San Diego county, California; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement, Volume II, Part 53

Author: Black, Samuel T., 1846-
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago, S.J. Clarke
Number of Pages: 658


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On the 15th of September, 1881, Mr. Talley was united in marriage to Miss Sarah F. Moore, a native of Missouri, and to them seven children have been born: Joseph, whose birth occurred in Missouri; Ella, who was also born in Missouri, and who is now the wife of A. P. McComas, of San Diego; Pearl, who married Thomas Gillette, of Glendale; Mabel, the wife of Herman Ott, of La Mesa; Grace, the wife of Milton Benton, of San Diego; Lila, who married R. Thomas, of Imperial; and James, Jr., also a resident of Imperial. The five youngest children in this family are all natives of California.


Mr. Talley is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Foresters of America, and is also prominent in the Loyal Order of Moose. He is loyal and public-spirited in matters of citizenship, never seeking to avoid his public obligations. He served as deputy sheriff under Sam McDowell and also under Benjamin Hill, and was constable in Julian. He holds the same office in El Cajon, where he has displayed great energy, conscientiousness and effi- ciency in the discharge of his duties, making his public life as valuable and as effective as his business career, and is regarded as a force in development.


WORDEN GROVE JACOBS.


Through many years of close connection with important enterprises in var- ious parts of the United States in different relations and under vastly dissimilar conditions Worden Grove Jacobs has gained that indispensable element in all success, executive force. This has been developed in him by work on the steamboats on the Mississippi river, on ranches in Texas, as a member of sur- veying gangs in the southern states and construction gangs building railroad projects, and in many different positions calling for quick thinking, controll- ing force and commanding ability. For the last twenty-six years he has lived in San Diego county and twenty-five business interests of San Marcos have had the benefit of his work along constructive lines of expansion and development. Mr. Jacobs was born in New York state, August 8, 1841, and is a son of Abner C. and Diana (Barnard) Jacobs, the former a native of New York and the latter


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HISTORY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY


of Canada. On the paternal side Mr. Jacobs is of Welsh descent while his ancestors on the maternal side came from Scotland. He is one of a family of four children: Helen, the widow of O. L. Dayton, of Cloverdale, Michigan ; Hortense H., the widow of Albert Payne, of Nashville, Michigan; Eugene, who has passed away; and Worden Grove, of this review.


Worden G. Jacobs grew up on his father's farm in New York, later removing to Allegan county, Michigan, and acquired his education in the public schools. In the beginning his active career was identified with the historic days of steam- boating on the Mississippi and for many years he was a great force in the develop- ment of this industry, becoming thoroughly familiar with every channel and current in the great river and with the history and traditions attached to the surrounding country. He began in a humble capacity, working as a deck hand and then as a stevedore contractor, becoming eventually mate and finally third owner in a large tug. After five years he returned to New York city, where he became an assistant in the New York State Soldiers' Depot by appointment of Governor Seymour. He retained this connection until two years after the close of the war and then resumed his former work on the Mississippi, operating a line of tugs in which he was interested for ten years. At the end of that time he went to Galveston, Texas, as a member of a surveying party and traveled through all of the southern part of the state for two years, settling finally in El Paso, where he worked at bridge building on the Mexican Central Railroad. He bought a small ranch in Texas but never developed this property, selling it in 1887 in order to come to California. He invested his savings in property in Ocean Beach, near San Diego, and gave his attention to dealing in real estate, becoming rapidly prominent and well known in business circles of the city. After a short time, however, his excellent work along constructive lines drew him to the attention of the San Marcos Land Company, which was at that time one of the largest real-estate concerns in southern California. Mr. Jacobs was offered a position with this company and has acted in its interests ever since, although the firm has been disbanded. After the dissolution all the land which it controlled was divided and Mr. Jacobs was made agent for the stockholders, about twenty in number. He controls about six thousand acres of valuable land and has the entire confidence and trust of the men in whose interests he acts.


