Imperial-San Joaquin-Kings County CA Archives Biographies.....Peacock, Frank J. 1872 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

FRANK J. PEACOCK.—One of the most able, progressive and enterprising business
men of Imperial County is Frank J. Peacock, proprietor of the Arrowhead
Creamery, which was originally established in 1905. He has been actively and
successfully identified with the business interests of the county for many
years, and is recognized today as the pioneer creamery man of the San Joaquin
Valley, and one of the foremost creamery men of southern California. Mr. Peacock
erected the first creamery in the San Joaquin Valley in 1895. He also put up the
first creamery in Kings County. He markets his own products and does a wholesale
business at 808 E. Fifth Street, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino, California.
Mr. Peacock was born in Napa County, March 20, 1872, a son of Joseph and Hannah
Peacock. He received his education in the public schools and one of the business
colleges of California. At the age of twenty-one he was elected to the office of
County Tax Collector of Kings County, which office he held for eight years,
during which time he became interested in the creamery business, and erected the
creamery in Kings County in 1895. In 1905 Mr. Peacock organized the first
National Bank of Lemoore, Kings County, California, and served as president of
that institution until 1908, when he removed to San Bernardino and established
the creamery in that city, and also in El Centro, California. Fraternally, he is
a member of the B. P. O. E. Mr. Peacock has large ranch holdings and is an
extensive grower of cotton, alfalfa and corn. In his political views he is a
Republican but can always be counted upon to cast his vote for the man,
irrespective of party. He was married in San Bernardino, February 4th, 1909, to
Miss Alberta Cannon, of Ohio. Mr. Peacock stands today a forceful factor in the
improvement of business conditions of El Centro and southern California. The
Arrowhead creameries manufacture casein, which is utilized for various
manufacturing purposes. Mr. Peacock makes his home at 1001 D Street, San
Bernardino, California.

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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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