A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . onica andbuying land suitable for the raising of grain andstock. While making his home in Los Angelescounty he invested in a tract of four thousandfive hundred and ninety acres in San Diegocounty, which he purchased in 1876 and to whichhe removed four years later. Of recent yearshe has erected a substantial ranch house on thejilace and has made improvements greatly cn-liancing the value of the property. Throughall of his active life he has
A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . onica andbuying land suitable for the raising of grain andstock. While making his home in Los Angelescounty he invested in a tract of four thousandfive hundred and ninety acres in San Diegocounty, which he purchased in 1876 and to whichhe removed four years later. Of recent yearshe has erected a substantial ranch house on thejilace and has made improvements greatly cn-liancing the value of the property. Throughall of his active life he has been interested inpublic afifairs and since the organization of theRepublican party he has supported its princi-ples. Some three months before he left Illinoishe was initiated into the Masonic order and eversince then he has been a disciple of the loftyprinciples of brotherhood and charity for whichthe fraternity stands. Tlie marriage of Mr. Gird took place in Clin-ton county. 111., in February of 1849 d unitedhim with Miss Martha .S. Lewis, who was bornand rcaded in that state. Four children were bornof their union, namely: William; Mary, wife of i. ^^I^ (h HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORU. 571 H. M. Peters, of San Diego county; Helen, O. Lamb, of the San Luis Rev valley, andCatherine, who married Jefferson Shipley andlives at Fallbrook. The only son, who is nowproprietor of the ranch, has a wide reputationas a breeder and trainer of fine horses, and someof his best trotters come from his stallion, Cob-wallis. In the raising of cattle he has also beenmore than ordinaiuly successful, his specialty be-ing the Devon breed, registered stock, and he re-cently brought a registered bull from Illinois,paying a high price for the animal in addition toSi35 in transportation charges. Few men in SanDiego county are as familiar with the stock asWilliam Gird, who is regarded as an authorityconcerning cattle and horses, and whose long ex-perience in the stock business has made his
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