When Mr. Jacobs had been with the San Marcos Land Company about seven years he resigned his position and went to Humboldt county to work in the rock quarries. Through an unfortunate accident he lost the sight of one of his eyes and three months later the other became affected and he became completely blind. He returned to San Marcos, assumed his former position and finds no difficulty in discharging his important duties, being ably assisted by his capable secretary, Miss Anna Borchers. He controls and manages important affairs and has shown always in his business dealings the power of quick decision, cool judgment and aggressive action which mark him as a true executive. During the twenty-five years of his connection with the San Marcos Land Company the affairs of the corporation have been ably administered and Mr. Jacobs has gained widespread recognition as a man capable of directing large affairs and making his work a power and force and a vital influence upon general advancement. His accomplishments are more truly remarkable in that they have been effected in


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spite of his affliction, although he seems to rise above it and regard it only as another test of the quality of his hope and his high trust in Providence.


Mr. Jacobs' individual interests in San Marcos and the surrounding country are extensive and important. He owns about one hundred acres of land besides a ranch of forty-five acres which is one of the finest in San Diego county. He also owns a beautiful eucalyptus grove in San Marcos and operates the city water plant. None of these properties, however, equals in value Mr. Jacobs' fine horse Duke, which he has owned for the past quarter of a century. He has given this animal perfect care and personal attention and has trained it to know his voice, so that Duke may be trusted to take his master safely wherever he may wish to go. Mr. Jacobs is a subscriber to the Panama-California Exposition, to be held in San Diego in 1915. He is a cultured, intelligent and able man whose mind has been broadened by long association with important affairs and deep study of underlying conditions. He is therefore recognized as an authority upon business and public affairs and the articles which he writes for the Escondido and the San Diego papers have attracted general interest throughout this section of California.


Mr. Jacobs gives his allegiance to the democratic party. Although he has been offered important public offices a number of times he has always refused, preferring to make his public spirit effective in other ways. He is, however, progressive and loyal in all matters of citizenship, taking a deep interest in those measures and projects which have for their object the further development and upbuilding of San Diego county. All during his life his business methods have been such as neither seek nor require disguise. He deals honorably and honestly · with his fellowmen and his name has come to be regarded as a synonym for integrity in business and honor and loyalty in every relation. Those who know him personally find him a genial and kindly gentleman of generous impulses and a high trust in Providence, whose blindness cannot conceal his possession of that higher vision which sees in the lowest of his fellowmen the underlying kindness, hope and faith.


C. C. BRASHEAR.


C. C. Brashear, who is successfully engaged in the real-estate business in El Cajon and who has since his arrival in the valley in January, 1905, been promi- nent in many important local enterprises which directly affect the general advance- spirit dominates and directs the activities of his life. He was born in Spring- ment and progress, has come to be considered a man, in whom effective public field, Illinois, July 25, 1866.


At the age of twelve years C. C. Brashear left his home in Illinois and went to Emporia, Kansas, where he worked for two years at various occupations, though principally as clerk in the Grange store. At the age of fourteen he attended a Catholic school for four months and in 1880 returned to his old home in Illinois for a visit, remaining there four years. He was in the employ of various firms in both Illinois and Missouri and from 1885 until 1901 was with Chatfield & Duhrman, a hardware firm of Texarkana, Bowie county,


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HISTORY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY


Texas. During that time he served for four years as alderman from his ward and in the latter part of 1901 opened a general store and butcher shop at Texarkana, which he successfully conducted for four years.


