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 . King, a widow, who farms on the Irvine ranch. JamesArthur is popularly known as Ott Ross; he married Mrs. Jennie Kight. nee Smith, adaughter of William Smith, who had married Carrie Reed, pioneers of have four children—Catherine, Lulu, Christie A. and Leonard. Myrtle is thewife of John Froehlich, and resides in Los Angeles, where he is a carpenter for theFox Film Studios,
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 . King, a widow, who farms on the Irvine ranch. JamesArthur is popularly known as Ott Ross; he married Mrs. Jennie Kight. nee Smith, adaughter of William Smith, who had married Carrie Reed, pioneers of have four children—Catherine, Lulu, Christie A. and Leonard. Myrtle is thewife of John Froehlich, and resides in Los Angeles, where he is a carpenter for theFox Film Studios, and also their foreman. Alda Lawrence is a farmer at Holtville,in the Imperial Valley, and has five sons; and Jessie May is the wife of Glenn They have three children and reside at Yorba Linda. Mr. Ross still owns a house and seven lots in Santa Ana, and 320 acres in Arizona,where he lived for three years. The Rosses are among the interesting families inAmerica reaching liack to the Old World. Samuel Rosss great-great-grandfatherwas John Ross, who came from Scotland to Ohio; and the Rosses were prominentin the United Brethren Church. Most of them have also been life-long, ^jSuzyi^i^L^-^ ^n-t>^ HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 709 ARTHUR STALEY.—A resident of Orange County since early boyhood, andtaking an active part in its growth and development since reaching maturity, ArthurStaley is a native son of the state, born near Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, April 28,1870, a son of Theodore and Drusilla (Teague) Staley, the former a native of Missouri,and the latter of Indiana. Both parents were pioneers of California, Theodore Staleyhaving crossed the plains with ox-teams in 1856, and Drusilla Teague was brought onthe long overland journey by her parents in 1865, the wagons being drawn by horses,and some trouble with Indians was encountered by the young pioneers. Theodore Staley farmed in Sonoma County until 1881, when he located at Orange,remaining there o
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