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J. P. LOUBET is one of the most energetic and successful business men of Chino. He was born in the south of France, February 7, 1874; emigrated to America in 1889, coming di- rect to Los Angeles. He was employed by Santos Brothers for several years, and learned the butcher business. In 1896 he located at Chino and purchasd a meat market of Richard Gird, being very successful in this, his first business venture. In 1898 he engaged in the slaughtering business, in which he has continued, and which from a modest beginning has grown into a large and profitable enterprise; his trade being exclusively wholesale. In con- nection with his slaughter house, he has established an ice plant of five tons daily capacity, which besides giving him cold storage for his meat, finds a ready retail sale to many patrons in Chino, Ontario and Pomona.
JOHN N. KNOBLAUGH, of Rialto, is a native of Wurtemburg, Germany, where he was born in 1841. He received a public school education and at the age of fifteen emi- grated to America and located first in Wisconsin, where he worked on a farm and in a saw mill. Later he removed to Illinois. On the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted in 93d Illinois Volunteer Infantry and served in the ranks as sergeant and corporal for two and a half years. He was wounded at Allatoona, Georgia, in the ankle and has ever since suffered from the wound. He was in Grant's division and was engaged in the Vicks- burg, Champion Hill and other campaigns.
After the war he studied the profession of veterinary surgeon which he followed more or less for thirty years. He spent a number of years in Colorado and in 1887 served as County Clerk of Logan county, Colorado. Later he went to Seattle, Washington. He vis- ited California in 1892 and in 1899 located permanently at Rialto, purchasing twenty acres of land.
In 1866, Mr. Knoblaugh was married at Dover, Illinois, to Miss Eliza Clouse. They have two daughters, Florence, Mrs. B. F. Taylor, of Rialto and Mary.
JACOB W. KOUTS of Ontario, was born at Mansfield, Ohio, July 4, 1842. He was the son of Barnhart Kouts, a native of Pennsylvania, who moved to Ohio in 1840 and in 1843, located in Porter county, Indiana, near Valparaiso. Here he settled on a farm which has since become the site of a prosperous town, known as "Kouts" from its original owner.
Jacob Kouts was the youngest of thirteen children. He left home at the age of six- teen and learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed until the opening of the Civil War. He then enlisted, May 16, 1861, in the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry and was dis- charged May 6, 1864. This regiment took part in an unusual number of engage- ments and saw severe service, twice being left on the field to hold the enemy at all hazards and make escape if possible, leaving dead and wounded to the enemy. At Gettysburg, out of eight companies, numbering two hundred and fifty-two men, forty-seven came out. Mr. Kouts was wounded during this battle. He took part in twenty-four engagements, in- cluding Bull Run, Malvern Hill, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Gettys- burg. After his discharge from service he engaged with the Northern Pacific R. R. Co., in bridge building. Later he returned to Kouts and resided in Indiana until 1887, when he came to California. He bought an orange grove at Ontario and 'has since then been en- gaged in horticulture.
In 1871, he married Miss Margaret, å daughter of William R. Davis, of Logansport, Indiana. They have two sons, Thomas B., residing at Los Alamitos and Lee H., living in Upland.
J. A. MELLON, the well known and popular captain of the steamer "Cochon" on the Colorado river, was born in Digby, Nova Scotia, February 24, 1842. His parents were
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descendants of Puritan colonists of Massachusetts, and shortly after his birth returned to Massachusetts, but later removed to Concord, New Hampshire.
Captain Mellon was born with a love for the ocean, and when but a child nine years and a half of age, ran away to sea. His tenth birthday found him at Table Mountain, Cape of Good Hope, and from that time on his home was the deck of an ocean vessel, leading the exciting, adventurous life of a sailor. He made two voyages around Cape Horn with the ship "Silver Star" of Boston, and with that vessel was shipwrecked on Jarvis Island. He made numerous other voyages, shipping from Maine, Baltimore and England, until his boat the "Victoria Runyon," was wrecked at the mouth of the Colorado river in 1863. Since that time he has followed the river as faithfully as he once followed the ocean. He began his experience on the river as master of a steamer in the employ of George A. John- ston & Co., who at one time monopolized Colorado river navigation. In 1875, they sold their interests to Charles Crocker, in whose employ Captain Mellon continued. Septem' ber 10, 1886, Captain Mellon, in partnership with Captain Polhemus, purchased all the boats then engaged on the Colorado river, and they have conducted the only successful steambo.it enterprise on the river. In 1864 and again in 1889, opposition lines were started, but through lack of experience on the part of the masters the ventures were unsuccessful.
