A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present, Volume II, Part 151

Author: Guinn, James Miller, 1834-1918
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Los Angeles, Cal., Historic record company
Number of Pages: 1234

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The boyhood days of J. L. Hattery were spent in Wayne county, Ohio, where he attended the district schools and when it became time for him to learn a trade he chose his father's calling, be- coming a carpenter and machinist, in Canton, Ohio. In the spring of 1864. although less than twenty years of age, he demonstrated his patri- otism by enlisting in Company E, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Col. William Haines, and served his country faithfully in the Army of the Potomac under General Grant until the ex- piration of his term of enlistment, when he was

honorably discharged. Returning to Stark coun- ty, Ohio, he entered the employ of C. Altman & Co., manufacturers of agricultural implements, working as a machinist in their factory in Can- ton for five years.

It was in 1887 that Mr. Hattery came to San Bernardino, Cal., and engaged in carpentering and building, meeting with flattering success in this work until discontinuing it in 1894. In that year he located on his ranch of forty acres in East Highlands, which is improved with good buildings and ten acres of orange trees in full bearing, the balance of the ranch being devoted to hay and grain crops. In his horticultural methods he is decidedly progressive and his manner of fertilizing the soil gives the trees a wonderful growth and insures large crops of fruit. His fruit is of the finest quality and com- mands the highest prices in eastern markets.

In 1866 Mr. Hattery was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Barnhardt, a native of Ohio, who engaged in school teaching before her mar- riage. She is a woman of superior intelligence and social qualities and is much interested in the work of the Veteran Association, having at one time been president of the ladies' auxiliary of that body. Mr. and Mrs. Hattery are the parents of five children : Lewis O., living on his father's ranch : Henrietta, now a widow; Lillian M., de- ceased; Bessie E .. principal of one of the San Bernardino schools, and living at home; and Rollin E., an apiarist of East Highlands. Mr. Hattery is a member of Valley Lodge No. 27, K. of P., and W. R. Cornman Post No. 57, G. A. R. of which he is past commander ; and is also con- nected with the Southern California Veteran or- ganization of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is a man well informed on all matters of gen- eral interest, is a public-spirited citizen active in all upbuilding enterprises, and is held in the highest esteem by his hosts of friends.

JOSEPH BENTON TYLER. The year 1859 is a memorable one to Mr. Tyler, for it was then, when a young man of twenty-two. that he left the parental home in the east and sailed by way of Cape Horn with California as his objective point. The years which have in- tervened have found him engaged in various lines of endeavor, first as a miner, later em- ployed in a sawmill, and finally as the owner of one of the finest orange orchards in San Bernardino county.

Joseph B. Tyler is a native of the Empire state, born in Suffolk county, September 14. 1837, into the home of John S. and Eliza (Hud- son) Tyler. His boyhood and youth were spent in New York, where he was also educat- ed, and during young manhood he engaged in

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business with his elder brother, Charles H., the two carrying on a successful wholesale wooden and willow ware business on Maiden Lane, New York City. Subsequently he learned the trade of ship carpenter, but instead of putting it to practice he came to California with his father, landing at San Francisco July 2, 1859, after a perilous voyage around the Horn of one hundred and eighty-eight days. July 3 he set out for Sacramento, where he celebrated his first Fourth in the west. There he met his brother, Charles H., who had come to the state in 1854, and for some time had been engaged in mining near Dutch Flats, whither they at once proceeded. For about twelve years Joseph B. Tyler carried on placer mining there with a fair degree of success, in the mean- time also erecting a quartz mill for a neighbor- ing miner. Giving up mining altogether in 1871 he came to San Bernardino county and bought a sawmill in Grass valley, which he ran in connection with a lumber yard for twenty years, the latter being located in San Bernar- dino. The mill was sold to the Arrowhead Company in 1891, the latter intending to use it for water and power purposes.

Since the year 1875 Mr. Tyler has made his home on his present property in San Bernar- dino, purchasing at that time four acres, for which he paid $300 per acre. He has since sold one acre, but the three remaining leave ample space to properly set off his fine resi- dence and other buildings, all of which he erected himself, and, in fact, all of the improve- ments which embellish the property are the result of his own ideas. Besides the home place he has an orange orchard of ten acres at High- land.

passed all of the chairs, and at one time repre- sented his lodge in the Grand Lodge at San Francisco. In retrospect Mr. Tyler can look back upon a life well spent and with no re- grets over accumulating at the expense of his fellowman. With the wife of his youth he is spending his declining years in the old family home at the corner of Tenth and C streets, their second daughter, Mrs. Rensch, living in the immediate vicinity.

