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 172

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

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HON. JOSEPH SIBLEY NOYES was born in Marshall, Mich., September 19, 1859, and re- ceived a common-school education in his native town. September 17, 1881, he was admitted to the bar and at once began to practice in Mar- shall. The following year on the Republican ticket he was elected circuit court commissioner of Calhoun county, and for two years discharged the duties of the office faithfully. That his serv- ices were satisfactory his election as prosecuting attorney.in 1884 proved. In 1886 he was hon- ored with re-election to the office, by an in- creased majority, but resigned in 1887 on com- ing to California, and soon afterward established his home and office in Riverside. From the first period of locating here, he realized the impor- tance of separating what is now Riverside coun- ty from the old counties of San Bernardino and San Diego, and the attainment of that result was due not a little to his efforts. In April, 1893. he was nominated for judge of the su- perior court on a non-partisan ticket and was elected without opposition. The next year, at the general election, he was elected by the larg- est majority given any candidate on the ticket. At the expiration of six years, in 1900, he was re-elected, after a bitter partisan opposition in which a large number of disappointed litigants of his own party participated. He carried thir- ty-two out of forty-seven precincts, and received the largest vote of any candidate on the county ticket. Many of these cases have become causa celebre throughout the state and the affirmance of his decision has established for him a position in the fore ranks of his profession. Among the many decided by him are the case of Gage vs. Atwater, involving the title to six hundred and forty acres of land within the city of Riverside, where the decision of Hoke Smith, secretary of the interior under C'eveland's second adminis- tration, was sustained and upheld, as against a number of "land jumpers" who sought to wrest the title from Gage by fraud; the case of the State of California, ex rel, Barker vs. Shaver, an action to remove a supervisor of the county who had been fairly elected, on the ground that he had not qualified according to 'aw. Judge Noves cleciding against the state and in favor of Shav- er, as against the judgment of Governor Gage (who attempted to appoint his successor), the attorney-general and local counsel, but an ap-

peal was promptly upheld by the supreme court; (this decision made many political enemies for Judge Noyes within his own party, who unsuc- cesstully attempted to defeat his renomination and election in 1900); the case of the San Diego Water Company vs. City of San Diego, after being appealed to the supreme court and re- versed, was on retrial brought before Judge Noyes, presiding in San Diego county. His decision was in favor of the water company, set- ting aside the ordinance of the city of San Diego, establishing water rates. This litigation involved some of the most serious and compli- cated questions under the federal and state con- stitutions ever brought before our state courts. The decision of Judge Noyes, however, was so eminently sound that no appeal was ever taken and the judgment has become final. Other cases were Anderson vs. Anderson; Iowa & California Land Company vs. Hoag; Widen- mneller vs. Stearns Rancho Company; Swope vs. Rothschild; South Riverside Land & Water Company vs. Hohenshell, and many others af- firmed by the supreme court. These cases have become leading authorities on the law involved. Being the only judge in a large and prosperons county, it has fal'en to his lot to pass upon more legal questions than any other judge in South- ern California. The case of Barrows vs. City of Los Angeles, involving the legality of $2.090,- 000 worth of the Los Angeles City water bonds, has recently been decided by Judge Noyes de- claring the bonds illegal and void. and both sides to the litigation have accepted his decision as final.

G. W. HERRING. The paternal ancestors of Mr. Herring were of German birth, while his maternal progenitors were of the Scottish race. l'is father, George, son of Henry Herring, was born and reared in Germany, whence he immi- grated to the United States. Selecting as his home a form of one hundred and sixty acres in Pennsylvania, from that time until his death he devoted himself to agricultural pursuits After coming to this country he married Fannie. daughter of Henry Knowles, who was a native of Scotland, but passed his life principally as a Pennsylvania farmer. In the family of George Herring there were five sons and one daughter, G. W. being the third of these; and by another marriage there were three sons and one daugh- ter. The chil 'ren of the fir-t union were as fol- lows: Jeremiah. de ease 1; William of Pennsyl- van'a : Peter, who also lives in that state : Lewis, who was killed in the battle of Chancellorsville in 1862: G. W., and Mary Jane, a widow living in Pennsylvania.

