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 108

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 108
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 108
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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 108

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A VIEW IN REDLANDS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. (The Beautiful Home of F. P. Morrison, Esq.)

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Upon his entry in the army, he was assigned to duty with the medical department as field hos- pital steward, and participated in the memor- able compaigns and battles of the Southern armies under Generals A. S. Johnston, Bragg, Beauregard and Joseph E. Johnston. During his five years of service he applied himself to the study of medicine, and at the same time was in attendance in the field hospitals and had charge of patients suffering from diseases and wounds incident to camp and battie-field. The experience was of incalculable service, and the close of the war found Dr. Nichols an educated and skillful physician and surgeon. The down- fall of the Confederacy, and suspension of hos- tilities was accepted by Dr. Nichols as the dawn of a new era for the South, and he returned to civil life, strong in his determination to aid in restoring peace and prosperity so essential to her existence. He located in White County, Arkansas, and entered upon a successful prac- tice of his profession. He also engaged in es- tablishing enterprises tending to advance the welfare of the people and establish good gov- ernment: to that end he took a leading part in political matters, and was for five years the Mayor of Judsonia. In 1875 he moved to Lo- gan Connty, Arkansas, and there built np a successful and lucrative practice. In 1878 Dr. Nichols entered the medical department of the University of Louisville, and graduated fromn that institution with high honors: as a special mark of his ability and distinction gained in his studies he was awarded a certificate of honor, as one of ten (in a class of seventy) who had graduated highest in the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then returned to his practice in Logan County, and continued the same until 1887, when he decided to establish himself in California. In that year he came to Riverside, where he has since resided. In August, 1888, he associated himself with Dr. A. A. Sulze and established his office in the Oppenheimer block on Main street; he is also devoting some atten- tion to horticultural pursuits, and is the owner of a ten-acre lot on the Castleman tract, east of

the city, upon which he is growing raisin grapes and citrus fruits. Dr. Nichols' experience and skill as a physician and surgeon is recognized by the community, and he has a constantly in- creasing patronage. He takes a deep interest in Riverside's enterprises, and is a supporter of her institutions and industries. In political matters he is a consistent Democrat, and a strong supporter of the Christian religion, hav- ing for years been a member of the Methodist Church.

The Doctor married, in 1886, Miss Aurilla E. Cheek, a native of North Carolina. The fol- lowing named children have been born from this marriage: Minnie B., Alfred O., John E., Arthur D., Sue A., Ethel C., Paul S. and Nellie C. Minnie B. married Samuel Laser, and is now a resident of Clarksville, Arkansas. The other children are members of the Doctor's household.

ENRY H. SCOTT, M. D., of Riverside, is one of those successful men to be found in the various walks of life who may be truthfully said to be self-made-men who from boyhood start in life with a fixed object in view; and with strong determination to reach the goal, they develop those valuable characteristics- energy, perseverance, and a determined inind, that enable them to overcome all obstacles and render them intelligent, quick to conceive, and prompt to act-characteristics especially valu- able to the skilled physician and surgeon.

The subject of this sketch was born in On- tario, Oxford County, Canada West, in 1836. His father, Dr. Thomas Scott, was a native of England and a pioneer of that section of Canada. Dr Scott passed his boyhood, until ten years of age, as other youths in attendance at the public school. He was then placed as a " boy of all work" in a drug store. Not much time was left him for idleness or play, even had he been disposed to avail himself of it. He was ambitions, of studious habits, and bound to

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learn. His spare moments were devoted to study, and he became in time a skillful druggist and chemist, whose services were valnable to employers, and he secured a lucrative position in New York. He entered earnestly upon a course of medical study, and after years of read- ing returned to Canada and entered the Victoria College (now Trinity College) at Toronto. He graduated with high honors from that college in 1859, and then established himself as a prac- ticing physician at Ingersoll, in his native coun- ty. For more than a quarter of a century Dr. Scott pursued a successful professional career in that county. He was one of the leading phy- sicians of the section, and was for many years the assistant surgeon of the Great Western Rail- road; but the labors and exposures attendant upon his practice finally undermined his health, and it became necessary that he should seek a home in a more genial climate. With that ob- ject in view he came to Southern California in 1887 and located in Riverside, establishing his office in the Hamilton Block. Dr. Scott has fixed his residence on Orange street near Four- teenth street, and has also purchased ten acres of land in the Wilbur tract, upon which he is engaging in horticultural pursuits.

He is a skillful physician and surgeon and a gentleman in the fullest sense of the word, and is conceded by all to be a desirable acquisition to the professional circles of Riverside. He has for years been prominent in fraternal socie- ties, and is a member of the Masonic order, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Chosen Friends, and Ancient Order of Foresters.

The Doctor married Miss Lydia Ann Walker, a native of Canada. His children are named Annie Lonise and Florence Mildred.

EORGE R. THAYER, the senior member of the firm of Thayer & Peters, proprietors of the Riverside Carriage Company, came to Riverside in 1879. He first located at No.

386 Magnolia avenue, about five miles south ot Riverside, and devoted himself to horticultural pursuits and also purchased a twenty-acre tract about one mile south of his home place, which he planted with orange trees and raisin grapes. He sold that twenty-acre tract to George Craw- ford in 1883. In addition to his horticultural interests he sought other means of occupying his business talents, and in 1886 accepted the agency of Porter Brothers & Company, of Los Angeles and San Francisco, in their fruit pack- ing enterprise in Riverside. In 1887 he sold his orange grove on Magnolia avenue, and in November of that year purchased the Riverside Carriage Works, and in partnership with Will- iam L. Peters established the firm of Thayer & Peters. His business house is located on the south side of Eighth street, between Main and Orange streets, where the firm have extensive warerooms and well-appointed repair shops. He is at the head of one of the largest establislı- ments of its character in San Bernardino Coun- ty, having branch houses in San Bernardino and Redlands. The firm have the agency of some of the most noted carriage works of the East, among which are the Columbus Buggy Company, Mitchell Wagon Company, Bain Wagon Company, Watertown Spring Wagon Company, and the Hiram W. Davis Company. Among other agricultural implements and ma- chinery are to be found the well-known Standard mowers and rakes. Considerable manufactur- ing is done by this firm, but by far the largest portion of their stock is imported from the East. Mr. Thayer is keenly alive to the business demands of Riverside and the county, and has built up a large trade. He is a director and stockholder of the Colton Marble and Lime Company, and a liberal supporter of other en- terprises that have built up Riverside and vicinity.

Mr. Thayer is a native of Weymouth, Massa- chusetts, dating his birth in 1840. His father, Nicholas Thayer, was a native of Maine. Mr. Thayer was reared and schooled in his native place, and early in life engaged in mechanical

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pursnits in the shoe factories of his city. Early in 1862 he entered the military service of his country as a private in Company H, Thirty- fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the Maryland campaign with the Army of the Potomac, and was engaged in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam. In the latter battle he was wounded, and was for some months in the military hospitals. His wounds and ill health unfitted bim for further military service, and in 1863 he received an honorable discharge. Mr. Thayer then returned to his home, and for the next twelve years was engaged in the boot and shoe maunfactories, most of the time as foreinan in charge of one of the several departments. In 1875 he es- tablished himself in the manufacture of the Gaff & Feichman compressed yeast, and built up a large trade in that industry, which he conducted until 1879, when he established him- self in Riverside.

He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also a member of Riverside Lodge, No. 282, I O. O. F., and Star Encampment, No. 75, of the same order. He retains his membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, and is affili- ated with Reynolds Post, No. 58, of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Politically he is a stanch Re- publican. In 1863 Mr. Thayer was united in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Spear, a native of Thomaston, Maine.

P. MORRISON, President of the First National Bank of Redlands, is a " native son of the Golden West," being born in the city of San Francisco. His father, A. L. Morrison, came from Ohio in 1854, and was a successful business man for many years. The subject of this sketch came to Redlands in 1882. He had considerable money, and being pleased with the location, and believing that there was a bright future for the place, he bought forty acres of land and put out 300 orange trees the first year. The improvements he has since 44

made on this place can be better appreciated by a visit than by any written description, how- ever elaborate. No one should visit Redlands without a drive around Mr. Morrison's home, and no one will go away withont remarking that it is the most beautiful place in the valley. His place is supplied with water from Redlands Company and also Bear Valley certificates. Mr. Morrison established the bank in 1886. The officers are: president, F. P. Morrison; cashier, J. W. Wilson; vice president, A. T. Park. The directors are Frank Hinckley, G. A. Cook, George A. Crafts, H. L. Drew and J. S. Ed- wards. Mr. Morrison is treasurer of the city council.

