History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . nstrated by Carl the successful citrus grower of East Orangethorpe Avenue, who has a finegrove and keeps it in excellent condition. He was born near Lansing, Mich., onJuly 25, 1886. the son of Theron J. and Cora (Craft) Grinnell, natives of Michigan,whose parents came from New York; they were farmers and raised grain, cattle andall kinds of stock, on their farm, where they
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . nstrated by Carl the successful citrus grower of East Orangethorpe Avenue, who has a finegrove and keeps it in excellent condition. He was born near Lansing, Mich., onJuly 25, 1886. the son of Theron J. and Cora (Craft) Grinnell, natives of Michigan,whose parents came from New York; they were farmers and raised grain, cattle andall kinds of stock, on their farm, where they still make their home. Carl J. is the oldestof their two children and was graduated from the Mason high school at Mason, then matriculated at the State Agricultural College at Lansing and was graduatedwith the class of 10, with the degree of after which he took up the practical endof mechanical engineering with the Detroit Edison Illuminating Company. During his engagement there, Mr. Grinnell was married at Kalamazoo on October26, 1911, to Miss Jessie Dean, born in Rockford, Iowa, a daughter of Rev. J. O. andHelen Dean, who had lived in various communities in the Middle States, as her father. HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 1147 was a Baptist clergyman; he is now deceased, while his widow resides at received her training first in the public schools of Michigan and then at the StateNormal in Kalamazoo, and for several years she was an instructor in both the gradedand high schools at Fowlerville and Pinckney, Mich. After his marriage, Mr. Grinnellspent three and a half years with his father on the home farm near Mason. In Novem-ber, 1916, he came out to California, and purchased ten acres on East OrangethorpeAvenue. Walnut and orange trees were already interset there, but Mr. Grinnell tookout the walnuts and put in \alencias instead. He brought the land under the AnaheimUnion Water Company, and in 1917 built his home on the ranch. He markets hisoranges through
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