History of Santa Clara County California with biographical sketches, Part 147

Author: Sawyer, Eugene T
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co.
Number of Pages: 1934

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The marriage of Mr. Carrey occurred in 1895 and soon after he entered into partnership with James Sergeant at the Sergeant ranch and conducted a dairy business for twelve years, manufacturing cheese for the San Francisco markets; those years were years of toil, but success came abundantly and by strict in- tegrity and wise investing, Mr. Carrey became inde- pendent in a financial way. Late in 1902 he decided to leave the ranch and removed to Gilroy where he had considerable town property, on which he erected several fine residences which bring him satisfactory returns; he also owns the building occupied by the Buckhorn Billiard and Bowling rooms on South Monterey Street. Mr. Carrey resides with his family in a comfortable home located at 345 North Monte- rey Street. In 1914 he established the Pioneer Soda Works and is distributor for Napa Soda and Cook's Spring waters and has built up a fine business, his radius of distribution covering thirty miles north and south of Gilroy and extending into San Benito and Monterey counties. He has always taken an active interest in civic activities since receiving his U. S. citizenship papers in 1890 and is considered among Gilroy's most progressive citizens. He is a charter member of the Chamber of Commerce and

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is a stockholder in the Gilroy branch of the Garden City Bank & Trust Co. In his political affiliations he is a Republican and fraternally he is a member of the Moose and Druids, being a past officer of the latter order. He and his family are members of the Catholic Church, and he is president of St. Mary's Church Improvement Club, in Gilroy. Mrs. Carrey is active in the work of the church. Mr. and Mrs. Carrey are the parents of two children, Celine, a stenographer in San Francisco, and Albert, Jr., a stu- dent in Stanford University. Mr. Carrey is proud to be identified with the prosperous city of Gilroy and his loyalty and public-spiritedness can be counted upon at all times.

LOGAN L. WHITEHURST .- A son of a wor- thy pioneer of California, Logan L. Whitehurst is successfully carrying on the lumber business estab- lished by his father under the name of Whitehurst & Hedges, or the Gilroy Lumber Yard, so many years ago. A native of Santa Clara County, Logan L. Whitehurst was born near San Jose, February 25. 1866. a son of L. A. and Hettie A. (Logan) White- hurst. The father was born in Princess Ann County, Va., June 4, 1834. When he was six years old the family removed to St. Louis, Mo., and there resided for four years; thence they moved to Lexington, that state. In 1849 he crossed the plains to California. and proceeded to Bidwell's Bar, Butte County, where he engaged in mining; but meeting with poor suc- cess, he returned to Missouri in the fall of 1852. Re- maining in that state until 1859, he once more re- turned to the Pacific Coast and, crossing the Isthmus of Panama, arrived in Sacramento September 22. 1859. At the end of two months he removed to Santa Clara County, and after a short stay in San Jose, located on the Santa Cruz toll road not far from Lexington, and engaged in lumbering. After re- maining here for ten years, in the winter of 1869 he went back East for a visit, but returned to California the following March and took up his residence in Gilroy, where he resided until he passed away at the age of seventy-three, on May 14, 1907. On Jan- uary 31, 1860, he married Miss Hettie A. Logan, a native of Missouri, and they were the parents of seven children, five of whom are living: W. A .; Janet, Mrs. A. M. Kelley and L. L., twins; Nettie. Mrs. E. E. Brownell; and Hettie, Mrs. W. E. Cun- ningham, all residents of this county. Mrs. White- hurst died in October, 1907. aged sixty-three. Mr. Whitehurst was a member of the I. O. O. F. for many years, and he served as mayor of Gilroy, and always was a strong advocate of all municipal im- provements; was president of the Bank of Gilroy for about twenty years and a director of the Bank of Hollister and the Safety Deposit Bank of San Jose.

Logan L. Whitehurst received his preliminary ed- ucation in the public schools of Gilroy and later at- tended a business college in San Francisco. After completing his education he entered the employ of his father and engaged in the milling of lumber in the Santa Cruz mountains and in working the ranch. In 1906 he became manager of the home yard at Gil- roy, which had been established some years before the railroad was projected through to Gilroy.

