. History of Sonoma 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 time. went toSan Francisco, and was associated with that metropolis and vicinity for aboutfive years, when he came to Sonoma county, and has made this his home con-tinuously ever since. Pleased with the outlook as presenting advantages overany other part of the state which he had visited, he determined to make this hispermanent home, and with this idea in mind he cast about to find an available
. History of Sonoma 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 time. went toSan Francisco, and was associated with that metropolis and vicinity for aboutfive years, when he came to Sonoma county, and has made this his home con-tinuously ever since. Pleased with the outlook as presenting advantages overany other part of the state which he had visited, he determined to make this hispermanent home, and with this idea in mind he cast about to find an availableproperty suited to his purpose. This he found in the property of which he isnow the owner, near Santa Rosa, on Rural Route No. 2, and which has beenthe scene of his activities since 1900. Here he has twenty-six acres of fine land,well suited to the raising of grapes and prunes, to which his ranch is aboutequally devoted. The last crop which he gathered consisted of thirteen andone-half tons of dried prunes and twenty tons of grapes, all of which broughtgood prices in the market. He is also interested in the raising of poultry, andas one of the charter members of the Sonoma County Co-operative Poultry. ^tJ%ra*£i*l4 HISTORY OF SONOMA COUNTY 79l Association has been an invaluable factor in his community in sustaining theprice of eggs and in other ways benefiting the industry. He served as treasurerof the board of directors of this association until 1911. In 1891 Mr. Bline was married to Miss May Vance, a native of Illinois,whose death occurred seven months later. In March, 1900, he married hispresent wife, who was formerly Miss Emily Connolly, a native of St. Louis,Mo. Five children have been born of this marriage, named in the order of theirbirth as follows: Dorothy, Grace, Jeannette, Elizabeth and James W., the threeeldest children being students in the local schools. In national issues Mr. Blineis a Democrat, but in local matters he does not confine himself to the candidatesof
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