Historical and biographical record of southern California; containing a history of southern California from its earliest settlement to the opening year of the twentieth century, Part 106

Author: Guinn, James Miller, 1834-1918
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Chicago, Chapman pub. co.
Number of Pages: 1366

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filling that position with striking success. He has his office at No. 61 East Colorado street.

Typical of the man and his originality of ideas, as well as his profound interest in humanity, is one of the plans he has devised while serving as judge. A nun ber of boys, charged with petty crimes. have from time to time been brought before him. Not wishing to sentence them to jail, where they would be still further degraded by contact with hardened criminals, four years ago he adopted the plan of putting them on a period of probation, during which time they are to report to him every week. His appeal to the honor of the boys has never been made in vain, and it is a noticeable fact that he has ac- complished much good among boys of that class. His new departure in the mode of dealing with the bad boy question is worthy of emula- tion by judges in other cities.

In Pasadena, Judge Klamroth was united in marriage with Miss Ethel Howell, who was born at Twickenham Ferry, England, and by whom he has a daughter, Winnifred Gertrude. In the starting and upbuilding of the Pasadena hospital he has borne a prominent part, and now holds office as secretary of the institution. At one time he was a director of the Pasadena Board of Trade. Hc assisted in the founding of the Twilight Club and at this writing is its secretary. A firm believer in Republican prin- ciples, he is rendering efficient service as a mem- ber of the city central committee. Since com- ing west he has been made a Mason and is con- nected with Corona Lodge, F. & A. M., of Pasadena. With his wife, he holds membership in All Saints' Episcopal Church and contributes to its benevolences. Since the organization of the Los Angeles County Mutual Building and Loan Association of Pasadena, in which he as- sisted, he has been a member of its board of directors. Another organization in which he is interested is the California Historical Society. He has assisted in the work of Throop Poly- technic Institute by filling the position of in- structor of music.

WILLIAM RICHARD GRANT. The phil- osophy of cheerfulness, of strict attention to business, of liberal-mindedness, and of fair play, whether as employed or employer, has helped to make the career of William Richard Grant successful and popular. In his capacity as chief engineer of the Santa Barbara Ice Company he is one of the pillars of the concern, and is pro- motive of the utmost good feeling and the great- est amount of industry. He was born near Cornwall, Glengary county, Canada, August 19, 1856, and comes of a family prominent in the annals of Scottish history. The great-grandfa- ther, John, was the emigrating ancestor, and set- tled in Canada, bringing with him his family, which included the paternal grandfather, Rich-

ard Nelson. The latter was a lieutenant in the Canadian militia, and was a cooper by trade, his manufactory being replenished by timber from his own lands.

Capt. John A. Grant, the father of William Richard, was also born in Canada, and was a prominent man in the northern country. A cap- tain during the summer months, he not only ran, but owned boats plying on the St. Lawrence be- tween Hamilton and Quebec. He was also a contractor and builder, to which he devoted his time when the river was locked in ice and navi- gation suspended. He was rated a master builder, and received many large and important contracts, and it was in 1888, while filling one of these, namely, the government wharf at Ham- ilton's Island, that he contracted the cold which resulted in his death, at the age of sixty years. His wife, Mary (Bethune) Grant, was born in Canada, a daughter of Duncan Bethune, who came to America when a young man and fol- lowed the occupation of miller at Cornwall, Can- ada. The death of the mother occurred five days after that of her husband. There were nine children in the family, seven of whom are living, five sons and two daughters, William Richard being fourth. One of the sons, A. C., is en- gineer and machinist for the Yellow Astor Com- pany, at Randsburg, Kern county, Cal., and was formerly for eight years chief engineer of the Santa Barbara Electric Company. Dur- 111g the eight years of his service the city was in darkness for only two hours after night had set in. Another son, Norman C., is a locomo- tive engineer on the Iron Mountain Railroad in Missouri, and yet another son, James, is a stationary engineer in South Dakota, as is also his brother, Lawrence.

