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Hovor Anderson was the third child in a family of seven. He was born murs 8. 1865, was brought up at home, and went to the public schools www 00 an education until May, 1883, when he came to the United www taled in Union county, Ia., where he worked on a farm for two Wwwm te Osecola, Polk county, Neb., and worked one year ; and then Iberman county, Kan., and remained two years, when he de- I bccalifornia. In 1889 he located in Paso Robles. He purchased whoand operated it with success for nearly eight years, when he
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sold it at a good profit. In the meantime, he had bought his present place of one hundred eight acres. He moved onto it and began clearing the place and erecting buildings suitable for his stock. Here he built a comfortable resi- dence. The place is located on a hill overlooking the Salinas valley, making a splendid view ; hence its name-Fair View Farm.
Since locating on his ranch, Mr. Anderson has made a specialty of breed- ing fine blooded horses for draft ; and with this idea in mind, he went East and purchased from the importers, in 1909, the stallion Lampion, a beautiful Percheron, weighing two thousand one hundred pounds, which was a prize- winner in France as well as here, and is among the finest horses ever brought to the coast. Soon afterwards, Mr. Anderson bought the imported mare Cocodette, weighing two thousand pounds, which was also a prize-winner. The bringing of this pure breed has been of much importance to the farmers of this section, and has resulted in improving the stock very materially. IIe owns the pure-bred mares Marietta and Violet, each weighing about nineteen hundred pounds.
Mr. Anderson was married in Paso Robles to Miss Emma (. Nelson, who came with her parents from lowa to Paso Robles. Her father and mother, Henry and Johanna Nelson, natives of Sweden, settled in Iowa, and came to California in 1887. Her father died. and her mother still owns her home ranch in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are members of the Methodist Church, and he is a member of the official board. Mr. Anderson is also a member of the California Horse Breeders' Association and is much interested in every detail of the stoek business that may contribute to its bet- terment. In politics he is a Republican.
CHARLES W. ANDERSON .- The junior member of the company known as the Paso Robles Agricultural Works and an energetic and thrifty man of business, Charles W. Anderson has won a place in the commercial life of San Luis Obispo County, where he is well and favorably known. IIe was born on April 6, 1874, in Laholm Halland, Sweden, a son of N. P. An- derson, a contractor and builder, and owner of a planing mill in his home town, where he successfully carried on a prosperous business for many years. Charles W. was educated in the public schools of his home city and early showed an aptitude in handling tools. At the age of fourteen he concluded he could start out for himself, and decided that he would come to America. He went to Minneapolis, Minn., in October, 1888, and there worked at the carpenter's trade two years ; then he came to San Francisco and took up the blacksmith's trade, following it there and in San Jose. He followed black- smithing, the machinist's trade and horseshoeing in San Jose until 1910. when he came to Paso Robles and purchased the interest of Mr. Hansen in the firm of Lundbeck & Hansen, the name being changed to its present title of the Paso Robles Agricultural Works, with Mr. Anderson as manager. The business increased rapidly, and their quarters becoming too cramped. they erected, in 1913, their present commodious building. Mr. Anderson plan- ning the construction of it. It is 50x110 ft., with a wing 20x30, and occupies two floors. Modern machinery, operated by electric power, is installed, and every convenience to facilitate the conduct of the business has been carefully attended to. They can make repairs on any kind of machinery, no matter how complicated : and they draw custom from a wide area. The old building is equipped with machinery suited to repairing automobiles, and is used as a
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modern garage and service station, known as the "Service Garage." Their horseshoeing department has become popular, and for three months in the year they shoe on an average forty-two horses a day, and have shod as many as fifty-two in one day. The company carries supplies of all kinds for farming machinery, as well as implements of every description.
With Hiram Taylor and John Van Wormer, Mr. Anderson built the Paso Robles Athletic Park, with a standard track and baseball diamond; on the latter the Chicago White Sox trained for two seasons, and the Seals of San Francisco, one season. It is said to be the finest athletic park in the county and a credit to the coast country. The park has lately been taken over by the Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Anderson has been twice married. On the first occasion the cere- mony took place in San Jose, the bride being Miss Selma Olsen, who was born in Nebraska : and by this marriage Mr. Anderson had one son, Carl Clifford. Mrs. Selma Anderson died in San Jose. The second marriage occurred in Paso Robles, when he was united with Lottie L. Lundbeck, daughter of Frank J. Lundbeck, mentioned elsewhere in this work. Mr. Anderson is a member of the Knights of Pythias; Fraternal Brotherhood, of which he served as treasurer for several years ; Modern Woodmen of America ; and the Pythian Sisters. He is a prominent worker in the Chamber of Commerce, of which he served as vice-president two years, and as director four years. Mr. An- derson and his wife have a wide circle of friends, among whom they are popular. He is a progressive citizen, a supporter of all public movements and a booster for Paso Robles.
