one  of  the  really  important  and  largest  industrial  estab- 
lishments of  the  city,  Mr.  Dixon  is  never  so  busy  that  he  cannot  give  some  time, 
sooner  or  later,  to  hunting  and  fishing,  and  other  out-of-door  life. 

WILLIAM  H.  ROHRS. — Possessed  of  the  qualities  that  make  for  success  in  life, 
William  H.  Rohrs  has  taken  a  place  among  the  prosperous  horticulturists  of  Orange, 
a  business  he  has  been  familiar  with  from  the  time  he  was  a  boy. 

Mr.  Rohrs  is  a  native  of  Ohio,  having  been  born  at  Kelly  Isle,  Buckeye.  County, 
that  state,  on  August  23,  1879.  His  parents  were  Henry  W.  and  Anna  (Cordes)  Rohrs 
who  brought  their  family  to  California  in  1881.  His  mother  passed  away,  but  his 
father  is  still  living  and  is  a  prosperous  farmer  and  very  highly  respected  citizen  of 
Orange.  The  eldest  of  a  family  of  five  children,  Wm.  H.  Rohrs  came  to  California  with 
his  parents  when  in  his  second  year,  so  this  is  the  scene  of  his  first  recollections.  They 
located  first  at  Wilmington,  later  coming  to  Santa  Ana  in  1882,  and  here  William  re- 
ceived his  edtication  in  the  public  schools,  which  was  supplemented  by  a  course  in  the 
Orange  County  Business  College  under  R.  L.  Bisby.  Being  the  eldest  son,  Wm.  Rohrs 
early  took  a  hand  in  the  farm  work,  thus  getting  a  thorough,  practical  knowledge  of 
its  problems  and  details,  so  that  when  he  became  of  age  he  was  ready  to  start  ranching 
on  his  own  account.  In  1900  he  purchased  a  tract  of  twenty  acres  of  raw  land  on 
South  Glassell  Street,  near  Orange,  which  he  improved  and  planted  to  walnuts  and 
Valencia  oranges.  Here  he  put  in  many  years  of  hard,  industrious  work,  giving  his 
trees  the  best  possible  care,  and  he  has  had  his  reward  in  seeing  his  ranch  develop 
from  the  bare  land  to  a  prosperous  and  productive  grove,  which  shows  the  years  of 
careful  cultivation  it  has  received. 

On  February  9,  1905,  Mr.  Rohrs  was  married  in  Santa  Ana  to  Miss  Anna  Holz- 
grafe,  a  native  daughter  of  the  Golden  West,  born  in  Santa  Ana,  the  daughter  of 
Fred  and  Helen  (Shield)  Holzgrafe.  Mr.  Holzgrafe  was  a  pioneer  manufacturer  of 
Santa  Ana,  being  first  located  on  Fifth  and  Main  streets,  and  later  on  Third  and  Main, 
where  the  city  hall  now  stands.  After  this  he  purchased  the  corner  of  Second  and 
Sycamore,  and  all  these  years  he  did  a  thriving  business  in  the  manufacture  of  wagons 
and  carriages  until  he  retired  in  January,  1920.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rohrs  are  the  parents  of 
two  children,  Lester  William  and  Evelyn  Helene.  The  family  are  members  of  the 
Evangelical  Church  at  Santa  Ana.  Enthusiastic  in  the  possibilities  of  development  of 
this  favored  section,  Mr.  Rohrs  has  identified  himself  with  all  its  progressive  move- 
ments and  is  a  member  of  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association,  the  Richland 
Walnut  Growers  Association  at  Orange,  and  of  the  Commercial  Club  of  Orange.  An 
interesting  relic  of  the  Civil  War  times  which  Mr.  Rohrs  treasures  in  his  home  is  a 
copy  of  the  issue  of  April  IS,  1865,  of  the  Washington  Post,  giving  the  full  account 
of  the  assassination  of  President  Lincoln  and  of  the  assassin,  J.  Wilkes  Booth.  He  has 
had  this  carefully  framed  so  as  to  preserve  it,  as  its  value  as  a  historical  memento  will 
increase  year  by  year. 

GUSTAF  LEANDER. — An  expert  mechanic  who  has  also  made  a  success  of  all 
that  he  has  undertaken  in  other  fields,  working  intelligently  and  industriously,  and 
modestly  enjoying  the  well-earned  fruits  of  his  'labors,  is  Gustaf  Leander,  who  was 
born  in  Sweden  on  August  12,  1:871,  and  was  educated  in  that  country  so  famous  for 
its  schools  and  completed  a  course  at  the  Agricultural  College  at  Gotland.  He  came 
to  America  in  1891,  landing  at  New  York  City,  and  proceeded  directly  to  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  and  learned  the  machinist  trade  in  the  Axelson  Machine  Shop  and  then  was  em- 
ployed in  other  shops  in  Southern  California  and  Arizona.  After  that,  for  four  years, 
he  worked  in  the  sugar  factory  at  Los  Alamitos,  where  he  was  employed  as  the  factory 
mechanic.  Tiring  of  the  work,  or  seeing  perhaps  a  still  greater  opportunity  in  the  con- 
fectionery business,  Mr.  Leander  in  1905  came  to  Fullerton  and  bought  out  Steve  W. 
McColloch;  and  having  taken  possession,  he  put  a  deal  of  hard  work  into  the  enter- 
prise, with  the  natural  result  that  business  rapidly  increased  and  brought  a  substantial 


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income  from  the  investment.  Before  the  days  of  the  ice  plant,  he  also  distributed  ice 
to  the  Fullerton  community,  purchasing  the  crystal  blocks  from  the  National  Ice  Com- 
pany of  Los  Angeles  and  shipping  it  to  Fullerton.  He  also  distributed  Los  Angeles 
newspapers  and  periodicals  in  the  Fullerton  and  oil  well  districts,  and  enlisted  a  wide 
patronage.  After  several  years  in  the  confectionery  field,  Mr.  Leander  sold  out  his 
business  to  F.   E.  Copp.  . 

He  then  purchased  fifteen  and  a  half  acres  on  Orangethorpe  Avenue,  buying  the 
same  from  J.  A.  Clark,  and  devoted  ten  acres  to  Valencia  oranges  and  five  acres  to 
walnuts;  and  he  obtains  water  service  for  irrigation  from  the  Anaheim  Union  Water 
Company.  After  trying  his  latest  venture  long  enough  to  form  a  sensible  and  helpful 
opinion,  he  thinks  there  is  nothing  like  ranching,  and  has  decided  to  stick  to  his  trim 
little  farm.  ,  •       -.r     • 

On  December  31,  1903,  Mr.  Leander  was  married  at  San  Diego  to  Miss  Meriam 
Pearson,  a  native  of  Sweden  who  came  to  Minnesota  when  she  was  eight  years  old. 
She  was  reared  and  educated  near  Duluth,  and  1-901  came  west  to  California.  Two 
children  have  blessed  this  fortunate  union.  Otto  A.  and  Elna  Leander,  and  they  reflect 
all  the  good  qualities  of  their  worthy  parents.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  while  Mrs.  Leander  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church  in 
Fullerton. 

TOM  P.  PAPPAS.— If  the  details  of  the  life  of  Tom  P.  Pappas,  proprietor  of  the 
Chateau  Thierry  cafe  and  confectionery,  at  116  North  Spadra  Street,  Fullerton,  were 
written,  it  would  make  as  interesting  reading  as  a  tale  of  fiction.  A  hero  of  the 
famous  battle  of  Chateau  Thierry  in  the  late  World  Wlar,  he  named  his  place  of  busi- 
ness at  Fullerton  in  honor  of  that  memorable  battlefield. 

Mr.  Pappas  was  born  March  23,  1884,  in  the  ancient  city  of  Athens,  Greece,  and  at 
the  early  age  of  eight  manfully  assumed  life's  responsibilities  and  began  to  earn  his 
living  by  selling  papers  on  the  streets  of  his  native  city,  a  vocation  that  some  of  our 
most  prominent  men  have  followed  in  early  life.  In  1906,  when  twenty^two  years  old, 
he  came  to  the  United  States  and  engaged  in  the  business  of  news  vender  on  the 
streets  of  Chicago,  111.  Later,  in  company  with  his  brother  William,  he  entered  the 
confectionery  business  in  Chicago.  The  young  men  built  up  a  fine  business  and  became 
the  owners  of  three  confectionery  stores.  Mr.  Pappas  disposed  of  his  interest  in  1913 
and  came  to  California,  locating  at  Whittier,  where  he  opened  a  confectionery  store. 
He  was  afterwards  intesested  in  operating  a  chicken  ranch  at  Montebello.  In  the 
fall  of  1916  he  came  to  Fullerton  and  bought  out  a  cigar  store  and  continued  business 
till  he  went  to  war. 

When  the  war  broke  out  he  sold  his  business  to  volunteer  his  services  and  enlisted 
in  the  One  Hundred  Forty-fourth  Field  Artillery  (the  Grizzly  Regiment)  and  was  sent 
to  Camp  Kearny.  After  a  week  there  he  was  discharged  because  he  was  not  an  Amer- 
ican citizen.  With  undaunted  courage  and  commendable  zeal  he  returned  to  Orange 
County,  took  out  his  first  citizen's  papers  at  Santa  Ana,  and  rejoined  his  regiment  at 
Camp  Kearny.  After  two  months  at  the  camp,  volunteers  were  called  for  to  fill  up 
the  regiments  overseas.  He  volunteered,  was  sent  overseas  to  France,  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Thirteenth  Field  Artillery,  Fourth  Division,  and  was  in  active  service  on  four 
different  battle  fronts,  serving  as  a  gunner  working  a  hundred  fifty-five  six-inch  gun. 
He  fought  at  St.  Mihiel,  Lorraine,  Chateau  Thierry  and  the  Argonne.  He  was  gassed 
at  Chateau  Thierry,  and  being  rescued  from  the  field  he  was  in  the  field  hospital  three 
weeks  and  then  rejoined  his  regiment,  being  in  active  service  until  the  armistice,  when 
he  was  again  taken  ill  from  the  former  effects  of  being  gassed  and  was  compelled 
to  remain  in  the  hospital  for  six  months.  He  then  returned  to  the  United  States  and 
San  Francisco,  May  3,  1919,  receiving  his  honorable  discharge  about  a  week  later,  when 
he  immediately  returned  to  Fullerton  and  purchased  the  present  confectionery  estab- 
lishment from  F.  Ross,  which  he  immediately  remodeled,  naming  it  the  Chateau  Thierry 
cafe  and  confectionery  and  by  close  application  to  business  and  affability  it  has  become 
very  popular,  having  indeed  made  it  a  most  up-to-the-minute  place,  second  to  none  in 
the  county.  He  is  interested  in  oil  land  with  Thompson  and  Goodwin  which  is  leased 
to  the  Union  Oil  Company,  who  have  already  obtained  two  flowing  oil  wells  on  their 
property.  Besides  he  is  a  stockholder  in  seven  different  oil  companies  in  the  Richfield 
district  some  of  them  already  producing  oil. 

Being  much  interested  in  civic  improvement  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Fullerton 
Board  of  Trade.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O. 
Elks,  and  a  charter  mernber  of  Post  No.  142  of  the  American  Legion.  While  he  gives 
undivided  attention  to  his  business  interests,  his  duties  as  a  citizen  and  a  neighbor  are 
never  lost  sight  of,  and  his  fine  war  record  and  indubitable  patriotism  to  his  adopted 
country  deservedly  entitles  him  to  the  consideration  and  popularity  he  enjoys  among 
his  fellow-citizens. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1555 

FRED  STRAUSS. — The  business  enterprise  long  such  a  characteristic  feature 
of  life  in  Fullerton  is  well  reflected  in  the  well  organized  and  well  managed  establish- 
ment of  F.  Strauss  and  Company,  whose  extensive  trade  is  chiefly  in  men's  furnishings 
and  shoes.  Mr.  Strauss,  now  an  American  of  the  Americans,  is  a  native  of  Bavaria, 
one  of  the  most  progressive  of  all  the  divisions  of  Germany,  so  that  he  represents  that 
fortunate  combination  of  German  organization  and  Yankee  aggressiveness.  He  was 
born  on  September  28,  1889,  and  first  came  to  the  United  States  when  he  was  sixteen 
years  of  age — just  the  receptive  period  when  he  would  most  likely  respond  to  helpful 
impressions. 

His  father  was  Leopold  Strauss,  a  successful  merchant  now  deceased,  and  he 
married  Miss  Ricka  Silverman,  who  survives  him.  They  had  four  children,  and  Fred 
was  the  youngest  of  them  all.  He  attended  the  schools  of  Bavaria,  and  about  1905 
sailed  for  America. 

For  three  years  he  lived  in  the  bustling  metropolis  of  New  York,  and  then,  having 
acquired  the  spirit  of  American  institutions,  he  came  west  to  California  and  located  at 
Fullerton.  This  was  in  1908,  and  the  town  was  small  and  unpretentious  as  compared 
with  today.  There  was  one  firm,  however,  among  others  worthy  of  such  a  growing 
place,  and  that  was  Stern  and  Goodman.  He  remained  with  them  until  1917,  when 
duty  called  him  to  the  national  colors. 

In  that  year  he  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  Army,  and  served  overseas  for  six  months  in 
France.  On  February  28,  1919,  at  the  end  of  sixteen  months,  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged and  returned  to  San  Francisco.  Arriving  once  more  in  Fullerton,  he  organized 
this  company,  and  since  has  been  doing  very  well.  He  is  a  Republican  in  national 
politics,  but  never  allows  political  considerations  to  interfere  with  civic  duty,  local 
loyalty,  business  or  pleasure,  especially  hunting  and  fishing,  of  which  he  is  particularly 
fond.  As  might  be  expected,  Mr.  Strauss  is  a  live  wire  in  the  Fullerton  Board  of 
Trade.  Very  naturally  he  is  a  member  of  Fullerton  Post  American  Legion  and  in 
fraternal  life,  Mr.  Strauss  divides  his  time  with  the  Anaheim  Lodge  of  Elks  and  the 
Fullerton  Club. 

HARRY  E.  JESSUP. — Among  the  most  enterprising,  scientifically-trained  ranch- 
ers at  present  devoting  their  best  energies  to  the  very  important  industry,  the  growing 
of  beans,  none  has  accomplished  more  for  California  husbandry,  while  attaining  most 
profitable  success  for  himself,  than  Harry  E.  Jessup,  the  oldest  son  of  Thomas  Jessup, 
the  well-to-do  farmer  who  is  ranching  both  at  Garden  Grove  and  on  the  San  Joaquin 
ranch.  His  acreage  presents  what  is  well  termed  one  of  the  trim  "show  places"  of  the 
county,  and  is  a  delight  to  the  eye  of  those  daily  watching  -the  development  there  of 
the  bountiful  crops,  and  also  to  those  who  often  come  from  afar  to  learn  from  Mr. 
Jessup  the  last  word  in  bean  culture. 

He  was  born  in  Illinois  on  October  20,  1888,  and  came  to  California  as  a  babe, 
and  grew  up  upon  his  father's  ranches,  and  attended  the  public  schools  at  Garden 
Grove;  and  while  he  learned  the  ins  and  outs  of  farming  in  California  under  the  best 
of  masters,  he  also  acquired  the  California  spirit  which  has  been  back  of  all  Orange 
County  push  to  the  fore. 

In  1909  he  was  married  to  Miss  Lillian  Beswick,  a  popular  lady  of  Garden  Grove, 
and  just  the  cortipanion  desirable  for  his  future  field  of  work  and  residence.  Two 
children  have  blessed  their  union;  and  they  bear  the  attractive  names,  as  they  them- 
selves are  voted  attractive  by  their  many  friends,,  of  Catherine  and  Dorothy. 

Mr.  Jessup  at  present  has  ISO  acres  in  lima  beans,  while  fifty  acres  are  planted 
to  blackeyes.  He  also  has  thirty  acres  in  barley.  He  is  a  member  of  the  California 
Lima  Bean  Growers  Association,  profits  by  its  service,  and  takes  that  intelligent 
interest  in  its  problems  and  its  work  that  enables  him,  from  time  to  time,  to  contribute 
toward  its  prosperity.  With  all  its  present  make-up,  would  that  Orange  County  had 
thousands  of  ranchers  more  with  the  foresight,  the  reflection,  the  ambition  and  the 
will  to  do  of  Harry  E.  Jessup. 

JAMES  G.  ROBERTSON. — An  expert  electrician  with  an  extensive  knowledge, 
both  scientific  and  technical,  of  his  interesting  subject,  and  is  widely  regarded  as  one 
of  the  best  in  his  field  in  all  the  county,  is  James  G.  Robertson,  who  was  born  near 
Marshfield,  Mo.,  on  January  21,  1873,  the  son  of  Daniel  W.  Robertson,  a  lumber  mer- 
chant in  Marshfield,  and  one  of  the  real  pioneers  of  that  country.  He  had  married 
Miss  Mattie  A.  Shackelford,  who  proved  both  a  very  devoted  wife  and  mother.  She 
bestowed  loving  care  upon  the  subject  of  our  sketch,  while  he  attended  the  district 
school  of  their  neighborhood. 

When  he  was  of  age,  he  went  into  the  teleTphone  business,  erecting  a  private  tele- 
phone system,  having  four  central  oflSces  and  about  1,000  telephones.  He  also  organized 
and  installed  the  electric  lighting  plant  for  Marshfield,  equipped  with  a  fifty  kilowatt 
generator.     He  ran  both  the  telephone  and  the  electric  lighting  plant  for   six  years, 


1556  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

when  he  sold  out  to  a  company,  and  came  west  to  California.  He  arrived  in  1911,  and 
came,  luckily,  direct  to  Santa  Ana.  Since  coming  here  he  has  purchased  a  five-acre  grove 
at  2680  North  Main  Street,  which  he  devotes  to  oranges  and  walnuts. 

In  1911,  Mr.  Robertson  started  an  electric  contract  business  in  Santa  Ana,  and 
was  soon  active  in  wiring  houses,  installing  motors  and  making  electrical  repair  work. 
He  also  handled  a  large  stock  of  general  electrical  supplies.  Now  his  store  is  located 
at  303  North  Main  Street,  and  is  one  of  the  popular  headquarters  in  the  city,  patrons 
knowing  that  they  will  find  there  just  what  they  need,  and  often  what  is  not  obtamable 
even  in  larger  cities. 

On  October  21,  1896,  Mr.  Robertson  was  married  in  Marshfield,  Mo.,  to  Miss 
Margaret  Nelson,  a  native  of  Bedford  County,  Pa.,  and  the  daughter  of  J.  W.  and 
Hester  Nelson.  Her  father  was  a. farmer,  and  he  moved  with  his  family  to  Missouri 
in  188S.  Two  sons  have  blessed  the  union.  Orlyn  is  at  Pomona  College,  and  Fred  is 
in  the  Santa  Ana  high  school.  The  family  attend  the  First  Methodist  Church  at 
Santa  Ana. 

THEODORE  BROTHERS. — The  life  story  of  the  Theodore  brothers  shows 
what  can  be  accomplished  by  pluck  and  perseverance.  Coming  to  America  poor 
boys,  they  have,  in  a  new  country,  by  their  own  unaided  efforts,  built  up  a  prosperous 
business  and,  in  keeping  up  with  the  times  in  every  respect,  have  given  the  community 
the  benefit  of  their  efficient  business  methods. 

The  Theodore  Brothers,  Gus  M.,  Nicholas  and  George,  were  born  in  Tripoli, 
Greece,  where  they  grew  up  and  received  a  good  education  in  the  public  schools.  Gus 
M.,  when  a  boy  of  sixteen,  was  the  first  to  migrate  to  the  United  States  and  begin 
making  his  way  in  the  New  World.  His  first  employment  was  with  the  Santa  Fe 
Railway,  in  Chicago,  and  in  1902  he  located  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  and  there  started 
in  to  learn  the  laundry  business. 

After  working  in  diflferent  laundry  plants  in  that  city,  in  1910  Mr.  Theodore 
came  to  Anahem  and  went  to  work  for  Mr.  J.  E.  Fisher,  who  owned  the  Anaheim 
Laundry.  After  one  year  the  new  employee  bought  out  the  laundry,  and  in  partnership 
with  his  two  brothers,  Nicholas  and  George,  has  since  carried  on  the  business,  during 
which  time  they  have  built  up  the  concern  to  a  high  degree  of  efficient  management, 
conducting  a  modern  laundry  in  every  respect,  located  at  412  South  Lemon  Street. 
All  the  old  machinery  has  been  taken  out  and  new  and  modern  installed,  the  firm 
being  always  in  the  market  for  any  appliances  which  will  increase  the  high  standard 
of  the  business.  They  have  recently  installed  a  $4,000  water  softener,  and  have  their 
own  well  and  pumping  plant  on  the  property;  five  wagons  are  used  for  the  con- 
venience of  their  patrons,  and  their  trade  is  drawn  from  a  large  territory  surrounding 
Anaheim;  when  they  acquired  the  business,  in  1911,  but  fifteen  hands  were  employed, 
while  fifty-five  are  now  kept  busy,  an  example  of  the  growth  of  the  business.  The 
two  younger  brothers  came  to  the  States  six  years  later  than  Gus  M.,  and  have  since 
been  engaged  in  the  laundry  business. 

While  devoting  their  time  to  business,  Theodore  Bros,  have  also  found  time  to 
enter  into  projects  formed  for  the  further  advancement  of  Anaheim  and  Orange 
County,  and  are  active  members  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  of  the  Mer- 
chants and  Manufacturers  Association  of  Anaheim,  as  well  as  the  Mother  Colony 
Club.  As  evidenced  by  their  business  methods,  they  are  "live  wires"  and  enthusiastic 
over  the  splendid  future  they  see  in  store  for  this  section  of  California.  As  one 
would  naturally  suppose,  they  are  members  of  the  Laundry  Owners  Association  of 
Southern  California,  as  well  as  the  California  Laundry  Owners  Association  and  the 
National  Laundry   Owners  Association. 

JOHN  EELLS. — A  representative  citrus  grower  who  has  accomplished  much  since 
he  came  here  in  1904,  is  John  Eells,  who  is  the  owner  of  a  fine  ranch  on  the  Loara 
Road,  near  Anaheim.  Born  near  Waupun,  in  Fond  du  Lac  County,  Wis.,  October  13, 
1873,  he  is  the  son  of  Horace  and  Elizabeth  (Cooper)  Eells,  who  were  early  pioneers 
of  that  part  of  Wisconsin.  The  father  cleared  up  seventy  acres  of  timber  land  in  Fond 
du  Lac  County  and  farmed  it  for  a  number  of  years. 

Coming  to  California  in  1904  with  his  parents,  John  Eells  located  near  Anaheim, 
purchasing  a  ranch  of  twenty-seven  and  a  half  acres  from  Joseph  Dauser,  which  was 
devoted  to  walnuts  and  Navel  oranges.  Later  he  disposed  of  this  property,  at  different 
times,  and  then  with  his  brother,  Charles  Eells,  bought  a  tract  of  forty  acres  on  North 
Loara  Road,  this  being  a  part  of  the  old  Browning  estate.  This  they  leveled  and  set 
out  to  Valencia  oranges,  later  he  and  his  brother  dividing  the  property.  Since  then  Mr. 
Eells  has  disposed  of  five  acres  of  his  share,  leaving  a  fine  grove  o-f  fifteen  acres, 
eleven  acres  being  in  Valencia  oranges,  three  acres  in  Navels  and  the  remainder  in 
deciduous  fruits.     The  ranch  is  producing  an  excellent  yield,  which  Mr.  Eells  markets 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1559 

through  the  Anaheim  Fruit  Growers  Association.  In  1906  he  built  a  comfortable  resi- 
dence on  his  ranch  and  there  he  has  since  made  his  home.  Six  years  later  he  sunk  a 
water  well  on  his  property  which  is  the  finest  well  in  the  vicinity.  It  pumps  100  inches 
of  water  and  he  supplies  some  of  the  ranchers  of  his  neighborhood  with  irrigation 
water  from  it.  In  1919  Mr.  Eells  purchased  an  additional  five  acres  of  vacant  land 
west  of  Anaheim  and  this  he  has  also  set  to  Valencia  oranges.  He  is  giving  all  his 
holdings  the  best  of  attention  and  care  and  is  being  rewarded  in  the  fine  grade  of  fruit 
that  is  being  produced. 

Mr.  Eells  first  marriage  occurred  at  Waupun,  Wis.,  when  he  was  united  with  Miss 
Tillie  Erickson,  a  native  of  Sweden,  who  came  to  America  vvhen  a  young  woman.  She 
passed  away  in  February,  1916,  leaving  two  children,  Doris  and  Marion.  On  January  4, 
1917,  Mr.  Eells  was  married  to  Miss  Eleanor  Herring,  who  was  born  near  Salem,  Ore., 
the  ceremony  being  solemnized  at  Anaheim.  While  the  care  of  his  property  occupies 
the  greater  part  of  his  time  Mr.  Eells  is  always  found  ready  to  take  his  part  in  every 
movement  that  will  promote  the  public  good,  and  he  has  evinced  his  interest  in  edu- 
cational matters  by  serving  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  school  board  trustees  of  the 
Loara  district.  In  political  matters  he  is  unbiased  by  party  slogans,  believing  the  fit- 
ness of  the  man  for  the  office  rather  than  party  affiliation  is  the  prime  requisite. 

HENRY  D.  WITT. — A  rancher  who  cultivates  in  the  most  scientific  fashion  with 
a  modern  tractor,  and  who  boasts,  therefore,  of  one  of  the  choicest  grove  properties  in 
this  section,  is  Henry  D.  Witt,  the  son  of  the  well-known  Michael  Witt  and  his  good 
wife  Sarah  (Trumpey)  Witt.  He  was  born  in  Monroe,  Wis.,  on  September  11,  of  the 
great  Centennial  Year,  and  he  has  kept  pace  with  the  growth  of  the  second  century 
of  the  nation  ever  since. 

When  Henry  was  six  years  old,  in  1882,  his  parents  came  west  to  California  and 
brought  him  along,  thus  almost  making  him  a  native  son  of  the  Golden  State;  and  it 
happened,' therefore,  that  he  was  brought  up  to  attend  the  public  schools  of  Santa  Ana, 
fortunate  in  having  one  of  the  best  systems  of  education  for  a  small  town;  and  later, 
when  ready  for  it,  he  pursued  a  profitable  course  at  the  progressive  business  college  in 
the  same  city. 

For  some  years,  he  lived  at  the  Seventeenth  Street  home,  where  the  family  lived 
for  eighteen  years;  and  when  that  was  sold  in  1902,  the  father  built  his  home  on  the 
South  side  of  La  Veta  Street  between  Flower  and  Main.  The  same  year,  Henry  D. 
took  charge  of  the  rural  mail  route  No.  2,  running  to  the  north  and  the  west  of  Orange, 
and  in  a  short  time  was  a  welcome  visitor  to  the  homes  in  that  area. 

In  1903,  he  purchased  five  acres  of  orange  trees  from  his  father,  who  had  set  out 
a  promising  grove  and  in  1906  built  a  neat  home  on  the  same  ranch  land,  providing  for 
the  service  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company;  and  later  he  bought  five  more 
acres,  in  walnuts,  adjoining.  He  joined  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association  and 
also  the  Richland  Walnut  Growers  Association  at  Orange. 

On  September  27,  1906,  Mr.  Witt  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Schroeder,  a  native 
of  Santa  Ana  and  the  daughter  of  Fred  and  Verena  Schroeder.  Her  parents  came  from 
Kelleys  Island,  Ohio,  to  California  in  1880,  and  settled  in  Santa  Ana;  and  in  this  town 
she  also  received  her  education  at  the  public  schools.  Two  children  have  blessed  their 
union — Velma  M.  and  Robert  F. 

Mr.  Witt  is  a  member  of  the  Evangelical  Association  of  Santa  Ana,  and  belongs 
to  the  ranks  of  the  Republicans.  When  it  comes  to  helping  along  worthy  local  projects, 
however,  neither  Mr.  nor  Mrs.  Witt  are  limited  by  partisanship,  and  they  contribute 
heartily  toward  the  best  men  and  the  best  measures. 

ARTHUR  L.  TRICKEY. — An  energetic  rancher,  whose  ambition,  industry,  keen 
powers  of  observation  and  ability  to  look  ahead  have  made  him  a  successful  operator 
of  a  part  of  the  great  Irvine  ranch,  is  Arthur  L.  Trickey,  who  resides  on  the  Laguna 
Road  about  two  and  a  half  miles  from  Irvine.  He  was  born  near  Wichita,  Sedgwick 
County,  Kans.,  on  August  21,  1889,  and  grew  up  in  that  state  until  his  fifteenth  year, 
profiting  by  many  of  the  advantages  offered  by  the  more  settled  older  commonwealth. 
His  father,  R.  L.  Trickey,  who  died  in  California  in  1919,  was  a  grain  buyer  at  Derby, 
Kans.,  and  owned  a  farm  of  240  acres,  which  his  sons  ran  while  the  father  gave  his 
attention  to  grain. 

In  1904  our  subject  came  to  California  and  settled  at  Tustin;  but  it  was  not  until 
1911  that  he  came  to  the  Irvine  ranch,  where  he  is  now  harvesting  his  ninth  crop.  He 
takes  pride  both  in  the  product  of  his  labor  and  the  soil  he  cultivates,  and  also  in  the 
trim  appearance  of  his  farm;  and  thus,  while  developing  and  advancing,  he  gets  all  the 
fun  that  he  can  out  of  what  some  people  regard  as  only  exhausting  toil. 

This  disposition  to  look  on  the  optimistic  side  of  life  is  not  surprising  to  those 
acquainted  with  the  Trickey  stock.     His  father  was  a  native  of  the  good  old  state  of 


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Maine,  and  in  Kansas  married  Miss  Addie  Brownlee,  who  was  born  in  Illinois,  and  who 
is  still  living  at  Tustin,  the  center  of  a  group  of  devoted  friends,  at  the  age  of  sixty 
years.  Nine  children  were  granted  these  worthy  pioneers:  Albert  is  a  farmer  m 
Peters  Canyon  on  the  Irvine  ranch;  Roy  farms  in  Sedgwick  County,  Kans.;  Willie  is 
also  a  farmer  in  Kansas;  John  is  the  manager  of  Zaiser's  lease  near  Tustin;  Arthur  L.  is 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Ellis  cultivates  a  part  of  the  Whiting  ranch;  Addie  is  chief 
operator  at  the  Tustin  telephone  exchange;  and  Myron  works  for  his  brother  Arthur. 
The  eighth-born,  Walter,  died  in  infancy. 

In  1910,  at  Garden  Grove,  Mr.  Trickey  was  married  to  Miss  Bertha  Jessup,  the 
accomplished  daughter  of  Thomas  Jessup,  the  rancher  and  orange  grower  living  near 
Garden  Grove;  and  two  children— Lloyd  and  Thelma— have  blessed  their  fortunate 
union.  Mr.  Trickey  belongs  to  the  Modern  Woodmen  at  Santa  Ana,  and  none  is  more 
popular  among  its  many  members. 

THOMAS  B.  TALBERT.— An  efficient  and  faithful  public  official,  invaluable  to 
Orange  County  because  of  his  integrity,  foresight  and  high  sense  of  civic  duty,  whose 
identification  with  this  part  of  the  great  commonwealth  of  California  is  memorialized  in 
the  postoffice  bearing  his  family  name,  is  Thomas  B.  Talbert,  a  native  of  Illinois,  who 
was  born  at  Monticello,  in  Piatt  County,  on  March  S,  1878.  His  father  was  James  T. 
Talbert,  a  native  of  Greenville,  Muhlenburg  County,  Ky.,  who  emigrated  to  Macoupin 
County,  111.,  in  1858.  He  enlisted  as  a  volunteer  in  the  Civil  War  on  August  7,  1862, 
and  was  honorably  discharged  in  June,  1865.  He  married  Miss  Rachel  Weddle,  a  native 
of  Piatt  County,  111.,  and  a  member  of  the  Spencer  Weddle  family  of  that  section,  all 
of  whom  were   quite   prosperous. 

Next  to  the  youngest  of  a  family  of  nine  children,  six  of  whom  are  living,  Thomas 
B.  Talbert  came  out  to  California  with  his  parents  in  February,  1891.  He  attended 
the  grammar  schools  at  Long  Beach  and  also  spent  four  years  at  the  high  school  at 
that  place.  Following  this  he  engaged  in  dairying  and  farrning  at  Long  Beach  for 
three  years,  and  then,  in  about  1898,  he  moved  to  the  lower  Santa  Ana  Valley,  and 
there  bought  land  in  what  was  known  as  Gospel  Swamp.  After  being  there  about  one 
year,  his  father,  brothers  and  he  started  the  townsite  and  postoffice  now  known  as 
Talbert,  and  Thomas  B.  Talbert  was  appointed  the  first  postmaster.  He  bought  a 
little  general  merchandise  store  that  had  been  started  by  John  Corbett,  and  built  up  a 
good  business  in  this  line,  continuing  there  for  about  four  years,  when  he  sold  out. 
Then  he  spent  a  year  on  a  ranch  at  Talbert,  and  in  1904  moved  to  Pacific  City,  now 
Huntington  Beach,  which  had  just  been  started,  and  where  he  began  selling  real  estate. 

Mr.  Talbert  was  among  the  very  first  to  engage  in  growing  sugar  beets  in  Orange 
County  and  was  also  a  pioneer  in  the  celery  industry,  growing  celery  for  several  years, 
and  was  an  active  member  of  the  Celery  Growers  Association  of  Orange  County.  He 
is  today  the  oldest  realtor  in  Huntington  Beach  and  is  considered  one  of  the  best 
judges  of  real  estate  values  here.  He  is  interested  in  oil  development  and  was  one  of 
the  promoters  of  the  H.  K.  and  T.  Syndicate  that  are  drilling  for  oil  three  miles  south 
of  Irvine  on  the  Irvine  ranch.  He  was  a  promoter  and  is  a  director  in  the  West 
Whittier  Oil  Company,  drilling  at  Huntington  Beach  with  most  excellent  prospects. 
He  is  also  extensively  interested  in  oil  lands  and  leases  here.  For  the  past  seven  years 
he  has  had  the  agency  of  Ford  cars  and  is  now  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  City 
Garage,  located  on  Fifth  Street,  Huntington  Beach.  The  business  is  conducted  under 
the  firm  name  of  Talbert  and  Company,  his  partners  being  Messrs  McDonald  and 
Bergey,  and  they  have  the  agency  for  both  the  Ford  and  Dodge  cars. 

In  August,  1909,  a  vacancy  occurred  on  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Orange  County 
caused  by  the  resignation  of  George  W.  Moore;  and  to  that  office  Mr.  Talbert  was 
appointed  by  Governor  Gillett  to  fill  the  unexpired  term.  Since  that  time — such  is  the 
endorsement  of  his  public  services  given  by  the  people  themselves — Mr.  Talbert  has 
been  elected  to  the  same  office  three  times,  once  in  the  fall  of  1910,  again  in  1914,  and 
finally  in  1918;  the  last  two  times  he  was  elected  at  the  primaries.  He  was  also 
elected  by  his  fellow  supervisors  to  the  chairmanship  of  the  board  in  January,  1911,  and 
he  has  been  elected  to  the  same  enviable  position  every  two  years  since.  As  an  appre- 
ciation of  his  worth  in  other  departments  of  local  activity,  Mr.  Talbert  has  been  a 
director  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Huntington  Beach  since  the  bank's  early  history. 

Mrs.  Talbert  was  in  maidenhood  Miss  Margaret  Elizabeth  Crum,  a  daughter  of 
Dwight  M.  Crum,  and  a  member  of  a  highly  respected  family  originally  from  Fairbury, 
111.  She  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  California  and  was  a  teacher  of  languages 
at  the  Huntington  Beach  Union  high  school  up  to  the  time  of  her  marriage,  the  cere- 
mony occurring  at  Compton,  July  17,  1912.  They  have  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  a 
son,  Thomas  Van.  By  his  former  marriage  Mr.  Talbert  has  one  child,  Gordon  B 
Talbert. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1563 

Mr.  Talbert  drove  the  team  that  cut  the  first  drainage  ditch  in  the  Talbert  Drain- 
age district.  This  was  the  beginning  of  the  improvement  that  drained  the  swamp  lands 
of  this  district,  which  gave  Orange  County  her  rich  peat  lands  and  made  possible  the 
development  of  the  beet  and  celery  industry.  As  supervisor  his  great  ambition  has  been 
to  see  this  county  become  one  of  the  greatest  sections  in  the  United  States,  and  during 
his  years  as  a  realtor  he  has  been  instrumental  in  locating  a  sugar  factory  at  Huntington 
Beach,  and  an  oil-cloth  factory,  as  well.  He  was  a  strong  advocate  and  factor  in 
obtaining  the  Coast  Highway  and  in  the  voting  of  bonds  for  the  beginning  of  the 
county's  harbor  at  Newport  Bay,  which  will  soon  have  admirable  shipping  facilities. 
Indeed,  many  of  the  improvements  of  the  county  have  been  carried  out  under  Mr. 
Talbert's  supervision;  these  include  the  establishment  of  the  County  Farm  Hospital 
and  the  Detention  Home,  and  the  building  of  bridges  and  many  miles  of  good  roads. 
It  is  easily  apparent,  therefore,  how  fortunate  Orange  County  has  been  in  the  prolonged 
career  and  services  of  such  a  faithful  and  capable  public  servant. 

ROY  F.  SPANGLER. — It  is  not  often  that  one  finds  such  a  combination  of  com- 
petency as  in  the  case  of  Roy  F.  Spangler,  a  thoroughly  trained  electrician  and  engi- 
neer, an  experienced  and  aggressively  progressive  farmer,  and  a  far-seeing,  wide-awake 
manager,  a1  present  in  charge  of  the  Wassum  lima  bean  ranch,  a  part  of  the  famous 
Irvine  ranch,  itself  going  back  to  the  historic  San  Joaquin.  He  was  born  and  reared 
in  Santa  Ana,  and  is  the  son  of  the  late  David  Franklin  Spangler,  a  native  of  Penn- 
sylvania and  a  pioneer  blacksmith  whose  highly-interesting  old  shop  will  be  recalled  by 
many  as  one  of  the  landmarks  of  Santa  Ana  of  thirty  years  ago.  The  shop  still  stands, 
in  fact,  on  Sycamore  Street,  being  run  by  our  subject's  brother,  George,  and  is  prob- 
ably the  oldest,  as  it  is  today  the  leading  smithy  in   Santa  Ana. 

Roy  was  born  on  May  5,  1887,  and  his  mother  was  Miss  Dora  Beard  before  her 
marriage  on  Oregon,  where  she  was  born.  She  is  living,  an  honored  resident,  at  638 
Birch  Street,  Santa  Ana.  There  are  four  children:  George,  the  blacksmith;  Charles, 
who  resides  at  Pasadena;  Roy  F.,  our  subject,  and  Edith,  now  the  wife  of  Flake  Smith, 
the  popular  clerk  at  the  Santa  Ana  postoffice.    • 

When  a  lad,  Roy  worked  with  his  father  in  the  blacksmith  shop,  and  he  was  in 
the  junior  year  of  his  course  at  the  Santa  Ana  high  school  when  his  father  passed  away. 
It  seemed  advisable  then  that  he  should  leave  school;  so  he  started  to  master  electrical 
work.  He  wired  houses,  and  put  in  five  years  for  W.  E.  Houston  on  power,  motor  and 
other  work.  He  was  then  engaged  by  the  Edison  Company  for  nine  years,  making 
fourteen  in  all  as  the  period  of  his  life  devoted  to  electrical  work.  During  this  time, 
Mr.  Spangler  was  married  to  Miss  Jeanette  Milstead,  a  native  of  Arkansas,  reared  in 
Oklahoma.  When  twenty-two  years  old,  she  came  to  California.  Two  children  have 
blessed  this  union — Harold  and  Howard. 

In  February,  1920,  Mr.  Spangler  came  to  the  Wassum  ranch  as  manager.  He  has 
charge  of  four  hundred  acres  devoted  to  the  growing  of  lima  beans,  and  this  land  is 
under  lease  by  Howard  A.  Wassum,  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  Orange 
County,  and  one  of  its  largest  farmers  and  bean  growers.  No  better  choice  could  be 
made,  nor  could  Mr.  Spangler  wish  for  a  more  interesting  task  than  to  develop  this 
part  of  the  Irvine  acreage,  for  he  knows  the  value  of  land  and  how  to  appreciate 
forethought  and  fidelity,  in  its  care. 

C.  BRUCE  STOCKTON.— A  tenant  of  the  celebrated  Irvine  ranch  who,  having 
made  a  pronounced  success  in  the  important  technical  field  of  well  drilling,  is  more 
than  "making  good"  as  a  lima  bean  grower,  is  C.  Bruce  Stockton,  a  member  of  one  of 
the  historic  families  of  California,  and  the  husband  of  a  lady  highly  esteemed  for  her 
progressive  work,  before  her  marriage,  as  an  educator'.  He  was  born  at  Saticoy,  in 
Ventura  County,  on  December  5,  1882,  and  grew  up  there  where  his  father,  George  W. 
Stockton,  was  both  a  rancher  and  a  landowner.  His  mother,  popular  as  May  Beekman 
in  her  maidenhood,  was  a  native  of  Sierra  County,  Cal.,  and  the  daughter  of  a  Cali- 
fornia pioneer.  She  is  still  living  in  Los  Angeles,  at  the  ripe  age  of  sixty  years. 
George  W.  Stockton  was  a  native  of  Illinois,  and  his  father  was  I.  D.  Stockton,  a 
physician  and  surgeon  who  saw  strenuous  service  in  the  Black  Hawk  War.  Both  father 
and  grandfather  crossed  the  plains  in  1849  and  as  something  more  than  pastime,  fought 
the  "pesky  Redskins."  They  settled  in  Sonoma  County,  and  later  moved  to  Kern 
County,  and  then  built  up  the  Stockton  stock  ranch  fifteen  miles  south  of  Bakersfield, 
now  called  the  Lakeside  ranch  of  the  Kern  County  Land  Company's  holdings.  George 
W.  Stockton  moved  over  to  Ventura  County,  and  there  became  a  well-to-do  rancher. 
He  died  in  Los  Angeles  at  the  age  of  fifty-nine  years. 

Five  children  were  born  to  this  worthy  couple  and  grew  to  maturity.  G.  G.  Stock- 
ton is  an  oil  man  well  known  in  South  America,  and  stationed  near  Caracas,  in  Vene- 
zuela; C.  Bruce  Stockton  is  the  subject  of  our  sketch;   Irene  has  become  the  wife  of 


1564  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Walter  Cook,  the  rancher  on  the  Irvine;  E.  E.  Stockton,  the  owner  of  the  Lake  ranch 
in  Ventura  County,  resides  in  Los  Angeles  and  is  in  the  hardware  trade;  and  Myrle  is 
the  wife  of  H.  L.  Carpenter  of  Los  Angeles.  Through  the  fact  that  the  father  of  L  D. 
Stockton  was  closely  related  to  Commodore  Robert  Field  Stockton,  and  henrp  to  the 
Commodore's  grandfather,  Senator  Richard  Stockton,  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence, C.  Bruce  Stockton  is  related  to  a  circle  of  Americans  known  for  having, 
each  one  of  them,  accomplished  something  worth  while  for  the  world,  and  something 
very  definite,  and  needed,  for  the  advancement  of  their  country.  Bruce's  early  educa- 
tion was  in  the  public  schools  in  Ventura  and  later  attended  the  preparatory  schools  at 
Bakersfield,  in  the  more  quiet  days  before  anyone  suspected  that  the  broad  meadows 
were  soaking  with  oil,  and  when  the  discovery  and  the  ensuing  excitement  transformed 
that  locality,  he  went  to  work  in  the  Kern  River  oil  fields  as  a  roustabout,  became  a 
tool  dresser  and  later  a  driller,  and  worked  to  develop,  in  particular,  the  much-needed 
petroleum.  Then  he  entered  the  oil  fields  of  the  Santa  Fe  at  Fellows  and  of  the  Southern 
Pacific  at  Maricopa;  and  after  acquiring  seven  years  of  valuable  experience,  he  jour- 
neyed to  Mexico.  He  drilled  at  Tampico  and  Tuxpan,  and  when  the  United  States 
Government  landed  troops  at  Vera  Cruz,  came  out  of  the  country  as  a  refugee  on  one  of 
the  U.  S.  war  ships  to  Galveston.  Returning  to  Taft,  he  later  went  scfUth  to  the 
Island  of  Trinidad,  off  the  coast  of  Venezuela,  where  he  drilled  for  a  year  and  a  half. 
Once  more  he  came  to  California,  and  for  a  year  farmed  on  the  Irvine  ranch. 

At  Los  Angeles,  on  June  26,  1916,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Ethel  Rouse,  a  native 
of  Colton,  Cal.,  and  the  daughter  of  John  M'.  and  Olive  (Leonard)  Rouse.  When  she 
was  eight  years  of  age,  she  was  brought  by  her  parents  to  Los  Angeles,  and  in  1910,  she 
graduated  from  the  Polytechnic  high  school,  and  still  later  from  the  Los  Angeles 
Normal.  Then  she  taught  school,  for  a  year  in  Riverside  County,  for  three  years  in  the 
city  of  Los  Angeles,  and  for  a  year  in  Kern  County.  One  child  has  blessed  their 
fortunate  union — a  daughter,  Lois  May.  The  family  attend  by  preference  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  while  holding  broad,  sympathetic  views  toward  all  who  are  seeking  to 
make  life  more  worth  the  living.  Mr.  "Stockton  belongs  to  the  Santa  Ana  Elks,  and 
in  politics  seeks  to  act  according  to  his  best  judgment,  independent  of  partisan  bias 
or   dictation. 

JUAN  PABLO  PERALTA.— A  highly  respected  citizen  is  the  old  settler,  Juan 
Pablo  Peralta,  living  on  the  Santa  Ana  Canyon  Road,  four  and  a -half  miles  northeast 
of  Olive,  where  he  owns  a  small  ranch.  Although  living  frugally — a  modest  abstinence 
apparently  favorable  to  his  health,  judging  from  his  massive  build— he  is  a  proud 
old  Californian,  and  with  good  reason,  for  he  is  a  worthy  descendant  of  early  Spanish 
military  officers  from  Catalonia,  Spain,  who  came  out  to  take  charge  of  the  port  of 
San  Francisco  in  the  Yerba  Buena  days.  He  and  his  family,  therefore,  are  well-known 
and   respected. 

Juan  Pablo  Peralta  is  the  son  of  Juan  Pablo  Peralta,  who  was  born  near  what  is 
now  Buena  Park.  He  married  in  Los  Angeles,  Neavis  Lopez,  a  native  of  that  city, 
and  died  on  May  21,  18S2.  Nine  days  later.  May  30,  the  subject  of  our  sketch  was 
born,  the  last  of  eleven  children— nine  girls  and  two  boys— and  he  grew  up  to  raise 
stock  on  land  with  an  association  especially  close  toward  his  family.  His  grandfather, 
Juan  Pablo  Peralta,  born  in  San  Francisco,  had  been  married  in  San  Diego,  and 
came  up  to  the  Santa  Ana  River  and  became  the  owner  of  Rancho  Santiago  de  Santa 
Ana,  which  was  the  name  of  the  Peralta  Grant.  His  father,  also  Don  Juan  Pablo 
Peralta  was  born  in  San  Francisco,  and  he  knew  General  Vallejo  very  well,  and  had 
mterests  at  Oakland  and  at  San  Leandro,  where  to  this  day  the  name  Peralta  denotes 
old_  landmarks. 

Juan  P.  Peralta  now  owns  a  ranch  of  eight  acres,  which  he  bought  fourteen 
years  ago.  In  November,  1918,  he  built  a  bungalow,  which  affords  him  and  his 
family  a  very  good  and  up-to-date  home.  In  1887  he  was  married  to  Miss  Betsida 
Yorba,  born  at  Prado,  Riverside  County,  the  daughter  of  Rimondo  and  Concepcion 
(Serrano)  Yorba,  who  was  also  a  granddaughter  of  Bernardo  Yorba,  and  they  had 
six  children— Juan  Pablo,  Jr.,  Neavis,  Ramon,  Florisa,  Ellena  and  Constance  For 
several  years  he  had  a  general  store  at  Peralta;  now  he  grows  walnuts  and  apricots 
He  also  leases  over  500  acres  of  land  and  engages  in  raising  grain  and  hay,  in  which 
he  IS  very  successful. 

A  Democrat  in  matters  of  national  political  moment,  Mr.  Peralta  is  nonpartisan 
in  his  enthusiastic  support  of  whatever  makes  for  a  greater  development  of  his  home 
district.  He  has  served  as  a  trustee  of  the  Peralta  school  district,  has  been  road 
overseer  for  some  time,  and  has  done  jury  duty  at  various  times.  Oran-e  Countv 
IS  happy  to  note  the  prosperity  of  those  who  so  well  represent  the  historic  past  of 
the   state.  ^ 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1567 

WILLIAM  LEMKE. — One  of  the  very  enterprising  men  among  the  prominent 
and  successful  citizens  of  Orange  County  who  has  contributed  his  share  in  the  up- 
building and  development  of  the  citrus  and  walnut  industries  of  the  county  is  William 
Lemke,  the  owner  of  a  twenty-acre  ranch,  devoted  to  oranges,  walnuts  and  deciduous 
fruits,  located  three  miles  north  of  Olive,  on  the  Santa  Ana  Canyon  Boulevard. 

Mr.  Lemke  was  born  at  Liptno,  in  Russia  Poland,  October  16,  1870,  the  son  of 
Charles  and  Wilhelmina  (Zutke)  Lemke,  who  were  also  natives  of  that  country.  The 
father  came  to  the  United  States  in  1886,  to  prepare  a  home  for  his  family  and  was 
joined  a  year  later  by  his  wife.  In  the  fall  of  1889,  William,  accompanied  by  his 
brother  August,  crossed  the  ocean  to  make  his  home  in  the  New  World  and  to  seek  his 
fortune  in  the  Golden  State.  He  came  with  his  brother  to  Placentia,  Orange  County, 
where  he  secured  employment  on  a  ranch.  In  1892  he  took  up  a  homestead  in  Lassen 
County,  on  which  he  proved  up  and  afterwards  sold.  He  returned  to  Orange  County 
where  he  purchased  his  present  twenty-acre  ranch,  which  at  that  time  was  uncultivated 
land  used  as  a  pasture.  Mr.  Lemke  has  always  been  a  hard  worker  and  through  his 
industrious  efiforts  and  untiring  energy  has  developed  his  desert  land  into  a  prosperous, 
up-to-date  ranch  which  bespeaks  success.  Five  acres  are  planted  to  Valencia  oranges, 
six  acres  to  deciduous  fruits,  eight  acres  are  devoted  to  walnuts  and  one  acre  to  the 
home  site  and  yard.  Mr.  Lemke  in  1920  built  and  completed  a  beautiful  ten-room 
residence  at  a  cost  of  about  $10,000. 

In  1906  Mr.  Lemke  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Emma  Schmidt,  also  a  native 
of  Russia  Poland,  who  came  to  Anaheim  in  1903.  Her  father,  Adolph  Schmidt,  died  in 
Russia  and  her  mother,  Christena  (Biske)  Schmidt,  came  to  California  in  1914,  where 
she  makes  her  home  with  her  daughters.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lemke  are  the  parents  of  three 
children:  Lydia,  Elsie  and  Adolph  William  F.  In  religious  matters  Mr..  Lemke  is  a 
member  of  the  German  Lutheran  Church  at  Olive,  while  his  wife  belongs  to  the  German 
Baptist  Church  at  Anaheim. 

William  Lemke  is  a  patriotic  American  citizen,  proud  to  be  known  as  a  self-made 
man  who  has  gained  financial  success  by  his  own  unaided  efforts  and  by  his  industry 
and  the  practice  of  economy. 

GEORGE  M.  HARTLEY. — A  well-informed,  level-headed  young  man,  who  has 
a  splendid  ranch  of  Valencia  orange  trees  in  a  high  state  of  cultivation  near  one  of 
the  tasteful  bungalow  homes  of  the  locality,  and  who,  through  his  business  specialty, 
is  contributing  toward  the  preservation  of  other  ranch  properties  and,  therefore,  doing 
a  commendable  public  service,  is  George  M.  Bartley,  the  deputy  constable  and  sprayer, 
and  popular  son  of  a  highly-esteemed  pioneer.  He  was  born  at  Lompoc,  in  Santa 
Barbara  County,  on  October  21,  1880,  the  son  of  David  J.  Bartley,  a  native  of  New 
York  State,  who  came  to  Salinas,  Cal.,  in  1875,  an  agriculturist  who  had  farmed  in 
Nebraska.  In  that  state,  too,  he  had  married  Miss  Mary  Ann  Hoyt,  a  lady  always 
esteemed  by  all  who  knew  her  for  her  high  ideals  and  capability  as  a  wife,  mother, 
friend  and  neighbor.  Mr.  Bartley  died  in  El  Modena  in  1909,  seventy-two  years  old; 
and  Mrs.  Bartley  passed  to  her  eternal  reward  after  a  distressing  railway  accident. 
In  1888  with  Grandfather  William  Bartley  and  an  aunt.  Miss  Rose  Benton,  Mrs.  Bartley 
was  driving  along  Fruit  Street,  Santa  Ana,  when  their  vehicle  was  struck  by  a  Santa 
Fe  locomotive,  and  the  occupants  were  instantly  killed.  Seldom  has  there  been  wider 
regpret  at  the  demise  of  anyone  than  in  the  case  of  this  estimable  lady,  whose  broad 
sympathies  enabled  her  to  be  of  service  to  many,  and  whose  integrity,  like  that  of  her 
devoted  husband,  was  marked.  They  had  three  children:  Will  H.,  the  rancher  at  Buena 
Park;  Margaret  E.,  now  Mrs.  Thomas,  residing  at  Fresno;  and  George  Milton,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch. 

He  was  only  one  year  old  when  he  was  brought  to  El  Modena  by  his  parents, 
and  he  is  therefore  the  citizen  who  has  lived  there  longest  continuously.  He  was 
brought  up  at  EI  Modena  on  his  father's  ranch,  and  attended  the  local  grammar  school 
while  he  made  himself  useful  on  a  forty-acre  ranch.  His  father  was  a  vineyardist,  and 
in  common  with  others  suffered  heavy  losses  when  the  mysterious  blight  killed  the 
grapevines  said  to  have  been  of  the  finest  quality.  George  was  always  handy  around 
horses,  and  being  a  good  teamster,  drove  a  tank  wagon  for  the  Union  Oil  Company  in 
Cos  Angeles  for  five  years. 

Then  he  went  to  Corcoran,  in  Kern  County,  and  there  bought  a  farm  and  engaged 
in  ranching  from  1907  until  1909.  In  that  year,  he  was  married  at  Bakersfield  to  Miss 
Frankie  S.  Rudolph  of  Lompoc,  the  same  town,  by-the-way,  in  which  Mr.  Bartley  was 
born;  and  after  that  he  and  his  bride  came  back  to  El  Modena,  reaching  home  just 
before  his  father  died. 

Since  1909,  Mr.  Bartley  has  put  in  his  time  at  El  Modena,  in  1916  becoming  a 
licensed  sprayer  and  branching  oflf  into  the  business  of  spraying  trees.  He  bought  a 
bean  spraying  outfit  with  a  two-hundred  gallon  tank,  and  is  doing  his  full  share  of 
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1568  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

the  work  in  both  the  Villa  Park  and  the  El  Modena  districts.  He  belongs  to  the 
Orange  Growers  Association  at  McPherson,  and  is  active  in  promoting  in  every  way 
the  interests  of  all  the  community,  including  the  further  appreciation  of  land.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  El  Modena  Farm  Center.  Mr.  Hartley's  father  paid  sixty-five 
dollars  an  acre  for  his  land,  and  our  subject  has  refused  $5,000  an  acre. 

A  Republican  in  matters  of  national  politics,  Mr.  Bartley  served  for  three  years 
as  deputy  sherifif  under  Sheriff  C.  E.  Ruddock,  and  for  four  years  as  deputy  constable 
under  Logan  Jackson;  and  he  is  at  present  deputy  constable  under  William  A.  Holt,  of 
Orange.     He  is  also  a  member  of  the  election  board. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bartley  have  had  two  children:  Dorothy  E.  is  in  the  grammar 
school  at  El  Modena;  but  Glennagene  died  when  fourteen  months  old.  The  family  live 
in  a  comfortable  bungalow  recently  built  by  Mr.  Bartley  himself  at  El  Modena, 
opposite  the  El  Modena  grammar  school.  Mr.  Bartley  belongs  to  the  Woodmen  of 
the  World. 

JOSHUA  BARKER. — An  intelligent,  industrious  and  ambitious  worker,  who  is 
valued  by  all  who  know  him  as  an  honest,  reliable  citizen  and  a  good  fellow,  is  Joshua 
Barker,  the  rancher  near  Irvine  Station,  whose  able  and  faithful  wife  is  also  just  the 
helpmate  needed.  He  works  for  Henry  J.  Harkleroad  as  foreman  on  his  fine  ranch  of 
160  acres  to  the  southeast  of  Irvine,  and  no  more  competent  overseer  probably  could 
be   found. 

A  native  son  happy  in  his  association  with  the  Golden  State,  Mr.  Barker  was  born 
at  Tulare  on  April  20,  1862,  the  son  of  William  Barker  who  was  an  early  settler  in 
that  county.  He  was  a  native  of  Missouri,  and  was  married  to  Miss  Margaret  Burris, 
who  hailed  from  that  same  state,  and  there  he  became  a  successful  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser.  William  Barker  has  passed  away;  but  his  esteemed  widow  is  still  living  at 
Tustin.  They  had  ten  children,  eight  of  whom  are  still  living;  and  among  them  Joshua 
is  the  oldest. 

His  schooling  was  very  limited,  for  from  boyhood  he  had  to  do  plenty  of  hard 
work  at  farming.  He  began  hiring  out  for  low  wages  when  a  lad,  and  continued  to 
work  by  the  month  until  he  was  thirty-five,  when  he  succeeded  in  renting  land  in  Ven- 
tura County.  He  planted  blackeye  beans,  and  enjoyed,  as  never  before,  the  harvest, 
for  what  he  reaped  was  entirely  his  own.  Later,  he  came  down  to  the  San  Joaquin 
ranch  in  Orange  County;  and  since  then  he  has  moved  back  and  forth  between  here 
and  Ventura  County,  sought  by  many  both  for  his  services  and  his  experience  and 
advice,  and  contributing  something  definite,  in  his  own  hard  work  for  the  higher 
cultivation  of  land,  toward  the  development  of  California  agriculture. 

At  Santa  Ana,  Mr.  Barker  was  married  to  Miss  Martha  Horton,  a  native  of  Ven- 
tura and  they  have  had  six  children:  Walter,  who  married  Miss  Maude  Boyd  of  Santa 
Ana,  is  foreman  on  a  ranch  at  San  Luis  Rey;  Roy,  the  husband  of  Miss  Lottie  Steward 
of  Ventura,  is  farming  near  Orange  County  Park,  the  proud  father  of  two  children. 
Hazel  and  Donald;  Alice  married  Charles  Van  Horn,  a  truck  driver  on  road  work 
for  Orange  County,  she  has  one  boy,  Glenn,  and  resides  at  Santa  Ana;  Freddie  is  em- 
ployed at  ranching  at  Talbert,  and  is  the  husband  of  Miss  Maude  Albertson  of  that 
town,  by  whom  he  has  had  two  children,  Lloyd  and  Llodine;  Elsie  is  the  wife  of  Victor 
Vann,  a  ranch  employe  at  El  Centro;  and  Jim  is  in  the  U.  S.  Navy.  It  will  thus  be 
seen  that  not  only  have  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barker  done  well  themselves,  but  they  have 
reared  a  family,  each  member  of  which  has  gone  forth  into  the  world  and  become  a 
credit  to  the  good  Barker  name. 

JOHN  H.  STINSON. — The  well-known  rancher,  citrus  grower  and  dairy  farmer, 
John  H.  Stinson  of  Taft  Avenue,  Orange,  Cal.,  has  attained  a  gratifying  degree  of 
success  in  the  vocation  he  has  chosen.  He  is  a  native  of  Hall  County,  Nebr.,  where 
he  was  born  at  Doniphan,  January  3,  1880,  and  is  the  son  of  Edward  and  Dinah  (Harrod) 
Stinson.  His  father  was  born  thirty  miles  from  Dublin,  Ireland,  came  to  the  Province 
of  Quebec,  Canada,  with  his  parents  when  a  babe,  and  was  reared  there.  His  mother 
is  a  native  of  London,  England,  and  accompanied  her  parents  to  America  from  her 
native  city,  settling  at  Rockford,  111.,  where  later  her  marriage  occurred.  After  their 
marriage  the  parents  lived  in  various  places  and  finally  settled  in  Hall  County,  Nebr., 
going  thither  from  Illinois.  The  father  traded  his  team  of  horses'  for  a  relinquishment 
and  proved  up  on  a  160-acre  homestead,  where  his  son  John  H.  was  born  and  reared  until 
he  attained  the  age  of  eleven.  He  worked  on  his  father's  farm,  held  the  breaking  plow 
and  turned  virgin  soil  of  Nebraska  when  only  nine  years  old.  The  family  migrated  to 
Orange  County,  Cal.,  and  settled  at  Villa  Park,  then  called  Wanda  Station,  on  the 
Southern  Pacific,  where  the  father  had  already  traded  Nebraska  land  for  a  forty-acre 
ranch  on  Vista  Street,  Orange;  here  he  followed  farming  until  his  death,  April  11, 
1911,  being  survived  by  his  widow. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1571 

John  H.  is  the  eleventh  child  in  a  family  of  fourteen  children,  six  of  whom  are 
living.  He  received  his  education  in  the  grammar  school  at  Orange,  and  worked  on 
his  father's  forty-acre  ranch.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  assumed  the  responsibilities 
of  life  and  purchased  fifteen  acres  on  Vista  Street,  Orange,  for  $1,200.  He  was  married 
in  Orange,  July  26,  1905,  to  Miss  Ethel  Durler,  daughter  of  Reverend  Levi  and  Alice 
(Lyon)  Durler,  who  now  live  at  Orange.  Mrs.  Stinson  was  born  at  Stryker,  Ohio,  and 
was  reared  in  Ohio,  Indiana  and-  Michigan,  coming  to  California  with  her  parents  in 
1904.  She  is  the  oldest  of  four  living  children.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 'Stinson  are  the  parents 
of  a  daughter,  Jennie  Fay  by  name,  and  have  an  adopted  son  whose  name  is  Ernest. 
Mr.  Stinson  owns  a  ranch  of  seventeen  acres  on  Taft  Avenue,  which  he  planted  to 
Valencia  oranges,  now  in  bearing,  and  is  also  a  joint  owner  with  his  brother,  E.  G. 
Stinson,  in  a  seventy-eight-acre  dairy  ranch  on  the  Santa  Ana  River  on  Taft  Avenue. 
This  was  a  barren  waste  of  brush  and  trees,  which  they  cleared,  leveled  the  land  and 
planted  to  alfalfa.  Although  they  have  service  for  irrigation  from  the  S.  A.  V.  L  Com- 
pany, they  have  installed  an  electric  pumping  plant  of  125  inches.  They  have  a  well 
selected  dairy  herd  of  129  cows.  Their  buildings  are  modern  and  sanitary  and  equipped 
with  milking  machines. 

Mr.  Stinson  is  a  type  of  citizen  of  whom  Orange  County  may  well  be  proud  and 
has  been  most  helpful  to  the  permanent  welfare  of  that  section.  He  is  active,  intelli- 
gent and  interesting,  with  a  strong  appreciation  of  humor,  which  is  perhaps  a  heritage 
from  his  Hibernian  ancestry.  Mrs.  Stinson  is  a  woman  of  pleasing  personality,  cul- 
tured and  reiined,  with  most  excellent  qualities  of  heart  and  mind.  She  is  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Orange  and  is  active  in  church  work,  the  Ladies' 
Aid  Society  and  the  Home  Mission  Society,  and  both  are  popular  among  their  large 
circle  of  acquaintances. 

CLYDE  R.  ALLING. — The  interesting  career  of  a  hustling  young  business  man 
of  Santa  Ana  affords  another  illustration  of  not  only  the  unrivalled  opportunities  pre- 
sented for  advancement  and  success  in  California,  and  especially  in  Orange  County,  but 
the  elastic  capability  of  the  typical  American  in  rising  to  the  occasion  when  Oppor- 
tunity opens  the  door.  This  wide-awake  young  man  is  Clyde  R.  Ailing,  proprietor  of 
the  "Cherry.  Blossom"  bakery,  confectionery  store  and  cafe  in  Santa  Ana,  which  is 
pleasantly  and  conveniently  situated  at  120  East  Fourth  Street. 

