History of Sacramento County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present, 1923, Part 73

Author: Reed, G. Walter
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co.
Number of Pages: 1026

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Joseph E. Green also bought two other parcels of land, one of twenty-six acres, from G. B. Greene, on the Sacramento River, and Joseph E. Green built a landing, for the loading of the ranchers' fruit onto the river boats. The other parcel of land, thirty-six acres, is known as the Freeman tract, and joins the home place on the rear. This is being put into asparagus, while formerly it was barley and hay land. Mr. Green also purchased 160 acres of dairy farm from John Herzog, and this is also in the estate today. The dairy was sold in 1922, and the ranch is being leveled up, and set out to vineyard and to peaches for canning. Mr. Green passed away, on December 16, 1915, aged fifty-one years, one of the most esteemed, and one of the most mourned men of his generation and locality.

After his death, Mrs. Green purchased 1,600 acres of cattle-range thirteen miles west of Arbuckle, and there her youngest son now runs stock. She has three children. Georgia Frances has become the wife of Nelson E. Dean of Courtland, a farmer, and she has one son, six years old, named Nelson E. Dean, Jr. Joseph E. Green, Jr., resides at the old home place, with his wife, who was Miss Bessie Waterberry, of Clarksburg, and he is the father of two children- Roberta, five years old, and Joseph E. He is assisting his mother. Nate Salsbury is married to Florence Wilson, of Woodbridge; and he conducts a stock busi- ness on the Arbuckle place.

Prior to his lamented death, Mrs. Green's husband was a director of the Fort Sutter National Bank, of Sacramento; and he was also a school trustee for years in the Courtland school district. He was a member of Courtland Parlor No. 106, of the Native Sons of the Golden West, and had filled all the of- fices there, and was for many years the treasurer. He was a member of the B. P. O. Elks, of Sacramento. Mrs. Green is a member of the Eastern Star, Onisbo chapter, O. E. S., of Courtland, and at present she is worthy matron of Victory Parlor, N. D. G. W., at Courtland. Joseph E., the son, is a member of Frank- lin Lodge, F. & A. M., of Courtland, and also a Na- tive Son of the Golden West, and a member of the B. P. O. Elks, of Sacramento; and he is a school trus- tee of both the Courtland high and the Courtland grammar school districts. Mrs. Green supports the Republican party and its platforms.

MICHAEL JAMES DUNPHY .- When one con- siders the importance to the modern city both of a thoroughly up-to-date fire-prevention and fire-fight- ing equipment, and also of an experienced, far- sighted, and aggressively progressive overseer of the complicated system, the value to a great city like Sac- ramento of such a fire chief as Michael James Dunphy will at once be apparent. A native son, he was born at Gibsonville, Sierra County, on November 18, 1871, the son of James and Elizabeth (Foley) Dunphy, the latter a native of New York, while the father was born in Ireland. James Dunphy came out to Cali- fornia at the age of twenty-five, and here in the Golden State he and Miss Foley were married. He was a blacksmith for the Southern Pacific for thirty years; and when he died, those who knew him lamented the passing of an honest and capable ex- pert workman. Mrs. Dunphy, who was always be- loved by those who knew her, is also deceased.

Michael Dunphy began his schooling in the gram- mar grades of the public school system, and after- wards attended the Brothers College at Sacramento. In 1879 the family removed to Sacramento, and on June 2. 1888, our subject began a service of twenty- three years in the Southern Pacific shops, which ter- minated on June 11, 1911. By that time he had be- come a car-builder, nor has the Southern Pacific had his superior at that trade; so that when he joined the Sacramento fire department on February 20, 1899, he brought with him a valuable technical experience. He went in as a call-man, and was promoted to be foreman call-man on November 27, 1911. The follow- ing year, on June 17, he was made a uniformed fire- man; on February 1, 1913, he was appointed captain of Engine 2; on February 4, 1917, he was made as- sistant chief; and on July 1, 1921, he was designated chief of the department. In politics Mr. Dunphy is a "man above party," and earnestly contributes what he can toward the making of good citizenship.

On December 31, 1901, Mr. Dunphy was married to Miss Elizabeth O'Keefe, a native daughter from Loomis, Placer County, Cal., and the representative of another old pioneer family. Gertrude and Marie Dunphy are the two children of this union. Mr. Dunphy is an enthusiastic baseball fan. Fraternally, he belongs to the Elks, and also to the Owls. He is a Knight of Columbus of the third degree.

