Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Bemmerly, Ernest 1873 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory

ERNEST BEMMERLY

    A worthy representative of one of the early and prominent pioneer families
of Yolo county, Ernest Bemmerly is upholding the record for genuine worth and
stability borne by his predecessors, and Woodland has no more dependable citizen
than "Sam" Bemmerly, as he is known and addressed by his most intimate friends.
He was born near Blacks Station, Yolo county, March 10, 1873, the youngest of
five children born to his parents, John and Agnes (Wimmer) Bemmerly. Both of the
parents were natives of Germany, the father born in Wurtemberg, February 24,
1824, and the mother in Baden, February 2, 1833. From the time that he came to
California in 1852, until his death, August 8, 1872, the father was a resident
of Yolo county, and here, too, the mother has been a continuous resident since
1859. An interesting sketch of this worthy couple may be found elsewhere in this
volume.

    As will be seen by the dates above given, Ernest Bemmerly was born after the
death of his father, and therefore he has no personal knowledge of that parent.
In his mother, however, he had a most sympathetic friend and adviser, who gave
to him and to the four other children older than himself, every opportunity that
lay in her power to make them worthy citizens. Primarily educated in the local
schools, Ernest Bemmerly completed his studies in St. Joseph's Academy, Oakland,
and in 1893 he began farming on his own account, making a specialty of
stock-raising. His first experience was in farming about two thousand acres of
his mother's land, and in gathering the crops he used a combined harvester and
five eight-mule teams. Later he bought land adjoining Dunnigan on the southwest,
owning and farming ten hundred and twenty acres until 1911, when he rented the
property and removed to Woodland, where he has a fine home and is interested in
local affairs. At Corpus Christi, Tex., he was married to Mrs. May West, a
native of Refugio, Tex., and they have one daughter, Margaret Edith. In his
political affiliations Mr. Bemmerly is a Republican.


Additional Comments:
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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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