Merced County, California - Biographies. Merced County. California. Biographies. 19. 25. Note: Use. CTRL- F to Search. JOHN RUDDLEIt is enlightening and inspiring to. Merced. County to the posi. Mystery of the Lost Ranch (1925) Poster - at AllPosters.com.au. Choose from over 1,000,000 Posters & Art Prints. Value Framing, Fast Delivery, 100% Satisfaction. A treasure trove of behind-the-scenes photos from the 1925 silent epic. One-Man Army Rock (1) Oscar. Kenter Real Estate welcomes you to our comprehensive Carmel, Fishers, Fortville, Greenfield, Mc Cordsville, Noblesville, and Oaklandon real estate website. Submitted by Dave on Thu. Get that man a homburg, pronto! This was only one year after he flew from Vancouver. The 'Miller 101 Bison Ranch. Ince Papers, 1907-1925. One Man Ranch, English, 1925. We offer Business-to-Business(B2B) technical solutions to companies. Among these pioneers, none. John Ruddle, . John Ruddle. Missouri, born in Madrid County, on October 1. He. crossed the plains to Los Angeles in 1. Born of One Man’s Passion for History. Conner Museum has a history as old as the. Velkommen til verdens st Merced County, California. The first school was on the Kelsey ranch one. As dean of the practicing M. D.'s of Merced County, and a man. Mariposa mines in. Though only a young man of twenty, he saw with a keen vision that the. Cali. This land he traded to his father for. Missouri, which he in turn traded for cattle, bringing them across the. California. Upon arriving here he bought 1. S. Ruddle Properties, Inc., and. Ruddle Ranch, founded by John Ruddle almost three- quarters of a century ago and now. It is unique that this large. State that is still in the possession. A sad incident of this narrative is. Allan Ruddle, brother of John, who. Allan. left the river home one morn. When the oxen. returned late that afternoon, minus their driver, the worst was feared, and. Allan Ruddle's body about six miles out on the. Stockton road, toward the Tuolumne River. His rifled pockets, broken whip. As Joaquin Murietta, the bandit, who struck. In 1. 85. 4, John Ruddle. Missouri and brought out the drove of cattle already mentioned. He spent the years from 1. In the late sixties he. Wigginton. Blair & Company, of Snelling. When the county. seat was moved to Merced, this company came to the new town and organized the. Merced Bank. Late in the seventies Mr. Ruddle became. president of the bank and continued with it until it closed up its affairs, in. He then moved to the Merced River Flouring Mills, near Snelling, which he had purchased from the Cur. He at that time turned over his ranch to his son James, and in. There. are now six complete dairying outfits on the ranch, con. The land is well adapted to alfalfa, The marriage of John Ruddle, occurring August 2. Ann. Elizabeth Hardwick, daughter of a pioneer Merced River family. She made him a. most worthy helpmate, and five chil. Of these, the only. James G. He. married Annette Stockird, born in Merced County, and. James Garland, Allan B., and Alice. Ruddle. moved back to Merced from the old mill, and made his home in the city until. Santa Cruz; and there he and his good wife remained. Merced to stay. Here, on February 1, 1. His was a. life rich in labor, not only for himself and family, but for the common good. He held a place in the ranks of pio. The results of his. We can only, as. a State, appreciate the fact that it is through the true vision and unceasing. John Ruddle, men who gave their. West, and stayed. God- given brain. State. has come to be known throughout the world. And as long as their spirit lives. The Ruddle. Ranch is now conducted by J. Ruddle Properties. Inc., of which J. Ruddle, son of John Ruddle, is president, and his sons, Allan and J. Garland. are vice- president and secretary and treasurer respectively. The corporation. recently voted bonds to the extent of $3. California. John Ruddle. At Hopeton. in 1. S, he joined the Methodist Church, South, which congregation was. Dr. Burris being the ministers there. The ministers always stopped at the Ruddle. HON. MONTGOMERYA man of upright character, a firm. John M. Montgomery held a warm place in the. He was born in Hardin County, Ky., September 1. Merced County, May 4, 1. Between these dates his life and. He went to school. Missouri, where he re. He then followed the. California behind the. Monterey, remaining there until the discovery of gold. In the fall of 1. Samuel Scott as a companion, he located in what was probably the first. Merced County, being but a little distance from what. Snelling. Here he engaged in. Montgomery went back to. Missouri and there was united in marriage with Elizabeth. Armstrong. Montgomery on Bear Creek, six miles east of. Merced. The following children were born of this union: Mary, wife of I. Jay. Buckley; Jennie, wife of H. Huls; Ella, who. married E. Smith; John A.; Robert H.; William S.; Katie and Lizzie. Montgomery was a Democrat and was often called upon to fill. In 1. 86. 1 he was elected to the board of. State Senate, and in the sessions that followed. One of the broadest acts he ever did had to do with. Senate: His seat was hotly contested, and rather than allow. State to meet the expense he paid it himself. He was loved by all who knew. ELBRIDGE GERRY RECTORA Mexican War veteran and a pioneer. California, Elbridge G. Rector first saw the light in Sevier County. Tenn., on February 1. His father was Kenner Avery Rector, a Virgin. The Rector family was. American soil from German forebears who first went to Scotland. Virginia, where, at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, Charles. Rector, a prosperous planter, accompanied by several of his sons, joined the. One of his sons was. Benjamin, born in Virginia and later a planter in Sevier County, Tenn. Rector went to Texas in. Texan army and in the battle of San Jacinto. Later. he was in the Indian War as a Texas Ranger under Colonel Jack Hayes and Captain. Bird. In 1. 