DGAR JAMES FERRELL, one of San Bernardino County's inost enterprising and successful business inen, was born in Iowa in 1858, and passed the first sixteen years of his life in the Hawkeye State. In June, 1874, he came to California, and the first six years after his arrival worked at the printer's trade in San Bernardino. Deciding to change his vocation, he entered the employ of W. R. Wiggins as a salesman in his grocery. At the close of two years Mr. Ferrell purchased the business in 1884, and for four years did an ex- ceptionally thriving and prosperous business. He made a specialty of handling none but first- class goods and built up a trade which probably ranked the largest in the county at that time. In the fall of 1888 he sold out and remained out of business for about six months, then opened his present fine store at 108 and 110 D street. Pursning his former excellent business methods Mr. Ferrell is rapidly regaining his very large patronage so worthily won at the old store. His store is a model of neatness and order, and with none bnt the best grades of goods, both staple and fancy, in stock, and, gentle- manly treatment always assured to his patrons, his is one of the most attractive business honses in the city. His goods are sold for cash or thirty days' time, and he commands a large share

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of the most desirable trade of the city and county. Mr. Ferrell has a fondness for rural life and is an admirer of fine stock, which taste he gratifies in the owership of a beautiful ranch of thirty-five acres a short distance south of San Bernardino, and which is admirably adapted to grazing and decidnons fruits and berries, for which he has been offered $17,500. Three fine artesian wells furnish an abundant water supply for the place. Mr. Ferrell and his amiable wife reside ont on their rancho, enjoying the rare Inxury of country life in the beautiful San Ber- nardino valley. Mrs. Ferrell is a native of California and the daughter of the late Richard Varley, from Lancashire, England, and a prom- inent contractor and builder in San Bernardino.

ARLOS C. SHERMAN, M. D., is one of Riverside's prominent and successful physicians. Although not a pioneer, he has been a resident of the city during the years of her greatest growth and prosperity, and the position he has occupied in her pro- fessional and social circles well entitles him to mention in the annals of the city.

Dr. Sherman is a native of New York, and was born in Washington County, in 1847. In 1852 his parents moved to Michigan and settled in Eaton County. His father was a farmer by occupation and in this world's goods was a poor man. Dr. Sherman was reared on the farmn of his father, and from his early boyhood schooled to hard labor. His education was such as conld be obtained in attendance at the district schools in the winter months; he was quick to learn and ambitions and advanced rapidly in his studies. Upon the breaking ont of the civil war his patriotism was aroused and he endeav- ored to enter the military service. Upon his repeated trials at enlistment he was rejected on account of his age, but finally, in 1863, when but a boy of sixteen years, he succeeded in his ardent desires and was mustered in as a private of Company C, Sixth Regiment of Michigan

Heavy Artillery. His regiment was assigned to dnty in the Department of the Gulf. The Doctor was faithful in his service, which was continned until he was prostrated by disease, and rendered unfit for further military duty. In 1864 he was honorably discharged and re- turned to his home. As soon as he had recovered his health, he abandoned the farmn and com- menced work as a carpenter; he made rapid progress in that trade and spent the next ten years as a carpenter and builder. During that time he was securing an education, devoting all his spare time to study. His natural inclination led him into medical studies, and in 1874 he commenced a course of study in the Hahnemann Medical College at Chicago. After some years of study he entered upon the practice of mnedi- cine in Ingham County, Michigan. He was successful in his practice, but not satisfied he again entered the Hahnemann College and graduated from that institution in 1884, after which he returned to his practice and continued it until 1886. In that year he decided to seek a home in California, and in August located in Riverside. Upon his arrival he associated him- self with Dr. Way, and entered a successful pro- fessional life. At a later date he moved his office to the Oppenheimer block. In 1887 he purchased a ten-acre tract at Rialto and has devoted some attention to horticulture. Among his improvements in that land are five acres of oranges and five acres of raisin grapes. He is also the owner of business and residence lots in Riverside. The Doctor's success in life is cred- itable and commends hin to the respect and esteem of his associates. He is self-made and self-educated; a man of untiring energy, devot- ing many years of his manhood to study, that he might attain a position in the professional world that the result has shown be is so well fitted to adorn. Besides his unquestioned pro- fessional skill he is a gentleman of kind and genial disposition and courteous manner, that gain him sincere friends in whatever community his lot is cast. It is safe to say that Dr. Sher- man will always be found identified with the