ANTON MADER .- It may be that the desire to maintain the tra- ditions of an enviable ancestry has influenced the life of Anton Mader, for his family were among the oldest of canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland, where he was born in the village of Schleitheim, November 14, 1858. His father, Anton Mader, who died in 1861, was a forester and had been reared on the farm. Anton Mader, Jr., attended the public school until he was fourteen ; then he was apprenticed to learn the tailor's trade, and served three years under instruction. He then worked at his trade in France, Germany and Switzerland, for six years, and finally drifted back home, where he was employed as a tailor in Basel for three years.
In March, 1884, Mr. Mader came to this country and located in South Chicago; then went to Bloomington, where he took out his first citizenship papers ; and then drifted westward into Little Rock and Fort Smith, Ark. For thirteen years thereafter he ran a shop of his own at Hot Springs, Ark .. selling out in 1897 to go to Alaska.
Leaving Tacoma, January 20, 1898, on the S. S. "Corona," with a year's supplies and a stock of clothing, he was shipwrecked off Louis Island, near In Wrangle, when three days out, and lost everything, although all the dugers were safely landed. Mr. Mader gave up his trip and returned to From there he came on down to San Francisco in February, 1898. clare but was employed at his trade on Montgomery street for three years. Trebalipier , 1901, he came to Paso Robles and opened a tailor shop. Within w lasom months he enlarged his shop and opened a clothing and gents' fur- MALun Tores and for fifteen years he has continued in the same location, wrongje bood business in this section of the county and becoming well Kim ar - dependable dealer.
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Besides his store, Mr. Mader is interested in horticulture and has twenty- eight acres set to almonds, two miles north of the town, in which he takes a great deal of pride. He was married in Hot Springs, Ark., to Hattie Trimble, a native of Texas, who died two years later. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and was for some years in the Uniformed Rank, K. of P. He took out his final papers of citizenship in San Luis Obispo County, and votes the Republican ticket. Ile is a fine example of the self- made man and his success is worthy of record.
LYMAN BREWER .- The keen and far-seeing judgment which led Mr. Brewer to cast in his lot with the far West, also led him to make investments in property here, and to become a factor in the upbuilding of Paso Robles. He was born in Buffalo, N. Y., July 31, 1859, a son of Frederick H. and Re becca (Holmes) Brewer, natives of Norwich, Conn., and Troy. N. Y., re- spectively. The father was for many years a general merchandise broker and insurance agent at Buffalo, who later retired to Mystic, Conn., where he and his wife now live in the enjoyment of a well-earned rest. They had four daughters and one son.
Lyman Brewer, when a lad of seven, settled with his parents in Mystic. Conn., and there attended the public schools, graduating finally from the high school. In 1876, he came to California and stopped with an uncle, A. L. Brewer, who was proprietor of the St. Matthews Military School in San Mateo, and here young Brewer finished his education in 1879, when he graduated.
After his graduation from the military school, Lyman Brewer entered the employ of the Southern Pacific Railway Co. as assistant agent at San Mateo, and while there he learned telegraphy. He was soon transferred to San Fran- cisco and made freight bill clerk for the Coast division in the offices at Fifth and Townsend. When the railroad was completed to Templeton, in 1886. Mr. Brewer was sent there as agent for the company, and also became agent for Wells-Fargo Express Company. The station was located in a box-car until the building was completed for that purpose.
In 1892, he resigned from the Southern Pacific Co. and came to Paso Robles and accepted a position as assistant cashier in the Citizens Bank. At the end of seven years he resigned, to become agent for Wells Fargo Express Co. in that city, which position he has held ever since, while he has built up a large and paying business for the company. Besides attending to the express business, Mr. Brewer acts as agent for several insurance companies, and is a notary public.