G. H. BUBLITZ. As indicated by the name, the Bublitz family is of Teutonic origin. The founder of the race in the United States was Charles Bublitz, who came from Germany to the new world at the age of sixteen years, set- tled in Wisconsin and became a farmer. Some years after his arrival in the United States he was united in marriage with Louisa Foltz, also of German lineage. Settling on a farm near Milwaukee, they engaged in agricultural pur- suits and reared their children, of whom there were eight (six now living). The mother died in 1904, at the age of eighty years, and the father, who is now eighty-two years of age (1906), makes his home in the city of Milwau- kee. Their son, G. H., was born near Milwau- kee September 9, 1858, and received his edu- cation in grammar schools, the Milwaukee high school, and Concordia College at Fort Wayne, Ind., which latter institution he attended until the junior year.

After having graduated from the Spencerian Business College in Milwaukee, Mr. Bublitz went to St. Paul, Minn., where he was em- ployed by Noyes Bros. & Cutler, wholesale drug- gists. Later he returned to Milwaukee, where he engaged as a bookkeeper with the wholesale drug firm of Dohmen & Schmidt. June 30, 1881, he married Miss Caroline Maurer, of Fort Wayne, Ind. Soon afterward he entered the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad under Sir Thomas G. Shaughnessy, now president of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. His special task was the organization of the store department of the entire system, in which department he had the aid of six clerks. Owing

At Gold Run, Placer county, Cal., Mr. Tyler was united in marriage with Louise A. Thorne, the ceremony being celebrated October 21, I868. Mrs. Tyler is a native of Canada and the daughter of Edwin and Amelia (Richmond) Thorne. All of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Tyler lived to attain mature years, and all are still living with one exception. Liz- zie Josephine is the wife of William T. Russell, the latter a grocer of San Bernardino; Lydia Evalyn, Mrs. Casper Rensch, lives on the cor- . to the ill-health of Mrs. Bublitz he was com- ner of Ninth and C streets, San Bernardino; pelled to resign his position and seek another climate. Removing to California in 1886. he entered the employ of J. F. Holbrook, of Los Angeles, with whom he remained as bookkeeper and for eighteen months as foreman of the Hol- brook pipe shops. After three and one-half years with the same employer he became book- keeper for the Fulton engine works, in Los An- geles, where he remained for six years, until the incorporation of the business, when his po- sition was taken by a member of the new firm. Charles Beach, the only son, resides in High- land ; Bertha Amelia, who became the wife of Arthur B. Jones, passed away February I, 1905, at the age of twenty-five years, leaving one daughter, Dorathalewe: the youngest child in the parental home is Carrie Louise, now the wife of John C. Hansen, the latter a tailor in this city. Since 1887 Mr. Tyler has been a member of the Odd Fellows, of which body he is an active and interested member, having

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Next he was employed as traveling salesman in the interests of Schlitz beer for the firm of Adloff & Hauerwaas, bottlers.

In 1897 Mr. Bublitz was sent to take charge of Adloff & Hauerwaas' sub-agency, which he continued in the interests of others until 1901, and then purchased the business. In 1906 he erected a new plant, the building being of ce- ment blocks or artificial stones, thoroughly equipped with the most modern machinery ; also a refrigerator with a capacity of four cars, and an ice machine with a capacity of three tons. The structure stands on the corner of E and First streets, is 86x110 feet in dimensions, and was erected at a cost of $10,000, forming alto- gether one of the most modern plants of its kind in the west. Shipments are made to different points in San Bernardino and Riverside coun- ties. In addition to maintaining a keen and in- telligent supervision of every detail connected with the business, Mr. Bublitz is interested in the work of the San Bernardino Board of Trade and takes a warm interest in local Republican affairs. In religion he is of the Lutheran faith. Since coming to this city he has erected the residence which he now occupies at No. 670 D street, and in addition he has acquired other property interests in his home town.

LOUIS KAHN. As janitor of the San Ber- nardino county court house and as constable, Louis Kahn is a well known and highly respected citizen of the city of San Bernardino. He is a native son of California, having been born in Calaveras county, July 3, 1870, the son of Her- man and Jennette (Weild) Kahn, both natives of Germany, the birth of the father occurring in Baden. He came to America in 1863 and two years later located in Calaveras county, Cal., finally, however, removing to San Francisco. For some time he was successfully engaged in business in that city, but finally retired from active life.

After completing his education with a course in high school, Louis Kahn secured employment in a wholesale dry goods and furnishing house and filled the position of traveling salesman for sixteen years. Upon resigning this position he went to Sacramento and engaged in an inde- pendent mercantile enterprise and when he sold his interests there came to Los Angeles and was employed as watchman on Terminal Island for the Salt Lake Railroad for some time. He re- linquished this position to locate in San Ber- nardino, and this city has been his home ever since. He has filled his present office as consta- ble and janitor of the court house since 1904 with entire satisfaction to all concerned. He pos- sesses a courteous and cheery disposition that

easily makes friends, and wins him the esteem of all with whom he comes in contact. Mr. Kahn has six brothers, one of whom is Hon. Julius Kahn, member of Congress from the Fourth Congressional district of this state. He is a member of Arrowhead Parlor, N. S. G. W., and in both social and business circles enjoys much popularity.

SILAS L. GOWELL. Although but a brief time has elapsed since Silas L. Gowell entered upon the work of contracting and building in San Bernardino he has ably demonstrated his ability in this line and has built up an extensive and lucrative business. He has been a resident of this section only since November, 1903, hav- ing sought a change of climate at that time in order to benefit his health. He is a native of Maine, his birth having occurred in Bowdoin- ham, Sagadahoc county, October 29, 1857, his paternal great-grandfather having emigrated from England in the colonial days of our coun- try and established the family fortunes in the Pine Tree state. A son, Samuel, born there, became a farmer in young manhood and reared a family to useful pursuits, his son, Daniel, be- coming in turn a carpenter and builder. The marriage of Daniel Gowell united him with Miss Martha Cooper, a native of Chelsea, and a daughter of George Cooper, and born of this union were three daughters and one son. Both Mr. Gowell and his wife passed away in Maine.

Silas L. Gowell was reared in his native town and educated in its public schools, after which, at the age of fourteen years, he began to learn the carpenter's trade under the instruc- tion of his father. Until he was twenty years old he remained at home and then engaged in building for himself, being located one year in Bowdoinham and later in Richmond for a like period. The five years following were spent in Gardiner, Kennebec county, and in Orlando, Fla., three of the five winters being passed in the tropical climate of the "sunny south." About this time he located in Norfolk, Va .. and engaged in the hotel business, and also for eighteen months was proprietor of the bottling works of that place. Later he became inter- ested in the breeding of standard horses and was thus occupied for over three years, during which time he owned many valuable animals, among them Baron Wood, by Baron Poscy. whose record was 2.1614 at four years, and valued at $2,500. Disposing of this interest he engaged in a mercantile enterprise in Hamp- ton, Va., but met with an entire loss by fire, after which, in Newport News, same state, he followed the livery business for six months. Entering the employ of the Huntington ship-

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yard as ship-fitter, he remained in this con- nection for a time, when he returned to his old occupation of contracting and building, en- gaging as foreman for a contractor. Until November, 1903, he was variously located in Porto Rico; Pensacola, Fla, ; Selma, Ala, ; New- port News, Va. ; and Lawton, Okla., engaged in the prosecution of his trade. Coming to South- ern California at that time he located in San Bernardino and by the use of the waters of the Consoles Mineral Springs entirely recovered his health. In April, 1905, he again entered upon the work of contracting and building and in the twelve months following conducted bus- iness on a more extensive scale than any other contractor in the city. Besides contracting and building, he does brick and cement work, in all of his efforts bringing to bear an energy and ability which could not fail to insure his financial success.

