Storia di Orange County, California : con schizzi biografici dei principali uomini e donne della contea che sono stati identificati con la sua prima crescita e sviluppo dai primi giorni al presente . È nato ad Aledo, Mercer County, 111., in1865. L'unico figlio di Charles York, un Kentuckian, che migrò in Illinois e quindi ha dato il servizio di yeoman come pioniere. Possedeva molti capi di buoi, e prese il lavoro di un demolitore di prateria, assumendo le sue squadre di bue. Una volta, molto tempo fa, visitò Cali-fornia, ma non si stabilì mai qui. Possedeva una fattoria di 320 acri, dove allevava stockand gra

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History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . unty. He was born in Aledo, Mercer County, 111., in1865. the only son of Charles York, a Kentuckian, who migrated to Illinois and theredid yeoman service as a pioneer. He owned many head of oxen, and took up thework of a prairie breaker, hiring out his ox teams. Once, long ago, he visited Cali-fornia, but he never settled here. He owned a farm of 320 acres, where he raised stockand grain, and he served his fellow-citizens as tax collector of his township for manyterms. This farm had been preempted by the maternal grandfather, Zachariah Landreth, from the U. S. Government, when that state was a territory, and he sold it to CharlesYork, and on this farm both Charles York and his wife died. Some of the apple treeson the place are from seventy to eighty years old. and when our subject and his wifemade a trip East last year, they found the farm still kept up to its normal condition.Mrs. Charles York was Miss Jane Landreth, a native of the state of Pennsylvania, butborn of English parentage.. A^%^..>^, HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 1227 William York attended the district school, and then studied for a term at HedingCollege; and when he was twenty-one years of age, he assumed the management ofthe farm. Later, during the winter months, he taught school. On March 20, 1890, hewas married to Miss Clara Bell Tenney, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Tenney, pioneer agriculturists in Mercer County, 111. She also was a pupil of the commonschools of her district, afterward attended Simpson College, and, when sixteen yearsold, taught the district school. In fact, for a term after their marriage, both Mr. andMrs. York taught school. Mr. York farmed in Illinois until 1902, and for three terms he was a justice ofthe peace in Mercer County. When he came West, his destination was Whi

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