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 59

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

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For five years Mr. Neuls had been spending his winters in California and in March, 1905, he de- cided to make Redlands his home. He has a fine twelve-acre orange grove on Fern avenue and takes considerable pride in his residence there. In June, 1905, the San Bernardino Lumber & Box Company was re-organized and Mr. Neuls became secretary and general manager. They have the largest planing mill in San Bernardino, which is fitted with steam and electric power, employs from thirty-five to forty hands, and is engaged in the manufacture of boxes and planing mill work, as well as dealing in all kinds of lumber. His marriage occurred at Champaign, Ill., where Miss Grace Dale, a native of Pennsylvania who was educated at the University of Illinois, became his wife. This union has been blessed with the birth of three children, Joseph D., William D., who died aged two years, and Marion. Mrs. Neuls is an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and a woman of superior intelligence and education. Fraternally Mr. Neuls is promi- nent in the Masonic order, of which he was made a member in Kane Lodge No. 566, F. & A. M., and is past master of the same; is a member of Kane Chapter No. 279, R. A. M., and is past high priest; also belongs to Warren Command- ery No. 63, K. T .; Bradford Council No. 43, and Valley Consistory at Williamsport, Pa. In 1902 he was sent as a representative from Kane lodge to the Sesquia Centennial of the initiation of

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George Washington as a Mason which was held in Philadelphia. Politically he believes in the principles advocated in the platform of the Re- publican party. He has always been interested in military matters and while in Scranton was a member of Company A of the Thirteenth Regi- ment of Pennsylvania National Guards. At San Rafael he assisted in the organization of a com- pany of state militia and was commissioned lieu- tenant just as he removed his residence from that place. Mr. Neuls is a liberal and public-spirited man of pleasing personality and has won the es- teem of his fellow citizens of San Bernardino county during his residence among them.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER McFARLANE. In tracing the ancestry of this honored pioneer of San Bernardino we find that he descends from families connected with the colonial history of Virginia and boasting records for patriotism and loyal devotion to country. The old Common- wealth gave to our struggling colonies no de- fender more brave than the young Virginian, Andrew McFarlane, who left home at the open- ing of the Revolution and gave seven years to the service of the patriotic spirits aiming at in- dependence. During the progress of the war he was captured by the English and Indians, by whom he was held a prisoner for some time and forced to run the Indian gauntlet. The McFar- lane family was related to Lewis and Clark, who made the memorable expedition to the mouth of the Columbia river and thus opened to settle- ment one of the most fertile regions of the country.

Among the children of Alexander McFarlane was a son, Thomas Lewis, who was born, reared and educated in Pennsylvania, and from there in 1843 removed to Iowa, settling among the frontiersmen of Jackson county. After farming there for a short time he went to Illinois and secured employment in the Galena mines, but eventually returned to Jackson county, Iowa, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death in 1875. Early in manhood's prime he married Susan Alexander, who was born in Ire- land of Scotch ancestry, the daughter of an English officer, William Alexander. In their family was a son, William Alexander, whose name introduces this article, and whose birth occurred in Jackson county, Iowa, May 19, 1845. Educated in the primitive log schoolhouses of the frontier, he managed to acquire a broad knowledge despite the primitive conditions of the schools. Each summer he helped to till the soil and gather in the harvest ; each winter found him diligently pursuing his studies in the com- mon schools.

During the spring of 1865 William Alex-

ander McFarlane crossed the plains with a freighting expedition, leaving Iowa and fol- lowing the customary route along the Platte and through Cheyenne pass. When he started on the journey he had hired as driver of a team of mules, but it soon developed that he was an expert shot. Accordingly he was taken from the team and appointed hunter for the train. With the aid of his gun he sup- plied the large party during the entire trip with an abundance of wild game, including bear and deer. The first stop in California was made at San Bernardino, from which point he proceeded to Los Angeles and thence to Kern county, where his three brothers were living. In that county he engaged in placer, gulch and quartz mining for a number of years, meanwhile meet- ing with fair success. During 1869 he went to White Pine, Nev., where he engaged in silver mining for a time, but in the fall of the same year he returned to Kern county. From 1870 until 1872 he engaged in silver mining at tlie Ivanpah mines, in which he still retains an in- terest.