Since becoming a resident of Paso Robles he has taken a very active part in public affairs and served two terms as city trustee, and for four years as president of the board. He also served as a member of the board of school trustees for thirteen years : and in 1900 he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill a vacancy and has been re-elected to the office each successive election since. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Paso Robles.
Mr. Brewer is prominent in lodge circles. He was made a Mason in Paso Robles Lodge, No. 286, F. & A. M .; is a member of Santa Lucia Lodge No. 350, I. O. O. F., of which he is Past Grand, and represented the lodge at the Grand Lodge several times ; is a charter member and past Chancellor Com mander of Paso Robles Lodge No. 14, K. of P. ; and is a charter member and past officer of the Modern Woodmen of America.
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AF Thewc: Was married in San Francisco to Miss Eva Cross, a native that 10. and a daughter of Thomas Cross, a pioneer mining man of this 05 Als am! Mrs. Brewer have had four children born to them: Irene, Wr Metmonell of Parkfield: Ruth, Mrs. Homer Hatch of Paso Robles; Frelengka and Lyman, who died in 1913, and who was his father's assistant ws kis gears. Mr. Brewer has worked his own way to the position he now courses by perseverance and by giving close attention to details. He is very rokdiy spirited. popular and progressive, has a wide acquaintance throughout the coast section, and is one of the most highly respected citizens of Paso Robles. He is a member of the Episcopal Church. In politics he favors the Republican party.
BERNARDO F. CAREAGA .- A native son of Santa Barbara county, Bernardo F. Careaga was born on the old Careaga home place in Los Vamos valley, January 14, 1886, the son of Ramon F. and Antonia Careaga, Hatives of San Benito county of Spanish and French descent, respectively. Ramon F. Careaga settled in the Los Alamos valley, where, in partnership With his brother, John B. Careaga, and a Captain Harris, he became a suc- cessful stockman and a large landowner. When they dissolved partnership, Ramon became owner of over seven thousand acres, now the Careaga estate, where he followed stock-raising and farming. He also leased land to the Western Union Oil Co., who were successful in boring for oil and now have ower forty wells.
Ranion and his wife leased their ranch and retired to San Jose, where he fred in 1915, and where the widow now resides. Their family numbers Lleven children. Louis S. resides in Santa Barbara; Ramon, John F., and \/rs. Fleanor Carr are of San Jose : Bernardo F. is the subject of this review ; Charles resides on the Western Union lease; and Antonio, James, Rita, Evan- Veline and Angela are all of San Jose.
Ben Careaga, as he is familiarly known, was educated in the public -chouls and at the Santa Barbara Business College. From a lad he learned to hide after stock and to care for cattle, remaining with and assisting his Ather until eighteen years of age. Then he and his brother, J. F. Careaga, Fl their father's ranch on shares until his death, when they leased the whole much and continued farming and stock-raising.
He is new specializing in raising beans, as well as in stock-raising, and Il hugeding of horses and Durham and Hereford cattle. He has a splendid Tym w the place. his brand being the combination HS. He puts in about w mitmir. 4 acres of beans each year, and in 1916 he raised over fourteen hifotoat wooks. He has demonstrated his ability as a successful farmer, MASefe ile land well cultivated and in good condition.
Mr I meaua was married at Santa Ynez on December 20. 1911, to Miss 050. Hawkins, who was born near Galveston, Tex., and came wmode with her parents to the Pacific Coast. She is the daughter Fano "Lovo d .. and Floise (Booth) Hawkins, natives of Georgia and wim way, who came of old Virginia stock. They were married Mi Hawkins was a cattle raiser until he removed to eastern Santa Barbara county. He is now proprietor of an RTd . rbara. His wife passed away in 1908. Of this With 1 . Hildren : Pearl, Mrs. Vance of Santa Barbara ; Dr. Abi bl Chicago; Homer L., of Santa Barbara; Augusta
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Emma, Mrs. B. F. Careaga; Susan, Mrs. Vance of Santa Barbara ; Myrtle, Mrs. Charles M. Careaga of this valley ; Hoke M. and Theme, who are en- gaged in the auto-livery business in Santa Barbara.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Careaga have two children, William Bernard and Eugene Francis.
Mr. Careaga is highly esteemed by everyone for his integrity and hon- esty of purpose ; and both he and his estimable wife are well received and well and favorably known throughout the central Coast region.
