Dr. William Ellery Briggs is engaged in the practice of medicine at Sacramento, limiting his practice to the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. The world instinctively pays deference to the man whose success has been worthily achieved, and because of his capability, close application, devoted attention to his profession and […]
Dr. Charles H. Blemer, who is holding the position of state veterinarian in California, has through the exercise of his official prerogatives done a work that has been of great value to the state and will be of lasting benefit in its enduring influences. Skilled in his profession, he has brought his knowledge to bear
Henry C. Bell, who has been serving as United States internal revenue collector at Sacramento since 1898, has been prominent in the industrial and public life of this state for nearly thirty-five years during which time he has gained a high reputation for business integrity, executive ability and genuine worth of manhood. Since his early
William Beckman, born in December 1832 in the Mohawk Valley, New York, became a prominent figure in Sacramento, California. He moved to California in 1852 during the mining boom, initially trying his hand at mining before shifting to the hotel business and later farming in Florin. In 1879, Beckman founded the People’s Savings Bank of Sacramento, serving as its president and establishing it as a reliable financial institution. A former county supervisor and railroad commissioner, he also engaged in community and fraternal organizations. Beckman married twice, first to Mary Webber and later to Nellie Sims, contributing significantly to Sacramento’s development.
The spirit of enterprise and business discernment finds expression in George P. Butler, grower and shipper of fancy hothouse cucumbers, of 562 Ocean street, Santa Cruz. He was born in Surrey, England, April 24, 1877, a son of George and Eliza (Smith) Butler, the former a native of Rye, England, now deceased, while the latter
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The experiences of life on the western frontier are thoroughly familiar to Grant Stewart, who followed mining and railroading in the early days and is now engaged in the cement contracting business at Watsonville. His activities along construction lines have brought him a wide acquaintance in northern California, and his is the record of a
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John B. Hickman is the efficient and accommodating county horticultural commissioner of Monterey county, with headquarters at the Farm Advisor’s office, on Main street, Salinas. A native of England, he was born in Oxford, January 18, 1848, but was reared and educated in Buffalo, New York, his parents having come to the United States when
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Among the highly influential bankers of California may well be named Elmer P. Alexander, the genial president of the popular Salinas City Bank, with its attractive headquarters at the corner of Main and Gobilan streets. Mr. Alexander was born in Sacramento, June 15, 1871, the son of John K. and Sallie B. (Carothers) Alexander, the
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James A. Anderson, a prominent fruit grower and shipper in Lodi, California, had been involved in the fruit and nursery industry since 1874. Born January 4, 1849, in Livingston County, Missouri, Anderson moved to Sacramento at age 25, joining the Capital Nursery. In 1883, he established his own nursery in Clements, later relocating to Lodi in 1887. Anderson successfully operated a nursery and fruit-growing business, also producing fruit boxes and baskets. Married to Mary L. Hummer in 1870, they had five children. Anderson was active in local fraternal organizations and politics, serving on the Salem school district board for 14 years.
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Eugene Aram, a prominent lawyer of Sacramento, is certainly one of the very oldest living native sons of California, with whose business, professional and political affairs he has been identified to a degree most honorable and creditable to an eldest son. He was born at Monterey, in what is now the state of California, on January 26, 1848. Mr. Aram was married in 1875 to Miss Lizzie Jasper, a daughter of J. M. C. Jasper, of Wheatland, Yuba county.
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