Near Titusville. Pa., G. W. Herring was born August 27, 1839. When he was a young man the Civil war broke out and he at once offered

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his services to the country, enlisting in Com- pany A, Eighty-third Pennsylvania Infantry, under General McClellan. In the various en- gagements of the Peninsular campaign he bore an honorable part. At the second battle of Bull Run he was wounded in the right side by a minie ball, also shot through the right hand by a spent ball. On this account further service was impossible and he was mustered out and hon- orably discharged in December, 1862. Return- ing to Pennsylvania he worked in the oil fields for eighteen years. In 1884 he removed to Kan- sas and homesteaded three hundred and twenty acres near Kingsley, Edwards county. This place he brought under cultivation and im- proved with neat buildings and the various ac- cessories of a modern farm. In 1901, hoping that a change of climate might prove beneficial to his wife, he removed to California and set- tled in Gardena, where he owns a neat little homestead. The various communities where he has resided have received the impetus of his energy and public spirit. A stanch believer in protection and sound money, he has always given his support to the Republican party.

The marriage of Mr. Herring was solemnized in Crawford county, Pa., and united him with Miss Harriet Root, whose father, James Root, was a native of New York and became a farmer in Pennsylvania. Born of their union were the following named children: Edward and Frank, of Los Angeles county; Walter Scott, of Gar- dena; Hugh, of Los Angeles; Julia Anna, wife of C. L. Harris, of Kansas; Jennie, Mrs. Robert David, of Kansas; Mattie, who married G. Smith and lives in Kansas; Mrs. Hattie Ken- nedy, wife of Samuel Kennedy, of Kansas; and Matilda, at home.

W. B. LOUGHERY came to Pasadena in January, 1884, when the second grocery store in the town was in process of construction, and there were few indications of the present pros- perity. On a scale to compare with the other industries of the hamlet he started a little har- ness shop on East Colorado street, and from this nucleus has from time to time enlarged his business to its present proportions on West Colorado street. He has in the meantime taken a lively and substantial interest in the general development of the town, has started two sub- divisions, the Hartwell and Langley, which have been disposed of, and at present he is interested in others of an equally paying nature. Since 1896 his harness establishment has been con- ·ducted under the firm name of Loughery & Stone, and the house caters to a large and ex- clusive trade in the town and vicinity.

Of Scotch-Irish parentage, Mr. Loughery was born in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada, and his early days were spent on his father's farm

and in learning the lumber business. He at- tended the district schools and when twenty years of age was apprenticed for three years to a harness maker in Sussex. Having completed his trade he started in business in Waterford, New Brunswick, and during his four years' res- idence in that town worked up a large business. In 1883 he sought to improve his business pros- pects by removal to California, and in January, 1884, started his present business in Pasa- dena.

While living in Los Angeles Mr. Loughery married Emily Lane, who was born in St. Johns, New Brunswick, and of this union there are three children, George, Laura and Donald. Mr. Loughery is a member of the park, fire, water and police commission of Pasadena, and of the Pasadena Board of Trade. Fraternally he is associated with the Knights of Pythias and the Royal Arcanum. He is a member and liberal contributor of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Loughery is possessed of sterling and unques- tioned integrity, shrewd and conservative busi- ness ability, and untiring devotion to the best interests of the community.

ANTONIO J. ORELLA. Well known through his connection with various enterprises in and near Carpinteria, Mr. Orella was born in Santa Barbara, Cal., December 27, 1865. He is a descendant of a distinguished Castilian fam- ily who entertained that pride of birth and lin- eage so characteristic of the residents of old Castile. His father, Bruno Orella, who had a large acquaintance all along the Pacific coast, was a native of Spain and possessed an ad- venturous spirit which found vent in a seafaring life. Beginning at the age of fifteen years he was for several years a sailor on the deep seas. His arrival in California was simultaneous with the excitement caused by the discovery of gold. In 1850 he sett'ed in Santa Barbara and em- barked in general merchandising. In connec- tion therewith he owned a ranch of five thou- sand acres of land northwest of Santa Barbara, where he carried on a large stock-raising busi- ness. He became known far and wide as one of the sturdy landmarks of the county, and the success which came to him was evidence of his financial ability, and his adherence to noble principles inall the walks of life. His death in San Francisco, in May, 1901, when he was seventy- one years of age, left a void in the hearts of those who had known him during his useful life and who had enjoyed his friendship and confidence. In 1852 he married Mercedes Gon- zales, and of this union there were born seven- teen children, eleven of whom are now living, namely: Mrs. Jossie Erro, of Nordhoff; Mrs. Juana Erburo, of Ventura : Frank, who is living

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in Santa Barbara; Bruno, who occupies the home ranch; Antonio J .; Fermin R., a practicing physician of San Francisco, and whose educa- tion was obtained in London, England; Nello; Victor P., who is following the dental profes- sion in San Francisco; Mercedes; Charles and Lawrence. Mrs. Bruno Orella and several of her children reside in Santa Barbara.