In 1909, at San Jose, Mr. Whitehurst was united in marriage with Miss Jennie Funkler, who was born and reared in San Jose, a daughter of William and Jennie (Ruff) Funkler, and they are the parents of

two children, Logan L., Jr., and Yvonne C. In 1910 Mr. Whitehurst erected a fine residence at 308 South Church Street. Fraternally he is a member of the Odd Fellows at Gilroy and the Elks at Watsonville, while Mrs. Whitehurst is a member of the Women's Civic Club of Gilroy. The lumber yards at Gilroy are operated under their corporate name of White- hurst & Hodges. or the Gilroy Lumber Yard, and are a distinct success owing to the ability, coupled with honesty and fair dealing, of the manager, who possesses the same high business principles of the elder Whitehurst.

JOSEPH EDWARD HANCOCK .- No section of California has been more fortunate than Santa Clara County in attracting to its territory and service the cream of educational talent; and among those who have come to reside and work here, who are already distinguished in the pedagogical world, may well be mentioned Joseph Edward Hancock, the popular principal of the Grant School in San Jose. He was born at New Almaden. Santa Clara County, on No- vember 24, 1874. the son of Joseph Hancock, a miner and foreman of construction, who married Miss Emma Harris, and with her came to San Jose about 1872. The father is now deceased.

Joseph Edward finished his public school work only to go on with his studies at the San Jose Nor- mal School and Stanford University. Then he was made principal of the Franklin School at San Jose, and so successfully discharged his responsibilities there that he remained the head of that excellent in- stitution for five years. Then he became principal of the Grant School, and he has been in charge there ever since, a period of twenty-three years. When he took hold of the helm he supervised the work of 350 pupils and 12 teachers; now 25 teachers enthusi- astically follow his lead and instruct 1.000 pupils. Mr. Hancock has been three times elected president of the alumni of the San Jose State Normal School; he is a member of the National Educational Associa- tion, the State Educational Association and the State Council of Education. For eleven years he has been a member of the Santa Clara County Board of Ed- ucation, and several times has been president of that board. He was also the chairman of the committee having charge of the great historical pageant, "San Jose." which was produced in 1917 for the benefit of the Red Cross at the beginning of the war. He be- longs to the Chamber of Commerce and for many years has been a member of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A. When the county board of su- pervisors organized the County Charities Commis- sion, early in 1921, Mr. Hancock was appointed a member and has been chairman of that body since its inception. During the war Mr. Hancock served as county war garden director.

J. E. Hancock was married at San Jose, on No- vember 29, 1899, to Miss Lessie M. Rainey of Michi- gan and San Jose, and they have two children. Velda and Joseph Rainey. Mr. Hancock is a Knights Templar Mason, is a past master of Fraternity Lodge and past patron of the Eastern Star; belongs to the N. S. G. W., of which he is past president; is Past Exalted Ruler of the Elks and a member of the Lions Club and the Sciots, being at this time Toparch of that order. For recreation he is fond of hunting and fishing, and gets fun and hard work out of ranching.

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JONAS CLARK, M. D., F. A. C. S .- A distin- guished representative of the medical profession in California widely known as a specialist, is Dr. Jonas Clark, F. A. C. S., a native of Waltham, Mass., now residing at 192 Fifth Street, Gilroy. He was sent as a boy to a private academy, the Waltham New Church School, and afterwards was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, when he received the B. S. degree. In 1875, at the completion of his studies in the Harvard Medical School at Bos- ton, that famous institution conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Medicine. While at Harvard during one year, Dr. Clark made class dissections for Oliver Wendell Holmes, the poet, for demonstration to the class; for nearly thirty years Dr. Holmes was professor of anatomy and physiology at the col- lege. In 1874 Dr. Clark was extern, then intern and in 1876 house surgeon in the Massacheusetts Charit- able Eye and Ear Infirmary at Boston.

Dr. Clark specialized in the treatment of the eye, ear and throat, intending to follow a career in the East; but on account of his health, he came West and located at Woodland, where he soon established a good practice. Then for one year he took charge of the private practice and the work of Dr. Stallard in the San Francisco Polyclinic. In 1892 he re- moved to Gilroy, and in time opened offices on North Monterey Street. From 1910 to 1913 he was superin- tendent of the Santa Clara County Hospital, and for ten years he was district surgeon for the Southern Pacific Railroad. He served as city health officer of Gilroy and has been president of the Santa Clara County Medical Society and a member of the State Medical Society; and he is a member of the American Medical Association. The recipient of many degrees bestowed upon him by colleges in various states, Dr. Clark is still the democratic, unpretentious, influen- tial and ideal American citizen, decidedly one of the most esteemed residents of Gilroy. For years he has planned to retire, and to a certain extent he has relinquished the reins to his son, Dr. John A. Clark; but the persistent calls for his experience and skill have made it difficult for him to refuse the claims of suffering humanity.

