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In February, 1902, he returned to San Francisco and, associated with some eastern friends, he purchased the business of the Pacific Lumber Com- pany and also invested in other timber holdings in Humboldt county, the purchases amounting to three million dollars in cash. This company oper- ates the lumber mill at Scotia, which is the largest redwood mill on the coast, having a capacity of sixty million feet of lumber per annum, in addi- tion to a large output of shingles, running about seven hundred thousand per day. In this enterprise employment is furnished to one thousand men, and the company is now erecting a mill at Fresh Water, Humboldt coun- ty, which will have a capacity of fifty million feet of lumber per annum. Mr. Smith is president of both the Pacific Lumber Company and the Fresh- water Lumber Company, the business being owned by the same parties, although for convenience sake it is conducted under the two names and the two enterprises are separate and distinct from each other.
To those familiar with the career of Mr. Smith it would seem trite to say that he has risen from a humble position to rank among the millionaire lumber merchants of the country, but it is only just to say this in a record that will descend to future generations. His business history is such as any man might be proud to possess, for not only has he risen from humble sur- roundings to the plane of affluence, but has throughout the period of his connection with industrial and manufacturing interests made for himself a name that is above reproach. He has never incurred an obligation that he has not met or made an engagement that he has not filled, and while his
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labors have extended to the development of important and mammoth indus- tries on the Pacific coast he has at the same tinte demonstrated his power to successfully handle the most intricate business problems and to control mammoth undertakings by his keen foresight, executive skill and splendid powers of management.
WILLIAM B. BOSLEY.
William B. Bosley was born May 9, 1865, in Livingston county, New York. His parents were Daniel B. and Margaret M. Bosley. He attended the public schools and prepared for college at the State Normal School at Gencseo, New York. In 1892 he graduated from Yale University with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1894 took the degree of Bachelor of Laws at the Yale Law School. He came to San Francisco in September, 1894, and soon afterward was admitted to the bar of California and began the practice of the law. From August, 1895, until the end of the college year in May, 1899, he served as assistant professor of law in the Hastings College of the Law, and at the same time engaged in the practice of his pro- fession. Since that time he has devoted his entire time to his law practice. During the college years 1901-2 and 1902-3 he gave a single course of lec- tures on the Law of Real Property at the University of California. He is now the attorney for the California Gas and Electric Corporation and allied corporations. He has always taken an interest in politics, and, dur- ing the campaign preceding the state election in 1902, he served as a dele- gate to the state convention and as a member of the state central commit- tee of the Democratic party. He is now, as he has been for several years, one of the trustees of the Bar Association of San Francisco.
JOHN JAMES TULLY, M. D.
Although a native of Massachusetts, Dr. John James Tully has been identified with California nearly all his life, and for the past ten years has been a member of the medical fraternity of Stockton.
It was in Worcester county, Massachusetts, in July, 1862, that Dr. Tully was born, son of John and Catharine (Quinn) Tully. His parents, natives of Ireland, came to this country in childhood, the parents of each settling in Massachusetts, where they were reared and married. John Quinn, the doctor's grandfather, came to California in 1849 and settled on a tract of land a few miles from Stockton, where he engaged extensively in farm- ing and the dairy business. And in 1863 John Tully and his family joined Mr. Quinn in the Golden state, soon taking up his abode in Stockton, where he engaged in a real estate and brokerage business.
John J. Tully received his education in the public schools of Stockton and San Francisco and at St. Mary's College in the latter city, from which institution he received the degrees of M. A. and B. A. At the age of twen- ty-one years he entered Cooper Medical College, where he graduated in 1886, immediately after which he accepted the position of surgeon of the Sierra Buttes Mining Company, at Sierra City, Sierra county, California.
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He spent nearly four years in the employ of this company. Returning to San Francisco, he practiced for a year and a half in that city and then came back to Stockton, opening an office here for the practice of medicine in 1893. Dr. Tully is a member of the San Joaquin County Medial Society and the American Medical Association, and takes a pride in keeping himself posted along the lines of his profession.
