Imperial County CA Archives Biographies.....Allatt, Horace E. 1846 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

HORACE E. ALLATT.—After a long and varied career, during which he traveled
extensively and devoted his energies to numerous lines of endeavor, Horace E.
Allatt is now one of the leading ranchmen of Imperial County, and has held the
office as secretary of the North End Water Company since August, 1917. Mr.
Allatt was born in Boulogne, France, July 9, 1846, a son of Horace and Louise
(Grattan) Allatt. His parents came to America in 1850, and in 1854 settled in
Norfolk, Virginia, where his father was identified with the tobacco interest of
that city. Horace E. acquired his education in Norfolk, Virginia, and left
school at an early age during the Civil War. Leaving Virginia at the age of
twenty-one, he traveled extensively and followed different vocations. Coming to
Imperial County in May, 1902, he served as postmaster in the town of Imperial
for nine years. In 1913 he left Imperial and engaged in the mercantile business
in Calipatria and later went on his ranch of 160 acres, nine miles west of the
town. He was made secretary of the North End Water Company in August, 1917,
which position he is now holding. Politically, Mr. Allatt is a Republican.
Fraternally, he is a Knight Templar and holds membership in the lodge at
Riverside, California. Mr. Allatt was married in Chalmers, Indiana, to Miss M.
Elizabeth Dobbins, and of this union have been born four children, Walter B., H.
Edmund, Lelia, wife of Ben Pittman of Alameda County, and Helen A., wife of
Ralph S. Benton of San Diego. Mr. Allatt is numbered among the progressive and
enterprising men of Imperial County, and his energies have won him success in
his ventures and have established him in the confidence of his fellow citizens.

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THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918


Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco


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