YUBA COUNTY
Biographies
NORMAN E. HAYNES
An intelligent and energetic worker, who has successfully operated and developed his ranch in Sutter City, is Norman E. Haynes. Mr. Haynes was born at Sutter City, November 8, 1875, a son of James S. and Francis C. (White) Haynes, natives of Ohio. James S. Haynes came to the Golden State about 1870, and settled at Sutter City, two miles southeast of South Butte. He was a veteran of the War of the Rebellion, a member of the 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery. He married Francis C. White in Ohio, and came to California via the Isthmus of Panama. Here he lived and farmed on his half-section of land until his death at the age of sixty-seven, in 1911; his wife passed away at the age of sixty-nine, in 1919. They were the parents of six children: Alice and Effie, deceased; a child who died in infancy; Norman E., the subject of this sketch; James L., who lives on the home place; and Ethel, the wife of Mr. Hawley.
Norman E. Haynes attended the Washington district school. He was always associated with his father before his death, and had rented the home place at that time; and later he ran it for six years. The estate was divided equally among the three living heirs. Norman E. Haynes owns his third and also the home in Sutter City.
The marriage of Norman E. Haynes occurred on November 25, 1896, at Sutter City, and united him with Miss Flora B. Hamilton, a native of Kansas. She was a daughter of the Rev. P.P. Hamilton and Elizabeth S. (Wineman) Hamilton. The father, who was a minister of the Methodist Church, passed away on January 2, 1911; the mother is still living in Sutter City at the age of eighty-two. Mrs. Haynes was the third child born in the Hamilton home, and was one of six sisters: Alice, Margaret, Flora B., Clara, Mary and Nellie. Mr. and Mrs. Haynes are the parents of four sons: Lowell H., Emory O., Norman Edward and Fayne Belle. Lowell H. married Miss Dollie Culbertson, of Lincoln, Cal. Mr. Haynes is a Democrat in national politics. For six years, he was a trustee of the Brittan Grammar School, but he resigned in 1922. For four years, he served as constable for Sutter Township, his term ending on January 1, 1923. At present he is holding the responsible position of deputy sheriff. That Mr. Haynes takes a broad view of his responsibilities is shown in the careful performance of his duties, whereby he endeavors to afford effective protection to society.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
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C. WESLEY REED
A self-made man in the full sense of the word, C. Wesley Reed was born at Marysville, on November 11, 1897, the eldest son of Howard and Edith (Cooley) Reed, whose sketch is given elsewhere in this volume.
C. Wesley Reed was reared on his father’s farm near Marysville. In 1917, he enlisted in the U.S. Marines, and thereafter served until he became very ill with a severe case of fever, when he was sent home a convalescent. After attending the Sacramento High School for two years, he entered the University of California, where he studied for some time. He then was employed by Balfour, Guthrie & Company, at the breeding establishment on their Contra Costa farm near Brentwood, and two months later was made superintendent. He occupied this position for two years, learning thoroughly the entire stock business on this very extensive ranch. In 1920, in partnership with another man, he farmed to beans in San Joaquin, but the crop proved a complete loss. In 1922, he returned to Yuba County and made a new start on the Reed ranch. During the fruit season of 1922 he was placed in charge of the Riviera orchard as superintendent for T. C. Judkins, attorney, of San Francisco, the present owner. This property, which is located in Sutter and Butte counties, is now being put into a high state of cultivation, and is widely known for its choice 160 acres of river-bottom land, twelve miles north of Marysville and Yuba City, on the west bank of the Feather River. They raise prunes, French and Imperial, and extra choice canning peaches, with a score of other California fruits, the orchard covering about 120 acres of the quarter-section. In 1923, he took charge of the clearing of forty acres of bottom land, and has employed nine men steadily. He has started the growing of cover crops, and has instituted several other features that have proved of benefit to the fruit growers of the community. He is a member of the Farm Bureau, and of the Calpha agriculture fraternity, of Davis, Cal. Fraternally, he is a Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge at Gridley, Cal.
Mr. Reed was married in the spring of 1923 to Miss Alma Hansen of Yuba County; and they are now residing upon and operating one of his father’s ranches, the Howard Reed ranch, in Sutter County, about two miles southeast of Bogue Station. This ranch has eighty-five acres of peaches, prunes, and plums, to which he is giving the best care and attention. Although he could have chosen a life of leisure, Mr. Reed preferred to work forward toward a definite goal, and therefore took up outside work in order to gain a well-rounded and thorough knowledge of business enterprise and ranching in general. His life has been characterized throughout by industry, perseverance and progressiveness; and the prosperity which has come to him is well deserved.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p 692
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