Since establishing his home in San Bernardino in 1872 Mr. McFarlane has lived somewhat in retirement from business cares, but still main- tains an active supervision of his various in- terests, including mines in Inyo county and else- where. In this city he married Mrs. Anne McFarlane, a native of Ohio, and an estimable lady, who presides with cordial hospitality over their beautiful home at No. 581 E street. While he came west wholly without means and friends, he has been successful in gaining a fair share of the world's goods and in winning the warm friendship of a large circle of acquaintances, by whom he is highly esteemed for his record as a pioneer of the state and for his integrity of character and geniality of temperament.

PROF. G. WALTER MONROE. There is in the whole world no higher field of usefulness than that of educational activity, and the men and women who give their lives to the training of the young are of all others the most helpful factors in the development of the race. South- ern California has gained a wide reputation for its thoroughness in educational work, and this high standing is due to its talented educators, one of whom, Prof. G. Walter Monroe, holds the responsible position of principal of the Whittier high school and superintendent of the grammar schools of the same district. Educated prin- cipally in the schools of the west, he may be called a product of California institutions of learning and whatever of success he has achieved (which is large) the credit may be attributed to

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the development of his talents through a correct and systematic course of training.

It was during 1886 that Felix M. and Chloe H. (Sevier) Monroe, natives respectively of In- diana and Missouri, removed to California, bringing with them their son, G. Walter, who was born in Floris, Davis county, Iowa, and was a youth of sixteen years at the time of the removal. The father settled in Monrovia and still makes that place his home, being well known to the people of the vicinity. After having com- pleted the studies of the Monrovia public schools, the son was sent to the California State Normal School of Los Angeles, where he took the complete course and was graduated in 1892. Immediately afterward he began to teach school and for three years held the position of principal of the schools of San Gabriel, Los Angeles coun- tv. With the savings of that period he deter- mined to broaden his education and accordingly matriculated in the California State University at Berkeley, where he carried on a thorough course of study for two years. Afterward he became a teacher in the Monrovia high school and continued in that position for three years, resigning in order to resume his studies at Berkeley, where he remained until his gradua- tion in 1900. For the ensuing years he was en- gaged in post-graduate work at the university and then came to his present position at the head of the Whittier schools.

The marriage of Professor Monroe took place in Monrovia and united him with Miss Leila É. Bent, of that place, and they are the parents of a daughter, Muriel I. The religious affiliations of the family are with the Baptist Church, to the maintenance of which Professor Monroe has been a regular contributor. Having devoted his life thus far to the acquiring of a broad educa- tion and the mastering of the most thorough principles of pedagogy, he has had little leisure for participation in public affairs, in which, in- deed, he takes no part aside from voting the Re- publican ticket at local and general elections. In fraternal relations he is a Mason, upholding the principles of brotherhood for which that order stands.

OLIVER J. NEWLAN. Holding a position among the successful ranchers in the vicinity of Norwalk is Oliver Newlan, who, although he has been located here but a comparatively brief time. has already established himself among the up- building factors of the section. He is a native of Moultrie county, Ill., where he was born October 27. 1878; his father, Joseph N. Newlan, was also born in that section, the date of his birth being May 27, 1841, while the paternal grandparents, William and Rachel (Funk) Newlan, were na-