Mr. Brashear came to El Cajon valley in January, 1906, and purchased a ten acre grape ranch which he sold at a profitable sum later in order to locate in the town and establish himself in the real-estate business, in which he is still engaged. He has an extensive patronage, for his knowledge of land values is discriminating, his judgment sound and his business integrity of a high order. While promot- ing his individual prosperity, however, along lines of progress Mr. Brashear has not neglected the branch of his work which affects the growth and development of the city. As sales agent for the El Cajon Valley Development Company he sold many of the lots, forming here a flourishing and beautiful addition to the city. He is a member of the El Cajon City Club and served as its president for one year. This organization originated the famous "Fruit Day" exhibition, which is held every summer in El Cajon, at which time fruits and vegetables raised throughout the valley are displayed. In 1912 corn eighteen and one-half feet high, grapes weighing six pounds to the bunch and peaches weighing one and one-quarter pounds each were shown. Six tons of grapes and six tons of watermelons were given away to visitors and everything was conducted upon a lavish scale. Mr. Brashear has always taken an active interest in the affairs of this club and in any movement for the public good and has accomplished an unusual success in making his individual prosperity a public asset.


In 1912 Mr. Brashear married Miss Emma F. Fay, a native of Michigan, and both are well known and popular in social circles of the city. He is a man of excellent business ability, well known throughout the valley for his honesty and for the interest he takes in public improvements. He is in every sense of the word a man worthy of the confidence of the people and one of the substantial business factors of El Cajon.


JAMES L. CHAPMAN.


The age of simply material efficiency as the standard of success has passed into that of efficiency combined with beauty. We are no longer satisfied that the works of our hands be adequate for their intended purpose-we require further that they shall not sin against artistic conception in line or color. Thus the standards of the time are rising and expanding and they are influencing every phase of business, political and social life. One effect of this development has been the growth of the idea of organization. Great individual industries of fifty years ago are today incorporated companies and of late years even cities have organized for the further promotion of general growth. 'fo the com- mercial associations for the establishment of trade relations and the promotion of industrial activity have been added societies to direct the growth of the city in beauty and to control its expansion according to an artistic plan which will allow commercial progress without eliminating attractiveness. San Diego is in the front ranks of the new movement and its civic organization is a model for other organizations of its kind. It is not a society organized and then neglected


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but is one of the vital elements of the city and it keeps alive ideals and standards which its members are working to make forceful and effective. The people are particularly fortunate in their choice of a secretary to direct the work of the association for they have chosen a man, expert, able and splendidly trained along lines of civic beautification and improvement. James L. Chapman, sec- retary of the San Diego Civic Association, has practically devoted his entire life to the innumerable phases of this work. He unites with special ability as a civil engineer, architect and landscape gardener a general business discrimination, a broad knowledge gained by reading, travel and study and a natural sense of artistic values and relations. San Diego owes much of its beauty, its attractive homes, parks and driveways to his efforts and it owes also a less tangible but more important debt-the acquirement of new and definite ideals and ambitions


Mr. Chapman was born in Chicago, January 14, 1878, and his early educa- tion was received in the public schools of that city. This was supplemented by a course at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York, from which he was graduated in civil engineering in 1901. For a short time he engaged in railroad construction work, but his ambition gradually expanded as he studied conditions and became directed along lines of civic improvement. He accord- ingly entered Harvard University and took a course in city planning and when he had completed it went to Europe and visited many of the large cities in England and on the continent, studying methods and standards. With this splendid special training he returned to America and came to San Diego, where in 1910 he was appointed secretary of the Civic Association. In two years he has fully demonstrated his unique qualifications for this position and he has worked steadily and successfully to promote the beauty and attractiveness of the city. His private work lies along the same lines for he is practicing civil engineering and is one of the most prominent landscape gardeners in the county. To these activities he has added work in architecture and has designed and built many of the most artistic homes in San Diego. However, his interests along this line also are of the broader kind which promotes municipal expansion and beauty and much of his attention is given to planning subdivisions. He drew the plans for the Hillside section of the Cardiff subdivision and also for the improvement of the park at Escondido, California. He is a member of the Rensselaer Society of Engineers.


In 1904 Mr. Chapman married Miss Freda Foote and they have one daughter, Philena B. The family are well known in social circles of San Diego, where they have a wide acquaintance and many friends. Mr. Chapman's career is a striking example of the value of special efficiency. A man of broad culture, wide experience and artistic instinct, he has added to these qualities training along the mechanical and technical lines of his work, the study of conditions in other countries and contact with other standards and the result has been a deepening and broadening of his own powers and the rapid attainment of promi- nence and success.


