Merced-San Joaquin County CA Archives Biographies.....Cardwell, Walter C. 1859 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

WALTER C. CARDWELL

   As a pioneer business man of Le Grand, Merced County, Mr. Cardwell has been
identified with its growth since the town first came into being, and he has
taken an active part in the movements toward the making of a small hamlet a
prosperous and still growing business center, surrounded by such fertile valley
lands. Born October 23, 1859, Walter C. Cardwell is a native of Fayetteville,
Ark., and after his schooling was finished, he clerked in a store at Paris, near
Forth Smith, that State. On April 12, 1885, he came to Merced County and at
first lived with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Allen, on their ranch
east of Le Grand. He later took a course at the Stockton Normal School, and then
went to Plainsburg, where he clerked in the store of Abe Jacobs, and acted as
assistant postmaster of Plainsburg, also being proprietor of the Plainsburg Hotel.

   Coming to Le Grand in 1897, Mr. Cardwell first clerked in the store of E. C.
Dickinson, and was assistant postmaster of Le Grand under postmaster S. W.
Dickinson. He next clerked in the Rochdale Store for two years, and in 1906
bought the grocery store which he still owns, conducting it as a general grocery
store, with a full and up-to-date stock of goods.

   In all his years of residence in the San Joaquin, Mr. Cardwell has been sure
of the ultimate prosperity in store for this section of the State, and he has
supported the men and measures best calculated to further its real advancement.
Fraternally he is active as a member of the Fraternal Aid Union, being past
president of that order, and now serving as secretary.



Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
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

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925


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