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 . of the failure of his health. Atthe time of selling out his landed possessionsaggregated about six hundred acres. Comingto Los Angeles in Eebruary, 1880, lie soon af-terward bought twenty-four acres near town,but sold the property two years later. Hisnext purchase consisted of ten acres, for whichhe paid $goo. A year later he bought an ad-joining tract of ten acres, for which he paid$600. Recently he sold all of his twenty-acretract for $4
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 . of the failure of his health. Atthe time of selling out his landed possessionsaggregated about six hundred acres. Comingto Los Angeles in Eebruary, 1880, lie soon af-terward bought twenty-four acres near town,but sold the property two years later. Hisnext purchase consisted of ten acres, for whichhe paid $goo. A year later he bought an ad-joining tract of ten acres, for which he paid$600. Recently he sold all of his twenty-acretract for $40,000, reserving, however, a lot,181x96 feet, where !iis residence stands, at South Main street. For a short time heowned and conducted a hotel at Pomona, andalso for some years he owned five lots, forwhich he paid $1,000 and which he sold dur-ing the boom of 1887 at a considerable time to time he has bought and soldreal estate and is considered an excellentiudge of values, both of citv and countrvlands. ^^^^ilc li^•ing in Pennsylvania Mr. Kidsonmarried Winnifred Rowe, who was born inIreland, immigrated to the United States in. ^ £) JQA^uA^t^ HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. fi4J» 1849, ^ntl died in Iowa. Five children wereborn of that union, namely: Mary Ann, de-ceased; David; Gilbert, whose sketch will befound on another page of this work; SarahJane; and Winnifred. AMiile living in IowaMr. Kidson married Mrs. Isabelle Cook, whodied in that state, leaving a son, John R. Kid-son, now a rancher of Los Angeles county. In1875 Mr. Kidson married Mrs. Sarah AnnHitchcock, who died May 7, 1905, at the ageof eighty-five years, three months and fivedays. In politics Mr. Kidson has always beena stanch Republican. During the period ofhis residence in Iowa he served as schooltreasurer and also filled the office of road mas-ter. JAMES DEVINE DURFEE. One of theoldest pioneers in the ^?icinity of El Monte,James Devine Durfee is ranked as represen-tative of the best
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