Pen pictures from the garden of the world, or Santa Clara county, California, Part 109

Author: Foote, Horace S., ed
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 844

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the Mountain View and Prospect road, in the Lincoln School District, eight miles southwest of San Jose. This valuable land is devoted to orchard and vine- yard purposes, fifteen acres being planted with French prunes; the balance-with the exception of that por- tion occupied by a family orchard and residence-is in vines, producing wine-grapes of the most valuable varieties. A beautiful residence, combining all the comforts and conveniences of modern houses, and commodious and well-ordered out-buildings, is upon this place.

M ICHAEL R. SULLIVAN was born in St. Edwards County, Canada East, in 1837. His parents, Patrick G. and Bridget (Madigan) Sul- livan (whose history appears in this volume), + were natives of Ireland, who emigrated to Canada, and afterward, in 1851, came overland to California, and located in Santa Clara County in 1852. His father was extensively engaged in farming, stock- raising, and dairy pursuits, to which occupations Mr. Sullivan was reared, receiving such schooling as the public schools afforded. He worked upon his father's farm until 1873. In October of this year he married Miss Bridget Commons, a sister of William Com- mons, a resident of San Jose. In the same year he established himself in the grocery business in San Jose, in partnership with J. Carmichael, under the firm name of Carmichael & Sullivan, and afterward under the name of Able, Carmichael & Sullivan. This business was successfully conducted until 1876. He then established a grocery store in East San Jose, and continued in that business until 1879. In this latter year he went into the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company as a foreman upon construction work,-a portion of the time being employed in Ari- zona. He was engaged with this company until 1881. He then entered the employ of the Santa Clara Val- ley Mill and Lumber Company, where he was en- gaged until August, 1886. In this year he estab- lished a grocery store at the corner of Santa Clara and San Pedro Streets, San Jose, in partnership with his brother-in-law, William Commons, under the firm name of Commons & Co., and has since been engaged in that business. Mr. Sullivan is the owner of the resi- dence on the corner of Santa Clara and Mclaughlin Avenues, East San Jose. He has for many years been identified with the business interests of Santa Clara County, and has always been a public-spirited

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and progressive citizen, greatly interested in all enter- prises that tended to promote the growth and welfare of the community in which he resides. Politically he is a liberal Democrat, and, though never aspiring to office, has always taken a deep interest in the best elements of his party. Himself and family are con- sistent members of the Catholic Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan are the parents of six chil- dren, namely: Charles J., William R., Frank T., Er- nest, Mary, and Silvia G.

ANIEL S. LUNDY. Among the older resi- dents of the Berryessa District is the subject of this sketch, a brief history of whom is as fol- lows: Mr. Lundy was born in Grayson, Virginia, September 14, 1829. His parents, Azarialı and Eliza- beth (Holder) Lundy, were natives of Virginia. His father was a blacksmith, and while Mr. Lundy was a mere lad moved to Surry County, North Carolina, where he established himself as a farmer. To this calling the subject of this sketch was reared until able to work in his father's blacksmith shop. He then learned the trade of blacksmith. He worked with his father until twenty-two years of age, and then, in 1851, located in Buchanan County, Missouri. There he worked at farming and at his trade until 1853. In the spring of the latter year he started with an emigrant train, overland, for California. Arriving in Sacramento in August of the same year, he came im- mediately to Santa Clara County, and took up his residence in San Jose, and commenced work at his trade.

In 1855 Mr. Lundy married Miss Emily C. Ogan, daughter of Alexander and Sarah Ogan, residents of Santa Clara County, and in the same year moved to a tract near Berryessa, belonging to his father-in-law. For two years he was engaged there in farmning and working at his trade. In 1857 he built a shop (now owned by Philip Anderson) in Berryessa, and estab- lished himself as a blacksmith. In 1860, when seces- sion talk and feeling were strong and party feeling bitter, Mr. Lundy, although of Southern birth, took a decided stand for the Union; and that all might know his sentiments he erected a liberty pole in front of his shop, and for months the "old flag" flying thereon was a witness to his loyalty. The flag was made by his wife from flannel he purchased for the purpose, but it was loved and respected as though of the finest bunting or silk. In 1861 he sold out his

shop and moved to the corner of the Berryessa road and Lundy's Lane, where he has since resided. Mr. Lundy owns twelve acres at this point, which is de- voted to hay and stock purposes. He is also the owner of 240 acres of hill land located in the Mount Hamilton School District. This land is used exclu- sively for stock raising. Among the latter he has some fine horses of the " Belmont," "Patchen," and " Rattler" breeds. He also devotes considerable at- tention to cattle-raising, among which are some ex- cellent Durham stock.

