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JOHN M. CLEGHORN, of Highland, was born at Monterey, December 24, 1861. After locating in Highland, Mr. Cleghorn began drying and selling peaches and apricots on a small scale, and is now an extensive dealer in dried fruits. He is also prominently identified with the orange growing and shipping industry. He was married in Highland, November 13, 1897, to Miss Florence Nightingale, daughter of Cyrus Lamar, of Rialto. She was born in Lee county, Texas. Her father is a descendant of the French Huguenots; her mother, Mary Stephenson, belonged to an old Texas family. Mr. and Mrs. Cleghorn have one child, Pearl Pomona. Mr. Cleghorn is a member of the Native Sons, and Mrs. Cleghorn belongs to the Foresters and the Maccabees.
HENRY D. BLAKESLEE, of Upland, was born in Bryan, Ohio, February 16, 1853. the son of Henry B. and Lucy E. Day Blakeslee; his father a native of New York and his mother born in Ohio. Mr. Blakes- lee learned the trade of blacksmith and carriage maker and followed it for a number of years in Nebraska. In 1885 he came to California, and after a year in Los Angeles purchased forty acres of land at the corner of Twenty-first street and San Antonio avenue, in On- tario colony, which he has developed into a typical Southern California fruit ranch, with seven acres of navel orange trees now in full bearing and other fruit trees of different varieties. In 1898 he opened a blacksmith shop and car- riage works at his present location on Euclid avenue in what was then North Ontario, now Upland. In 1900 he formed a partnership with J. J. Atwood and engaged in the lumber business under the firm name of Atwood & Blakeslee. In 1901 the Packing House Equipment Co. was organized and incorporated for the manufacture of machinery and ap- pliances for the equipment of orange and lemon packing establishments. Since 1903 Mr. Blakeslee has been manager of this company. Mr. Blakeslee pos- sesses an intuitive mechanical genius which has contributed materially to the development of appliances, such as brushes, washers, automatic weighers, elevators, etc., manufactured and pat- ented by his company. He is a scien- tific horseshoer and the inventor of Blakeslee's horse-shoe leveling gage, a HENRY D. BLAKESLEE practical appliance for squaring and ver- ifying the right angle square of a hoof
before nailing a shoe in place.
Mr. Blakeslee was married in January, 1875, at Lincoln, Neb., to Miss Cornelia P. Frost. They have a son, Clark Clifford, and a daughter, L. Laura G. He is an active and influential Republican.
WILLIAM JACOB SCHAEFER, of Chino, is a native of Nassau, Germany, born in 1847. He came to America with a sister when he was fourteen and went to Ohio and
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lived on a farm near Sandusky. Later he lived at Norwalk. Here he had three brothers who were mechanics employed in an organ factory. He worked here, too, and made cases for organs. In 1886 he came to California and worked at carpentering in Los Angeles for some years. In 1891 he came to Chino with his family and no means, and rented land of Richard Gird, on which he raised beets. In 1893 he purchased his present property, sixty acres, and he has continued to raise beets, securing large crops. He has also put up a first-class pumping plant with which he pumps fifty-five inches of water to irrigate his thirty-five acres of alfalfa, and has purchased thirty-five acres of land, all of which is paid for by the crops raised on it.
He was married in Erie county, Ohio, to Miss Elizabeth Loos, also a native of Germany. They have four sons and one daughter-William, Fred, Henry, Joseph and Sophia.
MATHEW CLEGHORN, late of San Bernardino, was born June 14, 1829, in Ken- tucky, the son of the Rev. Lorenzo Dow Cleghorn, a minister of the Christian church, and of Mary McLain Cleghorn, of Scotch parentage. He left home at the age of twelve and later served in the Mexican war, entering the 16th Ky. Vols, and later being trans- ferred to the IIth Ky. Vols. For eight months he carried express between Vera Cruz and the City of Mexico and to Lalusa. On account of sickness he was sent to the Marine Hospital in New York city in 1848. After the end of the war he traveled over the western states and finally located in Iowa. In 1860 he came to California and located at Watson- ville, Monterey county. In 1863 he came to San Bernardino county and homesteaded 160 acres on base line near what is now Highland. Here he built a residence. He car- ried on a livery business in San Bernardino for several years and engaged in raising fine stock.