M. J Dunphy

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EDWARD M. LYNCH .- A record of high effi- ciency is the reward justly due Edward M. Lynch for his capable handling of the work of the bond department of the State Treasury at Sacramento; and he is equally well known for his patriotic endeavors in preserving the historical landmarks of the state, particularly in the restoration of Sutter's Fort, at Sacramento. Mr. Lynch was born in San Francisco, November 3, 1872, the son of Timothy Lynch, a native of Cork, Ireland, who was closely identified with the early history of the state, being employed as a searcher of records for the Central Pacific Rail- road at the time of its construction and associated in his duties with Collis P. Huntington, Leland Stan- ford and others of the great railroad builders of that period.

Running away from home when eleven years old Edward M. Lynch was placed in a home for boys, where he was cared for, and at the early age of twelve he was sent to a ranch in the Laguna Moun- tains near San Diego. His salary of fifteen dollars a month was usually paid him in the form of live stock, very often a young heifer, and in this way he was able to make some progress financially through trading his stock and wisely accumulating his hard-earned dollars through thrift and frugality. In January, 1894, he came to Sacramento and entered the Atkinson Business College; and by his close appli- cation to his studies he was able to complete the twelve months' course in just half that time. As soon as he had finished this course he took a position as bookkeeper and stenographer for the Studebaker Company, handling farm implements and wagons, but due to the depressed business conditions in 1894- 1895 he was compelled to seek employment elsewhere, and went to Alpine, San Diego County, where for three years he was employed as 'bookkeeper and clerk. Coming back to Sacramento in 1898, he was for a year employed as bookkeeper in the Shasta County camps of the Terry Lumber Company, and the next ten years were spent in the maintenance of ways and the transportation department of the Southern Pacific Railroad at Sacramento.

It was during Senator Hiram Johnson's first term as governor of California that Mr. Lynch became identified with his present post as clerk of the bond department of the State Treasury at Sacramento. At the time he entered upon his duties the amount of state bonds was limited by law, there being at that time only $4,000,000, while at the present time the issue amounts to $78,000,000, and it is noteworthy that notwithstanding this large increase Mr. Lynch has continued to handle this large volume unaided, his watchword being efficiency.

Mr. Lynch's marriage, which occurred in Sacra- mento, in 1901, united him with Miss Mae Gooby, born in San Francisco, the daughter of John and Mary (Cronin) Gooby, the former a native of Cam- bridgeshire, England, and the latter of Ireland. John Gooby, who was a forty-niner, is indelibly associated with Alameda County as a prime factor in the build- ing of the Central Pacific Railroad, being the personal representative of A. A. Cohen of San Francisco. Mrs. Gooby, who came West in 1852, served as a nurse dur- ing the smallpox epidemic at San Francisco in 1860- 1861, doing heroic and almost superhuman work for many days. She passed away at Oakland on Febru- ary 25, 1921, and Mr. Gooby reached the venerable

age of ninety-three, his death occurring on May 28, 1912. Of their six children three daughters survive; Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. H. L. Boyle of Oakland, and Mrs. Barney Oldfield, the wife of America's race king. Prior to her marriage Mrs. Lynch held a responsible position as department head with Weinstock, Lubin & Company at Sacramento. She is a past president of the Y. L. I. of Sacramento and is still prominent in that order. In 1911, when the movement for the restoration of Sutter's Fort was inaugurated, Mr. Lynch, as secretary of the committee in charge, for nine years worked indefatigably in bringing this worthy project to a successful conclusion. He has served as president of Sacramento Parlor, No. 3, N. S. G. W., and is also prominent in the Elks. In 1918 Mr. and Mrs. Lynch took up their residence at Olivecrest, their country estate at Carmichael, eleven miles northeast of the Capitol. Situated on the high banks of the American River, overlooking the San Juan meadow with the snow-capped Sierras in the background, the view from their home is one of indescribable beauty, and they are enjoying to the full the development of their tract of six and a fourth acres into a beautiful orchard home. They are active in the programs of the Community Club of Carmichael and leaders in every progressive movement.