He  was  born  in  the  city  of  Chicago  on  August  28,  1892,  and  in  that  city  passed 
his  early  life.  He  attended  the  grammar  schools,  and  commenced  his  mercantile  oper- 
ations against  heavy  odds  by  working  as  a  newsboy  and  selling  the  Chicago  Tribune 
and  Inter-Ocean  on  the  crowded  streets.  This  strenuous  exertion  was  rendered  neces- 
sary because  of  political  intrigues  which  had  half-ruined  his  father,  a  contractor.  The 
lad  developed  something  of  the  system  that  he  displays  today,  knowing  just  where 
and  when  to  sell,  and  catching  the  big  idea  of  giving  people  what  they  want,  and 
when.  After  a  while,  however,  he  saw  that  selling  newspapers  could  not  be  the 
avocation  he  must  eventually  be  looking  for,  and  he  changed  jobs,  to  run  a  soda 
fountain  at  Peoria,  111. 

In  1912,  heeding  Horace  Greeley's  advice,  "Go  West,  and  grow  up  with  the 
country,"  Mr.  Ailing  came  to  Santa  Ana,  Cal.,  and  for  a  year  he  worked  at  the  soda 
fountain  in  the  Dragon  store.  Two  years  later,  in  January,  he  made  sacrifices  to  buy 
L.  J.  Christopher's  confectionery  store  in  Anaheim,  now  the  "Cherry  Blossom"  and 
the  success  of  that  popular  resort  today  shows  whether  or  not  his  judgment  was  good. 

Sighing  for  more  worlds  to  conquer — as  a  local  scribe  once  said  of  him  in  an 
appreciative  write-up — Mr.  Ailing,  on  November  25,  1915,  returned  to  Santa  Ana  and 
leased  the  building  formerly  occupied  by  the  California  National  Bank,  preparatory 
to  opening  another  Cherry  Blossom.  Then  came  the  flood,  and  for  four  months  Mr. 
Ailing  paid  rent  on  a  building  he  could  not  occupy.  Worse  than  that,  no  one  seemed  to 
care  a  fig,  whether  he  came  or  not;  but  in  March,  1916,  he  threw  open  for  business  what 
he  considered  to  be  the  finest-equipped  confectionery  in  Santa  Ana.  He  spent  $30,000 
in  fitting  up  and  finishing  this  most  attractive  place  in  Orange  County,  occupying  as  it 
,  does  the  entire  building,  with  the  basement;  and  when  the  people  began  to  find  their 
way  to  the  "Cherry  Blossom,"  they  also  began  to  comprehend  what  had  been  added  to 
the  worth-while  attractions  of  Santa  Ana. 

The  basement  is  used  for  chocolate  dipping  and  a  stock  room,  and  on  the  first 
floor  there  is  the  soda  fountain,  the  restaurant  and  the  ice  cream  parlor.  The  second 
floor  is  devoted  to  the  manufacture  of  candies  and  other  confections,  for  Mr.  Ailing 
manufactures  almost  everything  that  he  sells.  There  is  an  ice  house  in  the  rear,  where 
the  choicest  of  ice  cream  is  made,  not  only  for  patrons  in  town,  but  for  such  near-by 
resorts  as  Laguna  Beach,  Newport  and  Balboa,  and  also  for  Orange  and  other  towns. 
Boasting  the  finest  dining  room  in  the  city,  it  is  not  surprising  that  the  cash  register 
should  show  an  annual  patronage  of  a  couple  of  hundred  thousand  satisfied  customers. 


1572  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

A  likeable  man,  an  honorable  competitor  and,  most  of  all,  an  untiring  worker, 
Clyde  Ailing  long  ago  rose  to  the  point  where  he  was  a  great  factor  in  the  develop- 
ment of  wholesale  and  retail  trade  in  Orange  County.  With  only  twenty-eight  years 
behind  him,  it  is  also  not  surprising  that  he  should  feel  a  great  future  ahead.  Of  genial 
disposition,  with  always  a  word  of  cheer,  no  matter  what  the  weather  happens  to  be, 
he  draws  customers  as  a  honey-pot  draws  flies.  His  handshake  is  one  you  feel.  His 
words  are  words  you  remember.  And  most  of  all  he  is  busy,  for  long  hours  are  re- 
quired to  run  "Cherry  Blossoms,"  and  he  is  always  on  the  job.  This  strenuosity,  how- 
ever, in  business  hours  does  not  prevent  him  from  snatching  a  few  moments,  now 
and  then,  to  enjoy  the  company  of  his  fellow  Masons  and  Elks. 

JOHN  GREEN  BAKER.— A  successful  farmer  and  bean  grower  who  had  the 
advantage  of  a  wide  and  valuable  experience  in  other  pursuits  and  elsewhere  before 
he  came  to  the  Irvine  ranch,  is  John  Green  Baker,  who  lives  one  mile  and  a  half 
northeast  of  Irvine.  He  was  born  in  Madison  County,  Tenn.,  on  August  9,  1874,  amid  the 
stimulating  environment  of  the  Cumberland  Mountains,  and  until  he  was  fifteen  lived  in 
that  state:  Then,  with  his  folks,  he  moved  to  La  Veta,  Colo.,  and  for  a  year  had  the 
hard  work  of  a  farmer's  lad.  After  that,  he  went  to  Texas,  then  to  New  Mexico,  and 
later  still  to  Arizona;  and  in  1912  he  arrived  in  the  Golden  State.  He  thus  went  to 
school  in  three  states — Tennessee,  Colorado  and  Texas.  His  father  was  the  Rev.  W.  H. 
Baker  of  the  Baptist  Church,  in  whose  ministry  for  years  he  did  faithful,  self-sacrificing 
service,  and  he  is  now  living  in  Arkansas,  retired,  at  the  age  of  eighty.  His  mother 
was  Miss  Nancy  Green  before  her  marriage,  and  she  was  born  in  North  Carolina  and 
died  in  Texas.  She  had  eight  children,  of  whom  John  is  the  seventh  in  the  order  of 
birth  of  the  family. 

John  G.  Baker  started  out  for  himself  in  Texas  as  an  employe  on  a  Donley  County 
cattle  ranch,  then  teamed  and  rode  range  in  New  Mexico  and  mined  at  Bisbee,  Ariz.; 
and  on  coming  to  California  he  followed  the  carpenter  trade  in  Los  Angeles  until  1915, 
when  he  came  to  Santa  Ana  and  engaged  in  ranching.  He  now  operates  160  acres  on 
the  Irvine  ranch,  which  he  has  planted  to  lima  beans,  and  he  is  among  those  who  get 
satisfactory  results  whenever  the  conditions  of  climate  make  it  possible  to  succeed. 

When  Mr.  Baker  was  married  in  Los  Angeles  in  1912,  he  took  for  hrs  wife  Mrs. 
Inez  Asbell,  nee  White,  a  native  of  Ohio;  and  together  they  have  worked  hard  to 
solve  the  problems  peculiar  to  California  agriculture,  and  they  are  gradually  attaining 
more  and  more  of  an  enviable  position.  A  consistent  Democrat,  but  a  broad-minded 
American,  alway.s  desirous  of  pulling  with  his  neighbors  for  whatever  is  best  for  the 
locality  irrespective  of  party  considerations,  Mr.  Baker  has  been  serving  as  a  popular 
member  of  the  election  board  in  the  San  Joaquin  voting  precinct. 

CHARLES  E.  BEST. — An  experienced  rancher  who  has  entrusted  to  his  judgment 
and  fidelity  an  important  interest  of  the  Irvine  Ranch  is  Charles  E.  Best,  in  charge 
of  the  hog  ranch  on  the  old  San  Joaquin.  He  was  born  in  San  Benito,  on  November 
12,  1871,  the  son  of  Newton  Wells  Best,  a  native  of  Port  Williams,  N.  S.,  where  he  was 
born  on  October  12,  1838,  and  his  good  wife,  also  a  Nova  Scotian,  who  was  Annie  C. 
Holmes  before  her  marriage,  in  Nova  Scotia  in  1864.  There  their  two  eldest  children 
were  born.  Newton  Wells  Best  left  his  family  on  March  19,  1868,  and  landed  at  San 
Francisco  on  April  19  of  the  same  year,  having  lost  five  days  in  New  York  City 
waiting  for  a  steamer.  Settling  first  on  the  San  Benito  River,  then  in  Monterey,  now  in 
San  Benito  County,  he  took  up  Government  land  and  farmed  for  five  years,  and 
then  he  came  south  to  Santa  Maria  Valley,  in  Santa  Barbara  County,  where  he  stayed 
another  five  years,  also  farming.  His  next  move  was  to  Santa  Ana,  then  in  Los 
Angeles  County,  which  he  reached  in  1878,  and  there  he  bought  a  farm  in  the  New 
Hope  school  district,  and  helped  to  build  the  New  Hope  schoolhouse,  acting  as  one  of 
the  school  trustees. 

He  farmed  at  New  Hope  for  seven  years,  and  then  he  went  to  what  is  now 
Beaumont  in  Riverside  County,  then  San  Gorgonio,  San  Bernardino  County,  where  he 
operated  on  a  still  larger  scale  in  farming  for  fifteen  years.  When  he  quit  farming, 
he  moved  to  Redlands  and  lived  there  for  fourteen  years,  running  a  grocery,  and  a  feed 
and  fuel  business.  He  returned  to  Santa  Ana  in  1914;  and  there,  three  years  later,  his 
devoted  wife  died,  aged  seventy-one  years. 

Nine  children  were  born  to  this  worthy  couple:  William  Henry  is  of  the  real 
estate  firm,  Best,  DeBoyce  and  Covington  in  Brawley,  Cal.;  Frank  S.  is  retired  and 
lives  in  Pasadena;  Fred  N.  is  a  carpenter  and  builder  at  Lamona,  in  Iowa;  Charles 
Everett  is  the  subject  of  our  review;  Arthur  L.  died  when  he  was  fourteen  years  old; 
Maude  is  the  wife  of  G.  M.  Austin,  an  Imperial  Valley  rancher;  Pearla  is  now  Mrs'. 
W.  A.  Hively  and  resides  at  Turlock,  Stanislaus  County;  Luella  has  become  Mrs! 
H.  H.  Moore  and  resides  at  Colton;  Joseph  died  when  he  was  two  years  old. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1573 

Charles  was  sent  to  the  grammar  school,  and  grew  up  with  the  usual  limited,  yet 
positive  advantages  of  a  boy  in  the  country.  On  September  20,  1898,  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Jessie  Speed  of  Santa  Ana,  who  was  born  in  Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  and  came  to 
Orange  County  in  1892  with  her  parents,  John  and  Marthesia  (Stanton)  Speed.  After 
their  marriage  they  continued  farming  at  Beaumont  for  eight  years,  then  moved  to 
Redlands  where  he  lived  six  years,  thence  to  San  Jacinto  where  he  ranched  for  five 
years.  In  the  fall  of  191S  they  located  in  Orange  County  and  began  ranching  on  the 
Irvine  ranch  and  in  the  management  of  the  hog  ranch,  Mr.  Best  has  made  numerous 
contributions  to  practical  ranching  by  modern,   improved  methods. 

Five  children  have  gladdened  the  hospitable,  comfortable  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Best.  Jessie  Pearla  is  a  senior  in  the  Santa  Ana  high  school.  Everett  and  Elliott  are 
twins,  and  are  universal  favorites  through  their  playing  right  and  left  halfback  on  the 
football  team  of  the  Santa  Ana  high  school.  And  there  are  Stanton  and  Ralph  Le  Roy, 
full  of  promise. 

E.  S.  MORALES. — A  self-educated  ranchman,  proud  of  his  descent  from  one  of 
the  old,  distinguished  families  of  Spanish  history  and  tradition,  who  has  come  to  the 
front  by  sheer  force  of  his  own  ability  and  worth,  is  E.  S.  Morales,  popularly  known  as 
Captain  Morales,  residing  on  the  Hot  Springs  road  some  five  miles  northeast  of  San 
Juan  Capistrano.  He  is  a  tenant  farmer  on  a  part  of  the  great  Santa  Margarita  rancho, 
the  oldest  grant  at  San  Juan  Capistrano.  He  was  born  at  Los  Angeles  on  October  18, 
1866,  but  was  reared  at  San  Juan  Capistrano.  He  had  the  usual  schooling  for  a  boy  in 
that  locality,  and  early  went  to  work  for  Richard  O'Neill,  the  father  of  Jerome  O'Neill, 
the  present  owner  of  the  Santa  Margarita  ranch,  on  which  farm  he  has  been  steadily 
since  1886.  He  is  a  vaquero,  and  one  of  the  fine  old  type,  and  as  such  can  rope  and 
brand  a  steer,  break  a  broncho,  shoe  a  horse,  skin  a  beef,  or  even  run  a  binder  and 
repair  any  kind  of  machinery,  such  as  is  used  about  a  farm. 

When  Captain  Morales  decided  to  share  his  domestic  life  with  another,  he  married 
Miss  Morina  Garcia,  a  popular  belle  of  San  Juan  Capistrano,  and  also  a  member  of 
one  of  the  early  Spanish  families.  She  has  proved  an  excellent  helpmate,  making  him 
a  good  home,  while  he  attends  to  his  many  responsibilities.  All  in  all,  he  is  a  very 
unusual  man,  and  it  is  not  surprising  that  he  is  honored  with  the  title  of  captain. 
For  years,  he  has  been  one  of  the  most  trusted  of  the  many  employes  on  the  great 
Santa  Margarita  ranch,  in  which  principality  he  is  employed  at  various  tasks.  He  can 
drive  two,  four,  eight,  sixteen,  thirty-two  or  even  sixty-four  horses,  and  he  is  both  a 
blacksmith  and  a  machinist  of  no  mean  ability.  His  generous  and  whole-hearted  dis- 
position has  earned  for  him  the  good  will  of  all  those  associated  with,  or  under  him. 

During  the  present  season,  he  is  engaged  in  harvesting  a  "bumper"  crop  of  the 
celebrated  "Defiance"  wheat  on  his  leasehold  of  190  acres;  and  it  will  run  forty  bushels 
to  the  acre,  worth  five  dollars  per  hundred  weight — one  of  the  best  crops,  very  likely, 
in  Orange'  County.  He  has  a  twenty-inch  cylinder  Case  thresher,  and  other  thoroughly 
up-to-date  appliances,  and  is  often  able  to  point  the  way  to  others  in  modern  agri- 
cultural methods. 

WILLIAM  D.  PETERKIN. — A  busy  man  of  affairs,  whose  popularity  has  been 
founded  in  part  on  his  expertness  in  the  field  in  which  he  is  a  leader,  and  partly  on  his 
genial  and  sympathetic  temperament,  is  William  D.  Peterkin,-  the  assistant  manager 
of  the  Orange  County  Fumigation  Company,  whose  office  is  at  349  South  Lemon  Street, 
Orange.  He  was  born  in  the  city  of  Montreal,  Canada,  on  June  9,  1883,  the  son  of 
William  H.  Peterkin,  the  well-known  rancher  and  orchardist  of  Orange,  from  whom 
he  inherited  and  derived  by  companionship  and  personal  instruction  much  of  that 
ability  and  knowledge  which  have  enabled  him  to  come  forward  so  rapidly. 

Fifteen  years  ago  Mr.  Peterkin  came  from  Santa  Barbara  County  to  Orange 
County  and  engaged  in  citrus  work.  He  accepted  one  position  after  another  and 
gradually  became  familiar  with  horticultural  problems.  In  time,  he  was  employed  by 
J.  A.  King  at  fumigating,  and  he  has  since  become  assistant  to  him  as  general  manager 
of  the  Orange  County  Fumigating  Company.  It  is  exceedingly  dangerous  work,  for- 
science  calls  for  and  supplies  death-dealing  agents,  which  may  also  work  destruction 
to  those  engaged  in  the  work.  No  less  than  ten  men  died  in  Orange  County,  in  1919- 
1920,  while  ridding  orchards  of  damaging  scale  and  other  pests. 

Some  idea  of  the  extent  of  the  Orange  County  Fumigating  Company's  business 
may  be  formed  from  the  fact  that  they  make  use  of  1,000  tents,  and  send  out  fifteen 
or  more  outfits,  detailing  six  men  to  each  outfit,  and  operating  with  the  Fruit  Growers 
Exchange  of  Orange  County.  They  follow  the  last  word  of  science,  profiting  from  the 
experiments  with  liquid  hydrocyanic  acid  which  was  first  used  largely  in  experimental 
tests  in  1916,  and  on  an  extensive  commercial  basis  the  following  year  for  the  fumiga- 
tion  of  citrus  trees  in   California.     This   acid  has  been  known  to   chemists   for  many 


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years  but  probably  because  of  its  instability  and  its  very  poisonous  nature,  it  has  not 
been  manufactured  on  a  large  scale.  It  is  a  colorless  liquid,  less  than  three-fourths  the 
weight  of  water,  and  is  also  very  volatile,  and  boils  at  less  than  eighty  degrees  Fahren- 
heit. For  these  reasons,  hydrocyanic  acid  gas  is  rapidly  given  off  from  the  surface 
of  the  liquid,  and  there  is  danger  in  breathing  in  an  atmosphere  close  to  an  open 
container.  This  danger  is  increased  when  the  liquid  is  sprayed  or  spattered.  Gas 
from  this  acid  will  injure  the  fruit  and  foliage  if  used  in  excess,  in  much  the  same  way 
as  the  gas  generated  by  other  methods;  hence  it  is  highly  important  that  such  work  of 
fumigating  should  be  given  to  a  thoroughly  reliable  concern  like  the  one  of  which 
we  are  writing. 

The  killing  efficiency  of  the  liquid  hydrocyanic  acid  as  compared  with  pot  and 
machine  generation,  or  other  methods  of  fumigation  was  determined,  first  by  com- 
parative tests  in  a  fumatorium;  second,  by  comparative  tests  under  form  trees;  third, 
by  comparative  tests  in  the  field;  and  fourth,  by  examination  of  commercial  work  in 
the  field,  and  it  is  no  wonder  that  this  new  means  of  citrus  fumigation  has  come  into 
such  favor  that  the  Orange  County  Fumigation  Company  has  all  that  it  can  do.  The 
place,  with  this  new  method,  where  the  greatest  concentration  of  gas  occurs  under 
the  tent  from  the  liquid  is  practically  the  reverse  of  that  from  the  pot,  or  portable 
generator;  with  the  former  method,  the  most  effective  killing  is  at  the  bottom  of  the 
tree,  while  with  the  latter  the  most  effective  killing  is  at  the  top. 

The  Orange  County  Fumigating  Company  is  a  growing  enterprise,  having  been 
duly  incorporated  for  a  very  necessary  work.  Its  officers  are:  president,  L,.  W.  Evans; 
vice-president,  J.  A.  Maag;  secretary  and  manager,  J.  A.  King;  treasurer,  E.  W.  Bol- 
inger.  Directors:  L.  W'.  Evans,  El  Modena;  J.  A.  Maag,  Orange;  E.  A.  Bortz,  Olive; 
J.  F.  Allen,  Orange;  A.  G.  Finley,  Santa  Ana;  and  Ed.  H.  Dierker,  Orange. 

Mr.  Peterkin  is  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  at  Orange,  and  also  of  the  Modern 
Woodmen  and  the  Elks  at  Santa  Ana.  He  was  married  at  Santa  Barbara  to  Miss 
Rebecca  Jordan,  a  native  of  Missouri;  and  their  fortunate  union  has  been  rendered  the 
happier  by  the  birth  of  one  child,  Thelma. 

WILLIAM  F.  DIERS. — Santa  Ana  owes  much  of  her  commercial  prosperity  to 
such  far-sighted,  optimistic  men  of  grit  and  experience  as  William  F.  Diers,  for  the 
past  six  years  manager  of  the  Wm.  F.  Lutz  Company,  Inc.  He  is  a  native  son,  and 
was  born  in  Kern  County,  on  November  11,  1884,  and  his  father  was  Henry  Diers, 
a  farmer  still  living,  who  was  born  in  Germany,  and  now  resides  in  Santa  Ana.  He 
married  Miss  Mattie  Baker,  by  whom  he  had  foUr  children,  and  she  passed  away  some 
thirty  years  ago. 

William  was  the  third  child  in  the  interesting  family,  and  enjoyed  the  educational 
advantages  of  both  the  grammar  and  the  high  schools.  He  came  with  his  folks  to 
Santa  Ana  in  1890,  and  grew  up  not  only  to  prepare  himself  for  an  earnest  tussle  with 
the  world,  but  to  enjoy  sport  as  well,  particularly  horseback  riding.  He  belongs  to 
the  Orange  County  Country  Club. 

In  1900  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Wm.  F.  Eutz  Company,  Inc.,  and  step  by 
step  rose  to  his  present  position  of  responsibility  and  trust.  In  1913  he  was  made 
manager  of  the  firm,  and  much  of  its  recent  success  must  be  credited  to  his  experience 
and  fidelity.  A  stanch  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Mr.  Diers  is 
also  an  active  worker  in  the  Merchants  and  Manufacturers  Association.  Mr.  Diers  is 
a  Republican  in  national  political  affairs  and  has  served  for  three  years  in  the  National 
Guard  of  California.  He  belongs  to  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  and 
was  honored  there  as  exalted  ruler  in  1919.  In  the  World  War  period,  he  was  most 
active  on  all  the  drives  for  war  work  purposes,  and  in  many  respects  has  set  an  inspir- 
ing example  of  plain,  loyal  and  worth-while  citizenship.  On  February  28,  1920,  he 
married  Mrs.  F.  E.  Gustlin  of  Santa  Ana. 

ROBERT  G.  TUTHILL.— Could  a  history  of  the  recent  development,  along  sani- 
tary and  strictly  edifying  lines,  of  undertaking  in  California  be  written,  and  proper 
credit  given  those  individuals  who  have  not  only  "done  things,"  but  have  pointed  the 
way  to  others  wishing  also  to  do  and  willing  to  follow,  then  one  of  the  leading  firms 
of  Santa  Ana — Messrs.  Smith  and  Tuthill — would  necessarily  be  mentioned  in  the  front 
rank,  and  another  star  be  added  to  the  long  list  for  which  the  town  has  striven  and 
fought  these  many  years.  Both  Robert  G.  Tuthill  and  his  partner,  George  S.  Smith, 
have  endeavored,  ever  since  creating  their  present  establishment,  to  advance  the  status 
of  undertaking  whenever  and  wherever  possible;  and  how  far  they  have  succeeded  in 
their  ideals  those  most  familiar  with  their  actual  accomplishments  can  tell. 

Born  in  Oskaloosa,  Iowa,  in  May,  1878,  Robert  was  the  son  of  George  Tuthill,  a 
business  man  born  in  New  York,  who  had  married  Miss  Mary  Skillen.  The  parents 
moved  from  Iowa  to  Kansas  when  the  child  was  three  months  old,  and  then  they  went 


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on  to  Portland,  Ore.,  where  they  are  both  living.  They  had  three  children,  and  Robert 
was  the  second  in  the  order  of  birth. 

He  attended  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Kansas,  and  also  a  business  college, 
and  as  a  young- man  followed  the  undertaking  business,  first,  in  1899,  at  San  Francisco 
and  after  two  years  again  in  Kansas.  Three  years  later,  he  was  back  in  Los  Angeles; 
and  there  he  continued  in  undertaking  for  seven  years. 

On  March  1,  1914,  Mr.  Tuthill  came  to  Santa  Ana,  and  soon  afterward  formed  a 
partnership  with  Mr.  Smith,  who  had  been  here  twenty  years.  In  every  respect  the 
equipment,  including  the  needed  automobiles,  is  modern  and  strictly  up-to-date;  and 
the  progressive,  refined  and  refining  spirit  animating  the  two  gentlemen  and  their 
associates  has  won  for  them  a  large  number  of  appreciative  patrons.  It  is  not  sur- 
prising that  Mr.  Tuthill  is  a  wide-awake  director  of  the  Santa  Ana  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  enthusiastic  in  its  progressive  work. 

On  September  22,  1913,  Mr.  Tuthill  and  Miss  Ella  Dougherty  were  married  at 
Portland,  Ore.;  the  bride  being  a  native  of  Kansas  and  the  daughter  of  Jas.  and  Mary 
Dougherty.  They  have  three  children — Mary,  Martha  and  Roberta.  In  national 
politics  Mr.  Tuthill  is  a  Republican,  he  is  a  Protestant  in  religious  faith,  and  he  belongs 
to  the  Masons,  the  Knights  Templar,  the  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Elks. 

ARCHIE  VERNON  FEWELL.— The  distinction  of  being  a  native  Californian 
belongs  to  Archie  Vernon  Fewell,  of  the  firm  of  Wine  and  Fewell,  cement  pipe  manu- 
facturers and  irrigation  contractors,  and  he  has  spent  practically  all  his  life  in  Orange 
County,  his  birthplace.  Mr.  Fewell  was  born  at  Santa  Ana  on  June-  4,  1892,  the  son 
of  Edward  and  Rosa  Wilkinson  Fewell,  who  were  the  parents  of  three  children:  Archie 
Vernon,  of  this  review;  Blanche,  now  the  wife  of  Merrill  Stearnes,  a  cotton  grower  in 
Arizona;  and  Mildred,  the  wife  of  Albert  Shinn,  also  residents  of  Arizona.  The  father, 
who  is  a  resident  of  Tustin,  was  born  in  Iowa,  while  the  mother  was  a  native  of  that 
state.     She  passed  away  in  190S,  when  Archie  was  but  thirteen  years  old. 

Mr.  Fewell  started  in  the  cement  business  in  Santa  Ana  at  the  early  age  of  fifteen, 
working  for  John  M.  Wine,  now  his  partner.  He  remained  there  until  1914,  when  he 
went  to  Lankershim  where  he  conducted  a  general  cement  business.  After  one  year 
there  he  returned  to  Santa  Ana  and  formed  a  partnership  with  his  former  employer, 
John  M.  Wine,  their  place  of  business  being  located  at  1029  East  First  Street.  They 
are  the  leading  firm  in  this  line  in  Santa  Ana  and  have  always  on  hand  a  full  stock 
of  valves,  gates  and  cement  pipe  of  all  sizes,  so  that  they  are  able  to  handle  any  work 
that  comes  to  them.  They  have  executed  many  large  contracts  for  Orange  County,  as 
well  as  for  scores  of  the  largest  citrus  growers  and  ranchers  of  Santa  Ana  and  the 
neighboring  towns.  They  place  an  absolute  guarantee  on  every  foot  of  their  work 
and  have  built  up  a  reputation  for  thorough,  efficient  work  and  square  dealing  that 
places  them  in  the  forefront  of  reliable  business  firms  of  the  county.  In  the  laying 
of  cement  pipes,  Mr.  Fewell  has  no  equal,  perhaps,  within  a  wide  radius.  He  does 
all  this  work  himself  and  from  January  1  up  to  the  first  of  June,  1920,  he  laid  more 
than  75,000  feet  of  pipe.  Endowed  with  strength  and  physique  far  above  the  average, 
Mr.  Fewell  has  a  propensity  for  hard  work  and  it  is  often  said  of  him  that  he  does  two 
men's  work  every  day. 

Mr.  Fewell's  marriage  which  occurred  at  Santa  Ana,  June  IS,  1911,  united  him 
with  Miss  Ollie  Pickering,  a  native  daughter  of  California,  born  at  Santa  Paula,  Ven- 
tura County,  but  reared  in  Seattle,  Wash.  Her  parents  are  George  and  Laura  (Buff- 
ham)  Pickering,  the  father  of  English  birth  and  the  mother  a  native  of  Illinois.  Mrs. 
Pickering  is  one  of  Santa  Ana's  successful  business  women,  being  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business  there.  Four  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fewell:  Their 
first  born  were  twins,  George  V.  and  Laura  Belle,  the  former  only  living  to  be  sixteen 
months  old;  Dorothie  Rose  and  Bernice.  The  family  home  is  at  910  West  Fourth 
Street,  Santa  Ana.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fewell  attend  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  at 
Santa  Ana  and  enjoy  a  wide  popularity  in  its  social  circles. 

FREDERICK  P.  YANDEAU. — The  ranch  of  twenty  acres  on  Western  Avenue, 
owned  by  Frederick  P.  Yandeau,  is  one  of  the  show  places  of  the  vicinity,  with  its 
well-cared  for,  up-to-date  appearance.  The  Valencia  orange  trees,  now  in  their  sixth 
year  of  growth,  had  just  been  set  out  when  Mr.  Yandeau  purchased  the  place.  At  that 
time  the  irrigation  facilities  were  limited,  but  the  property  is  now  piped  and  valved  to 
a  complete  "degree,  and  its  appearance  testifies  to  the  care  bestowed  upon  it. 

Mr.  Yandeau  was  born  in  Essex  Junction,  Vt.,  on  April.  11,  1872,  the  son  of 
John  and  Tillie  Yandeau,  also  natives  of  the  Green  Mountain  State,  whose  children 
numbered  eight,  six  of  whom  are  living,  and  two  of  whom  migrated  to  California. 
Frederick  P.  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native  state  and  had  the  benefit  of  a  high 
school  education.    He  afterward  followed  the  occupation  of  a  telegrapher  for  a  number 


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of  years,  and  in  1897,  when  twenty-five  years  of  age,  came  to  California.  A  year  later, 
in  1898,  he  entered  the  U.  S.  service  as  a  member  of  the  signal  corps,  and  served  in 
this  capacity  until  1900.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Boxer  Rebellion  in  China,  he  again 
entered  active  service,  serving  one  year  in  China.  He  returned  at  the  close  ol  that 
time  to  the  Philippine  Islands,  which  he  left  for  the  scene  of  war.  In  1904  he  was 
appointed  district  telegraph  officer  in  the  Philippine  constabulary,  ranking  as  first 
lieutenant.  After  a  period  of  two  years  he  was  appointed  postoifice  inspector,  and 
retained  the  office  four  years.  Ill  health  caused  him  to  retire  from  the  service  and 
return  to  California,  where  he  located  in  San  Diego  County  to  recuperate  his  failing 
health  in  the  balmy  climate   of  the   Southland. 

His  marriage  in  1908  united  him  with  Miss  Lena  M.  Holliday.  His  interestis 
ever  to  build  up  and  add  to  the  commercial  influence  and  prosperity  of  the  community 
in  which  his  lot  in  life  is  cast,  and  among  whose  citizens  he  is  highly  esteemed  as  a 
worthy  member.  He  is  active  in  the  membership  of  the  Anaheim  Cooperative  Orange 
Growers   Association. 

P.  H.  NORTON. — A  conservatively  careful,  yet  progressive  ranchman  whose  agri- 
cultural methods  are  the  true  keys  to  his  phenomenal  success,  is  P.  H.  Norton,  of  301 
Edgewood  Road,  Santa  Ana.  He  was  born  on  November  20,  1877,  in  Freeborn  County, 
Minn.,  the  son  of  G.  E.  and  May  H.  (Phillips)  Norton,  and  started  life  with  the  district 
school  training  there.  His  father  was  a  native  of  Vermont,  and  his  mother  was  born 
in  Wisconsin,  and  as  might  be  expected  of  such  genuinely  American  folks,  they  afforded 
every  advantage,  possible  for  the  education  of  the  son,  who  eventually  took  an  agri- 
cultural course  at  the  St.  Anthony  Park  branch  of  the  University  of  Minnesota,  during 
the  time,  until  he  was  twenty-six  years  old,  when  he  remained  at  home  on  his  father's 
farm,   lending  a  hand   in  the  work   there. 

On  December  9,  1904,  Mr.  Norton  was  married  to  Miss  Iva  E.  Wiseman,  who 
was  born  near  Albert  Lea  in  Freeborn  County,  Minn.,  the  daughter  of  A.  P.  and  Ellen 
Wiseman,  farmers  and  early  settlers  of  Minnesota.  The  same  years,  Mr.  Norton  pur- 
chased eighty  acres  and  leased  160  acres  in  addition,  farming  240  acres  in  Redwood 
County.  He  followed  agriculture  there  for  seven  years,  making  a  specialty  of  breeding 
Percheron  horses. 

When  he  sold  out,  finally,  he  came  to  Santa  Ana,  and  in  1911  purchased  a  tract 
of  about  six  and  one-half  acres  on  Edgewood  Avenue,  two  acres  of  which  were  in 
walnuts  and  three  in  Valencias.  In  1918  he  added  by  purchase  six  acres  of  walnuts, 
and  as  all  was  under  the  service  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  he 
easily  had  one  of  the  most  desirable  properties  in  the  county.  From  1916  to  1917,  Mr. 
Norton  also  owned  a  four-acre  grove  of  young  Valencias  on  East  Palmyra  Street. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Walnut  Growers  Association  and  also  of  the 
Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association. 

Four  boys  make  up  the  family  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Norton:  Arold  P.  is  a  student 
at  the  Santa  Ana  high  school;  and  Francis  W.,  George  Stanley  .and  Miles  A.  Norton 
are  in  the  grammar  school.  Mr.  Norton  is  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  at 
Santa  Ana,  and  is  also  a  Mason.  Mirs.  Norton,  who  long  studied  music  under  the  best 
masters  available,  gives  much  pleasure  to  her  family  and  friends  with  her  proficiency 
on  the  piano. 

ORAL  V.  DART. — A  man  who  will  long  and  pleasantly  be  remembered  for  his 
substantial  work  in  both  building  up  and  upbuilding  Santa  Ana  and  Orange  County  is 
Oral  V.  Dart,  the  carpenter  and  contract  house  mover,  who  was  born  in  Rexford, 
.  Thomas  County,  Kans.,  on  November  9,  1887,  the  son  of  George  W.  and  Tracy  J.  Dart, 
farmers  and  landowners,  being  among  the  first  settlers  of  western  Kansas.  When 
Oral  was  nine  years  old,  they  removed  with  him  to  Jewell  County,  where  he  was 
educated  in  the  Jewell  district  school. 

In' 1908  he  came  to  California  and  worked  on  the  Valencia  ranch  near  San  Juan 
Capistrano,  for  the  following  two  years,  when  he  returned  to  Kansas  for  a  short  time, 
in  the  winter  of  1911,  owing  to  the  death  of  his  beloved  mother.     Then  he  came  West 
again,  this  time  to  Seattle,  and  there  he  was  employed  by  Albers  Bros,  in  their  flour- 
mill.     Once  more  he  returned  to  Kansas  and  farmed. 

In  1912  he  came  to  California  and  for  some  time  limited  himself  to  ordinary 
carpentering.  Realizing  the  need,  however,  of  an  expert  mover  of  houses,  he  entered 
that  field,  and  found  no  difficulty  in  demonstrating  that  he  was  the  man  for  the 
occasion  and  the  community.  Since  then  he  has  been  busy  enough  contractino-  for 
that  kind  of  work,  in  some  instances  undertaking  what  others  would  not  care,  under 
the  difficult  conditions,  to  attempt. 

At  Santa  Ana,  on  June  14,  1917,  Mr.  Dart  was  married  to  Miss  Helen  Teel,  a 
daughter   of   F.   H.   and   Mary  Teel,   of  that   same   city.     There   Mrs.    Dart  was    born, 


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reared  and  educated.  One  boy,  a  promising  lad  named  Alvin  Lowell,  born  on  July  9, 
1918,  has  blessed  this  fortunate  union.  Mrs.  Dart  is  a  member  of  the  Nazarene  Church 
of  Santa  Ana,  and  Mr.  Dart  belongs  to  the  Free  Methodist  Church. 

He  has  just  traded  his  handsome  home  at  1322  West  Fifth  Street  for  a  grove  of 
eleven  acres  lying  between  Santa  Ana  and  Orange,  and  as  nine  acres  are  already  in 
walnuts,  the  cosy  ranch  bids  fair  to  be  of  real  value  in  the  near  future. 

Orange  County  is  fortunate  in  having  such  public-spirited  men  as  Mr.  Dart,  who 
for  years  stuck  by  the  Prohibition  party,  and  now  that  their  goal  has-  been  reached, 
believes  in  working  for  the  highest  citizenship  regardless  of  party  lines. 

JEROME  V.  SCHULZ. — A  sincere,  peace-loving  citizen,  fond  of  his  home  and 
solicitous  for  the  welfare  of  children,  and  interested  in  the  political  problems  of  the 
day,  is  Jerome  V.  Schulz,  the  successful  Williams  Canyon  rancher.  His  parents  were 
John  C.  and  Mary  Ann  Schulz,  and  he  was  born  in  Waterloo  County,  Iowa,  on  May 
21,  1873.  After  having  become  a  prosperous  farmer,  John  C.  Schulz  came  out  to  San 
Francisco  with  his  wife  and  the  six-year-old  lad,  Jerome,  and  for  three  years  engaged 
in  the  hardware  business.  In  1882,  Mr.  Schulz  came  south  to  Anaheim  and  bought  five 
acres.  The  land  had  been  set  out  to  grapes,  but  the  new  owner  planted  walnut  trees. 
The  lad  helped  his  father  on  the  ranch,  at  the  same  time  attending  the  district  schools. 

On  October  18,  190S,  in  Santa  Ana,  Jerome  Schulz  was  married  to  Naomi  A. 
Alsbach,  the  daughter  of  Montgomery  and  Mary  E.  Alsbach.  The  lady  had  first  seen 
the  light  at  Los  Angeles,  and  when  a  year  old  had  accompanied  her  parents  to 
Downey.  On  account  of  her  mother's  health,  they  removed  to  Silverado  Canyon, 
and  there  she  still  lives  on  their  old  home-site. 

Directly  after  their  marriage,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schulz  moved  to  their  present  ranch 
in  Williams  Canyon,  which  Mr.  Schulz  had  purchased  in  1902,  and  where  they  and 
their  family  have  lived  ever  since.  There  are  160  acres  in  the  ranch,  eight  of  which 
he  has  planted  to  budded  walnuts,  twenty-one  are  under  cultivation  in  small  grain 
and  corn  for  domestic  use,  and  two  acres  are  given  to  prunes  and  apricots.  Sycamore 
and  eucalyptus  trees  grow  in  abundance  on  the  place.  This  land  was  originally 
the   Williams   Ranch,   and  belonged  to   the  man   after  whom  the   canyon   was   named. 

When  Williams  purchased  the  ranch  he  bought  it  for  a  sixty-pound  can  of  honey; 
he  had  for  the  most  part  goats  as  stock,  and  mountain  lions  would  come  down  and 
steal  them.  Now  the  Schulz  children  go  over  a  mountain  trail  one  and  a  half  miles 
long,  on  their  way  to  school,  and  they  used  to  frequently  call  to  their  father  to  come 
and  kill  the  rattlesnakes  they  found.  Of  late,  they  have  killed  many  of  the  reptiles 
themselves.     This  particular  place  on  the  ridge  they  have  named  JR.attlesnake  Peak. 

Five  children — four  girls  and  a  boy — have  blessed  the  happy  union  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Schulz.  Evelyn  Dorothy  is'  the  oldest;  then  comes  Vernon  Everett,  and  after 
that  Alice  May,  Florence  Louise  and  Frances  Isabel,  all  of  whom  attend  the  Silverado 
grammar  school.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schultz  are  Democrats,  but  also  were  stand-patters  for 
Hoover.  Mrs.  Schulz,  who  is  serving  her  second  term  as  trustee  and  clerk  of  the  Sil- 
verado School  district,  is  a  woman  of  much  native  ability  and  business  acumen,  who 
is  of  much  assistance  to  her  husband,  and  both  are  taking  an  active  part  in  helping 
the  movements  that  have  for  their  aim  the  building  up  of  the  county  and  community. 

WILLIAM  B.  ALEXANDER.— The  history  of  the  family  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam B.  Alexander  is  associated  in  a  very  interesting  manner  with  the  stirring  events 
in  three  great  commonwealths — California,  Tennessee  and  Colorado — Mrs.  Alexander's 
father  having  been  among  those  who  repeatedly  braved  and  suffered  much  to  help 
found  the  Pacific  State,  and  Mr.  Alexander  having  held  public  office  when  such  was 
anything  but  a  sinecure.  He  was  born  in  Lebanon,  Tenn.,  about  thirty  miles  east  of 
Nashville,  on  August  6,  18S8,  the  son  of  John  C.  and  Sarah  (Moser)  Alexander,  also 
natives  of  that  state,  as  their  parents  were  before  them;  and  he  was  educated  at  the 
district  school  at  Lebanon,  Tenn. 

When  nineteen,  in  1877,  he  left  home  to  go  to  Colorado,  and  in  Durango,  La  Plata 
County,  he  settled  for  a  while  and  was  employed  by  the  San  Juan  Smelter  and  Refining 
Company.  Supplies  were  at  that  time  very  scarce  and  dear;  so  much  so  that  when  he 
went  on  tours  of  investigation  in  the  Rockies,  he  had  to  pay  as  high  as  sixty-five  dollars 
a  ton  for  his  hay  for  the  horses. 

Durango  was  four  miles  from  the  Navajo  Indian  Reservation,  where  the  Utahs, 
the  Navajos  and  the  Pueblos  lived;  and  the  Indians  would  steal  the  whites'  horses, 
and  the  whites,  in  turn,  would  steal  the  redskins'  cattle.  Then  uprisings  occurred,  and 
the  whites  would  be  compelled  to  drive  the  Indians  back  into  their  own  territory. 
Notwithstanding  the  privations  and  the  responsibility,  Mr.  Alexander  remained  fore- 
man of  the  smelter  company  for  twelve  full  years. 


1580  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

After  that  he  went  into  the  cattle  business,  and  often  bought  and  sold  as  many 
as  1,000  head  at  a  time.  And  he  continued  buying  and  selling  cattle  for  about  eight 
years,  when  he  sold  out  and  came  West  to  San  Diego,  Cal.,  where  he  engaged  in 
wholesaling   and   retailing. 

When  he  came  to  Orange  County,  he  purchased  ten  acres  west  of  Santa  Ana, 
which  he  devoted  with  success  to  beets  and  beans;  and  he  also  bought  and  sold  property 
in  Santa  Ana.  He  owned  good  lots  on  Baker  and  Parton  streets;  and  being  satisfied 
with  the  future  outlook  of  the  town,  in  1917  he  bought  a  home  on  West  Fifth  Street, 
and  also  established  his  vulcanizing  works.  The  patronage  accorded  by  the  public  from 
the  start  of  this  enterprise  speaks  for  itself. 

In  February;  1878,  Mr.  Alexander  was  married  to  Miss  Ina  L.  Pennington,  a 
native  of  Wilson  County,  Kans.,  and  the  daughter  of  J.  T.  and  Sarah  Pennington,  early 
settlers  in  Wilson  County,  who  came  to  Durango,  Colo.,  in  1872.  One  son  has  blessed 
the  union — Thomas  D.,  who  works  in  Santa  Ana.  Mrs.  Alexander  was  educated  at  the 
Durango  high  school,  and  later  taught  in  the  vicinity  of  her  home  until  she  was 
married.  Her  father  made  three  trips  in  "prairie  schooners"  across  the  plains,  coming 
to  California  for  the  first  time  in  1849,  during  the  famous  gold  rush.  The  family 
attend  the  Methodist  Church. 

In  Tennessee,  before  going  to  Colorado,  Mr.  Alexander  was  a  deputy  sheriff  for 
a  couple  of  years;  and  in  Durango  he  was  on  the  town  board  for  two  years.  In  national 
politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  Fraternally,  he  is  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows,  of  the 
Woodmen,  and  of  the  Elks;  and  there  is  no  one  who  enjoys  greater  popularity,  or 
carries  his  honors  more  modestly. 

S.  E.  TINGLEY. — Among  the  decidedly  progressive  men  of  Orange  County,  itself 
one  of  the  most  progressive  sections  of  the  great  California  commonwealth,  should 
be  mentioned  S.  E.  Tingley,  a  prominent  resident  of  Tustin,  who  in  1910  established 
the  Tustin  Lumber  Company,  now  playing  such  an  important  part  in  the  development 
of  the  district.  They  do  a  general  lumber  and  mill  business,  and  handle  all  kinds  of 
builders'  material,  cement,  roofing  and  wall  board;  and  by  anticipating  the  wants, 
rather  than  merely  catering  to  the  needs  of  the  community,  render  the  town  and 
environs  a  great  service.  A  large  force  of  men  are  employed  on  the  two  acres  of  the 
company,  and  it  is  not  surprising  that  their  business  last  year  amounted  to  forty 
thousand  dollars. 

Mr.  Tingley  is  a  native  of  Trenton,  Mo.,  and  was  born  in  the  notable  year  of 
1876,  when  the  nation  was  celebrating  its  first  century  of  existence  and  prosperity.. 
His  father  was  Joseph  F.  Tingley,  a  native  of  Ohio,  who  married  Miss  Eliza  Roberts, 
a  native  of  Virginia.  Of  their  five  living  children,  S.  E.  is  next  to  the  youngest  and 
was  two  years  of  age  when  the  family  removed  to  Wamego,  Pottawatomie  County, 
Kans.,  remaining  there  until  1887,  when  they  came  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  locating  at 
National  City,  San  Diego  County,  Cal.,  and  here  he  completed  the  public  schools. 

In  1896  Mr.  Tingley  was  married  at  National  City  to  Miss  Sarah  J.  Cox,  daughter 
of  William  and  Isabel  Cox,  natives  of  England,  and  they  have  one  daughter,  Margaret 
O.  Tingley.  In  1902  he  moved  to  Santa  Ana,  and  here,  in  Orange  County,  he  has 
been  actively  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  ever  since.  Previous  to  his  establishing 
the  Tustm  Lumber  Company,  Mr.  Tingley  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Pendleton  Lum- 
ber Company  at  Santa  Ana. 

As  a  wide-awake  citizen  who  has  not  only  provided  a  place  for  himself,  but  has 
contributed  toward  the  advancement  of  both  the  county  and  the  state  Mr  Tino-ley  is 
a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Tustin,  and  never  fails  to  support  a  "move- 
ment for  the  progress  of  the  town.  He  is  also  both  a  member  and  a  trustee  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  In  Masonic  circles  he  is  especially  popular,  but  he  counts  his 
friends  in  all  circles  of  society,  and  in  various  communities. 

WERNER  R.  DROSS.— To  the  young  men,  both  of  the  past  and  present  genera- 
tion, California  had  proved  a  land  of  opportunity,  and  success  is  within  the  reach  of 
all  who  possess  energy,  business  ability  and  a  determination  to  succeed.  Such  has 
been  the  experience  of  Werner  R.  Dross,  the  efficient  warehouseman  of  the  San 
Joaquin  Warehouse  Company,  a  position  he  has  held  for  the  past  ten  years  This  is 
the  largest  lima  bean  warehouse  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  consists  of  two  large 
buildings,  one  4S0  by  40  feet  and  the  other  SOO  by  40  feet.  Seventeen  cars  of  beans  can 
be  loaded  at  one  time.  There  are  two  bean  cleaners  in  each  warehouse  and  only  the 
most  up-to-date  methods  and  the  best  machinery  are  used,  none  but  white  labor  being 
employed  to  hand  pick  and  clean  the  beans.  '  The  product  is  put  up  in  100-pound  sacks 
ready  for  the  consumer.  ' 

A  native  of  Germany,  Werner  R.  Dross  was  born  at  Elbing  on  February  6  1879 
his  parents  being  Walter  and  Vanda   (Gerdes)    Dross,  both  natives  of  Germany,  who 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1583 

lived  and  died  there.  The  father  was  the  owner  of  a  flour  mill,  farm  and  grain 
warehouse  at  Elbing,  so  that  Werner  was  familiar  with  the  warehouse  business  from 
his  earliest  childhood.  By  his  first  marriage  Walter  Dross  was  the  father  of  three 
children:  Frieda,  who  died  in  Germany,  leaving  three  children;  Werner  R.,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch;  and  Erich,  a  farmer  in  Germany.  The  mother  passed  away  when 
Werner  was  but  three  years  old,  and  the  father  married  again,  his  second  marriage 
uniting  him  with  Augusta  Kaehler,  who  is  still  living  in  Germany.  The  following 
children  were  born  of  this  marriage:  Walter,  Robert,  Maryana,  Bernhard,  Gerhard  and 
Helmut.  Bernhard  the  first  and  Gerhard  both  died  in  infancy,  and  Walter  and  Helmut 
lost  their  lives  in  the  recent  war.  Bernhard,  second,  is  the  manager  of  the  Newton 
Grain  and  Bean  Warehouse  at  Oceanside,  he  and  Werner  being  the  only  members  of 
the  family  in  America. 

Mr.  Dross  grew  up  at  Elbing  and  received  an  excellent  education  there,  attending 
the  high  and  polytechnic  schools,  where  he  studied  bookkeeping,  higher  mathematics, 
Latin  and  French.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  became  a  sailor  before  the  mast,  shipping 
to  Singapore,  thence  to  Buenos  Aires,  South  America,  and  from  there  to  Honolulu,  and 
back  to  San  Francisco.  When  he  reached  the  latter  port  in  March,  1900,  he  was  so 
agreeably  impressed  with  the  country  that  he  resolved  to  locate  in  California.  Shortly 
after  landing,  however,  he  heard  of  the  great  mining  prospects  in  Lima,  Peru,  and 
inade  his  way  there  with  a  friend.  He  was  soon  engaged  by  the  Prussian  government 
as  a  draftsman,  a  position  for  which  he  was  well  qualified  by  his  polytechnic  school 
training  in  his  native  land.  He  soon  decided,  however,  that  Peru  was  too  warm  a 
climate  for  a  place  of  residence,  so  returned  to  California,  and  he  has  since  made  his 
home  in  the  state  of  his  choice,  His  first  position  was  with  George  W.  Kneass,  the 
proprietor  of  a  boat  building  and  furniture  manufacturing  establishment  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  there  he  remained  for  two  years,  working  as  a  mill  hand.  He  then  went  to 
work  for  the  S.  P.  Milling  Company  in  1904,  holding  positions  with  that  company  at 
Santa  Barbara,  Oxnard,  Kings  City,  San  Ardo  and  Camarillo.  In  1911  he  came  from 
the  latter  place  to  Irvine,  taking  the  position  of  warehouseman  with  the  San  Joaquin 
Warehouse  Company,  and  he  has  continued  with  that  concern  ever  since,  making  a 
splendid  success  of  his  responsible  position. 

A  man  of  excellent  business  judgment  and  executive  ability,  Mr.  Dross  stands  high 
in  the  community,  and  is  popular  in  the  circles  of  the  Elks  and  Odd  Fellows,  having 
been  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  lodges  of  these  organizations  for  several  years. 
Having  become  a  naturalized  citizen  of  the  United  States  in  1913,  in  Santa  Ana,  Mr. 
Dross  has  never  regretted  the  circumstances  that  led  him  to  make  this  land  his  home, 
and  the  passing  of  the  years  has  made  him  increasingly  fond  of  this  particular  section 
of  his  adopted  country. 

WALTER  N.  CONGDON.— The  interesting  and  highly  instructive  history  of 
several  representative  pioneer  families  is  recalled  by  the  story  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter 
N.  Congdon  and  their  continued  and  increasing  prosperity.  Mr.  Congdon  is  the 
proprietor  of  the  Congdon  Motor  Car  Company,  whose  motto,  "We  can  fix  your 
automobile  any  place,  any  time,"  has  captured  more  and  more  patrons,  and  as  an 
ignition  expert  managing  the  Prest-0-Lite  exchange,  he  "has  done  much  for  Orange 
County  motorists  in  guaranteeing  strictly  first-class  machine  work.  He  was  born  at 
San  Juan  Capistrano  on  August  16,  1878,  the  son  of  J.  R.  Congdon,  so  well  known  to 
Californians,  who  had  married  Miss  Mary  A.  Rouse,  one  of  another  widely-connected 
family.  He  learned  the  plumbing  trade  at  Santa  Ana,  and  worked  for  the  Nickey 
Hardware  Company,  whose  proprietor  was  Frank  P.  Nickey,  of  Santa  Ana. 

On  June  IS,  Mr.  Congdon  was  married  to  Miss  AUie  M.  Nickey,  of  517  Bush 
Street,  and  the  daughter  of  the  aforesaid  gentleman,  once  a  supervisor  of  Orange 
County.  She  was  born  in  Iowa,  but  grew  up  in  Santa  Ana,  and  here  attended  the  high 
school,  from  which  she  was  graduated  in  time  with  honors.  Two  children  blessed  the 
union — Jack  N.  and  Mildred  Allyne. 

Having-  made  his  mark  in  Santa  Ana,  Mr.  Congdon  returned  to  San  Juan  Capis- 
trano, and  in  1914  established,  under  the  name  of  Congdon's  Garage,  the  business  now 
so  agreeably  associated  with  his  daily  activity,  and  under  the  charge  of  Mrs.  Congdon, 
as  well  as  himself,  that  accomplished  lady  acting  as  bookkeeper.  Mr.  Congdon  is  ably 
assisted  by  his  younger  brother,  Chester,  who  is  also  a  first-class  mechanic  and  auto 
expert.  They  -maintain  a  Ford  service  station,  and  while  doing  vulcanizing,  carry  a  full 
line  of  four  or  five  different  kinds  of  tires.  They  sell  gasoline,  oil,  greases  and  a  full 
line  of  auto  supplies;  and  because  of  the  completeness  and  quality  of  their  stock  and 
their  prompt  way  of  doing  things,  it  is  safe  to  say  that  they  never  lose  a  customer 
when  once  they  get  one.  And  they  always  have  as  many  as  they  can  conveniently 
care  for,  with  their  expert   service. 


1584  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

FRANK  C.  PLANCHON. — A  hard-working,  successful  rancher,  who  has  be- 
come a  leading  grower  of  both  beets  and  beans  in  Orange  County,  is  Frank  C. 
Planchon,  who  owns  a  fine  ranch  of  thirty  acres  in  the  Newport  precinct.  He  was 
born  in  Santa  Clara,  Cal.,  on  March  4,  1885,  the  son  of  John  P.  S.  and  Martha  (Rey- 
naud)  Planchon.  His  father,  who  was  born  in  South  America,  was  a  business  man  in 
Montevideo,  where  the  grandfather,  also  named  John  P.  S.  Planchon,  established  a 
large  wholesale  meat  market,  and  he  owned,  besides,  10,000  acres  of  land,  and  10,000 
or  more  head  of  cattle,  the  market  for  which  he  thus  found  himself.  He  also  estab- 
lished a  confectionery  manufactory  there.  The  Waldensians  had  a  settlement  of 
about  fifty  families  at  that  place,  but  on  account  of  the  frequently  occuring  revolu- 
tions in  that  country,  having  for  the  most  part  large  families,  they  were  desirous 
of  getting  the  young  men  away  from  being  pressed  into  military  service  for  no  cause 
whatever,  so  the  minister,  the  Reverend  Solomon,  and  ten  families  left  La  Plata,  and 
came  to  Barry  County,  Mo.,  and  how  and  where  they  traveled  en  route  is  worth 
recording.  The  trip  from  Montevideo  to  Verona,  Mo.,  took  two  months,  for  they 
sailed  from  La  Plata  to  Buenos  Ayres,  thence  to  Rio  de  Janeiro,  after  that  to  Cape 
Colony,  South  Africa,  and  then  up  the  African  Coast  to  the  Canary  and  the  Cape 
Verde  islands,  and  after  that  to  the  Azores,  then  to  Havre,  France,  next  to  Liverpool, 
and  thence  to  New  York  City — sixty-four  days  on  the  seas.  From  New  York  they 
proceeded  by  rail  to  St.  Louis,  and  finally  to  Verona,  where  the  Waldensian  settlers 
had  bought  land.  Grandfather  Planchon  was  born  near  Piedmont,  in  the  duchy  of 
Savoy,  and  he  went  to  South  America  as  a  young  man,  and  there  married  Miss  Cath- 
erine Courdin,  who  was  a  native  of  Piedmont.  Once  arrived  in  Missouri,  Mr. 
Planchon  bought  1,000  acres  of  land,  and  here  he  resided  until  his  death.  He  had 
-six  boys  and  two  girls;  his  son,  John  P.  S.,  came  to  California  when  a  young  man 
in  the  early  eighties,  and  was  married  in  Santa  Clara  County  to  Martha  Reynaud, 
born  in  France.  They  followed  farming  until  1886,  and  then  returned  to  Barry 
County,   Mo.,  where  he   is   a  large   and   successful   farmer. 

Frank  C.  Planchon  grew  up  on  his  father's  farm  in  Missouri,  receiving  a  good 
education  in  the  local  public  school.  When  twenty  years  of  age,  having  always 
had  a  desire  to  see  the  state  of  his  nativity,  he  came  to  Orange  County,  intending 
to  stay  four  months  and  then  return  home,  but  he  liked  the  country  and  conditions 
so  well  here  that  he  has  prolonged  his  stay  until  now.  He  worked  on  ranches  and 
then  rented  land  and  engaged  in  farming. 

In  1908  Mr.  Planchon  was  married  to  Miss  Pearl  Walker,  who  was  born  and 
reared  in  Los  Angeles,  and  who  had  moved  to  Talbert  in  1905,  where  her  father, 
Frank  P.  Walker,  was  a  farmer  until  his  death.  They  have  been  blessed  with  three 
children,  Carl,  Earl  and  Martha.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Planchon  are  members  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  Church  South  at  Greenville,  where  he  is  financial  secretary,  as  well 
as  secretary  of  the  board  of  trustees,  and  where  his  influence  is  directed  for  the  good 
of  the  community. 

In  191S  Mr.  Planchon  bought  his  ranch  of  thirty  acres,  two  miles  southwest 
of  Santa  Ana,  seven  of  which  he  has  planted  to  lima  beans,  fifteen  to  beets  while 
the  balance  of  the  area  is  devoted  to  yards  and  alfalfa.  His  method  of  cultivation 
shows  a  thorough  knowledge  of  local  conditions— the  first  requisite  always  to  success. 

ALBERT  C.  LANTZ.— A  representative  of  a  successful  business  family  noted 
as  an  oil  expert,  who  is  pardonably  proud  of  his  accomplishment  in  efifectin<^  an 
extensive  oil  lease,  is  Albert  C.  Lantz,  who  was  born  eight  miles  from  Aurora,  in  Will 
County  111.,  on  July  29,  1885.  His  father  was  W.  D.  Lantz,  a  native  of  Will  County 
^^dlere  he  first  saw  the  light  of  day  on  August  21,  1859,  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Betsy 
(Holdman)  Lantz;  and  he  was  married  to  Miss  Isabelle  Malcolm,  the  mother  of  our 
subject,  m  Will  County,  November  4,  1880.  Albert  lived  with  his  parents,  who  were 
farmers,  raising  Shorthorn  beef  cattle  and  Poland-China  hogs 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W  D.  Lantz  rernoved  to  Iowa  in  1893  and' there  purchased  a  farm 
of  240  acres  four  miles  north  of  Waterloo,  devoted  to  corn,  stock  and  grain  At 
Waterloo,  Albert  went  to  the  district  school,  at  the  same  that  n<;  a  i;,.p  l^^ouf  I  u 
worked  about  the  farm.  In  1907,  W.  D.  Lantz  c.LTsX' Z^  ^d  began'To  Si  in' 
real  estate,  buying  and  selling  houses;  establishing  that  reputation  for  exper  ence  and 
fair  dealing  which  has  ever  since  been  of  such  value  to  them  and  brough  them  so 
much  patronage.  •  ,  u.uLisnt   Lucm   su 

After  coming  to  California,  Albert  Lantz  pno-ao-o^   ;„   ti,„        *         i  m     u      • 
(-!,=   .,,,(-1,^,;     .1    -c     J   J-  (.  M    i       r       r.      ■^■'"'^2  engaged  m  the  automobile  business  as 
the   authorized   Ford   distributor  for   Santa   Ann-   -anA   <-i,;o   t?     j  i  j      -.  j 

.     t-1  ini/i      -NT        u     •     ■     xi         .1  ^<i"i^d   rtna,    and   this    l<ord   agency   he    conducted 

until  1914.  Now  he  is  in  the  od  promotion  field,  and  owns  a  half  interest  in  the  largest 
oil  lease  m  Orange  County^  This  lease  was  effected  on  May  IS,  1920,  And  is  jointly 
owned  by  R.  T.  Tustm  of  Chicago  who  has  recently  come  to  Santa  Ana  as  an  old  oil 
expert  from  the  East,  and  A.  C.  Lantz,  our  subject.     The  lease  embraces  23,835  acres 


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of  old,  proven  oil  land,  and  was  given  by  L,.  F.  Moulton.  On  this  land,  some  ten  years 
ago,  a  well  was  sunk  2,400  feet,  striking  oil,  but  the  oil  was  not  produced  in  paying 
quantity.  The  lease  extends  in  wide  area  from  the  Moulton  lines  near  El  Toro,  running 
southwesterly  to  the  ocean. 

A  derrick  is  to  be  put  up  and  first-class  oil  drilling  machinery  will  be  installed  in 
Aliso  Canyon.  A  well  is  then  proposed  for  each  thousand  acres,  and  if  production 
warrants  the  increased  investment,  two  wells  will  be  sunk  for  the  same  area.  Mr.  Lantz 
was  a  graduate  of  the  Wlaterloo  high  school,  and  so  has  the  fortunate  asset  of  a  good 
education.     He  belongs   to  the   Elks. 

Royce  W.  Lantz,  another  son  of  W.  D.  Lantz  and  a'  brother  of  our  subject,  was 
born  near  Aurora,  in  Will  County,  111.,  on  November  11",  1892,  and  lived  with  his  parents, 
coming  west  to  California  with  them.  He  went  to  the  district  school  in  Will  County, 
and  finished  his  studies  in  Santa  Ana,  where  he  graduated  from  the  high  school.  Since 
then  he  has  engaged  with  his  father  in  Santa  Ana  realty,  and  at  present  is  widely 
known  as  a  wide-awake,  successful  operator,  making  honesty  the  basis  of  all  of  his 
business   dealings. 

On  December  13,  1917,  Mr.  Lantz  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Navy,  and  was 
sent  to  Mare  Island  for  training.  He  left  for  the  Hawaiian  Islands  on  February  15, 
1918,  and  there  served  as  a  machinist's  mate  at  the  radio  station.  Later  he  returned 
to  the  United  States  and  was  discharged  on  July  23,  1919.  Now  he  is  a  member  of 
the  American   Legion. 

ALFRED  TRAPP. — Honest,  industrious  and  well-informed  Americans,  reason- 
ably contented  with  their  environment  and  lot,  and  ambitious  and  hopeful  for  the 
future,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Trapp  belong  to  that  sterling  class  of  "hard  laborers" 
which  is  the  wealth,  the  bulwark  and  the  pride  of  our  country.  He  is  a  machinist,  a 
blacksmith  and  a  carpenter,  and  an  all-around  mechanic  as  well,  trained  through  long 
experience  as  a  section  foreman  on  the  Santa  Fe  Railway,  a  ranch  foreman  and  a 
builder,  and  is  employed  by  the  L.  F.  Moulton  Company,  who  undoubtedly  appreciate 
his  versatility. 

He  was  born  at  Otto,  in  Fulton  County,  111.,  on  September  7,  1873,  a  brother  of 
Mrs.  Dempsey  W.  Gould,  and  grew  up  in  Illinois,  where  he  attended  the  public  schools. 
He  was  early  introduced  to  a  life  of  unremitting  industry;  and  since  he  was  always 
handy  with  tools,  he  had  no  need  to  be  begged  to  develop  his  mechanical  turn. 

He  came  out  from  Illinois  to  California  in  1898,  and  went  to  work  as  a  trackman 
at  Serra,  in  Orange  County,  in  the  service  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company.  For 
two  years  he  worked  as  a  section  hand,  and  then  he  rose  to  be  track  foreman  or 
section  boss,  and  that  position  of  responsibility  he  held  for  five  years. 

In  Capistrano  he  was  married  to  Miss  Chester  C.  Gray,  a  daughter  of  J.  M.  Gray, 
who  lives  with  the  Trapps  at  El  Toro,  and  a  sister  of  Warren  M.  Gray,  who_  is 
mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  book..  J.  M.  Gray  was  a  track  foreman  and  construction 
boss  for  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railway  in  Iowa  for  over  forty  years,  and 
well  earned  the  rest  he  now  enjoys.  Mrs.  Gray  is  dead.  After  that,  Mr.  Trapp 
entered  the  employ  of  E.  W.  Scripps  at  Miramar,  in  San  Diego  County,  and  for  six 
years  shouldered  all  the  responsibility  as  foreman  of  road  building  on  that  millionaire's 
elegant  ranch. and  adjacent  roads.  He  takes  great  delight  in  his  problems,  and  derives 
from  his  work  something  more  than  mere  income. 

Four  children  were  given  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Trapp,  and  three  they  have  been 
allowed  to  retain,  one  having  passed  beyond.  She  was  the  second  in  the  order  of 
birth,  and  was  given  the  attractive  names  Frances  Elizabeth.  The  surviving  children 
are  the  eldest,  the  third,  and  the  youngest— John  M.,  Grace  Myrtle  and  Harry  Alfred. 