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best interests, professional, social and political, of Riverside. He is a member of the Methodist Church of Riverside. In politics he is a con- sistent Republican, of the fraternal societies and is a prominent member in the Odd Fellows lodge. He is a member of Riverside Lodge, No. 282, Star Encampment, No. 73, and Canton Sherman, No. 25, of Riverside. He is a charter member and was prominent in establishing the canton which bears his name. He is also a member of Riv- erside Post, No. 118, Grand Army of the Re- public. . Dr. Sherman married in 1884, wedding Miss Ida Moulton, a native of Michigan. No children have blessed this union.

APTAIN LYMAN C. WAITE is one of the pioneers of Riverside. His associa- tion with the foundation of the colony, the establishment of schools, churches, horticultural industries, banking, and other incorporations, commenced in the infancy of the colony, and his various enterprises, both public and private, have been conducted by that sound sense, trained business principles, and honest, straightforward dealings that are characteristic of the man. The facts obtained for a brief review of his life are of interest. Captain Waite was born in Wal- worth County, Wisconsin, in 1844. His parents, Sydney and Parmelia (Barker) Waite, were natives of western New York. They were pioneers of Wisconsin, having established themselves in that State as early as 1836 or 1837. His father was a farmer by occupation, and during Captain Waite's boyhood was a resident of Sheboygan Falls, Fond du Lac and Appleton. The subject of this sketch was reared to farm life, and being of a studious dis- position was given the best advantages the public schools afforded in securing an ednca- tion. In 1860 he entered upon a course of study in the Lawrence University at Appleton.

The war of the Rebellion and the call upon the nation's sons to rally to the support of the old flag, and preserve our country from seces-

sion rule, enlisted the patriotic sympathy of young Waite, and he abandoned his college studies and promptly entered the service of his stricken nation. In 1862 he enlisted as a pri- vate in Company D, Twenty-first Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, commanded by Colonel Benjamin J. Sweet. Captain Waite's military life and actions were highly creditable and hon . orable, and form one of the many distinguished personal histories of that memorable war. Al- though but eighteen years of age, he entered heartily into the contest; his attention to duty, soldierly bearing and conspicuous bravery upon the field of battle gained him rapid promotion, and he rose through the successive non-com- missioned grades to a Lientenancy, and then won his Captain's commission. His regiment was attached to the First Brigade, First Divis- ion of the Fourteenth Army Corps, in the Army of the Cumberland, and took a prominent part in the severest campaigns and hardest fought battles of the Southwest, under the command of such gallant Generals as Grant, Sherman, Thomas, Rosecrans and Buell. Captain Waite, during his military service, was engaged in no less than forty-two battles and skirmishes, among which were the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chattanooga, Murfreesboro, Chick- amanga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta, and many others that are recorded in the history of the nation, terminating with Sherman's march to the sea and the final battle of his army at Bentonville, North Carolina. The history of his regiment forms a bloody chapter in the annals of the war. Their losses in action were noticeably severe. One year after their entry into the service the regiment mus- tered but forty-two inen for duty, and was com- manded by a captain! His own company could muster only five enlisted men and two officers! The last two were on detached service, or it is doubtful if they would have been mustered among the living. At the close of the war Captain Waite received an honorable discharge, and returned to his home in Wisconsin.