He married, in 1887. Miss Emily G. Learned, a native of San Fran- cisco and a daughter of Alfred Learned, an early settler of California and descended from ancestors whose identity with this country dates back to colonial times. Mrs. Tully is a Daughter of the American Revolution, and a Colonial Dame, belonging to the New York Chapter. The Doctor and Mrs. Tully have three children, Eugenie, Jasper and Genevieve. Dr. Tully is a member of the Elks. His political creed is that of the Republican party.
WILLIAM MORRIS STEWART BEEDE, M. D.
The medical fraternity of Stockton, California, includes among its most prominent and highly respected members the subject of this review-Dr. William Morris Stewart Beede.
Dr. Beede was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, April 22, 1865, son of John E. and Elizabeth (Stewart) Beede, the former a native of New Hampshire and the latter of New York, both descended from Revolutionary ancestors. Mrs. Beede's great-grandfather, Robert Morris, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. She was a sister of United States Sena- tor William M. Stewart of Nevada. John E. Beede was a civil and mining engineer by profession and was for many years actively identified with the mining and civil engineering interests of the western states, he having come to California in 1865.
In 1869, at the age of four years, William M. S. Beede accompanied his mother and sister to California and the family home was established first in Eldorado county, in the mining districts. Later they removed to San Jose, where the subject of our sketch began his education in the public schools. His medical education was received in the University of Califor- nia, from which institution he received the degree of M. D. in 1884. Im- mediately afterward he was appointed house surgeon in the City and County Hospital of San Francisco, a position he filled one year, and following which he came to Stockton and entered upon the practice of his profession. Here he soon won the confidence of the people and established a successful prac- tice, and here he has continued his residence up to the present time, being absent at intervals, however, engaged in work along the lines of his profes- sion. He spent 1896 and 1897 in San Francisco; was instructor in surgery in the University of California and at the same time practiced medicine in company with Dr. R. Beverly Cole, formerly president of the American Medical Association. In August, 1897. he went to Hong Kong, as United States consular surgeon, and was there at the outbreak of the Spanish- American war. While serving in this capacity he assisted in bringing about a meeting between Aguinaldo, the Philippine leader, and Commodore Dew-
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ey. While in Manila Dr. Beede was chief surgeon of the National Red Cross Society. He established two hospitals for this society and was on the visiting staff of the San Juan de Dios Hospital. After a year and a half of active service, he was taken ill and spent three months in the Spanish Hospital, at the end of which time he returned to San Francisco and to his home in Stockton.
Politically the Doctor is a Democrat, and has always taken an active part in local and state politics. In 1888-90 he was coroner of San Joaquin county. Also he served as chairman of the Democratic city central com- mittee of Stockton and as presiding officer at various conventions, and is at present writing chairman of the Democratic county central committee of San Joaquin county. At the Democratic state convention held at Santa Cruz, August 22, 1904. Dr. Beede was nominated as an elector of president and vice-president of the United States.
Dr. Beede is a member of the Masonic order and the W. O. W. And the medical organizations with which he is identified are as follows: Amer- ican Medical Association, Medical Society of the State of California, San Joaquin County Medical Society, Alumni Association of the Medical Depart- ment of the University of California, San Francisco County Medical Soci- ety. and Hong Kong and South China Branch of the British Medical Asso- ciation. At this writing he is a teacher of anatomy in the St. Joseph's Hos- pital Training School for Nurses at Stockton.
Dr. Beede married, in 1896, Miss Virginia Foote Aldrich, a native of San Francisco and a daughter of Judge Louis Aldrich, one of the early pio- neers of California, who came here from Georgia in 1849, and was one of the first superior court judges in Sacramento. Mrs. Beede's mother was a daughter of Governor and United States Senator Henry S. Foote, of Mississippi, who defeated Jefferson Davis for the governorship of that state, known in history as diplomat, jurist and litterateur, and a sister of the late Hon. W. W. Foote of San Francisco, U. S. District Judge H. S. Foote, Mrs. William M. Stewart of Nevada, and Mrs. J. West Mertin of Oakland.
THOMAS OLIN CRAWFORD.