He married Miss Serena, daughter of Isaac Hendry, in the state of Indiana, about 1860. There are now four living children-Lorenzo Dow, Mary C., William J. of Redondo, and John M. Cleghorn.
WILLIAM E. SHAFER was born in Republic county, Kansas, October 21. 1875. His father, George Shafer, came to California from Kansas in 1888 and located at Tustin, Orange county.
William E. Shafer passed his boyhood on his father's farm, in Kansas and in Cali- fornia, and attended the public schools. In 1898 he joined the Seventh Regiment of California Guards and went to San Francisco with them. When mustered out of this regiment Mr. Shafer enlisted in the 35th U. S. Vols. and served in the Philippine Island campaign from November 14. 1899, till March 14, 1901. He served under the late Gen. W. H. Lawton, and after his death under Gen. Funston and Col. E. H. Plummer. He was detailed on scouting duty and sent out with 100 men, of whom only fourteen returned. Mr. Shafer reached California again May 3, 1901, and settled on a ten-acre ranch near Chino.
March 18, 1902, he married Bessie, daughter of the late C. E. Bluett, of Pomona.
WILLIAM STEWART, of San Bernardino, was born at Cape Breton, N. S., De- cember 27, 1846. His parents, Donald and Elizabeth Black Stewart, were both of Scotch descent and his father was a farmer. William was educated on the farm, but developed a taste for the sea and became a sailor along the North Atlantic coast, and later on the Great Lakes.
Ultimately he settled in St. Paul, Minn., and engaged in the business of contracting. In 1892 he came to California and located on a well-watered ranch in the vicinity of the county seat and there engaged in the dairy business, in which he was most successful. In 1903 he sold out and removed to Los Angeles.
July 29, 1871, Mr. Stewart married Catherine, daughter of John Gannon, born at Galena, Ill., August 8, 1852. Their children are: Eliza J., Margaret, William J. (engineer on war vessel Philadelphia), Katie M. Swan of Porterville, Cal .; James, Mabel and Archie.
ADOLPHUS DUANE SPRING, of Colton, is a native of Wisconsin, having been born at Fox Lake, Dodge county, January 8, 1848, the son of Heman Jones Spring, a farmer and a native of New York state. He was one of the pioneer settlers of Wisconsin. He entered the 29th Wis. Vols. on the breaking out of the Civil war and was killed in battle at Grand Gulf, Miss. A son, Delos, entered the army with his father and was by his side when he was shot.
A. D. Spring left home when but thirteen and began to make his own way. He was employed on the Milwaukee and St. Paul, Ry. and learned civil engineering. In 1875
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he came to California and at first located at Willow Springs, in Los Angeles county, then spent five years in San Diego county. He came to Colton about 1881 and clerked for Davenport & McIntosh for a time. When the motor road was put in between San Ber- nardino and Colton he acted as engineer for two years. When Colton proposed to put in an electric light system, Mr. Spring was made manager and installed the system, and has ever since had charge of it.
Mr. Spring was married in 1870 to Miss Sarah Wright, of Minneapolis. They have three children-Gardner H., Harry K., and Edna F. Mr. Spring is a member of Ashler Lodge, F. & A. M.
ROBERT H. SWINNEY, of Highland, was born in Somerset, Kentucky, Angust 31, 1862, the son of Benjamin L. and Elizabeth Cash Swinney, both natives of Kentucky. His father was a farmer and stock dealer and the son lived at home until his twentieth year and learned something of his father's methods of trade and business. He then went to Missouri, where he spent five years in and abont Springfield. He came to California in 1887 and located at Highland, where he worked at milling in the mountains during the season and also contracted for ditch construction and carried on the development and irri- gation of orange groves. He has a five-acre grove and owns some town property. In 1893 Mr. Swinney married Miss Ara Ann Parker, daughter of Robert Parker of Redlands. They have one son, Robert C. Mr. Swinney is a member of the Fraternal Aid of Highland.
