An illustrated history of Southern California : embracing the counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the peninsula of Lower California, from the earliest period of occupancy to the present time; together with glimpses of their prospects; also, full-page portraits of some of their eminent men, and biographical mention of many of their pioneers and of prominent citizens of to-day, Part 104

Author: Lewis Publishing Company
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1038

USA > California > Los Angeles County > An illustrated history of Southern California : embracing the counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the peninsula of Lower California, from the earliest period of occupancy to the present time; together with glimpses of their prospects; also, full-page portraits of some of their eminent men, and biographical mention of many of their pioneers and of prominent citizens of to-day > Part 104
USA > California > San Diego County > An illustrated history of Southern California : embracing the counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the peninsula of Lower California, from the earliest period of occupancy to the present time; together with glimpses of their prospects; also, full-page portraits of some of their eminent men, and biographical mention of many of their pioneers and of prominent citizens of to-day > Part 104
USA > California > Orange County > An illustrated history of Southern California : embracing the counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the peninsula of Lower California, from the earliest period of occupancy to the present time; together with glimpses of their prospects; also, full-page portraits of some of their eminent men, and biographical mention of many of their pioneers and of prominent citizens of to-day > Part 104
USA > California > San Bernardino County > An illustrated history of Southern California : embracing the counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the peninsula of Lower California, from the earliest period of occupancy to the present time; together with glimpses of their prospects; also, full-page portraits of some of their eminent men, and biographical mention of many of their pioneers and of prominent citizens of to-day > Part 104

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In 1888 Mr. Nelson was united in marriage with Miss Nellie Mills, a native of New York. There is one child from this union-Anuie Laura. Mrs. Nelson's parents are William and Cordelia (Warren) Mills. Her father is a

native of New Hampshire, and her mother was born in New York. They are now residents of Riverside. Mr. Nelson's mother, brother, Charles V., and sister, Melvina, now Mrs. William E. White, are also residents of River- side. His sister Mary, who married Mr. Jolin Wilson, and Louisa, now Mrs. John Peterson, are residents of Indiana.

ILES SHOEMAKER is the owner of a twenty-acre tract on the east side of Riverside avenue, about two and a half miles south of Riverside. He purchased land in 1882 from Mrs. Hattie S. Travers, and in the same year commenced making improvements upon the place by planting citrus and deciduous fruits and vines. About five acres of his land lies east of the upper canal, and is not suscepti- ble of irrigation from the Riverside water sys- tem. Upon this elevated portion he has erected his cottage residence and out-buildings. The balance of his land-fifteen aeres-is all under cultivation. He has an orange grove of ten acres, the trees ranging in age from seven years to those planted in 1889. He has some of the finest trees to be found in his seetion, and has need great eare in their pruning, fertilization and cultivation from their first planting. His vineyard of three and one-half acres has also received its share of his attention, and has been remarkably prolific in its yield. In 1888 this three and one-half acres and two and one-half acres of vines grown among his orange trees, produced a erop that sold for $1,100. In the same year his oranges brought him $790. In 1886 his raisin and orange erop sold for $2,200. He is a practical and successful horticulturist and is destined to have one of the most pro- duetive groves in Riverside. He has grown the greater portion of the unrsery stoek used in his orange-growing, and at this writing (1889) has a fine nursery stock with which to increase the area of his groves. All the improvements upon his place have been made since his pur-

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chase in 1882. The subject of this sketch was born in Delaware County, Indiana, in 1849. Ilis parents, John and Maria (Meyers) Shoe- maker, were natives of Pennsylvania, and were among the early settlers of his native connty. Mr. Shoemaker was reared and schooled in his native place, and early in life inured to farm labors. He followed that occupation until he came to California and established himself in his present pursuits. In 1873 he married Miss Amanda S. Carpenter. From this union there are two children: Carson and Susie. Mr. Shoemaker is an energetic and practical man, and his efforts in orange-growing have been successful; noticeably so, considering the age of his trees. Snch men are always a desirable acquisition to the community. In politics he is a Republican, sound in his principles and conservative in action. He has the well mer- ited respect of his neighbors and associates.

ARSHALL F. PRICE, M. D .- Among the prominent physicians of Colton, and of San Bernardino County, mention should be made of the subject of this sketch. Dr. Price was born in Portage County, Ohio, in 1834. His father, Dr. George Price, was a native of Pennsylvania, but was reared and edu- cated in Ohio. Dr. Price remained in his na- tive State until fourteen years old; his parents then moved to Illinois and settled in Knox County. He was given a good education, and in his young manhood he entered upon the study of medicine.