SAN DIEGO COUNTY INDEX


Academy of Our Lady of Peace 45


Carpenter, H. N. 12


Adams, A. E. 171


Carpenter, J. W.


491


Agard, W. E. 233


Carson, Kit 168


Akerman, J. S. 62


Case, H. H. .512


Alexander. W. E. 8


Casson, Peter 534


Allen, H. D.


386


Allen, R. C.


344


Allen, W. H.


74


Choate, Rufus


36


Almgren, Louis, Jr.


500


Clark, W. S.


353


Ames, S. G.


75


Clark, W. S.


479


Anderson, R. H. 186


Coates, T. W.


296


Anthony, C. E.


53


Collier, D. C.


108


Austin, B. G.


167


Collins, J. W.


182


Austin, C. H. 268


Colton, G. W .. 252


Austin, Fayette 493


Balch, D. M. 315


Cordtz, Robert 474


Ballou, G. H.


65


Bancroft, Griffing 302


Creswell, R. M.


188


Bangs, E. C. 144


Crippen, G. H.


113


Barbour. F. S. 87


311


Barnes, T. L.


96


Culbertson, H. 401


Cushman, W. R. 97


Dadmun, L. E. 276


Daley, T. J. .


94


Daugherty, J. W.


485


Davidson, G. A.


38


Bellinger. W. E.


268


Davidson, J. C.


440


Benard, Ernest 470


Davies, E.


384


Bennett, John 317


Davis, E. W.


.346


Bishop's Schools, The


396


Davis, G. P.


283


Black, S. T. 446


Davis, S. J.


164


Black, William


258


Davis, T. A. 444


66


Blochman, L. A.


248


Bond. C. S.


391


Borgh, J. A.


397


Botsford, F. L.


505


Boutelle, T. N.


208


Bradley, A. J. .


195


Brashear, C. C. 548


Brelin, Gust 395


Eilersficken, F. B. C. 326


Eliason, G. A.


426


Elliott, A. J. 203


Elliott, D. H. 141


English, J. A. .313


Ervast, Andrew 352


Escher, J. F. .237


Evans, C. P. .307


Evans, W. B. 286


Callahan. Z. F. 354


Campbell, Archibald 78


Farnsworth, W. R. .476


Ferry, J. H. 242


Campbell. John 247


Capps, E. E. 372


403


Fletcher, O. P. 122


551


Fleming, J. G. 351


Fletcher, Ed 128


Capps, E. M.


322


Burnham, John


84


Byars, W. R.


43


Derbyshire, A. L.


Dick, Robert


.452


Dingeman, F. J.


213


Dixon, C. E. S. 214


Doolittle, H. E. 143


Dupee, W. N. .288


Dyer, E. Q. 323


407 Brink, G. K.


Browne. Payne 499


Brownrigg. T. J. 117


Bullen, E. L. 305


Burlingame, W. F.


Croghan, H. A. 166


Barrett, S. W. 107


Bartholomew, C. H. 85


Bateman. W. M.


237


Bates, F. M.


378


Belding, S. W.


294


Bell, F. S. .


515


Connell, J. E. 285


Conniry, W. B., Jr. 348


Cox, R. S. 536


Crise, David 420


Barnes, L. B.


Chapin, S. D. . 527


Chapman, J. L.


549


Campbell, E. E. 487


272


Blochman, Abraham


552


INDEX


Flower, Lucy L.


165


Jaeger, R. J. 360


Forbes, E. C.


329


Jameson, William 283


Forker, O. H. P.


511


Johnson, Luther 303


Forward, J. F., Jr.


539 Johnson, P. M. 201


Forward, J. F., Sr.


26


Johnson, S. T.


27


Johnson, T. F.


.277


Franklin. B. V. 183


Johnston, S. S.


.343


Johnston, W. C.