All of the sons in the Grant family learned engineering in the shop of their uncle, Alexan- der Mclaughlin, in Cornwall, Canada, and later gained additional practical experience on their father's St. Lawrence river boats. William Rich- ard Grant was especially apt at learning the trade, and from the time that he was able to walk he accompanied his sire on the boats, and when twelve years of age could run a craft from Hamilton to Quebec, barring the rapids. When about twelve he had to take charge of his father's dairy farm, and he helped to milk the eighty cows there. When twenty years of age he went to St. Paul, Minn., and was later em- ployed for nine months on a farm at Northfield, after which he became identified with the Osborn Manufacturing Company in Minneapo- lis, and while there became an expert on binders and steam threshers, remaining with the com- pany for eight years. During that time he represented the company for three years as salesman in the Elk valley, now North Dakota. Ile then purchased an interest in a railroad con- tracting outfit, and spent two years constructing

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the Great Northern road between Grand Forks in Dakota and Great Falls in Montana. How- ever, this undertaking proved a failure, and he returned to Minneapolis the richer by $75 as reward for many months of hard labor. He then ran a steam hay press, and in the spring of 1889 went to Seattle, Wash., and contracted for the construction of the street car line. This venture .proved a success, and he thereafter engaged in teaming, for which he had a most complete out- fit, but this became the prey to flames during the great fire at Seattle. A later undertaking was as chief engineer on the sound steamboat or tug, Virgil Price, under command of Captain Price, a position which he held until coming to San Francisco in July of 1892. After being chief engineer at the Pleasanton Hotel for three years, he was night engineer for two years and a half for the Piedmont Railway & Power Com- pany of Oakland.

June 1, 1898, Mr. Grant located in Santa Bar- bara as chief engineer of the Santa Barbara Ice Company, and has since greatly improved the plant, and has invented an oil burner that is applied and is a distinct success. He has varied interests apart from his trade, and is carrying on mining in Randsburg, Kern county. He is a stanch Republican every day in the year, and is in religion a Presbyterian. He enjoys the dis- tinction of being president of the Santa Barbara Lodge No .. 5 of the National Association of Sta- tionary Engineers, and is fraternally associated with the Knights of Pythias and the United Moderns.

The wife of Mr. Grant was formerly Lizzie McClusky, who was born in San Francisco.

HON. HENRY M. STREETER. There is perhaps no problem that has confronted the Cal- ifornia horticulturist more tenaciously or that has been more difficult of satisfactory solution than the securing of an adequate supply of water for the irrigation of groves and ranches. Dur- ing the years of his public service, in the halls of legislature, Mr. Streeter gave special con- sideration to this subject. After months of care- ful consideration, he presented to the legislature a bill empowering boards of supervisors of coun- tics and boards of trustees of cities to fix the rate at which water, both for irrigating and domestic uses, should be sold. This bill . at - tracted widespread attention, bringing to its sup- port many of the ablest men of the state, but at the same time arousing such an enmity on the part of some that a strong lobby was formed against it. Finally, however, after a hard struggle the measure was passed by the house and later by the senate. The lobbyists appealed to the governor to veto the bill, but the chief exec- utive, after sending for Mr. Streeter and hearing from him of the benefits to be derived from its

passage, appended his signature, which made the measure a state law.

Upon coming to Riverside, in November, 1875, Mr. Strecter began the improvement of an orange grove on West Central avenue. In 1879 he was elected to the assembly from San Bernardino county, and in 1880 was re-elected for a term of two years. In the senatorial con- test he gave his support to Hon. John F. Miller. As presidential elector in 1888, he went to Sac- ramento and cast his ballot for Benjamin Har- rison. The Republicans, in 1896, nominated him for state senator from San Bernardino and San Diego counties, and he was elected by a majority of over sixteen hundred. The follow- ing year the Riverside county bill was passed in the senate, but defeated in the house. How- ever, in 1893, he introduced another bill or- ganizing Riverside county out of San Bernar- dino and San Diego counties, and it was passed in both the house and senate, thus creating Riv- erside county with its present limits. At the same time the bill provided for a special election of county officers, which was held in May of the same year. During the United States sena- torial campaign of 1891 he gave his support to Leland Stanford, who was elected. Recogniz- ing his long and efficient service to the party, President McKinley, in August, 1898, tendered him the appointment of postmaster of Riverside. For one term he was city trustee and president of the board, ranking as mayor. For some years he has served as a member of the school board in the Arlington district.