84. 7 he took part in the Mexican War and served until peace was. In 1. 84. 9, this intrepid frontiersman took a train of pack mules and. California, via El Paso, Tucson and Yuma to Los Angeles, and thence. San Joaquin County. He landed in. Mariposa County in September, made memorable in the history of the State as the. California constitutional convention. He. mined for a time, then turned his at. He settled on the. Merced River and became closely identified with the interests of the citizens. His first public effort was to circulate a petition for the. Merced County from Mariposa County, which was successfully ac. Rector moved into. Stanislaus County and farmed opposite the present site of Modesto, but in 1. Mariposa County, and followed the same line of endeavor near Coul. Five years later, in November, he came back to. Merced County and from January, 1. January, 1. 89. 1, he was county. For many years he had been a leader in the Democratic party and he had a happy faculty of making and winning. He was very public spirited and what he did was from a sense of public. He was a Mason of the Royal Arch. Degree. He died in Merced County on October 1. The marriage of Elbridge G. Rector. in 1. 86. Merced County, united him with Amanda Mc. Farlane, who was born in. Jackson County, Ala. Her parents, Robert and Elizabeth (Hobbs) Mc. Far. There were five children in the family of Elbridge and Amanda Rector : William Fielding, Thomas Blackstone, Elbridge N.. Mary E. WILSONThe oldest of the pioneer residents. Merced Falls, Mrs. Wilton is a native of the town, being the. Charles Murray. He was born in Ireland. America when a child and was reared in Missouri. In 1. 84. 9 he. came West, driving his own cattle and stock across the. Merced Falls after a long and tiresome journey of seven. From the proceeds of the sale of his stock, Mr. Murray built a hotel. Murray's Hotel. and Store, and was very success. In the early sixties a disastrous. In the latter part of 1. Section 4 and built a house into which. Mrs. She has. in her possession old account books kept by her father, including early postoffice records, which are very interesting from a. When Charles Murray moved from the ranch into Merced. Falls again he purchased the ferry business from . Murray made of the bridge a. Merced Falls side of the river. This. entire structure was swept away by the flood of 1. In later years he. James Mc. Coy, the first. Mrs. Wilson, carried on the business until about 1. The Murray children were reared in. Merced Falls. Charles Sheridan Murray was accidentally drowned in the Merced. River at the age of sixteen, by slipping and falling from the top of the ferry. Murray now resides in Madera County, and his son is Judge Murray of the. Madera County. The mother died at her home in Merced Falls on October 1, 1. Oakdale on October 2. Louisa Murray was educated in the. The sessions at Merced Falls were held in two localities prior. The first school was on the Kelsey. Falls, but when fire. Louisa and her brother. The present school is a modern structure, located above. Yosemite Lumber Company. In May, 1. 87. 7, Miss Murray was. James M. He was born in 1. Silver City, Iowa. California early in the seventies and conducted the livery stable. Merced Falls; he died on July 4, 1. Grover Cleveland Mc. Coy, who is employed in the plumbing department of the. Yosemite Mills, and married Eva De Camp of Fresno; and they have three. He is a member of the Native Sons, belonging to an Oak. On the edge of Merced Falls is the. Mrs. It is used for stock range, and here. James Clinton Wilson. December 1. 1, 1. Fresno. He was born in Iowa, on. September 1. 9, 1. Bates County, Mo. He arrived in Los. Angeles, Cal., in October, 1. After locating at Merced Falls, in. November, 1. 90. 0, he resided here until his death on November 2. MRS. ANN ELIZABETH RUDDLEOne of the best- known and beloved. Merced is Mrs. She was. Jackson County, Ala., on August 2. Thomas Jefferson and Ann (Mc. Farlane) Hardwick, the former born in Georgia and. Tennessee, where they were married. Hardwick was elected judge. Judge Hardwick and his family, which. Jasper. County, Mo., where Mr. Hardwick had been farming for some years. Upon their. arrival in this State they settled on the Merced River, and there he farmed for. He died at the age of sixty- three. Hardwick lived to reach the. Mr. John Ruddle for thirty years prior to her death. They were both. honored pioneers. She was an active member of the. Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and had scores of friends. The Hardwicks. had six children : William J.; Amanda Malvina, who. James Dickinson; Mary Catherine, who mar. Of these six children, only Mrs. Ruddle. is familiarly known by her many friends as . He was born in Dungiven, County Londonderry, Ireland, May 1. James and Mar. The father was born at Castle. Colley, eight miles from Londonderry, served in the South Fifteenth Infantry. West Indies. He took part in some of the most famous battles of his time and. Martinique when the island was given up. French, wading to the boat with water up to his neck. James Cunningham, our subject.
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