Mr. Lundy is a Democrat in politics, but is very liberal and conservative in his views, and his political actions are guided more by men and their principles than by party feeling. During his long residence in the Berryessa District he has always taken an interest in its prosperity, and is a firm believer in the future wealth that is in store for his section of the county.

Mrs. Lundy died in 1876. From the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Lundy there are five children living, viz .: Isaac F., Martha A., Ida B., Louisa, and Charles H.

: W. DARLING was born in Missisquoi County, Province of Quebec, Canada, December 28, 1834. His father, Stephen P. Darling, was a native of Vermont; his mother, Mary (Cleveland) Dar- ling, was born in Connecticut, and was the daughter of Charles Cleveland, a soldier of the Revolution, and a descendant of Moses Cleveland, who emigrated from England in 1610, and settled near Woburn, Massa- chusetts. Mr. Darling's father was engaged in mer- cantile pursuits, and he was brought up to this calling until the age of eighteen years; he then engaged in the manufacture of whalebone, learning his trade in Boston, Massachusetts. He followed this occupation until 1859, when he came to California, and after a year spent in Sierra County, engaged in extensive stock-raising in Tehama County. This calling oc- cupied his attention until 1867, in which year he came to Santa Clara County and purchased 600 acres of land near Gilroy. There he was engaged in farm- ing, stock-growing, and dairy business for about a year. He then removed to Milpitas, and entered into the mercantile business with Calvin Valpey, Jr., and continued there until 1879. In 1875 Mr. Darling erected the Milpitas grain warehouses; he also took the agency of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, in 1871, and has conducted the business of these companies in Mil-

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pitas since that date. In 1884 his warehouses were burned. The fire was caused by an incendiary, and in rebuilding Mr. Darling provided against further van- dalism of that character by erecting fire-proof build- ings. His present warehouses are entirely roofed and cased with corrugated iron, and are the first ware- houses of this character built in the State. His grain warehouse has a storage capacity for 4,000 tons, while the warehouse devoted to hay will store 1,500 tons. He is quite extensively engaged in the wholsale hay and grain trade, and is also the owner of 100 acres of productive land situated just east of Milpitas, upon which he is raising grain.

In 1855 he married Miss Abbie Churchill, the daughter of Deacon Nathaniel and Abbie (Valpcy) Churchill, residents of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, but citizens of the United States. From this marriage there has been one son born, who died in infancy. Mr. Darling's extensive business operations have made him well known throughout the section in which he resides, and he has been closely identified with all measures tending to advance the interests of Milpitas. He is a Justice of the Peace of his township; is a prominent member of the Baptist Church, and polit- ically is a strong and consistent Republican.

BRED DREISCHMEYER was born in Germany in 1850. His parents, Gustav and Wilemine Dreischmeyer, emigrated to the United States in 1852, and located at Chicago, where his father pursued his calling, that of brick-maker, until his death, which occurred in 1854. His mother also died in the same year. The family thus orphaned had a severe struggle for maintenance, and when but a mere lad Mr. Dreischmeyer was employed during the summer season in the brick-yards, at such work as he was able to perform, attending school in the winter months. He was employed in the yards at Chicago until eighteen years of age, becoming thor- oughly versed in all the practical branches of his trade as a brick-maker.

In 1870 he came to Santa Clara County, and was engaged as a foreman in the brick-yards of Michael Farrell, at Gilroy, until 1871. He spent the next two years working in the Redwoods. In 1873 and 1874 he rented a farm near the Twenty-one Mile House, on the Monterey road, and followed the occupation of a farmer during those years. He then worked at his trade as a journeyman until 1879, when he was

employed as a foreman in the brick-yard of Michael Farrell for two years. In 1882, in connection with W. P. Dougherty and D. Corkery, he established the San Jose Brick Company, since incorporated under that name. Since that time Mr. Dreischmeyer has had the immediate charge and supervision of the two yards located on the South Pacific Coast Railroad, three miles south of San Jose. Mr. Dreischmeyer has devoted nearly all his life to brick manufacture, and is thoroughly skilled in all the practical details of his calling. This knowledge, combined with his en- ergetic and sound business management, is rendering the enterprise a profitable investment. The San Jose Brick Company's brick-yards comprise one of the most important industries in the county, they being the largest manufacturers of brick in the county, and among the largest in the State. The magnitude of the business may be shown by a few facts. In 1887 the product of their yards was over 23,000,000 of brick, employing in their manufacture nearly 200 men. They consumed nearly 10,000 cords of wood in that year, which also furnished employment for a large force of men. The products of their yards, except what is used in the county, are sent to the San Francisco market, though their pressed brick is sent to nearly all important points on the Pacific Coast.