The home of Mr. Gowell, located at No. 626 G street, San Bernardino, is presided over by his wife, with whom he was united in marriage in Maine. She was formerly Miss Flora A. Wyman, a native of Litchfield, that state. Born of this union is one son, Joseph, a resident of Los Angeles. Mrs. Gowell is a member of the Congregational Church, whose charities are liberally supported by Mr. Gowell. In his fraternal affiliations he is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.

WILLIAM W. WHITE. As far back as the record of the White family can be traced, its members have been associated with agricultural and horticultural affairs, and have been identified with the material development of the various localities of their residence. In this respect William W. White has proved himself an hon- ored member of an old family. Possessing the tastes that led him into agricultural enterprises in early life, he further possessed the energy and intelligence calculated to bring him a gratifying degree of success. For years he gave his atten- tion to the raising of stock and grain, but after his removal to California, he specialized in horti- culture, and now ranks among the progressive fruit-raisers of San Bernardino, where he owns a tract of twenty acres, partly situated within the city limits. Since establishing his home on this place, in 1893. he has made many improvements and has greatly increased the value of the prop- erty. The commodious two-story frame resi- dence has been improved, substantial outbuild- ings have been added as the need for them arose, and trees of fine varieties of fruit have been planted. The problem of irrigation has been solved satisfactorily by means of two flowing wells two hundred and fifty feet deep. The water

from these is conveyed by pipes to a large con- crete reservoir, where it is stored and turned on the land as needed, furnishing an abundance of water for the entire tract. While a part of the land is rented, the greater portion he superin- tends himself.

A native of Kentucky, Mr. White was born in Hart county in 1838, being a son of Harmon B. and Margaret ( Wright) White. His father was a Virginian by birth and ancestry, but at an early age he migrated across the mountains into the forests of Kentucky, becoming an early settler of Hart county. As he was a planter, he oper- ated his land with the aid of slaves. His wife was born in Green, Ky., of ancestry that early settled in Maryland. Both parents passed away in Missouri, where they were making their home. Among their six children there was a son, Wil- liam W., who was sent to public schools and later studied in a private school, thus receiving what was for his day an excellent education. After starting out for himself he remained in Kentucky for some time, and among other things he made a specialty of raising mules, which he sold to the planters. Leaving his native state in 1870, he removed to Missouri and settled in the northern part of that state in what was known as the Platte purchase. Taking up a claim he engaged in general farming and stock-raising, and by degrees his farm of one hundred and sixty acres was transformed into one of the best- improved in a region boasting some of the finest farms in Missouri. The soil was rich and the district one of the finest for agricultural pur- poses to be found in all of that state. When the cares of the estate became too weighty for his advancing years and he sought an occupation less taxing upon his physical strength, he sold his farm in 1893, removed to Southern Cali- fornia, and purchased land in the south edge of San Bernardino, where since he has improved a valuahle ranch. Neither in this city nor in his former home in Missouri was he actively identi- fied with politics or solicitous of official honors, vet always he has kept posted concerning na- tional issues and always has his ballot been cast in the interests of the Democratic party. He is a member of the Odd Fellows in Missouri.

ROBERT R. SIMPSON. For many years Robert R. Simpson has been identified with the business interests of San Bernardino county and has also engaged in prospecting and mining, meeting with very good success in all of his undertakings, and by his integrity of character and straightforward methods making friends of all with whom he comes in contact. His birth occurred in June, 1848, in Unionville, S. C., he being the son of William and Caroline (Crad-

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ock) Simpson. The father, who was of Scotch- Irish descent, and by occupation a farmer, re- moved with his family to Penetanguishene, Can- ada, the death of both parents occurring in the province of Ontario.

A member of a family of seven children, three of whom are now living, Robert R. Simpson re- ceived a preliminary education in the common schools of Ontario, then took a course in Lexing- ton College, and after his graduation from that institution went to Ontario, and later to Mont- real, where he engaged in the dry goods busi- ness. From there he removed to Chicago, Ill., and secured a clerkship with Marshall Field & Co. Coming to California about 1890 he spent some time in San Bernardino and several coast towns, clerked in Los Angeles and mined and prospected in the eastern part of San Bernardino county. Finally he settled in San Bernardino, where he successively cierked, engaged in the real estate business, mined and worked as sales- man for the Southern California Music Com- pany. In 1906 he was appointed superintendent of the city cemetery, which position he now fills. In San Bernardino he married Miss Della Car- ter, and they own a nice residence at No. 428 Church street. Mrs. Simpson's father, Barney Carter, was one of the earliest pioneers and most widely known men in this part of the state. He had engaged in mining in various sections and was considered one of the best posted men on that subject in the country. He discovered and developed several properties, among them being the Gold Mountain mine, and was largely in- strumental in the building of the mountain roads for the county. His death occurred here in his sixty-eighth year, being survived by his wife, formerly Olive Nichols, who is now residing in San Bernardino. In national politics Mr. Simp- son supports the Republican party. He is a man of strong and independent principles and takes an active interest in all matters of social and civic interest to the community in which he resides.