JEREMIAH CARROLL .- Many successive gen- erations of the Carroll family lived and died in Ire- land. Notwithstanding the intense struggle to earn from the soil the barest necessities of existence they exhibited a tenacious devotion to their native land. The cheerful humor of the race showed itself in the optimism which enabled them to rise above the dark- est blows of fate. There came a time, however, when a young man determined to avail himself of the op- portunity offered by America. Crossing the ocean to Massachusetts he learned there the trade of marble-polisher. After a sojourn of some years in the old Bay State, where he married, he returned to Ireland in 1859 and followed farming. A son was born in County Cork, November 29, 1860, and to him was given the name of the father, Jeremiah. The infant was only one month old when the father re- turned to America and came direct to the Pacific Coast and farmed in Tuolumne County near Big Oak Flat until 1866. He had left his family in Ireland and they joined him in his California home in 1866 and located in Sacramento, the site of their future home. For a considerable period the father worked for others until he was enabled to embark in business for himself in 1879 under the name of J. Carroll & Son. For two years he had his place of business on Sixth Street between J and K. From there he removed to 808 K Street, where he carried on his business for eight years, and for a similar period he had his headquarters at Tenth and S Streets. Re- tiring from active life, he passed away in 1903, his wife having preceded him by two years. Their family consisted of five children: two daughters are de- ceased; and Mary, the widow of D. J. Considine, Jeremiah and Margaret are living.

The only son of the family, Jeremiah Carroll re- ceived his education in the public schools of Sac- ramento. When quite young he began to learn the stonecutting trade under Devine Bros. of Sacramento. Three years later his father took up the same line

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of business, and he became a partner, remaining in the same position for eleven years. He then opened a stone quarry in Placer County, which he operated for a number of years and on returning to Sacra- mento he secured employment with the state as superintendent of stone work on the capitol park, and for eighteen months he engaged in construction work on stairways. When the contract was completed he returned to Placer County and resumed the operation of the quarry, also taking contracts for stone work. At the expiration of three busy years, he left Placer County and went to Cascade Locks on the Columbia River, where for one year he was foreman for the Day Construction Company in the construction of the locks for the canal. With the completion of that responsible task, in 1895 he returned to Sacramento and engaged in business for himself, and he now has one of the most modern marble-cutting plants in northern California.

From early manhood Mr. Carroll has been inter- ested in public affairs and has been active in politics as a member of the Democratic party. When only twenty-three years of age he was chosen as secretary of the Democratic County Central Committee, and since then he has frequently aided the local progress of his party. His marriage, which occurred August 18, 1889, united him with Miss Catherine O'Keeffe of Prairie City, Sacramento County, daughter of Michael and Mary O'Keeffe, natives of Ireland. This was the first wedding solemnized in the Sacramento Cathedral after its completion and he and his family have always been especially interested in that church, not only for this reason, but also because of their large circle of friends in the congregation and their devotion to its missionary and charitable enterprises. Mrs. Carroll passed away in 1893, leaving three chil- dren: Mary, who died at the age of three; Catherine, a graduate of the Sacramento High School and an employee of Weinstock & Lubin at the time of her death at the age of twenty-nine; and Charles, of Oro- ville, Cal. In fraternal life Mr. Carroll is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

AXEL TELLSTROM .- Among the successful business men of Sacramento, Axel Tellstrom stands as an example of what a young man who has his own way to make in the world, and who must stand on his own feet or fail, may accomplish through thrift and honest perseverance. He was born in Sweden, May 5, 1868, and was reared on a farm in his native country. When twenty-one years old he decided that the America he had heard so much of held greater promise for him, and in 1889 he made the venture out into a strange world. On reaching this country he worked for wages for a time, in Kansas City, and then went to Astoria, Ore., and engaged in salmon fishing on the Columbia River, later working for wages again, in the state of Wash- ington.

After this preliminary "skirmishing" about in search of a satisfactory location, he came to Sacra- mento, in the fall of 1896, and here he settled, first working at the trade of carpenter with Siller Broth- ers, on the construction of a number of buildings in the growing city, among them the Capital Hotel. the Stowell Building, and the Ochsner Building. On leaving their employ, for a time he worked with different contractors, and was employed on the Pres- byterian Church at Thirteenth and K Streets from

the beginning of its construction to its completion. He then started in business for himself, as building contractor, and has since erected a number of resi- dences and apartment houses. From the first he met with deserved confidence from the people, who recog- nized him as a man who knew his business and could be depended on to put the right material and construc- tion work into any job entrusted to him. He has seen many changes in Sacramento since his arrival. Paved streets were then a rarity, and other modern improvements have since gradually come in as the city grew from a comparatively small beginning to one of the largest in the state. In all its growth Mr. Tellstrom has taken an active interest, and he stands ready at all times to do his share toward further developing the natural resources of his district and the surrounding territory of the Sacramento Valley, famed for its productiveness and daily bringing new wealth to the city, which in turn is wisely doing all in its power to develop the agricultural sections.