OHN MACHADO resides on the San Jose and Alviso road, at the junction of the Montague road, in the Midway School District, about six miles north of San Jose, at which point he is the . owner of sixteen acres of land, two acres of which is planted with grape-vines of the Mission variety. The rest of his land is devoted to the raising of hay and grain. He is also the owner of a saloon and billiard- room on the corner.

The subject of this sketch was born at Fayal, Azores Islands, in 1831. His parents, Manuel and Francisco Carlota Machado, were natives and resi- dents of the place of his birth. His father was a farmer and saloon-keeper, in which occupations he was reared until the age of fifteen years, when he came to the United States, landing in New London, Connecticut. From this point he was engaged for the next three years on a whaling voyage. In Decem- ber, 1850, he shipped on an American vessel bound for San Francisco, arriving there in April, 1851. Soon after his arrival in California, he located in

"SHADY NOOK HOME," IN THE WILLOWS.

RESIDENCE, ORCHARD. AND FRUIT-DRYER OF MRS. S. T. INGALL.

"SHADY NOOK HOME," IN THE WILLOWS. RESIDENCE, ORCHARD, AND FRUIT-DRYER OF MRS. S. T. INGALL.

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Placer County, and for more than a year was engaged in mining. He then removed to San Pablo, Contra Costa County, and followed the calling of a farmer for about three years. Returning to the mines, he pursued that occupation in Georgetown and in Tuol- umne County, until 1865. In this latter year he visited his old home in the Azore Islands, and while there married Miss Vescencia Ignacia Gracia, the daughter of Manuel and Vescencia (Ignacia) Gracia, who were natives of that place. He then returned to the United States, accompanied by his bride, and located in Santa Clara County, where he engaged in farm labor until 1873, in which year he rented the Willows Fountain on the San Jose and Milpitas road, three miles north of San Jose. He was the proprietor of this well-known resort for the next twelve years. In ISS5 he moved to his present resi- dence.

Mr. Machado, by his industry and strict attention to his business, has succeeded in placing himself in comfortable circumstances. He takes a deep interest in the country of his adoption, and particularly in the prosperity of Santa Clara County. In politics he is Democratic, but exercises an intelligent discretion in his support of men and measures.

RS. SARAH T. INGALL, whose two or- chards, one of twelve acres, on Cherry Avenue, and one of four and one-half acres, on Hicks Avenue, are considered monuments of a woman's success in fruit-growing, deserves more than a passing notice. She has fully proven that in no field of action can a woman of refinement, possessing the necessary capital and executive ability, reap a more satisfactory reward than in that of fruit-growing in the Santa Clara Valley. Purchasing the home place on Cherry Avenue, in 1875, and that on Hicks Avenue at a later date, she has so developed them that the result is a beautiful home, a liberal in- come, and an independent existence. The places are planted in prunes, cherries, and apricots. In 1887 from these two places the apricots and cherries sold for about $5,000, including the prunes still on hand. She has had lately erected a large drying-house with a capacity of four and a half tons per day. Mrs. Ingall had originally purchased and used a steam boiler and pump for irrigating the orchard when re- quired, which she learned to manage with the aid of a Chinaman, and found invaluable, as it increased

largely the volume of the fruit crop. She now pur- chases water from the large irrigating works of her neighbor, Mr. Geiger.

