History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present . ability; and being an indefatigable worker and very eco-nomical in his habits of living, by 1898 he had saved $2,200, with which hepurchased his present ranch of fifty acres. This property is now an excep-tionally productive raisin vineyard, and its present value is placed at $50, is a cozy, homelike place, equipped with every ponvenience. Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs were the parents of nine childr
History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present . ability; and being an indefatigable worker and very eco-nomical in his habits of living, by 1898 he had saved $2,200, with which hepurchased his present ranch of fifty acres. This property is now an excep-tionally productive raisin vineyard, and its present value is placed at $50, is a cozy, homelike place, equipped with every ponvenience. Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs were the parents of nine children, two of whom diedwhen about two years of age. ]\Irs. Gibbs passed away on July 26, 1908,leaving, besides her husband, seven children to mourn the loss of a lovingand devoted mother. The seven children are: Jennie B., now Mrs. Horst-man, of Fresno; Linda B., the widow of Daniel Burgan, residing at Lindsay;Albert Grant, a rancher living near the home ranch; Charles a residentof the state of Washington; Maud F., the wife of Walter Pool, living inFresno Coimty; Almeda Carrie, who married .Starr Williams, a rancher liv-ing near Fresno; and Hazel Kirk, who is the wife of Baalam Cannon, living. ^Uh. HISTORY OF FRESNO COUNTY 1133 on the home ranch. Mr. Gibbs has three grandchildren: Bernice Clanton,mother of two children, Fern and Ralph; Roy Gibbs; and Charlene a sociable and companionable nature, Mr. Gibbs is one of the l:>est-likedmen in this section of the county. He is a member of the California RaisinGrowers Association, and in politics is a Progressive Republican. In thespring of 1918, he met with a severe accident that resulted in a broken hip,from which he was a sufiferer for months, but he is now slowly recovering. GEORGE M. BOLES.—An experienced and influential business man,such as is always to be prized in the formative period of any state, is GeorgjeM. Boles, one of the representative business men of Fresno. Ilis father wasCornelius Boles, a furnitu
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