Mr.  Trapp  who,  by  the  way,  has  been  a  Socialist  for  the  past  twenty  years,  is  a 
student  of  economics,  industrial  relations  and  politics,  and  in  common  with  his  good 
wife,  who  also  has  a  humanitarian  disposition,  is  deeply  interested  in  the  industrial 
and   other   questions  of  the  day. 

HARRY  ARTHUR  FROEHLICH. — Among  the  many  freedom-loving  citizens  of 
the  German  Empire  who  left  their  native  land  to  escapS  the  iron  rule  of  Bismarck 
was  Joseph  Froehlich,  a  friend  and  compatriot  of  Carl  Schurz,  who  came  to  American 
as  soon  as  he  had  finished  his  required  term  of  service  in  the  German  army.  He  had 
received  an  excellent  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  country  and  had  been 
taught  the  trade  of  a  piano  maker  there,  but  after  coming  to  the  United  States  he  took 
up  the  work  of.  court  reporting  in  the  circuit  court  in  Henderson  County,  111.  Shortly 
after  coming  to  this  country  Mr.  Froehlich  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Amelia 
Stuck,  who  was,  like  himself,  born  in  Germany.  Four  children  were  born  to  them: 
William  is  a  blacksmith  at  Fillmore,  Ventura  County;  Harry  Arthur  is  the  subject  of 
this    sketch:      Tillie   resides    at    Pacific    Beach;    John    is    connected   with    the   technical 


1586  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

department  of  one  of  the  large  moving  picture  concerns  and  makes  his  home  at  Los 
Angeles.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph   Froehlich  are  both  deceased. 

Harry  Arthur  Froehlich  was .  born  at  Oquawaka,  111.,  December  27,  1873,  and 
passed  the  first  six  years  of  his  life  in  Illinois,  when  he  moved  to  Winfield,  Sumner 
County,  Kans.,  with  his  parents.  Here  his  father  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  as 
agent  for  the  Rock  Island  Lumber  Company,  and  the  family  made  their  home  there 
for  about  eleven  years.  Coming  to  San  Diego,  Cal.,  in  the  spring  of  1889,  Harry  A. 
started  to  work  for  M.  F.  Heller,  continuing  with  him  for  the  next  six  yars,  after 
which  he  traveled  out  of  Los  Angeles  for  four  years  representing  the  old  firm  of 
Steinen  and  Kirchner,  a  barber  and  butcher  supply  house.  On  account  of  ill  health  he 
gave  up  his  business  association  with  them  and  located  at  Miramar,  San  Diego  County, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  grocery  and  general  merchandise  business  with  good  success 
for  a  period  of  five  years,  when  he  disposed  of  his  business  profitably  and  went  to 
farming  at  Del  Mar.  After  two  years  he  sold  out  his  leasehold  and  leased  the 
Boynton  fruit  ranch  at  El  Toro.  At  different  times  he  was  employed  by  L.  F.  Moulton, 
and  on  March  1,  1919,  he  accepted  the  post  of  warehouseman  for  the  L.  F.  Moulton 
Company  ,a  position  of  great  responsibility  and  trust,  as  he  handles  upwards  of  $500,000 
worth  of  grain  and  beans  each  year. 

EI  Toro  is  the  grain  emporium  of  Orange  County,  and  the  greater  part  of  it  is 
handled  through  the  two  great  warehouses  of  the  L.  F.  Moulton  Company,  which  have 
a  capacity  of  100,000  sacks.  They  are  finely  equipped  with  the  latest  and  most  approved 
machinery  for  cleaning  beans  and  a  roller  mill  for  crushing  barley. 

On  December  25,  1897,  Mr.  Froehlich  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Grace 
North,  a  native  daughter  of  the  state,  Santa  Ana  being  her  birthplace.  Her  parents, 
who  are  now  both  deceased,  were  John  J.  and  Sophia  Jane  North,  the  father,  a  native 
of  Liverpool,  England,  while  Mrs.  North  was  born  in  Australia.  Mr.  Froehlich  is  a 
Republican,  and  fraternally  is  affiliated  with  the  Wbodmen  of  the  World. 

ALBERT  PRYOR. — A  highly-intelligent  and  industrious  representative  of  an 
early  pioneer  family  of  Southern  California,  concerning  whom  it  would  not  be  a  mere 
commonplace  to  say  that  "his  word  is  as  good  as  his  bond,"  is  Albert  Pryor,  the  San 
Juan  Capistrano  horticulturist,  who  owns  over  forty  of  the  choicest  acres  in  the  neigh- 
borhood, including  eighteen  in  well-set  walnuts.  He  not  only  lives  in  the  famous 
Mission  town,  but  he  was  born  there,  on  April  6,  1872,  and  there  he  attended  the  public 
schools,  later  studying  at  the  excellent  St.  Vincent's  College  at  Los  Angeles,  and 
topping  ofif  his  student  work  with  a  stiff  course  at  the  Woodbury  Business  College, 
in  the  same  city. 

Nathaniel  Pryor — sometimes  referred  to  as  Don  Miguel  N.  Pryor — was  the  grand- 
father of  our  subject,  and  came  here,  it  is  said,  far  back  in  1828,  when  he  was  thirty 
years  of  age,  being,  therefore,  one  of  the  earliest  Easterners  to  settle  in  California. 
Fifteen  or  twenty  years  later,  about  the  time  that  he  was  made  a  Regidor  or  Council- 
man, he  was  one  of  perhaps  ten  Easterners  who  had  farms  inside  of  the  district  of 
the  Los  Angeles  pueblo  and  was  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  prominent  citizens,  well 
thought  of  and  highly  respected  by  everyone.  Part  of  his  property  was  a  vineyard, 
between  the  river  and  what  is  now  Los  Angeles  Street,  and  on  it  was  an  old  adobe 
which,  according  to  Harris  Newmark,  the  pioneer-historian,  may  still  be  seen  on  Jack- 
son Street,  the  only  mud-brick  structure  in  that  section.  Nathaniel  Pryor  was  twice 
married,  having  a  son,  Pablo  by  his  first  wife,  and  a  son,  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  by  his  second. 

His  first  marriage  was  to  Theressa  Sepulveda  of  Los  Angeles,  who  died  when  her 
son  Pablo  was  born,  in  about  1840,  and  is  one  of  the  few,  according  to  Newmark,  with 
the  mother  of  Pio  Pico,  buried  inside  of  the  old  Catholic  church  at  the  Plaza,  Los 
Angeles.  _  Pablo,  or  Paul,  who  was  born  in  Los  Angeles,  married  Rosa  Avila  of  San 
Juan  Capistrano.  Her  father,  Don  Juan  Avila,  was  a  large  landowner  and  cattle  grower 
Paul  Pryor  owned  the  old  Don  Miguel  Pryor  ranch  in  Los  Angeles,  as  well  as  a  valu- 
able estate  in  San  Juan  Capistrano,  residing  at  the  latter  place  until  his  death  in  1878, 
leaving  a  wife  and  six  children,  Albert  being  next  to  the  youngest.  The  widow  sur- 
vived until   1915. 

Albert  Pryor  was  with  Joseph  Mascarel  in  Los  Angeles  until  his  death,  and  had 
charge  of  his  estate.  During  that  time,  he  witnessed  many  stirring  events '  and  saw 
the  steady  progress  of  the  Southland,  including  the  building  of  the  Santa  Fe'  Railroad 
In  1894  he  was  married,  in  Los  Angeles,  to  Miss  Natalia  Leonis,  a  native  of  Los  An- 
geles, in  which  city  she  was  brought  up,  and  they  have  had  two  children— Albert  T  and 
Paul.  Seventeen  years  ago  he  bought  a  residence  at  San  Juan  Capistrano,  in  order  to 
remam  there  and  afford  his  children  the  best  educational  facilities.  He  owns  a  farm 
of  forty-three  acres,  advantageously  situated  at  Serra,  and  this  may  some  day  outrival 
his  Capistrano  holding. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1589 

LEON  EYRAUD. — Southern  California  has  welcomed  many  sons  and  daughters 
of  the  Hautes  Alpes,  France,  affording  them  opportunities  they  would  probably  never 
have  enjoyed  had  they  remained  in  their  beautiful  but  less  favored  country,  and  among 
those  who  have  succeeded  here,  and  who,  in  succeeding,  have  contributed  toward  the 
advancement  of  the  great  commonwealth,  must  be  noted  Leon  Eyraud,  the  genial  and 
thoroughly  attentive  proprietor  of  the  Capistrano  Hot  Springs  Resort,  twelve  miles 
northeast  of  San  Juan  Capistrano.  He  was  born  in  or  near  Marseilles,  France,  on 
February  24,  1878,  the  son  of  Pierre  Eyraud,  who  had  married  Honorine  Cadwel;  his 
father  was  a  blacksmith  who  had  both  a  sm,ithy  and  a  cafe,  and  he  and  his  wife  were 
born,  married  and  died  in  France,  passing  away  at  the  ages,  respectively,  of  seventy-six 
and  seventy-eight.  They  had  seventeen  children,  eleven  boys  and  six  girls;  and  among 
them  Leon  was  the  sixteenth  in  the  order  of  birth.  Pierre  Eyraud  served  under 
Napoleon  in  1848,  and  was  esteemed  because  of  his  military  record. 

Leon  attended  the  government,  or  public  schools  in  France,  and  learned  the 
blacksniith  trade  from  his  father.  He  served  for  three  years  in  the  French  cavalry, 
and  while  in  France  was  married  to  Miss  Fannie  Faur,  who  was  born  near  Marseilles. 
Then  he  and  his  bride  came  across  the  ocean  and  the  continent  to  Los  Angeles,  in 
1906,  sailing  from  Havre  on  the  steamship  La  Provence  of  the  Transatlantique  Com- 
pany on  September  22,  and  landing  at  New  York  City,  after  a  pleasant  voyage,  on 
September  28.  They  spent  three  days  in  the  New  World  metropolis,  and  then  took  the 
train  for  Los  Angeles,  in  which  city  they  arrived  on  October  4. 

For  four  years  Mr.  Eyraud  worked  for  the  Cudahy  Packing  Company  at  Los 
Angeles  as  a  sausage  maker,  and  then  he  conducted  a  French  boarding-house  under  the 
name  of  the  Cafe  des  Alpes,  which  he  started  in  1913. 

Having  bought  the  Capistrano  Hot  Springs  on  January  1,  1919,  he  sold  his  Los 
Angeles  cafe  on  January  20,  1920.  Since  then  he  has  expended  some  $10,000  in  fixing 
up  the  new  resort.  He  has  his  own  vegetable  garden,  and  produces  his  own  supply  of 
milk,  cream  and  butter.  He  bought  all  the  buildings,  consisting  of  the  main  hotel,  a 
store  building,  a  pavilion,  a  fine  kitchen  and  dining-room,  and  seventeen  cottages  and 
twenty-four  tents;  and  on  last  Memorial  Day  catered  to  over  200  people.  He  maintains 
his  own  poultry  ranch,  and  also  a  store  for  various  supplies,  including  oil  and  gasoline 
for  automobiles,  and  is  also  the  postmaster  of  Capistrano  Hot  Springs.  He  holds 
under  lease  some  ISO  acres  of  the  Mission  Viego  rancho,  and  he  has  engaged  a  full 
staflf  of  competent  help  who  operate  under  the  successful  direction  of  Mrs.  Eyraud. 

The  Springs  which  have  made  this  resort  so  famous  maintain  their  temperature 
of  137  degrees,  winter  as  well  as  summer,  and  are  charged  with  the  most  life-giving 
substances.  They  afford  Nature  another  opportunity  to  dispense  her  own  remedial 
properties  for  the  restoration  of  health,  and  have  proven  to  many  persons  to  contain 
wonderful  recuperative  powers.  They  are  situated  at  a  high  elevation  in  the  picturesque 
and  romantic  mountains  of  San  Juan  Capistrano,  where  the  bracing  mountain  air,  and 
the  life-giving  heat  of  a  southern  sun,  tempered  by  the  ever-blowing  afternoon  sea 
breeze  from  the  Pacific  Ocean,  only  a  short  distance  away,  together  make  an  Elysian 
paradise.  Hundreds  of  visitors  come  annually  to  partake  of  the  beneficial  waters  and 
to  enjoy  the  wonderful  baths;  for  the  waters  are  of  particular  value  to  those  suffering 
from  rheumatism,  gout,  stomach  disorders,  skin  diseases,  nervous  affection,  neuralgia, 
and  bladder,  kidney  and  liver  troubles. 

FRED  HUTTER.— A  decidedly  live  wire  is  Fred  Hutter,  the  live-stock  dealer  in 
Santa  Ana,  a  circumstance  the  more  interesting  because,  while  Orange  County  makes 
no  claim  as  a  stock  country,  it  shipped,  in  1919,  $1,500,000  worth  of  live  stock.  He  is 
the  proprietor  of  the  "Illinois  Stock  Farm,"  and  both  as  a  wide-awake  buyer  and  dealer 
of  experience,  and  a  man  desirous  of  handing  out  the  square  deal  to  his  fellows,  he  is 
enjoying  increasing  popularity. 

He  was  born  at  Lincoln,  Logan  County,  111.,  on  March  1,  1875,  the  son  of  Frank 
Hutter,  born  in  Germany  but  a  butcher  and  stockman  at  Lincoln,  where  he  died  in 
1918.  He  married  Margaret  Wachner,  who  died  when  Fred  was  only  two  weeks  old. 
The  lad  was  the  youngest  of  four  children,  but  by  a  second  marriage  his  father  had 
fifteen  children,  and  eleven  are  living.  Fred  was  reared,  therefore,  by  his  stepmother, 
who  died  in  Illinois  in  1919.  He  attended  the  German  Catholic  school  at  Lincoln,  and 
also  for  three  years  the  high  school,  and  meanwhile  learned  the  butcher's  trade,  working 
under  his  father. 

In  1897  Mr.  Hutter  came  to  California  for  the  first  time  and  worked  at  his  trade 
in  various  parts  of  Northern  California  for  about  eight  years.  He  then  went  into 
Nevada,  and  from  there  to  Colorado,  and  while  in  Denver  was  united  in  marriage  with 
an  estimable  lady.  Soon  after  they  went  to  Lincoln,  111.,  but  in  two  months'  time 
arrived  back  in  California.  Mrs.  Hutter's  health  being  delicate  for  two  years,  they 
moved   about   seeking   a   suitable   climate,   but   of   no   avail,   and    she   passed   away   in 


1590  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Pasadena  in   1908,   leaving   a   daughter,   Zelma,   now   eighteen   years   old   and   living   in 
Phoenix,   Ariz.     In  Tucson,  that   state,  in   1913,   Mr.   Hutter  'married   his   second  wife,  ■ 
Miss  Fredericka  Korn,  born  and  reared  in  Wisconsin  until  she  was  ten  years  old,  when 
she  was  taken  to  Connecticut.     They  have  one  daughter,  Dorothy  Mae. 

That  same  year,  1913,  Mr.  Hutter  came  to  Southern  California,  and  has  lived  in 
Santa  Ana  ever  since,  preferring  that  and  Orange  County  to  all  the  other  wonder  spots 
in  the  state.  He  bought  his  present  place  in  November,  1919.  There  are  six  acres  in 
his  stock  ranch  on  South  McClay  Street,  and  he  has  a  slaughterhouse  there.  He  buys 
hogs  and  cattle,  and  slaughters  and  sells  to  local  dealers.  He  also  buys  and  sells 
stockers  and  feeders,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  cows  and  dairy  cattle. 

LINDLEY  B.  SKILES. — A  rancher  deeply  interested  in  the  development  of 
Orange  County,  whose  modest  estimate  of  the  fruits  of  his  years  of  hard,  intelligent 
and  public-spirited  work  still  permits  him  to  believe  that  he  has  had  much  to  do  with 
the  building  up  of  Santa  Ana,  especially  as  a  home  place,  is  h.  B.  Skiles,  the  rancher 
of  2548  Santiago  Street.  He  was  born  on  December  28,  1857,  near  Mt.  Pleasant,  Henry 
County,  Iowa,  the  son  of  Henry  and  Jane  Skiles,  farmer-folk  who  made  a  specialty  of 
raising  corn,  grain,  cattle  and  hogs.  He  attended  the  Mt.  Pleasant  district  school, 
while  he  lived  with  his  parents  on  a  farm.  After  a  while  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Skiles 
moved  to  Johnson  County,  Mo.,  and  in  1867  took  up  farming  there. 

On  December  28,  1881,  Mr.  Skiles  was  married  in  Johnson  County  to  Miss  Flora 
L.  Miller,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Jane  Miller,  Missouri  pioneers,  who  came  to  that 
state  in  1869;  and  after  his  marriage  he  farmed,  with  three  brothers,  on  an  extensive 
scale  in  Missouri. 

In  1887,  during  the  great  "boom,"  he  came  to  California,  and  on  Christmas  Eve 
arrived  in  Santa  Ana.  There  he  worked  at  the  carpenter's  trade  for  twenty  years,  and 
during  that  period  of  bustling  activity,  erected  many  of  the  finest  and  most  comfortable 
homes  in  Santa  Ana.  He  himself  lived  on  Orange  Avenue  for  a  while,  and  then,  in 
February,  1919,  he  purchased  a  home  on  North  Santiago  Street,  where  he  has  half  an 
acre  of  walnuts  showing  a  high  state  of  culture. 

Four  children  have  been  granted  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Skiles:  Harry  L,.  is  a  rancher, 
living  in  Stockton;  Roy  is  a  plumber  and  resides  at  Santa  Ana;  Clarence  is  a  cement 
worker  in  the  employ  of  Preble  &  McNeal,  of  Santa  Ana;  and  Maude,  the  wife  of 
J.   E.   Prentice,  lives  at  Azusa. 

The  standards  of  the  Republican  party  have  always  appealed  most  to  Mr.  Skiles; 
but  he  is  too  broad-minded  and  too  patriotic  to  allow  partisanship  to  blind  him  to  the 
desirability  of  common  action  in  local  affairs,  and  so  throws  out  partisanship  altogether. 
As  an  orchardist  he  cares  for  four  groves — one  of  twenty,  the  other  of  twelve  acres — of 
walnuts  in  the  northeastern  section  of  Santa  Ana,  or  the  southwestern  part  of  West 
Orange;  five  acres  of  lemons  near  the  county  hospital  and  ten  of  oranges  near 
Anaheim;  and  this  keeps  him  in  vital  touch  with  some  of  the  most  important  of 
California  industries,  to  whose  rapid,  but  permanent  development,  he  is  able  to  con- 
tribute in  no  small  degree. 

HAROLD  C.  HEBARD.— An  energetic,  hard-working  and  prosperous  young 
poultryman,  who  not  only  thoroughly  understands  the  many  problems  of  his  field,  but 
has  mastered  some  concerning  the  marketing- of  walnuts  and  so  is  also  identified  in  an 
interesting  manner,  with  the  walnut  industry  of  Southern  California,  is  Harold  C. 
Hebard,  a  native  of  Topeka,  Kans.,  where  he  was  born  on  February  11,  1896.  His 
father,  Horace  A.  Hebard,  was  born  in  Iowa,  but  went  to  Nebraska  when  he  was 
about  eighteen,  and  was  widely  known  throughout  several  Central  States  as  an  expert 
photographer.  He  had  married  Miss  Belle  Cromwell,  a  daughter  of  Kansas.  Mr  and 
Mrs.  Hebard  removed  to  Lincoln,  Nebr.,  and  there  Harold  attended  the  public  school 
after  which  he  took  a  business  course  at  Union  College,  College  View  in  the  same 
state.  On  the  evening  of  Harold's  graduation,  with  honors,  from  the  high  school  that 
IS,  on  June  1,  1915,  the  Hebards  left  for  California,  and  their  first  home  was  at  Santa 
Ana.  The  followmg  year  they  removed  to  Riverside,  and  now  the  parents  reside  in 
San  Diego;  but  our  subject  remained  and  embarked  in  a  hatchery  in  Santa  Ana  He 
established  what  is  known  as  the  Orange  County  Hatchery;  and  it  was  not  lon<^  before 
he  made  it  the  largest  and  most  successful  hatchery  in  the  region.  ° 

_  He  commenced  with  a  capacity  of  six  thousand  eggs,  and  the  following  year 
raised  it  to  nine  thousand,  with  which  output  he  contented  himself  for  a  couole  of 
years.  During  the  season  of  1919-20,  however,  he  enlarged  the  hatchery  to  a  capacity 
of  twenty  thousand  He  has  both  Pioneer  and  Jubilee  incubators,  and  uses  a  heating 
system  devised  by  himself.  He  erected  a  hatching  house,  twenty-four  by  thirty-six 
feet  in  size,  out  of  hollow  tile,  and  has  a  ceiling  with  an  air  space  made  of  building 


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paper  and  sawdust  packing,  that  serves  to  keep  the  entire  room  evenly  temperatured. 
For  compactness,  his  incubators  are  arranged  two  tiers  deep.  Although  hatching  is 
the  main  business  undertaken  by  Mr.  Hebard — and  to  that  he  gives  his  entire  attention 
from  January  to  August — he  has  four  hundred  head  of  the  very  choicest  Rhode  Island 
Reds,  Barred  Plymouth  Rocks  and  White  Rocks.  His  hatchery  is  located  on  the 
five-acre  ranch  of  Fern  S.  Bishop.  His  five  acres  of  walnuts  are  under  the  service  of 
the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company. 

Between  August  and  January,  Mr.  Hebard  is  busy  as  manager  of  the  Irvine 
Walnut  Association,  which  last  year  handled  over  nine  hundred  tons  of  walnuts,  which 
they  eventually  marketed  through  the  California  Walnut  Association. 

On  April  9,  1917,  Mr.  Hebard  was  married  to  Miss  Clara  Bishop,  daughter  of  the 
well-known  family  of  Fern  S.  and  Nellie  (Deck)  Bishop  of  Santa  Ana.  The  Bishops 
were  old  settlers  in  California,  and  Mrs.  Bishop  is  a  native  of  Santa  Ana,  where  she 
was  also  educated.     They  have  one  boy — Harold  C.  Hebard,  Jr. 

CHARLES  R.  FARRAR. — W:ell  known  in  business  and  civic  circles  in  Orange 
County,  Charles  R.  Farrar  was  born  in  La  Crosse,  Wis.,  February  25,  1864,  and  when 
one  year  old  was  taken  to  Minnesota.  Three  years  later  the  family  moved  to  Quincy, 
111.,  and  there  he  was  reared  and  educated,  receiving  his  schooling  in  the  public  and 
high  schools  and  finishing  with  a  course  at  the  Gem  City  Business  College.  When 
seventeen  years  old  he  entered  the  hardware  business,  with  the  firm  of  the  Cottrell 
Hardware  Company  of  Quincy.  After  spending  four  years  learning  the  business  he 
became  traveling  salesman  in  Illinois  and  Missouri  for  the  same  firm  and  continued 
for  ten  years,  and  at  the  end  of  that  period  traveled  for  twenty  years  for  the  Hibbard, 
Spencer,  Bartlett  Company,  of  Chicago,  in  much  the  same  territory.  Having  made 
three  different  trips  to  California,  he  finally  concluded  to  locate  here. 

In  the  spring  of  1915  Mr.  Farrar  came  to  Placentia,  and  bought  out  a  small 
hardware  store;  this  he  has  greatly  improved  and  now  has  a  modern  and  up-to-date 
establishment  in  keeping  with  the  growing  community,  and  with  a  stock  which  in  its 
careful  selection  shows  evidence  of  the  years  of  experience  which  the  proprietor  has 
had  the  advantage  of  in  the  hardware  business.  In  addition  to  his  business  demands, 
Mr.  Farrar  acts  as  postmaster  of  Placentia,  receiving  his  appointment  in  1917  from 
President  Wilson  when  the  office  was  in  the  fourth  class  and  reappointed  when  it 
reached  a  third  class  basis. 

Mr.  Farrar's  marriage,  which  occurred  in  East  Durham,  N.  Y.,  united  him  with 
Minnie  Gifford,  a  native  of  New  York  State,  and  three  children  have  blessed  their  union: 
Harry,  married  Marion  Cober  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  sons;  he  is  manager 
for  the  Southern  Illinois  Gas  Company  at  Murphrysboro,  111.;  Gifford,  is  assisting  his 
father  in  business;  and  Reba,  wife  of  W.  C.  Cober,  assistant  postmaster  of  Placentia. 
The  family  attend  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

Active  in  Masonic  circles,  Mr.  Farrar  was  made  a  Mason  in  Lambert  Lodge, 
No.  659,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Quincy,  111.,  and  demitting,  is  now  a  member  of  Fullerton 
Lodge,  No.  339,  F.  &  A.  M.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Fullerton  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  and 
a  charter  member  of  Fullerton  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  and  of  Quincy  Con- 
sistory, S.  R.,  as  well  as  AI  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  Los  Angeles.  For 
many  years  he  has  been  and  is  a  member  of  the  United  Commercial  Travelers  and  is 
an  active  member  of  the  Orange  County  Hardware  Dealers  Association.  Mr.  Farrar 
is  liberal  and  enterprising  and  has  always  shown  his  readiness  to  assist  worthy  enter- 
prises and  movements  for  the  betterment  of  conditions  in  the  community. 

W.  R.  FREEMAN. — A  modest,  sincere  and  very  public-spirited  citizen,  albeit 
he  is  interested  primarily  in  the  problems  of  ranching,  is  W.  R.  Freeman,  of  2527 
Santiago  Street,  Santa  Ana,  where  he  has  lived  for  the  past  three  or  four  years.  He 
was  born  near  Northfield,  Dakota  County,  Minn.,  on  September  12,  1886,  the  son  of 
William  H.  and  Mary  C.  Freeman,  both  natives  of  New  York  State.  They  were 
farmers,  too,  and  early  settlers  in  Minnesota,  Mr.  Freeman's  grandfather  having  come 
to  Minnesota  in  1851. 

W.  R.  Freeman  was  sent  to  the  district  schools  in  Minnesota,  and  lived  at  home, 
helping  his  parents,  until  they  removed  from  Dakota  County  in  1906  and  came  to 
California,  whereupon  he  took  over  his  father's  farm  in  Minnesota.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
William  H.  Freeman  came  to  Santa  Ana  and  purchased  a  ranch  on  North  Lincoln. 
They  are  now  both  deceased. 

At  Waconia,  Minn.,  on  June  4,  1907,  Mr.  Freeman  was  married  to  Miss  Gussie 
Thorn,  a  daughter  of  Fred  and  Elizabeth  Thom,  natives  of  Minnesota  and  farmers. 
Miss  Thom  was  born  at  Waconia,  in  Carver  County.  On  January  1,  1912,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  W.  R.  Freeman  removed  to  California  from  Minnesota,  and  they  lived  on  the 
ranch  purchased  by  the  elder  Freeman  in  1906,  continuing  to  operate  it  until  1916, 
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1594  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

when  they  sold  it.  The  same  year  Mr.  Freeman  purchased  the  twelve-acre  ranch  on 
Santiago  Street.  Two  acres  are  in  walnuts,  three  and  a  half  in  oranges,  while  six  and 
a  half  are  planted  to  beans.  These  six  and  a  half  acres  will  probably  be  planted  to 
Valencia  oranges  next  spring;  formerly  they  had  various  kinds  of  old  fruit  trees,  which 
were  grubbed  out  by  Mr.  Freeman.  The  land  is  watered  by  the  Santa  Ana  Valley 
Irrigation  Company. 

A  member  of  the  First  Methodist  Church  of  Santa  Ana  and  a  Republican  in 
matters  of  national  political  moment,  Mr.  Freeman  tries  to  do  his  duty  before  God  and 
man.  He  joined  Company  F  of  the  Santa  Ana  National  Guards  in  1918,  and  expected 
to  have  seen  active  service  before  the  close  of  the  war. 

J.  WILLIAM  SACKMAN. — A  native  son,  who  is  very  successfully  developing 
his  choice  ranch  land,  bringing  it,  by  the  most  scientific  methods,  to  a  high  state  of 
cultivation,  is  J.  William  Sackman,  who  was  born  at  Oakland  on  May  1,  1876,  the  son 
of  John  and  Bertha  (Brower)  Sackman.  His  father  was  a  skilled  mechanic,  who  came 
to  Santa  Ana  when  our  subject  was  two  years  old,  and  at  Santa  Ana  he  made  an 
enviable  reputation  for  himself  in  his  ability,  by  original  and  ingenious,  but  very 
thorough  means,  to  do  mechanical  work.  ^ 

J.  William  Sackman  attended  the  schools  at  Santa  Ana,  and  when  only  fifteen 
years  of  age  he  started  out  to  make  his.  own  way,  learning  the  butcher's  trade.  At 
the  age  of  twenty-one  he  began  conducting  the  Bon  Ton  Market  at  Fourth  and 
Broadway,  Santa  Ana,  but  in  190S  he  sold  out  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
brick.  He  established  a  brickyard  at  Olive  and  Hickey  streets,  where  he  owned  four 
acres,  installed  crude  oil  burners  to  burn  the  brick,  and  machines  for  the  manufacture 
of  brick,  and  developed  the  plant  until  it  put  out  two  millions  of  brick  a  year.  When 
he  had  made  a  success  of  the  enterprise  he  sold  it  in  August,  1919,  to  Harvey  Garber, 
but  still  retains  the  four  acres  of  land  on  which  the  brickyard  is  located. 

In  1916  Mr.  Sackman  purchased  a  ranch  of  nine  and  a  half  acres  on  North  Olive 
and  Sixth  streets,  five  acres  of  which  he  planted  in  walnuts  and  four  acres  in  Valencia 
oranges.  It  is  improved  with  a  two-story  residence,  where  he  makes  his  home  with 
his  family. 

On  January  6,  1904,  Mr.  Sackman  was  married  to  Miss  Gertrude  E.  Osgood,  who 
was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  on  May  1,  1880.  When  a  mere  girl  her  father  died  and  she 
came  to  California  with  her  mother  in  1884.  They  settled  for  a  while  in  Los  Angeles, 
and  later  came  to  West  Orange.  Two  sons  blessed  the  union,  George  D.  and  William 
C,  both  pupils  in  the  grammar  schools.  Fraternally  Mr.  Sackman  was  made  a  Mason 
in  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  241,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  is  also  a  member  of  Hermosa  Chapter, 
O.  E.  S.  For  years  he  was  active  in  the  Merchants  and  Manufacturers  Association 
and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

EDWIN  JULIAN. — An  oil  man  and  a  rancher  long  entrusted  with  responsibility 
calling  for  hard,  unremitting  labor,  is  Edwin  Julian,  now  retired,  who  was  born  in 
Cornwall  County,  England,  on  February  S,  1852,  the  son  of  William  and  Johanna  Julian, 
residerits  there  who  were  esteemed  by  all  who  knew  them.  He  remained  at  home  until 
he  was  eighteen,  and  then  decided  to  try  his  fortunes  in  the  New  World.  Coming 
alone  to  America,  he  landed  in  Quebec  in  1869.  Then  he  went  to  Petrolia,  Canada,  and 
worked  in  the  oil  fields  for  ten  years;  later  became  a  foreman  for  the  Ontario  Land 
and  Oil  Company,  of  Petrolia,  and  had  over  SCO  wells  under  his  personal  supervision. 
The  wells  had  one  and  two-inch  pipes,  and  each  produced  from  four  to  100  barrels  of 
oil  a  day.  To  economize  power,  120  wells  were  driven  by  one  pumping  plant  The 
oil  basins  were  shallow,  and  it  was  not  necessary  to  go  down  more  than  500  feet  to 
get  the  flow.  Mr.  Julian  was  foreman  for  this  company  for  twenty-two  years,  and 
was  the  first  man  to  devise  a  system  for  the  separation  of  the  oil  from  the  water,  after 
the  water  had  gotten  into  the  wells.  He  used  a  plug  system,  plugging  the  well  just 
below  the  oil,  and  above  the  water  line.  While  in  Canada  he  also  had  the  supervision 
of  five  miles  of  the  country  roads  in  the  vicinity  of  Petrolia. 

On  May  5,  1872,  Mr.  Julian  was  married  to  Miss  Harriett  Sophia  Turner,  a  native 
of  London,  England,  and  the  daughter  of  Philip  and  Harriett  Turner.  Philip  Turner 
vvas  an  engineer,  who  came  to  America  in  1870,  followed  the  next  year  by  his  wife 
and  daughter,  now  Mrs.  Julian.     He  also  went  to  Petrolia,  and  there  made  his  home. 

In  1908  Mr.  Julian  came  to  the  United  States  and  settled  at  Santa  Monica,  soon 
afterward  purchasing  a  ranch  of  eighty  acres  in  the  Topango  Canyon.  This  was 
devoted  to  fruit,  alfalfa  and  bees,  and  such  was  his  success  with  the  800  trees,  free  from 
insects  and  worms,  that  his  apples  were  displayed  by  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Commerce.  He  had  also  cows,  mules  and  hogs  on  his  ranch,  and  in  1917  his  bees 
gathered  seven  and  a  half  tons  of  honey.  On  May  19,  1919,  Mr.  Julian  sold  his  ranch 
to  his  son,  Edwin,  and  removed  to  Santa  Ana,  where  he  purchased  a  beautiful  bungalow 
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Seven  children  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Julian,  and  five  are  still  living. 
The  eldest,  William  Charles,  is  deceased;  Edwin  is  living  on  the  Topahgo  Canyon 
Ranch;  John  Henry  is  in  Canada;  Selena  A.,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Menges,  is  in  Indiana;  Victor 
is  a  machinist  in  the  Long  Beach  shipyards;  Arthur  is  deceased;  and  Fred  is  in  Florida. 
Mr.  Julian  is  a  Mason,  and  also  belongs  to  the  Canadian  order  of  Odd  Fellows;  Mrs. 
Julian  belongs  to  the  Church  of  Christ,  Scientist. 

CLYDE  H.  ELLIS. — An  experienced  rancher,  who  has  the  advantage  of  also 
being  an  expert  machinist  and  a  good  business  man,  is  Clyde  H.  Ellis,  the  son  of  a 
well-known  pioneer  in  the  Newport-Greenville-Talbert  sections  of  Orange  County.  He 
was  born  at  Tazewell,  Claiborne 'County,  Tenn.,  on  May  14,  188S,  the  son  of  O.  H. 
Ellis,  a  native  of  the  same  county,  who  died  in  1913,  at  the  age  of  sixty-three.  He  came 
to  Santa  Ana  in  1886,  and  after  living  there  a  year  removed  to  Newport,  where  he  ran 
a  dairy  for  twelve  years.  He  bought  the  place  he  was  long  identified  with  some 
twenty-five  years  ago,  and  after  a  while  successfully  engaged  in  the  cultivation  of 
celery  and  sugar  beets.  When  he  died  he  owned  120  acres.  He  had  married  Mellie 
M.  Kawood,  by  whom  he  had  four  children.  Clyde  was  the  oldest;  then  xame  Annie 
E.,  the  wife  of  L.  J.  Buschard;  the  third  in  the  order  of  birth  was  James  N.  Ellis, 
a  native  of  Orange  County,  where  he  was  born  at  Old  Newport,  or  Greenville,  on 
December  26,  1889;  he  married  Myrtle  Washburn.  The  youngest  was  Maggie  E. 
Ellis,  wife  of  Oliver  Jones,  the  rancher,  at  San  Anofra,  Cal. 

Clyde  grew  up  here  on  his  father's  various  ranches,  and  at  the  same  time  that 
he  was  learning  how  to  make  himself  useful,  and  to  prepare  for  a  tussle  with  the 
world,  he  attended  the  public  schools.  His  ambition  and  the  desire  of  his  parents 
for  his  higher  welfare  led  him  to  attend  the  Orange  County  Business  College,  where 
he  completed  a  profitable  commercial  course.  Then  he  went  to  San  Bernardino, 
where  he  accepted  a  job  as  a  mechanic's  helper,  and  at  that  he  continued  for  three 
years.  He  still  was  bent  on  improving  his  time,  and  he  therefore  took  a  course,  in 
his  spare  time,  with  the  International  Correspondence  School,  and  was  declared  a 
competent  machinist. 

Mr.  Ellis  next  entered  the  employ  of  the  famous  Holt  Manufacturing  Company, 
makers  of  caterpillar  tractors,  harvesters  and  threshing  machines,  as  service  guide 
or  mechanical  expert,  traveling  and  looking  after  Holt  machinery.  For  a  time  he 
made  Phoenix,  Ariz.,  his  headquarters,  and  was  sent  by  his  company  to  different  parts 
of  Arizona  and  the  Imperial  Valley. 

In  the  fall  of  1917  Mr.  Ellis  came  back  to  the  Ellis  farm,  which  he  rented  and 
operated  during  that  and  the  following  years.  It  was  then  that  he  formed  his  present 
association,  in  partnership,  with  his  brother,  James  N.  Ellis,  utilizing  the  farm  owned 
.  by  his  mother.  He  also  put  sixty  acres  into  cabbage,  barley,  hay  and  beans.  He 
made  a  specialty,  while  growing  cabbages,  of  the  Winningstad  variety,  and  having 
started  with  only  $500  in  capital,  cleared  up  a  small  fortune  inside  of  two  years.  The 
Ellis  ranch  has  five  flowing  wells,  with  a  fine  pumping  plant,  giving  and  handling 
an  abundance  of  good  water,  and  this  has  proven  a  natural  advantage,  taken  care  of 
by  a  man  thoroughly  familiar  with  mechanical  problems,  and  a  most  valuable  asset. 

Aside  from  the  Ellis  ranch  of  120  acres  he  also  leases  525  acres,  the  Snow  and 
Grover  ranches,  where  he  is  raising  barley,  beets  and  beans,  and  as  is  natural  for  a 
mechanic  of  his  experience,  he  has  the  most  modern  motive  power  machinery,  using  a 
Best  sixty-horsepower  tracklayer  and  a  Holt  thirty-horsepower  tracklayer. 

At  Santa  Ana,  in  1913,  Mr.  Ellis  was  married  to  Miss  Sadie  G.  Miller,  a  native  of 
Keokuk  County,  Iowa.  She  was  one  of  seven  children,  and  came  to  Los  Angeles  with 
her  parents,  Frank  C.  and  Carrie  J.  Miller.  Two  children  have  blessed  the  Ellis 
union;  one  bears  the  attractive  name  of  Naomi  Fern,  and  the  other  is  Jack  N.  Mrs. 
Ellis  has  proven  a  valuable  helpmate  to  her  husband,  and  has  participated  in  all  his 
activities  for  the  betterment  of  the  community. 

R.  EARL  ELLIOTT. — A  very  successful  Californian  who  has  become  an  enthusi- 
ast for  California  is  R.  Earl  Elliott,  the  mail  carrier  and  rancher,  who  improves  each 
shining  moment,  after  he  has  discharged  his  official  duties,  in  caring  for  and  developing 
his  valuable  ranch  property.  He  was  born  in  the  comfortable  town  of  Sedalia,  Mo.,  on 
Washington's  Birthday,  1876,  the  son  of  William  H.  and  Margaret  Frances  (Wason) 
Ellit,  who  at  present  reside  at  Wichita,  Kans.  His  parents  removed  to  Butler,  Bates 
County,  Mo.,  when  Earl  was  a  mere  child,  and  in  Bates  County  he  was  reared  on  a 
ranch,  for  his  father  had  160  acres  devoted  to  general  farming.  He  attended  school  in 
the  Harmony  district  and  meanwhile  steadily  mastered  a  knowledge  of  farming.  The 
name  was  dfiginally  Elliott,  but  the  great-grandfather,  Thomas,  was  of  Scotch  descent, 
and  changed  it  to  Ellit.  He  was  a  pioneer  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  built  one  of  the 
first  houses  there.    The  name  remained  as  such  until  the  present  generation,  when  Earl 


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with  his  eldest  brother  and  sister,  changed  their  name  to  Elliott.  When  Mr.  Elliott 
was  twenty-seven  he  came  to  California,  in  February,  1903,  and  for  eighteen  months, 
from  June  of  that  year,  served  as  superintendent  of  the  Santa  Ana  Cemetery.  He 
undertook  to  do  all  the  cement  work  there  previously  contracted  for  by  private  parties, 
and  also  started  a  record  showing  the  lots  for  which  the  upkeep  was  paid  by  private 
parties. 

After  a  while  Mr.  Elliott  sold  out  his  cemetery  interest  to  S.  H.  C.  Ritner,  and 
with  Dr.  Newton,  of  Santa  Ana,  studied  and  practiced  chiropractic.  This  did  not 
permanently  satisfy  him,  however,  and  he  entered  the  Government  service  in  1906  and 
took  charage  of  a  rural  free  delivery  route,  which  he  has  held  ever  since.  This 
includes  a  section  southwest  of  Santa  Ana  through  I'albert,  and  he  was  the  first  carrier 
to  use  an  automobile  for  rural  delivery  in  this  section. 

In  1906  Mr.  Elliott  built  a  home  at  1702  East  Fifth  Street  and  two  years  later  he 
traded  this  for  J.  E.  Livesey's  home  at  319  East  Seventeenth  Street,  where  he  set  out 
an  orchard,  and  in  1912  he  built  a  new  home.  In  March,  1919,  he  traded  that  for  a 
twelve-acre  citrus  ranch  on  Warren  Street  in  Tustin,  and  in  December  sold  it  to 
C.  M.  Lyon.  Then  he  purchased  the  five-acre  ranch  at  314  Santa  Clara  Avenue  from 
John  Winter.  The  ranch  is  under  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company's  service, 
and  so  is  well  supplied  with  water,  and  is  devoted  to  Valencia  oranges.  It  is,  in  fact, 
now  one  of  the  model  ranches  of  its  size  in  the  neighborhood. 

In  1900,  at  Butler,  Mo.,  Mr.  Elliott  married  Miss  Mabel  D.  Ritner,  the  daughter 
of  Spencer  H.  C.  and  Mary  Ritner,  and  a  native  of  Henry  County,  Iowa.  Four  children 
have  been  granted  the  happy  couple.  Spencer,  who  is  at  present  a  gun  pointer  on  the 
Battleship  Brooklyn,  enlisted  at  Santa  Ana  on  May  S,  1919,  and  was  sent  to  San 
Francisco  to  be  trained  on  Mare  and  Goat  Island.  Ivan  R.  is  a  student  in  the  Santa 
Ana  high  school;  Ruth  is  in  the  eighth  grade  of-  the  grammar  school,  and  Grace  is 
in  the  sixth  grade.  The  family  are  members  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Santa  Ana, 
where  Mr.  Elliott  is  a  deacon  and  is  as  enthusiastic  in  his  support  of  air  church  and 
civic  improvement  work  as  he  is  in  the  prosecution  of  business  and  the  "booming"  of 
the  favored  .section  and  state  in  which  he  lives. 

ISAAC  R.  HENDRIE. — An  energetic,  hardworking  and  far-seeing  rancher  of 
the  sincere,  modest  type,  whose  relations  to  his  neighbors  are  governed  by  the  princi- 
ple of  the  Golden  Rule,  is  Isaac  R.  Hendrie  of  1110  West  Washingt*)n  Street,  Santa 
Ana.  He  was  born  at  Glenwood,  Mills  County,  Iowa,  on  September  4,  1869,  the  son 
of  Senator  James  S.  Hendrie,  born  in  Ohio,  but  a  settler  of  Iowa,  where  he  was  a 
prosperous  farmer,  owning  a  half-section  of  land,  half  of  which  was  usually  devoted 
to  the  growing  of  corn  and  the  other  half  to  hay  and  timberland.  He  represented 
Mills  and  Montgomery  counties  as  senator  of  the  Iowa  legislature,  and  later  was  the 
Democratic  sheriff  of  Mills  County,  Colo.  He  was  married  to  Mary  L,.  McClanathan, 
born  in  Ohio.  In  1886  they  moved  to  Colorado  and  located  on  a  farm  near  Wray,  then 
Weld  County.  When  the  county  was  divided  he  was  appointed  a  commissioner  of  the 
new  county  (Washington  County)  by  Gov.  Alva  Adams.  Later  Washington  County 
was  divided  and  he  became  a  commissioner  of  the  new  Yuma  County,  and  also  county 
judge  until  he  resigned,  in  1909,  to  move  to  Long  Beach,  Cal.,  where  he  resided  until 
he  died,  in  the  year  1911,  at  the  age  of  eighty-three.     His  wife  had  passed  away  in  1910. 

When  a  lad  of  sixteen,  Isaac  came  to  Colorado  with  his  parents,  who  settled  near 
Wray,  160  miles  east  of  Denver.  The  young  man  lived  at  home  and  rode  the  range 
from  1886  until  1900,  steadily  acquiring,  through  his  father's  guidance,  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  agriculture  and  cattle  raising. 

Isaac  R.  Hendrie  then  purchased  his  father's  land  and  continued  to  farm  along 
the  same  lines  as  his  father  had  pursued,  until  1909,  when  he  determined  to  push 
further  west,  and  sold  the  acreage  he  had  improved.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Colorado 
Cattle  Growers  Association. 

Settling  for  a  while  at  Long  Beach,  Mr.  Hendrie  worked  for  the  City  Water 
Company  there  for  five  years,  or  until  July  22,  1914,  when  he  purchased  seven  acres 
on  West  Washington  Street,  Santa  Ana.  He  set  out  four'  acres  to  apricots  and  the 
balance  to  walnuts,  and  soon  had  one  of  the  trimmest  small  ranches  to  be  seen  any- 
where for  miles  around,  made  more  valuable  on  account  of  the  excellent  water  supply 
from  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company.  Since  purchasing  this  property  Mr. 
Hendrie  has  established  an  extensive  poultry  business,  with  some  3,000  White  Leghorn 
chickens.  He  built  an  incubator  house,  with  two  incubators  of  500  capacity  each,  and 
also  has  the  necessary  brooders;  he  is  a  member  of  the  Poultry  Producers  Association 
of  Southern  California. 

On  April  19,  1893,  Mr.  Hendrie  was  married  to  Miss  Maude  Dakan,  the  daughter 
of  Riley  and  Emeline  (Cahill)  Dakan,  born  in  Ohio  and  Kentucky,  respectively,  and 
early  settlers  of  Marysville,  Mo.     In  1892  they  came  to  Colorado,  but  later  returned 


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to  their  farm  in  Missouri,  which  they  have  now  owned  over  fifty  years.  Mr.  Dakan 
served  as  a  soldier  in  a  Missouri  Regiment  during  the  Civil  War  and  is  a  prominent 
G.  A.  R.  man. 

Mr.  Hendrie  received  a  very  thorough  grammar  school  training  at  Glenwood, 
Iowa,  while  Mrs.  Hendrie  was  equally  fortunate  in  her  training  at  Wesleyan  College, 
Cameron,  Mo.,  later  teaching  school  in  Colorado,  and  they  have  striven  to  give  the 
best  of  educational  advantages  to  their  five  children.  The  eldest,  James  R.,  is  living 
at  Oakland;  Dorothy  L.  has  become  Mrs.  W.  L.  Tubbs  of  Santa  Ana;  Mary  E.  lives  at 
home  and  is  a  student  at  the  Santa  Ana  high  school;  Harold  is  a  pupil  in  the  grammar 
school,  and  Walter  B.,  the  youngest. 

JOHN  T.  LYON. — Southern  California  has  offered  many,  opportunities  to  John 
T.  Lyon,  and  with  the  keen  vision  and  foresight  of  a  "born"  real  estate  man,  he  has 
grasped  the  opportunities  offered  and  climbed  to  success  through  his  own  abilities  and 
energy.  Born  in  Bastrop  County,  Texas,  April  16,  187S,  he  was  reared  to  boyhood  in 
Llano,  that  state,  and  in  1884,  when  he  was  nine  years  old,  the  family  moved  to  Wash- 
ington Territory,  where  his  stepfather  took  up  a  timber  claim,  cleared  the  land  and 
engaged  in   ranching. 

On  reaching  nineteen  years  of  age,  in  1894,  Mr.  Lyon  started  out  for  himself, 
and  came  to  Southern  California,  first  locating  in  Pomona,  where  he  worked  for 
wages  on  different  ranches.  In  1895  he  came  to  Santa  Ana  and  worked  for  a  time, 
then  went  back  to  Pomona,  in  1896,  and  worked  on  ranches  once  more.  In  1897 
he  settled  in  Chino,  rented  land  and  raised  beets  for  the  sugar  factory.  In  1898  be 
located  at  Spadra,  raised  alfalfa  and  engaged  in  the  feed  and  fuel  business.  In  1901 
this  enterprising  young  man  bought  an  eleven-acre  orange  grove  in  North  Pomona, 
next  to  the  Richards  ranch,  and  two  years  later  sold  this  property  for  a  profit  of  $2,000. 

In  May,  1904,  Mr.  Lyon  located  in  Garden  Grove,  Orange  County,  bought  fifty 
acres  of  land,  the  old  Toomey  place,  and  put  in  a  pumping  plant,  the  first  one  installed 
in  that  district;  he  improved  the  land  and  sold  it  in  1906.  From  1906  to  1913  he  located 
in  Santa  Barbara,  erected  a  business  block  in  that  city,  and  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business;  this  he  sold  out  in  1913,  and  then  located  in  Los  Angeles,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  real  estate  business,  selling  land  in  the  San  Fernando  Valley  for  the  H.  J.  Whit- 
ley Company,  which  concern  had  opened  up  land  in  the  Van  Nuys  to  Owensmouth  sec- 
tion. In  this  Mr.  Lyon  was  very  successful,  selling  over  a  million  dollars'  worth  of 
property  in  this  district. 

In  1917  Mr.  Lyon  came  to  Anaheim,  and  engaged  in  the  buying  and  selling  of 
orange  groves,  and  is  at  present  the  owner  of  a  very  fine  grove  near  Anaheim.  He 
started  in  the  real  estate  business  in  that  city  in  November,  1919,  and  his  years  of 
experience  of  the  actual,  practical  sort,  throughout  Southern  California,  make  him 
peculiarly  adapted  to  the  appraising  of  land  valuations  in  this  section  of  the  state,  and 
particularly  in  Orange  County,  and  his  settling  in  this  district  shows  a  keen  appre- 
ciation of  its  possibilities. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Lyon  united  him  with  Fannie  M.  Baker,  a  daughter  of 
Andrew  Baker,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Anaheim.  Fraternally  Mr.  Lyon  is  a 
member  of  the  Santa  Barbara  Lodge  of  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  of  Anaheim  Lodge 
No.  207,  F.  &  A.  M. 

RALPH  A.  FULLER. — A  very  popular  and  enterprising  business  man  and  horti- 
culturist of  Orange,  who  is  very  enthusiastic  and  optimistic  for  the  wonderful  oppor- 
tunities and  great  future  for  Orange  County,  is  Ralph  A.  Fuller,  who  was  born  on 
September  19,  1881.  His  father  v^as  Herman  A.  Fuller,  an  educator  and  one  of  a 
family  of  "down  easters,"  tracing  their  ancestry  back  to  England,  which  was  also  the 
case  with  the  family  of  Mrs.  Fuller,  who  was  Ida  W.  Andrews  before  her  marriage. 
Mr.  Fuller  died  when  his  son  Ralph  was  only  ten  years  old  and  the  lad  came  to 
California  with  his  mother  in  189S.  Mrs.  Fuller  purchased  the  old  Ainsworth  place  on 
Yorba  Street  at  McPherson,  consisting  of  fifteen  acres,  and  in  1909  sold  it.  Then  she 
built  on  her  ten  acres  at  the  southwest  corner  of  Yorba  and  Chapman  streets.  These 
are  now  devoted  entirely  to  Valencia  oranges  and  the  acreage  is  under  the  Santa  Ana 
Valley  Irrigation  Company.  Mrs.  Fuller,  who  was  a  very  active  member  of  Hermosa 
Chapter,  O.  E.  S..  of  which  she  was  past  matron  and  also  past  noble  grand  of  the 
Rebekah  Lodge  of  Orange,  passed  away  on  Christmas  Day,  1913.  Of  her  two  children 
Ralph  A.  is  the  eldest,  and  his  sister  is  Mrs.  Olive  M.  Fine  of  303  West  Santa  Clara 
Avenue,  Santa  Ana. 

Ralph  A.  Fuller's  early  education  was  received  at  El  Modena  public  school  and 
Santa  Ana  high  school.  After  school  days  were  over  he  took  charge  of  his  mother'3 
ranch,  and  being  an  admirer  of  standard  bred  horses,  he  was  one  of  the  organizers  and 
an  officer  in  the   Orange  County  Driving  Club,  and  also  took  an  active  part  in  their 


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matinees.  Among  the  fine  animals  he  owned  was  the  sire  "Raymon,"  No.  12007.  In 
1909  he  moved  to  his  present  place,  which  he  later  improved  to  Valencia  oranges.  In 
May,  191S,  he  took  up  life  insurance  and  is  now  connected  with  the  Travelers'  Insur- 
ance Company  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  has  become  a  leader  among  Southern  California 
insurance  men.  He  still  finds  time  to  look  after  his  orange  orchard  and  see  that  it  has 
the  proper  care,  and  takes  rnuch  enjoyment  in  its  development. 

Mr.  Fuller  is  active  in  all  community  afifairs  and  contributed  liberally  to  the 
success  of  the  bond  drives  during  the  World  War.  A  Republican  in  national  political 
affairs,  he  allows  no  partisanship  to  affect  him  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty  as  a  citizen 
in  matters  of.  local  moment.  Mr.  Fuller  is  a  prominent  clubman  and  a  leader  in  social 
affairs,  not  alone  in  Orange  County,  but  in  the  metropolis  of  the  Southland  as  well. 

FRED  RAY  FRASER.— A  hard-working,  thoroughly  capable  young  man,  who 
is  steadily  rising  in  the  esteem  of  his  employers,  is  Fred  Ray  Fraser,  who  divides  his 
time  as  foreman  and  rancher.  He  was  born  at  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  on  March  6,  1891, 
the  son  of  Francis  P.  Fraser,  who  ran  both  a  flour  mill  and  a  farm,  and  had  married 
Miss  Rebecca  A.  Scott.  When  he  was  four  years  old,  his  parents,  in  September,  1895, 
brought  him  to  California,  coming  directly  to  Santa  Ana,  where  his  father  purchased  a 
one-acre  apricot  grove  in  Tustin.  He  lived  at  home  with  his  parents,  while  he  attended 
the  Santa  Ana  grammar  and  high  schools,  from  which  he  was  duly  graduated  with 
credit,  and  well  equipped  to  take  his  part  in  the  world's  work. 

Immediately  after  finishing  his  high  school  studies,  Mr.  Fraser  went  to  work  for 
the  Gowen  and  White  packing  house,  and  has  since  then  so  advanced  in  work  and 
responsibility  that  he  is  foreman  of  the  walnut  and  apricot  departments. 

On  December  6,  1911,  Mr.  Fraser  was  married  at  Santa  Ana  to  Miss  Hazel  Crane, 
a  Nebraska  girl,  who  was  born  in  Brown  County.  Her  mother,  Jennie  Crane,  died  in 
Nebraska,  and  in  1908  her  father,  Fred  O.  Crane,  came  to  California  with  his  family. 
There  were  nine  children,  and  she  was  the  youngest  daughter. 

After  his  marriage,  Mr.  Fraser  and  his  wife  lived  on  Valencia  Avenue,  but  in 
1919  he  sold  out  and  purchased  an  orange  grove  at  826  North  Baker  Street.  However, 
he  found  the  work  of  handling  this  new  grove  too  much,  with  the  responsibility  of 
the  packing  house,  so  he  sold  the  grove  and  bought  the  home  at  710  West  Washington 
Street,  where  he  now  lives.  Three  children  brighten  their  home — Velda  B.,  Vivian  B. 
and  Evelyn  L.  Fraser. 

Francis  P.  Fraser,  our  subject's  father,  lived  at  his  Tustin  home  until  1917,  when 
he  sold  out  and  moved  to  Santa  Ana,  where  he  bought  a  home  at  615  East  Second 
Street.  On  May  30,  1919,  he  passed  away,  ra'ourned  by  all  who  had  the  good  fortune 
to  know  him.  Mrs.  Fraser  lives  at  her  home  on  East  Second  Street.  Mr.  Fraser  did 
manly  service  in  the  Civil  War,  marching  with  Sherman  on  his  celebrated  campaign 
through  Georgia,  and  for  four  long  years  engaging  under  his  leadership  in  other 
battles;  and  he  was  well  honored  as  a  modest  veteran,  free  from  hate  or  rancor. 

BARRY  H.  McPHEE. — A  native  son  of  California  whose  success  in  buying  and 
selling  property  has  been  such  that  he  thinks  there  is  no  place  on  earth  equal  to  the 
Golden  State,  is  Barry  H.  McPhee,  who  was  born  in  Elsinore  on  November  1,  1893, 
the  son  of  George  W.  McPhee,  who  became  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Santa  Ana 
Blade,  and  in  whose  comfortable  home  he  remained  until  he  was  married  in  1913.  He 
attended  the  Santa  Ana  grammar  and  high  schools,  and  made  a  specialty  of  the 
commercial  course  in  that  institution.  Being  apt  and  learning  easily,  he  had  time  to 
spare,  and  so,  at  the  same  time  that  he  studied,  he  also  worked  for  the  Blade. 

On  February  16  he  was  united  in  matrimony  to  Miss  Helen  Neff,  the  accomplished 
and  popular  daughter  of  L.  H.  and  Lydia  Neff,  who  came  from  Lincoln,  Nebr.,  in  1912. 
Here  she  attended  the  Santa  Ana  high  school,  and  made  a  host  of  friends. 

Mr.  McPhee  is  employed  as  a  lineman  for  the  Edison  Company,  in  whose  employ 
he  has  been  for  the  past  nine  years,  and  is  now  connected  with  the  Santa  Ana  branch, 
but  he  is  something  more  than  merely  an  electrician.  He  has  bought  and  sold  two 
groves  and  two  homes  in  the  past  few  years,  and  in  doing  so  has  turned  over  some 
rather  attractive  money. 

His  present  holding  is  ten  acres,  all  in  walnuts,  one-half  of  which  is  interset  with 
Valencia  oranges,  and  the  balance  is-  full  bearing,  and  affords  to  the  eye  of  even  the 
novice  a  fine  sight.  The  ranch  is  served  by  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company, 
and  that  means  plenty  of  good  water,  and  at  the  right  time. 

One  daughter,  Joy  McPhee,  a  pupil  of  the  Santa  Ana  grammar  school,  brightens 
the  home  of  this  accomplished  couple,  and  bids  fair  to  be  herself  a  young  woman  of  the 
right  sort  of  accomplishments.  Santa  Ana  need  not  worry  about  her  future  with  such 
enthusiastic  "boosters"  as  the  McPhees. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1603 

RUFUS  C.  McMillan. — The  wise  man  of  the  old  has  said:  "A  good  name  is 
rather  to  be  chosen  than  great  riches."  The  successful  contractor  of  Santa  Ana,  Rufus 
C.  McMillan,  has,  by  his  conscientious  workmanship  and  high  principles  of  business 
integrity,  acquired  as  a  reward  that  much  coveted  prize — a  good  reputation.  He  was 
born  on  Christmas  Day,  1879,  at  Pine  Bluff,  Ark.,  and  was  reared  and  educated  in  his 
native  state,  early  learning  the  trade  of  a  carpenter.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  began  to 
follow  his  trade  and  when  nineteen  years  old  began  contracting  there,  and  for  a  time 
was  in  the  employ  of  the  Cotton  Belt  Railroad  Company  and  in  1904  located  in  Mus- 
kogee, Okla.,  where  he  continued  in  the  contracting  and  building  business  and  built 
several  fine  residences,  one  of  his  patrons  at  Muskogee  being  a  Mr.  Williams,  the 
banker  and  wealthy  oil  magnate.  In  December,  1906,  he  returned  to  Pine  Bluff,  where 
he  spent  four  years  in  the  building  business,  erecting  many  fine  homes. 

It  was  in  1910  that  Mr.  McMillan  first  came  to  California,  having  felt  the  call  for 
some  time  previous  to  inspect  the  western  part  of  our  country.  He  arrived  in  Los 
Angeles  on  December  31,  and  for  a  time  visited  various  cities  of  the  southern  part 
of  the  state  looking  for  a  suitable  place  in  which  to  engage  in  his  business  and  finally 
decided  that  Santa  Ana  held  out  the  best  inducements  to  a  man  of  energy  and  deter- 
mination. On  February  19,  1911,  he  brought  his  family  here,  purchased  a  lot  and  built 
a  home  for  them  and  very  soon  demonstrated  his  judgment  by  branching  out  as  a 
contractor  and  at  the  end  of  twenty-three  months,  beginning  on  May  1,  that  year  he  had 
completed  forty-three  buildings.  Judging  from  the  success  he  has  achieved  since  he 
took  up  his  residence  in  Santa  Ana,  his  choice  of  location  was  well  taken.  Up  to 
January  1,  1919,  Mr.  McMillan  had  erected  105  residences  and  business  blocks  in  the 
town,  and  during  1919,  at  one  time  he  had  fourteen  buildings  under  construction.  Dur- 
ing the  year  1920  he  completed  twenty-five  important  contracts  and  numerous  smaller 
ones  in  the  county.  He  has  not  confined  his  operations  to  Santa  Ana  as  Fullerton, 
Placentia,  Anaheim,  Huntington  Beach,  Newport  Beach  and  San  Juan  Capistrano  show 
examples  of  his  skill  as  a  builder.  Some  of  the  residences  he  has  built  have  cost  as 
high  as  $23,000.  Among  the  buildings  in  Santa  Ana  erected  by  Mr.  McMillan  men- 
tion,is  made  of  the  Stanley  and  Gilmacher  blocks;  Wickersheim  and  County  garages; 
sheriff's  office;  and  the  residences  of  Bert  Annin  and  W.  D.  Woodward  in  Fullerton; 
Fiscus  home  in  Anaheim;  Ray  McClintock's  in  Greenville;  the  Edwards  and  Hansen 
family  residences  in  Placentia;  Herbert  Rankin,  C.  E.  Jackson,  Judge  Thomas,  W.  D. 
Wilson,  Briggs,  C.  T.  Johnson  and  the  Crose  homes  in  Santa  Ana;  and  the  Ocean 
View  school  building. 

Mr.  McMillan  has  been  married  twice;  his  first  union  was  on  August  4,  1901,  in 
Pine  Bluff,  Ark.,  to  Miss  Callie  M.  Beach,  and  they  had  three  children,  Daisy  Thelma, 
Grace  and  Mary  Agnes.  On  December  16,  1914,  in  Santa  Ana  his  second  marriage 
united  him  with  Miss  Pearl  Wilcox,  a  native  of  Kansas,  where  she  was  born  near  Ness 
City,  but  was  reared  and  educated  in  Dodge  City.  They  have  two  children,  Eugene  and 
Pearl  Larene.  Fraternally  Mr.  McMillan  is  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794, 
B.  P.  O.  Elks.  The  high  regard  in  which  Mr.  McMillan  is  held  as  a  builder  is  best 
exemplified  by  the  fact  that  his  former  patrons  have  retained  him  to  construct  their 
buildings  without  asking  for  competitive  bids.  Their  confidence  in  his  superior  judg- 
ment  and  unquestioned  integrity  in  all  business  transactions  assures  them  that  their 
work  will  be  most  satisfactorily  completed. 

ROY  S.  LANCASTER.— A  wide-awake  young  rancher  intensely  interested  in  the 
growth  of  Orange  County,  and  willing  to  do  his  share  towards  the  advancement  of 
Southern  California  interests,  for  the  benefit  of  his  neighbors  as  well  as  himself,  is 
Roy  S.  Lancaster,  whose  talented  wife  and  true  helpmeet  is  proud  of  her  birth  as  a 
native  daughter.  He  was  born  in  Travers  County,  Mich.,  in  187S,  the  son  of  James  B. 
and  Minnie  (Tracy)  Lancaster.  His  father  was  a  druggist  and  postmaster,  and  Roy 
grew  up  with  certain  home  advantages  not  accorded  every  young  man. 

This  did  not  prevent  him,  however,  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  from  feeling  the  lure 
of  the  outside  world,  and  to  such  an  extent  that  he  went  to  South  Dakota,  and  in 
Britton,  Marshall  County,  worked  in  the  harvest  field.  He  also  traveled  considerably, 
stopping  in  each  place  only  for  a  season,  and  at  Rock  Island,  111.,  he  engaged  m  mining 
for  a  year.  From  Rock  Island  he  then  went  to  Chicago,  where  he  worked  for  nearly  a 
year  in  the  Harvey  Steel  Works,  at  the  same  time  that  he  was  attending  the  Columbian 
Exposition  of  1893.  •    t,        i   • 

Mr.  Lancaster's  next  move  took  him  to  Idaho,  where  he  secured  a  timber  claim; 
but  he  stayed  there  only  a  year.  The  greater  attractions  of  California  brought  him  to 
Orange  County  in  1894,  and  here  he  found  employment  working  out -on  farms.  Since 
1913  he  has  lived  on  his  present  ranch  at  1426  North  Baker  Street,  Santa  Ana. 

