Yolo-Monterey County CA Archives Biographies.....Logwood, William M. 1845 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory

WILLIAM M. LOGWOOD

    The old-fashioned prairie schooner was the popular conveyance for
transportation at the time of Mr. Logwood's removal to California, and he
vividly recalls the incidents of the trip that brought him, when a boy of seven
years, from the sunny southland to the land by the sunset sea. The recollections
which he entertains concerning his native Texas (for he was born in Sherman
county, that state, in 1845) are obscured by the mists that throw childhood into
the realms of dreamland, yet he remembers the rugged farmers pausing in their
toil to converse concerning the outcome of the Mexican war and the vast riches
of the new California mines. The family home, too, was enlivened by discussions
as to removal to the west, and his father, Thomas Y. Logwood, a native of
Alabama and a descendant of an old southern family, eventually decided to take
his wife and children across the country to California, with the hope of
bettering his financial prospects. The year 1852 found them traveling via the
southern overland route, and a tedious but uneventful journey found its
termination in the Salinas valley of Monterey county, where land was secured and
a home established. Death brought its own sorrows into the home within a few
years after settlement had been made in the valley, for one of the sons, Thomas,
passed away in 1856, and the following year the mother, Susan (Wyatt) Logwood, a
Texan by birth and education, was taken from the home, leaving the father with
the care of four small motherless children, William M., Charles P., Edward L.
and Mary E. The first-named was twelve at that time and thenceforth he
practically made his own way, although until the death of the father in 1881, he
had the benefit of his practical agricultural experience and kindly counsel.

    Having been trained to a practical knowledge of general farming it was
natural that William M. Logwood should select it as his occupation in life.
After a time he became especially interested in one of the most important
departments of agriculture, viz.: the dairy industry. For a long period he
conducted a dairy of four hundred cows on the site of what is now the village of
Spreckels in Monterey county and became one of the most experienced dairymen in
the entire state, gaining a wide reputation for skill in the industry. Indeed,
it was this reputation which led to his selection for the important position he
now fills. When the Henry Cowell Lime and Cement Company of San Francisco was
searching for a man of intelligence and skill to act as foreman of their cattle
ranch, commonly known as the old E. S. Carey property, they invited him to fill
the position and he consented, the result being that he has been retained in
that capacity ever since 1896. His long retention is proof of the high character
of his services. The ranch of which he has charge comprises sixty-two thousand
acres, and there is usually kept in the vast pastures from one thousand to
fifteen hundred head of cattle. The tract lies in the vicinity of Davis, Yolo
county, and is owned by the San Francisco firm, who conduct the extensive stock
business. To the management of the business Mr. Logwood devotes his entire time
and has not had the leisure for participation in politics or in fraternal
affairs, although when he was living in Monterey county he held active
membership with the Salinas Lodge of Masonry.

    During 1885 he married Miss Irene Robbins, a native of Illinois, and since
coming to Yolo county he and his wife, with their two children, Leslie and
Yewel, have made their home on the large ranch of which he acts as foreman.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

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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