Tulare County
Biographies
BUFORD E. AMYX
For more than a decade the subject of this sketch has been identified with the fruit growing and nursery interests of California, and is now holding the responsible position of district manager for the Fancher Creek Nursery, with headquarters at 104 Northwest Third street, Visalia. Mr. Amyx was born on a farm in the state of Kentucky on the 8th of October, 1884. His mother, whose maiden name was Melissa Thompson, has joined the silent majority, but his father, Russo Amyx, is still living in Kentucky.
As a boy Mr. Amyx attended the public school near his father’s home, but while still in his teens he left home to carve out a career for himself. Going first to Colorado, he was employed there for a brief period in logging and mining. He was then engaged in general farm work in Nevada until 1904, when he came to Visalia, California. His first employment here was with J. K. Ormsby, but after a short time he joined the old Visalia Walnut Company, with which he remained for three years.
In 1908 he was united in marriage with Miss Maude Kirkman, who was born and reared in Tulare county. After his marriage he went to Sanger, where he started a nursery and orchard for an Exeter company. About a year later he returned to Visalia and purchased a small ranch a short distance east of the city with the Delta Nursery. For the next seven years he was with T. Jacob & Brother, when he entered the employ of the Fancher Creek Nursery Company as agent. His success in this line led to his promotion and for the past vie years he has been district manager over a territory extending from Fresno to Bakersfield, in which he has been reasonably successful.
Mr. Amyx is a democrat in his political views, and his fraternal relations are with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is generally recognized as one of Visalia’s most progressive and public-spirited citizens. He and his wife and the parents of three children: Leon Kirkman, Dick A. and Buford Verle.
History of Tulare County and Kings County, California – Kathleen Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. I, Chicago, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926, Page 476
Transcribed by Jeannie Miyama