Antonio J. Orella was reared on his father's ranch and received his education in Santa Clara College. His first business undertaking was with Wells-Fargo Company, and he continued with them for eight years, being, meantime, sta- tioned at Santa Barbara, Oakland, the City of Mexico, and Nogales, Ariz. For a short time he was deputy postmaster at Santa Barbara, and for a time bookkeeper for Edwards & Co., hard- ware merchants. He is an excellent account- ant, a talent which has served him in good stead on many occasions, and gained him an added reputation among business men. In 1899 he purchased a ranch of thirteen acres at Carpin- teria, upon which are raised walnuts, fruits and alfalfa, and which is proving a profitable in- vestment. During the same year he opened a general mercantile and grocery store on the ranch. Personally he is an enterprising man of unquestioned integrity, and possesses many fine business and social traits. He is accounted an addition to the community around Carpin- teria, which has profited by his public spirit and received the benefit of his enterprise. How- ever, he recently removed to Santa Barbara, where he now resides.

In 1897 Mr. Orella married Miss Mary M. Freeman, of Pasadena, and they are the parents of two children, Ursela and Dariel. Mrs. Orella is a daughter of Dr. Charles James Freeman, who was born in England and reared and edu- cated in London. As early as 1848 he settled in San Luis Obispo county, Cal., and in 1851 he came to Santa Barbara county, being the first regularly graduated physician to engage in practice in the city of Santa Barbara. After coming to this state he married Martina R. Foxen, a native of California, her father, Ben- jamin Julian Foxen, having come here from England. Among the people of Santa Barbara Dr. and Mrs. Freeman held the highest posi- tions. As a physician he was highly regarded. He was a doctor of the old school. a worthy disciple of Æsculapius, possessing a keen sense of professional propriety, a broad knowledge and experience in medical science, and having also the polished manners and dignity of a Clics- terfield. His death occurred in Santa Barbara in 1886. The family of which he was a member belonged to the ancient nobility of England and its escutcheon was: Arms, Quartern, Ermine and Vert. Three Lozenges, conjoined in Fess or Crest. A Wolf's Head rising out of a Ducal Coronet surmounting a Helmet.

WILLIAM HOWARD FESSENDEN. The family of which Mr. Fessenden was a member has been identified with the history of America since a very early period of its settlement and has given to our country brave soldiers in times of war as well as keen and successful business men in times of peace. During the war of 1812 Gen. Samuel Fessenden served as an officer of a Maine regiment. His son, William Pitt Fes- senden, father of William H., was one of the most conspicuous public men of his day and during the Civil war wielded a powerful influ- ence toward the perpetuity of the Union, stand- ing close to Abraham Lincoln in executive councils and aiding particularly in maintaining the credit of the United States financially.

William Howard Fessenden was born in Port- land, Me., May 15, 1846. Like his father, he was a graduate of Bowdoin College, and was admit- ted to practice at the bar of Maine. However. he did not give his attention actively to profes- sional work. For a time he was engaged at Portland, Me., in the manufacture of machinery for steamboats and stationary engines, and also built steamboats. In 1880 he came to Riverside, Cal., where, in addition to the practice of law, he became interested in horticulture, setting out twelve acres on North Orange street, and also owning a block of two and one-half acres bound- ed by Sixth, Seventh, Lemon and Orange streets, but this he later platted in lots and sold. At his home in Riverside his death occurred in September, 1898.