GEORGE P. SKINNER, of San Bernardina, was born in Vallejo, November 26, 1867, the son of W. W. Skinner, a native of New York state. He was educated in his native town, graduating from the high school in 1885. His talent for music was early discovered and encour- aged, and he received instruction from competent teach- ers until he became an efficient musician and an in- structor in music. Naturally he entered upon music as a profession and has given much time to drilling, both in orchestral and chorus work. He has appeared as pianist upon many programs in Southern California. He located in San Bernardino, where, beside teaching and filling professional engagements, he has acted as organist for different churches. He makes a specialty of the piano, but is also a proficient organist. In 1896 he was elected musical instructor in the city high school and brought the music in that institution to a high standard.
Professor Skinner married in 1891 Miss Cora L., daughter of A. S. Davidson, ex-county recorder. They are the parents of two children, Marian and Earle.
NELSON THOMAS HENDRICKSON, of High- land, is a native of Denmark, born near Hamburgh, May 9, 1866. His father, Thomas Hendrickson, came to America in 1870 and located in Des Moines county, Iowa, where he and the rest of the family now reside. Thomas Nelson Hendrickson is an engineer by profes GEORGE P SKINNER sion. He came to California in November, 1900, and at once entered the employ of the Highland Water Company as superintendent of their system. He mar- ried Miss Mary Eliza Evans, and they have one daughter, Inez Vivian.
NELSON S. BATES, of Rialto, was born in Wayne county, Penn., March 17, 1858. His father, Francis Bates, was a native of England and a carpenter and miller by trade. Nelson S. left home in 1869 and came west to Rockford, Ill. He engaged in business and remained about ten years, then removed to Iowa. He came to California in 1887 and located at San Bernardino, where for five years he was a member of the firm of Bates, Cabert & Stevenson, contracting builders. Later he was with Slocum & Ingham. He aided in building many houses of the better class in San Bernardino, and also in building Squirrel Inn. About eight years ago he retired from business and settled at Rialto, where he has a home place of ten acres.
In 1880 he married Rebecca, danghter of Thomas Bates, of Rockford, Ill. They have three children-Frank, Daisy and Charles.
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A. G. STEARNS, of Highland, was born October 26, 1864, in Appleton, Wisconsin, the son of George L. and Mary Snyder Stearns. His father was a millwright, who removed to California in 1883 and is now engaged in manufacturing furniture and mill work in Los Angeles. The son worked with his father as accountant until 1892, when he came to Redlands as the manager for the Haight Fruit Co. He remained with them for two years, then acted as manager for the Porter Bros. Co. in Redlands for a year. He built a packing house and managed it for a year for Harleigh Johnson, at Santa Barbara, then came to Highland in 1896 as manager for the Highland Fruit Growers' Assn. Since that time he has been in business for himself.
Mr. Stearns was married in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1886, to Miss Eliza Ortman. They have one daughter, Ruth. Mr. Stearns is a member of the Masonic order, of St. Bernard Commandery, San Bernardino, of the Elks in Redlands, and of the Shriners of Los Angeles.
GRANVILLE ELLIS STARBUCK, of San Bernardino, was born in Green county, Ohio, December 18. 1863, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Ellis Starbuck. His father was for many years a clergyman of the Christian church, but now resides on a ranch in Riverside county. Ed- ward Starbuck, an ancestor, settled on Nantucket Isl- and, Mass., in the year 1659, and one of the heirlooms of the family is a Bible printed in 1734 and purchased by Granville Starbuck's great-grandfather in 1763, he being at the time but fourteen years old.