Thomas Olin Crawford, county superintendent of schools for Alameda county, California, has been for many years engaged in educational work.
Mr. Crawford is a native of New England. He was born at Hampden, Maine, November 6, 1846, son of Thomas and Thankful D. (Johnson) Crawford, both natives of Maine, the former of Scotch-Irish descent and the latter of English. Both his paternal and maternal ancestors came to this country at an early day and the Johnsons were represented in the Revo- lutionary war. His father died in the prime of life, in 1852; his mother is still living at the advanced age of eighty-six years. Both were teachers in the public schools of Maine for many years.
Mr. Crawford received his early education in the public schools of Brunswick and Harpswell in Cumberland county, Maine, and later was a student at Wesleyan Seminary and at Westbrook Seminary. In the fall of
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1865, following in the footsteps of his worthy parents, he began teaching, and for three years taught school in his native state. He came to California in 1869 to accept the principalship of a school in San Joaquin county. From 1876 to 1886 he was principal of Lincoln School, Oakland. In 1886 he was elected superintendent of the "Home for the Blind" at Oakland, a position he filled two years, resigning it in order to establish a private school for manual training. He was connected with this manual work until January, 1899, when he was elected principal of the Prescott grammar school of Oak- land. Subsequently he was transferred to the Lincoln grammar school, and not long afterward was elected to his present position, that of county super- intendent of schools for Alameda county. In 1883, Mr. Crawford took up the study of law, and completed the course in Hastings College of Law. In 1886 he received the degree of LL. B. and was admitted to practice in all the courts of the state of California. Subsequently he received licenses from the district court, the circuit court and the supreme court of the United States. In 1886 he was graduated from the University of California.
In 1871 Mr. Crawford married Miss Lucy E. Stoddar, a native of Massachusetts and a daughter of Eben and Lucy Stoddar. They have one daughter, Eva Ella, who is now her father's assistant in his work. Natu- rally she inherits a love for educational work, her father and her grand- father and grandmother before her having had successful careers in this line.
Mr. Crawford has membership in the Ancient Order of United Work- men, Woodmen of the World, and Free and Accepted Masons. Politically he is a Democrat. He has always taken an interest in both local and state politics and his party has had in him an enthusiastic supporter.
THOMAS P. TISDALE, M. D.
One of the pioneer physicians of Alameda county, California, is found in the subject of this sketch, Thomas P. Tisdale, M. D., of Alameda. He has been engaged in the active practice of his profession in this county since 1876, when he located in Oakland.
Thomas P. Tisdale was born June 30, 1830, at Simcoe, Norfolk coun- ty. Ontario, Canada, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Price) Tisdale, both natives of Norfolk county and descended from ancestors long resident in western Ontario. Ephrain Tisdale was a man of prominence, identified with the lumber and farming interests of the county, and was an active par- ticipant in the rebellion of 1837. In his family were seven sons and two daughters, and all but four are still living in Canada ; James, William, Mary F., Alonzo, David. Colonel David Tisdale has been a member of the Ottawa parliament for many years and is one of the most prominent men of Norfolk county.
The education of Thomas P. Tisdale was begun in the public schools of Simcoe, his native town. For a time he continued his studies under the tutorage of the Rev. Francis Evans, and next he entered Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, where he took a four years' course. From 1856 to 1858 he
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was a student in the Western Medical College, Ohio, graduating the last- named year. Subsequently he took a post-graduate course in medicine at Buffalo, New York, and also one in New York city, thus thoroughly equip- ping himself for his chosen profession. Previous to his location in Califor- nia in 1876, as above stated, Dr. Tisdale practiced his profession in the va- rious places where he lived, including Elmira, New York; Canada; Indian- apolis, Indiana, and the Sandwich Islands. After two years' residence in Oakland, Dr. Tisdale moved to Alameda, where his successful practice con- tinues to the present time, and where he ranks with the few surviving pio- neer physicians of the county.