tives of Ohio. They removed to Illinois and en- gaged in general farming, owning one hundred acres of productive land. His death occurred there at the age of forty-seven years, his wife sur- viving him and removing to Missouri, where she passed away at the age of eighty-seven years. They were the parents of eight children, of whom seven are living, two sons and two daughters re- siding in Missouri, two in Illinois and one in Cal- ifornia. William Newlan was a Democrat in his political affiliations and was prominent in affairs in his community. His wife was a member of the Christian Church, which received a liberal support from the family. Joseph N. Newlan was reared in Illinois and educated through the medi- um of the public schools, after which he engaged with his father in the conduct of the home farm. He remained so occupied until he was twenty-sev- en years old, when he started out for himself, having previously purchased a forty-acre tract of land. He also added a forty-acre tract to this first purchase, retained it for a time, then sold and going to Bethany bought one hundred and thirty acres, and made this his home for a period of ten years engaged in grain and stock-raising. He finally came to California and in Santa Bar- bara was located for one year, engaging in ranch- ing. Then he returned to his old farm in Illinois for one year; at the end of that time he rented this property and went to. Oregon, where in Sil- verton he raised hops and then engaged in gen- eral farming at Lynn, same state, for some time. In 1883 he returned to California and rented a place of eighty-five acres near Carpinteria, Santa Barbara county, and after residing there for seven years he came to Los Angeles county and bought twenty acres. He sold his properties in the east and in Oregon and with the proceeds invested in two forty-acre tracts, and finally adding another twenty acres now owns a fine ranch. He was married in 1869 to Miss Sarah E. Hostetter, a native of Indiana, and they became the parents of the following children : Corwin E., who mar- ried Annie Sentney, and has one child; Rosa, wife of J. M. Moore, and who has seven children : Oliver, of this review; Ella, wife of George Campbell: and Roscoe V. Mr. Newlan is a stanch adherent of Democratic principles, and while in Illinois was chosen by this party to the position of road commissioner of Moreborn town- ship. In religion he belongs to the Christian Church.

Oliver Newlan was reared in his native state of Illinois and in California and Oregon, and return- ing to California in 1893 he completed his educa- tion in the public schools of Santa Barbara coun- ty. At the age of seventeen years he became de- pendent upon his own resources and following his early training engaged in farming enterprises. In 1900 he came to his present ranch, a well im-

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proved tract of twenty acres, given over entirely to pasturage for twenty-three cows, which consti- tute a dairy herd, the product being shipped to Los Angeles. In August, 1902, he married Mrs. Sarah Hammerton, a native of Illinois, who had three children by her former husband. Mr. New- lan is identified fraternally with Modern Wood- men of America, Woodmen of the World and the Fraternal Aid. He is independent in his political affiliations, reserving the right to cast his ballot for the candidate he considers best qualified for official position. The Christian Church receives the support of the family, both being active mem- bers of the same.

SIDNEY VORIS HORTON. Positions of honor have been the part of Mr. Horton since his location in Southern California, for he has demonstrated during his residence here the high qualities of character and the sturdy integrity of manhood which bespeak for him the confidence and estecm of his fellow citizens. Born in Green- ville, Hunt county, Tex., January 4, 1860, he was a member of a family of three children, two of whom attained maturity and are now liv- ing, his brother, Benjamin Sterling Horton, be- ing located in Indio, Cal., as roadmaster of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. His father, Peter Ivory Voris Horton, was born in Tennes- see, and came to Texas in boyhood, and there engaged as a farmer and stockman. At the

- breaking out of the Civil war he enlisted in the First Texas Cavalry and served as captain until the close of the struggle, being wounded at the battle of Shiloh. In 1868 he brought his family to San Bernardino and here purchased a farm and began the raising of grain and the cultiva- tion of a vineyard and orchard. His death oc- curred in February, 1885, at the age of fifty- eight years. His wife was formerly Mary Ann Eliza Melton, a native of Selma, Ala., and a daughter of Peter Melton, a planter who is sup- posed to have died on a trip to Mexico; the ma- ternal grandfather, named SoRelle, was a planter in Alabama and later in Texas, and was of French descent. Mrs. Horton died in San Ber- nardino county in 1878.

Sidney Voris Horton was reared in Texas for the first eight years of his life, when he was brought to California by his parents and has here continued to make his home. He attended the public school at the old Mission and was early trained to the life of a farmer's son, learn- ing methods used in horticulture and general farming which have proven of benefit to him in later years. At twenty-one years of age he went on the railroad and for three or four years was engaged in the construction of the Southern Pa- cific Railroad, after which he returned to farm-

ing, and has since been so occupied. He owns twenty-three acres in Mission valley at the foot of the Terracina bluff, all of which is set out in valencia and navel oranges. In 1906 he was elected justice of the peace of Mission town- ship on the Democratic ticket, his office being at Bryn Mawr.