In Boston Dr. Clark was married to Miss Hon- oria Tierney, who died in 1902 from the effects of a runaway accident, leaving two children. In 1909, he remarried, choosing for his second wife Miss Emily Casey, the daughter of Michael Casey.

John A. Clark, the son, is a graduate of the science course at Santa Clara University, and received his M. D. degree from the University of California; and since then he has become one of the prominent phy- sicians of Gilroy; and Miss Marie Clark, is a regis- tered graduate nurse. Dr. Jonas Clark has prospered materially since locating in California, and he owns some very desirable ranch properties in the Santa Clara Valley, and some equally desirable residence property at Gilroy. He is a member of Keith Lodge of Masons of Gilroy, and of the Independent Order of Foresters, and is a member of Harvard Alumni. In national political affairs he is a Republican.

WARREN H. POMEROY .- A flourishing com- mercial establishment of much import to the city of San Jose is the clothing emporium of Pomeroy Bros., the firm consisting of Warren H. and C. C. Pomeroy, the sons of Marshall Pomeroy, whose life story ap- pears on another page of this historical work. Main- 42

taining at all times one of the largest stocks to be found anywhere in California, this old-established house offers the latest products of the most fashion- able studios and the most celebrated mills.

Warren Pomeroy was born in San Jose on October 13, 1878, and after finishing with the local grammar schools he continued his studies at the Santa Clara high school. Then he picked out the best business college in San Jose, tackled its curriculum, and learned all that it could teach him. Pushing out into the world for himself, Mr. Pomeroy joined his brother, already referred to, and bought out W. K. Jenkins. The business long ago established by him, they have continued, and have so cularged their stock, extended their territory and expanded their scope that they are today serving a larger and a finer public than ever before. As might be expected of such an enterprising man with a broad-minded public-spiritedness, Mr. Pomeroy belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, and is one of its active members.

On August 11, 1907, Mr. Pomeroy was married at San Jose to Miss Susie Stock of that city; and to- gether they have identified themselves pleasantly with San Jose social life. Mr. Pomeroy belongs to the San Jose parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West, and he is also a member of the Elks. He endorses the platforms of the Republican party, and did his full share in supporting the various drives during the re- cent participation by America in the World War.

ALEXANDER MILNE .- Possessed of excellent judgment and sound common sense, backed by in- telligence which kept him well informed, the late Alexander Milne occupied a position among the farm- ers of Santa Clara County which was won by energy and perseverance. Throughout his agricultural and horticultural activities he displayed ability and capa- bleness, and his ranch, through his untiring efforts, was brought to a high state of cultivation and the many substantial improvements, including the house and farm buildings, have added much to the value of the property. He was born May 8, 1844, in Elgin, Scotland, which was also the birthplace of his father and mother, John and Helen (Murdock) Milne. His parents migrated to Canada with their family, set- tling on a farm near London, Middlesex County, where they spent the remainder of their lives, both passing away at the age of seventy-six years. They were the parents of seven children, and Alexander, the subject of this sketch, was the only member of the family who came to California. He was reared and educated in London, Ontario, and became thor- oughly conversant with the various branches of agri- culture. On January 14, 1868, he left home and jour- neyed to New York City, where he started via Nica- ragua for California, and after a journey of thirty days, eight of which were spent in crossing Nica- ragua, he arrived in San Francisco. Coming directly to Santa Clara County, he worked for a short time in the Skuse lime kiln, and then took the contract for cutting 120 cords of wood, the work requiring three months. He worked in the woods at Lexington for a time, and was then employed as a harvest hand for one season. He then went to the Almaden, and felled wood in the summer and ranched in the win- ter, and remained there for two years. He then en- gaged in business for himself, taking large contracts for getting out and hauling square and round tim- bers, logs and wood, and worked at this for twelve

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years. In 1881 he purchased his farm on the Burchell Road. consisting of 380 acres, about four miles from Gilroy. All the improvements were of substantial character. Most of the land was devoted to the raising of grain, for which it is well adapted, and a fine orchard of about fifty acres and a vineyard of forty acres. Under his labor and management the ranch hecame exceptionally productive and his suc- cess was well deserved.