Dr. Tisdale married, in 1855, Miss Flora Lewis, a native of Auburn, New York, a daughter of John C. Lewis and a sister of Dr. Dio Lewis, the celebrated lecturer and writer. They are the parents of four children, name- ly: Charles L., M. D., associated in the practice of medicine with his fath- er ; Louise L., wife of the Rev. J. Cummings Smith, pastor of the Taber- nacle church, Indianapolis, Indiana; Dio, a promising young physician, who died at the age of twenty-three years; and Blanche, a student of music and dramatic art.
Dr. Tisdale has always shown an interest in political affairs, both local and state, and has given his support to the Republican party. He has long been a worthy member of the Masonic order.
SAMUEL HENERY.
The building interests of Stockton, California, have a prominent factor in Samuel Henery, one of the leading contractors of the city.
Samuel Henery was born in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1842, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Donaldson) Henery, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Scotland. Henry Henery came to this country when a boy, was reared on a farm, and became one of the pioneer settlers of Ohio, where his life was passed in agricultural pursuits.
On his father's farm Samuel's boyhood days were passed, attending the country schools during the winter months up to the age of fourteen years. He then became an apprentice to the machinist's trade. He was em- ployed as a machinist when the Civil war came on, and when a call was made for volunteers in 1861 he was among the first to respond. He was in Company E, Eighty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Regiment, for three months, at the expiration of which time he re-enlisted, this time in the United States navy, in which he served, in the steam engineering department, until the close of the war.
In 1866 Mr. Henery came to California. After a few years spent in San Francisco he moved to Stockton, which has since been his home. For eighteen years he was engaged in steamboating on the river between Stock- ton and San Francisco. He sold his steamboat interests in 1890, and in 1891 was elected superintendent of streets in Stockton, which position he filled two years, at the end of which time he was appointed chief of police, for a term of two years. Retiring from the police force, Mr. Henery formed
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a partnership with W. R. Clark and engaged in contracting and building, in which he has continued up to the present time. This firm has erected many of the attractive homes and substantial business blocks of the city, among them being the Clark & Henery block, recently erected and one of the finest in Stockton.
Mr. Henery married, in 1873, Mrs. Wilcott, a native of Maine. He harmonizes, politically, with the Republican party, and, fraternally, with the Masons and the Elks.
ROBERT E. MOTT.
Robert E. Mott, president of the Alameda Land Company, operating in San Francisco and other cities bordering on the Bay of San Francisco, has been prominently identified with the building interests of this locality for a number of years.
Mr. Mott is a native of San Francisco. He was born September 1, 1864, son of Elijah and Mary (Meehen) Mott, both natives of New York state and representatives of families long resident of America. Elijah Mott came to California, in 1850, by way of the isthmus route, and for many years he was chief engineer of the California Navigation Company. He was lost at sea on the Brother Jonathan, in 1865.
Robert E. Mott received his education in the public schools of his na- tive city. Leaving school at the age of seventeen he engaged in the artificial stonepaving business, in which he continued for ten years, and during that time put down a large percentage of the paved streets in Alameda county. In 1892 he turned his attention to dealing in real estate and erecting build- ings, at Alameda and Oakland, under the name of the Alameda Land Com- pany, of which he is president, and during the dozen years in which this company has done business it has built over a thousand homes in Alameda, Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco. Mr. Mott is also president of the Bay Shore Lumber Company, with office and yards at Adams Wharf, Oak- land.
January 23, 1902, he married Miss Jessie Wall, a daughter of General J. G. Wall, a pioneer of San Francisco and a member of the firm of Hobbs, Wall & Company, box manufacturers of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Mott have cne daughter, Miss Jessie.
Mr. Mott belongs to the Native Sons of the Golden West and to the Masonic order. Politically he is a Republican, taking an active interest in both local and state politics. He was three years engineer for the state print- ing office, being appointed to the position under Governor Bartlett's admin- istration.
JOHN G. JURY.