Captain Mellon married Miss Grace Thorp, of Detroit, Michigan, June 22, 1886, at Santa Cruz, California. He is a member of the Order of Elks of Yuma, and of the A. O U. W. of that city.
JOHN C. KING, deceased, was born in Carrollton, Carrol county, Mississippi. He was the son of Mary Elizabeth and Oswin H. King. His mother, Mary Elizabeth, was the daughter of Caleb Hawkins, of Huntington, North Carolina, who was of English descent and was one of the early settlers of the Maryland colony. His father, Oswin King, was born in North Carolina; he moved to Tennessee when that state was a territory, and later on he moved to Clarksville, Red River county, Texas. He was a merchant by occupation. He had eight children, of whom John C. King was the eldest. He worked in his father's store until he was twenty years old, when he left home and engaged in stock raising, until 1868. In that year he came across the plains to California, arriving at San Bernardino in September. Here he worked in the harness shop of John M. Foy three years, then he and his brother, Robert, engaged in the same business until 1880. In 1879 he was elected sheriff of San Bernardino county ; he made a good officer, and was re-elected. He also served for eight years on the board of education. In 1893-4 he was deputy sheriff under Dr. J. P. Booth; in 1895, he was appointed special agent for the Santa Fe company. He died Oc- tober 4, 190I.
In 1858, he married Miss Martha J. Dougherty, at Greenville, Huntington county, Texas. They had three children, Charles, Agustus, and Alma. Mr. King owned con- siderable realty in San Bernardino. He was a prominent Mason, a member of the Blue Lodge Chapter and Commandery.
M. A. MURPHY, formerly of Colton, but now of San Francisco, was born in Wauke- gan, Illinois, April 15, 1848. His parents were natives of Ireland and pioneers of Illinois, coming to Chicago when that city was a frontier trading post. Mr. Murphy attended the schools of his native town until his sixteenth year and was then sent to the Eastman Na- ional Business College. In 1866, he engaged as book-keeper with John McEwan, a promi- nent builder of Chicago, and remained with him until the fire of 1871. He then formed a partnership with Owen Laubach in the hardwood business which proved most success- ful. In 1873, they sold out heir lumber interests and went to Silver City, New Mexico, where they erected the largest smelting works ever put up in that territory. Later Mr. Murphy sold his interest in the plant and came to San Diego. After spending some time at Julian, San Bernardino and Los Angeles, he located in Colton in October, 1875, and soon became prominent in business circles. He associated himself with Perry, Woodward & Co., in the lumber business and opened the first redwood and Oregon pine lumber yard in San Bernardino county. This was afterwards known as the W. H. Perry Lumber and Mill Co. and the Pioneer Lumber and Mill Co. In 1896, Mr. Murphy became the manager of the Portland Cement Co. in which position he remained until 1900, when he sold his interests and returned to the management of the W. H. Perry Lumber & Mill Co. in Los Angeles. In 1901, he became interested in the Carnegie Brick and Pottery Co.,, of San Francisco, the largest factory of its kind west of St. Louis, and of which Mr. Murphy is now in charge having the general management of the large and growing business.
Mr. Murphy still retains large interests in San Bernardino county, being the owner of an eighty acre orange ranch at Highgrove and other property in the vicinity of Colton.
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He also has a stock ranch at Agua Mansa which he devotes to the breeding of carriage horses.
Mr. Murphy married Miss Elizabeth A., daughter of Edmund Young, April 15, 1879.
JOSEPH E. WILTSHIRE, of Oak Glen, San Bernardino Mountains, was born in San Bernardino, April 12, 1858, the son of George T. and Susan Edes Wiltshire. He lived at home until he reached manhood and his first venture was in the cattle and dairy busi- ness, in company with John Damron, on a ranch located near Lake Elsi- nore. After a year here he return- ed home and for some time worked for Judge Arthur Parks of River- side. In 1877, he rented the place he now occupies in Oak Glen of J. P. Hedrick and raised potatoes. The following year, with P. B. Meek, he purchased Hedrick's claim and since then he has acquired from other property holders and from the gov- ernment some 600 acres of land, of which he now farms from 50 to 60 acres. He has about 2500 appie trees and a large number of cherry trees which are now bearing an.1 yield a superior brand of fruit. The fruit is shipped from Beaumont and is largely consumed within the county. Mr. Wiltshire makes a fine brand of cider.