After being four years in California Mr. Milne re- turned to Canada and there his marriage occurred in Ontario, on September 26, 1872, and united him with Miss Isabella Forbes, a native of that place. who accompanied him back to California, and they were the parents of eight children, all born in this county: Edna E. married James White, now de- ceased, and lives in Colusa with her son and daugh- ter, Francis and Evelyn; William A., living on the home ranch, married Luella Ogan, who died, leaving one daughter, Evelyn; Isabella, Mary Louise. Jessie M., all single, at home; John T. has charge of the home ranch; Annie G., wife of Chris Lund, near Gilroy; James C., also at home. Mr. Milne passed away at the family home on Burchell Road on July 29, 1920, and since his demise John T. Milne has conducted the ranch and fruit business, and has put out thirty-five acres of grapes. Mr. Milne was a stanch Democrat and had served the community as school trustee. He was a member of the A. O. U. W. and was a faithful member of the Catholic Church. Mrs. Milne resides on the home place and is active in all business matters, and is a wide-awake, public- spirited citizen. Mr. Milne was a charter member of the California Prune and Apricot Association, and Mrs. Milne continues to take an active interest in the affairs of that organization.

O'CONNELL BROTHERS, INC .- The firm of O'Connell Bros., Inc., is composed of Charles T., Franklin J., George D., Albert F. and. Elmer S. O'Connell, who are very successful cattlemen, ranch- ers and business men. In 1901 the sons took over the holdings of their father, Thomas O'Connell, an old-established wood and coal business, to which they in time added a grocery store and butcher shop. Later on they began raising beef, and for this pur- pose they leased the old Weber ranch of 12,000 acres, which they later purchased, also acquiring the Fiacro Fisher and the Peter Gossibert lands at Coyote, making their total holdings 15,200 acres in one large ranch, requiring about forty miles of fence to enclose it and many miles of cross fencing. The ranch is well watered and wooded and is traversed by Coyote Creek, Packwood Creek and Los Animas Creek, be- sides having a number of large springs. They have recently completed a large dam on Los Animas Creek, impounding a large body of water which fur- nishes irrigation to much of their ranch by a gravity system, flowing through miles of concrete pipe line. The ranch is studded with live oak, pin oak and syc- amores, and it also contains valuable deposits of magnesite, copper and chrome ore. The O'Connell Bros. engage in raising hay, grain and stock, and are widely know for their high-grade shorthorn Dur- ham cattle. They have built a modern abattoir in San Jose, where they do the slaughtering of their own cattle and manufacture the various products which they retail at their market at Sixth and St. James streets, also selling to the wholesale trade.

Most of their cattle, however, are shipped to San Francisco and Los Angeles on the hoof, and they have also consigned cattle to Alaska.

O'Connell Bros. were incorporated July 9, 1906. and they are active in the membership of the Mer- chants' Association and Chamber of Commerce of San Jose. The brothers are all active in the busi- ness; Charles Thomas is manager of the company; Franklin J. manages the ranch; George D. is super- intendent of the meat department; Albert assists in the management of the ranch, while Elmer S. has charge of the fuel department. They have recently purchased the Crowley stockyards at Coyote, which they use in shipping, giving them an outlet and inlet by rail from the ranch. They have also leased 17,000 acres of the San Luis ranch at Pacheco Pass as an addition to their cattle ranch. and are increasing their cattle holdings accordingly. Energetic young men of industry and good habits, they all attend closely to building up the business of their various departments, co-operating in all their undertakings and doing business in harmony and accord.

