Merced-Kings County CA Archives Biographies.....Stothers, A. W. 1874 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

A. W. STOTHERS

   It was on August 28, 1874, that A. W. Stothers was born, a son of William and
Caroline (Duff) Stothers, in Pratt County, Mo. Six weeks later the parents
brought their son with them to California and here he grew up and attended
school in the Russell district in Merced County. When he was twenty he started
out for himself and leased 1260 acres of the Ivett property, south of Planada,
and began operations as a grain farmer. He continued thus occupied for twelve
years, sometimes having as many as 2500 acres in grain, principally wheat. In
carrying on his operations he employed from three to forty men, as occasion
required, and he had a combined harvester drawn by mules and horses, but as more
modern methods came into vogue, Mr. Stothers kept up with the period and was one
of the first in this section to use a caterpillar tractor and combined harvester
and thresher. In 1919 he gave up grain farming, and by 1923 he had set ninety
acres to figs and twelve acres to almonds on his own property, which comprises
some 414 acres in all; and on this ranch he has made every one of the
improvements seen today, he having owned the land for the past twenty-five years.

   On January 29, 1896, Mr. Stothers was united in marriage with Miss Violet A.
Brady, born in San Diego County. Her parents having died when she was twelve
years old, she came to Kings County to make her home with relatives and there
she was married. Mr. and Mrs. Stothers have had five children: Eva, a
stenographer in San Francisco; William Earl, still at home; Alma, a resident
nurse at Lane Hospital in San Francisco; Eileen, also a stenographer in San
Francisco; and Shannon Elmo, attending the Merced Union High School. Mr.
Stothers is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Merced. In
politics he votes the Republican ticket.


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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