Born in New York city, she passed most of her carly youth at the family home at Charlestown, Mas- sachusetts, attending school for some years later at the Convent of the Visitation at Washington, D. C. Her parents were Capt. Geo. W. and Rebecca (Hawkes) Taylor, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Lynn, Massachusetts. Mrs. Ingall is a widow with one son, George Taylor Ingall, now in his thirteenth year, attending school in the Willows. She is the only daughter of her parents. Her father, Captain Taylor, was a man of wonderful inventive genius, improving the diving-bell of his day by sev- eral valuable inventions, and later invented the Taylor Submarine Armor, the first submarine apparatus after the diving-bell that was practically successful. He was an intimate friend of Professor Morse, inventor of the telegraph, and of Goodyear, whose inventions have made India rubber and its combinations so val- uable. These three were mutual confidantes in their various inventions, all equally struggling to accom- plish great results with limited means. Finally, Cap- tain Taylor took Goodyear along on a submarine diving expedition on the coast of Florida, which gave both a financial start. After devoting himself for years to the use and improvement of diving appara- tus, he engaged in raising sunken ships containing valuable cargoes. Mrs. Ingall has now in her pos- session a small wooden toy horse taken by Captain Taylor from the cabin of the British frigate Hussar, which was sunk in Long Island Sound after striking on the rocks at Hell-gate during the Revolutionary War, and which contained treasure intended to be paid to the troops then stationed in the neighborhood of New York. Captain Taylor was a practical business man as well as an inventor. He took contracts for raising sunken ships and their cargoes, or such parts as were considered valuable, and had amassed a fort- une of $100,000 at the time of his death. His last contract was to raise a large American ship, the Mississippi, sunk in the Straits of Gibraltar. The United States Government paid him $5,000 to make the trip and see what could be done. On making an exploration he agreed to do the work for $25,000, pending the accomplishment of which work he died, in April, 1851. Among Captain Taylor's inventions might be mentioned a floating bomb-proof battery with means of revolving heavy guns, practically an iron-clad Monitor except that it did not contain mo-

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tive power. Also, a submarine boat for attacking an enemy's ship, very similar to our torpedo-boats. Doubtless, had Captain Taylor lived during the late Civil War, his inventions and his capacity for their practical application would have immediately revo- lutionized the methods of naval warfare then existing.

Mrs. Taylor, who resides with Mrs. Ingall, dates her American ancestry back to the days of the Pil- grim Fathers. Her brothers, Louis P., Samuel, and Abijah, and her sister, Tacy Hawkes, are now living on the old farm, one mile square, granted to her an- cestor, Adam Hawkes, by the British Government in 1630, on which he settled on his arrival in New En- gland, ten years after the first arrival of the Mayflower, 258 years ago, and where the family had a reunion in ISSO. The fortune left by Captain Taylor was largely lost to his widow and daughter by the execu- tors of the estate, the home in the Willows being purchased by the residue then remaining to them. To say only that this has been successfully managed and increased in value would be paying but a poor tribute to this capable and charming woman.

ZACHARIAH H. MARTIN was born in Clai- borne County, Tennessee, near the Virginia line, October 8, 1848. His father, Hugh Patterson Martin, was a native of North Carolina, and his mother, Rhoda (Holt) Martin, was of English descent, her parents having located in Tennessee. John Mar- tin, the father of Hugh P., was an officer in the Con- tinental army during the Revolution. The family always made their home in Tennessee. Hugh P. was a blacksmith, but followed farming the latter part of his life. He settled in Sequachie Valley at an early day, and from there moved to Claiborne County, and subsequently Union County, near by where he built the first house in Maynardville, the county seat. In 1859 he removed to Warren County, where he died, in 1884, at the age of eighty years. He had a family of ten children, seven sons and three daughters, of whom five sons and two daughters are now living.

The subject of this sketch lived with his parents until the fall of 1865. attending private schools a part of the time. His last schooling was at the Maynard- ville Academy. He then went to Chattanooga and became a clerk under his brother-in-law, Major J. M. Sawyer. Shortly afterward he took charge of a hotel and store combined, called the Half-way House, on the Georgia and Tennessee line, near Lookout

Mountain. He remained there until the fall of 1866, when he went to Rutledge, the oldest town in East Tennessee, and sold goods for his brother-in-law, who was United States Claim Agent and Internal Reve- nue Collector, Mr. Martin doing all the writing for the business, and remaining there about seventeen months. He then returned to Warren County, Ten- nessee, and visited his parents for a few months, and then went to Bedford County and became Deputy Postmaster under his brother, J. D. Martin. His brother also had a general merchandise store. At the end of four years he and two others bought out his brother's business, which they carried on for one year, when he came to California, in 1872. He first went to prospecting for quicksilver in Sonoma County, regarding which there was much excitement at the time. He was there two years.

He was married, May 7, 1876, to Mary E. Dale, daugh- ter of E. Dale. During this time he was engaged with his brother, E. B. Martin, in farming. They had 260 acres in grain and 300 acres of grazing land in San Ma- teo County. In 1876 he came to Santa Clara County and remained about a year, when he returned to San Mateo County, near where he had formerly lived, and began to improve 196 acres belonging to his wife. In 1882 he returned to Santa Clara County, where he has since remained. For two years he worked in or- chards and vineyards, and the rest of the time has engaged in farming. Mr. Martin formerly belonged to the Christian Church, but now belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Mountain View. He has three children: Matilda E., Anna S., and Hugh P., now living. He lost two, who died in in- fancy.