While building up his business interests, Mr. Tell- strom has found time to attend to civic duties. He has served as councilman and trustee, and for over twenty years he has been a member of the English Lutheran Church. Mr. Tellstrom is the parent of two children, Pearl E. A., now Mrs. Ralph Brodie, of Clarksburg, Ind .; and Ambrose W., a high-school student at Clarksburg, Ind.

FRED E. CONNER .- The name of Fred E. Con- ner has come to be regarded in Sacramento as a synonym for progress and advancement, for his activities have been of such a character as to pro- mote business and municipal growth. He stands as a central figure in the business and civic life of the city, a man whose ability has won personal success, but whose success has been worthily and contin- uously used for upright and honorable ends. As president and manager of the Sacramento Lumber Company, he occupies a position of influence in the business circles of the city; but this one connection does not measure the full scope of his activities, which have had a formative influence in shaping and directing the business progress of central California.

Sacramento is the native city of Mr. Conner, and he is the son of Caswell L. and Elizabeth (Clark) Conner, the former a native of Alabama, where he was the owner of a large plantation. Caswell L. Conner came to California in 1865, but lived only a few years after his arrival. Mrs. Conner passed away in 1912, in Santa Ana, Cal. When Fred E. Conner was a small child his parents removed to Santa Ana, where he received his education in the grammar and high schools, supplementing his high school training with a business course. Early in life he decided to take up the lumbering business for his life-work. Starting at the beginning, he gradually worked his way up in Santa Ana and Los Angeles, and eventually came to Sacramento to be- come manager of the Sacramento Lumber Company on June 27, 1914, which position he filled for the next five years. Then, in partnership with J. W. S. Butler, he purchased the plant, which since 1919 has been greatly improved, and the business has steadily grown under the wise supervision of Mr. Conner.

The marriage of Mr. Conner united him with Miss Addie L. Merriam, of Los Angeles. In politics, Mr. Conner is a Republican. Fraternally, he is a Scot- tish Rite Mason and a Shriner; and he belongs to

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Sunset Parlor, No. 26, N. S. G. W. He served as a director of the Chamber of Commerce, was presi- dent of the Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club, was president of the first Builders' Exchange of Sacramento, and is a past president of the Rotary Club, a charter member of the Del Paso Country Club, and a member of the Sutter Club. He is also a senior Hoo-Hoo of the Supreme Nine in the Hoo- Hoo Organization of Lumbermen of the United States.

THEODORE GREENHALGH .- Among the en- ergetie and prosperous farmers and orchardists of the Orangevale Colony of Sacramento County is Theo- dore Greenhalgh, who has made an almost life-long study of agriculture and the various conditions affect- ing that branch of labor; his model fruit ranch con- sists of thirty-eight acres which has been highly de- veloped to oranges, peaches, prunes, almonds and Tokay grapes. His birth occurred in Highland, Wis., July 7, 1850. The father of our subject, James Green- halgh, was born in England; he came to America about 1846 and settled in Wisconsin, where he worked in the lead mines; two years later, Ellis Greenhalgh, the paternal grandfather of our subject, came to America and was employed in the shops of the Ben. Rogers Locomotive Manufacturing Works at Pat- erson, N. J., where James Greenhalgh worked dur- ing 1848 and 1849. after which he returned to Wis- consin, where he was married to Miss Sarah Yer- bery also a native of England. James Greenhalgh remained in Wisconsin until 1871 when he removed to Red River Valley, Minn., and there started the town of Crookstown, named in honor of Major Crooks, a prominent United States surveyor and a personal friend. James Greenhalgh was employed as a United States mail agent for eight years and was engaged in a number of fights with Indians; at one time his horse was shot from under him and he suf- fered the loss of considerable stock during Indian raids. He was an energetic, public-spirited citizen and was among the leaders for the general advance- ment of his community and was a pioneer in the development of one of the richest farming sections of the Northwest. He passed away in Minnesota in March, 1900, at the age of seventy-six. Theodore Greenhalgh left home when he was sixteen years old and went to Paterson, N. J., where he was appren- ticed as a millwright with the B. Rogers Locomotive Works, at the close of the Civil War. After three years, Mr. Greenhalgh removed to Wisconsin; from there he went to Central City, Colo., and worked as a stationary engineer in a large stamp mill; during the following three years he did some prospecting. Two brothers of our subject, James and John, served in the army during the Civil War and John Greenhalgh gave his life for his country at Welding Crossing under General Grant. In 1873, Mr. Greenhalgh returned to Minnesota and took up a homestead near his brother James.

