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 80

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 80
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 80
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In 1885 he was a commissioner with Mr. James Bettner to the World's Fair at New Or- leans, at which the citrus fruits of Riverside won a well deserved victory, and was crowned with the highest honors, viz .: three gold and one silver medals awarded, in competition with the citrus fruit growing districts of the State of California, the United States and the world. This victory was due in no small degree to the unceasing and well directed efforts of Mr. Rud- isill. He was also one of the original incor- porators of the Riverside Improvement Com- pany, and the secretary of the company during the years in which its greatest works were

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accomplished, viz .: the completion of the splen- did system of water supply for domestic nse from artesian wells. In fact there has been no public enterprise of real worth and merit es- tablished in Riverside during the years of his residence that has not received his support and enconragement.

Mr. Rudisill is a native of Ohio, dating his birth in Fairfield County in 1827. His par- ents moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, in his infancy, and there he was reared and schooled. He was given the advantages of a good educa- tion, closing his studies in the Asbury Uni- versity at Greencastle, Indiana. He perfected himself in civil engineering, and before reaclı- ing his majority was County Surveyor of his county. He turned his attention to railroad construction, and for the five years preceding 1862 was in the employ of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad. He then en- tered into manufacturing, and for some three years had charge of large woolen mills in Fort Wayne.

In 1865 he was elected Auditor of Allen County, overcoming a Democratic majority of 2,800, and was successively re-elected until he had held that office for nine years. During this time he was engaged in railroad enter- prises and was a director of the Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad, and secretary of the Indiana Company. In 1875 he determined to seek a home on the Pacific coast, and with that in view established his residence in River- side.

He is a man of broad and liberal views, well trained in business and sound in his principles. He has been a successful man and a desirable acquisition to the city and colony of Riverside. He is and has been ever since the organization of the party a Republican. He was married in 1857 to Miss Elizabeth Evans, a native of Defiance, Ohio, who is still living. There is but one child living from this marriage, Henry T., who married Miss Ida M. Burnett, a native of Massachusetts. Mr. Rudisill's par- ents, Henry and Elizabeth (Johns) Rudisill,

were natives of Pennsylvania. His father was a manufacturer and was prominent is establislı- ing manufacturing industries in the West until his death at Fort Wayne in 1858.

A. SHAY, of San Bernardino, was born in Maine, May 1, 1812, but reared principally in Nova Scotia. He learned the cooper's and carpenter's trades. When a young man he went to New Orleans, where he was successful for three years. See- ing then a specimen of gold from California, in 1849, he at once set out for the gold fields, com- ing by water and the Isthmus of Panama. He worked in the mines for a time and made and lost a great deal of money-lost heavily by the floods in the upper country. Then he carried on a large sheep ranch at City creek for a num- ber of years, and he lived also for some time in Los Angeles County, and finally he came to San Bernardino County, where he has dealt to a considerable extent in lands and has engaged in the rearing of live-stock and in fruit culture.

In 1852 he married Eliza E. Gosey, a native of Arkansas, and they have five children: John, Thomas, William, Henry and Mary. The mother died several years ago. Mr. Shay has given all his children a comfortable home and a good start in life.

OSEPH JARVIS, M. D., a well-known citizen of Riverside, is a native of England, born in Oxford, in 1842. His parents, Jonathan and Eliza (Allen) Jarvis, were also natives of that country. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native place until eighteen months of age. His parents then emi- grated to Canada, locating in Oxford County. There he graduated at the Ingersoll High School, and in 1862 entered upon his medical studies. In 1864 he went to New York city and spent the next two years in medical study

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in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College and in the hospital. He then returned to Canada and entered the medical department of the Vic- toria College in Toronto. After graduating at that institution he visited his native country and entered the St. Thomas Hospital, in Lon- don, for the purpose of perfecting himself in his surgical studies, and was granted an honor- ary degree by the St. Thomas College. In 1867 he returned to Canada and established himself in the practice of his profession at Ingersoll, Oxford County, and then in 1869 moved to Kingston, and there continued his practice, tak- ing a prominent and leading position in the medical circles of that city.