He then re-entered the Lawrence University

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and completed his educational course of study, graduating three years later. He was then engaged as a teacher in the public schools. In 1869 he located in Belle Plain, Iowa, and was principal of the graded schools of that town. In 1870 he entered the law office of Clark & Tewksbery, and in October of the same year was admitted to the bar at Toledo, Tama County. After a few weeks of practice in his profession, he decided to seek a home in California, and on December 8, 1870, he came to the Riverside colony. His capital was nothing; he had only $50 in money, but he was possessed of a ripe scholarship, sound practical knowledge, and an unbounded stock of energy and perseverance. In January he was admitted to the bar of San Bernardino County, and opened an office in Riverside. He was the first Justice of the Peace elected in the colony, and held the first notarial appointment made for Riverside. He held these offices for four years. In 1872 and 1873 he taught the public school in Riverside; he also during these years engaged in horti- cultural pursuits, and laid the foundation for the wealthi he has since acquired. He first pur- chased a ten-acre tract (No. 25), and in 1872 established his first nursery, the pioneer nursery industry of the colony. In 1874 he purchased the fifteen acres on the north and east of his tract. He fully improved his lands, planting largely in crange trees. In 1876 he sold twelve and one-half acres of his land to Dr. Shugart, and in 1883 sold the balance of his original twenty-five acres. In May, 1884, Captain Waite purchased the two-and-one-half-acre block be. tween Mulberry and Lime and First and Second streets, and erected his cottage home. This block of land is planted in oranges, and under his skillful care and attention is one of the most productive in Riverside, giving an average yield of $1,200 per year, and increasing with the age of his trees. But it is as a nurseryman that Captain Waite has gained his greatest laurels in the horticultural field. He has devoted years of study and research in that calling, and has produced some of the finest trees in the world.

The Sweet Stock Nurseries, Waite & Simms, proprietors, were established in 1887, and at this writing (1889) contain 60,000 budded trees and 60,000 seedlings. The character of these trees is unexcelled, if equaled, by any in the State. The nursery occupies twenty acres of land east of Riverside, that is owned by Captain Waite. He also has a forty-acre tract at Highland, with a nursery stock of 50,- 000 trees. This is one of the finest and most valuable young orange groves in San Bernardino County. He is bound to make it the repre- sentative and model grove of the State. Al- though but two years old in 1889, it is valued by would-be purchasers at $1,000 per acre, and this, too, not for speculative purposes, but as an investment in the orange-growing industry. Captain Waite has not confined his talents to horticultural pursuits alone, but is identified with many of the leading business enterprises that have had such an effect in developing the resources and building up Riverside and the country. He is an original incorporator and president of the North Fork Water Company, with a capital stock of $400,000; vice-president and original incorporator of the First National Bank of Riverside; vice-president of the East Riverside Water Company; formerly a director of Riverside Water Company, and of the Orange Growers' Association, and associated with other incorporations of lesser note as a subscriber and stockholder. He has for years been one of the active business men of Riverside, ever ready with his support in any enterprise that redounds to the credit of liis chosen city. Riverside is indebted to the efforts of such men as Captain Waite for the prominence she has assumed in Southern California, and he is well deserving of the competency he has honestly gained. Cap- tain Waite is a member of Riverside Post, No. 118, G. A. R.

The first marriage ceremony ever euacted in Riverside was by the Rev. 1. W. Atherton, as the officiating clergyman, April 5, 1872. The bride and groom were Miss Lillian M. Shugart, the only daughter of Dr. K. D. Shugart, and

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Captain Waite. From this marriage four chil- dren have been born, three of whom are living, viz .: Marion P., Charles E. and Lillian Martha, The first child, Lyman S., died in 1876, at the age of two years and eight months.

ILLIAM STUDABECKER was born in Allen County, Indiana, in 1851; he is the son of David and Elizabeth (Wilt) Studabecker. His father was a native of Penn- sylvania and his mother of Maine. When Mr. Studabecker was two years of age his father moved the family to Van Wert County, Ohio, and there engaged in farming until his death in 1858. The subject of this sketch was reared to the labor attending a life upon a farm, and after the age of ten years was deprived of any school- ing facilities; at twenty years of age lie learned the shoemaker's trade and followed that calling until 1873. In that year he came to California and located at Galt, Sacramento County Here Mr. Studabecker worked at his trade and other occupations until 1876, and then came to San Luis Obispo, where he remained until 1881, and then located at Santa Barbara, where he was em- ployed by Emerson & Co., in their boot and shoe store until 1883, when he came to San Ber- nardino County. Shortly after his arrival in the county he settled in Riverside, and in part- nership with his brother, John A. Studabecker, commenced the publication of the Valley Echo. They sold out this journal in April, 1884, and Mr. Studabecker then went to Los Angeles and established the Commercial Printing House, which he conducted until sickness compelled him to suspend his business labors. In May. 1885 he sold out his business and returned to Riverside, and after a partial recovery of his health again entered the newspaper business, in connection with his old paper, the Valley Echo, with which he was associated until its sale in January, 1886. October 13, 1886, Mr. Studa- becker took charge of the publication of the Daily Enterprise, and conducted the same until

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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