JOSEPH E. WILTSHIRE
He was married in 1882 to Miss Rosalia Webster, daughter of Joseph Webster, an old settler in Oak Glen: cañon. She died in 1886, leaving three children, Mary I., Eva R., Earl E. Later Mr. Wiltshire married Miss Malissa, daughter of Marion Meek. They have three children, Ida, Clarence, Alice Ruth. Mr. Wilt- shire has been a member of the school boar of Yucaipe district.
SAMUEL LOREN ELKINS, of Highland, was born in New Springfield, Kentucky, July 10, 1849, the son of Steven D. El- kins, a native of the same state. He spent his boyhood in Cass and Jackson counties, Mis- souri and in 1883 came to California. After a brief stay in Highland he lived for four years in the San Jacinto valley then returned to Highland. Here he has eighty acres of land.
He married Miss Elvira, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Watson, of Highland. There are six children living. Lucy Ann, widow of George Keller; Hattie D., Mrs. Andrew J. Cram; William J. ; Ella, Mrs William Hensen, of Highlands; Charles and Henry.
O. M. PACKARD, of Upland, was born in Chittenden county, Vermont, in 1848, the son of W. H. Packard, a building contractor. While Mr. Packard was still a boy the family removed to Panama, Chatauqua county, New York. On the breaking out of the Civil War, the father enlisted in the gth New York cavalry and after his discharge for disability, re-enlisted with the 15th New York cavalry and served two years longer.
O. M. Packard learned the trade of upholstering in Jamestown, New York, but for the past twenty years he has dealt in real estate in various parts of the country. He located at Ontario in 1901 and owns twenty acres of land there.
He married Miss Agnes Heatherington, of Bloomington, Illinois, and has four chil- dren : Hale, with Whitley & Co., Los Angeles; Roy, a graduate in dentistry now practic- ing in Pasadena-he married Miss Mary Anna Fry; Walter a mining broker, located in Los Angeles; and Ruby, wife of J. E. Morehart.
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LEROY E. NEWCOMB, of Rialto, was born near Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., January 26, 1880, the son of William Henry Newcomb, a mechanic by trade. In 1889 the family came to California and located on a ranch near Riverside. Later they returned to their old home in New York state. Leroy E. Newcomb raised wheat in Contra Costa county until 1903. He now has twenty acres in lemons and oranges at Rialto.
July 30 1901, he married Miss Maud, daughter of W. P. Martin, of Rialto. They have one son, Leroy.
MONROE W. HUMESTON, deceased, of Rialto, was born at Fowler, Trumbull county Ohio, November 20, 1850. He was the son of Alva and Mary Northup Humeston, the former a native of Connecticut and the latter of New York. Monroe W. Humeston received his education in the public schools, and for a time was a student in Hiram College, Ohio, of which James A. Garfield was president. After engaging sev- eral years in the mercantile business of A. Humeston & Sons, at Humeston, Iowa, a business which he sub- sequently purchased, he removed to Tacoma, Washing- ton and formed a partnership with W. A. Moore, en- gaging in real estate dealings and house construction, which continued until his removal to San Bernardino county in 1893. Purchasing a piece of property near Rialto, he engaged in the growing of oranges, an enter- prise which he found satisfactory and successful. In 1898, Mr. Humeston was elected Justice of the Peace for Rialto township, an office which he occupied but two months. He died February 14, 1899.
In 1874, he married Miss Sarah Bruck, of Clear Lake, Iowa, daughter of a pioneer merchant of Union county, Ohio. The children of this union are Roy Edwin, Ray Leeds, Harold Bruck, Vincent Moore, Clara Louise.
Mr. Humeston was a man of sterling worth, of clean, pure life, to whom wealth and position were not to be compared with honesty of soul. He died as he had lived, one of God's own noblemen.
B. SCHINDLER, of San Bernardino, was born in MONROE W. HUMESTON Switzerland, September 24, 1856, and was the son of Jacob and Sylilla Schindler. His boyhood and youth were spent in his native land. He came to America in 1875 landing in New York and going to Minnesota, where he spent two years upon a farm. He then entered the shop of Robert Turner and learned the shoemaker's trade. In 1879, Mr. Turner came to California and located in San Bernardino and Mr. Schindler accompanied him and remained in his employ for a year. He was employed with Mr. Ben- jamin at his trade and in October, 1881, opened a shop of his own, which he still continues,
Later he made a journey to Syracuse, New York, where he married Margaret Copha, who was born near his own birthplace in Switzerland. They now have two children Nei- lie and Albert. Mr. Schindler is a member of the I. O. O. F. of the Encampment Rank of the Order.