Mr. Starbuck received a good education in the graded schools of New Antioch, Ohio. After leaving school he began teaching music and perfected himself in tihs profession under tutors who taught Cincinnati Conservatory methods. In November, 1893, he came to San Bernardino from Ohio, and has since made this place his residence. He has been a member of the Christian church since 1879 and is prominent in its work here, especially in the Sunday school, of which he has been superintendent since August 1, 1898. He is a member of several secret orders and fills chairs of honor in some of them-a P. G. in the I. O. O. F., and a P. C. in the Woodmen of the World, a member of Morse Encampment, No. 51, I. O. O. F., also Mag- nolia Rebekah Lodge, No. 94, and a Fraternal Brother- hood member.
JOHN NOBLE, of Chino, was born in Cayuga GRANVILLE ELLIS STARBUCK county, New York, August 22, 1837. His father, Oliver Noble, was a currier and tanner, and married Phylina, a daughter of Caleb Munson, of Cayuga county, a prosperous farmer and fruit grower. John Noble had one brother, Newton, who came to California and became well known in San Bernardino county, serving twice in the capacity of sheriff. Newton . Noble lived on his property in the San Timetao canyon. His widow now lives in Los Angeles, where one of his daughters, Mary, practices medicine, and another teaches in the high school.
John Noble came to California in 1860, from Denver, Colo. Late in 1859 he came west to Denver, and there made money mining. He then came to San Bernardino and went to raising cattle and grain in the Yucaipe valley. Later he pursued the same business near San Jacinto. He made money, sold out and located at old San Bernardino, where he remained for several years.
In 1868 he married Emily Miller at San Bernardino. He had six children. Fred holds a responsible position with the American Sugar Beet Company. Frank, John, Oliver and George are at Chino. Charles is deceased. Mr. Noble has been a citizen of Chino since 1897.
MILTON F. CANTERBURY, of Del Rosa, was born in Sangamon county, Illinois, February 16, 1864, the son of Milton and Sarah Wood Canterbury. His father was a native of Kentucky and a physician; his mother a native of Ohio. Dr. Canterbury removed to Oregon about 1865 and practiced at various points in that state until 1869, when he located at St. Helena, Napa county, Cal. Later he practiced at Santa Rosa, Colusa, in
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San Bernardino and in Redlands. He died in the latter place in 1891 at the age of seventy-three. The mother still lives with her daughter, Mrs. A. E. Ashby, of Redlands.
Milton F. on coming to San Bernardino county engaged in the nursery business. Since 1882 he has resided at Del Rosa, where he is engaged in citrus culture. In 1888 he married Miss Esther, daughter of Andrew Leedom of Del Rosa. They have three children-Ethel, Raymond and Ruth. Mr. and Mrs. Canterbury are prominent in the work of the M. E. church of Del Rosa, having been among the first members of the organization.
JOHN W. TUCK, of Needles, was born in Cambridge, England, January 14, 1862. His father, Harry Robert Tuck, was an art connoisseur, a collector of fine paintings and bric-a-brac, an excellent musician and for twenty-five years leader of the orchestra in Cambridge. His mother's maiden name was Susan J. Manning. Selling their property in England, the family came to America in 1873, hoping that the change would prove beneficial to the father, but he died of consumption three months after their arrival in San Francisco. With the exception of one brother, the owner of a large winery near San Jose, and the subject of this sketch, the family are now in Honolulu.
JOHN W. TUCK
Mr. Tuck received his education in the old Santa Clara college, San Francisco, under Father Varcy, then president of the institution. After leaving school he was employed by the firm of F. Brassey & Co., San Jose liquor merchants. Later he took a position with Ned B. Ed- wards, a butcher of San Jose, and was with him for several years. In 1885 Mr. Tuck went to Kingman, Ariz., and worked for William Frost, butcher, and in his employ came to Needles and opened a shop in 1887. He con- tinued the business for Frost until 1891. In 1896 he went into a partnership with Charles Welch, and afterwards with M. L. Boner, under the firm name of Tuck & Boner, a business he still continues. Mr. Tuck has full charge of the business, as his partner, Mr. Boner, is engaged on his cattle ranch on the Big Sandy, Arizona. Mr. Tuck is also interested in mining, having interest in several claims. He still retains a partnership in the cattle busi- ness with C. C. Welch. Mr. Tuck is. one of the school trustees of Needles.