ALBERT GLATZ. Probably no man in San Bernardino is better known than Albert Glatz, the oldest fireman in the city and a man who has held one position almost continuously for seventeen years. He was born October 4, 1859, in Wheelersburg, Scioto county, Ohio, of Ger- man parentage. His grandfather, Cornelius, was born in Frankfort, Germany, and was a viti- culturist on the Rhine. He served in the army under Napoleon and was with him on the famous march to Moscow and return. Theodore Glatz, the father of Albert, was also horn in Frankfort, Germany, where he was engaged as a jeweler and watchmaker until 1848, when he emigrated

to America, settled in Ohio, and secured his first employment under O. B. Gould at Franklin Fur- nace. He later removed to Wheelersburg and engaged in farming and stock raising until 1896, when his death occurred at the age of seventy years. He was a member of the Masonic order, in which he had attained the master's degree. His wife, Mary E. Huger, was also of German birth, and the daughter .of Moses Huger, a farmer at Frankfort, Germany, which was his lifetime home. Mrs. Glatz lived to be seventy- two years of age, her death occurring in Ports- mouth, Ohio, in 1898. Of her eight children six are still living, one son, E. B., being a sheet- metal worker at Scattle ; another, Frank, a grocer at Portsmouth, Ohio, and Albert, who is the oldest living son, is located in San Bernardino.

Until he had reached his twenty-third year Mr. Glatz remained on the home farm, having attended the public schools during his boyhood and later assisted his father in the farming operations. In 1882 he went to Colorado and engaged in ranching, being employed by Major Downing. Later he accepted a position with John McKane, a brick manufacturer of Denver, and while there made the brick used in the con- struction of the exposition building. In Jan- uary, 1884, he came to San Bernardino and worked successively for James H. Petitt in his Urbita nursery, and two years for Valentine & Frederick in the milling business, following which he was employed in the grocery store of Mr. Valentine for one year. He next helped in the erection of the new county hospital building, after which he was engaged as foreman of the farm for one year. He next joined a party of eight surveyors and assisted in the survey of the toll road from Redlands through to Little Bear valley. They started on July 18, and when the party returned on October 6 Mr. Glatz was the only member left of the original corps who had started, the other members having dropped out one by one. He continued in this work under W. C. Clark, who was foreman of the company, until 1888, when he decided to spend a year at his old home in Ohio.

Upon his return to San Bernardino in 1889 Mr. Glatz was, on May I, appointed driver of the only fire engine then in the city, and has continued with the department ever since. He was on duty twenty-four hours a day the year around. When the reservoir was built he was appointed driver of hose cart No. I, is still fill- ing that position, and to him belongs the credit of having broken in all new horses taken into the service since that time. He is also secre- tary of the fire department, an office he has held fifteen years out of seventeen. No other man at present in the fire department has seen more than half the years of service that Mr. Glatz has.

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Politically he is a strong believer in the prin- ciples advocated by the Democratic party, and fraternally he affiliates with San Bernardino Lodge No. 348, F. & A. M., and Token Lodge No. 290, I. O. (). F. He is interested in horti- cultural pursuits, and among his property in- terests is a fine twenty-acre orange grove. In numerous ways Mr. Glatz has proven that he has the best interest of his city at heart and no citizen is held in greater respect and esteem than he.

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A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present, Volume II, Part 151

Author: Guinn, James Miller, 1834-1918 Publication date: 1907 Publisher: Los Angeles, Cal., Historic record company Number of Pages: 1234

Author: Guinn, James Miller, 1834-1918
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Los Angeles, Cal., Historic record company
Number of Pages: 1234