J. D. FARWELL,-A man of sterling worth and one who may be counted upon at all times to give his support to matters pertaining to the progress and development of the county and state is J. D. Farwell, the efficient vice-president of the Bank of Los Gatos. Born in San Francisco, March 4, 1872, he is a son of Captain J. D. and Elizabeth Foy Farwell, both par- ents being early settlers of California. Captain Far- well, a native of Vasselboro, Maine, was master in the Merchant Marine service, sailing into the impor- tant ports of the world. In 1850 he brought a sailing vessel around Cape Horn to San Francisco and in that city he was a ship chandler. In the early days he had the honor of being the vice-president of the Vigilance Committee in San Francisco, who had their own distinctive ways of enforcing the laws of the community. He became very well known around the San Francisco Bay. He married Miss Foy of San Francisco; she was a native of Vermont, and both died in San Francisco. Next to the youngest of the four children, J. D. Farwell was educated in the grammar and high schools of Oakland, and after graduation became associated with the California Engineering Company that constructed cable roads and power plants. For several years he remained with this company, and in 1894 removed to Los Gatos and became interested in the growing of fruit. As early as 1895 he was one of the organizers and be- came manager of the Glen Una Electric Company that supplied electricity to the residents of Los Gatos. In 1903 he was one of the organizers of the Los Gatos Gas & Electric Company. He was manager of the company until they sold out to the Pacific Gas & Electric Company in 1913, since which time he has been a director of the Bank of Los Gatos and in 1920 he was selected to fill the position of vice-pres- ident, thus taking an active part in the management of the affairs of the institution.

The marriage of Mr. Farwell in Los Gatos united him with Miss Irma Lyndon, born at Los Gatos, the daughter of that worthy pioneer John W. Lyndon, whose biography appears elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Farwell's union has been blessed with the birth of a son, Lyndon Farwell, attending Los Gatos Union high school. Mr. Farwell gives his political

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endorsement to the Republican party. He is a mem- ber of the San Jose County Club and has been pro- minent in the development of the county's fine roads. A man of high principles and steadfast purpose, he is earnest in his support of every cause which he endorses, forceful and resourceful in all that he un- dertakes. He has a large circle of warm friends throughout this part of the state enjoying the high regard of all with whom social, political or business relations have brought him in contact.

C. MARIAN BARR, A. M .- Eminent among the distinguished educators who have contributed much toward extending widely the fame of California in the educational World, Miss C. Marian Barr, Dean of Wo- men, 'College of the Pacific at San Jose, enjoys envi- able position and influence. She was horn near Mon- mouth, Ill., the daughter and only child of Jolin Barr, who was born near Glasgow, Scotland, and came to America when he was eighteen years old. He located in Missouri and later removed to Illinois, where he attended the University of Chicago, from which he was graduated in excellent standing in 1878; after which he became a minister of the Baptist Church for the preaching of the Gospel. In 1880 he married Miss Addie Dutzschky; and seven years later they removed to California. They settled at Pomona, and in 1900 the Rev. Mr. Barr retired from active work.

Miss Marian Barr, after completing Pomona high school, selected the University of California at Berk- eley, to which city her parents also removed, and where, in February, 1913, Mr. Barr died, survived by this daughter and his widow, who still resides at Berkeley. In 1904, Miss Barr was graduated from the university with the degree of A. B .; and two years later she was given by the same institution the degree of A. M. In 1907 she became an instructor in Latin and German at California College, Oakland, and in 1910, having ably discharged her first respon- sibility, she joined the staff of the College of the Pacific as Dean of Women, and is also instructor in vocational education.

As Dean of Women, having very much the inter- ests of both the students and the institution at heart, Miss Barr has become exceptionally busy, and she has proven the right person for the direction of the new course in vocational education, which deals with the vocational opportunities of women and was in- stituted at the College of the Pacific in 1917. She resides at Helen Guth Hall, and has her offices in the same hall on the beautiful campus of the college, where she has for years been a leading and familiar figure, enviably popular with the young women, on the average of superior capacity, attracted to this growing institution. Miss Barr is a member of the American Association of University Women, formerly the Association of Collegiate Alumni, and in various ways is able to make her influence for educational and moral uplift widely felt.

EDWARD FERRY EASTMAN .- The life which the narrative chronicles began in Eastmanville, Mich., on January 15, 1863, in the home of Galen and Mary Lucina (Ferry) Eastman, who were representatives of Colonial families of New England. Galen East- man was born July 8, 1829, at Canaan, Maine, and was engaged in the lumber business, owning his craft and barges on the rivers and lakes, and his own mills. What education he had acquired was by his own efforts, but whatever he undertook he succeeded

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History of Santa Clara County California with biographical sketches, Part 147

Author: Sawyer, Eugene T Publication date: 1922 Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co. Number of Pages: 1934

Author: Sawyer, Eugene T
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co.
Number of Pages: 1934