456


Fredericka Home for the Aged


126


Jones, C. J.


235


Frevert, W. L.


318


Jones, H. H.


47


Frisbie, J. C ..


73


Julian, C. H.


516


Jungk, W. F.


86


Keith, G. B. 152


Kerber, H. H.


101


Kettner, William


104


Kimball, G. M.


361


Gaston, A. N.


134


Kimball. W. C.


338


King, W. S.


138


Gearhart, W. F. 308


287


Kirkwood, W. J.


183


Kneale, Thomas


265


Gillmore, James


185


Gillons, J. A.


226


Gilmore, M. T.


535


Glidden, D. F.


392


Goatley, C. G.


144


Gowen, B. S. .


331


Grandjean Gas Machine Co.


503


Grant, U. S., Jr.


14


Green, F. M.


235


Greenwood Poultry Ranch


389


Griffith, A. C.


.398


Guglielmetti, Tranquillo


506


Gunn. Chester


115


Guy, W. R.


222


Gwyn, H. G.


145


Levi, Simon


.262


Lewis, M. M. 284


461


Hamilton, E. G.


64


Hammack, N. S. 191


Hammonds, J. D. 408


Harbison, H. R.


85


Hardy, C. S.


416


Hawley, G. M.


105


Hawley, J. S.


82


Hayes, T. J.


22


McAllister, A. 384


MeCorkle, W. B. 481


McCoy, James 24


McCulloch, J. H. 373


MeCutchen, C. C. 413


McKee, Dempster 265


118


MeVean, A. J. 337


Magee, . T. L. 54


Marsh, C. E. 192


Marshall, Oscar 521


Mathews, L. B. 374


178


Hitchcock, G. N.


148


Moody, A. J. 455


17


Hofflund, S. R.


146


Moore, J. H.


252


Hogaboom, Winfield


206


Moore, J. V.


431


Holderness, W. H.


291


Moore, Lincoln


.296


Holle, Christian


422


Hulbert, R. G.


238


Hutchinson, Allen


332


Hutchinson Brothers .336


Irones, R. B. 263


Isbell, J. W.


475


Neeb, J. E. . 462


Jackson, James 135


Jacobs, W. G. 544


Noeltner, Frank


488


Knight, Jess


367


Knox, A. L. 518


Kollock, W. G.


123


Lancaster, L. R. .244


Lassiter, T. J. 482


Lawler, Eugene 195


Lawrence, John 175


Layman, E. H. 71


Lea, F. J. 88


Leach, E. B. 266


Lehner, Oscar .293


Leonhard, Louis


522


Levi, Adolph .390


Lewis, T. L.


Lindgren, August 316


Little, W. J. 395


Loebenstein, D. A.


116


Loomis, G. D. 125


Lorini, Raffaele 443


Luce, M. A.


46


Hays, H. C. 414


445


Hazzard, G. W.


154


Heffernan, E. A.


52


H.' D.' A. Esp'za Rancho


517


Heilbron, F. A ..


527


Heilbron, J. H. F.


533


Heller, M. F.


198


Henderson, G. L.


321


Hieatt, F. L. 464


214


Hinde, C. T.


18


Mathewson, J. A.


Hizar, J. C.


246


Moon, A. .


Morgan, Addison


362


Mossholder, W. J. 540


Muehleisen, G. C. 161


National City Lumber Company 330


Neale, H. N.


297


Newman, H. P. 204


Frost, G. H.


185


Fry, G. U.


273


Gage, L. J. 32


Gailey, J. A.


480


Gay, H. L. 196


Kinney, F. E. 451


Gifford, C. M.


Gillespie, B. K.


217


Frost, A. A.


385


Francisco, C. F.


434


Frazer, W. L. 184


Halliday, E. W. 458


Hayward, R. O.


McMurtrie, Leighton


Hilton, William


553


INDEX


Nordahl, A. W.


10


Smith, F. E. 11


Northrup, D. B. 304


Smith, S. F. 202


Norton, W. W.