A. C. GREENWELL. Representative of true western enterprise, and of that whole-souled fellowship and success which seems borne in on the winds from the Pacific, is A. C. Greenwell, deputy collector of customs for the ports of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. A native of San Francisco, he was born January 17, 1867, and is a son of Capt. W. E. Greenwell, and the younger of two children. When but two years of age he accompanied the rest of the family to Santa Barbara, where he was educated in the public schools, and was graduated from the high school and Santa Barbara college. His first position in the business world was as book - keeper for the Commercial Bank of Santa Bar- bara, after which he became assistant cashier in Senator Bard's Bank of Hueneme. filling this position between 1890 and 1894, He then re- moved to San Francisco, where he remained for three years, and in 1897 returned to Santa Bar- bara, where he engaged in the book and sta- tionery business in partnership with Mr. Mc- Phail, until his appointment to his present posi- tion under John C. Cline.

The marriage of Mr. Greenwell and Daisy Merry occurred in Ventura county, Mrs. Green- well being a daughter of Capt. T. H. Merry, one

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of the well-known attorneys of Oxnard. She was born in California, and was educated in San Francisco. Three children are the result of this union, Arthur M., Marjory A. and David Will- iam. The family live in a beautiful residence on Bath street, surrounded by fine grounds, the care and arrangement of which evince the exer- cise of artistic and nature-loving instincts. Mr. Greenwell has been prominently before the pub- lic as a stanch Republican, and is an ex-member of the county Republican central committee. He is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce.

C. F. GUTHRIDGE, proprietor of the Key- stone Milling Company at Los Angeles, was born in Cable, Champaign county, Ohio, Sep- tember 12, 1862, a son of Jehu and Elizabeth (Middleton) Guthridge, natives of Champaign county, Ohio. The latter was of Scotch de- scent, and a daughter of William Middleton, a farmer and native of Ohio. Jehu Guthridge was also of Scotch descent, and during the greater part of his life engaged in agricultural enter- prises in Ohio, whither his father, William, had removed from his native Pennsylvania. Event- ually Jehu Guthridge retired from active life to Urbana, Ohio, where terminated his long and useful life. To himself and wife were born ten children, eight of whom attained maturity, and six of whom are now living, C. F. being the second youngest child in the family, and the only one on the coast. The oldest son, William, served in an Ohio regiment during the Civil war, and is now living in Chicago, Ill., in which city he is superintendent of the United States Car Company.

Until his sixteenth year Mr. Guthridge re- inained on his father's farm in Champaign county, in the meantime attending the public schools of his district. His first knowledge of business was gained while clerking in a dry- goods store in Urbana, a position which he held until 1884. A subsequent line of activity was as draper for Bowe & Beggs, a large carpet and curtain house of Columbus, Ohio, where he remained for seven years. He was then dis- trict manager for the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Franklin county, Ohio, a position relinquished in 1895, owing to the condition of his wife's health. Hoping much from a change of climate and surroundings, he located in Los Angeles, and in 1897 bought a half interest with Mr. Neeland in the Keystone Mills, and in the spring of 1898 became sole proprietor of the mills, having bought out his former partner. The mills are of more than passing interest, their origin, dating back to 1887, entitling them to pre-eminence from the standpoint of age over other mills in the locality. Under the success- ful management of the present proprietor their original proportions have been noticeably en- larged, the capacity per day being now one

thousand sacks, and the machinery a twenty- five horse-power boiler and eighteen horse- power engine. Rolled barley, cracked corn and wheat, besides all kinds of feed, are the com- modities furnished by this model milling enter- prise, and a wholesale and retail department is maintained. Mr. Guthridge is also the posses- sor of the Main street mill, near the corner of Eighteenth street, and this may be utilized should an increase in business require greater facilities.

As proof of his faith in the future oil busi- ness of California, Mr. Guthridge has invested in different parts of the state, noticeably with the Central Union Oil Company, operating near Fillmore, Ventura county. He is a member of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and is among the enterprising and reliable business men of the city. In fraternal circles he enjoys prominence. He was a member of Champion Lodge No. 581, K. of P., at Columbus, Ohio, having joined that organization the same even- ing as did our martyr, President McKinley, who was then Governor of Ohio. Mr. Guthridge is now a member of Marathon Lodge No. 182. K. of P., at Los Angeles, and has been raised to the Uniform Rank, and has been three times chancellor of the lodge. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, D. O. K. K., Al Borak Temple No. 75, and is Royal Vizier. While liv- ing in Ohio he was for three years a member of the Third Regiment, O. N. G., from which he retired as sergeant. His company saw active service when called out to quell the Cincinnati riots. In Los Angeles he is adjutant of the Third Regiment, with the rank of captain. Po- iitically he is a Republican, and has been a dele- gate to various county conventions. As a moral influence in the community Mr. Guthridge is widely known, his association with the Christian Church resulting in wisely directed philanthropic undertakings, and liberal contributions to the maintenance of charities. He is a member of the board of trustees of the First Christian Church of Los Angeles.

In Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Guthridge married Florence Montgomery, who was born in Truro township, Franklin county, Ohio, and of this union there are two children, Ralph. A. and Rus- sell M.

REV. LUDGER GLAUBER, O. F. M. Al- though identified with the work of the Roman Catholic Church in California for a compara- tively brief period only, Father Glauber has al- ready made the impress of his personality and broad knowledge felt throughout the region where he resides; and in the east, where he was long and intimately associated with religious work, lic is known as a man of deep consecra- tion and superior wisdom. After years of suc- cessful work in the Mississippi valley he was

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transferred, September 12, 1900, to the Santa Barbara Mission Church as rector, superior of mission, master of novices and consultor or definitor in the Sacred Heart Province of the Franciscan Order.

The history of the old mission, which is one of the landmarks of Spanish supremacy in Cali- fornia, appears in another part of this volume; this article therefore will be limited to a reca- pitulation of important events in the life of the rector of the mission. He was born in Buffalo, N. Y., February 9, 1857, and is a son of John B. and Elizabeth (Hummel) Glauber. His father, who was born and reared near Trier, Germany, came to America at the age of twenty-five years and settled in Buffalo, where he followed the machinist's trade in Shepherd's iron works for many years; he died at his home, January 20, 1886.

His wife was born near Strassburg, in Al- sace, and died in Buffalo November 29, 1892. They were the parents of six sons and three daughters, one of whom, Rev. George J. Glau- ber, has been pastor of St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Omaha, Neb., for about twenty-two years, and another, Ven. Sr. Aegidia Glauber, O. S. F., has been engaged in charity work about twenty years at the St. Vincent's Orphan Asy- lum, Columbus, Ohio.

In St. Boniface parochial school of Buffalo, Father Glauber received his primary educa- tion. September 10, 1871, he entered St. Jo- seph's College at Teutopolis, Effingham county, Ill., where he continued in the classical course for five years, his studies being conducted with a view to the priesthood in the Franciscan order. June 29, 1876, he entered upon his novitiate. Afterward he continued the study of classics and rhetoric. In August, 1878, he entered the Franciscan monastery, at Quincy, Ill., where he studied philosophy. From there, in July, 1880, he was sent to the Franciscan monastery in St. Louis, where he carried on his theological studies for two years.

May 28, 1882, Father Glauber was ordained to the priesthood by the present Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia, the solemn ceremony taking place in St. John's Church, St. Louis. Subsequent to his ordination he continued for another year in the study of theology at the monastery, after which, in July, 1883, he was sent to St. Joseph's College, Teutopolis, Ill., as a professor, remaining in that connection one vear. Next lic was made master of novices in the Franciscan monastery in the same town, where he continued in active and successful work for sixteen years. From Teutopolis he was transferred to the Pacific coast, arriving in Santa Barbara November 8, 1900, where he had been before for two and a half months, on account of ill health, in the fall of 1890. At once after his location here he began the discharge of

the duties associated with the pastorate of the historic old mission in this city.

R. D. COOK. In numerous ways Mr. Cook lias been identified with pioneer undertakings in different parts of California, and his influence has ever been cast on the side of progress and enlightenment. He was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in 1832, and when eighteen years of age, March 18, 1850, left the familiar sur- roundings of his father's farm and started out to make his own living. For a time he lived in Warsaw, Hancock county, Ill., and while in that river town learned the carpenter's trade, which he also followed during the eighteen months of his residence in Quincy, Ill.