In 1861, when the war of the Rebellion broke out, he was pursuing his medical studies in Philadelphia, and early in 1862 he passed an examination before the Pennsylvania State Medical Board, and was commissioned an As- sistant Surgeon, and assigned to the First Reg- iment Pennsylvania Light Artillery for dnty. Ilis regiment was assigned with the historic Army of the Potomac. In April, 1863, he was promoted to a full Surgeon's position with

the rank of Major, and served with the First Army Corps until September of that year, when he found himself so broken in health as to be unfit for field service. He accordingly re- signed his commission, aud went north seeking a restoration of health. As soon as he had so far recovered as to be able to enter npon hospital service, he again tendered himself to the Gov- ernment, and was appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon, and placed on duty in the military hospitale in the department of Washington. There he served his nation until long after the close of the war, not receiving his discharge until November, 1865. The Doctor's military record is highly creditable, and one of which his friends are justly proud. At his country's call he abandoned the students' chair, and passed the Military Medical Board, showing his ability as a physician and surgeon, and promptly entered upon his duties in the field. His strict attention to duty, and recognized skill as a surgeon, coupled with his gallant bearing and soldierly qualities as displayed upon a dozen battle-fields, gained him promotion, and he rose to a more responsible position in the medical department of the First Corps. He participated in the severest compaigns and hardest-fought battles of the war, among which was the memorable peninsular campaign with its bloody fields of Williamsburg, Mechanics- ville, Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, and the terrible " Seven days'" battle terminating with Malvern Hill. Then came the second Bull Run and the Maryland campaign, with the battles of South mountain and Antietain, the terrible slaughter at Fredericksburg, the battle of Chancellorsville and the thrice bloody field bnt glorious victory at Gettysburg. All these, with their terrible sickening slaughter, all the months of lingering camp life in pestilential swamps and morasses, the days and nights of weary march amid the heat, cold, chilling sleet, and drenching rain,- all these did the Doctor, with thousands of others, encounter. The Doctor was a victim to the poisonons inalaria of the Chickahominy swamps; his disease became chronic and made

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life a burden; still he never gave up until it was utterly impossible for him to do further duty. When he left the field, he devoted years to the sick and suffering that filled our military hospitals. To this day, and for the past quarter of a century, he has carried the seeds of disease, and undergone the consequent sufferings attend- ant upon that peninsular campaign in the Chick- ahominy swamps of Virginia. At the close of the war the Doctor returned to civil life and en- gaged in the practice of medicine in Nashville, Tennessec, and thence a few months later went to Topeka, Kansas. He remained there nntil 1873, when he entered the Northwestern University in Chicago and graduated from the medical de- partment of that institution. In 1878 Dr. Price again entered the United States military service as Acting Assistant Surgeon, and was assigned to duty at varions posts in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, and participated in the Indian warfare under General Grierson. In 1882 he resigned his position and established himself in Yuma. He held the position of Territorial Prison Surgeon from 1882 to 1884, and was the quarantine officer at that point for both the State of California and the United States, and surgeon for the Southern Pacific Railroad. April 1, 1885, the Doctor located in Colton, and commenced his medical practice in that city.

He is a gentleman of culture and refinement, genial and courteous in manner. He is en- gaged in a successful and lucrative practice, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of the community. He has not confined himself to his profession, but has taken a deep interest in the building up and prosperity of Colton. He assisted in the organization of the Colton Build- ing and Loan Association and has been its pres- ident since its inception. He still retains his position as surgeon for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. He is a member of the San Bernardino County, Southern California and State Medical societies, and was president of the Southern California Society in 1888, and in 1887-'88 was president of the county society.

He has also been city health officer ever since that office was created by law in 1889.

Dr. Price is a charter member, and was the first commander, of Colton Post, No. 130, and is at present the medical director of the depart- ment, Grand Army of the Republic, also a charter member and Past Chancellor of Colton Lodge, No. 137, Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the California Commandery of the military order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and president of the Sonthern California Association of that order.

Dr. Price was married in 1865, wedding Miss Olivia Tingle, of Washington, District of Columbia. She died in 1871, leaving no children. His second marriage was in union with Mrs. Martha Moad, nee Martin, in 1887. She is a native of Illinois, and the widow of Dr. John N. Moad, a dentist by profession and former resident of Oakland. There are two children living from Mrs. Pricc's former mar- riage,-Pauline L. and Marshall F .; both have been adopted by the Doctor and bear his name.

