Sutter County
Biographies
LOUIS E. DAHLING
Among the successful horticulturists of Sutter County none are more closely identified with the growth and best interests of the community than Louis E. Dahling, who has resided within the county most of his lifetime. His beautiful orchard home, consisting of seventy acres five miles southwest of Yuba City, on the Lincoln road, has become one of the show places of the county, as well as a very productive and profitable property. He was born west of Yuba City on December 29, 1871, the eldest son of F. H. and Mary (Schmidt) Dahling. F. H. Dahling passed away at the age of sixty years, in 1905. The mother of our subject is living retired in Oakland, Cal., aged seventy-two years.
Louis E. Dahling attended the Lincoln School and also the Stockton Business College. In 1895 he began word as a machinist, installing Fairbanks deep-well pumps in Southern California. During the ten years he was employed with the Fairbanks Company, he developed ten acres in the Downey district to citrus fruit. This property he later sold, returning to Sutter County.
Mr. Dahling married Miss Susie B. Fleming, a native of Downey, Cal., and daughter of J. P. Fleming, pioneer of 1868 and an influential business man of Los Angeles, now residing in Hollywood. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dahling, three of whom are living: Fred F., a rancher; Ada, now the wife of Riley Gerhardt; and Wayne A. For many years Mr. Dahling was engaged in grain-raising and the stock business; but eleven years ago he turned his attention to fruit-raising, which has proven far more profitable. He is a member of the California Cling Peach Growers’ Association, the Yuba City Chamber of Commerce, and the Lincoln Farm Bureau. Since 1909 he has been a member of the Yuba City Camp, Woodmen of the World.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 596
GEORGE LEWIS PRICE
An industrious agriculturist who has materially advanced through his work in the Golden State is George Lewis Price, who was born in Crawford County, Ind., April 24, 1862, a son of Henry L. and Martha Jane (Burnett) Price, natives of Rhode Island and Indiana, respectively. George Lewis Price was but a year and a half old when the father, who was a farmer, passed away; and he was reared by his aunt, who resided in Harrison County, receiving his education there.
In 1884, Mr. Price came to California and settled in Napa County, where he was employed for one and one-half years on the ranches. He then came to Sutter County, in 1886, and for ten years was in the employ of Irwin Griffith, after which, for two years, he leased land. In 1912 he purchased a ranch on the Butte House road, six miles northwest of Yuba City; and there he set out twenty-four acres to vineyard and orchard, and planted seven acres to Egyptian corn.
The marriage of George Lewis Price occurred in Sutter County, on April 24, 1893, when he was united with Miss Mary Elizabeth McVey. She was born near Grace Church, in Sutter County, and was one of eight children that blessed the home of Thomas F. and Nancy (Vorst) McVey. Her father, a native of Maryland, was reared in Missouri, and came to California from that State in 1852. Later he returned to Missouri and married Miss Nancy Vorst, and together they returned to Sutter County. Mr. and Mrs. Price became the parents of six children: George Wesley, who passed away at the age of nineteen years; John Kenneth, residing with his father; David Earl, who died when he was eleven years old; Eva, Mrs. Sutphen, now deceased; and Henry L. and Mary, both residing at home. In May, 1917, John Kenneth Price entered the United States Naval Reserves, being called to service on March 5, 1918. He was stationed for training at Point Loma, San Diego, where he remained for two months, and was then transferred to Mare Island and after one month of training was placed on the U. S. S. Charles, which was in the Pacific passenger service between San Diego and San Francisco and was known as the steamer Harvard, the sister ship of the Yale. Later he served on the U. S. S. Charles between Southampton and La Havre and Southampton and Boulogne, France. He was overseas from July, 1918 to May, 1919, and was discharged as a first-class fireman. Mr. and Mrs. Price are patriotic and public-spirited , and take an active interest in community affairs. In political affiliation Mr. Price is a Republican.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 596-599