HIRAM S. CAHILL .- Doubtless his quick, keen judgment of men and affairs has had much to do both with the business success and with the per- sonal popularity of Hiram S. Cahill, the extensive dealer in cattle. However that may be, there is no denying that everyone who makes the acquaintance of this native son is impressed with his geniality and magnetism. He was born in San Jose on October 7, 1871. His father was John Cahill, a native of Indiana and a "forty-niner." The elder Cahill crossed the plains to California when he was only seventeen years old, in the usual ox train, and exposed to all the dangers and privations of the time ; and after mining a while in the northern part of the state, he took to stock-raising. On a trip back to Missouri he was married, at St. Louis, to Miss Dora Spratt, a native of that state, and by way of Panama they came to their California ranches, finally establishing a residence in what was then a part of Fresno county, but now belonging to Kings. As a cattleman John Cahill became quite successful, driving his herds to San Jose and San Francisco markets. About 1872, he removed his head- quarters and residence to Monterey county, ten miles east of Parkfield, where he conducted a cattle business until his demise, which occurred in 1890, when he was fifty-six years old. He was a member of the Masonic lodge in San Jose. After his death his widow continued to manage his estate with the aid of her two sons until she moved to San Jose, where she still resides. Her sons then took charge of the estate. Four sons and three daughters, all living, are children of this family: Hiram S., the subject of this sketch ; Harry and Frank, who are in Arizona; Cora and Ada, who are at San Jose : William, who is a farmer in Kings county ; and Clara, who teaches at Oakland.
While a lad on the ranch Hiram Cahill attended the public school, after which he entered Chestnutwood Business College at Santa Cruz, from which he was graduated on February 20, 1891. He had learned the cattle business while at home ; and his father dying when he was nineteen, he returned to the ranch and until 1896 assisted the rest of the family on the farm. In that year he started a stock business for himself, leasing the old home ranch and managing as many as five thousand acres, besides a large range where he had ahout eight hundred head of cattle. At the sale of the old Cahill place. in 1906, he accepted a position as foreman of the Topo ranch, near King City. where he had charge of thirteen thousand acres, the property of James F. Dunne ; and this ranch he continued to supervise for three years.
When he resigned, he engaged in the cattle business in Kings county, leasing a ranch until 1915, when he formed his present partnership with H. Taylor in the firm of Taylor & Cahill. Thereupon they leased the Sargent ranch of fourteen thousand acres at Bradley, Monterey county, which they have stocked with cattle, bringing train loads from Mexico and Nevada. This ranch is equipped with a shipping corral and siding, and is up to date in every respect.
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1: 1018 Mr. Cahill purchased his elegant residence at the corner of Fourteenth .and Pine streets, Paso Robles, and there he resides with his good Wife, who was in maidenhood Idonia Ogden, born at Cambria, San Luis Thispo County, the daughter of William and Melissa (Vaughan) Ogden, natives of Pennsylvania and Mississippi respectively. They crossed the plains in the early fifties, separately, and were married in Visalia. Mr. Ogden was pioneer cattle grower and dairyman near Cambria. He was a member of Cimbria Lodge of Masons, and died in 1890, while the mother now resides near Bakersfield. Mrs. Cahill is the fourth oldest of eight children, of whom Av ven are living, and was reared and educated in San Luis Obispo County ontil her marriage at Parkfield, on November 11, 1896. Mr. Cahill is a life member of Salinas Lodge No. 614, B. P. O. E., in the circles of which he is Vighly esteemed.
AMBERT C. MOREHOUSE .- The popular manager of the Farmers' Alliance Business Association, Ambert C. Morehouse, is the son of the late Charles D. Morehouse, of Paso Robles. Charles D. Morehouse was born m Broome county, N. Y. He removed to Michigan, and in that state he was married. From Michigan he went to Iowa, whence he crossed the plains in 1852, with his wife and three children, in a prairie schooner drawn by ox teams, locating at Diamond Spring. There reasonable success attended his efforts as a miner, but he soon went to Sacramento to farm. In 1854 the ilimily located on a farm near Healdsburg, Sonoma county, where they re- sided for fourteen years, eventually settling, in October, 1868, at the southern end of Monterey county, where they remained over winter. Mr. Morehouse then moved to Indian valley, where he resided for a time ; but 1871 found him taking up a homestead of a hundred sixty acres in the Summit district, and Here he remained for thirty years. When he retired, a wonderful old man at the age of eighty, he prepared to enjoy himself at Paso Robles, and twelve years more were granted him among his friends. Ambert's mother was born in Indiana and passed away here in 1914 at the age of eighty-seven. Nine boys and two girls were born to this pioneer couple, their names and locations being as follows: Harvey B., of Watsonville; William L., of Parkfield; Clara, now Mrs. C. S. Grove, who lives in Summit district ; Franz, who is in King City : John, of Santa Maria; Frank, who resides at Whittier; and I.neretia (now Mrs. Findley ), Charles D., Jr., D. N., Ed. S., and Ambert C., Dt Paso Robles.
