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 . epman, now an orchardist at Olive. The ten children left by Mrs. Bush are: Mrs. P. J. Ralls, Charles T. and Jonathan Bush, Mrs. L. J. Stone and Mrs. Lillie Holloway, all of Kern County; Mrs. Elizabeth Borden, of San Bernardino; J. M. and T- Taylor Bush, and Mrs. Phoebe Burbank, all of Olive; and Mrs. S. C. Howard, of Long Beach. John M. Bush, Jr., was born, a native son—of which fact h


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 . epman, now an orchardist at Olive. The ten children left by Mrs. Bush are: Mrs. P. J. Ralls, Charles T. and Jonathan Bush, Mrs. L. J. Stone and Mrs. Lillie Holloway, all of Kern County; Mrs. Elizabeth Borden, of San Bernardino; J. M. and T- Taylor Bush, and Mrs. Phoebe Burbank, all of Olive; and Mrs. S. C. Howard, of Long Beach. John M. Bush, Jr., was born, a native son—of which fact he is naturally proud— on the home ranch above Olive, on December 18, 1880, and was educated in the public schools of Olive, in which community he also grew up. In 1903 he was married to Miss Amelia Lemke, the daughter of the late Chris and Julia Lemke of Olive, originally of German descent. She first came to America in 1890, and was fortunate in settling in the beginning in Orange County. They are the parents of three children: \ictor M., Terry N. and Mildred. Both as an agriculturist and a horticulturist, Mr. Bush has attained an enviable position among Orange County farmers, and his thirty acres of. HISTORY OF ORAXGE COUNTY 611 walnuts and Valencia oranges, which he set out himself, might well be the pride ofanyone ambitious of developing a ranch to a high state of productivity. He still caresfor the old home ranch which is devoted to walnuts and has the oldest walnut treesin the county. He is a memljer and director of Mutual Orange Distributors Associationat Olive, and for several years served as a trustee of Olive school district. Always apublic-spirited citizen, Mr. Bush and his good wife respond in particular to any move-ment likely to-advance permanently the best interests of the town and the county inwhich they live and prosper. GERALD W. SANDILANDS.—A well-trained American of Scotch parentagewho has joined in helping to develop the resources of the state, and who


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