Contra Costa County
Biographies
HERSHEY ANNIN STIVER,
freight and passenger agent for the Southern Pacific Company at Richmond, California, is a railroad man of experience who has won his position entirely on his own merits. His birth occurred in Benton, Indiana, on March 20, 1878. He acquired his education in the public schools of Goshen, Indiana, afterward attending the Michael University, at Logansport, Indiana, and the Davis Business College, at Toledo, Ohio. In 1897 he became identified with railroad work on the Wabash, and filled positions as telegraph operator at Millersburg, Indiana, and Adrian and Detroit, Michigan, remaining with the Wabash Railroad nearly four years. Mr. Stiver has held various positions of importance and trust, and has traveled all over the country for the various roads he has represented. In 1903 he became associated with the Southern Pacific Company, acting as relief agent, and traveled largely over the Coast Division, being appointed in 1906 as assistant freight agent at San Jose. He came to Richmond early in 1908, being promoted to freight and passenger agent, which position he now holds to the eminent satisfaction of his company. Fraternally, he is a Mason, and has the distinction of serving as the first master of Alpha Lodge No. 431, F. & A. M., of Richmond. He is also a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the Council, the Commandery, Order of the Eastern Star, Aahmes Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, and the B. P. O. E. No. 1251, of Richmond. In July, 1906, Mr. Stiver was united in marriage to Miss Myrtle Alice Estle, a native of Kansas. To this union have been born two children—Laura Elizabeth, born May 9, 1907, and Martha Frances, born June 11, 1911. Mrs. Stiver takes an active part in the social and church circles of Richmond, being the worthy matron of Acantha Chapter No. 249, of the Eastern Star, for the year 1915, also president of the Mendelssohn Club during 1915, vice-president of the Richmond Club, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California," Elms Publ. Co., 1918, pp. 450
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.
EARL L. SCOFIELD
holds an important position with the Standard Oil Company of California, as assistant superintendent of the white oil and filtering plant. He also held the position of superintendent of the asphalt department for some time. There is great credit due him for having obtained his present position, as he enjoys in full measure the confidence and respect of his fellow-men. Mr. Scofield was born in Alameda, California, August 5, 1890. He is a son of D. G. Scofield, formerly identified with the Standard Oil Company of California as president. Earl Scofield acquired his education in the schools of Alameda. Completing his education he became associated with the Standard Oil Company. Fraternally, he is a member of the B. P. O. E. On March 2, 1911, Mr. Scofield was united in marriage to Miss Marian Troy, a native of Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Scofield are popular in social circles in the Bay cities. They have one daughter, Helen Frances, born August 11, 1912.
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California," Elms Publ. Co., 1918, pp. 450-451
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.
MANUEL LAWRENCE FERNANDEZ, M. D.,
who is actively engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Pinole, is recognized as an able representative of the profession, who ever keeps in touch with the most advanced methods and discoveries. His birth occurred July 13, 1876, his parents being Bernando and Carlota (Cuadra) Fernandez. Bernando Fernandez, one of Pinole's most prominent citizens, a capitalist and real-estate owner, was born in Portugal, November 15, 1828. He was reared in his native land, but at thirteen years of age he went to Brazil and remained in that country for some time, coming to New York in 1850. In 1853 he came to California, landing in San Francisco. He mined for some months, after which he sailed on the bay for some time. Subsequently he became owner of a schooner and carried provisions and freight from Pinole to San Francisco. He sold his boat and bought another, which he operated until 1856. Later he engaged in the mercantile business in Pinole until 1894. He also engaged in the hay and grain business on a very large scale and erected several large warehouses. As his financial ability increased he invested in real estate in Pinole, San Francisco, Oakland, and Martinez; in the latter town the Martinez Hotel was a part of his possessions. In 1894 he erected his handsome residence in Pinole. Mr. Fernandez was united in marriage to Carlota Cuadra, and they became the parents of six children. Fraternally, Mr. Fernandez was a Mason, a member of the Martinez lodge, and a Royal Arch Mason. He died on May 12, 1912. Doctor Manuel Lawrence Fernandez was educated in the public schools and in Berkeley Gymnasium, graduating in 1895. He then entered the University of California, where he took up medicine and graduated from that department in 1900, receiving the degree of M. D. Subsequently he removed to New York, where he entered the Willard Parker Hospital, and from 1901 to 1903 he studied in Berlin and Vienna. Returning to San Francisco, he became identified as a practicing physician, remaining here until the fire in 1906, when he removed to Pinole, where he has since resided and practiced his profession. Doctor Fernandez has served as health officer for the town of Pinole for some time, and is a member of the State Lunacy Commission from Contra Costa County. He is a member of the County and State Medical Society, and also a member of the Society for Prevention of Tuberculosis. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the B. P. O. E. Politically, he is a Republican. Doctor Fernandez holds the position as physician and surgeon for the Hercules Powder Company, and also for the Union Oil Company. He holds to high ideals, not only in professional service, but in citizenship and in social relations, and his sterling manhood has gained for him the warm and enduring regard of all with whom he has come in contact.
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California," Elms Publ. Co., 1918, pp. 451-452
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.