In San Bernardino Mr. Horton was united in marriage with Miss Beulah Hamner, a native of Mississippi, and born of this union are the following children; Clara Evelyn, Alice, Mil- dred, Sidney V., Jr., Gladys, Hugh, Bertha, Eu- gene and Floyd. The first three named are grad- uates of the Redlands high school in the class of 1906. Mr. Horton has served as school trus- tee of the mission district for one term, and was clerk of the board for that time. Fraternally he is associated with the Benevolent Protective Or- der of Elks, of Redlands; the Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows, of San Bernardino; and the Modern Woodmen of America of Redlands. Mrs. Horton is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. Politically Mr. Horton is a stanch Democrat, and for many years has served as a member of the Democratic County Central Committee.

JOHN W. BARTON. A pioneer miner and rancher, John W. Barton is located in the vicin- ity of El Monte and engaged in the cultivation of an extensive ranch of between fifteen hun- dred and eighteen hundred acres, while he is improving a homestead of twenty-four acres. He has met with gratifying success in his efforts, has acquired a competence, and at the same time has taken his place among the citizens of his lo- cality, who are always counted upon to uphold public honor and support progressive and de- veloping measures. Mr. Barton is a native of Berrien county. Mich., born October 19. 1841, a son of John W. and Emeroy (Williams) Bar- ton. early pioneers of California, whose history is given at length in that of their son, Chester R. Barton, which appears elsewhere in this volume. The mother lived to a ripe old age. her death occurring December 19, 1906.

During childhood John W. Barton was brought to California by his parents and located in Solano county, and there he attended the public schools. After completing his educational work he went to the mines of Nevada and engaged in driving a twenty-six mule team in the hauling of ore. During this time and later he made his home in Virginia City, which was then one of the flourishing cities of the west. Later he en- gaged in buying and selling stock of mining companies and the numerous mining operations in hand at that time enabled him to occupy his time very thoroughly. He also owned stock in

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some of the best mines known at that time, mak- ing and losing several fortunes during his con- tinuance in this work. Thirty years of his life were thus spent in the mining towns of Nevada, but finally he withdrew his interests and going to Arizona became manager of quartz teams with the Pinal Company, of that state. After three years of this work he resigned, and returning to California located in Los Angeles county, since which time he has been extensively en- gaged in grain raising, renting a part of the Bald- win property, and he also owns twenty-four acres upon which he is making his home. He employs more men than any other one man in this section and his success has given him no little prestige among the ranchers of the county.

In 1876 Mr. Barton was united in marriage with Miss Scioto Eggleston, a native of Iowa, and a cultured woman, who occupies a promi- nent place in the social life of the community. She is a member of the Episcopal Church, whose charities are liberally supported by Mr. Barton. In his political convictions he is a stanch adher- ent of Republican principles, and although he has never cared for official recognition has still taken an active interest in the advancement of his party's welfare. Fraternally he is a mem- ber of Lexington Lodge No. 104, F. & A. M., of El Monte, in which he has served as treas- urer for the past twenty years, being elected with- out a dissenting vote-an eloquent tribute to his honesty and nobility of character.

DANIEL M. DURRELL. Not only as a pio- neer of Los Angeles county has Daniel M. Dur- rell won for himself a position among the citi- zens of this section, but as well for the success which he has won as a rancher. Although his ranch is now only moderate in size, yet he has owned considerable property here and has as- sisted materially in the development of the farm- ing interests in and about Compton, where he has been located since the fall of 1876. He is a na- tive of Maine, his birth having occurred in So- lon, Somerset county, February 25, 1842. His father, Daniel M. Durrell, Sr., was of English parentage, while his mother, Elizabeth (Toms) Durrell was the representative of a family long established on American soil. Both were natives of Maine, where the father followed farming un- til 1872, when he brought his family of ten chil- dren to California and located on a part of the Tajanta ranch in the vicinity of Florence. There he died at the age of eighty years, while his wife passed away when eighty-five. He was a citizen of worth and prominence, taking an act- ive part in public affairs, always voting the Re- publican ticket and seeking always to advance the principles advocated in the platform of this

party. Both himself and wife were affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Daniel M. Durrell, Jr., was reared to young manhood in his native place, receiving his educa- tion through the medium of the public schools. At the age of nineteen, in 1860, he came to Cali- fornia. In Plumas county he engaged in min- ing until 1876 (having in the meantime made one trip to British Columbia prospecting), when he came to Los Angeles county and in 1879 pur- chased the property upon which he now lives. He now owns of this acreage a tract of twenty- five acres, devoted principally to the cultivation of alfalfa, although he raises some vegetables. His alfalfa crop averages about seven tons to the acre. He is also interested in a pumping plant which has a twenty-two horse power engine, with a flow of one hundred inches.