LFRED MALPAS, son of Charles T. and Eliz- abeth Malpas, was born in New York city, November 16, 1840. Alfred, the youngest of the family of four sons, was educated in New York. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to learn the trade of printer, and worked in that capac- ity for three years. when he went into the employ of the New York & Harlem Railroads as telegraph op- erator for the road office. Here he remained for two years, when he entered the employ of the Erie Rail- road and was stationed at Otisville, New York, Jersey City, and Paterson, New Jersey, as operator of this road, train dispatcher, and ticket agent, which rela- tions he held till 1861.

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When the war broke out he enlisted as a private in Company I, Second New Jersey Volunteer In- antry, and participated in the first battle of Bull Run; was appointed private secretary to General Phil. Kearney in 1861, a short time after the battle, and upon the landing of the army of the Potomac at Yorktown was appointed an aide-de-camp on General Kearney's staff. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant after the battle of Williamsburg, his com- mission bearing date July 8, 1862. He was first Lieutenant August 12, 1862; was wounded and dis- abled at the second battle of Bull Run and on account of the wound was discharged February 8, 1863. Soon thereafter he resumed his position as ticket agent of the Erie Railroad, and remained in the employ of that company nearly three years. In. 1865 he resigned to take a position on the Atlantic & Great Western, and was stationed at Warren, Ohio. In 1868, on ac- count of ill health, he resigned and took a sea voyage to China and Japan, where he remained about a year. He then came to San Francisco and entered the em- ploy of the Central Pacific Railroad as a telegraph operator, and afterward was appointed ticket agent for the Oakland Ferry. He was afterward appointed overland ticket agent for the Central Pacific Railroad at the foot of Market Street, and afterward his office was transferred to the Grand Hotel. He was in the employ of the Central Pacific Railroad between six- teen and seventeen years, and in September, 1884, resigned and came to reside on his fruit ranch near Saratoga, a part of which was purchased in 1880. The place was set out to fruit in 1881, and additions have been made since. He has at present forty acres in fruit-trees, and sixty acres in vines, besides eighty- seven acres of timbered land. He has 1,000 French prunes, 500 Silver prunes, 300 German prunes, 200 Lewis prunes, 250 apples, 300 pears, 100 cherries, 500 peaches, 500 apricots, 25 almond, 25 walnuts, 200 as- sorted plums, a few oranges and lemons, and 60 acres in grapes of different varieties. His house has four- teen rooms exclusive of two bath-rooms, one upstairs and one down, supplied with hot and cold water throughout the house. The water is brought from the mountains in pipes. The water has a natural fall and is carried to a tank which holds 10,000 gallons. He has gas throughout the house, which he manu- factures himself from gasoline. His house is finely furnished, the house and furniture costing $25,000. A fine lawn surrounds the house.

Mr. Malpas was married, February 14, 1874, to Mary L. Johnson, a native of New York. They have

four children, two sons and two daughters. Mr. Malpas is Manager of the Los Gatos and Saratoga Wine and Fruit Company; is a member of George H. Thomas Post, No. 2, G. A. R., of San Francisco, and a member of the Loyal Legion Commandery of California, and a member of Oriental Masonie Lodge of San Francisco.

HARLES DOERR, of the New York Bakery, at No. 174 South First Street, San Jose, has been identified with the business interests of San Jose since 1860. He was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, in 1840, and received his education in his native city, attending the schools there until eighteen years of age. In 1858 he left home, since which time he has depended solely upon his own exertions, grad- ually building himself up to a position of independ- ence. He landed in Baltimore, Maryland, December 24, 1858, where he remained two years learning the bakery business. In 1860 he came to San Jose and located, and worked at his trade for three years, and then began business for himself in almost the same location where he now carries on his business. He was married in 1870, to Miss Mina Bertlesmann, a native of Germany. They have three children: Henry, now engaged in business with his father; Frederic and Louis, attending the public schools of San Jose. He is a member of the Independent Order of Red Men and of the San Jose Turn-Verein, and is an ex- empt Fireman, having served in the Fire Department for ten years, and also a member of the San Jose Board of Trade. In politics he is a Democrat, but believes in the protection of American interests. Mr. Doerr is a broad-gauge, enterprising man, active in the interests and development of San Jose. He has accumulated considerable real estate in San Jose, the portion situated near where the post-office has recently been located having lately greatly enhanced in value.

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Pen pictures from the garden of the world, or Santa Clara county, California, Part 109

Author: Foote, Horace S., ed Publication date: 1888 Publisher: Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 844

Author: Foote, Horace S., ed
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 844