In 1877, desirous of a more genial climate, Dr. Jarvis sought a residence on the Pacific coast, and during that year established his home in Riverside. Upon his arrival he purchased a twenty-acre tract on Adams street, west of Mag- nolia avenue, and entered upon horticultural pursuits. Since that time he has increased his real-estate interests, and is now the owner of 227 acres of land in the colony, located within tive miles of the city, and also a fifteen-acre tract of vineyard just south of the city limits. All of his lands are so located as to be irrigated from the Riverside water system, and a large portion of them are under cultivation. He is one of the leading and most successful horti- culturists of Riverside. Taking his lands in a wild and uncultivated state, he has by his energy and perseverance brought them to a high state of cultivation, and very productive in resources. He has fifty-five acres in orange groves, the most of which is in seedlings, but is each year increasing his orange planting by putting in Washington Navels, Mediterranean Sweets, St. Michaels, etc. Fifty acres are devoted to apri- cots, and twelve acres to other varieties of decidnous fruits. He also has forty acres of vines, producing raisin grapes of the Muscat variety. The Doctor has been notably successful in his deciduous fruit growing, and by curing and marketing his fruits himself has found an ample profit in an industry that many of the

fruit-growers of Riverside long since abandoned. The products of his vineyard are also cured, packed and marketed in the same manner. As an illustration of his success, it is noted that one of his ten-acre vineyards, eight years old, in 1888 produced a crop that marketed for over $300 per acre; ten acres of his budded orange trees of the same age brought over $280 per acre. Dr. Jarvis has not confined himself to horticultural pursuits alone, but he has been one of the most active business men in River- side; has been identified with nearly every en- terprise of any magnitude established in the colony, and is one of the most enterprising and public-spirited citizens of Riverside. He is one of the original incorporators and a director of the Riverside Water Company, and formerly held the office of president of the company, and has recently been again elected president of the same company; also a director of the Riverside Land Company ; incorporator and vice president of the Riverside & Arlington Railway. He is also one of the original incorporators and a director in the Hall's Addition Railroad Com- pany, Hall's Addition Water Company, River- side Canal Company, and the South San Ber- nardino Land Company, and vice president of the Rubidoux Hotel Association. His exten- sive business operations have not been confined to Riverside, but have extended to other por- tions of Southern California. One of his enter- prises in San Diego County is worthy of note. In 1882 he was an incorporator and vice presi- dent of the El Cajon Land Company. After the sale of a few hundred acres of the lands of the company, the Doctor purchased the balance --- about 30,000 acres-and from 1883 to 1887 was the president and general manager of the con- pany, during which time the projected improve- ments were carried out and the lands sold. He is a man of broad views, great executive ability, and sound business principles. These, combined with his straightforward and honest dealings, have insured him a successful business career and gained him the respect and esteem of the community.

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He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and is affiliated with the Lodge, Chapter and Commandery of Riverside. He is also a member of Cataraqui Lodge, No. 10, I. O. O. F., of Kingston, Canada. He is a sup- porter of churches and schools, and is a member of the congregation of the Presbyterian Church at Arlington. Dr. Jarvis married in 1868, wedding Miss Mary Amelia Schell, daughter of Daniel Schell (whose history appears in this volume), and they have had nine children, viz .: Francis Joseph, Bertha L., Carl, Clarence E .. Edith L., Frank, Howard, Beatrice and Helen. Francis Joseph and Carl are deceased.

ENRY F. MACY, M. D., deceased, was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1826. He was reared to farm life, and had in early life the advantages of a common-school educa- tion. His father, Matthew Macy, was a native of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and a descendant from one of the oldest families of that island. His mother, nee Patience Anstin, was a native of Rhode Island. Dr. Macy was reared in the pioneer days of Starke County, when educa- tional facilities were comparatively limited, but he secured a good education, and after arriving at manhood entered upon the study of medicine, graduated at a medical college, and commenced the practice of his profession. In 1850 he came to California and spent some three years in the mining district. Returning East he settled in Kansas, locating in Hiawatha, Brown County. In that county, in 1859, he married Miss Re- becca J. Dorland, a native of Ohio. Dr. Macy was in the practice of his profession in Kansas for many years, and was also engaged as a druggist, and largely interested in the lumber business, taking a leading part in the various in- dustries of that new country. Being an ardent Republican and a strong Union inan, he took a leading part in the trouble preceding the war of the Rebellion, as a Free-State man, and dur- ing that war was a strong supporter of the ad-

ministration and war measures. He was also prominent in the Odd Fellows order, being for more than forty years a member of that organ- ization, both subordinate lodge and encamp- ment.

