Yolo-San Francisco-San Diego County CA Archives Biographies.....Anderson, John Wesley 1848 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory

JOHN WESLEY ANDERSON

    The genealogy of the Anderson family is traced to Scotland, but several
generations have been identified with American history. John Anderson, who was
born in Virginia shortly after the immigration of the family, became a builder
and there still stand in the Old Dominion many fine old buildings that are
monuments to his skill in construction. For years he was the leading contractor
and builder in Stafford county, Va., where he owns a fine plantation of two
hundred and forty-four acres. At the close of the Civil war he began to rebuild
the place which had been devastated by soldiers. In time the farm became once
more an attractive homestead, where hospitality reigned and good cheer abounded
for stranger and friend. At that place he died when sixty-five years of age.
There also in 1895 occurred the demise of his wife, Delphia (Curtis) Anderson, a
life-long resident of Virginia. Sixteen children formed their family and ten of
the number attained majority.

    The sixth child in the large family, John Wesley Anderson, was born at the
old homestead near Fredericksburg, Va., September 21, 1848, and completed his
education in Wallace academy. From 1872 until 1874 he was employed in Baltimore,
and during 1875 he came to the Pacific coast with his brothers, M. O. and J. H.,
the former of whom served as captain of the San Francisco police force for
fifteen years and the latter ranked as sergeant on the same force. Coming to
Yolo county, John Wesley Anderson secured a position as superintendent of the
Oakshade orchard of three hundred and forty acres situated one mile east of
Davisville. For ten years he continued in the same position. Upon leaving that
place he superintended the planting of three thousand acres of fruit trees in
the Orangevale colony in Sacramento county. Next he superintended the planting
of an orange grove in San Diego county. Upon the ranch in Yolo county which he
had previously purchased he settled in 1891 and since then he has visited every
part of the west where fruit is grown, studying the soil and climate in their
relation to fruit possibilities.

    For a long period Mr. Anderson has been a leading worker in the Presbyterian
Church, in which he has served as a trustee and as Sunday-school treasurer.
Politically he votes with the Republican party. His marriage took place in Yolo
county and united him with Miss Clara Cecil, a native of Missouri, their union
being blessed with two daughters, Mary Cecil and Alma. The family still reside
one-half mile east of Davis, where Mr. Anderson owns ninety-five acres, planted
to table grapes, prunes, pears and almonds. Throughout this entire region he is
known as an expert in fruit culture and his judgment is sought wherever the
relation of fruit trees to soil or climate is brought into question. When chosen
horticultural commissioner it became his duty to inspect all nursery stock prior
to exportation and seldom indeed was his decision questioned, for throughout the
entire county the growers of fruit early came to realize that his interests were
their own and that adherence to his sagacious judgment would redound to their
own financial advantage.


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HISTORY OF YOLO 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

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]




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