November 9, 1880, Daniel M. Durrell married Miss Margaret J. Juden, a native of Missouri, and the daughter of George W. and Mary (Caker) Juden. Mr. and Mrs. Durrell are the parents of the following children: Nellie E., Catherine I., who married Raymond Ball and has one child; Herbert J .; and Frank and Maggie Mae, twins. Mr. Durrell is associated fraternal- ly with the Odd Fellows, having become a mem- ber of the organization in Plumas county, and is now an Ancient Odd Fellow. Like his father he is and always has been a Republican in politics and like him also takes an active and intelligent interest in all movements of the party, as well as any movement calculated to advance the general welfare of the community. The family are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Durrell is a man of broad ideas and very well read on all topics of contemporary interest, mak- ing him an entertaining and interesting compan- ion. He is thorough and painstaking in his methods, conscientious in all of his efforts, and has deservedly won the position of esteem which he holds among those who have known him for so many years.

The history of the Juden family can be traced to John Juden, who was born in Kent, England, February 15, 1700, and he it was who first repre- sented the name in the new world. Descended from this ancestor was Thomas Juden, who was born in Baltimore, Md., April 12, 1799. A farm- er by occupation, he followed this calling in Cape Girardeau county, Mo., where he was well known as a citizen of worth and ability. For four terms he served as judge of Capt Girardeau county, a position to which he was elected on the Whig ticket. In his religious belief he was a Baptist. His marriage united him with Nancy Holcomb, a native of North Carolina, where her father car- ried on farming. The first representative of the Holcomb family in the United States was James Holcomb.

Boyd m. Moon

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To the marriage of Thomas and Nancy ( Hol- comb) Juden George Washington Juden was born in Cape Girardeau county, Mo., May 10, 1829, and in that locality he received his educa- tion and was there reared to a practical knowl- edge of agriculture on his father's farm. At the time of the gold excitement in California he was a young man of twenty-one years and like many others he came west to try his luck in the mines, and in addition to mining also followed farming to some extent. Subsequently he returned to the east, and January 10, 1854, he was united in mar- riage with Mary Caker, who was born in Nash- ville, Tenn., the daughter of S. T. and Margaret J. Caker. The latter were pioneer settlers in the west, the family having located in Watsonville, Cal., at an early day. Eight children were born of the marriage of George W. and Mary (Caker) Juden, as follows: Mrs. F. E. Turner, T. S. Ju- den, Mrs. M. A. Holloway, Margaret J. (Mrs. Daniel M. Durrell), G. W. Juden, J. W. Juden, C. F. Juden and Mrs. M. C. Wheat. When their daughter Margaret was a child of eight months Mr. Juden brought the family to California and in 1867 located in Azusa, where he still makes his home. The wife and mother is deceased. In politics Mr. Juden is a Democrat and fraternally he is a Mason.

BOYD M. MOORE. Friends as well as a competence have been the result of the ener- getic and well directed efforts of Mr. Moore, who is located in the vicinity of Norwalk and engaged in the management of a twenty-acre ranch. Of southern lineage, he was born in North Carolina August 23, 1859. a son of William R. and Sarah (McCrary) Moore, both natives of Transylvania county, same state. The father was a planter and owned two hun- dred acres of land susceptible of cultivation and about five hundred acres of mountain pasture land. He was a Republican in poli- tics and was elected county treasurer for six terms. He served in the Civil war as a sol- dier in a regiment of North Carolina Infantry, and survived the perils of warfare. He is now living in North Carolina, his wife also is liv- ing. They were the parents of twelve chil- dren of whom ten are living, another son be- sides Boyd being in California, Perry Moore, of Long Beach.

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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 59

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