ENECA LA RUE, one of the horticultur- ists of the Riverside colony, came to Riv- erside in 1876 and located on Arlington avenue, where he purchased a claim of forty acres of Government land for which he event- nally secured a patent. Immediately upon his purchase he commenced his horticultural pur- suits, first planting a vineyard and some decid- nous fruits as well as oranges, but later his experience led him to uproot the deciduous trees and replace them with citrus fruits. His orange grove is about twenty-two acres in extent; fifteen acres, being above the canal, is not irri- gable. The older trees are seedlings, but the greater part of his trees are budded, and vary in age from those planted in 1878 to trees planted a year ago. Mr. La Rue has engaged somewhat in raising nursery stock, from which he has made selections to stock his own orchards. His groves contain a fine class of trees with sub-

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stantial bodies well pruned. He has just reason to be prond of his success. In 1888 his hearing trees produced a crop that brought over $300 per acre. The improvements on his place which constitutes his home are first-class, consisting of a subtantial and well arranged two-story residence, commodious out-buildings, etc. He has added inuch to the comfort and beauty of his home by hedges, ornamental trees and floral productions.

Mr. La Rue is not a stranger to the Pacific coast, his first residence in California having been as early as 1850. He was born in Indiana in 1831, a son of Berrian H. and Mary (Nye) La Rne, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Massachusetts. Seneca La Rne was raised to farming. In 1850 he came to this State and located in the mining districts of El Dorado County. The following seven years he spent in mining, then returned to his native place, where he resumed his farming operations and led the life of an agriculturist until 1875, when he returned to California and located in Mariposa County. He again entered into min- ing operations, but not suited with that life he came to Riverside in 1876 and established his present residence and occupation. He is one of the enterprising and progressive citizens, and has been identified with building interests in River- side besides his orange culture. He is well and favorably known in the community and has a large circle of friends. He is a member of the Universalist Chnreh. In political matters he is a consistent Republican.

In 1858 Mr. La Rue married Miss Samantha Leach, a native of Indiana. They have eight children, namely: Jennie E., now Mrs. A. G. Simms, of Redlands; Sarah G., now Mrs. O. Styles, of Riverside; Sapronia A., Mary Olive, Scott W., Dwight Berry, Rexford and Irene.

EORGE H. DOLE .- Among the notice- ably fine residences in the Arlington dis- trict, of Riverside, is that owned by George H. Dole. It is located upon his twenty acre

tract on the north side of Arlington avenue, three miles south of Riverside. His two-story resi- dence is of modern design and finish and is complete in its appointments. It is surround- ed by well-ordered grounds abounding in orua- mental trees, rich floral productions and beautiful lawns. Mr. Dole has sought Riverside as a desirable place of residence in which to rear his children and afford them the advantages of schools, churches, etc., while he devotes him- self to horticultural pursuits. His orange grove is ten acres in extent, and with the exception of about 100 trees, is planted with Washington Navels. They were planted in 1883 and at later dates. He also has ten acres of vineyard, pro- ducing a large yield of raisin grapes of the Muscat variety. His grove and vineyard were planted by W. R. Russell, the former owner, and are well known among the representative places of Riverside.

The subject of this sketch was born in the Hawaiian Islands in 1842, and reared there. His father was the Rev. Daniel Dole, a native of Skowhegan, Maine, who early in life entered the ministry of the Congregational Church. He married Miss Emily Ballard, of the same State, and in 1841 entered the missionary service of this society and located on the Hawaiian Islands, where he was engaged in his labors as a mission- ery until 1878. Mr. Dole's early life was spent in obtaining his education. He then engaged in literary and other occupations, and was for some time connected with the leading journals of Honolulu as associate editor. Later he devoted himself to agriculture and horticulture, and was for many years employed as manager of some of the large plantations of the Islands. In 1867 he married Miss Clara M. Rowell, and as children were born in his family he decided to seek a more desirable place for their education. and in March, 1889, he established his present residence. Mrs. Dole is also a native of the Ha- waiian Islands. Her father, the Rev. G. B. Row- ell, was a native of New Hampshire, and spent many years of his life in missionary service. Mr. and Mrs. Dole have twelve children, all born on

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the Islands, viz .: Walter S., William Herbert, Marion F., Clara M., Charles S., Emily C., Al- fred R., Norman, Wilfred H. Ethelbert G., San- ford B., and Kenneth L. His eldest son, Walter, is attending the Cornell University, of the class of 1892; Herbert is in mercantile life in New York; the other children are members of their father's household.