In 1886 Dr. Macy decided to seek the genial climate of Southern California, and chose River- side for his residence. Upon his arrival he purchased the ten-acre tract npon the southwest corner of Bandini and Cypress avennes, and took up his residence upon the same, engaging in horticultural pursuits. He died at his new home in 1888, and though but a short time a resident of Riverside, his manly qualities, straightforward, consistent course of life gained him many warın friends, by whom he was re- spected and esteemed through life and who sin- cerely mourned his death. He left his widow and two daughters,-Mary and Helen.

Mrs. Macy assumes the care of their home and the rearing of her daughters. She is be- coming well versed in horticultural pursuits, as her orchards and vineyards well attest. Seven acres of her land is in oranges, one-half seed- lings and the remainder in Washington Navels and Malta Bloods. These were planted by John A. Simms in 1881, and are now coming into bearing. Three acres are in raisin grapes. The implements on the place are first-class in every respect. The substantial and well or- dered cottage residence was erected under her supervision, and in it she has combined the conveniences and luxuries of a modern home.

EROY S. DYAR .- Among the pioneers of Ontario and representative men of that beautiful colony, mention should be made of Leroy S. Dyar, who was born in Franklin County, Maine, in 1833. His father was Colonel Joseph Dyar, a well known agriculturist of that county. His mother was Mary S. Gay. Both of his parents were natives of that State. Mr. Dyar was reared and schooled in his native place, closing his studies in the high school and

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academy. He was reared as a farmer. In 1858 he decided to try his fortune on the Pacific coast, and came by steamer to San Francisco. After a short stay in that city he proceeded to Yuba river and engaged in mining until the next year. He then located in Salem, Oregon, and was employed in farming and teaching nntil 1863, when he established himself in mercantile pursuits in Salem, under the firm name of N. O. Parrish & Co. In 1864 he was appointed Postmaster at Salem, and held that office until 1868. He was engaged in various enterprises in Salem until 1871, when he accepted a position in the Indian Department as superintendent of schools of mechanical and agricultural instruc- tion, and was stationed on the Yakiına Indian Reservation until the fall of that year, when he went to the Grand Ronde Reservation as com- inissary in charge. In the spring of 1872 he was appointed Indian agent of the Klamath Reservation, located at Klamatlı lake.

It was this reservation that the notorious Modoc Chief, Captain Jack, and his band had left two years before and were then at war with the United States troops among the famous lava beds. Mr. Dyar filled the position admirably, and so conducted the affairs of the reservation as to prevent any further dissatisfaction among the Indians and also to prevent their aiding Captain Jack or his associates. His ability was soon recognized by the department, and he was appointed a member of the peace commission which was to treat with the rebellious Modocs for a return to their reservation. This com- mission was composed of General Canby, Dr. Thomas, Colonel Meacham and himself. The history of the massacre of General Canby and Dr. Thomas, and the miraculous escape of Mr. Dyar and Colonel Meacham-the latter severely wounded -- is an oft-told chapter in the history of our Indian wars. Mr. Dyar never had any confidence in the plan of meeting the In- dian chiefs, for he had no confidence in them, and he protested strongly against the members of the commission uselessly exposing their lives to the murderous savages. He warned them

that they were going the road to sure deatlı, and that he should of course accompany thein and share their fate. Nothing could change then in their belief of the honesty of Captain Jack. They met the chiefs, who had secreted arms at the place of meeting, or had thein concealed upon their persons. The conference was but a short time in session before Mr. Dyar saw what he believed conclusive evidence that a massacre was intended. He managed upon some slight pretext to get outside of the circle composed of the members and the chief's, and did not again take the place reserved for him. This saved his life, for upon the first outbreak he was enabled to run toward the encampment of troops. He was tired upon and pursued, but before he could be overtaken relief from the camp met him.