John G. Jury, lawyer and writer of San Francisco, was born on the 23d of 'August, 1866, at Houghton, Michigan, and is the eldest of three sons and two daughters born to John G. and Elizabeth J. Jury. His parents were natives of England, the father coming to America in his boyhood days, and later returning to his native land, where he was married. He then
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brought his bride to the new world, settling in Michigan in 1865. He was one of the California argonauts attracted to this state during the early period of its mining development. The year of his arrival in California was 1852, at which time he made his way to the mining districts, and throughout his entire life he has been connected with this department of business activity. As the years advanced his labors brought to him a competence that now en- ables him to live retired, his home being in San Jose, California. His second son. Richard H. Jury, is now editor and proprietor of the San Mateo Leader, of San Mateo, California, and a member of the California legislature, being the representative from the Fifty-third assembly district. Joseph A. is con- nected with mining enterprises in Alaska, being now in charge of a mine on the Koyokuk River, a branch of the Yukon river. Emily E. Jury is the wife of Ernest Henderson, of San Jose, California. Lillian A. is the wife of John Dudfield, president and manager of the Dudfield Lumber Company, of Palo Alto, California.
John G. Jury spent his early boyhood days in New Jersey, having moved to that state from Michigan in 1868, and there first entered the public schools. In 1875 he accompanied his parents on their removal to Nevada, the family home being established at Eureka. There he continued his studies until 1884, when his parents came to California, settling at San Jose. He then became a student in the public schools of that city, and later was gradu- ated at the State Normal School with the class of 1889. He then turned his attention to teaching school, which profession he followed for three years. During the first year he was principal of the schools of Forest Hill, Placer county, during the second year at Milford, Lassen county ; and the third year at Newark, Alameda county. While acting as principal of the last-named place he founded and edited the "Pacific Coast Teacher," a magazine pub- lished in the interests of the educators of this state. This magazine was subsequently merged into the " Pacific Educational Journal." In the mean- time Mr. Jury also took up the study of law, regarding teaching merely as a preparatory step to entering upon other professional labor. On the 2d of May, 1893, he was admitted to the bar before the Supreme Court of the state, and entered upon the practice of law at San Jose. This he continued until 1901, when he removed to San Francisco, establishing an office in that city, where he has already gained a good clientage. While in San Jose he repre- sented James D. Phelan in his Santa Clara county interests, and was also the legal representative of a number of large corporations. He had charge as lawyer of the estate of Robert Mills, of San Mateo county, which was in litigation for six years and terminated in victory for Mr. Jury's clients. This case was reported in the California reports, Vol. 137, page 298. The deci- sion rendered in this instance will probably do more to discourage attacks by unacknowledged children than any other case which finds mention in the reports of the state. His course in the court-room is always characterized by a calmness and dignity that indicates reserved strength. No one better knows the necessity for thorough preparation and no one more industriously prepares his cases than does Mr. Jury. His handling of a case is always full, comprehensive and accurate, his analysis of the facts is clear and ex-
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haustive, and he readily sees the relation and dependence of the facts, and so groups them as to enable him to throw their combined force upon the point they intend to prove.
In addition to his legal practice Mr. Jury has been active in connection with literary work, and is a writer of much more than local fame, having been a frequent contributor to newspapers and leading magazines on various subjects. One of his articles that attracted wide attention was that on lynch law in California, published in Shuck's " History of the Bench and Bar of California." In December, 1904, he published a volume of verse, entitled " Omar and Fitzgerald, and Other Poems." The book has been reviewed favorably by critics generally. In further pursuance of his literary en- deavors, Mr. Jury, in October, 1903, assumed editorial management of the " Literary West," a magazine of literary discussions and book . news, and devoted more particularly to the present activity in literary lines on the Pacific coast.
Mr. Jury has visited many of the oriental countries and other sections of the world, having visited places of modern and historic interest. He in 1901 became interested in shipping in the Philippines, and for a time was managing owner of the Kodiak, a schooner which was chartered by the United States government in the Philippine and coastwise trade. While in the Philippines Mr. Jury spent four months on that vessel, visiting all of the larger islands and many of the smaller islands of the group. During this period Mr. Jury visited many provinces which are not ordinarily frequented or even seen by white men. Journeying thus extensively. he has gained that knowledge and culture which only travel can bring, and his mind is stored with many interesting reminiscences of his trips abroad.
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