Mr. Dole is a desirable acquisition to the community of Riverside. He is a thorough business man and well versed in agricultural and horticultural pursuits, and is destined to take a leading part in these industries. He has for many years been a consistent member of the Congregational Church; he is also a member of the Masonic fraternity and affiliated with Ha- waiian Lodge, No. 21, F. & A. M., of Honolulu.

ILLIAM B. SAWYER, M. D., occn- pies a prominent position in the medi- cal circles of Riverside, and has for many years been well-known in the business and social circles of the city. Dr. Sawyer is a native of New England, born in Hampshire County, Massachusetts in 1854. His father, Edmund H. Sawyer, was a descendant of an old colonial family whose first advent in the New world was in the days of the Puritans; he was a manufacturer and prominent citizen of Hampshire County, a member of the Assembly and Senate of his State, at the head of banking institutions, and a trustee of Williston Seminary, Amherst College and other public institutions. His mother, Sarah J. Hinckley, was a direct descendant of Elder William Brewster, the minister of the " Mayflower," from whom the Doctor is named. The father gave his son all the facilities afforded in obtaining a thorough education from Williston Seminary at East Hampton, and at Amherst College. He grad- uated at that institution in 1875, after which he entered upon his medical studies at Harvard University, and graduated in the medical de- partment in 1879. He spent about a year in

the practice of his profession in his native place, and then moved westward, locating in Kansas City, Missouri. He built up a successful prac- tice, but failing health compelled him to try a milder climate.

In 1882 he decided to seek a home on the Pacific coast, and in December of that year lo- cated at Los Angeles. As his partially restored health permitted, he engaged in the practice of his profession, and from the first took a leading position in the medical circles of that city. In 1883 he was elected vice-president of the Los Angeles Medical Society. His continued ill- health prevented the prosecution of this calling there, and he decided to try some other place and occupation. In February. 1884, he came to Riverside, and shortly afterward purchased the dairy of P. Gallagher, which he established on leased lands on the Jurnpa ranch. For nearly two years the Doctor engaged in the dairy busi- ness and agricultural pursuits. In April, 1886, he again entered a professional life and estab- lished his office in Riverside, and since that time has devoted himself to the practice of medicine and surgery.

Dr. Sawyer is a writer of no mean order, and has found time to bring his literary talents to the aid of Riverside's interest. In 1887 he established the Southern California Monthly. His abili- ties as an editor were well displayed in that journal, but the enterprise was not well sup- ported, and after a few months' publication was suspended. He was also a stockholder and a director of the Tribune Publishing Company, and was for some time editor-in-chief of the Daily Tribune. In 1887 Dr. Sawyer was a member of the board of health, and health officer of the city. In political matters he has always been a supporter of the Republican party, a worker in its ranks and identified with its best elements. Although not an early pioneer of Riverside, the Doctor has been identified with the city and colony during the years of its great- est growth and prosperity. He is a progressive and public-spirited citizen and has heartily sup- ported the various public enterprises that have

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placed his chosen city high in the ranks of the cities of Southern California.

In 1888 the subject of this sketch was united in marriage with Miss Emma J. Nichols, a na- tive of Massachusetts. They have five children: Edmund H., Henry A., William B., Emma M. and Adele A.

UDGE WILLIAM W. NOLAND, River- side's well-known City Recorder and the' impartial Judge of her municipal court, was born in Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, June 25, 1825. He is a descendant of represent- ative Sonthern families. His father, Brazelton Noland, was a native of Kentucky. He was one of the earliest pioneers of Madison County, In- diana, locating there in 1821. Judge Noland's mother was a native of North Carolina. Her name before marriage was Nancy Russell. The subject of this sketch was reared in the pioneer days of his native place, schooled in the log- cabin school-house by the itinerant teacher of that day, and tanglit the practical realities of life by labor on the pioneer farm of his father. Upon reaching his majority he engaged in farın- ing upon his own account, and later was ap- pointed railroad and express agent at Anderson. Judge Noland took a prominent part in the affairs of his county politically and otherwise, and in 1862 was elected as County Treasurer of Madison County. He held that responsible position until 1867, and upon his retirement from office was appointed as express agent of Anderson. In 1870 he moved to Indianapolis, and there, in partnership with John H. Batty, engaged in real-estate and abstract business. Ile continned that business for about eight years and then established himself in the tobacco trade. In 1880 he decided to seek a home in California, and in December of that year, came to Riverside. The next spring he established his home on the east side of Orange street, just north of the city limits, at which point he pur- chased a five-acre tract and engaged in horti-

cultural pursuits. In this enterprise, as in others, he has scored a success. Itis land is all in oranges, three acres in seedlings and the re- mainder in budded fruit. His three acres of seedlings in the season of 1888-'89 produced a crop which sold on the trees for $1,150. The Judge, from his first arrival in Riverside, has been one of her leading men.

