Kings County Biographies


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CHURCH, CARYL
 
     In 1878 Caryl Church moved to Tulare county and became a settler in the San 
Joaquin valley. He was born in Erie county, Ohio, June 6, 1846, and was eleven 
years old when his family immigrated to Iowa and twenty-three when he came to 
California. His early life was spent in school and at work on his father�s farm. 
For a time after he came to this state he worked for wages, mostly on ranches, 
and the knowledge of farming that he acquired in that way was a fitting 
complement to that which he had acquired under his father�s instruction. Now he 
was a California farmer, fully competent to go into business for himself. Coming 
to Kings county, he located on what is now his home place, a fine ranch not far 
from Hanford. By successive purchases he has become the owner of four hundred 
acres of as productive land as is to be found in this vicinity. He began as a 
wheat raiser, and as such he was successful until stock raising promised him 
better returns. He raises hogs, horses and cattle, and his stock of whatever 
kind is as good as is offered in the market, always sells well and sometimes 
brings top-notch prices. 
 
     In 1871 Mr. Church married Miss Annie E. Howland, who was born in the state 
of New York. They became the parents of six children, Charles, Elery, Beecher, 
Birch, Carrie (the wife of Frank Sanborn), and one daughter who died in early 
childhood. The sons are living on adjoining ranches, all prospering by their 
devotion to the interests that have brought their father so much success. A 
recent specialty of Mr. Church is grapes, to which he has given five acres of 
suitable land. In the affairs of his township, county, state and nation he takes 
a sincere and most intelligent interest, and he has many times manifested a 
commendable public spirit. 
 
SOURCE:  History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical 
Sketches - Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913
Pp 492, 493

Transcribed by: Craig A Hahn