On  July  2,  1901,  Mr.  Lancaster  was  married  to  Miss  Grace  Greenleaf,  daughter 
of  Eli  F.  and  Lucy  A.  Greenleaf,  who  was  born  in  Santa  Ana.     Her  father  was  born 


1604  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

in  Maine  and  the  mother  in  Ohio,  their  m'^rriage  taking  place  in  Missouri.  They 
crossed  the  plains  in  the  sixties  in  an  ox-team  train,  and  spent  several  years  in 
Northern  California.  Pioneer  settlers  of  Santa  Ana,  they  came  there  in  1871,  and 
both  passed  away  there.  Six  children — four  boys  and  two  girls — have  blessed  the 
union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lancaster:  Berney;  Robert  is  a  high  school  student;  Lucile, 
Catherine  and  Ray  are  pupils  in  the  grammar  school;  and  Jack  is  at  home.  Mr. 
Lancaster  is  a  Republican  in  national  politics,  but  never  allows  partisanship  to  interfere 
with  his  loyal  and  liberal  support  of  any  movement  likely  to  make  for  the  betterment 
of  the  community  in  which  he  lives. 

EMIL  KRUEGER. — A  sturdy  pioneer  who  has  become  one  of  the  most  loyal  of 
American  citizens  and  respected  agriculturists  of  his  neighborhood  is  Emil  Krueger, 
the  owner  of  a  very  productive  ranch  on  La  Veta  Avenue,  Orange.  He  was  born  in 
West  Germany  in  July,  1863,  and  his  parents  were  Herman  and  Mathilda  Krueger. 
They  had  five  children,  and  all  three  of  those  still  living  are  residents  of  California. 
Mrs.  Krueger  having  passed  away,  the  father  emigrated  to  the  United  States  nine 
months  in  advance  of  his  children.  He  sought  here  and  found  a  sheltering  government 
under  whose  fostering  care  they  could  breathe  the  air  of  freedom  and  enjoy  equal 
rights   and  privileges. 

Emil  grew  up  in  his  native  country,  and  while  profiting  from  the  excellent  schools 
there,  met  and  cheerfully  accepted  the  challenge  of  hard  work.  In  1883  he  came  to 
the  United  States  and  spent  four  years  as  a  weaver  in  the  cotton  mills  at  Exeter,  N.  H., 
and  in  1887  he  came  to  Orange,  Cal.,  where  he  worked  in  orchards  and  for  the  Santa  Fe 
Railroad  until  he  purchased  his  present  ranch,  which  he  improved,  and  thus  advanced 
steadily.  He  is  a  member  of  the  McPherson  Heights  Citrus  Association  and  the 
Tustin  Lemon  Association. 

In  February,  1893,  he  was  married  at  Orange  to  Miss  Augusta  Rosenthal,  also  a 
native  of  Germany,  and  by  her  he  has  had  three  children:  Herman,  a  farmer  here; 
Rose,  now  Mrs.  Harris,  and  Bertha,  now  Mrs.  Cook,  both  of  Orange. 

Mr.  Krueger  purchased  his  land  in  1890,  when  it  was  unimproved  stubble,  and  the 
uneven  surface  seemed  to  make  it  quite  unfit  for  irrigation;  but  by  very  hard  work 
during  long  hours  and  weary  months,  he  at  length  set  out  his  fruit  trees  and  accom- 
plished the  task  of  improvement.  Now  the  ranch  is  so  productive  and  famous  that 
the  Valencia  oranges  are  a  wonder  to  behold,  and  the  lemons  bring  the  highest  price. 
He  now  has  fifteen  acres  in  a  body,  under  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company, 
and  he  also  has  a  pumping  plant.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  Church,  and  as 
a  self-made  man,  Mr.  Krueger  belongs  to  that  type  of  citizen  of  which  the  town  and 
county  of  Orange  may  well  be,  as  it  ever  is,  justly  proud. 

SAM  STEIN. — A  hustling,  thoroughly  enterprising  merchant  who  has  steadily 
advanced  from  a  modest  beginning  to  a  position  of  prominence  in  the  commercial 
circles  of  Santa  Ana,  in  which  city  he  has  gained  the  respect  of  all  classes,  is  Sam 
Stein,  the  proprietor  of  Stein's  Stationery  Store  at  210  West  Fourth  Street.  By  the 
public  generally  he  is  familiarly  known  for  his  stature  and  his  jollity;  while  to  his 
many  patrons  he  is  the  one  out  of  a  hundred  who  not  only  takes  infinite  pains  to  please, 
but  studies  the  conditions  of  today  and  so  anticipates  the  wants  of  tomorrow.  Once  a 
man  has  come  to  be  a  customer  of  Stein's  Stationery  Store,  he  is  seldom  found  to  turn 
elsewhere  for  that  kind  of  service. 

He  was  born  in  Russia  on  September  S,  1885,  and  his  parents  were  Samuel  H. 
and  Lena  Stein.  They  had  five  children,  and  Sam  was  the  second  child  born  to  them. 
When  he  was  still  a  child,  the  parents  crossed  the  wide  ocean  to  the  United  States; 
and  as  they  stayed  in  New  York  for  a  while,  he  attended  the  public  schools  there,  and 
then  for  a  couple  of  years  went  to  the  City  College  of  New  York. 

When  old  enough  to  do  so,  Sam  learned  the  plumber's  trade,  at  which  he  also 
worked  for  a  couple  of  years;  but  on  coming  to  California  in  1902  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Lazarus  Stationery  Company  at  Los  Angeles.  This  experience  with  one 
of  the  best  firms  on  the  Pacific  Coast  proved  the  finest  of  mercantile  schools. 

In  September,  1914,  Mr.  Stein  came  to  Santa  Ana  and  started  in  the  stationery 
business  in  a  small  way,  with  one  clerk;  and  having  attended  to  business,  business 
increased  until  now  he  employs  eleven  persons.  He  carries  a  full  line  of  office  supplies 
and  stationery,  and  he  maintains  such  a  completely  equipped  kodak  finishing  house 
that,  as  the  only  concern  of  its  kind  in  the  county,  he  does  work  for  many  other  stores 
all  over  Orange  County.  Naturally,^  he  is  a  live  wire  in  the  Santa  Ana  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  the  Santa  Ana  Merchants  and  Manufacturers  Association. 

On  February  23,  1908,  Mr.  Stein  was  married  at  Los  Angeles  to  Miss  Celia  Singer 
of  Los  Angeles;  and  two  children  have  blessed  their  union — Arthur  and  Helen.  He 
belongs  to  the  Masons,  the  Elks  and  the  Eastern  Star;  but  as  a  man  deeply  interested 
in  public  affairs,  he  is  above  party  and  partisanship. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1605 

ANDREW  J.  KOCH.— Coming  to  Orange  County  in  1900,  Andrew  J.  Koch  has 
indeed  attained  a  splendid  success  in  the  twenty  years  of  his  residence  here  and  is 
now  one  of  the  most  prosperous  citrus  ranchers  of  the  Yorba  district.  Mr.  Koch's 
parents  were  Henry  P.  and  Lydia  (Buckting)  Koch,  the  father  being  a  native  of  Ger- 
many, while  the  mother  was  born  in  Missouri.  Henry  P.  Koch  was  a  pioneer  settler 
of  Rhineland,  Mo.,  having  left  his  home  in  Germany  in  early  manhood,  arriving  at 
New  York  March  6,  1854.  Some  time  after  his  advent  to  America  he  located  in 
Rhineland,  where  he  followed  his  trade  of  a  blacksmith  for  many  years.  He  was  an 
industrious,  upright  citizen,  loyal  to  the  land  of  his  adoption,  having  become  a  natural- 
ized citizen,  and  he  occupied  a  respected  place  in  his  community.  He  served  in  the 
Twelfth  Missouri  Cavalry  from  1861  to  1865  in  the  Civil  War,  being  wounded  in  action. 
There  were  four  children  in  the  Koch  family:  Aiidrew  J.,  the  subject  of  this  review; 
Theo,  a  wealthy  farmer  residing  in  Missouri;  William,  also  a  farmer  in  Missouri; 
and  Clara,  the  widow  of  Louis  Flucht,  who  died  in  Missouri,  September  30,  1920. 
Born  February  21,  1861,  at  Rhineland,  Mo.,  when  but  a  youth  Andrew  learned  the 
blacksmith's  trade  in  his  father's  shop.  In  1883  he  started  a  blacksmith  shop  in  Luter 
Island,  Mo.,  where  he  continued  for  a  period  of  five  years  when  he  sold  out  and  pur- 
chased a  blacksmith  business  in  his  old  home  town,  continuing  in  business  there  until 
1900,  when  he  came  to  California.  Arriving  here,  he  followed  blacksmithing  for  a 
number  of  years  at  Fullerton,  where  he  built  up  a  profitable  business.  In  the  meantime 
he  purchased  seventeen  acres  west  of  Yorba  on  Yorba  Boulevard.  He  sold  some  and 
retained  eleven  acres,  and  here  he  makes  his  home.  The  grove  is  planted  to  walnuts 
and  oranges  and  is  now  in  full  bearing.  He  has  brought  it  up  to  the  highest  state  of 
cultivation  and  it  is  now  one  of  the  most  profitable  ranches  in  the  vicinity,  bringing  in 
a  handsome  income.  Mr.  Koch  has  installed  a  complete  system  of  cement  irrigation 
pipes  and  has  erected  an  attractive  modern  residence  costing  $4,000,  besides  up-to-date 
outbuildings.  The  prosperous,  well-kept  appearance  of  the  place  betokens  the  industry 
and  thrift  of  the  owner.  In  October,  1919,  Mr.  Koch  leased  his  ranch  for  oil,  being 
included  in  a  blanket  lease.  Two  wells  are  now  down  and  have  struck  oil  so  he  is- 
already  receiving  an  income  from  his  lease. 

At  McKittrick,  Mo.,  February  11,  1884,  Mr.  Koch  was  married  to  Miss  Minnie  K. 
Lindhurst,  a  native  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  a  daughter  of  Adolph  and  Louisa  (Kall- 
meyer)  Lindhurst,  early  settlers  of  Missouri  where  her  father  died  while  the  mother 
came  to  California  and  passed  away  here  in  1920.  Mrs.  Koch  was  the  oldest  of  their 
four  children.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Koch  are  the  parents  of  .three  children:  Adolph  H.  is  a 
rancher  at  Yorba  and  is  the  owner  of  an  eight-acre  citrus  ranch;  his  wife,  before  her 
marriage,  was  Miss  Myrtle  Bubach;  Albert  W.  married  Miss  Lula  McClelland  and  is 
with  the  Standard  'Oil  Company  at  Fullerton;  George  A.,  who  married  Miss  Hattie 
McCoy  is  with  the  Union  Oil  Company  at  Anaheim.  The  family  are  all  members  of 
the  Anaheim  Evangelical  Church  and  Mrs.  Koch  is  prominent  in  the  work  of  the 
Women's  Circle  of  that  church.  Mr.  Koch  was  made  a  Mason  in  Yorba  Linda  Lodge, 
No.  469,  F.  &  a:  M.,  is  a  member  of  Fullerton  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  and  also  a  member  of 
Fullerton  Lodge,  No.  103,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  in  which  he  is  past  grand  and  has  served  as 
representative  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen 
of  America.  In  politics  Mr.  Koch  is  an  adherent  of  the  Republican  party,  although  not 
blindly  partisan  in  his  views.  Unselfish,  liberal-minded  and  a  conscientious  Christian 
worker,  he  well  deserves  the  comfortable  fortune  that  he  has  accumulated  entirely 
through  his  own  industry  and  perseverance.  Since  leaving  his  home  state  twenty  years 
ago  he  had  made  two  trips  back  and  so  appreciative  and  enthusiastic  is  he  over  Cali- 
fornia, and  particularly  Orange  County,  that  each  time  he  was  delighted  to  be  back 
in  the  land  of  sunshine  and  flowers. 

ROBERT  R.  SMITH. — A  merchant  whose  happy  combination  of  conservatism 
and  aggression  in  enterprise  has  brought  him  substantial  success  in  commercial  returns, 
is  Robert  R.  Smith,  the  well-known  dealer  in  feed,  fuel  and  ice.  He  was  born  and 
reared  on  a  farm  near  Rockford,  Winnebago  County,  111.,  on  September  25,  1861,  and 
he  grew  up  in  Illinois  on  a  farm.  His  father  was  Robert  C.  Smith,  and  he  had  married 
Catherine  Stewart.     Both  parents  are  now  among  the  silent  majority. 

The  fourth  in  the  order  of  birth  of  seven  children,  Robert  attended  the  rural 
schools  of  Illinois,  and  then  helped  on  a  farm  until  he  was  twenty-six  years  of  age, 
when  he  engaged  in  the  grain  and  stock  business  in  Orchard,  Mitchell  County,  Iowa. 
Later  he  removed  to  Traer,  Tama  County,  Iowa,  where  he  continued  the  same  line  of 
business  for  seven  years,  coming  to  SantSj  Ana,  Cal.,  in  1905.  His  first  trip  to 
California  was  as  early  as  1887,  then  another  trip  in  1892,  when  he  was  married  in  Santa 
Ana  to  Grace  Smiley,  a  sister  of  his  late  partner,  by  whom  he  has  had  three  children: 
Stewart  is   the   athletic   coach   at    Fullerton   high    school,   having   served   in   the   U.   S. 


1606  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Marines  during  the  World  War;  Carson,  who  was  a  chemist  in  the  U.  S.  service  at 
Washington,  is  now  with  the  Goodyear  Rubber  Company  at  Akron,  Ohio;  Harold  is 
attending  the  Santa  Ana  high  school.  After  locating  in  Santa  Ana  in  190S,  Mr.  Smith 
established  himself  in  the  grain  business  as  Smiley  and  Smith,  at  401-403  West  Fourth 
Street,  which  continued  until  1915,  when  he  purchased  Mr.  Smiley's  interest  and 
continued  the  business  of  retailing  feed,  fuel  and  ice  until  December,  1919,  when  he 
sold  out  to  give  all  of  his  time  to  real  estate.  The  family  attend  the  United  Presby- 
terian Church.  In  national  politics  Mr.  Smith  is  a  Democrat,  and  both  he  and  his 
family  are  distinguished  for  their  public-spiritedness. 

Few  men  in  Santa  Ana  are  better  or  more  favorably  known  than  Robert  Smith. 
He  was  elected  to  the  school  board  in  191S,  for  a  four-year  term;  and  during  that 
period  was  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  for  three  years.  He  installed  the  Junior 
College  and  advocated  such  radical  changes  in  the  direction  of  the  best  business 
methods  in  the  management  of  the  schools  that  debts  were  cleaned  up,  and  when  he 
left  that  high  office  he  turned  over  to  his  successor  everything  in  apple-pie  order. 

It  may  be  added  that  Stewart  Smith  has  enjoyed  the  honor  of  coach  at  both  the 
Santa  Ana  and  the  Fullerton  high  schools,  where  he  has  made  a  record  for  handling 
boys;  while  Carson  Smith,  the  Washington  chemist,  who  directed  the  services  of 
twenty  subordinates,  has  made  a  record  for  handling  men. 

JOB  DENNI. — A  native  of  Canton  Unterwalden,  Switzerland,  Job  Denni  was 
born  on  September  30,  1878,  at  Geswil.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  country  and  is  the  only  one  now  living  of  a  family  of  four  children  born  to  his 
parents.  Job  Denni  lived  in  Switzerland  until  1902,  then  decided  to  seek  his  fortune  in 
the  United  States,  and  having  an  uncle,  Louis  Denni,  who  had  been  a  resident  of 
Southern  California  since  1881,  living  in  Los  Alamitos,  Orange  County,  he  came  here 
and  his  first  employment  was  with  the  Los  Alamitos  Sugar  Company.  So  faithful  was 
he  in  the  discharge  of  his  various  duties  that  he  soon  won  the  good  will  of  his  em- 
ployers, and  also  mastered  the  English  language  by  persistency  of  purpose  so  that 
he  is  proficient  in  his  knowledge  of  that  tongue  and  feels  that  it  has  had  no  small 
assistance  in  his  success. 

Mr.  Denni's  uncle  was  engaged  in  the  dairy  business  at  Los  Alamitos,  leasing 
land  from  the  Bixby  Land  Company.  After  working  for  his  uncle  by  the  day,  master- 
ing the  details  of  the  business,  he  took  over  his  uncle's  interests  in  1912  and  has  since 
been  the  successful  proprietor  ot  what  is  known  as  Dairy  No.  2.  Mr.  Denni  owns  ISO 
head  of  fine  Holsteins,  besides  which  he  has  an  interest  in  other  herds.  His  stock  is 
kept  largely  on  sugar  beet  pulp,  the  home  dairy  ranch  being  contiguous  to  the  sugar 
company's  plant.  This  is  one  of  the  oldest  dairy  ranches  in  Orange  County  and  under 
the  management  of  its  owner  produces  on  an  average  of  90,000  pounds  of  milk"  per 
month,  which  he  finds  market  for  in  Los  Angeles  and  Long  Beach.  The  ranch  covers 
500  acres  of  ground  and  he  grows  large  quantities  of  alfalfa  and  grain.  Previous  to 
buying  out  his  uncle  he  operated  Dairy  No.  1,  in  Los  Angeles  County,  near  Signal  Hill. 

On  April  18,  1910,  at  Long  Beach,  Job  Denni  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Juanita  Enfield,  a  native  daughter,  born  in  San  Francisco.  Her  parents  were  of  French 
and  German  extraction  and  her  mother  is  still  living  at  Long  Beach,  but  had  been  a 
resident  of  San  Francisco  for  forty-five  years.  Four  daughters  have  been  born  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Denni — Juanita,  Mary,  Marguerite  and  Josephine.  Mr.  Denni  is  a  member 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  of  Anaheim. 

In  1905  Mr.  Denni  began  buying  land  in  the  Cypress  district,  making  his  first 
purchase  of  ten  acres,  and  to  this  he  has  added  from  time  to  time  until  he  now  owns 
120  acres,  twenty  acres  of  which  he  has  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges  and  the  balance  is 
used  for  alfalfa  and  barley.  He  put  down  a  fine  well,  618  feet  deep,  installed  a  pumping 
plant  and  put  in  a  cement  pipe  line  for  irrigating  his  acreage,  even  supplying  his 
neighbors  with  water,  such  an  abundant  Supply  did  he  get.  He  was  the  very  first  man 
to  install  a  pipe  line  and  many  of  his  neighbors  have  profited  by  his  example  and  have 
connected  up  with  his  line.  By  his  progressive  methods  he  has  demonstrated  that  his 
section  is  a  coming  Valencia  district  and  thereby  enhanced  the  value  of  the  properties 
thereabouts.  It  had  been  said  that  citrus  fruit  could  not  be  grown  successfully  west 
of  Magnolia  Avenue  and  when  Mr.  Denni  bought  his  land,  which  was  composed  of 
what  is  known  as  dead  sand  upon  which  grain  would  not  grow  six  inches  high,  people 
said  it  was  useless,  but  his  experimental  work  has  won  commendation  and  others  are 
following  in  his  footsteps  and  many  acres  have  been  set  to  oranges.  Mr.  Denni 
is  a  self-made  man  and  by  his  industry  and  close  application  to  business  has  won  for 
himself  a  decided  success  and  stands  high  in  the  esteem  of  all  who  know  him  for  his 
square  dealings. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1609 

RUPERT  BEST. — A  pioneer  of  the  early  eighties,  who  is  hale  and  hearty  in  his 
discharge  of  home  duties  at  the  age  of  seventy-two,  and  is  still  highly  esteemed  as  a 
most  useful  citizen,  is  Rupert  Best,  for  many  years  an  active  member  of  the  Maccabees 
and  long  their  valued  organist.  Now  he  lives  retired  at  1150  Hickey  Street,  visited 
regularly  by  devoted  friends  who  find  pleasure  in  talking  with  him  about  old  times.  He 
was  born  in  Cornwallis,  Kings  County,  Nova  Scotia,  on  October  29,  1848,  the  son  of 
Elisha  and  Mercy  Ann  (Bishop)  Best.  His  father  was  a  farmer  in  the  fertile  valley  of 
Cornwallis,  who  raised  potatoes,  apples  and  various  kinds  of  fruit;  and  while  Rupert 
was  attending  the  district  school,  he  lived  at  home  and  helped  his  father  to  run  the 
farm,  thus  gaining  a  valuable  experience. 

At  the  time  of  attaining  his  majority,  Mr.  Best  left  home  and  vi^ent  to  Halifax 
where  for  five  years  he  clerked  in  a  shoe  store.  Then,  having  learned  the  ins  and  outs 
of  that  business,  he  himself  embarked  in  the  same  line,  and  continued  to  sell  shoes 
until  he  came  to  California  in  the  fall  of  1882.  On  October  IS  of  that  year  he  arrived 
at  Santa  Ana,  and  having  purchased  forty  acres  six  miles  to  the  southwest  of  the  town, 
he  lived  there  eleven  years,  enjoying  the  companionship  of  and  assisted  by  his  family. 
He  devoted  his  ranch  to  general  farming,  and  for  the  most  part  raised  potatoes,  barley 
and  alfalfa. 

The  twenty-fifth  of  November,  1878,  witnessed  the  marriage  at  Halifax,  Nova 
Scotia,  of  Mr.  Best  and  Miss  Alice  Maude  West,  the  daughter  of  James  T.  and  Sophia 
West,  who  were  early  settlers  of  Nova  Scotia.  Mr.  West  owned  two  ships  and  engaged 
in  trade  between  the  West  Indies  and  Nova  Scotia,  sending  from  Halifax  cargoes  of 
dried,  salted  and  pickled  fish  and  bringing  back  West  Indian  products,  including  sugar. 
Mrs.  Best  had  been  educated  at  the  district  school  in  Halifax,  and  proved  an  excellent 
helpmate  to  her  devoted  husband.  In  1893  he  traded  his  ranch  for  his  present  place 
at  1150  Hickey  Street,  Santa  Ana,  which  he  improved  with  a  modern  residence  and  here 
he  has  since  resided.  On  February  8,  1918,  Mrs.  Best  passed  away,  mourned  by  her 
family  and  friends. 

Six  children  blessed  this  fortunate  union:  Ida  B.  is  the  wife  of  Charles  F.  Coult- 
hard,  the  alfalfa  rancher  of  Chino;  Charles  Newton,  the  second-born,  afifords  his  father 
a  comfortable  home;  Lilly  is  Mrs.  Deardorflf  of  Lents,  Ore.;  Percy  L.  is  a  driller  at 
Oil  Fields;  Louis  K.,  of  Sixth  Street,  is  employed  by  the  Edison  Company;  and  Eddie 
Grant  is  also  with  that  firm.  In  national  politics  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Best  always  works 
and  votes  for  the  best  men  and  the  best  measures  in  local  affairs,  irrespective  of  party. 

Mr.  Best  has  always  been  devoted  to  the  study  of  music,  and  for  twenty-five 
years,  or  from  1892  until  1917,  he  served  as  the  organist  to  the  Knights  of  Maccabees. 
This  extended  period  speaks  much  for  the  vitality  of  this  rugged  gentleman  who  has 
passed  his  three  score  years  and  ten.  Mr.  Best's  mother  was  also  of  an  exceptionally 
hardy  constitution.  She  joined  him  in,  California  at  the  age  of  seventy-four,  and  it 
is  said  that  the  balmy  climate  of  the  Golden  State,  and  particularly  Orange  County  so 
benefitted  her  that  she  was  able  to  add  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  to  her  life,  attam- 
ing  the  fine  old  age  of  nearly  ninety-six. 

JAMES  CLOW  METZGAR.— How  much  of  the  success  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  as  the  livest  kind  of  an  agency  in  promoting  permanently  the  best  interests 
of  Santa  Ana  is  due  to  the  labors,  well  directed  and  untiring,  of  its  secretary,  James 
Clow  Metzgar,  those  who  are  familiar  with  his  exceptional  gifts  and  fortunate  trammg,  - 
as  well  as  his  unselfish  devotion  to  the  day's  work  on  hand,  know.  He  was  born  at 
Monongahela  City,  Washington  County,  Pa.,  on  July  19,  1876,  the  son  of  Daniel  H. 
Metzgar,  a  dentist  of  Pittsburgh  and  a  war  veteran.  He  married  Mary  Virginia  Clow, 
the  daughter  of  Dr.  James  L.  Clow,  whose  father  was  a  pioneer  of  Pittsburgh  and  once 
owned  land  from  the  center  of  the  present  Pittsburgh  business  district  five  miles  up 
the  Alleghany  River  to  Sharpsburg.  James  Beach  Clow,  father  of  Dr.  Clow,  was  the 
first  town  clerk  of  Pittsburgh  and  the  first  elder  in  the  first  Presbyterian  Church 
established  there.  He  was  a  son  of  Captain  Clow  of  the  Revolution,  and  both  families 
are  on  record  in  the  first  United  States  census,   published  m   1790,  in  the   Pittsburgh 

'^  "lames  C  Metzgar  attended  the  common  and  the  high  schools  of  Pittsburgh,  and 
later  entered  the  service  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company,  in  its  telegraph 
department.  In  1902  he  came  West  to  California,  and  took  up  real  estate  and  bond 
brokerage.  At  present  he  is  the  secretary  of  the  Santa  Ana  Chamber  of  Comnierce, 
and  also  of  the  Associated  Chambers  of  Commerce  of  Orange  County  and  the  Santa 
Ana  Merchants  and  Manufacturers  Association. 

At  Uniontown,  Pa.,  on  March  14,  1899,  Mr.  Metzgar  was  married  to  Miss  Belle 
Hustead,' daughter  of  William  Hustead,  a  prominent  coal  operater  of  that  city,  who 
had  married  Mary  Brown.     Both  the  Husteads  and  the  Browns  were  pioneer  families 


1610  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

of  Fayette  County,  Pa.  Three  children  were  born  of  this  union:  Miss  Mary  Virginia 
Metzgar  is  now  at  the  Westlake  School  for  Girls  in  Los  Angeles;  James  Hustead 
Metzgar  has  been  attending  the  Santa  Ana  high  school;  and  Edgar  Clow  Metzgar  is 
deceased.  The  family  attend  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Metzgar  belongs  to  the 
Orange  County  Country  Club,  the  Masons,  the  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Elks.  In  national 
politics  a  Republican,  he  is  at  all  times  nonpartisan  in  his  "boosting"  for  Santa  Ana 
and  Orange  County. 

A  thorough  American,  Mr.  Metzgar  naturally  takes  pride  in  his  ancestry.  His 
father's  family  came  from  Holland,  and  descended  from  the  French  Huguenot,  Thebald 
Metzgar,  who  established  the  North  German  Lloyd  Steamship  Company,  and  died  in 
1642,  leaving  a  large  estate,  later  taken  over  by  the  Holland  Government.  His  mother's 
family,  on  the  other  hand,  came  from  pure  Scotch  blood,  descending  from  Captain 
Clow  of  the  Dragoons  in  the  American  Revolution.  He  was  the  youngest  son  in  a 
family  of  twelve,  and  the  only  one  who  came  to  America. 

FELIX  YRIARTE.— A  public-spirited,  highly-esteemed  citizen  of  Brea,  who 
warmly  advocates  popular  education  and  furnishes  the  best  of  examples  of  industrious 
citizenship  in  working  eight  hours  a  day  in  the  shops  and  then  eight  hours  on  his  ranch, 
is  Felix  Yriarte,  who  was  born  in  Basses-Pyrenees  in  Spain,  November  20,  1884,  and 
came  to  America  in  1889,  when  he  was  five  years  of  age.  His  father  was  Patricio 
Yriarte,  a  sheep  and  cattle  owner  and  herder,  and  his  mother,  Pascuala  (Arrese) 
Yriarte,  was  also  a  native  of  Navarra,  in  the  Basque  country.  When  eleven  years  of 
age,  Felix  tended  the  flocks  of  sheep  at  Olinda,  ahd  there  was  then  a  number  of  oil 
wells  there.  His  father  controlled,  under  lease,  4,000  acres,  and  had  6,000  head  of  sheep 
in  an  open,  wild  country.  Felix  went  to  school  in  Orange  County,  Cal.,  and  here 
learned  his  English. 

These  good  parents  lived  at  the  old  ranch  home  in  Brea  until  the  death  of  both 
in  March  and  April  of  1915,  and  our  subject  worked  on  the  farm  for  his  father  until  he 
was  twenty-five  years  old.  He  had  full  charge  of  the  machinery  and  the  farm  work, 
and  when  the  time  for  a  larger  development  came,  he  was  instrumental  in  erecting  the 
very  first  oil  well  derrick  of  the  Brea  Canyon,  in  the  hills  south  of  Brea,  where  the 
field  has  proven  the  largest  in  the  county. 

Now  Mr.  Yriarte  understands  oil  production  as  well  as  anyone,  and  he  has  also 
become  an  expert  acetylene  welder  and  does  the  most  difficult  lathe  work  in  the  shops 
of  the  Union  Oil  Company  at  Brea.  This  is  interesting  in  contrast  to  Mr.  Yriarte's 
experience  in  San  Diego  some  years  ago,  when  he  was  swindled  out  of  $4,000  through 
an  unwise  land  investment.  He  had  an  estate  of  thirty-three  acres  left  him  by  his 
father,  which  he  improved  to  lemons  and  sunk  his  own  well  and  sold  in  November,  1920. 
On  Orange  Street,  at  Brea,  he  erected  the  first  residence,  in  1909. 

At  Los  Angeles,  on  December  2,  1909,  Mr  Yriarte  was  married  to  Miss  Celestine 
Lorea,  a  native  of  the  Spanish  Basque  country,  who  came  to  the  United  States  in  1906. 
Four  children  have  blessed  this  union,  and  they  are  Mary,  Joseph,  Paulina  and  Mar- 
guerita.  Mr.  Yriarte  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  also  of  the  order 
of  D.  O.  K.  K.  of  Los  Angeles.    . 

WILLIAM  J.  FITSCHEN. — A  young  and  promising  rancher  whose  career  is 
all  the  more  interesting  because  he  is  a  native  son,  and  one  alert  to  every  opportunity 
presented  by  the  great  commonwealth  of  California,  is  W.  J.  Fitschen,  resident  on  La 
Veta  Avenue,  Orange,  where  his  beautiful  fourteen-acre  ranch  is  exclusively  devoted 
to  citrus  fruits.  This  property,  formerly  part  of  the  estate  of  his  father,  Henry  Fitschen, 
who  bought  it  in  1906,  he  has  owned  for  several  years. 

Mr.  Fitschen  was  born  in  Orange  County,  in  April,  1890,  and  is  the  son  of  Henry 
and  Anna  Fitschen,  natives  of  Germany,  from  which  country  they  emigrated  to  the 
United  States  in  1878.  The  next  year  they  moved  west  to  California  and  Orange 
County,  and  ever  since  Henry  Fitschen  has  been  one  of  the  producers  of  Orange 
County.  There  were  nine  children  in  the  family,  all  Americans  by  birth,  and  they 
bear  the  names  of  William  J.,  Anna,  Henry,  Emma,  Frederick,  Louisa,  George,  Mary 
and  Louis. 

Brought  up  and  educated  in  Orange  County,  where  he  enjoyed  the  advantages 
of  both  the  common  and  the  high  schools,  Mr.  Fitschen  early  engaged  in  agricultural 
pursuits,  and  so  has  traveled  further  in  that  scientific  and  industrial  field  than  most 
men  of  his  age.  On  June  2,  1915,  he  was  happily  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Wanda 
O.  Schoeneberg,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Marie  Schoeneberg,  by  whom  he  has  had  two 
children,  Marie  and  William.  She  is  a  native  of  Wisconsin,  and  is  a  fine  type  of  the 
Western  woman  of  that  part  of  the  country.  The  family  are  worthy  members  of  the 
Lutheran  Church,  and  are  among  those  most  enthusiastic  for  all  that  spells  the 
permanent  development  of  Orange   County  on  the  broadest  and   best  lines. 


C0uJei^*^^ 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUiNTY  1613 

HUBERT  H.  DALE.— A  Minnesotan  so  keenly  alive  to  the  trend  of  modern 
trade  that,  foreseeing  the  development  of  the  automobile  industry,  he  was  able  to 
take  the  tide  at  the  flood,  as  Shakespeare  says,  and  attain  to  fortune,  is  Hubert  H  Dale 
of  the  well-known  firm  of  Dale  &  Company,  proprietors  of  the  auto  body  top  and 
sheet-metal  works  at  418-428  West  Fifth  Street,  €anta  Ana.  He  was  born  at  Fairmont 
m  the  North  Star  State,  on  December  14,  1879,  the  son  of  D.  A.  Dale  who  became  a 
hardware  merchant  of  Santa  Ana  and  has  had  a  pleasing  part  in  the  fitting  out  of 
many  settlers  m  this  favored  region.  He  married  Miss  Amy  J.  Allen,  who  became 
the  mother  of  five  children,  among  whom  Hubert  H.  was  the  oldest.  All  the  family 
are  now  living. 

The  lad  grew  up  in  Minnesota  and  attended  the  excellent  grammar  and  high 
schools  m  the  vicinity  of  his  home.  Then  he  took  a  course  in  a  business  college  and 
thereafter  engaged  in  the  livestock  business  in  Chicago.  He  next  went  to  Wisconsin 
and  entered  the  trade  in  building  materials;  in  each  of  these  undertakings  acquiring 
more  and  more  experience  of  value  later  when  he  joined  the  busy,  competitive  workers 
on  the   Coast. 

In  1912,  Mr.  Dale  came  to  California  and  Fullerton,  and  for  five  years  he  was 
engaged  in  making  well  casings— a  line  of  activity  he  abandoned  only  to  take  up 
another,  his  present  occupation,  still  more  attractive.  Now  he  has  a  large,  modern 
shop,  equipped  with  every  kind  of  machinery  needed;  and  with  a  trained'  staff  of 
twenty-five  men,  he  handles  the  bulk  of  the  business  in  his  field  for  Orange  County. 
The  reputation  of  the  establishment,  not  only  for  fair  dealing  but  also  for  experience 
and  facilities  enabling  it  to  meet  almost  any  emergency,  has  very  naturally  brought  it 
steady  patronage,  with  very  little  solicitation. 

At  Oshkosh,  Wis.,  on  November  11,  1910,  Mr.  Dale  was  married  to  Miss  Ivy 
Guenther,  a  daughter  of  August  Guenther  and  a  native  of  Wisconsin;  and  two  children, 
Hubert  H.,  Jr.,  and  Loraine  M.,  have  blessed  their  union.  The  family  attend  the 
Episcopal  Church.     Mr.  Dale  is  an  Elk  and  a  Republican. 

Though  unable  to  give  much  time  to  public  affairs  without  the  neglect  of  his 
business,  Mr.  Dale  accepted  election  as  city  trustee  in  April,  1919,  and  notwithstanding 
his  brief  residence  here,  he  has  made  his  presence  and  influence  felt  in  the  unfailing 
support  of  every  movement  likely  to  advance  Santa  Ana  and  Orange  County  within 
and  beyond  California. 

JOSEPH  HOLTZ. — A  self-made  rancher  who  has  become  prosperous  and  also  ex- 
pert as  a  beekeeper,  is  Joseph  Holtz,  who  was  born  at  Herringen,  Kreis  Saarburg, 
Lorraine,  on  May  12,  1870,  the  son  of  Louis  and  Margareta  Holtz,  with  whom  he  lived 
in  that  district  on  a  farm  until  he  was  twenty,  meanwhile  enjoying  the  usual  common- 
school  education  and  learning  the  ins  and  outs  of  scientific  agriculture.  In  the  fall  of 
1890,  he  came  to  the  United  States  quite  alone,  traveling  almost  direct  to  Los  Angeles, 
and  from  Los  Angeles  to  Orange.  Here  he  worked  on  farms  when  vegetables  were 
the  main  crops,  and  raised  potatoes  and  cabbage.  After  a  while,  grapes  were  planted 
and  raisins  became  the  crop.  However,  as  the  growers  were  not  organized  there  was 
no  profit  from  the  enterprise  and  labor. 

In  1894,  he  came  to  Silverado  Canyon  and  became  interested  in  the  raising  of  bees. 
He  spent  the  summers  in  bee  culture,  and  during  the  winters  worked  out  as  a  ranch 
hand.  In  1901  he  purchased  a  half-section  of  land,  and  this  is  now  the  site  of  his  ranch 
in  Silverado  Canyon. 

Only  an  adobe  house  was  standing  on  the  property,  and  he  set  out  to  improve  the 
land  in  many  ways.  In  1905,  he  built  a  ranch  house,  and  the  same  year  he  married,  in. 
Santa  Ana,  on  January  24,  Miss  Mary  A.  Veith,  born  at  Humphrey,  Nebr.,  the  daughter 
of  Ignatz  and  Julia  Veith.  They  came  from  Columbus,  Nebr.,  in  1903,  and  having 
enjoyed  community  advantages  had  been  able  to  give  their  daughter  a  good  common 
school  education.  Immediately  after  the  marriage,  the  husband  and  wife  moved  onto 
the  ranch,  so  that  the  improvements  now  there  are  their  handiwork. 

They  have  ten  acres  in  barley,  three  acres  in  wheat,  three  acres  in  corn,  ten  acres 
in  alfalfa,  and  this  alone  yields  from  four  to  seven  cuttings  a  season.  Water  is  obtained 
from  Silverado  Creek  by  private  right  of  irrigation;  the  acreage  was  originally  railroad 
land.  There  is  an  acre  of  all  kinds  of  fruit  trees  for  domestie  use;  and  there  are  also 
horses,  cattle  and  chickens,  and  some  160  colonies  of  bees,  and  the  season  of  1920 
yielded  him  thirteen  tons,  being  the  best  season  he  ever  had;  he  is  a  member  of  Cali- 
fornia Beekeepers  Association. 

Six  children  have  come  to  bless  the  domestic  life  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Holtz.  Joseph 
L.,  Alban  P.,  Margaret  M.,  Henry  A.,  Agnes  A.,  and  Marie  A.  The  four  eldest  attend 
the  Silverado  School,  of  which  Mrs.  Holtz  is  one  of  the  trustees.  The  family  attend 
the  Catholic  Church  of  Santa  Ana,  and  Mr.  Holtz  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus.     In  national  politics,  they  are  Republicans. 


1614  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

ALBERT  WILLIAM  WOOD. — Not  every  popular  official  so  well  deserves  the 
honors  accorded  him  as  does  Albert  William  Wood,  the  constable  of  Anaheim  Town- 
ship the  late  marshal  of  the  city  of  Anaheim  and  license  tax  collector,  nor  does  every 
favo'red  office  holder  succeed  so  well  in  carrying  his  honors  with  modesty  and  dignity. 
A  native  of  Quebec,  Canada,  where  h«  was  born  on  June  27,  1875,  Mr.  Wood  was  the 
son  of  a  farmer  John  Wood,  now  deceased,  whose  wife  was  Miss  Grace  Wilson  before 
her  marriage.     They  were  the  parents  of  nine   children  and  Albert  Wilham  was   the 

seventh  child.  _  .  ,     , 

From  twelve  years  of  age  he  was  reared  at  Vankleek  Hill,  Ontario,  and  there 
received  his  education  in  the  grammar  and  high  schools,  helping  on  the  home  farm 
and  teaching  for  two  years  after  his  own  schooling  was  finished.  Next  he  matriculated 
at  McGill  University  at  Montreal,  expecting  to  study  medicine,  but  he  found  at  this 
time  that  his  health  would  not  permit  him  to  continue  the  confinement  necessary 
to  complete  the  course,  so  decided  on  a  business  career.  Entering  a  provision  house, 
he  clerked  there  for  a  couple  of  years,  and  in  1899  came  west  to  Bisbee,  Ariz.,  where 
he  engaged  in  the  livery  and  undertaking  business,  and  under  the  firm  name  of  Fletcher 
and  Wood,  came  to  have  the  leading  business  in  this  line  in  that  frontier  mining 
town.  Wishing  to  locate  in  California,  he  disposed  of  his  interest  in  the  busi- 
ness in  1911  and  came  to  Anaheim.  For  two  years  he  ran  a  livery  stable,  then  sold 
out  and  went  into  general  contracting  and  ranching,  continuing  in  this  for  some  time. 

On  May  1,  1918,  Mr.  Wood  was  appointed  city  marshal  of  Anaheim  and  the 
same  year  was  elected  constable  of  Anaheim  Township,  and  he  is  now  filling  the  duties 
of  that  office  as  well  as  that  of  deputy  sheriff.  In  May,  1920,  he  resigned  his  office  as 
city  marshal  and  license  tax  collector  in  order  to  engage  in  business,  and  he  was  the 
proprietor  of  the  People's  Service  Station  at  130  South  Lemon  Street,  and  also  agent 
for  the  Motor  Transit  Company  at  Anaheim,  said  to  be  the  largest  stage  company 
in  the  world.  In  November,  1920,  an  opportunity  presented  itself  for  him  to  engage 
in  the  real  estate  business  with  J.  S.  Howard  and  disposing  of  his  business  to  advantage 
he  is  now  devoting  his  time  to  his  official  duties  and  the  Howard  Realty  Company,  their 
offices  being  located  on  South  Los  Angeles  Street. 

At  Bisbee,  Ariz.,  February  IS,  1904,  Mr.  Wood  was  married  to  Miss  Veronica 
Jane  White,  a  daughter  of  Patrick  and  Jane  White,  and  a  native  of  Tempe,  Ariz.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Wood  are  the  parents  of  four  children:  John  Albert,  Mary  Patricia,  Allan 
William  and  Wilson  Dowling.     The  family  home  is  at  422  West  Broadway,  Anaheim. 

While  Mr.  Wood  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  he  is  broad-gauged  when  it  comes 
to  issues  affecting  only  the  community  in  which  he  lives.  In  fraternal  circles,  he  is 
affiliated  with  the  Odd  Fellows,  being  a  member  of  Lodge  No.  19,  at  Bisbee,  Ariz. 
He  was  made  a  member  of  Elks  Lodge  No.  671,  at  Bisbee,  but  is  now  a  charter  member 
of  Anaheim  Lodge  No.   134S,  of  the  Elks. 

ULYSSES  S.  AMACK.— The  distinction  of  being  the  leading  contractor  and 
builder  of  fine  homes  in  Orange  County  belongs  to  Ulysses  S.  Amack.  He  is  a  native 
of  Missouri,  born  March  9,  1869,  in  Putnam  County,  and  when  two  years  of  age  the 
family  moved  to  Iowa.  He  was  the  second  child  of  three  children  born  to  Bartholomew 
and  Julia  Wilson  Amack,  born  in  Indiana,  who  lived  in  Missouri,  and  later  Iowa.  The 
father  served  in  Company  I,  Twenty-third  Missouri  Volunteer  Infantry,  in  the  Civil 
War  for  eighteen  months,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged  by  reason  of  physical  dis- 
ability, with  the  rank  of  corporal.  He  had  studied  medicine  under  Dr.  Carlisle  of  Putnam 
County,  Mo.,  and  had  also  taken  a  course  at  the  Keokuk  Medical  College  and  received 
his  degree  of  M.  D.  and  was  just  going  to  start  practicing  medicine  in  Summerset, 
Iowa,  when  he  died  from  heart  failure,  January  14,  1872.  Ulysses  was  reared  on  a  farm 
and  received  his  early  education  in  the  country  schools.  When  he  was  three  years 
old  his  father  died.  His  stepfather,  H.  D.  Ockerman,  was  a  carpenter,  and  he  taught 
Ulysses  the  trade,  which  he  naturally  had  inherited  a  taste  for,  as  both  his  paternal 
and  maternal  relatives  were  mechanics.  He  was  quite  young  when  he  began  his  appren- 
ticeship and  after  becoming  a  proficient  carpenter  he  followed  his  trade  successfully 
in  Norton  County,  Kans.,  from  1884  till  1890,  when  he  removed  to  Denver,  Colo., 
where  he  followed  the  trade  until  he  returned  to  Iowa. 

In  1902  Mr.  Amack  came  to  Long  Beach,  Cal.,  where  he  engaged  in  carpenter 
work  for  four  years,  then  locating  at  Anaheim.  At  first  he  was  employed  by  others, 
but  for  the  past  ten  years  he  has  conducted  a  contracting  and  building  business  for 
himself.  At  one  time  he  was  a  member  of  the  contracting  firm  of  Amack,  Bever  & 
Wilson  of  Anaheim,  who  constructed  a  number  of  the  leading  business  blocks  there, 
among  which,  worthy  of  note,  mention  is  made  of  the  Yungbluth  Block  and  Carroll 
Block.  Mr,  Amack  has  made  a  specialty  of  fine  homes,  and  from  February,  1919,  to 
October,   1920,  he  has  besides  others  to  his  credit  the  construction  of  homes  for  the 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1615 

following  residents  of  Anaheim:  M.  E.  Beebe,  Andy  Koch,  Oscar  Dykeman,  George 
Barry,  Fred  Wisel,  Harry  Spielman,  Franz  Jauernik,  J.  W.  Sebastian,  J.  W.  Duck- 
worth, and  many  others;  also  seven  bungalows  for  the  Anaheim  Improvement  Com- 
pany and  three  for  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company.  Besides  these  homes  at 
Anaheim  he  has  also  constructed  residences  for  James  A.  Jensen  and  Oscar  Dykeman 
at  Fullerton;  the  Golden  State  school  building,  east  of  Anaheim,  and  the  club  house 
for  the  Anaheim  high  school. 

In  recognition  of  his  splendid  ability  as  a  dependable,  high-class  builder,  the 
high  school  board  of  education  for  many  years  secured  Mr.  Amack  to  make  the  repairs 
and  improvements  of  buildings  until  now  he  has  too  much  work  on  hand.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  First  Methodist  Church  and  served  as  a  member  of  the  building  com- 
.mittee  during  the  erection  of  their  beautiful  house  of  worship,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
board  of  trustees. 

In  Wayne  County,  Iowa,  on  March.  17,  1895,  Mr.  Amack  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Sadie  E.  Wolf,  a  native  of  Ottumwa,  Iowa.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Josiah 
and  Minerva  (Travis)  Wolf,  born  in  Ohio  and  Indiana,  respectively,  who  were  farmers 
in  Wayne  County,  Iowa.  Her  father  died  in  Iowa,  and  her  mother  spent  her  last  days 
in  Long  Beach.  Mrs.  Amack  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Albia,  Iowa.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Amack  had  three  children,  and  two  are  living:  Wayne  W.,  a  graduate  of  the 
Anaheim  high  school,  who  is  a  natural  mechanic,  is  foreman  of  his  father's  building 
business  and  also  fills  the  position  of  draftsman;  and  Coy,  attending  the  high  school. 
In  fraternal  circles  Mr.  Amack  is  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Woodmen  of 
the  World,  and  with  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  local  Rebekah  lodge,  and  in  national 
politics  are  Republicans. 

DR.  HESTER  TRIPP  OLEWILER.— Although  but  a  recent  addition  to  the 
professional  circles  of  Santa  Ana,  Dr.  Hester  T.  Olewiler,  the  able  and  efficient 
osteopathic  physician  and  surgeon,  with  offices  at  114}/^  East  Fourth  Street,  has  estab- 
lished a  large  and  growing  practice. 

Dr.  Olewiler  is  the  wife  of  Claude  E.  Olewiler  and  is  a  native  daughter  and  a 
descendant  of  an  honored  pioneer  family.  She  was  born  in  Riverside  County,  her 
parents  being  William  B.  and  Alice  (Hopkins)  Tripp,  the  former  a  native  of  California, 
while  her  mother  was  born  in  New  Mexico  while  crossing  the  plains  to  California. 
Grandfather  Tripp  laid  the  first  brick  in  San  Bernardino.  Dr.  Tripp  was  reared  in 
Hemet,  Riverside  County,  where  she  attended  the  public  school  and  graduated  from  the 
Hemet  high  school.  She  served  two  years  as  an  apprentice  in  the  Hemet  Public  ^ 
Library  and  as  assistant  librarian. 

After  severing  her  connection  with  the  library  she  attended  the  Los  Angeles 
College  of  Osteopathic  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  where  after  taking  a  full  course  of 
four  years  she  was  graduated  in  1918  with  the  degree  of  D.  O.  For  a  while  she  prac- 
ticed her  profession  in  Los  Angeles  and  on  July  10,  1919,  opened  her  office  in  Santa 
Ana.  Dr.  Olewiler  stands  high  in  her  profession  and  is  a  member  of  both  the  state 
and  county  associations  of  osteopathic  physicians,  being  chairman  of  the  public  educa- 
tional committee  of  Orange  County;  she  is  also  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Women's 
Osteopathic  Association.  She  is  fast  winning  a  reputation  as  a  skillful  and  conscien- 
tious practitioner  and  can  look  forward  to  a  long  and  useful  career. 

WALDO  R.  McWILLIAMS. — An  experienced  lumber  dealer  who  has  naturally 
had  much  to  do  with  building  interests  in  Orange  County,  thereby  laying  the  founda- 
tions in  one  generation  for  the  welfare  of  another,  is  Waldo  McWilliams,  the  genial 
and  accommodating  manager  of  the  Gibbs  Lumber  Company  of  Fullerton.  A  native 
of  the  Hawkeye  State,  he  was  born  at  Hedrick,  Iowa,  on  March  1,  1890,  the  son  of 
Samuel  McWilliams,  a  lumber  dealer,  who  married  Miss  Berthenia  Smith,  a  native  of 
Iowa.  The  family  came  to  Los  Angeles  in  1902,  and  both  parents  are  still  living  and 
are  residents  of  Pasadena. 

Educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  McWilliams  attended  the 
Los  Angeles  high  school  for  two  years,  and  then  engaged  in  the  lumber  trade  in  that 
city.  After  that,  he  worked  at  various  places,  for  a  while  at  the  Anaheim  yard,  then 
coming  to  Placentia  as  manager,  and  finally  settling  as  manager  at  Fullerton.  His 
father  had  formerly  been  manager  of  the  Fullerton  yard,  and  after  Waldo  McWilliams 
was  married  he  came  to  Fullerton  to  remain.  It  was  not  long  before  he  had  become  a 
live  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and  the  Fullerton  Club. 

On  June  9,  1915,  Mr.  McWilliams  was  married  to  Miss  Clara  Linebarger,  the 
ceremony  taking  place  at  San  Diego.  The  bride  was  a  daughter  of  Dallison  S.  and 
Ellen  Linebarger,  and  a  native  of  California.  Husband  and  wife  attend  the  Christian 
Church,  and  Mr.  McWilliams  votes  the  Democratic  ticket.  He  is  fond  of  out-of-door 
sports,  and  especially  interested  in  baseball. 


1616  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

RAYMOND  F.  FRANTZ. — A  highly  respected  citizen  who  has  risen  from  routine 
newspaper  work,  both  in  the  circulation  and  mailing  departments  in  Santa  Ana  and 
in  Los  Angeles,  to  become  a  very  successful  horticulturist  making  a  specialty  of  citrus 
fruit,  is  R.  F.  Frantz,  familiarly  known  as  "Ray"  of  Palm  Drive,  La  Habra  district, 
one  of  the  most  outspoken  enthusiasts  for  Orange  County,  despite  that  his  ranch  prop- 
erty is  almost  over  the  county  line.  He  was  born  in  Argonia,  Sumner  County,  Kans., 
on  October  29,  1886,  the  eldest  son  in  a  family  of  three  boys  and  three  girls,  the  son 
of  F.  E.  Frantz  now  of  the  escrow  department  of  the  Whittier  National  Bank,  and  for- 
merly the  banker  at  Argonia.  F.  E.  Frantz  is  a  native  of  Virginia,  came  to  Illinois 
and  Kansas  as  a  pioneer,  and  now  at  sixty-eight  years  of  age,  enjoys  the  best  of  health. 
He  had  married  Miss  Mary  Waugh,  of  Alsace-Lorraine,  whose  bi-lingual  training  made 
her  familiar  from  childhood  with  both  French  and  German. 

The  subject  of  our  review,  who  was  brought  to  California  a  babe  of  three  months,' 
and  to  Orange  County  when  ten  years  old,  attended  the  grammar  schools  of  Santa  Ana 
and  Los  Angeles,  and  then  for  a  term  went  to  the  commercial  department  of  the  high 
school  in  the  larger  city.  After  that,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  California  Whole- 
sale Hardware  Company  in  Los  Angeles,  and  still  later,  he  and  his  father  opened  and 
managed  a  hardware  and  implement  store  at  Whittier. 

In  1910  he  purchased  a  citrus  grove  of  two  acres  in  East  Whittier,  and  later  he 
purchased  a  fourth  interest  in  forty-one  acres,  and  assumed  the  management  of  the 
property.  This  gave  him  valuable  ranching  experience,  and  for  years  he  has  been  in 
close  touch  with  the  growing  of  citrus  fruits.  More  recently  he  has  bought  thirty-one 
acres,  and  Mr.  Espolt  sixteen  acres  of  a  trim  ranch  of  forty-seven  acres,  set  out  to 
Valencia  oranges  and  Eureka  lemons,  and  he  has  joined  the  La  Habra  Citrus  Asso- 
ciation, and  has  undertaken  to  farm  sixty  acres  of  rented  land  as  a  dry-farming  enter- 
prise. He  uses  a  tractor  and  all  the  other  up-to-date  machinery  desirable.  He  is  a 
member  and  president — 1920-1921 — of  the  La  Habra  Chamber  of  Commerce,  is  also 
identified  with  the  Farm  Center,  and  served  as  vice-president  of  that  useful  organization. 
On  September  7,  1910,  Mr.  Frantz  was  married  to  Miss  Alma  W.  Espolt,  daughter 
of  William  Espolt,  the  pioneer  citrus  rancher,  of  Whittier.  She  was  born  in  Iowa,  and 
has  one  child,  Maribel  Louise.  Mrs.  Frantz  is  a  high  school  graduate,  and  is  active 
in  the  Woman's  Club  of  La  Habra,  and  in  Red  Cross  work.  Mr.  Frantz  was  a  com- 
mitteeman for  "drive"  work  during  the  late  war,  and  he  belongs  to  the  Blue  Lodge 
and  the  Royal  Arch  Masons. 

LEASON  F.  POMEROY.— Orange  County  has  been  fortunate  indeed  in  the 
caliber  of  the  men  who  have  elected  to  make  their  homes  and  carry  on  their  business 
interests  within  the  confines  of  this  fertile  spot.  Men  of  affairs,  alive  to  the  oppor- 
tunities to  be  found  here,  they  have  each  one  aided  in  bringing  about  the  present 
prosperity  of  the  county,  and  in  so  doing  have  advanced  their  Own  interests  as  well. 
Among  these,  Leason  F.  Pomeroy,  dealer  in  automobiles,  stands  out  from  the  ranks 
as  an  enthusiastic  "booster"  for  his  home  community  and  keenly  alive  to  the  advan- 
tages to  be  found  here.  He  was  born  in  Adams  County,  Nebr.,  on  a  farm,  February 
23,  1877.  When  he  had  reached  five  years  of  age  the  family  moved  to  New  York  state' 
and  he  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  East  Aurora,  that  state,  and  later  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business  with  his  father,  and  for  twenty-two  years  he  lived  in  New 
York  state. 

Seeking  newer  fields,  Mr.  Pomeroy  returned  to  his  old  home  in  Nebraska  and  for 
seven  years  farmed  320  acres,  meeting  with  success.  In  1910  he  came  to  Anaheim  and 
bought  twenty  acres  of  land  one  and  one-half  miles  east  of  town.  One-half  of  this 
was  in  bearing  Valencia  oranges  and  he  planted  the  remainder  to  the  same  variety, 
developing  a  finely  producing  grove,  which  he  sold  in  1919. 

In  March,  1919,  Mr.  Pomeroy  entered  the  automobile  business,  at  134  South  Los 
Angeles  Street,  and  he  is  agent  for  the  Chalmers  and  Hupmobile  cars,  both  high  class 
in  every  respect,  the  Hup  car  notable  especially  for  the  fact  that  its  engineers  have 
built  a  chassis  so  free  of  complications  that  it  is  easily  understood  by  the  mechanically- 
inclined  owner  and  quick  aid  given.     Mr.  Pomeroy  is  also  agent  for  the  Swinhart  tire. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Pomeroy  united  him  with  Velma  M.  Eckersley,  a  native  of 
Illinois,  and  two  sons  have  been  born  to  them:  Wray  S.,  and  Leason  F.,  Jr.  Fra- 
ternally, Mr.  Pomeroy  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge,  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O.  E.;  he  is  a 
member  and  was  one  of  the  governors  of  the  Mother  Colony  Club,  and  in  March,  1918, 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Board  of  Education  and  was  clerk  of  that 
body.  He  has  also  served  as  a  director  in  the  Anaheim  Mutual  Orange  Growers'  Asso- 
ciation, and  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Merchants'  Asso- 
ciation. It  would  be  hard  to  find  a  man  more  fully  in  accord  with  the  western  spirit 
of  progress  than  is  Mr.  Pomeroy,  or  one  more  willing  to  work  for  the  advancement 
of  his  district. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1619 

WILLIAM  J.  FISCHER.— One  of  Anaheim's  earlier  settlers,  a  man  highly 
esteemed  among  his  associates,  was  William  J.  Fischer,  who  contributed  generously 
to  the  upbuilding  of  both  the  business  and  the  agricultural  development  of  this  locality. 
Born  in  Saxony,  Germany,  July  26,  1856,  Mr.  Fischer  came  to  the  United  States  in  1872 
at  the  age  of  sixteen  years.  He  had  learned  the  trade  of  cooper  in  New  York  and 
engaged  in  this  line  of  work  in  that  city.  In  1879  he  came  to  California,  locating  at 
San  Francisco  and  here  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Dreyfus  Cooperage  Company, 
coming  to  Anaheim  in  1881  in  the  interests  of  this  company.  He  later  bought  twenty 
acres  of  land  in  North  Anaheim,  planted  a  vineyard  and  later  sold  it  to  Peter  Schu- 
macher of  Fullerton.  Mr.  Fischer  also' erected  a  cooper  shop  on  North  Lemon  Street, 
near  Chartres  Street,  and  here  he  carried  on  a  large  business,  making  barrels  and  casks 
for  the  wine  makers,  at  one  time  having  six  men  in  his  employ.  He  also  planted  ninety 
acres  in  walnuts  near  Anaheim  for  the  Dreyfus  Company  and  for  a  time  he  also  engaged 
in  wine-making. 

Mr.  Fischer  was  united  in  marriage  in  1882  with  Miss  Clara  Hattemer,  who  was 
born  in  the  Rhine  country,  Germany.  She  came  to  New  York  in  1872  and  ten  years 
later  to  Anaheim,  when  she  and  Mr.  Fischer  were  married.  Of  the  five  children  born 
to  them,  three  are  living:  Birda  is  the  wife  of  William  Zimmerman,  an  orange  grower 
of  West  Anaheim;  William  J.,  deceased;  Clara  Maude  is  the  wife  of  Victor  W.  La 
Mont,  and  the  mother  of  two  children — Victor  and  Allen;  Charles  H.,  a  rancher  in 
Pomona,  married  Miss  Hazel  Cook  and  they  have  one  daughter,  Lela;  and  Robert, 
deceased.     The  children  were  born,  educated  and  reared  in  Orange  County. 

Mr.  Fischer  died  on  October  26,  1906,  and  his  passing  made  a  void  in  a  large  circle 
of  friends  and  in  the  community,  for  his  sterling  qualities  and  devotion  to  the  best 
interests  of  Anaheim  had  -given  him  an  honored  and  esteemed  place.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Fraternal  Aid  and  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and  was  very 
popular  in  membership  of  these  organizations.  Mrs.  Fischer  has  been  an  upbuilder  of 
Anaheim  and  has  erected  two  houses  on  property  they  owned.  She  has  witnessed  the 
wonderful  development  of  Orange  County  and  is  classed  as  one  of  the  stanch  pioneers. 

EBON  R.  RYAN. — An  experienced  and  successful  rancher,  who  has  followed 
general  farming  and  had  just  set  five  of  his  fourteen  acres  to  oranges  when  he  sold 
out  to  buy  five  acres  near  Garden  Grove,  which  is  set  to  walnuts,  is  Ebon  R.  Ryan,  who 
enjoys  the  esteem  of  all  who  know  him.  At  various  times  he  has  owned  other  parcels 
of  land  in  Orange  County,  and  as  a  result  of  which  he  is  able  today  to  form  a  judgment 
of  his  own  as  to  what  are  the  best  producers. 

A  native  of  Kentucky,  he  was  born  on  July  20,  1877,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Ann 
Elizabeth  Ryan,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  the  Blue  Grass  State  and  farmed  exten- 
sively and  successfully.  They  had  fourteen  children,  and  of  these  Ebon  was  the 
twelfth  in  the  order  of  birth.  When  eight  years  old,  his  parents  migrated  to  Indiana, 
and  there  he  was  reared  and  educated. 

In  1914  Ebon  R.  Ryan  left  Indiana  for  the  Pacific  Coast;  and  not  long  after 
arriving  in  Orange  County  he  was  appointed  foreman  for  the  Water  Company  at 
Yorba  Linda,  in  which  position  he  rendered  satisfactory  service.  He  saw  little  prospects 
for  advancement  and  financial  betterment,  however,  and  therefore  took  up  farming, 
and  few  ranchers,  therefore,  throughout  the  Southland  would  appear  to  have  better 
prospects  for  the  future. 

In  1900  at  Butlerville,  Ind.,  Mr.  Ryan  married  Miss  Myrtle  Stewart,  a  native  of 
Kentucky  and  daughter  of  James  N.  and  Mary  Stewart,  and  six  children  have  been 
born  of  this  union;  they  are  Gladys,  George,  Paul,  Mary,  Kenneth  and  Robert.  Mrs. 
Ryan  has  two  sisters  and  a  brother  in  Los  Angeles  County. 

OSCAR  A  SCHILDMEYER. — A  successful  horticulturist  who  owes  much  of 
his  progress  to 'clear  thinking  and  rational  industry  is  Oscar  A.  Schildmeyer,  who 
manages  a  fine  ranch  of  fifty-five  acres,  thirty-five  acres  owned  by  his  mother,  one  and 
a  quarter  miles  north  of  Orange,  and  an  additional  eighteen  acres  above  the  average 
across  the  road.  Forty-eight  acres  of  the  first-mentioned  tract  are  given  to  Valencias; 
seven  acres  to  lemons,  and  eighteen  acres  to  Navel  oranges.  He  was  born  on  Febru- 
ary 2,  1894,  and  grew  up  in  Orange,  where  he  worked  for  his  father.  On  June  30, 
1917,  he  was  married  in  Los  Angeles  to  Miss  Mirl  Brown,  a  Santa  Ana  girl,  whose 
parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  Brown,  reside  at  Santa  Ana.  Mrs.  Brown  was  born  m 
Missouri  and  reared  in. Kirks ville,  and  was  seventeen  years  old  when  she  came  to  Cali- 
fornia with  her  parents  and  three  brothers  and  two  sisters.  One  child  has  blessed 
this  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schildmeyer — a  son,   Robert  Oscar. 

In   1919,   Mr._  Schildmeyer  bought  ten  acres  of  oranges   in  the   Olive  precinct,   a 
part  of  the  original  fifty-five;  in  the  operation  of  his  farm  properties  he  uses  only  the 
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1620  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

most   up-to-date   methods   and   machinery,   and   these    include   a    draw-bar    tractor    of 
twenty  horsepower. 

Mr.  Schildmeyer  entered  the  U.  S.  service  in  the  World  War  on  August  6,  1918, 
but  was  honorably  discharged  at  Camp  Lee,  Va.,  on  December  16  of  the  same  year. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Legion  at  Santa  Ana.  Before  the  war  he  served 
in  the  United  States  Marine  Corps  for  two  years,  and  went  all  over  the  Asiatic  stations 
on  the  SS.  "Brooklyn."  He  was  stationed  at  Cavite,  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  for 
three  months  before  being  sent  out  on  the  "Brooklyn,"  and  had  an  excellent  oppor- 
tunity of  seeing  something  of  Philippine  life.  He  served  in  the  military  police  of  the 
Eighth  Division,  and  was  honorably  discharged  from  the  Marine  service  on  Novem- 
ber S,  1916.  All  in  all,  Mr.  Schildmeyer  is  a  very  interesting  personality,  as  he  is 
also  an  Al  ranch  manager.  An  instructive  glimpse  of  the  development  of  the  Schild- 
meyer estate  is  afforded  in  another  sketch  in  this  work — that  of  Mrs.  Louisa  Schild- 
meyer, the  mother  of  our  subject. 

HARRY  MAYER. — A  modest,  industrious  rancher,  whose  live  interest  in  the 
progress  of  the  community  makes  him  naturally  an  efficient  road  foreman  of  the 
Silverado  precinct,  is  Harry  Mayer,  who  was  born  in  Kolmar,  Upper  Alsace,  Germany, 
on  February  S,  1875.  He  learned  the  baker's  trade  in  neighboring  Muelhausen,  and  as  a 
baker  worked  in  that  city  for  a  year.  At  the  age  of  sixteen,  he  came  to  the  United 
States  and  traveled  widely  throughout  the  central  and  western  country;  and  by  1893 
he  reached  Colorado.  He  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  Army  at  Fort  Logan,  and  served  both 
there  and  at  Fort  Russell.  After  a  service  of  three  years  and  three  months,  he  was 
honorably  discharged,  and  returned  to  civic  life. 