HON. JOHN L. BEVERIDGE. John Lourie Beveridge, governor of Illinois 1873-77, and now a resident of Hollywood, Los Angeles county, was born in Greenwich, Washington county, N. Y., July 6, 1824. On both sides of the house he traces his lineage to Scotland. About 1770 his grandfather, Andrew Beveridge, crossed the ocean with his mother, sister and half-sister, and settled in Washington county, N. Y., where, instead of taking up his trade of a weaver, he turned his attention to farming. During the war of 1812, his sympathies were on the royalist side. At the time of his death, in 1831, he was eighty-two years of age. Among his eight sons was George, a native of Hebron, Washington county, born in March, 1786, and reared on a farm. In early manhood he married Ann Hoy, who was born in Jackson county, N. Y., in 1788, and died in May, 1865.

George Beveridge in 1842 took his family to Dekalb county, Ill. Sixty miles west of Chi- cago he bought government land and improved a farm, which continued to be his home until he died, in 1871, at eighty-five years. During the existence of the Whig party he advocated its principles. After the Republican party was organized he always voted for its principles. During the war of 1812 he enlisted as a private

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with two brothers and accompanied his regi- ment down Lake Champlain but the battle of Plattsburg was fought bef~+: their arrival and he therefore saw no active rvice.

A few months after the mily arrived in Illi- nois John Lourie Bever ge entered Granville Seminary, where he stu died one term, then taught school during the winter. With the money thus earned he studied in Rock River Seminary, Ogle county, after which he resumed teaching, then again attended school, studying five terms altogether. The other members of the family, seeing that he possessed fine mental resources, desired to aid him in securing a col- lege education, but independence was one of his dominant traits and, rather than be a burden to his parents, he started out alone, with $40 in cash, to scek a livelihood. Going to Tennessee he taught school, reading law in the meantime, and was admitted to the bar by Judge Campbell of the circuit court. During the latter part of 1847 he returned north, and in the Clark Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Chicago, January 20, 1848, was united in marriage with Miss Helen M. Judson, the ceremony being per- formed by her father, who was pastor of that church. Returning with his young wife to Ten- nessee, he was prospered for a time, but, through the mismanagement of an associate, lost all of his accumulations. Hoping to get a new start in the north, he returned to Dekalb county, where he arrived with twenty-five cents for his cash capital. Borrowing the necessary money, he opened an office in Sycamore, after which he practiced law, kept books and, indeed, turned his hand to anything feasible.

Meantime the Northwestern University au- thorities had laid out the town of Evanston, twelve miles from Chicago, and h's father-in- law, who was financial agent and manager of the institution, advised him to locate there. In April, 1854, he settled in Evanston, and in the spring of 1855 opened an office in Chicago, where he was practicing with Gen. John F. Farnsworth as a partner when the Civil war began. Eager to serve his country, he at once set about raising soldiers for the army, and afterward served until February 6, 1866, hold- ing the ranks of major and colonel. In the fall after his return from the army he was elected sheriff of Cook county, Ill. In November, 1870, he was elected to the state senate, under the new constitution. In November, 1871, he was chosen congressman-at-large to fill a vacancy caused by the election of General Logan to the United States senate. A year later he was elected lieutenant-governor on the ticket with Governor Oglesby, but the latter accepting a seat in the United States senate, he only ·served as lieutenant-governor for ten days, when he took the oath as governor of Illinois, serving out the term of almost four years.

Under his administration the revision of the statutes was completed, and Illinois prepared an excellent exhibit for the Centennial at Phil- adelphia. On his retirement from the guberna- torial chair, he became a member of the firm of Beveridge & Dewey, bankers of Chicago. In December, 1881, under President Arthur he was appointed assistant United States treasurer, but resigned in September, 1885, in order that his friend, Luther Dearborn, might be given the place. Retiring from business in 1888, he lived quietly at his Evanston home until De- cember, 1895, when he came to Hollywood, Cal., his present home. He is a member of the California Commandery, Loyal Legion, and Barlett Logan Post, G. A. R., of Los Angeles, and is identified with other organizations of a fraternal and patriotic character. Of his two children, the daughter, Alla May, born in Ten- nessee, February 20, 1849, is the wife of Samuel B. Raymond, county treasurer of Cook county, Ill .; they have two sons and one daughter. The son, Philo J. Beveridge, makes his home at Hollywood, where he is a large property owner and well-known citizen. He was born De- cember 1, 1851, is married and has four daughters. The two oldest daughters reside in London. Of these Kuehne Beveridge, the well- known sculptor, excecuted a bust of Cecil Rhodes of South Africa and also a bust of King Edward of England for the city of Leeds, Eng- land.