Mr. Dyar remained in charge of his reserva- tion until 1877, and then engaged in stock raising until 1882, when ill health compelled him to seek a southern climate. In that year he came to San Bernardino County, and being pleased with the location and future prospects of the Ontario colony, in December, 1882, pur- chased a twenty-acre tract on the corner of San Antonio avenue and Fourth street. The next spring he came to reside upon his purchase, and at once commenced its improvement. The first orchard set out in the colony was by Mr. Dyar early in the spring of 1883. Since his arrival in Ontario he has been identified with many of its improvements and has been engaged in deal- ing in real estate and improving places. His present residence is a neat cottage with well ordered grounds npon a villa lot on the west side of Euclid avenue, between Third and Fonrth streets. In its varied horticultural and floral productions this is one of the finest places in Ontario. He is a thorough and practical horti- eulturist, and makes a success of whatever he touches in this line. Among his real-estate interests in Ontario are ten acres between Seventh and Eighth streets, in lemons, now in bearing, seven acres on San Antonio avenue and Twenty-second street, in Washington navel oranges, and some twenty acres of nuimproved

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land. He is a firm advocate of Ontario and its wonderful resources, and has done much toward advancing the interests of the community in which he resides. A strong supporter of churches and schools, he is a member of the Methodist Church and a trustee in the same. He is also president of the board of regents of the Chaffey College. He has for many years been a member of the Odd Fellows organiza- tion, and is a charter member and Past Grand of Olive Lodge, No. 18, of Salem, Oregon.

Mr Dyar has been twice married. His first marriage, in 1854, was to Mary J., daughter of Luther and Mary (Bartlett) Tnbbs. She died in 1857, leaving one child, Charles Herbert, who married Miss Annie M. Ryan. Mr. Dyar's second marriage was in 1863, when he was united with Miss Mary T. Gleason, daughter of Ryal and Rebecca (Tyler) Gleason, of Maine. They have one child,-Helen L.

OLONEL HENRY W. ROBINSON, for nearly a quarter of a century, has been identified with Southern California, and for the past seventeen years has been a resident of Riverside, and associated with its growth and progress. He was born in Chelsea, En- gland, in 1840. In 1850 his parents emigrated to the United States and located in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended the public schools until thirteen years of age and then engaged as clerk in a drug store in New York city. He was attentive to his duties and acquired a prac- tical knowledge of the business, but his naturally roving disposition prompted him to seek a different life, and in 1859 he enlisted in the Third Regiment of United States Artillery. The breaking out of the civil war in 1861 found Mr. Robinson well trained in the practical duties of a soldier's life, and he was honorably discharged from the regular army, to enable him to accept a Lieutenant's commission in the New York Volunteers. His military knowledge made him a valuable acquisition to the State

troops, and he was appointed Aid-de- Camp on the Staff of General Seymour. He served in the Army of the Potomac, Department of the South, and in Florida, nntil 1864, and was then appointed and commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel in the Fourth Regiment United States Veteran Volunteers, and he also received the rank of Col- onel by brevet, for gallant services during the war. He continued his army service until after the close of the war, and was not discharged until September, 1866.

Immediately after his discharge, which oc. cnrred at Columbus, Ohio, he fitted out for an overland trip to California. He started from St. Joe, Missouri, in the fall of that year, and came via the southern route to California and located in Los Angeles County, in the spring of 1867. His first year was devoted to farming npon rented land. In 1868 he entered into a contract with the United States Govern- ment for carrying the mail in Los Angeles County to Inyo County, and established a stage line upon a route over 240 miles in extent. He conducted that enterprise for eight years, and had one of the best equipped stage lines in South- ern California. He also had contracts for carry- ing the United States mail from Spadra throngh Chino, Rincon and Riverside to San Bernardino, and also from Pomona to Temescal. He placed an efficient stage service upon these lines. In 1874 he established his residence and head- quarters in Riverside. The previous year le had purchased the block bounded by Main and Orange and Fitth and Sixth streets, and upon this he located his stage station and established a livery stable, the first stable opened in River- side. Colonel Robinson, in addition to his busi- ness, also engaged in horticultural pursnits, planting three blocks in Riverside with lemon and orange trees, and in later years was largely interested in land operations in East Riverside. In 1882 he purchased eighty acres from the railroad company and entered 160 acres under the homestead act. Sixty acres of that land he sold to the East Riverside Land Company. The remainder he is now devoting to general farming.