Mr. Tuck married Miss Nellie, a daughter of John Hughes of Kingman, September 22, 1888. They are the parents of one child, John W. Tuck, Jr., now eleven years of age. Mr. Tuck very frankly acknowledges his indebtedness to Mrs. Tuck, and credits much of his business success and prosperity to her sagacity. He is in every way fortunate in the selection of a helpmate.
WALTER .CURTIS WESTLAND. late of Upland, was a thoroughly schooled news- paper publisher. He learned the trade of printer in the office of the Charlotte (Mich.) Leader and the Republican, and followed the printer's trade as a journeyman until 1873, when he acquired an interest in the Grand Ledge Independent and soon afterward became the sole owner. He edited and conducted the Independent for a period of twenty-six years, making it one of the most influential journals of Michigan. On account of failing health, he came to Southern California and located at Upland, where he established the Upland News, which he published until his death, December 1, 1902.
He married Miss Ella L. Corgrove and they were the parents of four daughters and a son. Mrs. Westland and her son, W. E. Westland, continue the publication of the News.
JAMES N. NISH, of Rialto, is a Native Son of the Golden West, born in San Fran- cisco, October 10, 1866. His father, William Nish, was a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, a miner by occupation. He came to America about 1848 with the Alex. Keir company of emigrants, landing at New Orleans, thence by Mississippi river boat to St. Louis, crossing the plains to Utah, and with the Kier expedition came to California, November 15, 1853. He engaged in mining on the Sacramento river, and was later employed on the famous Comstock lode, in Nevada. He married in Salt Lake, Utah, a daughter of "Mother Henderson," an early pioneer of San Bernardino county, much loved and respected for
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her many good qualities of heart and mind. There were nine children in the Nish family; two died in infancy, and seven are now living, all but one in San Bernardino county. With the exception of two years in San Francisco, the family always lived in San Bernardino couty. William Nish died in 1872 at the age of forty-nine years.
James E. Nish was educated in the public schools of San Bernardino, graduating with the high school class of 1886. After leaving school he taught school in Riverside county. and afterwards in San Bernardino county. He was principal of the Mount Vernon district schools fourteen years, and of San Bernardino city schools nine years.
Mr. Nish married Miss Ida, daughter of Mrs. Orissa Osborne of San Bernardino, February 7, 1892. They are the parents of two children-Hazel and Ethel. Mr. Nish is the owner of a ranch at Rialto-seven acres in oranges and three in lemons. He is a member of Token Lodge No. 290, I. O. O. F., and a Republican in politics.
JAMES W. PATE, of Rincon, was born February 20, 1850, in Caldwell county, Mo., the son of Thomas Jordan and Melissa Sharp Pate, both natives of Tennessee. In 1868 the family came to California and located in Butte county, where they lived for many years. One brother still lives on the old home place here. James W. Pate came to Rincon in 1881 and now owns a large and finely improved ranch property. He has been married three times and has nine children-Ida, now Mrs. Wm. Huff, of Hayward Cal .; Eugene, Homer, Luther C., Harvey L., Ira G., Ruby Pearl, Esther Felicia, Dewey Sampson and Gladys C. Pate.
EMANUEL PETERS, of Upland, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, July 13, 1840. He was the son of John and Catherine Brock Peters, both natives of Pennsylvania. One brother, Simon, lives at Oxnard, Cal. His father was a house carpenter by trade. He emigrated to Ohio early in the thirties and there taught school, in English and in German, for fifteen years, and also acted as an exhorter. He died in 1865. The mother died in 1864.
