Tulare County
Biographies
A. J. SALLADAY
In the Buckeye State, in 1854, was born A. J. Salladay, a prominent citizen of Tulare county and an enthusiastic promoter of the interests of Terrabella and its tributary territory. When he was twelve years old he was taken to Iowa by his parents on their removal to that state, and there he remained eighteen years, until 1884, when he came to California and settled in Fresno county. After a residence of two years there he removed to Tulare county, within the borders of which he has since made his home. It was in Ohio and Iowa that he obtained his education. His father was a rancher and all through his boyhood and youth the son was his assistant. When he left Iowa in 1884 he took up the battle of life for himself, buying forty acres of land in Fresno county, which he subsequently sold. In Tulare county he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres, to which he added by subsequent purchases until he owned a whole section, which he sold a few months ago for $42,000, it being good producing wheat land. There is food for thought in this brief statement of the success of a self-made man. It was dependent not alone on industry and perseverance, but not a little on a prophetic foresight which took account of values past and present and future.
In 1885 Mr. Salladay married Sophia Carr, a native of Iowa, and they have had four children, all of whom are living. Nita married J. B. Garver and lives at Terrabella. Sarah became the wife of Henry Owens and lives in the same neighborhood. Joe is unmarried, and Carr is a boy of five years. Mrs. Salladay's parents, natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania, are living in California. Mr. Salladay's father, also of Ohio birth, died soon after his son came to Tulare county. The latter remembers the country then as only a boundless sheep range, and he has watched and aided in its development until it has become famous as the citrus belt of California. When he came here the people did not dream of this latter day prosperity based on irrigation, and farmers were subject to all the vicissitudes of the seasons. Patriotic and helpful to an unusual degree, Mr. Salladay is not an active politician and has never consented to accept any public office except as a member of the school board, the duties of which his interest in general education has impelled him to undertake.
History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical Sketches - Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913
Pp 782-783
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
BYRON ALLEN
This native son of California, of Tulare county and of Visalia was born October 10, 1868, was brought up by his stepfather, James W. Oakes, and after leaving school was associated with him in the cattle business. Later he went to Arizona, New Mexico and Old Mexico on a prospecting tour, then, returning to Visalia, he again engaged in the breeding of cattle and horses; for, after all he had seen, ranching looked more promising than mining. Since the death of Mr. Oakes he has had the management of the interests left by the latter and is making a success that is notable among the many successes in his vicinity. With two hundred and eighty acres of land, he is making a specialty of the raising of fine blooded horses. Cattle also command his attention, he having a range of two thousand acres in the mountains and keeping year after year about two hundred and fifty head of beef cattle, a hundred and fifty hogs and forty turkeys. A feature of his home farm is a large family orchard, one of the most productive in the neighborhood.
In 1904 Mr. Allen married Miss Della Carter, daughter of an early settler in Tulare county. Fraternally he affiliates with the Eagles and the Woodmen. As a citizen he takes an intelligent interest in all questions of national or local significance and as a voter does his whole duty by helping to elect to office the men who will best
serve the interests of the people. His public spirit, many times tested, has never been found wanting either in spontaneity or in generosity, for he has near to his heart the uplift and prosperity of the community.
History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical Sketches - Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913
Pp 783-784
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler