Tulare County
Biographies
BEQUETTE, CHARLES C.
The name Bequette has long been honored not only in Tulare county, but in the state at large. In these pages appears a biographical sketch of Paschal Bequette Jr., in which is given some of the history of Col. Paschal Bequette Sr., a native of Missouri who rose to eminence on the Pacific coast. Charles C. Bequette was born at Saint Genevieve, Mo., in 1834. His parents dying while he was yet but an infant, when he was five years old he was taken to Wisconsin, where he became a member of the family of his uncle. In 1850, when he was about sixteen years old, he and his brother crossed the plains to California and located at Hangtown. Later in 1852, they went to Sierra county, where they mined until 1857. In 1859 Mr. Bequette drove a band of cattle from Yolo county to Tulare county and settled on land at Outside Creek, where he prospered as a stockman until 1867. Then selling out his interests there, he homesteaded a tract of land near Lemon Cove, where he was successful in the breeding of cattle and horses for fifteen years, until he took up his residence at Visalia, where he has since lived, continuing an active interest in the political affairs of the county. His public spirit and his capacity for public business have been recognized by his appointment to various responsible offices, he having served two terms as deputy recorder and auditor of Tulare county, of which he has also served as deputy county treasurer and deputy county assessor.
SOURCE: History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical Sketches - Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913 Pp 419, 420
Transcribed by: Craig A Hahn
CUTLER, JOHN (M. D.)
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A native of Indiana, Judge Cutler was born in 1819, in the town of Newport, Vermilion county. A predilection for the medical profession led him to take up studies with that object in view at an early age, and he completed his studies and received his diploma in Iowa. In the last mentioned state he followed his profession until the memorable year of 1849, when he crossed the plains to California and made settlement in Eldorado county, While a resident of that county he served as a representative to the state legislature.
Judge Cutler’s residence in Tulare county began with the year 1852, at which time he engaged in agriculture on a large scale, farming one thousand acres five miles northeast of Visalia, on the St. John’s river. Here, as in his former place of residence, his fellow-citizens recognized his unusual ability and fitness for public office and for two terms he served them efficiently as judge of Tulare county. The marriage of Judge Cutler united him with Mrs. Nancy (Rice) Reynolds, a widow with two daughters, Amelia and Celeste. Seven children were born of her marriage with Judge Cutler, three sons, and four daughters, as follows: Mrs. V. D. Knupp of Porterville; A. R.; John; Mary; Loyal O.; Ida, and Mrs. Edna Hartley. Judge Cutler passed away on the family homestead near Visalia July 12, 1902, and his wife died in Santa Cruz several years prior to his demise.
The second child born to Judge and Nancy (Rice) Cutler was A. R. Cutler, a native of Tulare county, born in 1860. When his school days were over he assisted his father in the care and management of the home ranch, and later undertook ranching on his own account. At the present time he is ranching on a large scale in Tulare county, having under his immediate supervision the Venice Cove, Monson, and Hills Valley ranches. His stock now numbers four hundred head. Fruit is raised on one hundred acres—raisin grapes, peaches, apricots and oranges predominating—besides which he has twenty acres in prunes, and the remainder of the land is in alfalfa.
Following a service of four years as deputy county clerk, Mr. Cutler received still greater honors in April, 1911, when he was elected mayor of Visalia, an office which he is well qualified to fill. His marriage in 1988 united him with Miss Nimmie Pringle, and they have two sons, John F. and Albert R.
SOURCE: History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical Sketches - Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913 Pp 420, 423
Transcribed by: Craig A Hahn