YUBA COUNTY Biographies
ALBERT JOHN JOHNSON
A native son of Sutter County, Albert John Johnson has taken a lively interest in the growth and development of the section where he was born and reared. He farms his home ranch of 160 acres in the vicinity of Pleasant Grove, which he purchased in 1913; besides this he leases considerable land which he farms to grain. His brother Edward Johnson has been his partner in his extensive grain raising. He was born on his father’s ranch three miles south of Pleasant Grove, July 3, 1884, a son of Ephraim and Anna (O’Hara) Johnson, natives of Ohio and California, respectively, whose life history may also be found in this volume.
Albert John Johnson received his education at the Eagle district school adjacent to his home and was associated with his father until he was twenty-one years old, when he began to farm for himself. In 1913 he purchased his present home place which he has since farmed successfully.
The first marriage of Mr. Johnson, which occurred August 30, 1906, united him with Miss Winnie May Moses, a native of Minnesota, daughter of Hiram and Alice Moses. Miss Moses was a small girl when she accompanied her parents to California. They were the parents of five children: Benjamin Earl, Arthur John, Gertrude May, Winona Alberta, and Jessie Pearl. Mrs. Johnson passed away in 1920. At Sacramento, August 25, 1921, Mr. Johnson was married to Miss Mary Tressa Briggs, a native of Sutter County, daughter of Albert Drew and Sarah Jane (Fisher) Briggs, natives of Missouri and England, respectively. Mrs. Johnson is the sixth in a family of seven children, the others being Lawrence Roy, Albert Drew, Alice A., Jennie J., Addie C. and Robert Edward. Albert Drew Briggs, Sr., was an extensive cattle raiser and grain farmer and lived to be sixty-one years old; his wife passed away at the age of fifty-eight years. Mr. Johnson is a Republican in politics and fraternally belongs to Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 269, I.O.O.F.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 1252
EARL FAIRLEE
Among the prosperous business enterprises of Marysville is that of the National Cleaning Company whose success is largely attributable to the well formulated plans and untiring labor of Earl Fairlee, one of the proprietors. He is a member of one of California’s pioneer families and was born on a farm in Sutter County, July 23, 1892, a son of G. W. and Louisa (Feiling) Fairlee, both of whom are deceased. The father was one of the early settlers of Sutter County and became the owner of a well developed ranch of 140 acres at Pennington. It was originally a grain farm but later a portion of the land was planted to fruit. To Mr. and Mrs. Fairlee was born ten children: Frank, Thomas, Warren, Earl, Mrs. Ida Graves, Mrs. Clara Scott, Mrs. Florence Bender, Mrs. Mamie Walkup, Mrs. Bertha Barnes, and Mrs. Myrtle Kimball, all of whom are living.
The public schools of Sutter and Yuba Counties afforded Mr. Fairlee his educational advantages and when fifteen years of age he became a wage earner, securing a position as clerk in the store of Kelly & Brown, Marysville grocers. After the United States joined the allies in the war against Germany he enlisted for service, becoming a member of the One Hundred Sixteenth Engineers, which was attached to the Forty-first Division. He was ordered to France, spending thirteen and a half months in that country. After his release from military duty he was, for a short time, an automobile salesman. He then became a partner in the National Cleaning Company, which has enjoyed a continuous and healthful growth. The establishment is located at No. 515 D Street, Marysville, and the close adherence to high standards of service has won for the concern a large share of the public patronage. Mr. Fairlee also has an interest in the home ranch developed by his father and displays foresight, enterprise and ability in the management of his business interests.
Mr. Fairlee married Miss Vera Bryan, a native of Sutter County, and a daughter, Lauralu, ahs been born to them. Mr. Fairlee is well known in local fraternal circles and his interest in his community is that of a loyal, progressive and public-spirited citizen whose influence is at all times on the side of advancement and improvement.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 1252-1253
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