On  October  18,  1896,  Mr.  Mayer  was  married  to  Miss  Sophia  Bukoutz,  a  native  of 
Wamego,  Kans.  She  was  reared  with  a  public  school  education  and  the  work  and  com- 
forts of  a  home'  farm,  and  in  1893  moved  to  Colorado  with  her  parents.  Mr.  Mayer 
farmed  in  that  state  for  ten  years,  ably  assisted  by  his  wife.  On  May  22,  1907,  he 
arrived  in  California,  and  at  El  Modena  purchased  five  acres.  Meanwhile  he  worked 
for  John  King,  hauling  fumigating  equipment.  In  1912  he  sold  his  ranch,  and  the  next 
year  took  a  trip  back  East  to  see  the  Colorado  folks.  He  was  wise  enough,  however, 
not  to  remain  there,  but  returning  to  California,  gave  three  years  to  the  raising  of 
grain  and  hay. 

In  1917,  Mr.  Mayer  came  to  Silverado  Canyon  and  bought  his  present  ranch, 
where  a  well  was  recently  sunk,  in  a  search  for  coal.  The  finest  artesian  water  was 
struck,  instead,  so  that  he  now  has  a  good  flowing  well.  Bringing  his  ranch  up  to  a 
high  state  of  cultivation  keeps  him  busy  part  of  the  time;  and  he  is  also  employed  as 
road  foreman  in  charge  of  the  Silverado  Canyon  Road  and  the  roads  of  the  Silverado 
precinct. 

Six  children  have  become  the  pride  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mayer:  Mary  is  the  wife  of 
Frank  Berry  of  Black  Star  Canyon;  Margarette  is  Mrs.  Walter  Whistler  of  El  Modena; 
Irene  is  at  home;  Henry  is  a  student  at  the  Silverado  school;  and  there  are  Anna  and 
Lois.  In  national  politics  a  Republican,  Mr.  Mayer  is  first,  last  and  all  the  time  such  a 
thorough  American  that  he  is  ready  to  support  any  good  local  movement,  regardless 
of  partisanship. 

JOSEPH  LAUTENBACH.— The  quaint  old  city  of  Wittenberg,  Germany,  red- 
olent with  memories  of  Luther's  day  and  the'  Reformation,  was  the"  scene  in  which 
the  childhood  days  of  Joseph  Lautenbach  was  set.  He  was  born  in  that  city  February 
29,  1884,  and  reared  in  the  vocation  of  his  father,  who  followed  the  shoe-makino-  busi- 
ness. Young  Joseph  worked  at  his  trade  in  the  old  country,  and  when  twenty-four 
years  of  age,  in  1908,  came  to  Pasadena,  Cal.  He  soon  secured  employment  with  The 
Innes  Shoe  Company  of  Los  Angeles,  but  like  many  another  of  his  nationality,  wa» 
ambitious  to  work  for  himself.  After  nine  months  in  California,  he  located  at  Anaheim, 
June  14,  1909,  and  with  the  undaunted  spirit  that  seems  to  be  the  heritage  of  successful 
men,  opened  a  small  repair  shop  on  Center  Street,  in  a  room  four  by  ten  feet  in  dimen- 
sion, and  with  a  capital  of  ten  dollars,  eight  of  which  he  expended  for  leather  with 
which  to  start  his  business.  The  shop  was  a  success  from  its  inception,  and  in  four 
months'  time  he  installed  modern  machinery  for  shoe  repairing,  being  the  first  man 
in  Anaheim  to  install  electrically-driven  machinery  for  this  work.  In  November  1914 
when  the  new  modern  brick  block  at  the  corner  of  Center  and  Lemon  Streets  was  com- 
pleted, he  moved  his  shop  to  that  location,  occupying  the  corner  store  in  the  building.' 
He  put  in  a  full  line  of  ladies'  and  gentlemen's  shoes  and  conducts  the  shoe  store  in 
connection  with  the  repairing  department.  He  carries  a  full  line  of  the  famous  Craw- 
ford shoes  for  men.  His  business  has  made  rapid  strides,  and  he  is  now  one  of  the 
prosperous  merchants  of  Anaheim. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1623 

His  marriage  in  1914  on  Christmas  Day  united  him  with  Miss  Caroline  Link,  a 
native  of  Gridley,  111.,  daughter  of  William  Link,  a  retired  orange  grower  of  Anaheim, 
and  they  are  the  parents  of  a  four-year-old  son,  named  Wesley.  Mr.  Lautenbach  has 
recently  erected  a  cozy  and  comfortable  new  home  at  Anaheim.  In  his  fraternal  affilia- 
tions he  is  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  Herman,  and  has  passed  all  the  chairs.  A  worthy 
citizen  and  a  capable  business  man,  Mr.  Lautenbach  is  self-made  in  the  broadest  mearf- 
ing  of  the  term,  and  has  demonstrated  what  an  ambitious  and  energetic  young  man 
can  accomplish  in  a  country  where  opportunities  are  ripe  for  those  who  have  the  dispo- 
sition to  take  hold  of  the  situation  and  make  the  most  of  it. 

HENRY  WALTERS. — The  junior  member  of  the  enterprising  and  progressive 
firm  of  Livenspire  &  Walters,  brick  contractors  of  Santa  Ana,  Henry  Walters  was 
born  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  July  19,  1877.  He  was  reared  and  educated  in  the  metropolis 
of  the  Blue  Grass  State,  and  there  he  also  learned  the  trade  of  a  brickmason.  As  a 
virile  and  vigorous  young  man  he  was  intensely  interested  in  the  great  American 
game  and  becasne  a  professional  ball  player,  filling  the  position  of  an  outfielder.  He 
played  with  the  Rock  Island,  III.,  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  Decatur,  111.,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  and 
Newark,  N.  J.,  teams. 

As  a  brickmason,  Mr.  Walters  became  a  great  factor  in  the  construction  of  large 
buildings  throughout  the  country,  working  on  and  superintending  some  of  the  finest 
blocks  in  the  country,  from  among  which  especial  mention  is  made  of  the  largest 
church  and  bank  building  in  Maysville,  Ky.;  the  J.  M.  Atherton  and  the  Stark  Block, 
both  fifteen-story  buildings,  in  Louisville,  Ky.  In  Cairo,  111.,  he  was  foreman  of  the 
construction  of  the  passenger  depot  for  the  Louisville  &  Nashville  Railway  Com- 
pany; also  for  the  freight  depot  and  sheds  500  feet  long,  for  the  same  company.  In 
Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  Mr.  Walters  was  foreman  of  construction  on  the  five-story  building 
for  the  Young  Women's   Christian  Association. 

On  April  1,  1911,  Henry  Walters  arrived  in  California.  In  time  he  again  took 
up  his  trade  of  a  brickmason,  and  was  employed  by  the  well-known  contractor,  Arthur 
Sanborn,  as  foreman  in  the  construction  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Pomona,  also 
a  large  schoolhouse  at  Redondo.  In  1913  Mr.  Walters  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr. 
Livenspire,  and  they  have  erected  the  following  buildings  in  Santa  Ana:  the  Post 
Office,  Spurgeon  Block,  West  End  Theater,  Phillips  Block  and  the  Santa  Ana  Ware- 
house, the  John  Hetebrink  residence  at  Fullerton,  and  the  residence  of  John  Tuflfree 
at  Placentia,  Rutherford  Building,  a  big  warehouse  at  the  Delhi  Sugar  Refinery,  and 
all  the  brick  garages  in  Santa  Ana.  At  the  San  Bernardino  Ofange  Show  Mr.  Walters 
built  two  displays  for  the  Pacific  Sewer  Pipe  Company,  for  which  he  was  awarded  two 
prizes.  On  the  pier  at  Venice  he  erected  a  large  display  for  the  Los  Angeles  Brick 
Company,  for  which  the  first  prize  was  awarded.  Mr.  Walters  also  erected  the  display 
room  for  the  Corona  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  built  a  brick  block  at  Newport. 

At  Louisville,  Ky.,  September  30,  1907,  Mr.  Walters  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Ada  C.  Carnahan,  a  native  of  Hodginsville,  Nelson  County,  Ky.,  born  on  a  farm 
adjoining  the  historic  Abraham  Lincoln  farm.  However,  her  schooling  was  obtained 
at  Elizabethtown  in  the  same  county.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Walters  is  a  member  of 
Pomona  Lodge  No.  246,  I.  O.  0-  F-.  and  with  his  wife  is  a  member  of  Torosa  Rebekah 
Lodge  at  Santa  Ana,  of  which  Mrs.  Walters  is  a  past  noble  grand.  She  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  Hermosa  Chapter  O.  E.  S.,  and  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps,  as  well  as  ex-presi- 
dent of  the  Daughters  of  Veterans.  Mr.  Walters  is  emphatically  with  the  western 
spirit  of  progress,  and  especially  enthusiastic  over  the  great  opportunities  Orange 
County  offers   to   intelligent  and  industrious  men. 

RAYMOND  L.  GODWIN.— Numbered  among  the  successful  and  enterprising 
contractors  of  Santa  Ana  is  Raymond  L.  Godwin,  the  well  and  favorably  known  plas- 
tering contractor.  He  is  a  native  of  the  Hawkeye  State,  born  at  Stuart,  Guthrie 
County,  Iowa,  November  3,  1882.  When  fourteen  years  of  age  he  moved  with  his 
parents  to  Alamogordo,  Otero  County,  N.  M.,  where  for  six  years  he  rode  the  range 
for  different  cattle  men. 

In  1901  Mr.  Godwin  came  to  California  and  in  1903  he  learned  the  trade  of  a 
plasterer,  working  for  W.  O.  Rowley  of  Orange,  remaining  with  him  for  six  years. 
While  living  at  Orange,  Mr.  Godwin  helped  in  the  construction  of  the  Union  high 
school,  and  it  was  he  who  struck  the  first  pick  in  the  ground  for  the  excavation.  He 
did  the  plastering  on  many  buildings  at  Orange,  including  the  German  school  and 
Center  Street  school  buildings;  also  many  fine  residences.  In  1910  he  located  at 
Corona,  where  he  became  foreman  for  Mr.  Rowley,  who  had  the  contract  for  the 
Corona  high  school.  Afterwards  Mr.  Godwin  entered  business  for  himself  at  Corona, 
doing  cement,  brick  and  plastering  contract  work,  and  while  there  built  the  Lord 
Block,  also  the  Glass  building  and  a  number  of  fine  residences. 


1624  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

Coming  to  Santa  Ana  in  1914,  Mr.  Godwin  entered  the  employ  of  George  W. 
Young,  a  plastering  contractor.  His  extensive  experience  in  building  and  ability  to 
manage  men  soon  won  for  him  the  position  of  foreman,  and  it  was  under  his  careful 
supervision  that  the  plastering  contracts  on  the  following  buildings  in  Santa  Ana  were 
satisfactorily  finished:  Meyer  Apartment  Hotel,  W.  H.  Spurgeon  Block,  United  Presby- 
terian Church,  F.  E.  Farnsworth  residence  and  the  Mills  and  Winbigler  Funeral  Home; 
he  also  worked  on  the  new  buildings  of  the  Orange  union  high  school. 

On  the  most  memorable   day  of  modern  history.   Armistice   Day,    November   11, 

1918,  Mr.  Godwin  decided  to  enter  the  contract  plastering  business  again.  The  wisdom 
of  his  decision  has  been  clearly  proved  by  the  splendid  success  he  has  achieved  in  his 
business  enterprise.  Among  the  buildings  and  residences  he  has  plastered  mention  is 
made  of  the  following:  The  Sheriff  Office  building,  Wickersheim  Garage,  eight  resi- 
dences for  Justin  Bencher,  thirteen  residences  for  R.  C.  McMillan,  and  in  Orange  he 
has  plastered  eleven  residences  for  Dale  and  Riggle. 

His  splendid  workmanship  and  the  high  character  of  his  business  integrity  have 
won  for  him  a  leading  place  among  the  contractors  of  Orange  County  and  to  facilitate 
the  completion  of  his  contracts  he  constantly  employs  from  two  to  five  men.  Mr. 
Godwin  is  a  "booster"  for  Orange  County  and  believes  in  aiding  all  worthy  movements 
that  have  as  their  aim  the  upbuilding  of  the  county's  best  interests. 

At  Villa  Park,  October  4,  1905,  Mr.  Godwin  was  united  in  marriage  with  Margaret 
Hinton  of  Villa  Park,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  a  son,  William.  Fraternally  Mr. 
Godwin  is  a  member  of  Orange  L,odge,  No.  225,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  as  well  as  Santa  Ana 
Lodge,  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

GEORGE  W.  WARDWELL.— An  efficient,  faithful  and  very  popular  member 
of  the  public  service  is  George  W.  Wardwell,  the  superintendent  of  rodent  control  and 
the  horticultural  inspector  of  Orange  County,  who  was  born  at  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis., 
on  June  17,  1874.  He  attended  the  excellent  public  schools  of  that  locality,  and  early 
took  up  the  study  of  natural  history  and  taxidermy.  He  had  talent  for  this  line  of 
work,  and  soon  became  such  an  expert  taxidermist  that  he  was  frequently  called  upon 
to  mount  animals  and  birds  for  private  collections. 

Having  come  to  California  in  1896  at  the  age  of  twenty-two,  Mr.  Wardwell  be- 
came both  an  interior  and  exterior  decorator,  and  followed  this  trade  in  Los  Angeles, 
San  Francisco  and  other  coast  cities;  and  in  1904  he  located  at  Long  Beach,  and  con- 
tinued his  work  there.  In  1902  he  moved  his  residence  to  Wintersburg,  although  he 
still  followed  his  trade  in  Long  Beach. 

In  1904,  however,  when  Huntington  Beach  was  started,  he  decided  to  pitch  his 
tent  there  and  grow  up  with  the  town.  He  thus  became  the  first  decorator  to  under- 
take painting  contracts,  and  for  years  worked  on  all  the  residences  and  business 
structures  of  Huntington  Beach.  After  a  while  he  bought  the  Huntington  Beach 
Nursery,  which  he  conducted  until  he  sold  out  to  its  present  owner. 

In  1913,  Mr.  Wardwell  was  appointed  by  the  board  of  county  supervisors  to  his 
present  office,  in  which  he  is  doing  a  splendid  work,  clearing  the  county  ot  ground 
squirrels  and  gophers.  During  the  past  three  years,  however,  he  has  rid  the  county 
of  eighty  per  cent  of  the  ground  squirrels.  To  accomplish  this,  poisoned  grain  was 
given  to  the  farmer,  who  scattered  it  freely  on  the  ground.  In  the  winter  and  spring 
of  the  year  carbon-bisulphide  is  used.  This  is  poured  on  the  waste  balls,  which  are 
placed  in  the  holes  of  the  rodents,  next  set  fire  to,  so  that  a  poisonous  gas  is  generated, 
which  spreads  throughout  the  little  tunnels  and  caves  and  does  its  deadly  work. 

Mr.  Wardwell  married  Miss  Ada  Hoflf,  a  native  of  Kansas;  and  their  home  life 
is  blessed  with  five  children.  They  are  Hazel,  Helen,  George  W.,  Jr.,  Elizabeth  and 
William. 

DR.  GEORGE  MARKHAM  TRALLE.— Distinguished  among  the  members  of 
the   Orange  County  Medical  Society,   of  which  he  had  the   honor  to  be  president  in 

1919,  and  eminent  among  those  who  have  contributed  to  make  Santa  Ana  one  of  the 
most  desirable  and  safest  places  for  comfortable  living  in  the  state,  George  Markham 
Tralle  enjoys  an  enviable  reputation  as  a  specialist  in  the  treatment  of  diseases  of  the 
eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat.  He  was  born  in  Benton  County,  Mo.,  July  18,  1871  the 
son  of  Henry  Tralle,  a  contractor  and  builder,  now  deceased,  who  married  Miss 
Elizabeth  Cooke,  a  native  of  Missouri.  The  father  served  in  the  Civil  War  as  a 
member  of  an  Illinois  regiment,  and  for  years  he  received  the  honor  due  him  as  one 
who  helped  to  preserve  the  country.  Mrs.  Tralle  is  still  living,  residing  in  Kansas  City 
Mo.,  and  is  the  mother  of  eight  children,  four  sons  and  four  daughters. 

The  third  child  in  order  of  birth,  George  M.,  was  educated  at  the  public  schools 
and  at  William  Jewell  College  at  Liberty,  Mo.,  after  which  he  matriculated  at  the 
University  Medical  College  at  Kansas  City,  from  which  he  was  graduated  on  March  28 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1625 

1899.  Going  to  Purcell,  McClain  County,  Okla.,  he  put  in  fifteen  years  in  general 
practice  and  then  took  post-graduate  work  in  New  York  City,  and  came  to  California 
and  did  post-graduate  work  in  San  Francisco,  after  which  he  came  direct  to  Santa 
Ana.  In  January,  1916,  he  began  his  practice  here,  and  has  limited  his  work  to  diseases 
of  the  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat,  and  has  met  with  very  gratifying  success  and  a 
constantly  increasing  practice.  Besides  the  Orange  County  Medical  Society,  he  belongs 
to  the  American  Medical  Association  and  the  California  State  Medical  Society,  also,  the 
Southern  California  Medical  Society. 

On  April  ,18,  1899,  at  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Dr.  Tralle  was  married  to  Miss  Florence 
Hunt,  born  in  Missouri,  a  daughter  of  J.  M.  and  Nellie  Hunt.  She  shares  with  him 
the  esteem  of  those  who  know  them  and  his  deep  interest  in  Orange  County  affairs. 
The  doctor  is  a  member  of  the  Blue  Lodge,  Chapter,  Commandery  and  Shrine  in 
Masonry,  having  passed  through  the  offices  of  the  first  three  named  in  Purcell,  Okla. 
During  the  World  War  he  was  on  the  examining  board  for  soldiers  and  a  member  of 
the  Volunteer  Medical  Service  Corps,  and  in  various  ways  he  and  Mrs.  Tralle  actively 
participated  in  war  work.     In  national  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

CHARLES  LEO  DAVIS. — One  of  the  pioneers  in  the  garage  business  in  Orange 
County  who  has  very  naturally  brought  his  establishment  to  the  fore  so  that  now  it  is 
one  of  the  best  equippied  for  its  size  and  pretensions  in  the  entire  state,  is  Charles  Leo 
Davis,  proprietor  of  the  Chandler  Garage,  representative  Republican  and  popular  Elk. 
He  was  born  at  Arlington,  Vt.,  on  August  20,  1882,  the  son  of  a  farmer,  R.  F.  Davis, 
who  was  highly  esteemed  in  his  day,  but  is  now  deceased.  He  had  married  Miss 
Martha  Curry,  whose  home  was  at  Slingerlands,  N.  Y.,  and  who  was  the  daughter  of 
John  Curry,  a  florist.  Mrs.  Davis  is  now  living  at  Santa  Ana,  the  mother  of  this  only 
child. 

The  grammar  and  high  schools  of  his  neighborhood  furnished  the  lad  with  his 
first  educational  advantages,  and  later  he  studied  at  the  Polytechnic  school  at  Wor- 
cester, Mass.,  and  there  he  took  a  course  in  machine  steam  engineering,  and  was  grad- 
uated in  1904.  For  seven  years  thereafter  he  was  with  the  Spencer  Wire  Company,  of 
Worcester,  makers  of  gas  engines,  and  there  he  had  the  finest  opportunity  to  perfect 
himself  in  machine  work.  In  1910  Mr.  Davis  came  to  Santa  Ana  and  entered  the  service 
of  the  Guarantee  Garage.  Removing  to  Orange,  he  took  charge  of  the  Buick  auto  shop, 
and  after  that  he  came  to  Santa  Ana  and  engaged  to  work  for  the  Lutz  Company.  In 
1913  he  bought  into  the  garage  business  at  209  North  Main  Street  with  George  Kellogg; 
and  two  years  later,  he  bought  o.ut  his  interest. 

The  Chandler  Garage  not  only  represents  that  famous  company's  cars  in  the 
district  of  Orange  County,  but  it  carries  a  full  line  of  automobile  accessories  and  under- 
takes to  render  prompt  and  the  best  of  service.  For  the  demands  of  his. trade,  as  only 
thus  far  developed,  Mr.  Davis  employs  eighteen  men.  On  January  1,  1920,  he  moved 
his  garage  to  its  present  location,  at  Broadway  and  Sixth  Street,  where  he  occupies  the 
corner,  100x125  feet. 

Like  most  men  given  to  one  or  more  kinds  of  sport,  Mr.  Davis  is  fond  of  both 
fishing  and  hunting,  and  good-naturedly  responds  to  the  many  appeals  in  the  community 
for  more  serious  cooperation,  thereby  proving  his  qualities  as  a  citizen  and  a  neighbor. 
Fraternally  besides  being  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  he  is 
a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  241,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  a  charter  member  of  the 
Rotary  Club  and  of  the  Orange  County  Auto  Trades  Association. 

DENNIS  J.  DONNELLY.— Prominent  among  the  more  recent  settlers  of  Ana- 
heim who  have  become  successful  orange  growers,  is  Dennis  J.  Donnelly,  a  native  of 
Ireland,  born  at  Tullamore,  Kings  County,  in  1875.  His  youthful  days  were  spent  on 
a  farm  in  Ireland,  and  when  twenty  years  of  age  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States 
For  many  years  he  followed  copper  mining  in  the  West,  two  years  being  located  at 
Butte,  Mont.  . 

In  1898  Mr.  Donnelly  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  Navy,  servmg  durmg  the  Spanish- 
American  War,  three  years  faithfully  filling  the  position  of  fireman,  and  durmg  his 
enlistment  served  in  the  Philippine  station.  He  was  aboard  the  ill-fated  U.  S.  Warship 
Charleston  when  she  was  lost  off  Luzon  November  2,  1899,  and  subsequently  was 
transferred  to  the  U.  S.  Warship  Oregon,  being  aboard  her  when  she  was  wrecked  in 
the  Straits  of  Pechili  on  the  way  to  the  relief  of  siege  of  Pekin.  He  received  his 
honorable  discharge  from  the  U.  S.  Navy  in  1901  at  Mare  Island,  Cal. 

Mr.  Donnelly  is  justly  proud  of  his  bronze  medal,  inscribed  with  the  name  U.  S. 
S.  Charleston,"  awarded  to  him  by  the  "Citizens  of  the  State  of  California,"  and  he 
is  a  member  of  the  Spanish-American  War  Veterans. 

Resuming  his  former  occupation  of  mining,  Mr.  Donnelly  located  at  Bisbee,  Ariz., 
where  he  engaged  in  copper  mining  for  five  years,  after  which  he  went  to  the  copper 


1626  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

mines  in  Sonora,  Mexico.  The  year  1906  found  him  the  proprietor  of  a  hotel  at 
vSeattle,  Wash.  The  fall  of  the  same  year  he  moved  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  helped 
in  the  rebuilding  of  that  stricken  city  after  its  destruction  by  fire  and  earthquake.  In 
1907  he  again  returned  to  copper  mining,  this  time  locating  at  Globe,  Ariz. 

During  the  year  1910  Mr.  Donnelly  visited  Anaheim,  Cal.,  and  was  so  favorably 
impressed  with  the  country  that  he  decided  to  make  Orange  County  his  permanent 
home.  He  purchased  ten  acres  of  raw  land  three  miles  southwest  of  Anaheim,  which 
he  improved  by  leveling  and  planting  to  "Valencia  oranges.  He  still  retained  his  resi- 
dence in  Globe,  Ariz.,  but  brought  his  family  to  Anaheim  for  permanent  settlement 
in  1912,  erecting  a  bungalow  at  115  North  Helena  Street. 

Possessing  keen  business  foresight,  a  progressive  spirit  and  a  determined  will  to 
win  success  in  the  citrus  industry,  Mr.  Donnelly  took  up  the  study  of  orange  culture, 
soil  conditions  and  fumigation,  and  his  special  efforts  have  been  rewarded  by  an 
abundant  crop,  the  yield  for  1919  being  2040  boxes  of  fruit,  which  were  handled  by  the 
Anaheim  Orange  &  Lemon  Association,  of  which  he  is  a  member. 

At  Bisbee  in  1904  Mr.  Donnelly  was  united  in  marriage  with  Julia  O'Conner,  a 
native  of  the  Emerald  Isle-,  born  near  Killarney,  in  County  Kerry.  Of  this  happy 
union  two  daughters  were  born:  Mary  Elizabeth  and  Rose  Annie.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Donnelly  are  patriotic  American  citizens  and  loyal  supporters  of  their  adopted  coun- 
try's cause  in  every  time  of  need,  their  motto  being  "America  First."  Religiously,  they 
are  members  of  the  Catholic  Church. 

WILLIAM  N.  MILLER. — A  well-posted  oil  man,  whose  keen  observation,  atten- 
tion to  details,  unremitting  industry  and  a  regard  for  the  experience  of  others  as  well 
as  his  own  previous  successes  or  failures  have  enabled  him  to  thoroughly  understand 
the  oil  business,  is  William  N.  Miller,  who  was  born  near  Ava,  Douglas  County,  Mo., 
on  July  6,  1889.  His  father,  J.  T.  Miller,  also  a  native  of  Missouri,  is  a  farmer  there; 
he  married  Miss  Katie  Shadden,  a  native  of  Tennessee,  and  they  had  six  children,  of 
whom  William  was  the  oldest. 

He  was  brought  up  in  Missouri,  attended  the  usual  grammar  school  courses,  and 
when  a  youth  of  seventeen  came  out  to  the  Far  West  and  settled  for  a  while  at  Condon, 
Ore.  He  went  onto  a  ranch,  and  during  the  winter  rode  the  range  and  continued  in 
that  line  of  activity  until  1911,  when  he  returned  to  Missouri  to  marry  Miss  Minnie 
Pugh,  a  daughter  of  Missouri,  and  a  sister  of  S.  L.  Pugh.  On  coming  West  again  the 
young  couple  settled  at  Taft  and  there  made  his  entry  into  the  oil  industry.  He  entered 
the  service  of  the  Union  Oil  Company,  and  later  was  a  tool  dresser  for  the  Miocene 
Oil  Company,  then  was  with  the  Head  Drilling  Company  at  Taft  for  three  years. 

In  1919  Mr.  Miller  came  to  Placentia,  as  a  driller  for  the  Heflfern  Oil  Company; 
and  when  well  No.  1  was  completed,  he  set  up  No.  2.  He  then  worked  on  the  Olive 
Petroleum  well  at  Olive  and  put  it  down  1,000  feet;  and  when  he  resigned,  he  did  so 
to  accept  the  superintendency  of  the  Placentia  Oil  Company,  where  he  remained  until 
March  1,  1920.  In  November  he  became  interested  in  the  Orange  County  Drilling 
Company.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Heffern  Oil  Company,  and  in  the  Fullerton 
Leasing  Company,  and  is  doing  all  that  he  can  to  develop  the  important  oil  interests 
of  Orange  County. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  have  had  four  children,  three  living;  Lois,  Glen  and  Ina. 
Carl,  the  oldest,  died  aged  seventeen  months.  Mr.  Miller  belongs  to  Douglas  Lodge, 
No.  319,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  at  Ava,  Mo.;  and  he  also  belongs  to  Anaheim  Lodge,  No.  1345, 
B.  P.  O.  Elks,  and  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge  of  Masons. 

SUMNER  E.  REED.— The  excellent  service  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  at  Fullerton 
has  always  been  appreciated  by  the  townspeople,  and  never  more  so  than  since  the 
advent  here  of  the  present  agent,  Sumner  E.  Reed,  a  native  of  Wisconsin,  where  he  was 
born  in  Green  County  on  December  21,  1865.  His  father  was  Samuel  R.  Reed,  a  farmer, 
a  native  of  New  York  state,  and  his  mother,  who  came  from  Michigan,  was  before  her 
marriage  Miss  Lucretia  H.  Post.  They,  with  their  two  sons,  moved  to  Nebraska  in 
1877.  Now  both  of  the  parents  have  joined  the  great  throng  making  up  the  silent 
majority  of  humanity. 

The  elder  of  the  two  children,  Sumner  attended  the  rural  and  then  the  high  school, 
after  which  he  remained  on  the  farm,  as  have  so  many  faithful  American  young  men, 
until  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age.  His  first  venture  in  the  service  of  strangers  was 
made  when  he  accepted  a  post  with  the  Burlington  Railroad;  later  he  went  to  the 
Fremont,  Elkhorn  &  Missouri  Valley  Railroad,  and  next  back  to  the  Burlington.  That 
was  followed  by  an  engagement  with  the  Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  &  Omaha,  and 
he  remained  with  that  company  until  1909,  when  he  came  to  the  Santa  Fe. 

.  At  first  he  was  an  operator  at  Colton,  and  from  there  he  went  to  various  places 
along  the  line.     For  six  years  he  was  at   Inglewood.     In   each   place   where   he  was 


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stationed  Mr.  Reed  acquired  measurably  some  valuable  experience,  had  a  good  time, 
mastered  railroading,  and  made  many  friends.  In  March,  1917,  he  was  transferred  to 
FuUerton,  and  here  has  has  been,  as  fully-empowered  agent,  ever  since.  Active  every 
day  in  endeavoring  to  promote  Fullerton's  commerce  with  the  outside  world,  it  is 
natural  that  Mr.  Reed  should  be  an  energetic  worker  in  the  Fullerton  Board  of  Trade. 
During  April,  1916,  while  Mr.  Reed  was  at  Inglewood,  he  was  married  to  Mrs. 
Myrtle  M.  (Thayer)  Martin,  who  was  born  in  Michigan.  Mr.  Reed  still  enjoys  a 
lodge  evening  occasionally,  and  belongs  to  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  In 
national  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  but  he  knows  no  partisanship  when  it  comes  to 
boosting  for  Fullerton,  Orange  County  or  even  California.  Among  his  recreations  are 
automobiling  and  outdoor  exercise. 

SALVADOR  M.  PADIAS. — A  hard-working  farmer,  operating  scientifically,  and 
therefore  getting  all  the  good  results  possible  from  his  various  expenditures,  is  Salvador 
M.  Padias  who,  through  his  own  honest,  untiring  efforts,  has  acquired  for  himself  and 
his  family  a  comfortable  affluence.  He  is,  in  fact,  one  of  the  leading  beet  growers 
on  the  Irvine  Ranch,  where  he  operates  268  acres,  156  of  which  are  devoted  to  sugar 
beets  and  the  balance  to  barley  hay. 

A  native  son,  he  was  born  at  San  Juan  Capistrano,  Cal.,  on  January  29,  1892, 
the  son  of  Ramon  Padias,  now  deceased,  the  representative  of  one  of  the  proud  old 
Spanish  families.  He  was  an  experienced  farmer,  and  left  a  competence  to  his 
widow,  who  was  Mercedes  Mendes  before  her  marriage.  She  now  owns  twenty 
acres  of  highly  improved  land,  devoted  principally  to  Valencia  oranges,  and  is  located 
on  South  McClay  Street,  in  Santa  Ana,  where  she  now  resides,  aged  sixty-two  years. 

S.  M.  Padias,  the  youngest  son  and  the  seventh  child,  attended  the  grammar 
school  at  Tustin,  after  which  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm  until  the  latter  died  in 
1912.  Then  he  began  to  farm  for  himself,  and  he  also  went  out  and  worked  for 
others  with  large  eight-horse  teams.  In  the  beginning,  he  worked  for  two  different 
companies,  but  both  failed  financially,  and  he  received  only  forty-five  dollars  in  cash 
and  judgments  for  $2,200  for  his  work,  from  which  he  has  since  realized  nothing. 

This  most  unfortunate  experience,  however,  did  not  deter  him  from  starting 
anew,  if  in  debt,  and  commencing  all  over  again  under  such  disadvantageous  circum- 
stances that  he  had  to  borrow  money  from  others.  In  the  fall  of  1915  he  leased 
the  above  mentioned  ranch,  which  he  has  improved  and  brought  to  a  high  state  of 
cultivation,  and  it  is  all  under  irrigation;  his  beet  crop  has  averaged  as  much  per 
acre  as  any  other  on  the  Irvine  ranch,  and  the  position  he  occupies  today  shows  that 
he  could  not  long  have  been  idle.  He  came  to  have  time  enough,  though,  to  partake 
in  various  activities  appealing  to  the  patriotic  citizen,  and  to  work  with  the  Repub- 
licans for  better  civic  standards. 

In  San  Diego,  July  23,  1914,  Mr.  Padias  was  married  to  Miss  Dorothy  Talbott, 
the  daughter  of  Chas.  I.  and  Leona  (Gibson)  Talbott,  early  settlers  of  Los  Angeles 
County,  the  father  being  the  proprietor  of  the  Central  Auto  Park  in  _Santa  Ana.  Mrs. 
Padias  is  a  native  daughter,  born  at  Glendora,  but  reared  and  educated  in  the  Garden 
Grove  grammar  and  high  school.  Mrs.  Padias'  maternal  grandfather,  George  Gibson, 
served  in  a  Nebraska  regiment  in  the  Civil  War,  and  she  is  naturally  an  enthusiastic 
member  of  the  Daughters  of  Veterans.  This  fortunate  union  has  been  blessed  with 
one  child,  now  a  bright  four-year-old  boy,  Robert  Edward.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Padias 
is  a  Knight  of  Pythias,  and  a  popular  member  he  is  in  that  constantly  growing  order. 

JACOB  P.  PROBST. — Prominent  in  business  circles  in  Anaheim,  and  well  known 
in  other  parts  of  the  state,  Jacob  P.  Probst  was  born  in  Odensa,  Denmark,  September 
7  1883  He  is  a  son  of  Hans  P.  and  Rossamina  (Petersen)  Probst,  both  natives  of 
Denmark,  and  in  the  fall  of  1883  Hans  P.  Probst  brought  his  family  to  the  United 
States,  locating  in  Warrensburg,  Mo.,  where  he  built  up  one  of  the  largest  carriage 
manufacturing  plants  in  the  state.  His  four  sons  were  all  associated  with  him  in 
business,  under  the  firm  name  of  Probst  and  Sons,  and  for  twenty-seven  years  they 
carried  on  the  establishment  in  their  own  two-story  factory,  one-half  block  in  area. 
They  were  extensive  advertisers  and  the  name  became  famous  all  over  the  state  for 
fair  dealing  and  high  quality  of  goods.  They  carried  all  kinds  of  horse-drawn  vehicles, 
also  manufactured  to  order,  did  repair  work  and  painting. 

The  children  now  living  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hans  P.  Probst  are:  George,  Merentius, 
Jacob  P.,  Blenda,  wife  of  Victor  A.  Peterson  of  South  Pasadena,  and  Thorwald  A 
the  well-known  landscape  artist  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  who  is  at  present  writing  and 
traveling  in  California  in  the  interest  of  reclaiming  the  old  California  Missions.  1  he 
father  located  in  South  Pasadena  in  1910,  where  he  conducted  with  his  sons  a  large 
auto  painting,  decorating  and  repair  establishment.  The  family  home  in  Warrensburg, 
Mo.,  was  a  work  of  art,  all  the  furniture  and  woodwork  being  designed  and  built  by 


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themselves,  and  the  walls  and  ceilings  decorated  in  the  same  manner.  The  home  con- 
tained many  valuable  works  of  art  designed  and  collected  by  the  family,  many  of  which 
were  brought  with  them  to  their  South  Pasadena  home. 

Jacob  P.  Probst  first  came  to  California  as  a  tourist  in  1904,  when  he  traveled  all 
over  the  state,  and  in  1907  he  returned  to  take  up  his  permanent  residence  here,  first 
locating  in  Alhambra,  where,  in  partnership  with  his  brother,  he  followed  painting  and 
decorating,  and  erected  a  home  in  that  city.  He  later  removed  to  South  Pasadena, 
where  he  erected  a  home,  and  when  his  father  arrived,  in  1910,  engaged  in  business 
with  him  in  auto  painting. 

On  June  4,  1917,  Mr.  Probst  located  in  Anaheim,  where  he  now  follows  auto 
painting  and  decorating,  occupying  modern  and  commodious  quarters  at  113-115  West 
Adele  Street.  He  does  the  finest  class  of  work,  including  monograms  and  crests,  and 
his  years  of  experience  in  the  painting  line  make  him  a  valuable  man  for  his  line  of 
work.  He  takes  an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of  Anaheim,  was  a  member  of  the  adver- 
tising committee  of  the  old  Anaheim  Board  of  Trade,  and  ready  at  all  times  to  give 
of  his  knowledge  and  effort  toward  the  further  advancement  of  his  home  city  and 
county.     Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge,  No.  207,  F.  &  A.  M. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Probst  united  him  with  Delia  A.  Peterson,  a  native  of  Iowa, 
the  ceremony  occurring  at  Santa  Barbara,  in  1908,  and  three  children  have  been  born 
to  them:  Blenda,  Lucille,  and  Jacob  A.,  deceased.  Mrs.  Probst  is  one  of  a  family  of 
twelve  children,  all  but  two  of  whom  are  now  living.  With  her  husband  she  joins  in 
the  social  life  of  the  community  and  works  toward  its  upbuilding. 

JOHN  JOHNSTON. — The  efficient  chief  engineer  of  the  Anaheim  Brewery,  John 
Johnston  has  been  a  resident  of  the  United  States  for  nearly  twenty-five  years.  He  is 
a  native  of  Scotland,  having  been  born  at  Glasgow  on  Christmas  Day,  1869,  and  is  a 
son  of  John  and  Catherine  Johnston,  both  natives  of  the  land  of  the  heather.  The 
Johnston  family  consisted  of  nine  children,  five  of  whom  are  living,  two  being  residents 
of  California.  John  Johnston,  Sr.,  died  in  Canada,  Mrs.  Johnston  still  making  her 
home  there. 

John  Johnston  was  reared  and  educated  in  the  Dominion  of  Canada.  In  1896  he 
came  to  the  United  States,  and  after  stopping  for  some  time  in  New  York,  he  migrated 
to  .California  in  1905,  locating  in  Los  Angeles,  where  he  remained  for  three  years.  In 
1911  Mr.  Johnston  moved  to  Anaheim  and  accepted  his  responsible  position  with  the 
Anaheim  Brewery,  having  under  his  supervision  five  engines,  and  has  continued  with 
the  company  nine  years.  He  is  an  expert  machinist,  with  thirty  years  of  experience, 
and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  efficient  engineers  in  this  section  of  the  state. 

In  1901  Mr.  Johnston  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Ellen  Trelfer  of  Canada 
and  four  children  were  born  to  them;  Francis,  Lillian,  James  and  John.  During  the 
World  War  James  served  in  a  California  regiment  of  infantry  stationed  at  Camp  Kear- 
ney. Mr.  Johnston  and  his  children  are  all  musical  and  their  playing  is  greatly  enjoyed 
and  appreciated  by  their  many  friends  in  the  community,  where  they  have  gained  high 
repute  as  musicians. 

The  second  marriage  of  Mr.  Johnston  united  him  with  Miss  Margaret  Fitzpatrick 
of  Belfast,  Ireland.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Johnston  is  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Lodge  No. 
1346,  Elks,  and  Anaheim  Aerie  of  Eagles. 

JOHN  S.  RUNYAN.— A  highly  esteemed  resident  of  Santa  Ana  who  attained  the 
enviable  distinction  of  being  one  of  the  most  public-spirited  citizens  of  the  town  in 
which  he  had  previously  lived— Medicine  Lodge,  Kans.— is  John  S.  Runyan,  who  was 
born  in  Turbotville,  Northumberland  County,  Pa.,  on  October  27,  1853.  His  father 
was  George  Barton  Runyan,  a  farmer  and  an  early  settler  in  the  Keystone  State,  who 
had  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Schuyler,  also  a  member  of  an  early  family  there. '  The 
lad  was  sent  to  the  high  school  at  Turbotville,  and  then  to  the  State  Normal  school  at 
Bloomsburg;  and  afterwards  for  five  years  he  taught  school  in  Montour  County,  Pa. 
In  1878  he  moved  to  Lawrence,  Douglas  County,  Kans.,  and  there  for  a  couple  of  years 
taught  school. 

In  1880  he  made  a  new  departure  in  going  to  Barber  County,  Kans.,  and  engaging 
in  the  cattle  business.  Four  years  later  he  was  in  the  general  merchandise  trade  in 
Medicine  Lodge  in  that  state;  and  there  he  remained  until  August  1889.  On  the  twelfth 
of  that  month  he  entered  the  First  National  Bank  of  Medicine  Lodge  and  for  five  years 
was  the  bank's  assistant  cashier;  and  in  1894  he  became  the  cashier.  After  that  he  rose 
to  be  vice-president  of  the  bank;  and  he  was  also  associated  with  other  banks  in  Kansas. 

On  November  26,  1885,  Mr.  Runyan  was  married  in  Warrensburg,  Johnson  County^ 
Mo.,  to  Miss  Nannie  R.  Holmes,  a  native  of  that  town  and  of  a  fine  old  Virginian 
family  that  migrated  to  Missouri.  Her  father  was  Benjamin  A.  Holmes,  and  her 
mother,  in  her  maidenhood,  was  Miss  Sallie  A.  Douglas.     Miss  Holmes  took  a  complete 


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course  at  the  Warrensburg  State  Normal,  where  she  was  graduated,  receiving  a  life 
certificate  as  a  teacher;  and  afterwards  she  taught  in  Johnson  County,  and  later  in  the 
high  school  at  Liberty,  Mo.,  until  her  marriage. 

In  1911,  Mr.  Runyan  came  to  California  for  his  health,  and  settled  at  Santa  Ana; 
and  the  next  year  he  built  his  home  at  416  South  Birch  Street.  In  1919  he  purchased 
an  interest  in  an  orange  grove  near  Placentia,  and  in  July  of  the  same  year  he  bought 
an  interest  in  a  lemon  grove  at  Yorba  Linda.  He  also  purchased  stock  in  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Santa  Ana. 

While  in  Medicine  Lodge  Mr.  Runyan  was  city  treasurer  for  twelve  years,  and 
he  also  served  on  the  city  council  of  Medicine  Lodge  a  number  of  terms,  never  allowing 
his  preference  for  Republican  political  doctrine  to  interfere  with  his  administration  of 
local  office.  He  tried  to  begin  life  aright  in  his  profession  of  religion,  and  in  Santa 
Ana  found  it  natural  and  easy  to  help  the  congregation  of  the  First  Baptist  Church 
in  1913  begin  the  erection  of  their  handsome  edifice.  He  is  chairman  of  the  board  of 
trustees,  was  on  the  building  committee,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  committee  of 
finance  of  said  church. 

For  sixteen  years  in  Medicine  Lodge  Mr.  Runyan  was  both  a  member  of  and 
treasurer  of  the  board  of  education.  Having  no  children  of  their  own,  they  set  out  to 
rear  and  educate  a  niece,  Miss  Una  Holmes,  who  was  a  native  of  Missouri  and  lived 
with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Runyan  in  Kansas,  and  on  August  7,  1907,  was  married  to  C.  C. 
Lewis,  the  private  secretary  of  the  late  Senator  Chester  I.  Long  of  Kansas,  with  whom, 
during  the  season  of  1907,  they  enjoyed  the  inspiriting  life  of  the  capital,  Washington. 
In  the  spring  of  1909  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lewis  went  to  Phoenix,  Ariz.,  and  later  they  came 
to  Monrovia,  where  Mrs.  Lewis  died,  on  February  13,  1916.  Then  Mr.  Lewis  returned 
to  Phoenix,  Ariz.,  and  is  now  with  the  State  Water  Commission.  Two  children  were 
born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lewis.  The  elder  is  a  girl,  Helen  by  name,  and  the  younger  is 
called  John  Runyan. 

ROBERT  WILSON. — A  full  and  worthy  life  has  been  the  portion  of  Robert 
Wilson;  from  stirring  events  in  his  boyhood  and  early  life  he  passed  to  the  more 
peaceful  pursuits  of  the  business  world,  and  his  sterling  traits  of  character  have  made 
for  success  in  both.  A  native  of  Canada,  Mr.  Wilson  was  born  near  Guelph,  Ontario, 
August  IS,  1852,  the  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Ramsey)  Wilson,  born  in  Scotland 
and  on  the  Isle  of  Man,  respectively,  but  married  at  Eden  Mills,  Ontario.  The  father 
was  an  engineer  in  sawmilling,  and  later  in  the  manufacture  of.  oatmeal.  He  made 
the  oat  mill  on  exhibit  at  the  International  Exposition  at  London  in  1862  that  wa.' 
awarded  a  medal.     His  death  occurred  in  Ontario. 

Robert  Wilson  was  the  second  eldest  in  a  family  of  four  boys  and  one  girl,  and 
he  is  the  only  one  now  living.  He  was  reared  at  Eden  Mills,  Ontario,  where  he  ob- 
tained his  education  in  the  country  schools.  In  1866,  when  a  boy  of  fourteen,  he 
enlisted  as  a  bugler  in  a  Canadian  company  of  volunteers,  and  was  in  the  famous 
Fenian  Raid  and  in  the  battle  of  Ridgeway,  June  6,  1866.  For  fourteen  years  he  served 
under  Queen  Victoria  in  the  Canadian  Militia,  was  bugler  of  No.  Two  Company,  First 
Ontario  Riflemen,  went  with  them  to  Ft.  Garry,  now  Winnipeg,  in  1871,  and  was  in 
the  Reil  Rebellion  of  that  year.  Afterwards  he  was  in  Infantry  Company  No.  One. 
Twenty-eighth  Battalion,  and  later  on  was  in  an  engineering  corps  in  the  second  Reil 
Rebellion  in  1884-85,  and  was  at  the  Battle  of  Batoche.  As  early  as  1866,  between  his 
different  enlistments,  Mr.  Wilson  learned  the  trade  of  baker  and  candy  maker,  and  in 
1873  located  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  enterin^he  employ  of  Sibley  &  Holmwood,  wholesale 
candy  manufacturers.  Eighteen  mohtTftl, later  he  returned  to  Stratford,  Ontario,  and 
again  served  in  the  militia;  later  he'^tt^d  in  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  where  for  twenty-one 
years  he  carried  on  a  bakery  of  his  own  with  success.  While  there  he  was  local  corre- 
spondent for  Eastern  magazines  devoted  to  the  bakery  trade. 

The  year  1906  marks  the  arrival  of  Mr,  Wilson  in  Anaheim.  He  purchased  the 
Powell  Bakery,  on  West  Center  Street,  which  he  carried  on  with  success  until  June 
28,  1915,  selling  out  to  B.  Jensen,  and  since  that  date  he  has  lived  retired,  with  the 
record  of  having  been  in  the  bakery  business  for  more  than  forty-eight  years,  which 
speaks  for  itself  as  to  the  steadfast  qualities  of  the  man. 

Mr.  Wilson  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  being  Mary  Jane  Mcintosh,  a  native 
of  Ontario  Her  father  was  for  many  years  in  the  employ  of  the  Grand  Trunk  Rail- 
way, coming  to  Montreal  from  Scotland,  and  was  the  first  boilermaker  employed  by 
that  company,  continuing  until  his  death  at  Port  Huron,  Mich.  Mrs.  Mary  Jane  Wilson 
died  July  7,  1915,  leaving  three  children:  Robert,  a  printer  of  Los  Angeles;  Mrs.  Agnes 
L.  Every  of  Tacoma,  Wash.,  whose  husband  is  claim  agent  for  the  Northern  Pacific 
Railway;  and  Clarence,  a  graduate  of  Stanford  University  and  a  civil  engineer  by  pro- 
fession, of  San  Francisco;  he  was  a  member  of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission 
that  recently  completed  a  physical  valuation  of  the  different  railroads,  and  he  is  now 


1632  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

with  the  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Company  in  San  Francisco.     He  enlisted  in  the  Third 
U.  S.  Engineers  in  the  World  War  and  was  stationed  at  Camp  Humphries,  Va. 

For  his  second  wife  Mr.  Wilson  married  Mrs.  Jennie  A.  Keeling,  also  a  native  of 
Canada,  and  they  are  among  the  esteemed  citizens  of  Orange  County.  He  was  made 
a  Mason  in  Ancient  Landmark  L,odge,  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  and  is  now  a  member  of  Anaheim 
Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.  He  has  also  been  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  for  forty-five  years 
and  is  a  charter  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge  No.  134S,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  and  of  the  Modern 
Woodmen.     For  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

ANTON  C.  CARLE. — A  thoroughly  experienced  and  successful  farmer,  whose 
intelligence  and  industry  have  spelled  for  him  and  others  a  well-merited  prosperity, 
while  his  uprightness  of  character  and  general  dependability  have  won  for  him  the 
confidence  of  all  who  know  him,  is  Anton  C.  Carle,  the  lessee  for  eighteen  years  of  a 
ranch  not  far  from  El  Toro,  where  he  lives  and  labors  with  his  devoted  and  gifted 
wife,  in  a  home  made  the  more  attractive  through  a  promising,  ambitious  daughter, 
preparing  for  a  business  vocation.  He  was  born  in  Alsace-Lorraine,  France,  on  May 
10,  1878,  and  like  all  the  inhabitants  of  that  region  enjoying  better  advantages,  learned 
both  French  and  German.  At  Dinsheim,  too,  the  famous  vineyard  place  not  so  far 
from  Strassburg,  he  was  married,  on  July  21,  1900,  to  Mary  Catherine  Kuntz,  a  native 
of  that  place,  where  she  was  born  on  December  3,  1880,  the  daughter  of  Martin  Kuntz, 
of  Alsace-Lorraine.  He  was  an  expert  machinist,  but  died  in  1907,  and  his  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Madeline  Myer,  was  born  in  the  same  place.  Seven  girls  were  born 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kuntz,  and  they  attended  the  schools  of  the  Catholic  Sisters. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carle  were  married  when  she  was  nineteen  years  old,  and  on 
August  6,  1900,  they  bade  goodbye  to  parents,  and  other  relatives  and  friends,  and 
began  their  honeymoon  trip  with  a  voyage  across  the  Atlantic.  They  sailed  from 
Hamburg  and  landed  in  New  York,  from  which  city  they  took  the  train  across  the 
continent,  and  alighted  at  Los  Angeles  on  August  26.  In  Dundee,  Los  Angeles,  and 
also  at  Loma  Linda  and  Glendora,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carle  worked  out  together — he  as 
gardener  and  she  as  housekeeper,  and  when  they  had  made  a  good  start  for  them- 
selves, they  came  out  to  El  Toro. 

Here  he  worked  forDwight  Whiting,  at  first  as  a  gardener,  and  among  other 
things  he  then  accomplished  he  set  out  487  acres  of  eucalyptus,  now  almost  a  forest, 
half  a  mile  to  the  northeast  of  El  Toro.  He  had  almost  eighty  men  working  under 
him,  and  this  gave  him  a  chance  to  add  Spanish  to  his  fund  of  languages,  so  that  he  now 
speaks  French,  German,  English  and  Spanish.  He  first  came  to  El  Toro  in  1904,  and 
when,  five  years  later,  Mr."  Whiting  died,  he  took  a  lease  on  320  acres  and  began  to 
rent.  He  now  raises  hay,  barley  and  oat-hay,  mixed  and  pure,  and  the  balance  in 
beans  and  wheat — eighty-five  acres  of  the  former  and  twenty  acres  of  the  latter,  and 
in  their  comfortable  home  about  two  miles  from  El  Toro  they  reflect  with  both 
happy  and  sober  thoughts  on  the  past. 

Mr.  Carle's  father  was  also  named  Anton,  and  he  was  born  at  Gresweile,  in 
Alsace,  as  was  his  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was  Clementine  Doersaff.  She  died  two 
years  before  our  subject  came  to  America.  She  had  twelve  children,  ten  girls  and 
two  boys,  and  among  these  Anton  was  the  eighth  child  in  the  order  of  birth.  He 
learned  gardening  in  Alsace,  but  he  worked,  while  there,  mostly  as  a  weaver  of  cloth. 
He  wove  woolen,  cotton  and  silk  goods,  and  he  still  has  some  of  the  fabrics  that  he 
wove  himself. 

His  first  work  here  was  in  Dundee  at  viticulture  and  horticulture,  and  then  for 
Mrs.  Frank  Taylor,  at  the  corner  of  Central  an^  Adams  streets  in  Los  Angeles,  and 
from  there  he  went  to  Loma  Linda,  where  he  made  the  beautiful  drives  from  the  rocks, 
planned  the  roadways  and  laid  out  the  flowers.  In  this  unpretentious  but  pleasant 
manner  Mr.  Carle  began  his  association  with  the  Southland;  today  he  owns  the  busi- 
ness block,  including  the  barber  shop  and  pool  hall,  opposite  the  railroad  depot  at 
El  Toro,, which  he  built,  and  for  two  years  He  ran  a  butcher  shop,  after  which  he  re- 
modeled it  and  now  rents  it  as  has  just  been  stated.  He  uses  eighteen  head  of  horses 
and  mules  in  his  farming  operations.  He  also  owns  a  number  two  special  Ventura 
bean  thresher,  and  during  the  season  is  kept  busy  threshing  in  the  neighborhood.  He 
IS  prosperous,  and  he  wishes  everyone  else  to  be  equally  successful.  He  is  an 
American  through  and  through,  and  during  the  recent  war  patronized  each  issue  of 
the  Liberty  Bonds,  and  otherwise  supported  the  war  activities.  He  is  a  naturalized 
American  citizen  and  a  Republican. 

In  1906  Mrs.  Carle  returned  to  Alsace-Lorraine  on  a  visit,  and  took  with  her 
their  daughter,  Emma  Juanita,  now  a  student  in  the  Orange  County  Business  College 
They  had  a  fine  time,  and  have  been  talking  about  it  with  satisfaction  ever  since' 
They  have  also  thought  of  their  home  associations  with  sorrow,  for  great  changes 
have  occurred  where  once  all  was  so  attractive. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1635 

AMBROSE  F.  FISHERING. — Perseverance  and  optimism  have  ever  been  the 
outstanding  characteristics  of  Ambrose  F.  Fishering,  now  a  successful  rancher  near 
Anaheim,  and  these  qualities,  combined  with  steady,  industrious  application  to  the 
task  at  hand,  have  enabled  him  to  rise  above  circumstances  that  would  have  daunted 
one  less  courageous.  Mr.  Fishering's  early  memories  carry  him  back  to  the  Buckeye 
State,  where  he  was  born  at  Xenia,,  August  16,  1868,  the  seventh  child  in  the  family 
of  Henry  and  Mary  (Beall)  Fishering.  The  father  was  born  in  Germany,  but  came 
to  Ohio  in  the  early  days,  when  he  was  a  lad  of  sixteen,  and  he  was  for  many  years 
in  the  mercantile  business  in  Xenia. 

Mr.  Fishering's  early  education  was  gained  in  the  public  schools  of  his.  native 
city,  but  his  opportunities  in  that  line  were  limited  as  he  left  home  at  the  age  of 
thirteen  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world.  He  learned  the  furniture  trade  when  but 
a  boy  and  followed  this  line  of  work  until  he  was  of  age,  when  he  went  into  the  retail 
grocery  business  at  Dayton,  Ohio.  He  was  meeting  with  good  success  when  the  flood 
of  1899  wiped  out  his  business  completely,  destroying  all  that  he  had.  Too  ambitious 
and  energetic  to  be  routed  by  even  this  disaster,  he  rebuilt  and  soon  was  forging  ahead 
more  rapidly  than  ever,  only  to  suffer  a  second  loss  of  all  his  possessions  in  the  great 
flood  of  1900,  that  caused  such  a  terrible  loss  of  life  and  property  in  this  Ohio  city. 

These  experiences  determined  Mr.  Fishering  to  locate  in  the  West,  so  in  1901  he 
came  to  L,os  Angeles,  Cal.,  and  though  practically  without  capital  he  undertook  the 
purchase  of  five  acres  of  land  in  the  Sunrise  tract,  now  Huntington  Park,  where  he 
built  the  first  house.  He  took  a  position  with  the  Van  Vorst,  Burman  Furniture  Com- 
pany in  Los  Angeles,  later  connecting  with  Barker  Brothers  as  foreman  of  their  frame 
department,  a  position  which  he  held  for  fourteen  years,  driving  back  and  forth  with 
a  horse  and  buggy  to  his  work.  In  the  meantime  Mr.  Fishering  divided  his  five-acre 
tract  into  town  lots  and  sold  them  off,  making  a  handsome  pTrofit  in  the  transaction. 

In  1908  Mr.  Fishering  came  to  Anaheim  and  soon  after  purchased  ten  acres  on 
Loara  Road  and  Lincoln  Boulevard.  This  was  a  rough,  unattractive  piece  of  land,  in 
poor  condition,  and  one  with  less  foresight  and  courage  than  Mr.  Fishering  would 
have  hesitated  to  buy  it,  not  being  able  to  see  its  possibilities.  He  went  to  work  on 
it  at  once,  however,  developing  a  sixty-inch  water  supply,  and  setting  out  a  citrus  grove 
from  his  own  nursery  stock.  He  has  taken  great  pride  and  pleasure  in  bringing  his 
ranch,  which  they  have  named  El-No-Care-O,  up  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  and 
works  unceasingly  to  keep  it  in  this  condition.  Despite  the  losses  he  sustained  before 
coming  to  California,  he  has  retrieved  his  fortunes  and  has  accumulated  a  competence 
since  his  arrival  here. 

On  April  16,  1902,  Mr.  Fishering  was  married  to  Mrs.  Sadie  J.  (Burton)  Myers, 
formerly  of  Iowa,  but  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles  for  a  number  of  years.  By  her  first 
marriage  she  was  the  mother  of  a  son,  Edmond  B.  Myers,  who  is  an  expert  mechanic 
and  served  on  a  submarine  in  the  Atlantic  during  the  war.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fishering 
are  the  parents  of  one  son,  Robert  Huntington,  so  named  because  he  was  the  first  child 
born  in  Huntington  Park.  He  graduated  from  the  Anaheim  grammar  school  and  in 
July,  1919,  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  Government  radio  service  and  is  now  at  Mare  Island 
(1920).  Mrs.  Fishering  has  ever  been  a  capable  helpmate  to  her  husband,  cheerfully 
aiding  him  in  all  his  undertakings,  and  he  gives  to  her  due  credit  for  a  great  degree  of 
the  success  they  have  attained.  They  have  recently  erected  a  fine  residence  on  their 
ranch  and  here  they  live  in  comfort.  Seeing  the  necessity  for  co-operation  in  all  local 
affairs,  Mr.  Fishering  is  a  member  of  the  Anaheim  Citrus  Association  and  gives  his 
loyal  support  to  the  affairs  of  that  organization.  He  marches  under  the  Republican 
banner  and  is  a  firm  adherent  of  the  policies  of  that  party. 

CHESTER  H.  KENYON. — A  self-made,  scientifically-operating  farmer,  who  has 
learned  by  hard  study  the  best  of  all  the  various  methods  for  the  production  of  abundant 
crops  is  Chester  H.  Kenyon,  the  well-known  rancher  of  Glen  Avenue,  Tustin,  among 
the  best  supporters  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company  and  an  energetic 
member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Walnut  Growers'  Association.  He  was  born  near  Mt.  Union. 
Henry  County,  Iowa,  on  March  8,  1884,  the  son  of  Wm.  H.  and  Flora  (Hale)  Kenyon, 
the  father  being  a  native  of  Wisconsin.  Mrs.  Kenyon  died  when  our  subject  was  eight 
years  of  age,  and  then  he  was  taken  by  an  aunt,  Mrs.  Amelia  Crellin,  a  sister  of  his 
father,  by  whom  he  was  reared.  There  were  three  children  in  the  Kenyon  family,  and 
Chester  was  the  oldest. 

Chester  attended  the  common  schools  in  Henry  County,  Iowa,  until  he  came  to 
California  with  his  uncle  and  aunt,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crellin,  in  October,  1899,  and  then  he 
finished  his  schooling  here.  In  June,  1899,  these  foster  parents  first  came  to  Tustin, 
and  two  days  after  their  arrival  they  purchased  the  "Nat  Brown"  place,  now  the  home 
ranch  of  a  brother  of  Mr.  Kenyon.    They  returned  to  Iowa,  sold  out  and  brought  the 


1636  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

boys  along.  While  attending  school  Chester  worked  this  estate  for  his  uncle,  while 
he  went  to  work  also  for  other  ranchers.  In  about  1908  his  father  followed  him  to 
Tustin,  and  for  the  first  time  perhaps  enjoyed  a  balmy  climate  and  some  well-earned 
rest;  he  also  became  an  orange  grower  and  makes  his  home  in  Tustin.  Chester  Ken- 
yon's  iirst  holding  was  a  five-acre  citrus  grove,  which  he  later  sold.  In  1913  he  bought 
eleven  and  a  half  acres,  which  he  devoted  to  walnuts;  and  this  is  now  the  home  place, 
where  he  has  erected  a  very  comfortable  residence.  He  has  added  eight  acres  of  wal- 
nuts adjoining,  so  now  has  nineteen  and  one-half  acres.  He  is  also  at  present  raising 
beans,  of  which  he  has  thirty  acres  on  the  San  Joaquin  ranch,  so  that,  altogether,  he 
manages  about  seventy  acres. 

The  day  after  Christmas,  1908,  Mr.  Kenyon  was  married  to  Miss  Jessie  Scott,  the 
daughter  of  Chester  H.  and  Elcina  Scott,  farmer  folks  of  Kansas,  who  later  removed 
to  California.  One  daughter,  Marjorie,  has  blessed  this  union.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kenyon 
liberally  supported  Red  Cross  and  War  Loan  work  during  the  War,  and  are  always 
ready  to  lend  a  hand,  when  needed,  for  social  uplift  and  advancement. 

R.  W.  EDENS. — Orange  County  has  been  fortunate  to  draw  within  its  boundaries 
men  of  energy,  resourcefulness  and  iDrains,  who  have  devoted  their  time  and  talents  to 
the  development  of  its  diversified  resources.  Among  the'men  who  have  closely  iden- 
tified themselves  with  the  oil  industry  is  R.  W;.  Edens,  of  FuUerton,  a  large  stockholder 
and  general  manager  of  the  Mid-Central  Oil  Company,  now  drilling  for  oil  in  proven 
territory  at  Huntington  Beach.  He  also  is  financially  interested  in  other  companies 
that  are  now  drilling  in  that  locality.  Besides  these  extensive  interests,  Mr.  Edens  is 
one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Orange  County.  Fertilizer  Company,  and  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Edens  and  Wagner,  dealers  in  oil  lands  and  leases,  and  investments,  with 
offices  in  the  Amerige  Block,  Fullerton. 

A  native  of  Kentucky,  R.  W.  Edens  was  born  in  Cumberland  County,  September 
26,  1875,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  section  until  he  was 
sixteen,  then  he  came  to  California,  and  in  Ventura  County,  secured  employment  in 
citrus  orchards.  He  assisted  in  setting  out  the  famous  Lemoneira  Orchard,  the  largest 
lemon  ranch  in  the  world.  After  he  had  labored  in  the  orchards  of  Ventura  County  a 
number  of  years  he  left  there  and  located  in  Fullerton  in  1904.  This  was  then  a  small 
country  village  with  scarcely  any  civic  improvements,  and  here  he  opened  the  first 
garage,  thus  showing  that  he  was  strictly  up-to-date.  He  then  had  the  agency  for  the 
Maxwell  and  Chalmers  cars,  also  sold  auto  trucks.  As  he  succeeded  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  John  E.  Wagner,  of  Placentia,  and  organized  the  Orange  County 
Fertilizer  Company,  which  confines  its  business  to  Orange  and  Eos  Angeles  counties. 
They  specialize  in  barnyard  manure  and  commercial  fertilizer,  and  to  conduct  their 
business  they  operate  five  motor  trucks,  three  of  which  they  own.  This  company  has 
played  an  important  part  in  the  development  of  the  citrus  fruit  industry  in  the  county 
since  its  inception,  the  volume  of  business  aggregating  about  $15,000  per  month. 

The  marriage  of  R.  W.  Edens  united  him  with  Miss  Mollie  Matthews,  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Fullerton  and  a  lady  of 
many  accomplishments  who  shares  with  her  husband  the  esteem  of  a  wide  circle  of 
friends.  Fraternally  Mr.  Edens  is  a  member  of  Fullerton  Lodge  No.  394,  F.  &  A.  M.; 
Anaheim  Lodge  No.  1345,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  and  of  the  Fullerton  Board  of  Trade. 

Mr.  Edens  is  a  man  of  the  strictest  integrity,  liberal  and  progressive  in  his  ideas 
and  methods;  a  live  wire  and  a  booster  who  takes  an  interest  in  every  movement  that 
has  for  its  aim  the  promotion  of  the  best  interests  of  the  community,  and  especially 
of  Fullerton,  where  he  makes  his  home  and  is  popularly  conceded  to  be  a  leader  in  all 
that  seeks  to  elevate  the  best  in  citizenship. 

LILLIAN  P-REST  FERGUSON.— A  painter  regarded  by  many  critics  as  fore- 
most in  the  delicate  art  of  portraiture,  is  Mrs.  Lillian  Prest  Ferguson,  whose  charming 
personality  canot  fail  to  hasten  the  fulfillment  of  her  dream  for  Laguna  Beach  as  a 
center  of  the  best  art.  She  was  born  in  Ontario,  Canada,  the  only  daughter  of  Thomas 
Prest,  a  banker  and  real  estate  broker  at  Windsor,  who  had  married  Miss  Sarah  Smith, 
a  daughter  of  Samuel  Smith,  the  first  mayor  of  Guelph,  Ontario.  When  Lillian  was 
ten  years  of  age  she  went  with  her  parents  out  to  the  great  Northwest;  and  lived  in 
a  sod  house;  and  she  has  many  tales  to  tell  of  the  hardships  endured  there.  There  were 
no  schools  in  that  territory  at  that  time,  and  her  mother  sent  her  to  Winnipeg,  where 
she  was  educated  in  a  convent  under  the  instruction  of  Sister  Mary  Xavier. 

She  had  a  natural  talent  for  portrait  sketching,  and  was  early  given  some  instruc- 
tion; and  when  only  sixteen  years  of  age  she  finished  her  first  real  work.  It  was  a 
portrait  of  the  mother  of  Archbishop  Tache,  a  prelate  she  has  always  admired,  and  to 
whom  she  has  felt  peculiarly  indebted  for  her  early  success;  and  some  months  later 
she  put  the  last  touches   to  a  portrait   of  the   Archbishop's   father.     She   remained   in 


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Winnipeg  some  months,  studying  and  painting,  and  then  she  went  to  Toronto,  where 
she  studied  with  W.  L.  Forster.  She  returned  to  Winnipeg  and  was  made  an  instructor 
in  the  Winnipeg  Art  School,  where  she  remained  until  her  marriage  with  Peter  Fer- 
guson, an  attorney  of  Ontario,  with  whom  she  toured  England,  Scotland  and  France. 
Then  she  became  a  student  at  the  Academic  Julien  of  Portraiture  in  Paris,  and  there 
made  rapid  progress  under  the  renowned  Professor  La  Fevre.  On  another  trip  to 
Europe  she  studied  in  Holland,  with  her  instructor,  Alexander  Robinson,  and  from 
there  she  made  various  sketching  trips  to  the  most  picturesque  parts  of  the  Continent, 
exhibiting  her  work  the  next  season  at  the  gallery  in  Paris. 

Coming  west  to  California  in  1915,  Mrs.  Ferguson  settled  for  a  while  at  Carmel- 
by-the-Sea,  fortunate  in  the  pleasant  -association  with  William  M.  Chase,  who  gave 
instruction  in  portraiture.  Since  1912  she  had  made  sketching  trips  to  Laguna  Beach; 
for,  having  once  become  familiar  with  the  unrivalled  attractions  here,  she  needed  no 
incentive  to  urge  her  to  return.  During  1918  Mrs.  Ferguson  planned  and  erected  her 
home  place  one  and  a  quarter  miles  south  of  the  Laguna  Beach  Hotel,  and  she  has 
started  a  school  of  pottery  at  Laguna  Beach,  in  which  she  herself  gives  expert  instruc- 
tion during  the  winter  months.  At  other  times  she  is  generally  to  be  found  at  her 
truly  remarkable  studio  at  the  beach. 

Mrs.  Ferguson's  art  is  to  be  seen  at  the  galleries  at  Exposition  Park,  in  Los 
Angeles,  and  also  in  San  Francisco.  She  is  an  active  member  in  the  Independent 
Society  of  Artists  of  New  York  City,  the  California  Art  Club  and  the  Laguna  Beach 
Art  Association,  of  which  she  is  a  charter  member.  She  also  belongs  to  the  Hollywood 
Woman's  Club,  and  to  the  MacDowell  Society. 

GEORGE  ROHRS. — A  hard-working,  progressive  and  successful  native  son  ot 
whom  California  may  well  be  proud,  is  George  Rohrs,  whose  life  reflects  his  high 
ideals,  and  does  credit  alike  to  his  esteemed  parents  and  to  himself.  His  father  was 
Fred  Rohrs,  the  well-known  rancher  and  realty  owner,  who  was  born  in  Germany,  in 
the  historic  year  of  1848,  and  came  out  to  America  when  he  was  still  in  his  teens.  His 
mother  was  Anna  Gobrugge  before  her  marriage,  also  a  native  of  that  country,  and 
she  came  to  the  land  of  greater  freedom,  hoping  to  better  her  condition — a  wish  that 
was  amply  satisfied.  They  were  true  pioneers  of  the  great  state  of  Ohio,  where  they 
were  married,  and  later  did  their  part  in  helping  to  develop  the  still  greater  common- 
wealth of  California. 

George  was  born  in  Orange  County  on  December  10,  1884,  and  attended  the 
Central  school  at  Santa  Ana.  Then  he  worked  on  his  father's  ranches.  In  time,  too. 
he  purchased  twenty  acres  to  the  west  of  his  father's  ranch,  where  he  set  out  orange 
and  walnut  trees.  He  also  sunk  a  good  well,  and  so  has  reserve  water  for  irrigation, 
as  has  his  father  on  the  home  ranch.  He  uses  a  tractor  and  horses,  and  works  his 
ranch  at  the  same  time  that  he  operates  his  father's.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Santa 
Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company. 

In  May,  1914,  Mr.  Rohrs  was  married  to  Miss  Dora  Miller,  the  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Charles  Miller,  of  Tustin.  Avenue,  whereupon  they  went  to  the  East  on  an 
extended  honeymoon  trip  of  several  months.  He  had  already  built  a  fine  residence 
upon  his  ranch,  and  furnished  the  same,  and  it  was  ready  for  his  home  upon  their 
return.  Mr.  Rohrs  was  the  owner  of  real  estate  and  specially  of  buildings  for  business 
purposes  in  Santa  Ana,  so  that  he  may  well  be  looked  upon  as  one  of  the  men  of  affairs 
in  the  city. 

L.  E.  ALLEN. — A  conservative,  but  enterprising  rancher  who  has  had  the  advan- 
tage of  seeing  the  steady  growth  and  sure  development  of  the  county  from  the  time 
that  he  was  a  boy,  so  that  it  is  perfectly  natural  for  him  to  work  for  home  interests, 
and  especially,  with  his  appreciation  of  education  and  love  of  literature,  for  the  public 
schools,  is  L.  E.  Allen,  a  native  of  Port  Elgin,  Ontario,  Canada,  where  he  first  saw 
the  light  on  April  14,  1883.  His  father,  H.  A.  Allen,  was  born  in  Ontario  and  a 
descendant  of  a  well-established  old  Puritan  family  of  the  New  England  states.  He 
became  both  a  farmer  and  a  banker,  and  married  Emma  German,  a  native  of  the 
Empire  State,  a  member  of  that  fine  old  New  England  circle  among  whom  was 
Senator  Obadiah  German. 

H.  A.  Allen  came  out  to  California  on  a  visit  in  1860,  but  returned  to  Canada. 
Twenty-four  years  later,  he  returned,  with  his  family.  L.  E.  Allen  was  then  a  babe; 
but  in  the  course  of  his  boyhood  he  progressed  through  the  grammar  grades  of  the 
local  schools.  On  April  14,  1886,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allen  and  their  family  moved  on  to 
the  eight  acres  on  Main  Street,  known  as  the  Potts  Place,  which  constituted  the 
home  ranch;  and  there  our  subject,  as  a  dutiful  son,  worked  until  he  was  twenty-one 
j'ears  old.  When  the  father  died,  in  1916,  he  left  over  eighty  acres  of  land  to  his 
widow,  Mrs.  Emma  Allen. 


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L.  E.  Allen  helped  Mr.  Stevens  survey  the  Fruit  Company's  ranch  and  helped 
to  set  out  many  of  the  best  orchards  in  this  section.  His  brother,  A.  H.  Allen,  is 
a  partner  with  him  in  their  ranch  enterprises,  operating  fifty-two  acres  of  land  in 
the  city  limits  of  Santa  Ana,  with  two  residences,  nearly  all  set  out  to  walnuts. 
They  use  tractors  and  horses  to  operate  the  ranch.  Another  brother,  Gerald,  and 
the  mother,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Allen,  now  reside  at  Los  Angeles.  Mr.  Allen  belongs  to  the 
Santa  Ana  Walnut  Association  and  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  and 
in  national  politics  is  a  Republican;  but  he  endeavors  to  perform  his  duty  in  relation 
to  local  affairs  by  a  groad-gauged  nonpartisanship,  enabling  him  to  work  and  vote 
for  the  best  men  and  the  best  measures.  , 

JOHN  W.  SAUERS. — Yorba  Avenue  bord'ers  some  of  the  most  attractive  ranches 
in  the  Tustin  District,  and  of  special  attraction  is  the  well-developed  property  owned 
and  operated  by  John  W.  Sauers,  a  native  Nebraskan,  who  is  widely  known  as  one  of 
the  most  practical  of  farmers.  There  are  twenty  acres  in  the  tract,  and  nine  are  de- 
voted to  English  walnuts,  while  eleven  bear  Valencia  oranges.  Ten  of  these  acres 
Mr.  Sauers  purchased  in  1913,  and  upon  the  original  ranch  he  built  his  dwelling  house; 
the  other  ten  he  bought  as  recently  as  1917.  All  the  land  was  in  poor  condition  when 
he  first  acquired  it,  but  now  he  is  able  to  point  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  The 
splendid  and  well-kept  appearance  of  his  orchard  demonstrates  the  large  amount  of 
labor  and  care  he  gives  to  the  cultivation  of  his  place,  leaving  the  soil  and  trees  in 
such  fine  condition  that  it  is  the  consensus  of  opinion  it  is  one  of  the  best  orchards 
and  counted  one  of  the  show-places  of  the  district. 

Born  at  Hooper,  Dodge  County,  in  the  Black  Water  State,  August  1,  1880,  he  is 
the  son  of  John  and  Jane  (Bruner)  Sauers,  natives  of  Pennsylvania,  who  became 
pioneers  of  Nebraska.  The  father  was  an  extensive  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  who  later 
came  to  Orange  County,  where  he  became  a  successful  and  prominent  horticulturist 
at  Tustin.  He  and  his  beloved  wife  passed  away  at  Santa  Ana,  where  they  had  re- 
sided during  later  years.  Grandfather  John  Sauers  served  in  a  Pennsylvania  regiment 
in  the  Civil  War.  A  brother  of  J.  W.  Sauers,  C.  E.  Sauers,  and  a  sister,  Margaret, 
now  Mrs.  Suddaby,  are  also  residents  of  Tustin. 

John  W.  Sauers  was  brought  up  and  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Nebraska, 
and  in  time  learned  the  trade  of  his  father,  carpentering.  After  years  of  application  to 
this  handiwork,  he  came  out  to  California,  in  1906,  and  fortunately  settled  in  Orange 
County,  where  he  has  come  to  enjoy  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  fellow-men. 

Mr.  Sauers  has  been  twice  married.  His  first  wife,  to  whom  he  was  married  in 
1903,  was  Miss  Maud  Osborn  before  her  marriage,  and  she  became  the  mother  of  a 
daughter,  Volga  Laurene.  His  second  wife,  married  in  1914,  was  Mise  Hazel,  a  daugh- 
ter of  R.  M.  Rowley,  who  was  a  pioneer  of  Santa  Ana,  coming  from  Massachusetts  to 
California  in  the  early  days.  Being  a  pharmacist,  he  started  a  drug  store  on  Fourth 
and  Main  streets,  stiir  known  as  the  Rowley  Drug  Store,  of  which  he  was  the  active 
head  until  he  died  in  1918.  His  widow  still  survives  him.  .  Mrs.  Sauers  was  born  in 
Santa  Ana,  and  was  a  graduate  of  the  high  school.  They  have  one  child,  a  son,  John 
Vernon   Sauers. 

Mr.  Sauers  has  never  affiliated  with  any  lodge,  but  he  is  nevertheless  popular  for 
his  personal  worth  as  a  man.  Among  ranchers  he  holds  his  own  as  a  horticulturist 
and  agriculturist  who  knows  what  he  wants,  and  who  goes  about  the  getting  of  it  in 
a  scientific  way.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sauers  take  an  active  interest  in  civic  affairs,  as  well  as 
a  deep  interest  in  religion,  both  being  active  members  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Santa  Ana. 

ANDREW  COCK.— For  many  years  a  prominent  resident  of  Orange  County 
and  actively  associated  with  the  development  of  the  horticultural  wealth  of  this  part 
of  the  state,  Andrew  Cock  is  today  one  of  the  best  informed  and  most  highly  respected 
horticulturalists  in  California.  He  is  owner  of  an  exceptionally  valuable  ranch  just 
south  of  Santa  Ana,  located  on  South  Main  Street,,  and  consisting  of  fifty-five  acres, 
devoted  to  general  farming  and  the  nursery  business.  This  property  is  under  a  high 
state  of  cultivation  and  is  splendidly  improved,  making  one  of  the-  most  attractive 
homes   in   the  vicinity. 

Mr.  Cock  is  a  native  of  Waco,  Texas,  born  August  22,  1886,  but  came  to  Cali- 
fornia with  his  parents  when  he  was  a  baby,  locating  at  Tustin,  where  the  father 
engaged  in  ranching.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  grammar  school  at 
Tustin  and  in  the  Polytechnic  high  school  in  Santa  Ana.  When  he  was  nineteen  years 
of  age  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  San  Joaquin  Fruit  Company  at  Tustin,  being 
stationed  on  their  1000-ranch  near  that  place.  From  his  boyhood  he  had  been 'keenly 
interested  in  horticulture  and  here  he  found  ample  scope  for  the  development  of  his 
natural    inclinations.      He    found    the    development    of    this    great    fruit    ranch    a   task 


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HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1641' 

entirely  to  his  liking,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years  he  was  made  manager, 
which  position  he  held,  discharging  the  heavy  responsibility  which  it  entailed  with 
ability  and  efficiency,  until  1919.  In  the  development  of  the  San  Joaquin  Fruit  Com- 
pany's ranch  Mr.  Cock  was  especially  successful.  He  made  a  careful  and  detailed 
study  of  individual  trees  and  secured  the  buds  only  from  record  trees,  that  produced 
fruit  of  superior  quality  and  in  great  abundance,  thus  developing  a  superior  stock 
of  trees.  He  assisted  with  the  planting  of  the  first  tree,  soon  after  his  employment 
by  the  company,  and  later  as  manager,  superintended  the  development  of  vast  groves 
of  oranges,  lemons  and  walnuts.  In  September,  1919,  he  resigned  his  position  to 
engage  in  farming  for  himself,  and  purchased  his  present  property  at  Santa  Ana, 
where  he  has  since  made  his  home. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Cock  occurred  in  Tustin,  and  united  him  with  Miss  Nellie 
Gertrude  Matthews,  a  native  of  Kiowa,  Kans.,  who  came  to  Tustin,  Cal.,  with  her 
parents  in  her  teens.  Of  their  union  have  been  born  three  children,  two  sons  and 
a  daughter,  namely,  Leonard,  Lewis  and  Margaret.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cock  have 
a  -wide  circle  of  friends  in  Orange  County,  and  have  taken  an  active  part  in  social  and 
civic  afifairs.  Mr.  Cock  is  a  member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Branch  of  the  Federal  Reserve 
Board  and  a  prominent  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Tustin  lodge,  of  which  he  is 
past   chancellor. 

Mr.  Cock  is  descended  from  a  long  line  of  splendid  American  ancestry.  His 
father  was  Linneaus  A.  Cock,  born  near  Marshall,  Texas,  April  6,  18S6,  and  his 
grandfather,  Lafayette  Cock,  was  a  native  of  Tennessee.  Lafayette  Cock  removed 
to  Mississippi,  where  he  was  married  to  Bennetta  Taylor,  a  native  of  Mississippi. 
They  later  removed  to  Texas  and  engaged  in  farming  near  Marshall,  but  eventually 
returned  to  Mississippi  where  Lafayette  Cock  passed  away  July  31,  1861,  and  Mrs. 
Cock,  September  25,  1865.  Linneaus  A.  Cock  was  brought  to  Holmes  County,  Miss., 
by  his  parents  in  1860  and  was  reared  and  educated  in  that  state.  He  was  married 
in  Madison  County,  Miss.,  December  11,  1884,  to  Miss  Viola  Ward,  a  native  of  that 
county  and  the  daughter  of  the  Rev.  T.  M.  and  Mattie  (Taylor)  Ward,  the  former 
a  native  of  Tennessee  and  the  latter  of  Holmes  County,  Miss.  Rev.  T.  M.  Ward, 
was  a  Princeton  graduate  and  also  held  a  medical  degree  from  Columbia  University. 
He  rode  the  Methodist  circuit  for  many  years,  preaching  and  practicing  medicine, 
carrying  his  Bible  and  his  medicines  in  his  saddle  bags.  The  maternal  great-grand- 
father of  our  subject,  Andrew  Cock,  was  Elias  Taylor,  who  served  through  the 
Mexican  War  as  private  aide  to  General  Zack  Taylor,  of  whom  he  was  a  nephew. 
He  was  a  prominent  railroad  man,  being  one  of  the  builders  of  the  Southern  Division 
of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad,  and  served  as  its  president  for  many  years. 

After  their  marriage  Linneaus  Cock  and  his  bride  went  to  Waco,  Texas,  and 
engaged  in  cattle  raising  until  1887,  when  they  came  to  California,  locating  at  Tustin, 
Orange  County,  where  they  engaged  in  ranching.  In  1899  he  bought  a  ranch  near 
Tustin  which  he  greatly  improved,  and  now  has  ten  acres  of  Valencia  oranges  and 
live  acres  of  walnuts,  in  full  bearing.  He  is  retired  from  active  business  and  resides 
in  Tustin  with  his  wife.  Of  the  children  born  o.f  this  union,  seven  are  still  living, 
all  well  and  favorably  known  in  Orange  County.  They  are  Mrs.  Edith  Egert,  a 
teacher  in  the  Los  Angeles  schools;  Andrew,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Alma,  a 
graduate  nurse,  now  residing  in  Los  Angeles;  Thomas,  a  traveling  salesman  for  the 
Sherwin-Williams  Company,  of  Los  Angeles;  Edgar,  a  machinist  in  Tustin;  Willis 
residing  on  his  father's  ranch  at  Tustin;  and  Howard,  a  student  in  the  Polytechnic 
high  school  in   Santa  Ana. 

S.  F.  DEAMUD. — A  conservative,  but  progressive  man,  whose  great  perseverance 
has  brought  him  a  measure  of  prosperity  which,  in  turn,  makes  him  a  natural,  enthusi- 
astic "booster"  for  Santa  Ana  and  Orange  County,  is  S.  F.  Deamud,  a  native  of  Wayne, 
Wayne  County,  Mich.,  where  he  was  born  on  January  22,  1858,  eighteen  miles  west 
of  Detroit.  His  father,  Samuel  Deamud,  was  a  native  of  Toronto,  Canada,  and  as  a 
maker  of  shoes  controlled  for  his  lifetime  a  large  and  profitable  business.  His  mother 
was  Sarah  Moore  before  her  marriage,  and  she  was  a  daughter  of  John  Moore,  an 
Englishman  by  birth.  When  Samuel  Deamud  and  his  wife  married,  they  came  to 
Wayne,  Mich.,  to  make  their  home. 

The  lad  was  sent  to  the  ordinary  local  schools,  and  being  fond  of  machinery, 
learned  how  to  run  an  engine  when  he  was  a  mere  youth.  After  a  while,  he  moved 
about  from  town  to  town  in  Michigan,  and  then  he  went  beyond  the  state's  borders  into 
and  through  other  large  cities,  acquiring  valuable  practical  experience. 

In  1881  he  took  up  a  homestead  tract  at  Arapahoe,  Furnace  County,  Nebr.,  and 
staying  with  the  venture,  won  out  and  acquired  full  title,  proving  up  on  the  160 
acres.  Then  he  sold  his  Nebraska  holdings,  and,  like  a  modern  knight,  motored  west 
to  California  in  a  Maxwell  touring  car. 


1642  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

At  1003  Grand  Avenue  he  purchased  two  acres,  which  he  improved  and  developed 
in  the  setting  out  of  walnuts  and  oranges.  He  has  stock  in  the  Santa  Ana  Valley 
Irrigation  Company,  and  so  gets  the  benefit  of  their  irrigation  service.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Walnut  Growers  Association.  He  is  something  of  a  poultry 
fancier,  with  a  preference  for  the  best  strains  of  Leghorn  and  Rhode  Island  Reds,  and 
for  the  purpose  he  has  an  ideal  poultry  house. 

On  June  7,  1897,  Mr.  Deamud  was  married  to  Mrs.  Ella  (Scheeks)  Keeler,  a  widow 
with  two  children.  Mabel  is  the  wife  of  Clyde  Larson,  a  farmer  of  Nebraska,  and  Lulu 
is  at  home.  Mrs.  Deamud's  father.  Nelson  Scheeks,  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  the 
Wilderness,  in  the  Civil  War;  and  the  mother  died  shortly  after  of  sorrow.  Mr.  Deamud 
has  a  brother,  William  H.  Deamud,  who  has  been  a  resident  of  Santa  Ana  for  the  past 
thirteen  years.     He  also  has  a  sister,  Mrs.  Charles  Amann,  of  Los  Angeles. 

In  national  politics  a  Republican,  Mr.  Deamud  has  supported  prohibition  as  a 
desirable  move  for  the  bettering  of  society;  and  he  has  also  liberally  encouraged  both 
War  loan  drives  and  the  work  of  the   Salvation  Army. 

CHARLES  L.  COTANT. — A  young,  but  enterprising  and  very  capable  business 
man,  who  is  fast  rising  in  the  local  commercial  world,  is  Charles  L.  Cotant,  a  native 
■of  Nevada,  where  he  was  born  at  Elko  on  September  13,  1893.  He  is  the  son  of  Allen 
Leroy  and  Margaret  Cotant,  early  settlers  of  Nevada  and  Montana,  his  father  having 
been  engaged  extensively  in  the  cattle  business.  He  came  to  Orange  County  for  the 
first  time  with  his  parents  in  1898,  when  Allen  L.  Cotant  purchased  a  ranch  of  seventy- 
five  acres  in  various  tracts  at  Tustin.  The  home  place  was  on  First  Street  and  Glen 
Avenue,  and  was  formerly  known  as  the  W.  S.  Bartlett  place;  it  had  groves  of  walnuts 
and  oranges,  and  there  the  father  still  resides. 

Charles  L.  Cotant  attended  both  the  Tustin  grammar  and  the  Orange  County 
high  schools,  and  took  a  course  in  the  School  of  Commerce  and  Finance  in  Los 
Angeles  in  1910.  He  also  attended  -the  Los  Angeles  Military  Academy.  In  1911,  he 
was  employed  to  make  collections  for  the  Cudahy  Packing  Company,  and  two  years 
later  he  associated  himself  as  assistant  cashier  with  the  First  National  Bank  of  Tustin, 
a  position  he  held  for  two  years.  In  March,  1915,  he  took  charge  of  the  collection, 
escrow  and  bond  departments  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Santa  Ana. 

On  August  31,  1915,  Mr.  Cotant  was  married  to  Miss  Eileen  Tubbs,  the  daughter 
of  V.  V.  and  Lillian  Tubbs  of  Tustin,  who  came  to  California  in  1890  from  Emerson, 
Mills  County,  Iowa,  where  they  were  landowners.  Miss  Tubbs  was  graduated  from 
the  Santa  Ana  high  school,  after  which  she  pursued  an  art  course  at  Pomona  College. 
One  daughter,  Mary  Elizabeth,  has  blessed  this  marriage.  The  family  attend  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  and  share  in  its  spiritual,  social  and  sociological  life  and  work. 
Mr.  Cotant  is  a  Republican  in  matters  of  national  political  moment,  but  never  allows 
the  hindrance  of  narrow  partisanship  to  interfere  with  his  support  of  the  best  measures 
for  the  community  in  which  he  resides. 

BARRETT  L.  HALDERMAN. — An  enterprising  young  rancher,  whose  scientific 
knowledge  of  horticulture  has  contributed  greatly  to  his  success,  is  Barrett  L.  Haider- 
man,  a  native  of  Phillips  County,  Kans.,  where  he  was  born  on  November  11,  1883. 
His  father,  Charles  M.  Halderman,  was  a  native  of  Ohio,  but  was  reared  in  Iowa  and 
removed  as  a  pioneer  to  Kansas,  where  he  homesteaded  160  acres  in  Phillips  County. 
He  married  Miss  Eliza  PiUsbury,  also  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  of  Scotch-Irish  ancestryj 
and  became  an  extensive  landowner  in  the  Northwestern  States.  Coming  to  California' 
in  time  he  brought  his  family  to  Santa  Ana,  and  bought  a  ranch  at  Tustin;  and  since 
1903  he  has  been  associated  with  ranch  properties  in  Orange  County. 

Barrett  Halderman  attended  both  the  grammar  and  high  schools  at  Long  Island, 
Kans.,  and  for  two  years  studied  at  the  Manhattan  Agricultural  College.  At  that  timei 
however,  he  felt  less  interest  in  horticulture,  and  developed  instead  a  live  interest  in 
trade.     He  became  a  grain  buyer  and  shipper  in  North  Dakota  and  Minnesota. 

On  October  1,  1913,  Mr.  Halderman  was  married  at  Lincoln  to  Miss  May  Hadell, 
the  daughter  of  Alfred  and  Emma  (Nye)  Hadell.  Her  father  was  a  merchant  at  Long 
Island,  Kans.,  and  was  well  known  for  both  his  enterprise  and  his  high  sense  of  honor. 
Three  fine  boys  have  blessed  this  marriage— Earl,  Alan  and  Barrett.  The  family  attend 
the  Roman  Catholic  Church.  Mr.  Halderman  owns  eleven  and  a  half  acres  on  East 
Washington  Street,  and  the  family  controls  ninety  acres  of  the  best  soil  in  the  county 
No  wonder,  then,  that  they  are  all  good  "boosters." 

The  three  brothers  of  Mr.  Halderman  have  excellent  military  records,  and  all  the 
Haldermans  are  noted  for  their  loyalty.  Barrett  Halderman  is  a  Democrat,  but  non- 
partisan when  It  comes  to  helping  along  worthy  projects  of  a  local  character.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  the  Santa  Ana  Walnut  Growers 
Association,  and  the  Anaheim  Orange  Growers  Association.  He  also  belongs  to  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1643 

DR.  BERNICE  BENNETT. — The  professional  circles  of  Huntington  Beach  have 
recently  been  augmented  by  the  addition  of  the  able  and  efficient  osteopathic  physician 
and  surgeon,  Dr.  Bernice  Bennett.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Arthur  W.  and  Mary  E. 
(Slocum)  Bennett,  and  was  born  in  Adair  County,  Iowa.  Her  early  education  was  re- 
ceived in  the  public  school  of  her  district  and  was  supplemented  by  the  first-year 
course  of  the  high  school  at  Earlham,   Iowa. 

In  1908  Miss  Bennett  came  to  California,  locating  at  Monrovia,  where  she  con- 
tinued her  schooling,  graduating  from  the  Monrovia  high  school  in  1912.  Deciding 
to  enter  upon  a  professional  career.  Miss  Bennett  chose  the  science  of  osteopathy, 
together  with  that  of  surgery.  She  entered  the  Pacific  College  of  Ostopathy,  until 
it  merged  and  became  the  College  of  Osteopathic  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  and  was 
graduated  from  the  latter  institution  in  January,  1916,  with  the  degree  of  D.  O.,  after 
vvhich,  to  equip  herself  more  thoroughly  for  the  responsibilities  of  her  chosen  profes- 
sion, she  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  her  Alma  Mater,  and  finished  the  requirements 
in  June  of  the  same  year. 

Because  of^her  splendid  ability  and  thorough  training,  Dr.  Bennett  was  selected 
as  an  assistant  to  Dr.  A.  E.  Pike,  of  the  Osteopathic  Sanitarium  at  Long  Beach.  She 
gained  much  valuable  experience  by  her  association  with  this  famous  osteopathic 
physician,  which  greatly  aids  her  in  her  professional  work. 

In  November,  1919,  Dr.  Bennett  opened  an  office  at  Huntington  Beach  in  the 
First  National  Bank  Building.  Although  she  has  been  a  resident  of  Huntington  Beach 
but  a  short  time,  Dr.  Bennett  has  already  established  a  splendid  practice,  and  her  fame, 
with  her  thorough  knowledge  of  the  science  of  osteopathy,  which  is  being  spread 
abroad,  greatly  augments  her  clientele.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Delta  Omega  Society, 
and  professionally  is  a  member  of  the  Orange  County  Osteopathic  Association  and 
the  California  State  Osteopathic  Association. 

JOSEPH  A.  MERRICK. — An  engineer  who  makes  a  specialty  of  steel  structural 
engineering  is  Joseph  A.  Merrick,  prosperous  rancher  and  business  man  of  Santa  Ana, 
Orange  County,  and  numbered  among  the  enterprising  and  progressive  men  of  the 
Tustin  district.  He  is  the  owner  of  ten  acres  devoted  to  the  culture  of  citrus  fruit.  He 
purchased  his  pre.sent  home  ranch  in  1917,  and  has  erected  a  beautiful  and  commodious 
bungalow  with  all  modern  improvements  and  conveniences. 

Mr.  Merrick  was  born  in  1874  in  the  state  of  Kansas,  and  is  the  son  of  Dr.  John 
K.  and  Sarah  Merrick.  The  father,  a  man  of  letters  who  added  the  degree  of  D.D.S. 
as  well  as  M.D.  to  his  name,  practiced  his  profession  in  Pennsylvania,  Wisconsin  and 
Kansas.  In  the  parental  family  of  nine  children  two  became  dentists  and  six  of  the 
nine  are  now  living,  namely,  Henry,  Mary,  Hattie,  Don,  Grace  and  Joseph  A.  of  this 
sketch.  He  was  reared  and  educated  in  California,  coming  to  the  latter  state  in  his 
early  childhood.  For  twenty-five  years  he  has  followed  mechanics,  principally  structural 
steel  engineering  in  connection  with  the  Lacy  Manufacturing  Company  about  thirteen 
years,  holding  a  position  with  them  at  the  present  time.  He  was  with  the  Union  Oil 
Company  eleven  years  and  has  been  a  resident  of  Orange  County,  Cal.,  for  fourteen 
years.  His  marriage  April  14,  1900,  united  him  with  Miss  Pearl  E.  Dixon,  a  native  of 
Minnesota,  and  of  their  happy  union  three  children  have  been  born,  namely,  Vernica, 
J.  A.  Jr.,  and  Ronald. 

CHARLES  L.  HANSEN. — An  enthusiastic  advocate  of  the  superior  possibilities 
of  Fullerton  and  her  environing  districts,  whose  opinions  carry  the  greater  weight 
because  of  the  scientific  and  practical  attainments  of  the  "booster,"  who  can  himself 
demonstrate  what  can  be  done  through  his  own  high  degree  of  cultivation,  is  Charles 
L.  Hansen,  the  rancher  of  Placentia  Boulevard,  who  is  a  native  son  not  only  of  Cali- 
fornia, but  of  Placentia,  where  he.  was  born  in  the  boom  year  of  1886,  on  August  7, 
the  youngest  son  of  Peter  Hansen,  the  well-known  pioneer.  He  attended  the  granimar 
school  at  Placentia,'  and  in  1909  was  graduated  from  the  Colorado  School  of  Mines, 
with  the  degree  of  E.  M. 

Since  that  time,  Mr.  Hansen  has  been  very  successful  in  mmmg  engmeermg. 
He  was  first  employed  as  a  mining  engineer  with  the  Quartette  Mining  Company  at 
Searchlight,  Nev.;  then  he  became  superintendent  of  the  Investors  Mining  and  Leas- 
ing Company  at  Wall  Street,  Boulder  County,  Colo.;  then  manager  of  the  Dagger 
Mining  and  Milling  Company  at  the  Vontrigger  mines  in  San  Bernardino  County, 
covering  a  period  from  1909  until  1915.  He  is  frequently  employed  as  an  expert,  his 
trips  taking  him  to  different  parts  of  California,  Arizona  and  Nevada.  In  all  of  these 
positions  of  responsibility  he  has  demonstrated  fully  his  fitness  for  the  problems  and 
work  committed  to  his  care.  Somewhat  impaired  health,  however,  led  Mr.  Hansen  to 
return  to  Placentia  and  assist  his  father  to  subdivide  the  home  ranch. 
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1644  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUx\TY 

In  the  beginning,  he  purchased  two  acres  and  a  house  on  Placentia  Boulevard, 
and  now  he  owns  sixteen  acres  in  Valencia  and  Navel  oranges,  full  bearing.  In 
1919,  with  H.  C.  Head,  he  bought  ten  acres  adjoining,  also  developed  to  oranges.  He 
takes  a  keen  interest  in  agriculture,  and  as  a  result  of  advanced,  intense  study  and 
what  might  be  termed  intensive  farming,  obtains  the  largest  returns  for  all  his  invest- 
ments. From  14S  Valencia  orange  trees,  for  example,  seven  years  old,  he  harvested 
a  yield  of  1,140  field  boxes  of  fruit.  He  belongs  to  the  Placentia  Orange  Growers 
Association,   and  also  has  valuable   oil  leases. 

On  December  10,  1912,  Mr.  Hansen  was  married  to  Miss  Agnes  Hanifan,  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  Hanifan,  who  lived  retired  at  Los  Angeles  until  his  death,  Novem- 
ber 10,  1920.  She  is  a  graduate  of  the  State  Normal  at  Los  Angeles,  and  is  most 
active  in  club  life  at  FuUerton,  being  an  ex-president  of  the  Ebell  Club.  In  national 
politics  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Hansen  is  at  all  times  a  nonpartisan,  supporter  of  the  best 
obtainable  for  local  improvement,  and  he  is  never  more  loyal  to  his  home  district 
than  after  such  a  trip  as  he  recently  made  of  1,600  miles  to  the  Yosemite  and 
Lake  Tahoe. 

E.  OYHARZABAL. — A  sturdy,  interesting  pioneer  of  Orange  County  who,  as 
one  of  the  early  settlers  in  San  Juan  Capistrano  added  one  more  to  the  French  colony 
in  Southern  California,  is  E.  Oyharzabal,  popularly  called  "Steve"  Oyharzabal,  owner 
of  the  California  Hardware  Company's  building  in  Los  Angeles.  He  was  born  in 
the  Basses-Pyrenees,  on  January  26,  18S4,  and  sent  to  the  local  French  schools,  where 
he  received  instruction  in  French  and  Spanish,  while  he  acquired  the  idiom  of  the 
Basques.  His  brother,  Domingo,  who  was  born  in  the  same  locality  eight  years 
before,  and  had  come  to  America  in  1863,  was  already  in  California;  and  this  fact 
proved  an  encouragement  to  our  subject  and  another  brother,  William,  who  also 
set  out  for  the  western  land  of  promise.  William  died  soon  after  reaching  San 
Juan  Capistrano,  and  Domingo  and  "Steve"  who  was  still  in  his  teens,  went  to 
Inyo  County  and  bought  land,  and  then  embarked  in  the  raising  of  sheep — an  enter- 
prise later  carried  on  at  Bakersfield.  Their  father,  Baptiste,  and  their  mother,  Sabina 
(Belsunce)  Oyharzabal,  were  farmers  and  stock-raisers;  and  although  the  father  died 
when  "Steve"  was  only  two  years  old,  the  lads  grew  up  to  have  a  better  understanding 
of  that  line  of  work  than  any  other.  The  burden  of  nine  children  upon  the  mother 
made  it  necessary  for  some  to  leave  home,  and  the  three  sons  mentioned  took  the 
initiative  in  striking  out  for  themselves. 

Both  brothers  worked  hard,  and  Domingo,  perhaps  because  he  was  the  elder, 
soon  became  prominent.  He  had  a  keen  eye  to  climate  and  conditions,  and  when  he 
came  to  Orange  County  in  1878,  and  settled  at  San  Juan  Capistrano,  he  believed  that 
he  had  found  here  a  combination  of  advantages  to  be  had  nowhere  else  in  the  state. 
His  faith  in  Orange  County's  future  led  him  to  make  investments  in  real  estate, 
purchasing  ranches  from  time  to  time,  as  his  means  permitted,  until  in  1910  he  owned 
over  4,000  acres  of  choice  land.  He  himself  planted  ISO  acres  of  walnuts.  He  also 
raised  large  herds  of  cattle,  sheep  and  livestock,  and  in  time  installed  a  fine  system 
of  irrigation  reaching  to  the  remote  ends  of  his  ranch,  thus  greatly  enhancing  the 
value  of  his  land.  He  even  acquired  valuable  real  estate  in  Los  Angeles,  and  during 
his  early  residence  at  San  Juan  Capistrano, 'he  erected  the  old  French  hotel,  long  a 
landmark  of  the  Mission  town.  He  is  especially  mentioned  by  Harris  Newmark,  the 
distinguished  pioneer,  whose  "Sixty  years  in  Southern  California"  is  such  a  store- 
house of  information  concerning  old-timers  in  the  Golden  State.  Domingo  died, 
unrnarried,  at  San  Juan  Capistrano,  in  1913,  recalled  by  all  who  knew  him  as  a 
typical  Franco-American.  Then,  for  the  first  time,  the  long  partnership  between  the 
brothers  was  dissolved. 

They  were  equal  partners  in  all  building  as  well  as  farming  operations,  and  while 
Domingo  was  the  most  enterprising,  "Steve"  did  the  hard,  outside  work.  Domingo, 
for  example,  superintended  the  erection  of  the  building  now  used  by  the  California 
Hardware  Company  at  the  corner  of  Alameda  and  First  streets  in  Los  Angeles,' 
while  his  brother  was  in  France,  but  he  never  lived  to  see  the  edifice  completed.  He 
was  taken  ill  and  died  in  his  sixty-seventh  year;  and  his  demise  was  regretted  by 
many,  for  he  was  a  good-hearted,  upright  man. 

E.  Oyharzabal  owns  the  building  now  used  for  a  grocery  store  on  Central 
Street,  San  Juan  Capistrano,  just  north  of  his  home,  a  two-story  affair  maintained 
from  1878  to  1903,  by  the  Oyharzabal  brothers  as  the  French  hotel,  and  presided 
over  for  seven  years  by  Mrs.  E.  Oyharzabal,  a  woman  of  accomplishment,  in  maiden- 
hood popular  as  Miss  Lucy  Darius,  whom  he  had  marrie*!  in  1896.  Mr.  Oyharzabal 
returned  to  France  for  the  first  time  in  1884,  while  his  mother  was  still  living;  and 
m  1903,  after  he  had  taken  to  himself  a  wife  and  had  his  business  affairs  in  excellent 


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shape,  he  went  back  again  to  visit  his  beloved  Basque  country.  He  remained  in  the 
Basses-Pyrenees  until  190S,  when-  he  returned  to  California  and  to  San  Juan  Capi- 
strano  with  Mrs.  Oyharzabal.  Once  more,  in  1909,  this  deserving  pair  crossed  the 
ocean  to  France  and  Spain,  and  set  foot  again  on  California  soil  in  1913,  shortly  before 
Domingo  Oyharzabal's  death. 

Mrs.  Oyharzabal  is  a  daughter  of  Pierre  and  Antoinette  (Pocheln)  Darius,  resi- 
dents of  Bayonne,  and  she  attended  school  there  and  also  at  Bordeaux,  where  she 
acquired,  in  addition  to  the  Basque  dialect,  both  French  and  Spanish.  She  has  since 
added  English.  Her  father  was  a  railroad  conductor  in  France,  and  that  circum- 
stance enabled  her  to  travel  somewhat  in  her  country.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oyharzabal  live 
in  a  stately  adobe  house  on  Central  Avenue,  near  the  State  Highway  in  San  Juan 
Capistranb.  The  years  of  their  hard  labor  have  certainly  been  rewarded,  for  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Oyharzabal,  knowing  where  they  can  find  a  million  or  more  when  they 
want  it,  are  about  to  start  once  more  for  France  and  Spain,  to  be  gone,  they  hope, 
for  another  three  years  at  least. 

A.  J.  ALBERTS. — A  philanthropist  who  first  very  wisely  learned  the  great  lesson 
of  doing  for  himself  before  attempting  to  help  others,  is  A.  J.  Alberts,  the  successful 
rancher  of  1135  East  Washington  Street,  who  began  his  career  as  a  newsboy  in  Chicago. 
He  was  born  in  Sterling,  Whiteside  County,  111.,  on  March  12,  1878,  the  son  of  A.  J. 
Alberts,  a  dry  goods  merchant  of  Chicago,  whose  foresight  and  hard  work  eventually 
brought  him  prosperity.  He  was  a  native  of  Illinois,  and  he  had  married  Miss  Sophie 
Beuck,  also  a  native  of  that  state. 

Our  subject  enjoyed  the  advantage  of  both  the  grammar  and  the  high  schools  of 
Chicago,  during  which  time  he  sold  newspapers  as  a  boy  in  that  city.  He  earned  for 
himself  not  only  many  dollars  a  day,  but  a  reputation  which  led  to  his  appointment  after 
five  years  as  the  assistant  circulation  manager  of  the  Chicago  Daily  News,  whicli 
responsible  post  he  held  for  fifteen  years". 

In  1903  he  made  a  trip  to  Antelope  Valley,  and  for  a  while  he  stayed  at  Littlerock, 
Los  Angeles  County.  He  was  connected  for  some  time  with  a  realty  company  in 
Chicago,  so  that  when  he  again  came  to  California  and  visited  Los  Angeles  in  1913 
he  was  in  a  position  to  profit  from  a  tour  of  the  orange  grove  districts. 

He  bought  eleven  acres  of  full-bearing  walnut  and  orange  trees,  nine  years  old, 
joined  the  Santiago  Orange  Growers  Association,  and  also  the  Santa  Ana  Walnut 
Growers  Association,  and  subscribed  to  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company, 
getting  their  service. 

When  Mr.  Alberts  married,  he  took  for  his  wife  Miss  Anna  Koehl,  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Koehl,  residents  of  Pennsylvania,  where  they  died,  after  Mr.  Koehl 
had  been  for  years  an  active  merchant.  The  Alberts  are  liberal  supporters  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Santa  Ana,  and  they  also  patronized  the  Red  Cross  and  helped 
along  the  War  loans.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alberts  have  three  children.  Grace  and  Paul  are 
attending  school  at  Santa  Ana,  and  Edward  is  at  home. 

JOHN  L.  PLUMMER,  Sr. — A  successful  promoter  of  realty  in  the  now  famously 
fashionable  Wilshire  district  of  Los  Angeles,  who  has  come  to  have  unshaken  faith 
in  the  future  of  Balboa  and  as  a  logical  result  calculated  to  influence  others,  has 
already  built  a  great  deal  there  and  plans  to  accomplish  far  greater  things  for  the 
bay  town  and  himself,  is  John  Louis  Plummer,  who  was  born  on  Powell  Street,  San 
Francisco,  on  March  31,  1856.  The  story  of  his  parent's  life,  it  has  been  well  said, 
reads  like  romance.  His  father,  John  C.  Plummer,  was  an  English  sea  captain,  who 
came  to  the  United  States  from  Southampton  as  early  as  1832,  and  sixteen  years 
later  crossed  the  Isthmus  of  Tehuantepec  on  foot  in  his  eager  desire  to  reach  the 
Pacific.  He  navigated  successive  sailing  vessels  for  the  P.  &  O.  Company  in  the  Orient, 
and  after  years  of  adventure  and  even  hardship,  during  which  he  had  done  his  share 
to  build  up  the  merchant  marine  on  the  Pacific,  he  retired  from  the  sea  and  lived 
comfortably  at  Los  Angeles,  where  he  died  in  1910.  He  had  married  Miss  Mary 
Cecilia  McGuire,  a  native  of  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  and  a  daughter  of  George  McGuire, 
a  well  educated  woman  of  advanced  ideas  and  an  early  advocate  of  woman  suffrage 
in  California.  On  taking  up  her  residence  in  Los  Angeles  in  1862,  she  acquired 
Government  land,  bought  and  sold  real  estate,  and  became  the  owner  of  1,000  acres 
in  the  Wilshire  District,  which  the  family  continued  to  hold  title  to  until  it  had 
greatly  appreciated  in  value. 

John  Louis  Plummer,  therefore,  had  the  unusual  experience  of  growing  up  more 
or  less  familiar  with  life  in  both  San  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles,  and  of  being  able 
constantly  to  make  comparisons  between  the  pulsations  of  the  two  municipalities. 
He  came  to  the  Southland  to  reside  in  the  early  sixties,  and  for  many  years  farmed 
more  or  less  of  the  800  acres  or  more  in  the  West  End,  raising  cattle,  hogs,  gram  and 


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garden  truck,  where  now  rise  some  of  the  stateliest  residences  in  the  city.  He  and 
his  folks  also  owned  downtown  property  of  great  value  in  Los  Angeles.  He  laid  out 
160  acres  on  Sunset  Boulevard  and  cut  it  up  into  two-acre  tracts,  and  140  acres  in 
Highland  Park,  which  he  sold  off  without  subdividing.  Besides  owning  property  in 
Hollywood,  Mr.  Plummer  has  in  recent  years  subdivided  the  Plummer  Ridgewood 
Park  on  Van  Ness  Avenue,  an  estate  of  ninety  acres,  into  lots  sixty  by  170  feet,  with 
streets  100  feet  wide,  on  which  have  been  built  some  thirty  houses  costing  from 
?6,000  to  $30,000  apiece. 

Wishing  to  hie  away  from  city  life,  Mr.  Plummer  in  1914  purchased  some  sixty 
acres  of  Brand  Boulevard  land,  near  San  Fernando,  set  out  an  orchard  and  built  four 
attractive  houses,  for  himself  and  his  children;  but  as  early  as  1906  he  had  begun  to 
invest  at  Balboa,  and  he  has  continued  to  do  so  ever  since.  In  1919,  he  erected  ten 
bungalows  in  a  court,  known  as  the  Plummer  Place,  and  he  intends  to  add  eleven 
more,  and  a  large  residence  on  the  Bay  front,  where  he  will  make  his  home  as  his 
final  harbor. 

Mr.  Plummer  was  married  at  Los  Angeles  to  Miss  Ellen  Dalton,  the  youngest 
daughter  of  Henry  Dalton,  the  famous  pioneer  of  the  Azusa,  who  came  to  Southern 
California  by  way  of  Peru,  and  owned  among  other  extensive  tracts  of  more  or  less 
historic  interest  later,  much  of  the  land  acquired  by  "Lucky"  Baldwin.  Mrs.  Plummer, 
it  is  sad  to  relate,  passed  away  in  1918,  a  noble  woman  who  had  nobly  fulfilled  her 
mission  in  each  community  wherein  she  had  dwelt,  and  mourned  by  a  large  circle 
of  friends,  and  especially  by  her  four  sons,  John,  Charles,  Theodore  and  Anthony, 
and  the  four  adopted  children,  Raymond,  Henry,  Inez  and  Eudora.  Balboa  looks  to 
Mr.  Plummer  with  greater  confidence  than  ever  in  facing  the  problems  of  the  future, 
nor  will  the  deserving  beach  resort  be  disappointed,  for  in  all  that  he  has  hitherto 
set  his  hand,  this  courageous  path  breaker  has  always  succeeded. 

J.  C.  WILLIAMS. — An  esteemed  pioneer  who  has  the  distinction  of  having 
been  among  the  first  to  advocate  the  cultivation  of  the  Valencia  orange  as  a  com- 
mercial industry  is  J.  C.  Williams,  the  rancher  and  real  estate  dealer  of  Fullerton, 
who  was  born  in  Monona  County,  Iowa,  in  April,  1878,  the  son  of  J.  W.  Williams, 
an  expert  mechanic,  who  had  married  Miss  Delphina  E.  Mendenhall.  The  worthy 
couple  came  to  California  in  1886  and  settled  in  Los  Angeles;  and  there,  for  twenty 
years,  Mr.  Williams  followed  his  trade.  Our  subject  received  his  early  education  in 
the  graded  schools  of  the  old  Mission  city,  and  later  attended  the  University  of 
Southern  California,  where  he  pursued  a  business  course.  Then,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one,  he  went  into  the  hardware  business.  He  started  modestly,  but  came  to  have  a 
profitable  wholesale  trade  with  a  store  in  Los  Angeles  and  another  in  San  Francisco, 
and  he  sold  out  when  the  fire  at  San  Francisco  wrecked  so  many. 

Mr.  Williams  then  entered  the  real  estate  field,  joining  his  brother,  A.  G.  Williams, 
in  a  partnership.  They  had  offices  at  both  Los  Angeles  and  Anaheim,  and  during 
their  efforts  to  advance  the  best  interests  of  this  part  of  the  Southland,  they  took  up 
the  possibilities  of  Valencia  orange  development,  and  enthusiastically  presented  the 
prospects  of  the  industry.  They  were  thus  instrumental  in  inducing  many,  persons 
to  develop  Valencia  orange  groves,  and  handled  millions  of  dollars'  worth  of  prop- 
erty when  land  was  cheap.  Such  was  their  experience  in  contributing  to  advance 
valuations  that  they  saw  a  certain  grove  jump  in  price  from  $1,200  to  $1,400,  then 
to  $7,500,  then  to  $14,500,  and  recently  to  $28,000.  This  grove  is  near  Anaheim,  and 
is  only  one  of  many  that  the  Messrs.  Williams  handled  to  the  great  benefit  of  suc- 
cessive owners,  and  to  the  advancement  of  the  orange  industry  in  Orange  County. 

Unmarried,  and  residing  with  his  sister  on  Orange  Grove,  near  South  Spadra, 
on  a  ranch  of  choice  land,  well  irrigated  by  a  private  pumping  plant,  Mr.  Williams 
leads  a  quiet  life,  studying  citrus  and  realty  conditions,  and  lending  a  hand  whenever 
and  wherever  he  can  to  elevate  politics  and  civic  life,  and  to  upbuild  as  well  as  build 
up  the  community  in  which  he  has  so  long  and  pleasantly  lived  and  labored. 

MORTIMER  HUGH  PEELOR.— A  well-known  and  always  interesting  pioneer 
who,  having  "made  a  success  in  business  and  become  a  prosperous  merchant,  has  been 
able  to  branch  off  and  become  an  equally  expert  and  successful  horticulturist,  is 
Mortimer  H.  Peelor,  who  helped  establish  the  foundation  of  things  in  Orange  as  far 
back  as  1885.  He  was  born  in  Henry  County,  Mo.,  and  came  to  California  when  he 
was  sixteen  years  old.  His  father  was  C.  P.  Peelor,.  a  merchant  of  Orange,  and  he 
had  married  Miss  M.  C.  Lotspeich.  Two  uncles,  the  Lotspeich  brothers,  were  the 
earliest  settlers  of  Villa  Park  in  the  Mountain  View  district,  and  they  were  very 
worthy  men. 

Mortimer,  the  eldest  in  a  family  of  four  children,  enjoyed  the  advantages  of 
both  the  common  and  the  high  schools,  and  later  was  graduated  from  the  Woodbury 


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Business  College  in  Los  Angeles.  Then  he  worked  in  his  father's  store  for  a  while, 
and  coming  to  Placentia  entered  the  employ  of  Stern-Goodman,  with  whom  he 
remained  for  a  number  of  years  or  until  he  bought  them  out  and  established  himself 
in  the  mercantile  world  under  the  firm  name  of  M.  H.  Peelor.  Two  years  ago,  he 
sold  out  his  well-conducted  grocery,  and  turned  his  attention  to  quite  another  field. 

In  1906,  Mr.  Peelor  had  purchased  ten  acres  of  choice  land,  on  which  he  set  out 
both  walnuts  and  oranges;  and  in  time  he  became  a  member  of  the  Placentia- Ful- 
lerton  Walnut  Growers  Association;  The  Placentia  Mutual  Orange  Growers  Asso- 
ciation. He  also  became  a  shareholder  in  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company.  He 
is  interested  in  bank  stocks,  and  he  wishes  prosperity  to  everybody  else,  hence  he  is 
a  first-class  "booster"  for  both  town  and  county.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  matters  of 
national  political  moment,  but  never  allows  partisanship  to  interfere  with  his  enthu- 
siastic, loyal  support  of  things  strictly  local. 

On  October  7,  1890,  Mr.  Peelor  married  Miss  Mayme  Jones,  daughter  of  the 
well-known  rancher,  O.  P.  Jones  of  Santa  Ana;  and  one  child,  Kathleen,  now  the 
wife  of  S.  James  Tuffree,  and  a  graduate  of  the  State  Normal  School  at  Los  Angeles, 
class  of  '13,  has  blessed  this  fortunate  union.  Two  years  ago  Mr.  Peelor  erected 
his  residence,  where  a  generous  hospitality  is  dispensed  to  all  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Peeler's  wide  circle  of  friends. 

JOHN  H.  KIRSCH. — Descended  from  a  long  line  of  honored  ancestors,  residents 
of  that  stanch  little  buffer  state,  Luxemburg,  the  pawn  of  kings  since  the  thirteenth 
century,  John  H.  Kirsch  was  the  first  of  his  family  to  leave  the  old  home  for  the 
New  World,  which  has  now  been  his  home  for  more  than  thirty  years.  His  parents 
were  John  and  Marie  (Berg)  Kirsch,  both  of  whom  passed  their  -whole  lives  there, 
until  their  decease,  some  years  ago.  The  eldest  of  a  family  of  ten  children,  four 
of  whom  are  now  living,  two  at  the  old  home  and  two  in  California,  John  H.  Kirsch 
was  born  in  Canton  Diekirch,  Luxemburg,  November  11,  1865.  The  father  was  a 
well-known  miller  and  farmer,  and  after  receiving  a  good  education  in  the  local 
schools,  John  H.  from  his  boyhood  made  himself  useful  on  the  farm  and  at  the 
mill,  learning  the  miller's  trade  and  also  how  to  dress  the  mill  stones  used  in  the 
old  water-power  mill.  On  reaching  the  age  of  seventeen  he  left  the  old  home  and 
went  to  France,  working  at  his  trade  of  miller,  near  Chalons-sur-Marne,  in  the  depart- 
ment of  the   Marne. 

In  1889  Mr.  Kirsch  came  to  the  United  States,  and  located  at  Winona,  Minn., 
v.here  he  engaged  in  farming,  later  leasing  a  large  farm  which  he  devoted  largely 
to  stock  raising.  Here  he  continued  until  he  purchased  a  farm  near  Grand  Rapids, 
Wis.,  which  had  an  excellent  location  on  the  Wisconsin  River.  It  was  fine,  rich  land 
and  here  Mr.  Kirsch  was  very  successful,  bringing  it  up  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation. 
Attracted  by  the  great  opportunities  offered  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  however,  Mr.  Kirsch 
disposed  of  his  Wisconsin  farm  and  came  to  California  in  1906,  locating  first  in 
Tulare  County,  where  he  purchased  forty  acres  of  land  and  engaged  in  dairying  and 
alfalfa  raising.  Remaining  there  for  a  year  and  a  half,  he  then  disposed  of  his 
holdings  and  came  down  to  Orange  County,  buying  thirteen  acres  on  East  and 
Santa  Fe  streets,  near  Anaheim.  This  Mr.  Kirsch  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges,,  bud- 
ding and  raising  half  of  the  trees  himself,  and  caring  for  the  orchard  until  it  was 
five  years  old,  when  he  sold  it  to  Mr.  Gruessing,  and  it  is  now  one  of  the  finest 
orange  groves  in  the  district.  He  then  bought  a  tract  of  twenty  acres  on  Nursery 
Avenue,  which  he  also  imiproved,  setting  it  out  to  oranges  and  lemons,  and  under  his 
expert  care  it  soon  became  one  of  the  show  places  of  the  neighborhood,  so  that  in 
1917  he  was  able  to  dispose  of  it  at  a  handsome  profit.  Since  that  time  he  has  bought 
and  sold  a  number  of  orange  groves,  and  with  his  wide  knowledge  of  all  of  the 
details  of  the  citrus,  industry  and  of  Orange  County  lands  and  soils,  he  has  been 
very  successful  in  all  the  deals  he  has  closed,  giving  satisfaction  to  everyone  con- 
cerned. Optimistic  for  the  future  of  Orange  County,  and  believing  it  to  be  the  finest 
locality  in  the  world,  particularly  for  citrus  culture,  Mr.  Kirsch  neglects  no  oppor- 
tunity to  prove  his  faith  by  his  works,  taking  an  active  interest  in  every  progres- 
sive movement.  .      ,   .  •  ■  u 

In  1891,  while  a  resident  of  Minnesota,  Mr.  Kirsch  was  united  m  marriage  with 
Miss  Lena  Lift,  who  like  himself  was  a  native  of  Luxemburg,  and  who  came  to  the 
United  States  during  the  same  year— 1889.  Three  children  have  been  born  to  them: 
Katie,  is  Mrs.  J.  W.  Heinz,  her  husband  being  an  orange  rancher  at  Anaheim;  Anna, 
married  Ben  Heinz,  who  is  also  the  owner  of  a  citrus  ranch  at  Anaheim;  John  F. 
enlisted  when  twenty  years  of  age  in.  the  U.  S.  Naval  Reserve  Corps,  servmg  until 
he  received  his  honorable  discharge,  and  he,  too,  is  engaged  in  orange  growing  at 
Anaheim.     Mr.  and  Mrs.   Kirsch  reside  in  their  comfortable,  attractive  home  at  Palm 


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and  Chartres  streets,  Anaheim,  a  property  which  Mr.  Kirsch  built  and  improved. 
In  1904,  while  a  resident  of  Wisconsin,  he  made  a  trip  back  to  his  native  land,  and 
spent  a  happy  time  visiting  his  old  home  and  friends,  but  returning  to  the  land  of 
his  adoption  more  than  ever  enthusiastic  over  its  great  opportunities.  His  fore- 
sight and  initiative  have  enabled  him  to  take  advantage  of  these  opportunities  and 
he  has  made  a  splendid  success.  Liberal  and  kind-hearted,  he  is  ever  ready  to  lend 
a  helping  hand  in  every  worthy  enterprise  and  he  shows  his  willingness  to  cooperate 
in  local  affairs  by  membership  in  the  Anaheim  Orange  Growers  Association.  In 
fraternal  circles  he  is  popular  in  the  ranks  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus. 

WILLIAM  E.  STRADLEY. — A  man  eminent  in  the  busy  world  of  affairs  in 
Los  Angeles,  who  has  also  become  a  leader  in  both  the  building  up  and  the  upbuilding 
of  Placentia,  is  William  E.  Stradley,  who  was  born  in  Humboldt  County,  Kans.,  on 
January  12,  1872,  and  came  to  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  as  a  small  boy.  He  was  a  mason 
by  trade,  and  first  reached  Los  Angeles  in  1887,  at  the  time  of  the  great  boom  in 
Southern  California  realty.  The  next  year  he  made  a  trip  back  to  Iowa,  and  then  he 
came  out  to  the  state  of  Washington,  and  he  laid  the  first  brick  in  any  building  in 
Seattle  on  June  9,  1889,  three  days  after  the  big  fire  there. 

He  followed  his  trade  in  Seattle,  and  then,  as  a  journeyman  brickmason,  traveled 
through  twenty-eight  states,  returning  to  Des  Moines  in  1898.  He  took  up  contract- 
ing and  building  in  masonry,  succeeded  very  well,  but  in  1901  returned  to  Seattle, 
and  there,  as  a  contractor  and  builder  he  remained  active  until  1904.  Then  he  came 
south  to  Los  Angeles  again,  and  there  he  has  since  resided,  reaping  the  fruits  of  his 
own  enterprises,  started  far  back  in  1898.  A  general  contractor,  he  is  the  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Stradley  &  Newton,  brick,  concrete  and  cement  contractors, 
with  an  office  at  SCO  Stimson  Building  in  that  city.  In  1919,  he  himself  erected 
twenty-eight  store  buildings  in  different  sections  of  Los  Angeles,  and  he  also  put 
up  buildings  in  Wasco,  Kern  County,  and  at  Newhall,  Cal.  Besides,  he  erected  a 
large  number  of  private  residences  in  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Stradley's  entrance  into  Orange  County  dates  from  1911,  when  he  came  to 
Placentia  to  construct  the  two-story  brick  block  for  the  Placentia  National  Bank. 
He  then  bought  lots  and  started  to  build  up  the  promising  town,  and  ever  since, 
he  has  built  additional  structures,  always  holding  on  to  what  he  has  once  acquired. 
These  include  the  Marjie  and  the  Stradley  brick  blocks  of  two  stories,  on  Santa  Fe 
Avenue,  and  no  less  than  forty-four  apartments  in  the  town.  Those  who  recall  that 
Mr.  Stradley  erected  the  Wilcox  Cafe  at  Seal  Beach,  will  not  be  surprised  at  the 
thorough  manner  in  which  he  has  taken  hold  of  Placentia  real  estate  and  the  problem 
of  the  new  town's  development.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Los  Angeles  Builders 
Kxchange,  and  is  also  an  officer  in  the  Mason  Contractors'  Association  of  Los  Angeles. 

Mrs.  Stradley,  who  enjoys  the  devotion  of  a  large  circle  of  appreciative  friends, 
was  Miss  Marguerite  M.  Kuntz  before  her  marriage,  and  is  a  native  of  Iowa.  Mr. 
Stradley  is  a  member  of  Golden  State  Lodge,  No.  358,  F.  &  A.  M.,  Signet  Chapter, 
No.  57,  R.  A.  M.,  Perfection  Consistory,  No.  3,  S.  R.,  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O. 
N.  M.  S.  and  Jinniston  Grotto,  M.  O.  V.  P.  E.  R.,  all  of  Los  Angeles.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows,  the  Modern  Woodmen,  Knights  of  the  Maccabees,  and 
the  Sunset  Country  Club. 

HENRY  G.  MEISER. — A  very  successful  rancher  owning  several  tracts  of 
desirable  land,  and  a  citizen  fortunate  tiot  only  in  the  esteem  but  the  hearty  good  will 
of  his  fellowmen,  who  are  familiar  with  his  leadership  in  various  movements  making 
for  the  broad  and  permanent  development  of  Fullerton  and  vicinity,  is  Henry  G. 
Meiser,  who  was  born  near  Lincoln,  Nebr.,  on  November  21,  1880,  the  son  of  Henry 
and  Elizabeth  Meiser,  farmer  folks  of  Nebraska.  These  worthy  pioneers  came  to 
California  in  1881  and  settled  at  Anaheim;  and  there  Mr.  Meiser  worked  in  the  lumber 
mill  for  three  years.  In  1884,  the  elder  Meiser  purchased  twenty  acres  of  land,  which 
he  set  out  to  grapes,  oranges  and  walnuts;  and  these  twenty  acres  are  known  today 
as  the  old  Meiser  home  place.  , 

Henry  G.  Meiser  attended  the  schools  in  Fullerton,  and  when  only  fifteen  started 
out  for  himself  in  the  world.  For  five  years  he  worked  in  the  Orange  County  Nursery, 
and  then  in  1904,  he  purchased  a  ranch  of  twelve  acres,  on  South  Spadra  Street,  which 
he  himself  set  out  to  Valencia  oranges.  There,  too,  in  1916,  he  built  for  himself 
a  home.  The  land  is  under  both  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company  and  the  El 
Camino  Water  Company,  financed  by  a  company  of  neighboring  farmers  and  com- 
manding a  well  of  100  inches.  Mr.  Meiser  took  a  live  interest  in  this  co-operative 
project,  and  until  recently  was  secretary  of  the  company. 

Mr.  Meiser  was  also  president  of  the  Federal  Farm  Loan  Board  of  Orangethorpe, 
and  soon  after  the  precinct  branch  was  formed,  it  was  taken  into  the  Orange  County 


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organization,  in  which  Mr.  Meiser  then  became  a  director.  How  much  good  this 
iederal  loan  movement  has  accomplished  here,  both  to  the  individual  rancher  need- 
ing the  aid  of  capital,  and  to  the  community  needing  the  rancher,  only  those  familiar 
with  the  general  working  of  the  Federal  Loan  may  realize,  but  Mr.  Meiser  and  his 
associates  are  to  be  congratulated  on  the  fruits  of  their  strenuous  labors. 

In  1913,  Mr.  Meiser  purchased  ten  acres  of  land  half  a  mile  w)est  of  Fullerton, 
a  ranch  formerly  devoted  to  the  culture  of  walnuts.  He  grubbed  out  the  latter, 
however,  and  set  out  Valencia  orange  trees;  and  now  he  has  a  display  of  citrus  fruit 
worth  a  journey  to  see.  In  the  fall  of  1918,  he  also  bought  ten  acres  on  East 
Orangethorpe  Avenue,  near  Placentia,  and  this  land  with  its  four-year-old  trees  bear- 
ing Valencias  is  also  under  the  Anaheim  Union  Water  Company.  He  belongs  to  the 
Placentia  Orange  Growers  Association,  and  markets  his  products  thereby. 