In political matters he is a Democrat, but is liberal and conservative in his views. In 1883, upon the organization of the municipal govern- ment he was elected City Marshall and Tax Collector, and re-elected to the same offices in 1884. In June, 1886, he was appointed by the Board of City Trustees City Recorder, vice Judge Conway, and in the fall of that year was elected to the same position. His administra- tion of the affairs of his important office gave such satisfaction that he was re-elected in 1888 by a majority that was a flattering testimonial of the confidence and esteem reposed in the Judge by a community that is largely composed of his opponents in political matters. Judge Noland bas for years been a consistent member of the Christian Church. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is affiliated with Philoxenian Lodge and Marion Encampment of Indianapolis, Indiana. The Judge's family comprises his wife and three children, all of whom are residents of Riverside. In 1844 he was married to Miss Anna McClan- ahan, a native of Logan County, Ohio. Her father, James McClanahan, was a native of New York. The names of the children are: Emma J., now Mrs. C. T Rice; Clara J., now the wife of Jacob Van de Grift, the well-known post- inaster of Riverside, and Thomas E., who mar- ried Miss Helen Condon, a native of Maine.

A. SPRECHER, M. D., formerly a prac- ticing physician of Cincinnati, Ohio, and now the proprietor of the well-known "Colton Pharmacy," which is located in the center of the city, has been a resident of Colton

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since 1884. The Doctor has found time to identify himself with and aid in the business and public enterprises which wrought the won- derful change in the city of Colton during the five years antedating 1889. His drug store, the Colton Pharmacy, is one of the inost com- plete in the city, and a credit to any commu- nity, for Dr. Sprecher is a thorough master of his profession, a skillful druggist and chemist. He has been prominent in building up the city in which he has large real-estate interests. Aside from his residence and business property he owns quite a number of cottage residences. He has also 640 aeres of ranch land in Riche canon, three and a half miles southeast of Col- ton, and property in Perris and other places. The Doctor was born in Chambersburg, Penn- sylvania, in 1844. While a mere lad his par- ents moved to Ohio and settled in Clark County, where he was reared and schooled. His edu- cational facilities were of the best, and he entered as a student in the Wittenberg Col- lege at Springfield, Ohio, of which his father was president. In January, 1863, he cast aside his books and devoted hinself to his country as a private soldier in the Seventeenth Ohio Pat- tery; after a few months in the service he was promoted to hospital steward and served faith- fully until the elose of the war and peace was once more proclaimed. During his service he took part in hard campaigns, sieges and hotly contested battles, among which were the siege of Vicks- burg, Red River Expedition, Port Hudson, Ar- kansas Post, siege of Mobile and assault and cap- true of Fort Blakeley. The Doctor received his honorable discharge in 1865. He then returned to his studies and upon completing his class- ical course entered upon the study of medi- cine, and graduated from the Ohio Medieal College in Cincinnati, after which he engaged in the practice of his profession, and for the ten years or more preceding 1880 was a prac- ticing physician in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1881 he came to California and located in Oakland, and in 1884 he came to Colton. Tlie Doctor is well known in the professional and

business circles of the county. He is a mem- ber of San Bernardino County Medical Asso- ciation, Southern California Medical Associa- tion and the California State Medical Society. He is a Republican in politics, a member of the County Central Committee and a worker in the ranks of his party. He is a member of Colton Post, No. 130, Grand Army of the Repubic, and is a Past Commander in the order of Knights of Pythias.

Dr. Sprecher was married in 1883 to Miss Lizzie F. Bashford, the daughter of Governor Coles Bashford, formerly Governor of Wiseon- sin, and later Attorney General of Arizona, at the organization of the Territory. Dr. Spreel- er's father is the Rev. Samuel Sprecher, D. D., LL. D., a native of Maryland and a noted di- vine, well known in the Eastern and Middle States. He was for more than thirty years the president of the Wittenberg College of Spring- field, Ohio, and at this writing (1889) is presi- dent of the San Diego College of Letters. He caine to Southern California in 1886, and has since resided in San Diego. Luther M. Sprecher, a prominent attorney and Justice of the Peace of Colton, is a brother of Dr. Sprecher. The Rev. Dr. S. P. Sprecher, of Cleveland, Ohio, is another brother.

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Author: Lewis Publishing Company Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 1038

Author: Lewis Publishing Company
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1038