Deciding to avail himself of an opportunity to try his fortune in California, Mr. Cook in 1851 came from Adams county, Ill., paying for his board and accommodations en route by driving an ox team. Arriving in Sonoma City, Cal., at the expiration of a journey of five months and fifteen days, he continued to live there, follow- ing the occupations of carpenter and mechanic. During his ten years' residence in Sonoma county he set up the first three threshing ma- chines used in the entire state of California and in 1852 built the first windmill ever put up in the state. The residence of Mr. Cook in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara county, dates from May 28, 1869, when he pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of land. Shortly afterward he built the first house in the town. In the fall of 1869 he established the first school district, from which small beginning have been developed forty-two public schools within the limits of the same region. In 1874 he raised his first good crop, the grasshoppers having devoured the crops of the three preceding years. In 1875 he established a blacksmith's shop, but sold it the next year to R. Hart. For the past twenty-five years he has been engaged in the livery busi- ness, has built two barns, and receives an ex- tended patronage from all over the surround- ing country. His establishment is well equipped with vehicles of all kinds and with an excellent grade of horses. A bus meets all incoming trains between here and Guadaloupe, and a general livery business is successfully conducted.

The marriage of Mr. Cook, in 1854, united him with Miss Jinnett Nelson, of Sonoma county, Cal., who died in October, 1897. Born of their union were six children: Ebby, who is deceased; Mrs. Mary Miller, Mrs. Viola Jones, Mrs. Ellen Tunnell, Mrs. Emma Devine, and Fred. Mr. Cook is a Democrat in politics and takes a warm interest in local affairs, but has never desired official recognition. Prominent in fraternal circles, he is a charter member of Lodge No. 302, I. O. O. F., in which he has passed all of the chairs. He is respected by all

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who know him, and has established a firm foot- ing for himself in his community.

C. M. GIDNEY. As secretary of the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Gidney is closely identified with one of the organizations that has proved beneficial to the best interests of the city. His identification with Santa Bar- bara dates from 1886. On his arrival, he was indeed a stranger, not knowing anyone in the entire town, but he had read much concerning the climate and resources and was so pleased with the outlook that, immediately after his ar- rival, he bought a lot and in a short time had a residence erected. This house he sold in 1887 and built a larger one, which he occupied until 1896, and then traded it for outside property. He owns twelve acres in Hope district, where he makes his home and engages in horticultural pursuits.

The Gidney family is of English descent. Jo- seph Gidney, a native of New York City, removed with his parents to New Brunswick and settled on a grant of land. In the posses- sion of C. M. Gidney there is a commission by King George, dated 1787, showing that Joseph Gidney was a captain in the New Brunswick militia. Charles, son of Joseph, was born in New Brunswick, and became a farmer, at one time owning the site of the old de la Tour fort, on St. John's river. About 1860 he settled in Houlton, Me., where he died. Next in line of descent was Rev. H. O. Gidney, a native of New Brunswick, and a Baptist clergyman, who settled in Houlton, Me., in 1860, and officiated as clergyman there until his death, in 1895. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Martha Dykeman, was born in New Brunswick, and now resides in Maine. Her father, Manzer Dykeman, owned a beautiful homestead on the St. John's river, to which point Grandfather Dykeman had moved from New York. The Dykeman family is of Holland extraction.

The eldest of eight children (all but one now living), C. N. Gidney was born December 10, 1855, in Cambridge, New Brunswick. He at- tended the Houlton Academy (now Ricker Clas- sical Institute), and after graduating began to teach, which profession he followed for fourteen years in Aroostook county, Me. At the same time he had farm interests near Houlton. In June, 1886, he came to Santa Barbara, and two months later entered the office of J. J. Perkins, for whom he acted as bookkeeper and took charge of the real-estate and insurance depart- ments, remaining about fourteen years. In July, 1900, he resigned his position to take charge of the Independent for the estate of the late Will- iam La Vies, and, in the interests of the heirs, in January of the next year, sold the paper. In March, 1901, he was elected secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. This is the outgrowth

of the Board of Trade and the Business Associa- tion, which were reorganized as the Chamber of Commerce and incorporated May 25, 1899. It has a membership of two hundred and fifty and is one of the best institutions of its kind in the country.

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Historical and biographical record of southern California; containing a history of southern California from its earliest settlement to the opening year of the twentieth century, Part 106

Author: Guinn, James Miller, 1834-1918 Publication date: 1902 Publisher: Chicago, Chapman pub. co. Number of Pages: 1366

Author: Guinn, James Miller, 1834-1918
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Chicago, Chapman pub. co.
Number of Pages: 1366