58


Smith, V. J. 324


Smith, W. H. 292


Smith, W. M. 68


Oatman, H. C.


358


Ober, William


301


O'Farrell, Fred 121


Spalding, C. E. 42


Olds. Nelson, Jr. .509


Spalding, F. C. 162


Speer, James 492


5


Springer, R. C.


223


Osborne, E. F.


274


Stell, William


379


Stevens, G. D.


457


Stevens, U. J.


410


Stewart, D. M.


142


Stiles, H. M. .


147


Strahlman, E.


227


Strawn, J. L.


366


Suttle, H. H.


439


Swallow, C. H.


271


Peters, A. M. 463


181


Piepenbrink, P. J.


.216


Plant, E. A.


178


Pollak, Emil


416


Praul, G. L. .278


Puterbaugh, George 256


Rambo, E. L.


264


Randlett, J. F.


.380


Reed, G. W. 504


Reed, J. A. .366


Reidy, Maurice .530


117


Remondino, C. H. E. 158


Trounce, H. D.


231


Tucker, J. Z. 141


432


Richards, C. B. 98


Riddell, Elmo 157


Utley, H. S. .224


Valenzuela, M. R. 177


Valle, C. C.


193


Van, F. W. 523


Verlaque, Theophile 81


402


Samson, Charles 467


Sampson, J. H. 473


San Diego Land & Town Company 335


Walsh, W. C. .428


Sanford, W. O. 383


Ward, M. L. 212


Saum, De Roy 114


67


Warner, B. M.


55


Schiefer, Paul 103


Watkins, E. P. 298


Schoonover, Albert 57


468


Schwab, Michael


102


Scott, C. J.


312


Sears, George


528


Sebree, Uriel


245


Seidel, H. A.


450


Sensenbrenner, August


153


Shaw, A. B.


469


Shaw, H. I.


409


Willoughby, Edward 339


Wills, J. M. 314


Winder, Jerome 106


Sherman, Matthew 48


Shreve, G. H. 233


Sloane, W. A. 91


Smith, Alcie P. 267


Wright, A. H. 174


Smith, E. F. 261


Wright, E. H.


112


Swayne, L.


124


Sweet, A. H. 221


Sykes, E. G. 113


Talley, James 543


Tarvin, E. M.


425


Taylor, H. 163


Thelen, E. 228


427


Thompson, W. L.


282


Tracy, G. M. 295


Tracy, T. H. .494


Traggardh, J. F.


234


Remondino, P. C. 28


Requa, R. S. 215


Riordon, A. C. . 415


Rockwood, L. D. 438


Rodgers, T. S. 232


Rogers, G. H. 377


Rubendall, E. C. 371


Rumsey, W. M. 197


Vogdes, C. B.


Wadham, F. W. 359


Wadham, J. E. .207


Waters, W. C. 325


Schnell, H. F. 340


Weatherbie, J. F.


498


Schumann-Heink, Hans


Webster, David


156


Whedon, D. D.


365


White, G. C.


172


Whiting-Mead Commercial Company


187


Wilbur, Henry


486


Williams, A. G.


225


Williams, C. L. .


61


Williams, S. S.


83


Sheets, W. P. 13


Winter, Max 306


Wray, D. D.Y. 173


Otto, G. F. 124


Over, J. F. .255


Payson, S. C. 275


Peavey, N. J. 404


Penfold, J. L. 63


People's National Bank .345


Perrin, M. J. 211


Swayne, E. J.


218


Oppenheimer, L. .529


Osborn, J. B. .368


Steade, J. M.


Snyder, Nelson 93


Oliver, W. G. 194


O'Neall, C. F. 132


Spreckels, J. D. 136


Oaks, D. T. 16


Smith, W. S. 524


Peters, H. H., Jr.


Thompson, F. G.


Thompson, John, Ranch 510


Reinbold, C. O.


Turrentine, J. N.


Ward, S. L. 137


Schiefer, Frank


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