Tulare County
Biographies
W. W. BROWN
W. W. Brown, a rancher living near
Porterville, Tulare County, California, was born in Jefferson County, New York,
November 13, 1852. His father, William A. Brown, was a school teacher by
profession and a very bright and clever man. He came to California in 1855 and
opened one of the first schools in Tulare County, at Camel Crossing on King's
river. In 1857 he brought his family to this State and settled in Visalia, where
he continued teaching.
W. W. Brown gained his education in early life. At the age of fourteen he left
school and began his own support, taking up the light work on sheep and cattle
ranches and the more active duties of vaquero as experience and strength
increased. He was also foreman of the large sheep ranch of L. M. Bond.
Mr. Brown was married, at Visalia, in 1876, to Miss Rosalia Ford, daughter of J.
P. Ford, a pioneer of 1856, and after his marriage settled in Porterville, where
he remained until 1879. He then removed to Frazier valley and homesteaded 160
acres of land and followed farming, and teamed to Hanford and Visalia. He rented
additional land and cultivated annually about 250 acres. In 1888 he bought
twenty acres in the Pioneer Land Company's first subdivision, but resided upon
his ranch until 1890, when he sold out and moved to Porterville. He is now
devoting his time to the improvement of this place, cultivating vines, fruit,
and alfalfa. He was elected road overseer in 1888, but his life has chiefly been
spent in ranch industries. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have three children: Ralph W., Roy
Ford and Lahalla Arlett.
SOURCE: Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare and
Kern, California
Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892, Page 668 Transcribed by Beverly
Green
ANDREW JASPER BUCKMAN
Andrew Jasper Buckman. --- Among the respected
and enterprising ranchers of Tulare County, California, none are more worthy of
mention in a work of this kind than the subject of this sketch.
Mr. Buckman was born in Kentucky, January 13, 1848. His father, Clement E.
Buckman, was born in that State in 1821, his grandfather having been a pioneer
of Kentucky. Their ancestors were among the earliest settlers of Maryland.
Clement E. Buckman married Servilla Ann Shanks, a native of Kentucky, and to
them were born eleven children, eight of whom are living and all in California.
The father came to this State in 1864, at once settling in Tulare County on
lands in the vicinity of where Mr. Buckman now resides. He remained in this
county until the time of his death.
Andrew J. was the second born in his father's family. He attended school after
coming to Tulare County, and in 1878 came into the possession of 120 acres of
land. He subsequently acquired other lands, and is now engaged in general
farming, raising grain, cattle, hogs and horses; is also engaged in
horticulture. When he came to this farm it was new and unimproved. At first he
built a small house and resided in it until 1888, when he erected his present
commodious dwelling.
Mr. Buckman was married, October 2, 1872, to Miss Andrewella McCutchan, a native
of Virginia. They have two daughters, Anna Laura and Cora J. Mr. Buckman belongs
to the Farmers' Alliance, and in politics is a Democrat. He has been a resident
of Tulare County for twenty-six years, is justly proud of the advancement this
country has already made, and is interested in its further growth and
development.
SOURCE: Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare and
Kern, California
Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892, Page 546, 547 Transcribed by
Beverly Green