Ambert Morehouse was born on January 16, 1877, twelve miles west of De. Robles, in the Summit school district, and grew up on the farm. He Dropled the public school and even completed the first year of a high school 001 e. but he soon joined his brother in the purchase of some eighty acres olimmimo the old home, and planted the same to grain. The brothers worked odber until 190]. when they sold the improved farm and moved to Paso Belde- where they opened a harness shop, which they conducted for two 10% When they dissolved partnership, Ambert Morehouse went into the 000000 00 the Farmers' Alliance Warehouse, where he remained for about a 05 00. 1 9 1och he was engaged as a clerk in Bell's store. Two years later Too o back in the warehouse, and after another two years he was clerking ox alo Emporiumi.
Come 100g better was in store for Mr. Morehouse, however. At the end of Joly manles he was made foreman, and by March, 1913, manager of the
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Farmers' Alliance Business Association, which had been established in June, 1891, and is justly regarded as one of the pillars in the commercial stability of Paso Robles. In preparation for this responsible position, Mr. Morehouse for some time worked under the former manager, and also pursued and suc- cessfully completed a business course in the International Correspondence School of Scranton, Pa.
At the old Mission town, San Luis Obispo, in 1906, Ambert Morehouse led to the altar Miss Florence M. Heaton, a native of Indiana, and a daughter of the well-known citizen, P. A. Heaton ; and today their children, Lawrence, Elmer, Evelyn, Marion, Raymond and David, give brightness to the home, which is in their own residence, built by Mr. Morehouse, at the corner of Seventeenth and Park streets. Their religions affiliation is with the Christian Church. In fraternal life, Ambert Morehouse joins with the Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past chancellor commander, and district deputy grand chancellor. He sits in the high councils of the Republicans, having served as a member of the executive committee of the county central committee.
MICHAEL SHINNERS .- A native of good old Tipperary, Michael Shinners was educated in the schools of Ireland. Coming to the United States as a young man, he made his way to the state of Michigan, where he had a brother. His first employment was with the railroad ; but hearing of still more golden opportunities in California, he came to the Coast in 1877, getting sidetracked, temporarily, in Oregon, where he put in seven years as foreman for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co., staying with them until the completion of their road. Thereupon he returned to California and entered the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. ; and the superin- tendent being quick to see both native talent and experience, Michael was made road-master of the division having Paso Robles for its headquarters.
In this position he remained many years, when he was transferred to the San Joaquin district, of the same railroad, and for nearly three years had his headquarters at Tulare. From there he was transferred to Ventura, still working in the same capacity, and he was road-master of the Bakers- field division when he resigned in 1906. About 1900, before being transferred from the Paso Robles division, he received a gold medal from the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. for the best section on the entire Coast.
Having always kept a home at Paso Robles, he returned here to live, and never having lost his confidence in the town's future, he purchased more property and developed his realty interests. He built his handsome resi- (lence, and he also built the Opera House building, at the corner of Thirteenth and Park streets, still a part of his estate. He died at Paso Robles, on May 7, 1910, in the fifty-eighth year of his age, and was mourned as a good citizen, a stanch Democrat, a wise family man and a kind neighbor.
On February 9, 1886, at San Francisco, Michael Shinners was mar- ried to Miss B. W. Tracy, a native of Kildare, Ireland, who came to San Jose with her brother in 1875. In addition to the town realty just referred to, Mrs. Shinners owns a good grain farm of four hundred acres on the Estrella plains. With her at the old home resides her niece, Mary Bergin. A member of the Catholic Church and of its ladies' societies, Mrs. Shinners is a hos- pitable, affable and kind-hearted woman of recognized business acumen, strict integrity, and good, common sense.
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