Mr. Greenhalgh was married at Crookstown, Minn., in 1885 to Eva Hardle, born in Baden, Ger- many, a daughter of Karl and Katherine (Weishart) Hardle. Karl Hardle came to America in 1879 and later the mother and five children came and the fam- ily settled in Minnesota. Mr. Greenhalgh remained in Minnesota, where he was a prosperous farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Greenhalgh reared a family of nine chil-

dren: Sadie D. is now Mrs. Cable and she has three children and is a teacher in the Orangevale school: Lillian E. is now Mrs. Eller and she resides in Orangevale; Perry is a rancher, is married and has three children, residing in Orangevale; Howard C. was in the 363rd Company, 91st Division, A. E. F., during the World War; Martha W. is Mrs. Bost and she resides in Oroville; Helen Herren lives in Rose- ville; Ethel May is next; Holly E. is a rancher at home; and Evelyn G. is a student in the San Juan high school.

In April, 1903, Mr. Greenhalgh made a trip to the Pacific Coast in search of a milder climate and in the fall of the same year brought his family West and located at Orangevale. Mr. Greenhalgh has been a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Crooks- town for over forty years; and locally he is a mem- ber of the California Peach Association.

HARRY SIMPSON .- A wide-awake contractor who has come to take a very active and an enviable part in building developments in Sacramento and en- virons, is Harry Simpson, an Englishman from the old Saxon city of Leicester, on the Soar, where he was born on September 2, 1882. His father was James N. Simpson, a brick-layer, and he had married Miss Clara Benson; and being intelligent, progressive folks, they sent the lad to the ordinary English grammar schools, and then gave him the benefits of the best technical schools, at the same time that he also enjoyed pri- vate tutoring. Taking up hand-work, he learned from his father the trade of the brickman; and being also the grandson of an .artisan of particular expertness in that field, he soon mastered the technical details of the business. The New World appealed to him; and hither he came, in 1906, locating at Pittsburgh, Pa., for one year.

In August, 1907, Mr. Simpson arrived in Sacra- mento; and after a short stay in this city, he went to San Francisco, where he worked at his trade for two years. Then he went to Salt Lake and remained there two and one-half years. In 1911 he returned to Sac- ramento, and in 1912 began business for himself as a contractor. He built a number of shops for the Southern Pacific, and also worked on some moulding pits; and with his brother, under the firm name of the Simpson Brothers, he has built the brick-work in many fine residences, and also the Crystal Ice Plant. His course in the International Correspondence School was of much benefit to him; but his actual experience has been the best training. As a side-line, he owns two trucks, and operates them for hauling. Simpson Brothers are now building a most modern sand plant at Twenty-fifth Street and the American River. The building is made of reinforced concrete. The sand is sucked from the river by means of a pump, and is then conveyed to the pit by carrier buckets, where it is washed and screened, being then ready for the market.

At Salt Lake, October 22, 1909, Mr. Simpson mar- ried Miss Florence Bell, of England, a school-chum with memories of childhood days in the "old country"; and she shares with him a busy social life in the circles of the Sons of St. George, and Lodge No. 6 of the Sacramento Elks. They have two children, Norman Harry Bell and Joyce Dorothy. Mr. Simp- son is fond of outdoor life and sports, and was captain of the Salt Lake soccer football team for two years;

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and he has done much to make soccer football popular in Sacramento. He belongs to the Chamber of Com- merce of Sacramento, and the Exchange Club, and is a Republican.

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History of Sacramento County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present, 1923, Part 73

Author: Reed, G. Walter Publication date: 1923 Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co. Number of Pages: 1026

Author: Reed, G. Walter
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co.
Number of Pages: 1026