Z. C. SAFFELL. The professions of law and medicine are not alone in supplying ma- terial for specialists, for in the important and in- dispensable occupation of building and con- tracting there are opportunities galore for the specialist, a fact which assumes greater proportions with every passing year, and is taken advantage of by the men of business dis- cernment. In this connection Mr. Saffell has been particularly far-sighted, and while turning his attention to the best possible construction of flat buildings, has probably put up more of these modern attempts at luxury and comfort on a small scale than have any two of his fellow artisans in Los Angeles. Rows and rows of flats have gone up under his able management all over the city, a preference being noticeable for eight and four-flat buildings. Since he ar- rived in the city in May of 1894, his business has steadily increased, and now, during the busy season, he has a pay roll of $350 per week. At first he carried on his enterprises in connec- tion with the firm of Wright & Saffell, but at the end of two years proceeded on independent lines, and has since been sole manager and pro- prietor of the business, which has its headquar- ters at 1744 West Twentieth street.

Of French descent. Mr. Saffell was born in Boone county, Ark., January 30, 1854, a son of

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S. P. Saffell, who was born in Tennessee, and was one of the early settlers of Alabama. The elder Saffell was a builder and contractor, wagon-maker and cabinet-maker by occupa- tion, and in after years settled in Junction City, Kans., where he followed his trades for some years. He later homesteaded a quarter section claim west of Salina, and in 1872 brought his family to Middletown, Lake county, Cal., where he worked as a carpenter. He now resides at Stockton, Cal., and is eighty-three years of age; his wife, formerly Mary Watson, a native of Alabama, died in Fresno, Cal. There were thirteen children in the family, seven of whom are living, Z. C. being the fourth. Mr. Saffell was educated in the public schools of Arkansas, and while still a young boy became familiar with the manipulation of carpenter's tools. He ac- companied the family to California in 1872, and began contracting at Red Bluff, but in 1877 re- turned to Kansas, and in Muscotah, Atchison county, engaged in building and contracting for eight years. In 1886 he yielded to the lin- gering spell of allurement cast by his former visit to California, and returned hither, and in Fresno engaged for two years in his former oc- cupation. In 1888 he went into the planing- mill business with his brother Fred, and after three years began to build and contract, during his residence in Fresno putting up some of the fine residences and public buildings. From Fresno he came to Los Angeles in 1894, as heretofore stated, and has since been identified with many different interests in the city. He is a Republican in national politics, and while liv- ing in Muscotah served for some time as coun- cilman. He is fraternally connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen. As a member, and president of the board of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he is active in promoting humanitarian projects in the city, and contributes generously to all worthy and seemingly wise efforts at improvement.

In Kansas Mr. Saffell married Lucy Platt, who was born near Natal in South Africa, being the daughter of Sidney Platt, a native of Eng- land, and a sugar planter in Africa. Mr. and Mrs. Saffell have one child, Herbert R.

S. C. PITZER. Counted among the influen- tial men of Pomona and as one whose assistance has ever been given to the promotion of worthy local movements, Mr. Pitzer easily merits a position among the men to whom the present prosperity of the city may be attributed. He was born in Macoupin county, Ill., in 1841, and was reared on farms in Illinois and Iowa, in which latter state he gained his first experience in independent farming. On disposing of his Iowa interests he went to Nebraska, where he spent five years on a farm and where he still

owns property. In order to give his children educational advantages he moved to Colorado and purchased property near the State Univer- sity. While making his headquarters there he traveled much in various parts of the country and during a trip through Southern California became so delighted with the climate and the possibilities of Pomona that in 1894 he pur- chased a home here and an interest in the can- ning factory. Dispatching letters to his family at Boulder, Colo., he notified them of the change in his plans and directed them to prepare for a removal to the west. Soon he was joined by his wife, who was formerly Alice Kelly, of Iowa. With her came the children, Grant, Clara, Lee and Russell. The eldest of these was born in Hillsdale, Iowa, in 1868, and grad- uated from the Colorado University in 1894, since which time he has been associated in busi- ness with his father; he married Lizzie Whipp of Pomona and they own an attractive resi- dence. The only daughter is the wife of Arthur Derward, of Hanford, Cal. Lee is associated with his father, and the youngest son is a stu- dent in the San Francisco Law School.

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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 172

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