HOME OF A. D). HAIGHT, ESQ .- Palm Avenue, Riverside.

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In 1880 or 1881, Mr. Robinson sold out his stage lines and equipments to W. A. Hayt & Son, and then devoted himself to dealing in lands and other enterprises, and was also engaged in building np his block and inducing emigration to Riverside. He has been a prominent supporter of the many public enterprises that have aided in developing the resources of Riverside and placing them before the world. He was a stock- holder in the Citrus Fair Association, and was one of the original promoters of the Riverside Press, the first newspaper published in River- side; and also one of the proprietors of the Valley Echo.

He is a member of Evergreen Lodge, No. 259, F. & A. M., and Keystone Chapter, No. 57, Royal Arch Masons, and also of Riverside Post, No. 118, G. A. R., of which he is Quar- termaster. Politically he is a sound Republican. Colonel Robinson has made a success in his varions enterprises and has retired on an ample fortune from the more active business pursuits and settled down in his pleasant home on Orange street, for the quiet enjoyment of life. In 1881 Colonel Robinson was married to Mrs. Eliza A. Bryan, a native of Indiana. The presence of that amiable lady seems to render the comforts and happiness of his home complete.

LONZO D. HAIGHT, who is one of the earlier settlers of Riverside, has been identified with the growth of the colony since April, 1876. At that time he purchased a Government claim for forty acres of land located on Palm avenne, about two and a half miles south of Riverside, and commenced its improvement. Later he was compelled to pur- chase the same land from the Sonthern Pacific Railroad Company, it being claimed under their land grants from the Government. At first Mr. Haight planted largely of deciduous fruits and vines, but as experience showed the value of citrus fruits he replaced his deciduous trees with orange trees. He now has a fine orange 33

grove of twenty-five acres in extent, about eight acres of which are in good bearing, having been planted in 1877-'78. The remainder of his trees vary in age from two to ten years. Mr. Haight is a thorough horticulturist, and has been successful in producing and building up one of the finest groves of his section. The building improvements on his place are first- class. His residence is a substantial two-story house of modern design and finislı, and has been built and fitted with all the conveniences that characterize a well-ordered house, and has not spared expense in adding to its comforts. Spacious grounds adorned with ornamental trees, palms, floral productions, and commodious ont- buildings, attest the successful citizen.

The subject of this sketch was born in Stenben County, New York, in 1834, and was reared and schooled in his native place until 1855. In that year he sought the western country, and was engaged as a surveyor in western Michigan, and also in teaching school in Ottawa, Illinois. In 1857 he continued his westward march and located in Linn County, Kansas. He was a resident of that State during the border war preceding the Rebellion, and was prominent among the Free-State inen. During the war he was a member of the Kansas State militia, un- der General Joe Lane and others. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits and other enter- prises in Linn County, and was prominent in the official organization of his county, holding at various times the office of County Surveyor, County Clerk and Clerk of the District Court. In 1864 he returned to Michigan, and for the next four years conducted a mercantile business at Manchester. He then went to Florida and spent the time until 1871 in orange-growing and business pursuits. In the latter year he located in McDowell County, North Carolina, and there established himself in general mer- chandise business, which he conducted until he came to California, in 1876. His long residence in Riverside has made him well known. He is a progressive citizen, of the class that build up and advance the interests of the community

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in which they reside. He is a supporter of the Universalist Church, and a member of Ever- green Lodge, No. 259, F. & A. M., and River- side Chapter, No. 67, R. A. M. In political matters he is a Republican, and was a stanch Union man and a supporter of the Government during the dark days of the civil war.

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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