Mr. Peters grew up in Wayne county. He enlisted in the 100th O. Vol. Inf. in August, 1862, and served until he contracted fever and pneumonia at Richmond, Ky., and was discharged July, 1863. In 1865 he removed to Chilocothe, Mo., where he lived until he came to California in 1888. He located at Ontario and purchased an orange orchard. December 24, 1865, Mr. Peters married Martha Jane Fritch, a native of Ft. Wayne, Ind. Her ancestors were among the first settlers and founders of Ft. Wayne. They have had seven children. Those living are: Thomas E., of Long Beach : Elmer J., Upland; Charles Milton, at home; Lottie M., wife of C. A. Nordstrom; Bertha G., Mrs. Geo. B. Hockman ; and Gladys G.
GEORGE N. TURNER, Rialto, is a native of Fairhaven, Cayuga county, New York, born June 4, 1856. the son of George C. and Sarah McCrea Turner, both natives of New York state. Mr. Turner was educated in the common schools and at Casenovia seminary. He engaged in farming until he came to California in 1888 and located at Rialto, where he has ten acres in citrus fruits. He has served as president of the Rialto Orange and Lemon Association and is one of its directors.
October 15, 1890, Mr. Turner was married at Rialto to Jean Smith Tedstone. They have two daughters, Marcia and Kathleen. Mr. Turner is a member of the Fraternal Brotherhood of Rialto, and Mrs. Turner is a member of the M. E. church of that place.
WARREN S. THROOP, of Chino, was born in Boone county, 111., March 1, 1851, the son of Louis Throop, a native of New York state. Mr. Throop came to California in 1887 and located at Pasadena, where he followed the business of contracting plasterer He worked in Monrovia and Los Angeles. After three years in Pasadena he went to Perris and later to Pomona. He came to Chino in 1895 and bought sixty acres on the Chino grant and has since devoted himself to farming.
He was mraried at Kearney, Neb., to Miss Jane, daughter of Joseph Gass, a farmer. They have six children-Lewis J., Ralph W., Pearl E., now Mrs. Frank Day of Chino; Nettie E., Arthur S., and Thomas A. Mr. and Mrs. Throop are members of the M. E. church and he is a member of the Fraternal Aid Association.
C. E. TIBBOT, of Rialto, was born December 27, 1858, the son of Samuel Tibbot, who was a native of Ohio. The father was a pioneer by instinct, and lived on the frontier in Indiana and other states of the middle west and in Kansas. He came to California at an early day and spent seven years in Tulare county, then returned to Kansas, where he died. He was a devout member of the M. E. church and an active worker in the frontier
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churches with which he was associated. C. E. Tibbot was educated in the common schools of Missouri and grew to manhood on his father's farm. In 1879 he entered a generai store at Halstead, Kans., as salesman and continued in mercantile business until he came to California in 1887. He located in Rialto and engaged in orange culture, and now owns a valuable grove. In IgoI he organized the partnership of Taylor & Tibbot, which firm has now a permanent and profitable business.
In 1876 Mr. Tibbot was married to Miss Martha, daughter of William McManus, of Cedar ocunty, Mo. They have a family of six-Nannie, wife of W. P. Davis, Rialto; Maud, Mrs. J. W. Martin, of Rivera, Cal .; Clarence, Pearl, Ernest and Earl, the latter twins. The family are members of the M. E. church. Mrs. Tibbot is active in temperance reform. Mr. Tibhot is a member of the Order of Maccabees, Fraternal Brotherhood, and the Mystic Legion.
CHARLES R. STINE, of Chino, was born in Cayuga county, Ohio, February 10, 1845, the son of Leonard H. and Sylvia Brown Stine. The father came to California in 1850 and mined successfully in the placer mines of Yuba and Tuolumne counties. Later he lost heavily in quartz mining. The family came to the coast in 1854. coming overland by the northern route, in company with a brother-in-law, G. W. Freeman, who had pre- vionsly visited the state. They landed in Amador county. All of the family except one son are in California. Amos D. and Alfred C. live in Chino; W. B. is located at Tustin, Orange county. Of the sisters, Elizabeth is Mrs. T. W. Freeman of Santa Ana, and Eva is the wife of Thomas Vestal, of Tustin ; Harriet is Mrs. Frank Tower, of Los Angeles. The father died in 1885 and the mother died at Chino.
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