· JOHN A. McGARVEY, of San Bernardino, was born in Bradford, Province of On- tario, Canada, February 19, 1864. He was the son of William and Helen La Praix Mc- Garvey. His school days were passed in Canada and his first work was as clerk in gen- eral mercantile establishment, where he was employed five years. He left Canada, at the in- stance of his uncle, William LaPraix, and was engaged with him in connection with his lumber business until his death.
His next employment was as foreman and time keeper for the "Arrowhead Reservoit Company," remaining with them until their work was temporarily abandoned. He then en- gaged in ranching for three years. In 1900, he was engaged by Mr. H. A. Guernsey, as foreman in charge of the San Bernardino mill yards, where he is now employed.
April 24, 1894, Mr. McGarvey married Miss Effie Smithson, daughter of Bart Smith- son. Mr. and Mrs. McGarvey have two sons-Stewart and LeMar McGarvey. Mr. Mc Garvey is a member of the Knights of Pythias and also of the I. O. O. F.
GEORGE McGARVEY, of San Bernardino, was born at St. George, Canada, June II, 1862. He is the son of William and Helen LaPraix McGarvey. His youth was passed
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in St. George where he received a common school education. After leaving school, he learned the rope-maker's trade and followed that business ten years. In company with his brother, John A. McGarvey, he came to San Bernardino to work for his uncle, W. S. La- Praix, a well known mill owner. He was employed in his uncle's mill, and during the sum- mer months worked on the mountain, and in the winter months was employed in the valley. He continued with Mr. LaPraix until 1892, when the supply of timber becoming exhausted, the mill closed down. Since that time he has been employed by H. A. Guernsey as sawyer in his mill.
Mr. McGarvey married Miss Ellen Cadd, of San Bernardino. December 31, 1894. Three children have been born to them, William James, born June 16, 1896; Bernice Leon, born July 21, 1897, died July 8, 1898; Howard Nelson, May 12, 1903. Mr. McGarvey is a meni- ber of the Token Lodge, I. O. O. F., and a Knight of Pythias. Mr. and Mrs. McGarvey are members of the Presbyterian church.
THOMAS W. McINTOSH of Colton, was born in Bedford, Oldham county, Kentucky, April 19, 1832. His father was Joseph McIntosh, of Scotch descent and a farmer. The family removed to Lincoln county, Missouri, in 1839, and there Mr. McIntosh grew to man- hood. In 1854, he joined a party of forty men who outfitted at Fayetteville, Missouri, and came to California via the Platte river and the Sublette cut-off, bringing with them about a thousand head of stock. The party separated at Stockton and Mr. McIntosh mined in Amador county, and on the Feather and Yuba rivers. Later he came to San Bernar- dino county, and mined in Holcomb and Bear valleys and on Lytle Creek. From 1866-70, he served as under-sheriff with George F. Fulgham. After this he spent some years in Mexico and Arizona,-in the latter territory serving as under-sheriff and United States Marshal. In 1875, he returned to San Bernardino and located at Resting Springs, where he carried on a store. In 1877, he bought out the interest of A. M. Hathaway in the store of Hathaway & Davenport, at Colton, and in 1879 purchased Mr. Davenport's interest also and carried on the business alone until 1881. Since that time he has given much of his attention to mining.
Mr. McIntosh was married July 24, 1879. This was the day of the first excursion to Los Angeles and the beaches that ever left Colton and San Bernardino. A big crowd went, and L. E. Mosher, with his left-handed fiddle, Johnnie Butler, with his bones, M. A. Mur- phy playing the snare drum and Mr. McIntosh with the base drum, serenaded the crowd as the train left. Later in the day, Mr. McIntosh, accompanied by Miss Francis Turley, of San Bernardino, went over to the Glenwood Hotel and was quietly married. Miss Turley was the daughter of Dr. Theodore Turley, one of the pioneers of 1851, who was born in England and came of an old English family, his father having been a button man- facturer on a large scale in Manchester. Dr. Turley married Mary, sister of Robert Clift, who was the first sheriff of San Bernardino county. Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh have nine living children.
JACOB LANSING LANE, of Rincon, was born at Troy, New York, May 18, 1866. He was the son of Derick Lane, a banker of Troy, New York, and of Mary Thompson Lane, who was a native of Troy.
His boyhood was passed in Troy and in 1886 he came to California via the Isthmus of Panama, and after looking about located on a fruit and grain ranch in Auburn, Placer county. Here he farmed until 1892, when he came to Southern California, and purchased his present place in Rincon district. He at once began making improvements, putting down the first artesian well in the neighborhood and putting in a pumping plant. He now has a fine alfalfa ranch and devotes much of his attention to breeding and raising pedigrecd Jersey cattle, with special reference to improving the butter-producing capacity of his herd. In 1892 he married Lida Herrick, daughter of S. H. Herrick, of Riverside. They have two children, Derick, born in 1894, and Elizabeth, born in 1896.
