YUBA COUNTY Biographies
JOHN A. MINDEN
The brief story of the progress and success of John A. Minden, a prosperous orchardist of the Nicolaus district of Sutter County, shows what may be accomplished by steady application and industry. He is the owner of thirty-five acres which have been highly developed; twenty acres are in French and Imperial prunes and the balance of fifteen acres is used as a dry yard and for hay and grain. He was born at Nicolaus, May 30, 1879, a son of Herman and Wibka (Dickmann) Minden, pioneers of Nicolaus, now both deceased. John A. Minden attended the old Nicolaus school and was reared on his father’s farm. His first venture in the business world was raising sheep, which he sold to engage in the dairy business with three of his brothers, and the partnership continued until 1914, when Mr. Minden sold his interest and removed to Yuba City, where he bought forty acres; after holding it for one year he sold it and returned to Nicolaus, where he located on his present home place, which was his portion of his parents’ estate.
The marriage of Mr. Minden in Sacramento, November 30, 1912, united him with Miss Gretta Storm, a native of Germany, who accompanied her uncle, John Storm, to California in 1909. Two children have been born of this union, Lorraine Thelma, and Herman Donald. Mr. Minden is a member of the California Prune & Apricot Growers’ Association and in politics he is a Republican.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
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JOHN THOMAS GLENN
As the son of a large land holder in Sutter County and himself engaged in ranching on an extensive scale, John Thomas Glenn is keenly interested in the advancement of its resources and the further growth and development of that part of the State in which he was born and where he is following his chosen vocation. December 30, 1878, he was born at Pleasant Grove, a son of J. P. and Marium (Moad) Glenn, both still living in the county, making their home on one of their properties, a 320-acre ranch, while J. P. Glenn also owns four additional tracts of 720, 200, 240 and 160 acres respectively; he served as supervisor of the Fifth District of Sutter County for one term and has always been actively interested in its progress. John Thomas Glenn was third in a family of seven children born to his parents, and was educated in the Pleasant Grove School. He farmed with his father for many years, and later with his brothers rented the ranch for a few years, after which he rented a portion of the ranch individually for a number of years.
His marriage, at Pleasant Grove, on February 23, 1901, united him with Miss Mabel A. Trevathan, born at Pleasant Grove, and daughter of Thomas William and Florence (Browning) Trevathan. Her father is a native of Shullsburg, Wis., born July 27, 1857, a brother of George Howsley Trevathan, and her mother was born at Canton, Mo. Mrs. Glenn’s grandfather, F. G. Browning, came via Panama to California in 1849, and was with Marshall near Coloma in the early days; he was taken sick with cholera and was cared for by a “Digger Indian” at Fort Sutter, Sacramento. Successful in his mining ventures, he had accumulated wealth, but was robbed of all he had and returned East, where he taught school for a time and then returned to California, across the plains, in 1850. An only daughter, Mabel A. Trevathan, was educated at Pleasant Grove, and still makes her home on part of the home ranch, for her husband purchased a part of the Trevathan ranch, and they also acquired some by inheritance, comprising 400 acres all told, devoted to grain and stock-raising, with five acres planted to a vineyard. Mr. Glenn built the family home in 1917, and they have four children to brighten it: Lorna, Gordon, Julean and Thomas. Mr. Glenn is a Democrat in politics, but votes for the man and issue at stake in local matters. Fraternally, he is a member of Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 269, I.O.O.F., and has served as Noble Grand of the order several times, and with his wife he is a member of Pleasant Grove Rebekah Lodge No. 126, in which Mrs. Glenn is a Past Grand.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p 1218
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