Sutter-Yuba County Biographies

CLAUDE W. ALEXANDER

Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler

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            A successful rancher of the kind invaluable to a country still 
awaiting a deal of scientific development, is Claude W. Alexander, who divides 
his time, attention and energies between the supervision of another�s estate and 
the management of his own more modest possessions; being foreman on the famous 
Horst ranch about two miles east of Wheatland, at the same time that he operates 
a small ranch to which he holds title.  He is a native son, born at Wheatland on 
May 22, 1892.  His parents were William A. and Mary J. (Melton) Alexander; and 
his father, who is still living at  Wheatland, came out to California about 
forty years ago, and as a farmer located near that town.  Miss Mary Melton was 
the daughter of Dr. Lewis Melton, a physician who established an excellent 
practice and made for himself an enviable reputation, coming to Wheatland many 
years ago, and ministering to the sick and the afflicted as a faithful family 
doctor.  It thus happened that Claude attended the grammar and high schools of 
Wheatland, and was well prepared when he pushed out for himself into the world 
at the age of twenty-one.  He has leased ranches in both Yuba and Sutter 
Counties, and has been very successful in the raising of grain, beans and stock. 
 He has been a foreman on the Horst ranch for several years, and he owns six 
choice acres at Wheatland, where his father lives.  In national political 
affairs, he prefers the platforms of the Democratic party.
            He was married at Wheatland on May 17, 1913, to Miss Rose C. 
Gallagher, a native daughter who was born near Nicolaus, in Sutter County, where 
she entered the family of Anthony and Minnie (Dwyer) Gallagher.  Her 
grandfather, Thomas Dwyer, an early pioneer farmer in California, settled near 
Nicolaus, and for years followed farming; he passed away in November, 1923, aged 
over ninety years.  Anthony Gallagher is living in Sutter County, where as a 
farmer he operates a large acreage.  There were seven children in the Gallagher 
family; and all but one are still living.  Anthony J. is the eldest; Mary E. 
passed away in July, 1921; Rose became Mrs. Claude Alexander; and the younger 
children are Cathryn, Edward, Agnes and Charles.  Rose attended the Sutter 
County grammar schools, and then finished her education at the College of Notre 
Dame at Marysville.  Mr. and Mrs. Alexander have two children:  William and 
Loraine.  Mr. Alexander is an Odd Fellow, being a member of Sutter Lodge No. 
100, at Wheatland, in which he is a Past Grand.  Mrs. Alexander is a member of 
Camp Far West Parlor No. 218, N.D.G.W.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 1324