F. C. MOORE, of San Bernardino, was born November 4th, 1860, at Forest Home, Poweshiek county, Iowa. He was the son of Stephen F. and Sarah E. ( Mcveigh) Moore. The father was a farmer, and upon the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted in the Union army and died during his service in Tennessee. The boyhood of F. C. Moore was passed in his birthplace, and there he attended the district school. His first work was on the home farm. Leaving home he went to Grinnell, Iowa, and later to Marshalltown, Iowa. In both these cities he was employed in a barbed wire factory. In 1879, he entered the railroad shops of the Iowa Central Railway, and three years later he was appointed foreman of the Interchange, having direct supervision over all cars received and delivered from and to five interchanging points on the line of the Iowa Central Railway. This position he held
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until 1895, when ill health compelled a change of climate, and he removed to Pearland, Texas. There he remained about five months and then came to Riverside, California, en- tering the employ of the San Jacinto Land Company, remaining with them two years. On July 3rd, 1897, he came to San Bernardino and engaged in the bicycle business, which he follows at the present time.
February 4th, 1878, he married Miss Mary E. Preston, of Grinnell, Iowa. They were the parents of six children. The two eldest children died in infancy. The names of the surviving children are: Guy, born April 10, 1883; Ray, born October 26, 1884; Mae, born January 29, 1892; Glenn, born May 17, 1895.
Mr. Moore is a member of the Knights of Pythias, of Grinnell, Iowa, and also of the Fraternal Union of America, and of the Order of B. P. O. E., of San Bernardino.
ERNEST A. PETTIJOHN. The forefathers of Ernest A. Pettijohn, of Colton, were among the earliest settlers of the state of Illinois, and he was born in 1861 upon the old homestead in Schuyler county, which came to his forefathers by grant from President Madison.
The first year after the Civil War his parents removed to the state of Missouri. While yet a boy in years Ernest Pettijohn determined to try his fortunes in the west and with this end in view went to Mexico and there engaged in mining and later continued mining oprations in Ari- zona, being fairly successful in both; ventures. From Arizona he remov- ed to Colton in 1887 and has ever since been a resident of that city For the first six years he was en- waged in the boot and shoe business. Since then he has been occupied with orange growing. He has been a member of the City Council for fourteen years and the greater por- tion of that time has served as pres- ident of the board. He has taken a lively interest in public affairs and in politics and has, for a number of years, been president of the local Republican club, also a member of the county Central Committee and was presiding officer of the Repub- ficon County Convention in 1904
Mr. Pettijohn was married in 1806 to Miss Ada J. Robinson, a well known educator of San Bernardino county.
SILAS J. LEWIS, of Needles, ERNEST A. PETTIJOHN was born in Great Bend, Pennsyl- vania, July 7. 1858, the son of Be- nona H. and Jane Ann June Lewis. His parents were natives of Plattsville, New York and members of a prominent family They lived in Great Bend until 1865, then removed to the oil regions of Pennsylvania, an .! his father engaged in the oil business, drilling wells and owning oil property. Several members of the family are now in the employ of the Standard Oil Co. Mr. Lewis received a common school education and after leaving school was first employed as steward in a large hotel. He was then employed by the Standard Oil Co. in various capacities. He re- moved to Topeka, Kansas, where he worked for the Santa Fe Ry. Co. for two years, then moved on to Albuquerque, working for the Santa Fe system which was building its line westward from Isleta. He remained in the service of the company for five years, his last employment being as foreman of the water service from Mojave to Williams. In January, 1894, he located in Needles and began work for Monaghan and Murphy and has been in their employ since. He has charge of their ice plant, water works and a general supervision of their interests outside of the store.
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Mr. Lewis married Miss Virginia Soer at Daggett, California, April 6, 1889. They have one child, Blanche Lillian Lewis. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias.
WILLIAM LOEHR, of Bloomington, was born on the river Rhine, in Germany, Sept. 5, 1847. He attended the public schools of his native place, and also private schools, and learned the trade of cabinet maker. He served four years in the Franco-Prussian War, in the German army, and saw much active service. He was wounded and for five years was disabled. Mr. Loehr came to America in 1880, and worked at his trade in many of the leading cities of the east and the middle west. Poor health brought him to California, in 1887 where he has now entirely recovered his health. He located at Bloomington in 1890, and planted ten acres in oranges and lemons.
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