At  Fullerton,  Mr.  Meiser  was  married  to  Miss  Pauline  Schnitger,  a  native  of 
Wisconsin  who  had  become  a  resident  of  Garden  Grove.  Both  husband  and  wife 
belong  to  the  Methodist  Church  of  Fullerton,  and  Mr.  Meiser  is  both  a  Mason  and  an 
Odd  Fellow.  He  also  belongs  to  the  ranks  of  the  Republicans;  but  he  is  too  public 
spirited  to  allow  any  party  preferences  to  stand '  in  the  way  of  giving  his  support, 
in  local  movements  at  least,  to  the  best  men  and  the  best  measures. 

E.  EARL  CAMPBELL. — One  of  the  leaders  among  the  scientific  young  ranchers 
of  Orange  County  is  E.  Earl  Campbell,  who  is  also  making  a  marked  success,  not 
only  as  an  orange  grower,  but  also  in  agricultural  ranching.  Enterprising  and  well  in- 
formed in  all  lines  pertaining  to  soils. and  crop  conditions,  Mr.  Campbell  conducts  his 
ranch  on  modern  business  lines.  Belonging  to  the  third  generation  of  Campbells  who 
have  contributed  to  the  development  of  Orange  County,  he  is  the  grandson  of  Robert 
Campbell,  who  came  here  in  1884,  settling  on  the  ranch  on  South  Cambridge  Avenue, 
a  part  of  which  is  now  owned  by  Earl  Campbell. 

Illinois  was  the  birthplace  of  E.  Earl  Campbell  and  he  first  saw  the  light  of  day 
on  the  Campbell  homestead,  near  Peoria,  on  October  29,  1886.  His  parents  were  D.  F. 
and  Julia  F.  (Shaw)  Campbell,  a  sketch  of  their  lives  being  given  elsewhere  in  this 
volume.  There  were  ten  children  in  the  Campbell  family,  as  follows:  E.  Earl  of 
this  review;  Henry  S.,  a  rancher  near  Orange;  Roy,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of 
California,  is  now  an  assistant  entomologist  in  the  Department  of  Agriculture;  Elma  is 
Mrs.  Wood  of  Covina;  Ruby  resides  in  Los  Angeles,  where  she  is  employed;  Ensley 
is  assistant  farm  advisor  of  Monterey  County  and  Robert  attends  the  University  of 
California;  Margaret  is  in  the  Orange  Union  high  school;  Hazel  and  Julia  attend  the 
grammar  school  at  Orange. 

When  E.  Earl  Campbell  was  but  a  year  old  his  parents  removed  to  California, 
where  his  father  engaged  in  ranching  and  citrus  culture  at  Orange.  Reaching  school 
age,  he  attended  the  grammar  school  at  Orange  and  graduated  from  the  Orange  high 
school,  being  a  member  of  the  second  class  to  graduate  from  that  institu- 
tion and  of  the  first  class  graduated  from  the  fine,  new  modern  building.  Later  he 
entered  the  California  Polytechnic  at  San  Luis  Objspo,  taking  a  two  years'  course,  and 
was  a  leader  in  his  class,  especially  among  the  debaters  of  the  college;  returning  to 
Orange,  in  1908  he  began  working  for  his  father  on  the  home  ranch.  In  1909,  Mr. 
Campbell  purchased  twenty  acres  of  citrus  orchard  adjoining  the  ranch  of  his  father, 
and  which  was  a  part  of  the  original  tract  owned  by  his  grandfather,  Robert  Campbell. 
Here  he  has  a  fine  orange  orchard,  which  he  keeps  up  to  the  highest  state  of  cultiva- 
tion. Some  time  ago  he  erected  a  modern  ten-room  residence,  old  Colonial  style, 
on  his  ranch  and  it  is  considered  one  of  the  finest  and  most  beautiful  homes  in  the 
locality  and  on  which  Mr.  Campbell  spared  no  expense. 

To  insure  his  orange  grove  being  maintained  in  the  very  best  condition,  free  from 
disease  and  capable  of  producing  its  maximum  yield  Mr.  Campbell  employs  an  expert 
in  tree  husbandry  to  give  the  trees  the  benefit  of  his  care.  In  addition  to  his  horticul- 
tural interests,  Mr.  Campbell  is  engaged  in  growing  barley  and  beans.  At  El  Toro,  where 
with  his  partner,  E.  B.  Trickey,  he  is  leasing  and  operating  about  1,000  acres  of  the 
Whiting  ranch,  he  has  been  fortunate  in  obtaining  large  yields  and  successful  returns. 
Besides  himself,  two  men  are  kept  busy  on  his  ranch  and  for  work  stock  he  uses  six 

head  of  mules.  .      „         _  ,  „ 

In  December,  1919,  Mr.  Campbell  was  married  to  Miss  Dora  Truscott  of  Sacra- 
mento Two  daughters  have  .been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Campbell,  Mavis  L.  and 
Helen  M.  Always  ready  to  help  in  any  movement  for  the  advancement  of  the  com- 
munity, Mr.  Campbell  is  a  firm  believer  in  cooperation,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Santiago 
Orange  Growers  Association.  In  fraternal  circles  Mr.  Campbell  is  active  in  the  circles 
of  the  Masonic  order,  being  a  member  of  the  Orange  Grove  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  at 
Orange.  Despite  his  busy  life  and  many  interests  he  takes  an  active  interest  in  politics 
and  is  a  decided  protectionist  and  Republican. 


1650  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

HENRY  D.  MEYER. — Like  many  others  of  his  native  land,  to  Henry  D. 
Meyer,  a  prosperous  citizen  and  former  rancher  of  Santa  Ana,  America  beckoned 
as  the  land  of  opportunity,  as  his  immigration  here  at  the  age  of  fifteen  testifies. 
Born  in  Hanover,  Germany,  August  26,  1866,  he  was  the  son  of  Henry  and  Mary 
(Luering)  Meyer.  The  mother  died  when  Henry  was  a  lad  of  but  eleven  years,  the 
father  later  in  life  coming  to  the  United  States,  passing  away  in  Mason  County,  III., 
in  1892,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two  years. 

Henry  D.  Meyer  received  an  excellent  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
land  up  to  the  time  when  he  was  fifteen  years  old,  when  he  left  his  home  for  the  long- 
journey  to  America.  Taking  passage  on  the  SS.  Oder,  he  landed  at  New  York 
March  25,  1881,  and  proceeded  to  Mason  County,  111.  There  he  secured  work  on 
a  farm,  and  was  there  employed  at  small  wages  in  those  days,  for  about  five  years, 
getting  in  two  months  of  schooling  in  the  winter  time,  and  poring  over  his  books 
whenever  the  opportunity  afforded  in  order  to  secure  an   English  education. 

Feeling  that  better  opportunities  still  awaited  him  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  Mr. 
Meyer  came  to  California  in  1887,  arriving  at  Los  Angeles  on  August  4,  of  that  year 
He  soon  went  down  to  Wilmington  and  got  his  start  in  the  dairy  business  at  San 
Pedro  and  Redondo  Beach,  continuing  in  this  line  until  1892.  In  1897  he  located  at 
Fairview,  where  he  engaged  in  dry  farming,  meantime  acquiring  considerable  land 
in  the  vicinity.  Associated  with  him  in  his  ranching  enterprise  are  his  two  sons. 
Irving  B.  and  Victor  C,  and  his  son-in-law,  Louis  Butterfield.  The  ranch  is  devoted 
principally  to  beans,  sugar  beets  and  grain,  the  crop  yield  of  the  former  being  very 
heavy.  The  raising  of  cattle  and  hogs  is  also  an  important  feature  of  the  ranch. 
In  1908  he  purchased  a  fruit  ranch  of  250  acres  at  Hemet,  which  is  devoted  to  apri- 
cots and  peaches. 

In  1914  Mr.  Meyer  removed  to  Santa  Afta  and  built  the  commodious  Meyer 
Apartments  at  Third  and  Spurgeon  streets.  This  is  the  finest  building  of  its  kind 
in  Santa  Ana,  being  a  three-story  and  basement  structure  of  reinforced  concrete, 
modern  in  every  particular  and  serving  the  purpose  both  of  a  commercial  hotel  and 
on  apartment  house.     He  makes  his  home  at  1712  North  Main  Street,  Santa  Ana. 

Mr.  Meyer's  marriage  in  1889  united  him  with  Miss  Mary  Kohlmeier,  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  C.  Kohlmeier  of  Los  Angeles,  the  ceremony  being 
solemnized  at  Redondo  Beach.  Four  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Meyer: 
Irving  B.,  a  sketch  of  whom  is  given  elsewhere  in  this  historical  work;  Edna  L.,  the 
wife  of  Louis  Butterfield;  Victor  C,  all  associated  with  our  subject,  and  Florine  A. 
Fraternally  a  Mason,  Mr.  Meyer  is  a  Knight  Templar  and  Shriner,  as  well  as  an 
Elk.  A  man  of  industry  and  foresight,  Mr.  Meyer  has  always  been  very  energetic, 
giving  the  closest  attention  to  every  undertaking  in  which  he  is  interested.  Well- 
deserved  success  has  crowned  his  efforts  and  he  now  stands  in  the  front  ranks  of 
Santa  Ana's  prosperous  citizens,  who  have  succeeded  by  dint  of  their  own  well 
directed  efforts. 

OTTO  MILLER.— The  owner  of  the  Miller  Garage  at  112-14  West  Common- 
wealth Avenue,  Fullerton,  Otto  Miller  was  born  at  Utica,  Winnebago  County,  Wis., 
March  9,  1870.  His  grandfather,  Christopher  Miller,  was  an  early  settler  in  Utica, 
where  he  bought  Government  land  and  broke  the  prairie  with  ox  teams,  converting  the 
virgin  soil  into  a  fertile  farm.  It  was  on  this  farm  that  our  subject's  father,  John 
F.  Miller  grew  to  manhood,  having  come  there  in  his  early  teens,  and  he,  in  turn, 
purchased  land  and  improved  a  farm.  His  marriage  to  Julia  Hinz  followed  this  step, 
which  would  naturally  lead  to  the  establishing  of  a  home.  Miss  Hinz  had  also 
come  to  Utica  with  her  parents,  who  were  also  pioneers  of  that  district,  and  resided 
there  until  their  death.  Our  subject  is  the  third  eldest  of  the  seven  children  who 
blessed  this  union  and  are  still  living,  but  he  is  the  only  one  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 
A  brother,  Paul,  who  was  graduated  from  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  is  now 
Commissioner  of  Education  for  the  United  States  in   Porto   Rico. 

As  a  boy.  Otto  worked  on  the  home  farm  and  attended  the  public  school.  At 
the  age  of  twenty-three  he  started  in  the  butcher  business  in  Ripon,  and  later  enlarged 
his  business,  adding, a  line  of  groceries  and  building  up  a  large  trade.  It  was  there 
that  he  was  married  to  Emma  Leitz,  and  two  children  were  born  to  them,  Erwin  E. 
and  Sarah.  While  successfully  conducting  his  business,  he  also  operated  a  farm 
w'hich  he  owned,  but  after  twenty-six  years  he  sold .  out  and  decided  to  locate  in 
California,  Fullerton  being  the  town  of  his  choice.  It  was  there  he  purchased  the 
large  business  building  at  112-14  West  Commonwealth  in  August,  1919,  and  opened 
business  September  26,  his  son  Erwin  E.  being  associated  with  him  in  the  garage 
business.  Being  a  splendid  mechanic,  Erwin,  after  completing  his  schooling  "in  his 
native  city,  Ripon,  where  he  was  born  in  1894,  took  a  course  in  steam  and  gas 
engineering  at  the  University  of  Wisconsin  at  Madison.     He  learned  the  garage  and 


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auto  repairing  business  in  Ripon  and  also  worked  in  the  factory  of  the  Four-Wheel- 
Drive  Auto  Truck  Company  at  Clintonville,  Wis.  After  he  came  to  Orange  County 
in  August,  1918,  he  worked  in  the  garage  of  Albert  Sitton  in  Fullerton,  as  well  as 
other  garages  in  the  Valley.  When  his  father  purchased  the  garage  property,  he 
joined  him  in  the  business  and  is  devoting  his  time  to  the  mechanical  end  of  it. 
The  Miller  Garage  is  well  equipped  and  their  show  room  and  offices  have  been  newly 
refitted  and  improved,  making  it  one  of  the  best-appointed  garages  in  Fullerton. 
Besides  doing  all  kinds  of  repair  work  on  automobiles,  they  buy  and  sell  used  cars, 
do  welding  and  carry  a  full  line  of  Miller  Tires  in  which  they  specialize,  and  they 
■  have   a   successful   and   growing  business. 

Erwin  E.  Miller's  marriage  to  Miss  Ruth  Baker  took  place  in  Wisconsin  and 
they  came  to  California  via  the  Lincoln  Highway  in  his  automobile.  Appreciative 
of  the  great  opportunities  afforded  men  in  Orange,  who  are  willing  to  work,  Otto 
Miller  foresees  a  steady  growth  and  wonderful  future  for  this  section  of  California. 
Though  a  strong  Republican,  he  is  too  broad  minded  to  let  party  politics  stand  in 
the  way  of  any  move  for  -the  betterment  of  the  locality  in  which  he  makes  his  home. 

C.  FOREST  TALMAGE. — Among  Orange  County's  youngest  ranchers  is  C. 
Forest  Talmage,  who  is  making  a  decided  success  for  himself  as  a  citrus  rancher  at 
his  place  of  ten  acres  on  East  Collins  Street,  east  of  Tustin  Street,  Orange.  Mr.  Tal- 
mage's  native  state  was  Iowa  and  he  was  born  there  January  23,  1900,  at  Monroe. 
His  parents  were  Charles  F.  and  Nanna  (Rinemuth)  Talmage,  natives,  respectively,  of 
Ohio  and  Iowa.  The  father  came  from  Ohio  when  a  young  man  and  settled  at  Monroe, 
and  he  was  well  known  in  that  locality  as  a  prosperous  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  shipping 
to  the  Chicago  markets  from  his  extensive  farm  of  348  acres. 

In  the  fall  of  1913,  Charles  F.  Talmage  brought  his  family  to  California,  arriving 
at  Orange  and  soon  after  purchasing  a  ranch  there.  In  Iowa,  C.  Forest  Talmage 
attended  the  schools  of  Monroe,  until  his  twelfth  year,  and  after  the  removal  of 
the  family  to  Orange  County,  he  spent  one  year  in  the  grammar  school  and  three 
years  in  the  high  school  at  Orange.  For  the  next  two  years  he  worked  for  his  father 
on  his  ranch  and  in  1918  purchased  from  him  a  tract  of  ten  acres  on  East  Collins 
Avenue,  in  the  Villa  Park  district.  Here  he  has  developed  a  splendid  orange  grove 
through  his  scientific  management  and  steady  hard  work,  and  it  is  one  of  the  best 
producers  in  the  vicinity. 

On  November  28,  1917,  Mr.  Talmage  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mariorie 
Haynes,  the  ceremony  being  solemnized  at  Beaver,  Utah.  She  is  the  daughter  of  D.  A. 
Haynes  of  Long  Beach  and  was  a  classmate  of  her  husband  at  the  Orange  high  school. 
They  are  the  parents  of  a  little  daughter,  Melba  Lucile.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Talmage  make 
their  home  in  their  attractive  residence  which  had  been  built  and  furnished  all'  ready  for 
their  occupancy  before  their  marriage.  They  attend  the  Methodist  Church  at  Orange, 
and  Mr.  Talmage  is  a  member  of  the  Villa  Park  Orchards  Association  and  of  the  Santa 
Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company.  While  young  in  years,  Mr.  Talmage  has  already  taken 
an  assured  place  in  the  affairs  of  the  community,  through  his  efl^ciency  and  depend- 
ability and  he  has  the  prospect  of  a  most  successful  future  before  him. 

EMANUEL  C.  H.  FRANZEN.— A  prosperous  citrus  grower,  who  is  naturally 
rather  proud  of  what  he  has  accomplished,  through  hard  work  and  careful  study,  is 
Emanuel  C.  H.  Franzen,  who  was  born  in  Little  Bendigo,  Victoria,  Australia,  m  the 
vicinity  of  Ballarat,  on  July  29,  1866— in  the  midst  of  the  winter  in  that  antipodes. 
His  father,  Henry  Franzen,  was  a  blacksmith  and  a  native  of  Schleswig-Holstem; 
and  he  had  married  Tina  Kryhl  of  Denmfark.  This  worthy  couple  moved  to  Australia 
in  1857,  and  they  were  getting  nicely  settled  there  when   Emanuel  was  born. 

On  account  of  the  illness  of  his  grandmother,  it  was  deemed  best  to  return  to 
the  vicinity  of  a  good  hospital  so  that  the  necessary  operation  might  be  performed; 
hence,  the  family  returned  to  Germany  in  1868  and  Kiel,  but  all  in  vain,  for  she 
passed  away  soon  after  the  surgical  effort  was  made  to  save  her  life.  The  Franzcns 
then  lived  near  Flensburg  for  five  years,  when  they  migrated  to  America  and  to 
Illinois.  They  arrived  in  Sycamore,  Dekalb  County,  in  1873,  and  there  for  a  year 
Henry  Franzen  followed  blacksmithing  until  1883.  When  he  sold  out,  it  was  to  come 
further  west,  to  California.  ,,,,-■, 

At  Orange,  he  purchased  ten  acres  on  Walnut  Street,  one  and  a  half  miles 
northeast  of  Orange,  land  owned  at  present  by  William  Grecht;  and  Emanuel  both 
worked  at  farming  and  began  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade,  having  attended  gram- 
mar and  private  schools  at  Sycamore.  The  lad  began  to  breathe  the  milder  air  of 
the  Golden  State  when  he  was  sixteen  years  old,  and  by  1893  he  was  able  to  purchase 
seven  acres  on  South  Tustin  Avenue,  a  part  of  his  present  place.  Later,  he  pur- 
chased  eight  acres   from   the   Gathmann   ranch   adjoining   his   place   on    the    north,    the 


1652  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

whole  making  a  fine  block  of  fifteen  choice  acres.  He  has  two  acres  devoted  to 
Mediterranean  sweets  and  thirteen  acres  to  Valencia  oranges,  and  the  land  is  under 
the  water  service  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company,  in  which  cooperative 
concern  Mr.  Franzen  owns  fifteen  shares;  and  all  the  improvements,  including  his 
splendid  residence,  garage,  barn  and  pumping  plant,  have  been  accomplished  through 
our  subject's  own  efforts. 

On  August  3,  1893,  Mr.  Franzen  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Gathmann,  a  sister 
of  John  Gathmann,  and  a  native  of  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.,  and  the  daughter  of  John 
and  Gesche  Gathmann,  old  settlers  in  that  state.  She  came  to  Orange  with  her 
parents  in  1882,  and  her  father  purchased  property  to  the  north  of  and  next  to  Mr.. 
Franzen's.  Her  education  began  in  Wisconsin,  and  was  finished  at  Orange.  Mr. 
Franzen  belongs  to  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Orange,  and  takes  an  active 
part  in  the  many  valuable  movements  there;  also  participating  actively  in  the  war 
drives.  Six  children — five  of  whom  are  still  living — blessed  the  happy  union  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Franzen.  George  H.  is  living  on  the  old  Slater  ranch  on  North  Tustin 
Avenue.  Edward  J.  is  at  home  with  his  parents.  Emmja.J.  also  enjoys  the  life  of 
her  parents'  home;  she  is  a  graduate  and  a  post-graduate  of  the  local  high  school, 
and  is  employed  by  the  Guarantee  Title  Abstract  Company  in  Santa  Ana.  Delia  M. 
is  taking  a  general  course  at  the  junior  college  in  Santa  Ana,  and  Mabel  D.  is  at  the 
Orange  high  school.     Lois  died  on  May  27,  1918. 

Mr.  Franzen  stands  for  principle  every  time  in  politics,  and  his  family  share  his 
rugged  honesty.  Tvvo  of  his  sons  sacrificed  something  in  the  late  war  for  the  sake 
of  the  same  worth-while  ideal.  George  H.  served  in  the  aviation  department,  having 
enlisted  in  March,  1918.  He  served  at  North  Island  and  at  March  Field,  and  had 
the  care,  as  a  mechanic,  of  the  planes.  After  being  honorably  discharged,  in  the 
spring  of  1919,  he  returned  to  civilian  life.  Edward  J.  enlisted  in  the  Navy;  went  to 
the  training  school  at  Gulfport,  Miss.,  in  June,  1918,  and  served  as  landsman  and 
machinist's  mate.  And  he  was  busy  there  until  he  was  retired  as  a  reservist  on 
January  16,  1919. 

HUGH  J.  HEANEY. — An  industrious,  enterprising  and  successful  native  son  of 
whom  California  may  well  be  proud  is  Hugh  J.  Heaney,  head  of  the  Los  Angeles  Divi- 
sion of  Railroad  Telegraphers.  He  was  born  at  Los  Angeles  on  July  25,  1893,  the  son 
of  John  W.  and  Mary  (McDonald)  Heaney.  His  father  came  west  with  his  parents 
from  St.  Louis  and  was  graduated  from  the  Los  Angeles  high  school;  and  later,  as  a 
mechanical  engineer,  he  has  served  several  firms  for  years  in  Los  Angeles,  and  acted  as 
road  engineer  for  the  fire  department.  He  has  also  been  active  in  various  movements 
in  the  City  of  the  Angels  for  the  improvement  of  the  community.  Mrs.  Heaney  came 
to  Los  Angeles  from  Nova  Scotia,  in  company  with  a  brother  and  a  sister;  and  she 
was  married  soon  after  settling  here. 

Hugh  Heaney  finished  the  usual  courses  in  the  grammar  school  and  then  studied 
for  a  year  at  the  Los  Angeles  Polytechnic;  but  the  progress  of  his  studies  was  inter- 
rupted when  his  folks  moved  to  Elsinore.  When  seventeen  years  of  age,  he  became 
absorbed  with  telegraphy,  and  at  Elsinore  he  served  an  apprenticeship  of  eighteen 
months  under  Oscar  Ray,  the  station  agent  and  telegrapher.  Then  he  went  on  the 
road  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company,  as  extra  relief  agent  and  telegrapher,  and 
served  in  the  Los  Angeles  division,  which  now  extends  from  Barstow  to  San  Diego. 

On  June  17,  1917,  Mr.  Heaney  came  to  Santa  Ana,  and  took  up  the  duties  of  an 
operator  in  the  Santa  Fe  office.  He  has  also  served  as  telegrapher  at  various  stations 
on  the  road,  including  Elsinore,  Mentone — both  of  these  resorts — Placentia  and  National 
City,  and  also  at  Redlands.  Inasmuch  as  the  telegraph  played  an  important  role 
during  the  war,  in  the  movement  of  troops,  Mr.  Heaney,  as  well  as  all  other  operators, 
was  placed  under  control  of  the  Government.  In  1918,  also,  he  became  a  member  of 
the  Order  of  Railroad  Telegraphers,  Los  Angeles  Division,  of  which  he  has  been  made 
local  chairman.  He  also  belongs  to  Lodge  No.  583  of  the  Elks  at  Redlands,  and  to  the 
Knights  of  Columbus;  and  in  national  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

On  July  3,  1916,  Mr.  Heaney  was  married  to  Miss  Grace  Callaghan,  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  Callaghan,  fruit  growers  of  Redlands,  whose  ranch  at  present  comprises 
some  twenty-five  acres.  Her  parents  were  pioneers  in  Redlands,  and  in  that  city  she 
was  born  on  September  16,  1898.  Two  children  have  blessed  this  union:  Mary  Eliza- 
beth was  born  on  October  18,  1917;  and  Grace  Loretta  on  February  11,  1919.  Mr. 
Heaney  has  two  sisters  living.  The  elder  is  Mrs.  H.  C.  Taber  of  Los  Angeles,  the  wife 
of  a  well-known  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  fire  department;  the  younger  is  the  wife 
of  J.  E.  Fenton,  an  instructor  in  mechanics  in  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  shop.  Mrs. 
Heaney  has  two  brothers  and  a  sister.  Bernard  J.  is  a  sophomore  at  Berkeley;  John  J.", 
a  salesman,  is  proud  of  his  military  record;  and  Mary  E.  is  a  student  at  the  Girls' 
College  at   San   Francisco. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1653 

MACK  HENRY  MORRISON.— A  man  who  has  had  a  share  in  various  building 
enterprises  in  and  around  Santa  Ana,  and  has  thereby  helped  to  construct  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  of  Southern  California  cities,  is  Mack  Henry  Morrison,  who  was  born  a 
native  son  in  Hornitos,  Mariposa  County,  on  January  3,  1867,  the  son  of  a  sturdy 
pioneer,  Mack  Henry  Morrison,  who  crossed  the  plains  and  mountains  from  Little  Rock, 
Ark.,  to  California  in  1850.  He  located  in  Mariposa  County  and  married  Miss  Susan 
Titchenal,  the  daughter  of  William  H.  Titchenal,  an  early  settler  of  Santa  Ana.  Five 
of  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Morrison's  children  still  survive,  and  Mack  Henry  is  the  third  son 
among  them. 

_  He  attended  the  common  schools  in  Mariposa  and  was  reared  on  a  farm  of  three- 
hundred  twenty  acres,  five  miles  northeast  of  Hornitos,  Cal.,  where  his  father  raised 
stock  and  grain,  the  nearest  market  being  Merced.  In  1883,.  he  was  sent  to  Santa  Ana 
to  attend  school,  after  which  he  returned  to  his  father's  farm.  Then  he  worked  out, 
saved  his  earnings,  and  in  1889  came  back  to  Santa  Ana  and  Orange  County,  and  soon 
thereafter  entered  the  employ  of  Frank  and  George  Heil  as  a  brickmason. 

On  October  2,  1888,  Mr.  Morrison  was  married,  at  Snelling,  to  Miss  Ida  Hamilton, 
daughter  of  Joel  and  Sarah  Hamilton,  of  Snelling,  Merced  County.  She  came  to  Cali- 
fornia as  a  girl  with  her  parents  from  Moberly,  Mo.,  and  it  was  not  long  before  she 
had  thoroughly  caught  the  California  spirit.  For  seven  years,  Mr.  Morrison  farmed 
for  himself  in  Merced  County  before  coming  to  Orange  County  to  make  his  home 
in  this  thriving  locality. 

In  1896,  the  happy  couple  located  on  the  old  Neal  Place  on  Bristol  Street,  in 
Santa  Ana,  and  then,  for  a  year,  he  went  to  El  Modena  and  the  Hot  Springs.  After 
a  while,  he  purchased  a  ranch  at  1120  East  Washington  Street — a  home  place  with 
three  acres  of  walnuts  and  a  good  family  orchard,  where  he  now  makes  his  residence. 
Meanwhile,  he  is  an  employee  at  C.  H.  Chapman  Lumber  Yards  in  Santa  Ana.  He  has 
other  important  financial  interests  besides  those  of  his  ranch,  so  that,  with  his  daily 
labor,  he  is  a  busy  man  indeed. 

Six  children  have  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morrison:  Crystal  is  the 
wife  of  Dyas  Kenner,  a  rancher,  at  Tomato  Springs,  and  the  mother  of  a  child,  Alieen; 
Loftus  B.  is  at  home,  with  a  fine  record  as  a  graduate  of  the  Orange  County  Business 
College  and  as  a  soldier;  Marvin,  a  graduate  of  Pomona  College  and  at  present  the 
athletic  director,  football  coach,  and  professor  at  the  Santa  Ana  high  school,  also  has  a 
military  record,  receiving  the  commission  of  ensign;  he  married  Miss  Cecil  Wood,  of 
Beverly  Hills;  Orval  is  in  the  fire  department  at  Portland,  Ore.;  Rosalind  attends  the 
Lincoln  school;  and  Evelyn  is  in  the  Santa  Ana  intermediate.  The  family  worship  at 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  South,  at  Santa  Ana.  Mr.  Morrison,  who  is  a  Demo- 
crat, has  always  supported  prohibition.     He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Maccabees. 

JOEL  BRUCE  HANDY. — Even  as  a  boy  the  inclinations  of  Joel  Bruce  Handy 
were  in  the  direction  of  agricultural  pursuits  and  at  the  early  age  of  sixteen  he  started 
ranching  on  his  own  account.  A  native  son  of  Orange  County,  he  has  grown  to  man- 
hood in  his  home  environment  and  has  been  a  liberal  contributor  to  modern  ideas  on 
the  subject  of  vegetable  growing,  particularly  of  the  Monstrous  variety  lima  beans. 

The  next  to  the  youngest  of  four  children  born  to  Owen  and  Mary  (Parker) 
Handy,  Joel  B.  Handy  was  born  December  S,  1881,  on  Handy  Street  in  Orange,  Cal. 
His  schooling  was  received  in  the  schools  of  Villa  Park  and  he  was  always  a  leader  in 
athletics  during  his'  school  days,  being  very  proficient  in  all  kinds  of  sports  and  games. 
In  1897  he  decided  to  start  out  on  his  own  responsibility,  although  but  a  boy,  and  he 
began  the  growing  of  vegetables.  At  first  he  grew  only  small  produce,  such  as  peas, 
beans,  corn,  etc.,  marketing  his  produce  at  Los  Angeles  and  San  Francisco.  He  was 
the  pioneer  in  the  growing  of  small  vegetables  in  the  Villa  Park  district  and  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Orange  County  Vegetable  Association,  with  headquarters  at 
Villa  Park.  Mr.  Handy  was  always  very  successful  in  his  work  and  soon  became 
purchasing  agent  for  the  large  commission  firms  of  Quadroos  and  Joseph,  and  Jacobs 
and  Malcolm,  both  of  San  Francisco.  He  was  also  the  representative  of  the  Aggeler- 
Musser  Seed  Company  for  some  time  and  proved  up  on  the  Monstrous  lima  bean 
here  and  at  Laguna  Beach,  which  has  proved  the  biggest  bearer  of  all  lima  beans.  For 
about  seven  years  of  this  time  he  also  had  a  nursery,  raising  orange  and  lemon  trees. 

For  the  past  fifteen  years  Mr.  Handy  has  been  manager  of  the  Handy  ranch  of 
thirty  acres,  which  is  situated  at  Villa  Park,  devoted  to  oranges  and  lemons.  In  addi- 
tion to  his  extensive  activities  as  a  vegetable  grower  he  has  also  become  interested  in 
citrus  culture,  and  is  the  owner  of  an  orchard  of  seven  and  a  half  acres  at  Villa  Park, 
half  Valencia  oranges  and  half  lemons,  and  here  the  family  make  their  home.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Central  Lemon  Association  and  Villa  Park  Orchards  Association. 

On  February  10,  1904,  Mr.  Handy  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Esther  May 
Johnson,  born  in  Michigan,  who  came  to  Orange,  Cal.,  in  1902  with  the  family  of  her 


1654  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

uncle,  G.  J.  Stock.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Wm.  M.  and  Elizabeth  (Stock)  Johnson. 
Her  father  is  dead,  while  her  mother  now  makes  her  home  at  Anaheim  with  a  younger 
brother,  Estel  Johnson.  A  sister  of  Mrs.  Handy,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Gunnett,  resides  at  Long 
Beach.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Handy  are  the  parents  of  three  attractive  children:  Zelda  Eliza- 
beth, in  Orange  Union  high  school,  and  Owen  William  and  Bruce  Johnson. 

A  man  of  unusual  energy  and  initiative,  Mr.  Handy  makes  a  success  of  any  work 
that  comes  his  way,  and  in  addition  to  his  profitable  ranching  activities  he  is  also  of 
an  inventive  turn,  which  frequently  stands  him  in  good  stead  in  his  ranching,  enter- 
prises. Notwithstanding  a  very  busy  life,  Mr.  Handy  retains  his  prowess  as  a  sports- 
man and  has  a  fine  bungalow  and  fishing  launch  at  Laguna  Beach,  where  he  gets  grea# 
enjoyment  out  of  the  free  outdoor  life.  A  firm  believer  in  protection,  he  is  naturally 
an  adherent  of  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party. 

THEQDORE  REUTER. — A  self-made  man  who  has  won  recognition  as  a  success- 
ful rancher,  is  Theodore  Reuter,  who  was  born  at  the  old  ranch  house  at  902  Grand 
Avenue,  Santa  Ana,  on  February  12,  1890.  His  father,  Ludwig  Reuter,  a  native  of 
Germany,  married  a  daughter  of  that  country,  Magdalena  Herchert;  and  in  1887,  when 
so  many  were  flocking  to  California  on  account  of  the  "boom,"  they  became  pioneers 
of  Orange  County,  following  one  of  Mr.  Renter's  brothers,  already  comfortably  settled 
here,  and  Mr.  Reuter  bought  eight  acres  on  Fruit  and  Grand  streets. 

The  second  son  in  a  family  of  four  surviving  children,  Theodore  went  to  the 
grammar  schools  in  Santa  Aria  and  then  took  two  years  of  the  high  school  course;  and 
from  his  seventeenth  year  he  began  to  give  his  attention  earnestly  to  agriculture.  In 
1902,  Ludwig  Reuter  increased  his  holdings  to  twenty  acres,  and  in  time  the  family  pur- 
chased and  improved  other  ranches  and  then  sold  them  at  a  profit.  At  present  Theo- 
dore is  the  manager  of  nineteen  and  a  half  acres,  in  which  t-wo  brothers  and  a  sister 
also  have  a  share.  Ludwig  Reuter  died  in  March,  1915,  aged  fifty-four  years;  but  his 
widow  is  still  living  at  the  old  home  ranch,  aged  about  fifty-six. 

Ludwig  Reuter  became  an  early  winemaker  and  also  wine  merchant  of  Santa  Ana, 
and  the  old  Reuter  home  place  is  a  landmark  known  to  thousands  throughout  the 
county.  The  old  house,  too,  was  once  used  in  Tustin  as  the  early  schoolhouse,  and 
so  it  still  has  its  associations  for  many.  This  structure  was  removed  by  the  ingenious 
pioneer,  who  retained  it  in  good  condition.  Now  Theodore  has  the  management  of  ten 
acres  of  walnuts,  and  about  nine  acres  of  oranges.  He  belongs  to  the  Santa  Ana 
Walnut   Growers  Association,  and  also   to   the  Santiago   Orange   Growers   Association. 

On  August  25,  1916,  Mr.  Reuter  was  married  to  Miss  Dorothy  Weber,  a  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  E.  Weber  of  West  Garden  Grove;  and  one  child  has  blessed  their 
marriage — the  baby,  Jean.  The  family  attend  the  Christian  Church,  and  Mr.  Reuter  is 
a  member  of  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood  of  Santa  Ana.  In  national  politics,  he  is  a 
Republican.  Patriotic  to  the  core,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reuter  supported  all  the  Liberty  Loan 
drives  during  the  war. 

A  sister  of  Mr.  Reuter  is  Hedwig  S.,  now  the  wife  of  Roy  W.  Angle,  master 
mechanic  of  the  Union  Oil  Company.  A  brother  is  H.  A.  Reuter,  and  another  brother 
is  Ernest  A.,  who  is  at  home.  H.  A.  Reuter,  who  is  connected  with  the  Santa  Ana 
Register,  enlisted  in  the  World  War,  as  did  his  brother,  Ernest,  in  August,  1917;  and 
for  two  years  they  both  served  overseas.  E.  A.  was  in  the  First  Division  of  the  Mobile 
Repair  Ordnance;  and  H.  A.  was  in  the  Supply  Service  at  Neuf  Chateau,  France.  In 
1919,  at  San  Francisco,  they  received  their  honorable  discharges. 

OTTO  L.  AHLEFELD.— A  native  of  Calif ornia  in  all  but  birth.  Otto  L.  Ahlefeld 
has  lived  in  Orange  County  since  his  third  year,  so  that  his  memory  of  his  cfiildhood 
days  does  not  reach  beyond  its  borders.  He  was  born  in  Lombard,  a  short  distance 
from  Chicago,  111.  January  4,  1894,  his  parents  being  George  and  Louise  (Stanch) 
Ahlefeld,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  Germany,  the  father  coming  to  America  from 
his  old  home  at  Hamburg  when  but  a  young  lad.  There  were  six  children  in  the 
Ahlefeld  family,  three  of  whom  are  living:  Fred  E.  married  Miss  Gertrude  Lippe  of 
Santa  Ana  and  they  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Richard;  Otto  L.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  and  Ethel,  the  only  daughter,  resides  with  her  parents  in  Orange. 

George  Ahlefeld  farmed  in  the  vicinity  of  Lombard,  111.,  for  a  number  of  years, 
until  1897,  when  he  brought  his  family  to  California,  settling  near  Orange,  where  he 
immediately  began  citrus  ranching.  He  still  resides  on  his  original  purchase,  which 
he  has  improved  and  developed,  having  erected  a  comfortable  residence  on  the  property 
some  years  ago.  Otto  was  reared  on  the  home  place,  receiving  a  good  education  in  the 
public  schools  at  Orange.  He  early  began  to  help  his  father  on  the  ranch,  so  was  for- 
tunate when  but  a  boy  in  getting  a  thorough  and  practical  knowledge  of  the  citrus 
industry.  In  1916  he  purchased  a  tract  of  five  acres  at  Olive  and  this  he  has  developed 
and  unproved,  planting  it  to  oranges,  and  he  has  had  water  piped  to  it  for  irrigation 


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purposes  from  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company.  In  1920  he  made  a  consider- 
able addition  to  his  holdings  by  the  purchase  of  a  well  developed  ranch  of  ten  acres 
on  Palmyra  and  Santiago  Creek.  Five  acres  of  this  ranch  are  set  to  Valencia  oranges, 
while  the  remainder  of  the  acreage  is  taken  up  with  the  buildings  and  a  thriving  walnut 
orchard.     His  ranch  at  Olive  is  now  leased  to  the  Olive  Petroleum  Company. 

On  August  30,  1916,  Mr.  Ahlefeld  was  married  to  Miss  Verona  Strong,  born  in  this 
county,  a  daughter  of  Carl  and  Alice  (Straud)  Strong,  who  were  pioneers  of  Orange 
and  are  still  ranchers  in  Los  Angeles  County,  Mrs.  Strong  being  a  native  daughter 
of  California.  One  child,  Carl  G.,  has  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ahlefeld.  They  make 
their  home  on  the  ten-acre  ranch  which  Mr.  Ahlefeld  purchased  this  year  and  here  he 
is  devoting  his  time  and  energy  to  bringing  the  place  up  to  the  highest  degree  of  culti- 
vation. Seeing  the  benefits  accruing  from  organization  among  the  growers,  Mr.  Ahle- 
feld is  a  member  of  the  McPherson  Heights  Citrus  Association  and  of  the  Olive  Hill- 
side Growers  Association,  also  of  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  Irrigation  Company."  Politically 
he  is  a  believer  in  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Lutheran  Church  at  Orange  and  both  of  them  are  active  in  its  circles,  where  they  enjoy 
a  wide  popularity. 

LEROY  A.  WARREN. — A  professional  man  whose  choice  of  the  open-air  life 
of  California  made  him  a  rancher,  and  whose  common  sense  and  experience  have  made 
him  conservative  in  his  progressive  operations,  is  Leroy  A.  Warren,  known  to  those 
who  really  know  him  as  public  spirited  and  patriotic  in  every  particular.  He  was  born 
in  Arkansas  City,  Kans.,  on  September  14,  1891,  the  son  of  Thomas  L.  Warren,  now 
a  business  man  and  property  owner  at  Santa  Ana,  where  he  also  has  a  brother  in 
business,  Howard  T.  Warren.  Thomas  Warren  was  born  in  Iowa  in  1866,  and  later 
moved  to  Kansas.  He  had  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Wilson,  who  was  born  in  Ohio  in 
1862,  and  they  came  to  Santa  Ana  on  Christmas  Eve,  1900,  bringing  their  three  children 
■ — our  subject,  an  older  brother,  Martin  W.  Warren,  now  in  the  post  office  at  Santa 
Ana,  and  a  younger  brother,  William  H.  Warren,  who  is  with  the  Union  Oil  Company 
of  Santa  Monica. 

Leroy  Warren  attended  the  grammar  schools  at  Santa  Ana,  and  in  1911  was 
graduated  from  the  high  school  of  this  city,  after  which  and  during  the  academic  year 
of  1912-13  he  was  a  student  at  Occidental  College.  Then  he  matriculated  at  the  Santa 
Barbara  Normal  school,  from  which  he  was  duly  graduated  in  1914.  He  first  taught 
in  the  Visalia  high  school,  where  he  was  the  athletic  trainer  for  a  year,  giving  instruc- 
tion as  well  in  the  other  city  schools,  and  from  1917  to  1919  he  was  a  teacher  in  the 
manual  arts  department  of  the  high  school  at  Santa  Ana,  and  was  athletic  trainer  and 
football  coach  at  Santa  Ana. 

In  1919  Mr.  Warren  retired  from  his  professional  work  and  on  April  26  bought 
three  and  a  half  acres  of  oranges  and  one  and  a  half  acres  of  lemons  at  Villa  Park — a 
small  ranch,  having  a  fine  residence  and  an  orchard.  He  has  five  shares  in  the  Serrano 
Water  Company  and  three  shares  in  the  Santiago  Well  Company,  and  with  this  most 
adequate  irrigation  he  is  an  independent  shipper,  and  has  come  to  enjoy  an  enviable 
reputation  for  the  quality  of  his  ranch  products. 

On  December  28,  1916,  Mr.  Warren  was  married  to  Miss  Ruth  E.  Alexander,  of 
Hollywood,  who  was  a  fellow-student  with  Mr.  Warren  at  the  Santa  Barbara  Normal 
school.  She  is  a  lady  of  excellent  accomplishments,  who  also  taught  school,  instruct- 
ing in  domestic  science  at  the  Inglewood  schools.  Their  one  child,  James  Alexander, 
was  born  on  May  IS,  1918.  Mr.  Warren  supports  the  Community  Church  at  Villa  Park, 
and  under  the  leadership  of  the  Republican  party  endeavors  to  work  for  improved 
civic  standards. 

ALFRED  W.  LEICHTFUSS. — A  live  worker  and,  therefore,  a  very  live  wire  in 
the  Orange  Men's  Club,  boasting  at  present  a  membership  of  nearly  ISO,  is  Alfred  W. 
Leichtfuss,  who  was  born  in  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  on  July  1,  1883,  the  son  of  August  F. 
Leichtfuss,  also  a  member  of  that  great  commonwealth  by  reason  of  birth.  He  was  a 
decorator  and  a  dealer  in  artistic  draperies;  and  after  a  long,  arduous  business  career, 
which  enabled  him  to  contribute  much  toward  the  proper  direction  and  development 
of  artistic  taste  in  Wisconsin,  he  came  out  to  California  to  live  in  retirement,  and  now 
resides  with  his  son,  our  subject,  on  the  home  ranch.  He  had  married  Miss  Auguste 
Janicke,  a  native  of  Germany,  who  brought  to  her  aid  as  his  life  companion  the  best 
traits  of  womanhood  and  domestic  life  in  her  native  land,  and  a  fine  appreciation  of 
the  social  institutions  of  America  and  their  significance  to  broad-minded  and  large- 
hearted  women. 

Alfred  Leichtfuss  attended  the  local  grammar  schools  in  Milwaukee,  and  from 
his  thirteenth  year  worked  hard  for  a  living.  He  learned  the  baker's  trade,  and  was 
head  baker  of  the  busy  shop  of  Beith  &  Forth,  in  Milwaukee,  continuing  in  that  business 


1656  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

for  four  and  a  half  years.  He  was  the  third  son  in  a  family  of  nine  children,  all  still 
happily  alive,  and  he  made  good  as  a  salesman.  He  represented,  also,  the  Edgewood 
Dairy  Farm  of  Wisconsin,  and  for  years  traveled  extensively  for  that  well-known 
concern.  In  October,  1904,  he  came  to  Villa  Park  and  worked  as  a  rancher,  and  now  he 
owns  and  operates  for  himself  sixteen  acres,  ten  of  which  are  set  out  to  Valencias, 
three  to  lemons  and  three  to  Navel  oranges.  By  hard,  steady  work,  and  in  various  ways 
he  greatly  improved  his  ranch  and  raised  it  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation. 

On  August  1,  190S,  Mr.  Leichtfuss  was  married  to  Miss  Elsie  Knuth,  and  they 
have  three  children,  all  bright  students  in  the  neighboring  schools.  Their  names  are 
Wilfred,  Harvey  and  Lawrence.  The  family  attends  the  Lutheran  Church,  in  which 
Mr.  Leichtfuss  has  served  on  the  building  committee.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Villa 
Park  Orchards  and  the  Central  Lemon  Growers  associations,  and  he  marches  in  his 
civic  endeavors  in  the  ranks  of  the  Republican  party. 

MANSON  ROUSE. — An  enterprising  ranchman,  with  a  fine  knowledge  of  horti- 
culture and  full  of  the  progressive  spirit  of  the  twentieth  century,  is  Manson  Rouse, 
who  was  born  at  San  Francisco  on  September  3,  1897,  the  son  of  D.  M.  Rouse,  a  native 
of  Agency  County,  Iowa,  where  he  was  born  in  1870.  He  had  married  Sarah  Mc- 
Cullough,  a  native  of  County  Armagh,  Ireland,  and  came  to  Northern  California  as  a 
boy  in  1875.  His  success  in  large  irrigation  projects  in  the  north  has  fixed  his  fame 
among  the  inhabitants  there,  where  he  was  best  known  as  the  superintendent  of  the 
San  Joaquin  and  Kings  Rivers  Canal  and  Irrigation  Company.  His  death  occurred  at 
Santa  Ana  in  1912. 

Manson  Rouse  was  sent  to  the  graded  schools  in  Santa  Ana,  after  which  he  took 
the  high  school  course  in  the  same  city.  For  four  years  he  was  employed  by 
Miller  &  Lux  in  Merced  County,  coming  direct  from  the  north  in  1917  to  Villa  Park. 
With  his  mother  and  his  younger  brother,  David,  Mr.  Rouse  also  began  the  manage- 
ment of  a  fine  lemon  and  orange  ranch  of  twenty  acres,  located  on  the  beautiful 
Center  Drive,  and  this  estate,  owned  by  his  mother,  he  now  directs.  According  to 
Mr.  Rouse,  nowhere  in  California  does  the  lemon  industry  make  a  better  showing 
than  at  Villa  Park,  and  this  opinion,  founded  on  scientific  study  and  practical  experi- 
ence, is  naturally  of  great  interest  to  all  who  are  essaying  citrus  culture  in  Orange 
County.  He  uses  tractors  on  his  up-to-date  ranch,  and  with  a  fine  system  of  pipe 
lines  and  a  complete  outfit  of  modern  machinery  he  is  able  to  maintain  a  "show  place" 
and.  to  make  a  very  comfortable  income  for  all  concerned. 

In  national  politics  Mr.  Rouse  is  a  Republican,  but  he  does  not  allow  partisanship 
or  narrow  views  of  any  kind  to  interfere  with  his  vigorous  and  efifective  support  of 
every  measure  or  movement  likely  to  build  up  or  upbuild  the  community  with  which 
he  is  so  vitally  and  so  honorably  associated. 

WILLIAM  J.  S.  HOLDITCH.— An  enterprising,  experienced  and  successful 
rancher  who  has  made  a  specialty  as  a  horticulturist,  is  William  J.  S.  Holditch  of  Villa 
Park,  known  to  everybody  for  miles  around  as  a  "good  fellow."  He  was  born  at 
Sturgeon  Falls,  Ontario,  on  September  27,  1881,  the  son  of  James  Holditch,  a  native 
of  that  place,  who  both  kept  a  store  and  ran  a  ranch  in  Sturgeon  Falls,  and  was  honored 
by  his  fellow-citizens  as  their  choice  for  mayor  of  that  town.  He  came  to  Sturgeon 
Falls  as  a  pioneer  with  John  Parker,  and  married  Ellen  Parker,  a  native  of  England 
who  came  to  America  when  she  was  a  girl.  William  attended  the  local  schools  in 
Canada,  graduatmg  from  the  high  school  of  Sturgeon  Falls,  and  as  the  oldest  son  in  a 
famdy  of  seven  children,  worked  for  two  years  for  an  uncle  in  a  planing  mill  at 
Sturgeon  Falls. 

In  1901  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Holditch  and  a  daughter  came  to  California  for  a  year  to 
look  around  and  size  up  the  country,  and  in  1902  they  arranged  for  the  remainder  of 
the  family  to  follow  them  here.  In  October  of  the  same  year  our  subject  entered  the 
University  of  Southern  California,  and  for  a  couple  of  semesters  pursued  such  studies 
as  were  congenial  to  him.  He  discontinued  the  course  when  the  health  of  his  father 
became  impaired,  and  it  was  necessary  for  someone  to  take  charge  of  the  fine  twentv- 
five  acres  purchased  by  him  in  Villa  Park  in  March,  1903.  This  ranch  has  ten  acres 
of  Navel  oranges,  three  acres  of  apricots,  and  the  balance,  or  twelve  acres  in  barley 
It  also  came  to  have  a  good  well,  finished  by  James  Holditch  in  1912  In  course  of 
time  John  Holditch,  another  son,  bought  eight  of  the  acres. 

William  Holditch  started  a  nursery  of  citrus  trees,  where  he  planted  and  grew 
.stock  both  for  his  own  ranch  and  for  the  market.  In  1907  he  bought  from  Frederick 
Meade  of  New  York  some  twenty-one  unimproved  acres  at  Villa  Park  and  there  he 
himself  set  out  the  trees.  In  addition  to  the  water  supply  from  the  well  dug  by  his 
father,   Mr.   Holditch   commands   other   service   through   his   holding   of   stock    in    the 


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Serrano  Water  Association,  and  he  is  a  member  and  shareholder  in  Ijoth  the  Central 
Lemon  Growers  and  Villa  Park  Orchards  associations. 

James  Holditch  came  west  in  pursuit  of  better  health,  and  found  the  improvement 
desired  in  Orange  County,  Cal.  He  died  in  1913,  aged  sixty-three.  His  widow  lives 
contentedly,  having  at  home  a  daughter.  Marguerite,  our  subject,  and  two  other  sons, 
George  E.  and  Bronson  Holditch.  A  son,  John,  married  Miss  Myrtle  Adams  and  lives 
at  Villa  Park;  and  a  daughter,  Anna,  became  the  wife  of  W.  A.  Knuth.  John  Holditch 
saw  active  service  in  France  as  a  member  of  the  Ninety-first  Division  of  the  Three 
Hundred  Sixty-fourth  Regiment.  Bronson  was  also  in  the  land  of  the  Gauls  as 
one  of  the  Fortieth  Division  in  the  One  Hundred  Forty-fifth  Battery  of  the  Heavy 
Artillery,  and  George  E.  Holditch  was  connected  with  the  ground  service  in  the 
aviation  department  of  the  U.  S.  Army.  All  received  honorable  discharges.  John  is 
a  member  of  the  Elks  at  Anaheim,  while  William  is  a  charter  member  of,  and  has  held 
office  in,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  of  Orange. 

In  national  politics  a  Republican,  in  local  affairs  a  first-class  nonpartisan  "booster," 
Mr.  Holditch  supports  the  Community  Church  and  every  movement  likely  to  result 
in  the  uplifting  and  upbuilding  of  Villa  Park  and  her  favored  sister  communities  in  the 
most  favored  of  all  counties,  Orange. 

BENJAMIN  W.  JEROME. — A  native-born  son  of  the  state,  who  has  come  into 
prominence  as  one  of  the  successful  ranchers  of  Orange  County,  is  Benjamin  W. 
Jerome,  who  possesses  in  a  large  measure  those  qualities  which  have  been  the  founda- 
tion of  the  upbuilding  of  the  West,  enterprise  and  determination,  qualities  which  he 
no  doubt  inherited  from  his  father,  William  .Jerome,  a  pioneer  settler  with  a  record  for 
valiant  service  in  the  Civil  War,  and  later  in  the  bloody  conflicts  with  the  Apaches,  that 
his  descendants  may  well  cherish  with  pride. 

William  Jerome  was  born  in  London,  England,  on  July  21,  1846,  and  on  migrating 
to  America  located  in  Pennsylvania.  Shortly  after  his  arrival  there  the  Civil  War 
broke  out,  and  he  at  once  joined  the  colors  of  his  adopted  country  and  enlisted  in  the 
First  Pennsylvania  Cavalry,  and  served  throughout  the  conflict.  After  the  close  of 
the  war  he  enlisted  in  the  regulars  and  was  sent  to  the  Pacific  Coast  to  relieve  the 
First  California  Volunteers,  who  had  restrained  the  depredations  of  the  Indian  tribes 
during  these  days.  Coming  to  California  via  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  they  landed  at 
San  Pedro  and  made  their  way  to  Yuma,  Ariz.  Here  Mr.  Jerome  served  for  two 
years  under  Captain  Dunkelberger,  and  later  in  the  company  of  Captain  Bernard,  and 
took  part  in  the  Apache  campaign  when  Chief  Cochise  was  at  the  head  of  the  tribe. 
During  one  of  the  battles  he  was  twice  wounded  and  on  account  of  climatic  conditions 
and  lack  of  hospital  facilities  he  was  sent  to  San  Diego.  After  his  recovery  he  was 
given  his  honorable  discharge  and  mustered  out  and  located  in  Los  Angeles;  here  he 
was  appointed  as  a  member  of  the  police  force,  and  it  was  during  this  time  that  he 
made  the  acquaintance  of  Miss  Martha  Ward,  like  himself  a  native  of  London,  England, 
who  had  come  to  California  on  a  visit.  The  acquaintance  continued  and  resulted  in 
their  marriage  in  1875. 

In  1879  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jerome  removed  to  what  is  now  Orange  County,  settling 
at  Olive,  and  on  September  25,  1881,  he  located  at  Tustin,  where  he  built  his  home  and 
thereafter  made  his  residence.  Here  he  engaged  in  business  as  a  plaster  and  cement 
contractor,  a  trade  which  he  had  learned  in  Philadelphia  in  his  early  days.  He  was 
always  prominent  in  the  ranks  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  and  his  passing,  on  August  20,  1900, 
at  the  age  of  fifty-four,  left  a  heartfelt  void  in  the  ranks  of  his  comrades.  His  widow 
survives  him  and  makes  her  home  with  her  daughter,  M.  Louise,  on  the  Irvine  Ranch. 
Five  children  were  born  to  this  worthy  couple:  William  C.  is  the  present  auditor  of 
Orange  County  and  a  partner  with  his  brother  in  the  ranching  business;  Benjamin 
W.,  the  subject  of  this  review;  M.  Louise  leases  200  acres  of  the  Irvine  ranch;  Nellie 
is  the  wife  of  C.  E.  Stone,  who  is  foreman  of  the  Whiting  ranch  operated  by  the 
Jerome  brothers;  Estelle  is  Mrs.  Don  Rudd  of  Santa  Monica. 

When  Benjamin  W.  Jerome  was  in  his  second  year  his  parents  moved  to  Olive, 
Orange  County,  and  later  to  Tustin,  and  here  he  has  ever  since  made  his  home,  attend- 
ing the  public  schools  and  growing  up  in  close  touch  with  every  phase  of  ranch  life. 
On  reaching  young  manhood  he  and  his  brother,  William  C,  started  farming  on  the 
Whiting  ranch,  raising  wheat  and  barley  for  a  number  of  years.  They  worked  hard 
and  "made  a  splendid  success  of  their  undertaking,  which  enabled  them  to  branch  out 
more  extensively  from  year  to  year.  The  problems  involving  the  nature,  condition 
and  needs  of  the  soil,  and  properly  supplying  that  which  is  lacking  in  order  to  realize 
the  highest  state  of  productiveness,  are  matters  to  which  they  give  close  attention, 
and  by  the  scientific  application  of  the  most  approved  methods  of  culture  they  have 
demonstrated  what  can  be  accomplished  by  intelligent  and  systematic  work. 


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In  addition  to  the  320-acre  ranch  north  of  Irvine  on  which  Mr.  Jerome  makes 
His  home,  the  brothers  operate  800  acres  of  the  Whiting  ranch  and  the  tract  of  200 
acres  south  of  Irvine  which  their  sister,  M.  Louise,  holds  under  lease.  They  also  are 
the  owners  of  200  acres,  all  under  cultivation,  160  acres  lying  in  the  Imperial  Valley 
and  forty  acres  near  Tustin.  Formerly  they  devoted  the  greater  part  of  their  holdings 
to  hay  and  grain,  but  of  late  years  they  have  specialized  in  lima  beans,  and  in  this 
they  are  most  successful,  producing  up  to  twenty  sacks  an  acre  on  some  of  their  land. 

Mr.  Jerome's  marriage,  which  occurred  at  Santa  Ana  on  October  8,  1902,  united 
him  with  Miss  Effie  Smithwick,  who  was  born  at  Kernville,  Kern  Coutity.  She  is  the 
daughter  of  Edward  Smithwick,  a  native  of  Texas,  who  crossed  the  plams  m  the  early 
days.  He  engaged  in  stock  raising  in  Tulare  County,  later  going  to  Kern  County, 
where  he  met  and  married  Rebecca  Reid,  also  a  native  of  Texas,  who  had  been  brought 
across  the  plains  by  her  parents  when  but  a  babe.  The  Smithwicks  came  to  Santa 
Ana  about  forty  years  ago  and  Mr.  Smithwick  engaged  in  the  livery  business  there 
and  also  occupied  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace;  he  still  makes  his  home  there. 
Mrs.  Jerome  was  graduated  from  the  Santa  Ana  high  school  and  for  four  years  was 
herself  a  teacher.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jerome  are  the  parents  of  one  son,  Benjamin  E. 

Mr.  Jerome  is  prominent  in  the  California  Lima  Bean  Growers  Association  and 
in  fraternal  circles  is  a  member  of  the  Elks,  Odd  Fellows  and  Modern  Woodmen, 
being  affiliated  with  the  Santa  Ana  lodges  of  these  organizations.  In  his  political 
sympathies  he  is  a  firm  believer  in  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party.  Active, 
progressive  and  successful,  the  Jerome  brothers  are  among  the  most  energetic  workers 
in  Orange  County,  and  they  bring  to  bear  upon  all  their  dealings  those  principles  of 
honesty  and  integrity  that  are  ever  the  real  basis  of  success. 

ARTHUR  C.  PICKERING. — An  optimistically  inclined,  self-made  rancher,  who 
is  not  ashamed  to  acknowledge  that  he  commenced  ranching  in  1910  with  an  encum- 
brance of  $4000  on  his  six  acres,  is  Arthur  C.  Pickering,  who  may  also  modestly  boast 
that  today  he  owes  no  one  a  dollar,  and  now  controls  eleven  well-developed  acres,  all 
set  out  successfully  to  citrus  fruit.  This  remarkable  prosperity,  reached  as  a  matter 
of  fact  in  1918,  Mr.  Pickering  attributes  largely  to  his  capable,  loyal  wife,  who  has 
shared  with  him  his  uphill  climbs  and  now  enters  in  with  him  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of 
long,  hard  labor,  clear  foresight  and  bold,  if  wisely  conservative,  investment. 

Mr.  Pickering  was  liorn  in  Wellington,  Sumner  County,  Kans.,  on  February  15, 
1884,  the  son  of  Loring  A.  and  Elnora  (Cummins)  Pickering,  both  natives  of  Indiana, 
who  pioneered  to  Kansas  in  the  early  seventies  and  there  broke  up  the  virgin  soil. 
They  had  to  face  the  most  adverse  and  discouraging  conditions,  and  to  undergo  many 
real  hardships;  but  they  accomplished  something  for  the  new  state,  and  when  Arthur 
was  five  years  old  they  moved  back  to  Indiana.  There  the  lad  attended  the  district 
schools  of  Henry  County,  and  he  also  worked  for  his  father  on  the  home  farm. 

When  he  was  twenty-one  Mr.  Pickering  proved  up  on  some  homestead  land  in 
Oklahoma,  in  which  he  had  become  interested.  His  parents  had  long  wished  to  move 
westward,  but  they  did  not  venture  to  do  so  until  their  home  had  been  destroyed  by 
fire,  in  1906,  when  they  went  to  Galveston,  Tex.,  then  came  to  Whittier,  Cal.,  where 
they  now  live.  Arthur  C.  joined  his  parents  in  Texas,  working  on  the  docks  and  for 
the  General  Shipping  Board,  and  he  continued  to  work  in  the  Lone  Star  State  for 
three  months.  In'  1907  Arthur  followed  to  the  fast-growing  Quaker  town,  and  there, 
working  for  his  father,  he  became  an  enterprising  rancher. 

In  1910  L.  A.  and  Arthur  Pickering  bought  seventeen  acres  of  open  barley  field 
in  the  Yorba  Linda  tract — six  acres  of  which  were  sold — and  at  present  the  entire 
tract  is  held  by  our  subject,  who  is  a  member  and  shareholder  in  the  Yorba  Linda 
Citrus  Association,  a  member  of  both  the  Yorba  Linda  Water  Company,  a  charter 
member  of  the  Yorba  Linda  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  the  holder  of  stock  certificate 
No.  1  in  the  Foothills  Growers  Association,  having  been  instrumental  in  bringing  to 
his  district  the  branch  house. 

On  May  9,  1907,  Mr.  Pickering  was  married  to  Miss  Cecil  E.  Fadely,  a  schoolmate 
of  his  boyhood  days,  and  four  children  blessed  their  happy  home.  The  eldest  was 
Chauncey,  and  then  came  the  twins,  Carolyn  and  Elnore,  who  are  attending  the  Yorba 
Linda  grammar  school,  and  Elizabeth.  The  family  reside  in  Yorba  Linda  on  Park 
Place.  Such  was  the  promising  family  of  this  estimable  couple;  but  Chauncey.  who 
first  saw  the  light  of  day  on  April  IS,  1909,  at  Whittier,  and  grew  up  in  Yorba  Linda, 
a  favorite  with  all  who  knew  his  sunny  disposition,  his  thoughtful  demeanor  and  his 
manly  conduct,  closed  his  eyes  to  the  scenes  of  this  world  on  June  2,  1920,  the  services 
being  conducted  by  Rev.  Ray  Carter,  pastor  of  the  Friends  Church,  of  which  the  boy 
was  a  member.  He  had  just  finished  his  fifth  grade  work  and  had  been  naturally 
delighted  with  his  success;  so  much  so  that  one  cannot  doubt  that  he  was  eager  to 
enter  upon  that  higher  development  awaiting  every  earnest  soul  in  the  unknown  world. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1659 

RICHARD  W.  COLE.— With  the  dogged  determination  of  the  British  race  to 
carry  on,  as  shown  so  clearly  in  the  late  war,  Richard  W.  Cole  has  won  his  way  to 
success  over  all  obstacles,  and  with  no  help  save  that  of  his  own  energy  and  will  power 
has  reached  an  assured  position  in  life,  where  he  can  look  back  and  say  that  his  work 
was  good.  Born  at  Chidlemolt,  Devonshire,  England,  October  16,  1846,  when  five 
years  of  age  he  was  brought  to  America  by  his  parents,  and  the  family  finally  settled 
in  Ontario,  Canada.  At  the  early  age  of  twelve  years  he  was  obliged  to  start  to  work, 
and  was  employed  on  farms,  making  his  own  way.  In  1878  he  came  out  to  Coos  Bay, 
Ore.,  and  engaged  in  contract  lumbering  in  the  Coos  Bay  district  for  three  years.  He 
then  came  to  California,  first  locating  in  Sonoma  County,  and  worked  on  the  ranch 
of  ex-Sheriff  Adams.  Later  he  worked  in  the  redwood  lumber  camps  near  Guerneville, 
that  county.  The  year  1881  found  him  in  San  Diego  County,  and  there  he  pre-empted 
a  homestead  of  160  acres  near  Escondido,  and  eighty  acres  of  government  land,  proving 
up  on  his  holdings  and  farmed  them  for  twenty  years,  only  to  lose  all  he  had  made 
during  the  dry  year  in  that  district  through  lack  of  water  for  his  land. 

Coming  to  Orange  County  in  1902,  nothing  daunted  by  Dame  Fortune  turning 
her  back  on  him,  Mr.  Cole  started  in  anew  and  worked  on  oil  wells  for  the  Union  Oil 
Company  for  nine  years.  During  this  time  he  bought  six  and  one-ninth  acres  of  raw 
land  of  the  Tuffree  ranch,  planted  this  himself  to  Valencia  oranges,  and  in  1917  sold 
the  property  for  $20,000.  He  then  bought  his  present  ranch  of  ten  and  one-half  acres 
of  Valencia  oranges,  ten-year-old  trees  now  in  full  bearing,  and  in  1919  he  produced 
4013  field  boxes  from  the  property.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Placentia  Mutual  Orange 
Association,  and  a  man  highly  esteemed  by  his  neighbors  for  his  sterling  qualities  and 
Inisiness  ability. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Cole,  which  occurred  in  Canada,  united  him  with  Margaret 
I'Vaser,  a  native  of  Ontario,  Canada,  and  five  children  have  been  born  to  them:  Ger- 
trude, wife  of  A.  Addington  of  Arizona,  and  the  mother  of  two  children;  Bertha  I., 
Mrs.  Bessonette  of  Olinda,  the  mother  of  three  children;  Mabel,  wife  of  Frank  Sum- 
mers, with  the  Union  Oil  Company,  and  the  mother  of  three  children;  Albert,  an  oil 
man  of  the  McKittrick  district;  Myrtle,  wife  of  Ed  Cline,  oil  man,  and  the  mother  of 
two  children.  A  sad  blow  fell  on  the  family  December  11,  1920,  when  his  beloved 
wife  passed  away,  mourned  by  her  family  and  many  friends. 

HERVEY  D.  NICHOLS. — A  progressive  citrus  rancher,  who  has  attained  suc- 
cess both  for  himself  and  for  others  in  his  executive  work  as  manager  and  secretary 
of  the  Villa  Park  Orchards  Association,  is  Hervey  D.  Nichols.  He  was  born  at  Enos- 
burg,  Franklin  County,  Vt.,  December  26,  1887,  the  son  of  George  H.  Nichols,  a  Ver- 
monter,  who  married  Miss  Hattie  Leach,  also  a  native  of  that  state,  and  became  a 
farmer.  He  owned  360  acres  devoted  to  a  dairying  enterprise,  and  had  sixty  head  of 
milch  cows  and  forty  young  stock.  Four  children  were  born  to  this  worthy  couple, 
and  of  these  Hervey  is  the  youngest.  An  older  brother,  George  L.,  is  the  owner  and 
manager  of  the  old  homestead  which  has  been  in  the  possession  of  the  family  since 
the  historical  year  of  1812. 

Hervey  attended  the  Brigham  Academy  at  Bakersfield,  Vt.,  and  then  went  to  the 
University  of  Vermont,  where  he  pursued  an  engineer's  course.  Having  finished  his 
studies,  he  became  a  representative  for  the  Pugh  Brothers  Automobile  Company  of 
Providence,  and  for  five  years  attained  the  most  gratifying  success  in  that  field.  A 
trip  to  Porto  Rico  led  to  his  remaining  there  for  a  couple  of  years,  but  in  1913  he 
returned  to  the  States. 

On  October  8,  1913,  Mr.  Nichols  came  west  with  his  mother,  who  has  spent  four 
winters  in  California,  and  stopped  a  while  in  Los  Angeles,  later  engaging  in  the  citrus 
industry  in  Pomona;  and  in  this  field  he  has  continued  to  progress.  On  August  11, 
1915,  he  returned  to  Vermont  to  marry  Miss  Eunice  Story,  a  native  of  that  state,  who 
had  been  a  classmate  with  him  at  Brigham  Academy.  Two  children  have  blessed  this 
union — Lawrence  E.,  born  August  4,  1918.  and  Winston  P.,  born  February  20,  1920. 
Mr.  Nichols  is  a  member  of  the  Villa  Park  Community  Church,  where  he  is  president 
of  the  board  of  church  trustees;  he  is  also  a  school  trustee,  and  in  national  politics  is 
a  Republican. 

The  Villa  Park  Orchards  Association,  whose  six  years'  existence  and  the  last 
two  years  of  successful  operation  is  largely  due  to  the  experience  and  fidelity  of  Mr. 
Nichols,  has  ISO  members  and  packs  and  distributes  fruit  coming  from  some  1250  acres. 
It  is  a  non-profit-sharing,  non-capital  stock  association,  and  the  growers  are  interested 
to  the  amount  of  fifty  dollars  per  acre,  which  is  taken  out  of  the  proceeds  at  the  rate 
of  five  cents  per  packed  box.  The  grower  owns  that  much  interest  in  the  establish- 
ment, which  is  not  transferable  except  through  the  sale  of  the  acreage.  Six  years  ago 
Mr.  Nichols  was  house  foreman  for  the  association,  and  he  has  been  a  couple  of  years 
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1660  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

in  his  present  combined  office  of  manager  and  secretary.  Prior  to  coming  here,  for 
three  years  he  was  at  La  Verne  and  served  as  foreman  of  the  Orange  and  Lemon 
Growers  Association  there,  thus  adding  greatly  to  his  experience. 

The  Villa  Park  Orchards  Association  now  employs  as  many  as  100  men  and 
women  during  the  season,  and  so  busy  is  it  that  its  offices  are  never  closed.  It  fur- 
nishes transportation  to  all  employees  who  require  it,  to  and  from  Orange.  It  shipped 
434  cars  of  oranges  during  the  season  of  1919.'  Throughout  the  plant  the  equipment 
is  thoroughly  modern,  and  as  the  fruit  raised  in  this  section  is  among  the  choicest 
to  be  found  in  all  of  California,  it  is  not  surprising  that  the  brands — "Alphabetical," 
fancy,  and  "Bird  Rocks,"  extra  choice — are  among  those  most  eagerly  sought  by 
,  Easterners  who  know  a  good  orange  when  they  taste  one.  Three  trucks  are  used  to 
handle  the  fruit. 

Mr.  Nichols  is  a  director  in  the  Lotspeich  Water  Association,  and  one-quarter  of 
a  mile  east  of  Villa  Park  he  owns  twelve  acres  of  rich  farm  land,  eleven  acres  of 
which  are  set  out  to  Valencias  and  one  acre  to  lemons.  This  property  he  purchased 
from  Alfred  Leech,  a  well-known  orange  grower.  It  is  irrigated  through  the  Lotspeich 
Water  Association. 

At  college  Mr.  Nichols  belonged  to  the  Delta  Sigma  fraternity,  and  now  he  is  a 
Mason,  affiliated  with  Orange  Grove  Lodge  at  Orange.  A  worker  in  church  and  social 
organizations,  Mr.  Nichols  and  his  good  wife  enjoy  a  wide  popularity. 

JULIAN  R.  CRUIZ. — A  young  man  of  sterling  worth,  who  is  making  good  as  a 
valued  employee  of  the  Standard  Oil  Company,  one  of  the  organizations  best  known 
in  all  the  United  States  for  taking  care  of  those  who  have  first  showri  themselves 
cat)able  of  faithful,  disinterested  service,  is  Julian  R.  Cruiz,  rancher  and  teamster.  He 
was  born  at  Yorba,  in  the  Yorba  precinct,  on  January  28,  1888,  the  son  of  P.  and  Jesus 
Ramirez  Cruiz,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Sonora,  Mexico.  He  attended  the 
grammar  school  at  Yorba,  and  from  childhood  was  properly  brought  up  under  the 
supervision  of  the  Catholic  Church. 

When  old  enough  to  do  so,  he  began  working  out  on  ranches  by  the  day,  and 
then  by  the  year,  and  in  1918  commenced  to  work  for  the  Standard  Oil  Company.  He 
is  still  with  that  concern,  and  is  employed  on  the  Kraemer  leases.  Being  single,  he  is 
able  to  assist  his  parents,  who  live  on  a  rented  ranch  of  a  couple  of  acres,  and  he 
furnishes  the  support  of  his  maternal  grandfather.  A  half-brother  of  Mr.  Cruiz,  George 
Manzo,  works  for  the  Federal  Oil  Company  on  the  Stern  lease;  a  sister,  Mary,  is  the 
wife  of  Prudencio  E.  Yorba,  the  rancher  of  the  Yorba  precinct;  and  a  half-sister, 
Claudina  Asebedo,  is  the  wife  of  Eugene  Navarro,  and  lives  at  San  Gabriel. 

Mr.  Cruiz  takes  a  keen  interest  in  all  that  goes  on  in  the  political  as  well  as  the 
business  world,  and  is  ever  ready  to  do  what  he  can  to  better  the  conditions  of  the 
locality  in  which  he  lives.  He  is  a  Republican  in  matters  of  national  politics,  but 
believes  that  when  it  comes  to  supporting  or  rejecting  local  propositions,  it  is  better 
to  have  a  free  hand,  untrammeled  by  party  requirements.  In  various  ways,  therefore, 
although  young  and  in  modest  means,  Mr.  Cruiz  is  able  to  do  his  full  duty  as  a  citizen. 

LLOYD  E.  SHOOK. — The  owner  of  one  of  the  finest  small  citrus  ranches  in 
Orange  County,  Lloyd  E.  Shook  has  been  one  of  Yorba  Linda's  most  enthusiastic 
citizens  since  settling  here  in  1911.  A  native  of  Iowa,  Mr.  Shook  was  born  June  25, 
1891,  in  Buena  Vista  County,  that  state,  his  parents  being  Hiram  M.  and  Candace 
(Spencer)  Shook,  both  of  whom  are  still  living  at  the  home  place  in  Iowa,  but  have 
made  five  trips  to  California.  Lloyd  E.  Shook  was  one  of  a  family  of  five  children  and 
was  reared  at  the  parental  home  in  the  Hawkeye  State,  where  he  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools.  When  his  school  days  were  over  he  worked'  for  his  father  on 
their  large  grain  and  stock  farm,  continuing  there  until  his  father  retired  in  1909.  For 
the  next  two  years  he  was  associated  with  others  of  the  family  in  farming,  after  which 
he  came  to  California.  He  came  to  Yorba  Linda,  where  he  purchased  the  citrus  ranch 
of  six  and  a  half  acres  on  Buena  Vista  Street  that  has  since  been  his  home.  It  is  a 
splendid  property,  bringing  in  an  excellent  income,  and  it  shows  the  painstaking  care 
bestowed  upon  it  by  its  owner. 

On  February  10,  1917,  Mr.  Shook  was  married  to  Miss  Thelma  Lois  Pike,  the 
daughter  of  Loren  D.  Pike  of  Yorba  Linda,  and  they  are  now  the  parents  of'  two 
children,  Allen  and  Dorothy.  A  firm  believer  in  cooperation  in  all  community  mat- 
ters, Mr.  Shook  is  a  member  of  the  Yorba  Linda  Citrus  Association  and  of  the  Yorba 
Linda  Water  Company,  and  he  is  ever  ready  to  lend  a  hand  in  any  undertaking  that 
will  be  of  benefit  to  the  neighborhood.  His  land  is  now  under  lease  to  an  oif  com- 
pany. Should  this  locality  produce  oil  in  commercial  quantities  it  will  increase  the 
value  of  his  holdings  immeasurably.  In  politics  Mr.  Shook  is  a  firm  believer  in  the 
principles  of  the  Republican  party. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1661 

H.  DELEMERE  THURBER.— Among  the  younger  representatives  of  the  legal 
profession  in  Orange  County,  H.  Delemere  Thurber  holds  a  prominent  place.  He  was 
born  in  Bourbon,  Crawford  Covmty,  Mo.,  March  19,  1893,  the  son  of  Delos  P.  Thurber, 
a  physician'  and  slirg^eon  who  died  in  St.  Louis  before  the  removal  of  the  family  to 
California.  He  had  married  Miss  Nancy  Chilton,  a  native  of  Missouri,  whose  parents 
were  William  and  Liddia  Louisa  (Allen)  Chilton.  Dr.  Thurber  and  his  wife  had  eight 
children,  H.  D.  being  the  sixth  child. 

When  he  was  a  lad  of  five  years  H.  D.  Thurber  was  brought  to  California,  and 
here  he  was  reared  and  educated.  He  attended  the  grammar  schools  in  San  Diego, 
later  the  P-olytechnic  at  Los  Angeles,  and  he  was  graduated  from  Bell's  Business 
College  in  the  same  city.  His  desire  was  to  become  a  lawyer  and  he  studied  law  at 
the  University  of  Southern  California  and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  'IS.  Soon 
afterwards  he  came  to  Orange  County,  choosing  Fullerton  as  his  place  of  residence, 
and  here  he  has  built  up  a  good  clientele.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  on  all  national 
issues,  but  in  his  enthusiastic  devotion  to  Fullerton  and  Orange  County  he  knows  no 
party  lines  that  might  prevent  him  from  advocating  the  best  men  and  the  best  measures 
at  all  times. 

In  June,  1914,  Mr.  Thurber  was  united  in  mariage  at  Fullerton  to  Miss  Lottie  P. 
Ellis,  daughter  of  Lee  C.  and  Elizabeth  Ellis.  She  was  born  in  Pueblo,  Colo.,  and 
was  living  in  Fullerton  at  the  time  of  her  marriage.  Two  children  have  come  to  bless 
their  home;  one  son  bears  the  honored  name  of  his  father,  and  the  second  child  is 
Robert  Leland  Thurber. 

During,  the.  World  War  Mr.  Thurber -showed  his  patriotism  and  enlisted  in  the 
aviation  section  of  the  S.  E.  R.  C.  as  a  ground  officer  and  served  until  honorably  dis- 
charged. He  thieri  re-ehlisted  in  the  quartermaste^r  corfts,  bMt  on  account  of  the  armis- 
tice was  not  called  into  service.  During  the  war  and  when  not  away  in  service  he 
served  in  the  California  Military  Reserve.  He  is  a  member  of  Fullerton  Post,  No.  142, 
American  Legion;  is  a  member  of  Anaheim  Lodge,  No.  134S,  B.  P.  O.  Elks;  has  been 
an  active  member  of  the  Fullerton  Board  of  Trade  since  1915,  and  served  one  year  as 
a  director.  Mr.  Thurber  is  a  member  of  the  alumni  of  the  University  of  Southern 
California  College  of  Law.  Since  1917  he  has  served  as  secretary  of  Loma  Vista 
Cemetery  and  Continental  Mausoleum.  In  1919  he  entered  into  partnership  with  B.  F. 
Pinson  to  engage  in  the  real  estate  and  investment  business  in  Fullerton. 

LOREN  D.  PIKE. — A  conservative,  successful  rancher  and  one  of  the  most  enter- 
prising citizens  of  Yorba  Linda,  Loren  D.  Pike  is  highly  esteemed  throughout  Orange 
County  by  all  who  know  and  deal  with  him  in  his  private  capacity  or  as  president  of 
the  Yorba  Linda  Citrus  Association.  He  was  born  at  Willoughby,  Ohio,  February  17, 
1869,  the  son  of  J.  D.  Pike,  a  farmer  of  Willoughby,  who  had  married  Miss  Mabel 
Lorinda  Gray,  also  a  native  of  the  Buckeye  State,  and  he  is  now  the  second  eldest  of 
thfe  four  surviviiig  children.  He  attended'  the  ordinary  common  school  of  his  district, 
and  later  pursued  :two  years  of  the  high  school  course;  in  the  meantime  commencing 
early  on '  his  father's  farrri,  and  continiiiflg  there,  in  shate  work  with  his  father,  until 
he  was  twenty-eight  years  old. 

When  he  married,  June  11,  1896,  he  took  for  his  life  companion  Miss  Lucy  Brott, 
a  school  teacher  and  the  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Amanda  (Hoege)  Brott,  of  Mayfield, 
Ohio.  She  received  her  education  in  the  public  schools  of  her  native  district.  Her 
paternal  ancestors  were  Ohio  pioneers,  while  on  her  mother's  side  her  ancestors  helped 
to  clear  the  way  for  civilization  in  Michigan.  Through  this  domestic  relation  Mr.  Pike 
became  interested  with  Mr.  Brott  in  the  lumber  business,  both  in  the  woods  and  in 
the  retail  business,  and  they  worked  together  in  that  field  in  Ohio  for  seven  years. 
They  dealt  in  both  wood  and  coal,  and  established  an  enviable  reputation  for  honest, 
prompt  and  reliable  service. 

In  the  fall  of  1912  Mr.  Pike  came  to  California  and  to  Fullerton,  and  later  he 
removed  to  Yorba  Linda.  He  purchased' nine  acres  of,  citrus' grove  on  the  Yorba  Linda 
Boulevard,  and  in  1914  moved  his  family  to  this  district.  Six  children  have  blessed 
this  worthy  couple,  and  six  worthier  children  could  scarcely  be  found.  Thelrna  is  the 
wife  of  Lloyd  E.  Shook,  and  the  mother  of  two  children,  Allen  and  Dorothy.  Helen 
is  Mrs.  Homer  Bemis  and  has  one  child,  Lucie  Jane.  Bernice  married  Hugh  Nixon, 
and  is  the  mother  of  a  child,  Loren.  Emmett  Loren,  Ruth-  Josephine  and  Marjorie  E. 
are  at  home.  Mr.  Pike  belongs  to  the  Friends  Church,  and  serves  as  the  clerk  of 
the  monthly  meeting.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Yorba  Linda  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  of  the  Yorba  Linda  Water  Company,  and  has  served  as  the  president  of 
the  Yorba  Linda  Citrus  Association  three  years,  and  as  a  director  in  the  same  since 
1914.  He  is  also  a  director  in  the  North  Orange  County  District  Exchange,  represent- 
ing five  branch  houses.    In  natiotial  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 


1662  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

HAROLD  R.  TAYLOR. — An  efficient  mechanical  engineer  thoroughly  under- 
standing his  business,  and  attractive  to  all  who  know  and  deal  with  him  on  account 
of  his  genial  and  sympathetic  personality,  is  Harold  R.  Taylor,  who  has  charge  of  all 
the  great  pumps  for  irrigating  the  celebrated  1000-acre  walnut  and  citrus  ranch  belong- 
ing to  the  San  Joaquin  Fruit  Company,  originally  a  part  of  the  great  Irvine  or  San 
Joaquin  ranch.  He  was  born  in  Terre  Haute,  Vigo  County,  Ind.,  on  February  11,  1883, 
the  son  of  John  M.  and  America  (Johnson)  Taylor,  both  of  whom  are  living  on  a 
farm  in  Clark  County,  111.;  from  which  county  Mr.  Taylor,  the  only  representative  of 
the  family  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  came  out  to  California  in  1912.  He  grew  up  on  his 
father's  farm  of  160  acres  in  Clark  County,  and  attended  the  public  schools  at  Denhison 
an"d  Patton,  in  Illinois.  While  in  Indiana,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  he  had  the  terrible 
misfortune  to  lose  his  right  arm,  which  got  caught  in  a  oorn-shredding  machine  he  was 
running.  From  a  boy  he  displayed  natural  ability  as  a  machinist  and  was  early  set  to 
work  running  machinery  on  the  farm — threshers,  corn  shredders,  engines.  In  1912  he 
came  to  California  and  located  at  Tustin,  where  he  accepted  a  position  as  above  stated. 

Four  hundred  acres  of  lemons  and  oranges,  and  600  acres  of  walnuts  make  up 
the  area  to  be  irrigated  for  the  San  Joaquin  Fruit  Company  l)y  the  seven  giant  pumps 
run  under  Mr.  Taylor's  supervision,  from  which  one  may  gather  his  degree  of  respon- 
sibility; for  the  quality  of  the  fruit  company's  products  rates  among  the  highest  sent 
to  market  from  any  part  of  California.  Mr.  Taylor  is  interested  as  a  partner  in  the 
firm  of  Taylor  and  Sears  in  the  growing  of  lima  beans,  and  assists  in  the  operation 
of  400  acres  two  miles  north  of  Irvine  Station,  on  which  both  partners  reside.  Of  this, 
350  acres  are  planted  to  beans,  principally  limas,  the  balance  being  reserved  for  the 
making  of  barley  hay.  The  firm  own  and  run  a  bean  thresher,  and  engage  in  threshing 
on  the  Irvine  ranch. 

Since  coming  to  California,  Mr.  Taylor  was  married  to  a  lady  from  Clark  County, 
111.,  Miss  Bertha  Sears,  a  native  of  that  county,  who  has  quite  fulfilled  her  duties  as  a 
most  encouraging  helpmate.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Lincoln  and  Mary  Sears,  born  in 
Clark  County,  111.,  now  residing  on  the  Irvine  ranch.  Husband  and  wife  belong  to 
the  Advent  Christian  Church  at  Tustin,  and  are  interested  in  all  that  upbuilds  their 
neighborhood  and  county.     Mr.  Taylor  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

MRS.  ROSIE  J.  NORTH. — A  woman  who  has  aided  materially  in  building  up 
and  improving  Orange  County,  is  Mrs.  Rosie  J.  North,  who  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
a  daughter  of  Anton  and  Anna  (Duba)  North,  who  were  early  settlers  of  St.  Louis, 
where  her  father  was  a  merchant  tailor  and  both  have  now  passed  away. 

Mrs.  North  was  the  next  to  the  youngest  of  their  seven  children,  and  the  only 
one  who  resides  in  California,  growing  up  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis  and  having  the 
advantages  of  her  excellent  schools.  Her  marriage  occurred  in  1889,  when  she  was 
united  with  Chas.  E.  North,  who  was  born  near  St.  Louis,  where  his  parents  were 
farmers.  After  his  marriage  they  engaged  in  farming  near  St.  Louis  until  March,  1908, 
when  the  family .  migrated  to  California,  locating  at  Anaheim.  They  purchased  ten 
acres  of  raw  land  on  North  Street,  two  and  a  half  miles  east  of  Anaheim.  This  he 
leveled  and  improved,  establishing  a  nursery  business;  he  continued  this  for  six  years 
and  also  set  his  place  to  Valencia  and  Navel  oranges.  Later  he  bought  five  acres 
adjoining  and  ten  acres  a  mile  west,  which  he  also  improved  to  oranges,  now  full- 
Ijearing  groves. 

However,  he  was  not  permitted  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  his  labors  for  he  passed 
away  January  1,  1918,  and  since  then  his  widow  has  sold  ten  acres  and  continues  to 
care  for  the  place  in  the  most  approved  manner.  In  the  care  of  the  fifteen-acre  ranch 
she  IS  assisted  by  her  children  and  they  use  the  latest  machinery,  including  a  Case 
tractor.  Believing  in  cooperation,  she  is  an  enthusiastic  member  of  the  Anaheim  Mutual 
Orange  Distributors  Association. 

The  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  North  was  blessed  with  five  children:  Lawrence  C 
who  IS  ably  assisting  his  mother  with  the  care  of  the  orange  groves;  Nellie  a  graduate 
of  Anaheim  high  school  and  Woodbury's  Business  College  at  Los  Angeles  resides  in 
that  citj^  Ursula  is  a  graduate  of  Anaheim  Union  high  school;  Irvine  is  attending 
Loyola  Collge  in  Los  Angeles;  while  Irene  is  attending  the  local  school  With  her 
children,  Mrs.  North  is  a  member  of  St.  Boniface  Church  in  Anaheim. 

Having  long  had  a  desire  to  make  a  visit  to  her  old  home  in  Missouri,  Mrs  North 
satisfied  her  longing  in  1920,  twelve  years  after  she  had  located  in  California  and  made 
a  trip  back  to  St.  Louis,  visitmg  her  home  and  friends  and  relatives  in  that  section 
spending  a  period  of  four  months  amid  the  old  familiar  scenes,  returning  to  California 
well  satisfied  with  her  trip  but  more  pleased  than  ever  with  the  state  of  her  adoption- 
the  land  of  sunshine  and  flowers. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1663 

JOHN  W.  HARGRAVE. — In  the  history  of  this  or  any  other  country  no  section 
has  developed  more  rapidly  or  more  wonderfully  in  recent  years  than  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, and  the  men  of  affairs  in  the  various  smaller  towns  have  been  largely  instru- 
mental in  forwarding  this  growth.  Prominent  among  the  business  men  of  Yorba  Linda 
is  John  W.  Hargrave,  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Yorba  Linda.  Mr.  Har- 
grave  was  born  near  Cadiz,  Harrison  County,  Ohio,  August  19,  186S,  and  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  county  until  thirteen  years  of  age.  His  father,  Robert 
Fleming  Hargrave,  was  born  in  Virginia  and  came  out  to  Ohio,  where  he  married 
Ruannah  Thomas,  and  they  were  farmers  in  Harrison  County  until  his  death  in  1878. 
M-rs.  Hargrave  was  born  near  Cadiz,  Ohio,  the  daughter  of  Peter  Thomas,  born  in 
1782  in  Virginia,  who  was  a  pioneer  of  Harrison  County,  Ohio,  where  he  hewed  a 
farm  from  the  heavy  timber. 

In  the  spring  of  1879,  with  his  mother,  John  W.  Hargrave  removed  to  West 
Branch,  Cedar  County,  Iowa,  and  completed  his  education  in  the  public  schools  at  that 
place,  afterward  locating  at  Brookings,  Dakota  Territory,  where  he  was  clerk  in  a 
drug  store  for  two  years,  then  in  a  general  store  for  three  years.  In  May,  1892,  he 
began  his  banking  career  in  Ipswich,  S.  D.,  as  assistant  cashier  in  the  Bank  of  Ipswich. 
He  was  founder  of  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  Bank  of  Hankinson,  N.  D.,  and  became 
cashier  of  that  institution  September  1,  1899,  continuing  in  that  capacity  until  November, 
1912,  when  he  resigned  to  locate  in  California.  On  December  1,  1912,  he  became  cashier 
of  the  State  Bank  of  San  Pedro,  holding  the  position  until  Janiiary,  191S,  when  he 
resigned  and  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  until  he  organized  and  promoted  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Yorba  Linda,  which  opened  its  doors  for  business  October  1, 
1916.  This  bank,  which  has  been  a  large  factor  in  the  growth  of  Yorba  Linda,  and  has 
built  up  a  fine  business,  owns  the  fine  modern  building  which  it  alone  occupies.  Its 
officers  and  directors  are:  Dr.  Lester  Keller  of  Yorba  Linda,  president;  Chas.  H. 
Hamburg,  of  Whittier,  vice-president;  and  J.  W.  Hargrave,  cashier. 

Mr.  Hargrave  has  been  twice  married.  His  first  wife  was  Miss  Nettie  Mower 
of  Brookings,  S.  D.,  who  was  accidentally  killed  in  a  runaway  at  Clear  Lake.  She  bore 
him  two  children:  George  M.,  who  is  a  teacher  of  manual  training  at  Covina  high 
school;  and  Edgar  J.,  a  student  at  Occidental  College.  For  his  second  wife,  he  married 
his  brother's  widow,  Mrs.  Delia  (Miles)  Hargrave,  born  in  Oskaloosa,  Iowa.  She  had 
two  children  by  her  first  marriage:  Arthur  C,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  North 
Dakota,  is  superintendent  of  the  industrial  department  of  Chaffee  high  school;  and  a 
daughter,  Mrs.  Merl  Sheets  of  Lemon,  S.  D.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Hargrave  was  made  a 
Mason  in  October,  1919,  in  Yorba  Linda  Lodge  No.  469,  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which  he  is 
treasurer.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodman  of  America  and  of  the 
Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Yorba  Linda  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  of  the  Yorba  Linda  Farm  Center,  and  during  the  recent  World  War 
was  chairman  of  all  Liberty  Loan  drives  held  in  Yorba  ^  Linda. 

HERBERT  D.  COON. — Prominent  among  the  contractors,  designers  and  build- 
ers who  have  forged  their  way  to  prosperity  and  success,  is  Herbert  D.  Coon,  a  man 
well  known  in  his  line  of  business  at  Fullerton,  Cal.  Mr.  Coon  was  born  in  Santa 
Cruz,  Cal.,  December  23,  1887,  and  comes  of  an  early  pioneer  family.  His  father, 
Herbert  William  Coon,  born  in  Ohio,  came  to  California  in  about  1870,  when  he 
married  Julia  Stewart.  He  was  a  lumberman  in  Santa  Cruz  arid  they  now  make  their 
home  in  Pasadena;  of  their  six  children  Herbert  D.  Coon  is  the  youngest.  He  received 
the  foundation  of  his  education  in  the  schools  of  Santa  Cruz,  completed  it  in  high 
school  in  North  Chicago,  111.,  and  served  his  apprenticeship  with  the  well-known 
Oakland  contractor,  Frank  Irvine.  For  two  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  building  of 
the  Terra  Cotta  plant  at  Tracy,  Cal.,  and  for  the  next  two  years  was  employed  in 
construction  work  for  the  Stone  Canyon  Coal  Company  in  Monterey  County.  In  1910 
he  located  at  Pasadena,  and  engaged  in  the  construction  of  high-class  residences  in 
the  Orange  Grove  Avenue  and  Oak  Knoll  sections,  the  -finest  residence  sections  of 
the  city.  His  next  venture  was  in  the  Yellowstone  National  Park,  where  he  worked 
for  the  Great  Northern  Railroad  in  construction  work  on  hotels,  etc.,  for  two  years. 
He  then  returned  to  Pasadena  and  did  construction  work  on  fine  houses  for  many  of 
the  leading  real  estate  firms.  He  afterward  located  at  Fullerton  and  built  bungalows 
for  one  year,  then  doing  his  bit  for  the  war,  worked  in  the  shipyards  at  San  Pedro 
for  two  years. 

In  April,  1919,  he  located  again  at  Fullerton,  where  he  intends  to  make  his  home, 
and  where  he  continues  the  vocation  of  contractor  and  builder. '  Among  some  of  the 
fine  residences  he  has  erected  may  be  mentioned  the.Wm.  Knepp,  F.  P.  Woods  and 
the  Willis  Maple  homes.  He  has  just  completed  a  beautiful  apartment  house,  of  his 
own  design,  consisting  of  four  apartments  of  four  rooms  each  in  the  Ramona  tract, 


1664  HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY 

at  a  cost  of  $13,000.  The  exterior  of  the  building  is  of  plaster,  carrying  out  the  Fuller- 
ton  Improvement  Designs,  which  are  found  in  the  new  public  buildings  at  FuUerton. 
His  building  operations  are  not  alone  conlined  to  Orange  County,  but  he  is  also 
building  in  Long  Beach,  where  he  erected  the  George  Treher  apartments. 

As  a  designer  and  for  ability  to  execute  any  class  of  work  he  undertakes  he  is 
preeminent,  and  in  all  his  work  strives  for  and  attains  styles  that  are  commensurate 
with  the  high-class  of  patronage  he  caters  to.  His  marriage,  in  Santa  Ana,  November 
25,  1908,  united  him  with  Miss  Sylvia  Hanes,  a  native  of  Darke  County,  Ohio,  a  daughter 
of  Henry  and  Margaret  (Puterbaugh)  Hanes,  descended  of  old  Quaker  stock  who 
came  to  Pasadena  in  1905. 

EARL  LAMB. — A  promising  young  man  well  known  and  justly  popular  is  Earl 
Lamb,  the  youngest  son  and  child  of  the  late  W.  D.  Lamb  and  his  esteemed  wife  Eliza- 
beth, both  pioneers  and  highly  respected  old  settlers  in  the  west  part  of  Orange  County 
where  they  prospered,  and  where  Mrs.  Lamb  still  lives  and  is  one  of  the  largest  land- 
owners. He  was  born  upon  his  father's  ranch  at  New  Hope,  Orange  County,  on  August 
2,  1892,  and  while  he  attended  the  Fountain  Valley  grammar  school,  was  brought  up 
to  share  in  his  father's  undertakings  as  landowner  and  ditch  builder,  stock  raiser, 
dairyman,  grain  and  sugar  beet  grower,  so  that  he  mastered  a  good  deal  of  knowledge 
not  usually  acquired  by  boy  or  youth.  Later,  he  supplemented  his  common  school 
studies  by  a  stifi  commercial  course  in  the  Orange  County  Business  College  at  Santa 
Ana,  from  which  he  naturally  profited  a  deal. 

Earl  Lamb  has  control  of  144  acres  of  excellent  river-bottom  lands  near  Talbert, 
near  the  Santa  Ana  River,  in  what  was  formerly  spoken  of  as  the  Gospel  Swamp,  but 
is  now  known  as  Fountain  Valley;  and  there  for  four  years,  or  until  about  1915,  he 
grew  sugar  beets.  For  the  past  four  years  or  more  he  has  cleaned  up  a  neat  sum  in 
raising  lima  beans.  Beginning  with  1920,  Mr.  Lamb  has  planned  to  rent  out  his  acre- 
age to  three  different  tenants,  who  purpose  growing  beets  and  beans,  while  he  will  con- 
tinue to  reside  on  the  place  with  his  family. 

In  1912,  Mr.  Lamb  was  married  to  Miss  Etta  Bradley,  a  daughter  of  George 
Bradley,  of  Huntington  Beach,  who  was  formerly  a  rancher  near  Talbert.  He  still 
owns  a  valuable  ranch  there,  but  is  chiefly  engaged  in  the  warehouse  of  the  Lima 
Bean  Growers  Association  at  Greenville,  in  Orange  County.  Mrs.  Lamb  is  a  talented 
and  charming  helpmate,  and  the  parents  are  proud  of  three  bright  and  interesting 
children,  Rachel,  Willie  and  Alvin.  The  Lamb  household  is  noted  for  its  hospitality, 
maintaining  a  pleasant  California  tradition  of  which  any  family  might  well  be  proud. 

RICHARD  FRAZER. — The  building  and  contracting  business  of  Santa  Ana  is 
indeed  fortunate  to  have  added  to  its  already  splendid  list  of  artistic  designers 
and  dependable  builders  the  rjame  of  Richard  Frazer,  the  large  and  successful  building 
operator  of  Kansas  City,  who  recently  located  in  Santa  Ana.  For  many  years  he  was 
actively  engaged  in  building  fine  residences  in  the  metropolis  of  Missouri,  and  while 
there  built  over  300  houses  for  Roy  Russell,  now  a  resident  of  Santa  Ana  and  a  member 
of  the  well-known  realty  firm  of  Shaw  and  Russell. 

Richard  Frazer  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Ray  County,  Mo.,  December  9,  1872.  He 
received  his  early  education  at  the  rural  school  of  his  district  and  followed  farming 
until  he  was  twenty-eight  years  of  age.  In  1900  Mr.  Frazer  located*  in  Kansas  City, 
Mo.,  where  he  learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  and  in  time  formed  a  partnership  with 
W.  M.  McCoy,  one  of  the  leading  contractors  of  the  city.  They  made  a  specialty  of 
constructing  fine  residences  and  continued  the  partnership  five  years,  Mr.  Frazer  after- 
wards engaging  in  the  busimess  alone. 

On  October  2,  1919,  Mr.  Frazer  moved  to  Santa  Ana  and  was  so  deeply  im- 
pressed with  the  enterprising  spirit  of  the  city  and  its  possibilities  that  he  at  once 
became  a  stanch  booster  for  Santa  Ana  and  sincerely  believes  that  in  the  rapidity 
of  its  growth  it  is  the  coming  city  of  Southern  California.  He  made  a  practical  demon- 
stration of  his  faith  by  investing  at  once  in  real  estate,  purchasing  the  corner  of  Van 
Ness  and  West  Sixth,  125  by  ISO  feet.  He  has  erected  one  house,  and  contemplates 
building  four  more  on  this  property.  He  also  purchased  a  lot  40  by  300  feet  at  2012 
North  Broadway,  where  he  will  erect  a  fine  residence  for  himself.  Although  a  resident 
of  Santa  Ana  but  six  months,  he  has  constructed  twenty-five  houses.  Such  a  record 
augurs  well  for  the  future  business  success  of  this  enterprising  designer  and  builder  of 
high  grade  houses  and  bungalows. 

In  Ray  County,  Mo.,  Mr.  Frazer  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Frances  Miller 
of  Nebraska  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  children:  Dorothy,  now  the  wife  of  R. 
J.  Jones;  and  Charles,  who  is  a  student  in  the  Santa  Ana  schools.  Fraternally  Mr. 
Frazer  js  a  member.of  the.  Ped  .-M«n  and,, of  the  Mystic  Workers. 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1665 

NEWTON  E.  WRAY. — A  rancher,  who  is  well  pleased  with  his  realty  investments 
and  with  whom,  as  a  capable  and  faithful  public  official,  the  public  is  quite  as  well 
satisfied,  is  Newton  E.  Wray,  a  native  of  California,  where  he  was  born  at  Placerville, 
El  Dorado  County,  on  March  6,  1874.  Placerville  used  to  be  known  as  Hangtown,  on 
account  of  the  vengeance  meted  out  to  culprits  there  by  citizens  who  finally'  took  the 
law  into  their  own  hands.  Executions  were  for  a  while  frequent  and  swift  and  it  is 
even  said  that  one  man,  commencing  his  downward  path  rather  early  in  the  morning, 
was  hanged  before  breakfast. 

George  W.  and  Ethel  (Vanderburg)  Wray  were  the  parents  of  our  subject  and 
were  natives  of  Crawfordsville,  Ind.,  and  Iowa,  respectively,  and  they  came  across 
the  unexplored  continent  with  an  ox-team  train  in  the  gold  rush  period  of  1850  in 
separate  trains,  and  it  was  here  they  met  and  were  married  at  Placerville  and  where 
George  Wray  engaged  in  mining  for  some  years;  he  was  prominent  in  the  social  welfare 
of  Placerville  and  with  other  pioneers  was  a  member  of  the  vigilance  committee. 

Twenty-six  years  later  they  moved  to  Tulare  County  and  there,  five  miles  east 
of  Tulare,  they  purchased  a  ranch  of  640  acres.  This  was  devoted  for  the  most  part  to 
stock,  although  much  grain  was  also  grown  there.  There  Newton  lived  with  his  parents 
and  attended  school  in  the  district  east  of  Tulare.  When  eighteen  years  of  age  he  left 
home  and  worked  out  for  five  or  six  years  and  the  day  before  Christmas,  1898,  when  he 
was  twenty-four  "years  old,  he  was  married  in  Tulare  to  Miss  Isabel  Nicholson, 
daughter  of  James  and  Sarah  (De  Rosia)  Nicholson,  who  had  come  to  California  from 
Iowa  in  1887.  Mrs.  Wray  received  her  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Tulare.  In 
1901  Mr.  Wray.  bought  sixty  acres  in  Tulare  County  and  there  engaged  in  the  raising 
of  stock  and  alfalfa.    This  fine  Tulare  property  he  retained  until  1913,  when  he  sold  it. 

In  the  fall  of  1910  he  came  to  Orange  County  and  for  a  couple  of  years  rented 
a  home  in  Santa  Ana,  when  he  purchased  the  property  at  611  South  Main  Street,  lived 
there  for  a  year  and  then  sold  it.  In  1913  he  purchased  his  present  ranch  of  twelve 
and  a  half  acres  on  the  Broadway  extension,  and  while  operating  his  place  .was  also 
in  the  employ  of  C.  C.  Collins  Company  as  a  fruit  buyer,  and  thus  has  become  well 
acquainted  with  the  fruit  growers  all  over  Orange  County.  Two  acres  of  his  ranch 
are  set  out  to  oranges  and  the  rest  is  planted  to  walnuts.  He  also  owns  twenty  acres 
on  South  McClay  Street  devoted  to  general  farming  and  he  also  has  two  cottages  at 
Balboa  Beach.  He  was  active  in  the  loan  drives  during  the  late  war  and  always  works 
for  the  best  men  and  the  best  measures,  irrespective  of  party  ties. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wray  have  one  son,  Clayton  Elmer  Wray,  who  is  at  present  in 
the  U.  S.  Naval  Service,  being  second-class  pharmacist  mate  in  the  hospital  department 
on  the  Island  of  Guam.  Mr.  Wray  holds  an  appointment  under  Sheriff  Jackson  as  a 
Deputy.  He  is  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  241,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  also  of  Santa 
Ana  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  and  Santa  Ana  Council,  R.  S.  M.,  and  with  his  wife  is  a 
member  of  Hermosa  Chapter,  Order  Eastern  Star.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Santa 
Ana  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  which  he  is  past  grand  and  with  Mrs.  Wray  belongs  to  the 
Santa  Ana  Rebekahs. 

JOHN  B.  RICKEY. — A  prosperous  rancher  who  has  followed  the  citrus  industry 
for  twenty-eight  years,  having  been  four  years  longer  in  the  Golden  State,  and  who 
has  thereby  acquired  a  valuable  experience  which  he  has  at  all  times  placed  at  the 
disposal  of  his  fellow-ranchers,  thus  contributing  to  the  advancement  of  California 
agriculture,  is  John  B.  Hickey,  the  proprietor  of  the  Hickey  ranch  of  seventeen  and 
a  half  acres,  three  miles  southeast  of  Orange  and  five  miles  northeast  of  Santa  Ana. 
It  was  a  vineyard  when  he  came  into  possession  of  it,  and  now  he  has  twelve  and 
a  half  acres  devoted  to  lemons,  and  five  to  oranges,  and  his  trees  are  from  six  to 
fifteen  years  old.  For  twelve  years  Mr.  Hickey  has  been  raising -lemons,  so  that  it 
is  fair  to  assume  that  he,  if  anyone,  knows  a  good  deal  of  the  problems  and  prospects 
of  lemon  culture. 

He  was  born  at  Millerville,  Clay  County,  Ala.,  on  October  18,  1866,  the  son  of 
Richard  C.  and  Jane  (Weathers)  Hickey,  who  were  married  in  that  state.  His  father 
was  a  planter,  and  for  four  years  he  gave  his  best  service  to  the  cause  of  the  Con- 
federacy, attaining  the  rank  of  a  sergeant.  They  had  eleven  children,  nine  of  whom 
are  now  living,  six  in  California;  and  our  subject  was  the  fifth  in  the  order  of  birth. 
With  limited  schooling  obtained  during  years  when  he  had  to  assist  in  the  raising 
of  cotton  and  corn  on  a  plantation  of  400  acres,  John  Hickey  grew  to  be  seventeen  years 
old,  and  then  he  left  for  Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  where  he  spent  the  winter.  After  that,  he 
went  to  the  Indian  Territory  for  a  couple  of  years,  and  then  he  put  in  a  year  in  Texas. 
After  a  visit  to  his  old  home,  he  migrated  to  California  in  1888,  the  stirring  period  of 
the  boom,  and  settled  at  Santa  Ana. 

In  Orange,  on  February  4,  1895,  Mr.  Hickey  took  for  his  wife  Mrs.  Nannie 
(Harris)   Sitton,  the  daughter  of  Andrew  Simpson  Harris;  she  was  born  in  San  Ber- 


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nardinu,  Cal.,  and  had  attended  school  at  El  Monte,  where  her  father  was  a  farmer. 
When  she  was  eight  years  old,  she  took  a  trip  to  Texas  with  her  parents  and  returned 
the  next  year.  At  Orange  she  was  married  to  B.  Martin  Sitton,  Jr.,  who  was  born  in 
Illinois;  after  their  marriage  they  engaged  in  farming  near  Downey  and  later  near 
Orange  until  his  death,  December,  1893.  They  had  three  children:  Zorah  D.  Sitton 
became  the  wife  of  Dr.  Joseph  F.  Teeter  of  Los  Angeles;  Albert  H.  Sitton  is  a  machin- 
ist, who  married  Miss  Rose  Rogers,  handles  the  Overland  and  the  Willys-Knight  auto- 
mobiles, and  resides  at  Fullerton;  while  Rachel  Annie  died  when  she  was  three  years 
old.  Two  brothers  of  Mrs.  Hickey  are  J.  Wiley  and  W.  Frank  Harris,  real  estate 
dealers  with  headquarters  at  Santa  Ana. 

Andrew  Simpson  Harris  possessed  a  character,  and  had  an  experience  by  no 
means  commonplace.  He  was  born  on  October  22,  1816,  in  North  Carolina,  but  early 
removed  with  his  parents  across  the  mountains  into  East  Tennessee,  then  the  "frontier," 
abounding  with  Indians  and  game,  so  that  he  became  an  adept  with  both  the  ax  and 
the  rifle.  While  yet  in  his  youth,  he  removed  to  Western  Missouri,  and  in  Cass  County 
helped  to  blaze  the  way  for  civilization. 

The  pioneer  spirit,  however,  once  more  asserted  itself,  and  a  move  was  made  to 
Denton  County,  Texas,  in  184S.  At  the  end  of  three  years,  he  returned  to  his  home  for 
a  visit,  and  was  married,  in  1848,  to  Miss  Lou  Ann  Majors,  daughter  of  David  Majors 
and  a  native  of  Madison  County,  Ky.,  where  she  was  born  on  September  3,  1829.  The 
young  couple  returned  to  Texas;  but  Mr.  Harris'  failing  health  made  it  necessary, 
in  a  few  years,  for  him  to  leave  that  state.  In  1857,  therefore,  when  he  had  to  be 
carried  on  a  bed  and  three  small  children  must  also  be  provided  for,  the  weary,  ox-team 
journey  to  California  was  undertaken  in  company  with  friends.  Six  long  months  were 
consumed  in  the  tiresome  and  dangerous  trip,  when  they  made  their  first  long  stop  at 
San  Bernardino;  but  about  one  year  later,  they  located  at  El  Monte,  residing  at  that 
place  until  1867.  Believing  that  he  had  regained  his  health,  he  braved  the  journey  to 
Texas  again,  this  time  by  horse  teams,  but  a  second  time  undermining  his  constitution, 
he  sacrificed  much  to  join  another  emigrant  train,  and  once  more  trailed  across  the  desert 
El  Monte  was  reached  in'  1868,  and  six  years  later,  1874,  he  removed  to  the  place  near 
Orange  where  his  remaining  years  were  spent.  After  enjoying  fairly  good  health  for 
years,  he  suddenly  sustained  a  stroke  of  paralysis,  which  was  followed  by  typhoid 
fever;  and  on  September  28,  1893,  when  nearly  seventy-seven  years  old,  he  passed  to 
his  eternal  reward.  In  all  the  years  of  his  experience  as  a  Christian,  Andrew  Simpson 
Harris  never  wavered  from  a  straightforward  life  of  trust  in  his  Savior  and  devotion 
to  His  cause,  and  he  not  only  helped  to  organize  the  first  Baptist  Church  in  that  part 
of  Texas  in  which  he  resided,  serving  as  its  clerk,  but  he  also  took  part  in  the  formation 
of  tlie  Los  Angeles  Baptist  Association.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Orange  Baptist 
Church  since  its  formation  in  1886,  and  was  one  of  its  deacons  for  a  number  of  years. 
Mrs.  Harris,  while  still  in  her  Cass  County  home,  became  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
Church;  and  thus  for  more  than  seventy  years  she  lived  an  exemplary  life.  For  twenty- 
five  years,  she  was  a  widow,  and  when  acute  feebleness  overtook  her,  she  spent  the 
last  two  years  of  her  life  with  her  son  in  Orange.  Her  demise  was  peaceful  and  without 
illness.  Seeing  a  changed  look  quietly  creeping  over  her  face,  her  daughter-in-law  said: 
"Mother,  I  think  the  end  is  near — would  you  not  like  to  go  home,  to  Heaven  now?" 
And  she  answered,  "Yes,  I  would  like  to  go  now;"  after  which,  the  gentle  spirit  calmly 
departed.  Mrs.  Harris  was  survived  by  her  sons,  Eli  J.  Wiley  and  Frank  Harris,  and 
her  daughters,  Mrs.  Nannie  Hickey  and  Mrs.  Mary  Beard.  She  left  also  twenty-one 
grandchildren,  twenty-four  great-grandchildren,  and  even  one  great-great-grandson, 
George  H.  Clem,  Jr.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hickey  are  active,  devoted  members  of  the  Baptist 
Church  at  Orange,  where  Mr.  Hickey  is  chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees  and  a  deacon 
of  that  organization. 

JOHN  P.  HARMS.— A  splendid  type  of  the  progressive,  loyal  German-American 
is  afforded  by  John  P.  Harms,  who  was  born  in  North  Hanover,  Germany,  on  October 
23,  18S5,  the  son  of  John  L.  and  Elsie  Harms.  His  father  was  a  farmer,  who  also  did 
shoemaking;  and  so  the  lad,  who  was  given  the  best  of  grammar  school  advantages, 
worked  out  on  a  farm  in  summer  time,  after  his  ninth  year.  When  fifteen  years  of  agei 
he  crossed  the  ocean  to  America  and  proceeded  direct  to  Missouri;  and  at  Higginsville 
began  his  first  nine  years  of  farm  laboring  in  America.  Now,  through  hard  work,  he 
has  become  prosperous,  a  man  devoted  to  his  family  and  proud  of  the  service  his  sons 
rendered  in  the  late  war. 

Removing  to  Clifton,  Washington  County,  Kans.,  he  there  worked  out  on  a  farm 
for  a  year,  after  which  he  purchased  eighty  acres  of  land,  on  which  he  raised  corn,  hogs 
and  cattle.  Near  Clifton,  too,  at  Palmer  Church,  he  married  Rosina  Botjer,  on  Novem- 
ber 9,   1882,  a  native  of  Concordia,   Mo.,   and  the   daughter  of  Dietrich   and   Rebecca 


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Botjer,  well-to-do  farmers  and  landowners.  When  Rosina  was  fourteen  years  old,  her 
parents  removed  to  Clifton,  Kans.,  and  there  they  acquired  good  farm  property.  The 
young  lady  attended  the  parochial  school  at  Concordia,  Kans.,  and  after  their  marriage, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harms  farmed  their  eighty  acres  for  the  next  fourteen  years.  During 
the  same  period,  Mr.  Harms  also  bought  an  additional  farm  of  two  hundred  acres  two 
miles  to  the  north.  In  1894,  he  sold  these  Kansas  farms  and  having  decided  to  come 
to  California  made  direct  for  his  present  home  site.  For  a  while,  he  merely  rented 
three  acres  of  this  farm,  and  then  he  purchased  nine  acres;  two  years  later  he  added 
five  more,  making  fourteen  in  all.  The  land  was  then  planted  to  grapes;  but  as  these 
gradually  died  oflf,  orange  trees  were  set  out,  and  now  Mr.  Harms  has  eleven  acres 
of  Valencias,  one  acre  of  Navels,  and  two  acres  of  lemons.  He  built  a  fine  dwelling 
and  the  outbuildings  himself,  and  all  the  improvements  on  the  place  are  due  to  his 
own  efforts. 

Ten  children  have  come  to  be  numbered  in  the  promising  family  of  this  worthy 
pioneer  couple:  Arthur  D.  Harms  married  Matilda  Rodieck,  and  is  at  present  living 
in  Atwood,  Cal.;  John  H.  married  Nettie  E.  Pogue  and  engaged  in  the  drug  trade  at 
Orange;  Edward  John  is  a  truck  driver  at  Oxnard;  Frederick  J.  C.  has  a  position  in  the 
Imperial  Valley;  Emil  A.  married  Rosa  Schnipp  and  is  living  on  a  ranch  on  Handy 
Street,  Orange;  Clara  Anna  married  Otto  Ohlde  and  lives  in  Snohomish,  Wash;  George 
W.  is  bookkeeper  on  the  Irvine  ranch;  Ernest  A.,  living  at  home,  cares  for  his  father's 
farm;  Anna  M.  is  bookkeeper  in  her  brother's  drug  store;  and  August  William,  who 
also  lives  at  home,  is  a  student  at  the  Orange  high  school.  The  family  are  members 
of  the  German  Lutheran  Church. 

Frederick  J.  C.  Harms,  the  fourth  child  in  the  order  of  birth,  volunteered  as  a 
mechanic,  in  July,  1918,  for  service  in  the  World  War,  and  was  enlisted  at  the  Jefferson 
high  school  building  in  Los  Angeles.  He  was  sent  to  Camp  McArthur  at  San  Pedro, 
and  there  he  served  his  country  until  he  was  discharged.  He  was  on  a  list  to  go  to 
France  when  the  influenza  epidemic  placed  him  under  quarantine;  and  he  was  honorably 
discharged  in  April,   1919. 

WALLER  SINCLAIR  HEAD. — Among  the  most  progressive  young  ranchers  of 
the  Anaheim  district  must  be  rated  "Clair"  Head,  as  he  is  known  to  all  his  acquaint- 
ances, the  owner  of  two  well-kept  and  fruitful  farms,  one  of  thirty  acres,  on  which 
he  lives,  devoted  to  walnuts  and  oranges,  and  the  other  of  ten  acres,  which  he  reserves 
for  sugar  beets.  Besides  operating  these  in  the  most  scientific  manner,  he  leases  sixty- 
five  acres  and  there  produces  lima  beans  and  chili  peppers.  He  purchased  the  site  of 
his  home  ranch  only  in  1913,  when  he  set  out  his  orange  trees,  the  walnuts  having 
been  planted  some  fifteen  years  previous;  so  that  much  of  his  admirable  results  have 
been  evolved  in  a  comparatively  short  time.  Indeed,  his  success  thus  far  would  seem 
to  distinguish  Mr.  Head  as  a  man  much  in  advance  of  his  age  in  agricultural  lines. 

Mr.  Head  was  born  at  Garden  Grove,  July  S,  1883,  the  son  of  Dr.  Henry  W.  and 
Maria  E.  Head,  a  sketch  of  their  lives  appearing  elsewhere  in  this  history.  He  attended 
Garden  Grove  grammar  school  and  the  Santa  Ana  high  school,  and  then  took  up 
farming  as  his  vocation,  and  this  he  has  followed  ever  since. 

In  1910,  on  June  14,  Mr.  Head  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Gladys  Coates, 
who  was  born  in  Iowa  but  was  reared  in  California.  She  attended  the  Santa  Ana  high 
school  and  later  graduated  from  the  Orange  high  school.  She  was  a  school  teacher 
before  her  marriage.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Head  are  the  parents  of  one  daughter,  Percie 
Clair,  who  attends  the  Katella  school.  Loyally  interested  in  all  the  community's 
affairs,  Mr.  Head  has  served  for  three  years  as  clerk  of  the  Katella  school  district. 

JULIAN  A.  PRESCOTT. — Among  the  worthy  and  prosperous  ranchers  of  Tus- 
tin.  Julian  A.  Prescott  is  numbered.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  ranch  of  twenty-seven  and 
one-half  acres,  planted  to  oranges,  upon  which  he  erected  a  beautiful  and  artistic 
bungalow  in  1912,  the  year  he  purchased  the  property  from  J.  H.  Martin.  His  thrift, 
enterprfse  and  progressiveness  are  indicated  in  the  care  bestowed  upon  his  ranch,  and 
he  holds  an  assured  position  among  the  leading  residents  of  his  community. 

Of  New  England  ancestry,  he  was  born  in  Lime  Springs,  Iowa,  in  1875,  and  is 
the  son  of  Augustus  D.  and  Sarah  (Butterfield)  Prescott,  natives  of  Phillips,  Maine; 
they  moved  to  Iowa,  then  to  Arkansas  City,  Kans.  Julian  had  the  advantage  of  a 
grammar  and  high  school  education  in  Arkansas  City  and  the  additional  advantage  of 
association  with  his  father  in  business.  The  father,  A.  D.  Prescott,  an  active  business 
man  and  real  estate  manipulator,  followed  this  business  a  number  of  years  with  pro- 
nounced success,  passing  away  in  1911.  Mrs.  Sarah  Butterfield  Prescott  traces  her 
ancestry  back  to  Revolutionary  days  and  was  a  member  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution.  She  spent  her  last  years  with  her  son,  Julian  A.,  in  California  and 
died  June  29,   1920.     Our  subject  was  the  only  child  of  this  union  and  was  for  some 


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years  associated  with  his  father  in  business  and  naturally  acquired  a  valuable  experience. 
He  is  well  abreast  of  the  time,  has  a  keen  eye  for  business,  is  well  versed  in  current 
topics  and  events,  and  is  a  inanwho  will  make  a  place  fprhiirlgelf  in  the  financial  and 
agricultural  world. 

In  1912  he  came  to  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  After  spending  the  winter  in  looking  over 
California  for  a  location  he  selected  Orange  County  and  purchased  twelve  acres  to 
which  he  has  since  added  until  he  now  has  twenty-seven  and  a  half  acres  to  which  he 
has  given  his  time  and  best  efforts  to  bring  it  to  its  present  high  standard.  It  is  beau- 
tifully located  on  the  Newport  Road  and  Seventeenth  Street,  four  and  a  half  miles  east 
of  Santa  Ana  ^nd  is  devoted  principally,  to  the,  culture  of  yalencia  oranges.  Believing 
in  cooperation  he  is  naturally  a  member  of  the  Tustin  Hill  Citrus  Association. 

STONE  WALKER  TODD. — How  much  of  the  efficiency  of  Orange  County's 
superior  gas  service  is  due  to  the  experience  and  strict  attention  to  business  represented 
in  Stone  Walker  Todd's  superintendency,  only  those  who  know  the  man,  and  have 
followed  his  career  and  daily  work  since  he  took  charge,  will  be  able  to  state.  He  was 
born  at  Richmond,  Ky.,  on  January  13,  1885,  the  son  of  Huston  B.  Todd,  a  business  man 
in  that  vicinity,  who  has  since  died,  but  is  recalled  as  a  successful  man  of  affairs.  He 
married  Miss  Mary  Rucker,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  who  now  resides  in  Knoxville,  Tenn., 
and  by  her  he  had  six  children. 

'The  fourth  in  the  order  of  birth,  Stone  Walker  attended  the  grammar  school  and 
later  engaged  in  mercantile  work,  which  he  followed  for  six  years,  adding  to  his 
experience  with  the.  world  and  huinan  nature,  and,  preparing  for  the  next  important- step, 
he  moved  to  the  Pacific  Coast.  He  arrived  in  Santa  Ana.,  Cal.,  on  February  1,  1911, 
and  entered  the  service  of  the  gas  department  of  the  Southern  California  EdiSffn' Com-* 
pany.  On  April  1,  1911,  the  Southern  California  Edison  Company  sold  their  gas  prop- 
erties in  Orange  County  to  the  Southern  Counties  Gas  Company.  Mr.  Todd  remained 
in  the  services  of  the  Southern  Counties  Gas  Company  at  Santa  Ana  until  June,  1911, 
when  he  was  transferred  to  Anaheim  to  take  charge  of  the  work  for  the  gas  company 
at  that  place.  In  October,  1911,  he  was  made  district  agent  of  the  northern  half  of 
the  county  for  the  Southern  Counties  Gas  Company  and  remained  in  this  position  until 
October  1,  1915,  when  the  two  districts  were  united  and  he  was  made  district  super- 
intendent of  Orange  County,  and  was  moved  to  Santa  Ana,  where  he  remained  until 
December  1,  1919.  He  then  resigned  to  take  a  position  as  general  superintendent  of 
the  Industrial  Fuel  Supply  Company. 

The  general  offices  of  the  new  company  are  located  in  the  First  National  Bank 
Building  at  Anaheim,  Cal.,  and  their  purpose  is  to  purchase  gas  in  the  Montebello, 
Brea  Canyon,  Placentia  and  Huntington  Beach  fields  from  the  oil  companies  and 
wholesale  the  same.  The  Industrial  Fuel  Supply  Company  has  erected  two  large  com- 
pressor plants,  one  at  the  Placentia  fields  and  one  at  the  Montebello  fields.  In  1916 
Mr.  Todd  purchased  four  acres' of  oriange- land  on  West  Chapman  Avenue,  where  he 
makes  his  home. 

THOMAS  S.  WESTON. — This  is  an  age  of  specialists  and  the  man  who  centralizes 
his  efforts  on  some  one  particular  branch  of  his  trade  or  profession  is  more  sure  of 
winning  a  success  in  his  chosen  line.  That  this  is  true  in  the  building  and  contracting 
business  is  illustrated  in  the  career  of  Thomas  S.  Weston,  of  Santa  Ana.  He  was  born 
March  23,  1875,  at  Saginaw,  Mich.,  and  remained  there  with  his  parents  until  he  was 
ten  years  of  age,  when  his  father  moved  to  northern  Idaho.  John  Weston  was  a  mill 
man  and  contractor,  and  with  others  purchased  a  saw  mill  which  he  set  up  at  Coeur 
d'Alene,  Idaho,  in  1887,  it  being  one  of  the  first  large  mills  in  the  state. 

Thomas  S.  Weston  finished  his  education  in  the  public  school  at  Coeur  d'Alene, 
after  which  he  followed  railroading  with  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Company  for 
five  years;  the  last  year  of  service  with  the  company  he  was  employed  as  an  eiigineer. 
After  leaving  the  railway  service,  hfe 'followed  the  trade  of  a  carpenter  and  contractor 
with  his  father  and  in  1902  l^Dcated  in  Boise,  Idaho,  where  he  began  specializing  on 
designing  and  installing  store  fronts  and  interior  work,  continuing  along  this  line  ever 
since.  He  has  become  so  proficient  in  this  special  branch  of  carpentry  as  to  be  regarded 
as  an  expert.  While  living  in  Boise  he  was  appointed  building  inspector  by  Mayor 
Pence,  serving  during  his  term  of  office. 

In  1913,  Mr.  Weston  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  became  foreman  for  A.  J. 
Crawford,  a  contractor  who  specialized  in  store  work.  While  in  the  employ  of  Mr. 
Crawford  he  put  in  the  store  front  and  interior  for  Young's  Market  on  Broadway,  the 
Coliseum  Bar  and  the  Chocolate  Shop  on  Broadway.  In  1915  Mr.  Weston  located  in 
Santa  Ana,  where  he  engaged  in  building  and  contracting.  Special  examples  of  his 
artistic  designing  and  superior  workmanship  are  seen  in  the  following  store  fronts  at 


HISTORY  OF  ORANGE  COUNTY  1669 

Santa  Ana:  Seidel's  Market,  Smart  Shop,  Peterson's  Shoe  Store,  Mrs.  Enlow's  Millinery 
Store  and  Miles'  Shoe  Shop.  He  also  built  the  Lawrence  Block  at  Santa  Ana  for 
A.  J.  Crawford.  At  Balboa  Mr.  Weston  installed  a  refrigerator  window  for  Henry 
Seidel.  These  cold  storage  windows  are  another  feature  of  which  he  has  made  a 
specialty.  At  Compton  he  erected  a  $20,000  business  block  for  W.  J.  Zeiss  and  at  Bolsa 
he  designed  and  built  for  O.  H.  Merritt  one  of  the  first  up-to-date,  sanitary  dairy 
barns  in  the  county.  It  cost  $5,000,  has  a  cement  floor  and  is  forty-eight  by  fifty  feet 
in  size,  with  a  capacity  for  accommodating  forty  cows. 

In  1903,  Mr.  Weston  was  united  in  marriage  with  Nettie  Martin,  a  native  of  Boise, 
Idaho,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  children,  a  daughter,  Esther,  and  son,  Darrell. 
Fraternally  Mr.  Weston  is  a  member  of  Santa  Ana  Lodge  No.  794,  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 

JOHN  W.  UTTER,  M.D.— A  descendant  of  pioneers  of  California  on  both  sides 
of  the  family,  Dr.  John  W.  Utter  has  much  to  be  proud  of  in  his  ancestry,  and  as  a 
loyal  native  son  of  the  state  he  is  carrying  on  to  the  best  of  his  ability  the  work 
started  by  those  grand  old  men  and  women  who  made  possible  the  present-day  era 
of  prosperity  and  peace  in  the  far  west.  Born  September  29,  1872,  in  Willetts,  Men- 
docino County,  he  is  a  son  of  Isaac  Utter,  who  fought  in  the  Mexican  war  and  came 
to  California  in  1847.  For  a  time  he  was  located  in  the  Anaheim  district  of  Los  Angeles 
County,  in  1877,  and  he  later  returned  to  Mendocino  County  where  he  engaged  m  the 
cattle  business.  His  wife,  the  mother  of  John  W.,  crossed  the  continent  to  this  state 
on  the  first  steam  train,  and  a  grandmother  of  John  W.  crossed  the  plains  with  ox  teattis 
in  pioneer  days. 

With  such  a  background  for  his  start  in  life,  the  young  lad  could  hardly  help  but 
make  a  success  of  his  own  endeavors,  and  his  education  was  started  in  the  public 
schools  of  Willetts,  later  graduating  from  the  Ukiah  high  school,  and  for  eight  years 
thereafter  he  taught  school  in  Mendocino  County.  In  1901  he  left  his  native  town 
and  came  south  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  taught  school  for  four  years.  At  the  end 
of  this  period  he  entered  the  University  of  California,  at  Berkeley,  and  graduated  from 
the  medical  department  in  1910,  with  his  degree  of  M.D. 

On  leaving  the  university  Dr.  Utter  came  direct  to  Anaheim,  and  started  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession,  since  which  date  he  has  continued  in  practice  here,  a  well-known 
figure  in  the  life  of  the  community,  prominent  equally  as  a  physician  and  as  a  man 
with  the  best  interests  of  his  district  at  heart,  loyal  to  his  state  and  to  the  city  where 
he  first  started  to  practice  his  profession. 

The  marriage  of  Dr.  Utter,  which  occurred  on  May  22,  1900,  united  him  with 
Stella  Moore,  like  himself,  a  native  Californian,  born  in  Sacramento,  and  three  children 
have  blessed  their  union:  Marjorie.  John  W.,  Jr.,  and  Marion.  Active  in  the  fraternal 
life  of  the  community,  Dr.  Utter  is  a  member  of  the  Elks,  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
and  of  the  Anaheim  Lodge  of  Masons.  Professionally,  he  is  a  member  of  the  American 
Medical  Association  and  the  state  and  county  organizations. 


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